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Talk:Krull (film)

Based on a Book?
Is it? Is there a book version? (and I don't mean a novelization of the movie) <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:06, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Crunch Wrap Supreme?
I laughed at the reference, but I'm not sure the similarity of Taco Bell's Crunch Wrap Supreme is really all the pertinent to this article.

Alan Dean Foster
The IMDb listing for Krull only mentions Stanford Sherman as the writer, but this article also credits Alan Dean Foster with a novel credit. This implies that Foster wrote a novel and Sherman based his screenplay on the book. However, the Alan Dean Foster article lists Krull under his "Media Novelizations," which suggests that Sherman wrote the original work, and Foster based his book on the screenplay. The question is this: Is Foster's book the adaptation, or Sherman's screenplay? If Foster merely wrote the adaptation, he should be removed from this article. -- Fogelmatrix 15:00, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It is indeed a novelization. I own a copy of the book. Its currently in storage so when I get a chance to get to it, ill verify this. Out of interest, AD Foster wrote alot of book version of movie, including the aliens movies.--Dem 12:57, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Plot
I removed the link to the page on glaives, because the one in the movie has nothing to do with them. -Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:41, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

I hate film plots that are left hanging, so I finished off this one as I watched it (slightly tired) so please do give it more than a brief scan if you've just watched it and edit as necessary Alastairward (talk) 07:54, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Fire Mares
Previously in the Production section:

 * The Fire Mares, steeds that travel so fast they leave a trail of flame and can defy gravity, are played by Shire horses.

However, I just watched the making-of featurette on the DVD, and they say there that the horses are Clydesdales, which are a slightly different kind of horse. I'm changing the text, but I wanted to save that here on the off chance the actors didn't know what they were talking about. brain (talk) 17:46, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Score / Soundtrack / Music
"The film's most distinguished features include a robust score by James Horner..."

The score was lifted quite heavily from the score Horner did for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 16:44, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

 * There seems to be an editorial slant in the Music section. I am inferring that one could not tell the difference between two different movies by listening to the music. Does the article intend to say that some of the same musical themes from Wrath of Khan also are played note for note in Krull? If so there needs to be a citation from an article that says just that. Thanks much, Group29 (talk) 13:53, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

 * I suspect the claim is in relation to Horner's well-known practice of re-using partial themes in his own music in different scores. One can hear the difference between the two scores, but there are also portions that are remarkably similar. Makes sense to slap a cite tag on it since right now it stands as original research. There are some soundtrack websites out there which have written on this before, so we should be able to dig up a source. Grandpallama (talk) 16:13, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

 * Yeah, I looked for a source on this last week, but didn't find anything super sterling in terms of reliability at the time after a cursory search. There's surely something out there though. —Torchiest talkedits 16:15, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

i would like to add this actor to krull page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Battley

Any one who has seen the movie knows David played a main characterand he should be added to the krull page. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 05:58, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Rooms with spikes
Does anyone else think that the scene where Torquil and the others are trapped in the room with the spikes that slowly extend and kill one of them influenced the similar scene in Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom? Worthy of a mention? VenomousConcept (talk) 14:11, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Krull was released in late July, 1983, while principal photography on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom wrapped in mid August. While it's not out of the realm of reason, it's pretty unlikely. In any case, without a proper source, it's no better than speculation. Grandpallama (talk) 15:59, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

"Shooting lighting out of his arse"
"ability to project flame" This comes out of nowhere and would get a big WTF from anyone that didn't see the movie. This really needs to mention this comes from the flame from the wedding ceremony. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 05:05, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Reception
The "Reception" section for Krull notes that it got pretty lousy reviews. However all the quoted examples seem rather positive. Shouldn't there be some contemporary examples of more negative reviews? StoneProphet11 (talk) 04:26, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. Be bold. Grandpallama (talk) 16:33, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
 * No, be accurate. The film received relatively good reviews. The Rotten Tomatoes counts are dominated by a technically inferior home video release, which was later replaced by a repaired version. The fact that one editor is obsessed with privileging the opinions of non-notable bloggers and online commenters over the opinions of highly notable, highly competent critics doesn't justify riddling Wikipedia with inaccurate commentary. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by administrators since 2006.  (talk) 13:51, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
 * That is patently and absurdly false, as I have advised you on more than one occasion, including on your talkpage when you were warned about edit warring on this page, misrepresenting Maslin as having highly praised the film, and not engaging in discussion. It's a bizarre claim to suggest that Siskel & Ebert and John Kenneth Muir (as well as the aforementioned Janet Maslin) are not highly notable, highly competent critics who gave negative (or in her case, lukewarm) contemporary reviews of the film; it's equally bizarre that you continued to claim RT distorted contemporary reception, even though a significant number of the reviews that it included were--surprise--contemporary. The reason the film got lousy reviews but the article (previously) had only positive quotes is because of your odd refusal to accept consensus. I'm glad there has been significant cleanup since then, although the Maslin quotations still erroneously suggest she wrote a more glowing review of the film than she actually did. I see you only showed up on the talk page three years later to sling some unsubstantiated and borderline insulting claims around. Grandpallama (talk) 19:26, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Connection to Discworld
The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in November 1983, a month before the film came out in the UK, and features a kingdom named Krull. Is there any connection between the two? I haven't seen the film (or read the plot synopsis here due to spoilers) but even so, the names seem to be just a coincidence. Hairy Dude (talk) 14:55, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

