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Talk:X10 (industry standard)

Clarity on X10 transmission rates and bursts
In the main article the first paragraph states:

"This digital data is encoded onto a 120 kHz carrier which is transmitted as bursts during the relatively quiet zero crossings of the 50 or 60 Hz AC alternating current waveform. One bit is transmitted at each zero crossing."

This is confusing to me. Would a knowledgeable person please edit the main article to clarify.

Which is it: "a burst" of just "one bit" sent at each zero-crossing?. If just one bit, than would the "carrier" have to be synchronized with the AC, and therefore be just 120Hz? Should the carrier on 50Hz AC be 100Hz?

Potion (talk) 16:51, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

3-Phase houses in Europe?
In Europe, are houses actually wired with three-phase power? Given the additional copper or aluminium needed in the distribution circuits and service drops and the more-expensive panelboards required, combined with the limited utility of three-phase power in a residential setting, this seems like a tremendous waste to me.

Atlant 11:35, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Every house and every flat in Sweden has three-phase power which is split out at the distribution board (panelboard). Normal outlets are 1-phase (230 V), but high load appliances such as stoves, water heaters, pumps, tumble dryers have 3-phase power (400 V). I think this goes for most of mainland Europe and I don't believe this is more wasteful than split-phase systems, probably less. It is disadvantageous in X10 installations, though. Storpilot 11:55, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Wow! You lucky guys! Can I move to Switzerland? This would surely have made the installation of my air compressor better! (Then again, so would inherent 230 VAC, rather than our 120 VAC.) Well, there are a lot of good reasons to move to Switzerland, but that adds one more. ;-)

 * Atlant 13:00, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Most houses in Europe that are wired for 3-phase 380V (that is 220V phase-to-neutral)* get 40A (that's 8.8kVA) per phase, which is 26.4kVA in total. This is usually delivered on 4-core (3 phases + neutral) cable. To deliver the same power to 110V single-phase installation requires a current of 240A on a 2-core cable.  The current is directly proportional to the diameter of the copper (or aluminum) in the cable. The 110V needs only two cores (versus four), but each is six times thicker!  It follows that 110V 1-Phase needs 3 times the quantity of copper to deliver the same power as 380V 3-Phase; not wasteful at all, Atlant!

 * * Note: Nominally 220V/380v; depending on country and/or supply utility this could actually be in the range 210-250V/365-435V

 * Potion (talk) 16:30, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Photos
I've uploaded a bunch of photos per 84.12.176.217's request.

Atlant 23:32, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Powerline protocol physical-layer details
What does the term "0-o" mean? -- Beland 14:50, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Many edits ago, it used to almost say 0°, but not quite, and that not-quite-correct character apparently got "fixed" into "-o". I'll fix the article now -- thanks for calling it to folks' attention!

 * Atlant 15:05, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

American RF frequency
I thought that the frequency in the U.S. was 315 MHz, not 310 MHz. Any comments?

ZuperB 02:42, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Someone check the FCC database of registered devices...

 * Atlant 03:15, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Well, the FCC has searching of their data base turned off for "security" reasons, but there are enough breadcrumbs and Google caches left around to strongly suggest that 310 MHz is the correct value for America.

 * Atlant 03:31, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Power drain
Does an X-10 module draw power when idle? Particularly, does it consume any power when the device plugged into it is off? — Epastore 02:11, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Yes, the receiver portion of each module is certainly powered at all times. But the modules don't get very warm and the power conversion circuitry is pretty puny so I think the power consumption is probably a watt or so.

 * Atlant 13:04, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

 * I found this web page where somebody had measured several X-10 modules with a Kill a Watt. http://davehouston.net/x10-power.htm  Also found this discussion, http://www.techmall.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1082 SwitchLinc V2 dimmer 0.06A, 1W, 8VA. Which suggests that the power factors of these modules may be fairly low, and that modules from different makers may vary significantly in efficiency  draws. Zodon (talk) 03:18, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

 * X10 wireless RF receivers consume about 8 watts on idle. I measured two X10 RF receivers: an IBM Home Director (large type) and an X10 PowerHouse (small type) and they range between 6 watts and 10 watts on idle.  They also generate a fair amount of heat.  --KJRehberg (talk) 14:47, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Powerline vs power-line vs power line
All three of these spellings are used in this article. I can't find powerline in any dictionary. The article Universal powerline bus uses this spelling, but it is a trade name for the UPB protocol. If nobody objects, I would like to standardize on power line except for things like UPB. CosineKitty (talk) 18:25, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Good eye and excellent suggestion. —EncMstr (talk) 19:40, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I went ahead and made the change.  CosineKitty (talk) 22:27, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

X10 Firecracker merge proposal
There's a merge proposal tag on X10 Firecracker (from 2012, doh!). Proposes merging the (relatively brief) article into the X10 (industry standard) article. Seems sensible to me. Anyone else? --Kevjonesin (talk) 03:49, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge. --Cornellier (talk) 12:33, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Support - I don't know how much of X10 Firecracker will be usable due to WP:UNDUE considerations, but the content can be merged into the second-to-last paragraph of X10_(industry_standard). It certainly doesn't appear that X10 Firecracker meets standalone notability requirements and I have tagged it as such. ~Kvng (talk) 14:06, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

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Kewdale, Western Australia

Kewdale is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia within the City of Belmont. Kew Street was one of the first roads in this district, hence the naming of the suburb.

Geography
Kewdale is bounded by Cloverdale and Perth Airport to the north, Belmont to the east and Welshpool and Carlisle to the south. The suburb is a mixture of residential to the west with commercial and industrial areas to the east. A number of notable parks and reserves can be found in the area including Tomato Lake, Willow Lake Park, Wicca Reserve, Peet and Peachy parks and smaller Cottage and Nance Parks to the east.

