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Talk:Private bank

why did you eras Hottinger???
first it is a couple of HUNDRED years older then the other bank mentioned, it is historically knowen, look at hottinger chronology. And it is one of the 14 truly private banks left. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Richotting (talk • contribs) 13:39, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Gold Money
The mention of GoldMoney and e-gold is not relevant to this article, any opposition to the deletion of these references? Lachambre 10:33, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Merge proposal
Should be moved to Private bank, to be conistent with Commercial bank & Investment bank - the activity (commercial banking) redirects to the institution (commercial bank) DocendoDiscimus 09:28, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Private banks and private banking are two very seperate things. They should not be mixed and the topics are best explained as currently defined.Mrmike77 14:41, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Do Not Merge for reasons Mrmike77 explains. This would be like merging lightning bug with lightning rod. --StanZegel  (talk) 18:58, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Do Not Merge as per Mrmike77. --RedHillian 05:48, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Do Not Merge as per Mrmike77. Davidyorke (talk) 07:14, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Euromoney awards
Half the article is dedicated to the Euromoney awards. These additions by Contributions/80.169.156.244 are advertising and should be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.49.218.53 (talk • contribs) 10:49, 16 January 2007
 * Sorry, not sure what you mean? There's no reference to Euromoney on this article? Are you possibly looking at an older version that's been cached by your browser? Anyway, wikipedia encourages us to Be Bold so jump right in! --RedHillian 00:54, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, there is a good chunk dedicated to Euromoney magazine's private banking awards, but a google search for "private banking awards" yields several private banks that display the award prominently on their page. I think it's safe to call this some form of gold standard for rankings in this area.  Thesilence 17:52, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Ive removed the company names in the private bank section of the usa & the UK; added best known private bank in USA (fed. reserve of NY); the uk section named a company that was taken over by RBS so that is no longer relevant; so should no longer be there (seemed a bit 'advertising' to me) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.209.108.76 (talk) 15:31, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Private bank and Private banking
This article and the Private banking article distinguish the two things, but this article then has a list of both things mixed. That seems illogical to me. -- Beardo (talk) 04:31, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

On lineapp Fastlady (talk) 22:22, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Merger for private bank and private banking
I agree, since there has been a bit of dissension and I dont want to create a public argument I am going to propose a merger  and hopefully anyone who wants to edit these articles can vote. If a merger does not happen, then hopefully the differences can be completely distinguished and there can be a link on the pages leading to the opposite page. I'm not sure what to do in a situation like that because honestly, I'm too new to wikipedia and I haven't read enough about mergers yet. I apologize in advance if the merger being proposed disrespects anyone's expertise, knowledge, and skills, which I can promise you I dont have when it comes to economics and banking. That however, does not mean that I dont have enough core knowledge to understand grammar and I know how to learn, so as a learner, I dont see why these articles are similar and have similar titles but yet represent completely different subjects. So thank you to everyone who votes on this issue, and thank you for the quality of your previous, present, and future edits. Svrangerchrista (talk) 13:36, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Move to private banker
I moved this article to "private banker", which was reverted by. He argued that "A private banker would refer to a person but the article is about an organisation". According to Banking in Switzerland, however, "In Switzerland, such private banks [ie, those which in their legal form are a partnership] are called private bankers (a protected term) to distinguish them from the other private banks". This is exactly what this article is about according to its definition. I suggest reestablishing the move. This would also solve the various criticism voiced above. --rtc (talk) 15:20, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * . You should follow the instructions at Requested moves. I will point out that the article is about private banks worldwide and not just about the Swiss type. Redirects could be made to Banking in Switzerland#Private banks. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 03:14, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 15 August 2022

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The result of the move request was: not moved to the proposed title at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 05:06, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Private bank → Private banker – A private bank is a incorporated bank that specializes in wealth management for high-net-worth individuals, see Private banking. This does not match the current definition of the article, which is a bank that in its legal form is a partnership. According to Banking in Switzerland, such banks are called private bankers in Switzerland. The same is true for Germany, see de:Privatbankier. UK C. Hoare & Co which is mentioned as an example has "private bankers since 1672" in its logo. rtc (talk) 07:51, 15 August 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. – robertsky (talk) 10:30, 22 August 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 18:09, 29 August 2022 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support: Per nom. --1990'sguy (talk) 12:38, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose. This is the traditional definition of a "private bank" in English. They are not incorporated, they are partnerships. That is how they are distinguished.  Nominator seems to be thinking about investment banking.  It is roughly true that since the rise of corporate banks, many private banks have been squeezed out of commercial banking and many have become specialized in areas like investment banking and wealth management (which are more suited to private bank structure), but this is not the definition. The definition is the structure. Walrasiad (talk) 13:28, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Walrasiad. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:53, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose In English, a "banker" is always a person, not an organization. Johnbod (talk) 03:20, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

