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Nixdorf Computer

Nixdorf Computer AG was a West German computer company founded by Heinz Nixdorf in 1952. Headquartered in Paderborn, Germany, it became the fourth largest computer company in Europe, and a worldwide specialist in banking and point-of-sale systems.

Labor for Impulstechnik
When Nixdorf worked at Remington Rand Corp., he recognized the market potential for calculators. He presented his concept to a few large businesses. The Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk (RWE) in Essen showed interest and trust in his ideas, so they gave him 30,000 D-Mark. With that, Nixdorf was able to found the Labor für Impulstechnik on July 1, 1952. The same year, the company delivered their first calculator. Because of their success, the Labor für Impulstechnik delivered to major companies like the Wanderer-Werke in Cologne and the Compagnie des Machines Bull in Paris. In 1954 the company was compelled to move to another office location, because they needed more space. They invented many products like the Wanderer Conti, the first desk calculator in the world with a printer in it, and the Nixdorf-Universalcomputer 820. The fast expansion was the reason why the company rented rooms in Paderborn, Nixdorf's hometown. One year later, the company moved completely to Paderborn and their first own building was built in 1961. Today, there is a museum located there. In 1967, Nixdorf had the idea of not just selling via distributors anymore, but to sell the products by himself. The first companies were built and the Labor für Impulstechnik was also represented in Berlin. The first public move was when the company bought their biggest client, the Wanderer-Werke in Cologne.

Development of the Nixdorf Computer AG
With the buy of the Wanderer shares in 1968, followed the merger between the former Wanderer Werken and the Labor for Impulstechnik to the Nixdorf Computer AG on October 1, the same year. The place of business was in Paderborn. Because of the electronic data processing as a new concept, the company had a quick success. Producers like IBM were trusted on mainframes but Heinz Nixdorf recognized that mainframes were too expensive for many concerns, so he presented the Nixdorf 820. With that he brought the computer directly to the office and the people could afford it.

Because of a 100 million DM order in 1968, the first computers made their way from Paderborn overseas. Later, the Nixdorf Computer AG also settled down in the United States and in Japan. In the 1970s, the Nixdorf Computer AG grew to the market leader in the mid-range computing in Germany and was the fourth largest computer company in Europe with subsidiaries in Germany, Ireland, Spain, the United States and Singapore. In 1972, it was represented in 22 countries. Because of the expansion, the company grew faster and bigger and so they had to build new buildings. In 1971, the new central office was applied, today it is called the Heinz Nixdorf Aue and in the building is the Heinz Nixdorf Museums Forum and the Heinz Nixdorf Institut of the Universität Paderborn.

In 1975, the Heinz Nixdorf Company produced a new generation of data capturing: the 88xx-line. It was very successful, and in 1978, the Heinz Nixdorf AG sales were a billion DM, with over 10,000 employees worldwide.

With the thought of training his employees, Nixdorf founded a trade school in 1969, which was done in 1972: the Bildungszentrum für informationsverarbeitende Berufe (b.i.b.). Heinz Nixdorf was an ambitious sportsman, and as he wanted his employees to do sports as well, he built the Ahorn-Sportpark in Paderborn right next to the company's central office.

In 1980, Nixdorf purchased a US-based vendor of IBM mainframe software, TCSC (The Computer Software Company), which then became Nixdorf's NCSC (Nixdorf Computer Software Company) subsidiary. TCSC's products included its own operating systems for IBM and compatible mainframes, EDos and EDos/VS; it had licensed the DATACOM/DB database from Applied Data Research (ADR) to run under them. Having purchased TCSC, Nixdorf sought to continue the licensing arrangement; ADR and NCSC went to court in a dispute over whether the licensing arrangement was terminated by the acquisition. ADR and Nixdorf settled out of court in 1981, with an agreement that Nixdorf could continue to resell ADR's products.

Because of its fast growth, the NCAG needed more money. Nixdorf refused an offer from the Volkswagen AG, but agreed with the Deutsche Bank which gave the concern 200 million D-Mark for 25 percent. By going public to the Börse Düsseldorf they got 300 million DM in 1984 as well. One year later, the emission brought 700 million DM. The production capacities in the factories in Germany and abroad were extended.

In 1985, the sales of Nixdorf AG were 4 billion DM, with an after-taxes profit of 172 million. At this time, the company had 23,000 employees in 44 countries. Heinz Nixdorf died of a heart attack on March 17, 1986, at the CeBIT in Hannover.

Development of the Nixdorf AG after his death
The follower of Nixdorf was Klaus Luft, who made some records in the first year. The turnover was 5 billion D-Mark and the company had 30,000 employees. But the company could not follow the change of the computers and missed important products like the personal computer. Because of the loss of money, Luft had to give away his job after 3 years to Horst Nasko. Because of the loss of money the chairpersons were compelled to sell the company.

Withdrawal from IBM-compatible mainframe market
In 1989, Nixdorf decided to pull out of the IBM-compatible mainframe market, in order to focus on Unix. It transferred its Nixdorf 8890 line of clone IBM mainframes to Comparex Informationssysteme GmbH. However, while Comparex was willing to take over the hardware business, it did not want the responsibility of maintaining Nixdorf's Edos operating system (a fork of IBM's DOS/VS operating system), preferring that its customers purchase mainframe operating systems from IBM instead. Nixdorf decided to cancel all work on the next release of its Edos, since they did not want to commit to maintain any new version in the years to come.

Takeover by Siemens
On October 1, 1990, Siemens took over the Nixdorf shares and the merger between the Nixdorf Computer AG and Siemens followed to the Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme (SNI). Thousands of people were made redundant in Paderborn the same year, because Siemens sought to streamline the company. Siemens became the largest computer company in Europe.

Formation of new companies
On October 1, 1999, the SNI was taken over by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. The name was changed to Wincor Nixdorf GmbH. Since 2004 the company is going public at the Frankfurter Börse as Wincor Nixdorf AG. It produces cash points, cash registers and reverse vending machines. In 2016, Wincor Nixdorf merged with Diebold, Inc. to produce Diebold Nixdorf.

Products
Selected system families:

 * System Family 620 (1974-1984): Based on technologies from the American computer manufacturer Entrex.
 * Nixdorf 820 (1968-1979): Built with semiconductor technology, it used early silicon transistors, paired with IBM-sourced type ball terminals. A variety of models were available for different markets.
 * Nixdorf 8811 (1975-1979): The Datatel "data telephone" system, equipped with dialpad and LED display, allowed direct access to a computer over the telephone line. Intended for office workers, information could be requested and then shown on the display or printed on a quiet spark printer. Because it was unable to gain approval from the Deutsche Bundespost to be connected to the phone network, it could only be used on internal phone systems, limiting its market success.
 * Nixdorf 8818 (1982): ISDN PBX. Nixdorf was the first German company to offer such a system, and was the first approved by the Bundespost. Models 80-600 supported 30-3000 terminals and allowed up to 246 concurrent calls, including 6-participant conference calls. Multiple physically separate PBXs could be joined into a single logical system. Compatible successors were sold until 2006.
 * Nixdorf 8862 and 8812 (1976): The 8812 was a computerized point of sale system for retail and hospitality. When connected to an 8862, complete inventory management.
 * Nixdorf 8870 (1980): Niros OS, Business Basic, Tamos, Comet. For ERP.
 * Nixdorf 8890 (1985): A rebadged IBM System/370 and System/390 compatible system from Hitachi.

Software:
 * Edos: an operating system for low-end IBM (and compatible) mainframes, a fork of IBM's DOS/VS operating system (unrelated to DOS for PCs). Acquired in 1980 when Nixdorf purchased its US-based vendor, TCSC (The Computer Software Company), which then became Nixdorf's NCSC (Nixdorf Computer Software Company) subsidiary.
 * PWS/VSE-AF (1983): full name Programmer Work Station/VSE-Advanced Functions, a Unix compatibility subsystem for low-end IBM mainframes, based on the Coherent Unix clone developed by Mark Williams Company; it ran under their own Edos/VS and Edos/VSE operating systems, and also IBM's DOS/VS and DOS/VSE.

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 * 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 userfied as requested by Ed Poor. --Phroziac(talk) 00:48, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Terms used in the creation-evolution debate
The page is yet another POV-fork attempt by User:Ed_Poor. This distinction is already made on the creation-evolution controversy page and we don't need to start new pages for creationists to illustrate their own ideas. Joshuaschroeder 19:43, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete per nominator. Pilatus 20:15, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete CalJW 20:23, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Daedalus-Prime 20:36, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
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Barney (dog)

Barney Bush (birth name Bernard Bush; September 30, 2000 – February 1, 2013) was a Scottish Terrier owned by former U.S. President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush. Barney had his own official web page which redirected to an extension of the White House website. Barney was born in New Jersey and he was often referred to as the "First Dog".

