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Senator HEFFERNAN (New South Wales—Parliamentary Secretary to Cabinet) (8.43 p.m.)—The child protection mission statement for any government, institution or parent need be no more complicated than the following statement: all children have a basic right to their childhood and should enjoy an unconditional safe guarantee of passage through their years of innocence. The catastrophic economic, social and human cost of our failure to achieve this outcome should be set in the terms of a royal commission.

In speaking to the address-in-reply to the Governor-General's speech, I feel sure that the Governor-General would support the above proposition. I can only hope he would support my exploration tonight of the question of whether judicial legitimacy is a myth without a federal judicial commission. On 2 July 2000, the Chief Justice of the High Court, in a very sensitive and important speech to the Australian Bar Association Conference in New York, addressed the subject of judicial legitimacy. I would like to quote several extracts from this important speech. The Chief Justice said in paragraph 4:

Judicial power ... is held on trust. It is an express trust, the conditions of which are stated in the commission of a judge or magistrate, and the terms of the judicial oath.

In paragraph 8, His Honour states:

The capacity of an individual to make an impartial determination of the facts, and to understand and conscientiously apply the law, is the primary requirement of fitness for judicial office.

His Honour goes on with regard to judicial discretion:

Ultimately, however, in the administration of any law, there comes a point beyond which discretion cannot travel. At this point, if a judge is unable in good conscience to implement the law, he or she may resign. There may be no other course properly available. Judges whose authority comes from the will of the people, and who exercise authority upon trust that they will administer justice according to law, have no right to subvert the law because they disagree with a particular rule. No judge has a choice between implementing the law and disobeying it.

His Honour addresses the issue of impartiality in paragraph 4:

Impartiality is a condition upon which judges are invested with authority.

He goes on:

But to deploy judicial authority in support of a cause risks undermining the foundation upon which such authority rests.

In paragraph 35, His Honour deals with sustaining judicial legitimacy. He says:

The quality which sustains judicial legitimacy is not bravery, or creativity, but fidelity.

His Honour concludes his speech to the Bar Association Conference by saying:

Like fairness, legitimacy should be constantly on display in courts.

I am concerned that our institutions are in denial on the criteria so eloquently set out by the Chief Justice in his July 2000 speech in New York.

Having read extracts from the case for judicial legitimacy, as set out by the Chief Justice, I would now like to turn to the dilemma to which a fellow judge deployed his judicial authority so eloquently in his speech of 3 July 1999 to the King's College School of Law in London—that is, the real risk of `suicide, blackmail, police entrapment, hypocrisy and other horrors' suffered by male same sex participants in New South Wales prior to the enactment of the 1984 Crimes Amendment Act (NSW) No. 7. Subsequent to this speech, there was a further judicial speech on 24 February 2000 to the impressionable young men at St Ignatious College in Sydney—a speech in which an impartial observer may have detected the `deployment of judicial authority in support of a cause'.

Having regard to findings in the New South Wales courts last year that certain lifestyle offences committed prior to the 1984 Crimes Amendment Act (NSW) No. 7 could still be prosecuted, it concerned me that some judicial officers could still be captive of the horrific circumstances as described by His Honour in his speech to the King's College in London on 3 July 1999. These concerns were further reinforced to me recently by a senior judicial officer who said he could see no solution to this legal minefield. He categorically stated that there should have been no appointments of practising homosexuals to the judiciary in New South Wales prior to May 1984 because of the criminality of certain acts inherent in that lifestyle being prescribed by the law at the time, regardless of whether the law was enforced at the time.

My concerns led me to revisit the transcript of the Wood royal commission and the revelations by the disgraced solicitor, KR5, who provided evidence regarding clients at the boy brothel Costellos in the following terms:

... but it was an amazing place there were lawyers there, judges ....

Unfortunately, KR5 was interrupted mid-sentence by counsel assisting Paddy Bergin—now Justice Bergin—in the following terms:

... just pausing there ...

The issue of who the judges were was never answered. My inquiries as to when these serious allegations would be dealt with were replied to in the following terms:

We have decided not to revisit any of that because the public would lose confidence in the judiciary.

I believe most people concerned by, or victims of, child sexual abuse have already lost confidence. I have thought long and hard and have come to a very firm conclusion that there is an urgent need in New South Wales to retrospectively legislate to protect people, including some high profile political, judicial, legal and media figures, many of whom presently still lead double lives, and provide these people with legal relief from prosecution for pre-May 1984 lifestyle criminal offences.

Hopefully, this legislation would end the precarious existence to which His Honour referred and hopefully would remove the need for the compromising code of silence which hideously compromised the police special branch, is still compromising police prosecutions in New South Wales and, whether intended or not, has also protected people who see sex with children as a perk of office or, at best, an everyday part of permissible life. Only with this legislation will the child sex offences code of silence be broken, and only then will the ongoing and evident serious compromise of sections of our judicial, legal, political and religious institutions begin to be dismantled.

The tragedy of the Justice Yeldham compromise was a product of this dilemma. The serious fault lines identified and evident at ICAC and the Wood royal commission are testimony to the code of silence at work. Sadly, I have not met anyone who thought the majority of evidence given to support Yeldham by senior legal and judicial figures was believable, nor that the classic escape clause `the search for corruption and not crime' was again used as anything other than a cover-up in sections of its paedophile reference. If the legal system was not compromised, Yeldham would have been dealt with years earlier than he was. He would probably be still alive and would not have sat in judgment in circumstances that were highly inappropriate, biased and surely failing the test of judicial legitimacy. The Wood royal commission in its final report at 7.226 concluded:

... the Commission has looked at factors which contribute to inadequacies in this type of investigation—those identified include an inability to believe that the prominent person would engage in such conduct, in some cases conditioned by respect for or close association with the institution they represent (for example, church or justice system).

I am concerned that similar circumstances still exist. One, of several well known within legal, judicial and media circles but for years like Yeldham considered too sensitive and too difficult to address, I would like to address.

I refer to a judge who has put himself at grave risk of blackmail, entrapment, compromise and hypocrisy. This judge has come to the attention of senior police and the Child Protection Enforcement Agency in New South Wales. His activities and police concerns have been reported by policing authorities to senior judicial officers in both state and federal contexts. I regret to inform the Senate that, over a period of years, I have personally interviewed at great length, and obtained statutory declarations from, former rentboys from Sydney and Wollongong who worked the Wall at Darlinghurst as young male prostitutes, some of whom were taken to an address in Darley Street—an address known to the police, adjacent to the Wall— by this judge on various occasions in a fee-for-service arrangement. I am informed New South Wales police can confirm these activities. I also have in my possession Comcar driver records which document and record this same judge using this taxpayer funded service on a regular basis to pick up from an address known to the police in Clapton Place—adjacent to Kings Cross—a young male and accompany him to the judge's home address.

According to correspondence I have received, these Comcar records, which were officially alleged to have been destroyed in the 1990s under the Archives Act but in fact were still in existence in the year 2000, have been refused to me under FOI, and after being requisitioned many of these documents have now mysteriously disappeared. These records indicate the name of the driver, the car registration, kilometres on the speedometer, time of original pick-up, pick-up location, often any additional pick-ups and, of course, final destination. This particular docket, a typical docket, shows a pick-up of the judge in the basement of the Law Courts at 1900 hours on a given date and a journey via Darlinghurst to the judge's home address. This docket, besides other jobs, also specifies a job for the same judge at 2300 hours on the same night, a pick-up from the judge's home address, destination Darlinghurst, which was on this occasion and many others returning the young male to the address in Clapton Place. The docket also notes that the judge did not travel, that the young male was returned unaccompanied.

It is obvious from this docket and others I have the details of that these return journeys on bookings by the judge for an unaccompanied young male companion are a serious breach and unauthorised and contemptuous use of the Comcar service. I am informed that many such jobs were not recorded but, with the cooperation of a member of the since disbanded Sydney allocation office, were `foreigners'. Over a period of time this pattern of Comcar use, which created for some drivers serious concern and misgivings over inappropriate use of the Comcar, was brought to a head. These concerns were raised with the judge. These drivers, who in the public good may have put their jobs at risk, deserve whistleblower protection.

I would now like to raise the trial and conviction of a priest from the Maitland diocese, Vincent Gerard Ryan. He was charged with and found guilty of buggery and sexual abuse of altar boys as young as six years old over a period of 20 years. These crimes of stolen innocence, human violation and betrayal can only be described as abhorrent— made worse, if that is possible, by the ultimate trust these innocent young victims and their parents would have placed in their parish priest, only to discover the ultimate betrayal from a person who delivered first confession and first Holy Communion to these innocents and then for self-gratification stole their innocence and left a lifelong legacy of ruined lives, tortured minds and dysfunctional families.

This priest was sentenced to a lengthy jail term in excess of 10 years. He appealed his sentence in the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal and lost. He then appealed for special leave to the High Court of Australia. This special leave application to appeal was heard and granted. In granting special leave to appeal, one of the two judges, in weighting the crimes of the priest and the application for special leave against the reasons and source of the priest's behaviour, said:

... and I just have in the back of my mind that there must be some principle in sentencing that you should take into account that the source is the one source. You could say it was his sexual fantasy. You could say it was his predicament as a priest committed to celibacy. You could give different excuses.

His Honour went even further down a path of judicial adventurism and creativity by relying on another basis to grant the special leave application:

... this man may have been a situational paedophile.

Are the altar boys and their parents in the Hunter region of New South Wales likely to agree with the legalese of the judge that in some obscure way the priest is a victim because he is an unfortunate situational paedophile with an insatiable sexual fantasy locked in by a vow of celibacy? It has a familiar ring to it. Could the circumstances exist where a reasonable person in the court that day would have reasonable grounds to have an apprehension of bias in the judge's words and decision on that day? Could the circumstances exist where a reasonable person would also have an apprehension of a subliminal self-defence by the judge?

