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Birmingham and District Premier League

The Birmingham & District Premier Cricket League is the oldest club cricket league in the United Kingdom, formed in 1888. It was the first ECB Premier League, being designated such in 1998, and is one of the strongest of the ECB Premier Leagues.

Geography
The Birmingham League traditionally covered North Worcestershire, South Staffordshire and North Warwickshire, much of which is now the conurbation of the West Midlands. Since 1998, with the introduction of the ECB Premier Leagues, the pyramid system, and feeder leagues in the four counties (Shropshire Premier Cricket League, Staffordshire Club Cricket Championship, Warwickshire Cricket League and Worcestershire County Cricket League), the catchment of the league has spread to include the whole of Shropshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire, as well as a large part of Staffordshire, although North Staffordshire clubs play in the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire League. Herefordshire clubs, who play in the Worcestershire County Cricket League, can also be promoted into the league.

History
The Birmingham and District Cricket League is the oldest club competition in the United Kingdom, beginning league matches in 1888. The Birmingham and District Cricket Association had actually formed eight years earlier in 1880, but only ran a successful, if not controversial, cup competition for those first few years. On Friday 30 November 1888, representatives from local cricket clubs gathered at the Queen's Arms Hotel, Easy Row, Birmingham and went about setting up the first Club Cricket League in the UK, being inspired by the success The Birmingham County Football Association had had in organising local football competition and fixtures. With some representatives needing to consult their own committees before pledging their commitment to the league, and one or two prominent local clubs not being present, it was not until a second meeting on Friday 14 December 1888 that the league was actually, officially formed. There were initially seven clubs who decided to trial the league format the following season. They were:
 * Aston Unity
 * Handsworth Wood
 * Kings Heath
 * Mitchells
 * Salters
 * Walsall
 * West Bromwich Dartmouth

Those early days saw many changes in the league's club make-up: Kings Heath moved to "The Reddings" Ground, joining with Moseley Cricket Club (and taking on that name). Another Kings Heath Club was formed later, but never became part of the Birmingham League set-up until the restructuring of Midlands Club cricket in 1998. Salters Cricket Club who played in Roebuck Lane, West Bromwich, and originated from the Spring Works of the same name, resigned from the league after just one season. In 1890, Wednesbury Cricket Club joined the league. In 1891, Smethwick Cricket Club, who had been involved in the Birmingham and District Cricket Association Cup competition in the 1880s, entered the league. Mitchells Cricket Club left the league between 1892 and 1896, due to some friction surrounding ineligible players, but shortly after they returned, they became Mitchells and Butlers Cricket Club when the two breweries amalgamated in 1898. In 1892, Small Heath Cricket Club joined the league and although their ground was amongst the best in the competition, the club was out of its depth in other aspects, and they resigned from the league 3 years later. In 1894, Warwickshire County Cricket Club entered the league after years of deliberation, but withdrew again in 1895 after being admitted to the County Championship. Over the next few years, the league's influence moved to the west, with Dudley Cricket Club joining the League in 1893, Stourbridge in 1894 and Kidderminster in 1895. Handsworth Wood who had performed creditably in the league until their Browne's Green ground was acquired by developers shortly after the First World War, spent one season playing at the County Ground, Edgbaston, but when no new ground could be found the following season either, they lost a narrow motion by the league (by one vote), and Old Hill Cricket Club replaced them in 1920. The Handsworth Wood Club folded shortly afterwards, handing their cash balance over to the league benevolent fund.

The second XI competition, perhaps stronger than any of the lower level 1st XI competitions which existed in the region until the restructuring of 1998, was formed in 1893. The league was suspended for the First World War between 1914 and 1918, but continued to play through the Second World War, and the League, now comprising 10 clubs (Aston Unity, Dudley, Kidderminster, Mitchells and Butlers, Moseley, Old Hill, Smethwick, Stourbridge, Walsall, West Bromwich Dartmouth), stayed the same until 1975. In 1975, the league expanded again as Warwickshire and Worcestershire decided the strength of the league could be utilised. Warwickshire entered a 1st and 2nd XI (basically a 1st/2nd team side and a 2nd/colts side), whilst Worcestershire only entered a 1st XI and Duport Cricket Club (A Dudley-based Furniture making company club) played their 2nd XI fixtures. Whilst Warwickshire established themselves in the competition and won it on a few occasions, Worcestershire struggled, and two years later, Duport took on their 1st XI fixtures too, as they were forced to pull out of the league. Duport also struggled with the on-field standards, and when support from the company's Social Club was reduced they too were forced to pull out of the competition, and were replaced by another Worcester-based side in 1982, Worcester City. Many other changes took place in the league throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and they are summarised below:

In 1998 the Birmingham League included Promotion & relegation for the first time. The 12 teams of the Birmingham League formed the Premier Division, The 2 other big leagues (Midlands Combined Counties League & Midlands Club Cricket League) formed the lower divisions. Teams increased over time to 48 (4 1st XI divisions of 12 clubs: Premier, Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3, with accompanying 2nd XI divisions: Premier, Division 1, Division 2 West and Division 2 East). In 2017, under pressure from the ECB, the league's clubs voted to cut the league down to 2 divisions of 12 by 2019, and disband the 2nd XI competition.

ECB Premier League
Since being designated an ECB Premier League in 1998, the first in the country, several changes have occurred in the league's structure. Initially, the 12 clubs in the old Birmingham League made up the Premier Division, and a First Division, Second Division East and Second Division West were made up from clubs in the old Midlands Combined Counties League, the Worcestershire League, the Warwickshire League and the Staffs League. The Second Division East and Second Division West were later replaced by a Second Division and a Third Division.

Only one club was promoted in the first year of the new structure, which was Cannock while Aston Unity, a founder member of the league, were the first club to be relegated. Since 1999, two clubs have been relegated and two promoted each season.

Following the 2018 season the Second and Third divisions were abolished, along with all four 2nd XI divisions, and the league was reduced to two divisions. The relegated 1st and 2nd XIs now compete in the four West Midland county feeder leagues.

The winners of the four feeder leagues now enter a ‘round robin’ playoff at the end of each season with the top two teams being promoted (replacing the two relegated sides from Premier Division Two) and the bottom two going back to their feeder leagues.

Clubs for 2024
For the 2024 season, the clubs in Premier Division One are: Barnards Green, Barnt Green, Berkswell, Halesowen, Himley, Kenilworth Wardens, Knowle & Dorridge, Moseley, Ombersley, Smethwick, West Bromwich Dartmouth, Wolverhampton.

The clubs in Premier Division Two are: Bridgnorth, Coventry & North Warwickshire, Dorridge, Harborne, Kidderminster, Leamington Spa, Old Hill, Shifnal, Shrewsbury, Tamworth, Wellington, Worfield.

