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Tempest and Sunshine

Tempest and Sunshine is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film is an adaptation of Mary Jane Holmes's 1854 novel Tempest and Sunshine, and features the devious Tempest and the benevolent Sunshine being wooed by a Dr. Lacey. Tempest and Bill Jeffreys conspire against Sunshine. By intercepting the lovers' letters the doctor instead decides to marry Tempest, but Jeffreys interrupts the ceremony to reveal the conspiracy. The doctor and Sunshine are reunited. The novel was a popular subject of plays and vaudeville, but the Thanhouser adaptation appears to be the first film version for it predates the adaptations in The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Released on June 28, 1910, the production received a favorable review in The Moving Picture News. The film is presumed lost.

Plot
The Moving Picture World synopsis states, "Planter Middleton, of Kentucky, has two beautiful daughters. One of them is known as Tempest and the other is Sunshine, because of their different dispositions. Sunshine is wooed by Bill Jeffreys, the village postmaster, whom she does not love and rejects. Later her heart is won by young Dr. Lacey from New Orleans. Soon after they become engaged, the doctor is compelled to return to his home city on business. During his absence, Tempest, who is in love with him, conspires with Bill Jeffreys to intercept the lovers' letters. They succeed in making Julia and the doctor each think the other is untrue. The doctor, in a spirit of pique, decides to marry Tempest. Sunshine remains true, and confides to no one the sorrow that she feels. Just as Tempest and the doctor are about to be married, the ceremony is interrupted by Jeffreys, who confesses the plot — having left a sick bed to do so. The guilty ones are forgiven and the lovers reunited."

Cast
The identification of the cast is uncertain, the only known credit attributed by Q. David Bowers is for Violet Heming in a leading role. According to a response in The Motion Picture Story Magazine, Anna Rosemond played the role of Tempest and Heming played the role of Sunshine. Violet Heming was the second leading lady of Thanhouser and worked for Thanhouser intermittently until her departure in the spring of 1911. Other cast members may have included the other leading players of the Thanhouser productions, possibly Frank H. Crane.

Production
The story for the production is an adaptation of Mary Jane Holmes's 1854 novel Tempest and Sunshine. The story is of two sisters, the deceitful Julia, nicknamed Tempest, and her benevolent sister Fanny, nicknamed Sunshine. The writer of the adapted scenario is unknown, but it was most likely Lloyd Lonergan. Lonergan was an experienced newspaperman employed by The New York Evening World while writing scripts for the Thanhouser productions. He was the most important script writer for Thanhouser, averaging 200 scripts a year from 1910 to 1915. The film director is unknown, but it may have been Barry O'Neil. Bowers does not attribute a cameraman for this production, but two possible candidates exist. Blair Smith was the first cameraman of the Thanhouser company, but he was soon joined by Carl Louis Gregory who had years of experience as a still and motion picture photographer. The role of the cameraman was uncredited in 1910 productions.

Release and reception
The single reel drama, approximately 1,020 feet long, was released on June 28, 1910. The Moving Picture News reviewed the film positively for its settings, photography and its acting. The reviewer added that the film is likely to please the audiences because of its happy ending with a wedding. The novel was a popular subject of stage productions; a production with Tom Lennon and his company was advertised to have broken many records in the 1909 season. Another production was put on by Gladys George and the Middle States Stock company in August 1910. The continued popularity of the novel would be evidenced by the future productions by other companies of the same subject with Independent Moving Pictures (IMP) making a two reel version in 1914. In 1915, Rialto for Gaumont Film Company produced another version of the work under the title Sunshine and Tempest. Other productions included a vaudeville team of "Sunshine and Tempest". These records make identifying the stage, vaudeville and different film showings difficult. Theaters specifically advertising the Thanhouser production included those in Kansas, and two theaters in Indiana. The work is sometimes omitted in large reference works, such as The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film which includes the 1914 IMP production and a 1916 Dixie Film production. As a result, it appears that the Thanhouser production appears to be the earliest known film adaptation of the work, but it is presumed lost.

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Rui Drumond

Rui Alberto Martins Golias Drumond de Sousa (born 1980), also known as Rui Drumond, is a Portuguese singer.

Career
Drumond participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, representing Portugal along with Luciana Abreu, forming the duo "2B". They finished 17th in the semi-final, failing to qualify. In 2014, he won season 2 of The Voice Portugal. In 2017, he participated in Festival da Canção and attempted to qualify for Eurovision Song Contest for the second time, with his single "O Teu Melhor", only to be eliminated in the semi-finals.

source: wikimedia

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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French/Appendices/Web resources

Link collections

 * Wikipedia French language external links - Dozens of valuable links.

Travel in France

 * France travel guide on Wikivoyage

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Zarandeh, Mazul

Zarandeh is a village in Mazul Rural District, in the Central District of Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 458, in 116 families.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Ivermee

The result of the debate was delete. Shanel 01:39, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

David Ivermee
Delete as non-notable. Although what is claimed in relation to Make Poverty History is true (see ), nothing in the article seems to me to meet the requirements of WP:BIO. htonl 21:36, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom (clearly non-notable vanity page). Joe 21:45, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. With this threshhold for notability, there'll be another 5 billion to come.... Slowmover 21:57, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable. Chairman S.  Talk  22:11, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete Why is this page not tagged nn-bio? An unremarkable report of the life of an A-level candidate schoolboy, WP:BIO refers.   (aeropagitica)   22:32, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete obvious . Gwernol 22:38, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

This article is a biographical account of the life of a talented and well-known if young, individual who is sure to become a leading figure in Politics in years to come. Removing this article will only mean someone having to submit another in the future. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billy Beaumont (talk • contribs)
 * You are free to recreate the article after he has done something notable. There are tens of millions of promising young people who haven't done anything notable yet. This is one of them. Fan1967 23:08, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Speedy delete Yet another of the infinite number of schoolkid vanity pages we get all the time. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  23:21, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete per above. --Khoikhoi 05:27, 21 March 2006 (UTC)


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Connecticut River Academy
The Connecticut River Academy is a high school located in East Hartford, Connecticut.

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Brightest Star (film)

Brightest Star (also titled Light Years) is a 2013 American independent romantic comedy film directed by Maggie Kiley and starring Chris Lowell and Rose McIver. The film, which also marks Kiley's directorial debut, is based on her 2009 short film Some Boys Don't Leave.

Plot
After his girlfriend dumps him, a young man (Chris Lowell) tries to become the kind of person she desires, but his growing love for a singer (Jessica Szohr) and some advice from an astronomer (Allison Janney) help him remain true to himself.

Cast

 * Chris Lowell as The Boy
 * Rose McIver as Charlotte Cates
 * Jessica Szohr as Lita Markovic
 * Alex Kaluzhsky as Ray
 * Clark Gregg as Mr. Markovic
 * Allison Janney as The Astronomer
 * Elvy Yost as Jodi
 * Peter Jacobson as Dr. Lambert

Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 13% based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 4.17/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 32 out of 100, based on nine critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com gave it one and a half stars.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New York Summer Music Festival

The result was no consensus. – filelakeshoe (t / c)   13:24, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

New York Summer Music Festival

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Fails WP:GNG with no indication on its notability or any sources. Shaded0 (talk) 18:12, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:47, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:49, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:49, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * Delete.  I tried to find sources, but there doesn't appear to be any significant independent coverage of this subject.  Edgeweyes (talk) 20:50, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 02:19, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Weak Delete. The only third-party mention I can find anywhere is this free listing on "summercamps.com" with no real information and a link to the program's now-defunct webpage. — Rutebega ( talk ) 05:26, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

 * My google-fu needs work, evidently. The local paper ran a pretty detailed piece about its closing. Notability is still debatable. — Rutebega ( talk ) 05:46, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Relisting per expansion and new sources added to the article.
 * Keep, Notable and has been an important place for musicians in furthering their education and careers. I have done some work on it as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karl Twist (talk • contribs) 09:58, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:40, 4 October 2017 (UTC)


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Challis High School

Challis Jr. Sr. High School is a school in Challis, Idaho. The former Challis High School, a building at 701 Main Ave. in Challis, Idaho, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was destroyed by the 1983 Borah Peak earthquake.

