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Scorpion Swamp

Scorpion Swamp is a single-player adventuring gamebook written by Steve Jackson (the American game designer, as opposed to the series co-creator), illustrated by Duncan Smith and originally published in 1984 by Puffin Books. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 8th in the series in the original Puffin series (ISBN 0-14-031829-1). It was the first Fighting Fantasy book to be written by an author other than the co-creators of the series.

Story
Scorpion Swamp is a fantasy scenario. Having acquired a magical Brass Ring (which detects evil and always indicates which direction is north) from a mysterious old woman, the player enters the notorious Scorpion Swamp.

Gameplay differed from previous titles in several ways:
 * The story allows the player to choose one of three quests: the patrons of said quests being either good (locate a rare plant for the wizard Selator), evil (acquire the amulets of animal/insect avatars for the wizard Grimslade) or neutral (map a trade route for the trader Poomchukker) respectively.
 * Gameplay has a non-linear design, allowing "free roaming": the player may explore the swamp at will and return to locations previously visited.
 * The game design employed a grid system of locations to explore. Whereas in previous titles choosing an option to follow a point of the compass was nebulous and backtracking almost impossible, in this title each location was equidistant from all others and options only led in the four primary compass directions. On entering a location, the player was asked if they had visited previously, and instructed accordingly. This format was an innovation for Fighting Fantasy.
 * The 400th reference does not contain an ending to the adventure.

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 * The link under the heading "Dan Ryan extension" about different proposals does not go anywhere.

Proposed stations in the listing
Anybody have any thoughts about adding the four proposed stations on the UPRR extension to the listing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spartan S58 (talk • contribs) 05:13, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Transfers column in station listing section
I don't really think that it is necessary to have a transfer column in the station listing section because there is already a map in the infobox that shows transfers between the train services! Can we please discuss why that is necessary because I'm trying to improve pages on the site to make them look better! The Smell of Magic 04:17, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

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– WP:NATURALDISAMBIGUATION. The format "CTA Line" is in common use amongst the media, Wikipedia disambiguation and even the CTA itself. JohnCWiesenthal (talk) 18:27, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Red Line (CTA) → CTA Red Line
 * Blue Line (CTA) → CTA Blue Line
 * Brown Line (CTA) → CTA Brown Line
 * Green Line (CTA) → CTA Green Line
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 * Pink Line (CTA) → CTA Pink Line
 * Purple Line (CTA) → CTA Purple Line
 * Yellow Line (CTA) → CTA Yellow Line

 * I'm not convinced that this is adding any value. The CTA's train lines are known as the "Red Line", the "Blue Line", the "Brown Line" etc., and not as the "CTA Red Line". The official website and all branding material refer this way as well. "Red Line (CTA)" helps disambiguate it from other "Red Lines" around the world. Do you have any examples of how "CTA Line" is being used commonplace? Silvestertaylor (talk) 19:09, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Here's an example from the CTA itself: Before entering the Loop and at the end of each line, an automated voice announcement says "Thank you for riding the CTA Line." JohnCWiesenthal (talk) 19:15, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I suppose, but I don't think that's convincing. I think it's reasonable for the CTA to have different spoken announcements than what's written down.
 * To compare, the CTA's own webpage describes it as thus:
 * "The Red Line provides 24-hour train service between Howard on the North Side and 95th/Dan Ryan on the South Side via subway through downtown Chicago."
 * The CTA's branding guidelines also make it clear that it's the " Line".
 * If there was more consensus on this change, then I will support it. Given what's available right now, I feel that making this change would only cause more confusion.
 * Silvestertaylor (talk) 19:33, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

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 * Oppose. Voice announcements aren't a good way to determine the proper name of a line. Natural disambiguation can be helpful, but moreso when dealing with descriptive names. Mackensen (talk) 19:43, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose per common names, either the Blue Line, Red Line etc. Randy Kryn (talk) 01:24, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

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Two different total lengths in first paragraph
HUH?

I suppose regular editors are aware of this, but...
...why the "idiosyncratic" article title? On both the Chicago (disambiguation) and Chicago (CTA) disambiguation pages, the Red and Brown line articles are formatted as Chicago (CTA Line). As a result of this article not "toeing the party line", as it were, there's a couple of red links which should be pointing here.

PS I've checked the pages' respective histories, and I'm aware that this page is much, much older than the other two articles. However, there seems to have been a discussion about it at Talk:List of Chicago Elevated stations, which seems to be trying to achieve consistency across the board. Should I therefore move this page? I've no connection with Chicago or WikiProject Trains, so I'm less inclined than normal to be bold. -- DeLarge 17:20, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

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Demolished stations in route maps
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Special services
The succession boxes for the Blue Line have long called out "special services", which variously run between Rosemont/Jefferson Park and UIC-Halsted/Racine. I don't see any explanation in the article text for these, and if they're just short-turns they probably don't need to be indicated in the linked station articles. My inclination is to remove them. Mackensen (talk) 13:40, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'll take those off. They are mentioned, but just on this article.  Cards84664  (talk) 00:46, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
 * And maybe the Brown/Orange rush.  Cards84664  (talk) 00:53, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Accident/Incident
On YouTube, I saw that a car on River Rd jumped in front of a Blue Line train 24.12.216.84 (talk) 04:47, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

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Something is missing in the Dempster–Skokie station and Howard station articles..
Hello! This is something missing that I noticed. In the Former services section, it does not list the former Skokie Swift which ran nonstop from Howard to Dempster Skokie. MrTrains227 19:17, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

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Hinton/Entrance Airport

Hinton/Entrance Airport is located 6 NM west of Hinton, Alberta, Canada, just north of the Athabasca River. There are hangars, fuel, and minimal rest facilities on site.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Osmotrophy

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The result of the debate was Keep. Tito xd (?!?) 03:42, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Osmotrophy
Does this make any sense to anyone? R. fiend 17:03, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Not me; delete as nonsense. Tempshill 17:12, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep as perfectly comprehensible term (except the author failed to include the word "active" in "active uptake", making it indistinguishable from Osmosis as it stands). "I don't understand it" is not a criterion for deletion; if it were I'd be voting to delete one heck of a lot of games-related articles! Tonywalton  | Talk 17:42, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I see, it's been completely rewritten by Uncle G. Actually makes sense now. I'll withdraw this. -R. fiend 17:51, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep all articles rewritten by Uncle G. Kappa 00:49, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
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Ministries of Japan

The Ministries of Japan (中央省庁) or Government Agencies of Japan (行政機関) are the most influential part of the executive branch of the Government of Japan. Each ministry is headed by a Minister of State appointed by the Prime Minister. In postwar politics, the posts of ministers have been given to senior legislators, mostly of the LDP. However, few ministers serve for more than one or two years to develop the necessary grasp of the organisation to become really influential. Thus, most of the power lies within the ministries, with the senior bureaucrats.

