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Jesse B. Thomas

Jesse Burgess Thomas (1777 – May 2, 1853) was an American lawyer, judge and politician who served as a delegate from the Indiana Territory to the tenth Congress and later served as president of the Constitutional Convention which led to Illinois being admitted to the Union. He became one of Illinois' first two Senators, and is best known as the author of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. After his retirement from the U.S. Senate in 1829 he lived the rest of his life in Ohio.

Early and family life
Thomas was probably born in Shepherdstown, Virginia (now West Virginia), in part according to his 1850 census entry, although Appleton's Cyclopedia stated he was born somewhat east on what became the National Road in Hagerstown, Maryland (as was his slightly elder brother) and that he was descended from Lord Baltimore. His family moved to Kentucky when Jesse was an infant. He married Rebecca McKenzie (1776–1851) of New York, but they had no children who survived.

Career
Thomas studied law with his elder brother Richard Symmes Thomas (1772–1828) in Bracken County, Kentucky, along the Ohio River, then moved to nearby Mason County, Kentucky, where he served as the county clerk until 1803. He then moved north of the Ohio River to Lawrenceburg in Indiana Territory, where he continued to practice law and became the territorial deputy attorney general in 1805. In the same year, he began serving as a delegate to the Territorial House of Representatives, and fellow delegates chose him as their speaker from 1805 to 1808.

When Benjamin Parke resigned as the territorial delegate to Congress, Thomas was appointed to fill the vacancy from October 22, 1808, until March 3, 1809, when Thomas moved westward to the new Illinois Territory as discussed below. Jonathan Jennings succeeded him as Indiana's territorial delegate and would later become the new state of Indiana's first U.S. representative and later Indiana's Governor.

Thomas moved westward to Kaskaskia, Illinois, on the Mississippi River (which made it flood-prone and ultimately transformed it into an island), then Cahokia and later Edwardsville in Madison County, Illinois, where Thomas would later train his nephew, somewhat confusingly named Jesse B. Thomas, Jr., who would have a distinguished career as an Illinois lawyer and judge.

When Illinois became a territory in 1809, President James Madison (with the consent of the U.S. Senate) appointed Thomas judge of the United States court for the northwestern judicial district. Thomas exercised those duties from 1809 until 1818. Voters from St. Clair County (the oldest county in Illinois and with Cahokia as its major town) elected Thomas as Democratic-Republican to the Illinois State Constitutional Convention in 1818. Fellow delegates elected him to preside over the convention, which chose not to accept slavery in the new state. Upon the new state's admittance to the Union, fellow legislators elected Thomas to the U.S. Senate, in which he would serve for two terms (from 1818 until his retirement in 1829). In 1820, Thomas proposed the Missouri Compromise to limit slavery above the southern border of Missouri. In 1823 he switched parties and became a Crawford Republican. He served as chairman on the Committee on Public Lands in the 16th and 18th Congresses. He refused the nomination for a third term and moved to Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1829, where he lived the rest of his life.

Death and legacy
About two years after the death of his wife, Thomas killed himself on May 2, 1853, having lived more than seven decades. He is buried in Mound View Cemetery. Thomas's nephew, Jesse B. Thomas, Jr. (1806–1850), son of his brother Richard Symmes Thomas, served as Illinois Attorney General and on the Illinois Supreme Court.

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Bob Hurlburt

Robert George Hurlburt (born May 1, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Vancouver Canucks, on November 23 1974 against the New York Islanders. Primarily a defensive forward, the rest of his professional career was spent in the minor leagues, split between the American Hockey League, Western Hockey League, and Central Hockey League, in a career that lasted from 1970 until 1975.

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Mifflin County School District

The Mifflin County School District is a midsized, rural public school district located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The district boundaries coincide with the boundaries of Mifflin County, minus the southwestern municipalities of Kistler and Newton Hamilton boroughs and Wayne Township, which are part of the Mount Union Area School District. Mifflin County School District encompasses approximately 362.3 square miles. According to 2010 federal census data, it served a resident population of 43,607. Based on 2020 federal census data, the district's resident population shrank to 43,285. The educational attainment levels for the Mifflin County School District population (25 years old and over) were 81.4% high school graduates and 11.1% college graduates.

According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 48.9% of the District's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $15,612, while the median family income was $38,723. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Mifflin County the median household income was $37,539. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.

According to District officials, in the 2013-2014 school year, Mifflin County School District provided basic educational services to 5,436 pupils through the employment of 400 administrators and teachers and 214 full-time and part-time non-instructional staff. The superintendent is Vance Varner. In 2011-12, the District provided basic educational services to 5,336 pupils. It reported employing: 384 teachers, 229 full-time and part-time support personnel, and increasing to 30 administrators. The District received $30.9 million in state funding in the 2011-12 school year. In school year 2007-08, the MCSD enrollment was 5,691 pupils. In 2008, the District employed: 460 teachers, 402 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 27 administrators. Mifflin County School District received more than $28.7 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.

Due to decreasing enrollment, rising operating costs, and aging facilities that required significant upgrades, on January 13, 2011, the Mifflin County School Board approved a consolidation plan to combine the high schools and reduce the total schools in the district from 15 to 10. These changes went into effect during the 2011-2012 academic year.

Mifflin County School District consists of 5 elementary schools, 2 intermediate,1 middle school,1 junior highschool, and 1 high schools and a distance learning program for grades 6 through 12. High school students may choose to attend The Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology, formerly known as Mifflin-Juniata Career and Technology Center for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.

School Board
The following are the current members of the Mifflin County School District Board of Directors.

 * Mark R. Baker, President
 * John E. Knepp, Vice President
 * Paula R. Dickson
 * Zeb I. Harshbarger
 * Fredrick D. Nickel
 * Rose M. Salvo
 * Diane W. Stewart
 * E. Terry Styers
 * Don W. Wright

(As of January 2024)

Schools
In 2010, the Mifflin County School Board voted to reduce 15 schools to 10. The high schools saw the first change. 10th through 12th graders at Indian Valley High and Lewistown Area High were placed at the new Mifflin County High School for the 2011-12 school year. Five schools were closed and the former Indian Valley and Lewistown Middle Schools were retrofitted to serve students in grades 4-5. However, Indian Valley serves students in grades K-5, due to its size.

The following schools are in the district:
 * East Derry Elementary School (K–3), 2316 Back Maitland Road, Lewistown, Pennsylvania
 * Indian Valley Elementary and Intermediate Center (K–5), 125 Kish Road, Reedsville, Pennsylvania
 * Lewistown Elementary School(K–3), 1 Manor Drive, Lewistown
 * Strodes Mills Elementary School (K–3), 185 Chestnut Ridge Road, McVeytown
 * Lewistown Intermediate School (grades 4–5), 212 Green Avenue, Lewistown
 * Mifflin County Middle School (grades 6–7), 2 Manor Drive, Lewistown
 * Mifflin County Junior High School (grades 8–9), 700 Cedar Street, Lewistown, former Indian Valle High School building
 * Mifflin County High School, (grades 10–12), 501 Sixth Street, Lewistown

Closed schools
In June 2011, the district faced a major budget shortfall. As a result, the Administration and School Board embraced a plan to realign the use of buildings and reconfigure several schools. Students were assigned to other schools within the district.

Armagh Elementary School - Mascot: Armadillo

283 Broad St. Ext., Milroy, Pennsylvania 17063. Armagh Elementary school was built in 1962. At that time it housed grades one through six. Grade six moved when Indian Valley Middle School was started in 1987. The school originally was part of the Kishacoquillas School District. It became a part of the Mifflin County School District when it was formed in 1966. With an enrollment of 203 students, it was closed June 2011.

Brown Elementary School - Mascot: Bear

96 Kish Rd., Reedsville, Pennsylvania 17084. Brown Elementary was constructed in 1962 and was opened for students in 1963 for grades 1 through 6. Kindergarten classes started later and were held in the old school until it was finally torn down in the 1970s. With an enrollment of 155 students, it was closed June 2011.

Buchanan Elementary School - Mascot: Bulldog.

100 Franklin Ave., Lewistown, Pennsylvania 17044. Buchanan Elementary School opened in 1951 as an elementary facility and had continued in that capacity. With an enrollment of 276 students, it was closed June 2011.

Derry Elementary School - Mascot: Dolphin.