Family
Barney's mother, Coors, was owned by former Environmental Protection Agency Director and former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman. The dog's father is known as Kelly. Miss Beazley, the Bushes' other Scottish terrier, is Barney's niece through his half-brother, Clinton.

Interests
Barney is said to have enjoyed playing with volleyballs and golf balls, and enjoyed observing games of horseshoes. There are various web sites across the Internet devoted to Barney. Most notably, he was the main star of the White House's annual Christmas videos during the Bush administration.

Barney was featured in several films that go by the name of Barneycam and are made by the White House Staff, and star both Barney himself and Miss Beazley, the other presidential canine. These movies can be found on the George W. Bush archived White House web site.

Bob Woodward quotes Bush about Barney
Barney was evoked in a famous Bush quote cited by Bob Woodward about the Iraq War in State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III (ISBN 0743272234) and repeated during a 60 Minutes interview:

"'Late last year he had key Republicans up to the White House to talk about the war. And said, 'I will not withdraw even if Laura and Barney are the only ones supporting me.' Barney is his dog,' Woodward says. 'My work on this leads to lots of people who spend hours, days with the president.'"

Criticism by Karl Rove and Vladimir Putin
White House official Karl Rove remarked shortly after his resignation that Barney was "a lump." Barney has also been criticized by Russian President Vladimir Putin who feels a world leader should own large robust dogs, not smaller breeds such as the Scottish Terrier. At a later date, when Putin introduced Bush to Koni, his black labrador, Putin is reported to have remarked that Koni is "(b)igger, tougher, stronger, faster, meaner, than Barney."

Satires
On November 27, 2006, Barney was featured in an article in satirical newspaper The Onion titled "Troop Morale Boosted By Surprise Visit From First Dog". The article described a fictitious visit by Barney to troops in Iraq.

On December 14, 2006, The Daily Show satirized Barney's Holiday Extravaganza. Barney was, at one point, satirized in "The Bugle".

On January 23, 2007, Scottie Tails posted a satire video of a Wheaten-colored terrier named Kenzie asking Barney to contact her about a date.

Bites
On November 6, 2008, Barney bit Reuters news reporter Jon Decker's finger. Barney had bitten Boston Celtics public relations director Heather Walker on the wrist on September 19, 2008, breaking the skin and drawing blood, but the incident was not reported until after the November 4 elections. Laura Bush's spokesperson joked afterwards that "I think it was his way of saying he was done with the paparazzi."

Death and legacy
On February 1, 2013, Barney was euthanized due to lymphoma. He was survived by the Bushes' other Scottish Terrier, Miss Beazley, who later died in 2014.

Barney and Miss Beazley are honored with a bronze sculpture at the George W. Bush Library. A bronze Barney also appears in the arms of Bush's statue in Rapid City, South Dakota's "City of Presidents" public art installation of presidential statues.

Filmography
Barney has starred in eleven government film productions. His last, Barney Cam VII: A Red, White and Blue Christmas, is a 2008 Christmas video featuring George W. Bush and members of his immediate family, and many American Olympians. In it, he dreams of winning several honors for the United States before being woken up by President Bush, who needs Barney's help in preparing for Christmas.

Barney's feature videos: • Barney Cam VII: A Red, White and Blue Christmas (2008)

• Barney Cam VI: Holiday in the National Parks (2007)

• My Barney Valentine (2007)

• Barney's Holiday Extravaganza (2006)

• A Very Beazley Christmas (2005)

• Barney and Miss Beazley's Spring Garden Tour (2005)

• Barney has found Miss Beazley (2005)

• Where in the White House is Miss Beazley? (2004)

• Barney Reloaded (2003)

• Barney and Spot's Winter Wonderland (2003)

• Barney Cam (2002)

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Sherry Rehman

Sherry Rehman (born 21 December 1960) is a Pakistani politician, journalist and former diplomat who has been the member of the Senate of Pakistan since 2015. She was the first female Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from March to August 2018 and served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2013. She is currently serving as the Federal Minister for the Ministry of Climate Change.

Born in Karachi, Rehman received her B.A. from Smith College and her M.A. in art history from the University of Sussex. In 1988, she joined the Herald as its editor and remained with the magazine until 1999. In 2002, she was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan. She was re-elected in 2008, and became a member of the Federal Cabinet under Prime Minister Gillani as the Minister for Information.

She resigned from the cabinet in 2009 and went on to serve as the Chair of the Pakistan Red Crescent and founded the non-partisan think tank, Jinnah Institute. In November 2011, she was appointed as the Ambassador to the United States and remained until April 2013. In 2015, she was elected to the Senate.

Early life and education
Sherbano Rehman was born on 21 December 1960 in Karachi to Hassanally A. Rahman. Her mother served as first vice president of the State Bank of Pakistan. Rehman attended the Karachi Grammar School receiving her A level from there, she moved to the United States where she studied at the Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she received her B.A. in political science in 1985. She moved to the United Kingdom, where she received an M.A. in art history from the University of Sussex. She serves as the chairperson of the Jinnah Institute, a research organisation.

Professional career
Rehman started her professional career as a journalist with The Daily Star and then joined The Herald and became its editor-in-chief at the age of 26, serving until 1998. After leaving the Herald in 1998, she co-authored the book The Kashmiri Shawl: From Jamawar to Paisley. She worked as a professional journalist for 20 years and served as a member of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors from 1988 to 1998. Rehman hosted a television current affairs show in 1999. She has also worked for the Pakistan Red Crescent Society as chairperson.

Political career
She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time as a candidate for PPP on reserved seat for women in 2002 Pakistani general election where she remained until 2007. During her tenure as Member of the National Assembly, she remained Central Information Secretary of PPP, President of Policy Planning for the PPP and remained a part of the party's Foreign Relations Committee.

Rehman was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate for PPP on the reserved seat for women from Sindh in 2008 Pakistani general election. During her second tenure as Member of the National Assembly, she authored severals legislations which were tabled in the National Assembly.

In March 2008, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and was appointed as the Minister for Information and Broadcasting. She was given the additional ministerial portfolio of Health in April 2008, Women Development and Culture in May 2008. She remained Minister for Culture until August 2008. In November 2008, she relinquished portfolios of Health and Women Development.

Rehman resigned her post as Information Minister in March 2009 in protest over government attempt to put restrictions on the freedom of the press.

In 2010, she tabled a bill seeking to abolish the death penalty for blasphemy, as a result she was placed under police surveillance after receiving death threats. Rehman was accused of committing "blasphemy, a crime that carries the death penalty" in Pakistan" in connection with a 2010 TV talk show." Her accusers went to the Pakistan "Supreme Court with his complaint after police refused to register it. The court ordered police in the central Pakistani city of Multan to investigate."

In November 2011, Rehman was named Pakistan's Ambassador to United States following the resignation of Hussain Haqqani, who was asked to resign by Prime Minister Gilani in the wake of the "Memogate" scandal. While ambassador, she called on the United States to end its drone strikes in Pakistan. She left the post in May 2013.

In June 2015, she was elected to the Senate of Pakistan for the first time as a candidate of PPP on general seat from Sindh and replaced Abdul Latif Ansari.

In March 2018, she was elected as the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and became the first female in Pakistan to hold the office. She served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate till August 2018.

In 2020, she created controversy when she clapped back at PTI Senator Mohsin Aziz for his comments, "Mera Jism Meri Marzi, MeToo and apna khana khud garam kero." She argued that parliament should not play the culture and religious card when talking about women’s rights.

As of 2020, she was the chairperson on the Senate committee on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

In 2022 she spoke to international media about major floods. During the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, she pushed for an agreement on loss and damage, for the rich nations to compensate the poor countries for the damage they have caused, holding the Pakistani floods that year as a prime example of the damage being done by climate change. After an agreement was reached, she said that it "provides hope to vulnerable communities all over the world who are fighting for survival from climate stress, and gives some credibility to the COP process."

Awards and recognition

 * In 2002, she became first Pakistani to be recognised with an award for independent journalism by the UK House of Lords in its Muslim World Awards Ceremony.
 * In 2006, she received R.L Shep Ethnic Textiles Book Award, for The Kashmiri Shawl.
 * In January 2009, a report of the International Republican Institute referred to her as "Democracy's Hero" as a result of her struggle for the cause of democracy in Pakistan. In the same month, Rehman was named among the "100 Most Influential Asians" by UAE magazine Ahlan.
 * In 2008, she was presented the International Peace Award for Democrats by the Human Rights Commission.
 * In 2008, she also won the International Human Rights Commission Award for her work for human rights and peace.
 * In 2009, she was given the title of "Democracy's Hero" by the International Republican Institute.
 * In 2009, she received 'The Freedom Award' Pakistan by the Association of Television Journalists.
 * In 2011, she received Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Award by The Women's Democracy Network, Washington
 * In 2012, she received Smith College Medal for her 'extraordinary achievements and outstanding service' to Pakistan.
 * In 2013, she received the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan's highest civilian honor by the President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari.