Earlier in this speech I referred to a judge who has come to the attention of the New South Wales police, who indiscreetly, improperly and illegally used Comcar, who regularly trawled for rough trade at the Darlinghurst Wall, who according to police statements and interviews regularly played out his fantasies in a fee-for-service arrangement, and who is also one of the people whose file was referred to in the final report of the Wood royal commission at 7.288, where the commission concluded in the following terms:

... the matter is complicated by the manner in which the file was managed and its contents `lost'. Whether or not some sinister feature underlines that event, the Commission is very troubled that Rope—

the investigating police officer—

could have provided a report to Hadley that was clearly incorrect. The Commission finds it hard to accept that this was a result simply of inadvertence. It is more inclined to the view that this was as the result of Rope feeling that he was in a very difficult position in which he lacked proper support or direction. This was almost certainly due in part to the undue deference paid to people in high places, and also due to the entirely inappropriate philosophy at the time that sensitive matters were better left undisturbed and unknown.

I believe that most Australian families would have the view that this judge fails the test of public trust and judicial legitimacy as set out by the Chief Justice of the High Court in his New York speech and clearly is not fit and proper to sit in judgment of people charged with sex offences against children.

This same judge shares three things in common with the judge who made the speech to the King's College School of Law and the judge who made the speech to St Ignatius College and the judge who made the observations about Father Vincent Gerard Ryan and granted the special leave application. All four, through the deployment of judicial authority and some adventurism, have made out a historic and compelling case for the establishment of a federal judicial commission. They have all displayed a highly skilled and articulate capacity to manage close public scrutiny and, most importantly, they have all confirmed through their words and actions that indeed judicial legitimacy is a myth without a federal judicial commission—because they are all one and the same person.

I seek leave to table two speeches: one to the Australian Bar Association conference in New York by Justice Murray Gleeson and one to the King's College School of Law in London by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby.

Interjection The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Senator Calvert)—Is leave granted?

Interjection Senator George Campbell—No, it is not. We have not seen them.

Continue Senator HEFFERNAN—They are public documents.

Interjection Senator George Campbell—It is a courtesy to let us see them first.

Interjection The ACTING DEPUTY PRESI-DENT—Leave is not granted, but I suspect that it may be granted later. I will return to the question later on, Senator, once the shadow minister at the table has perused the documents.

 * In relation to the passage "It was immediately assumed that the judge refered to by Heffernan was Justice Michael Kirby", four points from the above in the order in which Heffernan presented them:

 * Heffernan makes reference to a speech to the King's College School of Law by an Australian judge on 3 July 1999.
 * He then makes accusations against an Australian judge, at that point unnamed.
 * He then explicitly states that this judge is "one and the same person" with the one who made the speech to King's College School of Law.
 * He concludes by asking leave to table that speech, explicitly identifying Kirby as its author.

 * There is no need to mince words with talk of 'assuming'; Heffernan said outright that the judge he was accusing was the one who made the speech to King's, and he named Kirby as the author of that speech. --Calair 05:20, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Yes you are right. I will reword the section. Adam 05:42, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

citation
the quotes from parliament should be referenced to hansard. Xtra 01:47, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I think the vast blockquotes are unnecessary, they re-publish a monstrous slander which does not merit it. If it's there to make Senator Heffernan look bad, it does but that's not what the article should be about. DarrenRay 09:24, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree the quoted text was excessive, but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. As it stands now, the article says Heffernan made 'allegations' against Kirby but doesn't give the reader the slightest inkling about what he alleged. The nature of those allegations is relevant despite the fact that they were demonstrably untrue, because the monstrosity of that slander comes from the monstrosity of the allegations. Had Heffernan falsely accused Kirby of failing to pay a parking ticket, it would hardly have been as serious a matter. I'll edit the article accordingly. --Calair 10:05, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree with you entirely, Calair. DarrenRay 10:09, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Widely Considered Unethical..
Is the statement and the links NPOV?schgooda 07:24, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

 * No. The links don't adequately support the statement, and see also Avoid weasel words. --Calair 11:49, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

 * The links provided show three examples where Heffernan is mentioned.
 * The MUP lecture (that I attended) mentions Heffernan, but the Kirby example is already cited in the body of the article.
 * The Press Council link does not mention unethical specifically, in fact, it is a committee discussing his remarks, with commentary from the Senate Clerk, Harry Evans.
 * Finally, the introduction to the ABC Forum, and the forum itself are opinions not facts. Again the Kirby incident has been noted in the body of the article. schgooda 00:21, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

 * In case I was unclear above, I was agreeing with you - opining that the statement is not neutral point of view, & hence bad. Continuing discussion on this topic from User talk:Sumple and User talk:Calair, and noting amendment of the wording to "often cited as an example of an unethical politician"...

 * I agree with schgooda that neither the Press Council nor the ABC Forum links stand up as an example of Heffernan being called an 'unethical politician'. The Press Council link reports that he 'recklessly' broke a standing order (as discussed earlier in the article) and that's about it. The rest of that section is a commentary on the options available to people on the other end of such breaches, and the only appearance of the word 'unethical' is in a different section unrelated to Heffernan.

 * The ABC forum intro describes the basic facts of the incident, but the only judgement it passes on Heffernan is that "the incident still amounts to an abuse of parliamentary privilege". (I looked through the comments but couldn't find anybody actually calling him unethical - in any case, see Reliable_sources, which states that this sort of forum should not be used as a source for verifiability reasons.)

 * In the MUP lecture Latham accuses Heffernan of engaging in "the politics of personal destruction". That accusation might be notable in itself, but again the only use of 'unethical' is in an unrelated context elsewhere in the document.

 * No original research is relevant here, in particular the prohibitions against interpretation, explanation, and synthesis. Even if we could find three unambiguous citations for people calling Heffernan an "unethical politician", converting that into "often cited" would be teetering on the edge of synthesis. --Calair 05:13, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

 * I've re-added the Latham cite to the article (sticking to Latham's own words). If Latham's representation of John Hewson's criticisms are accurate, that's probably more noteworthy (given that Hewson is/was a senior figure in Heffernan's own party). This article suggests that Hewson's remarks can be found in the Financial Review, on or around March 22 2002 - if somebody can check that, maybe it could be added ahead of Latham's remarks? --Calair 05:57, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Calair, there's no misunderstanding, I reverted Sumple's changes, and explained them here, as he had suggested a compromise. I will check the remarks about Bill in the Fin on my Factiva service. Thanks for helping out --schgooda 06:10, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm fine with the present treatment of the subject. Well written. --Sumple (Talk) 06:27, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Although not online, the article is entitled Bigoted Legacy Of Hanson, an opinion piece on p74 in the 15 March Edition of AFR. The specific comment made
 * [...]
 * Yet, it's OK to attack anybody who disagrees with any of these positions. Indeed, we have been encouraged to believe there is a new sense of political correctness - anyone who disagrees with the Government is a chardonnay-sipping member of the academic elite.

 * It is also OK to attack fundamental elements of our democracy - most recently the High Court and its judges.

 * Political mateship outweighs what is proper and fundamental to our democratic process. The attack this week on Justice Michael Kirby, by any measure a great Australian, was simply outrageous. There are due processes to be observed in making such accusations. They should not be made in the coward's castle under parliamentary privilege.
 * [...] It does not explicitly mention Bill, and the rest of the article is based around the kind of Australia he would leave his daughter. Any suggestions as to how to tie it into the present article? --schgooda 06:47, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Who deleted the Controversy section?
The controversy section is entirely appropriate for a politician who is constantly embroiled in controversy. The facts were cited from major Australian newspapers. It is not liablous when it is quoted from major news sources. The incidents are so numerous they need to be in point form. 203.166.255.9 21:51, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Should the Kirby incident be an article on its own?
Should the Justice Kirby incident be an article on its own? There seems to be a lot of material on it. Someone has quoted the entire speech in this discussion page. There are hundreds of newspaper articles on it, containing comments, quotes and reactions from others. It could be expanded for those who are interested in every little detail. 203.166.255.9 23:20, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

POV
Article is almost entirely about his problems and is POV.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 03:33, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Could you suggest some other aspects of Heffernan's career that could be covered here? --Calair 01:02, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

 * His career has been mired in controversy. As Calair says, if there are other notable aspects of his career, it should be added. However for a complete biography, the material regarding the "controversies" need to be covered. Recurring dreams 01:55, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

For a start the article sould cover some things he hasn't done wrong - what committees has he been on - did he contribute anything of note? Despite being a uncouth do people (voters) actually like him? --Peta 03:38, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * He's a senator. People have never voted for him personally, just his party. He has been on committees, but that isn't inherently notable, or even worth mentioning. His real role is as a "headkicker," and basically that's why there's so much controversy. Recurring dreams 11:44, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I think mentioning what someone actually does in their job as a politician is kind of important; strangely enough it's probably even more important than their odd behaviour. --Peta 13:43, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Heffernan is not an average politician. Maybe he tries to be the clown, I don't know, or maybe he's naturally like he is. But regardless, Heffernan doesn't cease making headlines with the most bizarre claims and remarks. Almost at regular intervals these days, he comes out with something else that attracts media attention in a bizarre way. I think it's fair enough his antics get listed in his article. If he has done anything else notable (apart from antics) Wikipedians are free to add his history or achievements to the article.--Lester2 05:16, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Climate Change / Asian remark
The Heffernan comments about Climate Change and Asians, deleted by User:Prester John, can be viewed on >>THIS OLDER VERSION<<, for other editors to comment on.

