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Introduction to technical analysis

'''Technical analysis is the study of past market data to make trading or investing decisions. In their introduction to their book on technical analysis, the authors explain how technical analysis can be useful and provide you with background, basic tools, and techniques that you will need to be a competent technical analyst.'''

Technical analysis. These words may conjure up many different mental images. Perhaps you think of the stereotypical technical analyst, alone in a windowless office, slouched over stacks of hand-drawn charts of stock prices. Or, maybe you think of the sophisticated multicolored computerized chart of your favorite stock you recently saw. Perhaps you begin dreaming about all the money you could make if you knew the secrets to predicting stock prices. Or, perhaps you remember sitting in a finance class and hearing your professor say that technical analysis "is a waste of time." In this book, we examine some of the perceptions, and misperceptions, of technical analysis.

If you are new to the study of technical analysis, you may be wondering just what technical analysis is. In its basic form, technical analysis is the study of past market data, primarily price and volume data; this information is used to make trading or investing decisions. Technical analysis is rooted in basic economic theory. Consider the basic assumptions presented by Robert D. Edwards and John Magee in the classic book, Technical Analysis of Stock Trends:

 * Stock prices are determined solely by the interaction of demand and supply.
 * Stock prices tend to move in trends.
 * Shifts in demand and supply cause reversals in trends.
 * Shifts in demand and supply can be detected in charts.
 * Chart patterns tend to repeat themselves.

Technical analysts study the action of the market itself rather than the goods in which the market deals. The technical analyst believes that "the market is always correct." In other words, rather than trying to consider all the factors that will influence the demand for Gadget International's newest electronic gadget and all the items that will influence the company's cost and supply curve to determine an outlook for the stock's price, the technical analyst believes that all of these factors are already factored into the demand and supply curves and, thus, the price of the company's stock.

Students new to any discipline often ask, "How can I use the knowledge of this discipline?" Students new to technical analysis are no different. Technical analysis is used in two major ways: predictive and reactive. Those who use technical analysis for predictive purposes use the analysis to make predictions about future market moves. Generally, these individuals make money by selling their predictions to others. Market letter writers in print or on the web and the technical market gurus who frequent the financial news fall into this category. The predictive technical analysts include the more well-known names in the industry; these individuals like publicity because it helps market their services.

On the other hand, those who use technical analysis in a reactive mode are usually not well known. Traders and investors use techniques of technical analysis to react to particular market conditions to make their decisions. For example, a trader may use a moving average crossover to signal when a long position should be taken. In other words, the trader is watching the market and reacting when a certain technical condition is met. These traders and investors are making money by making profitable trades for their own or clients' portfolios. Some of them may even find that publicity distracts them from their underlying work.

The focus of this book is to explain the basic principles and techniques for reacting to the market. We do not attempt to predict the market, nor do we provide you with the Holy Grail or a promise of a method that will make you millions overnight. Instead, we want to provide you with background, basic tools, and techniques that you will need to be a competent technical analyst.

As we will see when we study the history of technical analysis, the interest in technical analysis in the U.S. dates back over 100 years, when Charles H. Dow began writing newsletters that later turned into the Wall Street Journal and developing the various Dow averages to measure the stock market. Since that time, much has been written about technical analysis. Today, there are entire periodicals, such as Technical Analysis of Stock and Commodities and the Journal of Technical Analysis, devoted to the study of the subject. In addition, there are many articles appearing in other publications, including academic journals. There are even a number of excellent books on the market. As you can see from this book's extensive bibliography, which is in no way a complete list of every published item on technical analysis, a massive quantity of material about technical analysis exists.

So, why does the world need another book on technical analysis? We began looking through the multitude of materials on technical analysis a few years ago, searching for resources to use in educational settings. We noticed that many specialized books existed on the topic, but there was no resource to provide the student of technical analysis with a comprehensive summation of the body of knowledge. We decided to provide a coherent, logical framework for this material that could be used as a textbook and a reference book.

Our intent in writing this book is to provide the student of technical analysis, whether a novice college student or an experienced practitioner, with a systematic study of the field of technical analysis. Over the past century, much has been written about the topic. The classic works of Charles Dow and the timeless book by Edwards and Magee still contain valuable information for the student of technical analysis. The basic principles of these early authors are still valid today. However, the evolving financial marketplace and the availability of computer power have led to a substantial growth in the tools and information available to the technical analyst.

Many technical analysts have learned their trade from the mentors with whom they have worked. Numerous individuals who are interested in studying technical analysis today, however, do not have access to such a mentor. In addition, as the profession has advanced, many specific techniques have developed. The result is that the techniques and methods of technical analysis often appear to be a hodge-podge of tools, ideas, and even folklore, rather a part of a coherent body of knowledge.

Many books on the market assume a basic understanding of technical analysis or focus on particular financial markets or instruments. Our intent is to provide the reader with a basic reference to support a life-long study of the discipline. We have attempted to provide enough background information and terminology that you can easily read this book without having to refer to other references for background information. We have also included a large number of references for further reading so that you can continue learning in the specialized areas that interest you.

Another unique characteristic of this book is the joining of the practitioner and the academic. Technical analysis is widely practiced, both by professional traders and investors and by individuals managing their own money. However, this widespread practice has not been matched by academic acknowledgment of the benefits of technical analysis. Academics have been slow to study technical analysis; most of the academic studies of technical analysis have lacked a thorough understanding of the actual practice of technical analysis. It is our hope not only to bring together a practitioner-academic author team but also to provide a book that promotes discussion and understanding between these two groups.

Whether you are a novice or experienced professional, we are confident that you will find this book helpful. For the student new to technical analysis, this book will provide you with the basic knowledge and building blocks to begin a life-long study of technical analysis. For the more experienced technician, you will find this book to be an indispensable guide, helping you to organize your knowledge, question your assumptions and beliefs, and implement new techniques.

We begin this book with a look at the background and history of technical analysis. In this part, we discuss not only the basic principles of technical analysis but also the technical analysis controversy—the debate between academics and practitioners regarding the efficiency of financial markets and the merit of technical analysis. This background information is especially useful to those who are new to technical analysis and those who are studying the subject in an educational setting. For those with more experience with the field or with little interest in the academic arguments about market efficiency, a quick reading of this first part will probably suffice.

In the second part of the book, we focus on markets and market indicators. Chapter 5, "An Overview of Markets," provides a basic overview of how markets work. Market vocabulary and trading mechanics are introduced in this chapter. For the student who is unfamiliar with this terminology, a thorough understanding of this chapter will provide the necessary background for the remaining chapters. Our focus in Chapter 6, "Dow Theory," is on the development and principles of Dow Theory. Although Dow Theory was developed a century ago, much of modern-day technical analysis is based on these classic principles. A thorough understanding of these timeless principles helps keep the technical analyst focused on the key concepts that lead to making money in the market. In Chapter 7, "Sentiment," we focus on sentiment; the psychology of market players is a major concept in this chapter. In Chapter 8, "Measuring Market Strength," we discuss methods for gauging overall market strength. Chapter 9, "Temporal Patterns and Cycles," focuses on temporal tendencies, the tendency for the market to move in particular directions during particular times, such as election year cycles and seasonal stock market patterns. Because the main fuel for the market is money, Chapter 10, "Flow of Funds," focuses on the flow of funds. In this chapter, we look at measures of market liquidity and how the Federal Reserve can influence liquidity.

The third part of the book focuses on trend analysis. In many ways, this part can be thought of as the heart of technical analysis. If we see that the market is trending upward, we can profitably ride that trend upward. If we determine that the market is trending downward, we can even profit by taking a short position. In fact, the most difficult time to profit in the market is when there is no definitive upward or downward trend. Over the years, technical analysts have developed a number of techniques to help them visually determine when a trend is in place. These charting techniques are the focus of Chapter 11, "History and Construction of Charts." In Chapter 12, "Trends—The Basics," we discuss how to draw trend lines and determine support and resistance lines using these charts. In Chapter 13, "Breakouts, Stops, and Retracements," we focus on determining breakouts. These breakouts will help us recognize a trend change as soon as possible. We also discuss the importance of protective stops in this chapter. Moving averages, a useful mathematical technique for determining the existence of trends, are presented in Chapter 14, "Moving Averages."

The fourth part of this book focuses on chart pattern analysis—the item that first comes to mind when many people think of technical analysis. In Chapter 15, "Bar Chart Patterns," we cover classic bar chart patterns; in Chapter 16, "Point-and-Figure Chart Patterns," we focus on point-and-figure chart patterns. Short-term patterns, including candlestick patterns, are covered in Chapter 17, "Short-Term Patterns."

Part V, "Trend Confirmation," deals with the concept of confirmation. We consider price oscillators and momentum measures in Chapter 18, "Confirmation." Building upon the concept of trends from earlier chapters, we look at how volume plays a role in confirming the trend, giving us more confidence that a trend is indeed occurring.

Next, we turn our attention to the relationship between cycle theory and technical analysis. In Chapter 19, "Cycles," we discuss the basic principles of cycle theory and the characteristics of cycles. Some technical analysts believe that cycles seen in the stock market have a scientific basis; for example, R. N. Elliott claimed that the basic harmony found in nature occurs in the stock market. Chapter 20, "Elliott, Fibonacci, and Gann," introduces the basic concepts of Elliott Wave Theory, a school of thought that adheres to Elliott's premise that stock price movements form discernible wave patterns.

