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North Street

A boy band formed of four members (James Weimer, Scott Milne, Laurence Browning, Daniel Bocharnikov) Orginially created in Romford and have performed in several high class venues. Debut single "All around Europe" has reached 7 timnes platinum in Thailand and has been in the top charts in Afganistan for 9 weeks running. For booking equieries follow @NorthStreet. They're currently recording their first studio album; 'Dream Big, Achieve Bigger', working with such acclaimed artists such as Henry Eades, Sam Saunders and Elro.

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Classic Album Collection

(The) Classic Album(s) Collection may refer to:

 * The Classic Albums Collection (Electric Light Orchestra album)
 * The Classic Albums Collection 1974-1983 2013 by Kansas (band)
 * Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1, Million Seller Songs
 * Classic Album Collection, Vol. 2, Get Together with Andy Williams

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one-sidedly

Adverb

 * 1) In a one-sided or biased manner.
 * 2) In a manner which physically favors or uses only one side of something.
 * 1) In a manner which physically favors or uses only one side of something.

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Henry L. Brandon

Henry Logan Brandon (April 22, 1923 – June 21, 1997) was an American Naval Aviator and attorney. He sat on the Board of Directors of Unocal Corporation of California, and was the company's Vice President of International Development. He also sat on the board of directors of Union Oil in Dahomey (now Benin), West Africa.

Background and family
Henry Logan Brandon was born in Moore County, Tennessee, on April 22, 1923. He died on June 21, 1997, in Pasadena, California.

World War II
Henry L. Brandon enlisted November 19, 1942, and trained at the Naval Air Primary Training Command 1943. He served as a Naval Aviator from 1945 to 1948. Qualified for carrier landings on an FM-2 Wildcat on the USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60), off Jacksonville, Florida. Went through gunnery training on an FG-1D Corsair at US Naval Air Station Alameda. Joined Corsair Fighter-Bomber Squadron VBF-82 in preparation for Operation Downfall.

After his discharge from the Navy he attended the Southern Methodist University, and Vanderbilt University, where he earned a Juris Doctor.

International business career with Union Oil
During his time with the Unocal Corporation, Brandon worked as the company's general manager in Cuba and Guatemala. In 1961 he became the company's Vice President of International Development. That year he participated in Union's entry into the Indonesian oil market, writing a "contract of work" arrangement, which was a first for Indonesia. In a speech on Indonesian Independence Day in August, 1961, then President Sukarno talked at some length about "production sharing", which included some of Brandon's suggestions.

As Vice President of International Development, he negotiated Unocal's entry into the UAE oil market. In the 1960s, he met extensively with Saqr bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, the Emir of Ras Al Khaimah, to craft the legal agreement between his country and Unocal Corporation.

In 1969 he became Vice President, and a member of the Board of Directors of Union Oil Company of Dahomey, West Africa.

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Jin Hwan

Jin Hwan (1913 – 1951) was a Korean painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

In 1946, he served as the principal of Youngsun High School in Gochang founded by his father. In 1948, he served as a professor at Hongik University in Seoul. In 1951, he died in Gochang during the Third Battle of Seoul of the Korean War.

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Dichotomous Key/Anseriformes

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Talk:Ethnography

Here is a fun look at Ethnography, http://www.nyls.edu/docs/delwiche.pdf --Rayc 17:33, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Ethnography is ...
The hell with this: ethnography is anthropology, not sociology. <IP_ADDRESS> 20:57, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Ethnography is an important method and perspective in anthropology, sociology and other social sciences. --Reswik 21:23, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

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Grace Anozie

Grace Ebere Anozie (born 16 July 1977) is a Nigerian Paralympian in powerlifting. Anozie's first Paralympic medal was a bronze at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the 82.5 kg event. At subsequent Paralympics, Anozie won a silver medal in 2008 and gold in 2012. During her career, Anozie set a Paralympic record at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the over 86 kg event. At the 2012 Fazza International Powerlifting Championships, Anozie broke the record for most weight by a woman Paralympian in the over 82.5 kg event with 168 kilograms. After the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Anozie became a Member of the Order of the Niger.

Early life and education
Anozie became paralyzed from polio when she was two years old. She completed a university accounting program in 1998 but changed her career to sports when she could not find a job.

Career
Anozie started powerlifting in 1998 and medalled in multiple Paralympic Games. In powerlifting, she was fourth in the 82.5 kg event at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. Changing to the over 82.5 kg event, Anozie won a bronze at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. She later won a silver at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and a gold at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Prior to the 2012 Paralympics, Anozie had considered ending her powerlifting career due to her previous Paralympic medal performances. After the 2012 event, Anozie decided to take time off from powerlifting for a year before determining if she would compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Outside of the Paralympics, Anozie won gold at the 2013 Powerlifting Asian Open Championships.

During her career, Anozie has held world records in powerlifting. At the Beijing Paralympics in 2008, she broke the Paralympic record in the over 82.5 kg powerlifting event. Later on, Anozie set the world record in the over 82.5 kg category during the 2012 Fazza International Powerlifting Championships. With 168 kilograms, Anozie set a Guinness World Record for the most weight lifted by a woman Paralympian in the over 82.5 kilograms category for powerlifting. The year later, she held the world record in the over 86 kg event at the 2013 Asian Open Championship, which was later broken by Precious Orji.

Awards and achievements
Anozie was nominated for the International Paralympic Committee's athlete of the month in March 2012. Following the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Anozie became a Member of the Order of the Niger that year alongside her teammates that won gold at the Paralympics. At the end of 2012, Anozie was named Sportswoman of the Year by The Nation for Nigeria.

Personal life
Anozie lived in Benin, Edo State, Nigeria before moving to the United States in 2014. She originally planned to visit Chicago for training tour for 2014 Commonwealth Games but ended up living in Shreveport, Louisiana after a conflict with her trainer.

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Riddler's Den

Riddler's Den is a 1985 action video game, made for the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was authored by David W. Harper as the debut title from Electric Dreams Software.

Plot
The game's protagonist is Trunky the Manelephant, who has embarked on a quest to find the Great Golden God Gregogo.

Gameplay
The game is half a maze and half a puzzle solver, with elements of a role-playing game (RPG). It is similar to titles such as Atic Atac. It came packaged with a poem filled with clues that the player had to decipher to progress through the game.

The player could only carry a limited number of items. A flask displayed on the top right of the screen indicated the player's energy level. If this ran out the game ended. If holding the correct object, it was possible to sleep and regain energy. This would move the timer on to the next day. The game had to be completed within a certain number of days.

Reception
Sinclair User magazine asserted that the game was easy to play, but difficult to master. Your Spectrum magazine deemed the program both absorbing and frustrating due to its blending of two disparate genres: arcade and adventure.

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potayto, potahto

Etymology
Supposedly uses the American English and British English pronunciations of the word, by analogy of (see ). Unlike tomato, only the former pronunciation is used in either American or British English. Allusion to 's song "": "You like potato and I like potato ".

Interjection

 * 1)  That is a distinction without a difference.

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Baltimore, Tennessee

Baltimore is an unincorporated community in Cocke County, Tennessee, in the United States. It took its name after Baltimore, Maryland.

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Oluvil Lighthouse

Oluvil Lighthouse (ඔලුවිල් ප්‍රදීපාගාරය) is a lighthouse situated on the southern east coast of Sri Lanka at Oluvil, which is located approximately 12 km south of Kalmunai.

The lighthouse is operated and maintained by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority. It is the first lighthouse erected after the Sri Lankan independence, until the Hambantota Port and the Colombo Port expansion occurred in 2012–13. The 24 m high white cylindrical concrete lighthouse tower was built in 1999 as a part of the development of Oluvil Harbour and it was constructed with lantern and gallery, attached to a one-story small equipment building.

The lighthouse was declared open on 19 June 1999 by then Sri Lanka's Minister for Port Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader M. H. M. Ashraff.

2004 tsunami
In 2004, following the Indian Ocean tsunami, the harbor, town and the lighthouse tower were damaged but the damage has been repaired.

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Regis Henri Post

Regis Henri Post (January 28, 1870 – October 5, 1944) was a New York politician and the governor of Puerto Rico from April 17, 1907, to November 6, 1909. He was born in Suffolk County, New York.

Life
Post was born in Bayport, New York, the son of Albert Kintzing Post (1843-1872) and Marie Post (née de Trobriand, 1845-1926). His maternal grandfather was Régis de Trobriand. He had an older sister, Lina Post Webster, and an older brother, Waldron Kintzing Post Sr. His father drowned at the age of 29 on Long Island when Regis was only two. His mother remarried to his father's 2nd cousin once removed, Charles Alfred Post (1844-1921). Regis had two step-sisters from this union, Beatrice Post Candler and Edith Post Gallatin. Post graduated from Harvard University in 1891 where he was a member of The Delphic Club.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Suffolk Co., 2nd D.) in 1899 and 1900.

He was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as Auditor of Puerto Rico in 1903, as Secretary of Puerto Rico in 1904, and as governor in 1907. Post held the office of governor from April 18, 1907, to November 5, 1909. His governorship was extremely controversial, as his frequent disagreements with the Puerto Rico Legislature led to the Legislature's failure to pass any budget in 1909, resulting in a political crisis on the island and passage of the Olmsted Amendment at the request of President William Howard Taft.

