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Talk:Dennis Gruending

Help in updating my Wikipedia profile
Hi: Wikipedia has a brief entry on me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Gruending but it is out of date and incomplete. A journalist friend of mine made some updating changes in the past but then someone had the old version reestablished. What is the best way for me to seek just a few changes that will update the entry and make it accurate.

1) The site says I have published five books but I have now published eight. For documentation and sourcing purposes, I am registered as an Amazon Author and all of the title are listed there: https://www.amazon.com/Dennis-Gruending/e/B001K7S0W2%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

2) My university educational credentials are missing. I have both a BA in Arts and a Masters degree in Journalism. Again, the sources for that exist with the institutions in question: a) https://alumni.usask.ca/connect/classnotes.php; b) https://carleton.ca/sjc/profile/dennis-gruending/

3). The House of Commons link that you use as a reference for me takes the reader to a 19th century politician named The Hon. Gordon Minto Churchill, ie: https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=1772

4) There is no accompanying photo with the entry. I do have an up-to-date photo which I paid a professional photographer to take and am feree to use, with or without attribution.

My basic question is this: how to incorporate these changes. do you accept changes from the subject of an entry? Or do I have to provide the information to someone else who adds the new material?

Thanks, dennis gruending <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 00:16, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

 * Welcome, Dennis. Since you are the subject of the Dennis Gruending article, you are strongly encouraged to avoid editing it directly yourself. Instead, Please place these suggestions on the article's talk page, together with the magical incantation request edit, and an editor without a WP:COI will come along and update the article as appropriate. However, such an editor will need to cite reliable sources (WP:RS), so it thanks for providing them. For the photo: We rigidly adhere to copyright law. The professional photographer holds the copyright, and "permission to use" is insufficient. We need for the copyright owner to grant a CC-BY-SA license. If the photographer transferred the copyright to you, then you can do this yourself. After you get an image file of a picture for which you own the copyright onto your computer, then come back here and ask for further help. -Arch dude (talk) 05:16, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

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 * 1) . The Amazon page is pretty fluid and might change to add paperback vs. hardbacks, so I'm personally not comfortable using it. But the Carlton profile includes the number, so I changed it.
 * 2) . Updated and also added what I would consider a slightly more stable reference at the Saskatchewan Archival Information Network
 * 3) . Fixed, this is 1772, your entry is at 1722.
 * 4) . I agree with the response . I don't understand Canadian Copyright law in regard to the photo at the Canadian Parliment website, but I don't *think* it could be used on Wikipedia.Naraht (talk) 16:15, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

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Khujan

Khujan is a village in, and the capital of, Darbqazi Rural District of the Central District of Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 593 in 146 households. The following census in 2011 counted 583 people in 180 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 533 people in 177 households.

source: wikimedia

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

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involutional

Adjective

 * 1) of or pertaining to involution
 * 2) characterized by involution

Translations

 * Russian:

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Light and optics

Wikiversity resources

 * /Vision and lenses/
 * /Telescopes/

Sister links and other resources
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Optics Geometrical optics Thin lens Paraxial approximation Accommodation (eye) Focus (optics) Optical aberration Corrective lens w:Category:Optics Physics Study Guide/Optics A few images from commons Lots of images from commons

]] A collapsable list of sister links is shown to the right. It is not yet complete -- feel free to add links to Wikipedia/Wikibooks.
 * See also this collection of images: /Gallery_and_resources/

Important external links on optics

 * Physics Classroom - Ray optics
 * Phet - Geometrical optics
 * Hyperphysics - Light and vision
 * Optics Express Optics open access journal

From Wikipedia
Geometrical optics, or ray optics, describes light propagation in terms of "rays". The "ray" in geometric optics is a concept that permits us to view light in an extremely primitive version of the "particle picture" of quantum mechanics (primitive because Einsteins "E=hf" is never needed or used). Rays bend (and may split in two) at any interface, may curve in a medium where the refractive index changes, and may be absorbed and reflected. This is a significant simplification of optics that fails to account for optical effects such as diffraction and interference. The approximation tends to be valid when the wavelength is very small compared with the size of structures with which the light interacts.

The image to the right shows how waves can form a ray if the wavelength is very small.

Reflection refers to the bouncing of light off an object in a fashion that resembles how a ball might bounce off a wall (neglecting any effects due to the fact that the ball is spinning). Glossy surfaces such as mirrors reflect light in a simple, predictable way: (1) The incident and reflected rays lie in a single plane, and (2) the angle between the reflected ray and the surface normal is the same as that between the incident ray and the normal.

 * Definition of "normal". The surface normal, a line perpendicular to the surface at the point where the ray hits.

This law applies to flat mirrors, as well as mirrors with curved surfaces (examples of curved surfaces include parabolic and spherical).

Refraction occurs when light travels through an area of space that has a changing index of refraction. The simplest case of refraction occurs when there is an interface between a uniform medium with index of refraction $$n_1$$ and another medium with index of refraction $$n_2$$. In such situations, Snell's Law describes the resulting deflection of the light ray:

 * $$n_1\sin\theta_1 = n_2\sin\theta_2\ $$

where $$\theta_1$$ and $$\theta_2$$ are the angles between the normal (to the interface) and the incident and refracted waves, respectively. As discussed in Wikipedia, the index of refraction is closely related to the speed of the wave in the material: n=c/v, where c is the speed of light in vacuum and v is the speed of light in the medium.

 * A device which produces converging or diverging light rays due to refraction is known as a lens. Thin lenses produce focal points on either side that can be modeled using the lensmaker's equation. In general, two types of lenses exist: convex lenses, which cause parallel light rays to converge, and concave lenses, which cause parallel light rays to diverge.

The paraxial approximation
The paraxial approximation can be used to derive simple equations involving lenses. A statement of the approximation involves the optical axis, which is a line that passes through the center of each lens and is oriented in a direction normal to the surface of the lens (at the center). The paraxial approximation is valid for rays that make a small angle to the optical axis of the system, and also lie close to the optical axis, throughout the system.

Further simplification occurs when we assume that the lenses are sufficiently thin; this is known as the thin lens approximation. In this approximation, two points, called focal points, are situated at equal lengths to the left and right of the lens. Focal points are denoted with the capital letter F, while the distance from the focal point to the center of a then lens is called the focal length, denoted by the lower case f.

Warning: The point where all the ray coming from a given point on an object is called the image, which is generally not the same as the focal point of a lens.

Viewing optics in two dimensions
It is instructive to use a ray optics kit to view lenses. A description of these images can be found on Wikipedia's Lens. Note how reality is a bit different from the simple model.

The three easy rays and the thin lens formula

The detailed prediction of how images are produced by these lenses can be made using either ray-tracing methods or equations. Thin lenses follow a simple equation that determines the location of the images given a particular focal length ($$f$$) and object distance ($$S_1$$):
 * $$\frac{1}{S_1} + \frac{1}{S_2} = \frac{1}{f} $$

where $$S_2$$ is the distance associated with the image and is considered by convention to be negative if on the same side of the lens as the object and positive if on the opposite side of the lens. The focal length f is considered negative for concave lenses.

Real image for converging lens occurs when S1 > f >0
It is customary with lenses to assume that the light travels from left to right, and in such cases, the convention is that the object distance S_1 is positive. If the lens is converging, f>0, and if S1>f, the equation above yields a value of S2 that is positive, which means that the image is to the right of the lens. Such an image is called a real image, because rays actually converge to that point.

Virtual image for converging lens occurs when 0 <S1 < f

If the object is moved closer to the lens than it's own focal length, the equations predict that S2 < 0. In this case the image is on the left of the lens. In other words, the rays on the right side of the lens are diverging as if they originated at a point to the left of the lens. Such an image is called a virtual image. When a magnifying glass is used in this way, it is impossible to converge all the light from a source to a single point. This situation does describe the use of a magnifying glass or reading glasses to better see something that is small and/or too close to the eye for comfortable viewing.

In this case it is worth noting that the rays continue to diverge after passing through the converging lens. But they diverge less. The question of whether a converging lens causes the rays to actually converge after passing through the lens is easy to answer:

 * 1) If the object distance is greater than the focal length of a converging lens (S1 > f > 0) the converging lens causes the rays to converge.
 * 2) If the object distance is less than the focal length converging lens (f > S1 0) the rays continue to diverge, but diverge less.
 * 3) If the object distance equals the focal length of a converging lens (S1 = f > 0) the rays neither converge nor diverge, but emerge parallel to each other.

Thoughts on infinity
If the rays are parallel, they are said to meet at infinity. If S1 = f, then our equation (1/S1 + 1/S2 = 1/f) yields what may seem like the meaningless result, S2 = 1/0. This is a good place to mention that "infinity" has a practical value. We can give meaning to this equation to the loosely defined mathematically statement,

 * $$\frac{1}{0} = \pm\infty $$ ,

$$\frac{1}{\pm 0} = \pm\infty $$ and $$\frac{1}{\pm \infty} = \pm 0$$

where $$\pm 0$$ is commonly used "shorthand" for an infinitesimally small number either slightly larger or smaller than zero. This idea is also sometimes represented as $$0^+$$ or $$0^-$$. It seems odd that zero-plus is almost equal to zero-minus, while plus and minus infinity seems far apart. See also point at infinity.

by noting that in practice one cannot put the image exactly at a given point, with 0% error. If "0" is a very small positive number, then 1/"0" is very large and positive. If "0" is very close to zero, but negative, then 1/"0" approaches negative infinity. It is customary to use superscripts to indicate the sign of a number that is approaching zero: 0- is negative and 0+ is positive. Physically, the two infinities (positive and negative) are also "nearly equal" in that both represent nearly parallel rays that either slightly diverge or slightly converge.

