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List of hexagrams of the I Ching

This is a list of the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, or Book of Changes, and their Unicode character codes.

This list is in King Wen order. (Cf. other hexagram sequences.)

Hexagram 1

Hexagram 1 is named 乾 (qián), "Force". Other variations include "the creative", "strong action", "the key", and "god". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical.

Hexagram 2

Hexagram 2 is named 坤 (kūn), "Field". Other variations include "the receptive", "acquiescence", and "the flow". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical.

Hexagram 3

Hexagram 3 is named 屯 (zhūn), "Sprouting". Other variations include "difficulty at the beginning", "gathering support", and "hoarding". The meaning of "屯" is collect, store up, stingy, and stationing troops. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.

Hexagram 4

Hexagram 4 is named 蒙 (méng), "Enveloping". Other variations include "youthful folly", "the young shoot", and "discovering". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain.

Hexagram 5

Hexagram 5 is named 需 (xū), "Attending". Other variations include "waiting", "moistened", and "arriving". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.

Hexagram 6

Hexagram 6 is named 訟 (sòng), arguing, dispute, litigation, conflict and "lawsuit". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven.

Hexagram 7

Hexagram 7 is named 師 (shī), "Leading". Other variations include "the army" and "the troops". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth.

Hexagram 8

Hexagram 8 is named 比 (bǐ), "Grouping". Other variations include "holding together" and "alliance". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.

Hexagram 9

Hexagram 9 is named 小畜 (xiǎo xù), "Small Accumulating", "domestication" "the taming power of the small", "small harvest", "minor restraint" and "small livestock". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind.

Hexagram 10

Hexagram 10 is named 履 (lǚ), "Treading". Other variations include "treading (conduct)" and "continuing". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven.

Hexagram 11

Hexagram 11 is named 泰 (tài), "Pervading", “smooth going", "peace" and "greatness". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth.

Hexagram 12

Hexagram 12 is named 否 (pǐ), "Obstruction". Other variations include "standstill (stagnation)" and "selfish persons". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven.

Hexagram 13

Hexagram 13 is named 同人 (tóng rén), "Concording People". Other variations include "fellowship with men" and "gathering men". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven.

Hexagram 14

Hexagram 14 is named 大有 (dà yǒu), "Great Possessing". Other variations include "possession in great measure" and "the great possession". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire.

Hexagram 15

Hexagram 15 is named 謙 (qiān), "Humbling". Other variations include "modesty". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth.

Hexagram 16

Hexagram 16 is named 豫 (yù), "Providing-For". Other variations include "enthusiasm" and "excess". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder.

Hexagram 17

Hexagram 17 is named 隨 (suí), "Following", "Pursue", "Hunter". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open =  swamp.

Hexagram 18

Hexagram 18 is named 蠱 (gǔ), "Correcting". Other variations include "work on what has been spoiled (decay)", "decaying" and "branch". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain. Gu is the name of a venom-based poison traditionally used in Chinese witchcraft.

Hexagram 19

Hexagram 19 is named 臨 (lín), "Nearing". Other variations include "approach" and "the forest". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth.

Hexagram 20

Hexagram 20 is named 觀 (guān), "Viewing". Other variations include "contemplation (view)" and "looking up". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind.

Hexagram 21

Hexagram 21 is named 噬嗑 (shì kè), "Gnawing Bite". Other variations include "biting through" and "biting and chewing". It may refer to teeth working together to bring coherence. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire.

Hexagram 22

Hexagram 22 is named 賁 (bì), "Adorning", "bright", "grace", "lush", and "luxuriance". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain.

Hexagram 23

Hexagram 23 is named 剝 (bō), "Stripping". Other variations include "splitting apart", "flaying", "scalp", and "peel". This may allude to removal of something. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain.

Hexagram 24

Hexagram 24 is named 復 (fù), "Returning". Other variations include "return (the turning point)". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth.

Hexagram 25

Hexagram 25 is named 無妄 (wú wàng), "Without Embroiling". Other variations include "innocence (the unexpected)" and "pestilence". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven.

Hexagram 26

Hexagram 26 is named 大畜 (dà xù), "Great Accumulating". Other variations include "the taming power of the great", "great storage", and "potential energy". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain.

Hexagram 27

Hexagram 27 is named 頤 (yí), "Swallowing". Other variations include "the corners of the mouth (providing nourishment)", "jaws" and "comfort/security". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain.

Hexagram 28

Hexagram 28 is named 大過 (dà guò), "Great Exceeding". Other variations include "preponderance of the great", "great surpassing" and "critical mass". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp.

Hexagram 29

Hexagram 29 is named 坎 (kǎn), "Gorge". Other variations include "the abyss" (in the oceanographic sense) and "repeated entrapment". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical.

Hexagram 30

Hexagram 30 is named 離 (lí), "Radiance". Other variations include "the clinging, fire" and "the net". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical. The origin of the character has its roots in symbols of long-tailed birds such as the peacock or the legendary phoenix.

Hexagram 31

Hexagram 31 is named 咸 (xián), "Conjoining". Other variations include "influence (wooing)", "feelings", "being affected", and "reciprocity". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp.

Hexagram 32

Hexagram 32 is named 恆 (héng), "Persevering". Other variations include "duration" and "constancy". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder.

Hexagram 33

Hexagram 33 is named 遯 (dùn), "Retiring". Other variations include "retreat" and "yielding". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven.

Hexagram 34

Hexagram 34 is named 大壯 (dà zhuàng), "Great Invigorating". Other variations include "the power of the great" and "great maturity". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = (雷) thunder.

Hexagram 35

Hexagram 35 is named 晉 (jìn), "Prospering". Other variations include "progress" and "aquas". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire.

Hexagram 36

Hexagram 36 is named 明夷 (míng yí), "Darkening of the Light". Other variations include "brilliance injured" and "intelligence hidden". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth.

Hexagram 37

Hexagram 37 is named 家人 (jiā rén), "Dwelling People". Other variations include "the family (the clan)" and "family members". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind.

Hexagram 38

Hexagram 38 is named 睽 (kuí), "Polarising". Other variations include "opposition" and "perversion". The symbol 睽 also means separated, estranged, and stare. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire.

Hexagram 39

Hexagram 39 is named 蹇 (jiǎn), "Limping". Other variations include "obstruction" and "afoot". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.

Hexagram 40

Hexagram 40 is named 解 (xiè), "Taking-Apart". Other variations include "deliverance" and "untangled". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder.

Hexagram 41
Hexagram 41 is named 損 (sǔn), "Diminishing", "lose", "reduction", "remove", "damage", "decrease". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain.

Hexagram 42

Hexagram 42 is named 益 (yì), "Augmenting". Other variations include: increase, beneficial, useful. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind.

Hexagram 43

Hexagram 43 is named 夬 (guài), "Displacement". Other variations include "resoluteness", "parting", and "break-through". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp.

Hexagram 44

Hexagram 44 is named 姤 (gòu), "Coupling". Other variations include "coming to meet" and "meeting". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven.

Hexagram 45

Hexagram 45 is named 萃 (cuì), "Clustering", "gathering together (massing)" and "finished". Other meanings of the symbol: gather, assemble, collect, dense, thick, and collection. It may mean that it's good to get help or advice; for progress it's necessary to persevere. The group needs to be sustained. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp.

Hexagram 46

Hexagram 46 is named 升 (shēng), "Ascending". Other variations include "pushing upward". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth.

Hexagram 47

Hexagram 47 is named 困 (kùn), "Confining". Other variations include "oppression (exhaustion)" and "entangled". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp.

Hexagram 48

Hexagram 48 is named 井 (jǐng), "Welling". Other variations include "the well". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.

Hexagram 49

Hexagram 49 is named 革 (gé), "Skinning". Other variations include "revolution (molting)" and "the bridle". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp.

