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Lindelöf hypothesis

In mathematics, the Lindelöf hypothesis is a conjecture by Finnish mathematician Ernst Leonard Lindelöf about the rate of growth of the Riemann zeta function on the critical line. This hypothesis is implied by the Riemann hypothesis. It says that for any ε > 0, $$\zeta\!\left(\frac{1}{2} + it\right)\! = O(t^\varepsilon)$$ as t tends to infinity (see big O notation). Since ε can be replaced by a smaller value, the conjecture can be restated as follows: for any positive ε, $$\zeta\!\left(\frac{1}{2} + it\right)\! = o(t^\varepsilon).$$

The μ function
If σ is real, then μ(σ) is defined to be the infimum of all real numbers a such that ζ(σ + iT ) = O(T a). It is trivial to check that μ(σ) = 0 for σ > 1, and the functional equation of the zeta function implies that μ(σ) = μ(1 − σ) − σ + 1/2. The Phragmén–Lindelöf theorem implies that μ is a convex function. The Lindelöf hypothesis states μ(1/2) = 0, which together with the above properties of μ implies that μ(σ) is 0 for σ ≥ 1/2 and 1/2 − σ for σ ≤ 1/2.

Lindelöf's convexity result together with μ(1) = 0 and μ(0) = 1/2 implies that 0 ≤ μ(1/2) ≤ 1/4. The upper bound of 1/4 was lowered by Hardy and Littlewood to 1/6 by applying Weyl's method of estimating exponential sums to the approximate functional equation. It has since been lowered to slightly less than 1/6 by several authors using long and technical proofs, as in the following table:

Relation to the Riemann hypothesis
Backlund (1918–1919) showed that the Lindelöf hypothesis is equivalent to the following statement about the zeros of the zeta function: for every ε > 0, the number of zeros with real part at least 1/2 + ε and imaginary part between T and T + 1 is o(log(T)) as T tends to infinity. The Riemann hypothesis implies that there are no zeros at all in this region and so implies the Lindelöf hypothesis. The number of zeros with imaginary part between T and T + 1 is known to be O(log(T)), so the Lindelöf hypothesis seems only slightly stronger than what has already been proved, but in spite of this it has resisted all attempts to prove it.

Means of powers (or moments) of the zeta function
The Lindelöf hypothesis is equivalent to the statement that $$\frac{1}{T} \int_0^T|\zeta(1/2+it)|^{2k}\,dt = O(T^{\varepsilon})$$ for all positive integers k and all positive real numbers ε. This has been proved for k = 1 or 2, but the case k = 3 seems much harder and is still an open problem.

There is a much more precise conjecture about the asymptotic behavior of the integral: it is believed that

 * $$ \int_0^T|\zeta(1/2+it)|^{2k} \, dt = T\sum_{j=0}^{k^2}c_{k,j}\log(T)^{k^2-j} + o(T)$$

for some constants ck,j . This has been proved by Littlewood for k = 1 and by Heath-Brown for k = 2 (extending a result of Ingham who found the leading term).

Conrey and Ghosh suggested the value
 * $$\frac{42}{9!}\prod_ p \left((1-p^{-1})^4(1+4p^{-1}+p^{-2})\right)$$

for the leading coefficient when k is 6, and Keating and Snaith used random matrix theory to suggest some conjectures for the values of the coefficients for higher k. The leading coefficients are conjectured to be the product of an elementary factor, a certain product over primes, and the number of n × n Young tableaux given by the sequence
 * 1, 1, 2, 42, 24024, 701149020, ....

Other consequences
Denoting by pn the n-th prime number, let $$g_n = p_{n + 1} - p_n.\ $$ A result by Albert Ingham shows that the Lindelöf hypothesis implies that, for any ε > 0, $$g_n\ll p_n^{1/2+\varepsilon}$$ if n is sufficiently large.

A prime gap conjecture stronger than Ingham's result is Cramér's conjecture, which asserts that $$ g_n = O\!\left((\log p_n)^2\right).$$

The density hypothesis

The density hypothesis says that $$N(\sigma,T)\le N^{2(1-\sigma)+\epsilon}$$, where $$N(\sigma,T)$$ denote the number of zeros $$\rho$$ of $$\zeta(s)$$with $$\mathfrak{R}(s)\ge \sigma$$ and $$|\mathfrak{I}(s)|\le T$$, and it would follow from the Lindelöf hypothesis.

More generally let $$N(\sigma,T)\le N^{A(\sigma)(1-\sigma)+\epsilon}$$ then it is known that this bound roughly correspond to asymptotics for primes in short intervals of length $$x^{1-1/A(\sigma)}$$.

Ingham showed that $$A_I(\sigma)=\frac{3}{2-\sigma}$$ in 1940, Huxley that $$A_H(\sigma)=\frac{3}{3\sigma-1}$$ in 1971, and Guth and Maynard that $$A_{GM}(\sigma)=\frac{15}{5\sigma+3}$$ in 2024 (preprint)   and these coincide on $$\sigma_{I,GM}=7/10<\sigma_{H,GM}=8/10<\sigma_{I,H}=3/4$$, therefore the latest work of Guth and Maynard gives the closest known value to $$\sigma=1/2$$ as we would expect from the Riemann hypothesis and improves the bound to $$N(\sigma,T)\le N^{\frac{30}{13}(1-\sigma)+\epsilon}$$ or equivalently the asymptotics to $$x^{17/30}$$.

In theory improvements to Baker, Harman, and Pintz estimates for the Legendre conjecture and better Siegel zeros free regions could also be expected among others.

L-functions
The Riemann zeta function belongs to a more general family of functions called L-functions. In 2010, new methods to obtain sub-convexity estimates for L-functions in the PGL(2) case were given by Joseph Bernstein and Andre Reznikov and in the GL(1) and GL(2) case by Akshay Venkatesh and Philippe Michel and in 2021 for the GL(n) case by Paul Nelson.

Notes and references

 * 2001 pbk reprint
 * 2001 pbk reprint
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Irina Pantaeva

Irina Vladlenovna Pantaeva (Ирина Владленовна Пантаева; born 31 October 1967) is a Russian model and actress. Pantaeva was born in Ulan-Ude, Buryat ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.

Biography
Irina Pantaeva started working as a model with designer Larisa Dagdanova in 1988 in Ulan-Ude. She participated in several fashion shows with ″Larissa″ collection in China. In 1989 she won the first-ever beauty contest in Buryatia, ″Miss Ulan-Ude″. Later that same year she went to Moscow to the audition for Vozvrashchenie Khodzhi Nasreddina (Возвращение Ходжи Насреддина) movie, and filming afterwards.

In 1992, she moved to Paris to pursue her modeling career. She succeeded in getting an appointment with Karl Lagerfeld, that allowed her to join in his fashion show and the world of haute couture. Pantaeva signed a contract with "The Marilyn Agency″. In 1994, Pantaeva moved to New York City to further her career, and later appeared in Mortal Kombat Annihilation, as Jade, As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me and bit parts in Celebrity, Zoolander and People I Know, in addition to filming a guest appearance on 3rd Rock from the Sun. She also featured in the off-Broadway play Jewtopia.  While in New York City, she graduated from the theatre department at New York University.

Pantaeva walked runways for renowned designers and fashion houses, such as: Christian Dior, Versace, Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler, Issey Miyake, John Galliano, Yves Saint Laurent, Anna Sui, Chloé, Kenzo, appeared in fashion campaigns for Calvin Klein, GAP, Kenzo, Missoni, Levi's Jeans, and was presented on covers of the fashion magazines: Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, etc. In the second half of the 1990s, she was one of the favourite models of English fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. In 1998, she was a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and wrote her autobiography Siberian Dream: A Memoir, which was published by Avon/Bard.

Personal life
In 1989, Pantaeva had a son, Ruslan. In 1994, she married the Latvian photographer Roland Levin, from whom in 2003 she gave birth to a son, Solongo. In 2008, Pantaeva and Levin divorced.

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Löbau

Löbau (Lubij, ) is a city in the east of Saxony, Germany, in the traditional region of Upper Lusatia. It is situated between the slopes of the Löbauer Berg and the fertile hilly area of the Upper Lusatian Mountains. It is the gateway to this volcanic mountainous area and is situated halfway between the cities of Bautzen, Görlitz and Zittau.

History
Löbau was first mentioned in 1221 as "Oppidum Lubaw". From 1319, the city was part of the Bohemian (Czech) Crown. In 1346 the city was a founding member of the Lusatian League, consisting of the six cities Bautzen, Görlitz, Kamenz, Lubań, Löbau and Zittau, which was disbanded in 1815. In 1469, along with the Lusatian League, the town recognized the rule of King Matthias Corvinus and passed to Hungary, and in 1490 it returned to the Czech Crown, then under the rule of Polish Prince Vladislaus II. From 1635, it was ruled by the Electors of Saxony, from 1697 also Kings of Poland, and from 1871 it was part of the German Empire. After Germany's defeat in World War II, the town was part of East Germany until 1990. The league was revived in 1991, though it no longer holds political power and mostly acts as a tourism promotion board.

