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Lena Persson Herlitz

Major General Lena Maria Persson Herlitz née Persson (born 12 August 1967) is a Swedish Amphibious Corps officer. She served as Chief of Policy and Plans Department at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm from 2020 to 2022. Persson Herlitz currently serves as head of the Swedish delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) in Korea.

Career
Persson Herlitz began her military career in Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 4) in Gothenburg in 1991. In 1989, all positions within the Swedish Armed Forces were opened for women, and the military interest in combination with the search for a challenge made her enlist in 1991. She came to serve in a mobile barrier company. In 1993–1994, she attended officer training at the Swedish Navy Officers’ College (Marinens officershögskola, MOHS). From 1995 to 1996 she was placed in the 5th Amphibious Battalion as an instructor for command and communication systems. From 1997 to 1998 Persson Herlitz served in the Swedish battalion BA09 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There she served as deputy chief of staff platoon; also driver and gunner of a 12.7 mm machine gun with one of the platoon's Patria Pasi armoured personnel carriers. Back in Sweden, she served as platoon commander in the 5th Amphibious Battalion. In 2000, she became an adjutant to the regimental commander of Amf 4, Colonel Bo Andersson, and later, after completing staff training at the Swedish National Defence College, became company commander of the 5th Amphibious Battalion during the years 2003–2004. Amf 4 was disbanded in connection with the Defense Act of 2004 and Persson Herlitz was offered a job in Stockholm and attended the management program at the Swedish National Defence College in the years 2004–2006, which was a prerequisite for becoming a lieutenant colonel.

In 2006, she was offered a position at the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service (MUST) and initially became an analyst specializing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From August 2007 to April 2008, she served as head of the Swedish National Intelligence Cell in Kabul, Afghanistan. Back in Sweden, she returned to MUST as head of the Afghanistan Desk and then also had to take responsibility for the entire Asia section May 2008. She served in this position until December 2009. From 2008, Persson Herlitz served one month a year as Aide-de-camp to Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden. In January 2010, Persson Herlitz was appointed commander of KS21, the Swedish contingent within Kosovo Force (KFOR) in Kosovo. She served there until October 2010, and in November the same year she was appointed head of M3 PLANS, Deputy Chief of Staff within the Maritime Component Command at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm. In March 2012, Persson Herlitz was deployed again to Afghanistan, this time as military advisor for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in Kabul. She left this position in December the same year. During this time, she also served as contingent commander team leader for the Afghan National Security Forces.

Upon her return to Sweden, on 1 January 2013, Persson Herlitz took command over the Swedish Armed Forces International Centre (SWEDINT). SWEDINT is the Swedish Armed Forces' competence centers for integrated multinational staff training. During this time, SWEDINT became the first training center in the world to become NATO certified. Persson Herlitz was then appointed military adviser at the Ministry of Defence's Unit for Military Capability and Operations (MFI), serving there from October 2014 to March 2017. In April 2017, Persson Herlitz assumed the position of head of Training Department in the Training & Procurement Staff at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. On 1 February 2019, Persson Herlitz was appointed Deputy Chief of Policy and Plans Department in the Defence Staff and promoted to brigadier general. There she worked mainly with issues with defence planning and international cooperation. She also served as military strategic operations commander. On 13 August 2020, the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces appointed Persson Herlitz to Chief of Policy and Plans Department. She took up her new post on 10 September 2020 and was promoted to major general in connection with this. She is also part of the Defence Board (Försvarsmaktsledningen, FML). She was succeeded on the Deputy Chief of Policy and Plans Department post by Brigadier General Johan Pekkari.

Persson Herlitz was placed at the disposal of the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1 January 2023 until further notice, but until 30 June 2023 at the latest.

Dates of rank

 * 19?? – Second lieutenant
 * 19?? – Lieutenant
 * 19?? – Captain
 * 19?? – Major
 * 20?? – Lieutenant colonel
 * 2013 – Colonel
 * 2019 – Brigadier general
 * 2020 – Major general

Swedish

 * For Zealous and Devoted Service of the Realm ribbon.png 🇸🇪 For Zealous and Devoted Service of the Realm
 * Commemorative Ruby Jubilee Medal of His Majesty The King (15092013).png 🇸🇪 King Carl XVI Gustaf's Jubilee Commemorative Medal II (23 August 2013)
 * Seraphimerorden_ribbon.svg 🇸🇪 H. M. The King's Medal, 8th size gold (silver-gilt) medal worn on the chest suspended by the Order of the Seraphim ribbon (2014)
 * Seraphimerorden_ribbon.svg 🇸🇪 Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel's Wedding Commemorative Medal (8 June 2010)
 * FMGUSM - Försvarsmaktens grundutbildningsmedalj (Sverige).png 🇸🇪 Swedish Armed Forces Conscript Medal
 * FMintBM bar - no 4.svg 🇸🇪 Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal
 * Livgardets förtjänstmedalj III (silver).svg 🇸🇪 Life Guards Medal of Merit III in silver
 * Älvsborgs amfibieregementes minnesmedalj.svg 🇸🇪 4th Marine Regiment Commemorative Medal (Älvsborgs amfibieregementes minnesmedalj, ÄlvsbamfregMSM)

Foreign

 * NATO_Medal_Yugoslavia_ribbon_bar.svg NATO medal for the former Yugoslavia
 * NATO_Medal_ISAF_ribbon_bar_v2.svg NATO Non-Article 5 medal for ISAF
 * NATO_Medal_non-article-5_Balkans_ribbon_bar.svg NATO Non-Article 5 medal for the Balkans
 * 🇨🇿 Medal of Honor of the Army of the Czech Republic

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Talk:Comparison of MD and DO in the United States/GA2

GA Review
The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.''

Reviewer: Auchansa (talk · contribs) 04:18, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I am not formally reviewing this. However, I have grave concerns about this being a Good Article. Technically, it meets many of the checklists of a Good Article. However, it misses major questions that a reader might have.

Quite a few people believe that D.O.'s are inferior to M.D. You can argue if it is not true but sweeping it under the rug is a dis-service to the Wikipedia reader.

I would like to know if D.O. applicants could not get into a M.D. medical school. I suspect that thousands of other readers want to know if this is true.

It appears that there is some bias in the article and perhaps it was written largely by a D.O. One clue is in the introduction when it refers to M.D.'s as allopathic physicians. I thought that the term was mainly used by D.O.'s and that if you were to ask 100 M.D.'s, 99 or 100 of them would not say "I am an allopathic physician". Similarly, in the Jon Benet Ramsey murder case, the ransom note was thought to be a fake because it read something along the lines of "We are a Foreign Faction." A real foreign faction would not refer to themselves as such.

Consider the above comments in article improvement. Auchansa (talk) 04:18, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

 * I nominated the article, so I also will not be formally reviewing it, but I will respond to a couple of your concerns. Information on how many DO students applied and were rejected from MD schools is included in the article. See the student aptitude section, which compares the performance of M.D. and D.O. students on examinations.
 * Part of the reason that "allopathic" is used in the article is because the term is found in several of the references, which are published by M.D. organizations. If you feel that you have constructive contributions to make regarding the use of the word, I strongly encourage you to do so on the talk page. Thank you for your feedback. Rytyho usa (talk) 07:13, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

 * The way the article is written, there seems to be (intentional or unintentional) a theme to convince the reader that a DO is just as good as a MD, as if they are trying to prove themselves. Wikipedia should not be a Bible tract or an agenda pusher.

 * As far as state medical boards, I've looked at some websites and MD's are generally not referred to as "allopathic". It is common that MD's are referred to as "medical doctors" or "physicians".

 * When an article appears to be (intentionally or unintentionally) pushing an agenda, if it is a GA, it should go out of its way to be neutral. This is not the case with this article.  There should be very great consensus that there is neutrality.

 * Is it possible that the clinical training of osteopathic schools are not as good? Is it that they do not have the cutting edge university hospitals and research?  What is, according to Wikipedia, the reason for conversion of an osteopathic medical school, the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, into a M.D. degree granting school?  Would that provide insight on the issue of D.O. schools, at least for editors trying to write this article (not necessarily including it in the article, though)?

 * Aren't there hokey awards, like the U.S. News' best hospitals? Aren't many of them affiliated with M.D. medical schools, but none or almost none of them affiliated with D.O. medical school?  Is this relevant?

