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The Yellow Claw

The Yellow Claw is a 1915 crime novel by Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, known better under his pseudonym of Sax Rohmer.

The story features Gaston Max, a Parisian criminal investigator and master of disguise, and his battle with Mr. King, a master criminal similar to Rohmer's earlier character Dr. Fu Manchu.

Film adaptation
The novel was the basis for the 1921 British silent film The Yellow Claw.

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Lose Control (Missy Elliott song)

"Lose Control" is a song by American rapper Missy Elliott featuring singer Ciara and rapper Fatman Scoop. It was released as the lead single from Elliott's sixth studio album, The Cookbook, on May 23, 2005. It contains samples from Hot Streak's "Body Work" and Cybotron's "Clear". The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, number two in New Zealand, and in the top thirty in various countries.

Conception
The song was written by Melissa Elliott, Ciara Harris, Isaac Freeman, Richard Davis and Curtis Hudson and produced by Elliott. The song is an uptempo electronic dance track and contains samples of "Clear" by Cybotron and "Body Work" by Hot Streak, of which Curtis Hudson was a member.

In March 2005, Ciara confirmed she would appear on The Cookbook, singing and rapping on the potential first untitled single at the time. She explained the song's meaning, saying, "It's about music, how music makes you feel and makes you lose control." While recording the song, Elliott stated, "The only person who can pull something off with me [on this track] is Ciara, because it's a record with speed." She went on to say that the toughest part of making the song was convincing Ciara to rap. In the process, Ciara asked Elliott, "Is this gonna sound messed up? My fans are gonna be mad." Along with "On & On", "Lose Control" was released in advance of The Cookbook to determine which song would serve as the lead single.

Critical reception
"Lose Control" received favorable reviews from critics. Virgin Media gave the song four out of five stars, calling the song "irresistibly danceable", saying that the sample was "a great spin on the original Cybotron material." In the album review, John Bush of AllMusic said the song was a "nod to the type of old-school party jam that Elliott does better than ever." Brian Hiatt of Rolling Stone called the song one of the "best tracks" on the album. The song was certified gold by the RIAA.

The video for "Lose Control" was nominated for six MTV Video Music Awards, including Breakthrough Video, Best Direction in a Video, Best Choreography in a Video and Best Special Effects in a Video. It went on to win two, Best Hip-Hop Video and Best Dance Video. It also won a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video, while the song itself received a nomination for Best Rap Song. The video won Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards and was nominated for The Michael Jackson Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Dance Cut at the Soul Train Music Awards. It was also nominated for Video of the Year at the 2006 BET Awards. "Lose Control" was ranked in the top songs of 2005 by Pitchfork Media, where it ranked at number 23, numbers 14 and 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, respectively and number 12 on About.com. Stereogum and Paste ranked the song number nine and number five, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Missy Elliott Songs.

Music video
Directed by Dave Meyers, the music video starts off in a solid black room with dancers. Later, Elliott is seen buried in sand and slowly emerges in front of three other dancers. Elliott's head is added digitally to a different body. The next scene is in an old wooden house and in rows of dancers as they continue to dance. After that there are rows of people dancing outside of a building with the people dressed in vintage clothes and the footage filtered to look very old and grainy with some colors flattened and others oversaturated. They then end up on a desert road near a truck, where a single line of dancers finish dancing. The video then switches over to the song "On & On", where three dancers dance in sand as Elliott dances and levitates over a wooden plank, later accompanied by Tommy Lee. Lee described the act as "cool wire work to fly around". In 2005, the music video for "Lose Control" was the most played video on BET and MTV2 and second most played video in the United States, although many of them edited out the "On & On" section.

Track listings

 * US promo CD
 * 1) "Lose Control" (radio version) – 3:15
 * 2) "Lose Control" (instrumental) – 3:32
 * 3) "Lose Control" (explicit album version) – 3:34

 * UK 12-inch single
 * A1. "Lose Control" (explicit version)
 * A2. "Lose Control" (instrumental version)
 * B1. "Lose Control" (extended version)

 * UK CD and digital download
 * 1) "Lose Control" (explicit album version) – 3:30
 * 2) "Lose Control" (extended version) – 4:51

 * Australian CD single
 * 1) "Lose Control" (explicit version)
 * 2) "Lose Control" (extended version)
 * 3) "Lose Control" (instrumental version)

Personnel

 * Marcella Araica – assistant engineer
 * Chris Brown – assistant engineer
 * Vadim Chislov – assistant engineer
 * Paul J. Falcone – mixing
 * Eric Jensen – assistant engineer
 * Rayshawn Woolard – assistant engineer

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WLKU

WLKU is a radio station licensed to Rock Island, Illinois, with a Christian contemporary format. The station's frequency is 98.9 MHz, and broadcasts at an effective radiated power of 39,000 watts, from a transmitter located near Orion, Illinois. WLKU is owned by the Educational Media Foundation and is affiliated with the K-Love network.

Early history
The Rock Island allocation of 98.9 MHz represents many milestones in Quad Cities' radio broadcasting. First, it was the first FM station to originate in the area, signing on as WHBF-FM on October 28, 1947. It was owned by the Rock Island Argus.

Second, WHBF-FM became the area's first radio station to broadcast in stereo, implementing the technology in 1958. Stereo multiplexing followed in 1961, with automation coming a few years later.

WHBF-FM's first home was the Harms Hotel, where it broadcast alongside sister station WHBF. As with most FM stations of the era, WHBF either duplicated the AM station's programming or used a classical music/easy listening format. WHBF-TV joined the fold in July 1950, with all three facilities housed in the Telco Building in downtown Rock Island. All three stations were owned by the Potter family of Rock Island, the same family that published the Rock Island Argus.

In the early 1970s, WHBF-FM moved away from its classical/easy listening format, and for a short while, shared WHBF's middle-of-the-road (MOR) format. When WHBF began its country music format in 1974, WHBF-FM continued its MOR format for another decade.

Top 40-era (1987–2006)
By 1987, with tastes in radio listenership changing, WHBF-FM adopted a new Top 40/CHR format, in an attempt to draw a younger audience. The new station – now dubbed WPXR and known as "Power 98.9" - premiered on March 17, 1987, and was an immediate success. The station quickly drew listeners away from the Quad Cities' market's established Top 40 station, KIIK 104, and soon became the area's #1 Top 40 station. Often, "Power 98.9" duked it out with country station WLLR-FM for supremacy in the market.

In 1987, David Roth (uncle to David Lee Roth of Van Halen) bought the FM/AM, and in the mid-1990s, WPXR shifted to "The New Sound", featuring urban contemporary and alternative rock music. Listeners did not like "The New Sound", and on June 30, 1995, the station reverted to the Top 40/CHR format, this time with the slogan "All Hit 98.9". The callsign WHTS became effective on July 28, 1995. For several years, WHTS carried "The Bob & Tom Show" during its morning programming block until the show moved to KUUL in 2001 to make way for a local morning show.

Sale of station to EMF (2006–present)
Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) operated "All Hit 98.9" under a joint sales agreement (JSA) with the station's owner, Mercury Broadcasting Company, for several years. Clear Channel already owned six stations in the Quad Cities market: WLLR-FM, KUUL-FM, KMXG-FM, KCQQ-FM, WOC, and WFXN. Because purchasing additional stations would have placed Clear Channel over Federal Communications Commission ownership limits for the market, a JSA was used instead. (Clear Channel used to operate Mercury Broadcasting's other station in the market, WKBF, in this manner.)

The FCC instituted new ownership rules in 2004. Under the new rules, a joint sales agreement is considered equivalent to station ownership, placing Clear Channel over the market limit. The JSA between Clear Channel and Mercury was due to be renewed in 2006, but both companies knew a renewal was not possible. In December 2005, it was announced that Mercury would be selling the station to the Educational Media Foundation for $3.5 million. EMF also announced its intentions to convert the 98.9 frequency to non-commercial status.

The FCC approved the sale on January 24, 2006, and the final day for the Top 40 format was February 3. The last song ever to be played on "All Hit 98.9" was "American Pie" by Don McLean, which was followed by a tribute medley produced by "Red Hot" Brian Scott. The final section of a song to ever be played on "All Hit 98.9" was "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" by Boyz II Men. The 98.9 frequency went silent at midnight on February 3, returning to the air with the satellite K-LOVE format the following evening. Five days later, the station adopted its current call letters, WLKU.

The deal officially separated 98.9 FM from WKBF after nearly 60 years of co-ownership. (WHBF-TV was separated from its radio sisters in 1987, around the same time the "Power 98.9" format began.) Mercury Broadcasting, which had purchased the AM/FM duopoly from Rock Island Broadcasting in a separate deal from WHBF-TV (which itself was sold separately to Citadel Communications), retained ownership of WKBF until divesting that station to Quad Cities Media in October 2006. WKBF was later sold to La Jefa Latino Broadcasting in June 2008 (also becoming a full-time Spanish=language station in the process) but by fall 2018, that station abruptly signed off the air permanently; WKBF's broadcasting license was subsequently cancelled on June 1, 2020.