 * There is no evidence to suggest is anything other than a simple coincidence. The sound of the word Krull evokes other words like skull or cull, and sounds close enough to an English word so the writer may have created the word. It isn't in the dictionary making easier to copyright or trademark which helps. The alien race of Skrulls first appeared in Mavel comics in the '60s but there's no reason to believe there's any connection there either. The character Kull predates them all given the mashup of sci-fi and fantasy maybe that was an influence, but who knows. Apparently Krull is a surname of German origin, so another possibility but nonetheless coincidence is still by far the most likely answer. -- <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 17:41, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Budget

 * The Infobox currently claims that the budget was $47 million but no reference is provided.
 * The article text says the budget was $30 million according to Starlog magazine.
 * Another part of the text mentions "reported budget of over $45–50 million" (and it is strange to be "over" when giving a range). It isn't clear where these figures come from either.
 * A review from Variety magazine says the film was "Lavishly mounted at a reported cost of $27 million"

Box Office Mojo does not list a budget figure. The Numbers does not list a budget figure. I know it is not a reliable source but IMDB lists the budget at $47 million.

It wouldn't surprise me if the $47 million figure came from Wikipedia editors looking at $45-50 and taking an average, then someone else rounding down. Can anyone clarify where any of these figures came from? (It looks a lot like IMDB.) If these figures cannot be reliably sourced then they should be disregarded. With any British made film we must also be careful that figures listed as in British pounds £, did not accidentally get changed to US dollars $ thereby falsely inflating the costs. ($50 million seems unrealistically huge for a film of that era, $27 million is still a huge budget for a British made film in the 80s.)

Variety magazine is by far the most reputable source, and Starlog magazine have a very similar figure but rounded up to the nearest 10 million. While Template:Infobox film warns against cherry picking sources, we shouldn't give undue weight to unreliable information, and Infobox documentation shouldn't trump the basic rule of reliable sources. Can anyone provide more reliable sources, or give any good reason why this article should not consistently use the budget figure of $27 million? -- <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 16:03, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

 * I looked through the article history and for a long time both the Infobox and the text of the article include the range $45-50 million. It goes way back and $45-50 million budget range was added by User:Inkspot in 2006 when the Infobox was added. In 2013 there was an edit that requested a citation for the claimed budget range. In 2015 an anonymous IP Editor arbitrarily and with no explanation split the difference and changed the budget in the infobox to $47.000.000 and subsequent edits in from the same IP block made corrections, and only in 2018 was it changed from $47,000,000 to $47 million. These figures have no credibility.
 * Starlog magazine put the budget at $30 million, specifically Starlog magazine 76, November 1983. This figure is repeated three times, the article subheading reads "Creating a $30 million world for a laser-and-lance fantasy can be an earth-shattering task." and the figure is mentioned twice more in the article text on the same page. (Somewhat confusingly the named reference for this information is "Naha49", but the magazine page itself has the number 48 at the bottom corner of the page, and the archive lists it as page 47 because Starlog magazine counts the cover as page 1. I'm not entirely sure how best to clean this up without having to deal with   or    so I'm definitely leaving that for someone else to fix.)
 * Variety magazine put the budget at $27 million in an article dated December 31, 1982. While I still think Starlog were rounding the budget figure to the nearest 10 million, and that the "industry bible" Variety is a far more credible I suppose listing the budget as a range $27-30 million would be ok, and I'm going to make that change now. -- <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 03:58, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

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Scouting/BSA/Environmental Science Merit Badge

Environmental Science is a required badge to qualify for Eagle Scout.

Requirement 1
Make a timeline of the history of environmental science in America. Identify the contribution made by the Boy Scouts of America to environmental science. Include dates, names of people or organizations, and important events. 1500s 1600s 1700s 1800s 1900s 2000s
 * American Indians used forest and other environmental resources
 * tribes sometimes overused forested areas
 * first European settlers arrived in America
 * Plymouth Colony passed a law to control the cutting of timber
 * people in Newport, Rhode Island restricted deer hunting
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 * Multi-Use Sustained-Yield Act
 * Bureau of Land Management
 * Fish and Wildlife Service
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 * Public Awareness led to the designation of April 22 as Earth Day
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 * Council on Environmental Quality
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Requirement 2
Define the following terms and describe the relationships among them: population, community, ecosystem, biosphere, symbiosis, niche, habitat, conservation, threatened species, endangered species, extinction, pollution prevention, brownfield, ozone, watershed, airshed, nonpoint source, hybrid vehicle, fuel cell.

 * A population is the collection of people, or organisms of a particular species, living in a geographic area.
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 * nonpoint source pollutants that enter our water system from runoff that cannot be traced to a single identifiable point or source.
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Do ONE activity in EACH of the following categories (using the activities in this {the merit badge} pamphlet as the basis for planning and carrying out your projects):

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 * 1) Conduct an experiment to find out how living things respond to changes in their environments. Discuss your observations with your counselor.
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 * 1) Look around your home and determine 10 ways your family can help reduce pollution. Practice at least two of these methods for seven days and discuss with your counselor what you have learned.
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Using the construction project provided or a plan you create on your own, identify the items that would need to be included in an environmental impact statement for the project planned.

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Bensham

Bensham is a suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. The area consists mainly of residential properties, with a range of predominantly terraced housing, built between the late 1890s and the 1980s.