Once we know the basic techniques of technical analysis, the question becomes, "Which particular securities will we trade?" Selection decisions are the focus of Chapter 21, "Selection of Markets and Issues: Trading and Investing." In this chapter, we discuss the intermarket relationships that will help us determine on which market to focus by determining which market is most likely to show strong performance. We also discuss individual security selection, measures of relative strength, and how successful practitioners have used these methods to construct portfolios.

As technical analysts, we need methods of measuring our success. After all, our main objective is making money. Although this is a straightforward objective, determining whether we are meeting our objective is not quite so straightforward. Proper measurement of trading and investment strategies requires appropriate risk measurement and an understanding of basic statistical techniques. The last couple of chapters help put all the tools and techniques we present throughout the book into practice. Chapter 22, "System Design and Testing," is devoted to developing and testing trading systems. At this point, we look at how we can test the tools and indicators covered throughout the book to see if they will make money for us—our main objective—in the particular way we would like to trade. Finally, Chapter 23, "Money and Risk Management," deals with money management and avoiding capital loss.

For those who need a brush-up in basic statistics or wish to understand some of the statistical concepts introduced throughout the book, Dr. Richard J. Bauer, Jr.(Professor of Finance, Bill Greehey School of Business, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX) provides a tutorial on basic statistical techniques of interest to the technical analyst in Appendix A, "Basic Statistics"

For those who are unfamiliar with the terms and language used in trading, Appendix B provides brief definitions of specific order types and commonly used terms in order entry.

As with all skills, learning technical analysis requires practice. We have provided a number of review questions and problems at the end of the chapters to help you begin thinking about and applying some of the concepts on your own. The extensive bibliography will direct you to further readings in the areas of technical analysis that are of particular interest to you.

Another way of honing your technical skills is participating in a professional organization that is focused on technical analysis. In the United States, the Market Technicians Association (MTA) provides a wide variety of seminars, lectures, and publications for technical analysis professionals. The MTA also sponsors the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) program. Professionals wishing to receive the prestigious CMT designation must pass three examinations and adhere to a strict code of professional conduct. More information about the MTA and the CMT program may be found at the web site: www.mta.org. The International Federation of Technical Analysts, Inc. (IFTA) is a global organization of market analysis societies and associations. IFTA, and its member associations worldwide, sponsor a number of seminars and publications. IFTA offers a professional certification, the Certified Financial Technician, and a Masters-level degree, the Master of Financial Technical Analysis. The details of these certifications, along with contact information for IFTA's member associations around the world, can be found at their web site: www.ifta.org.

Technical analysis is a complex, ever-expanding discipline. The globalization of markets, the creation of new securities, and the availability of inexpensive computer power are opening even more opportunities in this field. Whether you use the information professionally or for your own personal trading or investing, we hope that this book will serve as a stepping-stone to your study and exploration of the field of technical analysis.

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General Mechanics/Statics

If a rigid body is initially at rest, it will remain at rest if and only if the sum of all the forces and the sum of all the torques acting on the body are zero. As an example, a mass balance with arms of differing length is shown in figure above.

The balance beam is subject to three forces pointing upward or downward, the tension T in the string from which the beam is suspended and the weights M1g and M2g exerted on the beam by the two suspended masses. The parameter g is the local gravitational field and the balance beam itself is assumed to have negligible mass. Taking upward as positive, the force condition for static equilibrium is

 * $$T-M_1 g - M_2 g = 0 \quad \mbox{Zero net force}$$

Defining a counterclockwise torque to be positive, the torque balance computed about the pivot point in figure 10.7 is

 * $$\tau=M_1 g d_1 - M_2 g d_2 = 0 \quad \mbox{Zero torque}$$

where d1 and d2 are the lengths of the beam arms.

The first of the above equations shows that the tension in the string must be

 * $$T=\left( M_1 +M_2 \right) g$$

while the second shows that

 * $$\frac{M_1}{M_2}=\frac{d_2}{d_1} $$

Thus, the tension in the string is just equal to the weight of the masses attached to the balance beam, while the ratio of the two masses equals the inverse ratio of the associated beam arm lengths.

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Talk:Computer Architecture Lab

At Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria we get, in this lab, lessons on VHDL and work on a partial implementation of the DLX processor (by Patterson or Hennesy, I think).

We then are required to add a few instructions to the processor, and later are required to implement either a Branch Prediction Table or multiple functional units (to achieve paralelism in the EXecution step).

May I add some of it here?

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ok, feel free to add it Schoeberl 15:13, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

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I have been starting work on a textbook that would be a suitable companion piece to this lab. You can find it at Microprocessor Design. I am also working on a textbook that covers programming in both Verilog and VHDL at Programmable Logic. Both of these books are new, but if we work together on the books and the wikiversity course, I think we can make an excellent learning environment for this subject. --Whiteknight 17:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Good idea Schoeberl 15:13, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

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Johan Cronje

Johan Tobias Cronje (born 13 April 1982, in Bloemfontein) is a South African track and field athlete who specializes in the 1500 metres event. With a personal best of 3:31.93 he is the current South African record holder in the 1500 metres.

Personal bests
Outdoor
 * 800 m – 1:45.64 (Berlin 2013)
 * 1000 m – 2:18.56 (Dubnica nad Váhom 2010)
 * 1500 m – 3:31.93 (Rieti 2013) NR
 * One mile – 3:50.70 (Eugene 2014) NR
 * 3000 m – 8:02.14 (Torino 2004)
 * 5000 m – 13:59.52 (Germiston 2009)

Indoor
 * 1000 m – 2:18.48 (Stockholm 2008)
 * 1500 m – 3:37.49 (Karlsruhe 2014)

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Introduction to Philosophy/Pragmatism

Pragmatism is a philosophy that was developed and passed on by Peirce, Quine, James, and others.

The Correspondence Theory of Truth, which was held by Aristotle among others, holds that when we say something is true, this means that my understanding of reality corresponds with reality. So if I say that the Sun revolves around the Earth, it is not true because this does not correspond to reality. On the other hand, a Pragmatist would say that if it "works" for you, if it does not make your life problematic and has no significant impact on your life, then it is "true" in the sense that it works; it's pragmatic. This is similar to the perspectivist view adopted by Nietzsche.

See William James (1842-1910):

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Samarsky, Altai Krai

Samarsky (Самарский) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Rybinsky Selsoviet, Kamensky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 90 as of 2013. There are 4 streets.

Geography
Samarsky is located 40 km south of Kamen-na-Obi (the district's administrative centre) by road. Rybnoye is the nearest rural locality.

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 * Name of article: Animal attack (link)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate:                                                                                Animal behaviour psychologist look to understand why animals behave in the way they do. It is important to examine the ways in which genetics and external environmental factors impact animal behaviour, especially animal attacks. More specifically, animal attacks make one question whether or not human behaviour is the actual cause of these tragic accidents.

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 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? The Lead does include an introductory sentence that is concise, but it focuses on the attacks involving humans and wild animals. The Lead is intentionally before the table of content and therefore its purpose is to summarize the main points of the article, but it did not. The article started off by stating that animal attacks cause severe harm to humans, and it even emphasizes the impact of animal attacks on humans, which provides the readers with some context. However, it was very repetitive and many of the ideas did not organically connect. The first element of the article read by readers is the Lead and in this case the Lead is incomplete and did not include enough relevant information. The author could have addressed why animals attack humans, how risky human behaviour is one of the main reasons for these injuries, or how victims of animal attacks are treated?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? The Lead briefly focuses on injury and the use of medical codes, but does not focus on infection, treatment, causes or effects.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? All the information in the Lead were present in the article, but were not very clear and needed to be more thorough.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The Lead is concise and incomplete. All of the information in the table of content such as infections, epidemiology, and treatment were not thoroughly addressed in the article. Other pieces of information in the table of content such as injury and medical code were only briefly mentioned. The Lead only mentions how animal attacks cause severe injury to humans, how common it is to be attacked by an animal, and how medical codes are used to identify certain cases.

Content

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 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? The article's content is somewhat relevant to the topic. Even though the article is addressing animal attacks, it focuses primarily on specific animals attacking humans and how these attacks significantly affect humans. The article does not address how animal attacks affect other animals or the predator. The article does not thoroughly discuss infection or treatments. The article also fails to address the attack behaviour or the psychology of the predator and the victim. However, since animal attack is a fairly broad concept, this article aims to tackle a specific area of it, which is the effect of these attacks on humans.
 * Is the content up-to-date? The content is mostly up-to-date. However, the author of this article begins by citing a source from 1997. The fact suggested that millions of humans are bitten by dogs annually and the author could have found a more recent source. Additionally, when addressing amputation injuries, the author cites a source from 1936, and again the author could have used a more up-to-date reference to support his or her research, as oppose to outdated sources that undermine his or her work.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? There is definitely some content missing, as well as, content that should be removed. The author does not mention the reasons for the attacks, but very briefly does address the injuries of these attacks. Also, the author does not clearly or specifically explain which animal he or she is focusing on and mentions numerous animals throughout the article. Furthermore, the article does not mention the various types of treatment offered to victims or a specific treatment case study on an animal attack.

