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Talk:List of New Jersey hurricanes

Pics
If anyone is here, how should the pics system go? Does Gloria make sense as the opening pic? What about Floyd? Which pic would be better, Floyd near NC or Floyd over New England? Hurricanehink 02:11, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Format
If we are going to make an article for each region/state, they need to have consistent formatting. Currently the Florida and Texas lists follow a very different format than this article... — jdorje (talk) 03:01, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

 * The Florida and Texas aren't the same type of list. They only list particularly damaging hurricanes, while this, which I based off of the List of California hurricanes, lists every NJ hurricane. Hurricanehink 03:07, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

 * My point exactly. We should not have two different list formats.  What if I wanted to make a Catastrophic New Jersey hurricanes article - would this be a new article? — jdorje (talk) 04:12, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

 * But there's not really catastrophic New Jersey hurricanes. There were a few important ones or damaging ones, but very few get up here. I suppose the catastrophic would be a new article, but I don't see the point for it. The catastrophic ones are only (I guess) for areas that have so many hurricanes that they only pick the most important. Instead, NJ falls in the same category as New England, Arizona, and California. The only reason for two different list formats is, basically, not enough information for a catastrophic ones, so instead they list every storm. Hurricanehink 12:32, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Class
This article is obviously higher than Stub class. What is it? Hurricanehink 02:16, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I bet that if you just add a few more sentences on something other than the list of storms, it could be a start class. Icelandic Hurricane #12 23:05, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't really see it going higher than start-class with the current format. What about a format more like List of retired Atlantic hurricanes? — jdorje (talk) 06:51, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The problem with this sort of article is that there can't be tables of all of them. However, should there be tables on deadliest storms, number of storms by month, or strongest upon entering the state, something like that? Hurricanehink 00:53, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes. Strongest upon entering the state is a bit tough though, since such things aren't recorded.  I would like to make an NC article with similar records, but I wouldn't know how to find the strength of Hugo or Donna. — jdorje (talk) 04:40, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Strength could be based on peak winds while in the state, with Hurdat as a source. Storms before 1850 would be omitted due to lack of information. I'll work on the others. Hurricanehink 14:28, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * "Strength" should be based on pressure. The problem is the best track only gives 6-hourly entries so they don't always list what strength a storm was when entering a particular state.  (They do list how strong each storm is at landfall, but most storms don't make landfall in NJ.)  One thing the best track does give is the wind strength category in each state.  Search the hurdat-formatted best track data for "NJ" and you will find entries like "NJ1" for storm 11 of 1878; this means that storm caused category-1 winds in New Jersey.  Interestingly there has never been an NJ2 storm and the most recent NJ1 one was in 1903 (yes, 103 years ago).  I wonder if the data is incomplete after 1914... — ;jdorje (talk) 15:19, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, only 3 storms have actually made landfall, at landfall would be hard. I could just use the best track position from when it was over the state. I'll work on this later tonight or tomorrow (going out soon). Yea, that's weird there has never been above an NJ1 here, yet New England has seen 3's on multiple occassions. Hurricanehink 15:27, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

The whole thing is in present tense. Is that fine, or should past tense be used? Hurricanehink 00:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The past events (i.e., the list section) should definitely be in past tense. — jdorje (talk) 00:37, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Okeydoke. Hurricanehink 00:43, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

FLC
Here goes nothing. I put it up for FLC. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 11:39, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Timelines
I have added some EasyTimelines to the article - not sure if they belong where they are at the moment or should be under their own section heading at the end, since they go through more than one decade? Please feel free to take your pick :) TheGrappler 01:40, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I guess the whole thing could go at the very end, after the storms but before listed by month. Also, good work with it, though I'm not convinced of its usefulness. A smaller version would be nice, with only deadly or notable storms being listed. Every storm is a bit overkill, and including damage or deaths in it is a bit redundant. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 03:36, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Smaller is hard, unfortunately, due to years being crammed close to each other. It might be possible to slice it into smaller segments, but then context is lost. I agree it would be better to cut it down until it just has the fundamental key points, which is something I am thinking about how to do. Is it useful? I think so - I reckon the article was missing something like this. I find that something strongly visual like this gives a better idea of the timescale of events; the text of the article is very dense, as was noted as WP:FLC. I originally put them in at the end, I'll move them back there. The alternative would be to move them towards the front and have them as a "drop-down outline" for the text that follows (which was pretty much the reason I moved them to under the section headings, but the periods covered don't match). TheGrappler 04:34, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I've trimmed back (possibly not enough, but considerably). How about the space to the right of the TOC? If the timelines serve as a brief "introductory summary" this might be the best place for them - when hidden they do not taking up critical room, when expanded they lead into the more complete list. TheGrappler 06:41, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Contradictions
I noticed that there was an unpleasant contradiction between the main text and the "deadliest storms" table. Hurricane Doria killed three people in 1967 (this is mentioned in the table) but Tropical Storm Doria apparently also killed three in 1971 - and isn't mentioned in the table. Is this due to a mix-up between names? Was Tropical Storm Doria non-lethal? Or was it simply missed out of the table? If both should be in the table, can they be disambiguated in some way? Hurricane Edouard is missing from the table but is listed as causing two deaths. It ought to be noted (for Isabel and Donna, each having one indirect death) that only directly caused deaths are counted. The 1933 storm is listed as causing "many casualties" so ought to be one of the higher ones in the list (presumably), but the exact number isn't given and it isn't placed in the table. It's clearly not explained by the table excluding deaths offshore, since many of the casualties given for other storms were drownings. This all needs getting sorted out, preferably by someone with access to Buchholz and Savadore. This is probably my last remaining quibble but I can't see that this should be FL'd until it gets sorted... after that this will be an absolutely brilliant list! TheGrappler 03:31, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks! I'm only human, and I tried looking through the list to get all of them, but I see I missed those few you mentioned. I put them in, except for the 1933 storm. I put a note on top about it. Deaths offshore are included. Otherwise it would be confusing (Edouard has 2 NJ drownings in the ocean). Hurricanehink ( talk ) 03:44, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * No worries, shame it's not possible just to copy and cite somebody else's table! :-) Are we sure that the other storms were all non-lethal? The difficulty with the "list of deadliest storms" is that while sources may be found for NJ casualty numbers for individual storms, there may not be a source that says "and you don't have to worry about any of the other storms, none of them have known deaths in this state". This is complicated by the fact that a lot of sources aren't specific about where storm deaths occurred, just giving a total for the entire United States. If there's no way of telling whether this table is accurate, should this be mentioned in some way? Or another way found to present this information (for example, converting the table to text and writing in a way that suggests this isn't meant to be taken as a definitive list)? TheGrappler 04:44, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I encountered that problem during the making of the page. I had suspicions on some storms that they caused deaths in NJ, like Gabrielle (1989), but had to do some digging to find out how many. The note you put in is perfect. There could and likely were other storms that caused deaths, direct or indirect, in the state, but due to lack of sources we simply don't know. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 13:49, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Bolding hurricane names
The decision to bold hurricane names may be a little controversial so I thought I should justify my choice to do so here. Firstly, it is in line with the Manual of Style: the current advice on bolding text is to "make judicious use of [such] devices" in order to increase legibility. In particular, this is a list of hurricanes, and simply having a Wikilink wasn't making them stand out from the text enough for the hurricanes themselves to be easily identified. Secondly, one of the hurricane names was already bolded, so I thought rather than revert that for consistency it made more sense for the others to follow suit. Thirdly, while most featured lists do not bold the items they are listing, this is generally because their information is in a table and the appropriate names could simply be read from the appropriate column, or because the ordering was alphabetical and therefore the list looked something like:

 * Listed thing one (1823): definition of listed thing one
 * Listed thing two (1723): definition of listed thing two

...and so on, with the listed items standing out easiy from their wikilinking and their position in the bullet point. This list is very textual, with the hurricane names occupying various positions in the sentence or paragraph, so they do not stand out so well. There are other featured lists which currently bold the listed items, so it does not appear to be generally considered as bad practice. TheGrappler 11:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Good job, and I wouldn't have thought of that. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 13:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Track map
List of South America tropical cyclones is currently on FLC with a cumulative track map. Would it be worthwhile to create a similar map for this article?--Nilfanion (talk) 16:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Yea, sure. In fact, I was thinking about something like that, and I think there should be two images. One for a wide range covering the far-away storms, and a smaller image of storms that actually crossed New Jersey. The smaller one could be a subset of the bigger one, maybe. --Hurricanehink ( talk ) 21:32, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Yep, that makes sense. I'll leave it to you to make the lists up, you know where to put them. You know the geography of NJ better than me :P--Nilfanion (talk) 21:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * OK. :) I'm working on another List of page, so I'll put the two at the same time. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 21:55, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

2004 Bonnie? What about Charley?
I recall Hurricanes Bonnie and Charley hitting Florida within a day of each other, and both of them passing off the Jersey Shore a few days later. It was the remnants of Charley, not Bonnie, which brought the heaviest rain to the Jersey Shore on August 15th, 2004. Bonnie might have spread some light rain a day or two earlier, I don't specifically remember, but Charley passed off our coast as a 40 mile per hour tropical storm. I remember this clearly because the most intense wind and rain were far ahead of Charley's center, and when the center was closest, there was no rain or wind to speak of onshore, mostly offshore. Earlier that day, Charley had been a Category One hurricane off of South Carolina, and a day or two before that, a monster Category 4, hitting Punta Gorda, Florida. Later that season, New Jersey got rains from the remnants of Frances, Gaston, Ivan & Jeanne. Jeanne was the strongest, and brought the most intense winds of that season, although Charley was far wetter. I will try to find sources to back this up, but I have followed every New Jersey tropical storm & hurricane since 1976, and work in the Office of Emergency Management. Some of the worst conditions I've ever experienced were during the passage of Tropical Storm Ernesto in 2006, because the wind and rain lasted a long, long time: about two days, with frequent gusts near hurricane force, even over that threshold just south of here. Floyd, Bertha, Gloria and Belle were stronger, but they moved faster. My community, Seaside Heights, was in the direct center of 70 mph Tropical Storm Floyd in 1999, with a dead calm lasting about an hour, sandwiched between periods very, very windy conditions. Of all the listed storms I've experienced, Hanna in '08 was the biggest wimp of all: a bit of rain and wind, but mostly hype.

