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The Yemen Museum in Sana'a displays this stone. Ironically, it lists prophecies and prerequisited for the time to open the buried chamber, containing the "cabinet of El" and, presumably, the self-sacrificed son of Saba and Solomon, Menelik.

This stone was photographed as it is displayed in a prominent museum -- upside down -- with no idea of its translation or alphabet. A similar alphabet later developed in Ethiopia but misread many of the ligatures as letters and replaced many sound values with new sounds to accommodate an Arabic dialect. This is still in limited use today while this older form is used exclusively for religious and official writing. The Ethiopic script translates using Arabic dialects instead of Semitic. Using the First Tongue, Semitic root language and symbols, we can arrive at a somewhat fluid and lucid translation with some historical flavor.

The stone has been trimmed on both ends and notched in the center and appears to have been used as a building stone subsequent to its creation as part of a significant narrative mural. The resulting translation lacks these additional symbols making a precise translation impossible.

We hesitate to use the term "Semitic" because it really does not represent the root language that eventually evolved into what is commonly known as Semitic. We choose to call this "First Tongue" since it has been found in Australia, Chile and the United States with dates as old as 8000 BCE! The use of this script and dialect on this important construction appears to resonate with the contemporary use of Latin, Greek and other "dead languages" on public buildings, currency and official insignias.

Anyone who scrutinizes our work as it is presented here will acknowledge the intent of these inscriptions. We have intentionally been inexplicit in these details. Please review the on-going work in the links provided below.

Above, a work in progress.

Gary Vey

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The Inscriptions from Bilqis (Yemen) according to Dr. Jamme in 1962

Above is the first of many illustrations of the exterior wall of the Temple of Sheba, taken from W. F. Jamme's book, Sabaean Inscriptions from Mahram Bilqis (Marib), (1962). Most of the artifacts were photographed by Jamme himself and were gathered under restrictive circumstances owing to the territorial disputes that still continue in Yemen.

Jamme's methodology of transliteration is of interest to us because we have translated a small portion of these artifacts with an entirely different algorithm. We will attempt to show the difference in these two approaches.

We have determined the sound values for an assortment of letters based in the work of Dr. James Harris (BYU), who successfully translated numerous scripts in the Negev desert. Earlier forms of this script have also been found as far back as 8,000 years ago, which demonstrate the consistency of grammar and dialect. This discovery was not made when Jamme attempted his translations in 1962. He therefore relied on the Ethiopian sound values. Some sound values required for Arabic dialects are different from the proto-Semitic language that we believe was used when the older artifacts were made. Various letters in the relatively newer Ethiopian alphabet, which were Jamme's only resource, have been re-assigned to Arabic phonetics. But there are other errors as well.

The early language used characters called "ligatures" (a group of letters which are graphically combined to represent a more compact and unified shape). In the artifacts that we reviewed from Bilqis, we noted ligatures for such words as "EL" (the Lord), "BN" (the Son), "BL" (life, love), "TseL" (protection), while these ligatures have been assigned the status of single letter sounds in the Ethiopian version.

The artifacts pictured above attest to the use of ligatures in the older language. This "anomaly" on the left is the ligature for AT "chamber, cabinet, box, cell..." as in the Ark of the Covenant. Note that it appears to be immediately followed (to its left) by a ligature for EL "the Lord." In many instances the ligatures were used when the referenced word was repeated within the text or if it previously made reference to a person.

Jamme's methodology did not recognize the lamed as a vertical line and instead considered this line to indicate word or phrase breaks, as we would use punctuation. According to Jamme's tables, the gimmel of the older language is read as a lamed. Jamme also interprets the ligatures for "EL" to have the sound value of qof, and attributes an "S" sound to the ligature for "BN" and "BL."

It is then not too surprising that Jamme's results consist largely of complex personal names and alleged genealogies. He also reads the script from left-to-right, even when the "fonts" are reversed. It was the practice to alternate the direction in multi-lined texts so that the reader could scan the text in a zig-zag pattern. Confusion was avoided by writing the letters backwards on alternate lines. Jamme seems to have ignored this phenomenon. One can see the "Mem" and "Resh" to quickly determine the correct flow. By reading from left-to-right, Jamme was fortunate at least half of the time, but without using the correct sound values his translations are mundane at best.

Our methodology reads the script from right-to-left and alternates as the letters are mirrored. This provides a relatively smooth and meaningful translation without constant mention of personal names or tribes. The vertical line in our interpretation is a lamed and we recognize the word or phrase breaks as being marked by the vav, which resembles a dissected circle or can be two adjacent circles. This translates as "but, and, also..." and makes for some long run-on phrases that would enrage a modern editor.

The writers were careful to repeat their phrases and to use multiple ligatures to assist in the deciphering of these strings of letters. Since most words are devoid of vowels (except if the vowel falls outside of the last consonant) there are typically two letters to a word. Where there could be some ambiguity with similar adjacent letters, alternate forms of the letters will be used to denote word breaks. An example would be "the chamber underneath" AT-TT. This would be written similar to AtTT to allow the reader to see that the break is between the two forms of the letter. Otherwise this string of letters could possibly be interpreted as "the signal" ATT-T.

We have identified alternate forms for bet, chet, dalet, and tav in the Bilqis alphabet. The older examples of this script also employ alternates for peh, mem, nun, tsadeh and zayin. In addition, the script in North America and the Negev has used rotation of letters and repetition of the final consonant to to indicate phrase breaks. Undoubtedly some of the material at Bilqis was produced in the last two millennia and utilize the Ethiopian variant. This older language was buried, literally, and disappeared for almost 800 years, before emerging in Ethiopia with a new dialect and quickly spread back to Yemen. Our translations seem to state that this dormant interval was the result of events surrounding the only son of Queen Saba (Queen Sheba), Menelik, whose mother had her former palace and temple buried to prevent its destruction and pillage by invading nations (see transliteration below).

What has been translated thus far?

Using the algorithm that has been successful in translating numerous examples of this script from around the world, we have obtained the following information, quoted here from a letter sent to His Eminence, Abdulla Salleh, President of The Republic of Yemem.

Menelek (spelled MNLCC), the only son of Queen Saba (Queen Sheba) and Solomon, was depressed when he learned that his father's kingdom had been overcome and the Temple in Jerusalem was sacked. His grief was deep ("The happiness of the Son was poisoned...") and this worried his mother. Shortly after this invasion of Jerusalem, Menelik received word that the Ark of the Covenant (the "cell of the Lord" AT-EL), formerly housed in Solomon's Temple, was relocated to what is now Yemen and was in the protection of Menelik. The text refers to an "oath" that was taken by Menelik to protect the Ark, perhaps agreed upon when he visited Solomon several years earlier. Menelik also received a warning from Nathan, Menelik's half-brother, that the Ark could be harmful to his health and that it had caused vision problems and "trembling" (seizures?)when Nathan had attempted to interact with it. Menelik, however, had none of these adverse reactions and eagerly interacted with this object, constructing a special chamber underground in which he stored the Ark and conversed through it with the Lord. As the danger of invading neighbors became real for the kingdom of Saba, Menelik announced that the Ark had instructed him to enter the underground chamber with the Ark, and to have the entire construction covered with sand to conceal it and protect it from hostile forces. Menelik informed his mother, Queen Saba, that he would remain buried with the Ark for a long period of time.

Following her only son's instructions, Menelik was buried with the Ark. However, his mother had a chamber constructed adjacent to the Ark chamber and had a secret peephole ("...aperature...") installed so that she could monitor his condition while he was buried. She secretly planned to open the chamber and rescue her son should he be in peril. On many occasions, Queen Saba viewed her son inside the chamber and, on one occasion, noted that he was receiving a revelation of the future from the Ark, which made a sound like thunder. As she watched Menelik interact with the Ark, she noted that he trembled and shook from the visions that were being shown to him.

