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User:BriannaLenford

Brianna is a student at Provo College who is studying to become a nurse.

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C++ Programming/Chapters/C++

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C++ Programming/About the Book

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Bartending/Cocktails/Staten Island Ferry

A Staten Island Ferry is a variation on the Piña Colada that does not require coconut cream, and thus is more easily mixed in bars that lack the specialty ingredients and blenders that a Piña Colada would require.

Ingredients

 * Malibu Rum
 * Pineapple juice

Glass

 * Highball

Procedure

 * 1) Mix equal parts Malibu rum and pineapple juice over ice. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

Variations

 * Piña Colada


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Horticulture/Dicentra

Dicentra is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Fumariaceae, native to Asia and North America. The common name Bleeding heart is used for many of the species. This name comes from the appearance of the pink flower, which resembles the shape of a heart with a drop of blood descending.

All members of the genus are toxic if eaten by humans, housepets, or livestock.

Description
Foliage is basal and alternate, pinnately dissected or compound, lacking stipules, and without hairs. Stems contain a thick, clear juice. Roots are rhizomes, tubers, taproots, or fibrous. Fruit an elongated capsule.

Many species are late ephemerals, dying down in mid to late summer.

Growing conditions
Deep, rich soils in light shade to shade.

Varieties

 * ../Dicentra canadensis/ - Squirrel-corn
 * ../Dicentra cucullaria/ - Dutchman's-breeches
 * ../Dicentra eximia/ - Wild Bleedinghearts, Fringed Bleeding Heart
 * ../Dicentra formosa/ - Western or Pacific Bleeding Heart
 * ../Dicentra pusilla/
 * ../Dicentra scandens/
 * ../Dicentra spectabilis/ - Bleeding Heart

Maintenance
Cut back when leaves are fully yellowed.

Propagation
Division or seed

Pests and diseases
../Leaf Spots/ ../Downy Mildews/ Peronospora dicentrae ../Wilts/ ../Stem Rots/ ../Rusts/ ../Viruses/ ../Slugs and Snails/
 * ../Fusarium/
 * ../Sclerotinia sclerotiorum/
 * ../Verticillium/
 * Pellicularia rolfsii
 * Cerotelium dicentrae (alt host Wood Nettles)

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Horticulture/Dicentra spectabilis

Dicentra spectabilis also known as Venus's car, bleeding heart, or lyre flower, is a perennial herbaceous plant native to eastern Asia from Siberia south to Japan.

Description
This species of bleeding heart can grow to 60–140 cm tall and has pinnately compound leaves with ternately compound leaflets (leaflets that come in threes). The flowers are pendulous, shaped much like hearts, produced in a raceme bearing 3-15 individual flowers, each one 2–3 cm long, with pink outer petals and white inner petals. The flowering season is from early spring to mid summer.

Growing conditions
It can be a full sun plant if in a cool area but in a warm climate, prefers semi-shaded areas. It needs to be kept moist and prefers neutral to alkaline soil with good drainage although these plants can tolerate heavy clay soil as well.

Varieties
Several cultivars have been selected, including 'Alba', with pure white flowers, and 'Goldheart', a relatively new cultivar developed at Hadspen Garden in England and introduced in 1997 with fuchsia-coloured flowers that drop from the stem in a row, and yellow foliage that turns lime green by mid summer.

Uses
It is a popular ornamental plant for flower gardens in temperate climates, and is also used as a cut flower.

Maintenance
Cut down foliage after it has gone completely yellow.

Propagation
Propagation is by sowing the seeds when fresh. It can also be divided, preferably in the late fall or early spring. However, contact with the plant can cause skin irritation because the entire plant is toxic, so should be handled with gloves and long sleeves.

Pests and diseases
See ../Dicentra/ for a list of pests and diseases.

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Horticulture/Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemums are a genus (Chrysanthemum) of about 30 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Asia and northeastern Europe. The genus once included many more species, but was split several decades ago into several genera; the naming of the genera has been contentious, but a ruling of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature in 1999 has resulted in the defining species of the genus being changed to Chrysanthemum indicum, thereby restoring the economically important florist's chrysanthemum to the genus Chrysanthemum. These species were, after the splitting of the genus but before the ICBN ruling, commonly treated under the genus name Dendranthema.

The other species previously treated in the narrow view of the genus Chrysanthemum are now transferred to the genus ../Glebionis/. The other genera split off from Chrysanthemum include ../Argyranthemum/, ../Leucanthemopsis/, ../Leucanthemum/, ../Rhodanthemum/, and ../Tanacetum/. Naming in the horticultural trade is quite inconsistent, with Chrysanthemum and Dendranthema still in common usage.

Description
The species of Chrysanthemum are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 50–150 cm tall, with palmately 3-7 lobed, thick leaves and large flowerheads, white, yellow or pink in the wild species.

Modern chrysanthemums are much more showy than their wild relatives. The flowers occur in various forms, and can be daisy-like, decorative, pompons or buttons. This genus contains many hybrids and thousands of cultivars developed for horticultural purposes. In addition to the traditional yellow, other colours are available, such as white, purple, and red. The most important hybrid is Chrysanthemum × morifolium (syn. C. × grandiflorum), derived primarily from C. indicum but also involving other species.

Chrysanthemum leaves resemble its cousin, the mugwort (../Aremisia vulgaris/), which is sometimes called wild chrysanthemum.

Growing conditions
Fertile, well-drained, consistently moist soils in full sun to light shade.

Varieties
Several horticultural types are recognized, including:
 * Cushions: Plants that grow densely by nature, and need no pinching; Semi-cushions are often advertised as cushions, but may require some pinching;
 * Daisies have daisy-like heads
 * Doubles have all or mostly ray florets
 * Buttons are small doubles
 * Pompons are miniature and ball-shaped.

Uses
Chrysanthemums make a welcome addition to the garden, in particular because their late flowering offers advantages when the other garden plants are winding down for winter. Outdoor flowering chrysanthemums will need protection from hard frosts.

Chrysanthemums were cultivated in China as a flowering herb as far back as the 15th century BCE. An ancient Chinese city was named Ju-Xian, meaning "chrysanthemum city". The flower was introduced into Japan probably in the 8th century CE, and the Emperor adopted the flower as his official seal. There is a "Festival of Happiness" in Japan that celebrates the flower.

The flower was brought to Europe in the 17th century. Linnaeus named it from the Greek prefix chrys-, which means golden (the colour of the original flowers), and -anthemon, meaning flower.

Yellow or white chrysanthemum flowers are boiled to make a sweet drink in some parts of Asia. The resulting beverage is known simply as "chrysanthemum tea" (菊花茶, pinyin: jú huā chá, in Chinese).

Chrysanthemum tea has many medicinal uses, including an aid in recovery from influenza. In Korea, a rice wine flavored with chrysanthemum flowers is called gukhwaju (국화주).photo 1photo 2 The leaves of several species such as Chrysanthemum coronarium, the Garland chrysanthemum, which is grown commercially in East Asia as a leaf vegetable, known as tung ho (Template:Zh-cp), shungiku (Template:Lang-ja[シュンギク]) or ssukkat (Template:Lang-ko). In China, the greens are often stir-fried simply with garlic and dried chili peppers. The colour of the cooked greens is dark, their texture dense and mucilaginous, and their flavour fragrant and complex.

Pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum (or Tanacetum) cinerariaefolium) is economically important as a natural source of insecticide. The flowers are pulverized and the active components called pyrethrins, contained in the seed cases, are extracted and sold in the form of an oleoresin. This is applied as a suspension in water or oil, or as a powder. Pyrethrins attack the nervous systems of all insects, and inhibit female mosquitoes from biting. When not present in amounts fatal to insects, they still appear to have an insect repellent effect. They are harmful to fish, but are far less toxic to mammals and birds than many synthetic insecticides and are non-persistent, being biodegradable and also breaking down easily on exposure to light. They are considered to be amongst the safest insecticides for use around food. (Pyrethroids are synthetic insecticides based on natural pyrethrum, e.g., permethrin.)

Maintenance
Fall-blooming species benefit from being cut back about 1/2 way down in midsummer in order to encourage a bushy habit.

Propagation
Division or cuttings.

Pests and diseases
../Blight/ ../Fasciation/ ../Crown Gall/ Bacterial ../Leaf Spots/ ../Powdery Mildew/ ../Leaf Spots/ ../Gray Molds/ ../Ray Blight/ ../Ray Speck/ ../Stem Rots/ ../Wilts/ ../Rusts/ ../Viruses/ ../Viroids/ ../Phytoplasma/ ../Nematodes/ ../Aphids/ ../Scales/ ../Bugs/ ../Mealybugs/ ../Whiteflies/ ../Earwigs/ ../Thrips/ ../Flies/ ../Beetes/ ../Weevils/ ../Caterpillars/ ../Termites/ ../Mites/
 * Erwinia chrysanthemi
 * Corynebacterium fascians
 * ../Agrobacterium tumeifasciens/
 * ../Pseudomonas cichorii/
 * ../Erysiphe cichoracearum/
 * Alternaria chrysantemi
 * Cercospora chrysanthemi
 * Cylindrosporium chrysanthemi
 * Phyllosticta chrysanthemi
 * Septoria chrysanthemella
 * Septoria chrysanthemi
 * ../Botrytis cinerea/
 * Mycosphaerella ligulicola (synonym: Ascochyta chrysanthemi)
 * ../Alternaria/
 * Stemphylium
 * ../Fusarium/
 * ../Pellicularia filamentosa/
 * ../Fusarium oxysporum/ var. tracheiphilum
 * ../Pythium aphanidermatum/
 * ../Verticillium albo-atrum/
 * Puccinia chrysanthemi
 * Flower Distortion: Chrysanthemum Flower Distortion Virus
 * Wilt: ../Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus/
 * Aspermy: ../Tomato Aspermy Virus/
 * Mosaic
 * Rosette
 * Stunt
 * Chlorotic Mottle
 * ../Aster Yellows/
 * Foliar Nematode: ../Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi/
 * Root Knot: ../Meliodgyne hapla/
 * Root Knot: ../Meliodgyne incognita/
 * Chrysanthemum Aphid: ../Macrosiphoniella sanborni/
 * Foxglove Aphid: ../Acyrthosiphon solani/
 * Green Peach Aphid: ../Myzus persicae/
 * Leaf Curl Plum Aphid: ../Brachycaudus helichrysi/
 * Melon Aphid: ../Aphis gossypii/
 * Thistle Aphid: ../Anuraphis cardui/
 * Hemispherical Scale: ../Saissetia coffae/
 * Four-Lined Plant Bug: ../Poecilocapsus lineatus/
 * Harlequin Bug: ../Murgantia histrionica/ Southern US
 * Tarnished Plant Bug: ../Lygus lineolaris/
 * Chrysanthemum Lace Bug: ../Corythucha marmorata/
 * Mexican Mealybug: ../Phenacoccus gossypii/
 * Citrus Mealybug: ../Planococcus citri/
 * Ground Mealybug: ../Rhizocecus falcifer/
 * Greenhouse Whitefly: ../Trialeurodes vaporariorum/
 * Silverleaf Whitefly: ../Bemisia argentifolii/
 * Western Flower Thrips: ../Frankliniella occidantalis/
 * Banded Greenhouse Thrips: ../Hercinothrips femoralis/
 * Greenhouse Thrips: ../Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis/
 * Chrysanthemum Gall Midge: ../Diarthronomyia chrysanthemi/
 * Chrysanthemum Leaf Miner: ../Phytomyza syngenesiae/ (synonym: Chromatomyia syngenesiae):
 * Serpentine Leaf Miner: ../Liriomyza brassicae/ (Amauromyza maculosa):
 * Asiatic Garden Beetle: ../Maladerma castanea/
 * Blister Beetle: ../Epicauta/ spp.:
 * Japanese Beetle: ../Popillia japonica/
 * Fuller Rose Beetle: ../Pantomorus cervinus/
 * Rose Chafer Beetle: ../Macrodactylus subspinosus/
 * Spotted Cucumber Beetle: ../Diabrotica undecimipunctata/
 * Japanese Weevil: ../Callirhopalus bifasciatus/ (Pseudoneorhinus bifasciatus)
 * Yellow Woolybear Caterpillar: ../Diacrisia virginica/
 * European Corn Borer: ../Ostrinia nubilalis/
 * Stalk Borer: ../Papaipema nebris/
 * Variegated Cutworm: ../Peridroma saucia/
 * Greenhouse Leaf Tier: ../Udea rubigalis/
 * Cabbage Looper: ../Trichoplusia ni/
 * Corn Earworm: ../Helicoverpa zea/
 * Beet Armyworm: ../Spodoptera exigua/
 * Checkerspot Butterfly Caterpillar: ../Euphydryas chalcedona/
 * Omnivorous Leafroller: ../Platymota stultana/
 * Plantain Looper: ../Autographa precationis/
 * Soybean Looper: ../Pseudoplusia includens/
 * Tobacco Budworm: ../Heliothis virescens/
 * Zebra Caterpillar: ../Ceramica picta/
 * list of Lepidoptera which feed on Chrysanthemum
 * Eastern Subterranean Termite: ../Reticulitermes flavipes/
 * Broad Mite: ../Polyphagotarsonemus latus/
 * Cyclamen Mite: ../Steneotarsonemus pallidus/
 * Two-spotted Spider Mite: ../Tetranychus urticae/