Across the two divisions, the league currently comprises:

8 Warwickshire clubs (Berkswell, Coventry & North Warwickshire, Dorridge, Harborne, Kenilworth Wardens, Knowle & Dorridge, Leamington Spa, Moseley)

6 Staffordshire clubs (Himley, Old Hill, Smethwick, Tamworth, West Bromwich Dartmouth, Wolverhampton)

5 Worcestershire clubs (Barnards Green, Barnt Green, Halesowen, Kidderminster, Ombersley)

5 Shropshire clubs (Bridgnorth, Shifnal, Shrewsbury, Wellington, Worfield).

Winners

 * * – denotes a shared title

National Knockout
The Birmingham and District Cricket League's strength as a competition has been proven throughout the years, by the presence of its clubs in the latter stages of the ECB National Club Cricket Championship (a cup Competition for all Clubs in the UK). Here are a list of clubs in the league structure who have won or been runners-up in the competition:

Famous players, and B&DPCL Club(s) represented
Many international players have played in the Birmingham League over the years:

England Players

 * Tom Banton Barnt Green
 * Kabir Ali Smethwick, West Bromwich Dartmouth, C & R Hawks
 * Moeen Ali Moseley Ashfield, Smethwick, Water Orton, West Bromwich Dartmouth, Wolverhampton
 * Dennis Amiss
 * Ted Arnold
 * Sydney Barnes
 * Charles Barnett
 * Ian Bell Coventry & North Warwickshire, Knowle & Dorridge
 * Joey Benjamin Mitchells & Butlers
 * David Brown
 * Usman Afzaal
 * Dougie Brown Barnt Green
 * Freddie Calthorpe
 * Nobby Clark West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Geoff Cook
 * Nick Cook West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Tim Curtis Kidderminster, West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Steve Davies Himley, Kidderminster
 * Phil DeFreitas Aston Manor
 * Basil D'Oliveira Kidderminster
 * Tom Dollery
 * Jack Flavell Stourbridge, Walsall
 * Frank Foster
 * Reginald "Tip" Foster Stourbridge
 * Alfred "Tich" Freeman
 * Bruce French
 * Jason Gallian Wolverhampton
 * Norman Gifford Dudley
 * Tom Goddard
 * Alf Gover West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Tom Graveney Dudley
 * Dean Headley Old Hill
 * Eddie Hemmings
 * Graeme Hick Kidderminster
 * Robin Hobbs Duport
 * Eric Hollies Old Hill, West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Martin Horton Stourbridge
 * Harry Howell
 * Dick Howorth Old Hill, Stourbridge, Walsall
 * Geoff Humpage Moseley Ashfield
 * Kenneth Hutchings
 * Richard Illingworth Barnt Green, Old Elizabethans, Worcester City
 * John Jameson
 * Roly Jenkins West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Arthur Jones
 * Don Kenyon Stourbridge
 * Sep Kinneir
 * David Larter
 * Wayne Larkins Leamington
 * Dick Lilley
 * Andy Lloyd
 * Jim McConnon
 * Tim Munton
 * Phil Newport Kidderminster
 * Morris Nichols
 * Alan Oakman
 * George Paine
 * Charles Palmer Old Hill
 * Reg Perks Dudley, Kidderminster, West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Kevin Pietersen Cannock
 * Dick Pollard
 * Willie Quaife
 * Neal Radford Evesham, Stratford-upon-Avon
 * Steve Rhodes
 * Dick Richardson Old Hill, Stourbridge
 * Peter Richardson Stourbridge
 * Fred Root Dudley
 * Fred Rumsey Kidderminster
 * George Scrimshaw Kidderminster, Kenilworth Wardens
 * Frank Smailes
 * Gladstone Small Knowle & Dorridge
 * Mike Smith
 * Neil Smith Leamington
 * Peter Smith West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Vikram Solanki Wolverhampton
 * David Steele West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Olly Stone Barnt Green
 * Maurice Tate
 * Roy Tattersall Kidderminster
 * James Taylor Kidderminster, Shrewsbury
 * Les Taylor West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Jonathan Trott Harborne
 * Jim Troughton Stratford-upon-Avon
 * Abe Waddington West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Arthur Wellard
 * David "Butch" White
 * Bob Willis
 * Chris Woakes Walmley
 * Bob Wyatt Moseley

Australia

 * Greg Matthews Old Hill
 * Tom Moody
 * Simon O'Donnell
 * Chris Rogers Wellington
 * Steve Waugh Smethwick
 * Graham Yallop Walsall

South Africa

 * Peter Carlstein Old Hill
 * Allan Donald Knowle & Dorridge
 * Clive Eksteen Old Hill
 * JP Fellows-Smith West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Anthonie Ferreira (Unofficial)
 * Claude Henderson
 * Ryan McLaren Knowle & Dorridge
 * Brian McMillan
 * Senuran Muthusamy Brockhampton
 * Hugh Page (Unofficial)
 * Sid Pegler
 * Roy Pienaar Kidderminster
 * Dewald Pretorius Moseley
 * Mike Rindel Smethwick, West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Herbie Taylor
 * Thami Tsolekile Coventry & North Warwickshire

West Indies

 * Fabian Allen Worcester
 * Carlos Brathwaite Knowle & Dorridge
 * Colin Croft
 * Shane Dowrich Leamington Spa
 * George Headley
 * Ron Headley Dudley, Old Hill, Stourbridge
 * Vanburn Holder West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Alvin Kallicharan
 * Collis King
 * Frank King West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Lincoln Roberts Himley
 * Alfred Scott West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Phil Simmons Wellington
 * Dwayne Smith Kington
 * Jerome Taylor Barnards Green
 * Alf Valentine

New Zealand

 * Ian Butler Harborne
 * Stewie Dempster
 * Martin Donnelly
 * Jamie How Walsall
 * Warren Lees
 * Bill Merritt
 * Jimmy Neesham West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Michael Papps Walsall
 * John Parker Kidderminster
 * Dipak Patel Dudley, West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Barry Sinclair
 * Don Taylor West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Glenn Turner Stourbridge
 * Roger Twose West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * George Worker Knowle & Dorridge

India

 * Sairaj Bahutule Wolverhampton
 * Shiv Sunder Das Harborne
 * Dilip Doshi Walsall
 * Wasim Jaffer Himley
 * Amar Singh

Pakistan

 * Abid Ali West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Azhar Mahmood Smethwick
 * Imran Khan Stourbridge
 * Mohammad Akram Smethwick
 * Mohammad Yousuf Smethwick, Evesham
 * Mushtaq Mohammad Old Hill
 * Saqlain Mushtaq Evesham
 * Sadiq Mohammad
 * Shahid Saeed Evesham
 * Shoaib Akhtar Berkswell
 * Wasim Akram Smethwick, Aston Unity

Sri Lanka

 * Dinusha Fernando Brockhampton
 * Somachandra de Silva West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Champaka Ramanayake West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Malinda Warnapura Halesowen

