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It's Grim Up North

"It's Grim Up North" is a song by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs). The song was originally released as a limited edition "Club Mix" in December 1990 with Pete Wylie on vocals. A re-recorded version with Bill Drummond on vocals was released commercially in October 1991. These recordings were the first releases by Drummond and his creative partner Jimmy Cauty under the JAMs moniker since the 1988 compilation album Shag Times, and the last under that name; in the meantime they had operated as the Timelords and the KLF. The 1991 single release reached No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart and entered the top 10 in Denmark and Finland.

The lyrics to "It's Grim Up North" list towns and cities in the North of England, set to a pounding industrial techno beat and percussion reminiscent of steam whistles. The 1991 version segues into an orchestral instrumental of the hymn "Jerusalem". A recurring theme of "It's Grim Up North" was drab greyness, representing the dreary, overcast skies of the "grim" North. The original single featuring Pete Wylie was pressed on grey vinyl, and the same colour was retained for the sleeve of the 1991 release. The video for "It's Grim Up North" was filmed in black and white, and shows The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu performing in the pouring rain.

"It's Grim Up North" was planned to be a prominent track on the JAM's album The Black Room, but the album was never completed.

Background
Music-industry figure Bill Drummond and artist/musician Jimmy Cauty began recording together in 1987 as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (also known as The JAMs), naming themselves after the fictional conspiratorial group "The Justified Ancients of Mummu" from The Illuminatus! Trilogy. In 1988, they had their first UK number one hit single—Doctorin' the Tardis—as The Timelords, after which they transitioned into The KLF. "It's Grim Up North" was released commercially by the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu in 1991, in the middle of a run of upbeat house records by the KLF which would see Cauty and Drummond become the biggest-selling singles act in the world that year.

Theme
"It's Grim Up North", with its markedly darker tone than the KLF records, was planned to be a prominent track on the ultimately unreleased album The Black Room, an album which Cauty said would be "so heavy it will just pin you to the floor" and which Drummond said would be the "yang to the yin" of The White Room, released in March 1991.

A recurring theme of "It's Grim Up North" was drab greyness, representing the dreary, overcast skies of the "grim" North. The original issue featuring Pete Wylie was on grey vinyl, and the same colour was retained for the sleeve of the 1991 release (pictured above). The video for "It's Grim Up North" was filmed in black and white, and shows The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu performing in the pouring rain. King Boy D (Drummond) voices the words into the microphone of a backpack field radio worn by a child shop mannequin at his side wearing military uniform and a helmet labelled "KLF". Rockman Rock (Cauty) is shown playing bass guitar as well as an unnamed drummer in the background wearing a hoodie. Cars and trucks rush by, leaving a trail of spray because evidently The JAMs are performing on one lane of a road; they are lit by the headlights of several nearby stationary vehicles. As the performance draws to a close, and the strains of Jerusalem can be heard, the slogan "The North will rise again" appears on screen.

The sleevenotes further elaborated on The JAMs' inspiration: "Through the downpour and diesel roar, Rockman and Kingboy D can feel a regular dull thud. Whether this is the eternal echo of a Victorian steam driven revolution or the turbo kick of a distant Northern rave is irrelevant. Thus inspired, The JAMS climb into the back of their truck and work."

Composition
"It's Grim Up North (Part 1)" is a 10-minute composition with two distinct segueing sections. The seven-minute first section is a heavy, pounding industrial techno track, over which Drummond lists the names of some towns and cities in the North of England. Between verses, Drummond's distorted voice urgently alerts the listener that "It's grim up north". The instrumentation is in a minor key and is frequently discordant, featuring synthesised sounds reminiscent of passing heavy goods vehicles and train whistles. Although the underlying rhythm keeps a 4/4 time signature, several instruments keep 3/16 and 3/4 time throughout the track, including a deep second drum line—the "regular dull thud"—which juxtaposes when the 4/4 instruments and percussion drop out. The second section is a fully orchestrated arrangement of Jerusalem, with the sounds of brass, strings, organs, drums and choir. The instrumentation and vocals of the first section gradually diminish to nothing over a period of nearly two minutes. Following the climax of the hymn, howling wind and crow calls are heard and then fade out.

"It's Grim Up North (Part 2)" is a six-minute reprise of the techno themes from Part 1, without the vocals and orchestra. The CD single track "Jerusalem on the Moors" comprises the orchestral arrangement of Jerusalem, beginning alongside a fadeout of the industrial techno instrumentation.

Release
"It's Grim Up North" was first previewed in December 1990, as a limited edition "Club Mix" with Pete Wylie on vocals. A re-recorded version with Bill Drummond on vocals received a regular release on KLF Communications in October 1991, peaking at No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart. These recordings were the first releases under The KLF's "JAMs" pseudonym since the 1988 compilation album Shag Times, and were to be the last under that name.

The JAMs used a photograph of graffiti reading "It's Grim Up North" to advertise their single in the 2 November 1991 edition of the NME; the graffiti – painted on a bridge over the northbound carriageway of the M1 motorway – had been the subject of an early day motion in the British House of Commons on 21 October 1991. The JAMs "categorically denied" to the same publication that they were responsible for the vandalism.

Critical reception
Record Mirror hailed the original club version as "the hardest rave track of the year" and as "one mind-blowing mental onslaught".

In awarding the 1991 release "single of the week", NME said: "The Scotsman [Drummond] picks over the place names with gruesome relish, the backing track pummels and tweaks, blasts and buffets him round the furthest God-forsaken reaches of this demi-paradise, this land of kings, this sceptred isle, this England... A thing of feverish, fiendish irreverence and conceptual genius...".

In a 2007 article on songs about northern England, The Guardian said that "It's Grim Up North" "wrongfoots the listener. A deadpan catalogue of northern towns, recited over rainy-motorway techno, suddenly blossoms into a rendition of Blake's Jerusalem, as if arriving at some socialist rave utopia.".

In 2005, Freaky Trigger placed it at number 81 in their list of "The Top 100 Songs of All Time," with a writer for the webzine saying the record is "not a fucking joke. It’s the best British single of the 1990s." In 1999, the website's founder Tom Ewing also included the song at number 75 in his list of the "Top 100 Singles of the 1990s", saying "“It’s Grim Up North” is a document of one of pop's most individual bands at their imaginative peak. It boils down to a man in his late 30s, and a mate, doing exactly what they want to do, without fear or compromise or cant, and getting it into the Top 40 to boot. And that makes this not only an excellent single, but a genuinely inspirational one".

Locations
All locations are in the north of England, predominantly in Cheshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester and others in Cumbria, Derbyshire, North Lincolnshire and North-East Lincolnshire. Although officially, Buxton and Glossop are within the East Midlands region, they are often considered part of the North because of their closer links to Manchester and Stockport than Derby and the rest of the East Midlands.

First verse

"Bolton, Barnsley, Nelson, Colne, Burnley, Bradford, Buxton, Crewe, Warrington, Widnes, Wigan, Leeds, Northwich, Nantwich, Knutsford, Hull, Sale, Salford, Southport, Leigh, Kirkby, Kearsley, Keighley, Maghull, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Oldham, Lancs (Lancaster), Grimsby, Glossop, Hebden Bridge."

Second verse

This verse appears in the full length version only; it is not present on the radio edit.

"Brighouse, Bootle, Featherstone, Speke, Runcorn, Rotherham, Rochdale, Barrow, Morecambe, Macclesfield, Lytham St Annes, Clitheroe, Cleethorpes, the M62."

Third verse

"Pendlebury, Prestwich, Preston, York, Skipton, Scunthorpe, Scarborough-on-Sea, Chester, Chorley, Cheadle Hulme (could also be interpreted as the equally valid Cheadle, Hulme), Ormskirk, Accrington, Stanley (could also be interpreted as the football club, Accrington Stanley F.C.), and Leigh, Ossett, Otley, Ilkley Moor, Sheffield, Manchester, Castleford, Skem (Skelmersdale), Doncaster, Dewsbury, Halifax (split into two parts to fit the measures as "Hally... fax"), Bingley, Bramhall, are all in the North."