Virtual images from a diverging lens when f < 0
The formulas above may also be used for negative (diverging) lens by using a negative focal length (f), but for these lenses only virtual images can be formed.

More from Wikipedia
For students wishing to model the eye using the , the Lensmaker's equation states that

$$\dfrac{1}{f}=(n-1)\left(\dfrac{1}{R_2}-\dfrac{1}{R_2}\right)$$

There is also a more general version of the formula if the lens is placed inside a medium other than air:

$$\dfrac{1}{f}=\left(\dfrac{n_2}{n_1}-1\right)\left(\dfrac{1}{R_2}-\dfrac{1}{R_2}\right)$$

A number of consequences of these rules are discussed in Wikipedia's Geometrical optics

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Gianna

Gianna is a female Italian given name, a diminutive form of Giovanna. In English, it is translated as Joann, Joanne or Joanna. These names mean "God is gracious". See also "John" for the origin.

Variations

 * Feminine: Giana, Gia, Giovanna
 * Masculine: Gianni, Giovanni

People

 * Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki (born 1955), Greek businesswoman
 * Gianna Maria Canale (1927–2009), Italian actress
 * Gianna D'Angelo (1929–2013), American soprano
 * Gianna Galli (1935–2010), Italian soprano
 * Gianna Hablützel-Bürki (born 1969), Swiss fencer
 * Gianna Jessen (born 1977), American singer and anti-abortion activist
 * Gianna Jun (Jun Ji-hyun, born 1981), South Korean actress and model
 * Gianna Manzini (1896–1974), Italian writer
 * Gianna Beretta Molla (1922–1962), Italian pediatrician and Roman Catholic saint
 * Gianna Nannini (born 1954), Italian singer-songwriter
 * Gianna Pederzini (1900–1988), Italian mezzo-soprano
 * Gianna Rolandi (1952–2021), American soprano
 * Gianna Talone (born 1957), Italian-American pharmacist and writer
 * Giuseppina "Gianna" Tuissi (1923–1945), Italian resistance member
 * Gianna Woodruff (born 1993), Panamanian hurdler

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User:MikeMike

I'm a simple person and like most simple people I'm pretty complex once you scratch the surface. ;-)

I started doing computer work at the age of 5 when my father was one of the programmers for Globe Glass in Chicago in the 1970's. I think we were one of the few people that actually had a computer in our living space. An old IBM green-screen desktop - all one piece - I forget the model number. One of the old 5100 series boxes with a tape drive in it. From there I learned how to do basic programming. My life has never been the same since! At age 35 I'm still regularly involved with computers and other sundry things.

On other fronts I have many, many things I'm interested in on a semi-regular basis:

Blacksmithing/Swordsmithing

Journals/Writing/Papermaking

Woodworking/Walking Staffs

Pipes - tobacco. (Check out a friend of mine:Pipecrafter.com)

Art - sketching and other materials

Medieval Weapons

Artistic Electronics - cool blinkies and My blender runs NetBSD sort of stuff. ;-)

I've been married now for almost 10 years to a wonderful wife. I have a daughter who will be 7 this June. She's Autistic, I have Aspergers, but she's extremely smart. She just has a serious communication problem.

Other odd things include owning a rusting non-running 1972 International Travellall 1110 that I someday hope to get running. And a 3x3 sheet of copper that I hope to hammer into a hand-made firepit in the backyard this summer.

It's pretty lame right now but my home site is terminalcore.net. Please don't hammer my bandwidth. Thanks!

Well, enough jabbering about me. I hope to contribute more writing where I can and have knowledge. Long live Wikibooks! *grin*

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Talk:Kievan

This is an alternative spelling of Kievian and not a misspelling? --Connel MacKenzie 22:30, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Well! A ten-to-one ratio in favor of this (counter-intuitive) spelling. It must have an interesting etymological explanation? --Connel MacKenzie 23:29, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Tom Lunt

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... (In the process of filling out more information. As a producer, record label owner, and musician, Tom has helped create hundreds of important american soul and rock albums.) --Minkthink (talk) 20:44, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

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Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts

The Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Dutch: Erasmushogeschool Brussel) is an institute of higher education based in Brussels, Belgium.

Like the EU student exchange programme ERASMUS, EhB is named after the humanistic philosopher and author Desiderius Erasmus, who resided in Anderlecht, a municipality of Brussels.

History
The Flemish Higher Education Decree of 13 July 1994 ushered in a large-scale merger operation and reorganisation of the educational system (disciplines and curricula). More than 160 institutions were reduced to 22 colleges. Erasmus University College Brussels came into being in 1995 from a merger of some ten colleges in and around Brussels.

Department and programmes
EhB has around 4500 students and consists of six departments that offer bachelor and master of Art degree programmes in 20 study areas.

Departments

 * Management, Media & Society
 * Healthcare, Design & Technology
 * Education
 * School of Arts: Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (Brussels Royal Conservatory)
 * School of Arts: Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS)

Bachelor and master degree programmes

 * Tourism and Recreation Management
 * Communications Management
 * Journalism
 * Idea and Innovation Management
 * Hotel Management
 * Office Management
 * Applied Computer Science
 * Multimedia and Communication Science
 * Bio-Medical Laboratory Technology
 * Nursing and Dietetics
 * Nursing
 * Midwifery
 * Music And Performing Arts
 * Social Work
 * Nursery School Teacher Training
 * Pre-School Teacher Training
 * Lower Secondary School Teacher Training
 * Audio-Visual Arts
 * Drama
 * Urban Architecture
 * Landscape and Garden Architecture

Brussels University Association
Together with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels), in 2003 the EhB created the Universitaire Associatie Brussel (Brussels University Association) to bring the master's degree programmes in line with the academic requirements of the Bologna declaration.

Notable graduates

 * Eric de Kuyper, Rits, 1967


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Electronics/Expanded Edition Aerials

This is about what aerials and antennae look like to a circuit, effective impedance, coupling of current with radio waves.

Intro to design of radio receivers/transmitters, including much maths

I. Introduction to Electromagnetics / Transmission Line Theory

Previous sections have presented an overview of DC and AC circuit principles. The circuits we have looked at until now all have one thing in common: they are electrically small compared to the wavelength of the voltages and currents induced on them. In other words, the physical size of the circuit is much smaller than the length of the voltage or current wave. Many other circuits, however, have physical dimensions the same as or larger than the wavelengths of their voltages and currents. In order to understand their operation, it is necessary to introduce the principles of electromagnetic theory.

All alternating voltages and currents move through space the form of waves. This is a fundamental principle of physics discovered in the 19th century and elaborated by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell, among others. Like a wave in water, an electromagnetic wave contains "crests" and "troughs". Wavelength is the distance from one crest to the next. In the electrical case, a crest is a point in space where the alternating voltage or current value is at maximum, and a trough is a point where the value is at minimum.

In the case of a DC current or voltage, the value is the same everywhere, so the wavelength is infinite. Alternating voltages and currents have finite wavelengths. The pattern the values take in space is that of a sine wave. If voltages and currents are measured at locations along the path of an electromagnetic wave, they will fit the curve of a sine wave.

Frequency in electromagnetics is the number of crests passing a particular point in space per unit of time, as the wave moves. It is the inverse (one over) wavelength.

What has been discussed so far is a subset of electromagnetic theory.

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Organic Chemistry/Introduction to reactions/Zaitsev's rule

Zaitsev's (sometimes spelled "Saytzeff") rule: In elimination reactions, the major reaction product is the most substituted alkene. The most substituted alkene is also the most stable.

Read about Alexander Mikhailkovich Zaitsev, the chemist on Wikipedia.


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Enzo Guebey

Enzo Guebey is a French professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with HC Davos of the National League (NL). He previously played with Genève-Servette HC of the NL and within the ZSC Lions/GCK Lions organization.

Playing career
Guebey made his National League debut with Genève-Servette HC in the 2017-18 season, appearing in 16 NL games this season, while still being a member of Geneva's Elite Junior A team.

Guebey only played 6 games with HC La Chaux-de-Fonds of the Swiss League (SL) in 2018/19 because of a knee injury that required surgery and ended his season on October 11, 2018.

Guebey started the 2019–20 season on loan with HC Sierre of the Swiss League before being called up by Genève-Servette on September 16, 2019, to replace injured Mike Vollmin. On September 26, 2019, Guebey was reassigned to HC Sierre. He went on to play the remainder of the season with Sierre, appearing in 30 games and racking up 4 points (2 goals) in the SL and played an additional 4 games in the relegation round before the season was cancelled in March 2020.

