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Sayn-Wittgenstein

Sayn-Wittgenstein was a county of medieval Germany, located in the Sauerland of eastern North Rhine-Westphalia.

History
Sayn-Wittgenstein was created when Count Salentin of Sayn-Homburg, a member of the House of Sponheim, married the heiress Countess Adelaide of Wittgenstein in 1345. The united counties then became known as Sayn-Wittgenstein, although it only officially became known as such during the reign of Salentin's successor Count John. The territory of Sayn-Wittgenstein was often divided between northern (centered on Bad Berleburg) and southern (centered on Bad Laasphe) divisions, although the border between the two often shifted. Sayn-Wittgenstein was partitioned in 1607 into: Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (in the originally territories of Sayn), and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein. The area of both former counties is known today as "Wittgenstein", and is part of the district Siegen-Wittgenstein in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Family today
Four dynastic branches of the House of Sayn were extant at the beginning of the 20th century, each possessing its own secundogeniture. In order of seniority of legitimate descent from their progenitor, Ludwig I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1532-1605), they were the:
 * 1) Princes (Fürsten) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, descended from Count Georg (1565-1631)
 * 2) Princes (Fürsten) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, descended from Count Christian Ludwig (1725-1797)
 * 3) Counts zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, descended from Count Georg Ernst (1735-1792)
 * 4) Princes (Fürsten) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, descended from Count Ludwig (1571-1634)

Some of these lines had junior branches, both dynastic and non-dynastic, the latter including families whose right to the princely title was recognized by the Russian, Prussian, Bavarian or Austrian monarchies, whereas other morganatic branches used lesser titles accorded by German sovereigns (e.g. Baron von Kleydorff, Hesse, 1868; Count von Hachenburg, Prussia, 1883; Baron von Freusburg, Lippe, 1916; Baron von Altenburg, ?, 1909). The last male of the comital line was Ottokar, Count zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1911-1995). On the death of Ludwig, 3rd Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein in 1912, the eldest of his three sons, Hereditary Prince August (1868-1947), became 4th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and head of the third branch of the House of Sayn. Being a childless bachelor, the elder of whose two younger brothers, Georg (1873-1960), had married morganatically, while the younger, Wilhelm (1877-1958), was 49 and yet unmarried, August preserved the name and heritage of his branch of the House of Sayn by adopting Christian Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1908-1953). He was the second son of the late head of the entire House of Sayn, Richard, 4th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1882-1925), whose eldest son, Gustav Albrecht (1907-1944) had inherited the senior line's fortune and position.

In November 1960, Christian Heinrich, being the divorced father of two daughters by his dynastic marriage to Beatrix Grafin von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1921-2006), married Dagmar Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1919-2002), elder daughter of his adopted father's younger brother, Georg, who died seven months before the wedding. As Georg's children by his morganatic wife, Marie Rühm, (created Baroness von Freusburg by the reigning Prince of Lippe in 1916) had been de-morganatized by the declaration of their uncle August on 11 February 1947, her marriage to Christian Heinrich was deemed a dynastic match, ensuring that their son Bernhart would be born in compliance with the house laws of his adoptive ancestors, the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohensteins, as well as being a grandson of the last dynastic male of that family, Prince Georg.

Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1354–1607)

 * Eberhard (1469–1494)
 * George I (1427–1469)
 * John (1384–1427)
 * Louis I (1568–1605)
 * Salentin, Count of Sayn-Homburg (1354–84)
 * William I (1494–1568)

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Papa Lazarou

Papa Lazarou is a fictional character in the BBC TV comedy programme The League of Gentlemen. He appears in four episodes – the first episode in the second series, the Christmas special, the final episode of the third series, and the final episode of the fourth series – and in the film The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse. The character is part-written by and played by Reece Shearsmith. Papa Lazarou has been listed as both the 8th and 14th most popular sketch of all time with British audiences, according to the Radio Times and Channel 4, respectively.

In June 2020 The League of Gentlemen was withdrawn from distribution on Netflix due to the character being considered as blackface, following similar action taken against Little Britain by the BBC during the George Floyd protests.

Appearances in The League of Gentlemen
Papa Lazarou's first appearance in The League of Gentlemen is in the first episode of the second series Destination: Royston Vasey. In his first appearance he runs the Pandemonium Carnival, and has three diminutive helpers called Simba, Pebbil, and Tiktik. He is seen to collect wives by forcing his way into women's homes posing as a humble peg-seller, then talking gibberish at them, invariably referring to them as 'Dave', until they hand over their wedding rings. Once they do this, he exclaims, "You’re my wife now!". His first visit to the town ends when the noses of the circus audience start bleeding simultaneously. Out-weirded by Royston Vasey, he and the other circus performers flee.

Lazarou's next appearance is during the Christmas Special, "Yule Never Leave". It is revealed that the town vicar Bernice's mother was kidnapped by Lazarou when she was a child. Lazarou then kidnaps Bernice and takes her away with members of his circus troupe at the end of the special.

In the third series, Lazarou disguises himself as an amateur theatre director called Keith Drop. This alter ego is used as a front to capture more wives. Lazarou uses the makeup tips he has gleaned from his wives to effect a very convincing transformation. As Keith he helps out in the charity shop with Reenie Calver (whose friend, Vinnie Wythenshaw, has been killed in an accident). This is merely a front for Lazarou to gain more wives. Despite being rumbled by Brian and Reenie, he manages to evade capture. It is also revealed that he imprisons his wives and anyone who tries to follow him inside circus animals. In the third series audio commentary the League revealed this is just one of a number of things (many of which haven't been shown) that he does with his captives.

Lazarou's most recent appearance was in the 2017 anniversary special, where he used a photo booth to capture a number of Royston Vasey women, including Iris and Tubbs, to create a "wife mine". It is revealed that the rights to Royston Vasey land were sold to him by current town mayor, Reverend Bernice.

Appearances in other media
During the Comic Aid Telethon to raise fund for relief in the aftermath of the South Asian Tsunami in 2004, Lazarou appeared in a specially written sketch performed live during the telethon, alongside his wife played by Mark Gatiss. During this appearance, Lazarou attempts to kidnap Miranda Richardson, before Tubbs kidnaps her instead.