Zimbabwe

 * Tendai Chisoro Fordhouses
 * Dion Ebrahim West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Andy Flower West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Grant Flower Barnt Green
 * Travis Friend Knowle & Dorridge
 * Trevor Garwe Wellington
 * David Houghton West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Dougie Marillier Bedworth, Kenilworth Wardens
 * Gus Mackay Barnt Green, West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Mpumelelo Mbangwa Coventry & North Warwickshire
 * Waddington Mwayenga Worcester
 * Edward Rainsford Berkswell
 * Paul Strang Barnt Green
 * Tatenda Taibu Worcester
 * Mark Vermeulen Fordhouses
 * Dirk Viljoen Barnt Green

Bangladesh

 * Enamul Haque Jr Wolverhampton
 * Abu Jayed Barnards Green

Ireland

 * Mark Adair Harborne, Moseley
 * Boyd Rankin Moseley (also played test cricket for England)

Namibia

 * Jan-Berry Burger Knowle and Dorridge
 * Gerrie Snyman Tamworth, Walsall
 * Christi Viljeon Aston Manor

Netherlands

 * Ben Cooper Stratford-upon-Avon
 * Tim Gruijters Walmley

Scotland

 * Navdeep Poonia Old Hill, West Bromwich Dartmouth
 * Calum MacLeod Walmley

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Kestie Morassi

Kestie Morassi (born 9 August 1978) (Newspaper birth notice search) is an Australian film and television actress. She played Natalie in the TV series Satisfaction (2007–2010) and Maggie Astoni in Home and Away (2017–2020). Morassi has also appeared in the films Dirty Deeds (2002), Wolf Creek (2005), The Illustrated Family Doctor (2005), and has made television appearances on Underbelly (2008), Wilfred (2010) and Black Snow (2022)

Early life
Morassi was born in Adelaide, South Australia. She lived in Adelaide until she was thirteen years old. She studied at the National Theatre, Melbourne Drama School, graduating in 1994, and another five years at Drama with a Difference where she later became a full time teacher for the school.

Career
Morassi first appeared on the television series Neighbours in 1996. She would later appear in BeastMaster, Stingers and The Secret Life of Us in the early 2000s before making the transition to films in 2002 alongside an all-star cast including Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington, and John Goodman in Dirty Deeds which saw her nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award by the Film Critics Circle of Australia. Morassi has also appeared in Darkness Falls, Travelling Light, Strange Bedfellows, Thunderstruck, The Illustrated Family Doctor, and Josh Jarman before getting her international break in the Australian box-office success Wolf Creek, which screened at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. She played backpacker Kristy Earl, for which she was nominated for an Australian Film Institute award for Best Supporting Actress 2005. She also starred in the Patrick Hughes short film Signs for Schweppes opposite Nick Russell.

In recent work, Morassi played whip-cracking brothel manager Natalie in Foxtel's groundbreaking drama Satisfaction and portrays sultry and infatuated criminal defence lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson in the Nine Network TV drama series Underbelly. In 2010, she had a guest appearance on Wilfred, playing "Kat".

Morassi joined the cast of Seven Network soap opera Home and Away in 2017 as Maggie Astoni. She departed in July 2020, along with Rohan Nichol who plays her on-screen husband Ben Astoni.

In 2020 Morassi returned to the big screen in paranormal horror Surrogate alongside Jane Badler. Morassi plays Natalie Paxton, a nurse and single mother, who falls mysteriously ill and struggles to save her family from being destroyed. Surrogate premiered April 6th 2022 at Sun Theatre, Yarraville, Australia for a limited 4 week theatrical run where it was number 1, 2 weeks running. Surrogate was released internationally in September 2022 on TubiTV and Amazon Prime.

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Talk:Rory McArdle

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Force 17

Force 17 (القوة 17) was a commando and special operations unit of the Palestinian Fatah movement and later of the Office of the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority. It was formed in the early 1970s by Ali Hassan Salameh (Abu Hassan). Initially, the group was housed in building 17 of Al-Fakhani Street in Beirut.

History
Force 17 was formed by Ali Hassan Salameh in the 1970s in an attempt to professionalize Fatah's intelligence services. Force 17 was also initially responsible for Yasser Arafat's personal security. Salameh is believed to have masterminded the 1972 Munich massacre and was assassinated in January 1979 by Mossad as part of Operation Wrath of God.

Dissolution
In 1994, the unit was largely absorbed into Yasser Arafat’s personal security force, the Palestinian Authority's "Presidential Security". In 2006, the unit was separated, to become the Presidential Guard as part of the Palestinian Security Services. During the Lebanese Civil War, then-14-year-old Imad Mughniyeh joined Force 17 in 1976. He worked as a sniper in Beirut, targeting Christian fighters on the Green Line.

In 2007, a plan to dismantle the remnant of Force 17 and incorporate it into the Presidential Guard of President Mahmoud Abbas was unveiled by Ynet. The Force was merged into the Presidential Guard and the National Security Forces in December 2007.

Operations

 * 1979: Force 17 elements were dispatched to Uganda to assist the PLO's efforts to defend the regime of Idi Amin during the Uganda–Tanzania War.
 * September 1985: Gunmen allegedly part of Force 17 stormed a yacht moored in Larnaca, Cyprus killing three Israeli citizens. PLO authorities at the time denied involvement.
 * December 1985: Force 17 claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and murder of IDF soldier Moshe Levi. His body was found burning near Mazor.

Rumored operations

 * The group has been accused by some of having carried out the 1987 assassination of Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali in London.

Operations against Force 17

 * On January 28, 2001, the IDF captured six members of Force 17, who were believed responsible for the shooting deaths of at least seven Israelis in the Ramallah area, including Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane and his wife Talya Kahane. Binyamin Kahane was the son of Kach leader, Rabbi Meir Kahane.
 * February 2001, an Israeli helicopter fired a missile killing prominent Force 17 member Massoud Ayyad.

Leadership
According to most reports Force 17 was founded in the early 1970s by Ali Hassan Salameh. In 1979 Salameh and his bodyguards were assassinated in Beirut by Israeli intelligence.

Mahmoud Awad Damra reportedly commanded Force 17. In 2006, he was sentenced by an Israeli court to 15 years in prison for his role in planning several attacks against Israel. He was released as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange.

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Kate Blewett

Kate Blewett is a documentary film-maker in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her documentaries on human rights abuses, such as The Dying Rooms and Bulgaria's Abandoned Children.

Life
Kate Blewett grew up in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand and enjoyed a prosperous family life. Her father was a British army General and a doctor. As a child she wanted to know why people had the lives they did and why they suffered. As a teenager she wanted to make documentaries. She has a first class degree from the Canterbury Christchurch University in Radio, Film and Television with Educational Broadcasting.

Blewett later returned to Hong Kong and specialized in Asian matters. She met her husband in Hong Kong and had her first child there. She returned to the UK after Hong Kong's return to China in 1997, but was soon working on The Dying Rooms.