The edit warring suggests somebody disagrees that Heffernan made the remark about a Climate Change Asian Influx. Our coverage indicates that Heffernan denies the remark, while The Bulletin has produced an audio recording of the interview. Heffernan's denial makes the incident even more bizarre.--Lester2 05:16, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Lester2 is now really pushing the boundries of WP:BLP with this one. For a start he deliberately trying to misrepresent Heffernan by trying to attribute the phrase "Asian Invasion" to him, where there is no evidence of him saying anything like that. Now he has the nerve to link to article with Heffernan denying the quote. Unbelievable. Prester John -(Talk to the Hand) 05:20, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

 * The term 'Asian invasion' was how it was worded in the papers. It's not my words. If you didn't like the way the papers worded it, you could have worked at an alternative wording, rather than deleting everything. The papers said Heffernan said it. The version of this article that you deleted gave both sides >>HERE<<. We gave both The Bulletin's claim and Heffernan's denial. Why delete it completely, when it is a growing controversy between Heffernan and The Bulletin?--Lester2 05:28, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Yet Heffernan never used the words "Asian Invasion", despite your tortured attempts to try and attribute them to him. I suggest you go and read WP:BLP as I don't think you fully understand it yet. Your misreprestations are so severe the only thing to do was delete the whole thing. Either write it in a NPOV tone that satisfies WP:BLP or leave it out all together. Once you have finished reading the BLP policy you should have a look at WP:DUST. While not a policy, you might gain some insight from it. Prester John -(Talk to the Hand) 05:43, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Either way this falls, it's a bizarre incident from Mr Heffernan. Either his original controversial comment stands, or he's at war with the editor of a major publication which says it has the audio tape to prove Heffernan said it. It's being reported by every major paper in Australia. The 2 sentences this article allocated to it was the minimum necessary to describe the dispute. The inclusion of the information doesn't stop the this article being changed in the future if more events unfold. This article stated both sides of the dispute, as is encourage by WP:BLP.--Lester2 06:10, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

 * As long as the statement reflects the sources then from the above conversation it seems PJ is trying to censor the article because he (and apparently Senator Heffernan) doesn't like it. Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 09:16, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Or if you read what is going on you will see Lester trying squeeze a sentaionalist banner headline into the mouth of Heffernan. Prester John -(Talk to the Hand) 13:32, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Why not discuss the subject in a civil manner? There's no need for this to get personal. Assume good faith. When describing me in the sentences above, you said "he deliberately trying to misrepresent", and "read WP:BLP as I don't think you fully understand it yet", and "Your misreprestations are so severe", etc etc. All those comments are personalised, making me the subject rather than the topic the article is about. I call for these personal attacks to end, once and for all.--Lester2 03:48, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

 * It would be better to link to the actual Bulletin sources rather than third party links. BTW, I fail to see why his "antics" are encyclopedic.  This article is starting to be longer than most other (more significant) BLPs and is starting to resemble a repository of links.   Shot info  07:07, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:LonglivetheDee

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. --Fire Star 04:43, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

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Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Fire Star 05:01, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

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User:Cstrange

Hello!

I am a pharmaceutical scientist working in the generic pharmaceutical industry in California.

My main interest is science & music.

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Alyas Batman en Robin

Alyas Batman en Robin (lit. 'Alias Batman and Robin') is a 1991 Filipino musical-comedy spoof film based on the titular superheroes from DC Comics, Batman and Robin. It stars Joey de Leon as Batman, Rene Requiestas as the Joker, Dawn Zulueta as Angelique Legarda, Vina Morales as Vina, de Leon's son Keempee as Robin, and Panchito as the Penguin. Several songs in the film use melodies taken from other pop songs such as "At the Hop", Bird Dog and "Surfin' Safari".

Originally produced by Viva Films, the film was delayed from its original release in early 1989 when Warner Bros. objected to the use of their characters' names and costumes. The film was eventually produced and released on April 6, 1991, albeit by Viva Film's rival studio, Regal Films.

Cast

 * Joey de Leon as Batman
 * Rene Requiestas as the Joker/Jocson
 * Dawn Zulueta as Angelique Legarda
 * Vina Morales as Vina
 * Keempee de Leon as Robin/Kevin
 * Panchito as Tiyo Paenguin/Tiyo Paeng
 * Almira Muhlach as Catwoman
 * Chinkee Tan as Glasses
 * Cathy Mora
 * Ruben Rustia
 * Mon Alvir
 * Bomber Moran
 * Joaquin Fajardo
 * Yoyong Martirez
 * Rommel Valdez
 * Ernie Forte
 * Rene Hawkins
 * Danny Rojo
 * Bert Cayanan
 * Rey Solo
 * Jun de Guia
 * Ariel Villasanta
 * Nemy Gutierez
 * Enciong Reyes

Production
The film was initially an unauthorized production from Viva Films, set to be released in 1989 to capitalize on the then in-production 1989 Batman film starring Michael Keaton. Shooting lasted into June 1989, with comedians Joey de Leon and Rene Requiestas alleging that Dawn Zulueta was causing delays in the final weeks of shooting due to prioritizing her other commitments. However, Warner Bros. objected to the use of their characters' names and costumes, which resulted in production being halted a day before its completion. Despite de Leon's attempt to remedy the situation by proposing to title the film Hello Batman... How's Robin, the release of the film was still blocked for some time. The film was eventually produced and released by Regal Films in 1991, two years later than the intended 1989 release.

A sequel was planned, launching Thursday group member and popular matinee teen idol and heartthrob Hector Chua. However, those plans did not materialize.

Parodies
The "R" on the Robin costume was intentionally stylized to resemble the logo of its eventual producer, Regal Films, a rival to the film's original production company Viva Films.

Panchito's Tiyo Paenguin literally means "Uncle Paenguin", which is a portmanteau of the names "Tiyo Paeng" and "Penguin". The name is also a double entendre of the Spanish term for fellatio.

Joey de Leon imitates the mannerisms of Fernando Poe Jr. in some scenes of the film. Poe had earlier produced a similar spoof film of Batman in 1965.

Dawn Zulueta's character is based on Vicky Vale, Batman's love-interest who works as a reporter in the comics and as a photojournalist in Kim Basinger's version of the character in the 1989 film. Similarly, her name is a combination of the names of then-ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs correspondents, Angelique Lazo and Loren Legarda. Her butler, Noli Boy, on the other hand is a spoof of another ABS-CBN anchor Noli de Castro, with him often quoting the latter's signature Magandang Gabi, Bayan.

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Coronal suture

The coronal suture is a dense, fibrous connective tissue joint that separates the two parietal bones from the frontal bone of the skull.

Structure
The coronal suture lies between the paired parietal bones and the frontal bone of the skull. It runs from the pterion on each side.

Nerve supply
The coronal suture is likely supplied by a branch of the trigeminal nerve.

Development
The coronal suture is derived from the paraxial mesoderm.

Clinical significance
If certain bones of the skull grow too fast then premature fusion of the sutures, craniosynostosis, may occur. This can result in skull deformities. These deformities include:
 * Brachycephaly (both sides)
 * Plagiocephaly (one side only)
 * Oxycephaly (both sides)

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Henry Daniell

Charles Henry Pywell Daniell (5 March 1894 – 31 October 1963) was an English actor who had a long career in the United States on stage and in cinema. He came to prominence for his portrayal of villainous roles in films such as Camille (1936), The Great Dictator (1940), Holiday (1938) and The Sea Hawk (1940). Daniell was given few opportunities to play sympathetic or 'good guy' roles; an exception was his portrayal of Franz Liszt in the biographical film of Robert and Clara Schumann, Song of Love (1947). His name is sometimes spelled "Daniel".

Early life
Daniell was born in Barnes, then lived in Surrey, and was educated at St Paul's School in London and at Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk.

English stage
He made his first appearance on the stage in the provinces in 1913, and on the London stage at the Globe Theatre on 10 March 1914, in a walk on role in the revival of Edward Knoblock's Kismet. He followed it with Monna Vanna and The Sphinx.

In 1914, he joined the 2nd Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment during World War I, but was invalided out the following year after being severely wounded in combat. Thereafter, he appeared at the New Theatre in October 1915 as Police Officer Clancy in Stop Thief! and, from May 1916, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.

Broadway and early films
In April 1921, Daniell appeared at the Empire Theatre in New York City, as Prince Charles of Vaucluse in Clair de Lune, and subsequently toured for the next three years, reappearing in London at the Garrick Theatre in August 1925 as Jack Race in Cobra.

Daniell returned to Broadway in The Woman on the Jury (1923) and The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1924).

He again went to New York for the first six months of 1929, appearing at the Morosco Theatre in January as Lord Ivor Cream in Serena Blandish, returning in July to London where he played John Carlton in Secrets at the Comedy Theatre.

He again toured America in 1930–31, this time appearing on the Pacific Coast at Los Angeles as well as New York once more. He returned to London for another packed programme of stage performances, which he continued in Britain and the United States while also beginning his film career in 1929 with The Awful Truth, with leading lady Ina Claire.

He was also in Jealousy (1929) with Jeanne Eagels in her last role. He was in The Last of the Lone Wolf (1930) and returned to Broadway for Heat Wave (1931) and For Services Rendered (1933). He appeared in the West End in Walter C. Hackett's Afterwards in 1933.

Daniell returned to films in the British The Path of Glory (1934) then was back on Broadway in Kind Lady (1935).