The town is widely known for the piano manufacturing company August Förster.

Main sights
The town hall of the city is a noteworthy mixture of several architectural styles. Another famous building is the Schminke House by German architect Hans Scharoun, one of the most important exponents of organic and expressionist architecture. The building dates from the 1930s, anticipating the architecture of the 1950s. It is regarded as one of Scharoun's greatest works.

The King Frederick Augustus Tower is Löbau's main landmark; the tower made of cast iron was built in 1854 on the Löbauer Berg, and is 28 m tall. It is the biggest cast-iron tower in Europe and offers magnificent views of the Lusatian Highlands.

Reichstag Deputies
Following the North German Confederation Treaty the Kingdom of Saxony entered the North German Confederation in 1866. This continued after the founding of the German Empire on 18 January 1871. Following this Saxony participated in Reichstag elections from February 1867. Löbau returned a series of Reichstag Deputies until 1919 when the existing constituencies were scrapped.

Twin towns — Sister cities
Löbau is twinned with:
 * 🇭🇺 Makó, Hungary
 * 🇩🇪 Ettlingen, Germany
 * 🇵🇱 Lubań, Poland

People

 * August Förster (1829-1897), piano maker
 * Marie Wackwitz (1865-1930), women's rights activist
 * Georg Scholze (1897-1945), general during World War II
 * Konrad Kujau (1938-2000), forger
 * Bernd Böhlich (*1957), director
 * Uwe Proske (*1961), Olympic gold medalist (1992, fencing)
 * Anne-Kathrin Schade (*1968), volleyball player
 * Jana Henke (*1973), swimmer
 * Mirko Müller (*1974), pair skater
 * René Münnich (*1977), auto racing driver and team owner
 * Robert Koch (*1986), footballer (formerly Dynamo Dresden, 1. FC Nürnberg)
 * Christian Reitz (*1987), Olympic gold medalist (2016, 25 metre rapid fire pistol) and world record holder

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Kaiser (disambiguation)

Kaiser is the German word for "emperor", usually reserved for the emperors of the German and Austrian Empires.

Kaiser may also refer to:

People

 * Kaiser (surname), including a list of persons with the name
 * Kaiser (Burmese singer), a pop singer of Myanmar
 * "Kaiser" or "Kaiser Franz", both nicknames of Franz Beckenbauer, former German football player, coach, and manager
 * Kaiser Gates (born 1996), American basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * "The Kaiser", nickname of Ralf Souquet, a German professional pool player

Places

 * Kaiser, Missouri, United States
 * Kaiser, Wisconsin, a ghost town in the United States
 * Kaiser Mountains, a mountain range in the Alps
 * Kaiser (Martian crater), a crater on Mars
 * Kaiser (lunar crater), a crater on the Moon

Arts and entertainment

 * Kaiser (card game), a card game
 * Kaiser (video game), a video game
 * Digimon Kaiser, a character from Digimon Adventure
 * Kaiser (film), a 1917 short animated film

Brands and enterprises

 * Related to Henry J. Kaiser:
 * KaiserAir, an airline, charter and service company
 * Kaiser Aluminum, an aluminum company
 * Kaiser Broadcasting, an entity that owned and operated broadcast television stations in the United States, 1958–77
 * Kaiser Center, a skyscraper building in Oakland, California
 * Kaiser Motors, an automobile trademark
 * Kaiser Permanente, a health maintenance organization (HMO) based in the U.S. state of California
 * Kaiser Shipyards, part of Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
 * Kaiser Steel, a former steelmaking company that was based in California
 * Kaiser Foundation
 * HTC Kaiser, an alternate name for the HTC TyTN II Pocket PC phone
 * Kaiser brewery, a Brazilian brewery
 * Kaiser's (supermarket), a German supermarket chain

Computing and technology

 * KAISER, an alternate name for kernel page-table isolation, a security method
 * Kaiser window, a window function used for digital signal processing

Ships

 * SMS Kaiser (1858), a screw ship of the line of the Austro-Hungarian fleet
 * SMS Kaiser (1875), a German cruiser launched in 1875
 * SMS Kaiser (1911), a German battleship launched in 1911
 * Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler, a United States Navy class of replenishment oilers
 * USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187), a U.S. Navy fleet replenishment oiler in Military Sealift Command service since 1986

Other uses

 * Kaisers, the space police from Brave Exkaiser
 * Kaiser Burnout, a fire set by Confederate Captain James Kaiser during the American Civil War
 * Kaiser (horse), a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse
 * Kaiser pear, or Bosc pear, a pear cultivar
 * Kaiser roll, a type of bread roll
 * Kaiser test, a chemical test for the presence of primary amines using ninhydrin
 * Kaiser (beer), a Brazilian beer brand

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Place Fell

Place Fell is a mountain in the English Lake District. It stands at the corner of the upper and middle reaches of Ullswater, with steep western flanks overlooking the villages of Glenridding and Patterdale.

Topography
A 10 mile horseshoe of high ground surrounds the Martindale catchment, a system of valleys draining northward into Ullswater. Place Fell is at the western terminus of this ridge. To the south is Angletarn Pikes, whilst on all other sides Place Fell stands independent and is bordered by deep valleys.

The fell is bounded on the north and west by Ullswater. For the most part these flanks fall steeply to the shore, with several areas of woodland on the lower slopes. The exception is Silver Point, the promontory separating the upper and middle reaches of the lake. This is formed by Silver Crag, 890 ft, an outlier standing apart from the mass of the fell. The lakeshore path from Sandwick in the north to Patterdale in the south was described by Wainwright as the most beautiful and rewarding walk in Lakeland. South of the lake, Place Fell's steep slopes continue above Patterdale village to Boredale Hause above the valley of Goldrill Beck.

Place Fell's eastern boundary is Boredale, one of the Martindale valleys. This face is also steep with many outcrops of crag. Travelling up Boredale, the valley turns gradually to the south west, making as though to intercept Patterdale and cut the fell off from its neighbours altogether. The thin strip of high ground at Boredale Hause, 1300 ft, is all that joins Place Fell to the main body of the Far Eastern Fells. A tiny ruin at the top of the pass is named on OS maps as the 'Chapel in the Hause', one of the more unlikely sites for a church. From the hause the ridge can be followed south along a good path to Angletarn Pikes, first climbing the subsidiary top of Stony Rigg, 1,610 ft. Other paths from this walkers crossroads lead to Patterdale, Boredale, Bannerdale via Beda Fell, and Hartsop, in addition to the route up Steel Edge to the summit of Place Fell.

The top of Place Fell is a wide plateau with the summit at the south western corner. From here the rocky ridge of Hart Crag runs for a short distance north east across the plateau, decorated with a number of small tarns. Continuing in this direction, the ground gradually narrows as it descends to Low Moss, beyond which are the subsidiary tops of High Dodd (1645 ft) and Sleet Fell (1240 ft).

A second descending ridge runs north from the summit area, beginning at The Knight (1800 ft). This rock outcrop assumes an impressive peaked appearance when viewed from the north, although from behind it could easily be missed. From here the ridge descends over Bleaberry Knott (1675 ft) and Low Birk Fell, curving east above the middle reach of Ullswater. Low Birk Fell sports a fine beacon (columnar cairn), easily seen from Sandwick. Between the Bleaberry Fell and High Dodd ridges is the valley of Scalehow Beck, providing much of Place Fell's northern drainage.

Summit
The summit of the fell has an OS triangulation column and cairn placed about ten yards apart on two competing high-points. The cairn sits above Ullswater and provides superb views up the facing valleys from Glencoyne round to Kirkstone, the rough eastern faces of the Helvellyn range being particularly striking.

Ascents
Place Fell can be climbed from Patterdale, either via Boredale Hause or more directly by aiming up the face between Bleaberry Knott and The Knight. Ascents can also be made from Sandwick up either of the north eastern ridges, or from Boredale via the Hause. The altitude gain from the shores of Ullswater to the peak of Place Fell is 512 m, but trails have shallow gradients and no hands-on scrambling is required; scrambling opportunities are few, even off-trail.

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Kaiser (card game)

Kaiser, or three-spot, is a trick-taking card game popular in the prairie provinces in Canada, especially Saskatchewan and parts of its neighbouring provinces. It is played with four players in two partnerships with a 32-card deck.

Origins
The origins of this game are a mystery and there seems to be no historical record (spoken or written) that justifies it being a solely Saskatchewan-area game. It is especially popular among Ukrainian communities, and was possibly brought to Canada by Ukrainian immigrants, although it is not now played in Ukraine.