Following Post's time in Puerto Rico, he worked with the American Ambulance Corps in France from 1913 to 1914. He joined the American Red Cross in 1917.

Personal life
He married Carolyn Beatrice Post, daughter of Colonel Henry A. V. Post and his 2nd cousin once removed, on March 6, 1895. They had a son, Regis Henri Post Jr.(February 17, 1897). In 1916, Post was discovered by his wife having an affair and they separated. She filed for divorce in 1922. He married Leila Ellis in 1925. She died in 1931. Post married thirdly Marguerite Denis de Lagarde on April 5, 1933. She was his distant cousin. Marguerite's great-niece through her sister was Mimi Lee.

Regis H. Post served as The Sayville Yacht Club’s 3rd Commodore 1911-1912 following John E. Roosevelt 1901-1907 and John R. Suydam 1908-1910.

Death
Post died October 5, 1944, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, at the age of 74. He left behind his wife, Marguertie, and his son, Regis H. Post, Jr.

Relations
Regis was part of the Post political family. His great-great-grandfather was Jotham Post, Jr., a United States Representative from New York and an assemblyman. His nephew was New York State assemblyman Langdon Post, and his distant cousin was New York State assemblyman Erastus F. Post. His sister, Lina Post Webster, married Hamilton Fish Webster, a grandson of Hamilton Fish. His step-sister, Edith Post Gallatin, married Goelet Gallatin, a great-grandson of Albert Gallatin, great-grandson of Elbridge Gerry, and first cousin of Peter Goelet Gerry.

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line code

Noun

 * 1) A code chosen for use within a communications system for transmission purposes.

Translations

 * German: Leitungscode

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Kasese Municipal Health Centre III

Kasese Municipal Health Centre III is a Ugandan health facility found in the Municipality of Kasese, at a level of health centre three. It is one of the longest existing hospitals in the Kasese District and Rwenzururu Kingdom in Western Region, Uganda.

History
In 2011, Kasese Municipal Health Centre III was temporarily closed due to a of lack of toilets. Being the major health unit in the municipality, the administration closed the health centre after the pit latrine filled up. The Centre has been struggling with more than 87 patients who were evacuated from Kilembe Mines Hospital as a result of flooding when River Nyamwamba burst its banks.

The patients were taken to Municipal health center, St. Paul, Rukoki health center and Kagando hospital. According to James Muliwabyo of the Centre, the Kasese Municipal health Centre III lacked adequate technical resources and drugs to handle cases in need of surgery.

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Film finance

Film finance is an aspect of film production that occurs during the development stage prior to pre-production, and is concerned with determining the potential value of a proposed film.

In the United States, the value is typically based on a forecast of revenues (generally 10 years for films and 20 years for television shows), beginning with theatrical release, and including DVD sales, and release to cable broadcast television networks both domestic and international and inflight airline licensing.

Overview
Film finance is a subset of project finance, meaning the film project's generated cash flows rather than external sources are used to repay investors. The main factors determining the commercial success of a film include public taste, artistic merit, competition from other films released at the same time, the quality of the script, the quality of the cast, the quality of the director and other parties, etc. Even if a film looks like it will be a commercial success "on paper", there is still no accurate method of determining the levels of revenue the film will generate. In the past, risk mitigation was based on pre-sales, box office projections and ownership of negative rights. Along with strong ancillary markets in DVD, cable television, and other electronic media such as SVOD, or streaming video on demand), investors were shown that picture subsidies (tax incentives and credits), and pre-sales (discountable-contract finance) from foreign distributors, could help to mitigate potential losses. As production costs have risen, however, potential financiers have become increasingly insistent upon higher degrees of certainty as to whether they will actually have their investment repaid, and assurances regarding what return they will earn.

Past film slate's poor performance records are showing up in public court documents. Property and casualty companies (P&C) like AIG had offered insurance against film slates and the bonds issued to fund them, but now fully refuse to cover film slates. This ended in many lawsuits, starting in early 1999 (with Steve Stabler's Destination Films $100 million bond fund failure and subsequent lawsuit), and continue to this day with Aramid's lawsuit on Relativity's Beverly-1-Sony film slate and the Melrose-2-Paramount slate. Citigroup attempted to wrap the Beverly-1-Sony slate with a property and casualty insurance wrapper (from the formerly bankrupt Ambac Assurance, Corp.). After these "uninsured" slate financing arrangements (SFA) failed to return even the original principal to investors, the market has sought solutions. Traditionally, banks like JP Morgan have an entertainment division that uses proprietary risk mitigation regression analysis to see if future film revenues can meet an exceedance probability (where in the ultimate revenues allow the loan to break even), but this is calculated guesswork, and has caused all of the major national banks to lose millions in bad loans. An alternative to such loss protection was developed by Geneva Media Holdings, LLC (originally as risk mitigation for affluent individuals and "direct investors" under U.S. tax incentive IRC 181). Fully insured media funds are now being carefully reviewed by risk analysts at major hedge funds, banks and institutional pension plans specializing in investor risk mitigation.

Many outside of Hollywood fail to realize the longevity of film and television after-market income streams. Many commercial films and network television shows will make money for decades. For the investor who pays for part of the negative costs, the time value of money is important. For many movie investors the required rate of return for this "risky" investment may be 25% or more. This means that while there may be TV revenues for an additional ten years after the movie is released, the PV (present value) of those revenues is diminished by the required rate of return and the time it takes for these revenues to accrue. Ancillary revenues (VOD, DVD, Blu-ray, PPV, CATV, etc.), tend to accrue to the studio that purchased these residuals as part of their overall distribution deal. For many movie investors in the past, the theatrical box office was the primary place to gain a PV return on their investment.

VaultML has developed technologies usually seen in high-frequency trading to predict box office success and investor risk using artificial intelligence. They claim to analyze over 300,000 elements from screenplay to form a basis for prediction. Based on their published future predictions for 2015 they out yielded the market on a return on investment basis.

Ryan Kavanaugh of Relativity Media offered participation in profits to actors, rather than up-front fees, to lower production costs and keep profits protected. Kavanaugh has attempted to use data from major studios like Sony and NBC/Universal to build a complex Monte Carlo system to determine movie failure rates prior to production. His projects and business models have failed miserably, resulting in $500 million in losses. The box office results of his movies have been mixed, as there is no set ratios, blends, mixtures, method or secret crystal ball that can project movie revenues, investor risk, or rejection parameters.

Slated  is the first dedicated online film finance marketplace for professional equity investing. Combined with Slated's team, script and financial analysis, investors can have ownership in films.

Epagogix has developed a system using neural networks to assess factors that contribute to box office success. They assess a wide variety of movies of different box office returns. Another film finance analyst, Steve Jasmine, claims to have developed a system for predicting a film's box office success. This system claims to quantify 800 creative elements of billion dollar grossing movies to determine what audiences are most interested in. Worldwide Motion Picture Group offers a service termed "script evaluation" where a team of analysts compare draft scripts to those of previously released movies in an effort to estimate the box office potential of the proposed script. They also conduct surveys and use results of previous focus groups to assist this analysis.

Since the collateral for film financing can be based on intellectual property rights, film finance transactions generally commence with a title analysis.

Government grants
A number of governments run programs to subsidise the cost of producing films. For instance, until it was abolished in March 2011, in the United Kingdom the UK Film Council provided National Lottery funding to producers, as long as certain conditions were met. Many of the Council's functions have now been taken over by the British Film Institute. States such as Georgia, Ohio, Louisiana, New York, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Utah, and New Mexico, will provide a subsidy or tax credit provided all or part of a film is filmed in that state.

Governments are willing to provide these subsidies as they hope it will attract creative individuals to their territory and stimulate employment. Also, a film shot in a particular location can have the benefit of advertising that location to an international audience.

Government subsidies are often pure grants, where the government expects no financial return, although one notable exception is Canadian federal government film agency Telefilm Canada which provides financing in the form of recoupable equity.

Tax incentives
Some U.S. states and Canadian provinces have between 15% and 70% tax or cash incentives for labor, production costs or services on bona fide film/television/PC game expenditures. Each state and province differs. These so-called "soft-money" incentives are generally not realized until a theatrical or interactive production is completed, all payments are made to workers, financial institutions, and rental or prop companies within the state or province offering the incentives. Many other limitations may apply (i.e., actors, cast and crew may have to take up residence in the state or province). Often, a certain amount of physical shooting (principal photography) must be completed within the state borders, and/or the use of the state's institutions. This would include rental facilities, banks, insurance companies, sound stages or studios, agents, agencies, brokers, catering companies, hotel/motels, etc. Each may also have to be physically domiciled within the state or province's borders. Finally, additional incentives (another 5% to 25% on top of the already generous soft money), may be offered for off-season, low-income area, or family entertainment projects shot in places of economic impoverishment or during poor weather condition months in a hurricane-prone state or Arctic province.

A number of countries have introduced legislation that has the effect of generating enhanced tax deductions for producers or owners of films. Incentives are created which effectively sell the enhanced tax deductions to wealthy individuals with large tax liabilities (e.g., IRS code sections 181 and 199). The individual will often become the legal owner of the film or certain rights relating to the film. In 2007 the United Kingdom government introduced the Producer's Tax Credit which results in a direct cash subsidy from the treasury to the film producer.