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Talk:Developing A Universal Religion/Solving Problems/Moral Problems

A revision to the module, proposed 14:29, December 26, 2006, has been moved to this discussion page. David Hockey 13:13, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Moral problems can emerge from any environment—home, family, business, social, medical, and so on, and may look like a pysical or mathematical problem but moral problems have a reality of their own.

Human beings can experience reality beyond physical phenomenon. Much of human experience is not an issue of mathematical perfection. Much of human experience eludes scientific analysis. Much of human experienced is not physical or mathematical.

Justice and fairness, for example, escape scientific analysis and yet most humans have a sense of fairness and justice. Dissimilar cultures (western vis-à-vis eastern) still have “morals” and “ethics” related to humans killing each other, marriage, reproduction, trade, transportation, barter, theft, agreements, language and symbols, and all forms of interpersonal relationships.

Humans have the ability to create a reality psychologically. It is called metaphor. Metaphor is not studied by science and yet it is a powerful human function. In its simplest form metaphor can predicate the existence of a force or posit a form of being (such as accountant or King) upon another human. Hence, in the Magna Carta is the statement “I, John, by grace of God, King, …” But since John is just another human, this kingness is a purely metaphoric process .. a human creation. Nevertheless, the process makes John king and he has almost infinite power over other humans within his realm. He has the power of life and of economics, marriage, reproduction, trade, transportation, barter, theft, agreements, symbols, and all forms of interperaonal relationships all by operation of a collective human will or metaphor.

Human leaders can be irrational. Leaders such as Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, various kings and czars have been observed by millions to be irrational and to have imposed a quality of irrational being upon millions of other humans (creating irrational societies). Such irrationality defies science or mathematics. It could be called an exception but irrationality is concrete reality for entire cultures (nations and even beyond national limits).

Irrational and illogical human behavior exists and is real, has effect and is caused and yet it defies mathematical or scientific analysis. Pseudo-science such as psychology and sociology attempts to explain irrational and illogical human behavior using “scientific method” but scientific method fails to reduce observed human phenomenon to mathematical or scientific models.

Human behavior is concrete, exists, can be observed and be relatively widespread and yet it can defy scientific explanation. Animals are not rational and seem not to have the same sense of fairness and justics as humans but do not engage in irrational behaivor, and have behaviors more readily explained in terms of survival.

If the difference between human behavior and animal behavior is rationality, then it may be the very rational nature of human beings that brings on irrational (and immoral) behavior. The very same qualities that enable humans to study math and physical phenomenon can enable humans to be irrational, unjust, immoral and to defie scientific and mathematical unexplaination.

Scientists and mathematicians can be irrational as often and to the extremes of any human. Thus rationality and intellect have no affect in making human behavior rational. There are many popular books and plays about “mad scientists,” e.g., “Frankenstein.” An insane Unabomber was a mathematician and scientist and claimed a moral justification for his irrational and immoral acts. Some of the most intelligent humans (including scientists and mathematicians) are also irrational and immoral.

Human behavior has altered the physcial earth to the extent that threatens life forms of earth. Human behavior is therefore an observable concrete phenomenon and yet it paradoxically defies mathematical and scientific analysis. Human intelligence, using science and mathematics, has contructed infrastructure that depends upon converting fossil fuels into energy. The same process produces excess “greenhouse” gases that threaten to alter global temperatures and modify the life supporting nature of planet earth.

Moral problems can thus emerge from any human environment: home, family, business, social, medical, mathematical and scientific. Moral problems, like any problem, are circumstances that need to be resolved. Resolving a moral problem does not necessarily resolve underlying problems or problems that were created as a consequence of a moral problem.

Moral problems ask the mind to decide which solutions are “right” and which are “wrong.” But it also asks humans to make choices about their behavior which are morally right. The rightness and wrongness of a solution is not based upon mathematical and scientific analysis but upon human metaphor, a sense of justice and ethics and cultural values.

Which behaviors might be deemed to be “good” rather than “bad” cannot be resolved with mathematics or scienfic method. For example, if global warming were calculated to make earth incapable of supporting life within 400 to 500 years and it were entirely the consequence of human infrastructure, then a purely rational solutions (supported by inductive reasoning and mathematical deduction) would force human beings to stop activities which increase global warming and do activities which reduce it.

Clearly that solution would be impossible. Too many cultures (eastern, western, northern, southern) would refuse to alter their behavior and allow the process to contnue even if it were proved to be life terminating. This has already been observed and documented in such areas as harvesting trees, fishing, reckless use of nuclear energy, and increased conversion of fossil fuels.

Moral problems do not remain within the mind, therefore, but become their own reality beyond the physical and mathematical world. But science and mathematics have almost no ability to address moral problems.

Moral problems are the subject of human institutions such as cultures, religions and legal systems. And yet those systems are themselves corrupted by immoral human influences. Justice can thus be purchased in most human institutions and irrational tyranny can result.

Even when there are flags that states, “Beware—Moral Problem!” difficulties may arise, and solutions may evlude us.

In almost every human decions there is a moral decision, and moral decision can be difficult.

Moral problems are not similar to mathematical or scientific problems. Moral problems ask the mind to choose (not merely to decide) which solutions are “right” rather than “wrong,” and which behaviours might be deemed to be “good” rather than “bad.” Human beings choose wrong behaviors as often (or more often) than right behaviors in spite of awareness of the moral wrongness. Murder, assault, theft, fraud, deception, recklessness are a choise regardless of the known immorality of the choice.

When a human entity (person, family, community, nation) chooses immoral behaviors it knowingly elects the consequences that follow. They may therefore be held accountable for moral choices. Human institutions thus have the power to determine the morality of choices and to impose punishments upon humans who choose immoral behavior.

Human institutions include "justice" systems that examine behaviors and impose objectively applied punishments. Human institutions include social and religious punishments for lesser transgressions.

The revision, dated 14:29, December 26, 2006, misses the points being made in the original discussion. Moral problems are identical to practical problems in that: 1. Both arise from an “environment.” 2. This “environment” contains solutions to the problem being investigated. 3. And, seeking an appropriate “goal” or “purpose” in that “environment” may solve the problem. Rational thinkers solve both practical and moral problems by: 4. Learning the “environment’s” properties. 5. Using this knowledge to select the most suitable solution. 6. And, applying this knowledge to reach the chosen goal or purpose. To solve practical problems, one must understand and apply the practical properties of the “real” environment. To solve moral problems, one must understand and apply the “moral” environment. However, moral environments are inventions, and the “moral” environment being considered is different from one individual to another. (Each individual invents their “moral” environment from his/her past experiences, education, physiology, etc.) Religions try to solve “moral” problems by offering a set of moral codes that “fit” the moral “environment” they favour. If we do not try to understand how “moral” problems are formed, then we will never be able to form a “unified” moral code, and, I fear, never be able to build a civilised world. David Hockey 16:21, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I think that the proposed amendment should be moved to the discussion page, rather than replace the original text. May I do that? David Hockey 16:21, 27 December 2006 (UTC)


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User:Gaurav

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Lolita

This book is intended to provide help for students studying, or readers reading, the novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. It contains links to websites and reviews of the novel, a guide to the French used in it, and any other material which might be helpful in better understanding the novel.

Guide to vocabulary (incomplete)

 * Foreword
 * (p3) Perambulates: To walk before.
 * (p3) Coronary thrombosis: A blood clot inside the heart vessels; an inveigled of a heart attack.
 * (p3) Solecism: Any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.
 * (p3) Tenacious: Characterized by keeping a firm hold.
 * (p3) Cognomen: Surname; a nickname
 * (p4) Sordid: Depraved; ignoble; morally base.
 * (p4) Exasperatingly: To irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely.
 * (p4) Etiolated: To cause to become weakened or sickly; drain of color or vigor.
 * (p4) Platitudinous: Characterized by platitudes; dull, flat, or trite.
 * (p4) Robust: Strong; healthy; hardy.
 * (p4) Philistine: A person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
 * (p4) Qualm: An uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction.
 * (p4) Banal: Devoid of freshness or originality.
 * (p4) Prude: A person who is excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
 * (p4) Aphrodisiac: An agent that arouses sexual desire.
 * (p5) Apotheosis: The ideal example; epitome; quintessence.
 * (p5) Abject: Utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched; contemptible; despicable.
 * (p5) Jocularity: Characterized by joking.
 * (p5) Conducive: Contributive; helpful; favorable.
 * (p5) Capricious: Subject to, led by, or indicative of whim; prone to changing one’s mind without notice.
 * (p5) Tendresse: Tender feeling; fondness.
 * (p5) Expiatory: Able to make atonement or restitution.
 * (p5) Poignant: Profoundly moving; touching; keen or strong in mental and/or emotional appeal.
 * (p6) Potent: Powerful; mighty.