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Dobromierz, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Dobromierz is a village-sized municipality in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. The municipality lies approximately 16 km north-west of Świdnica, and 61 km south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

It is the main municipality and the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Dobromierz.

First mentioned as Vrideberch in a 1307 deed, it received town privileges about 1409. The area was the site of Frederick the Great's victory at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg (Hohenfriedeberg), fought between Austria and Prussia on 4 June 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession.

It is the birthplace of Polish cyclist and Olympic medallist Stanisław Szozda.

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User talk:Paulc1001

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Have you checked out the Simple English Wikipedia, simple:Main Page? It might be a more appropriate place for a simplified QM article. At least, simple:Quantum mechanics is currently very unsatisfactory. — Laura Scudder | Talk 22:39, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 * The Simple Wikipedia works just like any other language wikipedia, so you have to add interlanguage links, which show up in the sidebar. It'd be kinda nice if there was a mechanism for a closer relationship, but since the interlanguage setup was already in place, that's what got used.

 * By the way, don't take my suggestion as a deterent to changing the quantum mechanics here. There was recently (a few months ago) quite a wrangling over the introduction, and the result of that was the current compromise, which is supposed to be totally truthful but a bit simplified.  These kinds of things can always use re-evaluation though.  Check out the WikiProject Science guidelines to a good science article if you want to see what all the salient points are supposed to be.  — Laura Scudder | Talk 23:26, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Logging out and other things
Logging out is a problem that can be prevented by clicking the "remember me on this computer" check box when signing into Wikipedia. That's what I did and the problem is now gone.

Thanks for the copyediting in the Tuxtla Gutiérrez article! It went through a recent major edit as part of the Spanish Translation of the Week project, and needed some serious cleanup. Maybe you would be interested in helping us there? You don't need to speak Spanish, you can always copyedit after we've done the rough translating.

Again, welcome to Wikipedia. And feel free to ask me anything in my talk page, I'm glad to help users learn the ropes. Tito xd 17:53, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

QM Conflagration
I feel somewhat responsible for the "heated" discussion by virtue of my bold edits. I do hope that some good may come from the discussion though. Grika Ⓣ 18:57, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi Paulc, welcome to wikipedia. Do not be too discouraged; at least some of the drafts of QM simplified looked good, and it is a bit of a shame that the main QM article is so hard to understand. However, do be aware that topics like QM are inherently inflammatory, as they attract beginners, experts, self-styled experts lacking in basic understanding, cranks, kooks, people with magical beliefs and hard-headed debunkers all in one go. Take a look at  Talk:Bell's theorem for some flavour. Anyway, stand your ground; I think a simple, direct article on QM would be a great addition to WP.  It just might not be easy. linas 22:35, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree with your ideas about comprehensible articles on physics. I was a physics major in a major university for a couple years, eventually broadened out to other things, but I can still read Pauli and Reichenbach without feeling that I got caught in the spin cycle of a rug washer. The same isn't true of the Wikipedia physics articles.

I've tried to clear up the philosophy of QM article that is under rfd, but Mr. Ingham has not answered my questions about what he is trying to say in a responsive way. The "simplified" article looks like a better place to start.

My experience in physics at the University level may be relevant. We had a trimester system. The first trimester was mechanics. I did o.k., but calculus was new to me. The second semester was electricity. Since I had shocked myself working on old radios, made crystal radios, etc., etc. for years, I already knew what was going on. In some ways I was ahead of our grad student lab leader, who couldn't understand why putting one probe of a volt meter into the DC outlet on the lab bench did not produce a reading. My grade jumped to A, not because I was any smarter, but because I knew from experience what happens when resistors are wired in series and when they are wired in parallel, and to other students such matters were totally abstract. I think that students should begin with real-world experiences as much as possible. Unfortunately, many students live in very restricted environments. If you live in a high-rise apartment building you might not realize you could just trail the antenna for a crystal radio out the window.

It would be nice if you would put something on your user page indicating background, interests, etc. P0M 13:39, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Directory Traversal
Will clean up Directory traversal as suggested!

--Blaufish 22:19, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

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Dositheus Magister

Dositheus Magister (Δωσίθεος) was a Greek grammarian who flourished in Rome in the 4th century AD.

Life
He was the author of a Greek translation of a Latin grammar, intended to assist the Greek-speaking inhabitants of the empire in learning Latin. The translation, at first word for word, becomes less frequent, and finally is discontinued altogether.

The Latin grammar used was based on the same authorities as those of Charisius and Diomedes Grammaticus, which accounts for the many points of similarity. Dositheus contributed very little of his own. Some Greek-Latin exercises by an unknown writer of the 3rd century, to be learnt by heart and translated, were added to the grammar. They are of considerable value as illustrating the social life of the period and the history of the Latin language. Of these Ἑρμηνεύματα ("Interpretamenta"), the third book, containing a collection of words and phrases from everyday conversation (κατημερινὴ ὁμιλία) has been preserved. A further appendix consisted of Anecdotes, Letters and Rescripts of the emperor Hadrian; fables, of Aesop; extracts from Hyginus; a history of the Trojan War, abridged from the Iliad; and a legal fragment, Περὶ ἐλευθερώσεων ("De manumissionibus").

Editions

 * Grammatica in Heinrich Keil, Grammatici Latini, vii. and separately (1871)
 * Hermeneumata by Georg Götz (1892) (in Gustav Loewe's Corpus glossariorum Latinorum, iii.)
 * Eduard Böcking (1832), which contains the appendix (including the legal fragment)

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Shiloh, Hardin County, Tennessee

Shiloh is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee.

Pittsburgh Landing (North of the Hornets Nest)
“Pitts” Tucker founded Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee by building a tavern and so a town and port was built around that.

Shiloh (South of the Hornets Nest)
Shiloh is of somewhat unknown origins but descendants of the Iroquois settled the area and built the Indian mounds in both Pittsburgh Landing/Shiloh and Savannah, Tennessee. Then, during the Westward Expansion Era, Lewis Wicker bought 400 acres of land in Shiloh/Pittsburgh Landing all the way from at least Perry Field to Downtown Shiloh. He later sold most of the land, only keeping Perry Field, Wicker Field, and the Peach Orchard. Lewis built the infamous “Cabin at Shiloh,“ the only cabin that survived the battle. The Church of Shiloh (shiloh was a Hebrew word meaning "place of peace") had been established beforehand and would later be destroyed in the battle.

The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was some of the bloodiest days of the war with more casualties in two days than the American Revolution, The War of 1812, and The Mexican-American War combined in one battle. In the early morning on April 6, 1862, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was getting his troops ready in both nearby Savannah, Tennessee and Adamsville, Tennessee. While Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston was getting his troops ready from both Saltillo, Tennessee and Corinth, Mississippi. The battle that ensued for the next two days would be large with the Confederates winning the first day and the Union winning the second and the battle as a whole.

1862-1885
In the following years until 1885, Shiloh/Pittsburgh Landing were in ruins. It was so bad that Shiloh and Pittsburgh Landing had to merge to stay afloat under the one name Shiloh. James Mansfield George moved the Wicker Cabin and that’s why it’s called the ““Manse” George Cabin,” today. By 1885 Alvis Wicker, son of Lewis Wicker bought the cabin from “Manse” and it was the “Wicker Cabin,” until around 1890 when he moved out and the cabin fell in disrepair.

Formation of Shiloh National Military Park (1895-1903)
By 1895, the “Manse” George Cabin’s roof had fallen in and everything was in disrepair until 1901 when Theodore Roosevelt became President of the U.S. after the assassination of William McKinley. Roosevelt created the first few national parks including Shiloh National Military Park. The cabin was restored by 1933 and Downtown Shiloh was rebuilt with modern buildings and the original entrance to the park along a road that no longer exists, and all new monuments were built and a brick visitor center was built at Pittsburgh Landing.

Shiloh Tornado of 1903
In Spring 1903, a EF3 tornado swept away the visitor center and surrounding woods and monuments.

1903-1935
During this period the Confederate mass burials were marked and 2 new cemeteries were built: The Shiloh Church Cemetery and The Shiloh National Military Park/Pittsburgh Landing Cemetery. Also trails were officially marked for the first time and the infamous “Sunken Road” was modeled to look like a 1860s style farm road. The Military Park expanded greatly during this time.

1935-1980
This period was marked with great expansion and another renovation of the cabin. Also during this time the original entrance was destroyed and a new entrance at Perry Field was built.

1980-present
The park has expanded much in this time and even by 2021 has at least 5 more tourist stops than 1990.

Geography
Shiloh is located along Tennessee State Routes 22 and 142.

The Area along with adjacent Savannah, Tennessee was inhabited by the Iroquois, Cherokee, and Chickasaw Indians that built mounds and mingled with the English families such as the Wicker family.

