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Pratap Chandra Lal

Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, DFC (6 December 1916 – 13 August 1982) was the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He served in the IAF from 1939 until his retirement in 1973. He was the CAS at the time of Operation Chengiz Khan, the preemptive strikes that were carried out by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) that marked the formal initiation of hostilities of the war.

Slated to study law in England, Lal instead joined the Air Force Volunteer Reserve at the outbreak of World War II. After serving as a navigation instructor, he trained as a pilot and joined No. 7 Squadron IAF. He later commanded this squadron during the Burma Campaign and mentioned in dispatches as well as being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1945, he was absorbed into the permanent cadre of the Indian Air Force. After the Partition of India in 1947, he served as the Director of Planning and Training at Air HQ. In 1949, he attended the RAF Staff College, Andover. He led the Air Force team which brought King Tribhuvan to safety in 1950. Lal served as the Military Secretary to the Cabinet from 1953 to 1956 in the rank of air commodore. He became the first Indian to break the sound barrier, in 1954.

After commanding Training Command, he was deputed to the Indian Airlines Corporation for five years. He also served as the general manager of Indian Airlines Corporation from 1957 to 1962. During this time, he fell out of favour with Minister of Defence V. K. Krishna Menon, and his services were terminated in 1962. With the outbreak of the Sino-Indian War, he was re-instated and took over as Air Officer Maintenance at Air HQ. After a short stint heading Western Air Command, he served as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. From 1966 to 1969, Lal served as the managing director and later chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

Lal took over as the seventh Chief of the Air Staff in 1969. Under his command, the IAF scored a decisive victory against Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, which led to the creation of Bangladesh in December 1971. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan, the second and third highest civilian awards of India. After retiring from the IAF, Lal served as the chairman and managing director of Indian Airlines and later chairman of Air India.

Early life and education
Lal was born on 6 December 1916 in Ludhiana. He attended the Modern School and the Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. Having qualified for a diploma in journalism at King's College, London in 1938, Lal expected to return to full-time study of law at the Inns of Court in the fall of 1939. With the outbreak of World War II, his plans were shelved.

Since he held a civilian pilot license, Lal was invited to join the Air Force Volunteer reserve. After appearing before the Selection Board at Safdarjung, Lal arrived at the Air Force Station Risalpur (now Pakistan Air Force Academy). Since there was a shortage of navigators, Lal was recruited as a navigator to begin with and would be trained as a pilot later.

World War II
Lal was commissioned in November 1939 as a pilot officer and posted to Karachi as an observer. He was later posted back to Risalpur as a navigation instructor. After a short stint at the Coastal Defence Flight in Calcutta, Lal was posted as a navigation instructor at No. 1 Flying Training School at Ambala. It was here that he was also trained as a pilot. He flew the Hawker Audax and the Hawker Hart.

In 1943, Flight Lieutenant Lal joined, as a combat pilot, No. 7 Squadron, commanded by Squadron Leader Hem Chaudhuri. The squadron was equipped with Vultee A-31 Vengeance dive bombers and supported the Chindits. The squadron also helped in relieving the Siege of Imphal.

In June 1944, Lal was promoted to the acting rank of squadron leader and took command of No. 7 Squadron. Under him, the squadron converted to fighters. From early 1944 to March 1945, the squadron was very active in the Burma Campaign. He led the squadron in a tactical reconnaissance role in support of the XIV Army, from North Burma all the way till Rangoon. He was mentioned in dispatches in December 1944. In October 1945, Lal was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).

The citation for his DFC reads as follows:

After the war, Lal was absorbed into the permanent cadre of the IAF. He moved to the Manning department at Air Headquarters. In August 1946, he took over the inter-service recruiting centre at Calcutta. He was sent for a senior commanders' course to the United Kingdom in December 1946.

Post-Independence
On 15 August 1947, with the Partition of India, a new Air Headquarters of the Dominion of India was formed. Lal was appointed the Director of Planning and Training at Air HQ. In November 1947, he was promoted to the acting rank of group captain. Realising that the planning and training were vast responsibilities, it was divided into two departments. In late 1948, Group Captain Arjan Singh took over as Director of Training, while Lal continued as Director of Planning.

Along with Group Captain Minoo Merwan Engineer, Lal embarked for United Kingdom, having been selected to attend the RAF Staff College, Andover in May 1949. After completing the year-long course, he returned to India and was appointed Senior Air Staff Officer of No. 1 Operational Command (later Western Air Command), serving in that capacity for three years.

In November 1950, there were tensions in the Kingdom of Nepal. King Tribhuvan faced a coup d'état from the Rana dynasty. He took refuge in the Indian embassy. With two Dakota aircraft, Lal led the Indian Air Force team that brought the king to safety in New Delhi. In January 1953, he was promoted to the acting rank of air commodore and posted to the Cabinet Secretariat as deputy secretary (military). He led a team of three in October 1954, consisting of Group Captain (later Air Chief Marshal) Hrushikesh Moolgavkar and Flight Lieutenant (later air commodore) Roshan Lal Suri, to Europe to select new aircraft for the IAF. The team rejected the Supermarine Swift and chose the Folland Gnat, a decision which would serve India and the IAF well during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. During this tour, he became the first Indian to break the sound barrier. After a three-year stint at the Cabinet Secretariat, he took over as the air officer commanding Training Command in Bangalore.

Indian Airlines Corporation
In November 1957, Lal's services were loaned to the Indian Airlines Corporation (IAC) for five years. He took over as the general manager of IAC. He simultaneously served as a member of the board of directors of IAC and Air India. The IAC fleet was modernised and the company showed its first profits during his tenure. During this time, the IAF and the IAC were looking for a replacement for the Dakotas. The three aircraft in the fray were the Hawker Siddeley HS 748, the Fokker F27 Friendship and the Lockheed CL-49. The minister of defence, V. K. Krishna Menon, wanted the HS 748 while Lal had his doubts. Eventually, Krishna Menon had his way and the HS 748 was selected to be manufactured in India. In November 1959, Lal was promoted to the acting rank of air vice marshal.

In November 1960, Air India inaugurated its service to Tokyo, Japan. Lal and Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, then Chief the Air Staff (CAS) were passengers on this flight. After landing in Tokyo, on 8 November 1960, Mukerjee was having a meal in a restaurant with a friend, an officer in the Indian Navy. A piece of food got lodged in his windpipe, choking him to death. Before a doctor was called for and could attend, Mukerjee had died. The next day, Lal came back with Mukerjee's body to Palam Airport, New Delhi.

The falling out with Menon led to Lal being informed that his services were no longer required by the IAF at the end of his term with IAC in September 1962. His services were not required by the Ministry of Civil Aviation either. The prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, offered him a job in a public sector steel mill but Lal refused. On 30 September 1962, he was paid out provident fund, pension and gratuity and left the service.

Return to IAF
In October 1962, the Sino-Indian War broke out and with the defeat came Menon's resignation on 31 October. Lal was re-instated in service in December as Air Officer Maintenance at Air Headquarters. After about a year as AOM, he was appointed Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Air Command which was recently upgraded to a full-fledged command. Lal then took over as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) in from Air Marshal Arjan Singh who assumed office as the Chief of the Air Staff.

During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Lal served as the VCAS. For distinguished service of a high order during the war, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan. On 15 January 1966, in recognition of the contribution of the IAF, the post of the CAS was upgraded to the rank of Air Chief Marshal and that of the VCAS to the rank of Air Marshal. Lal was promoted to the acting rank of air marshal, the first VCAS to hold the rank.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
In September 1966, Lal was deputed to the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and took over as the managing director. He brought about many innovations at HAL. He brought in a management specialist from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad to take a fresh look at problems. A management information system was introduced for the first time. To improve productivity and lower costs, a production planning and control system was introduced. Under Lal, corporate policies regarding multiple aspects of human resource management were framed. He was instrumental in the establishment of the production lines for the new Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 and Folland Gnat fighters, and HS 748 transport aircraft.

Chief of Air Staff
On 16 July 1969, Lal was promoted to the rank of air chief marshal, the fourth Indian officer to hold the rank, and assumed the office of Chief of the Air Staff.

