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She Blinded Me with Science

"She Blinded Me with Science" is a song by the English musician Thomas Dolby, released in 1982. It was first released as a single in the United Kingdom in October 1982. It was subsequently included on the EP Blinded by Science and the 1983 re-release of Dolby's debut album The Golden Age of Wireless.

Although viewed as a success in both the United States and Canada, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 2 weeks at No. 1 in Canada's RPM magazine, the song barely managed to score among the Top 50 in Dolby's native United Kingdom, peaking at No. 49 on the UK Singles Chart in 1982.

Dolby is often considered a one-hit wonder in the United States on the basis of the song's chart success there. In 2002, US cable television network VH1 named "She Blinded Me with Science" No. 20 on its list of the "100 Greatest One-hit Wonders". While the song is Dolby's only Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100, he has had other songs that scored on the music charts. In 2006, VH1 placed it at No. 76 on their list of "Greatest Songs of the '80s". Then, in 2009, it ranked No. 13 on VH1's "100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s" list. The song was used as the theme song in the pilot episode of The Big Bang Theory before it was replaced with the "Big Bang Theory Theme" by rock band Barenaked Ladies.

Song structure
The song features exclamations from the British scientist and TV presenter Magnus Pyke, who repeatedly interjects "Science!" and delivers other lines in a deliberately caricatured mad scientist manner, such as, "Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto, you're beautiful!"

Music video
The video for "She Blinded Me with Science" was conceived and storyboarded before the song was written. Dolby added the song title, wrote the song to fit the planned video, and then directed the music video. The video features Magnus Pyke as The Doctor, at "The Home for Deranged Scientists". Much of it was filmed at The Holme near Regent's Park in London, at the time owned and managed by the Crown Estate.

Dolby later said that he wrote the line "Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto" because he wanted a Japanese woman to appear in the video. He was quoted as saying. "I was boldly ahead of the times in fetishizing Asian women." The name is a reference to Ryuichi Sakamoto's wife Akiko Yano, who was in the studio at the time; she had previously sung backing on Dolby's 1982 single "Radio Silence", and he would collaborate with Sakamoto on the single Field Work a couple of years later.

Personnel
Credits sourced from Mix

 * Thomas Dolby – lead and backing vocals, Roland Jupiter-4, Moog Source, PPG Wave, Simmons programming, Eventide Harmonizer
 * Matthew Seligman – Moog Source (bass)
 * Tim Friese-Greene – PPG Wave, Eventide Harmonizer
 * Kevin Armstrong – electric guitar
 * Simon House – violin
 * Magnus Pyke – spoken word
 * Mutt Lange – backing vocals
 * Miriam Stockley – backing vocals

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Martin Johnson Heade

Martin Johnson Heade (August 11, 1819 – September 4, 1904) was an American painter known for his salt marsh landscapes, seascapes, and depictions of tropical birds (such as hummingbirds), as well as lotus blossoms and other still lifes. His painting style and subject matter, while derived from the romanticism of the time, are regarded by art historians as a significant departure from those of his peers.

Heade was born in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, the son of a storekeeper. He studied with Edward Hicks, and possibly with Thomas Hicks. His earliest works were produced during the 1840s and were chiefly portraits. He travelled to Europe several times as a young man, became an itinerant artist on American shores, and exhibited in Philadelphia in 1841 and New York in 1843. Friendships with artists of the Hudson River School led to an interest in landscape art. In 1863, he planned to publish a volume of Brazilian hummingbirds and tropical flowers, but the project was eventually abandoned. He travelled to the tropics several times thereafter, and continued to paint birds and flowers. Heade married in 1883 and moved to St. Augustine, Florida. His chief works from this period were Floridian landscapes and flowers, particularly magnolias laid upon velvet cloth. He died in 1904. His best known works are depictions of light and shadow upon the salt marshes of New England.

Heade was not a widely known artist during his lifetime, but his work attracted the notice of scholars, art historians, and collectors during the 1940s. He quickly became recognized as a major American artist. Although often considered a Hudson River School artist, some critics and scholars take exception to this categorization. Heade's works are now in major museums and collections. His paintings are occasionally discovered in unlikely places such as garage sales and flea markets.

Childhood and early career
Heade was born in 1819 and was raised in Lumberville, Pennsylvania. Lumberville was a small hamlet, along the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Until the mid-1850s, his family ran what is now called the Lumberville Store and Post Office, the village's sole general store. The family spelling of the name was Heed.

Heade received his first art training from the folk artist Edward Hicks, who lived in nearby Newtown, and possibly also from Edward's cousin, Thomas Hicks. Heade was painting by 1839; his earliest known work is a portrait from that year. He traveled abroad and lived in Rome for two years. He first exhibited his work in 1841, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and again in 1843 at the National Academy of Design in New York. Heade began exhibiting regularly in 1848, after another trip to Europe, and became an itinerant artist until he settled in New York in 1859.

Transition to landscape painting
Around 1857 Heade became interested in landscape painting, partly by meeting the established artists John Frederick Kensett and Benjamin Champney in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Heade moved to New York City and took a studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building, which housed many of the famous Hudson River School artists of the time, such as Albert Bierstadt, Sanford Gifford, and Frederic Edwin Church. He became socially and professionally acquainted with them, and struck up a particularly close friendship with Church. Landscapes would ultimately form a third of Heade's total oeuvre.

Tropical subjects

Heade's interest in the tropics was piqued at least partly by the impact of Church's monumental painting Heart of the Andes (1859), now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Heade travelled in Brazil from 1863 to 1864, where he painted an extensive series of small works, eventually numbering over forty, depicting hummingbirds. He intended the series for a planned book titled "The Gems of Brazil", but the book was never published due to financial difficulty and Heade's concerns about the quality of the reproductions. Heade nevertheless returned to the tropics twice, in 1866 journeying to Nicaragua, and in 1870 to Colombia, Panama, and Jamaica. He continued to paint romantic works of tropical birds and lush foliage into his late career.

Salt marsh scenes

Heade's primary interest in landscape, and the works for which he is perhaps best known today, was the New England coastal salt marsh. Contrary to typical Hudson River School displays of scenic mountains, valleys, and waterfalls, Heade's marsh landscapes avoided depictions of grandeur. They focused instead on the horizontal expanse of subdued scenery, and employed repeating motifs that included small haystacks and diminutive figures. Heade also concentrated on the depiction of light and atmosphere in his marsh scenes. These and similar works have led some historians to characterize Heade as a Luminist painter. In 1883 Heade moved to Saint Augustine, Florida and took as his primary landscape subject the surrounding subtropical marshland.

Later life and still lifes

Heade married and moved to St. Augustine, Florida in 1883. He remained there and continued to paint until his death in 1904. During his later years in St. Augustine, Heade painted numerous still lifes of southern flowers, especially magnolia blossoms laid on velvet. This was a continuation of an interest in still life that Heade had developed since the 1860s. His earlier works in this genre typically depict a display of flowers arranged in an ornate vase of small or medium size on a cloth-covered table. Heade was the only 19th-century American artist to create such an extensive body of work in both still life and landscape. Heade died in St. Augustine in 1904.

Heade and the Hudson River School
Art historians have come to disagree with the common view that Heade is a Hudson River School painter, a view given wide currency by Heade's inclusion in a landmark exhibition of Hudson River School landscapes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1987.

The leading Heade scholar and author of Heade's catalogue raisonné, Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., wrote some years after the 1987 exhibition, "Other scholars—myself included—have increasingly come to doubt that Heade is most usefully seen as standing within that school."

According to the Heade catalogue raisonné, only around 40 percent of his paintings were landscapes. The remaining majority were still lifes, paintings of birds, and portraits, subjects unrelated to the Hudson River School. Of Heade's landscapes, perhaps only 25 percent treated traditional Hudson River School subject matter.

Heade had less interest in topographically accurate views than the Hudson River painters, and instead focused on mood and the effects of light. Stebbins wrote, "If the paintings of the shore as well as the more conventional compositions...might lead one to think of Heade as a Hudson River School painter, the [marsh scenes] make it clear that he was not."

Legacy and collections
Heade was not a famous artist during his time, and for much of the first part of the 20th century was nearly forgotten. A re-awakening of interest in 19th-century American art around World War II sparked new appreciation of his work. Heade's work in particular received critical attention with the exhibition in 1943 of his painting Thunderstorm On Narragansett Bay (1868), as part of the show "Romantic Painting in America" at the Museum of Modern Art. Art historians have come to consider him one of the most important American artists of his generation. His work has inspired contemporary artists such as Renee McGinnis, David Bierk and Ian Hornak.

His works are in most major American museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, which owns the nation's most outstanding collection of his works, including about 30 paintings as well as numerous drawings and sketchbooks; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City; and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

In 1955, Robert McIntyre, art historian and director of the Macbeth Gallery, donated a cache of Heade's personal papers to the Archives of American Art, part of the Smithsonian Institution. These papers included, among other things, Heade's sketchbook, notes, and letters from his friend and fellow artist Frederic Edwin Church. In 2007, these papers were digitized and made accessible on the Web.