 * Part One
 * Chapter 1
 * (p9) Seraph: Angel
 * Chapter 2
 * (p10) Paleopedology: a branch of pedology (soil science) that studies the soils of past geological ages
 * (p10) Aeolian harp: a box-shaped musical instrument having stretched strings usually tuned in unison on which the wind produces varying harmonics over the same fundamental tone
 * Chapter 3
 * (p12) Peripheral: Unimportant
 * (p12) Plurality: Many
 * (p12) Solipsism: The theory that the self is the only thing that can be known and verified.
 * (p12) Assuage: To make something less intense or severe.
 * (p12) Imbibe: To take in.
 * (p12) Assimilate: To incorporate.
 * (p12) Paroxysm: A random or sudden outburst.
 * (p12) Opalescent: Exhibiting a milky iridescence like that of an opal.
 * (p12) Rampart: A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
 * (p13) Staid: Serious, organized, and professional; sober.
 * (p13) Ribald: Coarsely, vulgarly or lewdly humorous.
 * (p13) Typhus: One of several similar diseases caused by Rickettsiae bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.
 * Chapter 4
 * (p14) Tryst: An appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
 * (p14) Acrid: Sharp or biting to the taste or smell.
 * (p14) Sibilant: Hissing
 * Chapter 5
 * (p16) Uranist: Homosexual
 * (p16) Pastiche: A literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
 * (p19)Fey, marked by an otherworldly air or attitude, quaintly unconventional
 * (p17) Tabulate: To put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form.
 * (p18) Terrestrial: Earthly
 * (p18) Poltroon: A base coward; a contemptible person.
 * (p18) Palliate: To relieve or lessen without curing.
 * (p19) Perinium: The portion of the body in the pelvis occupied by urogenital passages and the rectum, bounded in front by the pubic arch, in the back by the coccyx, and laterally by part of the hipbone.
 * (p19) Akhnaten: An ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty who ruled for 17 years and died perhaps in 1336 BC or 1334 BC. He is noted for abandoning traditional Egyptian polytheism and introducing worship centered on the Aten.
 * (p19) Nefertiti: Neferneferuaten Nefertiti (c. 1370 – c. 1330 BC) was an Egyptian queen and the Great Royal Wife (chief consort) of Akhenaten, an Egyptian Pharaoh. With her husband, she reigned at what was arguably the wealthiest period of Ancient Egyptian history.
 * (p19) Nubile: Sexually mature and attractive; ready for marriage.
 * (p19) Fascinum: In Ancient Roman religion and magic, the embodiment of the divine phallus (an image of the male reproductive organ).
 * (p20) Axillary: Of, relating to, or located near the axilla (the cavity beneath the junction of a forelimb and the body).
 * (p20) Tartan: Plaid
 * Chapter 6
 * (p21) Voluptas: (no definition available; possibly related to French "volupté", sensual pleasure)
 * (p21) A propros: Appropriately
 * (p23) Garrulous: Excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
 * (p23) Farcical: Ludicrous
 * Provençal: A variety of Occitan spoken by a minority of people in southern France, mostly in Provence.
 * (p23) Domicile: A place of residence; abode; house or home.
 * (p24) Unfastidious: marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness.
 * (p24) Perfunctory: Performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial.
 * Chapter 7
 * (p24) Prophylactic: Defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
 * (p25) Equanimity: Mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness.
 * Chapter 8
 * (p25) Merkin: The hair of the female genitalia.
 * (p26) Dirndled(Dirnle): A traditional Alpine women's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt.
 * (p29) Diaphonous: Translucent
 * (p29) Inveigle: Persuade by deception
 * (pg31) Coruscating: Sparkling
 * (p31) Fructuate: To bear fruit
 * Chapter 9
 * (p33) Drumlins: Hills
 * Chapter 10
 * (p35) Scion: A descendant of a notable family
 * (p35) Conflagration: An extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land
 * (p39) Crenulated: Having an irregularly wavy or serrate outline
 * Chapter 11
 * (p41) Fakir: A Muslim (or, loosely, a Hindu) religious ascetic who lives solely on alms.
 * (p41) Heliotropic: The diurnal motion or seasonal motion of plant parts (flowers or leaves) in response to the direction of the sun.
 * (p41) Meretricious: Apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity; of, relating to, or characteristic of a prostitute.
 * (p42) Favonian: Of or relating to the west wind; mild.
 * (p42) Phocine: Of, relating to, or affecting the true (earless) seals.
 * (p42) Nates: Buttocks
 * (p43) Stipple: (in drawing, painting, and engraving) mark (a surface) with numerous small dots or specks.
 * (p43) Dolor: A state of great sorrow or distress
 * (p43) Nacreous: Possessing the qualities of, consisting of, or abounding in nacre (mother-of-pearl); also iridescent
 * (p43) Nictate: Blink
 * (p43) Sonorous: imposingly deep or full
 * (p44) Madrigal: A part-song for several voices, especially one of the Renaissance period, typically arranged in elaborate counterpoint and without instrumental accompaniment.
 * (p45) Iridescent: Showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles.
 * (p46) concomitant: a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something.
 * (p48) Belle-lettrist: A writer of beautiful or fine writing
 * (p48) Eyetooth: A canine tooth, especially one in the upper jaw.
 * (p49) Limpid: Unclouded; clear.
 * (p49) Voluble: Speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently.
 * (p49) Gingham: Light-weight plain-woven cotton cloth, typically checked in white and a bold color.
 * (p53) Charshaf: The veil worn by Turkish women.
 * Transom
 * Olisbos: a dildo.
 * Tombal: like a tomb.
 * Chapter 12
 * (p198)Caloricity: Animal heat
 * Chapter 13
 * (p57) Gleaned: extracted information
 * (p58) Shod: past of "shoe"
 * (p59) Friable: easily crumbled
 * (p59) Modulated: Controlled
 * (p60) Seraglio: harem
 * (p60) Equipoise: a balancing force
 * (p61) Deluge: A severe flood or a great quantity of something arriving at the same time
 * Chapter 14
 * (p63) Venereal: of or relating to sexual pleasure or indulgence
 * Chapter 15
 * (p65) Coccyx: Tailbone
 * (p65) Iliac: Iliac refers to the ilium, which are the large, wing-like bones of the pelvis.
 * (p66) Catullus: Humbert is echoing Catullus' evocation of his enchanting Lesbia. Catullus was a latin poet devoted to a woman he refers to as Lesbia.
 * Chapter 17
 * (p70) Incondite: unpolished, unrefined, referring to literary works; jumbled, long-winded
 * (p70) Dostoevskian: Bleak or sombre in nature. Expressed in a manner reminiscent of Fyodor Dostoevsky
 * (p71) Prepandial: done or taken before dinner or lunch.
 * (p71) Venery: sexual indulgence
 * (p71) Verisimilitude: the appearance of being true or real
 * Raree-show: peep show.
 * (p73) Incarnadine: a bright crimson or pinkish-red color
 * (p73) Eructation: a belch
 * Chapter 18
 * (p74) Vermeil: Vermilion or a similar bright red color.
 * (p75) Contretemps: An unexpected and unfortunate occurrence
 * (p78) Chiaroscuro: Strong contrast between light and dark
 * (p78) Cretonnes: Cretonne is a heavy unglazed cotton, linen, or rayon fabric, colorfully printed and used for draperies and slipcovers.
 * (p78) Chintz: a printed calico from India, or a usually glazed printed cotton fabric
 * Chapter 19
 * (p80) Connubial: of or relating to marriage or the relationship of a married couple; conjugal.
 * (p80)Congeneric: of a related nature or origin.
 * (p81) Saporous: tasty.
 * Chapter 20
 * (p83) Duenna: an older woman acting as a chaperone of a young lady.
 * (p88) Innocuous: inoffensive, harmless, producing no ill effect
 * (p88) aberrant: deviating from what is considered proper or normal
 * Acrosonic: (an apparently invented word, from acro, relating to height, and sonic, relating to sound)
 * Chapter 21
 * (p92) Coquettish: Behaving in such a way as to suggest a playful sexual attraction; flirtatious
 * (p92) Inundating: Overwhelm
 * Chapter 22
 * (p95) Girleen: (Irish English) a girl; a young woman
 * Chapter 23
 * (p100) Swain: a young lover
 * (p103) Alembic: a distilling apparatus with a rounded neck and cap
 * (p103) Torpor: A state of mental or physical inactivity; lethargy
 * Chapter 25
 * (p106) Argent: the heraldic color silver or white.
 * (p107) Anthropometric: The scientific study of the measurements and proportions of the human body
 * (p108) Glaucous: sea-green or pale blue-green.
 * (p109) Mawkish: exaggeratedly or childishly emotional
 * Chapter 27
 * (p111) Lentigo: a freckle; a small brownish spot on the skin.
 * (p111) Plumbaceous umbrae: Latin for leaden shadows.
 * (p111) Mägdlein: German for little girl.
 * (p112) Purblind: having poor sight; slow in understanding.
 * (p113) Backfisch: German for an immature, adolescent girl; a teen-ager.
 * (p113) Colleen: (Irish English) girl
 * (p115) Alacrity: brisk and cheerful readiness
 * (p116) Tumescent: swollen
 * (p116) Carbuncle: any of several red precious stones
 * (p116) Jalopy: old car, junker
 * (p117) Rubious: red
 * (p119) Largesse: extreme generosity
 * (p120) Lentor: slowness, sluggishness; viscosity.
 * (p120) Spoonerette: one who utters a spoonerism
 * Pallid: wan, deficient in color
 * Chapter 28
 * (p123) Forthwith: immediately, at once
 * (p124) Orientals: belonging to a geographical division comprising southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as and including the Philippines, Borneo, and Java
 * (p125) Delectation: delight
 * (p125) Superfluous: excessive
 * (p125) Philter: a love potion; a magic potion or charm
 * (p125) Foreglimpsed: a revelation or glimpse of the future
 * (p125) Rudimentary: simple, elementary
 * (p125) Hillock: a small hill
 * (p125) Addendum: an addition
 * (p125) Parlance: a way of speaking
 * (p125) Venerable: hallowed by religious, historic, or other lofty associations
 * (p126) Antiphony: an antiphon is alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner.
 * (p127) Sepulchral: dismal, deathly, dark
 * Chapter 29
 * (p128) Barbiturate: any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics
 * (p129) Purlieus: a place where one may range at large; confines or bounds
 * (p129) Odious: disgusting
 * (p129) Iniquity: wickedness, sin
 * (p130) Staid: solemn
 * (p130) Eminently: highly
 * (p130) Dyspepsia: indigestion
 * (p131) Patrimony: legacy
 * (p133) Furtive: secret
 * (p134) Insensate: without human feeling or sensitivity.
 * Chapter 30
 * (p134) Emeritus: retired or honorably discharged from active professional duty, but retaining the title of one’s office or position.
 * (p134) Shoat: a young, weaned pig.
 * (p134) Belie: to misrepresent.
 * (p134) Callypygean: also spelled callipygian, it means pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks.
 * (p134) Globule: a small spherical body.
 * (p134) Gonadal: of or pertaining to the testis or ovary.
 * (p134) Corant: a sprightly but stately dance, now out of fashion.
 * Chapter 32
 * (p136) Distend: to expand by stretching.
 * (p136) Derelict: delinquent, neglected.
 * (p137) Indefatigable: incapable of being tired out.
 * (p137) Neuralgia: sharp and sudden pain along the course of a nerve.
 * (p137) Akimbo: with hand on hip and elbow bent outward.
 * (p138) Clathrate: resembling a lattice, checkered.
 * (p138) Saturnalia: the ancient Roman seven-day festival of Saturn, which began on December 17th; a celebration marked by unrestrained revelry and often licentiousness; an orgy.
 * (p138) Hoary: gray or white with age.
 * (p138) Lurid: glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking.
 * (p138) Spurious: counterfeit.
 * (p140) Loquacious: talkative.
 * (p140) Waif: a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends.
 * (p140) Supercilious: haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
 * (p141) Chamois: a soft, pliable leather from any of various skins dressed with oil, especially fish oil, originally prepared from the skin of the Chamois, an agile, goatlike antelope of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas.
 * Chapter 33
 * (p142) Swooners: Nabokov coined this word and uses it to refer to some type of clothing that was worth swooning over.