I looked up the history of Bonnie and Charley from the National Hurricane Center.

Bonnie, http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004bonnie.shtml? passed east of the Jersey Shore, and probably did bring light rain, but it was not memorable

Two days later, on the 15th, Charley, http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004charley.shtml? did the same, but in a much more dramatic way.

I want to add this to the page, but I'm not certain how it is done, especially adding the reference. Can a more experienced editor take on this task? I prefer to stick to the discussion pages. Thanks.

 * Charley sure impacted the Jersey Coast financially. Its rains fell during a Saturday in August: poison to the all-important tourism trade, of which I make my living. Thanks for making the addition! :)Popartpete 23:50, 15 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Popartpete (talk • contribs)

I agree with George Profulis, a respected local meterologist. New Jersey is hit by a Category 1 or 2 storm directly (landfall) about once every 100 years (last in 1903, putting us 6 years overdue), and by a Category 3 or 4 landfalling storm every 200 years (last 1821, 188 years ago, coming due soon). Major storms passing within 50 miles off our coast ('38, '44, Donna, Belle, Gloria) causing a "direct hit" are far more common, and can be just as damaging and deadly. I would say that a repeat of '44 today, would cause Katrina-like damage in the Northeast. New Jersey might be small, but it is also the most densely populated state in the nation. Many of the homes, especially those along the shore, are only a few feet apart. A good storm surge like seen in '44 would devastate 100 miles of prime real estate that is far more valuable per square mile then that along the Gulf Coast. Also, strong storms passing to our west (Gale of 1878, Tropical Storm David in 1979) can put N.J. in a storm's right front quadrant, the most vicious part of the cyclone.

Popartpete 00:23, 15 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Popartpete (talk • contribs)

Charley didn't do too much, which is why it was missed at first, but I added its impact. ♬♩ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 22:54, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

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Paulette and Teddy
They both killed one person due to rip currents off the shore. Since they count for Fay, we should add Paulette and Teddy. WesternAtlanticCentral (talk) 17:13, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

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Frank Chopp

Frank Vana Chopp (born May 13, 1953) is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 43rd district since 1995. His district covers the neighborhoods of Montlake, Fremont, Wallingford, the University District, Madison Park, and part of Capitol Hill, all of which are in Seattle. Chopp served as Speaker of the House from 2002 to 2019.

Biography
Frank Chopp was born on May 13, 1953, in Bremerton, Washington. His father was a coal miner who moved to the shipyards and found employment as a union electrical worker and his mother, Anne, worked in a school cafeteria. He attended East High School in Bremerton and graduated top of his class in 1971. While still in high school, Chopp led a protest against the Elks Club's refusal to allow black members. He later attended the University of Washington, graduating magna cum laude in 1975. As a student at the University of Washington, he organized efforts to preserve low-income housing in Seattle. To protest the demolition of low-incoming housing, Chopp lived in a geodesic dome situated in a parking lot in South Lake Union.

He is married to Nancy Long and has two children. He lives in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.

Early career
After graduating from the University of Washington, Chopp began his career as a community organizer focused on social services and education. From 1976–1983, Chopp held various managing and directorial positions for the Cascade Community Center, the Pike Market Senior Center, and the North Community Service Center before becoming executive director of the Fremont Public Association, now known as Solid Ground, in 1983. As executive director of the FPA, Chopp promoted services such as an emergency food bank, a clothing bank, and an employment program. Chopp later served as the organization's president, and has served as senior advisor since 2006.

Chopp has been involved with a number of groups, service agencies, and programs including the Coalition for Survival Services, King County Housing Opportunity Fund, Cascade Shelter Project, the Food Resources Network, the Workers Center, Lettuce Link, Community Voice Mail, the Sand Point Community Housing Association, PortJOBS, the Committee for Economic Opportunity, and the Low Income Housing Institute. Chopp co-founded the Seattle Tenant's Union in 1977 and has been involved in efforts to organize three collective bargaining units for office workers, home care workers, and public transit drivers.

From 1992–1995, he held a part-time lecturer position at the University of Washington Graduate School of Public Affairs. Since 1972, Chopp has served on over twenty nonprofit boards.

Politics
Chopp was first elected to the House in 1994. He served as House Minority Leader from 1997–1998. In 1999–2001, Democrats and Republicans split the House and Chopp served as Co-Speaker in the 1999-2001 legislative sessions alongside Clyde Ballard. Chopp served as Speaker of the House from 2002 to 2019.

Issues
In 2003 Chopp voted for an operating budget Democrats later condemned as the "Rossi budget" when its architect, Republican Senator Dino Rossi, ran for governor in 2004; most of Chopp's House Democrats voted against the budget.

In 2006, Chopp killed a bill requiring large employers like Wal-Mart to reimburse the state if they heavily relied upon state programs for employee health care.

Many fans of the former Seattle SuperSonics National Basketball Association franchise felt Chopp was a roadblock to keeping the team. Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist Art Thiel stated "Sonics fans have come to know Chopp, D-Death Star, as the No. 1 legislative opponent of public help to keep the team in Seattle." New owners bought out the Seattle lease and moved the team to Oklahoma City before the 2008–09 season, where the team now plays as the Thunder.

In 2008, the Democratic Senate passed a bill, 27–20, giving Washington consumers statutory warranty rights in purchasing new homes. The bill passed the House Judiciary Committee before being denied a House floor vote by Chopp. The same thing had happened in 2007. Chopp's action was condemned editorially by both the Seattle Times and the Post-Intelligencer (then a print newspaper). In awarding Chopp a "Schrammie," Ken Schramm of KOMO News stated: "For the second year in a row, the Great and Mighty Speaker has had his way in killing a bill that would've provided homeowners with protection against shoddy construction." The Post-Intelligencer asked,"Why is Democratic House Speaker Frank Chopp yet again killing a bill that would protect this state's homeowners from being on the hook for shoddy construction? It doesn't look good that Chopp has friends at the Building Industry Association of Washington, the bill's main opponent (BIAW executive VP Tom McCabe said he'd love to see Chopp run for governor)."

In 2009 Chopp killed a Worker Privacy Bill that Democrats had promised to support during their 2008 campaigns. After a labor lobbyist warned some friends that organized labor might withhold support from Democrats, Chopp tried to have the lobbyist arrested by the Washington State Patrol; however, the Patrol exonerated the lobbyist.

By the 2017 legislative session, a faltering Chopp again faced the prospect of losing a state budget battle to Senate Republicans, as he had every session since 2003 in which Republicans were in control. On the eve of the June 30 vote to avert a state shutdown Chopp refused to make his budget compromise public.

Housing
Prior to being elected, Chopp helped lead the campaign to approve a $50 million Low-Income Housing Levy and a $25 million Seattle Art Museum Levy. Chopp has also initiated and organized efforts to create the Low Income Housing Institute; the Seattle Tenants Union; the King County Housing Opportunity Fund, which was the first King County allocated its own local tax dollars to provide low-income housing; the Sand Point Community Housing Project; the Broadway Emergency Shelter and the Family Shelter Program; the Cascade Shelter Project; and expanded the Housing Counseling Program, which assists low-income people who face eviction or foreclosure.

Chopp helped co-found Washington's Housing Trust Fund, which has provided over $1 billion for low-income housing since its inception and also created the Housing Security Fund, which helps pay for housing and support services for the homeless,

Chopp designed the Home and Hope program, which repurposes unused public properties for affordable housing development. The program has built nearly 300 affordable apartment buildings in Seattle.

In 2015, Chopp passed legislation requiring Sound Transit to donate excess land around new light rail stations to non-profit affordable housing developers.

Healthcare
Chopp co-organized the successful application, working with the Seattle-King County Health Department, for a Health Care for the Homeless Project from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as well as initiating a home care program. Chopp also has initiated health programs for the elderly, people with disabilities, and those infected with AIDS.

In the 2007 legislative session, Chopp helped create Apple Health For Kids, which now covers over 800,000 young people in Washington State. Chopp also implemented Medicaid Expansion in Washington State. He led efforts to help enact mental health parity, which Chopp cites as "the proudest moment of my service in the Legislature." Chopp also helped save and reform the Disability Lifeline program, which provides services for people with disabilities.

In 2019, Chopp passed "Cascade Care," a public option for health insurance available to all Washington residents. When the program takes effect in 2021, it will be offered under a hybrid public-private model that lawmakers selected to control healthcare costs while reducing premiums and co-pays for patients.

