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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was DELETE. — J I P | Talk 05:42, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

D (2010 film)
crystal ballism. similar previous afds include Robots 2 (2010 film) and 2010 in film. Nateji77 04:52, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - Wikipedia is not a crystal ball.   — Kjammer  ⌂  06:02, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Xoloz 06:18, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete an so on. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 07:12, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as hoax. 23skidoo 21:20, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. *drew 01:44, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, hoax. tregoweth  20:41, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. Bobo192 20:43, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, along with 2010 in film. Pburka 01:38, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
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Larisa Lazutina

Larisa Yevgenyevna Lazutina (Лариса Евгеньевна Лазутина; née Ptitsyna, born 1 June 1965) is a Soviet-Russian former professional cross-country skier.

Career
Lazutina was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1998 (shared with Fred Børre Lundberg, Alexey Prokurorov and Harri Kirvesniemi). She made her Olympic debut in 1988. Lazutina won her first Olympic medal in 1992, winning a team gold that year. At the 1994 Winter Olympics, Lazutina won a further relay gold. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, she won five medals: three gold, one silver and one bronze. She was the most successful athlete at the 1998 Winter Games. After the Olympics, Boris Yeltsin awarded her the title Hero of the Russian Federation.

Lazutina earned numerous medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. She won a total of sixteen medals, including eleven gold, three silver and two bronze medals. She was also the first three-time winner of the women's 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival (1995, 1998 and 2001).

In 2002, at her fifth Olympics, she again participated in the cross-country skiing events at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Lazutina won two medals with a gold in the 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit and a silver in the 10 km classical. However, she was one of three cross-country skiers (together with Johann Mühlegg and Olga Danilova) who were disqualified after blood tests indicated the use of darbepoetin, a drug intended to boost red blood cell production.

In February 2004, the International Olympic Committee stripped Lazutina's 2002 Olympic medals following a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling in December 2003. The results were amended accordingly. As a result of the use of the banned substance, Larisa Lazutina received a two-year ban by the International Ski Federation in 2002.

In 2015, a sports park named after Lazutina opened in Odintsovo, Moscow region. Its full name is: Sports and recreational park of Hero of Russia Larisa Lazutina.

Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

 * 7 medals – (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

World Championships

 * 16 medals – (11 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)

 * a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

Season titles

 * 4 titles – (2 overall, 2 long distance)

Individual podiums

 * 21 victories
 * 62 podiums

Team podiums

 * 33 victories
 * 41 podiums

Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Personal life
She is married to cross-country skier Gennady Lazutin.

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Theta Delta Chi

Theta Delta Chi (ΘΔΧ) is a social fraternity that was founded in 1847 at Union College, New York, United States. While nicknames differ from institution to institution, the most common nicknames for the fraternity are TDX, TDC, Thete, Theta Delt, and Thumpers. Theta Delta Chi brothers refer to their local organizations as charges rather than using the common fraternity nomenclature of chapters.

Origins and growth
Theta Delta Chi, the eleventh oldest of the college fraternities, was founded in 1847 at Union College in Schenectady, NY by six members of the class of 1849: In the first Minute book of the Alpha charge, taken in 1848, the names Jesse D. Fonda and Theodore J. Fonda were listed alongside the other six founders. The Fonda brothers seemed to be under the impression that they were founders and the existence of this record led to the mistaken belief that Theta Delta Chi was founded in 1848. On July 14, 1914, Andrew Green wrote a letter clarifying that the fraternity was founded in 1847, and that the Fonda brothers, upon the realization that they were not founding members, lost interest and disassociated from the society. Despite this, many early fraternity records incorrectly show 1848 as the founding year. In 1849, Green and Akin along with Francis Martindale (the first initiate), organized the Beta charge (later renamed Beta Proteron) at Ballston Law School. However, two years later the school itself moved and the new Charge was disbanded and the members put on Alpha's rolls.
 * William G. Akin
 * Abel Beach
 * Theodore B. Brown
 * Andrew H. Green
 * William Hyslop
 * Samuel F. Wile.

During the 1850s Theta Delta Chi spread rapidly, adding Charges at Vermont (1852), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1853), William and Mary (1853), Virginia (1857), Hobart (1857), Wesleyan (1857), Harvard (1856), Brown (1853), Bowdoin (1854), Kenyon (1854), Tufts (1856), Washington and Jefferson (1858), South Carolina (1859), and North Carolina (1856). Few of these remained active for long, although several were later revived.

During the 1860s new Charges, at, among other institutions, Lafayette and Rochester (1867), Hamilton (1868), and Dartmouth (1869), continued to be chartered at a pace that kept slightly ahead of attrition caused by Charges going inactive. The American Civil War, however, severely weakened most Charges as men left for military service; many of the earliest Charges went inactive during this period, and expansion in the South ceased for half a century.

Only after 1870 did Theta Delta Chi begin to acquire its present configuration. Westward expansion had traditionally been opposed by a large segment of the Fraternity, which worried that supervision and solidarity would suffer if Theta Delta Chi were to stray far from the East. The rise of the large state universities in the West, particularly in the Big Ten, eventually overcame that resistance and Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin welcomed Theta Delta Chi between 1889 and 1895. Further Midwest expansion included Illinois (1908) and Iowa State (1919). Berkeley (1900), Stanford (1903), the University of Washington (1913) and UCLA (1929) brought Theta Delta Chi in strength to the Pacific coast.

Expansion in the East during the 1870s, 1880s and 1890s brought Charges to Cornell, Boston University, Wabash, CCNY, Columbia, Lehigh, Amherst, Yale, MIT, Williams, and George Washington. Pennsylvania (1915) was the last Eastern Charge to become active before World War I, although 1904 and 1910 saw the reactivation of the Southern Charges, with Epsilon at William and Mary and Nu at the University of Virginia.

Theta Delta Chi became an International Fraternity with charterings at McGill (1901) and Toronto (1912).

The Great Depression and the Second World War saw a number of Charges go inactive and brought a halt to expansion. At its Centennial Convention in 1947, Theta Delta Chi stood at 28 Charges, a number that would begin to increase only in the 1950s.

Institutional development
The institutions of the Fraternity slowly took shape during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In 1867 anti-fraternity sentiment at Union led to the disbanding of the Alpha. As the Mother Charge, Alpha had exercised governing power over the Fraternity, but her demise, although temporary, brought about the creation of the Grand Lodge by action of the eight surviving Charges at the Convention of 1868. The Grand Lodge, originally three, then five, and now seven officers (of whom two are undergraduates), remains the elected governing body of the Fraternity to this day (Alpha was rechartered in 1923, although executive power has remained with the Grand Lodge).

The annual Convention has evolved into a major international assembling of Theta Delts at which all Charges are represented by undergraduate and graduate delegates and at which the major business of the Fraternity is transacted.

The 1881 Convention required that the President of the Grand Lodge visit every Charge once a year; Central Fraternity Office staff now performs these duties. In 1869, the first issue of The Shield was produced, qualifying it as the oldest fraternity magazine. Although it lapsed after one issue, The Shield was revived in 1884 and has been published continually since then.

The Central Fraternity Office, or CFO, evolved over many decades from a virtually one-man job, filled by a Grand Lodge member, and housed in the now defunct Theta Delta Chi Club in New York City, to a professional staff consisting of an Executive Director, a Director of Development, a Director of Charge Operations, a Director of Expansion, a Director of Charge Development, a Systems Administrator and one or more undergraduate interns, referred to as Member Service Coordinators. The office currently operates from 214 Lewis Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.

The financial health of Theta Delta Chi was ensured through the establishment of two entities, the Founders' Corporation in 1910 and the Educational Foundation in 1944. Any Theta Delt may join the Corporation on payment of $250 and thereby vote at its annual meetings. It also receives bequests and holds and invests all funds for the benefit of the Fraternity. The Educational Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) public charity, receives bequests and owns the property occupied by the CFO and other assets. It funds the educational activities of the Fraternity.

Modern expansion
Between 1951 and 1970 the Fraternity added Charges at Northwestern, Penn State, Arizona State, Rhode Island, Michigan State, Santa Barbara, Calgary, Virginia Tech, and Virginia Commonwealth University; Bucknell was rechartered also. Several of these charterings brought into being some of the strongest Charges in the Fraternity, but in the increasingly uncertain climate of those times, with anti-fraternity sentiment gaining strength on a number of campuses, a significant number went inactive. The 1992 rechartering at Wabash continued a pattern of reviving inactive Charges; new charterings in the 1990s and 2000 include Northeastern, Nova Southeastern, UNC Greensboro, SUNY Albany and Merrimack. The Fort Lauderdale, FL and Greensboro, NC Charges marked a significant re-entry into the South.

