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I removed the following because 1) It seems out of place in Dombrowski's article, readers can click Leyland's link to learn more about him; and 2) It's not great English and isn't entirely clear:

"[Leyland,] a former Detroit minor league catcher and manager who had retired after 14 years (1986-99) as an elite big-league manager"

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk • contribs).

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Dombrowski's wife, Karie Ross-Dombrowski, is not to be confused with Kara Ross, jewelry designer who is married to Billionaire Real Estate developer Stephen Ross. Marc S. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:04, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

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Agonum duftschmidi

Agonum duftschmidi is a species of beetle from family Carabidae, found in all European countries except for Andorra, Iceland, Malta, Monaco, Portugal, and Vatican City.

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George Ivory

George Ivory may refer to:

 * George Ivory (footballer) (1910–1992), English professional footballer
 * George Ivory (basketball) (born 1965), American basketball coach

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Telecommunication engineering

Telecommunication engineering In the past decade we have witnessed a revolution in the world of communication.this necessitated a new branch of engineering viz telecom engineering.it is an extension of electronics with focus on communication technologies.telecom engineers can look forward to an exciting career in the next century with telecommunication and networking coming to the forefront of every field.telecom engineers develop a unique combination of programming knowledge and electronics,which also gives them flexibility to switch careers with ease.many universities have initiated ms and phd programs exclusively in telecommunication and networking with an eye on the future.

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List of F.C. Motagua records and statistics

F.C. Motagua is a Honduran professional football club based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The club was founded in 1928. Motagua currently plays in the Honduran Liga Nacional, the top tier of Honduran football. They have not been out of the top tier since 1965, the year the league was inaugurated. They have also been involved in CONCACAF football since they qualified to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1969.

This list encompasses the major honours won by Motagua and records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Motagua players on the international stage.

All stats accurate as of match played 11 May 2024.

Honours
F.C. Motagua is the second most successful club in Honduras having won 18 domestic leagues since the inauguration of the Honduran Liga Nacional in 1965–66.

List of Hat-tricks
Jairo Martínez possesses the record of most hat-tricks for the club with a total of four. Denilson Costa remains as of today, the only player to score four goals in a single game for F.C. Motagua on 6 April 1997 against Independiente Villela.

League awards

 * Top goalscorers

 * 🇧🇷 Roberto Abrussezze – 16 goals in 1968–69
 * Mario Blandón – 16 goals (shared) in 1973–74
 * Mario Carreño – 10 goals in 1977–78
 * Salvador Bernárdez – 15 goals in 1978–79
 * Miguel Matthews – 8 goals (shared) in 1988–89
 * Álex Ávila – 14 goals in 1994–95
 * Geovanny Castro – 14 goals in 1995–96
 * 🇧🇷 Denilson Costa – 13 goals in 1996–97
 * Amado Guevara – 15 goals (shared) in 1997–98 C
 * Jerry Bengtson – 15 goals in 2010–11 C
 * Rubilio Castillo – 29 goals in 2014–15

 * Best goalkeepers

 * Salvador Dubois – 1970–71
 * Roger Mayorga – 1973–74
 * Roger Mayorga – 1974–75
 * Alcides Morales – 1978–79
 * Alcides Morales – 1981–82
 * Marvin Henríquez – 1991–92
 * 🇦🇷 Diego Vásquez – 1997–98 A
 * 🇦🇷 Diego Vásquez – 1997–98 C
 * Ricardo Canales – 2006–07 A
 * Ricardo Canales – 2008–09 A
 * Donaldo Morales – 2012–13
 * 🇦🇷 Sebastián Portigliatti – 2014–15
 * 🇦🇷 Jonathan Rougier – 2017–18
 * 🇦🇷 Jonathan Rougier – 2018–19

Others

 * Most goals scored in one season:
 * Rubilio Castillo – 29 in 2014–15

 * Goalkeeper with longest clean-sheet:
 * Roger Mayorga – 838 minutes in 10 games in 1976

 * First league scorer:
 * Amado Castillo, 18 July 1965

 * First Honduran Cup scorer:
 * missing, 1968

 * First Honduran Supercup scorer:
 * Juan Coello, 13 January 1999

 * First international competition scorer:
 * Rubén Guifarro, 1 May 1969

Managerial records

 * First ever coach:
 * Daniel Bustillo – 1928

 * Most successful coaches:
 * Ramón Maradiaga – 4 leagues, 1 Honduran Supercup and 1 UNCAF Interclub Cup
 * 🇦🇷 Diego Vásquez – 5 leagues and 1 Honduran Supercup

 * Most consecutive games as coach:
 * 🇦🇷 Diego Vásquez – 350 games (2014–2022)

Matches
Others:
 * Biggest domestic win: Motagua 7–0 Súper Estrella, 24 November 1991
 * Biggest international win: Motagua 5–0 Juventus FC, 30 June 1993. Verdes FC 0–5 Motagua, 2 August 2023
 * Biggest domestic defeat: Motagua 0–5 C.D.S. Vida, 23 October 1985. C.D. Marathón 5–0 Motagua, 6 April 2013.  Real C.D. España 5–0 Motagua, 24 August 2014
 * Biggest international defeat: Seattle Sounders FC 5–0 Motagua, 24 February 2022. Tigres UANL 5–0 Motagua, 13 April 2023

Streaks

 * Longest unbeaten runs:
 * 33 games from February 1973 to April 1974
 * 23 games from November 2011 to May 2012
 * 21 games from June 1998 to January 1999
 * 21 games from February 2017 to September 2017
 * Best season starter:
 * 4 games won in 1973–74
 * Longest winning streak:
 * 8 games from October to December 2018
 * Longest win-less run:
 * 13 games from April 2001 to July 2001

Others

 * Highest home attendance: 37,371 v C.D. Olimpia, 26 August 2000
 * Highest away attendance: 38,256 v C.D. Olimpia, 17 December 2006
 * Lowest home attendance: 0 v several
 * Lowest away attendance: 0 v several


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Starrcade (2017)

The result was merge to Starrcade. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:58, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

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Just a specially named house show; no indication of significance  JTP  (talk • contribs) 23:18, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wrestling-related deletion discussions.  JTP  (talk • contribs) 23:24, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 23:50, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

 * Merge to Starrcade. 2012's SmackDown Great American Bash has a section on WWE The Great American Bash and we've put TNA's televised special events (i.e. Destination X 2013-present) on their main articles as well. Since this house show fails WP:GNG, it should be merged as well.LM2000 (talk) 01:58, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I want to steer away from the PPV/Network event line of thought. Even if this were a full blown PPV it would be redirected to the main article until the event gets better coverage. This has been established in AfDs for previous PPVs such as Articles for deletion/Royal Rumble (2017).LM2000 (talk) 08:41, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

 * keep put it in the wwe network chronology permanent please  Fmm134 (talk)
 * Why? It's not a Network event.  JTP (talk • contribs) 04:21, 19 September 2017 (UTC) It will be!
 * This has no place being in the Network chronology. OldSkool01 (talk) 06:17, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

 * Delete This is just a house show. No mention at all that this will air on the Network. It's taking place 6 days after Survivor Series, so it's very doubtful this will be a Network event. OldSkool01 (talk) 06:16, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
 * keep It's still being promoted as an important house show, like WWE Live from Madison Square Garden and The Beast in the East. —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (User talk:<IP_ADDRESS>) 06:47, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Those were WWE Network events. Do you have a source that says Starrcade will be one too? Either way, it's got to pass WP:GNG, which this one doesn't yet.LM2000 (talk) 08:26, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

 * Merge to Starrcade - Not a PPV or an WWE Network event, just a house show. TheDeviantPro (talk) 10:15, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - The event is called 'Starrcade' and I highly doubt WWE would bring that name back just to have it on a untelevised house show, more details will probably come when we get closer to the date so we should remove the match list for now as they are unofficial and subject to change. Speedy Question Mark (talk) 20:32, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Everything you just said is speculation. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Nikki  ♥  311   22:28, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge: per above. So this is being promoted, as the keep proponents say?  Not seeing reliable sources backing that up.  We wouldn't keep this as an independent article if it was named "Joe Blow's Whackapalooza," so until there are sources for THIS event, we can't have an article on it.  Nha Trang  Allons! 20:44, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge - to Starrcade. Doesn't meet WP:GNG at present. It might be important, but we won't know until after it happens. Nikki  ♥  311   22:28, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge - to Starrcade Untelevised house show. Too much speculation going on here about what it is, it's not it's own PPV now, it's just a ploy for the Greensboro area to pull numbers in the face of competing against WrestleCade which is on the same day nearby. If anything it should be a 'tidbit' on the Starrcade page and not be seen as anything that even resembles something close to what the original Starrcade is and was in importance. 6SyXx6 (talk) 02:29, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge - to Starrcade, unless WWE confirms in the mean time that it will be a WWE Network exclusive event.  Nickag 989 talk 13:22, 20 September 2017 (UTC)


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Talk:David Simon (writer)

Author
Simon is listed as a novelist on this page, but I don't believe he has written a published novel. Nor is one listed in his bibliography. —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 02:49, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for pointing that out. I've removed that from the infobox. Was that the only instance?--Opark 77 09:19, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
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David Simon T-Shirts
Hi. Angryjournalist.com has begun selling David Simon t-shirts. This seems to be rather unique and, in my mind, serves as an example of his influence in pop culture. So I'm going to go ahead and add a link in "External links." But if anyone disagrees or thinks this is inappropriate, would you please respond?