On Broadway he was in Murder Without Crime (1943) and Lovers and Friends (1943-44) with Katherine Cornell. On Broadway, Daniell was in revivals of The Winter's Tale (1946), Lady Windermere's Fan (1946-47), and The First Mrs. Fraser (1947).

Film career, 1936–1950
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cast him in The Unguarded Hour (1936), Camille (1936) with Greta Garbo (as the Baron de Varville), Under Cover of Night (1936), The Thirteenth Chair (1937), The Firefly (1937), and Madame X (1937).

Columbia borrowed him for a role in Holiday (1938), returning to MGM for Marie Antoinette (1938), playing Nicholas de la Motte. He appeared in Yankee Fable on Broadway.

At Warner Bros., Daniell appeared in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) as Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, with Bette Davis and Errol Flynn in the leads directed by Michael Curtiz.

He followed it with We Are Not Alone (1939), All This, and Heaven Too (1940), and The Sea Hawk (1940). In the latter, directed by Curtiz, he played the treacherous Lord Wolfingham (no relation to Francis Walsingham), fighting Errol Flynn in what has been considered one of the most spectacular sword fighting duels ever filmed. When Michael Curtiz cast him in this film, Daniell initially refused the role because he could not fence. Curtiz accomplished the climactic duel through the use of shadows and over-shoulder shots, with a double fencing Flynn with ingenious inter-cutting of their faces.

Charlie Chaplin borrowed him for a part in The Great Dictator (1940) (playing Garbitsch, to sound like "garbage", a parody of Joseph Goebbels), then he returned to MGM for The Philadelphia Story (1940), and A Woman's Face (1940).

At Warner, Daniell had a role in a B movie, Dressed to Kill (1941). He did The Feminine Touch (1941) at MGM, Four Jacks and a Jill (1942) at RKO and Castle in the Desert (1942) at Fox.

Daniell appeared in the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1943) at Universal. For the studio, he was also cast in Nightmare (1942), and The Great Impersonation (1942).

Back at MGM, he was in Reunion in France (1942) then he returned to Universal for another Sherlock Holmes film, Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943). At Warner Bros., he was in Mission to Moscow (1943) playing Minister von Ribbentrop. He returned to Broadway for a revival of Hedda Gabler (1942).

He appeared in Watch on the Rhine (1943), Jane Eyre (1943), and The Suspect (1944), as Charles Laughton's blackmailing next-door neighbour.

Daniell had a lead role in The Body Snatcher (1945), with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, followed by Hotel Berlin (1945) and a third Sherlock Holmes film, The Woman in Green (1945), this time as Holmes arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty.

Daniell was King William III in Captain Kidd (1945). He had the lead in a TV version of Angel Street (1946) then was William of Pembroke in The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946) at Columbia.

Daniell appeared as composer Franz Liszt in Song of Love (1947) starring Katharine Hepburn. He was villainous in The Exile (1947), Wake of the Red Witch (1948), and Siren of Atlantis (1949). On Broadway, he appeared in That Lady (1950).

Television
Daniell appeared in more swashbucklers, The Secret of St. Ives (1949) and Buccaneer's Girl (1950), and begin appearing on television shows such as Repertory Theatre, Studio One in Hollywood, Armstrong Circle Theatre, and Lights Out. He continued to appear on stage in The Cocktail Party (1951), Remains to Be Seen (1952) and My Three Angels (1953-54).

Daniell was also in Studio 57, Schlitz Playhouse, Matinee Theatre, Kraft Theatre, Alcoa Theatre, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Playhouse 90, The Californians, Lux Playhouse, Maverick, Riverboat, and Startime (an adaptation of My Three Angels). He continued to be in demand for features such as The Sun Also Rises (1957), Les Girls (1957), The Story of Mankind (1957) (AS Pierre Cauchon), From the Earth to the Moon (1958), and the cult horror classic, The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959).

Daniell had more TV roles in Markham, The Swamp Fox, Wagon Train, Peter Gunn, Shirley Temple's Storybook, The Islanders, The Law and Mr. Jones and several episodes of Boris Karloff's TV series Thriller.

His final TV appearances were in episodes of Combat! and 77 Sunset Strip and he was on Broadway in Lord Pengo (1962-63) with Charles Boyer.

Later films
Daniell appeared in some big screen epics such as The Egyptian (1954) (directed by Curtiz), The Prodigal (1955) and Diane (1956), but was increasingly in television: Lux Video Theatre, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre, TV Reader's Digest, Producers' Showcase (an adaptation of The Barretts of Wimpole Street), and Telephone Time.

He had a rare contemporary part in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) and was in Lust for Life (1956). In 1957, he played the instructing solicitor to Charles Laughton's leading counsel barrister in Witness for the Prosecution (1957).

Daniell claimed one of his favourite roles was as Tony Curtis's supervisor in the Blake Edwards film Mister Cory (1957) at a time when his career was clearly slowing down, but he spoke some of the best and most memorable lines in the movie, "A gentleman never grabs. Manners, Mister Cory. I find them a prerequisite in any circumstance." He could also be seen in the films Madison Avenue (1961), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), The Comancheros (1961), The Notorious Landlady (1962), Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962), The Chapman Report (1962) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).

His last role was a small uncredited appearance as the British Ambassador in the 1964 film My Fair Lady directed by his old friend George Cukor. He appears in the embassy ball scene. He is seen as Eliza arrives and when introduced to her shakes her hand and says "Miss Doolittle". Later, Daniell presents Eliza to the Queen of Transylvania with the one line, "Miss Doolittle, ma'am." In the commentary on the DVD, at the moment he appears on-screen in the role, it is mentioned that the day he shot the scene was "his last day on earth", as he died from a heart attack that very evening either (reports differ) at his home, or on the set of My Fair Lady on 31 October 1963.

Personal life
Daniell married Ann Knox and, in the years following World War II, lived in Los Angeles, California. They had one child.

Author P. G. Wodehouse reported that Danniell and his wife were known to witness, and perhaps participate in, orgies in Los Angeles, remarking: "there's something rather pleasantly domestic about a husband and wife sitting side by side with their eyes glued to peepholes."

Death
An obituary distributed by United Press International and datelined Hollywood reported, "Daniell was stricken yesterday from Halloween day at his home in nearby Santa Monica a few hours before he was due to report on the set of the film version of My Fair Lady at Warner Bros. studio." He died of a myocardial infarction.

Filmography

 * The Awful Truth (1929) as Norman Warriner (film debut)
 * Jealousy (1929) as Clement
 * The Path of Glory (1934) as King Maximillian
 * The Unguarded Hour (1936) as Hugh Lewis
 * Camille (1936) as Baron de Varville
 * Under Cover of Night (1937) as Marvin Griswald
 * The Thirteenth Chair (1937) as John Wales
 * The Firefly (1937) as General Savary
 * Madame X (1937) as Lerocle
 * Holiday (1938) as Seton Cram
 * Marie Antoinette (1938) as La Motte
 * The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) as Sir Robert Cecil
 * We Are Not Alone (1939) as Sir Ronald Dawson
 * The Sea Hawk (1940) as Lord Wolfingham
 * All This, and Heaven Too (1940) as Broussais
 * The Great Dictator (1940) as Garbitsch
 * The Philadelphia Story (1940) as Sidney Kidd
 * A Woman's Face (1941) as Public Prosecutor
 * Dressed to Kill (1941) as Julian Davis
 * The Feminine Touch (1941) as Shelley Mason
 * Four Jacks and a Jill (1942) as Bobo
 * Castle in the Desert (1942) as Watson King
 * The Voice of Terror (1942) as Anthony Lloyd
 * Nightmare (1942) as Capt. Stafford
 * The Great Impersonation (1942) as Frederick Seamon
 * Reunion in France (1942) as Emile Fleuron
 * Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) as William Easter
 * Mission to Moscow (1943) as Minister von Ribbentrop
 * Watch on the Rhine (1943) as Phili Von Ramme
 * Jane Eyre (1943) as Henry Brocklehurst
 * The Suspect (1944) as Mr. Simmons
 * The Body Snatcher (1945) as Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane
 * Hotel Berlin (1945) as Baron Von Stetten
 * The Woman in Green (1945) as Moriarty
 * Captain Kidd (1945) as King William III
 * The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946) as The Regent - William of Pembroke
 * Song of Love (1947) as Franz Liszt
 * The Exile (1947) as Colonel Ingram
 * Wake of the Red Witch (1948) as Jacques Desaix
 * Siren of Atlantis (1949) as Blades
 * The Secret of St. Ives (1949) as Maj. Edward Chevenish
 * Buccaneer's Girl (1950) as Capt. Duval
 * The Egyptian (1954) as Mekere
 * The Prodigal (1955) as Ramadi
 * Diane (1956) as Gondi
 * The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) as Bill Ogden
 * Lust for Life (1956) as Theodorus Van Gogh
 * Mister Cory (1957) as Mr. Earnshaw
 * The Sun Also Rises (1957) as Doctor
 * Les Girls (1957) as Judge
 * The Story of Mankind (1957) as Bishop Cauchon
 * Witness for the Prosecution (1957) as Mayhew
 * From the Earth to the Moon (1958) as Morgana
 * Maverick (1959, TV) as Rene St. Cloud
 * The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) as Dr. Emil Zurich
 * The Magical World of Disney (1960, TV) as Colonel Townes
 * Wagon Train (1960, TV) as Mr. Morton W. Snipple/Sir Alexander Drew
 * Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960, TV) as Sir Oliver
 * Madison Avenue (1961) as Stipe
 * The Law and Mr. Jones (1961, TV) as Isaac Beckett
 * Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) as Dr. Zucco
 * Thriller (1960-1961, TV) as Various Roles
 * The Comancheros (1961) as Gireaux
 * The Notorious Landlady (1962) as Stranger
 * Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) as Sheik Ageiba
 * The Chapman Report (1962) as Dr. Jonas
 * Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) as Court-martial judge (uncredited)
 * My Fair Lady (1964) as Ambassador (final film, uncredited)

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User talk:Ral315/Archive 6

Thanks for your support on my RfA!
Thanks for your support of my adminship!! I was surprised at the turnout and support I got! If you ever have any issues with any of my actions, please notify me on my talk page! Thanks again! Although I'm more a fan of Vanilla Pepsi myself, LOL! Ryan Norton T 03:16, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Congrats!!!
You are now a mediator. I have to go to sleep now... more tomorrow! R e  dwolf24  (talk—How's my driving?) 04:11, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Welcome aboard!
Welcome aboard the Mediation Committee, Ral315! I look forward to working with you as a mediator. Also, I would suggest you add your email to the mediation mailing list; there's been some recent discussion there. Congrats! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | WS 13:39, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, that's where to go. R  e  dwolf24  (talk—How's my driving?) 22:33, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your congratulations; I'll do my best to be fair and effective. I haven't yet decided whether I will run: depends on how the next few weeks go. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 17:20, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Meta
If you have a chance, take a look at my request on Meta. Note, this is an invitation to look, not a solicitation, per say. :) ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  00:15, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Esperanza Spam
Hello Esperanzians! A few announcements.

