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Talk:River Mersey

Mergers
I don't think the Mersey Estuary and Runcorn Gap articles are necessary: they both have a very small amount of content which could be described in context here. If there are no reasonable objections, I'll merge them. --RFBailey 22:33, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * It's been over a week, and no-one has objected, so I've carried out the merge. I've also removed the link to the Toxteth riots: the implication that these were related to water quality seems rather tenuous to me.  --RFBailey 20:02, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

thisThe River Mersey is a river in North West England. It is 70 miles (112 km) long, stretching from Stockport, Greater Manchester, and ending at Liverpool Bay, Merseyside. For centuries, it formed part of the ancient county divide between Lancashire and Cheshire

howdy brainy science dudes !!! we are doin a crap science project n we need help on researchin the river mersey !!!!!

Environment
the mersey river is dirty and bad for the enviroment and is suronded by factorys that polute it.
 * You might be suprised to learn that in fact the mersey river is the environment

-- the Mersey is not that polluted in Stockport, there are brown trout in it RobChafer 20:34, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Does anybody have any figures on how the water quality is improving?. I can remember in the 60's the river used to stink of oil, and on windy days huge balls of detergent foam would chase people up Bridge Street in Warrington, but now the river looks quite clean, just rather 'silty'. I suppose it is 'flushing' the pollution out of itself with time? ChrisRed (talk) 14:21, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

 * http://www.merseybasin.org.uk/ should have some stuff. Mr Stephen (talk) 15:24, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

 * There's a graph or two in . Mr Stephen (talk) 07:57, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Infobox
The infobox says that the source elevation needs input. The Goyt page gives its mouth elevation as 40m, is that good enough (it has a ref although the page link does not work)?RobChafer 20:35, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Ancient course of the Mersey
I removed from the article this image -, captioned as "The modern and ancient course of the River Mersey", a statement which was unreferenced and, I believe, untrue. The theory that, in Roman times, the Mersey flowed through the "Backford Gap" (now occupied by the Shropshire Union Canal) was put forward by a geographer called William Ashton around 1909. This was based on supposed local traditions; the fact that the Mersey was not marked on Ptolemy's map of the world; assertions that a Roman bridge at Wallasey Pool was found below the current sea level; evidence for major flooding in parts of Cheshire around the 6th century; and evidence of silts and clay in the Backford Gap (aka Broxton Valley). However, Ashton's theory is, according to Stephen Roberts, A History of Wirral, 2002, not accepted now. Research in the 1970s by Ray Kenna and others concluded that "There is no evidence for the Mersey flowing into the Dee through the Broxton Valley in historic times or during the last 10,000 years... [However] during the Roman period, a navigable entrance may not have been in existence due to the existence of sand bars, spits and banks formed from glacial and periglacial sediment already in Liverpool Bay." The Backford Gap, it is now thought, was formed when the Mersey entrance was blocked, either by a glacial moraine or by ice itself in prehistoric times, and melt waters flowed into the Dee. Later, either the ice melted or the moraines were eroded by the sea. Personally I'd be happy for reference to be made to the Ashton theory in the article, so long as it is made clear that (according to the information I have) it is no longer accepted as true. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:58, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I agree with your actions here. I see the editor who added the image has added a large number of other images of an unverified nature to other articles. I did think it an unwise addition as it stands, for reasons you give, and you beat me to it in your actions!  DDStretch    (talk)  20:15, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Well and good, Ghmyrtle, and your suspicions are on-target - the image is indeed from Ashton's book. If the information has been superceded, I see no good purpose in including a list of discredited theories in this or other articles. By the way, I'm in the habit of referencing all images (including the ones that DDStretch has noticed) - if you click on the image, you will see that the url to the book is provided, as is the title, author, date, etc; I do sometimes forget to include the page number, not intentionally. And in fact, one of my own pet peeves is the number of unsourced and dubious maps that populate wikipedia articles - they imply credibility that often does not exist, particularly regarding "popular history" and "interesting theories". Regards, Notuncurious (talk) 22:52, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

River Mersey Lifeboat Race
Does anyone have any info on this subject. As far as I can make out there may have only ever been one, sometime in the 1890's and the winning crew were awarded silver medals. Tony Jones —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kingo2000 (talk • contribs) 00:04, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Geography
I notice that seaforth dock is placed as being upstream of the narrow gap between liverpool and birkenhead. Seaforth is downstream of that location and could almost be said to be in liverpool bay, but in anycase is not upstream of the pier head. I would suggest the article is adjusted to show this. Tim (talk) 08:35, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Long term effects of Sewage tipping in the Mersey
While most people are aware of the problem of untreated human sewage in the River Mersey, a study was undertaken in the 1980s to determine the long term effect of the large scale dumping of untreated human waste by slurry boats into the Liverpool Bay area. A team of Divers spent a number of days diving to the sea bed and taking samples and photographs etc from the sea bed below sewage dumping ereas. They found that the sea bed samples they brought up from the Bay had a strong smell unlike normal sea bed samples from elsewhere. They noted that animals such as crabs live in the area used to dump slurry boat cargoes. The survey was taken in response to a New Scientist study finding the Mersey to be one of the most polluted rivers in Europe, with tons of raw sewage floating in the river.Johnwrd (talk) 22:01, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Please add map or diagram
This article could be much improved with the addition of an outline map with major tributaries labeled, or at least the addition of a drainage area depiction (see article on River Trent for an example). Without this is, it is very difficult to follow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.51.185.47 (talk) 05:29, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

No map?
How is it that an article about a river has no map? Like building a car and forgetting to add the steering wheel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.215.12.158 (talk) 14:08, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Tributaries and Confluences
In terms of the Mersey's tributaries, does this include the entire catchment or just those that directly enter the Mersey? I am asking because in the tributaries section, there are some rivers/brooks that enter a tributary of the Mersey as oppose to directly entering it as if the section is listing all Mersey basin catchment rivers. If this is so, I would like to add more such as the Etherow and the Roch. Sl3nderman3006 (talk) 11:51, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

I should also add that if I don't get any objections within a week then I will add them because i think it's better to list the catchment rivers as oppose to just the direct tributaries. Sl3nderman3006 (talk) 11:54, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
 * That's fine, but you should indent as has already been done for the Birket, thus:

 * The Birket
 * River Fender
 * Prenton Brook
 * Arrowe Brook
 * Greasby Brook
 * Newton Brook
 * Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:23, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

I saw that yes, that's I why I think others should be listed as well. Sl3nderman3006 (talk) 11:44, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