Hexagram 50

Hexagram 50 is named 鼎 (dǐng), "Holding". Other variations include "the cauldron". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire.

Hexagram 51

Hexagram 51 is named 震 (zhèn), "Shake","the arousing (shock, thunder)"; "thunder, excite, thrill, convulse, and tremor". The advice is to maintain one's concentration ("one did not lose the sacrificial wine in the ladle"). Its inner (lower) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical.

Hexagram 52

Hexagram 52 is named 艮 (gèn), "Bound". Other variations include "keeping still, mountain" and "stilling". The symbol also means, "blunt, tough, and chewy like hard leather". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical.

Hexagram 53

Hexagram 53 is named 漸 (jiàn), "Infiltrating". Other variations include "development (gradual progress)" and "advancement". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind.

Hexagram 54

Hexagram 54 is named 歸妹 (guī mèi), "Converting the Maiden". Other variations include "the marrying maiden" and "returning maiden". Marrying younger sister. Not being in a position to make things happen one's own way. Trying to anyway will only bring trouble. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder.

Hexagram 55

Hexagram 55 is named 豐 (fēng), "Abounding". Other variations include "abundance" and "fullness". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder.

Hexagram 56

Hexagram 56 is named 旅 (lǚ), "Sojourning". Other variations include "the wanderer" and "traveling". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire.

Hexagram 57

Hexagram 57 is named (xùn), "Ground". Other variations include "the gentle (the penetrating, wind)" and "calculations". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☴ ( xùn) ground = wind, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical.

Hexagram 58

Hexagram 58 is named 兌 (duì), "Open", "exchange" "the joyous, lake" and "usurpation". The symbol "兌" means exchange, add, against, and convert. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical.

Hexagram 59

Hexagram 59 is named 渙 (huàn), "Dispersing". Other variations include "dispersion (dissolution)" and "dispersal". The symbol means dissipate, dissolve, vanish. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind.

Hexagram 60

Hexagram 60 is named 節 (jié), "Articulating". Other variations include "limitation" and "moderation". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.

Hexagram 61

Hexagram 61 is named 中孚 (zhōng fú), "Center Returning", "inner trust", "inner truth" and "central return". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = swamp, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind.

Hexagram 62

Hexagram 62 is named 小過 (xiǎo guò). Often called "Small Exceeding", "preponderance of the small" and "small surpassing", but literal translation of 小過 is: small mistake, slightly too much. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☳ (震 zhèn) shake = thunder.

Hexagram 63

Hexagram 63 is named 既濟 (jì jì), "Already Fording". Other variations include "after completion" and "already completed" or "already done". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.

Hexagram 64

Hexagram 64 is named 未濟 (wèi jì), "Not Yet Fording". Other variations include "before completion" and "not yet completed". Its inner (lower) trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire.

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Ease on Down the Road

"Ease on Down the Road" is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz, an R&B re-interpretation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Charlie Smalls–composed tune is the show's version of both "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" and "We're Off to See the Wizard" from the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz. In the song, performed three times during the show, Dorothy and her friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion dance their way down the Yellow Brick Road and give each other words of encouragement.

Two versions of the song have been released as charting singles: one associated with the Broadway show by studio group Consumer Rapport in 1975, and a second recorded by Diana Ross and Michael Jackson for the feature-film adaptation of The Wiz (1978).

Early versions
The earliest version of the song was recorded by the Hues Corporation in 1974, for their second studio album Rockin' Soul. The song was performed by the original Baltimore cast of The Wiz at the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in October 1974 which included Renee Harris as Dorothy, Charles Valentino as the Scarecrow, Ben Harney as the Tin Man, Ken Prymus as the Cowardly Lion, and Butterfly McQueen as the Queen of the Field Mice. From January 5, 1975, the song was performed by the new Broadway cast at the Majestic Theatre which included Stephanie Mills (Dorothy), Hinton Battle (Scarecrow), Tiger Haynes (Tin Man) and Ted Ross (Cowardly Lion), who also performed the song on the original 1975 cast album for The Wiz. The song was a number-one disco hit for five non-consecutive weeks in a recording by the disco studio group Consumer Rapport. Produced by Stephen Y. Scheaffer and The Wiz musical arranger Harold Wheeler, the Consumer Rapport version hit the Billboard Soul Singles chart, peaking at #19 and the Hot 100, peaking at #42.

Diana Ross and Michael Jackson version
In 1977, "Ease on Down the Road" was recorded as a duet between Diana Ross and Michael Jackson and released as the theme song of the 1978 film adaptation of The Wiz. As with the rest of the music in the film, the film version of "Ease on Down the Road" was produced by Quincy Jones. The recording was one of Jackson's first collaborations with Quincy Jones, who became his main producer during the late 1970s and 1980s.

Released as a single by MCA Records in late summer 1978, the song missed the U.S. top 40 by one position, peaking at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100. It reached #17 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart the same year. AllMusic's William Ruhlmann wrote that duet between Jackson and Ross has "spectacular vocal firepower" and that it outperforms the 1975 version by Consumer Rapport. The recording also earned Jackson his first Grammy Award nomination with Ross (his previous two were with his family group, the Jacksons) in the category of Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1979.

In 1980, Jackson was a guest on Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary and, along with Disney characters (Mickey Mouse, The Seven Dwarves, Donald Duck, Pinocchio, Minnie Mouse, Chip 'n' Dale, Pluto, Winnie the Pooh, The Three Little Pigs, and Goofy), performed the song in a medley with the Disney signature song "When You Wish Upon a Star".

In popular culture

 * Della Reese performed the song in the 1975 episode "Della, Della, Della" of the situation comedy Sanford and Son along with Fred G. Sanford.
 * In 1977, the song was performed by the cast of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour in a skit based on Pinocchio.
 * In 1979, Kathy Romanko and the Crystal Pryzm covered the song on their album Portraits.
 * In 1980, The Muppet Show featured the song, played by guest Jean-Pierre Rampal, during episode 510, in a retelling of Pied Piper of Hamelin.
 * Stephen King references the song in the Dark Tower novel The Gunslinger.
 * The song appears on Richard Simmons Broadway video Broadway Sweat.
 * The song appears in NBC's 2015 production of The Wiz Live!, performed by the TV special's stars Shanice Williams, Elijah Kelley, Ne-Yo and David Alan Grier.
 * In 2015, Saturday Night Live cast members Sasheer Zamata, Michael Che, Jay Pharoah and Kenan Thompson sang part of the song, while respectively portraying Dorothy and her friends in a crossover between The Wiz Live! and the movie The Wizard of Oz (1939). At the end of the sketch, they sang it again while teaching the 1939 Scarecrow (played by Ryan Gosling) how to dance the Dab.