With the start of the new millennium, Theta Delta Chi has worked to revive several of its defunct Charges, while installing Charges on new campuses. The Chi Charge, founded in 1867, and active for most of the time since then was re-chartered in the summer of 2002 at the 155th Annual Convention. Following a brief closure, the Epsilon Charge returned to the active ranks in August 2004. Theta Delta Chi has also worked to increase its presence in the northeast with the installation of the Iota Triton Charge at UMass Dartmouth in 2005.

Yet the active Charge roll call remains in flux, as the fraternity has lost several Charges, young and old, since 2001; losing Omicron Triton at URI (2001), Nu Deuteron at Lehigh (2004), Delta Triton at Northeastern (2005), Eta Triton at Nova Southeastern (2005), Mu Deuteron at Amherst (2006), and Rho Triton at VCU (2009). While these losses are disheartening, the Grand Lodge and Central Fraternity Office have worked progressively for the betterment of the fraternity, and Theta Delta Chi enters the future with the most stable foundation it has had in nearly a decade.

Following the chartering of the Theta Triton Charge at Binghamton University in 2007, the fraternity chartered four Charges in 2008; reviving the Epsilon Triton Charge at Arizona State University and the Rho Proteron Charge at the University of South Carolina, while chartering the Tau Triton Charge at Marist College and the Lambda Triton Charge at Rutgers University who were also winners of the Victory Cup naming them the best overall charge. In March 2009, the Gamma Deuteron Charge at the University of Michigan returned to the active roles of the fraternity. In February 2010 Psi Deuteron at UCLA was rechartered, as well as at Hobart College [Xi]. In 2011, the Upsilon Triton charge at Indiana University was established. In 2016, the Psi Tetraton Charge was established at the University of Arizona. In 2018 the Rho Triton Charge at Virginia Commonwealth University was rechartered. In 2022, the Omicron Triton Charge was rechartered. Most recently, the Epsilon Charge has been rechartered in 2024, putting the present roll standing at 29 Charges.

2017

 * The charge at Rutgers University held an unauthorized party in December 2017 while subject to a cease and desist order from the University. A freshman student, Kenneth Patterson, attended the party and was later killed by an Amtrak train after stumbling onto the tracks while highly intoxicated. Patterson's family sued Rutgers University and Theta Delta Chi for wrongful death in December 2019.

2021

 * As of December 20, 2021, UC Berkeley has removed the recognition of the Delta Deuteron charge in response to hazing allegations.

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User talk:Varizer

A note about the 3RR
Just to say, you were doing the right thing in trying to defend the status quo on the Chancellor of Germany article, just not going about it in the right way. The thing to do if you are outnumbered by POV editors like that is to tell other editors about what is happening. Don't ever perform more than 3 reverts on one article in 24 hours - quite apart from getting blocked it sends the wrong signal to your fellow editors. --- Charles Stewart 17:38, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Karitane
Hello Varizer,

Can we discuss the reason you feel the need to change the Karitane Shoal article?Johnski 22:35, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

congo
You reverted my changes without edit summary or comment. I have changed the page back. Please feel free to use the talk:Congo page to discuss. Tedernst 09:44, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Please don't ever assume that it's obvious why you're reverting something. Editors have differences of opinion all the time and reverting is not the proper way to settle these differences, especially without an edit summary. Tedernst 18:00, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

John Seigenthaler Sr.
In regard to my recent revert on this article, I'd like to explain my actions. The only reason I reverted to one of your previous versions was because you replaced the section titles with decades, in this edit. I personally just felt that previously section headlines were better suited for this article. I don't wish to get into an edit war over this. So feel free to either keep it the way it is now, or change it back. Either way, it's not that big of a deal. -- malo (talk)/(contribs) 20:29, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The old section headings were not done well. "Early life" covered events as late as 1991, while "Late career" included events as early as 1968. Varizer 20:39, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Deaths in 2005
Hi. What's the idea behind replacing a link to the German Wikipedia (Milo Dor) with a red link (Milo Dor)???   23:31, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
 * This is the English Wikipedia. If we don't have an English article about Milo Dor, the link should be red. Sometime someone may write one, then it will turn blue. Varizer 21:06, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. And as long as the link stays red people are disencouraged from accessing the German Wikipedia. This is strong on principles but weak on practicability.   23:49, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Just a polite note
Just a polite note. I know that feelings over the great userbox purge have been getting heated, but your edit to Wgfinley's RFA still looks like a fairly unprovoked personal attack on Kelly Martin. You're absolutely entitled to your vote and opinion but I would hope you might, on mature reflection, like to reword it. I generally find that civility is not just policy, it's also its own reward, and I'm sure that in the unlikely event of people complaining about your actions, you'd prefer them not to be personal about it. David | Talk 23:37, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

RFC/KM
You commented on Kelly Martin's second RfC. it is up for archival. you may vote at Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Kelly_Martin. CastAStone|(talk) 03:58, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

George Mills (Black Rod)
Hi there.

I've noticed that you've moved George Mills (Black Rod) from George Holroyd Mills. I take the view that the page was better under George Holroyd Mills (see below), but if the  (disambiguator) is specified as policy then I will, of course, fit in. If it is policy, I'd be grateful if you'd point me in the right direction as I searched and cannot find such a policy (I will be writings lots more bio pages and this knowledge would be useful).

If, however, the above format is not policy then I would ask you to consider the following points:
 * Lots of other bio articles use more than two names.
 * A person's full name is their natural identfier (outside the Wikipedia).
 * If we have to use a disambiguator (and sometimes we do) then what we use could be debateable or POV.
 * If no-one else has the same full name then we have a unique identifier which can be objectively determined.

I would, of course, want to enter a line on the disambiguation page to link to the full name page.

In the case of George Mills, the choice of (Black Rod) does not properly reflect his life's achivements. His RAF career spanned 39 years (during which time he was a Cold War Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command and the Commander of the Allied Air Force Central Europe). He was Black Rod for 11 years.

Depending on your answer I intend to move George Mills (Black Rod) back to George Holroyd Mills or to George Mills (RAF officer). I am open to other suggestions though. Greenshed 22:42, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

 * See Naming conventions (people), which says: "Adding middle names, or their abbreviations, merely for disambiguation purposes (that is: if this format of the name is not the commonly used one to refer to this person): not advised." The title should be the common name of the person, not the full one. But a move to George Mills (RAF officer) is OK. Varizer 23:39, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

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Greg Ayres

Greg Ayres is an American voice actor who works on a number of English versions of Japanese anime series. He voiced Hideki in Nerima Daikon Brothers, Koyuki Tanaka in Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Son Goku in Saiyuki, Clear in Dramatical Murder, Chrono in Chrono Crusade, Yuu Nishinoya in Haikyu!!, Kaoru Hitachin in Ouran High School Host Club, Negi Springfield in Negima, Heihachi Hayashida in Samurai 7, Frost in Dragon Ball Super and Tomoki Sakurai in Heaven's Lost Property.

Outside of voice acting, he has worked as a nightclub DJ and even performs as such at anime conventions. Ayres is gay.

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World Teachers' Day

World Teachers' Day is an international day held annually on 5 October to celebrate the work of teachers. Established in 1994, it commemorates the signing of recommendation by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The 1966 "ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers" is a standard-setting instrument that addresses the status and situations of teachers around the world. This recommendation outlines standards relating to education personnel policy, recruitment, and initial training as well as the continuing education of teachers, their employment, and working conditions. World Teachers' Day aims to focus on "appreciating, assessing and improving the educators of the world" and to provide an opportunity to consider issues related to teachers and teaching.

Celebration
To celebrate World Teachers' Day, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Education International (EI) mount a campaign each year to help give the world better understanding of teachers and the role they play in the development of students and society. They partner with the private sector such as media organizations to achieve this purpose. The campaign focuses on different themes for every year. For instance, "Empowering Teachers" was the theme for 2017, the year World Teachers' Day commemorated the 20th anniversary of the 1997 UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel, bringing the sometimes-neglected area of teaching personnel at higher education institutions into the conversation about the status of teachers.

The following year, 2018, UNESCO adopted the theme "The Right to Education Means the Right to a Qualified Teacher," commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and serving as a reminder that the right to education cannot be realized without trained and qualified teachers. UNESCO declares that everyone can help by celebrating the profession, by generating awareness about teacher issues and by ensuring that teacher respect is part of the natural order of things. Schools and students, for instance, prepare a special occasion for teachers on this day.

More than 100 countries commemorate World Teachers' Day and each holds its own celebrations such as the case of India, which has been commemorating National Teachers' Day every 5 September. In Australia, as the day usually falls during school holidays, Australian states and territories celebrate on the last Friday of October each year instead.

The theme of World Teachers' Day 2023 is "The teachers we need for the education we want". Teachers are the heart of education and in many countries are leaving the profession they love, and fewer young people aspire to become one. UNESCO estimates that the world needs over 69 million new teachers by 2030, and the shortage only continues to grow.