Please do what he says, he's a very dangerous man. He'll shit on you and set you on fire.

Characterisation and physical appearance
Papa Lazarou is a demonic circus master and collector of wives. He has a rasping voice and an indefinable accent. It is revealed that his skin is actually black and white and he uses pink foundation to appear white. The character is one of the most bizarre and mysterious of the League's. Some of the women in his 'book of wives', seen in series three, appear to have lived over a century ago. This hints at the character's unnatural lifespan. When he was tied to a bed in the charity shop he reveals he has the supernatural gift of being able to speak with the voices of deceased people he has never met, although it seems he cannot directly commune with the dead, as evidenced by the unconvincing medium act he performed when his circus came to town the previous year.

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Carrickmacross lace

[[File:Annotated detail of carrickmacross lace illustration.jpg|thumb|right|Detail of Carrickmacross lace.

(a) area of net,

(b) area of muslin,

(c) outlining,

(d) needle-run decoration,

(e) bars,

(f) area where both net and muslin have been cut away,

(g) 'pop',

(h) 'twirl'.]]

Carrickmacross lace is a form of lace that may be described as decorated net. A three-layer 'sandwich' is made consisting of the pattern (at the bottom), covered with, first, machine-made net and then fine muslin, through which the pattern can be seen. A thick outlining thread is stitched down along the lines of the pattern, sewing net and fabric together. Loops of thread known as 'twirls' are also couched along the outer edge. The excess fabric is then cut away. Some of the net is then usually decorated further with needle-run stitches or small button-holed rings known as 'pops'. Occasionally bars of buttonhole stitches are worked over fabric and net before both are cut away.

History
Carrickmacross lace was introduced into Ireland in about 1820 by Mrs Grey Porter of Donaghmoyne, who taught it to local women so that they could earn some extra money. Porter had been inspired by some examples of appliqué lace she had seen while on her honeymoon in Italy in 1816. The scheme was initially of limited success, and it was only after the Great Famine in 1846, when a lace school was set up by the managers of the Bath and Shirley estates at Carrickmacross as a means of helping their starving tenants, that the lace became known and found sales.

The wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer featured a square of Carrickmacross lace that had belonged to Queen Mary sewn to the front.

Irish Fashion designer, Sybil Connolly (24 January 1921 – 6 May 1998) used Irish lace types in her design, often layering the lace over silk or satin.

In 2011, Kate Middleton incorporated lace inspired by Carrickmacross lace, amongst others, into her wedding dress.

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Talk:Carrickmacross lace

Proposal to modify reference to Carrickmacross lace and Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress
As a lacemaker I maintain that the following statement is incorrect:

"The appliques on the wedding dress of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge were worked in the method of Carrickmacross lace."

As is documented at http://www.jeanleader.co.uk/articles/weddinglace.html, the appliques were machine-made lace, produced in France. There is no way that machine lace can be said to be worked in the method of any sort of hand-made lace. The only things the two have in common are:

1. That lace (in the case of the dress) or fabric (in the case of Carrickmacross lace) is attached to machine-made net.

2. That scissors are used: to cut out motifs from the machine made lace (in the case of the dress) and to cut away excess fabric (in the case of Carrickmacross lace).

See http://www.jeanleader.co.uk/collection/carrickmacross.html for a more detailed explanation of Carrickmacross lace, with illustrations.

I therefore think that the paragraph containing this should be removed but welcome discussion of this before I proceed.

Socialambulator (talk) 22:13, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation request
Please clarify the sense of 'muslin' intended here. This term refers to (at least) two quite different fabrics. In the US, 'muslin' means what I'd call 'calico' (in the UK). In the UK, 'muslin' means what they call 'cheesecloth' in the US (but sometimes it now means calico just to confuse things). I have no idea what the term usually means in Ireland or which fabric is intended here. --86.5.88.131 (talk) 01:48, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I've added a wikilink pointing to the muslin article, which has a hatnote redirecting readers to calico for the word's usage in American English.--Ineffablebookkeeper (talk) ({{ping}} me!) 10:44, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

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Subcontrabass flute

The subcontrabass flute is a member of the Western concert flute family. With the length of tubing ranging from 15 ft (when in G) to 18 ft long (when in C), it is the second largest instrument of the family after the hyperbass flute.

Subcontrabass flutes are made either in the key of G (pitched a fourth below the contrabass flute in C and two octaves below the alto flute in G) where it known as the double contra-alto flute or in F (pitched a fifth below the contrabass flute in C). Another type of subcontrabass flute is in C (an octave below the contrabass flute) and is commonly known as the double contrabass flute or octobass flute.

The subcontrabass flute is rarely used outside of flute ensembles. At present, the subcontrabass flute is only available as custom order from specialty makers such as Eva Kingma or Kotato and Fukushima. Higher quality instruments are made of silver- or chrome-plated metal, although polyvinyl is also commonly used.

Compositions
"And the Giant Began to Dance..." (2009) from the album Below: Music for Low Flutes by Peter Sheridan

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akilam One

 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 delete. JYolkowski // talk 21:34, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Akilam One
Marked for speedy as patent nonsense, but I can't tell whether it's meaningful or not. Google finds nothing. Unverifiable.

