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Whitaker Wright

James Whitaker Wright (9 February 1846 – 26 January 1904) was a company promoter and swindler, who committed suicide at the Royal Courts of Justice in London immediately following his conviction for fraud.

Early life
The eldest of five children, he was the son of James Wright, a Methodist Minister, and Matilda Whitaker, a tailor's daughter. He was born in Stafford, and spent his early years in various parts of England with his father. At an early age he was sent to Shireland Hall School in the Staffordshire town of Smethwick, a boarding establishment funded by charitable donations which catered for the sons of clergymen of all denominations. He was instructed in Latin and Greek and was taught how to use a printing press. In 1861, according to the census of that year, he was a printer in Ripon. Between 1866 and 1868, he was a Methodist preacher like his father, but retired due to ill health. He was also the elder brother of John Joseph Wright, who invented the reversible trolley pole, transmitting electricity from an overhead wire to the motors of a tram or trolleybus. The brothers started a business as printers and stationers in Halifax, England in 1868 but it failed the following year.

Emigration, marriage and fortune
On the death of his father in 1870, the family emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Wright then travelled to Philadelphia, US where he met and married Anna Edith Weightman in 1878. Wright made a fortune by promoting silver-mining companies in Leadville, Colorado, and Lake Valley, New Mexico, although none of the companies made money for the shareholders.

Wright returned to England, and promoted a multitude of Australian and Canadian mining companies on the London market.

Sharp practices
Wright's career as a swindler peaked in the 1890s, when he formed the London and Globe Company which floated a variety of stock and bond issues dealing with mining. Wright called some of these stocks "consols", the term used by the British government for state bond issues that were solid and reliable. He loaded the directorships of his companies with Peers of the Realm; for instance, the Chairman of the London and Globe Company was the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, a former Viceroy of India. This served the purpose both of impressing the public and attracting wealthy investors. Wright also sought to make a place for himself in late Victorian English Society, buying the Lea Park estate in Surrey, which he renamed Witley Park, and building a large mansion. Wright also owned the yacht Sybarita which beat the yacht Meteor (which belonged to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany) before the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Wright became a friend and financial adviser to Sir James Reid, the personal physician to Queen Victoria. In fact Reid became the trustee for Mrs. Wright in the financier's will; later this would lead to financial difficulties for the physician for neglecting her interests in the events connected to Wright's fall. Reid eventually had to pay Mrs. Wright £5,000.

Everything was apparently working well in Wright's empire, when in 1900 he sought to float a bond issue for the building of the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (now the London Underground's Bakerloo line). The line had been difficult and costly to construct. Why Wright sought to get involved in the company is contentious; he was a mining engineer, not a construction or railroad engineer. It is likely that Wright believed he would be able to cap his career in City finance if he were knighted for his public spirited activity. In any case the bond issue was a disaster — Wright found it strained his resources, and few people were willing to subscribe. It started the collapse of the entire Wright group.

At this point Wright made his criminal error. To maintain an image of solvency and success, Wright kept pushing thousands of pounds from one of his companies to another in a series of "loans". This led to some misrepresentations on balance sheets. But when he announced that, despite the apparent prosperity of his group, there would be no dividends, people became suspicious. In December 1900, the companies collapsed. Wright fled, but was brought back to stand trial. The shock waves led to a panic in London's exchange. There were other losses. The humiliated Marquess of Dufferin and Ava died in 1902 in the midst of the investigation.

Trial and death
The trial took place in January 1904, before Mr. Justice Bigham; the prosecution was led by one of the best barristers of the day, Rufus Isaacs. Bigham was one of the most astute corporate law experts in England, and Isaacs was an expert in stock market procedure, having previously worked as a broker. The government, when studying the confusion of Wright's paper trail, could not see a successful government prosecution; instead the prosecution was brought by the stockholders. With a prosecutor exposing the various financial tricks that Wright pulled for the jury, and a jurist patiently explaining points about finance, Wright's attempts at obfuscation were defeated.

On 26 January 1904, Wright was convicted of fraud at the Royal Courts of Justice and given a seven-year prison sentence. He committed suicide by swallowing cyanide in a court anteroom immediately afterward. The inquest also revealed that he had been carrying a revolver in his pocket, presumably as a backup; he was never searched, as the security was weaker at the Royal Courts, which were Civil Courts. The trial was held there as it was deemed likelier that the special jury required would be less prejudiced against the accused than a normal jury at the Old Bailey criminal court, which was in the city. In spite of his financial misconduct, there was a great outburst of grief at his funeral at Witley, where he is buried.

Witley Park
In 1890 Wright purchased an estate named Lea Park between Godalming and Haslemere, Surrey, and the adjacent South Park Farm from the Earl of Derby. Ownership of these properties granted Wright Lordship of the Manor and control of Hindhead Common and the Devil's Punch Bowl. Whitaker Wright began to develop his new properties as a single estate, Witley Park, creating three lakes, the largest of which covered fifty acres of farmland. Wright's wide-ranging landscaping works raised local concerns of their impact on the local economy and the natural landscape. In Thursley Lake he had an underwater smoking room built beneath a roof aquarium. Following his death, Witley Park was purchased by William, Lord Pirrie who extended the estate further. The remainder of the estate was divided into lots for sale, and funds raised locally enabled the purchase of Hindhead Common, which was transferred to the National Trust.

In popular culture

 * Whitaker Wright was popularised along with his fictional great-grandson in a 2006 episode of Hustle titled "Ties That Bind Us".
 * H. G. Wells was fascinated by the fall of Wright, and it influenced the writer's novels Tono-Bungay and The World of William Clissold.

References and sources

 * References

 * Sources

 * Further reading

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Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu

Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu (玉繭物語) is a role-playing video game developed by Genki exclusively for PlayStation. The game combines elements of role-playing video games and virtual pet management. It was developed by Genki in collaboration with Katsuya Kondō, character designer for the Studio Ghibli movies Kiki's Delivery Service and I Can Hear the Sea.

Gameplay
Jade Cocoon is set in a world where most of the land is covered in dense forest and populated by bizarre, mostly bug-like monsters called Minions. The only safe havens are small villages, one of which is the home of the protagonist, Levant. Levant is a young Cocoon Master, whose job is to capture and purify Minions. The Minions can then be used to fight and defend Levant, spun into silk for money, or fused with other Minions to form more powerful combinations. As Levant captures more minions, his "Capture Level" increases, allowing him to capture monsters more easily.

Fused minions take on physical characteristics of both their parent creatures, allowing the player to customize their appearance and abilities. Each minion has a collection of elemental attacks which can be passed from generation to generation. Strategy generally follows a rock/paper/scissors pattern (Wind beats Earth beats Water beats Fire beats Wind), as each wild Minion has an element (although fused Minions may have more than one).

The Eternal Corridor
After the main story is completed, the player may continue to play the game in a new area called The Eternal Corridor, which consists of a near-infinite area where new monsters that were unavailable in the main game can be found. Those areas are randomly generated "rooms", which are made of straight paths, occasionally dividing into two paths. Only one route leads to the end of the room. Once the player finds the "end" of the room they proceed to the next in the corridor. These randomly generated "rooms" supposedly go on indefinitely.

There are wild Minions residing in the Eternal Corridor. Their experience level increases as the player progresses through the corridor. This continues on and on thus making it harder to progress through the corridors. There are also boss-like Minions that can drop special "skins" to be applied to the player's Minions. Those skins have no purpose other than cosmetic.

The player can also have access to new items and equipment. However, the player is unable to access other areas in the game, and can become stuck in the corridor forever (hence it is recommended to keep a separate save file for this).

Plot
Jade Cocoon is the story of Levant, a young man who lives in the town of Syrus. The silent protagonist is guided by the player on his quest to follow in his presumably dead father's footsteps to become a Cocoon Master. To do this, he must marry a Na'gi woman, and is betrothed to a girl named Mahbu (voiced by Michelle Ruff). On the day of a large festival in Syrus, the village is attacked by demons known as the Onibubu, which cause many villagers to fall into a deep slumber. An elderly Nagi woman, Garai, repels the Onibubu using Nagi magic before their curse affects everyone.

After a quick wedding ceremony, Levant is given the title of cocoon master and leaves to explore the surrounding forest to find a rare herb rumored to be able to lift the curse. He traverses four forests on his quest, the Beetle, Dragonfly, Spider, and Moth forests, which are populated with a variety of monsters known as minions (or just Divine Beasts) that Levant may capture into cocoons and tame. Throughout Levant's journey, his wife, Mahbu experiences treacherous ordeals called Nagi Brandings in order to soothe the souls of the minions the protagonist captures. On his quest he meets many others, such as Koris, the Blue Cocoon Master, Kikinak, the Bird Man, and Yamu, who assist him in saving the people of the village.

In a desperate attempt to save their village, the government of Syrus makes an attempt to sacrifice Garai to the Divine Tree, believing her to be the Goddess of sewing souls. Garai reveals herself to be the goddess, and ties the souls of the village to Levant, turning the people into stone. Levant makes one final journey into the gates of the Moth Forest to find the Temple of Kemuel, a place where he must go into the nether-realms to fight challenging inner demons and save his village once and for all and fulfill a prophecy.

Previews and demos
In April 1999, the US release of Jade Cocoon, still in its alpha stages, was previewed in Next Generation as part of its "NG Alphas" series. The following months, Jade Cocoon was previewed in the Game Informer magazine twice, in issues 73 and 75, then reviewed after release in issue 76. It was then reviewed in the September issue of NextGen.