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User:ClashEdRoom

Hi there! ClashEdRoom is a 23 year old information analyst in Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa. She grew up in Pembo, Makati City but currently resides in Silang, Cavite.

Her interests range from politics, culture, religious faith, music, social issues and literature.

The username was concocted from her column way back in college, Culture Clash, in The Gazette, the official student publication of Cavite State University in Indang. The capitalized letters stand for her initials.

Despite the shrinking economy and self serving politicians in her beloved country, she is still determined to write articles related to the Philippines.

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USS Harry E. Hubbard

USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy.

Namesake
Harry Enson Hubbard was born on 18 March 1903 in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in June 1925, served 3 years on the battleship USS Maryland (BB-46), then qualified in submarines at New London, Connecticut. Following duty on the submarine USS S-34 (SS-139), he completed Naval Academy postgraduate work, then served on the submarine tender USS Holland (AS-3), and, was an executive officer of the destroyer USS Twiggs (DD-127). He served at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island then commanded the destroyer USS Roper (DD-147) from 1939 to 1940, before assignment as staff gunnery officer for destroyers in the Atlantic. The latter duty terminated 1 March 1942 when Hubbard took command of the Gleaves-class destroyer USS Meredith (DD-434).

Meredith helped screen the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) off Japan during the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo on 18 April 1942. Thereafter it conducted patrol and escort from Hawaii to the Samoan, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands and helped cover transports landing reinforcements on Guadalcanal on 18 September 1942. On 15 October 1942, Meredith fought against Imperial Japanese Navy carrier-based scouting planes, then fought off 18 Japanese dive bombers and 12 torpedo planes launched by the aircraft carrier Zuikaku. The ship's gunners shot down five of the attackers, and Hubbard carried on the fight though blinded by burns about his face. When his men had cleared the bridge, they abandoned the sinking Meredith moments before it sank. He died on a life raft at sea on the morning of 16 October 1942.

Construction and commissioning
Harry E. Hubbard was launched on 24 March 1944 by the Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, New York; sponsored by Miss Jean Hubbard, daughter; and commissioned on 22 July 1944.

World War II
As flagship of Destroyer Squadron 64, Harry E. Hubbard trained precommissioning crews destined for newly constructed warships until sailing for Hawaii on 16 January 1945. She served as a training ship out of Pearl Harbor until 17 April, then departed for combat She arrived off Okinawa on 8 May 1945 to serve as a picket destroyer, guarding against the day and night waves of Japanese aerial raids and runs of kamikazes. Although the American fleet suffered losses and damage, it had come to stay. As with all previous Japanese weapons, even the kamikazes were defeated in their attempt to save this last "stepping stone" to Japan itself. For nearly two months, Harry E. Hubbard fought off the savage raiders, shooting down four kamikazes that tried to crash into her at various times.

When USS Evans (DD-552) and USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774) were badly damaged in their stand against some 50 kamikazes on 11 May 1945, Harry E. Hubbard, first to arrive on the scene, went alongside Evans to render fire-fighting, damage control and medical aid. She gave similar assistance to USS Barry (APD-29) on 24–25 May, shooting down two kamikazes as she escorted Barry from picket station into Kerama Retto. One enemy plane was disintegrated by Harry E. Hubbard's gunners a bare 50 yd from the ship.

Harry E. Hubbard remained off Okinawa until 24 July 1945, then escorted occupation troops to Jinsen, Korea, and carried the Commander of Destroyer Squadron 64 (DesRon 64) to Chinkai, Korea, to oversee the demilitarization of the former Japanese naval base there. She returned to Jin-sen 7 November 1945, then based out of Tsingtao, China. She performed escort, mail, and communication service for the North China Occupation force until departing 16 March 1946, for the California seaboard. She arrived at San Francisco on 28 March 1946, underwent demobilization overhaul at Oakland, then decommissioned at San Diego on 15 January 1947. She remained in the Pacific Reserve Fleet until recommissioned 14 May 1949 but decommissioned 12 December without having gone to sea.

Korean War
Following the invasion of South Korea, Harry E. Hubbard recommissioned on 27 October 1950. After initial shakedown along the coast of California, she departed San Diego on 2 January 1951 for two months of training in Hawaiian waters. She then steamed to assist the United Nations Forces in Korea. Besides helping guard the fast carrier task force making repeated airstrikes against the enemy, she frequently joined in gunstrike missions to bombard coastal rail and communication centers and performed as seagoing artillery to support the advance of land troops. Her bombardment missions were conducted against targets at Yongdae Gap, Wonsan, Songjin, Chingjin, Kyoto, Ohako, Bokuko, Chuminjin, and other enemy strongholds of supply and reinforcement. When USS Walke (DD-723) was heavily damaged by an underwater explosion off Wonson 11 June 1951, Harry E. Hubbard, with the same skill as off Okinawa in 1945, moved in to render effective medical and damage control assistance. She returned to the California coast in October 1951 for overhaul and completed a similar tour of duty with the 7th Fleet off Korea July to December 1952. She returned to San Diego in January 1953 but again departed on 11 July to guard fast carrier task groups patrolling after the Armistice Agreement was signed in Korea. Intervened by patrol in the Taiwan Straits, this duty continued until 13 January 1954. She returned to San Diego for overhaul and refresher training along the western seaboard.

Harry E. Hubbard departed San Diego 11 August 1954 on the first of nine additional Far East tours with the 7th Fleet which were completed by the close of 1966. During this service, she joined the roving 7th Fleet 6 to 13 February 1955 in moving in under Chinese Communist artillery defenses to cover the evacuation of Chinese Nationalist from untenable positions on the Tachen Islands. In May 1955, she participated in "Operation WIGWAM", an underwater nuclear test approximately 500 miles southwest of San Diego, California. In October to November 1956 she diverted from Australia to the "Dewline" in the Northern Pacific to serve on picket patrol during the Suez Crisis. She next joined in combined warfare exercises with SEATO Treaty nations to improve readiness in defending freedom in that part of the world. From time to time, she patrolled the Taiwan Straits to insure Taiwan was not threatened from the Communist mainland of China. She was off Guam in June 1960, twice guarding the flight of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's aircraft during his Far East visit.

Vietnam War
During the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 1964, Harry E. Hubbard was nearby in the South China Sea screening USS Ticonderoga (CV-14). The carrier task group struck to destroy North Vietnamese torpedo boats and their supporting facilities. In awarding the Navy Unit Commendation to Ticonderoga and her screen, Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze stated that they had "demonstrated the firm intent of the United States to maintain freedom of the seas and to take all necessary measures in defense of peace in Southeast Asia."

Harry E. Hubbard returned to Long Beach on 28 October 1964 for a year of warfare readiness operations along the western seaboard. In October 1965, she departed for the coast of South Vietnam. In company with USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) in November and December 1965, she provided gunfire support for two Marine amphibious landings. In the following months, she acted as escort to USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) and USS Hancock (CVA-19) during their strike operations in the South China Sea, acting as Harbor Defense ship at Da Nang and fired more than 1,000 rounds of exploding 5-inch shells into Viet Cong strongholds along the South Vietnamese coast. She returned to Long Beach, California, on 7 April 1966. The destroyer had drawn nationwide attention on 10 March 1966 when the ABC Television Network included scenes of one of her shore bombardments along the South Vietnamese coast.

Harry E. Hubbard served two more tours in Vietnam from April to August 1967 and from August 1968 to January 1969.

Fate
Harry E. Hubbard was decommissioned and struck on 17 October 1969.

Awards

 * Combat Action Ribbon with two gold stars
 * Navy Unit Commendation
 * Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal with one battle star
 * World War II Victory Medal
 * Navy Occupation Medal with "ASIA" clasp
 * China Service Medal
 * National Defense Service Medal with star
 * Korean Service Medal with five battle stars
 * Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with two stars
 * Vietnam Service Medal with seven campaign stars
 * Korean Presidential Unit Citation
 * United Nations Korea Medal
 * Korean War Service Medal (South Korea)
 * Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Harry E. Hubbard shared in the Navy Unit Commendation awarded Task Group 77.5 for support operations in the Gulf of Tonkin 2–5 August 1964.

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Talk:Matthew 5:3

In a Bible Study on the Beatitudes that I am attending, this caused some interesting conversation. I know what the interpreters say, but what is YOUR definition of "Poor in Spirit"?

"Blessed are the poor" by Luke was much straightforward.The addition "in spirit" by Mathew merely confuses the issue and might have been done deleberately to appeal to a different/wider audience.And it did the job.Look at the hundreds of pages written on it.It carries no meaning whatsoever to me.

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Interestingly enough the original Greek admits a completely different translation, namely "blessed the simpleminded". Dianelos (talk) 20:46, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

-- Following on from the above, it would appear that many are blessed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.32.163.173 (talk) 08:09, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

"Analysis"?
The "Analysis" section comes across not as analysis but as quasi-literate proselytizing and "instructions" on how someone thinks others should behave and think about God.