Guebey was sent down to the HCB Ticino Rockets of the Swiss League to begin the 2020/21 season. He was called up on December 23, 2020, to dress up as the 7th defenseman following injuries to 3 other defensemen on the team. On December 30, 2020, Guebey received a game misconduct following a knee-on-knee collision with Lausanne HC's Charles Hudon. He was suspended for one game and fined CHF 1,000.

On May 14, 2021, Guebey was signed to a two-year, two-way contract by the ZSC Lions as a free agent.

On October 27, 2023, Guebey was loaned to HC Davos for a few games with agreement to return to the GCK lions afterwards. On October 31, 2023, the ZSC Lions agreed to permanently move Guebey to HC Davos for the remainder of his contract.

Personal life
Guebey was born and grew up in Sallanches, France located just 50 kilometers southeast of Geneva, which allowed him to play all of his junior hockey with Genève-Servette.

He plays in Switzerland with a Swiss player-license but doesn't hold Swiss citizenship.

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Talk:Antoniotto di Montaldo

Antonio Montaldo versus Antoniotto Montaldo
Here this politician is named as Antoniotto Montaldo whereas in the Italian wiki his name is just Antonio Montaldo.

Is there any differences in these two names? Who is right? Generally I believe that italians should better know how to name their political leaders... Sirmax07 (talk) 04:21, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

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Association of Concerned Africa Scholars

The Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS) is a US group of Africanist academics, founded in 1978, with co-chairs from the African Studies Association (ASA) and the African Heritage Studies Association (AHSA) for at least the first ten years.

It opposed the CIA's support for the Angolan Civil War and Ronald Reagan's policy towards Africa, in particular the policy of constructive engagement towards the South African regime. In the 1990s the Association led opposition to the Boren Bill.

The Association's papers are held at the African Activist Archive at Michigan State University.


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Talk:Begunbari Kali Temple

Hyy i am utkarsh pandey I am indian and i live in gorakhpur uttar pradesh 🤗🤗

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Software Freedom/Information Goods Activity

The goal of this activity is have students produce, on their own, one primarily material and one primarily non-material product and to compare the nature of the good produced and to gain a deeper understanding of the nature of information goods.

Key Concepts
This activity aims to create an intriguing opening to the Software and Freedom Curriculum and to introduce and frame the concepts the section on information goods. It aims to help students find their own answers to a number of important questions that might include:

 * What is an information good? How is different than a material good?
 * What are the ways that information can be controlled? How is this control different or similar to ownership?

Prerequisites
This activity is is designed to use and build upon work assigned to the students for other purposes and potentially in other classes.

In general terms, the required material includes:

 * Two assignments from the students' normal schoolwork.
 * Permission and collaboration from the teachers assigning the assignments above (if applicable).

The two assignments should be different and should be chosen so that one falls into each of the following rough categories:

 * 1) An assignment whose fulfillment involves or centers around primarily material or physical product. The project could be in any number of subjects. The essential criteria is the product fulfilling the assignment must not be easily or effectively copyable by students. Examples might include:
 * 2) An assignment to create a collage out of magazines around a theme or in response to readings in an history, English, or art class.
 * 3) An assignment to create a model or poster for a science class.
 * 4) A sculpture, drawing, painting, or other physical art project.
 * 5) An assignment whose fulfillment involves or centers around a primarily non-material or information product. As in the first example, the subject does not matter but the work must be easily copied and of the kind that students could easily collaborate together upon, divide work around. It should be the type of assignment that in an academic environment students could cheat on. Examples might include:
 * 6) A traditional style math assignment formed of a list of problems and solutions.
 * 7) A foreign language worksheet that ask for translations of words, sentences, etc.
 * 8) A science or humanities assignment of any type that asks for "answers" to questions where there are correct answer.

Teachers will need to have one assignment of each type coordinated in advance. Both assignments should be brief (i.e., not assigned for more than several days) and the assignments should be coordinated so that they are assigned on the same day, due on the same day, and assigned according to the instructions below.


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Physics Study Guide/Optics

Light
Light is that range of electromagnetic energy that is visible to the human eye, the visible colors. The optical radiation includes not only the visible range, but a broader range of invisible electromagnetic radiation that could be influenced in its radiation behavior in a similar way as the visible radiation, but needs often other transmitters or receivers for this radiation. Dependent on the kind of experimental question light - optical radiation behaves as a wave or a particle named lightwave or photon. The birth or death of photons needs electrons - electromagnetic charges, that change their energy.

The speed of light is fastest in the vacuum.

In a wave we have to distinguish between the speed of transport of energy or the speed of the transport of on phase state of a wave of a defined frequency. In vacuum the speed of waves of any photon energy - wavelength is the same, but the transmission speed through material is dependent on wavelength - photon energy. At the time the measurement of the speed of light in vacuum reached the uncertainty of the unit of length, the meter, this basic unit got in 1960 a new definition, based on the unit of time. Taking the best known measurement values it was defined without any uncertainties of length, that the speed of light is 299,792,458 meters per second. For this reason the only uncertainty in the speed of light is the uncertainty of the realization of the unit of time, the second. (If you like to get the standard of length, cooperate with the watchmaker). However, when electromagnetic radiation enters a medium with refractive index, $$n$$, its speed would become
 * $$c_n=\frac{c}{n}$$

where $$c_n$$ is the speed of light in the medium.

Refraction
Refraction occurs when light travels from one medium into another (i.e. from air into water). Refraction is the changing of direction of light due to the changing speed of light. Refraction occurs toward the normal when light travels from a medium into a denser medium. Example when light travels from air into a block of glass, light is refracted towards the normal. The ratio between the sine of the angle of the incident ray and sine of the angle of the refracted ray is the same as the ratios of the indexes of refraction.

This is known as Snell's Law - an easy way to remember this is that 'Snell' is 'lens' backwards.

Focal length

 * $$f$$ is the focal length.
 * $$f$$ is negative in convex mirror and concave lens.
 * $$f$$ is positive in concave mirror and convex lens.
 * $$d_i$$ is the distance from the image to the mirror or lens
 * For a mirror, it is positive if the image appears in front of the mirror. It is negative if the image appears behind.
 * For a lens, it is positive if the image appears on the opposite side of the lens as the light source. It is negative if the image appears on the same side of the lens as the light source.
 * $$d_o$$ is the distance from the object to the mirror or the lens (always positive). The only case, when it is negative, is the case, when you don't have a real object, but you do have an imaginary object - a converging set of rays from another optical system.
 * an easy way to remember the formula is to memorize "if I Do I Die", which stands for $$1/f = 1/d_0 + 1/d_i$$

Magnification

 * $$M$$ is the magnification.
 * If it is positive the image is upright
 * If it is negative the image is inverted
 * $$h_i$$ is the image height.
 * $$h_o$$ is the object height.
 * $$d_i$$ is the distance from the image to the mirror or lens (also often $$v$$)
 * For a mirror, it is positive if the image appears in front of the mirror. It is negative if the image appears behind.
 * For a lens, it is positive if the image appears on the opposite side of the lens as the light source. It is negative if the image appears on the same side of the lens as the light source.
 * $$d_o$$ is the distance from the object to the mirror or lens (also often $$u$$)

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Davrian

Davrian cars were built by Davrian Developments at 65 North Street, Clapham in London, England, from 1965 to 1976, in Tregaron, Dyfed, Wales from 1976 to 1980 and Lampeter, Dyfed, from 1980 to 1983.

Adrian Evans (d. 1992), a structural engineer and the car's designer, built a series of cars called Davrian from 1965, based on components from the Hillman Imp, including the front and rear suspension, the 875 or aluminium alloy Hillman Imp engine which was Coventry Climax-based and the Imp transaxle.

Davrian 1965–83
In 1967, the design had settled to a 2-seat glass fibre monocoque coupé, officially called the Davrian Imp and series production started with a company being formed called Davrian Developments. The cars were sold in kit form. Over time, a variety of power units were offered including the Mini-engined Davrian Demon (mid-mounted), Volkswagen Beetle Type 1 (rear-mounted), Renault (rear-mounted), and Ford Fiesta (mid-mounted). The car weighed in at 8 long cwt. Over the years, a series of improvements led the cars to go through Marks 1 to 8. They proved very popular in amateur hands as rally and circuit racing cars.

In 1980, the Mk8 was offered as a complete car called the Davrian Dragon. This was mid-engined and used Ford Fiesta components and engine. The company was insufficiently capitalised for this operation, and went into receivership in 1983. This car was subsequently relaunched as the Corry and the earlier more basic versions continued being made in the same premises but under new ownership as the Darrian.

Corry 1983–85
The rights to the Dragon were bought by Will Corry and production transferred to Lisburn, Northern Ireland, to be built by the newly founded Corry Car Company. The body was restyled by Tony Stevens and the name changed to the Corry Cultra. Ford engines and were used and the suspension was based on that of the Mk III Cortina. The cars were mostly sold for competition use, but a few road-going versions were made.

