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1969–70 WCHL season

The 1969–70 WCHL season was the fourth season of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). It featured eight teams and a 60-game regular season. The Flin Flon Bombers topped the season standings for a third consecutive year, posting 42 wins, and in the playoffs won their second consecutive President's Cup, defeating the Edmonton Oil Kings in a rematch of the previous season's final.

Dispute with CAHA
The WCHL annual meeting was held June 19 to 21 in Calgary. The WCHL planned to operate the 1969–70 season with the same eight teams from the previous season. Twenty players from the WCHL were chosen in the 1969 NHL amateur draft. Since the WCHL was operating under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Hockey Association instead of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA), league president Ron Butlin initiated legal action for draft payments made by the National Hockey League (NHL) to CAHA. Internally, the WCHL reached a gate receipt sharing plan, where larger cities in the league would assist the smaller cities.

A tentative agreement between the WCHL and CAHA was announced on July 30, 1969, whereby the WCHL would rejoin CAHA. According to the agreement, the WCHL would not expand before 1970, and would not have representation on the CAHA's junior committee before then either. There were no plans included for the WCHL to participate in the 1970 Memorial Cup. Outstanding fees from the NHL draft would be paid out, and WCHL teams would not be allowed to deal directly with the NHL. WCHL teams would be allowed to claim a maximum of one player from lower-tier CAHA teams. The WCHL still wanted to reserve the right to place a club anywhere in Western Canada without seeking CAHA approval. By September, neither the CAHA nor the WCHL had approved the tentative agreement.

Butlin stated that peace talks with CAHA had stalled due to financial issues, and the league would begin its season outside of CAHA jurisdiction. He stated that the WCHL wanted the development fees released to its teams immediately, whereas CAHA reportedly wanted to hold the money as a bond in good faith until May 1970. CAHA president Earl Dawson granted an extension until October 8, 1969, for the WCHL to decide. A joint meeting with the NHL was refused since the professionals deemed it an amateur issue. Dawson terminated negotiations on October 9, although individual teams in the WCHL were still welcomed to apply for CAHA membership. WCHL teams were reportedly offered $5,000 per team in subsidies from CAHA, less than the $7,000 given to teams in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA). After it was apparent the WCHL would not rejoin CAHA, the WCHL and the OHA began to compete for players from each other's leagues. On October 17, 1969, the WCHL resumed legal action to recover development payments from the NHL made to CAHA.

The Western Ontario Junior A Hockey League wanted to continue the east-west Canadian Hockey Association final series, and felt that their teams were stronger than in the previous season due to more over-age players on its rosters. Butlin was hesitant to agree due to the previous year's final being incomplete and concerns about an imbalance of talent.

A meeting in March 1970 between the WCHL and CAHA to resolve all differences ended after just 15 minutes. Butlin reported that the WCHL was asked to accept the same conditions as any other junior league under CAHA jurisdiction, instead of recognizing existing grievances. The main issues between the WCHL and CAHA were the transfer of players between provinces, the number of over-age players permitted per team, the payment of development fees from the NHL, subsidies from CAHA for operational costs, participation in the Memorial Cup final, the sharing of profits from playoffs, and the right to relocate any franchise without CAHA approval.

1970 World Championships
The Winnipeg Free Press reported that Butlin would agree to let WCHL players participate on the Canadian national team when the 1970 World Championships were scheduled to be hosted in Canada. After Canada withdrew from international play and hosting the World Championships, Butlin gave permission for WCHL teams to sign players from the Canadian national team, providing that players had fulfilled their contractual obligations. He later retracted that permission since the WCHL constitution did not allow players to be signed after February 10, for any reason.

Expansion
The Medicine Hat Tigers were accepted as a new team for the 1970–71 season. Butlin attempted to expand the WCHL westward into British Columbia, inviting the Victoria Cougars of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League to join. He also wanted to see teams in Vancouver and New Westminster. The Cougars' owners made it known publicly they were interested in the WCHL, as did the owners of the Vancouver Centennials. However, westward expansion was resisted by some WCHL team owners due to the concerns over the calibre of the B.C. teams, and over travel costs and time, and the impact of travel on players' schooling.

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Quarterfinals

 * Flin Flon defeated Brandon 4 games to 0
 * Winnipeg defeated Estevan 4 games to 1
 * Edmonton defeated Swift Current 4 games to 1
 * Calgary defeated Saskatoon 4 games to 3

Semifinals

 * Flin Flon defeated Winnipeg 5 games to 4
 * Edmonton defeated Calgary 4 games to 3 (2 ties)

Finals

 * Flin Flon defeated Edmonton 4 games to 0

All-Star game
The 1969–70 WCHL all-star game was held in Edmonton, Alberta, with the WCHL All-stars defeating the Edmonton Oil Kings 7–2 before a crowd of 4,753.

All-star team

 * Goaltender: Ray Martyniuk, Flin Flon Bombers
 * Defenceman: Jim Hargreaves, Winnipeg Jets
 * Defenceman: Murray Anderson, Flin Flon Bombers
 * Centerman: Chris Oddleifson, Winnipeg Jets
 * Left winger: Greg Polis, Estevan Bruins
 * Right winger: Reggie Leach, Flin Flon Bombers

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ethicality

Noun

 * 1) The state, quality, or manner of being ethical.
 * 2) * 1981, Jack Jones, "Social Darwinism Reconsidered," Political Psychology, vp. 3, no. 1/2, p. 247:
 * Some reformers and sociologists, though the majority stuck by the older internationalist ethicalities, began to adopt imperialist and group Social Darwinist views.

Translations

 * Polish:
 * Slovene: etičnost

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Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2012

The winners of the 13th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2012, were announced on January 7, 2013.


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C Sharp Programming

C# (pronounced "C Sharp"||"C#") is a multi-purpose computer programming language suitable for a wide variety of development needs. This Wikibook introduces C# language fundamentals and covers a variety of the base class libraries (BCL) provided by the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Introduction

 * ''Main introduction: C Sharp Programming/Foreword

Although C# is derived from the C programming language, it introduces some unique and powerful features, such as delegates (which can be viewed as type-safe function pointers) and lambda expressions which introduce elements of functional programming languages, as well as a simpler single class inheritance model (than C++) and, for those of you with experience in "C-like" languages, a very familiar syntax that may help beginners become proficient faster than its predecessors. Similar to Java, it is object-oriented, comes with an extensive class library, and supports exception handling, multiple types of polymorphism, and separation of interfaces from implementations. Those features, combined with its powerful development tools, multi-platform support, and generics, make C# a good choice for many types of software development projects: rapid application development projects, projects implemented by individuals or large or small teams, Internet applications, and projects with strict reliability requirements. Testing frameworks such as NUnit make C# amenable to test-driven development and thus a good language for use with Extreme Programming (XP). Its strong typing helps to prevent many programming errors that are common in weakly typed languages.

 * /Foreword/ : A description of the C# language and introduction to this Wikibook.
 * Getting started with C# : A simple C# program and where to get tools to compile it.

Basics

 * Basic syntax : Describes the basics in how the applications you write will be interpreted.
 * Naming conventions : Quickly describes the generally accepted naming conventions for C#.
 * /Variables/ : The entities used to store data of various shapes.
 * /Operators/ : Summarizes the operators, such as the '+' in addition, available in C#.
 * /Data structures/ : Enumerations, structs, and more.
 * Control statements : Loops, conditions, and more. How the program flow is controlled.
 * /Exceptions/ : Responding to errors that can occur.

Classes

 * /Namespaces/ : Giving your code its own space to live in.
 * /Classes/ : The blueprints of objects that describes how they should work.
 * /Objects/ : Cornerstones of any object-oriented programming language, objects are the tools you use to perform work.
 * Encapsulation and accessor levels : Explains protection of object states by encapsulation, or the bundling of an object's data and functionality.

Advanced Topics

 * /Inheritance/:Re-using existing code to improve or specialize the functionality of an object.
 * /Interfaces/:Define a template, on which to base sub-classes.
 * /Delegates and Events/:Learn about delegates, anonymous delegates, lambda expressions, and events.
 * /Abstract classes/:Build partially implemented classes.
 * /Partial classes/:Split a class over several files to allow multiple users to develop, but also to stop code generators interfering with source code.
 * /Generics/:Allow commonly used collections and classes to appear to have specialization for your custom class.
 * /Extension methods/:Extend the functionality of existing types.
 * /Object Lifetime/:Learn about the lifetime of objects, where they are allocated and learn about garbage collection.
 * /Design Patterns/:Learn commonly used design methodologies to simplify and/or improve your development framework.

The .NET Framework

 * .NET Framework Overview : An overview of the .NET class library used in C#.
 * Console Programming : Input and Output using the console.
 * Windows Forms : GUI Programming with Windows Forms.
 * Collections : Effectively manage (add, remove, find, iterate, etc.) large sets of data.
 * Threading : Learn how to run code concurrently and how to synchronize code.
 * Marshalling : Communicating with unmanaged code

Examples

 * /K-Means++/

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User:Dbmcdonough

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videti

Etymology
. See.