In 1999 and 2000, Heade was the subject of a major exhibition organized by Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. It traveled from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, ending at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

In 2004, Heade was honored with a stamp from the U.S. Postal Service featuring his 1890 oil-on-canvas painting, "Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth." As Stebbins notes in his writings, Heade's work has also been copied and forged extensively. Since Heade was not popular during his lifetime, there were few contemporaries who emulated his work. 20th century copies are therefore readily apparent as fakes, since it takes oil paint decades to dry out and harden.

Discoveries of works by Heade
Theodore Stebbins, Jr., now curator of American art at the Harvard University Art Museums, writes, "...one of the things that has always made the study of Heade's work exciting is the way his paintings continue to turn up in garage sales and other unlikely places all over the country, in a manner that the paintings of Frederic E. Church and John F. Kensett do not." Stebbins speculates the reason for this was Heade's popularity with middle-class buyers, and his willingness to distribute his works widely across the country. Among the more notable of Heade's discoveries are:
 * Thunderstorm on Narragansett Bay, now in the collection of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, was originally discovered in an antiques store in Larchmont, New York, in 1943 by NYC art dealer Victor Spark.
 * Magnolia Blossoms on Blue Velvet and Cherokee Roses, now in private collections, were purchased at an estate sale in Arizona for $60 in 1996. They sold at Christie's auction house later that year for $937,500 and $134,500 respectively.
 * Two Magnolias on Blue Plush was originally purchased for $29 at a rummage sale by a Wisconsin man in 1989. It sold at Christie's auction house in 1999 for $882,500. It is now in the collection of James W. McGlothlin of Bristol, Virginia.
 * Magnolias on Gold Velvet Cloth was used to cover a hole in the wall of an Indiana resident for years. The owner became curious about the value of the painting after playing an art-related board game, and verified its authenticity with a New York art gallery. The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston purchased the work for $1,250,000 in 1999.
 * An unnamed Heade salt marsh landscape now titled "River Scene" was discovered in the attic of a Boston-area resident in 2003. It sold at a local auction house to an art dealer for $1,006,250 and was featured on the PBS television show, "Find!". It was purchased by a private collector, and is now on view at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
 * In 2004 a Florida woman was informed of the Heade discovery featured on "Find!" by her son, and inquired about a small 6 by 12 inch landscape that had hung in her living room. The painting, which her late husband had purchased for several dollars in St. Augustine in the 1970s, was authenticated as a late Heade marsh landscape. It sold at auction to an art dealer for $218,500.
 * A painting was found in a Massachusetts attic in 2006 and consigned to a local auction in Fall River. The painting was authenticated by Dr. Theodore Stebbins, Jr., as a Heade, having been painted between 1883 and 1890 in St. Augustine, Florida. It sold for $198,000 on November 22, 2006.

Fakes
On the other hand, an unknown number of Heade's were faked. In 2012, Ken Perenyi (born 1947) disclosed in his book, Caveat Emptor how he forged numerous works purporting to be by Heade and other American masters. He avoided prosecution because he published his book after the statute of limitations had elapsed.

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Ulnar collateral ligament of elbow joint

The ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) or internal lateral ligament is a thick triangular ligament at the medial aspect of the elbow uniting the distal aspect of the humerus to the proximal aspect of the ulna.

Structure
It consists of two portions, an anterior and posterior united by a thinner intermediate portion. Note that this ligament is also referred to as the medial collateral ligament and should not be confused with the lateral ulnar collateral ligament (LUCL).

The anterior portion, directed obliquely forward, is attached, above, by its apex, to the front part of the medial epicondyle of the humerus; and, below, by its broad base to the medial margin of the coronoid process of the ulna.

The posterior portion, also of triangular form, is attached, above, by its apex, to the lower and back part of the medial epicondyle; below, to the medial margin of the olecranon.

Between these two bands a few intermediate fibers descend from the medial epicondyle to blend with a transverse band which bridges across the notch between the olecranon and the coronoid process.

This ligament is in relation with the triceps brachii and flexor carpi ulnaris and the ulnar nerve, and gives origin to part of the flexor digitorum superficialis.

Injury
During activities such as overhand baseball pitching, this ligament is subjected to extreme tension, which places the overhand-throwing athlete at risk for injury. Acute or chronic disruption and/or attenuation of the ulnar collateral ligament often result in medial elbow pain, valgus instability, and impaired throwing performance. There are both non-surgical and surgical treatment options.


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Talk:Ontario rubric

I have found a link to the Ontario Curriculum page which contains the "Achievement Charts" which are most likely the rubrics discussed here. I'm not comfortable enough editing articles yet but I think this should be added as a resource or a reference site: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/policy/achievement/

The complete title of the document is: The Ontario Curriculum – Grades 1–12: Achievement Charts (Draft), 2004

It does appear that the term "Ontario Rubric" is more of a common place phrase and not the official name of any particular document or method of assessment.

- Typemagic (talk) 15:07, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Is the rubric system different in other places? If not, then I think this should be part of Rubric, or should be at Rubric (marking scheme) (or something similar). -Frazzydee|✍ 20:28, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The Ontario rubric is a specific rubric.Havl 19:00, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, rubrics have become a mainstream part of many educational institutions. Rubrics can have many forms, often invented by the teacher solely to fit the needs of a certain assignment. They are often used in high school, where teachers have a limited amount of time to teach many requirements, to show students the requirements for a project and how important each one is. Sometimes no other explanation will be given but the rubric. Often teachers will issue their rubric and have the students turn it in with the project; they will then return the rubric with the grade filled in for each segment. Sometimes rubrics are simple, like the Ontario rubric, and have only a few sections, but sometimes the sections take up pages and are weighted in tenths of points. Most lengthy rubrics are assigned points to add up to one hundred and so be very easily converted into percentage grades. Does anyone know the history of rubrics and how they became so commonly used in schools?

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In the main article, the relationship between the four unnumbered list items under the line "The rows are typically broken into four strands:" and the four items under the line "They can also be organized into sections for projects like this:" does not appear to be clear.

In example, the Knowledge/Understanding item from the first quad does not match up with the Information and Understanding item in the second quad, as far as placement goes. Since the other three items are much more subjectively connected it is unclear what the relationship is. --Oathbreaker (talk) 20:42, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

"largely relies on one source"
updated citations to accurately reflect up-to-date information from the ministry of education

removed thing about largely relying on one source as the citation is the only official source of information for the topic (ontario ministry of education). if anyone thinks of any more please feel free to update! Slightlyjealous (talk) 16:58, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

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A1 motorway (Switzerland)

The A1 is a motorway in Switzerland. It follows Switzerland's main east–west axis, from St. Margrethen in northeastern Switzerland's canton of St. Gallen through to Geneva in southwestern Switzerland. The motorway spans 383 km (240 mi). Besides the motorway's main route, it has several branches that are variously numbered A1a, A1h, A1l and A1.1. It was opened for the Swiss national exhibition of 1964.

After the construction of the third Baregg Tunnel tube, the traffic jams in this area were reduced, but the Gubrist Tunnel remains with the old capacity as a new point of heavy traffic. The A1 motorway is connected via a taxiway at the hangar 5 with the airfield of Payerne Air Base and can, if necessary, used as runway for take off - and landing. However, this possibility has never been used since the construction of the highway.

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Capture of Santa Fe

The Capture of Santa Fe, also known as the Battle of Santa Fe or the Battle of Cañoncito, took place near Santa Fe, New Mexico, the capital of the Mexican Province of New Mexico, during the Mexican–American War on 8 August through 14 August 1846. No shots were fired during the capturing of Santa Fe.

Background
United States Army General Stephen W. Kearny had moved southwest from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas with about 1,700 men in his Army of the West. Kearny's orders were to secure the New Mexico Territory and Alta California.

August 9 in Santa Fe, Governor Manuel Armijo wanted to avoid battle, but Catholic priests, Diego Archuleta (the young regular-army commander), and the young militia officers Manuel Chaves and Miguel Pino forced him to muster a defense. Armijo set up a position in Apache Canyon, a narrow pass about 10 mi southeast of the city. However, on August 14, before the American army was even in view, he decided not to fight. (An American named James Magoffin claimed he had convinced Armijo and Archuleta to follow this course; an unverified story says he bribed Armijo. ) When Pino, Chaves, and some of the militiamen insisted on fighting, Armijo ordered the cannon pointed at them. The New Mexican army retreated to Santa Fe, and Armijo fled to Chihuahua.

Capture
Kearny and his troops encountered no Mexican forces when they arrived on August 15. Kearny and his force entered Santa Fe and claimed the New Mexico Territory for the United States without a shot being fired.

