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Aretxabaleta is a town in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

It is located on the Bergara road, almost adjacent to its larger northern neighbor, the city of Arrasate, and the smaller Eskoriatza to the south.

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In the past, the Basque name "Aretxabaleta" was commonly used, both in Spanish and in English with the Spanish spelling, Arechavaleta. The local government (ayuntamiento) decided to officially change the spelling to the Basque "Aretxabaleta" on June 4, 1979. Their decision was authorized by Spanish central government on March 3, 1981.

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Bongcheon station

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Salix pentandra

Salix pentandra, the bay willow, is a species of willow native to northern Europe and northern Asia. The scientific name refers to the male flowers having five stamens. The English name derives from the resemblance of the leaves to those of the bay laurel; other common names include bay-leaved willow and laurel willow. Its glossy leaves make it more decorative than many other willows, so it is often planted as an ornamental tree.

Description
The bay willow is a large shrub or small tree growing to 14 m tall (rarely to 17 m), usually growing in wet, boggy ground. The leaves are glossy dark green, 5 – long and 2 – broad, with finely serrated margins. The dioecious flowers are catkins, produced in late spring after the leaves; the male catkins are yellow, 2–5 cm long, the female catkins greenish, 1.5 – long; they are pollinated by bees. The fruit is a small capsule containing numerous minute seeds embedded in white down which aids wind dispersal.

Distribution and habitat
The bay willow occurs naturally in northern Europe and northern Asia. In the British Isles it is most common in Scotland and northern England and is sometimes planted as an ornamental tree elsewhere. It grows beside rivers and streams, on marshy ground and in wet woodland. It occurs beside Llyn Bedydd in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, an uncommon plant in the area. It has become locally naturalised in northern North America, and is known as laurel willow there.

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The foliage is the food plant for the larvae of several species of moth, including Ectoedemia intimella whose larvae mine the leaves. The catkins are attractive to bees and other insects for the nectar and pollen they produce early in the year. This willow is susceptible to watermark disease, which causes branches to die back, and is caused by the pathogenic bacterium Brenneria salicis.

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Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania is a non-stock, not-for-profit organization headquartered in Warwick, New York. It is the main legal entity used worldwide by Jehovah's Witnesses to direct, administer and disseminate doctrines for the group and is often referred to by members of the denomination simply as "the Society". It is the parent organization of a number of Watch Tower subsidiaries, including the Watchtower Society of New York and International Bible Students Association. The number of voting shareholders of the corporation is limited to between 300 and 500 "mature, active and faithful" male Jehovah's Witnesses. About 5,800 Jehovah's Witnesses provide voluntary unpaid labour, as members of a religious order, in three large Watch Tower Society facilities in New York. Nearly 15,000 other members of the order work at the Watch Tower Society's other facilities worldwide.

The organization was formed in 1881 as Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society for the purpose of distributing religious tracts. The society was incorporated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 15, 1884. In 1896, the society was renamed Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. Following a leadership dispute in the Bible Student movement, the society remained associated with the branch of the movement that became known as Jehovah's Witnesses. In 1955, the corporation was renamed Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. In 1976, all activities of the Watch Tower Society were brought under the supervision of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses.

History
On February 16, 1881, Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society was formed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, for the purpose of organizing the printing and distribution of religious tracts. William Henry Conley, a Pittsburgh industrialist and philanthropist, served as president, with Charles Taze Russell serving as secretary-treasurer. The society's primary journal was Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, first published in 1879 by Russell, founder of the Bible Student movement. Other early writers for the Watch Tower Society included J. H. Paton and W. I. Mann. Formation of the Watch Tower Society was announced in the April 1881 issue of Zion's Watch Tower. That year, the society received donations of $35,391.18.

Incorporation
On December 15, 1884, the society was incorporated as Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society in Pennsylvania as a non-profit, non-stock corporation with Russell as president. The corporation was located in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. In its charter, written by Russell, the society's purpose was stated as "the mental, moral and religious improvement of men and women, by teaching the Bible by means of the publication and distribution of Bibles, books, papers, pamphlets and other Bible literature, and by providing oral lectures free for the people". The charter provided for a board of seven directors, three of whom served as officers—a president, vice-president (initially William I. Mann) and secretary-treasurer (initially Maria Russell).

The charter stipulated that the officers be chosen from the directors and be elected annually by ballot. Board members would hold office for life unless removed by a two-thirds vote by shareholders. Vacancies on the board resulting from death, resignation or removal would be filled by a majority vote of the remaining board members within 20 days; if such vacancies were not filled within 30 days an appointment could be made by the president, with the appointments lasting only until the next annual corporation meeting, when vacancies would be filled by election.

Anyone subscribing to $10 or more of the Watch Tower Society's Old Testament Tracts or donating $10 or more to the society was deemed a voting member and entitled to one vote per $10 donated. Russell indicated that despite having a board and shareholders, the society would be directed by only two people—him and his wife Maria. Russell said that as of December 1893 he and his wife owned 3705, or 58 percent, of the 6383 voting shares, "and thus control the Society; and this was fully understood by the directors from the first. Their usefulness, it was understood, would come to the front in the event of our death... For this reason, also, formal elections were not held; because it would be a mere farce, a deception, to call together voting shareholders from all over the world, at great expense, to find upon arrival that their coming was useless, Sister Russell and myself having more than a majority over all that could gather. However, no one was hindered from attending such elections."

The influx of donations gradually diluted the proportion of the Russells' shares and in 1908 their voting shares constituted less than half the total. Russell emphasized the limitations of the corporation, explaining: "Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society is not a 'religious society' in the ordinary meaning of this term" He also stated, "This is a business association merely... It has no creed or confession. It is merely a business convenience in disseminating the truth." Incorporation of the society meant that it would outlive Russell, so individuals who wished to bequeath their money or property to him would not have to alter their will if he died before they did. On September 19, 1896, the name of the corporation was changed to Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.

From 1908, Russell required the directors to write out resignations when they were appointed so Russell could dismiss them by simply filling in the date. In 1909, Russell instructed legal counsel Joseph Franklin Rutherford to determine whether the Watch Tower Society's headquarters could be moved to Brooklyn, New York. Rutherford reported that because it had been established under Pennsylvania law, the corporation could not be registered in New York state, but suggested that a new corporation be registered there to do the society's work. Rutherford subsequently organized the formation of the People's Pulpit Association, which was incorporated on February 23, 1909, and wrote the charter which gave the president—to be elected for life at the first meeting—"absolute power and control" of its activities in New York. The society sold its buildings in Pittsburgh and moved staff to its new base in Brooklyn. Although all New York property was bought in the name of the New York corporation and all legal affairs of the society done in its name, Russell insisted on the continued use of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society name on all correspondence and publications.

