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Willem "Wim" van Est (25 March 1923 – 1 May 2003) was a Dutch racing cyclist. He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the Tour de France of 1951, and for falling into a ravine while wearing it. ==Biography== Van Est was born in the town of Fijnaart, in North Brabant, the 2nd child in a family of 16 children. His family was pushed into poverty in the aftermath of World War One and growing up he lived on a makeshift farm. During this time one of his brothers died at a very young age and his father had to make a coffin for the child, and ride several miles on his bike while carrying the coffin with his son inside to the local church to give the child a proper burial. During World War 2 the teenage Van Est began riding a considerable distance into Belgium smuggling tobacco and cheese which he would either sell or trade for soap, which he would return home with in order to sell on the Black Market. He was caught doing this during the war and had to serve six months in prison. After this, while the Nazi's occupied his homeland, the teenage Van Est got the idea cycling for sport. When the war was over and races began again he saw a local race and thought he could beat everyone, but it would take him five years to reach the pro level. He started his cycling career (as an amateur) in 1946, after a professional runner had seen him race in a local competition as part of a wager. His first major victory came in 1950, when he won the 600 km Bordeaux–Paris race. In 1951, Van Est was part of the Dutch team for the Tour de France. This would be the first time in his entire life he had ever seen mountains of this caliber, let alone tried riding up or descending one. In the 12th stage, from Agen to Dax, he escaped with a small group. He won the stage and gained 19 minutes on the leader, enough to move up to first place in the general classification. As the first Dutchman to wear the accompanying yellow jersey he was praised by the public and media at home. The next day, in defence of his position, Van Est was chasing the leaders on the descent of the Col d'Aubisque. He was following Fiorenzo Magni on the descent, a very strong rider who had already won two Giro's as well as two Tour Stages, who had superior descending skill. Due to a flat tyre (according to Van Est himself), in conjunction with snow melt and many loose stones on the road he lost control of his bike and went over the cliff. He instinctively kicked his bike away as he fell and of the riders, officials and fans, Belgian rider Roger Decock was the only person to see him go over the ravine. The ravine was approximately 1,000 feet or 300 meters deep, and much of it was steep enough that a falling person would continue falling all the way to the bottom. Van Est fell about 200 feet or 70 meters trying to grab at the saplings growing on the mountainside to break his fall. Fortunately he slowed and was able to grab hold of a small tree nearby a one meter wide outcrop, which he then made his way to. Even if he wanted to he could not climb back up or down, despite the fact he did not suffer any major injury. As Van Est precariously sat overlooking a several hundred foot drop he began screaming for help. Fortunately Decock stopped when Van Est went over, giving up his 5th place in the overall standings dropping to 17th by the end of the Tour as a result of the 25 minutes he lost assisting the Dutchman. When the Dutch team car arrived and were told what happened they screamed down the mountain for him for several minutes hearing nothing but echoes. After a few minutes they were able to find his approximate location. It took the team quite some time to tie together every single tire tube they had in order to make a rope that they hoped would reach him. After a great deal of time their 75 meter "rope" reached Van Est and he was able to use the tires to rig together a hoist which he put around his chest under both arms. Helped by spectators and his manager, he managed to get back to the road. Van Est wanted to continue, but was persuaded to go to the hospital because he had just crashed down a 200 foot ravine. At home, Van Est's fame grew even more when Belgian watchmaker Pontiac, which had supplied watches to the Dutch team in the Tour de France, started an advertising campaign "Seventy meters deep I dropped, my heart stood still but my Pontiac never stopped". Later in his career, Van Est twice won the Ronde van Nederland, wore the yellow jersey again in 1955 and 1958, placed 8th in 1957 and won two more stages. Also, he won Bordeaux–Paris two more times, two national road titles, four national titles in the individual pursuit on the track, as well as three medals in the pursuit at the World Championships. Nevertheless, he remained most famous for the two days in the 1951 Tour de France. To remember this event, a monument was placed on the mountain 50 years after the event, on 17 July 2001. Wim van Est died in his hometown Sint Willebrord. His brothers Kees, Toon, Leen and Nico were also professional cyclists. His brother Piet was also a pro cyclist who rode in several Tours and won a stage in the 1961 Giro. ==Major results== 1947 1st Saarland Rundfahrt 1949 1st Dutch Individual Pursuit Champion 1st Stage 5 Ronde van Nederland 3rd World Individual Pursuit Championships 1950 1st Bordeaux–Paris 2nd World Individual Pursuit Championships 1951 1st Stage 12 Tour de France 2nd Bordeaux–Paris 1952 1st Dutch Individual Pursuit Champion 1st Overall Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 4a 1st Stage 7 1st Nokere Koerse 1st Bordeaux–Paris 1953 1st Dutch Individual Pursuit Champion 1st Tour of Flanders 1st Stage 1 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 16 Tour de France 1st Stage 2b Dwars door Vlaanderen 2nd Gent–Wevelgem 2nd Bordeaux–Paris 1954 1st Overall Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 3 1st Stage 4 1st Stage 7 1st Stage 4b Tour de France 1st Overall Driedaagse van Antwerpen 2nd Bordeaux–Paris 1955 1st Dutch Individual Pursuit Champion 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Tour de France 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 2 1st Stage 7 3rd World Individual Pursuit Championships 1956 1st Dutch Road Race Championship 1st Dutch Motor-paced Champion 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 8a 3rd Overall Driedaagse van Antwerpen 1st Stage 2b (TTT) 1st Stage 3a 1st GP Stad Vilvoorde 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 1957 1st Dutch Road Race Championship 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 4 1st Stage 6 1958 1st Duth Motor-paced Champion 1960 1st Stage 7 Ronde van Nederland 1961 1st Bordeaux–Paris == See also== List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification ==References== == External links == Official Tour de France results for Wim van Est More extensive story of Van Ests fall in 1951 Contemporary newsreel footage of the crash (in French) 1923 births 2003 deaths Dutch male cyclists Dutch Tour de France stage winners People from Moerdijk Dutch Giro d'Italia stage winners UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from North Brabant

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Lycaena candens is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic (Southeast Europe and Caucasus) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. ==Subspecies== L. c. leonhardi (Fruhstorfer, 1917) L. c. pfeifferi (Beuret, 1952) Caucasus, Transcaucasia ==Description from Seitz== The males have no blue sheen and the forewing above is entirely golden brown in the females; the black margin of the upperside is narrower in both sexes. ==Biology== The larva on feeds on Rumex ==See also== List of butterflies of Russia ==References== Lycaena Butterflies described in 1844

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==buttons== My Great Uncle said his father made buttons from abalone shells at a factory in Illinois during the 1920's. Does this still go on? This is a funny place to ask. But yes, the Chinese are quite fond of using abalone shell as wood inlay and more rarely as buttons. Abalone shell jewelry is also quite popular in New Zealand. lk ==clean up== can i ask for this page to be cleaned up? i noticed several repeated/redundant parts in it, including duplicate paragraphs, repeated images and so on would be easier to read, thanks ~BlueFoxx~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.83.80.112 (talk) ==merger proposal== To all intents and purposes, the term 'bao yu' is identical to Abalone, and is only so known in the Sinophone world. It makes little sense to have the 'bao yu' article in parallel. Merging the articles would not result in a super-sized article. Ohconfucius (talk) This is part of the cuisine project. The same way it was split from Chicken (food) vs Chicken the animal. Benjwong (talk) ==WikiProject Food and drink Tagging== This article talk page was automatically added with banner as it falls under Food or one of its subcategories. If you find this addition an error, Kindly undo the changes and update the inappropriate categories if needed. The bot was instructed to tagg these articles upon consenus from WikiProject Food and drink. You can find the related request for tagging here . Maximum