German tax shelters
A relatively new tactic for raising finance is through German tax shelters. The tax law of Germany allows investors to take an instant tax deduction even on non-German productions and even if the film has not yet gone into production. The film producers can sell the copyright to one of these tax shelters for the cost of the film's budget, then have them lease it back for a price around 90% of the original cost. On a $100 million film, a producer could make $10 million, minus fees to lawyers and middlemen.

This tactic favors big-budget films as the profit on more modestly budgeted films would be consumed by the legal and administrative costs.

Despite its frequent use in the past, the above schemes are all but gone and are being replaced by more traditional production incentives.

The main production incentive is the (DFFF). The DFFF is a grant given by the German Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media. To receive the grant a producer has to fulfill different requirements including a cultural eligibility test. The film finance calculator on germanfilmfinance.com checks online if the project passes the test as well as it shows the individually calculated estimated grant.

British tax shelters
In British tax shelters, the same copyright can be sold again to a British company and a further $10 million could be raised, but UK law insists that part of the film is shot in Britain and that the production employs a fair proportion of British actors and crew. By using British tax shelter methods, many American films like to shoot at Britain's major film studios like Pinewood and Shepperton and why a film such as Basic Instinct 2 relocated its action from New York to London. These are commonly referred to Sale & Leaseback deals; they were discontinued in March 2007, though those initiated prior to Dec. 31, 2006 were grandfathered in.

Pre-sales
Pre-sales is, based on the script and cast, selling the right to distribute a film in different territories before the film is completed. When the deal is made, the distributor will insist the producers deliver on certain elements of content and cast; if a material alteration is made, financing may collapse. In order to gain the “marquee names” essential for drawing in an international audience, distributors and sale agents will often make casting suggestions. Pre-sales contracts with big-name actors or directors will often (at the insistence of the buyer) have an "essential element" clause that (as per the example above) allows the buyer to get out of the contract if the star or director falls out of the picture and a marquee equivalent cannot be procured.

The reliance on pre-sales explains the film industry's dependence on movie stars, directors and/or certain film genres (such as Horror).

Typically, upon signing a pre-sale contract, the buyer will pay a 20% deposit to the film's collection account (or bank), with the balance (80%) due upon the film's delivery to the foreign sales agent (along with all the necessary deliverable requirements.)

Usually a producer pre-sells foreign territories (in whole or part) and/or North American windows/rights (i.e. theatrical, home video/DVD, pay TV, free TV, etc.) so that the producer can use the value of those contracts as collateral for the production loan that a bank (senior lender) is providing to finance the production.

Television pre-sales
Although it is more usual for a producer to sell the TV rights of this film after it has been made, it is sometimes possible to sell the rights in advance and use the money to pay for the production. In some cases the television station will be a subsidiary of the movie studio's parent company.

Negative pickup deal
A negative pickup deal is a contract entered into by an independent producer and a movie studio wherein the studio agrees to purchase the movie from the producer at a given date and for a fixed sum. Until then, the financing is up to the producer, who must pay any additional costs if the film goes over-budget.

Generally, a producer will have a bank/lender lend against the value of the negative pickup contract as a way to shore up their financing package of the film. This is commonly referred to as "factoring paper". Most major North American studio and network contracts (incl. basic cable) are collateralized/factored by the bank at 100% of the contract value, and the lender just takes a basic origination/setup fee.

Splitting the roles of studios and networks necessitated a means for financing television series appropriate to the varied risks and rewards inherent in the separation. A practice known as "deficit financing" consequently developed – an arrangement in which the network pays the studio that make a show a license fee in exchange for the right to air the show, but the studio retains ownership. The license fee does not fully cover the costs of production – hence the "deficit" of deficit financing.

Deficit financing developed after the varied risks and rewards were determined and carried out through film financing. Deficit financing occurs when the license fee for a show doesn't fully cover production fees. A studio has ownership of the production, but as license fees are handed out in exchange to air a show, the phrase deficit financing comes into play as costs were not being met and paid.

From the late 1960s through the mid-1990s special regulations from financial regulation's and syndication's rules created relations between television networks and independent production companies. These rules stated that ownership of the rights to the programs reverted to the producer/production company after a specified number of network runs (syndication). Profits from any other sales, including syndication, generally benefited the production community. Because of this, production companies produced original shows at a loss, hoping that they would eventually be run by syndication and make their money back.

Gap/supergap financing
In motion pictures, gap/supergap financing is a form of mezzanine debt financing where the producer wishes to complete their film finance package by procuring a loan that is secured against the film's unsold territories and rights. Most gap financiers will only lend against the value of unsold foreign (non-North American) rights, as domestic (North American: USA & Canadian) rights are seen as a "performance" risk, as opposed to more quantifiable risk that is the foreign market. In short, this means that the foreign value of a film can be ascertained by a foreign sales company/agent by evaluating the blended value of the quality of the script, its genre, cast, director, producer, as well as whether it has theatrical distribution in the US from a major film studio; all of this is taken into consideration and applied against the historical and current market tastes, trends, and needs of each foreign territory of country. This is still an unpredictable practice. Domestic distribution is also unpredictable and far from ever a sure thing (e.g. just because a film has a big budget and a commercial genre and cast, it could still be unwatchable and thus never receive a theatrical or television release in the US, thus being relegated to being a big budget, direct-to-video film.) Any certainty in the entertainment business, lending against foreign value estimates is preferable to betting on strictly a domestic success (comedies and urban films being two notable exceptions: they are referred to as "domestic pieces" or "domestic plays".)

True to its mezzanine nature, in the pecking order of recoupment of investment, generally, gap (or supergap) loans are subordinate to (recoup after) the senior/bank production loan, but in turn, the gap/supergap loan will be senior to (recoup before) equity financiers.

A gap loan becomes a supergap loan when it extends beyond 10-15% of the production loan required to shoot the film (or in other words, when the percentage of the gap required to complete the film's financing package becomes greater than a bank is willing to bear, which is traditionally 10-15%, but can sometime be a flat dollar threshold like US$1,000,000.)

Gap/supergap lending is a very risky form of capital investment and accordingly the fees and interest charged reflect that level of risk. But at the same time it is not unlike buying a house: nobody pays 100% of the purchase price with cash; they pay about 20% in cash and borrow the rest. Supergap financing works by the same principle: put down 20-30% cash/equity and borrow the rest.

Bridge financing
Bridge finance has increased in prevalence in filmmaking in recent years. Bridge financing is an answer to the common "catch-22" problem of needing funding to get the actors, but not being able to get the funding without actors. Bridge financing, for example, can be used in scenarios where a filmmaker has a promissory note from an investor to finance a film provided the filmmaker can attach an approved actor, however without money to escrow for the actor's payment, the filmmaker is unable to meet the investor's criteria. In this instance, a short-term lender can provide a bridge loan to secure the actor with the promissory note as collateral; once the actor's payment is escrowed, the equity investment would be triggered, and the bridge loan would be paid back with a small interest. In Canada, this form of financing is more commonly known as "greenlight financing".

Slate financing
A relatively new method of financing, slate financing "involves an investment in a specified number of studio films ranging from a mere handful to dozens of pictures", typically by private equity firms and hedge funds. Slate financing's proliferation typifies the "complex relationship that has developed between the studios and Wall Street". Between 2005 and 2008, hedge funds invested an estimated $4 billion in studio film slates and private equity firms invested $8 billion.

The idea for slate financing came from "multifilm credit lines" that banks and investment firms created for studios in the late 1990s. There were three main advantages to this strategy: risk mitigation (since funds covered a pool of movies rather than one film), less interference from investors, and freeing up studio equity towards "big-budget franchises" for which they do not have trouble fundraising. In 2005, Relativity Media CEO Ryan Kavanaugh built upon these points to structure the first slate financing deal, a 17-picture joint deal with Sony Pictures and Universal Studios called Gun Hill Road that was backed by $600 million from hedge funds. Slate financing preserved the benefits of the earlier credit lines, as it allows them to risk less of their own capital when financing high-budget films. After deducting production costs, including prints and advertising (P&A) and residuals, studios split remaining box office revenue with investing partners; oftentimes they also split revenue from DVD and merchandise sales.

Generally tax-advantaged theatrical film and television investment for affluent individuals comes with little risk. In general, production costs can be recouped through federal and state tax incentives, thereby eliminating most of the risk. Capital is still required as a direct investment (partnerships can be used), but must also be "at risk", which allows § 181 IRC write-offs. For example, if a private equity source is found (individuals with capital or a private wealth management firm representing personal funds), the investor pays for the film or TV production, and in return receives an equal amount of capital in tax-incentives, pre-sales, and state tax credits, thereby making the investment and recoup a wash. This is a highly specialized tax play, and is often looked upon as risky by those who do not understand the risk mitigation offered through state tax and federal tax incentives like § 181 IRC.