"Being poor in spirit also infers us to devoid of our spiritual arrogance & to regard ourselves as insignificant and thereby glorify GOD."

"Infers us?" "Devoid" as a verb?? Huh???

Um, these are not the words you're looking for. While this may be an attempt to sound "intelligent," it's also nonsensical.

Why is God in all caps -- twice, no less?

This article deserves better.Madscribbler (talk) 16:48, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

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Luzaide/Valcarlos

Luzaide (Spanish: Valcarlos; official name Luzaide/Valcarlos) is a town in Navarre, northern Spain, located on the French border and just a few kilometers from the road frontier in the French village of Arnéguy.

Tradition holds that this is the valley [val-] where Charlemagne's rear-guard, under the command of Roland, was slaughtered by Vascons at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778. Tradition holds that Charlemagne's troops were returning across the Pyrenees and had become stretched thin. The Vascons, unhappy with the Franks, fell upon the rear-guard and annihilated it. Roland sounded his horn but it was in vain as his horn was split upon a rock near Roncesvalles and he was slain along with his force. This battle at Valcarlos would prove to be Charlemagne's worst, and some say only, defeat in Iberia.

Today's Luzaide is a conglomeration of historical family villas and farms. The family homes are traditional with many whitewashed exteriors and family crests or coats of arms on the exterior. Many of the local landowners, such as the owners of Curutzezahar, a family home one kilometre up the hillside from the village center, have turned their homes into bed-and-breakfast style lodgings for the growing rural tourism industry in the Basque Country. Historically, families would be less associated with the town in which they lived and more with the home in which they were raised. Thus, using the prior home name, Curutzezaharreko would denote one who is from the house of Curutzezahar. The local cemetery shows that regional nomenclature on many headstones.

The town lies on the Camino de Santiago or Camino Francés pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. There are two routes through the region, one of which passes through the town. There is a modern monument to the pilgrimage road near the city hall representing a recumbent pilgrim. According to the locals, who make no apologies to Roncesvalles, which is located a few kilometres further along the road, Luzaide/Valcarlos is the true jumping off point for pilgrims in Spain who are travelling to Santiago.

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Killaloe, Ontario

Killaloe is a town located in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada in the township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards. Geographically it is located in Eastern Ontario. The shores of Golden Lake are located 3 km to the east, which is well known for quality angling and year-round recreation. The present day town is located about 1 km north of the former townsite of "Old Killaloe". In 2001, the town had a population of 660 (all data after that is available only for the overall township).

History
The name Killaloe (pronounced "KILL-a-LOO") hails from a community of the same name in Ireland and salutes the Irish heritage of many of the first settlers to this area, who came to Canada in the early 19th century seeking a better life. The early beginnings of this little town centered on the lumber trade. Built in 1849, and rebuilt in 1870 after a devastating fire, the mill at Old Killaloe harnessed waterpower to grind grain for area residents up to 1930, and planed lumber until the 1960s. In those days it was known as Fort McDonnell, but it became known as Killaloe Station circa 1868 when the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway was expanding at a furious pace through the rugged countryside of the Madawaska Valley in response to the demands of the lumber industry.

In 1854 the construction of the Opeongo Line brought settlers and the logging industry to this area which originally had been occupied by the Algonquins. The Algonquin in the area still continue an ongoing land claim which covers the entire region. A majority of the settlers were French Canadians and Irish Catholic immigrants but among them were Poles, Kashubians and Germans as well.

With the railroad construction essentially finished, and the forestry industry declining many of the people took to farming. Unfortunately the soil was poor. Rocky land and short growing seasons meant that many farms failed. The population went into a steady decline which has only leveled off in the past few decades.

Today the lumber industry is still important to the livelihood of many in the surrounding communities. Both large and small logging operations and sawmills still support the local economy even though the railway no longer runs through the village. The last passenger train rolled through in 1962, and in 1968 the train station was torn down. Killaloe still maintains a flavour of the turn of the century in many of the commercial buildings which are more than 100 years old.

For years, Killaloe was known across Canada for its radio and weather station, which operated here from 1938 to 1972 as part of a country-wide chain of sites designed for aircraft communication. The site was a frost pocket with nightly minimum temperatures among the coldest in eastern Canada. A small airstrip operated at the weather station until 1953 before services were moved to neighbouring Bonnechere.

In May 2014, the founders of BeaverTails Grant and Pam Hooker officially titled Killaloe as the birthplace of the BeaverTails.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Killaloe had a population of 487 living in 246 of its 274 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 594. With a land area of 6.69 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Economy
Today, tourism and recreation, power generation, arts and crafts are the regions main sources of employment and revenue. The summer population here is boosted by plenty of freshwater and excellent fishing, most seasonal properties with cottages belong to residents of the Ottawa area. Snowmobiling, snowshoeing, ice fishing and skiing (both crosscountry and downhill) are the prime winter activities. Logging and sawmill operations still exists here, but not to the extent they once did as much of the areas old growth forests have been felled.

Media
Killaloe has a community radio station called CHCR-FM (Canadian Homegrown Community Radio) that signed on the air in 1998. It was Killaloe's first local radio station in the area.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Early

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was No consensus, several of the votes offered rewrite as an options which was done, so along with the 2 keep votes makes this stuck in the middle. I'd suggest keeping an eye on this though. Rx StrangeLove 05:51, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Mary Early
Created by. I userfied it, but it was re-created in article namespace. This reads like a CV and not an encyclopedic article. -- Curps 04:57, 3 October 2005 (UTC) I am happy to rewrite the entry per suggestions; I created the entry because it came to my attention that my name was included in the text of the Bennington College entry, and studied the other artist, literature links and it seemed appropriate.
 * Delete, vanity. --Angr/undefined 05:22, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Rewrite or Userfy. Google  turns up 440 hits including the Washington Post.    Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk   05:25, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup, as per User:Dlyons493. Jkelly 07:09, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, by all means. The Google link above includes hits on "talking to Mary early this morning" or even "Jacques Stella, Ascension of the Virgin Mary, early 17th century", completely unrelated to that person. The WP mention is one list of art exhibits in Washington, DC, and a fleeting mention in an article on someone else (one Riccardo Maranzana). Falls below by threshold of what is encyclopedic; I class this as vanity/advertisement. Lupo 12:23, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn. Vanity. Marcus22 13:18, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Sufficiently notable to be regularly mentioned in news articles about gallery exhibitions, which seems to me to be analogous enough to imdb standard to justify inclusion. Monicasdude 14:45, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or Rewrite If someone else wants to write it, then that's fine, she's got a good shot at notability. Right now though, it just looks like Mary cut and pasted her resume and decided that Wikipedia would be a good promotional device, which is the prototypical vanity article. Karmafist 17:00, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn. Dottore So 22:17, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
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List of storms named Irene

The name Irene has been used for twelve tropical cyclones worldwide. Seven in the Atlantic, two in the South and Western Pacific, and one on the South-West Indian Ocean and Australian region basins. It has also been used for two European windstorms.

In the Atlantic:
 * Tropical Storm Irene (1953) – off-season tropical storm which never made landfall
 * Tropical Storm Irene (1959) – minimal tropical storm that came ashore in Florida
 * Hurricane Irene (1971) – struck Nicaragua as a Category 1 hurricane which passed into the Pacific and was renamed Olivia
 * Hurricane Irene (1981) – strong Category 3 hurricane that struck land only as an extratropical cyclone.
 * Hurricane Irene (1999) – strong Category 2 hurricane that affected landmasses stretching from Central America up through Newfoundland.
 * Hurricane Irene (2005) – long-lived Cape Verde hurricane that never struck land.
 * Hurricane Irene (2011) – large and powerful Category 3 hurricane that struck the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, and United States, causing extensive damages totaling US$14.2 billion.

The name Irene was retired in the North Atlantic after the 2011 season, and was replaced by Irma for the 2017 season.

In the Western Pacific:
 * Tropical Storm Irene (1947) – formed in the Philippines

In the South Pacific:
 * Cyclone Irene (1969)
 * Cyclone Irene (2023) – affected Vanuatu and New Caledonia

In the Australian region:
 * Cyclone Irene (1977) – skirted the northern coast of Western Australia, but ultimately affected no land areas

In the South-West Indian Ocean:
 * Moderate Tropical Storm Irene (1963) – struck Madagascar shortly before dissipating

In Europe:
 * Storm Irene (2018) – affected the Azores
 * Storm Irene (2024) – Western Europe

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Calpoly Demographics

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Delete. Rx StrangeLove 05:56, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Calpoly Demographics

 * Not an article and possibly a copyright violation too. Rmhermen 04:58, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom.  Looks like its been copied off an intranet.   Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk   05:29, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The information was taken from a source and made into to graphs. The creating of the site is for a class project so if it could be left up for a few days that would be greatly appriciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.215.112.123 (talk • contribs) 03:37, 4 October 2005
 * Well, as the standard deletion procedure, it will stay for 5 days while a consensus is built on if it should be deleted. If you need to make pages like this, it's best not to do it in the main article space but to make your own user account then create it as a subpage from there.  If you want any help, let me know. --Apyule 06:53, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, not an article. --Apyule 06:44, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
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Carlos Vela

Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido (born 1 March 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who is a free agent. A versatile offensive player, Vela has been deployed as a forward, winger, and attacking midfielder.

