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End of ban
The reference to cycling news lists Millar's punishment as including "Two year suspension from competition from August 5, 2004 to August 4, 2006". How was he able to compete in the TDF2006, as usual a July race?  barliner  15:38, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your input - and good spot! IIRC, he appealed to someone, who decided the ban should be backdated to when he confessed, which was shortly before the 2004 TdF. I'll look for some sources for this and change the article. Once again, thanks for spotting this. SeveroTC 15:55, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ Done SeveroTC 16:02, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

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Grand Tour Stage Wins
I'm wondering whether to add Millar to the list of Grand_Tour_(cycling) or not. He has 5 Vuelta wins, 1 at the Giro and 4 at the Tour now so he qualifies for the list (10 minimum, excluding TTTs). However we have the note on this page suggesting his 2003 tour stage win at Beziers has been removed from the record at his own request. If 2003 EPO boosted results are being removed I presume we would remove his 2003 Vuelta win as well though so he would only have 8 wins? The official Tour de France winners guide: http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_07.pdf still lists him as the winner even though other stages have been annulled due to drug test results. Any thoughts? Andrewdpcotton (talk) 08:23, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Is it even possible to remove yourself from the records?And, what is the basis/citation for that note? Unfortunately the UCI homepage only has results online going back to 2004, their records would be the official version regardless of what Millar wants. Kennelly (talk) 19:37, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't think it is possible to be honest but thats what the Scotsman article reports. Its only this one source which mentions it but the Scotsman does meet RS. I noted in the ITV commentary it was referred to as his 4th TdF stage win so Phil Liggett obviously hasn't removed it from his records. Unless anyone objects I'll add Millar to the Grand Tour Stage Wins section and list him as having 10. Cheers Andrewdpcotton (talk) 09:04, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Millar admitted to doping in three races: 2003 UCI Road World Championships, 2003 Criterium du Dauphine Libere and the 2001 Vuelta a España (source). Don't rely too much upon the UCI's system - it is not well retroactively updated, nor do even ASO update their records very well. SeveroTC 11:49, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Cheers Severo, so that suggests that we should be excluding the two Vuelta Stage Wins from 2001 from his total but including all 4 TdF stage wins? I note we still show Millar as the Stage victor on the 2001 Vuelta page and also ASO show him as the victor on the official Vuelta 2001 historia page: http://historia.lavuelta.com/es/anio.asp?a=2001 I guess there are just so many historical doping violations that the authorities decide to leave it be as much as possible? Andrewdpcotton (talk) 12:20, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Essentially, yes. Unless they go to the bother of updating official records, we should be counting these victories. Pretty Green (talk) 15:53, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you're getting at Pretty Green, that if a relevant authority removes a result after a doping infraction, that we should ignore it unless the organisers update their own records? To me, this part of the equation seems obvious: if a rider dopes and loses a result, he loses the result regardless of how hot the organisers' record-keepers are. The difficulty comes in deciding if a result has been re-awarded or not, but that's not the issue here. SeveroTC 14:12, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

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Major results
In the 'major results' section it says his 2003 Tour de France stage win was voided. Is that accurate, I've not seen any reference to that. Firestar47 (talk) 22:24, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

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Palace of Eternal Longevity

The Palace of Eternal Longevity, also known as Yongshou Palace, is one of the Six Western Palaces in the inner court of the Forbidden City. It is the closest residence to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the living quarters of the Qing emperors since 1722.

History
It was built in 1420 as the "Palace of Eternal Pleasure". In 1535, the Jiajing Emperor renamed it as the "Palace of Embodying Morality". It received its current name in 1616, during the reign of the Wanli Emperor, and underwent renovations in 1697 and 1897. During the Qianlong era, the palace was used for the wedding banquets of Princess Heke of the Second Rank in 1772 and Princess Hexiao of the First Rank in 1789.

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 * I'd like to say to NYArtsnwords, great job on the article. The only problem I see is a slight lack of sources.  Starting in September, this will be the selected article on the Poetry portal. AdamBiswanger1 02:18, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Promotional references for a person's own works
I have moved the following references, added 9 August 2008 by User:David Lee Rubin, from the article to here, due to what I believe to be issues with Conflict of interest and LINKSPAM:

 * David Lee Rubin, ed. Continuum: Problems in French Literature from the Early Renaissance to the Late Enlightenment. New York: AMS Press, 1989-92.
 * David Lee Rubin, ed. [succeeded by Anne L. Birberick and Russell J. Ganim]. EMF: Studies in Early Modern France. Charlottesville: Rookwood Press, 1993-.
 * David Lee Rubin, gen. ed. La poésie française du premier dix-septième siècle; textes et contextes. 1986. Reprinted with additions [Robert T. Corum, co-editor], Charlottesville: Rookwood Press, 2006. Each poet's work selected, introduced, and annotated by major specialists.
 * David Lee Rubin. The Knot of Artifice: A Poetic of the French Lyric in the Early 17th Century. Columbus: Ohio State University. See Wikipedia articles on François de Malherbe and Jean de La Fontaine.
 * Anne L. Birberick and Russell Ganim, editors. The Shape of Change: Essays on La Fontaine and Early Modern French Literature in Honor of David Lee Rubin. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 2002.

It should be remembered that:

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If other editors feel that the above links should be included in the article, please address the above issues. Thanks. NYArtsnWords (talk) 00:56, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Consistency in articles of this timeline
This article is much better written and referenced than French literature of the 19th century. im just trying to draw attention to it so that all the articles in this vein can be of similar quality. this is unfortunately not one of my areas of expertise.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 17:42, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

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User:Daniel575

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My main interests are medicine (with a focus on cardiology, critical care and emergency medicine) and Judaism.

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The Lost Songs

The Lost Songs is a collection of demo recordings released by English pop rock band McFly in 2019 and 2020. The songs were originally intended for the band's sixth studio album which was then shelved. McFly recorded a full album in 2011 before focusing on supergroup McBusted.

One song from the collection was released per week leading up to the band's concert in the O2 Arena in London on 20 November 2019, marking the end of a three-year hiatus. The release of the songs was accompanied by a YouTube series of the same name, in which the band discussed one song per episode.

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Battle for Germany

Battle for Germany is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1975 that simulates World War II operations in Germany during 1945

Description
Battle for Germany is a 2-player strategic-level wargame that simulates the collapse of German defenses during the last four months of the Second World War, when American, British and French forces pressed German's Western Front, and Soviet forces attacked Germany's Eastern Front.

Unusually, the Allied and German forces are divided between the two players. The American player also plays the Germans that are defending the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union. The Soviet player also plays the Germans defending the Western Front. Thus, each player plays both offense and defense each turn.

Victory conditions
Each player tries to capture as much German territory as possible while preventing the opponent from doing the same on the other side of the board. Captured cities are worth either 1 or 2 Victory Points. Berlin is worth 10 Victory Points. The player with the most Victory Points when Berlin falls is the winner.

Publication history
Battle for Germany, designed by Michael Bennighof and Jim Dunnigan, was first published by SPI in the May 1975 edition of Strategy & Tactics (Issue 50). SPI subsequently published both a folio edition, and a boxed "Designer's Edition." The game was not popular, and failed to crack SPI's Top Ten Games list after publication.

After SPI went out of business, Decision Games acquired the right to Battle for Germany and published a boxed set with new cover art.

Reception
In the January 1976 edition of Airfix Magazine, Bruce Quarrie liked the game, saying it "gives the players the best of both worlds, each being able to play the aggressive attacker and the tenacious defender at one and the same time."

In the June–July 1976 edition of Moves (Issue 27), Leon Higley noted that "complexity and some realism have been sacrificed at the altar of playability" but he concluded, "Battle for Germany does give a fair representation of the last six months of the war, particularly the desperate situation of the Germans."

In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer called splitting the German fronts between the two players "An imaginative idea." He found the game "Very fast (1-2 hours), well balanced between the two main players and with a simple basic system." He concluded, "Not a bad game for beginners and useful for anyone wanting a quick game, but weak on realism."

In the 1980 book The Complete Book of Wargames, game designer Jon Freeman called this "a novel and interesting game to play." He concluded by giving the game an Overall Evaluation of "Very Good", saying, "Tactical options are somewhat limited because of the one-way direction of movement and the fortified lines on the wester front. The game system, however, is smooth and playable."

In Issue 50 of Moves, Steve List called Battle for Germany "one of the more unusual strategic games." He thought the game system was "fairly simple", but called the division of Germany between the two players like "playing two different games in alternation, using the same map." He concluded, "While not overly detailed, this is something more than an abstracted game. {...} It is basically a good game."