The Advisory Committee election results are in. In tranch A are Acetic Acid and Flcelloguy. In tranch B are Ryan Norton and Bratsche.

My other annoouncement is that our founder, JCarriker, has founded Esperanza's sister project, Wikipediology. I have written two essays here (my name is Matt Binder). My essays are under Teenage Wikipedians and Anon Editors.

On behalf of myself and Jay Carriker and the other wikipediologists, I would appreciate it if you were to join.

Cheers Esperanza! R e  dwolf24  (talk—How's my driving?) 23:45, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Adminship
You voted against my sysop right until I made my e-mail accesable. Jost noting that I have done that today. Thank you for your comments. Voice of All  @ ''' 15:58, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Signpost
Ral315, I'm running a bit behind and my Signpost submissions will be a bit late. Just giving you a heads up; I hopefully should have them done before you log in again. :-) Thanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | WS 23:57, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for re-formatting and finishing my article. I apologize; I've been busy and really had to do something else. Thanks again! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | WS 20:51, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks.
Thanks for speedy delete on the Brian Peppers article. It bothered me to see WP used for peddling low level stuff like that. This is an encyclopedia, not a gossip column.—Gaff talk  07:59, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Hermione1980's RfA
Thank you for your support on my RfA; I really appreciate it! I will do my best to live up to the trust you've shown in me. Thanks, H e rmione1980 23:37, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Signpost
No prob, glad to help. I'll do my best to be as NPOV on the AFD/RFA side of things as possible, even though I can stir up things in there time to time ;-) I'll reset the slate for the new week now unless you have any objections. Karmafist 20:58, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Not a problem, I guess I could do admins, but i'm not very interested in FA right now, and really, I might as well not do anything. I thought things would be different on here than the "Journalists must not live in the same world as they people they report on" philosophy I found at most newspapers I worked at had. Ultimately though, it's not a huge deal because it seemed like an AFD column would be alot of statistical work beyond my ken(since I don't know how to make bots.), and I don't have a desire to fight for it because of that.
 * If you have another name for that "Users to Watch" page, let me know and i'll change the name, but i'm going to keep the content. Karmafist 15:20, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
 * No prob, I assumed that WP:NPOV was just for article space, but no biggie. You never know, having a column in there some day may be an interesting change of pace. I'll still write the article on the Esperanza Election though. Karmafist 21:53, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Skyring return?
Cripes, mate, but I wasn't aware that I'd ever left!

--Pete

Thanks
Ral, thanks for your support on my RFA. I very much appreciate it. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask. See you around! —thames 18:30, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

210.0.177.84
I have blocked User:210.0.177.84 until July 15 2006 for more vandalism, I know it's the first one in several days but considering the history I feel that this is warranted. Jtkiefer T - 01:29, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Copyvio at Ivan Kotlyarevsky
Just to let you know, you protected the version with the copyvio instead of the one without it. --Irpen 22:55, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Testing new signature.
Ral315 (talk) 00:48, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Timwi
could you post the -now deleted- content to my page? For me it is really bad. An admin abuses his admin rights and does not say sorry for this nor says he won't do so in the future. 48 h for admin right abuse - with an admin not regarding the abuse a mistake - it is really bad. But I see Admins help Admins. Nobody but Lomn cares about the abuse, but the RfC is deleted quite fast. Timwi can run around with abusing his powers and be happy it it not filed.

But he should not: I started User:Tobias Conradi/Admin right abuse and it woul d be helpfull if you could post the stuff that you recently deleted. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 03:56, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

I do not want it permanantly undeleted, I just want a copy of it. If I would have known that it would get deleted I would have copied it myself. What's your problem with giving a copy of it? If you say I can go to Vf undeletion than it seems to be allowed. So, why involve dozens more people in this? Tobias Conradi (Talk) 15:56, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Can you tell why you don't want to do it and get dozens others involved? thanks. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 16:54, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Transcluded?
What does "transcluded template" mean? 20:29, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Is that really so bad? :/ I've seen other admins doing it. But I will fix. 20:35, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Meeting My Deadline
Here Ya Go, Chief. In the real world i'm a professional at this(albeit an out of work professional), and professionals write the stories by their deadlines. Whatever happens after that is the editors' job. Hey, I got an idea regarding the AFD thing before. Maybe it could just be "x articles went to AFD this week, x were deleted, x were kept, x were no consensus, etc. If that's what you meant before, sorry for the misunderstanding.Karmafist 00:59, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Question
Sorry about not understanding the protocol, chief. I'm still in real world newsroom mode, not wiki-news room. Anyway, I was curious as to the election template being removed. Was it just a style thing? It wasn't a big deal in either case, but I thought it added some depth. I also was curious about the total potential vote count. I think we both screwed up, I added an inconspicuous link to the final membership list before the freeze here on the article, but I also thought it would also add some depth to how few people actively participated, i'm going to check the members voting at all right now. I agree with the Homer Simpson removal though, I suppose the world just isn't ready for Post Modern Journalism -- journalists getting in the middle of the story and then trying to objectively report on those actions from the outside, just look at how much Geraldo Rivera sucks. I suppose my dream of becoming a periodical version of Hunter S. Thompson will be accepted someday. Until then i'm applying here, at least for now. I heard they're hiring. Please feel free to send me more assignments, that was fun. Karmafist 18:51, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Explanation
All three of those people opted out of voting voluntarily, there was no rule anywhere saying they couldn't. Check here. I'll change the story now to clarify this. Also, you didn't answer my question on the election template.Karmafist 20:14, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

That's Fine
Overlooked it, since the Charter, like most rules on Wikipedia, are generally ignored unless there are issues. Essjay clarified on the Election page anyway at the link above because of this. Good luck at Signpost. Karmafist 20:48, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Boothy
I have responded to comments from other users in regards to the Pikachu image on my talk page. Just wanted to let you know. Best regards, Ëvilphoenix Burn! 04:33, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

The Signpost
Ral315, I read the newsroom suggestion about having "letters to the editor", and that made me think. First, I think that having a "letters to the editor" section is a great idea, though we would have to make sure all letters are expressing opinion, not just using this as an annoucement board. In other words, letters would be semi-editorials; this wouldn't be a news bulletin. It would be similar to the "Reader views" section on most newspapers. That made me think - is there any way to let people submit opinions anonymously, or just have them confidential so rejected submissions don't have to be read? And then it hit me: email. I've gone ahead and registered wikipediasignpost AT gmail DOT com, and I'll send you the password if you think this is a good idea. Having an email account can also be useful for other things as well: we could offer the Signpost via email; I'm sure many editors would appreciate that. Finally, suggestions and tips can also be sent to the email address, making our work more efficient and making it easier to contact us. Let me know what you think, and I'll send you the password either way. Thanks a lot! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | WS 21:03, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

P.S. Just a heads up that we might have to change around some of the ArbCom series given Jimbo's changes; some of the currently scheduled articles probably wouldn't fit under the reformed system. What do you think? Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | WS 21:06, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Good to know :-)
I want to see it on there! I did lots of work on that one... hey :-) Ta bu shi da yu 07:06, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

the wub's RfA== ==

Heh, how long did I have you fooled? :-) Thanks for your support. BTW The Signpost is looking great at the moment. I hope to be writing a couple of one off articles for it in a while but I don't think I'll be able to write a regular beat thanks to real life pressures. the wub  "?!"  13:20, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Titoxd's RfA
Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. I never thought I would get so much support! Thanks to your help, my nomination was the 10th most supported RfA in Wikipedia history. Now, please keep an eye out on me while I learn the new tools, ok? Thanks again! Tito xd (?!?) 17:25, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Signpost News and Notes
Sorry about missing this week's bit -- more family medical issues. I haven't been near the computer since Friday or I'd have let you know I wasn't going to make it. Should be able to do next week; I'm trying to do build the list of citations and such during the week so it doesn't take long on Sundays to finish it up. Again, my apologies, and thanks for the good work. — Catherine\talk 18:29, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Requests for arbitration/Template/Workshop
You, or any Wikipedia user, can contribute your suggestions and comments to the /Workshop page of any active arbitration case. Comments on evidence or proposals can help in understanding the import of evidence and in refining proposals. Proposed principles, findings of fact, or remedies may be listed on /Proposed decision and form part of the final decision. Fred Bauder 14:46, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Re:Signpost
Thanks. I'm afraid that our series will potentially have to be adjusted if Jimbo's proposed changes do occur; we might have to shift things around and maybe come up with a few alternative topics. For example, a piece on the decided voting method might not be all that appropriate if it turns into "confirmations", though I'm sure I could scrap up something on that. :-) I guess we'll have to see what happens this week. Regarding email, did you get the password I sent to you? First time I've used "email this user" (and the message didn't get placed in my sent mail), so I'm not sure it got sent. (Though I probably should have just looked on the mediation mailing list for your address... :-)) If you need me to do anything at all, just let me know. THanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | WS 22:27, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Price-Anderson Act
I sent you an email. Read it. :) --Woohookitty(cat scratches) 05:02, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Ral, you shouldn't be the last to know so I'm advising you of a "situation". Ben has responded to a draft RfC Woohookitty was preparing against him (see ).  Ben also filed two RfCs of his own, one of which was deleted by Dmcdevit. Simesa 04:38, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

