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Graham Diamond

Graham Diamond (born 18 August 1949, Manchester, England) is an American author who writes across multiple genres, including fantasy and science fiction. He has published twenty novels with more than a million copies of his books in print.

Life and education
Born in Manchester, England, his family moved to the United States when he was a young child. He was raised in New York City, on the Upper West Side, and graduated from the High School of Music and Art. He attended CCNY in NY, the Art Students League of New York, and the State University of New York.

During the early 70's he began working for The New York Times, becoming the weekend manager of the paper's editorial art department by the early 1980s. Diamond later became production manager, then assistant director of operations in the Editorial Art Department at the paper until leaving to pursue a full-time career in writing. He has also taught and lectured on creative writing in both New York and California.

Diamond has two daughters, Rochelle and Leslie. After spending more than a decade in California he returned to New York City.

Literary career
Diamond began publishing novels in 1977, with the release of The Haven by Playboy Press. The Haven is a "besieged-enclave science-fantasy" in the same manner as The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson and The Last Castle by Jack Vance. The book sold so well that his editors asked for a sequel, resulting in Lady of the Haven. This sequel was then segued into being the first volume of the four-book series Adventures of the Empire Princess.

In 1979, while the Haven-related books were still bring published, Diamond released The Thief of Kalimar, his first pure fantasy novel. By 1984 Diamond had published twelve books with more than a million copies sold around the world.

Diamond's other science fiction and fantasy works include Forest Wars, Marrakesh, Samarkand, and Samarkand Dawn. He also turned to other genres; including historical fiction, thrillers, and later a true story of a Holocaust survivor's family during World War II, Maybe You Will Survive. Several of his early novels were published in the UK by Methuen and much of his work by Endeavour Press and Venture Press in UK.

Under the pen name Rochelle Leslie (the names of his two daughters), he authored Tears of Passion, Tears of Shame, a novel of South Africa set during the Zulu War of 1879 which was subsequently published in Italy, titled, Venuto De Lontano, (To Come From Far Away) by Mondadori. In 2018 it was released as 'Cry For Freedom' by Lime books in the UK. He also has had various short stories published in anthologies.

Diamond released Chocolate Lenin in 2012. A satire/fantasy of near-future Russia, the novel parodied contemporary science, technology, and politics.

In 2013 it was announced that his first novel, The Haven, would be re-released in a new oversize format. In 2015 Venture Press Ltd, UK, a division of Endeavour Press UK, released in e-book format seven of Graham Diamond's earlier titles including The Haven, Samarkand, Samarkand Dawn, and Lady of the Haven.

In 2016, Endeavour Press published Black Midnight, a terrorist novel set in New York City, and Cry For Freedom, a novel set during the Zulu War in Natal in 1879. In early 2018 Endeavour next released Maybe You Will Survive the true story of a Holocaust survivor. Venture Press also re-released six of Diamond's speculative fiction/fantasy novels including The Thief of Kalimar, and Captain Sinbad.

Lume Books, London, issued a new print version of Maybe You Will Survive in 2020 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the ending of the Holocaust. The following year The Haven, The Thief of Kalimar, Black Midnight, Forest Wars, Tears of Passion, Tears of Shame, Captain Sinbad and Chocolate Lenin were re-released in softcover in the United Kingdom.

In 2022, Diamond released Diner of Lost Souls, a mystery/thriller written in conjunction with Hedy Campeas and published by Lion Press. In June 2023 a second volume, Diner of Lost Souls, Book 2, was released.

Critical reception
A Reader's Guide to Fantasy described Diamond's fiction as "adding a dash of imagination to subjects and themes common in fantasy and making them something unusual and original." Library Journal called his 1981 novel The Beast of Hades a "second-rate fantasy" but described Samarkand from the previous year as "an absorbing historical fantasy focusing on love and adventures.

The St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers described Diamond as having written "several undeservedly neglected novels. Apart from the generous Andre Norton, few took him seriously as a fantasy author—yet he is better than, or no worse than, some writers who are now dragonhold names. The Haven and its sequels, and Captain Sinbad, provide more than enough justification for wider popularity." 'The Haven' has remained in print for more than forty years.

Novels

 * The Haven, Playboy Press (New York City), 1977.
 * Lady of the Haven, Playboy Press, 1978.
 * Dungeons of Kuba, Playboy Press, 1979.
 * The Thief of Kalimar, Fawcett, 1979.
 * Riverwild (Under pseudonym Rochelle Leslie), Berkley, 1979.
 * Captain Sinbad, Fawcett, 1980.
 * The Falcons of Eden, Playboy Press, 1980.
 * Samarkand, Playboy Press, 1980.
 * The Beasts of Hades, Playboy Press, 1981.
 * Samarkand Dawn, Playboy Press, 1981.
 * Marrakesh, Gold Medal, 1981.
 * Marrakesh Nights, Gold Medal, 1984.
 * Cinnabar, Gold Medal, 1985.
 * Forest Wars, Lion Press, 1994.
 * Chocolate Lenin, Lion Books, Venture Press, 2012.
 * Black Midnight, Kensington/Zebra, Endeavour Press, UK, 2016.
 * Tears of Passion, Tears of Shame, Berkley/Jove, Endeavour Press, UK, 2021.
 * Diner of Lost Souls, Lion Press, 2022
 * Diner of Lost Souls Book 2 became available in June 2023, Lion Press.

Nonfiction

 * Maybe You Will Survive co-written with by Aron Goldfarb, Holocaust Press, 1991, reissued 2010, Endeavour Press 2018, then taken over by Luke Books, UK, in 2021.

Short fiction

 * "Outcasts" in Habitats edited by Susan Shwartz, DAW Books, 1984.

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Dyango

José Gómez Romero, artistically known as Dyango (born March 5, 1940), nicknamed "The Voice of Love", is a Spanish musician and singer of romantic music. He is widely regarded as one of the most romantic Spanish singers, and one of the best performers on the international level. He has sold over 20 million albums worldwide.

Dyango is one of the most popular and most respected singers and one of the most romantic voices in Latin America and Spain. His name is due to the Romani (Gypsy) guitarist Django Reinhardt. Two of his sons, Marcos Llunas and Jordi, are also singers.

Early years
Dyango was born on March 5, 1940, in Barcelona, but was inscribed by his father on May 8, and thus appears as his date of birth in official documents. José Gómez Romero adopted Dyango as a stage name (taken from the guitarist of jazz gypsy Django Reinhardt), by which he is known and debuted at the Duero Song Festival (1965). In his personal life, the artist is married and is the father of four children, two of whom are singers Marcos Llunas and Jordi.

In 1969 he published his first album that bears his name and the following year he traveled to Argentina where he starred alongside Ginamaría Hidalgo in the film El Mundo es de los jóvenes, while editing an album with the same name. This step would open the door to the Latin American market.

Discographically he started in Zafiro and in 1974 signed with EMI. His first album for this company was in 1975 and was very successful in Latin America, in contrast to the little impact made by his music in Spain.

In 1976, Dyango won the prize (Sirenita de Oro) for the best performer and the best song of the Benidorm Festival with the song "Si yo fuera él." After winning in that festival, his career would grow both nationally and internationally.

Since the recording of the tango "Nostalgia" in 1976, Dyango consolidated his conquest of the Spanish market of the romantic ballad. In 1980, Dyango represented Spain in the OTI Festival 1980 with the song "Querer y perder" written by Ray Girado, winning second place.

Between 1983 and 1984 he launched to the market the discs Bienvendo to the Club and Al fin Alone to great success in Argentina and Colombia. In 1988, he honored the music of Buenos Aires, with his album Tango, becoming one of the few non-Rio de Janeiro artists to be accepted and blessed by the environment deltango, where he recorded a great friendship with Roberto Goyeneche. In 1985 he recorded the song "Por ese hombre" with the duo Pimpinela.

In 1989 he recorded the album Suspiros where he included the song "El que más te ha querido" by the composer Concha Valdes Miranda, achieving worldwide success. In 1993 he recorded the album Morir de amor where he recorded the duet with Nana Mouskouri: "Espérame en el cielo," a Los Panchos song.

In 1994 he recorded the album Un loco como yo, on which he sang a duet with the Mexican Armando Manzanero (author and director of all subjects) the song "Le ha costado caro." After several albums, in 1997 he published his longed-for album in Catalan, where he sang tangos in that language.

In the decade of the 2000s he published several albums of great successes, including such well-known songs as "Corazón mágico," "La mare" (in Catalán), "Por esa mujer," "Doctor," "Amor de tango," and "Cuando quieras donde quieras."

His album Puñaladas en el Alma with the Prague Symphony Orchestra and arrangements by Maestro Carlos Franzetti was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award in 2010, a work around the tango, recorded between Prague, New York and Barcelona.

In 2013 Dyango participated in the Concert for Freedom, held at Camp Nou in Barcelona on June 29, 2013. It was organized by Òmnium Cultural along with other civil society entities, such as the Assemblea Nacional Catalana (Catalan National Assembly) and the Plataforma Pro Seleccions Esportives Catalanes. When the singer announced his participation, there was outrage in many sectors of the rest of Spain. Dyango responded to the questions of 13 TV. He stated that in the current situation it would be necessary to hold a referendum in Catalonia and, ultimately, to achieve separation from Spain.