Individual investors
One of the hardest types of film financing pieces to obtain is private investor funds. These are funds invested by an individual who is looking to possibly add more risk to their investment portfolio, or a high-net-worth individual with a keen interest in films. While there are a few steps to cover between development funding and capital funding, with regard to the latter, any capital funding that is approached, whether that source is private equity (private individuals and /or funding groups), or debt financing (finance institutions and /or banks), is going to require that you have certain necessary elements in place before they consider financing your project. These elements include marketplace analytics, audience analytics, a bondable schedule and budget, and a distribution plan.

Crowdfunding

With a rising popularity of online crowdfunding more and more films are getting financed directly by their consumers this way. The crowdfunding platforms Kickstarter and IndieGoGo have their own categories dedicated to films.

Crowdfunding films gives the consumer a voice in what films are being produced, allow for riskier, more socially relevant, more innovative, less profit-oriented independent films with smaller and marginal target audiences that can't be found in mainstream cinema and lower the entry-barrier to new filmmakers. Crowdfunded films include Iron Sky, Kung Fury, Veronica Mars, Code 8, Star Trek: Renegades, Manthan and Anomalisa.

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Hajime Ishimaru

Hajime Ishimaru (1890–1990) was a Japanese painter. Her work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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roð

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) red

Etymology
From, referring to the sheepskin being plucked after becoming slightly rotten.

Noun

 * 1) sheepskin without wool
 * 2) spot on a sheepskin without wool
 * 3)  sheepskin with wool
 * 4) * (proverb) eyðkendur er úlvur í roði
 * distinctive is the wolf in sheepskin (a wolf in sheep's clothing)
 * 1)  fish skin

Etymology
From.

Noun

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Lou Gui

Lou Gui (fl. 190s–211), courtesy name Zibo, was an official and adviser serving under the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.

Life
Lou Gui was from Nanyang Commandery (南陽郡), which is around present-day Nanyang, Henan. In his younger days, he was arrested and sentenced to death for providing shelter to fugitives, but he managed to break out of prison, disguise himself to fool the guards and successfully escape. In the early 190s, he gathered a group of followers and brought them along to join Liu Biao, the Governor of Jing Province. During his brief stay in Jing Province, he helped Liu Biao recruit many members of the scholar-gentry who had fled south to Jing Province to evade the chaos in central and northern China. Around the time, he encountered Wang Zhong, who had fled to Jing Province to avoid a famine in the Guanzhong region. When Lou Gui tried to recruit Wang Zhong to join Liu Biao, Wang Zhong attacked him, induced his followers to defect to his side, and brought them along to join the warlord Cao Cao.

Lou Gui later left Liu Biao and joined Cao Cao as well. Cao Cao treated him respectfully and commissioned him as an army general. However, Lou Gui never held command of any troops and instead served as a military adviser. In 208, when Cao Cao led his forces to attack Jing Province, the provincial governor Liu Cong (Liu Biao's son) surrendered and offered his fu (a tally symbolising authority) to Cao Cao. When Cao Cao's other advisers suspected that Liu Cong was pretending to surrender, Lou Gui argued that Liu Cong was sincere since he had given up his fu, and managed to convince Cao Cao to accept Liu Cong's surrender.

In 211, during the Battle of Tong Pass, Lou Gui advised Cao Cao to order his troops to mix water and sand and use the mixture to build defensive walls and structures. As the weather was freezing, the water-and-sand mixture froze overnight and became an instantly-built fortress for Cao Cao's forces.

Over the years, Lou Gui and his family managed to amass a huge fortune. Cao Cao once remarked, "Lou Zibo may be wealthier than me, but he doesn't have as much power as me." One day, while he was with Xi Shou (習授), Lou Gui saw Cao Cao and his son(s) out on a trip. Xi Shou remarked, "Both father and son(s) look really happy." Lou Gui remarked, "When you live in this world, you should strive to be self-reliant. Why should you keep looking at other people?" Xi Shou later secretly reported to Cao Cao what Lou Gui said. Cao Cao, thinking that Lou Gui was showing disrespect towards him, then ordered him to be executed.

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Lou Gui appears as a minor character in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the novel, he is a hermit from Jingzhao Commandery (京兆郡; around present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi) living in the Zhongnan Mountains. His nickname was "Mengmei Householder" (夢梅居士). He appears during the Battle of Tong Pass to assist Cao Cao. After Cao Cao wins the battle, he wants to thank Lou Gui by rewarding him, but Lou Gui declines and leaves.

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General Biology/Cells/Energy and Metabolism

Energy

 * The capacity to do work.
 * Kinetic energy: energy of motion (ex. jogging).
 * Potential energy: stored energy (ex. a lion that is about to leap on its prey).
 * Many forms of energy: e.g.,
 * Heat
 * Sound
 * Electric current
 * Light
 * All convertible to heat
 * Most energy for biological world is from sun
 * Heat (energy of random molecular motion, thermal energy)
 * Convenient in biology
 * All other energy forms can be converted to heat
 * Thermodynamics: study of thermal energy
 * Heat typically measured in kilocalories
 * Kcal: 1000 calories
 * 1 calorie: amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius (°C)
 * Heat plays major role in biological systems
 * Ecological importance
 * Biochemical reactions

Oxidation–Reduction

 * Energy flows into biological world from sun
 * Light energy is captured by photosynthesis
 * Light energy raises electrons to higher energy levels
 * Stored as potential energy in covalent C-H bonds of sugars
 * Strength of covalent bond is measured by amount of energy required to break it
 * 98.8 kcal/mole of C-H bonds
 * In chemical reaction, energy stored in covalent bonds may transfer to new bonds. When this involves transfer of electrons, it is oxidation–reduction reaction
 * Always take place together
 * Electron lost by atom or molecule through oxidation is gained by another atom or molecule through reduction
 * Potential energy is transferred from one molecule to another (but never 100%)
 * Often called redox reactions
 * Photosynthesis
 * Cellular Respiration
 * Chemiosynthesis
 * Autotrophs
 * Heterotrophs

NAD+

 * Common electron acceptor/donor in redox reactions
 * Energetic electrons often paired with H+

Free energy

 * Energy required to break and subsequently form other chemical bonds
 * Chemical bonds: sharing of electrons, tend to hold atoms of molecule together
 * Heat, by increasing atomic motion, makes it easier to break bonds (entropy)
 * Energy available to do work in a system
 * In cells, G = H - TS
 * G = Gibbs’ free energy
 * H = H (enthalpy) energy in molecule’s chemical bonds
 * TS (T, temperature in °K; S, entropy)
 * Chemical reactions break and make bonds, producing changes in energy
 * Under constant conditions of temperature, pressure and volume, ΔG = ΔH - TΔS
 * ΔG, change in free energy
 * If positive (+), H is higher, S is lower, so there is more free energy; endergonic reaction, does not proceed spontaneously; require input of energy (e.g., heat)
 * If negative (–), H is lower, S is higher. Product has less free energy; exergonic; spontaneous

Activation energy

 * Reactions with –ΔG often require activation energy
 * e.g., burning of glucose
 * Must break existing bonds to get reaction started
 * Catalysts lower activation energy

Enzymes

 * Biological catalysts
 * Protein
 * RNA (ribozyme)
 * Stabilizes temporary association between reactants (substrates) to facilitate reaction
 * Correct orientation
 * Stressing bonds of substrate
 * Lower activation energy
 * Not consumed (destroyed) in reaction

Carbonic anhydrase

 * Important enzyme of red blood cells
 * CO2 + H2O → H2CO3 -> HCO3 + H+
 * Carbonic anhydrase catalyzes 1st reaction
 * Converts water to hydroxyl
 * Orients the hydroxyl and CO2

Enzyme mechanism

 * One or more active sites which bind substrates (reactants)
 * Highly specific
 * Binding may alter enzyme conformation, inducing better fit

Factors affecting enzyme activity

 * Substrate concentration
 * Product concentration
 * Cofactor concentration
 * Temperature
 * pH
 * Inhibitors
 * Competitive: bind to active site
 * Noncompetitive: bind to 2nd site, called allosteric site; changes enzyme conformation
 * Activators
 * Bind to allosteric sites, increase enzyme activity

Cofactors

 * Required by some enzymes
 * Positively charged metal ions
 * e.g., ions of Zn, Mo, Mg, Mn
 * Draw electrons away from substrate (stress chemical bonds)
 * Non-protein organic molecules (coenzymes)
 * E.g., NAD+, NADP+, etc.
 * Major role in oxidation/reduction reactions by donating or accepting electrons

ATP

 * Adenosine triphosphate
 * Major energy currency of cells, power endergonic reactions
 * Stores energy in phosphate bonds
 * Highly negative charges, repel each other
 * Makes these covalent bonds unstable
 * Low activation energy
 * When bonds break, energy is transferred
 * ATP → ADP + Pi + 7.3 kcal/mole

Biochemical pathways
Evolution of biochemical pathways
 * Metabolism: sum of chemical reactions in cell/organism
 * Many anabolic and catabolic reactions occur in sequences (biochemical pathways)
 * Often highly regulated
 * Protobionts or 1st cells likely used energy rich substrates from environment
 * Upon depletion of a substrate, selection would favor catalyst which converts another molecule into the depleted molecule
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Biljana Majstorović

Biljana Majstorović (born 31 December 1959 in Belgrade) is a former basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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Sophia Somajo

Sophia Somajo Venai (born 2 January 1985), also known as Soso, is a Swedish songwriter, singer and musician of Hungarian descent. She has released two albums and two extended plays, and worked with music producer Max Martin as a songwriter under her name and a number of pseudonyms.