Author

 * The Kashmiri Shawl: From Jamavar to Paisley, Antique Collectors' Club, 2006. Co-authored with Naheed Jafri.
 * CPEC 2.0: The Promise and The Peril, Jinnah Institute, 2009.
 * Corridors of Knowledge for Peace and Development, Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2019. Contributed with the Chapter 4, "The Connectivity Dream".

Editor

 * Womansplaining: Navigating Activism, Politics and Modernity in Pakistan, Folio Books and Jinnah Institute, 2021.

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Thunder Jones is a guy trying to get by in this world. He currently lives in Nashville, TN. He married in 1997. A graduate of Gallatin Senior High School, Boston University with a MTS in philosophy, theology, and ethics as well as Duke University with a ThM in theology and ethics, he currently works as a Realtor. He has aspirations to priesthood in the Episcopal Church and is currently in the ordination process.

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Tarzan and the Super 7

Tarzan and the Super 7 is a Saturday morning cartoon series, produced by Filmation and originally airing from 1978–1980 on CBS.

The show consisted of separate installments featuring seven groups of adventurers:
 * Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
 * The New Adventures of Batman
 * The Freedom Force — Isis, Super-Samurai, Sinbad, Merlin, and Hercules
 * Jason of Star Command — the only live-action segment
 * Manta and Moray
 * Superstretch and Microwoman
 * Web Woman

The show was an updating of The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour which aired on CBS Saturday mornings during the 1977–1978 television season. That series featured separate half-hour episodes for each hero, with each show having its own opening and closing credits. The two series had previously run separately as Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1976) and The New Adventures of Batman (1977).

Batman and the Super 7
During the 1980–1981 television season, NBC ran repeat episodes under the title Batman and the Super 7. The Dynamic Duo's lone crusade on NBC Saturday Morning, this hourlong series featured all of the original ‘Super 7’ segments except Jason of Star Command and Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (The Tarzan show continued airing repeats on CBS as part of The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour (1980–1981), later renamed The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour (1981–1982)). However, entire half-hour episodes of The New Adventures of Batman were heavily condensed into weekly 10-minute two-parters.

Home media
To date, the only segment released in North America is the five episodes produced of The Freedom Force as well as the live-action series, Jason of Star Command. Warner Home Video released the Batman series in June 2007.

 * Space Sentinels & Freedom Force — The Complete Series - August 22, 2006
 * Jason of Star Command — The Complete Series DVD Set - May 8, 2007
 * The New Adventures of Batman — The Complete Series DVD Set - June 26, 2007

DC Comics sued Filmation in 1978 over Superstretch and MicroWoman and Manta and Moray being trademark infringements of Plastic Man and Aquaman respectively, winning both a 1980 decision and a 1986 appeal.

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Dunbar (ship)

The Dunbar was a full-rigged ship designed and built from 1852 to 1853 by James Laing & Sons of Deptford Yard in Sunderland, England and used for maritime trade, as a troop ship and transport. The Dunbar was wrecked near the entrance to Sydney Harbour, Australia in 1857 with the loss of 121 lives. The wreck of the Dunbar ranks as one of Australia's worst maritime disasters, with the event still retained in the social history of Sydney and New South Wales.

The location of the wreck is now a heritage site, at Watsons Bay. An anchor from the Dunbar, a memorial and remains of the 121 onboard are located within Camperdown Cemetery. The property is owned by the NSW Land Registry Services. The site was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 17 October 2003. The Australian National Maritime Museum holds the John Gillies Collection of artefacts from the Dunbar wreck.

Building and specifications
The Dunbar was launched on 30 November 1854 for London shipowner Duncan Dunbar. The Dunbar was a timber three-masted, full-rigged ship built from British Oak and East India Teak. The ship was copper fastened throughout, with iron knees. The figurehead was a rampant lion, copper sheathed, carved by James Brooker of Maryport. The registered tonnage was 1321 ST. the length of vessel: 201.9 ft; breadth: 35 ft; depth: 22.7 ft.

The Dunbar was built as a first class passenger and cargo carrier. Well fitted out throughout, the vessel was, at the time of launching, the largest timber vessel constructed in Sunderland. This was partly in response to the demand for ships to carry passengers to the Australian gold rushes. The Dunbar however was initially deployed as a troop ship in the Crimean War and did not become involved in the Australian trade until 1856.

Shipwreck
On the night of 20 August 1857, the ship approached the entrance to Port Jackson from the south, but heavy rain and a strong gale made navigating difficult. The ship's captain, James Green, either erroneously believing he had already passed the harbour's southern headland or mistaking a smaller break in the coastline known as The Gap for the port's entrance, drove the ship onto rocks. There were 59 crew and 63 passengers on board under command of Captain Green. The ship was driven against the cliffs of South Head and rapidly broke apart. The force of the gale caused the Dunbar to break up. Only one out of 122 survived, Able Seaman James Johnson, who managed to cling to the cliff face until rescued a day or two later. The remainder of the passengers and crew were drowned. Bodies and wreckage filled the harbour. A funeral was held in Sydney for the dead which included several prominent residents and business people. There were seven hearses, four mourning coaches and a long procession of carriages. The city closed down for the ceremony and the streets lined with mourners while all flags flew at half mast across the city and harbour. A day of public mourning was declared. The remains of the bodies of twenty-two victims were recovered and interred in a single large tomb in Camperdown Cemetery in Newtown. Several other victims have individual monuments. The ship's bell was recovered and donated to St John's Anglican Church, Darlinghurst. It was installed in the bell-tower of the adjoining St John's Primary School (now demolished) where it became a tradition for generations of head-boys to announce the start of each school day by ringing it. A later enquiry blamed the disaster on insufficient navigational aids in the Harbour. As a result of this loss and that of the ship Catherine Adamson at North Head some 9 weeks later, the Government built the Hornby Light at the tip of South Head. James Johnson was eventually employed in Newcastle as the lighthouse keeper and on 12 July 1866, was instrumental in rescuing the sole survivor of the paddle steamer SS Cawarra wrecked there in 1866. Memorial services for the victims of the Dunbar are held annually at St Stephen's Church.

Site, salvage and memorials
The Dunbar shipwreck is located beneath the South Head cliffs near to the Signal Station. There is a rock cut inscription on the flat (horizontal) sandstone cliff top above the actual wreck site location. The inscription reads: DUNBAR C.P. 25th AUG 1857 RECUT BY E.S.S. 20 AUG 1906". It is unknown which tools were used to make the inscription, which have subsequently been picked out by dark pigment (paint?). The inscription appears to have been cut by a witness  to the tragedy and later recut on an anniversary of the wreck. Its historical associations are not questioned.

The Dunbar Anchor Memorial is part of a heritage location designated as the Dunbar Group. It comprises a large (approximately 4 m) iron anchor of Admiralty pattern, attached to the natural sandstone rock cliff face above the southern end of The Gap. The rock face has been worked to a vertical surface to accept the anchor which is fastened to it, with a remnant shackle attached. The memorial includes a stone plinth bonded to the wall detailing the date and purpose of the monument. A timber safety rail fence surrounds the memorial precinct.

The anchor that forms the memorial was recovered from the wreck, identified as Dunbar, in 1910. There is no reason to suggest that this was not the Dunbar wreck, being the only reported site in the immediate vicinity of the cliffs. A very similar anchor is retained on the identified Dunbar wreck site today and may be the other "bower" or main anchor used by the Ship. It was placed in its current position in 1930.

Condition
As of 15 July 2003, the shipwreck site has been greatly reduced due to the exposed nature of its setting at the foot of the South Head cliffs and its shallow depth (~7–8 metres of water). The archaeological remains have been severely reduced due to the actions of salvage divers at the site since its re-discovery in the early 1950s. Without heritage legislation in force and a lack of understanding of conservation science and heritage protection, the Dunbar and other notable wreck sites, were severely damaged at this time. Uncontrolled looting at the site lasted until the 1970s, the use of explosives known from the earlier period of this activity. Today, the main elements consist of one Admiralty and one Porters iron anchor, concreted anchor chain, pig iron ballast blocks scattered through the sandstone rock gullies, and many fragmentary remains of cargo items, ships fittings and fastenings.

The Dunbar anchor has been in outdoor exhibition since 1930 and was the focus of an intensive materials conservation seminar in 1991, held by Woollahra Council with the NSW Heritage Office. The anchor underwent conservation treatment at that time. Ongoing corrosion problems suggest that the anchor is in need of reassessment in terms of the conservation technique used. The rock inscription appears to have been hand carved and is still sharp and distinct. There appears to have been little physical weathering at the site. Due to extensive salvage by SCUBA divers in the 1950s and 1960s, the site's integrity has been severely eroded. Portions of intact archaeological deposits are retained on-site which might retain a moderate level of potential for future scientific examination.