Aftermath
From Santa Fe, Kearny sent Colonel Alexander Doniphan further south into Mexico. Kearny declared himself the military governor of the New Mexico Territory on August 18 and established a civilian government. He then took the remainder of his army west to Alta California.

The New Mexicans put up no organized resistance until the Taos Revolt in early 1847, although in the month prior, a December, 1846 planned revolt in Santa Fe, involving many leading Mexican loyalists, was discovered and disrupted by General Sterling Price, after being informed of the plot by Donaciano Vigil, before it could be carried out.

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Got It Twisted

"Got It Twisted" is the first single from Mobb Deep's 2004 album Amerikaz Nightmare. Produced by The Alchemist, the song samples the 1980s hit "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby. Big Noyd, Infamous Mobb, Jayo Felony, Kurupt, Illa Ghee, The Alchemist, DJ Felli Fel, and actor Danny Trejo are featured in the music video. There is also a remix which features Twista.

Track listing

 * Side A
 * 1) "Got It Twisted" [Dirty Version]
 * 2) "Got It Twisted" [Instrumental]

 * Side B
 * 1) "Got It Twisted" [Clean Version]
 * 2) "Got It Twisted" [Acappella]

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Allegorical interpretation of the Bible

Allegorical interpretation of the Bible is an interpretive method (exegesis) that assumes that the Bible has various levels of meaning and tends to focus on the spiritual sense, which includes the allegorical sense, the moral (or tropological) sense, and the anagogical sense, as opposed to the literal sense. It is sometimes referred to as the quadriga, a reference to the Roman chariot that was drawn by four horses.

Some argue that Jacob's wrestling with an angel in Hosea 12:4 references an allegorical interpretation. In the Middle Ages, allegorical interpretation was used by several Bible commentators of Christianity.

Four types
Scriptural interpretation is sometimes referred to as the Quadriga, a reference to the Roman chariot that was pulled by four horses abreast. The four horses are symbolic of the four submethods of Scriptural interpretation.

A Latin rhyme designed to help scholars remember the four interpretations survives from the Middle Ages: "Littera gesta docet, Quid credas allegoria, Moralis quid agas, Quo tendas anagogia."

The rhyme is roughly translated:
 * The literal teaches what God and our ancestors did,
 * The allegory is where our faith and belief is hid,
 * The moral meaning gives us the rule of daily life,
 * The anagogy shows us where we end our strife.

The first three of these modes (literal, allegorical, and moral) were part of Christian tradition as expressed by Origen. St John Cassian (c. 360–435) added the fourth mode (anagogic) in 4th century. His contemporary, St Augustine of Hippo (354-430) used the fourfold interpretive method in his explanation of Christian doctrine, On Christian Doctrine. Due to the widespread popularity of "On Christian Doctrine" in the Middle Ages, the fourfold method became the standard in Christian biblical exegesis of that period.

 * Literal interpretation: explanation of the meaning of events for historical purposes from a neutral perspective by trying to understand the text in the culture and time it was written, and location and language it was composed in. That is, since the 19th century, usually ascertained using the higher critical methods like source criticism and form criticism. In many modern seminaries and universities, the literal meaning is usually focused on to a nearly complete abandonment of the spiritual methods, as is very obvious when comparing commentary from a Douay Rheims or Confraternity or Knox Bible with a New Jerusalem, NRSV or NABRE.
 * Typological (or allegorical) interpretation: connecting the events of the Old Testament with the New Testament, particularly drawing allegorical connections between the events of Christ's life with the stories of the Old Testament. Also, a passage speaks directly to someone such as when Francis of Assisi heard the passage to sell all he had. It can also typologically point to the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is the ark which held the Word of God; Judith, who slew a tyrant is a Marian type; the burning bush, which contains the fire of God but was not consumed, as Mary held the Second Person of the Trinity in her womb but was not burnt up.
 * Tropological (or moral) interpretation: "the moral of the story", or how one should act now. Many of Jesus' parables and the Book of Proverbs and other wisdom books are packed with tropological meaning
 * Anagogic interpretation: dealing with the future events of Christian history (eschatology) as well as heaven, purgatory, hell, the last judgement, the General Resurrection and second Advent of Christ, etc. (prophecies).

Antiquity
Origen, in his Treatise on First Principles, recommends for the Old and New Testaments to be interpreted allegorically at three levels, the "flesh", the "soul", and the "spirit". He states that many of the events recounted in the Scriptures, if they are interpreted in the literal, or fleshly, sense, are impossible or nonsensical. They must be interpreted allegorically to be understood. Some passages have parts that are literally true and parts that are literally impossible. Then, "the reader must endeavor to grasp the entire meaning, connecting by an intellectual process the account of what is literally impossible with the parts that are not impossible but historically true, these being interpreted allegorically in common with the part which, so far as the letter goes, did not happen at all."

Middle Ages
People of the Middle Ages shaped their ideas and institutions from drawing on the cultural legacies of the ancient world. They did not see the break between themselves and their predecessors that today's observers see; they saw continuity with themselves and the ancient world by using allegory to bring together the gaps. The use of allegorical interpretation in the Middle Ages began as a Christian method for studying the differences between the two Testaments (tropological interpretation). Christian scholars believed both Testaments were equally inspired divinely by God and sought to understand the differences between Old Testament and New Testament laws.

Medieval scholars believed the Old Testament to serve as an allegory of New Testament events, such as the story of Jonah and the whale, which represents Jesus' death and resurrection. According to the Old Testament Book of Jonah, a prophet spent three days in the belly of a fish. Medieval scholars believed this was an allegory (using the typological interpretation) of Jesus' death and his being in the tomb for three days before he rose from the dead.

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Blockbuster

Blockbuster or Block Buster, originally a bomb able to damage several buildings, may refer to:

 * Blockbuster (entertainment) a very successful movie

Corporations

 * Blockbuster (retailer), a former video rental chain
 * Blockbuster (Bend, Oregon), remaining store

Comics

 * Blockbuster (DC Comics), four characters
 * Blockbuster (Man-Brute), a Marvel Comics character
 * Blockbuster (Marauder), a Marvel Comics character

Music

 * Blockbuster (album), by Block B, 2012
 * "Block Buster!", a 1973 song by Sweet
 * "Blockbuster" (Enhypen song), from the 2021 album Dimension: Dilemma
 * "BlockBuster", a 2019 song by Dongkiz
 * "Blockbuster", a 1989 song by The Jesus Lizard on Pure
 * "Blockbuster", a song by Neil Cicierega from Mouth Moods

Television and film

 * Blockbuster (2018 film), a 2018 Netflix film
 * Blockbusters (American game show)
 * Blockbusters (Australian game show)
 * Blockbusters (British game show)
 * Blockbuster (TV series), a 2022 Netflix series
 * "Block Buster", an episode of the sitcom The King of Queens
 * Block Busters, a 1944 American comedy film

Other arts and entertainment

 * Blockbuster (book), a 2004 book by Tom Shone
 * Block Buster (Microvision), a 1979 video game
 * Blockbuster (podcast), 2019
 * Somersault neckbreaker or blockbuster, a wrestling move

Military

 * Blockbuster bomb, large aerial bomb
 * "Operation Blockbuster", Netherlands, World War II

Other

 * Blockbuster (book), by Tom Shone
 * Blockbuster drug, any $1b/year medication
 * Splitting maul, or block buster, a type of axe

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San Fernando, Cádiz

San Fernando (, "Saint Ferdinand") is a town in the province of Cádiz, Spain. It is home to more than 97,500 inhabitants. The city also uses the name "La Isla" (The Island). The people from San Fernando are locally known as "Cañaíllas" or "Isleños".

History
In history, the city played a paramount role when in 1810 during the French occupation led by Napoleon, San Fernando and Cádiz were the only parts of Spain which did not surrender to the French.

The deputies elected to the Cortes of Cádiz met in the Teatro Cómico, and started preparation of the first liberal constitution of Spain, which was approved in the neighbouring city of Cádiz in 1812.

Flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla was born in San Fernando.

It holds the Panteón de Marinos Ilustres.

