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420575 | Major-General's Song | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Major-General's%20Song | Major-General's Song
I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery –
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy –
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee.
For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury,
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General./poem
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# In popular culture.
## Film references.
"The Pirate Movie", a 1982 modern musical parody of "The Pirates of Penzance", features many songs from the opera, including this song. Contemporary references were introduced, as when | 20,900 |
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the Major-General adds to the song "Man, I'm older than The Beatles, but I'm younger than The Rolling Stones." In the 1983 film "Never Cry Wolf", the hero sings the song. Similarly, in the 2001 time-travel comedy "Kate & Leopold", Leopold sings the song; however, the scene is anachronistic in that "The Pirates of Penzance" premiered in 1879, "after" Leopold had already left his own time of 1876. A nonsense pastiche of the song in 2017 film "Despicable Me 3", sung by Minions, was uploaded to YouTube by Illumination Entertainment as a singalong challenge; the video has been viewed more than 18 million times.
## Television references.
The song, or parts of it, has been sung in numerous television | 20,901 |
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programs. For example, "The Muppet Show" (season 3, episode 52) staged a duet of the song with guest host Gilda Radner and a talking carrot. Radner had requested a seven-foot-tall talking "parrot", but Kermit had difficulty reading her handwriting. In a short cutaway from the 2012 "Family Guy" episode "Killer Queen", Peter plays the Major-General in a community theater production and mumbles all through the opening verse of the song. The 2003 VeggieTales cartoon episode "The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment!" features Archibald Asparagus singing the first verse of the song. In Season 2, Episode 13 of USA Network series "In Plain Sight", "Let's Get It Ahn", WITSEC workers, Mary and Eleanor, sing | 20,902 |
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along to the song while listening to it being played as hold music. In a Season 3 episode of "Home Improvement", "Room for Change" (1994), Al Borland, believing that he is in a sound-proof booth, belts out the first stanza but is heard by everyone.
Other examples of television renditions of the song include the "Babylon 5" episode "Atonement", sung by Marcus Cole to irritate fellow passenger Dr. Franklin; "The Wind In The Willows" episode "A Producer's Lot" (Series 3, Episode 11) sung by Mole (Richard Pearson); the "Married... with Children" episode "Peggy and the Pirates" (Season 7, Episode 18); the "" episode "Disaster"; two episodes of "Frasier", including "Fathers and Sons", where Martin | 20,903 |
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joins in the song, singing, "With many awful facts about the scary hippopotamus!"; the "Mad About You" episode "Moody Blues" (Season 6, Episode 5); and the "Deep Space Homer" episode of "The Simpsons". Sometimes the song is used in an audition situation. For example, in the "Two and a Half Men" episode "And the Plot Moistens" (Season 3, Episode 21), Alan sings the first verse of the song to persuade Jake to join the school musical. Similarly, in season 2 of "Slings & Arrows", Richard Smith-Jones uses the song to audition for the festival's musical. In the pilot episode of "90210", Annie Wilson sings the beginning of the song in a flash back of her old school performance. The song is sung by | 20,904 |
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Brick Breeland in season 1 of "Hart of Dixie" in episode 19, "Destiny & Denial".
Parodies or pastiches of the song have been sung in a number of television programs. For example, the computer-animated series "ReBoot" ended its third season (Episode 39: "End Prog") with a recap of the entire season, set to the song's tune. The "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" episode "The Cold Open" (2006), the cast of "Studio 60" opens with a parody: "We'll be the very model of a modern network TV show; we hope that you don't mind that our producer was caught doing blow". In "Doctor Who and the Pirates", the Doctor (played by Colin Baker) sings, "I am the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer". Other songs, | 20,905 |
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from "Pirates", "Pinafore" and "Ruddigore", are parodied. When he hosted "Saturday Night Live", David Hyde Pierce's monologue was a parody of the song. In the "Animaniacs" short "H.M.S. Yakko", Yakko sings "I am the Very Model of a Cartoon Individual". In the "Scrubs" episode "My Musical", the song is parodied in "The Rant Song" sung by Dr. Cox. In a 2011 GEICO commercial, a couple that wants to save money, but still listen to musicals, finds a roommate, dressed as the Major General, who awkwardly begins the song while dancing on a coffee table.
## Other parodies and pastiches.
The song has been widely parodied and pastiched, including by Tom Lehrer's "Elements Song", "The Unix Sysadmin Song", | 20,906 |
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written for the book "The Unix Companion" by Harley Hahn, which replaces the military references with Unix trivia and one featured in comic No. 1052 on the webcomic "xkcd" in 2012. This comic then became the subject of numerous musical adaptations. "The Elements" inspired the "Boy Scout Merit Badge Song", listing all the merit badges that can be earned from the Boy Scouts of America In the video games "Mass Effect 2" and "Mass Effect 3", the character Dr. Mordin Solus sings a short pastiche version ("I am the very model of a scientist Salarian"). In the 2013 animated video documentary "", John de Lancie and Tara Strong speak a pastiche titled "Let's Go and Meet the Bronies", which separately | 20,907 |
420575 | Major-General's Song | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Major-General's%20Song | Major-General's Song
received over 2 million views on YouTube.
On the last night of The Proms in 2000, the outgoing conductor, Sir Andrew Davis, sang a pastiche of the song celebrating the festival. When Derek Pattinson retired as Secretary-General of the General Synod of the Church of England in 1990, a choir sang a variation on the Major-General's Song, with the line "He was the very model of a Secretary-General", in a meeting of the General Synod. In 2010, a parody version of the song was posted as an op-ed piece in the "Richmond Times-Dispatch" mocking actions of the Attorney General of Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli. In 2010, Ron Butler released a YouTube video pastiche of the song, in character as President Obama, | 20,908 |
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that received more than 1.8 million views. Florida gubernatorial candidate Michael E. Arth released a YouTube video in 2010 of him singing "I am the Very Model of a Pragmatic Humanitarian" while using placards as Bob Dylan did in "Dont Look Back". A 2015 YouTube parody satirizing county clerk Kim Davis called "The Modern Fundamentalist" was distributed by media outlets.
The character George Washington, in the song "Right Hand Man" from the 2015 musical "Hamilton" by Lin-Manuel Miranda, refers to himself with irony as "The model of a modern major general", which he rhymes with "men are all" and "pedestal". Miranda commented: "I always felt like 'mineral' wasn't the best possible rhyme." Stephen | 20,909 |
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Hand Man" from the 2015 musical "Hamilton" by Lin-Manuel Miranda, refers to himself with irony as "The model of a modern major general", which he rhymes with "men are all" and "pedestal". Miranda commented: "I always felt like 'mineral' wasn't the best possible rhyme." Stephen Colbert opined that some verses of "Favorite Song" by rap artist Chance the Rapper (featuring Childish Gambino), utilize the same rhythm as the Major-General's Song.
# References.
Notes
Sources
# External links.
- Major General Song at TV Tropes
Parodies:
- Animaniacs episode "HMS Yakko"
- Gilbert & Sullivan parodies
- "I am the very model of a Usenet personality", by Tom Holt
- Johns Hopkins University promo | 20,910 |
420602 | Graham Young | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graham%20Young | Graham Young
Graham Young
Graham Frederick Young (7 September 1947 – 1 August 1990) best known as the Teacup Poisoner and later the St. Albans Poisoner, was an English serial killer who used poison to kill his victims. He was sent to Broadmoor Hospital in 1962 after poisoning several members of his family. In 1971 when he was released, he went on to poison 7 more people and killed two. He was then sent to Parkhurst Prison where he died of a heart attack in 1990.
# Early life and crimes.
Young was born in Neasden in Middlesex. His mother died a few months after his birth. He was sent by his father to live with an uncle and aunt, while his older sister went to live with grandparents. A few years later he | 20,911 |
420602 | Graham Young | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graham%20Young | Graham Young
was separated from his aunt and uncle in order to live with his father and new stepmother.
