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School:Pharmacy

Pharmacy is a science and profession concerned with the safe and efficacious use of medication. Traditionally, pharmacists have compounded and dispensed medications on the orders of physicians. More recently, pharmacy has come to include other services related to patient care including clinical practice, medication therapy management, drug information, and poison control. Pharmacists are not just experts on drugs but the authority on drug use.

"Pharmacists" can work in a wide range of practices including community pharmacies, hospitals, acute care settings, long term care facilities, even marijuana dispensaries. The community pharmacist is the most recognized in the profession, as they are the one working at the local drug stores. The most typical responsibility of a pharmacist is verifying doctors medication orders (prescription) and dispensing the medication to the patient. While verifying the order is appropriate for the specific patient the pharmacist is also checking for possible medication interactions, disease interactions, and drug allergies. Pharmacists will also counsel patients on the medications they take to ensure safety and efficacy of the therapy.

Branches and Departments
The discipline of pharmacy is divided into four main branches.

1. Pharmaceutics

Pharmaceutics is the branch which deals with the presentation of drug or medicine in a suitable form which are also called Dosage forms and check the actions of drugs in a body.

2. Pharmaceutical Sciences

 * Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Pharmaceutical Chemistry deals in the chemistry of drugs, their physical properties and nature.

 *  Pharmacology

Pharmacology works with the action of the drugs in the body.

 * Pharmacognosy

Pharmacognosy is the mother of pharmacy. It deals with the extraction of drugs from natural resources i.e. from animals to minerals and plants to microorganisms.

3. Pharmacy practice

Pharmacy practice relates to the people working at drugstores or hospitals whose goal is to dispense the drugs to the patients.

4. Pharmaceutical analysis

It refers to the analysis of any pharmaceutical drug and its stability, using various analytical techniques: different types of gravimetric analysis, optical absorption, chromatography, etc.

Basic sciences

 * General Biology
 * Cell biology - Ready for participants.
 * Molecular biology
 * Botany
 * Chemistry
 * General Chemistry
 * Organic Chemistry
 * Analytical Chemistry
 * Physical Chemistry
 * Medical biochemistry
 * Pharmacology
 * Basic pharmacology
 * Pharmacokinetics
 * Pharmacodynamics
 * Clinical pharmacology

 * Mathematics
 * Calculus
 * Medical Microbiology
 * Microbiology
 * Bacteriology
 * Virology
 * Parasitology
 * Epidemiology
 * Genetics
 * Physiology
 * Anatomy
 * Immunology
 * Pathology
 * Laboratory Techniques
 * Neurology
 * Pharmaceutical statistics/Study Design
 * Nonkilling Human Biology

Active participants

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Basic Sciences Books
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2018 IAAF Road Race Label Events

The 2018 IAAF Road Race Label Events were the eleventh edition of the global series of road running competitions given Label status by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series included a total of 114 road races: 56 Gold, 26 Silver and 32 Bronze. In terms of distance, 75 races were marathons, 26 were half marathons, 9 were 10K runs, and 4 were held over other distances. The series included all six World Marathon Majors in the Gold category.

Races

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Etymology
13th century. From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) common reed
 * 2) Eurasian wren
 * 3) European hornet
 * 4) wild hop

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) reed
 * 2) any of various plants found in reed beds
 * 3)  drinking straw
 * 4)  penis
 * 1)  drinking straw
 * 2)  penis
 * 1)  drinking straw
 * 2)  penis
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Karl Heinrich von Nassau-Siegen

Karl Heinrich von Nassau-Siegen (Charles-Henri-Othon de Nassau-Siegen; 5 January 1743 – 10 April 1808), was a French-born fortune-seeker and adventurer active in Spain, Poland and the Russian Empire. A controversial figure, he was best known as Catherine II's least successful naval commander.

Charles Henry, in Catherine II's own words, "had everywhere the reputation of a crazy fellow". He sailed around the world with Bougainville, "fought tigers bare-handed" in Central Africa and reportedly seduced the Queen of Tahiti. His tiger hunt is the subject of a vast canvas by Francesco Casanova.

Life
He was the son of Maximilien Guillaume Adolphe of Nassau-Siegen (d. 1748) and his wife Amicie de Monchy (d. 1752). Charles Henry's family and title were disputed. His father was in 1756 posthumously recognized in France to be a legitimate son of Emmanuel Ignatius of Nassau-Siegen, in turn the youngest son of Prince Johan Franz of Nassau-Siegen by his third (and morganatic) wife, Isabella Clara du Puget de la Serre. Emmanuel Ignatius (d. 1735) had an unhappy union with the French noblewoman Charlotte de Mailly-Nesle (d. 1769) and became separated from her after a few years of marriage, during which they had two short-lived sons; years later (in 1722) they reconciled, and Emmanuel Ignatius recognized the third and only surviving son of his wife, the aforementioned Maximilien Guillaume Adolphe, as his own; however, shortly before his death (26 August 1734), he repudiated the child, declaring him adulterous.

Citing descent from a princely dynasty in the male-line, Charles Henry claimed that under French law he was entitled to style himself "Prince of Nassau-Siegen", but neither title nor rank was recognized by the House of Nassau-Siegen or the Holy Roman Empire, which had declared his official grandfather, Emmanuel Ignatius de Nassau-Siegen, legitimate but born from a morganatic marriage.

Charles Henry entered the French Navy at the age of 15, but led a dissolute life as a gambler at the royal courts of Vienna, Warsaw, Madrid and Versailles. Probably to escape his creditors, he joined the 1766 expedition of Louis Antoine de Bougainville to explore the South Pacific Ocean. On this expedition, he was able to develop his diplomatic skills in establishing contacts with the natives. For instance, in 1768 he was able to convince King Ereti of Tahiti of the peaceful intentions of the French.

As a French officer, Nassau-Siegen failed in his hastily prepared attack on the isle of Jersey (1779). For commanding the fireships at the siege of Gibraltar, Nassau-Siegen received from Spain three millions of francs and the dignity of Grandee of Spain. At Spa he met his future wife, Polish Countess Karolina Gozdzka, who was recently divorced Prince Sanguszko and the owner of a small estate in Podolia, then in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

In 1786 Nassau-Siegen arrived in Russia, seeking to make an impression on the powerful Prince Potemkin. He accompanied the Empress in her journey through the provinces of New Russia and was put in charge of the Dnieper Flotilla. After routing the Turks at Ochakov, he wrote to his wife that the spectacle of the Turkish fleet was "better than a ball in Warsaw".

According to John Paul Jones (who served under Nassau-Siegen's command), the putative prince sought to exaggerate his success to the utmost. He won the Order of St. Andrew after the Battle of Svensksund (1789) defeating the Swedes, but failed in stopping the Swedish fleet from breaking out in the Battle of Vyborg Bay in July 1790 (he was too late to join the battle).

He was on the 9th of July 1790 decisively defeated by the Swedes at the second Battle of Svenskund. Despite this defeat, Nassau-Siegen was promoted to admiral by the Tsarina. Nassau-Siegen's military incompetence forced him to seek retirement. He left Russia in 1792 for the Rhine, to fight the French Revolution. But after the Peace of Amiens in 1802, he returned to France, where he solicited without success a position in Napoleon's army. He returned to his estate at Tynna in Podolia in 1808, which was seized by Russia after the Partitions of Poland.

The first plans of Russia's attack on India through Khiva and Bukhara are ascribed to Nassau-Siegen.

He had married in 1780 Karolina Gozdzka (1747-1807), but had no children. The location of his former palace in Warsaw has been since parcelled and transformed into residential units and park along Dynasy Street, the name of which is derived from De Nassau. The remaining ruins of the palace were demolished in the 1930s.

Decorations

 * 1774: Order of the White Eagle
 * 1788: Order of St. George
 * 1789: Order of St. Andrew

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator/INTJ

Entertainment

 * Young Gunna, Rapper
 * Lil Baby, Rapper
 * Dan Aykroyd, actor (Blues Brothers)
 * Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides)
 * Chevy Chase, actor (Cornelius Crane) (Fletch)
 * Phil Donahue, television talk show host
 * Greg Gumbel, television sportscaster
 * Veronica Hamel, actress (Hill Street Blues)
 * Peter Jennings, television newscaster
 * Joan Lunden, television talk show host
 * Trent Reznor, founder of Nine Inch Nails
 * Rob Swire (Pendulum, Knife Party)
 * Pernell Roberts, actor (Bonanza)
 * Elyse Sewell, fashion model, reality TV star
 * Ashley Olsen, former actress and producer, current fashion designer, business woman, author
 * Julia Stiles, actress (Ten Things I Hate About You, Bourne Series)
 * Maria Owens Shriver, television newscaster
 * Jay-Z, rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur
 * Russell Crowe, actor (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind), producer, musician
 * Jodie Foster, actress (Taxi Driver, Silence of the Lambs), producer, director
 * Jason Bateman, actor (Horrible Bosses, the Break Up)

Politicians and Leaders

 * Susan B. Anthony, suffragist
 * Dorothy Day, Activist and Catholic Saint
 * Chester A. Arthur, US President (R)
 * William F. Buckley, Jr., Conservative political advocate
 * Augustus Caesar (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus), Roman Emperor
 * Calvin Coolidge, US President (R)
 * Michael Dukakis, Governor (D-MA), 1988 U.S. Dem. pres. nominee
 * Hannibal, Carthaginian military leader
 * Charles Everett Koop, former U.S. surgeon general
 * Julia Gillard, Former Prime Minister of Australia (Labor)
 * Charles Rangel, US Representative (D-NY)
 * Dwight D. Eisenhower, former US president and WW2 general
 * Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolution leader
 * Woodrow Wilson, US President (D)
 * Vladimir Putin, Russian Federation President
 * Yanis Varoufakis, Minister of Finance - Greece, Economist, author (Syriza)
 * Stephen Harper, Former Canadian Prime Minister (Conservative)