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was sparked by the Bangladesh Liberation War, a conflict between the traditionally dominant West Pakistanis and the majority East Pakistanis. In 1970, East Pakistanis demanded autonomy for the state, but the Pakistani government failed to satisfy these demands and, in early 1971, a demand for secession took root in East Pakistan. In March, the Pakistan Armed Forces launched a fierce campaign to curb the secessionists, the latter including soldiers and police from East Pakistan. Thousands of East Pakistanis died, and nearly ten million refugees fled to West Bengal, a neighbouring Indian state. In April, India decided to assist in the formation of the new nation of Bangladesh.

The war started on 3 December 1971 with Operation Chengiz Khan. Aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) mounted simultaneous attacks on seven IAF bases – Srinagar, Awantipur, Pathankot, Uttarlai, Jodhpur, Ambala and Agra. A radar station on the border was also hit. The IAF struck back. By 21:00hrs, the Canberras of the No. 35 Squadron and No. 106 Squadron, as well as No. 5 and No. 16 Squadrons, were armed for a foray deep into Pakistan. These flew against eight Western Pakistani airbases: Murid, Mianwali, Sargodha, Chandhar, Risalewala, Rafiqui, and Masroor. In total, 23 combat sorties were launched that night, inflicting heavy damage on Sargodha and Masroor airbases. The PAF units stationed on these airfields had to operate from taxiways for the following two days. Through the night the Indian Air Force also struck the main East Pakistani airfields of Tejgaon, and later Kurmitola. At the same time, the Indian Air Force was deploying additional aircraft to its forward airfields for strikes that were to follow the next morning. Within days, India achieved air superiority.

Lal ensured that the Indian Army and the IAF worked closely with each other. The advance HQs of Western Air Command and Eastern Air Command were alongside their respective army commands. The advance HQs, under an air commodore, were responsible for providing support to the Army as required. Each corps HQ under the commands had a tactical air centre, commanded by a group captain, who reported to the advance HQ. In the field, forward air controllers were responsible for directing strikes called out in the support of the Army.

The war lasted less than a fortnight and saw more than 90,000 Pakistani soldiers taken prisoner. It ended with the unconditional surrender of Pakistan's eastern half and resulted in the birth of Bangladesh as a new nation. The IAF flew over 7300 sorties in 14 days, an average of about 500 sorties per day. About 86 PAF aircraft were downed, at the cost of 42 IAF aircraft.

For his services to the nation, Lal was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in January 1972. Lal retired from service on 16 January 1973 after serving for over 33 years. He handed over charge to Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra.

Post-retirement
In April 1973, Lal was appointed full-time chairman and managing director (CMD) of the Indian Airlines Corporation (IAC). With the IAC increasing in magnitude and complexity, a need for appointing a full-time CMD was felt. Lal was also a part of the 21-member apex body constituted by the Ministry of Labour to delve into the problems of industrial relations for industries in the private sector. In August 1976, he was removed from the chairmanship after a falling out with Sanjay Gandhi. With the new government being formed in March 1977, Lal was appointed part-time Chairman of Indian Airlines in July. Lal also served as the chairman of the Indian Tube Company, a part of the Tata Group.

In February 1978, J. R. D. Tata, the founder and long-time chairman of Air India was unceremoniously dropped from the board by Prime Minister Morarji Desai. Lal, who was the chairman of Indian Airlines was appointed chairman of Air India as well. Two senior executives, Managing Director K G Appusamy and Deputy Managing Director Nari Dastur, resigned in protest.

Death and legacy
Lal died of a heart attack while visiting London on 13 August 1982. His body was brought back on an Air India flight. He was cremated with full military honours. Among the pall bearers were the former chief ACM, Arjan Singh, and the serving chief, ACM Dilbagh Singh. Wreaths were laid by the Minister of Defence R Venkataraman and the chiefs of the three service – COAS General K. V. Krishna Rao, CNS Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson and CAS ACM Dilbagh Singh

Lal was working on his memoirs and the history of the IAF when he died. His wife, Ela Lal edited and completed the book and My years with the IAF was published in 1986.

The Indian Air Force won its most decisive victory under the leadership of Lal. He was regarded as an exemplary aviator and administrator. Unlike earlier Chiefs, he was not a fighter jock, but an instructor and manager. The Air Force organises an annual 'Air Chief Marshal P C Lal Memorial lecture'.

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James Lindenberg

James Lindenberg (December 20, 1921 – April 28, 2009) was an American-born Filipino engineer and businessman. He moved to the Philippines in the 1940s. He is credited for his founding of Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC), the precursor of ABS-CBN Corporation, and dubbed as the Father of Philippine Television.

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Margaret Daly

Margaret Daly (born 26 January 1938) was a British Conservative Party politician who represented Somerset and West Dorset in the European Parliament from 1984 to 1994.

Daly had a younger twin brother named Robert. She attended Methodist College Belfast.

Daly was a member of various committees including:
 * Women's Rights Committees
 * Economic & Monetary Affairs Committees
 * Industrial Policy Committees
 * Development Committees.

She attempted to be selected for the 1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom but was unsuccessful.

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 * Lagos was the capital city of Nigeria in West Africa from 1914 until 1991.

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George van Driem

George "Sjors" van Driem (born 1957) is a Dutch professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of Bern. He studied East Asian languages and is known for the father tongue hypothesis.

Education

 * Leiden University, 1983–1987 (PhD, A Grammar of Limbu)
 * Leiden University, 1981–1983 (MA Slavic, BA English, MA General Linguistics)
 * Leiden University, 1979–1981 (BA Slavic)
 * University of Virginia at Charlottesville, 1975–1979 (BA Biology)
 * Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, 1978–1979
 * Watling Island Marine Biological Station on San Salvador Island in the Bahamas, 1977
 * Duke University at Durham, North Carolina, 1976

Research
George van Driem has conducted field research in the Himalayas since 1983. He was commissioned by the Royal Government of Bhutan to codify a grammar of Dzongkha, the national language, design a phonological romanisation for the language known as Roman Dzongkha, and complete a survey of the language communities of the kingdom. He and native Dzongkha speaker Karma Tshering co-authored the authoritative textbook on Dzongkha. Van Driem wrote grammars of Limbu and Dumi, Kiranti languages spoken in eastern Nepal, and the Bumthang language of central Bhutan. He authored Languages of the Himalayas, a two-volume ethnolinguistic handbook of the greater Himalayan region. Under a programme named Languages and Genes of the Greater Himalayan Region, conducted in collaboration with the Government of Nepal and the Royal Government of Bhutan, he collected DNA from many indigenous peoples of the Himalayas.

In Bern, George van Driem currently runs the research programme Strategische Zielsetzungen im Subkontinent (Strategic Objectives in the Subcontinent), which aims to analyse and describe endangered and poorly documented languages in South Asia. This programme of research is effectively a diversification of the Himalayan Languages Project, which he directed at Leiden University, where he held the chair of Descriptive Linguistics until 2009. He and his research team have documented over a dozen endangered languages of the greater Himalayan region, producing analytical grammars and lexica and recording morphologically analysed native texts.

His interdisciplinary research in collaboration with geneticists has led to advances in the reconstruction of Asian ethnolinguistic prehistory. Based on linguistic palaeontology, ethnolinguistic phylogeography, rice genetics and the Holocene distribution of faunal species, he identified the ancient Hmong-Mien and Austroasiatics as the first domesticators of Asian rice and published a theory on the homelands and prehistoric dispersal of the Hmong-Mien, Austroasiatic and Trans-Himalayan linguistic phyla. His historical linguistic work on linguistic phylogeny has replaced the unsupported Sino-Tibetan hypothesis with the older, more agnostic Tibeto-Burman phylogenetic model, for which he proposed the neutral geographical name Trans-Himalayan in 2004. He developed the Darwinian theory of language known as Symbiosism, and he is author of the philosophy of Symbiomism.

Awards and honours

 * 1996 Rolex Awards for Enterprise for setting up the Himalayan Languages Project
 * 1998 Elected Honorary Member of the Kirat Yakthung Chumlung at Kathmandu

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Buer, Germany

Buer is the largest suburb of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Hochstrasse in the heart of Buer is the largest shopping street in Gelsenkirchen.