WP:MC
Unsure, I'm basically just there at the behest of Redwolf24, who I respect alot. My main goal right now should be preparing for Linuxbeak's rfar of Pigs. He's been incredibly obnoxious in trying to discredit me everywhere I go despite the fact that nobody has agreed with his assessments so far and my attempts to help him over the past week or so, and in that time he's been involved in three revert wars, and very likely will be involved in several more if restrictions aren't placed upon him. Karmafist 16:50, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

RfM
Questions answered(metiation comittee).Voice of All  Talk 22:18, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Signpost
My apologies, I think I'll have to wait a week, I have a terrible headache and I'm not feeling too wiki-happy, so I wanna be in a better mood when I write it up. Procrastinators convention is this Saturday btw. R e  dwolf24  (talk) 06:52, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Sorry
You can go back to the IRC room if you'd like. I left. --Woohookitty(cat scratches) 07:35, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I feel bad about it. I had a disconnect and forgot you are mediating P-A for a bit. I'm now dealing with someone who might be more stubborn than Ben on a different article. I don't know why I keep getting into this stuff. --Woohookitty(cat scratches) 07:49, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Poke!
I'm poking you in IRC, respond please... R e  dwolf24  (talk) 08:26, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

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Finland men's national basketball team

The Finland men's national basketball team (Suomen koripallomaajoukkue, Finlands herrlandslag i basket) represents Finland in international basketball competition. The national team is governed by Basketball Finland.

Finland has played in 17 EuroBasket tournaments, with their best finish coming in sixth place at EuroBasket 1967, on home soil. Finland has appeared at the Olympic Games twice, in 1952 as hosts, and 1964. Finland has also qualified for the FIBA World Cup twice, in 2014 and 2023.

Since 2011, Finland has had the highest FIBA World Ranking among Nordic countries.

Early years
The Finnish Basketball Association was founded in February 1939. A few months earlier the Finnish Football Federation had decided to add basketball to its own repertoire. Finland first competed at the European championship at its third installment, the EuroBasket 1939. In the round-robin, they initially struggled and lost to each of the other seven teams and finished with a 70–541 overall point differential.

1950s
Finland's next European competition was 12 years later, at the EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. Overall, they fared much better and split their four preliminary round games and finished at third place in the group at 2–2 but were eliminated from championship contention. They had success after that, winning all three of their classification round 1 games and both round 2 games to finish in 9th place of the 18 teams.

In 1952, by virtue of hosting the games in Helsinki, Finland played at the Summer Olympics for the first time. The national team finished at the bottom of Group B in the preliminary round losing all of its game to the Soviet Union, Bulgaria and Mexico, and failing to advance.

Finland used this international experience when they competed again at the EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow. In the preliminary round, they finished with 1 win and 3 losses for 4th place of the 5 teams in the group. They fared significantly better in the first classification round, winning 3 and losing only 1 to finish in the middle of a three-way tie in the group. They lost both the 9–12 and 11/12 classification games, however, taking 12th place of 17 overall.

At the next event, Finland had some difficulty in the preliminary round of EuroBasket 1955. They lost all three early games in Budapest and were relegated to the classification round. Once again, not faced with the world elite opponents anymore, the Fins shone in the classification round and won all four of the pool play games. They won their classification 9–12 match as well, but lost to France in the 9/10 final to finish 10th of 18 in the tournament.

In Sofia, at the EuroBasket 1957, the Finns finished third in their preliminary group after going 1–2. They moved to the 9–16 classification pool and won five games there with only one loss. They took 11th place overall in the tournament.

Modern era
At the EuroBasket 1995 in Greece, was Finland's first qualification to the top European basketball tournament since 1977. The national team did not fair too well at the event though. As they were routed in their first match against Russia 126–74, and ultimately led to them finishing with an 0–6 record (13th place) and were eliminated.

Finland qualified for the EuroBasket 2011. The tournament berth was the first for Finland in 16 years. There they finished third out of six teams in EuroBasket 2011 Group C and defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 92–64 and Montenegro 71–65. This allowed them to they qualify for the EuroBasket 2011 Group F. In their first match they were easily defeated by Russia but afterwards they defeated Georgia, before losing to Slovenia in their final match of the tournament. Despite not making it to the best of 8 tournament, Finland ended up making it to their first ever FIBA World Cup as a wild card team alongside Greece, Turkey, and Brazil.

Participated in other competitions

 * FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup: (2018)
 * Adecco Cup: (2015)
 * Friendship Games: (1984)

Current roster
Roster for the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Notable players
Current notable players from Finland who have recently played for the national team:

Head coach position
• 🇪🇪 Alois Suurna – (1939)

• 🇫🇮 Keijo Viianen – (1950)

• 🇫🇮 Eino Ojanen – (1951–1952)

• 🇫🇮 Matti Simola – (1952)

• 🇫🇮 Eino Ojanen – (1953–1955)

• 🇫🇮 Kalevi Tuominen – (1955–1969)

• 🇺🇸/🇫🇮 Robert Petersen – (1969–1972)

• 🇫🇮 Kauko Jämsén – (1972–1973)

• 🇺🇸/🇫🇮 Robert Petersen – (1977)

• 🇫🇮 Kari Liimo – (1982–1984)

• 🇫🇮 Eero Saarinen – (1984–1991)

• 🇫🇮 Henrik Dettmann – (1992–1997)

• 🇺🇸 Aaron McCarthy – (1997–2001)

• 🇫🇮 Ari Tammivaara – (2001–2003)

• 🇫🇮 Tomi Kaminen – (2005)

• 🇫🇮 Pekka Salminen – (2008)

• 🇫🇮 Henrik Dettmann – (2004–2022)

• 🇫🇮 Lassi Tuovi – (2022–present)

Past rosters
1939 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 8 teams

3 Martti Salminen, 4 Kalevi Ihalainen, 5 Ilkka Törrönen, 6 Erkki Saurala, 8 Pentti Vuollekoski, 9 Pauli Sarkkula, 10 Heinonen, 11 Erkki Lindén, 12 Vladi Marmo, 13 Reino Valtonen, 14 Alo Suurna (Coach: Alois Suurna)

1951 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 17 teams

3 Oiva Virtanen, 4 Raimo Lindholm, 5 Juhani Kyöstilä, 6 Timo Suviranta, 7 Pentti Laaksonen, 8 Raine Nuutinen, 9 Kalevi Sylander, 11 Arto Koivisto, 12 Pertti Mutru, 13 Kalevi Heinänen, 14 Kaj Gustafsson, 15 Olli Arppe, 16 Allan Pietarinen, 17 Tapio Pöyhönen (Coach: Eino Ojanen)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 15th among 23 teams

3 Juhani Kyöstilä, 4 Raine Nuutinen, 5 Raimo Lindholm, 6 Timo Suviranta, 7 Kalevi Heinänen, 8 Pentti Laaksonen, 9 Oiva Virtanen, 10 Esko Karhunen, 11 Eero Salonen, 12 Pertti Mutru, 13 Tapio Pöyhönen (Coach: Matti Simola)

1953 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 17 teams

3 Timo Lampen, 4 Raine Nuutinen, 5 Raimo Lindholm, 6 Timo Suviranta, 7 Keijo Hynninen, 8 Kalevi Heinänen, 9 Pentti Laaksonen, 10 Oiva Virtanen, 11 Eero Salonen, 12 Kaj Gustafsson, 13 Pertti Mutru, 14 Allan Pietarinen (Coach: Eino Ojanen)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 18 teams

3 Timo Lampén, 4 Raine Nuutinen, 5 Raimo Lindholm, 6 Timo Suviranta, 7 Kalevi Heinänen, 8 Oiva Virtanen, 9 Eero Salonen, 10 Kalevi Sylander, 11 Taisto Ravantti, 12 Seppo Kuusela, 13 Asko Jokinen, 14 Pertti Mutru, 15 Kalevi Tuominen (Coach: Eino Ojanen)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

3 Timo Lampén, 4 Raine Nuutinen, 5 Raimo Lindholm, 6 Timo Suviranta, 7 Arvo Jantunen, 8 Paavo Suhonen, 9 Juhani Kala, 10 Seppo Kuusela, 11 Kalevi Sylander, 12 Eero Salonen, 13 Pertti Mutru, 14 Arto Koivisto (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 17 teams

3 Matti Köli, 4 Timo Lampén, 5 Pentti Palkoaho, 6 Matti Nenonen, 7 Raine Nuutinen, 8 Raimo Lindholm, 9 Arvo Jantunen, 10 Kyösti Rousti, 11 Juhani Kala, 12 Seppo Kuusela, 13 Eero Salonen, 14 Raimo Vartia (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 19 teams