He was fascinated from an early age by poisons and their effects. In 1959 Young passed his eleven-plus, and went to grammar school.
In 1961, he started to test poisons (including antimony) on his family, enough to make them violently ill. Beginning in February, 37-year-old Molly Young had suffered vomiting, diarrhoea and excruciating stomach pain, which she initially dismissed as bilious attacks. Before long her husband Fred, 44, was also suffering, with similar stomach cramps debilitating him for days at a time. Then Young's sister was violently ill on a couple of occasions that summer. Shortly afterwards, | 20,912 |
420602 | Graham Young | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graham%20Young | Graham Young
Young himself was violently sick at home.
It even seemed as if the mystery bug had spread beyond their household: a couple of Young's school friends had also been off school ill a couple of times with similar painful symptoms.
In November 1961, Winifred Young was served a cup of tea by her brother one morning, but found its taste so sour she took only one mouthful before she threw it away. While on the train to work an hour later, she began to hallucinate, had to be helped out of the station and was eventually taken to hospital, where doctors came to the conclusion that she had somehow been exposed to the poisonous "Atropa belladonna". Fred Young confronted his son, but Graham blamed Winifred, | 20,913 |
420602 | Graham Young | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graham%20Young | Graham Young
whom he claimed had been using the family's teacups to mix shampoo. Unconvinced, Fred searched Graham's room, but found nothing incriminating. Nevertheless, he warned his son to be more careful in future when "messing about with those bloody chemicals".
On Easter Saturday, 21 April 1962, Young's stepmother, Molly, died from poisoning and shortly afterwards his father became seriously ill and was taken to hospital where he was told that he was suffering from antimony poisoning and one more dose would have killed him. Young's aunt, who knew of his fascination with chemistry and poisons, became suspicious, as did his science teacher (Mr Hughes) who discovered several bottles of poison in Young's | 20,914 |
420602 | Graham Young | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Graham%20Young | Graham Young
desk and spoke to the school's headmaster about his concerns. Young was sent to a psychiatrist, who recommended contacting the police. Young was arrested on 23 May 1962 and confessed to the attempted murders of his father, sister, and friend. The remains of his stepmother could not be analysed because she had been cremated which was suggested by Graham, and at the time her death was not treated as suspicious but rather as the result of complications from injuries sustained in a traffic accident.
Young was detained under the Mental Health Act in Broadmoor Hospital, an institution for patients with mental disorders who have committed offences, after having been assessed by two psychiatrists prior | 20,915 |
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to his trial and diagnosed as suffering from a personality disorder, and also schizophrenia (classed under the law then as psychopathic disorder as it was linked to abnormal violence). He was Broadmoor's youngest inmate since 1885.
Subsequent analysis has also suggested signs of the autism spectrum (cf Bowden 1996).
His detention was subject to special restriction meaning that subsequent discharge, leave of absence etc. would have to be approved by the Home Secretary. The Hospital Order initially stipulated that he should be detained for at least 15 years. The Secretary of State later noted that the index offences, for someone found sane, carried a sentence of no more than seven or eight years.
Young | 20,916 |
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was released after nine years, deemed "fully recovered".
In June 1970, after nearly eight years in Broadmoor, Edgar Udwin, the prison psychiatrist, wrote to the home secretary to recommend his release, announcing that Young "is no longer obsessed with poisons, violence and mischief".
However, in the hospital Young had studied medical texts, improving his knowledge of poisons, and continued experiments using inmates and staff (one of whom died). It was rumoured that his knowledge of poisons was such that he could even extract cyanide from laurel bush leaves on the mental hospital grounds and that he used this cyanide to murder fellow inmate John Berridge.
# Later crimes.
After release from | 20,917 |
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hospital in February 1971, he began work as a quartermaster at John Hadland Laboratories in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, near his sister's home in Hemel Hempstead. The company manufactured thallium bromide-iodide infrared lenses, which were used in military equipment. However, no thallium was stored on site, and Young obtained his supplies of the poison from a London chemist. His employers received references as part of Young's rehabilitation from Broadmoor, but were not informed of his past as a convicted poisoner. Young's probation officer never visited Young's home or place of work (official Aavold Report into the Young case, 1973).
Soon after he began work, his foreman, Bob Egle, grew ill | 20,918 |
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and died. Young had been making tea laced with poisons for his colleagues. A sickness swept through his workplace and, mistaken for a virus, was nicknamed the Bovingdon Bug. These cases of nausea and illness, sometimes severe enough to require hospitalisation, were later attributed to Young and his tea.
Young poisoned about 7 people during the next few months, none fatally. Egle's successor sickened soon after starting work there, but decided to quit. A few months after Egle's death, another of Young's workmates, Fred Biggs, grew ill and was admitted to London National Hospital for Nervous Diseases (now part of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery). It was too late and after | 20,919 |
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suffering agony for several weeks, he became Young's fourth and final victim.
At this point, it was evident that an investigation was necessary. Young asked the company doctor if the investigators had considered thallium poisoning. He also told a colleague that his hobby was the study of toxic chemicals. Young's colleague went to the police, who uncovered Young's criminal record.
Young was arrested in Sheerness, Kent, on 21 November 1971. Police found thallium in his pocket and antimony, thallium and aconitine in his home. They also discovered a detailed diary that Young had kept, noting the doses he had administered, their effects, and whether he was going to allow each person to live or | 20,920 |
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die.
At his trial at St Albans Crown Court, which started on 19 June 1972 and lasted for ten days, Young pleaded not guilty, and claimed the diary was a fantasy for a novel. Young was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. He was dubbed "The Teacup Poisoner".
While in prison, he befriended fellow serial killer Moors murderer Ian Brady, with whom he shared a fascination with Nazi Germany. In his book, "The Gates of Janus" (2001) published by Feral House, Brady wrote that "it was hard not to have empathy for Graham Young". The reformed criminal Roy Shaw, in his autobiography "Pretty Boy" (2003), recounts his friendship with Young.
Young died in his cell at Parkhurst prison on the evening | 20,921 |
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of 1 August 1990, one month before his 43rd birthday. The cause of death was listed as myocardial infarction at an inquest, after a postmortem.
# In popular culture.
A film called "The Young Poisoner's Handbook" is loosely based on Young's life.
In November 2005, a 16-year-old Japanese schoolgirl was arrested for poisoning her mother with thallium. She claimed to be fascinated by Young, having seen the 1995 film, and kept an online blog, similar to Young’s diary, recording dosage and reactions.
The metal band Macabre wrote a song about Young called "Poison". It was published in 2003 on their album "Murder Metal".
# Aftermath.
The notorious case of Graham Young, which led to the Butler | 20,922 |
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the Butler Report 1975, also led to the expansion in forensic mental health services with the development of regional (now referred to as medium) secure units in most of the health regions in England and Wales. Prior to that there had been only the high security hospitals of Broadmoor, Rampton and Ashworth.
# Further reading.
- Michael H. Stone, M.D. & Gary Brucato, Ph.D., The New Evil: Understanding the Emergence of Modern Violent Crime (Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books), pp. 479-480. .
# External links.
- Crimelibrary entry for Graham Young
- Debate in Parliament about the case (Hansard, HC Deb 29 June 1972 vol 839 cc1673-85).
- (Documentary of Young's life presented by Fred Dinenage) | 20,923 |
420632 | Jan Frederik Gronovius | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jan%20Frederik%20Gronovius | Jan Frederik Gronovius
Jan Frederik Gronovius
Jan Frederik Gronovius (also seen as Johann Frederik and Johannes Fredericus) (10 February 1690 in Leiden – 10 July 1762 in Leiden) was a Dutch botanist notable as a patron of Linnaeus.