Transport
Kewdale is well serviced by several bus routes including 37, 38, 39, 270, 284, 285, 293 and 935 which offer direct connections to Perth Airport, Elizabeth Quay bus station, Curtin University bus station, St Georges Terrace, Victoria Park transfer station, Oats Street railway station, Redcliffe railway station, Airport Central railway station and High Wycombe railway station.

The Kewdale residential area is bound by main roads such as Orrong Road, Abernethy Road and Leach Highway.

Bus

 * 36 Airport Central Station to Cannington Station – serves Kewdale Road
 * 37 Airport Central Station to Curtin University Bus Station – serves Kewdale Road, Abernethy Road, Belmont Avenue, Gabriel Street and Oats Street
 * 38 Perth Busport to Cloverdale – serves Wright Street
 * 39 Elizabeth Quay Bus Station to Redcliffe Station – serves Oats Street, Acton Avenue, Scott Street, Peachey Avenue, Kew Street and Belmont Avenue
 * 51 Perth Busport to Cannington Station – serves Orrong Road
 * 270 Elizabeth Quay Bus Station to High Wycombe Station – serves Belmont Avenue and Abernethy Road
 * 284 Belmont Forum to Curtin University Bus Station – serves President Street, Scott Street, Peachey Avenue, Kew Street and Belmont Avenue
 * 285 Kewdale to East Victoria Park – serves Hazelhurst Street, Valentine Street, Chilver Street, Kewdale Road, Marchesi Street and Orrong Road
 * 293 Redcliffe Station to High Wycombe Station – serves Abernethy Road
 * 935 Redcliffe Station to Kings Park (high frequency) – serves Belmont Avenue
 * 998 Fremantle Station to Fremantle Station (limited stops) – CircleRoute Clockwise, serves Wright Street and Orrong Road
 * 999 Fremantle Station to Fremantle Station (limited stops) – CircleRoute Anti-Clockwise, serves Orrong Road and Wright Street

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Ascot, Western Australia

Ascot is a suburb of Perth, covering a narrow strip of land along the southern bank of the Swan River approximately 10 km east of the Perth central business district. Its local government area is the City of Belmont.

The suburb, which was previously part of Belmont and Redcliffe, was officially established on 7 March 1991, with the boundaries being approved on 22 March 1991. It was named after the Ascot Racecourse, a major horse-racing track located within the suburb's boundaries.

Geography
The suburb is a narrow strip of about 5 km in length, extending along the Swan River's southern foreshore from Abernethy Road in Belmont to the City of Belmont's boundary with the City of Swan at South Guildford.

Bus

 * 290 and 291 Redcliffe Station to Midland Station – serve Great Eastern Highway
 * 293 Redcliffe Station to High Wycombe Station – serves Great Eastern Highway
 * 940 Redcliffe Station to Elizabeth Quay Bus Station (high frequency) – serves Great Eastern Highway
 * 998 Fremantle Station to Fremantle Station (limited stops) – CircleRoute Clockwise, serves Grandstand Road
 * 999 Fremantle Station to Fremantle Station (limited stops) – CircleRoute Anti-Clockwise, serves Grandstand Road

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The Really Wild Show

The Really Wild Show is a long-running British television show about wildlife, broadcast by the BBC as part of their CBBC service to children. It also runs on Animal Planet in the US.

The show was broadcast each year from 21 January 1986. In April 2006 the BBC announced that the show would be axed that summer, and as such the last episode was shown in May 2006, giving the show a run of 20 years.

However, in July 2017, it was announced that the BBC were in talks with Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan to bring the show back.

The theme tune used was extracts taken from the start and end of the track ELLOVEE-EE by Tony Sherman.

Presenters
Presenters have included:

 * Janice Acquah (1996–1999)
 * Steve Backshall (2004–2006)
 * Nick Baker (1996–2006)
 * Nicola Davies (1986–1990)
 * Sue Dawson (1990–1993)
 * Eils Hewitt (2002–2004)
 * Terry Nutkins (1986–1993)
 * Chris Packham (1986–1995)
 * Michaela Strachan (1993–2006)
 * Howie Watkins (1993–2000)
 * Dominic Wood (2001)
 * Chris Lambert (Co-host, 1997–2000)
 * Roy Wild (future)

Transmission guide
The Really Wild Roadshow

Compilations

 * Wildest Hits 1 – series compilation: 10 editions from 17 April 2000 – 28 April 2000
 * Wildest Hits 2 – series compilation: 10 editions from 9 April 2001 – 20 April 2001

Awards
The programme has been nominated for several BAFTA awards, and won three:
 * 1987 – Won BAFTA TV Award: Best Children's Programme (Factual)
 * 1988 – Won BAFTA TV Award: Best Children's Programme (Documentary/Educational)
 * 1990 –	Won BAFTA TV Award: Best Children's Programme (Documentary/Educational)
 * 1994 – Nominated for BAFTA TV Award: Best Children's Programme (Factual)
 * 2002 – Nominated for BAFTA Children's Award: Best Factual
 * 2003 – Nominated for BAFTA Children's Award: Best Factual

Ratings (CBBC Channel)
Figures come from BARB

 * Saturday 2 March 2002– 60,000 (7th most watched on CBBC that week)
 * Sunday 17 March 2002– 40,000 (9th most watched on CBBC that week)
 * Saturday 16 March 2002– 30,000 (10th most watched on CBBC that week)
 * Saturday 4 May 2002– 30,000 (4th most watched on CBBC that week)