The move from Pennsylvania to New York occurred during court proceedings over the breakdown of Russells' marriage. His wife Maria had been granted a "limited divorce" on March 4, 1908, but in 1909 returned to court in Pittsburgh to request an increase in alimony, which her former husband refused. Authors Barbara Grizzuti Harrison and Edmond C. Gruss have claimed Russell's move to Brooklyn was motivated by his desire to transfer from the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania courts. They claim he transferred all his assets to the Watch Tower Society so he could declare himself bankrupt and avoid being jailed for failure to pay alimony.

In 1914, the International Bible Students Association was incorporated in Britain to administer affairs in that country. Like the People's Pulpit Association, it was subsidiary to the Pennsylvania parent organization and all work done through both subsidiaries was described as the work of the Watch Tower Society. The Watchtower noted: "The editor of The Watchtower is the President of all three of these Societies. All financial responsibility connected with the work proceeds from [the Pennsylvania corporation]. From it the other Societies and all the branches of the work receive their financial support... we use sometimes the one name and sometimes the other in various parts of our work—yet they all in the end mean the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, to which all donations should be made."

Leadership dispute
Russell died on October 31, 1916, in Pampa, Texas, during a cross-country preaching trip. On January 6, 1917, board member and Watch Tower Society legal counsel Joseph Franklin Rutherford, aged 47, was elected president of the society, unopposed, at the Pittsburgh convention. Under his presidency, the role of the Watch Tower Society underwent a major change. By-laws passed by both the Pittsburgh convention and the board of directors stated that the president would be the executive officer and general manager of the society, giving him full charge of its affairs worldwide.

By June 1917, four of the seven Watch Tower Society directors, Robert H. Hirsh, Alfred I. Ritchie, Isaac F. Hoskins and James D. Wright, had decided they had erred in endorsing Rutherford's expanded powers of management, claiming Rutherford had become autocratic. Hirsh attempted to rescind the new by-laws and reclaim the powers of management from the president, but Rutherford later claimed he had by then detected a conspiracy among the directors to seize control of the society. In July, Rutherford gained a legal opinion from a Philadelphia corporation lawyer that none of his opposers were legally directors of the society.

On July 12, 1917, Rutherford filled what he claimed were four vacancies on the board, appointing A. H. Macmillan and Pennsylvania Bible Students W. E. Spill, J. A. Bohnet, and George H. Fisher as directors. Between August and November the Watch Tower Society and the four ousted directors published a series of pamphlets, with each side accusing the other of ambitious and reckless behavior. The former directors also claimed Rutherford had required all headquarters workers to sign a petition supporting him and threatened dismissal for any who refused to sign. The former directors left the Brooklyn headquarters on August 8, 1917. On January 5, 1918, Rutherford was returned to office.

In May 1918, Rutherford and seven other Watch Tower Society directors and officers were arrested on charges of sedition under the federal Espionage Act. On June 21, 1918, they were sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. Rutherford feared his opponents would gain control of the society in his absence, but on January 2, 1919, he learned he had been re-elected president at the Pittsburgh convention the day before. However, by mid-1919 about one in seven Bible Students had chosen to leave rather than accept Rutherford's leadership, forming groups such as The Stand Fast Movement, Paul Johnson Movement, Dawn Bible Students Association, Pastoral Bible Institute of Brooklyn, Elijah Voice Movement, and Eagle Society.

Although formed as a "business convenience" with the purpose of publishing and distributing Bible-based literature and managing the funds necessary for that task, the corporation from the 1920s began its transformation into the "religious society" Russell had insisted it was not, introducing centralized control and regulation of Bible Student congregations worldwide. In 1938, Rutherford introduced the term "theocracy" to describe the hierarchical leadership of Jehovah's Witnesses, with Consolation explaining: "The Theocracy is at present administered by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, of which Judge Rutherford is the president and general manager." The society appointed "zone servants" to supervise congregations and in a Watchtower article Rutherford declared the need for congregations to "get in line" with the changed structure.

Amendments to charter
Following Rutherford's death in 1942, Nathan H. Knorr became president of the Watch Tower Society, and subsequently introduced further changes to the role of the society. At a series of talks given in Pittsburgh on September 30, 1944, coinciding with the society's annual meeting, it was announced that changes would be made to the 1884 charter to bring it into "closer harmony with theocratic principles". The amendments, most of which were passed unanimously, significantly altered the terms of membership and stated for the first time that the society's purposes included preaching about God's kingdom, acting as a servant and governing agency of Jehovah's Witnesses, and sending missionaries and teachers for the public worship of God and Jesus Christ. The new charter, which took effect from January 1, 1945, included the following changes:
 * An altered and expanded explanation of article II, detailing the purpose of the Watch Tower Society. This included the preaching of the gospel of God's kingdom to all nations; to print and distribute Bibles and disseminate Bible truths with literature explaining Bible truths and prophecy concerning the establishment of God's kingdom; to authorise and appoint agents, servants, employees, teachers evangelists, missionaries, ministers and others "to go all the world publicly and from house to house to preach Bible truths to persons willing to listen by leaving with such persons said literature and by conducting Bible studies thereon"; to improve people mentally and morally by instruction "on the Bible and incidental scientific, historical and literary subjects"; to establish and maintain Bible schools and classes; to "teach, train, prepare and equip men and women as ministers, missionaries, evangelists, preachers, teachers and instructors in the Bible and Bible literature, and for public Christian worship of Almighty God and Jesus Christ" and "to arrange for and hold local and worldwide assemblies for such worship".
 * An amendment to article V, detailing the qualifications for membership of the Watch Tower Society. Each donation of $10 to the society funds had formerly entitled the contributor to one voting share; the amendment limited membership to "only men who are mature, active and faithful witnesses of Jehovah devoting full time to performance of one or more of its chartered purposes... or such men who are devoting part time as active presiding ministers or servants of congregations of Jehovah's witnesses". The amended article stipulated that "a man who is found to be in harmony with the purposes of the Society and who possesses the above qualifications may be elected as a member upon being nominated by a member, director or officer, or upon written application to the president or secretary. Such members shall be elected upon a finding by the Board of Directors that he possesses the necessary qualifications and by receiving a majority vote of the members." The amendment limited membership at any one time to between 300 and 500, including approximately seven residents of each of the 48 states of the US. It also introduced a clause providing for the suspension or expulsion of a member for wilfully violating the society's rules, or "becoming out of harmony with any of the Society's purposes or any of its work or for wilful conduct prejudicial to the best interests of the Society and contrary to his duties as a member, or upon ceasing to be a full-time servant of the Society or a part-time servant of a congregation of Jehovah's witnesses".
 * An amendment to article VII, dealing with the governance of the Watch Tower Society by its board of directors. The amendment deleted reference to adherence to the constitution and laws of Pennsylvania of the US. It also specified powers of the board, including matters of finance and property.
 * An amendment to article VIII, detailing the office holders of the Watch Tower Society and the terms of office and method of appointment of officers and directors. A clause stating that board members would hold office for life was deleted. The new clause provided for board membership for a maximum of three years, with directors qualifying for re-election at the expiration of their term.