Athletes

 * Arthur Ashe, tennis champion
 * Orel Leonard Hershiser, IV, major league baseball pitcher
 * Edwin Moses, U.S. olympian (hurdles)
 * Martina Navratilova, tennis champion
 * Nick Saban, University of Alabama football coach
 * Ivan Lendl, tennis champion
 * Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys head coach for 29 seasons

Literature

 * Isaac Asimov, sci-fi writer (I, Robot)
 * Jane Austen, author (Pride and Prejudice)
 * Philip K. Dick, sci-fi writer (The Man in the High Castle)
 * C. S. Lewis, author (The Chronicles of Narnia)
 * Josephine Tey (Elizabeth Mackintosh), mystery writer (Brat Farrar)
 * Anton Chekhov, Russian writer, dramatist

Fictional Characters

 * Lord Elrond (The Lord Of The Rings)
 * Saruman The White (The Lord of The Rings)
 * Gandalf (The Lord of The Rings)
 * King Thranduil (The Hobbit)
 * Hamlet (Hamlet)
 * Hercule Poirot (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
 * River Tam (Firefly)
 * Lucy (Lucy)
 * Miss Havisham (Great Expactations)
 * Mr. Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)
 * Bruce Wayne a.k.a Batman (The Dark Knight trilogy / Gotham series / DC Extended Universe / DC Comics)
 * Oswald Cobblepot a.k.a Penguin (Gotham series)
 * Andy Dufresne (The Shawshank Redemption)
 * Michael Corleone (The Godfather
 * O-ren Ishii (Kill Bill Vol. 1)
 * Miranda Hobbes (Sex and the City)
 * Miranda Lawson (Mass Effect Trilogy)
 * Claudia (Interview with A Vampire)
 * Jane (Telltale's The Walking Dead)
 * Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot series)
 * Samos the Sage (Jak and Daxter series)
 * Gol Acheron (Jak and Daxter series)
 * Dr. Cristina Yang (Grey’s Anatomy)
 * Elphaba Thropp (Gregory Maguire's Wicked)
 * Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)
 * Professor James Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes' nemesis)
 * Stiles Stilinski (Teen Wolf)
 * Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish (Game of Thrones)
 * Haytham Kenway (Assassin's Creed 3)
 * Andrew Ryan (BioShock)
 * Paul von Oberstein (Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
 * Ensign Ro Laren (Star Trek--the Next Generation)
 * George Smiley, John le Carre's master spy
 * Clarice Starling (Silence of the Lambs)
 * Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars)
 * Count Dooku (Star Wars)
 * some versions of the Doctor (Doctor Who)
 * Raistlin Majere (Dragonlance Legends)
 * Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes)
 * Number Six (The Prisoner)
 * Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
 * Evely (The Land of Stories)
 * Elizabeth Hawke (Wicked Science)
 * Andrew Ryan (Bioshock)
 * GLaDOS (Portal)
 * Walter White (Breaking Bad)
 * Gus Fring (Breaking Bad)
 * Peter Wiggin (Ender's Game)
 * Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl)
 * Jonathan Crane (Batman Begins)
 * Socrates (as he is depicted in Plato's dialogues)
 * Nico Robin (One Piece)
 * Lex Luthor (Smallville)
 * Shoto Todoroki (Boku no Hero Academia)
 * Loki Odinson (Thor)
 * Nora Gainesborough (True Blood)
 * Gabriel Tosh (Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty)
 * Abathur (Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm)
 * Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (Crime and Punishment)
 * Artemis Entreri (Legend of Drizzt)
 * Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)
 * Ciel Phantomhive (Kuroshitsuji)
 * Max Eisenhardt/Erik Lehnsherr a.k.a. Magneto (X-Men)
 * Matt Murdock a.k.a. Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
 * Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z)
 * Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass)
 * England (Hetalia)
 * Dr. Gregory House (House, M.D.)
 * Near (Death Note)
 * Eridan Ampora (Homestuck)
 * Manon Blackbeak (Throne of Glass)
 * Celaena Sardothien/ Aelin Ashryvar Galathynius (Throne of Glass)
 * Spock (Star Trek)
 * Big Boss / Naked Snake (Metal Gear Series)
 * Punished "Venom" Snake / Big Boss's Phantom (Metal Gear Series)
 * Kakashi Hatake (Naruto)
 * Madara Uchiha (Naruto)
 * Damien Thorn (The Omen series)
 * Pinhead (Hellraiser)
 * Jacqueline Debellafort (Death On The Nile)
 * Phileas Fogg (Around the World In 80 Days)
 * Wednesday Addams (Addams Family)
 * Matilda (Matilda)

Others

 * Nietzsche, existentialist
 * Azzedine Alaïa, couturier
 * William J. Bennett, 'drug czar'
 * Ben Bernanke, Chairman of US Federal Reserve
 * Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft
 * Fischer Black, economist
 * Niels Bohr, physicist
 * Bobby Fischer, chess prodigy
 * Stephen Hawking, physicist
 * Christopher Hitchens, polemicist
 * John Maynard Keynes, economist
 * Lise Meitner, physicist
 * Ludwig von Mises, economist
 * John Nash, mathematician
 * Sir Isaac Newton, physicist, mathematician
 * Nikola Tesla, inventor, engineer
 * Adam Worth, "Napoleon of Crime", Master Criminal, "The Eye"
 * Mark Zuckerberg
 * Michelle Obama
 * Elon Musk

Web links

 * INTJ on TypeLogic
 * INTJ on PersonalityPage and careers
 * INTJ Profile on PersonalityGrowth
 * Personality Types Page Written by an INTJ
 * INTJ Profiles and Famous INTJs on TypeTango
 * General information for INTJs
 * Jung's Cognitive Processes explained
 * INTJ Discussion Forum
 * The Compleat Idiot's Guide to the INTJ
 * INTJ Profile on PersonalityDesk

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User:FindingAliceMusic/sandbox

FINDING ALICE (MUSIC DUO)
Finding Alice, started as an act in Melbourne, Australia in 2012. The duo is made up of two members, Thivanka Galagadera (aka J-Roc) and Melissa F. White (aka Fleur Salvador). Having worked together previously on a solo EP 'Metamorphosis' for Fleur Salvador in 2011, the pair joined musical forces, welding together a unique three-dimensional production style used by J-Roc and the heartfelt melodies and lyrics of Fleur Salvador. Debut EP in creation mode. Finding Alice on Twitter

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Talk:Dean Butler (actor)

Marriage date
I read in an online forum about Little House on the Prairie that Butler married his wife, Katherine Cannon, around 2002 after dating for 5 years. Prior to that, they had not seen each other for 10 years. This information is supposedly in an interview with Cannon on the DVD for Season 8 of Little House on the Prairie.

The reason I looked into this was that Butler was dating my fourth grade teacher in 1988 and came to talk to my class about being an actor on The New Gidget. When I read that he was married to someone he met in the auditions for Father Murphy (a 1981 show), I had to find out if his relationship with my teacher was on the up-and-up; seems that it was ;) Mike Dillon 18:57, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

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User:Andrewa

G'day

I'm a newbie and sometime lurker on this Wiki, but you can learn about me on my Wikipedia user page and talk to me at my Wikipedia talk page there. Or, see my talk page here if you don't have an English Wikipedia signon.

Andrew Alder

Some links I use here:

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Πηνελόπη

Etymology
Apparently from. The traditional association with and  is a folk etymology based on the story of Penelope’s weaving and fails to explain the -ελ-.

Proper noun

 * , Penelope

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Ozyory

Ozyory (Озёры), also spelled Ozery, is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.

 * Ozyory, Moscow Oblast, a town in Moscow Oblast, administratively incorporated as a town under oblast jurisdiction
 * Ozery, Tver Oblast, a village in Zharkovsky District of Tver Oblast

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Kirder

Kirder is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 * Rafi Kirder (born 1980), Swiss musician
 * Sevan Kirder (born 1980), Swiss musician

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Graphic Design/Authors

This book was started by Karl Wick, a graduate of the acclaimed University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP).

Note from the author
There are not many textbooks published on the discipline of graphic design. Perhaps this is due in part to the abstract, subjective nature of many of its aspects, and the fact that there are few universally-agreed-upon rules like there are for mathematics or the hard sciences.

This book is an attempt to formalize some of the concepts that were taught to me while in design school. The material was difficult and sometimes even overwhelming for me at the time. I did not graduate at the top of my class. However DAAP is a widely respected school and I did receive the vigorous training that characterizes its graphic design department. In this book I will try to break down in a simple and understandable way the basics of what I learned.

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User:TWAustralia/sandbox/Midnight Basketball Australia

Midnight Basketball Australia is a national charity that trains and supports approved communities across Australia to implement the social inclusion program and to support teenagers to build the skills and confidence needed to be able to identify and embrace positive opportunities in their lives and their communities. This is done through a high energy, fun and engaging community-run program that combines the benefits of team sport, education and civic participation to teach life skills and identify steps to education, training, employment and social inclusion.

Through a combination of basketball tournaments and life skills workshops, Midnight Basketball aims to offer an intervention that: In meeting these aims Midnight Basketball Australia believes it will make a positive contribution to:
 * Contributes to community and individual capacity building.
 * Engages a diverse social mix of teenagers in its programs.
 * Is sustainable over time.
 * Providing young people with a safe, healthy and positive environment at times when they may be vulnerable to harmful and anti-social behaviour.
 * Combating drug, alcohol and other physical abuse by teenagers.
 * Supporting the learning needs of teenagers and providing them with encouragement to participate in mainstream society and their local community.
 * Providing positive role models and reinforcing the importance of self esteem among teenagers.
 * Diverting teenagers in areas of need from the risk of anti-social and criminal behaviour.