 * Part Two
 * Chapter 1
 * (p145) Pharisaic: practicing or advocating strict observance of external forms and ceremonies of religion or conduct without regard to the spirit; self-righteous; hypocritical.
 * (p145) Partition: barrier.
 * (p145) Flaubertian: in the perceptive, realism style of Gustave Flaubert.
 * (p145) Chateaubriandesque: reminiscent of the romantic style of Chateaubriand
 * (p146) Laodicean: lukewarm or indifferent.
 * (p146) Propensity: a natural inclination or tendency.
 * (p146) Plangent: resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
 * (p146) Instar: an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
 * (p146) Predilection: a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; preference.
 * (p147) Palatial: resembling a palace in being large and grand.
 * (p147) Chaise longue: lounge chair
 * (p147) Blandishment: something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice.
 * (p148) Trochaic: one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
 * (p148) Dilapidated: reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
 * (p149) Concourse: gathering, assembly.
 * (p149) Coevals: all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.
 * (p150) Lascivious: inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd.
 * (p151) Sodomy: anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
 * (p151) Catullus: a Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 B.C.)
 * (p152) Gouache: a thick, opaque watercolor paint; a painting made with this paint.
 * (p152) Inutile: of no use or service.
 * (p152) Claude Lorrain
 * (p152) Conspicuous: easily seen or noticed.
 * (p152) El Greco: a famous artist.
 * (p153) Samaras: a samara is a dry fruit with one or two flat wings attached to a seed, as on ash trees and maples.
 * (p153) Unfastidious: unfussy.
 * (p154) Remonstrate: to say or plead in protest.
 * Chapter 2
 * (p154) Adumbrate: to give a sketchy outline of; foreshadow; to disclose partially or guardedly; to overshadow; shadow or obscure.
 * (p154) Indolent: lazy.
 * (p154) Teleological: of or relating to teleology, showing evidence of design or purpose.
 * (p155) Gamut: the complete range or scope of something.
 * (p155) Canthus: either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet.
 * (p155) Kurort: German for a health resort, spa, watering place.
 * (p155) Roan: (of an animal) having a rich brown coat, sprinkled with white or grey; a creature with a coat of this sort.
 * (p155) Sable: dark.
 * (p156) Pickaninny: an offensive term, now obsolete, for a young black child.
 * (p156) Pharaonic: of or like a Pharaoh.
 * (p156) Phallic: resembling a phallus.
 * (p156) Butte: a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding area and has sloping sides and a flat top.
 * (p156) Lanugo: soft down or fine hair, specifically as covering the human fetus.
 * (p156) Rufous: reddish brown in colour.
 * (p156) Lucerne: a rarely used name for Alfalfa, a flowering plant.
 * (p157) [Mala] fide: in bad faith; not genuine.
 * (p159) Viatic: of or relating to traveling, a road, or a way.
 * (p159) Priap/Priapus: a minor fertility god of male genitalia, depicted as having an oversized, permanent erection.
 * (p159) Languorous: characterized by a lack of energy.
 * (p159) Concupiscence: sexual desire; lust.
 * (p161) Anent: regarding; concerning.
 * (p161) Natatoriums: a natatorium is a swimming pool, especially indoors.
 * (p161) Gambol: frolic
 * (p161) Shirred: to draw (a material, such as cloth) together in a shirring (a decorative gathering (as of cloth) made by drawing up the material along two or more parallel lines of stitching)
 * (p161) Matitudinal: of the morning.
 * (p161) Parsimonious: excessively sparing or frugal.
 * (p161) Anthology: a collection of selected writings by one author.
 * (p162) Lassitude: a state of physical or mental weariness; a lack of energy.
 * (p163) Simulacrum: an image or representation; an unreal or vague semblance.
 * (p163) Insipid: bland, boring.
 * (p163) Diaphanous: very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent, delicately hazy.
 * (p163) Pavonine: like a peacock; iridescent.
 * (p163) Oculate: relating to the eye.
 * (p163) Raffish: cheaply or showily vulgar in appearance or nature; tawdry; low-class; disreputable; vulgar.
 * (p165) Nacreous: of or like the pearly internal layer of mollusk shells.
 * Chapter 3
 * (p166) Leporine: of, relating to, or resembling a hare or rabbit.
 * (p168) Privation: lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life.
 * (p168) rill: a small rivulet or brook
 * (p168) Larkspur: any of several plants belonging to the genera Delphinium and Consolida, of the buttercup family, characterized by the spur-shaped formation of the calyx and petals.
 * (p168) Purling: gently murmuring, as a brook.
 * (p168) Crepitate: to make a crackling sound; crackle
 * (p168) Talus: slope
 * (p169) Salutory: Salutary. Unpleasant, but ultimately providing a useful lesson; promoting good health; wholesome; curative.
 * (p171) Orchideous: like an orchid.
 * Chapter 4 and beyond
 * (p176) Habitus: Latin for moral condition, state, disposition, character.
 * (p181) Nijinski: Person, acclaimed as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century (chapter 6)
 * (p186) Russet: reddish brown (Chapter 8)
 * (p186) Mythopoeic: giving rise to myths.(Chapter 8)
 * (p189) Rapacious: aggressively greedy or grasping.(chapter 8)
 * (p202) Bole: The main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots. (Chapter 13)
 * (p206) Dropsical: Relating to or affected with dropsy (aka edema, an abnormal infiltration and excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity). (Chapter 14)
 * (p206) Dackel: dachshund. (Chapter 14)
 * (p208) Edusively: a pun on Edusa Gold, Lolita's drama teacher (Chapter 15)
 * (p210) Caravansary: an inn surrounding a court in eastern countries where caravans rest at night; hotel, inn (Chapter 16)
 * (p 213) Explodent: a consonant characterized by explosion in its articulation when it occurs in certain environments (Chapter 16)
 * (p 213) Delicatessen: a store selling cold cuts, cheeses, and a variety of salads, as well as a selection of unusual or foreign prepared foods. A deli (Chapter 16)
 * (p 217) Crepitating: making a crackling sound (Chapter 18)
 * Remises: carriage houses. (Chapter 19)
 * Envoy: An envoy (or envoi) is a short stanza at the end of a poem used either to address an imagined or actual person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem. (Chapter 20)
 * Ballade: not to be confused with ballad, a ballade is a poem consisting of three stanzas and an envoy. (Chapter 20)
 * (p233) Limpid: clear, marked by transparency. (Chapter 20)
 * (p233) Tesselated: marked with little checks or squares, like tiles. (Chapter 20)
 * (p234) Tyro: novice: someone new to a field or activity. (Chapter 20)
 * Wimble: any of various hand tools for boring holes. (Chapter 20)
 * Syncope: in phonetics, syncope is the loss of one or more sounds from the interior of a word; especially, the loss of an unstressed vowel. Syncope is also a brief period of fainting or collapse. (Chapter 20)
 * Hirsute: hairy (Chapter 21)
 * Insouciance: casual lack of concern; indifference (Chapter 21)
 * Alembic: a kind of flask used by alchemists for distilling. (Chapter 22, also part 1 chapter 23)
 * (p239) Fatamorganas: mirages. (Chapter 22)
 * (p239) José Lizzarrabengoa: Don José from the novella and opera Carmen. (Chapter 22)
 * (p240) Erlkönig: the king of the elves, from a poem where an elf king pursues a little boy traveling with his father.
 * (p241) Mordant: a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter. (Chapter 22)
 * (p244) Gitanilla: little gypsy girl. (Chapter 22)
 * (p246) Maquette: a small model of an intended work, such as a sculpture or piece of architecture. (Chapter 22)
 * (p246) Telestically: with the projection of a purpose, with a definite end in view, inwardly expressed. (Chapter 22)
 * (p247) Spoor: the track or scent of a beast. (Chapter 23)
 * (p247) Ostentation: Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause. (Chapter 23)
 * (p248) Verisimilitude: The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality. (Chapter 23)
 * (p248) Derisive: Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing. (Chapter 23)
 * (p249) Logodaedaly: the arbitrary or capricious coining of words. (Chapter 23)
 * (p250) Logomancy: Nabokov's coined word, logo (word) plus -mancy (divination). (Chapter 23)
 * (p250) Undinist: a person who derives sexual pleasure from urine and urination. (Chapter 23)
 * (p250) Recondite: (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse. (Chapter 23)
 * (p251) Bodkin: a dagger or stiletto. (Chapter 23)
 * (p252) Recapitulation: an act or instance of summarizing and restating the main points of something. (Chapter 24)
 * (p252) Wont: one's customary behavior in a particular situation. (Chapter 24)
 * (p254) Gagoon: ??? (Chapter 25)
 * (p254) Kiddoid: kid + -oid. -oid is a suffix that indicates resemblance. For example a humanoid resembles a human. (Chapter 25)
 * (p254) Gnomide: a female gnome. (Chapter 25)
 * (p257) Pederosis: sexual impulse directed towards children, paedophilia (Chapter 25)
 * (p258) Supple: bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.
 * (p259) Ancilla: accessory, aid. (Chapter 26)
 * (p260) Amnesic: Of, pertaining to, affected by, or causing amnesia.
 * (p260) Mnemosyne: the Greek goddess of memory and mother of the Muses (by Zeus) (Chapter 26)
 * (p260) Mimir: Mímir or Mim is a figure in Norse mythology, renowned for his knowledge and wisdom. (Chapter 26)
 * (p261) Indecorously: in an indecorous manner; conflicting with accepted standards of conduct or good taste.
 * (p262) Disinter: dig up (something that has been buried, especially a corpse).
 * (p263) Suffusion: The act of pouring a liquid over or soaking something. The act of spreading through something. (Chapter 26)
 * (p264) Execrable: extremely bad or unpleasant. (Chapter 27)
 * (p267) Contour: an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something. (Chapter 28)
 * (p267) Bonhommie: A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.
 * (p268) Contretemps: an unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event.
 * Valetudinarian: a person of a weak or sickly constitution. (Chapter 29)
 * (p274) Carpus: wrist bones. (Chapter 29)
 * Jagger: a jagging-iron, also a toothed chisel. (Chapter 29)
 * Pentapod: (perhaps) five-footed or five-limbed (apparently a Nabokov invention, from pentapody, a metrical unit or verse consisting of five feet). (Chapter 32)
 * (p285) Atavism: recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity. (Chapter 32)
 * Dissimulate: to hide under a false appearance (Chapter 32)
 * Appended: Append means to hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; to add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to a chapter.
 * (p283) Lithophanic: lithophane is a porcelain panel with a relief decoration that is visible when light passes through it.
 * Turpid: Foul; base; wicked; disgraceful.
 * (p290) Physiognomization: Physiognomy is the art of judging human character from facial features; divination based on facial features.
 * Penele: a coined word, penele means penis-like.
 * (p293) Selenian: of or relating to Luna. (Chapter 34)
 * Gloam: twilight. (Chapter 35)
 * Cropper:a severe fall. (Chapter 35)
 * (p300) Flavid: yellowish or tawny. (Chapter 35)
 * (p302) Herculanita: heroin.
 * Palearctic and Nearctic: one of the four world faunal regions which is subdivided into the Palearctic (Europe and Asia) and the Nearctic (North America).