Kaiser means "emperor", the ruler of Germany from 1871 to 1918. During the Second World War a game referred to as troika (Russian troĭka, from troe "three"; akin to Old English thrīe "three") and the English version, three-spot, was played by war veterans in particular. These games were known for their bidding and trumping and the three in particular. The highest bid in these games was called a kaiser bid (12 notrump). It is because of this that it was referred to as the “kaiser bidding game” and eventually just the "kaiser game".

Dealing
Kaiser is played by four people: two teams of two players each. Unlike many card games, only 32 cards are used out of a normal 52-card deck. The deck contains the cards from eight to ace inclusively (8, 9, 10, jack, queen, king, ace) for each suit. The other four cards are the seven of clubs, seven of diamonds, five of hearts and three of spades. All 32 cards are dealt out: eight to each player. The cards may be dealt in any order to any player so long as each player ends up with eight cards.

Rule variations
Even though kaiser is a rare game, rules do vary between groups and between regions. Some variations on the popular rules include:
 * Varying the minimum bid (usually anywhere from five to eight)
 * Including the seven of hearts and seven of spades. When dealing, two cards are dealt into a "kitty" and the winning bidder may pick this kitty up and exchange cards in their hand for cards in the kitty. If the three or five are in the kitty, then the player must include these in their playing hand.
 * Allowing passing between players. Players are allowed to pass one or two cards before bidding. This can create an opportunity for communication between players within the rules of the game. This is often accompanied by raising the minimum bid, because the increased level of strategy makes it possible to attain higher scores.
 * After winning the bid in no trump, the player has an option of playing the hand high or low. In high the play is normal. In low the strength of the cards are reversed while the five of hearts and the three of spades are neutral (for example in "low" play a seven would take a trick over an eight).

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TVN

TVN may refer to:

 * TVN (Australian TV channel), a former horse racing channel
 * Televisión Nacional de Chile, a public broadcaster
 * TVN (Indonesia), a former television station; predecessor of Rajawali Televisi
 * TVN (Norway), or TVNorge, a commercial television channel
 * TVN (Panamanian TV network), a television network
 * Echo TV or TVN (Hungary), a Hungarian TV channel as Echo TVN
 * TVN (Polish TV channel), a commercial broadcaster
 * tvN, a South Korean commercial general entertainment channel
 * tvN Asia, a Korean entertainment channel
 * TVN Entertainment Corporation, a former US satellite television company
 * Television News Inc., an American news service of the 1970s
 * Nara Television, a Japanese commercial broadcaster

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Four Seasons Town Centre

Four Seasons Town Centre is a three-story shopping mall in Greensboro, North Carolina. Opened in 1974, it was the first enclosed shopping center in Greensboro. Currently it is anchored by Dillard's and JCPenney and it is the only indoor shopping mall within Greensboro's city limits; however, nearby Friendly Center, an outdoor shopping plaza, has many of the same tenants. It is managed by Brookfield Properties. The shopping mall is located at the I-40 interchange with Gate City Boulevard (formerly High Point Road), southwest of downtown.

History
The process of acquiring the land for what would later become the site of Four Seasons Mall commenced in late 1958. Joseph S. Koury, a local developer, initiated the purchase of land south of downtown Greensboro with the vision of creating new suburban housing and shopping centers. The specific site for Four Seasons, situated at the newly established intersection of Interstate 40 and US 29-A/US 70-A (present-day Gate City Boulevard), was designated for the flagship development of Imperial Corporation. Imperial Corporation served as the precursor to Koury Corporation, both owned and operated by Joseph S. Koury.

The initial development on the site saw the inauguration of a Holiday Inn hotel in 1970. Subsequently, the mall took shape, featuring two levels and encompassing 900,000 square feet (84,000 m2) of Gross Leasable Area (GLA), unfolding in phased openings. JCPenney commenced operations on August 7, 1974, while a significant portion of the mall's interior debuted on October 30, 1974. Belk joined the lineup, officially opening its doors on February 6, 1975, coinciding with the property's formal dedication ceremony. The mall was thoughtfully designed for future expansion, incorporating a main building with both a third floor and a basement level, both earmarked for future retail space.

Initially named Four Seasons Mall, the shopping center showcased Belk, JCPenney, and Meyer's, a Greensboro-based department store owned by Allied Stores, serving as the primary anchor tenants. Secondary anchors included Miller & Rhoads, Frankenberger's, Thalhimer's, and McCrory's. Additionally, Four Seasons featured sizable Eckerd Drugs and Winn Dixie stores, along with a Piccadilly Cafeteria. The entertainment offerings were complemented by a four-screen General Cinemas, which debuted in 1979.

Meyer's was later succeeded by Jordan Marsh, another Allied Stores brand, and eventually, the space was sold to Ivey's by 1980. In 1983, JCPenney ceased its auto service operation at Four Seasons, and the standalone building housing it was subsequently demolished in the following years.

In 1987, Four Seasons Mall completed its third story expansion, giving the mall over 1 million square feet (93,000 m2) of GLA, 200 stores and a large new food court. It also assumed its current name at that time, along with a new, more contemporary logo.

Ivey's underwent acquisition by Dillard's in 1990, occurring just after a significant renovation of its store that linked it to the mall's newly constructed third level. In the same year, Thalhimers was sold to the May Department Stores Co. Meanwhile, Belk underwent a substantial expansion and renovation, introducing a third shopping level and incorporating over 50,000 square feet (5,000 m2) of additional selling space.

In 1992, when the Thalhimers nameplate was phased out, the Four Seasons store shuttered due to its limited size, measuring at 20,000 square feet (2,000 m2), rendering it unsuitable for a comprehensive department store inventory. Initially planned to be replaced by a Hecht's store, May ultimately opted to expand its Friendly Center Hecht's location and construct a standalone Hecht's three miles (5 km) west of Four Seasons at the intersection of Interstate 40 and Wendover Avenue.

During the late 1990s, Four Seasons Town Centre underwent an extensive interior renovation featuring a striking redesign by Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates. The updated design introduced a spacious fountain and amphitheater to the mall's center court. Additionally, permanent vendor spaces and kiosks were incorporated into the expansive corridors, accompanied by inviting living room-style soft seating areas.

In 2002, Dillard's embarked on a comprehensive expansion, adding 80,000 square feet (7,000 m2) to its store and initiating a complete renovation. Simultaneously, a three-year process saw the redesign of all exterior public mall entrances following the Dillard's renovation.

During the early 2000s, the closure and subsequent demolition of Carolina Circle Mall resulted in Four Seasons becoming the sole remaining enclosed shopping mall in Greensboro.

In 2004, the mall was sold to General Growth Properties (now Brookfield Properties).

On May 19, 2014, Belk made an announcement that its Four Seasons location would cease operations in February 2015. In a formal statement, Belk officials explained their decision, stating a desire to "focus our resources and efforts on the major expansion and remodeling of our Friendly Center store, which we will reopen this fall as a Belk flagship store." Following the initiation of a store closing sale on November 8, 2014, the Four Seasons store permanently closed its doors on January 18, 2015, just before reaching its 40th anniversary at the mall.

On April 25, 2016, local news sources reported Dillard's intention to relocate to the former Belk location. The new Dillard's store officially opened on October 25 of the same year. Prior to the move, a clearance center was briefly operated in the old location to liquidate excess merchandise.

In January 2018, Round1 Bowling & Amusement, a Japanese entertainment company, inaugurated its establishment on the first floor of the former Dillard's. This marked Round1's 20th entertainment center in the United States, located in Greensboro.

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Wikipedia:Descriptive image tagging

 * This proposed policy was initiated by User:Carnildo.
 * See also Wikipedia is not censored for the protection of minors, which is official policy and which this proposal seems to contravene.

This is a proposed system for descriptive tagging of image contents. It is meant for allowing people to filter out images they might not want to see while browsing Wikipedia. For example, someone viewing recent changes during their lunch break may want to filter out all disease symptom images to preserve their appetite, or someone may wish to restrict all non-lineart images of sex acts. This system does not attempt to make any judgements of "good" or "bad" images; rather, it is intended to be a strictly objective description of certain types of image contents.

This proposal does not cover any of the technical details of descriptive tagging, but I envision that tagging will be done with either checkboxes accessible from an image's page, or templates added to the image's page, while filtering will be done by a set of checkboxes in the user's preferences.

Related policies and discussions are at
 * Image use policy General image use policy
 * Profanity
 * Image censorship Discussion on how Wikipedia should be censored, if it does get censored
 * Graphic and potentially disturbing images Discussion on dealing with "offensive" images; the discussion on tagging seems to have bogged down from lack of a specific tagging system, and from problems with systems that need to make subjective judgements.
 * Offensive content Discussion of the mechanics of tagging images; the discussion of specific systems seems to have run into trouble with systems that require subjective judgements.

Suggested tags
This list of tags is meant to cover categories of content that large groups of people may find objectionable. It is by no means complete. Category titles are simply a convenient way of grouping individual tags, with no specific meaning attached to them.