It was a stone building, built of local tuff stone, which demonstrated "the persistence of the false-front idea in Challis architecture. Here, the false front masks a simpler gabled schoolhouse and projects an image more in keeping with urban schools of the period."

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Rockdale Town Hall

The Rockdale Town Hall is a civic building located on the corner of the Princes Highway and Bryant Street in Rockdale, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

History
Rockdale Town Hall was opened by The Rt Hon. The Lord Wakehurst, Governor of New South Wales, on 12 October 1940. The building was designed by then-local architect Douglas Gardiner, who became a Melbourne-based partner of Bates Smart & McCutcheon after World War II.

Built at a cost of A£20,000, the council chamber was at the time of construction 49 x and the auditorium was 85 x. It is built of face brick detailed with stone at copings and around window architraves. The building entrance is marked by a stone portico and brick tower. The hall's interiors have elaborate art deco style plaster details to it walls and ceiling. The building is listed on local government heritage register within the New South Wales Heritage Database as "a fine representative example of a late inter-war stripped classical building with functionalist influences".

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Sanskrit Language

Courses
2 years with each level as quarter 3 years with each level as semester

First Level

 * Introduction to Sanskrit
 * Sanskrit as an embodiment of Reality
 * Introduction to Devanagari
 * The calligraphy
 * About pronunciation
 * Vowels
 * Consonants
 * Compound consonants
 * Romanized Sanskrit
 * Capitalization vs. doubling
 * Examples from sacred texts
 * Sanskrit grammar
 * Declination of verbs
 * Case of nouns
 * Combining rules: Sandhi
 * Sanskrit Grammar: Sutras of Panini
 * Pandits and tradition
 * The teacher/pupll relationship
 * Maintaining accuracy through the centuries
 * The six vedangas
 * Readings from sacred texts
 * Bhagavad Gita
 * Rig Veda: Mandalas 1, 9, and 10
 * Upanishads

Second Level

 * Etymology: translating Sanskrit words
 * Comparative studies of Sanskrit and English
 * Devanagari 1
 * Sanskrit Grammar 2
 * Sanskrit pronunciation 2: chanting

Third Level

 * Translating Sanskrit: sentences
 * Devanagari 2
 * Comparative studies of Sanskrit and Pāli
 * Sanskrit literature 1: poems

 * Sanskrit pronunciation 3: talking

Fourth Level

 * Writing in Sanskrit: poems
 * Devanagari calligraphy
 * Translating Sanskrit: scripture
 * Sanskrit literature 2: prose
 * Introduction to Buddhism

Fifth Level

 * Devanagari calligraphy 2
 * Comparative studies of Sanskrit and AngloSaxon
 * Sanskrit literature 3: sacred scriptures
 * Sanskrit pronunciation 4: discourse
 * Buddhist scriptures

Sixth Level

 * Devanagari calligraphy 2
 * Sanskrit history
 * Sanskrit literature 4: translating scriptures
 * Writing in Sanskrit: prose
 * Comparative studies of Sanskrit and Latin

Other

 * [[File:Spoken sanskrit 1.pdf]]

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1987 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1987 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It finished second-to-last in the Colonial League.

Bucknell played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

History
During its second year under head coach George Landis, the Bison compiled a 4–5–1 record. Jim Given and Greg Schiano were the team captains.

Bucknell's team was outscored 259 to 248. Its 1–3–1 conference record placed it fifth in the six-team Colonial League standings.

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Mount Ward (Massachusetts)

Mount Ward is a small summit in Marlboro, Massachusetts. The summit is located in Marlboro State Forest and the top can be reached via the Mount Ward Trail, a 1.2 mile loop accessible year round. Mount Ward is 410 ft elevation, with a prominence of 154 ft.

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Talk:Dagmar (novel)

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I removed the following, though it could be added to the appropriate articles on the authors, if sources can be found: Zlatko Topčić became one of the few writers who won this important prize twice (first time he was awarded for the novel Nightmare'' in 1997). His father, Zaim Topčić, is also the double winner of the Annual Award of Association of Writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.'' —— Henry chianski (talk) 20:14, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

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глаголъ

Alternative forms

 * Glagolitic:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) word
 * 2) speech
 * 3) teaching

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東邦

Noun

 * 1) eastern country

Proper noun

 * 1)  Korea

Noun

 * 1) Eastern nation, Eastern country.

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Talk:Western Sydney Stadium

Name
The name should be changed to Bankwest Stadium on this wiki Brqknaufn (talk) 07:07, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
 * No it shouldn't. Using commercial/sponsored names generally provides less information to readers. Everyone knows where Western Sydney is. The sponsored name provides no indication of its location. It could be anywhere in the world. HiLo48 (talk) 07:11, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

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User:Khalifa gwarzo

Abdullahi Tijjani Gwarzo(1960) is the formar deputy governor of kano state under the flag of ANPP from 2007 to 2011. He was a formar four time local goverment chairman,a special adiviser and a formar commissioner for water reasource kano. Gwarzo has two wives. Which are, Hajiya Habiba T Gwarzo. Hajiya Aisha T Gwarzo. He has eleven children which are Habib Abdullahi tijjani Ahmad Abdullahi tijjani

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Investing/Rental properties

Rental properties are a way to have a long-term monthly income as well as build equity, meaning that the property has value in itself that can be recovered upon sale.

= Me, a landlord? = You, yes, you, can be a landlord. Well, maybe not *you*, but that other guy over there. Yes, him.

He's got reasonably good credit, some initial cash, plus a moderate amount of time and patience to deal with initial paperwork and projects. He's willing to make his life more complicated now in the hope that he might be exchanging it for greater wealth later. And he lives very near an area where people are looking to rent.

To be a landlord, he will need: a place to rent (fully insured), tenants in that place, and carefully constructed written agreements with the tenants (leases) that talk about how everyone is expected to behave, including how much the tenants will pay. If he doesn't have a place already, he'll need to buy it, which will mean negotiating with the previous owners (or their agents) and bankers.

If the landlord can find a place to buy such that his monthly total of mortgage payments, insurance, taxes, utility, repair and miscellaneous costs are less than the rent he's taking in, he'll be making money. This may not be realistic at the start. A high property cost, low amount of down payment, a less than ideal interest rate, high taxes and critical property repairs could push expenses too high for profit. But he'll never know for sure until he researches his local market and starts making calls.

= Choosing a property =

Single Family Houses
Houses are a higher risk than apartments and condominiums simply because usually a house costs more and therefore you have a higher risk of negative monthly cash flow if your property is vacant. With a condo, since the overall cost is usually less, your exposure to risk is less. Likewise in an apartment since there are more units to rent if one is vacant there will still be some rent collected every month. For instance if an investor buys a 4 unit building (four-plex), with 2400 total square feet, then rents each 600 square foot unit for $500/month, the total rent collected is $2000 dollars. Lets say this same investor buys a 2400 square foot single family home and rents it for the same $2000 a month. The risk is obvious; the single family tenant could decided to leave, then the investor is stuck with a property with zero dollars collected for rent. While the four-plex only has one unit vacant, the other three are still rented thus the investor has $1500 of rent still coming in. The four-plex is a much smaller risk.

The other negative is a multi-unit investment property usually rents at a higher rate per square foot than a single family house. Lets assume this same investor can get around $0.83 per square foot for a single family house while the four-plex will rent at $1 per square foot. That is $2400 of total potential rent for the four-plex, and $2000 for the single family house. It is obvious multi-family investing is better for maximizing positive cash-flow for a real estate investor.

On a positive note single-family houses have tended to appreciate faster and more steadily than condos, in a steady real estate market, although that's no guarantee of future price changes. For this reason the single family house may equalize the monthly cash flow of a condominium when looking at a long-term investment (5 to 10 years +). It is important to look at the history of the neighborhood and region you are investing in to determine the best strategy that meets your financial goals before investing in single family houses. But remember, history is only a guide - the future may be very different and can't be predicted. Even the nicest area now can become a slum in the future.