and careful attention was done to avoid any wrongly tagging any categories , but mistakes may happen... If you have concerns , please inform on the project talk page ==aquarium use== I have one in captivity in my aquarium, in reading the article, I was hoping to find more info about their usefulness in aquariums. It came in an algae cleanup pack, and I'm doing research on it as I type this == Vulgar usage in China == In China, "Abalone" can also be seen as a slang term in reference to the female genitalia (due to an apparent resemblance). There are various expressions referring to abalones, and many forms of "vulgarity literature" incorporate these. As of yet, I am unable to find a source for this, however. A similar example is Juhua, which is the name of the chrysanthemum flower, however is slang for the anus due to its appearance. Chrysanthemums also play a role in the description of sexuality in some Japanese Buddhist texts due to this trait (source present in chrysanthemum article). == Red links maybe associated with the following.... == == Syntax Error in Species Section == There's some sort of egregious syntax error in the "Species" section that causes code to appear hovering over several of the images. I'm not adept at all with Wikipedia syntax, so I don't know how to fix it (I looked at it and tried, but couldn't do it). I thought I should note it here, since one likely won't see the error unless one scrolls to the bottom of the article. 76.167.253.199 (talk) ==File: Nominated for Deletion== {| |- | | An image used in this article, File:, has been nominated for deletion at Wikimedia Commons in the following category: Deletion requests October 2011 What should I do? Don't panic; a discussion will now take place over on Commons about whether to remove the file. This gives you an opportunity to contest the deletion, although please review Commons guidelines before doing so. If the image is non-free then you may need to upload it to Wikipedia (Commons does not allow fair use) If the image isn't freely licensed and there is no fair use rationale then it cannot be uploaded or used. This notification is provided by a Bot |} == Adductor muscle ? == Does a mollusc with one shell even have an adductor muscle ?Eregli bob (talk) Yes, that is the term used in gastropods such as limpets and abalone, as well as in bivalves. Invertzoo (talk) ==untitled== Fot my homework tonight I have to get the definition and place of speach for 3 words and one of them is abalone. So can someone tell me if abalone is a noun, verb, ad-verb, ect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.75.202.134 (talk) Wikipedia is not here to do your homework for you. If you understood the meaning of the words noun, verb, adverb etc, you would be able to tell which kind of word "abalone" is, simply by reading the first few lines in the article. However, if you don't understand what a noun is, there is no point in one of us telling you which kind of word "abalone" is. You really do need to learn the meanings of these words, it's essential to your education. Next time try looking up the word "noun" on Wikipedia and you will find: "a noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing". That could really help you with your homework. Invertzoo (talk) == # of species == I am doing a little work on the article and I noticed a disparity between sections: The infobox states 66 species and the species section gives 57. I am no expert by any definition of the word, so even though I will attempt to rectify this discrepancy, I am sure there are other malacologists out there that can fix this problem before I finish my first source. speednat (talk) I'm no fan of specifying the number of species, since this can change in the course of time. I've checked it now and added the new species Haliotis geigeri Owen, 2014, and added the template citation needed on a few others. I won't go deeper into this as I'm working at this moment on the Turbinidae. Haliotis is scheduled for much later. But feel free to work on this article. It still needs a lot of work and we can use all the help we can get. JoJan (talk) I will definitely try to rectify it. I understand what you are saying about the #'s being in flux. My true love are birds and when we discuss the number of species there it can range from 9800 to 10050. However, I think the best course of action, rather than leave it out due to the everchanging nature, is to utilize the range like what birds have done, while uoting different sources. I love learning and I am in the process of educating myself on this wonderful Gastropod, whilst trying to improve the article. speednat (talk) == Citations for the species names, subspecies, common names, authorities, etc.... == I am debating (I actually started doing it then realized it may look too bulky) adding a citation for each species referring to a source for common name, authority, whether it is species or not, etc; however like I stated it seems that some may feel it is too bulky what is the opinion of others that edit this article? speednat (talk) This is perhaps a bit exaggerated. References in this article should mainly contain references that describe the genus, but not each species. The specific references to the species belong in the article about the species. JoJan (talk) I have had a few hours to think it over, and I think you just hit the nail on the head. The reason it would be so bloated is because there is too much info on this page. So along that school of thought, I looked at the article and thought what in here is totally unnecessary, especially since this is a genus article. I would believe the article could be improved by removing the synonymy and the nicknames. The species belong, as do any questionable species, obviously, synonyms of the genera should stay. Anyway, I just got back from court (I adopted my step-son finally) and I need a nap as I pulled an all-nighter last night, but after that hopefully some editors have chimed in (yes, I mean you JoJan)about this latest thought process. Thanks again. speednat (talk) : The names of synonyms of species are a necessity in an article about a genus. This way, one can easily find the accepted name of a species mentioned in older literature. And, you can believe me, older literature (and even not so old ones) abound with names of species that have become synonyms. Without a list of synonyms one would be lost. You can find an example in the article Turbo. This is the way we handle all articles about genera. The article "Abalone" is indeed bloated with information not much related to taxonomy. I would prefer a separate article about Haliotis (and with Haliotis as its title), dealing with description, distribution, species, synonyms, references and external links. The rest (human uses, diseases etc.) should be split off into a different article about abalones, but I'm not so sure what title to give to such an article. This way, the present article would not be so bloated anymore. Both articles (Haliotis and Abalone) should then be linked by a hat note, referring to each other. JoJan (talk) :: I am not too experienced with the invertebrates. However, in birds we do not put synonyms of the species in the genus articles. Obviously, they are put into each species article, but like I said I am not used to the way you folks do things, which is why I try to ask questions first on things that might be a point of contention. Food for thought: possibly creating a separate "list" such as List of synonyms associated with Haliotis or List of Abalone synonyms then referencing that within the actual article. Concerning your separate article for Haliotis and abalone, that will probably run afoul of the MOS as the standard is for the common name and the scientific name to point to the same article. The genus article, whereas some information about range, status, or even some synonyms (look at Phylloscartes in the bird area, as that group has a specific issue where a group of birds that was its own genus merged into the current genus and that, it would seem, is a necessary addition to the genus article.) are necessary in a genus article most of that information, like the detailed ranges(I tried to put broad ranges from one or two different sources), descriptions, biology, human interaction, conservation beyond just the status, most synonyms can all go into the species article. Synonyms are notoriously bulky and even, some (not I) would say, trivial and even unnecessary. For example, I was working on some bird articles and started perusing the original books from the 18th and 19th centuries and adding all sorts of synonyms and before I knew it the article was 90% synonyms, 10% everything else. You mention the Turbo article and I would tentatively think that was, again, too bulky and weighted down by the synonyms that 99% of the readers are not going to use. Again, please take what I say as constructive and not negative. I don't try to step on peoples toes, especially outside my comfort zone, I only try to share what I have learned and my perceptions. I also did a "quick" scan of "above" species level featured articles and none that I scanned through even mentioned synonyms in that article. If you do feel that the article would be better served with that information readily