Also, I believe Angryjournalist.com is noteworthy enough for its own Wikipedia page, but maybe it's too young? I believe it was started this year, but it's been mentioned all over the place within the journalism and even PR worlds. It inspired a number of similar sites, as well. Semidash (talk) 16:30, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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Adam Neill

Adam Neill (born 29 May 1990) is a British rower.

Rowing career
Neill made his Great Britain junior debut in 2008 and senior debut in 2017. He won the Ladies Plate at the Henley Royal Regatta in 2016 and is twice the indoor national champion. He won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as part of the coxless four with Thomas Ford, Jacob Dawson and James Johnston.

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Web design

Web Design is an incredibly fun skill to learn—combining the latest toys of technology with the creativity of design! On top of that, learning web design is unique in that we can learn directly from current professionals who publish their techniques for all to read on their own Web-logs!

The idea of the Web started with during 1989, while he was working at. His vision was to create a global level hypertext based project, and his implementation with a browser was with WorldWideWeb in 1991. During the early days only text based pages could be used on single lined web browsers. There was no integration of multimedia elements like images, sound and others. However the arrival of the allowed integration of multimedia elements. In October 1994, was founded to develop standards for the Web, which process still continues. Since about 2000, many browsers like Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome have been released into the market, and new browsers are still coming.

You'll find below a growing number of topics that we think provide a good foundation for any web designer. We're also working on the requirements for formal qualifications, so you can start collecting evidence of your skills towards a formal qualification in your country. Of course, if you have anything to add or improve then please join us and contribute!

(Read More about the web design learning project)

What you can learn here
The following topics have been ordered to help provide a pathway for you to learn the main skills of web design. Of course, you might deviate from that path—or create a new path!

 * Build a basic web page [[Image:75%.svg]]—Get started creating your own web pages and learning how to style them! You will also find valuable information on what makes a good web design. All of this information is fundamental to getting started.
 * Build a small website [[Image:25%.svg]]—Building on your skills to create structured HTML content that can be styled and laid out with your stylesheets (Includes 10 CSS Challenges!)
 * Developing a Client Project [[Image:00%.svg]]—Applying your HTML/CSS skills to your first real client project where you'll learn some project management, information architecture and usability along the way! Now featuring the Information Architecture Challenges
 * An Introduction to Programming with JavaScript [[Image:50%.svg]]—Learn some of the fundamentals of computer programming (sequence, selection, repetition and variables) with your own web pages! Now with Introductory algorithm challenges and JavaScript Challenges!
 * CSS3 Animations [[Image:100%.svg]] − Animate your website with the CSS3 animations
 * An Introduction to Dynamic Websites with PHP[[Image:25%.svg]]—Learn the basics of server-side scripting, including page templates and form handling. Now including PHP Challenges!
 * What to consider when creating resource identifiers.

Each topic includes an outline, suggested activities and learning resources to help you along your way.

Topics under development

 * Using the Internet as a Learning Tool [[Image:25%.svg]] – Start learning how you can keep up-to-date with the world of web-design.
 * Design Principles for Web Design [[Image:00%.svg]] – Before getting too technical, get started with some all important graphic design principles as they're applied to the web!
 * Emerging Technologies – There are some pretty nifty tools and technologies constantly working their way into Web design... start to find out about them! Now with XML Challenges.
 * Accessibility – Start using the right practices from the start!
 * Design Suggestions – Suggestions for Design resources.
 * Getting Your Site On the Web [[Image:25%.svg]] – So you've got your site, now you need to get it on the web for everyone to see!
 * Useful Applications – Make sure you have the right tools for the job! Here you'll find a listing of HTML/CSS editors both WYSIWYG and text-based.
 * CSS – Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
 * Dynamic websites
 * Google Web Designer

Qualifications
Some countries offer official Web design certificates and qualifications.

There are various types of web designing courses available, including:

 * 1) Web Development Bootcamps: Intensive, short-term courses that provide a comprehensive overview of web development and design principles.
 * 2) HTML and CSS Courses: These courses focus on the fundamentals of web design, including HTML and CSS coding, page structure, and layout.
 * 3) Responsive Design Courses: These courses teach students how to design and develop websites that adjust to different screen sizes and devices.
 * 4) User Experience (UX) Design Courses: These courses teach students how to design websites that meet user needs and create an effective user experience.
 * 5) Front-End Web Development Courses: These courses focus on the development of the front-end of a website, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
 * 6) Full-Stack Web Development Courses: These courses provide a comprehensive understanding of web development, including both front-end and back-end development.
 * 7) Graphic Design Courses: These courses focus on the visual design elements of web design, including color theory, typography, and graphic design principles.

These different types of web designing courses can be taken online or in-person, and range in length from short-term boot camps to long-term degree programs. It's important to choose a course that aligns with your interests and career goals, and provides the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in the field of web design.

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Noun

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bianca home

The result was delete. Tone 21:04, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Bianca home

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User:Efredricke/TWA/Earth/2

Shape and structure

Tectonic plates

Surface

Atmosphere

Weather, climate, and water cycle

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Linear algebra

Linear algebra is a branch of mathematics that concerns linear equations, vector spaces, linear maps between vector spaces, and matrices.

Featured Projects
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 * Mathematics for Applied Sciences (Osnabrück 2023-2024)/Part I is a mathematical course for beginners at the University of Osnabrück. It covers logical foundation, sets, mappings, algebraic structures like fields and polynomials, the basics of analysis like sequences, continuity, differentiability, primitive functions and the basics of linear algebra like vector spaces, bases, linear maps, eigenvalues. While course has been taught many times, this is a textbook -- not an online course.

 * Contents • Linear systems• Matrices and vector spaces• Bases and dimension• Linear mappings• Invertible matrices• Determinants• Eigenspaces• Diagonalizability

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 * Tensors employs the "unorthodox" approach of using the covariant and contravariant forms associated with Ricci calculus. But keep in mind that this approach is vastly superior. It is required for General Relativity, and is the most powerful way to do vectors and tensors.

 * Contents: • Tensors/Definitions • Tensors/Bases • Tensors/Calculations with index notation • Tensors/Transformation rule under a change of basis

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 * /Introductory definitions/ is a short and simple introduction to linear algebra. The best part is the three links to three Youtube videos:
 * Element-wise Matrix Operations
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 * /Linear equations/ is a beginners guide to equations like the famous y=mx+b. In the US, this material is typically introduced in late middle school or early high school.
 * /Determinant quiz/ is a 3-question quiz on finding the determinants of square matrices. We need more quizzes on linear algebra. Teachers are encouraged to task students with writing and publishing quizzes on Wikiversity (see the Call for contributions below.)
 * Orthogonal matrix attempts to visualize orthogonality and rotational transformations in non-rigorous fashion.
 * /Linear maps/ Defines the linearity relevant to this algebra in recondite mathematical language.
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Cookbook:Stewed Oysters I

| Seafood | Oyster

There are several ways to stew oysters. Two recipes are given below.

Ingredients

 * 2 dozen (24 ea.) raw, whole oysters
 * 2 oz (55 g) butter
 * ¼ cup cream
 * ¼ tsp mace
 * 2 bay leaves
 * Salt, black pepper, and nutmeg, to taste

Procedure

 * 1) Shuck the oysters, saving any liquid in the oyster.
 * 2) Put your oysters with all their liquid into a saucepan; add the butter, salt, black pepper, mace, and bay leaves.
 * 3) Bring to a simmer for 5 minutes. Add the cream and shake all well together while heating through.
 * 4) Pour onto a plate or platter, grating a little fresh nutmeg on each oyster as it lies in the sauce.