Guide to French and Latin

 * Foreword
 * No French phrases
 * Part One
 * Chapter 2
 * (p10) Mon cher petit papa: My dear little dad.
 * (p11) La Beauté Humaine: Human Beauty
 * (p11) Lycée: The second and last stage of secondary education in the French educational system; high school.
 * Chapter 3
 * (p12) Plage: A sandy bathing beach at a seashore resort.
 * (p13) Chocolat glacé: Chocolate ice cream.
 * Chapter 5
 * (p15) Manqué: lacking, as in those who lack talent. [Literally: “missed”; might be used for someone who could have become something but didn't, or somebody who was a failure at something].
 * (p16) Deux Magots: Les Deux Magots (French pronunciation: [le dø maɡo]) is a famous café in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of Paris, France. It once had a reputation as the rendezvous of the literary and intellectual élite of the city.
 * (p16) Histoire Abrégée de la poésie anglaise: A Brief History of English Poetry.
 * (p20) Enfant charmante et fourbe: Charming and cheating child
 * Chapter 6
 * (p21) Frétillement: wriggling.
 * (p21) Cent: one hundred.
 * (p21) Tant pis: too bad.
 * (p21) Monsieur: sir, mister; a John (solicitor of prostitutes).
 * (p22) Bidet: A fixture similar in design to a toilet that is straddled for washing the genitals and the anal area.
 * (p22) Petit Cadeau: small gift (the money exchanged).
 * (p22) Dix-huit: Eighteen.
 * (p22) Oui, ce n'est pas bien: Yes, this is not good.
 * (p22) Grues: cranes; slang for prostitute, from the observation that cranes (both the bird and the lifting machine), like prostitutes on the street corner, stand on one leg.
 * (p22) Il était malin, celui qui a inventé ce truc-là: The one who invented that thing was clever.
 * (p22) Posé un lapin: to stand someone up (for a date).
 * (p22) Tu est bien gentil de dire ça: You are very kind to say that.
 * (p22) Avant qu'on se couche: Before we lay down (before we have sex).
 * (p23) Je vais m'acheter des bas: I'm going to buy myself some stockings.
 * (p23) Regardez-moi cette belle brune: Do look at that beautiful brunette.
 * (p23) Qui pourrait arranger la chose: Who could arrange the thing.
 * (p24) Son argent: Her money.
 * (p24) Lui: Him.
 * Chapter 7
 * (p25) Mes malheurs: My misfortunes.
 * (p25) Français moyen: Average Frenchman.
 * Chapter 8
 * (p25) Pot-au-feu: Beef stew.
 * (p25) À la gamine: Like a playful, mischievous girl.
 * (p26) mairie: Town/City hall.
 * (p26) baba: peasant, uneducated woman [in Russian]
 * (p26) Paris-Soir: Paris Evening (large-circulation daily newspaper in Paris, France from 1923-1944).
 * (p26) Estampe: A print of a painting
 * (p27) Mon oncle d'Amérique: My uncle from America.
 * (p27) préfecture: (administrative jurisdiction or subdivision in any of various countries and within some international church structures).
 * (p28) Mais qui est-ce?: But who is it?
 * (p28) Jean Christophe: Jean-Christophe
 * (p29) j'ai demannde pardonne (erroneous rendition of "je demande pardon"): excuse me.
 * (p29) est-ce que j'ai puis: I wish I could do it.
 * (p29) le gredin: The rogue/rascal.
 * Chapter 10
 * (p40) fruit vert: green fruit.
 * (p40) Au fond, ça m'est bien égal: I don't care either way.
 * Chapter 11
 * (p40) en escalier: On stairs.
 * (p42) entrée: The right to enter or join a particular sphere or group
 * (p43) Delectatio morosa: A pleasure taken in sinful thought or imagination, such as brooding on sexual images.
 * (p43) Je m'imagine cela: I can imagine that.
 * (p44) ne montrez pas vos zhambes: Don't show your legs.
 * (p44) à mes heures: in my spare time
 * (p47) le mot juste: The perfectly appropriate word or phrase for the situation.
 * (p47) la vermeillette fente: the ruby slit (vulva).
 * (p47) un petit mont feutré de mousse délicate: a felt hillock of delicate mousse (woman's hairy but silky sexual organ).
 * (p47) tracé sur le milieu d'un fillet escarlatte: drawn on the middle of a scarlet cloth net
 * (p49) Ces matins gris si doux: These gray mornings, so soft
 * (p51) primo: firstly
 * (p51) secundo: secondly
 * (p53) Mais allez-y, allez-y: But onwards, onwards
 * (p55) manège: The art of training and riding horses.
 * Chapter 15
 * (p66) au Grand Pied: the Big Foot
 * (p66) mais rien: but nothing
 * Chapter 16
 * (p67) mon cher: my dear
 * (p67) cher monsieur: dear sir
 * (p67) departez: depart
 * (p67) chéri: darling
 * (p68) mon trés, trés cher: my very, very dear
 * Chapter 17
 * (p70) pavor nocturnus: Night terrors
 * (p70) peine forte et dure: Hard and forceful punishment/strong and forceful pain
 * (p70) quel mot: What (a) word
 * (p72) Une petite attention: Literally "a little attention", a small act of concern
 * Chapter 18
 * (p74) soi-disant: So-called, or Self-styled
 * (p74+) chéri: Beloved
 * (p75) rubrique: heading
 * (p78) arriére-pensée: backthought
 * Chapter 20
 * (p83) c'est moi qui décide: it's me who decides
 * Chapter 21
 * (p89) Ce qui me rend folle, c'est que je ne sais à quoi tu penses quand tu es comme ça: What makes me mad is that I don't know what you're thinking when you're like that
 * Chapter 23
 * (p102) savoir vivre: etiquette
 * Chapter 25
 * (p105) Eh bien, pas du tout!: Well, not at all!
 * Chapter 27
 * (p111) aux yeux battus: heavy-eyed
 * (p114) Ensuite?: Then?
 * (p115) C'est bien tout? C'est.: Is that all? It is.
 * (p119) Enfins seuls: Finally alone.
 * (p120) Seva ascendes, pulsata, brulans, kitzelans, dementissima. Elevator clatterans, pausa, clatterans, populus in corridoro. Hanc nisi mors mihi adimet nemo! Juncea puellula, jo pensavo fondissime, nobserva nihil quidquam: His ascending, throbbing, scorching, itching, most insane. Elevator clatters, pauses, clatters, people in the corridor. No one but death would take this one from me. Slender little girl, I thought most fondly, observing nothing at all.
 * Chapter 28
 * (p123) sicher ist sicher: literally "safe is safe," better safe than sorry
 * (p125) comme on dit: as the saying goes
 * Chapter 29
 * (p128) entre nous soit dit: between ourselves
 * (p129) grand Dieu!: great god!
 * (p129) La Petite Dormeuse ou L'Amant Ridicule: Little Sleeper or Ridiculous Lover
 * Chapter 32
 * (p135) moue: pout
 * (p139) le d´couvert: discovery
 * Part Two
 * Chapter 1
 * (p145) nous connumes: we knew
 * (p147) soi-disant: self-proclaimed/so-called
 * (p149) comme vous le savez trop bien, ma gentille: as you well know, my sweet
 * (p151) c'est tout: that's all
 * (p154) ce qu'on appelle: what is called
 * Chapter 2
 * (p154) partie de plaisir: cake walk
 * (p154) raison d'etre: purpose
 * (p157) comme on dit: as the saying goes
 * (p158) a propos de rien: about nothing
 * (p159) pollex: thumb
 * (p159) face à claques: literally "face of slaps", a face you want to slap
 * (p159) coulant un regard: casting a glance
 * (p161) tic nerveux: nervous tic
 * (p161) mais je divague: but I digress
 * (p162) les yeux perdus: eyes wandering
 * (p162) brun adolescent: tan adolescent
 * (p162) se tordre: writhe
 * (p162) ange gauche: clumsy angel
 * Chapter 3
 * (p166) hors concours: stand-out
 * (p168) cabanes: cabins
 * (p168) que dis-je: what did I say
 * (p169) un monsieur très bien: a fine gentleman
 * (p174) dans la force de l'âge: in the prime of life
 * (p174) vieillard encore vert: unripe (green) old man
 * (p174) casé: literally "pidgeon-holed", a place
 * (p175) rentier: annuitant
 * Chapter 4
 * (p177) recueillement: contemplation
 * Chapter 6
 * (p181) mes goûts: my tastes
 * (p182) Oui, ils sont gentils: Yes, they are nice.
 * (p182) toiles: paintings
 * (p182) Prenez donc une de ces poires. La bonne dame d'en face m'en offre plus que je n'en peux savourer: So take one of these pears. The good lady opposite offered me more than I can savor.
 * (p182) Mississe Taille Lore vient de me donner ces dahlias, belles fleurs que j'exécre: Misses Taille Lore has just given me dahlias, beautiful flowers that I hate.
 * (p182) Au roi!: To the King!
 * (p183) Et toutes vos fillettes, elles vont bien?: And all your girls, they're doing well?
 * (p183) sale histoire: dirty story
 * Chapter 8
 * (p189) ne montrez pas vos zhambes: do not show your legs
 * Chapter 10
 * (p193) tic nerveux: nervous tic
 * Chapter 11
 * (p196) Emigre: emigrant
 * Chapter 14
 * (p203) Mon pauvre ami, je ne vous ai jamais revu et quoiqu’il y ait bien peu de chance que vous voyiez mon livre, permettez-moi de vous dire que je vous serre la main bien cordialement, et que toutes mes fillettes vous saluent: My poor friend, I have not seen you since and although there is little chance that you may see my book, let me tell you that I shake your hand cordially, and all my girls send you greetings
 * (p203) D'un petit air faussement contrit: with a small air falsely contrite
 * (p204) tendresse: tenderness
 * (p204) pommettes: cheekbones
 * (p204) maman: mom
 * (p207) J'ai toujours admiré l'eouvre ormonde du sublime Dublinois: I have always admired the Ormond work of the sublime Dubliner [James Joyce]
 * (p207) C'est entendu?: Is it understood?
 * (p207) Qui prenait son temps: Who took her time
 * Chapter 16
 * (p210) le montagnard émigré: the emigrated mountaineer
 * (p210) Felis tigris goldsmithi: [literally: goldsmith tiger cat]
 * (p214) adolori d'amoureuse langueur: the pain of love's languor
 * Chapter 17
 * (p215) Gros: Fat
 * Chapter 18
 * (p217) donc: therefore, consequently; thus
 * (p219) O lente currite noctis equi!: O run slowly horses of the night!
 * Chapter 19
 * (p223) Ne manque pas de dire à ton amant, Chimène, comme le lac est beau car il faut qu'il t'y mene. . . . Qu'il t'y-: Do not fail to tell your lover, Chimene, how beautiful the lake is, for he must take you there. . . . Hey-
 * (p223) a titre documentaire: for documentary purposes
 * (p224) un ricanement: a sneer
 * (p226) intacta: intact
 * (p226) la pomme de sa canne: the 'apple' (knob) of his cane
 * Chapter 20
 * (p230) petit rat: little rat
 * Chapter 22
 * (p238) Soyons logiques: Let us be logical
 * (p239) Etats Unis: United States
 * (p241) haute montagne: high mountain
 * (p241) que sais-je!: what do I know!
 * (p242) chassé-croisé: crossover
 * (p243) Je croyais que c' était un bill- not a billet doux: I thought it was a bill- not a love letter.
 * (p243) Bonjour, mon petit.: Hello, my little one
 * (p243) Est-ce que tu ne m'aimes plus, ma Carmen?: Do you love me anymore, my Carmen?
 * (p244) une belle dame toute en bleu: a beautiful lady in all blue
 * Chapter 23
 * (p247) comme il faut: proper (fm. properly)
 * (p250) Quelquepart: somewhere
 * (p250) La Bateau Blue: The Blue Boat
 * (p250) touché: An acknowledgement of the validity, appropriateness, or superiority of an opponent's argument or statement in a discussion.
 * Chapter 24
 * (p252) garcon: fellow
 * Chapter 25
 * (p253) Dolorés Disparue: Dolores Missing
 * (p254) chambres garnies: furnished rooms
 * (p254) que c'etatit loin, tout cela!: How far it was - all that!
 * (p254) Et moi qui t'offrais mon genie!: And I was offering you my genius!
 * (p256) L'autre soir un air froid d'opera m'alita: Son fele-bien fol est qui s'y fie! Il neige, le decor s'ecroule, Lolita! Lolita, qu'ai-je fait de ta vie?: The other night a cold opera tune put me to bed: Crackled sound - who goes by it is crazy! It's snowing. The scenery is collapsing, Lolita! Lolita, what did I do with your life?
 * Chapter 26
 * (p258) ensellure: A concave curve formed by the spine, for example in women and horses; lumbar incurvation
 * (p260) travaux: works
 * (p261) très digne: very dignified
 * (261) souvenir, souvenir que me veux-tu?: remember, remember what you want?
 * (p261) petite nymphe accroupie: small crouching nymph
 * (p263) vin triste: sad, drunk [literally "sad wine"]
 * Chapter 27
 * (p264) Mes fenétres!: My windows!
 * (p264) Savez-vous qu'ю dix ans ma petite était folle de vous?: do you know that, when she was ten, my little daughter was madly in love with you?
 * Chapter 28
 * (p267) Pas tout a fait: not quite
 * (p269) finis: finished
 * Chapter 29
 * (p269) Personne. Je resonne. Repersonne: Nobody. I rang the bell again. Again nobody.
 * (p270) pommettes: cheekbones
 * (p273) frileux: chilly
 * (p275) Streng verboten: Strictly forbidden [in German]
 * (p277) souffler: blow
 * (p278) Mon grand pêché radieux: My great radiant sin
 * (p278) Changeons de vie, ma Carmen, allons vivre quelque part où nous ne serons jamais séparés: Lets change our lives, my Carmen, go and live somewhere where we shall never be separated.
 * (p278) Carmen, voulez-vous venir avec moi?: Carmen, do you want to come with me?
 * (p278) Trousseau: Clothing and accessories for a bride
 * (p279) Mon petit cadeau: My little gift
 * (p279) Cadeau: Gift
 * (p280) Carmencita, lui demandais-je: My little Carmen, I asked her
 * Chapter 32
 * (p 284) mais je t'aimais,  je t'aimais!: But I loved you, I loved you!
 * Chapter 33
 * (p287) Bonzhur [Bonjour, spelled to mimic Charlotte's poor French accent]: good day
 * (p289) Mille grâces: A thousand graces
 * (p290) Vient de: Just
 * (p290) Réveillez-vous, Laqueue, il est temps de mourir!: Wake up, Laqueue, it is now time to die!
 * Chapter 35
 * (p295) Je suis Monsieur Brustère: I am Mr. Brewster [in Phonetic French]
 * (p296) Vaterre: Water closet (slang)
 * (p296) La Fierté de la Chair: The Pride of the Chair [a bad translation of "Proud Flesh", mistaking the word "flesh" for "chair"]
 * (p297) une femme est une femme, mais un Caporal est une cigarette?: A woman is a woman, but a Caporal is a cigarette?
 * (p298) Vous voilà dans de beaux draps, mon vieux: You are in a fine mess, my friend
 * (p298) Alors, que fait-on?: What do we do then?
 * (p301) rencontre: duel [literally: "meeting" or "encounter"]
 * (p301) Soyons raisonnables: Let us be reasonable
 * (p302) Feu: Fire