In The Guide to Simulations/Games for Education and Training, Martin Campion called the game "Odd, but it works." He concluded by noting that once Germany collapses, the two players can fight it out as Soviets versus Americans.

Other reviews and commentary

 * Fire & Movement No. 62
 * Paper Wars No. 19
 * Pursue & Destroy Vol. 1, No. 3

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Electronics/Simplifying Capacitor/Inductor Networks

Introduction
Capacitors and inductors follow similar laws as resistors when it comes to simplification.

Capacitors in Parallel
Capacitors in parallel are the same as increasing the total surface area of the capacitors to create a larger capacitor with more capacitance. In a capacitor network in parallel, all capacitors have the same voltage over them.

In a parallel configuration, the capacitance of the capacitors in parallel is the sum of the capacitance of all the capacitors.
 * $$ C_{eq} = C_1 + C_2 + \cdots + C_n \,\! $$

Capacitors in Series
Capacitors in series are the same as increasing the distance between two capacitor plates. As well, it should be noted that placing two 100V capacitors in series results in the same as having one capacitor with the total maximum voltage of 200V. This, however, is not recommended to be done in practice. Especially with capacitors of different values. In a capacitor network in series, all capacitors can have the a different voltage over them.

In a series configuration, the capacitance of all the capacitors combined is the sum of the reciprocals of the capacitance of all the capacitors.
 * $$ \frac{1}{C_{eq}} = \frac{1}{C_1} + \frac{1}{C_2} + \cdots + \frac{1}{C_n}$$

Simplifying Inductor Configurations
An inductor works by opposing current change

Inductors in Parallel
Each inductor has a decreased amount of current flowing through it. Take two inductors of the same strength that are in parallel. This divides the current so half the current is flowing through each inductor.

$$ \frac{1}{L_{eq}} = \frac{1}{L_1} + \frac{1}{L_2} + \cdots + \frac{1}{L_n}$$

Inductors in Series
Inductors in series are just like resistors in series. Simply add them up.


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Socialist Republican Party

Socialist Republican Party may refer to:

 * Independent Socialist Republican Party, Senegal
 * Irish Socialist Republican Party
 * Radical Socialist Republican Party, Spain
 * Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)
 * Socialist Republican Party (Ireland)
 * Socialist Republican Party (Kerala), India
 * Socialist Republican Party (Sudan)
 * Socialist Republican Party of Ceará, Brazil

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Talk:Enkhjargal Dandarvaanchig

Enkhjargal Dandarvaanchig or Dandarvaanchig Enkhjargal?
In the Mongolian text accompanying his name it says Dandarvaanchig Enkhjargal. It also says Dandarvaanchig Enkhjargal in the French translation of this page. So why is it then that for the English, German and Italian pages it says Enkhjargal Dandarvaanchig instead? Thomas Norren (talk) 06:19, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

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Talk:Lucid Dreaming/Induction Techniques

recommend further research
(posted by Daniel Love of Lucidity Institute forum fame):

Many of the techniques and "facts" presented on this page are NOT backed up by research. I would recommend further research into any of the techniques suggested here. This is not to say that SOME of the techniques are genuine only that some are not. Do not take anything you read as a fact without further research. No point filling your mind with misleading details when it is expanding yourmind that you are interested in now is there?

Please would the person who complained about innaccuracies in the "Lucid Dreaming: Induction Techniques" page detail these inaccuracies? I will make the changes if I cannot back myself up. Alternatively, you can edit the page itself, but note that if I can back myself up the relevant edits will be reverted (i.e. reversed). r3m0t (cont) (talk) 13:01, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)

 * The person was Daniel Love (he's registered at the Lucidity Institute), I have contacted him and he gave kind permission to put the CAT method into the wikibook! r3m0t (cont) (talk) 13:29, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * There are in fact several incorrections on the text. Recent changes even emphasized it a bit more, for instance the reality check procedures as described are only necessary for someone with a deep mental problem of disassociation, if the issues becomes so severe as described the person should consult a mental specialist. Reality checks have a place and a function but they do not need to become a mania and I contest any benefit in systematically performing reality check while fully consciously awaken and a risk when in lucid dreaming as they promote awakening.
 * The induction section is also extremely convoluted and mixes a lot of information, from autosuggestion, to self-hypnosis (not the same) completely outside of context. I can auto-suggest having a lucid dream but I can't initiate a lucid dream with autosuggestion, this is more or less the same with self-hypnosis I can promote having lucid dreams but not initiate a lucid dream under hypnosis (if at all achieved it is then an hypnotic experience and it is significantly different than a lucid dream)...
 * I was going to tag the page as having incorrections but since this discussion is already taking place I decided the attention of the editors to these facts... --Panic (discuss • contribs) 23:02, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

start reality checking etc right away
The first sentence of the section is stupid: "You should have your dream recall up to about one dream a night before trying to induce lucid dreams". Why? You can just as well start pracitice the habit of reality checking etc right away, at the same time working on dream recall. This should be changed to something like "You should not expect the lucid dream induction techniques to work until your dream recall is good (and even then you might have to wait for months)".

 * This is such a minor change I'm surprised you didn't do it yourself. I'm not trying to be totalitarian with this wikibook ;-). I'll change it myself, in case you never return. But "and even then you might have to wait for months" sounds passive and rather pessimistic. I'm pessimistic myself but try not to spread it. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 14:51, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Don't worry :) I'll return with more criticism as soon as I've got time :) And you shouldn't be pessimistic about practicing taking months. I think it's wonderful! It's such an interesting oppurtunity to practice discipline and will power. --DanielJanzon 18:28, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

It takes a couple of weeks to get the habit of making reality tests and understand the other lucid dream induction techniques. It also takes a couple of weeks to enhance dream recall. Why not prepare the induction skill so it is there when the dream recall rate is high enough?

 * It didn't take me so long to start doing reality checks (I believe that's the more common name nowadays). Dream recall certainly is a slow thing. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 14:51, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Doing reality checks unconsciosly, as a habit, takes a while for the nervous system to learn. Well well, maybe that's only true for me? --DanielJanzon 18:28, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Or perhaps my life is just wierd enough for me to do reality checks a lot and not by habit? ;-) r3m0t (cont) (talk) 18:31, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Tibetan dream yogic methods
Nothing is written about the Tibetan dream yogic methods. Although not scientific, they should be mentioned for those who want to try it out. The technique is basically to understand that everything we see, here, smell and sense is produced by our brains. Everything is a dream. Keeping this high level of awareness during the day-time will eventually make it possible to keep this awareness if not 24 hours a day, at least under large portions of the sleep-time.

 * Criticism isn't so useful when you could do something about it. But I can see you already gave me a starter to find the other name for this: Lucid Living. I'll research it. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 14:51, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * I'll see if I have time to contribute what I know about it. --DanielJanzon 18:28, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * That would be cool. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 18:39, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * You know, that sounds a lot like the "mind model" stated in Pedro's VILD text, available in the Appendixes section. KirbyMeister 00:40, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Well, it ain't so hard to come up with, if you're a philosophical sort of person. :) r3m0t (cont) (talk) 08:51, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Template for RC pages

With the (name) reality check, you check if ...

As well as doing this regularly, you could also do it every time... (optional)

This reality check works because... (optional)

Examples of this reality check working:

 * A simple example (optional)

 * An example where somebody had trouble understanding their results, but managed anyway (optional)

 * An example where somebody did not intend to do the RC when they became lucid (optional)

 * Another miscellanous one (optional)

Examples of this reality check failing:

 * One where the reality check gives real-life results

 * Another one where you try to ask a dream character to "rationalise" the true outcome, or when the reality check worked but was not recognised.

 * Same sort of thing again (optional)

On reality check examples
A quick note on the reality check examples: They don't really need to be real, but they do need to be realistic, i.e. like a dream would be. Also, there isn't much point making them all to a template, is there? Add a little background information, or make the example somehow interesting. Otherwise, leave it out. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 22:21, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Current reliability boxes
Possible boxes for "reliability"; within them will be a description of reliability but not actual content (which would follow).

Response to the colored box idea:

Nice. However, the Rated Yellow category should be a redder yellow while Yellow/Green should be a greener yellow, like this:

KirbyMeister 23:07, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * Sorry, but... ew! Those colours are pretty bright and lurid. I think I'll just put in the gentle ones now (I want to rush this wikibook to perfection quickly ;) ) and worry about the exact colours later.