A playable demo disk of Jade Cocoon was included in the release of Shadow Madness, Crave's first game, two months before release. A month later, the game was previewed in the 21st issue of Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, then later reviewed in the 23rd issue, and featured on the issue's demo disk along with demos for Final Fantasy VIII, 3Xtreme, Tiny Tank, Macross VF-X2, Centipede, You Don't Know Jack, and Ultimate 8-Ball. A few months later, it was also reviewed in the 53rd issue of Official UK PlayStation Magazine, and featured on its demo disk.

Re-releases
Jade Cocoon was re-released on the PlayStation Network for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable in June 2008 in Japan, but not in other regions. It was released the same day as Crash Team Racing and other games.

Sequels
A mobile phone direct sequel, titled Jade Cocoon Gaiden (玉繭物語　外伝), was released in 1999 in Japan. It continues the story from the end of the game. A sequel, Jade Cocoon 2, was later released for the PlayStation 2 in 2001. The game takes place 100 years after the original, and changes a substantial number of elements, retaining only certain recurring characters and core concepts.

Reception
The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Jeff Lundrigan of NextGen said, "If you're looking for a decent RPG, though, you're gonna be disappointed. There are so many side quests that the main story seems fragmented and puzzling at times. Although there's a very complicated mythology behind it all, nothing really means anything, and the characters don't generate much empathy. Worse, you wind up going through the exact same four areas twice, and it takes all of 13 hours to beat." In Japan, however, Famitsu gave it a score of 32 out of 40.

Reviews of Jade Cocoon praised its graphics, including the game's FMV anime cut-scenes and environment—which consisted of over 600 pre-rendered backgrounds —as well as its audio, sound effects, and simple interface. The game's deep monster breeding and merging system was also well regarded. However, the game was considered short alongside other RPGs of the time with a story of only 15 to 20 hours. Jade Cocoon was criticized for the inability to fight alongside monsters, and its Silent Hill-style control scheme, which makes it difficult to avoid battles with some monsters.

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Geoffrey Warnock

Sir Geoffrey James Warnock (16 August 1923 – 8 October 1995) was an English philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Before his knighthood (in the 1986 New Year Honours), he was commonly known as G. J. Warnock.

Life
Warnock was born at Neville House, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, to James Warnock (1880–1953), OBE, a general practitioner from Northern Ireland who had been a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and Kathleen (née Hall; 1890–1979). The Warnocks later lived at Grade II-listed Pull Croft, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire (historically Berkshire).

Warnock was educated at Winchester College. He then served with the Irish Guards until 1945, before entering New College, Oxford, with a deferred classics scholarship. At New College, he read for a degree in PPE, graduating with a first in 1948. His tutors during his studies included Isaiah Berlin and H.L.A. Hart.

He was elected to a Fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1949. After spending three years at Brasenose College, he returned to Magdalen as a Fellow and tutor in philosophy. In 1970, he was elected to Principal of Hertford College, Oxford (1971–1988), where there is now a society and student house named after him. He was also the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1981 to 1985.

Warnock, with co-editor J. O. Urmson, prepared for posthumous 1961 publication the Philosophical Papers of their friend, and fellow Oxford linguistic philosopher, J. L. Austin. Warnock also reconstructed Austin's Sense and Sensibilia (1962) from manuscript notes.

Warnock married Mary Wilson, a fellow philosopher of St Hugh's College, Oxford, and later Baroness Warnock, in 1949. They had two sons and three daughters. He retired to live near Marlborough, Wiltshire, in 1988 and died of degenerative lung disease in 1995 at Axford in Wiltshire.

Works
Books
 * Berkeley, Penguin Books, 1953.

Papers/book chapters
 * English Philosophy Since 1900, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1958; 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1969.
 * Contemporary Moral Philosophy (New studies in ethics), Palgrave Macmillan, 1967. ISBN 978-0333048979.
 * The Object of Morality, Methuen, 1971. ISBN 0-416-13780-6.
 * Morality and Language, Barnes & Noble. 1983
 * J. L. Austin (The Arguments of the Philosophers), Routledge, 1989.

 * "The Primacy of Practical Reason" Proceedings of the British Academy 52, 1966 (1967)

For a more complete list of Warnock's works see his PhilPapers entry

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User:Cormallen/Religious pluralism

Hello Everyone,

I have again wrote up a small draft of what my research has found imperative to include. I think the section on history should come before the section on religions, like I have it here. I have taken a lot of liberty with the outline because nobody seemed to be able to wrestle it to a very good form in the sections presented here.

--Cormallen 00:51, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Pure Definition
Religious Pluralism Diversity is the coexistence of multiple religions/worldview systems. (views of truth)

 * see Pluralism and Diversity.--Robin.rueth 08:42, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Religious Pluralism is a certain attitude towards religious diversity, whose exact content has yet do be developed from Pluralism.

Basis of religious pluralism
The foundation of religious pluralism diversity is the existence of different beliefs of truth, and their coexistence with one another.

 * ''This is all right as far as Abrahamitic religions are concerned, and as far as religion is taken as a somewhat philosophical thing / a certain world view, but religion is also
 * practice / way of life / ethics
 * the foundation of society
 * worship / meditation / getting in touch with the godhead and
 * many other things (March4's remarks have made me much more cautious about this)--Robin.rueth 08:45, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

The existence of religious pluralism depends directly on the status of absolute freedom and acceptance of these different opinions of truth in a community, such as if more than one religion is popular or legal.

 * This sentence is not clear to me; isn't that Freedom of Religion?--Robin.rueth 08:53, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Also, the amount and diversity of people in an area can strengthen or weaken the effects of religious pluralism; religious pluralism was almost nonexistent in Europe in the Dark Ages, whereas today's mixture of people in urban communities breeds it.

 * What do you mean by the Dark Ages: the Middle Age, where we had a widespread coexistence in Europe of Christians and Jews. Paganism was certainly not officially tolerated (cf. Charlemagne's war against the Saxons, but some elements subsided in popular culture and were only persecuted as witchcraft in the oh-so-enlightened epochs of Reformation and Renaissance.
 * Moreover, in Arabic and Christian medieval Spain, there was peaceful coexistence of Christian and Islamic populations, even though the Christian and Muslim kingdoms fought against each other.
 * The point I'm making here is just that we'd wanna do a whole lot of research before claiming anything at all.--Robin.rueth 08:53, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Existence of such State pluralism in matters of religion
Religious pluralism exists in most parts of the world today. In Western society or in any other society in which freedom of religion is sanctioned, religious pluralism is advocated and protected by law. The First Amendment of the Constitution of America protects the existence of religious pluralism. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms sections 2.a and 2.b does likewise. In most Western societies, religious pluralism is strong, with people of every religion/worldview system interfacing constantly. However, in such societies, the general attitude of religious tolerance and secularism often prohibits and discourages religious conflict in this pluralism.

However, in some other nations, especially when the government is tied to a specific religion, religious pluralism is not permitted to exist. This is the case in some Islamic countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, where any religion but Islam is forbidden. In North Korea, a secular worldview system is impressed on the populace by the state.

Difference from closely related terms
Religious pluralism is a broad topic, and is more commonly referenced by other terms. Religious Tolerance describes a particular stance on religious pluralism. Ecumenism and Syncretism are attempts at solving the problem of religious pluralism.

 * lots of work to be done here, as well, I suppose

RP requiring and provoking response
Every religion/worldview system has a response to religious pluralism. The religion's view on truth is central to this stance. Any religion holding subjective or relative truth accepts any other religion unconditionally. Religious pluralism presents a difficult problem to all religions that profess absolute truth. The beliefs that compose truth according to different religions vary and often conflict. Therefore, most absolutist religions hold a rather complex system of dealing with religious pluralism, and tolerant society can, in some cases, considerably complicate these systems.

 * I think there are several issues to be considered here
 * a community's view of truth (Do we know absolute truth or do we just have access to it -questions of humility, does anybody else inclusivism / exclusivism, does anybody at all - relativism?)
 * Universalism vs Particularism, both with large potential for conflict...
 * concrete social interests and practices that clash.--Robin.rueth 08:59, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Religious pluralism and conflict
''' ? Maybe this section would be better titled and themed "Effects of RP" ? '''

Reasons
As stated earlier, any religion based on absolute truth is in conflict with all other religions.

How conflict comes to expression
-Particularism

-Discussion between parties

-Physical conflict/War

Different points of view on this conflict
'' ? Should this be included ? ''	-philosophy of Enlightenment

-Clash of Civilizations

History
Religious pluralism has a defined history. The history of RP generally follows Western history, because Eastern religions are generally more tolerant, and truth less absolute. More changes have developed in the sphere of reliigious pluralism from the Enlightenment to the present day than all time before.

Beginnings
Religious pluralism exists because people hold different beliefs. Therefore, religious pluralism will exist while humankind exists. Different religions hold different positions on the origin of religious pluralism.

Situation Pre-Reformation
-Groups stayed in well-defined areas

-No group tolerated any other religion but their own (with a few exceptions), but no other religions existed, generally, within these groups.

-Governments were sacral

Protestant Reformation
-The beginning of the acceptance of RP

-Governments still supported specific religions

Enlightenment
-Technology increases mobility

-Philosophy development creates multitude of Humanist-based worldview sys.

-Secularization of governments begins, freedom of religion beginning to be granted

Globalization and Urbanization's influences
-Different people all pushed together, creating a situation of major RP

Postmodernism
-The encouragement of people believing in their own opinion of truth.