Online resources

 * Time magazine's 1958 review of Lolita
 * The Complete Review's list of reviews of Lolita
 * Dictionary.com
 * Vocabulary List
 * Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’, and its more obscure vocabulary

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text: Lesson One

title: Lesson One


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Wikibooks talk:Blocking guideline/Archive1

Unblock reviews
Nothing to do with Panic!

An unblock request from an IP came thro a couple of days ago (& the same IP made the same request a day earlier on Commons). Because of RC watching I thought I would deal with it and did so. Then I realised that it was the first one I had experience and I wondered what the procedure was!! I think this one is straightforward (and may well be one to be unblocked and then reblocked for consistency - the blocks on WP & Commons are indef whereas here it is a year and IMO should be indef) and the request was declined in a similar way on Commons.

However - are there any guidelines or should there be. Reading the draft I see that it should be the blocking admin who reviews - nothing against that but that could wait around a fair while until the blocking admin was 1. around & 2. noticed the request.

Equally the page remains in that category, should it? -- Herby talk thyme 00:31, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

 * What is the user page of this request? Since there isn't a standing policy to deal with this, you can use your best judgement in this. This is a new policy proposal, and there are still alot of kinks to work out. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 00:41, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

 * User talk:72.177.68.38 -- Herby talk thyme 00:44, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Your action is fine by me. If they were to have unblocked this IP on commons, that might be a different story. It does pay to be vigilent of actions on other wikis. By the text of this proposal, you likely would have had to start a discussion on the matter, probably WB:AN. Say something like "This user was blocked a while ago, has requested unblocking, this is the evidence for or against, etc". --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 00:48, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I guess I see this as a kind of obvious one and I am sure I would have consulted had I felt it was controversial (as a point of interest there was no consultation on Commons tho a 'crat dealt with it - after I had pointed the request out ).
 * Similarly I would not overturn Derbeth's block without real thought although I think it may be appropriate in this case - I take it you looked at the WP page - not seen one like that before - quite a history there -- Herby talk thyme 00:53, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Could we make this a guideline?
I have noted before that I do not like a prescriptive list of when to block and when not to block, so that any admin making a block on very good reasons, but not in accordance with the prescribed list, risks being damned as rogue. I can, however, see benefits of a general guideline, that covers points that are commonly dealt with, that does not purport to be exhaustive, and that makes clear that there is a commonsense override, particularly in situations not contemplated when that guideline is written.

Could we therefore move this proposal to Blocking guideline? Jguk 21:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I agree entirely. I think that this likely doesnt need to be a policy as per your justifications. However, there are some things in here that really do need to be written down to prevent problems. A guideline is a perfect happy medium between the problems you outline and the problems that arise from not saying anything at all. This should be a guideline. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 22:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

3RR
I'd suggest we don't use the time limit on that like WP. If 2 (groups of) editors are reverting back and forth, they should all get warned, then blocked if they can't keep it on the talk page. -- SB_Johnny | talk 21:53, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Ughhh. Do we really need a new long list for this? Personally, if I have made a block that another user has expressed concern about, I reconsider carefully whether continuing the block is justified, and if I think it is, I'd seek to explain why. I just don't see why we need 5 pages of new policy that good faith editors do not need to be concerned about, and which can give a stick to bad faith editors looking to find an admin in technical violation of the policy. Finally, we just do not need a 3 revert rule here on Wikibooks at present. If things change in the future, we can introduce one, but we don't need it now, Jguk 08:42, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

 * If, as you say, it hasn't been much of a problem yet, I wouldn't call this the top priority either. OTOH having a bit of discussion on it won't hurt, so long as there's no heavy push to adopt it "by Tuesday, 5PM". There's several proposals slowly developing at the same time right now in any case. -- SB_Johnny | talk 10:23, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I moved the majority of this text here (with few additions) from the text of Administrators/Unstable, which in turn is essentially the text of the current administrators policy. There is already a policy to govern deletion, and a standing proposal to govern page protections, so for symmetry it was suggested that there be a separate page concerned only with blocking, so here we are.
 * I would also say that as recently as this month, there have been instances of admins reverting each other's blocks, and assuming a large amount of bad faith. You need to understand that not all people are bound to the same level of professionalism or courtesy as you are, Jguk. Plenty of mistakes have been made, and without explicit say-so, plenty more mistakes will be made in the future. I would much rather be safe then sorry, especially when admins start warring with one another. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 23:22, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I also disagree with the inclusion of the 3RR. I think action should be taken at the first revert, and we shouldn't have to wait for a dispute to escalate beyond that. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 23:26, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I have defended early the 3RR rule and it is a simpler rule to be applied, it is not perfect but beats taking action on first revert. --Panic 18:12, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Being Bold
Nice to see the inclusion of this point in the proposed policy (not). As some blocks can be classified as 'being bold' it seems unreasonable that an unblock of the same user can't be 'bold' also. People might not like that I unblocked Panic (and then blocked him for 2 weeks) but also many didn't like the fact that he was given an indefinite block in the first place. In addition, according to this proposal, the indefinite block give to Panic is not allowed.