John Clayton, a plant collector in Virginia sent him many specimens, as well as manuscript descriptions, in the 1730s. Without Clayton's knowledge, Gronovius used the material in his "Flora Virginica" (1739–43, 2nd ed. 1762).
He was the son of Jakob Gronovius and grandson of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, both classical scholars. In 1719, he married Margaretha Christina Trigland, who died in 1726, and Johanna Susanna Alensoon in 1729. His son Laurens Theodoor Gronovius (1730–1777) was also | 20,924 |
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tch botanist notable as a patron of Linnaeus.
John Clayton, a plant collector in Virginia sent him many specimens, as well as manuscript descriptions, in the 1730s. Without Clayton's knowledge, Gronovius used the material in his "Flora Virginica" (1739–43, 2nd ed. 1762).
He was the son of Jakob Gronovius and grandson of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, both classical scholars. In 1719, he married Margaretha Christina Trigland, who died in 1726, and Johanna Susanna Alensoon in 1729. His son Laurens Theodoor Gronovius (1730–1777) was also a botanist.
# External links.
- Clayton herbarium page with Gronovius picture
- Gronovius genealogy
- J. F. Gronovius: "Flora Virginica" 1745 on GoogleBooks | 20,925 |
420625 | Miles Glacier Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miles%20Glacier%20Bridge | Miles Glacier Bridge
Miles Glacier Bridge
The Miles Glacier Bridge, also known as the Million Dollar Bridge, was built in the early 1900s across the Copper River fifty miles from Cordova in what is now the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a multiple-span Pennsylvania truss bridge which completed a railroad line for the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, built by J. P. Morgan and the Guggenheim family to haul copper from the old mining town of Kennicott, now located within the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, to the port of Cordova. It earned its nickname because of its $1.4 million cost, well recouped by the about $200 million worth of copper ore which was shipped as a result of its construction.
Current | 20,926 |
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access to the bridge is limited to jet boat travel up the Copper River or boat travel downriver from Chitina due to the erosion along the Copper River Highway.
# History.
The Copper River and Northwestern Railway and associated bridges were built between 1906 and 1911 by Michael James Heney. This bridge was the most significant of the group. However, its use as a railroad bridge ended in 1938 when the Copper River and Northwestern Railway shut down.
Work to convert the old rail bed into a highway bridge was completed in 1958. Bridges along the Copper River Highway from Cordova to Chitina were destroyed in the 1964 Alaska earthquake, but the Million Dollar Bridge was "merely damaged". One | 20,927 |
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of the bridge spans, #4, slipped off its foundation after the earthquake.
In 1958, a plaque was placed on the bridge:
This Bridge once served the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad trains, and was converted to a Highway Bridge in 1958. The Bridge crosses the Copper River between two scenic and active glaciers. The Childs Glacier to the west and the Miles Glacier to the east. Known as the Million Dollar Bridge, and constructed during severe winter conditions. It was considered one of the great engineering feats of all time.
The bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
# Features.
The bridge at Mile 49 needed to span 1,500 feet of the Copper River between | 20,928 |
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two glaciers on either bank. Ice calving from the Miles Glacier meant the bridge needed to withstand icebergs, up to 20 feet in height, moving with the 7.2 miles per hour current. Additionally, the river ranged 24 feet in height. The bed of the river was loose sand and gravel to a depth of 20 feet.
The site was selected in 1907 and the bridge would have four spans, #1 at 400 feet, #2 at 300 feet, #3 at 450 feet and #4 at 400 feet, mounted on three piers. The piers would be placed on bars out of the way of most ice. Piers #1 and #2 required detached icebreakers. Excavation of the piers and icebreakers was accomplished through the use of caissons. The track reached the bridge site in Oct. 1908. | 20,929 |
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Actual bridge construction started on 5 April 1909 with span #1 completed in 10.5 days, span #2 in 6 days, span #3 in 10 days and span #4 was completed a month later. The bridge was in full service by July 1910.
# Repairs.
Temporary repairs, consisting of a rudimentary system of cables, I-beams, and planks, kept the bridge passable after the 1964 earthquake. The bridge was permanently repaired starting in 2004, and the repaired bridge was dedicated in August 2005. The controversial decision was made to repair it after a severe September 1995 flood caused the bridge to be impassable and also made an eventual washout of debris onto Childs Glacier inevitable. State engineers determined that it | 20,930 |
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was less expensive to repair the bridge than it would be to remove it, or (in a worst-case scenario) clean up if the bridge completely collapsed into the river. Such a cleanup would have been required due to the Copper River salmon runs. The repairs cost $16 million in federal and $3 million in state tax dollars.
# See also.
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
# External links.
- 1911 newspaper article about the Kenicott-Cordova line
- 1985 article from the Alaska Science Forum
- 2002 article from the Alaska Science Forum
- A panoramic image of the bridge, probably | 20,931 |
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o repair the bridge than it would be to remove it, or (in a worst-case scenario) clean up if the bridge completely collapsed into the river. Such a cleanup would have been required due to the Copper River salmon runs. The repairs cost $16 million in federal and $3 million in state tax dollars.
# See also.
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
# External links.
- 1911 newspaper article about the Kenicott-Cordova line
- 1985 article from the Alaska Science Forum
- 2002 article from the Alaska Science Forum
- A panoramic image of the bridge, probably taken in the 1920s | 20,932 |
420634 | Judith Steinberg Dean | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judith%20Steinberg%20Dean | Judith Steinberg Dean
Judith Steinberg Dean
Judith Steinberg Dean (born May 9, 1953) is an American physician from Burlington, Vermont. She is the wife of Howard Dean, the former Governor of Vermont and past chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Steinberg Dean was the First Lady of Vermont from 1991 until 2003.
# Early life.
Judith Steinberg grew up on Long Island in Roslyn, outside New York City. Her parents were both doctors, and her family was Jewish.
She earned her bachelor's degree in biochemistry at Princeton University and then received her Doctor of Medicine degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, where she met fellow medical student Howard Dean.
# Career.
After | 20,933 |
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completing a fellowship in hematology at McGill University in Montreal, Steinberg moved to Burlington, Vermont, with Dean in order to set up their joint medical practice. She uses her family name "Dr. Steinberg" while in her practice to differentiate herself from her husband.
As her husband served in the Vermont House of Representatives, and as Lieutenant Governor and Governor, she remained working full-time in her practice. She did not campaign with her husband in his quest for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 until after he lost the Iowa caucuses.
# Personal life.
She married Howard Dean in 1981. They have two children, both of whom have been raised in and identify in | 20,934 |
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wship in hematology at McGill University in Montreal, Steinberg moved to Burlington, Vermont, with Dean in order to set up their joint medical practice. She uses her family name "Dr. Steinberg" while in her practice to differentiate herself from her husband.
As her husband served in the Vermont House of Representatives, and as Lieutenant Governor and Governor, she remained working full-time in her practice. She did not campaign with her husband in his quest for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 until after he lost the Iowa caucuses.
# Personal life.
She married Howard Dean in 1981. They have two children, both of whom have been raised in and identify in the Jewish faith. | 20,935 |
420624 | Ecdysone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ecdysone | Ecdysone
Ecdysone
Ecdysone is a steroidal prohormone of the major insect molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone, which is secreted from the prothoracic glands. Insect molting hormones (ecdysone and its homologues) are generally called ecdysteroids. Ecdysteroids act as moulting hormones of arthropods but also occur in other related phyla where they can play different roles. In "Drosophila melanogaster", an increase in ecdysone concentration induces the expression of genes coding for proteins that the larva requires, and it causes chromosome puffs (sites of high expression) to form in polytene chromosomes. Recent findings in the laboratory of Chris Q. Doe have found a novel role of this hormone in regulating | 20,936 |
420624 | Ecdysone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ecdysone | Ecdysone
temporal gene transitions within neural stem cells of the fruit fly.
