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I think a more likely reason than facility of pronunciation is the fact that more ancient Iranian dynasties are known by Greek-derived names e.g. Achaemenid dynasty and Sassanid dynasty. These names come from a Greek adjectival form based on the oblique cases of Greek names. "Persia" in Ancient Greek is "Persis," with genitive "Persidos," accusative "Persida" etc. --Jpbrenna 05:55, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * In fact, there is no correlation to GREEK here, what so ever. While we are not dealing with an "ancient Iranian dynasty" and Greek influence and presence had ceased some 15 centuries earlier, the name "Safi" is ARABIC (SAFI = "The Refined") and the ending "i" is common in Arabic as well as Persian to impose a correlation to an eponym (here the name itself ending in "i" required a "bridge" rendering the name Saf_av_i, instead of awkward, though valid, "Safi_i") . Safi Al-Din, the founder of the Safaviyeh Sufi Order, was the eponym of the Safavid Dynasty (Persian pronunciation: "Safavi"/Arabic pronunciation "Safawi" Dynasty). --Pantherarosa 12:50, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * No need to get touchy here. I do not buy the facility of pronunciation argument either. I think Jpbrenna's point is that many dynasties were known by Greek-derived names, and thus many non-European dynasties were given an "-id" ending by analogy. Thus we have the Timurid Dynasty, Hamdanid Dynasty, even the Solomonid dynasty and so forth, none of which are "Iranian" or can claim any Greek influence and presence. Whether this practice is sound is another matter altogether; the claim Jpbrenna is making is about the actual etymology. --Iceager 28 June 2005 16:29 (UTC)

 * Actually Solomonic is more popular and more correct (of Solomon, not "like" Solomon), so I've moved the page. — ዮም  |  (Yom)  |  Talk  • contribs • Ethiopia 02:40, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Safavis Today
For the part where I wrote...

Many Safavis can still be found in Isfahan province -- the former capital of the Safavid dynasty. Although Safavis can also be found all across Iran. And even in other other countries across the world.

To back that up.... My Mother is a Safavi. And I know where her side of the family currently lives.

--Charles Iliya Krempeaux 19:46, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

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Loren Carpenter

Loren C. Carpenter (born February 7, 1947) is a computer graphics researcher and developer.

Biography
He was a co-founder and chief scientist of Pixar Animation Studios. He is the inventor of the Reyes rendering algorithm and is one of the authors of the PhotoRealistic RenderMan software which implements Reyes and renders all of Pixar's movies. Following Disney's acquisition of Pixar, Carpenter became a senior research scientist at Disney Research. He retired in early 2014.

In around 1967 Carpenter began work at Boeing Computer Services (a part of aircraft maker Boeing) in Seattle, Washington. During his time there Carpenter studied for a B.S. in mathematics (1974) and an M.S. in Computer Science (1976), both from the University of Washington. Some of his work concerned using computer technology to improve Boeing's mechanical design processes, which were still entirely done by hand on paper.

On July 14, 1980, he gave a presentation at the SIGGRAPH conference, in which he showed "Vol Libre", a 2-minute computer generated movie. This showcased his software for generating and rendering fractally generated landscapes, and was met with a standing ovation, and (as Carpenter had hoped) he was immediately invited to work at Lucasfilm's Computer Division (which would become Pixar). There Carpenter worked on the "genesis effect" scene of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, which featured an entire fractally-landscaped planet.

He and his wife Rachel founded Cinematrix, a company that researches computer-assisted interactive audience participation.

Carpenter invented the A-buffer hidden surface determination algorithm.

The PXR24 compression scheme used in Industrial Light & Magic's Open EXR file format is based on Carpenter's work.

In 2006 made improvements to the popular Mersenne Twister random number generator.

As of 2022 Carpenter is working with Ostrich Air Inc and FireBot Labs Inc as a Private Investor and Technical Consultant for their Fully Autonomous AI Driven Fire Fighting Drone Platform.

Computer animation

 * Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) computer graphics: Industrial Light & Magic
 * André and Wally B. (1984) 3D rendering
 * Tin Toy (1988) elf
 * Toy Story (1995) modeling & animation system development/modeling team/renderman software development/shader team
 * A Bug's Life (1998) modeling artist
 * Toy Story 2 (1999) rendering software engineer
 * Monsters, Inc. (2001) additional effects developer
 * Finding Nemo (2003) studio tools research and development
 * The Incredibles (2004) software engineering
 * Cars (2006) development team: Renderman
 * Ratatouille (2007) renderman development
 * WALL-E (2008): (theme parks: Pixar studio team
 * Up (2009) theme parks and 360: Pixar studio team
 * Toy Story 3 (2010) 360 group: Pixar studio team
 * Cars 2 (2011) 360 group: Pixar studio team
 * Brave (2012) 360 group: Pixar studio team
 * Monsters University (2013) researcher: software research and development, Pixar Studio Team

Awards

 * 1985, ACM SIGGRAPH Achievement Award.
 * 1992, Scientific and Technical Academy Award (Plaque) for his contributions to the motion picture industry through the invention and development of the RenderMan software.
 * 1994, Distinction by the Prix Ars Electronica jury for his entry Kinoetic Evolution in the category Interactive Art.
 * 1995, Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
 * 2000, Academy Award of Merit (Statuette).
 * 2017, Cayman Islands International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award

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User:Jokermage

Introductions
I have been a Wikipedian since June 5 2005. Contributions as Jokermage Previous Contributions (April 29, 2005 to June 5, 2005) Leave me a message

Pictures I've Taken
All of my photographs are published under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Subject to disclaimers. See GFDL-self.

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Talk:Grunion

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Jacob Bronowski's BBC series "The Ascent of Man" has some excellent footage of Grunions in the first episode. — special:contribs/220.246.164.59 23:00, 4 June 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks. Arlo James Barnes 15:02, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Etymology of the name
What's the etymology of the name 'grunion'? — special:contribs/109.154.101.127 20:35, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

 * grunion says that it is imitative of the sound they make. Arlo James Barnes 14:59, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

grunion in Nova Scotia
I think Nova Scotia has grunion, but they run up streams. — special:contribs/142.163.194.1 01:31, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

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Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television

The Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television, commonly referred to simply as the Gold Logie, is an award presented annually at the Australian Logie Awards.

The Gold Logie was first awarded at the 2nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards, held in 1960 when the award was originally called Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. It was briefly renamed Best Personality on Australian Television in 2016-2017. For the 2018 ceremony, the award category name was reverted to Most Popular Personality on Australian Television.

The winner and nominees of the Gold Logie are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website. Gold Logies were awarded for separate male and female categories in 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, and between 1974 and 1977. The most represented programs are The Don Lane Show and Blue Heelers.