200 Greenwood Ave., Yeagertown, Pennsylvania 17099. Formerly Derry High School. Closed in June 2005 (Merged with Seventh Ward and Buchanan to form Lewistown Elementary School).

Highland Park Area Elementary School - Mascot: Penguin.

490 Sixth St., Lewistown, Pennsylvania 17044. Opened originally in 1978 as Chief Logan Middle School. In 1989, it became an elementary facility as a result of district reorganization. With an enrollment of 516 students, it was closed June 2011.

Strodes Mills Middle School - Mascot: Panther

205 Chestnut Ridge Road, McVeytown, PA  17051. Strodes Mills Middle School opened in 1978. The school consists of grades 6 through 8, however, all of grade 5 and one section of grade 4 was housed at Strodes Mills Middle School. With an enrollment of 395 students, it was closed June 2011

Kishacoquillas Junior/Senior High School - Mascot: Indian

closed June 1988

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Ryan Huska

Ryan Huska (born July 2, 1975) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Huska was drafted in the third round, 76th overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. In 1997–98, he played his only NHL game with the Blackhawks against the Calgary Flames. He played 5:51 in eight shifts. As a junior player with the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL), he won three Memorial Cups in 1992, 1994, and 1995.

He has spent several seasons as an assistant coach with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL and was named the Rockets' seventh head coach in history in the summer of 2007 when former coach Jeff Truitt was named an assistant with the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (AHL). In 2009, with Huska coaching, the Rockets won the Ed Chynoweth Cup as WHL champions and advanced to the 2009 Memorial Cup, where they lost in the final to the Windsor Spitfires. Huska was re-appointed for his fifth year in charge before the 2011–12 season.

On June 23, 2014, Huska was named the head coach of the Adirondack Flames of the AHL, the top affiliate of the Calgary Flames. He stayed on as coach when the Adirondack franchise was relocated to become the Stockton Heat in 2015. In 2018, he was hired by the Calgary Flames as an assistant coach. On June 12, 2023, Huska was named head coach of the Calgary Flames, succeeding Darryl Sutter.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cypress Ventures

 * 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. -Splash talk 18:00, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Cypress Ventures
Commercial spam, makes no attempt to establish notability. C HAIRBOY (☎) 16:07, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. C HAIRBOY (☎) 16:07, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Copyvio from . See also Giacomo Marini   and Pierluigi Zappacosta   Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk   16:23, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
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Wikipedia talk:Special:UncategorizedCategories

Who runs this place?
Just wondering who runs this report, and thus who to contact when wanting to get it rerun. I know it's just been refreshed, and that's great. More things to work through. But in the future, once the current list is all processed, who should be contacted to request another refresh? TexasAndroid 16:09, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Editable copy
I updated Category:Orphaned categories from this list today, to help avoid duplication of effort. -- Beland 06:51, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

How to copy contents elsewhere?
I was going to update the Category:Orphaned_categories, but can't tell how to pull non-html source from this page? ∴ here…♠ 22:36, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Why is this page now empty?
The list seems to have been empty all day. Was there some sort of bug? -- SCZenz 08:49, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Short Pages is empty as well. Whatever it is has struck multiple, if not all, of the cached lists of this type. - TexasAndroid 15:38, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Has some technical person been informed somewhere? -- SCZenz 19:54, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * It was odd, but it is non-empty now. -- Fplay 08:33, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Update frequency/datestamp
How often is this page updated? When was it last updated? Or how can I request an update? -choster 18:46, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I was wondering the same thing; The current list is in pretty good shape ... -- ProveIt (talk) 21:11, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * For this past few weeks it's been updating twice a week, on wednesday and saturday mornings. -- ProveIt (talk) 19:40, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

September 2008
OK - so it's no longer being updated... what happens now? Ian Cairns (talk) 09:37, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * It's been gone for ten days, and already I'm in withdrawal. Please someone, how do we get this page updated? Stepheng3 (talk) 20:57, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * You can now get the list at Database_reports/Uncategorized_categories. VegaDark (talk) 15:22, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the tip. I request that this Special: page be edited to direct users to this new source of information.  Stepheng3 (talk) 22:19, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

editprotected
 * Done. You might also want to look into requesting the protection on this page be reduced to semi.  Not sure why it needs to be indefinitely protected. Protonk (talk) 05:14, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * This task needs to be redone. --Stepheng3 (talk) 18:39, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know what you are talking about. The last edit made to the page was mine and I made it in october.  No one has "undone" my edit. Protonk (talk) 20:00, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I have nulled your request. I see nothing actionable without more explanation—indeed, I don't even understand the request. You previously requested the page be redirected to Database_reports/Uncategorized_categories after VegAdark provided the link there; this was done by Protonk and the redirect is functioning. What is it that you want "redone"?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:26, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The redirect is working now, I see, but it wasn't at the time I placed my request. Sorry for the confusion. --Stepheng3 (talk) 21:50, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

 * It's gone again. Or am I losing my mind? --Stepheng3 (talk) 19:14, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, you are losing your mind? :-) --MZMcBride (talk) 07:13, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Special:UncategorizedCategories&redirect=no
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Special:UncategorizedCategories&action=history

Ah, but try this one. Special: is a separate namespace from Wikipedia:, I think. --Stepheng3 (talk) 01:31, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Please update
The list of uncategorized categories was last update on November 27, 2014. Could there be regular, weekly updates? I am visiting many categories listed and they have already been categorized. Unnecessary listings tend to discourage editors from checking in and working on these pages as the information is so out-of-date. Liz Read! Talk! 13:30, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Updates are permanently switched off. There is a database report at Database reports/Uncategorized categories that performs the same function and is updated regularly. QuiteUnusual (talk) 16:44, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Maybe there should be a note to this effect on the Special page, QuiteUnusual...if there isn't already. Thanks for responding! Liz  Read! Talk! 00:10, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

 * There already is; it reads "For updated data, see Wikipedia:Database reports/Uncategorized categories... Updates for this page are currently disabled." Or did you mean a different message or a message somewhere else? QuiteUnusual (talk) 15:36, 23 February 2015 (UTC)


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I do not quite understand what you want me to do. The article was already re-created, and as you can see from its edit history, its previous content was "MailScanner is an open-source E-mail program to secure against spam and viruses". Clarify, please. --Sn0wflake 19:58, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
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Hi Tris, You were in the year above me at soton, so aren't you 29 by now?;-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.62.210.50 (talk) 18:08, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

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You obviously are either David Seago or Laura Seago or personally know one or both of them. Are they related to Howie Seago, who played Riva on Star Trek: The Next Generation? — J I P | Talk 16:10, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mark Crisson

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Alexander Vertinsky

Alexander Nikolayevich Vertinsky (Александр Николаевич Вертинский, March 20 1889 – May 21, 1957) was a Russian and Soviet artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor who exerted seminal influence on the Russian tradition of artistic singing.

Early years
Alexander Vertinsky and his elder sister Nadezhda were born in Kiev (now Kyiv, Ukraine) out of wedlock: their parents couldn't marry since his father's first wife ("Varvara, an elderly, evil and unattractive woman") refused a divorce, so he had to adopt his own children. Both parents belonged to the Russian Orthodox Church. His father Nikolai Petrovich Vertinsky (1845—1894) came from a railwayman's family. He was a well-known lawyer – according to Alexander, especially popular among poor people, because he defended them for free and even helped financially, — and an occasional journalist (he published feuilletons under a pen name Graf Niver).

While Alexander considered himself Russian in general, he assumed that he had some Polish blood too: "I never met people with my surname in Russia, but in Poland it is met more or less often... one of my great-grandfathers was probably a Pole". He also recognised that he had some Ukrainian ancestry and Ukrainian as one of his native languages. In his letters Vertinsky recalled a time when he was working at Dovzhenko Film Studios and Ukrainian actress Natalia Uzhviy was surprised to hear his Ukrainian accent.

Alexander's mother Eugenia Stepanovna Skolatskaya came from a noble family, but the parents rejected her after she had given birth to illegitimate children. She died when Alexander was only three years old from sepsis after an unsuccessful surgery, and in two years his father also died from tuberculosis. As Alexander described it, Nikolai Vertinsky couldn't accept his wife's death, spent a lot of time at the cemetery, and at one point was found unconscious near her tomb, which led to his illness and quick death.

