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Steve Hanley (rugby union)

Steven Melvyn Hanley (born 11 June 1979) is a former rugby union footballer who played on the wing for the Sale Sharks, signing with the club in 1998. In 1999, Hanley played his only Test for England. He was Sale's "Player of the Year" in 2004. After suffering a back injury in December 2007, Hanley retired in July 2008 after being told by doctors he would not recover well enough to play professional rugby. He scored 104 tries in 191 games, 75 of which were in the Premiership.

Starting out and early international recognition
born 11 June 1979 in Whitehaven, England, Hanley signed with Sale Sharks in 1998. With a Grand Slam on the cards, Hanley was one of two Sale players to make their international debut in England's final match of their 1999 Five Nations campaign along with Barrie-Jon Mather. Although Hanley scored a try, he also was handed-off by Craig Quinnell and suffered a broken arm as Wales won 32–31. It was the only match Hanley would play for the senior England team. It was never explained to him why he was not selected again, although there was speculation that his defence need to be improved. In 2001, he trained with rugby league side St. Helens to improve his defence. Reflecting in 2005 on why he was unable to break into the England team after 1999, Hanley said "They had a settled side under Clive [Woodward] and once you were in, it was hard to get out as the team was winning all the time".

The First Team which had been bought by a local entrepreneur moved from Heywood Road in Sale to Edgeley Park in Stockport in 2003. A mixed season saw Sale win at Welford Road for the first time, and later become the first club to score six tries in a match at the same venue; progress to the final of the Powergen Cup where they were defeated 37–33 by Newcastle Falcons; and fail to qualify for the Heineken Cup. Hanley was named the club's "Player of the Season". Philippe Saint-André joined Sale as their coach in March 2004. Speaking in 2005 of Saint-André's effect on Sale, Hanley noted that "He has brought a lot of different ideas to the club, people have stood up and taken notice of him. He has a special interest in his wingers and has lots of good ideas and little technical things only a player who has played the class of rugby he has would know."

In the final Premiership match of the 2004/05 season, Hanley suffered a broken leg. The injury was sustained in a 22–43 defeat to London Wasps in May as Sale finished third in the league. It forced him to miss the European Challenge Cup Final against Pau, although he had played in every match of the club's campaign. Sale won 27–3, their first piece of silverware since 2002. Hanley scored 15 tries in the season, nine of which were in the Premiership. Sale's back three – made up of Hanley, Mark Cueto, and Jason Robinson – scored more tries than any other club's.

There was a friendly rivalry between Hanley and fellow Sale winger Mark Cueto to see who would finish each season as the club's leading try-scorer. Hanley recovered from his broken leg and returned to first team rugby on 17 August 2005, scoring a try in Sale's 26–23 win over Castres Olympique in the Heineken Cup. In 2006, Hanley was named Sale's "Community Player of the Season". In the 2005–2006 season, Hanley made 8 appearances as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title.

Injury and retirement
During a Challenge Cup match against Bayonne in December 2007, Hanley suffered a back injury. Unable to recover, in July 2008 he announced his retirement from rugby. In his ten-year career with Sale, he played 191 matches, scoring 104 tries. According to Hanley, "the medical advice is that I will not be able to play Premiership rugby again". He finished his career with 75 Premiership tries, a record at the time surpassed by his great rival at Sale Sharks, Mark Cueto in 2013. The following season, 2008/09, the club held a testimonial for Hanley. He commented that "For me, it's been so nice to get back in touch with everybody. You play with these guys for so long and when you are in a rugby environment they are some of your best mates. But when they drift away you tend to lose contact with people so it has been brilliant to catch up with so many old friends."

He has retained connections with Sale since retiring from playing and works in the club's commercial department, whilst also running a successful football social media group called world football banter

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List of Savage Worlds books

The following is a listing of commercially released books from Pinnacle Entertainment Group and licensees for the Savage Worlds role-playing and miniatures game. This does not include various free downloads. Accessories such as card decks, screens and miniatures are also not listed.

Core rules

 * Savage Worlds: Fast! Furious! Fun! (SW) (1st Edition, 2003; hardcover. Revised Edition, 2004; hardcover)
 * Savage Worlds: Explorer's Edition (SWEX )(1.5 Edition, 2007; digest-sized softcover)
 * Savage Worlds: Deluxe Edition (SWD) (2nd Edition, 2011; hardcover)
 * Savage Worlds: Deluxe Explorer's Edition (SWDEE) (2.1 Edition, 2012; digest-sized softcover)
 * Savage Worlds: Adventure Edition (SWADE) (2.2 Edition, 2019; hardcover. 2.2 Edition {version 4.2}, 2019; PDF.)

Savage Settings series

 * Evernight: The Darkest Setting of All (2003; hardcover)
 * East Texas University / Degrees of Horror (2014; hardcover)
 * 50 Fathoms: High Adventure in a Drowned World (2003; hardcover)
 * 50 Fathoms Companion (2004; PDF)
 * Necessary Evil: Supervillains Must Rise Where Heroes Fall (2004; hardcover)
 * Low Life: The Rise of the Lowly (2005; hardcover)
 * Rippers: Horror Roleplaying in the Victorian Age (2005; hardcover)
 * Rippers Companion (2007; PDF)
 * The Savage World of Solomon Kane (2007; hardcover)
 * Solomon Kane: Travelers' Tales (2008; softcover)
 * The Savage Foes of Solomon Kane (2010; hardcover)
 * Slipstream (2008; hardcover)
 * Necessary Evil: Explorer's Edition (2009; softcover)
 * Solomon Kane Bennies (2009)
 * Necessary Evil Bennies (2010)
 * Slipstream Bennies (2010)
 * Lankhmar: City of Thieves (2015: hardcover)
 * Lankhmar: Savage Seas of Nehwon (2018: hardcover)
 * The Savage World of Flash Gordon RPG (2018; Hardback)
 * The Savage World of Flash Gordon: Kingdoms of Mongo (2018; Hardback)

Weird Wars

 * Tour of Darkness (2004; hardcover)
 * Necropolis 2350 (2006; softcover)
 * Weird War Two (2009; hardcover)
 * Weird War Two Bennies (2009)
 * Weird Wars Rome (2013)
 * Weird War One (2016)

Deadlands

 * Deadlands: Reloaded! (2006; hardcover)
 * Deadlands: Coffin Rock (2008; softcover)
 * Deadlands: The Flood, Plot Point Campaign (2009; PDF, hardcover)
 * Deadlands: The Flood Player's Guide (2009; free PDF)
 * Deadlands: Marshal's Screen / Murder on the Hellstromme Express adventure (2009; hardcover gamemaster's screen, softcover booklet)
 * Deadlands: Don't Drink the Water (2009; PDF)
 * Deadlands: Murder on the Hellstromme Express (2009; PDF)
 * Deadlands Fate Chips (2009)
 * Deadlands: Saddle Sore (2010; PDF)
 * Deadlands Trail Guide: South o' the Border (2010; PDF)
 * Deadlands Player's Guide (2010; 2nd Printing; hardcover)
 * Deadlands Marshal's Handbook (2010; 2nd Printing; hardcover)
 * Deadlands: For Whom the Whistle Blows–Night Train 2 (2010; PDF)
 * Deadlands Trail Guide: The Great Northwest (2010; PDF)
 * Deadlands: The 1880 Smith & Robards Catalog (2011; PDF/softcover)
 * Deadlands Trail Guide: Weird White North (2011; PDF)
 * Deadlands: Devil's Night (2011; free PDF)
 * Deadlands Player's Guide (2012; 3rd Printing; softcover)
 * Deadlands Marshal's Handbook (2012; 3rd Printing; softcover)
 * Deadlands: The Last Sons, Plot Point Campaign (2012; PDF, hardcover)
 * Deadlands: The Last Sons Player's Guide, (2012; free PDF)
 * Deadlands: Guess Who's Coming to Donner (2012; PDF)
 * Deadlands: Trail Guides, Volume I (2012; PDF/softcover)
 * Deadlands: Return to Manitou Bluff (2012; PDF/softcover)
 * Deadlands: Bad Times on the Goodnight (Blood Drive I) (2012; PDF)
 * Deadlands: Temple of the Sun (Map Pack 1) (2012; PDF)
 * Deadlands: High Plains Drovers (Blood Drive II) (2012; PDF)
 * Deadlands: Ghost Towns (2012; PDF/softcover)
 * Deadlands: Range War! (Blood Drive III) (2012; PDF)

Deadlands: Hell on Earth

 * Deadlands: Hell on Earth Reloaded (2012; PDF, hardcover)

Deadlands Noir

 * Tenement Men (Kickstarter Exclusive Dime Novel) (2012; PDF)

Standalone RPGs

 * Pirates of the Spanish Main (2007; hardcover)
 * Space 1889: Red Sands (2010; hardcover)
 * The Sixth Gun Role-Playing Game (2015; hardcover & Paperback)

Skirmishes

 * Rippers: The Horror Wars (2004; softcover)
 * Modern Ops (2005; print-on-demand)

Genre toolkits

 * Fantasy Bestiary Toolkit (2005)
 * Fantasy Gear Toolkit (2005)
 * Fantasy World Builder Toolkit (2005)
 * Fantasy Character Generator Toolkit (2005)
 * Science Fiction Bestiary Toolkit (2005)
 * Science Fiction Gear Toolkit (2006)
 * Science Fiction World Builder Toolkit (2006)
 * Pulp Gear Toolkit (2006)
 * Pulp GM's Toolkit (2006)
 * Horror Bestiary Toolkit (2006)
 * Horror Companion (2011)
 * Horror GM's Toolkit (2007)
 * Fantasy Companion (2009; softcover)
 * Science Fiction Companion (2013)
 * Super Powers Companion (2009; softcover)
 * Super Powers Companion: Second Edition (2013)
 * Horror Companion (2012; softcover)