Governing Body
In 1976, direction of the Watch Tower Society and of the congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses worldwide came under the control of the Governing Body, reducing the power of the society's president. The society has described the change as "one of the most significant organizational readjustments in the modern-day history of Jehovah's Witnesses." Since 2000, the role of president of the Watch Tower Society has been held by individuals who are considered "helpers" to the Governing Body.

Operations
The corporation is a major publisher of religious publications, including books, tracts, magazines and Bibles. By 1979, the Watch Tower Society had 39 printing branches worldwide. In 1990, it was reported that in one year the society printed 696 million copies of its magazines, The Watchtower and Awake! as well as another 35,811,000 pieces of literature worldwide, which are offered door-to-door by Jehovah's Witnesses. As of 2013, the society prints more than 43 million of its public issues of these magazines each month, totaling over 1 billion annually.

The Watch Tower Society describes its headquarters and branch office staff as volunteers rather than employees, and identifies them as members of the Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah's Witnesses. Workers receive a small monthly stipend with meals and accommodation provided by the society. The "Bethel family" in the Brooklyn headquarters includes hairdressers, dentists, doctors, housekeepers and carpenters, as well as shops for repairing personal appliances, watches, shoes and clothing without charge for labor.

The Watch Tower Society does not file any publicly accessible financial figures, but reported in 2011 that it had spent more than $173 million that year "in caring for special pioneers, missionaries and traveling overseers in their field service assignments". Donations obtained from the distribution of literature is a major source of income, most of which is used to promote its evangelical activities.

Author James Beckford has claimed the status of voting members of the Watch Tower Society is purely symbolic. He said they cannot be considered to be representatives of the mass of Jehovah's Witnesses and are in no position to challenge the actions or authority of the society's directors.

United States
The corporation was first located at 44 Federal Street, Allegheny, Pennsylvania (the city was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907), but in 1889 moved to "Bible House", newly built premises at 56–60 Arch Street, Allegheny, owned by Russell's privately owned Tower Publishing Company. The new building contained an assembly hall seating about 200, as well as editorial, printing and shipping facilities and living quarters for some staff. The title for the building was transferred in April 1898 to the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.

In 1909, the Watch Tower Society moved its base to Brooklyn. A four-story brownstone parsonage formerly owned by Congregationalist clergyman and social reformer Henry Ward Beecher at 124 Columbia Heights was converted to a residence for a headquarters staff of 30, as well as an office for Russell. A former Plymouth church building at 13–17 Hicks Street was purchased and converted into the Watch Tower headquarters, with room for 350 staff. It contained an 800-seat assembly hall, shipping department and printing facilities.

The Watch Tower announced: "The new home we shall call 'Bethel,' and the new office and auditorium, 'The Brooklyn Tabernacle'; these names will supplant the term 'Bible House.'" In October 1909, an adjoining building at 122 Columbia Heights was bought. In 1911, a new nine-story residential block was built at the rear of the headquarters, fronting on Furman Street and overlooking the Brooklyn waterfront. The Brooklyn Tabernacle was sold in 1918 or 1919.

Printing facilities were established in Myrtle Street, Brooklyn in 1920. The February 1, 1920, issue of The Watch Tower was printed by the Watch Tower Society at the plant. Two months later the plant began printing The Golden Age. In 1922, the printing factory was moved to a six-story building at 18 Concord Street, Brooklyn. In 1926 it moved to larger premises, a new eight-story building at 117 Adams Street, Brooklyn, at which time the society's headquarters was rebuilt and enlarged. In December 1926, a building at 126 Columbia Heights was bought. A month later the three buildings from 122–126 Columbia Heights were demolished and rebuilt for accommodation and executive offices, using the official address of 124 Columbia Heights.

In 1946, property surrounding the Adams Street factory was bought to expand printing operations. When completed in 1949, the factory occupied an entire block, bounded by Adams, Sands Pearl and Prospect Streets. Five more properties adjoining 124 Columbia Heights were purchased for a 10-story building. In the late 1950s a property at 107 Columbia Heights, across the road from 124 Columbia Heights, was bought. In 1960 a residential building for staff was constructed there. More residences were built at 119 Columbia Heights in 1969.

The Watchtower detailed further expansion in the 1950s and 1960s: "In 1956, a 13-story building was constructed at 77 Sands Street. Then just across the street, another (10-story building) was purchased in 1958. In 1968, an adjoining 11-story new printing factory was completed. Along with the factory at 117 Adams Street, these fill out four city blocks of factories that are all tied together by overhead bridges. Then in November 1969, the Squibb complex located a few blocks away was purchased."

The Watch Tower Society bought the Towers Hotel at 79–99 Willow Street in 1974 for accommodation, which is connected to the society's other Columbia Heights properties via tunnels. In 1978, a property at 25 Columbia Heights underwent renovation for use as offices. In the early 1980s properties were bought at 175 Pearl Street and 360 Furman Street for factory and office use. A building at 360 Furman Street was bought in March 1983 and renovated, providing almost 9 hectares of floor space for shipping, carpentry and construction. The Bossert Hotel at 98 Montague Street was bought in 1983 as a residence building.

97 Columbia Heights, the former site of the Margaret Hotel, was purchased in 1986. It was ideally located next to the WTBTS residences at 107 and 124 Columbia Heights and it could easily tie in with the main complex on the other side of the street by means of an under-street tunnel. An 11-story residential building was erected on the site to house 250 workers. A property at 90 Sands Street was bought in December 1986. A 30-story residential building for 1,000 workers was completed on the site in 1995. A 1996 publication listed other Watch Tower residential buildings in Brooklyn, including the 12-story Bossert Hotel, 34 Orange Street (1945), the Standish Arms Hotel at 169 Columbia Heights (1981), 67 Livingston Street (1989), and 108 Joralemon Street (1988).

Two properties known as Watchtower Farms, at Wallkill, 160 km north of Brooklyn and totaling 1200 ha, were bought in 1963 and 1967. Factories were erected in 1973 and 1975. In 2012–2014 the Watch Tower Society added an office building, residence building and garage. In 1984, the society paid $2.1 million for a 270 hectare farm at Patterson, New York for a development that included 624 apartments, garages for 800 cars, and a 149-room hotel. Other rural purchases included a 220 ha farm near South Lansing, New York, and a 60 ha farm near Port Murray, New Jersey.