 * So many questions that cast doubt on the GA. Perhaps, a fresh set of editors should re-write the article?   Auchansa (talk) 05:09, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

 * To answer some of your questions, osteopathic medical schools are not as well established as many of the M.D. schools, some of which have been around for a very long time. Also, there are currently far fewer D.O. schools than M.D. schools. However, the clinical training of osteopathic school is just as good as that of M.D. schools since the curricula taught at the schools is essentially identical. That being said, regarding the allopathic issue, it is a mix. I have seen works written by MDs (I can provide links if you need me to) that say allopathic and the link Rytyho referenced is actually by the NIH. Of course, I am under the impression that allopathic should be used minimally or not at all (I prefer the latter) as I think the allopathic/osteopathic dichotomy is an antiquated one without much use. I think Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) and Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) is sufficient. As for whether or not the article is attempting to convince the reader that a DO is as good as an MD, as you said, many people erroneously assume that D.O.s are not the equals of M.D.s despite the fact that they are today. I agree that encyclopedia articles should not have an agenda and that they should dispel misinformation and provide accurate, unbiased information. Can you provide instances of biased tone in the article that can be improved upon? UC Irvine turning into an M.D. degree granting school has nothing to do with what you're talking about. There is a separate article that discusses that which I'm sure Rytyho can provide you a link to. As for whether or not DOs can or cannot get into MD school, it is a mix. Speaking from anecdotes, which I know is not evidence, I have heard instances both ways with MD students having applied to DO schools and not getting in, DO students applying to MD schools and not getting in, and the reverse situations as well. There is a small gap in average admissions standards but it is a diminishing gap and one that is addressed in the article I believe. To answer another of your questions, DO schools do have research programs. Also, if you examine the article more carefully, the issue of D.O. applicants and M.D. schools is discussed in the student aptitude indicators section. If you have other questions feel free to leave a message here or on my talk page. TylerDurden8823 (talk) 10:33, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Auchansa: I agree. Most M.D. physicians do not identify as "allopathic physicians." However, the article does not suggest that most M.D. physicians identify as "allopathic physicians." In fact, it says just the opposite. As a rule, they do not. The article only indicates that they sometimes are referred to as such. A cursory review of a few websites is not sufficient evidence that the term is not used, or that it is not sufficiently notable to be included in an article. Good articles need not eliminate all controversial content, they only must present it in a neutral fashion. I think completely eliminating the word "allopathic" from the article would diminish, rather than improve, the quality of the article. Note: I have recently deleted one use of the word, and added a couple citations to clarify its current use. As it stands, the word is used once in the lead, and then again in the section entitled "Self-Identification." It is not used anywhere else in the article. If you, or TylerDurden8823, or anyone else still feel the use is unwarranted, let's continue this discussion.
 * Any editors or readers interested in reading about the California merger on wikipedia may do so by referencing Osteopathic medicine in the United States. That article gives thorough treatment to the issue of territorialism between M.D.s and D.O.s in the United States, and discusses their currently professional relationship, which is much less adversarial than it has been in the past. The article is linked in the history section of this article. Forgive me, but I fail to recognize your point here. You do not seem to believe that content should be included in this article, and I agree, but I don't think I follow you...
 * Please refrain from using sarcasm when discussing controversial topics on wikipedia. It is rarely helpful (WP:SARC). Also, please note that the article does discuss how M.D. residencies are generally considered more prestigious than D.O. residencies. See the sections on residencies and professional advantages. The article doesn't appear to avoid these topics, yet you seem unsatisfied with the current state of the article. Could you explain why? Specific suggestions regarding how to improve the article are always much more helpful than broad generalizations, such as "the article appears to be pushing an agenda." If you have references comparing the research conducted at MD and DO schools, or regarding the distribution of top rated hospitals with affiliations with M.D. institutions vs. D.O. institutions, I encourage you to include that in the article. If any discrepancies exist in the quality of clinical education between MD and DO schools, and you are aware of quality references, please add them. Personally, my research has not indicated that to be case, although perhaps you are aware resources or journal articles that I am not aware of.
 * I look forward to working with you both on further improving this article. Rytyho usa (talk) 00:59, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Also, I have added some more information on applicants to both D.O. schools and M.D. schools (how many were accepted by both, MD only, and DO only). Any feedback on that is also welcomed. Thanks! Rytyho usa (talk) 01:02, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
 * After reading the Allopathic medicine article I think you should be very careful how you use the term allopathic. Saying "are sometimes known as allopathic physicians" is too ambiguous and potentially misleading. The opening sentence is not encyclopaedic. This is not an essay so there is no need to introduce the topic that way. Also an uncited single sentence history section is not going to meet the GA standards. Haven't looked too closely at the rest of the article, but its nomination appears premature. I can't find any other comparison articles that are rated Good for you to compare this to, but I have worked on one relating to sprots and it can be difficult to write these types of articles neutrally and without straying into WP:Synth territory. AIR corn (talk) 02:03, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

 * AIRcorn: wow, that's a really good point about the lead; I don't know how I missed that. Thanks! I've just reworded it. I re-read some of the references from the allopathic article, and I agree: it's a word that ought to be used with caution. The lead now indicates that it's a controversial term. For the history section, I think the original intention was to drive readers to the article on osteopathic medicine in the united states for more background, but this article probably deserves a more complete section of its own. Thanks for the feedback! Should the article fail the GA review, or should it be put on hold for a week to allow changes to be made? Rytyho usa (talk) 03:39, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

This is a very difficult article to write. If we are politically correct, we could try to convince the readers that they are the same. If we are realistic, it may be hard to get sources.

On another subject, near the top of the article, after the lede, it says "There is a history of territorialism between the MD and DO qualified physicians' worlds, though animosity between the groups has subsided in recent years." Shouldn't there be a source? Was there really animosity. Has it subsided?. I thought that some MD's thought DO came from lousy medical schools, but not as lousy as some elsewhere in the world, but did not hate DO's. I thought that some DO's are jealous of MD's and think they are just as good. Of course, these conclusions are original research, though they may guide us to the truth of the matter.

Bottom line, it is a tough article to write. Could one hypothetically write an article "Comparison better graduates of the UCLA medical school and Marshall University medical school"? Just as tough.

Just a thought...maybe DO do residencies in worse hospitals?

Just another thought...the article compares MD's to DO's. How about the MD that went to medical school in India or Dominican Republic. Of course, maybe political correctness is such that an Indian medical school is equal to the best US medical school?

Any doctors here?

Auchansa (talk) 06:12, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree, the sentence about territorialism and animosity should be cited.

I suppose I took the article to be only about U.S. medical graduates of M.D. programs and D.O. programs. However, I am not convinced that offering a balanced comparison while satisfying GA criteria is impossible. That's an interesting thought on the IMGs - should the article include international medical graduates? I don't know. The lead does indicate it's about physicians practicing in the United States. Rytyho usa (talk) 07:16, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

 * To answer your question Auchansa, no, most DOs actually do their residencies in ACGME/AOA dually accredited residency programs and some still do them in AOA programs. I also agree that the sentence in the history section should be cited even though it is correct. I think you may be oversimplifying things a bit though Auchansa. I believe that it is only a small proportion of MDs who still think the way you speak of and that the majority of them recognize that DOs are medical physicians just as they are and the same goes for DOs, I think only a small minority might feel the way you described. We know that original research has no place in this article anyway so that's really a moot point. Also, there's an allopathic medicine article??? TylerDurden8823 (talk) 07:37, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

This is a difficult article to write, as I have said before. Especially when there is controversy, there must be a citation. The citation must be balanced. (It doesn't help if an article is written with biased statements, even if there is a citation for each of the biased sentences).

One possibility is to slowly work on this. The other possibility is to rapidly work on this, but I don't know if there are enough people with lots of time to devote to this.

As far as "most DOs actually do their residencies in ACGME/AOA dually accredited residency programs", this may need a citation but if it is true, then that may be a good point.

How about specialized fields, like ENT? Is this true?

"In 2001, the AOA adopted a provision making it possible for a D.O. resident in any M.D. program to apply for osteopathic approval of their training.[54] The topic of dual-accreditation is controversial" -- This is confusing. It sounds like a DO resident can do a MD residency and get osteopathic approval, this making the residency program ACGME/AOA. This is either confusing or incorrect. The previous paragraph implied that some residency programs get accreditation by both groups, which sounds more likely. Readers of a GA should not become confused easily because of confusing text. Auchansa (talk) 03:59, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Comment. I've started a thread here on the talk page about the main problem I see with this article. Biosthmors (talk) 22:39, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Yes Auchansa, DOs work in every specialty in medicine including specialties like ENT as you mentioned and the rest. The statement I made on this talk page is not something I explicitly put into the article though I'm sure it discusses it somewhere that most DO medical students enter into AOA/ACGME dually accredited residencies. There are programs that get approval from both the AOA and the ACGME to clarify my previous statements. I'll refer you to this article's 74th reference which shows that there are programs that have received approval by both the AOA and ACGME. What you said above applies to programs that are only accredited by the ACGME and not both-hence you must apply for osteopathic approval of the ACGME residency. There are four states (Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma that require the AOA to recognize ACGME internship (PGY1) training so that DO residents may apply for board certification. This whole process (called resolution 42) is avoided when DO students enter into an AOA-approved internship year and then do an ACGME or AOA/ACGME or AOA residency. If it is still not clear to you I can always try to explain it in a different way. In the meanwhile, here are two links that may clarify things for you:

http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/Education/postdoctoral-training/Pages/trainee-forms-and-applications.aspx

http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/Education/postdoctoral-training/Pages/resolution-42.aspx/

As far as D.O. in every specialty, I did some research and found this may not be true. I looked up how many burn surgeons in the U.S. are D.O. and found there are zero. I looked up how many oculoplastic surgeons in the U.S. are D.O. and I can find only two, one in Michigan and one in South Carolina. What I think is the truth is that D.O. medical schools are less reputable and their graduates have a hard time getting into competitive fields. Furthermore, D.O. schools frequently do not have all of the specialties in their teaching hospital. Sure, they have the main ones, but not always the small fields.

This comment doesn't relate to the article so much as one of the editor's comments, which may be almost true, but not true.

Another editor questioned whether this is really a suitable article for Wikipedia. What I can say is that it is a very hard article since it is a comparison and not a single thing, like Albania or flashlight or George Washington. Should Wikipedia have an article "Comparison of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton"? Or "Comparison of the living standards of Canada and the United States"? Or "Comparison of private schools and public schools in Florida"? Good questions to consider.