The current 15 Cabinet-level ministries of the Government of Japan include:

 * the Cabinet Office (内閣府, Naikaku-fu)
 * 1 Cabinet-level commission (委員会, īnkai)
 * 2 Cabinet-level agencies (官庁, kanchō)
 * 11 ministries (省, shō)

The Board of Audit of Japan is responsible for ensuring the adequacy of the Government's financial management by continuously auditing and supervising government activities, and verifying expenditures and revenues of the state.

Ministries in the Empire of Japan

 * Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (農商務省, abolished in 1925)
 * Ministry of Colonial Affairs (拓務省, abolished in 1942)
 * Ministry of the Army (陸軍省, abolished in 1945)
 * Ministry of the Navy (海軍省, abolished in 1945)
 * Ministry of Greater East Asia (大東亜省, abolished in 1945)
 * Home Ministry (内務省, abolished in 1947)
 * Ministry of Commerce and Industry (商工省, abolished in 1949)

Pre-2001 Central Government Reform

 * Prime Minister's Office (総理府, Sōri fu)
 * National Public Safety Commission (国家公安委員会, Kokka kōan iinkai)
 * National Police Agency (警察庁, Keisatsu chō)
 * Financial Reconstruction Commission (金融再生委員会, Kin-yū saisei iinkai)
 * Management and Coordination Agency (総務庁, Sōmu chō)
 * Hokkaido Development Agency (北海道開発庁, Hokkaidō kaihatsu chō)
 * Defense Agency (防衛庁, Bōei chō)
 * Economic Planning Agency (経済企画庁, Keizai kikaku chō)
 * Science and Technology Agency (科学技術庁, Kagaku gijutsu chō)
 * Environment Agency (環境庁, Kankyō chō)
 * Okinawa Development Agency (沖縄開発庁, Okinawa kaihatsu chō)
 * National Land Agency (国土庁, Kokudo chō)
 * Ministry of Justice (法務省, Hōmu shō)
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外務省, Gaimu shō)
 * Ministry of Finance (大蔵省, Ōkura shō)
 * Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (文部省, Monbu shō)
 * Ministry of Health and Welfare (厚生省, Kōsei shō)
 * Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (農林水産省, Nōrin suisan shō)
 * Ministry of International Trade and Industry (通商産業省, Tsūshō sangyō shō)
 * Ministry of Transport (運輸省, Un-yu shō)
 * Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (郵政省, Yūsei shō)
 * Ministry of Labour (労働省, Rōdō shō)
 * Ministry of Construction (建設省, Kensetsu shō)
 * Ministry of Home Affairs (自治省, Jichi shō)

Post-2001 Central Government Reform

 * Cabinet Office (内閣府, Naikaku fu)
 * National Public Safety Commission (国家公安委員会, Kokka kōan iinkai)
 * National Police Agency (警察庁, Keisatsu chō)
 * Defense Agency (防衛庁, Bōei chō)
 * Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (総務省, Sōmu shō)
 * Ministry of Justice (法務省, Hōmu shō)
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外務省, Gaimu shō)
 * Ministry of Finance (財務省, Zaimu shō)
 * Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学省, Monbu kagaku shō)
 * Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省, Kōsei rōdō shō)
 * Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (農林水産省, Nōrin suisan shō)
 * Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業省, Keizai sangyō shō)
 * Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (国土交通省, Kokudo kōtsū shō)
 * Ministry of the Environment (環境省, Kankyō shō)

As a result of the reforms in 2001, many ministries were reformed.
 * The Financial Reconstruction Commission was abolished.
 * Prime Minister's Office + Economic Planning Agency + Okinawa Development Agency = Cabinet Office
 * Management and Coordination Agency + Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications + Ministry of Home Affairs = Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications
 * Science and Technology Agency + Ministry of Education, Science and Culture = Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
 * Ministry of Health and Welfare + Ministry of Labour = Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
 * The Ministry of International Trade and Industry changed its name into "Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry".
 * Hokkaido Development Agency + National Land Agency + Ministry of Transport + Ministry of Construction = Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
 * The Environment Agency was reorganized into "Ministry of the Environment".

As of April 2023

 * Cabinet Office (内閣府, Naikaku fu)
 * National Public Safety Commission (国家公安委員会, Kokka kōan iinkai)
 * Digital Agency (デジタル庁, Dejitaru chō)
 * Reconstruction Agency (復興庁, Fukkō chō)
 * Children and Families Agency (こども家庭庁, Kodomo katei chō)
 * Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務省, Sōmu shō)
 * Ministry of Justice (法務省, Hōmu shō)
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外務省, Gaimu shō)
 * Ministry of Finance (財務省, Zaimu shō)
 * Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学省, Monbu kagaku shō)
 * Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省, Kōsei rōdō shō)
 * Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (農林水産省, Nōrin suisan shō)
 * Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業省, Keizai sangyō shō)
 * Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通省, Kokudo kōtsū shō)
 * Ministry of the Environment (環境省, Kankyō shō)
 * Ministry of Defense (防衛省, Bōei shō)

Several other smaller reforms were also made after the larger central government reforms were implemented in 2001.
 * In 2004, the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, changed its English name into "Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications" (Japanese name was not changed).
 * In 2007, the Defense Agency was reorganized into "Ministry of Defense".
 * In 2008, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, changed its English name into "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism" (Japanese name was not changed).
 * In 2012, the Reconstruction Agency was established in the aim of recovery from 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
 * In 2021, the Digital Agency was established in the aim to promote e-government and digital transformation.
 * In 2023, the Children and Families Agency was established.

List of ministers of state

 * Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣)
 * Deputy Prime Minister (副総理)
 * Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (総務大臣)
 * Minister of Justice (法務大臣)
 * Minister for Foreign Affairs (外務大臣)
 * Minister of Finance (財務大臣)
 * Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学大臣)
 * Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働大臣)
 * Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (農林水産大臣)
 * Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業大臣)
 * Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通大臣)
 * Minister of the Environment (環境大臣)
 * Minister of Defense (防衛大臣)
 * Chief Cabinet Secretary (内閣官房長官)
 * Digital Minister (デジタル大臣)
 * Minister for Reconstruction (復興大臣)
 * Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission (国家公安委員会委員長)
 * Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs (内閣府特命担当大臣- 沖縄及び北方対策)
 * Minister of State for Gender Equality (内閣府特命担当大臣: 男女共同参画)
 * Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Measures for Declining Birthrate (内閣府特命担当大臣- 青少年育成及び少子化対策)
 * Minister of State for Disaster Management (内閣府特命担当大臣- 防災)
 * Minister of State for National Emergency Legislation (内閣府特命担当大臣- 有事法制担当)
 * Minister of State for Financial Policy (内閣府特命担当大臣- 金融)
 * Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy (内閣府特命担当大臣- 経済財政政策)
 * Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services (内閣府特命担当大臣- 郵政民営化担当)
 * Minister of State for Regulatory Reform (内閣府特命担当大臣- 規制改革)
 * Minister of State for Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (内閣府特命担当大臣- 産業再生機構)
 * Minister of State for Administrative Reform (内閣府特命担当大臣- 行政改革担当)
 * Minister of State for Special Zones for Structural Reform (内閣府特命担当大臣- 構造改革特区)
 * Minister of State for Regional Revitalization (内閣府特命担当大臣- 地域再生担当)
 * Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy (内閣府特命担当大臣- 科学技術政策)
 * Minister of State for Food Safety (内閣府特命担当大臣- 食品安全)
 * Minister of State for Information Technology (内閣府特命担当大臣- 情報通信技術（IT）担当)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack kenny