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Screaming Orgasm

 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 transwiki to Wikibooks (bartending section of the cookbook) Rossami (talk) 05:47, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Screaming Orgasm
Recipe. --W(t) 06:03, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
 * Speedy WP is not a recipe book. --Xcali 06:12, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Then you should delete Soviet cocktail too. -Not a registered user yet, 64.179.14.26 06:21 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) (according to edit history. Uncle G 07:04, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC))
 * Funny you should mention that specific example, see Wikipedia talk:Votes for deletion. --W(t) 06:27, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
 * It's a recipe, not an encyclopaedia article. 64.179.14.26, please contribute your recipes directly to the wikibook on bartending.  Wikibooks then Delete. Uncle G 07:04, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
 * Comment Does anyone else think we should leave a link there, mentioning that it's a cocktail, and directing users to post any recipies for the cocktail to Wikibooks?  This would discourage the recreation of this and explain to the author(s) why it's gone.  If we redlink these, I'm sure we'll be VfDing them again.  In this case, a tiny one-line article with an external link may be the proper solution.  -- Un  focused  19:28, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * We could certainly be clearer at list of cocktails, where these things have tended to grow from, and at cocktail, which still says that list of cocktails, rather than the Bartending wikibook, is where the recipes are. Uncle G 22:10, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
 * Redirect to cocktail, or list of cocktails, or something relevant, and that page should have a link to the wiki recipe collection. SchmuckyTheCat 19:59, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 *  Grue  05:14, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Transwiki, all food is notable for a truly great WikiCookbook. Radiant_* 12:21, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Transwiki ··gracefool |☺ 03:16, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Brasero (heater)

A brasero (Spanish: "brazier") is a heater commonly used in Spain. It is placed under a table covered with a cloth that extends to the floor to provide heat for people sitting at the table. This arrangement (which is called a mesa camilla) is similar to the Japanese kotatsu or Iranian korsi. Braseros were traditionally heated with small pieces of charcoal, called cisco or picón; nowadays they are usually electric.

There are some risks attached to the traditional, charcoal-heated brasero. The embers can burn the fabric or the clothes of the users, causing a fire. Given that braseros are covered, combustion can occur with small quantities of oxygen, and instead of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide can be generated. Carbon monoxide poisoning can kill victims in their sleep, especially in poorly ventilated rooms.

In South America, notably Argentina, a brasero is a small grill attached to a box with coals used to serve sizzling hot meats at an asado.

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Nyandi Women's Prison

Nyandi Women's Prison was a correctional facility that became the Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women after its expansion in 2004. Located in Bentley, Western Australia, the prison was originally a juvenile detention centre for girls, and it was later used as a pre-release, low-security facility for women. It housed 50 women when the prison was expanded on the land formerly used by the Longmore Detention Centre. The women were moved to the new buildings when construction was complete in 2004. Since it closed as a prison, it is now used as the Corrective Services Academy for training Corrective Services Staff.

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Skeletal muscle2

Image:Skeletal muscle.jpg

This is a renomination (previous nom). Last time I nominated it, there were complaints about an overly large whitespace in the middle left part of the picture, and others said that it was incompete. Rama I have remedied this, by added the last part of the picture -- an actin filament. →Raul654 06:08, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Illustrative and useful picture -- Chris 73 Talk 11:57, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral - Definitely illustrative, but I think the body builder picture is a bit distracting and out of place, (possibly replace with a simple figure drawing?) --CVaneg 20:07, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral - Yeah, I really don't like the body builder pic. Otherwise cool. -- Silversmith Hewwo 08:52, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral. Body-builder is distracting. There's also a lot of noise that can be magic-wanded away.  If changed, assume I support. -- brian0918  ™  02:56, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Body builder doesn't help at all. Would've been better as a clean PNG.
 * Oppose. Bodybuilder ruins it. Diagram is good, but not amazing. --Fir0002 05:01, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - like it A curate's egg 07:28, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Aurostibite

Aurostibite is an isometric gold antimonide mineral which is a member of the pyrite group. Aurostibite was discovered in 1952 and can be found in hydrothermal gold-quartz veins, in sulfur-deficient environments that contain other antimony minerals. The mineral can be found in Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and the Timiskaming District in Ontario, Canada. Antimonides are rare and are normally placed in the sulfide class by mineralogists.

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Talk:Sarangi

I swapped out Image:Sarangi.jpg because it was unverified. I think it is a good pic so if/when it is verified please readd it. This link is Broken 06:09, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I added some more specific (insider's) information about this wonderful instrument. I feel a detailed photo of the instrument being played might be in order? I'll look into that.. martinspaink@yahoo.com, 14-02-2006

Can anyone add bigger and more close up picture of a Sarangi? Aaniyo 07:55, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Diatonic and chromatic
The article uses the terms "diatonic" and "chromatic" without adequate explanation. These terms are the cause of serious uncertainties at several Wikipedia articles, and in the broader literature. Some of us thought that both terms needed special coverage, so we started up a new article: Diatonic and chromatic. Why not have a look, and join the discussion? Be ready to have comfortable assumptions challenged! In fact there is specific discussion of this article in the talk page, right here. –  Noetica ♬♩ Talk 08:21, 6 April 2007 (UTC) In the external links there is a "sarangi video" that contains a rogue security virus. Please remove it....... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.204.164.104 (talk) 17:02, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Nepali sarangi is a different instrument
Nepal is mentioned in the lead paragraph, but the Nepali sarangi is a completely different instrument and has its own Wikipedia article. If any other countries should be mentioned in the lead paragraph, they would be Pakistan and Bangladesh where the actual Indian sarangi is probably used to a greater extent. 173.88.241.33 (talk) 16:56, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

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William Des Vœux

Sir George William Des Vœux (22 September 1834 – 15 December 1909) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of Fiji (1880–1885), Newfoundland (1886–1887), and Hong Kong (1887–1891).

Early life
Des Vœux was born as the eighth of nine children of Reverend Henry Des Vœux and his second wife Fanny Elizabeth Hutton in Baden-Baden, Germany, on 22 September 1834. His grandfather was Irish politician Sir Charles des Voeux, 1st Baronet. His great-grandfather was a Huguenot from Normandy, France, who settled in Ireland in the early 18th century.

Des Vœux attended a public school in London before starting his studies at Charterhouse School (1845–1853) and Balliol College, Oxford (1854–1856), but left without a degree after his father gave him the choice of finishing his degree and becoming a clergyman or seeking his fortune in the colonies. Des Vœux then moved to Canada, where he finished his BA at the University of Toronto and became a barrister in Upper Canada in 1861.

Colonial services

Des Vœux became stipendiary magistrate and superintendent of rivers and creeks in British Guiana from 1863 to 1869, where he championed native causes. First stipendiary magistrate in the East Bank Demerara district, he was later transferred to the Upper Demerara-Berbice region, he argued that this transfer was to limit his influence and power on decisions being made in the main city of the colony Georgetown. He was one of the leading figures (with Joseph Beaumont and James Crosby) against the system of Indian indenture system. Based on his experience in Guiana where he witnessed many instances of cruel and unjust treatment of indentured servants by plantation owners and managers, des Vœux wrote a 10,000-word report in 1869 to Lord Granville, the Secretary of State for the Colonies in which he detailed many abuses. When the contents of the report were published, there was a great outcry and the Commission of Inquiry into the Treatment of Immigrants was conducted. Des Vœux gave testimony before the commission in Georgetown and its report led to many improvements in the workers' treatment.

He reorganised and codified old French system of law when he was the Administrator and Colonial Secretary of St. Lucia between 1869 and 1880. Afterwards, Des Vœux was appointed Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific from 1880 to 1885. He was appointed Governor of Newfoundland from 1886 to 1887.

Governor of Hong Kong
Des Vœux served as the tenth Governor of Hong Kong from 1887 to 1891. This was the last post he held in the Colonial Services. During his tenure the Peak Tram began operation in 1888, providing relatively affordable transportation for people living on The Peak. Des Vœux segregated the Peak together with effectively all the elevated areas of Hong Kong Island from crowded Chinese-style tenements by enacting the European District Reservation Ordinance in November of that year. A year before he left office, the newly established Hong Kong Electric Company began providing electricity to Hong Kong Island.

Post-governorship
After Des Vœux's time as Governor of Hong Kong ended, he entered retirement. He was created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1893. In 1903, he published his memoirs called My Colonial Service in British Guiana, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Fiji, Australia, Newfoundland, and Hong Kong with Interludes.