After summer of 2013 Dyango published the disc El Cantante, an album of romantic cuts that described his own life. On September 7, 2013, he announced his retirement from the long American tours, not from music or from the concerts.

The artist joined several personalities in March of that same year and lent his face to the campaign of the "ANC" in favor of a unilateral declaration of independence on the part of the governing authorities of Catalonia.

Since then, his repertoire has included "boleros" (romantic Spanish music), "tangos" (Argentinian music) and "rancheras" (Mexican music), remakes of songs from the 60's, dozens of his own songs, even lyrical pieces. In his career, he has recorded duets with the following artists: Celia Cruz, Oscar D'León, Sheena Easton, Roberto Goyeneche, Pimpinela and the tenor Jaume Aragall.

In 1989 he recorded the album Suspiros which included "El que más te ha querido" by composer Concha Valdés Miranda, reaching a worldwide success. He was nominated for a Grammy three times.

Dyango has obtained in his career 55 gold records and 40 platinum, which have been awarded in Spain as well as other Latin American countries, as well as the United States. Amongst them, A corazón Abierto has received double platinum status.

Dyango suffered a heart attack and was admitted in a Barcelona hospital until March 5, 2009.

Currently, Dyango is immersed with taking on new forms of expressions of his career, like painting. He is also an advocate of Catalonia's independence from Spain.

Recognition and sales
In 1976 he obtained the prize (Sirenita de Oro) for the best performer and the best song of the Benidorm Festival with the song "Si yo fuera él."

Dyango received the Music Prize for Best Song in Catalan for his theme, "El pare" (The Father), 2005. Also, the Association of New York Artists, ACE, awarded him the Best Male Singer Award for "Esa mujer," March 21, 1987.

In 1988, the Miami authorities handed him the Key to the City and in 1992 the Giant program of the Univision Chain gave him the Key to the Program. He has also received several awards from the Betty Pino show in Miami, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988.

From the Festival of Viña del Mar (Chile), the singer has 2 Torches, those of editions 25 and 31.

Dyango has been nominated several times for the Latin Grammy Awards, the last one in 2010 with the album Puñaladas en el Alma.

He has been invited as the main artist, to one of the best tango festivals in Argentina, the Tangos International Festival of the city of Justo Daract, to perform tangos and close the festival. Dyango was named Citizen Iluste of Justo Daract and received the Gold Condor Award in December 2011.

Dyango has won 55 gold and 40 platinum discs throughout his career. He has also recorded duets with Pimpinela, Rocío Dúrcal, Paco de Lucía, Celia Cruz, Oscar D'León, Sheena Easton, Roberto Goyeneche, Giacomo Aragall and Armando Manzanero.

Farewell tour: Thanks, Goodbye and until forever
Dyango announced his farewell to his musical profession, making a farewell tour in Latin America and Spain and thanking thousands of people who formed his international audience.

The singer visited several countries in Latin America in July 2017, visiting Argentina to present his new album ¿Y ahora qué?.

Billboard charts

 * 1987: La Hora del Adios (con Rocío Dúrcal) (#5)
 * 1987: Golpes Bajos (#8)
 * 1987: A Falta de Ti (#20)
 * 1987: Por Quererme a Mí (#44)
 * 1988: Amen (#12)
 * 1988: Ahora (#7)
 * 1988: Penas de Amor (#39)
 * 1989: El Que Más Te Ha Querido (#6)
 * 1992: Alta Marea (Don't Dream It's Over) (#26)
 * 1993: Morir de Amor (#36)
 * 1994: Rey de Corazones (#26)

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Filchner Mountains

The Filchner Mountains (Filchnerberge) are a group of mountains 11 km southwest of the Drygalski Mountains, at the western end of the Orvin Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. They were discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher, and named for Wilhelm Filchner, leader of the German expedition to the Weddell Sea area in 1911–12. They were remapped from air photos taken by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Ko/

 * 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. Linuxbeak | Talk 19:18, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Daniel Ko/
Unverifiable. A possible nn-bio. 202.156.6.54 23:56, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * delete, unverifiable, possible short, no context. Kappa 02:54, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I really think this is a possible speedy candidate. Being a "scientist" is not an assertion of notability, and I don't think "famous scientist" is one either. Substub, nothing about which science Ko works on, Kappa and the nominator has pointed to lack of verfiability, etc. Sjakkalle (Check!)  09:21, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I've lived around Cleveland (but not "at" it) for most of my life, except when at college, and I've certainly never heard of the guy. --Jacquelyn Marie 13:02, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete — unable to confirm notability. — RJH 14:44, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete per WP:CSD A1 and A7. If it fits two CSDs, why not speedy? PacknCanes 23:11, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * We seem to have consensus so I've tagged it for speedy, hopefully no more discussion will be needed. It says "Daniel Ko is a famous scientist who lives at Cleveland" if anyone is wondering. Kappa 23:18, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately it has sufficient context and asserts notability, so neither of those criteria apply. Best to let it sit for five days and delete slowly.  JYolkowski // talk 02:20, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per everyone else. Hall Monitor 00:10, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Possibly non-notable. *drew 15:19, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
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Midsomer

Midsomer may refer to–
 * Midsomer Norton, a town in England
 * Midsomer, a fictional county in England that is the setting of the TV series Midsomer Murders

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Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
My reason for this nomination is to give other editors ideas on how to improve this article, and to possibly reach FA status. I haven't had enough time to act on my other nominations but I've been meaning to nominate this one for a while. It was a former Bio COTW and I believe it is well referenced and is comprehensive. The biggest issues will probably be grammer,spelling,red links and the need for a larger introduction. I would also like to thank Hottentot(sp?) for his personal dedication to the article. Falphin 23:57, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm only commenting on format issues since I don't know enough about him to comment on the comprehensiveness:
 * The lead needs to be expanded to summarise the whole article - it is currently far too short.
 * Since the notes in the text and those in the list match up nicely- they should probably be converted to ref note which looks much nicer.
 * I don't like the piped html link to his website - its like advertising.
 * Quotes belong in Wikiquote, it'd be ok to work some into the text, but a huge block of quotes like that currently in the article doesn't add anything. Same goes for the list of list of honours, it should be condensed significatly to something like He was awarded [short list of prestigious and well known awards] and honorary doctorates from a number of universities including ... for most readers these kind of details aren't intersting.
 * Films about him may also be better worked into prose [Name of film] is a fictional account of the Dali Lamas escape from China, directed by foo.
 * There are also image issues that need to be dealt with, if you're going to claim fair use, first you really should be able to describe who owns the copyright and where you got the image - which doesn't seem to be the case for at least 2 images in the article.
 * --nixie 00:45, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comments. One question, should any quotes be included? I've always felt that a few quotes can make a significant impression(2-3) but would that work against an article reaching FAC? Falphin 02:35, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I prefer quotes if they appear in the context of the text - and they can be pretty easy to incorporate that way. I'm not sure how a short list of quotes would fare- I can't recall seeing a FAC with one recently.--nixie 03:22, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

=Nichalp  «Talk»=  15:35, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * You'd need a lead size of around 250-300 words.
 * Where was he born, Tibet?
 * Northeast --> northeast
 * Dharamsala, India --> avoid such a style use: "Dharamsala in India"
 * Too many single sentence paragraphs
 * Reduce overlinking. No need to link China and India so many times.
 * rock singer Annie Lennox --> prefix with country.
 * Conversations with President George --> U.S President
 * and/or ?
 * Single paragraphs do not make a section. Please expand or merge with parent heading.
 * The Dalai Lama speaks English as a second language? (wha..?)
 * I notice both AE and BE spellings. Please be consistent
 * Quotations should be moved to wikiquote.
 * The article doesn't have a flow. I can't seem to track what he has done over the years.
 * use inote, ref and notes for inline citations
 * Very good. Only one thing, I was wondering what would be best to make this article flow. Thanks for the comments. Falphin 19:33, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * For that you'd have to check out some FA bio articles. 19:36, 17 October 2005 (UTC)


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Are you a fan of the works of Vladimir Nabokov, since your user name is both an anagram for his name as well as the name of one of the characters in his novel Lolita? Thor NLAMAZE ME 02:53, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

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Lynn Riggs

Rollie Lynn Riggs (August 31, 1899 – June 30, 1954) was an American author, poet, playwright and screenwriter. His 1931 play Green Grow the Lilacs was adapted into the landmark musical Oklahoma!.

Early life

Riggs was born on a farm near Claremore, Oklahoma, (then Indian Territory). His mother was 1/8 Cherokee, and when he was two years old, his mother secured his Cherokee allotment for him. He was able to draw on his allotment to help support his writing.

He was educated at the Eastern University Preparatory School in Claremore, Oklahoma, starting in 1912. Riggs graduated from high school in 1917, and travelled to Chicago and New York City. He worked for the Adams Express Company in Chicago, wrote for the Wall Street Journal, sold books at Macy's and swept out Wall Street offices. Returning to Oklahoma in 1919, he wrote for the Oil and Gas Journal. Travelling to Los Angeles, Riggs worked as an extra in the theatre, and a copyeditor at the Los Angeles Times, which published his first poem. Riggs entered the University of Oklahoma in 1920, and taught English there from 1922–1923. However, Riggs became ill with tuberculosis during his senior year and did not graduate. Riggs then moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico to improve his health and soon joined a group of artists. However, in 1926 he moved back to New York, hoping to work in the Broadway theatres.