Work
Her first major job in filming was tourist promotion in remote areas of Indonesia. Blewett has filmed in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Micronesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan. She has filmed a wide variety of subjects: art and education, businesses, crimes, cultures, corruption and death, the people, the politics, the religions, the stock exchanges, flotations, violence and wildlife.

She worked for two years developing The Dying Rooms, a documentary about orphanages in communist China. The documentary was made with Brian Woods and Peter Woolrich. All three pretended to work in the orphanages. She found evidence that very young children were deliberately neglected and allowed to die in agonizing ways and became so distressed that she wanted to leave China, but she nevertheless continued the investigation. The Dying Rooms was televised in 26 nations and prompted an enormous outcry. She is trustee of Care of China's Orphaned and Abandoned, a charitable organization which was established after the documentary was screened.

Blewett has also worked with Brian Woods to expose forced labour in cocoa production. (See Chocolate and slavery.)

She is author of the documentary Bulgaria's Abandoned Children about a special care home for children in Mogilino. The film was criticised in Bulgaria for severe errors in translation, suggesting bias.

Awards

 * 2002, with Brian Woods, won the Amnesty International Media Award for the television documentary "Kids behind bars", (True Vision Productions, BBC – produced by Kate Blewett and Brian Woods)

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Talk:Love metal

— J I P | Talk 14:11, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

In case anyone noticed, I tried to renominate this page for AfD, since it's not been expanded for two weeks and I hoped that consensus could be achieved on a second go-round, given that many of the keep votes last time were 'keep and expand'. However, since the AfD notice links back to the old discussion, I removed the AfD notice (I assume I can do this given that I put it up and took it down after one minute), and will see if articles can actually be renominated. I apologise for not making sure whether articles could be renominated for AfD. --Last Malthusian 09:13, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Given some people's clear biases against renominations (I'm pretty certain a lot of people don't bother to read anything or think about it when they see a renomination, but just decide it should be kept because it was kept before, regardless of how bad the mistake was) and the faulty reasoning that was already present in the first AFD, I'm going to just make this a redirect to the HIM album that's the only legitimate use of the noun-phrase "love metal". The falsehood will still be in the article history, but at least it's not going to be masquerading as an article anymore.  The Literate Engineer 17:14, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Factual?
This was kept on a no-consensus, but those who claimed it was keepworthy never provided evidence of the existence of this "genre" in any form other than the one HIM album. If this article is about a legitimate genre, proof will be given in the form of 1)music publications using the term or 2)record labels promoting their bands as a part of this genre. Until such time as this evidence is presented, this article ought not be considered factual. The Literate Engineer 00:32, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Good call. --Last Malthusian 13:09, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed... thanks for adding the tag The Literate Engineer.--Isotope23 13:36, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

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Thomas Reibey

Thomas Reibey (24 September 1821 – 10 February 1912) was an Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania from 20 July 1876 until 9 August 1877.

Reiby was born in Hadspen, Van Diemen's Land, (now Tasmania) the son of Thomas Haydock Reibey and Richarda Allen, and a grandson of Mary Reibey. Reibey was educated at Trinity College, Oxford. His father died before he graduated and he returned to Tasmania. In 1843 Reiby was admitted to Holy Orders by Bishop Francis Nixon. He was for some years rector of Holy Trinity church, Launceston, and afterwards rector of Carrick, where he built and partly endowed a church. About 1858 he became archdeacon of Launceston.

Missions to the islands of Bass Strait
Archdeacon Reibey was one of a number of the Anglican clergy in Tasmania who voyaged to the Bass Strait islands in the middle of the 19th century to minister to the spiritual needs of the islanders of Aboriginal descent. The first such voyage seems to have been that made by Bishop Francis Nixon in 1854.

The next such voyage, for which a record survives, was made by archdeacon Reibey in 1862. He was joined on the voyage by another cleric from northern Tasmania, the Reverend John Fereday (1813-1871) of George Town. They departed George Town on 17 March 1862, aboard a cutter of 10 tons with a crew of two seamen. During the cruise they called at Flinders Island and then Chappell Island, where the islanders had gathered from their various home islands for the annual mutton-bird harvest. When archdeacon Reibey conducted divine service here on Sunday, 23 March 1862, he had a congregation of over sixty people. Nine children were baptised during the service. Reibey and Fereday also visited Badger Island where they met Lucy Beadon. Archdeacon Reibey made subsequent voyages to the islands in 1862 and 1866. Cannon Marcus Brownrigg followed his example and made a series of similar voyages between 1872 and 1885.

Political career
Reibey entered the Tasmanian House of Assembly as member for Westbury in 1874 and continued to represent it for 29 years. From March 1875 to July 1876 he was leader of the opposition and then became premier and colonial secretary. But parties were not clearly defined, there was much faction, and his ministry lasted only a little more than a year. He was again leader of the opposition from August 1877 to December 1878 when he became colonial secretary in the William Crowther ministry until October 1879. In July 1887 he was elected speaker of the house of assembly and competently filled the position until July 1891. He was minister without portfolio in the Edward Braddon ministry from April 1894 to October 1899.

Four years later Reibey retired from politics and confined his interests to country pursuits for the remainder of his long life. He had two estates and kept a stud of horses which he raced purely for the love of sport. In 1882 he won the Launceston Cup and had just failed to win the Melbourne Cup with Stockwell — he bought Malua as a yearling, which won the Melbourne Cup in 1884. He retired from racing towards the end of his life on account of his disapproval of some incidents that had occurred in connection with it. He was president of more than one racing club and gave much energy to the improvement of agriculture as president of the Northern Agricultural Society. Keeping his faculties to the end he died aged 90 on 10 February 1912. He married in 1842 Catherine McDonall, daughter of James Kyle of Inverness, who predeceased him. He had no children.

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Talk:Drinking horn

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Two very simple reasons why this is not a plain dictionary entry:

1 - The mention of the drinking horn in literature. 2 - The mention of the drinking horn in Dunvegan castle.

I was amazed actually that Wikipedia had no entries on this subject, but there you go... --MacRusgail 14:11, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

"Viking" focus
the article was repeating the common misconception that the drinking horn is somehow native to "Northern Europe" in particular, while it is clearly part of the "cultural package" adopted by the Celts from the Scythians / the Balkans together with iron etc. (which in turn passed from the Celts to the Germanic tribes later on). There remains a strong tradition of drinking horns in the Caucasus, which I suppose can plausibly be assumed as continuity since antiquity. The drinking horn, if "native" to anywhere, should be considered a prehistoric "steppe pastoralist" custom in origin. --dab (𒁳) 11:34, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I don't think it was claiming that it was native to any particular area. However, it became particularly well developed in Northern Europe, and there are many notable examples in myths and history in that region. If anything, the original article which I wrote had a Scottish bias. That's because it was written mainly from copyright free Scottish content - and I'd agree that that was not a good focus. However, it has moved on since then.--MacRusgail (talk) 17:00, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

too much or too little detail?
According to ,
 * "The article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains a lot of irrelevant material."