Condos
Condos are a great place to start for first time investors, simply because they require very little 'exterior' maintenance. Usually you pay an 'Association Fee' (HOA) that does all the 'Common Area' maintenance. This leaves you free to concentrate on the inside and taking care of the renters.

Be wary, however. In a condo agreement, you are vulnerable to risks associated with the other condos. If another condo owner in the association goes bankrupt, you may be subject to higher HOA fees. Likewise, if another condo falls into disrepair it may become very difficult to rent or sell your unit. The larger fraction of ownership each associate owns, the greater the risk. Condo rules may change without your consent, as they are subject to majority votes; imagine the association deciding the units can no longer be rented!

Vacation Properties
= Buying the property =

Financing the purchase
You don't actually need to have a lot of cash on hand to buy a property. All you need is to have access to cash. This can be through equity that you withdraw from your home through a second mortgage or line of credit, or the cash a partner in a joint venture provides. This initial cash - whatever the source - provides your down payment.

When you have a down payment that is sufficiently large (10% of purchase price, 25% or some other amount), a lender can lend you the rest. This lent sum will normally be secured against the value of the property, through a mortgage.

Remember though the interest you are paying on the loan reduces your profit and the level of your risk increases the more you borrow... if your property is empty you still need to pay the mortgage.

= Renting the property = Predicting rental income from a property is important because it is your only source of active income from the investment. The property may gain value over time and provide you with return upon sale of the property in the future, but it should not expected. Your rental property investment should be profitable on the rental income alone.

There are several ways to estimate rental income. In rough order of accuracy:
 * The property may be currently rented, or have a rental history. Request this information from the seller.
 * Ask your real estate agent for a list of rental income statements from properties in the immediate area. Highlight those that are similar to the property of interest (# of beds/baths, sq. ft, general appearance, amenities, etc).  This can be very easy if a subdivision has identical homes, or rather difficult if the area is diverse (socioeconomically, and building type).  Pay close attention to location nuances; depending on your target renter you may note public school district boundaries, busy streets, parks/stores/entertainment, nearby colleges etc.  Try to compare the differences between your potential investment and the similar homes.  Keep track of positive and negative characteristics and do your best to estimate rental income.
 * Use the 'Rent Zestimate' from Zillow.com. Zillow provides a range for this estimate; the smaller the range, the more certain the Zestimate is.  Keep in mind Zillow may not have complete or accurate information about the property.  It's up to you verify the statistics Zillow presents.  Hint!  If the information on Zillow is not current, your seller's agent is inexperienced or an old timer.  Either way, the audience of potential buyers for the property is smaller and you may be able to negotiate more aggressively.

Once you have estimated the rental potential, it's time to correct the figure for vacancy and management costs. If you plan to manage the property yourself, do not correct for management. Management costs range from 8 to 12% of rental income on average. Skimping here may result in unruly tenants, more vacancy, and unchecked maintenance. Paying a premium may save you in the vacancy and maintenance department. 10% is a good rule of thumb for initial calculations. Vacancy should be expected and projected as well. Rule of thumb: 7% (about 1 month a year). Therefore, if you estimate rent to be $1,000 a month, multiply by .9 and then by .93 to obtain $837. Sobering, but if you calculate conservatively your risk will be mitigated.

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The 2005 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship was a cricket tournament held in South Africa from 21–26 August 2005, during the 2005 international season. All matches were held at the Willowmoore Park complex in Benoni, Gauteng.

Namibia won the tournament by defeating Uganda in the final, with both teams qualifying for the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. Tanzanian batsman Benson Mwita led the competition in runs scored, while Kenya's Rohit Vekaria took the most wickets. Ugandan all-rounder Ronald Ssemanda was Player of the Final.

The tournament was jointly organised by the African Cricket Association (ACA) and ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP), with eight teams (six African and two EAP) participating, divided into two pools for the group stages. Another joint tournament had been held in 2003, for the 2004 World Cup, but separate qualifying tournaments have been held since – the ICC Africa Under-19 Championships and the EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy.

Teams and qualification
Teams were unchanged from the 2003 tournament in Namibia:

5th-place playoff
Two semi-finals were held for the 5th-place playoff, with Zambia defeating Fiji by four wickets and Tanzania defeating Nigeria by eight wickets. The losing teams played each other in the 7th-place playoff.

Final
Two semi-finals were held, with Uganda defeating Kenya by two wickets and Namibia defeating Papua New Guinea by 100 runs. The losing teams played each other in the 3rd-place playoff.

Most runs
The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.

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Most wickets
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the most comprehensive Chinese to English dictionary around to the new ABC Comprehensive Dictionary, edited by John Defrancis and the new Chinese to English Dictionary by Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press.

My first question is this: Does the Chinese to English Dictionary by Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press contain both simplified and traditional characters? and my second question is: Does it also have documentation/explanations of characters and usage in English?

If anyone has any experience with this dictionary I would really appreciate any help you can give me.

Thanks all,

Bo Han

I use the Chinese to English Dictionary by Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press (1993 edition, and I think it is one of the most comprehensive existing Chinese-English dictionary. Its 3 indexes (pinyin, radicals, strokes' number) contain both traditional and simplified characters, and it clearly points out in which cases the exact traditional character equivalent is. It is one of the best, even though one can always find an expression not included in the dictionary (perhaps the are more recent edition than the one I have) Yinyue Mike

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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 12:54 pm   Post subject: Best Dictionary

If this Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. Press dictionary is the one I'm thinking of (two volumes?) it is a very good dictionary, but I might have to vote for the DeFrances dictionary. The new comprehensive dictionary has a huge number of entries (180,000 or something) and the layout makes it easily the fastest way to look up a word for an English speaker -- especially in listening if you're not sure which character it is under. It has the traditional characters in the back as well as under the single character entries (but be careful--it only includes those characters that occur in isolation, it's truly a "word" dictionary, not a character dictionary as well). The former dictionary seemed to have a good number of Chinese government organization names, etc., and does give the meaning of each characters regardless of usage. I seem to remember that both dictionaries just use simplified characters in the main body but both reference traditional characters in the back. I may be confusing the first dictionary, though! Hope this helps!

Mike

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Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 15 Location: Taibei (Donghu) Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:04 pm   Post subject: Re: Best Dictionary

Yinyue Mike wrote: I seem to remember that both dictionaries just use simplified characters in the main body but both reference traditional characters in the back. I may be confusing the first dictionary, though!

The new ABC Comprehensive has traditional characters not only in the rear index and at single character entries, but also at compounds, so that unlike the original ABC, you can now tell which fu4 is in chong2fu4 (versus the one in hui1fu4). Very nice, highly recommended book. +++

The Starter Oxford Chinese Dictionary by Boping Yuan (Editor), Sally Church (Editor)

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Good Start Starter, December 28, 2002 Reviewer: professordavid (see more about me) from Zionsville, IN USA This is a handy companion for the beginning of Chinese study. It includes common words, has large type (very important to me), and lots of cross references and "topical" digressions (languages, dates, special words, etc. referenced with citations). It also has a nice measure word section (some are included with nouns, but not always). It also contains both American and British options in word uses.

What I don't like. It ONLY has simplified characters (I would like the traditional ones included also with a primary citation). Harbaugh's book focuses on traditional ones but has both; the bigger Oxford (Manser, 2nd Ed.) has both. It does not have a pronunciation guide which, as a beginner, would be helpful to remind us (constrain us?). Some common words are not in there (who's judgement call?). And, some examples would be helpful where the primary citation includes precedent words. For example, look up "qi" and be able to find "tianqi".

On balance: good overwhelm the bad. After all, it's only about $12-15. As other reviewers have commented, "You need several dictionaries anyway." Do I use it all the time. Absolutely. It's also more fun than the bigger Oxford (Manser). But if Oxford could see clear to include "my" downsides, I'd be much happier.