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 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? The author does not attempt to examine other perspectives or even address how animal attacks affect predators. Additionally, some of the factual information is not cited and therefore can be mistaken for an opinion instead of a fact.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? The author only addresses the impact of animal attacks on humans, but does not shed a light on the reasons of the attacks. The article does not mention how risky human behaviour may cause these attacks or how the low population of a predator's prey may be the cause of these accidents. Also, the author repeatedly mentions that animal attacks cause severe harm to humans, but the author fails to clearly address treatment, infections, and epidemiology.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favour of one position or away from another? The author does attempt to persuade the readers in favour of his or her position. Throughout the article, the author stresses that animal attacks cause numerous human injuries and only includes sources that support that claim. The author does not mention how animal attacks impact wild animals or how these attacks harm them.

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 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes all the sources are thorough, and very relevant to the topic.
 * Are the sources current? Yes, most of the sources are within the last ten years. However, the author makes reference to research and facts from the 30s and the 90s.
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 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? There was a few grammatical and spelling errors. For instance, when addressing ferrets, the author writes "Pet ferrets attacks", instead of ferret attacks. Again, the author mentions that "no medical treatment given" instead of no medical treatment was given.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? The article is not well-organized because it was repetitive, and consisted of incomplete ideas and grammatical errors. Many of the ideas and sentences did not connect or serve any purpose. For instance, the article included a fact from 1997, which did not contribute to the piece and a current fact would have better supported the author's claims.

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 * Are images well-captioned? The caption clearly states what the image represents and gives enough context about the general topic.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? The author's article provides the permission details, and the image is in the public domain, so it is fair to assume that the only image of this article adheres to Wikipedia's copyright regulations.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? There is only one image and it is from a 1941 poster so it is not attention grabbing or visually appealing. However, it provides enough context about the overall topic.

Checking the talk page

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 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? The article is a part of many wikiprojects and it is rated C-class because it is missing some context, more detail and proper citations.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? We have defined animal behaviour as the study of actions of animals and we have also examined the relationship of animals and their environment. The author of this article focuses primarily on the interaction between a predator and its prey. More specifically, the effects of animal attacks on humans.

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 * How can the article be improved? The article needs more detail and to be completed. For instance, the author needs to focus on a specific predator and prey, as well as, the effects of these accidents on the prey and predator. The author should also address the reason for these attacks and how to improve the interaction between animals in order to reduce these attacks.
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Maria Krasna (May 14, 1909 in Krasnoschora, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) - July 7, 2011 in Berlin), married name Maria Blöcker, was a German actress. She is best remembered for her role as Frau Sitic in the 1986 series Teufels Großmutter.

Career
Krasna was an accomplished character actress of the stage, and had leading roles in productions such as Hermann Herrey's Die Stühle with Hugo Schrader in 1952.

Krasna appeared much less frequently as an actress in film and television. In 1956 she starred opposite Sonja Ziemann and Paul Klinger in Paul Martin's Das Bad auf der Tenne (The Bath in the Barn) (1956). In 1958 she played Carmen opposite Hardy Kruger and Elisabeth Müller in Gestehen Sie, Dr. Corda! (1958), Variety described the film as "Generally exciting but occasionally evasive", with a "tendency to aim too much at the stars". In 1959 she had a role in the anthology film Unser Wunderland bei Nacht (1959), Later appearances include the TV film Komm doch mit nach Monte Carlo (1981) and as Bella in Alexandra von Grote's war film Novembermond (1984).

Krasna became known for her older sounding voice in commercial radio drama series such as Benjamin Blümchen and Bibi Blocksberg.

Personal life
Maria Krasna lived in Berlin-Steglitz. She was married to journalist and writer Günter Blöcker from 1937 until his death in January 2006, and had two children. In July 2011, Maria Krasna died in Berlin at the age of 102.

Filmography

 * 1956: Das Bad auf der Tenne
 * 1958: Gestehen Sie, Dr. Corda!
 * 1959: Unser Wunderland bei Nacht
 * 1959: Macht der Finsternis (TV)
 * 1961: Die Geburtstagsfeier (TV)
 * 1978: Gesundheit (TV)
 * 1978: Wenn die Liebe hinfällt (TV-Series)
 * 1979: Der Tote bin ich
 * 1979: Tatort: Gefährliche Träume
 * 1981: Komm doch mit nach Monte Carlo
 * 1985: Fritz Golgowsky
 * 1984: Novembermond
 * 1985: Teufels Großmutter (TV-Series, three episodes)
 * 1986: Ein Heim für Tiere (TV-Series, one episode)
 * 1986: Ein heikler Fall (TV-Series, one episode)
 * 1996: Tatort: Tod im Jaguar
 * 2009: Dinosaurier – Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus!

Argentine film
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Clouds of Smoke (Nubes de humo) is a 1955 Argentine musical (tango) comedy film directed and written by Enrique Carreras. It stars Alberto Castillo, Mercedes Carreras, María Luisa Santés and Francisco Álvarez and was released on 14 May 1958. The film, Castillo's last, is dedicated to the memory of film director Manuel Romero.

Plot
An amateur tango student who gave up singing when he finished his degree, relapses.

Cast

 * Alberto Castillo
 * Mercedes Carreras
 * María Luisa Santés
 * Francisco Álvarez
 * Alberto Bello
 * Nélida Lobato
 * Eber Lobato
 * Francisco Canaro
 * Héctor Armendáriz
 * Mario Baroffio
 * Susana Rubio
 * Juan Villarreal
 * Elvira Joaquina Rodrígues Lima

Reception
Tulio Carella said in Crítica: "A long story is told in Nubes de humo. The film is minor and poorly plotted. It does, however, offer a few moments of excitement and some not-too-old-fashioned jokes." Jorge Miguel Couselo opined in Correo de la Tarde that it was "another tawdry film". Raúl Manrupe and María Alejandra Portela in their book Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930–1995) wrote (translated from Spanish): "Crepuscular title of a type of cinema that would novolería more (there is a scene with rock and roll music) and that repeats scenes in a frame of falseness."

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Al-Nejd, Sultanate of Oman

Al-Nejd is an archaeological site in Ash Sharqiyah, Oman. It was a fortified village inhabited during the Samad Late Iron Age and possibly during Islamic times. The site was discovered in 2014 following the chance find of a coin by a local resident, and was then confirmed and dated by a team from the Ministry of Heritage and Culture. The site yielded an Abiel tetradrachm, struck in what is now the United Arab Emirates. The coin is on display in the National Museum in Muscat.

Al-Nejd is fortified, has a garden and is directly near a water course (wadi), all characteristics of the Samad Late Iron Age.

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Chloé Jouannet

Chloé Jouannet (born 17 October 1997) is a French-Swiss actress.

Biography
Jouannet is the daughter of actors Thomas Jouannet and Alexandra Lamy.

She made her first appearance in cinema at the age of 12 in a small role in the film Lucky Luke, where she acted alongside her mother and step-father, Jean Dujardin, but it was due to her role in the dramatic comedy My Summer in Provence, directed by Rose Bosch, that she came to prominence, where she played a rebellious teenager along with Jean Reno and Anna Galiena.

Personal life
In 2016, she officially confirmed her relationship with the actor.

She lived in London with her mother between 2013 and 2018.

Film

 * 2009: Lucky Luke (directed by James Huth) Eleanor
 * 2014: My Summer in Provence (directed by Rose Bosch) Léa
 * 2018:  (directed by ) Raphaëlle, one of Stéphane's daughters
 * 2019: Street Flow (directed by Kery James and Leïla Sy) Lisa

TV

 * 2017-2019: Riviera (directed by Philipp Kadelbach) (series)
 * Since 2019: Infidèle (created by ) (series)
 * 2019:  (directed by Yann Samuell) (TV film)

Theatre

 * 2018: The Vagina Monologues (directed by Eve Ensler), at the.

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Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Gaelic games/Archive 2017

Loaded language
Hi. As of 4 Feb 2017, more than 550 articles use the term "excelled at hurling". In most cases we use it as part of an introduction, to explain perhaps how a player was better-than-average - before then perhaps describing how they progressed to inter-county level. "Excelled" is in a category (along with other words to watch like "great", "outstanding", "leading", "brilliant", "awesome", etc) of loaded terms that are best avoided (in short, "excelled" is at best subjective and relative, and at worst, representative of an opinion). I am considering replacing the majority of these instances. In particular those which read "first excelled at hurling [in his youth/with club X/with school Y]". With "first played competitive hurling [in his youth/with club X/with school Y]". The latter being less subjective. Unless there are other thoughts on how best to address these NPOV tone issues, I'll likely progress this in the coming weeks. Guliolopez (talk) 20:40, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Any thoughts before I have a stab at this? Guliolopez (talk) 01:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

I agree with your opinion here. I feel that the word excel should indeed be restricted to those performances which truly are much better than standard. Pmunited (talk) 15:00, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

 * Hi. I have replaced or removed all the "excelled at hurling" examples. There are now none remaining. I would note however that there are still examples of loaded language, unattributed POV, tone issues and WP:WTW examples in many articles within the scope of the GAA WikiProject. For example, we have 400+ articles which describe various GAA competitions as awarding "coveted" medals. This type of adjective/editorial is unnecessary. That, for example, a player won an All-Ireland medal is strong enough to stand on its own. We don't need the puffery and unattributed opinion on the perceived value of the medal, how much the player wanted it, or how much other unnamed/unattributed people wanted it. Not least as, if the player didn't "covet" (want) an All-Ireland medal, then WTF was he doing training half his life trying to do so :) It's just unnecessary bumf and commentary - better suited to a backpage sports editorial than an encyclopedia article. Unless there are other comments, I may start looking at this type of thing next. Guliolopez (talk) 00:34, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