In February 2009, the Watch Tower Society paid $11.5 million for 100 hectares of land in Ramapo, New York, for an administration and residential complex. The site was reported to be planned as a base for about 850 Watch Tower workers, creating a compound combining residential and publishing facilities currently located in Brooklyn. A Witness spokesman said the land was currently zoned for residential uses, but an application would be made to rezone it, adding that "Construction is several years in the future."

A year later, the Watch Tower Society announced it planned to move its world headquarters from Brooklyn to a proposed eight-building complex, replacing the pre-existing four-building complex on a 100-hectare Watch Tower property in Warwick, New York, 1.5 km from its Ramapo site. A Watch Tower presentation to Warwick planning authorities said the complex would house up to 850 people. In July 2012, the Warwick planning commission approved the environmental impact statement for building the Warwick site. In July 2013, Warwick approved building plans of the multiple building complex of the new headquarters, including four residence buildings of 588 rooms for about 1,000 people.

In August 2011, a 50-acre property was bought in Tuxedo, New York, with 184,000 square foot building, for $3.2 million, six miles from the Warwick site to facilitate the staging of machinery and building materials. The Watch Tower Society bought a 48-unit apartment building in Suffern, New York, near Warwick, New York, for housing temporary construction workers in June 2013. In December 2014, the society bought the 250-unit Rivercrest Luxury Apartments in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York. The sale price was not released, though taxes on the sale indicated a transaction of $57 million. The current leases will not be renewed.

Brooklyn property sales
In 2004, the Watch Tower Society began transferring its printing operations to its Wallkill factory complex. The move triggered the sale of a number of Brooklyn factory and residential properties, including:

 * 360 Furman Street, sold in 2004 for $205 million;
 * 67 Livingston Street, (nicknamed the Sliver) sold in 2006 for $18.6 million.
 * 89 Hicks Street, sold in 2006 for $14 million.
 * Standish Arms Hotel, 169 Columbia Heights, sold in 2007 for $50 million.
 * 183 Columbia Heights, bought in 1986, offered for sale in 2007 and sold in April 2012 for $6.6 million.
 * 161 Columbia Heights, bought in 1988, offered for sale in 2007 and sold in March 2012 for $3 million.
 * 165 Columbia Heights, offered for sale in 2007 and sold in January 2012 for $4.1 million.
 * 105 Willow Street, offered for sale in 2007 and sold in April 2012 for $3.3 million.
 * 34 Orange Street, offered for sale in 2007 and sold in November 2012 for $2,825,000.
 * Bossert Hotel, 98 Montague Street, bought in 1983, offered for sale in 2008. sold in 2012 to a hotel developer, Rosewood Realty Group, for $81 million.
 * 50 Orange Street, bought in 1988, renovated to sell 2006, and sold in December 2011 for $7.1 million.
 * 67 Remsen Street, offered for sale in July 2012, and sold the same year for $3.25 million.
 * Three adjoining properties (173 Front Street, 177 Front Street and 200 Water Street) sold together for 30.6 million in April 2013 to Urban Realty Partners.
 * 55 Furman Street, 400,000 sq. ft., is for sale as of June 2013.
 * Five adjoining properties (175 Pearl Street, 55 Prospect Street, 81 Prospect Street, 117 Adams Street, and 77 Sands Street totaling 700,000 sq. ft.), offered for sale in September 2011, under contract as of July 2013 to a three company buy-out. A sixth building (90 Sands Street, about 500,000 sq. ft., a 505-room, 30-story building) in this sale will be released in 2017, after the scheduled completion of the Jehovah's Witnesses' new headquarters in Warwick, New York. The properties are under contract for $375 million at completion of the sale.
 * Two private parking lots are for sale as of June 2013.
 * 124 Columbia Heights, bought in 1909, was sold in May 2016 to Florida Panthers' Vincent Viola for $105 million.
 * In 2016, three more properties valued at an estimated $850 million to $1 billion—including the headquarters building—were put up for sale. The Watch Tower Society sold the 25/30 Columbia Heights complex along with adjoining 50 and 58 Columbia Heights and 55 Furman Street sites on August 3, 2016, for $340 million.

In 2011, the Watch Tower Society was reported to still own 34 properties in Brooklyn; a 2009 report calculated "a dozen or more" properties in the Brooklyn area. In a 2010 news report the society said it was "not actively promoting" the sale of eight Brooklyn properties still on the market. The society's remaining nine unsold Brooklyn properties are 97, 107, and 119 Columbia Heights; 80 and 86 Willow Street; 21 Clark Street (Towers Hotel); parking lots at 67 Furman Street, 1 York Street and 85 Jay Street; and 90 Sands Street already arranged to sell in 2017. Many sold buildings are to be emptied by 2017. The Furman Street properties and parking lots are for sale currently as stated above.

Other countries
In 1900, the Watch Tower Society opened its first overseas branch office in Britain. Germany followed in 1903 and Australia in 1904. By 1979 the society had 39 printing branches throughout the world, with facilities transferred to farming properties in many countries, including Brazil, Sweden, Denmark, Canada and Australia. In 2011, the society had 98 branch offices worldwide reporting to New York directly; other nations' offices report to large branches nearby.

Before 1916

 * J. H. Giesey (director ?–?, vice-president ?–1908)
 * William M. Wright (?–1906)
 * Henry (né Heinrich) Weber (director 1892–1904, vice-president 1894–1904)
 * Rose J. Ball (director 1892–?, vice-president 1893–1894)
 * Simon O. Blunden (director 1884–1908)
 * Maria Frances Russell (née Ackley) (director 1884–1900, secretary-treasurer 1884–?, then-wife of Charles Taze Russell)
 * W. C. M(a)cMillan (director 1884–1898)
 * J. B. Adamson (director 1884–1895)
 * W. I. Mann (director 1884–1892, vice-president 1884–1892)
 * J. F. Smith (director 1884–1892)

Criticism
Critics, including Raymond Franz, Edmond C. Gruss and James Penton, have accused the Watch Tower Society of being authoritarian, controlling and coercive in its dealings with Witnesses. Franz, a former Governing Body member, has claimed the society's emphasis of the term "theocratic organization" to describe the authority structure of Jehovah's Witnesses, which places God at the apex of its organization, is designed to exercise control over every aspect of the lives of Jehovah's Witnesses and condition them to think it is wrong for them to question anything the society publishes as truth.