As time passed, the thundering noise and movement of her son ceased. On one occasion the Queen noted that a worm crawled out from the peephole. This suggested that Menelik had died. The Queen was determined to open the chamber and rescue her son but she recalled her promise to him and remembered his words, stating that he would be buried for "a long time." She wept ("...cried an ocean of tears...") that his vision of the future also included the realization that she had doubted his word and she prayed that he would forgive her for her doubts.

Determined to honor her son's wishes, Queen Saba had the chamber reinforced with stone and consulted with the builders and masons to design an enclosure that would protect the buried chamber from future earthquakes, floods, and other natural phenomenon. The chamber was thus made more sturdy and a large dam was constructed around the buried chamber to protect it from water and floods.

In the Yemen museum there is another stone which dictates the conditions that should exist prior to any attempt at opening the chamber. These include the occupation of the land by a "friendly" nation and the warning that the Ark must not be moved and should not be used for any national or personal benefit. The Ark is to be used for the benefit of mankind and petitions to the Lord are to be made by collective prayer in the area of the buried Chamber and through the "priest" of the Ark (Menelik?).

Following the burial of the chamber and the surrounding temple, Queen Saba "dimmed her kingdom" and moved to Ethiopia with the prohibition that the area where the Ark and Menelik were buried should be forgotten, lest future hostile nations and "blind prophets" should seek it out.

Additional translations are beginning to fill in the gaps of this remarkable story and we will present these as they are translated. .Gary Vey

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The translation program is only as good as the data which is entered. The sequence of letters is not covered by any known convention, and therefore some interpretation of the pattern is needed. Most, but not all, Colorado petroglyphs are read from right-to-left. With a stacked ligature, bottom-to-top reading is usually associated with references to God, while the reverse is true for earthly matters. With experience, complex ligatures can be successfully broken down into their correct sequence and will result in accurate translations. Distinguishing between word groups was accomplished by repeating the last letter in a word or phrase. A double letter, therefore, is a helpful indicator of the sequence with which old Negev alphabetical letters should be read. This rule is also not adhered to completely and some scripts simply end with no duplicity.

The photograph above is of the most famous "old Negev" script found in North America. Heavily chalked and scrutinized by the likes of Barry Fell and other epigraphers, no logical translation has ever been made and published of this script. Until now.

We are using McGlone's own drawings of this panel and have duplicated this below to allow the script to be seen more clearly.

You will note that we have broken the script into word groups, starting from the right and working towards the left. Translations can be verified by using the on-line negev translation program. We will explain each section here.

Section 1 consists of a ligature formed by the letters Tsadeh and Lamed.

Tsel =shadow, shade, protection. Section 2 consists of a large Yod. This is interpreted as a shorthand for OY! or a sign of exclamation. Thus, the first word group is being emphasized (i.e. "Shade!") Section 3 begins with a horizontal Lamed. This indicates that the Lamed is to be read as a preposition "of, at, to, for..." The remaining ligature consists of a Khaf+two Lameds, followed by a large Yod. KLLY= for the public, general, commonplace person... Section 4 consists of two vertical Lameds.

LUL=were it not for... or because of... provided by... Section 5 shows a curved Resh followed by an extended ligature of Khaf plus Alef plus Lamed.

Rakka El = temple of El. Section 6 consists of a single Lamed, followed by two Nun.

Lina = lodgings or accommodations (literally, "stay the night!").

So far, this group of signs appears to be a sort of advertisement for staying, in effect, ...at the temple of "El" protection, shade and accommodations are provided to the general public... All of these translations were made by converting the "old Negev" symbols into their corresponding Hebrew sounds and then using a Hebrew to English lexicon which is encoded in the Negev translation program. Although the program is not entirely complete, most of the common words will be found if it is used correctly. Hopefully this will further the effort to gain acceptance by traditional historians by first gaining the support of non-scholastics who can translate these important links to our past with a minimum of bias.

Viewzone would like to hear from any attempts at translating in the field. We hope to share more detailed transcripts in the near future.

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Talk:SethBling

Should Minecraft maps be italicized?
Hm?  Ꞷ  umbolo   19:12, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
 * They're not standalone creative works, so simple capitalization as a proper noun (no quotation marks) would be most appropriate (World 1-1, Green Hill Zone, Dust II) (not watching, please ping ) czar  13:22, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Interview
Hey, there's been a recent interview with Seth from MitchFlowerPower that Seth has reuploaded to YouTube. I watched the interview live, it has a bunch of useful info. It'll help fill in some gaps to help you with your WP:GAN. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGLGDnrG78, good luck! Zoom ( talk page ) 18:02, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I noticed the interview but didn't know whether I should watch it. Thank you very much!  Ꞷ  umbolo   20:16, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * are there any specific gaps in the article you can point out? Thanks. w umbolo   ^^^  14:42, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Pre-GA review
Over-reliance on primary sources. If you have bountiful secondary sources discussing his work, pull the social media and primary source video links to focus on that secondary source commentary, as that dictates what the media/public finds important about his work. (not watching, please ping ) czar  13:18, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

 * Since you said his work twice, I stripped nearly all primary sources from the two career sections. These references to primary sources I've kept:
 * This signifies that SethBling worked only as a consultant. This is also made clear in the video which is currently not referenced in the article.
 * SethBling is already notable for his world records so it is useful to state his record time and date.
 * This supports an exceptional claim made by SethBling, which is attributed as such inline and quoted.
 * The other sections still include primary sources because they would be very short without them. w umbolo   ^^^  21:08, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The article should be written from reliable, secondary source. So claims sourced to verizoncraft.github.io and a comment on Reddit shouldn't be seen as noteworthy for his biography unless that claim is also made in reliable, secondary sourcing. Remember that Wikipedia is written for a general audience—sections like "The program singly won gold in the 50cc Mushroom Cup and the 50cc Flower Cup, and won silver in the 50cc Star Cup" read as trivia. Focus on what a major newspaper/magazine would use when writing a profile of him. Similarly, we take our proportionality from secondary sources. If no major external source confirms his world record times or that he was the "first" to do something, those factoid likely don't fit the biography we aspire to write. czar  21:36, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the feedback. I have implemented accordingly. The whole article, except the infobox and the "Early life" section, is now sourced with reliable sources. I will remove a few non-English/unreliable sources which are leftover/clutter. ✅ w umbolo   ^^^  11:13, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Gentside Gaming does not seem like a reliable source, however it is owned by a subsidiary of France's biggest magazine publisher, Prisma Media. I believe I should delete all content that is supported by it. w umbolo   ^^^  19:09, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Ya, I don't see any hallmarks of reliability at Gentside (no masthead, EIC had no prior experience, no editorial policy, etc.) By the way, the primary source work you excised might fit at another wiki, perhaps one focused on streamers, if you want to see it used somewhere. (Wikipedia's scope is tighter than most wikis.) czar  20:18, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the feedback. I have implemented accordingly. The whole article, except the infobox and the "Early life" section, is now sourced with reliable sources. I will remove a few non-English/unreliable sources which are leftover/clutter. ✅ w umbolo   ^^^  11:13, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Gentside Gaming does not seem like a reliable source, however it is owned by a subsidiary of France's biggest magazine publisher, Prisma Media. I believe I should delete all content that is supported by it. w umbolo   ^^^  19:09, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Ya, I don't see any hallmarks of reliability at Gentside (no masthead, EIC had no prior experience, no editorial policy, etc.) By the way, the primary source work you excised might fit at another wiki, perhaps one focused on streamers, if you want to see it used somewhere. (Wikipedia's scope is tighter than most wikis.) czar  20:18, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Dustbowl and 2Fort
The two maps have control points and capture the flag functionality, respectively, like in Team Fortress 2. Sources only say The Minecraft version of Dustbowl contains control points, like in Team Fortress 2. No source says that 2Fort has capture the flag functionality. What should be kept? Perhaps neither?