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Jimmy Wang Yu

James Wang Yu (28 March 1943 – 5 April 2022) was a Hong Kong-Taiwanese martial artist, actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. Initially a contract player for Shaw Brothers, he rose to fame for his starring role in The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) and its sequels, and was one of the first major stars of martial arts and wuxia cinema. At the height of his fame in the 1970s, he was the highest-paid martial arts actor in the world. According to The New York Times, Wang was "the biggest star of Asian martial arts cinema until the emergence of Bruce Lee."

Wang Yu was well known for his volatile personality and ties to organized crime off-screen. He was a suspected member of the Bamboo Union triad, and was charged in the 1981 murder of several Four Seas Gang members, though he was acquitted due to a lack of evidence.

Early life
Born Wang Zheng Quan (王正權) in Shanghai in 1943, Wang and his family moved to Hong Kong when he was still a child. From a young age, he trained in karate, tai chi, Wudang quan and taijijian. For a time he served in the National Revolutionary Army, and was also a competitive swimmer and a car racing enthusiast.

Film career
Wang joined Shaw Brothers Studio in 1963 as a stunt performer, and had his first acting role in the 1965 film Temple of the Red Lotus. In 1968, he acted with Cheng Pei-pei in the wuxia film Golden Swallow, directed by Chang Cheh. Following that, Wang starred in many other wuxia films, including One Armed Boxer (1971), Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976) and Return of the Chinese Boxer (1977).

If The One-Armed Swordsman was the movie that launched Wang's acting career, The Chinese Boxer was the film that sealed his fame in Hong Kong cinema. The latter has been credited as being the first Hong Kong martial arts film that kickstarted the unarmed combat genre, mainly kung fu. It also triggered a phenomenon that filled the ranks of many Chinese martial arts associations across Southeast Asia. Chinese youths, in their bid to emulate Wang, took to punching sandbags, and reading up on the history of Shaolin Kung Fu.

Controversy dogged Wang after the fame that exploded with The Chinese Boxer. He broke his contract with the Shaw Brothers Studio, and was promptly slapped with a lawsuit. The legal tussle that ended in the studio's favour led to Wang being banned from making films in Hong Kong. Wang then looked to Taiwan for better career prospects, linking up with Golden Harvest and other independent film outfits. His subsequent works were mostly filmed in Taiwan.

With the success of The Chinese Boxer, Wang stood unchallenged in Southeast Asia for a short time, as the Chinese actor with the most formidable fists and legs. But beginning in the 1970s, Wang's star began to be eclipsed with the entry of new actors, many with superior martial arts training such as Ti Lung, David Chiang, and especially Bruce Lee, whose role in The Big Boss (1971) revolutionised the martial arts film genre.

In 1975, Wang starred in the Australian action film The Man from Hong Kong. In 1976, Wang appeared alongside Jackie Chan in Lo Wei's Killer Meteors. In the late 1970s, Wang helped Chan when then the latter sought his help in settling a dispute with Lo Wei that allegedly involved Triads. Chan eventually repaid the favour with his roles in Wang's films, Fantasy Mission Force (1982) and Island of Fire (1990).

In 1986, Sammo Hung cast Wang as Wong Kei-ying (the father of Chinese folk hero Wong Fei Hung) in Millionaire's Express. In the years that followed, Wang kept a low profile, making a rare public appearance in 2002 at the funeral of Chang Cheh.

Organized crime
Wang often associated with members of the Bamboo Union, a Taiwan-based triad, though his status as a made man was never confirmed.

In a 2007 interview with the Liberty Times, Wang claimed that Bai Wan-hsiung, the Kuomintang Director of Mainland Affairs, had asked him and another Bamboo Union member to assassinate Democratic Progressive Party chairman Hsu Hsin-liang in 1979. The Kuomintang long held ties to Bamboo Union. At the time, Hsu was living in exile the United States. In the same interview, Wang implicated the Kuomintang in the murder of Henry Liu.