The Watch Tower Society has been accused of employing techniques of mind control on Witnesses, including the direction to avoid reading criticism of the organization, frequent and tightly controlled "indoctrination" meetings, regimentation, social alienation and elaborate promises of future rewards. Apart from life stories, all Watch Tower Society magazine articles and other publications are written anonymously and correspondence from the society does not typically indicate a specific author or personal signature.


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Asteasu

Asteasu is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the north of Spain.

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Astigarraga

Astigarraga  is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, in northern Spain. It is famous for its hard cider and cider houses.

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Yeoksam station

Yeoksam Station is a station on Line 2 of the Seoul Subway. It is located in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

Vicinity

 * Exit 4 : Kukkiwon (World Taekwondo Headquarters)
 * Exit 7 : Cha Hospital, LG Arts Center

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Mountcharles

Mountcharles  is a village and townland (of 650 acres) in the south of County Donegal, Ireland. It lies 6 km from Donegal Town on the Killybegs road (N56). It is situated in the civil parish of Inver and the historic barony of Banagh. The village's name is usually pronounced locally as 'Mount-char-liss'.

Name
Before the Plantation of Ulster, the area from the present N56 to the sea, including modern day Salthill, was known as Tamhnach an tSalainn ('the Field of Salt'). This refers to the fields along the coast which flooded with seawater with the flow of the tide, as the water receded, salt remnants remained in the fields.

The Irish name for the village refers to this salt mine in the area which local people worked in, and at a growing rate, as the salt extraction rate was increased by the plantation founder, Charles Conyngham. The name was later anglicized as Tawnaghtallan and Tawnytallan.

Whereupon English became the only language permitted for placenames in Ireland, the Cistercian Grange in the area was known as the Grange of Tawnytallon which led to the area being anglicised as Tawnaghtallan and Tawnytallan.

The English name for the village owes its origin to the Scottish plantation 'undertaker', Charles Conyngham, who arrived in County Donegal during the Plantation of Ulster and asserted a landlord control over the area, renaming the region Mount Charles after himself. He is the ancestor of The 8th Marquess Conyngham (frequently, if inaccurately, known as 'Lord Henry Mountcharles') of Slane Castle, County Meath. By controlling the sale of salt from the region, Charles Conyngham then financed the building of the few surviving buildings in the village in the 17th century. The Conyngham estate and its large estate house (Hall Demesne), close to the village, are now unoccupied. The courtesy title of the heir apparent of The Marquess Conyngham is Earl of Mount Charles, being named after the village.

Alternatively, the origin of the modern name, Mountcharles, is from the 1660s. Albert Conyngham, son of Rev. Alexander Conyngham (Dean of Raphoe), was knighted by Charles II in 1666, and, in honour of the king, the plantation founders, the Conyngham's enforced the name change to Mountcharles.

History
In 1611, at the start of the Plantation of Ulster, The Rev. Alexander Conyngham, first Church of Ireland Rector of Inver and Killymard, took ownership over the area, designating the area near the present Hall House as his own.

The village of Mountcharles was controlled by the Conyngham family thereafter. In 1676 Mountcharles was granted the sole right to hold markets and fairs: "Mountcharles, alias Tounytallon, a Friday market and four fairs on the 19th May, 11th September, 11th November and 17th March. Pursuant to patent signed and dated at Whitehall 9th December 1675 – granted to Sir Albert Conyngham, Kt. – July 27th 1676". The courtesy title of the heir apparent of The Marquess Conyngham is Earl of Mount Charles, is named after the village.

Arthur Young, noted agriculturist and social and political observer, mentioned visiting Mountcharles in his book A Tour of Ireland (1776-1779).

Pre-Famine Mountcharles
The early houses were built with stone, which was quarried near St. Peter's Lough and at the quarries behind the town. The early houses were thatched. According to both the 1841 Census and Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Mountcharles was the only town in the parish pre-Famine times.

Hall Demesne
The former country house of the Conyngham family, The Hall, is nearby the village. From the beginning of the 18th century the Conynghams no longer regarded Mountcharles as their principal seat, but Slane. It was sold by The 6th Marquess Conyngham immediately after the Second World War, in 1946, to pay for the installation of electricity in Slane Castle, County Meath.

Politics
Mountcharles gave its name to the Electoral Division of Mountcharles (Mountcharles DED) from 1850 to around 1956 but this Electoral Division was renamed to Tantallon in the late 1950s and statistically enumerated as such from the 1961 Census. Mountcharles is part of the five-seat Donegal constituency.

Transport
Mountcharles railway station was on a branch line of the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee, a narrow gauge railway system. It was opened on 18 August 1893 and shut on 1 January 1960.

Amenities
The village has one general shop on the Main Street. A fishmongers, a local butchers, a post office, a pharmacy and local tea rooms. The area also hosts a pilates and yoga centre as well as a massage therapist, a beauticians, several hairdressers and a barber shop. There are two bars on the main street.

Sport
The village has a Gaelic games pitch that belongs to the local club Saint Naul's (Irish: Naomh Naile) and a nearby a football club, Eany Celtic F.C. In 2013, the Mountcharles Rowing Club was established.

Notable people

 * Cahir Healy, politician
 * Seumas MacManus, author, dramatist and poet
 * Stephen Joseph McGroarty, Irish-born American soldier

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The Civil War: A Narrative

The Civil War: A Narrative (1958–1974) is a three volume, 2,968-page, 1.2 million-word history of the American Civil War by Shelby Foote. Although previously known as a novelist, Foote is most famous for this non-fictional narrative history. While it touches on political and social themes, the main thrust of the work is military history. The individual volumes include Fort Sumter to Perryville (1958), Fredericksburg to Meridian (1963), and Red River to Appomattox (1974).

Writing
On the strength of his novel Shiloh, Random House asked Foote for a short Civil War history. Foote soon realized that the project would require much more time and energy, and therefore offered to write a comprehensive narrative history of the war. Random House agreed, and using the money from his 1955 Guggenheim Fellowship (Foote won Guggenheims also in 1956 and 1959), Foote set out to write the trilogy's first volume, Fort Sumter to Perryville. This 400,000-word account was published in 1958. By 1963 Foote had finished the second volume, Fredericksburg to Meridian.

In 1964 he began Volume 3, Red River to Appomattox, but found himself repeatedly distracted by the ongoing events in the nation and was not able to finish and publish it until 1974. Writing the third volume took as many years as had the first two combined.

Fort Sumter to Perryville
The first volume covers the roots of the war to the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862. All the significant battles are here, from Bull Run through Shiloh, the Seven Days Battles, Second Bull Run to Antietam, and Perryville in the fall of 1862, but so are the smaller and often equally important engagements on both land and sea: Ball's Bluff, Fort Donelson, Pea Ridge, Island No. Ten, New Orleans, Monitor versus Merrimac, and Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign.