In contemporary culture
There is a description of the shipwreck of the Dunbar in Following the Equator, by Mark Twain. Twain refers to a death toll of 200 people and incorrectly refers to the ship as the Duncan Dunbar.

The incident inspired the 1887 play The Wreck of the Dunbar which was filmed as The Wreck of the Dunbar or The Yeoman's Wedding (1912).

Heritage listing
As at 27 October 2003, The Dunbar Group comprises:
 * the shipwreck remains;
 * the Gillies artefact collection owned and managed by the Australian National Maritime Museum;
 * The Anchor memorial at Gap; and
 * the historic rock cutting on the cliffs above the wreck site.

The Dunbar wreck site and its associated relics are a significant component of Australia's maritime heritage by virtue of the shipwreck's impact in 1857 on the developing colony of New South Wales, its influence on the improvement of navigational aids in Port Jackson (construction of Hornby Lighthouse) and its potential for interpretation through public education programs. The disaster ranks as New South Wales' worst peacetime merchant shipping tragedy. The loss of 121 passengers and crew with sole survivor James Johnson, rocked Sydney and the nation. The event is still remembered today through annual ceremonies at St Stephens Anglican Church, Camperdown (Newtown) - site of the government mass burial plot, and individual gravestones.

The Dunbar Anchor memorial and Dunbar rock inscription are a significant component of the Dunbar historic shipwreck story, and linked directly to the Historic Shipwreck remains, and to contemporary and modern community interest in the 1857 tragedy. The Dunbar anchor memorial at "The Gap" and the nearby rock inscription provide alternate public venues for community appreciation of the tragedy and impact on the inhabitants of Sydney.

Dunbar was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 17 October 2003 having satisfied the following criteria.

The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales.

Significant in the evolution of sea safety. The loss of the fine passenger ship with that of the Catherine Adamson nine weeks later on North Head, created enormous pressure for the locating of a lighthouse closer to South Head to mark the actual harbour entrance (Hornby Light). A site representative of the dangers associated with immigrant travel during the period of the 1850s gold rushes. The events that followed the wrecking, the search, recovery and burial of victims, had a considerable impact on the rapidly expanding colony, possessing in its population a large proportion of people who had travelled by sea and were able to relate to its hardships and fears.

The place has a strong or special association with a person, or group of persons, of importance of cultural or natural history of New South Wales's history.

The Dunbar anchor memorial was established by the local government as a permanent memorial of the horrendous loss of the Dunbar (ship)ship, its passengers and crew, in 1857. The "Dunbar Disaster", as commonly referred, shocked the inhabitants of Sydney and Australia generally. The fine Ship built to high standards in Scotland by a notable shipbuilder, was destroyed in a matter of minutes by extreme storm conditions. The tragic loss of 121 lives, many women and children, had a devastating effect on the community and ranks as the worst peacetime merchant maritime tragedy to befall NSW.

The outpouring of public emotion included a phase of intensive visitation to the scene of the wreck site. Crowds made their way to the South Head cliff tops above the wreck and witnessed its final destruction and the significant loss of life and cargo. The rock inscription was cut five days after the tragedy by C.P. (identity unknown), probably by one such visitor to the site. It was re-cut 49 years to the day of the actual loss in 1906 by another unknown individual.

The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

The vessel, wrecked at the foot of the sheer cliffs below the Signal Station at South Head, has a dramatic aspect and the place a melancholy atmosphere. A rock inscription overlooking the site records the loss, and is a tangible reminder of the tragedy which occurred below. It is linked by the headland walking track to "The Gap" where one of the Dunbar's anchors is displayed. The site is accessible to the general public, retaining potential for further significant interpretative programs. The physical cliff face became known as Dunbar Head due to the impact site and is formally recognised as such today as a significant coastal landmark. The wreck event formed the focus of contemporary artists who captured the terrifying scene through notable artworks, several within the State Library of NSW collection. Artists include G. F. Gregory, Samuel Thomas Gill.

The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.

A site significant for the impact that the loss had on the colonial population and which is retained in the social fabric of Sydney to this day. Representing the most significant shipwreck loss in NSW, the appalling nature of the disaster and the extreme loss of life and property are remembered in annual memorial services at the victim's graves located within St Stephens Cemetery, Newtown. The Dunbar Anchor Memorial acts as a public focal point for the interpretation of the tragedy. Situated prominently at "The Gap", scene of chaos at the time of the tragedy, visitors are invited to learn of the Dunbar history through interpretative plaques.

Significant local interest was generated in relocating the wreck of the Dunbar and relics from the site. Attempts are known at the time of the tragedy in 1857, in 1861, and in 1907 when two anchors were first reported underwater and a syndicate formed to recover them in 1910. One of those anchors appears to have formed the memorial established at The Gap in 1930. These events constitute concerted attempts to establish a public memorial to the tragedy and to mark, through time, the significant nature of the wreck event. 'The Gap' and the South Head coastal cliff top walk retain significance of place, as an area that witnessed the break-up of the Dunbar wreck site, slightly to the south. The anchor memorial serves to focus public appreciation of the loss for the contemporary colonial population.

The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

The material remaining on the Dunbar site is of low significance in terms of its technical attributes. Material that has been removed from the site, eg) spectacles, telescopes, coins, cutlery, anchors, cannon, etc., is likely to be of moderate significance. One collection of artefacts recovered from the site and egistered with the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Amnesty in 1993–5, The Gillies Collection, retains significance for the scale of its objects, as a record of early shipwreck salvage activities and the impact that uncontrolled access to these fragile sites can generate. The collection, now owned and managed by the Australian National Maritime Museum, is representative of the types of materials imported to Australian during the 1850s. It holds potential for research into conservation standards and applications.

The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

The Dunbar shipwreck is significant, particularly in relation to its interpretative potential, as a rare example of a shipwreck associated with a significant loss of life in close proximity to a major port and centre of population. Recovered from the wreck site in 1910 and established as a public memorial in 1930, the resulting anchor monument is unique in New South Wales for its scale and visual setting. As an easily accessible monument to a significant shipping tragedy at the entrance to Sydney, the memorial and associated rock cutting, demonstrate the contemporary community's reaction to the impact of the Dunbar disaster to their world. The monument continues to form a component of the city's cultural fabric, as a rare example of a public venue established to keep the memory of those lost, current.

The Dunbar Admiralty-pattern anchor is characteristic of the type of large iron anchors employed by international sailing vessels during the mid nineteenth century. It comprises one of the "bower" or main anchors from the vessel, another example of which is retained on the wreck site underwater. Comparable government memorials to shipwrecks in NSW include the Walter Hood 1870 memorial near Bendalong; and the Ly-ee-Moon Cemetery (1890) at Greencape.

The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places/environments in New South Wales.

Representative, particularly in relation to its historical attributes, of the dangers associated with immigrant travel in the mid 1850s. The Dunbar anchor memorial and the cliff-top cutting are unique items in NSW in terms of land-based memorials to historic shipwreck events. Such was the impact of the 1857 disaster that the contemporary population wished it to be retained in living memory. Comparable government memorials to shipwrecks in NSW include the Walter Hood 1870 memorial near Bendalong; and the Ly-ee-Moon Cemetery (1890) at Greencape.

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Hitchhike to Rhome

Hitchhike to Rhome is the first studio album by American country/rock band Old 97's, released in 1994. The title comes from the song "Stoned", and refers to Rhome, Texas.

The lyrics make numerous references to the band's Dallas, Texas, environs. "504" refers to the area code for New Orleans (see area code 504). The Robert mentioned in "Drowning In The Days" (as well as "Big Brown Eyes") is Miller's boyhood friend, Robert Jenkins. "Miss Molly" recalls Miller and Hammond's previous work with bluegrass band, Killbilly, with "Doreen" referring to a memorable fan of that band and referencing New York City for the first of many times.

"4 Leaf Clover" was re-recorded as "Four Leaf Clover" with Exene Cervenka for the band's 1997 album, Too Far To Care. Live favorite, "Wish The Worst", is the only Old 97's song with lead guitar played by someone other than Ken Bethea. "Mama Tried" is a Merle Haggard standard and is a favorite live song for bassist, Hammond. "Tupelo County Jail" is a hidden track, playing after a long pause at the end of the album.

A 20th-anniversary, 2-disc special edition of the album was released on November 17, 2014 by Omnivore Recordings. The special edition contains a separate disc of 12 rare and unreleased tracks.