Xinghua Pavilion incident
On April 23, 1976, Wang invited Hong Kong film mogul Charles Heung and several friends, including Bamboo Union members, to the Xinghua Pavilion restaurant in Taipei. Several members of the Four Seas, a rival triad, were also present. Wang allegedly instigated a fight between the two groups that ended in the deaths of Four Seas members Qiu Wenxiang and Gao Wenzhang.

The incident attracted much media attention, and Wang fled to Hong Kong to avoid arrest. He was eventually arrested and sentenced to a five months in prison, which was reduced to a fine on appeal.

Tianchu Restaurant case and murder trial
On January 10, 1981, Wang and a group of friends were eating at the Tianchu Restaurant on Nanjing Road, when they were ambushed by members of the Four Seas triad in an apparent assassination attempt. Wang survived, but three of his friends were killed. Wang had previously had a falling out with the Four Seas after losing 1 million Yuan at a casino owned by Four Seas leader Liu Weimin, and his life had been repeatedly threatened. Wang reached out to Bamboo Union leader Chen Chi-li, requesting protection. Following a meeting between Bamboo Union leadership and Wang, the Union carried a string of retaliatory killings against the would be assassins. One of the targeted perpetrators, Liu Tieqiu, survived albeit with significant injuries.

The murders led to a crackdown on triads by Taiwanese authorities. Chen Yonghe, a Four Seas higher-up, asked Flying Eagle Gang member Liu Taisheng to act as an intermediary between the Four Seas and Wang, but Wang berated him and offered 400,000 Yuan for Liu's leg.

On May 8, Wang and Bamboo Union members Huang Shaocen was charged by the Taipei District Court for first-degree murder. The hearing was attended by Bamboo Union, Four Seas, and Flying Eagle members. During a recess, Liu Taisheng attempted to negotiate with Wang. The conversation escalated into a fistfight, and Liu was stabbed by one of Wang's bodyguards. Wang and the other Bamboo Union members were subsequently taken into custody.

Wang was eventually acquitted due to a lack of evidence, though Huang Shaocen was sentenced to two years in prison for the attempted killing of Liu Tieqiu.

Personal life
In 1969, Wang married actress Jeanette Lin Chui, who was nine years his senior. Before that, Wang had an affair with the wife of film director Chun Kim. Chun Kim hanged himself before a divorce took place. Jeanette Lin, who had a high profile in Hong Kong cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, left the industry almost immediately after her marriage. Marriage turned out to be tumultuous for both Wang and Lin. Amid allegations of domestic violence by Wang, the marriage crumbled in 1975. Wang and Lin had three daughters; their eldest daughter Linda Wong became a popular Cantopop singer in the 1990s. Lin migrated to the United States in 1977 and died in 1995 from an asthma attack.

Wang later remarried in 1978 to air hostess Wang Kaizhen. This marriage too proved to be a stormy relationship, and Wang Kaizhen filed for divorce. Possibly out of frustration, Wang Kaizhen started an affair with a young businessman Zhang Zhao (張昭). Having gotten wind of it, Wang, accompanied by reporters and the police, surprised the couple at their lodging and publicly exposed his wife. After public humiliation was heaped on the couple, Wang divorced his second wife in 1997.

Wang's involvement in public brawls also made headlines from time to time.

Health issues and death
In 2011 Wang suffered a stroke which caused him to lose much of his strength in the left side of his body. However, he worked vigorously in physical therapy, even exceeding the doctor's recommended pace. He would reportedly lift his arm 1000 times a day instead of 200, and walk three times the suggested distance. As a result of his efforts he regained most of his ability to walk and talk, and he could lift his left arm, though he could no longer use its full strength.

Since his recovery Wang tried to live as normal a life as possible, and had even returned to film work. In an interview he admitted to even driving to his physical therapy session with the use of only one arm, but explained that his daughter put a stop to it when she found out, and that she had hired a driver for him.

Wang died on April 5, 2022, in Cheng Hsin Hospital, Beitou District, Taipei at the age of 79.