-Governments are secularized, complete freedom of religion forms

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User talk:Nokiajakob

Dude, go get rid of the last 2 pics you uploaded. There's nothing encyclopedic there. Other than that, welcome aboard. :) Christopher Mahan 20:47, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

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Booker's

Booker's bourbon is one of the small batch bourbons produced by the Jim Beam distillery, which is owned by Beam Suntory (a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan). Having the highest alcohol content of the brands in the Jim Beam "Small Batch Bourbon Collection", it is a cask strength bourbon. Booker's bourbon is aged between six and eight years and is bottled un-cut and without chill filtering at its natural proof between 121 and 130.6.

The brand began as bottlings of bourbon personally selected from barrels by Jim Beam's grandson, the late distiller emeritus Booker Noe. Noe originally bottled his straight-from-the-barrel bourbon as gifts to close friends and family, and launched his selections as a brand available to the general public with a very small (1,000-case) release in 1988. Each barrel of Booker's bourbon was hand-selected by Noe and was aged at the center of the rickhouse, where the company says that the temperature and humidity are the most favorable for fine bourbons.

While it is not necessary to cut the bourbon with water, a splash or two of distilled water is recommended (by Booker Noe) to unlock some of the flavor.

Roundtable Releases
Booker's Roundtable releases are selected by a panel of whiskey writers and the Master Distiller, Fred Noe.

Limited Edition Releases
In February 2014, Jim Beam announced that a limited edition Booker's 25th Anniversary Bourbon would be released. Booker's Batch 2014-01 is a blend of bourbons aged 10 years and 3 months, bottled at 130.8 proof, with a MSRP of $100. Only about 1000 cases of the special edition were released. Each bottle of Booker's 25th is topped with a special rose gold wax and is packaged in unique wooden boxes. Per Fred Noe, Booker's son and current Jim Beam Master Distiller, "These barrels were laid down in January 2003. Dad passed in February 2004, so I guess essentially you could say that these are some of the last barrels that dad produced before he passed away."

In February 2016, Jim Beam announced that a limited edition Booker's Rye would be released. Batch 2016-LE "Big Time Batch" was released in June 2016 and was aged 13 years, 1 month, and 12 days. This Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey was bottled at 136.2 proof and carried a MSRP of $299. A special green wax topped the bottles while a green and gold label adorned the front. The Limited Edition stickers were hand numbered.

In December 2018, Jim Beam announced that a limited edition Booker's 30th Anniversary Bourbon would be released. It is a blend of 70% 9 year old whiskey and 30% 16 year old whiskey, bottled at 125.8 proof, with a MSRP of $199. Each bottle of Booker's 30th Anniversary is topped with a special silver wax and packaged in unique boxes made of reclaimed wood from Jim Beam's post-prohibition Warehouse E. Booker's 30th Anniversary is unique in that master distiller Fred Noe made almost all of the decisions for this bottling, instead of using the Roundtable committee.

Ratings and reviews
Booker's has won some tasting accolades, including a score of 95 from Wine Enthusiast in 2014. In Fall 2014, ratings aggregator Proof66 put Booker's in the Top 90th percentile of all whiskies. In 2017, Food & Wine Magazine named Booker's #2 in its list of “The 25 Most Important Bourbons Ever Made.”

Food critic Morgan Murphy said "The dark reddish brown liquid packs a serious punch with its high proof. But the robust, sweet, smooth flavor and cedar notes makes Booker's a favorite."

In December 2016, citing scarcity and demand, Beam Suntory announced a reduction in new batch releases and a large increase in the recommended retail price that would take effect in 2017. The price hike upset longtime fans of the brand, attracted criticism in whiskey news media and on social media. In January 2017, the company changed course and announced the price increase would instead take place over the course of several years.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Your Fly is Open

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The result of the debate was KEEP. Linuxbeak | Talk 00:17, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Your Fly is Open
Seems to be original research. Complete nonsense if you ask me. Here's where it belongs: BJAODN. FireSpike 20:48, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete- I nominated it. Reasons Above. FireSpike 21:14, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Unencyclopedic nonsense, though not patent. --Kgf0 22:07, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup. Like it or not, this phrase does get over 15k google hits, it's become a bit of a cultural joke at least in the states, and, with some work, could become a decent article. --Badlydrawnjeff 13:27, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup per badlydrawnjeff. Reluctantly, I agree this is a notable pop-culture phrase about which at least a stub is warranted. Xoloz 15:06, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I have edited the article a little bit to try and make it more encyclopedic. It needs more referencing and sourcing, but I know I won't be able to get to it until tonight if someone doesn't attack it first. --Badlydrawnjeff 15:22, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep- IF necessary revisements are made. 208.40.128.11 15:54, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and Cleanup per others. Staxringold 21:14, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
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Perhaps a disambiguation paragraph is needed, for the Official (American football) page is not referred to here. qubit 20:51, 10 October 2005 (UTC) WP:BB. Added. :) Nippoo 09:57, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Wiktionary
Shouldn't this be more on wiktionary - it's more of a definition? I'll stick an AfD on it unless anyone objects to it. Nippoo 09:57, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

I just got in big trouble for calling someone a functionary. I believe your description of the word as mildly perjorative is inaccurate.

Would you consider deleting the "mildly pejorative" descriptor from the entry?

 * I agree, this should be on Wiktionary. wrc_wolfbrother 06:56, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

"Unofficial" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Unofficial. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 November 20 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 22:07, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

IRS
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Pennington

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The result of the debate was DELETE. Linuxbeak | Talk 19:25, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Matt Pennington
looks like a vanity article--Austrian 20:49, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Speedy Delete as per WP:CSD A7. Hall Monitor 21:50, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment. Matt Pennington was added to the LARP article on September 27, 2005, so there may be some context for having a short biography of who he is. I don't know whether he is a "notable" personality within the LARP scene, but he may very well be. The current tone/content would need to be reworked for a future article, of course.  Peruvianllama 22:23, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, but unfortunately not speedy. Makes a claim to notability, of a sort. No evidence of notability, and if he is, this article is not a good starting point. android  79  00:07, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
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Greg Burnham

This is the official page for the great "Greg Burnham." His fame is world recognized.

Greg likes being a Jew, and he is goot at it. Princeton is his destination. He will probally end up in a ditch doing Mathematics though. Silly objectivist Burnham.

Note:''This page was concieved, created and composed by Jeff Wagner. I have left it otherwise unchanged because I find it funny. - GB ''

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Maria Terwiel

Maria "Mimi" Terwiel (7 June 1910 – 5 August 1943) was a German resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. She was active in a group in Berlin that wrote and distributed anti-Nazi and anti-war appeals. As part of what they conceived as a broader action against a collection of anti-fascist resistance groups in Germany and occupied Europe that the Abwehr called the Red Orchestra, in September 1942 the Gestapo arrested Terwiel along with her fiancée Helmut Himpel. Among the leaflets and pamphlets they had copied and distributed for the group were the July and August 1941 sermons of Clemens August Graf von Galen which denounced the regime's Aktion T4 programme of involuntary euthanasia.

Terwiel was sentenced to death on 26 January 1943, and on 5 August 1943 was guillotined in Berlin-Plötzensee.

Life

Maria Terwiel was born on 7 June 1910 in Boppard am Rhein. She completed her Abitur at a Gymnasium in Stettin in 1931, where her father, Johannes Terwiel, a devoutly Catholic Prussian civil servant, worked as a provincial deputy commissioner, while her mother was Jewish, which would limit Mimi's professional aspirations after 1933. She studied law at Freiburg, where she met her future fiancé, Helmut Himpel, and at Munich. As a Social Democrat, her father was dismissed from office after Hitler came to power in 1933. The family had moved to Berlin, where she found a job as a secretary In a German-Swiss textile company.

Classed under the 1935 Nuremberg Laws as "Half-Jewess" ("Halbjüdin"), Terwiel realised that she could no longer finish her studies, as she would never be able to get a position as a trainee lawyer. Her legal dissertion, titled ''Die Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen der Banken. insbesondere die Pfandklausel (The General Terms and Conditions of Banks, in Particular the Deposit Clause''), was ready to be submitted to the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg in 1935. Terwiel also painfully realised, that she was forbidden to marry Himpel. They nonetheless lived together in Berlin; Hempel running a successful dentistry practice, and Terwiel finding work as a secretary in a French-Swiss textile company.

Resistance
With Himpel, who secretly and without charge continued to treat Jewish patients, Terwiel began helping Jews in hiding. They helped furnish them with identification and ration cards. A patient of Himpel's, the Communist writer John Graudenz, in 1939/40 brought them into contact with a broader resistance group in the city centred around the couples Adam and Greta Kuckhoff, Harro and Libertas Schulze-Boysen and Arvid and Mildred Harnack. For the Abwehr and Gestapo this, in turn, placed the couple in the frame of a wider European espionage network which, focusing upon Soviet contacts and Communist participants, they were identified under the cryptonym Rote Kapelle (the Red Orchestra).

On her typewriter, Terwiel copied anti-Nazi material supplied by the group that she, together with Himpel, Graudenz, the pianist Helmut Roloff, and others posted to people in important positions, passed to foreign correspondents, and distributed across Berlin. This included Bishop von Galen's sermon condemning the Aktion T4 euthanasia program and a polemic entitled "Fear for Germany's future grips the people" (Die Sorge um Deutschlands Zukunft geht durch das Volk).