available, I again ask you to think on the separate article with a pointer for that section. I have been up all night and need a couple of hours of sleep. Look forward to your reply speednat (talk) :::As I said, we can't do without an alphabetical list of synonyms. When this list becomes bulky, it can always be collapsed with a template. I have on my hard disk about 200 books about gastropods (most are out of copyright) and without this list I would get nowhere. Furthermore, we rely on WoRMS. This authoritative database also gives a list of synonyms of species in the article about the genus. As to the two proposed different articles, a disambiguation page could link to abalone (with a redirect to Haliotis) and to a second article about the non-scientific data about abalones (title to be determined). Furthermore, in contrast with WikiProject Birds, in our project we prefer to use the scientific name of the species or genus as title of the article. Most common gastropod names are just made-up and only a very few common names are in common use, such as abalone or whelk. An even in this case, I would prefer the scientific name in the title, with a redirect from the common name. JoJan (talk) ::::Alright, a little bit of research and I run across this article on splitting. This is the way that I was leaning almost for the exact reasons that were stated in the article. So I did a bit of work and separated out the synonyms. Let me know what you think. Also if you could add a summary on synonyms to the Haliotis page. Of course, it could use a bit more (talk) == External links modified == Hello fellow Wikipedians, I have just modified on Abalone. Please take a moment to review my edit. 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Eidos-Montréal is a Canadian video game developer based in Montreal and part of Embracer Group. The studio was founded by Stéphane D'Astous in 2007 under SCi Entertainment. It became part of Square Enix Europe in 2009 and CDE Entertainment in 2022. == History == Eidos Interactive announced plans to open a Montreal-based subsidiary studio in February 2007. Eidos-Montréal formally opened with general manager Stéphane D'Astous on 26 November 2007. According to D'Astous, unlike other video game development studios, Eidos-Montréal's development cycle as characterized by smaller teams (totalling to 350) working over a longer period. The same year as its founding, the studio announced to work on a Deus Ex project. In May 2009, the studio announced to work on the fourth installment of the Thief series. D'Astous resigned from Eidos-Montréal on 19 July 2013, citing irreconcilable differences with parent company Square Enix. In an 2022 interview, he retroactively called Eidos group a "trainwreck in slow motion", blaming London and Japan headquarters for failing to utilize the full potential of the studios. On 4 March 2014, Square Enix announced that 27 employees were laid off from Eidos-Montréal. On January 26, 2017, Square Enix announced a partnership with Marvel Entertainment to create multiple video games based on Marvel properties, the first of which was announced as Avengers, based on the comics of the same name, which would be developed by Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal. In May 2018, the studio had over 500 employees. In April 2018, YouTube journalist George Weidman (Super Bunnyhop) reported on a cancelled video game codenamed "Fantasy Project W" that was in development in 2012. In an interview with PCGamesN in May, studio head David Anfossi said he couldn't comment on the report, but found the video "very well done" and "very funny to watch". He explained that, within the video game industry, projects are often started but eventually cancelled. In 2019, Eidos-Shanghai became part of Eidos-Montréal. That studio had been established in 2008 to handle outsourcing for Eidos studios. In June 2020, Square Enix announced new research and development studio Eidos-Sherbrooke, led by Julien Bouvrais. It was envisioned to take advantage of the nearby Université de Sherbrooke and Bishop's University and bring in new computing technology from these schools into their games. It was said to initially operate remotely, with plans move to a permanent location in southern Quebec in 2021 and to grow from 20 to 100 staff. On June 13, 2021, during their panel for E3 2021, it was announced that the company would be developing a game based on Guardians of the Galaxy. In May 2022, Square Enix reached an agreement with Embracer Group to purchase the studio and other assets of Square Enix Europe. During the announcement of this acquisition, it was revealed that Eidos had several projects in development, all using Unreal Engine 5. On 20 May 2022, Embracer Group (before the acquisition was complete) expressed interest in sequels, remakes and remasters in established franchises of the studio such as Deus Ex and Thief. The acquisition was completed on August 26, 2022, with the assets being held under CDE Entertainment. In November 2022, Eidos-Shanghai was detached from Eidos-Montréal and moved to Gearbox Entertainment, another Embracer Group company, as Gearbox Studio Shanghai. === Technology === On December 4, 2014, Eidos revealed their proprietary technology called Dawn Engine which was to be used in future Deus Ex projects, first (and only one utilizing Dawn) of which was later revealed to be Mankind Divided. It is based on a heavily modified version of IO Interactive's Glacier 2, which has its roots in Absolution. The engine was created after developers at Eidos-Montréal "found that creative vision was somehow limited" by relying on existing engines. The graphics engine has been "almost completely" rewritten. This was done to "fully leverage the power offered by the PC and eighth-gen] consoles". The creation of Dawn was challenging even for Eidos-Montréal's most experienced staff. The engine was later used for 2021's Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. Dawn Engine features improved conversation system and cutscenes compared to Glacier 2. Built on an "entity system", Dawn allows designers to create new behaviours without the assistance of programmers. Hair technology is an improved version of AMD's TressFX, which has been developed by the in-house research and development team Labs. Dawn features systems for volumetric lighting and air density, as well as support for dense indoor and outdoor areas, and many dynamic objects. Not all objects are rendered at the same time, the engine makes use of Umbra occlusion culling. With Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, ray tracing and DLSS support was added, as well as working in-game mirrors. Eidos-Montréal subsequently abandoned work with the Dawn Engine after 2022, adopting Unreal Engine 5 for their ongoing work to "focus on content" rather than technical hurdles of developing a game and its engine simultaneously. With the foundation of Eidos-Sherbrooke, research and development work was mostly offloaded to that studio including Eidos-Labs department. == Games developed == == References == == External links == 2007 establishments in Quebec 2022 mergers and acquisitions Canadian companies established in 2007 Canadian subsidiaries of foreign companies Companies based in Montreal Eidos Embracer Group Square Enix Video game companies established in 2007 Video game companies of Canada Video game development companies

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I Don't Want to Be Born is a 1975 British directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Eileen Atkins, and Donald Pleasence. Its plot follows a woman who gives birth to a child that appears to be demonically possessed. The film was originally marketed as a straight-faced and serious product, and as such was comprehensively mauled by critics of the time. However it later gained a reputation as a cult film favourite due to its perceived shortcomings, absurdities and unintentional camp comedy appeal. It was released in the United States under the alternate title The Devil Within Her. Other alternate titles include The Monster and Sharon's Baby. == Plot == Lucy (Collins) is working as a dancer in a sleazy strip joint. Her stage act includes a routine with a dwarf named Hercules (George Claydon). One night after the show, she invites Hercules into her dressing room for a drink. He declines the drink but starts to rub Lucy's neck and shoulders. Lucy feels uncomfortable but tries to pretend nothing is happening, until Hercules makes a sudden lunge for her breasts, causing her to scream out in shock. This alerts the stage manager Tommy (John Steiner), who rushes into the dressing room and sends Hercules unceremoniously on his way, then proceeds to make love to Lucy. Later as Lucy leaves the club she is confronted by the spurned and humiliated Hercules, who curses her with the words "You will have a baby...a monster! An evil monster conceived inside your womb! As big as I am small and possessed by the devil himself!" Months pass and Lucy has left her stripping days behind, having moved up in the world via marriage to the wealthy Italian Gino Carlesi (Bates) and now comfortably settled in a grand Kensington townhouse. Lucy goes into hospital to give birth to the baby she is expecting. It proves to be a