Who can attend?
Midnight Basketball is open to male and female teenagers 12 to 18 years looking for positive activity to build skills and confidence.

How does each Tournament night run?
Every night of each 8 week Tournament includes:

Where does it run?
For current locations, refer Locations page.

Can it run in my location?
If you’d like to see Midnight Basketball in your location, please complete the New Location Enquiry Form and email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>OR call 02 8052 9504 if you have any questions. (see Contact MB Australia page for Enquiry Form and contact details).

Why basketball?
Basketball is a fast and inclusionary game. While the actual sport is not important per se, Basketball is actually the only sport that caters for all requirements and fits with the inclusionary culture: it caters to all areas of sporting ability (some sports require a high level of skill which would exclude some players), is a magnet to both genders and ages, provides great mentoring opportunities (the older players mentor the younger players in their team), is played on basketball courts (which are small enough to house indoors), and is held inside which is important from a safety and climate (eg, rain, darkness) perspective - given there are 60-80 teenagers till midnight these are all important to creating a happy, high energy and safe environment.

Why Midnight?
The idea is that the youth participants of Midnight Basketball go home exhausted and happy, and go to sleep. This is a benefit to all. If the program were held to finish earlier in the evening the youth may end up back out on the streets, benefiting no one.

To Play
Player registration is open to 12 to 18 year old male and female teens and costs nothing to enter. Visit the Locations page to see if Midnight Basketball runs in your community and go to the Players page.

To Volunteer
Visit Volunteering & Support page for more information. Registrations are open to anyone 18 years or over.

History
Midnight Basketball Australia was formed by an alumni group of the Benevolent Society’s Social Leadership Program, a highly regarded tri-sector (government, corporate, non-profit) program examining critical issues in building sustainable social capital. It continues to leverage this extensive and networked tri-sector group to support Midnight Basketball communities.

Midnight Basketball was first trialed in Australia in 2010 through a pilot tournament in Redfern/Waterloo. Following the popularity of the Redfern and other Pilot tournaments over several years, Midnight Basketball Australia developed significant infrastructure to expand nationally. Through evaluation of these community programs over the subsequent 5 year period, Midnight Basketball Australia developed the community based Program Model with the aim of creating a replicable, workable and sustainable program meeting local needs. Midnight Basketball has since run over 250 times in locations around Australia.

Organisational Strategy
Midnight Basketball Australia is a national charity that trains and supports approved communities to implement the Midnight Basketball Program Model. Their vision is that every Australian teenager will be given the building blocks to transition to independent living, a rewarding career, participation in civic society and ‘a good life’.

Organisational Objectives
Midnight Basketball Australia will pursue the following objectives at the organisational level:
 * Continue to develop the Program Model to ensure it is engaging, incorporates social inclusion principles at its core and optimises outcomes for participants.
 * Improve efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the Program Model, through continuous improvement to minimise the administrative burden on the community volunteer base.
 * Partner with best practice national and international experts to find evidence-based solutions to the social issues trying to be solved, and ensure that there is deep synergy with the knowledge and wisdom within community programs.
 * Grow Midnight Basketball Tournaments to communities with need throughout Australia.

Program Model Objectives
To engage teenagers in a structured social inclusion program, that builds individual and community capacity by providing:
 * a structured but fun and social activity to engage a diverse mix of age 12-18 male & females;
 * safe, healthy and positive environment on Friday or Saturday nights;
 * life skills workshops supporting wellbeing, work readiness and other life skills to meaningfully participate in society;
 * relevant information and advice about drugs, alcohol and other important teen issues, showcasing examples and an environment that models healthy alternatives;
 * support and role models for teen learning needs to allow them to grow and build their confidence and self-esteem to participate in mainstream society;
 * build the skills to enable them to pursue education and future employment;
 * community volunteers from diverse industry sectors including mainstream groups, to ensure sustainability and provide positive role models and deep community engagement;
 * change perceptions and attitudes by demonstrating teenagers voluntarily, respectfully and comfortably participating in a structured environment like Midnight Basketball; and
 * doing everything we can to help Midnight Basketballers uplift.

Harm Prevention Guidelines and Statement of Principles
Core to the organisation strategy is providing Players and volunteers with a safe environment in which to participate in Midnight Basketball Tournaments. The organisation has adopted the following statement of principles, which work within the guidelines of the organisation's charitable status as a Harm Prevention Charity:
 * to engage with teenagers in areas of need or risk of anti-social behaviour;
 * to transparently secure funds for Midnight Basketball programs from appropriate individuals, non-profit and corporate entities and government agencies;
 * to engage with groups and organisations dedicated to delivering services and positive learning experiences for young people at a community level;
 * to encourage and participate in capacity building within local communities for achieving the objectives of Midnight Basketball;
 * to promote and develop local communities through Midnight Basketball activities and organisations engaged in that purpose; and
 * to adhere to the Program Format in line with our Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) requirements.

National Governance Structure
Midnight Basketball Australia Board of Directors
 * A company, limited by guarantee with an independent Board. ABN:<PHONE_NUMBER>9.
 * Australian Government ABN Lookup: Midnight Basketball Australia
 * Any problems linking - search the Australian Government ABN Lookup site yourself here
 * A not-for-profit charitable organisation.
 * Midnight Basketball Australia is listed on the Register of Harm Prevention Charitable Institutions  under Subdivision 30-289B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
 * Midnight Basketball Australia is a not-for-profit charitable organisation with Deductible Gift Recipient Status. This means that donations are tax deductible and you will be provided with a tax deductible receipt for donations. Note: they must be made out to: "Midnight Basketball Fund" (see below).
 * A supporting member of the Australian Human Rights Commission Racism. It Stops With Me. Campaign

The Board members of Midnight Basketball Australia have a substantial track record in implementing community and commercial projects.

Local Governance Structure
All Locations have the following Midnight Basketball governance structure overseen by Midnight Basketball Australia:
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 * Volunteer Management Committee comprising local Committee members
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لما

Etymology 1
, the original thought being "but not have it that".

Particle

 * 1) not yet, but not, yet not;

Adverb

 * 1) for what relative, not interrogative

Etymology 2
, the original thought being "for as for [when] this is so".

Conjunction

 * 1) when;
 * 2) in view of, the fact that; because, since

Etymology 1
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) when, while
 * 2) as, as long as
 * 1) as, as long as

Etymology
, from. Compare 🇨🇬 / 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) tall
 * 2) long; high

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) when
 * 2) as soon as, once
 * 1) as soon as, once
 * 1) as soon as, once

Noun

 * 1) jackal

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The Unconsoled

The Unconsoled is a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, first published in 1995 by Faber and Faber, and winner of the Cheltenham Prize that year.

Plot introduction
The novel takes place over a period of three days. It is about Ryder, a famous pianist who arrives in a central European city to perform a concert. He is entangled in a web of appointments and promises which he cannot seem to remember, struggling to fulfil his commitments before Thursday night's performance and frustrated with his inability to take control.

Characters

 * Ryder – Renowned concert pianist
 * Sophie – Gustav's daughter and Boris' mother
 * Boris – Sophie's son
 * Gustav – Bellhop of the hotel and Boris' grandfather
 * Miss Collins – Former lover of Brodsky
 * Hoffman – Manager of the hotel
 * Mrs Hoffman – Hoffman's wife; has photo albums dedicated to Ryder
 * Stephan – Hoffman's son. Also a pianist, yet is insecure about his parents' disapproval
 * Brodsky – Washed up conductor the town tries to revive
 * Bruno – Brodsky's deceased dog
 * Fiona – Train ticketer, Ryder's childhood friend
 * Geoffrey Saunders – Another childhood friend of Ryder. Pops up sporadically throughout the town.
 * Miss Stratmann – in charge of planning Ryder's concert
 * Christoff – Musician disliked by the town

Reception
The Unconsoled was described as a "sprawling, almost indecipherable 500-page work" that "left readers and reviewers baffled". It received strong negative reviews with a few positive ones. Literary critic James Wood said that the novel had "invented its own category of badness". However, a 2006 poll of various literary critics voted the novel as the third "best British, Irish, or Commonwealth novel from 1980 to 2005", tied with Anthony Burgess's Earthly Powers, Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Ian McEwan's Atonement, and Penelope Fitzgerald's The Blue Flower. John Carey, book critic for the Sunday Times, also placed the novel on his list of the 20th century's 50 most enjoyable books. It has come to be generally regarded as one of Ishiguro’s best works.

title: The Unconsoled


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Talk:Albanian–Soviet split

Yugoslavia?
Not sure of the real significance of Yugoslavia as mentioned in intro.

This is a dominant Western geopolitical interpretation: Albania feared Yugoslavia, so sided with USSR, and when USSR had rapprochement with Yugoslavia repudiated USSR and sided with China. But how could China help?