Human body

 * 1) Visible male genitals
 * 2) Visible female genitals
 * 3) Uncovered buttocks
 * 4) Uncovered breasts
 * 5) Bare male torso
 * 6) Naked male
 * 7) Naked female

Sexuality

 * 1) Sexual act (humans)
 * 2) Sexual act (animals)
 * 3) Sex toys
 * 4) *Sex toys in use

Violence/death/medical

 * 1) Blood/gore
 * 2) Dead humans
 * 3) Dead animals
 * 4) Open wounds
 * 5) Disease symptoms

Religion

 * 1) Religious figure (Christianity)
 * 2) Religious figure (Judaism)
 * 3) Religious figure (Islam)
 * 4) Religious figure (Baha'i)

Drugs

 * Note: The distinction between medicinal and recreational is whether the drug is approved for treating a non-drug-related medical condition.

 * 1) Drug apparatus
 * 2) Recreational drugs
 * 3) Medicinal drugs
 * 4) Cannabis/marijuana
 * 5) Tobacco
 * 6) Alcohol

Other

 * 1) Gambling apparatus
 * 2) Firearms
 * 3) Non-firearm weapons

Image type

 * 1) Photograph
 * 2) 3D computer model
 * 3) Sculpture
 * 4) Painting
 * 5) Lineart
 * Colored lineart

Specific examples

 * Image:Human-woman.png would be tagged as "naked female, lineart"
 * Image:Mass Grave Bergen Belsen May 1945.jpg would be tagged as "dead humans, naked male, naked female, photo"
 * Image:Sixtynine.png would be tagged as "naked female, sexual act (human), lineart"
 * Image:Bahaullah.jpg would be tagged as "religious figure (Baha'i), photo"

Advantages

 * This system does not require judgement calls such as "is this suitable for children?" or "is this obscene?". The only decisions needed when tagging images are "does the image contain these subjects?".
 * The system lets people decide for themselves what they do and do not want to see.
 * The system is internal to Wikipedia, so that, in addition to the options of showing or hiding images, there's the option of turning images into links.
 * The tags can be translated into other content-filtering systems.

Disadvantages

 * The system does not distinguish based on context.
 * The system does not work for users who haven't set up their computers for it.

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Talk:Lev Landau

Picture
What happened to the much better picture which used to be in this article? It was replaced by an ugly prison mugshot. The old picture should be returned. --141.154.215.119 07:46, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Not sure where to find the old pic, but I agree completely, a photo from their labor camp tenure shouldn't be the main portrait of this accomplished scientist. Fulvius 11:54, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I added the new picture, but i'm not sure what I should select for copyright. Bronstein.jpg is the old picture, it should maybe be scaled down and put in the section on his imprisonment. Fulvius 12:37, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Russian
Please do not call Russian everybody who was born in the Soviet Union or the Russian Empire! People can consider it as neglecting their true ethnic identity. It may offend people.

The word "Russian" may be misinterpreted by the reader. It is not clear what it means in this context: citizenship or ethmicity. The article contains information that L.D.Landau was born in the Russian Empire. So you do not loos any information removing "Russian" from the first sentence. Please do not revert. --AndriyK 12:51, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Please sign your posts by typing four tildas like this ~
 * Please do not confuse ethnicity with relationship to a country. See the definition of Russian, particularly the last entry in the definition. If anyone would follow your logic, there would be no American people at all, because almost everyone there is an emmigrant. As for Landau, he was born in the Russian Empire, spoke Russian, lived in Moscow, died in Moscow, rests in Moscow. Looks like Russian applies to him. --Gene s 12:07, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Everybody knows what means "American". In contrast, "Russian" can be interpreted differently: It can mean "ethnic Russian". It can mean "citizen of Russia (after 1991)" It can mean "citizen of the Russian Empire (before 1917)". To avoid any confusion it should be clear from the context, or explained explicitely, what this word means in every particular case.

If you say: "Landau was Russian" and then you continue: "He was born in the Russian Empire", most of the readers would interpret this as "Landau was ethnic Russian and he was barn in the Russian Empire". So you text would be misunderstood. You should avoid such things in writing for the Wikipedia.

The Landau's relation to Russia is described quite clearly in the article. The word "Russian" in the firs sentence gives no additional information but can cause a confusion.

If you would like to add information about Landau's spoken language etc., you are free to do it. --AndriyK 12:51, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, you said Everybody knows what means "American". Please read American and see for yourself that you are wrong.
 * Yes, Landau relationship with Russia is described quite clearly in the article. So, the description "Russian" is correct. The google test also proves it: Russian 2,430 vs. Soviet 422 . I basically don't understand the nature of your objection. According to the definition at Russian the description of Landau as Russian is correct.
 * Please keep in mind that if you revert the article one more time, you will be in violation of the WP:3RR.
 * --Gene s 13:02, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

You even did not try to think about avoiding the confusion and misinforming the reader. OK. I will seek for a comment from the comunity. --AndriyK 13:48, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

A brief summary of the discussion
I removed the word "Russian" from the first sentece of the article, because it can be misleading. A part of the readership can understand it in the present context as "ethnic Russian", which is incorrect. Landau was NOT an ethnic Russian.

Gene s insists on using the adjective Russian, because Landau was born in the Russian Empire and was a sitizen of this country during the first 9 years of his life. (The rest of his life he was a sitizen of Soviet Union, which is NOT the same as Russia.)

In my opinion, Landau's relation to Russia is described quite clearly in the article. The word "Russian" in the first sentence gives no additional information but can cause a confusion. From these reasons it should be removed.

General note:
 * In would suggest the wikipedia comunity to avoid using adjective "Russian" to all people who were born in the Soviet Union or the Russian Empire, uless they are (or were) ethnic Russians. At least, it should be clear from the context or explained explicitely, what the word "Russian" means: citizenship or ethnicity. Otherwise people can consider it as neglecting their actual ethnic identity and feel themselves offended. This is very much NOT in the spirit of the Wikipedia.

Well, the word "Russian" has been often used instead of "Soviet". But From the above reasons, Wikipedia should avoid this mixing.
 * 1) this is incorrect.
 * 2) this is offensive with respect to non-Russian ex-Soviets.

I would be gratefull to the comunity for their comments on the issue. --AndriyK 13:48, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I would greately appreciate if you would not twist my words. If you want to make a summary of someone's statement, make it accurate. Don't misrepresent the words. Here is what I am saying:
 * Landau's relationship with Russia is quite clear from the article. Thus, the description of Landau as "Russian" in addition to other affiliations is correct. The google test also proves it: Russian 2,430  vs. Soviet 422.
 * Here is a great test for you. I am guessing from your name you are a Ukrainian. There is an article Igor Sikorsky. In the article he is described as Ukrainian. According to your logic he is not a Ukrainian, but rather a Pole or a Russian or an American. Could you please go there and remove the Ukrainian from the article?
 * As for a wiki-wide policy against the word "Russian" - good luck. --Gene s 14:07, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Dear Gene s, what is your goal? To make the article clear and to avoid misinterpretations, or start a political discussion? I do not support any policy against the word "Russian". I just would like to avoid misunderstanding and inaccurate statements. --AndriyK 14:27, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, my intention is to make articles clear and informative. So far I am sticking with simple facts without starting a political discussion. "Russian" just like "Ukrainian", "Persian", "Chinese" does not necesserily mean ethnicity. It means a relationship with the country. It's a common rule here. --Gene s 15:01, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * But still it CAN mean ethnisity. How should the reader know, what you mean saying "Landau was Russian"? I perfectly understand what you mean. But what about the reader who have known nothing about Landau befor this article and who have not had a discussion with you on this issue? --AndriyK 15:48, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I didn't read all discussion, because I'm working on another topics now and I have a little time, sorry for that. For the same reason I'll not go into the discussion, I'll just indicate my point of view on this. Notice a little detail: a link Russian in the article points to the country:Russia, not the ethnicity - Russian, so, it's pretty clear, that it does not mean ethnicity. Landau's main contribution is to the science of the USSR and namely: Russian SFSR, because he worked in Moscow scientific institution most of his life. All Soviet institutions of the Russian SFSR changed their names to those of Russia in 1991-1992, so, Landau's scientific heritage belongs to Russia. It is pretty natural for me, when for example about Soviet scientists who worked most part of their lives in the institutions of Ukrainian SSR, being Russian by nationality, is written: Soviet/Ukrainian physicist, Russian by nationality, or with Russian roots, if nationality is not clear. So, if you know for sure, you may add, that Landau is Jewish by nationality and add him to the category Jewish people or something like that. But removing Russian and leaving only Soviet, without any indication of the country, to which his heritage belongs now, I think, is inappropriate. Cmapm 19:22, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * A few objections:

 * Not every reader will follow the link, so many of the readers will be wrongly informed about Landau's ethnicity
 * Heritage of scientiest in the field of mathematics, physics, biology etc. belong to the whole wold. This knowledge is international.
 * The information about Landau's connection to Russia and Russian science is described in the article. Does the word "Russian" in the first sentece contain additional information? Which one?