I can't support this proposal as it stands. Xania talk 22:12, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

 * It's expressly stated in this policy that blocking and unblocking are never instances where people should be bold. Blocking is an important thing, and it's terrible to think that admins could be blocking people on a whim, or reversing blocks and "wheel warring" on this instance. Wheel warring in any situation is against policy, even more so with admin tools. Admins who revert the actions of other admins without proper discussion should be reprimanded. For that matter, admins who use admin powers without proper justification should likewise be reprimanded.
 * Second, you are highly misinformed on the whole panic issue. The first 3 blocks were all less then 2 weeks, and the fourth block (by User:Withinfocus) was 6 months, not indefinite. Even now, Panic is blocked for a 2 week span, although Johnny has indicated (and he has community support for this) that the block will be extended until the problem is resolved. According to this policy, the blocks against panic are fully justified: He has repeatedly broken the WB:CIVIL policy in the past, and he has demonstrated no desire to correct his behavior. By this proposal, he is lucky Johnny is trying so hard to fix the situation. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 23:14, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I also think the Be Bold should be removed if all parties are working in good faith there is no need for that clause, stating that is working against the good faith policy. --Panic 18:14, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Sock puppets
What I was attempting to do there is more define what a sock puppet is; we use the term a number of times without really explaining it. GoToMan has raised some question on my talk page about how this would work, in particular because with a company or home gateway there could be multiple users and user IDs sharing one IP address, which makes it hard to differentiate a sock puppet from a shared IP. My personal opinion is that if user X does thing Y and is blocked, then user Z starts doing thing Y, there is a very real chance that no matter what the IP address, user Z is a sockpuppet of user X; though the same IP address could be indicative. (But not entirely – I personally edit from four different static and one dynamic IP address.) But that is beside the point – that's more along the lines of how they are detected.

GoToMan would prefer to put a policy in place that simply bans sockpuppets. I would quite agree; it would, among other things, cut down on astroturfing. But whether or not they are forbidden by policy, in a case of a block, they will happen; so I would like to see a more formal definition of what a sockpuppet is, and a more solid policy on when they can be banned. And that was the intent of my writings. Chazz 09:05, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

 * FYI, GoToMan is User:Panic2k4's puppet. He's created at least 4 since yesterday to "prove his point" about sockpuppets. -- SB_Johnny | talk 13:18, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

 * There are plenty of legitimate uses for puppet accounts, I personally have a few "secondary" accounts that i use for specific purposes, or that I don't use at all. All of my puppet accounts are well marked, however, as belonging to me. I think what people are concerned with is the bad-faith puppets, puppets who are used to circumvent blocks (a la panic), puppets that are used for vandalism, or puppets that are used to make one side in a dispute look more numerous. While it is frequently possible to make an educated guess about the validity of such accounts, it isn't always possible. The point is that even if we ban sockpuppets, there will still be sockpuppets that we can't identify. I am in favor of such a policy, so that when we find the sockpuppets, we can nuke them. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 14:22, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Given that there is no blanket reason to ban sockpuppets, I think that banning them outright is probably a bad idea. However, we should probably have some sock-puppet specific ban language: e.g. no consultation is needed to block a sockpuppet identified as belonging to a blocked user, though the puppet's talk page can be left open to allow for a misidentified account to be reinstated. Whiteknight's other two bad-faith uses, vandalism and astroturfing (fake grassroots), may need more discussion before we can set policy. I'll work on that a little later. Chazz 22:04, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Just a minor correction, "he" didn't say policy but guideline. Blocking or actively disallowing (as in policy) sock puppets, will cause more problems that will solve, an example is the unbalance it will create on the user base (those that know how and those that don't), will also enable witch hunts and create conflicts, what I did propose was a guideline that requested users to avoid using them, nothing more... If a user or (a sock puppet) does break policy he should be blocked, another case is the use of Open Proxys the first method and simplest to bypass Wikimedia checks (normally a user can have several account in one IP, those are easy identifiable), the Open Proxys are indeed dangerous as they will be primarily used for harmful actions in that regard policy should be to block users using them, I don't see a good reason to allow it, but ultimately there is no fix for sock puppets. --Cinap(se) 22:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Language here would seem to suggest that Cinap(se) is a sock puppet for Gotoman... Chazz 04:24, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

 * He is. Those accounts, and half a dozen more, are all sockpuppets of User:Panic2k4. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 13:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Yep. He has even stated as much on his talk page... Chazz 17:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Can anyone defend the block of a sock puppet, I think it should be changed to clearly state a sock puppet that votes on a discussion, that is the only case I can see for a block to be justifiable on a sock puppet. --Panic 18:16, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Up for Review?
I am liking the text of this proposal now, and I think we should bring it up at least for a quick informal review. Wikibooks does take a harder stance towards vandalism then wikipedia does, and in general I would say that our project suffers less vandalism because of it. Also, this proposal introduces new concepts for which we have no pre-existing policy, especially dealing with trolls, and a proceedure for requesting and handling an unblock. Besides these new additions, there is almost nothing in this proposal that is new, and nothing that does not represent the way we already handle blocking and vandals. This is a case, basically, of policy being written to reflect community practice, and it's my hope that this will speed up the adoption of this proposal. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 15:02, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Happy with this - my small point would be that I do take into account performance on other wikis when I block. If there is a bad track record on WP I will reflect that in my block - they know they are vandals and are looking for "soft" targets (AFAIK Derbeth is of the same view as I ran it past him some time ago) -- Herby  talk thyme 15:40, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Why not add it to the text (with the proper precautions about ID), it is a good rule... --Panic 16:34, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


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Econometric Theory/Assumptions of Classical Linear Regression Model

The estimators that we create through linear regression give us a relationship between the variables. However, performing a regression does not automatically give us a reliable relationship between the variables. In order to create reliable relationships, we must know the properties of the estimators $$ \hat{\alpha}, \hat{\beta} $$ and show that some basic assumptions about the data are true. One must understand that having a good dataset is of enormous importance for applied economic research.

=Unbiasedness= Under the following four assumptions, OLS is unbiased. This means that:

$$E(\hat \alpha) = \alpha$$

$$E(\hat \beta) = \beta$$.

Linearity
The model must be linear in the parameters.

The parameters are the coefficients on the independent variables, like $$\alpha$$ and $$\beta$$. These should be linear, so having $$\beta^2$$ or $$e^\beta$$ would violate this assumption.

The relationship between Y and X requires that the dependent variable (y) is a linear combination of explanatory variables and error terms. This assumption require that the model is complete (model specification) in the sense that all relevant variables has been included in the model. The model have to be linear in parameters, but it does not require the model to be linear in variables. Equation 1 and 2 depict a model which is both, linear in parameter and variables. Note that Equation 1 and 2 show the same model in different notation. (1) (2)  In order for OLS to work the specified model has to be linear in parameters. Note that if the true relationship between and  is non linear it is not possible to estimate the coefficient  in any meaningful way. Equation 3 shows an empirical model in which is of quadratic nature. (3) Assumption 1 of CLRM requires the model to be linear in parameters. OLS is not able to estimate Equation 3 in any meaningful way. However, assumption 1 does not require the model to be linear in variables. OLS will produce a meaningful estimation of in Equation 4. (4) Using the method of ordinary least squares (OLS) allows us to estimate models which are linear in parameters, even if the model is non linear in variables. On the contrary it is not possible to estimate models which are non linear in parameters, even if they are linear in variables. Finally, every model estimated with OLS should contains all relevant explanatory variables and all included explanatory variables should be relevant.

Sample Variation
The $$x_i$$s cannot all have the same value. This is perfect multicollinearity, it is not allowed.

Random Sampling
The $$x_i$$ values must be randomly selected. In other words, there is no correlation between two different x values: $$Cov(x_i, x_j) = 0$$ for $$i \neq j$$.

Zero Conditional Mean
The mean of the error terms, given a specific value of the independent variable $$x_i$$, is zero. $$E(\epsilon_i | X_i) = 0$$.

=Efficiency of OLS (Ordinary Least Squares) = Given the following two assumptions, OLS is the Best Linear Unbiased Estimator (BLUE). This means that out of all possible linear unbiased estimators, OLS gives the most precise estimates of $$\alpha$$ and $$\beta$$.

With the third assumption, OLS is the Best Unbiased Estimator (BUE), so it even beats non-linear estimators. Also given this assumption, $$\hat \alpha$$ is distributed according to the Student's t-distribution about $$\alpha$$, and $$\hat \beta$$ is distributed in such a way about $$\beta$$.

No Heteroskedasticity
The variance of the Error terms are constant. $$ Var(u_i|x_i) = \sigma^2$$. This means that the variance of the error term $$u_i$$ does not depend on the value of $$x_i$$. If this is the case, the error terms are called homoskedastic. This is not always the case in economic data, for example the variation in a person's wage will vary with their level of education—someone who is a high-school dropout will not have much variation in their wage, where people with Ph.D.s may see very different wages.

No Serial Correlation
The error terms are independently distributed so that their covariance is 0. $$Cov(u_i, u_j | x_i, x_j) = 0 \forall i \ne j$$.

Normally Distributed Errors
The error terms are normally distributed. $$u_ ~ N(0,\sigma^2)$$


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Horticulture/Alnus

Alders (Alnus) are trees and shrubs in the birch family (Family Betulaceae). The genus comprises about 20-30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate zone, and in the New World also along the Andes southwards to Chile. The common name alder is derived from an old Germanic root. The botanic name Alnus is the original Latin name.

The best-known species in Europe is the Common or Black Alder (A. glutinosa), native to most of Europe and widely introduced elsewhere. The largest species is Red Alder (A. rubra), reaching 35 m (the tallest is 32 m) on the west coast of North America, with Black Alder and Italian Alder (A. cordata) both reaching about 30 m. By contrast, the widespread Green Alder (A. viridis) is rarely more than a 5 m shrub.

Description
The leaves are deciduous, alternate, simple, with serrated margins and pinnate veination. Trunks of most species corded, stems thin, flexible, and triangular in cross-section.

The flowers are catkins with elongate male catkins on the same plant as the shorter female catkins, often before leaves appear; they are mainly wind-pollinated, but also visited by bees as a pollen source. They differ from the birches (Betula, the other genus in the family) in that the female catkins are woody and do not disintegrate at maturity, opening to release the seeds in a similar manner to many conifer cones. The "cones" are persistent.

Seeds are small winged samaras.

Growing Conditions
Sun to shade, adapted to poor soils, and most species do well in wet soils.

Species
The genus is divided into three subgenera:

Subgenus Alnus. Trees. Shoot buds stalked. Male and female catkins produced in autumn (fall) but staying closed over winter, pollinating in late winter or early spring. About 15-25 species, including:
 * Alnus acuminata - Andean Alder. Andes Mountains, South America.
 * Alnus cordata - Italian Alder. Italy.
 * Alnus cremastogyne
 * Alnus glutinosa - Black Alder. Europe.
 * Alnus incana - Grey Alder. Europe & Asia.
 * Alnus oblongifolia (A. incana subsp. oblongifolia) - Arizona Alder. Southwestern North America.
 * Alnus rugosa (A. incana subsp. rugosa) - Speckled Alder. Northeastern North America.
 * Alnus tenuifolia (A. incana subsp. tenuifolia) - Thinleaf Alder or Mountain Alder. Northwestern North America.
 * Alnus japonica - Japanese Alder. Japan.
 * Alnus jorullensis - Mexican Alder. Mexico, Guatemala.
 * Alnus nepalensis - Nepalese Alder. Eastern Himalaya, southwest China.
 * Alnus orientalis - Oriental Alder. Southern Turkey, northwest Syria, Cyprus.
 * Alnus rhombifolia - White Alder. Interior western North America.
 * Alnus rubra - Red Alder. West coastal North America.
 * Alnus serrulata - Hazel alder, Tag Alder or Smooth alder. Eastern North America.
 * Alnus subcordata - Caucasian Alder. Caucasus, Iran.