protracted, dangerous and painful delivery as the baby is a hefty 12-pounder. The newborn infant is handed to Lucy, and seconds later she is sporting a slashed and bleeding cheek. "He scratched me! With his sharp nails!" she exclaims in horror to her obstetrician Dr. Finch (Pleasence), who calmly explains that the baby must have been alarmed at being held too tightly. Lucy and Gino bring the baby home and are welcomed by their efficient, no-nonsense housekeeper Mrs. Hyde (Hilary Mason). Things get off to a bad start when Mrs. Hyde goes to chuck the baby's chin, only to regret it. "The little devil bit me!" she says as she displays her crushed finger. She takes an instant dislike to the child, and is later rewarded with a dead mouse in her cup of tea. Lucy's attempts at maternal bonding are fraught with problems. She is visited by her friend Mandy (Caroline Munro) and is voicing her concerns when they are interrupted by a series of crashings from upstairs. To their horror, they find the baby in his cot but the nursery practically demolished. Gino's sister Albana (Atkins), a nun, arrives from her convent in Italy to visit her new nephew. Immediately aware that all is not well, she invites Gino to pray with her for the baby, which results in agonising screams from the nursery. Dr. Finch is consulted, and agrees to carry out a series of tests. Lucy meanwhile finds the burdens of motherhood too much to bear alone, and employs a nurse (Janet Key) to look after the baby. After a near-miss when the nurse's head is pulled underwater while bathing the baby, matters take a deadly turn when she takes him for a walk in the park. Reaching out from his pram, he pushes her with such force that she falls, cracks her head on a lakeside rock, falls unconscious into the water and is drowned. Lucy pays a visit to Tommy at the strip club. She intimates that, given the timing of the birth, there is a chance the baby could be his. "Just ’cause you’ve got some freaky offspring you wanna pin it on me?" he asks. However his curiosity is aroused and he asks to see the "spooky kid". Once at the house he leans over to peer into the baby's cot, only to reel back with a smashed and bloody nose for his trouble. This temporarily pushes the baby up in Lucy's estimation and she gazes lovingly at him, until the face in the cot turns into that of Hercules. One evening Gino plans a romantic night-in to take Lucy's mind off her woes. At the end of a successful evening, he goes to check on the baby, only to find the nursery empty, the window open and odd noises coming from the garden. Going out to investigate, he looks up into a tree, whereupon a noose is thrust around his neck and he is hauled into the air and hanged. His body is stuffed down a drain. The following day Lucy criss-crosses London in a frenzy trying to find her missing husband. Dr. Finch is summoned and pays an evening call to check on the baby and the distraught Lucy. After administering a powerful sedative to Lucy, he too hears strange noises. He unwisely steps out into the garden, and is decapitated with a spade (while still standing up). The trail of death continues as Lucy stumbles through the house in a groggy haze, pleading for her life to no avail as she is stabbed through the heart with a pair of scissors. Finally galvanized into action, Albana decides that she must perform an exorcism on the baby. Brandishing a crucifix at him and incanting in Latin, she bravely persists as the room shakes and the baby tears at her vestments. Meanwhile, at the strip club Hercules is on stage, and begins to stagger around in pain. Albana finally touches the crucifix to the baby's head, and his demons are cast out at the same time as Hercules falls over dead in front of a stunned audience. == Cast == Joan Collins as Lucy Carlesi Ralph Bates as Gino Carlesi Eileen Atkins as Sister Albana Donald Pleasence as Dr. Finch Hilary Mason as Mrs. Hyde Caroline Munro as Mandy Gregory John Steiner as Tommy Morris George Claydon as Hercules Janet Key as Jill Fletcher Derek Benfield as Police Inspector Stanley Lebor as Police Sergeant Judy Buxton as Sheila Andrew Secombe as Delivery Boy Floella Benjamin as Nurse == Reputation == I Don't Want to Be Born was initially a target of critical scorn. A damning review by Andrew Nickolds of Time Out described the film as "derivative and disastrous in every respect: a poor idea ... an abominable screenplay by Stanley Price ("I keep getting these awful premonitions"), ludicrous acting ... and worst of all, Sasdy's direction. Almost every foot of film not concerned with the baby is travelogue at its most banal – extraneous shots of Westminster and Oxford Street, plugs for Fortnum & Mason and Holiday Inns. Completing this sorry tale of rip-off is borrowing from The Exorcist ... and any number of details from Amicus, Hammer and Swinging London horrors. Give it a wide berth." An American reviewer found the film "sensational and vulgar" and "an unholy cross" between The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby, adding "why decent actors like Eileen Atkins and Donald Pleasence allowed themselves to be corralled into a mess like this is enigmatic." As The Devil Within Her, Roger Ebert named it as his "Dog of ", drawing the same comparisons to The Exorcist put forth by Nickolds, while adding "the kid must have been a sound effects man in a previous incarnation because he makes noises like squad car sirens and stones banging around at empty garbage cans. He's also good at murdering everybody in the family even the family doctor, who is played by Donald Pleasence as if he wanted to be somewhere else and for that matter . . . so did I." From the 1980s, the film became a regular feature on late-night TV in the UK and U.S., attracting ironic appreciation from connoisseurs of the "so-bad-it's-good" school of films. The factors which were originally ridiculed now became selling points to this audience, including the incoherent, implausible and ill-explained plot; wild overacting and a general air of absurd hysteria; laughably overwrought, clumsy and stilted dialogue, the bizarre accents adopted by Bates and Atkins; the inclusion of a lengthy, completely gratuitous and archetypally-1970s sex scene between Collins and Bates, and the spectacle of several well-respected actors of the time making fools of themselves. The tongue-in-cheek British Horror Films website sums up the film's appeal as: "There are some films that just defy description. I Don't Want to Be Born ranks very highly among them. The film is ... an out-and-out classic. And it was apparently made completely straight-faced. Quite how unbelievable that statement is can only be appreciated when the film is watched." == References == == External links == 1975 films 1975 horror films British supernatural horror films Demons in film Films about curses Films about exorcism Films set in London Films shot at Pinewood Studios Films scored by Ron Grainer Films directed by Peter Sasdy Films about striptease 1970s English-language films 1970s British films

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Ron Stander (October 17, 1944 – March 8, 2022) was an American professional boxer, who fought from 1969 to 1982. The highlight of Stander's pro career came on May 25, 1972 when he challenged for the world heavyweight championship in Omaha, Nebraska. Stander lost to champion Joe Frazier by fifth-round technical knockout when the ring doctor stopped the fight after the fourth round. Prior to his unsuccessful match versus Frazier, Stander had scored a fifth-round knockout victory over hard-punching Earnie Shavers in 1970, and a decision win over contender Thad Spencer in 1971. An award-winning documentary titled "The Bluffs Butcher," after his adopted hometown of Council Bluffs, Iowa, produced by journalism student Andrew Batt, was released in 2004. The documentary tells the story of Iowa's arguably best shot at a World Heavyweight Boxing Title and chronicled Stander's journey from virtual unknown to boxing's largest stage. ==Frazier-Stander Fight== Stander was largely an unknown commodity when he was given the opportunity to fight for the world heavyweight title in Omaha. The fight prompted Stander's then wife Darlene Stander, to famously compare it to putting a Volkswagen to compete at the Indianapolis 500 race, when she said "You don't take a Volkswagen into the Indy 500, unless you know of a hell of a shortcut". It marked the first time a world heavyweight title fight had been held in Nebraska. Stander had a solid 23-1-1 record entering the bout and was clearly the fans' favorite based on the huge, enthusiastic ovation he received when he was introduced. Frazier was the undefeated champion and entered the ring as a 10-1 betting favorite. He was booed after being introduced. Both men employed the same aggressive fighting style of pushing forward and fighting at close quarters, which made for an exciting contest. Stander was quite competitive in the first round, even buckling Frazier's knees with one blow late in the round. However, by the second round, Frazier's superiority in class began to show and the champion was getting the better of the frequent exchanges. In the third round Frazier opened a cut on the bridge of Stander's nose and severely staggered him late in the