Actor

 *  (1965) - Kuei Wu
 * The Twin Swords (1965) - Kuei Wu
 * Tiger Boy (1966) - 'Tiger Boy' Lei Hu
 *  (1966) - Fang Lu
 * Kuai lo qing chun (1966)
 *  (1966) - Yang Ming-Hsuan
 *  (1967) - He You-Wen
 * Trail of the Broken Blade (1967) - Li Yueh
 * The Sword and the Lute (1967) - Kuei Wu
 * The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) - Fang Kang / One-armed Swordsman
 * The Assassin (1967) - Nieh Cheng
 * Golden Swallow (1968) - Silver Roc Hsiao Peng
 * The Sword of Swords (1968) - Ling Tseng-hsiao
 * Qing guan (1968)
 * Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969) - Fang Gang / One-armed Swordsman
 * My Son (1970) - Yang Kuo-Liang
 * The Chinese Boxer (1970) - Lei Ming
 * Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) - Wang Kong / One-armed Swordsman
 * The Desperate Chase (1971)
 * Xia yi shuang xiong (1971)
 * The Magnificent Chivalry (1971)
 * Jian (1971) - Hsia Ho Wei
 * Zhui ming qiang (1971) - Lung Ti / The White Dragon
 * The Invincible Sword (1971) - Ling Yu Fong
 * Wei zhen si fang (1971) - Tiger Wong
 * The Professional Killer (1971)
 * Morale and Evil (1971) - Iron palm Bai Si-Feng
 * Shogun Saints (1972)
 * Furious Slaughter (1972) - Ma Yung Shen
 * Kuang feng sha (1972) - Ti Si-Guan
 * Ma Su Zhen bao xiong chou (1972)
 * The Adventure (1972) - Guan Dong-Shan
 * Chow Ken (1972) - Shi Ling Shu
 * One-Armed Boxer (1972) - Yu Tien Lung
 * Yi shen shi dan (1972) - The Gallant (parts 1, 2, 3)
 * The Invincible (1972) - Li Mu-Bai
 * The Last Duel (1971) - Yi Chun
 * Ten Fingers of Steel (1972)
 * Royal Fist (1972)
 * Boxers of Loyalty and Righteousness (1972) - Li Yu / Yeh Tian-Hsin
 * A Man Called Tiger (1973) - Chin Fu
 * Knight Errant (1973) - Lin Hao-Shan
 * Ai de tian di (1973) - Professor
 * Seaman No. 7 (1973) - Wang Hai-Lung
 * Black Friday (1973) - Chen Ah Kwang
 * Beach of the War Gods (1973) - Hsia Feng
 * The Two Cavaliers (1973)
 * King of Boxers (1973) - Hong Ching Pau / Red Lantern
 * Kung Fu Mama (1973) - Ma Yung-Chen
 * The Tattooed Dragon (1973) - Tattooed Dragon
 * Flying Fists of Death (1973)
 * Si da tian wang (1974) - Hsiao Pao
 * My Father, My Husband, My Son (1974)
 * The Iron Man (1974) - Chin
 * The Hero (1974) - Kang
 * Four Real Friends (1974)
 * Rage of the Masters (1975)
 * The Man from Hong Kong (1975) - Inspector Fang Sing Leng
 * A Cookbook of Birth Control (1975)
 * The New Spartans (1975) - Material arts movie star Wang Fu
 * Great Hunter (1975)
 * Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976) - Liu Ti Lung, The One-Armed Boxer
 * Tiger & Crane Fists (1976) - Ching Sing Chen
 * Killer Meteors (1976) - Mei Xing He
 * A Queen's Ransom (1976) - Jimmy
 * One-Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers (1976) - Liu Ching Wu / Liu Yi Su / One Armed Swordsman
 * One-Arm Chivalry Fights Against One-Arm Chivalry (1976) - Fong Ping / One-armed Swordsman
 * Point of the Finger of Death (1977) - Ziqiang Ji (AKA Ziqiang Chi)
 * Return of the Chinese Boxer (1977) - Sau Pai-lung
 * The Criminal (1977)
 * Brotherly Love (1977)
 * Revenge of Kung Fu Mao (1977) - The Mayor
 * Deadly Silver Spear (1977) - Lung Fei Yung / Silver Spear
 * Blood of the Dragon (1978)
 * Big Leap Forward (1978)
 * Ma Su Chen (1979)
 * Prisoners of Mao (1979)
 * The Battle of Ku-ning-tou (1979)
 * Fantasy Mission Force (1983) - Don Wen
 * Shanghai (1984) - Black Hat
 * Chuang jiang (1985)
 * Millionaire's Express (1986) - Master Wong Kei Ying
 * Thundering Ninja (1987) - David Wong
 * Island of Fire (1990) - Kui / Lucas
 * Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
 * The Beheaded 1000 (1991) - Executioner Ren De Tie
 * Shogun & Little Kitchen (1992) - Lam Chung Yuen
 * Requital (1992) - Wai's hired assassin
 * Kyokutô kuroshakai (1993) - Hong - Yan-Sheng
 * Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002) - (archive footage) (uncredited)
 * Dragon (2011) - The Master (Jiaozhu)
 * Let's Go! (2011)
 * The Guillotines (2012) - Gong-E
 * Soul (2013) - Wang (final film role)