Personal life
On 24 July 1875, Des Vœux married Marion Denison Pender, daughter of submarine telegraphy pioneer John Pender and Emma Denison. They had two daughters and five sons, three of whom died in infancy. Des Vœux died in Brighton, England, on 15 December 1909. William Des Vœux's son Henry John (1876-1940), married Dorothy Turner-Farley in 1911. Their son, Lt-Colonel Sir Richard, the eighth and last Des Vœux baronet, was killed in action at Arnhem in September 1944.

Honours

 * Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1877
 * Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1883
 * Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1893

Namesakes

 * Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong
 * Des Voeux Peak, second highest peak on Taveuni Island, Fiji

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Meigs's syndrome

In medicine, Meigs's syndrome, also Meigs syndrome or Demons–Meigs syndrome, is the triad of ascites, pleural effusion, and benign ovarian tumor (ovarian fibroma, fibrothecoma, Brenner tumour, and occasionally granulosa cell tumour). Meigs syndrome resolves after the resection of the tumor. Because the transdiaphragmatic lymphatic channels are larger in diameter on the right, the pleural effusion is classically on the right side. The causes of the ascites and pleural effusion are poorly understood. Atypical Meigs syndrome, characterized by a benign pelvic mass with right-sided pleural effusion but without ascites, can also occur. As in typical Meigs syndrome, pleural effusion resolves after removal of the pelvic mass.

Differential diagnosis
Meigs syndrome may mimic other conditions, since it is tumor arising from ovaries, pathology of any organs present in the abdomen may show a similar set of symptoms. These include various gynecological disorders of the uterus such as endometrial tumor, sarcoma, leiomyoma (pseudo-Meigs syndrome); fallopian tube disorders such as hydrosalpinx, granulomatous salpingitis, fallopian tube malignancy; ovarian disorders such as serous, mucinous, endometrioid, or clear cell carcinoma, Brenner tumor, granulosa cell tumor, stromal tumor, dysgerminoma, fibroma, or metastatic tumor to the ovary.

Meigs syndrome is characterized by the presence of a benign solid ovarian tumor associated with ascites and right hydrothorax that disappear after tumor removal. Non-gynecological manifestations include: ascites, portal vein obstruction, inferior vena cava obstruction, hypoproteinaemia, thoracic duct obstruction, tuberculosis, amyloidosis, pancreatitis, ovarian hyperstimulation, exudate pleural effusion, congestive heart failure, metastatic tumors to the peritoneal surfaces, collagen-vascular disease, and cirrhosis of the liver.

These entities must be clinically excluded. Clinical condition characterized by ovarian mass, ascites, and right-sided pleural effusion. Ovarian malignancy and the other causes of pelvic mass, ascites, and pleural effusion to be considered, History of early satiety, weight loss with increased abdominal girth, bloating, intermittent abdominal pain, dyspnea, nonproductive cough may help in differentiating potential local factor causing such symptoms.

Treatment
Treatment of Meigs syndrome consists of thoracentesis and paracentesis to drain off the excess fluid (exudate), and unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy or wedge resection to correct the underlying cause.

Eponym
Meigs syndrome is named for Joe Vincent Meigs.

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Madrid peace conference letter of invitation

The Madrid peace conference letter of invitation, also known as the Madrid Invitation or Letter of invitation to the Middle East Peace Conference in Madrid, of October 19, 1991, was a formal diplomatic invitation by the United States and the Soviet Union issued to Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the Palestinians, calling on them to come together and hold a peace conference in Madrid, Spain. The resulting conference came to be known as the Madrid Conference that commenced on October 30, 1991.

The invitation was issued in the name of US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and signed by US Secretary of State James A. Baker, III and Boris Pankin for the Soviet Union, and a reply by October 23, 1991, was requested.

It is widely agreed that the invitation, which was an outcome of compromises by all sides, detailed the structure of the Madrid process in four main areas:

 * 1) That there would be an opening conference having no power to impose solutions.
 * 2) It called for bilateral talks with the Arab states bordering Israel.
 * 3) Talks would be held with the Palestinians on a five-year period of interim self-rule, which would then be followed by talks on the permanent status.
 * 4) There would be multilateral talks on key regional issues such as refugees.

Text and content of invitation
Following are the main points within the invitation (shortened version):

 * October 19, 1991

 * On behalf of President Gorbachev and President Bush, we are very pleased to convey the attached invitation...

 * Sincerely,
 * James A. Baker, III
 * Boris Dmitriyevich Pankin

 * Invitation

 * ...United Nations and the Soviet Union believe that an historic opportunity exists to advance the prospects for genuine peace...The United States and the Soviet Union are prepared to assist...a...peace settlement, through direct negotiations along two tracks, between Israel and the Arab states, and between Israel and the Palestinians, based on United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338...

 * ...the president of the U.S. and the president of the USSR invite you to a peace conference, which their countries will co-sponsor, followed immediately by direct negotiations...in Madrid on 30 October 1991.

 * President Bush and President Gorbachev request your acceptance of this invitation...

 * Direct bilateral negotiations will begin four days after the opening of the conference...those...focus on region-wide issues such as arms control and regional security, water, refugee issues, environment, economic development, and other subjects of mutual interest.

 * ...Governments to be invited include Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. Palestinians will be invited and attend as part of a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation. Egypt will be invited...The European Community will be a participant...The Gulf Cooperation Council will be invited...The United Nations will be invited...

 * The conference will have no power to impose solutions on the parties or veto agreements reached by them. It will have no authority to make decisions for the parties and no ability to vote on issues or results. The conference can reconvene only with the consent of all the parties.

 * ...negotiations between Israel and Palestinians...will be conducted in phases, beginning with talks on interim self-government...Once agreed the interim self-government arrangements will last for a period of five years...negotiations will take place on permanent status...negotiations between Israel and the Arab states, will take place on the basis of resolutions 242 and 338...

 * ...this process offers the promise of ending decades of confrontation and conflict and the hope of lasting peace...only through such a process can real peace and reconciliation among the Arab states, Israel and the Palestinians be achieved...

Arab–Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties

 * Paris Peace Conference, 1919
 * Faisal–Weizmann Agreement (1919)
 * 1949 Armistice Agreements
 * Camp David Accords (1978)
 * Egypt–Israel peace treaty (1979)
 * Madrid Conference of 1991
 * Oslo Accords (1993)
 * Israel–Jordan peace treaty (1994)
 * Camp David 2000 Summit
 * Israeli–Palestinian peace process
 * Projects working for peace among Israelis and Arabs
 * List of Middle East peace proposals
 * International law and the Arab–Israeli conflict


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Question of Spor/old

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Talk:A Question of Spor/old
Seemingly a page-move artefact, from A Question of Sport Alai 06:12, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Check: Talk:A Question of Sport It was moved from there for some reason.  This article does seem pointless, so I'm voting delete until someone can give a reason for why it should stay. Sonic Mew 13:35, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * This has something to do with me, but I can't remember what was going on. Dunc|☺ 19:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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User talk:Dovid

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Moses Z. Margolies and family. Or is it Moses S. Margolies
Thanks for your work on expanding the article for Moses Z. Margolies, which was part of a chain of new article creations more than 15 years ago that took me to to the 1933 anti-Nazi boycott and down through the Lookstein family. I had used the "Sebulun" spelling because that was what had been used in many of the older sources, but the orthography has clearly shifted to a "Z" as the first letter. I never would have realized that there was a connection to John Margolies, which is an excellent catch. Keep up the great work and let me know if I can help with anything. Alansohn (talk) 19:49, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

 * Thanks, @Alansohn. I've edited RAMAZ before and done some work on the Lookstein articles as well. What led me to this is a personal connection between a family member who was a rabbi, and the rivalry between Rabbi Margolies and Rabbi "Velvele" Margolis.Dovid (talk) 20:13, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

 * The whole thing is a great story that keeps on giving. Keep it up and let me know if there's anything I can do in this area. Alansohn (talk) 20:18, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Introduction to contentious topics
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Marty Zupan

Martha "Marty" L. Zupan (born April 5, 1949) is the President Emeritus of the Institute for Humane Studies.