Formats and track listings
"It's Grim Up North" was originally released as a limited-edition one-side promotional 12" on 17 December 1990. Reworked with Drummond's vocals, the track was given a European single release on 28 October 1991. The CD single track "Jerusalem on the Moors" comprises the orchestral arrangement of Jerusalem, beginning alongside a fadeout of the industrial techno instrumentation. The single's formats and track listings are tabulated below:

Key
 * O – "It's Grim up North" (original club mix) (8:38)
 * p1 – "It's Grim up North (Part 1)" (radio edit) (4:04)
 * P1 – "It's Grim up North (Part 1)" (10:03)
 * p2 – "It's Grim up North (Part 2)" (radio edit) (3:37)
 * P2 – "It's Grim up North (Part 2)" (6:13)
 * J – "Jerusalem on the Moors" (3:04)

Personnel (1991 commercial release)

 * The Justified Ancients of Mu-Mu (Jimmy Cauty, Bill Drummond & unaccredited drummer): Performance
 * The KLF (Jimmy Cauty, Bill Drummond): Production
 * Mark "Spike" Stent assisted by Jeremy Wheatley: Mix
 * Nick Coler: Conductor

 * All songs written by Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond.

Source: JAMS 028CD sleeve notes

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CJWA-FM

CJWA-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 107.1 FM in Wawa, Ontario. The station broadcasts an adult contemporary format under the on-air brand JJAM FM.

The original CJWA
CJWA was originally launched in 1964 by Sault Ste. Marie's Highland Broadcasting as an AM station, broadcasting at 1240 kHz on the AM dial. The station aired a mixture of original programming and simulcasting of the Sault station CJIC and was a CBC Radio affiliate until 1985. In 1976, an ownership shuffle in the Sault gave CJWA to Huron Broadcasting, which converted the station's simulcast source to its own CKCY.

In 1985, CKCY and CJWA were acquired by CKCY 920 Ltd., who again changed the station's simulcasting source, this time to CKCY's sister station CJQM. In 1988, the stations were acquired by the Mid-Canada Radio network, which in turn was sold to the Pelmorex Radio Network in 1990. Pelmorex changed the station's simulcasting source again, this time to CHAS.

Pelmorex subsequently closed CJWA 1240 AM in September 1996, leaving Wawa without a locally based radio station. (The only other stations serving Wawa at the time were those rebroadcasting CBC Radio and Radio-Canada from Sudbury.)

Rebirth of CJWA on FM
In 1998, North Superior Broadcasting received approval from the CRTC to establish a new FM station, which would replace their existing Wawa rebroadcaster of CFNO-FM in Marathon; the station adopted the "CJWA-FM" call sign as an homage to the original CJWA that closed down two years earlier. In 1999, the station added a rebroadcast transmitter, CJWA-FM-1 100.7 FM in Chapleau, also through conversion of an existing CFNO retransmitter, as well as a new rebroadcaster at Michipicoten, CJWA-FM-3 100.7 FM.

In 2002, CJWA-FM was acquired by Labbe Media and now operates under the supervision of president and CEO Rick Labbe.

On January 18, 2005, Labbe Media received approval by the CRTC to change the authorized contours of CJWA-FM-1 Chapleau by decreasing the effective radiated power from 130 watts to 111 watts and by decreasing the effective antenna height from 37 metres to 30.5 metres.

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Lorenzo Romar

Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958) is an American basketball coach and former player. He was most recently the head men's basketball coach at Pepperdine University, a position he held from 1996 to 1999 and resumed from 2018 to 2024. Romar also served as the head men's basketball coach at Saint Louis University from 1999 to 2002 and the University of Washington from 2002 to 2017.

Playing career
Romar played college basketball at Cerritos College from 1976 to 1978 and then for Washington from 1978 to 1980. After college, he was drafted by the Golden State Warriors and spent five years playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Regular season

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 * align="left" | Golden State
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 * align="left" | 1981–82
 * align="left" | Golden State
 * 79 || 11 || 15.9 || .504 || .200 || .823 || 1.2 || 2.9 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 6.2
 * align="left" | 1982–83
 * align="left" | Golden State
 * 82 || 64 || 26.0 || .465 || .303 || .743 || 1.7 || 5.5 || 1.2 || 0.1 || 7.6
 * align="left" | 1983–84
 * align="left" | Golden State
 * 3 || 0 || 5.0 || .400 || .000 || .500 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0
 * align="left" | 1983–84
 * align="left" | Milwaukee
 * 65 || 9 || 15.5 || .460 || .125 || .722 || 1.4 || 3.0 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 6.0
 * align="left" | 1984–85
 * align="left" | Milwaukee
 * 4 || 0 || 4.0 || .125 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.5
 * align="left" | 1984–85
 * align="left" | Detroit
 * 5 || 0 || 7.0 || .250 || .000 || 1.000 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 1.8
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 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
 * 291 || 84 || 17.8 || .464 || .211 || .749 || 1.3 || 3.5 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 5.9
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 * align="left" | Detroit
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 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
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Playoffs

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 * align="left" | Milwaukee
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 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
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College

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 * align="left" | Washington
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 * align="left" | 1979–80
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 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
 * 55 || – || 23.4 || .496 || – || .745 || 1.6 || 3.5 || 1.0 || 0.1 || 7.7
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Early years
After the NBA, Romar played and coached for Athletes in Action. Romar was then hired as an assistant coach at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) under head coach Jim Harrick from 1992 to 1996, and was credited with recruiting many of the players on the 1995 national championship team. Romar became the head coach at Pepperdine University and then at Saint Louis University before taking the job at Washington in 2002.

Washington
Romar was credited with turning around the University of Washington basketball program and generating new enthusiasm for the program. In 2004, Washington qualified for the NCAA tournament for the first time in five years. In 2005, Washington won the Pac-10 tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. The Huskies made their way to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1998, but were ousted by Louisville. In 2006, Washington earned a third consecutive NCAA tournament appearance and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the second consecutive year.

After failing to make the NCAA Tournament the next two years, Romar was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year for leading the Huskies to their first outright conference title since 1953. They earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament, but lost in the Second Round. The Huskies returned to the Sweet Sixteen the following year, but again lost. In 2011, the Huskies earned their third consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament. The trip marked the Huskies' last trip to the Tournament under Romar.

With a season-opening win over South Carolina State on November 14, 2014, Romar passed Marv Harshman to become the second-winningest coach in UW history.

After four years of near .500 seasons and five years without an NCAA Tournament appearance, Romar recruited his long-time friend Michael Porter Sr. to join the Huskies as an assistant coach in 2016. Michael Porter Sr. was expected to bring his two sons, Michael Porter Jr. and Jontay Porter, as commits to Washington. Michael Porter Jr. was widely considered the No. 1 recruit in the 2017 class. However, on March 15, 2017, following a dismal 9–22 season with future #1 pick Markelle Fultz leading the team, Romar was fired as head coach at Washington after 15 years. Romar ended his tenure at Washington with a record of 298–195. He made six NCAA Tournaments and three NITs, but had not made the NCAA Tournament in six straight years prior to his firing.

Arizona assistant coach
On April 16, 2017, it was announced that Romar had joined Sean Miller's staff at Arizona as associate head coach. On February 24, 2018, Romar was the interim head coach for one game after news broke the previous day that the FBI had reportedly intercepted phone conversations about Miller talking about paying Deandre Ayton to come to Arizona. Ayton would be the second straight #1 pick to be coached by Romar for at least one game.

Pepperdine (second stint)
Romar was announced as the new head men's basketball coach at Pepperdine on March 12, 2018, returning for his second stint with the school. On March 24, 2021, Romar's Waves beat Coastal Carolina 84–61 to win the 2021 College Basketball Invitational, securing the program's first-ever postseason championship. Romar was fired on March 4, 2024.

Coaching style
Romar is known by his fellow coaches as one of the top basketball recruiters in the country. Additionally, he is respected as a genuine and optimistic person and was once voted "the opposing coach players would most like to play for" in a Pac-10 poll. In March 2006, Romar was given the prestigious Coach Wooden "Keys to Life" award for outstanding character.

Personal life
Romar is married to Leona Romar, with whom he has three daughters—Terra, Tavia and Taylor. In 2006, he and his wife founded the Lorenzo Romar Foundation for the prevention of domestic violence and educational assistance for disadvantaged youth as well as other charitable causes.

Awards and honors

 * NCAA champion (1995, as assistant coach)
 * John Wooden "Keys to Life" Award (2006)
 * Pac-10/12 John R. Wooden Coach of the Year (2005, 2009, 2012)

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Korea State

Korea State, currently spelt as Koriya, was a small princely state inthe British Empire of India. After Indian independence in 1947, the ruler of Korea acceded to the Union of India on 1 January 1948, and Koriya was made part of Surguja District of Central Provinces and Berar province. In January 1950, "Central Provinces and Berar" province was renamed Madhya Pradesh state. After November 2000, Korea and the former princely state of Changbhakar became Koriya district of Chhattisgarh state.

Korea had an area of 1,631 mi2 and a population of 126,874 as of 1941.

Location
The state of Korea, which included 400 villages, was in what is now Chhattisgarh state. It bordered Rewa to the north and southwest; Surguja State to the east; the British district of Bilaspur (Central Provinces) to the south; and Changbhakar State to the west.