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Jack kenny
Non-notable author who apparently got 1 book published. Tempshill 17:03, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I would vote Keep, on the basis that it is a genuinely published book. However, it is published by . Whlie this is not a vanity outfit, it acts unlike a normal publisher in that it doesn't make any effort to market the book, and it produces a small number of copies that are sent to sellers on a 'returnable' basis. I think that being published by PublishAmerica or a similar outfit should not be regarded as producing notability. The Land 18:17, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree (and voted below), but would point out that returnability is a criterion in support of the legitimacy of a publisher, rather than the opposite. Trade (legitimate commercial) publishers' books are returnable. MCB 23:11, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as I concur with The Land's assessment. Amazon isn't selling the book and unless Mr. Kenny publishes other books I don't think he has quite gotten to notability yet.--Isotope23 19:41, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per The Land. MCB 23:11, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete NN --Rogerd 04:08, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
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The Bob Edwards Show

The Bob Edwards Show was an American radio program broadcast from 2004 to 2014 by Sirius XM Satellite Radio every weekday morning at 8 a.m. Eastern, with repeats at 8 a.m. Central, 7 a.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Mountain, and the next day at 7 a.m. Eastern. The program was heard on the Sirius XM Public Radio station at XM channel 121 and Sirius channel 205, and was also available 24/7 on XM Radio Online and Sirius Internet Radio.

The show was hosted by Bob Edwards, a Peabody Award-winning member of the National Radio Hall of Fame. Edwards was once the co-host of National Public Radio's All Things Considered, and hosted NPR's Morning Edition from the first episode to April 30, 2004 when he was reassigned to another position within NPR, despite email objections from more than 50,000 listeners. Edwards left his new assignment almost immediately, as Hugh Panero, CEO of XM Radio, offered Edwards a daily show.

The Bob Edwards Show continued the tradition of interviewing interesting people in all walks of life that Edwards exemplified on Morning Edition, but now in long form. Edwards told the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer's Terrance Smith, "The longest interview I could do on the air for Morning Edition was eight minutes. Now I can interview someone for up to an hour. So it's a freer, more open, more relaxed and enjoyable conversation. The program's really about conversation." The show's first broadcast was on October 4, 2004, staffed by experienced public radio veterans. The first program included weekly political commentator Washington Post columnist David S. Broder, USA Today Supreme Court reporter Joan Biskupic, former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, and Eugene Robinson, author of Last Dance in Havana.

Sirius XM Radio also produced the compilation program Bob Edwards Weekend, distributed by Public Radio International for use by "terrestrial" public radio stations. It premiered on January 7–8, 2006, consisting of re-edited interviews from the weekday program.

The show's last live episode aired on September 26, 2014. Public Radio International, which paid Sirius XM to broadcast the show on weekends, continued to air reruns, but no longer does.

Awards and recognitions
In 2006, interviews with musicians earned The Bob Edwards Show the Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP. The program also received a Gabriel Award from the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals for an interview with Father Gregory Boyle, a Jesuit priest who works with Latino gang members in east Los Angeles. The show earned a second Gabriel Award in 2007 for "Exploding Heritage," a documentary about mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. "Exploding Heritage" also received the National Press Club's Robert L. Kozic Award for environmental reporting, a New York Festivals Gold World Medal for best program on the environment, and an award from the Society of Environmental Journalists. In 2008, The Bob Edwards Show received an Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association and a New York Festivals/United Nations Gold Award for a documentary called "The Invisible—Children Without Homes." "The Invisible" also was honored by the Journalism Center on Children and Families and by the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals. In 2009, the show received a Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for the documentary, "Stories from Third Med: Surviving a Jungle ER." The documentary also earned a Gabriel Award. In 2013, Bob's program was awarded a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for the documentary, "An Occupational Hazard: Rape in the Military."

Host

 * Bob Edwards (2004–2014)

Executive producer

 * Mark Schramm (2004–2005)
 * Tish Valva (2005–2007)
 * Steve Lickteig (2007–2011)
 * Ed McNulty (2011– )

Production staff

 * Dan Bloom
 * Chad Campbell
 * Andy Danyo
 * Ed McNulty
 * Cristy Meiners
 * Ariana Pekary
 * Geoffrey Redick
 * Shelley Tillman
 * Kim Dawson

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Maligiaq Padilla

Maligiaq Johnsen Padilla is a Greenlandic kayaker known for his skill with the sea kayak. In 1994, at the age of 12, he won every event in his age group at the National Kayaking Championship.

History
Born in Greenland to an American father and Greenland Inuit mother, Juliane Padilla (née Johnsen), he was raised from age 4 in Sisimiut. Padilla's grandfather, Peter Johnsen, taught him much of what he knows. A skilled kayaker in his own right, Johnsen taught Padilla how to kayak, how to build the boats and how to hunt using a harpoon and rifle. Included in his training were open-ocean skills and traditional kayak building skills. Kayaks built by Padilla are housed at the Greenland Sisimiut Museum, the Inuit Gallery of Vancouver the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC and the Kativik Cultural Center in Nome.

In 2010 Padilla moved to Alaska where he is working to revive traditional kayaking culture. He and wife Elizabeth Saagulik Hensley, an Iñupiaq attorney, have two children.

Padilla is the only person in history to win four Greenland National Kayaking Championships, winning his first title at 16.

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Talk:Class F cable

using 100BaseVG, cat-3 can be used to carry a 100Mbps network. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.92.144.73 (talk • contribs) 17:05, October 11, 2005 (UTC)

Question regarding CAT 3 description
Cat 3: 10 Mbit/s cables, a well-known variant of Cat 5 cables.