RFC on sports notability
An RFC has recently been started regarding a potential change to the notability guidelines for sportspeople. Please join in the conversation. Thank you. Primefac (talk) 23:08, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Kilconly GAA
Kilconly GAA looks to me as if it's been subjected to some fairly complex sustained vandalism, dating back to at least 2015. The most obvious examples are the recent addition of a ridiculous-looking squad full of random names and flags, removal of categories, and Barack Obama instead of Breffny Morgan in the Celebrity Bainisteoir section (that change was made on 8 March 2015, by User:Dragon Tribiani who was blocked for vandalism later that day). I don't feel comfortable about reverting back to an earlier version, because I might throw out both baby and bathwater. Could one of the knowledgeable editors here help sort out the problems? It might also be worth adding this page to your watchlist, to catch any more nonsense of this sort early on. Narky Blert (talk) 13:35, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

I agree there is a tremendous amount of vandalism here. I will start to clean this up to the best of my ability. It needs to be better categorized and will be on my watch list. Pmunited (talk) 14:42, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Biography article title conventions
I've opened a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Gaelic games/bio. jnestorius(talk) 09:54, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Discussion at NSPORTS
Hello all. In an effort to finally resolve the never-ending and annoying GNG v SSG issue, I've proposed a revision of the NSPORTS introduction. You are all invited to take part in the discussion. Thank you. Jack | talk page 06:20, 20 September 2017 (UTC)


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Cookbook:Tuna

Tuna are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae. Unlike most ocean fish species, which have white flesh, the flesh of tuna is pink. This is because the tuna's muscle tissue has a higher oxygen storage capacity than other fish species.

Tuna is a popular seafood. Some varieties of tuna, such as the bluefin, are endangered because of overfishing, while others are part of well maintained fisheries, such as the bigeye or yellowfin, and are listed as a "best choice" on the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program. Tuna's flavor and texture are preserved when it's seared on the outside but raw on the inside. In fact, beyond medium rare most tuna tastes like cat food. Exception is canned tuna.

Mercury levels are oftentimes relatively high in tuna, as they sit fairly high in the food chain and mercury is not metabolized by most animals, causing mercury to accumulate in predators.

Types include:
 * Bluefin, which can grow to 1,500 lb (680 kg).
 * Yellowfin
 * Albacore
 * Bigeye
 * Bonito, in some countries ("tuna" designation is disputed)

Tuna recipes

 * Category:Tuna recipes
 * Tuna Salad

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abeo

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to depart, go away, go off, exit
 * 2) * 353 – 431 , Paulinus of Nola, Poems 13.1 in Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (volume 30), Wilhelm von Hartel (editor), Vienna 1866, page 67:
 * "la"
 * 1) * 353 – 431 , Paulinus of Nola, Poems 13.1 in Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (volume 30), Wilhelm von Hartel (editor), Vienna 1866, page 67:
 * "la"
 * 1) * 353 – 431 , Paulinus of Nola, Poems 13.1 in Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (volume 30), Wilhelm von Hartel (editor), Vienna 1866, page 67:
 * "la"

- Tempora temporibus subeunt, abit et venit aetās.

 * 1)  to pass away
 * 2) to retire from office
 * 3)  to set
 * 4) * 4 , Germanicus (translator), Phaenomena 667-668 (original author: Aratus):
 * Illa abit Ōceanō, tōtīus serta Corōnae in caelum redeunt,
 * She (Cassiopeia) sets in the Ocean, the wreaths of the entire Corona return to the heavens,
 * 1)  to change one's nature
 * 2)  to be transformed, metamorphosed
 * 3) * c. 250 , Commodian, Carmen Apologeticum 1053–1055 in Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (volume 15), Bernhard Dombard (editor), Vienna 1887, page 187:
 * Et sī nōn crēdiderint, in umbrā mortis abībunt.
 * And should they not believe, they shall walk in the shadow of death.
 * 1) * 4th C. , Saint Jerome, Vulgate, Psalms 1:1:
 * "la"
 * 1) * c. 250 , Commodian, Carmen Apologeticum 1053–1055 in Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (volume 15), Bernhard Dombard (editor), Vienna 1887, page 187:
 * Et sī nōn crēdiderint, in umbrā mortis abībunt.
 * And should they not believe, they shall walk in the shadow of death.
 * 1) * 4th C. , Saint Jerome, Vulgate, Psalms 1:1:
 * "la"

- Beātus vir quī nōn abiit in cōnsiliō impiōrum, et in viā peccātōrum nōn stetit, et in cathedrā pestilentiae nōn sēdit.

Conjugation
Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is, unlike other derivates of, never found as **abīvī. In forms where the letter I appears consecutively, the syllable is often contracted to a long Ī in every period of the Latin language.

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Jerzy Konieczny

Jerzy Marian Konieczny (12 September 1950 – 27 July 2020) was a Polish lawyer, civil servant, academic and author. Konieczny served as the Chief of the Urząd Ochrony Państwa (UOP), Poland's former intelligence agency, from 1992 to 1993. He then served briefly as Minister of the Interior from 1995 to 1996.

Biography
Konieczny was born on 12 September 1950. He earned a degree in chemistry from the University of Silesia in Katowice and studied law at Jagiellonian University. He received his doctorate of law from the University of Wrocław in 1979. He also completed a postdoctoral degree in legal science from the University of Silesia in 1990.

Konieczny served as Chief of the Urząd Ochrony Państwa (UOP) from 1992 to 1993. He founded the Konsalnet security company in 1994. Konieczny later served as the Minister of the Interior from 29 December 1995 until 7 February 1996, in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Józef Oleksy. In 1997, Konieczny ran for a Warsaw-based seat in the Sejm as a Democratic Left Alliance candidate, but lost the election.

He left politics and civil service to become an academic. Konieczny lectured and taught at the University of Silesia in Katowice, the Krakow Academy Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, the University of Opole, and the University of Management and Marketing in Warsaw. He also co-authored two books: "Justycjariusze, hutmani, policjanci. Z dziejów służb ochrony porządku w Polsce" (co-authored with Andrzejem Abramskim) and "Kryminalistyka" (co-authored with Janem Widackim and Tadeusz Widłą).

Jerzy Konieczny died on 27 July 2020 at the age of 69. He was buried in the Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish cemetery in Rycerka Górna on 31 July 2020.

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impactor

Noun

 * 1) Any of several machines or devices in which a part impacts on another, or on a material.
 * 2) An object which impacts another.
 * 1) An object which impacts another.

Etymology
.

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Green building

Green building or bioclimatic building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use and harvest energy, water, and materials, and reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal — the complete building life cycle.

Green building is also sometimes known as "sustainable building" or "environmental building", although there are slight differences in the definitions. The practice of green building can lead to benefits including reduced operating costs by increasing productivity and using less energy and water, improved public and occupant health due to improved indoor air quality, and reduced environmental impacts by, for example, lessening storm water runoff and the heat island effect.

Green building is an essential component of the related concepts of sustainable design, sustainable development and general sustainability.

Practitioners of green building often seek to achieve not only ecological but aesthetic harmony between a structure and its surrounding natural and built environment. The appearance and style of sustainable homes and buildings can be nearly indistinguishable from their less sustainable counter-parts.

Green design often emphasizes taking advantage of renewable energy and resources, e.g., using sunlight through passive solar, active solar, and photovoltaic techniques and using plants and trees through green roofs, rain gardens, and for reduction of rainwater run-off. Many other techniques, such as using packed gravel for parking lots instead of concrete or asphalt to enhance replenishment of ground water, are used as well.

United States
The U.S. Green Building Council has developed definitions of what constitutes sustainable design of green buildings through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or LEED ((R) USGBC) green building rating system. USGBC has attracted over 7,000 organizations as members to date. The U.S. Green Building Council maintains a list of state and local green building programs and initiatives in the U.S.

The Green Building Initiative [10] is a non-profit network of building industry leaders committed to bringing green to mainstream residential and commercial construction. The GBI believes in building approaches that are environmentally progressive, but also practical and affordable for builders to implement. The GBI has developed an easy to use, inexpensive and ANSI standard web-based rating tool called Green Globes.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency's EnergyStar program rates commercial buildings for energy efficiency and provides EnergyStar qualifications for new homes that meet their standards for energy efficient building design.