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College Park (Toronto)

College Park is a shopping mall, residential and office complex on the southwest corner of Yonge and College streets in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

An Art Deco landmark, the building was initially known as Eaton's College Street. It was operated by Eaton's from 1930 to 1977. After being sold to new owners and adapted for new purposes, it was renamed as College Park.

Architecture
College Park was built for Eaton between 1928 and 1930, and was designed by Ross and Macdonald (in association with Henry Sproatt). The Montreal architectural firm was known for also designing the Royal York Hotel and Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, the Château Laurier Hotel in Ottawa, and the Montreal Eaton's store. Although the rest of a planned complex was not constructed, because of the Great Depression, the new Eaton store was considered a retail palace, the likes of which had never been seen in Toronto. It expressed the retail dominance of the Eaton's chain at that time. Tyndall limestone was used for the imposing exterior. Accentuating the Tyndall limestone was granite and a corrosion-resistant alloy of nickel and copper called monel metal.(Shoemaker, and Smith 22) The monel metal was used copiously on the building as trim and in panels along the window and door frames. In addition to this metal trim, cast stone and carvings were created for detailed decorative elements on the façade (Morawetz 5).

Marble was imported from Europe for the interior columns and colonnade. Lady Eaton arranged for two entire rooms to be removed from two manor houses in England and reassembled in the furniture department of the College Street store. The French architect Jacques Carlu (who later designed the Rainbow Room in New York City and Eaton's Ninth Floor (or the "9ième") in Montreal), was retained to design the interior of the Eaton's Seventh Floor, including the 1300-seat Eaton Auditorium and the elegant Round Room restaurant. The Eaton's Seventh Floor, considered an Art Moderne masterpiece, was at the heart of Toronto's cultural life for many years. The Auditorium hosted major performers of its day, including Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, and the National Ballet of Canada. The noted Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, fond of the Auditorium's excellent acoustics, made a number of his recordings of music in this hall. Classified specifically as a stripped classical art deco style, Eaton's College Street emphasized symmetry in the plan and rhythm in the arrangement of the fenestration, doors, and pilasters. A distinct repetitive pattern can be distinguished with the windows and pilasters, as well as with the arrangement of large entrances.

Three small windows are on the upper levels between each pilaster, and three large shop windows between each entrance. The original Eaton's College Street was designed with large shop windows on the floor level to attract window shoppers and pedestrians. The floor level has a large, distinctive base, another classical art deco characteristic. In addition to the oversized windows of the floor level, the base was made more prominent through the use of the granite and stone carvings framing it. On higher levels, the fenestration became long vertical strips separated by large pilasters, which highlighted the verticality of the structure as opposed to its mass (another distinguishing feature of art deco buildings) (Morawetz 46).

The pilasters of the upper levels have fluting and capitals of ionic composition and support a rather large entablature. Art Deco architecture, well known for its geometric patterns and ornamentation, is demonstrated in the detailed entablature, with a sculpted architrave, dentils on the cornice, and a monel metal trim along the top. Along the frieze are round ornamental metal pieces placed in a rhythmic order between the pilasters. Each entrance is flanked by a slightly protruding cast stone frame decorated with sculpted square shapes, and dentils, and bordered by a spiral, ribbon-shaped cast stone. The monel metal trim on the window frames represents the art deco style of having natural shapes such as flowers or sunbursts, as influenced from the Egyptian and Mayan styles (New York Architecture). As can be observed, the trim is a natural organic shape.

These features are present only on the Yonge and College street frontages. The back of the building, facing the park, while maintaining a rather symmetrical and repetitive fenestration pattern, is sparse on decoration. Entrances have been kept rather nondescript.

History
Eaton's began secretly assembling land at Yonge and College streets in 1910 for a new store. The First World War put the company's development plans on hold, but Eaton's retained the land. During the 1920s, Eaton's planned to shift all their operations from their existing location at Yonge Street and Queen Street West to the College Street site. Eaton's offered to sell part of its landholdings to its main competitor, Simpson's, in an effort to shift the heart of Toronto retailing northward and to preserve the synergy created by having two retail giants next to one another. They did not succeed, and Simpson's chose instead to expand its Queen Street store. In 1928, Eaton's announced plans for the largest retail and office complex in the world to be constructed on the site, featuring 5,000,000 square feet (465,000 square metres) of retail space and a 38-storey, 1920s-era skyscraper. Just as the war had intervened a decade earlier, however, the Great Depression curtailed their full plans for the site. The first phase of the project, a department store of 600,000 square feet (56,000 square metres), was the only part of the complex that was built. But, the planned foundation pillars, 10 feet in diameter, were driven 30 feet down into bedrock during the construction of the first phase to accommodate the planned tower. Bones of large pre-historic mammals, either mammoth or mastodon, were uncovered during the digging for the foundation. On October 30, 1930, the new store was opened by Lady Eaton, the matriarch of the Eaton family, and her son John David Eaton, the future president of the company.

Eaton's College Street, as the store was known, focused on the sale of furnishings and housewares, although the latter were very broadly defined. Eaton's boasted that the store was "the largest furniture and house furnishings store in the British Empire". The larger Eaton's Main Store, a few blocks south on Yonge Street, was never closed, as had been intended in the 1920s plan. Eaton's ran a shuttle bus between the two stores for two decades until the Toronto subway opened in 1954.

Post-Eaton's ownership
With the opening of the Toronto Eaton Centre in 1977, the Eaton's Main Store and Eaton's College Street were both closed in favour of the new Eaton's flagship store at Yonge and Dundas streets. The College Street store was spared the fate of the former Main Store, which was demolished to make way for the second phase of the Eaton Centre construction.

The College Street building was sold to new owners, who renamed it as College Park after adapting it for different uses. The lower floors of the store were converted to a shopping mall of small, high-end boutiques and a subway concourse (with the marble and Art Deco stylings of the Eaton's store carefully preserved), and the upper floors were converted to office space. Although the new owners had originally agreed to preserve the Seventh Floor, they eventually determined that its preservation and restoration was not financially feasible. They applied for a demolition permit to convert the entire floor to office accommodation. After a lengthy court battle with the City of Toronto, the Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled in 1986 that the 1975 designation of the building under the Ontario Heritage Act protected the Seventh Floor from demolition. (See Re Toronto College Street Centre Ltd. and City of Toronto et al. (1986), 56 O.R. (2d) 522 (Ont. C.A.) Despite several changes in building ownership, and the efforts of local heritage advocates, the Seventh Floor was sealed off for many years and allowed to deteriorate. Although it was protected by law, owners had no legal obligation to use or restore it. After an extensive renovation program to restore the original art deco architecture, the space reopened in 2003 as The Carlu, an event and convention venue.

Over time, College Park was expanded through the addition of a residential apartment building in 1978 and a 30-storey glass and steel office building in 1984 (which housed the offices of the Maclean-Hunter media empire). Although neither addition was architecturally sympathetic to the original building, the heritage and architectural integrity of the former Eaton's store was preserved. The former Maclean-Hunter now houses offices of several government of Ontario ministries. The retail levels have two grocery stores (Metro and Sobey's), Winners store, a food court, Planet Fitness and clicnic.

College Park Courthouse
From 1979 until 2023, the second floor of College Park, with an entrance at 777 Yonge Street, housed a courthouse dealing with criminal matters from police divisions east of Yonge Street (divisions 51, 53, 54 and 55) and adult female bail court for the city of Toronto. In 2023, the courts moved to a new facility at 10 Armoury Street.

College Park – Barbara Ann Scott Ice Trail
College Park (the park rather than the building) is a 0.75 ha greenspace located behind the buildings in the block bordered by Yonge, College, Bay and Gerrard streets. It is the second largest park in downtown Toronto after Allan Gardens. It was built in the 1980s over an underground garage. The park was closed for renovations in early 2016 and reopened in 2019. Today, the park contains the Barbara Ann Scott Ice Trail.

Originally, the park's official name was Barbara Ann Scott Park, named after 1948 Olympic champion figure skater Barbara Ann Scott. But, informally, the greenspace was commonly referred to as College Park, a habit carried over in marketing the newer Aura condominium complex (at Yonge and Gerrard streets, north-west corner) as "Aura at College Park". Prior to its closure for renovation in 2016, the park had a skating pavilion standing by the Barbara Anne Scott rink. The renovation was financed by $3 million in development fees from the Aura's builder, plus additional funds from the City and the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area. The architects were RAW Design and MBTW Group/Watchorn Architect.

After renovation, the park was officially re-opened on July 10, 2019, as "College Park". A central feature of the revitalized park is the five-metre-wide skating trail named the Barbara Ann Scott Ice Trail. The original skating rink and pavilion are gone. Today there is a 5-metre wide circular path that becomes the ice trail in winter. Next to the trail is a new warming pavilion with a rubber floor for skates; it also houses washrooms and provides storage for a Zamboni machine. The park also features a water fountain, sculptures, plants, seating and a children's playground.