Signed AGIS, the leaflet was written by Harro Schulze-Boysen with assistance from John Sieg. It declared that "the most disgraceful tortures and cruelties are being perpetrated on civilians and prisoners in the name of the Reich" and that each day of war increased "the bill" that Germans in the end would have to pay. "Who", it asked, "cannot see now that the entire much praised social improvement in the Third Reich, the job creation, the Volkswagen, and many another things were nothing but preparation for war and armament?!" The only means Hitler had known for relieving unemployment was "the extermination of millions through a new war". A genuine "socialist revolution" lay in the future: the immediate task of "true patriots" and "all those who have maintained a sense of true values" was to do, wherever possible, the exact opposite of what the Nazi regime demanded of them.

In a campaign initiated by Graudenz, on 17 May 1942, Terwiel, Schulze-Boysen, and nineteen others travelled across five Berlin neighbourhoods to paste the stickers on posters for the Nazi propaganda exhibition The Soviet Paradise (Das Sowjet-Paradies). The sticker read, "Permanent Exhibition. The Nazi Paradise. War, Hunger, Lies, Gestapo. How much longer?"

Arrest
Following her arrest on 17 September 1942 and brutal interrogation, Terwiel was sentenced to death for treason on 26 January 1943 by the Reichskriegsgericht ("Reich Military Tribunal"). Maria Terwiel was guillotined at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin on 5 August 1943. She was 33 years old. Himpel had preceded her, executed in May. In her immediate resistance circle, only Helmut Roloff was to survive.

Three days after sentencing she wrote to her two younger siblings, Gerd and Ursula: "I have absolutely no fear of death and certainly not of divine judgement: that at least we don't have to fear. Stay true to your principles and forever and always stick together". In a farewell letter to a Polish cellmate, Krystyna Wituska, she gave legal advice and formulated appeals for clemency for her fellow prisoners (her own was rejected personally by Hitler). Terwiel also wrote a song, “O head full of blood and wounds” in which she called on Christ to "appear to me as a shield to comfort me in my death".

Literature

 * Pruß, Ursula (2014), Maria Terwiel. In: Helmut Moll, (ed.), Zeugen für Christus. Das deutsche Martyrologium des 20. Jahrhunderts, Paderborn, vol. I, pp 146–149. ISBN 978-3-506-78080-5
 * Tuchel, Johannes (1994), Maria Terwiel und Helmut Himpel. Christen in der Roten Kapelle. In: Hans Coppi junior, Jürgen Danyel, Johannes Tuchel (eds): Die Rote Kapelle im Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus, Berlin: Edition Hentrich. ISBN 3894681101, p. 213-
 * Tuchel, Johannes (1994), Maria Terwiel und Helmut Himpel. Christen in der Roten Kapelle. In: Hans Coppi junior, Jürgen Danyel, Johannes Tuchel (eds): Die Rote Kapelle im Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus, Berlin: Edition Hentrich. ISBN 3894681101, p. 213-

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Defense Against the Dark Arts
In the Harry Potter books, Defense Against the Dark Arts is spelled with an "s", which I understand to be the correct British spelling. I have checked the books themselves, and they use s, as does the [Harry Potter Lexicon], just as one reference example. Please do not change the spelling to "Defence" in Harry Potter articles. Thank you. EvilPhoenix 15:37, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Replied on user's page. SpNeo 16:29, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Spelling
What is with this systematically changing US spellings to British spelling at articles like Romania? -- Jmabel | Talk 19:35, July 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * I've been copy-editing a large number of Britain- and Commonwealth-related articles that didn't have consistent spelling.
 * Romania is of course an exception, it is not a Britain-related topic. I've standardized the spelling in the article because it was a mix of BrE and AmE. I'm using a program that gives a very detailed overview of the spelling used in an article. For example, the output for London looks like this:

Analysing en_check.txt Results: (text length 9144 words) UK total: 45 words: organisations (2x) / centres (3x) / centre (22x) / neighbouring (1x) / characterised (1x) / organised (1x) / neighbourhood (1x) / labour (3x) / modernised (1x) / favourable (1x) / specialises (2x) / organisation (1x) / computerised (1x) / centred (2x) / specialise (1x) / flavour (1x) / subsidised (1x) / US total 0 words: UK spelling ratio: 4.92126 / 1000 words. US spelling ratio: 0 / 1000 words. Maybe standardizing spelling in "neutral" articles like Romania is a bit overambitious. If the edit really bothers you, please feel free to revert it. There is unfortunately no clear answer to the question which spelling to use in "neutral" articles (not related to any English-speaking country). Maybe we should accept mixed spelling in such articles. SpNeo 16:54, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Of course, the differences between British and American English are not confined to spellings. They embrace punctuation, grammar, choice of words and syntax. Should you not be looking at these aspects of articles too? jguk 17:16, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm not necessarily that uncomfortable with this, but being an American and having written a large portion of Romania, it surprises me to be told that its previous version was previously predominantly UK.

 * Question: if you are using automation to do this, how do you avoid rewording quotations or book titles? (You can reply here, I'll watchlist your page for a while.) -- Jmabel | Talk 17:39, July 31, 2005 (UTC)

 * Output for Romania was (before my standardization): recognised (4x) / emphasise (1x) / metres (1x) / privatisation (1x) / neighbouring (1x) / UK spelling: 8x
 * I changed five spellings to BrE to make the article consistent.
 * The articles are analysed automatically as explained above, but I do the spelling standardization myself using the Firefox Spellbound Extension + the output of my program. It's a very effective and fast way of standardizing spelling and at the same time correcting (lots of!) typos. I'm very careful not to change spellings in quotations, book titles, etc. SpNeo 18:06, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I believe "metres" shouldn't count because it is simply Wikipedia standard. And while "recognised" (4x!) is consistently used in UK, it is also a perfectly common U.S. spelling. -- Jmabel | Talk 20:59, July 31, 2005 (UTC)

 * SI units are Wikipedia standard, but I'm quite sure that both "meter" and "metre" are perfectly all right. As far as "recognised" is concerned, I don't think it can be called a "perfectly common U.S. spelling". As far as I know there is not a single American dictionary giving "recognised" in the main entry or as a variant. Do you know any American publishing house/newspaper or author that spells "recognise"? SpNeo 08:06, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Couldn't offhand say. I just know that I've seen it reasonably often in informal writing by Americans, and that it doesn't leap out at me the way "recognise" or "idealise" would. -- Jmabel | Talk 05:09, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * That's interesting. You're saying that "recognise" strikes you as unusual, but "recognised" doesn't? Maybe some Americans prefer "recognised" for aesthetic reasons (it looks "softer" than recognized)? SpNeo 13:50, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, I've seen "-ised" more often from U.S. writers than just "-ise". No idea why. I suppose it is inconsistent, never gave it much thought. -- Jmabel | Talk 04:07, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

In a "neutral article" do you ever standardize to American English? Maurreen (talk) 18:40, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The number of "neutral articles" I standardized is small, I usually stick to Britain-related topics. But let me reply to your question - yes, I've standardized "neutral articles" to American English. See, for example:
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 * Please note that I've discontinued using spelling tags.
 * What do you think about standardizing "neutral articles" Maurreen? Is is acceptable or should I rather stick to UK/US topics like Microsoft and Harry Potter (which I have both standardized)? SpNeo 02:03, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't object as long as you go both ways (as you are doing), you use a wide margin to determine which type is predominant, and you tread lightly. That is, if there are any objections by anyone who had added information to the article, I think it's best to let it go. Maurreen (talk) 02:29, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for your copyedit to the Hungary article (and of course all the others). It's really great that you take the time to do this, and apparently in a quite efficient manner too. Keep it up. KissL 08:46, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Spelling
Hi. I encountered your series of spelling changes at Franz Kafka and commented thereupon at Talk:Franz Kafka. I think that your method for determining which way to standardize spelling needs to take into account an article's history. Instead of changing the spelling to conform to the majority of dialect-specific forms, you should check the article's history for the first use of a dialect-specific form and use that for standardizing the spelling. I understand the method you are using is trying to follow the policy that says "If an article is predominantly written in one type of English, aim to conform to that type...", but in cases where the minority national spelling is more than marginal, it's best to find out what the original usage was rather than rely on a strict mathematical calculation. Further, it may be that somewhere in the article's history a number of spellings were changed from one form to another, in violation of policy, and the correct thing to do would be to revert those changes. Finally, even if you decide to ignore my suggestions, I humbly request that at the very least you post on the talk page the output from your spelling overview program on each article whose spellings you normalize, so that we might know exactly why the spellings were changed the way they were. This way, future editors will understand that the particular spelling chosen was done so for a (presumably valid) reason, and will be less likely to change to the opposite forms.