See also Votes for deletion/Birth of the Universe  — Gwalla | Talk 23:12, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete - I tagged it speedy after finding *nothing* remotely related. Still recommend speedy if possible. --FCYTravis 23:20, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Creator of this and the other page removed the vfd tags.  I reverted it back though.--Kross 23:37, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, and also delete Dhetchana Puthumai. Salleman 23:42, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. It appears this all has to do with Ayyavazhi, some obscure Indian religion. However, none of these articles give enough information for anyone not already familiar with the religion to be able to make heads or tails of them.   — Gwalla | Talk 02:59, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Should be a speedy delete for having little or no context. On par with "Hoobajoob is the thingamajig that ka-pows the wickywacky" because the contributor is describing it entirely by undescribed terms.  Postdlf 03:10, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as unverifiable/nonnotable based on my below comments. Postdlf 16:16, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, it provides perfectly good context by saying "it comprises the opening part of Akilattirattu Ammanai", if you haven't heard of the Akilattirattu Ammanai then go look that up. The speedy criterion is "short, no context", not "short, and I haven't heard of it". Kappa 04:27, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I did look it up, and I couldn't find anything about it. Neither Google nor my home encyclopedia had anything for "Akilattirattu Ammanai". It did have "no context" because all of the terms used to describe it were similarly unfindable.   — Gwalla | Talk 16:10, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: this is related to VFD:Nizhal_Thangals. It's pretty obsure, and the author of the page has created numerous stubs with little to no content.  --Xcali 04:36, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete notability not established. JamesBurns 05:09, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. The anon who created these pages was blocked for 24 hours by RickK, due to his repeatedly removing the VFD tag from this page four times. I got really tired of reverting those edits too.--Kross 16:48, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment—I'm starting to piece together, by merging and redirecting, what some of this is all about; Akilattirattu Ammanai is the holy book of the Ayyavazhi religion, an apparent splinter cult of Hinduism of which Ayya Vaikundar was the prophet. The Akilattirattu Ammanai was divided into 17 parts, of which Akilam One is the first.  So an internally consistent context is there.  But here's the problem:  "Ayyavazhi" gets a bare 2 relevant google hits; separating it into "Ayya" + "vazhi" still gets only 8 unique hits.  Ayya Vaikundar gets only 5 google hits, only two of which are relevant (and one is a bare mention).  "Akilattirattu Ammanai" gets 0 google hits; "Akilattirattu" even by itself gets 0 google hits.  And finally, "Akilam One" gets 0 google hits outside of Wikipedia.  Do we have a translation/transliteration problem here?  Is this a simple failure of the internet to document a notable religious figure, text, and movement because of where it exists?  Or is this simply an unverifiable and nonnotable cult that may not even be described here by the right information, let alone titles?  I'm thinking the latter is true here.  Postdlf 04:16, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Akilattirattu Ammanai. Same applies for the subsequent number permutations of this.  Wikibofh 14:53, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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User talk:Obi Tom Kenobi12

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General Chaos

General Chaos is a video game developed by Game Refuge for the Sega Genesis and published by Electronic Arts in 1993. General Chaos is a satirical action/strategy game.

Plot
Ever since they were babies, brothers Chaos and Havoc enjoyed playing war games with each other and their classmates, and expanding their knowledge of military tactics. One day, Chaos discovers a rare comic book more valuable than any of the books in their ever-growing library, and shows it to Havoc. Unfortunately, this proves to be a mistake, as the mere sight of it brings out his greedy and treacherous side. Havoc tries to take the book for himself, but it rips apart in a tug-of-war. After this, the two brothers blame each other, and grow apart. Years later, they both become military dictators of the fictional countries of Moronica (Chaos) and Viceria (Havoc). The two generals war with each other for decades, but for all the battles that rage across the land, they cannot achieve victory. After days of consideration, they come to the decision of using smaller, quicker armies of soldiers all specializing in a particular kind of weapon to settle the score permanently.

Gameplay
The game is a quick and dirty battle (or a longer campaign mode that is a series of battles fought over a dynamic strategic map) between two generals, "General Chaos" and "General Havoc". The objective of the game is to capture the enemy's capital city.

Each player has to pick one of 4 teams, 3 of which have 5 soldiers (with differing selections of weapons), while one has 2 "commandos" and uses a different control system giving greater control.

The player views the action from an isometric perspective, watching cartoon soldiers duke it out on the battlefield. The game features a balance between action and strategy. For instance, whenever two soldiers on opposite sides get close enough, close combat will ensue. The soldiers can punch, kick, or block the attack. If one of the player's men loses all his health points, he will fall down on the ground. To help the fallen soldier, the player must move the cursor, or another soldier in the case of the commandos, close to the injured soldier and call out for a medic to revive him. However, there is a limit on the number of times that a medic may be called. There are also many items that yield points on the battlefield to pick up; additional medic uses are awarded for breaking certain point thresholds.

With a multiplayer adapter, up to four people can play simultaneously against the computer in campaign mode. The player can also fight other human players without co-operation. Another feature of the game is the tutorial mode called "boot camp".

Classes
Gunner: Uses a submachine gun as weapon. The well-rounded unit of the game with a medium-range attack and high rate of fire, though his gun might jam, disabling him for a few seconds. He is used primarily for attacking. This character wears a buzz cut hairstyle.

Launcher: Uses a handheld rocket launcher as a weapon. While the game lacks a "sniper" character, the launcher serves essentially the same purpose with a powerful, slow-firing, long-range weapon. The launcher's attack can be stopped by cover but may randomly result in an "instant death" of an opposing combatant (reduced to a skeleton and therefore cannot call a medic). Can destroy bonus objective targets. This character wears a helmet.

Chucker: Grenades are the weapon of this class. Their attack has a low rate of fire and is easily avoidable, but the grenade goes over cover, can damage multiple units, and has good range. Can destroy bonus objective targets. The name and the appearance of this unit (a bearded, red- or blond-haired man with a Rambo-style headband) is a clear reference to Chuck Norris.

Scorcher: Possibly the most dangerous unit in the game, these soldiers use a flamethrower to do damage which, despite having the shortest range, can hit multiple soldiers at once and is the fastest-firing weapon. Once a Scorcher is on top of another unit, it is very difficult to survive. Because of this capability, they make excellent flanking and escort units. Attack may randomly result in an "instant death" of an opposing combatant (reduced to a pile of ash and therefore cannot call a medic). If the Scorcher goes into water, his weapon will be temporarily disabled (indicated by bubbles being shot out instead of fire). He wears a pair of dark glasses.

Blaster: The Blaster is similar to the Chucker. Instead of using grenades, he throws a bunch of dynamite sticks which goes over cover and inflicts heavy damage within a small area. However, he has an extremely slow rate of fire and the second shortest attack range, limiting his tactical effectiveness. Attack may randomly result in an "instant death" of an opposing combatant (reduced to a skeleton and therefore can't call a medic). Can destroy bonus objective targets. This character wears an eye patch and beard and his smile lacks some teeth.