Producer

 * Boxers of Loyalty and Righteousness (1973)
 * One-Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers (1976)
 * Return of the Chinese Boxer (1977)
 * Island of Fire (1990)
 * The Beheaded 1000 (1991)
 * Stand Behind the Yellow Line (1997)
 * Eighteen Springs (1997)

Director

 * The Chinese Boxer (1970)
 * The Brave and the Evil (1971)
 * One-Armed Boxer (1971)
 * Beach of the War Gods (1973)
 * Four Real Friends (1974)
 * The Man from Hong Kong (1975) (Australian Brian Trenchard-Smith was principal director with Wang Yu doing some 2nd unit work)
 * Tiger & Crane Fists (1976)
 * Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
 * Return of the Chinese Boxer (1977)

Action director

 * Boxers of Loyalty and Righteousness (1973)

Screenwriter

 * The Chinese Boxer (1970)
 * One-Armed Boxer (1971)
 * Beach of the War Gods (1973)
 * Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Primary Fundamental Right

 * 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. Wikiacc (talk) 20:42, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Primary Fundamental Right

 * Delete Advertising and or spam not notable--MONGO 09:29, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete as advertising, researched the author and came up with this as the only place that mentions the PFR or the author besides the WP article. KillerChihuahua 15:44, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as non-notable. If the PFR had ever been used successfully as a defense in a Canadian criminal case I'd vote differently. As it stands this is just more personal diatribe (with 3 Google hits) than useful information.--Isotope23 18:06, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as nn legal crackpottery, with no wide acceptance of its existence. MCB 06:31, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

"If the PFR had ever been used successfully as a defense in a Canadian criminal case I'd vote differently." Canada's most famous fugitive from the American drug wars Renee Boje is the 11th signatory to the PFR petition. The word diatribe means "A bitter, abusive denunciation." if you had read the PFR you would see that there is nothing bitter or abusive in it.

Wide acceptance should not be a criteria. Over 200 people believe enough in the Primary Fundamental Right to risk the wrath of the police state by signing the PFR petition. Many others endorse its principles privately. {Bernard Palmer|220.239.49.36|12:06, 13 October 2005 (UTC)}}

 * Please do not confuse "wide acceptance of the principle itself as positive law" with "wide acceptance of the existence of the principle as a well-known, verifiable theory of law". Wikipedia does not, indeed, require the former; but it does require the latter, and there is no evidence of that. MCB 02:27, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

The UN declaration on human rights accepts the principle of mans right to own their own bodies when it states there shall be no slavery anywhere. The Primary Fundamental Right is a title for this embodiment. Bernard Palmer
 * Delete. Neologism loosely related to right to privacy.  Chick Bowen 19:27, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Since when is neologism a bad thing? Quote Chick Bowen, "Wikipedia is wonderful, but it is scattershot—its function is to present as much information as possible without distinguishing within it. That is its chief strength." (Unsigned comment by User:220.239.49.36. — CB)
 * Neologism is not a bad thing, but it doesn't belong on Wikipedia, per community consensus and the will of our founder. I certainly didn't mean that statment to defend anything that anyone puts into Wikipedia.  On the contrary, my point about the strength of not distinguishing between categories of knowledge is that we can devote 10% of our resources to Pokemon crap and not impact our treatment of Alcaeus.  But that doesn't mean we should put forward your original idea as if it were encyclopedic.  Chick Bowen 23:47, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I have made major changes, there is no advertising. Please review before deleting. Bernard Palmer
 * Reviewed. It's still your idea and not a pre-existing one.  How can an encyclopedia put forward a claim about what Madison would have done were it not for slavery?  Anyway, please see No original research for the policy in question here.  Chick Bowen 23:51, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