Okay. By the way, we could do this on the realitychecks where those with more anecdotes have a higher rating.

 * Tough one there. There are loads more anecdotes than just the ones given (the success ones tend to be all the same) and it's a pain keeping count. Also there's the subject "Reliable - Fast - Discreet" rating on the Lucid Dreaming: Induction Techniques page, which could make it pretty useless. Well, I'm off to bed now. Don't bother to wish me luck, my dad is pushing me off as I speak. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 00:08, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Suggestions for reliability boxes
My attempts at finding a new colour scheme (showing green/yellow as a different colour :) ) feel free to add more rows with variations. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 21:38, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Tharenthel seems to have created a nice-looking scheme... should we keep? KirbyMeister 20:47, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * I say yes (of course :-) ), but I think we should vote... --Tharenthel 21:48, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Color scheme vote
Add your name by typing to the list after whichever color scheme you like best. If there's a tie between the current colors and another scheme, then the current colors will be kept. If there's a tie between two schemes that aren't the current scheme, then we'll revote with only those two schemes as choices, unless no one voted for anything but those two tied schemes, in which case we'll have to figure out some other way to choose between them. :-) --Tharenthel 21:48, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Vote closes on midnight May 7 Wikibooks time (to pick a date at random). Anonymous votes count. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 09:56, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Vote is over. Tharenthelian Colors won. :-) --Tharenthel 21:10, 8 May 2004 (UTC)

 * Current Colors:
 * Kirby's 1st Attempt:
 * r3m0t's 1st Attempt:
 * A mixture:
 * KC's 1st Attempt:
 * Kirby's 2nd Attempt:
 * Tharenthelian Colors: Tharenthel, r3m0t, KirbyMeister

 * Please could nobody vote for Kirby's second attempt? It's nearly identical to Tharenthel's (Tharenthel's are a tiny bit lighter, actually) and it would be annoying to have a split over such a minor detail. Of course, you can still vote for it if you want, I won't stop you *shrug*.r3m0t (cont) (talk) 22:55, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Uhh, what? Mine=KC's and Thar's seem totally different to me. I picked mine from a web-safe palette, which I think is something to consider. I wonder if everyone is seeing these colors the same way? KC 00:56, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Sorry; what I thought was that the bottom two looked similar (they are) and the list was the wrong way around, so I said your attempt instead of Kirby's second. I don't think a web-safe palette is something to consider - everybody today, without fail, has 16 bit colours (or 24 bit, or 32 bit...) your one (yes, I'm looking at the right one now) just doesn't seem to "flow" nicely for me (going left-to-right).
 * I will be sure to check these colours on a school computer, just to see how it looks on different screens. I suppose people not using flatscreens would also see it differently, but never mind for now - I have nowhere to test that. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 06:24, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Dont worry. I didnt vote for mine. KirbyMeister 19:17, 5 May 2004 (UTC)

Reorganization of the techniques page
I'm thinking we should reorganize the Lucid Dreaming: Induction Techniques page, rewrite the MILD section, add an autosuggestion section, add a dream incubation section, make a new section for "unverified" techniques (if anyone wants to think of a better name, feel free to share it :-) ) and give each method of inducing WILDs it's own subcategory in the "WILDs" section, so it would look something like this:

'"Unverified" techniques' is where LILD would go along with any other techniques that would be rated red (and possibly ones that would be rated yellow). --Tharenthel 20:06, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Everything in "Other techniques" at the moment is rated red. That's why not much can be written about them - nobody seems to have tried them out. Have you read VILD? VILD is dream incubation. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 07:46, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

 * I think every technique should be color-coded, including everything in "Other techniques"... if everything in that section is rated red, then I guess everything there could just stay in a list (instead of going in subsections), but I think LILD should be moved there, and a reliability box added to the top of the ("Other techniques") section. I think we need a dream incubation section, and VILD could be a subsection of that or something... VILD's pretty much just a variation of the dream incubation concept - it just uses dream incubation to try to make it obvious to the dreamer that they're dreaming. I've put up a new list above so VILD's a subsection under "Incubating dreams" (though I think VILD might not show up on the table of contents thing, since it would be a sub-subsection), and "Other techniques" is at the bottom (and has no subsections). --Tharenthel 15:51, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

By the way, does everyone agree with me about the organization of the "WILDs" section? It'll have a short introduction to Wake-Initiated Lucid Dreams (as opposed to Dream-Initiated Lucid Dreams) that'll also explain the common usage of "WILD" to refer to any technique that induces a WILD, and the basic idea behind all WILD techniques (let your body fall asleep, but keep your brain awake). Under that will be subsections for each different technique of inducing WILDs (the ones currently in the "WILD" section are counting and focusing-on-hypnagogic-imagery, but there are others). Each separate WILD-inducing technique will have it's own reliability box. --Tharenthel 18:06, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

MILD rewrite
I noticed that the MILD on this wikibook, the MILD on ld4all.com, just about every other MILD, and the MILD in TLI's lucid dreaming FAQ/EWLD all seem to differ, so I figured we should probably switch to EWLD/Stephen LaBerge's version of MILD seeing as Stephen LaBerge created it. :-) (the MILD on ld4all.com is a lot like the "Autosuggestion technique" in EWLD, which I made another subsection for below this)

This is my draft of a rewritten MILD section (current version on the right for comparison):

--Tharenthel 20:06, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * I don't see much difference at all between the two. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 07:51, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

 * See my response below in the "New autosuggestion section" section. Other than that, the main difference is that mine says that you should try to remember that you're dreaming (instead of just repeating a mantra), and mentions that it should still work just as good even if you don't fall asleep repeating the mantra as long as you fall asleep focused on your intention to remember that you're dreaming (although that part could be emphasized a bit more). --Tharenthel 17:33, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

 * After rereading my draft a couple times more objectively, I've decided to make a few minor edits to emphasize the remembering to recognize that you're dreaming part a couple bits more. --Tharenthel 20:31, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

 * So... does anyone mind if I replace the MILD section? (and add the autosuggestion section, since that's a lot like the current MILD section, and that's where the using-autosuggestion-to-improve-dream-recall thing would be moved to) :-/ --Tharenthel 20:57, 8 May 2004 (UTC)

 * I say go ahead, your text looks good to me. KC 19:38, 10 May 2004 (UTC)

 * Ok, thanks, I'll go do that now. Just wanted to make sure not everyone else wanted to keep the current version. :-) --Tharenthel 21:40, 10 May 2004 (UTC)

New autosuggestion section
The "Autosuggestion technique" in EWLD says to relax completely, and then to "suggest to yourself that you are going to have a lucid dream, either later the same night or on some other night in the near future. Avoid putting intentional effort into your suggestion. [...] Instead, attempt to put yourself in the frame of mind of genuinely expecting that you will have a lucid dream tonight or sometime soon. Let yourself think expectantly about the lucid dream you are about to have. Look forward to it, but be willing to let it happen all in good time." I think it might also help to add a mantra as long as you don't put intentional effort into it (with the mantra, it would be like LD4all's adapted MILD (click "Inducing")). We could probably just use a modified version of the current MILD section for the autosuggestion section, but I'm not sure if we should include the mantra or not (autosuggestion doesn't necessarily include a mantra as far as I know). --Tharenthel 20:06, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * I wouldn't like the site to merely be a "free mini-EWLD" so what we are doing generally (or at least, what I want to do) is taking the intersection of all the common versions of the technique (i.e. finding what is common to many descriptions of the technique) and then explaining varietes "on the side". Autosuggestion does not sound very different from MILD - in fact, I would say both of them are forms of autosuggestion. Feel free to add this straight to the LD Induction Techniques, either as a variation of MILD or as its own section. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 07:58, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

 * I think that as far as MILD is concerned, we should use the version created by it's creator. For autosuggestion, I think we should describe how to use autosuggestion to realize that you're dreaming, whether it's similar to EWLD's "Autosuggestion technique" or not (though it is, as far as I can tell).
 * So, here's the difference between MILD and autosuggestion: With MILD, you set your intention to remember that you're dreaming, and visualize yourself remembering to recognize that you're dreaming. With autosuggestion, you convince yourself that you're about to have a lucid dream. You expect to realize that you're dreaming, and look forward to the dream you're about to have, but you don't put any effortful intention into getting a lucid dream. There is a pretty major difference between the "effortful intention" of MILD and the "noneffortful suggestion" of autosuggestion. MILD (as described by The Lucidity Institute and EWLD/Stephen LaBerge) doesn't necessarily use a mantra (well it does in TLI's FAQ, but not in EWLD, and a mantra's definately not necessary to remember that you're dreaming (which is the purpose of MILD)), but whether the mantra that's usually included is autosuggestion or not is debatable, I think (you're not really trying to make yourself believe something, just remember something)... Anyway, MILD pretty much has to have something to do with memory, or it wouldn't have "mnemonic" in it's name (I've got you there :-P ). --Tharenthel 17:10, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

LILD secret
I will now reveal the secret of why no anecdotes of LILD have been found (highlight the text in and around the box)

 * It's based on the placebo effect, nothing else!