Minor: 2Fort or 2fort?  Ꞷ  umbolo   09:06, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * "2Fort" per the video game reliable sources custom Google search. Generalize: "SethBling and ... recreated levels and gameplay from the FPS TF2 (spell out) within the game of Minecraft." The specifics are trivia unless you're looking to make a point about what those traits signify. (not watching, please ping ) czar  21:40, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ w umbolo   ^^^  14:42, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Some things SethBling said as sources
These are self-published sources and might not be appropriate at all, so I am listing them below instead of digging down the timestamp only to find everybody objecting to it. Some of these are useful, some of these are contextual. Again, I wouldn't list these if they weren't significant.

SethBling's new logo

He doesn't do Minecraft anymore Uploaded a MC video on Sep. 15, 18. Does create MC videos regularly since https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z_SElAAzSE
 * fails WP:TPO but appreciated strike w umbolo   ^^^  12:43, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

He began speedrunning in May 2014

He never ever played Splatoon on console found in RS and added to article

He rode a mechanical bull once and hurt himself

He attends some Jewish events

He derides himself for his username "affix" 'Bling' he came up with in high school

note to self: date = 27 feb 2018. w umbolo  ^^^  13:28, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

SethBling talks about his work at Xbox at Microsoft
1:21–1:57 in this video. w umbolo  ^^^  14:53, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

SethBling and PangeaPanga collab?
Looking at this Ars Technica article, I can't really verify this:

"The honor of being the first people to edit a new level onto a stock Super Mario World cartridge went to a couple of popular Mario streamers. SethBling and PangeaPanga worked together to hardcode a tool-assisted movie file to automatically build a level as soon as TASBot took control of the game. The pair decided to recreate a castle level that was part of an exciting blind Super Mario Maker race earlier in the marathon."

w umbolo  ^^^  15:40, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Theatre Journal?
Theatre Journal Volume 67, Number 4, December 2015. Around pg. 702. w umbolo   ^^^  16:26, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Commons:Voice intro project
regarding the interview with MitchFlowerPower, is there any specific thing SethBling says that you would recommend to be recorded so that we have a recording of his voice per Commons:Voice intro project? I would say from 1:15:55 but that seems like too much advertising. w umbolo  ^^^  17:52, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * There's too much advertising in that and the licensing is all standard YouTube. I'll try to find something. Zoom  ( talk page ) 20:30, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Mitch's video (it was published first) is licensed CC-BY. w umbolo   ^^^  20:41, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

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1935–36 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team

The 1935–36 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of Buffalo during the 1935–36 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Art Powell, coaching his twenty-first season with the Bulls.


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Ritsudo Kobayashi

Ritsudo Kobayashi (1903 – 1974) was a Japanese painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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Conejo Valley Art Museum

Conejo Valley Art Museum is a museum located at Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks, California. Established in 1978, the museum showcases fine art, modern art, abstracts, textiles and sculptures. Displays are changing periodically and often include artwork featured on national tours. The museum has hosted art collections from artists such as Howard Brodie, David Rose and Elizabeth Williams. It was previously located in an old library on W. Wilbur Road, but was moved to the Janss Mall in 1990. .

Exhibitions here have included oil paintings, prehistoric pottery, quilts, photographs, sketches and print making. Its store offers folk art, literature and jewelry.

Conejo Valley Art Museum used to present the annual Thousand Oaks ArtWalk, used to draw 12-14,000 spectators, and included outdoor art exhibitions and live music.

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Please bear with me, I am new to Wikipedia so if I make mistakes please let me know. They aren't deliberate.

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amyoplasia

Noun

 * 1)  A congenital condition in which there is a lack of muscle development

Translations

 * Portuguese: amioplasia

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下午

Noun

 * 1) afternoon; p.m.

Etymology
Cited to roughly 1853 in the , but possibly older.

Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1)  afternoon, especially the early afternoon
 * 2)   over the hill, past middle age

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator/Judging

Judgers prefer to come to decisions and move on. They can feel betrayed if a decision is "reopened". They are prone to hastiness, but get things done.

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User:Abison

A user of the site wikipedia. Born at Imphal, Manipur of India in 1997. Complete schooling recently and now studying further in science.

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User:Vuara

Hi,

Drafts of my books in progress:
 * 1) The Vietnamese version of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita Chapters 1-6
 * 2) * PREFACE
 * 3) * INTRODUCTION
 * 4) * CHAPTER I
 * 5) * CHAPTER II
 * 6) * CHAPTER III
 * 7) * CHAPTER IV
 * 8) * CHAPTER V
 * 9) * CHAPTER VI
 * 10) * APPENDIX
 * 11) ** The Holy Tradition
 * 12) ** Transcendental Meditation: The Main Principle
 * 13) ** Cosmic Law, The Basic Law of Creation
 * 14) ** The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy
 * 15) The Vietnamese version of Science of Being and Art of Living: Transcendental Meditation
 * 16) * PREFACE (by Bevan)
 * 17) * INTRODUCTION
 * 18) * Section I: Science of Being
 * 19) * What Is Being?
 * 20) * Being, the Essential Constituent of Creation
 * 21) * Section II: Life
 * 22) * The Purpose of Life
 * 23) * Normal Life
 * 24) * Section III: Art of Living
 * 25) * ART OF SPEAKING
 * 26) * Speaking with a Minimum Consumption of Energy
 * 27) * Speaking Rightly
 * 28) * Speaking Harmoniously
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Ken Cuccinelli's tenure as Attorney General of Virginia

Ken Cuccinelli served as Attorney General of Virginia for one term during January 16, 2010 – January 11, 2014.

2009 election
In 2009, Cuccinelli was selected as the Republican nominee for attorney general, going on to win 58% of the vote (1,123,816 votes). Republican Bob McDonnell became governor, and Bill Bolling was re-elected as lieutenant governor. Cuccinelli was inaugurated as Attorney General of Virginia on January 16, 2010.

He donated $100,000 from his inauguration fundraising effort to a Richmond non-profit that provides medical and mental health services to the homeless, saying inauguration events should be used to shed light on impoverished and underserved citizens.

Two weeks after taking office, Cuccinelli drew questions for continuing to represent a private client in a court proceeding, although this was not illegal.

Healthcare
In 2010, Cuccinelli filed a federal lawsuit (Virginia v. Sebelius) challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), claiming that it exceeded the federal government's power under the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution. He was the first attorney general to file a lawsuit against the ACA. During his 2013 run for governor, Cuccinelli opposed the ACA's Medicaid expansion. The lawsuit was unsuccessful.

Immigration
In July 2010, Cuccinelli joined eight other states in filing an amicus brief opposing the federal government's lawsuit challenging an Arizona immigration enforcement statute.

In August 2010, Cuccinelli issued a legal opinion authorizing law enforcement officials to investigate the immigration status of anyone that they have stopped; previously this was done only for those arrested. Cuccinelli noted that the authority to investigate the immigration status of a stopped person should not "extend the duration of a stop by any significant degree." Critics note that the opinion circumvents changing the policy by legislation and that bills to make this change have died in the General Assembly.

Environment
Cuccinelli rejects the scientific consensus on climate change.

In 2010, Cuccinelli filed a request with the Environmental Protection Agency to reopen its proceeding regarding EPA's finding that greenhouse gasses endanger public health. He also sought judicial review of EPA's finding in Federal court. His press statement explained, "We cannot allow unelected bureaucrats with political agendas to use falsified data to regulate American industry and drive our economy into the ground". In 2012, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Cuccinelli's arguments, unanimously ruling in Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the EPA had the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as part of a strategy to address anthropogenic climate change and that the EPA's finding that "greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may reasonably be anticipated both to endanger public health and to endanger public welfare" was well-founded in science and public policy.

In 2010, Cuccinelli announced he would challenge the March 2010 standards for motor vehicle fuel efficiency specified in the Clean Air Act.

Litigation against climate scientists
In April 2010, Cuccinelli served a civil investigative demand on the University of Virginia seeking a broad range of documents related to Michael E. Mann, a climate researcher now at Penn State who was an assistant professor at UVA from 1999 to 2005. Cuccinelli based his demand on the 2002 Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, although no evidence of wrongdoing was given to explain the invocation of the law. Following the Climatic Research Unit email controversy numerous accusations about Mann's work on climate reconstructions had been sent to the university, and investigations of these allegations by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and Penn State subsequently cleared Mann of any wrongdoing. The Washington Post quoted Rachel Levinson, senior counsel with the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) as saying Cuccinelli's request had "echoes of McCarthyism." A. Barton Hinkle of the Richmond Times-Dispatch criticized Cuccinelli for "employing a very expansive reading of Virginia's Fraud Against Taxpayers Act."