In 2005, Washington became the first state in the U.S. to enact green building legislation. According to the law, all major public agency facilities with a floor area exceeding 5,000 square feet (465 m²), including state funded school buildings, are required to meet or exceed LEED standards in construction or renovation. The projected benefits from such a law are

 * 20% annual savings in energy costs
 * 20% reduction in water costs
 * 38% reduction in waste water production
 * 22% reduction in construction waste

Research projects

 * General room orientation in house construction
 * Hydraulic_tables_and_chairs_design

Resources

 * United States Environmental Protection Agency
 * European Environment Agency — EEA

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Umimayanthus parasiticus

Umimayanthus parasiticus, commonly known as the sponge zoanthid, is a species of coral in the order Zoantharia which grows symbiotically on several species of sponge. It is found in shallow waters in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Description
The polyps of Umimayanthus parasiticus superficially resemble rather small sea anemones. They grow either singly or in small groups of two or three on the surface of certain species of sponge. The polyps are joined by a thin layer of tissue called coenenchyme and occur at densities of 3 to 10 per square centimetre (20 to 60 per square inch). The distances between the polyps widens as they spread out over the surface of the host sponge by budding. The polyp's column is encrusted with sand particles and calcareous material and is white. The oral disc is up to 6 mm in diameter and there are two rings of tentacles round the edge with about 14 tentacles in each. These are brown and contain symbiotic zooxanthellae, unicellular photosynthetic algae which supply the polyp with nutrients while benefiting from its nitrogenous waste.

Distribution and habitat
Umimayanthus parasiticus is found in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Bermuda and the Bahamas at depths varying from 7.5 to 30 m. It is common where its host sponges are found. These include Cliona deletrix and other Cliona spp., Gelloides ramosa, Callyspongia vaginalis and Spheciospongia spp..

Biology
Like other corals, the polyps of Umimayanthus parasiticus extend their tentacles to feed on zooplankton. It is probable that the coral benefits from the flow of water into and out of the sponge which increases the number of food particles coming within its reach. The sponge is a filter feeder and feeds on the bacteria and dissolved organic matter it removes from the water passing through its tissues. The presence of the coral obstructs the inflow of water. Some sponges produce anti-fouling compounds which they release into the surrounding water to try to prevent other organisms colonizing their surface. Nevertheless, an ongoing study of sponges colonized by zoanthid corals showed positive benefits to the sponge in growth and survival rates so the association seems to be mutualistic.

The sexes are separate in Umimayanthus parasiticus. Oocytes start developing in February and become mature when the water temperature rises to about 27 °C in July. Spawning takes place precisely two nights after the full moon during the next three months, with the main spawning event taking place in September. The eggs are shed singly and contain no zooxanthellae and fertilisation occurs in the water column. Little is known of the development of the larvae.

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Carolina Mendoza (diver)

Carolina Mendoza Hernández (born 25 April 1997 in Naucalpan, Mexico) is a Mexican diver. At only 15 years of age, she achieved qualification to participate at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the individual 10 metre platform event.

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officina

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A monetary office that issues coins.

Etymology
., which was inherited.

Noun

 * 1) workshop
 * 2)  laboratory

Etymology
From, with vowel syncope followed by assimilation of /pf/ to /ff/. Compare.

Noun

 * 1) workshop, manufactory
 * 2) a poultry house, henhouse
 * 3)  an apothecary's, a pharmacy

Usage notes
An officīna is a shop where goods are manufactured. A can be a shop where goods are sold. It is possible for a single shop to be both a taberna and an officīna. In scientific names, it and its derivatives (,, &c.) usually indicates use in producing medicines.

Descendants

 * Italo-Romance:
 * Padanian:
 * Old
 * Northern Gallo-Romance:
 * Borrowings:
 * Northern Gallo-Romance:
 * Borrowings:
 * Borrowings:
 * Borrowings:
 * Borrowings:
 * Borrowings:
 * Borrowings:

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Desert Campaign (1833–1834)

The Desert Campaign (1833–1834) was a military campaign in Argentina led by Juan Manuel de Rosas against the indigenous people of the southern Pampas and northern Patagonia. The campaign was later followed by the Conquest of the Desert, which took place in the 1870s and 1880s.

Context

Juan Manuel de Rosas's first term as governor of Buenos Aires ended in 1832. He had defeated the Unitarian League of Argentina. With a lull in the Argentine Civil Wars, Rosas's focus shifted to securing the frontier from the indigenous population. Juan Ramón Balcarce, who succeeded Rosas as governor, allowed him to embark on the military campaign, despite receiving proposals to deny Rosas authorization for it.

Campaign
Harsh terrain played a significant factor in the military campaign, as there were no European settlements on the route Rosas's army travelled, and his force had to transport all of its provisions from Buenos Aires. Because of the remoteness of the theatre, messages had to be relayed between multiple couriers back to the city of Buenos Aires. Additionally, Rosas needed a substantial number of horses, which were difficult to obtain due to the ongoing Argentine Civil Wars.

The campaign spanned from the Atlantic Ocean to the Andes, and had several sections of attack. Félix Aldao from Mendoza Province attacked the Mapuche in the south of the province. Ruiz Huidobro, under the command of Facundo Quiroga, faced the Ranqueles in San Luis and Córdoba. Rosas led the section in the Buenos Aires province. Although Rosas organized the overall campaign, the primary commander in the field was Quiroga. It was expected Chile would contribute additional military support; however, the nation was unable to do so, due to a mutiny against and assassination attempts on Diego Portales. Rosas's command left Buenos Aires on March 22, 1833.

Rosas divided the indigenous populations into three groups: friends, allies, and enemies. "Friends" were allowed to settle within the territories of the Buenos Aires province, and even on Rosas's farm. "Allies" were allowed to retain their own territories, and remained independent. Rosas provided both of these groups with cattle and other goods. He personally interviewed the caciques, learning the Puelche language, and would later compile La gramática y diccionario de la lengua Pampa ("Grammar and Dictionary of the Pampa Language").

The "enemies" group, which was composed of Ranquel and Mapuche, and had refused to negotiate with the Spanish colonial administration as well as with the Argentine Confederation, plundered rural villages and property in mounted raids known as malones. The Ranquels were led by the famous warrior Yanquetruz, skilled in hit and run tactics.

The column of Félix Aldao made some advances on the south of Mendoza Province, eventually reaching Limay Mahuida, in what is now La Pampa Province. Aldao beat Yanquetruz in the battle of Arroyo del Rosario, on 1 April 1833; however, his troops suffered significant losses on 14 May after being ambushed in Balsa Pass, on the west bank of river Salado. Though forward recoinnaissance parties led by Nazario Benavídez made visual contact with Rosas' forces near the Colorado river later in May, Aldao decided the withdrawal in August, after depleting his resources and learning that Huidobro's main column wouldn't meet its intended target.

Ruiz Huidobro's column evolved in the same way; after inflicting a heavy defeat to Yanquetruz on 16 March 1833 in the battle of Las Acollaradas lakes, near today's Villa Huidobro, in southern Cordoba Province, and advancing deeply into Ranquel territory up to Leubucó, in today's Province of La Pampa, he was forced to retreat due to lack of coordination with Rosas forces and the capture of a supply convoy by the Ranquels.

Rosas led the military campaign against the "enemies" by building upon earlier campaigns by Martín Rodríguez and Bernardino Rivadavia. In doing so, Rosas was able to make much deeper incursions than his predecessors, and destroyed several indigenous settlements. Rosas later claimed his army had killed 3,200 indigenous people during the campaign, captured 1,200 prisoners, and rescued 1,000 captives.

Consequences
Rosas's campaign resulted in a brief period of peace with indigenous communities and brought an end to the malones, until he was defeated and overthrown the Battle of Caseros in 1852. Despite having been at war with the Argentine forces since 1821, the indigenous population led counter-attacks during the Battle of Caseros. They continued to lose control of their territories, however, and gradually retreated to the south. The final defeat of the indigenous peoples came during the Conquest of the Desert, led by Julio Argentino Roca.

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Talk:Tôn Đức Thắng

Untitled
If possible, could anyone expand on the legacy of Ton Duc Thang. I tried to cover bits and pieces of it, and tried not to avert from a NPOV. -- Nish kid 64 15:07, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Can anyone get a picture of this man? I'm trying to get one from official sites of the Vietnam government. Maybe I will add it later but if you have good pic then please feel free to add it. Hawkie 19:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Peer review of bio
I am not familar with this person, but can give you some tips on getting article good rating.
 * 1) Insure article is in  format
 * Your pretty much there, just add "Biography" heading, and make current ones subs of it

 * 1) Add a "References" section and try and WP:CITE your sources.  Even if it's a written book, you can still cite it as source
 * 2) Added external links section if you can to further reading

Hope this helps! Hackajar 16:10, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the peer review. Before I wrote this article, I did not know who this person was at all. I just made it by reading through some encyclopedic articles. I did not use a written book at all, and I just cited the web pages I used. I'll try to find more if I can. -- Nish kid 64 21:31, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

No specific references
The article seems to be pretty good already, except for the lack of specific references. Was "Imagined Ancestries of Vietnamese Communism: Ton Duc Thang and the Politics of History and Memory" used in the creation of the article? If so, it should be listed under "references", not "further reading". The current references are very general, and don't specify which encyclopedias were used for specific claims in the article. I'd suggest using in-line references (either links or footnotes). Cherak 20:22, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I did not use the book at all. I had to basically use the encyclopedia sources. I guess I'll try to add in-line refs for the article (although I took most of the information from Brittanica). -- Nish kid 64 21:59, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 09:26, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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User:Ajo Mama~enwikiversity

Hello there!

I am new to Wikiversity as I just found out about other Wikis than Wikipedia. I have been an active user on Wikipedia, both giving helping contributions and vandalising for fun. I hope to do the same here! --Ajo Mama 06:01, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Please vandalise this page below the following line.