Thank you, please come again :) r3m0t (cont) (talk) 21:35, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * I dissagree with that and if you are smart you will also dissagree.--<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 14:04, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

LILD vote
One is lonely, two is company, and three is enough to start voting! Welcome to KC :)

I want to remove LILD on account of its uselessness (see Talk:Lucid Dreaming: Induction Techniques and Lucid Dreaming: Induction Techniques). The majority wins, anonymous votes count. Sign your vote with (which shows your username). Thanks. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 00:46, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I'll leave this vote until midnight 9th April wikibooks time. After that, anybody can remove it (if that won) or add it to Lucid dreaming (if that won). In case of a tie, we keep.

Voting is over. There was a tie, so LILD is kept.

 * Do remove LILD: r3m0t, KirbyMeister, Evilshiznat
 * Do not remove LILD: KC, tapir (ld4all.com), BrainHacker (LD4all)

BrainHacker said: "It may not turn out to be a good technique, but it's still a cool experiment, that's why I vote to keep it"

LILD discussion
Hi, I am tapir from LD4all. (he added LILD r3m0t (cont) (talk))

I´d like to say that IMHO kicking everything out that isn´t proven is the wrong way. You´ll end up with a (quite) correct FAQ, but it will be only useful for beginners. Probably it will be basically the same as EWLD, since besides LaBerge there isn´t a lot of scientific studies on lucid dreaming, which means that you can only use techniques for the WIKI that he tested.

Also I think that the way the WIKI is developing right now is a bit "too organized", since the idea behind WIKIs is rather slow natural grow due to users correcting each other.

What I am trying to say is that any kind of contribution to the WIKI should be kept (if they are on topic ). If they are inaccurate other users will correct them sometime. If they don´t work at all they can perhaps still serve as inspiration for developing other methods. This way the WIKI will also be interesting for advanced lucid dreamers.

The colour system with "useful" and "useless" will ensure that newbies get some orientation and don´t end up confused after reading about thousands of different ways.

just my thoughts, tapir

 * I'm not planning to "kick everything out that isn't proven". LILD has been around for ages, and nobody seems to have reported it as working. There is also little inherent reason that it should work. Why keep a technique which doesn't work? I don't know exactly what EWLD is like, but the only techniques I know which aren't reported to be in it are VILD, the new CAT technique, and these, although I would not consider most of them techniques.
 * "wiki" actually means fast. I understand what you mean about it being "too organised" (although of course I don't think so) so I'll explain all the organisation which appears on this page. The conventions are to make my (and other people's) lives easier, but I don't really mind much if people add stuff which doesn't conform to the style, because somebody else will bring it "in line". The todo list is for my own use at least; I could never remember so many things. I wouldn't want to remove LILD unless there's a majority that says it should be removed, as it's a pretty major change. The colours below are really the only way we could ever agree on it.
 * We don't label things "useless" - if it's useless, why is it there? For all I know, there may be a thousand anecdotes on alt.dreams.lucid of LILD working, but they would be hard to find, because in alt.dreams.lucid LILD means "Letter Induced Lucid Dream". So it's teetering on the phrase "no anecdotes found".
 * I hope I answered you well. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 07:15, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

tapir:

Well, naming new techniques really is a problem, I don´t like the "flood of *ILDS" myself. Perhaps it would be easier if all the techniques got a more individual name (like "the chaining technique"). Anyway, back on the LILD topic. EWLD is "exploring the world of lucid dreaming" by Stephen LaBerge. Actually I think either in this book or in one from Tholey there is an anecdote about LILD that works, and one of the LD4all users was very close to success (He managed to tell a dream character to meet up with him again. The DC walked up to him the next night and told him that it´s a dream, yet the dreamer just didn´t believe his DC) Anyways, even if that doesn´t count and we assume that noone reports LILD to be working, there are IMHO three reasons to keep it anyway (or any other technique like it, I think this is more general problem than just wether we want to keep LILD or not):

 * 1) There aren´t that many reports of LILD not working either. Perhaps it just hasn´t been tested a lot so far but will prove useful in the future?
 * 2) Uncommon, yet unreliable techniques can inspire new ideas. Perhaps someone can come up with a variation on LILD that works better after he read about it?
 * 3) If LILD is removed, perhaps in some weeks someone else is going to write about it again since he thinks he has got a new idea. If he can read about it here this won´t happen.

Well, these are the reasons not to remove it. But, what are the reasons to remove it? Server space surely isn´t the problem. This leaves "it gets more difficult to find the reliable techniques" as far as I can see. This problem can easily be solved by making two (or more) sections, one for tested and useful techniques and one for those which are either unreliable or rather ideas. tapir

 * I also hate the "flood of -ILDs" but to rename techniques would mean to deviate from the norm and making the book harder to read for people who already know something about these techniques. Some people might ask questions like "What's the difference between conciously entering the dream state and WILD?".
 * I would appreciate it if you tried to find that forum anecdote you mentioned.

 * 1) Have you seen Talk:Lucid Dreaming: Induction Techniques? There is not much reason for this technique to work.
 * 2) Again, I don't see any possible variations of LILD (OK, maybe other people will)
 * 3) I hadn't thought of that.

 * No, not server space, but if a scientist sees this and realises the basis of the technique (again, see Talk:Lucid Dreaming: Induction Techniques) they would consider the whole wikibook to be of less value.
 * Perhaps there will be a "scratchboard" sort of section for people to develop ideas. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 15:54, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

tapir:

here is what "Imagine" wrote some time ago:

I've done that before. I asked this little kid with purple hair if she could tell me I was dreaming next time. She said she would. So a couple of nights later, she walked up to me and said "You're dreaming you know."

I don't think I remembered her, so for some reason I said "Yeah, right. Why would I trust a kid with purple hair?" And then she stuck her tongue out at me and ran away. I was SO mad at myself when I woke up. She did come back later though, and I can't exactly remember, it was really blurry, but I did get lucid from her. I guess that would be a LILD. I never knew there was such a thing. (from )

Well, of course Daniel Love is right when he says that techniques shouldn´t be presented as working without being tested, that would discredit whe WIKI. Yet with a short note like "yet untested" or in section for unconfirmed techniques it´s a totally different thing. Mentioning unconfirmed techniques contributes to the WIKIs amount of information if they are labeled as such.

Another thing:

Of course LILD is a placebo, that´s the very nature of the technique. It´s some sort of controlled placebo though. Saying that LILD is a placebo is correct (unless you believe in dream characters being independant beings), but similiar to saying auto-suggestion is a placebo.

 * Autosuggestion is not a placebo - it's a mild and easy form of hypnosis. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 17:51, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

harder to read

 * I also hate the "flood of -ILDs" but to rename techniques would mean to deviate from the norm and making the book harder to read for people who already know something about these techniques.

I totally and completely disagree. I want to make this book as easy to read as possible for people that don't know anything about lucid dreaming. If the traditional terminology is confusing for newcomers, then ditch it. (Or at least banish it to footnotes and parenthetical remarks -- "...(some people call this the XILD technique)"). http://CommunityWiki.org/PlainTalk . --DavidCary 01:17, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Drugs section?
Do you think it's appropriate? I am for giving out all info we have, but of course with a due "you probably shouldn't be using these" warning. KC 22:02, 3 May 2004 (UTC) Oh, forgot to add: If we decide to keep the drugs section, I can expand and elaborate on it somewhat.