I would be interested, in your opinion, which is it? Is the article missing important content? On what topic? or does it contain irrelevant material? In what section?

Or did you just copy Berig's assessment? Which, of course, applied to an entirely different revision, for which a "C" was actually being rather kind. Or am I missing something? --dab (𒁳) 20:16, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Adding the article to the Dacian culture category
The article has been added to the Category:Dacian culture since it is clearly mentioning Diodorus's account of a feast prepared by the Getic chief Dromichaites for Lysimachus, where the Getians' use of drinking vessels made from horn and wood is explicitly stated. The article also mentions that the Thracians were known for their custom of drinking from horns. The mainstream theories as well as historical sources, state that the Dacians and the Getae are northern Thracian tribes. Minimally, they share the same religion, have a close, culture, language etc. Furthermore, the mainstream theories substantiated in archaeology, linguistics also assume that Daci and Getae, are different names given for the same people by Romans and Greeks respectively. There are also theories stating they are not the same, but related, with Getae possibly having more Scythian and southern Thracian influence than the Dacian. Burebista also created a federation of Dacian and Getae tribes, proving closeness in their culture. Most evidence proves that Dacian and Getae were the same if not closely related. Evidence showing the contrary is scarce. The definition of Dacia as a region and as a cultural and linguistic space can not limited in any way to Dacia Trajana (a fragment conquered by Romans) and to certain western Dacian tribes. It has a broader range, minimally starting north of Danube, but most likely north of Balkans, at the border between Thrace and of what Romans called Moesia, named after the Daco-Thracian tribe Moesi. We know for a fact that the linguistic (and most likely the cultural) separation between Daco-Moesian and Thracian happen at the natural border formed by the Balkan mountains. You can look at the distribution of the Davae as well. The ancient Thrace is south of the Balkan mountains and the Category:Culture of ancient Thrace covers only that cultural space. By no means the Getic one. Even if the Dacians are so different than the Getae and the Thracians, give the fact that each had settlements in the others territories (which hints to cultural closeness and interaction), it is impossible to assume (especially during Buresbista's time) that the Dacians were looking shocked at the Getae and the Thracians how they drink from their horns, not knowing what they are. Additionally Dacians interacted with Scythians which also had horns. There is also the issue of practicality for categorizing the articles related to the Paleo-Balkans. In order to be perfectly precise, and not knowing 100% how closely related some tribes were, logically we would have to create category trees showing culture, language, weapons etc. for each Dacian, Getae, Thracian and Illyrian tribe. I think that would create an enormous amount of categories which is no feasible or realistic, as well as duplication. Given all this, I believe the Category:Dacian culture together with the Category:Culture of ancient Thrace, should be good enough to cover all the cultural space described in the article without implying anything else. I hope this clarifies the logic.--Codrin.B (talk) 03:05, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

yes, fine, I do not object to the addition of this category. Since drinking horns have been part of the culture of at least three dozen peoples and nations over time, I still must say it isn't very constructive to go around and tag articles for your personal favourite pet culture instead of looking at the article topic and decide which categories are most relevant to that. --dab (𒁳) 07:47, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Based on my detailed justification, I don't think it is just about a pet culture. But you are right, you can't categorize very generic concepts with all cultures. Maybe, if notable enough, and supported by enough evidence, a Paleo-Balkan drinking horn section or independent article would more sense. Thanks again. --Codrin.B (talk) 19:46, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Method of use
I see that at least some pictures depict persons drinking from the horn's broad end, essentially using it as a cup. Were there types of horns from which the tip of the narrow end was cut off and from whose narrow end the liquid was drunk? The method(s) of use need(s) to be addressed. 96.37.67.222 (talk) 16:42, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was BJAODN and REDIRECT to Cumulative distribution function. — J I P | Talk 13:10, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

CCDF
Looks to be silly vanity/nonsense Whitejay251 14:11, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Restore It might be the speediest nonsense ever written but it's not possible to check that now. If an article goes on Afd rather than speedy, then I feel a few votes are needed prior to its being deleted.  Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk  16:23, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I speedied it as nonsense to save everyone time - but I've now restored it as requested. --Doc (?) 19:13, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Yup - it's rubbish.   Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk  19:23, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Cumulative distribution function, since a CCDF is a complementary cumulative distribution function (a CCDF), although that target article needs to have such a mention added. (It need not be there for this to be a sensible redirect, however). -Splash talk 19:41, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I have now added a mention of the CCDF to cumulative distribution function. This will be a sensible redirect. -Splash talk 19:48, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * BJAODN, then redirect per Splash. Ilmari Karonen 23:11, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
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Proof of future plans of Shatin to Central Link
Please provide some proof that MTR will be building the Shatin to Central Link under its previous proposals.

Having checked the KCR website, no information about the line was displayed, so please, if possible, provide some industry insider information. (with link) --Kylohk 17:35, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

 * News Report in Chinese: 沙中線或交回地鐵興建 (Apple Daily - 28 October 2005) Also, Apple Daily reports that the government has accepted MTRC's proposal to build Sha Tin to Central Link on 24 March 2006. However, the government will announce the details of the railway project together with the proposal of merging the two railway companies -- PoonKaMing, 28 March 2006
 * Alright. The proposal is only reported, and is not confirmed by either of the two companies nor the government. It might be true, but Apple Daily is the only press the news has been reported, with only details from undisclosed source. Let's wait until when the news becomes more concrete. — Instantnood 15:45, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I have improved the introduction of the article Sha Tin to Central Link: "Sha Tin to Central Link (沙田至中環綫) is an proposed railway line in Hong Kong which runs from Tai Wai to Central. Originally, this railway was going to be built by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. However, as the Hong Kong Government has intention to merge the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC), rumour suggests that the railway will be built and operated by the MTRC eventually." -- PoonKaMing, 2 April 2006
 * I have noticed that the page name of SCL has suffixed "(MTR)" to it. It seems quite inappropiate to do like this as we do not know the final outcome of SCL. I have requested a move back to the original title (without MTR). You can express your view in Talk:Sha Tin to Central Link (MTR). --Xavier Fung 05:23, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

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Venue suggestion needed for a meet-up in Yuen Long

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In the past meet-ups, we always had our meeting in the centre of Kowloon, either Kowloon Tong or Mong Kok. However, apart from these places, I am sure that alternative venues in other region would be suitable.

This is the time for your suggestion! According to some discussion on Chinese Wikipedia, from August of 2007, the Hong Kong Wikimedians’ meet-up would be held in all districts of Hong Kong in a circulation basis.

Here is the tentative information of the first meet-up：
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The community would request for ideas of where we should hold the meet-up , in order to have a better decision. If you have any good ideas, don’t hesitate to give your opinions, million thanks!