What about an article "Different kinds of Doctors in the U.S." and have that cover DO, MD, optometrist, doctor of nurse practitioner, etc. Which brings to the subject how about "Comparison of optometrists with D.O. ophthalmologists"? It would be a travesty to have an essay about how optometrists are almost like D.O. ophthalmologists, they have x years of training, they have so-called residencies, which don't compare at all with D.O. ophthalmology residencies, etc. Auchansa (talk) 04:10, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Auchansa, what you have said here is inaccurate. DOs are permitted to go into any medical specialty. Just because there aren't currently any DO burn surgeons you can find does not mean there are not any nor does it mean they cannot specialize in that field. DOs are certainly allowed to specialize in reconstructive plastic surgery. I was able to find DOs who specialize in that particular field with a very simple google search immediately I urge you to be a bit more thorough next time before making inaccurate claims like that. You seem to have forgotten what I wrote above-most DO schools are much younger and not as well established. It is a growing field and that is well known amongst those who know about DOs. Regardless, what you think is the truth is not really the point here. You're entitled to your opinion but that doesn't make it correct. It is true that DOs can specialize in any medical field. I still think that Biosthmors had the right idea about what to do with the article. I don't think a new article called different kinds of doctors in the U.S. is necessary when there is already a well-established and written article to continue improving. What did that optometrist/ophthalmologist comparison have to do with anything? Nevermind, forget I asked, it's off topic. TylerDurden8823 (talk) 01:26, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Can they or are there some sort of barriers or training issues why they are not? Part of the reason that D.O.'s are not burn surgeons may because that none (I think) of the teaching hospitals of D.O. schools have burn centers, at least, on this list. http://www.ameriburn.org/verification_verifiedcenters.php Not all of the hospitals on this list are the main teaching hospital of MD medical schools, but many are such as the University of Wisconsin Burn Center, University of Washington Burn Center, VCU Burn Center, University of Utah Burn Center, which are the bottom 4 of the list. I looked up a few of these burn centers and none of them that I looked up have D.O.'s.  I suppose I should ask a burn surgeon to find out the comprehensive story.  However, clearly there is some reason why M.D. are in fields, like burn surgery, but D.O. are either not or there are so few of them that a search can't find any of them.   As far as the statement that D.O. are permitted, there is a saying that anyone can be President of the U.S.  However, we've never seen a convicted murderer or an African-American woman or a Japanese-American President.  It may be because the barriers to being President are too big for these people to attain.  In contrast, there have been over 40 White male Presidents.
 * Blatantly false. I've already shown you that there are actually DOs who are burn surgeons despite your insistence that there are not. Furthermore, I've already provided you a very simple explanation for why there are far fewer DOs who are burn surgeons when compared to MDs. In pure numbers, there are currently a lot more MDs in the United States than DOs. A simple search does find them, you are either not looking or not looking very hard. I performed a simple google search and managed to find some within a few minutes. Your analogy to the Presidents is a flawed one since you are the one who initially questioned whether a DO can specialize in burn surgery at all (they can) and I have demonstrated that. I'll even quote you: "As far as D.O. in every specialty, I did some research and found this may not be true." And of course: "This comment doesn't relate to the article so much as one of the editor's comments, which may be almost true, but not true." You even went so far as to say my statements (which are accurate) were false (not true). And you even admitted that your own comments were really getting off topic, not a good thing when reviewing an article.TylerDurden8823 (talk) 06:21, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Basically, there are a lot of unanswered questions. This is a very hard article to write.I wish it were an easier article to write.  An article, like Toulouse, France or Thomas Jefferson, is much easier to write.  Auchansa (talk) 05:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

 * It think this discussion should be copy/pasted to Osteopathic medicine in the United States (and continued there) as that looks like the likely merge target for this article. As I mention on the talk page of this article, I think the topic of this article is not notable enough for its own page (thus it is difficult to write about). Biosthmors (talk) 18:13, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Further discussion and evaluation using standard criteria
A good article is— Well-written: (a) the prose is clear and concise, respects copyright laws, and the spelling and grammar are correct; and (b) it complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.[5]

Factually accurate and verifiable: (a) it provides references to all sources of information in the section(s) dedicated to the attribution of these sources according to the guide to layout; (b) it provides in-line citations from reliable sources for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines;[6] and (c) it contains no original research.
 * There are problems with this section. Based on the talk page, there are some real problems and controversy with this article.  For the history section, there is not evidence that the historical events described are the most relevant in the comparison of the two.  Are the quotes just a random quote that an editor found and presumes is typical of the era?
 * I am concerned that the article does contain original research. For example, in the cultural difference section, what evidence do we have that the main cultural difference is "self characterization", "perceptions", and "self identifications"?  Are there several sources that agree that these are the sole or main cultural differences?

Broad in its coverage: (a) it addresses the main aspects of the topic;[7] and (b) it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without bias, giving due weight to each. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.[8]
 * Based on the talk page, the article does not address the issues and/or has problems. Foreign medical school MD graduates are also ignored.  I read that a chunk of doctors are foreign graduates.

Illustrated, if possible, by images:[9] (a) images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content; and (b) images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.[10]

 * I also note that this article has failed GA in the past.
 * There is a potential major omission. The licensure section has a big chart.  However, there is no mention of something I just found out.  D.O. are licensed in many states by a separate osteopathic medical board, composed only of D.O. and M.D. are excluded.  D.O. cannot be licensed by regular medical boards and M.D. have to go through these boards, not the osteopathic board.
 * One editor above even remarked that this article should be merged, which would make it not a GA.

Auchansa (talk) 04:04, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

 * It's more helpful to cite specific examples of the article that could be improved upon. I can't say I agree with your assessment of the history section (going over it again it seems like it definitely covers important events (although perhaps this section can be expanded further). Do you have any evidence that the article contains original research? Can you cite specific sentences that make you think this? As for the self-characterization bit, if you actually open the reference it comes directly from that study. I know because I just looked since I hadn't seen that study before myself. You may want to read wikipedia's definition of original research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Original_research  Also, are you really supposed to base the majority of your assessment on the talk page? I'm considering asking for a second opinion since this was a rather poor review in my opinion and failed to provide specific examples of where the article has shortcomings and suggestions for remedying them. Not sure if it's worth the trouble though since the article may be merged anyway and it would be a moot point. Regardless, you may want to display a bit more neutrality the next time you do a GA review (such as not making blatantly false statements as you did earlier or at least conceding that you made errors and jumped the gun).TylerDurden8823 (talk) 06:14, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

I have consulted with Doc James, an administrator and main editor at the Med Portal.

There are two major issues at hand. One is a possible POV issue. Others have raised similar points. The other issue is that there is serious talk of a merge. This makes the article not stable since it could be merged at any time.

Based on this, I consider this GA application to be concluded and not passed.

I would encourage discussion to see if this article stays or is a merge. Then I would try to get an object re-write of it. There are clearly some differences in DO's versus MD's. This is not to say one is bad. There are also needs some other work as noted above.

Don't be discouraged. Perhaps, if a GA is desired, continued work could be done and make it the best GA (or even FA) ever. Perhaps a goal would be daily work on this for the rest of the year in order to make it really nice by late November and then get that FA by the end of the year. Good luck! Auchansa (talk) 03:02, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Again, more helpful to cite specific sentences in the article that display your points and need improvement. TylerDurden8823 (talk) 18:15, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

It is beneficial for WP when articles are clearly GA or FA. When there is doubt, it does not help WP if just promote articles so people can put stars or green crosses on their page. Auchansa (talk) 03:48, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * What nonsense. I'm not saying you should have automatically passed it as GA. I'm saying to be more constructive, instead of just saying the article needs this, the article needs that, or it sounds this way, etc. you need to be more specific about what paragraph, what sentence, etc needs improvement and in what way. It is always more helpful to give clear, concise, specific places in the article in need of revision and demonstrate how the current version is lacking in any way. TylerDurden8823 (talk) 04:47, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Food for thought:

"D.O. dermatology training is much better now than it's been in the past," says David M. Pariser, M.D., American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) president-elect. "Some allopathic dermatologists may not realize the improvements that have been made in D.O. dermatology programs, though there's still more work to do for some programs."" Bryan Hopping T 03:57, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Were they bad to begin with or is this editor's comment invalid?

As discussed on other pages, this page vastly overuses the term allopathic. It uses the term in a fashion only understood by a minority, even within the US medical community. The term is understood by C/AM practitioners (such as homoeopaths) to include American osteopathic DOs! It is also insulting and incorrect terminology. I think this term should be used where appropriate, but nearly every use in this page can be replaced by a more accurate term that will avoid any confusion and ambiguity. SesquipedalianVerbiage (talk) 19:29, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * This comment was made. This may be a source of dispute one way or another?
 * If what you say is true, then fix it. From what I see, it looks like nearly all of its occurrences in this article are in quotes or it is being used to describe how it is not a generally accepted term. TylerDurden8823 (talk) 04:47, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

←One of the reasons that MD's consider the term pejorative is that it is destructive to medicine. There is an implication in the word that MD's do not utilize everything to treat a patient, or that MD's have an inherent bias against medicine that is not sold to them by Big Pharma. My problem with using "allopathic medicine" is that there is medicine and there is...nothing. Medicine implies that it has been scientifically tested and rigorously analyzed for safety and efficacy. Non-medicine means it hasn't. Maybe sitting under a crystal pyramid will cure you of erectile dysfunction, but there's no science to prove that. Medicine is just medicine. Everything else is unproven. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 20:54, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * See above

Merging seems like a great idea. AIRcorn (talk) 22:44, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Instability, may not survive as an article???