Literary career
Riggs wrote 21 full-length plays, several short stories, poems, and a television script.

His first major production was a one-act play, Knives from Syria, which was produced by the Santa Fe Players in 1925. He began teaching at the Lewis Institute in Chicago, while continuing to write. In 1928 he received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and travelled to Europe. Riggs began writing his most famous play Green Grow the Lilacs in the Café Les Deux Magots on the Left Bank in Paris. He completed this play five months later in Cagnes-sur-Mer, in Southern France.

He then lived in Santa Fe, Los Angeles, and New York, and was a screenwriter for Paramount and Universal Studios. Riggs was homosexual and was often a non-romantic escort for Hollywood actresses including Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.

After serving in the military 1942–1944 he worked on an historical drama for Western Reserve University, published the short story "Eben, The Hound, and the Hare" (1952), and worked on the novel The Affair at Easter, set in Oklahoma. He moved to Shelter Island, New York after he started receiving a steady income when Green Grow the Lilacs was adapted into Oklahoma! in 1943.

Riggs was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1943, and in 1965 he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

Death and legacy
Riggs died on June 30, 1954 of stomach cancer in New York City. He was buried in Claremore, Oklahoma, where at his funeral the governor had a state flag laid over his coffin. This marked the first instance of this state honor in Oklahoma. Claremore, Oklahoma is home to the Lynn Riggs Memorial.

His home in Santa Fe at 770 Acequia Madre Road is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building in the Camino del Monte Sol Historic District. He is further memorialized by the Lynn Riggs Black Box Theater, located in Oklahoma and named in his honor.

Plays
Selected plays include:
 * Knives from Syria (premiered 1925, published 1927)
 * Big Lake (premiered 1927, published 1927)
 * Sump'n Like Wings (premiered 1931, published 1928)
 * A Lantern to See By (premiered 1925, published 1928)
 * Rancor (premiered 1928)
 * Roadside (premiered 1930, published 1930)
 * Green Grow the Lilacs (premiered 1931, published 1931)
 * The Cherokee Night (premiered 1932, published 1936)
 * More Sky (1934)
 * Russet Mantle (1936)
 * A Year of Pilar (1938)
 * A World Elsewhere (1939)
 * The Cream in the Well (1940)
 * Dark Encounter (1944)
 * Toward the Western Sky (premiered 1951)

His first play was Cuckoo in 1920, a farce about college fraternities that was performed at the University of Oklahoma in the spring of 1921. The Theatre Guild produced his Green Grow the Lilacs on Broadway in 1931, where it ran for 64 performances. The musical Oklahoma!, based on Riggs' play, opened on Broadway on March 31, 1943 and ran until May 29, 1948 for 2,212 performances.

Filmography

 * The Siren Song (1930)
 * Beyond Victory (1931, uncredited)
 * Laughing Boy (1934, uncredited)
 * Stingaree (1934)
 * Family Man (1934)
 * Andrew's Harvest (1934)
 * A Wicked Woman (1934, uncredited)
 * The Garden of Allah (1936)
 * The Plainsman (1936)
 * Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
 * Destination Unknown (1942)
 * Madame Spy (1942)
 * Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dikta

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The result of the debate was KEEP. Linuxbeak | Talk 19:16, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Dikta
The entry does not assert any notability of this alleged band. 202.156.6.54 00:00, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It does now, as I updated it quite a bit using Kappa's link and the official site. --Jacquelyn Marie 13:19, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep "Dikta’s first album, Andartak (2002), has received both public and critical acclaim. One critic even called it “the most interesting album from an Icelandic band in a long while”. Andartak’s singles got a lot of airtime on Iceland’s biggest rock radio station, X-ið 977, with one of them reaching the top of the charts!" Kappa 02:53, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per Kappa. Good research! --Jacquelyn Marie 13:03, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
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New Canaan Nature Center

The New Canaan Nature Center (40 acre) is a botanical garden, arboretum and nature preserve located at 144 Oenoke Ridge, Route 124, about 0.25 mi north of the center of New Canaan, Connecticut.

The nature center includes wet and dry meadows, two ponds, wet and dry woodlands, dense thickets, an old orchard, and a cattail marsh, as well as a 4000 sqft greenhouse. Landscaped areas of the site include a wildflower garden (which won the 1997 Homer Lucas Landscape Award from the New England Wild Flower Society), a herb garden and a perennial border. About 90% of the plant specimens in the wildflower garden are native species, including bloodroot, columbine, mayapple, jack-in-the-pulpit, wild geranium, Solomon's plume, starflower, and trillium. Shade-loving perennials include bleeding heart, crested iris, Jacob's ladder, hepatica, European ginger and Virginia bluebells. Azaleas, rhododendrons and a stand of mountain laurel also feature.

The center also contains a small arboretum of Sciadopitys verticillata (Umbrella Pine), Chamaecyparis pisifera Squarrosa (Moss Sawara Cypress), Chamaecyparis pisifera Plumosa (Plume False Cyprus), Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera'  (Japanese Umbrella Pine), Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea'  (Purple Beech), Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula'  (European Weeping Beech), Cercis canandensis (Eastern Redbud), Acer palmatum 'Dissectum-Pendula' , Pinus cembra (Swiss Stone Pine) and Picea apies 'Repens' (Weeping Norway Spruce).

New Canaan Nature Center features many nature programs throughout the year, including the Fall Fair every October, and maple sugaring celebrations in early spring.

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The Box (Chicago album)

The Box is a five-CD/one DVD career-spanning box set by popular American group Chicago and was compiled and released through Rhino Records in 2003. The set was authorized by the band, who helped choose material from its entire back catalogue.

The box includes material from every studio album released by the band since its 1969 debut Chicago Transit Authority to its late 1990s recordings, along with a few rarities, notably three songs from the then-unreleased 1993 Stone of Sisyphus project. Every charting single from 1969 to 2003 is included, with the exception of the 1986 remake of the band's earlier hit, "25 or 6 to 4."

An additional DVD sports rare live recordings from 1972 and promotional material for 1979's Chicago 13. The set also includes a booklet of additional material featuring track-by-track analysis, promotional photos, essays and variations on the familiar Chicago logo.

The set did not chart in the US or the UK.

Disc 6: DVD
Features live material from 1972 and promotional videos for Chicago 13 in 1979.

Personnel

 * Dawayne Bailey - electric guitar, lead & background vocals
 * Peter Cetera - electric bass, lead & background vocals, acoustic guitar
 * Bill Champlin - keyboards, lead & background vocals, guitar
 * Donnie Dacus - guitar, lead & background vocals
 * Laudir de Oliveira– congas, percussion, background vocals
 * Bruce Gaitsch - guitar
 * Keith Howland - guitar, background vocals
 * Tris Imboden - drums, harmonica
 * Terry Kath - guitar, lead & background vocals, bass, percussion
 * Robert Lamm - piano, keyboards, percussion, lead & background vocals
 * Lee Loughnane - trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, background vocals
 * James Pankow - trombone, percussion, background vocals
 * Walter Parazaider - saxophone, flute, woodwinds, percussion, background vocals
 * Chris Pinnick - guitar
 * Jason Scheff - bass, lead & background vocals
 * Danny Seraphine - drums, drum programming, percussion, background vocals

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A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Philidelphians. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 September 15 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. signed,Rosguill talk 17:57, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

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The result of the move request was: moved to Major League Cricket (2000). (closed by non-admin page mover) C LYDE TALK TO ME/STUFF DONE (please mention me on reply) 21:50, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Major League Cricket (defunct) → ? – A better disambiguator must exist than (defunct), but I am not sure what would be right because this is not my topic area and the article is a bit oddly structured. Major League Cricket (2005)? See Talk:KCTY (Kansas City) and Talk:Meta (augmented reality company). Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:23, 23 April 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. EggRoll97 (talk) 19:02, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Cricket has been notified of this discussion. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 20:33, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

 * Merge to History of United States cricket much like what happened last year with Pro Cricket. 162 etc. (talk) 00:23, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

 * An example for a similar naming situation is United States Football League, United States Football League (2010) and the current United States Football League (2022) Moedk (talk) 10:30, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * What complicates things in this case is that there was never a Major League Cricket "season". The only event they ever successfully pulled off was the Sir Clive Lloyd Cup in 2004. 162 etc. (talk) 13:26, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * Move to Major League Cricket (2000). Founding years are a fairly common disambiguator for sporting organizations with shared names, and I think that pattern would be appropriate here. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 17:31, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

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List of people from Miami

The following is a list of notable people who were born or who live or formerly lived in the city of Miami, Florida.