Biography
Zupan received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and psychology from the State University of New York at Fredonia.

In 1975, she joined Reason as a book review editor, became associate editor in 1978, and served through the 1980s as managing editor and editor-in-chief, leaving in 1989. In 1987 Zupan wrote Liberated Cooking: Rabble-Rousing Recipes from Assorted Libertarian Luminaries with Lou Villadsen. She joined Institute for Humane Studies in 1989 as a vice president, and in 2001 she was appointed president of IHS. She stepped down as president in 2016. For a year after that, she served as a senior advisor.

Zupan's work has been published in the Philosophy of Science, the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Occasional Review, and the New York Times Book Review.

She serves on the Advisory Committee of the Pope Center and the Advisory Council of the Talent Market.

Personal life
Zupan was married for several years to philosopher Tibor Machan.

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Whiteland

Whiteland may refer to one of several places:

 * United States
 * Whiteland, Indiana
 * Whiteland Community High School
 * New Whiteland, Indiana
 * East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
 * West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
 * West Whiteland Inn, in West Whiteland Township

 * Trinidad and Tobago
 * Whiteland, Trinidad and Tobago

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Talk:Depletion region

Depletion region and depletion zone
See also depletion zone. Both of these articles need more work; they should be merged. There's significantly more Google hits for "depletion region" and "depletion layer" than there are hits for "depletion zone". - mako 06:15, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll merge and revise them over the next week or two. "Depletion region" is what I've seen most commonly as well.--Christopher Thomas 18:57, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Update - never got to this (went on WikiSabbatical first). --Christopher Thomas 07:15, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Electric field
"An electric field results which is positive (+) on the N side and negative on the P side" is not very scientifically accurate: there is no such thing as a negative or positive electric field: electric field is a vector and the text should be fixed accordingly ("Electric field is oriented from the P- to the N- region" for example). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vmeunier (talk • contribs) on 00:37, 16 September 2005.

Worth mentioning that the depletion region occures because electrons flow from high Ef (in the N-Type) to low Ef (in the P-Type) until Efn = Efp at equlibrium? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.88.252.132 (talk • contribs) on 23:58, 12 January 2006.

i dont know much about depletion region but i think there is much info missing in the text if any one knows good link about this topic i'll be gratfull ...

(maged rawash)

Limitations of article to pn junction
Although the introduction of the article is general, the later discussion is limited to the pn-junction. Moved a sentence from the intro restricted to the pn-junction to the pn-junction paragaph. The reference added by this sentence provides virtually the same discussion as presented in this article. Therefore, retained this reference and deleted the sentence.Brews ohare 20:00, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Picture
Hello I am not sure that the picture of junction with charges is right (this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pn-junction-equilibrium-graphs.png ). I mean the voltage never comme back to zero outside the junction whereas it should slowly, goodbye.Klinfran (talk) 09:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

 * It does seem odd; not clear what the "potential" plot is supposed to represent. Usually they show a two such curves in parallel, for the potentials in the conduction band and the valence band, and a line between that is the Fermi level, which is straight in the zero-bias equilibrium.  Like this book.  But it also shows an "electrostatic potential;" it seems to be just the potential of the conduction-band electrons; the bulk "voltage" is the Fermi level.  Dicklyon (talk) 16:43, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

DONE: Depletion width equation
The p-n junction depletion width equation really should be on this page. It is: W = [(2*permittivity(Vo-V)/q*(Na+Nd)/(Na*Nd)]^(1/2). From Streetman, Solid State Electronics, 5th ed.  128.111.164.39 (talk) 22:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC) this page doesn't contains much infm'n.............  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.168.34.211 (talk) 11:41, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

DONE: Merge from depletion width
I've proposed merging depletion width into here because it doesn't make sense to have two small articles on this topic when one would do. Please support or oppose.

 * Support, as the proposer. Dicklyon 20:19, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose on the basis that depeletion width, which refers mainly to a dimension in a one-dimensional situation, and depletion region, which is a general physical phenomenon, aren't exactly the same thing, although closely connected. It seems possible that these two topics may extend in different directions as contributions are added. In addition, references to these two topics from other articles might be clearer if they are kept separate.
 * The bottom line on merger is probably whether the combined article would be clearer, which might be hard to say in advance of the rewrite. Brews ohare 21:56, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Obviously, they are not exactly the same thing, but one is a dimension of the other, and it's hard to imagine how to justify separate articles. Either term can be linked, and depletion width could even redirect to a section if desired. Dicklyon 22:37, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * If merging is done, I favor this redirection suggestion. That allows easy reference to either topic. Brews ohare 16:03, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * That's standard in a merge, to leave one as a redirect. Dicklyon 19:17, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm game to try a merge; how do you suggest to proceed?Brews ohare 20:48, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Just make a depletion width section in this article, and move all the relevant contents into it. Then change the other to say " #REDIRECT Depletion region ". Dicklyon 21:59, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I've set up a merge of these two articles; please take a look. Brews ohare 23:06, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Looks good to me. Dicklyon 00:02, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know how to arrange figures better, or how to remove banner about merge proposal. Should that be left for now?. Any help there? Brews ohare 00:26, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Cleaned up some weird destruction
I was trying to read this when I noticed that these two edits http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Depletion_region&diff=528621764&oldid=493778972 had mutilated the article. So I rolled back a couple short repairs and those two edits. JohnPritchard (talk) 23:09, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ZLibrary

 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. — Trilobite (Talk) 15:06, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

ZLibrary
I'd call it ad/recruitment/group vanity. The site was founded a month ago, it hasn't yet become notable. Google for ZLibrary and Bulgaria gives 2 hits. --Xcali 06:16, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, promo. --W(t) 06:20, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
 * Delete ad. Not the place to announce your mission.  Good luck to them, though. --Etacar11 23:39, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, ad. Pavel Vozenilek 20:27, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Vistabella

Vistabella may refer to:
 * Vistabella, Zaragoza or Vistabella de Huerva in Aragon, Spain
 * Vistabella del Maestrat in the Valencian Community
 * Vistabella River in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
 * Vistabella, Tarragona in Catalonia
 * Vistabella, Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands
 * Mahuella, Tauladella, Rafalell y Vistabella in Valencia City
 * Vistabella, Níjar in Andalusia
 * Vistabella, a quarter in the city of Murcia

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ProPhoto RGB color space

The ProPhoto RGB color space, also known as ROMM RGB (Reference Output Medium Metric), is an output referred RGB color space developed by Kodak. It offers an especially large gamut designed for use with photographic output in mind. The ProPhoto RGB color space encompasses over 90% of possible surface colors in the CIE L*a*b* color space, and 100% of likely occurring real-world surface colors documented by Michael Pointer in 1980, making ProPhoto even larger than the Wide-gamut RGB color space. The ProPhoto RGB primaries were also chosen in order to minimize hue rotations associated with non-linear tone scale operations. One of the downsides to this color space is that approximately 13% of the representable colors are imaginary colors that do not exist and are not visible colors.

When working in color spaces with such a large gamut, it is recommended to work in 16-bit color depth to avoid posterization effects. This will occur more frequently in 8-bit modes as the gradient steps are much larger.