"The phrase "original research" in this context refers to untested theories; data, statements, concepts and ideas that have not been published in a reputable publication;". I agree the Primary Fundamental Right has not been published in any reputable publication that I know of. The Primary Fundamental Right is very much a child of the Internet, it was born of the Internet, is disseminated by the Internet. No idea so precise and simple could have bloomed anywhere else. Same as Wiki. "the will of [[Jimmy Wales|our founder" was much influenced by Ayne Rand. The Primary Fundamental Right is a bible for 'Objectivists' who advocate laissez-faire capitalism, Jimbo's perfect society. I guarantee if you ask Jimbo to click on the link to 'What is the Primary Fundamental Right' he would recognize the important role the PFR could play in changing society for the better. It is such a simple concept that its real beauty is in its simplicity. Imagine everyone legally owning their own body. It sounds preposterous but none of us in this wonderful technological age actually do. We let it slip away and it is sliding faster and faster. The Mises Institute anticipates totalitarianism will engulf the USA early this century. I think they are right that's why I built the PFR. That's why I am pressing my case with you. I want you to see that just because it hasn't been accepted by the 'elites' it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Bernard Palmer
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Tsugaru-Miyata Station

Tsugaru-Miyata Station (津軽宮田駅) is a railway station on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Tsugaru Line located in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Lines
Tsugaru-Miyata Station is served by the Tsugaru Line, and is located 9.7 km from the starting point of the line at Aomori.

Station layout
Tsugaru-Miyata Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The station is unattended. It has no station building, but only a small weather shelter on the platform.

History
Tsugaru-Miyata Station was opened on November 25, 1959 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

Surrounding area

 * Aomori city government Okunai office

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Gregory David Roberts

Gregory David Roberts (born Gregory John Peter Smith; 1952 ) is an Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram. He is a former heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980 and fled to India, where he lived for ten years.

Life
Roberts reportedly became addicted to heroin after his marriage ended and he lost custody of his young daughter. To finance his drug habit, he turned to crime, becoming known as the "Building Society Bandit" and the "Gentleman Bandit", because he only robbed institutions with adequate insurance. He wore a three-piece suit, and he always said "please" and "thank you" to the people he robbed.

At the time, Roberts believed that his manner lessened the brutality of his acts but, later in his life, he admitted that people only gave him money because he had made them afraid. He escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980.

In 1990, Roberts was captured in Frankfurt, trying to smuggle himself into the country. He was extradited to Australia and served a further six years in prison, two of which were spent in solitary confinement. According to Roberts, he escaped prison again during that time but thought better of it and smuggled himself back into jail. His intention was to serve the rest of his sentence to give himself the chance to be reunited with his family. During his second stay in Australian prison, he began writing Shantaram. The manuscript was destroyed twice by prison staff while Roberts was writing it.

Writing career
After leaving prison, Roberts was finally able to finish and publish his novel Shantaram. The book's title comes from the name his best friend's mother gave him, which means "Man of Peace", or "Man of God's Peace".

There is debate as to how much of Shantaram is based on true events or is a conflation of real life and fantasy. On that aspect of Shantaram and of the follow-up novel, The Mountain Shadow, Roberts has stated:

"Some experiences from my life are described pretty much as they happened, and others are created narratives, informed by my experience. I wanted to write two or three novels on some bare elements from my life, allowing me to explore the themes that interested me, while keeping the narrative immediate by anchoring it to some of my real experiences. They're novels, not autobiographies, and all of the characters and dialogue is created. It doesn't matter how much of it is true or not to me, it's how true they are to all of us, and to our common humanity."

Roberts lived in Melbourne, Germany, and France and finally returned to Mumbai, where he set up charitable foundations to assist the city's poor with health care coverage. He was also reunited with his daughter. He got engaged to Françoise Sturdza, who is the president of the Heart for India Foundation. Roberts also wrote the original screenplay for the movie adaptation of Shantaram.