round. Stander was not knocked down, however. By the fourth round Stander was bleeding profusely from the cut and again was badly staggered towards the end of the round as Frazier landed numerous telling blows to Stander's face. Between rounds four and five the fight was stopped by veteran referee Zack Clayton on the advice of the ring doctor. Officially Frazier was credited with a victory by a fifth-round technical knockout. ==Personal life and death== Stander died from complications of diabetes on March 8, 2022, at the age of 77. ==Professional boxing record== |- |align="center" colspan=8|38 Wins (29 knockouts, 9 decisions), 21 Losses (9 knockouts, 12 decisions), 3 Draws |- | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Result | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Round | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center |Loss |38–21–3 |align=left| Otis Bates |PTS |10 |July 6, 1982 |align=left| Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |38–20–3 |align=left| Les Myers |TKO |6 |October 24, 1981 |align=left| Dodge City, Kansas, U.S. | |- |Loss |38–19–3 |align=left| Jeff May |UD |4 |June 25, 1981 |align=left| Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |align=left| |- |Draw |38–18–3 |align=left| Otis Bates |PTS |10 |July 27, 1980 |align=left| Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |38–18–2 |align=left| Jeff Shelburg |PTS |10 |May 24, 1980 |align=left| Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |38–17–2 |align=left| James Tillis |TKO |7 |March 3, 1980 |align=left| Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |- |Loss |38–16–2 |align=left| Scott Frank |TKO |1 |January 8, 1980 |align=left| Totowa, New Jersey, U.S. | |- |Loss |38–15–2 |align=left| Tom Fischer |PTS |10 |August 24, 1979 |align=left| Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |38–14–2 |align=left| Jim Pearish |TKO |5 |August 16, 1979 |align=left| North Platte, Nebraska, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |37–14–2 |align=left| James Dixon |UD |12 |June 25, 1979 |align=left| Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |37–13–2 |align=left| James Dixon |UD |10 |April 28, 1979 |align=left| Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |37–12–2 |align=left| Rick Howe |TKO |5 |April 3, 1979 |align=left| Marshalltown, Iowa, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |36–12–2 |align=left| Charles Atlas |KO |1 |November 29, 1978 |align=left| Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |35–12–2 |align=left| Charley Polite |UD |10 |October 25, 1978 |align=left| Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |34–12–2 |align=left| Bill Jackson |KO |1 |July 26, 1978 |align=left| Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |33–12–2 |align=left| Jesus Montes |KO |3 |June 20, 1978 |align=left| Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |32–12–2 |align=left| Clyde Mudgett |TKO |4 |March 23, 1978 |align=left| Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |31–12–2 |align=left| Horace Robinson |KO |5 |November 30, 1977 |align=left| White Plains, New York, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |31–11–2 |align=left| Raul Hernandez |KO |4 |November 15, 1977 |align=left| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |30–11–2 |align=left| Boone Kirkman |TKO |7 |July 19, 1977 |align=left| Seattle, Washington, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |30–10–2 |align=left| Gerrie Coetzee |KO |8 |July 17, 1976 |align=left| Johannesburg, South Africa |align=left| |- |Win |30–9–2 |align=left| Beau Williford |KO |3 |June 1, 1976 |align=left| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |29–9–2 |align=left| Ken Norton |TKO |5 |April 30, 1976 |align=left| Landover, Maryland, U.S. | |- |Win |29–8–2 |align=left| Jesus Montes |KO |3 |January 26, 1976 |align=left| Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |28–8–2 |align=left| Willie Jackson |KO |1 |January 6, 1976 |align=left| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |27–8–2 |align=left| Scott LeDoux |UD |10 |December 10, 1975 |align=left| Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |27–7–2 |align=left| Terry Daniels |TKO |1 |November 20, 1975 |align=left| Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |26–7–2 |align=left| Morris Jackson |TKO |2 |September 4, 1975 |align=left| Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |25–7–2 |align=left| Bruce Scott |TKO |2 |August 5, 1975 |align=left| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | |- |Loss |24–7–2 |align=left| Fred Askew |UD |10 |May 7, 1975 |align=left| Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |24–6–2 |align=left| Rodney Bobick |UD |10 |July 31, 1974 |align=left| Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S. |align=left| |- |Draw |24–5–2 |align=left| Morris Jackson |PTS |10 |March 22, 1974 |align=left| Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |24–5–1 |align=left| Charlie James |PTS |10 |February 19, 1974 |align=left| Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |24–4–1 |align=left| Jeff Merritt |TKO |3 |November 28, 1973 |align=left| Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | |- |Win |24–3–1 |align=left| Walker Smith |TKO |3 |September 10, 1973 |align=left| Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |23–3–1 |align=left| John Jordan |UD |10 |March 29, 1973 |align=left| Portland, Maine, U.S. |align=left| |- |Loss |23–2–1 |align=left| Joe Frazier |TKO |5 |May 25, 1972 |align=left| Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |23–1–1 |align=left| Johnny Mac |UD |10 |March 20, 1972 |align=left| Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S. |align=left| |- |Win |22–1–1 |align=left| Mike Boswell |UD |10 |February 14, 1972 |align=left| Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | |- |Loss |21–1–1 |align=left| Rico Brooks |SD |10 |January 22, 1972 |align=left| Denver, Colorado, U.S. | |- |Win |21–0–1 |align=left| Clyde Brown |TKO |3 |December 20, 1971 |align=left| Elgin, Illinois, U.S. | |- |Win |20–0–1 |align=left| Jesse Crown |KO |3 |October 26, 1971 |align=left| Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | |- |Win |19–0–1 |align=left| Manuel Ramos |UD |10 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The Santorum Amendment was a failed proposed amendment to the 2001 education funding bill (which became known as the No Child Left Behind Act) that promoted the teaching of intelligent design while questioning the academic standing of evolution in US public schools. (It was proposed by Republican Rick Santorum (then a United States Senator for Pennsylvania.) In response, a coalition of 96 scientific and educational organizations wrote a letter to the conference committee, urging that the amendment be stricken from the final bill and arguing that evolution is regarded as fact in the scientific fields and that the amendment creates the misperception of evolution not being fully accepted in the scientific community and thus weakening science education. The words of the amendment survive in modified form in the bill's conference committee report but do not carry the weight of law. As one of the Discovery Institute intelligent design campaigns it became a cornerstone in the intelligent design movement's "teach the controversy" campaign. ==History== The origin of the amendment can be traced back to 2000, when leading intelligent design (ID) proponents through the Discovery Institute, a conservative Christian think tank that is the hub of the intelligent design movement, held a congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., to promote their agenda to lawmakers. Sen. Rick Santorum was one of intelligent design's most vocal supporters on Capitol Hill. One result of this briefing was that in 2001 Senator Santorum proposed incorporating pro-intelligent design language, crafted in part by the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, into the No Child Left Behind bill. It portrayed evolution as generating "much continuing controversy" and not widely accepted, using the Discovery Institute's Teach The Controversy method. In proposing the amendment, Santorum addressed the Congress: Santorum then went on to quote David DeWolf, a Senior Fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, as how the Institute's agenda was justified and would benefit students. Phillip E. Johnson, retired UC Berkeley law professor, leading proponent of intelligent design, founding advisor of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, and "father" of the intelligent design movement, assisted Santorum in phrasing the amendment. Johnson says that he is the author of the original amendment. On June 14, 2001, the amendment was passed as part of the education funding bill by the Senate on a vote of 91-8. This was hailed as a major victory by proponents of intelligent design and other creationists; for instance an email newsletter by the Discovery Institute contained the sentence "Undoubtedly this will change the face of the debate over the theories of evolution and intelligent design in America ... It also seems that the Darwinian monopoly on public science education, and perhaps the biological sciences in general, is ending." Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas cited the amendment as vindicating the 1999 Kansas school board decision (since overturned) to eliminate evolution questions from state tests. The House version of the bill H.R. 1 did not contain the amendment, which meant that a conference committee had to decide its ultimate fate. Scientists and educators feared that by singling out biological evolution as very controversial, the amendment could create the impression that a substantial scientific controversy about evolution exists, leading to a lessening of academic rigor in science curricula. A coalition of 96 scientific and educational organizations signed a letter to this effect to the conference committee, urging that the amendment be stricken from the final bill, which it was, but intelligent design supporters on the conference committee preserved it in the bill's legislative history. While the amendment did not become law, a version of it appears in the Conference Report as an explanatory text about the legislative history and purposes of the bill. However, it has no legal force per se. The final text of the Santorum Amendment as included in the Conference Report reads: Despite the amendment lacking the weight of law, the conference report is constantly cited by the Discovery Institute and other ID supporters as providing federal sanction for intelligent design. In response to criticisms of the Institute stating that the amendment was a federal education policy requiring inclusion of alternatives to evolution be taught, which it was not, in 2003 intelligent design's three most prominent legislators, John Boehner, Judd Gregg and Santorum provided a letter to the Discovery Institute giving it the go ahead to invoke the amendment as evidence of "Congress's rejection of the idea that students only need to learn about the dominant scientific view of controversial topics". This letter was also sent to executives on the Ohio Board of Education and the Texas Board of Education, both of which were subject to Discovery Institute intelligent design campaigns at the time. ==Scientific community's response== The position of scientists and science educators has been that although evolution has generated a great deal of political and philosophical debate it is, in the scientific fields, regarded as fact. They said that the amendment creates a misperception that evolution is not fully accepted in the scientific community, and thus weakens science curricula. As a response, a coalition of 96 scientific and educational organizations wrote a letter to the conference committee, urging that the amendment be stricken from the final bill. In addition, opponents of the amendment cite the stated agenda of the Discovery Institute's Phillip Johnson use of the "Wedge strategy" to "affirm the reality of God by challenging the domination of materialism and naturalism in the world of the mind" and thereby return Christian creationism in the guise of intelligent design to public school classrooms. Along with the Academic Bill of Rights, the Santorum Amendment and its "Teach the Controversy" approach is viewed by some academics as a threat to academic freedom. ==See also== Intelligent design in politics Natural science ==References== ==Further reading== Washington Post article noting Santorum's drawing upon Discovery Institute material for the amendment ==External links== Link to Conference Report with text Commentary, history and links from the Discovery Institute web site Professor Ken Miller's claim that the Discovery Institute wrongly stated the Santorum Amendment was part of the Education Bill. Discovery Institute's Response to Ken Miller's accusations Intelligent design controversies Discovery Institute campaigns Rick Santorum

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Paul Douglas Lilly is an American judge who has been the presiding judge for the Brown County Court in Texas since January 1, 2019. Lilly has over thirty-two years of experience in the public service industry and over twenty years as an Officer, Chief of Police & Chief Executive/Director. ==Early life and education== Paul Lilly was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and resides in Brownwood, Texas. Lilly attended college at the Texas Law Enforcement Leadership and Command College, Texas Wesleyan University, and worked night shifts as a patrol officer. He graduated in 1999 in Graduate Class #33. Prior to that, he received his Bachelor of Science BS in Political Science and Law from Texas Wesleyan University in 1994. Lilly completed his Master of Science in Criminal Justice (M.S.C.J.) and majored in Criminal Justice and Political Science from Texas State University in 2002. He pursued his doctorate from the University of Arizona GC and became a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D) in Psychology, Criminology, and Justice Studies in 2014. ==Career== The United States Department of Justice recruited Lilly as a part of the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) to travel to the war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina to assist with the investigation as well as give lectures on modern democratic policing. Then, in 2008 Lilly was selected to join the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas’ team of Police Chiefs to travel to Italy and present western technologies and ideologies to the Italian law enforcement community. Before retiring from his position as a municipal police chief, Lilly was selected by the United States Department of Justice to be commissioned as a Special Deputy United States Marshal. It was a supervisor position, and his job included assisting in the safety and security of the January 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C. Lilly elected to retire from full-time law enforcement service in 2009. Lilly completed his doctorate and pursued teaching at a senior university. From 2011 until 2019, Lilly served as a full-time Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Howard Payne University and as the Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety for the University. Lilly was elected the Constitutional County Judge of Brown County in 2018. He won by the most significant margin in county history and was sworn into office on January 1, 2019. ==Recognition== In 1994, Lilly was selected as the Chief of Police for the Dallas area suburb community of Kaufman. He was the youngest officer to be elected Chief of Police in Texas. In this position, he worked in the field of Community Oriented Policing, which launched a career specializing in this and geographic-oriented Policing. In 1998, Lilly was included in the American Police Hall of Fame. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and the United States Congressional Commendation for his community-oriented and problem-oriented policing efforts. He also received injuries in the line of duty and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal. In addition, he also received a Medal of Valor for his courage and decisiveness under fire. To honor his more than twenty-five years of public safety service to the State of Texas and the United States of America, Lilly was awarded the J. Edgar Hoover Gold Medal for Distinguished Public Service in September 2015. Lilly is also the recipient of two Educational Achievement Medals from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. ==References== Living people 1969 births County judges in Texas Texas Republicans People from Brownwood, Texas

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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 in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page. The result was redirect to List of county routes in Suffolk County, New York. stuff's in history for the merge Fritzpoll (talk) ===County Route 31 (Suffolk County, New York)=== () – (View AfD)(View log) There is no evidence of notability for this road. This road fails USRD/NT as a county route of a local county route system. In addition to this, the road is only four miles long. Rschen7754 (T C) Cut down to a few sentences and merge into the notes column of List of county routes in Suffolk County, New York. This doesn't look like a major road (Old Riverhead Road north from Westhampton Beach). that's it? I'm curious? Do we need this one? - I'm with NE2 on this one Merge  — master sonT - C Merge per NE2. – TMF Weak keep I know of far less important roads in Suffolk County. This is no CR 15 in Smithtown. It serves Westhampton Beach, and the nearby airport, not to mention having a huge cloverleaf interchange with NY 27, like County Route 104 (Suffolk County, New York). It's obvious that Suffolk County DPW and NYSDOT had greater ambitions for the road, back when they were willing to make true road improvements. Merge per USRD/NT to a list the list suggested by NE2. No clue on best target, but that's what the guideline suggests. Hobit (talk) Merge per NE2 above. Merge - I feel that many county roads, such as this one, are short routes that generally serve local interests and are better suited to a list. There are many unnumbered roads that probably have more notability than this road. This is the reason why I am reluctant to do a mass creation of articles for 600-series county routes in New Jersey. Dough4872 (talk) The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.