There are two corresponding scene space color encodings known as RIMM RGB (Reference Input Medium Metric) intended to encode standard dynamic range scene space images, and ERIMM RGB intended to encode extended dynamic-range scene space images.

Development
The development of ProPhoto RGB and other color spaces is documented in an article summarizing a presentation by one of its developers Geoff Wolfe at Kodak, now senior research manager at Canon Information Systems Research Australia, at the IS&T/SPIE Color Imaging Conference in 2011.

Viewing environment

 * Luminance level is in the range of 160–640 cd/m2.
 * Viewing surround is average.
 * There is 0.5–1.0% viewing flare.
 * The adaptive white point is specified by the chromaticity values for CIE Standard illuminant D50 ($$x = 0.345704$$, $$y = 0.358540$$).
 * The image color values are assumed to be encoded using flareless (or flare corrected) colorimetric measurements based on the CIE 1931 Standard Colorimetric Observer.

Encoding function

X'_\mathrm{ROMM} = I_\mathrm{MAX} \cdot \begin{cases} 0; & X_\mathrm{ROMM} < 0.0 \\ 16\cdot X_\mathrm{ROMM}; & 0.0 \le X_\mathrm{ROMM} < E_t \\ X_\mathrm{ROMM}^{1/1.8}; & E_t \le X_\mathrm{ROMM}<1.0 \\ 1; & X_\mathrm{ROMM} \ge 1.0 \end{cases} $$

where

 * $$X = R,\, G,\, or\, B$$

and

 * $$I_\mathrm{MAX}$$ is the maximum integer value used in the encoding function (e.g. 255 for 8-bit configuration)

and

 * $$E_t = 16^{1.8/(1-1.8)} = 2^{-9} = 1/512 = 0.001953125$$

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Spot (producer)

Glenn Michael Lockett (July 1, 1951 – March 4, 2023), better known as Spot, was an American record producer best known for being the house producer and engineer for the influential independent punk record label SST Records. He styled his name SPʘT, using all capital letters and adding a dot inside the O.

Early life
Glenn Michael Lockett was born in the Los Angeles area to a white mother (maiden name Katz) and an African-American father on July 1, 1951. With his older sister Cynthia, he was raised in upper-middle-class Hollywood. Lockett's father Claybourne, known as Buddy to his soldier friends, had been a fighter pilot with the 100th Fighter Squadron in WW II, an all-Black formation that was part of the Tuskegee Airmen. Lockett moved from Hollywood to Hermosa Beach in the mid-1970s, where he met Greg Ginn while working at a vegetarian restaurant called Garden of Eden. Lockett also freelanced for Easy Reader, authoring record reviews under the name Spot.

Befriending Ginn, Spot was briefly bassist for Panic, the band which would soon become Black Flag.

Career
Spot recorded, mixed, produced or co-produced most of SST's pivotal acts between 1979 and 1986. He is credited on albums by such notable bands as Black Flag, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Hüsker Dü, Saint Vitus, Misfits, and Descendents. After leaving SST in 1986, Spot moved to Austin, Texas.

Spot was an accomplished photographer and published a book of his work titled Sounds of Two Eyes Opening. In 2018, a gallery showing of his photographs was mounted at Pacific Coast Gallery in Hermosa Beach.

Production and engineering discography

 * Black Flag - Jealous Again EP (August 1980)
 * Descendents - Fat EP (1981)
 * Black Flag - Six Pack EP (June 1981)
 * Minutemen - The Punch Line EP (November 1981)
 * Black Flag - Damaged (December 1981)
 * Saccharine Trust - Paganicons (December 1981)
 * Big Boys - Fun, Fun, Fun (July 1982)
 * Descendents - Milo Goes to College (September 1982)
 * Minutemen - Bean-Spill EP (1982)
 * Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets (1982)
 * Hüsker Dü - Everything Falls Apart (January 1983)
 * Minutemen - What Makes a Man Start Fires? (January 1983)
 * Big Boys - Lullabies Help The Brain Grow (July 1983)
 * Hüsker Dü - Metal Circus (October 1983)
 * Minutemen - Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat EP (November 1983)
 * Misfits - Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood (December 1983)
 * Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus (January 1984)
 * Black Flag - My War (March 1984)
 * Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II (April 1984)
 * Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (July 1984)
 * Black Flag - Family Man (September 1984)
 * Black Flag - Slip It In (December 1984)
 * Saccharine Trust - Surviving You, Always (1984)
 * Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising (January 1985)
 * Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun (March 1985)
 * Saint Vitus - Hallow's Victim (August 1985)
 * Saint Vitus - The Walking Dead EP (October 1985)
 * The Crucifucks - The Crucifucks (1985)

Death
Spot died on March 4, 2023, at Morningside Healthcare in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where he was recovering from a stroke he had suffered three months earlier. He had been suffering from fibrosis since late 2021 and was awaiting a lung transplant prior to his stroke.

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Vernand Morency

Vernand Morency (born February 4, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and was selected by the Houston Texans in the third round of the 2005 NFL draft and also played for the Green Bay Packers.

Early life
Vernand Morency grew up in Miami, Florida to immigrants from Haiti.

While attending Northwestern High School in Miami, Florida, Morency was a four-year letterman in baseball and a two-year letterman in football, and won All-America honors in both sports. As a senior football running back, he gained over 1,500 all-purpose yards and scored 15 touchdowns.

Professional baseball career
Morency was a 14th round pick (420th overall) of the Colorado Rockies in 1998. He spent four seasons as a center fielder in the Rockies’ minor league system before enrolling at Oklahoma State in 2002.

College football career
Morency attended Oklahoma State University and finished his career with 451 rushing attempts for 2,661 yards (5.9 yards per rush attempt avg.), 23 touchdowns, 11 receptions for 119 yards (10.8 yards per rec. avg.), and returned ten kickoffs for 224 yards (22.4 yards per kick ret. avg.). Morency's junior season in 2004 was his breakout season. In 2004, he rushed for 1,474 yards and 12 touchdowns. He also had one receiving touchdown. Morency was the recipient of the prestigious Thurman Thomas Award for being the most outstanding offensive player in the 2004 season. He decided to forgo his senior year at OSU and declared for the NFL draft on January 3, 2005.

Houston Texans
Morency was selected in the third round of the 2005 NFL draft by the Houston Texans. He was the second-string running back behind Domanick Davis for the team in 2005, rushing 46 times for 184 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also returned 20 kicks for 437 yards and caught 10 passes for 87 yards.

Green Bay Packers
After the first week of the 2006 NFL season, Morency was traded to the Green Bay Packers for running back Samkon Gado. He spent the 2006 season as the Packers' short yardage back, playing behind Ahman Green. Morency's best game of the 2006 season came against the Arizona Cardinals, where he rushed for 101 yards. On April 4, 2008, the Packers re-signed him to a one-year, $927,000 contract. On August 30, 2008, he was released from the Packers.

Personal life
Morency's had him working in their family real estate business from the age of 5. His love for real estate never went away and in 2006-07, Vernand was part of a syndicate group led by T Boone Pickens to develop the $250+ million Boone Pickens Stadium at his alma mater, Oklahoma State University. In 2007 and 2008, Vernand was twice competitively selected to participate in the NFL Business Management and Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

Vernand invests, owns and manages properties across the country and is involved in several different non-profit initiatives, including work with Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle and his Wisconsin Covenant initiative promising all eighth-graders affordable higher education upon academic success.

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Bandersnatch (disambiguation)

A bandersnatch is a fictional creature in Lewis Carroll's novel Through the Looking-Glass and poem The Hunting of the Snark.