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The Gospel (film)

The Gospel is a 2005 American Christian drama film directed and written by Rob Hardy. It was released in the United States by Screen Gems on October 7, 2005. The film retells the Parable of the Prodigal Son in a modern context.

Plot
David, a showbiz artist, performing in nightclubs in Los Angeles, learns that his father who is pastor of an evangelical church in Atlanta is sick, and decides to go home. He learns that Frank has become the second of his father, and that he is married to Charlene. Fred announces to his son that he has a prostate cancer. David gradually abandons his old life and begins to occupy an important position in the church, which will attract Frank's jealousy.

Cast

 * Boris Kodjoe as David "DT" Taylor
 * Idris Elba as Reverend Charles Frank
 * Clifton Powell as Bishop Fred Taylor
 * Nona Gaye as Charlene Taylor-Frank
 * Omar Gooding as Wesley
 * Tamyra Gray as Rain
 * China Anne McClain as Alexis
 * Donnie McClurkin as Minister Terrence Hunter
 * Aloma Wright as Ernesteine
 * Keshia Knight Pulliam as Maya Walker
 * Sierra Aylina McClain as Sue
 * Lauryn Alisa McClain as Anne
 * Hezekiah Walker as Brother Gordon
 * Michael J. Pagan as Young David

Cameo appearances

 * Yolanda Adams as herself
 * Martha Munizzi as herself
 * Fred Hammond as himself
 * Kirk Franklin as himself

Soundtrack
The soundtrack features the following songs:

 * 1) He Reigns (Kirk Franklin feat. Papa San) [4:25]
 * 2) Victory (Yolanda Adams) [4:40]
 * 3) Glorious (Martha Munizzi) [5:59]
 * 4) You Are Good (Greg Kirkland) [6:03]
 * 5) Still Alive (Kirk Franklin singers) [4:27]
 * 6) A Change Is Gonna Come (Deitrick Haddon) [5:55]
 * 7) Ooh Child (Urban Mix) (Donnie McClurkin feat. Kirk Franklin) [3:58]
 * 8) The Closer I Get to You (Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack) [4:38]
 * 9) When I Pray (Interlude) (Joann Rosario) [1:22]
 * 10) All Things Are Working (Remix) (Fred Hammond) [5:46]
 * 11) I Need You to Survive (Hezekiah Walker & the Love Fellowship Choir) [5:33]
 * 12) Now Behold the Lamb (Tamyra Gray, feat. Idris Elba Serman & Clifton Powell Parable) [5:06]
 * 13) Put Your Hands Together (Fred Hammond and Natalie Wilson) [5:01]

Total Time: 62:55

Box office
Produced on a budget of US$4 million, The Gospel grossed $15.8 million at the North American box office, including $7.5 million from 969 theaters in its opening weekend.

Critical reception
According to the critic review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, The Gospel has an approval rating of 32% based on 37 reviews by film critics. The website's critics consensus reads, "While it features outstanding musical numbers, The Gospel reduces a series of worthy themes -- faith, family, forgiveness -- to soapy, banal clichés."

Accolades
The film received three nominations in the Black Reel Awards of 2006: Idris Elba was nominated for Best Actor, Nona Gaye was nominated for Best Actress, and Rob Hardy was nominated for Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted.

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User talk:Mgrif

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James M. Redfield

James M. Redfield (born 1935) is the Edward Olson Distinguished Service Professor of Classics at the University of Chicago. He has made numerous contributions to current scholarship on Homer and Herodotus, probably the most notable of which is his book, Nature and Culture in the Iliad: The Tragedy of Hector (University of Chicago Press, 1975), an anthropological reading of the Iliad with the stated goal of analyzing Hector's role in the work.

Biography
Redfield's father, Robert Redfield, was also a University of Chicago professor, teaching anthropology and ethnolinguistics, and serving as Dean of the Division of the Social Sciences from 1934 to 1946.

James Redfield is a member of the Department of Classical Languages and Literature and the Committee on Social Thought at Chicago. He took his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago in 1954, studied at New College, Oxford from 1956 to 1958, and returned to Chicago for his Ph.D. in 1961. He was appointed as a professor at The College at the University of Chicago in 1976. He retired in 2016.

Redfield holds the distinction of having been awarded the University's Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching twice, once in 1965 and again in 1987.

Publications

 * Nature and Culture in the Iliad: The Tragedy of Hector (University of Chicago Press, 1975)
 * The Locrian Maidens: Love and Death in Greek Italy (University of Chicago Press, 2004)

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Kappa 2

 * ''The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a request for adminship that did not succeed. Please do not modify it.

Kappa
Closed (12/10/1) ending 21:08 October 6, 2005 (UTC)