History
Korea State was founded in the 17th century. The ruling family of Koriya were Rajputs of the Chauhan dynasty who came to Koriya from Rajputana in the 13th century and conquered the country. Before the coming of the Marathas, it is alleged that the rajas of Koriya "lived in perfect independence, and never having been necessitated to submit to the payment of any tribute, they had no occasion to oppress their subjects." This situation changed in 1790 when Korea had to pay tribute to the Marathas.

Historically, Korea State also seems to have had some indefinite feudal relations with Surguja, but the British government ignored this claim when Koriya was ceded to them by the Bhonsle Raja of Nagpur in 1818. On 24 Dec 1819 the state became a British protectorate. Upon the extinction of the direct line in 1897, a distant collateral branch of the ruling family was recognized as successor by the British Raj.

In 1891, the Raj decided that the five states of the Surguja group (Surguja, Udaipur, Jashpur, Korea, and Changbhakar), as well as the states of Bonai, Gangpur, Seraikela, and Kharsawan, formerly known as the Tributary Mahals of Chhota Nagpur, were not part of British India, and revised sanads were issued in 1899, formally recognizing them as feudatory states and defining their relations with the British Raj.

Rulers
The rulers of the state have apparently always held the title of 'Raja' and were so recognized by the British as early as 1819.

Rajas

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 * .... - ....               Jahan Sahi Deo
 * .... - ....               Sawal Sahi Deo
 * .... - ....               Gajraj Singh Deo
 * 1795 - Jun 1828           Gharib Singh Deo                   (b. 1745 - d. 1828)
 * Jun 1828 - 1864           Amole Singh Deo                    (b. 1785 - d. 1864)
 * 4 Apr 1864 - 1897        Pran Singh Deo                     (b. 1857/59 - d. 1897)
 * 1897 - 18 Nov 1909        Sheo Mangal Singh Deo              (b. 1874 - d. 1909)
 * 18 Nov 1909 – 15 Aug 1947 Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo         (b. 1901 - d. 1954)

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Financial modeling

Financial modeling is the task of building an abstract representation (a model) of a real world financial situation. This is a mathematical model designed to represent (a simplified version of) the performance of a financial asset or portfolio of a business, project, or any other investment.

Typically, then, financial modeling is understood to mean an exercise in either asset pricing or corporate finance, of a quantitative nature. It is about translating a set of hypotheses about the behavior of markets or agents into numerical predictions. At the same time, "financial modeling" is a general term that means different things to different users; the reference usually relates either to accounting and corporate finance applications or to quantitative finance applications.

Accounting
In corporate finance and the accounting profession, financial modeling typically entails financial statement forecasting; usually the preparation of detailed company-specific models used for decision making purposes and financial analysis.

Applications include:
 * Business valuation and stock valuation - especially via discounted cash flow, but including other valuation approaches
 * Scenario planning and management decision making ("what is"; "what if"; "what has to be done" )
 * Budgeting: revenue forecasting and analytics; production budgeting; operations budgeting
 * Capital budgeting, including cost of capital (i.e. WACC) calculations
 * Cash flow forecasting; working capital- and treasury management; asset and liability management
 * Financial statement analysis / ratio analysis (including of operating- and finance leases, and R&D)
 * Transaction analytics: M&A, PE, VC, LBO, IPO, Project finance, P3
 * Credit decisioning: Credit analysis, Consumer credit risk; impairment- and provision-modeling
 * Management accounting: Activity-based costing, Profitability analysis, Cost analysis, Whole-life cost, Managerial risk accounting
 * Public sector procurement

To generalize as to the nature of these models: firstly, as they are built around financial statements, calculations and outputs are monthly, quarterly or annual; secondly, the inputs take the form of "assumptions", where the analyst specifies the values that will apply in each period for external / global variables (exchange rates, tax percentage, etc....; may be thought of as the model parameters), and for internal / company specific variables (wages, unit costs, etc....). Correspondingly, both characteristics are reflected (at least implicitly) in the mathematical form of these models: firstly, the models are in discrete time; secondly, they are deterministic. For discussion of the issues that may arise, see below; for discussion as to more sophisticated approaches sometimes employed, see and.

Modelers are often designated "financial analyst" (and are sometimes referred to, tongue in cheek, as "number crunchers"). Typically, the modeler will have completed an MBA or MSF with (optional) coursework in "financial modeling". Accounting qualifications and finance certifications such as the CIIA and CFA generally do not provide direct or explicit training in modeling. At the same time, numerous commercial training courses are offered, both through universities and privately. For the components and steps of business modeling here, see ; see also for further discussion and considerations.

Although purpose-built business software does exist, the vast proportion of the market is spreadsheet-based; this is largely since the models are almost always company-specific. Also, analysts will each have their own criteria and methods for financial modeling. Microsoft Excel now has by far the dominant position, having overtaken Lotus 1-2-3 in the 1990s. Spreadsheet-based modelling can have its own problems, and several standardizations and "best practices" have been proposed. "Spreadsheet risk" is increasingly studied and managed; see model audit.

One critique here, is that model outputs, i.e. line items, often inhere "unrealistic implicit assumptions" and "internal inconsistencies". (For example, a forecast for growth in revenue but without corresponding increases in working capital, fixed assets and the associated financing, may imbed unrealistic assumptions about asset turnover, debt level and/or equity financing. See .) What is required, but often lacking, is that all key elements are explicitly and consistently forecasted. Related to this, is that modellers often additionally "fail to identify crucial assumptions" relating to inputs, "and to explore what can go wrong". Here, in general, modellers "use point values and simple arithmetic instead of probability distributions and statistical measures" — i.e., as mentioned, the problems are treated as deterministic in nature — and thus calculate a single value for the asset or project, but without providing information on the range, variance and sensitivity of outcomes; see. A further, more general critique relates to the lack of basic computer programming concepts amongst modelers, with the result that their models are often poorly structured, and difficult to maintain. Serious criticism is also directed at the nature of budgeting, and its impact on the organization.

Quantitative finance

In quantitative finance, financial modeling entails the development of a sophisticated mathematical model. Models here deal with asset prices, market movements, portfolio returns and the like. A general distinction is between: (i) "quantitative asset pricing", models of the returns of different stocks; (ii) "financial engineering", models of the price or returns of derivative securities; (iii) "quantitative portfolio management", models underpinning automated trading, high-frequency trading, algorithmic trading, and program trading.

Relatedly, applications include:
 * Option pricing and calculation of their "Greeks" ( accommodating volatility surfaces - via local / stochastic volatility models - and multi-curves)
 * Other derivatives, especially interest rate derivatives, credit derivatives and exotic derivatives
 * Modeling the term structure of interest rates (bootstrapping / multi-curves, short-rate models, HJM framework) and any related credit spread
 * Credit valuation adjustment, CVA, as well as the various XVA
 * Credit risk, counterparty credit risk, and regulatory capital: EAD, PD, LGD, PFE, EE; Jarrow–Turnbull model, Merton model, KMV model
 * Structured product design and manufacture
 * Portfolio optimization and Quantitative investing more generally; see further re optimization methods employed.
 * Financial risk modeling: value at risk (parametric- and / or historical, CVaR, EVT), stress testing, "sensitivities" analysis
 * Corporate finance applications: cash flow analytics, corporate financing activity prediction problems, and risk analysis in capital investment
 * Credit scoring and provisioning; Credit scorecards and
 * Real options
 * Actuarial applications: Dynamic financial analysis (DFA), UIBFM, investment modeling

These problems are generally stochastic and continuous in nature, and models here thus require complex algorithms, entailing computer simulation, advanced numerical methods (such as numerical differential equations, numerical linear algebra, dynamic programming) and/or the development of optimization models. The general nature of these problems is discussed under, while specific techniques are listed under. For further discussion here see also: Brownian model of financial markets; Martingale pricing; Financial models with long-tailed distributions and volatility clustering; Extreme value theory; Historical simulation (finance).

Modellers are generally referred to as "quants", i.e. quantitative analysts, and typically have advanced (Ph.D. level) backgrounds in quantitative disciplines such as statistics, physics, engineering, computer science, mathematics or operations research. Alternatively, or in addition to their quantitative background, they complete a finance masters with a quantitative orientation, such as the Master of Quantitative Finance, or the more specialized Master of Computational Finance or Master of Financial Engineering; the CQF certificate is increasingly common.