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Talk:Muddy Waters

Thrice married
I read on the internet that he was married three times. Actual information on wives before Marva Jean Brooks is worryingly sparse, but I found he married Mabel Berry in 1932, which ran three years, and then 'by 1943' was with wife no. 2 'Sallie Ann'. Geneva is carefully described here as not tying the knot, but is referred to many times elsewhere (eg by band member Paul Oscher, here) as his wife, so that needs comment one way or the other. And then there's the story of meeting Marva when she was a 'housekeeper' at the Days Inn motel in Florida (Oscher again) This all clearly needs some careful confirmation. But if it wasn't like that, there needs to be a careful refutation, because WP is (we are) supposed to get this stuff right. Onanoff (talk) 20:59, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

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Coral calcium

Coral calcium is a salt of calcium derived from fossilized coral reefs (primarily from limestone and coastal deposits). It has been promoted as an alternative, but unsubstantiated, treatment or cure for a number of health conditions.

Calcium supplement
Coral calcium is a salt of calcium derived from fossilized coral reefs. Coral calcium is composed of calcium carbonate and trace minerals. Claims for health benefits unique to coral calcium have been discredited. Coral calcium, marketed as a cure for various diseases and linked to Okinawan longevity, is merely calcium carbonate and can be considered a calcium supplement, and it supposed superiority to regular calcium carbonate has not been proven. The Okinawa Centenarian Study (OCS) in 2003 clarified that Okinawan longevity is due to a healthy lifestyle, not coral calcium. The OCS did not endorse coral calcium due to its cost, lack of scientific evidence supporting health claims, and environmental concerns about coral reefs. In 2004, the US Federal Trade Commission prohibited the marketers from making unsupported health claims about coral calcium.

Health claims
Coral calcium has been promoted as an alternative treatment or cure for a number of health conditions, often as part of an alkaline diet, by Robert Barefoot and others; Barefoot coauthored a book called The Calcium Factor, and marketed coral calcium supplements with infomercials. According to a Time magazine article about Barefoot by Leon Jaroff, "The monthly cost of the recommended dose of Barefoot's calcium tablets is some 15 times greater than that of the ordinary drug store variety." Jaroff called Barefoot's marketing of coral calcium "one of the more successful scams of our age" and "sheer nonsense," and labeled him a "huckster".

There is no medical evidence to support these health claims, and coral calcium has been identified by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a "Fake Cancer 'Cure' Consumers Should Avoid". The Federal Trade Commission prosecuted several individuals, including Barefoot, for making unsupported health claims about coral calcium, and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has issued a consumer advisory regarding false and misleading marketing claims associated with coral calcium supplements.

Health and environmental concerns
Living coral reefs are endangered and cannot be harvested without significant damage to the ecosystem, and because of this, coral calcium is harvested by grinding up above-ground limestone deposits that were once part of a coral reef. Calcium from coral sources needs to be refined to remove pollutants of the source environment. It is marketed as a dietary supplement, but its benefits over other calcium supplements are unproven and biologically unlikely, and several marketers have been found guilty of fraud and were ordered to pay $20.4 million and to refrain from making unsubstantiated claims in the future. Additionally, coral near Okinawa has absorbed relatively high amounts of lead and mercury, leading to concern that these unregulated supplements may be contaminated. Further, coral takes millennia to grow, leading to environmental concerns if harvesting of live coral becomes widespread.

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Sito (footballer, born 1980)

Luis Castro Rodríguez (born 21 May 1980 in A Coruña, Galicia), commonly known as Sito, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for SD Logroñés as a defender (right or left back).

Football career
After starting professionally with CD Lugo and CD Calahorra, Sito spent three seasons with another Galician club, Racing Club de Ferrol – two in Segunda División and another in Segunda División B. He signed with Ipswich Town on 5 August 2005 on a free transfer, after a trial.

After two years in and out of the first team, Sito enjoyed a good spell in the 2007–08 campaign, following injuries and loss of form to those ahead of him in the pecking order. He scored his only goal for the English side and in the Championship against Scunthorpe United, helping to a 2–1 away win on 22 March 2008; previously, in early January 2006, he had extended his contract with the club until the summer of 2008.

Sito was released by Ipswich in May 2008 and returned to Spain the following month, joining UD Salamanca. His best output consisted of 35 games in his third year (34 starts), but the Charros were relegated from the second level.

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Talk:Bolingbrook, Illinois

Untitled
Removed blurb - Along with its fellow Illinois communities of Arlington Heights, Schaumburg, and Palatine, Bolingbrook is among the most populous muncipalities in the US with the classification "village", and by 2010 will likely be the most populous village in the United States.

Because this needs to be backed up with a source.

It's true that IKEA will be opening a store in Bolingbrook. But, is that so important as to warrant a statement? Especially the second sentence in the article? Steggall 13:37, 1 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Removed statement about IKEA, Wikipedia should not be a place for slander or personal remarks. Nomegustan

Where did this information come from?

The census information needs to be updated... Its been seven years since theyve changed it, but the information about the Promenade, which opened a month or so ago, is in the article.

Removed the section about Woodridges climate. This is Bolingbrook, not Woodridge.

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2021 tornado
Did someone remove the info on the tornado that struck Bolingbrook and Woodridge on June 20, 2021? Cause I thought it used to be there. If it was there, can someone explain to me why it was removed? NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 06:57, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

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Dave Lieberman

Dave Lieberman (born 1980) is an American chef and physician. Lieberman was the host of the Food Network series Good Deal with Dave Lieberman and is a New York Times bestselling author.