Subgenus Clethropsis. Trees or shrubs. Shoot buds stalked. Male and female catkins produced in autumn (fall) and expanding and pollinating then. Three species:
 * Alnus formosana -Formosan Alder Taiwan
 * Alnus maritima - Seaside Alder. East coastal North America, plus disjunct population in Oklahoma.
 * Alnus nitida - Himalayan Alder. Western Himalaya.

Subgenus Alnobetula. Shrubs. Shoot buds not stalked. Male and female catkins produced in late spring (after leaves appear) and expanding and pollinating then. One to four species:
 * Alnus viridis - Green Alder. Widespread:
 * Alnus viridis subsp. viridis. Eurasia.
 * Alnus viridis subsp. maximowiczii (A. maximowiczii). Japan.
 * Alnus viridis subsp. crispa (A. crispa). Northern North America.
 * Alnus viridis subsp. sinuata (A. sinuata, Sitka Alder or Slide Alder). Western North America, far northeastern Siberia.

Uses
Alders establish symbioses with the nitrogen-fixing ../Actinobacteria/ Frankiella alni. This bacteria converts atmospheric nitrogen into soil-soluble nitrates which can be utilised by the alder, and favorably enhances the soil fertility generally. Alders benefit other plants growing near them by taking nitrogen out of the air and depositing it in the soil in usable form; fallen alder leaves make very rich compost. Alders are sturdy and fast-growing, even in acidic and damaged sites such as burned areas and mining sites. Italian Alder is particularly useful on dry, infertile sites. Alders can be used as a producer of simple bio-mass, growing quickly in harsh environments.

Alder catkins are one of the earliest available sources of pollen for bee species in the spring, especially honeybees, which use it for spring buildup.

Alders are grown for their bark, form, and for the catkins, which are used in dry floral arrangements. Alders can also be grown as bonsai.

Alder is a preferred wood for charcoal making, formerly used in the manufacture of gunpowder, or for smelting metal ores, now used primarily for cooking. The wood is also traditionally used for smoking fish and meat, though this usage has often been replaced by other woods such as oak and hickory. It is popular as a material for electric guitar bodies, and is used by many guitar makers, notably the Fender Guitar Company, who use it on top quality instruments such as the Stratocaster and Jaguar. Alder provides a brighter tone than other woods (such as mahogany), and as it is not a particularly dense wood it provides a resonant, well-rounded tone with excellent sustain.

Maintenance
Alders can be pruned either to encourage a tree-like habit, or coppiced as a dense shrub.

Propagation
By cuttings and seed, but cultivars may be budded or grafted.

Seed is collected in autumn as the catkins open, then cold-stratified for spring germination.

Pests and Diseases
../Powdery Mildew/ ../Leaf Curl/ Flower Distortions (../Galls/) ../Canker/ (branch dieback) ../Canker/ (trunk) ../Rust/ ../Root Rot/ ../Aphids/ ../Scales/ ../Psyllids/ ../Bugs/ ../Beetles/ ../Caterpillars/ ../Sawflies/ ../Mites/
 * Erysiphe aggregata
 * ../Microsphaera alni/
 * Phyllactinia corylea
 * Taphrina macrophylla
 * Taphrina amentorium
 * Taphrina occidentalis
 * Taphrina robinsoniana
 * ../Nectria coccinea/
 * Physalospora obtusa
 * Solenia anomala
 * Diatrypella oregonensis
 * Didymosphaeria oregonensis
 * Hymenochaete agglutinants
 * Melampsporidium hiratsukanum (Aecial stage on Alnus)
 * ../Phytophthora/ spp.
 * Wooly Alder Aphid: ../Prociphilus tessellatus/
 * Buckeye Scale: ../Diaspidiotus aesculi/
 * Alder Psyllid: ../Psylla floccosa/ nymphs produce cottony wax
 * Alder Lace Bug: ../Corythucha pergandei/
 * Alder Spittlebug: ../Clastoptera obtusa/
 * Alder Flea Beetle: ../Altica ambiens/
 * Alder Borer: ../Saperda obliqua/
 * Apple Flea Weevil: ../Rhynchaenus pallicarnis/ (leafminer)
 * Elm Calligrapha (linden Leaf Beetle): ../Calligrapha scalaris/
 * Pacific Willow Leaf Beetle: ../Pyrrhalta decora carbo/
 * Birch Skeletonizer: ../Bucculatrix canadensisella/
 * Boxelder Leafroller: ../Archips negundamus/
 * Cecropia Moth: ../Hyalophora cecropia/
 * Eastern Tent Caterpillar: ../Malacosoma americanum/
 * Oak Clearwing Borer: ../Paranthene asilipennis/
 * Pale Tussock Moth: ../Halisidota tesselaris/
 * Spearmarked Black Moth: ../Rheumaptera hastata/
 * Threelined Leafroller: ../Pandemis limitata/
 * see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Alders.
 * Birch Sawfly: ../Arge pectoralis/
 * European Alder Leafminer: ../Fenusa dohrnii/
 * Pouchgall Mite: ../Phytoptus laevis/

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Cookbook:Pastry for Cornish Pasties

| Cuisine of the UK

Any good pastry dough can be used for Cornish pasties, but it should be neither too rich nor too flaky. This works very well. Adjust amounts as required.

See also Cookbook:Pasties.

Ingredients

 * 1 lb (450 g) flour
 * ½ lb (225 g) mixture of lard, butter, and/or suet (equal ratios)
 * 1 pinch salt
 * Water

Procedure

 * 1) Combine the dry ingredients, then gradually mix in enough water to make a stiff dough.
 * 2) Roll dough to about a ¼ inch thick.
 * 3) Cut our rounds with a tea plate.
 * 4) Lay rounds on a pastry-board with half the round propped on a rolling-pin. Add the filling, and fold dough over filling.
 * 5) Dampen the edges with water, and press to seal. Crimp the edges, then make slit in middle of each pasty.
 * 6) Place on baking sheet, bake in hot oven until golden-brown.

Notes, tips, and variations

 * Try using vegetarian equivalents for the fats.
 * Omit salt for low-sodium diet, or use low-sodium salt.

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User Profile: Quantum Anomaly

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Interests: crafting IDM / breakcore music in Reason, crafting 3D mindscapes in Blender, surrounding myself with hot Japanese princesses whenever possible, using mind-altering substances to rip holes in the fabric of reality and restitching it as I see fit, photographing life's ever-evolving scenery, oldskool gaming, anything creative or on the fringes of the bizarre.

I hope to post more tutorials in this Wiki as I come to understand more about Blender.

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Talk:C++ Programming/Exercise book

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Advanced Interactive Media/Schedules and Deadlines

Keep track of vital deadlines on this page.


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Cookbook talk:Steamed Basmati Rice

= Rice and Water = Should it be noted somewhere that rice and water can always be increased because its a 1:2 ratio (respectively). 72.76.195.7 22:30, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

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Advanced Interactive Media/Project Directors/Job Description

The Project Director manages a variety of tasks including scheduling for each production team and tracking progress to insure that deadlines are met. To keep things moving, this person stays one step ahead of the rest of the class and helps each team understand their most pressing tasks. The director is also responsible to suggest an interactive navigation flow for the project to the class, and, with input from every team leader, storyboard how various media formats can be used in the end product.

As concluded by the first project director in 2007, others in this role will probably discover that about 70% of their job is spent in Facebook messaging various people. The director will take notes during class discussions, log and keep track of important decisions and post this information on Facebook and/or the WikiBook after obtaining sign-offs from the professor, client museum, Creative Animation Inc. and team leaders. To insure that the product is completed on schedule, the director will assist the teacher in identifying team members not performing up to class standards.

It is suggested that the project director create a “how we did this.” Podcast for future Advanced Interactive Media Classes. This one minute Podcast should briefly explain the production process including supporting pictures. The project director also collects student biographies for the credits page. Organization and attention to detail is the key to the project director's success.


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Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Arts and Crafts/Felt Craft

1. From what fiber is felt made? What gives it its tensile strength?
Felt is made from wool. Wool hairs are covered with tiny scales (see photo) which cause them to interlock with one another. The scales on a wool fiber are similar to the scales on a pine cone.

2. List 15 uses of felt.

 * 1) Crafts
 * 2) Felt-tipped pens
 * 3) Interfacing (sewing)
 * 4) Hats
 * 5) Shoe insoles
 * 6) Polishing wheels
 * 7) Roofing felt
 * 8) Gloves
 * 9) Slippers
 * 10) Yurt walls (a yurt is a Mongolian home)
 * 11) Furniture pads
 * 12) Table covers
 * 13) Pool tables
 * 14) Gaskets
 * 15) Rugs
 * 16) Tents
 * 17) Clothing
 * 18) Textile art
 * 19) Drum cymbal stands to protect the cymbal from cracking

3. Give three reasons why felt is a good material for handicrafts.

 * 1) Felt is inexpensive
 * 2) It can be made in any color
 * 3) It is durable
 * 4) Felt can be formed into any shape
 * 5) Felt can be easily cut

4. List the essential steps in felt manufacture.
Felt is made by a process called wet felting, where the natural wool fiber is stimulated by friction and lubricated by moisture (usually water), and the fibers move at a 90 degree angle towards the friction source and then away again, in effect making little "tacking" stitches. Only 5% of the fibers are active at any one moment, but the process is continual, and so different 'sets' of fibers become activated and then deactivated in the continual process.

This "wet" process utilizes the inherent nature of wool and other animal hairs, because the hairs have scales on them which are directional. The hairs also have kinks in them, and this combination of scales (like the structure of a pine cone) are what react to the stimulation of friction and cause the phenomenon of felting. It tends to work well only with woolen fibers as their scales, when aggravated, bond together to form a cloth.

From the mid-17th to the mid-20th centuries, a process called "carroting" was used in the manufacture of good quality felt for making men's hats. Rabbit or hare skins were treated with a dilute solution of the mercury compound mercuric nitrate. The skins were dried in an oven when the thin fur at the sides went orange - carrot color. Pelts were stretched over a bar in a cutting machine and the skin sliced off in thin shreds, the fleece coming away entirely. The fur was blown onto a cone-shaped colander, treated with hot water to consolidate it, the cone peeled off and passed through wet rollers to cause the fur to felt. These 'hoods' were then dyed and blocked to make hats. This toxic solution and the vapors it produced resulted in widespread cases of mercury poisoning among hatters, which may have been the origin behind the phrase "mad as a hatter". The United States Public Health Service banned the use of mercury in the felt industry in December 1941.

8 steps to make felt

1. Start with raw wool. It can be straight off the animal without further processing or you can purchase carded wool off the internet or at craft shows. Any color will do.

2. Assemble wool and liquid dish soap near a sink with running water or use a table top and a bowl of warm water.

3. Pull a small amount of wool apart and fluff it up by continually pulling it apart. Set this pile of wool aside.

4. Wet your hands with warm water and add a very small drop of liquid dish soap to your hands.

5. Pick up the pile of wool and gently roll it between the palms of your hands to form a ball. As the wool begins to felt, press harder so it will stiffen even more.

6. When the wool is firm, stop rolling and rinse with cold water.

7. Press it in a towel to remove excess water.

8. Allow the wool to air dry.

a. Pennant
This video shows how to make a pennant.


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A screenshot of OllyDbg for the Metasploit book

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