Ecdysone and other ecdysteroids also appear in many plants mostly as a protection agent (toxins or antifeedants) against herbivorous insects. These phytoecdysteroids have been reputed to have medicinal value and are part of herbal adaptogenic remedies like Cordyceps, yet an ecdysteroid precursor in plants has been shown to have cytotoxic properties.
Tebufenozide, sold under the Bayer trademark MIMIC, has ecdysteroid activity although its chemical structure has little resemblance to the ecdysteroids.
# See also.
- Ecdysone receptor
- PTTH - Metamorphosis Initiator hormone
# External links.
- Ecdybase, The Ecdysone Handbook | 20,937 |
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m cells of the fruit fly.
Ecdysone and other ecdysteroids also appear in many plants mostly as a protection agent (toxins or antifeedants) against herbivorous insects. These phytoecdysteroids have been reputed to have medicinal value and are part of herbal adaptogenic remedies like Cordyceps, yet an ecdysteroid precursor in plants has been shown to have cytotoxic properties.
Tebufenozide, sold under the Bayer trademark MIMIC, has ecdysteroid activity although its chemical structure has little resemblance to the ecdysteroids.
# See also.
- Ecdysone receptor
- PTTH - Metamorphosis Initiator hormone
# External links.
- Ecdybase, The Ecdysone Handbook - a free online ecdysteroids database | 20,938 |
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Gerry Bermingham
Gerald Edward Bermingham (born 20 August 1940) is a British politician, and was Labour Member of Parliament for St Helens South from 1983 until 2001.
He was born 20 August 1940 in Dublin, Ireland, and educated at Cotton College, Wellingborough Grammar School and Sheffield University, where he obtained a degree in law. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1967, and was called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) in 1985. He was a Sheffield City councillor from 1975 to 1979. He contested South East Derbyshire in 1979, but was defeated by the incumbent Conservative Peter Rost.
In 1994, he was one of six Labour MPs who voted against any reduction in the age of consent for homosexuals, even to | 20,939 |
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Ireland, and educated at Cotton College, Wellingborough Grammar School and Sheffield University, where he obtained a degree in law. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1967, and was called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) in 1985. He was a Sheffield City councillor from 1975 to 1979. He contested South East Derbyshire in 1979, but was defeated by the incumbent Conservative Peter Rost.
In 1994, he was one of six Labour MPs who voted against any reduction in the age of consent for homosexuals, even to 18 (at the time, the age of consent was 21).
On his retirement, he was succeeded by Shaun Woodward, a Conservative defector, who swapped his old seat of Witney to represent the ultra-safe St Helens South. | 20,940 |
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Jackie Ballard
Jacqueline Margaret Ballard (née Mackenzie; born 4 January 1953) has been a charity senior manager, politician and journalist in the United Kingdom. Her former roles include Director General of the RSPCA, Chief Executive of RNID and Chief Executive of Womankind Worldwide.
# Early career.
Jacqueline Margaret Mackenzie was born in Dunoon, Scotland. Her family moved, when she was 10, to South Wales, where she studied at Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls. She then read social psychology at the London School of Economics. She was recruited into the then Liberal Party by Paddy Ashdown and was elected a Councillor for both the South Somerset District Council (1987–1991) and Somerset | 20,941 |
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County Council (1993–1997). She stood as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate in Taunton in the 1992 general election, coming second, before winning the seat in 1997.
# MP for Taunton.
Ballard was elected the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Taunton, at the 1997 general election, beating the incumbent MP David Nicholson (Conservative) by 2,443 votes and a swing of 4.6%.
During her time as an MP, Ballard was a vocal and prominent campaigner against blood sports, in particular fox and stag hunting. Ballard came under considerable pressure due to her stance, once having to receive police protection during a constituency surgery which was lobbied by hunt supporters. It has been | 20,942 |
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suggested that her work with regards to this ban contributed to her losing her seat, which prepared the way for her role as CEO of the RSPCA.
In Parliament, she was spokesperson on Women's Issues and on Local Government from 1997–99, and from 1999 to 2001, was Deputy Home Affairs Spokesman. She was also co-sponsor of the first bill which attempted to ban fox hunting, which is widely seen as an important factor in her defeat at the 2001 election. She stood for the post of leader of the Liberal Democrats in 1999, but was defeated by Charles Kennedy, and came fourth out of five candidates. She lost her seat at the 2001 general election by 235 votes, to the Conservative candidate Adrian Flook.
# | 20,943 |
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Iran.
After losing her seat in 2001, Ballard spent some time studying in Iran.""I was lucky enough to have £25,000 redundancy money and no dependants and I realised that for the first time in my life, at the age of 48, I was free. I am divorced, my daughter had just graduated and started work and my mother, although not always in the best of health, did not need me to look after her. I decided to combine two of my passions and to pursue something completely different...I am now on my fifth visit to the country [Iran], researching and writing my thesis while learning the language, Farsi (referring to Persian).""
She wrote about her experience of the chador as a western woman in Iran.""I wonder | 20,944 |
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how the media might have treated Ann Widdecombe or Blair's so called 'babes' if all women MPs here wore the uniform of the chador. Perhaps then the women in Parliament would be taken more seriously as professional politicians doing a job, not as fat or thin women in grey or pink suits. Maybe then I would not have been described by some witty journalist as having 'a good face for radio' or be told by the late Auberon Waugh that I was 'too fat to be an MP'.""
# Career after Westminster.
In September 2002, she was appointed Director General of the RSPCA. Her appointment was criticised as she was seen as too inexperienced. The controversy continued as, to solve the financial problems the RSPCA | 20,945 |
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was facing, she made substantial changes, including 300 job cuts. However, by 2004 the RSPCA had balanced its books and made £7 million savings, seeming to vindicate Ballard's approach.
Ballard was appointed Chief Executive of the RNID in October 2007. She was appointed as the Chief Executive of Womankind Worldwide in September 2012 but stepped down from the role after only ten months in June 2013.
In December 2009, Ballard was appointed to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority which supervises MPs' expenses. She was one of four members of IPSA who announced in December 2012 that they would not seek reappointment.
She was interviewed in 2014 as part of The History of Parliament's | 20,946 |
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pointed as the Chief Executive of Womankind Worldwide in September 2012 but stepped down from the role after only ten months in June 2013.
In December 2009, Ballard was appointed to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority which supervises MPs' expenses. She was one of four members of IPSA who announced in December 2012 that they would not seek reappointment.
She was interviewed in 2014 as part of The History of Parliament's oral history project.
# Personal life.
She was married to Derek Ballard from 1975 to 1989.
# External links.
- Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Jackie Ballard
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Jackie Ballard
- The Public Whip - Jackie Ballard voting record
- RNID | 20,947 |
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Richard Karn
Richard Karn Wilson (born February 17, 1956) is an American actor and former game show host. He is best known for his co-starring role as Al Borland in the 1990s sitcom "Home Improvement" and his tenure as the fourth host of "Family Feud" from 2002 to 2006.
# Early life.
Karn was born Richard Karn Wilson in Seattle, Washington. His father Gene was a Seabee who served in World War II. Richard graduated from Roosevelt High School and the University of Washington, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. Karn also gained drama experience in Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival.
After earning his drama degree in 1979, Karn moved to New York City, where in less than one week he was hired | 20,948 |
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to do a commercial for Michelob beer that was featured during Super Bowl XIV. When he joined the Screen Actors Guild, he was informed there was already a Richard Wilson, prompting him to drop his last name.
# Show business career.
In 1989, his wife Tudi convinced him to move to Los Angeles. He found a place for them to live by managing an apartment complex, catering events at a Jewish synagogue on the side. After receiving a traffic citation, Karn attended a traffic school and sat beside an agent who told him about casting for the new television show "Home Improvement". The role of Al Borland had already been given to Stephen Tobolowsky, but when taping was scheduled, Tobolowsky was busy with | 20,949 |
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another movie and the role had to be recast. Karn was a guest star in the pilot episode but became a regular cast member when the show was picked up by the network.