Although spreadsheets are widely used here also (almost always requiring extensive VBA); custom C++, Fortran or Python, or numerical-analysis software such as MATLAB, are often preferred, particularly where stability or speed is a concern. MATLAB is often used at the research or prototyping stage because of its intuitive programming, graphical and debugging tools, but C++/Fortran are preferred for conceptually simple but high computational-cost applications where MATLAB is too slow; Python is increasingly used due to its simplicity, and large standard library / available applications, including QuantLib. Additionally, for many (of the standard) derivative and portfolio applications, commercial software is available, and the choice as to whether the model is to be developed in-house, or whether existing products are to be deployed, will depend on the problem in question. See.

The complexity of these models may result in incorrect pricing or hedging or both. This Model risk is the subject of ongoing research by finance academics, and is a topic of great, and growing, interest in the risk management arena.

Criticism of the discipline (often preceding the financial crisis of 2007–08 by several years) emphasizes the differences between the mathematical and physical sciences, and finance, and the resultant caution to be applied by modelers, and by traders and risk managers using their models. Notable here are Emanuel Derman and Paul Wilmott, authors of the Financial Modelers' Manifesto. Some go further and question whether the mathematical- and statistical modeling techniques usually applied to finance are at all appropriate (see the assumptions made for options and for portfolios). In fact, these may go so far as to question the "empirical and scientific validity... of modern financial theory". Notable here are Nassim Taleb and Benoit Mandelbrot. See also, and.

Competitive modeling
Several financial modeling competitions exist, emphasizing speed and accuracy in modeling. The Microsoft-sponsored ModelOff Financial Modeling World Championships were held annually from 2012 to 2019, with competitions throughout the year and a finals championship in New York or London. After its end in 2020, several other modeling championships have been started, including the Financial Modeling World Cup and Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge, also sponsored by Microsoft.

Philosophy of financial modeling
Philosophy of financial modeling is a branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of modeling science.

In the philosophy of financial modeling, scholars have more recently begun to question the generally-held assumption that financial modelers seek to represent any "real-world" or actually ongoing investment situation. Instead, it has been suggested that the task of the financial modeler resides in demonstrating the possibility of a transaction in a prospective investment scenario, from a limited base of possibility conditions initially assumed in the model.

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misstatement concerning water wheels
The article says "water wheels are inefficient" which is an overstatement that distorts historical fact. Early undershot waterwheels were grossly inefficient, usually less than 30%, but the later period overshot and backshot steel Fitz wheels and the Poncelet wheel have efficiencies comparable with the Francis turbine at considerably lower cost of manufacture. Unfortunately these innovations came after the turbine revolution, industrialists were not yet concerned about the excessive fish kill of bladed turbines, and (in the case of the Fitz wheels) costs of impoundment and diversion to a wheel are higher, so those designs were not widely adopted and have only recently re-entered production for environmental reasons. The Poncelet wheel is very nearly a turbine set sideways, although obviously it does not have axial flow like a Francis turbine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.153.180.229 (talk) 13:33, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Vertical-shaft question
thanks for giving me a chance to grow myself,I've a question about vertical shaft turbine that is there any loss in the velocity of water flow through turbine blades when the motion is just horizontal as compared to vertical in horizontal shaft turbine pls clear my topic(lalit gandhi)>(27-may-2011) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lalit gandhi (talk • contribs) 05:39, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Water head
While the articles states (with no source given) that Francis turbines operate in a water head from 40 to 600 m, I think this just holds for large installations. On a Czech website dedicated to small hydroelectric power plants the head is given as 2 to 8 meters (for horizontal axis turbine) and 0,5 to 5 metres (for vertical axis turbine) . --Jvs (talk) 08:19, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Jvs: Free feel to fix it yourself if you can add reliable sources. In my opinion, a technical book about water turbine design would be the ideal source. I would say that a website about a water turbine manufacturer is not a reliable source, but it is still better that nothing. Mario Castelán Castro (talk) 13:42, 4 September 2016 (UTC).

Blade efficiency & Degree of reaction
What is the point of these sections? A load of equations and diagrams with no attempt to explain what any of the terms mean and no links to other articles which might help explain it. Yet another typically badly written technical Wikipedia article which seems aimed at those who already know rather than enlightening anyone who doesn't. 130.246.57.110 (talk) 08:32, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

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Zhoukou

Zhoukou (postal: Chowkow) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province, China. It borders Zhumadian to the southwest, Xuchang and Luohe to the west, Kaifeng to the northwest, Shangqiu to the northeast, and the province of Anhui on all other sides. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,026,015 inhabitants. However, as of the 2018 estimation, 1,601,300 lived in the built-up (or metro) made up of Chuanhui district and the northern part of Shangshui county.

The rich history and geographical advantages of Zhoukou have made it a unique city. As the ancient capitals of Emperor Yao and the birthplace of Laozi, it carries a profound cultural heritage of China. At the same time, the remnants of the Chen and Chu cultures endow Zhoukou with a distinctive historical charm. The development of the Lin'gang New City showcases the city's modernization process and economic vitality.

The convergence of the Sha Ying rivers has endowed Zhoukou with unparalleled geographical advantages, making it a hub known as the Central Plains Port City. This bestowed upon Zhoukou significant importance in ancient times, and today, with further improvements in transportation infrastructure, its advantages are even more pronounced.

The integrated transportation network comprising highways, railways, and waterways has provided robust support for the city's development, facilitating economic growth and connections with the outside world. This transportation advantage has not only driven the local economy of Zhoukou but has also positioned it as a vital nexus linking the Central Plains with other regions.

Administration
The prefecture-level city of Zhoukou administers 2 districts, 1 county-level city and 7 counties.
 * Chuanhui District (川汇区)
 * Huaiyang District (淮阳区)
 * Xiangcheng City (项城市)
 * Shenqiu County (沈丘县)
 * Dancheng County (郸城县)
 * Luyi County (鹿邑县)
 * Taikang County (太康县)
 * Fugou County (扶沟县)
 * Xihua County (西华县)
 * Shangshui County (商水县)

History
For thousands of years, Chen (now at Huaiyang) had been the center of this area and a nationally well-known city. The ancient city site founded at Pingliangtai (near Huaiyang) is over 4600 years old, which is one of the oldest cities in China. According to the legend, Fu Xi, the first of the Three Sovereigns of ancient China, died in the city. During the Spring and Autumn period, Chen was the capital of Chen State and then annexed by Chu. Therefore, the area was usually referred to as "Chen Chu" in ancient times. The leaders of the first Chinese peasant uprising (the Dazexiang uprising) established the government at Chen.

The city's name "Zhoukou" is short for "Zhoujiakou", which literally means "Zhou's ferry". Located at the intersection of Jialu River and Shaying River, it started to develop as a river harbor of China's Inland Water Transport System in the early Ming dynasty. By the end of the 18th century, two towns along the rivers merged into one big town with several tens of thousand permanent residents. From the port, cargo could either be shipped south to the Yangtze River or north to the Yellow River. However, after the "sea ban" was canceled, sea transport began to play a major role on the trade between Jiangnan and North China, which diminished the utility of inland waterways. The cost of maintaining the river channels kept increasing because of the ever-rising river bed. The appearance of railways and modern roads in the early 20th century lead to a recession in the water transport business nearby. Finally, in the 1970s, a dam was built on the Shaying River, which cut the city's last waterway.

In 2000, the government of the Zhoukou prefecture-level city was founded. The old county-level city and its suburban area became Chuanhui District.

In 2004, Zhoukou City was recognized as the only prefecture-level "Hometown of Chinese Acrobatics" in the country. On January 22, 2020, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development named Zhoukou City a National Garden City. On May 18, 2020, Zhoukou City was awarded the title of "Civilized City of Henan Province". On October 20 of the same year, it was selected as a "National Model City for Supporting Military Service". In 2021, Zhoukou Port was listed as one of the 36 national-level major inland ports. In June 2023, Zhoukou City was granted the title of "Hometown of Chinese Literature" in China.

Economy
Zhoukou is a major agricultural producer in the province of Henan. Its economy is mainly based on the trade of agricultural products, such as grain, cotton, oil, meat and tobacco. In particular, Zhoukou is famous for the skin of the Huai Goat, a local breed of goat.