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Trent Kaese

Trent Kaese (born September 9, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right wing. He was drafted in the eighth round, 161st overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the Sabres during the 1988–89 season, on March 25, 1989 against the Quebec Nordiques. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1987 to 1995, was spent in various minor leagues and then by several seasons in the British Hockey League.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cup (game)

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

The result of the debate was Delete Ryan Norton T 23:37, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

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Original Research, Hoax?--inks T 03:38, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep Use your browser's find in page to find cup on this page. --Imagist 03:48, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh no, LOTR-Cruft! :) Nice find --inks T 03:53, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

A few other references from Google. Admittedly, those aren't great sources, but there are a lot of them. --Imagist 04:04, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

The difficulty with proving the legitimacy of this is that any combination of "cup" with "play" or "game" turns up hundreds of pages on soccer and rugby, which are obviously more popular games. --Imagist 04:11, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

I attest that Cup is in fact a game. In fact, the "few" in the links that Imagist gave was written by me. I made a mention of cup playing in the blog post, and the Cup (game) article seems factual and fairly accurate to me. --Mikexstudios 04:46, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Mikexstudios, I believe you. Clearly this game exists. But as it stands now, this whole topic fails to meet No Original Research and Verifiability. Without citations to reasonable sources, there is no way I or other editors can ever know whether the descriptions in the article are accurate or not. As it stands, the Wikipedia page on Cup (game) may well be the single most authoritative source on this game in the world. Unintuitively, that is not a good thing - it means someone, probably, has put together some nice, well-meaning original research. Which needs to be published somewhere other than Wikipedia. Bunchofgrapes 18:00, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment let me make a friendly clarification of what Bunch said. Its fine for wikipedia to be the single most authoritative source, if it is by combining single bits of information from many different sources.  The problem is if the page is the single most authoritative source because it contains information not found anywhere else in the world.  Sorry if this was obvious, I didn't want Mike to get the wrong impression. :) --best, kevin  · · · Kzollman | Talk · · · 20:23, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I can't decide if I agree that Wikipedia pages can or should be considered "authoritative" or not, and it probably doesn't matter. The clarification Kzollman makes is correct in spirit. Bunchofgrapes 21:11, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
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References 1 and 3 are currently 404ing. I'm not sure about #3, but maybe #1 should point to http://www.library.metro.tokyo.jp/1b/ ? Chi11ken (talk) 05:10, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

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Wolde Selassie

Wolde Selassie (ወልደስላሴ; c.1736 – 28 May 1816) was Ras of the Tigray province between 1788 and 1816, and Regent of the Ethiopian Empire between 1797 and 1800. John J. Halls, in his Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt, preserves a description of this powerful warlord, as "small in stature, and delicately formed, quick in his manner, with a shrewd expression, and considerable dignity in his deportment." Nathaniel Pearce also notes that Ras Wolde was an avid chess player, and "would play at from morning till night".

Life
Wolde Selassie, who descended from the nobility of Antalo in Enderta, emerged as the ruler of Tigray, Hamasien and Mareb Melash (Eritrea) after years of fighting; Nathaniel Pearce describes an encounter where he made a name for himself by single-handedly slaying the brothers Abel and Cail, "two of Ras Michael's choice men" who were sent by Michael to kill Wolde Selasse. Despite the fact Ras Mikael Sehul was so impressed at this act of bravery that he tried to make peace with him, but Wolde Selassie remembered how the older man had killed his father, and until the old Ras died he spent his years in exile in Wollo and Gojjam.

Wolde Gabriel, grandson of Ras Mikael, attempted to crush Wolde Selassie when the later was in Wogera, but according to Pearce after besieging Wolde Selassie for 20 days Wolde Gabriel came off the worse, and made peace by proclaiming him Balgadda, or governor of the salt-making districts. After Wolde Gabriel's death in battle against Ras Aligaz of Yejju the then Emperial regent of Abyssinia, Wolde Selassie petitioned Emperor Tekle Giyorgis for the governorship of his kingdom, Enderta, but the Emperor "according to his usual bad faith" made another warlord, Ras Gebre Masqal, governor of Enderta instead. Wolde Selassie then quickly marched forth with a smaller army against the Ras, which he defeated, then entered Gebre Masqal's camp and took the Ras prisoner. Shortly afterwards he marched on Gondar. The two Emperors, Tekle Haymanot and Tekle Giyorgis bestowed Wolde-Sillasie the titles of both Ras and Bitwoded of the Abyssinian empire in 1790.

Wolde Selassie made his seat of government in Chalacot, but maintained his capital at Antalo in Enderta Province. He built four palaces, at Chelekot, Antalo, Felegdaro and Mekelle, all in Enderta. He played a role in the politics of the Imperial Throne, in part by providing shelter to Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I in 1799 and 1800, and was visited by the former Emperor Baeda Maryam in 1813. Although at first he cooperated with Ras Aligaz, the Imperial Regent, after his power grew, Wolde Selassie came to challenge Aligaz for that office prior to Aligaz's death in 1803. The first years of the 19th century were disturbed by fierce campaigns between Ras Gugsa of Begemder, and Ras Wolde Selassie of Tigray, who fought over control of the figurehead Emperor Egwale Seyon. Wolde Selassie was eventually the victor, and practically ruled the whole country as Enderase till his death in 1816.

Wolde Selassie, a conservative Christian who greatly valued Ethiopia's monarchical traditions, hated the Yeju parvenus. He hit out at them by effectively conquering the Azebo and Raya and by taking control over all the important passes in Lasta leading to Tigray. He then turned his attention to the coast, slowly but surely imposing his suzerainty over the Muslim authorities there until he finally could control and tax their trade inland; he used the revenues, to train, reform and re-equip his army and when the 19th century opened, Wolde Selassie was by far Abyssinia's leading figure and certainly the main champion of the Solomonic tradition. Ras Wolde Selassie was known to have had wielded the most power during his reign, exceeding formidable rases such as Ras Aligaz of Yejju, Ras Gugsa of Gojam and the Yejju chieftain Gojje; and throughout his vast provinces and districts, all kinds of crimes, grievances, rebellions, disputes and inheritances were directly referred to him and most wars were carried by himself in person.

According to Paul Henze, Ras Wolde Selassie was the first ruler of this period to have close contact with Europeans, hosting three British diplomats, George Annesley, Viscount Valentia, his secretary Henry Salt, and Pearce. Salt's arrival in Abyssinia culminated in the signing of a treaty of friendship with Wolde Selassie representing Abyssinia and the former representing Great Britain in 1805. Henry Salt also proposed inaugurating trade with Britain; Wolde Selassie was quick to see possible advantages in relations with Britain and promised to encourage such commerce with every means in his power. Revealing himself a realist, and speaking, Salt says, with "great sincerity", he nevertheless expressed the fear that his country might not be able to supply any quantity of valuable commodities sufficient to recompense our merchants for engaging in so precarious a trade; more especially as the Abyssinians were not much acquainted with commercial transactions...Could any plan, however, be arranged for obviating these difficulties...he would most readily concur in carrying it into effect.

Wolde Selassie also touched on a major obstacle that the Ethiopians had faced, the Egyptians had control over the port of Massawa which they acquired from the Ottoman Empire and reminded King George that with their "naval superiority in the red sea" Abyssinia might find it difficult to gain access to the port. Wolde-Sillasie's effort however, did bear fruit in the long term when his successors Dejazmatch Wube of Semien and Tigray and Emperor Yohannes of Ethiopia followed up on the treaty that was struck between him and the kingdom of Britain.

Nathaniel Pearce lived with Ras Wolde from about 1808 and the warlord's death. Pearce's diary of his stay is not only valuable for the history of this period, but also provides enormous detail about daily life in Ethiopia.

After a period of internal wars in Tigray province, a non-Tigrayan the Saho speaking Irob warlord Sabagadis Woldu was victorious and became the new lord of the province in 1822.

Reputation
At the effort of Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopia received its first Abuna, or titular religious leader, from Egypt since the death of Yosab in 1804: Qerellos III (1816–1828), who made his residence in Antalo.

The British diplomat Henry Salt described Wolde-Sillasie as "distinguished still more for his intrepidity and firmness than by the policy with which he has uniformly ruled the country under his command; having been successfully engaged in upwards of forty battles, and having evinced on these occasions even too great a disregard of his own personal safety in action." Another British traveller, Mansfield Parkyns adds, “Wolde Selasie reigned for twenty-five years, and during this long period obtained and maintained for himself the character of a good and wise prince”.

