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User:Mirwin

This user contributes to
 * Lunar Boom Town
 * cisLunarFreighter

Educational Background
 * Valedictorian, Coquille H.S., 1979.
 * B.S. Engineering Physics, Oregon State University, 1984.

Work experience:
 * Systems Analyst/Program Manager, 5 ys, Edwards AFB
 * Instrumentation and Control Engineer 1.5 yr CH2M-Hill
 * Sole Proprietor, Irwin Consulting, 10 yr
 * Discontinued, peaked at 12 working computer professionals, Systems Analysts, CAD, Animation & Multimedia

 * Currently: At liberty. Studying commercial opportunities in  free/open paradigms with a view towards engineering resources or projects.

Wikiversity participant since wayback. Authority to proceed minus a couple of years.

Current Personal Study Zones

 * Lunar Boom Town
 * http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Statistics
 * http://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_the_Peloponnesian_War/Book_1&oldid=476315

Technical papers that have attracted my serious interest and attention ...
Subject:heat into light <IP_ADDRESS>/search?q=cache:MdU42903udkJ:www.gamasutra.com/features/gdcarchive/2000/baron.doc+online+game+services+heat&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us

Speculative Fiction Written and Copyrighted by Me
Terran Tankers

/musical activities

Learning trails in which I have a current interest:

 * A Hands-On Introduction to Game Design and Production Processes
 * Modeling and Animation Clips using Art of Illusion

Personally Useful Links

 * http://http://me.oregonstate.edu/facilities/machineshop/index.html
 * http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Colloquium#Journals
 * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User's_Guide
 * http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Topic:Java
 * http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Facilitating_Online
 * http://www.opencontent.org/wiki/index.php?title=Teaching_Educational_Games_Resources
 * The above is a list of links to specialized knowledge involving use of games as educational resources

http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/1015/Wanted-Simple-Science-Experiments-for-Kids
 * http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-the-licenses

Check these out

 * http://online.sagepub.com/cgi/search
 * http://www.managementhelp.org/ Practical information on managing nonprofits.

Online open textbooks of interest:
http://controls.engin.umich.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Java Links:
 * http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
 * http://www.netbeans.org/kb/index.html
 * http://www.ibiblio.org/javafaq/javatutorial.html
 * http://www.duke.edu/~trc7/cps/

Object Oriented Design Links
 * http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Object_Oriented_Software_Design

Game/MUD Development Tools and Links
 * Java
 * Audicity
 * http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Creating_music_with_your_PC#Activities
 * jFreeRails

HTML Code Test in progress
user:mirwin/sand box

open fault investigations

 * 1) 1 Unexpected Exception

Consider submitting a bug report using the sourceforge.net bug tracker at the following url: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=9495&atid=109495

Please: 1. Use the following as the title of the bug report: Unexpected Exception: null line -2 2. Include steps to reproduce the bug (attach a save game if  appropriate). 3. Copy and paste the details below into the bug report: Windows XP 5.1 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 1.5.0_09 Freerails build 20060903-0355 compiled by Luke

java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(Unknown Source) at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(Unknown Source) at java.net.ServerSocket. (Unknown Source) at java.net.ServerSocket. (Unknown Source) at jfreerails.network.InetConnectionAccepter. (InetConnectionAccepter.java:44) at jfreerails.launcher.Launcher.prepare2HostNetworkGame(Launcher.java:394) at jfreerails.launcher.Launcher.nextButtonActionPerformed(Launcher.java:628) at jfreerails.launcher.Launcher.access$100(Launcher.java:41) at jfreerails.launcher.Launcher$5.actionPerformed(Launcher.java:470) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

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Talk:Tanya Lokshina

associate director
Wrong edit. There is associate director in source. Not director. Qkowlew (talk) 15:13, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
 * But associate director, and Russia program director in HRW, in fact, the same, I chose Russia program director in HRW (as stated by VOA News), but You then just deleted the VOA news reference (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanya_Lokshina&diff=973788986&oldid=973788711). Are You interested in Human Rights in Russia and want help to better the page, or you interested to delete the page because think the person has no value for Wikipedia? Actually, You can write if you want: "associate director" (as stated in HRW website), but this is not principal, but when you start deleting "wrong" reference by Voice of America, because You decided himself that they "wrong", this is very disruptive for other authors, and may be viewed as obvious deliberate vandalism to spoil page in order then delete the full article. PoetVeches (talk) 15:49, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Education
Has she got any education, diploma, profession or qualification? = Где и чему эта девушка училась? У неё есть какая-либо профессия, квалификация? Каковы её познания в области юриспруденции или права? Или сразу Career and Awards?--2A02:810C:340:16F8:C94F:E30C:8937:58C3 (talk) 22:11, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

source: wikimedia

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

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Shine (1910 song)

Shine (originally titled That's Why They Call Me Shine) is a popular song with lyrics by Cecil Mack and Tin Pan Alley songwriter Lew Brown and music by Ford Dabney. It was published in 1910 by the Gotham-Attucks Music Publishing Company and used by Aida Overton Walker in His Honor the Barber, an African-American road show. According to Perry Bradford, himself a songster and publisher, the song was written about an actual man named Shine who was with George Walker when they were badly beaten during the New York City race riot of 1900.

It was later recorded by jazz and jazz influenced artists such as The California Ramblers (their version was very popular in 1924), Louis Armstrong (recorded March 9, 1931 for Okeh Records, catalog No. 41486), Ella Fitzgerald (recorded November 19, 1936 for Decca Records - catalog. No. 1062), Benny Goodman, Harry James, and Frankie Laine (1947 and 1957 - the 1947 version reached No. 9 in the Billboard charts), usually without the sectional verse that introduces the song's narrator.

Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers recorded the song on February 29, 1932 with studio orchestra conducted by Victor Young. It was issued on Brunswick Records 11376-A, a 78 rpm record and it is assessed by Joel Whitburn as reaching the No. 7 position in the charts of the day.

As a member of the Hoboken Four, Frank Sinatra sang this song in 1935 on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour.

Albert Nicholas, clarinet, with The Big Chief Jazz Band recorded it in Oslo on August 29, 1955. It was released on the 78 rpm record Philips P 53037 H.

Joe Brown and The Bruvvers recorded the song in 1961 and reached the British charts with a peak position of No. 33.

Anne Murray included this song on her 1976 Capitol Records album, Keeping in Touch.

Ry Cooder recorded the song complete with introduction in 1978 (see below).

Spanish vocal quartet Los Rosillo, recorded a Spanish version, with the original spoken intro, in their debut album in 1988.

Louis Armstrong version
The song was performed in a film short A Rhapsody in Black and Blue by Armstrong. The 1931 recording by Armstrong with his Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra is a subset of the complete lyric of the 1910 version and the expanded later version, with added scat singing and long instrumental ending:

 * [Instrumental opening ~35 sec.]

 * Oh chocolate drop, that’s me
 * ’Cause, my hair is curly
 * Just because my teeth are pearly
 * Just because I always wear a smile
 * Like to dress up in the latest style
 * ’Cause I’m glad I’m livin’
 * Take troubles all with a smile
 * Just because my color's shady
 * Makes no difference, baby
 * That’s why they call me "Shine"

 * [repeat words with scat and straight jazz instrumental ~2 min.]

SHINE (That's Why They Call Me Shine) (Cecil Mack, Lew Brown)

Ry Cooder version with original introduction
On his 1978 album Jazz, Ry Cooder performed the song in a "52nd Street" small band setting, with the introductory verse that explains what the song is all about. He noted that it had been written in 1910 near the end of the "Coon song era", and described it as a unique comment on the black face sensibilities of that genre.

 * INTRODUCTION:
 * When I was born they christened me plain Samuel Johnson Brown
 * But I hadn't grown so very big, 'fore some folks in this town
 * Had changed it 'round to "Sambo"; I was "Rastus" to a few
 * Then "Chocolate Drop" was added by some others that I knew
 * And then to cap the climax, I was strolling down the line
 * When someone shouted, "Fellas, hey! Come on and pipe the shine!"
 * But I don't care a bit. Here's how I figure it:

 * Well, just because my hair is curly
 * And just because my teeth are pearly
 * Just because I always wear a smile
 * Likes to dress up in the latest style*
 * Just because I'm glad I'm livin'
 * Take trouble smilin', never whine
 * Just because my color's shady
 * Slightly different maybe
 * That's why they call me shine.

 * ALTERNATIVE LINE:
 * Wear my jeans like a man of means (he always dresses in the latest style).