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Talk:Nick Van Exel

Free image
See here. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 18:16, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Career Highlights and Awards
Added third team All-America honors and induction into the University of Cincinnati Athletic Hall of Fame. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leisribs (talk • contribs) 06:03, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

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US History/World War II and Rise of Atomic Age

Formation of the Third Reich

In 1933, German president Paul von Hindenberg named Adolf Hitler chancellor. As Civil Liberties began being limited, and the Nazification of Germany began in earnest, the Weimar Republic collapsed and the "Third Reich" began (in German, Großdeutsches Reich). Hitler had outlined his aims years earlier, in his book Mein Kampf(My Struggle). Hitler claimed that Germany had lost its powerful economy, morality, raw materials, land, and resources needed to help it develop as a nation. Hitler blamed "sub-human" peoples such as the Jews for his country's defeat. The superior German people needed "living room," and had a right to claim it. The book called for the elimination of the Jews, and the elimination of homosexuals, the mentally ill, and other "undesirable" elements of German society. Hitler also used this supposed German superiority, as well as German mistreatment by its victors after World War I, to justify the termination of the Treaty of Versailles.

Military Buildup

Hitler began a buildup of the German military. In 1936, he tested German might by supporting the Fascists and German interests during the Spanish Civil War. Then Hitler and Benito Mussolini, the Fascist Dictator of Italy, created a coalition with the dictatorship which had come to power in Japan. The coalition of these three nations later came to be called the Axis.

Appeasement policy
Many of the borders drawn up in the wake of Versailles were fragile. There were German nationalists in many other countries, including the post-war nation of Czechs and Slavs known as Czechoslovakia. In 1938, Hitler used alleged mistreatment of a German minority in another German-speaking nation to annex or take over Austria. Other nations were reluctant to interfere because of Hitler's claim that the relation between Germany and Austria was an internal German concern which had nothing to do with the rest of Europe. Then Hitler took control of a section of Czechoslovakia partially populated by Germans. This time, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain did interfere. In the wee hours of September 30, 1938, Chamberlain and Hitler signed an agreement ensuring that Germany would keep the territory it called the Sudetenland, but would go no further in the country, nor take any German-populated areas in other European nations. The policy which sought to prevent another World War at almost any cost, including the cost of allowing a tyrant to gain more power, became known as appeasement.

Chamberlain called the Munich Agreement "Peace in our time." Hitler had no intention of keeping his word. In 1939, he took over the remainder of Czechoslovakia and demanded Poland. Great Britain and France agreed to come to Poland's aid. Then Germany signed another agreement with the Soviet Union, the confederation of Russia and its supporters under a Communist government. The Nazi-Soviet Pact was an agreement that the two nations would not fight each other. Both countries agreed to take parts of Poland, the Soviet Union securing the Baltic Sea port cities. (It had been a long-term interest of the Soviets to gain ice-free ports for winter trade.) Yet in private, Hitler was already planning to take the Soviet Union over in its turn.

Blitzkrieg
On the first day of September, 1939, Germany declared war on Poland. The British and French responded by declaring war on Germany two days later.

The Germans used the tactic of Blitzkrieg ("lightning war") in Poland to defeat the Polish Army in as little as sixteen days as the British and French sat back in fear of a new World War. With little warning and no provocation, the German Air Force strafed Poland with top-speed planes and sent in tanks and racing artillery on the ground. The Polish had had no time to build the deep trenches seen in the First World War; the Germans had no need to use mustard gas. By the end of the first week of October, the Germans had gained control of half of Poland. The Soviets invaded from the East. With no time to defend themselves, the last Polish troops surrendered in early October.

In the spring of 1940, Hitler attacked the nations of Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrendered, but British and French troops came to Norway's aid.

Germany entered Belgium and the Netherlands on May Tenth, 1940. The Netherlands surrendered on May 15, though the province of Zeeland held out until the 18th. Belgium was overcome on May 28. On the same day, France recalled its troops from Norway, leaving Norway's fate to Germany.

On June Fifth the Germans began their attack on France. To make matters worse, Mussolini declared war on France and Britain on June 10. The French government, meanwhile was taken over by a new Premier, who signed an armistice with Germany on June 17. Germany gained control of the northern part of France, and the Vichy French Government (so called because of the new French capital at Vichy) retained the south. The Italians had a small zone of occupation near the Franco-Italian border.

Battle of Britain
Hitler's Germany was the supreme power on Continental Europe. Only the United Kingdom offered resistance. The Germans intended to invade the United Kingdom, but they first had to contend with the British Royal Air Force. The German Luftwaffe (Air Force) commenced the Battle of Britain in 1940. However, the British used the new technology of radar (Radio Detection and Ranging) to combat the Germans. In September, 1940, the Germans ended the Battle of Britain by indefinitely delaying all plans for invasion. Nonetheless, German airplanes continued to bomb several British cities until the middle of the next year.

Invading the Balkans
Hitler expanded the Axis in the winter of 1940-1941 with the additions of Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. In April, 1941, Germany and Italy then attacked Yugoslavia, which surrendered within one week of invasion. Then Hitler and Mussolini turned to Greece, which collapsed by the end of April. By the end of 1942, most of Europe was under control of the Nazis or the Italians.

Lend-Lease Act
In early 1941, the United States abandoned its neutrality and began to aid the British. The Lend-Lease Act allowed the President to lend or lease weapons worth over seven billion dollars to other nations. The first two years of the war overseas saw the American public broadly divided on the issue of potential involvement. Though the danger posed by Germany and Japan was generally recognized, millions of Americans felt that a strong, armed neutrality and oceanic defense without entering the war was the safest course. In contrast, President Roosevelt made it quite clear to those around him that he felt the United States would have to intervene on the Allied side, and planned and acted accordingly, initiating a war industrial buildup and proposing that the US become the "Arsenal of Democracy," supplying ammunition to Great Britain and its Allies.

Growing Tensions

On June 22, 1941, the Germans invaded the Soviet Union. The Pact between the two nations was dissolved, and the latter joined the Western Allies. Americans were very reluctant to start any conflict with Germany. Even in the fall of 1941, when shooting took place in the Atlantic between German U-boats and US ships, Roosevelt avoided escalation. After this, however, momentous events in the Pacific plunged the Americans into the war.

The Great Depression had affected Japan as much as it had the Western powers. In 1931 a group of Japanese nationalists had assassinated the current Prime Minister of Japan, leading to a military dictatorship. In the same year Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria. Although the government talked of nurturing international friendship, this was a take-over of Chinese national resources. In 1940 the Japanese marched into Indochina (present-day Southeast Asia), which had formerly belonged to the Dutch and to Vichy France. They now commanded the plantations responsible for the world's supply of rubber. The United States retaliated by attempting to prevent Japanese purchases of oil and steel. Tensions between Japan and the United States grew.

A Date which will live in infamy
To secure resources and sea lanes for the Japanese islands, the Empire of Japan desired to neutralize the American Pacific Fleet, which was stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. On December Seven, 1941, the Japanese Air Force bombed the large American naval base, destroying or severely damaging over nineteen ships and 292 aircraft. The US Naval aircraft carriers, huge ships serving as mobile bases for airplanes, were then at sea and survived the attack. Yet its results were still dire: 2,403 American soldiers, sailors, and civilians were killed in the unprovoked strike. Japan made simultaneous strikes on Guam, Midway, and British bases. The next day, the United States Congress declared war on Japan, prompting Germany and Italy to in turn declare war on the United States.

Japan continued with its Pacific operations by taking the American colonies of the Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island; the British colonies of Burma, Singapore, Malaya, and Borneo; and the Dutch colonies in the East Indies.

Battle of Midway
An emboldened Japanese navy blundered in June of 1942, attacking Midway Island in the Pacific. After several days of aerial attacks on naval ships, American carrier-based planes defeated the Japanese ships so badly that their navy never recovered. Starving and weakened by disease, they held on for another month before surrendering.