Family and descendants
Ras Wolde Selassie was the son of Dejazmach Kefla Iyasus, governor of Enderta province, and his wives included  Mentewab (died 1812 from smallpox), the sister of Emperor Egwale Seyon; and Sahin, the daughter of Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I. His brothers included Dejazmach Bilaten-Geta Mennase, Sebhato (Sevatu), Dejazmach Debbab, the great-grandfather of Emperor Yohannes IV, and Ato Gabre Massea (youngest brother of Wolde Selassie, and son of Kefla Iyasus, by another wife). had a son called Gebre Egziabher 1801

The Ras died at the age of 80 due to natural causes at his residence in Hintalo, Enderta.,

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I removed this text: "Additionally, you may ask any scholar on the planet WTFARK "fischertechnik©" is and they will slap you." as I am not sure what purpose it serves or even, what it is trying to say. ++Lar 03:41, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

There seems to be almost as much information on Lego here as fishertechnik(?). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.202.248.52 (talk) 05:13, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

I will slap anyone who impugns the "notability" of Fischer-Technik. My childhood revolved around this toy. And I grew up in the United States. Geenius at Wrok (talk) 03:47, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

 * Yeah, I've reverted that. It was just some kind of drive-by editing by an IP editor. A Lego executive perhaps? :-) --Morn (talk) 06:45, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Update on capitalization
Per Manual of Style/Trademarks we should continue to avoid using fischertechnik as the brand's name, and instead use either Fischertechnik or FischerTechnik. Since November 2011 FischerTechnik has been used.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 20:05, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
 * "FischerTechnik" is complete invention. Not a single one of the sources uses it. Everyone uses "fischertechnik", which would be against MOS, so plain "Fischertechnik" should be used.
 * Fix that at once. Wikipedia is not your personal playground. --91.10.7.160 (talk) 16:44, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Fixed it myself, I haven't noticed that this was not about the article title.
 * (One guy even faked a source to get his peeve across.) --91.10.7.160 (talk) 16:51, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks 91.10.7.160, good work.   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 03:15, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

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Mike Keating (ice hockey)

Michael Joseph Keating (born January 21, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in one National Hockey League game for the New York Rangers during the 1977–78 season, on January 29, 1978, against the Los Angeles Kings. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1977 to 1980, was spent in the minor leagues. As a youth, he played in the 1968, 1969, and 1970 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with minor ice hockey team from Scarborough, Toronto.

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Proposed Changes to Monumenta Nipponica page on Wikipedia

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Monumenta Nipponica is a semi-annual academic journal of Japanese studies. Published by Sophia University, it is one of the oldest and most highly regarded English-language academic journals in the field of Asian studies, being founded in 1938.[1] Although the journal originally published articles in several languages (French, German, Spanish, and Italian), the journal has been published solely in English since 1963.[2] A series of 75 monographs were also published until 1986 under the Monumenta Nipponica name.[3]

A symposium was held at Sophia University on October 6, 2018 to commemorate the 80-year anniversary of Monumenta Nipponica’s founding. Videos of the symposium are available on YouTube. In 2020, Sophia University published a special issue commemorating Monumenta Nipponica’s 80-year founding, showcasing the people who made the journal happen and noteworthy historical events.[4]

Contents 1	Contents 2	Editors 3	References 4	Further reading 5	External links

Contents Each issue contains two to three main research articles and around twenty reviews of recent books in Japanese studies, dealing with Japanese society, culture, history, religion, literature, art, anthropology, and related topics in Japanese and Asian studies. The journal occasionally publishes translations of Japanese language works and English-language reviews of noteworthy books on Japanese studies that were published in other European languages, particularly German and French.[5]

In addition to the printed journal, Monumenta Nipponica’s content can be accessed via 3 websites. •	The list of all the issues and the titles of the articles and other content can be found at its Sophia University home page. Each item has a link for easy access at the appropriate hosting site. •	The most recent issue is available through Project MUSE. They also host back issues starting with volume 60, which was published in 2005. •	The majority of Monumenta Nipponica’s back issues, from 1938 up to 5 years before the most recent issue, are accessible through JSTOR.

Editors The following persons have been editors-in-chief of Monumenta Nipponica:[6]

•	Vols. 1–6 (1938–1943)—Johannes B. Kraus (founder) •	Vols. 7–16 (1951–1961)—Wilhelm Schiffer •	Vols. 17–18 (1962–1963)—Wilhelm Schiffer, Francis Mathy •	Vols. 19–23 (1964–1968)—Joseph Pittau •	Vols. 24–25 (1969–1970)—Edmund R. Skrzypczak •	Vols. 26–52:1 (1971–1997)—Michael Cooper •	Vols. 52:2–65:1 (1997–2010)—Kate Wildman Nakai •	Vols. 65:2–67:2 (2010–2012)—Mark R. Mullins •	Vols. 68:1–69:2 (2013–2014)—Richard A. Gardner, Caroline Hirasawa •	Vols. 70:1–70:2 (2015)—Richard A. Gardner, Bettina Gramlich-Oka •	Vols. 71:1–72:2 (2016–2017)—Bettina Gramlich-Oka, Sven Saaler •	Vols. 73:1– (2018–present)—Bettina Gramlich-Oka

References [1] "About MN". https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/monumenta/about-mn.php Sophia University. Retrieved 2021-02-22. [2] “Monumenta Nipponica: Eighty Years and Counting,” page 57. https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/monumenta/pdf/MN-Eighty-Years%20(high%20res).pdf Sophia University. Retrieved 2021-02-22. [3] “Monumenta Nipponica Monographs”. https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/monumenta/mn-monographs.php Sophia University. Retrieved 2021-02-22. [4] “Monumenta Nipponica: Eighty Years and Counting.” https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/monumenta/pdf/MN-Eighty-Years%20(high%20res).pdf Sophia University. Retrieved 2021-02-22. [5] “Monumenta Nipponica: Eighty Years and Counting,” page 68. https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/monumenta/pdf/MN-Eighty-Years%20(high%20res).pdf Sophia University. Retrieved 2021-02-22. [6] "Current and Former Editors". https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/monumenta/current-and-former-editors.php Sophia University. Retrieved 2021-02-22.

Further reading "Japanese Bibliography, English-Language Journals". Columbia University. 2003. Retrieved 2009-02-15. “Monumenta Nipponica: Eighty Years and Counting.” https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/monumenta/pdf/MN-Eighty-Years%20(high%20res).pdf Sophia University. Retrieved 2021-02-22.

External links Official website https://dept.sophia.ac.jp/monumenta/ Monumenta Nipponica on Project MUSE https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/308 Monumenta Nipponica on JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/journal/monunipp Monumenta Nipponica 80th Anniversary Symposium on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxTIm1zMnz-mhExnb83TcZg/playlists Monumenta Nipponica on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Monumenta-Nipponica-194308644334220/?view_public_for=194308644334220

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Don Keenan

Don C. Keenan (born 1951) is an Atlanta, Georgia-based trial lawyer and author. He is the head partner in the Keenan Law Firm, which specializes in cases involving children, including injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death.

He is most noted for his lawsuits regarding the conditions of foster care in the state of Georgia, which have led to changes in state law regarding abuse in foster families. Keenan served as the national president of the American Board of Trial Advocates and from 1997-1998 as president of the Inner Circle of Advocates. Keenan has won 387 settlements and verdicts of over $1 million.

Keenan was featured in Time magazine on November 5, 2000, in ABA Journal in April 2007, on The O'Reilly Factor on March 15, 2005, and on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2000, where he was named among Winfrey's "People Who Have the Courage." In 2003, Emory University granted him a Career Achievement Award in the field of public policy and child advocacy. In 2006, he published 365 Ways To Keep Kids Safe, a book of his advice for child safety.

Legal career
Keenan completed the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, but accepted discharge before serving in Vietnam. He attended Atlanta Law School, one of three evening law schools approved by the Georgia Supreme Court. Don was the youngest law school graduate in the State of Georgia at age 21, also in that same year, the youngest law graduate to speak in front of a congressional hearing. His first case started in 1976, Dr. Carl Drury against the Gilman Paper Company. Keenan and lawyer Scott Sanders settled the case in 1982, after the case received national attention from activist Ralph Nader. Between 1982 and 1988, 80 lawsuits were filed against Keenan by his creditors, and he developed a drinking problem. In 1983, he partnered with lawyer David Bills. Bills too later sued Keenan in 1994 for breach of contract and Keenan won.