Notable people from San Fernando

 * Julia Medina, singer
 * Quintin Dobarganes, Journalist
 * Magdalena Álvarez, Politician, former minister of Mr. Zapatero team
 * Sara Baras, Flamenco Dancer
 * Luis Berenguer, Writer
 * Manolo Casal, Canal Sur TV Presenter
 * Juan Ruiz Casaux, Cellist and Teacher
 * Beato Marcelo Espínola, Bishop, proposed to be a Saint
 * Hermana Cristina, Sister, Bishop, proposed to be a Saint
 * Camarón de la Isla, Flamenco singer
 * Chato de la Isla, Flamenco singer
 * Fermín Galán (1899–1930), Spanish soldier who led the failed Jaca uprising a few months before the foundation of the Second Spanish Republic.
 * Carmen Guaita, writer
 * Anne Hidalgo, incumbent Mayor of Paris
 * Francisco José Maldonado, footballer currently with Sporting de Gijón
 * Abraham Mateo, Singer and Actor
 * Tony Mateo, Singer and Actor
 * Fran Ocaña, Singer
 * Alex O'Dogherty, Actor
 * Pepe Oneto, Journalist
 * Rafael Gómez Ortega, Bullfighter
 * Niña Pastori, Flamenco singer
 * Ana Rosetti, Writer
 * Francisco Ruiz Miguel, Bullfighter
 * Yordi, retired footballer
 * Servando Sánchez, footballer
 * David Barral Torres, footballer
 * Abraham Mateo, pop singer
 * Ramón Rodriguez Verdejo "Monchi", Director of Football of Sevilla F.C.SAD
 * José Enrique Varela (1891–1951), military officer

Sister cities

 * Montigny-le-Bretonneux, 🇫🇷
 * Badalona, 🇪🇸
 * San Fernando Valley, 🇺🇸

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Talk:Economy of Australia

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Where has 'Socialism in Australia' gone?? I'm interested in the history of socialism in Oz and the page redirects here - which is not helpful at all. ANZLitLovers (talk) 06:59, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

relevance of the GDP stat in the table
it shows the GDP growth for the last known quarter at the time of writing, but with such a volatile figure is this really valuable at all? shouldn't it show the GDP growth averaged over say the last 5 years ? or 1 year at least? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.144.244.107 (talk) 01:11, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

first sentence regarding GDP
the first sentence reads: "Hi my name is RYAN JUMP economy, with a per capita GDP slightly lower than United Kingdom, France and Germany (in nominal terms but higher Purchasing Power Parity|PPP]] terms; [14])."

however the wikipedia articles for the economies of all three countries (france germany and UK) clearly list that the nominal GDP per capita is also lower. i also could not find relevant information by following the supplied link (14). what say all of you?

i have altered the sentence slightly until something credible is cited and the GDP figures for the wikipedia articles mentioned is changed to reflect this, if this statement is actually credible.

203.214.77.87 08:32, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Excised text
moved from article, pending wikification, NPOV and sources/fact-checking. clarkk 20:40, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Australia has continued to prosper during the following years of 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. It has done so by continuing to privatize industries and by relying on increasing domestic consumption and Chinese demand for resources to bolster its economy. The state of Western Australia in particular has benefited from the Chinese caused resources boom, with its economy growing at an annualized rate of 7.5% during 2004. The national economy however, has been growing at an average rate of just above 3 % a year. New economic problems come from a trade deficit caused by increasing amounts of cheap Chinese imports and overspending by Australian consumers. In 2005, Australia is projected to reach an important milestone : more than 1,000,000 new cars will be sold in Australia. In recent years the federal government and many of the Australian states have also enjoyed substantial budget surpluses.

CER and FTA
It's a little odd that the Australian economy article does not discuss the Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relationship (which essentially creates a market of 25 million people) nor the more recent bilateral free trade agreements. Is there a reason why?--Cyberjunkie 23:22, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

 * why must everything (in this case land mass) be related to in terms of the U.S? we should attempt to use something a bit more international, frustrating to see that an article about the economy of Australia has some bits geared to U.S user's.
 * Like it or not, the US is the benchmark against which a lot of things are measured. I personally find it an acceptable standard to use.
 * Although I find the above comment quite disgusting, it is true that the U.S. is an international standard now. Globalisation at work, cultural influence, etc., etc. Besides, the entirety of Australian foreign policy is geared towards the U.S., why not our wikipedia information as well? Also, this page doesn't mention the 1987 recession at all, or the recovery in the 90s. It probably should.

The reason Australia and the United States are related in economic circles is because the formula of the economies are exactly the same, the economies are a formula which divides the average incomes of all on a Nationl Scale their, which then formulates a index of percentages based on the 100% total, the only difference between Australia and the United States of America is the size of the population, the reserve bank of Australia uses the 50% benchmark which is then divided by 10, minimum wages are established at 36% of the 100% total providing a rate of 7.25%.

The recent problems in the Australian economy is due to a anomoly occuring which has now occurred, GST does the economy recognize this tax and what are the effects and these are the questions which need to be answered. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.90.251.67 (talk) 05:54, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The main article is Goods and Services Tax (Australia). Maybe this article should link to that page, but if all taxes were discussed or their pages linked, then this article would be quite long indeed. However, it is strange that there is no linked information on the progressive PAYG income tax system in the "Taxation" section. How should it be incorporated into this article: should the "Taxation" section in "Economy of Australia" link to the "Australia" section in "Pay-as-you-go tax", or should the information in that article be moved here, leaving a link behind? The latter option would better fit in with the rest of the page in the PAYG tax article, considering the UK and Ireland sections only link to PAYE without further elaboration. However, deleting all that information would also reduce that article to Stub-class. Phlyght (talk) 18:01, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Improvements required
I think that this article should be longer and in greater depth. I'd to remove some of the binary statements that assume a situation is 'either/or', such as:

Australia commenced a basic reorientation of its economy in the early 1980s and has transformed itself from an inward looking, import-substitution country to an internationally competitive, export-oriented one.

The reference to 'full financial deregulation' is in the same category: financial deregulation is an ongoing process, and certainly hasn't got to a point that could be described as 'full'. Too many sectors of Australian industry still enjoy cosy protection, subsidy, or regulation, at the expense of more efficient productivity, to make that statement.

In the interests of Wikipedian neutrality and clarity of explanation, I'd also like to see party politics and individual politicians' names removed from the discussion, except where it appears to be central to the discussion. The evolution of the economy is larger and is occurring over too long a period to warrant reference to these phenomena. In addition, economic management now appears to be reasonably bipartisan throughout the capitalist world. Tony 09:23, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I created a to-do table listing some improvements that could be made. Feel free to add to it or even undertake some of the suggestions.--Cyberjunkie | Talk 10:23, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

I think It'd be pretty safe to nuke the content of this article and start again. The summary table is a good idea, and it should use ABS statistics. I think a useful way to divide the content would include --Peta putting her half finished BEcon to good use
 * Economic history; with discussion of micro and macroeconomic reform in the last 30 years (there is probably the potential to spin off an Economic history of Australia at some point)
 * Economic structure; industries, imports/exports etc; workforce; financial and stock markets
 * Economic poilcy (current); taxation, fiscal policy, monetary policy, supply-side Policy, RBA; issues of governemt intervention in the economy
 * National debt; prominent section in the US economy article - also relevant for Australia
 * Currency; value since the float and so on
 * Free trade; relevant agreements; significant issue for Australia

Both excellent ideas; except that perhaps currency should be treated in economic policy, which might treat macro- first and then micro- (?), or is the distinction now too blurred for that? Tony 06:28, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

I was thinking of having currecy in both the policy section and its own section (which would say that the AUD is the official currency, look briefly at historical exchanges rates, mention factors affecting the exchange rate that Australia is especially susceptible to, mention the possibility of a common currency with NZ etc.). However, I don't mind if that kind of content is covered in policy. --nixie 06:38, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Economy of India is probably the best article of this type currently on Wikipedia, and may serve as a good model.--nixie 10:26, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

I agree with Peta that pretty substantial improvement could be made to this page. I'd suggest starting with a broad description of the economy, with history mainly referenced in its own article. Australia's economic history is fascinating, and certainly deserves its own page (which I do plan to do something about...). EcoRat 12:22, 24 August 2005 (UTC)==Statistics formatting==

OK, I'm about to start (in the next day or so) updating a bunch of the statistical information here. However, I had a question on which to seek input from other wiki folk here...

Most economy articles quote economic stats such as GDP, inflation, etc on a calendar year basis. But Australia normally uses a financial year base for most stats (e.g. 2003-04 is the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004). Should statistics here be in calendar year or financial year terms? (My preference is for the latter, but other views would be welcome). A lot of statistics are only available on a financial year basis, including a lot of the national accounts and historical information. EcoRat 12:22, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Financial year statistics are perfectly fine. They are usually indicated by split year references like, say, 2003/04 or 2005/06. As you say, most statistics will actually be determined by the financia year. Quarterly figures are usually referenced to the year of the quarter, sometimes leading to confusion with the calendar year. Most of the stats in this article were taken from the CIA, so it would be great to have more accurate (ie, Australia) figures. Happy editing, --Cyberjunkie | Talk 15:22, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Nearly 4 years later: The article seems to have been neglected. Some updating would be helpful. Ombudswiki (talk) 12:26, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

query
I wonder what the source of this statement is:

'The government is pushing for increased exports of manufactured goods'.