How can soemthing that predates an item be a variant of that item? In this case, CAT 3 predates CAT 5. It would be acceptable for CAT 5 to be a variant of Cat 3, but not the other way around. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SKnipfing (talk • contribs) 14:22, January 18, 2006 (UTC)

Siemon/TERA material
I noticed some Siemon link-spam in other articles (for example, alinkmasquerading as "Optical Fiber Cabling Standards"). I noticed the same editor posted stuff here about his company's product. I have removed it and put it here on the talk page:

"Also being considered is a non-RJ-45-compatible standard developed by Siemon which forgoes compatibility in exchange for performance, and doubles the transmission frequencies of RJ-45. The TERA interface is the only non-RJ category 7/class F industry-standard connector recognized within ISO/IEC 11801 Ed. 2.0 and the cable is rated for transmission frequencies of up to 1200 MHz. The TERA category 7/class F connector is also the only approved interface to meet the US government's TEMPEST/EMSEC security guidelines."

Along the same lines, I also removed:

Sources
 * Mysticom Press Release, Nov. 2003
 * Siemon Press Release, May. 2006

External links
 * Guide to network cabling standards including Category 7 TERA

See User talk:65.209.123.130 for more information on material removed elsewhere. --A. B. 23:10, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Only 600 MHz with GG45
I think, the Nexans GG45 Connectors works with frequencys up to 1000 MHz http://e-service.nexans.com/eservice/Navigate.nx?navigationId=14080#top —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.65.212.98 (talk • contribs) 13:38, August 8, 2006 (UTC)

40G /100G
Multiple manufacturers are claiming 40G or even 100G on Cat7a solutions. A few reminders: - Cat7a is not defined in any standard yet. It is in draft only in ISO and there is currently no intention to support it by TIA - 40G and 100G calculations are based on Shannon capacity. This method is widely criticized in the industry. - Articles proving that 40G or 100G can function on Cat7a should not be trusted. These are either from manufacturers, or from researchers in need for recognition. The proof is that similar articles in the past have proved that Cat5e was good 10G. - Also, stating that Cat7a can support multiple applications in the cable is true, but the same can be said of any category, shielded or unshielded. However, it is true that mixing unbalanced signals (analogue, TV...) with Ethernet in the same cable is not recommended in UTP solutions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Golgot1 (talk • contribs) 01:00, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

 * IF the article is froma realible source then i can nto see hwo it can not be said it can suppor tit. if it is realible then it be fine if it is not then if it is sued in other article that suggest ther eworng to--[[User:Andrewcrawford|Andrewcrawford]] ([[User talk:Andrewcrawford|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Andrewcrawford|contrib]]) (talk) 10:23, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Incorrect page title
Given that there is no TIA/EIA definition for a "Cat 7" and this article is actually about ISO "Class F" cabling, shouldn't this article be renamed Class F? If no comments within 7 days i will install this correction. dunerat (talk) 21:06, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

 * There isa CAt 7 defintion it for sale for one and its in the same tia place as cat 6 adn 5 etc-- Andrewcrawford ( talk  -  contrib ) 21:42, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

 * No, there isn't, as stated IN THIS ARTICLE. TIA/EIA does not have any plans for a Cat-7 standard.  The fact that some unscrupulous manufacturers will attempt to sell improperly labeled cable  (eg, i have seen "Cat-6e" before, which is also a non-existent standard)does not mean that this article should be misnamed.dunerat (talk) 18:22, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Year and a half later, it did not seem to be moved? From a quick look, it seems that English sources (at least in the US) do seem to use the "cat-7" term, even if it is not standard. We should explain it with dated citations, either way. W Nowicki (talk) 22:30, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

 * I haven't been around to check until just recently, but at present TIA/EIA still has no documentation referring to a "Category 7" of any sort. Therefore I am changing the name of this article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dunerat (talk • contribs) 00:57, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Self-inconsistency
In addition to all the other flaws with the page (noted above), it contains inconsistencies like: "Cat 7 can be terminated either with 8P8C compatible GG45 electrical connectors which incorporate the 8P8C standard or with TERA connectors. [...] Due to lack of support for the 8P8C connector, Category 7 is not recognized in TIA/EIA-568."

This article really needs some love and I'm tagging it with cleanup and expert-subject, accordingly. -- Lewellyn talk 14:49, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Possible source
Here is a source that contains some detailed technical information on Class F/a cable: http://www.lanster.com/pub/files/file/okablowanie_normy/Guide_ISO_11801_2nd_Amendment1.pdf It is mostly over my head (I used it to cite the 600MHz claim), perhaps someone could extract more information from it? Narohi (talk) 19:06, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

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Hugh Fraser (British politician)

Sir Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser (23 January 1918 – 6 March 1984) was a British Conservative Party politician and first husband of Lady Antonia Fraser.

Youth and military career
Fraser was the second son of the 14th Lord Lovat and a prominent Roman Catholic. He was educated at Ampleforth College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford Union. He also attended the Sorbonne.

He was commissioned into the Lovat Scouts in 1936 and served throughout World War II. During the war, Fraser served in GHQ Liaison Regiment. Lieutenant Fraser was promoted to temporary captain on 14 April 1942 and became second in command of ‘C’ Squadron. In November 1944, he was posted to IS9 as an Intelligence Officer.

Fraser was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire:"'In February, March and April of this year, he was responsible for planning and organising infiltration and evacuation operations in Southern Holland. Throughout, his work with IS 9 (WEA) has been outstanding, and his powers of leadership and sympathetic handling of agents have largely contributed to the success the operational teams have had during the past months.'"Fraser was awarded the 1940 Belgian Croix de Guerre with palm:"'Capt Fraser was dropped by parachute near Somme-Leuze in the Ardennes on 1 Sept 1944 to act as Liaison Officer between HQ SAS Troops and the Commander of Zone the Belgian Armee Secrete, in whose zone SAS parties of the Belgian SAS Regt were then operating. The Armee Secrete in the Ardennes was very short of arms and it was largely as a result of Capt Fraser's efforts that some 2000 arms were dropped to them in the next three weeks. He also organised the supply of local guides and of intelligence to the advancing US forces. From October 1944 until March 1945 Capt Fraser was in charge of an I.S. 9 Field Section in the Canadian Army sector in Holland where he did valuable work in arranging the exfiltration of allied evaders collected by Lt Kirschen (Belgian SAS Regt operation Fabian) in the Velune district.'"

Political career
Fraser was elected Member of Parliament for Stone in 1945, later Stafford and Stone following constituency boundary changes, from 1950 until 1983 and then Stafford again until his death. He served as an MP continuously from 1945 until 1984 but did not become Father of the House as he was sworn in as an MP on 15 August 1945 while James Callaghan had been sworn in on 2 August 1945 and so he, rather than Fraser, became Father following the 1983 election.