 * I think we should keep it. If the information exists (and it's related), we should try to get it in the wikibook. :-) --Tharenthel 20:23, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

 * As said on Votes for deletion, it is preferred to keep recommendations of illegal drugs/hallucination-inducing drugs off the site, as it is partly meant for schools. That said, are there any on the list right now? We will at least need a disclaimer if they stay. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 06:08, 5 May 2004 (UTC)

 * Well, about half the stuff on the list are illegal/controlled substances, depending on where you live of course. KC 17:46, 6 May 2004 (UTC)

strange links
I noticed that some of the "top" links are changed to Template:Toplink on some parts of this page, noticibly at the bottom. There is also a Template:LDLinksBegin link close to the bottom. Sorry for not fixing this myself, I took a quick check in the edit and I could see nothing wrong (I'm a first time user)

Great book by the way, I just recalled my dream, something I haven't been able to do (or remembered that I've done) in years! exciting!--Sundby 13:31, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)

 * I have no idea why that happens, very odd. Congratulations! :) r3m0t (cont) (talk) 19:08, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)

 * Hrmm... doesn't look like we're going to get that fixed: sourceforge bug report :-( --Tharenthel 19:20, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)

lucid dreaming -- an illusion?
Someone one http://www.diyplanner.com/node/302 makes the claim that people never really have lucid dreams. They only have perfectly ordinary dreams, with no conscious control. Then later, in the half-awake state while waking up, they re-assemble fragments of the dream in ways that give the illusion of having had a lucid dream.

If even a small minority of psychologists really believe this "lucid dreaming is an illusion" theory, then (under NPOV) I think it's worth mentioning somewhere in this book.

I find it odd that this person seems to be simultaneously claiming "lucid dreams don't really exist. They are unimportant." and also "Ignore those people who claim dreams are unimportant. Dreams are so critically important that you should try to remember every one in a journal".

I vaguely remember a television show trying to scientifically test this theory. As you know, REM sleep stands for "rapid eye movement". The researchers asked the volunteer to look up-down-up-down-up-down-up-down-up-down (5 times) and clap as soon as the dream became lucid.

I wish I could remember what the clapping thing was about, and the outcome of the experiment. Do any of you remember that, or have pointers to even better experiments?

LILD Update
I added this section in the discussion because everything else seems to be at least a year old. Anyhow, I added a few paragraphs to LILD. It's my favorite and easiest method of inducing lucid dreaming. It's rather difficult to set up, but you only need to do it once. Not sure why everyone here says it's useless. I use it all the time. Well, I'm a big fan of feedback, so comments are welcome... --Cleo 09:57, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

hmmm... double post... Actually, I've reread my section and some parts are a little confusing. The main idea I'm trying to convey is that using associative technique while lucid dreaming is key to making it undeniable, next time you're dreaming (normally), to your subconscious that you are in fact dreaming. The thing that you associated while in lucid dreaming only exists in lucid dreams. Therefore, the ideas or thoughts that will come to mind are literally "dreams" and then it should "click". However, even here I cannot quite express this idea clearly. Anyone know how to reword it to make it clearer or convey this key concept? --Cleo 11:50, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Tattoos and other dedicated objects
One technique that I discovered inadvertently was to constantly check my tattoos (in this case, on my wrists). Apparently they are simple enough that my dream often interprets them as random symbols. I usually find this appropriately odd enough to realize that I am dreaming.

Along those lines, often holding an object during sleep on a very regular basis can cause my dream self to appear with it (or can be summoned by thinking about it, presumably from the fact that my hand is, in reality, clutching it). For those wanting to enter the dreamworld properly armed, a knife works very well in this respect, though one must be careful that it isn't very sharp. The presence of a real object in a dream acts as a very effective anchor, especially in nightmares, where they seem to resist the opposing force. It can be a very good feeling to "win" a nightmare. <IP_ADDRESS> 03:28, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Reality checks: technology
I've noticed that technology does not behave well in dreams, especially "black box" technology, where the inner workings are hidden (as in a watch) or are electronic. This encompasses several of the listed techniques: Light Switch and Time. I think that the complex and/or hidden workings of modern technology are too much for the primitive "physics simulator" used in dreams. I would propose adding either a note or another reality check module. -- Phyzome 00:17, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

 * IMO, Time is more similar to Reading - each time you look at the symbols on a digital clock or in piece of text, you see something different. Sourcejedi 17:53, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

My experiences
My method of lucid dreaming has always been by attempting to keep my concious mind active as my body sinks into sleep. If I'm not tired at all, I will usually only end up in a deep state of relaxation, or if TOO tired, will lose my the active state of conciousness and fall deep asleep. But if everything is just right, I will start to feel that threshold of crossing over into sleep on a slightly concious level.. I do a reality check by moving my arms while I am sleeping and aware they are next to me... (my slightly concsious mind can feel the extreme heaviness of them) when I am can freely move my arms (and yet know they are next to me) I sort of "jump" into dreamland. so peculiar of a method, but the only way that it really works for me. When I realize I'm dreaming without inducing it THIS way, I typically forget really quickly and go back into normal dreamworld. Sometimes I can do the spinning thing too while at this point and it will send me into lucidity.. helps keep me from jumping awake too somehow if I feel like I'm about to.

Will R
 * note: I was just reading through the page again and noted the Tibetan method.. This is how I induce lucidity I believe. I can sleep while aware, but no visuals etc. my body is heavy and extremely relaxed. at some point I can suddenly *move* though while I know my body is heavy and sleeping and I jump into lucid dreaming*

RCs: Extremely important?
The section on reality checks seems to present them as though they are absolutely necessary to have lucid dreams. However, people have had lucid dreams long before Stephen LaBerge developed the reality testing technique. Also, WILDs are examples of lucid dreams induced without reality checking. While reality testing is a good way fir people who have never had lucid dreams before to get started, it is not necessary to induce lucid dreaming. I think this section could be improved by making this clear. Exabyte (talk) 01:49, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Possible Semantics and Contradiction Errors
(Orthography and Syntax left out on purpose...those need no discussion, you just fix them, right? :)

about the water-drinking-or-not section
I did not get the idea of the sentences, or there is a contradiction to be fixed there: "If you have trouble getting to sleep in the first place, don't drink water for about an hour before you think you'll turn your lights off. In fact, do drink water an hour before, to stop you from getting thirsty later on.". The most confusing part is the "In fact" part, wich one usually interprets as preceding a reason that validates the prior sentence.

Maybe you just wanted to propose two solutions to two different problems. In that case, things could be fixed by changing the second sentence to something like "If you think you will be thirsty later on, drink some water before going to bed.". But that wouldn't solve this weird thought that would come to mind to many: What if i do have trouble getting to sleep, therefore i don't drink water, therefore i will be thirsty, therefore i should drink water :)

Another idea: how about simply naming possible problems, and letting the reader solve them for himself. "Be sure to minimize the possibility of ocurrence of anything that would wake you up, like need to go to the bathroom, thirst, hunger, telephone calls, bad body position, etc" -Francisco.

Mabye it is ment as in "[...] don't drink water an hour before you go to bed. but you should drink something an hour before *that* (i.e. two hours before you go to bed) to prevent you from getting thirsty later (when you aren't supposed to drink anymore)" ... ?

About tinnitus
I'm under the impression that, indeed, everyone has a measure of tinnitus and other stray signals in their hearing. The brain blocks them out in normal life. Changes in the organs (ear infection) or other damage (excess sound pressure) can cause change that the brain can't interpret as permanent, leading to tinnitus or a constant "ringing" in the ears.

One of the things that my doctor stressed is that you should ignore any sound in case new ringing seems to persist and absolutely not learn to listen to it. It will become an actively recognized and audible effect. I would very much caution against trying to find the sounds that the brain is supposed to ignore. This may have unwanted lasting effects. Blades 09:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Doctors want you to be paranoid with thier statement's like "don't play the choking game" and "cancer's gonna kill you". You should be fine. --<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 13:53, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

^fucking retarded statement. Blades is right. Tinnitus is not to be trifled with. Strongly advise against this stupid method. <IP_ADDRESS> (discuss) 11:31, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

My personal experience with Tinnitus: When I am in total silence for some time I begin to hear Tinnitus. The first time this happened was many years ago and I didn't know what it was I was hearing, so I tried to listen to it. It grew extremely loud. Then, I turned on a TV, and as soon as the silence was broken the Tinnitus stopped. Since then I have been able to hear it in total silence, but there do not seem to be any adverse effects on my hearing. Fountain Pen (discuss • contribs) 18:17, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

I tried to use this method a few times. And a couple days ago I began to hear it without trying to, and now I'm hearing it when I go to sleep, and I can't get rid of it. I very much caution people not to use this method. It's even beginning to invade my time awake, in fact I'm hearing it right now. And there's nothing I can really do about it... :(   (The best I've managed is to try to just accept the fact that I may have Tinnitus for some time now, if not for the rest of my life. I'm still a bit distressed that I even attempted this, but once you accept something as a part of your life, it's not quite as bad.) --<IP_ADDRESS> (discuss) 21:11, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

I use a noise machine to drown out my tinnitus, which seems to be a bit more severe than most other people. Relating to your theories, I wonder if this is preventing it from getting worse by not allowing me to focus on it. -Anon (6/4/2020)

*Mostly* Dead discussion
This whole book's discussion is pretty much dead, but if people have questions about Lucid Dreaming, drop a message at erik212's (me) talk page, or e-mail me at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>-erik212

Never explains how to actually DO it
This page provides a lot of info, but it's a real baggy monster to be honest. It's not brought together very well in a way that explains anything to a newcomer. For instance, if reality checks are the "key" to lucid dreaming, why is that? How are they used? What's the purpose?