Verb

 * 1)  to see
 * 2)  to look, behold
 * 3)  to understand
 * 4)  to become sensible of
 * 5)  to catch glimpse of
 * 6)  to foresee
 * 7)  to witness
 * 8)  to see oneself
 * 9)  to meet

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to see

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Usage
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Charyshsky (rural locality)

Charyshsky (Чарышский) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Krasnoshchyokovsky Selsoviet, Krasnoshchyokovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 121 as of 2013.

Geography
Charyshsky is located 12 km northwest of Krasnoshchyokovo (the district's administrative centre) by road. Podzaymishche is the nearest rural locality.

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Talk:Bob Paisley

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Corrected a few spelling / punctuation errors (e.g. apostrophes) <IP_ADDRESS> 17:37, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

This page is repeatedly vandalised. Bob Paisley was never knighted and it is not within the remit of Wikipedia users to confer posthumous knighthoods as far as I am aware. Nicander 13:15, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I just read that newspaper article that said the FAI interviewed him for the manager's position before Jack Charlton was hired, but the paper said Wales, not Ireland at all. I don't want to change it cause it may well be true but either the statement or the link is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 11:40, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

"Most succesful"

 * The most succesful manager is Alex Ferguson, who has now won 25 major titles with Manchester United (overtaking Paisley, who won 19). Fergie also won 8 major titles with Aberdeen.  Full list:

 * Ferguson - 9 leagues, 5 FA Cups, 2 League Cups, 5 Charity Shields, 1 Champions League, 1 Cup Winner's Cup, 1 Intercontinental Cup, 1 UEFA Supercup (25)
 * Paisley - 6 leagues, 3 League Cups, 5 Charity Shields, 1 UEFA Cup, 3 European Cups, 1 UEFA Super Cup (19)

So I have slightly amended it to say "one of" the most succesful. Neil ( ► ) 11:38, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I removed the statement about Ferguson currently having 25 major titles. Not because it's incorrect (now) but because it's a maintenance nightmare. When (if?) Fergie wins another it's unlikely that somebody will go to an article about Paisley to see if it needs updating. <IP_ADDRESS> 00:26, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I object to the Charity Shield being counted as a "major" trophy. I would suggest that either his record state "14 major trophies, or "19 competitive trophies". N.B. the same should also apply to Sir Alex Ferguson.

 * It should also be noted that, as of this edit, under trophies won it specifically calls the first league title as "his first major trophy", despite having already won the charity shield. BeL1EveR 15:37, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Erm, that's a poor comparison, Paisley was manager for just nine years, and won 14 trophies (excluding the charity shield), Fergie has been manager for 24 years, so a little one sided. In Ferguson's best nine years out of 24 he won 11 trophies. You can't really compare 24 years with nine, but it is worth noting that in 24 years, Fergie has won the title 11 times, Paisley won it six times in just nine years. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 10:28, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * As it stands it reads as a subjective opinion and contravenes WP:OR. It cannot stay in without a source. Leaky  Caldron  12:05, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

It would need a source obviously, but might it be correct to say the most successful English manager of all time? Lord Cornwallis (talk) 02:50, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

posthumours knighthood
i agree that a knighthood would be justified, but posthumours knighthoods arn't awarded. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/6262768.stm this article explains why jock stein wasnt awarded posthumous knighthood. sorry but its not gonna happen --Numberwang 19:08, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Posthumously honoured
"Baked into a cake"? Is this some kind of expression or simply vandalism?-The Gnome (talk) 23:36, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

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I think it would be better if the top of the article had a photo of the man himself rather than a photo of an engraving. I can understand statues and engravings for people from ancient times but for modern people I think an actual photograph of the person is better. Firestar47 (talk) 12:38, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

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Avi Nir

Avi Nir (אבי ניר; born 1961) is an Israeli television executive, academic, entrepreneur, writer and producer. He is the CEO of the Israeli media group Keshet Broadcasting serving as a leading content and programming director. He is known as the Executive producer of the American television program Homeland for which he was personally granted an Emmy Award.

Biography
Avi Nir was born in Jerusalem, to a Jewish family. He holds a BA from the department of Film and Television at the Tel Aviv University. He also attended the Tel Aviv University Graduate School of Business where he received his MA and MBA. He published various academic articles and received the Sigal Prize for excellence in marketing research. He also studied for one semester at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. During his psychology, marketing and television studies he taught in the university's Faculty of Management and its Department of Film and Television. In 1993, he co-authored Advertising in Television: The Media, the Message, the Money with Ayalah Rahav.

Nir is married to Tami Nir-Gottlieb, a clinical psychologist, and has two daughters.

Media career
Nir joined Keshet in 1993. In 1994, Nir was appointed as Vice President of Marketing for Keshet. In 1998 he also became responsible for content. He served as VP of Marketing through 1999 before heading Keshet's core business as VP of Programming. He became CEO of Keshet Media Group in 2002.

As CEO of Keshet, Nir expanded the company beyond producing for the Israeli market by selling, co-developing and co-producing shows for the international market. Keshet International, the global distribution and production arm of Keshet has since expanded to include production outposts in the UK, Germany, Hong Kong and in the US. Keshet has become an overachiever in the US, with Keshet Studios currently working with NBC, ABC, HBO, Apple, Netflix and others. Its first feature film, The Sound of Silence, was picked up by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions ahead of its premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Keshet Studios' second feature, Save Yourselves!, received its world premiere as part of 2020 Sundance Film Festival's US dramatic competition.

Since Keshet's international expansion, the company has produced multiple international commercially successful programs. One such show is the Showtime series Homeland which is based on the Israeli program Hatufim. Nir attributes the success of adapting Keshet programs for foreign audiences on the discerning nature of the preliminary Israeli audiences, the strength of the writers, the "spirit of innovation" at Keshet and a constant need to improve upon shows. The success of Homeland at the behest of Nir is credited as the catalyst for the annual doubling of foreign deals done by Keshet.

He produced talent program Rising Star which is the first show on television to incorporate real-time voting via a fully integrated app. After its debut in October 2013, Rising Star was picked up in more than 25 territories, which made it the fastest-selling talent format at the time. Nir is credited as an executive producer on American TV shows Tyrant, Your Family Or Mine, Deal With It and Allegiance which is based on the Keshet program The Gordin Cell, aka MICE.

In 2014, Nir came up with the idea of producing the archaeological thriller series Dig in Israel. His inspiration for the series was a visit to new archaeological sites at the City of David in Jerusalem. In 2015, HBO announced that Ari Shavit's My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel would be made into a documentary film with Nir as executive producer. Nir has executively produced over 30 shows in the last 20 years, including the critically acclaimed mini-series Our Boys, co-produced by Keshet Studios and HBO.

Nir oversaw and implemented Keshet's launch of Israeli popular music channel Music 24. In 2007, Nir established Keshet's digital arm and web portal mako, which is the third most-trafficked site in Israel. Nir is also the co-host of the Innovation in Television (INTV) confab, along with Keshet Media Group, which has been hosted in Jerusalem since 2012. The two-day conference features panels with industry executives, lectures, and mixers.

Dudu Topaz attack
In 2008 two men attacked Nir near his home in Tel Aviv. He received treatment for injuries at Ichilov Hospital. In 2009, Israeli entertainer Dudu Topaz was charged for his involvement in the attack on Nir along with assaults on other people in the Israeli entertainment industry.

Awards and recognition
Nir was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2013 as Executive Producer of Homeland. He personally won an Emmy when the show received recognition for Outstanding Drama Series in 2012.

In conjunction with Keshet and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, Nir initiated the inaugural INTV conference in 2012. INTV was the first international television conference ever held in Israel with a second held in November 2013 and another scheduled for March 2015. He delivered the keynote address at the 2014 MIPTV Focus on Israel conference in Cannes, France.

Nir won the title "Marketing Personality of the Year" from the Israeli Marketing Union in 2008. In 2009 he was awarded the title "TV Personality of the Decade" at the Rosh Pina Festival and by Israeli web portal Walla!. In 2011 he was named the third most influential person in the media by Israel's largest business magazine Globes and in 2012 The Marker ranked him as No. 28 in their list of "Israel's 100 most influential people this Jewish year."

In 2013, Israeli newspaper Haaretz named Nir the No. 1 Most Influential Person in Israeli culture among a list of the nation's 100 Most Influential People. He was also named "Executive of the Year" and "Television Personality of the Decade" Israeli business magazines TheMarker and Globes, respectively. Nir was awarded TBI's inaugural Contribution to Content Award in 2018, and also made the Variety500, Variety's index of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global $2 trillion entertainment industry every year since its inception in 2017.

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If You Want It (Niteflyte song)

"If You Want It" is a song by Niteflyte. It was released in 1979 as a single from their debut self-titled album.

The song is the band's only Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard's Hot Soul Singles charts, peaking at No. 37 and No. 21 respectively. In 2021, it was sampled by Flamingosis in his track "Cosmic Feeling".

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Ben Calf Robe

Ben Calf Robe was a Blackfoot (Siksika) elder, residential school survivor, and scout for the North West Mounted Police (and later the RCMP).

Calgary Stampede
Calf Robe liaised with Calgary Stampede founder Guy Weadick on the inaugural event in 1912, and was invited to camp at the Indian Village. The Calf Robe family tipi has been an annual mainstay since.