Fredericksburg to Meridian
The second volume is dominated by the almost continual confrontation of great armies. The starting point for this volume is the Battle of Fredericksburg, fought on December 13, 1862, between General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. For the fourth time, the Army of the Potomac attempts to take Richmond, resulting in the bloodbath at Fredericksburg. Then Joseph Hooker tries again, only to be repulsed at Chancellorsville as Stonewall Jackson turns his flank, resulting in Jackson's mortal wounding.

In the West, one of the most complex and determined sieges of the war has begun. Here, Ulysses S. Grant's seven relentless efforts against Vicksburg demonstrate Lincoln's and Grant's determination. With Vicksburg finally under siege, Lee again invades the North. The three-day conflict at Gettysburg receives significant coverage. (The lengthy chapter on Gettysburg has also been published as a separate book, Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign, June–July 1863; his account of Vicksburg was published separately as The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862 – July 1863.)

Red River to Appomattox
The final volume opens with the beginning of the two final, major confrontations of the war: Grant against Lee in Virginia, and Sherman pressing Johnston in north Georgia in 1864. The narrative describes the events and battles from Sherman's March to the Sea to Lincoln's assassination and the surrender of Lee at Appomattox.

Detailed release information
Original hardcover with dust jacket release by Random House:
 * – boxed set

Vintage Books, a Random House subsidiary, reissued the series twice as trade paperbacks in January and November 1986, with different cover art for each printing but without changing the ISBNs:
 * – boxed set

Beginning in 1999, Time–Life published a fourteen volume "40th Anniversary Edition" with contemporary photographs and illustrations, addended with maps originally commissioned for their own 1983-87 comprehensive The Civil War book series. This hardcover with dust jacket edition was sold by subscription, but when Time–Life exited the book business, remaindered copies appeared in bookstores. Relatively few copies of volume 13 were printed, increasing the after-market value of that particular volume and the set as a whole. The divisions were based on keeping each volume to 288–300 pages (a few are shorter or longer), rather than historic or thematic considerations. Each volume has its own index, which appears to be more detailed than the indexes in the three-volume edition. For example, "Rockfish Gap" appears in volume 13 of the Time–Life set, but not in volume 3 of the original edition.

In 2005, Random House published the narratives as nine hardcover with dust jacket volumes by splitting the original three into three volumes each. As with the preceding Time-Life edition, some of the maps from the original work, hand drawn by Foote, were replaced by more elaborate, full-color maps that originally appeared in the Time-Life Civil War history series. Photographs and artwork were also added. Like the Time-Life edition, no box set variant was issued for this release.

In 2011, Random House released a new hardcover (without dust jacket) edition of the trilogy, edited by Jon Meacham, along with a companion volume by Meacham entitled American Homer: Reflections on Shelby Foote and His Classic The Civil War: A Narrative:
 * – boxed set

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Weber River

The Weber River (Shoshone: Ho-o-pah)  is a c. 125 mi long river of northern Utah, United States. It begins in the northwest of the Uinta Mountains and empties into the Great Salt Lake. The Weber River was named for American fur trapper John Henry Weber.

The Weber River rises in the northwest of the Uinta Mountains, at the foot of peaks including Bald Mountain, Notch Mountain, Mount Marsell, and Mount Watson. It passes by Oakley, and fills the reservoir of Rockport Lake, then turns north, receiving the flow of major tributaries Silver Creek at Wanship and Chalk Creek at Coalville. Coalville is also at the upper end of Echo Reservoir; Below the reservoir, the river passes Henefer, turns more westerly, and then passes Morgan, where it receives East Canyon Creek. Issuing out of the mountains at Uintah at the mouth of Weber Canyon, it turns north again where it is joined by the Ogden River west of Ogden. The combined stream meanders across mostly-flat land, entering mud flats near where it empties into the Great Salt Lake, contributing about 25 percent of the total water entering the lake.

Among the fish to be found in the river are brook, brown, Bonneville cutthroat and stocked rainbow trout, and mountain whitefish.

The Weber has long been used for irrigation and is part of the United States Bureau of Reclamation's Weber Basin Project. Among the dams on the Weber are Wanship Dam on Rockport Reservoir (completed 1957) and Echo Dam (completed 1931). The watershed totals about 2500 sqmi.

The Weber River is also home to a rare plant species Stephanomeria occultata, also known as Disguised or Hidden Wirelettuce, which is endemic to rocky slopes and margins along the corridor (B. Wellard & J.W. Baker 2018).

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Tlepolemus (general)

Tlepolemus (Τληπόλεμος; lived 4th century BC) was the son of Pythophanes and one of the hetairoi of Alexander the Great, who was joined in the government of the Parthians and Hyrcanii with Amminapes, a Parthian, whom Alexander had appointed satrap of those provinces. At a later period Tlepolemus was appointed by Alexander satrap of Carmania, which he retained on the death of Alexander in 323 BC, and also at the fresh division of the provinces at Triparadisus in 321. In the following years, Tlepolemus joined a coalition formed by governors of Upper Satrapies with the purpose of fighting Peithon, later assisting Eumenes in his war against Antigonus. Tlepolemus commanded 800 horsemen from Carmania in the Battle of Paraitakene, stationed on the right wing.

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Zbigniew Namysłowski

Zbigniew Jacek Namysłowski (9 September 1939 – 7 February 2022) was a Polish jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, cellist, trombonist, pianist and composer.

Life and career
Namysłowski was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 9 September 1939. He performed on the Krzysztof Komeda album Astigmatic recorded in 1965. He collaborated with such artists as Janusz Muniak, Leszek Możdżer, Vladislav Sendecki, Michał Urbaniak, and Andrzej Trzaskowski. Namysłowski died on 7 February 2022, at the age of 82.

Selected discography

 * Lola (1964; Decca)
 * ''Zbigniew Namyslowski Quartet (muza XL0305) recorded 1966 Poland vol 6
 * Krzysztof Komeda: Astigmatic (1966)
 * Winobranie (1973)
 * Kuyaviak Goes Funky (1975)
 * Zbigniew Namyslowski (1977)
 * Jasmin Lady (1978)
 * Future Talk (1979)
 * Air Condition (1981)
 * Open (1987)
 * Without A Talk (1991)
 * The Last Concert (1992)
 * Secretly & Confidentially (1993)
 * Zbigniew Namysłowski & Zakopane Highlanders (1995)
 * Cy to blues cy nie blues (1997)
 *  Dances (1997)
 * 3 Nights (1998)
 * Mozart Goes Jazz (1998)
 * Jazz & Folk - Namyslowski Quartet & Górale (2000)
 * Go! (2003)
 * Standards (2003)
 * Assymetry (2006)
 * Live at Kosmos, Berlin 1965 (2008)
 * Nice & Easy (2009)

Sideman

 * Krzysztof Komeda Astigmatic (1966)
 * Laszlo Gardony Quartet Reggae for Zbiggy (1984)

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Category:Universities in Cuba

Universities in Cuba.