How do you actually induce a lucid dream!? --<IP_ADDRESS> 01:11, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

 * I believe it does explain it: One way or another (!) you end up in a moment in a dream where you realise you are dreaming. This could be a failed reality check or you could recognize a scene you've been in (in a dream!) before or some surreal feature like a person of the wrong age etc. That is lucidity. From there, you may or may not succeed in manipulating the dream actively. Blades 09:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Reality checks
I know I'm awake (I don't think I could add this if I weren't :)), and I can look at my nose with one eye closed. --<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 04:14, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I can see my nose with one eye closed, right now. Currently *some* of these reality check questions have a "yes" answer if you are dreaming ("When you jump, do you float back down?"), while others have a "yes" answer if you are awake ("Can you see your nose with one eye closed?", "Does a light switch work?"). Would it be better if we re-write those questions so they all have a consistent "yes" answer if you are dreaming? --DavidCary (talk) 14:55, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Boxes again
<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 08:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Why is there even a red classification? If you can't even get anecdotal evidence, what do you have exactly?
 * Why does Green place commercial books at the same level as scientific research? I mean, anyone can publish a book about any crackpot nonsense they want. Why should that be as imporant a criteria as actual science?
 * And as an aside, is there any actual science behind any of this? I don't mean some insane study published in Medical Hypotheses, I mean actual science.

What does this mean?
I woke myself up from a lucid dream by slightly opening one eye because I could feel was sleeping on my arms. I then successfully got my arms to a more desirable positon. When I closed my eye I foound that I was in the same dream, I could tell it hadn't been long because my arms were still tingling. What does this mean? --<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 13:47, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Drugs section = pointless
I am a frequent drug user, especially psychedelics and dissacociatives, so I know what I am talking about when I say this: None of those drugs produce results similar to a lucid dream, except DMT and Salvia, but that is still very slight. Second, "Ayahuasca" and "DMT" is essentially redundant: Ayahuasca is a mixture of drugs, primarily relying on DMT, not a drug in itself. Also, you list just the drugs themselves, when you could list the chemicals. Further more, these are not induction techniques- they may produce a similar state (actually, like I said earlier, far from it) but they do not actually HELP you lucid dream, in any way, not even close, which is why they should be removed from here. -PoisonedV (talk)

 * I agree with your remarks and your proposal, nevertheless it should be said that dissociative experiences seem to be cumulative, that is the more you experience disassociation the easier it becomes to experience it again, there seems to be a link or effect similar to a memory or learning process. I have no experience in drugs but have researched the subject as well as hypnosis and psychology. The frame of mind and expectations will ultimately be a major point to how any mind-state evolves or is transformed. Panic (discuss • contribs) 07:23, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Dead links
Most of the links to LD4all link to archived topics, different URL, not bothered to check all of them. Needs fixing. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 23:19, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

I've just used Internet Archive to find a catch of many of the broken links, however, there are probably more. :D Glich (talk) 22:27, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Most Potential for Improvement
From what I've seen so far, the most important thing to improve this book is trying to consolidate all these contradicting statements into something coherent. I just, as some may notice, finished editing parts of it heavily, creating something much more readable, yet I did not make any actual changes to the information content, only its presentation. The way it is currently written, it is excessively clear that there are several authors who disagree widely; it needs to morph into an authoritative guide which shows no preference to either view of these various methods. Make clear what is a potential positive and what is a potential negative, and hopefully understand that people are different and different approaches will work for different people.

<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 17:39, 25 July 2008 (UTC) (aka anonymous poster who you don't know and probably don't care about)

Software icons?
It would be handy to have icons for the software section, to show what OS's they work on. (iOS, Windows, Mac, Android, Linux, etc.) Tjb0607 (discuss • contribs) 07:05, 7 December 2011 (UTC)


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Abigail (2019 American film)

Abigail is a 2019 American short drama film directed and produced by Max Hechtman and Christonikos Tsalikis. The film served as Hechtman's senior thesis for his Bachelor of Science in Film and Media at the Fashion Institute of Technology. It is influenced by a one-scene screenplay of the same name by writer Jason K. Allen and is inspired by a true story dealing with the subject matter of end-of-life decisions.

It was first screened as part of the FIT Film and Media Program's senior show on May 17, 2019 and was a year later named a quarterfinalist in Stage 32's 5th Annual Short Film Contest. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its first public screening took place virtually on October 6, 2020 at the 2020 Long Island International Film Expo, where it won the Audience Award, and was nominated for Best Short Film, Best Long Island Short Film and Best Director. This was followed by screenings at the Point Lookout Film Festival on March 31, 2021 and the Portland Film Festival on October 6, 2021.

Premise
A lonely and elderly widower struggles to come to terms with the loss of his wife and the circumstances surrounding her death. When he visits her grave, he encounters a little girl who shows him the path to healing and fills him with hope.

Cast

 * Richie Allan as Elmer
 * Elvira Tortora as Abigail
 * Lauren Hart as Woman at Cemetery
 * Leilani Marie Vasquez as The Girl

Development
Jason K. Allen's original script for the film was of just the cemetery scene. When Max Hechtman optioned the script, documentary filmmaker Josh Koury, his professor at the time, encouraged Hechtman to expand upon it in order to fit the requirements of the senior thesis assignment. Hechtman worked closely with his mother, Meryl Hechtman, co-director Christonikos Tsalikis and script editor Miscelleana Tsalikis to make the story fit the required 15-20 minute length limit of the assignment.

It is Hechtman's first narrative short to feature professional actors in the roles, with Elvira Tortora and child actress Leilani Marie Vasquez making their screen debuts as Abigail and The Girl respectively.

Filming
Filming took place in Merrick, NY and at All Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village, NY from November 21, 2018 to April 25, 2019.

Post-production
Post-production on the film was completed in August 2019.

Reception
Jenna Reilly of Take 2 Indie Review gave the film 4 stars and wrote that it "not only explores the emotional toll of grieving a loved one – it also gives the viewer a powerful message of hope. If we are open to receiving the signs that surround us – we realize that our loved ones are always with us and that love – never dies."

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Spring offensive of the White Army

The Spring Offensive of the Russian Army was an offensive of the White Army of the White movement led by Alexander Kolchak on the Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War, between March and April 1919.

Background
At the end of 1918, the situation on the Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War was unclear. Both sides fought for the Kama River. The Supreme Command of the Red Army prepared for major offensives on the Southern and Western fronts, hence there were no supplies available for the Eastern front. At the end of December the Whites conquered Perm on the northern flank, but the Reds captured Ufa on the southern flank. On 22 January 1919 the Red 1st Army connected with the Army of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which had advanced from Middle Asia. On 24 January the Red 4th Army captured Uralsk.

At the beginning of 1919, the Supreme Command of the White Army decided to advance in two directions. The purpose of the northern advance was to connect with the North Russia Front and to strike at Petrograd; the purpose of the southern advance was to crush the Red front on the middle Volga river and to advance to Moscow.

The Whites had three armies:
 * Orenburg Independent Army (cossacks) (11,000 - 13,000 men, commanded by Alexander Dutov) on the southern flank, from May renamed the Southern Army of 25,000 men under General Petr Belov
 * Western Army (42,000 - 48,000 men, 120 guns, commanded by Mikhail Hanzhin) in the middle between Birsk and Ufa
 * Siberian Army (45,000 - 52,000 men, 83 guns, commanded by Radola Gajda) on the northern flank between Glazov and Perm
 * Another 25,000 Orenburg and Ural Cossack fighters (the Ural Army), south of the Dutov-Belov Army.