History
In 1928, the adjoining cities of Buer, Gelsenkirchen, and Horst merged to form Gelsenkirchen-Buer, which was renamed Gelsenkirchen in 1930.

The Scholven/Buer synthetic oil plant was a bombing target of the Oil Campaign of World War II The Buer town hall however survived in nearly original form.

Notable people

 * Gerd Faltings (born 1954), German mathematician
 * Oliver Mark (born 1963), German photographer and artist

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Ted Sears

Edward Robert Sears (March 13, 1900 – August 22, 1958) was an American animator during the Golden Age of American animation. Sears worked for the Fleischer Studios in the late-1920s and early-1930s, and was hired away from Max Fleischer to work at the Walt Disney studio in 1931.

As the first head of Disney's story department, Sears did significant story work on many Disney features, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (The Wind in the Willows segment),Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan (for which he wrote song lyrics), Lady and the Tramp, and Sleeping Beauty (for which he wrote song lyrics). Sears had initially provided the voice of the titular character in Pinocchio before the character was reimagined and child actor Dickie Jones was cast as the voice of the character instead.

Sears was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts enumerated with mother and maternal grandparents on 5 Jun 1900, son of Edward R Sears Sr and Margaret Ellen Burke, but was raised in New York City. He married Violet Mitchell on 16 Aug 1937 He died in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 58 in 1958.

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Pulled elbow

A pulled elbow, also known as nursemaid's elbow or a radial head subluxation, is when the ligament that wraps around the radial head slips off. Often a child will hold their arm against their body with the elbow slightly bent. They will not move the arm as this results in pain. Touching the arm, without moving the elbow, is usually not painful.

A pulled elbow typically results from a sudden pull on an extended arm. This may occur when lifting or swinging a child by the arms. The underlying mechanism involves slippage of the annular ligament off of the head of the radius followed by the ligament getting stuck between the radius and humerus. Diagnosis is often based on symptoms. X-rays may be done to rule out other problems.

Prevention is by avoiding potential causes. Treatment is by reduction. Moving the forearm into a palms down position with straightening at the elbow appears to be more effective than moving it into a palms up position followed by bending at the elbow. Following a successful reduction the child should return to normal within a few minutes. A pulled elbow is common. It generally occurs in children between the ages of 1 and 4 years old, though it can happen up to 7 years old.

Signs and symptoms
Symptoms include:
 * The child stops using the arm, which is held in extension (or slightly bent) and palm down.
 * Minimal swelling.
 * All movements are permitted except supination.
 * Caused by longitudinal traction with the wrist in pronation, although in a series only 51% of people were reported to have this mechanism, with 22% reporting falls, and patients less than 6 months of age noted to have the injury after rolling over in bed.

Cause
This injury has also been reported in babies younger than six months and in older children up to the preteen years. There is a slight predilection for this injury to occur in girls and in the left arm. The classic mechanism of injury is longitudinal traction on the arm with the wrist in pronation, as occurs when the child is lifted up by the wrist. There is no support for the common assumption that a relatively small head of the radius as compared to the neck of the radius predisposes the young to this injury.

Pathophysiology
The distal attachment of the annular ligament covering the radial head is weaker in children than in adults, allowing it to be more easily torn. The older child will usually point to the dorsal aspect of the proximal forearm when asked where it hurts. This may mislead one to suspect a buckle fracture of the proximal radius. There is no tear in the soft tissue (probably due to the pliability of young connective tissues).

The forearm contains two bones: the radius and the ulna. These bones are attached to each other both at the proximal, or elbow, end and also at the distal, or wrist, end. Among other movements, the forearm is capable of pronation and supination, which is to say rotation about the long axis of the forearm. In this movement the ulna, which is connected to the humerus by a simple hinge-joint, remains stationary, while the radius rotates, carrying the wrist and hand with it. To allow this rotation, the proximal (elbow) end of the radius is held in proximity to the ulna by a ligament known as the annular ligament. This is a circular ligamentous structure within which the radius is free, with constraints existing elsewhere in the forearm, to rotate. The proximal end of the radius in young children is conical, with the wider end of the cone nearest the elbow. With the passage of time the shape of this bone changes, becoming more cylindrical but with the proximal end being widened.

If the forearm of a young child is pulled, it is possible for this traction to pull the radius into the annular ligament with enough force to cause it to be jammed therein. This causes significant pain, partial limitation of flexion/extension of the elbow and total loss of pronation/supination in the affected arm. The situation is rare in adults, or in older children, because the changing shape of the radius associated with growth prevents it.

Diagnosis
Diagnosis is often based on symptoms. X-rays may be done to rule out other problems.

Treatment
To resolve the problem, the affected arm is moved in a way that causes the joint to move back into a normal position. The two main methods are hyperpronation and a combination of supination and flexion. Hyperpronation has a higher success rate and is less painful than a supination-flexion maneuver.

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I think that is a possibility. The article as it stands now does not really hold up. I believe Developer 2000 is a little more than a new version of Oracle Forms. I believe they also rolled Oracle Reports into this. I will look into this a little more Open2universe 03:15, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

This needs moving to 'Oracle Developer Suite' and tidying up - will do when I have time. --Michig 10:44, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Have moved from Developer 2000 to new page, rewritten and links added. --Mike2121212 18:42, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kanvas Grey

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The result of the debate was Delete Ryan Norton T 20:03, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Kanvas Grey
Delete. Yes, they have their own website. Yes, they appear notable within a small geographic area. But they do not appear to have released and physical recordings and, wrt WP:MUSIC. Eddie.willers 03:16, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
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Lake Burbury

Lake Burbury is a man-made water reservoir created by the Crotty Dam inundating the upper King River valley that lies east of the West Coast Range. Discharge from the reservoir feeds the John Butters Hydroelectric Power Station, owned and operated by Hydro Tasmania.

The reservoir was named in honour of Stanley Burbury, a former Governor of Tasmania.

Water source
The lake is fed mainly by rivers from the north, including the upper King River, and the Eldon River. Valleys that open to the area include the Linda Valley. It also has a natural lake just north of its northern shore known as Lake Beatrice which is at the eastern end of Mount Sedgwick. It has a surface area of 54 km2.

Fishing
It is popular as a fishing lake, but is susceptible to extreme weather. Its feeder rivers are the upper King, Nelson, Princess, and Eldon Rivers. There are design features in the Crotty Dam to lower the surface level rapidly in the event of severe floodwaters.

The lake has the "Bradshaw" bridge crossing it to connect the Lyell Highway across it, and has two dams – one in the King River Gorge – the Crotty Dam, and the other adjacent to Mount Darwin, the Darwin Dam.

Inundation
The dam inundated the historical sites of the Darwin and Crotty – as well as the bridge of the North Mount Lyell Railway over the King River which was not salvaged before the flooding. Significant portions of the Kelly Basin Road are inundated as well.

The Crotty Dam site had been surveyed in the early twentieth century but the proposed dam did not proceed at that time. It was re-visited in the 1980s and involved in the last major dam construction by Hydro Tasmania.

Crotty Dam and Lake Burbury have been identified as "indicative places" on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate.

Reserves
The lake lies to the west of the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park and has a series of buffer zone conservation areas; the Princess River Conservation Area and the Crotty Conservation Area on the east shore, and the West Coast Range Regional Reserve on the west. The Hydro Tasmania jurisdiction of the lake is to the 242 m elevation (the full supply level being 235 m) round the edge of the lake, as well as the island created by the impoundment.

A webcam is located on the south east shore of the lake which looks across to where the Lyell Highway emerges from the Linda Valley and moves south around the eastern base of Mount Owen.

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User talk:Hazarat

First of all, let me welcome you to Wikipedia.