Economy
Chopp was an early proponent of the Community Jobs program, which helps welfare recipients gain skills and employment through various community-based nonprofit organizations in Washington State. Chopp served as a founding board member of the Office of PortJOBS at the Port of Seattle. In this role, he initiated the Committee for Economic Opportunity, which developed partnerships with the Port of Seattle, businesses, labor unions, and educational institutions. Chopp also co-initiated and developed the Seattle Worker Center, which addresses the needs of dislocated and unemployed workers, through a Re-employment Support Center, the Trades Mentor Network, and Community Voice Mail (which won a national award for Innovations in State and Local Governments) sponsored by Harvard University and the Ford Foundation. Chopp was one of the founding members of the successful minimum wage increase initiative in SeaTac in 2013. He also led a coalition to increase Washington State's minimum wage to the highest level in the nation, which was the first time annual increases were tied to the cost of living. Chopp has also passed legislation requiring paid sick leave, expanding collective bargaining rights, and banning wage theft.

Education
In 2005, Chopp created the Education Legacy Trust Fund, which supports "expanding access to higher education through funding for new enrollments and financial aid, and other educational improvement efforts." Chopp led efforts to expand the Opportunity Grant program and Opportunity Scholarship Fund to make college more affordable for students. In the 2015-17 budget, Chopp supported a tuition freeze, as well as lowering tuition costs. In 2014, Chopp helped enact the DREAM Act, which provided access to college for students from immigrant families.

In 2015, Chopp led efforts to invest over $1.3 billion in basic K-3 education as part of the first phase of addressing the McCleary decision.

In 2019, Chopp led the passage of free college and university tuition through the Workforce Education Investment Act. The legislation expands the Washington College Grant and provides free tuition at public colleges and universities to 120,000 low-income students per year. The grant is funded by a progressive payroll tax on companies with highly skilled workers, including major tech corporations such as Microsoft and Amazon.

Environment
Chopp is a proponent of taking action to address climate change. He has led efforts in reducing and banning toxic chemicals, cleaning up Washington's waterways, promoting renewable energy production, clean car standards and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and other important environmental issues.

In 2019, Chopp passed the 100% Clean Electricity Mandate and the Clean Fuel Standard, although the latter did not pass the State Senate. The Clean Electricity Mandate requires that the state decarbonize its electricity sector by 2030. The measure also includes "energy assistance" funds, paid for by utilities, that are available to low-income households for home weatherization, solar panel installation, and efficiency upgrades.

Women's issues
Chopp is a pro-choice proponent. As Speaker, he supported the Reproductive Parity Act, which guaranteed health coverage for a woman's right to seek an abortion. Chopp has supported efforts for pay equity for women and initiatives that get more women in the workplace.

In 2018, Chopp supported the Reproductive Parity Act to ban discrimination in reproductive care. The law requires health insurers to cover abortions if they cover maternal care. The bill was supported by pro-choice organizations, including Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawai'i.

LGBT issues
In 2012, Chopp supported the Marriage Equality Act, as well as helping Washington state to be the first state to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. Chopp also supported gay rights legislation in the Washington State House in 2005 that ultimately failed in the Republican controlled State Senate by one vote.

In 2020, Chopp supported the "comprehensive sex-ed bill", which requires public schools to teach consent, contraception, and LGBTQ issues.

Transportation
During Chopp's tenure at the Fremont Public Association, he co-initiated and oversaw the operation of Seattle Personal Transit, which provides transportation for low-income elderly and people with disabilities. Chopp also organized opposition to the original plan for the West Seattle Freeway in 1974, collecting over 20,000 signatures within a month to refer the issue to the voters.

As Speaker, Chopp supported legislation for the 2015 Connecting Washington funding package. The measure authorized the Sound Transit 3 vote, which voters passed in 2016. Chopp sponsored legislation to require Sound Transit to donate excess property around new light rail stations to non-profit affordable housing developers.

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Thomas Hughes-Hallett

Sir Thomas Michael Sydney Hughes-Hallett  (born 28 August 1954) is a British barrister, investment banker and philanthropy executive. He serves as the Non-Executive Chair of the Marshall Institute at the London School of Economics and the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He promotes philanthropy, and argues for more ethical engagement within the City of London.

Early life
Thomas Michael Sydney Hughes-Hallett was born on 28 August 1954.

He was educated at Eton College, a public school in Berkshire, England. He then went on to read history at the University of Oxford. In an interview, he said he had taught mathematics, music and hockey in Zimbabwe at the age of twenty-one. He then received a law degree from The College of Law.

Career
Sir Thomas first trained as a barrister, but quit soon thereafter as he felt the job was "lonely". In another interview, he stated that his image of being a barrister was shattered when his first case was an eleven-week incest trial. After facing a retrial that would take another eleven weeks, Sir Thomas is quoted as saying that "I just couldn't face going through that again so I left." He subsequently worked as an investment banker for Schroders for five years.

In the late 1980s, he founded an investment bank, Enskilda Securities, earning him the nickname "Thomas Huge-Wallet". For the next eighteen years, he was the Chief Executive of Enskilda Corporate and later the Chairman of Robert Fleming Securities. A major shareholder in Flemings, he retired from finance shortly after its merger with Chase in 2000.

Philanthropy
Sir Thomas became first involved in charities during the 1990s, during which he was first a trustee and later the Chairman of the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children, as well as Chairman of the English Churches Housing Group.

In 1999, Sir Thomas suffered an apparent heart attack, which he hinted was the result of a stressful life style in his capacity as an investment executive. This health scare caused him to re-evaluate his priorities in life.

In 2000, he left investment banking to do charity work instead. From 2000 to 2012, he served as the Chairman of the Marie Curie Cancer Care Trust. To raise his salary of £90,000, in 2002 he cycled across Vietnam for the Marie Curie Cancer Care to be able to keep him. According to a report, he seeks to cover his salary cost through similar fund-raising challenges every year.

Sir Thomas serves or has served in leading positions of various charitable organisations. He served as the Executive Chair of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London. Additionally, he served as the Chairman of the End of Life Care Implementation Advisory Board and as Chair of the Palliative Care Funding Review. Furthermore, he is a member of the board of trustees of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. He is the Chairman of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He also serves on the board of trustees of the King's Fund.

In 2013, he became Chairman of Cause4, an organisation that assists charities in their fundraising.

Views on banking and charity
Hughes-Hallett has called for more bankers and investors from the City of London to be involved in philanthropy and to donate not only time and talent, but also money. In a 2002 interview, Hughes-Hallett expressed his surprise when he realised that the people who can afford to donate money usually do not.

Speaking at the Close Brothers Trustee Leadership Programme, a seminar organised by Close Brothers Asset Management, an investment firm based in the City of London, in 2014, he argued that serving on the Board of Trustees of a philanthropic organisation was valuable work experience for serving on a corporate board.

In the past, he has expressed the sentiment that his own generation of bankers was far too concerned about making money, but that he believes the younger generation has realised the importance of philanthropy. He also expressed hopes that the younger generation of bankers in the City is more generous that his own.

Sir Thomas has expressed doubts regarding the utility of "social investments", considered sometimes as a sustainable alternative to philanthropy. Specifically, he criticised how social investments are portrayed as a charitable activity, but can often lead to unethical practices, especially in the health sector.

Call for NHS reform
In 2013, he called for a reform of the National Health Service, arguing that people's expectation of the NHS to provide all health services for free is setting it up for a breakdown. He called for making greater use of British society in health care.

Marshall Institute
In 2015, Hughes-Hallet together with investment banker Sir Paul Marshall established the Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship at the London School of Economics, supported by a £30 million investment by Paul Marshall. The institute's student body is expected to consist of people who have "reached the age of 50, a partner in an international firm, who've decided they've made their money and want to put something back."

Accolades
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to palliative care in her 2012 Birthday Honours. As a result, he is styled Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett.

In 2013, he was the recipient of the Beacon Fellowship from the UK Community Foundations.

Anglia Ruskin University awarded Hughes-Hallett an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree in 2015.

Personal life
He is married to Jules, Lady Hughes-Hallett, whom he met immediately after leaving Oxford and who is a former fashion editor of Vogue.

She is the Chair of Smart Works, a non-profit organisation which gives free clothes and job interview advice to women who are unemployed. The couple have three children, two of whom are sons. They lost an infant daughter, Emily.

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Priborovoye

Priborovoye (Приборовое) is a rural locality (a selo) in Vostrovsky Selsoviet, Volchikhinsky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 372 as of 2013. It was founded in 1994. There are 3 streets.

Geography
Priborovoye is located 26 km northeast of Volchikha (the district's administrative centre) by road. Vostrovo is the nearest rural locality.

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Paya-ngokto

Paya-ngokto is a village in Kyain Seikgyi Township, Kawkareik District, in the Kayin State of Myanmar. It is located on the west bank of Zami River.

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Russian/Lesson 3

 * Я студeнт.

This means "I am a student" in Russian.

 * "Я" means "I".
 * "студе́нт", as you may remember from Lesson 1, means "student".
 * Russian does not distinguish "a student" from "the student"; that is, it does not use articles ("a", "an", "the"). So the above sentence could also be translated as "I am the student."
 * Russian does not use the verb to be in the present tense. Instead, a dash separates the subject of the sentence from the predicate (but the dash is not put between a pronoun and a verb).

Examples

Russian has eight personal pronouns altogether:

Grammar vs. vocabulary; "getting by" vs. "good Russian"
Are you learning Russian to "get by" on a one-week business trip to Moscow? Or do you want to learn "good Russian"?