Keenan initially practiced criminal law, but in 1988 took the case of Kathy Jo Taylor, who was five years old when she was beaten into a coma while in state foster care. The case went to the United States Supreme Court in 1989, who decided against the state. Since then, he has taken on child safety issues related to birth defects, playground construction, air bag function, gun trigger lock programs, and day care related injuries. In 2000, he was brought to national attention with the case of Terrell Peterson, who died in foster care despite warnings to the Department of Family and Children Services. On appeal, the case was decided against the state on April 4, 2002, after it resulted in new legislation regarding the care of foster children in 2000.

His penchant for new Mercedes-Benz cars has led him to be featured in Mercedes Magazine. He also has a taste for Cuban cigars and tailored size 50 suits.

Don Keenan was awarded the prestigious medal of honor by the Ellis Island Foundation in 2007

Don Keenan was the founder of the Edge Trial Advocacy Movement in 2009 and educated 7,000 lawyers in seminars around the country. He has authored a weekly blog to over 5,000 subscribers since 2011. In 2013 he started the Keenan Trial Institute which since its inception has graduated over 1,000 trial lawyers with courses being offered in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City, Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, Las Vegas and Phoenix. He is the author of a 6‑volume set titled The Keenan Edge.

Cases
While Keenan said in 2007 that "1986 was the last year the firm closed a file without a recovery", his record has included both ups and downs. His firm has lost cases in that time, such as one in 1999 involving Cobb County pediatricians.

In 1993, he founded the Keenan's Kids Foundation, a charity for at-risk children in Georgia for which Keenan performs pro bono work. They launched the Keenan's Kids Law Center in 2001. In his cases, he is known for both courtroom spectacle and eccentricity in his case preparation, including overnight home visits.

Notable successes

 * Kathy Jo Taylor (1989)
 * Terrell Peterson (2002)

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XEQ-TDT

XEQ-TDT (channel 22, virtual channel 9) is a Televisa TV station, based in Mexico City. XEQ is the flagship television station of the Nu9ve network. The Nu9ve network, unlike the other major networks in Mexico, is broadcast by a mix of full-time repeaters as well as local stations, operated by Televisa and its local partners, that also produce and air local programs.

History
XEQ was founded in 1969, as XHTM-TV channel 8 operated by Televisión Independiente de México (TIM). TIM was headquartered at Estudios San Angel from the time it signed on. In January 1973, TIM merged with Telesistema Mexicano, becoming Televisión Vía Satélite, better known as Televisa. TIM's Mexico City headquarters and production center became Televisa San Angel, which along with Televisa's original Chapultepec facility, is one of the network's two primary Mexico City studios.

In 1985, Imevisión desired to add a VHF station in Mexico City, which became XHIMT-TV channel 7. In order to accomplish this, a complex channel swap was conducted involving XHTM and Televisa's relay stations at Altzomoni in the State of Mexico. XEX-TV, then on channel 7, was moved to 8, and XEQ-TV, then on 9, was moved to channel 10. As part of the move, Televisa moved the XEQ-TV callsign to Mexico City, so the two repeaters on Puebla became XEX-TV and XHTM-TV.

For much of the 1980s, Televisa devoted channel 9 to noncommercial cultural and educational programming. This ended in 1992 with XEQ-TV returning to commercial programming.

In 2018, the concessions of all Televisa-owned Nu9ve stations were consolidated in the concessionaire Teleimagen del Noroeste, S.A. de C.V., as part of a corporate reorganization of Televisa's concessionaires.

Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Analog-to-digital conversion
XEQ-TV and other television stations in Mexico City and Toluca discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 9 (8 in Toluca), on December 17, 2015 at 12:00 a.m., as part of the IFT federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.

In 2016, in order to facilitate the repacking of TV services out of the 600 MHz band (channels 38-51), XEQ was allowed to move from channel 44 to channel 22. The change occurred in April 2017, including a brief period in which both facilities operated at the same time. The Toluca transmitter repacked in July 2018 at the same time as the other Televisa stations in Toluca.

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The Toluca station carries certain local programs and is known as Nu9ve Estado de México. Local programming in Toluca began in 2002.

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Serafin (band)

Serafin is a British rock band from London who formed and began playing in September 2000 until quietly disbanding in the late 2000s after the release of their second album. They returned to release a new album in 2020.

History
The original band line-up did not play live but the two members who have stayed throughout are Ben Fox Smith, and Darryn Harkness. The band itself was formed after the demise of Stony Sleep when Ben met Darryn at a Eurovision Song Contest party in Highbury, London. Darryn played on some John Peel Sessions before forming Serafin. They added Johnny Borrell (bass) and then Stuart Quinnell with Richie Mills (drums) from Cable. These line-ups were short lived (a few months) and their first gig had Ronny Growler on drums and Mike Clark on bass.

Stuart Quinnell appears to be the bass tech for Frankie Poullain from The Darkness and plays in the road crew band Onion Trump.

Mike Clark left to go back to Canada in 2002 and is now working on Ben Smith's acoustic-electronic solo project Young Sawbones. He was replaced by Ben Ellis who had been playing for Catherine Wheel who had decided to call it a day. It was this line-up on their debut album No Push Collide.

On 26 August 2004 Serafin posted this note on their website: "We have replaced our drummer Ronny Growler with a guy called Lonely Blue boy. We love Ronny who is a fantastic drummer in his own right, but have had to realise our musical differences and preferences which, while considering the chemistry of the band and its future, became too great to continue with." Not too soon later did they announce that they had returned to the studio for their second album.

The new drummer was Ben's brother Shian Smith-Pancorvo who had left Razorlight in March 2004.

Famous fans include Simon Pegg of Spaced and Craig Nicholls of The Vines.

On 23 October 2007, Serafin announced their new bassist: Daniel Green 24 from Reading band Radios in Motion who replaces Ben Ellis.

Releases
Although the band has been around for a few years, only two full albums have been released, No Push Collide (2003) on Taste Media, and To The Teeth (2007) on Our Rekords. They were produced by Dave Sardy in Los Angeles. and Ian Caple in London.

Two singles were released before the album, Things Fall Apart and Day by Day.

Serafin have released two four track EPs, also on Taste Media before No Push Collide. The first was in April 2002, the second in August 2002.

Taste Media was bought by Warner Music Group in 2004 which forced the band into legal limbo with no way to get out of their contract and no funding to promote To The Teeth. The management was fired and all four members spent more time on side projects (New Telepathics, French Car And The Bulimic Wizards, Young Sawbones and Triggerbox).

At the start of May 2005, Ben began releasing acoustic MP3s on their site, culminating in 21 ideas for songs free for download. The recording quality varies due to the nature of four-track recordings. They now have rough mixes of non-acoustic tracks on their Myspace page.

The Second album, 'To The Teeth', was released in December 2007, under their new record label 'Our Rekords'.

Compilations

 * X-Ray CD 05 - Build High, Tear Low (Track 8) X-Ray, June 2003
 * All Areas Volume 41 - No Happy (Track 2) Visions Magazine, July 2003
 * X-Rock #01 - Thing Fall Apart (Track 4) X-Rock, 2003
 * Peoplesound: Special Edition 4 - Day By Day (Track 1) PeopleSound, 2003

Appearances
They sold the most records in France on Naïve Records, 20,000 or so. They toured extensively playing the Reading and Leeds Festivals twice, once on the Carling Stage (2002) and once on the Radio 1 stage (2003). Played many festivals in other European countries and supported Frank Black, Muse and Feeder, on their tour in 2003 before the release of No Push Collide.