In 2002, Karn replaced Louie Anderson as the fourth host of the game show "Family Feud". Karn left "Family Feud" in 2006 and was replaced by John O'Hurley.
In 2002, Karn made an appearance in The Strokes' music video for "Someday", which featured segments of the band on a fictional showing of "Family Feud" against the band Guided by Voices.
On October 6, 2008, Karn replaced Patrick Duffy as host of Game Show Network's "Bingo America". Karn served as a substitute host on GSN Radio.
Karn did commercials for Orchard Supply Hardware | 20,950 |
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d". Karn left "Family Feud" in 2006 and was replaced by John O'Hurley.
In 2002, Karn made an appearance in The Strokes' music video for "Someday", which featured segments of the band on a fictional showing of "Family Feud" against the band Guided by Voices.
On October 6, 2008, Karn replaced Patrick Duffy as host of Game Show Network's "Bingo America". Karn served as a substitute host on GSN Radio.
Karn did commercials for Orchard Supply Hardware in the 1990s.
# Books.
- "House Broken: How I Remodeled My Home for Just Under Three Times the Original Bid" (1999) – (with George Mair)
- "Handy at Home: Tips on Improving Your Home from America's Favorite Handyman" (2002) – (with George Mair) | 20,951 |
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HMS Centaur (R06)
HMS "Centaur" was the first of the four light fleet carriers of the Royal Navy. She was the only ship of her class to be completed with the original design configuration of a straight axial flight deck, rather than the newly invented angled flight decks of her three later sister ships. She was laid down in 1944 in Belfast with the contract being awarded to Harland and Wolff but not launched until 22 April 1947 due to delays relating to the end of the war. She was commissioned on 1 September 1953, a gap of almost nine years from when she was laid down in 1944.
"Centaur" saw service throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. Due to budgetary issues "Centaur" was not converted to | 20,952 |
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a commando carrier like two of her sister ships. "Centaur" was withdrawn from service in August 1965 and sold for scrapping in 1972.
# Completion.
"Centaur" was completed with an axial flight deck, marked by a broken white line running down the middle of the entire length of the flight deck. She began her contractor's sea trials in March 1953 and commissioned on 17 September 1953. Her aviation facilities as completed included 2 x BH5 hydraulic catapults at the bow, six arrestor wires, two capacity aircraft lifts, measuring forward and aft. Her single hangar measured and she had stowage for of AVCAT and Avgas aviation fuel.
Following the completion of her sea and machinery trials in October | 20,953 |
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1953, she was taken in hand at Portsmouth Dockyard, to be fitted with an interim 5.5 degree angled deck, which was already being added to her as yet uncompleted sister ships, and . This required cutting down the port sheerstrake, re-siting the walkways and removing three twin Bofors guns and their directors. Upon completion of this work in April 1954, she was finally able to join the fleet as the first angled-deck carrier in the Royal Navy and undertook her initial flying trials in the English Channel from May to July 1954.
# Operational history.
## First commission.
"Centaur"s first Captain, appointed on 13 August 1953, was Captain H.P.Sears, RN, who remained with her until replaced in October | 20,954 |
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1954, by Captain H.C.F Rolfe, RN, who was to stay with her until the end of her First Commission.
"Centaur"s initial air group of 25 aircraft, as embarked in July 1954, consisted of nine Hawker Sea Hawk FGA6 of 806 Squadron, nine Hawker Sea Fury FB11 of 810 Squadron, six Grumman Avenger AS anti-submarine aircraft of 820 Squadron and one Westland Dragonfly HR5 of the ship's flight. "Centaur" was initially intended to join the Mediterranean Fleet for a period of four months, before heading east of Suez to relieve as the duty carrier in the Far East. As events transpired however, she was to remain in the Mediterranean until June 1955. Her activities during this period included exercises in company | 20,955 |
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with her sister ship "Albion" and NATO allies, embarking British troops during the withdrawal from Trieste in October 1954, escorting the royal yacht during a Royal Tour and numerous visits to friendly ports. Whilst at Malta in February 1955, the Sea Furys of 810 Squadron were disembarked and the squadron later flew back to the UK to be disbanded; they were replaced by nine Sea Hawks of 803 Squadron which were transferred from "Albion" in March 1955. The Avenger AS4s of 820 Squadron were similarly replaced by six Avenger AS5s of 814 Squadron.
From June 1955 until January 1956, "Centaur" was based in home waters and undertook a range of visits and exercises with other carriers of the fleet. | 20,956 |
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After two months spent in Portsmouth from November 1955, she left for the Far East on 10 January 1956, in company with "Albion". Further changes to her air-group saw the Avengers of 814 Squadron replaced by the re-formed 820 Squadron, with six Fairey Gannet AS4s. After passing through the Suez Canal, she visited Aden in February to undertake flying exercises with RAF Venoms based at RAF Khormaksar. This was followed by a visit to India, where the two carriers provided flying demonstrations for the Indian government, who were at that time interested in acquiring an aircraft carrier for the Indian Navy. This eventually resulted in the purchase, the following year, of the incomplete , completed | 20,957 |
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in 1961 to an updated design as . Further exercises were carried out in the Indian Ocean, before heading east to visit Hong Kong and Singapore. She crossed the line for the first time on 26 April "en route" back from Singapore to Devonport via Suez and Malta, arriving on 15 May 1956.
## Modernisation.
In the mid 1950s Government Defence Policy was to maintain a fleet of four active aircraft carriers to meet both NATO and Imperial commitments. In practice this meant a total fleet of five to six ships, allowing for refits, modernisation and training. The rapid advances in naval aviation technology during this period, such as the angled deck, steam catapults and mirror landing sight, coupled | 20,958 |
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with the planned introduction of the new, heavier second-generation jet fighters such as the Supermarine Scimitar and De Havilland Sea Vixen, rendered the existing Carrier fleet obsolescent. Only (completed in 1955), the rebuilt , and under-construction , due to join the fleet in 1958 and 1959 respectively, had the capability to operate the new aircraft. Thus it was decided to rebuild from 1959-64 to the same standard as "Victorious" and "Hermes", followed by a similar upgrade to "Ark Royal". This left a potential period of five years between 1959 and 1964 when a maximum of three carriers would be available. The Admiralty therefore searched for an interim solution to bridge this feared gap.
The | 20,959 |
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design limitations of the three "Centaur"-class carriers completed in 1953-4 meant that a rebuild to the standard adopted for the other carriers would be difficult, if not impossible. A particular problem was the lack of hangar deck strength, which when the ships were ordered in 1943, was specified to handle aircraft. A fully loaded Sea Vixen FAW1 could weigh up to and the Scimitar up to . This would mean that in operation these aircraft would have to be armed and fuelled on the flight deck. Nonetheless, no other hulls were available, and given the potential "gap", a quick solution was needed. It was therefore decided that one "Centaur"-class would be given a limited modernisation, to give her | 20,960 |
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the minimum capability to operate these aircraft. "Centaur" herself was selected for this purpose in May 1956.
Between June 1956 and August 1958, "Centaur" underwent her partial modernisation at Devonport Dockyard. This involved the installation of two BS4 steam catapults forward, the removal of the Bofors guns on the flight deck, improved Air Operations facilities and the addition of a Type 963 blind-landing radome at the rear of the island. Some work was also done on a further slight extension on the port-side, to enable a six degree angled flight deck to be used. Her arrestor cables were not upgraded at this stage however. This was rectified in her 1960-61 refit when five arrestor wires | 20,961 |
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were fitted.