Bandersnatch may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * Bandersnatch (video game), a computer game written by Imagine Software and later released as Brataccas
 * Bandersnatch (Known Space), a sluglike sentient creature in Larry Niven's fictional Known Space universe
 * Bandersnatch, a newspaper run by John Abbott College students
 * Bandersnatch, a Sasquatch in the Shadowrun role-playing game
 * Frumious Bandersnatch, an American psychedelic rock band active in the 1960s
 * Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, an interactive film of the anthology series Black Mirror

Other uses

 * 9780 Bandersnatch, an asteroid

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Category talk:File sharing

There was a previous vote for deletion of this page. Its result was no consensus, and it can be found at Categories for deletion/Log/2005 May 22 Bryan 06:21, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Lists of best-selling albums by country

How can it be best selling albums by country if the sales totals are worldwide? The totals for each album on the list for USA best selling albums are worldwide totals. Therefore we shouldn't say by country because its worldwide. -Redwolf24 11:21 PM 6/5/2005

No, the USA list totals are just that. Sales within the USA. Michael Jackson's "Thriller" has sold 50million worldwide, but only 27m in the USA. Get it?

and what about the dark side of the moon said to be second best of all time? I wish i know the number 1

Category vs. List
I've been working on the categorization of lists and this one is presenting a problem. Currently this page is in the Lists of albums category but the sub-list pages are not. Generally when you have a list of lists like this is you'd put the individual lists into the correct categories and the master list of lists would only go in the List of lists category. But this is more like a sub-divided list and I'm not sure it would be an improvement to put all three of the sub-lists into the List of albums category instead of this one.

I think the best solution would be to turn this page into a sub-category of Lists of albums and each sub-list would be placed in the new category. Comments? --JeffW 18:55, 21 March 2006 (UTC)


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Slackers (film)

Slackers is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Dewey Nicks and starring Jason Schwartzman, Devon Sawa, Jason Segel, Michael Maronna, Jaime King, and Laura Prepon. Its plot follows a nerdy college student who blackmails a group of young men with his knowledge that they have cheated throughout college, and uses it to get closer to a young woman he is obsessed with.

Plot
Best friends Dave Goodman, Sam Schecter, and Jeff Davis have spent almost four years at Holden University scamming their way through college. During one exam scam in their final semester, Dave meets Angela Patton and asks her out while writing his phone number on her exam sheet. Ethan Dulles (who calls himself "Cool Ethan"), a nerdy student who is obsessed with Angela, observes Dave and grows jealous. Ethan takes her exam question sheet after Angela leaves and uses it to blackmail the guys into setting up a successful date with Angela for him. The guys set Ethan up in multiple situations in an attempt to convince Angela to like him, while Dave tells Sam during their work researching her that Angela is no more important to him as any other scam they have done. Ethan fails to attract her after frequent confrontations based on his delusional behavior, immaturity and ignorance of social norms.

While trying to convince Angela to go out with Ethan, Dave and Angela grow a mutual attraction to each other. After telling Ethan that he has failed to convince Angela to go out with him, Ethan reveals to Dave that he has been obsessing over Angela for quite some time. He reminds Dave that he still intends to get Dave and his friends expelled if they fail him. Angela and Dave go on an impromptu date after a study session. Ethan finds out and follows and records them. Dave and Angela share a romantic swim and lovemaking session, which Ethan records. He shows the tape of Dave and Angela making love to Sam and Jeff to establish that Dave intends to keep Angela for himself. Sam and Jeff, unhappy with Dave's dishonesty, hand over their research on Angela. Ethan shows the file to Angela, telling her that Dave and his friends were actively stalking her. Dave punches Ethan in the face, but Ethan thinks he won Angela.

After a falling out with everyone, Dave returns to the dorm and admits to Sam and Jeff that he honestly cares for Angela. After making amends, the guys sabotage Ethan's job interview with a law firm and, during the final exam, while Dave is telling the truth to Angela in front of the whole class about his entire dishonest college career of cheating, Jeff plants an answer key in Ethan's backpack while tipping off the teaching assistant proctoring the exam. The guys get expelled, but Dave and Angela get back together and Sam ends up in a relationship with Angela's roommate, Reanna Cass. Jeff falsifies their diplomas from Holden University after Angela and Reanna graduate. Ethan, miserable that he lost Angela forever and also expelled from college after it was revealed he was stalking her, continues to work his dead end restaurant job. The movie ends with him singing his love of Angela and his hatred for Dave.

Soundtrack
The film has a few tracks from Handsome Boy Modeling School (Prince Paul & Dan The Automator), including "Holy Calamity" and "Rock & Roll (Could Never Hip-Hop Like This)". It has a symphonic instrumental performance of "Baba O'Riley" from The Who playing over the opening credits, as well as an A Capella performance of "The Sign" by Ace of Base (sung by a college choir) during a scene.

Release and reception
As of June 2015, based on 105 reviews collected by the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Slackers has received an overall rating average of 10%, with an average score of 3.1 out of 10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Another teen comedy with little on its mind but moving to the next gross-out gag, Slackers strains for laughs and features grating characters." On Metacritic, the film holds a 12/100 based on 28 critics, meaning “overwhelming dislike”. A few critics noted the dialogue as a positive, but not sufficiently good to warrant attention.

Slackers opened at #11 in the box office with $2,785,283, the 11th highest-grossing opening film of the weekend, and lasted only two weeks in theaters before it closed on February 14, 2002, with a domestic total of $5,285,941 and $1,127,974 internationally, for a worldwide total of $6,413,915.

Slackers was marketed as a raunchy comedy primarily, rather than as a romantic comedy, which was fair to the content; Philip French commented that "Slackers makes American Pie look like The Importance of Being Earnest."

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film a zero out of four stars and described the film as "a dirty movie. Not a sexy, erotic steamy or even smutty movie."

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Flodin process

The Flodin process is a direct reduction process for manufacturing modern iron and steel, developed by Gustaf Henning Flodin from Sweden and patented in 1924. It has been used in Norway, Sweden, and the United States. Using a specially constructed electric arc furnace, a mixture of hematite with +0.2% carbon content and coal (or charcoal) is smelted in a continuous process, with the reduced metal accumulating at the bottom of the furnace, where it can be tapped off. Carbon content in the product can be controlled by changing the quantity of coal in the furnace. Noncorroding chromium steel could also be produced by using impure ore instead of hematite. Likewise, spongy iron can be cast by using coal-lime briquettes. Additionally, the Flodin furnace also can be used to produce so-called 'soft steel'.

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Red-breasted meadowlark

The red-breasted meadowlark (Leistes militaris) is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It was formerly named red-breasted blackbird but is not closely related to the red-winged blackbird group.

Taxonomy
The red-breasted meadowlark was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with the buntings in the genus Emberiza and coined the binomial name Emberiza militaris. Linnaeus cited his own catalogue of the cabinet of curiosities belonging to the king of Sweden, Adolf Frederick, as well as the description and illustration of the "Greater Bull-Finch" by the English naturalist George Edwards's that had been published in 1747. Neither Edwards nor Linnaeus knew the origin of their specimens but in 1902 the German ornithologists Hans von Berlepsch and Ernst Hartert designated type locality as Suriname. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.

Description
The red-breasted meadowlark is a small icterid, 19 cm long and weighing 40 –. Males are larger than females. The male has mainly black plumage, apart from a bright red throat, belly and wing epaulets. This striking "redcoat" plumage gives rise to the specific name militaris and the Trinidadian name "soldier bird". The female has buff edged dark brown upperpart feathers, buff underparts with a reddish tinge, and pale streaks through the crown and eye. Juveniles resemble the female, but are paler and lack the reddish tint to the underparts.