The Home Front
With the mass media of motion pictures and the radio, the American government was able to motivate and move individuals and groups more efficiently than ever before. The government had begun to draft eligible young men in 1940, and the draft was ramped up after Pearl Harbor. There was scattered opposition to this overwhelmingly popular measure among religious pacifists and the Nation of Islam, and among the American Communists until Germany attacked the Soviet Union. Under the streamlined system put in process during 1942, males eighteen years of age and older registered with the government. If the individual's name was drawn during an intermittent lottery, he received a postcard telling him to report to his local draft board, organized by the national Subscription Service. (In addition, many men, and some women, signed up without receiving a notice.) At the draft board men walked through the rooms of various doctors, psychiatrists, and military and civil authorities. An applicant could be refused if he was ill, even with such minor ailments as nearsightedness or flat feet. He might also apply for an exemption if he was the head of a family or in a steel or arms factory. There were also exemptions for pacifism, though the man had to have a letter from his priest or minister saying that he had a religious basis for his pacifism. Quakers and Seventh Day Adventists were both denominations known for non-violence. Conscientious objectors could become medics or work in some other peaceful operation in support of the war. Men who had no letter, and who were unwilling to support the War in peaceful ways, were often put in prison and derided by the public. From the draft board men went straight into Basic Training, from there to become soldiers, sailors or Marines, or airplane pilots. Women could become nurses or join various auxiliary forces such as the Woman's Army Corps (WACs). These were not permitted to fight, but in their capacity as communication and supervisory aides were often on the battlefield.

With many men being shipped overseas to fight in the war, many employment opportunities opened up for women. Thousands of women began to support the war efforts by getting employed in many different factories producing tanks and planes and other sorts of weaponry. Some factories which had been devoted to peacetime production of cars and bicycles were converted to armament factories, and the nascent television stations were shut down. Sales of these items were halted "for the duration." The start of World War II brought the end of the Great Depression due to the supplies and men it takes to win a war.

Part of the war effort was the incorporation of American civilians into efforts showing that they could also make a difference. Victory Gardens were even more abundant than in World War I. These supplemented food and gasoline rations, initiated with the aim of getting supplies to the troops. Public work sites, and even some schools and Boy and Girl Scouts, vied to round up paper, scrap metal, and other supplies. These scrap drives brought in a limited amount of useful material, but helped involve some people who would have felt useless in the big war drive. Some public citizens who had not been permitted to join the military were delegated as air raid wardens, making sure that homes were darkened at night. (Especially during the first few years of the war, there was a real fear that some enemy Axis plane might bomb the American mainland.) Hollywood, still reeling from the Depression, brought itself back with instructional films for the troops and propaganda for moviegoers at home.

Japanese-Americans during WWII
In February 1942, the War Relocation Authority began to establish centers where Japanese-Americans, including those born in the United States and other citizens, were interned. Though this racial discrimination violated constitutional due process requirements, the Supreme Court ruled that such internment was lawful in 1944, when it decided Korematsu v. United States.

One potential factor in the decision to intern Japanese Americans was the results of the Niihau incident, where a few Japanese-Americans living on a Hawaiian island aided a downed Japanese pilot. Despite this, the vast majority of Japanese-American citizens, many of whom had never left America and grew up in America, were loyal to America. Additionally relatively few Japanese-Americans on Hawaii actually endured internment due to protests of local leaders on Hawaii that internment would cripple the economy of the islands.

Some Japanese Americans were allowed to leave the camps to study or work. The 442nd Infantry Regiment was composed almost entirely of second generation Japanese-Americans with family in the internment camps, yet they served with distinction in the European Theater, becoming one of the most decorated units in American history relative to it's size and service length. Their actions were responsible for saving the Lost Battalion, American troops trapped behind German lines.

Turning back the European Axis
During the summer and fall of 1941, the Germans kept up their amazing pace into the heart of Russia. By December they had reached Moscow, and Leningrad was under siege. The Soviets sent in reserve troops from Siberia, and launched a counter attack. It succeeded, and Moscow was saved.

In the spring of 1942, Hitler ordered an attack into the Caucus Mountains, and Stalingrad. As they had done before, the Germans quickly advanced, breaking through the Russian lines. In Stalingrad, there was street to street, and house to house fighting. The Germans controlled over 90% of the city, but the Russians refused to surrender. A Russian reserve division encircled the Germans into the city, and 250,000 German soldiers were captured. It was one of the bloodiest battles in history.

In 1943, the President of the United States for an unprecedented third term, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill held a Conference at Casablanca. The two nations then set up a plan of action for the next stages of the war. Meanwhile, the Russians continued to hold back the Germans, inflicting a crucial and massive defeat on Hitler's armies at the battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942-43. After a further major Russian victory at Kursk the following summer, the Germans were forced into retreat back towards Europe.

In Africa, Axis troops led by Erwin Rommel had pushed into Egypt, just 70 miles west of Alexandria. However, British troops led by General Montgomery decisively defeated the Italian and German troops at the Battle of El Alamein. They were pushed out of Egypt, all the way across Libya, and into Tunisia. In November 1942, the Americans launched operation Torch and drove the French troops out of Algeria and Morrocco. After a long battle with Axis troops in Tunisia, they were driven out of Africa in May 1943.

The Allies then decided to invade Sicily, in hope of knocking Italy out of the war. In early July the invasion began. For the next month, the British and Americans led a bloody campaign in which Sicily was finally taken in early August. During the invasion Mussolini was overthrown and arrested. Hitler had him rescued and put him in charge of the new Italian Social Republic. Following the Invasion of mainland Italy in early September, the Italian government signed an armistice with the Allies. The fall of Italy signaled the beginning of the end of World War II. However, Mussolini was rescued by the Germans and had established an Italian Social Republic. Near the end of the War, Germany tries to fight for a last stand with the Allies. It became to be Germany's only hope for turning the war around. The battle took place in a 60 mile deep 40 mile wide "Bulge". Therefore giving the name of the battle, battle of the Bulge. After weeks of fighting in the cold winters the Allied forces came out victorious. Months after this battle the Allied forces had the Germans pushed all the way back into Berlin.

Antisemitism and The Holocaust
The prejudice of racism in America -- though the term racist is a misnomer: we are all members of the human race -- was evident from the days of Christopher Columbus onward. Antisemitism was a powerful motivating force in American history. The limits on immigration set in the early 1920s was in part a reaction against [Jewish] immigrants from Eastern Europe. The prosecutors of "Red Summer" had a dread of Blacks, Jews, and atheists, and sometimes of a nightmare conglomeration of all three.

But some antisemitism was an alien import. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (Russian: "Протоколы сионских мудрецов", or "Сионские протоколы", see also other titles) is an antisemitic and anti-Zionist plagiarism and literary hoax first published in 1903 in Russian, in Znamya; it alleges a Jewish and Masonic plot to achieve world domination. A translation, taken as the literal truth, was published and popularized by the American industrialist Henry Ford. In the 1930s, the American Bund attempted to increase Nazi German influence, and to amplify the antisemitic messages coming from Berlin.

President Roosevelt treated the topic with care. Ethnographers and other scientific experts were drafted into the War effort, emphasizing that Americans came from every ethnic background. Jews were in every branch of the service, and rabbis were among the chaplains brought to aid them. But what came to be known as The Final Solution -- Hitler's plan to eliminate what Mein Kampf had called "the Jewish Question" -- was unknown to the American public. American newspapers had printed accounts of German oppression of its Jewish citizens, from Kristallnacht in 1938 onward. They had occasionally mentioned persecution of its Gypsies, Slavs, and other "non-Aryans," and the dreadful punishments meted out to those who opposed the Nazi regime.

In January, 1945, Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz, the largest of the Nazi Concentration Camps. On April Eleventh, 1945, Allies liberated the Death Camp at Buchenwald, near Weimar, Germany. On the 12th, several journalists arrived, including Edward R. Murrow, one of the most lauded journalists of the time. He sent out a broadcast for American audiences on the Fifteenth describing what he had seen and heard. "There surged around me an evil-smelling stink, men and boys reached out to touch me. They were in rags and the remnants of uniforms. Death already had marked many of them, but they were smiling with their eyes. I looked out over the mass of men to the green fields beyond, where well-fed Germans were ploughing..." On May third, Americans first saw newsreels of the camp. (Newsreels, film of weekly news reports shown in movie theaters, were major sources of information in the days before TV became popularized.) There they heard that the recent death rate had been about two hundred a day. They saw people in the last stages of malnutrition, disease, and "constant hard work, beatings, and torture." The camera also showed corpses of men stacked like cords of wood, and the crematoria where the dead had been burnt.

Now for the first time the majority of Americans could guess at the extent of The Holocaust, one of the most ghastly episodes in the modern history of mankind. In April of 1933, three months after Hitler took power, the Nazis issued a decree ordering the compulsory retirement of "non-Aryans" from the civil service. This is known as the spark of the Holocaust. Before Germany was defeated, there were some eleven million people that had been slaughtered in the name of Nazi racial purity. Although the Jews were the favored targets and are the victims we most hear about when talking about the Holocaust, they were not the only victims. There were also millions of Russians, Poles, gypsies and others that were also murdered. Although the deprivation of the Jews started in the years following 1933, the mass killings didn't begin until 1941.