Track listing
(all songs composed by Rhett Miller except where noted)

 * 1) "St. Ignatius" - 4:14
 * 2) "504" - 3:39
 * 3) "Drowning in the Days" - 4:02 (Miller/Hammond)
 * 4) "Miss Molly" - 2:18 (Cindy Walker)
 * 5) "Dancing with Tears" - 2:55 (Joe Burke/Al Dubin)
 * 6) "4 Leaf Clover" - 3:14
 * 7) "Wish the Worst" - 4:32
 * 8) "Old 97's Theme" - 1:42
 * 9) "Doreen" (bluegrass version)- 3:18 (Miller/Hammond)
 * 10) "Hands Off" - 4:35
 * 11) "Mama Tried" - 2:29 (Merle Haggard)
 * 12) "Stoned" - 3:59
 * 13) "If My Heart Was a Car" - 3:29
 * 14) "Desperate Times" - 3:46
 * 15) "Ken's Polka Thing" - 13:34 (Bonus track "Tupelo County Jail" after a long pause) (Ken Bethea/Webb Pierce)

Personnel
Old 97's:
 * Ken Bethea - electric guitar & accordion
 * Murry Hammond - bass, vocals & banjo
 * Rhett Miller - vocals & acoustic guitar
 * Philip Peeples - drums

Additional Musicians
 * Andy Owens - banjo on "Doreen" and "If My Heart Was a Car" and mandolin on "Doreen"
 * Reggie Rueffer - fiddle on "Hands Off"
 * Clark Vogeler - 1st electric guitar on "Wish the Worst"
 * Alan Wooley - 2nd electric guitar on "Wish the Worst"

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He did it with his mate in Design and Tech. I walk with him every day to school... and he said he'd assigned himself an OBE so I thought he'd gone too far so edited it.


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Blitzkrieg Bop (band)

Blitzkrieg Bop were an English punk rock band formed in Teesside, England in February 1977. They were named after a song by the Ramones with the same name. They released three singles. These were "Let's Go"/ "Bugger Off" / "9 Till 5" (Mortonsound – June 1977); "Let's Go" (re-recorded) / "Life Is Just A So-So" / "Mental Case" (Lightning – December 1977); and "(You're Like A) UFO" / "Viva Bobby Joe" (Lightning – September 1978). A collection of all these tracks, plus other unreleased material, was released in 1998 entitled Top of the Bops (Overground), but it is currently out of print.

Career
The core line-up of the band (John Hodgson aka Blank Frank, Alan Cornforth aka Nicky Knoxx & Damian (Dimmer) Blackwell aka Telly Sett) evolved from a rock band called Adamanta Chubb who started in 1974. After several false starts and many line-up changes this trio finally emerged as Blitzkrieg Bop in February 1977, joined in line-up No. 1 by Mick Hylton (aka Mick Sick) and Anne Hodgson (aka Gloria, no relation to John Hodgson).

An eight-week residency at the Speedway Hotel cemented their local reputation. Buoyed by their local success they recorded their debut single "Let's Go" / "Bugger Off" / "9 Till 5", and released a limited run of 500 copies in early June 1977. By this time guitarist Dimmer Blackwell had left. The band decided to carry on as a four piece.

The single sold out within days and received some favourable reviews in the national music papers, most notably the NME. Keith Yershon of Lightning Records read this review and asked the band to re-record the A-side for their second single, together with two new songs for the B-side, "Life Is Just A So-So" and "Mental Case".

The band played several local gigs with fellow Teessiders Dangerbird, featuring a teenage Rod Liddle on lead vocals. As 1977 wore on, the band continued to gig regularly, securing support spots with bands such as Ultravox!, Radio Stars and The Saints. Anne Hodgson decided to quit the band, and was replaced in September 1977 by Ray Radford (aka Ray Gunn), an old friend of vocalist John Hodgson.

The re-recorded "Let's Go" was eventually released in December 1977 to decent reviews, but not as positive as the Mortonsound version. By February 1978 the band were ready to record the follow-up, and two songs were taped in London with line-up No. 3: "(You're Like A) UFO" and "Viva Bobby Joe", the latter a cover version of the 1960s hit single by The Equals.

Gigs continued to happen, with support spots with Penetration, Roogalator, X-Ray Spex, Generation X and Slaughter & The Dogs. Slaughter invited the band on their 1978 "Do It Dog Style" UK tour, scheduled for April and May. Eater were also on the bill. The tour started off brightly, but poor ticket sales and poor organisation led to the tour disintegrating after only a handful of dates.

Following this debacle, guitarist Ray Radford decided to quit. He was quickly replaced by Micky Dunn (aka Bert Presley), from local Teesside band The Lice. New material was written, with the band taking a more commercial direction, leaning more towards a power pop/new wave sound. The band continued to gig during the summer of 1978, with support spots with The Adverts, Ultravox! and The Doctors Of Madness, as well as their own gigs.

By September 1978 bassist Mick Hylton had also had enough, feeling the band had lost momentum, mainly due to the length of time Lightning Records were taking to release the "UFO" single, and their refusal to let the band record an album. He was replaced by Graeme Moses (aka Kid Moses), again from local band The Lice. Around this time the "UFO" single, the band's third and final single, was released to poor reviews. This dismayed the band even further and their mood was not helped when their manager Larry Ottaway (a BBC Radio presenter) quit in November 1978.

The band's spirits were revived slightly in January 1979 when Greg Shaw licensed the Mortonsound "Let's Go" for a US release on the Bomp! Records compilation Waves. This was short-lived, and in February 1979 the band finally called it a day when John left to join Basczax, who was joined a few days later by drummer Alan Cornforth.

A line-up of the band (featuring John Hodgson, Micky Dunn and Graeme Moses from the 1977–79 period) reformed in 1994 for two gigs, and finally in 1999 a line-up featuring John Hodgson, Micky Dunn, Graeme Moses and Ray Radford from the 1977–79 period came together for a 20th anniversary re-union concert at The Cornerhouse, Middlesbrough.

Singer Blank Frank recounted his time in the band in "A Hard Road To Nowhere" (1998)

As well as the 28-track Top of the Bops compilation CD (Overground OVER69CD) in 1998, three more private CD releases followed in 1999: Bottom of the Barrell, Now That's What I Call Rubbish Vol.1 and Live at the Cornerhouse – 1999. A 28 track compilation of live material was released on CD on 1 November 2013 on the Opportunes label, entitled "Live '77 & Beyond" (Opportunes OPIDCD003). A 16 track compilation of all their studio recordings, including six previously unreleased songs, was released on vinyl on 1 March 2014 on Italy's Rave Up Records, entitled "Studio Stuff" (Opportunes OPIDLP004). A 17 track compilation of rare studio and live material was released on 22 September 2014 on Sweden's NE Records, entitled "The Usual Suspects" in black, blue and yellow vinyl (NE Records NE024/OPIDLP005).

The original Mortonsound "Let's Go" 7" single is one of the more collectable artifacts from the punk era, regularly fetching upwards of £300 on eBay.

Line-up 1

 * Blank Frank – Vocals/Keyboards
 * Telly Sett – Guitar
 * Gloria – Guitar
 * Mick Sick – Bass
 * Nicky Knoxx – Drums

Line-up 2

 * Blank Frank – Vocals/Keyboards
 * Gloria – Guitar
 * Mick Sick – Bass
 * Nicky Knoxx – Drums

Line-up 3

 * Blank Frank – Vocals/Keyboards
 * Ray Gunn – Guitar
 * Mick Sick – Bass
 * Nicky Knoxx – Drums

Line-up 4

 * Blank Frank – Vocals/Keyboards
 * Bert Presley – Guitar
 * Mick Sick – Bass
 * Nicky Knoxx – Drums

Line-up 5

 * Blank Frank – Vocals/Keyboards
 * Bert Presley – Guitar
 * Kid Moses – Bass
 * Nicky Knoxx – Drums

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I would suggest a move of this article to a more English name. The name can be literally translated into English.

Fred-Chess 19:47, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Can someone provide a translation for this please?

 * The trouble of equating västgötar with goths is treated on the Geat page. The term Westrogothic is some derivation of the Latinized name Westrogothia on Västergötland, which is a real misnomer, probably invented some time in Sweden, before 17th century, when "History Science" was just a matter of storytelling about fantastic invented heritages from antiquity and better up: from Bible! So, the Danes were equated to Dacians (an old Balkan people from current day Romania), and Götar were equated to Goths and Gogs! OK, most non-Swedes will accept the term goths for götar, Swedes generally won't, especially not those with History Science interests. Said Rursus the Göte (Geat?): User:Rursus 23:02, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Västgöta Law seems to have emerged as a common translation: Google Books search. It is more common than Westrogothic Law. Jähmefyysikko (talk) 08:35, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

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Please see Category talk:Earliest known manuscripts by language. Enaidmawr (talk) 01:18, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

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Wreck Your Life

Wreck Your Life is the second studio album by American country/rock band Old 97's, first released on October 3, 1995 (see 1995 in music). The album's title comes from a Texas Department of Transportation bumper sticker with the slogan, "Don't Wreck Your Life". Drummer Philip Peeples removed the first word and applied the sticker to the band's touring van.