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Talk:Dick Clark

Edit request 21 April 2012 - incorrect word choice
Under section "Game show host," 3rd word of following sentence is incorrect.

Entertainment Weekly created Clark's "quietly commanding presence" as a major factor in the game show's success.

Context suggests this should instead be:

Entertainment Weekly credited Clark's "quietly commanding presence" as a major factor in the game show's success.

 * ✅  Equazcion  ( talk )  00:41, 21 Apr 2012 (UTC)

Pushing Dick Clark's profit from older musicians
Left out of this article is that Dick Clark at the ending of American Bandstand --was hawking older, previously popular singers from another generation to younger Bandstanders. This is presumed to be a monetary goal for Dick Clark and the musical acts. If the older "has-beens" could get a new hit, big payout for Clark

Wrong Pam Miller
Link to Pam Miller is to former mayor of Lexington, KY. Probably not the right person! 71.178.11.232 (talk) 01:37, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

More Payola and other financial misdeeds
Clark's involvement in the payola scheme helped ruin another person's career: Alan Freed. From multiple sources Freed was thrown under the bus and took all the heat. From Paul Simon's own words, Dick Clark would have Paul's performance check signed over to him when Paul was around 16 years old.

I want to do more research on these issues and hopefully produce a quality well-referenced section.

https://performingsongwriter.com/alan-freed-payola-scandal/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dick-clark-survives-the-payola-scandal

Asherkobin (talk) 06:22, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Right now, you don't have much in the way of RS. But I am not familiar enough with this to say what is out there (as far as sources) on this.Rja13ww33 (talk) 17:31, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

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Hájek

Hájek (i.e. "small grove") may refer to Czech surname or places:

Czech Republic

 * Hájek (Karlovy Vary District), a municipality and village in the Karlovy Vary Region
 * Hájek (Strakonice District), a municipality and village in the South Bohemian Region
 * Hájek, a village and part of Tišnov in the South Moravian Region
 * Hájek, a village and part of Úmonín in the Central Bohemian Region
 * Hájek, a village and part of Vodice (Tábor District) in the South Bohemian Region
 * Hájek, a village and part of Všeruby (Domažlice District) in the Plzeň Region

Space

 * 1995 Hajek, an asteroid

Surname

 * Andreas Hajek (born 1968), German rower
 * Anne Hajek (born 1951), American politician
 * Antonín Hájek (born 1987), Czech ski jumper
 * Arnošt Hájek (born 1941), Czech biathlete
 * Bohumil Hájek, Czech table tennis player
 * Bruce Hajek (born 1955), American electrical engineer
 * Dave Hajek (born 1967), American baseball player
 * David Hájek (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player
 * Emil Hájek (1886–1974), Czech pianist and composer
 * František Hájek (1915-2001), Czech basketball player
 * Gwen Hajek (born 1966), American model
 * Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898–1983) German photographer
 * Jan Hajek (scientist), Czech scientist
 * Jan Hájek (tennis) (born 1983), Czech tennis player
 * Jaroslav Hájek (1926–1974), Czech mathematician
 * Jiří Hájek (1913–1993), Czech politician
 * John Hajek (born 1962), Australian linguist
 * Karel Hájek (1900–1978), Czech photographer
 * Libor Hájek (born 1998), Czech ice hockey player
 * Miloš Hájek (1921-2016), Czech academic and dissident, Righteous among the Nations
 * Olaf Hajek (born 1965), German artist
 * Otomar Hájek (1930-2016), Czech mathematician
 * Peter Hajek (born 1945), British psychologist
 * Petr Hájek (1940-2016), Czech mathematician
 * Tadeáš Hájek (1525–1600), Bohemian astronomer
 * Thomas Hajek (born 1978), Canadian lacrosse player
 * Tomáš Hájek (born 1991), Czech football player
 * Wenceslaus Hajek (died 1553), Bohemian historian

Hájková
Its feminine equivalent is Hájková. The surname may refer to:
 * Alena Hájková (1924–2012), Czech Communist resistance fighter, Righteous among the Nations and historian
 * Anna Hájková (born 1978), Czech historian
 * Jiřina Hájková (born 1954), Czech field hockey player
 * Kamila Hájková (born 1987), Czech ice dancer
 * Karolina Hájková (born 1997), Slovak swimmer
 * Markéta Hájková (born 2000), Czech cyclist
 * Zuzana Hájková (basketball) (born 1963), basketball player

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User talk:Jovan66102

RE:Red Tory
Arman,

I think if you check, all three of the external links in this article are dead links. I removed them after googling in an effort to find alternative live links.

Jovan Jovan66102 (talk) 21:04, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

 * Thank you, I have not really noticed that.

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Nakseongdae station

Nakseongdae Station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 2. This station is named after a nearby place called Nakseongdae, which was the birthplace of the great Goryeo general Kang Kam-ch'an, (which is also the second name of this station) best known for his heroics against an invading Khitan force in the Battle of Gwiju.

This station is located in Bongcheon-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul.

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User talk:Tokus

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers (although I can see you're not exactly a newcomer, and you seem to know what you're doing…): I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! --RobertG ♬ talk 11:32, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
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Stupid remarks about The Tooper
It is you who is stupid, if the trooper was that popular in the rest of the world there will be The Trooper pages on each and every wikipedia!!! The truth is the Trooper article only exist on the english and french pages and the main reason is what i believe. There's particular relationship with this song on the countries i've mentioned. In America, the mighty Allmusic.com has rated all Maiden tracks from shit to average, except one. The exception being "Run to the hills" which is about America's History.................. and yes the British Light Brigade was saved from complete destruction by the Fench this an historical fact! I'm with Stupid... 01:39, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Category:Iron Maiden
Hi Tokus. Please do not add individual songs to Category:Iron Maiden. The purpose of Category:Iron Maiden songs is to subcategorize the songs so that they do not clutter the top-level category. Thanks. ×Meegs 09:27, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Live albums by Iron Maiden
Well, I came to 9 with Live After Death, A Real Live One, A Real Dead One, Live at Donington, A Real Live Dead One, Rock in Rio, Beast Over Hammersmith, The BBC Archives and Death on the Road. But I do agree with you that A Real Live Dead One is more like a compilation. But Beast Over Hammersmith and The BBC Archives are still live albums even though they are included in a box set. — Prodigenous Zee - 15:01, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Tours titles are not put in italics
Take a look :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music/MUSTARD/Format

 * #Songs and singles are in quotes. Albums and EPs in italics. The names of tours are not formatted beyond ordinary capitalization.