I approve in general of the task you are undertaking, and only wish to help you refine it. Cheers! Nohat 08:48, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

PS I am curious about your program. Please tell me more or send me a copy. Thanks. Nohat 08:49, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Replied on user's talk page. SpNeo 12:33, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

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Michael Dawson

Michael Dawson may refer to:

 * Michael Dawson (footballer) (born 1983), English footballer
 * Michael Dawson (Lost), fictional character in Lost
 * Michael Dawson (businessman), Irish businessman and former senator
 * Michael Dawson (canoeist) (born 1986), New Zealand slalom canoeist
 * Mick Dawson, Irish businessman and rugby executive
 * Mike Dawson (cartoonist) (born 1975), American cartoonist
 * Mike Dawson (American football) (1953–2008), American football defensive lineman
 * Mike Dawson, the protagonist of the video games Dark Seed and Dark Seed II
 * Michael Dawson, visual effects artist, see Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
 * Michael Dawson, executive producer of the TV series Vera
 * Michael Dawson (political scientist), American political scientist
 * Michael Dawson (politician) (born 1976), Canadian politician from the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

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Great Fire

Great Fire or The Great Fire may refer to:

Fires

 * Great Fire of Rome (64 A.D.)
 * Great Fire of North Walsham (1605)
 * 1615 Great Fire of Wymondham
 * Great fire of Meireki (1657)
 * Great Fire of London (1666)
 * Great Fire of Northampton (1675)
 * Great Fire of Warwick (1694)
 * Great Stockholm Fire of 1759
 * Great fire of Tartu (1775)
 * Great Fire of New York (1776)
 * Great New Orleans Fire (1794)
 * Great New Orleans Fire (1788)
 * Great Fire of Bedford (1802)
 * Great Fire of Stevenage (1807)
 * Great Podil fire (1811)
 * Great fire of Tirschenreuth (1814)
 * Great Fire of Edinburgh (1824)
 * Great Fire of New York (1835)
 * Great fire of Hamburg (1842)
 * Great New York City Fire of 1845
 * Great Fire of Pittsburgh (1845)
 * Great Fire of 1846
 * Great Fire of Toronto (1849)
 * Great Fire of 1852
 * Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead (1854)
 * Great fire of Brisbane (1864)
 * 1866 great fire of Portland, Maine
 * Great Fire of Whitstable, 1869
 * Great Chicago Fire (1871)
 * Great Michigan Fire (1871)
 * Great Boston Fire of 1872
 * 1877 Great Fire of Saint John, New Brunswick
 * Great Vancouver Fire (1886)
 * Great Seattle Fire (1889)
 * Great Baltimore Fire (1904)
 * Great Fire of Toronto (1904)
 * Great Fire of 1910
 * Centre Block great fire (1916)
 * Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917
 * Great fire of Smyrna (1922)
 * Second Great Fire of London (1940)
 * Great Fire of Valparaíso (2014)

Other uses

 * The Great Fire (album), a 2012 album by Bleeding Through
 * The Great Fire (Murphy novel), a 1995 novel by Jim Murphy about the Great Chicago Fire
 * The Great Fire (TV series), a 2014 drama about the Great Fire of London
 * The Great Fire (Hazzard novel), a 2003 novel by Shirley Hazzard
 * The Great Fire (Vanity Fair), September 2020 issue of Vanity Fair guest-edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates and dedicated to topics of racial justice
 * GreatFire, a non-profit organization monitoring internet censorship in China
 * "Great Fire", a song by XTC from Mummer

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Theta Arae

Theta Arae, Latinized from θ Arae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the constellation Ara. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +3.67, which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 4.01 mas, Theta Arae is 810 ly distant from the Earth.

This is a supergiant star with a stellar classification of B2 Ib. It has nearly nine times the mass of the Sun and is over 20 times the Sun's radius. The outer atmosphere of this star has an effective temperature of 17,231 K; much hotter than the surface of the Sun. At this heat, the star shines with the characteristic blue-white hue of a B-type star.

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Ann Magnuson

Ann Magnuson is an American actress, performance artist, and nightclub performer. She was described by The New York Times in 1990 as "An endearing theatrical chameleon who has as many characters at her fingertips as Lily Tomlin does".

A founding member of the 1980s band Bongwater, Magnuson starred in the ABC sitcom Anything but Love (1989–92). Her film appearances include The Hunger (1983), Making Mr. Right (1987), Clear and Present Danger (1994), Panic Room (2002), and One More Time (2015).

Early life and career
Magnuson was born in Charleston, West Virginia, to a journalist mother and a lawyer father. She had a brother, Bobby, who died in 1988 of complications from AIDS. She attended Holz Elementary and George Washington High School in Charleston. After graduating from Denison University in 1978, she moved to New York City and was a DJ and performer at Club 57 and the Mudd Club in Manhattan around 1979 through the early 1980s. She created such characters as Anoushka, a Soviet lounge singer, wearing a wig backwards and singing mock-Russian lyrics to pop music standards, and separately sang in an all-girl percussion group, Pulsallama, whose 1982 single "The Devil Lives In My Husband's Body" was a housewife's lament of a spouse who appears to be possessed. Later, in 1987, Magnuson fronted the satirical faux-heavy metal band Vulcan Death Grip.

In an interview for the 2002 WETA-TV PBS special ''Lance Loud! A Death in An American Family, Magnuson credited the idea of Lance Loud — a member of an all-American family filmed day-in/day-out for the landmark PBS documentary An American Family'', who came out as gay during the course of that documentary miniseries — with inspiring her to leave West Virginia for New York: "I watched An American Family alone in the kitchen and none of my other family members were interested in it, and I was fascinated, as everybody my age was, by Lance, and I really think that's what got me there. I immediately started hanging out at all the clubs that he hung out in, and I wanted to go to the places that I'd seen on television. ... I met him in 1978 when I got to New York City and was hanging out at CBGB. ... I honestly can't remember the exact moment but I know I was dazzled. I was just this little hick from West Virginia and I was meeting a celebrity, an icon, somebody who had made it."

Magnuson made her film debut in the 1981 film Vortex.

In the late '70s and early '80s, Magnuson ran Club 57, located in the basement of the Polish National church. It became a center of a world that included Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf, and many others from New York's budding graffiti and downtown scenes. Club 57 was known for its theme nights such as Reggae Miniature Golf and Model World of Glue Night.

Prominence
A fixture of the Manhattan downtown club scene of the 1980s, Magnuson gained attention with her role as a snarky cigarette girl in director Susan Seidelman's 1985 independent film hit Desperately Seeking Susan, which also helped launch the acting career of singer Madonna. Magnuson went on to star in Seidelman's Making Mr. Right (1987), a poorly received science-fiction romance about an android played by John Malkovich.

Concurrently, Magnuson developed an underground following as lead vocalist of the band Bongwater, formed in 1985 with producer-musician Mark Kramer. Bongwater released four avant garde albums and a debut EP before breaking up in 1992 with a legal battle between Magnuson and Kramer that lasted through at least 1996 and ended with the bankruptcy of Kramer's independent-music label Shimmy-Disc.

Magnuson's 15-minute video performance piece "Made for Television", self-produced in 1981, ran on the WNET-PBS series Alive from Off-Center. Her satiric featurette found her playing close to 50 roles in a "channel-hopping" series of visual bites parodying television programming game shows to TV films to televangelists. As art critic Sarah Valdez described it, "a bewigged Ann Magnuson consecutively inhabits, at a rate faster than any channel surfer could keep up with, an outlandish, uproariously unfortunate range of female stereotypes". It was later released by HBO Home Video, together with the Cinemax cable-TV special Vandemonium (1987), in which Magnuson starred in a mostly solo stage piece with appearances by actor-singer Meat Loaf, performance artist Joey Arias, and actor-monologist Eric Bogosian. Magnuson also co-hosted Alive from Off Center during its 1988 season, taking over from fellow performance artist Laurie Anderson, who had hosted the series the year before.

Her 1995 CD The Luv Show (Geffen Records/MCA), her major-label debut, was commercially unsuccessful, but musically adventurous; one critic described it "an MGM musical as directed by Russ Meyer (which means the mambo 'Sex With The Devil'" and 'Miss Pussy Pants' sit comfortably next to Ethel Merman references in the same work)".

As Salon writer John Paczowski described her in 1997: "[A] celebrated icon in the more transgressive margins of culture, Ann Magnuson has been at once unknown and renowned for the past 15 years. She is infamous in more insular circles as the creative force behind the cultural mayhem of the East Village's Club 57, a breeding ground of experimentation and absurdity that spawned the work of Keith Haring, among others. (Under the auspices of a Club 57 project, Magnuson once performed a 'Tribute to Muzak,' singing for five hours straight in the elevator of the Whitney Museum.)"

Later career
From 1989 to 1992, Magnuson played Catherine Hughes, the comically hip editor-in-chief of a Chicago magazine in the television sitcom Anything But Love, opposite Jamie Lee Curtis and comedian Richard Lewis, and played a liberal political commentator on comedian Wanda Sykes' 2003 Fox sitcom Wanda at Large.

Magnuson's film roles have included a snarly real estate agent in Panic Room, Alan's mother in Small Soldiers, a madam in Tank Girl, Mel Gibson's "money junkie" ex-wife in Tequila Sunrise, Tom Berenger's estranged but horny ex-girlfriend in Love at Large, a secretary in Clear and Present Danger, and a sexy victim of David Bowie's vampire in The Hunger.

Her TV guest appearances include an episode each of the Lifetime cable-network fiction-suspense anthology The Hidden Room; the cult-hit, surrealistic comedy-drama The Adventures of Pete and Pete and Salute Your Shorts on Nickelodeon; the sitcoms The John Larroquette Show, The Drew Carey Show, Caroline in the City, and Frasier; and the police procedural drama CSI: Miami. In the 1996 telefilm The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas She appeared in the 1990 Redd Kross music video for the song "Annie's Gone", written about her. As writer Jason Anderson summarized her work through 1996, "She's been appearing in various states of undress for artistic purposes since her performance art daze in late-'70s New York [where s]he was indie rock's thinking vixen...."