– Less than 10 edits shy of 16-thousand edits on Wikipedia, User:Kappa is another one of the very few contributors who are part of the 15,000 club without admin privileges. Since September 2004, Kappa has been tirelessly contributing to Wikipedia for over a year now, constantly watching over Special:Newpages, peer checking speedy deletion candidates, and promoting article development. He has been nominated once before, with no consensus. I believe that Kappa has proven to be an exceptional contributor who will not abuse administrative powers and give him my full support. Hall Monitor 21:08, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
 * I decline this nomination with thanks. I learned from my previous nomination that many people consider me an "exterme inclusionist" and think that makes me likely to abuse admin powers, and I don't believe that this situation will change. Kappa 21:34, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Although I just noted on his talk page that I respect his decision, on second thought I say we draft him anyway - he's too good not to be an admin. -- BD2412 talk 21:45, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Support Oppose
 * 1) Strong support - one of our most dedicated editors. -- BD2412 talk 21:20, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Strong support, agree with nominator. ;-)  Hall Monitor 21:25, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Very strong support - very strong and dedicated editor and highly unlikely to abuse his powers. I see no reason that being an "inclusionist" as a bad quality in an admin. --Cel e stianpower hablamé 21:30, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support 16,000 edits is more than enough. freestylefrappe 21:38, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support Martin  21:40, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) support Yuckfoo 21:50, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) [[Image:Wolverine on rock.jpg|25px]] Support with my pack of wild wolverines While Kappa is a bit too inclusionist for my tastes, politics is no reason to keep a qualified candidate out of adminship. I see no evidence that he will, for instance, go around doing rogue undeletions. — Phil Welch 21:54, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support per BD2412 and Hall Monitor. Hardly likely to abuse powers. Sam Vimes 21:59, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support we're on opposing sides of the inclusionist scale, and I still respect his viewpoint and carriage. Would make a great admin.  Wikibofh 22:36, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support hopefully Kappa changes his mind... he'd make a good admin.  ALKIVAR ™[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 23:34, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support Tintin 23:55, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support and sincerely hope that he reconsiders his declination.  Silensor 23:59, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose.  It looks like the main reasons that Kappa's nomination failed last time were his excessive focus on VFD and his strong, predictable, and often perplexing inclusionist streak.  I don't see that this has changed, as he still seems to spend an inordinate amount of time on VFD, and I still personally think that he votes to keep many things that seem like clear candidates for deletion to me (i.e. Articles for deletion/Qui-Gon Jinn 12" Inch).  Sorry. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 21:23, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * How, exactly, does that make him a bad candidate for an admin? We know he won't delete something that shouldn't be deleted, but everything in his contribution history suggests that he would respect the consensus to delete an article that he would personally prefer kept. Besides, we generally count consistent AfD participation as a good thing, why should it matter what opinion an editor expresses there so long as it is backed by a rational explanation (which Kappa's always are)? -- BD2412 talk 21:31, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I think saying they are always backed by a rational explanation is a bit of an overstatement. For example Articles for deletion/Machine Poets, where his assertion of notability boils down to "Cnwb seems like a honest person."  Yet by the same token he accuses others of insufficient research based on their editing timestamps as in:Articles for deletion/Bai-dal.  More irrationality: Articles for deletion/Livonia Mall, Articles for deletion/Houses in Finland.  Though I do sometimes get a chuckle out of comments like, "small transparent green stones used for purposes of divination are inherently encyclopedic."   --Tabor 03:33, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Perhaps we're disagreeing on the meaning of "rational explanation" - I meant it in contrast with an unexplained vote to keep for the sake of keeping, or for some irrational (e.g. obviously disruptive) purpose. I may often disagree with Kappa's votes, but I can understand his reasoning, which could well be characterised as exhibiting good faith in article contributors. In any event, I don't see how any of this disqualifies him from having a mop. -- BD2412 talk 03:53, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * For Articles for deletion/Machine Poets my vote boils down to "Cnwb asserts it's a project by 3 "prominent figures in Australia's independent music scene", no-one offered any evidence against that, and a quick google check shows evidence in favor. In Articles for deletion/Livonia Mall my comment is a response to "article manages to establish non-notability". I should have continued "but anyway malls are large and important and should all kept or merged somewhere". Kappa 05:11, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I make an effort to vote "keep" and or "merge" on anything that should be preserved in some form, even if the topic is of no interest to me personally, partly because I believe wikipedia would benefit from greater consistency in its deletion policy. Kappa 22:12, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Weak Oppose There is nothing wrong per se with an inclusionist streak, unless it leads to frivoulous editing, such as his Category:Elf schools. Has in the past voted for keeping categories and templates that were so crufty that they verged on disruptiveness. I'm just not sure I trust his judgement... Others do have other opinions however.. Fawcett5 21:56, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Icelandic Elf School has to go somewhere in Category:Schools by type. I was think if anything similar showed up there could be a Category:Schools of folk beliefs or something but currently I think it's unique in wikipedia. Kappa 22:12, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose, with caveat: While I agree that Kappa is worthy - and I certainly have no objections to an inclusionist - I'm concerned that it looks like he's being forced into this vote when he's reluctant. I don't think people should be forced to be admins if they don't want to be, so unless there's indication that he's happy to be an admin, I'm opposing. Grutness...  wha?  22:23, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose. If he doesn't want to be an admin, don't make him one. R  e  dwolf24  (talk) 22:53, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose. While he's a good contributor, Kappa has issues with civility. When people disagree with him, he is far too quick to make snide remarks, or accuse them of bad faith, or of breach of policy - e.g., , . Also, he seems to have a misunderstanding of CSD and has very little edits in Wikipedia namespace other than AFD discussions. Radiant_ >|<  23:36, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Your first two diffs are expressions of dismay, in the first case because users will access to information, and in the second because I really don't like the idea that we should discrimate against TV stations in non-English languages. The third is simply a comparison of one article about an adjective with another, however it turns out that Peter is consistent in his opposition to adjectives, so that's fair enough. Kappa 00:01, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose, per above. Mackensen (talk) 23:45, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Strongly oppose: Same issues as last time. Few actual contributions to the body of the project, constant campaigning on VfD to prevent deletion, pretending that there is a consensus, or even policy, for his views when there isn't, badgering people who nominate for deletion and vote for deletion.  You have to either agree with the policies or agree to abide by them, and certainly not misrepresent them, to be an administrator of the policies.  Geogre 01:12, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * The rich irony! Those with striped bodies should take care not to call others badgers, Geogre. Kappa stands firmly behind the deletion policy by voting to keep articles that don't meet the criteria for deletion. I'd definitely support Kappa if he accepted.Grace Note 04:57, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose. Would strongly support if candidate showed interest. Christopher Parham (talk) 01:58, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose. Needs more experience with policy. Carbonite | Talk 02:26, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose till user sets an email id. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  05:46, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Neutral
 * 1) Neutral. I would support, only that he didn't accept the nomination! Tito xd 02:11, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * Kappa's first nomination. Everything seems to be in order now, but I will support when the candidate answers questions; I can get a feel of what the candidate is all about (even though I trust the nominator). →Jo urna list  >>talk<<  22:14, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I respect Kappa's wish not to stand again. I lament this. Last time one of the most influential of his opponents falsely claimed, through ignorance, that a VFU vote is required for any undeletion, this time his first opposer claimed, contrary to the deletion policy and surely through ignorance, that Kappa voted keep or merge on an "obvious delete candidate". The article in question, Qui-Gon Jinn 12" Inch, while it probably doesn merit an article of its own, is one of those articles that are explicitly described in our deletion policy as "problems not requiring deletion", but should instead be merged and no need to bother AfD at all.  I wish more candidates for the mop and broom respected our deletion policy as Kappa does.  Having said that, I would never, ever oppose a sysop candidate because of my perception of his beliefs on an issue which clearly does not command consensus either way. Wikipedia as an institution is neither deletionist nor inclusionist. --Tony Sidaway Talk  23:12, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I can only hope that anyone reading the above actually investigates what Tony's saying, as it is an example of pretending that there is a consensus for something that, when he puts it into practice, nets him an RfC and which is not supported by the community. Tony has worked on the "there is no law against what I'm doing, and therefore it is how things should be done" model.  It is exactly that sort of gaming of the system and selective lawyering that I would fear from Kappa.  It's bad enough that we have one person willing to offend every other administrator and flush community practice for his personal view.  Geogre 01:17, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I shudder at the thought that you actually do represent the "community", Geogre. Tony walked the line on a few VfD closes. I suppose he was a bit cheeky. But I just don't see you complaining when nominators flagrantly abuse the process, or when deletionists nominate schools time and again, despite their knowing there is no consensus for it. You just aren't bothered by their ignoring the lack of consensus for what they do. So, please, spare us the latest instalment of your campaign against editors who do not think the encyclopaedia is actually improved by losing content. Grace Note 04:57, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A.
 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * A.
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Arlene Foster

Arlene Isobel Foster, Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee, (née Kelly; born 17 July 1970), is a British broadcaster and politician from Northern Ireland who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2016 to 2017 and 2020 to 2021 and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 2015 to 2021. Foster was the first woman to hold either position. She is a Member of the House of Lords, having previously been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 2003 to 2021.

Foster served in the Northern Ireland Executive as Minister of the Environment from 2007 to 2008, Minister for Enterprise and Investment from 2008 to 2015 and Minister for Finance and Personnel from 2015 to 2016. In December 2015, Foster was elected unopposed to succeed Peter Robinson as leader of the DUP. In January 2016, Foster became First Minister of Northern Ireland and shared power with Martin McGuinness.

McGuinness resigned as deputy First Minister in January 2017 amid the Renewable Heat Incentive scandal, which involved a green energy scheme that Foster set up during her time as Minister for Enterprise and Investment. The scheme was set to cost the taxpayer £490 million and there were allegations of corruption surrounding Foster's role in implementing the scheme. McGuinness asked Foster to step aside as First Minister while her involvement in the scheme was investigated, but she refused to step aside or resign and said that the voices calling for her resignation were those of "misogynists and male chauvinists". Under the terms of the Northern Ireland power-sharing agreement, the First and deputy First Ministers are equal and, therefore, Foster could not remain in her post as First Minister and was subsequently removed from office. McGuinness's resignation caused a 2017 snap assembly election to be held, in which the DUP lost 10 seats. After no party received an outright majority in the 2017 general election, the DUP entered into an agreement with the Conservative Party to support Prime Minister Theresa May's government. In January 2020, she became First Minister of Northern Ireland again after the Executive was reinstated under the terms of the New Decade, New Approach agreement.

On 28 April 2021, after more than 20 DUP MLAs and four DUP MPs signed a letter "...voicing no confidence in her leadership", Foster announced that she would resign as party leader and as First Minister. She was succeeded by Edwin Poots as DUP leader on 28 May 2021. Foster left office as First Minister on 14 June 2021 and was succeeded by Paul Givan as First Minister on 17 June 2021. She resigned from the Northern Ireland Assembly in October 2021 and became a presenter on GB News.

In May 2024, it was confirmed that Foster would be appointed chairperson of Intertrade UK, a new body to promote trade within the UK which was announced as part of the UK government package to restore devolution.

Background
Arlene Kelly was born in Enniskillen and was raised in the townland of Dernawilt, on the outskirts of Aghadrumsee. When she was aged nine, her family moved to live in the Castlebalfour Estate, a housing estate in nearby Lisnaskea, after an IRA attack on the family home at Dernawilt. She is a member of the Church of Ireland. Her experience with the Troubles began early in her life when a night-time attempt was made to kill her father, a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) reservist, who was shot and severely injured at their family farm; the family was forced to leave the Roslea area, moving to Lisnaskea instead.

As a teenager, Foster was on a school bus that was bombed by the IRA, the vehicle targeted because its driver was a soldier in the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR). A girl sitting near her was seriously injured. She was a pupil at Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, from 1982 to 1989, and attended Queen's University Belfast (QUB), where she graduated with an LLB degree. Her political career began at Queen's University Belfast when she joined the Queen's Unionist Association, part of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). She served as the association's chair from 1992 to 1993. At the 1991 annual conference of the UUP's youth wing, the Ulster Young Unionist Council (UYUC), during abortive talks between the constitutional political parties in Northern Ireland initiated by Secretary of State Peter Brooke, she seconded a motion opposing devolved government in Northern Ireland, instead calling for the province to be more closely integrated with the rest of the United Kingdom. The motion carried. Following the 1993 local elections in Northern Ireland, she wrote a letter to Ulster Review, the current affairs magazine of the UYUC, expressing opposition to power-sharing arrangements with the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) on local councils where unionists had a majority, arguing that because the SDLP were a nationalist party who wanted to the see the "demise" of Northern Ireland who had "no desire to be full citizens of the United Kingdom" they "should therefore be denied the perks of this citizenship".