Transportation
Railways
 * Luofu Railway (Luohe-Fuyang)

Expressways
 * Nanluo Expressway (Nanjing-Luoyang)
 * Shangzhou Expressway (Shangqiu-Zhoukou)
 * Daguang Expressway (Daqing-Guangzhou)
 * Yongdeng Expressway (Yongcheng-Dengfeng)

Highways
 * China National Highway 311 (G311)
 * China National Highway 106 (G106)

Education
Universities and Colleges
 * Zhoukou Normal University (周口师范学院)
 * Zhoukou Vocational College of Science and Technology (周口科技职业学院)
 * Zhoukou Institute of Education (周口教育学院)
 * Zhoukou Polytechnic (周口职业技术学院)

Schools
 * Zhoukou No.7 Middle School (周口七中)
 * Huaiyang High School (淮阳中学)
 * Zhoukou First High School (周口一高)
 * High School of Fugou County (扶沟县高级中学)
 * Xiangcheng First High School (项城一高)
 * Shangshui First High School (商水一高)

Notable people

 * Laozi (philosopher and central figure in Taoism)
 * Wu Guang (leader of the Dazexiang uprising)
 * Yuan Shikai (politician)
 * Ji Hongchang (general)
 * Yue Wenhai (governor)
 * Shuping Wang (HIV researcher)
 * Wei Rui (sanshou fighter and professional kickboxer)
 * Zhang Zhilei (professional heavyweight boxer)
 * Jia Aoqi (sanshou fighter and professional kickboxer)
 * Xu Jiayin (Chinese businessman and founder of Evergrande Group)

Sister cities

 * 🇰🇿 Petropavl (Petropavlovsk), Kazakhstan
 * 🇧🇷 Taió, Santa Catarina, Brazil

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Kaeberlein

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The result of the debate was keep, but let WP:CP handle it as probably copyvio. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 22:24, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Matt Kaeberlein
I am quite sure the text is a copyvio (article contains reference to a photo which isn't in the article). First, I thought about speedying it as a blatant copyvio, but the criterion demands that an online source is located and I haven't found one. Then I thought about speedying it under A7, but the article says "...he helped pinpoint the central gene that controls aging in brewer's yeast." and "he is now vice president, as well as a co-founder, of Longenity.". So I couldn't speedy under that either. Then I thought about bringing it to WP:CP for the slow copyvio deletion route, but without a source located, I had some trouble doing that as well. So AFD it is, this reads like a newspaper in-depth report and not an encyclopedia article, and I don't really think Matt Kaeberlin meets WP:BIO guidelines either. Sjakkalle (Check!)  07:15, 6 October 2005 (UTC) PS Our Caloric restriction article links to this article claiming him as a notable researcher in the field so he probably is notable enough to justify an article. Capitalistroadster 11:24, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete --Rogerd 07:22, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The article is a copyvio as there is a bit on the bottom claiming "Ingfei Chen, a writer in Santa Cruz, California, is waiting for her own head-clobbering epiphany." The text is from a Science of Aging Knowledge Environment article from 2002 written by Chen on Kaeberlein which is not available online for free via public access see . Delete as copyvio but article could help to establish notability. Capitalistroadster 07:27, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for finding a source, I will tag this article as a copyvio, and add a link to this debate. If anyone wants to make a real article before it goes as a copyvio, it can be made a /temp subpage. Sjakkalle (Check!)  11:47, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
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Finnish Communication and Internet Exchange

Finnish Communication and Internet Exchange – FICIX ry is the first and the biggest Internet exchange point in Finland. As of 2009, FICIX consists of three exchange points.

FICIX was founded in 1993 and was originally called the "Finnish Commercial Internet Exchange". The name was changed to the current form in 2001, when a non-profit organization was founded to maintain operations.

FICIX-1 is located in Otaniemi, Espoo. Established in 1999, FICIX-2 is located in Pasila, Helsinki. FICIX-3 is located in Oulu and was established in March 2008. FICIX also operates the three root nameservers located in Finland, I (in Espoo), K (in Helsinki), and J (in Oulu).


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The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1963) is a play in a prologue and six scenes, written by Tennessee Williams. He told John Gruen in 1965 that it was "the play that I worked on longest," and he premiered a version of it at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, in July 1962.

Development
The play was based on a short story of Williams called "Man Bring This Up the Road" which he wrote in Italy when he was working on the film Senso. Williams continued working on the story when he returned to the USA by which time it morphed into a play. It had its debut at Gian-Carlo Menotti’s Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, in 1961 starring Hermione Baddeley.

Production history
Its first American production was in January 1963 on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre, starring Hermione Baddeley and produced by Roger Stevens. Reviews of the play were poor, although a newspaper strike prevented them from reaching audiences; the play ran for only 69 performances. Noël Coward saw a production and said "I found it so intolerable and Hermione Baddeley’s acting so vulgar that I left after about twenty minutes and went home."

Williams revised the script for a second production, giving it a kabuki framework, with two actors playing stagehands who comment on the play as it happens. This new production was produced by David Merrick. It opened on January 1, 1964 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre under the direction of Tony Richardson. It starred Tallulah Bankhead (the part had originally been written for and was loosely based on Bankhead) and Tab Hunter, with Marian Seldes.

Richardson said " I loved doing a new play, especially an American play. I was flattered to be asked, and already thought of becoming a hero by creating success out of failure."

Williams and Merrick wanted Bankhead and Richardson would only agree if they agreed to Tab Hunter in the male lead. Williams was reluctant "since I could not see in Tab a mystic and ambiguous quality which the part demanded" but Richardson said he had a "moral obligation" to Hunter. "I can only surmise what the "moral obligation" may have been, and I shall leave you in the same uncertainty," wrote Williams. Williams later wrote Hunter "showed more talent than I would have expected, but an ambivalent mysticism was not so apparent in his performance as a lingering talent for exposing his skin and physique."

Hunter said he was recommended by the first choice for the role, Anthony Perkins, who was unable to do the play. Hunter found working with Bankhead difficult, saying "What pissed me off was Tallulah's complete lack of professionalism, her inability to see beyond herself, beyond her reputation. She was dissipating an incredible God-given talent, especially when she'd decide to turn anything — anything — into high camp."

It ran for only five performances after again receiving very poor notices. The 2011 revival starring Olympia Dukakis was directed by Michael Wilson.

In 1968, the play was adapted by Williams into the film Boom!, co-starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, and directed by Joseph Losey. The film was a disastrous vehicle for both stars.

Williams later wrote "If you write a play with a very strong female role, such as Flora Goforth of The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, it is likely to surface repeatedly, since female stars of a certain age have a rough time finding vehicles suitable to their talents, personalities, and their public images."

In 1987, the play was revived at WPA Theatre in New York City.

Synopsis
The play is set in Italy and centers on a dying, wealthy woman, Mrs. Flora Goforth, who catches a young man, Christopher Flanders, allegedly trespassing on her estate. Dialogue between the two makes up much of the play. As a character, Mrs. Goforth is in a position where under the traditions of classic drama she could be a Stoic, but she deliberately rejects the consolations of philosophy and chooses, instead, to affirm eroticism and mysticism. Mrs. Goforth dies at the end of the play after making these affirmations as her definitive statement about Life.


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Northern Forest Archipelago

 * 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 in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. -R. fiend 05:22, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Northern Forest Archipelago
Non-notable micronation. Quale 07:21, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, microvanity. --Angr/undefined 08:25, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Obviously, having written the article, I disagree. The NFA is notable as it is one of the longer-lived micronations. If you take the time to peruse their site, you will see that it is more developed than many micronations, including currency, postage, "bricks and mortar" presence. It has also been written up in 2 recent magazine articles.

It is certainly more notable and less a case of microvanity than some of the other micronations included in wikipedia, if you will look at all of them without respect to newness on the site, or level of completeness to date.

I would be more than happy to work to improve the article if there are deficiencies that you can point out to me.