I'd like to see broad brush strokes at the opening, characterising the Australian economy in relation to others. Tony 13:46, 24 August 2005 (UTC) DF but I would say it is, or was, broadly true. The age-old goal of Australian governments has been to establish and maintain a manufactures industry. Economists see the lack of elaborately transformed manufactures or ETMs in our exports as a fundalmental weakness. --Cyberjunkie | Talk 15:29, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

OK, but I'd like to know the source! Otherwise, I think it has to be removed. Tony 04:24, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * The source was the CIA Word Factbook. However, that statement has since been removed from the latest edition. Personally, I see no evidence at all that the Federal Government is pushing for increased exports of manufactured goods. In fact, Australia's manufacturing sector continues to decline and is now one of the smallest in the OECD. This is largely because Australia invests only 1.6 per cent of GDP in research and development, compared with between 2.5 and 5 per cent in the tiger economies of comparable size, such as Finland, Sweden, Singapore and Ireland. ZwickauDeluxe

How about some info on the economy of each state (eg Vic: manufacturing, NSW: services)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.155.137 (talk) 11:55, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Other sources
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Economics

Might be of some use, although its structure appears to be idiosyncratic. Tony 04:25, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

This might also be useful.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD==AUD/USD in table==

The figures shown in the table make it heard to discern what numbers are in relation to both USD and AUD. Would it be possible to either:

A) List both AUD and uSD

B) Or simply do all figures in one type, IMO USD (PPP) as it seems to be the common standard used

-G 07:40, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

 * We should probably be consistent with the rest of Wikipedia, and use a common currency. It doesn't help a lot to express these things in domestic currency terms, as it doesn't allow for any comparisons. The only problem with using USD (PPP) is that the numbers are often quite out of date, and don't always reflect the most up to date information about the economy. EcoRat 11:38, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Merge
I think the Economic history of Australia should remain its own article. Many other countries have their own articles for their economic history.--Bkwillwm 23:05, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Merge or Not?
Merge or don't merge, it doesn't bother me, but could someone plese fill in the last 30 years of Australian History? The Article is useless without talking aobut the "recession we had to have" or the GST

 * I'd throw it in. Just get rid of all the headers. They make it unreadable. - [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|24px]] Gt 11:19, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't think the merge is necessary.--nixie 01:12, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

introductioin
very confusing and slightly misleading: "Australia has a prosperous, Western-style market economy, with a per capita GDP slightly higher than, France and Germany in nominal terms as of 2006, but thanks to the lower cost of living, slightly higher in terms of Purchasing Power Parity."

slightly higher? depends who you ask, and whats with the "but thanks to the lower cost of living" bit? this introduction makes no sense and lacks clarity 203.214.25.139 10:17, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Emphasis on agriculture
This article seems to me to contains a very heavy emphasis on Australia's agricultural sector. How do others see the following statement: "Economists often refer to Australia as the 'world's farm'. The agriculture and natural resources sectors contribute significantly to GDP."

I have never heard any economist describe Australia as "the world's farm". Agriculture's share of GDP has fallen from a peak of 30 per cent in the early 1950s to 14 per cent in the early 1960s and to well under 5 per cent in the early 2000s. Mining has a higher share and has grown both in the long and the short term. Manufacturing is larger still but has been falling since the early 1960s. Services dwarfs them both and parts of the services sector are growing rapidly - notably finance and business services. See this Treasury analysis and this from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Walkerdage (talk • contribs) 09:57, 14 August 2006.
 * I think the emphasis on agriculture derives not from its contribution to GDP but to exports – primary industries are the principle contributors to Australian exports.--cj | talk 05:08, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

opening sentence
concerning GDP per capita, it says that Australia's is "slightly lower" than the UK, but i can't find any corroborating information, everything (including wikipedia) points to Australia's GDP per capita being slightly higher (if not significantly higher) what do you guys say? can anyone find any information to back up the assertion that the UK has a higher GDP per capita? Shrewd.user 10:19, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

 * nobody has responded so i went ahead and changed it, as it specifies nominal and not ppp (an argument for ppp could be contended) if you want to change it back do so, and please post a citation here.

 * I've done so using these stats: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20399244~menuPK:1504474~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html

 * i don't know about the data there, and those titles are ambiguous, i couldn't find a solid yes/no

here's a table via answers.com compiled from data in 2005 (the same year) by the international monetary fund (IMF)

http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-countries-by-gdp-nominal-per-capita http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-countries-by-gdp-ppp-per-capita

in both Australia is ranked higher than the economies of france and germany, and is ranked ahead of the U.K. in terms of PPP. i think the statement should be reverted to reflect this. 203.214.89.181 12:02, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Effect of Drought
The large drought currently being experienced in Australia doesn't seem to be of any danger to our economic strength and prosperity.

One would assume to start with that agriculture must not contribute all that much to the economy then, but this article mentions how Primary products is Australia's main production market and therefore you'd think the drought on the farms would mean a downfall in economic strength, but not so??

Just how does this work exactly then? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.203.34 (talk)

 * Do you have references for the drought not affecting the economy? I've seen something (don't recall exactly when/where) that the mining boom is counterbalancing the drought to some degree in the total economy, although of course it affects different people. Also, borrowing to keep farms going keeps the economy turning over until the lenders stop providing more money, which hasn't happened on a wide scale yet. --Scott Davis Talk 13:08, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Nuclear power figure
Electricity - production by source:

"* fossil fuel: N90.8%   * hydro: 8.3%    * nuclear: 0%"

I know for a fact Southern Australia has nuclear power plants and they account for some power production. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Australia —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MitchKliev (talk • contribs) 12:49, 31 March 2007 (UTC).

I'm certain the only nuclear reactor we have is a research reactor in Lucas Heights, Sydney. There are no electricity producing reactors. Mckenzie 00:35 5 May 08 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.96.112.85 (talk) 15:39, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Australia has no nuclear power plants and one research reactor in New South Wales. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.222.229.186 (talk) 13:58, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

there actually sites in SA where electricity is produced using nuclear materials though they are not reactors or powerstations but take advantage of nuclear contaminats that resulted from UK nuclear testing in the 1950s — Preceding unsigned comment added by Digmores (talk • contribs) 05:22, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Incorrect Statistics
Hia ll; im rather new to Wikicontirbutions, but have noticed some discrepencies between Cited statistics and factual statisticsin regards to the Economy of Australia. According to the CIA factbook (as referrenced), the Statistical analysis of Australian key Exports should read;

Exports: US$117 billion Ecport goods: coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iton ore, wheat, machinery & transport equipment Main Export partners: Japan 20.3%, China 11.5%, South Korea 7.9%, US 6.7%, NZ 6.5%, India 5%, Germany (5.6%)

Import values are,however, correct.

Thanks; kyle —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kylesaltmarsh (talk • contribs) 05:46, 16 May 2007 (UTC).

Public Debt
Hi all. Does anyone know where the $585b figure for the Australian national public debt come from? I've been reading over the ABS's year book, and apparently there was only $16b public debt in 2004 - and that was before the Commonwealth government paid off its debt. Where's the large public debt being held? I could understand if it were combined private and public debt, but there's no indication that this is the case. -Xiroth 05:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I was just reading the page aswell. where did 585 come from? thats way to high. that sounds more like our foreign debt. Xiroth is completely right here, almost all of the debt was paid off (it even says so in the article)-User:mckenzie 00:35, 5 May 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.96.112.85 (talk)

 * Actually as far as I'm aware the government never got rid of all of our public debt. A portion was always maintained for secure investments for private business. In other words, the government is a more stable and safe payer of interest rates then most private enterprise in Australia so the government kept a small portion, under that excuse to give investment plans a safe place to put money. I'm also not too sure on the figure, but I'm pretty sure its increased recently.--Senor Freebie (talk) 12:31, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

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Incorrect Statistics
The "Main export partners" and "Main import partners" in the "Economy of Australia" table are erroneously the same. Could someone please change them? I don't know how. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Britney-Boy (talk • contribs)

Hey guys the Australian economy article has some incorrect info.

Its public debt isnt as high as to be close to 500 billion US dollars.

The GPD for 2007 in US dollars was 881.2 billion US dollars!

Come on guys lets fix the article by the way how do edit the table!?