OK, I have added a few now, I have also taken those inactive/broken links off. Sl3nderman3006 (talk) 15:13, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Source and length
It is not presently made clear in the article that the distance given in the infobox is not that for the Mersey as described in the lede which defines the start at the confluence of the Goyt and Tame. I have myself painstakingly measured the length of the various watercourses which go to form the Mersey. The length of the river named as the Mersey from the Goyt/Tame confluence downstream to the confluence with the Manchester Ship Canal (which has subsumed the Irwell) is 30.1km or 18.7 miles. From that point to where the old course of the Mersey splits from the Ship Canal is 6.6km or 4.1miles. From there to Runcorn Gap (road bridge) past Warrington is a further 25.7km or 16 miles via the old course of the river (whilst it is 28.3km or 17.6 miles via the Ship Canal). The estuary continues for about another 32km / 19.9 miles to the county limit at Bootle where the Mersey empties into Liverpool Bay. This last section can reasonably be measured in different ways to give longer and shorter figures than this. Add all these to get 94.4km or 58.7 miles. This is of course original research on my part so cannot be included in the article but it does at least give an idea of what a true figure should look like if and when an editor finds a suitable reference out there! cheers Geopersona (talk) 18:44, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I suggest that we should check what "reliable" sources say, and then use the one that is closest to the truth.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 18:54, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Indeed! It's interesting to note in passing that taking the catchment as a whole, it is water originating at the source of its tributary, the Irwell that has furthest to travel (and that's after the various straightenings of that river for both navigation and flood alleviation from the 1890's through to the 1970s) - an extra 7.5km in all from Irwell Spring to Liverpool Bay. Geopersona (talk) 19:44, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I have replaced the unreferenced figures with one sourced from the book 'Headwaters'. Geopersona (talk) 08:53, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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Borland Database Engine

Borland Database Engine (BDE) is the Windows-based core database engine and connectivity software behind Borland Delphi, C++Builder, IntraBuilder, Paradox for Windows, and Visual dBASE for Windows.

History
Borland’s Turbo Pascal had a "database" Toolbox add-on, which was the beginning of the Borland compiler add-ons that facilitated database connectivity. Then came the Paradox Engine for Windows – PXENGWIN – which could be compiled into a program to facilitate connectivity to Paradox tables.

The first DLL-based connectivity engine was ODAPI (Open Database API). It represented Borland’s attempt to centralise connectivity in its suite of applications that included the brand-new Paradox for Windows 4 and Quattro. With version 4.5 / 5.0 of Paradox for Windows, this database engine was crystallised as IDAPI.

In 2000, Borland introduced a new SQL driver architecture called dbExpress, which deprecated BDE SQL links technology.

In 2014, Embarcadero removed the BDE installer from its Rad Studio XE7 install, making it a separate download in order to strengthen the message that the BDE has been deprecated for a number of years. Programmers using the BDE are encouraged to update their software to use newer database connectivity technologies like Embarcadero's FireDAC, or third-party-provided solutions.

Replacements for BDE include:
 * DBISAM from Elevate Software
 * Absolute Database from ComponentAce
 * BDE eXpress by Dr. Erhard Regener: a compatible API that uses dBase or Paradox.

Design
The included set of database drivers enables consistent access to standard data sources: Paradox, dBASE, FoxPro, Access, and text databases. You can add Microsoft ODBC drivers as needed to the built-in ODBC socket. Optionally, Borland's SQL Links product provides access to a range of database management systems (DBMS), including Informix, IBM Db2, InterBase, Oracle, and Sybase.

BDE is object-oriented in design. At runtime, application developers interact with BDE by creating various BDE objects. These runtime objects are then used to manipulate database entities, such as tables and queries. BDE's application program interface (API) provides direct C and C++ optimized access to the database engine, as well as BDE's built-in drivers for dBASE, Paradox, FoxPro, Access, and text databases.

The core database engine files consist of a set of DLLs that are fully re-entrant and thread-safe. Included with BDE are a set of supplemental tools and examples with sample code.

BDE system is configured using the BDE Administrator (BDEADMIN.EXE).

Included with BDE is Borland's Local SQL, a subset of ANSI-92 SQL enhanced to support Paradox and dBASE (standard) naming conventions for tables and fields (called "columns" in SQL). Local SQL lets you use SQL to query "local" standard database tables that do not reside on a database server as well as "remote" DBMS servers. Local SQL is also essential to make multi-table queries across both local standard tables and those on remote SQL servers.

The older name for the BDE API is the "Integrated Database Application Program Interface" or "IDAPI".

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BDE

BDE may refer to:

Chemistry

 * Bond-dissociation energy, the dissociation energy of a chemical bond
 * Brominated diaryl (or diphenyl) ethers, see Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Technology

 * BitLocker Drive Encryption, a full disk encryption feature included with Microsoft Windows
 * Borland Database Engine, a database engine by Borland

Other

 * Baudette International Airport (IATA code), airport in Baudette, Minnesota
 * Bde, an abbreviation for the military unit brigade
 * BDE, the station code for Bairnsdale railway station, Victoria, Australia
 * Big dick energy

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William Harbutt

William Harbutt (13 February 1844 – 1 June 1921) was an English artist and the inventor of Plasticine.

Early life
Born in North Shields, England, the son of Thomas Harbutt (5 August 1803 – 1880) and Elizabeth Whitehouse Jefcoate (27 June 1804 – 1883),   Harbutt studied at the National Art Training School in London, and eventually became an associate of the Royal College of Art.

Career
He was headmaster of the Bath School of Art and Design from 1874 to 1877, and then opened his own art school at The Paragon Art Studio, 15 Bladud Buildings, Bath with his wife Elizabeth "Bessie" Harbutt, a well-known miniature portrait artist who exhibited works at the Royal Academy of Art and the Chicago World's Fair, and in 1887, was commissioned by Queen Victoria to produce portraits of herself and her late husband Prince Albert.

Plasticine
Harbutt invented Plasticine around 1897 as a non-drying modelling clay for use by his students. In 1899, Harbutt was awarded a trade mark, and in 1900, a factory was set up at nearby Bathampton to manufacture the product for commercial sale. Harbutt travelled widely to promote the product, and his theories about the teaching of art by allowing children free expression.

Personal life
Harbutt was also a councillor on Bath rural district council and Bathampton parish council. He was a member of Bath New Church Society which followed the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg,

He and Bessie had seven children, six of whom survived infancy and worked in the family business. The Harbutt company, owned and run by Harbutt's descendants, continued to manufacture Plasticine in Bathampton until 1983.

Death
He died of pneumonia while on a trip to New York City in 1921. He is buried near the old factory in the churchyard at St Nicholas’ Church.

Memorials
The Paradise in Plasticine garden, a creation of journalist and presenter James May displayed at the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show included a bust of Harbutt sculpted by Jane McAdam Freud.

In 2009, his hometown of North Shields attempted to commemorate his legacy by commissioning some street furniture to resemble plasticine shapes and colour, made out of concrete. Unfortunately these had to be removed shortly after installation due to complaints from the public, as the street furniture retained pools of water in the seats after rain rendering them unusable or the user getting wet. In addition, they were not comfortable or practical and very problematic for elderly or infirm members of the public to get in to and up from. The 'plasticine' chairs were relocated throughout the region to less commercial areas including to the grounds of a local sixth form college and repainted from the plain plasticine colours to various colour schemes and designs. These remain in place (if rarely used or occupied). Traditional metal street furniture replaced the 'plasticine' furniture in the town centre of his birthplace.