This species is very closely related to the white-browed meadowlark, S. superciliaris which breeds further south, and was formerly considered to be subspecies of red-breasted meadowlark. The male white-browed is easily distinguished by his bright white supercilium, but females of the two species are almost identical. Female red-breasted meadowlarks are longer billed, smaller, and shorter winged than their relative, with more red and less streaking on the underparts.

Distribution and habitat
The red-breasted meadowlark is resident from south-western Costa Rica, which it has recently colonised, and Trinidad, south to north-eastern Peru and central Brazil. In 2008, it was sighted for the first time in Nicaragua.

Like other meadowlarks, it is a bird associated with open country, including moist grasslands, pasture and cultivation, preferably with the odd bush or fence post for males to use as a songpost. It has benefited from the more open habitat created by forest clearance and ranching, and is extending its range. It is uncertain whether sightings on Tobago represent a small breeding population or wanderers from Trinidad or South America.

Breeding
In display the male flies up to 10 m in the air, then parachutes down on folded wings whilst singing a wheezing song, ti-ti-pee-pee-KWAAAAAA. The call is a short tsip. The red-breasted meadowlark builds a deep grass-lined open cup nest on the ground amongst tall grasses, with several nests often close together. The normal clutch is two to four reddish brown-blotched cream eggs.

Food and feeding
This gregarious bird feeds mainly on insects and some seeds, including rice, and forages on the ground like a bobolink.

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Operation Musketoon

Operation Musketoon was the codeword of a British–Norwegian commando raid in the Second World War. The operation was mounted against the German-held Glomfjord power plant in Norway from 11 to 21 September 1942.

The raiders consisted of two officers and eight men from No. 2 Commando and two men of the Norwegian Armed Forces in exile who were part of the Special Operations Executive. Crossing the North Sea by submarine, on arrival in Norway they attacked and damaged the plant, which was closed for the rest of the war.

To evade German search parties, the commandos split into two groups. One group of four men reached Sweden and were eventually repatriated to the United Kingdom. The second group was captured; one man died of wounds and the other seven were taken to Germany, interrogated and then executed at Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Background
After the British Expeditionary Force had been evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo in 1940, the Prime Minister Winston Churchill called for a force to be assembled and equipped to inflict casualties on the Germans and bolster British morale. Churchill told the joint Chiefs of Staff to propose measures for an offensive against German-occupied Europe, "They must be prepared with specially trained troops of the hunter class who can develop a reign of terror down the enemy coast". A staff officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Dudley Clarke, had submitted a proposal to General Sir John Dill, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, who approved Clarke's proposal. Three weeks later, the first commando raid took place. The raiders failed to gather any intelligence or damage any German equipment but killed two German sentries.

No. 2 Commando was a commando unit of the British Army. The original No. 2 Commando, unlike the other commando units, was formed from British volunteers and was always intended to be a parachute unit. On 22 June 1940, No. 2 Commando was turned over to parachute duties and on 21 November, was renamed the 11th Special Air Service Battalion and eventually 1st Parachute Battalion. After its renaming as the 11th Special Air Service Battalion, a second No. 2 Commando was formed. This new No. 2 Commando was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Charles Newman, Their first action was when two Troops supported No. 3 Commando in the Vaagso Raid (Operation Archery) in December 1941, followed by the St Nazaire Raid in March 1942. The next action involving men of No. 2 Commando was Operation Musketoon. The objective was to destroy the Glomfjord power plant, south of Narvik, which supplied an aluminium plant in the area.

Glomfjord power station was built at the end of Glomfjord in 1918 on a plateau dropping straight down to the sea. The plant comprised three buildings, the longest was the machinery hall, the middle building housed the control room and offices and the last building was three-storeyed and known as the apparatus house. It was a hydroelectric power station supplied by two water pipes coming down the mountain from inland lakes. Apart from the aluminium factory, the station supplied power to local villages.

Mission
Two officers and eight men from No. 2 Commando and two Norwegian corporals from the Norwegian Independent Company 1, part of the Special Operations Executive were selected for Operation Musketoon. The raid was commanded by Captain Graeme Black, from Ontario in Canada and the second in command, Captain Joseph Houghton. The other men from No. 2 Commando were Company Sergeant Major Miller Smith, Lance Sergeant Richard O'Brien, Lance Bombardier William Chudley and privates John Fairclough, Cyril Abram, Eric Curtis, Reginald Makeham and Fred Trigg. The two Norwegian corporals were Erling Djupdraet and Sverre Granlund.

Before leaving for Norway, the team trained for a fortnight on a large country estate in Scotland. During the planning the commandos were supposed to be picked up after the raid by a Short Sunderland flying boat but this was cancelled before the mission due to the risk to the aircraft. The party was to head for neutral Sweden instead. Each man was issued with special equipment, including a silk map of Norway and Sweden, a rice paper map of Russia and Norwegian Kroner banknotes. They also carried two compasses (one sewn into each collar tab) a hacksaw blade, a fighting knife and a Colt M1911 pistol. The only other small arm taken was a suppressed Sten gun, carried by Captain Houghton.

Sea crossing
To transport the raiders across the North Sea, a Minerve-class submarine, FRENCH SUBMARINE Junon, belonging to the Free French Navy was used, under the command of Commander Querville. Junon was selected because in silhouette it had the appearance of a German U-boat, which could be advantageous if sighted on the surface. The submarine left the Orkney Islands at 11:40 on 11 September 1942, under escort in British waters by HMS Sturgeon (73S), HMS Tigris (N63) and Thunderbolt. Junon crossed the North Sea undetected and near Glomfjord, rose to periscope depth and discovered that a fishing boat was trailing them. The boat crash-dived but this sighting does not appear to have compromised the operation. The commander of the raid, Captain Black, had decided against a frontal assault since he suspected any German defences would expect one. The submarine entered the Bjaerangsfjord just south of Glomfjord on 15 September.

Raid
The submarine settled on the bottom of the fjord until darkness and surfaced at 21:15 to put the commandos ashore by dinghy. Reaching the shore, they hid their dinghy under some stones and moss, then set out across the mountains to Glomfjord, reaching the Svartisen undetected. Houghton and Granlund, a Norwegian, went ahead to reconnoiter the area before the party began to climb the mountain. At one stage they had to traverse a near-vertical rock face before reaching the summit. The commandos did not know that their presence was suspected. A German topographical party was in the area and its commander, Leutnant Wilhelm Dehne, had spotted some unidentified figures above the Glomfjord. Later he discovered some Player's cigarette packs and the remains of a camp. Fortunately for the commandos, his route back to Glomfjord took him away from their new camp overlooking the power station.

Resting in their hideout for the following day, the commandos went over their plan of attack and withdrawal from the area. They left their encampment at 20:00 (8:00 P.M.) on 17 September, to begin the attack. On their approach they detected a small craft on the fjord; fearing they would be spotted, they decided to postpone the action and return to camp. By dawn they had not been able to reach their hideout; while they were in an exposed location they still decided it would be best to stay put until nightfall. Reaching their hideout again on the night of the 18th. At this point, however, the commandos were running short on supplies and Black ordered the attack to proceed the following night, 19/20 September, no matter what.

The commandos were divided into two groups for the attack. One group consisting of Lance Sergeant O'Brien, Lance Bombardier Chudley and Private Curtis were to attack two high-pressure water pipes 7 ft in diameter, leading from the top of the mountain into the plant. Reaching their objective, they planted plastic explosives in a round pattern to blow a 3 ft hole in the pipes. Attaching a 30-minute delayed fuse, they waited to hear the sound of explosives going off inside the plant, which was the signal to activate their fuse.