Vela started his career at Mexican club Guadalajara, where he caught the eye of various European clubs after finishing as the top scorer at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, eventually joining Premier League club Arsenal that year. After joining Arsenal, he had loan spells at Spanish clubs Salamanca and Osasuna, as well as fellow English club West Bromwich Albion, settling with Real Sociedad in 2011, initially on loan and then permanently the following season. In his six-year spell with La Real, Vela played in 250 matches and scored 73 goals. In January 2018, he joined Los Angeles FC, winning the Supporters' Shield and the MLS Golden Boot in his second year, and setting a new league record for most goals in a season, with 34. He was also voted Most Valuable Player. In 2022, Vela would win a second Supporters' Shield as well as lift the MLS Cup.

Vela made his debut with the senior Mexico national team in 2007 in a friendly match against Brazil, and scored his first goal for his country in a friendly against Guatemala. He participated in Mexico's CONCACAF Gold Cup victory in 2009, and participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Vela rejected all subsequent call-ups for more than three years, including friendlies, World Cup qualifiers, and various major tournaments including the 2014 FIFA World Cup, citing various reasons for his refusals. In November 2014, Vela made his return to the national team and participated in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Early life
Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido was born 1 March 1989 in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico to Enrique Vela, an iron welder from Campeche, and Nella Garrido, a stay-at-home mother from Tabasco. His father played semi-professional football but an injury caused by a torn ligament caused him to retire. Vela's father enrolled him into local football teams. Vela's first club was Ko Cha Wolis, which translates to "Kicking Round Ball" in Mayan. He learned a lot and made significant development and progress during his time spent there, according to Félix Alcalá, his coach at the time.

In school, Vela played both basketball and football simultaneously, which caused many problems between his coaches. His father made him decide to focus on only one sport at the age of 12, in which Vela chose football. Enrique Vela was frustrated at the fact that his son was not being scouted due to living in Cancún. Around the same time, José Luis Real of C.D. Guadalajara's youth system sent scouts to Cancún in 2001, where Vela caught their eye. He was summoned to a youth tournament in Buenos Aires with Guadalajara as a small trial period with unpaid expenses.

In 2003, during a local competition held in Ciudad Victoria, Vela was seen and was presented with offers with local teams of the Primera División. He eventually joined Guadalajara in 2003, though he never received a call up to the club's first-team squad, thus not being able to make his professional debut in Mexico.

Guadalajara
Vela's career started with Guadalajara, alongside his brother Alejandro. After winning the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Mexico and finishing as the top scorer with five goals, Jorge Vergara, owner and club president of Guadalajara, agreed to sign him. Since Vela's family lived in the then-recently-storm-stricken Cancún, he asked that the club help relocate them as a condition of his signing. Vela had previously shown his great affection to his father, whose birthday fell on the day on which Mexico beat Brazil in the final of the U-17 World Cup, by carrying the cup to his father and dedicating his Golden Boot to him.

Arsenal
Vela attracted interest from a number of European clubs, and eventually Arsenal won the race for his signature in November 2005 on a five-year deal for a £125,000 fee that rose to £550,000 after he played 50 first-team games. However, since English work permit restrictions for non-EU citizens prevented him from playing in England, Arsenal quickly loaned him out to Spanish club Celta Vigo in February 2006, but he was returned right away with no games played.

Salamanca and Osasuna loans
At the end of the season, Vela was sent to Spanish Segunda División club Salamanca, on loan for the 2006–07 season. He had a successful stay there, creating many of Salamanca's 53 goals, eight of which he scored himself.

After his loan spell with Salamanca ended, bigger clubs of La Liga, such as Levante, Osasuna, and Almería, were all interested in taking him on loan from Arsenal for whom he was still ineligible to play as he still had yet to receive a work permit. Eventually, a one-year loan move to Osasuna was agreed, with the option of an extension for another year. No permanent option, however, had been included in the deal. On 31 October 2007, he scored his first goal with Osasuna, in a match against Real Betis, a performance that went on to earn several plaudits from the Spanish press.

Return to Arsenal
On 22 May 2008, Vela was granted a work permit that allowed him to play in England. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger confirmed that Vela would be involved with the first team in the coming season and that he viewed Vela as a striker in Eduardo's mould.

Vela made his competitive debut for Arsenal on 30 August 2008 in their Premier League match against Newcastle United, coming on as a substitute for Robin van Persie in the 63rd minute. Arsenal won the match 3–0. In his full debut on 23 September 2008, against Sheffield United in the League Cup, Vela scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 win, with his second goal voted as one of Arsenal's Greatest 50 Goals. The match was also notable for featuring Arsenal's youngest ever side, with an average age of 19.

On 8 March 2009, in the FA Cup fifth round tie against Burnley, Vela scored the first goal in a 3–0 win by chipping the ball over the keeper and into the goal. He scored his first goal in the Premier League for Arsenal away to Portsmouth on 2 May 2009 making him just the second Mexican player to score a goal in the Premier League. On 28 April, Vela was excluded from Arsenal's training session as a precaution due to the 2009 swine flu outbreak. Two of Vela's friends from Mexico visited him over the weekend and Arsenal were asked to keep him away. He returned to training the next day, however, after being given the all-clear.

Vela missed Arsenal's pre-season campaign of the 2009–10 season after suffering an ankle injury which kept him out until September. He returned to action on 22 September by coming off the bench in Arsenal's 2–0 win by assisting the first and scoring the second goal against West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup. On 21 November 2009, he made his first appearance of the season in the Premier League away to Sunderland, playing 21 minutes after coming on as a substitute for Eduardo. Vela renewed his contract with Arsenal on 10 December 2009. On 4 May 2010, Vela played his 50th game in an Arsenal shirt, against Blackburn Rovers. On 9 May, he scored the fourth goal of Arsenal's victory over Fulham.

Vela scored his first goal of the season against Bolton Wanderers in a 4–1 home win on 11 September 2010. On 15 September, Vela scored two goals in the UEFA Champions League when Arsenal beat Portuguese side Braga 6–0.

West Bromwich Albion (loan)
On 28 January 2011, Vela joined West Brom on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season. He made his debut on 1 February 2011 in a 2–2 draw against Wigan Athletic, playing 58 minutes of the game. He scored his first goal for the Baggies in his third match for the club on 20 February 2011, with West Brom's local rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers on the verge of a first win at The Hawthorns since 1996, Vela came off the bench to score a 92nd-minute equaliser to ensure the game ended 1-1. Vela once again scored for West Brom in the dying minutes of a game against Stoke City to salvage a 1–1 draw after coming on as a late substitute.

Real Sociedad (loan)
On 15 August 2011, Arsenal announced that Vela would be loaned out to Spanish club Real Sociedad, subject to a medical. After passing the medical exams, he was officially presented on 17 August 2011. On 4 December 2011, Vela scored a bicycle kick goal to equalise for Real Sociedad, his second of the season, against Málaga before teammate Diego Ifrán scored a late winner to make the score 3–2. Vela scored the only goal for Real Sociedad in a 2–1 loss to Barcelona, making it his third goal for the season.

In early February 2012, rumours of Vela's future at Arsenal began to surface, claiming that he wished to stay in Spain with Real Sociedad. Vela has been quoted saying, "I don't want to return to Arsenal. I have asked my agent to negotiate with Arsenal to stay here."

Real Sociedad
After making over 30 appearances in all competitions and scoring 12 goals, Vela was officially transferred to Real Sociedad from Arsenal on 17 July 2012, for an undisclosed fee. The deal was confirmed by Arsenal on 10 August. He was given the number 11 shirt. During the 2012–13 season, Vela played predominantly on the right wing and scored 14 goals, as well as having nine assists. There had been speculation in the media that he would return to Arsenal, however no talks took place between the two teams.

Vela started the 2013–14 season, scoring once and assisting the other in the team's 2–0 win over Getafe. He scored twice, a header and a stoppage-time individual goal, to confirm Real Sociedad's progression to the group stages of the Champions League at Lyon's expense. On 23 November, he scored four goals in La Real's 4–3 win over Celta Vigo.

On 20 January 2014, it was announced that Vela had won La Liga Player of the Month for December after his performances against clubs such as Real Betis, Granada, Real Madrid, and Barcelona.