Reception
General Chaos received generally positive reviews. Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game an 8 out of 10, calling it "the ultimate one-on-one "fighting" game!" They praised the humor, wealth of options, and four-player mode. GamePro likewise praised the humor and the four-player mode, as well as the enemy AI, and summarized that "General Chaos combines brain-squeezing battlefield strategy, challenging squad tactics, and real-time button-pressing combat with humorous cartoon graphics." In 2017, Gamesradar listed the game 48th on their "Best Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games of all time."

Legacy
On September 6, 2013 Brian F. Colin started a Kickstarter campaign in order to fund a sequel. The campaign fell more than $100,000 short of its goal.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Birth of the Universe

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Birth of the Universe
Marked for speedy but may not be a candidate. See also Votes for deletion/Akilam One — Gwalla | Talk 23:12, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as near-nonsense. Mr Bound 23:32, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Near? Try complete.  The user that created both pages also tried to remove the vfd tags.  I reverted his/her attempts.--Kross 23:39, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete for little or no context. No one knows what the hell this is supposed to be about.  Postdlf 03:07, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nonsense. JamesBurns 05:10, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete — redundant with Akilam One; no new content. — RJH 16:42, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Adam Cadre

Heritage
Someone reverted the link to Arab American as "inaccurate". This is not so: see. --MarkSweep 23:13, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Reference
Adam took down the Calendar article that was previously a reference on this page; however, it is currently viewable through google's cache by searching for http://adamcadre.ac/calendar/10443.html. I don't know what the policy regarding linking to cached pages is though, so I'll just remove it and leave it here.

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User:FeldBum

Intro
Back from a long and much deserved vacation and wikibreak. Ready to get back into the thick of it.

Long time web innovator imparting some--and correcting some--information as I pass through.

Before registration helped write the allofmp3 and click fraud section. Areas of expertise are gaming, search engine marketing, digital marketing, television, streaming, music and film.

Having studied Judaism my entire life, I have taken to correcting some minor mistakes on wikipedia about Jewish Law and Culture.

I also try to do my best by removing obvious SPAM from as many pages as possible.

As a writer with a BA in English who is married to English teacher with a Doctorate in English, I also run through Wikipedia correcting grammar, syntax and style wherever I see it abused.

Update: May 10, 2020 was my 15-year anniversary as a registered Wikipedia editor!

Pages I've Made (that I'm proud of)
A selection of new pages or complete rewrites I like:

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Joe Pennington

Joseph Lephmon Pennington (January 15, 1928 – July 1, 2020), also known as Joe Penny, was an American country music singer and musician born in Plant City, Florida.

Joe Pennington was the guitarist for Dub Adams and the K-Bar Ranch Hands from late 1945 until early 1947, playing dance halls across West Texas. He was the former lead guitarist for Hank Williams' backing band, the Drifting Cowboys. After leaving the Drifting Cowboys in 1949, Pennington went on to perform with Lefty Frizzell and record several rockabilly singles on the Federal Records label in the mid-1950s as Joe Penny. Pennington is inducted in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

Pennington died in 2020 at age 92.

Discography

 * 1958 - "Bip A Little, Bop A Lot" b/w "Mercy, Mercy, Percy" (Federal 12322)

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Uraga, Kanagawa

Uraga (浦賀) is a subdivision of the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located on the south eastern side of the Miura Peninsula, at the northern end of the Uraga Channel, at the entrance of Tokyo Bay.

History
With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate based in Edo at the start of the 17th century, the small village of Uraga developed rapidly due to its sheltered harbor and strategic location at the entrance of Edo Bay. The area was tenryō territory under direct control of the shogunate, and the increase in maritime traffic led to the development of merchant and trading firms in the area. In 1720, the shogunate established the post of Uraga bugyō, whose responsibility was to police traffic and to organize coastal defenses, and the entrances to the harbor were fortified with cannon against possible incursions by foreign ships in violation of Japan’s national isolation policy.

Still, in 1812, the British whaler HMS Saracen (1812) stopped at Uraga and took on water, food, and firewood.

In 1846, Captain James Biddle of the United States Navy anchored two warships, USS Columbus (1819) and USS Vincennes (1826) in Uraga Channel. This was a first step in what turned out to be an unsuccessful effort to an open trading relationship between Japan and the United States.

On July 14, 1853, the American Commodore Perry and his Black ships anchored in front of Uraga and subsequently surveyed within the borders of Edo Bay. On the return of the squadron in 1854, the ships passed Uraga to anchor closer to Edo at Kanagawa, which is where the city of Yokohama now stands.

In 1860, Kanrin Maru (咸臨丸), Japan's first sail and screw-driven steam corvette departed Uraga with the first Japanese Embassy to the United States.

In the Meiji period, the town of Uraga was administratively part of Miura District of Kanagawa Prefecture. It was merged into the city of Yokosuka on April 1, 1943. The Uraga Dock Company, a privately held shipyard, was the major industry in the area, and many destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and subsequently the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force were built at its docks. Dock number 2 is still in operation.

Uraga is now primarily a bedroom community for commuters to Yokohama and Tokyo.

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Niclas Fasth

Niclas Krister Fasth (born 29 April 1972) is a Swedish professional golfer, who has won six times on the European Tour. He has finished second in the 2001 Open Championship and fourth in the 2007 U.S. Open and represented Europe winning the 2002 Ryder Cup.

Early life
Fasth was born in Gothenburg. In 1982, when he was 10 years old, his parents bought a summer house close to Lysegården Golf Club in Kungälv, north of Gothenburg. His family, with father Kristher, mother Inga-Lill and younger sister Jessica, used to spend their summers there and began playing golf. With a lot of friends also playing the game, young Fasth was always at the golf course, practiced a lot and showed early talent.

Beside golf, Fasth practiced other sports and during winter time also showed talent in ice hockey.

At 16 years of age, he was adopted at the Swedish upper secondary sports school in Mark, outside Borås, to combine studying with golf training. The school won the Swedish School Championship in 1988, with Fasth winning individually, and represented Sweden at the international final in England.