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==Syria== Why does the map have Syria colored? Syria does not have French as an official language (see or I understand that Syria was a former French colony, but the map labels light blue as "official language". I changed the map to the one from until someone gets a better map. To bad .. the map was awesome. Kitplane01 (talk) ==Significant non members (United Kingdom)== Looking through the significant 'non members' of the Francaphonie, I am surprised to see the absence of the United Kingdom. French is the most popular foreign language in the UK and 23% of British residents claim they can speak French. This I believe is more significant than some of the official observers such as Slovakia who can simply say that 2% can speak French. I believe this is a case to put the UK forward as a significant non member. This is also not to mention the huge number of French expats living in major British cities and studying in French 'lycées' on British Land. This presents the French culture in many British neighbourhoods and it's still evident that people taking French in the UK is on the rise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.155.252.31 (talk) Well, add it then! Aaker (talk) :Francophonie, like the British Council, is a post-colonial entity exercising a neo-colonial agenda of promoting language and national interests. Hence they're essentially rival international players. Britain would not join Francophonie, just as France would not join the British Council. A greater proportion of French people speak English than English people speak (talk) ==Name== Article might be misnamed. See french wkipedia article on "Francophonie", I quote: "En outre, on confond parfois la francophonie en tant que concept avec l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), organisation beaucoup plus politique et économique que culturelle, qui regroupe un certain nombre de pays qui ne sont pas pour autant ceux où le français est fréquemment utilisé ou reconnu officiellement." This article is only discussing the political organisation, which at least in French is not to my knowledge often referred to as "la Francophonie". Is this really what people call it in English? Even if this is the case the article could benefit from distinction between francophonie and the OIF; numerous members of latter are not normally thought of as being in former. == Human rights== I am tempted to delete the paragraph related to the observancy of human rights and I will do it unless someone timmmy is my best firends me that it is essential to keep it. It is irrelevant to the spirit and contents of this page. Otherwise we should include it in practically any single page of the wikipedia. Pedron "Several of the member states have a poor record when it comes to the protection of human rights and the practice of democracy. A proposed measure to sanction such countries was debated at least twice, but was not approved." temptation was too strong for me, of course this paragraph was totally irrelevant and absolutely non neutral. Why do not add a paragraph about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki or the one of Dresden by the British? The nations the most prompts of giving democracy lessons are not necessarily the legitimate ones if you know what i mean. We also could add a paragraph or two about The Great Upheaval of the French spokers Acadians by the Americans, wich is described by some as an ethnical cleansing. Another paragraph could note the Cajun prosecution in Louisiana when the Americans have prohibited the use of French wich was their native language! We could also add a reference to the British treatment of the forbidden children born of British and natives in Australia! How they were separated from their family to be "humanized" and get proper education, those who were assassinated. Yes there are many irrelevant things to reveal about those who consider themselves as teachers of the Human Rights. Synchronicity I The paragraph is relevant because other similar organisations do make a point of promoting democracy and human rights. Is it appropriate for prominent democracies such as France to associate with less salubrious regimes without making an overt effort to promote good governance? EdC In fact, the promotion of human rights and democracy are stated as official goals of the oganisation. Check the website. 12:07, 5 September 2006 Taciturnus AFAIK (from what i red in the fr vers and watched on french TV about the creation/promo of a new sat channel) this OIF organisation is NOT political, but only economical and cultural. British editors tends to compare it with Commonwealth wich is totally different. This is actually a way for the french to promote and to sell overseas their own artists, writers, publishers, French speaking satellite TV channels and TV shows and series!! this is it! The french uses the fear of uniformisation of cultures (understand the americanization of cultures), wich is associated to anglophony, as an excuse. The true purpose is mercantilism of the french culture. Francophonie is an international economical network linking sellers (French publishers etc) and buyers (former colonies) with each others to create a french culture market. Since there is no more colonial expeditions, now they use "francophonie" as a new vehicle for an economical/cultural imperialism. Oh, OK. I think that has helped me understand the situation. Still, the comparison with the Commonwealth has been and will be made, and deserves at least to be touched on. EdC Francophonie's geostrategical importance is minor, even though people consuming french products and french culture will more easily support france's international political views. The Commonwealth, geostrategic? Actually, I suppose it is in a way. EdC I don't think france is that much a democracy, as many foreign political observers (and even some french university teachers) describes it more as a monarchy in disguise with a few priviliged people inc. the president, of course, who had amnestied his friends (see the polemical, recent, "Guy Drut" case) and even himself! This is not a direct democracy like Switzerland (mainly because the latter is a small scaled state). there's not that much referendums in france (its said to be too expensive!!), but how could it be true democracy when nobody asks the people before acting?! Well, direct democracy has its own problems, as do referenda. Not that it couldn't work elsewhere, but Switzerland is a pretty special case. Have you read Why Switzerland? () - I very much recommend it. Also, while certainly the énarques run everything in France, it still retains a certain democratic cachet - liberté and all that. EdC "Is it appropriate for prominent democracies such as France to associate with less salubrious regimes without making an overt effort to promote good governance?" i'm sorry to tell, but what you're saying now is just the colonialist's traditional speech. france (and nobody, being the british, or the americans) is legitimate to promote any kind of "good governance" in a country. What is a "good" governance? how can you define "good"? is it on a religious aspect? wich religion? yours? them? what is "good" and what is not is defined by each culture. no country is legitimate to promote a specific governance into a foreign civilization. what about the right to self-determination for each people that was granted by WWII winners wich included the 2 major colonialists Britain & France ?? the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is NOT universal since its intrinsic "universality" was self-proclaimed by UN members of that time who claimed that THEY were the humanity and that THEY were universal, but this is bullshit since there is no universality in this declaration wich was proclaimed by a bunch of christians countries who were the WWII winners. Nobody asked the Chinese nor the Indians whose populations covers half of the whole humanity, nobody asked the muslims while its the second world religion. This is a well known and ancient tendencie named Ethnocentrism, since the beginning, the colonial expeditions led by the British and the French were Europeocentrists, they considered themselves both as the center of the world and as the standard of humanity just like the Romans, or the Athenians before them, calling all non-Athenians as barbarian wich is pejorative for non-greek (ie "non-human") spoken languages. But no country is legitimate to promote a political regime over another one to a civilization that is older and who didn't asked such advice. Each People has the right to self-determination THIS is a legitimate universal right. Synchronicity I Well, to me the rights of the individual trump a people's right to self-determination. (A viewpoint shared not only by crazy anarcho-liberals like myself - of which there are a fair number on Wikipedia - but also pretty much anyone who finds themselves on the receiving end of their people's "right to self-determination". Oh, and "there is no such thing as society".) "Good governance" - is a fairly technical term in the context of international development, actually. The Wikipedia article of that name does a pretty fair job of exploring its facets. It's a fairly empirical concept, the idea - borne out to a degree by historical evidence - being that countries which work towards good governance will do better (on metrics such as HDI) than countries which do not. I don't think mention of alleged WWII war crimes is relevant to the article. Mention of previous French-speaking populations in the now United States could well be appropriate, if written in an appropriate historical context. I don't think the experience of Australian native populations is relevant, unless of course they were French-speaking. (Were they?) EdC :it wasn't relevant, it was just cynicism, a reminder, a demonstration the british nor the americans are legitimate to promote human rights in foreign countries, nor to judge or condamn local political views abroad, they are not even legitimate to do this in an "encylopedia". considering their own History, these human rights teachers are absolutely not legitimate to get a such arrogant attitude toward foreign countries. Synchronicity I :: Well, that's one opinion. Another is that now recognising past mistakes, the richer countries are bound to help the nationals of poorer and less free countries towards the rights and privileges their own citizens enjoy. By the way, "legitimate" can't be used as a part of speech in the way you have done above. (No, I have no idea why.) I would suggest "have the right to"; I don't think there's a direct Latinate equivalent. (Perhaps "are entitled to", but that's subtly different in tone.) EdC Not very relevant.... Several former English colonies have a poor record when it comes to the protection of human rights and the practice of democracy. Ericd And why is that relevant? Aaker And Commonwealth of Nations mentions that organisation's policy on human rights: "... placing moral pressure on members who violate international laws, such as human rights laws, and abandon democratically-elected government ...". Human rights policy is a fit subject for this article, however it reflects on the organisation. EdC Francophonie is simply not that ambitious. it's not the French Commonwealth. Synchronicity I === NPOV stuff === Does anyone else think this is really necessary. I believe it makes the page very NPOV. 