Also included in Ken Burns: A Jazz Collection Documentary and three disc related collection music album

Film appearances

 * 1931 A Rhapsody in Black and Blue - performed by Louis Armstrong and band
 * 1941 Birth of the Blues - sung by Bing Crosby
 * 1942 Casablanca - the song is sung by Sam (Dooley Wilson) and the band at Rick's Café in the movie.
 * 1943 Cabin in the Sky John William Sublett (aka John W. Bubbles) animates "Shine" brilliantly in a song-and-dance number in the movie.
 * 1955 The Benny Goodman Story - performed on trumpet by Harry James.
 * 1956 The Eddy Duchin Story - performed by Tyrone Power as Eddy Duchin and Rex Thompson as Peter Duchin with accompaniment.

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GCSE Science/Induction

GCSE Science/Electricity

So far we have looked at the effect of putting a current in a magnetic field and seeing that there is a force on the wire that carries the current. On this page we will look at a related effect known as induction.

The best way to learn about induction is to consider the results of a simple experiment. In fact if your school has a spot galvanometer, you should really take a look at these results in the flesh. Otherwise you'll just have to take my word for it.

Experimental set up to demonstrate induction
Look at the diagram below. A coil of wire (solenoid) is attached to the inputs of a spot galvanometer. The solenoid can be made by winding a piece of plastic coated wire a round a paper tube.

A spot galvanometer (also known as a mirror galvanometer) looks like a fancy piece of kit, and it is pretty fancy, delicate and expensive, but it does a very simple job. It's really just a very sensitive ammeter. It measures current just like any other ammeter but is much more sensitive than the normal sort you usually see. It can detect tiny currents.

The only other thing that is needed is an ordinary bar magnet.

Experimental results
So, once the apparatus has been set up as in the diagram above, we can look and see what happens.

Conclusions

 * 1) If there is relative movement between a coil of wire and a magnet, there will be a current induced in the coil.
 * 2) The faster the movement the bigger the current.
 * 3) Reversing the magnet, or the direction of movement reverses the direction of the induced current.

Q1) What effect will reversing the magnet and the direction of movement have on any induced current ?

Theoretic explanation of what's going on (Advanced)
So now we know what happens we have to come up with an explanation. Look at the diagram below.

In this diagram the green line represents a wire that is going into the screen or page. It is at right angles to the magnetic field between the two bar magnets. The is moved downwards so that it "cuts" the field lines. This induces an e.m.f. (voltage) across the length of wire. It is this e.m.f. that causes a current to flow if a complete circuit is made. So now we know why you get a current. It's caused by the induced voltage, but why do you get a voltage?

Look at the diagram below.

This is a close up of the wire seen end on. The blue circles represent where the magnetic field lines stick out of the screen or page. They are coming straight out of the screen.

The wire is made of a metal and so has many free electrons. As the wire moves downwards each individual electron travels downwards too. They effectively form loads of little current flowing down. From the motor effect we know that if a current flows in a magnetic field there will be a force. in this case the force pushes the electrons to the right. It is the electrons all moving up to the right end of the wire that causes the voltage difference.

So you see, Induction is really the motor effect.

Q2) A student uses a stronger magnet. What effect do you think this will have on any induced current?

Q3) Imagine more than one loop of wire cutting through the magnetic field. Each loop of wire has its own e.m.f. induced on it. If the wires are joined up, it's as if they are little cells in series. Fill in the blanks " As the number of windings on the solenoid increases the value of the induced voltage ______________.

Q4) An engineer wants to uses the induction to create electrcity. He gets a couple of students to push an enormous magnet into and out of a huge coil (he uses a whip to make 'em go fast). In what way will the electricity that this set up produces be different to a the electricity produced by a battery?

<<The motor effect

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Talk:Euskelosaurus

Family?
A book I have here says Euskelosaurus is a melanorosaurid, whilst the article says plateosaurid. What gives? Abyssal leviathin 21:28, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I think that was a typo in the hardcover edition of the first "Dinosauria"J. Spencer 17:02, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Those two families are also very closely related. Some people have merged the families in the past, and I wouldn't be surprised if different species were switched back and forth between these families at various times by various people.Dinoguy2 22:17, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Re-assessment of Euskelosaurus
Euskelosaurus is actually undiagnostic, and therefore a nomen dubium, making Plateosauravus a distinct genus based on good material (Yates, 2003, 2006; Yates and Kitching, 2003). Only two species of Euskelosaurus are recognized: Euskelosaurus browni and E. africanus. Originally referred to this genus but now considered to be valid or nomina dubia are Eucnemesaurus van Hoepen, 1924, Orosaurus Huxley, 1866 (Orinosaurus Lydekker, 1889 is a synonym), Gigantoscelus van Hoepen, 1916, and Plateosaurus stormbergensis Broom, 1915.

Yates, A.M. 2003. A new species of the primitive dinosaur Thecodontosaurus (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha) and its implications for the systematics of early dinosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1(1):1-42

Yates, A.M. 2006. Solving a dinosaurian puzzle: the identity of Aliwalia rex Galton. Historical Biology, iFirst article, 1-30.

Yates, A.M., and Kitching, J.W. 2003. The earliest known sauropod dinosaur and the first steps towards sauropod locomotion. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270(1525):1753-1758. <IP_ADDRESS> 16:13, 11 April 2007 (UTC) Vahe Demirjian 09.12 11 April 2007

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Talk:Calculus/Limits

Should this be merged with Introduction to Limits? --Ravi12346 02:45, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Formatting
This page needs some serious formatting? Where is the people who started it? --Lucas Gallindo 17:15, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * What kind of formatting? Titoxd(?!?) 06:06, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

"Sandwich theorem"
Can someone define this "sandwich theorem" please with examples? Krysjez 03:23, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

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Aleksa Janković

Aleksa Janković (Алекса Јанковић; 1806 in Timișoara – 22 June 1869 in Belgrade) was a Serbian lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Serbia, Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Justice and Minister of Education. He held pro-Austrian political views and was a close associate of Toma Vučić Perišić.

He attended high school in Timișoara and went to study law in Budapest. In 1834 he arrived in Serbia and was appointed clerk at the chancery of Prince Miloš Obrenović. In 1839 he returned to the Prince's chancery, only to witness the coming to power of the Karađorđević dynasty headed by Prince Alexander Karađorđević, who accelerated Aleksa Janković's career.

As of 1864 Janković became an honorary member of the Society of Serbian Letters, which later became the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

authors: نوفاك اتشمان

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Jason Beaulieu

Jason Beaulieu (born 12 February 1994) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper.

Early life
Beaulieu was born in Montreal, Quebec, and grew up in the off-island suburb of Boisbriand. He played youth soccer for FC Boisbriand until 2011 when he joined the Montreal Impact Academy. In 2011, he played with Montreal's senior academy team in the Canadian Soccer League's first division. In his debut season, he helped Montreal secure a playoff berth where they were eliminated in the first round by Capital City.

He re-signed with the academy team the following season. Beaulieu would receive the starting goalkeeper position as teammate Maxime Crépeau missed the majority of the season due to an injury. He would assist the club in securing another playoff berth by finishing second in the division. Their opponents in the preliminary round of the postseason were Toronto FC's academy where Montreal successfully advanced to the next round. In the next round, Montreal defeated the York Region Shooters to secure a spot in the championship final. Beaulieu would appear in the championship final match where the Impact was defeated by Toronto Croatia. Throughout the 2012 campaign, he recorded 11 clean sheets and was named the club's MVP and Defensive Player of the Year. He was also nominated for the league's top goalkeeper award.

Early career
In 2014, Beaulieu played for Première Ligue de soccer du Québec side ACP Montréal-Nord, making four appearances. In the fall of that year, he began attending the University of New Mexico, where he made a total of 69 appearances in NCAA Division I over the following four years.

In 2015, Beaulieu played for PLSQ side CS Mont-Royal Outremont, making one appearance. In the summer of 2017, he played for USL PDL side Albuquerque Sol FC, making four appearances that season.

Montreal Impact
On 9 January 2018, Beaulieu returned to Montreal Impact, then playing in Major League Soccer. Ahead of the 2019 season, Beaulieu was slated to go on loan to USL Championship side Ottawa Fury but suffered a knee injury requiring surgery in January 2019. After missing six months while recovering from surgery, he was finally loaned to Ottawa Fury on 18 July 2019.

Beaulieu's contract option was declined by the Impact at the end of the 2019 season.

HFX Wanderers
On 5 February 2020, Beaulieu signed with Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers. He made his debut for HFX on August 15 against Pacific FC. On 3 November 2020, the club announced that Beaulieu had retired in order to pursue a career in engineering.

Honours

 * Canadian Premier League
 * Runners-up: 2020

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Talk:Introduction to German

Can we do two things here:
 * 1) Make it into a stream, as suggested on Naming_conventions
 * 2) Move most of this content into a unit (and maybe even a lesson inside it).