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My reversion of the article Physical attractiveness was based primarily on that you signed the article using the Wikipedia form of four tildes ( ~ ). Signatures are not used in articles, as it would disrupt the flow, but rather on talk pages such as this one, or in polls found on pages in the project workspace (those with the prefix of Wikipedia:). I'm sorry if I changed the content of your edit, but when I am on “recent changes” patrol, I tend to act a little fast. I've removed the parts of the list, as per your wishes. If you ever have any other questions concerning Wikipedia or the encyclopedic process we use here, just drop a note at my talk page. Regards, Bratsche talk 03:19, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/All boro kings

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All boro kings
Nom and vote delete. Nothing notable listed in article for this album. The band name has 4 prior deleted articles in WP but no current article. If the band had an article, could merge this and spare deletion. Daniel Lotspeich 03:21, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Rugby league in England

Interest in sport in Britain
Continuing on from the discussion on the popularity of sports in Australia, here's a bit on the same in England. A MORI poll in December 2003 asked "Which of these sports would you say you are interested in?". The sports in order were: football (soccer), rugby union, swimming, snooker, tennis, athletics, motor racing, cricket, gym, golf, rugby league and boxing. The MORI article that these statistics come from is about how England's victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup effected Union's popularity, so the results are influenced by current events. There are more statistics in another MORI article from 2003. This is the best I've been able to do in my short search. --ThirdEdition 03:20, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Feel free to fix these articles if you find things that appear to be wrong. Then, as you've done here, if you feel its neccessary, explain why you made the changes. We're not the wikipedia overlords, we're pretty good about letting people make changes to all these articles ;) After all, the more correct they are, they more man kind will benefit from them. And i dont know about anyone else, but thats why i create and edit articles. POds 03:49, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Wow :) I love your work! I was looking for several hours on british government websites for some useful statistics but could not find shit! Thanx heaps ThirdEdition! POds 03:42, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Photo
I respect the fact that the picture used on the rugby league in england thread demonstrates two clubs form outside the UK heartlands but surely it would be better to get a shot from a game without the empty stands?

"Merseyside", Cheshire and "Cumbria"?!
I'm not going to get into the debate of "historical" or "Real" or "Traditional" versus "administrative" counties but as far as I'm concerned Warrington and Widnes are in Lancashire as is St Helens (why do you think they all played in the Lancs cup) and as for "Cumbria", well I'd prefer Cumberland (Think sausages!) However, seeing as "county councils" have come and gone over the past three decades, wouldn't it be better to put "Yorkshire and the north-west" ?

I'm not particularly impressed with your "derbies" section either, I mean "Cheshire" derby? "Calder" derby? "Humberside" urghhh! derby? Ad nauseum.

 * The Lancs cup did not take teams just from Lancashire, Cumbrian teams also entered. Widnes is in the traditional count of Lancashire but you are wrong about Warrington, it is split down the middle between Lancs and Cheshire. Cumbria also predates 'Cumberland' by centuries. County councils still exist. People use the terms Cheshire / Calder / Humberside derbies albeit not very often, if you can find a better term then add it but please don't delete terms which are in use.GordyB 21:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Good Article
Things you may wish to improve:

 * The computer games needs to be either linked to a main article, or have info about the game
 * As with Rugby League nine

Over all article is structured well, above could be improved as could a couple of other parts of the article. I will put it on hold for you. So you can make the improvements.  ¢нαzα93  08:19, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Personally, I don't think this currently is GA material, although I am not a GA reviewer, I do do rugby league peer review. I have put it up for peer review and will give a thourogh review of the article. (See the link on the WikiProject RUgby league template to see the review).  SpecialWindler   talk  11:12, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I've added the link here for my convenience WikiProject_Rugby_league/Peer_review/Rugby_league_in_England.GordyB 14:46, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

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I think that it is very well written and all problems fixed PASS

Rugby league and race
I have a problem with this section as it seems to be trying to prove a point rather than be informative, the bringing up of football is totally irrelevant. The fact that British rugby league had a black international before English football (Scotland had one way before rugby league even existed) doesn't mean anything except that George Bennett was good enough and existed, the section makes as if football deliberately didn't pick players because they were black and rugby took a stance whereas it was more likely down to the fact that Rugby league was a minority sport which allowed an extremely tiny minority to excel in it relatively early compared to a more main stream sport with more player competition. In essence it took as "long" as Viv Anderson because he was the first black player to be good enough and ever since then as the black population has grown so has our representation in football. However I am not saying football isn't or hasn't been racist, I'm just saying it has no place on this page as it just smacks of one-upmanship and therefore if it is truly about celebrating rugby leagues racial achievements then the section should be modified or deleted. GunnertheGooner (talk) 16:36, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Rugby league as a sport existed solely because of what we would call "inclusion" today. This has always been a very strong tradition within the game and not just with regard to race or social class either. The RFL won an award this year from Stonewall for being in the top 100 UK employers with regards tolerance of homosexuality. Other sports don't have quite the same record, for instance, Billy Boston was told in no uncertain terms that mixed race individuals don't get picked to play rugby union for Wales so he switched to the more broad minded rugby league.
 * It's not a case of it being a minority sport and a minority excelling as the rugby league heartland doesn't have a big black population relative to places like London. It's more a case of the game being taken to places of social deprivation which happen to have a fairly large ethnic minority population. The few Londoners that are playing professional RL tend to be black or from other minority backgrounds because the RFL goes into areas such as Brixton in a way that other sports generally don't.GordyB (talk) 21:37, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think you get the point, it's not whether rugby league actively seeks to include, it's the fact that the article (the whole article) is a penis measuring comparison against other sports especially football. "Look at how we've done this, and look at how long it took football", that's how it reads to me, an encyclopedic article should not plummet these depths to prove a point.
 * The fact that Rugby league may go into an area like Brixton (although I doubt it's presence comes close to Football or even Basketball) shows that it has to, Football is popular in London by default and kids from Brixton (and like socially deprived areas one of which I grew up in) are drawn to the game without the sport needing to put in the effort like Rugby League (even though it does). The facts are that your argument emphasises the point about Rugby League's minority status as it has to go and sell its sport to people whereas popular ones don't. Oh and what about Asians?
 * Don't see this as an attack on the sport my family are from South Leeds and my cousin used to play for Hunslet, I even played Rugby League at my secondary school as our PE teacher (A rugby nut that despised football) was friends with a coach from London Broncos, all I am saying is that anything referencing football should be removed as it is not relevant, celebrate Rugby League's history of inclusion by all means but don't do it by denigrating other sportsGunnertheGooner (talk) 16:50, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

 * The section would benefit from details on each of the footballers mentioned being added so that the RL/other approach is diluted. I'm not keen on the style of the section but some comparison with other sports in England is probably required to give a context.
 * What do you mean by you comment about Asians?  LunarLander  //  talk  // 19:12, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

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British vs Home Nations
I'm putting this discussion here as the Rugby league in England page is the most developed, but it affect the pages of Rugby league in Wales, Rugby league in Scotland, Rugby league in Ireland, and particularly Rugby league in the British Isles.

The Rugby league in the British Isles pages has essentially been a redirect page to those of the home nations but due to the history of Rugby League acting as a whole in Great Britain for most of it's history and the league system being British I feel it should be expanded.

I have started this but looking at the "History" section on the home nations pages I've noticed a more British feel to the tone and a lot of similar information (especially between England and Wales). I think that these pages should focus more on the history within the respective home nations and have a overview of British history of Rugby League on the Rugby league in the British Isles page. In addition, a lot of the information isn't referenced so may need removal.

Also seen as Ireland has no administration over the Great Britain national rugby league team, the Rugby league in the British Isles page may need renaming to "Rugby league in Great Britain".

Thoughts? Mn1548 (talk) 16:33, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

title: Talk:Rugby league in England


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Needles and Pins (song)

"Needles and Pins" is a rock song credited to American writers Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono. Jackie DeShannon recorded it in 1963 and other versions followed. The most successful ones were by the Searchers, whose version reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart in 1964, and Smokie, who had a worldwide hit in 1977. Others who recorded the song include the Ramones, Gene Clark, Petula Clark, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks.

Jackie DeShannon version (1963)
In his autobiography, Bono states that he sang along with Nitzsche's guitar-playing, thus creating both the tune and the lyrics, being guided by the chord progressions. However, Jackie DeShannon claims that the song was written at the piano, and that she was a full participant in the song's creation, along with Nitzsche and Bono, although she did not get formal credit.

DeShannon was the first to record the song; in the US it peaked at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in May 1963. Though it was only a minor US hit, DeShannon's recording of the song topped the charts in Canada, hitting number one on the CHUM Chart in July 1963.