Wreck Your Life was the band's first professionally released album, released by Chicago alt-country label Bloodshot Records. The album contains many of the country and bar band elements absent from the later Elektra Records recordings. Four extra songs from these sessions, as well as two singles, were later combined by Bloodshot for the Early Tracks EP. Though the anticipation of the album was immense, the ratings were not very good.

"Doreen" is a re-recording from the band's first album, Hitchhike to Rhome, and an alternate take on "W-I-F-E" can be found on Early Tracks. "Big Brown Eyes" was featured in the series finale of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and was re-recorded for the band's next album, Too Far to Care.

The lead song, "Victoria", is a country ballad to Miller's ex-girlfriend, while "Doreen" refers to a memorable fan of Killbilly, a predecessor band featuring Miller and Hammond. "You Belong To My Heart" was made famous by Elvis Presley, while "My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin'" is by Bill Monroe. The Robert mentioned in "Big Brown Eyes" (as well as "Drowning In The Days") is Miller's boyhood friend, Robert Jenkins.

In 2009, Bloodshot reissued the album under the title Wreck Your Life... And Then Some: The Complete Bloodshot Recordings. The reissue contains not only the entire original album, but also other obscure songs the band recorded for Bloodshot.

Track listing
All songs by Rhett Miller, Ken Bethea, Murry Hammond and Philip Peeples, except where noted.
 * 1) "Victoria" - 3:51
 * 2) "The Other Shoe" - 2:58
 * 3) "Doreen" - 3:43
 * 4) "You Belong To My Heart" (Dora Luz and Agustín Lara; English lyrics: Ray Gilbert) - 3:05
 * 5) "Big Brown Eyes" - 4:25
 * 6) "Dressing Room Walls" - 3:55
 * 7) "W-I-F-E" - 3:32
 * 8) "Bel Air" - 4:05
 * 9) "My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin'" (Bill Monroe; vocals by Murry Hammond) - 2:15
 * 10) "Old Familiar Steam" - 3:58
 * 11) "Over The Cliff" - 3:19 (Jon Langford)
 * 12) "Goin', Goin', Gone" - 3:54

Personnel
Old 97's are:
 * Ken Bethea - electric guitar
 * Murry Hammond - bass, vocals & banjo
 * Rhett Miller - vocals & acoustic guitar
 * Philip Peeples - trap kit

Additional performances
 * Jon Langford - guitar on Doreen outro
 * Chuck Uchida - power chords on Dressing Room Walls
 * Don Walser - yodeling on Old Familiar Steam outro

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Talk:Phill Niblock

Clusters
It isn't accurate to say that Niblock's work doesn't feature clusters. All works of Niblock's I know (I have many recordings and have seen him perform) feature very complex clusters, with notes very close together. Can you please reword? Badagnani 19:48, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

 * You are correct. Hyacinth (talk) 04:47, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

incorrect link ("beats")
The hyperlink on the word "beats" redirects to the Wikipedia page on the Beat Generation literary phenomenon. If--from there--one then follows the disambiguation link to beats in music, one winds up on the page referring to rhythmic beats. With Niblock's music, what's relevant are the "beats" created by microtones not in unison. For which there is a more appropriate page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_%28acoustics%29 drone5 (talk) 11:38, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

 * Fixed. Hyacinth (talk) 09:58, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

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Blackstar (TV series)

Blackstar is an American animated science fantasy television series, produced in 1981 by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott for Filmation. The series was Filmation's second fantasy epic, the first being The Freedom Force, a segment of Tarzan and the Super 7. Blackstar has many notable similarities to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, which was produced shortly afterwards.

Story
John Blackstar is an astronaut from Earth, stranded on the planet Sagar after his spacecraft was swept into a black hole, taking him to an ancient alien universe. On Sagar, Blackstar allies himself with the Trobbits, the shape-changing Klone, the dragon Warlock, and Mara the Enchantress. Blackstar and his allies oppose the Overlord, who seeks to take over Sagar.

Future Earth
Very little is known about Blackstar's Earth, though its technology is undoubtedly far advanced, as evidenced by Blackstar's "photon-based" ship and Katana's "fusion-drive" timeship capable of multidimensional travel. Neither Blackstar nor Katana bear any insignia related to any agencies in the real world. Blackstar's insignia appears on his golden collar.

Planet Sagar
Sagar, where John Blackstar ends up being stranded, is located in an ancient alien universe. It is subject to attacks by the evil Overlord, who seeks to conquer the planet.

John Blackstar
John Blackstar's race is not specified in the series, though it is often speculated that he could have Native American heritage and ancestry, anticipating Bravestarr, a later Filmation series, by roughly six years.

As an astronaut, Blackstar might have been extensively trained in many fields. He is intelligent, and he often prefers to outsmart his opponent rather than rely on physical talent, even though his constant contact with the Starsword grants him super-human athletic abilities and near invulnerability.

The Powerstar's two halves
The Powerstar was a mighty magical weapon that was split in two through unknown events, with Blackstar and the Overlord each possessing one half. Blackstar's weapon, the Starsword, is able to absorb, store, and reflect any external form of energy, and is virtually indestructible. It can also produce blasts of pure energy capable of destroying a target. The weapon generates an invisible "aura" that imbues Blackstar with superhuman senses, strength, endurance, reflexes, speed, agility, and almost unlimited invulnerability to harm and extreme temperatures. Presumably, the Overlord's Powersword confers similar abilities. For a brief time in the episode Spacewrecked, the Starsword and the Powersword are re-joined together into the Powerstar.

Blackstar's fate
In the sixth episode, "Spacewrecked", Blackstar was briefly reached by his former Earth girlfriend, Lieutenant Katana, who spent some time on Sagar before a misadventure with the Overlord forced her to leave. Katana did not appear in any other episodes, although the story ended with her asking a superior for permission to organize an armed rescue mission.

Main

 * John Blackstar (voiced by George DiCenzo) – The main protagonist of the series. John Blackstar is an astronaut who ends up stranded on the planet Sagar where he takes part in the battles against Overlord.
 * Warlock – A winged, green equine-like dragon mount ridden by Blackstar, which he called a "dragon-horse". He is highly intelligent and agile in flight, and is able to breathe fire like all dragons.
 * Klone (voiced by Patrick Pinney) – A tall, pale green elf-like shapeshifter with long white hair and a ready wit who assists Blackstar against the Overlord.
 * Mara (voiced by Linda Gary) – A purple-skinned enchantress who is Blackstar's ally. She is capable of telekinesis, telepathy, levitation, forcefield projection, illusions, magic blasts, and teleportation. In "City of the Ancient Ones", it is revealed that she is at least a few centuries old.
 * Trobbits – A portmanteau of troll and hobbit, they are the inhabitants of the Sagar Tree. The pink-skinned, white-haired little Trobbits rescue Blackstar upon his arrival on Sagar. They are likely inspired by the Seven Dwarfs. Some of the known Trobbits are:
 * Balkar (voiced by Patrick Pinney) – The King of the Trobbits and the mentor of John Blackstar. He controls elemental magic and is also a great alchemist.
 * Rif (voiced by Frank Welker) – The Trobbits' grumpy, flame-capped cook.
 * Terra (voiced by Patrick Pinney) – The gardener who talks to plants.
 * Burble (voiced by Frank Welker) – The babbler who swims very well and freezes during the winter.
 * Carpo (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) – The carpenter who gnaws wood with his beaver-like teeth to construct things.
 * Poulo – The mute whistler, youngest of the Trobbits.
 * Gossamear (voiced by Frank Welker) – The huge-eared flying one who is the scout and lookout.