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Talk:Huperzia

Move the long list of species out of the taxobox? Brya 10:51, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Seems sensible; I'll convert it to a set of columns - MPF 11:01, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Good. Column width might be a bit more. Looks crowded. Brya 15:51, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I'll cut it to two columns. It's never easy to know how it will work out on other size monitors! (mine's fairly large so 3 columns looked OK) - MPF 18:22, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * This does look a lot better. Indeed, layout is difficult with so many different resolutions for monitors in use. Brya 08:24, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

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Sanwa Bank

The Sanwa Bank, Limited (株式会社三和銀行) was a major Japanese bank headquartered in Osaka, which operated from 1933 to 2002. It merged with Tokai Bank to form UFJ Bank (now part of MUFG Bank). In the 1990s, it was the most profitable bank in the world, and second-largest in terms of assets behind its eventual merger partner Tokyo-Mitsubishi.

Sanwa was formed by the 1933 merger of three Osaka-based banks. The oldest of these banks, Kōnoike Bank, dated its operations back to 1656, when the Kōnoike family of Osaka established a money exchange business. The exchange was chartered to provide services for the Tokugawa shogunate in 1670. In 1877, it was awarded a national bank charter. By the 1930s, Kōnoike was unable to compete with larger banks tied to zaibatsu conglomerates, so it merged with the Sanjushi Bank and Yamaguchi Bank. It became the largest bank in Japan in terms of assets during the years prior to World War II.

During the postwar era, Sanwa was a major financier of Japanese heavy industry as the central hub of the Sanwa Group keiretsu. It founded Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) in 1961, becoming a pioneer of the Japanese credit card business.

Following the collapse of the Japanese asset price bubble and a wave of bank mergers in the 1990s, Sanwa entered into merger talks with Tokai Bank and Asahi Bank, and the three banks announced a merger in 2001, which would create the third-largest bank in the world behind Deutsche Bank and Mizuho Financial Group. Asahi pulled out of these talks later that year and The Toyo Trust & Banking Co. added to the merger group, the combined company then to be called United Financial Holdings of Japan. The merger was completed in 2002 and the new bank was called UFJ Bank Ltd. (株式会社ユーエフジェイ銀行).

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God the Sustainer

God the Sustainer is the conception of God who sustains and upholds everything in existence.

Al Qayyum, sometimes rendered "The Sustainer" is one of the 99 Names of God in Islam. "Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer" is reportedly a "common phrase" in Protestantism in the United States, specifically in Baptist liturgy.

Christian theology
In the Christian theology, the described doctrine is supported by the following biblical and Deuterocanonical references:

 * Wisdom 11:21-26: For you love all things that exist, and detest none of the things that you have made; for you would not have made anything if you had hated it. How would anything have endured, if you had not willed it? Or how would anything not called forth by you have been preserved? You spare all things, for they are yours, O Lord, you who love the living.
 * John 5:17: My Father is always at his work, even to this very day; and I am also working.
 * Acts 17:28: "For in him we live and move and have our being." As some of your own poets have said, "We are his offspring."
 * Hebrews 1:3: He upholds all things by the word of his power.
 * Colossians 1:17: He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Moreover, there are other relevant places in the doctrinal Christian literature, for example:

 * St. Augustine comments on John 5:17: Let us therefore believe that God works constantly, so that all created things would perish, if his working were withdrawn.
 * The Catechism of the Catholic Church says in 301: With creation, God does not abandon his creatures to themselves. He not only gives them being and existence, but also, and at every moment, upholds and sustains them in being, enables them to act and brings them to their final end. Recognizing this utter dependence with respect to the Creator is a source of wisdom and freedom, of joy and confidence:

Hinduism
The conception of Deity in a sustaining/conserving/preserving mode is also used in Hindu theology where the Godhead, or Trimūrti in Sanskrit, consists of Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver/Sustainer, and Shiva the Destroyer.

Pantheism and pandeism
In pantheism and pandeism (pantheistic deism) generally, God or some similar formulation is characterized as only needing to exist as a sustaining force, with no other aspect.

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Talk:Gestational sac

Merged from Extra-embryonic coelom
I merged the Extra-embryonic coelom article to here, because in practice the gestational sac is only relevant during embryogenesis, during which the volume almost entirely consists of the extra-embryonic coelom. I've explained in the intro that the volume is later replaced by the amniotic sac, and by that time it is usually called by that name instead. Mikael Häggström (talk) 09:08, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

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Talk:Raymond Leo Burke

Vandalism
I guess based on current media attention due to Burke's support of conspiracy theories regarding Covid Vaccination as well as his own hospitalization at least one person is interested in adding some non-neutral/inflammatory stuff to this article, specifically User talk:69.119.123.193. Can somebody with some authority/knowledge on how to handle this do something about this. Apologies if this is the wrong way to handle this, I just stumbled upon this and saw my attempts to revert the references to him as a Creep and Pharisee undone almost immediately 2A02:810B:1040:38A0:24A9:D562:2BFD:DE09 (talk) 20:28, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree vandalism appears to be a problem, I recommend making this page protected with only ones with accounts can edit. 3Kingdoms (talk) 17:46, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
 * It does seem that most, but not all, of the unconstructive edits are coming from IP editors, but there are also constructive edits coming from IP editors. At this point, it does not seem to me to be bad enough to request semi-protection.  However, as an auto-confirmed user, you can request that through twinkle.  If you haven’t got twinkle, you can enable it yourself.  See WP:TW. Constant314 (talk) 19:37, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Cell lines
The article currently states: ''Burke said that […] it is "never morally justified to develop a vaccine through the use of the cell lines of aborted fetuses." These remarks are misleading; the effectiveness of Pfizer–BioNTech and Moderna vaccines was testing using cell lines derived from fetal tissue taken from elective abortions decades earlier (in the 1970s and 1980s).'' I cannot see what would be misleading in his statement, because he speaks about the vaccine development having included the use of cell lines of aborted fetuses; and the supposed correction in the second sentence also speaks about the vaccine's testing (that's the only difference I see, but isn't that a part of "development"?) having included the use of cell lines of aborted fetuses. When I read it, I could not see in what his statement contradicts the sourced claim in that second sentence. If no substantial difference is pointed out, I propose the second sentence to be deleted, leaving only the first one (the statement attributed to him). --Blahma (talk) 08:01, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Pope Francis wants to take away the house and salary of the cardinal, defined as his enemy
sourced here 87.8.120.180 (talk) 21:06, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

NAC Class of 1975
RE your reversion of my addition concerning the NAC class of 1975.

"This link is just to a list of articles, none of which that I found seem to be about this."

From the Pillar article I cited: "By my count — and thanks to the current NAC seminarian who helped me get a class list — there were ten bishops chosen from the North American College’s Class of 75, including three cardinals: (Cardinal) Cupich, Zurek, Hoeppner, Cote, Mulvey, Kagan, (Leonard) Blair, (Cardinal) Harvey, Provost, and (Cardinal) Burke." -- Which seems to be very pertinent to the article at hand.

"Also, don't put a link in between two pieces of text cited to the same source without adding another link to the earlier source before the new text that you add; it corrupts text to citation integrity."

I'm not quite sure what you mean here, but would be open to implementing it if you could explain it further.