Darrian 1986 onwards
The Darrian was a revival of the original Davrian in the old factory. The body was considerably modified and the car became mid-engined. Like the Davrian, the Darrian is built using a glass-fibre composite monocoque body construction. The engine was usually from a Ford, but the Rover V8 or Vauxhall 16-valve units were options.

In 1996, Swansea Institute Team Darrian (SITD) took outright honours in the Privilege Insurance British GT Championship.

The company also built a limited number of replicas of the Renault Alpine A110 rally car, known as the Monte Carlo MC220 Berlinette.

Now based in Llangybi, near Lampeter and owned by Tim Duffee, Darrians continue to be built and raced with great success, performing many giant-killing acts. The current model is the Darrian T90GTR, usually fitted with the Millington 2.5 16v 4-cylinder racing engine producing 300BHP, mated to a Hewland transaxle.

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Talk:Guide to Unix/Commands

Categorization
We need to categorize this list better. Perl 00:53, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)~

 * Agreed. Additionally, it seems that this isn't a guide to the commands, so much as the output of appropos and a benign example.  Most entries don't include any switches.  Ironically, some of the few that do are typically invoked without switches.  As it stands this seems to be a general overview of essential unix commands for new users, but it is not very effective.  Granted it does list several commands which the new user might not be aware, but they would have to read the man page to fully understand the command and its usage.

 * --Eibwen 09:04, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Crucial Commands Missing?
... Perhaps someone should glance at

 * UNIX Tutorial for Beginners by M.Stonebank http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/
 * Unix Reference Guide http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/reference/unix_guide/

to make sure we haven't left out something crucial ...

chmod needs to be someplace--Wikiczar 22:39, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I recently added chmod and chown to Guide to UNIX commands: File system utilities. --Kernigh 16:35, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Proposed Restructuring
I propose renaming all of the Guide to UNIX commands pages to use the same slash syntax as pages that I recently added to Guide to UNIX. For example, Guide to UNIX commands: System Information would be renamed Guide to UNIX/Commands/System Information. I believe that this causes the wiki software to generate links up to Guide to UNIX and Guide to UNIX/Commands on each page. Naming conventions and Naming policy both suggest that the slash convention (or alternatively, the colon convention like Guide to UNIX:Commands:System Introduction ) be superior to the current colon-space system. Kernigh 23:40, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Before you do that I suggest considering whether we want each command to have its own chapter (e.g. Guide to UNIX/Commands/ls). Uncle G 11:37, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

That would make them easier to link to. If we do that, then I want that the pages are significantly different from the ones at Wikipedia (like ls). I will try making an example page, but I have not time now, so I will post when it is ready. --Kernigh 00:20, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

User:Kernigh/chmod Example page (compare with chmod). I am not sure whether to split the current chapters (suggested by Uncle G) or keep the current chapters. --Kernigh 21:49, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Also in the page names I want to capitalize the names. Getting Help and System Information are already capitalized, but I would move File system utilities to File System Utilities for example. (Unix command names like "ls" cannot be capitalized.) Also, the colon convention example is Guide to UNIX:Commands:System Information. --Kernigh 16:35, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I personally prefer sentence case to title case. Uncle G 11:37, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Most textbooks use title case, but GNU coreutils manual uses sentence case... --Kernigh 17:51, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Categories from GNU Coreutils
The GNU coreutils manual at http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_chapter/coreutils_toc.html contains 23 categories of commands. We have 15 categories in a different scheme. If Guide to UNIX commands changed to GNU's categorisation, we could merge material from their manual into ours, following the GFDL. (Our manual might not document all of the obscure options that GNU coreutils has.) (We would need a few extra cetegories, because some commands are not part of coreutils, and probably not all of them fit into the 23 categories.) This leaves five options for renaming the guide to slash convention: --Kernigh 17:51, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep 1 page per category, and keep 15 current category pages
 * Keep 1 page per category, and switch to 23 GNU coreutils category pages
 * Split the pages to 1 page per command, and keep 15 current categories
 * Split the pages to 1 page per command, and switch to 23 GNU coreutils categories
 * Split the pages to 1 page per command, and have no categories

I would need to modify material I took from GNU coreutils, yet still credit them, so I've dropped it as an option. --Kernigh 20:18, 21 October 2005 (UTC) Advard

Death of a Template
I am moving it all to slash convention and uppercase titles now. It seems that Template:Guide to UNIX commandsTOC is leaving. I will insert it below to prevent is complete departure.

--Kernigh 21:10, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

if
Why there's no explanation of the if command, and its "scary" test options? Albmont (talk) 12:11, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

merge
Pretty much all the commands at Linux Guide/Linux commands are standard commands on any Unix-like system. Rather than maintain 2 copies of that information, I suggest we merge Linux Guide/Linux commands into Guide to Unix/Commands, leaving behind any Linux-specific commands and a link to "Guide to Unix/Commands". --DavidCary (talk) 16:50, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

 * This sounds reasonable, but we need to be careful as there is GNU, *BSD and other "Unices", some of who are, or claim to be, POSIX compliant. I don't know if it is essential to list only POSIX-compliant commands, or simply those that work on the most widely used Unix systems.  In principle, I welcome the merge.  If such a merge will occur I am planning to test the commands under OpenBSD, and change them if necessary (in that case I'll also test the updated commands on a GNU/Linux system). Hulten (discuss • contribs) 10:40, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

cron & at
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verhapstukken

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to fit (worn-off footwear) with new heels
 * 2)  to mend
 * 3)  to deal with, handle, come to terms with

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Talk:Southern View, Illinois

The map
The location shown on the map is incorrect. The dot is on the Sangamon-Christian county line, but Southern View is in central Sangamon County, adjacent to Springfield, a few miles northwest of Lake Springfield (which is visible on the map.) But I don't know how to change it... Bluecollarchessplayer (talk) 06:49, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

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teksti

Etymology
Borrowed from, ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) text
 * 2)  copy text of a newspaper article
 * 3)  copy output of copywriter; short for

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Talk:Arnulph Mallock

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KAPO Avia

KAPO Avia was a large global cargo airline with its main base in Moscow (DME) and a secondary base in Kazan. It operated a fleet of ex-passenger (converted) Ilyushin Il-62M aircraft with a maintenance base capable of maintaining both the Il-62 and the Tupolev Tu-214. KAPO was one of the top ten largest freight carriers in Russia and was owned by the Kazan Aircraft Production Association who manufacture and/or maintain the Tupolev Tu-214, Tupolev Tu-334 and Ilyushin Il-62.

==Destinations == Belarus:
 * Minsk

China:
 * Shanghai
 * Shijiazhuang
 * Tianjin
 * Ürümqi

Egypt:
 * Cairo

Estonia:
 * Tallinn

Hungary:
 * Budapest

India:
 * Delhi

Iraq:
 * Baghdad

Kazakhstan:
 * Karaganda

Lithuania:
 * Kaunas

Moldova:
 * Chisinau

Russia:
 * Anadyr (town)
 * Kazan
 * Khabarovsk
 * Krasnoyarsk
 * Magadan
 * Moscow
 * Norilsk
 * Novosibirsk
 * Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
 * St Petersburg
 * Yakutsk
 * Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Turkey:
 * Istanbul

Ukraine:
 * Dnipro

United Arab Emirates:
 * Dubai
 * Sharjah

==Fleet ==

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gentilmente

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) kindly, courteously
 * 2) finely, delicately
 * 3) gently

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) gently in a gentle manner

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) kindly

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Vladislav Yeryomenko

Vladislav Vitalevich Yeryomenko (Владислав Витальевич Ерёменко; born April 24, 1999) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career
Yeryomenko spent two seasons in North America playing major junior hockey for the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He was drafted 151st overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. He attended the Predators prospect and training camp but was cut from the team in September 2018 and did not sign a contract with the team, he returned for a third and final junior season with the Hitmen.

He signed his first professional contract in his native Belarus, agreeing to a deal with HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League on 19 August 2019.

Following three seasons within Dinamo Minsk, Yeryomenko left the club as a free agent and signed a two-year contract with Russian based club, Metallurg Magnitogorsk on 17 May 2022.

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Mebarek

Mebarek is a given name and surname of North African descent.

List of people with the given name

 * Mebarek Soltani (born 1982), Algerian boxer

List of people with the surname

 * Mahrez Mebarek (born 1985), Algerian swimmer
 * Nora Mebarek (born 1972), French politician

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Talk:Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends

If there are other fans out there, possibly with tapes of this show; can you remember anything about Logan's biological father ? (Walter?) Or whether or not Rinaker was called 'General' ?

I've also seen comments on tvshow.com that say the full run was 40 episodes and it wasn't pulled. But my memory of the show was of feeling cheated out of a second season. And that comes after seeing the episode with the Yetis. Witchwillow 17:53, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Witchwillow,

Logan's biological father was introduced/freed in episode 37 of the series.

There's a couple of spontaneous Roswell Conspiracies Discussion groups on the web.

One is a thread on the larger "Firefly" site—http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=8&t=15363

The other can be axcessed at TV.com's site for Roswell Conspiracies.