The Searchers version (1964)
The Searchers heard British performer Cliff Bennett perform "Needles and Pins" at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, instantly wanted it to be their next single and recorded it before Cliff Bennett could. The Pye Records single was released in January 1964. It was number one in the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States. Soon after, in April 1964, "Needles and Pins" appeared on the Searchers' next album, It's the Searchers.

Audible during the Searchers' recording of "Needles and Pins" is a faulty bass drum pedal, which squeaks throughout the song. It is particularly noticeable during the opening of the number.

Part of the Searchers' version can be heard as the intro of the song "Use the Man" from Megadeth's Cryptic Writings album, although it does not appear on the remastered version.

A German version sung by the Searchers is called "Tausend Nadelstiche".

Smokie version (1977)
In 1977, at the height of their popularity, English rock band Smokie recorded the song as a rock ballad for the album Bright Lights & Back Alleys, and got a European and an Australian hit with "Needles and Pins". The song reached number one in Austria. Later, ex-Smokie vocalist Chris Norman included his solo cover of the song on his studio album Full Circle (2000).

Ramones version (1978)
The Ramones included "Needles and Pins" on their 1978 album Road to Ruin. Their version was also included on the band's first greatest hits collection, Ramones Mania.

In turn, pop-punk band The Commercials recorded the song for the tribute album Ramones Maniacs.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers version (1985; live)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their first live album in 1985 called Pack Up the Plantation: Live! where singer-songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks performed on "Needles and Pins" with Tom Petty at the Forum in Los Angeles, California in June 1981.

Cash Box said that "a great song is given a great treatment."

Willie DeVille version (1999)
Willie DeVille recorded "Needles and Pins" for his 1999 album Horse Of A Different Colour.

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Talk:Hugo "Hurley" Reyes

encyclopedic
all he must do is rub his ginormous rump against the bark of the palm tree (see barking). The tree then falls over due Hurley's extreme weight. In this manner, Hurley gains sexual gratification from the barking, and the camp gains coconuts. Everyone wins, except of course the tree. This should be changed to something more encyclopedic or removed. Yincrash 01:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Lol that was meant to be a joke, I think. Hurley doesn't really do that141.195.156.132 22:51, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Comment
Per Hurley's second revelation to Charlie that he is a multi-millionaire (in Everybody Hates Hugo), specifically $156 million I thought that number was better suited to be placed under profession--since the $114 million would just be initial winnings. Though I thought that the accountant said that he had doubled his money--I need to dig out the DVDs and check for sure to see what the original number was and what was said. Black Wolff 03:21, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Sorry; I took the number out entirely, as it's not really crucial info in "profession", beyond noting that he's a multi-millionaire. The specific amount can be addressed (if desired) in the article body, or in the episode description-- although my view is that the exact number of millions Hurley won/is worth isn't meaningful, other than being a big 'ol chunk of change. LeFlyman 03:48, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

 * No, don't apologize, it actually looks much better this way, ;). I just updated the number because I though that 156 was better than 114, I didn't think of typing it like it is now--'tis a good change. Black Wolff 13:12, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Why does Hurley have the nickname Hurley? --81.103.58.81 23:26, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
 * We haven't found out yet. —Josiah Rowe 04:53, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Can we assume that the box company Hurley owns in Tustin is the same box company Locke works for?

 * Yes. If I remember correctly this was verified on an official podcast.Black Wolff 15:19, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Photo
Some idiot keeps uploading and overwriting the real Jorge Garcia photo with someone he seems to want to make fun of. I can't get in to upload the correct version of the file, but if someone else could (go to the image page - upload new version) I would be very grateful.

ThanksHongshi 15:54, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Moving to Hugo Reyes
I suggest moving the page to Hugo Reyes or Hurley. Nicknames in the middle of the article name are not really useful, and make the article harder to search. -- ReyBrujo 20:09, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I think it is fine as it is. Some people, like yourself, would prefer his name. So would prefer his nick name. What we have is a good half way house.  codu ( t / c ) 12:51, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It's fine the way it is. --thedemonhog talk contributions 18:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

this should be removed
"Reyes serves as the show's comic relief." Completely subjective and unsubstantiated Statement. Furthermore, given the typical nature of his flashbacks, i dont think this is true. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.182.145.167 (talk) 06:27, 5 March 2007 (UTC).

Triva
I've chopped up the triva section. if anyone has any objections, please revert it.

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Article name
This article's name is kinda inappropriate. Isn't Hurley called "Hurley" by everybody except for Locke and his parents? Fans call him Hurley, the Script says "Hurley", etc. – I mean, Kate is called "Katherine" in the courtroom and by her mother but her article is like "Kate Austen" and not "Katherine "Kate" Austen" and Benjamin Linus is listed as "Ben Linus". Or Christopher Turk from Scrubs, he's called "Turk" throughout the entire series and his Wikipedia article says "Turk (Scrubs)" of course. Even Bree Hodge from Desperate Housewives who goes by this name for two seasons now has her article still named "Bree Van de Kamp" because it's the more common name. So how about moving "Hugo "Hurley" Reyes" to "Hurley Reyes" or "Hurley (Lost)"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.245.225.251 (talk) 09:18, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Requested move
Move Parsecboy (talk) 03:00, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Since the character is referred to almost exclusively as as "Hurley" and and other article for people with commonly used nicknames have the nickname in place of their first name, the article should be moved to "Hurley Reyes."--Marcus Brute (talk) 23:58, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Support Per nom. Note, I'm assuming it is true that "the character is referred to almost exclusively as as 'Hurley'". --Born2cycle (talk) 02:51, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Season 6 Commercial from Comic-Con
I used a new link since DemonHog was making a big deal about it. Included Zap2It's analysis of the commercial.

For the record, my two cents on what the commercial means is this....

1) When the Incident happened, it did indeed change things. 2) That this changes everything for the Hurley, Jack, Kate, Sawyer, etc that existed off Island. We saw the effect it seems to have had on Hurley in this new timeline. Don't know about the rest. 3) As far as the Hurley/Jack/Sawyer, etc that were on the Island, they are now essentially "free" to go their own courses. This means that in the LOST universe, even though they could have indeed killed Ben Linus when they had the chance, that this new particular 'river of time' will continue, but those that already lived thru the the events of the show just dont "vanish" ala BACK TO THE FUTURE CHANGING WITH TIME.  Similar to STAR TREK where even though their galaxy was completely changed by the destruction of the Vulcan homeworld, it did not affect the original Mr Spock/Leonard Nimoy at all, whom continued to live his life now.

overall, this could well be deception by the producers to midirect us, or would they do that to us? Whippletheduck (talk) 06:05, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Despite all the flack that Wikipedia gets from the uninformed for its collaborative writing and researching processes by non-professionals, Wikipedia is probably the most-trusted or at least most-frequented website for information. Three hundred people a day view this article and I bet that most of them do not check the references, trusting us, and take what they read at face value—as they should (for the most part, in theory).  That is why it is "a big deal" that we get our facts right and as soon as possible.  You have added information about a video from Comic-Con 2009, in which Hurley is the CEO of Mr. Cluck's and has not crashed on the island, on the grounds that the producers confirmed it as canonical.  Obviously, you have good intentions, but it appears that you are wrong in claiming that the video is confirmed as canon.  You backed it up with a source to a video that I cannot view, as the video is not available in Canada (another problem, but not the one that I am trying to make here).  However, I highly doubt that the video contains confirmation of the canonicity of the video.  Whippletheduck claimed that "They talk about the other video's they have released over the years (like last years Orchid Station complete video) and then thank us the fan's with a first peak at season 6, and they air the Hurley video plus another one about Oceanic Airlines perfect flying record over the years."  I have seen the videos of the Comic-Con panel and that is not true.  Here is all of what the producers had to say about the videos: "And then, uh, that will be followed by a few word, uh, a few words from our sponsors, wink wink.  Wink.  Let's roll it.  [Videos play.]  Interesting, I had always thought that Kate killed her stepfather.  Interesting."  Whippletheduck also told me that "They have ALWAYS stated it that the videos they release at Comic-Con are canon", a statement that is again, false.  While they have said that "The Orchid video is in canon", how can we forget the infamous fifth season teaser from last year's Comic-Con, which prompted Carlton Cuse to actually say that "we don't consider what goes on in Comic-Con canon, I mean, we try to make it tied to the show, but the only thing that really is canon is the show for us".  In the second quote, he is not using the term in the exact same way that we are here, but that should definitely be enought to make one question the use of "ALWAYS".  Finally, Whippletheduck wrote, "Anyway, I used Zap2It.com's analysis of Comic_Con and it's LOST implications if it will satisfy you."  I checked out Zap2it's recap and here are some relevant words: "The Oceanic, Mr. Cluck's, and America's Most Wanted videos hinted that Season 6 will see some form of alternate timeline.  It doesn't literally mean that Hugo will institute a $4.42 value meal in some episode next year, but the show now wants us to start thinking about the fact that Jack Shephard, will a major assist from Juliet Burke, actually pulled off his plan."  That also does not confirm anything.  Thus, I am reverting you per a couple of Wikipedia's most basic policies: verifiability and no original research.  – thedemonhog   talk  •  edits  09:46, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