On 5 May 2014, Vela scored in the 1–1 draw against Granada. The goal was Vela's 15th league strike of the season—surpassing his tally of 14 from the previous season—and his 20th in all competitions. He was nominated at the season's LFP Awards for the Best Forward in the league, losing out to Cristiano Ronaldo. On 24 June, Vela signed a four-year contract extension which will keep him at Real Sociedad until 2018.

Vela scored his first goal of the 2014–15 season in Real Sociedad's 4–2 win against Real Madrid on 1 September 2014. On 28 November, he scored all of the side's goals as they beat Elche 3–0 for new manager David Moyes' first victory at the club. These were three of his four league goals that month, which once again earned him the La Liga's Player of the Month award.

On 31 January 2015, during Real Sociedad's 1–4 league defeat to Real Madrid, Vela was subbed off in the 17th minute due to a knee injury, which was later reported to be ligament damage, and would require surgery. Though initially reported that Vela would miss the remainder of the season, it was confirmed through a club statement that the injury was an internal meniscus tear and that Vela would be out for two months. He made his return on 22 March against Córdoba, being substituted on for Esteban Granero in the 66th minute and providing an assist in Real Sociedad's 3–1 win.

On 25 October 2015, Vela scored his first two goals of the 2015–16 season in Real Sociedad's 4–0 win over Levante.

On 9 March 2016, it was reported that Vela had been separated from the first team after he failed to report for training two days earlier, claiming he was suffering from gastroenteritis, though a photo began circulating on social media of him attending a Chris Brown concert in Madrid hours after the team's 1–1 draw against Levante. He was ultimately fined by the club and ruled out for the team's next match against Celta Vigo. Sociedad manager Eusebio Sacristán, however, named Vela in the squad for the match against Celta, appearing as a second-half substitute in the 0–1 loss.

On 10 April 2017, Vela played in his 200th league match for Real Sociedad in the side's 3–1 victory against Sporting de Gijón, as well as becoming the foreign player with the second-most appearances for the club behind Darko Kovačević.

On 8 August 2017, Real Sociedad announced an agreement with Major League Soccer for Vela to move to the league in 2018. Two days later, it was announced that he would join expansion team Los Angeles FC as their first Designated Player when the transfer window opened on 1 January 2018.

On 20 December 2017, Vela played in his final match for Real Sociedad, scoring the final goal in the team's 3–1 win over Sevilla.

2018 season
On 8 August 2017, it was announced that Vela had been signed by Los Angeles FC, becoming the first designated player of the team and officially joining the team on 1 January 2018.

On 4 March 2018, Vela made his debut with Los Angeles FC, providing an assist for Diego Rossi's goal in the team's 1–0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC. On 10 March, Vela scored his first goal with Los Angeles, scoring the final goal in a 5–1 thrashing against Real Salt Lake. On 31 March, Vela became the first player ever to score in the El Tráfico derby against LA Galaxy; he scored the first two goals of the game in Los Angeles' dramatic 3–4 defeat. On 13 April, he scored the first goal in a 2–0 win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC. A week later he converted a penalty during Los Angeles' 5–3 win over Montreal Impact. On 13 May, he scored Los Angeles' second goal in a 2–2 tie against New York City FC. A couple of days later he scored his teams' only goal against the Portland Timbers in a 2–1 loss.

On 26 July 2018, after conducting a popular vote on Twitter, Vela was voted to captain the MLS side in the 2018 MLS All-Star Game against Juventus, where they initially tied the match 1–1 but went on to lose 5–3 in penalties. Following the departure of club captain Laurent Ciman, Vela was named as succeeding captain. On 22 September 2018, Vela provided two assists to Walker Zimmerman in the 2–0 victory over San Jose Earthquakes. On 12 October, in a league match against Houston Dynamo, he was involved in all of his team's goals in a 4–2 victory as he scored a brace and contributed two assists. In November 2018, he was named into the MLS Best XI of 2018.

2019 season
Prior to the beginning of the 2019 season, it was reported by Mundo Deportivo that there was interest from Spanish club Barcelona to acquire him on loan, with Vela eventually revealing "It was really close."

On 30 March 2019, Vela scored his first hat-trick with LAFC in their 5–0 away win against the San Jose Earthquakes. Vela scored both goals in a 2–3 loss to city rivals LA Galaxy on 19 July; his first goal was his 20th league goal of the season and he became the fastest player in MLS history to reach that milestone.

He was voted as captain for the second consecutive season via social media for the 2019 MLS All-Star Game against Atlético Madrid.

With his goal against Atlanta United FC on 26 July, Vela drew level with Erick Torres as the highest scoring Mexican in MLS history with 36 goals. On 17 August, Vela scored his 24th goal of the 2019 MLS season from the penalty spot in a 2–0 away win over Real Salt Lake, which saw LAFC clinch the playoffs. With this goal, Vela broke Sebastian Giovinco's 2015 MLS single-season record of most combined goals and assists, with his 39th point of the season (24 goals and 15 assists), one more than Giovinco's 38 (22 goals and 16 assists). On 25 September, Vela scored the opening goal in a 3–1 home win over the Houston Dynamo from the penalty spot; the victory saw LAFC clinch the Supporters' Shield. On 29 September, Vela scored his 31st goal of the 2019 MLS season in a 1–1 away draw against Minnesota United FC, equaling Josef Martínez's record for most goals in a single MLS season. He broke Martínez's record on 6 October, when he scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 home win over the Colorado Rapids. He finished the season with a record 34 goals and 15 assists, for a combined record of 49 points, which earned him the MLS Golden Boot award as the league's top-scorer.

In the playoffs, on 24 October, Vela scored twice and assisted once in a 5–3 home win over the LA Galaxy in the Western Conference semi-finals. Los Angeles were eliminated in the Western Conference Finals, following a 3–1 home defeat to the Seattle Sounders on 29 October, in which Vela's impact was heavily stifled by the opposing team, who kept the ball away from him; as such, he only managed one shot on goal during the entire match. Vela finished the 2019 season by claiming the MLS Most Valuable Player Award for his performances, winning by a significant margin over Galaxy rival Zlatan Ibrahimović and Atlanta United FC forward Josef Martínez. He also finished in the global top ten of goalscorers with 38 goals.

2020 season
On 18 February 2020, Vela played his first professional match against a Mexican club, León, in the first leg of that year's CONCACAF Champions League round of 16 which ended in a 0–2 away loss. On 27 February, during the second leg of the round, Vela would score a brace, contributing to a 3–2 aggregate victory, helping LAFC qualify into the quarter-finals.

On 1 March, Vela scored LAFC's only goal against newcomers Inter Miami CF, which his team won 1–0. On 6 July, Los Angeles FC announced that Vela would be not traveling with the club for the MLS is Back Tournament in Orlando, Florida because of his wife's pregnancy. Vela returned to action with the team on 22 August, in a 2–0 loss to rivals LA Galaxy, but had to be substituted out due to an injury on his left knee, ruling him out for an indefinite amount of time. After two months, he returned to the playing field on 25 October facing LA Galaxy again, coming on as a second-half substitute and sealing the 2–0 victory with a chipped goal during stoppage time, thus becoming the leading scorer of El Tráfico history with 10 goals.

On 16 December, following the CONCACAF Champions League's presumption after the COVID-19 pandemic, Vela scored a penalty to equalize for LAFC in their quarter-final victory against Mexican side Cruz Azul, as they came from behind to advance to the next round. On 19 December, after his side were down 0–1 with a man sent off, Vela scored a brace within the first two minutes of the second half in LAFC's semi-final match against Club América in a 3–1 victory, as they became the first MLS team to defeat three Mexican sides in the same Champions League tournament. Three days later, Vela played all 90 minutes in LAFC's 2–1 defeat to Tigres UANL in the final. He was subsequently included in the competition's best XI, having scored a total of five goals in the tournament.

2021 season
On 17 April 2021, Vela played his first match against new MLS club Austin FC. However, he was subbed at the 22nd minute due to injury. He returned on 16 May in a 2-0 loss to the Seattle Sounders. Vela came into the match at the 70th minute. On 23 June, Vela scored his first goal of the season against FC Dallas, which resulted in a 2-0 win for LAFC. During the match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Vela injured his right quad and was subbed at the 16th minute. As a result, Vela missed the 2021 MLS All-Star Game.

Youth
Vela played in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, held in Peru, where he helped Mexico to victory. He would go on to score 3 goals in the group stage, 1 against Uruguay in a 2–0 win and 2 against Australia in a 3–0 win. He would also score Mexico's final goal in a 3–1 victory against Costa Rica during a.e.t. during the quarterfinals, and once reaching the final against Brazil, he scored Mexico's first goal in their 3–0 victory. He subsequently finished as top scorer with five goals, claiming the Adidas Golden Boot.