I think the real story is that Albania stayed loyal to Stalin and parted company with everyone who denounced Stalin.--Jack Upland (talk) 10:26, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

 * Having wrote the article, I would concur that the idea that Albanian foreign policy was solely determined by Yugoslavia's existence is simplistic. Yet it was certainly a significant factor. To quote Mehmet Shehu, "Yugoslav revisionism was the forerunner of the 20th Congress and the first to establish its rule in its own country. For all this, Tito has the full right to boast of being the father of modern revisionism. Therefore all the revisionists, wherever they happen to be, render great honours to, and pompously welcome, him, consider him as their Saviour and God. But the stand towards Yugoslav revisionism has been and remains a touchstone which distinguishes the genuine Marxist-Leninists from the revisionists." (Socialist Albania Will Never Budge from its Revolutionary Positions, 1977, p. 18.) In Hoxha's memoir The Khrushchevites much space is given to Soviet rapprochement with the Yugsoslavs. --Ismail (talk) 04:53, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

 * OK, but I think the accent is on "revisionism".--Jack Upland (talk) 09:59, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

 * Well the split's first significant signs were when Khrushchev decided to rehabilitate Yugoslavia. I think the text makes it clear enough that the split was over revisionism and not just Yugoslavia. --Ismail (talk) 11:36, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Sentence needs clarification
Tashko, asked to speak on his behalf, had his text prepared beforehand by the Soviet embassy... Does this mean his own behalf? Or whose behalf is he speaking on? delldot  ∇.  20:55, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
 * On his own behalf, yes. --Ismail (talk) 03:00, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Suggestions for improvement
I've just gotten done making a series of edits, it's a thoroughly enjoyable and interesting article. I'm not sure whether I'm going to do a whole GAN review or not yet, but I read the article and have a couple suggestions: Hope you find these suggestions helpful! delldot  ∇.  22:31, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
 * There are too many long, difficult-to-read sentences. Phrase things as simply as possible while preserving the meaning.  Maybe work on removing unnecessary wording (extra words that can be removed without changing the meaning) and keeping sentences short enough to read comfortably.  You can look at my edits for a lot of examples.
 * Quotations that start in the middle of sentences can have the capital letter turned into lowercase for typographic conformity.
 * More photos would be awesome. I would love to see a photo in the lead of Hoxha and Khrushchev making mean faces at each other, or looking at each other with strained smiles.  Or, failing that, just in a room together.  A photo of Tito might be good for the sections where he appears a lot.  Maybe a map somewhere near the top of the article.  In the section that talks about the submarines there could be a photo of one.
 * I'm not sure what the standards are for long quotations, at what length do you have to start having the quote indented rather than in-line? There are so many lengthy quotes I wonder if some of them could be cut down.  Especially the ones that just go on and on about how we're such great communists and the other guys are total jerks.  Although that certainly adds some flavor!
 * Edit: found it: WP:MOS. delldot   ∇.  22:59, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I guess I get the impression that the article is written with a slight pro-Albanian slant, given that there are so many more quotes from Hoxha than Khrushchev, and the way it talks about aggression on the part of the Soviets sounds critical. We seem to hear more about what Hoxha thought of Khrushchev's words and deeds than vice versa. I'm not sure this is a problem with NPOV, since I have no doubt that it's all accurate, e.g. obviously the Soviets were aggressive, and I'm not sure anyone would have a problem with the way it's written.  It just seems like it might be a very different article if it were written by someone from a more Soviet perspective.
 * Oh, one more thing: I think WP:MOS means that if you're quoting a historian you should use the name in the text, there are a few cases where they are only named in the footnote.  delldot   ∇.  22:37, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your edits. To address them:
 * You have a point in regards to sentences.
 * I think having two photographs is fine; there's no non-copyrighted images I could find that would be topical with the exception of an Albanian socialist-realist painting portraying Hoxha denouncing Khrushchev at the Moscow meeting while Khrushchev and Co. are taken aback, but that obviously wouldn't be a very neutral image to put in.
 * When it comes to definite claims as to Soviet actions you can see that I've largely used Western academic sources. Hoxha's quotes provide context and intricacies, as well as help establish the ideological dimensions of the split.
 * Khrushchev does, of course, have his own memoirs but they do not mention Albania and Hoxha in detail; what is said about either is not illuminating, hence at the end the only thing I could find that wasn't just a blank condemnation was Khrushchev claiming that the Albanians were afraid of Soviet-backed "democratization," hence why they acted the way they did. Every single Western account I've come across concurs with the Albanians as to Soviet exploitation. --Ismail (talk) 03:00, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

 * Great responses, I see you've worked really hard to keep it neutral. I think the socialist-realist painting would be an amazing addition.  I wouldn't worry about it adding POV, since it's just showing how one side represented themselves.  I think more pictures make the article look more interesting and appealing and break up the monotony. Great work in general.  delldot   ∇.  03:53, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * It turns out I can't really upload it, since it's not the "whole" picture (it's scanned from a book and comprises two pages, there's a white space in between in the PDF it is in.) In any case, I will take note of the whole "always name the historians when quoting them" thing. --Ismail (talk) 08:07, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, too bad, well, I suppose you'll come across something good as you continue to improve the article.  delldot   ∇.  15:18, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
 * The whole "you have to mention the author being cited every time you quote from said author" is a bit weird and I don't know how I could introduce it without the readability of the text suffering as a result, since there would be quite a few repetitions on the theme of "according to O'Donnell," "Ash pointed out," "Kola noted," "Halliday states," "Vickers writes," etc. which make it sound like a thesis or academic article rather than an encyclopedia. --Ismail (talk) 10:19, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Looking back at that I notice it applies only to quotes a full sentence or more for some reason. Does that help?  If not, well, the article is a bit quote heavy, I wonder if any could be paraphrased, paired down to less than a sentence, or taken out.  Maybe a combination of this and all the "Vickers writes" etc. won't be too overwhelming.   delldot   ∇.  04:13, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

On recent edits by Jane.bradd555
I agree that the article reads more like an essay than something one would find in an encyclopedia. For that matter, I also think the tone portrays Enver Hoxha and his associates as a bit too "heroic" (e.g. nowadays I would have taken into account such things as Elidor Mëhilli's article "Defying De-Stalinization: Albania's 1956.") But I don't agree with the changes made. In the first place because it wasn't just Soviet efforts to mend relations with Yugoslavia after Stalin's death that caused Albania's break with the USSR (although it was certainly a large factor), and secondly because I do think mentioning that the Red Army played no direct role in communists coming to power in Albania is notable when explaining the background of the Albanian leadership, much as it is significant that the Red Army's role in Yugoslavia was relatively minor compared to that of the Partisans under Tito. --Ismail (talk) 13:38, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

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Cookbook talk:Tahini

Cultural issue to resolve here. I know that most native English speakers call this stuff "Tahini", but in Hebrew and Palestinian Arabic, it is called T'xina (the x is for the soft "ch" sound, which is missing in English).

What is the origin of the English phonetic form? Which should we adopt? - yish 23:11, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Well, you have to pick one, preferably the most common term and explain the alternative title at the top of the page. Lots of things have alternate names in different parts of the world... There is already a Cookbook:Tahini page (I wrote it) so make a note there that it is also called T'xina in Hebrew. KJ 06:41, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I just wanted to note, as a native Hebrew speaker that the word in Hebrew (and palestinian Arabic) means grinding or something that is ground

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Talk:The Hanging Tree (Aaronovitch novel)

Casual tone
The main body of this work reads more like an extended blurb than an informative summary that is the wikipedia standard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 22:47, 4 December 2017 (UTC)


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Historical Introduction to Philosophy/Presocratics and Socrates

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Thales 624-545 B.C.E.
Thales was born in Miletus (the New York Harbor of its day) and had the opportunity to participate in society and was encouraged to. His main interests were natural philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy. He wrote “On Nature” and with his use and understanding of physics, he was able to measure the Egyptian pyramids by using a stick, ratio and the geometrical shape of a triangle. He studied weather and was able to make money after predicting an early harvest by renting all of the area's olive oil presses. His name is included in most of the lists of the seven sages of Greece. One of his finest accomplishments was to redirect a river for King Croesus’s army to cross. Another was his prediction of a solar eclipse in 585 B.C.E. He was in search of the arche or first principle of the universe. His conclusion was all is water. From water we come to water we go. His idea was that the world rests on water and has a soul or spirit. Observing that life comes from motion, he concluded that the magnetic motion of iron in the earth is what brought life to the world.

Anaximander 610-540 B.C.E.
Anaximander was possibly a student of Thales and showed great interest in geometry, astronomy, and philosophy. Anaximander was the first to write prose specifically for Philosophy. He invented the sundial, giving the Greeks a way to measure time. He was also the first Greek to give us a map of the world. His main argument was that all is the “boundless” and has no specific qualities, therefore, creating opposites. Water is wet, fire is dry, and water puts out fire. It is eternal because it gives rise to opposites. Divine because it is deathless and indestructible. He believed that the world is surrounded by concentric circles made up of the earth in the center then water, air, fire. Thus using the idea of four elements, two pairs, and opposites, all things happen through time mixing together creating change and cycles. Conflict leads to resolution and the unbounded is cyclical and continuous. Keeping the earth up because of the balance, it creates. He argued that the earth was the center of the cosmos and has no reason to move.

Anaximenes 545 B.C.E.
Anaximenes too was a student of the philosopher before him. He believed that all is air, and it has no limits and never dies. His empirical research led him to believe that what is alive breaths and has a soul. He felt that this must also be true of the cosmos. Arguing that what happens to the smallest creature must also happen on a greater level. Condensation of air creates water to snow then ice. Like Thales, Anaximenes believed that, the earth rested on something and his something was air.

Xenophanes 570 B.C.E.
Xenophanes, a traveler and roaming poet, was born in Colophon not far from the city of Miletus. Xenophanes was interested in poetry, religion, and natural philosophy. He was the first to try to discredit the gods. His main argument was that humans project their thoughts and actions onto the gods. That is, humans believe the gods look like them, and every society describes the gods differently according to how the people look. He believed that humans have knowledge from experience, or perception is different for each human. Many historians believe that he was the teacher of Parmenides.