 * I agree, the producers neither confirm nor deny whether the alternate timeline videos are canon. Therefore, it is safest to assume they are not, given their previous statements about canonicity and the show. By the way, the youtube video is just the commercial, nothing from the producers is included, so you are not missing anything that might back up his claims that this is canon. --Jackieboy87 (talk · contribs) 14:31, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Did you guys use reference #3, where they have the stuff from Comic-Con, including Cuse and Lindeloff directly introducing the videos? It is exactly as how we here on Wikipedia introduced in the Dharma Initiative's Orchid Station video.  We saw the very short blurb on THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME in season 4, and then at Comic-Con we got the ENTIRE video.  No one disputes that because it was put out by the producers so why the flak over this new one?  They FLAT OUT SAID this is for season 6.   Are we now going to deny all the other station video's because they can't be real because we saw that Dr Chiang is NOT Halliwax/Candle/Whickman?  If they put out something for us, we should take it. but yes they are going to throw curves at us.
 * I'll stay quite about it for now, but if it gets confirmed to be true it is going to join the long list of other things I have been right about.
 * Like how I was certain Locke did not commit suicide....
 * or how I was certain that Ben Linus killed Locke and made it look like a suicide (said in 2008).
 * or ah, forget it, I don't want to go into it. Whippletheduck (talk) 16:03, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

 * You really need to learn to differentiate between your opinions, observations and conclusions and what is verifiable information that belongs on Wikipedia. Just because you are right, or that something is the truth, does not mean it is suitable for WP. WP:Verifiability is one of the core policies that defines what information is acceptable here; I implore you to read and understand it. --Jackieboy87 (talk · contribs) 16:59, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Did you not read my post or actually watch the Comic-Con panel videos, Whippletheduck? I transcribed everything that they had to say about the videos and provided a very strong quote for why we should not automatically give the videos a canon stamp.  I also shed light on why the Orchid video is a special case.  Jackieboy87 is correct with regard to your misunderstanding of what belongs on Wikipedia.  To sum up WP:V: on Wikipedia, it is not about being right; it is about being verifiable.  No one is disputing that the videos may be canon or that you are skilled in predicting plot twists on the show.  – thedemonhog   talk  •  edits  20:08, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Since I have not edited it back in, I was of the impression that should be over with, and yet here you are continuing it.

 * Back to the matter at hand, well I have already said what I have to say : I think that time was indeed altered (and may well have been altered in the other "incidents" that are cited on the Swan Station Blast Door Map. Anyhow, I think that the Chiang/Candle/Whickman/Haliwax has something to do with these incidents, in that things happened but the Island/Universe (if we are to believe Eloise Hawking) has it's way of making sure what it wants to happen, happen (gleaned from how despite Desmonds efforts to save Charlie there was only so much he could do).   I am also basing this off the new Star Trek movie, where even though in theory, with Vulcan destroyed, it would have been impossible for Leonard Nimoy to come back as he would have never been able to be restored to life in STAR TREK-THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK.  Yet Nimoy-Spock continued on even back in the past.  I would compare it to the DragonLance novels "River of Time" where if you were to change time, you create a tributary from the main river, that now proceeds, but that main river is still there back there somewhere.    The truth is, in regards to Kate, you would imagine she would have been on  America's Most Wanted anyway the first time as what she did she did.  Whippletheduck (talk) 21:04, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Maybe a useful source
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Confused for a drug dealer...
As is noted in Jorge Garcia's Wiki, the role of Hurley was created by the writers after they saw Garcia on the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. In one of the flashbacks in episode 18 of season 1, Hurley's accountant or broker asks him why the cops "thought [he] was a drug dealer." Interestingly enough, the role that Garcia played on that particular episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm was in fact a drug dealer who sold Larry David marijuana.

Is this important enough to add to the article?PokeHomsar (talk) 10:37, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

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Eau Claire River (Chippewa River tributary)

The Eau Claire River is a tributary of the Chippewa River in west-central Wisconsin in the United States. It is one of three rivers by this name in Wisconsin. Via the Chippewa River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Its name is the French translation from the Ojibwe Wayaa-gonaatigweyaa-ziibi (Clear potable-water River).

Course
The Eau Claire River rises as two streams, the North Fork Eau Claire River and the South Fork Eau Claire River, both of which rise in southwestern Taylor County and flow generally southwestwardly through northeastern Clark and northwestern Eau Claire Counties. The North Fork is about 25 mi (40 km) long and flows past the village of Lublin; it collects the Wolf River in Eau Claire County. The South Fork is about 35 mi (56 km) long.

From the convergence of its headwaters' forks, the Eau Claire River flows generally westwardly through northern Eau Claire County for about 40 mi (64 km), past the city of Altoona to its confluence with the Chippewa River in downtown Eau Claire. Two dams along its course in Eau Claire County cause the river to form two reservoirs: Lake Eau Claire and Lake Altoona. Upstream from Altoona, just north of the village of Fall Creek, the river passes over a waterfall known as Big Falls, which is the site of a county park.

Cultural information
Eau Claire River (named the "Clear Water River, a branch of the Chippewa") serves in part as the boundary between the Chippewa and Winnebago in an 1825 treaty, and as a southern boundary for the 1837 Treaty-ceded Territory, where the signatory Ojibwe Bands may hunt, fish and gather to maintain their cultural livelihood.


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Weston High School (Massachusetts)

Weston High School is a high school (grades 9–12) in Weston, Massachusetts, United States, a suburb 12 miles west of Boston. The school is located at 444 Wellesley Street in Weston. During the 2022-2023 school year, it had 639 students.

History
Between the end of WWII in 1945 and 1970, the "Boomer" generation, the number of school-age children in Weston increased 363%, from 635 students to 2,937. The town embarked on 25-year school building program resulting in five new school complexes. After a devastating fire in 1948 destroyed the roofing and interior of the new Weston High School, the building was rebuilt as an elementary school and a new replacement high school was commissioned.

This new high school, which was located near Weston Town Center by the current Weston Public Library, Country & Woodland Elementary Schools, was renowned as the "architectural achievement of the century" by the Boston Herald when it opened in January 1950. The nation's first million-dollar public building, Weston High School offered resources and technologies never before seen in a public school. Revolutionary architecture and layout of the school allowed for new teaching and class organization methods. The building has since been torn down due to the building of the new Field School, but it served as the Field School until the 2014–2015 school year.

In 1961, the current Weston High School was built as one of the most expensive schools in the nation at $8,930,001 (1961 dollars). This building is the fifth public high school in Weston and is designed to be in active service far longer than many contemporary schools, thanks to constant renovation and a high-quality initial design and build.

Campus
Weston High School is a large brick and glass building, surrounded by trees and sports fields. There are several fields, tennis courts, baseball diamonds, and a large track, shared by the Middle School, which is located on an adjacent campus. There is also a pond situated between the middle school and high school campuses.

Weston High School, designed and built in 1961 at a cost of $64.3 million (2012 dollars), has been renovated periodically since its construction. The facilities have maintained a modern appearance, marked especially by the extensive use of glass.