Edit: Shifting discussion of this to your talk page following similar reversions on other pages.

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Talk:Paul Smith (fashion designer)

Cyclist
Please do not delete this category. Yes, Smith harboured ambitions to be a "professional cyclist", this does not mean he "wasn't a cyclist". The majority of athletes are amateur ones, even those who have won significant events. Saying they are not athletes simply because they are not paid full-time is silly. Thaf (talk) 09:00, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * But sportspeople categories are only meaningful if they are for those who are/were professionals and/or competed at the highest level, basically, those whose involvement in the sport would meet the requirements of WP:ATHLETE, even if their sporting achievements are not their main claim to notability. Inclusion of people who as children/teenagers practiced a sport as a member of a club would totally swamp these categories. Kevin McE (talk) 18:55, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It may not be the reason he is notable - but it is still a notable fact (although I agree it would not be relevant for many as you describe), due to his collaboration designing cycle specific clothing. He is also appears regularly on the professional cycling scene and has strong links with the cycling community. Thaf (talk) 20:21, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * But you don't have to be a cyclist to design cycling clothing. If a guy in shoe design at Nike used to run in the school cross country team, would that make him an athlete?  That cycling was a significant part of his life, and merits inclusion in the article, I agree: that he is significant as a cyclist, and merits inclusion in a list of cyclists, I cannot.  I have posted at Category talk:English cyclists, but I suspect that this is on very few watchlists. Kevin McE (talk) 22:02, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I suggest a more appropriate place to discuss it would be Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Cycling Thaf (talk) 09:33, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Reads like an advertisement
The article doesn't know if it's about Smith the man or "Paul Smith" the conglomerate; but that aside, it reads less like an encyclopedia article, more like PR guff:
 * a menswear icon ... Britain’s foremost designer. He is renowned for his creative spirit, which combines tradition and modernity. Famous for its [sic] clothing and accessories collections, Paul Smith specialises in an inventive use of traditional craftsmanship and cutting-edge design to create beautifully made, desirable, modern pieces. ... Paul Smith is a tastemaker – a leader of British and international design trends. With an enthusiasm for eclectic cultural references and idiosyncratic combinations of pattern and colour, applied with understatement, Paul Smith expresses a truly contemporary aesthetic. ... Paul Smith had established himself as the pre-eminent British designer. Paul Smith has an ability to anticipate, and even spark off trends not only fashion but in the wider context of popular culture. He manages to transmit a genuine sense of humour and mischief mixed with his love of tradition and the classics. ... Each and every Paul Smith shop is totally different, from a shocking pink building with movie set styling on Melrose Avenue, LA, to a Japanese garden at the heart of the Jingumae store in Tokyo. Each shop is a showcase for diverse and eccentric objects complementing the clothing collections with an extensive selection of jewellery, books, art and antiques. ... Paul Smith is global - the collection is wholesaled to 66 countries and has 17 shops in England. Paul Smith shops are found in London, Paris, Milan, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Antwerp, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, U.A.E. – and over 200 throughout Japan. Paul [sic] remains fully involved in the Japanese business; designing the clothes, choosing the fabrics, approving the shop locations and overseeing every development within the company. Paul Smith also has impressive and diverse showrooms in London, Paris, Milan, New York, and Tokyo. ... Paul Smith Limited retains a personal touch often lost in companies of a similar size.

Much of which is asserted without sourcing. -- Hoary (talk) 14:13, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Re: Paul Smith Early life. Beeston Fields was very much not a grammar school. It was a rough secondary school. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.23.215 (talk) 20:42, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

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The article still contains too many vague and promotional statements, such as in the lead. He is known for his idiosyncratic take on traditional British styling having coined the term 'classics with a twist'. Who knows him for this? This kind of colourful phrasing provides a flattering impression, but is not neutral information presented in a formal tone. Similarly, ...offered an eclectic combination of clothes and finds for men which reflected his own eclectic personality. as one example among many. This isn't an acceptable approach. As the article already has at least one declared COI editor, per the above template, these issues should not be ignored. Grayfell (talk) 09:36, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

 * That's as maybe, but it does not mean that the article "contains content that is written like an advertisement". Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:26, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Of course it does. No-one in their right mind would write "he is known for his idiosyncratic take on traditional British styling" unless their intention was to promote. To no-one's surprise, that particular bit of bollocks was added with by declared COI editor . The article would probably be substantially improved by reverting to Special:Diff/662045177, though that too has its problems. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:18, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * And it comes as no surprise to find that it is also a copyright violation – see here. Looking further now ... Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:42, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * No-one would write "he is known for his idiosyncratic take on traditional British styling" in an advertisement. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:18, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I've now removed all content added by the COI editor (please see below) which contained copyright violations right from the first one. That leaves the page a lot shorter, but not a lot better. I hope someone will now be able to write an encyclopaedia article here (? Andy?); in that hope I have copied over all the references from a recent version. Many of them are not in use, but I've not commented them out (though of course I can if anyone wants me too). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:42, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

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ABYSMAL article quality
This article reeks strongly of paid editing. Just as an instance from the lede paragraphs, Some of his brand's stores are recognized [sic] for their uniqueness and eccentricity (...) Recognized (which by the way should be spelled recognised since the subject is a British person) by who? The section about Paul's "partnerships and other pursuits" is almost as long as the rest of the article. Furthermore, a lot of the citations here (e.g the one about a Mini Electric) are cited only to a singular primary source with NO indication of significance. This article needs a COMPLETE AND TOTAL REWRITE to follow Wikipedia's guidelines! 92.40.212.158 (talk) 14:57, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

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Wemyss

Wemyss can refer to:

Places

 * Wemyss, Fife, a civil parish on the south coast of Fife, Scotland, lying on the Firth of Forth.
 * Wemyss Bay, a large village in Inverclyde, Scotland
 * Wemyss Bay railway station, a terminus on the Inverclyde Line
 * Castle Wemyss, a demolished mansion in Wemyss Bay, Scotland
 * Coaltown of Wemyss, a village in the Wemyss area of Fife, Scotland
 * East Wemyss, a village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland
 * Wemyss Castle, a castle in Wemyss on the cliffs between East and West Wemyss
 * Wemyss Cave, a cave in Fife, Scotland, where very early prehistoric art was found
 * West Wemyss, a village on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland

People

 * Clan Wemyss, a Lowland Scottish clan
 * Earl of Wemyss and March, two titles in the Peerage of Scotland held by a joint holder since 1826
 * James Wemyss (disambiguation), multiple people
 * James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland (died 1682), husband of Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss
 * James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss (1699–1756), grandson of the preceding, Scottish peer
 * James Wemyss (1726–1786), son of the preceding, Scottish MP
 * James Erskine Wemyss (1789–1854), grandson of the preceding, Scottish admiral and MP
 * James Hay Erskine Wemyss (1829–1864), son of the preceding, Scottish MP
 * James Wemyss (New Zealand politician) (1828–1909), Member of Parliament in Nelson, New Zealand
 * James Wemyss (British Army officer) (1748–1833), major during American Revolutionary War at Battle of Fishdam Ford

 * John Wemyss (disambiguation), multiple people
 * John Wemyss (minister) (c. 1579–1636), Church of Scotland minister, Hebrew scholar and exegete
 * Sir John Wemyss (landowner) (1558–1621), Scottish landowner
 * John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss (1586–1649), his son, Scottish politician
 * John Wemyss of Logie (1569–1596), Scottish courtier and spy

 * Kathy Wemyss, Australian rock musician
 * Mary Wemyss (1868–1951), English novelist
 * Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss (1864–1933), a British officer of the Royal Navy
 * Wemyss Mackenzie Simpson (1824–1894), Canadian fur-trader and political figure
 * Yuan Wemyss (born 1976), China-born Scottish badminton player

Other

 * Wemyss Ware, a type of pottery
 * Wemys, a character's middle name in Lord of the Flies

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Police village

A police village was a form of municipal government that was used in the province of Ontario, Canada in the early 19th century if the finances or the population of an area did not permit the creation of a village.