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User:Mineory

Register This is an account of Wikipedia that was registered in August 18th 2020. User information Date of birth: April 2nd 2001 Gender: Male Nationality: China (People's Republic of China)

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Cageless

Cageless is the seventh studio album by the Canadian pop rock group Hedley, released through Universal Music Canada on September 29, 2017. It was supported by the singles "Love Again" and "Better Days". The music video for the former was shot for virtual reality. The album received a Juno Award nomination for Pop Album of the Year. The album sold a total of 9,000 units.

Background
Cageless was released on September 29, 2017. It is their first album release with their new drummer Jay Benison. Lead singer Jacob Hoggard had written 30 to 35 songs for the album, before finalizing the 10 tracks for Cageless. The band announced a headlining tour that would begin in 2018 called the "Cageless Tour" which featured supporting acts, Shawn Hook and Neon Dreams. However, amidst the sexual assault allegations towards the band, mostly Hoggard, both Neon Dreams and Hook decided to dropout of the tour. The band's management team also dropped the group in light of the allegations. Despite the allegations made towards the band, the group continued the Cageless Tour until March 2018.

Singles
The second track "Love Again" is the first single released from the album. The song entered Billboard Canadian Hot 100 and peaked at number 50. Their second single and lead track, "Better Days" was released on August 18, 2017 and peaked at number 42 on Billboard Canadian Hot 100. "Obsession" was released as a promotional single on September 15, 2017.

Track listing

 * 1) "Better Days" – 3:43
 * 2) "Love Again" – 3:04
 * 3) "Obsession" – 3:44
 * 4) "Tidal Wave" – 3:28
 * 5) "In Love with a Broken Heart" – 3:37
 * 6) "Bad Tattoo" – 3:47
 * 7) "All Night" – 3:46
 * 8) "I'm On Fire" – 3:22
 * 9) "Wild" – 3:36
 * 10) "17" – 3:34

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Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/ROFX releases publishing system

It's not a spam and some commercial links posting. The ROFX system is the free of charge system and helps for publishers to spread their releases using this system!

Why don't you delete the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_press_kit page?


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Federal Correctional Institution, Manchester

The Federal Correctional Institution, Manchester (FCI Manchester) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Clay County, Kentucky. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security male offenders.

FCI Manchester is located in eastern Kentucky, approximately 75 mi south of Lexington, the state's second-largest city.

In media
In August 2009, Jeff Smith, then a Missouri state senator, pleaded guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice and resigned his seat. Smith was subsequently sentenced to one year in federal prison and served eight months at FCI Manchester. The business magazine Inc. published an article written by Smith on its website in which Smith described his experience at the prison:

"It was my first week in a federal prison, and I was beginning to see that it was far more nuanced than the hotbed of sex, drugs, and violence depicted on television documentaries. It was teeming with ambitious, street-smart men, many who appear to have been very successful drug dealers on the outside, and some of whom possess business instincts as sharp as those of the CEOs who wined and dined me six months before."

Notable inmates (current and former)

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in effigy

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  With a symbol, usually an effigy, substituted for a real person or thing.

Translations

 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: em efígie
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:

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Taboose Pass

Taboose Pass, 11417 ft, also known as Wide Gap, is a mountain pass in the southern Sierra Nevada, California on the border of the Inyo National Forest (John Muir Wilderness) to the east and Kings Canyon National Park to the west. The pass is reachable from the east via a long, strenuous hike from the desert floor of the Owens Valley. On the west, it connects to the Pacific Crest Trail/John Muir Trail in the National Park.

Taboose Pass is one of the more difficult Eastern Sierra passes in the Sierra Nevada range, partly due to the low starting elevation of the Owens Valley Trailhead in a desert floor, at 5,500 feet. From the trailhead it is an 8-mile hike, gaining 6,000 feet over that distance to reach the pass at 11,400 feet. Some notable peaks near Taboose Pass include: Split Mountain (the southernmost fourteener in the Palisades group), Cardinal Mountain, Crater Mountain, Goodale Mountain, Mount Ickes, Marion Peak, Mount Pinchot, Mount Ruskin, Striped Mountain, Striped South, Vennacher Needle, White Mountain (at 12,828', not to be confused with the California fourteener with the same name), and Mount Wynne.

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Talk:Denver Art Museum

Merger Proposal
I propose that Duncan Pavilion be merged into Denver Art Museum. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crp5 (talk • contribs) 08:51, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree. Doesn't seem to be any reason to have Duncan Pavillion as a separate article. --Footwarrior (talk) 22:40, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Large page edit
I am proposing a significant update to the Denver Art Museum’s Wikipedia page, which would incorporate vital information on structural and programmatic changes that have taken place since this page was last updated in 2016. Reasons for the update include:

-Collection titles and Collection descriptions have changed since DAM’s Wikipedia page was last edited in 2016 and need to be updated.

-The Museum’s major campus renovation project—which broke ground in early 2018—is not reflected in the current Wikipedia page.

-The Wikipedia page does not include information about the Museum’s new spaces including the new Sie Welcome Center, the Bonfils-Stanton Foundations -Galleries, the new Design and Northwest Coast and Alaska Native Galleries, the Barltlit Learning and Engagement Center; as well as important background information about the project.

-The Duncan Pavilion no longer exists—it was demolished in 2017 to make way for the Museum’s new Welcome Center. I propose removing the section dedicated to Duncan Pavilion because it is outdated and inaccurate— and inserting updated information about the Duncan Pavilion into the “History of the museum” section."

In making these proposed updates, I plan to incorporate extensive citations, including: https://theknow.denverpost.com/2018/01/10/denver-art-museum-renovations-150-million/172798/

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/denver-art-museum-25m-gift-778286

https://resnicow.com/client-news/museum-breaks-ground-renovation-iconic-gio-ponti-designed-north-building

https://denverartmuseum.org/article/anna-and-john-j-sie-welcome-center-denver-art-museum

https://denver.eater.com/2019/8/22/20828836/denver-chef-jennifer-jasinski-new-restaurant-denver-art-museum

https://www.archpaper.com/2020/01/oma-reveals-new-gallery-spaces-and-studio-for-denver-art-museum/

https://denverartmuseum.org/collections

9/14/2020

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I am proposing an overhaul of the Denver Art Museum Wikipedia page to update old and/or incorrect information, improve the organization of the content and address the numerous issues flagged at the top of the page. The changes would include: –Updating and correcting inaccurate information in the section “History of the museum,” and revising the section with post-2008 facts. –Removing wording and content that “promotes the subject in a subjective manner” (one of the page’s flagged issues). –Adding accurate citations within the article and updating citations linked to websites that no longer exist (e.g., reference 9: Structure magazine). Some of the prior cited webpages can't be found. --<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 23:05, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I think that's fine. The reason i reverted your previous edit at the article wasn't that anything was wrong per se, but that such a large, single edit, which seemed to lose content and restructure the page, all in one go, was questionable.  Small edits are probably the way to go, especially at the beginning of your wiki-career, being careful all the way, eh?  I think, and this is purely by recollection, i've not gone back to check, that some of the way you were trying to reference was wrong, though i could be conflating here between this and another article i was gnoming on. Anyway, i'm happy to help, if needed; edit away! cheers, LindsayHello 09:20, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
 * To date, the following changes have been made on the page through “Hamilton Building-Architectural reviews” section: [“its other collections of more than 68,000 diverse works” — 68,000 changed to 70,000 based on updated information on the museum’s website]  [Reference 2 previously: William C. and Kenton Forest. Denver: A pictorial history from frontier camp to Queen City of the Plains. Colorado Railroad Museum, 1993 — Updated to Harris essay after not being able to find the previous reference]   [“Denver architect Burnham Hoyt renovated the building, which opened as the Schleier Memorial Gallery in 1949, allowing the museum to open its own galleries.” — Deleted “allowing the museum to open its own galleries” because the museum had galleries in the Chappell House and art in the City and County building prior to this, as referenced in The First Hundred Years, p. 35]   [“eventually opened a new building, the Morgan Wing or South Wing” — Removed information about the Morgan Wing because it is incorrect. The addition, per the referenced essay, was added as the South Wing and later renamed the Bach Wing.]   [“The North Building, a major and distinctive seven-story 210,000 square-foot addition…” — Deleted subjective language: major and distinctive]   [“Ponti wanted the DAM building, housing the important art within, to break from the traditional museum archetypes by placing more than a million reflective glass tiles on the building’s exterior, along with a dramatic “castle-like” façade.[4][6] The architecturally unique tower building has 24 sides, and is clad in reflective grey glass tiles specially designed by Dow Corning.” — Sentence reworked to remove subjective language]   [“Duncan Pavilion, a large second story space situated where the North Building meets the Hamilton Building, was designed” – Appositive phrase deleted because it was repetitive from the previous sentence.]   [‘It provides a large atrium space for a rest midway through museum tours, and roof terrace where one can see sweeping vistas of the city, and stand directly under the prow of the Hamilton. Along with the addition the project renovated the mechanical system and visitor circulation in the Morgan Wing.” – Deleted because of subjective language; sounded like an advertisement]   [Reference for mention of Hamilton Building’s recognition by the American Institute of Architects as a successful Building Information Modeling project changed because the previous link (AIA.org / Site Objects: Building Information Modeling (pdf)) could no longer be found.]   [Subjective language in Duncan Pavilion section removed: “monumental glass stair”; “The strongly day lighted space provides a sense of transition between the new and old buildings and a resting point.” (This sentence was also not written properly and was repetitive from previous info.);  “The new rooftop patio provides panoramic city views of the City Capitol, Civic Center Park, Denver Library, Wellington Webb and other buildings as well as the unique view of standing directly under the new Hamilton Building ‘prow’ almost exactly as you exit the building onto the patio, creating a very dramatic effect.”]   [“The Frederic C. Hamilton Building holds the Modern and Contemporary art collection, along with the Architecture and Design collection, and Oceanic art collection.” — Reworked because it was not accurate: Architecture and Design collection is not in the Hamilton Building, but African art, some of Western American and temporary exhibition spaces are.]   [“The unique building also serves as…” — Subjective language removed: unique]   [“This ambitious project doubled the size of the museum, allowing for an expansion of the art on view, inside a bold aesthetic facade.” – Subjective language removed: ambitious, inside a bold aesthetic façade.]   [Reference 9 updated because previous page linked (http://www.structuremag.org/article.aspx?articleID=299) could no longer be found.]   [“The titanium panels also reflect the light of the Colorado sunshine.” — Removed because it sounded like an advertisement.]   [Awards section updated to more accurately quote the information released by AISC and citation updated to link to this information.]   [The dramatic design of the Hamilton extension of DAM has received mixed reviews. The architecture critic for the "Los Angeles Times", Christopher Hawthorne, said that "Museum architecture does not always blend cohesively with a great architectural achievement." He reported that “It’s a really stunning piece of architectural sculpture, but the aggressive forms make it a pretty terrible place for showing and looking at art.” — Edited this paragraph and quote because it was not entirely consistent with the quote in the cited NPR story.]   [“He said the museum’s board was seeking the opportunity to draw people to the city by building something radical and spectacular, to capture the attention of people around the country and the world. The Frederic C. Hamilton building does stand out in the Denver cityscape.” — Ended sentence after “to the city” because the rest reads like an advertisement.]<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 16:35, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Proposed Update 9.15.20
I am proposing an update to the Denver Art Museum’s Wikipedia page, which would incorporate important information that has not been incorporated since the webpage was last updated in 2016. Reasons for the update include: -The introduction is missing key information including the Museum’s current director; information about visitor attendance; and information about the Museum’s Gio Ponti-designed building. The “Learning & Engagement” section on the Wikipedia page does not include information about the Museum’s new L&E spaces realized by the renovation project. In making these proposed updates, I plan to incorporate extensive citations, including: https://denverartmuseum.org/collections/western-american-art https://denverartmuseum.org/about/mission-history https://denverartmuseum.org/annual-report https://theknow.denverpost.com/2019/11/13/denver-art-museum-reopening-date/228631/ https://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/08/denver-art-museum-north-building/ https://davispartnership.com/projects/denver-art-museum-frederic-c-hamilton-building/ <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 15:12, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