The Reds had three armies in the south: and three armies to the north of them :
 * 4th Army (commanded by Mikhail Frunze),
 * Turkestan Army (commanded by Georgy Zinoviev) and
 * 1st Army (commanded by Gaya Gai) in the region to the north of the Caspian Sea (52,000 men, 200 guns and 613 machineguns in common)
 * 5th Army ( (10,000 men, 42 guns and 142 machineguns, commanded by Jan Blumberg), defending a 200 km front in the center
 * 2nd army (22,000 men, 70 guns and 475 machineguns, commanded by Vasilii Shorin), near Sarapul
 * 3rd Army (27,000 men, 69 guns and 491 machineguns, commanded by Mikhail Lashevich, since 5 March - Sergei Mezheninov), near Perm railway.

Therefore, on the northern flank both sides were equal, the Whites were stronger in the center (49,000 of Hanzhin's soldiers against the Red 5th Army's 10,000), and the Reds had an advantage on the southern flank (52,000 against 19,000). Both sides decided to strike on the right flank (the Whites on the right flank and in the center) and to cut the communication lines of their opponent's left flank. At the end of February, the Whites pushed back the left flank of the Reds' 2nd Army, forcing it to retreat.

Offensive
On 4 March, the Siberian Army of the Whites began its advance. On 8 March it captured Okhansk and Osa and continued its advance to the Kama river. On 10 April they captured Sarapul and closed in on Glazov. On 15 April soldiers of Siberian Army's right flank made contact with detachments of the Northern Front in a sparsely populated area near the Pechora River.

On 6 March Hanzhin's Western Army stroke between the Red 5th and 2nd Armies. After four days of fighting the Red 5th Army was crushed, its remains retreated onto Simbirsk and Samara. The Reds had no forces to cover Chistopol with its bread storages. It was a strategical breakthrough, the commanders of Red's 5th Army fled from Ufa and the White Western Army captured Ufa without a fight on 16 March. On 6 April they took Sterlitamak, Belebey the next day and Bugulma on 10 April.

In the South, Dutov's Orenburg Cossacks conquered Orsk on 9 April and advanced towards Orenburg.

After receiving information about the defeat of the 5th Army, Mikhail Frunze, who had become commander of the Red Southern Army Group, decided not to advance, but to defend his positions and wait for reinforcements. As a result the Red Army was able to stop the White advance on the southern flank and to prepare its counteroffensive.

Aftermath
The White Army had made a strategical breakthrough in the center, but the Red Army had been able to prepare its counteroffensive on the southern flank. On April 22, Mikhail Frunze launched his successful Eastern Front counteroffensive against the over-extended Western Army.

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School talk:Engineering

Topic talk:Engineering/Archive1 - from before the move to the beta site

Archive
I was going to archive everything on this page, but I'm going to ask here first, waite a day and then do it.--Rayc 23:51, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Done--Rayc 01:37, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Name
Shouldn't this be Portal:Engineering? Ah I see... why is there a Portal:Engineering and a School:Engineering? Shouln't we find a way to name this less confusingly? <IP_ADDRESS> 06:48, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Overlap
It seems that a lot of departments that are a specialization of another department exist. For example, the Electronic and Electrical department overlaps in terms of material covered with the "school of electronics" (?), computer science, physics. This results in a situation where topics are covered four or five times, and other topics are ignored because it is assumed they fall under the remit of another school. I have seen about 4 renditions of basic electronics, which is fine except that a large number of other topics on which time would be better spent are not covered. It might be a good idea to link to other schools content where appropriate, and also reduce the number of schools or at least agree what is covered between them. opinions? <IP_ADDRESS> 14:38, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Please create links between similar pages and encourage contributors to cooperate in avoiding duplications and covering needed topics. --JWSchmidt 01:36, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I have restructured the Engineering Departments under established Major Branch Divisions and have implemented categorization using the new "Tree" system. Hopefully, others will follow suit and engineering will come back into the fold and take on the same adherence to the organizational standards that other schools have done recently. -Gustable 06:51, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Along these lines, I would like to move Aerospace into the Interdisciplinary category. While mechanics are important to the aerospace field, equally-critical topics include materials, software, electronics, and systems/controls. Discussion is welcome, of course. TythosEternal (discuss • contribs) 00:11, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Typical tempelates.
I would like to use most of the templates in this Wikiversity and translate them to be typical in Arabic (to be used by Arabic Wikiversity which is still under preparations) and hope this won't bother the original creators.--Email4mobile 13:26, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

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Fall of Arsuf

In the year 1265, the Mamluk sultan, Baibars, besieged the Knights hospitaller's stronghold of Arsuf. Baibars successfully captured Arsuf.

Background
In 1261, Balian of Arsuf leased the Arsuf fort to Knights Hospitallers for 4,000 bezants a year in the hopes that the Knights would fortify the city against the threat posed by Baibars. After being given command of the city, the knights started building a fort there in 1263, most likely in an effort to increase the size of the eastern portion of the walls. According to Baibars, this was a betrayal of their agreement to a peace treaty.

Siege
On March 21/22, 1265, a large and well-equipped Mamluk army led by the sultan himself besieged the fort of Arsuf. The fort was well prepared for the siege; the walls were strongly fortified, and the provisions were enough for a long siege. Baibars laid siege to the city for 35 days, and on April 26, the Mamluk launched a fierce assault that successfully pushed the Hospitallers to the citadel. The rest of the knights fought off the Mamluks for the next three days until they surrendered on condition they would depart freely. Baibars agreed but later reneged on his promise and took the rest to slavery. He even had the captives demolish the fort of Arsuf and leave it in ruins.

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asustaa

Verb

 * 1)  to dwell, reside

Verb

 * 1)  to accessorize to furnish one's clothing accessories

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User:Howellma/sandbox

Malcolm X (1925–1965) was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. Malcolm X was not in favor of the civil rights movement.

Born Malcolm Little, Malcolm X was effectively orphaned early in life. His father was killed when he was six and his mother was placed in a mental hospital when he was thirteen, after which he lived in a series of foster homes. In 1946, at age twenty, he went to prison for larceny and breaking and entering. While in prison, he became a member of the Nation of Islam (NOI) and after his parole in 1952, quickly rose to become one of the organization's most influential leaders. He served as the public face of the controversial group for a dozen years. In his autobiography, Malcolm X wrote proudly of some of the social achievements the Nation made while he was a member, particularly its free drug rehabilitation program. The Nation promoted black supremacy, advocated the separation of black and white Americans, and rejected the civil rights movement for its emphasis on integration.

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Mark Turgeon

Mark Leo Turgeon (born February 5, 1965) is an American college basketball coach. Turgeon served as the head men's basketball coach at Jacksonville State University from 1998 to 2000, Wichita State University from 2000 to 2007, Texas A&M University from 2007 to 2011, and University of Maryland, College Park from 2011 to 2021.

Personal
Turgeon was born and raised as one of five children in Topeka, Kansas. After graduating from Hayden High School, Turgeon attended The University of Kansas, where he earned a bachelor's degree in personnel administration in 1987. He is married to Ann Fowler, whom he met at KU, and together they have three children.

Playing career
Turgeon played basketball at Hayden High School, helping the team post a 47-3 record and capture two consecutive Class 4A state championships in 1982 and 1983. Turgeon earned All-State Tournament team honors in both of those years.

Although only 5 feet 10 inches out of high school, Turgeon earned a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Kansas under coach Larry Brown. Turgeon played in four straight NCAA tournaments, becoming the first KU player to do so. He was a reserve point guard for the 1985–86 Jayhawk team that won the Big Eight Conference regular season and tournament title and also advanced to the Final Four in the 1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The team finished that season 35–4 overall. Turgeon was a team captain for both the 1986 and 1987 squads, was a member of the Big Eight All-Freshmen Team in 1984, and was also a Big Eight All-Academic Performer in 1986. Fans called him "The Surgeon" because, in addition to the phrase rhyming with his surname, he had the ability to "carve up defenses."

After his freshman year, Brown told Turgeon that he would likely never play in the NBA and should consider becoming a coach after college. Turgeon agreed, and Brown soon began asking his advice during games and practices, inquiring "What would you do here?" Turgeon remembers that he never got the answer right; Brown always sighed, rolled his eyes, and did something differently.

Early positions
After Turgeon earned a degree from the University of Kansas in 1987, he immediately took a position as an assistant to his former coach, Larry Brown. In his first year of coaching, he helped the team win a national championship in the 1988 NCAA tournament. That team has been dubbed "Danny and the Miracles" due to the leadership of National Player of the Year Danny Manning.