## Second commission.
"Centaur" recommissioned at Devonport on 3 September 1958, under the command of Captain Horace R Law, RN. Following the completion of post-refit ship trials in the Channel and South-West Approaches in November, she embarked her air group in preparation for her flying trials, which included visits from both Sea Vixens and Scimitars as well as two Gannet AEW3s. In January 1959 she embarked her full air-group, consisting of fourteen Hawker Sea Hawk FGA6s of 801 Squadron, eight Sea Venom FAW22s of 891 Squadron, eight Westland Whirlwind HS7s of 845 Squadron and four Douglas Skyraider AEW1s of 849 Squadron, D Flight.
From January to March she operated with the | 20,962 |
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Mediterranean Fleet based in Malta, before proceeding to the North Atlantic to take part in Exercise Dawn Breeze IV, in company with "Eagle" and the recently rebuilt and re-commissioned "Victorious". During March the Whirlwind helicopters of 845 Squadron were landed due to technical problems with their engines and she re-embarked Dragonflies to carry out SAR (Search And Rescue) duties. Six Gannet AS4s of 810 Squadron were also embarked from June 1959, to provide anti-submarine capability.
In April 1959, "Centaur" was used during the making of the film "Sink the Bismarck!" to depict flight operations from both Royal Navy aircraft carriers "Victorious" and ; (she is clearly marked with her post-war | 20,963 |
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pennant number R06 in both scenes). Three surviving Fairey Swordfish biplanes were restored and flown from her decks, and scenes were also shot on the bridge of the carrier, and in the aircrew briefing room. One of the Swordfish was piloted by the test pilot Peter Twiss.
After her brief spell in the limelight, "Centaur" spent a few weeks in home waters, carrying out flying operations and paid visits to Copenhagen, Denmark and Brest, France before departing for the Mediterranean via Lisbon and Gibraltar. Whilst at Gibraltar further changes to her air-group were made as the Skyraiders of 849D Squadron were disembarked, whilst the Gannets of 810 Squadron rejoined the ship. Following a transit | 20,964 |
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through the Suez Canal in late June, she operated in the Indian Ocean with visits to Kuwait, Aden and Trincomalee, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) where she was visited by the Prime Minister, Solomon Bandaranaike, shortly before his assassination in September 1959. After a month-long maintenance period in Singapore, she operated in Pacific waters for the next three and a half months, including joint exercises with off the Philippines and a visit to Australia, before returning to Singapore. Further operations in the Indian Ocean, including a visit to East Africa, followed before she left to return home, being replaced as the east of Suez carrier by "Albion". She arrived back at Devonport on 26 April having | 20,965 |
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steamed and carried out 7805 catapult launches, for the loss of one Sea Hawk, two Sea Venoms and a Dragonfly helicopter of the ships flight.
## Third commission.
"Centaur" was refitted at Portsmouth from September 1960 until March 1961, during which the upgraded arrestor wires were fitted and additional air-conditioning units installed. Her new Commanding Officer, Captain J.A.C.Henley, RN, had already joined the ship on 18 August 1960. Following sea-trials off Portland in March, she embarked her new air group during April, consisting of between six and eight Scimitar F1 of 807 Squadron, between six and nine Sea Vixen FAW1 of 893 Squadron, four Fairey Gannet AEW3 of 849 Squadron, A Flight, | 20,966 |
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and eight Whirlwind HAS7 of 824 Squadron.
During April she sailed for the Mediterranean to continue flying exercises with her new air-group and met "Hermes" for the first time at Gibraltar. Although she was originally scheduled to cross the North Atlantic for a visit to the USA and Canada, events in the Middle East were to lead to a rapid change of plans.
In June 1961, President Abd al-Karim Qasim of Iraq announced that Kuwait would be annexed by Iraq; the Emir of Kuwait requested assistance from the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia. The UK activated Operation "Vantage" and immediately sent "Victorious" and accompanying vessels. landed a company of 42 Commando, Royal Marines at Kuwait airport. | 20,967 |
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"Centaur" arrived from Malta in July to relieve "Victorious" on patrol in the Gulf. Iraq recognised Kuwaiti sovereignty in 1963, after Kassim had been killed in a coup.
With a reduction in tension following the decisive action of the Royal Navy to deter the would-be aggressor, "Centaur" was ordered to return to station off Aden, and subsequently returned home to Devonport in September, for a six-week maintenance period. During October she re-embarked her air-group and headed back through the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, to once again relieve "Victorious" as the duty carrier East of Suez in December. This duty saw visits to Mombasa (Kenya), Aden, Singapore and Hong Kong. In early December | 20,968 |
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she was engaged in flood relief work in Kenya, where the Tana River had burst its banks. Her Whirlwinds helped to ferry essential supplies to the cut-off areas and temporary camps. There was also a brief return to the Gulf in December 1961 when President Kassim of Iraq, resumed threats against Kuwait, before backing down again."Centaur" was relieved as the duty carrier by "Ark Royal" at the end of March and began her journey home.
During May 1962, her air group was dis-embarked as she entered a short maintenance period in Portsmouth Dockyard. 807 squadron was disbanded at this time, following a decision to phase out the Scimitar in favour of the Blackburn Buccaneer. "Centaur" lacked the capacity | 20,969 |
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to operate the Buccaneer, however the removal of the Scimitar Squadron did enable her to operate an enlarged squadron of twelve Sea Vixens instead.
On 18 June 1962, a new commanding officer, Captain Philip G Sharp, took over the ship, before she sailed to take part in exercises in the North Sea, following which she departed for Gibraltar. The rest of the summer was spent in the Mediterranean, including a three-week refit in Gibraltar, before she returned to home waters in October. On 19 November, whilst exercising in the Irish Sea, there was a sudden loss of pressure in "A" Boiler Room, which in turn led to a loss of power on the port engine and tripped lighting and radar circuits. This was | 20,970 |
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caused by the burst of a main steam-pipe in the boiler room and superheated steam at and at a pressure of up to escaping and killing, instantly, the five crew members on duty at the time in the boiler room. Engineering staff isolated the affected boiler and later that morning a rescue team wearing asbestos suits, were able to recover the bodies of their ship-mates. Later that day their coffins, wrapped in Union Jacks were flown off to RAF Valley and a memorial service was held. Centaur returned to Portsmouth 27 November for repairs that lasted until 22 January.
After working up with her air-group in the Channel, during which a Sea Vixen of 893 Squadron was tragically lost with her crew, "Centaur" | 20,971 |
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took part in further emergency relief work, this time at home, carrying supplies for isolated communities in Wales and Northern Ireland, cut off by the severe blizzards of the Winter of 1963. On 13 February 1963 she was ordered to proceed East of Suez to provide cover for Hermes which had been detailed to provide support for forces loyal to the Sultan of Brunei, following the Indonesian backed revolt, thus starting what became known as the Indonesian confrontation. She passed through the Suez Canal on 1 March and spent the next two months in the Indian Ocean, during a period of high tension following the February coup in Iraq, which had resulted in the removal of President Kassim. Centaur was | 20,972 |
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finally ordered to return home, arriving in Portsmouth on 22 May.
There had been speculation during this period that "Centaur" would be converted to a Commando Carrier, similar to her sister-ships, as the MacMillan government had originally only planned to keep her in service until "Eagle" rejoined the fleet in 1963/64. However the decision to keep 2 carriers available for service East of Suez meant that she would serve longer than originally intended in the fixed-wing role.
## Fourth commission.
"Centaur" was refitted in Portsmouth Dockyard between June and November 1963, during which she was fitted with a large Mirror Landing Sight on a sponson on the port-side of the flight deck and a | 20,973 |
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Type 965 air search radar was installed on a lattice foremast (taken from the Air Direction Destroyer "Battleaxe", which had been earmarked for disposal, after being badly damaged in a collision the previous year) at the front of her island. More air-conditioning units were also installed and further improvements were made to her Operations Room. Whilst alongside in Portsmouth in October she sustained slight damage to her bow, when the submarine HMS Porpoise collided with her after being caught by the ebb tide.