 * Sounds good. --HappyCamper 20:03, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikibooks!
Please try to use material from Wikibooks rather than recreating verb charts, etc., from scratch. There's a wealth of material already available that you can use for this project. Take advantage of it! The Jade Knight 15:53, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Interlingual collaboration
Please see the new additions to Wikiversity translations.

Check this out: We may need to coordinate Language divisions. Agree? Disagree? Don't care? CQ 22:18, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Topic:Spanish
 * Topic:English
 * Topic:German
 * Topic:Chinese
 * Topic:Portugese
 * Topic:Dutch
 * Topic:French
 * Topic:Korean
 * Topic:Russian
 * Topic:Swedish
 * Topic:Romanian
 * Topic:Kurdish
 * Topic:Italian
 * Topic:Polish

How can I help?
I have to admit that this is the first time I've tried to do anything on any of the Wiki projects. But, I'm an unemployed American in Dresden, Germany with a degree in German and am naturally game to help here in any way I can. I wanted to help with the German section as "tuition" for the math I'm trying to learn. The question is, I don't know how all this is being coordinated or what I can offer. But, like I said, I'm game to jump in.

STCrowley 06:39, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi, i'mstudying for a languages degree (German and spanish) and i'll help in any way i can - i'm hoping somebody will clear up whther this is all a coordinated effort or not for me!! Regards Markc 23:58, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Here's the thing: Wikiversity is a relatively new project...the idea is, we want to build online learning communities around educational materials. I'd like to learn German myself, so maybe if we can set up a little page for say, writing exercises, that would be neat. We can also make audio clips. --HappyCamper 00:11, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Let's get some organisation going
Okay, so I'm pretty new around here. As in, I just created my account five minutes ago. I'd classify my German at conversational proficiency; but I'm by no means fluent. I've been working on wikis for quite a while (same username on Wikipedia-EN, Wikipedia-DE, Wikipedia-ES, Wiktionary, Wikiquote...), but I just joined up here. Anyway, I was wondering what the best way to get some organisation in this topic would be. Should it be organised by how advanced each lesson is? Should it be organised by topics - like, what you'd need to make small talk, or what you'd need in an emergency, etcetera? Maybe a combination of both, with the major lessons organised by how advanced they are, and then additional vocabulary lists organised by topic. What do you think the best way to learn/teach a language is? I've always found it easiest to jump right in and learn new words and phrases, and worry about grammar as I go along. But that may well just be me. So, thoughts and opinions? Let's get this project going!

I'm going to go look around for libre material to use here. Maybe I'll put it in a group of subpages under my userpage. Let me know if there's anything in particular that I can do! Elcisitiak 01:35, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I would recommend basing lessons around the German Wikibook. It's free, award-winning, and also easy to integrate (and look at that cover)!  The Jade Knight 09:49, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Lessons
I assume that most of the visitors would be glad to see lessons here, instead of this mess. This article could be the main page for German material, I can write some introductory lessons, but it just doesn't fit anywhere in this mess. Gdivos 19:25, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Topc:German ready to go
Hey everybody, this page looked a bit of a mess (and like not much was happening), so I decided to go ahead and create topic and stream pages. See them at German stream and Topic:German. I'm going to move the relevant parts of this page across tomorrow or this week sometime, then start working on some lessons.

Thanks, Aaron AaronRichard 12:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

The word spread
We (some users from de.wikiversity) need help by the translation of the word "spread" in the context of spreadfirefox. One of us thought that spread mean something like the german words "bekannt machen" ("advertise, advertise, publicize, publish") and so he made on de.wikiversity a page with name "Spread Wikiversity". Now is our question, is that correct or can that be misunderstood?

I ask here, because I hope that on a talk page like this I found an nativ speaker that understand our problem and can help us.

-- MichaelFrey 16:16, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Alphabet "Pronunciation"
Maybe I'm being picky, but I don't think the letters B, C, D, and all others that rhyme in German rhyme with the English word "Bay". That sound is more /eɪ/ when the German letters are more /e/. I think it's misleading to tell a new learner that they sound like the English "ay" when it's really more like "eh". I'm going to change them and if someone wants to add IPA to help that could work.<IP_ADDRESS> 07:49, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

 * To my ears, /e/ is also an -ay sound. /ɛ/, on the other hand, is "eh".  The Jade Knight 09:45, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Well I'm sorry, but it's wrong. English -ay is /eɪ/. There needs to be a transcription or at least a note that shows that the final /ɪ/ is not there. It doesn't matter how it sounds to your ears. It matters what the official sound is and how it's represented in IPA.<IP_ADDRESS> 15:52, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

 * There is no "official" sound in English for -ay (English has no "official" sounds—with dozens of countries which have English as an official language, each of them with their own particular pronunciations, there is no "official" English pronunciation for anything). And I pronounce -ay as /e/ most of the time, and /eɪ/ only some of the time (particularly during "slow speech"—ie, deliberate enunciation).  In English, /ɛ/ is the "eh" sound, as in "bed" and "dead".  And I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of English speakers would associate /e/ with -ay (as in "bay") more than with -eh (as in "bed").  The Jade Knight 23:36, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

 * According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_chart_for_english the -ay in "bay" is /eɪ/ in all but Australian English. This would be wrong to teach students because German lacks the /eɪ/ sound. There's really no /e/ sound in any dialect but Australian "bed" and although "eh" would sound like /ɛ/ in most (if not all) dialects, using "eh" here clarifies the ambiguity between /eɪ/ and /e/. If you use -ay that makes it seem like it's intended to be a diphthong which would be very misleading. It's better to use -eh and have them think of the Canadian "eh?" If you would like to go through and add IPA to each letter then be my guest. Unfortunately not everyone knows IPA and this website is intended to be a learning guide. <IP_ADDRESS> 16:56, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

 * The "general American" dialect mentioned there is that of Midwestern US English, which is giving way to Western US English, which is the dialect I speak. The simplication of /eɪ/ to /e/ is a growing trend in the West, as recent linguistic studies show.  In Western American minds, at least, /e:/ sounds more like /eɪ/ than like /ɛ/.  "Eh" sounds like /eɪ/ only when used as an interjection (per Canadian usage).  The rest of the time it makes an /ɛ/ sound (consider the words "heh" and "meh").  BTW, Canadian "eh" is pronounced /eɪ/, not /e:/ (and so if you're intending -eh to sound like the Canadian, you're trying to get a pronunciation identical to -ay).  When an English speaker reads "geh" as a pronunciation guide, they're going to think that it rhymes with meh in English (/mɛ/), which is further away from the right sound (/ge:/)to American ears than /geɪ/ would be.  Teaching Americans that German /e:/ sounds like /ɛ/ would be particularly unhelpful—/ɛ/ and /e:/ are a minimal pair in German, and you're bound to just confuse people by doing it how you are.  You'll notice that the alphabet page at  uses -ay (and not -eh) to portray the pronunciation of the German alphabet.  The Jade Knight 01:16, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Better than a diphthong. People aren't stupid. -eh remains. Oh, and your "about.com" page is crap. It doesn't show that z is "tset" instead of "zet" and it incorrectly shows ö as being "ooh". C is "tseh" not "say". It also has i as "eeh" when it should be "ee". About.com copies Wikipedia all the time anyway. It's a crap website in general.RedAugust 17:45, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

 * But you also suggested the people use the German Wikibook. If you look there (and I'm sure you'd trust it more than About.com) you'll see that it uses -eh also. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/German/Appendices/Alphabet#The_Alphabet RedAugust 18:04, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

 * You are being rude. The about.com page is not mine.  Nor did I suggest that people are stupid.  However, the current pronunciation guide is going to be confusing and misleading for most speakers of American English.  Additionally, you may wish to notice that until half a year ago, the -ay spellings were used on the German Wikibook, and had been there for years.  One anonymous editor evidently liked "-eh" more.  However, this same user then added in incorrect pronunciation for the German letters, saying that they are pronounced with /ɛ/ instead of /e:/.  As such, its existence on the Wikibooks page doesn't much support your case.  Perhaps the best thing to do is simply to give the audio for each letter, and the German name for it (Omniglot.com, for example, gives the native Name, not an English approximation).  The Jade Knight 19:24, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

 * The term "yours" was used to draw attention to the fact that you suggested it, not that you created it. Either way About.com is wrong. Do you have a German textbook on-hand? I seem to recall mine having -eh in it (first year... forever ago). If you don't like it, I'm sorry... it is more æsthetically pleasing and it doesn't give room to create a diphthong. For your benefit and the benefit of anyone else who may be confused, I'll include that the pronounciation of "-eh" should be /eː/ or (and this is true in some dialects) /ɛ/. Argument over.