 * Do you want to misinforme the readers in the West about Landau's ethnicity? Why? --AndriyK 19:52, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * If you want readers to be informed in a "true way", change Russian to Russia's, but I suppose, that English-speaking people will change it back to Russian, as they change of the USSR to Soviet.
 * This is commonly applied to knowledge, but each scientist's works are also physically located in archives, laboratories, institutes etc., and they certainly belong to some country. Besides that, many big scientists leave a scientific school after them and it also resides in the institution, where they worked most part of their lives.
 * The first sentence about a scientist commonly point to the main country he/she contributed to and his/her nationality in each encyclopedia.
 * Do you think, that I and you (as I understand), readers in the East are misinformed, when in every article about US scientist first is written American, although ethnically he is, say, German or Hungarian? We just read the following couple of words or look for ethnicity item in the article.
 * Please, don't ask me provoking questions next time. I become involved into the discussion and go away from my main project. Cmapm 23:32, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

What is Landau ethnicity? Jewish or Azerbaijani, or both? I read the article. Not clear to me.67.113.3.167 06:26, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Jewish subethnicity of Russian etnicity of Soviet superethnicity. Russia is not a melting pot. --GS 02:58, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Landau loved russian poets... so he belonged to russian culture. He was one of the fathers-founders of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, which supplies Russia and the whole world with the best physicists for the last 60 years! Note the institute of Landau's name of theoretical physics, which is located in Russia. The last but not least, Landau's course, (with the slagn name of "Landavshits") is fondly beloved among all generations of PhysTech students. So Landau surely belong to russian culture. ellol 12:29, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

It is a very safe assumption that Landau, like ALL Soviet citizens, had an "internal passport" (внутренный пасспорт) and that passport would have had a field labeled "Nationality" to be understood in the sense of "ethnicity". If he were Jewish then in all likelihood his nationality would be entered there as "Evrei" (Jew.) In the Soviet Union, "Soviet" was a political concept but NOT an ethic concept although it had sort of a "ethnic subtext" as exemplified in the following частушка (chastushka, little bit of popular doggerel with a point to it) which I might have found in Ogonek years ago (could be wrong though): "Μы гордимся что Гагарин / Не еврей, не татарин / Не тунгус, не узбек  / А наш СОВЕТСКИЙ человек " Very roughly it goes: We are proud that Gagarin / is not a Jew, is not a Tatar, is not Tungus, is not Uzbek, but is our Soviet countryman" which is actually a poor translation of something that is pretty much untranslatable but the point should be clear. Furthermore, among Soviets, "Russian" and "Jew" are VERY different. In the US, however, "Russian" is a name most often put on those whose native tongue is Russian. I have on MANY occasions asked people if they are Russian and have gotten the answer "Нет, я еврей" (No, I'm a Jew.) Vladimir Voinovich in the forward to one of his books recalls a person asking him how he, a Jew, could consider himself a RUSSIAN writer, to which he responds "I do not consider myself a Russian writer, I am a Russian writer" but his attitude seems to be not very widespread. (And to say "Jewish subethnicity of Russian etnicity" is wrong - one did not grow out of or give birth to the other, they are quite separate.) If Landau is a Jew then I think that the article should so state. To say that he is Soviet is, in a way, a meaningless statement, it only indicates the political structure under which he lived. Hi There 19:02, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

 * HiThere is correct. I am adding that he was born into a Jewish family. This is consistent with other bios in WP. ←Humus sapiens ну? 20:26, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Comment. In English (and many other languages), Russian means either belonging to an ethnicity or to a country or both. Usages of the word in the Russian language itself are different, which is why AndriyK desired to change it. Russian wrt ethnicity is руский (ruskií), while the same word wrt country is российский (rossiískií) and in many other-language articles about him (including Russian), he is indisputably referred to as a Soviet physicist — because he lived in the respective epoch, was not Russian by ethnicity, was born in the part of the Russian Empire which is now Azerbaijan and spent most of his life as a scientist in Ukraine, while his scientific contributions benefited the Soviet Union.

 * How people are referred to in different languages as to who they were, when and where, is linguistically, culturally and traditionally different (and quite interesting, IMHO :). -Mardus 16:00, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Copy vio
I believe the biography section is cribbed straight from Landau, the Physicist and the Man (ISBN 0080363830). -- CYD

 * Which passages exactly and where do they correspond to what you refferred to? -Mardus 16:01, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
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Additions

 * DLVO theory —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.250.204.118 (talk) 03:54, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Biography between 1939 and 1962
Can anybody add some relevant information? TomyDuby (talk) 10:35, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Stress in Landau
We say Ланда́у. Is this correct? The German original is stressed on the first syllable: LAN-dau. --  Jack of Oz    ... speak! ...   23:37, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, stress on the second sillable is correct Alex Bakharev (talk) 00:58, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Why did the Russians change it? --   Jack of Oz    ... speak! ...   01:19, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Interesting question, but I do not know the answer. As an initial guess based on Vasmer http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/vasmer/42376/%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE I would think that the name was seen as coming from French Landau rather than German Alex Bakharev (talk) 03:07, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Obituary Source
Here is a photocopy of his obituary in The Times:

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Obits/Landau_Lev.html

It would be very worthwhile to add to the article some details which can be found in the obituary, and add the obituary to the references. It would be nice to get a more stable copy of the obit than this university webpage.

I original got the obit from this page:

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Landau_Lev.html

Njerseyguy (talk) 21:56, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Jewish Background of Lev Landau
An anonymous deleted the text referring to Lev Landau's jewish background and claimed that the source in the text is the only source referring to his jewish background. However I find here, [ this here] and here also references to his Jewish background. See alse this book for his Jewish Azerbaijani background. I reverted the deletions. Please use this talk page if you like to discuss this. Thanks. Metzujan (talk) 11:08, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * and is there not jewish sources for that? And I can't agree these web-site to be reliable sources. I'm from Kharkiv, Ukraine, know a lot about this person, and there is no mentions that he was a jew. The fact he has surname that can be Jewish can't be enough to call him a jew, 'cos he wasn't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.12.216.214 (talk) 11:42, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi. Thanks for your reaction. The third link is a book, and I agree that websites are not everything, but you seem to deny his family background. Why? As you know a lot about him, do you know the names of his parents? And do you know who his great grandfather was? Metzujan (talk) 11:52, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Lubov and David. btw strange that is not mention in the article. Maybe his great grandfather was a jew, so what? I know for sure that he has straight line of Russians, also he had Ukrainian root. If someone has one of his distant relatives jew it doesn't make his a jew, the same for all other nation. He claimed himself as a Russian, all of his environment also did that. I can't understand why nowadays jews try to attach to their nation all prominent people that theoretically can had some jew some generation before. Why if between 8 great grandparent one was a jew a man are claimed jew, even if 5-6 other great grandparents where of the same nationality and not jew?
 * Well if your parents are Jewish, even if you don't practise Judaism you stay Jewish, unlike other religions where its not lineage but a personal choise. It's not a far distinct connection to Judaism, but a direct connection. Btw, his grandfather was a famous rabbi. Metzujan (talk) 14:34, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * only one of his parents has a chance to be a jew
 * I'm sorry to disappoint you, both of his parents were Jewish, and he also mentioned this himself. See also this link, where he has been quoted that the KGB must have been aware that his Jewish parents fled to the USA. Metzujan (talk) 11:40, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I have really big doubts about this. Why there is absolutely no information that he is Jew in Russian or Ukrainian languages? And from sources from Russia or Ukraine? That is very looks like fake — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.12.216.214 (talk) 10:18, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * In the former USSR, "Jew" was a nationality or ethnicity by law, according to Who is a Jew. But anyway, just that he is born from Jewish parents, without any other mentioning of his self identification as a Jew, I think it is pretty wild to list him in all those Jewish scientist categories. "Hendrik Casimir, a physicist who met Landau in Copenhagen, recalls him as an ardent communist, very proud of his revolutionary roots. The enthusiasm with which Landau went about building Soviet science was part of his socialistic fervor. In 1935 he published an odd piece entitled “Bourgeoisie and Contemporary Physics” in the Soviet newspaper Izvestia. Apart from attacking bourgeois inclinations toward religious superstition and the power of money he praised the “unprecedented opportunities for the development of physics in our country, provided by the Party and the government.”" yet his is not in Category:Soviet physicists... -- 12:26, 16 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Honorsteem (talk • contribs)
 * This is ridiculous. Should we start putting "born to Christian parents" or "born to latino parents" in every single article on wikipedia? This information adds absolutely nothing to the article other than purposeful confusion. If you want to add information about Lev Landau's grandfather and how he may have been a Jew, then by all means create an article for him specifically. But this type of behavior is only turning perfectly good articles into questionable ones. I will remove the mentions of this from the article. Hamsterlopithecus (talk) 19:30, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

He specifically self-identifies himself with, and speaks as a representative of, the Soviet Jewish community, in the New York Times. Both his parents were Jewish. It's also mentioned in every major biography of him. Biographical articles usually describe the religious and ethnic identity of their subjects. The information is staying. That is all. Avaya1 (talk) 19:20, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Per Avaya1. Stating background facts, is what we do all the time. Not any different here. Metzujan (talk) 13:16, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Landau's List: don't be coy
Please somebody track down and reproduce here the List.