Adventures

 * Privateer's Bounty (2003)
 * Screamers (2003)
 * On the Rocks (2003)
 * Rise Alabama (2004)
 * Noble Deceit (2004)
 * Zombie Run (2004)
 * Highwater War (2004)
 * Smugglers Cove (2004)
 * Prisoner of Pain (2004)
 * Through the Cathode Ray Tube (2005)
 * The Black Ankh (2005)
 * Tales from the Forlorn Hope (2006)
 * The Third Hand (2006)
 * The Templar Legacy (2008)
 * Death on Dartmoor (2008)
 * The Night of Thoth (2008)
 * Heart of Steel (2009)
 * Bayonets, Buttons, & Blood (2009)
 * Weird Wars: Island of Dreams (2011)

Setting

 * MARS (2009; PDF and softcover)
 * Thrilling Tales (2009; PDF and softcover)

Setting

 * The Day after Ragnarok (2009; PDF and softcover)

Settings

 * Sherwood: The Legend of Robin Hood (2009; PDF and softcover)
 * Gaslight: Victorian Fantasy (2009; PDF and softcover)
 * Eldritch Skies (2014; PDF and hardcover)
 * Bloodshadows: Chronicles of Guf (2022; PDF and softcover)

Supplement

 * Distant Vistas (2014; PDF and hardcover)
 * Bloodshadows: Adversaries and Abominations (2022; PDF and softcover)

Setting

 * Streets of Bedlam: A Savage World of Crime + Corruption (2012; PDF and softcover)

Adventure

 * Streets of Bedlam: Five-Story Drop (2013; PDF and softcover)

Setting

 * Accursed (2013; PDF and hardcover)

Supplement

 * World of Morden (2016; softcover and hardcover)

Adventure

 * Ill Omens (2014; softcover)

Settings

 * Enascentia (2013; PDF and softcover)
 * Freak Control (2014; PDF and softcover)
 * Ultima Forsan (2014; PDF and softcover)
 * Warage - L'Alba degli Eroi (2014; PDF and softcover)

Supplements

 * Deadlands: Messico & Nuvole (2014; PDF and softcover)
 * Enascentia - Dietro lo Schermo (2014; PDF and softcover)

Settings

 * Necropolis 2350 (2008; hardcover)
 * Sundered Skies (2008; hardcover)
 * Necropolis 2350: 2351-55 Update (2009; PDF and softcover)
 * Hellfrost Player's Guide (2009; hardcover)
 * Hellfrost Bestiary (2009; hardcover)
 * Hellfrost Gazetteer (2009; hardcover)
 * Sundered Skies Companion (2010; PDF and softcover)
 * Hellfrost Encounters Book 1 (2010; PDF and hardcover)
 * Hellfrost Expansion (2010; PDF and softcover)
 * Wonderland No More (2011; softcover)

Genre toolkits

 * Savage Worlds Handbook: Perilous Places & Serious Situations (2008; PDF)

Daring Tales of Adventure

 * #1: To End All Wars and Chaos on Crete (2008; PDF)
 * #2: Web of the Spider Cult (2008; PDF)
 * #3: Treasure of the Templars (2008; PDF)
 * #4: The Talons of Lo-Peng (2008; PDF)
 * #5: Sky Pirates of the Caribbean (2008; PDF)
 * #6: The Palladium Peril (2008; PDF)
 * #7: The Twelfth Gate (2008; PDF)
 * #8: Terror of the Z-Bomb (2008; PDF)
 * #9: Island of Terror (2009; PDF)
 * #10: Kingdom of the Blood Gods (2009; PDF)
 * #11: The Hands of Kali (2009; PDF)
 * #12: Legacy of Tunguska (2009; PDF)
 * #13: The Devil's Chalice (2009; PDF)
 * #14: The Sword of Avalon (2009; PDF)
 * #15: The Muramasa Curse (2009; PDF)
 * #16: Empire of the Black Pharaoh (2009; PDF)
 * Compendium #01 (2009; Softback)
 * Compendium #02 (2009; Softback)
 * Compendium #03 (2009; Softback)
 * Compendium #04 (2010; Softback)
 * Xmas DTA Special 2008: The Tale of the Fabulous Four (2008; PDF)
 * Xmas DTA Special 2009: Rocket Nazis on the Orient Express (2009; PDF)

Daring Tales of Chivalry

 * #1: A Knight's Tale (2008; PDF)
 * #2: Death at the Joust (2008; PDF)
 * #3: The Danbury Curse (2009; PDF)
 * #4: Castle Fairstone & The Madness of Sir Stephen (2009; PDF)

Daring Tales of the Space Lanes

 * #1: Waylaid on Wayland & Gunboat Diplomacy (2009; PDF)
 * #2: Bad Debts (2009; PDF)
 * #3: Robot Rumble (2009; PDF)
 * #4: The Last Journey of The Exodus (2009; PDF)
 * #5: The Black Guardian (2010; PDF)
 * #6: The Stealer of Light (2010; PDF)
 * #7: Deadly Chant (2010; PDF)

Hellfrost

 * N1: Lair of the Vermin Lord (2009; PDF)
 * N2: The Dark Seed (2009; PDF)
 * N3: Shadow of Darkness (2009; PDF)
 * N4: Pirates of the Crystalflow (2009; PDF)
 * N5: The Eoster Festival (2010; PDF)
 * S1: The Siege of Watchgap Fort (2009; PDF)
 * S3: Descent Into Madness (2009; PDF)
 * S2: The Lost City of Paraxus (2009; PDF)
 * V1: The Heart of Winter (2009; PDF)
 * V2: Against the Elements (2009; PDF)
 * S4: The Ice Fiend and Other Tales (2010; PDF)
 * V3: The Web of Deceit (2010; PDF)
 * H1: Sins of the Father (2010; PDF)
 * H2: The Blood of Godhammer (2010; PDF)
 * L1: The Frost Giant's Hold (2010; PDF)
 * S5: The Fey Tower and The Deadly Glade (2011; PDF)
 * V4: Death in the Mire (2011; PDF)
 * H3: The Blood Tide (2011; PDF)
 * Compendium #1: Saga of the Frost Giants (2011; softcover)
 * Compendium #2: Novice Adventures (2011; softcover)

Necropolis 2350

 * Tales from the Frontline #01 (2008; PDF)
 * The Long Sleep (2008; PDF)
 * The Last Word (2008; PDF)
 * The Broken Seal (2009; PDF)
 * Tales from the Frontline #02 (2009; PDF)
 * Opener of the Ways (2010; PDF)
 * Echoes (2010; PDF)

Sundered Skies

 * The Ice Tower (2008; PDF)
 * Fate of the Summoner (2008; PDF)
 * Blade of Destiny (2008; PDF)
 * Mind Thief (2009; PDF)
 * The Race (2009; PDF)
 * Within the Skies (2010; PDF)
 * Mists of Savannah (2010; PDF)

Wonderland No More

 * Egg of Seven Parts (2008; PDF)

Daring Tales of Adventure

 * Daring Tales Guide to Rocket Rangers (2011; PDF)
 * Daring Tales Guide to Elite Nazi Units (2011; PDF)

Daring Tales of the Space Lanes

 * Sector 01 (2010; PDF)
 * Combat Hazards (2010; PDF)

Hellfrost

 * Hellfrost Calendar (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #1: Sacred Places (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #2: The Liche Lands (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #3: The Magocracy (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #4: Orcmark (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #5: Vestmark (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #6: The Withered Lands (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #7: Shattered Moor (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #8: The Ten Seas (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #9: Drachenlands (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #10: Heligioland (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #11: Ertha's Realm (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #12: Witchwood (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #13: Royalmark (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #14: Veermark (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #15: Crystalflow Confederacy (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #16: Alantaris Isle (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #17: The Great Swamp (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #18: The Freelands (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #19: Unclaimed Lands (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #20: The Mistlands (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #21: Chalcis (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #22: Midmark (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #23: The Battlelands (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #24: Aspiria (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #25: Ostmark (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #26: Nordmark (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #27: Angmark (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #28: Blackstone Barony (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #29: Barony of Cul (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #30: Barony of Trond (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #31: Cairn Lands (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #32: Coglelund (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #33: Freetown (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #34: The Frozen Forest (2010; PDF)
 * Region Guide #35: Giant's Throne (2011; PDF)
 * Region Guide #36: The Glittersands (2011; PDF)
 * Region Guide #37: Heldalund (2011; PDF)
 * Region Guide #38: Icedale Freeholds (2011; PDF)
 * Region Guide #39: Lakeland (2011; PDF)
 * Region Guide #40: The Vale (2011; PDF)
 * Region Guide #41: Seithrby (2011; PDF)
 * Region Guide #42: Sutmark (2011; PDF)
 * Region Guide #43: Angarion (2011; PDF)
 * Region Guide #44: The Borderlands (2011; PDF)
 * Region Guide #45: The Abyss (2011; PDF)
 * Region Guide #46: Godsheim (2011; PDF)
 * Region Guide #47: Isles of the Seareavers (2011; PDF)
 * Resource Management (2011; PDF)
 * Heroes & Villains 1 (2011; PDF)
 * Heroes & Villains 2: Spellcasters (2011; PDF)
 * Creature Guide Bufomi (2011; PDF)
 * Creature Guide Kreana (2011; PDF)

Dawn of Legends

 * Dawn of Legends (2009; PDF and softcover)
 * Dawn of Legends Support Bundle (2009; PDF)

War of the Dead

 * War of the Dead: Chapter One (2010; PDF and softcover)
 * War of the Dead: Chapter Two (2011; PDF and softcover)
 * War of the Dead: Chapter Three (2011; PDF and softcover)
 * War of the Dead: Chapter Four (2012; PDF and softcover)

Super Powers Unleashed

 * Super Powers Unleashed (2017; PDF and softcover)

Adventures

 * G.E.T. Into Action: The Rising Storm (2009; PDF)
 * War of the Dead: Dead of Night (2010; PDF)
 * War of the Dead: Food For Thought (2010; PDF)
 * War of the Dead: Outbreak at Hopewell (2010; PDF)
 * Super Heroes Unleashed: Little Tin Gods (2017; PDF)