Vertinsky was brought up by his mother's sister Maria Stepanovna, while Nadezhda was raised by her other sister, Lidia Stepanovna. They didn't want siblings to meet, to the point that Alexander was told that his sister had died, and vice versa; only years later did he see her name in a theatrical magazine and contacted her. In 1898 he entered the First Kyiv Gymnasium meant for children of the aristocracy. He was expelled from the second grade and moved to the less prestigious 4th Kyiv Gymnasium. In 1905 he was expelled once again, this time from the fifth grade. Vertinsky didn't enjoy studying, blaming his aunt who "knew nothing about raising children".

He tried various jobs before starting to earn his living by contributing short stories to the Kievan periodicals. In 1912 Vertinsky and his sister moved to Moscow, where he failed in his ambition to join Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre. During that time, he became addicted to cocaine, a habit that would claim the life of his sister. From 1914 to 1916 he took part in World War I by serving aboard a hospital train organized by the Morozovs. He treated only heavily wounded soldiers and dressed a total of 35000 wounds.

By 1916, Vertinsky started to employ a scenic figure of Pierrot, with powdered face, singing miniature novellas-in-song known as ariettas, or "Pierrot's doleful ditties". Each song contained a prologue, exposition, culmination, and a tragic finale. The novice performer was christened the "Russian Pierrot", gained renown, became an object of imitation, admiration, vilified in the press and lionized by the audiences.

Simultaneously with his booming singing career, he played screen bit parts in Aleksandr Khanzhonkov's silent movies. From that time stems a lifelong friendship with Ivan Mozzhukhin. His famous piece "Vashi paltsy pakhnut ladanom" ("Your Fingers Smell of Frankincense") was dedicated to another film star, Vera Kholodnaya. Shortly before the October Revolution Vertinsky devised a stage persona of Black Pierrot and started to tour Russia and Ukraine performing decadent elegies with a touch of cosmopolitan chic, such as "Kokainetka" and Tango "Magnolia" ("V bananovo-limonnom Singapure"). In the words of the American historian Richard Stites, "Vertinsky bathed his verses in images of palm trees, tropical birds, foreign ports, plush lobbies, ceiling fans, and "daybreak on the pink-tinted sea" — precisely those things which the war-time audience craved for.

Career abroad
By November 1920, Vertinsky decided to leave Russia with the bulk of his clientele. He performed in Constantinople and toured Romanian Bessarabia, where he was declared a Soviet agent. In 1923, he performed in Poland and Germany, then moved to Paris, where he would perform before the Russian émigré clientele at Montmartre cabarets for nine years.

In 1926, Vertinsky made one of the earliest recordings of the song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" ("Дорогой длинною" or "Endless Road"), written by Boris Fomin (1900–1948) with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii, which, with English lyrics by Gene Raskin, was a major hit for Mary Hopkin in 1968 as "Those Were the Days".

After several successful tours in the Middle East, Vertinsky followed the majority of well-to-do Russians to the United States, where he debuted before the audience which included Rachmaninoff, Chaliapin, and Marlene Dietrich. The Great Depression forced him to join the community of Shanghai Russians. It was in China that he met his wife and the oldest daughter, Marianna, was born.

Final years
In 1943 the Soviet government allowed Vertinsky to return to Russia. Despite lack of media coverage, he performed about two thousand concerts in the USSR, touring from Sakhalin to Kaliningrad. To feed his family, he also appeared in Soviet films, often playing pre-revolutionary aristocrats, as in the screen version of Chekhov's "Anna on the Neck" (1955). His role of an anti-Communist cardinal in "The Doomed Conspiracy" even won him the Stalin Prize for 1951.

The artist died on 21 May 1957 of heart failure at the Hotel Astoria in Leningrad after giving his last performance. He was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. Vertinsky is still influential in Russian musical culture, and has been covered by the likes of Vladimir Vysotsky and Boris Grebenshchikov. There is even an album of electronic lounge covers, by the Cosmos Sound Club.

Family
Between 1923 and 1941 Vertinsky was married to Irina Vladimirovna Vertidis. While he doesn't mention her in his memoirs, her name could be found in the divorce certificate. From 1942 and till his death Vertinsky was married to the actress and artist Lidiya Vertinskaya (née Tsirgvava, 1923—2013). They had two daughters: Marianna Vertinskaya (born 1943) and Anastasiya Vertinskaya (born 1944), both successful actresses.

Marianna was married three times; she has a daughter Alexandra from her first marriage to the Soviet architect Ilya Bylinkin and a daughter Daria from her second marriage to the actor Boris Khmelnitsky. Anastasiya was married to the film director Nikita Mikhalkov from 1966 to 1969 and gave birth to their son Stepan Mikhalkov, also an actor and restaurateur. According to the singer-composer Alexander Gradsky, he was married to Vertinskaya from 1976 to 1978, yet she denied they were ever officially married. She also had a long-lasting relationship (around 20 years) with the theatre director Oleg Yefremov.

Legacy
A minor planet 3669 Vertinskij, discovered by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina in 1982 is named after him.

Discography (Official LPs and CDs)

 * 1969 Александр Вертинский (Мелодия, Д 026773-4 | Soviet Union)
 * 1989 Александр Вертинский (Мелодия, М60 48689 001; М60 48691 001 | Soviet Union)
 * 1994 То, что я должен сказать (Мелодия, MEL CD 60 00621 | Russia)
 * 1995 Songs of love, Песни любви (RDM, CDRDM 506089; Boheme Music, CDBMR 908089 | Russia)
 * 1996 Vertinski (Le Chant du Monde, LDX 274939-40 | France)
 * 1999 Легенда века (Boheme Music, CDBMR 908090 | Russia)
 * 2000 Vertinski (Boheme Music, CDBMR 007143 | Russia)
 * 2003 Selected songs (Russia), Disk 1, Disk 2, Disk 3, Disk 4

Selected filmography

 * Secrets of the Orient (1928)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terminology alteration

 * 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. — J I P | Talk 04:49, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Terminology alteration
"Terminology alteration" appears to be a neologism, unused elswhere in this context, except on Wikipedia mirrors. The article itself is a pure original research essay lacking any credible citation. Jayjg (talk) 16:13, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Jayjg (talk) 16:13, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Jayjg. Also delete The Holiday, which is only linked (in this context) from this article and is just a redirect back to this article. — Lomn | Talk / RfC 17:50, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I too can't find anything outside Wikipedia and its mirrors.--A bit iffy 18:08, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This article is informative in regards to the present anti-Christianism, and is proposed to be deleted by the same users who vote to keep neologies such as "Common Era" on Wikipedia. Also these same users propose to delete "The Holiday" article, thus being the only other article (besides this one) in which I have created, and revert every single edit I make in regards to Christianity, therefore I am assuming they propose to delete this article only because I have created it. However, since Wikipedia has sadly equipped morons like those folks as Administrators, there's really nothing that can be done to cease this ludicrous activity. Jordain 18:13, 3 October 2005 (UTC).
 * A term like "Common Era", which has been in use for a century, and gets over 366,000 Google hits, is hardly a neologism. Jayjg (talk) 18:21, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * And this article actually includes the Common Era debate, which you have just ADMITTED is not neology. As for the anti-Christmas portion, there has long been hostility against Christmas because it is an exciting holiday in which obviously not everyone can enjoy. Let's not forget that Hanukkah only became popular because of Christmas (it's only a very minor holiday on the Jewish calendar), and Kwanzaa was only created in 1966! to provide an alternate late-December holiday for non-Christians and non-Jews. Jordain 18:29, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Jordain, I see now there's a history of editing disputes between yourself and Jayjg. However, I do honestly believe Jayjg is correct in this case: quite simply, the term "Terminology alteration" is outside the scope of Wikipedia because it is a neologism and original research - unless you can demonstrate otherwise.--A bit iffy 18:34, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * If you believe this to be a neologism, would you also classify "Common Era" as a neologism? If not, what exactly is the difference? On the page of Political correctness, there is an sub-article defined as "Religious inclusiveness", which is what the Terminology alteration page was once called. Should it be renamed to this? Or maybe you should also vote to delete the Religious inclusiveness portion of Political Correctness, which Jayjg himself edited, but did not motion to delete. It's the exact same material as here! Jordain 18:39, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Obviously, every term was a neologism once. However, the point is that Common Era is well-established outside Wikipedia, but there's no evidence that "Terminology alteration" is well-established outside Wikipedia, and makes me think someone's come up with the term for the sole purpose of doing an article. Now, to be honest, Wikipedia's "policy" on Avoid neologisms is actually just a guideline, but in this case the complete lack of precedent for the use of "Terminology alteration" means the article of this name shouldn't exist.--A bit iffy 18:54, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * This page could be considered as a form of political correctness, but I don't think it should be deleted. Moved or renamed, yes possibly, but not deleted. Jordain 18:56, 3 October 2005 (UTC).
 * Delete as neologistic term. Article also appears to contain an element of original research   and a POV slant.--Isotope23 20:18, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Isotope is correct: pure neologism, OR and POV - hence, unencyclopedic. Dottore So 22:44, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per basically everyone else. WTF does "terminology alteration" really mean, anyway?--chris.lawson 23:28, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * delete. blatantly pov. ericg ✈ 00:31, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * delete. Original research, POV.  Jesus loves political correctness, because Jesus doesn't like for anyone to use the N word.  Seriously, I asked, and He told me last week. Xoloz 05:24, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, original research... or tedious Bible-tapping (like Bible-thumping, but quieter)pseudo-rant, if you prefer. --Last Malthusian 08:34, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: checking book title links from the Richmal Crompton article and following one called The Holiday (it's a book: why is it redirecting?), I was intrigued to be redirected to this! I can think of many meanings for "terminology alteration", but this is far from the first I would come up with: and Google agrees. Telsa 09:45, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Seems a shame to get rid of it because it's hilarious, but sadly not in line with our policies. SlimVirgin (talk) 20:04, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: the page has been moved by its creator to Religious terminology debate. The AfD notice has been transferred successfully, also by Jordain.--chris.lawson 04:10, 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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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Mister Softee