Community
Like nearby Saltwell, the area is home to a sizeable community of Orthodox Haredi Jews. The Gateshead Talmudical College, founded in 1929, is one of the largest yeshiva for Jewish education in Europe. The area has affectionately earned the nickname "Little Jerusalem" by locals.

The most recent chief rabbi, Shraga Feivel Zimmerman, served between 2008 and 2020.

The roof of a flat in Bensham was torn off by extreme winds during storm Malik as it battered the North East of England in January 2022.

Demography
The data below shows that 51.0% of the population in the Lobley Hill and Bensham electoral ward are male, and 49.0% are female. This compares similarly with both the average in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, as well as the national average.

A total of 6.1% of the population were from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) group in Lobley Hill and Bensham. This figure is higher than that of the average in Gateshead (3.7%), but lower than the national average (14.6%).

Data from the Office for National Statistics found that the average life expectancy in the Lobley Hill and Bensham electoral ward is 75.0 years for men, and 80.3 years for women. These statistics compare less than favourably for both men and women, when compared to the average life expectancy in the North East of England, of 77.4 and 81.4 years, for men and women respectively.

A total of 55.9% of households in Lobley Hill and Bensham have access to at least one car. This figure is significantly lower than both the average in Gateshead (63.5%), as well as the national average (74.2%).

Governance
Lobley Hill and Bensham is a local council ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. This ward covers an area of around 1.5 mi2, and has a population of 10,638.

, the ward is served by three councillors: Catherine Donovan, Eileen McMaster and Kevin Dodds.

The village is located within the parliamentary constituency of Gateshead, and is served by Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), Ian Mearns.

Air
The nearest airport is Newcastle International Airport, which is located around 9 mi away. Teesside International Airport and Carlisle Lake District Airport are located around 37 and 55 mi away.

Bus
Bensham Road is a well-served bus corridor, providing a regular service to Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne.

Rail
The nearest National Rail station is Newcastle, which is located on the East Coast Main Line. A former station on the East Coast Main Line served the area between 1868 and 1954.

Road
Bensham is located near to the A1 and A167. By road, Gateshead can be reached in around 5 minutes, Newcastle upon Tyne in 10 minutes, and Newcastle International Airport in 20 minutes.

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GCSE Science/Electricity multiple choice practice question 2 answer 3

I'm sorry but this is the wrong answer. The 4Ω resistor gets the full 6V and the two 2Ω resistors have to share the 6V between them because they are in series. They therefore get 3V each.

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Istefan is student of the year. He is studying in JK College. He is Very Bad Student in College. He is 90 Year Old Student

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Ondřej Kopta

Ondřej Kopta (born April 17, 1995) is a Czech professional ice hockey left winger playing for Aigles de Nice of the Ligue Magnus.

Kopta began his career playing junior hockey for HC Plzeň before spending two seasons in North America. He played the 2011–12 season with the Texas Tornado of the North American Hockey League and the 2012–13 season with the Niagara Ice Dogs of the Ontario Hockey League before returning to Plzeň.

On July 3, 2014, Kopta moved to Mountfield HK and made his debut for the main roster during the 2014–15 Czech Extraliga season. He would go on to play in 58 regular season games for the team from 2014 to 2017. He also had loan spells in the 1st Czech Republic Hockey League with BK Havlíčkův Brod, HC Stadion Litoměřice, HC Slavia Praha, VHK Vsetín and HC ZUBR Přerov.

On June 21, 2019, Kopta moved to France and joined Aigles de Nice of the Ligue Magnus.

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Talk:Match.com/Archives/2016

Censorship
Match.com is notorious for censorship of pictures and profile pages. This censorship is defended by Match.com as a method for maintaining a respectable website. In order to become a member of Match.com, you must agree to the Terms of Use. These terms grant Match.com not only the right to display your content, but also to delete and modify this information prior to publishing it. In the event that Match.com modifies your content, they do not require your permission to publish it.

According to the Terms of Use, this censorship is designed to prevent "defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or illegal material"

Pictures
In addition to censoring images that fall under the above categories as defined by the Terms of Use, Match.com also censors images that are not offensive in any way. Photos where someone's face is mildly unidentifiable are unaccepted by Match.com. Images are as such when someone is wearing sunglasses or a hat.

Profiles
Profiles, similar to pictures, must be approved by Match.com before they are made public. This approval process can take up to 72 hours. After this process, many words and phases are automatically censored from the profile, despite their context. Because of this, many users' profiles aren't accepted--even after several attempts to correct the issue. This can be frustrating for users who use words like "dirty" in reference to martinis or "petite" to simply describe themselves.

Business Ethics
There is significant evidence (in the form of complaints) that Match.com "baits" expiring customers into re-purchasing their subscription by sending the customer messages from fake, attractive users.