 * That still doesn't really solve the problem. What would be best is to include the German name written in German, with sound clips.  Then there will be no chance at confusion.  IPA is good, but what you have there now is going to mislead more than help.  New learners don't particularly want to have the accent of "some dialects" that would make them sound affected.  When you teach a new student French, you don't teach them Québécois, for example.  The Jade Knight 22:57, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * As it is, the whole section already reduplicates Wikibooks. It would likely be better to simply have people go to Wikibooks and use the examples there (which include audio).  The Jade Knight 22:59, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Why are you extensively discussing this instead of changing it? As it is I've been the only one to make any progress on this. I like the way it is. Nobody I know who has never spoken German or even knows what the IPA is had any problems pronouncing these letters correctly with the transcription provided. If you feel sound clips are in order you can add them yourself. Quit being a child about it. RedAugust 23:17, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Please stop with the ad-hominem attacks and other rudeness. I would like to recommend that you spend some time reviewing Civility carefully before responding again.  Since sound clips already exist at Wikiversity, I am going to recommend that we remove this section (which is entirely redundant with the material at Wikiversity) and replace it with a link to the appropriate Wikiversity page, which also includes IPA (which is lacking here).  Anyone opposed?  Or perhaps you think I should simply be bold and make the change without discussing it first, RedAugust?  The Jade Knight 04:27, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I feel like removing this argument from this page altogether (if that's ok with you). I don't have time for this anyway.RedAugust 03:34, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Short of archiving, it's generally not ok to remove material from talk pages. If you have no objections, however, then I'll go about implementing the change I have just suggested.  The Jade Knight 05:42, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * At this point I could care less. This has become a waste of my time. RedAugust 23:19, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

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See also Requests for Deletion for discussion, and Please delete my page.

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User:Mattximus/sandbox2

xx is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms) containing a single species, xx yy, that infests animals.

Taxonomy
The species was described by zz. The National Center for Biotechnology Information does not indicate that any phylogenetic analysis has been published on xx that would confirm its position as a unique order in the class.

Description
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Distribution
The distribution of ''qq. yy'' is determined by that of its hosts.

Hosts
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''qq. yy'' parasitizes animals. There are no reported cases of ''qq. yy'' infesting humans in the English language medical literature.

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Don Gutteridge (writer)

Donald George Gutteridge (born 30 September 1937) is a Canadian author of poetry, fiction and scholarly works. He is also professor emeritus at the University of Western Ontario.

Biography
Don Gutteridge was born in Sarnia, Ontario in 1937, and was raised in the nearby village of Point Edward, Ontario. His high schooling took place in Sarnia and Chatham, Ontario. He attended the University of Western Ontario (UWO), where he graduated with a BA Honours in English in 1960. After graduating, Gutteridge taught high school English for seven years before joining the Faculty of Education at UWO in 1969. He is currently Professor Emeritus. In 1970 he won the UWO President's Medal for his poem "Death at Quebec." Poet John B. Lee, winner of 50 poetry prizes, called Gutteridge a "major poet." "     One reviewer, Jack Magnus, said Gutteridge _has a divine gift  He lives in London, Ontario He has two children, John and Kate, and six grandchildren.

Poetry

 * Riel: A Poem For Voices. Fiddlehead Poetry Books: Fredericton, 1968; and Van Nostrand Reinhold: Toronto, 1972.
 * The Village Within. Fiddlehead: Fredericton, 1970.
 * Death at Quebec and Other Poems. Fiddlehead: Fredericton, 1971.
 * "Perspectives: Poems Toward a Biography." Pennywise Press, London, Ontario, 1971.
 * Saying Grace: An Elegy. Fiddlehead: Fredericton, 1972.
 * Coppermine: The Quest For North. Oberon: Ottawa, 1973.
 * Borderlands. Oberon: Ottawa, 1975.
 * Tecumseh. Oberon: Ottawa, 1976.
 * A True History of Lambton County. Oberon: Ottawa, 1977.
 * God's Geography. Brick Books: London, 1982.
 * The Exiled Heart; Selected Narratives. Oberon: Ottawa, 1986.
 * Love in the Wintertime. Oberon: Ottawa, 1990.
 * Flute Music in the Cello's Belly. Moonstone: Goderich, 1997.
 * Bloodlines. Oberon: Ottawa, 2001.
 * Something More Miraculous. Oberon: Ottawa, 2004.
 * Still Magical. Oberon: Ottawa, 2007.
 * Coming Home. Oberon: Ottawa, 2011.
 * The Way It Was. Friesen Press: Vancouver, 2014.
 * Tidings. Black Moss Press: Windsor, 2015.
 * Peripheries. (ebook) -privately printed 2016.
 * Inundations. Hidden Brook Press: Brighton, 2016.
 * The Blue Flow Below. Black Moss Press: Windsor, 2017.
 * The Sands of Canatara (ebook) privately printed, 2017.
 * Inklings: Black Moss Press: Windsor, 2017.
 * The Village Within (re-issue, ebook)) First Choice Books: Victoria, 2017.
 * Cameron Lake (ebook) privately printed, 2018.
 * Home Ground: Hidden Brook Press, 2018.
 * "Two Dozen for Anne, First Choice books, Victoria, 2018
 * "Bereft: Poems for my Beloved," privately printed, 2018.
 * "Another Poem For Anne," privately printed, 2018.
 * "Days Worth the Telling," Black Moss Press, Windsor, 2018.
 * "The Breath of My Being," privately printed, 2018.
 * "Foster's Pond," Borealis, Ottawa, 2019
 * "The Star-Brushed Horizon,' Hidden Brook Press, 2019.
 * "Mara's Lamp," Black Moss Press. 2019.
 * Impious Whims: Selected Poems." Borealis Press, 2019.
 * "In the Rarefied Regions of the Heart". Hidden Brook Press, 2020.
 * "Point Taken: Collected Poems 2014-2020." Hidden Brook Press, 202

• "By and By". With John B. Lee. Hidden Brook Press 2020. • "The Derelict Heart". Hidden Brook Press: 2020. • "Invincible Ink." Hidden Brook Press, 2020. • "Into the Milkweed Meadow." Hidden Brook Press, 2021. • "Where Rivers Run Deep." Hidden Brook Press, 2021. • "More Boding Than Blood." Hidden Brook Press, 2021. . "The Ardent Dark," Hidden Brook Press, 2021. → "Masters of the Craft." Hidden Brook Press:2021. " Lover's Moon"  Hidden Brook Press: 2022 . "The Home We Never Leave" Wet Ink Books: 2022 . "Kingdom Come and Other Poems: Wet Ink Books: 2022 . "A Fine-Tuned Heart" Wet Ink Books: 2023
 * "Trawling For Truths": Wet Ink Books: 2022

Fiction
Marc Edwards Mysteries
 * Bus-Ride. Nairn publishing: Nairn, 1974.
 * All in Good Time. Black Moss: Windsor, 1980.
 * St. Vitus Dance. Drumlin: London, 1986.
 * Shaman's Ground. Drumlin: London, 1988.
 * How the World Began. Moonstone: Goderich, 1991.
 * Summer's Idyll. Oberon: Ottawa, 1993.
 * Winter's Descent. Oberon: Ottawa, 1996.
 * Bewilderment. Borealis: Ottawa, 2000.
 * The Perilous Journey of Gavin the Great. Borealis Press: Ottawa, 2010.
 * The Rebellion Mysteries. Simon and Schuster: Toronto, 2012.
 * Lily's Story.(e-book). Bev Editions: Toronto, 2013 (Print edition 2014)
 * Constable Garrett and the Dead Ringer. Tellwell: Victoria, 2016
 * Lily Fairchild - Tablo publishing 2019.

The six mysteries above were also published as ebooks by Bev Editions in 2015.
 * 1) Turncoat. McClelland and Stewart: Toronto, 2003.
 * 2) Solemn Vows. McClelland and Stewart: Toronto, 2003.
 * 3) Vital Secrets. Trinity: Saint John, 2007.
 * 4) Dubious Allegiance. Simon and Schuster: Toronto, 2012.
 * 5) Bloody Relations. Simon and Schuster: Toronto, 2013.
 * 6) Death of a Patriot. Simon and Schuster: Toronto, 2014.
 * 7) The Bishop's Pawn. Tablo Publishing: Melbourne, 2021;
 * 8) Desperate Acts. Tablo Publishing: Melbourne, 2021
 * 9) Unholy Alliance. Tablo Publishing: Melbourne, 2021.
 * 10) Mnor Corruption Tablo Publishing: Melbourne, 2021
 * 11) Governing Passion Tablo Publishing: Melbourne, 2021
 * 12) The Widow's Demise Tablo Publishing: Melbourne, 2021.