After leaving Queen's University she remained active in the UUP, chairing its youth wing, the UYUC, in 1995. In 1996, she became an Honorary Secretary of the UUP's ruling body, the Ulster Unionist Council, a position which she held until her resignation from the UUP on 18 December 2003. She was a councillor on Fermanagh District Council representing Enniskillen from 2005 to 2010.

Assembly career
She was elected as an Ulster Unionist in the 2003 Assembly elections. While a member of the UUP, she was part of a "rightwing cabal within the UUP known as the 'baby barristers'." They actively opposed party leader David Trimble, and were a "thorn in [his] side" after he supported the Belfast Agreement.

In 2004, Foster resigned from the UUP and joined the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), together with fellow Assembly members Jeffrey Donaldson and Norah Beare. She was selected as the DUP's candidate for Fermanagh and South Tyrone in the 2005 UK general election, where she gained 28.8% of the vote.

Negotiations took place between the local branches of the DUP and UUP with the aim of finding an agreed unionist candidate. The negotiations broke down with neither party willing to accept the electoral dominance of the other; the UUP claiming Foster's defection to the DUP disguised the reality of the UUP's electoral strength, while the DUP pointed to the change in the unionist political landscape following the 2003 Assembly election and the 2004 European Parliament election. The UUP candidate was Tom Elliott. Foster finished second in the 2005 general election with 14,056 votes.

On 11 January 2010, she assumed the duties of the First Minister of Northern Ireland, as Peter Robinson stepped aside for a planned period of up to six weeks. Foster worked alongside the deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. Robinson returned earlier than planned, on 3 February 2010. She again became acting First Minister on 10 September 2015, following the resignation of Robinson and a majority of DUP ministers in the wake of the killing of Kevin McGuigan. Robinson resumed his position as First Minister on 20 October 2015, following a government review into paramilitary activities in Northern Ireland.

Minister for the Environment
In September 2007, a privately financed proposal for a new Giant's Causeway centre was given preliminary approval by Foster in her role as Northern Ireland Environment Minister. Immediately afterwards, the public money that had been allocated to the causeway development was frozen. The proposal resulted in a public row about the relationship between the private developer Seymour Sweeney and the DUP; Sweeney was a member of the DUP, although both he and the DUP denied that he had ever donated financially to the party.

On 29 January 2008, Foster announced that she had decided against Sweeney's proposal for a £21 million visitors' centre on a protected greenfield site, reversing her earlier position of "being minded" to approve it. Although the public funds for a causeway scheme remained frozen, it seemed highly likely that the publicly funded plan for the causeway would go ahead with the support of deputy DUP leader Nigel Dodds.

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
A major concession for Northern Ireland was the reduction to zero of Air Passenger Duty on long-haul flights from the province. In the devolution settlement such burdens were to be born by the Assembly government. But negotiations proved how DUP could sell their support to Whitehall. In 2011, she had written to the Organised Crime Task Force about the need to bring fuel licensing within the remit of the Petrol licensing Consolidation (NI) Act 1929, demonstrating the relevance of cross-border law enforcement jurisdiction in helping to reduce frauds.

As the minister responsible for energy policy in June 2012, Foster criticised the Co-operative Group over the showing of a documentary opposing fracking, saying: "I find your claim that you take 'ethics to the next level' hard to reconcile with your demonstrable support for a film which presents a wholly one-sided and partial approach to the debate about hydraulic fracturing."

She successfully liaised with UK ministers, such as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Theresa Villiers MP, to restore HMS Caroline in Belfast.

In March 2014, Foster called for an apology for what she described as "deeply insulting" language" in a comment made by fellow MLA Anna Lo of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. Lo had described herself as "anti-colonial" and said the partition of Ireland was "artificial". Foster herself was challenged in a blog by Irish writer Jude Collins over the fact that she had chosen to speak out so robustly on the matter after not commenting about remarks made the previous day by another Unionist politician, Progressive Unionist Party leader Billy Hutchinson. The former UVF member who was responsible for two sectarian murders during The Troubles stated that he had "no regrets in terms of my past because I believe that I contributed to preventing a united Ireland." Hutchinson also stated: "There is no room for violence in this society."

First Minister of Northern Ireland
In January 2016, as she was poised to become First Minister, Foster stated that she would not be travelling to Dublin for the official centenary celebrations of the 1916 uprising against British rule, describing the rising as "an attack on democracy".

Arlene Foster was First Minister of Northern Ireland from January 2016 to January 2017. She set the agenda during her maiden speech as First Minister as one of "hope for all the community". In May 2018, she announced she would be leading an Orange Order march in Fife, Scotland. As a committed member of the Order, this was a reason behind the original defection from the UUP ten years ago. As First Minister, Foster was emphatic in support for Brexit with a soft border along the republic; yet leaving the EU on the same terms as the rest of the UK.

The assembly was suspended following disagreements between the parties, particularly over the Renewable Heat Incentive scandal. While the Government talked about restoring the Executive as a "top priority" the constitutional impasse has made it impossible. In May 2018, the High Court ruled that the civil service could not grant planning permission for an incinerator in Mallusk.

In 2018, Foster addressed a PinkNews reception in Belfast, becoming the first DUP leader to attend an LGBT event. Foster stated that, despite her opposition to same-sex marriage, she valued the contribution of the LGBT community in Northern Ireland and requested that differing views be respected.

Committed to a business case, Foster was responsible for a super-fast broadband connection designed to enhance communications with international offerings. Regional Aid proved a vital part of the budget within the devolved framework. The reduction of sales and purchase taxes, such as Air Passenger Duty was typically part of her wider experience of stimulating business at DETI. Fighting the cause of private enterprise has been an important issue for Foster: mobile phone companies and saving Bombardier jobs brought investment of £500 million, while public sector employment has declined.

Renewable Heat Incentive scandal
In December 2016, Foster faced criticism and controversy after a whistleblower revealed that the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme overspent by £400m, a failure which has been nicknamed the Cash for Ash scandal. The scheme was originally set up by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI, now Department for the Economy) when she was Minister of the department and the scheme offered incentives to businesses if they installed renewable heating systems, such as burning wooden pellets.

She faced strong criticism after it was claimed that she personally campaigned to keep the scheme open, even when senior civil servants warned of the overspend and the Minister responsible, Jonathan Bell, planned on closing it. It remained open for an extra two weeks before it was finally closed. It was also revealed that the Northern Ireland budget would lose £400m over the next 20 years as a result of the failure of the scheme. An independent audit investigated 300 sites and found there were issues at half of them, including 14 cases where there were suspicions of 'serious fraud'.

When senior civil servants suggested the closure of the scheme in September 2015, the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister (now the Executive Office) pressured the department to keep the scheme open, which is when there was a spike in applications. There were calls for Foster to resign as First Minister after the scandal broke.

Northern Ireland political deadlock, 2017–2020
On 9 January 2017, McGuinness resigned as deputy First Minister due to the Renewable Heat Incentive scandal. Under the terms of the power-sharing agreement that created what is now the Executive Office, his resignation also resulted in Foster being removed from office, until Sinn Féin nominates a new deputy First Minister; the party stated that it would not replace McGuinness. No nomination was made before 16 January, resulting in the collapse of the Executive. James Brokenshire, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, assumed the powers of the Executive and called for a snap election scheduled for 2 March.

In a statement posted to Facebook, Foster said that she was "disappointed" with McGuinness' decision and condemned it as "not principled": "At a time when we are dealing with Brexit, needing to create more jobs and investing in our health and education system, Northern Ireland needs stability. But because of Sinn Féin's selfish reactions, we now have instability, and I very much regret that." She expressed concern over the possibility of another election less than a year after the previous one, and said "this is not an election of our making", but that "the DUP will always defend unionism and stand up for what is best for Northern Ireland."

In this Northern Ireland Assembly election, held in March 2017, the DUP lost 10 seats, leaving them only one seat and 1,200 votes ahead of Sinn Féin, a result described by the Belfast Telegraph as "catastrophic". The withdrawal of the party whip from Jim Wells in May 2018 left the DUP on 27 seats, the same number as Sinn Féin.

Since McGuinness' resignation, Northern Ireland was in a continuous state of political deadlock until January 2020. One of the key issues was the Irish Language Act, which Sinn Féin insist on and Foster has said that her party will never agree to. With regard to the proposed act, she said "If you feed a crocodile, it will keep coming back for more." This remark was widely cited during the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election even though Foster later apologised for it.

On 11 January 2020, after the New Decade, New Approach agreement received bipartisan support, the Executive was re-formed with Arlene Foster as First Minister and Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill as deputy First Minister.

2017 general election and Conservative-DUP agreement
In the 2017 UK general election, the DUP had 10 seats overall, 3 seats ahead of Sinn Féin. With no party having received an outright majority in the UK Parliament, the DUP entered into a confidence and supply agreement to support the government led by the Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May. A DUP source said: "The alternative is intolerable. For as long as Corbyn leads Labour, we will ensure there’s a Tory PM." The DUP would later withdraw their support over new Prime Minister Boris Johnson's revised proposal for a deal with the EU.