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Great for beginners, June 11, 2001 Reviewer: rhywun from Astoria, NY United States This dictionary is exactly what the beginning student of Mandarin Chinese needs. It's specifically targeted at English speakers who are just beginning to study Chinese. To that end, the size of the vocabulary is limited to just what you need as a beginner; there are numerous detailed usage and grammar notes throughout the dictionary; almost every entry has example phrases or sentences; all Chinese is given in both Pinyin and characters; and perhaps best of all - it's extremely clear, well-designed, and easy to read. My only complaint is that there is no index of traditional characters (all characters are simplified)...but that doesn't really detract from the quality of this dictionary.

Very Good Basic Dictionary, April 16, 2004 Reviewer: seanezm from Norwalk, CT United States I'm very satisfied - I can find every word I need a definition for. The typographic style (colors, bold, etc.)is a pleasure to use. I recommend highly.

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Very good Beginner Dictionary, August 25, 2003 Reviewer: markf1 (see more about me) from Union City, CA United States A very good English/Mandarin Chinese dictionary. I would give it five stars if it was more complete. The dictionary is missing a lot of words.

PROs The best layout I have found for Mandarin/English dictionary Clear Large Type (somewhere around 10 to 12 point font size) Chinese Characters are easy to read

CONs Very basic vocabulary, and is missing a number of important words

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Terrible, content is extremely limited., June 22, 2003 Reviewer: A reader from United States I know this is a "starter" dictionary, but I wouldn't recommend it even for beginners. There are very, very few entries. If you are studying the simplified characters, get your self a copy of the "Ying Han Cidian" by Beijing Languages Institue.

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Wish I Had It a Year Ago, June 9, 2003 Reviewer: Cathy Sahu (see more about me) from Southern California I've just completed my first two semesters studying Mandarin and they would have been a lot easier if I had had this dictionary from the beginning. Everyone says how easy Mandarin grammar is and that may be true relative to other languages (and relative to learning Chinese characters!), but you still need to learn quite a bit of Mandarin grammar before you can start formulating sentences. I always felt very uncomfortable doing my homework (translation from English to Chinese) because I didn't know whether I was using the grammar properly or not and had no way of checking. I was worried about accidentally getting into bad grammatical habits without even knowing it, because my textbook (Integrated Chinese) has really very little usage information and neither did the dictionaries I had on hand.

Once I got "The Starter Oxford Dictionary," however, homework became so much easier and I no longer feel insecure about sentence formulation. The emphasis in this dictionary is on usage, so instead of having tons and tons of words (which you can get from a regular dictionary), it has a fewer number of words with their usages very clearly explained and illustrated. For example: the entry for the English word "can": "Oxford Starter" divides "can" into three subcategories: "to have the possibility" (translated as neng); "to know how to" (hui); "to be allowed to" (keyi). The "neng" entry then gives two illustrative sentences "Can he come?/Ta neng lia ma?" and "Where can I buy stamps?/Wo zai nar neng maidao youpiao?" The "hui" subcategory has three such illustrative sentences and the "keyi" has four. There are also two warnings on translating "can," one for "hui" and one for "keyi": "Note that when talking about the ability to speak a language, whether or not "can" is used in English, "hui" is required in Chinese" and "Note that to negate, you have to use "bu neng" rather than "bu keyi."

Odds are, if you're studying Chinese, you're a bibiophile, too, so probably you don't need a lot of convincing to buy yet another Chinese dictionary. But in praise of this work I have to say that, if I could have only one book to help me learn elementary Mandarin, this would be it.

(Note: "The Oxford Started Chinese" does use only simplified characters. However, I am learning with traditional and found it wasn't that difficult to figure out what the traditional equivalents were, especially since the entries are organized by pinyin. It would be nice to have a traditional edition but I still wholeheartedly recommend the simplified.)

TWO thumbs up!, June 8, 2003 Reviewer: A reader from Australia I'm in my 2nd year of learning Chinese at university and would have to be one of the 'weaker' students. I originally bought the Concise Chinese Dictionary because it was listed on the text book list. I bought this dictionary a week ago and am LOVING it! I have my exam in a week and I am confident about using this dictionary in it becaues of it's excellent layout. My one gripe is that it is missing the word "discount" and the dicount concept...

Two thumbs up for this dictionary!

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Great beginners reference, especially for self-study., May 31, 2003 Reviewer: ed-word (see more about me) from El Paso, Texas United States Don't let the fact that this is a beginner's dictionary lead you to believe that it is wimpy and overly simplstic. You will indeed need several dictionarys anyway if you are going to undertake a study of Chinese; the beginner, especially those who are attempting self-study, can do no better than starting here. If you are a tourist going to China this is the one dictionary you want; its small, cheap, easy to use, and concentrates on commonly used words and expressions.

The dictionary is bi-directional with the Chinese entries arranged alphabeticaly in pinyin romanization accompaied by the simplified Chinese character equivalents that have been used in mainland China for the past 50 years. There are brief sections on grammar, the use of tones in spoken Mandarin, radical and character indices, and lots of explanatory notes regarding usage.

As you continue your study of Chinese you will eventually outgrow this dictionary. Be that as it may there are some tools one uses more than others and the beginning student of Chinese will turn to this starter dictionary more often than whatever else is likely to be present in his or her toolbox.

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Highly Recommended!!, November 27, 2002 Reviewer: Walter Reade (see more about me) from Appleton, WI United States As a "beginning" student of Chinese for a few years now, I have gone through a large number of Chinese language resources. This is one that I would unhesitatingly recommend to anyone.

The dictionary is at the right level for beginning students. The entries are limited to the most commonly used words. This is a major advantage for those who like to learn vocabulary by browsing a dictionary -- you are sure to be learning useful words (as opposed to specialty or infrequently used words). There have been only a few times where I have look for a word that wasn't included in this dictionary. I expect that the casual learner of Chinese will not outgrow this dictionary for at least a year or two.

I found the format of the dictionary extremely uncluttered and user friendly. In addition to the standard word and definition, entries also include very useful notes of clarification. For example, after the character for hui4 ("to be able to") there a note explaining that this character can also be pronounced as kuai4 with a different meaning.

Another resource I have been extremely pleased with and highly recommend is, "Chinese Character Flashcards 888." Good luck in your studies!!

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When do we get the extended ?, November 26, 2002 Reviewer: maotouying (see more about me) from Athens, GA United States I only have one hope... that Oxford brings the extended version of its dictionary in the same wonderful format ! I understand this would make the dictionary big and ponderous... I don't care ! This is by far the best format I have ever seen on a Chinese dictionary !

But now with TRADITIONAL characters as well!!, May 26, 2002 Reviewer: W. R. Kelly from Providence, RI United States This is a great little, general-use, beginning dictionary. But beware, for those of us learning traditional chinese characters first, you'll need something more, as this book uses ONLY SIMPLIFIED CHARACTERS--and they don't actually tell you that anywhere. You have to discover it on your own.

I hope they will put out another edition in traditional characters soon. Or else add to the current book both trad. chars. AND simplified ones when the forms vary.

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Bogus Review ?, May 2, 2002 Reviewer: McGeorge from Beijing Like the first three reviewers, I rate this dictionary the best BASIC dictionary there is. Mr Bernard Kornowicz's comments are perfect (I also totally endorse his comments about the "miserable Concise Oxford Dictionary", which is supposed to be a companion, more advanced dictionary, but is mediocre). Rated by fitness for purpose, this is the best there is for serious, beginning/intermediate level learners. What a pity that a perfect star rating was spoiled by "Volleyballbrian", with a sloppy review which overlooks the fact that good intermediate dictionaries HAVE to be selective on the number of words. I have the feeling that the "Vbb review" is sabotage from a competitor !

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Extremely helpful...long overdue., February 28, 2002 Reviewer: A reader from PARIS France This Dictionary has been so well-conceived that I felt obliged to take the time to compliment the authors on a work well done. This particular edition is a God-send to any English speaker struggling to obtain an intermediate level in Mandarin Chinese. The entries were carefully chosen so as not to weigh the dictionary down with uncommon words. As far as the typeset is concerned...the Chinese characters are printed LARGE and CLEAR so readers don't go blind trying to differentiate characters with several strokes. Chinese will never be easy to learn as it states on the cover, but at least this dictionary gives us a chance!