In 2009, Roberts was named a Zeitz Foundation Ambassador for Community. Ambassadors help raise awareness and shape activities in their areas. In 2011, Roberts stepped aside as an ambassador due to the pressure of other commitments but continues to assist the Zeitz Foundation as a Friend.

His second novel, The Mountain Shadow, was released on 13 October 2015 by Little Brown.

In 2022, Roberts published the nonfiction book The Spiritual Path.

Music
In September 2020, Roberts released his debut single, "Drive All Night". This was followed by "Lisa Run Away". His debut album, Love and Faith, was recorded in Jamaica and released in December 2020.

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Museo Descubre

Museo Descubre (Full name: "Descubre, Museo Interactivo de Ciencia y Tecnología" or "Discover Interactive Museum of Science and Technology") is a hands-on, interactive museum located in the city of Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes, Mexico. Inside, the museum is shaped like a spiral, leading inward to various paths of knowledge. The museum creates a link between fun and learning by allowing visitors to actively participate by touching and playing with exhibits. The museum has exhibits on the sciences of life science, earth science, and social sciences. It also contains an IMAX dome, allowing viewers to view films in full panorama.

It also contains an auditorium, coffee shop and souvenir stores.

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Nanyuki

Nanyuki is a market town in Laikipia County of Kenya lying northwest of Mount Kenya along the A2 road and at the terminus of the branch railway from Nairobi. The name is derived from Enyaanyukie Maasai word for resemblance.

It is situated just north of the Equator (0° 01' North). In 1907, British immigrants settled in Nanyuki, some of whose descendants still live in and around the town. Nanyuki is currently the main airfield (airbase) of the Kenya Air Force. The British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK), has a base at Nyati Barracks. It conducts infantry exercises in Laikipia and on Kenyan Ministry of Defense land at Archer's Post.

History
Maasai herders found red ochre in Nanyuki, the ground resembled roan coated cattle. The town saw British immigrants settle there during the early days of colonial Kenya in 1907. Some of their descendants still live in or around the town. Major Digby Tatham-Warter, a British Army officer famed for carrying an umbrella into battle, moved to Nanyuki after World War II and lived on his farm until his death in 1993. During the Mau Mau Uprising, Digby raised a volunteer mounted police force at his own expense and led them against the Mau Mau. The town is noted for small- and large-scale farms, ranches and pastoral lands, and wildlife conservancies. Nanyuki is also the base for people seeking to climb Mount Kenya. The town sits almost on the Equator, an Equator sign was erected by the government of Kenya beside the A2 road.

Climate
Nanyuki is relatively cool year-round, experiences weakly trimodal rainfall, with a distinct dry season in January and February.

Economy and overview
Nanyuki municipality had an urban population of 72,813 in 2019. Most members of the population earn their money through trade. Shops in the town supply many farms, ranches and game parks in a wide circle, as well as the town's residents. Originally, most shops were owned by Indians, who still form a sizable part of the population. Climbers and backpackers visit Nanyuki on their way to or from Mount Kenya along the Sirimon and Naro Moru routes and many other tourists pass through the town. Nanyuki has many hotels, of which Mount Kenya Safari Club and Sportsman's Arms Hotel are the most prominent with others including Sport's Club, Le Rustique, Kongoni Camp, Mount Kenya Paradise Hotel and Joskaki Hotel. South of Nanyuki, the Bantu lodge offers outdoor activities, including forest walks. The nearby “Trout Tree Restaurant” offers trout prepared in various ways from its own trout farm. Another notable restaurant is "Barneys" located at Nanyuki Civil Airfield, once the location of the No. 1340 Flight RAF, which flew Harvards during the Mau Mau Uprising.

There is little large-scale industry in Nanyuki. The Mount Kenya Textile (Mountex) Mills went bankrupt in 1978, was reopened briefly under new management, but eventually closed. There have been a number of sawmills in Nanyuki. However, with the almost total ban on tree felling on Mount Kenya (sometimes indifferently enforced), these either closed down or are now eking out a difficult existence. Recently, large horticultural operations have come to the Nanyuki area, including Likii flower farm, Traco farm, Kongoni farm and several others along Nanyuki- Timau road. The revived railway transport between Nanyuki and Nairobi has increased trade in the town. Main retail centers are Cieni, Cedar Mall and Quick Mart.