Pythagoras 570-497 B.C.E.
Pythagoras was the leader of a popular religious cult named after him. He and his followers called the Pythagorean Brotherhood lived a regimented life in Croton Italy. They shared material possessions similar to the idea of a commune. He believed in reincarnation and the transmigration of the soul. The soul is immortal and humans can reunite with the divine if they are perfect and purify themselves. That incarnation is punishment for bad things humans do. In order to be worthy of the divine we must think, act, and live correctly to end the cycle of rebirth. His main argument is that the world is a place of order, and that order comes from numbers. He studied math and furthered the study of geometry. He developed a system of harmonics using a 2:1 ratio. For the Pythagorean Brotherhood the sacred number was 10, the sum of 4+3+2+1. The Brotherhood believed that math and numbers are the ultimate stuff of the universe and incorrectly thought that all numbers could be written as one whole number divided by another.

Heraclitus was a Greek philosopher born around 540 B.C.E. in Ephesus, a city located in what is now modern-day Turkey. He is known for his belief in the ever-changing nature of the universe and famously proclaimed, "You cannot step into the same river twice." This statement reflects his view that everything is in a state of constant flux and nothing remains the same. Heraclitus believed that the only constant was change and that this was the fundamental nature of the universe.

In addition to his philosophy of change, Heraclitus is also known for his belief in the unity of opposites. He believed that everything was made up of two opposing forces, such as hot and cold, light and dark, and life and death. These forces were in a constant state of tension and balance, and it was only through this balance that the universe could exist. Heraclitus saw this balance as a source of harmony and order in the universe, and he believed that it was through understanding this balance that one could achieve a deeper understanding of the world.

Parmenides of Elea 515-445 B.C.E.
Parmenides was born in Elea, Italy and was most likely a student of Xenophanes. Like many of the philosophers before him was interested in finding the “one”. He was considered to be the first rationalist. For many students of philosophy his argument is extremely difficult to understand. "What is, is, and What is not, is not" was Parmenides main argument. Therefore, if we say nothing exists, we are in fact acknowledging something because nothing is in fact something. We (people) cannot think outside the box, because there is no box. He believed that two ideas cannot be true at the same time. For him the “one” is the mysterious X factor, that is, appearance is not actuality. He believed that knowledge comes from reason not perception. If something is different, it cannot be the same and if we have change then nothing can be the same for it is dynamic. Therefore, all is an illusion and there is no beginning and no end. The world is eternal, whole, unique, immovable, indivisible, and homogenous. The mysterious X factor is “Being”.

Zeno of Elea 490-430 B.C.E.
Zeno was born in Elea in 490 B.C.E. and was a student of Parmenides. He is famous for his paradox of the turtle and Achilles and using it to defend his teacher Parmenides. Imagine Achilles and a turtle are in a race, the turtle gets a head start. For Achilles to catch up to the turtle he must travel half the distance of his intended goal. The turtle is still moving, so again he must travel half the distance. As you can see, he will never catch the turtle, therefore motion is an illusion.

Empedocles ???-440 B.C.E.
Empedocles seems to have tried to merge the ideas of Parmenides with those of Pythagoras. He asked what accounts for change and concluded that the four elements are the cause. For change to occur, there must be forces to move elements. Those forces are love and strife. Empedocles gives up the idea of the “One”. Let us use cake as an example of change. In order to have cake we must have the correct proportions of cake elements. The universe must have both love and strife to move the elements. Again using the cake example, we love to eat cake, but cake is unhealthy and full of calories, so if we want to continue to be healthy we will not indulge in the cake. Love attracts unlike elements, strife attracts like elements. This fight between love and strife is and kablam we move to something new.

Anaxagoras 500-428 B.C.E.
Anaxagoras was born in the city of Clazomenae in Ionia. He used Parmenides’ idea of the mysterious "X" factor, and may have been writing an answer to Empedocles’ idea of change. He agreed with the idea of the four elements and believed that any kind of stuff we have has always been there. Using cake as another example: if we have cake, we have cake stuff. One of his main arguments was that substances do not change, they do not just suddenly come into being but they are uncreated and indestructible. In fact, he thought that there are an infinite number of elements. For things to be created there must be the correct ratio of elements demonstrating the Pythagorean influence. Another of his ideas was that there is no smallest only smaller. He was disliked and put on trial for saying that the sun was not a god.

Leucippus (dates widely disputed), and Democritus 470-360 B.C.E.
Both Leucippus and Democritus are known as atomists who believed in the great void and that atoms are the only things that exist. They concluded that the “divine” equals immortality, and power. In addition, they believed, nothing happens randomly, but rather everything happens from necessity. Democritus was a professional student and wrote more than fifty books. In the fourth century, Christians destroyed his work. Think of the earth as a circle, if the circle is full then stuff cannot move around. If we have space, we have room for movement. Think of the mind as the circle if atoms bounce around this leads to thought.

The Sophists
They were not interested in facts. Actually, they were interested in making money by teaching citizens to win argument by any means. Mostly by making the opposing person's argument weak. Some of the most famous sophists are Protagoras 490-420 B.C.E. Famous for his quote “a man is the measure of all things.” Gorgias 483-375 B.C.E. Antiphon and Thrasymachus show up later in Plato’s Republic.

Socrates 469-399B.C.E.
Socrates was born in 469 to a middle class family in the city of Attica. During the Peloponnesian War, he served as an infantryman and was recognized for his courage. He did not record his ideas and much of what we know of him comes from the writings of his student, Plato.

Socrates became famous for strolling around the agora (marketplace) and questioning citizens about ideas such as “What is justice,” or “What is knowledge,” and challenging the person by questioning every answer he/she gave in response. This great philosopher was put on trial for “corrupting the youth” and “questioning the gods” and he was subsequently found guilty on these trumped up charges. He had the choice of being exiled or drinking Hemlock, a poison that would kill him. Remaining true to his beliefs, he drank the hemlock.

Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” He believed that knowledge is virtue and humans never intentionally do wrong. In addition, that ignorance is evil and in order to be moral, humans must educate themselves. He believed that the only thing he really knew was that he knew nothing. In addition, that being true to yourself was the most important thing a man could do. His method of questioning frustrated most anyone he encountered. This “method” would lead men to reevaluate their answers and truly examine their beliefs. Basically, these people suffered from buyer’s remorse. They bought into false beliefs and came to regret their choices after being questioned by Socrates. He is still a great influence for many people.

Quiz
Based on the book Landscape of Wisdom by Christopher Biffle.

{Imagine you are standing and looking forward, now imagine you are Thales seeing many things unified by “one”. You say to the person standing next to you that all (or many) is_. - Fire. - Earth. - Air. + Water.
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{Next, you are Heraclitus talking to your neighbor and you say “I believe all is .” - Crap. - Cake. + Change. - Carbon.
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{Lucky you! Now you are the great philosopher Parmenides on the subway talking to the person sitting next to you and he/she asks you what you “the many” or “all” is, and you reply_. - Who is Mary Cordova? - Have you seen Donnie Darko? - Marketing. + Illusion.
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{Following your exhilarating subway adventure you are dressed in a pinstriped suit and Italian shoes, no you are not a lawyer, but close you are a sophist. You start collecting money from those around you and offer to teach them. - how to do the Macarena. - to hail a taxi. + truth is not important, winning arguments is what counts. - How to get a table at Rao’s.
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{After your subway ride you are transformed into the philosopher Socrates walking down fifth avenue, you start asking the people passing by___. - for the time. + to forget about the one, and ask “what is holy?” - how you got here in the first place? - for the directions to the Guggenheim.
 * type=""}

Work Cited

 * Landscape of Wisdom, Christopher Biffle
 * The Story of Philosophy, Brian Magee
 * Get a Grip on Philosophy, Neil Turnbell
 * Looking at Philosophy, David Palmer
 * Longmans Standard History of Philosophy
 * Philosophy 101, Sparkcharts
 * Great Ideas of Philosophy, The Teaching Company Dr. Daniel Robinson

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Jun Suemi

Jun Suemi (末弥純 Suemi Jun, born 1959) is a Japanese illustrator, born in Ōita, Ōita, Japan.

Illustration works
He has provided artwork, including monster design and graphic design, for various video games, fantasy and science-fiction books, the Guin Saga novel series written by Kaoru Kurimoto and the Kerberos Panzer Jäger radio drama by Mamoru Oshii.