Artists and designers

 * Jorge Arango (1917–2007), Colombia-born architect
 * Hernan Bas, visual artist
 * Clandestine Culture, contemporary artist
 * Sebastian Spreng, visual artist and journalist
 * Robert Law Weed, architect
 * Kat Reeder, Peruvian-born illustrator, graphic designer, and artist
 * Arturo Rodríguez (born 1956), Cuban-born painter
 * Cesar Santos (born 1982), Cuban-born painter
 * Purvis Young (1943–2010), painter
 * Jonathan Crenshaw, an armless, homeless street painter

Authors, writers, and journalists

 * T. D. Allman, foreign correspondent, historian
 * Dave Barry, columnist and humorist
 * James Carlos Blake, fiction writer and essayist
 * Edna Buchanan, novelist and Miami journalist (born in Paterson, New Jersey)
 * Patricia Cornwell, novelist
 * Daína Chaviano, author of historical, scifi & fantasy novels, born in Havana (Cuba).
 * Reed Cowan, journalist
 * Jennine Capó Crucet, novelist, essayist, short story writer
 * Marjory Stoneman Douglas, conservationist and writer of fiction and non-fiction
 * Eric Garcia, writer whose Matchstick Men was adapted into a movie
 * Dr. Lillian Glass, body-language expert, author, columnist, TV commentator
 * Thomas Harris, author of novels featuring Hannibal Lecter
 * Carl Hiaasen, novelist and former Miami Herald columnist, originally from Plantation, Florida
 * Dan Le Batard, columnist and sports radio host
 * Jeff Lindsay, author of novels featuring Dexter Morgan
 * Tom Llamas, ABC and NBC News correspondent
 * Kirk Munroe, author of children's books
 * Chris Myers, sportscaster and host of The Chris Myers Interview
 * Ferdie Pacheco, Muhammad Ali's cornerman and doctor, TV commentator, artist, writer
 * Amy Serrano, poet, essayist, author, filmmaker

Actors and entertainers
• Somy Ali, former Bollywood actress, writer, model, filmmaker and activist

• Diora Baird, actress and former model

• Esther Baxter, actress

• Garcelle Beauvais, actress in The Jamie Foxx Show, NYPD Blue, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, actress (born in Haiti but grew up in Miami)

• Jack Betts, actor

• Paul Bouche, TV host and producer of A Oscuras Pero Encendidos

• Noah Centineo, actor, To All the Boys I've Loved Before and Black Adam

• Matt Cohen, South of Nowhere

• Abella Danger, pornographic actress and model

• Patricia Delgado, ballet dancer

• Cote de Pablo, actress, NCIS (born in Chile but grew up in Miami)

• Gail Edwards, actress, It's a Living, Full House, Blossom

• Michael Flessas, Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) winning film Dancer in the Dark

• Brandon Flynn, actor, 13 Reasons Why and Hellraiser

• Andy García, born in Cuba, moved to the United States at age 5

• Yani Gellman, actor, The Lizzie McGuire Movie

• Lynda Goodfriend, actress

• Pat Hingle, actor

• Nick Hogan, actor, reality television personality, son of Hulk Hogan

• Adam Irigoyen, actor, Shake It Up

• Oscar Isaac, actor, Inside Llewyn Davis, Star Wars sequel trilogy, Moon Knight

• Victoria Jackson, former Saturday Night Live cast member

• Blake Jenner, actor in Glee and Everybody Wants Some

• Barry Jenkins, filmmaker; Moonlight

• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, actor, wrestler and former University of Miami defensive end

• Lawrence Kasdan, co-writer, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Solo: A Star Wars Story

• Catherine Keener, Academy Award-nominated actress

• Veronica Lake

• Cris Lankenau

• Monica Lopera (born 1985), actress

• Phil Lord (born 1975), director and writer on The Lego Movie, The Lego Batman Movie, and The Lego Ninjago Movie; executive producer on Storks and Smallfoot

• Josie Loren, Make It or Break It

• William H. Macy, Academy Award-nominated for Fargo

• Kristin Minter, model and actress from Home Alone and ER.

• Julio Oscar Mechoso, The Legend of Zorro

• Camila Mendes, American-Brazilian actress, Riverdale

• Anya Taylor-Joy, actress, born in Miami

• Eva Mendes, actress

• E. Roger Mitchell, actor

• María Antonieta de las Nieves, actress known for El Chavo del Ocho (currently lives in Miami)

• Danny Pino, actor in Cold Case, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Dear Evan Hansen

• Larsa Pippen, reality television personality, socialite, and businesswoman, The Real Housewives of Miami

• Sidney Poitier, Academy Award-winning actor; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and In the Heat of the Night

• Yvette Prieto, model for designer Alexander Wang

• Nathalia Ramos, Spanish-Australian-American actress (born in Spain but once lived in Miami)

• Riley Reid, pornographic actress

• Roxie Roker, actress in The Jeffersons

• Christian Slater, actor in Heathers (lives in New York City and Miami)

• Stugotz, radio host of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz on ESPN Radio, current resident of Miami

• Philip Michael Thomas, Miami Vice

• Wilmer Valderrama, That '70s Show, Yo Momma, NCIS

• Alexa PenaVega, actress in Spy Kids and Repo! The Genetic Opera

• Ben Vereen, actor and entertainer

• Sofia Vergara, actress and model, Modern Family

• Lulu Wang, filmmaker

• Persia White, Girlfriends

• Pharrell Williams, singer-songwriter, producer, rapper and film producer

• Dave Williamson, stand-up comedian
 * Marcello Hernandez, stand up comedian “SNL” “Only In Dade”

Business

 * Benjamin Breier, president, chief executive officer and member of the board of directors for Kindred Healthcare
 * Terri Dial, former leader of Citigroup's North American consumer banking business
 * Blake Ross, co-founder of Mozilla Firefox

Criminals

 * William Calley, war criminal
 * Al Capone, infamous Chicago mobster
 * Adolfo Constanzo, Cuban-American serial killer
 * Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer
 * Jonathan James, youngest person ever to be incarcerated for cybercrime in the United States

Musicians and singers
• Luther Campbell, rapper, aka Luke, former leader of 2 Live Crew

• Steve Aoki, DJ

• David Archuleta, singer

• Giselle Bellas, singer-songwriter

• Booba, rapper

• Brisco, rapper

• Camila Cabello, former member of Fifth Harmony, born in Cuba, relocated to the United States at age 5

• Kat Dahlia, rapper

• Tego Calderón, rapper born in Puerto Rico who moved to and attended high school in Miami

• Harry Wayne Casey, better known as "KC" of KC and the Sunshine Band

• Willy Chirino, salsa singer

• Phil Collins, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor, lives in Miami

• Cool and Dre, team of hip-hop producers

• Celia Cruz, salsa music singer

• Denzel Curry, rapper

• Christian Daniel, singer-songwriter and actor, moved to Miami in 2007

• DaniLeigh, singer

• Craig David, British singer

• Jason Derulo, singer-songwriter

• DJ Craze, Nicaraguan American, only DJ in history to win three consecutive World DMC Champion titles

• DJ Khaled, rapper, born in New Orleans but raised and lives in Miami.

• DJ Laz, rapper, DJ

• DJ Uncle Al, local hip hop DJ

• Dunk Ryders, rap group

• Gloria Estefan, Latin pop singer-songwriter

• Expose, freestyle group

• Flo Rida, rapper

• Sage Francis, alternative hip hop artist

• Barry Gibb, lead vocalist in Bee Gees

• Maurice Gibb Musician in Bee Gees

• Deborah Harry, singer of Blondie

• Brooke Hogan, pop and R&B singer; daughter of Hulk Hogan

• Ace Hood, rapper

• Julio Iglesias, Latin artist

• I Set My Friends on Fire, post-hardcore band

• Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter

• Iron & Wine, folk rock singer-songwriter

• Jacki-O, rapper

• Lauren Jauregui, singer-songwriter, former member of Fifth Harmony

• MC Jin, rapper and actor

• JT Money, rapper

• Victoria Justice, actress and singer

• Sean Kingston

• Jennifer Lopez, singer

• LunchMoney Lewis, singer

• Lil Pump, rapper (real name: Gazzy Garcia)

• Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish-born heavy metal guitarist, now resides in Miami with his family

• Ky-Mani Marley, reggae singer, actor, son of Bob Marley

• Ricky Martin, Latin pop singer

• ¡Mayday!, rap group signed to Strange Music

• George McCrae, soul music singer

• Syesha Mercado

• Samuel David Moore, of Sam & Dave

• Damien Moyal, singer and musician

• Brianna Perry, rapper and actress, originating from Dade County

• Pitbull, Cuban American rapper who mentions "Dade County" in several songs

• Pleasure P, singer

• Poison Clan, rap group

• Iggy Pop, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor, born in Muskegon, but lives in Miami

• Pretty Ricky, rap and R&B group

• Red Spyda, producer, hip-hop R&B

• Rick Ross, rapper

• Paulina Rubio, Mexican Latin pop singer

• Santaye, singer-songwriter

• Jon Secada, singer-songwriter, Latin pop singer

• Smitty, rapper

• Smokepurpp, rapper born in Chicago but grew up in Miami

• Frida Sofía, Mexican-born singer-songwriter, media personality and fashion model