Amateur career
In 1990, Fasth won the Swedish Teen-Tour Order of Merit for boys up to 19.

In 1991, he won the Greek Open Amateur Championship at Glyfada, Athens, with a new 72-hole tournament record 289, and the year after he was the Swedish Junior Match-play Champion, winning the final on the last hole at Kalmar Golf Club.

Fasth was the only amateur to make the cut at the 1992 Scandinavian Masters on the European Tour at Barsebäck Golf & Country Club in Sweden, finishing tied 35th, 10 strokes behind winner, world number one, Nick Faldo.

He represented Sweden on all age levels. In 1992, he was part of the winning Swedish team at the European Youths' Team Championship in Helsinki, Finland, beating England in the final. Later that year, as one of the four best amateurs in the country, he was part of the Swedish team at the 1992 Eisenhower Trophy at Capilano Golf & Country Club, outside Vancouver, Canada, finishing 5th as a team and Fasth best Swede 5th individually.

Professional career
He turned professional in 1993 and began playing on the Asia Golf Circuit, where his best finish was runner-up at the Sampoerna Indonesia Open, losing in a playoff against Gary Webb. Later during his first year as a professional he won three events on the European second tier Challenge Tour, two of them co-sanctioned by the Swedish Golf Tour, why he was awarded the 1993 season Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit winner. From 1994 until 2018, he played regularly on the European Tour, every season except for 1999.

He qualified for the U.S.-based PGA Tour at the 1997 Qualifying School, and played the PGA and European Tours concurrently in 1998, without success and in 1999 found himself back on the Challenge Tour. Since then he concentrated on playing in Europe.

He finished tenth on the 2001 European Tour Order of Merit, after being lone runner-up to David Duval at the 2001 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, England. After a closing round of 67, Fasth advanced from tied 20th and was the leader in the club house for two hours, before late starting Duval also closed with 67 and won by three strokes.

His 2001 performances enabled Fasth to qualify for the European team at the 2002 Ryder Cup, at The Belfry, England, were he contributed to a European 15½ to 12½ victory, with a halved match against Paul Azinger in the Sunday singles.

In both 2005 and 2006, Fasth won twice on the European Tour and finished 13th and 15th respectively on the Order of Merit.

He finished lone fourth at the 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, Pennsylvania, two strokes after winner Ángel Cabrera. The week after, Fasth won his sixth European Tour event, the BMW International Open in Munich, Germany, ahead of home hero Bernhard Langer. These performances helped Fasth to a career best fifth-place finish on the 2007 European Tour Order of Merit.

In 2018, he only played a few tournaments on the European Tour and his last tournament came to be the 2018 Scandinavian Invitation on his home club, Hills Golf and Sports Club, after which he retired from tournament golf.

Fasth has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking with a personal best of 18th for three weeks in October 2007.

After turning 50, in April 2022, Fasth became eligible for senior tournaments, why he came back to tournament golf. The first year he played eleven tournaments on the European Senior Tour, renamed the Legends Tour, making eight cuts and finished 60th on the 2022 Legends Tour Order of Merit. His best finish was tied 15th at the Farmfoods European Senior Masters.

His equipment sponsor has always been Callaway Golf.

Awards, private life
In 1997, Fasth earned Elite Sign No. 108 by the Swedish Golf Federation, on the basis of national team appearances and national championship performances.

In 2003, the three Swedish teammates of the victorious European Ryder Cup team the previous year, Fasth, Pierre Fulke and Jesper Parnevik, was each, by the Swedish Golf Federation, awarded the Golden Club, the highest award for contributions to Swedish golf, as the 30th, 31st and 32nd recipients.

In 2003 Fasth was awarded honorary member of the Swedish PGA.

Fasth is married to Marie and they have two children.

During his regular golf career, he has lived in Monaco and London, England, but resides in Gothenburg, Sweden, since 2014 and represents Hills Golf and Sports Club.

Since 2019, after his regular competitive career, Fasth has worked for the Swedish Golf Federation, as an adviser and coach for the Swedish national amateur team.

Amateur wins

 * 1991 Greek Open Amateur Championship
 * 1992 Swedish Junior Match-Play Championship

European Tour wins (6)
1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

European Tour playoff record (3–1)

Results in major championships
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

 * Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2007 Masters – 2008 Masters)
 * Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Results in The Players Championship
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships
1Cancelled due to 9/11 {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = tied NT = No tournament held.

Team appearances
Amateur
 * European Boys' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1990
 * European Amateur Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1991
 * European Youths' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1992 (winners)
 * EGA Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1992 (winners)
 * St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1992
 * Eisenhower Trophy (representing Sweden): 1992

Professional
 * WGC-World Cup (representing Sweden): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
 * Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2002 (winners)
 * Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2002, 2003, 2005
 * Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2007 (winners), 2009

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Catch-22 (logic)
Hi, I was looking over the edit you made to Catch-22 (logic), and while some of the wording you have changed is for the better, it seems to me that your rewrite doesn't fit with the way the book is written. There have been several editors who have tried to make the article make sense from a logic perspective, but the catch is meant to be absurdest, and therefore difficult to make sense of. If you don't mind, could you reinsert the information deleted (in the format you've changed it to)?

Of course, the article itself is a poor one. It should probably be called Catch-22 (phrase), so that this doesn't happen as often as it does.

Also, you might consider archiving your talk page instead of blanking it. NJGW (talk) 18:09, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human
Hi. The plot summary in this article was rather long. I've managed to trim it to less than half it's original length, but you may want to check it over to make sure I haven't introduced any errors (althought I've seen the original film many times, I've never read this book). Cheers :-) CultureDrone (talk) 12:53, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

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"Anything I can do to save them?" You're the one holding the gun to their heads, not me. Hyphz (talk)

 * Not a gun, the weapon is actually WP:BURDEN ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:52, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

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 * The above text posted this morning I have just now shifted lower so that it is not lost in the brace of templates that User:Kudpung posted earlier. Defending a newly created article against those who question its notability or the reliability of its sources can be a frustrating experience and so I'd like to again offer my assistance if you need it. I am quite familiar with WP:VG's policies on reliable sources and would be glad to help. As I said earlier, Jeff Minter is quite an important figure int he world of video gaming and I think it would help Wikipedia to expand coverage of his works. Cheers, -Thibbs (talk) 21:28, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

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Prison 59

Prison 59 (in Persian: بازداشتگاه ۵۹) is an unofficial detention centre on Vali-e Asr Avenue in Tehran, Iran, under the administration of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. Like other covert detention centres such as Towhid Prison and Amaken, prisoners here are held without charge and subjected to solitary confinement.