Video games

 * 聖拳アチョー (MSX) [1985] – Cover Art (Japanese Ver.)
 * Dungeon Master (MSX) [1986] – Cover Art
 * Silpheed (PC-88, Sega Mega CD) [1986/1993] – Cover Art (Japanese Ver.)
 * Fire Hawk: Thexder - The Second Contact (MSX, PC-88) [1989] – Cover Art
 * Veigues: Tactical Gladiator (PC-88, PC Engine) [1990] – Cover Art (Japanese Ver.)
 * Brandish 2 The Planet Buster (PC-98, Super Famicom) [1993/1995] – Cover Art
 * Brandish 3 Spirit of Balcan (PC-98) [1994] – Cover Art
 * The Hybrid Front (Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console) [1994] – Cover Art, Manual Illustrations
 * Nosferatu (Super Famicom, Super NES) [1994/1995] – Cover Art
 * First Queen IV ～バルシア戦記～ (PC-98, PlayStation, Windows 98) [1994/1996] – Cover Art
 * Brandish Renewal (PC-98) [1995] – Cover Art
 * Brandish 2 The Planet Buster Renewal (PC-98) [1995] – Cover Art
 * Brandish 3 Spirit of Balcan Renewal (PC-98) [1995] – Cover Art
 * Dark Seraphim (PC-98) [1995] – Cover Art
 * Renny Blaster (PC Engine) [1995] – Cover Art
 * Brandish 2 The Planet Buster Expert (Super Famicom) [1996] – Cover Art
 * Brandish VT (PC-98) [1996] – Cover Art
 * Not Treasure Hunter (PlayStation) [1996] – Cover Art
 * Asuncia (PlayStation) [1997] – Cover Art
 * Front Mission 2 (PlayStation) [1997] – Character Designer
 * Brandish 4 眠れる神の塔 (Windows 95, Windows 98) [1998] – Cover Art
 * Wizardry Llylgamyn Saga (Windows 95, Windows 98, PlayStation, Sega Saturn) [1999] – Cover Art
 * Wizardry New Age of LLylgamyn (PlayStation) [1999] – Cover Art
 * Zill O'll (PlayStation) [1999] – Cover Art, Character Designer
 * Apsaras (Windows 98, Windows XP) [2000] – Cover Art, Character Designer
 * Zill O'll Infinite (PlayStation 2) [2005] – Cover Art, Character Designer
 * Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory (PlayStation Portable) [2005] – Cover Art
 * Rengoku II: The Stairway to H.E.A.V.E.N (PlayStation Portable) [2006] – Cover Art
 * Over G: Energy Airforce (Xbox 360) [2006] – Character Designer
 * 戦国絵札遊戯 不如帰 -Hototogisu- 乱 (PlayStation Portable) [2008] – Cover Art
 * Zill O'll Infinite Plus (PlayStation Portable) [2009] – Cover Art, Character Designer
 * Brandish: The Dark Revenant (PlayStation Portable) [2009] – Cover Art
 * Trinity: Zill O'll Zero (PlayStation 3) [2010/2011] – Character Designer
 * Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Nintendo Switch) [2019] – Promotional Art

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Talk:David Kreizman

Kreizman's parents
I did, at one time, have an item in here about David Kreizman's parents being first cousins. It was not sourced, and it was deleted. As any unsourced item really should be.

It wasn't meant to be derogatory - I do really, truly believe that I read this in Soap Opera Digest right before the big Tammy/Jonathan story hit.

One of the big challenges in sourcing ANY soap related articles is that both Soap Opera Digest and Soap Opera Weekly do not archive material online.

So, it remains out of the article until the "when/if" I can find whether it was printed, and what volume. I just wanted to explain... NickBurns 17:47, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Meat Sweats
Is this the writer who invented the term "Meat Sweats"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomasJCyrus (talk • contribs) 17:37, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

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Om Bhakta Shrestha

Om Bhakta Shrestha (12 April 1933 – 18 March 2020) was a Nepalese judge who served as 11th Chief Justice of Nepal, in office from 12 September 1997 to 12 April 1998. He was appointed by the then-king of Nepal, Birendra.

Shrestha was preceded by Trilok Pratap Rana and succeeded by Mohan Prasad Sharma.

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GCSE Science/Electricity multiple choice practice question 7 Answer 4

Sorry but this is the wrong answer. Remember you need to multiply the voltage and the current together to get the power.

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這早晚兒

Noun

 * 1) this moment; now; at present
 * 2) at this very moment
 * 3) so late
 * 4) this time

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Two-tailed pasha

Two-tailed pasha
Voting period ends on 29 Sep 2017  at 19:18:45 (UTC)
 * Reason: Illustrates article well. Featured Picture on Wikimedia Commons
 * Articles in which this image appears:Charaxes jasius
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
 * Creator:Charlesjsharp

 * Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:18, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Support --PetarM (talk) 17:56, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:19, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Support -- Marvellous Spider-Man  18:17, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

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 * Didn't reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust The Homunculus 19:19, 29 September 2017 (UTC)


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Zimari

Zimari (Зимари) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Zimaryovsky Selsoviet, Kalmansky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 775 as of 2013. There are 30 streets.

Geography
Zimari is located 39 km north of Kalmanka (the district's administrative centre) by road. Prudskoy is the nearest rural locality.

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Kamen Rider J

Kamen Rider J (仮面ライダーJ) (Masked Rider J) is a 1994 Japanese tokusatsu superhero movie produced by Toei Company and loosely based on their Kamen Rider Series. It was the final story in which Shotaro Ishinomori was involved, who died 4 years later. It was also the final installment of the Showa era (or Ishinomori era) in which Ishinomori was involved in the series. The film was released on April 16, 1994.

Plot
After conducting a praying ceremony, the three oldest children of the alien Fog Mother hunt for an ideal human to feed to their newly hatched siblings. They find Kana, the young friend of environmentalist reporter Kouji Segawa, when he is investigating pollution at the lake. Protecting Kana from the villains as they escape, Kouji is thrown over a cliff by the reptilian Agito and dies; Kana is taken by the insectoid, Zu. The Earth Spirits resurrect Kouji as Kamen Rider J to fight the Fog Mother with the Earth Spirits' emissary, Berry, as his guide. With Fog Mother sensing Kouji's presence, Agito tries to finish the job and is killed by J. Kouji enters the Fog Mother's domain, facing Zu in her proper form. J kills Zu as they crash into the fortress which is Fog Mother. After Zu dies, Kouji learns about Fog's intention to let her new brood devour humanity as Garai completes the ritual, sends Kana to the hatching chamber, and manhandles Kouji. Berry intervenes to free Kana from Fog's spell before he is struck down by Garai; Kana is sent down to her death, and Fog Mother begins attacking a nearby city to prepare for her children's awakening. J fights Garai in a heated battle in his true form (Cobra Man). After he kills Garai, J is digested by Fog Mother as he tries to save Kana. Absorbing the life energy around him, J kills Fog Mother's newborn offspring, escapes from her bowels, and assumes the Jumbo Formation. After ripping Kana out of Fog Mother, J kills the monster. Escaping Fog Mother's destruction, Kouji brings Kana to a peaceful place as Berry watches from a distance.

Characters

 * Koji Segawa (瀬川 耕司): An environmentalist reporter who is killed by the Fog Mother's child, Agito, when they take Kana. He is revived as Kamen Rider J by the Earth Spirits to defend the planet from the Fog Mother and her children. With his J-Spirit (Jスピリット) transformation belt, J can perform the J-Kick (Jキック). His greatest ability is to assume the Jumbo Formation (ジャンボフォーメーション) by gathering the life force from surrounding life forms, growing to 40 m tall to fight larger opponents. In this state, J can perform the Jumbo Rider Kick (ジャンボライダーキック). He rides a J-Crosser (ジェイクロッサー), a Suzuki road bike (2012 Suzuki DR650SE) which can reach a speed of 1300 km/h. J can use the J-Crosser to execute the J-Strike (ジェイストライク) attack. Early designs by Ishinomori gave Kamen Rider J a pair of wing-like appendages on his back to indicate the origin of the character's powers.
 * Kana Kimura (木村 加那): Kouji's young friend, who is captured by Fog Mother's children so she can be sacrificed.
 * Berry (ベリー): A large grasshopper who is Kamen Rider J's guide for the Earth Spirits.

Fog
Fog (フォッグ) are a group of monsters whose presence is signaled by mist. Every millennium, the Fog Mother gives birth to a new brood to feed on the occupants of the world on which she landed. One such brood was responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, which were their sole food supply. Seventy-five million years later, the Fog Mother returns to Earth with a new brood. Her three children say a ritual prayer before going out to obtain a sacrifice for their siblings to feed on so they can consume the human race.

 * Machine Beast Mothership Fog Mother (機械獣母艦フォッグ・マザー): The Fog Mother, an alien parasite in a gold battle fortress who sends her three oldest children to obtain a human sacrifice for their unborn siblings to feed on before devouring the rest of the human race, is responsible for exterminating the dinosaurs. Her machine body can shoot gatling guns, shoot a laser from her right eye, emit circular-saw blades from her left eye, lower pincers to grab and emit insect-like legs from her torso to attack. She can feel pain if her machine is attacked. After Garai is killed, Fog Mother attempts to digest J but he enlarges and kills her newborn offspring. He impales the Fog Mother with his fist to pull out Kana. J frees himself from her clutches, breaking her pincers and insect-like legs and using a Jumbo Rider Kick to damage her body as it begins to self-detonate. In a last effort to destroy Kamen Rider J, she drags him back into her body but he frees himself and kills her with a Rider Punch as her machine body explodes.

 * Garai (ガライ): The oldest of the Fog Mother's children, assuming the form of a young man. He is called "Prince" by the Fog Mother. His true form is Cobra Man (コブラ男), an armored cobra-like monster with a laser saber and a constricting whip who can use a ball which turns into a claw. He conducts the prayer ceremony while his younger siblings battle J and takes on J to keep the sacrifice going until Berry comes to J's aid. With Kana in the egg chamber and Berry knocked out, Garai absorbs the surrounding mist and assumes his true form. Kamen Rider J impales him with a sharp object, and Garai uses his ball attack. Kamen Rider J frees himself from it and uses the Rider Kick to knock Garai unto the altar, fatally injuring him.
 * Zu (ズー): Assuming the form of a young woman, her true form is the Wasp Woman (ハチ女): a colorful female bee monster, with wings on her head and the ability to shoot needles from her hands. She kidnapped Kana for the sacrifice. When Agito's death is learned, Zu is sent to avenge her brother. She uses crimson ribbons to trap Kouji and drop him from the sky after she sheds her human form, but he becomes Kamen Rider J and overpowers her. She shoots him in the arm with a needle, grabs him and takes him up in the air. Zu, mortally wounded when she collides with the Fog Mother's ship, sees Garai one last time before she dies and fades into the mist.
 * Agito (アギト): Assuming the form of a middle-aged man, his true form is Lizard Man (トカゲ男): an alligator-like monster with poisonous fangs and a constricting tail. He killed Kouji, and is determined to kill him again when he learns he is still alive. When he encounters Kouji (as Kamen Rider J), he sheds his human form and attacks him. Agito tries to escape by climbing a cliff, but Kamen Rider J kills him with a Rider Punch to his head and he falls to his death.