Villains

 * Overlord (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) – The primary antagonist of the series. The large, muscular purple-skinned tyrant plots to rule all of the planet Sagar and wields one half of the PowerStar called the Power Sword and constantly seeks the other half the Star Sword which John Blackstar now wields.
 * Vizier (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) – Overlord's short, blue-skinned and purple-robed right-hand man and companion. He is an expert at mind-control and conjuring.
 * Lava Locs – They appear in "Search for the Star Sword" and "Spacewrecked". The Lava Locs they are semi-intelligent creatures that can harden into volcanic stone and emerge from volcanic stone. They worship the Overlord and present him offerings at their temple.
 * Alien Demons – They appear in two episodes. In "Spacewrecked", they appear as minions of the Overlord and Vizier. In "The Crown of the Sorceress", they are summoned by Taleena. The Alien Demons look a bit like evil gremlins and their toy figures came with each villain character.
 * Palace Guards – Only appearing in "The Quest", they are the Overlord's beak-faced minions who guard the Ice Palace.
 * Taleena (voiced by Linda Gary) – Only appearing in "Crown of the Sorceress", Taleena is a high priestess of the Demonlands and one of the minions of the Overlord. She was last seen consumed by the demonfire of her own making.
 * Shaldemar (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) – Only appearing in "The Zombie Master", Shaldemar is an ally of the Overlord and the ruler of Marakand. Shaldemar was last seen turning to smoke after a blast from the Star Sword shattered the Sphere of Souls, releasing the captured spirits.
 * Isogul – Only appearing in "The Air Whales of Ancar", he is the king of the Vampire Men who blasts the Star Sword with evil magic, making it unstable. The evil can only be purged by the song of the Air Whales of Ancar.
 * Nihilis (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) – Only appearing in "The Air Whales of Ancar", Nihilis is the captain of a flying whaling ship when he tries to capture the Air Whales and turn them into servants of the Overlord. His daughter Lyla is trying to get him to see the error of his ways.
 * Kadray (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) – Only appearing in "Lord of Time", Kadray is a time lord who rides a flying bull named Triton. He uses a time scepter to control time. His powers in the end backfire and is turned into a baby. Kadray was last seen in the care of the desert sprites.
 * Neptul (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) – Only appearing in "Kingdom of Neptul", Neptul is the ruler of Aquaria and a servant of the Overlord. He attempted to steal the Star Sword from Blackstar.
 * Typhot (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) – Only appearing in "The Mermaid of Serpent Sea", Typhot is the captain of a group of undead pirates and enemies of the Mermanites. He is an ancestor of the Overlord. Typhot was last seen as a flying manta ray flying to Overlord's icy castle.
 * Sirk – Only appearing in "The Mermaid of the Serpent Sea", Sirk is Typhot's first mate.
 * Breelorand – Only appearing in "Overlord's Big Spell", it is a giant magic-consuming demon that Overlord foolishly summoned to destroy the rebellion that went out of control. Breelorand's rampage forced the Overlord to team up with Blackstar to defeat it as it began destroying the planet Sagar.
 * Crios (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) – Only appearing in "Lightning City in the Clouds", Crios is an Ice King whom the Overlord sends to capture Lelanna and use the special key she has to open the Box of Seasons and obtain the Weatherseed for the Overlord's purpose. In exchange, Overlord would have him rule winter on Overlord's behalf. When the key was destroyed and the Box of Seasons opened, Crios vanished in the dawning spring.

Supporting and minor

 * Amber (voiced by Linda Gary) – Only appearing in "City of the Ancient Ones", Amber is a sorceress who is hundreds of years old and is worshiped by the Cave Apes. With the help of Vizier, the Overlord awakens her from her crystallized sleep and forces her to lead him to Tamboriyon. At the Overlord's command, Amber imprisons Klone and the Trobbits. She is redeemed by Blackstar and Mara. While Amber herself is human, she has a gnarled monstrous hand for reasons that were left unexplained.
 * Storm (voiced by Linda Gary) – Only appearing in "The Lord of Time", she is Queen of the Amazons and ally of Blackstar.
 * Tholen – Only appearing in "The Lord of Time", he is king of the Desert Sprites, a race of pacifists who guard the Fountain of Fire from evil.
 * Queen Brindell – Only appearing in "The Mermaid of Serpent Sea", she is the Queen of the Mermanites and ally of the Trobbits.
 * Puffin – Only appearing in "The Mermaid of the Serpent Sea", she is an extremely chatty Mermanite child who befriends Poulo.
 * Tyson – Only appearing in "The Quest", he is the Elder of the Desert Dwellers who guard the Healing Stone.
 * Emerald Knight – Only appearing in "The Quest", she started out as a servant of the Overlord who gave her armor that restored her youth. Realizing the error of her ways, Emerald Knight decided to stay with the Desert Dwellers and help guard the Healing Stone.
 * Leilanna (voiced by Linda Gary) – Only appearing in "Lightning City in the Clouds", she is keeper of the key to the Box of Seasons and possibly a demigoddess. Her opposite counterpart is King Crios.
 * Flame People – Only appearing in "Kingdom of Neptul", they are fire elementals who help Blackstar & the Trobbits fight Neptul and his Amphimen.
 * Delia – Only appearing in "Tree of Evil", she is a Wood Sprite (called a dryad), whose forest is tainted by evil when the Overlord creates an evil copy of the Sagar Tree as a trap for Blackstar and Klone.
 * Lyla – Appearing in "The Air Whales of Ancar", she is the daughter of Nihilus who falls in love with Blackstar and helps him defeat her father. She vows to make her father change his ways.
 * Grogon – Only appearing in "The Air Whales of Ancar", he is an Ape Man who speaks in the third person. Grogon helps Blackstar rebel against Nihilus.
 * Warhoun – Only appearing in "The Air Whales of Ancar", he's an ancient and powerful Air Whale who befriends Gossamear.
 * Thorg – Only appearing in "Crown of the Sorceress", he is the leader of a people imprisoned by the evil magic of Taleena. He becomes an ally of Blackstar.
 * Prince Dal and Princess Loweena – Only appearing in "The Zombie Masters", they are the co-rulers of the city of Gondar. It is destroyed by Shaldemar, but Blackstar defeats him with Prince Dal's help. Dal and Loweena claim the floating city of Marakand as the new home for their people, becoming powerful allies to Blackstar and friends.

Locations
Among the identified locations on Sagar are:

 * Anchar – A region that is home to the Air Whales and scattered vampire men tribes.
 * Aquaria – An undersea kingdom ruled by Neptul.
 * Demonlands – A barren landscape in the west where the demons live.
 * Flame Mountain – A volcanic mountain chain near Tamboriyon.
 * Gondar – A city ruled by Prince Dal and Princess Lowena. It was destroyed by Shaldemar.
 * Gorge of the Winds – A deep canyon with winds that make it hard to fly through. Anyone wanting to go through it would use a rope and pulley system.
 * Highlands – Home of the Druids.
 * Ice Castle – Overlord's base.
 * Kaymus- The kingdom that Taleena took over.
 * Magnetic Sea – The city of Aquaria is located here. All compasses will have their readings thrown off.
 * Marakand – The floating city of zombies.
 * Red Crown Reef – A crown-shaped reef located in the Sea of Tranquility.
 * Sagar Tree – A giant tree that is a source of the powerful white magic of Sagar. The Trobbits live here.
 * Sea of Tranquility – The Mermanites live here.
 * Tamboriyon – The ruined city of the Ancient Ones that is filled with ancient secrets.
 * Tree of Evil – An evil clone of the Sagar Tree created by Overlord.

Broadcast
The premiere episode aired September 12, 1981, and the entire series original run lasted until December of that year. After its cancellation, Blackstar was re-run during the 1983–84 season, on the heels of He-Man's popularity. Despite favorable ratings from that 1983–84 reairing, plans for a second season had already been previously scrapped.

Home video release
In mid-January 2006, BCI Eclipse Entertainment acquired the rights for the series.

BCI Eclipse LLC, under its Ink & Paint classic animation entertainment label, and under license from Entertainment Rights PLC, released Blackstar: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 on August 22, 2006. The 2-disc set features all 13 original, uncut episodes of the series in story continuity order, fully restored and re-mastered for optimum audio and video quality, plus several bonus features.

On August 5, 2008, episodes were released on a DVD named Heroes and Heroines, with episodes from many series.

By early 2009, this release has been discontinued and is out of print as BCI Eclipse ceased operations.

In 2007, 3 PAL DVDs containing 2 episodes on each were released by Boulevard Entertainment in the UK, though no subsequent DVDs have been released, leaving the remaining 7 episodes unreleased, as Boulevard Entertainment went into liquidation in 2014.

Toys
Galoob produced action figures from 1983 to 1985 after the show's cancellation, attempting to tap into the He-Man boom. The first series was re-released alongside the second and third series of figures with "laser light" stone-sparking action. Evil characters were packaged with demons while good characters were packaged with Trobbits. Trobbits were also packaged individually with Rif, Terra and Gossamer being the tougher ones to find.

Warlock the dragon and the Space Ship were each released in two color variations. Also released were Triton, Kadray's flying bull, the Trobbit Wind Machine and Battle Wagon. The Ice Castle was constructed with very thin plastic, making it very fragile.

In Greece, Blackstar action figures (the "laser lights" with stone-sparkling action version) were released under the name "Κυρίαρχοι του Σύμπαντος" (Masters of the Universe) by ElGreco toy company, until they were eventually phased-out by the introduction of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Comics
Two independent comic adaptations were made for the French market. One was a 3-episode series by artist Christian Gatignol (a.k.a. "Gaty") published by Éditions Vaillant in their long-running comic magazine Pif Gadget. The other was a 46-page one-shot published by Éditions LUG (then the publishing house translating the bulk of Marvel Comics in French) by artist Jean-Yves Mitton, the creator of famed French super-hero Mikros. While Gatignol's version stays close to the original, Mitton went his own way with the Blackstar mythos, creating new enemies for Blackstar to fight (Antrax the coal giant, Telekrane the phantom witch), and stating that Blackstar and Mara had a romantic relationship. While Katana does not appear, she has a counterpart in Blackstar's original girl-friend from Earth, Leia, who appears in a flashback. It is also explained that Blackstar suffers partial amnesia from his crash on Sagar and had all but forgotten Leia when he started his relationship with Mara.