Among the groups urging the University of Virginia to resist producing the data were: a letter published in Science signed by 255 members of the United States National Academy of Sciences, the American Civil Liberties Union and the AAUP. Also in May 2010, the University of Virginia Faculty Senate Executive Council wrote a letter strongly rebuking Cuccinelli for his civil investigative demand of the Mann records, stating that "[Cuccinelli's] action and the potential threat of legal prosecution of scientific endeavor that has satisfied peer-review standards send a chilling message to scientists engaged in basic research involving Earth's climate and indeed to scholars in any discipline." In 2011 in response to the escalating attacks from the Virginia AG's office, the Union of Concerned Scientists published a defense of scientific integrity titled "Timeline: Legal Harassment of Climate Scientist Michael Mann".

In May 2010, the University of Virginia began legal proceedings challenging Cuccinelli's investigative demand. The school's petition states that Virginia's "Fraud Against Taxpayers Act" (FATA) cited by Cuccinelli is not applicable in this case, as four of the five grants were federal, and that the fifth was an internal University of Virginia grant originally awarded in 2001. The filing also states that FATA was enacted in 2003 and is not retroactive.

In August 2010, Albemarle Circuit Court Judge Paul Peatross heard argument on when Cuccinelli should get the requested data. On August 30, 2010, Judge Paul M. Peatross Jr. said that "the nature of the conduct is not stated so that any reasonable person could glean what Dr. Mann did to violate the statute," the judge wrote.

In September 2010, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli sent a new civil subpoena to the University of Virginia renewing a demand for documents related to the work of Mann. Cuccinelli narrowed his request to documents related to a grant that funded research unrelated to climate reconstructions. The demand also sought emails between Mann and 39 other climate change scientists. Cuccinelli filed a notice of appeal of the case to the Virginia Supreme Court, which ruled that Cuccinelli did not have the authority to make these demands. The outcome was hailed as a victory for academic freedom.

LGBT rights
Cuccinelli opposes homosexuality, describing homosexual acts as "against nature" and "harmful to society." Cuccinelli opposes same-sex marriage. He has argued against the constitutionality of same-sex marriages.

In 2010, Cuccinelli called on Virginia universities to remove "'sexual orientation,' 'gender identity,' 'gender expression,' or like classification, as a protected class within its nondiscrimination policy, absent specific authorization from the General Assembly." Virginia Democratic State Senator John Edwards said that Cuccinelli was "turning back the clock on civil rights in Virginia." The American Association of University Professors and the University of Virginia also criticized the opinion. Cuccinelli defended the legal opinion: "Our role isn't in the political arena on this subject. Our role is to give legal advice, to state what the law is." The Washington Post said previous attorneys general of both parties held that local governments could not enact nondiscrimination policies for the same reason that Cuccinelli cited. Republican Governor Bob McDonnell supported the legal reasoning in the opinion. However, he issued Executive Directive One to all state agency heads stating that he would not allow them to discriminate based on sexual orientation.

Combating usury
Since 2007, the Virginia Attorney General's Office has negotiated settlements of almost $8 million representing refunds from eight auto-title lenders. The office filed a lawsuit on May 18, 2010 against CNC Financial Services, Inc., doing business as Cash-N-A-Flash, a Hampton-based auto "title lender," for charging interest rates of 300 percent or more on its loans. This rate is alleged to exceed the 12 percent limit in the Virginia's Consumer Finance Act. However, effective October 1, 2010, Virginia's interest rate limit increased to 264 percent.

The Attorney General's Office filed two separate lawsuits against two Virginia Beach-based mortgage modification companies for charging customers up to $1,200 in illegal advance fees in exchange for allegedly helping to prevent foreclosure.

Combating sex trafficking and sodomy
Cuccinelli has been a staunch advocate against human trafficking during his time in office, describing it as "one of the most egregious human rights violations". He has slammed popular media for portraying prostitution and other forms of selling sex as "just another career choice". While in the state Senate he created a plan, which he has implemented as attorney general, to crack down on trafficking on the state and served on the Senate Human Trafficking Commission. As attorney general, he has devoted full-time staff in the attorney general's office to prosecute human trafficking, and in May 2013 one of his assistant attorneys general was honored by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for breaking up and prosecuting a sex trafficking ring in Fairfax County. The advocacy group Polaris Project named Virginia one of the most improved states in cracking down on human trafficking in 2010 under Cuccinelli's leadership. He made human trafficking legislation his priority in his efforts during the 2013 General Assembly session, teaming up with Democratic and Republican lawmakers in support of three anti-human trafficking bills, all of which were passed and signed into law.

He defended the constitutionality of Virginia laws prohibiting sodomy. In March 2013, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals struck down Virginia's anti-sodomy law in a case involving William Scott MacDonald, a 47-year-old man who solicited, but did not receive, oral sex from a 17-year-old girl, finding it unconstitutional based on the Supreme Court's 2003 ruling in Lawrence v. Texas". On June 25, 2013, Cuccinelli filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court to uphold the law, saying the appeals court ruling would release MacDonald from probation and "threatens to undo convictions of child predators that were obtained under this law after 2003." Although the statute purported to ban all acts of sodomy and made no mention of age, Cuccinelli said the law is important for prosecutors to be able to "obtain felony charges against adults who commit or solicit this sex act with minors," and noted that the law "is not – and cannot be – used against consenting adults acting in private." In October 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Cuccinelli's appeal.

Antitrust enforcement
A $173 million settlement was reached with six international manufacturers of computer chips. The settlement resolved claims that the companies engaged in a price-fixing arrangement that cost government purchasers and consumers millions of dollars in overcharges for their chips. Cuccinelli and 32 other state attorneys general participated in the investigation and the settlement of a court case that was first filed in Court in 2006, before Cuccinelli took office.

Extradition of Jens Soering to Germany
Jens Soering, 43, the son of a German diplomat and former Jefferson scholar at the University of Virginia, was convicted in 1990 and sentenced to two life terms for the 1985 first-degree stabbing murders of his then-girlfriend's parents, Derek and Nancy Haysom, in their Bedford County home, and held at the Buckingham Correctional Center in Dillwyn, Virginia. Former Gov. Timothy Kaine, on the last day of his administration in January 2010, approved a request from the German government and asked the Justice Department to transfer Soering back to Germany to complete his sentence. Newly elected Gov. Bob McDonnell, along with Cuccinelli, adamantly opposed the transfer. McDonnell formally notified the Justice Department just three days after taking office that it was imperative that Soering serve his time in Virginia and not in Germany, where a US news report said that he could have applied for parole after two years, although parole is only applicable after a minimum 15 years according to the German penal code. On July 7, 2010, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that he would not consider transferring Soering to a prison in his home country without the state's "clear and unambiguous" consent.

Exoneration of Thomas Haynesworth
Cuccinelli was involved in advocating for the exoneration of Thomas Haynesworth, who had served 27 years in prison for rape until new evidence emerged. As attorney general, Cuccinelli argued in court for Haynesworth's exoneration and Cuccinelli hired Haynesworth to work in his office as a clerk. Haynesworth said Cuccinelli was "an extraordinary guy", having "put it on the line for me", and continues to work in Cuccinelli's office. George Mason University political scientist Mark Rozell said, "People perceive Cuccinelli as a hard-right figure on a number of issues. They don't tend to see him as having a soft side."

Education policy
On November 24, 2010, Cuccinelli issued a legal opinion that police, school administrators, and teachers could search students' cell phones on the basis of reasonable suspicions in order to deter cyberbullying and "sexting". The ACLU and the Rutherford Institute said that Cuccinelli's opinion was in error, lacking a legal foundation.