'Several of the member states have a poor record when it comes to the protection of human rights and the practice of democracy. A proposed measure to impose sanctions on such countries was debated at least twice but was not approved. This is not surprising as the purpose of the organisation is not to promote international cooperation or human rights.' I don't really get why that paragraph breaks the NPOV rule. No specific country is even named. It is only normal to discuss a little bit of what is going on within the organization. This is a good example of something that is a subject of debate between these countries. This has nothing to do with the organization, this is only an irrelevant free talk while many important things are missing when comparing this article with the French one, starting with the colors used on the Francophonie map to separate the different uses of French language as native, language, cultural, minority! Bleu foncé : langue maternelle Bleu : langue administrative Bleu clair : langue de culture Vert : minorités francophones. This is what happen when editors mistaken francophobia to francophonie and start editing with no knowledge at all. I'm sorry if the truth hurts. By the way i noticed that even the French article used "Francophonie" w/o the article... Synchronicity I Absolutely. If you can improve the article by importing information from the French-language article, then please do so! I'll start by importing the map. EdC i'll be happy to do it, i was just afraid that some people here would revert my edits if i dare. i just need some time and i'll translate stuff from the FR to the EN, so the localization/neutralization would be able. Synchronicity I :Great! EdC I decided against it; that's a map of French language distribution, thus not appropriate for this article per se. Also, we already have a map of members of the organisation. I added it to Francophone instead. (It's already at French langauge, in the infobox.) EdC The assertions made in the quoted segment ('Several of the member states... cooperation or human rights.') however true they may be (or may not be) are worded as if they were the mere opinion of the person who wrote that segment. That passage should be edited to be more factual. 'Amnesty International has repeatedly faulted X, Y, Z for human right violations..., etc.' or 'At the 200X annual meeting of la Francophonie, sanctions against X, Y, Z were proposed but not approved...' It is not that the topic covered is inappropriate, just the wording. :Is the NPOV problem settled? Cause whatever it was is apparently removed from the article, can we remove the NPOV tag yet? Xlegiofalco == Italy, Francophonie as cultural vehicle == Francophonie claims also the Val d'Aoste region of Italy. Good original article, the comment above on Francophonie as the vehicle of an alternative culture to Anglo-Saxon/consumer society/etc. is bang on (I would be interested to know if anyone has ever read anything comparing or about the influence of Francophonie on the EU). But should this not be pointed out in the article, as it is the raison d'être of the enterprise? Jeremynicholas == Question about member states (ExpandSection, Wikify) == Off-topic, out of curiosity: I've just seen the list of member states, associate members and additional states of La Francophonie. The membership of many of these countries is obvious, like France, Belgium and Switzerland. But could anyone explain to me what the link of Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Egypt, Albania, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Armenia, Austria, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia with the French language is? Is Armenia's membership possibly related to the fact that France has a large Armenian majority? Aecis Appleknocker Flophouse I've started on this and added Expandsection so hopefully someone will complete it (if that's overkill, feel free to detag it). However, it doesn't look like Mediawiki likes nested dictionary lists, so I've added a wikify to hopefully get some guru attention (if there's a better way to ask for that, feel free to implement it). My reasons were handraulically generated from parsing country articles, so this should also be checked over by an expert. (Or at least someone who speaks French! :O Vagary I've changed the opening section, as it's a whopping lie to call the Francophonie a collection of French-speaking polities and governments. As an English speaker who CAN speak French, I would not say that I am a French-speaker. Greece and so on speak Greek etc., then English, then French. Just because it's taught in schools doesn't make them Francophone. Also, there is a difference in understanding in English between 'Francophone' and 'French-speaking'. There are only a few properly French-speaking regions: France, just under half of Belgium, Monaco, a quarter of Switzerland, Haiti, etc. Francophone countries may use French as a lingua Franca (no pun intended), that is as an official means of communication between different languages in the countries (like Berber and Arabic, for example). By this standard, India, Nigeria, Burma and even to some extent most of the world would be 'English-speaking'. This is clearly nonsense. They are Francophone. However, greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Armenia are involved just to seek ties with France and for educational purposes - there are benefits if they want French as an option in schools. This is De Gaulle's dream; a perfect opportunity to claim mentorship over most of the world. They are in the Francophonie for the same reason that Mozambiquei is in the Commonwealth despite its lack of any historical ties to Britain whatsoever. It doesn't ask much to join but there are some benefits. It doesn't mean much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.241.91.225 (talk) == Comparison with the Commonwealth of Nations == The article states: "Unlike some similar organisations such as the Commonwealth of Nations, La Francophonie does not have in its stated aims the promotion of democracy and human rights. This has led to some criticism as several of the member states have a poor record when it comes to the protection of human rights and the practice of democracy; a proposed measure to impose sanctions on such countries was debated at least twice but was not approved." That is not true. 1) The stated missions of Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, include "Paix, démocratie et droits de l'Homme" (Peace, Democracy, and Rights of Man). Read the Novembre 3rd 2000 Déclaration de Bamako on this subject. There is actually a section on the initiatives, financing and agenda of the organisation in regards to one of its stated mission of "Paix, démocratie et droits de l'Homme" here: 2) Since 1) is not true, "it" (the alledged absense of aims to promote democracy and human rights) cannot have lead to the criticism. The criticism actually came from within the organisation itself. The media relayed information on internal criticism around 1997 when Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard, former Ambassador of Canada to France, promoted the idea of a Charter in order for the organisation to sanction member countries that are known to violate Human Rights. The idea was rejected by France. Read this Le Droit article by journalist Paul Gaboury dated November 18 1997 : == Membership == I have no particular interest in la Francophonie but rather a Ghanaian interest. While reading my daily dose of African news this morning (30 Sep 2006) I learned that Ghana is now a full member of the organization. Your article states that there are 53 member nations. I linked over to the la Francophonie website from your article and, if I am reading the French correctly, that site states that there are 55 member nations. Also, as of this morning Ghana is still listed as an associate member on that site. I am writing this only to give you guys a heads up. CaliOjosAzules == "Republic of Macedonia" or "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)"? == I bevieve that it's best to use the name "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)" and not just "Republic of Macedonia" on the list of the EU members, since the official name that this country entered the organisation is "Ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine" xvvx It should be listed under the name FYROM. Also, why is FYROM a member of the Francophonie? What's the rationale? == Mauritius == AFAIK french is co-official in Mauritius Ybgursey == Serbia - a member or only an observer? == The Francophonie website does not list Serbia as its member, but rather as an observer. An anon IP listed it here two weeks ago under the observer heading. However, it was "elevated" to a member status by a registered contributor a couple of days later. The remark about Serbia's "historical traditional friendly relations" with France also looks like POV. I will wait for the time being before making changes to see if anyone has anything to share on the subject .

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