Magnuson appeared in the 1990 music video for Redd Kross's "Annie's Gone", and in the 1998 music video for Jerry Cantrell's "My Song". In 1997 she provided guest vocals for the band Tindersticks on the song "Buried Bones" from their album "Curtains".

In 2003, Magnuson began touring a one-woman stage show, Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories, which she mounted through at least July 2006. She played Sister Elizabeth Donderstock in the play The Book of Liz, written by Amy Sedaris and David Sedaris, in May 2005 at the 2nd Stage Theatre in Hollywood, California. Other theater work has included playwright John Patrick Shanley's Four Dogs and a Bone at the Lucille Lortel Theater in New York City, the one-woman shows You Could Be Home Now (which opened the 1990 Serious Fun festival at New York City's Lincoln Center), and Rave Mom (opened in New York City October 2001), and in a neo-burlesque show The Velvet Hammer.

A Village Voice review described the autobiographical Rave Mom as Magnuson's "travels through 1999 — a year of Ecstasy-popping, bad romance-chasing and searching for escapism and meaning after her brother's death from AIDS. Magnuson has a thoroughly charming presence [but] her stories of celebrity-studded Oscar parties, kid-filled raves, a wealthy dotcom suitor, and so on, come off as utterly self-absorbed and trivial...."

She has performed at the Revlon/UCLA Breast Center benefit-show series What A Pair! in 2005, performing with Elaine Hendrix "Tips" from the musical Pump Boys & Dinettes, and 2006, performing with Samantha Shelton. She appeared in ''What's My Line? Live on Stage'' in Los Angeles on Sept 14, 2006.

For eight years, Magnuson wrote a monthly column, "LA Woman", in the magazine Paper, as well as an accompanying blog.

In late 2006, Magnuson released her second solo album, Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories. It was produced and co-written by long-time musical director and accompanist Kristian Hoffman, with whom Magnuson had had a creative relationship since meeting him when directing "The New Wave Vaudeville Show" in 1976.

In 2007 and 2008, Magnuson performed in a cabaret act, Dueling Harps, with Adam Dugas, Mia Theodoratus, and Alexander Rannie.

In 2009, Magnuson created a one-woman performance piece, Back Home Again (Dreaming Of Charleston), that was commissioned by Charleston, West Virginia's FestiVall.

In 2018, Magnuson joined the cast of The Man in the High Castle, for 5 episodes, as Caroline Abendsen, the wife of the title character Hawthorne Abendsen played by Stephen Root.

Magnuson appeared in the first season of Star Trek: Picard as Fleet Admiral Kirsten Clancy, the commander-in-chief of Starfleet.

Magnuson participated in a staged conversation about Keith Haring with Steven Reigns at The Broad for World AIDS Day 2022.

Personal life
Magnuson married architect John Bertram in 2002. She has described the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake, where she lives in her Richard Neutra-designed house, as "a rainbow-coalition Mayberry ... You don't get a sense of anybody really flaunting how rich they are."

Solo albums

 * The Luv Show (1995)
 * Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories (2006)
 * Dream Girl (2016)

Audio

 * Morning Becomes Eclectic (KCRW radio interview, Jan 25, 1996)
 * Magnuson appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on September 21, 2016.

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Wallace, Nova Scotia

Wallace is a rural community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

History
Originally called Remsheg (or Ramshag), meaning "the place between" in the Mi'kmaq language. The homes of the Acadians who lived in the village were burned as part of the Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755) during the French and Indian War. Wallace and near-by Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia were the first villages in Acadia to be burned because they were the gateway through which Acadians supplied the French Fortress Louisbourg.

Fourteen other ranks of the Royal Fencible American Regiment took up land grants in Remsheg following the American Revolutionary War, as did the Westchester Refugees from Westchester county, New York (sometimes known as DeLancey's 'Cowboys' for their cattle raids to help the British cause).

Scottish immigrants followed and the village was renamed Wallace in honour of Scottish folk hero William Wallace as well as the first colonial treasurer of Nova Scotia, Michael Wallace.

The village is located at the mouth of the Wallace River where it meets Wallace Bay on the Northumberland Strait. Wallace Harbour is deep and straight, at one time being used by large ships hauling lumber and quarry stone. The Wallace River is a major river in northern Cumberland County and was once home to quarries and lumber mills and used to transport their products by sailing ships. Many of these ships were built in Wallace and surrounding areas.

Construction of the Montreal and European Short Line Railway Company began on the north shore of Nova Scotia in 1888, with the aim being to link Oxford with Pictou and onward to a superport under consideration for Canso. The section between Oxford and Pictou opened in 1890 and was known as the "Short Line" - in reference to the shorter distance between New Brunswick and Pictou County, rather than following the main line south from New Brunswick to Truro. Wallace's importance as a shipping port, quarrying industries, and small-scale manufacturing saw a spur line built from the Short Line at Wallace Station, approximately 3 kilometres inland, to the south of the village.

By the post-war years, Wallace's importance for marine traffic declined and its small shipping port fell into disrepair—the Canadian Coast Guard even began decommissioning its lighthouses there. The railway connection was removed and rail service in the area was abandoned in the mid-1980s. The village's primary mode of transportation is by automobile and the village is situated on Trunk 6 which hosts a scenic route named the Sunrise Trail.

Today
Wallace remains a small service centre for northeastern Cumberland County and has an elementary school, volunteer fire department, several stores and businesses, and a community hall. There is also a recreation complex including a tennis court, basketball court, baseball field and outdoor ice rink.

There are Anglican, Presbyterian, and United Church of Canada churches as well as the Wallace-and-Area Museum.

Wallace is famous for its sandstone quarries. Opened in 1863, the quarry employed as many as 100 men in the 19th century. It was closed for two decades from the 1960s to the 1980s, but now employs ten people. Wallace sandstone has a marked olive hue and can be found in many buildings around the Maritimes and eastern Canada. Originally used for foundations, breakwaters and bridge abutments, it is now a facing stone. Sandstone from Wallace has been used in the legislative buildings in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (Province House) and Halifax (Province House), as well as some edifices on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. Other local industries include: fishing, farming, and forestry.

Notable people
Wallace is the birthplace of Simon Newcomb, the astronomer and mathematician, and the hometown of figure skater John Mattatall as well as the retirement residence of 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics co-winner Willard Boyle co-inventor of the charge-coupled device or the CCD imaging chip at the heart of digital cameras.

Parks

 * Fox Harbour Provincial Park
 * Gulf Shore Provincial Park

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Dhammapāla

Dhammapāla was the name of two or more great Theravada Buddhist commentators.

The earlier, born in Kanchipuram, is known to us from both the Gandhavamsa and to have lived at Badara Tittha Vihara south of modern Chennai, and to have written the commentaries on seven of the shorter canonical books (consisting almost entirely of verses) and also the commentary on the Netti, perhaps the oldest Pali work outside the canon. Extracts from the latter work, and the whole of three out of the seven others, have been published in Pali by the Pali Text Society. These works show great learning, exegetical skill and sound judgment. But as to the meaning of words, or to discussions of the ethical import of his texts, very little can be gathered from his writings of value for the social history of his time. Though in all probability a Tamil by birth, he declares, in the opening lines of those of his works that have been edited, that he followed the tradition of the Great Monastery (Maha Vihara) at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, and the works themselves confirm this in every respect.

Another writer, probably also called Dhammapala, since he was supposed by the 12th century to be the same, though scholars do not accept this, wrote subcommentaries on the commentaries on the Digha, Majjhima and Samyutta Nikayas.

A third Dhammapala wrote Saccasankhepa, a handbook of abhidhamma.

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Civil procedure code of the Netherlands

The Dutch Code of Civil Procedure (Wetboek van Burgerlijke Rechtsvordering) comprises four books covering topics relating to court civil procedure.

The four books cover:
 * The procedures of the district courts (Rechtbank), the superior courts (Gerechthof), and the Dutch High Court (Hoge Raad der Nederlanden)
 * Enforcement of judgments, orders, and legislation
 * Case law
 * Arbitration

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Novi Zrin

Novi Zrin (Zrínyiújvár or Új-Zrínyivár) was a fortress of the Zrinski (Zrínyi in Hungarian) noble family built near the Donja Dubrava village in the northernmost part of Croatia (at the border village of Őrtilos in Hungary) on the mouth of river Mura into Drava between 1661 and 1664.

Its purpose was to prevent the Ottoman military forces from advancing further into Croatia. The Ottomans attacked it several times from 1662 to 1664, but did not manage to conquer it. Finally, at the beginning of June 1664 a large Ottoman army, numbering up to 100,000 men, led personally by the Grand Vizier Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, besieged it and destroyed on 7 July 1664.

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1977 SEA Games

The 1977 Southeast Asian Games (Sukan Asia Tenggara 1977), officially known as the 9th Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 19 to 26 November 1977. This was the third time Malaysia hosted the games and its first since 1971. Previously, it also hosted the games for the first time in 1965. Brunei, Indonesia, and the Philippines were finally admitted into the SEAP Games Federation in February that year. Although the word 'Peninsula' was omitted from the new federation title to reflect the expansion, in which the games is the first games to bear the name, its emblem (which featured six rings representing the six founding members), and the sequential numbering of the games was kept to provide continuity, as well as reverence to the objectives, aspirations and contributions of the founders. The six-ring emblem was not replaced until 1999, when the present ten-ring emblem was first used in an official games logo. The games was opened and closed by Yahya Petra, the King of Malaysia at the Stadium Merdeka. The final medal tally was led by Indonesia, followed by Thailand and the Philippines, with host Malaysia in fifth place.