"Please don't hesitate to give your good suggestion to us"

Regards, Hong Kong Wikimedian Sith lord darth vader 16:49, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

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以巴黎迪士尼樂園的模版為例，Names of show 就沒有包含在attraction list裏面

The Legend Of The Lion King和The Tarzan Encounter 都是shows

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Celebrations for 2nd Anniversary of Wikimedia Hong Kong

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Wikimedia Hong Kong has been founded two year ago. Today, we would like to invite you to a great event for our second anniversary celebrations, that is co-host by us - Digital Content Jam 1.0, which is belongs to The 3C Digital Creativity Dialogue Series -- Creativity, Content, Community.

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Hong Kong meetup
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Boli

Boli may refer to:

China

 * Boli County (勃利县), Heilongjiang, China
 * Boli, Heilongjiang (勃利镇), town in and seat of Boli County
 * Boli, Jiangsu (博里镇), town in Chuzhou District, Huai'an, Jiangsu, China

Other countries

 * Boli Rural District, in Iran
 * Boli, Côte d'Ivoire, town and commune
 * Bolu, Turkey ("Boli" having been one historical spelling)
 * Khabarovsk, formerly known by the Chinese name Boli (伯力), major city of the Russian Far East

People

 * Basile Boli (born 1967), French football player
 * Yannick Boli (born 1988), Thai football player

Food

 * Boli (food), South Indian sweet flatbread
 * Boli (plantain), the name for roasted plantain in Nigeria
 * Boli, Mexican ice pop
 * Pizza Boli's, American pizzeria chain

Other

 * Boli (TV series), a Bangladeshi streaming television series
 * Boli, a fetish of Mali
 * Boli (steroid)
 * Bank-owned life insurance
 * Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries

title: Boli


text: Category:Candidates in the 2000 Mexican presidential election


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The result of the debate was KEEP. — J I P | Talk 13:05, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Ask a Stupid Question Day
This article is causing confusion among admins. It was speedied once as a hoax (which can't be speedied except in extremis) and then as a recreated article, which doesn't fit the G4 CSD since it wasn't AfDd. Since Google returns plenty of hits, I figure the questions should be settled here. -Splash talk 14:12, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Wiki needs to set some standards for keeping holidays. Possibly whether they appear on this site (It looks lowtech, but it has a good set of standards): . This article appears in September.
 * Keep. -- Reinyday, 19:00, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Either verify the claim of those greeting cards, find a reference to it on television, or delete. ♥ purplefeltangel ( talk ) ♥ ( contribs ) 19:13, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I'm not sure what you mean about "verify the claim of those greating cards", but if you mean verify that such greating cards exist: I'll take door number one:, , . --best, kevin  · · · Kzollman | Talk ·· · 22:26, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Although, I should point out that two of these sites claim that ASQD is on September 30 --best, kevin · · · Kzollman | Talk ·· · 22:36, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete insignificant joke holiday —Wahoofive (talk) 22:28, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Extremely weak keep. We have Talk Like a Pirate Day.  User:Zoe|(talk) 23:13, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless we want articles on Elephant Appreciation Day and National Punch Your Alarm Clock Day too. Keep per Ilmari Karonen Denni ☯  03:16, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Wow, there's a "talk like a pirate day"!! Yay!!!  Just for learning that, I'll agree with Zoe, weak keep. Xoloz 08:59, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - change title to lower case. --MacRusgail 13:09, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * If it is kept, the current casing is correct, per things like Talk Like a Pirate Day. -Splash talk 13:12, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. No reason to delete. Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 21:56, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. Not a joke, a school thing.  Article should, if possible, be amended with information about how widely the day is observed. Ilmari Karonen 23:23, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. With respect to Denni's comment, let's start days about punching alarm clocks or appreciating elephants. I see no problem with that. EKMichigan 02:40, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I guess it depends on what you want Wikipedia to be. I would like it to be a source of reliable and valuable information. Wikipedia is not the place for cute jokes. However, if Ilmari Karonen is correct, I will happily change my vote. Denni ☯ 00:43, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I was just going by what the article claims. I haven't been able to verify the specific claims made in the article; as it says in the article itself, this seems to be a difficult phrase to search for, since most hits are copies of or references to a "list of bizarre holidays".  Also, curiously enough, Yahoo search returns significantly more hits for the phrase than Google does.  What little I have been able to verify includes:
 * There is such a thing as "ask a stupid question day". It's not original research.
 * At least some schools mention it in their calendars for September, although I've so far found no evidence of official observation (see, ).
 * It is mentioned in at least some publications intended for teachers.
 * At least some teachers use it as a classroom theme (see page 19).
 * Make of that what you will. In my opinion the thing has sufficient legitimacy to justify it having an article, even if it might be better written than it currently is.  After all, we're not trying to save paper here.  Ilmari Karonen 20:28, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete What's Next No Electricty Day --JAranda | yeah 03:03, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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U ime ljubavi

U ime ljubavi (English translation: In the Name of Love) is the fourteenth studio album of Bosnian singer Halid Bešlić. It was released in 2000.

Track listing

 * 1) U ime ljubavi (In the Name of Love)
 * 2) Srce ledeno (Icy Heart)
 * 3) Crna ruža (Black Rose)
 * 4) Kao nekad (As Before)
 * 5) Vazda (Always)
 * 6) Ne bolujem (I Do Not Suffer)
 * 7) Poželjet ćeš (You'll Miss It)
 * 8) Sunce jedino (One Sun)
 * Hej, noći (Hey, Nights)
 * 1) Pruži mi ruku (Extended Your Hand)

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HMS Clio

HMS Clio can refer to any of three Royal Navy ships named after the Greek muse of history:

 * HMS Clio (1807) was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1807 and broken up in 1845.
 * HMS Clio (1858) was a wooden screw corvette launched in 1858 and sold in 1920.
 * HMS Clio (1903) was a Cadmus-class sloop sloop launched in 1903 and sold in 1920.

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Talk:HMS Clio

HMS Cleo?
A citation on Eliot Passage mentions HMS Cleo as being on the Pacific Station in the 1860s. Would this be HMS Clio (1858) and should I just correct or redirect that?Skookum1 (talk) 05:46, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

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Weed (manga)

Weed, known in Japan as Ginga Densetsu Weed (銀牙伝説) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Takahashi. It is a sequel to Takahashi's 1980s manga Silver Fang, and focuses on Weed, the son of Gin, the original series' protagonist. Weed, named after the English word for wild plant, leaves his birthplace to search for his father in the Ōu Mountains. Upon arriving, Weed immediately begins protecting Ōu and its soldiers from dangerous threats. As the series progresses, Weed and his allies journey throughout Japan, aiding those in need and preventing takeovers.

Weed was originally serialized in the magazine Weekly Manga Goraku from May 1999 to July 2009. Publisher Nihon Bungeisha released 60 bound volumes and later reprinted early volumes. ComicsOne licensed the series for release in Canada and the United States by the name of Weed, but issued only three volumes before it went out of business.

