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Map of NHS hospitals in England

Hi. I'm looking for a map or maps showing the locations of NHS (ie not private) hospital Trusts in England. A separate map for London/the home counties would be useful, too. Any help gratefully received. Thanks. --Dweller (talk) 08:25, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Not a map as such, but NHS Choices web site has an A-Z list of NHS hospital trusts (a.k.a. "acute trusts") in England. Note that each trust may be responsible for several hospitals, as well as local clinics and health centres. The "Services near you" tab allows you to search for hospitals and other NHS services by location, and can display search results as a map. Gandalf61 (talk) 09:50, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, but I really want to know nationwide locations, and a map is going to be best. It's for research, rather than looking for a hospital as a patient. Yes, it's the location of acute Trust HQ I'm ideally after, which is usually the largest hospital in the group, but I don't mind if it's simply a map or maps of every hospital. --Dweller (talk) 10:00, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

How about this: [1]? It's to track patients on a waiting list, but since it includes institutions that have zero on a wait list, I think it might be a comprehensive map of all trusts? 184.147.118.213 (talk) 15:47, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

That's terrific, thank you. Really helpful! --Dweller (talk) 21:00, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Great to hear it helps! You're most welcome. 184.147.118.213 (talk) 21:24, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Long runway

The other night I was taken along by a group of teenagers I'm connected with to see Fast and Furious 6. Now, I don't look for total credibility in such films, but one scene had me just a little concerned. A chase scene on an airport runway with a Russian transport plane took a very long time. Somebody on the IMDB page for the movie has done the research and calculations, and found that the runway must have been at least 27 miles or 44 kilometres long. I'm not concerned with the film's veracity, but are there any runways anywhere that long? What and where are the longest ones? HiLo48 (talk) 09:00, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

See list of longest runways. --Lgriot (talk) 10:02, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes, I wondered if such an article would exist. So Fast and Furious 6 is unrealistic. Who'd a thunk it? HiLo48 (talk) 11:38, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Maybe it used non-linear story-telling, so scenes which appeared to be sequential were actually depicting simultaneous events... Just trying to help rationalise. --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 08:54, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

That Hollywood films don't depict things realistically is a well-worn internet meme. People get into cars and instantly drive off, L shaped duvets that reveal men's chests but not women's, people who instantly find their keys, unless the plot demands them to need to scrabble around looking for them like most of us do much of the time, etc. Here is the first page of many on a website with a long list of some of these clichéd nonsenses. To go through the list, (the navigation seems to be broken) change the number at the end of the url. --Dweller (talk) 09:29, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Now if someone did make an L shaped duvet I'd be interested in buying one... --TammyMoet (talk) 09:36, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

You could buy a regular duvet and some sharp scissors, then learn to sew. Probably a lot easier than any seller or prop designer would admit. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:48, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

It should fit nicely into an L-shaped room. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 05:37, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Yakuza tattoos

Not all but many yakuza tattoos otherwise covering most of the upper body, leave a straight tatoo-free line on the middle the persons chest. Do you know why? Thanks!

46.107.26.54 (talk) 15:18, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Yakuza tattoos are on the back, not the front. Citrusbowler (talk) (contribs) (email me) 17:26, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Here is an example:

http://postimg.org/image/7yoacvmhj/

46.107.26.54 (talk) 06:21, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

I have found a number of forum posts confirming that this is common to Yakuza tattoos on the chest, and suggesting that it is done so that the tattoos are not visible above the neckline when wearing a kimono or yukata or other traditional Japanese dress. This sounds plausible, but I have been unable to locate a reliable source for you so far. - Karenjc 07:09, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Here we go. ... [D]uring the Tokugawa period tattooing was repeatedly prohibited but these laws seemed to make little difference ... Indeed, this prohibition is what inspired the shape of the irezumi. The ink usually ends at the elbow and mid thigh and there is a considerable gap across the chest so that the tattoo would not show when wearing either a kimono or a happi coat. - Karenjc 08:13, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, it's great, it makes sense! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.107.26.54 (talk) 12:51, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

You are most welcome. - Karenjc 22:20, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Some school campus don't have school colors?

I did try to study some school colors like high school colors and community college colors, I noticed when I go to [2] and Coastline Community College I can't tell what the school colors are over there really. Is this possible some college/HS campuses don't have school colors. or just some school campuses are not require to have a school color. Then if school campus don't require a school colors could their sports team just be random artificial colors?--69.233.254.115 (talk) 20:30, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

In the U.S., any school that has a sports program will have school colors. New schools (formed by mergers, divisions or newly created) and schools just starting their sports programs will often adopt a mascot and colors by student vote, subject to approval by school officials. At the very least, school officials will solicit student and community opinion. Unofficial teams at a school, such as club teams, may or may not follow the name and colors of the official school identity. (I have long thought there should be a list for colors similar to "List of college sports team nicknames".)    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 20:51, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

CCC, in particular, does not have varsity athletic programs. I would say that's typical for community colleges. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:54, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

It doesn't mean, however, that they don't have a color scheme which identifies the school. A quick perusal of their website (linked from the already linked Wikipedia article) shows that. I wouldn't add anything to the Wikipedia article based just on that (because of WP:NOR and all that), but there is a definite color branding going on here. --Jayron32 13:43, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

It might be worth the OP's while to contact the school and see if the colors used in their logo have any kind of "official" standing at the school, or if they just happened to like those colors for their website. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:04, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

According to the August/September 2009 edition of the college's newsletter, Coastline was set to announce a mascot, colors and a logo on Sept. 11, 2009. However, I cannot find anything subsequent to that which says what was announced. ... Also, the school's mascot (Dolphin) was announced in 2006, according to the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Times.

This page seems to suggest that Coastline has a Dolphin logo in blue and gray, but does not say so explicitly. ... And apparently, the Coastline Dolphin mascot associates with other college mascots in California, as seen here.    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 03:00, 13 June 2013 (UTC)