Namesakes

 * Ben Calf Robe Society, a social services organization in Edmonton, Alberta.
 * Ben Calf Robe - St. Clare, an elementary & junior high school in Edmonton, Alberta
 * Ben Calf Robe Annual Traditional Pow wow, a social gathering held in the springtime in Edmonton, Alberta since 1981
 * Calf Robe Bridge, a Bow River crossing in Calgary, Alberta

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expello

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to drive or thrust out or away; expel, eject, banish; dislodge
 * 2)  to force or drive out or away, expel, remove
 * 1)  to force or drive out or away, expel, remove

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Neuquén Group

The Neuquén Group is a group of geologic formations found in Argentina. Rocks in the Neuquén Group fall within the Cenomanian to early Campanian stages of the Late Cretaceous Period. It overlies the older Lohan Cura Formation and is itself overlain by the younger Allen Formation of the Malargüe Group, separated from both by unconformities, dated to 98 and 79 Ma respectively.

Description
Deposits have been located in the provinces of Río Negro, Neuquén, and Mendoza. Although several different types of environments are represented in various sections of the Neuquén Group, the dominant regime is alluvial deposition. Many dinosaur and other fossil types have been discovered in these sediments.

Subdivision
There are seven formations within the Neuquén Group. These are divided into three subgroups named after major rivers in the area. In some works, the subgroups themselves are treated as formations and what usually is considered to be the formations as mere members of these. However, particularly in the Río Limay Subgroup, the formations are clearly composed of very distinct rock layers.

Neuquén Group strata, ordered from youngest to oldest
 * Río Colorado Subgroup (Santonian to early Campanian)
 * Anacleto Formation (early Campanian)
 * Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Santonian)
 * Río Neuquén Subgroup (late Turonian to Coniacian)
 * Plottier Formation (late Coniacian ?to early Santonian)
 * Sierra Barrosa Formation (middle Coniacian)
 * Los Bastos Formation (early Coniacian)
 * Portezuelo Formation (late Turonian to earliest Coniacian)
 * Cerro Lisandro Formation (middle Turonian)
 * Río Limay Subgroup (Cenomanian to early Turonian)
 * Lisandro Formation (middle to late Turonian)
 * Huincul Formation (late Cenomanian to early Turonian)
 * Candeleros Formation (early Cenomanian)

South of Añelo, on the road between Lake Los Barreales and the Neuquén River are views on the successively younger formations, starting with the Lisandro Formation to the northwest of Lake Los Barreales, and finally crossing the Anacleto Formation about 35 km down the road near the eastern tip of the lake. The older strata are exposed south of Lake Los Barreales.

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Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics

Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics is a book by Richard Thaler, economist and professor at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2017.

The book builds on Thaler's work as a behavioral economist in trying to present an alternate view point that humans bring along behavioral biases, are error prone, and are not always rational. This view point builds on his work from his previous book, Nudge, published in 2008. Thaler ties this to the effect on markets, which are otherwise expected to be efficient.

Thaler uses the book to talk to readers about how behavioral economic analysis can help look at areas ranging from household finance, to TV shows, National Football League Drafts and emerging disruptive businesses like Uber, in a new light.


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Hello, Latvia has become an associate member state - Latvia becomes ESA Associate Member State - ESA - could someone update the map? --Ivario (talk) 11:55, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

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User:Mmsw1

Hello. And welcome to my Wikipedia personal web page. My name is Mike, and chances are you are reading this because I gave you my personal Q.R code. On my page you will find some basic information about, and a few pictures of me. As this is a new page it will take me time to get it up to speed, please bear with me as I build it up.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IBM Office and Document Processing System

The result was merge to IBM OfficeVision. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:04, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

IBM Office and Document Processing System

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Not notable. WP:N, WP:GNG etc. Α Guy into Books ™  § ( Message ) -  21:42, 20 September 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge anything that can be verified to IBM OfficeVision, the successor product. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 13:46, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 15:30, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. North America1000 17:02, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. North America1000 17:02, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. North America1000 17:03, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

 * Selective Merge to IBM_OfficeVision, where the product is discussed. This was a real product and the very basics seem verifiable in in RS. The suggestion by is a good one--merge the verfiable bits into the OfficeVision article per WP:PRESERVE and to place the software in better context of subsequent developments. --Mark viking (talk) 19:45, 27 September 2017 (UTC)


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Talk:Constraint satisfaction

What must we add here:

 * Kinds of constraints satisfaction problems: Continuous (Operations Research) and discrete (Constraint Programming)

 * Classification of constraints as binary or N-ary
 * Binarization of constraints

 * Algorithms
 * for binary constraints
 * for N-ary constraints
 * Forward Checking
 * Dynamic Backtracking
 * etc

--Jorge 21:07, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Software for Constraint Programming
 * Rule based systems (ART*Enterprise, etc)
 * Libraries
 * etc

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Trent Harris (American football)

Trent Harris (born September 17, 1995) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football for Miami. He signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2018.

College career
Harris played four seasons for the Miami Hurricanes. He was named third team All-Atlantic Coast Conference as a senior after recording 37 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss and had a team high 8.5 sacks. Harris finished his collegiate career with 126 tackles and 26 tackles for loss with 15 sacks, three passes defended, three fumble recoveries and one forced fumble.

New England Patriots
Harris signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent on April 28, 2018. He was cut at the end of training camp but was re-signed to the Patriots practice squad on September 2, 2018. He spent the 2018 season on the Patriots practice squad and was cut the following season at the end of training camp. He earned a Super Bowl title when the Patriots won Super Bowl LIII.

Miami Dolphins
Harris was claimed off waivers by the Miami Dolphins on September 1, 2019. He made his NFL debut on September 22, 2019, against the Dallas Cowboys, making one tackle in a 31-6 loss. In week 16 against the Cincinnati Bengals, Harris recorded a strip sack on Andy Dalton which was recovered by teammate Andrew Van Ginkel during the 38–35 overtime win.

On March 12, 2020, Harris was assigned a one-year, $585,000 tender by the Dolphins. He signed the tender on April 22, 2020. The Dolphins waived him on July 26, 2020. He was re-signed on August 25, 2020. He was waived on September 5, 2020.

New York Giants
On October 14, 2020, Harris was signed to the New York Giants practice squad. He was elevated to the active roster on October 17 and 22 for the team's weeks 6 and 7 games against the Washington Football Team and Philadelphia Eagles, and reverted to the practice squad after each game. He was promoted to the active roster on October 27. Harris was waived on December 8, 2020, and re-signed to the practice squad two days later. He signed a reserve/future contract on January 4, 2021.

On September 1, 2021, Harris was waived by the Giants and re-signed to the practice squad. On November 1, 2021 Harris was elevated from the practice squad for the game against the Kansas City Chiefs and on November 6, 2021, Harris was elevated for the second time this season for the game against the Las Vegas Raiders. On November 22, 2021, Harris was signed to the active roster. On December 3, 2021, Harris was placed on injured reserve. On December 30, 2021, Harris was waived. On January 10, 2022, Harris was signed to a reserve/future contract.

On May 18, 2022, Harris was waived.

Baltimore Ravens
On August 13, 2022, Harris signed with the Baltimore Ravens, but was placed on injured reserve three days later. He was released on August 25.

Las Vegas Raiders
On December 28, 2022, Harris was signed to the Las Vegas Raiders practice squad.

Houston Roughnecks
Harris played for the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL in 2023. In the season, he led the XFL in sacks, with 9.5. His 12 tackles for loss were tied for the league-lead by the end of April and he compiled 30 total tackles (including 16 solo). Following the season, he was named to the 2023 All-XFL team.

On May 2, 2023, Harris was invited to the Denver Broncos' rookie minicamp. Following the minicamp, the Broncos signed Seattle Sea Dragons quarterback Ben DiNucci and elected not to sign Harris. The Roughnecks brand was transferred to the Houston Gamblers when the XFL and United States Football League (USFL) merged to create the United Football League (UFL).

DC Defenders
On January 5, 2024, Harris was drafted by the DC Defenders during the 2024 UFL dispersal draft. He announced his retirement on June 22, 2024.

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Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UC Berkeley/Ethics and Methods for the Global Poverty and Practice Minor (Fall 2017)

This is a required course for students in the Global Poverty and Practice (GPP) Minor. The course prepares students for the GPP practice experience (PE). It examines the ethics, methods, politics, and pragmatics surrounding poverty action as undertaken by undergraduate college students. A major assignment in the class involves library research on the region/area (eg. a country such as the U.S., Chile, Kenya, Malaysia ... or it could be a city or region such as Lima, Peru or the San Francisco Bay Area) and sector (eg. water sanitation, community health, microfinance) of the student's selected PE org -- it is this research that the student will bring to Wikipedia, with the goal of identifying and adding to/editing existing Wikipedia articles.

Week 1
Welcome to your GPP 105 Wikipedia assignment timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course.

This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:

 * Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

 * Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you on bCourse. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.)
 * It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
 * When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate two Wikipedia articles related to the course (see below) and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.

 * Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
 * Create a section in your sandbox titled "Article Evaluation" where you'll leave notes about your observations and learning.
 * Choose two articles on Wikipedia to read and evaluate -- one relevant to your PE org area and one to your PE org sector, respectively. The area article should be about a specific aspect of the area (you pick the scale -- eg. the city or the region or the country) in which your PE org is situated. The sector article should be about a specific issue relevant to a key debate or approach within the sector in which your PE org works. Avoid choosing articles are very long and well-developed. It's best to select medium-length articles or short articles. An eg. of a good length of article is the one on "At Risk Students". As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these) for each of your two articles:
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * Identify one or two areas from each that you could improve. Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the articles you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on each article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Ctalwalker (talk) 18:11, 4 December 2017 (UTC).

Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article and also which Wikipedia articles could be most suited to helping you understand something about your PE org location and PE org sector, consider some additional questions.

 * Wikipedians often talk about "content gaps." What is your experience of identifying content gaps in the articles you are reading? How do those content gaps relate to what you need to research yourself for your PE area and sector?
 * What are possible first steps you might take to begin remedying a content gap in the articles you are considering?
 * How can you start looking for scholarly sources? By what process will you select scholarly sources to help you fill content gaps?
 * What does it mean to be "unbiased" on Wikipedia? How is that different, or similar, to your own definition of "bias"?

Week 3

 * Get familiar with your article. Reread it.
 * Use the Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.
 * Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding 1-2 sentences to both your articles, using at least one scholarly citation for each. You can also choose, for one or both of your articles, to simply add a scholarly citation to an unreferenced statement. Be sure to describe your change before you hit "Save".
 * In your sandbox, add the citations for your scholarly source(s). Do not paste a link to the electronic version of the article -- rather, instead, include the full citation in the style specified by Wikipedia.

Week 4

 * How can we move from identifying content gaps to filling them in?
 * How can you find scholarly sources for editing your Wikipedia articles? What are your main challenges finding, selecting, and using them?
 * What are some reasons you might not want to use an organization's website as the main source of information about that organization, or about your PE org sector?
 * What are some good techniques to avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism?

Review Wikipedia's rules for topics related to medicine, human health, and psychology. These could apply also to the sociological and anthropological perspective on biomedicine and healing that we learn about and emphasize in GPP.

 * Review page 6 of your Editing Wikipedia guidebook.
 * Under a new heading, "Scholarly sources and summaries" in your sandbox, list out at least 3 scholarly sources for each of your two articles. Cite them fully as per Wikipedia guidelines (it is not enough for this assignment to simply share a link to the actual article).
 * Add at least a line explaining how you intend to use this source to edit/add to the Wikipedia article.

Week 5

 * Add scholarly sources till you have roughly 5-10 each for area and sector. As you discover what you can use, this will involve a continual process of dropping and adding sources. Remember to follow Wikipedia citation guidelines (no link to articles).
 * For each scholarly source on your list, add in 2-5 lines detailing what you can take from it for your understanding of your PE org area/sector, and for your plans to edit the two articles. This is not merely a summary; this should be your notes to yourself to help your later drafting.
 * Start a new section in your sandbox and call it "Summarizing and Synthesizing". Here, drawing on your sources, begin writing sentences that could be added to your articles. Do this separately for area and sector.

Most of you will be planning to improve two existing articles, one related to your PE org area and one to your PE org sector. '''If any of you is considering creating a new article, then make note of the following:

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 * In your sandbox, write an outline of the article in the form of a standard Wikipedia article's "lead section."
 * A "lead" section is not a traditional introduction. It should summarize, very briefly, what the rest of the article will say in detail. The first paragraph should include important, broad facts about the subject. A good example is Ada Lovelace. See Editing Wikipedia page 9 for more ideas.

Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts in their sandboxes.

Week 6

 * What do you think of Wikipedia's definition of "neutrality"?
 * What are your experiences creating sentences and paragraphs for Wikipedia? How would you describe the specific writerly approach it asks of us?
 * What are the impacts and limits of Wikipedia as a source of information?

'''This week's assignment is to expand your summarizing and synthesizing (sentences and paragraphs) for both your area and sector. If need be, work in separate sections, corresponding to the sections in your articles.''' You will be graded on the quality of your summarizing and synthesizing sentences/paragraphs (this quality in turn closely tied with the use you make of your scholarly sources). It is also important here to provide full citation information for your scholarly sources in your sandbox (just as you are required to do when you work directly in the Wikipedia article).'''

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 * Remember that this is the draft you will share for peer-review. Work in the "summarizing and synthesizing" section of your sandbox. This will be the place where your peers will come to look for this initial drafting of your contributions to your two articles.
 * If you'd like a Wikipedia Expert to review your draft, now is the time! Click the "Get Help" button in your sandbox to request notes.

Week 7

 * First, take the "Peer Review" online training.
 * Locate the sandboxes of the two classmates whose sandboxes you will peer review and copy edit.
 * Peer review your classmates' drafts (the portions in the "summarizing and synthesizing" sections of their sandboxes). Leave suggestions on the Talk page of your peer's sandbox, making it clear which parts are yours and which parts are your peers' (eg. by using bold for your additions and by adding commentary about your changes in square brackets). Other editors may be reviewing your work, so look for their comments! Be sure to acknowledge feedback from other Wikipedians.
 * As you review, make spelling, grammar, and other adjustments. Pay attention to the tone/voice of the article. Is it encyclopedic?

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

You probably have some feedback from your classmates and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!

 * Read Editing Wikipedia pages 12 and 14.
 * Return to your draft or article and think about the suggestions. Decide which ones to start implementing. Reach out to your instructor or your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 8
Once you've made improvements to your articles based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper.

Some of you may do this by moving your work to the Talk pages. Some of you may choose to move your work directly into the main articles themselves. It will not affect your grade if you choose to keep your contributions on the Talk page.

A few important tips to keep in mind if you choose to edit main articles:

 * NEVER copy and paste your draft of an article over the entire article. Instead, edit small sections at a time.
 * Copy your edits into the article. Make many small edits, saving each time, and leaving an edit summary. Never replace more than one to two sentences without saving!
 * Be sure to copy text from your sandbox while the sandbox page is in 'Edit' mode. This ensures that the formatting is transferred correctly.

In the unlikely event that one of you is creating a new article, keep this in mind:

 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 13, and follow those steps to move your article from your Sandbox to Mainspace.
 * You can also review the Sandboxes and Mainspace online training.

Format your articles to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 12 to see how to create links from your articles to others, and from other articles to your own. Try to link to 3–5 articles, and link to your article from 2–3 other articles.
 * Consider adding an image to your articles. Wikipedia has strict rules about what media can be added, so make sure to take Contributing Images and Media Files training before you upload an image.

 * Optional: For new articles or qualifying expansions of stubs, compose a one-sentence “hook,” nominate it for “Did you know,” (see the DYK instructions handout) and monitor the nomination for any issues identified by other editors. Wiki Education staff can provide support for this process.

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Handout:

Week 9
Present about your Wikipedia editing experience and about what you have learned about your PE org area and sector.

Your presentation should be 5 minutes long. You may share a handout with your classmates on the day of presentation, or you may use Google slides/Prezi. Please do not take us directly to your Talk page or Mainspace, but represent the activity and your points through oral presentation or through handout/Google slides/Prezi. If you opt for Google slides/Prezi, then you must submit your link to me by noon, Wednesday, November 15. Remember that you can keep updating your presentation after you share the link.

In your 5 minutes, aim to:

 * Summarizing your contributions: briefly state the focus and goal of your various edits. Comment on if and how your editing experience relates to your PE org area and sector (2 mins).

 * Scholarly sources: Tell about your search for scholarly sources (ups and downs, any fascinating or unexpected findings, interesting detours and cul de sacs you discovered. Also describe the key historical events that pertain to your PE org/site and the debates or approaches you uncovered that animate your sector, also including here where you and your PE org fit into those debates. Briefly state your plan for further elaborating on your search and your contributions. (3 mins)

'''I look forward to hearing from each of you about your 105WikiR experiences and how/if it is shaped your framing of your PE work in the GPP Minor. Best of luck as you continue to work on your drafting (for Talk page and/or Mainstay page) and as you prepare for this brief presentation to share with your classmates.

'''

It's the final week to develop your contributions.

 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

As per our discussion in class, keep in mind the following:

- You need 5-10 scholarly sources each for area and sector. In a few of your cases, we have spoken about your need to focus more on area or more on sector, in which case you may think in terms of 10-20 sources distributed as per our discussion.

- In your sandbox, you should cite these fully, as per Wikipedia citation guidelines.

- Under each, include a description of what the source is about and how you are drawing on it (both facts and concepts/frameworks/arguments) for your own drafting.

- In order to garner copy editing and larger forms of feedback from Clare, consider copying and pasting your sentences and paragraphs to a word document and uploading it under the "Finalize your contributions" assignment on bCourses. It's easier to share copy edit feedback in that format.

- Add a new section in your sandbox titled "My Contributions", and here briefly list your work throughout this semester (eg. minor edits throughout the History section of "x" article; updated 4 citations on "y" article; added 3 new citations on "x" article; wrote 4 sentences on "z" article,  major rewriting of 'Recent Contributions' section of "z" article, creating of new section in "x" article with # sentences in it ... etc.)

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.

Write a reflective essay (4-6 pages) on your 105WikiR contributions and submit it on bCourses.

Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:

 * Describe your contributions, especially focusing on its relationship (or challenges relating) to your PE prep: In what way were your contributions a valuable addition to the articles? How has your editing experience enhanced your understanding of your PE org area and sector?
 * Critiquing articles: What did you learn about Wikipedia during the article evaluation? How did you approach critiquing the article you selected for this assignment? How did you decide what to add to your chosen article?
 * Peer Review: Comment  on your experiences with the peer review process (what you learned? whether and how it was useful -- both as reviewer and as recipient of feedback).
 * Feedback: Did you receive feedback from other Wikipedia editors, and if so, how did you respond to and handle that feedback?
 * Wikipedia generally: What did you learn from contributing to Wikipedia? How can Wikipedia be used to improve public understanding of your fields/your topics? Why is this important?
 * Beyond Wikipedia: What have you learned about the area of your PE org and the debates/approaches/issues animating your PE sector that you found difficult to incorporate into your Wikipedia articles?


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Arthur Welshe

Arthur Welshe (fl. 1563) was an English politician.

Life
Welshe's life remains obscure. There are other Welshes within Morpeth, Northumberland at this time, indicating that he was probably a local man, and probably a burgess of the town.

Career
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Morpeth in 1563.

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Ferdinand van Ingen

Ferdinand Jacobus van Ingen (8 December 1933 – 27 February 2021) was a Dutch scholar of Germanistics. He was a professor of German literature at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam between 1972 and 1998.

Life
Van Ingen was born on 8 December 1933 in Maartensdijk. He studied German studies, literary science, art history and musicology at Utrecht University, the Free University of Berlin and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He obtained his PhD in 1962 from Utrecht University.

From 1957 to 1962 he was a scientific assistant at the Institute for German Language and Literature in Utrecht. In 1964 van Ingen became a lecturer at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In 1970 he became associate professor and in 1972 full professor for new German literature. He retired in 1998.

Van Ingen published on German and Dutch literature of the 17th century. He was known for his work on the Baroque time and contributed to expanding the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel. Van Ingen was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978.

He died in Zeist on 27 February 2021.

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Rodolphe Monty

Rodolphe Monty (November 30, 1874 – December 1, 1928) was a Canadian politician.

Early life
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Monty was educated in law at Université Laval and McGill University. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1897 and was created a King's Counsel in 1909.

Political career
In September 1921, Monty was appointed Secretary of State of Canada in the cabinet of Arthur Meighen. A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1921 federal election in the riding of Beauharnois. He was also defeated in the riding of Laurier—Outremont in the 1925 election.

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Talk:ECB Project

Links need updating
With the termination of the project, many of the resource links need updating. It's on my list, but I'm happy to accept help! Opinenow (talk) 05:30, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

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vultur

Etymology
From or. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) vulture
 * 2) eagle

Etymology
Probably from the same source as

Noun

 * 1) vulture

Etymology
or. The standard pronunciation has the accent on the first syllable, but there is a variant with it on the second.

Noun

 * 1) accipitrid
 * 2) vulture
 * 3) buzzard
 * 4) eagle
 * 5) kite
 * 6) harrier
 * 7)  a brave, admirable man

Noun

 * 1) vulture

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dunk tank

Noun

 * 1) A large tank of water, over which a dunk seat is suspended, which seat can be made to tip or fall into the tank of water, thus dunking whoever is sitting on the seat. It is used as an attraction mainly used in funfairs.
 * 2) Any open-topped tank used for dunking.

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Introduction to Paleoanthropology/Evolution Culture

The concept of progress
Progress is defined as a gradual but predictable bettering of the human condition over time, that is, things are always getting better over time.

History of Progressivism

 * Progressivism has been one of the cornerstones of Western historical and philosophical thought since ancient Greek times.
 * For most of its history (from the Greek period to the 15th century), Progressivism was a purely philosophical or ideological doctrine: in the absence of any empirical evidence of improvement in the human condition, early progressivists devised imaginary scenarios of human history in which they pictured the gradual emergence of enlightened present-day institutions out of earlier and ruder institutions. The defining characteristics of any primitive society, thus conceived, were wholly negative: they were whatever civilization was not.
 * Starting in the late 15th century, ethnographic information about living "primitives," especially in the Americas, increased, providing the progressivists with empirical confirmation for their ideas. Living conditions of these "primitive peoples" conformed in a general way to the imagined early condition of humankind; they were therefore considered as "fossilized" survivals from ancient times, who had somehow failed to progress.
 * In the 19th century, archaeology also began to provide confirmation: evidence of early peoples who had indeed lived without metals, agriculture, or permanent dwellings, just as the progressivists had always imagined.
 * Out of the conjunction of progressivist theory with ethnographic and archaeological researches, the discipline of anthropology was born in the latter half of the 19th century. Early anthropologists arranged that evidence in orderly progression to provide seemingly irrefutable confirmation for what had long been only a philosophical doctrine. Progressivism was transformed into a science named anthropology; "Progress" was renamed "Social Evolution" or "Cultural Evolution." These ideas drew upon Darwinian evolution but incorrectly assigned a directionality and value to evolution. Where Darwinian evolution is not about progress, but rather adapting to a given environmental condition, social evolution was very much about progress, usually conceived in terms of military and economic power over other societies.

Characteristics
Progressivism flourished mainly in optimistic times, that is, times of scientific advances and expanding imaginations:
 * pre-Socratic Greece
 * the Enlightenment (18th century)
 * the Victorian age (19th century)
 * the generation following World War II

Progressivism has been the doctrine that legitimizes all scientific discoveries and labels them as "advances".
 * All progressivists agree, however, that their age is superior to those that preceded it.
 * Human history is perceived with a basic directionality, from worse to better.

What is better?

 * What constitutes "the better"? What causes it? How can it be measured?
 * Answers to these questions have changed in accordance with the ideological preoccupation of different eras, and different philosophies:
 * improved material circumstances
 * intellectual maturation
 * aesthetic achievements

Us vs. Them mentality
The problem with categorizing "progressive" judgments must be viewed in long-term perspective as a struggle between two basically incompatible cultural systems:
 * in the present, us and the others: states/civilizations vs. bands/tribes;
 * in paleoanthropology, us (Homo sapiens) and the others (other hominid species, e.g. Neandertals, Homo erectus).

Historical background of Western nations
Hunting and gathering was predominant as a way of life for about 7 million years, with agriculture and plant domestication beginning around 10,000 years ago, and life in cities or states has been around for only the past 5,000 years or so.

Changes, or progress, since the first appearance of urban life and state organization (5,000 yrs ago):
 * non-state tribal peoples persisted in a dynamic equilibrium or symbiotic relationship with states/civilizations
 * states/civilizations developed and remained within their own ecological boundaries
 * this situation lasted for thousands of years

This situation shifted 500 years ago:
 * In the 15th century, Europeans began to expand beyond their long-established frontiers.
 * For about 250 years (until 1750), the expansion was relatively slow, as non-state tribal peoples still seemed secure and successfully adapted to their economically "marginal" refuges.
 * In the mid-eighteenth century, the industrial revolution launched the developing Western nations on an explosive growth in population and consumption called "progress."

The Industrial Revolution
This period marks a major explosion at the scale of humankind:
 * phenomenal increase in population
 * increase in per capita consumption rates
 * totally unparalleled scope
 * these two critical correlates (population and consumption rates) of industrialization quickly led to overwhelming pressure on natural resources

Very quickly, industrial nations could no longer supply from within their own boundaries the resources needed to support further growth or even to maintain current consumption levels.

As a consequence:
 * Industrial revolution led to an unprecedented assault on the world's relatively stable non-Western tribal peoples and their resources.
 * Many of the "underdeveloped" resources controlled by the world's self-sufficient tribal peoples were quickly appropriated by outsiders to support their own industrial progress.
 * In the last 200 years, these tribal cultures have virtually disappeared or have been completely marginalized.

Increased rates of resource consumption, accompanying industrialization, have been even more critical than mere population increase:
 * Industrial civilization is a culture of consumption. In this respect, it differs most strikingly from tribal cultures.
 * Industrial economies are founded on the principle that consumption must be ever expanded.
 * Complex systems of mass marketing and advertising have been developed for that specific purpose.
 * Social stratification in industrial societies is based primarily on inequalities in material wealth and is both supported and reflected by differential access to resources.

Industrial ideological systems and prejudices:
 * place great stress on belief in
 * continual economic growth
 * progress
 * measure "standard of living" in terms of levels of material consumption.

Ethnocentrism
Ethnocentrism is the belief in the superiority of one's own culture. It is vital to the integrity of any culture, but it can be a threat to the well-being of other peoples when it becomes the basis for forcing Western standards upon non-Western tribal cultures.

The impact of modern civilization on tribal peoples is a dominant research theme in anthropology and social sciences.

Among economic development writers, the consensus is the clearly ethnocentric view that any contact with superior industrial culture causes non-Western tribal peoples to voluntarily reject their own cultures in order to obtain a better life.

In the past, anthropologists also often viewed this contact from the same ethnocentric premises accepted by government officials, developers, missionaries, and the general public. But in recent years, there has been considerable confusion in the enormous culture change literature regarding the basic question of why tribal cultures seem inevitably to be acculturated or modernized by industrial civilization.