He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Oliver Lyttelton (1951–54), a junior minister in the War Office (1958–60) and Colonial Office (1960–62), and Secretary of State for Air (1962–64). He was sworn in as a Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1962, giving him the right to the prefix "The Right Honourable" for life. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the Conservative Party's 1975 leadership election, gaining 16 votes in the first round challenging incumbent Edward Heath, with the leadership eventually being won by Margaret Thatcher.

Personal life
Fraser married the future author Lady Antonia Pakenham, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Longford, on 25 September 1956. They had six children, Benjamin, Damian, Orlando, Rebecca, Flora and Natasha. In 1975, while she was still married to him, Lady Antonia Fraser met and started living with playwright Harold Pinter, who was also married at the time. The Frasers divorced in 1977; Lady Antonia married Pinter in 1980 when his divorce became final.

Fraser was the intended target of an IRA car bomb on 23 October 1975. The bomb had been fitted to one of Fraser's cars outside his home in Campden Hill Square. A noted cancer researcher, Professor Gordon Hamilton Fairley, was walking past the car when the bomb exploded prematurely, killing him instantly. Fraser's wife, Lady Antonia, and Caroline Kennedy, a guest of the Frasers visiting London to complete a year-long art course at Sotheby's auction house, would have been in the car when the bomb detonated had it not done so prematurely. The reason that Fraser was targeted for assassination remains unknown.

Death
Sir Hugh Fraser remained in parliament until his death from lung cancer in March 1984, aged 66. Bill Cash retained the seat for the Tories at the by-election two months later.

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Talk:Norman Johnson (mathematician)

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There may be some confusion in the categories with Norman Lloyd Johnson. Was this Norman Johnson English? There is nothing in the article to suggest it. Was he born in 1917, the same year as Norman Lloyd Johnson? A coincidence if so, and did he really not get his PhD until he was 49? RachelBrown 17:06, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I'll ask him to look at these pages. User:Tamfang 21:14, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Of course Lloyd usually isn't abbreviated W. --Tamfang 03:15, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

"possibly living"?
well, I had mail from him two weeks ago (Jan 17). —Tamfang 04:58, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

And again today. —Tamfang 21:19, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

George Olshevsky reports that he died yesterday of a heart attack. —Tamfang (talk) 22:03, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Uniform polyhedron class names
I tried to sort out these names from the MathWorld page, but still a mess. I'm glad if anyone else wants to finish and move the table back. Part of the problem is the uniform star polyhedron in general have fractional reflection orders (Schwarz triangles), while some have right triangles and are simplier. Most can be represented by Wythoff symbols, but some have extended/mixed wythoff symbols. Perhaps the Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams should be abandoned since, they are only easy to draw if linear (r=2), and still no more powerful than Wythoff for the mixed forms. Tom Ruen (talk) 02:03, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

SECTION TO BE FIXED
He has also recently suggested a revised naming for the uniform polyhedra from the Har'El names, diving them into these groups:

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Category:Cities and towns in Slovakia

In the Slovakia this reflects actual official nomenclature and division of settlements. In some countries cities and towns are not different by definition.

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Battle of Highbury

The Battle of Highbury was a football match between England and Italy that took place on 14 November 1934 at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London. England won 3–2 in a hotly contested and frequently violent match.

Background
This was Italy's first match since they had won the 1934 FIFA World Cup that summer, although England had not taken part as the Football Association had left FIFA in 1928. England were still considered one of the strongest teams in Europe at the time, and the match was billed in England at least as the "real" World Cup final. The match was important enough to the Italians that Benito Mussolini had reportedly offered each player an Alfa Romeo car and the equivalent of £150 (about £ in modern terms) if they beat the English.

The match set a record, in that it was the first and so far only time that seven players registered with the same club (namely Arsenal) started for England. Coincidentally, the match was played at Arsenal's home stadium, Highbury. In addition to the seven Arsenal players (Frank Moss, George Male, Eddie Hapgood, Wilf Copping, Ray Bowden, Ted Drake and Cliff Bastin), a young Stanley Matthews (Stoke City) won his second cap for the side; Cliff Britton (Everton), Jack Barker (Derby County) and Eric Brook (Manchester City) were the other three players. The England side was largely inexperienced, with every player having fewer than ten caps for his country.

First half
After only two minutes the Italian centre half Luis Monti had his foot broken in a rough tackle with Drake. Although Monti remained on the field for 15 minutes, he eventually had to leave the game leaving his team with ten men—at the time, no substitutes were allowed. Further, as Monti continued to play, other Italian players may not have been aware of the extent of his injury which is likely to have contributed to England's goals; England scored all its three goals in the first 12 minutes (at 2', 10', and 12'), while the Italians continued to play tactics where Monti was the last defender faced by the England attack. Eric Brook and Cliff Bastin caused the Italians an infinite amount of trouble by their passing and quick shooting.

Brook had missed a first-minute penalty after Drake was fouled by Carlo Ceresoli (who was able to save the goal with a prompt jump on the right). However he made amends by scoring twice, with a header (following a precise cross from Stanley Matthews) and a free kick, which Stanley Matthews described as being like a 'thunderbolt'. Drake added a third before half-time to make it 3–0. However, after realising the gravity of Monti's injury, the Italians adjusted their playing tactics so that England were unable to break through their defences.

The match was violent from the very start, with the visitors repeatedly retaliating against Drake's second-minute tackle: Eddie Hapgood had his nose broken (and had to be withdrawn for 15 minutes), while Bowden damaged his ankle, Drake was punched and Brook had his arm fractured.

Second half
However, Italy were not World Champions for nothing and after half time, despite the handicap of ten men, took the game to England. Giuseppe Meazza scored twice, and was only denied an equaliser by the woodwork and a series of saves from England's athletic goalkeeper, Frank Moss. Copping, England's "hardman", took the man of the match award with a strong fighting and tackling display in midfield.

The match settled nothing; although the English could claim a win and unofficial crown, the Italians claimed they had been handicapped for virtually the entire match by being a man down, and that England had scored only within the few minutes in which its stronger defender had been injured and not able to run. For this reason and despite the loss, in Italy the team players are still celebrated as "The Lions of Highbury". One thing that could not be contested was the violent nature of the match; the FA considered withdrawing from all internationals as a result, while Matthews would later recount that it was the most violent match of his long career.

England wore a white shirt and navy blue shorts. Italy wore traditional blue shirts and white shorts.

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Blanchefleur

Blanchefleur ("white flower", also Blancheflor, Blancheflour, Blanziflor) is the name of a number of characters in literature of the High Middle Ages. Except for in Perceval, the Story of the Grail, Blanchefleur is typically a character who reflects her name—an image of purity and idealized beauty.