Early life
Lieberman attended The Philadelphia School and The Shipley School, before matriculating at Yale University. Campus Cuisine, his first cooking show at Yale, was a public-access television show that combined "sophisticated and accessible cooking with crazy college adventures." His show was featured on the cover of the In Dining section of The New York Times.

Career
Lieberman's first book, Young & Hungry, was published in 2005. Soon after, he made People magazine's 50 Hottest Bachelors (June 27 issue). In October 2006, he published a second cookbook; Dave's Dinners: A Fresh Approach to Home-Cooked Meals.

On November 21, 2006, the Food Network premiered their first web-exclusive series, called Eat This with Dave Lieberman. Lieberman visits five United States cities uncovering trends and crazes in cuisine, including specialty meats, flavored salts, dessert bars and more. Lieberman also starred in the Yahoo! series In Search of Real Food, and in the PBS series, America's Heartland.

In 2007, Lieberman moved to Los Angeles but returned to New York City in 2008 to work with The New York Times health reporter, Anahad O'Connor, on their New York Times bestselling book, The 10 Things You Need to Eat, published in 2009.

Good Deal with Dave Lieberman
Good Deal with Dave Lieberman was a television cooking show hosted by Dave Lieberman that aired on the Food Network in the United States and Food Network Canada in Canada. The show premiered on Food Network on April 16, 2005. Lieberman's show presented affordable gourmet quality recipes.

Medical career
Lieberman went on to attend medical school at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and graduated in 2016. Lieberman moved to Philadelphia to begin a career as an Internal Medicine physician at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

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James F. M. Prinsep

James Frederick McLeod Prinsep (27 July 1861 – 22 November 1895) was an English footballer who held two 'youngest player' records for almost 125 years, before they were both broken within the space of just over a year.

He made his debut (and only appearance) for England, against Scotland on 5 April 1879, at the age of 17 years and 252 days, which made him England's youngest-ever player at the time. He held this record for almost 124 years, until Wayne Rooney made his debut at the age of 17 years and 111 days against Australia on 12 February 2003. Prinsep was selected for a further England v Scotland international fixture in 1882 but was unavailable.

Prinsep played for Clapham Rovers, and also formerly held the record for being the youngest player to play in an FA Cup final, playing in the 1879 final against Old Etonians at the age of 17 years and 245 days. This record was broken not long after his England record, by then Millwall player Curtis Weston, who played in the 2004 final aged 17 years and 119 days.

Early life
Prinsep, born in India, was a descendant of the Anglo-Indian merchant John Prinsep. His namesake, the scholar James Prinsep, was his grandfather's brother. He attended Charterhouse School from 1874 to 1878 and played for their football XI in 1876 and 1877, as well as their cricket XI.

Football career
He played as half-back, being described by C.W. Alcock as "..always cool, very strong on his legs, and combining plenty of strength with great accuracy; kicks splendidly and with judgement; seldom makes a mistake", also "can kick the ball in any position, and passes it admirably to his forwards".

His first FA Cup Final in 1879 saw Clapham Rovers lose 1–0 to Old Etonians. The second however, for his old boy club Old Carthusians two years later, saw his team defeat the Old Etonians 3–0.

His only appearance for England saw them win 5–4, at Kennington Oval against Scotland.

Aside from his clubs, he played in representative matches for Surrey county, London, The South v The North and The Rest v England.

Other sports
Prinsep was also a club cricketer, especially effective as a bowler, with Free Foresters and the Grey Friars cricket club, the latter club drawn from Old Carthusians.

Military career
He entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1878 and played in their football teams also, during a period that covered his F.A. Cup Finals and international match.

Prinsep was commissioned into the Essex Regiment in 1882 and went on to see action in the Mahdist War. In 1884 he was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society after saving a fellow soldier from drowning in the Shaban Cataract of the Nile. In 1885 he received a second award of the same medal for rescuing a Sudanese sailor from the same river near El Sabon. In 1885, as a Major, he was seconded to the Egyptian Army. He transferred to the Egyptian Coastguard in 1890, serving until his death when he reached rank of Sub-Inspector General.

Death
Most sources record that he was killed fighting in Egypt at the age of 34, although the Charterhouse School register of former pupils records that he died in Nairn. In fact, he died of blood poisoning and kidney failure after seven weeks' illness with pneumonia which developed after a cold he suffered when playing golf.

Honours
Clapham Rovers
 * FA Cup runner-up: 1879

Old Carthusians
 * FA Cup winner: 1881

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Minor shoulder-knot

The minor shoulder-knot (Brachylomia viminalis) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1776. It is distributed throughout Europe then east across the Palearctic to Siberia and Japan. It also occurs in Turkey.

This is a fairly small species with a wingspan of 29–34 mm. It usually has pale grey forewings with darker markings towards the base, including the prominent black mark at the root of the wing which gives the species its common name. However this is a variable species and darker forms exist, including examples of industrial melanism which are prevalent in some towns and cities. The characteristic basal markings are not usually apparent on such individuals. The hindwings are pale or dark grey. The species flies at night in July and August and is attracted to light and sugar, as well as various flowers.