Non-Fiction

 * Rhetoric: A Unified Approach to Literary Curricula. OISE: Toronto, 1970 (contributor)
 * Language and Expression. McClelland and Stewart: Toronto, 1970.
 * The Country of the Young. The Althouse Press: London, 1978.
 * Mountain and Plain. Anthology. McClelland and Stewart: Toronto, 1978.
 * Rites of Passage. Anthology. McClelland and Stewart: Toronto, 1979.
 * Brave Season. The Althouse Press: London, 1983.
 * Incredible Journeys. The Althouse Press: London, 1986 and 1990.
 * The Dimension of Delight. The Althouse Press: London, 1988.
 * Stubborn Pilgrimage. Our Schools/Our Selves: Toronto, 1994.
 * Teaching English. Lorimer: Toronto, 2000.
 * The Myth Alive: Essays in Canadian Literature and Poetics. First Choice Books: Victoria, 2015
 * . reissued as "Ploughing the Home Ground," Hidden Brook Press: Brighton, Ontario, 2022.

Articles
ARTICLES

"The Subject-Centred Curriculum: Last Chance or Lost Cause?", The English Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4 (Fall, 1971). "The Affective Fallacy and the Student's Response to Poetry", English Journal LXI, 2 (February, 1972) "Teaching the Canadian Mythology: A Poet's View", Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. VII, no. 1, February, 1973. "The Hidden Meaning Syndrome," The English Quarterly, vol IX, nos. 1 and 2. "Some Principles of Question-Design", English Journal Vol. 70 # 7 (Nov. 1981) "Truth and Consequences: Selecting Literature for Grades 7-12/OAC", indirections17, 1 (March 1992) "Teaching Canadian Literature: A Cultural Odyssey", indirections Vol. VI, no. 2 (Spring 1981) "Teaching Literature for Cognitive Development: A Double Perspective", indirections VI, 3 (Fall 1981) "Literature and Reading in the High School: The Cognitive Dimensions", indirections VII, 2 (Spring 1982) "The View from Darien: The Drama of Literature in the High School Classroom – Part 1", The English Quarterly XV, 1 (Spring 1982) "The View from Darien: The Drama of Literature in the High School Classroom, Part 2," The English Quarterly, XV 2 (Summer 1982). "Homage to the Past-Future", Brick #15 (Spring 1982) "Regions of the Heart: The Politics of Literature in Canada", HSST, Vol. 17 # 3 (Spring 1982) "Local Colour, Communal Consciousness, and Loretta Lynn: A Recantation", Contemporary Verse II, Vol. 7 #1 (Nov. 1982) "Setting Goals for English: A Model and Several Cautions", The English Quarterly, 1983. "Shakespeare by Ear: Macbeth Through Listening and Discussion", The English Quarterly. "A Unit in Indian Mythology for Grade Seven", Classmate (MATE). "Local Culture and the National Will", Canadian Literature #100 (Spring 1984) "Old Photographs and the Documentary Archive", Canadian Literature #113 (Summer 1988) "Literature Teaching in Ontario Since 1950: A Preliminary Sketch", indirections (Jan. 1990) "The Process of Reading Fiction: A Modest Hypothesis", Indirections, 16, 3 (Sep. 1991) "Truth and Consequences: Selecting Literature for Grades 7-12/OAC; Part One: The Rudderless Arc, indirections, Vol. 17, No. 1, April 1992. "Stubborn Pilgrimage:B. C Diltz and the Ontario Tradition, Part I: His Master's Vocie, B. C. Diltz and the Literary Method 1931-1958," indirections, Vol. 17 No. 4. Stubborn Pilgrimage: B. C. Diltz and the Ontario Tradition, Part II, Cold Pastoral: The Diltzian Paradigm Before 1960," indirections, Vol. 18 No.1. "Stubborn Pilgrimage: B. C. Diltz and the Ontario Tradition, Part III, Parnassus Under Siege: Literary Method in the Age of Aquarius," indirections, Vol. 18 No.2. "Stubborn Pilgrimage: B. C. Diltz and the Ontario Tradition, Part IV: Resistance and Transformation 1969-1977," indirections Vol. 18 No. 3. "Stubborn Pilgrimage: B. C. Diltz and the Ontario Tradition, Part V: The Great Divide, 1977-84," Indirections Vol. 19 No. 1. "Education for an Unchanging Society", The OSSTF Bulletin (Dec. 1973) "Rethinking Reading: A Quiet Revolution Returns Literature to the Curriculum", Quill & Quire (May 1983) "Five Ways to Improve High School Learning", London Free Press, 2 April 1998 "$6 Million Math, English Tests Won't Tell Us a Thing, London Free Press

Awards

 * The President's Medal, The University of Western Ontario: Best Periodical Poem, 1972.
 * Short-listed for the 1973 Governor General's Award: Coppermine.

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Åke Backström

Åke Ossian Gunnar Backström (30 May 1919 – 8 June 2005 ) was a Finnish diplomat, a licentiated in law. He was an Ambassador in Canberra from 1975 to 1980, a negotiating officer from the Foreign Ministry from 1980 to 1983 and Ambassador to Sofia in 1983–1986.

He was born in Tampere and died in Helsinki.

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Web Design/Getting to know JavaScript events

OK: Sorry this isn't formatted yet or presented nicely - but it's late and I want to get away from the computer! Feel free to update it!

We're going to start our JavaScript experience by getting to know our browser window a bit better... before you know it, you'll be able to describe what:

is all about, you'll be able to describe a few events that your web browser allows you to use, and you'll be able to make those annoying popup ads happen!

Getting Started
If you haven't already, it would be a good idea to follow through the excellent intro tutorial Intro to programming (including Part 2) either before starting this activity, or after the activity to help bring some of the ideas together.

You may also want to print out the Javascript Cheat Sheet - but don't be overwhelmed by the amount of info that's been squashed onto this one sheet... grab your highlighter and highlight the following bits to start with:

 * Under 'Window' (at the bottom left of the page), highlight 'alert' and 'open'
 * the entire "Event Handlers" section.

Now simply:
 * 1) choose an HTML file that you've been working on lately,
 * 2) take a copy of it (and it's stylesheet if it has one),
 * 3) and open the HTML file up in your favourite editor.

You're ready to go!

Your first Javascript
Pick a paragraph of your choice and modify the opening tag so it looks like this:

Leave the rest of your paragraph (the text and the closing tag) as is. View your page and click on that paragraph. Simple?

You may put the above javascript statement on other attributes of the  (paragraph) tag. Try putting the same statement on "onkeydown" or for that matter "onmousedown". So your paragraph html will look like.

Now the trigger will occur when the mouse button is pressed down. Just continue experimenting.

For your information you may put the same effect on any object (button, hyperlink) on the page. Here goes another (though slightly complicated) example (from working application code) for you to understand.

Firstly we have the html tag for link  that provides a link over the image resetstuff.jpg, it programs the browser to call the js method clearstuff when the image is clicked.

This is a simple way of creating you custom buttons.

''Now here you can have the same action by not using the  tag. Try finding out how (Hint look at the properties of img tag).''

A good way is to use a html editor. It will show the available attributes on a tag automatically in a drop down as you type. It's an easier way to code. For learning though you may still prefer to use a text editor.

(Re)-read over how-to-build-website's explanation of this window.alert statement before going any further... and if you're in class, make sure you talk about what exactly is going on!

Activities

 * 1) Modify your code so that it says 'Hi [yourname]' (using your own name) and test it!
 * 2) Use your cheat sheet to see if you can add some similar code to another paragraph, but this time modify the code so that you don't need to click on the paragraph, but can simply roll the mouse over it.
 * 3) Have a go at modifying your page so that when it first loads, it pops a message saying "Welcome to my site!"
 * 4) Lastly, using your cheat sheet, see if you can modify your page so that when you click on a certain paragraph, it closes your window!

Opening a new browser window
Your first challenge is to see if you can modify your page so that when you click on a paragraph, it will open a new browser window!

Activities
Once you've got that working, try the following:
 * 1) Modify your code so that a popup window displays as soon as your page is loaded (Hint: you'll need to use the 'onload' event on your body element).
 * 2) See if you can find out a bit more about the window.open method so that you can set the size of your window and make sure it looks like a real ad by getting rid of all the guff (menus, address bar etc). Hint: You'll need to do a bit of research to find out more, try using google!
 * 3) Modify your code so that when your page loads, three small windows open up at different points on the screen, all without toolbars etc.

Now you know how to create annoying popup ads!