The building itself consists of a large gymnasium, weight room, library, theater and tech center, dance studio, music rooms, auditorium, computer labs, and many classrooms. The building is split into different wings for each subject, including English and History, Math and Science, and Language.

A seventh wing (G Wing) has been constructed for the 2012–2013 school year. The 23,000 square foot addition serves as the science wing, housing eight science classrooms, a 58-seat lecture hall, an outdoor amphitheater-style classroom, and copious atrium space. The project is designed for and seeking LEED Silver certification.

Rankings
The school is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. In 2023, Boston Magazine ranked Weston High School #1 in the Boston area, and U.S. News & World Report ranked the school #7 in the Boston area, #10 in Massachusetts, and #355 in the United States. In 2023, Niche ranked Weston High School #4 of 363 public high schools in Massachusetts and #93 of 20,032 public high schools in the United States.

Online Education
In 2016, Weston partnered with MOOC provider edX to offer several free online courses in a variety of subjects. Courses include On-Ramp to AP* French Language and Culture, On-Ramp to AP* Calculus, and others.

Sports
Weston competes in the Dual County League, which includes Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Bedford High School, Concord-Carlisle High School, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, Newton South High School, Waltham High School, Wayland High School, and Westford Academy. The athletics department is headed by Athletic Director Mike McGrath.

In 2022 Weston High School fielded athletic teams in 20 sports during three seasons.

More than 50 percent of the school’s student body participated in each of the three sports seasons in 2022.

Notable alumni

 * Grover Norquist, class of 1974, political activist and lobbyist, journalist for The American Spectator, president of Americans for Tax Reform
 * John Garabedian, disc jockey, nationally syndicated host of the Open House Party radio show and a veteran in broadcasting for over 60 years
 * Alec Sulkin, television writer, writer and producer of Family Guy
 * David Frank, founding member of the 1980s R&B group The System.

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Yoghurt
This article and its history are a testament to the tenacity of the opposing points of view with regard to the Yoghurt/Yogurt article spelling. Lets not do it again...please! It has been resolved in favor of the article being named Yoghurt. All other spellings should redirect to that article...please. --hydnjo talk 03:23, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

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Grupo Aymara

Grupo Aymara are a Bolivian folk troupe that have been acclaimed worldwide for its inspiring interpretations of traditional music of pre-Hispanic and contemporary music of the Andes, particularly that of the Aymara and Quechua speaking people of Bolivia. They perform their evocative music on indigenous flutes, panpipes and drums, as well as stringed instruments introduced since the Spanish conquest.

Discography

 * Concierto en los Andes de Bolivia (1974)
 * Imantata (1977)
 * Bolivia tradicional (1978)
 * Villancicos (1979)
 * Cultura andina (1980)
 * Jacha marca (1980)
 * Concierto - Canto a Bolivia (1982)
 * Grupo Aymara (1982)
 * Aliriña (1991)
 * Lo mejor (1993)
 * Soul of Aymara (1995)
 * Viento en los Andes (1995)
 * Live in Japan (1995)
 * Treasures of indio music, vol III (1998)

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Stephen Parry

Stephen Parry may refer to:

 * Stephen Parry (Australian politician) (born 1960), Australian politician from the Liberal Party
 * Stephen Parry (cricketer) (born 1986), English cricketer
 * Stephen Parry (swimmer) (born 1977), British middle-distance swimmer
 * Stephen Parry (Welsh MP) (c. 1675–1724), Welsh politician
 * Steve Parry (musician) (born 1958), founder of the band Hwyl Nofio
 * Steve Parry (rugby league) (born 1988), rugby league footballer for Wales, and South Wales Scorpions

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Christopher Egan

Christopher Egan (born 29 June 1984)  is an Australian actor. He played Nick Smith in the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 2000 to 2003, and David Shepherd on the NBC television drama Kings. He also portrayed Alex Lannon in the Apocalyptic TV series, Dominion.

Life and career
Egan has appeared in several commercials and did some modelling, but his ability and ambition for acting came out when he performed in the Glen Street productions of Les Misérables and West Side Story. He also appeared in the TV soap Home and Away.

He has also been trained in gymnastics, singing, dancing and acting at the KICK Performance Group (now The School @ AIPA) in Sydney. As well as competing in several eisteddfods at an early age, Egan has been able to use his gymnastics skills extensively in the thriller film Crush.

He moved to Los Angeles in 2003. In 2006, he appeared in the film adaptation of Christopher Paolini's novel Eragon. In 2007, he played a small role in Resident Evil: Extinction, the third movie in the Resident Evil series. In the summer of 2009, he shot the movie Letters to Juliet in Italy, with Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave and Gael García Bernal.

Egan starred in Dominion, the Sci Fi supernatural action drama based on characters from the 2010 feature film Legion that starred Paul Bettany. Egan played Alex Lannon, a rebellious young soldier who discovers he is the unlikely savior of humanity.

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Gus Greenlee

William Augustus Greenlee (December 26, 1893 – July 7, 1952) was an American businessman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who was born and raised in Marion, North Carolina. After migrating to Pittsburgh as a young man and working in the steel industry, he started to acquire his own businesses.

There he also bought the Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball team in 1931, founded the second Negro National League in 1933, serving as president; and built Greenlee Field, one of the few ball parks built for and owned by a Negro league team.

Life
Gus Greenlee was born in Marion, North Carolina in 1893. His father was a masonry contractor and his mother was a homemaker. Greenlee did not complete college, but his three older brothers did and pursued professional careers: two became doctors and one a lawyer.

In 1916, Greenlee traveled north by freight car to Pittsburgh, settling in the Hill District. This was the period of the first Great Migration, when more than one million black people left the rural South for work and opportunity in the industrial northern cities. In Pittsburgh Greenlee held several jobs in the steel mills, shining shoes and driving a cab. During World War I, he served in the black 367th regiment.

Having saved his money, in 1924 Greenlee bought the Collins Inn; he gradually became one of the most influential African-American business owners in Pittsburgh. He acquired the Crawford Grill nightclub and in 1931 bought the Pittsburgh Crawfords Negro league baseball team, which had declined. In 1933 he founded the Negro National League, acting as president. He later built Greenlee Field, one of the few built and owned by a Negro league team.

Greenlee also was known as a numbers runner and racketeer. He acted as a philanthropist to fellow blacks in the community, providing scholarships for students to get education, and grants for adults to buy homes. Such opportunities were not customarily available, because of the segregated policies of white-controlled financial institutions. Scholars suggest that Greenlee's success be read as an enterprising attempt to fill a need created by segregation. For instance, according to Vernell A. Lillie, professor emeritus of Africana studies at the University of Pittsburgh, Greenlee and other "runners" were respected. "They made their money probably from the numbers racket, but they turned that money into something very positive. If anybody wanted to buy a house, they could not go to Mellon Bank or Dollar Savings. They had to go to old man Greenlee, or to [William A. "Buzzy"] Robinson."

Greenlee died of a stroke July 7, 1952. He is buried in Pittsburgh's Allegheny Cemetery.

Contribution to baseball
Greenlee knew little about baseball when he first started out. He took interest when the promoters of the Crawford Giants ran out of money, and he decided to give a charitable donation of the money he made from a speakeasy that he owned and money he made from getting into the banking business. His large payroll attracted some big name players in the Negro leagues. He would eventually make the Crawford Giants his team by getting rid of the players that were there before him and bringing in new players. Greenlee also owned a future light-heavyweight boxing champion, which added to his reputation.

Negro leagues
In 1933, Greenlee organized the annual East-West Classic, an all-star baseball game in Chicago at Comiskey Park, between Negro league stars; it became the centerpiece of the baseball season. That same year he was the primary founder of the second Negro National League, which he served as president for five seasons.

For a while, the Crawfords were the best-financed team in black baseball. Revenue generated from his gambling and bootlegging operations enabled Greenlee to sign black baseball's biggest names. The 1935 squad may have been the best ever to play in the Negro leagues, as it fielded five Baseball Hall of Fame players. Money also enabled Greenlee's economic success also resulted in his building a ballpark for his team, known as Greenlee Field. When he bought the Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1931, he was insulted that his players were not allowed to use the dressing rooms at white-owned or -controlled venues such as Forbes Field, Ammon Field, and others.