Vela was part of the under-20 team that participated at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Early years
During his stay at Osasuna, Vela made his international debut for the senior national team on 12 September 2007, in a friendly match against Brazil, losing 3–1. On 18 October 2007, he scored his first senior international goal for Mexico in a friendly against Guatemala in Los Angeles.

On 8 June 2008, Vela scored his second senior international goal in a friendly against Peru in the 20th minute to help Mexico to a 4–0 victory. A match later for Mexico, he scored in their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying opener against Belize making the match 1–0. In the return leg against Belize, he again scored the opening goal of the match and beginning the 7–0 rout in favour of El Tri.

In July 2009, Vela represented Mexico at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He started in Mexico's opener against Nicaragua. Five minutes into the match, an opposing player tackled Vela and he fell awkwardly on his right leg. X-rays, however, showed he did not break anything and could play again in the tournament. Mexico advanced to the semi-finals against Costa Rica, where Vela would make his return in the 81st minute. After extra time, the game was tied 1–1 and went to penalties. After Guillermo Ochoa saved Froylán Ledezma's penalty, Vela scored Mexico's fifth penalty to send them to the final. In the final against the United States, Vela was brought on at half time with the score deadlocked at 0–0. Mexico went on to defeat the United States 5–0 with Vela providing the pass to Giovani dos Santos for the first penalty, creating the second goal, scoring the third and assisting the fourth.

On 10 October 2009, during a World Cup qualifying match against El Salvador, Vela scored one goal and provided an assist in a 4–1 victory, helping Mexico for the tournament.

On 3 June 2010, Vela scored his first international goal against a team from Europe, in a friendly match against Italy. He scored the first goal of the game with an assist from Giovani dos Santos. Mexico would win the match 2–1. In the opening match of the tournament against hosts South Africa, he was a starting left-winger, coming out on the 69th minute for Cuauhtémoc Blanco in a 1–1 tie. In the following group match against France, Vela was subbed off in the 31st minute for Pablo Barrera due to injury and would miss the following matches against Uruguay and Argentina.

Hiatus
On 21 September 2010, the Mexican Football Federation announced that Vela and teammate Efraín Juárez would be suspended from the Mexico national team for six months for their involvement in a party on 7 September in Monterrey following a game with Colombia. Vela and 12 other players were also fined 50,000 Mexican pesos (approximately US$3,953 as of 24 September 2010), used to help the flood victims in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

After his suspension, Vela returned to the national team after head coach José Manuel de la Torre called him up for a friendly match against Venezuela in March 2011, his final match with the national team for three years. He was omitted from that year's Gold Cup which Mexico went on to win. Vela was included in the preliminary roster for the 2011 Copa América but Arsenal refused to allow him to go, citing that it wasn't a CONCACAF tournament. He refused a call-up to participate in the 2012 London Olympics, which Mexico went on to win, due to wanting to establish himself with his new club Real Sociedad. He declined a third time to join the national team in March 2013 for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers against the United States and Honduras for personal reasons.

After De La Torre was sacked, Vela declared his wish to return to play for Mexico. In September 2013, Víctor Manuel Vucetich called him up for World Cup qualifiers against Panama and Costa Rica; however, Vela declined once again to come back to the national team. Afterwards, Vucetich refused to make any more comments regarding Vela, calling it a "closed case". On 3 February 2014, new national team coach Miguel Herrera flew to Spain with officials from the Mexican Football Federation to meet with Vela and gauge his interest in representing the national team. After the meeting, Vela expressed that he was not "100 percent mentally ready to represent Mexico", subsequently ruling out his participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Return
In November 2014, after a three-year absence, Vela accepted a call up from Miguel Herrera to the national team for the friendly matches against the Netherlands and Belarus. He scored twice on his return as Mexico defeated the Dutch 3–2 at the Amsterdam Arena on 12 November.

Vela was called up to participate in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, scoring in the team's opening match against Cuba on 9 July. On 15 July, Vela scored his second goal in the competition in Mexico's 4–4 draw against Trinidad and Tobago. In the quarterfinal and semi-final matches against Costa Rica and Panama, respectively, Vela received two yellow cards, meaning he would miss the final against Jamaica, in which Mexico achieved a 3–1 victory. He was subsequently called up by Ricardo Ferretti for the CONCACAF Cup – a play-off match to determine CONCACAF's entry into the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup – against the United States, appearing as an unused substitute in Mexico's 3–2 victory.

In May 2017, he was called up by Juan Carlos Osorio to be included in the roster to participate in the Confederations Cup in Russia. Appearing as a starter in Mexico's first group stage match against Portugal, he would provide a low cross assist for Javier Hernández to score Mexico's first goal in a match that was eventually tied 2–2. He would go on to appear in Mexico's final group stage match against Russia and third place play-off against Portugal.

In May 2018, Vela was named in Mexico's preliminary 28-man squad for the World Cup, and in June, was ultimately included in the final 23-man roster. On 23 June, in Mexico's second group stage match against South Korea, he scored their first goal via a penalty kick in the 2–1 victory; it was also his first World Cup goal for Mexico. He appeared in all group stage matches and the round of 16 loss against Brazil. Following the departure of manager Osorio, Ferretti was appointed as interim manager of the national team and did not include him in the roster for the post-World Cup September friendlies. Vela insisted on respecting Ferretti's decision and wished them luck.

In January 2019, Gerardo Martino was named as the new manager for the national team and did not call up Vela for his first friendlies in March, stating he wanted to see other players in action and that the door is not necessarily closed on future call-ups, although it was unclear if Vela wanted to continue his international career. In May, it was reported that Vela was not interested in being called up for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup. In November, he stated that he is willing to return to the national team if called up. In May 2020, he declared that the 2018 World Cup was his final appearance with the national team.

Style of play
Regarded as a promising player in his youth, gifted with skill and natural flair, former Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger described Vela as a player who is "...naturally gifted, quick, intelligent and with very good technique". He also labelled him as a "special talent", stating "I like [Vela's] intelligence and his pace. He scores goals but he can also create them."

Vela's playing style has been described as being able to "beat his man off the dribble," and "his linking up with teammates presents danger. [Looking through his first season] shows his willingness to work combinations across the entire attacking third of the pitch."

A left-footed player, Vela is known for his speed, technique, and vision. Collin Carpio has noted that while Vela is typically deployed on the right wing, he can also play as a striker, commenting in 2016: "[w]hen he's in-form, the 27-year-old can be lethal cutting inside from the flanks, and he's proven that he can setup [sic] goals for his teammates."

He is known for scoring chipped goals.

Personal life
Carlos older brother, Alejandro, is a former professional footballer.

Vela became a father in November 2016 to a son Romeo, with his Spanish then-girlfriend Saioa Cañibano, whom he met during his time at Real Sociedad. Vela became a father for a second time in October 2020 to a daughter India, also with Saioa, whom he married.

Vela has stated he is not passionate about football, saying, "I really like basketball, I've always said that I would one thousand times rather watch a basketball game than a football one."

On 4 March 2020, Los Angeles FC announced that Vela had obtained a green card, qualifying him as a domestic player for Major League Soccer roster purposes.

Media
He appeared on the North American front cover of the FIFA 11 video game along with Kaká and Landon Donovan. He would appear again on the FIFA 20 MVP Edition. During the 2019 Major League Soccer season Vela appeared in a Target commercial alongside LAFC teammate Adama Diomande and other MLS players.

International

 * Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vela goal.

Honours
Los Angeles FC
 * MLS Cup: 2022
 * Supporters' Shield: 2019, 2022

Mexico U17
 * FIFA U-17 World Championship: 2005

Mexico
 * CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2009, 2015
 * CONCACAF Cup: 2015

Individual
 * FIFA U-17 World Championship Golden Boot: 2005
 * Real Sociedad Player of the Year: 2011–12, 2013–14
 * La Liga Player of the Month: December 2013, November 2014
 * MLS All-Star: 2018, 2019, 2022
 * MLS Best XI: 2018, 2019, 2022
 * MLS Player of the Month: March 2019, April 2019, September 2019
 * MLS Golden Boot: 2019
 * MLS MVP Award: 2019
 * Los Angeles FC MVP of the Year: 2018
 * Los Angeles FC Goal of the Year: 2018
 * Los Angeles FC Goal of the Month: April 2018, May 2023
 * CONCACAF Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2020, 2023
 * MLS Latino Player of the Year: 2019
 * Best MLS Player ESPY: 2022
 * The Best of America Best MLS Player: 2019, 2022

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Dollikins

Dollikins were dolls manufactured by Uneeda Doll Company, a company founded in 1917 by the Sklarsky family in Brooklyn, New York. Dollikins were marketed as The World's Most Posable Doll. The dolls were manufactured from 1957 to 1980. Originally, Dollikins were designed to compete with similar 18–21 inch sized dolls that were popular through the 1950s and 1960s, such as Madame Alexander's "Cissy", Ideal's "Revlon", American Character's "Toni", Deluxe Reading's "Candy" Horseman's "Sindy". Horseman's "Wonderkin" and Valentine's "Mannikin". The dolls started at 19-20" tall and featured sleepy eyes, although later versions were 12" and 6" without sleepy eyes due to the popularity of the Mattel Barbie Doll which is 11.5 inches and the Topper Dawn doll which was 6 inches. See Facebook by searching, The Dollikin Collective