Their single Day By Day appeared on the Madden NFL 2004 video game.

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XHTV-TDT

XHTV-TDT (virtual channel 4), launched in 1950 by Romulo O'Farril, is a flagship TV station of Televisa and carries its FORO news network. FOROtv is available on various cable television companies and SKY México satellite service, along with several providers in the United States as part of Televisa and Univision's partnership (albeit with local programming and sports replaced with American ads and recorded news blocks). It is the oldest TV station in Mexico and Latin America.

History
XHTV was Mexico's first television station and one of the building blocks of Telesistema Mexicano, which became Televisa in 1973.

In 2001, XHTV began using the name 4TV with a program lineup targeted at the Mexico City area and the slogan "El Canal de la Ciudad" (The City Channel).

On August 30, 2010 (sixty years after the channel was founded), the channel's name was changed to FOROtv (literally "Forum TV"), with most of Televisa's news programs moved here, such as Las Noticias por Adela (from XEQ), and with new news and talk programs being created. Prior to this, the channel, under the name of "Canal de la Ciudad" ("The City's Channel"), broadcast programs targeted at Mexico City's metro area, as well as reruns of American series and blocks of Mexican movies.

Under this format, the channel seeks to emulate the success achieved by its predecessor ECO (which operated from 1988 to 2001). It competes in a crowded cable news space with such channels as TV Azteca's adn40 and Azteca Noticias, Telefórmula, Efekto TV, CNN en Español, Excélsior TV, and Milenio Televisión, among others.

Digital subchannels
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Analog-to-digital conversion
XHTV, along with other Mexico City TV stations, shut off its analog signal on VHF channel 4, on December 17, 2015, at 12:00 a.m., as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49, using PSIP to display XHTV's virtual channel as 4 on digital television receivers.

In October 2016, XHTV added shopping channel CJ Grand Shopping as subchannel 4.2; this channel was deleted in March 2019 and replaced in June with a new CV Shopping channel wholly owned by Televisa.

On November 3, 2018, XHTV relocated from channel 49 to 15 to allow the 600 MHz band to be used for mobile services. It was the last station to repack in Mexico City.

Original productions
Some of the programs on XHTV as Foro TV currently include the following:

 * Las Noticias ("The News")
 * Estrictamente Personal (Strictly Personal)
 * Por las Mañanas (In the Mornings)
 * Paralelo 23 ("The 23rd Parallel", passes through central Mexico)
 * A las Tres ("At 3:00 p.m.", anchored by Ana Paula Ordorica)
 * Hora 21 ("21st Hour"; airs at 9:00 p.m., anchored by Julio Patán)
 * En Una Hora ("In One Hour")
 * El Centro del Debate ("Debate Center")
 * Agenda Pública ("The Public Agenda")
 * Es La Hora De Opinar ("It's Time for Your Opinions")
 * Fractal (tech news)
 * Noticias MX (Mexico City report, anchored by Enrique Campos Suarez)
 * Por el Planeta (ecology news)

Sports Events

 * National Football League (one live game per week)
 * Major League Baseball
 * Liga MX (certain matches in special cases)
 * Copa MX (only the final game)
 * Formula 1
 * NASCAR Toyota Series

Previous programming

 * Las Noticias por Adela
 * El Mañanero
 * Versus (daily sports news)

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Stan Kemp

Stanley Gordon "Bud" Kemp (March 2, 1924 – August 15, 1999) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in one game in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1948–49 season, on January 23, 1949 against the Detroit Red Wings. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1943 to 1957, was mainly spent in the American Hockey League and senior Ontario Hockey Association.

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XHGC-TDT

XHGC-TDT (channel 5) is a television station owned by Grupo Televisa, broadcasting from Mexico City, and is the flagship of the Canal 5 network.

History
XHGC signed on May 10, 1952, broadcasting a Mother's Day event organized by the Excélsior newspaper, but regular programming began on August 18, 1952. The station was established by Guillermo González Camarena, a Mexican engineer who was one of the inventors of modern color television; the station's calls reflect his surnames. González Camarena was director and general manager of XHGC until his death in 1965, and XHGC's concessionaire remained Televisión González Camarena, S.A., until November 30, 1994.

In 1954, XHGC was one of the first stations in the world to broadcast an early version of 3D television, in which two of the same picture appear side by side on the screen, combined into a single 3-dimensional image using special glasses. This version of 3D television was developed by an American inventor, James Butterfield, and tested in Mexico on XHGC.

In 1963, XHGC became the first station in Mexico to broadcast in color. By request of Guillermo González Camarena, XHGC became oriented at an audience of children and youth. The first color program broadcast was Paraíso infantil (Children's Paradise). Mexico was also likely the third country in North America and the fourth in the world, behind the United States, Cuba, and Japan, to introduce color television.

During its early years, XHGC also brought educational television to Mexico City viewers, with Telesecundaria, a pioneering educational program operated by the Secretary of Public Education.

At the end of the 1980s, the then-vice president of Televisa, Alejandro Burillo Azcárraga, spearheaded drastic changes in the branding of the company's television networks. While XHGC had branded as Canal 5 for years, using various logos with the number 5. However, as the network's various repeaters were not all on channel 5, the network began branding by the XHGC callsign. The landmark Energía Visual (Visual Energy) campaign, designed by Agustín Corona and Pablo Jato, featured idents with wildly varied logos and designs—a first for Mexican television. The campaign was designed to back the channel's youthful image.

The late 1980s also saw a unique split between XHGC and XEX-TV on Altzomoni, the other Canal 5 station receivable in Mexico City. The network began its broadcast day at 7 am in Mexico City, but at 4 pm in the rest of Mexico. The daytime hours on XEX (and some other Canal 5 repeaters) were filled by "TV Matutina" (later known as "Supercadena 8" or Super Channel 8), which offered repeats of Canal 5 and other Televisa programs.

In the 1990s, Canal 5 began branding with its channel number again. During this time period, Alejandro González Iñárritu, who had also been involved with Televisa's radio station XEW-FM (WFM), was involved in the creation of some of the network's promotional campaigns.

1999 saw the beginning of a shift in content providers for Canal 5, which had long been the exclusive Mexican rights holder to Disney programs such as Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, DuckTales and a Mexican version of Disney Club. In 1999, these rights began to migrate to Televisión Azteca and Azteca 7. Instead, the network began relying more on WB, Cartoon Network, Fox, and Nickelodeon programs.

Today, Canal 5 carries children's programs, films and international series, as well as sporting events including UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and FIFA World Cup matches, a limited number of Liga MX fixtures and international matches involving the Mexico national team, and select NFL games. Canal 5 also features some of Televisa's own productions, such as El Chavo Animado and Mujeres Asesinas 3 by Pedro Torres.

In 2018, the concessions of all Canal 5 stations, including XHGC, were consolidated in the concessionaire Radio Televisión, S.A. de C.V., as part of a corporate reorganization of Televisa's concessionaires.

Analog-to-digital conversion
XHGC applied for a digital channel in September 2005 and received channel 50. In 2015, it was authorized to increase power on its digital channel, from 80 to 300 kW.

XHGC-TV shut off its analog signal, on VHF channel 5, on December 17, 2015, at 12:00 a.m., as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.

In 2016, in order to facilitate the repacking of TV services out of the 600 MHz band (channels 38–51), XHGC was allowed to move from channel 50 to channel 31. The change occurred in April 2017, including a brief period in which both facilities operated at the same time.

Repeaters
Aside from the Canal 5 network, XHGC maintains two of its own repeaters that account for terrain masking and gaps in coverage within the licensed coverage area:

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Udo Kießling

Udo Kießling (born 21 May 1955) is a German retired ice hockey player. He competed at all Winter Olympics from 1976 to 1992, thus becoming the first ice hockey player to compete at five Olympics. He represented West Germany at the 1984 Canada Cup. He also played one game for the Minnesota North Stars on 13 March 1982, becoming the first German-trained player to appear in the NHL. He never played another NHL game. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2000.