To "get by" you need basic grammar, but not the byzantine grammar of "good Russian." You could treat all nouns as if they were masculine, and all verbs as if you are the person doing the action, and Russians would understand your meaning. But you should read over the many grammar rules so that you have a clue what Russians are saying. E.g., you should be able to recognize when a Russian uses the prepositional case, even if you only use the nominative case.

If you want to marry a Russian, learn good Russian. Russians (and people all over the world) are impressed by good language skills. Note that in English the words "conjugate" (to produce the different forms of a verb) and "conjugal" (relating to marriage) come from the same root word (meaning "to join together"). In other words, Russians think that someone who can say "I study, you study, he studies, she studies, we study, they study" correctly (in Russian) will make a good spouse!

Native speakers learn grammar as children, by listening to adults talk, and being corrected by their peers. A child who reads a lot, and whose parents speak correctly, doesn't need to learn grammar rules. As an adult learning Russian, you'll learn best if a native Russian listens to you and corrects your mistakes. But the grammar rules will act as shortcuts, to help you learn faster.

When learning anything, some people are auditory learners, some are visual, and some are movement learners. (See "The Open Mind," by Dawna Marcova, for more about this.) But all three learning styles are needed for organizing and committing to long-term memory. You may prefer to hear spoken Russian, or see written Russian, or (for movement learners) write a Russian word and then write how it sounds in English. You may need to do an activity, such as cooking dinner, to pay attention. But all of us need to do all of these things to learn well.

Gender
You may guess correctly that the correct way to say "He is a student" in Russian is "Он студент." However, things change a bit when talking about "она". As in many Indo-European languages—including English until several hundred years ago—gender is an important feature of Russian grammar. Every noun, as well as the three third-person singular pronouns, has a characteristic gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter.

Masculine nouns end in a consonant. Remember that й is a consonant.

Feminine nouns end in а or я.

Neuter nouns end in о or е.

Nouns ending in ь can be masculine or feminine. Nouns ending in ь that describe abstract concepts are generally feminine, but otherwise there's no rule; you just have to memorize these words.

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{Она Арти́стка - masculine + feminine - neuter
 * type=""}

Formal and Informal
Russians differentiate between formal and informal social relationships. Two words translate to "you": Вы (pronounced "vee" but make it short, don't draw out the vowel) is how you say "you" to a teacher, police officer, etc. Ты (pronounced "tee") is how you say "you" to a friend or family member. Russians are more formal than Americans, so if in doubt use Вы!

Вы is also "you plural" or "you all." In other words, you address a superior person as if he or she were several people.

The greeting здравствуйте (formal) and здравствуй (informal) has two forms.

The word "your" also comes in formal and informal: ваш (formal) and твой (informal).

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{Привет ! Меня зовут Андрей. А тебя? - formal + informal
 * type=""}

{Здравствуйте! Меня зовут Петр, а Вас? + formal - informal
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Russian names
Russians use three names: first name, or имя; middle or patronymic name, or отчество, which is their father's first name plus a suffix meaning "son of" (ович) or "daughter of" (овна); and the last name or family name, or фамилия. Women's last names add an а to the masculine form of the name.

To address a Russian formally, don't use "Mr." or "Ms." Instead, address the person using his or her first name and patronymic.

Russians use relatively few first names. There are only a dozen or so men's first names, and maybe three dozen women's first names. Creativity in baby-naming isn't encouraged.

Russians also use diminutives or nicknames. Each name typically has a version used by your best friend, another used by your other friends, another used by your teachers, another used by your grandmother, another used when you are scolded, etc.

Noun Cases
English uses word order to indicate a sentence's subject and object. E.g., "Bob eats lunch" and "Lunch eats Bob" have different meanings in English. Word order is less important in Russian. Instead, meaning is conveyed by suffixes. It would be like an eaten lunch becoming "lunchoo," so you could say "Bob eats lunchoo" or "Lunchoo eats Bob," and still make it clear that it's the lunch that is eaten (not Bob).

This would be straightforward enough if there were simply one case for the subject of a sentence, and a second case for the object of the sentence. Instead, Russian has six cases, conveying such meanings as where you are vs. where you're going, or whether the object of the sentence is animate or inanimate!

Nominative case
The primary case, used for the subject of the sentence ("Bob"), is called the nominative case. This is the case you find in dictionaries.

Accusative case
"Lunch" is the direct object of "Bob eats lunch." The direct object is used in the accusative case. Inanimate masculine and neuter nouns in the accusative case are the same as nouns in the nominative case. Feminine nouns change their а or я ending to у or ю, respectively. E.g., "car" is машина (pronounced "masheena") in nominative case, and машину (pronounced "masheenoo")in the accusative case.

Prepositional case
When a sentence contains a complement of location, the noun is in the prepositional case. In general, you add е (pronounced "yeh") to end of the word. E.g., "I live in Michigan" becomes "I live in Michigane." If the word ends in й, а, or я, replace that letter with е. E.g., "She works in Minnesota" becomes "She works in Minnesote."

There are two exceptions to the е ending. Never write ие, instead write ии (yes, Russians pronounce both, like "ee-ee"). The other exception is foreign nouns ending in о, и, or у. These look the same as the nominative case. E.g., Colorado, Kentucky, and Peru don't change.

Nouns in the prepositional case are always preceded by "in" or "about." Each word comes in two versions. If "in" is an activity, or a place where an activity is done (for example, the ballet) use на (pronounced "na"). For other places, use в (pronounced "veh" or pronounced with the next word if it starts with a vowel, e.g., "in Atlante" would be "vatlante").

"About" is о, or, if the following word starts with a vowel, об. There are several cases when "about" is обо, e.g. обо мне.

Куда vs. где
Куда asks "where (whither) are [you/he/she/etc.] going?" It's pronounced "koodá.".

Где asks "where are [you/he/she/etc.]?" I.e., куда is moving, где is static. It's pronounced "gdye," with the d palatalized.

Statements that could answer the question куда are in the accusative case. E.g., "We're driving to St. Petersburg, Florida" would be in the accusative case, if you said it in Russian.

Statements that could answer the question где are in the prepositional case. E.g., "We live in Moscow, Idaho" would be in the prepositional case.

This is easy to remember because the vowels in Куда are у and а—nouns that end in а (feminine nouns) change to у in the accusative case. The vowel in где is е, the letter you add to end nouns in the prepositional case.

Genitive case
The genitive case is used to show possession, negation, and quantity such as numbers. E.g., I have six chairs (У меня есть шесть стульев) is plural both in English and in Russian! It's genitive case.

Genitive nouns
Masculine and neuter nouns form the genitive case the same way: add а at the end. E.g., стол (sing. table) becomes стола́, but столы́ (pl. tables) becomes столо́в. The exceptions are masculine words ending in й or ь add я. if the word ends in a vowel, drop the vowel then add a.

Feminine nouns drop the а and add ы. E.g., лампа (lamp) becomes лампы. The exceptions are if the word ends in я or ь, or for the 7-letter spelling rule, add и.

Genitive adjectives
Masculine and neuter adjectives form the genitive case the same way: change the ending to ого. This is pronounced "ovo"! The exceptions are masculine words ending in й or ь, or for the 5-letter spelling rule with the ending unstressed, change to его (pronounced "yevo").

Feminine adjectives change the ending to ой (rhymes with "boy"). The exceptions are feminine words ending in й or ь, or for the 5-letter spelling rule with the ending unstressed, change to ей (pronounced "yay").

Genitive case of possessive pronouns
The possessive pronouns его́, её, and их (his, hers, theirs) never change.

"I have something"
Genitive case is also used for saying you have something, or you don't have something. To say that you have something, start with У (means by or next to ). Then change the pronoun (я, ты, вы, etc.) to the following:

In many cases, the genitive ого́ ending is irregularly pronounced ovo.

In other words, Russians don't say Ivan has a dacha, but rather say By Ivan is dacha.

"No something"
In Russian, you use genitive instead of nominative with negative word нет n'et "no" when you want to say that there isn't something or one does not have something. If there is none of it, it can't be the subject, right?

Dative case
Dative case is used with the indirect object of a sentence. It is, when people want to say something to her or to give(to sell, to show and etc.) something to him, etc. (for example: He shows to her this beautiful picture (Он пока́зывает ей э́ту прекра́сную карти́ну). Note here the difference between the direct object from earlier and the indirect object: Ivan gives a letter (direct object, accusative case) to his sister (indirect object, dative case; also depending on the vowel. If it is silent or not. But that rarely happens in modern Russian)

Dative case quiz
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Russian lacks "a," "the," and "to be"
Russian lacks the articles "a," "an," and "the." English uses the definite article "the" to indicate a specific place, thing, etc.: "I ate the orange" suggests there was only one orange, or it was special or something. English uses the indefinite articles "a" and "an" to indicate that the following noun is not a specific, e.g., "I ate an orange" suggests there were several oranges.

Russian also lacks the verb "to be," and its conjugations "am," "are," and "is."

Thus the English four-word sentence "I am a student" is just two words in Russian: "Я студент." In written Russian, when a sentence has two nouns in a row, a — is written between the nouns to indicate the verb "to be." E.g., "Tanya is a student" translates to "Таня — студентка."