Joe Pearson

I think I sent you a 'talk'; between then and now all my teeny understanding of how to edit this stuff has dribbled away due to a massive move. Could you answer the question of the run date? 1992? Or 1999? Thanks. --Witchwillow 13:21, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello, I was a fan of the serie and I found information and I want to post it. Here is the general look.

Alliance Characters

 * Nick Logan:
 * Shalainn Blaze:
 * James Rinaker:
 * Jefferson Trueblood:
 * Nema Perrera:
 * Simon "Fitz" Fitzpatrick:
 * Rhonda Smithhisler:
 * Keung Ling:
 * Dorian Wyrick:
 * Prof. Antonio Alascano:
 * DR. Marina Petrovic:
 * Delfin Tabada:

Aliens Characters

 * Ruck:
 * Athos:
 * Hanek:
 * Ti-Yet
 * Queen Mab:

Others

 * Kraker:
 * Walter Logan:
 * Real Walter Logan:

Note: I have to find more information about some Characters.

Alliance Units

 * Detection Unit:
 * Detection Detail:
 * S.T.A.R. Teams:
 * Lavoratory:
 * Prison:

Alliance Tecnology

 * Weapons
 * Vehicles

Alien Races
What do you think? Shadoen 22:36, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Aesiri (Viking gods):
 * Banshee:
 * Conduit:
 * Cyclops:
 * Golem:
 * Lycanthrope (Werewolves):
 * Minotauri (Minotaur):
 * Oni:
 * Sasquatch:
 * Shadoen:
 * Titani (Titans):
 * Vampire:
 * Vodum:
 * Yeti:

I think it looks wonderful! I guess when it comes to Wikipedia, as long as you put it out there others will come and help you make a page better and more thorough. Thanks so much for thinking of putting up the races and finding the time to do it and hunt down all the characters. --Witchwillow 04:35, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Shadoen - do you have access to the episodes? Because I'm not sure where you're getting your information. --Witchwillow 00:16, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but I don't have access to the episodes, I got the information from some pages and from my memories about the serie. If you are searching information be very carefull because some information is wrong.--Shadoen 23:20, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

New Links
I found some pages than we can add.

- http://www.bknkids.com/roswell.shtml - The site of BKN with short information and the first episode. - http://www.geocities.com/delias_roswell_conspiracies/ - A fan site (In German) with good Information about characters, most important alien races and a little more.

Note1: You can translate the page using the Google Lenguaje Tools.

Note2:The site have pictures for all the characters and vehicles (the names of the vehicles are in german and we can't change the images) You can put the images? because I have some problems.

Note for later: http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&actionFor=549295 Information on the deal with Digiview Productions that gets the episodes out, 5 per disc, on DVD. Also note what happened to Monster Rancher and the fear that Roswell may never get a complete printing. Discs supposedly available for $1 at Walmart and other places that sell dollar dvds.

http://www.bknkids.com/roswell.shtml - with first episode (first 30 mins) for download.

--Witchwillow 10:37, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

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Country of Origin
I wonder if the country of origin should be edited to just the United States due to looking on IMDB it said the country was United States but didn't include Canada. Making me wonder if it should be listed at the top as an American show. --0Detail-Attention215 (talk)0Detail-Attention215 (talk) 02:47, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
 * The country of origin is the US that’s final.0Detail-Attention215 (talk) 22:34, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

 * We don't use IMDB as a reliable source. — FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 02:08, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Can I give my own viable reason you've allowed basically Ninja Turtles: the Next Mutation which should be American-Canadian to be just American. Besides look X-Men: Evolution the voice recording was done in Canada. Street Sharks was labeled American-Canadian but it's reboot/spin-off Extreme Dinosaurs was labeled American even though they have the same production companies. Recently The Dragon Prince which is American-Canadian, was changed to American so can we come to an accord please? And label this show as just American. Please? I won't ask this again if no I won't talk about this again. 0Detail-Attention215 (talk) 01:51, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Look can’t we come to a compromise on country of origin?
X-Men: Evolution voicing was done in Canada and was labeled American because the production companies were probably from the United States. Street Sharks was labeled American-Canadian but it's reboot/spin-off Extreme Dinosaurs was labeled American even though they have the same production companies which are from the United States. Can we come to an agreement on country of origin be United States? Just this time?0Detail-Attention215 (talk) 02:04, 5 March 2021 (UTC)


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Talk:Medical Education (journal)

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These paragraphs: It is the senior international scientific journal for undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education. As such, all issues of current interest, including teaching methods, curriculum reform, the training of medical teachers, the selection of entrants and assessment techniques, are covered. It is the main forum for teachers of medicine worldwide. The readership consists primarily of teachers of medicine, medical educators, administrators of faculties or medicine workers and researchers involved in the development of medical literacy a whole.

Originally published in 1966 as the British Journal of Medical Education, Medical Education released its 50th volume in 2016. It has had 5 Editors-in-Chief: Sir John Ellis (1966-1976), Sir Henry Walton (1976-1996), Dr. Graham Buckley (1996-1998), Dr. John Bligh (1998-2005), Dr. John McLachlan (2006-2007), and Dr. Kevin Eva (2008-Present). were removed by Gjb0zWxOb for not already being cited. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:40, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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Free Software Foundation

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is the principal organizational sponsor of the GNU Project, maintainers of the GNU/Linux codebase, custodians of the GNU General Public License, the GNU Free Documentation License and other licenses. FSF also created and compiled the FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory.

Contact info
Free Software Foundation Contact info:
 * Postal: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 * Email<EMAIL_ADDRESS> * Voice: +1-617-542-5942
 * Fax: +1-617-542-2652.

From GNU.org:
 * Please send broken links and other web page suggestions to The GNU Webmasters at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Thank you.

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Circle diagram

The circle diagram (also known as Heyland diagram or Heyland circle) is the graphical representation of the performance of the electrical machine  drawn in terms of the locus of the machine's input voltage and current. It was first conceived by Alexander Heyland in 1894 and Bernhard Arthur Behrend in 1895. A newer variant devised by Johann Ossanna in 1899 is often named Ossanna diagram, Ossanna circle, Heyland-Ossanna diagram or Heyland-Ossanna circle. In 1910, Josef Sumec further improved the diagram by also incorporating the rotor resistance, then called Sumec diagram or Sumec circle.

The circle diagram can be drawn for alternators, synchronous motors, transformers, induction motors. The Heyland diagram is an approximate representation of a circle diagram applied to induction motors, which assumes that stator input voltage, rotor resistance and rotor reactance are constant and stator resistance and core loss are zero. Another common circle diagram form is as described in the two constant air-gap induction motor images shown here, where,
 * Rs, Xs: Stator resistance and leakage reactance
 * Rr', Xr', s: Rotor resistance and leakage reactance referred to the stator and rotor slip
 * Rc, Xm, : Core and mechanical losses, magnetization reactance
 * Vs, Impressed stator voltage
 * I0 = OO', IBL = OA, I1 =OV: No load current, blocked rotor current, operating current
 * Φ0, ΦBL : No load angle, blocked rotor angle
 * Pmax, sPmax, PFmax, Tmax, sTmax: Maximum output power & related slip, maximum power factor, maximum torque & related slip
 * η1, s1, PF1, Φ1,: Efficiency, slip, power factor, PF angle at operating current
 * AB: Represents rotor power input, which divided by synchronous speed equals starting torque.

The circle diagram is drawn using the data obtained from no load and either short-circuit or, in case of machines, blocked rotor tests by fitting a half-circle in points O' and A.

Beyond the error inherent in the constant air-gap assumption, the circle diagram introduces errors due to rotor reactance and rotor resistance variations caused by magnetic saturation and rotor frequency over the range from no-load to operating speed.

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tokat

Etymology
.

Verb

 * 1) to utter the mating call

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) slap (a blow)

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Wikiversity:Barnstars

Barnstars
Users who make particularly good Wikiversity contributions are rewarded with Barnstars. On the Wikimedia projects, these were first used on Wikipedia. They have since spread to other projects.

The Barnstars
These are Wikiversity's current barnstars. If you make another, please format it as the next number in the sequence and add it here.

More
More Barnstars can be found at Wikimedia Commons. If you upload one, please post it here.

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Portal talk:Arabic

Does anyone know any Arabic teachers?--Elatanatari 17:06, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

I have listed your resources in the School of Language and Literature resource catalog--please list any new resources there! Thanks! --Trinity507 03:44, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Needs lesson plan template
This feels too much like Wikipedia right now, add a proper lesson plan template to this page EAS 06:39, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

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Kommuna, Gunibsky District, Republic of Dagestan

Kommuna (Коммуна; ГӀурулгьоцӀиб) is a rural locality (a selo) in Chokhsky Selsoviet, Gunibsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The population was 734 as of 2010.

Nationalities
Avars live there.

Geography
Kommuna is located 7 km south of Gunib (the district's administrative centre) by road. Gunib and Khutni are the nearest rural localities.


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Web Design/Website Performance Test Plan

This Website Performance Test Plan is intended to be a template that you can adapt for your own purposes. Please edit and improve it and you see fit.