Yes there is significant evidence to support that. I myself even have some myself. I believe something about this should be put in the article. --Count —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 22:46, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

 * if you think there's significant evidence, please cite some in a reliable source. To be honest, the anecdotal evidence I've seen so far seems to me like it's atributing normal rudeness of people in an anonymous dating site for a conspiracy.  Alternately, I'm okay with writing that many people _believe_ in this conspiracy (whether it's real or not), if in fact we can document that many people do believe this.  Zashaw (talk) 15:52, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

 * if match is going to be doing this kind of thing, they should at least be required to hire actual whores to compose the messages. this is why the sex industry could benefit from unionization... Zaphraud (talk) 01:21, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Controversies
There is an avalanche of evidence of Match.com controversies. I ask that no one removes controversies until fully discussed and voted upon in the discussion. Worldedixor (talk) 16:03, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

 * If there is really an avalanche of evidence, it should be easy to cite it. Of course, there needs to be evidence in a reliable source, which probably doesn't include people's blogs.  If other editors can find such evidence to cite, the content should go back into the article. Zashaw (talk) 19:26, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

 * I would also like to see this avalanche of evidence. The current section relies on one 2005 newspaper report about a lawsuit that was later dropped and blogs and forum postings.  Blogs and forums are not reliable sources for Wikipedia's purposes.  Better sources need to be found for this section to stay as it is.  -- SiobhanHansa 20:44, 6 November 2008 (UTC) --

 * Agreed. I have reverted to bare bones list as per SH. Whatever you might ask we cannot leave compromised content whilst we wait. --BozMo talk 09:07, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Agreed. All controversies should be mentioned, not from anonymous IP addresses or blogs, but from established WP editors who want to bring unique content based on legitimate personal experiences. Worldedixor (talk) 21:09, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

 * That would be using Wikipedia as a soapbox and original research which is against our core policies. We need published, prominent, independent sources that not only verify the facts but indicate the significance of the issue. -- SiobhanHansa 22:53, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Thinking "out of the box" in the best interest of truthful "facts"!... My firsthand experience and the avalanche of the "same" complaints by many bloggers and consumer advocates should indicate the "significance" the questionable practices of match.com. But it appears on WP, all one needs is a gang of 3 wolves (one being an Admin with so much time on his hands) to sabottage a sincere effort by an established editor.  This is why you went ahead and reverted for the third time my edits... Congratulations!... The floor is all yours... I made my contribution IN GOOD FAITH and it was sabottaged by WP beaureaucrats and the sorry "gang v/s 1" mentality of WP... I am out of here... Cheerio Worldedixor (talk) 06:52, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

 * I see from your talk page history that as an established user you have been told time and time again by many other editors and admins that unsourced additions are not acceptable here. I'm not sure how useful or believable your assertion of good faith is when you have repeatedly failed to take on board instruction over two years about Wikipedia's core policies. If you want to get your own story out start a blog.  It just isn't what Wikipedia is about.  -- SiobhanHansa 12:31, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Stop ANTAGONIZING!!! and STOP being PATRONIZING... You are creeping me out!... You must be a very lonely woman with so much time on your hands that your ONLY ambition is to become a WP admin... I have a REAL life... so... STOP snooping into my "page history" and back off already... I said the floor is all yours... I made my contribution IN GOOD FAITH and it was "sabottaged" by WP beaureaucrats and the sorry "gang v/s 1" mentality of WP... I am out of here... Enjoy your sorry victory... Do NOT ever think of antagonizing me again. Worldedixor (talk) 07:35, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

As a casual user of wikipedia who found this page while idly browsing, I'd confess that I was very surprised at the critical tone of an encyclopaedia page. For example "As some estimates put the proportion of “ghost” profiles at over 90%, it would seem that very few of them will. Match.com refuse to comment on this issue." Not only is this not referenced but I find it almost impossible to believe given my own experiences and those of at least 10 other friends who would consider it a laughably conspiratorial claim. I won't edit the page directly, but an experienced editor should imo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:21, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

This article--this section, in particular--remains a mess. I am taking the liberty of removing uncited claims and editorializing diatribes. Matt Thorn (talk) 08:05, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

The section which says "Match.com UK, the British version of the site, a subscription cannot be cancelled online" is incorrect. Members can cancel online. If members wish to end their subscription, they can follow the online cancellation procedure or call match.com 48 hours before the subscription payment is due to be taken. A confirmation email is sent if the process has been successful. You can find a discussion on how to end your subscription on their advice blog. http://advice.uk.match.com/dating-advice/online-dating-advice/when-i-find-someone-or-want-break-online-dating-how-do-i-delete-my-matchcom-account  — Preceding unsigned comment added by AwesomeAudrey33 (talk • contribs) 09:52, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

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User:Aphaia

Self-introduction
I am a Japanese Wikimedian, a member of Communications committee since May 2006. There I am working mainly on smaller projects promotion & translation.

If you need a help to promote Wikibooks both for the Wikimedia project internal and the external world, please don't hesitate to consult us. We Promotion & Translation subcommittee will be happy to collaborate you.

You are welcome at my meta talk.

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User:Spinning Rhythm

{{Infobox person
 * name       = Ryan "Spinning Rhythm" Smith
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 * birth_name = Ryan Smith
 * birth_date = N/a
 * birth_place = Northern England
 * nationality = British
 * occupation = Music/Artist
 * known for = becoming a social media figure

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2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship

The 2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship is the seventh Oceania Women's Sevens tournament. It will be held in Suva, Fiji on 10–11 November 2017. The tournament serves as a qualifier for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, with the highest-placed team aside from Australia, Fiji and New Zealand advancing.