In addition to the main series, Takahashi authored several side stories and books relating to Weed and the supporting cast. In 2005, NAS and SKY Perfect Well Think produced an anime series that aired on Animax. The show was released on several DVDs between 2006 and 2007 in Japan, and was licensed and distributed in Taiwan and several Nordic countries.

As of 2013, Weed had over 20 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.

Plot
Several years after the events of Silver Fang, Gin's son is born in the Japanese Alps. After the puppy's mother Sakura dies from an illness, an English Setter named GB pledges to bring him to the Ōu Mountains and reunite him with his father. GB decides to name the pup Weed, after the English word for wild plant, because he is "small but powerful". Upon arriving at Ōu, the pair learn that a monstrous creature is wreaking havoc and Ōu has fallen into turmoil. Gin is away, on a desperate search for his mate. Weed, GB, and other Ōu soldiers meet a team of dogs led by the German shepherd Jerome. Jerome explains that the monster is a mutated dog that escaped from a laboratory after killing several scientists. Weed's group joins them and they succeed in killing the monster, though lose several soldiers in the process, among them Gin's old ally, Smith. The series then introduces Hōgen and Genba, Great Dane brothers who plan to create an army and overthrow Gin. When Gin and his close friends John and Akame are found by Hōgen and his troops, Akame escapes to alert Ōu, while Gin, John, and Hiro (a dog loyal to Gin) are taken as hostages. John escapes, but is killed while acting as a diversion for Hiro. Akame locates Weed and explains the situation, prompting him to search for dogs to join Ōu's army. Gin escapes and starts recruiting soldiers. Hōgen, alone after having to mercy kill Genba, launches his attack on Ōu. Weed clashes with Hōgen and is injured, but spirits of dead Ōu soldiers appear to give him strength. Weed defeats Hōgen but chooses not to kill him. Hōgen stumbles away and is found by Shōji Sudou, a policeman whose partner was killed by Genba and Hōgen. Shōji shoots and kills Hōgen.

Later, Weed encounters a dog named Yukimura, and learns that a group of monkeys have been terrorizing the area. Leading them is Shōgun, a vicious baboon that feeds on young monkeys and puppies. Shōgun had previously attacked Yukimura and his family, permanently damaging his adopted father Saheiji. Weed, his comrades, Yukimura, and several rebellious monkeys attack Shōgun and his followers. Yukimura is able to injure Shōgun enough to ensure his death, but dies in the process. Saheiji reveals that Yukimura was Weed's brother: Sakura, too sick to care for all of her children, had given two of her puppies to Saheiji to raise as foster sons.

While Jerome is in Hokkaidō, he is captured by a Russian German shepherd named Victor, who aims to conquer the island. Jerome escapes and alerts Hakurō, a former Ōu soldier who resides in Hokkaidō. Hakurō and several of his sons are attacked and killed by Victor's forces. Gin and Weed go to Hokkaidō, but are unable to defeat Victor's troops. Jerome rejoins the Ōu soldiers with Lydia and Maxim, two subordinates of Victor. Angry at Maxim's betrayal, Victor orders a friend of Maxim, Alam, to kill him. Alam feels an intense regret for following orders, but later learns that Maxim survived. Alam decides to drown Victor by dragging him underwater and entangling him in seaweed. With Victor gone, Lydia chooses to stay with Jerome while Maxim and his remaining subordinates swim back to Russia.

While traveling, Weed meets his other brother, Joe. First Joe dislikes Gin for leaving Sakura unattended in the Alps. He is unaware that Sakura had left Ōu under the false impression that Gin was dead, and that Gin had been unaware of Sakura's leaving. Joe explains that a large hybrid bear has attacked and killed his mate, Hitomi. Weed's group joins Joe to defeat the animal. During the battle, GB dies saving Weed, and Weed vows to avenge him. Weed knocks himself and the bear into a river. The bear dies after hitting a floodgate and Weed manages to survive. He returns to Ōu and learns that his mate, Koyuki, is pregnant. Weeks later, she gives birth to four pups.

Manga
Weed was written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Takahashi. It is a sequel to his 1980s series Silver Fang, and follows the son of Gin, the title character from the original series. It began serialization in Weekly Manga Goraku magazine in 1999. The Japanese publisher Nihon Bungeisha released the series in collected volumes from January 2000 to September 2009. Cumulatively, 60 volumes were published. In October 2006, Nihon Bungeisha released the first volume of a reprinted edition of Weed. The company has released 22 volumes of the reprint edition, with the latest published in December 2007. The American company ComicsOne licensed the series for release in the United States and Canada in 2000 with the first three volumes released between March and June 2001. Additionally, they provided an Adobe Digital Editions e-book version. ComicsOne later went bankrupt. American publisher DrMaster acquired the rights to some of ComicsOne's titles, but not Ginga Densetsu Weed. While the physical copies are out-of-print, the e-book version is still available. Under their G-Comics imprint, Nihon Bungeisha released several Weed omnibus editions labeled as "specials". A series of three specials were released in April 2004 called Gajō no Kettō Hen (牙城の血闘編). Throughout 2009 and 2010, another set of eight "specials" were produced: Tabidachi Hen (September 2009), Senshi no Shōmei Hen (October 2009), Inuzoku no Tsutome Hen (November 2009), Otoko no Yakusoku Hen (December 2009), Taiman Shōbu Hen (January 2010), Taishō no Utsuwa Hen (February 2010), Dōshu Taiketsu Hen (March 2010), and Uketsuga Reshi Kiba Hen (April 2010).

Related books
Nihon Bungeisha released several books authored by Takahashi that relate to the main series. Ginga Densetsu Weed Gaiden (銀牙伝説ウィード外伝), first released on August 9, 2001 and re-released in December 2007, is a collection of four short stories, including a side-story about a Golden Retriever named Mel, who is a character in the main series, and the story of Takahashi's former dog Hanako. My Dog, My Weed (ぼくの犬 僕のウィード), a collection of art, essays, and personal experiences pertaining to the attachment between people and animals, was released in November 2001. In 2002, Nihon Bungeisha released a magazine called Weed World(ウィードWORLD), which centered around Weed and related material. In total, 5 issues were published between March and May. In January 2002, an art book entitled Ginga Densetsu Weed: Gengashū (銀牙伝説ウィード原画集) was released. Ginga Densetsu Weed: Meishōbu Retsuden (銀牙伝説ウィード名勝負列伝), a book containing character biographies and statistics, was released in May 2003. In November 2005, Ginga Densetsu Weed Tokubetsu Han (銀牙伝説ウィード特別版), an omnibus volume containing the prequel Ginga Densetsu Riki and Weed Gaiden, was released.