Supplements

 * War of the Dead: The Paper Dead (Set 1) (2010; PDF)
 * War of the Dead: Fan-Created Support (2010; PDF)
 * War of the Dead: The Survivors (2010; PDF)
 * War of the Dead: Values of Survival (2010; PDF)
 * War of the Dead: The Survivors (Part 2) (2010; PDF)
 * War of the Dead: The Digital Dead (2011; PDF)

Source book

 * Legends of Steel (2009; hardcover)

Settings

 * Interface Zero (2010; PDF and hardcover)
 * Totems of the Dead: Player's Guide to the Untamed Lands (2011; PDF and hardcover)
 * Totems of the Dead: Game Master's Guide (2011; PDF and hardcover)
 * Interface Zero 2.0 (2014; PDF and hardcover)

Settings

 * Children of the Apocalypse (2018; PDF and print-on-demand)
 * Legion of Liberty: Superheroes of 1776 (2019; PDF and print-on-demand)

Settings

 * Titan Effect: The Role-playing Game (2018; PDF and print-on-demand)
 * Titan Effect RPG: Declassified Edition (2022; PDF and print-on-demand)

Adventures

 * Savage Features #1: Out of Sight (2004)
 * Savage Features #2: The Last Round (2005)
 * Savage Features #3: They Came From Beyond Space (2005)
 * World of Meridian #1 - The Hunt (2005)
 * World of Meridian #2 - All that Glisters (2006)
 * World of Meridian #3 - Neveredge Falls (2003/2006)

Deadlands adventures and source books

 * Deadlands Dime Novel #1 - Beast of Fire (2005; print-on-demand)
 * Deadlands Dime Novel #2 - Deadshot (2006; print-on-demand)
 * Deadlands Dime Novel #3 - Frostbite (2006; print-on-demand)
 * Deadlands Territory Guide - Newfoundland: Rock of Ages (2004)

Weird Wars adventures

 * Weird War II Mission Manual #1 - Bridge Across Time (2004)
 * Weird War II Mission Manual #2 - Ice Fang (2004)
 * Weird War II Mission Manual #3 - Gods of Destruction (2005)
 * Weird War II Mission Manual #4 - Demonic Artillery (2005)

Setting

 * The Battle for Oz (2014; PDF, hardcover, and softcover)

Setting

 * Runepunk (2007; hardcover)
 * Ravaged Earth: The World of High-Powered Pulp (2008; softcover, regular and deluxe (color) editions)
 * Runepunk: Darksummer Nights (2009; softcover)
 * Runepunk: Steam & Shadow (2009; PDF)
 * Agents of Oblivion: Player's Guide (2009; PDF)
 * Realms of Cthulhu (2009; hardcover)
 * Iron Dynasty: Way of the Ronin (2010; softcover)
 * Agents of Oblivion - The Perfect Cocktail of Horror and Espionage (2011; PDF and softcover)
 * Ravaged Earth: Revised Second Edition (2013; PDF and softcover)
 * Karthador: Swashbuckling Science Fiction (2013; softcover)

Adventures

 * Agents of Oblivion: Starfall Jungle (2005, PDF)
 * Iron Dynasty: Journey to Red Temple (2005, PDF)
 * Relics & Rumors #1 (2009, PDF)
 * Relics & Rumors #2 (2009, PDF)
 * Amazing Exploits #1: Quest for the Lost Oasis (2009, PDF)
 * Old School Fantasy #1: A Keg For Dragon (2010, PDF and softcover)
 * Relics & Rumors #3 (2010, PDF)
 * Relics & Rumors #4 (2010, PDF)
 * Old School Fantasy #2: Darkness Over Keryhk Nhor (2010, PDF and softcover)
 * Old School Fantasy #3: Hunger of the Iron Mage (2010, PDF and softcover)
 * Mythos Tales #1: Belly of the Beast (2011, PDF)
 * Iron Dynasty: Kesshi Tales #1: The Wise Men & The Woods (2011, PDF)
 * Iron Dynasty: Kesshi Tales #2: The Demon's Heart (2011, PDF)
 * Iron Dynasty: Kesshi Tales #3: Fresh Blood (2011, PDF)
 * Runepunk: Jobbers Tales #1: Whither Be Witherspoon? (2011, PDF)
 * Old School Fantasy #4: Slave Pens of Moss Stone (2011, PDF)
 * Old School Fantasy #5: Call of the Crow (2011, PDF)
 * Old School Fantasy #6: Tangle in the Silver Vines (2011, PDF)
 * Old School Fantasy #7: Rot & Ruin (2011, PDF)
 * Old School Fantasy #8: Light & Dark (2011, PDF)
 * Old School Fantasy #9: Hand of the Harbinger (2011, PDF)

Source books

 * Powers & Perils: Orwell Industries (2006, softcover)
 * Iron Dynasty Guidebook #1: Ikusa Kokoro (2011, PDF)
 * Iron Dynasty Guidebook #2: Sorimizu (2011, PDF)
 * Iron Dynasty Guidebook #3: Uma-Ko Ryoudo (2011, PDF)
 * Runepunk Guidebook #1: GreyMesa (2011, PDF)

Source book

 * Starships! (2005)

Settings

 * Shaintar: Immortal Legends - Player's Guide (2005; softcover)
 * Savage Suzerain (2009; hardcover)
 * Savage Suzerain Player's Guide (2009; PDF)
 * Suzerain - Dogs of Hades (2010; hardcover)
 * Suzerain - Noir Knights (2010; hardcover)
 * Suzerain - Shanghai Vampocalypse (2010; PDF)
 * Suzerain - Caladon Falls (2010; PDF)

Silver Gryphon Games

 * Wellstone City (2010; PDF)
 * Wellstone City Chronicles - Two Bit Thugs (2010; PDF)
 * Wellstone City Chronicles - Burning Crosses(2010; PDF)
 * Wellstone City Chronicles - A Death Undeserving (2010; PDF)
 * Camp Wicakini (2010; PDF)
 * Wellstone City (2010; softcover)
 * The Pine Ridge Horror (2010; PDF)
 * Zombacalypse (2010; PDF)
 * Zombacalypse (2010; softcover)
 * Wellstone City Chronicles - Schroedinger's Box (2011; PDF)
 * Camp Wicakini - Part II (2011; PDF)
 * Red Blizzard (2012; PDF)
 * Wellstone City Chronicles - The Ranch Raid (2012; PDF)
 * Wellstone City Chronicles - Two Bit Thugs (2012; PDF)
 * Camp Wicakini 3: Wanagi Mato Lives! (2012; PDF)
 * Wellstone City Chronicles - Breaking Murphy (2012; PDF)
 * Wellstone City Chronicles - Wellstone City Encounter Deck (2011; PDF)

Sneak Attack Press

 * Broken Earth (2014; PDF and hardcover)

Adventures

 * Last Rites of the Black Guard (2003)
 * Weekend Warriors (2004)
 * Bloodlines (2004)
 * Innana's Kiss (2004)
 * Brainwashed (2005)
 * Skinwalker (2006)
 * Jerry's Midnight Tales (2006)
 * Fire in the Hole (2006)
 * The Beast Within (2007)
 * Chickens in the Mist (2007)

Source books

 * Green's Guide to Ghosts (2005)
 * Fear Effects (2005)

Setting

 * Vampire Earth Sourcebook (2005; print-on-demand)

Adventures

 * Something Below (2007)
 * Dinas Fford: The Seeds of War (2007)

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Purussaurus

Purussaurus is an extinct genus of giant caiman that lived in South America during the Miocene epoch, from the Friasian to the Huayquerian in the SALMA classification. It is known from skull material found in the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon, Colombian Villavieja Formation, Panamanian Culebra Formation, Urumaco and Socorro Formations of northern Venezuela.

Description
The skull length of the largest known individual of the type species, P. brasiliensis is 1453 mm. It has been estimated that P. brasiliensis reached about 10.3 m in length, weighing about 5.16 MT. Another estimate gave a larger size of 12.5 m in length, ranging from 9.9 - 15.8 m, and 8.4 MT in weight, ranging from 5.6 - 12.6 MT, with a mean daily food intake of 40.6 kg. It is also likely that Purussaurus reached only 10.9 m long and 5.6 MT. A 2022 study estimated a length of 7.6 - 9.2 m and a mass of 2 - 6.2 MT using a phylogenetic approach; and a length of 9.2 - 10 m and mass of 3.9 - 4.9 MT using a non-phylogenetic approach. As only skulls have been found, the actual length is not certain. Bite force has been estimated to be around 52,500 N (around 5.3 metric tons-force), with upper estimates indicating that Purussaurus was capable of generating 69,000 N (around 7 metric tons-force). The large size and estimated strength of this animal appears to have allowed it to include a wide range of prey in its diet, making it an apex predator in its ecosystem. As an adult, it would have preyed upon large to very large vertebrates such as the xenarthrans and notoungulates present, with no real competition from sympatric, smaller, carnivores. Researchers have proposed that the large size of Purussaurus, though offering many advantages, may also have led to its vulnerability. The constantly changing environment on a large geological scale may have reduced its long-term survival, favoring smaller species more resilient to ecological shifts. In other words, it was over-specialised and couldn't survive when its habitat changed, unlike smaller related species of caiman.

The skeletal anatomy of P. mirandai shows some adaptations for more upright limb orientation or weight support. Unlike all other members of the crown Crocodylia, which have two sacrals, P. mirandai have three.

The teeth vary between the three species of Purussaurus, but are always around 50 mm (2 in) long and curve slightly backwards. They have small ridges along two of the edges which resemble those in ziphodonts. This indicates that Purussaurus hunted large vertebrates, as these ridges are used for puncturing and holding on to flesh. The teeth are slightly flattened at the top and are roughly conical, which means that they would have been unlikely to break on impact with a thick bone. Teeth at the anterior are taller and more pointed, whereas those at the posterior are lower and more rounded.