Brexit and its aftermath
Following a Brexit breakthrough on 8 December 2017, Foster broadly welcomed the deal to progress talks, stating that she was "pleased" to see changes which meant there is "no red line down the Irish Sea".

Both the border issue and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion are 'red lines' for the eight Unionist MPs. In May 2018, Theresa May stated that abortion is a matter for the devolved Northern Ireland government. However, in 2019, Westminster MPs passed the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019. This legislation would legalise same-sex marriage and opposite-sex civil partnership in Northern Ireland (in line with the rest of the UK) and the liberalisation of abortion laws (in line with abortion rights in England and Wales) if no executive was formed by midnight on 21 October 2019. After the Executive was not restored by the deadline, abortion was decriminalised automatically; in December 2019 the British Government passed regulations legalising same-sex marriage and opposite-sex civil partnerships on 13 January 2020. On 25 March 2020, Northern Ireland published the changes to the abortion law. This law permits elective abortions for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, since 31 March 2020.

In February 2021, after Brexit had been formally consummated on 31 December 2020, Foster objected to its implicit Irish Sea border. In a Daily Telegraph op-ed she maintained that the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP) had "fundamental flaws" and suggested, in light of the COVID vaccine dispute, that in order to "protect the UK internal market by all legislative means necessary including triggering Article 16, Boris Johnson must now back up those words with tangible actions that protect the integrity of the whole of the United Kingdom."

On 21 February 2021, Foster announced the launch of a judicial review of the NIP as she said it had driven "a coach and horses" through the Act of Union and the Northern Ireland Act 1998, which gives legislative effect to the Belfast Agreement. She takes the position that "Fundamental to the Act of Union is unfettered trade throughout the UK," and that the "new regulatory and customs processes required to bring goods into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK" are inimical to the Act of Union. She is joined by various members of the DUP along with Kate Hoey, Jim Allister and Ben Habib. The threat of the EU to reinstitute a hard border if not for the customs barrier in the Irish Sea is a problem. The group was joined by Nobel Peace Prize winner David Trimble on 24 February, as he wrote a scathing open letter to Boris Johnson prior to the commencement of proceedings. The group have instructed John Larkin QC, the former attorney general of Northern Ireland. Foster was part of discussions involving deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove and Vice-President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič.

On 29 March 2021, the Johnson government decided not to force a preliminary hearing. A full court case for the Judicial Review was scheduled to be heard the week of 13 May 2021 in the High Court in Belfast. The High Court ruled the Northern Ireland Protocol to be lawful.

Resignation as First Minister and DUP leader
On 27 April 2021, there was an internal revolt when 80% of DUP MPs and MLAs signed a vote of no confidence against Foster. Sources close to the party have said that the move was due to Foster becoming "too moderate", party supporters having "grown tired of leadership which is out of step", the most prominent point of discontent for unionist voters being "the emergence of an Irish Sea border" with the rest of the United Kingdom due to the Northern Ireland Protocol. The next day, she announced her resignation as leader of the party, as well as planning to stand down as First Minister of Northern Ireland at the end of June. The following day, Foster announced her resignation in a statement on social media. In the statement she said that she had informed Maurice Morrow, the party Chairman, and Michelle O'Neill of her decision.

Jeffrey Donaldson MP and Edwin Poots MLA stood in an election to replace Foster as Leader of the DUP. On 14 May 2021, Poots was elected as her successor as DUP leader. Poots succeeded Foster as DUP leader on 28 May 2021. Foster resigned as First Minister at 1pm on 14 June 2021 and Paul Givan succeeded Foster as First Minister on 17 June 2021. In addition to quitting as First Minister, it was initially rumoured that Foster would quit the DUP as a result of her ousting; however, she remained a party member.

On 7 September 2021, it was announced that Foster was to stand down as an MLA, which she did the following month.

Life after leaving as First Minister
Since leaving political office she has embarked on a media career in both broadcast and print media.

On 25 July 2021, Foster was announced as a contributor to the British news channel, GB News. On 15 October 2021, she began to anchor her own show called The Briefing with Arlene Foster on Fridays. She also regularly appears on GB News' Sunday political magazine show The Political Correction.

On 7 October 2021, it was announced that Foster has joined the monthly Local Women magazine as a columnist.

In August 2022, Foster endorsed Liz Truss in the Conservative Party leadership election as the best potential Prime Minister to counter “threats to the Union”.

She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for political and public service.

On 14 October 2022, it was announced that Foster would be appointed to the House of Lords, sitting as a non-affiliated peer. On 9 November 2022, she was created Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee, of Aghadrumsee in the County of Fermanagh.

Personal life
Arlene Foster has three children with her husband Brian. In 2008, she was recognised as Assembly member of the year at the Women in Public Life Awards. She and her family live on the outskirts of Brookeborough, a village in the east of County Fermanagh.

In 2020, Foster successfully sued TV doctor Christian Jessen for defamation over his claim of a relationship with a protection officer. Jessen, a presenter on the Channel 4 show Embarrassing Bodies, with over 300,000 Twitter followers, sent a first tweet on 23 December 2019, which was retweeted over 500 times and subsequently sent further "aggravating" tweets. On 27 May 2021, Mr Justice McAlinden ordered Dr Jessen to pay damages of £125,000 and Foster's legal costs.

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Derek Briggs

Derek Ernest Gilmor Briggs (born 10 January 1950) is an Irish palaeontologist and taphonomist based at Yale University. Briggs is one of three palaeontologists, along with Harry Blackmore Whittington and Simon Conway Morris, who were key in the reinterpretation of the fossils of the Burgess Shale. He is the Yale University G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History, and former Director of the Peabody Museum.

Education
Briggs was educated at Trinity College Dublin where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology in 1972. He went on to the University of Cambridge to work under British palaeontologist Harry Blackmore Whittington. He was awarded a PhD in 1976 on Arthropods from the Burgess Shale, Middle Cambrian, Canada.

Research and career
While at the University of Cambridge, Briggs worked on the fossils of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia alongside a fellow student Simon Conway Morris, both under the supervision of Harry Whittington, on the exceptionally well-preserved Burgess Shale fauna. The Burgess Shale project subsequently became one of the most celebrated endeavours in the field of palaeontology in the latter half of the 20th century. On 1 July 2008 he took over as Director of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. He became the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Geology and Geophysics at Yale in 2011.

Briggs's research is on the taphonomy, or preservation, and evolutionary significance of the exceptionally preserved fossil biotas known as Konservat-Lagerstätten – fossil formations that include evidence of faunal soft tissue. His work involves a range of approaches from experimental work on the factors controlling decay and fossilisation, through studies of early diagenetic mineralisation and organic preservation, to field work on a range of fossil occurrences.

Awards and honours

 * 1999 – Fellow of the Royal Society
 * 2000 – Premio Capo d'Orlando (Italian prize for palaeontology)
 * 2000 – Lyell Medal, Geological Society of London
 * 2001 – Boyle Medal, Royal Dublin Society/Irish Times
 * 2002–2004 – President, Palaeontological Association
 * 2003 – Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy
 * 2006–2008 – President, Paleontological Society
 * 2008 – Humboldt Research Award
 * 2009 – Bownocker Medal, Ohio State University
 * 2015 – Paleontological Society Medal
 * 2019 – Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
 * 2019 – Lapworth Medal, Palaeontological Association

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Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary

The Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary (RPTS) is a Reformed Presbyterian seminary in Point Breeze, Pennsylvania. RPTS is a ministry of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America and was founded in 1810, making it the fifth oldest seminary in the United States.

History
Soon after the organization in 1798 of what is now called the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (in Philadelphia), steps were taken to establish a seminary for the education of its students of theology. Classes commenced in 1810, making RPTS the fifth oldest seminary in the United States. During its first 46 years, RPTS moved to at least five different locations in several states; In 1856, the seminary relocated to the North Side of Pittsburgh and then to a brick mansion on Pittsburgh's East End in 1923 where it has remained.

Academics
RPTS is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). It offers graduate degrees in religion as well as certifications. All RPTS faculty have significant "field" experience in the church; therefore, classes are taught from the pastoral perspective. This emphasis is highlighted by RPTS's brand statement: "Study under pastors".

RPTS also works closely with Kobe Theological Hall, its sister institution in Japan.


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Teary Eyed

"Teary Eyed" a song by American recording artist Missy Elliott. It was written by Warryn Campbell and Elliott for her sixth studio album, The Cookbook (2005), while production was handled by the former. Released as the album's second single on September 12, 2005, following "Lose Control" (2005), the song reached the top 50 in Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom

Chart performance
In the United States, "Teary Eyed" did not appear on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, the song was released on September 26, 2005, but it was also unsuccessful there, peaking at number 47. On the issue date of February 11, 2006, the song debuted at number 45 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, and the following month, it peaked within the top five of the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. In Australia, "Teary Eyed" reached the top 40 of the ARIA Singles Chart, peaking at number 36.