Characters
Characters with the name include:

 * The mother of Tristan and wife of Lord Rivalin, in Gottfried von Strassburg's version of the Tristan and Iseult. She dies in childbirth.
 * The heroine of Floris and Blanchefleur.
 * Daughter of Thierry, King of Morianel, in Garin le Loherain.
 * Lover of Percival in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail.
 * A title character in the British song, "Blancheflour and Jollyflorice" ("which shares almost nothing of substance" with Floris and Blanchefleur )

Name and meaning
The name, in Floris and Blanchefleur, is a reference to Easter Sunday: both Floris and Blanchefleur are born on that day, named Paskes Flourie (or "flowering Easter") and associated with the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. As Denyse Delcourt argues, "Almost identical twins, the young heroes are like two flowers folded into one, the name of Blanchefleur containing that Floire", and Delcourt notes that "the flower imagery [occurring over fifty times in the romance] is the principal paradigm of the power of love to constantly renew itself". As Peter Haidu notes in an article in Yale French Studies, "Blancheflor" is a "kind of stuttering repetition of identity", "white" and "flower'" both denoting purity. This verbal play is underscored in Floris and Blanchefleur by Floris's hiding in a basket of flowers in order to visit Blanchefleur secretly—the basket is delivered to the wrong room, that of the minor character Claris, who pulls Blanchefleur into her room and invites her to look at a flower in the basket, combining (according to Haidu) allegory, metonymy, and metaphor.

Presentation in romance
Blanchefleurs occurring in romance often present stereotypical images of idealized beauty, and according to Geraldine Barnes, the Blanchefleurs in Floris and Blanchefleur and Le Roman de Perceval are interchangeable, both texts offering "a lengthy and static portrait of perfection, proceeding from head to toe with strictly ordered reference to her blonde hair, high white forehead, "grey" eyes, exquisite nose, lips, teeth, and so forth". In the Norse Flóres saga ok Blankiflúr, which takes a decidedly hagiographic turn, according to Barnes, that description is missing.

Blanchefleur in the Grail
In Chrétien de Troyes' (unfinished) Perceval, the Story of the Grail, Blanchefleur lives near the castle of Gornemant de Goort (and is related to him; she is perhaps his granddaughter ), where a young Perceval is educated in knightly skills, and is knighted. He is asked by Blanchefleur, who visits him at night, to help her against her enemies, and he agrees. They spend the night together, and she initiates him sexually. In the continuations of the Grail story, she comes to play different roles. In the second continuation (by Wauchier de Denain), she continues to act the part of a sexually attractive woman as commonly found in romance, and she and Perceval are likely to end up getting married, according to Lori Walters; the third (by Manessier) takes a more religious turn and, introducing elements from hagiography, abandons that romantic involvement.

Arthurian scholar professor James Douglas Bruce held that the Clamedex-Perceval-Blanchefleur episode in Chrétien's Perceval is the source of the Baruch-Sagremor-Sebile episode in the Livre d'Artus, with Sebile as a simple substitution for Blanchefleur.

Adaptations
In Parcevals saga, the Norse version of Chrétien's Conte du Graal, Blanchefleur has the name Blankiflur. In Gerhart Hauptmann's 1914 Parsival, Blanchefleur is Parsival's tutor in the history of the Grail. In John Boorman's Excalibur Blanchefleur is Anglicized as Blancheflor, and it is her father, which the movie combines with her uncle into one character, who teaches Perceval.

Professor Alan Baragona of the Virginia Military Institute, who calls Forrest Gump "virtually a bullet-pointed list of conventions from the Perceval tradition" maps Blanchefleur onto the character Jenny in that movie, albeit a "modern, flawed, substitute" for her.

Carmina Burana
The 24th carmen in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is subtitled "Blanziflor et Helena", after the line of the poem "Blanziflor et Helena, Venus generosa!". The original Carmina Burana poem, named Si linguis angelicis Loquar et humanis from its first line, of which Orff's is but a middle part, begins with what appear at first reading to be addresses to the Virgin Mary in Ave Maria style, until reaching the "Blanziflor" line reveals the implication to be sexual rather than religious, the "Helena" being Helen of Troy and the "Blanziflor" being the Blancheflour from Floris and Blancheflour. The Marian imagery of decus virginum in the poem connects to Blanziflor in that another title of the Virgin Mary is lilium, the lily, for which "blanchefleur" is a French description.

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Segovax

Segovax (possibly from Celtic sego "victory") was one of the four kings of Kent during Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC, alongside Cingetorix, Carvilius and Taximagulus. The four were allies of the British leader Cassivellaunus, and attacked the Roman naval camp in an attempt to relieve him when he was besieged by Caesar in his stronghold north of the Thames. However the attack failed and Cassivellaunus was forced to seek terms.

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Carvilius

Carvilius was one of the four kings of Kent during Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC, alongside Cingetorix, Segovax and Taximagulus. The four were allies of the British leader Cassivellaunus, and attacked the Roman naval camp in an attempt to relieve him when he was besieged by Caesar in his stronghold north of the Thames. However the attack failed and Cassivellaunus was forced to seek terms.

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Taximagulus

Taximagulus was one of the four kings of Kent during Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC, alongside Cingetorix, Carvilius and Segovax. The four were allies of the British leader Cassivellaunus, and attacked the Roman naval camp in an attempt to relieve him when he was besieged by Caesar in his stronghold north of the Thames. However the attack failed and Cassivellaunus was forced to seek terms.

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Holopaw

Holopaw is an American indie band from Gainesville, Florida. The band was named after the town of Holopaw in Osceola County, Florida, although none of the band's members have ever lived there. One of its members, John Orth, collaborated with Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock and others in 2002 to release the album Sharpen Your Teeth under the band name Ugly Casanova. Another member, Michael Johnson (Ape School), went on to join Kurt Heasley's Lilys.

History
John Orth and Jeff Hays played as a duo for some time before joining Michael Johnson, Ryan Gensemer, and Tobi Echevarria as Holopaw for the first two albums. Johnson, Gensemer, and Echevarria relocated to Philadelphia. Holopaw now consists of Orth, Patrick Quinney, Jeff McMullen, Matt Radick, and Ryan Quinney.

 * "depending on when you ask us Holopaw is or has been or will be somewhere on the continuum of nothing-comic adaptation-songwriting duo-play a sometime show duo-long distance recordation-actual record-recording rock band-actual touring rock band with shows in different towns that people come to and everything....right now we’re around the actual recording touring rock band end of that spectrum....well maybe not touring but we’re working on getting back to that...."