• Spaceghostpurrp, rapper

• Stevie B, freestyle music singer

• Stitches, rapper

• Jessica Sutta, of the girl group Pussycat Dolls

• Malu Trevejo, Cuban-born singer

• Trick Daddy, rapper

• Trina, rapper

• Will to Power, freestyle group

• Marion Williams, gospel music singer

• Shakira, Colombian singer, and songwriter

• Betty Wright, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter

• City Girls, rap group
 * Maluma, Colombian singer living in Miami

Politicians, honor civil servants, and activists

 * Victor Agosto, anti-war activist
 * George P. Bush, Texas General Land Office commissioner
 * Francis Suarez, 43rd Mayor of Miami
 * Jeb Bush, politician, 43rd governor of Florida
 * Mattie Belle Davis, judge
 * Anitere Flores, politician
 * Carlos A. Giménez, U.S. Representative and former mayor of Miami-Dade County
 * Renita Holmes, housing activist
 * Carlos López-Cantera, politician
 * Scott James Meyer, attorney and former stand-up comedian
 * Yeshimabeit Milner, technologist and activist
 * Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, U.S. Representative
 * Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator
 * Maria Elvira Salazar, U.S. Representative and former television anchor and journalist for Telemundo, CNN Español and Univision
 * Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, director of Latinos for Trump
 * Robert H. Traurig, co-founder of Greenberg Traurig, one of the nation's largest law and lobbying firms
 * Daniel Noboa, 48th President of Ecuador

Autoracing

 * Bobby Allison and family, NASCAR drivers
 * Zach Banks, racing driver
 * Enzo Fittipaldi, Formula 3 driver
 * Pietro Fittipaldi, Indycar and Formula One driver
 * Bobby Johns, NASCAR driver
 * Tony Kanaan, 2013 Indianapolis 500 Champion, 2004 IndyCar Series Champion and 2015 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona overall winner
 * Carlos Munoz, IndyCar Series racing driver
 * Juan Pablo Montoya, 2001 and 2015 Indianapolis 500 Champion and Formula One racing driver

Baseball
• Robert Andino, current MLB baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles

• J. P. Arencibia, former MLB catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

• Ray Bare, former MLB pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers

• Andy Barkett, former MLB player for the Pittsburgh Pirates and current manager of the Class AA Jacksonville Suns

• Rick Behenna, former MLB pitcher for the Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians

• Brian Buchanan, former MLB outfielder for the Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres and New York Mets

• José Canseco, former baseball player (born in Cuba, moved to Miami as an infant)

• Steve Carlton, Hall of Fame baseball player

• Alex Castellanos, current MLB outfielder for the New York Mets

• Vinnie Chulk, current MLB relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers

• Andre Dawson, former MLB outfielder

• Lenny DiNardo, MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals

• Joe Dunand, MLB player

• Tal Erel (born 1996), Israel national baseball team player

• Jorge Fábregas, former MLB catcher

• Mike Fuentes, former MLB outfielder for the Montreal Expos

• Bryan Garcia, professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers

• Alex Gonzalez, former MLB infielder

• Dee Gordon, MLB player for Miami Marlins

• Charlie Greene, former MLB catcher

• Ricky Gutiérrez, former MLB player

• Lenny Harris, former MLB infielder/outfielder, holds current MLB record for most pinch hits

• Fernando Hernandez, current MLB relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics

• Mark Higgins, former MLB first baseman for the Cleveland Indians

• Bobby Hogue, former MLB pitcher for the Boston Braves, St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees

• Jay Howell, former MLB relief pitcher

• Dick Howser, former NBA player and manager

• Jon Jay, MLB player

• Charles Johnson, former MLB catcher

• Jerry Johnson, former MLB pitcher

• Randy Johnson, former MLB player for the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins

• Ross Jones, former MLB shortstop for the New York Mets, Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals

• Jeff Keppinger, current MLB infielder for the Tampa Bay Rays

• Jim Lewis, former MLB pitcher for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins

• Mickey Lopez, former MLB second baseman for the Seattle Mariners

• Mike Lowell, former MLB third baseman for the New York Yankees, Florida Marlins (now Miami Marlins) Marlins, and Boston Red Sox

• Manny Machado, current MLB infielder for the San Diego Padres

• Christopher Marrero, current MLB first baseman for the Washington Nationals

• J. D. Martinez, current MLB outfielder for the Boston Red Sox

• Luis Martinez, current MLB catcher for the Texas Rangers

• Rob Murphy, former MLB relief pitcher

• Don Newhauser, former MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

• Dan Otero, current MLB relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants

• Henry Owens, MLB pitcher for the Florida Marlins

• Brad Peacock, current MLB pitcher for the Oakland Athletics

• Dan Perkins, former MLB pitcher for the Minnesota Twins

• Nick Regilio, former MLB pitcher for the Texas Rangers

• Carlos Reyes, former MLB pitcher

• Mickey Rivers, former MLB center fielder for the California Angels, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers

• Alex Rodriguez, former MLB player for Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees, was born in New York City, but moved to Miami as a child

• Iván Rodríguez, former MLB catcher for the Texas Rangers, Miami Marlins, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees and Houston Astros

• Sean Rodriguez, current MLB shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies organization

• Mandy Romero, former MLB catcher for the San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies

• Al "Flip" Rosen, MLB four-time All-Star third baseman and first baseman, MVP, two-time home run champion, two-time RBIleader

• Ryan Sadowski, former MLB pitcher currently playing in the Korea Baseball Organization

• Gaby Sánchez, current MLB free agent first baseman; played for the Miami Marlins

• Dennis Sherrill, former MLB infielder for the New York Yankees

• Mose Solomon (1900–1966), the "Rabbi of Swat", MLB player

• Shannon Stewart, current MLB outfielder free agent

• Larry Thomas, former MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox

• Danny Valencia, American-Israeli current MLB player for the Baltimore Orioles

• Elih Villanueva, current MLB pitcher for the Miami Marlins

• Garrett Wittels, baseball player

• Woody Woodward, former MLB infielder for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds; GM of the Seattle Mariners

Basketball
• Ray Allen (born 1975), retired NBA player, Miami Heat 2013-2014

• Trevor Ariza, NBA small forward for the Miami Heat (born in Miami, raised in Los Angeles)

• Carlos Arroyo, guard for the Galatasaray Liv Hospital (Turkey)

• Raja Bell, former NBA guard

• Steve Blake (born 1980), NBA point guard for the Portland Trail Blazers (Hollywood)

• Chris Bosh, NBA player, current resident of Miami

• Rakeem Buckles (born 1990), professional basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

• Jimmy Butler, NBA player for the Miami Heat, resident of both Chicago and Miami

• Amir Celestin (born 1990), plays for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

• Mario Chalmers, NBA player

• Keyon Dooling, NBA guard

• Goran Dragic, NBA player for the Miami Heat, resident of both Slovenia and Miami

• Doug Edwards, former NBA power forward for the Atlanta Hawks

• Ed Elisma (born 1975), basketball player

• Dewan Hernandez, NBA player for Toronto Raptors

• Udonis Haslem, NBA forward for the Miami Heat

• Eddie Jones, former NBA player (Pompano Beach)

• James Jones, NBA small forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers

• LeBron James, NBA player, Miami Heat 2011-2014

• Shawn Jones (born 1992), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

• Maurice Kemp (born 1991), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

• Brandon Knight, NBA point guard for the Phoenix Suns

• Frank Martin, current head coach for Men's Basketball at the University of South Carolina

• Anthony Mason (1966–2015), NBA player

• Beatrice Mompremier, WNBA player for the Atlanta Dream

• Alonzo Mourning, retired NBA player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, current resident of Miami

• Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972), retired NBA player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

• Glen Rice Jr., professional basketball player Washington Wizards, 2017-18 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League

• Mitch Richmond, former NBA player (Ft. Lauderdale)

• Pat Riley (born 1945), current president of the Miami Heat, current resident of Miami

• Yoav Saffar (born 1975), basketball player

• John Salley (born 1964), retired NBA player

• Sam Singer (born 1995), basketball player for Israeli team Bnei Herzliya

• Mychal Thompson, former NBA player, NBA champion with Los Angeles Lakers

• Dwyane Wade, NBA player for the Miami Heat, resident of both Chicago and Miami

• Neal Walk (1948–2015), former NBA player

• Erica Wheeler (born 1991), WNBA player for the Indiana Fever

Football
• Blue Adams, NFL cornerback

• Ottis Anderson, former NFL running back who was Super Bowl XXV MVP

• Atari Bigby, NFL strong safety for the Green Bay Packers

• E.J. Biggers, former NFL cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• Bennie Blades, former NFL free safety for the Detroit Lions

• Brian Blades, former NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks

• Teddy Bridgewater, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints.