Biography
Somajo released The Laptop Diaries, her first album, in 2008. The album's musical style has led critics to compare her with singer Robyn.

In 2011, Somajo released the song "Wristcutters Inc.", featuring Pelle Almqvist from The Hives, then intended to be the lead single from her major-label debut album. After leaving a record deal with her record label in 2012, Somajo started her own label, named Do It Yourself Bitch Productions, and released T.T.I.D.S.D.I.E.U.I.C (That Time I Dug So Deep I Ended Up in China), her second album. The album was made available for free download via file sharing website The Pirate Bay. Somajo wrote, recorded and produced the album in her living room. Michael Cragg of The Guardian described it as "a brilliant, brutal and often baffling album that deserves wider attention for its raw and uncompromising dissection of a brain on overdrive." In 2013, Somajo released the song "Low" to celebrate Stockholm Pride.

Somajo released Freudian Slip, an extended play, in 2017. It was her first album where she has worked with outside producers, including Patrik Berger, Michel Flygare and Tobias Jimson.

In 2018, Somajo released her cover of Tina Turner's song "Private Dancer", the first new music from Freudian Slip II, her upcoming second EP. Later that year, Somajo was featured as the vocalist in Norwegian DJ Alan Walker's song "Diamond Heart". Kat Bein of Billboard compared her vocals in "Diamond Heart" to those of singer Sia's.

Songwriting
Somajo has written songs under her name for Swedish artists Robyn and Style of Eye, and under a number of pseudonyms for Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Backstreet Boys, Alesso, Adam Lambert, and other artists. One of the pseudonyms she has used is Tiffany Amber. She described her use of pseudonyms as a way to manage expectations with her own music. In a 2018 interview with Popjustice, Somajo recalled being expected to work as a singer with teams of male songwriters and music producers. She noted producer Max Martin as an exception to that trend, who saw her as equivalent to male producers and gave her a chance to write and produce music. She described women musicians in pop music as shaped by songwriters writing from a male perspective, saying that "in popular culture when women relate to women, they’re actually relating to women as interpreted by men".

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September 2017

 * Talk:Paruthiyur Sri Krishna Sastri: CSD G8 (db-talk) 21:42, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

September 2017

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Sonnenspitze

The Sonnenspitze, also called Sonnenberg (English: Sun Peak or Sun Mountain), is a 1,622-meter high peak in the Ammergau Alps of Bavaria, Germany.

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Do I Exist: A Riddle

Do I Exist: A Riddle is a short film by Dhruva Harsh. It comprises René Descartes's philosophy "Cogito, ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am) and Buddhist principles combined. This work of fiction is the manifestation of dream and death or life after death.

Plot
Do I Exist: A Riddle is a short film about existing as a 'being' or not. In this film, the soul seeks transformation into a buddhist monk and redeems his soul from the body captivated with the charm of corporeal desire and 'maya' (delusion) even after death.

Here Siddhartha, the protagonist is already dead but still stuck in the matrix called ‘maya’ in Sanskrit and he seems utterly confused between life and death, dream and reality, forgets time and place and keeps dwelling in the same house where he lived with his wife called Marvi. Siddhartha's character is influenced by Gautama Buddha, a primary figure of Buddhism, and he is a modern portrayal of him. But here Siddhartha does not have any choice but to renounce his wife in seclusion but his wife Marvi leaves him over a quarrel about conceiving a baby.

Cast

 * Anurag Sinha as Siddhartha
 * Nancy Thakkar as Marvi
 * Nishant Karki as Monk

Awards

 * Official Selection: Pondicherry International Film Festival
 * Official Selection: International Film Festival of Shimla
 * Official Selection: Jaipur international film festival
 * Best Cinematography: Chambal International Film Festival
 * Best Editing Award: 12th Kolkata International Short Film Festival.
 * Official Selection: Delhi International Film Festival.
 * Official Selection: Panorama international film festival, Tunisia (2020)
 * Official Selection: 3rd South Asian Film Festival
 * Official Selection: Kalinga Global Film Festival.
 * Official Selection: Bayelsa International Film Festival, Nigeria.
 * Official Selection: Dhaka International Film Festival
 * Official Selection: 22nd Rainbow film Festival London

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metoda

Etymology
, from from, from.

Noun

 * 1) method process by which a task is completed
 * 2)  method

Noun

 * 1) method

Etymology
..

Noun

 * 1) method

Noun

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Talk:David Tredinnick (politician)

Science party and Tredinnick's views.
I note that Rsloch shares my belief that the Science party is not going anywhere and its coverage is wp:undue. The section removed did have useful references and I intend to briefly rewrite, in the hope of producing a more informative article ..about Tredinnick not the Science party. Please feel free to discuss as per wp:brd. Regards JRPG (talk) 14:04, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Support for complementary and alternative medicine: copy edit and make more neutral. I'm no supporter of alternative medicine, but previous version was a little uneven
Greetings Popcornduff, I note your comments on alternative medicine and the need to make it more neutral. I also note that this is Tredinnick's main 'area of expertise' in Parliament. My answer -on just this occasion is a very friendly & very polite NO!!!!

WP:FLAT applies here, i.e. we have no need to do anything other than explain what the real facts are -and make sure we use reliable sources -mine always are. We shouldn't explain his theories of why Chinese medicine or homeopathy might work as if they are mainstream science -they are not & they don't. Tredinnick was my MP and his views are well known to me -as they are to the long suffering health & science committees. There is a protocol that you check your facts before speaking in parliament -instead of which he has explained to a disbelieving audience that surgeons can't operate at the full moon. Tredinnick won't thank you for removing such obvious nonsense, he'll merely repeat the same stuff at hustings! We shouldn't edit it to make it appear more believable.

You did some useful tidying but I'd like to restore valid cited material including some comments from Professor David Colquhoun who says Chinese medicine was banned as superstitious nonsense in 1822 but reintroduced by Mao as cheap medicine for the peasants. Regards JRPG (talk) 22:25, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

 * Yo. Before I say anything else, just in case there's any doubt: I think alternative medicine is moronic and harmful, and my edits didn't have any pro-quackery agenda behind them. Tredinnick is a dangerous idiot. I just was trying to make the article more neutral.

 * I'll explain why I think the previous version was a little biased. I don't think we need to say "despite continued lack of evidence of its effectiveness", for example, because that casts judgement on him. We only need to report that he supports alternative medicine, and that he has been criticised for this.

 * The separate Wikipedia article on alternative medicine can do the job of explaining factually that alternative medicine isn't taken seriously and that there's no evidence for it. This article shouldn't be about "debunking" Treddinick's views. That's why I don't think we need the Colquhoun comment: this article isn't the place to debunk ancient Chinese medicine.

 * "We shouldn't explain his theories of why Chinese medicine or homeopathy might work as if they are mainstream science -they are not & they don't."

 * I don't think the current article does that at all. It just reports his views, followed by a lengthy criticism section in which respected members of the scientific and medicinal community criticise them. Popcornduff (talk) 22:53, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

 * Thanks for a quick response. FWIW I feared you wanted to give equal weight to his views. I agree about the despite continued lack of .. sentence, it's poor English, I didn't add it & you were right to remove it.
 * Many MPs support homeopathy -I suspect more because its not worth a huge fight when dealing with someone who can't be treated -than real belief. Tredinnick may genuinely believe it is the answer to all medical problems and that he is the world authority. His statements about blood curdling under the full moon should be included -with full citation -to allow people to judge his expertise in a simple case & show how he persists with his irrational ideas despite ridicule.
 * Re Prof Colquhoun, perhaps TCM and complementary/alternative medicine should be in separate sections. You removed, possibly inadvertently this reference -the citation -which explained Jeremy Hunt's support for TCM, Tredinnick's possible role in promoting it & Colquhoun's views.  Hunt is an opponent of the NHS -see this and I suspect welcomes Tredinnick's views.
 * Any thoughts? JRPG (talk) 14:03, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

 * It's quite possible I removed some citations I didn't mean to, sorry. Why don't you reinsert the quotes and citations you think are necessary, and then I'll either copy edit it again, or discuss it here? I'm probably more flexible than you think. Popcornduff (talk) 14:08, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Don't know what you're feelings are about this atm. Whilst the references are relatively recent & it covers what I regard as the key points, it doesn't exactly flow, probably due to short sentences.  Couple of other points which are characteristic of Tredinnick emerge from the new scientist report.  He is all but unique in insisting he's right and the scientists are wrong.  The only other politician I know who does that is Nigel Lawson who has a financial interest in denying climate changes and argues that no-one knows.  Tredinnick caused mocking laughter at the hustings with his comments about scientists racial prejudice.   Regards 22:06, 11 August 2014 (UTC) ...(post corrected & signed JRPG (talk) 15:31, 11 December 2014 (UTC))

Hi again Popcornduff. I take your point about not repeating what's already in alternate medicines etc. Re bias, if you can bear to look at the nowadays advert-infested Leicester Merc which JzG kindly supplied you will see that other people complained that he wouldn't discuss anything other than alternate-health & he wasted their time. He also doesn't know that antibiotics can't treat viruses. I'll look at it again in the morning, I won't repeat material already covered elsewhere, but I think Tredinnick would be pleased to see that the article shows he's standing up for himself. Regards JRPG (talk) 21:54, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
 * You really have to work quite hard to be descried as a lunatic y a scientist of the eminence of Lord Winston. Guy (Help!) 23:52, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

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Die Wohnung ~ The Apartment

Gespräch 6-1 ~ Ein Bruder besucht Markus

 * Markus studiert Biologie an der Universität. Er besucht die Vorlesungen und dann geht er nach Hause. Er wohnt nicht bei seinen Eltern; er mietet sich eine kleine Wohnung. Sie hat nur drei Zimmer. Gegen Abend zeigt er sie seinem Bruder.
 * Markus: Karl. Herein!
 * Karl:   Tag, Markus! Mutti grüßt dich.
 * Karl sieht sich um.
 * Karl:    Mir gefällt deine Wohnung.
 * Markus: Danke. Sie hat drei Zimmer. Es gibt eine Küche, ein Wohnzimmer, und ein Schlafzimmer.
 * Karl:   Ich habe sie gern!
 * Markus:

This incomplete story and conversation introduces terms for items around the house (or apartment).