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User:Cjthellama

Hello. My name is CJ.

I have been sparsely editing articles in Wikipedia since 2002. As of mid-2005, however, I'm trying to do all my edits with this ID.

That said, 89.39% of my contributions to Wikipedia are m.

Humor
"[The United States] is that frequent phenomenon in history: the republic whose ruler has every attribute of the absolute monarch but the name. It therefore enjoyed the despotism unrestrained even by those two moderating influences in the legitimate monarchies: regal "honor" and court etiquette." Isaac Asimov, parody of the first paragraph of chapter 4 in Part V of Foundation, the "Merchant Princes"

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Contrary to popular belief, I'm actually not a llama.

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User talk:Alfonslof

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you were just trying to experiment, then use the sandbox instead. Thank you. - Mirage5000 22:13, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

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You beat me to the punch there, good work on the revert. Mongo has something of a right wing POV. Karmafist 03:44, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

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User:Kenif

My heroes have always been iconoclasts.

Not because they are necessarily correct, but because so much of contemporary science has become a religion. My heroes have all, in some way, helped to dope-slap the theology out of science and technology.

Here's a select few:

Abner Doble, Ahmed Osman, Velikovsky, Randell Mills,

Of course they're all crazy, but so was Albert for his few years in the wacko wilderness. Kenif is a nickname foisted on me by school friends who tickled their room-temperature IQs* by mispronouncing others' names. Hence, Kenneth became Kenif, and with all the excitement of undercooked pasta, it stuck.

*That would be Fahrenheit.

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Sergei Klimovich

Sergei Nikolaevich Klimovich (Сергей Николаевич Климович; born March 8, 1974) is a Russian retired professional ice hockey center who played in one National Hockey League game for the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1996–97 season. In his sole NHL appearance against the Toronto Maple Leafs, on December 9, 1996, he failed to register a point and received two penalty minutes. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1991 to 2011, was mainly spent in the Russian Superleague. Internationally Klimovich played for the Russian national team at the 1993 World Junior Championships.

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The NeverEnding Story (film)

The NeverEnding Story (Die unendliche Geschichte) is a 1984 fantasy film, co-written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen (in his first English-language film), based on the 1979 novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. It was produced by Bernd Eichinger and Dieter Giessler, and stars Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley, Gerald McRaney and Moses Gunn, with Alan Oppenheimer providing the voices of Falkor, Gmork, and others. It follows a boy who finds a magical book that tells of a young warrior who is given the task of stopping the Nothing, a dark force, from engulfing the wonderland world of Fantasia.

At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film produced outside the United States or the Soviet Union. It is the first in The NeverEnding Story film series. It adapts only the first half of the book, so it does not convey the message of the title as portrayed in the novel. The second half of the book was then used as a rough basis for the second film, The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990). The third film, The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia (1994), has an original plot not based on the book.

Plot
Ten-year-old Bastian Bux is a shy outcast who lives with his father, who has recently become a widower. One morning, Bastian's father tells his son of his concern after hearing he drew unicorns in his math book and tells Bastian he needs to stop fantasizing and start facing reality. On his way to school, Bastian is chased by bullies but escapes by hiding in a bookstore, annoying the bookseller, Mr. Coreander. Bastian's interest in books leads him to ask about the one Coreander is reading, but the bookseller advises against reading it, saying that it is not a "safe" story like regular books. With his curiosity piqued, Bastian secretly takes the book, titled The Neverending Story, leaving a note promising to return it. Arriving at school late, Bastian hides in the building's attic to read.

The book describes the fantasy world of Fantasia slowly being devoured by a malevolent force called "The Nothing". The Childlike Empress, who rules Fantasia, has fallen ill, and the young warrior Atreyu is tasked to discover a cure, believing that once the Empress is well, the Nothing will no longer be a threat. Atreyu is given a medallion called the AURYN that can guide and protect him in the quest. As Atreyu sets out, the Nothing summons a vicious and highly intelligent wolf-like creature named Gmork and sends him to kill Atreyu.

Atreyu's quest directs him to the giant, turtle-like adviser Morla the Ancient One in the Swamps of Sadness, containing deadly mud that people will sink into if they let the sadness effects overpower them. Whiles making their way through the swamp, Atreyu's beloved horse Artax is overcome by the sadness and sinks into the mud to his death, leaving a heartbroken Atreyu to continue alone. Morla won't help Atreyu because of her allergies to young people and apathy, and says she doesn't have the answers he seeks; she instead directs Atreyu to the Southern Oracle, ten thousand miles distant before going back to eternal sleep. Gmork closes in as an exhausted Atreyu begins to get overcome by the sadness trying to escape the Swamps. Atreyu almost drowns in the mud, but is narrowly saved by the Luck Dragon Falkor. Falkor takes him to the home of two gnomes who live near the gates to the Southern Oracle. Atreyu crosses the first gate, but is perplexed when the second gate—a mirror that shows the viewer's true self—reveals a boy which Bastian is shocked to recognize as himself. Atreyu eventually meets the Southern Oracle, who tells him that the only way to save the Empress is to find a human child who lives beyond the boundaries of Fantasia to give her a new name. Bastian comments that he would name the Empress after his late mother. Atreyu and Falkor flee, as the Nothing consumes the Southern Oracle.

In flight, Atreyu is knocked from Falkor's back into the Sea of Possibilities by the Nothing, losing the AURYN in the process. He wakes on the shore of some abandoned ancient ruins, where he finds several murals depicting his adventure, including one of Gmork. Gmork then reveals himself and explains that Fantasia represents humanity's imagination and is thus without boundaries, while the Nothing is a manifestation of the loss of hopes and dreams. Atreyu battles and kills Gmork, as the Nothing begins to consume the ruins.

Falkor manages to retrieve the AURYN and rescue Atreyu. The two find themselves in a void with only small fragments of Fantasia remaining, fearing that they have failed, until they spot the Empress's Ivory Tower among the fragments. Inside, Atreyu apologizes for failing the Empress, but she assures him that he has succeeded in bringing to her a human child who has been following his quest – Bastian. She explains that, just as Bastian is following Atreyu's story, "others" are following Bastian's, making this part of the Neverending Story. As the Nothing begins to consume the Tower, the Empress explains that Bastian must call out her new name to save Fantasia. Disbelieving he has been incorporated with the story and remembering his father's words, he denies these events are actually happening. He gives in after she pleads directly to him to call out her new name, running to the window of the attic to call out "Moon Child".

Bastian awakens with the Empress, who presents him with a grain of sand – the sole remnant of Fantasia. The Empress tells Bastian that he has the power to bring Fantasia back with his imagination. Bastian re-creates Fantasia and flies on Falkor's back to see the land and its inhabitants restored, including Atreyu and Artax. When Falkor asks what his next wish will be, Bastian brings Falkor to the real world to chase down the school bullies. The film narrates that Bastian had many more wishes and adventures before returning to the ordinary world, but it is another story.