"This," "these," and "those"
Russian has the adjectives "this" and "these." To "get by" in Russian use это (pronounced "eta") for both "this" (singular) and "these" (plural). To speak "good Russian" it gets confusing. If a word is between "this" (or "these") and the noun ("This is my suitcase") then это doesn't change. But if the noun immediately follows "this" or "these" ("This suitcase is mine") then, if the noun is masculine, это changes to этот (pronounced "etot") ; if the noun is feminine then это changes to эта (pronounced "eta") ; if the noun is neuter then это doesn't change; and if the noun is plural ("these") then это changes to эти (pronounced "etee").

Russian also has the adjective "those": те. This follows the conjugation for 'that', implying that the noun is in a remote location (not here). Masculine is тот, Feminine is та, Neuter is то, and Plural is те.

this these and those quiz
This these and those quiz

Plural nouns
In English we add "s" (or "es") to indicate that a noun is plural. Russian isn't so simple.

Masculine nouns ending in a "hard" consonant add ы. E.g., студент (student) becomes студенты (students). Masculine nouns ending in the "soft" consonants й or ь add и. E.g., словарь (dictionary) becomes словари (dictionaries). If you speak Russian (without writing) you can "get by" without learning this distinction, as ы and и sound similar.

Feminine nouns ending in а change the а to ы. This is not always the case. Sometimes а is replaced by и e.g. груша → груши. Feminine nouns ending in я change the я to и. Thus masculine and feminine nouns follow a similar pattern for plural. Again, if you only want to speak "get by" Russian you can ignore this distinction because a and я sound similar.

Neuter nouns have a different pattern for plural. Neuter nouns ending in o change the o to a. This is not always the case. Sometimes o is replaced by и e.g. яблоко → яблоки. Neuter nouns ending in e change the e to я. Thus, neuter plural nouns look like feminine singular nouns.

Note that these rules are for plural nouns. Plural adjectives follow different rules.

The 7-letter spelling rule
Now it gets complicated. After the letters к, г, х, ш, щ, ж, and ч, always add (or change a or я to) и, not ы. E.g., книга (book) becomes книги (books).

Exceptional plurals
Some masculine nouns drop the last vowel before adding ы or и. E.g., подарок (present or gift) becomes подарки.

Some masculine nouns add a for plural. E.g., дом (house) becomes дома (houses).

Words of foreign origin ending in o, и, or у don't change between singular and plural. E.g., радио means "radio" or "radios." Note that foreign nouns with these endings also don't change in prepositional case (e.g., Colorado, Kentucky, and Peru).

The personal pronouns "he," "she," and "it"
The personal pronouns are straightforward:

"He" (masculine) is он.

"She" (feminine) is она.

"It" (neuter) is оно.

"They" (plural) is они.

Note that in English we use "he" and "she" for animate objects (people and animals) and "it" for everything else, but Russians use "he" for all masculine nouns, "she" for all feminine nouns, and "it" for all neuter nouns. Thus, a car (машина) is always "she" because машина is feminine.

"Whose?"
The English question word "whose" translates to four Russian words, depending on gender:

чей (pronounced "chey") is masculine.

чья (pronounced "chyah") is feminine.

чьё (pronounced "chyo") is neuter.

чьи (pronounced "chyee") is plural.

If you just want to "get by," say "chee" and you'll be right about 50% of the time.

The possessive pronouns "my," "your," "our," "his," "her," and "their"
To learn to conjugate verbs as well as possessive pronouns, memorize the following order of pronouns:

я (I) ты (you, informal) он/она (he/she) мы (we) вы (you, formal and plural) они (they)

In this order, in English the possessive pronouns are "my, your, his, her, our, (no formal your), their." Russian makes this complicated because four of these words change depending on whether the following noun is masculine, feminine, neuter, or plural. Three don't change.

The three possessive pronouns that don't change are "his," "her," and "their." In Russian these are его ("his"), pronounced "yehvo" (not "yehgo"); её, pronounced "yehyo" ("her yo-yo" would sound like "yeh-yo yo-yo"); and их (pronounced "eech," like the German word for "I").

The four possessive pronouns that change are "my," "your" (informal and formal), and "our."

"My" is мой (masculine, pronounced "moy," which sounds vaguely like a New York Yiddish version of "my"); моя (feminine, pronounced "mo-yah"); моё (neuter, pronounced "mo-yo"), and мои (plural, pronounced "mo-ee").

"Your" (informal Ты) is твой (masculine, pronounced "tvoy"); твоя (feminine, pronounced "tvo-yah"); твоё (neuter, pronounced "tvo-yo"), and твои (plural, pronounced "tvo-ee").

"Our" (Мы) is наш (masculine, pronounced "nash," not like "Nashville" but rhymes with "wash"); наша (feminine, pronounced "nasha"); наше (neuter, pronounced "nashyeh"), and наши (plural, pronounced "nashee").

"Your" (formal Вы) is ваш (masculine, pronounced "vash", rhymes with "wash"); ваша (feminine, pronounced "vasha"); ваше (neuter, pronounced "vash-yeh"), and ваши (plural, pronounced "vashee"). A memory aid is "your car is a washing machine." Picture opening the hood of a car and finding a washing machine where the engine should be. "Your car" is ваша машина (sounds like "washing machine").

Adjective endings (nominative case)
Russian adjectives agree with their nouns in gender, number, and case. Here we will learn the adjective endings for gender and number (singular vs. plural). (Cases will be later.)

The dictionary form of adjectives end in ый (pronounced "ee"). This is the ending with masculine nouns. E.g., "new pencil" is новый карандаш (pronounced "no-vee karandash").

With feminine nouns, the adjective ends in ая. E.g., "new car" is новая машина (pronounced "no-vah-yah masheena").

With neuter nouns, the adjective ends in ое. E.g., "new dress" is новое платье (pronounced "no-vo-yeh plat-yeh"). As a memory aid, think of "oh yeah."

With plural nouns, the adjective ends in ые. E.g., "new students" is новые студенты (pronounced "no-vih-yeh studentih"). As a memory aid, think of plural as one masculine and one neuter object. Take the first letter from the masculine ending (ы) and the second letter from the neuter ending (е) and you get ые.

Adjectives with "soft endings" (й or ь) have the same second letter in their endings, but the first letter of the endings change. The masculine ending ый becomes ий, the feminine ending ая becomes яя, the neuter ending ое becomes ее (like the "yeah-yeah" chorus of 1965 Beatles songs), and the plural ending ые becomes ие (maintaining the memory aid that you take a masculine object and a neuter object to get two objects).

5- and 7-letter spelling rules
Recall that with plurals, after the letters г, ж, к, х, ч, ш, and щ, you use и, not ы. This 7-letter spelling rule also applies to adjectives. As a memory aid, ч, ш, and щ are together in the alphabet.

The 5-letter spelling rule is that after the letters ж, ц, ч, ш, and щ, don't write an unstressed o, but instead write e. As a memory aid, ц, ч, ш, and щ are together in the alphabet.

"What?" and "which?"
Что (pronounced "shto," not "chto") and какой both mean "what." As a loose rule, какой means "which." The correct rule is that if a noun follows "what," use какой. If no noun follows "what," use что.

As a memory aid, the following noun's gender and number change какой. Какой precedes masculine nouns, какая precedes feminine nouns, какое precedes neuter nouns, and какие precedes plural nouns. Because что does not modify nouns, it does not change according to gender.

If you just want to "get by," always use что for "what."

Showing Ownership
In English, "my" and "I have" are different, just as "your" and "you have" are different. Russian makes a similar distinction—but it's more complicated.

First, the pronoun is in the genitive case (меня, тебя etc.), which indicates possession/ownership. The preposition used with the genitive pronouns to indicate ownership is У (pronounced "oo"), meaning roughly "with".

The forms are as follows:

"I have": У меня (pronounced "oo meen-yah", meaning roughly "with me")

"You have" (informal): У тебя (pronounced "oo teeb-yah", meaning roughly "with you")

"You have" (formal): у вас (pronounced "oo vas")

"He has": у него (pronounced "oo nee-go", meaning "with him")

"She has": у неё (pronounced "oo nee-yo", meaning "with her")

"We have": у нас (pronounced "oo nas", meaning "with us")

"They have": у них (pronounced "oo neech", meaning "with them")

Thus the question "У тебя есть карандаш?" when interpreted rather literally, means "With you is a pencil?" It is easy to see how this can be correctly interpreted as "Do you have a pencil (with you)?" or even just "Do you own a pencil?"

These three phrases are sometimes followed by есть (pronounced "yehst", meaning "is"). Есть questions the existence of something, e.g., У вас есть синий костюм? ("Do you have a blue suit?").

Verb conjugation, present tense
In English we say, "I study," "you study," "he studies," "she studies," "we study," "they study." Note that some pronouns use "study," while other pronouns use "studies." "Verb conjugation" is how verbs change with pronouns. English has simple two-form verb conjugation for the present tense.

Russian verbs conjugate in six forms, for "I", "you (singular and informal)", "he" and "she", "we", "you (plural and formal singular)" and "they". In addition, Russian verbs conjugate in either of two ways. In other words, some verbs are first conjugation, when others are second conjugation.

All verbs have an infinitive form, which is listed in dictionaries. Typically this form ends in -ть.

First-conjugation verbs usually end in something other than -ить (e.g. in -ать). These verbs conjugate by dropping the ть and replacing it with the following endings:

Second-conjugation verbs usually end in -ить. These verbs conjugate by dropping the -ть and replacing it with the following endings:

Verb conjugation, past tense
Past tense verbs are somewhat simpler. They conjugate with the gender (or number) of the pronoun. Thus, "I understood" changes depending on whether the speaker is a man or a woman. But the verb is the same for "he understood" or for "I understood," where the speaker is a man. "We understood" and "they understood" are the same.