 * There is therefore a problem to conceptualize the causes of the transformation process in simple nonethnocentric terms.
 * This apparent inability may be due to the fact that the analysts are members of the culture of consumption that today happens to be the dominant world culture type.
 * The most powerful cultures have always assumed a natural right to exploit the world's resources wherever they find them, regardless of the prior claims of indigenous populations.

Arguing for efficiency and survival of the fittest, old-fashioned colonialists elevated this "right" to the level of an ethical and legal principle that could be invoked to justify the elimination of any cultures that were not making "effective" use of their resources.

This viewpoint has found its way into modern theories of cultural evolution, expressed as the "Law of Cultural Dominance": any cultural system which exploits more effectively the energy resources of a given environment will tend to spread in that environment at the expense of other less effective (indigenous) systems.
 * These old attitudes of social Darwinism are deeply embedded in our ideological system.
 * They still occur in the professional literature on culture change.

While resource exploitation is clearly the basic cause of the destruction of tribal peoples, it is important to identify the underlying ethnocentric attitudes that are often used to justify what are actually exploitative policies.

Apart from the obvious ethical implications involved here, upon close inspection all of these theories expounding the greater adaptability, efficiency, and survival value of the dominant industrial culture prove to be quite misleading.

Of course, as a culture of consumption, industrial civilization is uniquely capable of consuming resources at tremendous rates, but this certainly does not make it a more effective culture than low-energy tribal cultures, if stability or long-run ecological success is taken as the criterion for "effectiveness."

Likewise, we should expect, almost by definition, that members of the culture of consumption would probably consider another culture's resources to be underexploited and to use this as a justification for appropriating them.

Among some writers, it is assumed that all people share our desire for what we define as material wealth, prosperity, and progress and that others have different cultures only because they have not yet been exposed to the superior technological alternatives offered by industrial civilization. Supporters of this view seem to minimize the difficulties of creating new wants in a culture and at the same time make the following highly questionable and clearly ethnocentric assumptions:
 * 1) The materialistic values of industrial civilization are cultural universals.
 * 2) Tribal cultures are unable to satisfy the material needs of their peoples.
 * 3) Industrial goods are, in fact, always superior to their handcrafted counterparts.

Assumption 1 - Unquestionably, tribal cultures represent a clear rejection of the materialistic values of industrial civilization, yet tribal individuals can indeed be made to reject their traditional values if outside interests create the necessary conditions for this rejection. The point is that far more is involved here than a mere demonstration of the superiority of industrial civilization.

Assumption 2 - The ethnocentrism of the second assumption is obvious. Clearly, tribal cultures could not have survived for millions of years if they did not do a reasonable job of satisfying basic human needs.

Assumption 3 - Regarding the third assumption, there is abundant evidence that many of the material accoutrements of industrial civilization may well not be worth their real costs regardless of how appealing they may seem in the short term.


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Talk:Algebra/Linear transformations

Add it here
Since the external book is GFDL, the text can be safely added here, no? --Witchinghour 23:39, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, copy and paste wouldn't add any value other than placing it on the wiki, but you could summarize and wikify it. But then you have to say where the material is coming from...--Rayc 00:27, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

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User:EllenZoe/sandbox/Sidney Wayser

Sydney Wayser (born October 7, 1986), known professionally as CLARA-NOVA, is a French-American electronic indie pop artist based in Los Angeles. She is a guitarist, keyboard player and singer who has released 3 albums and 1 EP with another EP set for 2018.

Early Life and Recordings
Sydney Wayser was born in Los Angeles, but spent summers in Paris with her French musician-filmmaker father, Jacques Wayser. She graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts then divided her time between New York, New York and Los Angeles, California making her own music that was influenced by Jeff Buckley, Serge Gainsbourg, Rufus Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III and Leonard Cohen, as well as women like Feist and Beyonce.

When Wayser released her debut album, Silent Parade in 2008, NPR cited "her unabashed love for gloomy orchestrations and waltz rhythms. There’s the tinkling glockenspiel, a lone oboe, accordion and creaking string arrangements, with Wayser’s piano work steering the ship. It’s an appropriate backdrop for her brooding meditations on misery and heartache, all set in a world inhabited by lurking strangers and ghosts of the past."

In 2009, Wayser’s album The Colorful was released, and three years later came Bell Choir Coast. The latter album was produced by Dan Molad from Lucius and mixed by Shawn Everett.

From that album, the song "Dream It Up" was used as the soundtrack for Billabong’s 2012 Summer Swim video.

After Hurricane Sandy hit New York in October 2012, Wayser’s Brooklyn apartment was flooded. As a result, she moved back to Los Angeles where she created a new recording and performing persona called CLARA-NOVA which the LA Weekly noted "represents the evolution of Wayser, lyrically and musically. She's ditching the acoustic guitar for a standing keyboard and tambourine backed by a full band."

As CLARA-NOVA, Wayser debuted live in January 2014 at the Sundance Film Festival, and that March appeared on NBC’s Last Call with Carson Daly to suport Bell Choir Coast.

On 2014, her work earned CLARA-NOVA the ASCAP Abe Olman Scholarship and that same year she was signed to a major label only to see that deal end with the label taking her masters. As a result, Wayser began rerecording that music.

CLARA-NOVA performed at the 2016 edition of SXSW.

Wayser spent 2017 singing backup for Lorde as well as working with producer Shawn Everett (Weezer, Alabama Shakes, John Legend, Lucius) on a new CLARA-NOVA EP called The Iron Age set for release on March 2, 2018 on Kobalt Music Recordings. "The Illusionist" single from the EP was released September 29, 2017.

Trailer Music
As CLARA-NOVA, Wayser’s version of the Simple Minds’ ballad "Belfast Child" was used in the trailer for Ridley Scott’s biblical film "Exodus: Gods and Kings" in 2014. A year later, "Dear God," an XTC song covered by the band Lawless featuring Wayser on vocals was featured in a trailer for the Academy Award-winning film, "Spotlight." That same song version provided the music for Outlander’s season 2 trailer in 2016.

The trailer for 2017’s Netflix film, Icarus, featured Wayser’s cover of the Cake song, "Going the Distance"

Song Placements TV Shows
During her career span, Wayser has had her songs featured in a number of television shows highlighting scenes. From her Bell Choir Coast album, four songs were used in Shameless including "Dirty Work", "Geographer", "Potions" and “Wake Up”. Grey’s Anatomy contained CLARA-NOVA’s cover of Hall and Oates’ "Maneater" in an episode.

Song Placements Advertising
As Sydney Wayser and CLARA-NOVA, the artist's songs have been used in national advertising spots for companies such as Madewell, Victoria Secret, Old Navy, Billabong, Whole Foods and others.

CLARA-NOVA Albums

 * Silent Parade 2008
 * The Colorful 2009
 * Bell Choir Coast 2012
 * The Iron Age EP 2018

Guest Appearances

 * M83 "Go!", "Bibi The Dog", "For the Kids", "Laser Gun", "Tension" Junk 2016
 * Ali Barter "Light Them On Fire" A Suitable Girl 2017
 * Timberwolf "Íkaros" 2017 STILL NEED BETTER

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User:Perl~enwikibooks/Fahrenheit 451/Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. By the time he was twelve, he had already started to write stories on sheets of butcher paper. In 1926, his family started moving back and forth from Waukegan to Tucson, Arizona before eventually settling in Los Angeles, California in 1934.

While attending Los Angeles High School, Bradbury had originally wanted to become an actor. His teachers, however, became aware of his talent with the English language and persuaded him to follow a career as a writer. He took their advice and in 1938, the same year in which he graduated from high school, Bradbury published his first short story in Imagination!

In 1941, Bradbury published his first paid piece of literature, "Pendulum," in Super Science Stories. Four years later, in 1945, Bradbury's short story, "The Big Black and White Game," was chosen to be included in Best American Short Stories. While browsing books at a book store, Bradbury met Marguerite "Maggie" McClure (1922-2003), who was one of the clerks. They fell in love and were married on September 27, 1947. Together, they had four daughters. During the same year, Bradbury published Dark Carnival, his first collection of short stories.

In 1950, Bradbury published The Martian Chronicles which established his reputation as an extremely popular science fiction writer. Three years later, Bradbury published Fahrenheit 451, one of his best known pieces of fiction.

An Apollo astronaut named a hill on the moon "Dandelion Crater" after Bradbury's novel Dandelion Wine. Some of the more conventional honors awarded to Bradbury were the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the Aviation-Space Writer's Association Award for best space article in an American magazine, the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement, the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and an Academy Award nomination for his short film Icarus Montgolfier Wright.

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Electronics/Diagnostic Equipment

=Diagnostic and Testing Equipment=

There is a wide array of devices used to test and diagnose electronic equipment. This chapter will attempt to explain the differences and different types of equipment used by electronics technicians and engineers.

Ammeter
An ammeter measures current.Current in electronics is usually measured in mA which are called milliamperes, which are 1/1000s of an ampere. . The ammeter's terminals must be in series with the current being measured. Ammeters have a small resistance (typically 50 ohms) so that they only have a small effect on the current.