If you see issues regarding POV or MOS that have not been addressed than yes I would not pass it as a GA.Doc James 17:20, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Also, I do not endorse or support any of the above quotes nor do I this one from Forbes. However, they are food for thought.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/sciencebiz/2010/10/27/osteopaths-versus-doctors/ Are they equal? Well, not quite. Osteopathy started out as little more than pseudoscience, based on the mistaken idea that manipulations of the skeleton and muscles – massage, basically – would cure disease. Finally, there is data that shows that students enrolling at colleges of osteopathy have lower grades than students entering medical schools, suggesting (though this is not proof, of course) that D.O. schools provide an alternative route to a medical degree for those who aren’t good enough to get into normal medical schools.... the standards are higher at schools offering MDs,... (DOs)do get standard medical training, and some of them are undoubtedly very good doctors...
 * This is a ridiculous argument. At the time that osteopathic medicine was founded in the middle of the nineteenth century there were plenty of ridiculous treatments used by all physicians, MD, DO, and otherwise. Both fields have adopted the principles of modern medicine. And to cite such a biased article, this really is not good for your credibility Auchansa. Also, osteopathy is an antiquated term that is strongly discouraged to avoid confusion with non-physician osteopaths trained outside of the United States. The admission standards are currently higher at MD schools but as the article notes, it is diminishing each year and is not very much anymore. Many DOs are excellent doctors just as many MDs are excellent doctors. You also need to compare UCSF MD graduates with Harvard Medical school MD graduates as well Auchansa. There are quality differences between MD schools also. I've already provided you many plausible reasons for why there is currently a disparity in the number of specialists when comparing the DO and MD fields. You just choose to ignore those reasons completely.04:53, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Also, how do Rocky Vista DO compare with University of Colorado MD graduates? Lake Erie DO graduates compared with UCSF MD graduates? AT Still Universtiy DO graduates versus Harvard Medical School MD graduates? Are they all the same???

Also see comments in this GA2? Comments include not explaining why there is disparity between number of MDs and DOs in certain very specialized and competitive (to get into) sup-specialties, the feeling among some that this article attempts to "prove" that DO are the same as MDs by citing a possible difference then saying "but....". Also not covered is diversity among MDs, such as those who went to medical school in India or third world countries. Auchansa (talk) 03:59, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

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San Antonio metro station (Panama)

San Antonio is a Panama Metro station on Line 2. It was opened on 25 April 2019 as part of the inaugural section of Line 2 between San Miguelito and Nuevo Tocumen. This is an elevated station built above Avenida Domingo Díaz. The station is located between Cerro Viento and Pedregal.

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David David-Weill

David David-Weill (1871–1952) was a French-American banker, chairman of Lazard Frères in Paris, who built an important collection of art. His collection was plundered by the Nazis during the Second World War and over 2000 items seized. He was a major donor to French and American museums and galleries and a benefactor to universities.

Early life and family
David-Weill was born in San Francisco on 30 August 1871. He was the son of Julie (née Cahn) and Alexandre Weill (1834–1906). His father was a cousin to the three French Jewish brothers who founded Lazard Frères & Co. His parents had left France in 1870 because of the Franco-Prussian War, and settled in California, where Raphaël Weill, a brother of Alexandre Weill, lived. They returned to France about 1883. David-Weill continued his education there at the Lycée Condorcet and the École Libre des Sciences Politiques. He married Flora Raphaël in 1897 and they had seven children, including Pierre David-Weill and Jean David-Weill.

Banking career
Following his education, David-Weill performed his military service and began to work at Lazard Frères, where he rose to become chairman. He became a regent of the Banque de France in 1935.

Collecting
David-Weill began to collect from an early age. His acquisitions included paintings, drawings, miniatures, sculptures, furniture, silverware, and other items. He became president of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux and vice president of the Société des amis du Louvre.

In 1931, David-Weill transferred part of his collection to a British holding company called Anglo-Continental Art, Inc, which was owned by a Canadian corporation that he controlled.

In late 1940, David-Weill sent twenty-six cases of paintings and antiquities to Lisbon for shipment on the SS Excalibur to New York, where they were to be sold by the Wildensteins, as property of Anglo-Continental Art, Inc. However U.S. Treasury officials, concerned about their French origins in wartime, "descended on the elegant premises of Wildenstein, New York". The assets of Anglo-Continental were frozen by US officials and proceeds placed in a blocked account.

In France, David-Weill's collection was looted by the Nazis during the Second World War and, according to German records, 2687 items seized.

Many of looted paintings, such as Henri Fantin-Latour's Self-Portrait, were recovered by the Monuments Men and returned to France which restituted them to David-Weill. Not all artworks were recovered. Missing paintings were published in the Répertoire des biens spoliés en France durant la guerre 1939-1945, Groupe français du conseil de controle, 1947.

In later life he donated more than 2000 items to museums and galleries, including the Guimet Museum, the Louvre, and universities in New York, Hamburg, Leiden, Honolulu, and Stockholm. He donated to the libraries of the Musée de l'Homme and the Institut national d'histoire de l'art, to which he gave the manuscript and journal of Eugène Delacroix. He also gave his Chinese-bronze collection to the Musée Guimet and his cloisonné objects to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD).

Death
David-Weill died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, on 7 July 1952. Parts of his collection were sold in a series of auctions in 1970.

Honors

 * David-Weill was elected to the Académie des beaux-arts in 1934.
 * Avenue David-Weill in the 14th arrondissement of Paris was named in his honor in 1960 in tribute to his involvement with the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris.

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St. Hedwig of Silesia Church, Radoszowy

St. Hedwig of Silesia Church is a wooden parish church located in Radoszowy, Kędzierzyn-Koźle County in Poland.

The former church was built in 1730. Until 1929, the church was dedicated to the Holy Cross. The church was renovated in 1890 and dismantled in 1928. The present church was built in 1929, as projected by architect Albert Kőhler from Pawłowiczki. The church underwent renovated in 2000, when its eternit roof was replaced with wood shingle.

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Alexander Yuk Ching Ma

Alexander Yuk Ching Ma (born 1952 in British Hong Kong) is an American former CIA clandestine officer accused of acting as a double agent on behalf of the People's Republic of China, gaining employment with the FBI in order to act as a mole. He was arrested in August 2020, charged under the Espionage Act with conspiring along with his brother, also a former CIA officer, to pass classified information to officials of the Chinese Ministry of State Security. His trial is scheduled for 2024.

Early life and CIA career
Born in British Hong Kong in 1952, Ma and his older brother, David, born in nationalist Chinese Shanghai in 1936, moved to Honolulu, Hawaii in 1968 and became US citizens, attending the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Following graduation, David joined the CIA as a clandestine officer assigned to the Far East at the height of the Vietnam war.

In 1983, David Ma resigned from the CIA after an investigation found he inappropriately used his position to assist Chinese nationals obtain entry into the United States. Within the same year, then 30-year old Alex joined the agency, also as a clandestine officer. Following training at The Farm, the younger Ma was also sent to the Far East.

In 1989, Alex Ma abruptly left the agency, and around 1995 he moved to Shanghai.

Espionage for China
Ma's alleged spying for China is believed to have begun in March 2001, with a three-day debriefing in a Hong Kong hotel by officers of the Shanghai State Security Bureau (SSSB), the city's aggressive subsidiary of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS). During the meeting, which was partly videotaped, Ma and his brother David are alleged to have provided information about the CIA personnel, operations, and covert communications techniques, in exchange for $50,000 in cash.

After Ma moved back to Hawaii in 2002, he sought employment with the FBI with the intent to regain access to classified information in order to provide it to the MSS. Though he applied for a position as a special agent, at age 49 he was over the age limit, instead he was hired by the FBI’s Honolulu Field Office as a linguist tasked with translating Chinese language documents. During his hiring by the FBI in 2004, he is alleged to have passed a polygraph examination which asked questions regarding foreign contacts and personal loyalties. The day before starting his new job with the FBI, Ma called a suspected accomplice to inform them he would now be working full-time for "the other side."

Over the following six years with the FBI, Ma regularly copied, photographed and stole classified documents, bringing many of them with him on frequent trips to China with the intent to provide them to his handlers. Customs declarations indicated that Ma often returned from China with thousands of dollars in cash and expensive gifts, such as a new set of golf clubs.

David Ma is believed to have continued to maintain contact with the MSS, staying in contact with Alex and MSS handlers while he embedded himself in the Chinese immigrant community in Los Angeles.

In one instance, Alex's wife Amy Ma, also born in Hong Kong, was used as a courier, flying to Shanghai and delivering an encrypted laptop computer to handlers from the SSSB.

Investigation and arrest
In January 2019, Ma confirmed to an undercover FBI agent that he had in the past provided valuable U.S. government materials to the Chinese government, and that he would be willing to do so in the future. On March 13, 2019, Ma accepted $2,000 from the same undercover FBI agent, who told Ma that the money was acknowledgment for his work on behalf of China. On August 12, 2020, Ma accepted another $2,000 from the undercover FBI agent, expressed his willingness to continue to help the Chinese government, and stated that he wanted "the motherland" to succeed.

On August 14, 2020, Ma was arrested on charges of conspiracy. The Justice Department identified Ma's older brother, David, as an unindicted co-conspirator to the crimes, but deemed him unfit to stand trial due to his advanced neurological decline from an Alzheimer’s diagnosis ten years prior. In 2021, Alexander Ma claimed to be having memory problems and asked for a mental competency evaluation. In February 2023, he was deemed competent to stand trial.