To form a past tense verb, drop the ть and add л (pronounced "l") for masculine pronouns ("I," "you," "he"), ла (pronounced "la") for feminine pronouns ("I," "you," "she"), and ли (pronounced "lee") for plural pronouns (мы, они, "we," "they"). (Neuter subjects can't talk.)

Verb conjugation, future tense
Russian future tense is incredibly more complex in meaning than English future tense. Russian future tense also contains information pertaining to the aspect of the verb.

Imperfective Aspect

The simplest, and imperfective aspect of a verb can be attained by the use of the verb "быть." By placing the correct form of "быть," in front of a Russian infinitive, you can create a verb in imperfective future tense.

Form будь is imperative of to be, but in this case it roughly means "will"

Can you decipher these?

 * Я буду играть.
 * Ты будешь говорить.

As an FYI, the imperfective aspect in Russian refers to a habitual action that we would not go out of our way to delineate. While "Я играю в игру" (I am playing the game) shows current action in a way not unlike English, "Я играла в игру" (I played-feminine the game) relates a habitual action to the playing of the game in the past. English leaves this ambiguous.

Perfective aspect For perfective aspect verbs, just use the table above for present tense endings, and you will get future tense (do you remember that perfective verbs have no present tense?) E.g. заиграть 'to begin playing' - я заиграю 'I shall begin to play'.

Prepositional case adjectives
Recall that the prepositional case is used when the object of a sentence is a location. Earlier you learned how to modify nouns (usually by adding е).

Russian adjectives must agree with their following noun in gender, number, and case.

With a masculine noun in the prepositional case, a preceding adjective usually ends in ом. The ending is ем for the 5-letter spelling rule, and for soft-ending (й or ь) adjectives.

With a feminine noun in the prepositional case, a preceding adjective usually ends in ой (pronounced "oy"). The ending is ей (pronounced ("yee") for the 5-letter spelling rule, and for soft-ending (й or ь) adjectives.

Prepositional case plural adjectives and nouns
With a plural noun in the prepositional case, a preceding adjective usually ends in ых (pronounced "eeh"). The ending is их (pronounced ("ih") for the 7-letter spelling rule, and for soft-ending (й or ь) adjectives.

Plural nouns in the prepositional case usually end in ах (pronounced "ach"). The ending is ях (pronounced ("yach") for soft-ending (й or ь) nouns.

Prepositional case personal pronouns
The personal pronouns change (considerably!) in the prepositional case.

Я ("I") becomes обо мне (pronounced "obo mnyeh").

Ты ("you" informal) becomes о тебе (pronounced "o tyehbyeh").

Он ("he") becomes о нём (pronounced "o nyom").

Она ("she") becomes о ней (pronounced "o nyee").

Мы ("we") becomes о нас (pronounced "o nas").

Вы ("you" formal) becomes о вас (pronounced "o vas").

Они ("they") becomes о них (pronounced "o neech").

Prepositional case possessive pronouns
If the object possessed is masculine or neuter, use the following possessive pronouns: моём ("my"), твоём ("your" informal), нашем ("our'), вашем ("your" formal), чьём ("whose?"), этом ("this").

If the object possessed is feminine, use the following possessive pronouns: моей ("my"), твоей ("your" informal), нашей ("our'), вашей ("your" formal), чьей ("whose?"), этой ("this").

If the objects possessed are plural, use the following possessive pronouns: моих ("my"), твоих ("your" informal), наших ("our'), ваших ("your" formal), чьих ("whose?"), этих ("this").

(Russian schools teach all that to second-graders! Now you understand why Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union the "evil empire"!)

Prepositional case question words
Some question words change in the prepositional case. Что ("what," pronounced "shto") changes to о чём (pronounced "o chyom"). Кто ("who," pronounced "kto") changes to о ком.

Conjunctions: "and," "yes but," and "but"
Let's do something simpler.

И (pronounced "ee") means "and."

А (pronounced "ah") means "yes, but."

Но (pronounced "no") means "but."

Reflexive verbs
In English we add "self" to a pronoun to indicate reflexive action. E.g., "I wash myself" is different from "I wash my dog." In Russian, reflexive action is in the verb, not in the pronoun. E.g., a Russian would say something like "I washself."

This reflexive action is indicated by the suffix ся added to the verb, if the verb ends in a consonant. But if the verb ends in a vowel you instead add сь. Note that the former adds a syllable but the latter doesn't!

The verb учиться means "study" (pronounced "oo-cheet-syah"). The verb conjugates:

Three words for "study"
Russia has three words that translate to "study." (You can imagine that Russians must study three times harder than Americans to learn language skills!)

Учиться (pronounced "oo-cheet-syah") usually refers to where you go to school, e.g., "I go to Harvard University." As a memory aid, picture that Russians students cheat.

Изучать (pronounced "ee-zoo-chat") usually refers to the subject you study, e.g., "I study physics." As a memory aid, think that the zoo is where you study subjects such as monkeys, elephants, etc.

заниматься (pronounced "zan-ee-mat-syah") usually refers to doing homework, e.g., "I'm studying at the library." As a memory aid, think that your "zany mother makes you do your homework."

There is also a fourth verb, готовиться (perf. подготовиться), which means to prepare yourself, in this case to study for something, e.g. an exam. This is used with the preposition к + dative case. Например: Я готовлюсь к экзамену по русскому языку.

Two words for "also"
Russian has two words that translate to "also."

Тоже (pronounced "to-zheh") means that two people are doing the same thing (e.g., "I'm a student and my sister is also a student").

Также (pronounced "takzheh") means that one person does two different things (e.g., "I'm a student and I also work part-time").

As a memory aid, picture that Emperor Tojo of Japan is also the emperor of Russia. He has a reclusive brother Takzhye who only does things by himself.

Going by foot, by car, and going regularly
Russian has three words that translate to "going."

Идти (pronounced "eed-tee") means to go by foot. As a memory aid, think the conjugation он идёт ("he walks," pronounced "on eed-dyot") which sounds like "he's an idiot to walk (with the traffic so dangerous)."

ехать (pronounced "ee-hot") means to go by car, bus, etc. Note that conjugations are еду, едешь, едет, едем, едете, едут—none have the х!

ходить (pronounced "hod-deet") means to go back and forth habitually, e.g., "I go to school every day." As a memory aid, think of hod carriers going back and forth up and down ladders (a hod carrier carries morter to a bricklayer).

Necessity and freedom
"I have to" translates to я должен (pronounced "dol-zhen," sort of like "dolphin")—if the subject is masculine! If the subject is feminine, it's должна. If the subject is neuter, it's должно. If the subject is plural, it's должны.

Remember that "have to" is an adjective, not a verb! Don't try to conjugate it as a verb.

The opposite of "have to" is freedom. E.g., "I'm free this evening" means there's nothing you have to do. The adjectives are свободен (masculine, pronounced "sva-bod-den"), свободна (feminine, pronounced "sva-bod-na"), свободно (neuter, pronounced "sva-bod-no") and свободны (plural, pronounced "sva-bod-nih").

Note that вы ("you" formal, and "y'all") uses the plural forms, regardless of the gender of the person you're addressing.

Note that кто ("who") uses the masculine form, regardless of the gender of the person you're asking about

Lesson 4 >>

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Death of Lennon Lacy

Lennon Lacy was a student attending West Bladen High School, in Bladenboro, North Carolina. On August 29, 2014, at age 17, he was found dead, hanging from the frame of a swing set in the center of a mobile home community. The death was initially declared a suicide by North Carolina's Chief Medical Examiner, but Lacy's family believed that he had been lynched. Lacy, who was black, had been dating a white woman, who also believed Lacy had been murdered, and who claimed neighbors had warned her that their interracial relationship was "not right". In December 2014, the FBI announced it would investigate. In June 2016, the conclusion of the FBI investigation was announced, having found "no evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges".

Documentary
The death of Lacy is the central event in a documentary on lynching in America, Always in Season, shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2019, where it won the special jury award for moral urgency. Ed Pilkington wrote in The Guardian that the film "is both a homage to Lennon Lacy and a critique of America’s rotten racial core, weaving the two together through an exploration of blurred memory, denial, obfuscation, betrayal and loss."

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Slănic mine

Slănic mine is an old salt mine, located in Slănic, Prahova County, Romania, 100 km north of Bucharest. The salt mine is closed for extraction purposes, but is open for visitors, featuring a microclimate with natural air-conditioning and constant temperature and atmospheric pressure throughout the year. It is made up of two levels, named Unirea and Mihai. Many of the visitors come for its supposed healing effects due to the purity of the air. Throughout the mine you will find various types of equipment for recreational activity such as playground equipment and some ping-pong tables. One area is sectioned off and is used for medical patients with lung cancer to come and rest in. The main elevator shaft is unique in that it has no metallic parts due to rust. After an elevator accident in 2014, minivans are used to spiral visitors up and down.

Unirea mine
The work for the opening of the Unirea salt mine started in 1938 and the exploitation of the salt from this mine was performed between 1943-1970.

The exploitation was done downward from the ceiling to the basis in successive slices of 2.2 meters with a horizontal cutting at the basis and vertically along the walls. The de-rocking was made through shooting. The transportation of the resulting material was effected with the tubs up the shaft using a cage to the installation of preparation and expedition.