Technical description
Forewing dark or pale grey varied with fuscous; the base diffusely darker; the median shade broadly blackish; lines pale, approximating below middle, where they are conversely marked with black; a short black streak on base of submedian fold; claviform stigma long, black-edged, touching or connected with outer line; orbicular and reniform pale, with black outlines, the reniform sometimes white; submarginal line pale, preceded by a rufous grey shade; hindwing brownish grey; fringe pale, often rufous, like the lateral and anal tufts of abdomen; in saliceti Bkh. the inner half of wing is dark, limited by the median shade, the outer half much paler; ab. stricta Esp. is a grey or brown form, with the terminal area only pale, and the costal edge red; a rarer form of which, ab. rufescens ab. nov. [Warren], has the whole forewing and the underside of both wings suffused with rufous; obscura Stgr. is a darker common form, more uniformly dark grey, of which unicolor Tutt, from the north of England, a nearly black form, is an extreme development: scripta Hbn. the commonest form in the south of England, has the ground colour white or grey white; ab. suffusa ab nov. [Warren] is a form with the white forewing suffused with smoky brown obliterating the lines, and leaving only the stigmata with their black outlines visible. Larva whitish green, with all the lines whiter, and the tubercles whitish. The larva feeds on willows between united leaves spinning leaves together in order to feed undisturbed. The species overwinters as an egg.

 * 1) The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.

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Chris Casement

Christopher Casement (born 12 January 1988) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who currently plays for Ipswich Wanderers. He began his senior career with Ipswich Town for whom he played from 2005 to 2009, during which time he participated in several loans. He played for Dundee from 2009 to 2010 and, in the 2010s, he played for Linfield and Portadown. He also played internationally for Northern Ireland between 2007 and 2009, primarily for the under-21 football team, and gained one full international cap in 2009.

Early life
Casement attended Newtownbreda High School in south Belfast.

Club career
After accomplished displays in the FA Cup, most notably against Swansea City and Watford in January 2007, Casement moved out on loan to Millwall for three months. When he did finally join Millwall, he did not make an appearance during his month there.

In August 2008, he signed on loan with Hamilton Academical until January 2009. Chances were limited for Casement, and he returned to Ipswich having mainly been used as a substitute. On 7 January 2009, Casement signed on loan for League Two side Wycombe Wanderers for a month. This loan deal was subsequently extended, firstly to two months, then to three months. Casement returned to Ipswich before being released on 8 May.

On 22 June, it was announced that he had signed a three-year deal with Scottish First Division side Dundee.

On 31 January, Casement signed on loan for Linfield until the end of the season. On 4 May 2010, he was informed along with three other players that he was no longer wanted by Dundee and was free to look for another club. On 8 May 2012, it was confirmed Casement had signed a three-year contract with Portadown. On 26 July 2016, it was announced that Portadown had accepted a bid in the region of £20,000 for Casement and it was announced later that he would be rejoining the Blues on a two-year contract.

On 30 September 2020, Casement signed for Stowmarket Town. He was appointed manager of the club in February 2023. In May 2023, he stepped down as manager to focus fully on the continuation of his playing career.

In June 2023, Casement joined Leiston.

In June 2024, Casement joined Isthmian League North Division side Ipswich Wanderers.

International career
Casement was called up to the Northern Ireland squad in May 2009, along with nine other uncapped players for the international friendly against Italy on 6 June. He made his international debut, along with seven other debutants, in the 3–0 defeat against Italy in the friendly match at Arena Garibaldi in Pisa. Casement played the full match.

International

 * Source:

Honours

 * Ipswich Town
 * FA Youth Cup: 2004–05

 * Linfield
 * IFA Premiership: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2018–19
 * Irish Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17

 * Individual
 * Ipswich Town Young Player of the Year: 2004–05

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Moers

Moers (older form: Mörs; Dutch: Murse, Murs or Meurs) is a German city on the western bank of the Rhine, close to Duisburg. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel.

History
Known earliest from 1186, the county of Moers was an independent principality within the Holy Roman Empire.

During the Eighty Years' War it was alternately captured by Spanish and Dutch troops, as it bordered the Upper Quarter of Guelders. During the war it finally fell to Maurice of Orange. As it was separated from the Dutch Republic by Spanish Upper Guelders it did not become an integral part of the Republic, though Dutch troops were stationed there.

After the death of William III of Orange in 1702, Moers was inherited by the king of Prussia. All Dutch troops and civil servants were expelled.

In 1795 it was annexed by France. At the Congress of Vienna, in 1815 it was returned to Prussia and in 1871 it became part of the German Empire.

A target of the Oil Campaign of World War II, the Steinkohlenbergwerke (coal mine) Rheinpreussen synthetic oil plant in Moers, was partially dismantled post-war.

Mayors

 * 1815–1820: Wilhelm Urbach
 * 1822–1830: von Nievenheim
 * 1830–1850: Friedrich Adolf Vinmann
 * 1850–1859: Karl von Strampff
 * 1860–1864: Gottlieb Meumann
 * 1864–1897: Gustav Kautz
 * 1898–1910: August Craemer
 * 1910–1915: Richard Glum
 * 1917–1937: Fritz Eckert
 * 1937–1941: Fritz Grüttgen
 * 1943–1945: Peter Linden
 * 1945–1946: Otto Maiweg
 * 1946: Karl Peschken
 * 1946–1952: Wilhelm Müller
 * 1952–1977: Albin Neuse (SPD)
 * 1977–1999: Wilhelm Brunswick (SPD)
 * 1999–2004: Rafael Hofmann (CDU)
 * 2004–2014: Norbert Ballhaus (SPD)
 * 2014–: Christoph Fleischhauer (CDU)

Sports
In 1985, the Moers Sports Club (volleyball) was formed, winning the 1989 Bundesliga championship.