Guilty plea
On May 24, 2024, Ma pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage.

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Talk:Barada Charan Gupta

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... (your reason here) --Sipram (talk) 18:11, 9 February 2015 (UTC) Barada Charan Gupta belinged to the historic Sabuj Patra group in colonial India. His name is already mentioned on your wiki pages - e.g. in the Sabuj Patra page here- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabujpatra Also, if you look up the Sources I have cited below- the South Asia Archive of the Taylor and Francis group- you will find his name and authored writings there. O agree that this articl needs to be improved with more information. I am expecting thst to happen over time. There is no cause to delete it, however. BC Gupta is part of Bengal's nationalist history.Sipram (talk) 18:11, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

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Douglas Brinkley

Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is a history commentator for CNN, Presidential Historian for the New York Historical Society, and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair. He is a public spokesperson on conservation issues. He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007. Brinkley joined the board of directors for the National Archives Foundation in 2023.

Early life
Brinkley was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1960, but after his father was transferred to the Toledo, Ohio headquarters of Owens-Illinois in 1969, did his remaining elementary and secondary schooling in Perrysburg, Ohio. His mother was a high school English teacher. In fourth grade Doug memorized the Presidents, their vice presidents, as well as the opposing presidential and vice presidential candidates.

Education
Brinkley was educated at Perrysburg High School, followed by Ohio State University, from which he earned a B.A. (1982), and Georgetown University, earning an M.A. (1983) and Ph.D. (1989) in U.S. diplomatic history. He has been on the faculty of Hofstra University, the University of New Orleans, Tulane University, and Rice University.

He received an honorary doctorate for his contributions to American letters from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

Life and career
During his time in Georgetown, Brinkley worked as the night manager at Second Story Books in DC. During the early 1990s, Brinkley taught American Arts and Politics for Hofstra aboard the Majic, Bus, a roving transcontinental classroom, from which emerged the book The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey (1993). In 1993, he left Hofstra to teach at the University of New Orleans, where he taught the class again using two natural-gas fueled buses. According to the Associated Press, "...if you can't tour the United States yourself, the next best thing is to go along with Douglas Brinkley aboard The Majic Bus."

Brinkley worked closely with his mentor, historian Stephen E. Ambrose, then director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans. Ambrose chose Brinkley to become director of the Eisenhower Center, a post he held for five years before moving to Tulane University.

Brinkley's first book was Jean Monnet: The Path to European Unity (1992). His second was Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years (1992). He then co-edited a monograph series with Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and William vanden Heuvel in the 1990s. Brinkley also edited a volume on Dean Acheson and the Making of US Foreign Policy with Paul H. Nitze (1993). In 1999, he published The Unfinished Presidency about Jimmy Carter's active and influential post-presidency.

Brinkley is the literary executor for his late friend, the journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson. He is also the editor of a three-volume collection of Thompson's letters. Brinkley is also the authorized biographer for Beat generation author Jack Kerouac, having edited Kerouac's diaries as Windblown World (2004).

In 2004, Brinkley released Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War, about U.S. Senator John Kerry's prior military service and anti-war activism during the Vietnam War. The 2004 documentary movie, Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry is loosely based on Brinkley's book. Brinkley also wrote the Atlantic Monthly cover story of December 2003 on Kerry.

Brinkley's book The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast is a record of the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast. The book won the 2007 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist. He also served as the primary historian for Spike Lee's documentary about Hurricane Katrina, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. Critic Nancy Franklin in The New Yorker noted that Brinkley made up a "large part" of the film's "conscience."

Brinkley's biography of Walter Cronkite, Cronkite was published in 2012. It was also selected as a Washington Post Book of the Year.

Brinkley and Johnny Depp were nominated for a Grammy for their co-authoring of the liner notes to the documentary: Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. He also co-edited with Johnny Depp the long lost novel of Woody Guthrie titled House of Earth.

In January 2022, Brinkley compared the 2021 United States Capitol attack to the Holocaust, the September 11 attacks, and the Attack on Pearl Harbor. "I think it is like December 7th Pearl Harbor it is like the 9/11 tragedy", said Brinkley.

Congressional hearing
On November 18, 2011, during his testimony before a Congressional hearing on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Brinkley had a heated exchange with Rep. Don Young. Young, who had not been present during Brinkley's testimony, nonetheless characterized it as "garbage" and addressed Brinkley as "Dr. Rice." In response, Brinkley stated, "It's Dr. Brinkley. Rice is a university. I know you went to Yuba College and couldn't graduate." Brinkley also noted that Young's comments were made even though Young had not been present during his testimony.

Brinkley continued to argue with Young throughout the hearing until the committee chairman threatened to have Brinkley removed.

Critical reception
Stephen Ambrose called Brinkley "the best of the new generation of American historians." Brinkley and Ambrose had co-authored three books. Patrick Reardon of the Chicago Tribune called Brinkley America's "new past master." In addition, during the 2013 inauguration coverage, CNN referred to him as "a man who knows more about the presidency than just about any human being alive." In contrast, in 2006, historian Wilfred McClay in the New York Sun appraised Brinkley's scholarship as one that has failed to "put forward a single memorable idea, a single original analysis, or a single lapidary phrase." Similarly, author Bill Bryson characterized Brinkley as "a minor American academic and sometime critic whose powers of observation and generosity of spirit would fit comfortably into a proton and still leave room for an echo".

Awards and honors

 * In the spring of 2024, Brinkley was a fellow at the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
 * In 2023, Brinkley won a Grammy Award for “Fandango At The Wall In New York” by Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, featuring the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective (Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album).
 * In 2022, Brinkley was nominated for two Grammy Award categories; for co-producing two projects: “Black Men Are Precious” by Ethelbert Miller (Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album), and “Fandango At The Wall In New York” by Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, featuring the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective (Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album).
 * On April 25, 2022, Brinkley received the Frank and Bethine Church Award for Public Service from the Frank Church Institute of Boise State University.
 * In the summer of 2021 Brinkley was named the inaugural historian in residence at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.
 * In 2021, the Garden Club of America awarded Brinkley the Frances K. Hutchison Medal for his distinguished service to conservation efforts.
 * In 2020, Brinkley won an Audie Award for his book American Moonshot, in the History/Biography category.
 * In 2020, Brinkley's book American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race was given the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction (Longlist).
 * in 2018 Brinkley was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from St Edwards University.
 * In 2017, Brinkley was named Presidential Historian for New York Historical Society, helping to advance and articulate the mission, goals, and activities of the Historical Society's Presidency Project.
 * In 2017, Brinkley won a Grammy Award Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for co-producing Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom by the Ted Nash Big Band.
 * In 2016 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded him their Heritage Award.
 * In 2015 he was awarded the Robin W. Winks Award for Enhancing Public Understanding of National Parks by the National Parks Conservation Association.
 * Cronkite (2012), a biography of Walter Cronkite, received the Ann M. Sperber Prize for 2013.
 * Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America (2009) received the National Outdoor Book Award in the History/Biography category 2009.
 * Driven Patriot (1992), a biography of James Forrestal, received the Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Naval History Prize.
 * Brinkley received an honorary doctorate from Hofstra University at commencement in May 2012.
 * In 2004, Brinkley was given the Humanist of the Year award by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
 * In 1995 he was awarded the Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize from the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations (Ceremony: Chicago, Illinois, April 1996).

Personal life
Brinkley lives in Austin, Texas. He and his wife Anne have three children, Johnny, Benton, and Cassady. He is a member of the Century Association, the Council on Foreign Relations and Society of American Historians.

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Jamna

Jamna may refer to:

 * Jamna (bird), an extinct passeriform bird from early Oligocene deposits in Poland
 * Jamna, Slovenia, a settlement in northeastern Slovenia
 * Jamna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, a village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
 * Jamna Górna and Jamna Dolna, two non-existing villages in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland
 * Yamuna River, also known as Jamna, a major river of northern India
 * Jamna, the stream in the city of Mikołów, Silesia, Poland
 * Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces (JAMNA), political organization in Iran

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Cordell Hull Institute

Cordell Hull Institute is an independent Washington, D.C. based think tank.

Founded in 1998 by Harald Malmgren and former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, the institute is named for former Secretary of State Cordell Hull.

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User:Perkinsdavid

David G. Perkins (born c. 1958) is a United States Army Lieutenant General and current Commander of the United States Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. From 2009 to 2011, Perkins was the commander of the 4th Infantry Division in Fort Carson, Colorado.

Perkins was born in Keene, New Hampshire. He received a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1980 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in armor. He subsequently received a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. In 2008 he became the Director for Strategic Effects, CJ-9, Multi-National Force-Iraq in Baghdad, Iraq. In this capacity, he coordinated and implemented political, economic, and communications activities on behalf of the MNF-I. MG Perkins also served as the spokesman for MNF-I.[1]

In 2009 he became commander of Fort Carson and in 2011 he was given the Fort Leavenworth role (at the same time being nominated for Lieutenant General which was approved before he went to Leavenworth).[2]

In November 2011 it was reported that both of his children with his wife Ginger are in the military (Cassandra is an Army aviator deployed to Afghanistan and Chad is a cadet at West Point).[3]

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Can someone explain to me how this page works with the Help:Wikitext quick reference page for mouse hover text? Robert Elliott
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Help:Mouse-over contained the following suggestion for this template:

Template:H:title could be further developed with a 3rd paramter to deal with the situation where one wants to create a link (page name), a link alias, and mouse-over text. In wiki text, this can presently be done like this:

link alias (note that the link goes to Sandbox)

 * Syntax: link alias  (note that the link goes to Sandbox)

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pătură

Etymology
Either from, diminutive of *pitta, or from paturi, the plural of ("bed").