Pool stage
All times are Fiji Summer Time (UTC+13:00)

Knockout stage
5th-8th Place

Cup

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Talk:Hurricane Lorena (2019)

Severe Weather Event 9/23
Arizona received an enhanced risk for severe weather today (9/23) with a 30% hatched risk. This is uncommon in Arizona and if significant severe weather does occur, a subsection should be added on it. --INFOWeather1 (talk) 19:44, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Can you please give me some references to the severe weather alerts or maybe article depicting rainfall or potential damage in Arizona? Jayab314  22:53, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * SPC/WPC reports pages... I dont have anything on hand at this moment --INFOWeather1 (talk) 17:03, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

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Emergency medical responder (EMR)/Patient history

If the patient has an altered level of consciousness and cannot provide sufficient information, ask family members present, bystanders, or any other reliable means at your disposal.

First use the acronym S.A.M.P.L.E.
 * Symptoms. Determine the patients chief complaint and any other obvious symptoms
 * Allergies. Determine if the patient has any allergies.
 * Medication. Determine if the patient has taken any drugs or has any prescriptions for drugs.
 * Past, pertinent medical history. Determine if the patient has a history of similar injuries or illnesses, as well as if the patient has any chronic disorders (i.e. epilepsy, diabetes, COPD, asthma).
 * Last oral intake. Determine what the patient has ingested over the past 24hrs
 * Events leading up the injury or illness. Determine what the patient was doing when the injury or illness occurred.

Second use O.P.Q.R.R.R.S.T. to describe the pain or discomfort from the chief complaint.
 * Onset. Determine what was happening when the pain or discomfort started.
 * Provokes. Determine what makes the pain or discomfort more severe.
 * Quality. Ask the patient to describe the pain or discomfort.
 * Region. Determine where the pain or discomfort is located in the patients body.
 * Radiates. Determine if the pain or discomfort radiates to any other part of the body.
 * Relief. Determine if anything the patient does, has done, or is doing helps to reduce the pain or discomfort.
 * Severity. Determine the severity of the pain or discomfort.
 * Time. Determine when the pain or discomfort started.


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Satya Paul

Satya Paul was an Indian designer label known for Indian prints founded on 1 April 1985. The brand is now present across India. It was founded by designer Satya Paul and helmed by Sanjay Kapoor (Founder - Genesis Luxury) along with Paul's son Puneet Nanda (Creative Director of Satya Paul till 2010).

The founder of the label, Satya Paul, died in Coimbatore on January 6, 2021.

Products
The Satya Paul product line comprises women's designer wear mostly saris, kurtas, handbags, clutches and scarves, and men's accessories such as neck ties, belts, wallets, pocket squares and cufflinks.

Design Collaborations for a Cause
Satya Paul joined hands for Women's Cancer Initiative with the Tata Memorial Centre Hospital of Mumbai for the Think Pink-Awareness Campaign for Breast Cancer. The project was the brainchild of Mumbai socialite and philanthropist Devieka Bhojwani, who battled and survived breast cancer. A special collection, 'Ray of Hope' was developed as well to represent the strength and struggle of women fighting cancer.

In 2006 the brand collaborated with WWF to launch the Endangered Species collection.

In 2003, Satya Paul metamorphosed four of S.H. Raza's paintings and reproduced them as limited edition silk scarves.

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Talk:David S. Tatel

Untitled
David Tatel is legally blind as a result of retinitis pigmentosa which began to destroy his vision when he was a young adult.

 and  Eagleville (talk) 03:03, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Bot-created subpage
A temporary subpage at User:Polbot/fjc/David S. Tatel was automatically created by a perl script, based on this article at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. Polbot (talk) 22:59, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Done.--TommyBoy (talk) 11:51, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

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Free Body Diagrams

It is easy to make a mistake drawing a freebody diagram. It is the preliminary analysis of the statics problem and the basis for writing down your balancing equations. Take care to get the diagram correct and if your results are not making sense, review the diagram to be sure it is not misleading you.

Notice that while the force on the rope is correctly propagated as the same on both sides of the pulley the forces as provided are not possible. After the force on the left is decomposed into an X and Y Cartesian component to add to the other forces, they do not balance. This weight must be swinging to the left as shown until there is a restoring force to the right. The Weight straight down is not balanced by the vertical component of the rope on the right. So the weight must be sinking. This diagram is not in static equilibrium so it cannot be analyzed for useful information using static methods which assume the system shown by the free body diagram is in static equilibrium (motionless).

Example problem:
Given that the shown rope tension is incorrect, find the correct tension in the rope for the Weight and Pulley Configuration shown.

COMMENT:

Not enough information given. The bottom pulley will have to move sideways to establish equal angles in the two legs of the line wrapping the bottom pulley. The tension to define equilibrium will depend on these angles, which must be given, or, alternatively, the diameters of the pulleys and the distance between them must be given.

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Talk:2014 Super League Grand Final

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User:WildWeathel

Hello, I joined Wikipedia on 19 Mar 2006 as a sophomore at Cheverus High School. After using Wikipedia since 2004, I started reverting vandalism and making small edits in 2006. (Took me long enough!)

I finally joined Wikipedia after Cheverus was blocked (temporarily) for vandalism, and after seeing that the article on Cheverus, started by freshmen, needed a lot of work. Soon afterwards, I realized that disambiguation needs to be done and dabbled in that for a while before going on a long wikihiatus.

Now, I've graduated and am back to some disambiguation as well as neutral-POV edits and edits for clarity.