She re-commissioned on 15 November 1963, under the command of Captain O.H.M. St John Steiner. Her final, twenty-two strong, air-group was embarked shortly afterwards, consisting of twelve | 20,974 |
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Sea Vixen FAW1 of 892 Squadron, four Gannet AEW3 of 849 Squadron, A Flight, and the ships flight of one Whirlwind. She also occasionally embarked small detachments of Scimitars seconded from other squadrons. She was destined to be sent to the Far East, however before departing she undertook an emergency mission from the 23 to 24 December, to assist the Greek Cruise Liner "TSMS Lakonia", which had caught fire near Madeira. Centaur's helicopter helped to recover the victims of the tragedy, which claimed the lives of 128 passengers and crew; their bodies were disembarked on the ships lighter at Gibraltar on Christmas Day 1963 .
After a quick passage through the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal, | 20,975 |
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she arrived off Aden in January to continue her work-up, during which time she embarked the six Wessex helicopters of 815 Squadron from RAF Khormaksar to complete her air-group. She was also engaged in providing air support for Operations Damon and Nutcracker, an attempt to put down a rebellion in the Radfan region of Aden.
In January 1964, a mutiny occurred in Tanganyika. The 1st Tanganyika Rifles, who were based near the capital Dar-es-Salaam, had mutinied against their British officers, as well as seizing the British High Commissioner and taking over the airport. Britain decided, after urgent appeals for help from President Julius Nyerere, to deploy "Centaur" accompanied by 815 Naval Air | 20,976 |
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Squadron along with 45 Commando of the Royal Marines. When "Centaur" arrived at Dar-es-Salaam, a company of Royal Marines was landed by helicopter on a football field next to the barracks of the mutineers. The company assaulted the barracks with full force in a chaotic but swift attack. After a call for the mutinous soldiers to surrender failed, the company demolished the front of the guardroom with a shot from an anti-tank rocket launcher, which resulted in a large number of distressed soldiers pouring out into the open. Later, four Sea Vixens from "Centaur" provided cover for more Royal Marines, who were landed on an air strip. The operation was a success and the rest of the mutineers surrendered, | 20,977 |
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with the main culprits being arrested. Many Tanganyikans were jubilant when the country was restored to a stable and peaceful condition. The Royal Marine Band displayed the British forces appreciation of the friendly welcome they had received from the Tanganyikans while restoring the country to stability, by taking part in a heavy schedule of parades through the streets of Tanganyika. "Centaur" left on 29 January, nine days after originally sailing for what was then a country in crisis.
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against Singapore and the newly formed Malaysian Federation. During May "Centaur" was ordered to return to the Indian Ocean to provide further support in Aden, where the Radfan rebellion was escalating into a major conflict. Her Wessex helicopters were used to replace RAF Belvedere's suffering from engine failures.
During the summer her Sea Vixens undertook air strikes against the rebel forces in Radfan, helping to bring the campaign to a successful conclusion. Whilst exercising off Penang on 11 July, one of her Sea Vixen's and its crew were lost. A Gannet sent to search for the missing fighter was also lost although its crew were rescued. From 26 July she participated in exercise FOTEX 64 | 20,979 |
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with other units of the fleet in the South China Seas, later joining with the Royal Australian Navy Aircraft Carrier, Melbourne in Exercise Stopwatch during August. During September she became directly involved in what became known as the Indonesian Confrontation, when Indonesian troops were parachuted near the town of Labis, and sea-landings were made on the west coast of the Malayan peninsula. The invaders were quickly captured, however "Centaur" took station to prevent any further incursions in that area. She remained in the far-east until 25 November when she began the journey home for Christmas.
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from service later that year, the first of the Royal Navy's modern carrier fleet to be withdrawn. A deployment to the Mediterranean during April, May and June included a number of high-profile port visits and exercises with the fleet, as well as close encounters with the Soviet Black Sea Fleet. She returned to the UK during July and undertook a series of farewell visits to various ports and participated in a Royal Review of the Home Fleet in the Clyde during August. She returned to Portsmouth on 24 August 1965, and was open for visits by the public during Navy Days, before paying off for the last time on 27 September 1965.
## Final years.
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no money available to further modernise "Centaur" nor convert her to a Commando Carrier; such funds and resources as might have been available, were already committed to converting the Tiger Class Cruisers to become rudimentary Helicopter Carriers. Her use to the Navy was not quite over however, as she was consigned to the role of an accommodation ship for the crew of "Victorious" while the latter ship undertook a refit. In 1966, "Centaur" was towed to Devonport and was again used as an accommodation ship, this time for the aircraft carrier , while that ship was also refitted. In 1967 she was used as a tender for the RN Barracks, HMS Drake at Devonport, and was towed back to Portsmouth later | 20,982 |
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Drake at Devonport, and was towed back to Portsmouth later that year, to act as an accommodation ship for Hermes' during the latter ships' refit. In 1970, she was towed to Devonport, where after another spell as an accommodation ship, and with her condition now deteriorating significantly, she was put on the disposal list. She was sold on 11 August 1972 to Queenborough Shipbreaking Company, and shortly afterwards she was towed to Cairnryan and broken up.
# See also.
- Fleet Air Arm
# Publications.
- ("Hobbs BAC")
- ("Hobbs BCS")
# External links.
- Maritimequest HMS Centaur photo gallery
- More photos
- FAA Archive article on HMS "Centaur"
- HMS Bulwark Albion Centaur Photo Gallery | 20,983 |
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Ed Belfour
Edward John Belfour (born April 21, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.
Belfour was born in Carman, Manitoba and grew up playing hockey. He played junior hockey for the Winkler Flyers before going to the University of North Dakota where he helped the school win the NCAA championship in the 1986–87 season. The following year, Belfour signed as a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks (after not being picked in the draft) alternating time between them and the Saginaw Hawks of the International Hockey League. Many regard Belfour as an elite goaltender and one of the best of all-time. His 484 wins rank 3rd all-time among NHL goaltenders. His son, Dayn, is also | 20,984 |
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a goaltender, currently playing for the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Belfour was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in the 2011 class, his first year of eligibility. In addition Belfour is one of only two players to have won an NCAA championship, an Olympic Gold medal, and a Stanley Cup (the other such player is Neal Broten).
His characteristic face mask earned him the sobriquet "Eddie the Eagle", and some of his quirks and off-ice antics earned him the nickname "Crazy Eddie". After wearing #30 for his tenure with the Blackhawks, Belfour switched to #20 while a member of the San Jose Sharks as a tribute to Vladislav Tretiak, his goaltending coach and mentor from the Blackhawks. He would | 20,985 |
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wear this for the rest of his playing career.
# Playing career.
## Chicago Blackhawks.
In the 1989–90 season, Belfour began with the Canadian national men's hockey team, but was recalled by the Blackhawks for their postseason and set a 4-2 postseason mark with a 2.49 GAA.
The next season, 1990–91, Belfour became the starting goalie, and turned in what many consider to be one of the best rookie seasons in NHL history. He notched 43 victories in 74 games (both NHL rookie and Blackhawk team records), finished the season with a 2.47 GAA and 4 shutouts. He also led the league in Save% (.910). It was the last time a goalie led the league in Wins, Save%, and GAA until Carey Price achieved the feat | 20,986 |
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in the 2014–2015 season. For his success, he received the Calder Memorial Trophy for outstanding play by a rookie, and is the first person to receive the award under the "Makarov Rule" because he was a year under the new cutoff age of eligibility (26), the Vezina Trophy for best goaltender and the William M. Jennings Trophy for fewest team goals-against. He was also nominated for the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player, unprecedented at that time for a goaltender and rookie (Brett Hull of the St. Louis Blues won the award). He would win the Vezina Trophy again in 1993 and the Jennings Trophy in 1993, 1995, and 1999.