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Janet Biehl

Janet Biehl (born September 4, 1953) is an American author, copyeditor, translator, and artist. She authored several books and articles associated with social ecology, the body of ideas developed and publicized by Murray Bookchin. Formerly an advocate of his antistatist political program, she broke with it publicly in 2011 and now identifies as a progressive Democrat.

Since the early 1980s she has earned her living as a freelance copyeditor for New York book publishers including Random House, Knopf Doubleday, W.W. Norton, and Farrar Straus & Giroux. She is also a graphic artist and illustrator.

Education
Biehl grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended Wesleyan University, graduating in 1974 as a theater major. She studied acting as well as set and costume design at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. She then moved to New York City, where she appeared in off-off-Broadway productions, including the world premiere of Fefu and Her Friends by Maria Irene Fornes.

Biehl studied drawing and watercolor painting at the Art Students League of New York. In 1985 she enrolled at the CUNY Graduate Center, where she earned an M.A. in liberal studies.

Social ecology
In 1986 she attended the Institute for Social Ecology, in Vermont, where she met the social theorist Murray Bookchin. In January 1987 she moved to Burlington, Vermont, to study further with Bookchin. They began a collaborative relationship to develop and promote social ecology.

From 1987 to 2003 they co-wrote and co-published the theoretical newsletter Green Perspectives, later renamed Left Green Perspectives. Biehl edited and compiled The Murray Bookchin Reader (1997), which Bookchin considered to be the best introduction to his work. To summarize Bookchin's ideas on assembly democracy, known as libertarian municipalism, she wrote The Politics of Social Ecology: Libertarian Municipalism (1998). She wrote numerous articles about or related to Bookchin's ideas.

After Bookchin's death in 2006, she spent several years researching and writing Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin. It was published in 2015 by Oxford University Press. In 2011 Biehl separated from social ecology, explaining that she could no longer advocate an antistatist ideology. In 2016 she wrote "The Limits of Municipalism" with regard to current political events in the United States.

Kurdish freedom movement
After the Kurdish freedom movement leader Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the insurgent Kurdistan Workers' Party, was captured and imprisoned in 1999, he became an avid reader of Bookchin's work in Turkish translation and recommended it to the movement. Drawing in part on Bookchin's ideas, he formulated democratic confederalism as a political program, which the PKK adopted. In 2004 several intermediaries tried to arrange a dialogue between Bookchin and Öcalan but were unsuccessful due to Bookchin's failing health.

In 2011 Biehl attended and spoke at a conference in Diyarbakir hosted by the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement. That marked the beginning of her involvement with the Kurdish movement.

In 2012 Biehl translated (from German to English) the book Democratic Autonomy in North Kurdistan by the solidarity group TATORT Kurdistan. The book is a field study of democratic institutions built by the Kurdish movement in southeastern Turkey to implement democratic confederalism.

In 2014 and 2015, she visited Rojava, the multiethnic region of northeastern Syria where many Kurds live and where the Kurdish movement implemented democratic confederalism, gender equality, and ecology. Both times she was part of a delegation of observers to witness the social changes under way there. She published several articles about her visits.

She then translated (German to English) Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy and Women's Liberation in Northern Syria, written by Michael Knapp, Anja Flach, and Ercan Ayboga. This early broad field study of the revolution was published in October 2016 by Pluto Press.

Thereafter she translated two volumes of the memoir of Sakine Cansız, a co-founder of the PKK in 1978 and progenitor of today's strong Kurdish women's movement.They were published as SARA by Pluto Press.

In the spring of 2019 Biehl returned to Rojava, now called the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, to participate in an independent documentary film about the ongoing social revolution. She wrote and drew about the experience in her graphic memoir Their Blood Got Mixed: Revolutionary Rojava and the War on ISIS, which was published by PM Press in 2022. The film is forthcoming.

In 2022 she collaborated with Emek Ergun and Ruken Isik to coordinate the English translation (from Turkish) of The Purple Color of Kurdish Politics, a multiauthored book about women's struggle for equality within the Kurdish political party tradition, as well as women's transformation of that tradition. The book was edited by Gültan Kışanak while in a Turkish prison and was published in Turkish. The English translation was published by Pluto Press.

As of 2023 Biehl is the website content editor for the New York Kurdish Cultural Center as well as for the Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region.

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Lyman Knute Swenson

Lyman Knute Swenson (23 October 1892 – 13 November 1942), was an American naval officer. Swenson was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah and graduated from the Naval Academy on June 2, 1916. After service on board Vermont (BB-20) and USS Denver (C-14), he prepared for submarine duty. After serving on board USS D-1 (SS-17) during World War I, he was given command of H-6, 26 May 1919.

In 1921 he returned to surface ships, serving in USS Arkansas (BB-33) and USS New Mexico (BB-40), before commanding Isabel (PY-10) and then Destroyer Division 64. Juneau (CL-52) came under his command 18 December 1941 while still under construction. The newly promoted captain and the newly built light cruiser were both lost in the latter stage of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 13 November 1942. Twice torpedoed during what historian S. E. Morison called the "wildest most desperate sea fight since Jutland", Juneau sank rapidly, taking under the captain and most of her crew, including the three Sullivan brothers. This battle prevented the Japanese from landing reinforcements on Guadalcanal.

For his "extraordinary heroism...daring and determination..." Captain Swenson was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

Personal life
In August 1920, then Lieutenant Swenson married the San Francisco socialite Milo Abercrombie (1894-1977). Born in Houston, Milo was the niece of John W. Abercrombie, U.S. congressman from Alabama and the former wife of the convicted World War One German spy and later, Hollywood movie actor, Wilhelm von Brincken. Abercrombie, acclaimed by noted portraitist Harrison Fisher as "California's greatest beauty", had married von Brincken in 1915 when he was a German military attaché in San Francisco. She divorced him in 1919 and was awarded custody of their two children while he was imprisoned at McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary on Puget Sound, after being convicted in the Hindu–German Conspiracy Trial for plotting to foment an insurrection against British colonial rule in India. Following her divorce, she changed her and their two children's last names back to her maiden name. When the Roman Catholic Church forbade Abercrombie's intended marriage to Swenson, due to her divorce, von Brincken came forth and disclosed his earlier marriage to Alice M. Roedel. As both Roedel and von Brincken were Catholic, that marriage was sanctioned by the Church. Thus, the Church did not recognize von Brincken's later marriage to Abercrombie. Abercrombie and Swenson, who had both refused to marry unless it was sanctioned by the Catholic Church were then free to wed. The couple had two children, Lyman K. Jr. ("Robert") and Cecilia. Abercrombie obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce from Swenson in May 1925, with the final decree a year later. Several months later, in October 1925, the newspapers speculated that Abercrombie would marry another naval officer, Lieutenant Commander Hugo W. Koehler, reputed to be the "wealthiest officer" in the Navy. The third generation of a wealthy St. Louis brewery family, Koehler had been a naval intelligence and U.S. State Department spy in South Russia during the Russian Revolution. Swenson had introduced Milo Abercrombie to Koehler in Honolulu. Koehler was in Panama when he read a newspaper account that he was engaged to marry Milo Abercrombie. Brushing it off, Koehler curtly told the press, "Some error," while Abercrombie did not take it so lightly. "I have been deeply humiliated", she told reporters, her eyes "wet with tears". "This is a most unkind blow of fate. I cannot possibly understand how this false rumor got about." Two years later, Koehler married Matilda Pell, the ex-wife of U.S. Congressman Herbert Pell (D-NY) and mother of future United States Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI). In a bitter child visitation court battle in 1927 that went all the way to the California Court of Appeals, Abercrombie lost custody of her children with Swenson to him, after making baseless accusations that he had molested their four-year-old daughter, Cecelia. The appellate court excoriated Abercrombie, "[I]in furtherance of a manifest determination to prevent him from ever seeing the children again, under any circumstances, she was instrumental in inspiring and promoting a scheme directly involving one of the children which had for its obvious purpose the ruination of respondent's character as a man, the bringing about of his complete disgrace as a naval officer, and the destruction of the love and affection which his children had theretofore manifested toward him." Swenson v. Swenson (1929) 101 Cal.App. 440.   In 1929, Lyman Swenson married Loretta B. Bruner (1897-1979). His son, Lyman K. Swenson, Jr. ("Robert") (1923-2016) was also a US Naval officer.

Namesake
In 1943, the destroyer USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) was named in his honor.

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