Cheverus Article
Wow, things were a lot worse than I originally realized on the CHS article. The school (talk) is currently blocked until 20 Mar 2006. The research for the article wasn't done beforehand and basically consisted of a "write 50 words on this page" assignment to freshmen. The assignment is over now, but I would appreciate Cheverians willing to do the required research staying to finish the job.

I must say that I am impressed by the rapid wikification and other work that has happened on the page. Kudos to User:Csaribay for steping in and imposing order on the talk page.

Currently working on

 * dab Basque

 * Cheverus High School

Recently finished

 * merge Talk:Miami Conservancy District

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User:Schoeberl~enwikiversity

At the moment I am creating a new course Computer Architecture Lab for Wikiversity.

School of Very Small Information Systems was the first course we created.

My main interest is in Java processor for real-time systems research.

So let's start work in Real Time Java within Wikiversity ;-)

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Filmmaking Basics/Thumbnail Storyboard/Storyboard Frames

 * Current Location
 * Wikiversity (English) $$\Leftrightarrow$$ Humanities $$\Leftrightarrow$$ Art and Design $$\Leftrightarrow$$ Fine Arts $$\Leftrightarrow$$ Film and Television $$\Leftrightarrow$$ Narrative Film Production $$\Leftrightarrow$$  Course #01 - Learning the Basics of Filmmaking $$\Leftrightarrow$$ Lesson #004: Thumbnail Storyboards $$\Leftrightarrow$$  Lesson 4 Storyboard Frames

Library of Storyboard Frames

 * Use these for reference
 * These are the current thumbnail storyboards for this movie Seduced by the Dark Side!. These are the storyboards drawn for Lesson #4 of Course #1 of the WikiU Film School.

 * Creating a storyboard using this library
 * To create your thumbnail storyboards for Seduced by the Dark Side!, print out the unformatted script.  Then you can select the thumbnail storyboards which you think will fit your idea of the action and mood of the scene.  If you prefer, you can draw your own thumbnail storyboard.  Most of these frames show here were drawn with Adobe Photoshop 4 (full version; Not Elements) which is ten years old and Adobe Photoshop 5.5 (full version; Not Elements).  Another option is using ArtRage 2 Free.  This is a fun painting program from Ambient Designs.

Thumbnail storyboard frames outside the line
· #2006 → → The Young Person thinks.

· #2007 → → The Young Person talks.

· #2008 → → The Young Person talks.

· #2009 → → The Young Person talks (telephoto).

· #2010 → →  → A wide angle shot which is why the Old Person in the Distance looks distorted.

· #2011 → →  → The Old Person thinks and replies (telephoto shot).

· #2012 → →  → The Old Person thinks and then replies (over-the-shoulder shot).

· #2013 → →  The Old Person thinks and then talks to the Young Person.

· #2014 → → The Old Person Smiles.

· #2015 → → The Old Person talks to the Young Person (telephoto shot)

· #2016 → → The Old Person has turn to the Young Person and is talking.

· #2017 → → The Old Person has turn to the Young Person and the Young Person is talking.

Ending Shots
· #8001 → → A distant shot of the whole scene.

· #8002 → → Ending Shot of the Young Person and the Old Person walking.

· #8003 → → Ending Shot of the Young Person and the Old Person walking and then composited into the Matte Painting.

Ambiguous
· #0001 → → The Young Person is looking directly into the camera.

· #0002 → → The Old Person is looking directly into the camera.

A Blank Frame
· #9001 → → A blank thumbnail storyboard frame.

· #9002 → → A black thumbnail storyboard frame.

Reference materials

 * Reference materials for Seduced by the Dark Side! that you might need.
 * All the Lesson 4 Storyboard Frames. This sheet will give you ideas for your storyboards.
 * The unformatted script. Print this script outline and use the numbers on this script for your thumbnail storyboards.
 * The original story. To get additional information for your storyboards, look at the original story.
 * The [[Media:SBTDS Script Ciprian2.pdf|formatted script]].
 * The floor plan for the movie set. This will help you plan your shots.
 * All of the storyboard frames in a table. This will help you plan your shots.

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User:Kjock/sandbox

File:AmericanNight.jpg 1st edition (publ. Villard)

The American Night is a volume of poetry written by Jim Morrison, front-man for the 1960s psychedelic rock group, The Doors, and published posthumously in 1991, 20 years after his death (to the month) by Random House under the trade name imprint Villard Publishing. The book is structured into 10 sections. The title is eponymous with a poem that appears on the album American Prayer, itself a collection of spoken word and musical vignettes released in 1978.

The book consists of his theories on night which the publisher describes as containing "nightmarish images, bold associative leaps, and [a] volcanic power of emotion" and being "the unmistakable artifacts of a great, wild voice and heart."

The American Night is a follow-up and second volume to Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison (first published in 1989).

Influences
Morrison's work is often compared to that of French poet Arthur Rimbaud, specifically from his collection Illuminations (poetry collection). Morrison once wrote in a letter to the translator of Rimbaud's collection, "Thanks for doing the Rimbaud translation. I read French but not too easily and I needed your translation. I am a rock singer and your book travels with me wherever I go."