Mister Softee, Inc. (doing business as Mister Softee) is an American ice cream truck franchisor, best known in the northeastern United States. The company is based in Runnemede, New Jersey.

Business history
Mister Softee, Inc. was founded in 1956 by brothers William Aloysius Conway (1922–2004) and James Francis Conway (1927–2006) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Headquartered in Runnemede, New Jersey since 1958, Mister Softee became one of the largest franchisors of soft ice cream in the United States, with about 350 franchisees operating 625 trucks in 18 states. Around 1999, William and James' sons, John P. Conway and Jim Conway, Jr., took over the business.

China

English-teacher-turned-entrepreneur-now-stand-up-comedian Turner Sparks was roommates with Alex Conway  – Jim Conway, Jr's. son while attending the University of Miami. Sparks spoke fluent Mandarin and had been teaching English in Suzhou. In 2007, with Alex's help, Sparks launched a Mister Softee China franchise in Suzhou with just one truck. Five years later, Sparks had ten trucks and 25 employees, with plans to expand throughout China's eastern region.

Mister Softee China had created a menu that combined classic American ice cream products of shakes, floats, and sundaes with new Chinese products such as green tea ice cream, red bean ice cream, kiwifruit sundaes, and milk tea floats. While its American counterpart operated almost exclusively with trucks, Mister Softee China had kiosks in downtown shopping areas and trucks throughout China's suburban neighborhoods and business districts.

Mister Softee suspended its China operations in 2016.

Jingle

The melody broadcast from Mister Softee trucks – bearing the likeness of a music-box – was composed by Philadelphia ad man, Les Waas (né Lester Morton Waas; 1921–2016) who titled it, "Jingle and Chimes." Waas created close to 1,000 jingles. The melody is based on Arthur Pryor's 1905 composition, "The Whistler and His Dog."

"Jingle and Chimes" (lyrics) – E♭ major, "jaunty" Duple and quadruple metre time

Intro
 * Here comes Mister Softee
 * The soft ice cream man.

1st verse

2nd verse

3rd verse

Coda

Michael Bloomberg, while Mayor of New York, launched an ambitious initiative in 2002 to crack-down on city noise, which included jingles broadcast from ice cream trucks – and in particular, the jingle from Mister Softee trucks. In 2005, in the face of opposition from citizens and members of the City Council, he compromised. Rather than banning mobile jingles, he permitted the trucks to air them, but only while in transit.

Trademark infringement cases in New York
Mister Softee has defended its trademarks, notably in the following two cases:
 * Dimitrios Tsirkos, who until 2014 had for decades been a Mister Softee franchisee in New York, launched a com-pet-ing ice cream vending company, which was incorporated January 24, 2014, in New York under the name Master Softee Inc., and, among other things, used Mister Softee's jingle. Mister Softee, in 2014, sued Tsirkos in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and prevailed on three allegations: (i) breach of franchise agreements, (ii) trademark infringement, and (iii) other unfair business practices. In 2016, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain held Tsirkos in contempt for failing to begin payments on a $97,000 judgment handed down in the 2014 case.
 * The next year, Mister Softee won, by default, a Federal lawsuit against Dimitrios Konstantakakos and 3 DDD Ice Inc. – owner of New York Ice Cream Truck Inc. of Long Island City – preventing him from using Mister Softee's jingle.

With respect to defending the trademarks, Mister Softee vice president Jim Conway has stated, "For 58 years we've spent our time, energy, and money developing brands. We're one of the most recognized brands. The people who are infringing on our trademark are not only hurting Mr. Softee, but also hurting our mom and pop franchisees. We take these actions to protect them as much to protect our own brand."

Doug Quattlebaum
In June 1961, Doug Quattlebaum, an American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, was "re-discovered" playing popular and blues songs through the public address system of his Mister Softee ice cream van. The blues historian, Pete Welding, who became known for discovering talent in unusual places, heard his performances and arranged for him to record an album. Released by Bluesville Records, Softee Man Blues (1963) had a photograph of Quattlebaum in his ice cream uniform on its front cover.

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Talk:Amorphous ice

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I merged these 5 articles into one because they were redundant and having separate articles was stupid, but then I googled and realized all the content was just cut-and-pasted from http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/amorph.html. I'm working on writing some original content (at Amorphous ice/Temp) now. —Keenan Pepper 16:14, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Creation of amorphous ice at home
It happens from time to time glass/bottle of water to be found liquid-like if left outdoors when temperature moves from above 0 to below 0 C. On first touch, bottle suddenly freezes. We were explained that this is because water acquired same structure as glass (i.e. Amorphous ice), and then it changed to real cristal-ice. But as I read this article, this does not match -- amorphous ice requires sudden, not slow temperature change. Could someone explain me mentioned phenomenon? Saigon from europe 15:15, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

 * This sounds like supercooling to me. If you carefully cool water in a smooth container to below its freezing point but above its glass transition temperature, it will remain liquid. A supercooled liquid will crystallize suddenly if it's disturbed and heat up in the process (heat of fusion). Amorphous ice is what you get if you continue cooling it past the glass transition temperature of water (which is difficult to measure but it's definitely colder than it ever gets outdoors). Because it gets easier to crystallize as the temperature decreases, it's practically impossible to reach the glass transition temperature unless you do it really fast, hence the difficulty of making amorphous ice. —Keenan Pepper 16:24, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation :) Saigon from europe 21:29, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Relevance
Is there any utility to amorphous glass, or is it solely a curiosity? Perhaps this ice has some interesting properties? All I really know at this point is its definition and how to make it.

 * Amorphous glass or amorphous ice? All glass is an amorphous solid, as far as I know... so its utility is for things like Window and Eyeglasses.
 * I don't know if amorphous ice has any utility. :) --Syrthiss 19:47, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * And if you would like to make sinking ice cubes this might help... --Mac Davis 12:51, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The interest in amorphous ice has something to do with the density anomaly of liquid water, ie that liquid water expands upon cooling below 4 C. Some theories of liquid water structure and dynamics postulate liquid water as a mixture of low- and high-density phases that are very intimately mixed. If the boundary between these two phases is extended into the supercooled region of the phase diagram, there should be (at least) two corresponding amorphous "phases". However, since amorphous solids are nonergodic systems, it is difficult to defend "HDA" and "LDA" as strictly analogous to the liquid. Regardless, there is great interest and effort ongoing to understand the properties of liquid water since it is such an important solvent. The amorphous solid phases of water continue to inform our general understanding of this material.