A city park lies in the centre of the town and two rivers, the Nanyuki and LikiI Rivers, pass through it. The Equator passes through the southern part of Nanyuki. One crosses it when approaching Nanyuki on the A2 from the south. This spot is popular with tourists who have themselves photographed there. Some people are usually at hand to show them the supposed effect of the Coriolis force, which they say makes draining water swirl clockwise or anticlockwise depending on whether one is on the northern or southern hemisphere, though as noted in the article about the Coriolis force, the effect is detectable only in the laboratory and the "demonstrations" at the Equator are merely engaging diversions.

Tourism
The airport lies 6.5 km south of the town along the highway to Nairobi and serves light aircraft. There are regular flights operated by Air Kenya, Safarilink and Fly SAX, which is convenient for businessmen and tourists. The town is also served by a paved road from Nairobi, and northward to northern Kenya. Tourists can visit a number of parks and reserves in the vicinity of Nanyuki, the most obvious one being Mount Kenya National Park, the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy and the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club which hosts large numbers of tourists seeking a luxury safari experience. The hotel has 120 luxury rooms with views of Mount Kenya alongside the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy, which together with the William Holden Wildlife Foundation aims to breed and reintroduce the endangered bongo back into the area. Others are Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Sights further away include Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Aberdare National Park, Samburu National Reserve and Shaba National Reserve.

Nanyuki has some of the cleanest water in Kenya because the source originates from Mt. Kenya. The entire water system is gravity fed, from the supply to the sewer system.

Education
Academic institutions in Nanyuki include Nanyuki High School, Moi Equator Girls' High School, St Christopher's School (formerly the Beehive School), Braeburn International School Nanyuki, Nanyuki Primary School, Mary Immaculate Primary School, Baraka School, Brickwoods School, St. Jude Nturukuma secondary, Loise Girls high school, and others.

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John Hogg

John Joseph Hogg (born 19 March 1949) is a former Australian politician who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1996 to 2014, representing the Labor Party. He served as President of the Senate from 2008 to 2014.

Early life
Hogg was born in Brisbane to Francis Patrick and Catherine Frances Hogg. He attended St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace and then the University of Queensland, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science. He later completed a Diploma in Primary Teaching at Kedron Park Teachers College, now part of the Queensland University of Technology, and he taught at both primary and secondary schools. He was an official with the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) from 1976 to 1996. In 1978 he married Susan Mary Lynch, and subsequently raised two daughters and a son.

Politics
Hogg joined the ALP in 1976 and became an active member in the organization, attending the Queensland State Conference as a delegate in 1981 and the National Conference in 1984. He became a member of the ALP's Administrative Committee in 1982 and eventually a representative on the National Executive. He continued to rise within the party, eventually becoming the Chair of the ALP National Policy Committee (Government Administration) in 1991.

Senate
Hogg was preselected as first candidate on the ALP ticket for the Queensland Senate to replace retiring Gerry Jones in 1996. A member of the Labor Right faction, he defeated the Socialist Left candidate Jeff Slowgrove 76 to 72. He was elected and took office as Senator on 1 July 1996. In August 2002 Hogg was elected Deputy President and Chairman of Committees. After the ALP won government in 2007, Hogg was elected to replace Alan Ferguson as President of the Senate.

On 10 August 2012, Hogg said that he would be retiring from politics at the end of his term. He did not contest the 2013 federal election. His terms as senator and President of the Senate expired on 30 June 2014.

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Okunai Station

Okunai Station (奥内駅) is a railway station on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Tsugaru Line located in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Lines
Okunai Station is served by the Tsugaru Line, and is located 11.5 km from the starting point of the line at Aomori.

Station layout
Okunai Station has a dual opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The platforms are short, and a door cut system is used for trains longer than 5 carriages long. The station is unattended.

History
Okunai Station was opened on December 5, 1951 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). It became unattended from 1961–1987. In 1968, freight operations were suspended. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The station building burned down in a fire in November 1999 and the present building was completed in March 2000. The station has been unattended again since 2001.

Route bus

 * Okunai-eki-mae bus stop
 * Aomori municipal Bus
 * For.Ushirogata via Hidariseki
 * For.Furukawa via Jyusannmori(Aburakawa) and Okidate

Surrounding area

 * Kita Junior High School
 * Okunai Elementary School

title: Okunai Station