"Landau kept a list of names of physicists which he ranked on a logarithmic scale of productivity ranging from 0 to 5" is allusive but not useful.

Name names! Assign numbers!

http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.3558 cites in footnote 7 as a source for Landau's List: A. Livanova, Landau (Znanie, Moskva, 1983); in Russian. Available online here: http://sgtnd.narod.ru/wts/rus/Landau.htm ; There is an English translation (A. Livanova, Landau, a great physicist and teacher (Pergamon, Oxford, 1980)) of the previous edition of the book, but this does not mention the first classification used by Landau in 1930s.

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Dates of Stalin Prize
The text of the article states: "For this work Landau received the Stalin Prize in 1949 and 1953"

But the INFOBOX says: "Stalin Prize (1946)"

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Lev Landau
One of the leading physicist in USSR is described as Azerbaijani? Just because he went to school there? It’s laughable to say the least. He was a Russian Jew. There are numerous books written about him, some by his colleagues (Khalatnikov for one) : nowhere you find anything suggesting this outlandish claim. Any physicist from USSR can attest to it: he was a guru for many of them. 172.251.75.67 (talk) 12:40, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Indeed. And now to reply to the IP thats literally trying to do that; I'm sorry I didn't see any "argument". You said 1) Baku was Russian Empire and Azerbaijan didn't exist (countries, nations don't evaporate into thin air when they're colonized), 2) You claimed that this is somehow Armenia-Azerbaijan issue (what are you even talking about?) 3) You reduced national identity to the number of years something was called something (again, what are you even talking about? If your claim is Azerbaijan didn't exist, I refer you to a thing called history
 * It seems you should yourself try this thing called "history" first;

 * "Russian sources cited in this study refer to the Turkish-speaking Muslims (Shi’a and Sunni) as “Tatars” or, when coupled with the Kurds (except the Yezidis), as “Muslims.” The vast majority of the Muslim population of the province was Shi’a. Unlike the Armenians and Georgians, the Tatars did not have their own alphabet and used the Arabo-Persian script. After 1918, and especially during the Soviet era, this group identified itself as Azerbaijani. " -- Bournoutian, George (2018). ''Armenia and Imperial Decline: The Yerevan Province, 1900-1914"'. Routledge. p. 35 (note 25).
 * "The third major nation in South Caucasia,19 the Azerbaijanis, hardly existed as an ethnic group, let alone a nation, before the twentieth century . The inhabitants of the territory now occupied by Azerbaijan defined themselves as Muslims, members of the Muslim umma; or as Turks, members of a language group spread over a vast area of Central Asia; or as Persians (the founder of Azerbaijani literature, Mirza Fath’ Ali Akhundzadä, described himself as ‘almost Persian’). ‘Azerbaijani identity remained fluid and hybrid’ comments R. G. Suny (1999–2000: 160). As late as 1900, the Azerbaijanis remained divided into six tribal groups – the Airumy, Karapapakh, Pavlari, Shakhsereny, Karadagtsy and Afshavy. The key period of the formation of the Azerbaijani nation lies between the 1905 revolution and the establishment of the independent People’s Republic of Azerbaijan in 1918 (Altstadt, 1992: 95) ." -- Ben Fowkes (2002). Ethnicity and Conflict in the Post-Communist World. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 14
 * "As hinted earlier, the history of Azerbaijan and of the growth of an Azerbaijani ethnie is more problematic than the other two cases . The lack of a clear way of differentiating between the various Turkic languages spoken and written in medieval and early modern times is one of the difficulties. Another is the absence until the twentieth century of an Azerbaijani state ." -- idem, p. 35
 * "In the case of the third major ethnic group of South Caucasus, the Azerbaijanis, the path towards nationhood was strewn with obstacles. First, there was uncertainty about Azerbaijani ethnic identity, which was a result of the influence of Azerbaijan’s many and varied pre-Russian conquerors, starting with the Arabs in the mid-seventh century and continuing with the Saljuq Turks, the Mongols, the Ottoman Turks and the Iranians. Hence the relatively small local intelligentsia wavered between Iranian, Ottoman, Islamic, and pan-Turkic orientations. Only a minority supported a specifically Azerbaijani identity, as advocated most prominently by Färidun bäy Köchärli. " -- idem, p. 68
 * "Azerbaijani national identity emerged in post-Persian Russian-ruled East Caucasia at the end of the nineteenth century, and was finally forged during the early Soviet period." -- Gasimov, Zaur (2022). "Observing Iran from Baku: Iranian Studies in Soviet and Post-Soviet Azerbaijan". Iranian Studies. 55 (1): 37
 * Lev Landau's parents were not even from Baku (which had a heavily mixed population), but Mogilev, in present-day Belarus. If you can't demonstrate that the majority of WP:RS calls Lev Landau "Soviet-Azerbaijani", then I will revert you per WP:CONSENSUS and WP:ONUS. And if you revert again after that, you will be reported for MOS:ETHNICITY (which you technically didn't even violate since he was not even ethnic Azeri) and WP:TENDENTIOUS violations. --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:07, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Three days have passed. Are you going to address this? This time you even altered sourced info . --HistoryofIran (talk) 12:56, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * If you are seriously expecting an Azerbaijani person with Turkish-Talysh background who lived in Azerbaijan for 17 years (just like Landau) and then moved out of it to get better education (just like Landau) and pursue science (just like Landau) and then better life standards (just like Landau's parents) to accept that not only Landua is not Soviet-Azerbaijani physicist, but that I am not an Azerbaijani and that we don't actually exist and that we didn't exist until 1991, I have bad news for you. 85.146.82.10 (talk) 13:09, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Please stop wasting my time (see WP:FORUM), are you planning on addressing the sources and demonstrating that WP:RS calls Lev Landau "Soviet-Azerbaijani"? If not, then I will revert it back to the original revision. --HistoryofIran (talk) 13:14, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Article locked for editing
After unsuccessfully fighting the Russian chauvinism and Western stupidity that calls everyone from the USSR as “Russian”, I see that the current version settled on supposedly more neutral “Soviet” as a descriptor. In that case at least the following individuals should be upgraded to the neutral descriptors: Nikoloz Mushelishvili, Viktor Ambartsumian. They are currently listed as Soviet Georgian and a Soviet Armenian. Since we agreed that no other peoples other than Russians existed until 1991, these individuals who were born in Russian Empire and were Soviet citizens, should also be called Soviet scientists. The truth warriors of Wikipedia, I expect you to make the necessary changes and lock those articles as well to make sure the lowly non-Russians don’t change your opinions. Thank you. 85.51.226.249 (talk) 16:35, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

 * Start a discussion on the respective article talk pages instead of leaving unhelpful comments here. Mellk (talk) 16:46, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 * The reason why I have left it here is because it’s relevant here, thank you for your helpful comment. I’m not in the business of denying people their cultural identity, those who are, need to make those changes wherever necessary. 85.51.226.249 (talk) 15:03, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Your rants and strawmans are not relevant here. See WP:SOAPBOX and WP:FORUM. --HistoryofIran (talk) 15:05, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Funny how Wikipedia boosts one’s sense of self-importance. Let me guess, you have three references from an Armenian dude, an Iranian studies journal and some random Ben Fowkes quote that doesn’t even agree with your point. Brilliant scholarship, let me get you some medal. 85.51.226.249 (talk) 09:24, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
 * You’re right, lets stop using academic sources by well-educated authors, lets quote your brilliant and totally not pseudo-history words instead. HistoryofIran (talk) 10:29, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Dear History of Iran, as a supposedly Armenian-Iranian person I understand you have been fed on a particular diet of ethnic hatred, I was too, that’s just how it works in our geography, unfortunately. However maybe one lesson you could take from all this, is that showing sources that don’t even support your claims is not in itself an act of scholarship, it’s an act of throwing references at the other person. I wish you all the best in the rest of your life and hope you grow out of your prejudices. 85.51.226.249 (talk) 14:10, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Lie about me and the sources as much as you want, I couldnt care less. I’m content with knowing that your disruptive edits will never go through this article again. HistoryofIran (talk) 14:47, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Landau in popular culture
In a role-playing gacha video game Honkai: Star Rail developed and published in 2023 by miHoYo, characters Serval, Gepard and Lynx all share the surname Landau in reference to the physicist Lev Landau. 2.92.154.128 (talk) 01:16, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 March 2024
Remove, please, the name of Satyendra Nath Bose from the Landau ranking of physicists. Landau never included S. N. Bose in his rankings. Bose does not belong to the Bohr-HeisenbergDirac-Schrodinger club.