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Luca Pagano

Luca Pagano (born 28 July 1978 in Treviso) is an Italian-born poker player who finished third place in the Barcelona Open, a European Poker Tour (EPT) event, in 2004. Since then he has reached six more EPT final tables, finishing in the money 20 times, placing him top of the EPT All-Time Leaderboard. He has also placed in two events at the 2006 World Series of Poker.

He was a Team PokerStar PRO member for almost 15 years and, as of 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,200,000.

Biography
Pagano attended the information-science branch at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice; quickly his managerial skills took over and the nightlife family-run business was profitably administrated. The big love for poker comes a little later, during a trip in Slovenia where he played a game in the Casino of Nova Gorica.

He has been a poker professional since 2004, year in which he scored the third place at the EPT Barcelona Open. This rising career takes him to play in the major tournaments having places in the most eminent cities, so that PokerStars chooses to make him the perfect Italian testimonial of the Team Pro. Pagano and PokerStars parted their ways in May 2017, consensually.

Pagano adds to his palmares many successes and builds up a very solid bankroll, rapidly becoming the player with the most in the money placements in all of Italian history.

Together with poker, Pagano is an entrepreneur, Angel Investor, TV commentator and host, main host of the Italian talent and reality show La Casa degli Assi, sponsored by PokerStars and co-owner of Italian professional eSports Team QLASH.

European Poker Tour
In the European Poker Tour, Pagano gained 20 ITM placements with 7 Final Tables. Despite the strong perseverance, he never scored any first place; his best EPT result is third place in Barcelona in 2004.

On 11 September 2008, Pagano was awarded by the European Poker Tour Awards as "The Player of the Year".

Pagano holds the first position in the EPT All-Time Leaderboard with 5.500 points, right before French player Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and holds the second position in the EPT ITM Rank Score - he is the first, however, among Italians; the Global Poker Index has estimated his winnings in about $2,212,339.

Italian Poker Tour
On 1 August 2011 wins for the first time the Italian Poker Tour Sanremo step, gaining a trophy and €210,000 of prize.

As May 2017, at the time of the split from PokerStars, he holds the 8th place in the "All Time Money List" of HendonMob, for a global earnings of $2,212,339.

Pokerstars Festival
PokerStars Festival since 2017 replaces the Italian Poker Tour format.

World Series of Poker
Pagano's best placement in the World Series of Poker was in 2006, in the $1.500 Seven Card Stud event, where he finished in 40th place.

Poker related activities
Pagano co-hosted, together with sport commentator Giacomo Valenti, the famous TV show "Poker1Mania", aired, from 2007 to 2013, late night on Italian public television; the show was the first of its kind featuring the professional game of poker in a less technical language and earned a big audience consensus.

Pagano organizes poker events by the Venice Casino, by the detached branch Ca' Noghera, by the Casino Sanremo, Casino Saint-Vincent, Aosta Valley and Nova Gorica.

In mid 2014, Pagano hosted the first edition of talent and reality show La Casa degli Assi, original format by PokerStars produced by Magnolia Italy; this reality was aired for the first time on a terrestrial satellite TV channel and secondly re-aired on the public television, at night.

In March 2015, Pagano hosted the second edition of the talent show, aired late night on public television.

eSports
In late 2016 Luca Pagano announced his entry in the electronic sports frontier with the creation and co-owning, with professional poker player Eugene Katchalov, of a professional team in Italy.

QLASH is one of the most promising professional organizations featuring well known players from the national and international scene in different videogames: Hearthstone, StarCraft, FIFA, Fortnite, Clash Royale, Brawlstars, Vainglory, Call of Duty, Sim Racing and more. In much less time the team has been granted with important recognition in the gaming scene. QLASH is also the first professional Italian team to join the prestigious Dreamhack in Austin, with former member Simone "VKing" Larivera ranking a stellar Top20 position in Hearthstone.

In early 2019 QLASH introduced the QLASH House; a gaming house situated in Treviso, Italy. It houses many of their professional players.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SQL Injection by Susam Pal

The result of the debate was delete. Shanel 01:53, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

SQL Injection by Susam Pal
Original research; article reposted from author's web site, article title inappropriate. Another article on this topic already exists: SQL injection. Mangojuice 14:49, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:Wikipedia is not an instruction guide to h4x0ring the gibson. —kotepho 2006-03-20 15:15Z
 * Delete Original research; WP is not a how-to guide.  (aeropagitica)   16:32, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, SQL injection looks like enough of a reasonable, encyclopedic, non-OR take on this topic anyway. WP:NOT a how-to guide for 1337 h4x0ring. I also love how the author signed the article in the title. Classy. -- Kinu t /c  19:02, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per everyone --Icarus 20:04, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong delete in agreement with all the above comments. No need to redirect this title to the existing article.  Barno 20:26, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. --Khoikhoi 05:23, 21 March 2006 (UTC)


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DASH-IF

The DASH Industry Forum (DASH-IF) is a system which according to the company "creates interoperability guidelines for the usage of the MPEG-DASH streaming standard. It consists of streaming and media companies, such as Microsoft, Netflix, Google, Ericsson, Samsung and Adobe." They provide an open source version of this software also.

Interoperability
One of the main goals of the DASH Industry Forum as stated by the company itself is to "attain interoperability of DASH-enabled products on the market."

The DASH Industry Forum has produced several documents as implementation guidelines:
 * DASH-AVC/264 Interoperability Points V3.0: DRM updates, Improved Live, Ad Insertion, Events, H.265/HEVC support, Trick Modes, CEA608/708
 * DASH-AVC/264 Interoperability Points V2.0: HD and Multi-Channel Audio Extensions
 * DASH-AVC/264 Interoperability Points V1.0

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Talk:Arabic

Untitled
I started my arabic project in German. [] We can share our stuff and translate it.

Purpose
What is the intended level of instruction of this book? It's not clear what the intent is in the book itself. I think the purpose and outcomes should be made more clear in an introduction. Also, is anyone actively working on it? 13 Dec 2011

GARG - Gnu Arabic Grammar
Here are the beginnings of a Modern Arabic Grammar Guide. Anybody who has an interest in helping should take part in the planning section.

Collection Point - Articles for the Grammar Guide can be entered here. More information is on the site.

Edited Work - Please do not make any more changes on in this section - instead start a discussion.