The effect of this knowledge was augmented by the Nuremburg trials of 1945-1946. There many German officials, and some Concentration Camp governors, were put to trial for committing these murders, called crimes against humanity. American antisemitism has continued since that time, but it is at least officially frowned upon. The American eugenics movement also suffered a setback from which it has not yet recovered.

Operation Overlord
In November, 1943, Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt held another Conference at Tehran. Joseph Stalin, who held the title of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR, but was actually a Dictator of the Soviet Union, joined them there. The three leaders agreed to a plan codenamed Operation Overlord, under which an attack would be launched on the northern coast of France from the English Channel. In preparation for an invasion of France, Hitler cut off all support for the German armies remaining in the Soviet Union. Thus disabled, the German Army was forced to withdraw from Russia in the winter of 1943-1944.

On June 6, 1944 ("D-Day,") in the early morning hours, American and British paratroopers were dropped into Normandy. Hours later, American, British, French and Canadian soldiers landed at Normandy on the north coast of France. The troops landed near Caen, but Hitler wrongly felt that they would attack at a location to the north of that city. The Allies took advantage of Hitler's miscalculation; by the end of the month, the Allies had over eight hundred thousand soldiers in Normandy.

Meanwhile, Russian troops, which had been on the defensive, began their offensive on German-controlled territories. In the middle of July, the Soviets won their first major victory by taking the territory of Belorussia. At this time, concern began to grow in the West about Soviet domination replacing German in eastern Europe, especially in Poland. Despite these worries, Roosevelt felt that he had little influence in that area over Stalin, whose armies were bearing a huge brunt of the fight.

By the end of July, the Allies expanded their base at Normandy by breaking out into the rest of France. Pushing through the nation, the Allies had gone far enough to liberate the city of Paris on August 25. On September 11, some Allied troops entered Germany, taking Antwerp, Belgium on the way. German resistance then hardened, however. British Field Marshall Montgomery attempt to "end the war by '44" with Operation Market Garden, a plan to liberate Holland and bypass the German border defenses, failed. The British and American armies would make little more progress for the rest of 1944.

Meanwhile, Russian troops pushed toward Germany, defeating Germany's Axis partners on the way. In August, Romania surrendered, followed by Bulgaria and Finland in September.

German Counteroffensive
Allied air bombing of German industries and cities had been ongoing and savage since 1943, but did not have the intended effect of crushing the German will to fight. Indeed, Hitler was able to field new advanced weapons in 1943-45, such as the world's first jet fighter aircraft, the V-1 flying bomb, the V-2 ballistic missile, and new types of tanks and submarines. The new weapons, however, proved of little use against Allied numbers and economic superiority, with American industrial production for the war effort massive and untouched by Axis attack. Germany forced millions of prisoners into slave labor, under the most brutal conditions, to keep its own war effort going.

In December 1944, Germany launched a massive counter-attack on the light defended American positions in Belgium. The Germans hoped to cut off the Allied supply lines, however, after reinforcements arrived, the "Bulge"(today it is know as the Battle of the Bulge) was flattened out. Meanwhile, the Soviets were on the verge of entering Germany from the east en masse, having taken control of Poland. Hitler's troops were exhausted, millions dead or captured, and with the fall of the Romanian oil fields, German armies were running out of gasoline. A final call-up began of old men and boys for a last-ditch defense of Germany. Many German civilians fled, fearing the revenge the Russians would put on them after what the Germans had done in Russia. Thousands of German noncombatants were raped, and many of these were then killed.

The Yalta Conference

In early February 1945, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin, the three leaders of the anti-Nazi alliance, met at Yalta in the U.S.S.R. The leaders of the Allied powers, "The Big Three," were planning for the end of the war. This was a follow-up to the meeting of the three powers in November 1943 in the Tehran Conference.

At Yalta the countries contended on what to do with Germany. Churchill and Britain wanted to protect their colonial possessions and to keep the Soviet Union from having too much power. Stalin and the Soviet Union wanted Germany to pay them to help start the rebuilding of their country. Stalingrad, a byword for Soviet military resistance of Hitler, was now in ruins. Two wars of German aggression had been too much, and the country needed to be permanently restrained. The United States wanted to influence Germany toward democracy and to keep the peace. The Yalta conference decided the division of defeated Germany into zones for reconstruction. The leaders agreed to punish Nazis for war crimes, including the Holocaust. Other topics included Soviet Russia's entry into the war against Japan, composition of the post-war government of Germany, voting arrangements in the new United Nations organizations, and the future of the liberated governments of Eastern Europe. The Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe, which called for free elections and constitutional liberties in Eastern Europe, was the most controversial topic of the Yalta Conference.

Race to Berlin
The Allies first attempted to reach the Rhine River in their quest to take over Germany. In March, this goal accomplished, the Americans and British opposed the Soviets in the Race for Berlin. The Race determined who would control Berlin, a city that would prove important in the reconstruction of Germany. The Americans allowed the Soviets to win the Race for Berlin. Fierce fighting erupted in and around the city as motley German units made their last stand against the powerful army groups of Russian marshals Zhukov and Koniev. His capital surrounded and his loyal minions deserting him, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin command bunker on April 30, 1945. Benito Mussolini was executed by Italian Partisans on April 28. The new leader of Germany, Karl Doenitz, agreed to surrender. On May 8, Germany formally signed an unconditional surrender, dissolving the Axis and leaving only Japan to be defeated.

The End of the FDR Era
The public was never informed of the extent of President Roosevelt's paralysis. Though he admitted that he had suffered polio, no newsreels showed him pulling himself along with his crutches. At press conferences the photographers were led in when he was already in a chair or in his car seat. Compensation for the leg disability, and the physical activity the Roosevelts were known for, had made his upper arms strong and muscular. However, his physical strain combined with the burden of the Presidency to weary him. Speaking to Congress in the wake of Yalta, he made a rare admission of how much this affected him: "I hope that you will pardon me for this unusual posture of sitting down during the presentation of what I want to say, but . . . it makes it a lot easier for me not to have to carry about ten pounds of steel around on the bottom of my legs; and also . . . I have just completed a fourteen-thousand-mile trip."

Roosevelt was ill, and had been frail even before his re-election in 1944. The Republican party had objected to the President even running for a fourth term. The Republican Candidate, Thomas E. Dewey, accused him of running a corrupt autocracy and of feigning good health. In response to accusations of corruption, Roosevelt dropped former Vice President Henry A. Wallace and picked up newcomer Harry S. Truman, who had risen in a War anti-fraud committee in the Senate. He also campaigned vigorously in the cities, which may have hastened his death.

Roosevelt died of a stroke on April 12th, 1945. After FDR's death Harry Truman became president. The day after Roosevelt's death Truman sought out old friends to ask for their help in this "terrible job."

Island Hopping & Kamikaze
After the Battle of Midway the United States surely retook the Asian Pacific nations, fighting the Japanese empire island by island, by gun, by shell, and by flame thrower. Though the Japanese continued to fight, its armed forces were in a hopeless situation. Its armaments became fewer. Kamikaze (the Japanese word for "Sacred Wind"), pilots who hoped to destroy American ships by intentionally crashing their own planes into them, became more dominant in Japanese opposition.

The Manhattan Project
The United States had become involved in a competition with Nazi Germany to find technologies which would win the war. Among these technologies was nuclear fission, the splitting of a highly electronegative atom into smaller ones, which gives off ten times as much power. With cooperative or captive scientists and slave labor, the Nazis were attempting to use uranium to create an atomic bomb. During the same time, America had become the home for dissident German and Jewish scientists. Native-born and newly-emigrated American physicists were also talking about the possibilities of fission. One of the latter, Albert Einstein, sent a letter to President Roosevelt in 1939 explaining the developments in the nuclear chain reactions which would result in an atomic explosion.

In 1942, a number of the top minds in physics were relocated to a secret location in New Mexico. These men volunteered to work at what was code-named the Manhattan Project, a secret attempt to bring to fruition what Einstein had posited in 1939. At its height the Manhattan Project employed more than 600,000 workers, the majority of them not realizing what they were really working for. After spending more than two billion dollars, the Project created the first atomic bomb. On July 16, 1945, this bomb was successfully tested in New Mexico.