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Alan Splet

Alan Splet (December 31, 1939 – December 2, 1994) was an American sound designer and sound editor known for his collaborations with director David Lynch on Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Dune, and Blue Velvet.

Due to being legally blind, Splet rarely traveled and mainly worked from Berkeley, California. In 1980, he won an Oscar for his work on the film The Black Stallion. He did not attend the Academy Award ceremony and became the butt of several jokes by host Johnny Carson throughout the remainder of the telecast. He was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Never Cry Wolf. In 1995, The Motion Picture Sound Editors union posthumously honored Splet with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his creative contributions to the field of cinema audio.

Splet was married to sound effects designer Ann Kroeber, and collaborated with her on most of his projects from 1979 until his death in 1994.

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User:Staecker

This is the user page of P. Christopher Staecker. I have been editing Wikipedia since March 2005.

I am Professor of Mathematics at Fairfield University.

I operated a bot called Staeckerbot. In April 2007 I became the 1177th administrator. In February 2024 I was removed as an administrator due to inactivity.

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John Koronka

John Vincent Koronka (born July 3, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and Florida Marlins. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes.

Cincinnati Reds
Koronka was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 12th round of the 1998 MLB Draft. While playing in the Reds farm system with the Stockton Ports in 2002, he was named to the California League All-Star team. On December 16, 2002, he was selected by the Texas Rangers in the Rule 5 Draft but did not make the Rangers opening day roster and was returned to the Reds on March 21, 2003.

Chicago Cubs
Koronka was traded by the Reds to the Chicago Cubs on August 26, 2003, for Phil Norton. He made his major league debut for the Cubs on June 1, against the Los Angeles Dodgers and gave up 3 runs over 5 innings, walked 3, and struck out 5 for the win.

Texas Rangers
On March 31, 2006, Koronka was traded to the Texas Rangers for Freddie Bynum, whom the Rangers had just acquired from the Oakland Athletics. Koronka started 23 games for the Rangers in 2006, going 7–7 with a 5.69 ERA. He was expected to compete for a spot on the rotation in, but failed to make the Rangers' big league roster. He was optioned to the Triple-A Oklahoma RedHawks prior to the start of the 2007 season.

Koronka made two starts in 2007 for the Rangers going 0–2 with a 7.84 ERA.

Cleveland Indians
He was designated for assignment on July 1, 2007, and subsequently claimed off outright waivers on July 9, 2007, by the Cleveland Indians. He was assigned to their Triple-A team, the Buffalo Bisons. With the Bisons, he made 9 starts and went 3–3 with a 3.54 ERA.

On September 1, 2007, he was designated for assignment and outrighted to the minor leagues on September 12. Koronka opted for minor league free agency on November 3, 2007.

Colorado Rockies/Orix Buffaloes
On December 21, 2007, the Colorado Rockies signed Koronka to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. He was 5–3 in 13 appearances (12 starts) for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. On June 23, 2008, the Rockies released Koronka so he could sign with a Japanese team, the Orix Buffaloes. He started 3 games for the Buffaloes, finishing 0–1 with a 6.75 E.R.A..

Florida Marlins
On January 13, 2009, Koronka signed a minor league deal with the Florida Marlins. He started two games for the Marlins (0-2, 11.75 E.R.A.) and spent most of the season with the New Orleans Zephyrs. He was granted free agency on October 8, 2009.

Los Angeles Dodgers
On January 28, 2010, Koronka signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers with an invite to spring training. He began 2010 with the Chattanooga Lookouts in the Double-A Southern League. After seven starts with the Lookouts he was promoted to the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes. He made one start with the Isotopes, allowing eight runs in 1$1⁄3$ innings. He was released on June 2.

Lancaster Barnstormers
On July 26, 2010, Koronka signed a contract with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He was released on August 3, 2010. In 2 games 2.1 innings of relief he went 0-0 with a horrible 19.29 ERA and 3 strikeouts.

Southern Maryland Blue Crabs
On August 7, 2010, Koronka signed with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He became a free agent following the season. In 6 games (5 starts) throwing 15.1 innings he went 0-4 with a horrific 11.74 ERA and 14 strikeouts.

Lancaster Barnstormers (second stint)
On March 8, 2011, Koronka signed with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He appeared in 2 games (1 start) throwing 1 inning going 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA and 0 strikeouts. He was released on April 17.

Post-playing career
Koronka worked for the Chicago Cubs as a regional scout in charge of Florida from 2011 to 2020.

In March 2021, Koronka was hired as an assistant coach for the Embry–Riddle Eagles baseball program.

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Alaol

Syed Alaol (সৈয়দ আলাওল; 1607 – 1680) was a 17th-century poet of Bengal. His most well-known work is Padmavati, which depicts the story of Padmavati, the Sinhalese princess. He is considered to be one of the most prolific medieval Bengali poets. Since most of his poems combine emotion with intellect, he is called the Pandit Kabi (Pandit of Poets) of medieval Bengali literature. An important Bangladeshi literary prize, the Alaol Sahitya Puroshkar, is named after him.

Life
He was probably born in 1607 in the village of Jalalpur in Fatwabad Pargana, Fatehabad, to a minister in the court of Majlis Qutb, the ruler of Fatehabad. He learned Bengali, Arabic, Persian, and Sanskrit languages. Alaol was kidnapped by Portuguese pirates while travelling on a boat with his father and was subsequently taken to Arakan.