Queensryche
Hello - I noticed you added a few singles to the QR template - do you intend to create the articles for those songs? Thanks. --cholmes75 (chit chat) 13:28, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Something about your editor is broken
I had to revert the edits you made to September 22, September 23, and September 24. Something about the way you edited them destroyed most of the language tags. Are you possibly using an external editor that doesn't understand non-European languages? -- Jim Douglas 08:06, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Hm, thanks for letting me know. Yes, I copy the text into UltraEdit, but that uses the normal ascii set, and apparently the wikipedia editor doesn't. Tokus 08:45, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

consening a matter of life and death
from Wrathteen ok i understand what you saying but back in the day iron until the Brave New World album all of the albums where just heavy metal brave new world, dance of death, and a matter of life and death albums are NWOBHM trust me ive done my research

http://www.KeithandTheGirl.com/ <==they are funny download from iTunes

 * No they sound nothing like NWOBHM. Only the first 2 or 3 albums are considered NWOBHM, after that, it's not. If you did any research, you would have heard that. Tokus 11:19, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Concerning Invasion of Rarities
Where did you find out it was an unofficial release? Because if it was unofficial, then why does it have an article on Wikipedia? I find that illogical, and a week ago, it was listed as a Maiden album officially in that box on the Iron Maiden page, it was listed under Other: Invasion of Rarities. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.154.243.73 (talk) 21:40, 16 December 2006 (UTC).

 * common knowledge amongst Maiden fans. They tend to know which are official albums. I've been a fan for 18 years, and a collector for nearly as long, so I know what's official and what's not. And I can assure you, this one definately is not an official release. Having an article on wikipedia doesn't mean it's an official release. Everyone can add stuff to this site. Try searching for it on www.ironmaiden.com  or www.maidenfans.com   Tokus 22:35, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

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Empire of the Ants (film)

Empire of the Ants is a 1977 science fiction horror film co-written and directed by Bert I. Gordon. Based very loosely on the 1905 short story "Empire of the Ants" by H. G. Wells, the film involves a group of prospective land buyers led by a land developer, pitted against large mutated ants.

It is the third and last film released in A.I.P.'s H.G. Wells film cycle, which include The Food of the Gods (1976) and The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977).

Plot

The opening narration briefly introduces the viewer to the ant and its behavior. It takes note how ants use pheromones to communicate, and how they cause an obligatory response that must be obeyed. "But we (humans) don't have to worry about it..." As the opening credits roll, barrels of radioactive waste are being dumped off a boat into the ocean. Eventually, one of the barrels washes up on the shore and begins to leak a silvery goo attractive to the local ants, which are seen feeding on it.

Meanwhile, shady land developer Marilyn Fryser (Joan Collins) takes a bunch of new clients to view some 'beachfront property' on a nearby island. In reality, the land is worthless, but the trip is cut short by the group stumbling upon the lair of large ants. The ants destroy their boat and chase the group through the woods. Fleeing for their lives through the wilderness and losing many of their party along the way, the remaining survivors eventually discover the local island town. But their safety is short-lived when they realize that not only are the large ants feeding on the sugar at the local sugar factory, but that they are doing so at the invitation of the humans. The queen ant, using pheromones, has the entire town completely under her control. However, the survivors manage to escape and burn the sugar factory, killing the large ants, and leave the island by a speedboat.

Cast

 * Joan Collins as Marilyn Fryser
 * Robert Lansing as Dan Stokely
 * John David Carson as Joe Morrison
 * Albert Salmi as Sheriff Art Kincade
 * Jacqueline Scott as Margaret Ellis
 * Pamela Susan Shoop (as Pamela Shoop) as Coreen Bradford
 * Robert Pine as Larry Graham
 * Edward Power as Charlie Pearson
 * Brooke Palance as Christine Graham
 * Ilse Earl as Mary Lawson
 * Tom Fadden as Sam Russell
 * Harry Holcombe as Harry Thompson
 * Irene Tedrow as Velma Thompson
 * Marvin Miller as the Narrator (uncredited)

Special effects
As with most Bert I. Gordon films, the director himself oversaw most of the special effects. To create the effect of large ants, the director often used the technique of process shots, where close-up images of live ants were combined with images of the actors on set, reacting to the menacing insects. Another more crude effect used by Gordon was one he borrowed from his previous film Beginning of the End, where he would place live insects in a miniature set lined with still photographs of the location and let them crawl around. The shortcomings of this technique were highlighted in a scene where the ants are climbing the outside of a sugar refinery, and some of them appear to suddenly crawl off the building and walk vertically into the sky. When the film called for actors to be attacked by the ants, large rubber mock-ups were used, which were animated by crew members who wiggled the gigantic props in front of the camera. Joan Collins later said she did not like working with the ant props, as they bumped and scratched the actors, including herself.

Filming
Principal photography took place on location in the Florida Everglades and St. Lucie and Martin Counties in Florida during the fall of 1976. Filming in a remote swampland sometimes proved to be problematic, and was particularly taxing for the women because their restrooms were approximately a half-hour away by speedboat. Actress Pamela Susan Shoop recalls that "because it was a half-hour each way, when we went to the bathroom, they had to wait an hour. It was a mess, but the shoot was fun". Another problem with the location was dealing with the unpredictable wildlife. According to actor Robert Pine, there was one scene where the actors had to fall out of a rowboat and into the river, where there were apparently live alligators. The director had previously promised that a cage would be installed to protect the actors, but for some unknown reason the cage never arrived. Also, even though they were filming in Florida, the autumn weather ended up sending temperatures to freezing levels. At one point, the cold weather was so bad that it caused Shoop's jaw to dislocate during one of her screaming scenes and she had to be sent to the hospital to be treated.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 5% based on 19 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 2.72/10.

Joan Collins received a nomination for Best Actress for her lead role in this film at the 5th annual Saturn Awards.

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I know you have given the image public domain but I would like to use it in Medicinal Plants in australia (*Vol 3) by cheryll Williams do you want a formal attribution Ringpicker (talk) 09:23, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

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Castigation is NOT torture, but rather Punishment or Mortification

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Talk:Black Sunday (disambiguation)

This page should probably be made a disambig. Brendanl79 11:35, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Name
In order to match the other black days, the name should be changed to Black Sunday, and the book/movie about the Super Bowl be moved to Black Sunday (book). --Jon Terry 16:36, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

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There should also be some discussion about April 14th, 1935. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.63.141.210 (talk • contribs) 23:35, 4 December 2006 (UTC).

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Ttukseom station

Ttukseom Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2.

It is located in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, and is near Seoul Forest.

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