Samerin (talk) 23:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

GDP Contradiction
the gdp ppp is quoted as $718.4 Billion on the main australia page, but different on here, presumable change it to the newer one!!--86.31.151.24 (talk) 21:30, 27 April 2008 (UTC)--86.31.151.24 (talk) 21:30, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

End of first paragraph
I noticed something odd about the last sentence of the first paragraph, as if something had dropped off during a revision: "Service industries have expanded in recent decades at the expense of the, which now accounts for just under 12 per cent of GDP" At the expense of the what? Does anyone know what this was getting at? 165.228.204.121 (talk) 05:48, 13 August 2008 (UTC)ADrunkenMan

 * Whoever did the change before mine got it right - it was indeed at the expense of manufacturing. With my recent edit, I took the last sentence of para 1 and created a new paragraph dealing with the main trend changes between '93 and '07. The source I referenced for the entire paragraph was ABS instead of CIA yearbook although the CIA appears to have based on ABS data anyway. I couldn't source the numeric values so the numbers I've used are based on a visual inspection of the ABS chart (!?).  I've only been editing in Wiki for less than a week but don't let that stop any of you from critiquing what I've done to this article! Glen Dillon 16:33, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

 * made more changes to intro paragraph. The 63% figure was clearly wrong and was unsourced.  I did some quick sums from the Treasury excel sheet using 12 months to March '08 and got a figure of 57% for Ag+Mining.  The 4.7% GDP contribution of those two sectors was WAY OFF and in any event unsupported by the old CIA factbook citation.  It's actually around 10% according to the ABS reference I added in my previous edit.  Tidied up the stuff about our main export commodities (added LNG, gold and iron-ore) though I have not got a citation to support that specific part of my edit.  Its getting late...  Hope my changes are acceptable.Glen Dillon 17:33, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

New image?
The graph in the infobox looks pretty bland (not to mention that there's no legend saying which line represents which economic indicator).

I think a montage of the principal economic activities in Australia would be a better idea. Perhaps four images, one in each quadrant, with the following images:

 * Image:Kalgoorlie_The_Big_Pit_DSC04498.JPG - Super Pit, Kalgoorlie, to represent mining
 * Image:DarlHarbNight.jpg - Central Sydney at dusk (to represent the services industry, particularly finance, property services, etc.)
 * Image:SurfersParadiseSkylineAndBeach.jpg - Surfers Paradise beach, to represent tourism
 * Image:Tanunda.jpg - Barossa Valley vineyards, to represent agriculture

Thing is, I'm not sure how Wikipedia's fair use and image licencing templates work for montages. All except the Sydney photo are on Wikipedia Commons (the Sydney one is Creative Commons attributed licence). Anyone here know? --TripleThree (talk) 16:36, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

US dollars or australian dollars?
Logically by context the GDP figure should be in Australian dollars. However at British economy the figure is in $ so I assume they're both $US.

It should specify which dollars are being used - AUD/AU$ or USD/US$. -Chriswaterguy talk 20:06, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

POV statement?
"goods and services tax (GST) sought to encourage the level of saving amongst lower income earners"

Typical of articles on the Australian economy, this one seems to be replete with bias towards the Liberal parties policies. Last I checked, taxing everyone at an equal rate was designed to hurt lower income earners who face less income tax and this was the opinion of the overwhelming majority when the GST was introduced. In fact this was such a big deal at the time that the Liberal Party was unable to introduce the GST without help from other political parties in the Senate who forced them to make concessions for lower income earners.

There should be plenty of sources regarding this and as the original statement is not properly sourced I would suggest it is deleted until the correct statement can be made.--Senor Freebie (talk) 01:18, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

GDP growth over time
After searching for 1.5 hours all over wikipedia and the internet for a graph of Australian GDP over time, and not even finding anything even slightly close, I'm guessing this sort of information does just not exist. But seriously, wtf. Jason McConnell-Leech (talk) 12:46, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Population below poverty line
Just getting up on my high horse here but can we add this section to the box on the right like other countries. Seems misleading that it is omitted. I appreciate that there aren't any values in the CIA Factbook, maybe a link to Poverty in australia instead or something? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.59.100 (talk) 09:52, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Largest companies in the world?
The introductory paragraphs states that the ASX is home to some of the largest companies in the world and includes in that list LJ Hooker, Billabong and Rip Curl. By what measure are these three companies among the largest in the world? Suggest they be removed. In addition Australia is no longer the home of NewsCorp. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Funkywinders (talk • contribs) 00:21, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree, if anything BHP Billiton & Woolworths are more significant as when measured by revenue they're pretty high up the list.--Senor Freebie (talk) 14:56, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Broken Link
Reference number 13 (to the Australian Bureau of Statistics is broken). From the look of the URL it looks like it is supposed to point to the 2006 version of document 5204.0 (Australian System of National Accounts). However, this doesn't seem to be available any more. I can only see the 2009-2010 version on the ABS web site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dburr (talk • contribs) 17:55, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Average wealth per adult
Should we include the second place ranking of Australia according to average wealth per adult in 2011. - Shiftchange (talk) 02:59, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Roy Morgan as source
Does anyone know if these guys are reliable? They're being trumpeted as such and it seems a bit peculiar that a polling company can be classed as equally reliable when its statistics vary so much from the generally trustworthy ABS.--Senor Freebie (talk) 14:54, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

++Casualisation of workforce++ Under - Employment

Stats listed here make no sense, claims 2 million casually employed (probably correct), but goes on to claim that this is %40 of the workforce, not possible considering the workforce is 13 million. 2 million is thus about 17-16%. Better stats ought to be found on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.64.104.94 (talk) 09:35, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Messy reference list
Most of the references are just the url without any complete information and do not reflect Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Alishakitty (talk) 11:55, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Remove renewable energy figure from energy section?
I couldn't help but notice that the figure showing renewable energy in Australia looks a little out of place. Given how short the energy section is, and that it makes no mention of renewable energy, it doesn't seem notable enough to be given such a prominent mention. I think it would be better to either replace it with another figure showing Australia's energy generation by source, or to remove it entirely. If no one has any objections, I will remove the figure, and perhaps flesh out the energy section.192.87.183.43 (talk) 07:05, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

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That rectangle thing
How come there is no GDP breakdown by sector for australia. Fucking Mali has one.

Data Table
The data table has a red arrow if inflation is greater than 2%, a green if less. This is clearly subjective, and not consistent with the the aim of monetary policy pursued by the RBA. The RBA aims for an inflation rate of 2-3% across the business cycle. Green and red if used should be consistent with the aims of policy that is green if between 2-3% or red otherwise. Even better would be their removal as it is not like GDP or unemployment where growth or reduction is generally accepted as desirable, some lowish positive rate of inflation is really all that needs to be maintained. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.184.196.222 (talk) 06:48, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

First sentence
The first sentence makes no sense. It says the economy...is an economy. What? What is the economy of Australia? I can't tell what it is from the first sentence because it is a tautology. - Shiftchange (talk) 00:53, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

"total estimated value of natural resources"
The article's lead contains (since 2017) the sentence: I have tried to verify this claim. tl;dr: I think it's bogus.

The current version of the linked Investopedia article says:

and it cites: Statista is paywalled, and even worse, requires payment to see what sources they cite (this is worse than scientific publishers). Statista might state the above, but even if so, I don't think it's at all credible (as I explain below).

An earlier version of the Investopedia page said:

(a very different statement using the same number!), and at the time it cited:

which sure enough says:

citing no sources. That statement is patently false, since Australia's entire GDP is ~$1.5 trillion, not to mention is not primarily mining. (Even according to "WorldAtlas". )

The original version of the Investopedia article, which was in place when the content was added to Wikipedia, cited no sources, and simply read:

I suspect that this $19.9 trillion number may have made it into Statista and WorldAtlas.com via Investopedia and/or Wikipedia, and then were cited by Investopedia (citogenesis). Also, how is the number identical in 2016, 2019, and 2021? Unfortunately, the number has been repeated all over the internet with the help of Wikipedia and otherwise (random example).

So what's the truth? I can't find any reputable source that estimates a "total value" of Australia's minerals or other natural resources. In "Australia’s Mineral Resource Assessment 2013," published by Geoscience Australia (government agency), they extensively list the amounts (tonnes) of resources in the ground.

[edit: removed comments of mine that were stupid (off by factor of 1000); see here if you really want (I'm not trying to hide anything).]

'''Conclusion: I'm removing the statement from the article. Also, IMO, any articles citing Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources, even Investopedia articles with footnotes, should be scrutinized.'''