All that being said, you guys make the rules, so do what you're going to do. I am happy to agree to disagree with you, and let the wiki-community make their decision, as I am a newbie here. I will of course abide by the community's decision. - jsheffield
 * Well, a micronation that I was involved with for some time lasted over 12 years (about five longer that NFA), and wouldn't qualify for an article (FWIW, The Commonwealth of Port Colice). Mind you, our presence was probably slightly less that NFA's (no currency, though we did have postage, for instance). Grutness...  wha?  12:11, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Micro Delete I must say, I have never heard of the concept before. (We're all micro nations over here in Europe!) I think it's a grand idea.  And I hope the NFA succeed in getting the independent country status they presumably seek.  Hard to see what really distinguishes them from the likes of other communes (etc..) though? And most of those are not sufficiently notable to be here.  I don't know.  Maybe it's a question of longevity?  Or of import to others in the micro state world?  In any case, being around since 1998 makes me unconvinced of notability at this point in time. Marcus22 14:51, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Micronations have come up for deletion before. See the following for examples:
 * Notability generally involves some impact by the micronation upon the real world. Declaring a field to be an independent nation and telling only Wikipedia about it (Pogo), or setting up a club on a web site (Atlasia), do not impact the real world at all.  Sealand and Ladonia, in contrast, have elicited mainstream news coverage, and have involved real disputes, real territories, and real court cases.  Researching the Northern Forest Archipelago, I find that the external news coverage linked to by the article itself actually cites Wikipedia as its source, and so must be discounted when determining the notability of the micronation.  There is no other news coverage, no independently written articles, and no evidence that the micronation has impacted upon the real world in any way. Delete. Uncle G 15:44, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Uncle G --> There are 2 external news articles, one of which lists wikipedia among its numerous sources (although why citing wikipedia as a source would preclude it from being considered an article in the "real world" seems strange to me anyway); the adk explorer article makes no mention of wikipedia at all. That won't necessarily change the outcome of this (as it seems pretty clear where this is headed), but I thought I would point it out.  Is there a clearly defined criteria for inclusion of micronations into wikipedia, or is this done on a case by case basis? - jsheffield
 * AFAIK, it's on a case by case basis, but if I were to set forth a criteria about this perennial issue over which micronations Wikipedia should include, I'd use Uncle G's. -- llywrch 19:12, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * why citing wikipedia as a source would preclude it from being considered an article in the "real world" — That's a straw man.  Nobody said any such thing.  What I actually wrote was that the article "must be discounted when determining the notability of the micronation".  An article that cites Wikipedia as its source cannot even be used to determine the verifiability of a subject.  It certainly cannot be used to determine notability.  Is there a clearly defined criteria for inclusion of micronations — Not inasmuch as editors have written a page similar to WP:BIO, WP:MUSIC, WP:CORP, or WP:WEB, no.   I attribute this to there simply having been no incentive.  We aren't inundated with micronation articles to the same extent that we are inundated with articles about persons, bands, companies, and web sites.  Uncle G 03:03, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - This article just seems to spread misinformation, and is harmful. I want it gone, before it's used to make a bad precident.  The fact one of the two "independent" references cite wikipedia, shows the harm of us publishing this stuff.  We put something out, others follow it, then we follow them, then they follow us, then.........   Let's stop the silly story cycle and delete it.  --rob 21:58, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep it exists and is notable. freestylefrappe 23:10, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * No it doesn't exist, and it is not notable. Aside the from the silly claims of being a "micronation";  there really isn't evidence of any organization.  The web site claims you can join up if you own some land but "...declaring your land to be a part of the NFA does not have an impact on your legal rights of ownership, it is more a state of mind than a binding legal contract...".  In other words the entire article is about a guy's state of mind.  This is a silly joke, which we should not partake.  If this guy gets enough followers, creates a real organization, then we can create an article on his environmental organization, but never an article for a "micronation".  --rob 00:52, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Your bald, unsupported, assertion that this is notable does not address any of the specific reasons for the contrary that I laid out above. What real world events has the Northern Forest Archipelago been involved in? What independently written works on the subject of the micronation have been published?  Uncle G 03:03, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: it is not a real country, they just claim it is. The government hasn't responded because it's not a big enough deal for them to get involved. -- Kjkolb 03:24, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete This is just microsilliness and in no way can be considered encyclopedic. C'mon! Dottore So 06:53, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Notability generally involves some impact by the micronation upon the real world. Declaring a field to be an independent nation and telling only Wikipedia about it (Pogo), or setting up a club on a web site (Atlasia), do not impact the real world at all.  Sealand and Ladonia, in contrast, have elicited mainstream news coverage, and have involved real disputes, real territories, and real court cases.  Researching the Northern Forest Archipelago, I find that the external news coverage linked to by the article itself actually cites Wikipedia as its source, and so must be discounted when determining the notability of the micronation.  There is no other news coverage, no independently written articles, and no evidence that the micronation has impacted upon the real world in any way. Delete. Uncle G 15:44, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Uncle G --> There are 2 external news articles, one of which lists wikipedia among its numerous sources (although why citing wikipedia as a source would preclude it from being considered an article in the "real world" seems strange to me anyway); the adk explorer article makes no mention of wikipedia at all. That won't necessarily change the outcome of this (as it seems pretty clear where this is headed), but I thought I would point it out.  Is there a clearly defined criteria for inclusion of micronations into wikipedia, or is this done on a case by case basis? - jsheffield
 * AFAIK, it's on a case by case basis, but if I were to set forth a criteria about this perennial issue over which micronations Wikipedia should include, I'd use Uncle G's. -- llywrch 19:12, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * why citing wikipedia as a source would preclude it from being considered an article in the "real world" — That's a straw man.  Nobody said any such thing.  What I actually wrote was that the article "must be discounted when determining the notability of the micronation".  An article that cites Wikipedia as its source cannot even be used to determine the verifiability of a subject.  It certainly cannot be used to determine notability.  Is there a clearly defined criteria for inclusion of micronations — Not inasmuch as editors have written a page similar to WP:BIO, WP:MUSIC, WP:CORP, or WP:WEB, no.   I attribute this to there simply having been no incentive.  We aren't inundated with micronation articles to the same extent that we are inundated with articles about persons, bands, companies, and web sites.  Uncle G 03:03, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - This article just seems to spread misinformation, and is harmful. I want it gone, before it's used to make a bad precident.  The fact one of the two "independent" references cite wikipedia, shows the harm of us publishing this stuff.  We put something out, others follow it, then we follow them, then they follow us, then.........   Let's stop the silly story cycle and delete it.  --rob 21:58, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep it exists and is notable. freestylefrappe 23:10, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * No it doesn't exist, and it is not notable. Aside the from the silly claims of being a "micronation";  there really isn't evidence of any organization.  The web site claims you can join up if you own some land but "...declaring your land to be a part of the NFA does not have an impact on your legal rights of ownership, it is more a state of mind than a binding legal contract...".  In other words the entire article is about a guy's state of mind.  This is a silly joke, which we should not partake.  If this guy gets enough followers, creates a real organization, then we can create an article on his environmental organization, but never an article for a "micronation".  --rob 00:52, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Your bald, unsupported, assertion that this is notable does not address any of the specific reasons for the contrary that I laid out above. What real world events has the Northern Forest Archipelago been involved in? What independently written works on the subject of the micronation have been published?  Uncle G 03:03, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: it is not a real country, they just claim it is. The government hasn't responded because it's not a big enough deal for them to get involved. -- Kjkolb 03:24, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete This is just microsilliness and in no way can be considered encyclopedic. C'mon! Dottore So 06:53, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Have a nice weekend everyone, I had no desire to upset anyone, as a number of people seem to be...contrary to Uncle G's addendum, I answered the assertions made concerning the notability of the NFA (and the external news coverage, if he would take the time to read the Adirondack Explorer article, but he has already made his mind up)...if my answers, or the article do not satisfy you, or offend you, vote for deletion. Jamie 11:54, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's not about offense, Jamie, but this just isn't verifiable, enyclopedic information. Chick Bowen 22:26, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

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Bentleys Proton Electron mass equation
Original research. -- SCZenz 07:21, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. See also Articles for deletion/Bentley's Proton Electron mass equation above. -- SCZenz 07:25, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. Qaz  ( talk ) 08:01, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Original Research. utcursch | talk 11:56, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, OR/trolling. the wub  "?!"  12:38, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

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James Hopes

James Redfern Hopes (born 24 October 1978) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. Hopes played domestic cricket for Queensland, and had represented Australia in One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket from 2005 to 2010. Hopes was consistently one of the best bowlers in Australian domestic cricket through his career, and when he retired in 2016 he was the top wicket-taker of the last decade despite never being selected to play in a Test match for Australia.

After his playing career, Hopes was the bowling coach of the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League until 2020.

Early career
Hopes represented his home state of Queensland in both under-17s and under-19s cricket, which resulted in him being selected to play for the Australian under-19 cricket team for a tour of Pakistan in the 1996/97 season and the 1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Hopes made his debut for Queensland's senior team in 2001 in both one-day cricket and first-class cricket.

He had opened innings for Queensland in 2006/07 scoring 553 runs and taking 21 wickets in the Pura Cup, and capturing a season-high 20 victims and a first one-day century in the FR Cup.

International career
Hopes was selected to play for the Australian national cricket team for the first time in February 2004, replacing injured all-rounder Shane Watson. He made eight ODI appearances in 2004/05. He did not take more than a wicket in a match although his batting showed promise with a top score of 43 against Sri Lanka. Hopes was dropped from the squad at the end of the 2004–05 VB Series and missed the tour to South Africa, but when Shane Watson suffered a calf problem in Bangladesh he was replaced again by Hopes. He was once again dropped from the squad ahead of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

In 2007/08, Hopes experienced a busy campaign with 24 ODIs as he took part in all of Australia's one-day series. In March 2008, he scored his maiden ODI half century during his 28th match, scoring 63 off 80 balls against India in the 2nd final of the 2007–08 Commonwealth Bank Series, bringing Australia close to an unlikely win. His effort though was in vain as India went on to win the game and the tournament.