Vokabeln 6-1
der Bruder               brother die Eltern               parents die Küche                kitchen das Schlafzimmer         bedroom die Vorlesung            class, instruction            (at a university) die Wohnung              apartment, flat das Wohnzimmer           living room das Zimmer, die Zimmer   room(s)

es gibt                  there is gegen Abend               towards evening gern haben               like                          (i.e., "to  gladly have") Herein! Come in! sich umsehen             look around

zeigen                   show besuchen                 visit, attend                 (classes) grüßen                   greet mieten                   rent

sein                     his                           (a possessive adjective)

Grammatik 6.1 ~ Introduction to verb conjugations
In German, every grammatical person has, or potentially has, its own unique verb form. Describing the various verb forms is called verb conjugation. This variation in verb form is certainly one of the things that makes German grammar somewhat difficult for English speakers to learn. In English, only the 3rd person singular might differ from the verb form used with all of the other persons (see Grammatik 1-3) and that difference is made by adding an ending of 's' or 'es'. For example: I/you/we/they 'go', but he/she/it 'goes'.

Let us have a closer look at German verbs. Usually, the infinitive form of a verb in German ends with -en—for examples, consider these verbs you have already learned: gehen ('go'), haben ('have'), and studieren ('study'). In order to "build" the different verb forms (that is, conjugate a verb), first cut off the '-en' ending from the infinitive. Then append a new ending according to the grammatical person. For regular verbs it works essentially as follows:

As you see in this example using the verb gehen, the singular 1st person ends with -e, the 2nd person with -st and 3rd person (no matter what gender) ends with -t. As for the plural forms, note that 1st and 3rd person in plural number (see Grammatik 1-3) are built the same way as the infinitive. Again note that, in English, only the verb form for the 3rd person singular is "unique". An easy way to remember the regular verb endings is the following mnemonic "Elephants standing together enjoy trumpeting endlessly".

Seems simple enough. However, realize we are discussing here only the regular verb forms in the present tense (Präsens). You will learn quite soon that, unfortunately, there are many exceptions from these simple rules. An important one is the irregular verb sein ('to be') which is irregular in English as well (I am, you are, he is...).

At least 1st and 3rd person plural are the same. Another important verb is haben ('to have'):

You see, it's not too irregular—only the 2nd and 3rd person singular constitute a small exception since the 'b' has vanished. English is somewhat curious in this respect as well: 'I have', but 'he has'. Future lessons will introduce you to the many irregular verbs in German. But you should now recognize what is happening to the verbs in German sentences. They are reflecting the person and number of their nominative case subjects. Recall these sentences from past lessons (verbs underlined here):

Danke, es geht mir gut                Thanks, it goes well with me (verb is gehen) Ich habe viel Arbeit                  I have much work (verb is haben)  Ist er zu Besuch?                     Is he visiting? (verb is sein) Du bist ein Schwein!                  You are a pig! (verb is sein) Wie heißen Sie?                       What are you called? (verb is heißen, and pronoun is formal) Wir spielen eine Stunde lang!         We play for one hour! (verb is spielen) Sie liegt am Ausfluss des Zürichsees. It lies at the outlet of Lake Zurich (verb is liegen)

Grammatik 6.2 ~ Case in German nouns
Through our discussions on the personal pronouns, you have learned how pronouns have case. Nouns also have case—and in German, noun case can be expressed by the definite article (der). Recall this table from Lektion 3:

These der-words reflect noun gender in the nominative case—appropriate whenever a noun is used as the subject of a sentence. For other cases, the der words change. Expanding the table to present nominative (NOM.), accusative (ACC.), dative (DAT.), and genitive (GEN.) cases:

Note, there are also der-word forms to be used for plural nouns. Fortunately, these are the same, no matter what the gender of the singular noun. For future reference, you can find the der-words summarized in Anhänge Drei.

The following examples demonstrate the use of the definitive article in various parts of speech:

Du hast die Wurst und den Käse.         You have the sausage and the cheese. (accusative case)  Die Geschäftsleute verstehen die Arbeit The business associates understand the work. (nominative and accusative cases) Sie liegt am Ausfluss des Zürichsees.   It lies at the outlet of ( the ) Lake Zurich. (genitive case) Zürich ist die größte Stadt der Schweiz. Zurich is the largest city in (of the ) Switzerland. (nominative and genitive cases)

In the last example, remember that in both English and German, the noun (or pronoun) that follows the verb 'to be' is a predicate noun, for which the correct case is the nominative. That is why, in English, 'It is I' is grammatically correct and 'It is me' is incorrect. So consider the following (and note that case of each definite article is the same as in the last example above):

Zürich ist der Kanton der gleichnamigen Stadt. Zurich is the canton of the same named city.

Grammatik 6.3 ~ Commands
Ruf sie an, bitte!        Call her, please. or Ruf sie bitte an! Gehen Sie nach Hause!     Go home (formal). Kommt mit!                Come with (plural)! Gib es mir!               Give me it!

Notice that in these sentences there are no subjects (except for #2). In German, as in English, there is a commandative form, a way to demand something using an understood you. In English, there is only one you-form and one command form. In German, since there are three you's, there are three ways to command.

If the subject is singular (du), then the verb has no ending. If it is irregular, it takes the du-form, such as in essen (Iss!) or lesen (Lies!). If there is a plural subject (ihr), then the verb takes the ihr-form. Nothing else is changed. Most of the time, ihr-commands are used with children, but that is not always the case. In both of these sentences, the du or ihr is omitted.

Formal is normal. The Sie stays (after the verb) and the verb is in its formal form. Although it is worded like a question, in written or spoken form, it is easy to tell the difference.

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User:Raploard

Raploard

Olafisoye Emmanuel Oluwafemi (born 10th July Mid-90s), better known as Raploard, is a Nigerian hip hop recording artist. with is first official single titled "Ori Lo Mo", one of Nigeria's most remixed songs of all time.[2] He the dropped another jam titled "who i see[3][4] He the had a featuring with another Hip-hop rap artist Otega titled 100%. It was supported by two singles: "Adura Ft Diamond Jimma", "Grass To Grace Ft Barry Jhay". In 2020.

Early life and music career

Raploard was born Olafisoye Emmanuel Oluwafemi in Ondo City, Ondo State, Nigeria. At age two, he moved to stay with his Grandma, Akure,Ondo state, Nigeria. He is of Angas ethnicity.[7] While residing in Akure, he attended Shepard nusery/primary school then moved back to stay with his mom and dad while he continued his education at Graceland Nurs/Pry. He also attended Dele int. college and Awosika secondary school,Ondo city in Ondo state

In 2012, he began writing Rap songs and started performing them at social events held at his school. It was not until 2014 that he began going to recording studios to record. In 2014, he got together with a couple of friends and formed a group called the "EVOLUTION CREW ". They had few performances as a group and split FEW MONTHS later. In 2014,Then got admitted into University of Olabisi Onabanjo University,Ogun state to study Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology

Musical influence

Vector,Olamide,Dagrin,Kendrick Lamar,50 cent,2pac,Wizkid,2face,Remedies,Big sean,Shaggy,Backstreet boys,Boyz to MEN,Justin Bierber,Chris Brown,Ice Prince,Notorious B.I.G., Rakim, Jay-Z, Common, Talib Kweli, Kanye West, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Lauryn Hill, M.I and Jesse Jagz as his key musical influences.

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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Shirley Scott

Eddie "Lockjaw Davis with Shirley Scott (also referred to as Moodsville Volume 4) is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1960 and released on the Moodsville label.

Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

 * 1) "Serenade In Blue" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 4:14
 * 2) "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 5:41
 * 3) "What's New?" (Burke, Bob Haggart) - 3:52
 * 4) "I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 5:34
 * 5) "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:18
 * 6) "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 4:28
 * 7) "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 6:22
 * 8) "Man With a Horn" (Eddie DeLange, Jack Jenney, Bonnie Lake) - 5:27

Personnel

 * Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
 * Shirley Scott - piano, no organ on this album
 * George Duvivier - bass
 * Arthur Edgehill - drums


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User:Demilaw/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.