Formation
In the early 19th Century, the Parliament of Upper Canada established "boards of police" in municipalities that were not large enough to justify the creation of a municipal council.

The creation of "police villages" was authorized in 1850 upon the passage of the Baldwin Act by the Parliament of the Province of Canada, and was continued by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1873. The law relating to them remained essentially unchanged until 1965, when the ability to create new police villages was abolished.

The rules governing the formation of police villages were as follows:

 * 1) A county council, upon the petition of a sufficient number of property owners and tenants, could erect a locality into a police village, so long as it had a population of not less than 150, and an area of not more than 500 acre.
 * 2) Where the locality straddled two or more counties, the council of the county that had the largest portion of the locality was the one that could establish the police village.
 * 3) If the area was less than 500 acre, the council could later increase the size up to that limit.
 * 4) If the population later exceeded 500, upon the petition of two thirds of the owners and tenants, the area could be increased beyond that limit at the rate of 20 acre per 100 in population.
 * 5) If an expansion of a police village involved an extension into another county, it could not occur without the consent of the other county council.
 * 6) After the Ontario Municipal Board was established, such erections and expansions could not occur without its approval, and it also had direct power to erect and expand police villages if a county council has failed to act on a petition and if the locality was within one of the provisional judicial districts.

Almost all of the communities that once held that status have since been erected into villages, towns, or cities or amalgamated into other municipalities. Russell still exists as such a body.

Police villages were dissolved with provincial acts creating new municipalities. In 1971, the creation of York Region resulted in the dissolution of Holland Landing, King City, Maple, Mount Albert, Nobleton, Queensville, Schomberg, Sharon, Thornhill, and Unionville as police villages. The responsibilities of the police village boards were shifted to other boards or the municipality to which the police village was amalgamated. For example, the trustees of the police village of King City were deemed a commission for the King City Hydro-Electric System, which became a local board of the township of King with full transfer of all rights and obligations.

Benefits of police village status
Police village status allowed a community to establish its own council to direct spending on local priorities, such as roadways, sidewalks, drainage, lighting, sanitation, fire protection, and policing.

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Bad Day L.A.

American McGee presents: Bad Day L.A. is a 2006 third-person action video game by American McGee. Players assume the role of Anthony Willams, a former Hollywood agent turned homeless man in Los Angeles. During this time LA is ravaged by both natural and man-made disasters. Anthony only wishes to save himself, though through the course of the story he becomes an unwilling savior. The game's attempted tone is one of political satire, targeting all spectra of politics.

While the game was set for world release on September 6, 2006, it first saw the light of day as part of the 9/2006 issue (released at the end of August 2006) of the Polish video game magazine CD-Action.

The game was released to mostly negative reviews, with reviewers criticizing its gameplay, visuals, voice acting, characters, offensive and crass humor, and poor attempts at satire.

Development
Bad Day L.A. was first announced for the Xbox and PC by developer Enlight Software on April 28, 2005. Inspiration for the game came from American McGee being in traffic seeing a Sunset Boulevard billboard from the Department of Homeland Security about preparations for biochemical terrorism. Calling it "the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back", McGee decided to make a video game as a way to inject the message of having nothing to fear but fear itself. To offset the violent events happening in Bad Day L.A., the art duo Kozyndan was hired to make the art style have a humorous nature.

The Xbox version of Bad Day L.A. was planned to be distributed by the London-based Supersonic Group, but was never released. A graphic novel based on the game and other American McGee games American McGee's Alice and American McGee's Grimm was planned.

The game was shown at E3 2005. Originally planned for an early 2006 release, on August 22, 2006, Aspyr Media announced that the game had gone gold and would be released on August 28. A demo for the game was available from MTV's website.

Reception
The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.

GameSpot gave it a 3 out of 10, and called it "an abject failure" and a "spectacular failure in almost every facet of its execution". IGN gave it a 2.7, saying that "it's terrible". G4's X-Play gave it their lowest rating, a 1 out of 5, and also gave it a "Golden Mullet Award" for the year of 2006. PC Gamer gave it a 20%, saying it was "so tasteless that I wanted to scrub myself with Lysol after getting up from the computer" and "being a bad Postal clone".

GameSpy "awarded" the title the "Coaster of the Year" award for 2006. GamesRadar awarded it the "collateral damage" award for the Anti-Game of the Year, claiming that it seemed to be "designed to end up on this list. If so... congratulations, guys, you did it!" But the game lost the award to Sonic the Hedgehog as that was apparently "the most disappointing" rather than "the absolute worst game of the year." Ben Croshaw of Zero Punctuation briefly described it as "fondly remembered alongside botched prostate surgery." GamesRadar ranked it as the 25th worst game ever made. Rolling Stone's Glixel also called it one of the worst games ever made.

Mikel Reparaz from GamesRadar placed it on his list of "unfunny games", noting the comedic timing being off, poorly direct visual gags, and overall horrible voice acting.

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Frenulum of the tongue

The frenulum (or frenum) of the tongue, tongue web, lingual frenulum, frenulum linguae, or fraenulum is a small fold of mucous membrane extending from the floor of the mouth to the midline of the underside of the human tongue.

Development
The tongue starts to develop at about four weeks. The tongue originates from the first, second, and third pharyngeal arches which induces the migration of muscles from the occipital myotomes. A U-shaped sulcus develops in front of and on both sides of the oral part of the tongue. This allows the tongue to be free and highly mobile, except at the region of the lingual frenulum, where it remains attached. Disturbances during this stage cause tongue tie or ankyloglossia. During the sixth week of gestation, the medial nasal processes approach each other to form a single globular process that in time gives rise to the nasal tip, columella, prolabium, frenulum of the upper lip, and the primary palate. As the tongue continues to develop, frenulum cells undergo apoptosis, retracting away from the tip of the tongue, and increasing the tongue's mobility.

During early gestation (as early as four weeks), the lingual frenulum serves as a guide for the forward growth of the tongue. After birth, the tip of the tongue continues to elongate, giving the impression of the frenulum retracting, though in reality this has been going on for some time before birth. This is what gives the impression that the frenulums of some previously tongue-tied infants will "stretch" with age and growth. In reality, the tongue often just grows beyond the frenulum, although some do also stretch and/or rupture after mild accidents. Many others continue to cause problems throughout life, unless corrected.