See numerous rememberances of Landau. Bose's name dos not appear in any of them! 2A06:C701:72A6:B300:5CDB:E62A:C803:6245 (talk) 11:43, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. M.Bitton (talk) 12:43, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 May 2024
Add source to reference 22. (https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0204295v1) Biorandom (talk) 10:50, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting question.svg Question: What's wrong with the current source? M.Bitton (talk) 17:40, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅, it looks like it just specifies the version, and isn't a different source. There's only one version but I see no good reason not to specify. Tollens (talk) 18:39, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

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Kuder–Richardson formulas

In psychometrics, the Kuder–Richardson formulas, first published in 1937, are a measure of internal consistency reliability for measures with dichotomous choices. They were developed by Kuder and Richardson.

Kuder–Richardson Formula 20 (KR-20)
The name of this formula stems from the fact that is the twentieth formula discussed in Kuder and Richardson's seminal paper on test reliability.

It is a special case of Cronbach's α, computed for dichotomous scores. It is often claimed that a high KR-20 coefficient (e.g., > 0.90) indicates a homogeneous test. However, like Cronbach's α, homogeneity (that is, unidimensionality) is actually an assumption, not a conclusion, of reliability coefficients. It is possible, for example, to have a high KR-20 with a multidimensional scale, especially with a large number of items.

Values can range from 0.00 to 1.00 (sometimes expressed as 0 to 100), with high values indicating that the examination is likely to correlate with alternate forms (a desirable characteristic). The KR-20 may be affected by difficulty of the test, the spread in scores and the length of the examination.

In the case when scores are not tau-equivalent (for example when there is not homogeneous but rather examination items of increasing difficulty) then the KR-20 is an indication of the lower bound of internal consistency (reliability).

The formula for KR-20 for a test with K test items numbered i = 1 to K is

 * $$r= \frac{K}{K-1} \left[ 1 - \frac{\sum_{i=1}^K p_i q_i}{\sigma^2_X} \right] $$

where pi is the proportion of correct responses to test item i, qi is the proportion of incorrect responses to test item i (so that pi + qi = 1), and the variance for the denominator is

 * $$\sigma^2_X = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^n (X_i-\bar{X})^2\,{}}{n}.$$

where n is the total sample size.

If it is important to use unbiased operators then the sum of squares should be divided by degrees of freedom (n − 1) and the probabilities are multiplied by $n/(n-1).$

Kuder–Richardson Formula 21 (KR-21)
Often discussed in tandem with KR-20, is Kuder–Richardson Formula 21 (KR-21). KR-21 is a simplified version of KR-20, which can be used when the difficulty of all items on the test are known to be equal. Like KR-20, KR-21 was first set forth as the twenty-first formula discussed in Kuder and Richardson's 1937 paper.

The formula for KR-21 is as such:

 * $$r= \frac{K}{K-1} \left[ 1 - \frac{Kp(1-p)}{\sigma^2_X} \right] $$

Similarly to KR-20, K is equal to the number of items. Difficulty level of the items (p), is assumed to be the same for each item, however, in practice, KR-21 can be applied by finding the average item difficulty across the entirety of the test. KR-21 tends to be a more conservative estimate of reliability than KR-20, which in turn is a more conservative estimate than Cronbach's α.

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Babushka Adoption Foundation

Babushka Adoption Foundation is a charitable non-governmental organization based in Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan. It was founded in 1999 by Markus Muller; the director is Aidai Kadyrova.

The main goal of the foundation is to provide support to elderly people in Kyrgyzstan who do not have any family members that can care for them. This is exactly what its name suggests, as the term "babushka" is Russian for "grandmother" or "old lady".

The objective of Babushka Adoption is not to replace Kyrgyz social institutions, but to work with them to help Kyrgyz pensioners.

A sponsor can adopt an elderly person for 15 euro a month; this amount will help provide clothing, food, medical care, and other important necessities.

Why BA supports the elderly
Kyrgyzstan is today the second-poorest country in Central Asia. A third of the country's population lives below the poverty line and unfortunately this poverty level rises each year. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kyrgyzstan began to reform immediately. But because of the breakup of the Soviet trade bloc and loss of markets, the abandonment of subsidies and the suddenly higher prices of gas and oil the country, which itself has hardly any natural resources, ended up in an economic crisis.

Basic social services provision and pension system became a big question. Kyrgyz citizens who worked hard all their lives for the good of the country where faced with the fact that there was no guarantee of getting a decent pension. At the same time the cost of living was growing and many citizens migrated in search of work, leaving their elderly permanently or without means of survival.

In 1999 Babushka Adoption foundation was established, with financial support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to help the most vulnerable elderly in Kyrgyzstan. The foundation operates in Bishkek, the capital where most people live and in Batken, the poorest region in the country.

In 2015 Kyrgyzstan participated in the Eurasian Economic Union with Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Armenia, but unfortunately this did not bring the expected export growth. With the new tax rates and the devaluing currency, the living costs have risen again and made life even more difficult for the elderly. At the moment around 57% of the babushkas (grandmothers) and dedushkas (grandfathers) receive pensions below the republic average of 4600 kyrgyz som (around 60 euro). This money is hardly enough for food, after paying taxes and purchasing medications.

How BA helps the elderly
The foundation offers social, moral and financial support to the elderly, encourages mobilization of the elderly and tries to awake the population and the local and national Kyrgyz’ authorities to the problems, with which the elderly are confronted.

To improve the living conditions Babushka Adoption stimulates the elderly through self-help-groups to develop social and income-giving activities. Starting point of all activities is that each person deserves care, respect and dignity.

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Portage and Main

Portage and Main is an intersection in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, located where Portage Avenue (Route 85) and Main Street (Route 52) intersect. The corner is known as the "crossroads of Canada", due to its relative proximity to the longitudinal centre of Canada.

Formally, Portage & Main is a designated neighbourhood including the blocks immediately surrounding the intersection, within larger Fort Rouge–East Fort Garry city ward.

History

The land upon which Portage and Main sits was originally purchased by Henry McKenney on 2 June 1862. He chose land where the north-south and east-west ox cart paths crossed, in order to build a general store with his half-brother John Christian Schultz.

Portage and Main is now the hub of some of Winnipeg's main transportation routes. It was once the centre for the banking industry in Western Canada. The national banks have branches accessible from beneath Portage and Main. It has served as a temporary city square and meeting place for parades and events, including the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.

In 1974, the intersection was featured on an 8-cent stamp.

In 1976, the City of Winnipeg signed an agreement with private developers to open an underground concourse linking shopping malls under the four corner properties. This included a 40-year deal to permanently close the pedestrian crossings at the intersection, which street works were completed around 1978. The concourse and walkways are currently connected through the Winnipeg Skywalk. The Portage and Main Circus houses a concrete sculptural wall created by Bruce Head.

On 13 August 1981, Portage and Main was the place where Dale Hawerchuk signed his contract with the Winnipeg Jets and later was the location of the "Save the Jets" rallies in 1995 and 1996.

In 2016, with the deal to close the intersection set to expire, city officials were contemplating re-opening of the intersection to pedestrians. However, in a non-binding plebiscite in 2018, 65% of voters voted in favour of keeping the intersection closed to pedestrians, with many concerned about traffic congestion. The mayor agreed to accept the results of that plebiscite.

More recently, Portage and Main has served as an anchor point for occasional street festivals and the winter lighting of holiday street decorations.

Weather
Portage and Main is the brunt of popular jokes referring to it as the coldest and windiest intersection in Canada. The phrase Portage and Main has come to refer to the city of Winnipeg as a whole. The long-standing cold weather legend is unproven, because there are no official temperature measurements at any street corner in Canada to confirm the coldest intersection. Winnipeg's city centre is usually 3–4 °C warmer than the airport, owing to the urban heat island effect.

Buildings
Portage and Main is the site several significant buildings:

 * 201 Portage
 * Richardson Building
 * 360 Main
 * Winnipeg Square

Cultural references

There are numerous cultural references to the intersection, including the 1992 Randy Bachman and Neil Young hit song “Prairie Town”, with the chorus repeating the line “Portage and Main, 50 below”. The British band Blurt have a song named “Portage & Main” on their album Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hit. It is also the setting for the Stompin' Tom Connors song "Red River Jane". In his song "Free in the Harbour," Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers referenced Portage and Main as a stop for fishermen from Hermitage Bay, Newfoundland on their way to find oil field work in "the hills of Alberta."

Portage and Main is a property on the Canadian Monopoly board, and was the inspiration for Fort Garry Brewing Company's "Portage and Main" India Pale Ale.