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chinazi (2nd nomination)

The result was delete. Based on my assessment of this discussion, the delete argument is based on concerns that the topic violates WP:NPOV and relates to an unused term, with another argument that even if used the term does not meet WP:NEO and WP:GNG inclusion guidelines. There is also concern that a number of keep arguments are being canvassed to the discussion. The keep arguments mostly rely on the term being used by non-social media sources, that NPOV issues can be resolved by editing and a number of claims about "truth" and that using the term highlights the misdeeds of the Chinese government. There are also a few merge arguments, which have been contested on the grounds that the relation of the term to any specific merge target is not clear from the sourcing.

On balance, even ignoring the canvassing concerns this seems like a delete consensus as the concerns based on WP:NEO and WP:GNG have not been satisfied; as noted on both pages a term being in use on its own is not sufficient to establish notability and the few sources provided have been contested on the grounds that they are overly short. The deeds of the Chinese government are also not a policy/guideline-based reason for keeping this; in general most of the keep arguments here are not grounded in policy and guideline. Finally merging has not gained a consensus and there are some valid concerns against a merge. Given the massive canvassing, I'll take the advice offered in the discussion here and salt the page after deletion; if folks want to restore it they ought to go to WP:DRV. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 12:00, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Chinazi
AfDs for this article:
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There is no mention anywhere of the actual term "Chinazi" and the only non-social media sources that I could find that even mention the term is from Russia Today and Le Figaro. Seems to be a hashtag and different from the last AfD. — MarkH21 (talk) 04:35, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. — MarkH21 (talk) 04:35, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. — MarkH21 (talk) 04:35, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Hong Kong-related deletion discussions. Matthew hk (talk) 03:21, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

 * Delete - not much has changed since the last AFD. Article is still a POV synthesis, and the term a WP:Neologism with little usage outside of social media. -Zanhe (talk) 05:18, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - There are lots of non-social media sources covering it: Book written by Yu Jie《納粹中國》, Liberty Times , Rai News , if including "just mention the term" there are also Berliner Zeitung , Oriental Daily News , posttoday , RFI , Swissinfo and more.-AINH (talk) 06:21, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

 * The book is not about “Chinazi”, it is about some kind of “Nazism in China” in general. The other sources just verify that the slogan exists, without any in-depth coverage. Perfect example of WP:NEOLOGISM. — MarkH21 (talk) 21:29, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 * In fact, Liberty Times has in-depth coverage of this term. And Rai News has coverage of this term meaning. --SCP-2000 (talk) 03:40, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Hardly "in-depth" - on the topic of "Chinazi" itself, the articles just verify its existence with 2 sentences each. The Rai News article is 4 paragraphs, with 3 paragraphs about one day's protests and 2 sentences about the existence of the "#chinazi" slogan. The Liberty Times article gives 2 sentences that states that the hashtag is spreading in social media, followed by an interview of a social activist who believes that China conforms to Nazism plus another person who believes that Hong Kongers will be sent to re-education camps. — MarkH21 (talk) 03:56, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree your point and they did not have in-depth coverage. But WP:NOTNEO is written that "To support an article about a particular term or concept, we must cite what reliable secondary sources say about the term or concept, not just sources that use the term (see use–mention distinction).". I think "in-depth coverage" is not the important factor of support this term. --SCP-2000 (talk) 04:56, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I was thinking along the lines of "significant coverage" in WP:GNG, but even for WP:NOTNEO, these sources still only verify its existence and don't say much about the term. — MarkH21 (talk) 05:15, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Supplement: that article mentioned "Chinazi" this term. --SCP-2000 (talk) 14:36, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * That appears to be a WP:SPS - at least I don't see evidence of peer review. Furthermore the article only makes passing mention of the term as creation of a single blogger as part of an overall section about the tension between the Leninist multiculturalist framework of the Chinese legal apparatus and Han racism. So it doesn't really contribute to WP:GNG per WP:SIGCOV. Simonm223 (talk) 14:43, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

 * keep - per AINH. POV problem can be solved and no need to delete this article --SCP-2000 (talk) 07:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 * keep or merge(2nd decision) If the article needs to be deleted because of WP:NEO and WP:NOT, I think this article can merge to Fascism_in_Asia because Fascism_in_Asia and Chinazi have a similar topic, Fascism in China, so that improve and update the article. --SCP-2000 (talk) 09:48, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Fascism in Asia is about actual Fascism in Asia. You would need way better sources for that merge, the kind of reliable sources that would be used to add Fascism to Ideology of the Communist Party of China (see WP:EXTRAORDINARY). --MarioGom (talk) 10:02, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree with you. Merging to Ideology of the Communist Party of China is better than Fascism in Asia. Also, there are many reliable sources in Chinazi to verify. --SCP-2000 (talk) 10:46, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge to Ideology of the Communist Party of China as criticism to the ideology. The term Chinazi is actually a kind of criticism to CCP ideology, especially on its ideology on religious and human rights. Joeccho (talk) 13:58, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I think that both and  are misunderstanding 's point that we need reliable sources on the CCP being fascist to be able to merge any of this material to either Fascism in Asia or Ideology of the Communist Party of China, but this article is missing such sources. In other words, MarioGom's point is against any kind of merge. — MarkH21 (talk) 21:07, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * MarkH21: Yes, that is right. Both articles rely on academic sources to document (actual) Fascism in Asia and the ideology of the CCP. Including this Chinazi stuff there as if it was a proper description of CCP's ideology would be WP:FRINGE. --MarioGom (talk) 21:23, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge After thinking in today, I think to merge to Ideology of the Communist Party of China and Tactics and methods surrounding the 2019 Hong Kong protests is better than keep "Chinazi" that article. So I change my vote again. --SCP-2000 (talk) 18:06, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NEOLOGISM <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 11:25, 21 September 2019 (UTC) - Striking sockpuppet--DreamLinker (talk) 02:38, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
 * keep - In the real world, the term is frequently seen in the protests happened in different countries. It is a very concrete concept coined inside the mind of modern human.Flag4567 (talk) 15:02, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Existence of a term does not merit inclusion in Wikipedia. — MarkH21 (talk) 21:29, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NEOLOGISM. Referenced sources do not cover the term. There seems to be no in depth coverage in reliable sources. The bulk of the article serves as a POV fork. --MarioGom (talk) 17:04, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per User:MarioGom's view. The article may be attack page against Chinese government. Mariogoods (talk) 00:00, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * In fact, attacking against Chinese government is not violating the policy of Wikipedia. --SCP-2000 (talk) 03:46, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Actually it does violate Wikipedia policies. Maybe you were thinking about WP:BLP, which does not apply here. But 1) per WP:NOTADVOCACY, Wikipedia is not a battleground for advocacy (attacking against Chinese government), 2) per WP:COATRACK, articles should not be created when they are nominally about a subject (e.g. a neologism) but serve to make a point about something else, 3) WP:CONTENTFORK and WP:NPOV also apply. --MarioGom (talk) 10:05, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * First, I think this article has POV problem, but it can be improved, such as add the point of Chinese government, and no need to delete this article. Second, this article did not splint to multiple article and violate WP:CONTENTFORK. This article just introduce "Chinazi" this new term clearly.--SCP-2000 (talk) 13:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable neologism, invented purely for political ends to attack the Communist Party of China. --  Ohc  ¡digame! 14:17, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:Neologism. The article looks like an attack page more than anything. None of the examples used in the background section actually use the term anyways. The Account 1 (talk) 17:26, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * This article "just" introduces "Chinazi" this new term and does not consist primarily of attacks against Communist Party of China or Chinese government. Also, there are many reliable sources to verify this term (See also AINH's comment). --SCP-2000 (talk) 18:21, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is an encyclopedia, not a dictionary, so such an article about a term does not belong here. If there are reliable sources comparing the Chinese regime with the Nazis then they should be cited in the relevant encyclopedia articles. Phil Bridger (talk) 18:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree with you. I wonder if it is suitable in Wikitionary. (Although this may be off-topic)Mariogoods (talk) 00:18, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