The purpose of this document is to provide a plan for testing the performance of your website and document the results. It should be possible for any web designer following you to conduct the Performance Test according to the processes detailed in this document.

This template document is based on a fictitious site for a fictitious company, ABC Solutions.

Executive summary
This document details the agreed processes that are to be performed in order to validate that the Village Car Show website meets (and continues to meet) the agreed website goals.

Technical performance tests are to be executed whenever a new revision of the site is uploaded. Business performance tests are ongoing and should be monitored regularly as outlined below.

The most recent technical test conducted on the 15/10 demonstrated that the Village Car Show website currently meets all the technical performance goals. The most recent business performance test shows that new visitors are increasing above the stated 10% per week goal (at 13%), but recurring visits are slightly below at 4% per month. The bounce rate for the landing page over the last month is 40%, but moving down. Enquiries through the Village Car Show contact-us page is averaging 30 enquiries per week.

Performance goals for Village Car Show
The Village Car Show website redesign has the following agreed performance goals:

Technical performance goals

 * The landing page must have a total size less than 40kb.
 * Every page should have a maximum size of 55kb, including all html, images, css and javascript items that are not cached.
 * All pages must be valid HTML 4.01 Strict.
 * All pages must display consistently in Firefox (v1.5+), IE (v6 and v7), Opera and Safari.
 * All pages must satisfy all the Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints of the WCAG 1.0 checklist (That is, AA conformance).
 * All links should be current (no stale links)

Business performance goals

 * New visitors per week to increase by 10% for the first four weeks after the launch, 40% for the next 4 weeks (during the marketing campaign), and then 20% per week for the following 12 weeks.
 * Recurring visits to increase steadily by 5% per week.
 * A bounce rate of less than 30% for the landing page (i.e. 70% of people entering the site through the home page should click on a link to view further pages).
 * Enquiries through the contact form are to reach 40 per week by December

Technical Performance Test
This test is to be completed each time the live site is updated.

Required tools to complete this test:
 * W3C validation service (Available through the Firefox Web Developer extension)
 * Content Quality's Cynthia Says Accessibility testing service (also available through the Firefox Web Dev extension). Or a separate completed Accessibility Evaluation Report for ABC Solutions)
 * Website Optimization's Speed report service (also linked through Firefox Web developer toolbar)
 * Browsers: Firefox, IE6, IE7, Opera and Safari. Or alternatively, a BrowserCam account (free 24hr trial available) or BrowseEmAll Trial.
 * W3C Link Checker

Business Performance Test
The following data, measuring the business performance goals of the ABC Solutions website, is to be documented weekly for the first 12 weeks after the launch, and then monthly thereafter. An account with Google Analytics has been setup with the (username: abcsolutions)

Technical test on 18/08/06
Tester: Jeb Landers

Exceptions
 * 1.1 The company profile page fails Checkpoint 6.1 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines due to ...

Technical test on 14/09/06
...

Appendix A - Speed Reports
For each page included in the test plan, include the dated speed report here.

Appendix B - Accessibility tests
For each page included in the test plan, include a dated completed checklist here.

Appendix - Google Analytics reports
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Talk:Initial questions in philosophy

Note on edits
I removed link to "Are humans the only objects with a "soul" or "ghost"?" for these reasons:

 * 1) This course is designed (roughly) to map Western philosophical shifts. Starting with Plato, moving onto to epistemology and personal identity, and finishing with language as its central intererests.
 * 2) The material will be covered in sections on humanity, and discussions over personal identity (e.g. bodily survival after death)
 * 3) It presupposes a soul for humans.

--Abc123 20:33, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

Line of Reasoning?
What is the direct connection between questions about the objectivity of reality and the sumum bonum and questions of logic and epistemology? I don't quite understand your line of reasoning. Could you please make it clearer. Thank you.

James S. 00:27, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Dee Brown (basketball, born 1968)

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There was an ugly incident in Brown's rookie season with the Celtics in which nine policemen of the town of Wellesley, Mass. (an affluent, almost entirely white suburg) surrounded Brown and his fiancée, five of them with guns drawn, and forced him to lie on the ground. See, e.g., https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/26/us/wellesley-journal-mistaken-identity-or-case-of-racism.html for details. It received a lot of attention at the time and was widely viewed as an instance of police racism. Perhaps the article should mention this incident. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:19B:4403:6960:F9B5:A2FB:842F:BA41 (talk) 02:48, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

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World History/California Content Standard

http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/fd/documents/hist-social-sci-frame.pdf

http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/hstgrades9through12.asp


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User:Jancikotuc

This account is old and exists only on the English Wikipedia, which complicates editing articles in multiple languages at once. So I've opened another account, and from now on will only use that one. Goodbye!

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dirsi

Verb

 * 1) to say to oneself, to tell oneself
 * 2) to say to each other
 * 3) to call oneself, to state, to say one is
 * 1) to call oneself, to state, to say one is

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špendlík

Etymology
For the plum, from, a form widespread in for now ; for the pin, from , , , both ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) pin needle-like device with no eye and a head

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Beginner Japanese/Godan Verbs

Godan Verbs
Japanese Verbs are very easy to conjugate, especially the godan ones. Remember the order of vowels from the Japanese Roman Character Pronunciation Guide? Just to refresh your memory, they are あ, い, う, え, and お. It is from these five sounds that the conjugation gets its name: 五 go means "5", and 段 dan means "step".

Japanese verbs have a style of conjugation completely different than English verbs. They conjugate to express not only time, but certain feelings we would express using more words. godan verbs include all verbs that do not end with the -iru or -eru sounds (the "i" and "e" can be preceded by a consonantal sound) as well as some that actually do end with them but are not する suru or くる kuru, the most common irregular verbs in Japanese. Most verbs ending with the letters -いる -iru or -える -eru are 一段 ichidan verbs, with some exceptions, such as the word いる iru (to be needed/wanted), which is a godan verb.

The conjugation follows this pattern:

 * あ a – negative form.
 * い i – infinitive form.
 * う u – dictionary form.
 * え e – conditional form.
 * お o – volitional form.

In order to show you how this works, we'll follow the godan verb iku (to go) through a full five conjugations. Conjugation deals only with changing the vowel at the end of the original dictionary form verb, and sometimes adding a suffix. The Dictionary form is so called because this is the way you will find a verb in the dictionary. They will always end with う u in this form without exception.

Negative
To change a godan verb to its negative form, drop the "u" and add "a". Then add the negative suffix -ない -nai. The negative form of 行く iku is 行かない ikanai (do not go).

There are some exceptions to this rule, however. For verbs whose last letter is う u, such as au (to meet), the う is replaced with わ wa instead of あ. This means the negative of 会う au is 会わない awanai (to not meet). Also, for verbs whose last character is つ tsu, such as 立つ tatsu (to stand), the つ tsu is replaced with た ta instead of あ a. This means the negative of 立つ tatsu is 立たない tatanai (to not stand).

Infinitive
Infinitive form is the form into which you may add other verbs, other levels of honour, or both. It is also the base form from which the standard "desu-masu" Japanese is spoken.

The infinitive form is almost a stand-alone form. You can speak very basic Japanese almost entirely with this form. In order to change the dictionary form to infinitive form, we drop the "u" and add "i". Then, we add -ます -masu as a suffix. The infinitive form of 行く iku is 行きます ikimasu.

To make the verb infinitive-negative, change the -ます -masu to -ません -masen, as in 行きません ikimasen (do not go).

Similar to the non-infinitive form, verbs whose last character is つ tsu, such as 立つ tatsu (to stand), have their own unique ending. In this case, つ tsu is replaced with ち chi before adding ます -masu (or ません -masen) as a suffix to get the infinitive form. Thus, 立つ tatsu becomes 立ちます tachimasu (or 立ちません tachimasen in the infinitive-negative).

Dictionary
As said previously, dictionary form is the standardized form for finding verbs in dictionaries. All verbs of all types end in "-u" in the dictionary form.

Imperative/Conditional
The え e form is used in giving commands, suggestions, or making hypothetical statements. There is occasionally no suffix to this form. To change a godan verb to the imperative form, drop the "u" and add "e". The imperative form of 行く iku is 行け ike. (A warning: Do not say 行け ike to anyone as it is considered slightly vulgar and offensive.) When you add ば ba to this form, it becomes a true conditional. 行けば ikeba could variously be translated as "why don't you go?" or "what if you went?" You might also hear the phrase 行けば判る ikeba wakaru; 判る wakaru means "to know" or "to understand". This phrase therefore means "If [you] went, [you'd] understand."

Volitional
The お o form is the one that is confusing to most English speakers. It is the "let's" form. To change a godan verb to this form, drop the "u" and add "ou". The suffix in this case is not easy to notice, as it is a "u". This simply extends the o sound. The volitional form of 行く iku is 行こう ikou (let's go).

To make an infinitive infinitive-volitional, simply replace "-masu" with "-mashou". The infinitive-volitional form of 行きます ikimasu is 行きましょう ikimashou.