• Cariel Brooks, cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals

• Antonio Brown, retired NFL wide receiver, played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, played college Football at Central Michigan University

• Isaac Bruce, former wide receiver (Ft. Lauderdale)

• Antonio Bryant, former NFL wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• Rashad Butler, current NFL offensive lineman for the Houston Texans

• Vernon Carey, current NFL offensive lineman for the Miami Dolphins

• Johndale Carty, NFL defensive back

• Tony Chickillo, NFL defensive lineman

• James Cook, current NFL running back for the Buffalo Bills

• Amari Cooper, current NFL wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns

• Bret Cooper, Arena Football League player

• Paris Cotton, current CFL running back

• Terry Cousin, former NFL cornerback

• Travis Daniels, current NFL cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs

• Al Darby, NFL tight end

• Troy Davis, former NFL running back for the New Orleans Saints

• Charley Diamond, American Football League player

• Elvis Dumervil, current NFL defensive end for the Baltimore Ravens

• Onzy Elam, former NFL linebacker for the New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys

• Rashad Fenton, current NFL cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons

• Joaquin Gonzalez, former NFL offensive lineman for the Indianapolis Colts

• Frank Gore, current NFL running back for the Indianapolis Colts

• Steve Griffin, former NFL and Arena Football League player

• Darius Hadley, former Arena Football League player

• Al Harris, current NFL cornerback for the Miami Dolphins

• Ted Hendricks, former Hall of Fame NFL linebacker

• Marcus Hudson, current NFL defensive back for the San Francisco 49ers

• Steve Hutchinson, current NFL offensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings

• Lindy Infante, former head coach of Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts

• Michael Irvin, former NFL wide receiver (Ft. Lauderdale)

• Jamaal Jackson, current NFL offensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles

• Craig Jay, former NFL tight end for the Green Bay Packers.

• Andre Johnson, current NFL wide receiver for the Houston Texans

• Carlos Joseph, current NFL offensive lineman for the Jacksonville Jaguars

• Davin Joseph, current NFL offensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• William Joseph, current NFL defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders

• Patrick Lee, current NFL cornerback Green Bay Packers

• Marquand Manuel, current NFL strong safety for the Detroit Lions

• Darrell McClover, current NFL linebacker for the New York Jets

• Stanley McClover, current NFL defensive end for the Houston Texans

• Jerome McDougle, current NFL defensive free agent

• Stockar McDougle, current NFL offensive lineman free agent

• Willis McGahee, current NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns

• Bryant McKinnie, current NFL offensive lineman free agent

• Mike McKenzie, current NFL cornerback free agent

• Eddie Miles, NFL player

• Lamar Miller, NFL running back

• Vernand Morency, current NFL running back free agent

• Dan Morgan, NFL linebacker for the Saints (Coral Springs)

• Santana Moss, current NFL wide receiver for the Washington Redskins

• Sinorice Moss, current NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants

• Chris Myers, current NFL offensive lineman for the Houston Texans

• Chad Ochocinco, former NFL wide receiver

• Branden Oliver, college football running back

• Roscoe Parrish, current NFL wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills

• Brian Piccolo, late football player who played for the Chicago Bears (Ft. Lauderdale)

• Larry Rentz, former AFL defensive back for the San Diego Chargers.

• Antonio Robinson, current NFL wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers

• Antrel Rolle, current NFL free safety for the New York Giants

• Samari Rolle, current NFL cornerback for the Baltimore Ravens

• Drew Rosenhaus, current NFL agent for players such as Chad Johnson and Terrell Owens

• Mike Rumph, former NFL free safety for the Washington Redskins

• Asante Samuel, current NFL cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons

• Kevin Smith, former University of Central Florida running back; 2008 Draft pick for the Detroit Lions

• Steve Spurrier, current head football coach at the University of South Carolina

• Duane Starks, former NFL cornerback for the Oakland Raiders

• Steve Tannen, NFL defensive back with the New York Jets (1970, first round pick)

• Lenny Taylor, former NFL wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers

• Sean Taylor, former NFL free safety for the Washington Redskins

• Derrick Thomas, late NFL linebacker who was a member of the NFL 1990s

• Stephen Tulloch, NFL player for Detroit Lions

• Alan Veingrad, former NFL football player

• Carl Vereen, former NFL offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers

• Jonathan Vilma, current NFL linebacker for the New Orleans Saints

• Nate Webster, current NFL linebacker for the Denver Broncos

Golf

 * Daniel Berger (born 1993), professional PGA Tour golfer
 * Erik Compton, professional golfer

Mixed martial artists

 * Alex Caceres, mixed martial artist fighting in the UFC
 * Jorge Masvidal, mixed martial artist fighting in the UFC
 * Mike Rio, professional mixed martial arts fighter, former member of the UFC
 * Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-American mixed martial artist, boxer, professional wrestler and occasional actor

Tennis

 * Jodi Appelbaum-Steinbauer (born 1956), former professional tennis player
 * Jay Berger (born 1966), former tennis player; highest world ranking # 7
 * Anne Grousbeck (born 1966)
 * Anna Kournikova, professional tennis player
 * Van Winitsky (born 1959), former tennis player ranked World No. 7 in doubles

Multiple disciplines

 * Eddy Alvarez (born 1990), Olympic short track speed skater and baseball player, and Major League Baseball second baseman

Other sports

 * Fannie Barrios, IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Fabiano Caruana, former United States Chess champion
 * Lisa Cross, IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Layla El, former WWE professional wrestler
 * Justin Garces, MLS soccer player for Atlanta United
 * Margie Goldstein-Engle (born 1958), equestrian
 * Brian Ginsberg (born 1966), gymnast, two-time US junior national gymnastics champion
 * Hulk Hogan, former professional wrestler, actor
 * Ashleigh Johnson (born 1994), water polo goalkeeper
 * Glen Johnson, former world light heavyweight boxing champion
 * Jorge Masvidal, mixed martial artist fighting in the UFC
 * Floyd Mayweather Jr., professional boxer, boxing promoter
 * Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Hans Pienitz (born 1988), American-born German professional ice hockey player
 * Andrew Talansky, professional cyclist
 * Betty Viana-Adkins, IFBB professional bodybuilder
 * Lola Vice, professional wrestler, mixed martial artist
 * Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP), professional wrestler
 * Henry Westmoreland, retired American soccer player

Miscellaneous

 * Stephanie Abrams, meteorologist at the Weather Channel since 2003
 * Nina Agdal, Danish model
 * Richard A. Appelbaum, U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral
 * Don Aronow, speedboat builder and racer
 * Stephanie Berman-Eisenberg, supportive housing developer
 * Black Chiney, Jamaican sound system
 * Leslie Cochran, Austin, Texas, resident who personified "Keep Austin Weird"
 * Kyan Douglas, star of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
 * Howard Engle (1919–2009), physician and lead plaintiff in a landmark lawsuit against the tobacco industry
 * Manuel J. Fernandez, U.S. Air Force fighter ace; raised in Miami
 * Roy Firestone, TV personality
 * Don Francisco, TV host
 * Kid Fury, vlogger and co-host of podcast The Read
 * Dave Graveline, talk radio host
 * Leroy Griffith, theater and club proprietor
 * Charlie Hall, firefighter and member of the Florida House of Representatives
 * Christina Hattler, fashion designer
 * Valeria Morales, Miss Colombia 2018
 * Richard L. Hoxie, U.S. Army brigadier general
 * Arefeh Mansouri, fashion and costume designer
 * Jeanine Mason, winner of So You Think You Can Dance (Season 5), actress
 * Ana Navarro, political strategist, political commentator for CNN, co-host of The View
 * Adriana Paniagua, Miss Nicaragua 2018
 * Edward C. Peter II, U.S. Army lieutenant general; raised in Miami
 * Allen Lawrence Pope, former military and paramilitary aviator who was shot down over Indonesia during the Permesta Rebellion
 * Brett Ratner, director of the Rush Hour films
 * Albert Reed, model, Dancing with the Stars
 * Crystal Renn, plus-size model
 * Daniel Schechter, child psychiatrist and researcher
 * Robert L. Shevin, politician and judge
 * O.J. Simpson, football player, actor
 * Ondi Timoner, film director
 * Dayanara Torres, Miss Universe 1993
 * Rick Tyler, white supremacist and political candidate from Tennessee.
 * Pedro Zamora, AIDS educator and The Real World: San Francisco television personality

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Mars-class combat stores ship

The Mars-class combat stores ships were a class of seven auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy. The ships were designed for underway replenishment, in support of carrier task force groups, carrying miscellaneous stores and munitions. Initially they carried no fuel oil or liquid cargo, but by the early 1990s the class was refitted with limited refuel capacities for F-76 fuel. None of the original seven ships originally commissioned by the US Navy remain in service. The Mars class was replaced by the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ships.

Cargo capacity of the each ship was approximately 7,000 tons in five holds, with hangar space for two UH-46 helicopters.

Brief history
Vessels in the class were constructed in mid-1960s, while early units commissioned in the late 1960s served in the Vietnam War. The vessels supported combat operations off the coast.

These ships continued to support naval units during their time in service in US Navy until the mid-1990s. Mars-class ships were present and supported operations in Red Sea and the Persian Gulf during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. By the mid-1990s, five of the seven ships were transferred to the Military Sealift Command.

Ships
The ships of the class are named for American resort and significant historical towns/cities.

 * USS Mars (AFS-1) - decommissioned 1998; sunk as a SINKEX target off Hawaii, 2006
 * USS Sylvania (AFS-2) - decommissioned, 26 May 1994; James River, Virginia, National Defense Reserve Fleet, scrapped 2012.
 * USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) - transferred to Military Sealift Command, September 1994, served with Military Sealift Command until 1998, sunk as target 14 July 2012.
 * USS White Plains (AFS-4) - decommissioned, 1995; inactivated 2002, sunk as SINKEX target in RIMPAC exercise,
 * USS Concord (AFS-5) - transferred to Military Sealift Command, 15 October 1992, served with Military Sealift Command until 1998, inactivated in 2008, sunk as part of a SINKEX exercise.
 * USS San Diego (AFS-6) - transferred to Military Sealift Command, 1993; scrapped, 2006
 * USS San Jose (AFS-7) - transferred to Military Sealift Command, 1993; inactivated January 2010, scrapped 2012.