Post-Negro leagues
Following the 1938 season, Greenlee left baseball. He sold the baseball team and razed the ballpark, partly because he had lost the best players and partly because he owed money on a heavily played number.(Riley)

In 1945, he made a comeback in alliance with Branch Rickey, related to Rickey's projected integration of the major leagues. They established the United States League as a method to scout black players specifically to break the color line. It is unclear if the league played the 1945 season, or if it was used only as a front to achieve integration of the major leagues.

In October of that year, Rickey signed Jackie Robinson, who never played in the USL. The 1946 season lasted only a few weeks before the league folded. Robinson went on the break the Major League color line in 1947 with Rickey's Brooklyn Dodgers.

Greenlee left baseball permanently after 1946 but continued to operate the Crawford Grill until 1951, when it was destroyed by a fire.

Greenlee Field
In 1932, Greenlee purchased a plot of land and developed Greenlee Field, one of the early black ballparks. (Contrary to popular opinion, it was not the first; it followed the Walker brothers' ballpark at the corner of Chauncey and Hombre Way, also in the Hill District. ) The stadium was made of concrete and steel. It seated 7,500 fans. The ballpark was designed by Pittsburgh's first African-American architect, Louis Arnett Stuart Bellinger. It cost Greenlee nearly $100,000, of which he financed over half. Lights for evening play and a tarp to shield fans from the sun during the day were added in 1933. The first game at the field attracted 4,000 fans as some seating was still under construction. For a time, the field was also used for the Pittsburgh Steelers football practice.

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Roy Ashburn

Roy Arthur Ashburn (born March 21, 1954) is an American politician from Kern County, California. A Republican, he served as a California State Senator from 2002 to 2010 representing the 18th district. He previously served three terms in the California State Assembly, representing the 32nd district and 12 years on the Kern County Board of Supervisors. He served on the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board from 2011 until February 2015, after having been appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Although he had maintained a firm voting record against gay rights legislation, Ashburn acknowledged that he is gay in March 2010, and after coming out he increasingly spoke out on gay rights.

Personal background
Born in Long Beach, California, Ashburn received a bachelor's degree in public administration from California State University, Bakersfield in 1983 and attended College of the Sequoias in Visalia. His religion is Roman Catholic, listed in his biography printed by California State University, at Bakersfield (Cal State / CSU-Bakersfield). Ashburn is the divorced father of four daughters, Shelley, Shannon, Stacy and Suzana. He also has two grandchildren.

1972–2010: Political Career
Ashburn worked for Kern County Supervisor LeRoy Jackson from 1972 to 1977, for Congressman Bill Thomas from 1979 to 1983, as a Kern County Supervisor from 1984 to 1996, as a California State Assemblyman from 1996 to 2002, and as a California State Senator from 2002 to 2010. He attended the College of the Sequoias and in 1983 received his Bachelor of Arts degree in public administration from California State University, Bakersfield. The same year he graduated from college, Ashburn served as president of the Bakersfield Republican Assembly. In 1988, Ashburn chaired the Kern County chapter of the George H. W. Bush presidential campaign.

Two years into his first term in the State Senate, Ashburn was the Republican candidate in California's 20th congressional district in 2004. His home was located in the Bakersfield portion of the district. He was the strongest Republican to run in the 20th in more than a decade. He was a decided underdog against the Democratic nominee, former State Senator Jim Costa. The 20th is a strongly Democratic, Latino-majority district, and the district's previous incumbent, Democrat Cal Dooley, had held the seat without serious difficulty for 14 years. However, the Republicans poured more money into the race than was expected for such a heavily Democratic district. Ashburn claimed Costa would vote to raise taxes; in a play on Costa's name, he aired ads saying "Costa's gonna cost ya!" He also compared Costa to former Governor Gray Davis, calling them the "two taxing twins." In the end, Costa won by 54% to 46%. Ashburn only kept the margin within single digits by winning heavily Republican Kings County. He did, however, run ahead of the typical Republican showing in the district.

Political achievements/positions
Ashburn's work in the California Legislature has included:
 * Author of "Valley Fever Vaccine Legislation," which provides funding towards vaccine research on the disease.

 * One of four named authors of "Welfare-to-Work Act of 1997," which reformed California's welfare system.

According to Project Vote Smart, Ashburn voted against every gay rights measure in the State Senate since taking office, all of which subsequently passed. However, he marked a political shift after his DUI arrest by carrying an amendment of a section of the 1950 Welfare and Institutions Code which would eliminate a requirement of the Department of Mental Health to carry out research on "sexual deviants" (language which was expressly used against homosexuals when the WIC was passed in 1950); the carriage of the bill by Ashburn to unanimous passing by the Senate is the first pro-gay act vetted by Ashburn in his career.

Ashburn came out as gay during a radio interview in California and stated that he did not plan to run for any public office again.

Ashburn was vice chair of the Legislative Audit and Public Employment and Retirement Committees in the Senate and was a member of the committees of Arts, Budget and Fiscal Review, Legislative Audit, Revenue and Taxation, Rules, and Transportation and Housing, and the subcommittees on California Ports and Goods Movement and Health and Human Services.

In 2010, Ashburn backed Proposition 13, which sought to prevent seismic retrofitting from triggering property tax reassessments.

Arrest, conviction and consequences
On March 3, 2010, Ashburn was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving while operating a State of California owned vehicle. The Senator was pulled over in Sacramento by the California Highway Patrol shortly before 2 a.m., with sources saying he was leaving a Sacramento gay nightclub, Faces, in the Lavender Hill neighborhood, with an unidentified male passenger in a state-owned Chevy Tahoe. Ashburn's blood alcohol content was measured at 0.14%. The arrest "launched nationwide speculation that the veteran lawmaker is gay and therefore a hypocrite for voting against gay-rights bills." In response to those accusations, during an interview on KERN radio, Ashburn stated that he is gay and that he believes "that my responsibility is to my constituents." When asked during the interview whether he personally agreed with votes he made on gay rights issues, Ashburn didn't answer the question.

On April 14, 2010, Ashburn pleaded no contest to the charge of driving under the influence in Sacramento County Superior Court. He received a sentence of three years of informal probation and 48 hours in the county jail, though was given credit for one day for the night of his arrest, to serve the remaining day on a work project. Fines and other fees cost Ashburn $1,900 to $2,000.

2011–present: post-conviction life
Ashburn was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to a four-year term on the State of California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.

Ashburn ran for Kern County Supervisor in the June 2012 primary election and came in second place, allowing him to advance to the runoff. In the run-off election on November 6, 2012, Ashburn faced retired United States Navy Captain Mick Gleason, and lost by 20 points (40 to 60 percent). Congressional Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy endorsed Gleason while retired Representative Bill Thomas endorsed Ashburn.

In a 2013 radio interview on First Look with Scott Cox, Ashburn revealed that he had a gay brother, who died of AIDS-related illness 20 years prior. In the interview Ashburn also stated that he re-registered to vote as "no party preference" because of the Republican Party's opposition to gay rights and immigration.

As of 2020, Ashburn lived in San Luis Obispo.

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Happy Wiki-ing.
--BorgHunter (talk) 03:28, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

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You rock. *hugclings* ErinKM 03:25, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Psst
I'm trying to build support for this nomination in its last few days. Please check out this page. Pass it along. Nudge nudge. -- evrik 20:33, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject LGBT studies
Hello! I noticed that your userpage mentions that you are interested in LGBT issues. Would you be interested in joining WikiProject LGBT studies? The WikiProject's been a bit inactive recently and some of us are trying to get it going again. We'd love to have you on board! Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 12:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the info. I'll try not to do that again. Goodgirldv9898 15:54, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kyle Pokorny

 * 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 in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was speedy -- RHaworth 09:49, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Kyle Pokorny
Nom&vote delete. vanity, nn (although if Kyle Pokorny is that cool, maybe he is notable). Could probably speedy delete, but don't know how to do that yet...

Entire text reads: Kyle Pokorny refers to just about the coolest guy that you know. He is even cooler that Josh Fink. Daniel Lotspeich 03:28, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Dead easy - just put {{nn-bio}} into the top of the article. -- RHaworth 09:49, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.