Practice
Conjugate these verbs in all five forms:
 * 洗う ー arau (to wash)
 * 会う ー au (to meet)
 * 頑張る ー ganbaru (to do well)
 * 入る ー hairu (to enter)
 * 行く ー iku (to go)
 * 言う ー iu (to say)
 * 書く ー kaku (to write/draw/paint)
 * 買う ー kau (to buy)
 * 聞く ー kiku (to hear)
 * 下る ー kudaru (to go down/descend)
 * 食う ー kuu (to eat, vulgar, used when talking of animals)
 * 回る ー mawaru (to turn)
 * なる ー naru (to become)
 * 上る ー noboru (to climb)
 * 飲む ー nomu (to drink)
 * 乗る ー noru (to board/enter/mount)
 * 踊る ー odoru (to dance)
 * 怒る ー okoru (to get mad)
 * 思う ー omou (to think)
 * サボる ー saboru (to skip, i.e. class)
 * 悟る ー satoru (to sense)
 * 死ぬ ー shinu (to die)
 * 頼む ー tanomu (to request)
 * 立つ ー tatsu (to stand)
 * 飛ぶ ー tobu (to fly)
 * 取る ー toru (to take)
 * 売る ー uru (to sell)
 * 分かる ー wakaru (to understand)
 * 焼く ー yaku (to burn/roast)

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Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond is a 2006 American political action thriller film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, and Djimon Hounsou. The title refers to blood diamonds, which are diamonds mined in war zones and sold to finance conflicts, and thereby profit warlords and diamond companies around the world.

Set during the Sierra Leone Civil War of 1991–2002, the film depicts a country torn apart by the struggle between government loyalists and insurgent forces. It also portrays many of the atrocities of that war, including the rebels' amputation of civilians' hands to discourage them from voting in upcoming elections.

The film's ending, in which a conference is held concerning blood diamonds, refers to a historic meeting that took place in Kimberley, South Africa, in 2000. It led to development of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which sought to certify the origin of rough diamonds in order to curb the trade in conflict diamonds; the certification scheme has since been mostly abandoned as ineffective.

The film received positive reviews, with praise directed toward the performances of DiCaprio and Hounsou. The film grossed $171 million worldwide and received five Oscar nominations, including Best Actor for DiCaprio and Best Supporting Actor for Hounsou. DiCaprio received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (also nominated that year in the same category for The Departed). In addition, DiCaprio and Hounsou were nominated for Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role and Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role at the 13th Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Plot
In 1999, Sierra Leone is ravaged by civil war. The Revolutionary United Front terrorizes the countryside, and enslave many locals to harvest diamonds, which fund their increasingly successful war effort. Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a Mende fisherman from Shenge, is separated from his family and assigned to a workforce overseen by Captain Poison (David Harewood), a ruthless warlord.

While mining a river, Vandy discovers an enormous pink diamond. Captain Poison tries to take the stone, but the area is suddenly raided by government troops. Vandy buries the stone before being captured. Vandy and Poison are incarcerated in Freetown along with Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a white Rhodesian gunrunner and Border War veteran jailed for trying to smuggle diamonds into Liberia. The diamonds were intended for Rudolph van de Kaap, a corrupt South African mining executive.

Hearing of the pink diamond in prison, Archer arranges for himself and Vandy to be freed. He travels to Cape Town to meet his employer: Colonel Coetzee (Arnold Vosloo), an Afrikaner formerly with the apartheid-era South African Defence Force (whom Archer also served under in the 32 Battallion), who now commands a private military company. Archer wants the diamond so he can sell it to van de Kaap and retire, but Coetzee wants it as compensation for Archer's botched smuggling mission. Archer returns to Sierra Leone, locates Vandy, and offers to help him find his family if he will help recover the diamond.

The RUF conquers Freetown, while Vandy's son Dia (Kagiso Kuypers) is captured to serve as a child soldier under a liberated Captain Poison. Archer and Vandy narrowly escape to Lungi, where they plan to reach Kono with the help of an American journalist, Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), in exchange for Archer providing evidence of the illicit diamond trade. Maddy helps Vandy locate his remaining family at a refugee camp in Guinea. Eventually, the trio arrive in Kono after a harrowing journey, where Coetzee and his private army — contracted by the Sierra Leone government — prepares to repulse the rebel offensive.

While Maddy gets out with her story, the two men set out for Captain Poison's encampment. Dia, stationed with the RUF garrison there, is confronted by Vandy, but having been brainwashed he refuses to acknowledge his father. Archer radios the site's coordinates to Coetzee, who directs a combined air and ground assault on the camp. Vandy finds Captain Poison and beats him to death with a shovel as the mercenaries overwhelm the RUF defenders.

Coetzee then forces Vandy to produce the diamond, but is killed by Archer, who realizes Coetzee would eventually kill them both. Dia briefly holds the pair at gunpoint, but Vandy confronts him again and renews their familial bond. Pursued by vengeful mercenaries, Archer discloses he has been mortally wounded and entrusts the stone to Vandy, telling him to take it for his family. Vandy and his son rendezvous with Archer's pilot, who flies them to safety while Archer makes a final phone call to Maddy; they share final farewells as he asks her to assist Vandy, and gives her permission to finish her article. Archer finally takes in the beautiful African landscape before dying.

Vandy arrives in London and meets with a van de Kaap representative; he exchanges the pink diamond for a large sum of money and being reunited with his entire family. Maddy takes photographs of the deal to publish in her article on the diamond trade, exposing van de Kaap's criminal actions. Vandy appears as a guest speaker at a conference on "blood diamonds" in Kimberley, and is met with a standing ovation.

Production
Charles Leavitt was hired by Warner Bros. in February 2004 to rewrite an early draft of the film, then titled Okavango. The story had been stuck in development hell at the studio for years before producers Paula Weinstein and Gillian Gorfil finally decided on the story of an African farmer caught up in the conflict between an American smuggler and the local diamond mining organization. Leavitt researched the diamond industry at great length before he began writing the screenplay, explaining that he has "always been a stickler for immersing [himself] in research". He wrote the film with the assumption that it would offend the diamond industry, particularly De Beers, and so made sure to portray the industry truthfully, aware that he could potentially be sued by De Beers and other powerful mining corporations. Paula Weinstein was impressed by Leavitt's Blood Diamond draft, but hired writers Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz to rewrite it. By the time he had completed the script, Zwick had become so interested in the story that he agreed to direct the film as well.

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 63% based on reviews from 219 critics, with an average score of 6.30/10. The site's consensus states "Blood Diamond overcomes poor storytelling with its biting commentary and fine performances." On Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100, based on 39 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of A− on a scale from A to F.

Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film a positive review, calling Blood Diamond "a gem in a season with lots of worthy movies". Puig also praised DiCaprio's acting, calling it "the first time the boyish actor has truly seemed like a man on film". Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor also gave the film a positive review, and like Puig, praised DiCaprio's acting: "DiCaprio is remarkable—his work is almost on par with his performance this year in The Departed." William Arnold of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer gave the film a positive review, saying "Zwick's narrative skills keep us hooked on the story, and the first-rate production values and imaginative use of locations (it was shot in Mozambique) give the film an enthralling scope and epic sweep." Damon Wise of Empire magazine gave the film four out of five stars, saying "Great performances, provocative ideas and gripping action scenes fall prey to Hollywood logic and pat storytelling in the final hour." David Edelstein of New York magazine found the film exceeded his expectations: "Given that the movie doesn't have a single narrative surprise—you always know where it's going and why, commercially speaking, it's going there—it's amazing how good Blood Diamond is. I guess that's the surprise." Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post also praised DiCaprio's acting in both Blood Diamond and The Departed (released the same year), saying that he "has undergone a major growth spurt this year". She called the film as a whole "an unusually smart, engaged popcorn flick".

James Berardinelli of the ReelViews gave the film three out of four stars, saying "It's a solid performance from Leonardo DiCaprio, who has grown into this sort of gritty role and is more believable after having been seen dancing on the dark side in The Departed." Dana Stevens of Slate magazine wrote, "Blood Diamond is a by-the-numbers message picture, to be sure... But the director, Edward Zwick, is craftsman enough that the pace never slackens, the chase scenes thrill, and the battle scenes sicken. And if it makes viewers think twice about buying their sweethearts that hard-won hunk of ice for Christmas, so much the better." Ty Burr of The Boston Globe, after giving the film a positive review, stated: "As an entry in the advocacy-entertainment genre, in which glamorous movie stars bring our attention to the plight of the less fortunate, Blood Diamond is superior to 2003's ridiculous Beyond Borders while looking strident and obvious next to last year's The Constant Gardener.

Pete Vonder Haar of the Film Threat gave the film a mixed review, saying, "It's a reasonably entertaining actioner, and Zwick doesn't shy away from depicting violence or the horrors of war, but as a social statement it falls a little short. And emeralds are prettier anyway." Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle also gave the film a mixed review: "While the film never quite reaches the emotional peaks it so obviously seeks to scale, Zwick's film is still potent enough to save you three months salary." Nathan Lee of the Village Voice, like Vonder Haar and Savlov, also gave the film a mixed review, suggesting that "De Beers can relax; the only indignation stirred up by Blood Diamond won't be among those who worry about where their jewelry came from, but with audiences incensed by facile politics and bad storytelling". Scott Tobias of The A.V. Club gave the film a C grade: "Much like Zwick's Glory and The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond strives to be an important film while stopping well short of being genuinely provocative and artistically chancy." Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film a negative review, arguing that "director Edward Zwick tried to make a great movie, but somewhere in the process he forgot to make a good one".