The mine is composed of 14 chambers with trapezoidal profiles, having a 10 m opening to the ceiling and 32 m to the ground, a height of 54 m and a wall inclination angle of 60 degrees. The shore difference between the surface and the base of the mine is of 208 m and it is covered by the elevator in 90 seconds, though the elevator has been out of order since 2014. The excavated space occupies a volume of 2.9 million m³ and it is extended on a surface of 78,000 m².

Since 1970, the mine has become a tourist attraction, offering exceptional natural conditions as a result of its microclimate, rich in aerosols, which some believe effective in treating Respiratory disease. The air-conditioning of the mine is natural, with a constant temperature during the whole year of 12 °C, an atmospheric pressure of 730 mmHg and a humidity with an average of 10% lower than the surface average.

One of the chambers is a salt museum named Genesis Hall by its author Iustin Năstase and it hosts the busts in salt of Decebal and Traian. There are also other salt sculptures in the mine, such as the bust of Mihai Eminescu or a bas-relief with Mihai Viteazul, works of the local artist, Oana Brezeanu.

Some of the mine chambers were transformed in sport courts where athletes perform their trainings.

The ceiling of the mine is bordered by wooden balconies on the whole perimeter. The balconies are used for the circulation of the authorized personnel during the periodical inspection of the stability of the surfaces from the superior zone of the mine construction. The zones with uncertain stability are delimited at the base of the mine, being closed for the public access.

Mihai mine
Located vertically above the Unirea mine and separated from it by a 40m thick floor, the Mihai level was opened in 1912 and consists of 6 trapezoidal shaped rooms with a 12 m ceiling width, 37 m floor width, 66 m height and a wall inclination angle of 60 degrees.

Mining was carried out on a descending track. Until 1942, when the Unirea mine was opened, 462.332 m3 of rock salt had been excavated. This was the first salt mine in Romania provided with electric lighting.

After 1970, the Mihai mine has been the host of several national and international aeromodeling contests, occasions on which free access of tourists in the mine is also allowed.

Salt dissolution
During the fall of 1994 both levels were severely damaged by the natural phenomenon of salt dissolution due to infiltration of ground and pluvial waters, which flooded the Unirea mine. The catastrophic aggressiveness of waters flowing down the shaft gradually created huge cavities and the specialists who evaluated the full scope of the disaster decided to close down the mine. Eugen Scrob, an I.S.P.H. researcher, came up with an idea which was to keep the mine from completely collapsing. He immediately applied a new experimental method, helped by the miners of the Slanic mine. After four years of work, the stream bed was eventually regulated. Constant drillings monitored the dynamics of landslide and the piezometric level. Also, huge amounts of concrete were used to line the shaft and fill the existing cavities. All costs of these works, amounting to a total of over 20 billion Romanian lei (ROL; equivalent to 2 million RON), were exclusively borne by the Slănic salt mine. After the water was evacuated and the hearth of the flooded mine was completely drained, the site was reopened on July 31, 1998.

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Domenic Amodeo

Domenic Amodeo (born March 6, 1968, in Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the minor leagues and throughout Europe.

Career
Amodeo began his collegiate career in 1988 with the New Hampshire Wildcats. During his time in the Hockey East he was a prolific scorer, registering 167 points in 142 games over the four years he was with the program. In his senior year, Amodeo was named as both a Second Team All-American and a member of the Hockey East All-Tournament Team.

Upon graduating, Amodeo signed a professional contract with the Canadian National Team, who, at the time, played exhibition games across North America. The following season, Amodeo signed with the NHL's Boston Bruins, who assigned him to their AHL affiliate team, the Providence Bruins. He was only in Providence for 3 games however, before being reassigned to the Charlotte Checkers. Amodeo subsequently moved to Europe in order to play for Italian Serie A outfit HC Asiago. He remained in Italy the following season, playing for Como in Serie B where he had a career year. The following season, Amodeo moved to German 1st Liga 1. EV Weiden. Amodeo moved to Switzerland for the 1997–98 season, playing for Grasshopper Club Zurich of the NLB. He remained with the team the following season, before moving to HC Thurgau, also of the NLB for the 1999–00 season. He returned to Serie A the following season, with HC Merano.

The 2001-02 saw Amodeo begin with EHC Basel Dragons as injury cover for Steve Potvin who was out with a broken foot. Upon Potvin's return to the line up, Amodeo moved to the United Kingdom in order to play for the London Knights of the BISL, joining the team of transfer deadline day. Following the culmination of the British season, Amodeo retired from professional hockey.

Awards and achievements

 * NCAA (East) Second all-american team (1992)
 * NCAA (Hockey East) All-Tournament Team (1992)

Post-playing career
Amodeo now runs the Olympic Hockey Academy, and has worked with several NHL players, including Robby Fabbri, and Ryan Strome.

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Suspected sockpuppets

recreated the exact same draft Draft:Ehakim, as User:AliBabakhani within hours of the latter being blocked for promotional editing. GPL93 (talk) 21:31, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

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Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments

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User:JKizzieHumanities/Olive Wiley

Olive F. Willey (née Thomas) was an African American civil rights activist and education administrator born in Warwick, Rhode Island. Wiley was a founder and president of the Mt. Hope Day Care (now Mount Hope YMCA Child Care Center). She met her husband William Wiley, in Providence, Rhode Island in 1921, and they were married in 1925.

In 1985, Olive and William Wiley were jointly inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame.

His son was civil rights activist George Alvin Willey, and his granddaughter is civil rights activist Maya Wiley.

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Prigorodny, Biysky District, Altai Krai

Prigorodny (Пригородный) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Malougryonovsky Selsoviet, Biysky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 541 as of 2013. There are 12 streets.

Geography
Prigorodny is located 6 km north of Biysk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Biysk is the nearest rural locality.

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Vjekoslav Rosenberg-Ružić

Vjekoslav Rosenberg-Ružić (April 29, 1870 – February 16, 1954) was a Croatian-Jewish composer, conductor and music educator.

Rosenberg-Ružić was born in Varaždin as Alois Rosenberg on April 29, 1870. Later in life he added the Croatian variant of his surname, Ružić. From early childhood he was in contact with the music, duo to a fact that his father Josip Rosenberg was a music teacher. Rosenberg-Ružić finished elementary and high school in his hometown. He studied violin, piano, and composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts, in Vienna. In 1891, Rosenberg-Ružić went to Split, where he taught music and led the choir in the local "Croatian singing society". Rosenberg-Ružić stayed in Split for 4 years, he then returned to Varaždin, where he was organist as in Split. In Varaždin, he continued educational work in the field of music, and started to compose. By the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia provincial government decision in 1909, Rosenberg-Ružić became the main music teacher in Zagreb, and next year he became the head-master of the music school at the Croatian Music Institute.

Popular compositions

 * opera Kralj od Silbe (The King of Silba)
 * opera Lijepa Klementinka (Lovely Clementine), unfinished
 * Vilina
 * Kameni svatovi, to a text of August Šenoa
 * four piano sonatas (1891, 1900, 1915, 1920)

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2015 Trofeo Faip–Perrel – Singles

Simone Bolelli was the defending champion, but decided to play in the 2015 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament instead.

Benoît Paire won the title defeating Aleksandr Nedovyesov in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–3).

Seeds
• # 🇩🇪 Andreas Beck (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Lucas Pouille (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇿 Farrukh Dustov (quarterfinals)

• # 🇰🇿 Aleksandr Nedovyesov

• # 🇺🇦 Illya Marchenko (semifinals)

• # 🇫🇷 Benoît Paire (champion)

• # Mate Delić (first round)

• # 🇭🇺 Márton Fucsovics (first round)

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JiBX

JiBX is an open-source Java framework for XML data binding. It solves the same problem as tools such as JAXB, XMLBeans and JDOM, but uses an alternate approach. It lets developers work with data from XML documents using arbitrarily defined Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs). The JiBX framework uses a binding definition to tell it how the Java objects map to the XML and vice versa. It is designed to perform the translation between internal data structures and XML with very high efficiency, and has been claimed to be the fastest XML data binding framework for Java.

JiBX differs from other Java-XML transformation tools such as JAXB, XMLBeans and JDOM in that it is not based on code generation but on "Mapped Data Binding". In other words, the Java class and the XML document being mapped are both treated as first class objects and one is not generated from the other. This approach decouples the domain model (Java) from the service interface (input and output XML documents) in a way that is consistent with the goals of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).

Like traditional Java-XML tools, the JiBX framework can produce a set of Java classes but unlike most other XML binding tools for Java, JiBX does not require this step. It can generate byte code enhancements for existing classes from an XML-Java binding declaration.

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Filmmaking Basics/Thumbnail Storyboard/Step by Step/aaaaaaaaaaa

Excellent Decision!
Now the first four shots are:

$$\Rightarrow$$ Fade In $$\Rightarrow$$ $$\Rightarrow$$ Cut To  $$\Rightarrow$$   $$\Rightarrow$$ Dolly Out  $$\Rightarrow$$      $$\Rightarrow$$ Pedestal Down $$\Rightarrow$$  $$\Rightarrow$$  $$\Rightarrow$$ Cut To  $$\Rightarrow$$   $$\Rightarrow$$ Cut To  $$\Rightarrow$$  $$\Rightarrow$$ Cut To  $$\Rightarrow$$  $$\Rightarrow$$  $$\Rightarrow$$ Cut To  $$\Rightarrow$$    $$\Rightarrow$$ Cut To  $$\Rightarrow$$

EXTERIOR - The local movie theater - NIGHT

(1) The Young Person and Old Person stand looking at the movie poster outside the theater.