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Talk:Gardner McKay

Anonymous biographical comment from 2005
I met Gardner in 1991. I was making sculptures out of discarded objects at the time and I knew he was an ex-TV star and had an office in a nearby shopping center. I thought he might be able to help me promote my work so I popped into his office one day and he was very receptive. He liked my work and I gave him a print-out of epigrams I'd come up with and he said he had a similar collection which he called "codgerisms", a word his friend Jimmy Buffet had suggested. He was 58 at the time (the age I am now).

After that, we would meet in the mornings at a coffee shop in Kailua, where he and his wife lived. I would tell him about what a sleepy, charming little village Kailua was when I was a kid and he would tell me about his career as a sculptor, a keeper of lions, a playwright, and the screenwriter he was trying to be at the time. His play Toyer had done well and Hollywood had paid him a lot of money to write a screenplay. He was not happy about it, as I recall. At the coffee shop we talked about art, movies, women, the ocean, and whatever came to mind. A couple of memorable things he said during those talks were: "I'll never be old enough to play golf", and "Fast food should never be eaten slowly".

Apparently his screenplay was rejected but ended up becoming a novel. By that time he'd moved to Hawaii Kai on the other side of O'ahu. This was after I'd taken him to look at my aunt's house on Kaneohe Bay that was for sale. The house had been built in 1940 and he liked it but he said his wife would not like the kitchen.

I visited him once at his new house and that was the last I saw of him before I moved to the Big Island. A few years later I saw the Vanity Fair article on him. The last I heard from him was a letter in which he mentioned that he and his wife had been to Samoa. Next thing I knew, I was reading his obituary in Time.

Rating
I've rated the article stub class mainly for the lack of inline citations, but adding a bit more content wouldn't hurt. Whyaduck 22:58, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Plays and novels?
The article says McKay "wrote many plays and novels," but mentions only "Sea Marks." Can someone write up something on his other plays and novels of note - with links? Thanks.

Isoruku (talk) 18:32, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

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Kornelia Ender

Kornelia Ender (later Matthes now Grummt, born 25 October 1958) is a former East German swimmer who at the 1976 Summer Olympics became the first woman swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games, all in world record times. It was later proven that the East German team doctors had systematically administered steroids to their athletes (albeit without the athletes' knowledge). As she had exhibited symptoms of steroid use in 1976 (deep voice, overdeveloped body), strong suspicion was cast on the validity of Ender's accomplishments.

Ender trained from a young age and won her first Olympic medals as a 13-year-old at the 1972 Olympics in Munich: three silver medals, including one in the 200 m individual medley, finishing behind Australia's Shane Gould. Over the following years she broke 32 world records in individual events, including the four at the Montreal Games. In 1991, she addressed the long-held suspicions about her physical condition at the 1976 Games, acknowledging that team doctors and coaches had given her numerous injections of drugs over the preceding months (cf. doping in East Germany). Ender said that she did not know at the time, nor had she ever subsequently found out, exactly what the drugs were. She said she was told only that the drugs would help her "regenerate and recuperate" and therefore, although she was surprised by the muscle mass she added, she nonetheless attributed it simply to her rigorous training.

When she became suspicious and refused to take chlorodehydromethyltestosterone in 1977 she was banned from the team by Manfred Ewald.

Ender was married for four years to East German backstroke swimmer and multiple Olympic champion Roland Matthes. She is now married to former East German track and field athlete and bobsledder Steffen Grummt.

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Talk:White Oaks Secondary School

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Re: Chris Hadfield attending the schools, there's a newspaper story entitled "White Oaks students to see alumnus fly space shuttle" here: Kappa 00:04, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I had some trouble reading the article, because of the interface. I also found this, which is an abstract of an article, which I can't link to, since it's not on the public web.

ASTRONAUT REVISITS HIS ALMA MATER IN MILTON PRESENTS NAMESAKE BURSARY TO GRADUATE; [Final Edition] DENIS GIBBONS, SPECIAL TO THE SPECTATOR

Source: The Spectator. Hamilton, Ont.: Oct 16, 1999. pg. N.6

 * "Seven schools rightfully claim [Chris Hadfield] as an alumnus. Before taking his OAC (Grade 13) year at MDHS in 1977, he spent four years at White Oaks Secondary School in Oakville. Percy Merry School in Milton was his first elementary school in Halton, but he also attended W.H. Morden and Montclair schools in Oakville and King George VI school in Sarnia. ..."

NASA, simply chose to pick MDHS,for his bio, probably to avoid listing so many. --rob 02:32, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

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Jane Lane, Lady Fisher

Jane Lane (c. 1626 – 9 September 1689) played a role in the escape of Charles II in 1651 after the Battle of Worcester. She rode with Charles, disguised as her servant, from Staffordshire to Somerset.

Origins
Jane was the daughter of Thomas Lane and Anne Bagot of the parish of Bentley and Hyde (near Walsall). Her parents had married at Blithfield, Staffordshire, in 1608. Their son, John, was born on 8 April 1609, the first of what were to be four sons and five daughters. There are several early christening dates for a Jane Lane in the International Genealogical Index which have been estimated by contributors, most probably based on a spurious date for her marriage. However she was known as 'Jane Lane' in 1651 and so was unmarried at that date.

Known birth (and other) dates for Jane Lane's siblings are:

 * John (8 April 1609 – 31 August 1667) a colonel in the Royalist army and, after the Restoration, MP for Lichfield
 * Walter Lane—born May 1611
 * William Lane—baptised 7 August 1625
 * Richard Lane—youngest son (became a Groom of the Bedchamber)
 * Withy Lane (married John Petre). Withy is stated in the book Flight of the King (Alan Fea, 1908, Methuen) as being the eldest daughter of the family.
 * Jane Lane
 * Anne Lane (married Edward Birch)
 * Mary Lane—born 1619 (married Edward Nicholas)
 * Elizabeth Lane

In May 1644 her family home Bentley Hall was looted by parliamentary forces during the Civil War.

The travel to Bristol with Charles II
Following defeat at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, Charles II escaped and headed north into Shropshire and Staffordshire with several companions including Lord Derby and Henry, Lord Wilmot. A reward of £1000 was offered for the capture of the King. It is likely that the King and anyone helping him would have been executed for treason, if caught. The King had a distinctive appearance: very dark and six feet two inches tall (1.88 m). Furthermore, there were cavalry patrols tasked with finding the King. At this time it was illegal for Catholics to travel more than five miles away from their homes without a pass from the sheriff of the county. Helping the King would therefore be hazardous.

Wilmot had gone to Bentley Hall in Staffordshire, the home of Colonel John Lane, who had been an officer in the Royalist Army since 1642. His sister was Jane Lane. She was described by John Evelyn as "an acute wit", "an excellent disputant" though "no beauty". Wilmot learned that Jane had obtained a permit from the military for herself and a servant to travel to the seaport of Bristol, to visit a relation, Ellen Norton, who was having a baby. Lord Wilmot saw the opportunity of escaping through Bristol in the guise of the servant, since no lady would travel alone. On learning of the King's failure to reach Wales, Wilmot decided that the King should take advantage of the military pass and travel to Bristol as Jane Lane's servant, and then find a ship to take him to France.

When the King reached Bentley Hall early on 10 September 1651, he was dressed as a tenant farmer's son and adopted the alias ‘William Jackson’ for the next part of his journey. The party then set out, Charles riding the same horse as Jane Lane. They were accompanied by Withy Petre (Jane Lane's sister), her husband John Petre, and Henry Lascelles, another related Royalist officer.

Lord Wilmot refused to travel in disguise; he rode openly half a mile ahead of the party and if challenged he said he would claim to be out hunting. This was a risky yet useful decoy. The party rode through Rowley Regis then Quinton to Bromsgrove. When they arrived at Bromsgrove they found that the horse ridden by Charles and Lane had lost a shoe. The King, playing the role of servant, took the horse to a blacksmith. The King when he later told his story to Samuel Pepys and others said, "As I was holding my horse's foot, I asked the smith what news. He told me that there was no news that he knew of, since the good news of the beating the rogues of the Scots. I asked him whether there was none of the English taken that joined with the Scots, He answered he did not hear if that rogue, Charles Stuart, were taken; but some of the others, he said, were taken. I told him that if that rogue were taken, he deserved to be hanged more than all the rest, for bringing in the Scots. Upon which he said I spoke like an honest man; and so we parted."

The party reached Wootton Wawen where cavalry had gathered outside the inn. Here John and Withy Petre went ahead of the party. The King, Lane and Henry Lascelles with great coolness rode through the troops. The party then continued through Stratford-upon-Avon, and on to Long Marston where they spent the night of 10 September at the house of John Tomes, another relation of Lane.