In the interim, Germany had been defeated. President Roosevelt had died, and had been replaced in office by his Vice President, Harry S. Truman. President Truman listened to experts who forecast two more years of war against Japan, and the prospect of a bloody American invasion. Truman chose to use the atomic bomb instead of an invasion.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August sixth, an A-bomb with the name Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, by a B-29 aircraft piloted by Col. Paul Tibbets. The explosion formed a mushroom cloud. Dust and debris shot into the sky and was seen miles away. Many people died instantly, but others fell sick a few days later from effects on the radiation on living tissue. The American press was told about the detonation of the bomb on a population of civilians, but not about its full effects. The Japanese government did not give in. On August ninth a bomb called Fat Man was dropped on the weapon-producing city of Nagasaki, again upon civilians. Together, the bombs killed over one hundred thousand people. Between the two bombings, meanwhile, the Soviet Union had joined in the war on Japan. The Americans threatened a third bombing on Tokyo, though they had not yet had time to create a new bomb. Now Japan unconditionally surrendered, officially ending World War II. Officials signed a treaty for surrender on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri.

Death Toll
The death toll of the Second World War was greater than that of the First. At least sixty-one million people died from the Allied nations of the Soviet Union; the United States and its colonies; Great Britain, its colonies and Canada; France and its colonies; the Netherlands and its colonies; Belgium and its colonies; and Poland, Norway, and Greece. In contrast, the main Axis powers of Germany, Italy and Japan only suffered twelve million casualties.


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Introduction to Creative Writing

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Unit Summary

 * Course code: LS 375CR
 * Suggested Prerequisites:
 * No Prerequisites; however, a desire to write is recommended!
 * Time investment:
 * Assessment suggestions: In this course, students could submit a piece each week from a variety of genres. Students will also be encouraged to read a variety of writers and write reviews of them
 * Faculty: Arts
 * School: School:Language and Literature
 * Department: Topic:Literary Studies
 * Stream Creative Writing
 * Level:

Intended outcome
The aims of the module are to engage with and develop an understanding of contemporary and traditional texts, including their formal and ideological character and the impact they have had on audience and culture. Such an understanding should be developed alongside an appreciation of the methods for the research and creation of a text, and thus enable the student to produce a substantial and informed portfolio of critical and creative writing. Writing should be studied in the context that produces it and the need it fulfills.

Unit materials

 * Study guide:

Texts
Texts are required on a week by week basis. Most content is available online, however, it is recommended that a public library is used to obtain the materials required for this course.

Lessons
This course is designed to teach students what stimulate the creative process as they create their own pieces of creative writing. It is recommended that students use Rhetoric and Composition as a guide to review and improve technical aspects of their writing.

Assignments
Assignments are described below in the week by week syllabus.

Week one

 * Read Allen Ginsberg's America and write a short review (500 words).
 * Rewrite or reimagine the opening to be submitted (on the course talk page) for discussion in relation to this text.

Week two

 * Read T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and write a short review (500 words).
 * Submit one poem of your own devising and consider how it contrasts with Prufrock.
 * Further information on T. S. Eliot can be found in the T. S. Eliot course.

Week three

 * Read Angela Carter's The Passion of New Eve and write a short review (500 words).
 * Submit a short introduction to postmodernism, researched independently, or a short piece of creative writing exploring the themes and/or techniques of postmodern theory.

Week four

 * Read Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses and explore the controversy that surrounded it.
 * Submit an essay/article on what you understand of postcolonialism and/or the social climate in which Rushdie's novel was written and received. Alternatively, consider the relationship between creative writing and the market(s) it reaches.

Week five

 * Read Jeff Noon's Vurt and watch Pulp Fiction. Consider the use of non-linear narrative, unreliable narrator, drug-use, crime, violence, sexuality, loss and desire.
 * Submit for discussion a short extract of writing influenced by both or either of these texts, in any genre or style, or a detailed plan of a longer work (e.g. a novel or film), including motifs, structure and characters, which reflects the formal elements of either text.

Week six

 * Watch Legend (Ultimate Edition)/Director's Cut and read Book 1 of The Faerie Queene. Consider the use of traditional storytelling techniques in comparison to contemporary texts.
 * Prepare EITHER: a short analysis of the film, its structure, its characterisation and the effect of these upon the audience; a comparison of the film and poem for discussion amongst your peers; OR an argued consideration of whether a text like The Faerie Queene could/should be written now and what implications this has or would have on modern literature.

Week seven

 * Read Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and research the theory behind Gonzo journalism
 * Submit a piece on the subject of autobiography, Gonzo journalism and/or truth and its un/importance in contemporary literature.

Week eight

 * Read Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and watch Trainspotting. Consider it in comparison to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
 * EITHER write a comparison of the three texts and they way they present reality, truth, addiction, perspective or any other theme you consider appropriate; OR rewrite one scene or section from either Confessions or Trainspotting, to adapt it for another audience or genre.

Week nine

 * Read Book 1 of The Illuminatus! Trilogy.
 * Write a short review (500 words).
 * Submit EITHER: a verse rewrite of one chapter; a piece on the use of comedy and generic convention in the text; OR a comparison between this text and any other on the module.

Week ten

 * Plan and create a piece of prose, poetry, journalism, scriptwriting or other writing-for-purpose, with a short commentary on your intentions for the text.
 * Submit the plan, text and commentary for group discussion, considering the other texts you have encountered on the programme and their literary and cultural impact.

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George W. Pratt

George Watson Pratt (April 18, 1830 – September 11, 1862) was an American politician and Union Army officer from New York.

Life
He was the son of Congressman Zadock Pratt (1790–1871) and Abigail P. (Watson) Pratt (1807–1834), born in that part of Windham which in 1833 was separated as the Town of Prattsville, in Greene County, New York. In 1855, he married Anna Attwood Tibbits (1833–1921), and they had three children. He removed to Kingston, New York, and became engaged in the manufacture of leather there and in New York City.

He was Quartermaster General of the State Militia from 1853 to 1854.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (10th D.) in 1858 and 1859.

In 1860, he published An Account of the British Expedition Above the Highlands of the Hudson River; And of the Events Connected with the Burning of Kingston in 1777.

He was a colonel of the State Militia, commanding the 20th New York State Militia Regiment "Ulster Guards", and fought with them in the American Civil War. He was shot in the left shoulder and spine at the Second Battle of Bull Run, and died from his wounds about two weeks later in Albany, New York. He was buried at Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York.

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Grand Opera House, Belfast

The Grand Opera House is a theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed by the most prolific theatre architect of the period, Frank Matcham. It opened on 23 December 1895. According to the Theatres Trust, the "magnificent auditorium is probably the best surviving example in the United Kingdom of the oriental style applied to theatre architecture". The auditorium was restored to its former glory, and the foyer spaces and bars were reimagined and developed as part of a £12.2 million project in 2020/2021, generously supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. [1]

The venue hosts musicals, drama, ballet, opera and comedy performances as well as educational events and tours. The theatre's annual pantomime, which has been performed since its opening in 1895, remains the most popular show each year. The theatre's capacity is 1,058.

History
Originally called the New Grand Opera House and Cirque, it was renamed the Palace of Varieties in 1904, changing its name to the Grand Opera House in 1909. Charlie Chaplin performed there in 1908, and although Variety programmes dominated the pre-war years, entertainers as diverse as Nellie Melba, Sarah Bernhardt, Ralph Richardson and  Gracie Fields performed there regularly. It became a repertory theatre during World War II and at the celebrations to mark the end of the war, Eisenhower, Montgomery and Alanbrooke attended gala performances at the theatre. Lena Horne performed here in the 1940s on her way to and from her travels to France.

After the war, stars of stage and screen returned to the theatre, with notably highlights including performances by Laurel and Hardy, Vera Lynn, Orson Welles, and Luciano Pavarotti in his UK debut. In 1965 the National Theatre brought its production of Love for Love to the Grand Opera House with a cast boasting Laurence Olivier, Lyn Redgrave, Albert Finney, Geraldine McEwan and a young Anthony Hopkins.

The Grand Opera House was acquired by the Rank Organisation, which led to its use as a cinema between 1961 and 1972.

As business slowed in the early 1970s with the onset of the Troubles, Rank initiated plans to sell the theatre to a property developer, who proposed that the building be pulled down and replaced with an office block. However, following the action of Kenneth Jamison (director of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland) and Charles Brett (founder member of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society and ACNI board member), the building was bought by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and listed in 1974. The Permanent Secretary of the Department of Education, Arthur Brooke, lent his support to the project and his department provided the funding for extensive renovatation of the theatre. The Grand Opera House reopened in 1980, and in the years that followed many leading performers appeared on its stage, including Liam Neeson, Rowan Atkinson, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Ian McKellen, Darcey Bussell and Lesley Garrett.The building has been damaged by bombs on several occasions, usually when the nearby Europa Hotel had been targeted. It was badly damaged by bomb blasts in 1991 and 1993. The theatre continued, however, to host musicals, plays, pantomimes and live music.