(2) Young Person: "That was a great movie..."

(3) Young Person (contined): "but I do not understand one thing."

(4) Old Person: "What's that?"

(5) Young Person: "How can anyone be seduced by the Dark Side?"

(6) The old person thinks for a while.

(7) Old Person: "What computer do you have at home?"

(8) Young Person (eagerly): "A Macintosh!"

(9) Old Person: "But what computer does your father use at work?"

(10) The young person thinks for a moment.

Next Frame?
The young person thinks for a moment.

 * Option A
 * The young person thinks for a moment.

Now Decide! → By now, the rest of the storyboard is defined.

 * Select either option A

 * If you change your mind, you can go back to the previous page.

 * Reference Material
 * All the thumbnail storyboard frames.
 * The unformatted script.
 * The original story.
 * The [[Media:SBTDS Script Ciprian2.pdf|formatted script]].
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Template:Did you know nominations/List of number-one R&B singles of 2011 (U.S.)

List of number-one R&B singles of 2011 (U.S.)

 * ... that although Miguel's "Sure Thing" only topped the chart for one week on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in 2011, it ranked as the number one song on the year end list?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ballarat Miners

Created/expanded by Calvin999 (talk). Self nom at 17:47, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Symbol possible vote.svg Article is NOT long enough. This is the THIRD not long enough article.  That we're consistently nominating articles not long enough is a bit of a worry.  Once it is long enough and the nominator can tell me the length of the article and if it passes based on the DYK required length, we can finish the review.   --LauraHale (talk) 06:47, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Assuming that on 6 July 2012, the prose size of the lead was 12 words, and that today, 14 July 2012, the prose size of the lead is over 230 words, 12x5 is 60, so how does this not qualify as 5x expansion of prose size? Aaron • You  Da  One 11:27, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg The DYK check says that as of today this article only has 1,383 characters of readable prose. Maile66 (talk) 20:05, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * And I need how much? Aaron • You  Da  One 20:07, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * It needs to be 1,500. Characters in the list do not count. In that article, it would only count the characters in the lead above the list. Maile66 (talk) 20:16, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I didn't count any words in the list. I counted the lead. So I'm 117 characters (including spaces?) off?  Aaron • You  Da  One  20:17, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Do yourself a favor and download Did_you_know/DYKcheck. It will help you a lot. Maile66 (talk) 20:24, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah I don't understand it: User:Calvin999/vector.js Aaron • You  Da  One 20:27, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Maybe you could post over at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know and ask for some guidance on this. Maile66 (talk) 20:37, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

 * I see what you did. You downloaded it and don't understand how to use it.
 * Pull up your article.
 * Look over to the left-hand side of your page under the Toolbox.
 * You should see "DYK Check" under the Toolbox. Click on it while you have your article open.
 * At the top of the article page, you will see it working "in proress". When it's finished, you will know how much readable prose you have.
 * If these steps do not work, or the DYK Check option is not in your Toolbox, then please ask for help over at the Wikipedia talk DYK page. Good luck. Maile66 (talk) 21:02, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Aaron • You  Da  One 21:08, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

 * You're more than welcome. I hope I was able to help you.  Whenever I submit a nomination, I run the DYK check first. Maile66 (talk) 21:12, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

LauraHale, Article was 68 characters before expansion, and is now 1383 characters after expansion. Explain to me how that is not 5x expansion, as 68x5 is 340 characters. Aaron • You  Da  One 13:02, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Aaron, you are misunderstanding the Eligibility criteria. An article has to have 1,500 characters of readable prose. Period.  Whether it's a new article, or an expansion, it's not long enough if it's not 1,500 characters of readable prose.  Expansions have to be 5X, but they still have to meet the 1,500 characters of readable prose. Maile66 (talk) 15:52, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

 * SO confusing! OKay I will expanded the lead more. Aaron • You  Da  One 17:18, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Is now 1689 of readable prose, above the 1500 requirement. Aaron • You  Da  One 19:12, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I'll do a new hook. Aaron • You  Da  One 11:53, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough and long enough NOW.  Fully supported by sources.  No plagiarism concerns. Hook properly formatted.
 * Symbol question.svg While hooked fact appears in article, the source does not support this because it does not say the song only appeared on the chart once all year. The source only states it charted this week. It does not exclude other weeks that it charted. --LauraHale (talk) 10:40, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * What? In the lead, FN7 is the source stating that it was number one for that week, then FN8 at the end of the sentence is the Billboard R&B year end list, where it ranked first and was the best selling R&B song of the year. The year end list is an end of year chart. So I'm not really sure what the point is? The song only spent one week on the chart. The year end list is not a weekly chart. Aaron • You  Da  One 10:46, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * "Although Miguel's "Sure Thing" only topped the chart for one week," is the prose. This is the hooked fact and the source from the hook.  The hooked fact is not supported by the source. --LauraHale (talk) 10:54, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * They both are: Although Miguel's "Sure Thing" only topped the chart for one week, it ranked as the number one song on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs year end list. Aaron • You  Da  One' 11:02, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Nope. I've reviewed the CITED source for topped the charts for only one week and it only says it charted that one week. THIS says it finished at the top of the chart for 2011 but it doesn't say the song was only one week.  The hook related source does not support only one week.  If every weeks chart was cited, then we could say it only charted this one week but that isn't how the article is cited. --LauraHale (talk) 11:13, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Both are supported though. So you just want me to put the references for the two songs either side "Sure Thing" from the list into the lead? As they are clearly cited there in list and "Sure Thing" clearly only charted for one week.
 * You don't have a summary style lead. The table is not the prose of the article, which is what the DYK is being assessed against. I'm not going to check 52 different sources to verify the hooked fact, which if I rely on the table I would have to do. The hooked fact is NOT supported by the source in the article text. --LauraHale (talk) 11:29, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * It clearly is, especially now I've added more sources to the lead. Without the table, there is no lead. Aaron • You  Da  One 11:34, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:LEADCITE says "verifiability policy advises that material that is challenged or likely to be challenged, and quotations, should be supported by an inline citation. Because the lead will usually repeat information that is in the body, editors should balance the desire to avoid redundant citations in the lead with the desire to aid readers in locating sources for challengeable material." Most leads summarize the article and are not filled with citations.  In any case, the source provided by the article text regarding topping the charts for ONLY one week, only shows the top the charts for one week, not that it did not chart every other week.  Can you find a source that actually says it was only at the top of the chart for one week?  Without me having to check 51 other sources to verify it didn't chart in those other weeks?  If not, then propose a new hook.--LauraHale (talk) 11:40, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * ALT 1: that the last song to reach number one on the United States Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart of 2011 was Wale's collaboration featuring Miguel, "Lotus Flower Bomb"? Aaron • You  Da  One 16:40, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

This DYK nomination went pear shaped on my user talk page. I can't finish this particular review. If some one else wants to take it over, please do. --LauraHale (talk) 05:26, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Symbol confirmed.svg Previously noted to be New enough and long enough "NOW". Fully supported by sources. No plagiarism concerns. These are still applicable. New hook is properly formatted. QPQ is done. No Image. The new hook is in the text, not just in the list. The citation is given with the text as well as in the list and it supports the hook. I conclude it is interesting because of the popularity of the artists and the usual enthusiasm shown for collaborations by music fans. Neutral, nothing negative about the living persons. I think ALT1 is now good to go. Donner60 (talk) 06:53, 29 July 2012 (UTC)


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Mike Clancy

Cristopher J. Clancy (born September 9, 1924 – June 11, 1988), better known as Mike Clancy, was an American professional wrestler, sheriff and businessman. Clancy became a prominent performer throughout the National Wrestling Alliance from 1948 to 1967, capturing the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship and having feuds with Lou Thesz, Verne Gagne and Freddie Blassie.

Early life
Born to John and Mary Clancy in 1924, Clancy attended Warren Academy and wrestled as an amateur in his youth. During World War II Clancy served in the United States Coast Guard. He began his professional wrestling career in 1945 at the close of the war.

Professional wrestling career
Clancy competed throughout the United States from 1945. He became a mainstay for various National Wrestling Alliance promotions over the next decade and on April 10, 1956, he captured his first world title by defeating Ed Francis for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. Clancy lost the title for the final time against Angelo Savoldi in 1958. Clancy defeated Jackie Fargo for the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship in December 1959 and also won the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Oni Wiki and the United States Tag Team Championship with Al Lovelock.

During one match, he was 'attacked' by Mr. Moto outside the ring with a shoe. Moto was a native of Hawaii but was billed from Japan, whom the United States had only recently accepted surrender from, ending World War II. One fan became so enraged at the 'attack' that he took out a knife and indicted to a security guard called Billy Jack that he intended to "kill the bad guy". Jack, who was armed, told the fan that he disliked Moto also and told him to do it. As the fan approached the ring, Jack disarmed him from behind and stopped the potential assault.

Post-wrestling and retirement
Clancy retired from professional wrestling in 1967 and relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he became the owner of "Clancy's Pizza Parlor" and county Sheriff. He died on June 11, 1988, in Tulsa.

Championships and accomplishments

 * Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
 * NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (3 times)

 * National Wrestling Alliance
 * NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
 * NWA World Tag Team Championship

 * NWA Mid-America
 * AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times)
 * NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship

title: Mike Clancy


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redeployment

Noun

 * 1) The act of redeploying.
 * 2) A new deployment.

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title: redeployment