 * Name of article: Eating culture of the Navajo Nation

 * I have chosen to evaluate this source because it could potentially be a Wikipedia article we add to.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? In a sense.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? Sort of.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? No
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? Concise

Content

 * Guiding questions

 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes
 * Is the content up-to-date? Oct 25th 2018
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Yes, lots.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions

 * Is the article neutral? Yes
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? In a way.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? yes (underrepresented).
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? All linked to other wiki articles.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Not completely.
 * Are the sources current? Somewhat
 * Check a few links. Do they work? yes.

Organization

 * Guiding questions

 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? Somewhat. Easy to read.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? Yes
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? Very short article, but yes.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions

 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? Two images.
 * Are images well-captioned? They are linked and captioned appropriate.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? Yes?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? In a way.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? No recent conversations.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?

 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It is very concise and talks about many aspects of what could be improved.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

 * What is the article's overall status? Start-class and low importance
 * What are the article's strengths? It has sections, tries to include different perspectives.
 * How can the article be improved? Adding a lot more sections. Able to add some perspectives from a different point of view. Adding a lot more citations.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? It is very much underdeveloped and poorly developed but it has potential.

Optional activity

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Electronics/Ohm's Law

Ohm's law describes the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance.

Voltage and current are related such that voltage is equal to current times resistance: $$V = I \cdot R$$

Common units used in electronics calculations are:

V = mA × kΩ

the current going through any point in the circuit, I, will be equal to the voltage V divided by the resistance R.

In this example, the voltage across the resistor, V, will be equal to the supplied current, I, times the resistance R.

SUMMARY:
 * V=I times R
 * I=V divided by R
 * R=V divided by I

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Bronisława Janowska

Bronisława Janowska or Bronisława Anna Waleria Rychter-Janowska (13 July 1868 – 29 September 1953) was a Polish realist painter and publisher associated with the Kraków-based Young Poland movement. An exceptionally prolific artist, her work is on display in many private and state collections, including the Historical Museum of Kraków, the National Museum of Poland, and the Vatican Museums.

Life
She was born to the noble family of Władysław Janowski Ślepowron coat of arms, a participant in the January Uprising against the Russian domination, and his wife Malwina z Borzęckich Półkozic coat of arms. Her older brother Stanisław Janowski (1866–1942), a second husband of famous dramatist Gabriela Zapolska, was also a painter; he taught her the basics of art-making. Bronisława studied painting in Munich from 1896 to 1902.

In 1900 she married Tadeusz Rychter, a painter like herself, the son of a Lwów professor. She rejected a marriage proposal from renowned Cracovian actor Ludwik Solski, even though they loved each other, because Solski was divorced and a Catholic church wedding would be out of the question. Incidentally, her subsequent marriage to Rychter was childless and openly unhappy. It lasted only for eight years.

Artistic career
Bronisława left her husband in 1908 and relocated to Stary Sącz with her mother. She opened an art school, where she sparked controversy with a display of nude studies, leading to the closure of the school a year later. She traveled to Italy, North Africa, and Turkey, and stayed in Rome, Naples, and Sicily, painting landscapes, street scenes, and figurative studies. She became an active member of the Zielony Balonik Cabaret at Jama Michalika in Kraków as well as art cabarets in Lwów, designing and producing political puppets for widely popular shows against imperial censorship. She settled in Kraków at A. Dunajewskiego 1 Street in 1917, towards the end of World War I, and continued her artistic journey in sovereign Poland. Her works in oil were exhibited locally and in Lwów, where her solo show in 1927 featured 140 canvases; her paintings were also exhibited in salons in Warsaw, Prague, Vienna, Rome, Venice, and Florence. In 1939 she was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit by the state.

Rychter-Janowska stopped painting during World War II due to vision-related problems. Her brother died in 1942. She adopted a girl, Matylda Janowska. They starved during the Nazi-Soviet occupation of Poland and little improved after liberation. She received a stipend from the Ministry of Culture, and died in Kraków on 29 September 1953 at the age of 85. For most of her adult life, she kept a diary.

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Laodicea (Arcadia)

Laodicea (Λαοδίκεια), also transliterated as Laodiceia or Laodikeia, was an ancient city of Arcadia, in the Peloponnese, Greece. It is located between Megalopolis and Oresthasion (Orestium).

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Lebyazhye, Barnaul, Altai Krai

Lebyazhye (Лебяжье) is a rural locality (a selo) in Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 5,484 as of 2013. There are 34 streets.

Geography
Lebyazhye is located 17 km southwest of Barnaul by road. Yuzhny is the nearest rural locality.

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XML - Managing Data Exchange/Introduction/Answers

Exercise 1
Use NetBeans to create a markup file describing a restaurant. The markup should identify the name and address of the restaurant and the type of food or foods in which it specializes.

Answer
Submitted by Princess Anne Rayborn

Exercise 2
Let's assume we want to create a personnel file for a smaller company. What kind of data do we have? Analyse the data from following table. Our goal is to transform it into a markup file. Name of the company: 'Exercises inc.'

Answer
Submitted by Stefan Meyer (Team 1)


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Talk:Arthur Dowler

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Talk:Courvoisier

In popular culture
Why does this section keep getting removed? Is there an overarching move toward removing popular culture sections? If so, why? Dave C.talk 17:10, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Untitled
If Napoleon died in 1821 and the first company to produce Courvoisier was established in 1835, how did Napoleon develop a taste for it?
 * Neil McKillop 13:51, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Simple--the recipe could be decades older than the company. If Grandma starts an apple pie company when she is 60 that doesn't mean that she hasn't been making the recipe for decades.  In fact, it is almost certain that she has been and the same is true with any brandy recipe.  The Courvoisier/Napoleon story could be a total fabrication but the time line isn't any indication that it is.      —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheScotti (talk • contribs) 08:11, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Parts of this article are a copyvio from http://www.beerliquors.com/giftbaskets/esprit_courvoisier_decanter.htm

Can we put in a pronunciation key thingo? How is this pronounced?

 * It's pronounced "ker-VAHS-ee-yay" —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 10:26, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

You know, I blush when reading this article in comarison to the one on Hennessey. We're really neglecting the cultural impact of Couvoursier on rap and hip-hop music, a mistake the editors of the Hennessey article have been careful to avoid. I feel silly stating th obvious but, Busta Rhymes, P. Diddy, and Pharrell brough Couvoursier to the forefront on the hip-hop and pop charts with "Pass the Courvousier pt. 2" (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAYXRtNxsGA). The music video itself had a string of cultural references and other stars available as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pass_the_Courvoisier,_Part_II

I don't mean to be rude, but this is Wikipedia, and if we want to see its continued growth as a reliable source of information, rather than just a group of amateurs indexing the web, then we can't afford to overlook crucial facts like these. I know a lot of people are wary of taking certain "taboo" subjects like hip-hop, anime, and video games seriously, but this is the direction our culture is moving in, and we need to learn to quell our discriminatory tendencies in favor of objectivity. Come on, guys. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deepsoulfunk (talk • contribs) 23:32, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I literally only came to this article to see a mention of "The Ladies' Man." — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 05:46, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

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Pitlyal Loch

Pitlyal Loch also known as Round Loch is a small lochan in Sidlaw Hills in Angus. It is located southeast of Long Loch and is almost directly south of Newtyle and 5 mi south-by-south-east of Coupar Angus.

Geography
The loch is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

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Genealogy/Establish goals

When starting genealogy, you should ask yourself what you want to accomplish with your research.

Are you primarily curious about your ancestors and want to see what information is easily available? Do you want to devote your life to uncovering and preserving the past?

What parts of your family do you wish to research? Some people prefer to focus on a few lines and mostly ignore the lines that marry in. Some people collect every person that can be tied in, including every umpteenth cousin many times removed. What about adoptions? Which line do you research? If you have a surname to research that isn't very common, will you research anyone with that name, whether there is any known connection to you or not ("one-name study")?

As time goes on, your scope may change. But try to determine at the beginning what you wish to research in order to avoid re-doing previous work.

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tabletti

Etymology
From, from. Some senses are semantic loans from.

Noun

 * 1) pill, tablet
 * 2) place mat protective table mat for a single setting of plates and dishes
 * 3)  tablet, tablet computer

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Talk:Anti-BDS laws

Title
Perhaps "Anti-BDS laws and resolutions"? ImTheIP (talk) 09:00, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Edit to phrasing of lead section
Hey all,

I've made an edit to one of the sentences in the lead section. It originally read "Proponents of anti-BDS laws claim that they are necessary because BDS is a form of anti-Semitism," which could be read (marginally) as Wikipedia stating that BDS is a form of anti-Semitism, and proponents of the laws think that that matters, whereas opponents do not. Because whether BDS is anti-Semitic is part of what is up for debate, this violates WP:NPOV. I've changed it to "Proponents of anti-BDS laws claim that BDS is a form of anti-Semitism, and so such laws legislate against hate speech." This means a very similar thing IMO. I'm going to scan the rest of the article and see if anything else catches my attention, but that's all for now. JeanLackE (talk) 19:20, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

 * Looks good. I've written most of this article and I've probably made more than one error. One interesting aspect of the U.S. anti-BDS laws is that while almost all their proponents claim that boycotts of Israel is either discrimination, anti-Semitism, or hate speech, the laws are formulated in such a way that they don't address the supposedly offending nature of the speech. The U.S. (in)famously doesn't have any anti-hate speech laws, so denying the Holocaust or painting swastikas is legal. Thus, as I understand it, proponents do not argue that U.S. anti-BDS laws are anti-hate speech laws. The situation is somewhat different in Europe where anti-hate speech laws are common. Im The IP  (talk) 23:50, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia censors Ben Norton
The statement "Critics decried the executive order as pro-Israel McCarthyism" was recently removed. The reason given was "insufficient sourcing for this statement cited to contributor for deprecated website (Grayzone)". Burrobert (talk) 07:56, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Does Norton's connection to the The Grayzone stop us from using any of his writings?
 * Salon itself is a reliable source with some reservations mentioned on the perennial source noticeboard. The suggestion there is that text from Salon be attributed, not removed.