Alaol worked as a bodyguard for a while, but his reputation as a poet slowly spread. His talent was first recognised by Magan Thakur, prime minister of King Sanda Thudhamma of the Mrauk-U dynasty of Arakan. He was also patronised by other elders of the court such as chief minister Sulayman, royal minister Syed Musa, army commander Muhammad Khan, and tax minister Majlis Nabaraj.

In 1659, he completed Sati Mayna O Lorchandrani, the first part of which was completed earlier by another Bengali court poet of Arakan, Daulat Qazi. He translated Tohfa at the request of Shrichandra Sudharma or Sanda Thudhamma. Later, Prince Magan Thakur, the foster son of the sister of King Shrichandra Sudharma and co-regent and the prime minister of Arakan, secured him a place in the court of Arakan.

His major work, Padmavati, based on Malik Muhammad Jayasi's Padmavat, was written under the patronage of Magan Thakur. He also began writing the Saifulmuluk Badiuzzamal, an adaptation of a Persian work of the same name during this period. There is a famous poem Prince Saiful Malook and Badri Jamala of the mystic poet of Punjabi literature Mian Muhammad Bakhsh. After the death of Magan Thakur, he received patronage from Saiyad Muhammad Musa, the army chief of King Shrichandra Sudharma. He translated the Haft Peykar from Persian as Saptapaykar in Bengali at his request. In the eulogy of Saptapaykar, Alaol mentioned the arrival of Mughal prince Shah Shuja in Arakan.

In 1659, Shah Shuja took refuge in the court at Arakan. In 1660, after the killing of Shah Shuja, Alaol was also thrown out of the Arakan court because of his closeness with him. According to autobiographical passages in his Sikandarnama, he was initially imprisoned. At this juncture, Sayed Masud Shah, a minister or Qazi of the Arakan king sheltered him. Masud Shah also gave Alaol Khilafat under Qadiriyya Tariqa. Alaol completed his Saifulmuluk Badiuzzamal at his request. He spent his last days in the court of Majlis Navaraj, another minister of Arakan, where he wrote his last work Sikandarnama (according to Ahmed Sharif) or Dara-Sikandar (according to Sukumar Sen), a translation of Eskander-nama by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi.

His works, apart from Ragtalnama, are adaptations of works in other languages which include:
 * Padmavati (1648)
 * Satimayna Lorchandrani (completion of Daulat Qazi's work) (1659)
 * Saptapaykar (1665)
 * Saifulmuluk Badiuzzamal (1669)
 * Sikandarnama (1671–72)
 * Tohfa (1660)
 * Ragtalnama

His poems draw upon his deep engagement with Sufism.

Legacy
An important Bangladeshi literary prize, the Alaol Literary Puroshkar, is named after him. Alaol Hall, a principal male student dormitory at the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh, is named after him.

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National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco

The National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco) (UNSAAC), also known as Saint Anthony University of Cusco or University of Cusco, is a public university in Cusco, Peru and one of the oldest in the country. Its foundation was first proposed on March 1, 1692, at the urging and support of Pope Innocent XII. The document in which Pope Innocent XII sponsored the founding of the university was signed in Madrid, Spain by King Charles II on June 1, 1692, thus becoming Cusco's principal and oldest university. The university was authorized to confer the bachelors, licentiate, masters, and doctorate degrees.

UNSAAC consistently ranks among the top ten universities in the country. It currently has 24 faculties with 37 professorial chairs and 29 academic departments.

Alumni

 * José Bustamante y Rivero - President of Peru 1945-1948
 * Oswaldo Baca (1908-1962) - chemist
 * Trinidad María Enríquez (1846–1891) 1st woman to graduate from university in Peru
 * Valentín Paniagua - Interim President of Peru after Alberto Fujimori resigned in November 2000

Eponyms
UNSAAC is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Proctoporus unsaacae, which is endemic to Peru.


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Kevin Hill (TV series)

Kevin Hill is an American legal drama that aired on UPN from September 29, 2004 to May 18, 2005. It was filmed and produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Synopsis
The series stars Taye Diggs as the title character, a lawyer who has to balance his professional career and his love life with having custody of Sarah, his 10-month-old cousin.

Cast

 * Taye Diggs as Kevin Hill
 * Jon Seda as Damian "Dame" Ruiz
 * Patrick Breen as George Weiss
 * Christina Hendricks as Nicolette Raye
 * Kate Levering as Veronica Carter
 * Michael Michele as Jessie Grey
 * Meagan Good as Melanie West
 * Robert Smith as Joe Gaskins

International broadcast
Kevin Hill aired internationally on British channel ABC1, and was later picked up by E4 in the same country. It also aired on Channel 7 in Australia on weekdays at 3pm for a brief period.

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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg was a cadet branch of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, created by Graf Casimir (ruled 1694–1741) for his younger brother Count Karl Wilhelm (1694–1749).

Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg (1694–1806)

 * Karl Wilhelm (1694–1749)
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Bastardization
I was restoring what lived pretty long; and not entirely believing myself, I asked for comment from others. See Talk:Bastardization. mikka (t) 20:44, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

2NY
Just wondering what is 2NY? Green Giant (talk) 17:20, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

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Talk:Spanish Habsburgs

Should this be merged with/redirected to Habsburg Spain, or expanded into a biographical article? Samwehli 23:23, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:RatDVD

Press release?
This article reads like a press release. Maybe some history and pros and cons would be good. Dizzle 00:12, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Much of it is from here:
 * http://www.ratdvd.dk/
 * I think it should be re-written.
 * Scrooge 7 July 2005 20:19 (UTC)