An interesting aside is that a few other materials, such as SiO2 and GeO2, show similar density anomalies in their liquids, and polyamorphism in their vitreous solids. Having worked with VHDA and HDA, I can testify that sinking ice cubes can be more conveniently created from deuterium oxide :) Robby.hart 04:29, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

 * But is it safe to put deuterium oxide cubes in a drink? ;) I could see some expensive restaurant having a sinking ice cube machine, if the ice would stay dense enough long enough to stay sunk, and not do things like blow the drinks out of the glasses if it suddenly crystallizes and expands. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizzybody (talk • contribs) 08:30, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Units
I've just gone ahead and changed the units to something more sensible (Kelvins, with Celcius and Fahrenheit in parentheses). Also fixed botched conversion from GPa to kilobars --Sander Pronk 21:11, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Density
Does anybody know the actual densities of low and high density amorphous ice?

 * LDA, 0.94 g cm^-3
 * HDA, 1.17 g cm^-3
 * VHDA, 1.26 g cm^-3

What I don't understand is how the denisties are less than that of normal liquid water, which is 1 g/cm^3. Ice Ih would be denser, and common sense tells us amorphous ice is even denser. --Mac Davis 07:54, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, water is an odd substance. Normal water ice (ala Ice cubes) is less dense than liquid water.  I don't know the density of normal water ice, but I would suspect maybe 0.9. --Syrthiss 13:49, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I really do know that ice is less dense than water. The ice article, puts it at 0.917 g/cm³ at 0 °C, whereas water has a density of 0.9998 g/cm³ at the same temperature.

 * "Liquid water is most dense, essentially 1.00 g/cm³, at 4 °C and becomes less dense as the water molecules begin to form the hexagonal crystals of ice as the temperature drops to 0 °C."

 * So, it is not that difficult to understand why solid ice is less dense, because there is so much empty space in between the hexagonal crystals of ice Ih. But amorphous ice has no crystals, and that would mean there as not as much empty space, therefore the density is greater. The density is much less though, why? --Mac Davis 07:54, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Structurally, amorphous solids are generally no different from liquids: looking at snapshots of configurations of molecules it's almost impossible to tell the two apart. The dynamics obviously differ a lot. Water molecules have this weird property that they prefer to sit edge-on (see Hydrogen bond).
 * If all molecules take on such an edge-on position, like they do in most ice forms, they effectively lower the density compared to a situation where the molecules are just packed together. In liquid water, most, but not all, molecules have this edge-on configuration: there is some disorder. The higher the temperature, the more disorder there is, but also the more energy the molecules have to push each other away (see Thermal expansion. And the lower the temperature, the more the water molecules like to sit edge-on putting each other a bit further away than close packing. In between the two extremes there is a balance where the molecules have enough energy to sometimes sit close-packed, but not enough energy to push each other away and expand the system. This balance is maximized at 4 °C, and therefore the density is maximal at that temperature. This is why low density amorphous ice has a lower density than water at 4 °C. High density amporphous ice is formed at very high pressure, counteracting thermal expansion and therefore has higher density. --Sander Pronk 20:29, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Info request
"Once formed VHDA is more stable than either HDA or LDA and can retain its structure for months at normal atmospheric pressure"
 * This needs a temperature context as wel

 * And a referenceJohn Loveday 17:27, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Also, do any of these forms of ice exist naturally on earth (e.g. deep in polar icecaps)? - MPF 19:24, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

 * No the temperatures are too low John Loveday 17:27, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

 * We need a reference other than "liquid nitrogen temperatures" in this para Ry Jones 19:12, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

amorphous water, amorphous ice
＂The difference is that pure water forms crystals much more readily than the heterogeneous mixture of ingredients in ice cream, so amorphous water is more difficult to produce, requiring a physics lab rather than an ice cream churn.＂

Shouldn't the "amorphous water" be "amorphous ice"? 無聲 (talk) 02:38, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, changed, thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 02:55, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Areanged randomly like atoms of glass, atoms and molecules are not the same thing
First, atoms and molecules are not the same, second atoms in ice (see water) are not random. Third point, the short range order is not the same as glass, so, although you meant amorphous by the same randomness saying the molecules are randomly arranged like the molecules of common glass is incorrect when both substances have short range order based on their constituent molecules. --184.96.213.201 (talk) 15:16, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I removed the offending clause.--Wikimedes (talk) 18:00, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

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Willie Davis (defensive end)

Willie D. Davis (July 24, 1934 – April 15, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). Davis played college football for the Grambling State Tigers before being drafted 181st in the 1956 NFL draft. He spent 12 seasons in the NFL, playing for the Cleveland Browns and the Green Bay Packers.

In the NFL, Davis was a five-time champion, including winning the first two Super Bowls under Vince Lombardi. Individually, Davis was a six-time All-Pro, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981.

College career
Davis attended college at Grambling State University, where he played football for the Tigers at both offensive tackle and defensive end.

Professional career
Davis was selected with pick number 181 in the 15th round of the 1956 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns, but he did not start his career until the 1958 NFL season due to military service in the United States Army. Davis wore number 77 and played at various positions on both offense and defense for the Browns, before being traded to the Green Bay Packers in 1960.

Davis wore number 87 during his career with the Packers, where he was moved to a permanent position at defensive end by Vince Lombardi. For 10 seasons, Davis anchored the Packers' defensive line, playing 138 consecutive regular-season games and part of 162 regular-season games for his NFL career. Davis was a member of all five of Lombardi's NFL title-winning teams and played in Super Bowls I and II.

Davis played in an era when neither tackles nor sacks were official statistics. However, John Turney, a member of the Professional Football Researchers Association, reports that Davis had in excess of 100 sacks during his 10-year Green Bay career (1960–69), "possibly more than 120," including a minimum of 40 over the 1963–65 seasons alone. Davis himself is quoted as saying, "I would think I would have to be the team's all-time leader in sacks. I played 10 years and I averaged in the 'teens' in sacks for those 10 years. I had 25 one season. [Paul] Hornung just reminded me of that the other day." Davis earned All-Pro honors 5 times (1962, 64–67). He was voted to the Pro Bowl five times (1963–67).

Davis recovered 21 fumbles over his Packers career, which, more than three decades removed from his retirement, remains a team record. The Packers honored his retirement with a Willie Davis Day on December 21, 1969. Davis served on the team's Board of Directors.

During his early years with the Packers, Davis along with other players, lived in the Hotel Northland. He often told the story about how he along with the visiting officials, CBS broadcasters and crew, etc. were awoken on the morning of the Ice Bowl by a wake-up call from the front desk announcing the time and that the temperature was 17 degrees below zero.

Davis was also credited with following Vince Lombardi's lead in having no one associated with the team treat any man differently regardless of race. Davis would intentionally take the leadership position to offer to have lunch and dinner with players that had never played on an integrated team or eaten at the same table with an African American. Davis proactively and positively ensured that they acclimated well to Lombardi's culture of inclusion.

Later life and legacy
In the early 1970s, Davis worked as a color commentator on NFL telecasts for NBC. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981. In 1986, Davis was named the Walter Camp Man of the Year. In 1987, he was given the Career Achievement Award from the NFL Alumni, and in 1988 he was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1999, Davis was ranked number 69 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.

Davis was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1968. He was a member of the boards of Marquette University, Alliance Bank, Dow Chemical (1988–2006), Johnson Controls (1991–2006), K-Mart, LA Gear, Manpower (2001–2020), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1999–2020), MGM Mirage, Rally's Inc., Sara Lee (1983–2020), Schlitz Brewing, and WICOR Inc. He was president of All-Pro Broadcasting, operators of radio stations KHTI, KATY-FM, WLDB-FM, WLUM-FM, and WZTI since 1976. In 1989 he was a finalist for the position of National Football League Commissioner.

Davis' son is actor Duane Davis, known for his role as "Featherstone" in Necessary Roughness. He has a daughter, Lori Davis a lawyer known for her work in marijuana legislation within the Los Angeles children’s court system. Davis' grandson, Wyatt Davis, was an All-American guard at the Ohio State University, and currently plays for the New York Giants. His granddaughter, Harley Ann Zepeda, is a beauty pageant queen who holds the title of Miss Los Angeles County United States.

After being hospitalized for a month due to kidney failure, Davis died on April 15, 2020, at the age of 85.

During the 2020 season, the Green Bay Packers wore a helmet decal to honor Davis, featuring his name and number.