Structure
The thin strip of tissue that runs vertically from the floor of the mouth to the undersurface of the tongue is called the lingual frenulum. It tends to limit the movement of the tongue, and in some people, it is so short that it actually interferes with speaking.

A hump of tissue near the base of the tongue houses a series of saliva gland ducts. The two largest ducts are called Wharton's Ducts and they empty the submandibular (submaxillary) and sublingual salivary glands into a small prominence on either side of the frenulum, the sublingual caruncle. These ducts can be quite active in some persons, and upon occasion, a considerable amount of saliva may erupt from them while talking, eating, yawning, or cleaning the teeth in a process known as gleeking. The sublingual saliva glands empty through a series of tiny ducts in the tissue on either side of Wharton's ducts. The tongue is attached to the floor of the oral cavity by the frenulum. Superficial veins run through the base of the frenulum known as varicosities. Their presence is normal, becoming more and more prominent as one ages.

Disorders
Ankyloglossia, also known as tongue-tie, is a congenital anomaly characterised by an abnormally short lingual frenulum; when severe, the tip of the tongue cannot be protruded beyond the lower incisor teeth. There are two generalized classifications of ankyloglossia, anterior and posterior tongue-ties. A frenulum attached close to the tip of the tongue is commonly referred to as an "anterior tongue-tie". A frenulum that is attached near the bottom of the tongue, and is sometimes submucosal (not visible), but causes restriction is referred to as a "posterior tongue-tie".

Additionally, an abnormally short frenulum in infants can be a cause of breastfeeding problems, including sore and damaged nipples and inadequate feedings. The resultant trouble breastfeeding results in slower weight gain in affected infants.

The absence of the inferior labial (100% sensitivity; 99.4% specificity) and lingual frenulum (71.4% sensitivity; 100% specificity) was found to be associated with classical and hypermobility types of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

Trauma related to oral sex
Traumatic lesions on the ventral surface (undersurface) of the tongue, especially the lingual frenulum, can be caused by friction between the tongue and the mandibular central incisor teeth during cunnilingus and other oral sexual activities (such as anilingus)   in what is sometimes known as "cunnilingus tongue" or "cunnilingus syndrome".

The condition manifests as pain and soreness on the undersurface of the tongue, and sometimes the throat. The ulceration of the lingual frenum caused by cunnilingus is typically oriented horizontally, the lesion corresponding to the contact of the ventral tongue with the incisal edge of the mandibular incisor teeth when the tongue is in its most forward position and the lingual frenulum is stretched. The ulceration has a nonspecific appearance, and is covered with a fibrinous exudate and surrounded by an erythematous (red) "halo". Chronic ulceration at this site can cause linear fibrous hyperplasia (irritation fibroma).

Differential diagnosis is with other causes of oral ulceration such as aphthous stomatitis, secondary herpetic lesions, syphilis, etc.

Topical anesthetic may be used to relieve symptoms while the lesion heals. Fibrous lesions may require surgical excision with a frenectomy. The incisal edges of the mandibular teeth can be smoothed to minimize the chance of trauma. This type of lesion usually resolves in 7–10 days, but may recur with repeated performances.

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Teviotdale (disambiguation)

Teviotdale is can refer to the following:

Places

 * Canada
 * Teviotdale, Ontario, a village in Perth County, Ontario

 * Scotland
 * Teviotdale, a traditional province closely equivalent to Roxburghshire
 * Teviotdale, Scottish Borders - the valley of the River Teviot in Roxburghshire

 * United States
 * Teviotdale (Linlithgo, New York), a historic home in the state of New York

People

 * David Teviotdale (1870–1958), a New Zealand farmer and museum director
 * Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, a title in the British peerage held by junior members of the British royal family

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Dragoncharm

Dragoncharm is a fantasy novel written by Graham Edwards. The novel was first published in 1995 by Voyager Books (UK) and HarperPrism (US). It is the first book in the Ultimate Dragon Saga trilogy, and its sequels are Dragonstorm and Dragonflame.

Dragoncharm is written entirely from the point of view of a range of dragon characters as they struggle to survive in a world that is rejecting magic. Much like the animal characters in Richard Adams's Watership Down and William Horwood's Duncton Wood, the dragons are anthropomorphised, displaying a large array of human characteristics, relationships and emotions.

In 1995, the British Fantasy Society nominated Dragoncharm for Best Novel of the year.

Plot introduction
The novel is populated by two species of dragons:
 * Charmed dragons are of an older, magical order and have four legs as well as wings. However, due to their proficiency with magic, wings are not needed to fly and thus these limbs take on a more decorative role. They also use magic to breathe fire and change their bodies at will.
 * Natural dragons use no magic, and have just four limbs, using their forelimbs to fly rather like bats, or wyverns. Many Natural dragons show fear and hatred of the Charmed, and around the time of the events of the novel, they greatly outnumber the older, dying race.

Plot summary
The story begins with the destruction of the dragon settlement, South Point, home to Fortune, a young Natural dragon. Fleeing, he joins with the Charmed dragon Cumber on a desperate quest to reach the fabled citadel of the Charmed at Covamere. As they journey, the two dragons witness the growing conflict between the Charmed and the Naturals, which threatens to culminate in all-out war between the two species. They encounter signs everywhere that magic is leaving the world: trolls lie dying beneath the landscape, giants build enigmatic stone circles and faeries are evolving into proto-humans.

The two dragon armies come together. Leading the Naturals is an insane dragon named Shatter, while the Charmed commander is a military monster called Wraith. Wraith's ambition is to breach the Maze of Covamere, at the very centre of which lies the ultimate power of the Seed of Charm.

Fortune and Cumber, along with a growing band of companions from both races (including Gossamer, Brace, Scoff, Velvet, and others), thread their way through the conflict, seeking a way to unite both dragon species to face the greater threat that faces them all: the world is turning its back on magic and all dragons are facing extinction. When Fortune finally faces Wraith inside the Maze of Covamere, both dragons learn a dark secret from their shared past. When the ancient, immortal basilisk Ocher enters the fray, even Fortune is tempted by the power offered by the Seed of Charm.

Dragoncharm ends in the aftermath of the turning of the world, the very moment when magic departs, leaving in its wake the natural world we humans know today. The story, following the lives of the surviving dragons, is picked up in Dragonstorm.

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
Dragoncharm was optioned for a movie in 1996 by UK production group Dandelion Distributions. It was to be directed by Bob Keen and followed by a TV series of thirteen episodes. The adaptation would have been a mix of CGI and animatronics, using real locations as backgrounds. However nothing came of the plans and the rights are once again the author's property.

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Loch Torridon

Loch Torridon (Loch Thoirbheartan) is a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland in the Northwest Highlands. The loch was created by glacial processes and is in total around 15 miles (25 km) long. It has two sections: Upper Loch Torridon to landward, east of Rubha na h-Airde Ghlaise, at which point it joins Loch Sheildaig; and the main western section of Loch Torridon proper. Loch a' Chracaich and Loch Beag are small inlets on the southern shores of the outer Loch, which joins the Inner Sound between the headlands of Rubha na Fearna to the south and Red Point to the north.