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Decent start book, but better out there, February 21, 2002 Reviewer: volleyballbrian (see more about me) from Galveston, TX United States This is a decent starting book. I enjoyed the small section on the 4 tones of Chinese and basic structure. The lookup section for both english and chinese was very easy to use, but the words included is EXTREMELY limited. If you are serious about learning Chinese, this book is not a good choice, buy a better dictionary such as the Concise english-chinese chinese-english dictionary ..., much better dictionary. If you are looking for something easy to use and read and only look up very common words, this would be OK.

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Barely Enough for Even Beginners, December 4, 2001 Reviewer: A reader from Washington, DC United States This is physically a very nicely put together book, with very readable type, attractive layout and design, and sturdy paper. Nevertheless, this is an altogether inadequate dictionary, even for beginners. There simply aren't enough words provided in this book. You are likely to become as frustrated as I was, after purchasing this book, to time and again fail to find definitions for commonplace words from day-to-day conversation. Until Oxford drops the "starter" concept and doubles or triples the listings in this volume, don't waste your time or money. Get an unabridged Chinese dictionary, even if you are a beginner. I wish now that I had.

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more starter than dictionary, November 3, 2001 Reviewer: shazan from Cambridge, MA this is a good aid to language study for beginners, but it's not really a dictionary in the normal sense. perhaps 'learner's vocabulary guide' would have been a better title. when reading any but the simplest of texts you will find it insufficient.

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Good but I think should include traditonal characters, June 26, 2001 Reviewer: Eduardo Morales (see more about me) from MIAMI, FLORIDA USA It is good but somehow limited in scope, I wish it had also traditional characters. However each entry is colorful and very well explained. It is a must for beginners.

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Great dictionary for beginners, April 11, 2001 Reviewer: Stacie (see more about me) from Kentucky In addition to the definitions, it has a section on writing characters, counting/money, a section on measure words, and much more. It gives everything a beginner needs. I would strongly recommend it to anyone just starting Mandarin Chinese,

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great choice for learners, April 9, 2001 Reviewer: A reader from Beverly Hills, CA USA I am in the third quarter of a first-year Mandarin class, and about a third of the class has bought this dictionary. I suspect the rest of my classmates will soon follow. It's easy to read and contains extremely useful explanations of usage and grammatical points, making it a wonderful adjunct to our textbook. You will need another more comprehensive dictionary for vocabulary purposes, but I haven't seen a better dictionary for first and second year students. Buy it!

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Oxford finally gets it right!, March 11, 2001 Reviewer: Bernard Kornowicz (see more about me) from Newington, Connecticut USA This is the best Chinese/English dictionary I've found so far. It's a beginner's dictionary, but hopefully Oxford University Press will learn from this one and apply the same quality standards to their more extensive, but miserably formatted and somewhat inaccurate "Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary". This dictionary is very easy to read. The lookup words are in large, blue print. Multiple definitions are bulleted and numerically categorized by noun, adverb, etc. Word definitions also contain the Chinese characters and examples of usage. There are radical and character indices, rules for writing characters, and a section on measure words. The English to Chinese section also contains the measure words in the definitions, as well as British and U.S. English spellings if there is a difference. There are also many language usage tips throughout the dictionary.


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Cookbook:Tomato Salad

| Salad | Vegan cuisine

This tomato salad can be served as a side dish, on toast, or in another salad.

Ingredients

 * 750 grams (26 oz) tomato
 * 3–4 small onions
 * 3 cloves of garlic
 * Salt
 * Pepper
 * Olive oil

Procedure

 * 1) Chop the onions really fine. Boil them for about 4 minutes.
 * 2) While they are boiling, cut the tomatoes in quarters, and remove the juicy centre. You can use the centres for tomato soup or throw them away.
 * 3) Dice tomatoes just as finely as the onion.
 * 4) Peel and mince the garlic.
 * 5) When the onions are done boiling, put them in a sieve or something comparable to drain the water.
 * 6) Once onions, tomatoes and garlic are all finely chopped, put all of them in a bowl, and shake/stir.
 * 7) Add a bit of olive oil and salt and pepper to taste.

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helicase

Noun

 * 1)  An enzyme required for DNA unwinding.

Derived terms

 * contrahelicase

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 解旋酶

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Redbelly tilapia

The redbelly tilapia (Coptodon zillii, syn. Tilapia zillii), also known as the Zille's redbreast tilapia or St. Peter's fish (a name also used for other tilapia in Israel), is a species of fish in the cichlid family. This fish is found widely in fresh and brackish waters in the northern half of Africa and the Middle East. Elsewhere in Africa, Asia, Australia and North America, it has been introduced as a food fish or as a control of aquatic vegetation. Where introduced, it sometimes becomes invasive, threatening the local ecology and species. The redbelly tilapia is an important food fish and sometimes aquacultured.

The species was named by Paul Gervais in honor of M. (probably Monsieur) Zill, a “distinguished naturalist” who collected the type specimen and sent it to Gervais.

Native distribution and taxonomy
In Africa, the native range of the redbelly tilapia covers the northern half of the continent. In tropical West to Central Africa, from coastal southern Morocco and the Senegal River to the central Congo River basin, its range is almost continuous. In northeastern Africa the redbelly tilapia occurs throughout much of the Nile basin, from its delta in northern Egypt to Lake Albert in DR Congo–Uganda, as well Lake Turkana in Ethiopia–Kenya; it is not native to the other African Great Lakes, although it has been introduced to some of them. In the Maghreb and Sahara where fewer aquatic habitats are available, the range is much more spotty but with several relict populations in seasonal rivers, lakes and oases (gueltas). Outside Africa, its natural distribution is limited to the Jordan River system, including Lake Tiberias (Kinneret), in Israel, Jordan and Syria, as well as coastal systems in Israel.

Cichlids are numerous in Africa, but in parts of the redbelly tilapia's range it is one of the few members of the family. In the Maghreb and Sahara (excluding the species-rich Nile), the only others are the blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) and mango tilapia (Sarotherodon galilaeus), and a couple of Astatotilapia and Hemichromis species. In Western Asia, the only other native cichlids are a few species of oreochromine tilapias and the Jordan mouthbrooder (Astatotilapia flaviijosephi).

Although genetic studies have shown that most populations of the redbelly tilapia are very closely related, a few from the outer margins of its range are of questionable taxonomic status and require further study. A population in the Kisangani region, although closely related, appears to be separate. Similarly, those found in coastal northwestern Africa are genetically quite distinct from the other populations. In the Nile system, it has been observed that populations in its delta, the northern White Nile and lakes near Fayum differ from each other in morphology and colors, but whether this is taxonomically significant is unclear. In contrast, the virtually unknown C. ismailiaensis of northeastern Egypt might only be an aberrant redbelly tilapia; it primarily differs in its unspotted tail.

Habitat and ecology
The redbelly tilapia has a preference for shallow waters with vegetation, but it also occurs in more open habitats like sandy shores and as deep as 30 m.

Although primarily a species of fresh and brackish water habitats, it tolerates high salinities, up to 4% (sea water is c. 3.5%), but the upper breeding limit is at 2.9%. The redbelly tilapia also can live in a wide range of water temperatures, but in the northern part of its range it sometimes falls below its requirements (minimum 6.5-13 C, depending on a range of factors), resulting in large numbers dying. In Alabama, it was necessary to introduce them each year to maintain a population, as they die during the winter. The upper limit typically is 36 C, but it can survive to 42.5 C.

Appearance
The redbelly tilapia can reach up to 300 g in weight and 40 cm in length, but usually is no more than 30 cm. In the Middle East, adults typically are 12-22 cm long. Males tend to grow larger than females, but otherwise the sexes are similar.