Noun

 * 1) blanket
 * 2) cover, bed covering
 * 3) section, layer

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Talk:Learning the Basics of French/Lesson:Introducing Yourself

Do you think this should be split up into seperate lessons? --Elatanatari 00:42, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Not until we have material to split up. Keep it consolidated until there's a need for things to be otherwise.  However, please try to make sure that these lessons do not repeat Wikibooks—if there's a Wikibook that covers the material, link to it instead!  The goal on Wikiversity is to have materials that are not suitable for Wikibooks, such as quizzes, interactive learning materials, class-style environments, and other such things.  The Jade Knight 08:11, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I dont like the way the wikibook is structured.--Elatanatari 20:20, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Have you tried discussing that with others? If you're going to cover the same material, it will largely be a waste of effort…  The Jade Knight 03:38, 12 February 2007 (UTC)


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Selective percutaneous myofascial lengthening

Selective percutaneous myofascial lengthening is a type of minimally invasive surgery utilized to relieve tension from muscle spasticity. It has been used to treat children who have cerebral palsy.


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Talk:Strong Island

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no it was not deleted because of vandalism, it was deleted because no one in their right mind uses this term--<IP_ADDRESS> 03:49, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, so unless you're calling curps a vandal, stop recreating--<IP_ADDRESS> 03:51, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not calling Curps a vandal, I'm calling the person who changed it from a redirect to saying "Nobody in their right mind calls it this" a vandal. It's a legitimate redirect, as the term is in use, even if you don't think the people who use it are in their right minds.  -- Rory 0 96 03:53, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Look, if we let islanders call themselves whatever they wanted to, we'd have to redirect LI to NYC, thus we defer to reality instead--<IP_ADDRESS> 04:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about? LI is a disambig that includes Long Island.  What does NYC have to do with anything?  Anyway, Strong Island is a widely used term.  See Strong Island Sound, various songs and movies using the term, etc.  -- Rory 0 96 04:08, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh good, it must be notable, I mean, common, a basketball team on suffolk county uses it in their name--<IP_ADDRESS> 11:36, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Why would a professional basketball team use it as their name if nobody uses it? -- Rory 0 96 06:59, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

"Strong Island Boys"
Growing up on Long Island, the first I heard of it was when a group of stupid kids decided they were a "gang" called the "Strong Island Boys." I added a reference to a Newsday article on the "gang".

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Talk:Ranch to Market Road

Merge 'Ranch to Market Road' with 'Farm to Market Road'?
Agreed. I don't know who suggested the merger, but the two articles overlap so much that they would make a much stronger article if effectively merged. It would take a lot of work to make them run together as one article, because both have good material, but they really are much the same subject: a Texas system for connecting rural areas to urban ones using narrow, low-traffic roads. Lawikitejana 22:59, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

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Call Me Out

Call Me Out may refer to:

 * "Call Me Out", song by Ra Ra Riot from Need Your Light 2016
 * "Call Me Out", song by Gareth Asher and the Earthlings
 * "Call Me Out", song by Shook Twins
 * "Call Me Out", song by Sarah Close 2017

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The Design and Organization of Data Centers/Outfitting

Furniture
Put EVERYTHING on wheels

 * Computer Desk

 * Rolling Chairs

 * General storage - shelving, cabinets, or bookcases

 * Key box

Tools

 * Cordless, keyless-chuck power screwdriver

 * Phillips and slotted screwdrivers

 * Extra long screwdrivers

 * Short ratcheted screwdrivers

 * Wire clippers

 * Socket set

 * Adjustable wrench

 * Allen wrenches

 * 66 and 110 punchdown tools

 * Tone generator and sniffer

 * And a cloth tool bag to put it all in.

Equipment

 * 6 foot fiberglass ladder - Fiberglass is safer than aluminum around electricity

 * Fans for cooling

 * Cheap analog phone (for testing lines)

 * Two suction lifters - for raised floors

 * Label maker

 * Pallet Jack - Delivery drivers will often not have them

 * Rechargeable wall mounted flashlights near all doors

 * Cordless phone with headset - Typing is much easier.

 * Fireproof lidded wastebaskets - Wastebaskets can be a source of fire, but wastebaskets are key in maintaining a clean workspace.


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Azali (film)

Azali is a 2018 Ghanaian drama film directed by Kwabena Gyansah. It was selected as the Ghanaian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It was the first time that Ghana had submitted a film for the Best International Feature Film Oscar.

Plot
A young girl, Amina, lives with her mother, grandmother, and uncle in a small village in northern Ghana. She lives a comfortable but boring life from which her mother wishes to free her. Her grandmother wishes for Amina to marry an older man from their village. Amina's mother protests and unknowingly sells Amina to strangers in the hopes of her finding a better life in the city. On her journey Amina meets young man who was also sold as a boy and, in some way, becomes her only friend. The two run away with a small band of kids who were also sold off. As the two embark on various errands through Accra they try to earn their keep.

The young man, Seidu, becomes popular as he is a quick and hard worker. Amina is clumsy and cannot keep up with the work given to her. She quickly finds herself living in a compound of a woman who demands rent daily. Here Amina learns that in order to stay she must always have money, however her job as a head-porter is not lucrative enough. She decides to join her neighbor, the landlord's favorite, as a prostitute in order to stay. For a while this goes well, but she grows sadder as the work goes on. Eventually she tries to reunite with Seidu. He turns her away because he cannot afford to be an outsider in his newly found living/working arrangements as a porter. Amina returns to the taxing compound and grows complacent as time passes. During this time Amina's Uncle, Akatok, goes to search for Amina in Accra after her mother finds out the news her daughter is “missing”.

For months Akatok searches but to no avail. He decides he will give up after just three months of searching, but is put back on track by an old friend with great advice. Amina, now more accustomed to her job, sleeps with a man who refuses to pay her the promised wage. She, in turn, breaks a glass over his head and steals the money from his wallet. Amina runs to find Seidu to tell him she wishes to go back home. Instead she find Seidu's boss who calls her in to wait on Seidu together. Seidu's boss attacks Amina while they are alone and rapes her. Seidu comes back to the terrible scene and apologizes for interrupting his boss. As he backs away he is visibly distraught by what he's just witnessed.

Seidu, later on, beats his boss for what he's done leaving him bleeding in the street. Amina returns to the demanding landlord and her neighbor who tries to care for her after the attack. Soon after Amina and the landlord learn of Amina's pregnancy for which the landlord berates her. Amina cannot have a baby in the compound, so she goes to live on the streets of Accra while just a few weeks pregnant. Eight months pass and Amina has become a head-porter again, this time more graceful and heavier; she is in her last trimester of pregnancy. Akatok and his friend continue their search nearby. While working Amina encounters a mob of people who are trying to beat a man to death. They call this man an animal and pour gasoline over him. Once she comes closer Amina realizes that the bloodied and beaten man is Seidu. In disgust and horror she turns away as the match is being lit. She also notices Seidu's boss in the crowd watching over everything as dark smoke begins to rise behind him. At this moment Akatok and his long-time friend spot Amina in the crowd and go to her. Akatok is overjoyed but it is short-lived as he notices Seidu's boss. He points out the man to Amina as her father, Razak; Amina immediately faints on hearing the news.

Finally, back in her hometown Amina, and Akatok, find her mother and grandmother in their compound. They rejoice for her return but again Amina falters, clutching her stomach. She gives birth in her family's compound under the star-filled sky. In the final scenes we hear the baby crying and the grandmother chanting over the baby. We hear a man, presumably Akatok, speak in his native tongue. The words on screen as he speaks read: This child will never be accepted by tradition so in our hearts we buried a secret only heaven knows.

Cast

 * Ama K. Abebrese as Joan
 * Asana Alhassan as Amina
 * Adjetey Anang as Akatok
 * Akofa Edjeani Asiedu as Rukaya
 * Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye as Quartey
 * Peter Ritchie as Razak
 * Mohammed Hafiz as Seidu
 * Ramatu Mohammed as Fatima
 * Abdul Malek as Boy
 * Alhassan Tahiru as Yussif
 * Ismaila Mashod as Baba Abdulai
 * Yakubu Inusah as Fuseini
 * Ibrahim Alhassan as Baba Dauda
 * Tony Frances as Esther
 * Joka Jonas as Police Officer

Awards
The film was nominated in 15 categories at the 2018 Ghana Movie Awards. It received 19 nominations at the 2019 Golden Movie Awards.

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Louise Bawden

 * ... that 2012 Australian Olympic beach volleyball player Louise Bawden also represented Australia in indoor volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics?
 * Reviewed: Alang-Alang (film)
 * Comment: This hook is why I didn't do a double nom with her partner. Different sports and 12 years apart.

Created/expanded by LauraHale (talk) and User:Frietjes (talk). Self nom at 01:56, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Symbol confirmed.svg All checks out. Article is solid and new enough; hook is cited and verifiable. Might want to drop "Australian" out of the wikilink and move it to before "2012", to make it clear that Bawden, and not the games, is what it refers to but other than that the hook is fine. GRAPPLE   X  04:31, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

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Cardew, Cumbria

 Cardew is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located southwest of Dalston, south of Cardewlees and east of Thursby.