On January 28, 2011, Cuccinelli issued a legal opinion saying that school systems could not charge students the $75 testing fee when students take Advance Placement (AP) tests. Typically, AP courses are offered to academically advanced high school students to teach college-level materials. At the end of the course, students take a nationally administered AP test, and can receive college credit if the test score meets a specified level. Cuccinelli said that public schools were required to provide a free education, so schools could not charge students taking the AP class the exam fee.

Donor intent
In February 2012, Cuccinelli filed a brief in the case of seven Anglican parishes that had left the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia as part of the Anglican realignment, including The Falls Church and Truro Church. Cuccinelli took the side of the departing Anglican churches, arguing that they should be entitled to keep personal property amounting to several million dollars that was donated to the parishes between 2003 and 2007 and marked by the donors as for the use of parishes only, not for the diocese. Cuccinelli made this argument on "donor intent" grounds. "That donor intent is paramount," Cuccinelli argued, "and governs the disposition of property, both real and personal, by one entrusted with its management, is a principle beyond dispute and interwoven throughout the law governing charitable trusts." The Fairfax County Circuit Court should not rule, Cuccinelli concluded, "in violation of the clearly expressed intent of the donors."

The court sided with the diocese, ruling that the properties must be handed over.

Virginia seal
In May 2010, Cuccinelli used a historical state seal which shows Virtus, the Roman goddess of bravery and military strength, carrying a breastplate to cover her left breast on lapel pins he provided as gifts to his office staff. The current official seal shows Virtus holding a spear and her left breast is exposed. The original state seal was designed by George Wythe, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and adopted in 1776. Cuccinelli's spokesman, Brian Gottstein, said lapel pins with the breast covered were paid for by Cuccinelli's political action committee, not with taxpayer funds.

In response to media inquiries, Cuccinelli released a statement including the following explanation:

"The seal on my pin is one of many seal variations that were used before a uniform version was created in 1930. I felt it was historic and would be something unique for my staff. My joke about Virtue being a little more virtuous in her more modest clothing was intended to get laughs from my employees – which it did!"

Advocacy for veterans
In 2010, Cuccinelli announced plans to introduce a new level of veterans advocacy to the Attorney General's office, including training state agencies how to use the law to better advocate for their clients when it comes to obtaining federal veterans benefits. Cuccinelli said that one of the most important things he could do for veterans was to help speed up the process for them to obtain the services they are eligible for from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Other priority issues include ensuring that veterans have opportunities to become and stay employed in Virginia and working with the Virginia judiciary to determine how best to educate judges on how posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury issues affect veterans.

Campaign contributions
Cuccinelli received $55,500 in campaign contributions from Bobby Thompson, a director of the U.S. Navy Veterans Association. The group was later found to be a racket. Thompson was Cuccinelli's second-largest campaign donor. After receiving the contribution, Cuccinelli met with Samuel F. Wright, a USNVA representative on February 15, 2010, to discuss legislation which had passed the State Senate that would exempt the group from having to register with Virginia regulators.

After an investigative report in the St. Petersburg Times in March 2010 raised questions about the Navy Veterans Association and Thompson, all other Virginia politicians, including Gov. Bob McDonnell, donated contributions from Thompson to other veterans' organizations. Cuccinelli refused to do so, despite calls from Virginia Democrats. Cuccinelli's spokesman said "if Mr. Thompson was convicted of wrongdoing relative to the misappropriation of funds, and contributions to our campaign came from money that was supposed to go to active duty military or veterans, we would donate those contributions to military support organizations here in Virginia." Sen. Don McEachin asserted that the standard for donations should be "much higher than that." A month later in June, a Cuccinelli spokesman said $55,500 would be set aside in a restricted account pending the outcome of the investigation into Thompson and USNVA. On July 28, 2010, Cuccinelli announced that he would donate the $55,000 to veterans' charities in Virginia. Cuccinelli stated that his decision was prompted by statements from Thompson's lawyers indicating that Thompson could no longer be located.

Star Scientific tax dispute lawsuit
In March 2013, Cuccinelli's role in a tax dispute case came into question when media reported on a lawsuit between the state of Virginia and Star Scientific, a nutritional supplements company. The Washington Post reported that Cuccinelli had failed to disclose investments in Star Scientific for a year; after realizing the oversight, he corrected it and disclosed the holdings. Cuccinelli has disclosed $18,000 in gifts from Star Scientific's chief executive, Jonnie R. Williams. He said he could not return them because they were dinners, vacations, and flights; things that could not be returned. He has sold his stock in the company.

The Washington Post found no evidence that Cuccinelli sought to personally intervene in the lawsuit. In April 2013, Cuccinelli recused himself from the case, hiring private attorneys to defend the state. Cuccinelli subsequently announced that he had discovered the equivalent of $4,500 in additional gifts from Jonnie R. Williams that he had not previously disclosed, including free use of Williams' Smith Mountain Lake vacation lodge in 2010 and 2012. In response, Cuccinelli asked the Commonwealth's attorney to review his disclosure filings. On July 18, 2013, a state prosecutor announced that he had found no evidence that Cuccinelli had violated the law, saying Cuccinelli did not appear to be attempting to conceal the relationship with Williams and he did not intentionally mischaracterize any gifts.

After Bob McDonnell's ties to Williams came under investigation, Cuccinelli urged McDonnell to call a special session of the General Assembly to re-examine disclosure and campaign finance laws. McDonnell, who as governor has the exclusive power to call a special session, declined Cuccinelli's request.

In September 2013, Cuccinelli donated, from his personal money, an amount equivalent to the value of the gifts he received from Williams to charity.


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Multitopic

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Agriculture and fisheries

 * Agronomy Journal - all except 2006 issues freely available
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Computer science

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Noun

 * 1) second unit of time
 * 2) second hand of a watch or clock

Adjective

 * 1) lazy

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

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 * 1) to disagree
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The result was   delete. postdlf (talk) 02:14, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

PROUD Principle

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The topic is one of those cheesy customer-service motivational acronyms you might see in the break room at a Walmart. The article is referenced, but the sources are either irrelevant (about customer service in general, or other acronyms for the same thing), or primary. In particular, the "PROUD principle" publication was self-published in 2014 by one J. Smart. Article was created by User:123jms. Opabinia regalis (talk) 21:33, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - as pointed out by there is evidence that the self-published author of PROUD is also the article's creator (implying self-promotion of a non-notable concept). Many handy references but they are for other business acronyms.  —  Noah  22:17, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete Wikipedia is WP:NOT for promoting a non-notable book you wrote yourself. In a quick Google search just now, the ONLY reference I found to this principle was the Wikipedia article. As Noah pointed out, the author did a nice job of name-dropping in the article (Maya Angelou was only one of several), but it does not add to the concept's notability. --MelanieN (talk) 23:21, 14 February 2015 (UTC)


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Edward Norman Baker

Sir Edward Norman Baker, KCSI (23 March 1857 – 28 March 1913) was a British colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.

The son of Arthur Baker, he was educated at Christ's College, Finchley, and joined the Indian Civil Service, going to Bengal in 1878. He served on the Bengal Legislative Council from 1898 to 1902. From 1908 to 1911 he was Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. In retirement he was an ordinary member of the Council of India.

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Pol Cassel

Pol Cassel, originally Paul Ernst Karl Cassel (17 March 1892, Munich – 9 September 1945, Chișinău) was a German painter and graphic artist in the "Classical-Modern" style.

Biography
From 1907 to 1914, he attended the arts and crafts schools in Kunstgewerbeschule Erfurt and Kunstgewerbeschule Dresden. After serving in the First World War, he joined the circle of artists associated with Conrad Felixmüller; which included Otto Griebel, Otto Dix and Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler. In 1921 he, his wife Susanna and son Ra moved from Dresden to Wehlen, where they lived until 1938. There, they had a second son; Constantin. He created a summer studio at an isolated quarry near Zeichen (Wehlen) (a hamlet near Wehlen) where he painted portraits, animals, still-lifes and landscapes.