Music video
The music video for "Teary Eyed" was directed by Antti Jokinen and Elliott. It takes place mainly in an insane asylum with Elliott in a straight jacket. In between cuts she is looking at an injured man on a hospital bed (the man she is singing about). As usual Elliot uses her sample technique to promote the song "Meltdown" by performing in the middle of the video. There are various shots of a car flipping and bursting into flames due to Elliott stabbing a hole in the front left tire out of her anger.

Track listings
UK CD
 * 1) "Teary Eyed" (radio version)
 * 2) "Lose Control" (Jacques Lu Cont mix edit featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop)
 * 3) "Teary Eyed" (video)

UK vinyl
 * 1) "Teary Eyed" (radio version)
 * 2) "Teary Eyed" (instrumental)
 * 3) "Teary Eyed" (a capella)
 * 4) "Lose Control" (Jacques Lu Cont mix featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop)

Remixes CD
 * 1) "Teary Eyed" (Tiefschwarz club mix)
 * 2) "Teary Eyed" (Maurice Beats)
 * 3) "Teary Eyed" (ATFC club mix)
 * 4) "Teary Eyed" (ATFC Drumdub)
 * 5) "Teary Eyed" (Maurice club mix)
 * 6) "Teary Eyed" (Tiefschwarz dub)
 * 7) "Teary Eyed" (Sugardip club)
 * 8) "Teary Eyed" (Sugardip Morning After mix)

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CEA Cesta

CEA/Cesta or simply Cesta (Centre d'études scientifiques et techniques d'Aquitaine; Center for scientific and technical study of Aquitaine) is a French research facility (CEA, Direction of Military Applications) dedicated to the design of nuclear weapons.

The center was established in 1965 on the commune of Le Barp between Bordeaux and Arcachon.

The center hosts the Megajoule laser (LMJ), which should enable French nuclear scientists to validate models of nuclear explosion without having to conduct nuclear testing. The LMJ is the French equivalent of the National Ignition Facility.

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Paul E. Gray

Paul Edward Gray (February 7, 1932 – September 18, 2017) was the 14th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known for his accomplishments in promoting engineering education, practice, and leadership at MIT and in the world at large.

Early life and education
Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1932, Gray graduated from MIT in 1954 with a SB in electrical engineering, and was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He subsequently obtained an SM and ScD from MIT in 1955 and 1960, both in electrical engineering, and served as an electronics instructor in the US Army from 1955 to 1957.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
As an MIT professor, Gray specialized in researching and teaching semiconductor electronics and circuit theory. In 1969, he co-authored Electronic principles: Physics, models, and circuits, which became a standard textbook on fundamental principles of solid-state electronics technology.

Gray rapidly rose through the MIT administration, serving as associate dean for student affairs (1965-1967), associate provost (1969-1970), and then dean of the School of Engineering (1970-1971). Under MIT president Jerome Wiesner, Gray served as chancellor (1971-1980). From 1980 to 1990, he served as president of MIT, and then as chairman of the MIT Corporation (1990-1997).

At MIT, Gray is credited with helping to establish the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), the Leaders for Manufacturing program, and the ongoing affiliation with the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He led the Task Force on Educational Opportunity (1968-1973), and encouraged undergraduate curriculum reforms in the 1980s that strengthened the humanities, social sciences, and biology. He broadened MIT's traditional engineering programs to also encourage development of management skills.

In 1982, Gray became an inaugural member of Ronald Reagan's White House Science Council, where he served for four years. He was a member of the Council's Panel on the Health of Universities, and was also vice chairman of the Council on Competitiveness.

After retiring from chairmanship of MIT, Gray returned to teaching and advising undergraduate students. He was a professor of electrical engineering and president emeritus of MIT, and a life fellow of the IEEE.

Gray died on September 18, 2017, in Concord, Massachusetts, from complications of Alzheimer's disease.

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Phthia of Epirus

Phthia (Φθία; lived 4th century BCE), was a Greek queen, daughter of Menon of Pharsalus, the Thessalian hipparch, and wife of Aeacides, king of Epirus, by whom she became the mother of the celebrated Pyrrhus, as well as of two daughters: Deidamia, the wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes, and Troias, of whom nothing more is known.

Her portrait is found on some of the coins of her son Pyrrhus.

Another bearer of the name was her great-granddaughter, Phthia of Macedon.

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Slievenamon

Slievenamon or Slievenaman (Sliabh na mBan, "mountain of the women") is a mountain with a height of 721 m in County Tipperary, Ireland. It rises from a plain that includes the towns of Fethard, Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir. The mountain is steeped in folklore and is associated with Fionn mac Cumhaill. On its summit are the remains of ancient burial cairns, which were seen as portals to the Otherworld. Much of Slievenamon's lower slopes are wooded, and formerly most of the mountain was covered in woodland. A low hill attached to it, Carrigmaclear, was the site of a battle during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

Archaeology
There are at least four prehistoric monuments on Slievenamon. On the summit is an ancient burial cairn, with a natural rocky outcrop on its east side forming the appearance of a doorway. The remains of a cursus or ceremonial avenue leads up to the cairn from the east. On the mountain's northeastern shoulder, Sheegouna, is another burial cairn and a ruined megalithic tomb.

Folklore

The origin of the mountain's name is explained in Irish mythology. According to the tale, the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill was sought after by many young women. Fionn stood atop the mountain and declared that whichever woman won a footrace to the top would be his wife. Since Fionn and Gráinne were in love, he had shown her a short-cut and she duly won the race. The mountain was also known by the longer name Sliabh na mBan bhFionn, "mountain of the fair women". Another local explanation of the name is that from a distance and the right angle, the hill resembles a woman lying on her back.

The plain from which the mountain rises was known in Old Irish as Mag Femin (modern Irish Magh Feimhin, or Má Feimhin) or the Plain of Femen. The burial cairns on the mountain are called Síd ar Femin (Sí ar Feimhin, the "fairy mound over Femen") and Sí Ghamhnaí ("fairy mound of the calves"). They were seen as the abodes of gods and entrances to the Otherworld. Irish folklore holds that it is bad luck to damage or disrespect such tombs and that deliberately doing so could bring a curse.

In Irish mythology, one of the burial cairns is said to be the abode of the god Bodhbh Dearg, son of the Dagda. Fionn marries Sadhbh, Bodhbh's daughter, on Slievenamon, and their son is the famous Oisín.

In one tale, Fionn and his men are cooking a pig on the banks of the River Suir when an Otherworld being called Cúldubh comes out of the cairn on Slievenamon and snatches it. Fionn chases Cúldubh and kills him with a spear throw as he re-enters the cairn. An Otherworld woman inside tries to shut the door, but Fionn's thumb is caught between the door and the post, and he puts it in his mouth to ease the pain. As his thumb had been inside the Otherworld, Fionn is bestowed with great wisdom. This tale may refer to gaining knowledge from the ancestors, and is similar to the tale of the Salmon of Knowledge.

In Acallam na Senórach (Dialogue of the Elders), Fionn, Caílte and other members of the fianna chase a fawn to Slievenamon. They come upon a great illuminated hall or brugh, and inside they are welcomed by warriors and maidens of the Otherworld. Their host, Donn son of Midir, reveals that the fawn was one of the maidens, sent to draw them to Slievenamon. The fianna agree to help Donn in a battle against another group of the Tuatha Dé Danann. After a lengthy battle, Fionn compels their foes to make peace, and they return to this world.

Cultural references
The song Slievenamon, written in the mid 19th century by revolutionary and poet Charles Kickham, is a well-known patriotic and romantic song about an exile who longs to see "our flag unrolled and my true love to unfold / in the valley near Slievenamon". It is regarded as the unofficial "county anthem" of County Tipperary, regularly sung by crowds at sporting events.

The mountain appears in the fairytale The Horned Woman as found in Celtic Fairy Tales (1892, by Joseph Jacobs) (used by Jacobs with permission by Lady Wilde from her "Ancient Legends of Ireland" (1887)), where it is the abode of a witches' coven. It is also mentioned in the books The Hidden Side of Things (1913) and The Lives of Alcyone (1924, with Annie Besant) written by the theosophist clairvoyant Charles Webster Leadbeater.. The mountain is referred to as Slieve-na-Mon in a fairy tale called "The Giant and the Birds" from "The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said" by Padraic Colum (1918). In it, Big Man chases a deer into a cave and falls asleep for 200 years to awaken in a time when he is a giant among men.

Upon creation of the Irish Free State, the name Slievenamon was unofficially given to one of the 13 armoured Rolls-Royce motor cars which were handed over to the new Free State army by the outgoing administration. Slievenamon was escorting the army's commander-in-chief, Michael Collins, when he was ambushed and killed near Béal na Bláth. The car, since renamed to the Irish Sliabh na mBan, has been preserved by the Irish Defence Forces.

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