Cardew House, a 16th-century farmhouse built for the Denton family, is a country house of note and Cardew Lodge, a hunting lodge built for Major General William Henry Lowther, is a country house built in the style of an Indian bungalow.

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Talk:Statistics

About

 * Started: 29 February 2004
 * Size: 43,200 words. (June 2009)

Okay Thabsile23 (discuss • contribs) 09:56, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Practice Problems
I added a "practise problem" section. I see no precedent for this, nor any discussion of it, so I'm just going ahead and doing something. I'll mark the new problem as new. Please double check those and then remove the "new" marking. Thanks. AdamRetchless 14:05, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * It might make more sense to put a 'practice problem' section at the end of each chapter. But what if the last chapter (where you have these practice problems now) had solutions to the "odd numbered problems" as is often the case in textbooks? --Murraytodd 19:32, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * I don't know why we wouldn't just put the answers to all the problems. I don't know what the learning value would be of questions without answers.  And it seems like, in order to develop a question, you must've also developed the answer.  Why throw away that work?  Don't the commercial textbooks do it so that there can be problems to be graded on?  Nobody is grading you here.  Nobody has the teacher's edition.  Gnebulon (discuss • contribs) 17:46, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Quantiles/Quartiles
This is probably fairly moot since the actual section hasn't even been written yet, but should the section be titled Quantiles or Quartiles? Both are common in statistics and I don't know which would be more likely to be the header of a section.--Carraway 19:05, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Good point. Quartiles are a better title given the context of the chapter.  --Llywelyn 08:18, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * I would disagree. Quantiles is a more general term. Ie. a quartile is a type of quantile, but the converse is not true. In fact, the quartile section now discusses quantiles, quinties and percentiles, none of which are quartiles! --Murraytodd 19:32, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * I agree with Murraytodd, the section should be titled "Quantiles", since not only quartiles are mentioned, but also quintiles, deciles and percentiles.Nijdam 16:05, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

 * As far as I know, quintiles is the general term. For example $$ F(x)= 1 - \alpha $$ is called the alpha-quintile of the stochastic variable X. Quartile refers to fixed quintiles in steps of 25%, where alpha is 25%, 50% (median) and 75%. For steps of 10% we have got deciles, and for single percentages we have percentiles. I hope that I am bringing light to this discussion. I will see if I can fix it.

--Whisky Brewer 22:54, 27 Dec 2006 (UTC)

Distributions
I took the liberty or rearranging the distributions chapter a little bit. First, I separated the discrete and continuous distributions, then I placed them in a more natural order—from the simplest to the more complex. We should be careful when writing this chapter to create a consistent "train of thought" to link these distributions together, lest our "textbook" turn into an unreadable encyclopedia. I would suggest that whenever applicable we show phenomena in the real world that follow these sorts of distributions. For example, the Exponential distribution being a good measure of "time to failure" like the lifespan of lightbulbs; the Poisson distribution being the distribution of how many customers walk into a store in any 5-minute interval; the Binomial distribution being the number of students in the classroom with green eyes—and thus a sum of simple Bernoulli trials. (Oh, and I added the Bournoulli distribution!) --Murraytodd 19:32, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

A Programming Language
What would people think of the idea of adopting R as an optional tool for students within this text? R is arguably the up-and-coming standard in academic statistics programs (at least the graduate programs) and it's Open Source and available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It would be nice to occasionally show how results can be computed using R. When we show graphs of distributions, etc., we could include the R code that was used to generate those graphs. It would be an excellent resource for potential students. --Murray Todd Williams 22:38, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * While I like the idea of adding a section on R, I do not believe that it should be integrated through the text. There is too much of an emphasis today on getting a piece of software and/or hardware to do someone's thinking for them, and at least I would advocate that for an introductory course in something as basic as statistics should emphasis the process and the understanding and not the function, which is the emphasis of software packages.

 * That having been said: I personally think a chapter, set of chapters, integrating sections into chapters of more advanced statistics (e.g., multivariate analysis), or even a separate textbook on R would be incredibly valuable. --Llywelyn 01:39, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * I agree with the spirit of your concern, but I still think R would provide the student with a quick way to explore the field. Back in the days of SAS and SPSS I would wholeheartedly agree with you. Those packages focused on the "load up the data into the black-box, hit go, and assume the reams of meaningless output was a good thing". R, however, is more of an interactive language that makes it easy for the student to "play around with" and explore these concepts quickly.

 * Instead of looking around for a calculator that can somehow handle factorials and punching in esoteric equations, the student can quickly type something like dpoisson(0:6,3) and see the probabilities of of Poisson distribution with lambda parameter=3 for X=0..6. Add a quick plot function around that and the student can see that graphically. A little more and the student can overlay a normal distribution and see how well (or poorly) a normal curve will approximate it. Equally easy the student can create a vector with a random sample from that same Poisson distribution.

 * Frankly, I can't imagine teaching statistics without providing some mechanism for playing around with examples and encouraging the student to do the same. Also, with some pre-generated sample data it becomes easy to create homework problems that encourage exploration, examination, etc. I don't mean saying "load this data set and perform an ANOVA and give me a p-value from the pre-canned report" but rather "Here's a set of data. Do you think an ANOVA would be suitable? What problems and questions are we facing? Do you feel the sample size is sufficient, or is the problem over-parameterized?"

 * Of course, this discussion is (pardon the pun:) academic. Probably the best thing to do would be to go ahead and write a section or two (with problems) to demonstrate what I'm thinking and get feedback to see if people concur. --Murray Todd Williams 16:44, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * It sounds like there are two independent issues here: 1) whether to add practical problems with online data that students can use to better understand the concepts and 2) whether to include statistical-package specific information on how to implement different types of analysis. In my mind, these can be implemented seperately.

 * For the first case, the homework problems can include data for students to use with any of the common packages. For the second case, my opinion is that this should not be directly integrated into the text because people might be reading them to understand the core concepts and forcing them to read through a bunch of programming syntax while they do so will lose a lot of these types of readers.

 * Rather an external page with a title like 'implementing historgrams' or 'how it's done' with a step by step process and code for major languages, Excel, oo and the like would be a great resource for more advanced readers. I'd think that a lot of this type of info could reference other textbooks in wikibooks or not to reduce duplication. Antonrojo 13:38, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Like this, or this? --Naught101 (discuss • contribs) 04:39, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Random Variables?
The way I was taught probability, it doesn't make much sense to discuss distributions without any discussion of random variables. Is this a standard approach, or are the probability courses I have taken odd? I'm willing to add a section on random variables and adjust the sections regarding distributions if other people think this is a good idea. Adam Wolfe Gordon 02:34, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Just a quick comment...
...And I guess it's a little ridiculous to add it to the discussion page -- no response required! -- but I just wanted to thank everyone who's contributing to this book, I'm really excited that there'll be an open, online introductory book on statistics, and hopefully a broader array of statistics books to come.

Frequency Density
I haven't done much yet other than the definitions, but in the histogram section I started frequency density. Do you think this can be applied to statistics and the course? Pinkie closes 20:00, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

merge "Research Methods" into this page?
I actually have a couple of comments.

First, this is fantastic! I hope it's a topic at a future statistics conference.

Second, I definitely like the idea of using R. However, that may well require another separate document on installing/updating/how to...

Finally, some material is synonomous with the Research Methods site. Since Statistics is currently more comprehensive, I'd suggest merging that data in with this one. I was expecting more of a study design flavor at that site, but didn't find it.

Who is this book aimed at?
Please make clear who this book is supposed to be aimed at. Doing so will guide the content. Whole books have been written on linear models, graphing data, testing hypotheses, and so on. This single book cannot cover all areas in the depth they deserve. The level of depth depends on the intended audience, though. A book aimed at 18 year old students of statistics will be very different from one aimed at 21 year old students of statistics or at medical practitioners, for example.

Basically we should ask who is willing to contribute? The contribution from me and my students (Numerical Methods & Analysis of Specific Datasets) might be little to high-level for student in basic statistics courses. On the other hand I would not mind to move it to another book, e.g. something like "Various topics in statistics". --sigbert 11:25, 02 April 2007 (MESZ)

Permutations and combinations
Should we have a section on permutations and combinations and if so where? Zginder 20:13, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Issue with the PDF
The PDF version of this book has two issues that I can see - one is that tables go over two pages with no additional column headings, and also it's showing tags. - <IP_ADDRESS> (discuss) 07:07, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

These two issues have been resolved in the PDF I uploaded today.Dirk Hünniger (discuss • contribs) 20:34, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

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Talk:Dick Strawbridge

Typo
On February 21st 2008, Strawbridge cooked spotted Dick on Ready Steady Cook on BBC2.

That must be a typo. What is it supposed to mean? Riqnevala (talk) 15:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

 * It's not a typo, but rather a bizarrely named British dessert. :) I've added a link to the article to clarify. Oenone575 (talk) 07:42, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Dead Link
The link to "Bumblebee Farm" seems dead. JackStonePGD (talk) 05:41, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I have removed the whole content. It was never very encyclopedic. It first appears to have been supported by a website offering the farm for sales, and then modified by someone from the exwife's camp to spin about her and sourced to her website. there was never any third party reliable sources interested in it. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom  06:09, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 26 March 2018
Suggest that the Escape to the Chateau has added four series each of three episodes. Alan knowles (talk) 19:54, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 20:03, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
 * It's time to remove the protection. This has been on since 2014. People should not request every edit, this is not wiki spirit. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 19:19, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Television
Should the television programmes he has been in be mentioned earlier in the article?Vorbee (talk) 17:27, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Children's names
@: I've only really watched Strawbridge on the BLR programmes but on occasional glimpses of chateau he does seem to have involved his children on those structured reality shows (I'm relying on my memory) so cited name mention may be more relevant. If its good for Madonna & Katie Price it ought to be good for Strawbridge; however in the Strawbridge article, which is smaller, the naming carries more overall weight. I suspect some of the content you removed was not carefully checked for source WP:HIJACK so probably best it went anyway. Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 07:35, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

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Observational astronomy/Extrasolar planet

This learning project will study extrasolar planets. It is very difficult to directly detect planets orbiting distant stars. There are, however, a number of indirect methods. The first activity here will focus on the radial velocity method. Later, another activity will be created that uses the transit method.