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Talk:Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning

Debris feild, earth, past, future, etc.
I assumed that the debris was that of the space station, seeing as "earth" resembled the planet in which the battles took place around? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.177.27.143 (talk) 03:00, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Redirect to Star Wreck
I've replaced this article with a redirect to Star Wreck, since that's where all the information currently is. If someone could contribute a non-stub article about this particular movie, that'd be great, but until then I feel a redirect is more appropriate. —Ilmari Karonen 16:18, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I've started now writing a proper article for this film. AJK 20:08, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks! Good work. Ilmari Karonen 22:40, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Plot summary
Although I agree that my original plot summary was fairly detailed and could use some trimming, I feel that the current plot "summary" errs on the other side, not even discussing the resolution of the plot and more having the feeling of a plot teaser than a plot summary. How do others feel about this? AJK 05:51, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

It's better now, thanks :) AJK 06:22, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Why link to a pirate site
User:Horsten removed the following paragraph: "An unauthorized Russian DVD of the movie, dubbed in Russian and English, is being sold (link removed by AJK)." from the Reception section, with the change comment "why link to a pirate site". The reason I added that paragraph originally was that it is evidence of the popularity of the movie; and the link there was just a reference, a source citation.

Now, I'm not summarily going to revert Horsten's edit, but I would like to solicit comments: is the article better with or without that paragraph (or equivalent)?

AJK 10:31, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Since the official DVD is now available from the StarWreck site, I think having the link here might directly harm the producers' revenue, and when they are giving the movie away as a free download I think their license should be respected. Now I'm not saying there is anything illegal about having the link, but from a moral standpoint I think it's wrong. Wikipedia is based on the concept of free sharing, and uses the Creative Commons licenses just like Star Wreck. When people put in a lot of work and actually decide to share it with others under such a license, we should support that rather than undermine it.

 * To summarize I think it's ok to mention that the unauthorized DVD exists, but IMHO we shouldn't actually link to the site that sells it. The link doesn't really add anything.

 * TH 10:45, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Wikipedia also encourages citing one's sources :) But your point is valid.  AJK 11:00, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

 * You could cite it by linking to a site, if there is one, that reports the existance of the bootlegs. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 00:09, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

 * It's been mentioned in the SW forums, though you'll also be able to find that link there. I'll let others to insert this, or not. AJK 03:33, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

The end: Past or future?
From the current version, which I'm about to revert...
 * being once again stranded on Earth, without a ship, during an ice age, far in the future.

...to this:
 * being once again stranded on Earth, without a ship, during an ice age, 11,000 years in the past.

...mostly because this is disproven on the forums *and* HTML comments shouldn't be used like this, otherwise people would add everywhere. =) HTML comments shouldn't try to explain the article, just technical trivia for Wikipedians. It's inherently meta. If I see a HTML comment discussing plot details, it means the article isn't clear enough. So, let's discuss some facts:

I'm too lazy to check this, but I think the writer said in the forum that in fact, Info was correct and they did get in the past. Yet, the debris does mean they got in the future.

It's middle of the night, I think someone should come up with a better, contradiction-admitting neutral burp for the page. Please. I'm nodding off soon. --Wwwwolf 23:05, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I did, the wording could be improved but at least it explains the situation. TH 15:36, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

On popularity
It should be noted that the figure of 2.8 million for The Unknown Soldier (1955) is theatrical attendance only – and that Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning hasn't had a theatrical release. So if the popularity of the two is to be compared, video sales and rentals, as well as TV ratings should be included for the first for the past 50 years – I seriously doubt that SW:ItP has it beat quite yet. This should also be noted on the main Star Wreck article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.221.220.31 (talk) 19:32, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

11000 years in the past

 * There is some controversy over whether they are, as Info suggests, stranded 11,000 years in the past, or if they are actually far in the future without hope (as suggested by the appearance of space debris when the camera zooms out from Earth just before the credits).

Uhm, who suggested the "in the future" story ? The debris can as well be their ship, which had just fell apart. Taw 17:29, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

 * The debris bears a striking resemblance to the space station that was shown in Earth orbit in an earlier scene. Besides, their ship burned up it the atmosphere and finally crashed on the surface; it's hard to see how any debris from that could've ended up back in space.  —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 18:08, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

License type
I tried putting the exact type of Creative Commons license used on the article, but another editor removed it, with reason "specific type of license is explained in the link provided - extra text not necessary for article".

I think it's necessary to put the exact license on the article:

 * 1) Forgive me if I sound too much like a Stallman parrot, but saying a project is under a "Creative Commons license" is too vague. It could mean almost anything since there's differences between the various CC licenses. When discussing CC-licensed work, it's often necessary to say which specific CC license is used.
 * 2) Removing the detailed information just because the license is explained in the provided external link is not very practical. Wikipedia is not a link farm, but it utilizes external information. What would, say, Microsoft article look if we removed everything and just pointed to Microsoft's web page, after all, we can claim "it's all explained there"?

I hope this is a good enough reason to retain the information? --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 09:46, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Cochrane
Should Jeff Cockbrain (or whatever his name was), the hedonistic rockstar who corrupted the Vulgars, be mentioned in the character listing? J I P | Talk 18:39, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Translation
The translation section has the "original research or unverified claims" warning. However, when I readed it I was unable to see any original research or unverified claims in it. :) I am a Finn though, so I am able to see that all of those points were true.

How thing like this should be verified for English language Wikipedia? I mean, do you really expect that someone have written something official about the college level (or lower!) humour of Star Wreck? The fact is that most of the jokes are lost in translation. Literally.

(There is already a link to the translation files on the article.)

-- Talamus 08:12, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Starwreck6 dvdcover.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Removed unfair comparison
I've removed the text "In comparison, the most popular Finnish movie, Edvin Laine's The Unknown Soldier (1955) has a Finnish theatre attendance figure of 2.8 million (which, of course, doesn't include screenings outside Finland, TV screenings, video sales and rentals from the past 50 years)." It is misleading to compare the number of internet downloads with another film's number of theatre attendances. --Stfg (talk) 16:53, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

External links modified
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TV broadcast question
The article mentions that the film eventually received TV broadcast. Would it be accurate to call it the first Star Trek parody film to be televised? Most Trek parodies and fan films are web-only (and the new rules on Trek fan films issued by Paramount recently probably make such a thing unlikely to ever happen again). 68.146.233.86 (talk) 16:52, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Potkustart
The name of the ship, as written on it! is CPP Potkustart. Potkustartti is a conjugated form 73.223.250.219 (talk) 08:01, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

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User talk:Shauri/Archive1

More on Spring Heeled Jack
The Spring Heeled Jack article is looking really good now—great work!

You might be interested in submitting it for peer review in order to get (hopefully) constructive criticism, with the aim of getting featured article status.

Thanks for an interesting read, JeremyA 03:23, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * OK, I couldn't resist—I added a sentence on the Sheffield sightings to the last sightings section of the article.   Also, someone added that he was also called 'Springald' - a google search didn't bring up much evidence for this, have you ever heard of this? Also also, I don't like the picture that someone added at the top of the article - I think it should be swapped with the original picture that you put there.   JeremyA 05:56, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * The 'Springald' reference is from Jerome Clark's Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences & Puzzling Physical Phenomena. It probably derives from a scotish term for an 'active or springy young man'. --Allen3 14:19, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Exactly, Allen :) I posted some similar information in JeremyA's talk page a few days ago, and I added it as footnote 3 on the article. Do you think that information should be moved into the article itself? *hugs!* - Shauri 14:39, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Spring Heeled Jack is an excellent article, a great read. Thank you! Econrad 20:15, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi Shauri, I just wanted to say your article on Spring-Heeled Jack made my day :) One of my friends played him in a roleplaying game about two months ago (the game was a modified version of "Castle Falkenstein" based on "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"). JoeBoucher 01:59, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

Astor Piazzolla
You put a cleanup-tone tag on Astor Piazzolla, but gave no indication on the talk page as to what you think is wrong with the tone. Please clarify so that someone can take appropriate action. -- Jmabel | Talk 00:09, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)

 * Apollogies go for the mistakenly inserted cleanup tone tag at this article, due to my inexperience at the Wiki community. I did intend for the basic cleanup tag to go there, tho, for the reasons listed at the article's talk page. As I say there, don't take it badly, but I feel Astor Piazzolla deserves much better than that, and if needed, I can lend a hand in the task. Cheers! -- Shauri 00:38, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't see any unresolved issues on the talk page. I see an exchange I had with someone a year ago, the upshot of which has long since been integrated into the article. Again, I have no problem with saying the article needs cleanup, but unless you indicate on the talk page what that cleanup would be, the remark is unlikely to lead to any action. If you "can lend a hand", of course that is welcome, but you don't need to tag the article to ask yourself to do something! -- Jmabel | Talk 00:55, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)

Ahoy and well met
Hello Diana! You are not expected to do anything in particular about the international writing contest; although you are encouraged to nominate other recently-created articles you have seen that made you laugh, or cry, or transported you to a different place and time.