4 Uolevi Manninen, 5 Kari Liimo, 6 Timo Lampén, 7 Pertti Laanti, 8 Lauri Nurma, 9 Martti Liimo, 10 Tony Bärlund, 11 Raimo Lindholm, 12 Rauno Ailus, 13 Arvo Jantunen, 14 Seppo Kuusela, 15 Raimo Vartia (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

4 Uolevi Manninen, 5 Kari Liimo, 6 Timo Lampén, 7 Pertti Laanti, 8 Martti Liimo, 9 Juha Harjula, 10 Antero Siljola, 11 Rauno Ailus, 12 Kauko Kauppinen, 13 Jorma Pilkevaara, 14 Seppo Kuusela, 15 Raimo Vartia (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Uolevi Manninen, 5 Kari Liimo, 6 Timo Lampén, 7 Pertti Laanti, 8 Martti Liimo, 9 Raimo Lindholm, 10 Juha Harjula, 11 Risto Kala, 12 Kauko Kauppinen, 13 Jorma Pilkevaara, 14 Teijo Finneman, 15 Raimo Vartia (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 16 teams

4 Uolevi Manninen, 5 Kari Liimo, 6 Timo Lampén, 7 Pertti Laanti, 8 Martti Liimo, 9 Kari Lahti, 10 Hannu Paananen, 11 Jorma Pilkevaara, 12 Kari Rönnholm, 13 Lars Karell, 14 Teijo Finneman, 15 Jyrki Immonen (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

4 Veikko Vainio, 5 Kari Liimo, 6 Uolevi Manninen, 7 Pertti Laanti, 8 Martti Liimo, 9 Kari Lahti, 10 Kari Rönnholm, 11 Lars Karell, 12 Jorma Pilkevaara, 13 Olavi Ahonen, 14 Teijo Finneman, 15 Jyrki Immonen (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1977 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 12 teams

4 Kalevi Sarkalahti 5 Heikki Kasko, 6 Tapio Sten, 7 Heikki Taponen, 8 Antti Zitting, 9 Risto Lignell, 10 Raimo Mäntynen, 11 Anssi Rauramo, 12 Mikko Koskinen, 13 Klaus Mahlamäki, 14 Jarmo Laitinen, 15 Erkki Saaristo (Coach: Robert Petersen)

1995 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 14 teams

4 Martti Kuisma, 5 Hanno Möttölä, 6 Pekka Markkanen, 7 Sakari Pehkonen, 8 Jarkko Tuomala, 9 Markku Larkio, 10 Riku Marttinen, 11 Mika-Matti Tahvanainen, 12 Juha Luhtanen, 13 Jyri Lehtonen, 14 Kari-Pekka Klinga, 15 Petri-Mikael Niiranen (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 24 teams

4 Mikko Koivisto, 5 Antti Nikkilä, 6 Kimmo Muurinen, 7 Shawn Huff, 8 Gerald Lee, 9 Sasu Salin, 10 Tuukka Kotti, 11 Petteri Koponen, 12 Vesa Mäkäläinen, 13 Hanno Möttölä (C), 14 Petri Virtanen, 15 Teemu Rannikko (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 24 teams

4 Mikko Koivisto, 5 Antti Nikkilä, 6 Kimmo Muurinen, 7 Shawn Huff, 8 Gerald Lee, 9 Sasu Salin, 10 Tuukka Kotti, 11 Petteri Koponen, 12 Samuel Haanpää, 13 Hanno Möttölä (C), 14 Roope Ahonen, 15 Teemu Rannikko (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)

2014 FIBA World Cup: finished 22nd among 24 teams

4 Mikko Koivisto, 5 Erik Murphy, 6 Kimmo Muurinen, 7 Shawn Huff, 8 Gerald Lee, 9 Sasu Salin, 10 Tuukka Kotti, 11 Petteri Koponen, 12 Matti Nuutinen, 13 Hanno Möttölä (C), 14 Antero Lehto, 15 Teemu Rannikko (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)

2015 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 24 teams

4 Mikko Koivisto, 7 Shawn Huff (C), 8 Gerald Lee, 9 Sasu Salin, 10 Tuukka Kotti, 11 Petteri Koponen, 12 Matti Nuutinen, 21 Ville Kaunisto, 24 Joonas Cavén, 30 Roope Ahonen, 31 Jamar Wilson, 33 Erik Murphy (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 24 teams

4 Mikko Koivisto, 7 Shawn Huff (C), 8 Gerald Lee, 9 Sasu Salin, 10 Tuukka Kotti, 11 Petteri Koponen, 12 Matti Nuutinen, 15 Teemu Rannikko, 22 Carl Lindbom, 23 Lauri Markkanen, 31 Jamar Wilson, 33 Erik Murphy (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)

2022 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 24 teams

1 Miro Little, 7 Shawn Huff (C), 9 Sasu Salin, 11 Petteri Koponen, 14 Henri Kantonen, 18 Mikael Jantunen, 19 Elias Valtonen, 20 Alexander Madsen, 21 Edon Maxhuni, 23 Lauri Markkanen, 35 Ilari Seppälä, 41 Topias Palmi (Coach: Lassi Tuovi)

2023 FIBA World Cup: finished 21st among 32 teams

1 Miro Little, 5 Alex Murphy, 9 Sasu Salin (C), 13 Olivier Nkamhoua, 14 Henri Kantonen, 18 Mikael Jantunen, 19 Elias Valtonen, 20 Alexander Madsen, 21 Edon Maxhuni, 23 Lauri Markkanen, 34 Jacob Grandison, 35 Ilari Seppälä (Coach: Lassi Tuovi)

Manufacturer

 * Spalding
 * Li-ning
 * Adidas
 * Avia
 * Craft

Sponsor

 * Finnair
 * Nokia
 * Pirkka
 * Vantaan Energia
 * Microsoft
 * PostNord

Videos

 * Finland – Tournament Highlights – 2014 FIBA World Cup Youtube.com video

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Culture in Boston

The culture of Boston, Massachusetts, shares many roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the Eastern New England accent popularly known as Boston English. The city has its own unique slang, which has existed for many years. Boston was, and is still, a major destination of Irish immigrants. Irish Americans are a major influence on Boston's politics and religious institutions and consequently on the rest of Massachusetts.

Many consider Boston a highly cultured city, perhaps as a result of its intellectual reputation. Mark Twain once wrote of it, "In New York, they ask, 'How much money does he have?' In Philadelphia, they ask, 'Who were his parents?' In Boston they ask, 'How much does he know?'" Much of Boston's culture originates at its universities.

Performing arts
The Washington Street Theatre District, south of Boston Common, contains a number of ornate theatres, including the Boston Opera House, the Cutler Majestic Theatre and The Citi Performing Arts Center. The most prominent professional theater companies are located at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge and at the Huntington Theatre, but small companies and theaters are scattered throughout the city, including at the Boston Center for the Arts and the Calderwood Pavilion in Boston's South End. The Boston Ballet is a world-renowned classical dance company. Street performers can be found in and around Quincy Market near Faneuil Hall. Every summer, the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company offers open-air performances free to the public on the Boston Common.

Boston is also home to a wide array of music - from bands like Boston and Aerosmith - to the world-renowned Boston Symphony Orchestra, the famed Boston Pops, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, the Boston Philharmonic, the Boston Chamber Music Society, Boston Lyric Opera Company, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Opera Boston, the Celebrity Series of Boston and the Handel and Haydn Society (one of the oldest choral company in the US). Major venues include Jordan Hall, Symphony Hall, and the Berklee Performance Center, as well as venues at each of the colleges and universities. Several important music schools are located in Boston, including the New England Conservatory for classical and jazz music, the Boston Conservatory for classical music, dance, and musical theater, and the Berklee College of Music for jazz and a variety of contemporary music styles. Every two years, the city hosts the Boston Early Music Festival, an international gathering for people interested in historical music performance.

Pop music manager Maurice Starr launched the careers of popular 1980s boybands New Edition and New Kids on the Block, both of whom were based in Boston.

There are also countless lesser known local musicians, thanks to a thriving underground music scene. In contrast to what might be considered the more "refined" aspects of Boston's culture, the city is also one of the birthplaces of hardcore punk. Boston had one of the leading local ska-punk scenes in the ska revival of the mid-1990s with bands like The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Allstonians, and Skavoovie and the Epitones. The punk rock group Dropkick Murphys have had ties to both Boston professional sports teams, particularly the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins, and their music has appeared in some films early in the 21st century.

Boston was also the center of a thriving and influential indie rock, college rock, post-punk and new wave scenes throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including bands like The Cars, Pixies, 'Til Tuesday, Throwing Muses, Scruffy the Cat, Mission of Burma, The Lemonheads, Human Sexual Response, Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi, Helium, The Pernice Brothers and Swirlies. Bands formed and located in the western part of Massachusetts in the college towns of Amherst and Northampton also had a major impact on the Boston music scene: important bands from western Massachusetts include Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr., Buffalo Tom, and many others.

Boston is also known for its Hip Hop scene. Many rappers such as Guru of the rap duo Gang Starr, Big Shug, ED O.G. & Da Bulldogs, Mr. Lif, The Perceptionists, Benzino, 7L & Esoteric, Bia (rapper) and Special Teamz made this city famous for its urban music.

Actress and Latin pop singer Sasha Sokol relocated to Boston after leaving Timbiriche in the mid-1980s. Sokol recorded her solo debut album while still residing in Boston, only to return to Mexico City in order to do television work. Sasha remains the only Latin pop act to have been based in Boston.