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Basically an ammeter consists of a coil that can rotate inside a magnet, but a spring is trying to push the coil back to zero. The larger the current that flows through the coil, the larger the angle of rotation, the torque (= a rotary force) created by the current being counteracted by the return torque of the spring. . Usually ammeters are connected in parallel with various switched resistors that can extend the range of currents that can be measured. Assume, for example, that the basic ammeter is "1000 ohms per volt", which means that to get the full-scale deflection of the pointer a current of 1 mA is needed (1 volt divided by 1000 ohms is 1 mA - see "Ohm's Law"). . To use that ammeter to read 10 mA full-scale it is shunted with another resistance, so that when 10 mA flows, 9 mA will flow through the shunt, and only 1 mA will flow through the meter. Similarly, to extend the range of the ammeter to 100 mA the shunt will carry 99 mA, and the meter only 1 mA.

Ohmmeter
An ohmmeter measures resistance.The two terminals of ohmmeter are each placed on a terminal of the resistance being measured. This resistance should be isolated from other effects. (It should be taken out of a circuit, if it is in one.)

Ohmmeters are basically ammeters that are connected to an internal battery, with a suitable resistance in series. Assume that the basic ammeter is "1000 ohms per volt", meaning that 1 mA is needed for full-scale deflection. When the external resistance that is connected to its terminals is zero (the leads are connected together at first for calibration), then the internal, variable, resistor in series with the ammeter is adjusted so that 1 mA will flow; that will depend on the voltage of the battery, and as the battery runs down that setting will change. The full scale point is marked as zero resistance. If an external resistance is then connected to the terminals that causes only half of the current to flow (0.5 mA in this example), then the external resistance will equal the internal resistance, and the scale is marked accordingly. When no current flows, the scale will read infinity resistance. The scale of an ohmmeter is NOT linear.Ohmmeters are usually usuful in cheking the short circuit and open circuit in boards.

Voltmeter
A voltmeter measures voltage.The voltmeter's terminals must be in parallel with the voltage being measured. Voltmeters have a large resistance (typically 1 megaohm), so that they only have a small effect on the voltage.
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Multimeter

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A multimeter is a combination device, (usually) capable of measuring current, resistance, or voltage. Most modern models measure all three, and include other features such as a diode tester, which can be used to measure continuity in circuits (emitting a loud 'beep' if there is a short).

Oscilloscope
An oscilloscope, commonly called a 'scope' by technicians, is used to display a voltage waveform on a screen, usually graphing voltage as a function of time.
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Spectrum Analyzer
Spectrum analyzer shows voltage (or power) densities as function of frequency on radio frequency spectrum. Spectrum analyzer can use analog frequency scanning principle (like radio receiver always changing frequency and measuring receiving amplitude) or digital sampling and FFT (Fast Fourier Transformation).
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Logic analyzer
A logic analyzer is, in effect, a specialised oscilloscope. The key difference between an analyzer and an oscilloscope is that the analyzer can only display a digital (on/off) waveform, whereas an oscilloscope can display any voltage (depending on the type of probe connected). The other difference is that logic analyzers tend to have many more signal inputs than oscilloscopes - usually 32 or 64, versus the two channels most oscilloscopes provide. Logic analyzers can be very useful for debugging complex logic circuits, where one signal's state may be affected by many other signals.
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Frequency counter
A frequency counter is a relatively simple instrument used to measure the frequency of a signal in Hertz (cycles per second). Most counters work by counting the number of signal cycles that occur in a given time period (usually one second). This count is the frequency of the signal in Hertz, which is displayed on the counter's display.
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Electrometer
A voltmeter with extremely high input resistance capable of measuring electrical charge with minimal influence to that charge. Ubiquitous in nucleonics, physics and bio-medical disciplines. Enables the direct verification of charge measured in coulombs according to Q=CV. Additionally, electrometers can generally measure current flows in the femtoampere range, i.e. .000000000000001 ampere.

Signal Generator

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darnitsa (pharmaceutical company)

The result was delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:44, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Darnitsa (pharmaceutical company)

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An article about a Ukranian company that reads like native advertising, and has been heavily edited by a sockpuppet farm of undisclosed paid editors. Most of the references seem to be adapted press releases and I'm not finding anything here or online that looks independent with a byline. Atlantic306 (talk) 22:35, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Atlantic306 (talk) 22:35, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:42, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ukraine-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:42, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

I was searching for this subject just now and was surprised to discover this Wikipedia article about them. That said, after thoroughly reading the article I can't say outright deletion would be warranted because the company has been significantly covered by in Ukrainian sources.Maybe the article should be redirected to Glib Zagoriy? IndyaShri (talk) 01:10, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
 * The coverage looks like press releases and pr in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 00:30, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete the awards and press mentions seem to be utterly trivial. There is no claim to have produced or invented any new haramaceticals, just for manufacturing known one lie all ithe othe such firms in the industry. For a mention to. be more than PR there has to be something significant to base it on, and donating 6 respirators is a just the sort of charitable events firms do for the PR. DGG ( talk ) 07:12, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak delete - not the worst I've seen, but it's very poorly sourced. Bearian (talk) 22:05, 19 August 2020 (UTC) I note that reference 1 is a dead link, and reference 2 notes its big project was cancelled. Bearian (talk) 22:27, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep researched this company it looks very promising, although this article is maybe WP:TOOSOON  -- Devoke water   (talk)  14:50, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 04:38, 23 August 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Abstain. I have some difficulties with checking which Ukrainian sources are realiable, but TSN.ua lists it among top Ukranian companies, altough with a bit of soubt, saying "We decided to include these two pharmaceutical companies as the leader of Ukrainian pharmaceutical market", Delo.ua also mentions this two companies while reviewing Ukrainian pharmaceutical market, Interfax Ukraine (not to confuse with Russian Interfax) says "Since 1998, it is a leader of Ukrainian pharmaceutical market <...>, 13,76% in 2019". Sometimes sockpuppet farms create articles on notable subjects, but someone should surely clean it up and check facts. Wikisaurus (talk) 11:57, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 15:40, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment the current sourcing is rubbish but reading the uk.wiki article suggests that the company is highly likely to be notable, but has just paid incompetents to create thus article. I suppose if it is genuinely Nita Oe it wint be hard to create a much better article using RIS if this is deleted. Mccapra (talk) 17:40, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak delete/draftify. The current article looks spammish, but there is potentially reliable content to expand it like . Until such a content is used, well, this is SPAM, and at best it should be drafitied. If someone was paid to create it, they need to keep working, this is not yet ready to be public. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:37, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Draftify. I agree with . The company looks notable, but the article needs to be rewritten. Less Unless (talk) 13:01, 2 September 2020 (UTC)


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Daan Klomp

Daan Klomp (born 10 August 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Canadian Premier League club Cavalry FC.

Early life
He began playing youth football with VV Bevelanders, before moving to JVOZ (Jeugd Voetbal Opleiding Zeeland). Afterwards, he joined the youth system of NAC Breda, where he spent three years before signing a professional contract. During pre-season of the 2016-17 season, he began to train with the first team.

NAC Breda
In August 2017, Klomp signed a three-year contract with Eredivisie club NAC Breda. He was then immediately sent on loan to FC Oss in the second-tier Eerste Divisie. He made his debut in a league match on 8 September 2017, as a last minute substitute against FC Dordrecht, and made his first start in a KNVB Cup match on 19 September against Almere City FC. In October 2017, he suffered an ACL injury that kept him out of action for a couple of months. After limited playing time, he was recalled from his loan after six months. For the 2018-19 season, rather than being sent on loan again, he was kept by Breda for the season. He made his official debut for Breda in a KNVB Cup match against RKC Waalwijk on 25 September 2018. On 24 November 2018, he made his Eredivisie debut for Breda against Ajax.

In June 2020, he joined Helmond Sport in the second tier Eerste Divisie on loan. He made his debut in the first game of the season against FC Volendam. In April 2020, he was informed that his contract would not be renewed by Breda upon its expiry at the end of June 2020, ending his time with the club, which included nine appearances with the club as well as two loan stints. Following his release, he contemplated leaving the professional game and pursuing a non-football career.

After his contract expired, he trained with Team VVCS, the football team of the Vereniging van Contractspelers (Association of Contract Players) (VVCS) for professional footballers in the Netherlands without a contract. He also trained with fourth tier club VV Goes. He had neared a deal with a club in Norway, however, it failed to materialize due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Klomp then had a trial in Germany as well as offers from clubs in Sweden, Finland, and a number of Dutch amateur clubs. In November 2020, one of his agents made contact with Canadian Premier League club Cavalry FC, although an agreement could not be reached at that time.

Cavalry FC
In January 2021, his agents again made contact with Cavalry FC, and this time he signed a contract with the club. However, the start of the season was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, until he finally made his debut in the first game of the season on 27 June 2021 against York United FC. He scored his first goal on 3 August, scoring the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over FC Edmonton. He scored another game-winning goal against Edmonton on 29 September. He was named to the league Team of the Week seven times in 2021 and in July 2021, he was named the CPL Player of the Week for the first time for Week 4 of the season. In late October, he was again named the league Player of the Week. In his first season with Cavalry, he helped them reach the playoff semi-finals, where they were defeated by eventual champions Pacific FC. In January 2022, he re-signed with the club for another season. In his second season, he scored a playoff goal in the first leg of the semi-finals, but his team was again eliminated in the playoff semi-finals, this time against eventual champions Forge FC. In December 2022, he again extended his contract, with a club option for 2024. He has expressed a desire to join a Major League Soccer club after his time with Cavalry.