Hopes became a regular part of Australia's national team in ODI cricket at a time when the team had lost their number 1 ranking and sought to rebuild with new players. He reached his peak in late 2009 when he was ranked as the second-best all-rounder in the world. In early 2010 he scored his third half-century with 56 off 26 balls against West Indies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. His most productive day at international level came in June 2010 when his 5 for 14 ensured Australia would not be embarrassed by losing to Ireland in an ODI in Dublin. He was named the player of the match for achieving his career-best bowling figures. After playing 84 ODIs, Hopes was dropped from the national side for good ahead of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, missing out on the second world cup in a row despite playing for Australia consistently between the two.

Indian Premier League
Ahead of the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Hopes was bought by Kings XI Punjab on the second day of the auction (at US$300,000, he was the most expensive signing of the day). He was a fine contributor during the season, scoring half-centuries against Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. Hopes had to be released from his contract for the first part of the 2009 IPL so he could play for the Australian national team. He ultimately did not play for Australia at this time, as he had a minor knee injury, but missing this time in the IPL cost him over $100,000. Hopes missed the second event to rest an injury, and was hurt in the lead-up to the third tournament.

Hopes changed teams and played for the Delhi Daredevils in the 2011 IPL. He played well despite the team having a poor season, and when captain Virender Sehwag was injured he was chosen to replace him as interim captain for the final three games. Delhi lost two of those three matches and finished in last place. He was transferred to the Pune Warriors for the 2012 IPL, but had to pull out of the tournament due to a knee injury.

Later domestic career
In 2010/11, he was handed the state captaincy replacing Chris Simpson. He was named Sheffield Shield Player of the Series for the 2010/11 series. He became 49th captain of the state.

In November 2010, Hopes picked up 3 for 40 and then top scored with 73 as the Bulls pushed well past Tasmania's disappointing 196 on the second day at Bellerive Oval.

In December 2010, he took-up coaching role of Queensland as caretaker coach began with a victory after he replaced Trevor Barsby on a sensational day for the Bulls where they bowled out Western Australia on 136 and won the match by 76 runs.

In Big Bash match against Tasmania, he scored unbeaten 65 runs and also affected a run-out and took a one-handed catch to dismiss Ryan ten Doeschate was declared the Man-of-the-Match.

In Big Bash match against New South Wales, he scored unbeaten 62 runs 38 balls and the set match off the very first ball when James Hopes bowled Usman Khawaja who chopped a pull back onto his stumps.

In 2011, an allround performance from Hopes led Queensland to a comfortable six-wicket victory against New South Wales in Ryobi Cup. Hopes provided a solid start with 41 off 56 deliveries before this he took 4 wickets for 16 runs.

Hopes took six-wicket haul and ensured that Queensland finished in third place on the 2010/11 Sheffield Shield table with victory by an innings and three runs over Victoria. Hopes was named the Sheffield Shield Player of the Series for 2010/11 at the State Cricket Awards in Hobart. Hopes finished season with averaged of 58.70 with the bat and 20.11 with the ball winning 23 votes won the award ahead of Tasmania allrounder Luke Butterworth.

In 2011 Big Bash League, Hopes was signed with the Brisbane Heat.

As captain, Hopes led Queensland to back-to-back Sheffield Shield finals in 2012 and 2013, winning the title in 2012. He retired from all forms of cricket at the end of the 2015–16 Sheffield Shield season. Over his last three seasons, he took 102 first-class wickets, more than any other Australian bowler in that time.

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User talk:Nicholas Jackson

Hi, just noticed the nice work you've done on Khovanov homology. Glad to have you on board! --C S 07:25, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much - I'm glad you liked it. --nicholas 11:28, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Knot polynomial
Sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if you could take a look at the Knot polynomial article, which is a rather sad state at the moment. We've been looking for someone to review this article for quite some time now and, browsing your webpage, I thought you might have the necessary expertise. Phil s 19:13, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Greetings
Hey Nick -- noticed you editing the University of York article. Enjoy wikipedia! --Richard Clegg 14:21, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Babel migration
You asked on my talk page: Erm... hello. Apparently you made some sort of change to a couple of templates on my user page - the comment said it was a migration from Babel-X to Babel, using AWB. What does this mean? --Nicholas Jackson 23:05, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * is a redirect to which contains your userboxes: redirecting templates is wasteful and since this was caused by moving  to  I'm short-circuiting the redirects. AWB is a tool which is helpful for making uniform changes to many pages in succession: it is particularly useful because it requires the user to visually confirm each edit and therefore avoids the problems which can occur when a bot performs mass-changes blindly. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 17:11, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Ties...
Nick, could you add some refs to Notts High School? You need to use the ref and references tags. I can help if you need it Victuallers 09:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thanks for helping protect doctorate and other articles! --Eustress (talk) 00:08, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

List of Wranglers
I happened across a PDF of the University archives (link at the bottom of the page) which has meant that I've been able to fill in all the missing entries. It just struck me as an ideal article to give people a jumping off point into loads of areas of history, not just in mathematics. I guess it's nearly ready for Featured List nomination now! Mrh30 (talk) 13:06, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I've nominated it. Your feedback at Featured list candidates/List of Wranglers (University of Cambridge) would be appreciated. Mrh30 (talk) 13:15, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Now I've got their surnames, it's actually much easier to track down snippets of information on many of the people. ' senior wrangler' into Google does quite well! Mrh30 (talk) 13:30, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Expanding the list of Research Doctorates
Nicholas, you have seemingly taken as a crusade the reduction of the list of examples of Research Doctorates. Are you taking it from a Ph.D. centric position that any other Research Doctorate is not REALLY at the level of the Ph.D. and as a result an expansive and more inclusive list is a waste of time? Why would you not believe it more appropriate to provide a complete listing and let the reader determine the value of the listing? And I am just assuming your motivation, but it's from a year or so of watching what you respond to - otherwise, most of which I agree with. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.114.218.86 (talk) 21:03, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * No, it's not that at all - in fact if you read what I've said at Talk:Doctorate hopefully it's clear that I don't consider other research doctorates (like the relatively new UK 'vocational doctorates') to be in some way inferior to the PhD. All I've been doing is trying to keep the short illustrative lists of examples in those subsections from either gradually expanding into a redundant copy of List of doctoral degrees awarded by country, or turning into a completely US-centric viewpoint (hence the inclusion of a couple of Czech, Dutch or German examples).  It just seems like every week or so some random anonymous person adds their favourite US degree.  I don't think I'm on a 'crusade' and I didn't think it was something I was particularly obsessed about - as far as I'm concerned it's just copy-editing. -- Nicholas Jackson (talk) 21:37, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * OK. Perhaps I overstated what I intended simply as a question, turning it into a bit of a poke in the eye in doing so. Sorry. Copy-edit on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.114.218.86 (talk) 21:58, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem - it was a reasonable question and I didn't think it was phrased in a particularly confrontational way, so don't worry about it. -- Nicholas Jackson (talk) 22:20, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Academic staff
In the US, you must be a full tenured professor to be a professor, just as in the UK. However, many people misuse the term. But there is no misunderstanding on this point in well-established institutions. Yes, staff are merely secretaries, etc. Zoticogrillo (talk) 20:50, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

The hierarchy in the U.S. is as follows: Professor (aka tenured professor), Associate Professor, Lecturer. An Assistant Professor is a term used by some institutions, and is generally the same as an Associate Professor. In a few institutions, an Assistant Professor is lower than the Associate Professor, but the Assistant Professor is not a traditional role, and as I understand it, it is simply a way of paying someone less. A Lecturer is simply an independent contractor with no formal relationship with the university. They are sometimes professionals without a graduate degree (for departments such as law, engineering, business, etc). Zoticogrillo (talk) 00:16, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Reverted capitalizations
Hello Mr. Jackson,

I noticed you reverted the capitalizations to uppercase. The information I got about when I lower-cased the degrees is from here, http://www.identity.wsu.edu/editorial-style/capitalization.aspx, manual of style.