Purussaurus is one of the largest known crocodyliformes ever to have existed. Three other extinct crocodyliformes, Sarcosuchus, Deinosuchus, and Rhamphosuchus had similar body sizes. Sarcosuchus and Deinosuchus had similar proportions, but both were geologically much older, dating from the Early and Late Cretaceous, respectively. One study also indicates that Purussaurus may have been heavier than either Sarcosuchus or Deinosuchus, as it had a much broader, shorter snout and this would require a thicker, stronger neck to support the larger head. Rhamphosuchus lived around the same time as Purussaurus, but was slightly smaller, had a more gharial-like snout and lived in India. During the summer of 2005, a Franco-Peruvian expedition (the Fitzcarrald expedition) found new fossils of Purussaurus in the Peruvian Amazon (600 km from Lima).

Analysis of a biomechanical model of the skull of Purussaurus indicated that it was capable of performing the "death roll" maneuver used by extant crocodilians to subdue and dismember their prey.

All sense organs (eyes, ears, nostrils) were at the very top of the head, indicating that Purussaurus was an ambush predator like many modern caimans.

Paleoecology
The probable diet of Purussaurus likely included the extinct turtle Stupendemys, crocodilians including Charactosuchus, Gryposuchus, and Mourasuchus, Anhinga birds, and mammals including: sloths, bats, rodents related to the modern capybara (Josephoartigasia) weighing up to 700 kilograms (1540 lb), the primate Stirtonia, and river dolphins. Rivers, floodplains, and lake environments were present. Marine and freshwater fish, turtles, crocodilians, and terrestrial and aquatic mammals are associated with Venezuelan P. mirandai. Its environment is described as tropical and coastal. The earlier Colombian P. neivensis lived alongside a massive variety of fauna, including astrapotheres like Granastrapotherium and Xenastrapotherium, the early species of Mourasuchus and Gryposuchus, and the terrestrial crocodyliform Langstonia. This fauna dates from 13 million years ago, in the Laventan stage of the Late Miocene.

Etymology
The genus was named for the Purus River where its fossils were first found.

Distribution
Fossils of Purussaurus have been found in:

 * Miocene
 * Solimões Formation, Brazil
 * Honda Group and Castilletes Formation, Colombia
 * Culebra Formation, Panama
 * Fitzcarrald Arch and Pebas Formation, Peru
 * Urumaco Formation, Urumaco and Socorro Formation, Venezuela

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This is the album cover of "Hello Dolly!", an album by Ella Fitzgerald.

Fair use in Hello, Dolly! (Ella Fitzgerald album)
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 * 4) The image on the cover is significant because it was made by a famous artist, Ella Fitzgerald.

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2004 ISSF World Cup

For the 2004 ISSF World Cup Final in the seventeen Olympic shooting events, the World Cup Final was held in September 2004 in Maribor, Slovenia for the shotgun events, and in October 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand for the rifle, pistol and running target events. It was the last World Cup Final for the women's Double Trap event and the men's 10 m Running Target event, as they were taken off the Olympic program after 2004.

Shotgun
The winners in Maribor were:
 * [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px|]] Adam Vella, Australia, in men's Trap
 * [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|]] Marco Innocenti, Italy, in men's Double Trap
 * [[Image:Flag of Norway.svg|20px|]] Tore Brovold, Norway, in men's Skeet
 * [[Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg|20px|]] Zuzana Štefečeková, Slovakia, in women's Trap
 * [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px|]] Li Qingnian, China, in women's Double Trap
 * [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px|]] Wei Ning, China, in women's Skeet

Rifle, pistol and running target
Munich, Germany is traditionally the steady home of this competition, but 2004 was the second year in a row that it was held at another venue. The winners in Bangkok were:
 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] Matthew Emmons, United States, in men's 50 m Rifle Three Positions
 * [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px|]] Christian Lusch, Germany, in men's 50 m Rifle Prone
 * [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px|]] Zhu Qinan, China, in men's 10 m Air Rifle
 * [[Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|20px|]] Martin Tenk, Czech Republic, in men's 50 m Pistol
 * [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px|]] Ralf Schumann, Germany, in men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
 * [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px|]] Mikhail Nestruev, Russia, in men's 10 m Air Pistol
 * [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px|]] Aleksandr Blinov, Russia, in men's 10 m Running Target
 * [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px|]] Lioubov Galkina, Russia, in women's 50 m Rifle Three Positions
 * [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px|]] Du Li, China, in women's 10 m Air Rifle
 * [[Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|20px|]] Mariya Grozdeva, Bulgaria, in women's 25 m Pistol
 * [[Image:Flag of Georgia.svg|20px|]] Nino Salukvadze, Georgia, in women's 10 m Air Pistol

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Disputed
So a radio host hypnotizes his own wife and comes to the conclusion that she has MPD and was part of a CIA mind control program? This cannot be presented at face value! -- Antaeus Feldspar 19:53, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * That's exactly what happened. Long John Nebel was into wierd stuff like UFOs and hypnosis; it's not at all surprising he reached such a conclusion. No one rational believes Long John's conclusion reflects the actual situation. See if the changes merit remove of the label. - Nunh-huh 20:16, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, it's acceptable now. Even though it was technically presented before as "Nebel concluded" the lack of any disputation made it seem as though Wikipedia accepted this "conclusion" as factual. -- Antaeus Feldspar 21:25, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

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User:Paulmeisel

Back in Wikipedia after a summer layoff

and glad to be back.

Expertise

 * 25 years in automobile manufacturing and product development
 * 20 years in corporate finance
 * 5 years in specialty industrial fabrication and construction
 * 8 years in competitive sailboat racing
 * Chairman of sailing education 501c3 foundation
 * Self taught historian with special expertise in military history and automotive history

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Trihexagonal tiling

In geometry, the trihexagonal tiling is one of 11 uniform tilings of the Euclidean plane by regular polygons. It consists of equilateral triangles and regular hexagons, arranged so that each hexagon is surrounded by triangles and vice versa. The name derives from the fact that it combines a regular hexagonal tiling and a regular triangular tiling. Two hexagons and two triangles alternate around each vertex, and its edges form an infinite arrangement of lines. Its dual is the rhombille tiling.

This pattern, and its place in the classification of uniform tilings, was already known to Johannes Kepler in his 1619 book Harmonices Mundi. The pattern has long been used in Japanese basketry, where it is called kagome. The Japanese term for this pattern has been taken up in physics, where it is called a kagome lattice. It occurs also in the crystal structures of certain minerals. Conway calls it a hexadeltille, combining alternate elements from a hexagonal tiling (hextille) and triangular tiling (deltille).

Kagome
Kagome (籠目) is a traditional Japanese woven bamboo pattern; its name is composed from the words kago, meaning "basket", and me, meaning "eye(s)", referring to the pattern of holes in a woven basket.

The kagome pattern is common in bamboo weaving in East Asia. In 2022, archaeologists found bamboo weaving remains at the Dongsunba ruins in Chongqing, China, 200 BC. After 2200 years, the kagome pattern is still clear.

It is a woven arrangement of laths composed of interlaced triangles such that each point where two laths cross has four neighboring points, forming the pattern of a trihexagonal tiling. The woven process gives the Kagome a chiral wallpaper group symmetry, p6 (632).

Kagome lattice
The term kagome lattice was coined by Japanese physicist Kôdi Husimi, and first appeared in a 1951 paper by his assistant Ichirō Shōji. The kagome lattice in this sense consists of the vertices and edges of the trihexagonal tiling. Despite the name, these crossing points do not form a mathematical lattice.

A related three dimensional structure formed by the vertices and edges of the quarter cubic honeycomb, filling space by regular tetrahedra and truncated tetrahedra, has been called a hyper-kagome lattice. It is represented by the vertices and edges of the quarter cubic honeycomb, filling space by regular tetrahedra and truncated tetrahedra. It contains four sets of parallel planes of points and lines, each plane being a two dimensional kagome lattice. A second expression in three dimensions has parallel layers of two dimensional lattices and is called an orthorhombic-kagome lattice. The trihexagonal prismatic honeycomb represents its edges and vertices.

Some minerals, namely jarosites and herbertsmithite, contain two-dimensional layers or three-dimensional kagome lattice arrangement of atoms in their crystal structure. These minerals display novel physical properties connected with geometrically frustrated magnetism. For instance, the spin arrangement of the magnetic ions in Co3V2O8 rests in a kagome lattice which exhibits fascinating magnetic behavior at low temperatures. Quantum magnets realized on Kagome metals have been discovered to exhibit many unexpected electronic and magnetic phenomena. It is also proposed that SYK behavior can be observed in two dimensional kagome lattice with impurities.

The term is much in use nowadays in the scientific literature, especially by theorists studying the magnetic properties of a theoretical kagome lattice.

See also: Kagome crests.

Symmetry
The trihexagonal tiling has Schläfli symbol of r{6,3}, or Coxeter diagram,, symbolizing the fact that it is a rectified hexagonal tiling, {6,3}. Its symmetries can be described by the wallpaper group p6mm, (*632), and the tiling can be derived as a Wythoff construction within the reflectional fundamental domains of this group. The trihexagonal tiling is a quasiregular tiling, alternating two types of polygons, with vertex configuration (3.6)2. It is also a uniform tiling, one of eight derived from the regular hexagonal tiling.

Uniform colorings
There are two distinct uniform colorings of a trihexagonal tiling. Naming the colors by indices on the 4 faces around a vertex (3.6.3.6): 1212, 1232. The second is called a cantic hexagonal tiling, h2{6,3}, with two colors of triangles, existing in p3m1 (*333) symmetry.

Circle packing
The trihexagonal tiling can be used as a circle packing, placing equal diameter circles at the center of every point. Every circle is in contact with 4 other circles in the packing (kissing number).
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Topologically equivalent tilings
The trihexagonal tiling can be geometrically distorted into topologically equivalent tilings of lower symmetry. In these variants of the tiling, the edges do not necessarily line up to form straight lines.

Related quasiregular tilings
The trihexagonal tiling exists in a sequence of symmetries of quasiregular tilings with vertex configurations (3.n)2, progressing from tilings of the sphere to the Euclidean plane and into the hyperbolic plane. With orbifold notation symmetry of *n32 all of these tilings are wythoff construction within a fundamental domain of symmetry, with generator points at the right angle corner of the domain.