Hitler's rise to power ended Cassel's career. In 1933, his works were classified as "degenerate art". Many of his paintings were confiscated and shown at the Degenerate Art Exhibition of 1937, in Munich.

In hopes of regaining some positive recognition, he joined the Nazi Party, but the only result of this was the loss of all his friends. The hoped-for rehabilitation never came and he had to work as a manual laborer in the quarries until 1939, when he was assigned to the Hydraulic Engineering Department in Pirna. In March 1944, he was drafted and sent to the Eastern Front, but was soon taken prisoner by the Red Army. He died the following year, in Soviet captivity, in what is now Moldova.

His works were largely forgotten until after 2000. Since then, there have been two major retrospectives; at the Lindenau-Museum (2005) and the Kunsthalle im Lipsius-Bau (2011/12).

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Echium albicans

Echium albicans, commonly known as white-leaved bugloss, is a species of purple coloured perennial plants from family Boraginaceae, found in Andalucían mountains and in Marbella.

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USA-126

USA-126, also known as GPS IIA-17, GPS II-26 and GPS SVN-40, is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the seventeenth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched.

Background
Global Positioning System (GPS) was developed by the U.S. Department of Defense to provide all-weather round-the-clock navigation capabilities for military ground, sea, and air forces. Since its implementation, GPS has also become an integral asset in numerous civilian applications and industries around the globe, including recreational used (e.g., boating, aircraft, hiking), corporate vehicle fleet tracking, and surveying. GPS employs 24 spacecraft in 20,200 km circular orbits inclined at 55.0°. These vehicles are placed in 6 orbit planes with four operational satellites in each plane.

GPS Block 2 was the operational system, following the demonstration system composed of Block 1 (Navstar 1 - 11) spacecraft. These spacecraft were 3-axis stabilized, nadir pointing using reaction wheels. Dual solar arrays supplied 710 watts of power. They used S-band (SGLS) communications for control and telemetry and Ultra high frequency (UHF) cross-link between spacecraft. The payload consisted of two L-band navigation signals at 1575.42 MHz (L1) and 1227.60 MHz (L2). Each spacecraft carried 2 rubidium and 2 Cesium clocks and nuclear detonation detection sensors. Built by Rockwell Space Systems for the U.S. Air force, the spacecraft measured 5.3 m across with solar panels deployed and had a design life of 7.5 years.

Launch
USA-126 was launched at 00:50:00 UTC on 16 July 1996, atop a Delta II launch vehicle, flight number D237, flying in the 7925-9.5 configuration. The launch took place from Launch Complex 17A (LC-17A) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), and placed USA-126 into a transfer orbit. The satellite raised itself into medium Earth orbit using a Star-37XFP apogee motor.

Mission
On 15 August 1996, USA-126 was in an orbit with a perigee of 20272 km, an apogee of 20365 km, a period of 723.60 minutes, and 55.03° of inclination to the equator. It broadcasts the PRN 10 signal, and operates in slot 3 of plane E of the GPS constellation. The satellite has a mass of 840 kg. It had a design life of 7.5 years, however, it was kept in service for over 18 years before finally decommissioned from service on 16 July 2015.

Following decommissioning, it was subsequently placed in a disposal orbit approximately 1000 km above the operational constellation on 11 March 2016.

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Wat Mangkon MRT station

Wat Mangkon station (สถานีวัดมังกร, ) is a Bangkok MRT rapid transit station on the Blue Line, regarded as one of four most beautiful MRT stations; the other three being Itsaraphap station, Sanam Chai station and Sam Yot station.

Location
The station is situated right in the middle of the business district of the Chinese-Thais (otherwise known as Bangkok's Chinatown), along with Charoen Krung Road in the vicinity of Plaeng Nam Intersection, and close to Wat Mangkon Kamalawat (otherwise known as Wat Mangkon, or Leng Noei Yi, according to the Teochew dialect), which is a district of unique community culture tied to the history of the Chinese descendants.

It is overlaps between Samphanthawong Subdistrict, Samphanthawong District with Pom Prap Subdistrict, Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, Bangkok.

In addition to being close to Wat Mangkon Kamalawat, the station is also situated near the Mo Mi Junction, Trok Texas, Odeon Circle, Phlapphla Chai Police Station, Poh Teck Tung Foundation, 22 July Circle, and the New Yaowarat Market etc.

Design
Inside station is designed with Sino-Portuguese architecture in mind in order drawn from Wat Mangkon Kamalawat, the interior is decorated with murals of Chinese dragons and water lilies, and to correspond with the name of the station (Wat Mangkon Kamalawat meaning "Temple of Water Lily Dragon"); the ceiling along the descent into head residing inside the station. These were done through the use of red and gold colours, which are all colours of  auspiciousness according to Chinese beliefs.

The station is part of Nescafe Blend and Brew's Interactive Art Station Program in commemoration of its 46 years of business in Thailand.

Gallery
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Talk:Del Crandall

played some first base?
If you look at Joe Torre's wikipedia entry, it mentions Crandall playing some first base when Torre was catcher. (Torre himself also played first base.)

The point is, Crandall's wikipedia entry (here) does not mention playing first base. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 15:31, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

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10-pounder Parrott rifle

The 10-pounder Parrott rifle, Model 1861 was a muzzle-loading rifled cannon made of cast iron that was adopted by the United States Army in 1861 and often used in field artillery units during the American Civil War. Like other Parrott rifles, the gun breech was reinforced by a distinctive band made of wrought iron. The 10-pounder Parrott rifle was capable of firing shell, shrapnel shell (case shot), canister shot, or solid shot. Midway through the war, the Federal government discontinued the 2.9 in version in favor of a 3.0 in version. Despite the reinforcing band, the guns occasionally burst without warning, which endangered the gun crews. The Confederate States of America manufactured a number of successful copies of the gun.

Background
Cannons needed to be strong enough to withstand the explosion that reduced the gunpowder charge to propellant gas. Bronze smoothbore cannons were in need of a larger gunpowder charge because there was windage – or space – between the shot and the barrel. Windage caused the propellant gases from the explosion to leak out, but it also reduced the stress on the gun barrel. With rifled cannon, the ammunition was designed to expand the shell so that there was no windage between the projectile and the gun barrel. This meant that a smaller gunpowder charge could hurl a rifled projectile farther, but it also meant that the gun barrel was subjected to greater stress. Bronze cannons rarely burst because the metal was more ductile. Cast iron was stronger than bronze, but it was also more brittle. This made cast-iron guns more prone to burst at the breech or muzzle.

In 1836, when Robert Parker Parrott was an ordnance officer in the U.S. Army, he resigned to take a job with the West Point Foundry in Cold Spring, New York. A few years before the American Civil War, gun manufacturers wrestled with problem of rifling cannons. Bronze was too soft of a metal for rifling, while cast iron was hard enough but too brittle. Parrott attempted to solve this dilemma by inventing a cast-iron rifled cannon that had a wrought-iron reinforcing band wrapped around the breech. Banded guns were not rotated when manufactured, so gravity acted on the bands as they cooled, making an uneven fit. Parrott solved the problem by rotating the gun barrel during the cooling process. The gun was first developed in 1860. Parrott later remarked, "I do not profess to think that they are the best gun in the world, but I think they were the best practical thing that could be got at the time".

Despite the reinforcing band, the gun would burst unpredictably at the muzzle. or near the trunnions. The Parrott field guns were simple for the gun crews to operate and the guns were usable even if part of the muzzle was blown off. Another great advantage of the 10-pounder Parrott was its low average cost of $180 per gun barrel. Compared to this, the bronze 12-pounder Napoleon cost $550 and the 3-inch Ordnance rifle cost $350 per gun. On 23 May 1861, the US government accepted the first ten 10-pounder Parrott rifles. The West Point Foundry helped the Federal war effort to such a degree that a joke made the rounds that the U.S. national emblem should be changed from an eagle to a parrot. The 20-pounder Parrott rifle (with banded breech) was also employed in field artillery units, but the 10-pounder Parrott was far more commonly used.