2006 renovation and reopening
In 1995 the running of the theatre was taken over by the Grand Opera House Trust. In 2006 an extension was added which included a studio theatre space, extended foyers, dressings rooms and access for customers with disabilities. The theatre reopened with a Gala event on 21 October 2006.

Restoration 2020
In 2020 the Grand Opera House closed for restoration and development. The project saw the auditorium's paintings and decorative and ornate plasterwork painstakingly restored and conserved, as well as new seating, carpets, curtains and drapes installed. The design of the foyer and public spaces was reimagined, with a new bar installed in the restored 1980 glass extension overhanging Great Victoria Street, and the stalls and circle bars refurbished. As part of the project, the theatre's technical infrastructure was also upgraded and a permanent heritage exhibition installed telling the theatre's 125-year history installed.

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Latin/Index II

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For explanations of terms used in these grammar tables, check the Glossary.

5th Declension Masculine/Feminine (each word has a set gender): res

 * m = masculine
 * f = feminine
 * n - neuter

NOTES

4/5th declensions are modified 3rd declensions, thus behave similarily. 3rd declension is either M/F/N, 4th declension is either M/F/N and 5th declension is either M/F. So for 3rd, 4th, and 5th declension is of most importance to memorise the gender because the adjective will still need to agree (ie have the same) with the noun in both case, gender, and number.

The Vocative only changes for the 2nd declension masculine singular (however not for the nouns that leave the -us suffix when in nominative).

There are a few exceptions in the 1st declension which are not feminine. Such nouns are poet-a (1st declension masculine, so to agree you need to use -us on the adjective) and naut-a.

There are a few second declension nouns with irregularities. It is of most importance that you memorise them.

When memorising a noun's meaning, make sure that you also memorise any irregularities the noun has, the gender, and the declension. Without doing this you may have trouble translating. For example, 2nd declension masculines have -us in the nominative singular; however, 4th declension masculines have -us in the nominative singular, nominative plural and accusative plural. This may get you confused if you do not memorise the declension of each noun.

Single Declension Theory
If you look at the above list of declensions, you may feel that you are going to be overcome if you have to memorize all of it. Memorization is indeed the key, but it will be easier than you think.

Each word in Latin has three parts: the root, the stem vowel, and the ending. There are five vowels in Latin, so there are five stem vowels: A,O,I,U,E. Any word not really having a stem vowel naturally was given to I.

If you study the declension patterns enough you will see that there are many similarities in the declensions. All accusative singulars end in "m" except neuters that sometimes still do. All accusative plurals end in 's' except neuters that always end in a. All genitive plurals end in "um", be it ium, rum, uum or whatever else.

If you read enough Latin you will actually find that authors would switch a declension of a word at will if it made the sentence clearer. Thus many words that are of the 4th declension were sometimes written as if 2nd, and 5th declension as if 3rd and vice versa. Some ending patterns that we use for one declension may also be used in another, again to make the sentence clearer. Thus "filiabus" would be used in any sentence where we want to make it clear that we are talking about the Daughters and specifically not the Sons. We also see examples of this in animabus. Some think that the IS used in the first and second declensions was actually an abbreviation of bus.

Some students find the ablative difficult since it sometimes looks like the nominative singular, dative plural or neither. All you really need to do to get the hang of this is to know that in the plural, the ablative always looks like the dative. If there is no preposition in front of it then it is probably a dative, unless it is being used in an ablative construction that would likely be apparent. If there is a preposition and it looks like a dative, just remember that no preposition takes a dative, only ever ablative and sometimes accusative. Dative plural plus preposition equals ablative. The ablative singular is really just the root plus the stem vowel with no ending to speak of, since the preposition tells you the grammar of the word.

Some students also get confused by words that are the same in the nominative singular and plural. Don't worry about that; the verb will tell you which it is since the verb always agrees with the nominative.

It is thought that originally there was only one declension, but during the task of applying it to every word in natural speech it was found that some words naturally changed the way the basic sounds of the original declension worked. Here is one idea of the original basic declension.

When speaking in everyday conversation, Latin speakers would shorten the word in their pronunciation so long as it still made sense.

If you go to New Orleans you will likely hear someone say 'prowly'. This is not a new dish at a restaurant or a new new code name for the police, it is actually the local pronunciation of the word probably. It is ok to shorten this word because when it is shortened everyone can still understand it.

The Latins did the same thing. It is known that I can change to E and vice versa, so we can see that pattern in the dative singular of all declensions. The IS of the genitive was kept in the 3rd declension, shortened in the 1st, 2nd, and 5th and slightly altered in the 4th. The 'add M' rule of the accusative singular is seen in the altering of the stem vowel in the 2nd and 3rd declensions. The ES of the nominative plural became E in 1st, I in 2nd, and US in 4th. The RUM of the genitive plural was shortened in the 3rd and 4th declensions.

The accusative plural as a rule never changes, but keep in mind that neuter words followed a different pattern of using A for the accusative plural, and all neuters took the accusative singular or plural for the nominative of the same number.

The BUS of the dative/ ablative plural was shortened to IS in the 1st and 2nd declensions but kept in the others.

The 4th declension has a tendency to copy the IBUS of the 3rd in some authors but retain the UBUS in others.

When studying Latin declensions you really should strive to memorize the patterns, but also look to see how they are similar to other patterns in the language as it will help you to remember. Also note that the IS of the genitive singular is what eventually gave us the word HIS and the 'add 's'" rule of English.  Latin also gave us the 'add 's'" to make a plural by way of the accusative plural.

If you study other inflexive languages related to Latin, such as Greek, you will notice even similarities across languages.

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titanides

Noun

 * 1)  The daughters of Uranus and Gaia; the female titans.

Translations

 * Portuguese: titânides

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pompo

Etymology
Derived from, from , from.

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to act pompously (with pomp)

Noun

 * 1) kitchen ash

Etymology
Figuratively, from.

Adjective

 * 1)  blunt, worn down

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St Stephen's School, Perth

St Stephen's School is a K-12, co-educational independent, day school of the Uniting Church located on two campuses – one in Duncraig and the other in Carramar, two suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The school is one of Western Australia's largest independent schools. The Duncraig campus opened in 1983 for Year 3 to Year 12 and the Carramar campus in Tapping opened in 2001 for Kindergarten to Year 12. In 2011 the school opened the new Early Learning Centre (ELC) in Hepburn Heights (across the road from the Duncraig campus) for Kindergarten to Year 2, introducing a Pre-Kindergarten, that takes place on Wednesdays, in the mid 2010s.

The school also owns a 115-acre property, the Nanga Outdoor Education Facility, consisting of bushland, field, forest and 800 metres of Murray River frontage. The property is used for school camps and retreats, leadership development and team building activities.

History

 * 1983 – Foundation of the Duncraig campus
 * 1993 – Opening of the primary school at Duncraig
 * 2000 – Completion of the Performing Arts Centre and new administration complex
 * 2001 – The school opened a second campus in Carramar.
 * 2007 – Construction begins on new technology and enterprise building at Duncraig
 * 2008 – Opening of new Carramar gym, named the Sports & Learning Centre
 * 2009 – Opening of new technology and enterprise building at Duncraig, named the Lorraine Paul Centre and the renaming of the Design and Technology building to the Glenda Parkin Learning Centre.
 * 2011 – Opening of Early Learning Centre, Hepburn Heights
 * 2012 – Construction begins on extensive renovations and extensions of the Collinson Library at Duncraig
 * 2013 – Re-opening of the renovated Collinson Library at Duncraig
 * 2016 – Renovation of Duncraig Primary library
 * 2018 – Renovation of houses at Duncraig campus
 * 2021 – New educational suites unveiled, Duncraig Primary
 * 2021 – Announcement of Duncraig Secondary science suite renovation

Houses (Factions)
St Stephen's School's "House" structure is used to decide student homerooms, sporting events, or other similar matters. Houses are randomly assigned to students upon arrival at the school, however students with parents, or other immediate family members who attend(ed) the school will be assigned to the same house as their family members.