Related regular complex apeirogons
There are 2 regular complex apeirogons, sharing the vertices of the trihexagonal tiling. Regular complex apeirogons have vertices and edges, where edges can contain 2 or more vertices. Regular apeirogons p{q}r are constrained by: 1/p + 2/q + 1/r = 1. Edges have p vertices arranged like a regular polygon, and vertex figures are r-gonal.

The first is made of triangular edges, two around every vertex, second has hexagonal edges, two around every vertex.

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Sukima Switch

Sukima Switch (スキマスイッチ) is a Japanese rock/jazz fusion duo consisting of core members Takuya Ōhashi (大橋卓弥), born May 9, 1978, and Shintarō Tokita (常田真太郎), born February 25, 1978, formed in 1999. Formerly with BMG Japan (bought by SMEJ in early 2009), they signed with Sony Music Japan's Ariola Japan label in September 2009.

History
Ōhashi's musical duties include vocals, guitar, and harmonica, while Tokita plays piano/keyboards, numerous other instruments, and oversees overall production. Most of the other instrumentation heard on their albums is handled by guests and studio musicians. In this sense, their band structure and chemistry could be compared to that of the American group Steely Dan. Their style is very heavily jazz influenced (another similarity with Steely Dan), yet it retains core pop elements and catchy melodies that have proved popular with Japanese audiences.

In popular culture
Many of Sukima Switch's songs have appeared in anime and video games. Ōhashi also covered the song "Katamari on the Swing" in the PlayStation 3 game Katamari Forever.

 * Their second single, "Kanade", was covered by Sora Amamiya and Rie Takahashi for the ending themes to the anime series One Week Friends and Teasing Master Takagi-san 2, respectively. The song was also used as the theme song for the live-action adaptation of One Week Friends.
 * Their fifth single, "Zenryoku Shounen", is featured as the first song in the Nintendo DS game Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2, which was released in Japan on May 17, 2007. The song is also in the expansion pack to the Nintendo DS game Daigasso! Band Brothers. The song was re-released for the Japanese release of Disney and Pixar's 2020 film Onward.
 * Their seventh single, "Boku Note", was also used as the theme song for Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006.
 * The eighth single, "Guarana" is the theme song of the film adaptation of Rough, with their second, third and fifth singles used as inserts.
 * The song "Shizuku" is the opening theme for the anime adaptation of the novel series The Beast Player.
 * Their 12th single, "Golden Time Lover", is the third opening of the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
 * Their 13th single, "Ice Cream Syndrome", is the ending theme of the Pokémon movie Phantom Ruler: Zoroark.
 * Their 17th single, "Eureka", is the second opening to the anime Space Brothers.
 * Their 19th single, "Hello Especially", is the ending song to the anime Silver Spoon.
 * Their 20th single, "Ah Yeah!!", is the second opening to the anime Haikyuu!!.
 * Their 22nd single, "Hoshi no Utsuwa" (星のうつわ), is the ending theme song for the anime film The Last: Naruto the Movie.
 * Their 23rd single, "LINE", is the eighteenth opening to the anime Naruto Shippuden.

Singles

 * Debut single – "view" – July 9, 2003
 * 2nd single – 奏 ("Kanade") – March 10, 2004
 * 3rd single – ふれて未来を ("Furete Mirai o") – June 16, 2004
 * 4th single – 冬の口笛 ("Fuyu no Kuchibue") – November 24, 2004
 * 5th single – 全力少年 ("Zenryoku Shōnen") – April 20, 2005
 * 6th single – 雨待ち風 ("Ame Machi Kaze") – June 22, 2005
 * 7th single – ボクノート ("Boku Note") – March 1, 2006
 * 8th single – ガラナ ("Guarana") – August 16, 2006
 * 9th single – アカツキの詩 ("Akatsuki no Uta") – November 22, 2006
 * 10th single – マリンスノウ ("Marine Snow") – July 11, 2007
 * 11th single – 虹のレシピ ("Niji no Recipe") – May 20, 2009
 * 12th single – ゴールデンタイムラバー ("Golden Time Lover") – October 14, 2009
 * 13th single – アイスクリームシンドローム ("Ice Cream Syndrome") – July 7, 2010
 * 14th single – さいごのひ ("Saigo no Hi") – January 26, 2011
 * 15th single – 晴ときどき曇 ("Hare Tokidoki Kuromi")
 * 16th single – ラストシーン ("Last Scene")
 * 17th single – ユリーカ ("Eureka") – August 8, 2012
 * 18th single – スカーレット ("Scarlet") – June 19, 2013
 * 19th single – "Hello Especially" – July 31, 2013
 * 20th single – "Ah Yeah!!" – July 23, 2014
 * 21st single – パラボラヴァ ("Parabolover") – November 19, 2014
 * 22nd single – 星のうつわ ("Star Vessel") – December 3, 2014
 * 23rd single – "LINE" – November 11, 2015

Mini albums

 * Debut mini album – 君の話 (Kimi no Hanashi) – September 17, 2003

Studio albums

 * Debut album – 夏雲ノイズ (Natsugumo Noise) – June 23, 2004
 * 2nd album – 空創クリップ (Kūsō Clip) – July 20, 2005
 * 3rd album – 夕風ブレンド (Yuukaze Blend) – November 29, 2006
 * 4th album – ナユタとフカシギ (Nayuta to Fukashigi) – November 4, 2009
 * 5th album – musium – October 5, 2011
 * 6th album – Sukima Switch – December 3, 2014
 * 7th album – 新空間アルゴリズム (Shinkuukan Algorithm) – March 14, 2018
 * 8th album - Hot Milk - November 17, 2021 (Streaming) | November 24, 2021 (physical CD)
 * 9th album - Bitter Coffee - November 24, 2021

Concept albums

 * 1st album – re:Action – February 15, 2017
 * 2nd album – スキマノハナタバ 〜Love Song Selection〜 (Sukima no Hanataba ~Love Song Selection~) – September 19, 2019
 * 3rd album - スキマノハナタバ 〜Smile Song Selection〜 (Sukima no Hanataba ~Smile Song Selection~ - August 19, 2020

Compilation albums

 * 1st album – グレイテスト・ヒッツ (Greatest Hits) – August 1, 2007
 * 2nd album – DOUBLES BEST – August 22. 2012
 * 3rd album – POPMAN'S WORLD〜All Time Best 2003-2013〜 – August 23, 2013
 * 4th album – POPMAN'S ANOTHER WORLD – April 13, 2016

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LGV Est

The Ligne à Grande Vitesse Est européenne (East European High Speed Line), typically shortened to LGV Est, is a French high-speed rail line that connects Vaires-sur-Marne (near Paris) and Vendenheim (near Strasbourg). The line halved the travel time between Paris and Strasbourg and provides fast services between Paris and the principal cities of Eastern France as well as Luxembourg and Germany. The LGV Est is a segment of the Main Line for Europe project to connect Paris with Budapest with high-speed rail service.

The line was built in two phases. Construction on the 300 km from Vaires-sur-Marne to Baudrecourt (near Metz and Nancy) began in 2004; the first phase entered into service in June 2007. Construction on the 106 km second phase from Baudrecourt to Vendenheim began in June 2010; the second phase opened to commercial service on 3 July 2016. Opening of the second phase was delayed after a train derailed near Eckwersheim on 14 November 2015 during commissioning trials, resulting in 11 deaths.

A specially modified train performed a series of high-speed tests on the first phase of the LGV Est prior to its opening. In April 2007, it reached a top speed of 574.8 km/h (159.6 m/s, 357.2 mph), becoming the fastest conventional rail vehicle and fastest passenger train on a national rail system (as opposed to dedicated test track).

Route
The line passes through the French regions of Île-de-France and Grand Est. The first 300 km section of this new route, linking Vaires-sur-Marne near Paris to Baudrecourt in the Moselle, opened on 10 June 2007. Constructed for speeds up to 350 km/h, for commercial service it is initially operating at a maximum speed of 320 km/h, and was the fastest service in the world at average speed of 279.3 km/h between Lorraine and Champagne until the Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway opened in 2009. It is the first line in France to travel at this maximum speed in commercial service, the first in France to use ERTMS, the new European rail signalling system and the first line also served by German ICE trains. The second phase includes the 4200 m Saverne Tunnel. The signalling centre for the line is at Pagny-sur-Moselle.

Early proposals and planning
In 1969, Metz politician Raymond Mondon requested a study of a fast train from Paris to Strasbourg along the route of the planned A4 autoroute. In 1970–71, the International Union of Railways (UIC, based on its French acronym) developed a master plan of fast intercity connections in continental Europe. Its connection between Paris and Strasbourg was very similar to the route of the LGV Est. The UIC master plan called for this line to be constructed shortly after Paris-Lyon and Paris-Brussels lines. In 1974, the director of SNCF confirmed that the company wanted to follow the UIC master plan.

Germany, which was developing the Transrapid maglev system, was long reserved about the TGV system being developed by France. A 1975 study concluded that the passenger traffic to only Alsace and Lorraine would not be enough for the financial feasibility of the line. In 1982, recognizing German reluctance to extend the line into Germany, SNCF president André Chadeau announced that the company would not build the LGV Est without government subsidies. The following year, Saverne engineer Charles Maetz convinced MPs Adrien Zeller and François Grussenmeyer to establish the East European TGV Association (l'Association TGV Est-Européen), which managed to bring together local authorities to support the project.

The LGV Est is a direct result of a project begun in 1985 with the establishment of a working group chaired by Claude Rattier and later by Philippe Essig. Their report provided the basis for preliminary design studies conducted in 1992–93. The initial 1980s plan extended along a corridor from Paris to Munich. However, the expected passenger traffic along this corridor was quite low, unlike Paris-Lyon and Paris-Brussels/London corridors, and a direct route crossed a region of eastern France far from any major urban area.

In 1986, MP Marc Reymann submitted to the government a route that shared a common trunk line between the LGV Nord and LGV Est from Paris, through Charles de Gaulle Airport, to Soissons before forking into lines to Brussels (LGV Nord) and Strasbourg (LGV Est). In 1988, the German government agreed to a rail line from Paris to Frankfurt via Saarbrücken.