Its base color is brownish-olivaceous and the belly is yellowish or whitish. It often (for example, when agitated) has a faint/poorly defined dark pattern consisting of two horizontal lines on the body crossed by about half a dozen vertical bars. Breeding adults are more greenish overall, have iridescent blue-green spots on the head and bright pinkish-red underparts. This species very closely resembles the redbreast tilapia (C. rendalli) and the two are difficult to distinguish; many reports of introduced populations may involve either species. The two have separate natural distribution (redbelly tilapia in the northern half of Africa, redbreast tilapia in the southern half), but through introductions their ranges now overlap. Whether they can hybridize is unknown. It has hybridized with the spotted tilapia (Pelmatolapia mariae), a quite distant relative.

Behavior

As typical of Coptodon, the redbelly tilapia is a substrate spawner and brooder. The "nest" typically is a small depression in the bottom that is dug by both parents, but sometimes the eggs are placed on the top of a stone or the "nest" is an up to 85 cm tunnel that is dug into muddy substrate. Several pairs may breed quite closely together forming a colony. Each female lays 1,000–6,000 eggs per spawning and she may spawn multiple times in a season. Both parents guard the eggs and fry. In tropical locations it breeds year-round, although peaking in the rainy season. In colder subtropical regions like Israel it only breeds in the summer, at water temperatures of at least 20 C. All other cichlids native to Western Asia are mouthbrooders.

The redbelly tilapia mostly feeds on algae and higher plants (both aquatic plants and land plants that become accessible to the fish), but it also takes smaller quantities of invertebrates and fish eggs. Young redbelly tilapias feed extensively on tiny crustaceans.

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Requested move 17 July 2020

The result of the move request was: moved (closed by non-admin page mover) Danski454 (talk) 13:55, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

– This particular footballer is not WP:PRIMARYTOPIC (the fighter gets slightly more views), so DAB should be at base name. Disambiguate footballers to standards as per WP:COMMONNAME since they don't use maternal surnames, and for consistency. Ortizesp (talk) 13:42, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Diego Rivas → Diego Rivas (footballer, born 1980)
 * Diego Rivas (disambiguation) → Diego Rivas
 * Diego Rivas Rego → Diego Rivas (footballer, born 1987)
 * Support 1st and 2nd the 1980 footballer got 84 views but the fighter got 236 and the 1987 footballer had 30[|Diego_Rivas_(fighter)|Diego_Rivas_Rego]. No oppinion on 3rd.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 20:42, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. GiantSnowman 08:36, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

 * Support per nom. GiantSnowman 08:37, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Support per usage, nothing meets WP:PRIMARYTOPIC criteria. Note that the closing admin will need to fix the 29 incoming links. -- JHunterJ (talk) 11:26, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

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Wikiversity:Candidates for Custodianship/JWSchmidt

 * Candidate for Bureaucratship

One of Wikiversity's finest. Cormaggio 17:05, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I am willing to take on the responsibility of Wikiversity bureaucratship on two conditions: 1) There is 5 day period for community discussion of candidates for bureaucratship 2) The current process for evaluating new custodians is modified to include a 5 day period for community discussion of users who are newly nominated for custodianship. I support the rest of the current suggested policy on custodianship. In particular, I support the idea of a mentoring system for "temporary custodians". In general, custodianship should be no big deal. However, I think that the policy needs to be firm and clear that a mentor of a "temporary custodian" has the power, at any time during the trial period, to ask the Stewards to terminate the custodianship of a "temporary custodian" that the mentor is advising. I will put more information about myself on my user page. --JWSchmidt 17:42, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Questions and requests
1) tell us more about your philosophies behind bureaucrats on this site? --HappyCamper 03:36, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

 * I like the idea that tasks performed by wiki functionaries should be clearly defined by policy (Custodianship, Bureaucratship) and totally open and transparent. The community should be provided with simple methods to correct any problems that might arise in how functionaries act (example: Custodianship).

 * I favor the idea that being a functionary should not be a big deal. It should be easy for Wikiversity participants to become custodians. We can always use more custodians who can help make sure that the wiki has a quick response to block persistent vandals. I also like the idea of having many custodians because then the work load does not fall too heavily on any individuals. I'm not sure it is healthy to have wiki participants who spend a large fraction of their wikitime doing custodian work. I think Wiki functionaries should spend most of their wikitime making good wiki edits and directly contributing to the goals of the wiki. It should also be easy for the community to demote any functionary that has lost the trust of the community.

 * It is not clear how many bureaucrats are needed in a wiki. Some wikis get by with one or two, other wikis have 5 or 6, some have quite a few more than that. The total number needed is at least in part determined by how many are required to make sure that bureaucrat actions are carried out in a timely fashion. I think it is reasonable to expect bureaucrats to take wiki-breaks and not be "on call" 100% of the time. I suspect this is why quite a few wikis have 5 or 6 bureaucrats, so one is always available to act when needed by the community.

 * I also think it is good practice for community discussions of functionary candidates to include a question and answer section. It would also be useful to have a system for producing a short summary of the editing history of each candidate. --JWSchmidt 05:47, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

2) It has become clear that this RfB may never end for reasons of JWSchmidt's unwillingness to accept the promotion. JWSchmidt, would you be willing to either (1) ask Cormaggio to promote as it is clear beyond all doubt that the entire community consensus is behind this nomination or (2) withdraw the request untill such time as you feel comfortable with receiving the promotion? AmiDaniel (talk) 19:34, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I think what happened was: at the launch of Wikiversity Cormaggio was made a bureaucrat and upon feeling uncertain about everything that needed to be done, he went looking for some help. Sebmol was able to step in an provide the needed help, particularly for technical issues like bots. I think if Cormaggio and Sebmol felt that there was a need for another bureaucrat they would probably make some noise. "withdraw the request" <-- I think that's up to Cormaggio. --JWSchmidt 22:18, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments

 * -- An obvious choice, JWSchmidt has been active fromj the beginning in reinventing "sysopship" for wikiversity. He has a clear view of the wikiversity mission, and will make wise choices of who should get the keys to the toolshed. --SB_Johnny | talk 12:31, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * -- One of the pinnacle contributors here. I support this nomination. RichMac 01:14, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
 * , though the policy stuff will probably come along later. Well, if your half the bureaucrats on the site, and Cormaggio is on break, I guess you could set up any rule you want about when you promote them!--Rayc 06:46, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oooh - being a bureaucrat isn't at all about setting up any old rule you want - that would be terrible. Anyway, I have every confidence that John would use the faith that people entrust him with wisely and fairly. Cormaggio 14:04, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * -- knows about administration. Good guy. HappyCamper 03:44, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * -- will make a great bureaucrat. Heltec  talk
 * --Hillgentleman|User talk:hillgentleman 08:29, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: this is discussion about bureaucratship. I am a custodian. --JWSchmidt 02:38, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong from me as well -- now, seeing as this thing's been going on since August, can we please close it? :D AmiDaniel (talk) 23:09, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * There really is no hurry. I think a higher priority is for the community to draft Bureaucratship. Can the community really do a good job of selecting bureaucrats when we have not decided what bureaucrats will be called upon to do? --JWSchmidt 23:27, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I support him to because he seems to have the best insight on what's going on.
 * Strong He is kind and is trustworthy. He will do a great job.--Sir James Paul 18:04, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Per above (and a great mentor too!) :-) -- J.Steinbock 18:07, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * This user is marvellous, and has made many great edits improving the wikiversity, and has done well against vandalism I would say. Student Galaxy 21:05, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Full per RichMac, he is definitely 'One of the pinnacle contributors here'. Level-headed and helpful (not to mention very reasonable) --Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 11:17, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * --Sir James Paul 04:16, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong -- I concur with all of the above. --Kkawohl
 * Full - JWSchmidt (a.k.a. JWSurf) was instrumental in getting Wikiversity up and running. He has been activly involved in a continuous process of moving the project forward since it was just an idea on wikibooks and meta. He understands and is commited to what it takes in establishing and maintaining WV as a vital educational resource for the long haul. CQ 05:01, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Full I have seen much good come from JWSchmidt. --Remi 21:25, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Very helpful and certainly knows Wikiversity inside out. Xenon 22:18, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Looking at JWSchmidt's contribution to Wikiversity, I support him. He is a valuable part of Wikiversity. --Freiberg 20:44, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Über He's very active and always helping out. --Devourer09 18:33, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * A great contributor to this Wikimedia project. An active editor as well as an active sysop Zchenyu 21:05, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Always around, always contactable. A great custodian and an obvious choice for bureaucrat.  Chrisfow 00:22, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * He is a nice and frindly Admin. I think this power is good in his hands. -- Supermark2000 03:50, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