Belfour helped lead the Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup | 20,987 |
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Finals in the 1991–92 season, where they eventually lost in 4 games to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
However, by the 1995–96 season, tension was forming between Belfour and backup goalie Jeff Hackett, very similar to the tension between Belfour and his former backup, Dominik Hašek, which led to Hašek's trade to Buffalo. Belfour was traded to the San Jose Sharks midway through the 1996–97 season after turning down a contract extension from the Hawks.
Belfour finished his tenure with the Blackhawks ranking among the team leaders in many goaltending categories. Belfour finished third among all Blackhawk goalies in games played (415) and wins (201) in both categories ranking behind Hall of Famers Tony | 20,988 |
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Esposito and Glenn Hall. Belfour also ranks fourth in shutouts (30), and second in assists (17). Belfour easily ranks as the Blackhawks' goalie leader in penalty minutes, with 242. Esposito, who played in more than twice as many games and minutes as Belfour, had only 31.
Faced with losing Ed Belfour as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 1997, the Chicago Blackhawks traded Belfour to the San Jose Sharks on January 25, 1997 for right wing Ulf Dahlen, defenseman Michal Sykora, goalie Chris Terreri, and a conditional second-round draft pick in the 1998 N.H.L. amateur entry draft.
## San Jose Sharks and Dallas Stars.
Following a dismal half-season with the Sharks, Belfour signed as a free agent | 20,989 |
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with the Dallas Stars on July 2, 1997. During the season, Belfour played 61 games and had an astonishing 1.88 GAA as his team won the Presidents' Trophy and made it to the Western Conference Finals only to lose to the Detroit Red Wings.
The next season, the Stars repeated their regular season championship and Belfour won his fourth Jennings Trophy. In the playoffs, Belfour won duels against past Vezina- and Stanley Cup-winning goaltenders Grant Fuhr and Patrick Roy, respectively. The Stars won the Stanley Cup, beating the Buffalo Sabres in six games, capped by an incredible goalie duel against former backup Dominik Hašek that ended in a 2-1 win in the third overtime. Belfour made 53 saves to | 20,990 |
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Hašek's 50, and for the entire Finals, had a 1.26 GAA to Hašek's 1.68.
Belfour backstopped his team to another consecutive finals appearance, winning his second seven-game Western Conference final duel against the Colorado Avalanche's Patrick Roy. The Stars lost the Cup in double-overtime to the New Jersey Devils. Belfour had 4 shutouts in that playoffs, including a triple-overtime blanking of the Devils in game five of the finals series.
During the 2001–02 season, the Stars began to play poorly and there was a falling out between then-Stars coach Ken Hitchcock and GM Bob Gainey. After a poor season, the Stars decided not to re-sign Belfour and named Marty Turco the starting goalie for the | 20,991 |
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next season.
## Toronto Maple Leafs.
On July 2, 2002, Belfour signed as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs after then Leafs goaltender, Curtis Joseph, chose to sign with the Detroit Red Wings. Belfour rebounded after a dismal season with the Stars, winning a franchise-record 37 games and helping his new team finish second in the Northeast Division. His 2.26 GAA ranked 11th in the league. During the season, he was invited to play in the mid-season All-Star Game in Florida, but a back injury forced him to miss the event. On April 1, he earned his 400th career win in a match against the Devils. In the playoffs, Belfour posted a 2.71 GAA and a .915 Save% in seven games in an opening-round | 20,992 |
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loss to the Flyers. On April 16 in Game Four at the Air Canada Centre, Ed made 72 saves before losing 3-2 on an overtime goal by Mark Recchi. Belfour finished as runner-up for the Vezina Trophy, won that year by the Devils' Martin Brodeur.
In 2003–04, he posted a 34-19-6 record in 59 games as the Maple Leafs finished fourth overall in the conference standings. He recorded a 2.13 GAA and a .918 save percentage along with ten shutouts. On April 3 in the final game of the season, Belfour posted a 6-0 shutout over the Senators to secure home ice advantage in the opening round of the playoffs. That shutout gave him 10 on the season, setting a new personal best. In the playoffs, Belfour posted three | 20,993 |
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shutouts in the opening round against the Senators, setting a record for shutout streaks in a series. However, in the second round, former teammate Jeremy Roenick eliminated the Leafs by putting a game 6 overtime goal past Belfour.
Belfour did not play during the NHL lockout in 2004–05, instead taking a minority stake in the projected Dallas Americans team in the proposed revival of the World Hockey Association while recovering and rehabilitating himself from primarily back-related injuries. The team had folded by October, 2004.
On November 28, 2005, Belfour won his 447th career NHL game, moving him into a tie with Terry Sawchuk for 2nd place in career wins. Ed made 34 saves in the 2-1 win | 20,994 |
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over the Florida Panthers.
On December 19, 2005, Belfour moved past Sawchuk with a 9-6 win over the New York Islanders at the Air Canada Centre. He was honoured in a special pre-game ceremony on December 23, 2005, before a game against the Boston Bruins at the Air Canada Centre; the Leafs went on to win the game. At the end of the 2005/06 season, Belfour had a record of 457-303-111 in the regular season, and 88-68 in the playoffs.
On July 1, 2006, Maple Leafs General Manager John Ferguson, Jr. released Belfour to free agency after a lacklustre 22-22-4 record and a 3.29 GAA.
## Florida Panthers.
On July 25, Belfour signed with the Florida Panthers. In October 2006, Alex Auld was injured while | 20,995 |
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the two goalies were horsing around, despite reports that Belfour assaulted Auld. On February 13, 2007, Belfour tied Hall of Famer Tony Esposito for eighth place on the career shutout list with his 76th in the Panthers' 1-0 blanking of the Montreal Canadiens. Later in the season, another injury to Alex Auld gave Belfour the chance to become starter. He started 27 consecutive games, a record for the Panthers. Belfour regained his skill after the 2005/2006 season by posting a 2.79 GAA, .902 save percentage, and 1 shutout in 57 games.
## Europe.
On August 27, 2007, it was announced that Belfour would play with Leksands IF in the Swedish second division. (HockeyAllsvenskan). Belfour's signing | 20,996 |
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created much fanfare in the following months. He played his first professional game outside of North America in 18 years on October 31, 2007 with a 4-1 win over Sundsvall. Belfour followed up this game with a shutout streak lasting for 251 minutes, a club record in Leksand. He also broke the record for most shutouts during a whole season with 7.
During the division round, Belfour had a GAA of 1.79, which was the best of all goalies in Allsvenskan. During the playoffs, he had a GAA of 2.59 and a save percentage of .911.
# Eagle mask.
Throughout his career, Belfour has worn masks featuring an eagle on either side of his helmet. When asked why an eagle, he stated "I've always liked the eagle | 20,997 |
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as a bird. It is a strong figure representing individuality, leadership, confidence, and outstanding vision. Its hunting and aggression are characteristics I admire, so when I was thinking of what I wanted on my mask, the eagle was a natural choice". Belfour's eagle has changed dramatically, from a rough Native looking style in Chicago, to a fierce competitive image in Dallas, while the background always features his current team's colours. On the chin, there is an image of the logo for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, a charity very close to his heart, and the back plate highlights his passion for speed and restored cars. The car on the back is a 1941 Willys, along with the words Carman Racing, | 20,998 |
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which is the name of Belfour's car customization and restoration shop in Freeland, Michigan. Upon seeing Belfour's eagle mask for the first time, Mike Keenan, his head coach when he started in the NHL, nicknamed him "The Eagle".
# International play.
Belfour was selected to represent Canada at the 1991 Canada Cup Championship as the backup goaltender and was included in the squad for the 2002 Winter Olympic Team. In February 2002, Belfour won an Olympic gold medal with the Canadian men's hockey team. Although he didn't play in any of the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, he did add depth in goal to the strong Canadian team backing up Curtis Joseph and Martin Brodeur.
# Personal.
Belfour is | 20,999 |
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