The results will be announced sometime next month, along with similar results in other languages. Then you will have a duty to read the winners ;-)

In the meantime, as I see you are in the glorious land of Spain, perhaps you would be willing to add your name (and a link to your userpage here) to the list of Translators, and to include language-templates on your user page so that spanish-speaking newbies can find you?

Warm Wikigards, +sj +  06:09, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Picture in need of help
Hi Shauri, and thanks for your request for help. I work with photos because it is one of the most fun things in my life (that's pretty sad, huh?) and I like a good challenge. Which this photo is. Would you be able to post a larger version of this image? I can work with it, but it's pretty small. I'm guessing from the copyright info you did not take this picture, so there's no point in asking if you have an image that includes the top of the steeple. Denni ☯ 03:17, 2005 Mar 31 (UTC)

Original Hemispheric picture
Hi Shauri. Do you still have the original version of Image:ValenciaHemisphere2corr.jpg, which you uploaded as "ValenciaHemispheric.jpg" on March 28? It would be wonderful if you could re-upload it. Thanks a lot, dbenbenn | talk 16:59, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Greetings, Frankfurt invite
Hello Shauri,

I'd like to personally invite you to come to Wikimania in August. It is a Wikimedia conference, with editors and academics and wiki-founders from various projects, and lots of avid readers! It will be held in Frankfurt, Germany, August 5-7. There are people coming from all over the world; from as far as Madagascar, Australia, China, Brasil, and Venezuela...

Also, I wanted to mention that a new German project, called "Kopfgeld", where editors offer books and other small awards to others who help create specific types of featured articles, or organize sets of stubs, or do other important wiki-work, is focusing on translating Spring Heeled Jack! So you've got admirers far afield (whom you would no doubt meet in Frankfurt :). See Wikipedia:Kopfgeld for more.

Kind regards, +sj +  8 July 2005 06:25 (UTC)

Molobo
Hi, since i noticed your comment on the Rommel page, are you willing to participate resolving the issues with that user? GeneralPatton 17:11, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Looking at his confrontational editing style over at Talk:Erwin_Rommel, well, it seems that we will have to take this case over to the arbcom. GeneralPatton 19:18, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks, I appriciate your help. Basically we just need a few good users presenting a an overview of Molbo's confrontational editorial style. GeneralPatton 19:51, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Molobo, Rommel & the ethics of Dresden
The reason for my slightly odd comment about it not being relevant to Rommel on Molobo's talk page is that, when I made the comment, I was attempting to view all the sides of this burgeoning edit war at once. I then mistook the Molobo's talk page for the Rommel one, rather silly of me I admit. In any case, I shall politely decline the invitation to debate the ethics of the Dresden and Atomic bombings. Although I would say (with my tongue firmly in my cheek), that if I am aligning myself with Paul Johnson on this issue (and many other more reputable figures), you are aligning yourself with the former Soviet Union's position. Leithp 07:42, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

Leave my Edits ALONE!
You have reverted my edits at Elf, restoring the SPURIOUS and ILLEGAL screen shots from Lord of the Rings. You also gave false advice on my Talk page. I don't care how many movie screen shots are on Wikipedia, that doesn't make them legal. Furthermore, the photos add absolutely NOTHING of substance to the article. There is a reason the article is under Peer Review. People like you are turning it into a fanzine. If you try to restore these photos again, I'll slap a tag on the article and submit this to arbitration. — J M Rice 21:50, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Ok, one chance to "discuss" before arbitration. The scholarly merits of your inclusion of the photos can be debated, but since you subscribe to the fatuous notion that everyone should have the right to do what one feels, I doubt if we could get anywhere on that score. So, I'll just stick to the copyright issue.  First, Wikipedia frowns on Fair Use.  Second, even if Wikipedia did approve of "fair use," stills from a copyrighted movie are themselves copyright and wouldn't qualify anyway.  By the way, you no more represent "everyone else" at Wikipedia than I do.  Second, I don't make threats, I just tell you what's going to happen, and you can take it anyway you wish.  For the last time, leave my edits alone! — J M Rice 00:47, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Hi Shauri
It's been a pleasure to see how you have handled JM Rice. I am sorry I was gone during the debate, but if you have any further problems with him, I will back you up all the way.--Wiglaf 21:12, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

About Anahí
I understand your point about Anahí. However, there is no page that links to Anahí as anything other than the actress. That is why it is actually better to point Anahí to the content of Anahí (actress) rather than trying to prevent someone who is looking for the mythology (which is unlikely at this point as there is no other page that mentions or points to the other use and there is not even an article for it).

That is why Mexico doesn't point to Mexico (disambiguation) directly, althogh someone looking for the town Mexico in the Philippines may be surprised to find Mexico points to the country. I will add the "other uses" link to Anahí, which in my humble opinion, should point to the most popular use. --Vizcarra 20:34, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I only compared Anahí to Mexico for illustration purposes. As far as popular use, I've lived in Mexico and the United States and I know for a fact that the actress is quite known in both countries. Her last two telenovelas have been quite successful not only in these countries but manyothers. I would definitely support you writing articles about Anahí (mythology) and also articles in the same subject
 * As far as the Gloogle test for popularity, Anahí Televisa gets 8,460 hits while Anahí mythology gets 306 hits . Anahí -Televisa +Telenovela gets an additional 563 hits . Anahía -Televisa -Telenovela +RBD gets 944 hits . Anahí -Televisa -telenovela +"Clase 406" gets 250 additional hits . So I conclude that perhaps South America is the only place where Anahí (mythology) is a more popular use that Anahí (actress). --Vizcarra 21:03, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Gdansk
Thanks for the sweet words about me on the Forsters talk page... But perhaps you have missed something:

 * There is no rule of excluding votes due to low edit count.
 * Chris73&Co excluded a lot of votes for Gdansk, but he dont excluded voters with low edit count, who have voted for Danzig (for an example user Sca).
 * The vote result was no Consensus

Best regards--Witkacy 15:39, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * your opinion is clearly against the consensus demonstrated at the Vote Page
 * to reach a consensus a 3/4 majority is needed...
 * BTW, you've just broken the 3RR
 * nope, i just removed your personal attack :)
 * Best regards--Witkacy 15:54, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Still trying to advocate against community consensus
 * The community does not reached any consensus.
 * If your favorite football team looses with a controversial penalty kick, you only have one choice: live with it, for you won't get to play the match again::
 * I am always favor a football team which lost a game because of a bribed referee ;)
 * If you wanna discuss the legitimacy of the vote, I recommend you to take the issue to arbitration
 * Im still hoping to solve the problem other ways, but its looks like the issue will go to the ArbCom.
 * Buenas noches. Yo le deseo un fin de semana agradable (Good night. I wish you a nice weekend) - Best regards :)--Witkacy 21:31, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your wishes :) The "wow" Big W 21:52, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * FYI, I have blocked Witkacy for 24 hours (and Admin User:TenOfAllTrades has confirmed the block). Details on User talk:Witkacy. -- Chris 73 Talk 15:41, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Català
veig que parles català... si la wiki espanyola no et convenç, per què no et passes a la nostra a més d'aquesta? necessitem gent!