Duncraig Houses

 * Alethea – Colour: Red – Meaning: Truth – Mascot: Phoenix
 * Carana – Colour: Yellow – Meaning: Joy – Mascot: Tiger
 * Timae – Colour: Blue – Meaning: Honour – Mascot: Octopus

Carramar Houses

 * Charis – Colour: Maroon – Meaning: Grace – Mascot: Kangaroo
 * Makaria – Colour: Green – Meaning: Happiness – Mascot: Dragon
 * Parresia – Colour: Blue – Meaning: Boldness – Mascot: Polar Bear

Principal

 * 1983–1988:  John Allen Williams
 * 1989–2003:  Gavin Collinson
 * 2003–2007:  Glenda Parkin
 * 2007–2008:  Desmond Mitchell
 * 2009–2010:  Caryl Roberts
 * 2011–2016:  Tony George
 * 2017–present: Donella Beare

Notable alumni

 * Alex Loughton – Basketball Player
 * Daniel Parker – AFL Player
 * Shane Parker – AFL Player
 * Alex Williams – Actor
 * Daniel Stynes – Footballer
 * Ben Popham - Paralympic Swimmer

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Soldatovo

Soldatovo (Солдатово) is a rural locality (a selo) in Akutikhinsky Selsoviet, Bystroistoksky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 116 as of 2013. There are 6 streets.

Geography
Soldatovo is located 176 km SSW of Bystry Istok (the district's administrative centre) by road, on the Ob River. Verkh-Ozyornoye is the nearest rural locality.

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List of LGBT holders of political offices in the Netherlands

LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) holders of political offices in the Netherlands.

Current

 * Kajsa Ollongren (D66)
 * Deputy Prime Minister (2017-2022)
 * Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (2017-2022)
 * Minister of Defence (since 2022)
 * Hanke Bruins Slot (CDA)
 * Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (2022–2023)
 * Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (since 2023)
 * Rob Jetten (D66)
 * Minister for Climate and Enegry Policy (since 2022)
 * Mark Harbers (VVD)
 * State Secretary of Justice and Security (2017–2019)
 * Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management (since 2022)

Former

 * Hein Vos (PvdA)
 * Minister of Commerce and Industry (1945–1946)
 * Minister of Transport (1946–1947)
 * Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction (1946–1947)
 * Minister of Transport and Water Management (1947–1948)
 * Ien Dales (PvdA)
 * State Secretary of Social Affairs and Employment (1981–1982)
 * Minister of the Interior (1989–1994)
 * Joop Wijn (CDA)
 * State Secretary of Economic Affairs (2002–2003)
 * State Secretary of Finance (2003–2006)
 * Minister of Economic Affairs (2006–2007)
 * Gerda Verburg (CDA)
 * Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (2007–2010)
 * Jan Kees de Jager (CDA)
 * State Secretary of Finance (2007–2010)
 * Minister of Finance (2010–2012)

Current

 * House of Representatives
 * Thom van Campen – VVD (since 2021)
 * Marieke Koekkoek – Volt (since 2021)
 * Geert Gabriëls – GL–PvdA (since 2023)
 * Ines Kostić – PvdD (since 2023)
 * Jacqueline van den Hil – VVD (since 2023)

Current

 * Senate
 * Boris Dittrich – D66 (since 2019)
 * Eric Holterhues – CU (since 2023)

Former

 * House of Representatives
 * Hein Vos – SDAP, PvdA (1937–1945, 1946, 1948)
 * Coos Huijsen – CHU, PvdA (1972, 1976–1977)
 * Peter Lankhorst – PPR, GL (1981–1994)
 * Jan Franssen – VVD (1982–1994)
 * Ien Dales – PvdA (1982–1987)
 * Evelien Eshuis – CPN (1982–1986)
 * Wim van de Camp – CDA (1986–2009)
 * Anne Lize van der Stoel – VVD (1994–1998)
 * Clemens Cornielje – VVD (1994–2005)
 * Boris Dittrich – D66 (1994–2006)
 * Peter Rehwinkel – PvdA (1995–2002, 2002)
 * Gerda Verburg – CDA (1998–2007, 2010–2011)
 * Joop Wijn – CDA (1998–2002, 2003, 2006–2007)
 * Boris van der Ham – D66 (2002–2012)
 * Ger Koopmans – CDA (2002–2012)
 * Krista van Velzen – SP (2002–2010)
 * Tofik Dibi – GL (2006–2012)
 * Matthieu Heemelaar – GL (2009)
 * Jan Kees de Jager – CDA (2010)
 * Sjoerd Potters – VVD (2012–2017)
 * Astrid Oosenbrug – PvdA (2012-2017)
 * Henk Krol – 50PLUS (2012–2013, 2014–2021)
 * Henk Nijboer – PvdA (2012–2023)
 * Vera Bergkamp – D66 (2012–2023)
 * Speaker of the House (2021–2023)
 * Eric Smaling – SP (2013–2017)
 * Frank Wassenberg – PvdD (2015–2016, 2017–2023)
 * Raoul Boucke – D66 (2021–2023)
 * Alexander Hammelburg – D66 (2021–2023)
 * Lisa van Ginneken – D66 (2021–2023)
 * Carline van Breugel – D66 (2023)

 * Senate
 * Hein Vos – PvdA (1956–1968)
 * Herman Tjeenk Willink – PvdA (1987–1997)
 * President of the Senate (1991–1997)
 * Annemarie Grewel – PvdA (1995–1998)
 * Bob van Schijndel – GL (1999–2003)
 * Eric Smaling – SP (2007–2013)
 * Peter Rehwinkel – PvdA (2007–2009)
 * Ruard Ganzevoort – GL (2011–2023)

Current

 * Kim van Sparretak – GL (since 2019)

Former

 * Herman Verbeek – PPR (1984–1986), GL (1989–1994)
 * Dennis de Jong – SP (2009-2019)
 * Wim van de Camp – CDA (2009-2019)

Current

 * Jan Franssen – VVD (since 2014)

Former

 * Hein Vos – PvdA (1968–1972)
 * Herman Tjeenk Willink – PvdA (1997–2012)

Current

 * Arno Brok (VVD)
 * Friesland (since 2017)

Former

 * Jan Franssen (VVD)
 * South Holland (2000–2013)
 * Clemens Cornielje (VVD)
 * Gelderland (2005–2019)

Current

 * Jaap Nawijn (VVD)
 * Ouder-Amstel (2003–2007)
 * Heemskerk (2007–2012)
 * Hollands Kroon (since 2012)
 * Frans Buijserd (CDA)
 * Aalburg (2003–2007)
 * Nieuwkoop (since 2007)
 * Toon Mans (VVD)
 * Hillegom (2003–2011)
 * Castricum (since 2011)
 * Peter Rehwinkel (PvdA)
 * Naarden (2004–2009)
 * Groningen (2009–2013)
 * Zaltbommel (since 2017)
 * Roland van Benthem (VVD)
 * Eemnes (since 2005)
 * Sjoerd Potters (VVD)
 * De Bilt (since 2017)
 * Joris Bengevoord (GL)
 * Winterswijk (since 2017)
 * Onno Hoes (VVD)
 * Maastricht (2010–2015)
 * Haarlemmermeer (2017-2019)

Former

 * Ien Dales (PvdA)
 * Nijmegen (1987–1989)
 * Ton Jansen (PvdA)
 * Neerijnen (1988–2005)
 * Jan Franssen (VVD)
 * Zwolle (1994–2000)
 * Arno Brok (VVD)
 * Sneek (2003–2010)
 * Dordrecht (2010–2017)
 * Geert Dales (VVD)
 * Leeuwarden (2004–2007)
 * Anne Lize van der Stoel (VVD)
 * Teylingen (2013–2014)
 * Ger Koopmans (CDA)
 * Stein (2013)
 * Kajsa Ollongren (D66)
 * Amsterdam (2017)

Current

 * Rob Jetten - D66 (2017–2021, since 2023)

Former

 * Peter Lankhorst – GL (1993–1994)
 * Pim Fortuyn – LN (2001–2002), LPF (2002)
 * Boris Dittrich – D66 (2003–2006)
 * Henk Krol – 50PLUS (since 2016, 2012–2013)

Former

 * Hein Vos – PvdA (1953–1955, 1960–1961)
 * Herman Verbeek – PPR (1977–1981)
 * Pim Fortuyn – LPF (2002)
 * Herman Meijer – GL (2003–2006)
 * Heleen Weening – GL (2012)

Party Board Members/Political Consultants

 * Alfred Vierling – CP, CD
 * Ed Sinke – VVD
 * Frits Huffnagel – VVD