The following year, Philippe Essig presented the route that would later be built and at the same time addressed the other problem: financing. This route, further north than previous proposals, served Reims and Strasbourg. In order to avoid offending the cities of Nancy and Metz, which share an ancient rivalry, and avoid problems encountered during the construction of the A4 autoroute twenty years earlier, this route traveled directly to Strasbourg and passed midway between Nancy and Metz, where a single station would be built to serve both towns and improve relations between them.

Financing of this proposal called for contributions from local governments—a first in France for construction of a high-speed line—and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. This was a favorable financial arrangement for SNCF due to low ridership projections and because the population of the towns served were below a threshold for building a high-speed line. The complexity of financing resulted in the long delay of the project. Under the government of Pierre Bérégovoy (French Prime Minister from 1992 to 1993), the government refused to contribute more than 25 billion francs to the project, and limited the route to Baudrecourt, to which the Alsace region threatened to withdraw its financial contribution to the project. After long delays under the successive governments, all wanting to limit the cost of the project, a two-phase project was finally accepted by all parties, provided that commitments were made for the quick completion of the second phase.

Approval and launch of the project
On 1 April 1992, the project was added to the master plan of high-speed lines, in which it was classified as a priority project. On 22 May 1992, France and Germany agreed to a Franco-German high-speed line consisting of a northern branch through Saarbrücken and Mannheim and a southern branch through Strasbourg and Karlsruhe. The same year a similar memorandum of understanding was signed between the transport ministers of France and Luxembourg. At the European Council meeting in Essen in 1994, the LGV Est project was reaffirmed as a priority trans-European transport project.

The expected socio-economic benefits of the LGV project was lower than other ongoing high-speed rail projects: LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire and LGV Bordeaux–Toulouse. The line is redundant to three existing rail lines: Paris to Strasbourg, Paris to Mulhouse, and the combined and  lines. Additionally, the international potential of the planned line seemed low, as Germany had little interest in the development of high-speed lines, favored domestic north–south axes, and due to the competition between SNCF and Deutsche Bahn.

The decision to build the line is politically motivated by fostering European integration, serving the European institutions in Strasbourg, and geographical balance of French high-speed rail lines, following the construction of high-speed lines from Paris to the southeast (LGV Sud-Est, LGV Rhône-Alpes, & LGV Méditerranée), the southwest (LGV Atlantique), and north (LGV Nord).

A public inquiry was conducted in 1994. The following year, a report conducted at the request of the Transport Minister advocated a complete redesign of the project, with an endpoint of the line at Épernay and from there onwards the adaptation of the existing Paris-Strasbourg line to accommodate high-speed tilting trains. In Nancy, which this route favored, this route was championed locally by Gérard Lignac, director of the L'Est Républicain newspaper. Although a budget was not completed and the planned phasing of the project was opposed by Lorraine and Alsace, the déclaration d'utilité publique was signed on 14 May 1996, two days before the deadline after which a new public inquiry would have been required.

A protocol for the construction and financing of the LGV Est was signed between the national government, RFF, SNCF, and local governments. The financing agreement for the first phase of the line from Vaires-sur-Marne to Baudrecourt was signed on 7 December 2000 between the numerous partners in the project, including 17 local governments. On 18 December 2003, the Jean-Pierre Raffarin government announced that it would proceed with several TGV projects, including construction of the second phase of the LGV Est, which would begin in 2010. On 24 January 2007, the financial arrangements for studies and preparatory work for the second phase of the line from Baudrecourt to Strasbourg was signed.

Construction
Construction of the line was divided into two phases. The first phase traverses 300 km of relatively flat land from Vaires-sur-Marne (20 km east of Paris) to Baudrecourt (between Metz and Nancy), where it intersects the Metz–Saarbrücken and Paris-Strasbourg rail lines. Construction on the first phase began in 2002 and it entered into service on 10 June 2007. Until the completion of the second phase, TGV trains continued from here towards Strasbourg on the older (lower-speed) existing Paris-Strasbourg track. The second phase traversed 106 km of rougher terrain from Baudrecourt to Vendenheim, on the northern edge of the Strasbourg metropolitan area. Construction on the second phase began in August 2010 and it opened on 3 July 2016.

Between the opening of the first and second phases, trains from Strasbourg, Colmar, and southern Germany travelled along the classic Paris-Strasbourg line until Réding, then the to join the LGV Est at Baudrecourt. However, trains from Nancy and Sarrebourg traveled along the Paris-Strasbourg line until Frouard, then took the to join the LGV Est at Vandières.

Besides the construction of the LGV, the project includes:
 * construction of three TGV stations:
 * Champagne-Ardenne TGV near Reims (Bezannes)
 * Meuse TGV (Trois-Domaines)
 * Lorraine TGV (in Louvigny, near Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport)
 * upgrades and improvements to terminal lines and facilities, especially between the Gare de l'Est station in Paris and Vaires-sur-Marne and on the Strasbourg–Kehl main line.
 * modernisation of city centre stations
 * electrification of lines through the Vosges valleys to permit seamless TGV running

Journey times have decreased as follows:

Phase one
Earthworks for the first phase between Vaires-sur-Marne and Baudrecourt started in spring 2002. The contractors took three years to complete the earthworks and some 327 pieces of structural work as well as re-establishing communications for people and wildlife. Tracklaying and building the new stations started in 2004.

As the first infrastructure project of its kind to be declared a public utility by the Ministry of the Environment, the LGV Est is also the first railway to be financed largely by the French regions and the European Union (EU). The main contractor for the project is RFF (Réseau ferré de France), the state-owned company responsible for managing the French rail infrastructure.

Civil engineering works were distributed in eight contracts which were awarded after bidding by five companies: SNCF, ISL, Tractebel, Scétauroute and Setec. This is the first time there has been competition for the construction of a TGV line since reform of the rail system in 1997 and the involvement of RFF. SNCF Engineering, in partnership with EEG Simecsol succeeded in obtaining four of the contracts (including one for the second phase), this being 50% of the civil engineering project. Moreover, it directed the entire superstructure works project (track, signals and electrification) under the responsibility of Réseau Ferré de France.

On 9 June 2007, the TGV Est made its inaugural voyage, leaving from the Gare de l'Est at 7:36am. Notable passengers included: François Fillon, the French Prime Minister, Alain Juppé, the Minister of Sustainable Development, and the Argentinian Ambassador to France. The Prime Minister hailed this event as "a beautiful symbol of the capacity of our country to innovate when it is united, a symbol of European France, of the knowledge of French businesses, and a symbol that gives confidence in the future." He hailed this achievement as "a union by train between France and its German, Luxembourgish, and Swiss partners, between the European institutions and the [French] capital."

Phase two
On 2 September 2009, infrastructure manager RFF announced the tendering for the second phase. Financing was finalized on 1 September 2009, with a mix of sources ranging from the French and Luxembourgish governments, regional governments, the EU, and RFF. The full line was planned to open on 3 April 2016, but that opening was delayed to 3 July by a major accident during testing of the line. Until then, TGV ran between these two cities via the existing Metz-Strasbourg line at the 160 km/h normal speed for the line.

The final weld of rails on the second phase took place on 31 March 2015 and was accompanied by a ceremony marking the end of construction of Phase 2, although work on signaling continued. The opening of the second phase had been scheduled for 3 April 2016, but was delayed after a train derailed near Eckwersheim during commissioning trials, resulting in 11 deaths and damage to a bridge on the line. The line opened on 3 July 2016. A landslide in March 2020 caused a derailment, with 22 minor injuries, and one serious.

World speed record
A series of high speed trials, named Operation V150, were conducted on the LGV Est prior to its June 2007 opening using a specially modified train. The trials were conducted jointly by SNCF, TGV builder Alstom, and LGV Est owner Réseau Ferré de France between 15 January 2007 and 15 April 2007. Following a series of increasingly high speed runs, the official speed record attempt took place on 3 April 2007. The top speed of 574.8 km/h (159.6 m/s, 357.2 mph) was reached at kilometre point 191 near the village of Le Chemin, between the Meuse and Champagne-Ardenne TGV stations, where the most favourable profile exists.

The 515.3 km/h speed record of 1990 was unofficially broken multiple times during the test campaign that preceded and followed the certified record attempt, the first time on 13 February 2007 with a speed of 554.3 km/h, and the last time on 15 April 2007 with a speed of 542.9 km/h.

Construction financing
The total cost was about €4 billion, apportioned as follows:
 * 61% public funds
 * French government
 * 17 local authorities
 * European Union
 * Luxembourg
 * 17% RFF
 * 22% SNCF (including €800 million for TGV rolling stock)

Controversy
The LGV Est was a subject of public debate for several reasons:
 * The 2006 commencement of first phase service was pushed back to 10 June 2007.
 * This was the first LGV construction in which local communities had to contribute to the funding together with the state government and European Union. The contribution was fixed following a capital structure group discussion of the communities, depending on the time decrease for users in relation to the Île de France. Alsace has therefore had to pay almost €300 million. This financial model continued for the second phase, and is used for other new LGV lines as well.