Cast

 * Barret Oliver as Bastian Balthazar Bux
 * Noah Hathaway as Atreyu
 * Tami Stronach as The Childlike Empress, to whom Bastian gives the new name "Moon Child".
 * Patricia Hayes as Urgl, Engywook's wife and a healer.
 * Sydney Bromley as Engywook, Urgl's husband and a scientist.
 * Gerald McRaney as Barney Bux, Bastian's widowed, workaholic father.
 * Moses Gunn as Cairon, a servant of the Empress.
 * Alan Oppenheimer as the voices of Falkor, Gmork, Rockbiter, and the Narrator (the latter three are uncredited).
 * Thomas Hill as Carl Conrad Coreander, a grumpy bookseller.
 * Deep Roy as Teeny Weeny, a messenger riding on a racing snail.
 * Tilo Prückner as Night Hob, a messenger riding a narcoleptic hang-glider bat.
 * Darryl Cooksey, Drum Garrett, and Nicholas Gilbert as Ethan, Todd, and Lucas, three bullies who torment Bastian.
 * Robert Easton as the voice of Morla (uncredited)

Production
Author Michael Ende was initially happy about his book being turned into a film. Ende worked with Wolfgang Petersen as a script advisor and was paid $50,000 for the rights to his book. Ende claimed that Petersen later rewrote the script without consulting him, and that this adaptation deviated so far from his book that he requested that production either be halted or the film's title be changed. When the producers did neither, he sued them and subsequently lost the case. Ende called the film a "gigantic melodrama of kitsch, commerce, plush, and plastic" (Ein gigantisches Melodram aus Kitsch, Kommerz, Plüsch und Plastik").

Helmut Dietl was originally attached to direct the film, but later dropped out and was replaced with Wolfgang Petersen.

The film only covers the first half of the book. German producer Bernd Eichinger saw his children reading the book, and they urged him to make a film out of it. He was reluctant to adapt the book, but agreed to do so and acquired the rights to the book. The bulk of the film was shot at Stage 1 of the Bavaria Studios in Munich, with the street scenes and the school interior in the real world shot in Vancouver, Canada (the Gastown Vancouver Steam Clock is in the scene where the three bullies are chased down Cambie Street past the steam clock at the intersection of Water Street and then on down Blood Alley ), and the beach where Atreyu falls, which was filmed at Playa de Mónsul in San José, Almería, Spain.

Music
The film score of The NeverEnding Story was composed by Klaus Doldinger of the German jazz group Passport. The theme song of the English version of the film was composed by Giorgio Moroder, with lyrics by Keith Forsey, and performed by Christopher "Limahl" Hamill, once the lead singer of Kajagoogoo, and Beth Anderson. Released as a single in 1984, it peaked at No. 4 on the UK singles chart, No. 6 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been covered by Armonite, The Birthday Massacre, Creamy, Dragonland, Kenji Haga, New Found Glory, Echo Image, and Scooter. This Limahl song, along with other "techno-pop" treatments to the soundtrack, is not present in the German version of the film, which features Doldinger's orchestral score exclusively.

An official soundtrack album was released featuring Doldinger's score and Moroder's theme tune. Moroder also rescored several scenes for the version released outside Germany. The track listing (Doldinger is responsible for everything from track 6 onwards) is as follows:

In Germany, an album featuring Doldinger's score was released.

Release
The film was released on 6 April 1984 in West Germany (Die unendliche Geschichte) and on 20 July in the United States.

Box office
The film performed very well at the box office, grossing US$100 million worldwide against a production budget of DM 60 million (approximately US$25–27 million at the time). Almost 5 million people saw it in Germany, a number rarely achieved by German productions, resulting in a gross of about US$20 million domestically. It grossed a similar amount in the United States—only a modest sum in the American market, which director Wolfgang Petersen ascribed to the film's European sensibilities.

Critical reception
The film has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 83% based on reviews from 46 critics, with an average rating of 7/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "A magical journey about the power of a young boy's imagination to save a dying fantasy land, The NeverEnding Story remains a much-loved kids [sic] adventure." Metacritic gives the film a score of 46 out of 100 based on reviews from 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 out of 4 stars and praised its visual effects, saying that "an entirely new world has been created" because of them, a comment echoed by Variety. Ebert's co-host Gene Siskel said that the special effects and art direction were cheap-looking and that Falkor the luckdragon resembled a cheap toy you might win at a carnival. He also referred to Noah Hathaway as a "dullard" and said that the film was "much too long". Ebert pointed out that the film was only 90 minutes. Joshua Tyler of CinemaBlend called the film one of a few true masterpieces in the fantasy genre.

Vincent Canby panned the film as a "graceless, humorless fantasy for children" in a 1984 review in The New York Times. Canby's criticism charged that parts of the film sounded like 'The Pre-Teenager's Guide to Existentialism'. He further criticized the "tacky" special effects and that the construction of the dragon looked like an impractical bathmat.

Colin Greenland reviewed The NeverEnding Story for Imagine magazine and thought that the film and its story were clumsily edited.

Accolades
Wins: Nominations:
 * 1984 – Bambi Award for National film
 * 1984 – Goldene Leinwand (Golden Screen Award)
 * 1985 – Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Noah Hathaway)
 * 1985 – Bavarian Film Awards for Best Production (Produzentenpreis): Bernd Eichinger, Dieter Geissler and Günter Rohrbach
 * 1985 – Film Award in Gold for Best Production Design
 * 1985 – Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film and Saturn Award for Best Music
 * 1985 – International Fantasy Film Award for Best Film
 * 1985 – Young Artist Award for Best Family Motion Picture, Best Young Actor, Best Young Supporting Actress

LaserDisc
The film was released by Warner Bros. on LaserDisc with a digital stereo soundtrack in 1985.

A widescreen Laserdisc was released on 28 August 1991; no special features were included.

DVD
The region-1 DVD was first released in 2001 by Warner Bros, containing only the North American release of the film. The only audio option is a 2.0 stereo mix in either English or Spanish. The theatrical trailer is the lone extra feature presented.

There is also a lavish 2003 European version, which is a two-disc special edition with packaging shaped like the book from the film, and containing both the North American and German releases of the film. Various extras, such as a 45-minute documentary, music video, and galleries, are presented on the second disc. There is no English audio for the German version of the film. This edition has gone out of print. The standard single-disc edition is also available for the region-2 market.

A Dutch import has also appeared on the Internet in various places, which not only contains the North American release of the film, but also includes a remastered DTS surround sound track, which is not found in either the German or the region-1 releases.

In 2008, Czech- and Slovak-language DVD versions appeared in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Blu-ray
The first Blu-ray release is a region-free Dutch edition on 24 March 2007.

Warner released a region-A Blu-ray edition of the film in March 2010. The disc includes a lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track, which marks the first time a 5.1 surround track has been included in a US home-video version of the film. No special features or theatrical trailer are included.

German releases feature the original Klaus Doldinger soundtrack with the original English audio track.

An 30th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray was released in October 2014, which duplicates the DTS surround track of its predecessor. Originally described as a "newly" remastered version of the film, Warner released a statement indicating that "the only remastered version is The NeverEnding Story II", while not elaborating further on this current US release. The 30th Anniversary Edition contains the original theatrical trailer, a commentary track by director Wolfgang Petersen, documentaries and interviews from both 1984 and 2014, and a German-language/English-subtitled feature detailing the digital restoration process of the film.

In popular culture

 * In The Simpsons episode "New Kid on the Block", Lionel Hutz claims to have filed a suit against the film for fraudulent advertising.
 * The metalcore band Atreyu is named from the film.
 * Korn's album The Nothing is named directly in reference to the Nothing in the film. Korn frontman Jonathan Davis chose the title as he was still struggling with the death of his estranged wife Deven Davis.
 * In 2019, the theme song for the film was incorporated into the final episode of the third season of the science fiction thriller show Stranger Things, which takes place in 1985. After the episode was released, Spotify streams for the song increased by 400 percent.

Possible remake
In 2009, Warner Bros., The Kennedy/Marshall Company and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions were in the early stages of creating another adaptation of Ende's novel. They intended to "examine the more nuanced details of the book" rather than remake the original film by Petersen. In 2011, producer Kathleen Kennedy said that problems securing the rights to the story may mean that a second adaptation is "not meant to be".

In September 2022, a bidding war for the film and TV rights of The NeverEnding Story between studios and streamers had emerged.

In March 2024, Michael Ende Productions, in association with See-Saw Films, announced plans for a series of films based on the book.

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