Participating nations
Brunei was a British protectorate at that time. The Bold Lines means the Nation makes its debut appearance from the games.

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Keith Dabengwa

Keith Mbusi Dabengwa (born 17 August 1980) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He was appointed head coach of the Denmark national cricket team in October 2021.

Dabengwa is an all-rounder who made his First class debut for Matabeleland in 2000, taking 5 for 76, he then spent a season at the CFX Academy. He continued without many spectacular performances but in 2004/05 he got selected in Zimbabwe A squad for their tours of Namibia and Bangladesh. In the first match against Bangladesh A he took five wickets and scored 50 not out.

In 2005 Dabengwa scored his highest first class score of 161 against Midlands, his only century to date. Following this, he gained a place in the national squad and made his test debut against New Zealand in Bulawayo taking two wickets for 87 runs and scoring 21 runs starting his test account by scoring a six. He played in Zimbabwe's next two tests against India. Between those games there was a tri series with India and New Zealand in this Dabengwa made his ODI debut against India in Harare.

In one Logan Cup match in 2007 he took his career best innings figures of 7 for 1. They are the best bowling figures of anyone in first class history to have taken seven wickets in an innings. The record was previously held by Fred Spofforth who took 7 for 3. However, there have been inaccuracies in the scoreboards provided by Zimbabwe Cricket and thus a question mark exists over Dadengwa's feat.

Dabengwa played for Lymington Cricket Club for the 2006 season.

Dabengwa signed for Scottish side Ferguslie for the 2013 season. After a successful season helping them win the CricHQ40 cup he returned in the summer of 2014. This season was personally more successful for Dabengwa as he scored over 700 league runs including a high score of 184 vs Greenock. He also helped Ferguslie win the WDCU CSL First Division title.

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Eta Arae

Eta Arae, Latinized from η Arae, is the Bayer designation for a single star in the southern constellation of Ara. It is approximately 299 ly from Earth and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.76. The star is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +9 km/s.

The spectrum of this star matches a stellar classification of K5 III, indicating that, at an estimated age of five billion years, it has reached the giant star stage of its evolution. With 1.12 times the mass of the Sun, it has an outer envelope that has expanded to 40 times the Sun's radius. The star is now spinning so slowly that it takes more than eleven years to complete a single rotation. Eta Arae is radiating energy into space from its photosphere with 575 times the Sun's luminosity at an effective temperature of 4,147 K, giving it the orange-hued glow of a K-type star.

It has a magnitude 13.5 optical companion, located 23.4 arcseconds away along a position angle of 118°, as of 2000.

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Talk:North American dragon

god this is stupid, Im going to probly fix this mess.

darn I dant find one reliable site on native american dragon legends, I know they have legends of them in some tribes but I cant find any info. sould this be deleted until more info is found?because think the writer of this was smoking something.
 * Yeah, I'm thinking delete, unless the author (or someone else) can provide some references... Ex0pos 17:01, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

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L&YR Class 5

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Class5 were 2-4-2T steam locomotives designed by Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) John Aspinall and introduced from 1889 for local passenger work. Later batches included progressive modifications such as extended coal bunkers and Belpaire fireboxes. The final batch built from 1911 to 1914 under George Hughes incorporating superheated boilers gave increased tractive effort, others were also rebuilt to this standard. When Hughes introduced his classification system in 1919, the more powerful superheated locomotives were designated Class6. The final examples were withdrawn in 1961.

Aspinall
John Aspinall was from the Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) of Ireland, and had succeeded Barton Wright in 1886 with the goal of continuing Wright's policy of standardisation on a minimum number of locomotive classes. Aspinall built more of slightly modified versions of Wright's 0-6-0 and 4-4-0 designs but was concerned with some aspects of the 0-4-4T design used for local passenger duties. Aspinall disliked unguided leading wheels as they could give rise to excessive flange wear and rough riding though neither the L&YR 0-4-4Ts nor the GS&WR's 0-4-4BTs had given problems. Having determined on a larger 2-4-2T design he reviewed best practice from contemporary designs including Webb's LNWR 4ft 6in Tank Class, proposed 4ft 6in 2-4-2Ts and Worsdell's 2-4-2T. The design incorporated Joy valve gear and Webb's radial axle box.

The design emerged on as 20 February 1889 and was the first locomotive built at Horwich Works. The early locomotives had 18 x cylinders for a tractive effort of 18955 lbf and power class 2P. Some later-built locomotives from 1893 had smaller diameter cylinders of 17 in for a tractive effort of 18360 lbf. The original coal bunker capacity was of 2 tons. 270 were built in total.

In 1895 after noting current practice elsewhere, Aspinall switched to using balanced Richardson slide valves in lieu of the ordinary slide valves that the 1887 experiments of the GS&WR's Robert Coey had endorsed in 1887. The reported feedback results were reduced wear, very slight decrease in coal consumption, freer running, and stronger running.

After 210 engines had been built, No. 5 of lot 36 in 1898 was completed with long frames and an increased coal capacity of in a distinctly longer coal bunker at the back. Water capacity increased to 1540 impgal and the overall weight to, with maximum axle load now. The total length increased to 39 ft while the wheelbase remained unchanged. All subsequent builds were to use long frames.

Hoy and Druitt Halpin experiments
Hoy had been Works Manager at Horwich since 12 April 1887, and on Aspinall's appointment to L&YR General Manager on 1 June 1899 Hoy was promoted to CME.

One locomotive, 632, was rebuilt by Hoy in 1902 with an experimental Druitt Halpin thermal storage apparatus. Similar in some respects to a Flaman boiler, this resembled a second short boiler drum atop the normal drum, in place of the dome. Other locomotives: 1015, 1164, 1315, 1335 & 1375 were similarly fitted in 1905. Henry Ivatt also experimented with a similar device on a GNR 2-4-0. Neither appears to have been successful and after problems with mud and scale build-up, Hughes had them removed.

Hughes
Hughes was promoted to CME from Works Manager on 10 February 1904. From 1905 in lots 51 and 64 he built 40 additional 2-4-2T locomotives with a Belpaire firebox replacing the original round-topped boiler. Predominately in the first half of the 1910s, this non-superheated boiler was also fitted to a number of rebuilt locomotives.

Class 6
Bulleid in his book "The Aspinall Era" notes Horwich had fully mastered superheating by 1911. The final twenty examples of the 2-4-2T tanks built between 1911 and 1914 added superheating, long smokeboxes on Belpaire boilers, larger big-end bearings and an increased cylinder bore of 20+1/2 in to the modifications that had accrued since 1899. The resulting superheated locomotives had an increased tractive effort of 24585 lbf and weighed.

Other superheated locomotives also arose from conversions. There were eventually 44 conversions, which were carried out between 1914 and 1931; 26 were of the Aspinall engines (which gained a Belpaire firebox at the same time), 18 of Hughes' own version with Belpaire firebox.

When Hughes introduced his classification system around 1919, the more powerful superheated locomotives were designated Class6, non superheated locomotives being Class5.

The locomotives passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. LMS numbers were 10900–10954, except for 9 which were converted after the grouping without being renumbered.

Horwich Lot 1 comprised 10 locomotives; the rest 20 each.

Miscellaneous
The set of short-bunkered frames were used to create a LY&R electric locomotive in 1912.

Service
Bulleid claims the radial tanks made at excellent start to service life, with No. 1008 going from the works and into service with no teething troubles in February 1889. By the summer of 1891, they had gained a reputation for handling some of the more difficult L&YR routes including the 7 mi adverse gradient of the Oldham Branch with 0.75 mi at 1in52 then a further half mile at 1in44. Their duties also included the steepest passenger line in England, 127 for 0.5 mi the Werneth spur.

In 1903, the incumbent CME Henry Hoy reported that the now 270 strong class had between them covered 61000000 mi in the preceding 14 years all over the L&YR system. They had suitable ability on passenger duties to haul a considerable load at any reasonable speed.

The last batch of 2-4-2 radial tanks entered service in 1911 and these more moreful superheated L&YR Class 6 were allocated to run some express passenger services to some extent as the unrebuilt Hughes 4-6-0 had multiple problems and the Aspinall Atlantics were beginning to exhibit high levels of unserviceability. However the L&YR were severely censured by the Boarad of Trade in the 1912 Charlestown curve derailment inquiry report for use of large radial tanks on high speed passenger services but despite protestations reputational damage seems to have resulted and the practice somewhat discontinued.

On 1 January 1922, the LY&R amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway (LWNR) and the fleet passed on into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) with the initial grouping on 1 January 1923.

Some of the locomotives were fitted for push-pull trains, being coupled to a driving trailer coach that contained a driver's cab and allowing the train to be driven in reverse, without running the locomotive around the train at the terminus. The engines fitted for push-pull servie can easily be recognised by looking at the front or rear. Standard fittings are; a steam pipe hanging under the buffer beam to the left of the coupling and a vacuum brake stand pipe rising from the buffer beam to the right of the coupling. Push-pull fitted engines have an additional throttle vacuum riser pipe to the left of the coupling.

During the period under the LMS nearly two-thirds of the type were withdrawn and about 109 or 110 2Ps survived to pass to the nationalised British Railways on 1 January 1948. They were joined by 14 of the superheated Class 6 that were renumbered in the range 50835–50953, and which were all scrapped by 1952. By 1961 only three remained in service.