 * 1) Support I think the power is in this hands right. --User:Sundance_Raphael 15:17, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I haven't been here but a few days and JWSchmidt has taken notice and offered support. Leightwing 00:02, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Full This user has provided much help and encouragement and is an ideal person for this role Open Research 14:31, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * In my time as probationary custodian - with John being my mentor - I have known him now better and with his views and actions he will certainly be a good person for this job. Erkan Yilmaz ( my talk page, wiki blog ) 13:52, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * he was one of the first people i met on here helped out a lot and stayed patient.Eadthem 20:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong he was the one who got me interested here - ideal candidate --Pumpmeup 11:11, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong anyone who knows Wikiversity knows JWSchmidt. Countrymike 21:23, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Over-whelming support good guy.  Sunderland06  23:26, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * --mikeu 20:32, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Definitely a good choice. Captain panda 04:37, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * -- I haven't been here that long, but he seems to me to be a good choice on the matter. Editorofthewiki 20:12, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * -- Judging on JWSchimdt's contributions to en.wv all this time, JWSchimdt is one of the most essential contributors to en.wv in my opinion, and I'm sure he'll be an excellent bureaucrat. --[[Image:Assassingr_signature.svg]]-- (profile|chit chat|email) 09:39, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Update
Text below was copied from Colloquium.

Hi all, I'd like to revive JWSchmidt's nomination for bureaucratship. I seem to be either away or occupied a fair bit of the time, and I feel Wikiversity needs a bureaucrat who at least checks in once a day! (I'm not sure if Sebmol does any more.) Since there is such overwhelming support, might it be better to say "any objections?"? How about giving this a period of two weeks - here, or on the nomination page? (I should also say, I haven't checked this with JWschmidt, and will leave it to him to decide if reviving this nomination is ok.) Cormaggio talk 10:45, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I suggest a further waiting period of two hours. I think 16 months is already sufficient. --McCormack 10:52, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It is clear that the community values his contributions and strongly supports his nomination. I suggest we wait only as long as it takes for JWSchmidt to accept (and I hope he does.)  --mikeu 14:42, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * If he accepts, I'm happy to promote him. That's the only thing that has ever stopped me. He had said in the past that another bureaucrat is not necessary. I do not know what his current opinion is in that regard. sebmol ? 14:53, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Maybe once a month we have made use of Sebmol to activate a new custodian. Sebmol responds quickly when notified by email. I think it works well to have active editors mentor probationary custodians while having someone like Sebmol who can look at candidates with full objectivity. If I were a bureaucrat, I would still want to have Sebmol (or Cormaggio) be the one to make people custodians in most cases because I am often involved in recruiting people to volunteer to be custodians in the first place. Since I'm usually something of a friend to candidates, I'm not really an objective judge when it comes time to flip a bit for a custodian candidate. Also, as a believer in checks and balances, I'm not sure it makes sense to have CheckUsers as bureaucrats. In my view, bureaucrat work related to custodianship is under control. For a long time I have looked upon my bureaucrat candidacy as a "spare tire" that could be used in an emergency. Since there has been no emergency, maybe the Wikiversity community should think long-term. I've been concerned about the bot situation. In addition to activating new custodians, Sebmol has also been granting bot status. However, I wonder if Wikiversity might benefit from having a more active bureaucrat with an interest in bots. I went out and tried to find people with some useful bots (such as for signing discussion pages when people forget to sign and checking newly added text against existing web content for apparent copyright violations), but those bots do not seem to work now. I do not know much about bots, so I'm fairly useless. Maybe the community should try to find a bureaucrat candidate who would have the time to take an active approach to managing bots for Wikiversity. --JWSchmidt 15:50, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Wise words, as ever, from JWS. Perhaps a compromise solution, as he vaguely suggests: keep him on the backburner as a bureaucrat-in-waiting who can quickly be appointed if the need should arise. As the community has overwhelmingly supported him, in enormous numbers as well, over a long period of time, there would be no need to repeat the process if we did need a bureaucrat suddenly. Perhaps we can call him a "bureaucrat-elect" (elected but not in office)? It's a nicer word than "spare tire" ;-) --McCormack 16:13, 8 January 2008 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Three Musketeers (1992 film)

The result was delete. Tone 20:59, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

The Three Musketeers (1992 film)

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No independent reliable sources found during search to establish notability for this direct to video film. Tagged for notability for 7 years Donaldd23 (talk) 16:06, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
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Saunders Pitman

Saunders Pitman (December 3, 1734 - 15 August 15, 1804), also known as Sanders Pitman, was an American silversmith, active in Providence, Rhode Island.

Pitman was born in Providence, Rhode Island, made a freeman of that city in May 1760, and there married Mary Kinnicutt on June 29, 1760. He later married Amy Kinnicutt on February 9, 1772, and served from 1773 to 1784 as a member of local Fire Company, and 1777-1784 as Scavenger. Pitman worked circa 1755-1792 as a silversmith in Providence, with his shop at North corner of Main and Otis Streets until 1770. He worked in partnership with Seril Dodge circa 1793, then with his son-in-law Samuel Dorrance 1795-1800 as Pitman & Dorrance, and finally with Nehemiah Dodge in 1800 as Pitman & Dodge. In the Providence Gazette of April 2, 1796, he advertised:

 * PITMAN, SANDERS, Silversmith, &c. Takes this Method to acquaint his old Customers, and the Public, that he makes and sells, at his Shop, a few Doors North of the State-House, Gold and Silversmith's Ware, amongst which are the following Articles: Gold Necklaces from 7 to 10 Dollars, large and small Silver Spoons, and a Variety of the newest fashioned plated Shoe and Knee Buckles, plated Bridle Bitts in the newest Fashions, warranted to be superior for Service to any imported; also two Sets of elegant plated Mountings for Chaise, which would be sold on moderate Terms. Any Orders for plated or Brass Mountings for Chaise will be thankfully received, and executed in such a Manner as to insure Durability. Wanted, as an Apprentice to the above Business, an honest industrious Lad, about 14 Years of Age

He died in Providence, where he is buried in the North Burial Ground. His headstone reads:

 * Sacred To the memory of Mr. SANDARS PITMAN Goldsmith, who finished a long and useful life on the 15th day of August, AD 1804 in the 74th year of his age. His works were useful standard weight & pure, But still his virtues were applauded more.

Pitman's work is collected in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the RISD Museum, and Winterthur Museum.

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Norwegian/Lesson 3

Lesson 3 ~ Kjekt å vite

In this lesson the plan is to elaborate on what you learnt in Lesson 1, in other words, to get a more useful conversation going plus teaching you some things that are simply good to know.

Where Are You From?
Here are some guys at a course to learn Norwegian. Each person says who they are, what nationality they are, and what languages they speak. Aleksander is the teacher. Check out the vocabulary to understand what everybody is saying.

 * Aleksander: Hei. Jeg heter Aleksander Bakke.
 * Aleksander: Jeg er norsk.
 * Aleksander: Jeg snakker norsk, engelsk og tysk.

 * John: Hei. Jeg heter John Wilbur.
 * John: Jeg er engelsk.
 * John: Jeg snakker engelsk.

 * Egil: Hei. Jeg heter Egil Svensson.
 * Egil: Jeg er svensk.
 * Egil: Jeg snakker svensk og engelsk.

 * Anastasia: Hei. Jeg heter Anastasia Rynkova.
 * Anastasia: Jeg er russisk.
 * Anastasia: Jeg snakker svensk og russisk.