Activity
In this activity you will use a computer program called the Systemic Console to examine radial velocity data for stars known to have one or more planets. The goal is to figure out the planetary configuration that best fits the observational data and look for additional planets. The Systemic website contains detailed instructions on how to participate. Here is an overview of the steps involved:

 * First, read the introductory pages at Armchair Planet Hunting and What is Systemic?

 * Then, follow the instructions to install the Downloadable Console.

 * After the software is installed, start the program and go through the steps described in the three part tutorial:
 * Console Tutorial #1
 * Console Tutorial #2
 * Console Tutorial #3

 * At this point you should pick a few different stars and try to find the planetary system that is the best fit to the data. A good fit will have a low ChiSq value in the console.

Uploading your results is an end in itself and will help the Systemic project progress. Here at Wikiversity we will concentrate on trying to find the best fit for a small number of the stars in the database. Later, we will be studying exoplanets that are known to transit. So, we'll begin by looking at a few of these systems. If you are going to continue, please sign your name under Active Participants at the talk page.

 * Choose HD189733 from the Real Star pulldown menu in the Systemic Console. Try to find a planetary system that best fits the data.  Some other systems to try are:
 * HD 209458 (Note: for this star there are two datasets. Try both HD 209458 and HD209458_B06K in the Systemic Console.  How do the results compare?)
 * TrES-1
 * WASP-1
 * XO-1


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Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation

The Tientsin–Pukow Railway Operation (津浦線作戦; early August to mid November, 1937) was a follow-up operation to the Battle of Beiping-Tianjin of the Japanese army in North China at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, fought concurrently with the Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation. The Tientsin–Pukow Railway Operation was not authorized by Imperial General Headquarters. The Japanese advanced following the line of the Tianjin-Pukou Railway aiming to the Yangtze River without meeting much resistance. The Japanese advance stopped at Jinan 36.67°N, 116.98°W on Yellow River after majority of the participating Japanese forces were redirected for the Battle of Taiyuan and replaced by parts of the newly formed 109th division.

Aftermath
After the stalemate at Yellow River from November 1937 to March 1938, the fighting resumed resulting in Battle of Xuzhou.

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invocare

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to invoke
 * 2) to beg for
 * 3) to cite (a law, etc.)

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) invocation

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прѣдъ

Etymology
From, by metathesis of liquid consonant r.

Preposition

 * 1) before
 * 2) in front of

Usage notes
Binds instrumental case.

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Suburban Shootout

Suburban Shootout is a British satirical black comedy television series produced for Channel 5 and Paramount Comedy by Feelgood Fiction in association with Oxygen. The first series aired in the UK on Channel 5 from 27 April 2006. It began airing in the United States on 22 March 2006 on Oxygen and in Germany on Comedy Central in 2007. The second series began on Channel 5 on 6 September 2007.

Premise
Joyce Hazeldine and her policeman husband Jeremy move to what seems to be an idyllic home counties town of Little Stempington from London. She soon discovers there are two rival gangs of housewives, one headed by Camilla Diamond and one by Barbara Du Prez.

Once very good friends, Camilla and Barbara originally turned to weaponry and intimidation as a way of dealing with crime and antisocial behaviour, and gathered a small group of local women to help further their cause, but the group splintered into two smaller gangs when Camilla grew greedy and used their increased clout for her own personal gain, dealing in extortion, racketeering, coercion and threats to local businesses and residents of the town.

Barbara's gang continues to take extreme action against perceived 'threats to Little Stempington life' (planned low-cost housing, teenagers wearing hoodies, etc.), while also working tirelessly against Camilla's gang. Timid Joyce, unfortunately, becomes a pawn in both gangs, enlisted by Barbara to work undercover as a way of getting closer to Camilla.

The plot later thickens with Camilla racketeering the local recreational drugs market with 8 times strength HRT patches from their contacts in Marseille (hence the twinning with Marseille in the town sign).

Cast

 * Amelia Bullmore as Joyce Hazeldine, the naïve newcomer to Little Stempington who on moving to the village is gobsmacked to discover that her well-dressed, well-mannered neighbours are in fact a female mafia. She is of a nervous disposition and frequently attempts to solve disputes by talking them over - not that this method ever gets her anywhere. She works for both Barbara and Camilla during the course of the series, but her true alliance is with the 'good' gang, and during series two she becomes their leader. Throughout the series she battles to keep her excursions into the murky underworld of Little Stempington a secret from her loving husband Jeremy.
 * Anna Chancellor as Camilla Diamond, head of the 'bad' gang. Originally very good friends with Barbara du Prez, the two formed an all-female mafia system after accidentally killing a burglar. They used it to keep Little Stempington free of crime, but Camilla saw what the crime could do for her own gain, and the two soon parted ways. She constantly masterminds a variety of schemes to make herself very rich, such as running a male prostitution ring and introducing a female fight club to Little Stempington.
 * Felicity Montagu as Barbara du Prez, head of the 'good' gang. Despite being 'good' she employs extreme and often violent methods in order to prevent the bad gang from gaining a stronghold of the town. She is an optimist who takes great pride in her status as a vigilante.
 * Rachael Blake as Hilary Davenport, one of Camilla's sidekicks. Hilary is an archetypal cougar, preying on a number of younger men throughout the series. When the bad gang initiate a male prostitution ring, Hilary takes it upon herself to give each of the men a thorough suitability check.
 * Cathryn Bradshaw as Margaret Littlefair, a sidekick of Barbara du Prez and the 'good' counterpart to Lillian. A remarkably ditzy woman who seems to know a lot about making explosives and handling guns, it is hinted that Margaret lost her virginity on a table tennis table and has not had sex in an extremely long time, hence her eager trigger finger.
 * Lucy Robinson as Pam Draper, a sidekick of Barbara du Prez and the 'good' counterpart to Hilary, although Pam is in fact rather violent and always relishes the opportunity to discipline the unruly youths of Little Stempington. She is particularly posh and is always seen in a clean and pressed suit. She has very little actual compassion for the people she combats, even threatening to castrate a man if he didn't start speaking 'the Queen's English'.
 * Emma Kennedy as Lillian Gordon-Moore, one of Camilla's sidekicks. Lillian has more than a passing passion for firearms, and can handle virtually any weapon you put in her hands. Usually dressed in trousers, jodhpurs or similar lady of the manor-style attire. Although not necessarily a lesbian, she is rather taken by Joyce and even saves her life at one point.
 * Ralph Ineson as Jeremy Hazeldine, Joyce's husband and the new local superintendent. After moving from the city he finds the job in Little Stempington suspiciously easy, what with the fact that no actual crime has been reported there in many years. At one point he suspects Joyce is having an affair with a French drug baron friend of Camilla's, but he enjoys life in Little Stempington and has no idea that the housewives are anything less than saintly, even after he is drugged by Camilla.
 * Tom Ellis as PC Haines, Jeremy's colleague in the force, and apparently the only police officer in Little Stempington. Haines has a habit of stating the obvious and frequently baffles Jeremy with his mind-numbingly boring observations as they sit on patrol in the hope that a crime may occur.
 * Ruth Wilson as Jewel Diamond, Camilla's teenage daughter with a rampant sexual appetite and eyes only for Joyce's son Bill. She has little in the way of self-awareness and seemingly no idea that Bill is terrified of her advances. As an aspiring actor (albeit one who cannot act), Jewel is melodramatic in the extreme, and at one point threatens to throw herself from the church roof unless Bill marries her.
 * Tom Hiddleston as Bill Hazeldine, Joyce and Jeremy's completely naive son. After coming back from missionary work in Africa, he becomes friends with Jewel Diamond, though he does not know how to handle her sexual advances.
 * Andrew Scarborough as Stuart Diamond, Camilla Diamond's hapless and oblivious husband who gets into slapstick situations with Barbra Du Prez's equally hapless husband.
 * Vincenzo Nicoli as Emile Lesoux

Production

 * The Little Stempington town sign was only seen in the first four episodes in season one, because the writer, Roger Beckett, stole it from the set. It is currently under his bed in his house.
 * Most of the filming was done in Pinner, London.

American remakes
In 2008, HBO commissioned a pilot episode of a U.S. version of "Suburban Shootout". The script was written by Michelle Ashford, the episode directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and filmed in the Hamptons, Long Island, NY in September 2008. The cast included Kelly Preston as Camilla Diamond, Judy Greer, Mary Birdsong, Kerri Kenney-Silver, and Rachael Harris The pilot was not picked up to series and never aired.

ABC have commissioned a separate pilot script, also an adaptation of the UK series, this time written by Byron Balasco in the format of a one-hour comedy-drama series. It remains to be seen if the script will be sent to pilot.

title: Suburban Shootout