Wirral Railway
The Wirral Railway (WR) acquired one of these locomotives from the L&YR in June 1921: No. 1041 became WR No. 6. After the Grouping of 1923, this re-joined its original stablemates as part of the newly created London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Although the L&YR locomotives were numbered in a block from No. 10621 upwards, which included the allocation of No. 10638 to the original L&YR number of the Wirral locomotive, the former Wirral locomotive stock was included in the LMS Western Division. The largest constituent of the Western Division was the LNWR, and so WR No. 6 was numbered 6762 by the LMS, at the end of a block starting at 6515 which was allocated to former LNWR 2-4-2T locomotives; this locomotive followed on from nos. 6758–61, four former LNWR 4ft 6in Tank Class which the WR had acquired from the LNWR.

No. 6762 survived into British Railways ownership (as 46762) and worked as station pilot at Preston, until being withdrawn and scrapped in 1952. It was the only Wirral Railway engine to last until Nationalisation; it also retained the original round-topped boiler throughout.

1903 Waterloo Merseyside derailment
On 15 July 1903, a Liverpool to Southport express with a six bogie carriage hauled by a 2-4-2T tank built in 1899 derailed on the approach to Waterloo (Merseyside) station resulting seven fatalities including the fireman and injury to 112 passengers, the driver, and three other companies staff. Major E. Druitt of the Board of Trade reporting on the accident indicated that while a speed of 50 mph on the preceding curve was undesirable and a maximum speed of 35 mph would be better the probable cause was the loss of spring from the radial axle box.

1906 boiler explosion
In 1906, Class 5 No. 869 suffered a boiler explosion at The Oaks station, north of Bolton. The firebox crown sheet broke free of its rod stays and burst downwards, although without splitting. 57 of the 150 one-inch (25-mm) rod stays failed, the steam escaping through the remaining holes scalding the driver, although both footplate crew survived their injuries. The cause of the accident, which was the L&YR's second major boiler explosion in five years, was put down to poor washing out of the firebox water spaces when at Colne shed. Afterwards, 72 lb of boiler scale was collected. Although boilers were supposed to be washed out every eight days, this quantity suggests that it was up to three weeks since this had last been done thoroughly, either through omission or by inadequate washing.

1912 Charlestown curve derailment
On 21 June 1912, the 2:25 pm Manchester to Leeds express hauled by superheated 2-4-2T suffered a serious derailment on Charlestown curve between Todmorden and Sowerby Bridge. In the Board of Trade report, Lieut–Col. E. Druitt criticised the L&YR for using tank locomotives on express trains.

1916 viaduct collapse
On 2 February 1916, No. 661 was at Penistone in the process of running around its train ready for the return trip to Huddersfield, and was standing on Penistone viaduct prior to setting back onto the train, when a pier and two arches of the viaduct gave way beneath the locomotive and collapsed into the River Don. The driver and fireman had time to run clear, but the locomotive fell 85 ft into the valley below. Recovery intact was not possible, and the locomotive was scrapped on site over the following three weeks. The pieces were hauled up the embankment, loaded into wagons and sent back to Horwich, where some of the parts were incorporated into a replacement locomotive bearing the same number. No. 661 was one of those built with long frames, but the only available set of spare frames were of the short variety, so these were lengthened by welding on extension pieces at the rear.

Preservation
No. 1008, the first Class 5 engine to be built, was withdrawn in 1954 after sixty-five years of service, and is now preserved as a static exhibit in the National Railway Museum. This locomotive is the small-bunkered version with the round-topped, boiler and is the only standard-gauge 2-4-2 tank engine preserved in Britain.

Models and miniatures
The Wildlife Express Train, located at Disney's Animal Kingdom of the Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, uses three diesel–hydraulic locomotives based on the LY&R 2-4-2T on narrow gauge track. They were built by Severn Lamb of Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom, in 1997.

Bachmann introduced a ready to run OO gauge short frame round top boilered model of the LY&R 2-4-2T radial tank in the early 2010s. Before that there had only been a few kits available from various sources.

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World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day (10 October) is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries. This day, each October, thousands of supporters come to celebrate this annual awareness program to bring attention to mental illness and its major effects on people's lives worldwide. In addition, this day provides an opportunity for mental health professionals to discuss and shed light on their work, making mental health a priority worldwide. In some countries this day is part of an awareness week, such as Mental Health Week in Australia.

History
World Mental Health Day was celebrated for the first time on October 10, 1992, at the initiative of Deputy Secretary General Richard Hunter. Up until 1994, the day had no specific theme other than general promoting mental health advocacy and educating the public.

In 1994 World Mental Health Day was celebrated with a theme for the first time at the suggestion of then Secretary General Eugene Brody. The theme was "Improving the Quality of Mental Health Services throughout the World".

World Mental Health Day is supported by WHO through raising awareness on mental health issues using its strong relationships with the Ministries of health and civil society organizations across the globe. WHO also supports with developing technical and communication material.

On World Mental Health Day 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Jackie Doyle-Price as the UK's first suicide prevention minister. This occurred while as the government hosted the first ever global mental health summit.

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Hello. I'm a German originally from Lindau(Bavaria) in Germany, when I was 17 I went to America to attend the senior year at South Williamsport High School. And that is all so far.

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1979 SEA Games

The 1979 Southeast Asian Games (Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 1979), officially known as the 10th Southeast Asian Games, was a subcontinental multi-sport event held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 21 to 30 September 1979. This was the first time that Indonesia hosted the games. Indonesia is the fifth nation to host the Southeast Asian Games after Thailand, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore. The games was officially opened and closed by President Soeharto at the Senayan Sports Stadium. The final medal tally was led by host Indonesia, followed by Thailand and Burma.

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Afmadow

Afmadow (Afmadoow) is a city in southern Somalia, located in the middle of the Juba region and bordered by Kenya, Badhadhe, Kismayo, Jamame, Jilib, Hagar, Bardhere and Elwaq in Somalia, it's 401 km southwest of the capital Mogadishu. It is home to a wide variety of wild animals, including the Big Five game animals. The vegetation in Afmadow consists of rich grassland, bounded by semi-desert. It is located northwest of Kismayo. The distance between Afmadow and Kismayo is 110 kilometers or 68 miles.

Divisions

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 * 7) Cameroon
 * 8) Barxada
 * 9) Baldoos
 * 10) Adoole
 * 11) Bulo-Gumar

History
Afmadow was captured in 2006 by the Islamic Court Union as were the other districts in the region during the Somali Civil War.

On 21 November 2009, the Islamist Al-Shabab militia took control of Afmadow, causing hundreds of families as well as western aid workers to flee in fear of violence. Another Islamist group, Hizbul Islam, left a day earlier, allowing Al-Shabab to move in without much resistance.

Tensions had been building between both militia since the former allies fell out in October in Kismayo, leading to fighting and Al-Shabab taking Kismayo in October 2009.

On 18 October 2011, eyewitnesses reported that Kenyan jets were flying low over the city and al-Shabab was preparing entrenchment systems to defend against an expected attack by the Kenyan Army as part of the Kenyan intervention in Somalia. At the time, the government in Mogadishu was denying the presence of Kenyan troops in Somalia.

On 31 May 2012, it was reported that the Jubaland security forces backed KDF captured the city, as al-Shabab abandoned the town without fighting.

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1. What honor was bestowed upon the Sultan as shown in the top picture, as that medal does not correlate with the honors stated in the article? 2. Did not the Sultan choose a life of celibacy? 3. Was not the Sultan's early education in France? 4. Did not the Sultan have a room with so many sitting/lounging pillows, that his Brother felt that he was a bit off his rocker? 5. Did not the Sultan prefer to fight by the sword? 6. Did not the Sultan see the purchase of rifles as a necessity of State? 7. Did not France assure him that they had no interests in Morocco (may not have been diplomatically official)? Gnostics (talk) 01:18, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

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death rate
they are said to have a life expectancy of 4 filghts —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.156.66.110 (talk) 13:47, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree that it might be interesting to have a statistic on this, as I gather it was always the most dangerous location to be on the bomber. Are there any sources that might corroborate this? Rob (talk) 23:05, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

corkscrew
What was a "corkscrew roll"? Drutt (talk) 18:42, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

 * It was a manoeuvre that RAF heavy bombers used to evade attacking German night fighters. It consisted of a diving turn to either side, followed by a gut-wrenching climbing turn in the opposite direction.This was then repeated in various combinations of dive/climb and turn left/turn right, in such a manner that the aircraft's longitudinal path through the air resembled that of a corkscrew. The manoeuvre had a specific purpose, which was to remove the bomber from within the restricted 60-degree cone of coverage of the night fighter's Lichtentein radar, and it was devised and tested against a Junkers Ju 88 with this equipment that had landed at RAF Woodbridge sometime earlier. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.4.57.101 (talk) 22:21, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Obselesance
The section stating the advancement of air to air missiles and subsequent counter-measures seem to negate the effect of obselesance of such weapons since if missiles could be deflected by counter-measures then the likelihood of a gun battle is to increase, not decrease. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.236.66.250 (talk) 07:23, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Last flier/plane in a formation.
There is no mention of the Tail End Charlie slot in a formation. It is usually used to refer to the trailing pilot/craft in a fighter formation. An example would be the trailing plane in the Blue Angels formation.

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USS Mugford

USS Mugford may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:

 * USS Mugford (DD-105), Wickes-class destroyer that was launched in 1918 and decommissioned in 1922
 * USS Mugford (DD-389), Bagley-class destroyer that was launched in 1937 and served until 1947, having served through World War II

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