 * Julian: Hei. Jeg heter Julian Dupont.
 * Julian: Jeg er fransk.
 * Julian: Jeg snakker fransk og spansk.

 * Rudolf: Hei. Jeg heter Rudolf Lorenz.
 * Rudolf: Jeg er tysk.
 * Rudolf: Jeg snakker tysk, fransk og engelsk.

 * Manuela: Hei. Jeg heter Manuela Cabral.
 * Manuela: Jeg er fra Mexico.
 * Manuela: Jeg snakker engelsk og spansk.

 * Yiğit: Hei. Jeg heter Yiğit Emir.
 * Yiğit: Jeg er fra Tyrkia.
 * Yiğit: Jeg snakker tyrkisk, engelsk, spansk, portugisisk og litt norsk.

Sorry, I Don't Understand
David is an Englishman. He knows some Norwegian, but has forgotten what "Hvordan går det" means.

 * Stian: Hei David!
 * David: Hei Stian!
 * Stian: Hvordan går det?
 * David: Unnskyld, jeg forstår ikke hva du sier. Vennligst snakk saktere.
 * Stian: H-v-o-r-d-a-n g-å-r d-e-t?
 * David: Ah. Nå forstår jeg. "Hvordan går det" betyr "How are you"!
 * Stian: Ja.
 * David: Takk, det går bra. Hva med deg?
 * Stian: Takk, det går bra.

Are You French?
Here are four short exchanges about nationality.

 * Homer Baker: Er du norsk?
 * Anders Eide: Det er jeg.
 * Homer Baker: Snakker du norsk?
 * Anders Eide: Det gjør jeg.

 * Anders Eide: Er du engelsk?
 * Richard Bayford: Nei, jeg er en skotte.
 * Anders Eide: Snakker du norsk?
 * Richard Bayford: Nei, men jeg forstår litt.

 * Lisa: Er du norsk?
 * Anders: Det er jeg.
 * Lisa: Snakker du spansk?
 * Anders: Jeg snakker litt.

 * Anders: Er du fransk?
 * Pierre: Det er jeg.
 * Anders: Snakker du norsk?
 * Pierre: Nei, men jeg forstår litt.

May I Introduce Myself?
The most common way Norwegians introduce themselves are by simply saying hello, and then telling you their name. For more formal situations, it's more common to greet by first saying your full name, and possibly a more proper greeting than just hello. Hyggelig å treffe deg or Hyggelig å treffe Dem means pleased to meet you.

 * Jonas Karlsen. God dag.
 * Ine Ludvigsen. God dag. Hyggelig å treffe deg.
 * Hyggelig å treffe deg.

The first time you meet somebody, you shake hands. In business environments, this is also done when a long amount of time has passed since you last met.

When you want to introduce two people to each other, you use the phrase Får jeg presentere ... which means May I present ... and then you say their names.

 * Får jeg presentere: Line Jensen -- Jerry McMurphy

This introduction is quite formal. In less formal situations, you can basically just say

 * Dette er Line Jensen -- Jerry McMurphy

Dette er means this is. It's also not really necessary to use surnames in an informal situation. Especially so with young people and children.

Greetings
God morgen, good morning, is the first greeting of the day. You answer it simply with god morgen or morn', the latter being sort of a slang. Later on in the day you can say god dag, good day, answered by a god dag back.

Being less formal, you can just say hei or hallo; these work at any time of the day.

Later, when the evening has come, you say god kveld, which means good evening, or you could say god aften, which is a synonymous (yet more formal) to god kveld. Finally, when you're going to bed, it's common to say god natt, good night or natta', which is a slang expression for the same.

When you're leaving somebody, you can say ha det bra or just ha det (lit. "have it", which is short for ha det bra, which implies jeg håper du vil ha det bra, which basically means I hope you'll be fine. This is a very old saying, and as you can guess, have it wouldn't make much sense to anyone if it hadn't been for the history of the word, which everybody sort of knows, but nobody speaks of.) You can also just say snakkes, (short for vi snakkes senere, we'll talk later) although this is more commonly used on the phone or in communications over written media.

Thank You
Takk means thanks. Tusen takk (lit. thousand thanks), Takker så mye/meget (lit. thank you so much) and Mange takk (lit. many thanks) all means thanks a lot. Using meget is old-fashioned though, and comes from Danish.

The correct response for takk, for instance when you've given someone a gift, or similar is vær så god (lit. be so kind) which is equivalent to the English you are welcome, don't mention it or it's nothing

When someone says takk in order to express gratitude for a service or act performed, bare hyggelig, (lit. merely pleasurable), best translated as my pleasure, is an appropriate response.

title: Norwegian/Lesson 3


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Choi Soo-eun

Choi Moon-ju (born August 4, 1985), better known as Choi Soo-eun is a South Korean actress and singer. She is a former member of South Korean girl group Gangkiz.

Music career
Soo-eun debuted as a member of the girl group Gangkiz in 2012, their group released mini album "We Became Gang" and repackaged mini album "Mama" in the same year. A year later, she left the group and became an actress.

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2003 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship

The 2003 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship was a cricket tournament held in Namibia from 4–9 October 2003, during the 2003–04 international season. All matches were held in the capital Windhoek.

Papua New Guinea won the tournament by defeating Uganda in the final, with both teams qualifying for the 2004 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh. Kenyan batsman Malhar Patel led the competition in runs scored, while Papua New Guinea's William Harry and Uganda's Patrick Ochan took the most wickets.

The tournament was jointly organised by the African Cricket Association (ACA) and ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP), the first time such an arrangement had occurred. Eight teams (six African and two EAP) participated, divided into two pools for the group stages. Another joint tournament was held in 2005, for the 2006 World Cup, but separate qualifying tournaments have been held since then – the ICC Africa Under-19 Championships and the EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy.

Teams and qualification
Both the African and the East Asia-Pacific regional governing bodies hosted qualifiers for the first time for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. The 2001 Africa Under-19 Championship featured five teams, two of which (East and Central Africa and West Africa) were put up by regional bodies disbanded in 2003 (the East and Central Africa Cricket Conference and the West Africa Cricket Council). The 2001 EAP Under-19 Trophy featured three teams, one of which (Hong Kong) was a member of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), and consequently not generally a participant in EAP tournaments.

5th-place playoff
Two semi-finals were held for the 5th-place playoff, with Nigeria defeating Fiji by 61 runs and Zambia defeating Tanzania by five wickets. The losing teams played each other in the 7th-place playoff.

Final
Two semi-finals were held, with Uganda defeating Kenya by four wickets and Papua New Guinea defeating Namibia by four wickets. The losing teams played each other in the 3rd-place playoff.

Most runs
The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average. Information for some games is unavailable, and some statistics are consequently incomplete for some players (marked *): Source: CricketArchive


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Malaysia Federal Route 10

Federal Route 10 is a federal road in Pahang and Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It connects Temerloh, Pahang in the north to Gemas, Negeri Sembilan in the south.

The Kilometre Zero is located at Gemas, Negeri Sembilan, at its interchange with the Federal Route 1, the main trunk road of the central of Peninsular Malaysia.

Features

 * Roads along Pahang River between Temerloh and Mengkarak
 * Sungai Lui Japanese War Memorial

At most sections, the Federal Route 10 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, with a speed limit of 90 km/h.

title: Malaysia Federal Route 10


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Etymology 1
See.

Noun

 * 1) The scarf of a turban.
 * 2) A sash.
 * 1) A sash.

Etymology 2
Imitative?

Verb

 * 1)  To produce white noise.

Noun

 * 1) A black strip of cloth worn on the head by married Afar women as part of the traditional dress.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) bear (animal)

Noun

 * 1) bear

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Talk:The Human Body

Merge
I suggest we merge this into Topic:Anatomy.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Talk) 00:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I think rather than a merge, some links back and forth as appropriate might be better. As I currently understand it the "topic" namespace or prefix is for gathering links to a category of information while the "resource" namespace or prefix is for specific learning sessions or knowledge chunks. Mirwin 04:45, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

title: Talk:The Human Body