Members

 * John Orth - Vocals/Artwork
 * Jeff Hays - Guitars/Pedal Steel/Vocals
 * Patrick Quinney - Guitars
 * Matt Radick - Keyboards/Cello/Guitars
 * Jeff McMullen - Bass
 * Ryan Quinney - Drums

Studio albums

 * Holopaw (Subpop, January 21, 2003)
 * Quit +/or Fight (Subpop, August 9, 2005)
 * Oh, Glory. Oh, Wilderness. (Bakery Outlet / Obscurist Press, November 24, 2009)
 * Academy Songs, Volume 1 (Misra, January 15, 2013)

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Athens School of Fine Arts

The Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA; Ανωτάτη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών, ΑΣΚΤ, literally: highest school of fine arts), is Greece's premier art school whose main objective is to develop the artistic talents of its students. It has 2 Departments:

History
The Athens School of Fine Arts was established on 12 January 1837, known as the School for the Arts. In the beginning the school of arts included three departments: the Crafts School (part-time school), Industrial Crafts School (full-time school) and Fine Arts School (full-time higher education).

The third department was the real ancestor of today’s School of Fine Arts and began to function as a daily school in 1840. In this department subjects like painting, sculpture, architecture, lithography, woodcut, geometry and cartography were taught. The same year Duchess of Plaisance who lived in Greece contributed in upgrading the school. She enriched the school's program with new types of painting lessons and called the French painter Bonirote (one of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres's students) in order to teach oil painting courses. Bonirote was a teacher there until 1843.

In 1843 with royal decree School of Fine Arts was promoted in a five-year study higher education school. Director of the school was the famous architect Lissandros Kautantzoglou. During the period 1844–1862 the studies program was influenced by Europe's Academies of Fine Arts which taught neoclassicism. Some of the great students of this period finally became teachers in the school. Some of them are Nikiphoros Lytras and Nicholaos Gysis. In 1872, after a donation of George Averoff, a new building in Patission Avenue road was constructed that was later named National Technical University of Athens.

In 1910 the faculty acquired the independence from the named National Technical University. The same year the first four women were accepted to the School of Fine Arts.

In 1923, the new Director, Nikolaos Lytras (Nikiphoros' son), reorganized the workshops to give them more independence and promoted newer styles of painting.

In 1930, Education Minister Georgios Papandreou completely revamped and upgraded the old school, and gave it its current name (Ανώτατη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών).

In 1929 Konstantinos Parthenis started teaching in the school. His lessons were mostly about the analysis of visual perception and the plastic transformation of the incoming visual information. Many other famous artists were occupied in Athens School of Fine Arts: the sculptor Costas Dimitriadis, the engraver Yannis Kefallinos, the writer and historian Pantelis Prebelakis. Since 1947 Yiannis Moralis, Georgios Mauroidis, Constantinos Grammatopoulos and Spyros Papaloukas, Panayiotis Tetsis, Nikos Kessanlis, Dimitris Mytaras, Georgios Nikolaidis, Ilias Dekoylakos and the architect Savvas Kontaratos taught the principles of Modern Greek art.

HQAA evaluation
An external evaluation of all academic departments in Greek universities will be conducted by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQAA) in the following years.

Notable alumni

 * Vangelis (1943–2022), composer and painter
 * Athanase Apartis (1899–1972), sculptor
 * Venia Bechrakis (1974–), artist
 * Georgios Bonanos (1863–1940), sculptor
 * Yannoulis Chalepas (1851–1938), sculptor
 * Giorgos Charvalias (1956–), painter
 * Tasos Dimos (1960–), painter
 * Vasileios Hatzis (1870–1915), painter
 * Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978), painter
 * Demetrios Farmakopoulos (1919–1996), painter
 * Alekos Fassianos (1935–2022), painter
 * Dimitrios Geraniotis (1871–1966), painter
 * Giorgios Gounaropoulos (1890–1977), painter
 * Nikolaos Gyzis (1842–1901), painter
 * Georgios Jakobides (1853–1932), painter
 * Vaso Katraki (1914–1988), engraver
 * Aggelika Korovessi (1952–), sculptor
 * Ioannis Kossos (1822–1875), sculptor
 * Lazaros Pandos (1958–), painter, photographer
 * Sophia Laskaridou (1882–1965), painter
 * Thanos Leivaditis (1934–2005), actor, screenwriter
 * Nikiforos Lytras (1832–1904), painter
 * Michael Nikolinakos (1923–1994), actor, painter
 * Yiannis Maltezos (1913–1987), painter
 * Yiannis Moralis (1916–2009), painter
 * Dimitris Mytaras (1934–2017), painter
 * Aglaia Papa (1904–1984), painter
 * Dimitris Papaioannou (1964–), choreographer, visual artist
 * Theodoros Papagiannis (1942–), sculptor
 * Heleni Polichronatou (1959–), painter, sculptor, art historian
 * Georgios Prokopiou (1876–1940), painter
 * Georgios Roilos (1867–1928), painter
 * Michael Tombros (1889–1974), sculptor
 * Yannis Tsarouchis (1910–1989), painter
 * Spyridon Vikatos (1878–1960), painter
 * Spyros Vassiliou (1903–1985), painter
 * Androniqi Zengo Antoniu (1913-2000), painter
 * Sofia Zengo Papadhimitri (1915-1976), painter

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Van Lingle Mungo

Van Lingle Mungo (June 8, 1911 – February 12, 1985) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1931 to 1945 for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. The five-time All-Star was the National League strikeout leader in. Mungo was a colorful personality known for his off-field antics as well as his erratic fastball.

Career
Mungo was born in Pageland, South Carolina, the son of Martha Lingle and Henry Van Mungo. and began his professional baseball career with the Charlotte Hornets at age 18. A succession of managers over the years, including Casey Stengel, was convinced that the hard-throwing right-hander would be a surefire star for years to come. These lofty expectations can be attributed in part to a phenomenal debut performance in which he shut out the Boston Braves over 9 innings, striking out 12; but he was never able to live up to his perceived potential. While he finished his career with two 18-win seasons, one of them also included 19 losses. Mungo's teammates contended that he could have easily won more games, had he not tried to strike out every batter; Mungo countered that he would not have tried to strike everyone out if he had more confidence in his teammates' fielding abilities.

Mungo averaged 16 wins per season from 1932 through 1936, led the National League in strikeouts with 238 in 1936. He was named to the All-Star team in 1934, 1936, and 1937. Though his strikeout counts were impressive, he led the league in walks in 1932, 1934 and 1936. Following an arm injury in 1937, he won only 13 games over the next six seasons. After a spring training injury in 1943, he was released by the Dodgers and played his final season with the Giants. He completed his major league career with a 120–115 won–loss record over 2113 innings pitched and a 3.47 earned run average.

Mungo was an above-average hitting pitcher in his major league career. He posted a .221 batting average (174-for-787) with 56 runs, 24 doubles, 4 triples, 74 RBI and 29 bases on balls. He did not hit any home runs. He was used as a pinch-hitter 25 times. Defensively, he recorded a .960 fielding percentage which was about the league average at his position.