Turgeon remained on the Kansas staff when Roy Williams took over after Brown left for the San Antonio Spurs in 1989. He also served as the head coach of the junior varsity team. During this time, Kansas won back-to-back Big Eight Conference championships in 1991 and 1992, and also captured the conference tournament championship in 1992.

Following the 1992 season, Turgeon left Kansas to become the top assistant to recently hired University of Oregon head coach Jerry Green, who had also been an assistant at Kansas. During his five years as an assistant at Oregon, the Ducks were invited to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 34 years, earned a spot in the 1997 NIT, and had three consecutive winning seasons for the first time in two decades. Turgeon also served as the team's recruiting coordinator in 1995, and recruited a class that ranked 35th nationally. The following year, he signed two of the top 100 prospects in the country.

Turgeon briefly left college coaching in 1997. When head coach Jerry Green left Oregon to coach at the University of Tennessee, Turgeon again chose to work for his former coach, Larry Brown, becoming an assistant for the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers for a year.

Jacksonville State
Turgeon accepted his first head coaching position in 1998 with Jacksonville State University in Alabama. In his first year as head coach, the team accumulated an 8-18 record, finishing tied for 10th in the Trans America Conference. The following season, his team improved to 17-11, 12-6 in conference, with a 3rd place conference finish.

Wichita State
After the 1999–2000 season, Turgeon returned to his home state as head coach of the Wichita State Shockers, a team which had had only two winning seasons in the previous 11 years. In his first season with the Shockers, the team lost their first 11 games before winning 9 of their last 17 for a 9–19 record. Of their losses, two came in overtime and four others were decided by fewer than four points. They improved the following season to 15 wins and 15 losses, the most wins the team had had in a season in four years. For the next three seasons, the team steadily improved, earning a berth in the National Invitation Tournament for each of the 2003, 2004, and 2005 seasons.

During the 2006 season, the Shockers continued to improve, winning the Missouri Valley Conference for the first time since 1983. The team earned a trip to the 2006 NCAA tournament, the program's first since 1988. The Shockers defeated 10th-seed Seton Hall by 20 points in their first round game and upset 2nd-seed Tennessee to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in 25 years. The Shockers were then defeated by the eventual Final Four participant George Mason, 63-55.

Turgeon and the Shockers started the 2006-2007 season 9-0, winning on the road at George Mason, LSU, and Syracuse. The Shockers were ranked as high as #8 on the AP Poll before entering a slump, ending the season 17-14 and without a postseason.

2007–08 season
After former head men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie left Texas A&M to coach at Kentucky, Turgeon was immediately hired as head coach on April 10, 2007. Turgeon acquired all of Gillispie's recruits for the 2007–08 season, including 5 star-rated DeAndre Jordan. The Aggies started the season ranked 14th in the preseason Coaches Poll.

Once the season progressed, they won the 2007 NIT Season Tip-Off to extend their winning streak to 7–0. They would lose their first game of the season to unranked Arizona, compiling a 7–1 record after the loss. After the Arizona game, they would then win eight straight home games against unranked opponents. Team performance spiraled down once conference play had begun, losing three straight unranked teams—at Texas Tech, at Michael Beasley-led Kansas State, and at home to Baylor. The Baylor game took five overtimes, becoming the longest game in Big 12 history. The Aggies could post wins at their next five matchups, including one over the 10th-ranked rival Texas Longhorns and three away games. They then regressed, losing to Oklahoma State and Nebraska at home. Another high point came when they defeated Texas Tech 98–54 at home, matching their highest margin of victory in school history (set in 1959 against Texas). The Aggies regressed once again, this time losing 64–37 at Oklahoma. The game had marked the worst loss in history since 1967 and had the third-worst shooting percentage (.255) in history. The team also had only one assist and 18 turnovers in the game. After the blowout, the Aggies were able to revenge Baylor in Waco, though came back home to lose their final regular season game to eventual national champion Kansas to finish 8–8 in conference play.

The team received a No. 6 bid to the Big 12 tournament, defeating Iowa State and Kansas State in the first two rounds, but lost to Kansas again in the semifinals. With their 24–10 record after the Big 12 tournament, the Aggies received a No. 9 at-large bid to the West Regional of the NCAA tournament. In the first round, they defeated 8th-seeded BYU 67–62 at Anaheim. In the second round, they faced UCLA at the same site, losing in a close 51–49 contest. The Aggies finished the season with a 25–11 record. The 25 wins matches the record for most wins by a first-year coach at a Big 12 school, set by former Texas coach Tom Penders in the 1988–89 season.

2008–09 season
Turgeon's Aggies started the year unranked, with senior Josh Carter receiving preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention. The team won its first four games before falling against Tulsa. After that, the Aggies won 10 straight to close out non-conference play with a 14–1 record. They lost four of their first five Big 12 games, the win coming against then-#21 Baylor. Following a three-game losing streak, A&M won two straight at home against Texas Tech and Oklahoma State before bookending it with another three-game losing streak. The Aggies then won their final six games to close out the season, including wins over rival Texas, Nebraska (on Carter's three-pointer at the buzzer), and then-#12 Missouri. Finishing the regular season with a 23–8 record, the Aggies lost to Texas Tech in the first round of the Big 12 tournament. They earned a #9 seed in the NCAA Tournament West Regional and, for the second straight year, a matchup with BYU. After defeating BYU for the second straight year, 79–66, the Aggies came up short against #1 seed and eventual Final Four participant Connecticut. Texas A&M finished the season with a 24–10 record; Turgeon's 49 wins in his first two seasons was the most by any new coach in Big 12 history. Junior Derrick Roland was selected to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. Turgeon's recruiting class for the Class of 2013 was ranked #25 by ESPN.

Maryland
Prior to his last year at Texas A&M, Turgeon had negotiated a contract extension and salary increase. On the evening of May 9, 2011 at 8pm (local time), Turgeon met with his coaching staff and players to inform them that half an hour earlier he accepted the head coach position at the University of Maryland. He had visited the campus earlier that day and left with an offer. When asked about his decision at an Aggie Athletics press conference, he said "Maryland's got a great basketball tradition. [Texas A&M and Maryland are] real similar. It's a gut feeling." In their meeting earlier that night he told the Aggie players "it was the hardest decision [he] ever had to make... because of [them]." Turgeon said that fan attendance at A&M did not factor into his decision.

After his arrival, Maryland students adopted the phrase "Fear the Turgeon," a play on the school's motto, "Fear the Turtle." Some students, known as the "Turgeonites," created a fan club for the coach and dressed like him on game days. Turgeon captured his first win as the University of Maryland head coach on November 13, 2011 after defeating UNC Wilmington 71-62.

In his first three seasons, Turgeon led Maryland to one postseason, an appearance in the NIT Semifinals in 2013. In 2015, Turgeon was named Big Ten Coach of the Year, after coaching Maryland to a 14-4 conference record.

The 2015-16 Terrapins advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament, defeating South Dakota State and Hawaii as the #5 seed in the South region.

On February 19, 2019, Maryland knocked off #21 Iowa for its first road win against a ranked opponent since January 19, 2008. It was Mark Turgeon's first such victory since December 2, 2006 while coaching at Wichita State.

On December 3, 2021, Turgeon and Maryland mutually agreed to part ways, ending his nearly 11-year tenure as head coach.

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Graham Humphreys

Graham Humphreys is a British illustrator and visual artist best known for producing film posters. During the 1980s, Humphreys worked with Palace Pictures, producing publicity material for films including Dream Demon, Basket Case, The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, the Nightmare on Elm Street series, Phenomena and Santa Sangre.

Humphreys has worked with The Creative Partnership since the 1990s, and Tartan Films and the British Film Institute's home entertainment label BFI Video since the 2000s. He has been involved in films including Life is Sweet, Erik the Viking, From Dusk till Dawn, House of 1000 Corpses, and Party Monster, as well as numerous releases for BFI Video, including its Short Sharp Shocks collections in the Flipside strand. Other film work includes material for The Pervert's Guide to Cinema and Into the Dark. He also illustrated a poster for In Search of Darkness, a documentary about 1980s horror films.

Humphreys's graphic design for print media includes work published in New Musical Express, Vogue, Esquire, FHM, QX, Arena, Loaded, Junior and F-1 Magazine.

In 2021, Graham Humphreys was commissioned to illustrate a series of record covers of classic horror movie soundtracks such as Carnival Of Souls, The Last Man on Earth and White Zombie, released by Rob Zombie. All the records were pressed on coloured vinyl and housed in special packaging with new artwork by Graham Humphreys.

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