Current music venues support a diverse array of live music throughout Boston. Venues support local bands, and showcase national touring acts. Clubs include The Middle East, T.T. the Bears, P.A.'s Lounge, Great Scott, and The Paradise (a larger venue). This scene is supported by local press including The Boston Phoenix and the Weekly Dig, musicians from local colleges including Berklee College of Music, and more recently Boston-based weblogs and podcasts such as Band in Boston Podcast.

Visual arts
Museums dedicated to visual art in the Boston area include the Museum of Fine Arts, the National Center of Afro-American Artists, the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Notable art museums and galleries are associated with Harvard University, Boston University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston College, Brandeis University, Tufts University, Wellesley College, MassArt, and other schools.

Numerous art galleries are located on Newbury Street, in the South End and in the Fort Point Channel area. Some of the most influential and longest running galleries in these areas include the Bernard Toale Gallery, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Howard Yezerski Gallery. The Boston Sculptors Gallery is one of only a handful of cooperative sculpture galleries in the country. The Boston Art Dealers Association sponsors artist talks, panels and awards ceremonies on a seasonal basis.

The Boston Cyberarts Gallery (formerly Axiom Center for New and Experimental Media) is one of several venues showing cutting-edge "high tech" and experimental artworks. The Boston Cyberarts Festival, a biennial area-wide celebration of the intersection of art and technology, ran from 1999 to 2011. The periodic Festival has been replaced by year-round programs, as described on their website.

In addition, the Boston Public Library (BPL) and the Boston Athenæum each have large collections of art, books, and research materials, and regularly host cultural events and exhibits. The BPL collects and exhibits drawings by living Boston artists, and the Athenæum hosts annual shows by member artists.

The Penny Arcade Expo, or PAX East convention is also held here every year in March. This event is known as one of the largest gatherings of gamers and exhibiting studios, next to other major events like the Game Developers Conference. Growing exponentially with each annual iteration, the expo is well known to many in the gaming industry, and continues to draw crowds every year to the Boston Convention Center.

Events
Several major events occur annually in Boston. One of the best-known is the Boston Marathon, one of the oldest and most prestigious marathon races in the world. Taking place on the third Monday in April, the Marathon attracts professional runners from all over the world, and hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents gather to watch and cheer on the runners, who range from first-time participants to well-known athletes.

Boston was also the first major city to host the annual First Night festival, which occurs during New Year's Eve. It is a major arts and activity festival which attracts over 1.5 million people. Started in 1976, it has since been emulated in other cities worldwide. The Saint Patrick's Day Parade occurs in March and is popular with the city's large Irish population.

The Boston LBGT Pride parade and festival attracts approximately 400,000 participants each June. The Boston Globe Jazz and Blues Festival also takes place each June, and the Boston Early Music Festival takes place every odd-numbered year. During the summer, there are musical performances at the Leader Bank Pavilion on the South Boston waterfront. Also during the summer is Harborfest, a week-long festival celebrating American independence. Independence Day itself (the Fourth of July) is celebrated on the Charles River Esplanade; sunbathers and a flotilla of boats move in during the day, followed by fireworks after dark accompanied by classical and patriotic music performed by the Boston Pops.

The Boston Film Festival is held annually in early September. Also, on the weekend following Labor Day, the boutiques on Newbury Street close as over thirty art galleries spill out onto the street, providing access to their contents during Art Newbury Street.

Every year from June to September, celebrations honoring several Roman Catholic saints are held in the streets of Boston's North End. These celebrations, or feasts, include Italian foods, religious services, parades, festivities, games, and live music and entertainment. The largest celebration of the year is the Feast of Saint Anthony in August.

In October, the Boston Book Festival takes over Copley Square for a day attracting around 32,000 attendees. This free annual event promotes a culture of reading and ideas and enhances the vibrancy of our city with author keynotes, panels, live music, and activities for all ages. Coming Summer 2015, the Boston Book Festival will launch Hubbub, its first festival just for kids. Programming includes author appearances, music, storytelling, creative workshops, puppets, and yoga/dance classes.

Food
Cuisine in Boston is similar to the rest of New England cuisine, in that it has a large emphasis on seafood and dairy products. Its best-known dishes are New England clam chowder, fish and chips (usually with cod or scrod), Boston baked beans, lobsters, steamed clams, and fried clams.

Boston has many restaurants, including those serving various ethnic cuisines. Since the 1980s Boston has been undergoing an unexpected Renaissance in its culinary life, spearheaded by chefs of national stature such as Jasper White, Ming Tsai, and Todd English. Their respective restaurants, Summer Shack, Blue Ginger, and Olives have greatly enhanced foodie options in Boston. The influence of Julia Child, a long-time Cambridge resident and PBS TV star, lives on as well.

The Union Oyster House is the oldest operating restaurant in the United States. Their menu includes oysters on the half-shell served straight from an oyster bar, New England clam chowder, and other seafood dishes. Quincy Market, part of Faneuil Hall Marketplace, has a variety of restaurants and food shops. Nearby Cheers is a popular tourist dining spot.

Boston's Chinatown has a variety of Asian restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores, and medicinal herb and spice vendors. In addition to dim sum and other Chinese dining styles, there are Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Thai restaurants in the neighborhood.

The North End has a variety of Italian restaurants, pizzerias, and bakeries and is well known as Boston's "Little Italy." A favorite spot bringing in tourists is Mike's Pastry, located on Hanover Street and is extremely popular for its cannolis. Newbury Street has many ethnic street cafes, while Copley Place houses a multitude of restaurants, also the home of Legal Sea Foods, a New England institution that offers gourmet seafood dishes.

For decades, Boston has a hosted a two-day-a-week open-air market known as Haymarket. Haymarket vendors sell fresh fruit, vegetables, and fish. Meat, cheese, and other food can be purchased in adjacent permanent stores. In addition to so-called "winter farmers markets", other more seasonal farmer's markets are held in locations around Boston and its suburbs.

Boston has a strong local food scene, gathering from the bountiful resources and agriculture in New England. Boston has over 27 open air farmers markets and a handful of active winter markets, find them at BostonFarmersMarkets.org. The Boston Local Food Festival also attracts a scene and is a good resource to taste the local wares every September, attracting 25,000 attendees.

Black culture
Black culture in Boston is very colorful. Blue Hill Avenue runs through Mattapan, Dorchester, and Roxbury. The three neighborhoods have a large community of African American people. The Avenue is home to many hair and nail salons, as well as Chinese, Caribbean, and soul food restaurants. There are numerous community centers, like the Mattahunt, in Mattapan. The Mattahunt is an elementary school with after-school and summer camp programs. There are numerous Boys and Girls clubs and YMCAs. The Roxbury Center for the Performing Arts is located in Dorchester. This school has been open since the late 1960s. It teaches jazz, ballet, hip hop, tap, African, and modern dance. Franklin Park Zoo is located on Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester.

Religion
Boston has been a noted religious center from its earliest days. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston serves nearly 300 parishes and is based in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (1875) in the South End, while the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, with the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (1819) as its episcopal seat, serves just under 200 congregations. Unitarian Universalism has its headquarters on Farnsworth Street, Boston. The Christian Scientists are headquartered in Back Bay at the Mother Church (1894). The oldest church in Boston is King's Chapel, the city's first Anglican church, founded in 1686 and converted to Unitarianism in 1785. Other notable churches include Christ Church (better known as Old North Church, 1723), the oldest church building in the city, Trinity Church (1733), Park Street Church (1809), First Church in Boston (congregation founded 1630, building raised 1868), Old South Church (1874), Jubilee Christian Church and Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Mission Hill (1878).

LGBT community
Boston is home to many LGBT groups, such as the Bisexual Resource Center, Biversity, Boston Bisexual Women's Network, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network of Boston, Human Rights Campaign Boston, and Lesbian Avengers of Boston. Boston has held an LGBT pride parade for 43 years, with the 43rd annual parade occurring in 2013. The Butterfly Music Transgender Chorus, the second transgender choir in the U.S., was founded in Boston in 2014. It inspired others to create similar groups in cities across the country.

General

 * The Boston Indicators Project (2004). The Boston Foundation.

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Talk:Bonfire (band)

Title of article
I think that this article should be renamed "Bonfire (band)" to avoid possible confusion with "Bonfire (album)". This also seems to me to be the most common way band pages are titled.

Any thoughts? Spooky Donkey 04:51, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree, and I've been bold and done the move. Anyone should feel free to revert if they disagree, but I imagine this won't be too controversial. Meelar (talk) 13:40, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

LOTS of Changes
Nearly a month ago I rewrote the entire Bonfire (band) entry. The history/band members/albums were writen up after I had interviewed Joerg Deisinger, Angel Schleifer, Michael Bormann and indirectly with Claus Lessmann. I also helped to create the English version of the Bonfire Fan Site as well as maintain a Yahoo Group dedicated to the band(s). Just citing my sources so no one thinks I made all that up. I hope it helps this site as well as anyone interested in the band.

Conflict of Interest
As the majority author of this article on Bonfire, I will proclaim that I do not have any conflict of interest in this article whatsoever. I am not a member of the band, nor a former member. I do not work with the band at all in any way. I am however a big fan and I admit that. I have done much research on the group's history that a few years ago I rewrote/started this article to help educate others of the band's history. I tried to make it sound unbias and if I failed to do so I apologize and all additions that I may make will be done in a fair manner. I try to keep up to date on the group's events and when I feel it is a history item I will add it but only when confirmed by the band or their official web site, such as the recent change in the drummer. I do not spread false information, rumours or promote the band on this site. I just make the entry as informative as possible for others to learn of Bonfire. Bonfire34 (talk) 22:51, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

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