Timeline

 * 22 May 1992: French-German La Rochelle summit; commitment by France and Germany to create a high-speed rail line linking the two countries, comprising a northern branch via Saarbrücken-Mannheim and a southern branch via Strasbourg-Karlsruhe
 * 14 May 1996: declaration of public utility
 * 2001: refurbishment of a number of stations in Germany (for example Kaiserslautern) and launch of infrastructure work in Germany (line upgrading for 200 km/h on sections of the conventional line between Saarbrücken and Mannheim)
 * 28 January 2002: official beginning of works for first phase between Vaires-sur-Marne and Baudrecourt
 * 18 December 2003: government of Jean-Pierre Raffarin announces approximately 50 improvement projects, of which eight are for the TGV, including second phase works due to begin about 2010; additionally, connection of TGV Est with ICE to occur between 2007 and 2010
 * 19 October 2004: laying of the first LGV Est rail at Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple (Marne) by the transport minister, Gilles de Robien; earthworks are 80% complete and of the 338 structural projects, 290 (of which 14 are viaducts) are complete
 * June 2006: the catenary between Marne and Meuse is powered
 * 31 October 2006: the catenary for the entire length of the line is powered to enable testing
 * 13 November 2006: beginning of technical testing of the central 210 km of the line using specialized trains to check correct track geometry, etc., at speeds up to 320 km/h
 * 25 January 2007: An initial budget of €94 million is allocated to the second phase of the line between Baudrecourt and Strasbourg
 * 30 January 2007: The power is on over the whole length of 300 km.
 * 1 February 2007: The control centre at Pagny-sur-Moselle is opened.
 * 13 February 2007: A new world record for train speed is unofficially set by a TGV during tests on the LGV Est.
 * 3 April 2007: An official new world speed record for conventional trains of 574.8 km/h is set by a TGV on the LGV Est.
 * 9 June 2007: The inaugural voyage of the LGV Est is completed (see below).
 * 10 June 2007: The LGV Est opens for commercial service.
 * 16 May 2008: First Stop of ICE-MF due to a transformer fire on this route.
 * 29 October 2009: the European Commission announced that LGV Est's second phase has been awarded €76M, out of total costs of €633.3M. The Commission stated the funding had been brought forward to accelerate construction due to the economic crisis.
 * June 2010: Construction begins on phase 2
 * 10 November 2011 – 19 June 2012: First bore of the Saverne Tunnel bored.
 * 26 September 2012 – 25 February 2013: Second bore of the Saverne Tunnel bored.
 * 31 March 2015: Final weld of rails on second phase marking the end of construction of the second phase.
 * 14 November 2015: A TGV derailed in the commune of Eckwersheim during testing on the then-unopened second phase, killing at least ten people
 * 3 July 2016: Opening of the second phase, delayed by 3 months by the accident.

Accidents

 * On 16 May 2008, a car of an ICE 3MF at Annet-sur-Marne caught fire. The train, with around 300 passengers, had to be evacuated after a transformer had caught fire. The cause is suspected to be a defective drive motor, from which parts had come loose and damaged the transformer.
 * On 12 June 2008, a "short turnaround" of an ICE coming from Paris, which was to return from the St. Ingbert in Saarland to Paris, resulted in several slightly injured travelers. All passengers should change at this small station into a substitute IC arrived from Frankfurt; its passengers, on the other hand, should transfer to the turning ICE. As a result of several faulty ICE units, some intermittent ICE journeys completely failed or were replaced by TGV trains in the same week; On 13 June 2008, the DB then restricted the continuous traffic on the POS Northeast for the time being from five to three connections. The remaining rides were broken: TGV operated Paris-Saarbrücken and back; IC Saarbrücken-Frankfurt and back. Only two of the six existing ICE trainsets were needed. From 19 June 2008, the trains went through again, but some courses were still served by TGV. These can not turn in Mannheim and must drive over Käfertal, which leads to small delays.
 * On the afternoon of 8 July 2008, ICE 9555 Paris-Frankfurt collided in the area of the Kennelgarten station near Kaiserslautern with a truck that had been stuck in the gravel while turning in a construction site. The approximately 400 passengers of the ICE remained unhurt, but six of the eight cars of the ICE were damaged. The train could later continue with its own strength to Kaiserslautern, where the passengers had to change to a replacement train.
 * In July 2008, there were again numerous ICE failures; from 21 July – 23 August 2008, TGV units regularly helped with one full-round journey. Nevertheless, passengers often had to change trains in or from Saarbrücken, Homburg / Saar or Forbach (F) to or from TGV trains, or in some cases were not carried as a result of a lack of vehicles. Also in the course of autumn and in the winter of 2008/2009 the ICE disturbances continued; there were always TGV replacement services and / or breaking the connection in Saarbrücken Hbf.
 * On 14 November 2015, the TGV accident in Eckwersheim caused the most severe accident with a TGV. During a test drive a train derailed due to excessive speed in a curve and partially crashed into the Rhine-Marne Canal. 11 people died, 42 others were injured, 12 of them seriously.

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2003 ISSF World Cup

For the 2003 ISSF World Cup in the seventeen Olympic shooting events, the World Cup Final was held in October 2003 in Milan, Italy for the rifle, pistol and running target events, and in Rome, Italy for the shotgun events.

Men's individual
The winners in Milan were:
 * [[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px]] Rajmond Debevec, Slovenia, in men's 50 m Rifle Three Positions
 * [[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|20px]] Torben Grimmel, Denmark, in men's 50 m Rifle Prone
 * [[Image:Flag of Hungary.svg|20px]] Péter Sidi, Hungary, in men's 10 m Air Rifle
 * [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px]] Xu Dan, China, in men's 50 m Pistol
 * [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] Marco Spangenberg, Germany, in men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
 * [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Mikhail Nestruev, Russia, in men's 10 m Air Pistol
 * [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px]] Li Jie, China, in men's 10 m Running Target
 * [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Lioubov Galkina, Russia, in women's 50 m Rifle Three Positions
 * [[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px]] Anjali Bhagwat, India, in women's 10 m Air Rifle
 * [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px]] Chen Ying, China, in women's 25 m Pistol
 * [[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|20px]] Olena Kostevych, Ukraine, in women's 10 m Air Pistol

Shotgun
The winners in Rome were:
 * [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px]] Giovanni Pellielo, Italy, in men's Trap
 * [[Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg|20px]] Ahmed Al Maktoum, United Arab Emirates, in men's Double Trap
 * [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px]] Ennio Falco, Italy, in men's Skeet
 * [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px]] Gao E, China, in women's Trap
 * [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|20px]] Li Qingnian, China, in women's Double Trap
 * [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Svetlana Demina, Russia, in women's Skeet

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I have found that the Religious Pluralism article is probably in need of a rewrite. I, therefore, to get something happening, have prepared this outline for people to fill in. --Cormallen 20:00, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:1999 Odisha cyclone

Cleanup
This article needs to be cleaned up big time.

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 00:29, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Todo
More impact. Jdorje 21:27, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I added more and added refs, but I haven't found very much info. This is gonna be tough. íslenska hurikein #12 (samtal) 00:33, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Does anybody know of a place where I can get some info? íslenska hurikein #12 (samtal) 17:51, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Look back in time here (Bangladesh) and here (India) for a lot of info...--Nilfanion (talk) 18:02, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh cool, thanks. íslenska hurikein #12 (samtal) 18:52, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't see any good info. íslenska hurikein | #12 (samtal) 19:22, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

So what should i do now? íslenskur fellibylur #12 (samtal) 21:52, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

 * More impact. I'm positive a storm only 7 years ago that caused several billion in damage has more impact out there. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 22:19, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I looked tons though. But some how, some way, after I look, you're able to find loads of info. I don't get it. Whatever, I look some more. íslenskur fellibylur #12 (samtal) 22:26, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Are you convinced? Here's some links I found with a quick google search. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 01:01, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Links

 * Impact and Aftermath
 * Reason for disaster (deforestation)
 * Impact and Aftermath
 * Impact
 * Impact and Aftermath
 * India and Myanmar Impact, Aftermath
 * Mitigation and Aftermath <-- This link shows that preparedness measures were established, leading to better preparations for a storm one one year after the cyclone
 * Dartmouth Flood Observatory
 * Told ya you could find stuff somehow someway. Thanks for the links though; I'll get to work on it tomorrow. íslenskur fellibylur #12 (samtal) 01:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

I think it looks much better, but I know there's more info out there. But I think I'm done working on it for now. Now for Chanchu. íslenskur fellibylur #12 (samtal) 23:19, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Good info
 * Can it be upgraded to B or something now? íslenskur fel lib ylur #12 (samtal) 03:14, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It's better, but I'd like to see some more impact before upping it to B class. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 03:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Article Name
This article needs to be renamed to Cyclone 05B to be consistent with other cyclones in this basin (example: Cyclone Agni. --Coredesat 03:45, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. —Cuivi é nen

Is this the best title for the article? Some reports, such as reliefweb, refer it as the Orissa Cyclone. I propose it be renamed to 1999 Orissa Cyclone, with a dab on the top indicating there was another cyclone that struck the area just weeks before. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 02:40, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't mind calling it 1999 Orissa cyclone, if that's what most media reports called it. --Core desat  05:01, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Should cyclone be capitalized or not? Hurricanehink ( talk ) 05:45, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Per naming conventions, it should be left lowercase. --Core desat  06:40, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I brought back the discussion that Nilfanion started on the WPTC talk page over naming conventions, including whether to capitalize the first letter of the last word or not (cyclone or Cyclone). Hurricanehink ( talk ) 17:24, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Naming the article 1999 Orissa super cyclone would distinguish it from the other cyclone that hit Orissa in the same month.Potapych (talk) 01:48, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * "Super cyclone" could be POV. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  01:56, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, I have a solution. The JTWC has the first inland datapoint for Cyclone 4B as being on the border between Orissa and Andhra Pradesh; since the cyclone came from the south, we know it hit Andhra Pradesh (though extreme eastern portion), so if Cyclone 4B needs an article, it could be 1999 Andhra Pradesh cyclone. ♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 02:32, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * IMD says that made landfall in Orissa as well. "Super cyclone" is frenquently used, the other one could be called Gopalpur Cyclone, I guess. "Super cyclone" would also work since it is the first of only two official "super cyclonic storms".Potapych (talk) 15:16, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Naming the other one the Golpapur Cyclone might be confusing, since there are a few areas called Gopalpur (with the one in Orissa being called Gopalpur-on-Sea on Wikipedia). Just brainstorming, we could call this one the 1999 Jagatsinghpur cyclone, as that was where most of the deaths occurred. Simply calling this article the '99 Orissa super cyclone wouldn't be enough of a distinction, IMO. Then again, I think this one should be kept at the current title, since it was clearly the more famous of the two cyclones that hit Orissa in 1999. The other one could be called 1999 Ganjam cyclone, if/when it gets an article, since that was the district where it made landfall, and JTWC says that is where the most impact occurred. ♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 22:27, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * That's what the Indian government called them on page 28 Potapych (talk) 23:16, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I personally don't think that calling it the Gopalpur Cyclone would be the best solution for Cyclone 04B. The article on Gopalpur is a dab to a city in India and Bangladesh. The one in India (Gopalpur, India) is to a city in West Bengal, but the city it struck was Gopalpur-on-Sea. Again, regarding whether or not to call this article super cyclone or just cyclone, I feel it would add confusion to the title. NIO articles generally just have the word "cyclone" in the title. ♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 00:49, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I think Gopalpur cyclone and Orissa super cyclone are both still better. Googling "Gopalpur cyclone" gives eight hits on the first page which are about the storm. "Orissa super cyclone" comes from a number of sources used in this article. Wouldn't those be more useful to the reader?Potapych (talk) 20:37, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Since I disagree with the above user, and he disagrees with me, does anyone else have any opinion? This discussion is for a what-if sceniario, since the other storm does not currently have an article. A current placeholder name, if someone takes the initiative to make it, could just be Cyclone 04B (1999). ♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 01:10, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