 * My guess is that strong reliable sources making use of such a tiresome cliche are in short supply and it would not convince anyone who is against BDS. Many of Norton's articles on Salon, though this one appears to be an exception, are republished from Alternet, another deprecated source. Philip Cross (talk) 08:25, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I think the heading "Wikipedia censors Ben Norton" is appropriate. Let me know if it breaches any of Wikipedia's policies. The initial justification for the removal of the text in the article, and the comment above, both seem to support the heading. If Ben Norton is to be deprecated as a source, there is a process to follow. Burrobert (talk) 10:10, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

 * Norton is still cited several dozen times on Wikipedia, so it is inaccurate to blame this project for supposedly censoring him. His stuff is readily accessible via Google and no one is obliged to cite any of his articles not on the Grayzone website. I think better sources for his Salon articles cited to Alternet should be found, or the passages cut if an RS substitute cannot be located. This would be entirely within this website's policies. Only publications and websites can be deprecated. Philip Cross (talk) 11:11, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

The word "source" when citing sources on Wikipedia has three related meanings: Burrobert (talk) 12:06, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * "Norton is still cited several dozen times on Wikipedia, so it is inaccurate to blame this project for supposedly censoring him". He is being removed as a source on this page because of who he is. That is censorship.
 * "His stuff is readily accessible via Google and no one is obliged to cite any of his articles not on the Grayzone website". But he was cited here. And then removed.
 * "Only publications and websites can be deprecated". I had a quick look at this in policy but couldn’t find anything definitive. If you have a reference let me know.
 * The work itself (the article, book)
 * The creator of the work (the writer, journalist)
 * The publisher of the work.

 * The words "author", "writer" or "journalist" do not appear in Deprecated sources which applies entirely websites like Global Times and The Grayzone. So it would seem there is no explicit policy either way. Would you cite a contributor to, say, The Daily Telegraph? By your reasoning, not doing so amounts to censorship. Philip Cross (talk) 12:45, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

 * The question of whether an individual can be deprecated or considered “generally unreliable” as a source is an interesting one. There are two possibilities:
 * 1. Yes an individual can be deprecated or considered “generally unreliable” as a source. In this case, there is a process to follow to reach that point.
 * 2. No, an individual cannot be so regarded. In which case there is no basis for excluding text from a page because it was written by a particular individual.

 * "Would you cite a contributor to, say, The Daily Telegraph? By your reasoning, not doing so amounts to censorship". The issue here isn’t the choice of whether or not to cite a particular individual. A particular individual was already cited. The issue arose because that citation was removed because it was sourced to a particular individual. A more appropriate question would be: Would I remove a citation that was sourced to someone who wrote for The Daily Telegraph? No, I would not. Burrobert (talk) 13:15, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

 * So you would never remove a reliable source? Philip Cross (talk) 13:31, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I would never remove a citation to a reliable source because the writer also wrote for a source that was deprecated. Burrobert (talk) 13:38, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

 * I'm happy that Salon has sufficient editorial oversight that this is fine as a source, although what it supports is little more than 'critics were critical' (it could be more specific). The author is pretty erratic so a bit of scrutiny makes sense. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 09:31, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Although 'The Grayzone' was (fairly or unfairly) deprecated, it's quite a stretch to insist that articles written by its contributors which have been published elsewhere, especially in publications such as Salon which have been cited reasonably regularly on Wikipedia, cannot be used as sources. It's even more of a stretch when the objecting editor (Philip Cross) has previously supported the use of articles by authors such as the Eurabicist  Bruce Bawer in magazines which, if anything, have a poorer reputation, such as 'Commentary',        ←   ZScarpia  14:26, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

 * In that case Zscarpia, I urge you to start a discussion on deprecating Commentary as soon as possible. I would not add an opinion on the issue myself since I only occasionally read articles from the website, but clearly you are a subscriber and can develop an argument to demonstrate its unreliablity and convince editors generally. Philip Cross (talk) 16:41, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Awful Background
The background section is very bad. It doesn't read like an explanation of the background to anti-BDS laws, it reads like an excited advertisement for BDS itself, with an occasional conceit to the other side to create a paper-thin pretense of impartiality. How can "Since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, its government has been heavily criticized for its violation of human rights of the Palestinians and Arabs such as the allegation of engaging in apartheid which damage the Palestinian economic prosperity" ever be mistaken for the introduction to a well-balanced perspective? Aside from the bias that it oozes from every sentence, it is full of grammatical errors (For example, the puzzling phrase "The Israeli government and its supporters call the BDS movement has checked the definitions of anti-Semitism") and stylistic shortcomings. I see no redeeming qualities to this section.

I would remove it immediately, but I see that the last person who did it later reverted the change. Therefore, in the interest of editorial collaboration, I am giving a period of one week, until 2021-07-26, for anyone to speak up in defense of this section. If nobody does then I shall swiftly delete it. Gravensilv (talk) 01:42, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

 * Since nobody has spoken up, I replaced the Background section with a boilerplate. This boilerplate reflects what I believe is relevant background to this article. In the long term it should either be removed altogether or expanded, but I caution against including too many controversial details here. Those are best left for larger and better-moderated pages, where personal bias has less sway. Gravensilv (talk) 15:04, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Because of your insufficient contribution history, you're prohibited from editing this article. Also if you are interested in making serious contribution on controversial articles, please disclose any possible conflict of interest, considering [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-BDS_laws&oldid=1035588369 your last edit] blatantly presented ONLY one side of the opinion on the subject but presented it as if a neutral POV. -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk · contri.) 01:11, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I was unaware of the 500 edits rule, and so I concede this technicality. However, I do not take kindly to your insinuations that I have a conflict of interest merely because I disagree with you. The background I provided was the background to Anti-BDS laws, which are laws that necessarily against BDS; it cannot be helped that the most relevant background information to those laws are the various criticisms of the movement. Since the current background (which, looking through the edit history, was written entirely by you) is, as I pointed out above, EXTREMELY biased, and furthermore mostly irrelevant to the Anti-BDS laws themselves, I do not believe that it should be allowed to remain. I must also question the fact that despite repeated and legitimate criticism of the section by several other editors, any attempt to remove or fix it is aggressively deflected.

 * You are correct that I am forbidden from editing this article, and so I will cease doing so. However, I leave this message here in the hopes that a more established, more neutral editor will take notice and fix the gross POV issues in the background section. Gravensilv (talk) 19:55, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

 * I have problem of you replacing the entire section, even for the one which states the simple fact that "the Court (of Human Rights) firmly and categorically rejected the idea that the BDS movement is discriminatory and anti-Semitic in itself" which is sourced. This removal clearly shows your intention to paint a negative light on the BDS movement without even trying to provide a sourced argument against the court ruling. If you feel that I made bad faith assumption on you for merely asking for disclosure of possible COI, you're free to file a complaint on WP:ANB. -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk · contri.) 00:53, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

The map is incorrect?
Not a single mention of Oregon in the article yet it's depicted as having passed anti-BDS laws, I think this must be an error? <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 08:18, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

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Marte Gerhardsen

Marte Gerhardsen (born 21 July 1972) is a Norwegian civil servant, politician and organizational leader. She is a daughter of Rune Gerhardsen and Tove Strand.

From 2008 she was secretary general of the Norwegian chapter of the relief agency CARE. From April 2014 she headed the think-tank Agenda.

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Talk:Xenomorph (disambiguation)

I'm not sure "Xenomorph (geology)" is the best location for the geological term. I don't find it in Webster's dictionary or even here. A google search for "Xenomorph geology" brings up very few hits, many of which still appear to be about the alien from the movies. Allotriomorph has twice as many hits, none of them about aliens. It seems that, in English at least, Allotriomorph is the more common term for what User:790 is describing at Xenomorph (geology). Kafziel 17:44, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi, in my "Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary", 1989 edition, both forms are listed as adjectives, where "xenomorphic" contains the explanation, and "allotriomorphic" only refers to it. Greets 790 21:22, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Virginia/Sidebar

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Je ne connais pas cet homme

Je ne connais pas cet homme is the sixth album by experimental French singer Brigitte Fontaine and the fourth by Areski Belkacem, released in 1973 on the Saravah label. It is their second collaborative album, and the first of a string of albums co-credited to both artists.

title: Je ne connais pas cet homme