 * This entry shall be kept on Wikipedia because it is now a widely accepted notion by the Hongkongers, that Chinese CCP government is a regime that have no respect of human rights. This term is put forward to attach the same seriousness, if not more, of the brutality acts of the killing regime. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mutyaoboutou (talk • contribs) 02:21, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * This entry should be kept because it is an accurate description of what is happening in China and the term Chinazi is also a widely accepted notion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 02:36, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep More and more media coverage since the XingJiang & Hong Kong Protest CCP government brutality has been revealed RT new report about "Chinazi" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wing hk (talk • contribs) 02:44, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Very important and popular term. Should add more sources which could be easily found on different news site. Kfsung (talk) 02:28, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Already a popular wording on twitter and concerned by international. Very useful and clear when observing or explaining China. Billythepop (talk) 02:37, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. For all's reference, There is Twitter Chinazi hashtag. Back to the beginning, it is a popular term in Hong Kong that one of the most influential media is using this term The Stand News. And 'Chinazi' is not just a term related to Hong Kong, but reflecting how the international views China and their stance towards Hong Kong issue. 'Chinazi' is not a temporary term but a word that makes influence and help people to communicate more conveniently on the issue. adachan06 (talk) 02:37, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * This should be kept as this accurate described the situation in China. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 02:47, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. It is not neologism. The term 'Chinazi' is widely used in different social media such as twitter and instagram(over 4000 hashtags) . It is also used in protest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Warrenc1993 (talk • contribs) 02:54, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

 * It should be kept as it is a trending word, people have the right to know more about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChongDon2000 (talk • contribs) 02:56, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. The term is gaining popularity in Hong Kong. While we do not have to endorse the use of the term, Wikipedia should keep the entry as it has enough significance. Hsk0114 (talk) 03:04, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * This entry shall be kept because the term is associated with many incidents and people, not only limited to HongKongese but also people in other parts of the world, it is a witness of history. An entry shall not be deleted simply because it describes unpleasant matters, or else entries relating to Nazi, KKK and so on shall be deleted as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billy B870 (talk • contribs) 03:04, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * This entry shall be kept because the term is already widely spread all over the world and is recognized as a meaningful word. The word is already there and Wikipedia is a platform to explain such words. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lcklouis (talk • contribs) 03:07, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * This entry should be kept. Since it already became a well-known term to descibe the current Chinese government's negative action towards Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 03:08, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * This entry shall be kept on Wikipedia because it is exactly reflecting how China reacts to Hong Kong in extradition bill, internally to XinJiang, globally to other countries. They are repeating the human’s mistakes in Nazi and destroying human rights and dignity. Keeping this word could help the world to better understand what China is doing now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kayanskayans (talk • contribs) 03:09, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * This entry should be kept as it makes people understand the level of severity about human rights in China. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kanema (talk • contribs) 03:10, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. POV problem can be solved without deletion.Tommy123ng (talk) 03:10, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Deletion should not be used as a way to improve an article, or a reaction to a bad article.--HKUarhcer (talk) 12:22, 24 September 2019 (UTC) — Note: An editor has expressed a concern that editors have been canvassed to this discussion.
 * Keep - There has been an increasing use of the term "Chinazi" in both real life and on the Internet basis. Examples are, this has been on Twitter trends in certain regions, has been mentioned by multiple magazine columnists, as well as having published books focusing on this topic. As for the issue of having a biased POV, I believe this problem can be solved by adding in EVEN more sources, instead of deleting the article altogether. Keep in mind that the Chinazi term might have an increasing popularity and influence as the Hong Kong crisis continues. In my point of view, I would hope for the page to be kept and constantly edited and updated in order to let it reach sufficient quality. But if you have other opinions, I am all ears. --Huggaso (talk) 15:14, 24 September 2019 (UTC) — Huggaso (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

 * Delete besides some edits that violated WP:NPOV and WP:OR, I am not seeing very few reliable sources that are covering this term (or even including the term in their coverage). --   LuK3      (Talk)   03:34, 24 September 2019 (UTC).
 * Keep. The imperfect writing and content within the page can be further modified and developed with reliable reference and descriptions. Deletion is not a beneficial way to deal with such newly developed idea which is not any sort of spam or fake fact. Tree ♔  06:36, 24 September 2019 (UTC) — Note: An editor has expressed a concern that hf9631 (talk • contribs) has been canvassed to this discussion.
 * Off-topics. To lihkger, I know that you are following this Article deletion discussion and you want to keep this article, but now your action is off-site canvassing.It will not have any effect of this Article deletion discussion. If you really want to improve "Chinazi" this article, I suggest you can translate that article in Chinese Wikipedia into English. I hope you can understand. Thank you!--SCP-2000 (talk) 08:15, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Wikipedia is about the truth and reflect the truth. If the page is dectribing what happen in the world, it should be kept. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ojvolleyball (talk • contribs) 12:51, 24 September 2019 (UTC)  — Note: An editor has expressed a concern that editors have been canvassed to this discussion.
 * Delete and salt WP:NEOLOGISM is, as others have pointed out, the key policy, along with WP:RECENTISM in general. Furthermore, with sources mainly from RT, there's the question of whether this neologim is part of a WP:FRINGE worldview, in which case the question would be whether sources not expressing that view exist to validate it is a notable fringe position. Simonm223 (talk) 14:21, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I modified my !vote to include that this article should be salted prior to deletion. With the number of SPAs who have been canvassed into this discussion, I'm pretty certain we'll be back here for a third deletion in no time if we don't nip this nonsense in the bud. Simonm223 (talk) 13:01, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

 * Keep It is questionable to say this article breach the rule neutrality.-- Fourthbus  Talk  20:01, 24 September 2019 (UTC) — Note: An editor has expressed a concern that Bdgzczy (talk • contribs) has been canvassed to this discussion.
 * Keep, the term has been grown to public and it can be easily found and featured in various news reports. FYI the Chinese version is sound as sufficient reliable references are cited. Btw, as a HOF editor in the Chinese Wikipedia, yet I'm not very active here, I believe myself familiar to the Wikipedia policy. Hope my voice would stay.--JAK (talk) 20:42, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Then you'll know that different wiki communities have different notability guidelines. The reliable sources in both the Chinese article and the English article don't provide in-depth coverage of the actual term "Chinazi". The term fails notability by WP:GNG and WP:NEO. — MarkH21 (talk) 21:02, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

 * Comment: Almost all of the Keep comments here are not making any argument on the points of notability (need reliable sources with significant coverage) and WP:NOTDIC (being a popular word does not merit inclusion in Wikipedia). Any editor wishing to effectively contribute and make an argument for keeping the article should do more than say that the term is becoming increasing popular on social media. Bringing up "mentioned by multiple ___" without giving any actual reliable sources with in-depth coverage does not do anything to that effect either. — MarkH21 (talk) 21:02, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * First, there are some reliable sources, such as Liberty Times, Rai News , can meet WP:SIGCOV. So actually we can write a whole article and just like now. Second, "Chinazi" that article is similar to describe a concept or a thing now, and not describe to a term. So WP:NOTDIC is not suitable for that article now. --SCP-2000 (talk) 18:36, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

 * The Rai source is valid but not significant coverage for "Chinazi". It has one paragraph about the "Chinazi" flag in connection to reporting about a Hong Kong protest. That's it.
 * It is a good source for a mention in Tactics and methods surrounding the 2019 Hong Kong protests, which is already present. But I don't think it is significant to sustain notability for a standalone article. --MarioGom (talk) 18:55, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * The existence of a single article on Liberty Times and a few passing mentions elsewhere do not make for WP:LASTING WP:SIGCOV of this neologism. Furthermore, if the only coverage of this is in explicitly pan-green sources, WP:FRINGE arises again as it could be argued that their perspective is clouded by their bias toward the government in Beijing. Do you have any evidence that anybody who doesn't have an axe to grind with Xi Jinping has noted any significance to this neologism? Simonm223 (talk) 18:59, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I just reread the article, and it, along with its sources, is very definitely about a word, not a concept. The concepts involved are the current PRC regime and the Communist Party, about which we already have articles. As I said before, if there are realiable sources writing about encyclopedic topics, which do not include words, that compare them to the Nazis then their content can be considered for inclusion in such articles, in the light of WP:WEIGHT. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:34, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I found a source Quartz that have in-depth coverage about "Chinazi" this term and it's background. --SCP-2000 (talk) 21:06, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I found a source Quartz that have in-depth coverage about "Chinazi" this term and it's background. --SCP-2000 (talk) 21:06, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

 * Delete: In addition to what others have brought up, I do not believe that the term ChiNazi is independently notable from the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. Much of the article, namely the Background section, is entirely irrelevant to the term, after this irrelevant information is removed, all this "article" amounts to is 'ChiNazi is a term used to compare the government of the PRC to that of Nazi Germany, mainly used during the Hong Kong protests of 2019". If the information that the term exists is useful, it can be merged into one of the pages on the 2019 Hong Kong protests, such as Tactics and methods surrounding the 2019 Hong Kong protests, which already has info on the ChiNazi protest banner. -Thespündragon 01:21, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