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Note: WP India Project Banner with Orissa workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article falls under Category:Orissa or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate, please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article -- Amartyabag   TALK2ME  03:00, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Finally moved
Thank God someone finally moved the article to its proper name. I always thought the article belonged under this name, long before I created my account. Nice to see that the title finally makes sense. Good job, people. --UltimateDarkloid (talk) 11:28, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Changes to links, and support for fatality count
The citation supporting the number of deaths and other claims here did not load for me. I think they've reorganized their site, and this site may be the original page referenced. If anyone remembers the original page, and I have it wrong, please correct me, but I've replaced a non-loading link with one that works. I spot-checked some of the claims and they seem to be supported.

The link supports the claim of 10,000 fatalities with the statement, "Official figures state 10,000 people died but could be more." I am adding a site which uses the value of 15,000, so I am updating the count to that number, unless anyone objects. I will leave the updated BAPS link for the other claims, then use the sigma link for the 15,000.

If anyone disagrees, let me know and we can sort through which value is best supported.-- SPhilbrick  T  16:38, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

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Corporate editing
Most of the Aftermath section looks like an advertisement for one particular organisation i.e. BAPS (which TBH I've never even heard of till I read this article), and no doubt the text was inserted by a member of the said organisation. The Red Cross is in a separate league altogether, but when it comes to charities and NGOs, I'm due there's no death of organisations doing their bit to help survivors after every such disaster. I don't see the need for any particular organisation to be highlighted to such an extent; makes the article look biased. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.177.12.12 (talk) 01:08, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

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Calpain

A calpain is a protein belonging to the family of calcium-dependent, non-lysosomal cysteine proteases (proteolytic enzymes) expressed ubiquitously in mammals and many other organisms. Calpains constitute the C2 family of protease clan CA in the MEROPS database. The calpain proteolytic system includes the calpain proteases, the small regulatory subunit CAPNS1, also known as CAPN4, and the endogenous calpain-specific inhibitor, calpastatin.

Discovery
The history of calpain's discovery originates in 1964, when calcium-dependent proteolytic activities caused by a "calcium-activated neutral protease" (CANP) were detected in brain, lens of the eye and other tissues. In the late 1960s the enzymes were isolated and characterised independently in both rat brain and skeletal muscle. These activities were caused by an intracellular cysteine protease not associated with the lysosome and having an optimum activity at neutral pH, which clearly distinguished it from the cathepsin family of proteases. The calcium-dependent activity, intracellular localization, and the limited, specific proteolysis on its substrates, highlighted calpain’s role as a regulatory, rather than a digestive, protease. When the sequence of this enzyme became known, it was given the name "calpain", to recognize its common properties with two well-known proteins at the time, the calcium-regulated signalling protein, calmodulin, and the cysteine protease of papaya, papain. Shortly thereafter, the activity was found to be attributable to two main isoforms, dubbed μ ("mu")-calpain and m-calpain (or calpain I and II), that differed primarily in their calcium requirements in vitro. Their names reflect the fact that they are activated by micro- and nearly millimolar concentrations of Ca2+ within the cell, respectively.

To date, these two isoforms remain the best characterised members of the calpain family. Structurally, these two heterodimeric isoforms share an identical small (28 kDa) subunit (CAPNS1 (formerly CAPN4)), but have distinct large (80 kDa) subunits, known as calpain 1 and calpain 2 (each encoded by the CAPN1 and CAPN2 genes, respectively).

Cleavage specificity
No specific amino acid sequence is uniquely recognized by calpains. Amongst protein substrates, tertiary structure elements rather than primary amino acid sequences are likely responsible for directing cleavage to a specific substrate. Amongst peptide and small-molecule substrates, the most consistently reported specificity is for small, hydrophobic amino acids (e.g. leucine, valine and isoleucine) at the P2 position, and large hydrophobic amino acids (e.g. phenylalanine and tyrosine) at the P1 position. Arguably, the best currently available fluorogenic calpain substrate is (EDANS)-Glu-Pro-Leu-Phe=Ala-Glu-Arg-Lys-(DABCYL), with cleavage occurring at the Phe=Ala bond.

Extended family
The Human Genome Project has revealed that more than a dozen other calpain isoforms exist, some with multiple splice variants. As the first calpain whose three-dimensional structure was determined, m-calpain is the type-protease for the C2 (calpain) family in the MEROPS database.

Function
Although the physiological role of calpains is still poorly understood, they have been shown to be active participants in processes such as cell mobility and cell cycle progression, as well as cell-type specific functions such as long-term potentiation in neurons and cell fusion in myoblasts. Under these physiological conditions, a transient and localized influx of calcium into the cell activates a small local population of calpains (for example, those close to Ca2+ channels), which then advance the signal transduction pathway by catalyzing the controlled proteolysis of its target proteins. Additionally, phosphorylation by protein kinase A and dephosphorylation by alkaline phosphatase have been found to positively regulate the activity of μ-calpains by increasing random coils and decreasing β-sheets in its structure. Phosphorylation improves proteolytic activity and stimulates auto-activation of μ-calpains. However, increased calcium concentration overruns the effects of phosphorylation and dephosphorylation on calpain activity, and thus calpain activity ultimately depends on the presence of calcium. Other reported roles of calpains are in cell function, helping to regulate clotting and the diameter of blood vessels, and playing a role in memory. Calpains have been implicated in apoptotic cell death, and appear to be an essential component of necrosis. Detergent fractionation revealed the cytosolic localization of calpain.

Enhanced calpain activity, regulated by CAPNS1, significantly contributes to platelet hyperreactivity under hypoxic environment.

In the brain, while μ-calpain is mainly located in the cell body and dendrites of neurons and to a lesser extent in axons and glial cells, m-calpain is found in glia and a small number in axons. Calpain is also involved in skeletal muscle protein breakdown due to exercise and altered nutritional states.

Pathology
The structural and functional diversity of calpains in the cell is reflected in their involvement in the pathogenesis of a wide range of disorders. At least two well known genetic disorders and one form of cancer have been linked to tissue-specific calpains. When defective, the mammalian calpain 3 (also known as p94) is the gene product responsible for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A, calpain 10 has been identified as a susceptibility gene for type II diabetes mellitus, and calpain 9 has been identified as a tumour suppressor for gastric cancer. Moreover, the hyperactivation of calpains is implicated in a number of pathologies associated with altered calcium homeostasis such as Alzheimer's disease, and cataract formation, as well as secondary degeneration resulting from acute cellular stress following myocardial ischemia, cerebral (neuronal) ischemia, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. Excessive amounts of calpain can be activated due to Ca2+ influx after cerebrovascular accident (during the ischemic cascade) or some types of traumatic brain injury such as diffuse axonal injury. Increase in concentration of calcium in the cell results in calpain activation, which leads to unregulated proteolysis of both target and non-target proteins and consequent irreversible tissue damage. Excessively active calpain breaks down molecules in the cytoskeleton such as spectrin, microtubule subunits, microtubule-associated proteins, and neurofilaments. It may also damage ion channels, other enzymes, cell adhesion molecules, and cell surface receptors. This can lead to degradation of the cytoskeleton and plasma membrane. Calpain may also break down sodium channels that have been damaged due to axonal stretch injury, leading to an influx of sodium into the cell. This, in turn, leads to the neuron's depolarization and the influx of more Ca2+. A significant consequence of calpain activation is the development of cardiac contractile dysfunction that follows ischemic insult to the heart. Upon reperfusion of the ischemic myocardium, there is development of calcium overload or excess in the heart cell (cardiomyocytes). This increase in calcium leads to activation of calpain. Recently calpain has been implicated in promoting high altitude induced venous thrombosis by mediating platelet hyperactivation.

Therapeutic inhibitors
The exogenous regulation of calpain activity is therefore of interest for the development of therapeutics in a wide array of pathological states. As a few of the many examples supporting the therapeutic potential of calpain inhibition in ischemia, calpain inhibitor AK275 protected against focal ischemic brain damage in rats when administered after ischemia, and MDL28170 significantly reduced the size of damaged infarct tissue in a rat focal ischemia model. Also, calpain inhibitors are known to have neuroprotective effects: PD150606, SJA6017, ABT-705253, and SNJ-1945.

Calpain may be released in the brain for up to a month after a head injury, and may be responsible for a shrinkage of the brain sometimes found after such injuries. However, calpain may also be involved in a "resculpting" process that helps repair damage after injury.

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Blyborough

Blyborough is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 115. It lies on the B1398 road, 9 mi east from Gainsborough, 16 mi north from Lincoln and 3 mi south from Kirton Lindsey.

Blyborough's Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon saint and martyr, Alkmund of Derby. Built in the early 13th century, it was partially rebuilt in 1877 by James Fowler.

Two Grade II listed village buildings are Blyborough Grange Farmhouse and Blyborough Hall. The hall was built in the early 18th century and was for many generations the home of the Luard family, who acquired their wealth through sugar plantations in the West Indies.

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