The name Thoirbhearta has a similar root to Tarbert and indicates a place where boats were dragged overland.

Islands
The islets in the loch include:
 * in Loch Shieldaig: Eilean an Inbhire Bhàin, Eilean Dùghaill and Shieldaig Island.
 * in Upper Loch Torridon: Eilean à Chaoil, Eilean Cnapach, both of which are tidal.
 * in outer Loch Torridon: Eilean Mòr, Eilean Tioram, Sgeir Ghlas, Sgeir na Trian.

Shieldaig Island has been owned by the National Trust for Scotland since 1970. It has a coverage of Scots Pine, which may have grown from seeds taken from Speyside in the mid-19th century.

Surrounding villages
Torridon village lies at the head of the loch and is surrounded by the spectacular Torridon Hills. To the north are the villages of Redpoint, Diabaig, Wester Alligin and Alligin Shuas. To the south is Shieldaig.

Hills
The loch is surrounded by various mountains to the north, including Liathach, Beinn Alligin and Beinn Eighe, all of which are over 3000 ft in height.

The Torridon Hills exhibit dramatic mountain scenery. The rocks of which they are made are known as Torridonian sandstone, some of which are crowned by white Cambrian quartzite. They are amongst the oldest rocks in Britain, and sit on yet older rocks, Lewisian gneiss.

Fishing
Loch Torridon is an important prawn and shellfish fishery and is home to several salmon farms and industrial mussel production.

Langoustines are fished by creels baited with herring or prawns, which are deployed on lines of up to 120 creels and left on the seabed for at least a day. Most of the catch is exported to Spain, but some is sold locally. The sustainable seafood certificate for Loch Torridon langoustines was suspended by the Marine Stewardship Council on 11 January 2011, due to increased fishing pressure in the area caused by creel-fishing boats that had not signed-up to the fishery's voluntary code of conduct.

Archaeology
Between 1999 and 2004 a large scale archaeological project was undertaken in the strait, Scotland's First Settlers. This was a survey project to locate and examine sites relating to the Mesolithic period. In 2002, a separate project, the Sea Loch Survey was run by the same archaeologists to survey the sea lochs of Carron and Torridon. Between both projects they found 129 new archaeological sites. At Loch Torridon, eight new sites were found (two other previous known sites also exist on the loch's shore). The number of sites led the archaeologists to believe that Loch Torridon was quite intensively occupied in prehistory. Even though 12 caves and rockshelters were examined only four showed evidence of human occupation.

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Antonio Rivera

José Antonio Rivera (December 5, 1963, in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico– April 4, 2005) was a Puerto Rican boxer. He was much better known as El Gallo Rivera or Tonito Rivera, and was a prominent boxer during the decade of the 1980s.

Professional career
José Antonio Rivera began his professional boxing career on February 26, 1981, after a long and successful amateur boxing career, knocking out Humberto Maldonado in the first round at Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. He posted two more wins in a row, one by knockout, then lost for the first time as a professional, beaten by Herminio Adorno by a decision in five rounds on May 22. Rivera avenged that loss with a first-round knockout of Adorno on July 9, in Trujillo Alto.

Rivera won five of his next six bouts before fighting abroad for the first time, losing by a ten-round decision to Enrique Sanchez by a ten-round decision at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on October 15, 1982. About one year and a half later, Sanchez lost to Alberto Davila for the WBC world Bantamweight title.

On February 12, 1983, Rivera fought for his first championship, the regional, Puerto Rican Super Bantamweight title. He conquered the belt by beating Orlando Perez by a twelve-round decision in Canovanas.

Rivera won his next four fights, including a seventh-round knockout victory over Manuel Santos as part of the Wilfredo Gómez-Eladio Santana fight's undercard at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum on December 14 of that year, and his Madison Square Garden debut, a win over Vincent Christian by a fifth-round knockout on July 26, 1984, at the Garden's Felt Forum Arena.

In his next fight, Rivera defended his Puerto Rican Super Bantamweight title against fellow Puerto Rican Juan Veloz, on September 1 in Carolina. The bout was a long-awaited fight by Puerto Rican fight fans and press alike; ahead on points after ten rounds, Rivera lost the fight by a knockout in round eleven.

On February 2, 1985, Rivera re-established himself as a top ranked boxer when he knocked out Alberto Mercado in seven rounds as part of one of Victor Callejas' title defense undercards. At stake in that bout was a spot among the IBF's top ten challengers. This time, it was Rivera who staged a comeback, being behind on the judges' scorecards before defeating Mercado.

On July 12, he met Tony Miller in Australia, and the two boxers fought to a ten-round draw (tie). On October 5, he beat fringe contender Irving Mitchell in San Juan by a knockout in five rounds to win the WBC continental Americas Featherweight title and position himself as the number one challenger among Featherweights with the IBF.

Rivera next faced a relatively long layoff, while negotiations over contracts for his world title challenge were finalized. Rivera finally got his first shot at becoming world champion on August 30, 1986, in Osan, South Korea, when he faced the IBF world Featherweight champion, Ki-Young Chung. Rivera became world champion by knocking Chung out in ten rounds.

Rivera next faced another long layoff. When his first defense could be finally held. Rivera lost his title when he was knocked out in four rounds by Calvin Grove, on January 23, 1988, in Gamaches, France. Sixteen months passed between the moment that Rivera won the world championship and his first title defense.

Tonito Rivera won his next three bouts before receiving a shot at becoming world champion again. On December 9, 1989, he dropped Kamel Bou Ali, but lost the fight by an eighth-round knockout, in Teramo, Italy. That bout was contested for the WBO's vacant world Jr. Lightweight title.

Rivera, much like Marvin Hagler before him, fell in love with Italy. He lived there for the rest of his life, returning to Puerto Rico multiple times for fights. He lost his next fight after the bout with Bou Ali, but rebounded with four straight wins, including a third-round knockout over future world champion Giovanni Parisi on November 10, 1990, in Monsano.

On September 14, 1991, Rivera challenged Dingaan Thobela for the WBO world Lightweight title, losing a twelve-round decision to Thobela in Johannesburg, South Africa. After winning four more bouts and drawing one, Rivera received another world title shot, this time in a rematch with Parisi, by then the WBO world Lightweight champion, in Rome on September 24, 1993. Rivera was outpointed by Parisi over twelve rounds.

Rivera then embarked on another winning streak, which included a second-round knockout over Argentine hopeful Fabian Tejada on March 6, 1995, in Inglewood, California. That same year, on December 15, he returned to the Madison Square Garden to defeat Gerard Gray by a ninth-round knockout.

Rivera would get another world title chance after that bout: on April 13, 1996, he lost to Artur Grigorian by a knockout in round twelve at Hamburg, Germany, for the WBO's world Lightweight title.