Not only did Morrison read Rimbaud passionately, but his work seems to be inspired by him. Both poets entertain nontraditional formats for their poetry, Rimbaud implementing the prose style while Morrison often played around with space in The American Night. They both stray from normal rhythm and verse. Their shared defiance of societal norms and desires to be known to the world as poets shines through in their defiant structure and tone. Both authors wrote consistently of death in a way that questioned the living, and both bring mythology as well as concepts of life after death into their poetry

Controversy
The American Night has remained controversial because of the way it was published. When Morrison was discovered dead in a Paris hotel room in 1971, the writings that would later become this publication were found along with him. While there seem to have been no directions from Morrison, the author, that the writings he left behind were meant for publication, there was a longtime race to make sure the work was seen by the public. Morrison's longtime companion and common-law wife Pamela Courson was one of the first to take on the task of attempting to publish Morrison's works, and though she passed away before she was successful in her endeavors, her family took on her mission and looked to do the same, as their daughter had been named Morrison's sole heir shortly after her own death. Copies of Morrison's manuscripts, however, reportedly fell into the hands of a few fans who also looked to publish the poetry. When those fans would eventually resolve those publishing rights, Courson's family became able to publish Wilderness, and The American Night, which both sold remarkably well.

At the same time, questions arose as to whether or not it was ethical to publish Morrison's works after his death when he gave no indication that this was his intention. A friend of Morrison's was quoted as saying, "'If something was thrown in a wastebasket by Cezanne, I don't think it should hang in a museum'...'What about the sanctity of the writer?'" The two collections were also published under the name "Jim Morrison" as opposed to the name Morrison usually gave his publisher, "James Douglas Morrison," calling into question why exactly the works were published and why it was done in this way. When asked why the books were placed in a store in the music section rather than with the poetry, a storeowner admitted that "[t]hey sell better." .

Category:The Doors Category:1990 books Category:American poetry collections

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Chernavka, Zavyalovsky District, Altai Krai

Chernavka (Чернавка) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Chernavsky Selsoviet, Zavyalovsky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 385 as of 2013. There are 10 streets.

Geography
Chernavka is located on the Kulunda plain, 33 km southwest of Zavyalovo (the district's administrative centre) by road. Kamyshenka is the nearest rural locality.


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List of Inspector Gadget (2015 TV series) episodes

Inspector Gadget is a CGI animated series that debuted in 2015 and is a revival of the original traditionally animated (2-D) 1980's series of the same name. The series is produced and owned by DHX Media.


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User:DaveHartsdale1804/sandbox

Early life and family
Vex Charles was born in New York, the location of his start of the education is currently unknown. Around 2014, he went to Africa where he stayed with his 2 brothers GamingWithTeaneck (Zelma) James (Nongti) At 2017, he left his country due to the death of his father David Bayor, and went back to New York.

Other work
He also focuses on social media with over 100 subscribers on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and over 300 followers on TikTok.

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Cookbook:Caesar Salad

| California cuisine | Salad

The Caesar salad is a traditional salad served in American restaurants, often prepared table-side. It is referred to by some as the "king" of salads.

Its origin is largely credited to Italian immigrant Caesar Cardini, a restaurateur and chef in Tijuana, Baja California del Norte, Mexico. Cardini reportedly tossed the first such salad table side at his restaurant on July 4, 1924.

Ingredients

 * 1 head Romaine lettuce, roughly chopped
 * ¼ cup (about 50 ml) extra-virgin olive oil, divided
 * Heavy pinch of sea salt
 * Freshly-ground black pepper
 * Drizzle of red wine vinegar
 * 3 shots Worcestershire sauce
 * 2 soft-boiled eggs
 * Garlic croûtons

Procedure

 * 1) Drizzle lettuce with 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil. Toss to coat.
 * 2) Add salt and pepper. Toss to coat.
 * 3) Add vinegar and toss to coat.
 * 4) Drizzle Worcestershire sauce over lettuce. Toss to coat.
 * 5) Crack eggs over salad. Toss to coat.
 * 6) Top with garlic croûtons and serve.

Notes, tips, and variations

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Raúl Alberto Trejo Benavides

Raúl Alberto Trejo Benavides (died 13 May 2002) was a Mexican suspected drug lord and high-ranking member of Los Zetas, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Trejo Benavides served in the Mexican Army from 1991 to 1999, and was a member of the Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE), the army's special forces. He joined the Gulf Cartel under kingpin Osiel Cárdenas Guillén after leaving the army, becoming one of the first members of its newly formed paramilitary wing, Los Zetas. Like Trejo Benavides, most of the first members of Los Zetas were ex-military. Los Zetas was responsible for providing security services to Cárdenas Guillén and carrying out executions on the cartel's behalf.

In 2002, Trejo Benavides was mortally wounded in a shootout with rival gangsters in Monterrey. His comrades took his body to a hotel in Matamoros, where they abandoned it after arranging the corpse and the room to simulate a suicide. His death triggered disagreements between Los Zetas leader Arturo Guzmán Decena and Gulf Cartel boss Cárdenas Guillén. The Mexican government remained unaware that Trejo Benavides had died, and continued to issue charges against him along with other Zetas leaders. By 2009, a high-ranking Zetas member confessed to authorities that Trejo Benavides had been dead for several years.

Early life and career
Raúl Alberto Trejo Benavides was born in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. He joined the Mexican Army on 3 May 1991, later becoming a member of the Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE), the army's special forces. While with the GAFE, Trejo Benavides worked closely with the Federal Judicial Police (PJF), in their anti-narcotics unit. During his service, Trejo Benavides reportedly received military and counter-drug training in the United States.