Manufacture
The West Point Foundry manufactured between 228 and 255 2.9-inch 10-pounder Parrott rifles, Model 1861 through the end of 1862. Because the Ordnance Department thoroughly trusted Robert Parrott, he acted as both gun founder and the inspecting ordnance officer, a unique arrangement. The gun barrels weighed between 884 lb and 917 lb. The rifling consisted of three equally-wide lands and grooves. At first the guns were equipped with a tall, thin front sight at the muzzle and a pendulum hausse rear sight on the breech. The front sight was easily damaged, so this arrangement was soon replaced by a front sight on top of the right rimbase (adjacent to the trunnion) and a brass Parrott tangent sight mounted on the right side of the wrought iron band at a two o'clock orientation. On 24 September 1863, the Ordnance Board recommended that production of the 2.9-inch Parrott be halted and that existing guns be re-bored to 3-inch caliber. This decision may have been influenced by gun jams caused by accidentally loading the 2.9-inch Parrott with 3-inch ammunition. Between November 1864 and June 1865, 119 2.9-inch Parrott rifles were converted to 3-inch caliber, though none have survived. The West Point Foundry halted production of 2.9-inch Parrott rifles on 13 April 1863 and the 3-inch versions did not appear until 12 February 1864. Altogether, 279 of the new 3-inch Parrott rifles, Model 1863 were manufactured until 4 September 1865.

In 1860, the West Point Foundry sold a Parrott rifle to the state of Virginia. The artillery piece was put through trials by none other than Thomas J. Jackson, a little-known Virginia Military Institute professor who later became the famous general. Impressed by its range and accuracy, Jackson gave it a glowing report, leading Virginia to order 12 more. These guns were probably of 2.9-inch caliber, but this is not certain. In any case, one of these Parrott rifles performed admirably at the Battle of Big Bethel on 10 June 1861. With the outbreak of war, the Tredegar Iron Works began manufacturing a copy of the 2.9-inch Parrott rifle for the Confederacy. Tredegar produced 80 2.9-inch Parrott rifles from 18 November 1861 to 20 February 1865. Other Confederate gun founders manufactured the Parrott rifles including A. B. Reading & Brother of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Street, Hungerford & Jackson of Memphis, Tennessee, and Bujac and Bennett of New Orleans. Five guns survived, but no manufacturer can be positively identified from their markings.

Specifications

The 10-pounder Parrott rifle was a muzzle-loader. It had a bore (caliber) with a diameter of 2.9 in and fired a projectile weighing 9.5 lb. Its gun barrel was 74 in long and weighed about 890 lb. The gunpowder charge weighed 1.0 lb and fired the projectile with a muzzle velocity of 1230 ft/s to a distance of 1850 yd at 5° elevation. The 10-pounder Parrott was manufactured with a right-hand gaining twist (increasing toward the muzzle). The twist rate was one turn in 16 ft. A smoothbore cannon's projectile typically retained only one-third of its muzzle velocity at 1500 yd and its round shot could be seen in the air. Meanwhile, a rifled projectile generally retained two-thirds of its initial velocity at 1,500 yds. and remained invisible in flight. However, a rifled projectile could become visible if the shell began to tumble out of control. Tumbling occurred when the shell failed to take the grooves inside the gun barrel or when the spin wore off in flight. The unusual 2.9-inch caliber was the same as that of a smoothbore 3-pounder gun, which fired a round shot with a diameter of 2.9 inches. Rifled projectiles were heavier than smoothbore shot because they were elongated.

The 10-pounder Parrott rifle was mounted on the standard gun carriage for the M1841 6-pounder field gun. Because its projectile weighed more than a 6-pound round shot, the rifle's greater recoil could damage the gun carriage. The 6-pounder carriage weighed 900 lb. The 10-pounder Parrott rifle fired case shot (shrapnel), common shell, and canister shot. The use of bolts (solid shot) was rare and it was generally not provided in the ammunition chests. Firing shell without the fuse would accomplish the same result as firing a solid shot from a rifled gun. Parrott ammunition was designed to be used. In an emergency, 3-inch Parrott rifles could also fire Hotchkiss and Schenkl ammunition. However, experience showed that Parrott projectiles worked best in Parrott rifles while Hotchkiss and Schenkl projectiles were most effective when fired from the 3-inch Ordnance rifle. That was because the 10-pounder Parrott rifling had 3 grooves while the 3-inch Ordnance rifling had 7 grooves. In particular, the Parrott rifle's gaining twist caused the Hotchkiss projectile's soft sabot to be torn off. One weakness of Parrott ammunition was the sabot's position at the projectile's base. This meant that the final impulse on the shell as it left the gun was on its base, potentially causing the shell to wobble.

For two reasons, canister shot fired from rifled guns was less effective than canister fired from a 12-pounder Napoleon or a M1841 12-pounder howitzer. First, the rifled gun's 2.9-inch or 3-inch bore was narrower than the 12-pounder's 4.62 in bore and could hurl fewer canister balls. Second, the barrel's rifling caused the canister to be blasted in an irregular pattern. Union General Henry Jackson Hunt believed that the range of canister fired from rifled guns was only half the 400 yd effective range of canister fired from the 12-pounder Napoleon.

Federal batteries were organized with six guns of identical type early in the conflict. Each 6-gun battery required fourteen 6-horse teams and seven spare horses. The teams towed the six artillery pieces and limbers, six caissons, one battery wagon, and one traveling forge. Each caisson carried two ammunition chests and the limber carried one additional ammunition chest. The 10-pounder Parrott rifle carried 50 rounds in each ammunition chest. A memo from November 1863 specified that rifled guns should have 25 shells, 20 shrapnel (case shot), and 5 canister rounds in each ammunition chest. In March 1865, a memo recommended that each chest carry 30 shells, 15 shrapnel, and 5 canister rounds for rifled guns of the horse artillery. The gun required a crew consisting of 1 sergeant, 2 corporals, and 6 gunners, while 6 drivers managed the horses.

History

Captain Richard Waterman of Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, believed that the 10-pounder Parrott rifle was more accurate than the 3-inch Ordnance rifle at 900 - 1500 yd range. Union General Quincy Adams Gillmore liked the Parrott rifles, noting that untrained artillery crews could easily learn how to operate them. Confederate officer Edward Porter Alexander wanted to get rid of his 10-pounder Parrott rifles and replace them with M1841 24-pounder howitzers. One artillery officer reported that the Parrott percussion shells performed very well with only two shells failing to explode out of about 30.

In the First Battle of Kernstown on 23 March 1862, the Union troops temporarily under the command of Nathan Kimball included 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery E (Clark's) armed with six 10-pounder Parrott rifles. At the Battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862, the number of 10-pounder Parrott rifles was 57 for the Union Army of the Potomac and at least 43 for the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Union 10-pounder Parrott rifles were almost all massed in four or six gun batteries. Meanwhile, the Confederates distributed theirs by ones, twos, or threes in mixed batteries. The six-gun Union batteries included Battery B, 1st New York Light Artillery (Pettit's), Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery (Tompkins's), Battery A, 1st New Jersey Light Artillery (Hexamer's), and Battery D, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (Durell's). McCarthy's Richmond Virginia battery consisted of two 10-pounder Parrott rifles and two 6-pounder field guns.

At the Second Battle of Corinth on 3–4 October 1862, Battery H, 1st Missouri Light Artillery was armed with a mix of 10-pounder Parrott rifles and 24-pounder howitzers. In 1862 alone, the US government ordered 270,699 Parrott projectiles. This included ammunition for Parrott rifles other than the 10-pounder. On 2 July 1863 during the Battle of Gettysburg, the six 10-pounder Parrott rifles of the 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery D commanded by Captain Charles E. Hazlett took position on Little Round Top. When General Gouverneur K. Warren pointed out that the guns would not be able to fire on their attackers, Hazlett replied, "The sound of my guns will be encouraging to our troops." The Parrott rifles were not used again after the end of the war. In October 1865, the Chief of Ordnance stated that the frequent bursting of Parrott rifles lowered confidence in the weapon and that the Ordnance department would look for a more reliable weapon.