Best,

Snowfalcon cu (talk) 12:22, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

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Tenth wrangler
Many thanks, Nicholas, much appreciated. Agendum (talk) 23:17, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

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Mantles of British Orders
Dear Nicholas Jackson,

You uploaded and placed the pictures of Mantles of different British Orders? Really great, I do find them useful contributions to the pages about the orders! Do you maybe also have such a picture of a mantle of the Order of the Indian Empire? Thanks, Demophon (talk) 19:03, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, a big thank you and well done from me too! The photos are superb! ;) --Cameron* 19:25, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I just noticed your pictures too. Brilliant work! Whereabouts were these taken, may I ask? Craigy (talk) 21:49, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Juris Doctor RFM
Just a heads up that the Mediation Committee asked me to help out by mediating Requests_for_mediation/Juris_Doctor. I've opened the case here and am asking the parties some initial questions. If you could watchlist that page, it would be helpful in keeping track of things. Regards.  MBisanz  talk 23:11, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Algebra & Number Theory
Thanks for notifying me, I have reverted my move. Sorry for the mistake, I apparently only remembered part of MOS, because it does say that ampersands should be avoided, but also specifies that they should remain if it is part of the formal name. --Crusio (talk) 14:29, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

NHS Crest
That's the crest the school uses now, check the funky new website. All the 'original' boys hate it and want tufty back. I think for factual reasons the new crest should be used but we can put the original one somewhere in the article. Bthebest (talk) 22:05, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

OK, agreed as per comment on my talk page. p.s. you might be interested Bthebest (talk) 16:52, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

The new logo has been well-received. The original crest is still used on formal occasions like Founder's Day but does not print well in a smaller version and hence the development of the logo. This point of discussion should not be conducted on such a public forum. Why not contact the School directly to discuss it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.40.232 (talk) 09:42, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Pictures
Out of curiosity, where did you take the photos of the various robes such as the Knight of the Garter? 95jb14 (talk) 18:21, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Njsustain and Doctor (title)
Thanks for engaging Njsustain, and I'm sorry that the editor has taken you down quite a rabbit hole of contention! Some people are difficult for me to relate to. I didn't want to say publicly on that discussion page, but still want at least someone to know, for clarity sake, that Njsustain's use of that Martin citation was not merely an inadvertent mistake. Nothing in the book supported the statement at all, and the editor submitted that citation in bad faith. The editor's comments make it clear that the editor is not interested in engaging us in discussion. Therefore, a more dismissive and pro-active approach is probably appropriate. Zoticogrillo (talk) 21:15, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

 * I know that the reconciliatory comments that I just left seem to contradict my sentiments above, but if the editor continues her/his pattern of behavior (which I suspect will be the case), they will be condemning. Zoticogrillo (talk) 21:40, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks for this. I must admit I was a bit surprised by the vehemence of their reaction to what I thought was a perfectly reasonable question.  The more I think about it, the less sure I am that they were having the same conversation I was - I don't think anything I wrote gave the impression that I have a particular point of view or agenda about titles in the US, but they seemed convinced that this was the case.  Anyway, things seem to have calmed down a little now. -- Nicholas Jackson (talk) 22:27, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: Master of Science
In reply to your comment on my talk, I did not add the template to Master of Science; I only played around with the hatnote. With regards to the 'globalization' of that article, I suppose that by only having the details of four countries' degrees, the article is inherently 'un-globalized'. Perhaps if the majority of the article (or at least a significant portion thereof) was a general description of the degree (and the countries' sections were expanding on that), the article would present information more applicable worldwide. Cheers, -M.Nelson (talk) 01:15, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

 * Oh, sorry, I misread the history and thought you'd added the globalize template. I agree that it would be good if the article reflected a more international scope, but it might not be so easy to do that (especially if the degree in question only exists in a small number of countries).  I think what's there is probably a good start, thought -- Nicholas Jackson (talk) 23:09, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Doctor of Music
The reason I specifically included Ian Tracey in the article, was because it created relevant links between a number of other Wiki pages: the Cathedral Church of Christ in Liverpool houses one of the largest and most spectacular pipe organs in the world and its organist Prof. Dr. Tracey is an Honorary Doctor of Music who has published many works. I thought this was in line with the spirit of Wikipedia. Bewp (talk) 19:07, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm sure he's very eminent in his field, and a talented composer, musicologist and organist to boot. But having eleven examples of honoris causa Doctors of Music is rather excessive (and I still think six is probably too many), so the list had to be culled, and I took the decision to keep only a few really notable and famous people.  Without wishing to cast any aspersions on Prof Tracey's undoubted achievements, he just isn't as notable as Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss, Daniel Barenboim, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan or Joan Baez.  -- Nicholas Jackson (talk) 23:23, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * OK. Point taken. Bewp (talk) 21:00, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * That said, why not let's create a new page entitled "List of Honorary Doctors of Music". That would be quite interesting. Bewp (talk) 21:12, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

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Reversion of University of York main image
Hi. I have reverted your change to the University of York article, and I apologise for this, but I feel that the shield is a better choice for the main image as per my rationale here: Talk:University_of_York. I hope this seems sensible to you? Thanks  - blake - 17:32, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

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Wranglership
If you feel strongly about it, I'm willing to accept your (unexplained) removal of this term, which on second thoughts perhaps isn't as suitable as I'd thought, but be aware that far from being a tendentious coinage, it has had a lot of serious usage, e.g. 2270 results come up with Google Books.Yooost (talk) 16:46, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't feel very strongly about it either, it just seemed a bit of an awkward way of phrasing things, so I changed it back to how it was before. But I won't stand in your way if you really want to restore it. -- Nicholas Jackson (talk) 18:09, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Senior Wrangler (University of Cambridge)
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John Rae (headmaster)

John Rae (20 March 1931 – 16 December 2006) was a British educator, author and novelist. He was headmaster of Taunton School (1966–1970) and then Head Master of Westminster School (1970–1986).

In 1986 he became head of the Laura Ashley Foundation and was on the Board of The Observer newspaper from 1986 to 1993. In 1989 he became executive chairman of the Portman Group.

Education
Rae was educated at Homefield Preparatory School before Bishop Stortford College, an independent school in Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

Westminster School
Rae became Headmaster of Westminster School, an independent school in Central London, in 1970. During his time there he became a prominent and oft-heard voice on educational questions in the British media.

He modernised the school and rescued it from its perilous financial position. To do this, he cut staffing and moved the science department from its cramped building to a modern building within easy reach of the school. During his time at the school girls first became full-time members of the school, in 1973. In 1976 a new day house, Dryden's, was created. It is located next to Wren's and under College, just off Little Dean's Yard. In 1981 to cope with the increased number of girls a new boarding house, Purcell's, was opened located about 200m from Little Dean's Yard. In the same year a new building was bought for the Under School – Adrian House in Vincent Square.

Although it has been asserted that he was forced to resign because of negative reactions to his wife Daphne Rae publishing, A World Apart in 1983, detailing their joint experiences during their time at Taunton and Harrow, and raising the issue of gay teachers, he remained at the school until 1986. According to his posthumously published diary, his departure was a combination of exceeding the typical term of headmastership (10 years), his opposition to the Assisted Places Scheme, and a desire to find a new challenge.

Media appearances
During the 1980s, Rae wrote newspaper articles and regularly appeared as a panellist on programmes such as Question Time on BBC 1 and Any Questions on BBC Radio 4, and as an interviewee on Newsnight on BBC 2, in which he often argued for the need for schools to be tolerant and to "apply common sense" when dealing with minor infractions of the rules or end-of-term "high jinks", and that a sense of humour was almost a pre-requisite of "firm but fair" discipline when dealing with teenage pupils, and especially teenage boys. He said that drug-taking was entirely unacceptable, but that pupils should only be expelled if they had committed serious offences, such as supplying and/or selling drugs, or had dishonestly claimed to be innocent when given the chance to 'own up'. He also said that he believed that a co-educational school environment had many merits. He also emphasised that, in his opinion, it was not merely the right of parents to choose to educate their children at independent schools, but also the right of educators not employed by the state to provide education.

Works
Rae was a prolific writer on education, his works including Letters to Parents, The Public School Revolution, and a professional autobiography, Delusions of Grandeur. His 1960 novel, The Custard Boys, shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rees Memorial Prize, was adapted to make the 1962 film Reach for Glory, which won a United Nations Award, and again for the 1979 film under the novel's original name. In 1983, he assisted Roland Joffe in the production of the film The Killing Fields, and in 1986 he became head of the Laura Ashley Foundation. He was on the board of The Observer newspaper from 1986 to 1993, and in 1989 became executive chairman of the Portman Group, which advocates responsible drinking.

During the 1970s he published a short series of novels for teenagers, borrowing for the purpose the names, and to some extent the characters, of his own children.

His edited diaries were published in 2009 as The Old Boys' Network: A Headmaster's Diaries 1979–1986 (ISBN 978-1-906021-63-4).

Commemoration
John Rae's ashes lie off the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, near a door from Little Dean's Yard used by Westminster boys when they go "Up Abbey". There is often a vase of fresh flowers at the commemorative stone.

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