(Translation of Arabisch - Original document by Zorro 16:00 GMT 29/02/04)

Some lost pages
With the changes in History, I noticed there are some pages of an anonymous writer that were left out of your table of contents. They are: I deem the naming conventions should change (someone must take the responsibility of moving them), and useless stuff should be removed. --Wizard0 13:29, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Sounds - Arabic sound identification system symbols, which seems to be orphaned, and
 * Some_history, which was a link on that page.

numbers
added a section for arabic numerals.

This is twoThirty
I have been adding a lot of material to this wikiBook. The last thing I added was the new section for learning Arabic reading and writing. Once it is done, we should be able to delete the original learn to read Arabic section called "Fundamentals", because it will be useless. For the new learning to read and write Arabic, excercises are needed, especially copying excercises (to practice writing, but this requires the use of pictures I assume).

After this wikibook is done, a graduated phrase book (going from basic phrases to more complex phrases, including translation and word-for-word translation) should be created for Arabic. Also, a transcription (subtitles written out) for some old Arabic cartoons would help (especially if they are downloadable off the internet (Grendizer comes to mind)). If there is already a wiki for cartoons and transcribing them, tell me (I highly doubt that there are any).

 إلى اللقاء

Section, dialectical clarity
This section on Arabic is an unclear mix of colloquials and of MSA. It should be revised with a goal of one dialect in mind.

(Sorry for the multiple revisions, I'm new.)

Monoglot 03:48, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Reply to: Dialectecal clarity
Thank you for the comment. I agree that it should have one dialect in mind. I deleted the non-MSA sections.

The changing transliteration system has been wasting time. I'll focus on making the Arabic alphabet part high quality, and then using the Arabic alphabet only for the other parts. This wikibook needs a great amount of planning. The task is really big. I think after the Arabic writing system, we should focus on Arabic grammar, providing examples, and vocabulary. --TwoThirty 07:20, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Dialectical Decision
I have decided to omit the colloquial languages in this book. We will focus on Standard Arabic.

Perhaps, they will be included in a final chapter, to help people who have mastered the language to be able to understand most colloquialized Arabic speech. For the following reasons: --TwoThirty 00:11, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) There is more demand for learning it than there are for the colloquials.
 * 2) The colloquials are not the general Arab language. All Arabs understand Standard Arabic.
 * 3) You need Standard Arabic to read and write.
 * 4) Most Arabs can speak Standard Arabic.
 * 5) Each colloquial is limited in dominance to a region.
 * 6) You need Standard Arabic to understand the Qur'aan.
 * 7) Understanding Standard Arabic makes it easier to understand more than one Arabic colloquial.
 * I second that. You can also understand the new with MSA and a lot of TV programs, so it's far from just a formal written or Quranic language. --Atitarev (talk) 00:06, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Cleaning up pages
I don't have a problem with major contributors trying to remove content from the Wikibooks they are working on, and I try to leave that up to the participants on each seperate Wikibook.

Every once in awhile I find a page like Arabic/Basic Sentences/ain't which has been blanked, and I'm not sure if the person who blanked the page would like it deleted or not. Information is the key here, and simply removing all of the content does not automatically remove the page from our database.

If you really think the page is useless and will not contribute to your Wikibook, or that you have covered the content elsewhere and really don't need that page any more, please use the following "page markup tag" to let administrators and any other interested person know why you think the page needs to be removed:

I use this myself even to get a second opinion on semi-questionable pages, and it gives the opportunity to give a reason for its removal. Otherwise, I have to try and form my own opinion on the matter. It also takes me quite a bit more time to review a page that has been blanked and not marked up with the delete tag, keeping me from other items on Wikibooks. --Rob Horning 15:33, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Arabic lessons
Arabic is becoming more and more important in today's world, so Wikibooks should definitely have lessons for it. I started learning Arabic, but only know the script and a few basic expressions so far. I'd love to see further lessons here.

Have you seen the article on creating a language course on Wikibooks? I think it's quite useful. Also, you may want to have a look at the course format I found works best for students: Bite-sized language lessons.

Regarding the lessons teaching how to read and write, I found it very useful to give the students words to practise that he should already be able to recognise: English words that Arabic borrowed (e. g. the one for sandwich), Arabic words that are found in English (e. g. algebra?), common personal names (e. g. Ahmed) and the names of cities and countries. Students will find it easier and more fun to read words when they can guess the meaning. Otherwise they're learning two things at once: a foreign script and foreign words, which can be discouraging.

Anyways, just my two cents. Good luck!

Junesun 15:32, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for making this "book". I like Arabic language. It's cool. Keep up the good work. :)

Alphabet module is *not* complete
While all of the letters may be properly described in the "Alphabet" page, it in no way teaches the reader the letters. Specifically, there should be step-by-step exercises to transliterate/read the script, starting with a couple letters, then building to the full alphabet (because the whole thing at once simply goes in one ear and out the other), including how to pronounce each one. --RealGrouchy 19:16, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Proposed Wikibook Format
I'm back, and ready to bring this wikibook to life. I have reorganized the links so that it isn't so difficult to find the more complete version that teaches about four letters at a time.

Be sure to add your suggestions, or reserve a section to write on the Wikibook proposed plan, at the bottom of the main page. I have some new suggestions about incorporating all forms of Arabic, in order to have a more realistic and more useful wikibook. But leaving it up to the user as to which dialects they need exposure to. --TwoThirty 09:18, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Pronunciation
This book really needs some pronunciation .ogg files. So, any native speakers out there want to make lessons? As of now the easiest thing would be to read down lists: numbers, months, days, alphabet, etc. Anything simple will do. Hopefully if we get enough native speakers interested we can get into doing more then we can actually get real lessons. But some basic pronunciations are needed. Just make sure to provide as much information about accent as possible: fusha preferably but at least make it clear if you are speaking in dialect.

For those of us who can't really speak Arabic or have accents so bad it would not help anyone maybe we can make some drills that way anyone with a good accent can just read down the list and upload it instead of making the lessons themselves. gren グレン 04:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Agree with this but someone has to do the job, preferably a native speaker. By the way, do you know how to create .ogg files? --Atitarev (talk) 23:56, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Audacity is a free audio recorder that can do .ogg's Josterhage (talk) 17:23, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, now we need to find a native speaker willing to do the job :) --Atitarev (talk) 12:02, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

CanI...
Can I use this lesson in my Wikibooks(malay).Putera Luqman Tunku Andre (talk) 07:16, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Vowels / diacritics
My previous comments were a little hasty, I reviewed the pages more and clearly there is more vowel marking than I thought there was. One of my issues is that it seems inconsistent, and it certainly seems like there is a tendency to assume certain things (such as sukoon via no vowel where a vowel is expected). I will say that it is not easy to tell what standard the writer is keeping with these vowel markings. A page describing how the marking is being done, and a clear check for consistency in the policy, is in order. It is also extremely difficult where markings are visible to discern which marks belong to which lines in many places due to line-height being too small, but this is a simple matter of addressing formatting issues as time goes by. In any case, I also suggest cross-coördinating with the English and Arabic Wiktionaries (which could be abetted by Meta). this raven is icy (talk) 04:52, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Category IV
Arabic is a category IV language, not a category III.

Orphaned page
Arabic/Some history is not linked to from any other page, and thus is orphaned. The page itself looks like it needs major cleanup. I'd like the contributors here to make a decision on what to do with the page. It looks like all the content there is already covered better on other pages, so my initial response would be to speedy delete it (especially as the last edits were in 2006) but I'm instead putting up notice here in case there's material that could be merged into other articles.

I've also put up Arabic/Arabic vowels for speedy deletion as it is also orphaned and doesn't seem to have any content not better covered on other pages. Xerol Oplan (talk) 05:22, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

 * N.B. 'Arabic vowels' deleted 27th May; topic was better covered in the Arabic/LearnRW/a i u, and Arabic/LearnRW/fatHamodules of the book. Reece   (Talk)   (Contributions)  23:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

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Talk:Longshot (film)

Random
My sister is best friends with Tony DeCamillis' oldest daughter. I'm good friends with his oldest son. Tony's great, really nice.

Fair use rationale for Image:Longshot-the-movie.jpg
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The Crazy Clinic

The Crazy Clinic (Sanatorium total verrückt) is a 1954 West German comedy film directed by Alwin Elling and starring Ingrid Andree, Maria Andergast and Claus Biederstaedt. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios with sets designed by the art directors Heinrich Richter and Bruno Lutz.

Cast

 * Ingrid Andree as Inge
 * Maria Andergast as Gutsbesitzerin
 * Claus Biederstaedt as Evelyns Begleiter
 * Joachim Brennecke as Inges Begleiter
 * Charlott Daudert as Lissy
 * Erich Fiedler as Henry
 * Albert Florath
 * Ursula Grabley
 * Al Hoosmann
 * Martl Koch
 * Harald Paulsen as Professor
 * Mady Rahl as Wera
 * Lotte Rausch
 * Willi Sahler
 * Franz Schafheitlin
 * Jeanette Schultze as Evelyn
 * Josef Sieber
 * Hans Zesch-Ballot

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lamprophony

Etymology
From (from  +.

Noun

 * 1) loudness and clarity of enunciation

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 發音的響亮和清晰, 发音的响亮和清晰 (fāyīn de xiǎngliàng hé qīngxī)
 * Finnish:

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