Box office performance
Blood Diamond opened on December 8, 2006, in the United States and Canada in 1,910 theaters. The film ranked at #5 on its opening weekend, accumulating $8,648,324, with a per-theater average of $4,527. The film's five-day gross was $10,383,962.

The film dropped down to #7 on its second weekend, accumulating $6,517,471 in a 24.6% drop from its first weekend, and per-theater average of $3,412. By its third weekend it dropped even more to #12 and made $3,126,379, with its per-theater average being $1,628.

Blood Diamond went on to gross $57,377,916 in the United States and Canada and $114,029,263 overseas. In total, the film has grossed $171,407,179 worldwide.

Music
Blood Diamond: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film of the same name, released on December 19, 2006, by Varèse Sarabande. It was composed by James Newton Howard and won the Soundtrack of the Year award at the 2008 Classic Brit Awards.

Home media
Blood Diamond was released on DVD in region 1 format on March 20, 2007. Both a single-disc and a two-disc version were released. The film has sold an estimated 3.6 million DVD units and has grossed $62.7 million in sales.

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fall about

Verb

 * 1) To laugh so much that one's entire body moves somewhat uncontrollably.
 * Every time he performed the trick people would fall about laughing.

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Mrityudand

Mrityudand ( Death Sentence) is an Indian Hindi drama film released in 1997. It was directed and produced by Prakash Jha and stars Madhuri Dixit, Shabana Azmi, Ayub Khan, Mohan Agashe and Om Puri.

The film is a commentary on the social and the gender injustice. As in his other movies, filmmaker Prakash Jha has focussed on the social problems that plague his native state of Bihar, India, and like his other movies this one straddles the boundary between art film and commercial film. The film also boasted of some semi-classical music, tuned by Anand–Milind and Raghunath Seth and worded by Javed Akhtar. The film was critically acclaimed and is considered to be one of Madhuri Dixit's best performances.

Synopsis
The movie is set in the village of Bilaspur, Bihar in 1996. Its plot starts with the grisly portrayal of a mob killing of two defenseless women, orchestrated by vested interests, and how village power players later evade administrative inquiries into this atrocity. This incident sets the tone for much of the rest of the movie.

The central characters are a young couple, Vinay (Ayub Khan) and Ketki (Madhuri Dixit). They are quickly plunged into the midst of machinations by several powerful and unscrupulous villagers. Foremost among them is contractor Tirpat Singh (Mohan Joshi), a powerful, corrupt and ruthless man who oppresses poor people and especially women with impunity. Vinay too becomes influenced by Tirpat, and under this influence spirals down a dark road of domestic abuse, alcoholism, and selfishness that alienates his loving wife and tears apart the whole family, despite her best efforts to fight this.

The rest of the movie deals with their efforts to break out of this morass, both within their relationship as well as outside of it, and Vinay's and especially Ketki's long, hard, and bloody struggle to confront and defeat the forces of oppression and male domination in the village.

Cast

 * Madhuri Dixit as Ketki Singh
 * Shabana Azmi as Chandravati
 * Ayub Khan as Vinay Singh
 * Om Puri as Rambaran Mahto
 * Shilpa Shirodkar as Kanti
 * Mohan Joshi as Tirpat Singh
 * Mohan Agashe as Abhay Singh
 * Harish Patel as MLA Durga Pandey
 * Achyut Potdar as Ketki's father (Special Appearance)
 * Mona Ambegaonkar in a Special Appearance

Soundtrack

 * 1) "Keh Do Ek Bar Sajana Itna Kyu Pyar Sajna" - Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
 * 2) "Raat Maheke To Yun Bhi Hota Hai Chand" - Sadhana Sargam, Hariharan
 * 3) "Itani Hai Mori Kahani Ke Raja Mai To Ho Gayi Tori Diwani" - Sadhana Sargam
 * 4) "Kab Se Main Hun Khadi Beech Dhare, Dur Nadiya Ke" - Sadhana Sargam
 * 5) "Tum Bin Man Ki Bat Adhuri, Din Hai Adhure" - Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam

Release
The film was released on 11 July 1997. It was declared tax-free in theatres of Mumbai.

Mrityudand was invited for the gala premiere at BFI London Film Festival in 1997.

Reception
Anupama Chopra of India Today wrote "Mrityudand is not a great film but it is a good one. It can't match the power of a Thelma & Louise or Mirch Masala but it packs a solid wallop. And in these dumb and dumber times, it is a refreshing change." The reviewer for Screen called the film "a superbly crafted web of intrigue that gets darker and murkier till it reaches horrifying proportions of cruelty and ferociousness" and that it is "passionate, highly articulate, and never confused." They felt that the film "questions the limited definition of woman merely as a wife or a mother, and goes on to show strong women who define themselves as individuals." Commending the acting performances, the reviewer wrote, "While Madhuri is her usual fiery self, Shabana fits perfectly into the role of a woman who chooses to rejuvenate her life ... Mohan Joshi and Mohan Agashe are as detestable and evil as could be. But the greatest surprise of the film is Ayub Khan. He has had the rare opportunity to prove his mettle opposite veteran actresses Madhuri and Shabana, and he has held his own admirably. He is dashing and full of passion, and no way does he seem a novice when it comes to romancing the beautiful Dixit." They concluded writing, "Prakash Jha deserves a pat for the manner in which he treated the film ... Here is a film which not only has something to say, but says it well. There are no hysterical histrionics. There is no hypocrisy and false rhetoric which one finds so often in films which profess to be socially progressive for women. The songs are situational and elegant."

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Etymology
From, from , from , , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬/, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Identical with 🇨🇬, and the German borrowing 🇨🇬. More at.

Prefix

 * 1)  From the outset; original; out; out of; without.

Etymology
From, , from.

Etymology
From, from , from unstressed , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, ,. More at out.

Prefix

 * 1) original
 * 2) former
 * 3) ex-, out of
 * 4) without, lacking
 * 5) causing deprivation, privative

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37th Scripps National Spelling Bee

The 37th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Mayflower Hotel, on June 3–4, 1964, sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company.

12-year-old 7th grader William Kerek, from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, sponsored by the Akron Beacon Journal, won the competition by correctly spelling the word "sycophant". 13-year-old 8th grader Robert Mathews of Columbus, Ohio took second place, and David Labell of Greensboro, North Carolina was third.

70 contestants participated in the competition, 43 of whom survived into the final day.

Kerek later attended the College of Wooster and Ohio State University and became a physician in the Akron area. As of 2020, Kerek is the fifth speller from the Akron area and sponsored by the Akron Beacon Journal to win the bee, after Dean Lucas in 1927, Alma Roach in 1933, Clara Mohler in 1935, and Jean Chappelear in 1948.

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Theatrix Interactive

Theatrix Interactive, Inc. was a software company that produced such computer games as Hollywood, Hollywood High, Bumptz Science Carnival, Snootz Math Trek, and the Juilliard Music Adventure. The company was founded in 1982 by Joyce Hakansson with the ambition to create educational software.

Originally called Berkeley Learning Technologies, Hakansson's company created more than 50 children's products for other software publishers including Edmark, Broderbund, and Davidson. Award-winning titles include "Millie's Math House" and "Bailey¹s Book House," published by Edmark, and "The Cruncher," published by Davidson. In addition to software programs, the company designed and produced titles for electronic learning toy companies including Sega, Texas Instruments, Tiger Electronics, and many others.

In May, 1995, the company announced its move into the publishing arena under a new name: Theatrix Interactive, Inc.

On August 12, 1997, Sanctuary Woods acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Theatrix.

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User:HHDeng/sandbox

History and taxonomy

 * originally discovered as Isaria sulfurea by Fiedler
 * transferred from Isaria to Chrysosporium by Oorschot & Samson, who originally thought its teleomorph family was ascophaeraceae

Growth, morphology and physiology

 * filamentous, found to have wide hyphae (~ 4µm) when lacking fruiting bodies
 * conidia are pale-yellow in colour
 * conidia in the form of singular enlarged cells, with homogeneous walls not made of hyphae or cells
 * conidia mature semi-synchronously terminally and laterally relative to hyphae, approximately 2-8 per conidogenous cell
 * able to grow on media with low or high concentrations of sugar or salt
 * grows in temperatures between 5°C-30°C, optimally at 25°C
 * although it produces some keratinase, it is not keratinolytic

Habitat and ecology

 * considered a dermatophyte-like keratinophilic fungus
 * Has been found on cow claws
 * Also been discovered on human hair and nails
 * suggested to grow on calcium-rich, fatty materials
 * this is exemplified as well due to its growth on cheese
 * can be found on cheese rinds of aged cheese in natural caves of Auvergne and Pyrenees, France
 * French consider the presence of the fungi to be a good sign of cheese aging, calling it fleur jaune, meaning yellow flower

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