Notable people

 * Gerhard Tersteegen (1697–1769), lay preacher, mystic and poet.
 * Georg Perthes (1869–1927), surgeon and radiologist (Perthes disease)
 * Anna Erler-Schnaudt (1878–1963), contralto
 * Hans Dammers (1913–1944), Luftwaffe ace
 * Walter Niephaus (1923–1992), chess master
 * Hanns Dieter Hüsch (1925–2005), comedian, writer
 * Hubert Hahne (1935–2019), racing driver
 * Helmut Kelleners (born 1939), racing driver
 * Herman Weigel (born 1950), film producer and screenwriter
 * Armin Hahne (born 1955), racing driver
 * Jürgen Renn (born 1956), physicist and historian of science
 * Helga Trüpel (born 1958), politician (Alliance 90/The Greens)
 * Jörg van Ommen (born 1962), racing driver
 * Katja Nass (born 1968), fencer
 * Stephan Paßlack (born 1970), footballer
 * Christian Ehrhoff (born 1982), ice hockey player
 * Timo Weß (born 1982), field hockey player
 * Benjamin Weß (born 1985), field hockey player
 * Regina Abelt (born 1954), first First Lady of Ethiopia (1995–2001)

Mayor
The current mayor of Moers is Christoph Fleischhauer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows:

! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Candidate ! rowspan=2| Party ! colspan=2| First round ! colspan=2| Second round ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % ! colspan=3| Valid votes ! 39,867 ! 98.6 ! 30,136 ! 99.3 ! colspan=3| Invalid votes ! 553 ! 1.4 ! 214 ! 0.7 ! colspan=3| Total ! 40,420 ! 100.0 ! 30,350 ! 100.0 ! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout ! 80,950 ! 49.9 ! 80,906 ! 37.5
 * bgcolor=|
 * align=left| Christoph Fleischhauer
 * align=left| Christian Democratic Union
 * 15,313
 * 38.4
 * 17,457
 * 57.9
 * bgcolor=|
 * align=left| Ibrahim Yetim
 * align=left| Social Democratic Party
 * 12,208
 * 30.6
 * 12,679
 * 42.1
 * bgcolor=|
 * align=left| Diana Finkele
 * align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens
 * 4,534
 * 11.4
 * bgcolor=|
 * align=left| Torsten Gerlach
 * align=left| Independent
 * 4,350
 * 10.9
 * align=left| Claus Küster
 * align=left| Die Grafschafter
 * 1,518
 * 3.8
 * bgcolor=|
 * align=left| Dino Maas
 * align=left| Free Democratic Party
 * 1,238
 * 3.1
 * bgcolor=|
 * align=left| Markus Helmich
 * align=left| Independent
 * 706
 * 1.8
 * 1,238
 * 3.1
 * bgcolor=|
 * align=left| Markus Helmich
 * align=left| Independent
 * 706
 * 1.8
 * 1.8
 * colspan=7| Source: City of Moers (1st round, 2nd round)
 * }
 * }

City council
The Moers city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:

! colspan=2| Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! colspan=2| Valid votes ! 39,699 ! 98.2 ! ! ! ! colspan=2| Invalid votes ! 710 ! 1.8 ! ! ! ! colspan=2| Total ! 40,409 ! 100.0 ! ! 54 ! ±0 ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 80,950 ! 49.9 ! ! !
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 * align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
 * 12,431
 * 31.3
 * 3.2
 * 17
 * 2
 * bgcolor=|
 * align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD)
 * 11,593
 * 29.2
 * 8.5
 * 16
 * 4
 * bgcolor=|
 * align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
 * 6,563
 * 16.5
 * 7.5
 * 9
 * 4
 * bgcolor=|
 * align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD)
 * 2,548
 * 6.4
 * New
 * 3
 * New
 * bgcolor=|
 * align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP)
 * 1,860
 * 4.7
 * 0.3
 * 2
 * 1
 * align=left| Die Grafschafter (Graf)
 * 1,544
 * 3.9
 * 2.9
 * 2
 * 2
 * bgcolor=|
 * align=left| Die PARTEI
 * 1,302
 * 3.3
 * New
 * 2
 * New
 * bgcolor=|
 * align=left| The Left (Die Linke)
 * 1,125
 * 2.8
 * 3.5
 * 2
 * 1
 * align=left| Free Citizens' List Moers (FBM)
 * 733
 * 1.9
 * New
 * 1
 * New
 * 3.5
 * 2
 * 1
 * align=left| Free Citizens' List Moers (FBM)
 * 733
 * 1.9
 * New
 * 1
 * New
 * 1
 * New
 * colspan=7| Source: City of Moers
 * }
 * }

Twin towns – sister cities
Moers is twinned with:

 * 🇫🇷 Maisons-Alfort, France (1966)
 * 🇫🇷 Bapaume, France (1974)
 * 🏴 Knowsley, England, United Kingdom (1980)
 * 🇮🇱 Ramla, Israel (1987)
 * 🇳🇮 La Trinidad, Nicaragua (1989)
 * 🇩🇪 Seelow, Germany (1990)
 * 🇮🇹 Stazzema, Italy (2019)

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York River (Maine)

The York River is a 13 mi stream in southeast Maine, United States. It is tidal for over half of its length. It rises at York Pond in Eliot, and conjoined by brooks and creeks, feeds the tidal section. The York River flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at York Harbor in the town of York.

The Abenaki name for the York River is Agamenticus, which means "Beyond-the-hill-little-cove". According to Eben Norton Horsford, Agamenticus "described the site of the mouth of Little York River to one approaching it from the north, as it lay behind the hill called by the Indians "Sassanows" (the modern Agamenticus). Little York River, a short tidal river, was the "Beyond-the-hill-little-cove."

Legislation
On May 23, 2013, Rep Chellie Pingree introduced the York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2013 (H.R. 2197; 113th Congress) would have required the National Park Service to study a segment of the York River for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The study would be to determine how the proposed designation would affect current recreational and commercial activities.