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Portal:Computer engineering

Welcome to the Wikiversity Department of Computer Engineering.

The Department of Computer Engineering is a Wikiversity content development project where participants create, organize and develop learning resources for Computer Engineering.

Computer engineering (sometimes also called electronic and computer engineering) is a discipline that combines elements of both electrical engineering and computer science. Computer engineers are electrical engineers that have additional training in the areas of software design and hardware-software integration. In turn, they focus less on power electronics and physics. Computer engineers are involved on all aspects of computing, from the design of individual microprocessors, personal computers, and supercomputers, to circuit design, as well as the integration of computer systems into other kinds of systems (a motor vehicle, for example, has a number of subsystems that are computer and digitally oriented)[2]. Common computer engineering tasks include writing embedded software for real-time microcontrollers, designing VLSI chips, working with analog sensors, designing mixed signal circuit boards, and designing operating systems. Computer engineers are also well-suited for research in the field of robotics, which relies on using computers together with other electrical systems.

Learning projects
See: Learning Projects and the Learning model.

Learning materials and learning projects are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a link to the name of the learning project (learning projects are independent pages in the main namespace) and start writing! We suggest the use of the learning project template (use "subst:Learning project boilerplate" on the new page, inside the double curved brackets – ).

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
 * Algorithms
 * Computer architecture and organization
 * Computer systems engineering
 * Database systems
 * Embedded systems
 * Human-computer interaction
 * Operating systems
 * Software engineering
 * VLSI design and fabrication
 * Writing Requirement Specifications Wikiversity Workshop

Many of the areas of electronic engineering and computer engineering overlap, such as electronics and digital systems which form the basis of electronic components.

Remember, Wikiversity has adopted the "learning by doing" model for education. Lessons should center on learning activities for Wikiversity participants. We learn by doing.

Select a descriptive name for each learning project.

 * Efficiency in Computing Project

Department news

 * August 22, 2006 - Department founded!
 * July 16, 2008 - Department ready to be made anew. Look for an outline and links associating with Electrical Engineering. --Bgorges 01:58, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Subtopics
Besides having a sound knowledge of the mathematics and the sciences which form an integral part of any engineering discipline, computer engineering encompasses topics that are more unique to the discipline, such as boolean algebra, electric circuits, computer architecture and computer programming.[4]

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Alexander Gingsjö

Alexander Gingsjö (born 23 December 1980) is a Swedish road cyclist. He competed at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.

Major results
Source:

 * 2011
 * 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 5th Scandinavian Race Uppsala

 * 2012
 * 1st Stage 1 Baltic Chain Tour

 * 2013
 * 1st Scandinavian Race Uppsala

 * 2014
 * 1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships

 * 2015
 * 1st MaillotSuecia.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Stage 3 Baltic Chain Tour

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Category:Islands of the Stockholm archipelago

This category includes the islands that lie within the archipelago in Stockholm County. For islands in Stockholm Municipality, see Category:Islands of Stockholm.


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Idi Sangathi

Idi Sangathi is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Chandra Siddhartha. The film stars Tabu and Abbas in the lead roles with Raja in a cameo role. This film marks the second film in which they are paired together after the Tamil films Kadhal Desam (1996). The film is an adaptation of the novel Nuvve Kaadu.

Cast

 * Abbas as Satyamurthy
 * Tabu as Swarajyalakshmi
 * Sunil as Neeladri
 * Kota Srinivasa Rao as Chief Minister
 * Raghunatha Reddy as Police Officer
 * Chalapathi Rao as DGP
 * Hema
 * Surya as Police Inspector
 * M. S. Narayana
 * L. B. Sriram
 * Brahmaji
 * Raja Ravindra
 * Gautam Raju
 * Shankar Melkote
 * Devadas Kanakala
 * Jenny
 * Janardhan
 * Apoorva
 * Raja as Clover King (cameo appearance)
 * Anita Hassanandani and Samiksha as item numbers

Soundtrack
Music was composed by John P. Varki and was released on Madhura Audio.

Critical reception
A critic from Rediff.com gave the film a two out of five stars stating that "Chandra Siddhartha has chosen a topical theme but fails in his depiction of it as the treatment is quite bland. Quite a disappointment, considering the good cast". A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Idi Sangathi is one of those films that is unclear on whether to be full-fledged parallel cinema or proper commercial stuff. Sometimes it appears to want to be some kind of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, but all it can do is get in the same sentence of a review as that film".

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Terreiro Loba Nekun Filho

Terreiro Loba Nekun Filho, also spelled as Terreiro Lobanekum Filho, or Casa de Mae Lira, is a Candomblé terreiro in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. It was founded by Amazilia Matias da Conceição (1906-1997), better known as Mãe Lira de Iemanjá Ogunté. Unlike other terreiros that cover large urban or rural spaces, Terreiro Loba Nekun Filho is located in a long, narrow single-story row house. The terreiro is protected as a historic structure by the state of Bahia.

History
Terreiro Loba Nekun Filho was founded in 1930 by Amazilia Matias da Conceição (1906-1997), better known as Mãe Lira de Iemanjá Ogunté. Mãe Lira was an initiate of Terreiro Loba'Nekun, a Candomblé terreiro in Terra Vermelha, a rural area north of the town of Cachoeira. She was dedicated to the orisha, or deity, Iemanjá. Mãe Lira was 17 at the time of her initiation, and left Terreiro Loba'Nekun in 1925 to found an independent terreiro, called Terreiro Loba Nekun Filho, filho meaning "son" in Portuguese. Mãe Lira and members of the terreiros are of nagô origin, or descendants of enslaved people from Yoruba-speaking people of present-day Nigeria and Benin.

Leadership of the terreiro was passed to Zuleide da Paixão Lima, better known as Mãe Ledinha de Oyá, after the death of Mãe Lira. Mãe Ledinha is the niece of the founder. The terreiro expanded after the death of Mãe Lira to occupy an adjacent, narrow house.

Location
Terreiro Loba Nekun Filho is located on a street that descends from the rear of the Church of Nossa Senhora do Monte, constructed in 1795. Unlike other Candomblé terreiros in Cachoeira, it is located within the urban center of Cachoeira. The terreiro is in a long row of connected, single-story houses.

Grounds and structures
Terreiro Loba Nekun Filho is located in a long, narrow, single-story house. The rear of the terreiro opens to a small yard.

Festivals
Terreiro Loba Nekun Filho holds public festivals in June, August, and December. The June 1st festival coincides with a public commemoration honoring the Independence of Bahia. They include a water offering to the orixa Iemanjá, as well as celebrations in honor of Obaluaê, Ogum, Oxossi, Xangô, and Caboclo Juremeira, a Brazilian Amerindian folk deity.

 * June: Iemanjá, Ogun, Oxossi, Xangô
 * August: Nanã and Obaluaê
 * December: Caboclo Juremeira.

Heritage status
Terreiro Loba Nekun Filho is a protected structure by the Bahian Institute of Artistic Culture and Heritage (Instituto do Patrimônio Artístico e Cultural da Bahia) under Decree no. 15.681 of 2014.

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Obsolete musical instruments

There are a great variety of other instruments that have been made that are no longer around. Here are some examples:

 * Basset Horn: a single reed instrument that was often bent in a variety of shapes then sent through a soundbox
 * Natural horn: an older version of the horn which uses a series of tubing extensions which attach at the mouthpiece hole
 * Racket: a double-reed instrument that sends the sound through a series of waves to deepen the sound
 * Saxhorns: Adolphe Sax developed both the woodwind saxophones, and an odd variety of brass instruments called "Saxhorns"
 * Theremin: an electronic instrument that is played by moving ones hands around
 * Valve trombone: apparently these instruments exist, but I've never seen one
 * Viol: an early form of the violin
 * Wagner Tuba: a tuba-like instrument that is played and built like a horn, mainly of course used by Richard Wagner

There are a great many others, but this is a start.

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