Other appearances
J joined Kamen Rider ZO in the eight-minute 3D film, Kamen Rider World, and appeared in the 2009 film Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker. In the film's climax, he is summoned (in giant form) by Kamen Rider Diend to battle King Dark. With Diend's help, he merges with Kamen Rider Decade to form Kamen Rider Decade Final Form: Jumbo Formation.

J also appeared in the 2010 film Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010, in which Kamen Rider Decade defeated him and turned him into a card. After Decade's defeat, all the Riders turned into cards are restored to their respective worlds. Kamen Rider J also appears among the Riders in the Kamen Rider Series 40th-anniversary film OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Rider (2011), Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen (2012), Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai (2014), and Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 (2015).

Cast

 * Koji Segawa (瀬川 耕司): Yūta Mochizuki (望月 祐多) ; Actor Suit: Jiro Okamoto
 * Kana Kimura (木村 加那): Yuka Nomura (野村 佑香)
 * Berry (ベリー): Rikako Aikawa (愛河 里花子)
 * Garai (ガライ): Kyoji Kamui (神威 杏次)
 * Zu (ズー): Yoko Mari (万里 洋子)
 * Agito (アギト): Satoshi Kurihara (栗原 敏)
 * Fog Mother (フォッグマザー): Maho Maruyama (丸山 真歩) (Played as Mariho Kayama (佳山 真梨穂))
 * Earth Spirit (地空人): Shuji Uchida (内田 修司)
 * Earth Spirit (地空人): Yurika Nagano (永野 百合香)
 * Narrator (ナレーター): Shōzō Iizuka (飯塚 昭三)

Songs
"Just One Love" and the closing song "Kokoro Tsunagu Ai" (心つなぐ愛), written by Eiji Kawamura with lyrics by Akira Ōtsu, were sung by BYUE.

Releases
The film was released on April 16, 1994, for the Toei Super Hero Fair.

As part of the media franchise's 40th anniversary, J was shown on Toei's pay-per-view channel in September 2011.

Stock Footage for Masked Rider
Saban Entertainment used monster footage from the film in their Masked Rider TV show. Hachi Woman became Hydrasect, appearing in the episode "Stranger from the North" with a monster from the previous film Kamen Rider ZO. Fog Mother became Ultivore, appearing in the episode "Saturday Morning Invasion", and Tokage Man became Cyborgator and appeared in the episode "Ectophase Albee".

Legacy

 * Kamen Rider J appears in the film versions of the Kamen Rider Decade television series (most notably in the climax of All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker, where he enables the heroes to defeat the film's antagonist).
 * Kamen Rider J is also a playable character in the 2011 Nintendo DS video game, All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation.

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Pritchardia mitiaroana

Pritchardia mitiaroana, the Mitiaro fan palm or Iniao is a species of palm tree that is native to the island of Mitiaro in the Cook Islands. It grows on karst limestone on the island's makatea (fossilised uplifted reef), and grows to a height of 10m.

While previously believed to only be found on Mitiaro, in 2007 several clusters of fan palms on the islands of Niau and Makatea in the Tuamotus in French Polynesia were classified as belonging to the same species. Rarotongan oral histories record that there was once a strong sea route between Niau, the southern Cook Islands, and the Marquesas, which could have seen the plant transported between the islands. In 2007 there were an estimated 1000 individuals on Niau, and around 100 on Makatea. In 2019 there were 491 mature Iniao on Mitiaro.

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Statistics/Different Types of Data/PS

Statistical data can be obtained from two sources primary or secondary.

Primary Data
Primary data means original data that has been collected specially for the purpose in mind. It means someone collected the data from the original source first hand. Data collected this way is called primary data.

The people who gather primary data may be an authorized organization, investigator, enumerator or they may be just someone with a clipboard. Those who gather primary data may have knowledge of the study and may be motivated to make the study a success. These people are acting as a witness so primary data is only considered as reliable as the people who gathered it.

Research where one gathers this kind of data is referred to as field research.

For example: your own questionnaire.

Secondary Data
Secondary data is data that has been collected for another purpose. When we use Statistical Method with Primary Data from another purpose for our purpose we refer to it as Secondary Data. It means that one purpose's Primary Data is another purpose's Secondary Data. Secondary data is data that is being reused. Usually in a different context.

Research where one gathers this kind of data is referred to as desk research.

For example: data from a book.

Why Classify Data This Way?
Knowing how the data was collected allows critics of a study to search for bias in how it was conducted. A good study will welcome such scrutiny. Each type has its own weaknesses and strengths. Primary Data is gathered by people who can focus directly on the purpose in mind. This helps ensure that questions are meaningful to the purpose but can introduce bias in those same questions. Secondary Data doesn't have the privilege of this focus but is only susceptible to bias introduced in the choice of what data to reuse. Stated another way, those who gather Secondary Data get to pick the questions. Those who gather Primary Data get to write the questions.

<< Sources of Data | Statistics | >> Qualitative and Quantitative

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пасти

Etymology 1
From, from.

Verb

 * 1) to pasture
 * 2) to herd
 * 3) to feed

Etymology 2
From ("fall"). Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to fall
 * 2) to fall down
 * 3) to perish
 * 1) to perish

Etymology 1
, from.

Verb

 * 1) to graze, to pasture, to shepherd
 * 2)  to follow, to tail

Etymology 1
, from,.

Verb

 * 1)  to fall
 * 2)  to fail a test, an exam or similar
 * 1)  to fail a test, an exam or similar

Etymology 2
, from.

Verb

 * 1)  to graze

Etymology 1
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to graze, to pasture, to shepherd

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to fall
 * 2)  to drop

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Clear the Stage

Clear the Stage was the fourth studio album from Christian contemporary Christian musician Jimmy Needham, which was released on March 27, 2012 by Inpop Records, and was produced by Ed Cash and Jimmy Needham. The album has seen commercial charting successes, as well as, positive critical attention.

Title track "Clear the Stage"
The title track "Clear the Stage" was written by Christian contemporary singer-songwriter Ross King who recorded the song in his 2002 album And All the Decorations, Too released on April 1, 2002. The main message conveyed in the song is that we need to clear the stage for God, who truly deserves it: "Cause you can sing all you want to / But still get it wrong / Worship is more than a song / We must not worship something / that's not even worth it / Clear the stage and make some space / for the one who deserves it". It also addresses what are idols in our lives that we must cast away for true belief: "Anything I put before my God is an idol / Anything I want with all my heart is an idol / Anything I can't stop thinking of is an idol / Anything that I give all my love is an idol". Jimmy Needham also released a music video displaying the lyrics of the song.

Music and lyrics
David Jeffries of Allmusic wrote that the album was "as bright and diverse as expected, but it's the songwriting growth and conceptual cohesiveness that surprise." At CCM Magazine, Grace S. Aspinwall stated that "The partnership with Ed Cash brings out an even more mature and relatable sound for his distinct vocals and styling." Kevin Hoskins at Jesus Freak Hideout said that the release has "got some good ol' pop-filled blues with very intimate lyrical content", yet noted that for the listener "looking for something fast-paced and musically diverse, you may want to steer clear of Clear the Stage." Cross Rhythms' Isaac Poulton said "The thing that sticks out to me when I put this latest album from the Houston-based blue-eyed soul man is the tight, rhythmic sound of the drums. Reliable bass and perfectly timed hi-hats rumble and pitter patter through the first track, setting up the tone for the whole album." In addition, Poulton noted that "Ultimately, the lyrics are the centre of the album and it's clear they're meant to be, and are skillfully crafted." At Christianity Today, Andy Argyrakis wrote that "Needham sings sincerely of God's grace, newfound fatherhood (after a series of miscarriages), and checking his ego at the door, partly making up for some of the musical shortcomings and showing his potential as a songwriter."

Sarah Fine at New Release Tuesday told that the artist was "Known for his eclectic mix of blue-eyed soul and groove-driven pop, his latest effort, Clear The Stage, comes as his most musically diverse and lyrically vulnerable project to date." Furthermore, Fine noted that the album was "Raw and thought-provoking lyrically, it also boasts a musical showcase secular counterparts might want to take note of, serving as one of the most diverse albums I’ve heard in quite some time." At Indie Vision Music, Jonathan Andre wrote that "With heartfelt lyrics and musical diverseness" that this album was his "the most mature and personal record to date." At The Phantom Tollbooth, Michael Dalton said that "On Clear the Stage, Jimmy Needham sacrifices a little of his blue-eyed soul for a more pop-oriented sound. He loses a little distinctiveness on some tracks, but retains the R&B influence that is a trademark." Tom Frigoli of Alpha Omega News wrote that with respect to the lyrics they were "written in conversational tones and are a joy to listen to", and noted that Needham's "musical versatility is stronger than ever and there are many different sounds and styles experienced on the album."

Critical reception
Clear the Stage garnered generally positive reception from music critics to critique the album. David Jeffries at Allmusic felt that this was "surely Needham's album, establishing him as a more mature artist than before while still welcoming his audience with open arms." At CCM Magazine, Grace S. Aspinwall called this "a delightful new phase for this talented singer/songwriter." Kevin Hoskins of Jesus Freak Hideout affirmed that this was "a great album to chill out to and to truly worship our Maker with." Cross Rhythms' Isaac Poulton highlighted that the release "would really speak to people going through tough times, which really makes this album worth getting."