The 2023 federal government funding bill (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 ) designated the York River as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. A stewardship committee will be created to manage more than 30 miles of the river and land around it.

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User talk:Philip J Kuntz

" Happiness is impossible, and even inconceivable, to a mind  without scope and without pause, a mind driven by craving,   pleasure or fear.  To be happy, you must be reasonable, or   you must be tamed. You must have taken the measure of   your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned   your place in the world and what things in it can really   serve you.  To be happy, you must be wise." -- George Santayana pjkuntz 12:04, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

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SY Shanti Devi

Shanti Devi was a schooner, later rigged as a ketch. From about 1974, it was owned by Norwegian author Axel Jensen and his Indian wife Pratibha who lived on board for many years until 1990. The couple bought it in Waxholm. The ship was built in 1905 at Sjötorps shipyard near lake Vänern in Sweden, and originally named Zeus, but later registered in Gibraltar as SY Shanti Devi under the Jensen's ownership. It was sold when Jensen became seriously ill (with ALS), and was a few years sailing privately under the Norwegian flag until it mysteriously sank outside Arendal in October 2012. Several attempts to salvage the ship have failed.

This type of ship was originally built for cargo transport, optimally dimensioned for passage through the Swedish canal system, Göta Canal, and for sailing the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

When, in 1984, Shanti Devi sailed into the Oslofjord, the crew consisted of, in addition to the owners, Captain Sven Kviman, Physician Gun Sandahl, Chief Officer Bengt Persson, Able Seaman Louise Sandahl, carpenter Josef Horvat, Steward's Assistant Poonam Rampal, and Chief Engineer Robert E. Haraldsen (a singer-songwriter nicknamed "Merlin" by Jensen).

In 1985 and 1986, this ship was the main base for planning and administration of the Oslo International Poetry Festival in Oslo, Norway.

The ship's name is a Hindi expression meaning "goddess of Peace". Shanti Devi is also the name of an Indian woman who was at the center of a case of alleged reincarnation.

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Longines

Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon S.A., or simply Longines, is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Founded by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group and its predecessors since 1983. Its winged hourglass logo, registered in 1889, is the oldest unchanged active trademark registered with WIPO.

1832–1867
Longines was founded in Saint-Imier in 1832 by Auguste Agassiz, a Swiss watchmaker and brother of biologist Louis Agassiz. Auguste had two partners, lawyers Henri Raiguel and Florian Morel; the company's original name was Raiguel Jeune & Cie. By 1846, Raigeul and Morel had retired from the watch industry, leaving Agassiz as sole company head.

Several years later, Agassiz brought in his bright, enterprising nephew, trained economist Ernest Francillon, into the business. Francillon was the mastermind behind several impressive innovations that would distinguish the company from its competitors. One early stroke of genius from Francillon was to solely produce crown-wound pocket watches rather than the prevalent key-wound alternative. Later, when Agassiz started suffering from ill health, he passed leadership to Francillon.

1867–1878
Under Francillon, the company began segueing out of the établissage system and moved towards more modern production methods. Francillon solidified his firm's progression to mass production in 1867 by establishing his first factory. Its location, an area in southern St. Imier known locally as Les Longines ("long meadows"), gave rise to the Longines name. To help further his efforts to improve the production at Longines, Francillon brought on Jacques David, a talented engineer. In addition, Francillon appointed David as Technical Director and put him in charge of the new factory. By 1867, it was also marked the year the Longines factory produced its first in-house watch movement, the 20A. The 20A, built with an anchor escapement (usually employed in pendulum clocks), was wound and set via a pendent crown. The innovative movement won an award at the 1867 Universal Exhibition in Paris.

Several years later, the U.S. watchmaking industry was making strides in industrialized watch manufacturing. Francillon sent Jacques David to the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia to gather new ideas and strategies from American watchmakers. Upon returning, David wrote a 108-page report detailing what he learned during his trip; the report is considered one of the most significant documents in watchmaking history, detailing the inner workings of American watch factories, including the entire production process, from raw materials to finished watches, and the highly-effective internal structure and quality control measures implemented in American factories. In his analysis, David concluded the Swiss watchmaking industry needed to change significantly to keep pace with its American competitors. Longines was the world's first watch trademark and the first Swiss company to assemble watches under one roof.

1878–1927
In 1878, Longines developed its first chronograph movement, the 20H, a "mono-pusher" chronograph, in which all 3 chronograph functions (start, stop, and reset) were controlled via the crown. With the 20H, Longines could produce stopwatches suitable for precise timing in professional events. This was when Longines began building its reputation in equestrian sports, such as horse racing and jumping.

By 1880, Longines was known for the quality and precision of its timepieces. To Francillon's dismay, the brand became a target for counterfeiters. Longines counterfeits were not only directly stealing business and revenue from Francillon, but also potentially damaging his company's reputation. Francillon trademarked the Longines name in 1880 and its winged hourglass logo in 1889. By 1886, Longines had established itself as a primary supplier of timing equipment for most New York sporting officials.

Notable Longines calibers:

 * Longines 20H pocket chronograph
 * Longines 18.72 pocket chronograph
 * Longines 19.73 pocket chronograph

1927–1971
In 1927, P.V.H. Weems collaborated with Longines to produce the first wrist watch, the Weems Avigation watch. The watch was 48 mm in diameter.

In 1931, Longines collaborated with Charles Lindbergh to introduce the Hour Angle aviation watch.

In 1937, P.V.H. Weems again collaborated with Longines to produce a second, smaller (33mm) Weems avigation watch (reference 3930, 3931, and 4036).