Name
The Dollikins name was probably inspired by the Miss Dollikins series of books by Anne Jane Cupples chronicling a doll's adventures, that were published in 1870 by Thomas Nelson & Sons. The books featured woodcut plate illustrations by R. Patterson and others, and the series was known as The Dollikins Library and also as The Story of Miss Dollikins. The first four volumes were titled as follows:
 * 1) Her Outset in the World, Her Illness, and Recovery
 * 2) Her Visit to the Seaside and What Came of It
 * 3) Returns from the Seaside to Her Old Life in the Nursery
 * 4) Showing How She Learned to Become a Young Lady

History
Uneeda's original Dollikins doll was 20" tall and had sixteen points of articulation. The doll was advertised as the ''"Fabulous, Educational Dollikin - The Original Doll Mannikin - A Miracle of Flexibility. Sixteen flexible joints, virtually duplicating all positions of the human body!"'' and was jointed at the wrists, elbows, biceps, shoulders, waist, hips, knees, and ankles. The bodies were made of hard plastic and the heads were made of vinyl with rooted hair in a variety of colors and styles, and had 'sleep eyes' that opened and closed. There is no information available to indicate what year each of the different versions of the 20" Dollikin were being marketed.

Uneeda used the same head mold, marked "Uneeda 2s", on their non-articulated, 18" fashion dolls as well. A number of hair colors and styles and face paint that were not available on the 20" Dollikin body can be found on the fashion dolls bearing the same head molds. It is not known what years or for how long these straight-legged, hard plastic fashion dolls were produced.

Dollikins were also produced in hard vinyl in a smaller, 15" size. This version of the Dollikins is rare and advertisements of the time indicate that they were only produced for one year, most likely 1957. The 20" and 15" Dollikins were manufactured in Uneeda's factory in Brooklyn, New York.

The original outfits on all these dolls were sophisticated and the packaging was attractive. Original Uneeda Dollikin clothing can be identified by the large, donut-shaped snaps which are marked with the letters "SK LIKITS RAU". Unlike manufacturers of many of the popular, similar-sized fashion dolls of that era, Uneeda did not produce additional outfits to be purchased separately for the dolls.

From 1969 through the early 1980s, Uneeda produced several versions of the Dollikins as an 11 inch, multi-jointed, fashion doll. The dolls came dressed in brightly colored, one-piece bodysuits with multi-colored flowered sashes and plastic boots.

In the UK, the eleven-inch dolls were issued as "Action Girl", "Action Dollikins" or "Action Donna", which were very similar to the US-issued dolls except that on some versions of the doll, the eyes were side-glancing and their hair was styled differently. The US dolls had long, straight hair with piece of hair on either side of the face pulled up into a bow on top of the head. The Action Girl dolls had straight hair with no bows, or a curly, side-ponytail. Uneeda marketed a line of clothing to be purchased separately for both the 11-inch Dollikins, available in the US, and for the "Action Dolls" distributed in the UK.

In the late 1950s, Uneeda also sold a "Baby Dollikins", a 21" tall baby doll with eleven points of articulation. It was an infant doll with the same intricate construction as the fashion dolls. Uneeda used the same head mold for this doll as was used on their "Dewdrop" or "Sweetums" doll, and that was also later used on a number of other generic baby dolls of that time period. The doll came with either rooted hair in brown, blonde or red, or molded hair, and was dressed in a one or two-piece pajama set.

Uneeda Doll Company also came out with a 6½" version of the Dollikin fashion doll, similar to Topper's "Dawn" doll called "Little Miss Dollikin" or "Triki Miki". These doll moved the same way the Larger Action Dollikin doll moved. They came dressed in one piece jumpsuits.

Information is scarce on these dolls as the Uneeda Doll Company changed hands and moved its production overseas.

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Kings Canyon (Northern Territory)

Kings Canyon, also known as Watarrka, is a canyon in the Northern Territory of Australia located at the western end of the George Gill Range about 321 km southwest of Alice Springs and about 1316 km south of Darwin, within the Watarrka National Park.

History
Luritja people have inhabited the area for at least 20,000 years.

Ernest Giles was an early European explorer, who reached the canyon in 1872.

Name
Kings Creek runs along the bottom of the canyon, and gives it its name. The creek was named by Giles in 1872. He wrote in his book Geographic Travels in Central Australia from 1872 to 1874: "I called King's Creek after Mr. Fielder King... an old and kind friend of mine".

The Aboriginal (Luritja and Arrernte ) name for the creek and canyon is "Watarrka" (pronounced what-ARR-kah ), which is the Luritja word for the local umbrella bush (Acacia ligulata) that grows in the vicinity. The national park thus gets its name from this landform.

Location, access, and description
Kings Canyon is located 321 km southwest of Alice Springs via Larapinta Drive (only accessible by 4WD), or 474 km along the Stuart Highway, Lasseter Highway, and the Red Centre Way, which are all sealed.

In 1986, Kings Canyon was listed on the Register of the National Estate, when it was described by the Department of Environment as follows: "One of the most spectacular canyons in Central Australia. Kings Canyon contains some 60 rare or relict plant species and a total of 572 different plant species and 80 species of birds. It is a 'living plant museum' and is notable for its stands of cycads & permanent rock pools. There are some well-preserved Aboriginal paintings and engravings in the area..."

The walls of Kings Canyon are over 100 m high, with Kings Creek at the bottom, with several Aboriginal sacred sites. Part of the gorge is an Aboriginal sacred site. The Garden of Eden is a permanent waterhole surrounded by plant life, and while visitors are permitted on the walking track, the waterhole is  an important men's sacred place for the traditional owners, with particular Dreaming stories associated with it, so visitors are not allowed to swim in it. There are some distinctive rock formations known as the "Lost City".

Walks
There are four short walks for visitors:
 * The 6 km (loop) Kings Canyon Rim Walk traces the top of the canyon and takes three to four hours to complete. It is graded "Grade 4 - moderate to difficult".
 * The 2.6 km (return) and approximately one-hour Kings Creek Walk traces the bottom of the gorge. (Grade 2 - easy)
 * The 4.8 km South Wall return takes around two hours to complete. A steep climb at the beginning of the walk takes visitors up to the top, with views of the gorge below. It ends at a one-way gate. Grade 3 - moderate.
 * Kathleen Springs is an easy walk on a sealed track and suitable for wheelchairs. At around 2.4 km, allow around 1.5 hours for the return trip.

The 22 km Giles Track connects Kings Canyon to Kathleen Springs, and can be followed in either direction. It is advised to spend a night on the track.

Geology
According to geologists, the valley was formed more than 400 million years ago. It cuts through a layer of Mereenie Sandstone, which was deposited here 400 million years ago. The sandstone can be viewed in the form of 30-m high cliffs, and as you go deeper, you can witness the softer Carmichael Sandstone, which has been present here for 440 million years. These two layers of sandstone are divided by a thin layer of purple shale or mudstone which depicts the environmental changes between the two formations.

Flora and fauna
Birds in the canyon area include the spinifex pigeon, zebra finch, several species of honeyeater, purple-backed fairywren, budgerigar, rufous grasswren, nankeen kestrel, and many more.

Other animals include: More than 750 plant species have been recorded in the area, with at least 60 of them unique to the region. They include rare cycads, ferns, eucalyptus, acacia, and desert oaks.
 * Blistered pyrgomorph
 * Centralian Green Frog
 * Desert tree frog
 * Dingo
 * Long-nosed dragon
 * Perentie
 * Ring-tailed dragon
 * Termites
 * Rock wallaby

Kings Creek Station
Kings Creek Station was established by Ian and Lyn Conway in 1981. It lies 36 km from Kings Canyon, and offers accommodation and tourist experiences. It was originally run as a cattle station and camel property, and still runs these animals, but tourism is now its main business. The property covers 2,200 km2, of which 100 km2 is freehold, with the remainder being a pastoral lease. Tony McFadzean took over as CEO and co-owner some time after the Conways retired in April 2019.

Power station
Kings Canyon Power Station is a photovoltaic power station. With a generating capacity of 225 kWp and electricity production of 372,000 kWh of electricity per annum. It was the largest single installation of its kind in Australia when it began operation in December 2003. Kings Canyon Power Station, part of the Territory Generation network, is the only commercial source of electricity in the Kings Canyon area. It provides up to 1.1MW from a combination of solar and diesel generation.

In popular culture
King's Canyon featured in the 1994 film Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, as the rock climbed by the lead characters at the end of their trip of self-discovery.

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