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Talk:Mormon pioneers

Why is this page not the "Utah Pioneers"?
It seems odd to focus solely on the religion of those who brought the state to fruition. Would it not be better for the quality of this Wikipedia page to instead use a more generalized "Utah Pioneers" page, and then redirect from "Mormon Pioneers" for more accuracy? If not, is it worth putting in the effort to attempt to rename it to the "Members of the Church of Jesus Christ Pioneers," as requested by the Church of Jesus Christ (additionally listed in their style guide) on recent changes made to prevent confusion surrounding the word "Mormon"? Since Mormon was claimed to be a prophet as described in the Book of Mormon, and, though the usage has previously referred to the Church of Jesus Christ, has never actually had any official association with the Church itself. It has been primarily used as a derogatory term and in other churches, which could cause further confusion. FireController1847 (talk) 08:42, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Is this page historically correct??
This article includes the following two sentences:

"The journey was taken by about 70,000 people beginning in April 1847."

"In 1846, religious tension reached their peak, and in 1848 mobs burned the Latter-day Saint temple in Nauvoo."

Yet, the Wikipedia page for Nauvoo, Illinois,  states:  "In early 1846, the majority of the Latter Day Saints left the city.  After the departure of the Mormons, the temple stood until destroyed by arsonists on November 19, 1848."

Both versions cannot be correct. This should be fact-checked and corrected. Nowax 20:08, 12 March 2008 (UTC) Nowax

 * Actually, both versions are correct. The journey that is described as "beginning in April 1847" was "from the midwest to the Salt Lake Valley." The majority of Latter Day Saints left Nauvoo in early 1846, but they remained in the Midwest (in Winter Quarters, Nebraska and other settlements in Iowa, Nebraska, and  elsewhere) until the first party set out for Utah in April 1847. BRMo (talk) 23:34, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Nowax also asked this question on talk: Nauvoo, Illinois. This was my response:  ::They really don't contradict each other.  The majority of Latter-day Saints did leave Nauvoo, Illinois in 1846, when religious tensions reached their peak.  They traveled across the river to seek sanctuary in Nebraska.  There they stayed until 1847 when a series of pioneer companies began to move west.  Ultimately about 70,000 people traveled west to Utah.  And, is not a mob that burns a building a group of arsonists?  So, what are your concerns?  Does the material need to be expanded?  WBardwin (talk) 02:01, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Of course they contradict each other. Are you simple? One is claiming religious persecution and making it sound like they were forced out of the city and their stuff torched by angry mobs, the other depicts history as it actually was. One is an emotive incitement propaganda that was necessary for a budding cult to spread it's wings and give it's adherents that feeling of persecution that all the mind-poisoning philosophies require if they're to be a true suicide cult like the abrahamic faiths tend to be (well, admittedly mormonism is closer to a UFO cult, but that's besides the point) - but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a religious propaganda tool and thus is should reflect reality and not the bollocks some church wants to put out there.

I've noticed that we always seem to have troubles on Wikipedia with religious types. Look at Scientology for example, they're banned from editing as a peoples now. It follows that members of a specific group ought not to edit articles pertaining to themselves if they wish to contribute to Wikipedia in an honest and integral fashion. I have done my utmost to avoid touching anything I may be emotive about, it would be fantastic if other people used common sense in the same way.

I know this is an ancient edit, but I feel that someone needs to call bullshit on this nonsense so future editors are aware that stupidity ought not be tolerated on here. This isn't the place for pushing an agenda. This isn't a place for religious propaganda. They left, the place lay dormant and empty for years then got burnt down by an arsonist. That is VERY different to what is being portrayed. As I clearly think that cultists of all forms are animated cancer I won't edit this article because I can't assure my own neutrality but I ask that a reasonable person who's mind is not addled with the restrictive confines of mental poison make the appropriate adjustments to reflect reality as perceived by people who are of sound mind. 121.211.15.2 (talk) 10:09, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Missouri remnant
I probably need to research this again, but shouldn't some mention those who continued to practice (in secret) some of the less accepted views, which remained behind in Missouri (IIRC)? JamesEG (talk) 20:55, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

 * Could you clarify what you meant by this comment? I'm not following... -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 18:58, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Looking carefully at the map with this article it shows the handcart companies going south to meet with the original pioneer route. Why would they do this? It was nine years later and none of the Mormon people were on that trail. Church history and many journals tell how they struck directly west from Iowa City to cross the state of Iowa, then across the Missouri River and stopped in the area that had once been the earlier Saint's winter quarters and was later named Florence Nebraska. Can that map be altered to reflect this or can we have some sources supporting the route shown thereon? 98.202.40.166 (talk) 23:04, 28 May 2014 (UTC) Franklin Reid

At the time of the cease fire
This article sets itself "At the time of the cease fire", but makes no references as to what ceasefire in which war. As a result it is meaningless to those of us unfamiliar with this bit of US history - learning about which is what brought me to the page. Shipsview (talk) 18:08, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

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Lartigue

Lartigue can refer to:

 * The Lartigue Monorail system, invented by the French engineer Charles Lartigue (1834–1907)
 * Lartigue, Gers, a commune in the Gers département in France
 * Lartigue, Gironde, a commune in the Gironde département in France
 * Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986), French photographer and painter
 * Jean Lartigue (1886 –1940), French admiral
 * Jean-Jacques Lartigue, a Montreal bishop who opposed the Patriotes

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Professional conference organiser

A professional conference organiser, professional congress organiser (PCO) or conference company is a company which specialises in the organisation and management of congresses, conferences, seminars and similar events.

Role
PCOs can typically work as consultants for academic and professional associations. They usually provide full service management for conferences including conference design, abstract management software, program development, registration, site and venue selection and booking, audiovisuals, IT support, logistics, leisure management, marketing, printing and web services, sourcing speakers, funding, sponsorship and exhibitor sales, financial management and budget control.

Other companies offer related services including travel agents and public relations companies. They tend to focus on limited areas such as destination management.

Size of market sector
Surveys of UK conference venues have found that a third of conference bookings were made by PCOs or venue-finding agencies. In 2006 UK-based conferences generated £7.6 billion in direct sales giving PCOs a central role in some £2.5 billion of revenue generation. The UK is ranked second behind the US for global market share of conferences. Thus, although there is no one source of global statistics for the conference market it appears that PCOs play a central role in several billion dollars' worth of revenue generation worldwide.

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Hanes Mall

Hanes Mall is a shopping mall located off I-40 via the Stratford Road and Namesake Road exits, on Silas Creek Parkway between Stratford Road and Hanes Mall Boulevard in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Hanes Mall Boulevard, the road named after the mall, has become a very high traffic count area with over 250 businesses stretching over 2.9 miles. The mall has 1435164 sqft GLA and has 3 anchor stores and over 170 tenants in all. The mall's anchor stores are Belk, Dillard's, and JCPenney. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were last occupied by Macy's and Sears.

Hanes Mall was North Carolina's largest enclosed shopping mall until 2004 when SouthPark Mall in Charlotte finished its expansion project.

History
The original mall, the north wing, was opened in 1975 with Belk, JCPenney and Sears. In 1990, a new wing was built, expanding the mall southward to include Ivey's (this store was signed as Ivey's but, due to an acquisition by the parent company, opened as Dillard's), Thalhimer's (converted to Hecht's in 1992, and to Macy's in 2006) and a new food court.

Because of this design, one must go through JCPenney to cross from one wing to the other. In addition, the mall is built into the side of a hill; patrons enter through the first floor on the south side of the mall, but must enter on the second floor on the north side. Hanes Mall is two stories throughout, with the exception of Belk and the former Macy's, which each have an additional floor.

Also around the same time a new four-lane boulevard named after the mall was built giving those who are residents or driving through Winston-Salem new ways to get new development and in 1992 when a new bypass carrying Interstate 40 was finished. A new half diamond interchange connecting Hanes Mall Boulevard to the new freeway was also constructed.

The road that loops the mall's parking lot is known as Hanes Mall Circle and is the address for many outlying businesses. There are five roadway entrances into the mall parking lot, one off of Silas Creek Parkway, two off of Hanes Mall Boulevard, and two off of Stratford Road. Hanes Mall also had a four-screen General Cinema movie theater until October 10, 2000; it stood at the spot that is now home to the Texas Roadhouse restaurant. Golden Corral is in what used to be the parking lot next to the theater. Golden Corral has the theater's old address which is 180 Hanes Mall Circle. The theater closed after the lease ended. The theater was at Hanes Mall for 25 years and was one of the original buildings at the mall.

A large, working carousel is located on the lower level. The mall is currently owned and operated by CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

An H&M store opened in November, 2011. This was the second store to open in the Carolinas, the first being in Raleigh.

On November 8, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 40 stores nationwide. The store closed in February 2019. Sears was one of the original tenants that opened with the mall.

On January 8, 2020, it was announced that Macy’s would also be closing as part of a plan to close 29 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2020.

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