Rather than retaining military reserve status or deserting without notice, Trejo Benavides requested voluntary removal from active duty and left the Mexican Armed Forces on 16 March 1999. He then joined the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas. He became a member of the cartel's newly created paramilitary group, known as Los Zetas, which was largely composed of ex-commandos. He was hired by cartel boss Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, and was given the nickname "El Alvin". In Los Zetas, Trejo Benavides also used the code names "Z-6" and/or "Z9-HK24".

When Trejo Benavides joined Los Zetas, the group's purpose was to provide security services to Cárdenas Guillén and carry out executions on the cartel's behalf. Trejo Benavides was one of the founding members of Los Zetas who was reportedly part of the Grupo de los 14 (English: Group of 14), who were the first fourteen Zetas members. He was one of the most adept gunmen in the group. Over the years, Los Zetas underwent organizational changes and became increasingly involved in other criminal activities alongside the Gulf Cartel, including drug trafficking.

Injury and death
On 13 May 2002, Trejo Benavides and nearly twenty other members of Los Zetas mounted an operation in Monterrey, Nuevo León to kidnap Dionisio Román García Sánchez ("El Chacho"), a former state police officer and the head of a Nuevo Laredo-based smuggling group known as Los Chachos. The commando was headed by Víctor Manuel Vázquez Mireles. They were acting on intelligence information provided by the police chief Arturo Pedroza Aguirre, who tipped off García Sánchez's location to Cárdenas Guillén and Los Zetas. During the attack, rival gangster Juvenal Sánchez Torres ("El Juve") was killed, and Los Zetas successfully abducted García Sánchez from his home along with three of his alleged henchmen. García Sánchez was found dead later that day in Río Bravo, Tamaulipas. Trejo Benavides was injured by García Sánchez's associates, and died from gunshot wounds after failing to receive medical attention. His comrades transported his corpse from Monterrey to Matamoros, where they abandoned it in a hotel room.

After learning that Trejo Benavides had died, his boss, Guzmán Decena, threatened Cárdenas Guillén. Reportedly, Guzmán Decena did not support the idea of having García Sánchez killed, and told Cárdenas Guillén, "Either you fix this problem of [García Sánchez] and [Trejo Benavides] or we will turn you in to the Army". Cárdenas Guillén took the threat seriously, reportedly commissioning his lawyer, Galo Gaspar Pérez Canales, to help him use the press to present Trejo Benavides' death as suicide. Several journalists helped the Gulf Cartel to fabricate the story. Cárdenas Guillén also received the support of the Tamaulipas State Police chief stationed in Matamoros, Plácido de Jesús Martínez Gutierréz.

Investigation and reactions
Trejo Benavides' body was found at 3:00 p.m. when a hotel staff member entered the room for housekeeping after checkout time. His corpse was laid out on the bed, fully dressed, and holding a gun in his hand to indicate that he had committed suicide. Another hotel staff member stated that he did not know the name(s) of the individual(s) who had taken the room, that they had arrived by taxi, and that they did not look suspicious. Local authorities found two identity documents on the body: a Tamaulipas university ID and a state driver's license, both in the name of Ramón Esparza Torres. El Bravo newspaper in Matamoros reported that the man was a professor, who had killed himself for sentimental reasons. The article was published in the police section, and the story circulated widely in Matamoros. The body was sent to a local funeral parlor, where a wake was held. Several organized crime members were in attendance. Los Zetas helped arrange transfer of the corpse to Tabasco, his home state.

Guzmán Decena's death threats angered Cárdenas Guillén, who reportedly spoke to Los Zetas members Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano and Omar Lorméndez Pitalúa about plans to eliminate him. In November 2002, after learning that Guzmán Decena was at his girlfriend's home in Matamoros, Cárdenas Guillén reportedly called on the Mexican Army to arrest him. Guzmán Decena confronted the soldiers upon their arrival, and was killed by gunfire. After Guzmán Decena's death, Cárdenas Guillén granted greater freedom and concessions to Los Zetas. He allowed several members to join his inner security circle, and granted others permission to coordinate marijuana and cocaine operations in Nuevo Laredo and Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, two corridors previously under the Gulf Cartel's control. Trejo Benavides' position in Los Zetas was taken over by Mellado Cruz, who was also a former GAFE.

Bounty and charges
The Mexican government was unaware of Trejo Benavides' death for several years, and continued to issue charges against him. On 18 June 2003, Mexico's Attorney General's Office (PGR) placed an unspecified bounty on 31 members of Los Zetas, including Trejo Benavides. Authorities stated that Trejo Benavides was "highly dangerous", given his military background and his suspected role in homicides, drug trafficking, kidnappings, and carjackings. This announcement was made after the Specialized Unit Against Organized Crime (UEDO) identified him as a high-ranking member of Los Zetas following the 14 March arrest of Cárdenas Guillén.

On 25 November 2006, regional Mexican singer Valentín Elizalde was killed after playing at a concert in Reynosa. According to investigators, he was killed for playing a narcocorrido called "A Mis Enemigos" ("To My Enemies"), whose lyrics made indirect antagonistic references to the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas. Investigators suspected that Trejo Benavides was part of the commando that shot Elizalde, and he accordingly became a suspect in the murder investigation along with his colleague Hernández Barrón. By 2009, Mexican authorities learned that Trejo Benavides was dead when former Zetas member Mateo Díaz López ("Comandante Mateo") confessed that fact to investigators after viewing the mug shots of wanted Zetas members.

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