On Thursday 11 September, they continued through Chipping Campden and then to Cirencester, where it is said they spent the night of 11 September at the Crown Inn. The next morning they travelled on to Chipping Sodbury and then to Bristol, arriving at Abbots Leigh on the evening of 12 September. They stayed at the home of Mr and Mrs George Norton, who were also Lane's friends. The Nortons were unaware of the King's identity during his three-day stay at Abbots Leigh. While staying there Charles deflected suspicion by asking a servant, who had been in the King's personal guard at the Battle of Worcester, to describe the King's appearance and clothing at the battle. The man looked at Charles and said, "The King was at least three fingers taller than [you]."

Bristol to Trent
Attempts were made to find a ship from Bristol to France but without success. Charles and Wilmot therefore decided to try the south coast.

Ellen Norton had a miscarriage and felt that Lane should stay. Consequently, Lane had to counterfeit a letter apparently calling her back to Bentley so that she could leave with the King.

On the morning of 16 September Charles and Lane set out and reached the Manor House, Castle Cary. The next day they reached Trent in Somerset (now in Dorset). They stayed at Trent House, the home of Colonel Francis Wyndham, another Royalist officer. The King spent the next few days hiding at Trent whilst Wyndham and Wilmot attempted to find a ship from Lyme Regis or Weymouth. While at Trent that the King witnessed the local villagers celebrating, believing that he had been killed at Worcester. On 18 September Jane Lane and Lascelles returned home.

Lane's exile
However Lane heard on 14 October that the Council of State had been told she had helped with the escape. Before Bentley Hall was searched, she left, walking to Yarmouth posing as a "country wench" and travelled to France. She arrived in Paris in December 1651 and was welcomed by the Court in exile. She developed a strong friendship with the King and with Queen Henrietta Maria. The King held her in great esteem. So much so that John Fisher reported a rumour had circulated that she was the King's mistress. Even the King's sister, Mary, in a letter from Holland referred to Jane as the King's 'wife'.

In 1652, Charles arranged for Lane to become a lady-in-waiting for his sister Princess Mary in Holland. Throughout his exile Charles carried on affectionate correspondence with Jane Lane and often said that he wished he could help her more. Lane received the following letter from Charles in reply to a letter in which she had said he had probably forgotten her by now:

"1652 the last of June

Mrs. Lane, I did not thinke I should ever have begun a letter to you in [chiding?] but you give me so just cause by telling me you feare you are wearing out of [my?] memory that I cannot chuse but tell you I take it very unkindly that after [all?] the obligations I have to you 'tis possible for you to suspect I can ever [be so?] wanting to myselfe as not to remember them on all occasions to your advan[tage?], which I assure you, I shall and hope before long I shall have it in my power to give you testimonyes of my kindnesse to you which I desire. I am very [sorry?] to hear that your father and brother are in prison, but I hope it is of no [other?] score than the general claping of all persons who wish me well and I am the more sorry for it. Now it hath hindered you from coming along with my [sister?] that I might have assured you myself how truly I am

Your Most affectionate friend, For Mrs. Lane

Charles R."

Restoration
At the Restoration Lane returned to England. Charles was then able to give her a pension of £1000 per year and many gifts, including portraits of the King and a lock of his hair. Parliament also voted her £1000 to buy a jewel to commemorate her service. Her courageous loyalty earned for her family the right to add the three Lions of England to their coat of arms. (In later years the lions exempted the Lane family from a tax on coats of arms, as the royal arms were exempt.)

She was married to Sir Clement Fisher, 2nd Baronet of Packington Hall, Warwickshire (1613–1683), on 8 December 1663 by Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury. Fisher had served under Jane's brother, John Lane, as a captain in the First Civil War. There were no children from the marriage.

In later life she lived extravagantly. There were arrears of £6,500 in the payment of her pension and she was deeply in debt. Lady Fisher died at Packington Old Hall, between Birmingham and Coventry, on 9 September 1689 and was buried at Packington. Because of her debts, her estate was only £10. There is a memorial to Jane and her parents in St Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton.

Several paintings of Lane exist including one in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery of the King and Jane Lane on a horse (NPG 5251). It was part of a romanticised series about the escape painted by Isaac Fuller shortly after the Restoration.

In fiction

 * Jane Lane is the subject of the 2012 novel The King's Mistress by Gillian Bagwell (US title The September Queen).
 * Lane plays a significant part in Georgette Heyer's novel, Royal Escape, pub. 1938.
 * Jane Lane appears in an episode describing Charles's II escape in Charlotte Mary Yonge's Under the Storm (1888).

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Hagenbach-Bischoff system

The Hagenbach-Bischoff system is a variant of the D'Hondt method, used for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. It usually uses the Hagenbach-Bischoff quota for allocating seats, and for any seats remaining the D'Hondt method is then applied so that the first and subsequent divisors (number of seats won plus 1) for each party list's vote total includes the number of seats that have been allocated by the quota. The system gives results identical to the D'Hondt method and it is often referred to as such in countries using the system e.g. Switzerland and Belgium. Luxembourg uses the Hagenbach-Bischoff method to allocate seats in its European Parliament elections.

and so on.
 * 1) Step: Basic Distribution
 * The total number of valid votes cast in the election is divided by the number of seats to be allocated + 1. The result, rounded up to the next whole number, forms the distribution number (also election number). Each party or list is allocated as many seats as the distribution number is completely contained in its vote count. Thus, the number of seats for a party is:
 * $$\text{number of Seats} = \left\lfloor \frac{\text{number of Votes}}{\left\lfloor \frac{\text{Total number of Votes}}{\text{Total number of Seats}+1} + 1 \right\rfloor} \right\rfloor$$
 * 1) Step: If there is still a seat to be allocated:
 * For each party, the quotient $$\textstyle \frac{\text{number of Votes}}{\text{already allocated seats} + 1}$$ is calculated, and the next seat is allocated to the party with the largest quotient (highest number).
 * 1) Step: If there is still a seat to be allocated, step 2 is repeated.

History
While named after the Swiss physicist and electoral reformer Eduard Hagenbach-Bischoff (1833–1910), it was originated by the D'Hondt method's inventor Victor D'Hondt (1841–1901), using the simple or Hare quota. Hagenbach-Bischoff's contribution, in addition to popularizing it, was to suggest a quota that allocates the greatest possible number of seats before the D'Hondt method is used.

Variations
As used in Belgium's national parliamentary elections from 1919 to 2003 the system could be said to have existed in a two-tier form, until it was replaced by a single-tier PR system. First, the Hare rather than Hagenbach-Bischoff quota was applied in the constituencies of provinces, and second, any seats remaining after quota allocation were aggregated, along with parties' provincial vote totals, at the provincial level where the D'Hondt method was then applied, including in the divisors for each party the number of seats it had won in the constituencies. Slovakia uses a variant of Hagenbach-Bischoff system.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Team rehab

 * 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 --Cel e stianpower hablamé 15:15, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Team rehab
Non-notable group of people who play Magic. Possible vanity Johntex\talk 00:06, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I should point out that the article makes no claim of notability Johntex\talk 00:17, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete as per nom.
 * Sorry forgot to sign. CambridgeBayWeather 01:01, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, and propose "gaming groups" as a new CSD. Jkelly 00:20, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Perhaps some kind of common sense speedy delete rule would work. Friday (talk) 00:59, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable. --MONGO 02:11, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * delete nn Pete.Hurd 04:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * delete gamecruft, nn, vanity GTBacchus 05:56, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * delete AGREE: gamecruft, nn, vanity --Daniel Lotspeich 06:10, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * speedy delete if possible. cruftiness, vanity, and non-notability. Jesse 13:28, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * delete. could be speedy delete, but too much info and wikified.. --Monkbel 16:09, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * delete They cannot compete with MOLTAR's power anyway. Shrapnelmoon 9:20, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
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Bělá

Bělá, derived from bílá ('white'), may refer to places in the Czech Republic:

 * Bělá (Havlíčkův Brod District), a municipality and village in the Vysočina Region
 * Bělá (Opava District), a municipality and village in the Moravian-Silesian Region
 * Bělá (Pelhřimov District), a municipality and village in the Vysočina Region
 * Bělá (Semily District), a municipality and village in the Liberec Region
 * Bělá, a village and part of Bělá pod Pradědem in the Olomouc Region
 * Bělá, a village and part of Liberk in the Hradec Králové Region
 * Bělá, a village and part of Luže (Chrudim District) in the Pardubice Region
 * Bělá, a village and part of Malonty in the South Bohemian Region
 * Bělá (Mírová pod Kozákovem), a village and part of Mírová pod Kozákovem in the Liberec Region
 * Bělá, a village and part of Nová Pec in the South Bohemian Region
 * Bělá nad Radbuzou, a town in the Plzeň Region
 * Bělá nad Svitavou, a municipality and village in the Pardubice Region
 * Bělá pod Bezdězem, a town in the Central Bohemian Region
 * Bělá pod Pradědem, a municipality and village in the Olomouc Region
 * Bělá u Jevíčka, a municipality and village in the Pardubice Region
 * Česká Bělá, a market town in the Vysočina Region
 * Děčín X-Bělá, a part of Děčín in the Ústí nad Labem Region
 * Dolní Bělá, a municipality and village in the Plzeň Region
 * Bělá Castle, a castle in Dolní Bělá
 * Horní Bělá, a municipality and village in the Plzeň Region
 * Rohovládova Bělá, a municipality and village in the Pardubice Region
 * Biela (river), Czech name Bělá, a river of Germany and the Czech Republic

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