In 1953, Longines developed its first quartz movement.

In 1954, Longines introduced a timekeeping instrument called Longines Chronocinegines.

Notable Longines calibers:

 * Longines 12.68z time only or wrist watch chronograph
 * Longines 13.33z wrist watch chronograph
 * Longines 13ZN wrist watch chronograph
 * Longines 30CH wrist watch chronograph
 * Longines 37.9 time onlyLongines Sidereal Time Weems.jpg

1971–present
In 1983, Longines' owner ASUAG merged with SSIH (which owned Omega SA) to form the Société Suisse de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie (SMH). SMH became The Swatch Group in 1988, and Longines continued without R&D and production activities of its own. In the 1990's, Swatch differentiated and repositioned its various brands in order to better compete in all market segments, with Omega becoming the high-end brand intended to compete with Rolex and Cartier, while Longines was positioned in a less-expensive segment, its watches redesigned as objects of elegance and classicism, emphasizing the historical tradition of manufacture, as opposed to the craft of watchmaking. In 2019, Longines licensed its name and branding to Marcolin for a collection of men's and women's optical frames and sunglasses.

Intellectual property and marketing
Longines began using the slogan "Elegance is an Attitude" in 1999. Their previous slogan, "The World's Most Honoured Watch" was used for most of the 20th century.

The Longines Logo is the oldest registered trade mark still in use in its original form registered with the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Sponsorships
Since Longines developed its first chronograph movement in 1878, the brand has steadily built strong relationships with various sporting organizations, events and teams worldwide. First came horse racing, then additional equestrian sports such as show jumping, endurance riding and eventing (a "triathlon" of dressage, cross-country, jumping).

Today, Longines is designated as official timekeeper, partner, and watch for competitions worldwide including:

 * Formula One World Championship (1980s)
 * Archery World Cup
 * Commonwealth Games
 * French Open
 * World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
 * FEI Show Jumping World Cup
 * FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
 * Hong Kong International Races

Notable patrons and owners
Notable Longines brand ambassadors and timepieces owners include Humphrey Bogart, Harry Connick Jr., Audrey Hepburn, Dr Nahum Sokolow, Aaron Kwok, Lin Chi-ling, Eddie Peng, Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi, Aishwarya Rai, Kate Winslet, Mikaela Shiffrin, Simon Baker, Jung Woo-sung, Bae Suzy, Barbara Palvin, and Jennifer Lawrence.

Notable Longines historical figures include

 * Albert Einstein owned two timepieces from Longines, one 1943 silver pocket watch and one 1929 gold wristwatch.  His Longines' wristwatch, which was presented to him by Rabbi Edgar Magnin in 1931, was auctioned by Antiquorum for US$596,000 in New York on 16 October 2008, making it the most expensive Longines' timepiece ever sold at auction.  His Longines pocket watch is now kept in the Bern Historical Museum in Switzerland.

 * United States Navy Captain Philip Van Horn Weems also known as P. V. H. Weems
 * United States Army Air Corps Reserve Charles Lindbergh

 * United States Navy Admiral Richard E. Byrd
 * United Kingdom Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Sir James Troup
 * Amelia Earhart
 * Howard Hughes
 * Amy Johnson
 * Ruth Nichols
 * Elinor Smith
 * Wiley Post
 * Walter Mitterholzer
 * Paul-Emile Victor
 * Auguste and Jacques Piccard

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Children of the Night (album)

Children of the Night is an album by Canadian recording artist Nash the Slash. Released in 1981 after Nash toured the United Kingdom in 1980 supporting Gary Numan, the album quickly gained cult status with its unique sound, created using electric mandolins, electric violins, drum machines and other sonic devices. The album sleeve proudly proclaims "There are no guitars."

In amongst original material by Nash were quirky covers of Jan and Dean's "Dead Man's Curve" and The Rolling Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown". His adaptation of Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" was entitled "Dopes on the Water", while the opening composition "Wolf" quoted musical passages from Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.

The album was recorded in six weeks at Britannia Row Studios, London, in late 1980 and produced by Steve Hillage. It was released on the Virgin Records label Dindisc, which was owned by Richard Branson. The album was re-released on CD in 2000 with bonus tracks. The cover photo was taken at the road entrance looking up from Paddington Station, London.

Track listing
All tracks composed by Nash the Slash; except where indicated
 * 1) "Wolf"
 * 2) "Dead Man's Curve" (Jan Berry, Roger Christian, Artie Kornfeld, Brian Wilson)
 * 3) "Children of the Night" (Toby Dammit, Nash the Slash)
 * 4) "Deep Forest"
 * 5) "In a Glass Eye"
 * 6) "19th Nervous Breakdown" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
 * 7) "Swing Shift (Soixante Neuf)" (Toby Dammit, Nash the Slash)
 * 8) "Metropolis"
 * 9) "Dopes on the Water" (Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice)
 * 10) "Danger Zone"
 * 11) "Wolf" (live version 1980) *
 * 12) "Danger Zone" (live version 1980) *
 * 13) "Reactor No. 2" (Slash) *
 * 14) "Swing Shift" (original version) *
 * 15) "Swing Shift" (flexi version) *
 * 16) "Children of the Night" (live version 1997) *

* Bonus tracks on CD re-release only 2000

Personnel

 * Martyn Atkins – Artwork
 * Gavin Cochrane – Photography
 * Nick Griffiths – Engineer
 * Steve Hillage – Producer
 * Nash the Slash – Synthesizer, mandolin, composer, keyboards, voices, electronic percussion, pedals, electric violin, devices

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