 * Gràcies per la invitació. Ja ens veurem per la Viquipèdia Catalana :) - Shauri 05:38, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Luis Royo
Thanks for spotting the copyvio on this page. Because the page had some content before the copyvio material was added in, the action to take is to revert to the prior version. If the copyright holder later contacts us to remove the material, then further action will be taken. (See the top of the Copyright violations page for detailed instructions.) Noisy | Talk 11:05, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Gdansk
Hi Shauri. Thanks for your kind words. I also think I am not anti-polish, i also am only against nationalism, or in this case trying to erase any traces of german history from polish articles and the exclusive usage of polish names which are much less known in english than the german ones. I started the vote as a neutral admin trying to solve a dispute, but some users you have mentioned try to squeeze me in the POV corner. I guess you had similar stressful events with german history articles. Again, thank you and happy editing! -- Chris 73 Talk 21:34, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Gracias
Thanks for the kind words especially because they came from you. I don't think anyone could say that you're not a benevolent and nice contributor, not even Witkacy, who I personally always found hard to be nice to (my fault). How did you know I was most of the day gone yesterday? Anyway. I've rewarded you a barnstar on your user page, let's say, to be the first one to acknowledge your good attitude, and I would call 'good' even a neutral assessment of it. Hope you'll be as positively surprised as I was after your words, and that you continue to be just as you are. You really set a good example. Gracias!NightBeAsT 18:00, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

My RFA
Thank you for your support for my nomination! But I must especially thank you for coming to my defense over that odd piece of business with Belkis. And, of course, for reminding me that we're halfway through September. Can you tell I've recently been on vacation? Body in the US, mind still in Costa Rica. Thanks again! · Katefan0(scribble) 22:32, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Go for it! Edit like the wind. · Katefan0(scribble) 22:36, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Just took a look at your changes, and all I can say is wow! It looks great.  You should be proud.  Looking forward to seeing it on the main page.  · Katefan0(scribble) 16:25, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Texas Rangers
I notcied your bolding edit at Texas Rangers. I think the Manual of Style (disambiguation pages) only encourages bolding of the article title in the leading line (and not much else), what do you think? --Commander Keane 15:09, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Have a nice weekend, you too!
What a lovely surprise ! Have a big kiss and a great weekend, you too!--Wiglaf 08:11, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Texas Ranger Division
I must say, you've done an excellent job on the Texas Ranger article and I think it's good enough for featured article status now. Congrats!  Maltmomma  (chat)  02:48, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry for this belated response, as I have been preoccupied with activities, while not as pleasant as your request were unfortunately more immediate. I believe you have done a wonderful job with it and if you do not feel like making a self nomination for the article to recieve featured status, I would be happy to nominate it for you. Again, great job!. -JCarriker 23:19, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Texas
Hi I'll have a go at it later. Tony 00:04, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Fire eating

Image removals
Removed the "Other photographs" section as images were not of fire eating Jcrs 13:16, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Image replacement
I noticed that the previous image of the fire eater was removed, I'm guessing because of copyright violation? I'm adding a new one, and would like to note that the current two pictures (the cast iron torches and the guy eating in front of a ferris wheel) are both original photography by me, and are licensed appropriately in the wikimedia commons. Enjoy! Phidauex 16:22, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Extinguish
I have taken the extinguish "Put a Cigar/Cigarette out on tongue" as this is not a form of fire-eating it is merely pain endurance and does not follow any of the conventions of fire eating. (which involve putting the flame out without burning yourself by using physics and chemistry laws to to your advantage).

 * What about the quote on "tolerating pain"? I think that's misleading and a bit of an overstatement rather, as I've never burnt myself at all.  75.46.24.175 15:30, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

not cold fire?
But then does the hat set on fire with "spirit" alcohol (probably ethanol) not burn? Why don't the cotton balls burn? They too were soaked in spirit. No? Or does the act with cotton balls work with the cotton balls themselves burning? Is this the effect of a wick which on the most part, does not burn as long as there's liquid material feeding it?

And why can we light the same type of fire directly on our hands and skin without getting burnt? If it does burn hair, why does it burn the hair and not the hat?

I saw an experiment with exploding hydrogen-filled soap suds in the hand. The woman doing the experiment felt the heat and heard the boom, but her hand was seemingly not affected. Why? Is this a case of the explosion energy and heat directed upward, or the thin layer of soap and water on her hand somehow protecting them, or an accumulation of both (water with soap and energy direction)?

And why is alcohol usually chosen? Why not just plain old burning wood, or burning parafene candles, or gasoline?

The answers to these questions should also be incorporated in the article because they are usually part of the act. פשוט pashute ♫ (talk) 12:04, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

 * OK, so it turns out according to the Classic Chemistry Demonstrations book (Pub: Royal Society of Chemistry, on Google Books) that there IS some sort of a "cold fire" involved. It's the high percentage of water in the "spirit" that evaporates while the alcohol burns. The evaporation takes away much of the energy and cools the hands, cotton ball, hat and tongue. And NOT as listed in the article only depending on the fast fire-extinguishing! פשוט pashute ♫ (talk) 14:05, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Big Ideas in Chemistry
— Assignment last updated by ChemWorx (talk) 12:52, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Guiness Record
The first thing i noticed that needed an edit, was the fact that the guiness record that was previously mentioned in this article was out dated, and so i wrote a little bit about the new record, and added a new source that references where i got the information from. Clevine3 (talk) 02:44, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

"Cold Flame"
When I initially read the article, i felt that there wasn't initially any evidence supporting that it is impossible for the magicians to be using a cold flame, and so i found a source that touches on that subject, and adjusted the following line to make it sound more fluid. Clevine3 (talk) 02:46, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Implied Danger
When i did some further research on the topic of fire eating, i discovered that there was a particular reputable source that touches on the fact that even when the trick is done 100% properly, there are still unspoken about dangers that affect the magician. The article I added touches on this concept. Clevine3 (talk) 19:00, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

How to deal with implied danger
Shortly after discovering about the implied danger discussed above, i also found a separate video that discusses how to resolve or treat these issues. I felt that this was beneficial, so i cited it as well. Clevine3 (talk) 19:02, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Specification of what Fire Eatting entails
The final edit i made to this article, was citing a source after the first paragraph that in depth describes the difference between fire eatting, ansd any other trick that magicians may use involving fire. I felt this would be beneficial for anybody that is looking for any further information on the topic. Clevine3 (talk) 19:04, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Further highlights on dangers
i added a few more references that go into further depth on exact injuries that have been caused by people attempting to perform the trick Clevine3 (talk) 18:53, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

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File:9to5OddJobs.jpg

Summary
Cover art to Dolly Parton's "9 to 5 and Odd Jobs album"

Fair use rationale 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
The image linked here is claimed to be used under fair use as:

 * 1) It is a low-resolution copy of an album cover,
 * 2) Its use here does not limit the copyright owner's ability to market the album in any way,
 * 3) It is being used for informational purposes only, not for profit,

Specifically,

 * 1) In 9 to 5 & Odd Jobs, its inclusion is the only possible way to illustrate the subject of the article.

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Beulah (singer)

Beulah (born Beulah Garside in 1982 or 1983), is an English female singer-songwriter and record producer. She grew up in the Peak District and attended Repton School. This country setting and her family gave her the inspiration for her debut album, Mabel and I. The album is a mixture of folksy ballads, jazz and country.

She is from Manchester, England. Her career has spanned 15 years and has taken her from the United Kingdom to the United States, Brazil and Japan. In her early years Beulah worked Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy. At the age of 22 she moved to London and met Jon Kelly, and they, along with Universal Records, made her debut album Mabel & I. However, she spent most of her career in the United States, namely Nashville and Los Angeles, working alongside Grammy Award-winning writer/producer David Foster and songwriter Sarah Siskind. She also sang with Andrea Bocelli.

She has written with many other writers such as Crispin Hunt, Steve Booker and Amy Foster. She is currently working alongside BAFTA- and Oscar-winning executive producer, Maggie Monteith, among others, as she enjoys her move into film and television.

Discography
Mabel and I was released on 6 June 2005 via Universal Classic and Jazz. The first and most well-known single from the album, "Stay", was released on 13 February 2006 and is used on many compilation albums. The album included:
 * 1) "Stay"
 * 2) "I Can't Wait"
 * 3) "Leaving Home"
 * 4) "Mary"
 * 5) "Sweet Kinda' Something"
 * 6) "Never More"
 * 7) "Circus"
 * 8) "Miss Me No More"
 * 9) "Lazy Days"
 * 10) "You're Gone"
 * 11) "Broken Seams"
 * 12) "Mabel and I"

Beulah released her second studio album, Hollow in 2020.

 * 1) "Seriously"
 * 2) "Unravelling"
 * 3) "Wasted"
 * 4) "Wanted"
 * 5) "Hollow"
 * 6) "Vampire"
 * 7) "Moon"
 * 8) "Space"
 * 9) "River"
 * 10) "Safe"

Dance Music is an extended play.
 * 1) "Burning"
 * 2) "Signs"
 * 3) "Roller"
 * 4) "Superluminal"

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