After spending his first two seasons with the club as primarily a right-back, he shifted back to his regular centre-back position for the 2023 season. That season, he was one of only three players, and the only outfield player, in the league to play every minute in the regular season. At the end of the 2023 season, Klomp won both the CPL Defender of the Year and CPL Player of the Season awards and was named to the CPL Best XI.

Honours
 Cavalry FC

 * 2023 Canadian Premier League Shield

Individual

 * CPL Defender of the Year: 2023
 * CPL Player of the Year: 2023

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User:My boat model

My boat model is made out of pine wood and it is very delicate because it can make a dent if it is gripped on to the vice if it is not protected.

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Masami Tachikawa

Masami Tachikawa (立川真紗美, born 16 November 1980) is a Japanese basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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Senator McBurney

Senator McBurney may refer to:

 * Andrew McBurney (1815–1894), Ohio State Senate
 * John F. McBurney III (born 1950), Rhode Island State Senate

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Bob Duckworth (disambiguation)

Bob Duckworth is an American politician.

Bob Duckworth may also refer to:
 * Bobby Duckworth (born 1958), American football player
 * Robert Duckworth (1870–1924), English footballer
 * Bob Duckworth (speedway rider) (born 1929), New Zealand speedway rider

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Introduction to Philosophical Logic/Formalisation/Propositional Calculus

=Propositional Calculus=

Natural languages, such as English, are flawed. One such flaw is ambiguity, another is that they are tedious to write out if they are long. However, sentences can be formalised into a symbolic, logical language that contains neither of these flaws (although, as the discerning reader will discover, natural languages have many advantages over these languages).

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Xwalile

Xwalile was at one time the great wife of Lobengula, king of the Ndebele people in present-day Zimbabwe. The dates of her birth and death are unknown, but she is known to have lived at least from the 1870s to the 1890s.

Daughter of Mzila, king of the Gaza people, Xwalile married Lobengula in 1879; seven other Gaza royal women married him in the same ceremony, which was designed as an exchange of royal wives. Conflict over the payment of bridewealth soon caused trouble in the marriage, as did the fact that there was a dearth of Ndebele women who would marry Mzila in exchange. Furthermore, she proved to be infertile. Eventually Xwalile was forced to return home; she may in part have been driven away by witchcraft practiced against her by her sister-in-law Mncengence, who would be executed in 1880 for her behavior.

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Introduction to Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to improve the environment (air, water, and/or land resources), to provide healthful water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to remediate polluted sites. Negative environmental effects can be decreased and controlled through public education, conservation, regulations, and the application of good engineering practices. In the U.S., minimum education requirements for environmental engineers typically include a Bachelor's Degree in environmental (or civil) engineering from an accredited college.

Scope
"Pollutants" may be chemical, biological, thermal, radioactive, or even mechanical. Environmental engineering emphasizes several areas: process engineering, environmental chemistry, water and wastewater treatment (sanitary engineering), waste reduction/management, and pollution prevention/cleanup. Environmental engineering is a synthesis of various disciplines, incorporating elements from the following:

 * Civil engineering
 * Chemical engineering
 * Public health
 * Mechanical engineering
 * Chemistry
 * Biology
 * Geology
 * Ecology

Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to the environment. Some consider 'Environmental Engineering' to include the development of sustainable processes. There are several divisions of the field of environmental engineering.

 * Environmental impact assessment and mitigation

It is a decision making tool. In this division, engineers and scientists assess the impacts of a proposed project on environmental conditions. They apply scientific and engineering principles to evaluate if there are likely to be any adverse impacts to water quality, air quality, habitat quality, flora and fauna, agricultural capacity, traffic impacts, social impacts, ecological impacts, noise impacts, visual(landscape) impacts, etc. If impacts are expected, they then develop mitigation measures to limit or prevent such impacts. An example of a mitigation measure would be the creation of wetlands in a nearby location to mitigate the filling in of wetlands necessary for a road development if it is not possible to reroute the road.

 * Water supply and treatment

Engineers and scientists work to secure water supplies for potable and agricultural use. They evaluate the water balance within a watershed and determine the available water supply, the water needed for various needs in that watershed, the seasonal cycles of water movement through the watershed and they develop systems to store, treat, and convey water for various uses. Water is treated to achieve water quality objectives for the end uses. In the case of potable water supply, water is treated to minimize risk of infectious disease transmittal, risk of non-infectious illness, and create a palatable water flavor. Water distribution systems are designed and built to provide adequate water pressure and flow rates to meet various end-user needs such as domestic use, fire suppression, and irrigation.

 * Wastewater conveyance and treatment

Most urban and many rural areas no longer discharge human waste directly to the land through outhouse, septic, and/or honey bucket systems, but rather deposit such waste into water and convey it from households via sewer systems. Engineers and scientists develop collection and treatment systems to carry this waste material away from where people live and produce the waste and discharge it into the environment. In developed countries, substantial resources are applied to the treatment and detoxification of this waste before it is discharged into a river, lake, or ocean system. Developing nations are striving to obtain the resources to develop such systems so that they can improve water quality in their surface waters and reduce the risk of water-borne infectious disease.

There are numerous wastewater treatment technologies. A wastewater treatment train can consist of a primary clarifier system to remove solid and floating materials, a secondary treatment system consisting of an aeration basin followed by flocculation and sedimentation or an activated sludge system and a secondary clarifier, a tertiary biological nitrogen removal system, and a final disinfection process. The aeration basin/activated sludge system removes organic material by growing bacteria (activated sludge). The secondary clarifier removes the activated sludge from the water. The tertiary system, although not always included due to costs, is becoming more prevalent to remove nitrogen and phosphorus and to disinfect the water before discharge to a surface water stream or ocean outfall.

 * Air quality management

Engineers apply scientific and engineering principles to the design of manufacturing and combustion processes to reduce air emissions to acceptable levels. Scrubbers, precipitators, after-burners, and other devices are utilized to remove particulates, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, and reactive organic gases from vapors prior to allowing their emission to the atmosphere. This field is beginning to overlap with energy efficiency and the desire to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions from combustion processes. Scientists develop dispersion models to evaluate the concentration of a pollutant at a receptor source or the impact on overall air quality and smog production from vehicle and flue gas stack emissions.

More applications

 * Contaminated land management and site remediation
 * Risk assessment
 * Environmental policy and regulation development
 * Solid waste management (See Maxpost idea, above)
 * Hazardous waste management
 * Environmental health and safety
 * Natural resource management
 * Noise pollution
 * Geographic information system (GIS)
 * Air pollution

Coursework

 * Environmental engineering topics (short videos)
 * Environmental engineering topics (unedited lectures)


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Hi,
 * I am Harshal.
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Maurice Bucaille

Maurice Bucaille (19 July 1920 – 17 February 1998 ) was a French doctor known primarily for his book The Bible, The Qur'an and Science.

Career
Maurice Bucaille was a specialist in the field of gastroenterology. In 1973, he was appointed as the family physician of Faisal of Saudi Arabia. His patients included the members of the family of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.

In 1976, Bucaille published a book titled The Bible, The Qur'an and Science following his study of the mummy of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II. The book contained multiple references to the Quran, relating science and Quran in which Bucaille concluded that the Quran is a divine revelation and that it was not written by any man. The book gave rise to a movement called Bucailleism, which tries to relate modern science with religion, especially Islam. Since the publishing of The Bible, the Quran and Science, Bucaillists have promoted the idea that the Quran is of divine origin, arguing that it contains scientifically and historically correct facts. According to The Wall Street Journal, Bucailleism is "in some ways the Muslim counterpart to Christian creationism" and although "while creationism rejects much of modern science, Bucailleism embraces it."

Publications

 * La Bible, le Coran et la Science : Les Écritures Saintes examinées à la lumière des connaissances modernes, Seghers 1976, (ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER>535), Pocket 2003, (ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER>032)
 * Les Momies des pharaons et la médecine, Séguier, 1987 (ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER>). Mummies of the Pharaohs: Modern Medical Investigations by Maurice Bucaille. Translated by Alastair D. Pannell and the author. Illustrated. 236 pp. New York: St. Martin's Press.
 * Réflexions sur le Coran, with Mohamed Talbi, Seghers, (Reflections on the Koran), 1989 (ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER>).
 * L'homme d'où vient-il? Les réponses de la science et des Écritures Saintes (Where does man come from? The responses of science and Scripture), Seghers, 1980 7ème éd.(ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER>).
 * Moïse et Pharaon ; Les Hébreux en Egypte ; (Moses and Pharaoh, The Hebrews in Egypt) Quelles concordances de Livres saints avec l'Histoire, Seghers, 1995 (ISBN 2-232-10466-4).
 * Moïse et Pharaon ; Les Hébreux en Egypte ; (Moses and Pharaoh, The Hebrews in Egypt) Quelles concordances de Livres saints avec l'Histoire, Seghers, 1995 (ISBN 2-232-10466-4).

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Talk:Heaton TMD

Sewage and sewerage
I've just changed all references of sewerage to sewage in this section. The idea of having 5 gallons of pipework discharged from each coach each day really doesn't bear thinking about! Singing choc ice (talk) 20:56, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

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