Character
Stories and anecdotes about Mungo tend to emphasize his reputation for combativeness, including episodes of drinking and fighting. "Mungo and I got along just fine," reported Casey Stengel, his manager on the Dodgers. "I just tell him I won't stand for no nonsense, and then I duck." The most widely told story concerns a visit to Cuba where, supposedly, Mungo was caught in a compromising position with a married woman by her husband. Mungo punched the husband in the eye, leading him to attack Mungo with a butcher knife or machete, requiring Dodgers executive Babe Hamberger to smuggle Mungo in a laundry cart to a seaplane waiting off a wharf in order to escape the country.

Van Mungo was not just a pistol off the field; on the field he was bent towards conflict with his own team. There are several stories of run-ins and conflict with his teammates and managers. Once while he was protecting a small margin of victory, outfielder Tom Winsett botched a routine fly-ball that cost Mungo a victory. Mungo retreated to the dugout and clubhouse to destroy what he could destroy and throw into the field of play what he could not destroy. Mungo sent his wife a telegram stating the following: "Pack up your bags and come to Brooklyn, honey. If Winsett can play in the big leagues, it's a cinch you can, too." It is also true that Van Lingle Mungo probably paid more in fines than any player of his era, amassing a grand total (in his own estimation) of over $15,000.

Song
Mungo returned to the public eye in 1969 because of the use of his prosodic name as the title of a novelty song by Dave Frishberg. The song lyrics consist entirely of the names of baseball players of the 1940s. Mungo is one of only five players mentioned more than once and his name functions as a kind of refrain. According to Frishberg, The Dick Cavett Show arranged to have him sing the song to Mungo in person, and Mungo asked him backstage if there would ever be any financial remuneration for the use of his name in the song. Frishberg told him no, but maybe Mungo could make some money if he wrote a song called "Dave Frishberg". Today, Mungo is remembered primarily because of the song.

Baseball legacy
More famous for his managerial career, former pitcher Tommy Lasorda was given the nickname "Mungo" because of his "lightning fastball" and his ability to strike out batters.

Retirement
Mungo returned to his hometown of Pageland, South Carolina, after retiring in 1945, and lived there until his death from a heart attack in 1985. He purchased and operated a movie house called the Ball Theatre, and had a balcony built to accommodate people of color, who had previously been denied access to the facility.

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Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service

Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (PMRAFNS) is the nursing branch of the British Royal Air Force.

It was established as the Royal Air Force Temporary Nursing Service (RAFNS) in 1918, and became part of the permanent establishment as the Royal Air Force Nursing Service on 27 January 1921. It received the Royal prefix after Princess Mary agreed to become its Patron in June 1923.

It was a women-only branch until 1980, when men were also permitted to join. Until the Second World War, it was only open to unmarried women, or childless widows. There was also a Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (Reserve) (PMRAFNS(R)) to supplement the regular service during times of war or emergencies.

A history of the service was commissioned from the writer Mary Mackie and appeared in 2001. An updated and extended edition covering subsequent decades (including service in Afghanistan) was published in September 2014.

Ranks
The initial ranking system used by the PMRAFNS was as follows.

From 1 June 1943, PMRAFNS personnel were granted emergency Commissions, and wore rank insignia corresponding to their equivalent Royal Air Force officer rank. On 1 February 1949, the women's forces were integrated into the Armed Forces, and a new ranking system was introduced, although professional titles were still used on the wards.

Other Ranks were introduced in 1956, although unqualified Nursing Orderlies had previously served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and Women's Royal Air Force. They held standard RAF ranks. Officers used the separate ranking system until 1980, when they too adopted RAF ranks.

Hospitals
The RAF had several hospitals which were staffed by nurses from the PMRAFNS. These were located at Akrotiri, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, Ely, Halton Nocton Hall, Lincolnshire, Aden, Uxbridge, Wegberg and Wroughton.

Matrons-in-Chief

 * Dame Joanna Cruickshank, 1918–1930
 * Dame Katherine Watt, 1930–1938
 * Dame Emily Blair, 1938–1943
 * Dame Gladys Taylor, 1943–1948
 * Air Commandant Dame Helen Cargill, 1948–1952
 * Air Commandant Dame Roberta Whyte, 1952–1956
 * Air Commandant Dame Alice Williamson, 1956–1959
 * Air Commandant Dame Alice Lowrey, 1959–1963
 * Air Commandant Dame Veronica Ashworth, 1963–1966
 * Air Commandant Dame Pauline Giles, 1966–1970
 * Air Commandant Ann McDonald, 1970–1972
 * Air Commandant Barbara Ducat-Amos, 1972–1978
 * Air Commodore Joan Metcalfe, 1978–1981
 * Air Commodore Joy Harris, 1981–1984
 * Air Commodore April Reed, 1984–1985
 * Group Captain Mary Shaw, 1985–1988
 * Group Captain Elizabeth Sandison, 1988–1991
 * Group Captain Ethnea Hancock, 1991–1994
 * Air Commodore Valerie Hand, 1994–1997
 * Air Commodore Bob Williams, 1997–2001
 * Group Captain Annie Reid, 2001–2004
 * Group Captain Wendy Williams, 2004–2006
 * Group Captain Jackie Gross, 2006–2010
 * Group Captain Phil Cushen, 2010–2013
 * Group Captain Phil Spragg, 2013–2015
 * Group Captain Michael Priestley, 2015–2018
 * Group Captain Fionnuala Bradley, 2018–2021
 * Group Captain Emma Redman, 2021–


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On 11 October 2005 this article was nominated for deletion. The result was speedy keep. The discussion is at Articles for deletion/Vadim Repin. DES (talk) 17:12, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Repin is in fact a great violinist and was a prodigy child.He studied with your compatriot Maxim Vengerov in the same class with Zakhar Bron.This article is very short for a personality like this.I tree to find more information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.0.24.67 (talk) 01:44, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Expanding the article
Vadim Repin is according to Yehudi Menuhin the best and most perfect violinist, he has ever heard. Recenty I had the chance to hear Vadim Repin in a concert with the Russian National Orchestra in Vaduz and was deeply impressed. Therefore I make a point of supplying this article with more information and links to profiles and interviews of Vadim Repin.

--Rolandor (talk) 09:49, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I have moved this section to the bottom of this talk page, as appropriate for new sections. Thanks to user Rolandor for the improvements. I remember watching (and especially listening to) Repin's appearance in the final week of the QE competition in 1989 on national television. He played on monday evening, as the first of the 12 finalists to appear. After his performance, there was an almost general consensus that from then on, the question was not who was going to win (because almost everybody was sure they had just heard the winner), but who would finish second and third. I have made my small contribution by addding a ref to Repin's page on the official site of the QE competition. Best regards. --Francesco Malipiero (talk) 15:07, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

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