At Christianity Today, Andy Argyrakis criticized that "There are also several additional R&B/jazz-infused moments to accompany his soulfully smooth vocals, but a few others are middle-of-the-road piano/acoustic songs lacking personality." Sarah Fine at New Release Tuesday evoked that the album was "Fun, funky and full of faith, Clear The Stage is undoubtedly Jimmy Needham’s finest work to date", and that "Overall, this album does not disappoint and will be a hard one to follow up, but if anyone can do it, it’s Jimmy Needham." At Indie Vision Music, Jonathan Andre felt that the artist "has stretched the musical boundaries" in a good way on his fourth studio album.

Michael Dalton of The Phantom Tollbooth called the album "arresting and unforgettable", which he wrote that "This may be Needham’s best and most mature recording to date, and the way he sings 'Clear the Stage' is worth hearing." At Christian Music Zine, Tyler Hess felt that the album was "a solid follow up to Nightlights and has a few special songs that can hit your heart strings." Jono Davies of Louder Than the Music proclaimed this was "A top quality recording". At Alpha Omega News, Tom Frigoli graded the album an A, which he wrote that "The album offers everything fans have come to know and love from Jimmy Needham and so much more", and told that he "definitely recommend checking out this project as well as his previous albums!"

Commercial performance
For the Billboard charting week of April 14, 2012, Clear the Stage was the No. 128 most sold album in the entirety of the United States by the Billboard 200 and it was the No. 9 Top Christian Album as well.

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Mad Max's Information Theory of Motion Pictures

Welcome to Mad Max's Information Theory of Motion Pictures from Mad Max's Course in Film Scoring for Motion Pictures which is part of the Topic:Music in Film.

Information Theory for Motion Pictures
Here are many of the rules of information for motion pictures.

What is Information?
Information is sights and sounds. Sounds are dialog, music and sound effects. Each of these requires the brain to analyze and appreciate.

The Human Brain
The brain can receive and appreciate more than one (1) sight and one (1) sound at a time. The processing power of the brain is tremendous. A typical motion picture from Hollywood today has almost 100 tracks of audio which are mixed down to (combined into) 5 audio tracks. When you have all this sound and a constantly moving picture, that is a lot of information for the audience to absorb.

 * 1. Persistence of Vision
 * Because of persistence of vision, the human mind can combine multiple pictures. Even though only one picture flickers in front of the viewer at one time, the mind combines the images into something new and original.

 * This works in two ways.
 * A. Multiple frames of a slightly varying images creates the illusion of motion.
 * B. Shots of different images creates an effect where two totally different shots seem to become part of the same scene or same action.  Viewed separately, two images might not have anything in comon.  But together, they tell a story.

 * 2. Separation of Sounds
 * The brain is able to separate, distinguish, and follow sounds from many sources at the same time. These sounds must be distinguished by a separate frequency, direction, and tone but as long as you can keep them separate, you can listen to more and more sounds at the same time.

Motion Pictures are Information
Motion pictures are the most efficient way to convey the most information in the least amount of time. By accident and by plan, the techniques used to make motion pictures also create the most efficient form of communication possible. No other form of communcation is able to control the mind of the audience as well.

Multimedia lacks information
In contrast, multimedia is at the other end of the scale. Multimedia is the least efficient way to communicate information since in Multimedia, you are only presented one element at a time; just one picture and simple audio. The advantage of multimedia is it is much easier to produce than a motion picture since multimedia only has to produce about 1/10 the content as a motion picture.

Music equals Mood
Music for motion pictures creates the mood for motion pictures. You need to explain the mood of a motion picture to the audience. In most cases, the dialog and action is not enough.

You need to be aware that the music for motion pictures includes the actor's voice which contains a melody line. To listen to the dialog without the melody, read the script in a mono-tone voice. Stage trained actors have a 3 octive voice. Modern film actors do not use this wide a tonal range.

When boredom sets in
Too little information, the audience gets bored. Too much information and the audience tunes out… and becomes bored.

Information Theory for a Symphony
A symphony is just like a motion picture except there is no picture. The same theories apply. A symphony is designed to convey as much musical information as possible. There are multiple instruments playing at different pitches and directions and many different melodies (main, counter, supporting, etc.) in a symphony.

When theories clash
(1) A symphony is designed to convey the most information possible that a person can absorb at one time… and

(2) A motion picture is designed to convey the most information possible that a person can absorb at one time…

Therefore, you cannot simply combine the two. That would be too much information.

If you want to use a symphony to enhance a motion picture, you must remove things from the symphony so the combination of the symphony score and the motion picture are perfect.

Thin Music

 * Background Music
 * This means that background music for motion pictures must be extremely thin and simple. If someone is talking, you must still clearly hear the words of the dialog over the background music.

 * Narrative Music
 * This means that Narrative Music (which is so thick that it will drown out dialog) still must be less than the sounds of a symphony because if it is, the symphony will prevent people from gaining some of the information from the rest of the movie.

Drowning the audience with sound
The theory of information works in another way. If you have a bad picture, you can hide the picture with sound. That is, you can overload the audience with sound information so the audience is unable to analyze the picture. Therefore audience becomes too busy processing the sound information to worry about the quality of the image… at least for a little while.

The Theory of the MTV generation
It takes the average person about 3 to 5 seconds to analyze and absorb all the information in a picture. But it takes the MTV audience only 1.5 seconds.

Interesting pictures become boring
Therefore, if you leave an interesting picture on the screen for more than 5 seconds (or more than 1.5 seconds for kids) and you do not provide any additional information, the audience will become bored. Their minds are no longer busy.

Talking books
Talking books do not have music or sound effects because the audience is expected to be working when they listen to the talking book. If a talking book had all the sound effects and musical tracks of a motion picture, people would not be able to work while they listened. This is because the brain would be fully occupied by the talking book with film score and sound effects.

Talking books For children
Children are not expected to work while they listen to talking books. Therefore, talking books can be a complete motion picture without the visual images. Picture books can be used to accompany the talking book. If produced like a motion picture, a talking book for children can be almost as effective as a full motion picture.

Car accidents and cell phone usage
Many people believe that using a cell phone limits a person's ability to operate a vehicle. Since we know that the human brain can do many thing simultaniously, then using a cell phone while driving reflexively is possible without any problem. But once the driving situation or the conversation begin to require additional concentration, either the driving or the conversation will be impared.

3D images from 2D pictures
Persistance of vision also can create 3D images from movies of 2D images. The human brain can look at different views of an object and turn the 2D image into a 3D image inside the human brain. All that is necessary is to move the camera by the distance between the eyes of a human. The movement of the different elements in the picture will be different. Distant objects move sideways at a different rate of speed that close objects when the camera dollies right or left. This difference in the speed of movement of the objects in the scene allow the brain to construct a 3D image.

Therefore if you want the audience to see 3D, dolly during the shot right or left by 6 inches during 3 seconds. That will create a 3D image inside the head of the viewer.

Note: If you create a 3D image in the mind of the audience by this method, you also draw the audiences attention away from the main figure in the shot… which may or may not be a good thing. Converting a 2D image into a 3D image requires a lot of brain power.

Hello dolly
Creating the effect of a 3D image is easier during a dolly right or dolly left. A dolly-in shot requires much more movement to achieve the same effect. A zoom in shot does not create this effect since zoom in only magnifies an image. The camera does not move past objects to magnify some object more than other.

Similarly, a crane shot is not as effective as a dolly right or dolly left shot but then a crane shot presents a totally new view which is also interesting.

Musical Themes
Musical themes are tiny melodies. In addition to listening to musical notes, the human mind can associate themes with emotions. Themes in music can be associate to a person, object, or an action. Later, that musical theme can be used to evoke the mood associated with that person, object, or action.

Size matters
If the size of an object begins to increase, the audience feels it is important. If the size of an object decreases, the audience feels the object is of smaller value.

When you use a zoom in shot, everything in the frame becomes larger. If you use a dolly-in shot, only a specific element (which is usually the actor) becomes more signicant than everything else in the picture.


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Germán Delfino

Germán Delfino (born 4 May 1978) is an Argentine football referee, who officiates primarily in the Argentine Primera División since 2010, as well as for FIFA as a FIFA international referee since 2012.

As international referee, he had taken charge of matches in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana, international friendly matches and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifications.

Refereeing career
In 2010 Delfino, was promoted to the Primera División referees crew, being his first game in the top tier of Argentinian football on 9 October 2010 when he took charge of a 1–1 draw between Huracán de Parque Patricios and All Boys. He is part of the Asociación Argentina de Árbitros (in English: Argentine Referees Association), where he lost the 2013 Union Elections.

After a successful 2012, in 2013, Delfino took part in the second leg of the Argentine most important match, the Superclásico. The first game, played on 3 May 2013, ended with a 1–1 draw at La Bombonera. The second one, played on October at the Monumental, ended with a 1–0 to Boca Juniors, who won after a goal scored by Gigliotti in the first half.

 * First international match

Delfino's first international game was at La Serena, Chile, in January 2013, when Chile hosted Senegal in a friendly match. It ended 2–1 to the Home team. During the match, he showed seven yellow cards, and two red ones (both for the African team).

International Superclásico games
In 2014, he took charge of one of the 2014 Copa Sudamericana Semi-finals, where Boca Juniors and River Plate disputed the second leg, won by River 1–0 (1–0 on the aggregate). One year later, Delfino officiated the 2015 Copa Libertadores Round of 16, between the two biggest teams of the country.

2015 Recopa Sudamericana Final
He took charge of the 2015 Recopa Sudamericana Final first leg, between San Lorenzo and River, with a 1–0 favour to the second team, who won with a Sánchez goal. In the match, he sent off Leandro Romagnoli, from San Lorenzo, at 87'.

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