Quality?
From discussions I'm noting on various forums, the ratDVD format also re-encodes the original video file with a noticable loss in quality. This wikipedia page needs to be updated with that information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Urbanriot (talk • contribs) 04:26, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Obviously the quality will decrease. They're turning a 4GB movie into a 1GB movie. The point is that the program is so damned easy to use, and gives you a fully-working DVD with all the cool extra features and title screens people come to expect these days. Considering that the file size is still around 1.0-1.5GB, the quality will be about twice as good as a regular 700MB DVDrip. Obviously, the best quality is to download the 4GB DVD image, but that takes 4 times as much time to download, which is bad if you're still in the Dark Ages of connectivity. — BRIAN 0918 • 2005-10-13 04:26
 * It is very unfair though to compare a 1.5GB ratDVD to a 700MB DivX in image quality, the same way you cannot compare the 4GB DVD to the 1.5GB ratDVD. The important thing is that if the ratDVD and DivX are the same size (for video, I am not including extras in my point), then the DivX/Xvid will have BETTER quality, as the ratDVD compression has poorer efficiency. Dkechag 18:58, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Two things I couldn't help commenting about:
 * "Considering that the file size is still around 1.0-1.5GB, the quality will be about twice as good as a aregular 700MB DVDRip". Well, duh. 700MB x 2: 1.5GB
 * "... so damned easy to use... with all the cool extra features..." I'm sorry, but maybe I'm asking too much from the Wikipedia to strive for unbiased reporting and for avoiding, whenever possible, press releases in the articles. What is here, except for a nominal excuse at "criticisms", is a press release, copied almost verbatim from another article. Let there be a critical, objective article for the format (which is not, as the description says, a "highly compressed filetype"). Tecnically "ratDVD" is both a program and a set of rules of what is contained in a .ratDVD file, which in turn is a zip-based container for a transcoded version of a normal DVD into a proprietary format which compresses the file further while maintaining the illusion of the original structure of the DVD. The ratDVD proprietary program can turn DVDs into .ratDVD and back again. Playback is done through hooks into Windows XP's media libraries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eduo (talk • contribs) 07:48, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

 * So why not add the text yourself? I am not familiar with this software and would appreciate a diversity of opinions. I agree that the earlier comments sounded like PR-hacks but the best way to address this is to edit/ add content. Thanks, Hu Gadarn 04:51, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

i seen 2.15GIG ratDVD rips of the Invader Zim DVD sets....and for as i looked..i can only find those with good seeds...now here lies the question...at only 2.15gig or what ever...is the video quailty higher then the 1.5 you all seem to be talking about? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.181.3.94 (talk) 23:32, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Questions
Which are the alternatives to this program? — Preceding unsigned comment added by El Chompiras (talk • contribs) 01:31, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

 * DVD Shrink — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pádraic MacUidhir (talk • contribs) 20:01, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Does ratDVD decreases the quality of the original DVD? — Preceding unsigned comment added by El Chompiras (talk • contribs) 01:31, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes. See here: http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=ratDVD — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pádraic MacUidhir (talk • contribs) 20:01, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Is there any program which does no decreases the quality of the original DVD? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.48.230.141 (talk) 04:25, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

 * No. (?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.48.199.87 (talk) 01:06, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

A .ratDVD is a .zip file
> unzip -l example.ratDVD Length    Date   Time    Name 94 09-23-05 13:59   Version.xml 4497 09-24-05 01:12   AV_TS\StreamData.xml 10240 09-24-05 01:12   AV_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO 106496 09-24-05 01:12   AV_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO 14336 09-24-05 01:12   AV_TS\VTS_02_0.IFO 14336 09-24-05 01:12   AV_TS\VTS_03_0.IFO 14336 09-24-05 01:12   AV_TS\VTS_04_0.IFO 243 09-23-05 14:07   AV_TS\VTS_01_0.VSI 16723 09-24-05 00:59   AV_TS\VTS_01_1.VSI 159 09-24-05 01:04   AV_TS\VTS_02_1.VSI 63 09-24-05 01:05   AV_TS\VTS_03_1.VSI 191 09-24-05 01:12   AV_TS\VTS_04_1.VSI 11692032 09-23-05 14:07   AV_TS\VTS_01_0.XVO 1073739776 09-23-05 14:17   AV_TS\VTS_01_1.XVO 321810432 09-23-05 23:06   AV_TS\VTS_01_2.XVO 9205760 09-24-05 01:04   AV_TS\VTS_02_1.XVO 1929216 09-24-05 01:05   AV_TS\VTS_03_1.XVO 13617152 09-24-05 01:12   AV_TS\VTS_04_1.XVO

Pretty much like an VIDEO_TS folder from an ordinary DVD with additional and transformed content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.100.203.104 (talk) 23:14, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, in fact, I think someone should add on the front page that a compressed file extraction program such as 7-zip or winRAR can extract a .ratDVD file.--ejail 05:47, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

You can extract it, but you cannot play it without the appropriate codec. The zip seems to be used only as a way to bundle the files into one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.155.99.21 (talk) 23:13, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

The .ratDVD file uses the zip format as a container, but the files inside are nothing like an ordinary DVD's VIDEO_TS folder (the extensions should be .IFO and .VOB/.BUP, not .VSI/.XVO) 81.152.116.183 (talk)

Why re-stating DVD's characteristics?
The first feature of the format states: "A .ratDVD file keeps all the features found on the original DVD"

Is it really necessary, then, to list all possible options a DVD can have? If *all* features from the original DVD are kept then listing what they might be (branching, subtitles, chapters, commentaries, etc.) is irrelevant and reeks of useless PR ("Buy this camera! You can take pictures with it! You can also print them!"). If there is *any* feature from an original DVD that isn't kept (for example, DVD-ROM content) then that's what should be listed.

I don't edit it directly because I'd be taking half of the current article (which is a bunch of lists, for the most part) out. But I believe it should be done. I'll make it myself later if there is no opposition. When I go to see an article on the Black Widow saying "It's a spider, and as such has eight legs, two body segments, no chewing mouth parts and no wings". It's a spider, and in the article about spiders it clearly says what this means. Same thing. eduo 15:26, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

RatDVD compression
Is the RatDVD compression lossless or lossy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 512upload (talk • contribs) 16:56, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Even a DVD in itself uses lossy compression for the video. Is the discussion really supposed to be at such a low skill level? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.249.223.23 (talk) 18:16, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Player support
On ratDVD.ca they claim many players support the format. So I tried Windows Media Player and Ashampoo's player (on Windows XP). None of them recognized ratDVD. Then I downloaded ratDVD itself. Turns out the latest version (v0.78) is free. After that, WMP can play ratDVD files. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.249.223.23 (talk) 18:16, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

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