One more thing: Special:Contributions/2405:204:4129:8F86:3C75:AE9F:F04C:3258 shows this person added corresponding statements to Economy of China and Economy of Saudi Arabia, which are still there.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Majority Choice Approval

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep (no consensus). Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:19, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Majority Choice Approval
Original research. Majority Choice Approval's only Google hits are the election-methods mailing list and Wikipedia. Delete. RSpeer 20:41, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Whoops, forgot to finish nomination process. RSpeer 14:14, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. It seems to be active, judging from its history and talk pages, and it's mentioned on several individual criterion pages, such as monotonicity criterion and participation criterion. It may be present in published literature under a different name, but that's not a reason to delete. -- Brhaspati\talk/contribs 00:17, 2005 Apr 13 (UTC)
 * The reason it is referenced on so many pages is that the person who invented Majority Choice Approval contributed to most of those pages. The term does not come from published literature, but the election-methods@electorama.org mailing list, where obscure methods known by nobody else are debated endlessly. They have already set up Electowiki for this kind of information. If it is deleted, I will look for references in other articles and remove them. RSpeer 00:29, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, original research, vanity. RickK 05:12, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Three simple words: No original research.   [ +t, +c ] 08:30, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Agree, delete. Radiant_* 09:17, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, original research. For a minute or two, I was afraid we were seeing more Iasson material.  Barno 16:40, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. In my opinion, there are significantly worse articles; e.g. Weak defensive strategy criterion, Strong defensive strategy criterion, Strategy-Free criterion, Generalized Strategy-Free criterion or Favorite Betrayal criterion. In my opinion, this article needs some work; but deleting this article would be the wrong signal. Markus Schulze
 * I don't think there being worse articles is a reason to keep this article, which completely fails Wikipedia's standards of notability. I will put the other articles up for VfD soon. RSpeer 01:04, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Never mind about VfDing the others. After a bit of Googling, it seems that Mike Ossipoff's criteria have been quoted by numerous websites. Even if the criteria are flawed, I think we have to consider them notable, so I won't VfD them. Majority Choice Approval, on the other hand, is still not notable. RSpeer 01:16, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I agree this article needs some thoughtful editing, but deleting it would remove valuable information.--Fahrenheit451 21:35, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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I have downgraded the explanation of the fourth book to mere unsupported allegation. This entry is supposed to be "legitimate" in that it is about what Hofstadter makes up, not about what we make up: the existing text was not in any sense verifiable. --John Cowan 03:21, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Plenty of Citations
I think it is absurd to delete this article, Egbert B. Gebstadter is referenced in at least 4 published works. Perhaps someone could add proper citations for these. -- 13:05, 9 October 2008 87.194.183.69

Useful Article
This stuff was quite useful to me recently. I hope you wiki elves merge it to Hofstadter's article instead of deleting it. Some good stuff here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.172.58.153 (talk) 00:16, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Ambifoni?
According to the site I linked to, there is another Gebstadter book, Ambifoni: un minimondo ottimo per lo studio della scopertività, published by Hopeless Mobster, Tokyo, in 1987. I assume this book is referenced by Hofstadter in Ambigrammi: un microcosmo ideale per lo studio della creatività, published by Hopeful Monster, Florence in the same year, but I'd like someone who's read the book (which is in Italian) to confirm. Daibhid C 15:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Added. --John Cowan (talk) 03:55, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Sono italiano e confermo.Ambigrammi è un libro simpaticissimo ed è interamente costituito da un vivace dialogo fra Gebstadter e Hofstadter. Il relativo libro di Gebstadter è Ambifoni. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.30.221.80 (talk) 14:17, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Subtitle of The Brain's U
Would it be appropriate to replace the "[subtitle not known]" with "Phantoms and Mirror-Images of Selfless Souls", which is clearly readable on the book cover portrayed on the right of the page? Or is there some other reason for having "[subtitle not known]" in there?

Book covers
Are these book cover images just fictional interpretations of what the fictional books might look like? If so, it is funny but they don't belong on an encyclopedia. Remy B (talk) 09:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

 * They are fictional representations, but they were seen and approved by Doug Hofstadter prior to publishing, therefore they have at least some degree of canonicity. Romanpoet (talk) 21:17, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * — Keφr 08:19, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Removed orphan tag
Now have three incoming links, removed tag. KConWiki (talk) 04:45, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

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Emanuel Schikaneder

Emanuel Schikaneder (born Johann Joseph Schickeneder; 1 September 1751 – 21 September 1812) was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute and was the builder of the Theater an der Wien. Peter Branscombe called him "one of the most talented theatre men of his era". Aside from Mozart, he worked with Salieri, Haydn and Beethoven.

Early years

Schikaneder was born in Straubing in the Electorate of Bavaria in the Holy Roman Empire to Joseph Schickeneder and Juliana Schiessl. Both of his parents worked as domestic servants and were extremely poor. They had a total of four children: Urban (born 1746), Johann Joseph (died at age two), Emanuel (born 1751 and also originally named Johann Joseph), and Maria (born 1753). Schikaneder's father died shortly after Maria's birth, at which time his mother returned to Regensburg, making a living selling religious articles from a wooden shed adjacent to the local cathedral.

Schikaneder received his education at a Jesuit school in Regensburg as well as training in the local cathedral as a singer. As a young adult, he began to pursue his career in the theater, appearing with Andreas Schopf's theatrical troupe around 1773 and performing opera, farce, and Singspiel. Schikaneder danced at a court ballet in Innsbruck in 1774, and the following year his Singspiel Die Lyranten was debuted there. This was a great success and was performed frequently in the following years. Schikaneder was the librettist, composer, and principal singer, a versatility he would continue to exhibit throughout his career.

Befriending the Mozarts
In the fall of 1780, the Schikaneder troupe made an extended stay in Salzburg, and at that time Schikaneder became a family friend of the Mozarts. The Mozart family at the time consisted of father Leopold, Nannerl, and Wolfgang. The Mozarts "rarely missed his shows" (Heartz), and invited Schikaneder to Sunday sessions of Bölzlschiessen (dart shooting), their favorite family sport.

As Mozart was about to depart Salzburg for the premiere in Munich of his opera Idomeneo, he promised before leaving to write "Wie grausam ist, o Liebe...Die neugeborne Ros' entzückt", a recitative and aria for Schikaneder. The composition was intended for Schikaneder's production of Die zwey schlaflosen Nächte by August Werthes.

First stay in Vienna
From November 1784 to February 1785, Schikaneder collaborated with theater director Hubert Kumpf for a series of performances at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna. He had been invited to do so by the Emperor Joseph II, who had seen him perform the previous year in Pressburg. The Vienna run was admired by critics and attracted large audiences, often including the Emperor and his court. Schikaneder and Kumpf opened their season with a revival of Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Joseph Haydn's La fedeltà premiata was also performed by the troupe.

Works of spoken drama were of interest for their political content. The Austrian Empire at the time was governed (like most of Europe) by the system of hereditary aristocracy, which was falling under increasing criticism as the values of the Enlightenment spread. Schikaneder put on a successful comedy entitled Der Fremde which included a character named Baron Seltenreich ("seldom-rich") who was "a caricature of a scheming windbag of the Viennese aristocracy". Schikaneder and his colleague then stepped over the line, initiating a production of Beaumarchais' then-scandalous send-up of the aristocracy, The Marriage of Figaro. This production was canceled by the Emperor at the last minute.

In spite of the content and cancellation of the production, Joseph II brought Schikaneder over and he entered Imperial service from April 1785 through February 1786. During his service, he performed in the Austrian Nationaltheater at Burgtheater. During his debut he sang the role of Schwindel in Gluck's Singspiel Die Pilgrime von Mekka.

Years at the Theater auf der Wieden

During Easter 1788, the troupe run by Johann Friedel and Eleonore Schikaneder had settled as the resident troupe at the Theater auf der Wieden, located in a suburb of Vienna. Friedel died on 31 March 1789, leaving his entire estate to Eleonore, and the theater was closed. Following this, Eleonore offered reconciliation to Schikaneder, who moved to Vienna in May to start a new company in the same theater in partnership with her. The new company was financed by Joseph von Bauernfeld, a Masonic brother of Mozart. With plans of an emphasis on opera, Schikaneder brought two singers with him from his old troupe, tenor Benedikt Schack and bass Franz Xaver Gerl. From his wife's company he retained soprano Josepha Hofer, actor Johann Joseph Nouseul, and Karl Ludwig Giesecke as librettist. New additions to the troupe included Anna Gottlieb and Jakob Haibel.

The new company was successful, and Die Entführung aus dem Serail again became part of the repertory. Several aspects of the company's work emerged that later came to be immortalized in The Magic Flute. A series of musical comedies starting with Der Dumme Gärtner aus dem Gebirge, oder Die zween Antons ("The Foolish Gardener from the Mountains, or The Two Antons"), premiered in July 1789. The comedy provided a vehicle for Schikaneder's comic stage persona. Another line of performances by the company involved fairy tale operas, starting with the 1789 premiere of Oberon, with music by Paul Wranitzky and a libretto that was a readaptation of Friederike Sophie Seyler's original libretto. This was followed by Der Stein der Weisen oder Die Zauberinsel in September 1790, a collaborative opera marked by the musical collaboration of Gerl, Schack, Schikaneder and Mozart.

In a review of a performance at the Theater auf der Wieden by a north German commentator in 1793, most contemporary reviews were positive, noting a high standard of musical performance. In his unpublished autobiography, Ignaz von Seyfried recalled performances of operas in the early 1790s by Mozart, Süßmayr, Hoffmeister etc., writing that they were performed with rare skill (ungemein artig). Seyfried describes Kapellmeister Henneberg conducting the orchestra from the "pianoforte ... like a General commanding an army of musicians!"

The Magic Flute
The series of fairy-tale operas at the Theater auf der Wieden culminated in the September 1791 premiere of The Magic Flute, with music by Mozart and libretto by Schikaneder. The opera incorporated a loose mixture of Masonic elements and traditional fairy-tale themes (see Libretto of The Magic Flute). Schikaneder took the role of Papageno—a character reflecting the Hanswurst tradition, and thus suited to his skills—at the premiere.