Rivera won one, lost three and drew one of his next five fights. One of those bouts was a first-round knockout loss to fringe contender Shannan Taylor of Australia. He also lost to Diosbelys Hurtado, but, on October 25, 1997, he did draw over ten rounds with former WBO world Jr. Welterweight champion, fellow Puerto Rican Sammy Fuentes.

Soon after defeating Johnny Valentin by a first-round knockout on September 30, 2002, in Hatillo, Puerto Rico, as part of a tournament named the world television Hispanic tournament, Rivera was diagnosed with an undisclosed disease, having to retire from boxing for good.

Death
After a long battle with his disease, he died on April 4, 2005, of an asthma attack. After death, Rivera made Puerto Rican sports history, becoming the first athlete to have his mortal remains exposed at the Puerto Rican Sports Pavilion. The second athlete to have his mortal remains exposed there was Félix Javier Pérez, a basketball player who was murdered later that year while trying to defend a neighbor from robbers.

Antonio Rivera had a professional boxing record of 36 wins, 13 losses and 3 draws, with 32 wins by knockout.

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1926 Slavery Convention

The 1926 Slavery Convention or the Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is an international treaty created under the auspices of the League of Nations and first signed on 25 September 1926. It was registered in League of Nations Treaty Series on 9 March 1927, the same day it went into effect. The objective of the convention is to confirm and advance the suppression of slavery and the slave trade and was extended in 1956 with the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, under the auspices of the United Nations.

Background
In the Brussels Conference Act of 1890, the signatories "declared that they were equally animated by the firm intention of putting an end to the traffic in African slaves". It was supplemented and revised by the Convention of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, signed by the Allied Powers of the First World War on 10 September 1919, in which the signatories undertook to "endeavour to secure the complete suppression of slavery in all its forms and of the slave trade by land and sea" (Article 11).

The Red Sea slave trade and slavery in the Arabian Peninsula, and particular the slave trade in Hejaz, attracted attention by the League of Nations and contributed to the creation of the later 1926 Slavery Convention, obliging the British to combat the slave trade in the area.

The Temporary Slavery Commission (TSC) was appointed by the Council of the League of Nations in June 1924. The commission was mixed in composition including former colonial governors such as Frederick Lugard, as well as a representative from Haiti, and a representative from the International Labour Organization. The TSC filed their report on 1925 with the recommendation to outlaw the institution of legal cattle slavery and slave trade, which resulted in the 1926 Slavery Convention. In 1932 the Committee of Experts on Slavery was established to investigate the efficiency of the 1926 Slavery Convention, which in turn resulted in the establishment of the permanent Advisory Committee of Experts on Slavery.

Significance
The convention established concrete rules and articles to advance the suppression of slavery and the slave trade.

Slavery was defined in Article 1 as "the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised"

The slave trade was defined as including "all acts involved in the capture, acquisition or disposal of a person with intent to reduce him to slavery; all acts involved in the acquisition of a slave with a view to selling or exchanging him; all acts of disposal by sale or exchange of a slave acquired with a view to being sold or exchanged, and, in general, every act of trade or transport in slaves."

Selected articles
Article 2

The parties agreed to prevent and suppress the slave trade and to progressively bring about the complete elimination of slavery in all its forms.

Article 6

The parties undertook to promulgate severe penalties for slave trading, slaveholding, and enslavement.

Participants
As of 2013, there are 99 countries that have signed, acceded to, ratified, succeeded to, or otherwise committed to participation in the conventions as amended, and its subsequent protocol. The countries and the year of their first commitment to participation are as follows:

Afghanistan (1954), Albania (1957), Algeria (1963), Australia (1953), Austria (1954), Azerbaijan (1996), Bahamas (1976), Bahrain (1990), Bangladesh (1985), Barbados (1976), Belarus (1956, as the Byelorussian SSR), Belgium (1962), Bolivia (1983), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993),  Brazil (1966), Cameroon (1984), Canada (1953), Chile (1995), China (1955), Croatia (1992), Cuba (1954), Cyprus (1986),  Denmark (1954), Dominica (1994), Ecuador (1955), Egypt (1954), Ethiopia (1969),  Fiji (1972), Finland (1954), France (1963), Germany (1973), Greece (1955), Guatemala (1983), Guinea (1963), Hungary (1958), India (1954), Iraq (1955), Ireland (1961), Israel (1955), Italy (1954),  Jamaica (1964),  Jordan (1959), Kazakhstan (2008),  Kuwait (1963),  Kyrgyzstan (1997), Lesotho (1974), Liberia (1953), Libya (1957), Madagascar (1964), Malawi (1965), Mali (1973), Malta (1966), Mauritania (1986), Mauritius (1969), Mexico (1954), Monaco (1954), Mongolia (1968), Montenegro (2006), Morocco (1959), Myanmar (1957), Nepal (1963),  Netherlands (1955), New Zealand (1953), Nicaragua (1986), Niger (1964), Nigeria (1961), Norway (1957), Pakistan (1955), Paraguay (2007), Papua New Guinea (1982), Philippines (1955),   Romania (1957), Russia (1956) (as the Soviet Union), St Lucia (1990), St Vincent and the Grenadines (1981), Saudi Arabia (1973), Serbia (2001, as Serbia and Montenegro), Sierra Leone (1962), Solomon Islands (1981), South Africa (1953), Spain (1927), Sri Lanka (1958), Sudan (1957), Sweden (1954), Switzerland (1953), Syria (1954), Tanzania (1962), Trinidad and Tobago (1966), Tunisia (1966), Turkey (1955), Turkmenistan (1997), Uganda (1964), Ukraine (1959, as the Ukrainian SSR), United Kingdom (1953),  United States (1956), Uruguay (2001), Viet Nam (1956), Yemen (1987), Zambia (1973)

Updates
The convention was amended by the protocol entering into force on 7 July 1955.

The definition of slavery was further refined and extended by a 1956 Supplementary Convention.

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Jan Jagla

Jan-Hendrik Jagla (born 25 June 1981) is a former German professional basketball player. Though he stands 7 feet tall, Jagla has the game of a 2-guard, and his game somewhat resembles that of Dirk Nowitzki. Jagla was also known to be a point forward in his college days. He is married to Ivana, a daughter of Svetislav Pešić.

Amateur career
He spent three seasons (2001–2004) at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania, before turning pro. He finished his Penn State career with 813 points, 504 rebounds and ranks third in school history with 110 blocked shots. Jagla holds the Penn State record for consecutive missed three point shots, 33. He played one year of high school basketball as an exchange student at Highland High School in Granger Township of Medina, Ohio, where he led the Hornets to their first Suburban League Championship in 1998.

Professional career
He played for Türk Telekom B.K. of the Turkish Basketball League during the 2006–07 season. He played for Joventut Badalona in Spain. Polish champion Asseco Prokom Gdynia signed him on 22 September 2009. In December, 2010 he returned to Türk Telekom B.K. until the end of the 2010–11 season. In July 2011 he returned to Germany by signing with Bayern Munich a two-year contract. In August 2013, he returned after 12 years to his former club Alba Berlin. In August 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Bayern Munich.

On 16 July 2015, he retired from professional basketball.

German national team
Jagla participated in the 2008 Olympics with the German national team.

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