 * Keep: This article provides good introduction for the term from both historical and etymological approach. If we need to delete it due to NEO, probably we also need to delete Selfie, Singlish and Black Lives Matter.-Angelalive (talk) 02:14, 25 September 2019 (UTC) — Angelalive (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Please avoid using arguments like "What about article x?" in deletion discussions. See WP:WHATABOUTX -- 94rain  Talk  02:26, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * See WP:OTHERSTUFF, the difference is that those article you've linked is that there has been substantial, reliable sources covering those terms. --   LuK3      (Talk)   02:29, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, this AFD (and the protest itself) lured way many SPA and sleeper account. Evidence of Angelalive as SPA . For other truly new user and people that take a very long wiki break or re-engaged after a long wiki retirement, there are policy and guideline over here and read those before commenting Afd please. Matthew hk (talk) 03:26, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment Well, it seem canvassed everywhere. See the thread at hkgolden.com https://forum.hkgolden.com/thread/7121207. Matthew hk (talk) 03:19, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Here’s two more posts from LIHKG: Facebook and Twitter. The LIHKG administrator is instructing followers on how to !vote in the comments. — MarkH21 (talk) 03:28, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge: With Tactics and methods surrounding the 2019 Hong Kong protests. That is where it is relevant. Widespread use outside the context of those protests could be reason to keep a seperate page, but I don't see evidence for that. Information on intent and use of the flag and the phrase in relation to those protests is useful. Hence it should be merged with the page that already covers its use, albeit in less detail. Additionally, sourcing an explanation on why this specific comparison between PRC and Nazis is being made would be preferable to the current WP:SOAP original argument in the article. Tophattingson (talk) 12:29, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree with you. Merge to Tactics and methods surrounding the 2019 Hong Kong protests can improve that article quality and update that article. --SCP-2000 (talk) 13:20, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Throwing the canvassed template on anyone here who puts anything other than Delete is really quite inappropriate. I am here because I saw a Chinazi flag on twitter and wanted to see if there was any context behind it, looked the subject up on wikipedia, and saw this mess of an article and a deletion discussion about it. It's clear to me that there's insufficient notability for this to be a seperate article but that the topic would warrant a section on an article describing tactics used by Hong Kong protesters.Tophattingson (talk) 15:38, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * When an editor shows up for the first time since April just to participate in this AfD, and in the process logs more edits to said AfD than they'd logged in the year previous, and when there's extensive evidence of canvassing, I'd say my suspicion is appropriate. Simonm223 (talk) 16:41, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Being a frequent editor is not obligatory for participation in this discussion. I do not edit frequently because my limited edits are usually from correcting issues as and when I see them while casually browsing Wikipedia. I believe my explanation of why I am discussing this topic should be sufficient reason to end this suspicion.Tophattingson (talk) 16:52, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: I think we can all stop adding further canvassing notices here unless a very obvious case comes up. The bulk of obvious cases are hidden under the hat notice already. These happened before the page was protected. Since then, a small number of later comments are from apparently canvassed users, but that should be harmless. We should trust the closer on reading the discussion carefully and pondering the merits of the arguments. Not a vote after all. --MarioGom (talk) 16:39, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Further suggestion on what information would be relevant as part of the merge. 1 - Timeline of Nazi comparisons by the Hong Kong protesters. Seems to involve reference to events on the mainland, as part of the increasing scope and ambition of the protest. 2 - The specific flag design, origins, use. 3 - Possibly finding sources on the protesters reasoning behind the comparison. 4 - There seems to be an attempt to organise a specific Chinazi-focused protest on 29/09/2019, if this happens and is substantial, then explaining the use of the term is important. I would point to Media portrayal of the Ukrainian crisis as an example of useful inclusion of explanation of Nazi comparisons in an article. I would also suggest that context of nazi comparisons is useful for a general audience, and not merely those involved with the protest, because of how provocative such a comparison is. Indeed, the provocative nature of it has been a focus of recent reporting. Tophattingson (talk) 16:17, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

 * Delete: Per WP:Neologism, WP:Attack page. This article also contains original research. -- 風雲北洋 WP ※English is very difficult 01:47, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete: Per WP:Neologism. The term itself is not used in the majority of the references, so even the attempt to put it in "context" is largely original synthesis.4meter4 (talk) 02:06, 29 September 2019 (UTC)


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Gintarė Venčkauskaitė

Gintarė Venčkauskaitė (born 4 November 1992 in Klaipėda) is a Lithuanian modern pentathlete.

Biography
She competed in 2010 Youth Olympics and reached 6th place. In 2011 World Championships she was 37th, while winning the national championship. Venčkauskaitė had her first Olympic Games participation in 2012, finishing 12th.

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Chrysopolis (sidewheeler)

Chrysopolis, a famous side-wheel steamboat that ran between Sacramento and San Francisco from 1860 to 1875 when it was rebuilt as a ferry that continued in service for more than 60 years.

Chrysopolis was built in San Francisco, by shipbuilder John Gunder North in his new shipyard in the Potrero District. Launched in 1860, it was a side-wheel paddle steamer of 245 feet long with a 40-foot beam, displacing 1050 tons. It was equipped with a 1,357 horsepower, single cylinder, vertical-beam engine powered by two 32 ton boilers. It had two side-wheels 32 feet in diameter with 8 foot buckets (the wooden blades of a paddle wheel). It could carry 1,000 passengers and 700 tons of cargo at great speed. On December 31, 1861, it made the record setting run for a steamboat over the 120 mile distance between Sacramento and San Francisco in 5 hours and 19 minutes, making an average speed of 19.8 knots.

Rebuilt as Ferry "Oakland"
Chrysopolis was rebuilt in 1875 by Patrick Henry Tiernan as the San Francisco Bay ferry Oakland. Tiernan turned it into a double ended ferry-boat, cutting it in two and extending her length to 282 feet 7 inches overall with depth of hold amidships, 17.5 feet. It was destroyed by fire in 1940.

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USA-63

USA-63, also known as GPS II-8 and GPS SVN-21, was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System. It was the eighth of nine Block II GPS satellites to be launched, which were the first operational GPS satellites to fly.

Background
Global Positioning System (GPS) was developed by the U.S. Department of Defense to provide all-weather round-the-clock navigation capabilities for military ground, sea, and air forces. Since its implementation, GPS has also become an integral asset in numerous civilian applications and industries around the globe, including recreational used (e.g., boating, aircraft, hiking), corporate vehicle fleet tracking, and surveying. GPS employs 24 spacecraft in 20,200 km circular orbits inclined at 55.0°. These vehicles are placed in 6 orbit planes with four operational satellites in each plane.

GPS Block 2 was the operational system, following the demonstration system composed of Block 1 (Navstar 1 - 11) spacecraft. These spacecraft were 3-axis stabilized, nadir pointing using reaction wheels. Dual solar arrays supplied 710 watts of power. They used S-band (SGLS) communications for control and telemetry and Ultra high frequency (UHF) cross-link between spacecraft. The payload consisted of two L-band navigation signals at 1575.42 MHz (L1) and 1227.60 MHz (L2). Each spacecraft carried 2 rubidium and 2 Cesium clocks and nuclear detonation detection sensors. Built by Rockwell Space Systems for the U.S. Air force, the spacecraft measured 5.3 m across with solar panels deployed and had a design life of 7.5 years.

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USA-63 was launched at 05:39:00 UTC on 2 August 1990, atop a Delta II launch vehicle, flight number D197, flying in the 6925-9.5 configuration. The launch took place from Launch Complex 17A (LC-17A) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), and placed USA-63 into a transfer orbit. The satellite raised itself into medium Earth orbit using a Star-37XFP apogee motor.

Mission
On 3 September 1990, USA-63 was in an orbit with a perigee of 19932 km, an apogee of 20433 km, a period of 718.0 minutes, and 54.7° of inclination to the equator. It operated in slot 2 of plane E of the GPS constellation. The satellite had a mass of 840 kg, and generated 710 watts of power. It had a design life of 7.5 years, and ceased operations on 25 September 2002.

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The Knights of the Quest

The Knights of the Quest (Italian: "I Cavalieri che fecero l'impresa") is a 2001 French-Italian film directed by Pupi Avati and starring Edward Furlong, Raoul Bova and Thomas Kretschmann.

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 * Raoul Bova as Giacomo of Altogiovanni
 * Edward Furlong as Simon of Clarendon
 * Thomas Kretschmann as Vanni delle Rondini
 * Marco Leonardi as Ranieri of Panico
 * Stanislas Merhar as Jean de Cent Acres
 * Carlo Delle Piane as Giovanni from Cantalupo
 * F. Murray Abraham as Delfinello from Coverzano
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Seyyedabad-e Bar Madan

Seyyedabad-e Bar Madan (, also Romanized as Seyyedābād-e Bār Ma‘dan; also known as Seyyedābād) is a village in Binalud Rural District, in the Central District of Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 301, in 74 families.

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