According to the dramatist Ignaz Franz Castelli, Schikaneder also may have given advice to Mozart concerning the musical setting of his libretto:

"The late bass singer Sebastian Mayer told me that Mozart had originally written the duet where Papageno and Papagena first see each other quite differently from the way in which we now hear it. Both originally cried out 'Papageno!', 'Papagena!' a few times in amazement. But when Schikaneder heard this, he called down into the orchestra, 'Hey, Mozart! That's no good, the music must express greater astonishment. They must both stare dumbly at each other, then Papageno must begin to stammer: 'Pa-papapa-pa-pa'; Papagena must repeat that until both of them finally get the whole name out. Mozart followed the advice, and in this form the duet always had to be repeated.'" Castelli adds that the March of the Priests which opens the second act was also a suggestion of Schikaneder's, added to the opera at the last minute by Mozart. These stories are not accepted as necessarily true by all musicologists.

The Magic Flute was a great success at its premiere, frequently selling out and receiving over a hundred performances at the Theater auf der Wieden during its first few months of performance. Schikaneder continued to produce the opera at intervals for the rest of his career in Vienna.

Mozart died only a few weeks after the premiere, on 5 December 1791. Schikaneder was distraught at the news and felt the loss sharply. He evidently put on a benefit performance of The Magic Flute for Mozart's widow Constanze, who at the time faced a difficult financial situation. When his troupe mounted a concert performance of Mozart's La clemenza di Tito in 1798, he wrote in the program:

Mozart's work is beyond all praise. One feels only too keenly, on hearing this or any other of his music, what the Art has lost in him.

Remaining years
Schikaneder's career continued in the same theater during the years that followed The Magic Flute. He continued to write works in which he played the main role and which achieved popular success. These included collaborations with other composers of the time: Der Spiegel von Arkadien with Mozart's assistant Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Der Tyroler Wastel with Mozart's posthumous brother-in-law Jakob Haibel, and a Magic Flute sequel called Das Labyrinth, with Peter von Winter. A big box office draw during this time was a rhymed-verse comedy, Der travestierte Aeneas (The Travesty of Aeneas), a contribution of Giesecke.

During this period, Schikaneder would several times a year devote the theater to an Academie, or in modern terms, a classical music concert. Symphonies of Mozart and Haydn were performed, and a young Beethoven appeared as a piano soloist.

Schikaneder maintained in the repertory seven Mozart operas: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Le nozze di Figaro, Der Schauspieldirektor, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, La clemenza di Tito, and The Magic Flute. The Italian operas were performed in German translation. As noted above, Schikaneder also produced La clemenza di Tito as a concert work.

Although many of the works performed were popular successes, the expenses of Schikaneder's elaborate productions were high, and the company gradually fell into debt. In 1798, Schikaneder's landlord learned that the debt had risen to 130,000 florins and canceled Schikaneder's lease. Schikaneder persuaded Bartholomäus Zitterbarth, a wealthy merchant, to become his partner and take on the debt. As a result, the company was saved.

Theater an der Wien
Schikaneder and his new partner Zitterbarth planned together to construct a grand new theater for the company. Zitterbarth purchased the land for the new theater on the other side of the Wien River, in another suburb only a few hundred meters away from the Theater auf der Wieden. Schikaneder still had in his possession a document from the late Emperor Joseph II permitting him to construct a new theater. In 1800, he had an audience with the now-reigning Franz, which resulted in a renewal of the license—over the protests of Peter von Braun, who directed the Burgtheater. In retaliation, Braun mounted a new production of The Magic Flute at the Burgtheater, which did not mention Schikaneder as the author.

Construction of the new theater, which was named the Theater an der Wien, began in April 1800. It opened 13 June 1801 with a performance of the opera Alexander, to Schikaneder's own libretto with music by Franz Teyber. According to the New Grove, the Theater an der Wien was "the most lavishly equipped and one of the largest theatres of its age". There, Schikaneder continued his tradition of expensive and financially risky theatrical spectacle.

Schikaneder and Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven had moved to Vienna in 1792 and gradually established a strong reputation as a composer and pianist. He performed in an Academie at the Theater auf der Wieden during its last years. In the spring of 1803, the first Academie at the new Theater an der Wien was devoted entirely to Beethoven's works: the first and second symphonies, the third piano concerto (with Beethoven as soloist), and the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives.

Schikaneder wanted Beethoven to compose an opera for him. After offering Beethoven an apartment to live in inside the theater building, he also offered his libretto, Vestas Feuer. Beethoven, however, found Vestas Feuer unsuited to his needs. He did, however, set the opening scene, part of which ultimately became the duet "O namenlose Freude" from his 1804 opera Fidelio. Beethoven continued to live in the Theater an der Wien for a while as he switched his efforts to Fidelio.

Decline and demise
Fidelio premiered in the Theater an der Wien, but not under Schikaneder's direction. By 1804, Schikaneder's career had taken a downward turn; his productions could not bring in enough customers to cover their cost. He sold the Theater an der Wien to a consortium of nobles and left Vienna for the provinces, working in Brno and Steyr. Following economic problems caused by war and an 1811 currency devaluation, Schikaneder lost most of his fortune. During a journey to Budapest in 1812 to take a new post, he became insane. He died impoverished in Vienna on 21 September 1812 at age 61.

Family
Two of Schikaneder's relatives were also his professional associates:
 * Urban Schikaneder (1746–1818), a bass, was Emanuel's older brother. He was born in Regensburg on 2 November 1746, and worked for a number of years in his brother's troupe, both as a singer and in helping to administer the group. At the premiere of The Magic Flute, he sang the role of the First Priest.
 * Anna Schikaneder (1767–1862) also called "Nanny" or "Nanette", was his brother Urban's daughter. At age 24 she sang the role of the First Boy in The Magic Flute.

Schikaneder's illegitimate son Franz Schikaneder (1802–1877) was a blacksmith in the service of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria.

Works
Works by Schikaneder include 56 libretti and 45 spoken-language plays, among them:

Libretti

 * Die Lyranten oder das lustige Elend (The Minstrels, or Merry Misery). Operetta, music by Schikaneder, Innsbruck, ca. 1775.
 * Das Urianische Schloss (The Urian Castle) Singspiel, music by Schikander, Salzburg, 1786.
 * Der dumme Gärtner aus dem Gebirge oder die zween Anton (The Silly Gardener from the Hills, or The Two Antons). Comic opera, music by Benedikt Schack and Franz Xaver Gerl. Vienna, 1789.
 * Five sequels to the latter work, including
 * Was macht der Anton im Winter? (What does Anton do in Winter?) Music by Benedikt Schack and Franz Xaver Gerl. Vienna, 1790.
 * Anton bei Hofe, oder Das Namensfest (Anton at Court, or The Name-Day) (Vienna, 4 June 1791). Mozart heard the work on 6 June.
 * Der Stein der Weisen (The Philosopher's Stone or the Magic Isle). Heroic-comic opera, Music by Benedikt Schack, Johann Baptist Henneberg, Franz Xaver Gerl, Emanuel Schikaneder, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Vienna 11 September 1790.
 * Der Fall ist noch weit seltner (opera libretto, Vienna 1790; music by Benedikt Schack )
 * Die Zauberflöte (opera libretto, Vienna 1791)
 * Der Spiegel von Arkadien (The Mirror of Arcadia). Grand heroic-comic opera, music by Franz Xaver Süssmayr. Vienna, 1794.
 * Babylons Pyramiden (opera libretto)
 * Das Labyrinth oder Der Kampf mit den Elementen. Der Zauberflöte zweyter Theil, Heroic-comic opera, Music by Peter von Winter Vienna, 1798.
 * Der Tiroler Wastel (opera libretto)
 * Vestas Feuer (opera libretto, Vienna 1803)

Plays

 * Das abgebrannte Haus
 * Der Fleischhauer von Odenburg
 * Die Fiaker in Wien

In fiction
In Miloš Forman's film Amadeus, Schikaneder is portrayed by Simon Callow. He is a friend of Mozart, but frequently takes his works and turns them into low-brow comedies, which upsets Mozart's wife Constanze. Furthermore, his demands for new scripts put Mozart under pressure, exacerbating the stress he is under from writing his requiem. He is last seen calling upon Mozart following a performance to provide him with his fee, not knowing that Mozart is near death working with Salieri on their piece.

In 2016, the musical Schikaneder by Stephen Schwartz and Christian Stuppeck and directed by Trevor Nunn, based on the premise that The Magic Flute sprang from Schikaneder's tumultuous relationship with Eleonore, debuted at the Raimund Theater.

In the time travel novel Time for Patriots Schikaneder appears as Mozart's friend and collaborator when a team of time travelers visit Vienna to extend Mozart's life.

title: Emanuel Schikaneder