Anime
In 2005, NAS and SKY Perfect Well Think produced a 26-episode animated adaptation of Weed, directed by Toshiyuki Kato and animated by Studio Deen. The anime focused only on the Monster Arc and Hogen Arc, respectively and made some particular changes from the manga, like taking the life of a main character who survived in the manga, making characters who die in the manga live and making Weed the only son of Gin. In Japan, the series aired from November 3, 2005 to May 11, 2006 on Animax with the SKY PerfecTV! service. Dohatsuten, a Japanese band, performed both the opening and ending themes, Ginga Densetsu Weed and Tsuki Akari (つきあかり), respectively. On December 7, 2005, Imperial Records released a single containing the themes and karaoke versions. The full soundtrack for the series, composed by Y2 DOGS, was released by Imperial Records on January 25, 2006. The entirety of Weed was initially released on 13 DVDs published between February 17, 2006 and March 1, 2007. On August 29, 2008, a complete box set containing all 13 discs was released. The electronics company Sankyo created a Weed pachinko game that utilizes the anime character designs.

Top-Insight International licensed Weed for release in Taiwan. The company released seven individual DVDs, and one complete box set. The series aired in Taiwan on China Television. Future Film licensed and released the series in Finland. The company released Ginga Densetsu Weed on eight separate DVDs between August 2, 2006 and December 5, 2006. On November 14, 2007, Future Film released the entire series on a collector's edition. The release was bundled with a Weed booklet and mobile phone charm. In Sweden, AudVid distributed the series in one box set on June 15, 2007. The set included an extra 16-page booklet. The Finnish and Swedish releases included both Swedish and Finnish subtitles. In Denmark, Scanbox Entertainment released eight DVDs containing the series in 2007, and in 2008 produced two box sets containing episodes 1-13 and 14–26, respectively. In addition to a Danish dub, Scanbox's release included Danish and Norwegian subtitles.

Reception
As of 2013, Weed had over 20 million copies in circulation.

The 55th volume of Weed was listed as number 30 on the Oricon sales chart in Japan for the week December 9–15, 2008. Its sales numbers for the week were 20,059 copies, for a cumulative total of 21,320 since its release.

Weed was featured on Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga segment on Anime News Network. He praised the series for its story and took note of the "flavor" of having a combination of physically realistic dogs, "tropes", the dogs' knowledge of the human world (such as job occupations and dog breeds), and dog behavior involving honor, loyalty, honorifics, and auras. Thompson stated "the story is the point. If dogs are like humans, they are humans who are treated like slaves, separated from their kin, and forced to fight and hunt to survive. And that makes for some good drama. As Weed and his friends pursue their dream, they discover disturbing hints that the "dog utopia" might have turned into a dystopia". Overall, Thompson felt that the series was unique, stating that "no one else [is] making manga quite like this." In a later installment of House of 1000 Manga, Thompson expressed his preference for Takahashi's original work, Silver Fang -The Shooting Star Gin-, stating that it felt "more exciting and natural" than its "stiffer and more pompous" sequel.

Ginga Densetsu Riki
In 2002, Takahashi began publishing Ginga Densetsu Riki (銀牙伝説リキ), a prequel to Weed and Silver Fang -The Shooting Star Gin-. It was originally serialized in the Weed World(ウィードWORLD), published by Nihon Bungeisha, between March 31, 2002 and December 10, 2002. In March 2003, Nihon Bungeisha released the collected chapters in a single book and in December 2005, it was included in the omnibus Ginga Densetsu Weed Tokubetsu Han with Weed Gaiden. Since then has been reprinted twice: 2007 and 2015. The one-shot follows Riki, father of Gin and former leader of the Ōu soldiers. Riki, though sired by the prized bear hound Shiro, is born a runt and never homed. After his mother Yamabuki is returned to her owner, Riki, stricken with sadness, decides to visit her.

During his trek, Riki is attacked by a pack of dogs and falls into a river. Riki is rescued by his father, Shiro, who advises him about the importance of strength and leaves, not knowing Riki is his son. Influenced by Shiro, Riki aims to become strong and continually visits his mother. On a later trip, Riki sees a young boy, Daisuke, hit by a truck on a mountain road and sent over the road railing. Riki howls for help, but instead attracts the dogs that had attacked him. Riki defends Daisuke until Shiro and his owner, Gohei, arrive. Shiro learns that Riki is his son. The book ends with Gohei and Shiro fighting the bear Akakabuto. A bullet becomes lodged in Akakabuto's brain, driving him insane. Riki watches as the bear grabs Shiro and they fall off a cliff.

Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion
Takahashi began a sequel to Weed, entitled Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion (銀牙伝説ウィード オリオン), in issue #2173 of Manga Goraku, released on July 24, 2009. The first collected volume was released by Nihon Bungeisha in November 2009 and last July 2014. The new series follows Weed's offspring: Bellatrix, Rigel, Sirius, and, in particular, Orion. They are all named after astronomical phenomenon: Orion after the Orion constellation, Rigel after the star Rigel, Sirius after the star Sirius, and Bellatrix after the star Bellatrix. Orion bears a close physical resemblance to Riki and possesses an inborn strength, but is rude and hot-headed. Rigel shares his fiery personality, while Sirius, who resembles his father, is level-headed and a peace-keeper. Bellatrix, Weed's only daughter, is portrayed as immature and whiny.

An earthquake and subsequent volcanic eruption separates Orion from his parents and siblings. Joe locates Orion and manages to rescue him, disappearing himself in the process, while Ōu soldier Sasuke gets separated from Rigel and others. With the Ōu Mountains in complete disarray, new threats arrive to exploit its weaknesses. Three sons of the Irish Wolfhound Kamakiri, a platoon leader for Hōgen, wish to avenge their father's death. Kurohabaki Masamune, the leader of the Kurohabaki Clan of ninja dogs, aims to take over Ōu and strengthen his army. He is the adoptive son of the former Kurohabaki leader, Terumune, and was previously denied leadership of the clan, despite his striving for approval. Instead, Terumune decided that his blood-related son Yamabiko, born after Masamune's arrival, would become leader. Thereafter, Masamune banished Terumune and took control of the clan. He holds a grudge against Yamabiko and plans to find and kill him. Meanwhile, members of the Kurohabaki clan roam Ōu, gathering recruits and killing those who resist.

Ginga: The Last Wars
Takahashi began publishing Ginga: The Last Wars (銀牙, THE LAST WARS) in 2015.

The series takes place six months after the end of Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion. The dogs have been at peace, and all has seemingly gone well. However soon the monstrous bear Monsoon attacks, wanting to claim Futago Pass as his own. All the while getting vengeance for his father - Akakabuto who was killed by Gin during the events of Silver Fang -The Shooting Star Gin-.

Victory is not assured for the dogs, as an aging Gin has started to go blind. And the Supreme Commander Weed is severely injured by one of Monsoon's kin. Weed's children have been sent away for training, and are oblivious to the crisis at hand.

Ginga Densetsu Noah
Takahashi began publishing Ginga Densetsu Noah (銀牙伝説ノア) in 2019.

The series takes place few months after the events of Ginga: The Last Wars, Orion has gone missing to mourn the death of his brother, Sirius. A new army known as the Aka-Ari is making a name for themselves under the belief that the Ōu Army was killed by the bears.

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