The other nine commandos had set out for the rear of the power plant; seven entered the machinery hall, leaving two commandos on guard. The commandos in the power station discovered that the Germans had left the control room and only a Norwegian engineer was on duty. Sergeant Smith and Private Fairclough were detailed to plant their explosives amongst the machinery in the powerhouse and the other commandos located the area where the Norwegian workforce worked and slept. The workers were gathered up and ordered to leave the station via an access tunnel over 1 mi long, which was the only land route between the station and the villages in the fjord.

On their approach to the tunnel, a German guard was killed by Granlund and another managed to run off down the tunnel to raise the alarm. In order to delay German reinforcements, the commandos left smoke bombs inside the tunnel. By this time the commandos in the station had set their plastic explosives with 10-minute delay fuses on both turbines and generators.

Capture
Upon hearing the explosions at the power plant, O'Brien's group detonated their explosives and both groups withdrew to the hills, just as German reinforcements were arriving at the plant. The Germans were unwilling to enter the tunnel, fearing it might be booby trapped and used boats belonging to the villagers to bypass the tunnel and reach the station. Granlund had pressed on ahead of the main group trying to find a foot bridge to aid their escape. He found a mountain hut occupied by three Norwegians whom he asked for directions; the best they could do was draw him a map. Granlund left to look again but returned to the hut soon after, being unable to find it in the dark at the same time as Houghton and the other Norwegian, Djupdraet. Unknowingly while Granlund had been away two Germans had arrived at the hut and were busy questioning the occupants. In the ensuing fight, one of the Germans was killed and the other wounded. Djupdraet was also wounded, stabbed in the stomach with a bayonet.

The remaining commandos arrived at the scene and administered first aid to Djupdraet. His wound was so severe that they decided to leave him behind to get treatment. The remaining commandos now split into two groups to evade German search parties and made their way further up the mountain. One group, consisting of O'Brien, Granlund, Fairclough and Trigg, went north around the mountains. The second group of Black, Houghton, Smith, Chudley, Curtis, Abram and Makeham, took the southern route. The second group were discovered by the Germans who opened fire, wounding Houghton in the right arm; surrounded, they were forced to surrender. The O'Brien group split up, Granlund setting off by himself; they eventually reached Sweden without further incident and all four were repatriated by aircraft to RAF Leuchars. Djupdraet died of his wounds in hospital, three days after the raid. The other seven prisoners of war were sent to Germany.

The unwounded prisoners were sent to Colditz Castle and put into the solitary confinement, where Black managed to make contact with Flight Lieutenant Dominic Bruce RAF (known as The Medium Sized Man) giving him and others their names which were passed on to MI5 in London. Bruce was the last British person to speak to Black; on 13 October 1942 they were taken to the SS-Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RHSA) headquarters in Berlin, where they were interrogated one by one by Gruppenführer Heinrich Müller.

They remained in Berlin until 22 October, when they were taken to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. On the next day, 23 October, they were shot in the back of the neck and their bodies cremated. These commandos were the first to die under the Commando Order issued on 18 October 1942 by Adolf Hitler, which called for the execution of all captured commandos. The official German story given to the Red Cross was that the seven men had escaped and not been recaptured.

Aftermath
The raid was considered a great success as it seemed likely that the power station would be closed for the duration of the war. After returning to the United Kingdom and a debriefing, O'Brien was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and Trigg and Fairclough were awarded Military Medals. Granlund was killed in February 1943, along with one British and four Norwegian commandos as part of Operation Seagull, when the Norwegian submarine HNOMS Uredd (P-41) sank off the Norwegian coast. Trigg was killed in Italy and is buried at the Cassino memorial; O'Brien and Fairclough survived the war.

On 15 November 1945, Black was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Houghton the Military Cross backdated to 22 November 1942. Black and Houghton and the other five men of Operation Musketoon are commemorated on the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp memorial plaque and the Brookwood Memorial. The Brookwood memorial is for men and women of the British and Commonwealth armies who died during the Second World War and have no known grave.

The German commander in Norway, Generaloberst Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, was captured after the war and tried by a British military court, for his part in carrying out the Commando Order. Found guilty on all eight charges of urging the forces under his command to kill men captured in commando raids or handing prisoners of war over to the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) for execution, he was sentenced to death, which was later commuted to life imprisonment. He was released in 1953 and died in 1968.

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Rob Merrifield

Robert Merrifield,, (born December 19, 1953) is a Canadian politician and diplomat. He is the former Member of Parliament for Yellowhead, and was the Minister of State for Transport from October 2008 to May 2011. In September 2014 he resigned as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons to accept an appointment from Alberta Premier Jim Prentice to be the province's envoy to the United States in Washington, D.C. where he will lobby for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.

His accomplishments included revitalizing Marine Atlantic with two new ferries, initiating Canada Post's postal transformation, and overseeing the rollout of Transport Canada's Alberta and Saskatchewan infrastructure funds as a part of Canada's Economic Action Plan.

Merrifield was first elected to represent Yellowhead in 2000. He was re-elected in 2004, 2006, and 2008.

His past community involvement has included terms as chair and elected board member of the Whitecourt School District Board of Trustees, chair and vice-chair of the Whitecourt/Fox Creek Hospital Board, member of the Aspen Regional Health Authority, member of the Northern Gateway Regional Division No. 10 School Authority and elected member of the Woodland County Council.

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CL Financial

CL Financial was the largest privately held conglomerate in Trinidad and Tobago and one of the largest privately held corporations in the entire Caribbean, before the company encountered a major liquidity crisis and subsequent bailout in 2009.

Founded as an insurance company, Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) by Cyril Duprey, it was expanded into a diversified company by his nephew Lawrence Duprey. CL Financial then became one of the largest local conglomerates in the region, encompassing over 65 companies in 32 countries worldwide with total assets exceeding TT$100 billion.

However, CL Financial experienced a liquidity crisis that resulted in a "bail out" agreement by which the government of Trinidad and Tobago loaned the company funds ($7.3 billion as of December 2010) to maintain its ability to operate, and obtained a majority of seats on the company's board of directors. As of late 2010, the company remained in a tenuous position amid tense negotiations with the government, and as of February 2011, the company's web site (www.clfinancial.com) was no longer functioning.

CL Financial started out as a holding company for Colonial Life Insurance Company (Trinidad) Limited (Clico) in 1993.

2009 liquidity crisis
In a Trinidad Guardian press release on January 30, 2009, it was announced that the TT Government would "bail out" CL Financial, the parent company of Clico, Angostura and several other local and regional businesses. Key points disclosed were:
 * CL Financial is to "divert" its 55 per cent stake in Republic Bank and Methanol Holdings
 * First Citizens will gain control of the company's Republic Bank shares.
 * The TT Central Bank Governor assures depositors and policyholders that their money will be safe.
 * CL Financial chairman Mr Duprey stated that this is "not a crisis" – it is the early addressing of the situation, a pre-emptive action.

During a press conference held later the same day, Central Bank Governor Ewart Williams released a statement revealing that the Bank and the Ministry of Finance had taken control of the assets and liabilities of Colonial Life Insurance Company, Clico Investment Bank (CIB) and Caribbean Money Market Brokers (CMMB). The statement explained that liquidity challenges which CIB had been facing for some weeks came to a head when an unusually high level of withdrawal requests put a strain on available liquid resources. Clico was also facing liquidity problems, to a lesser extent. On January 13, 2009, Clico's Chairman formally raised the issue of possible financial assistance from the Central Bank.

The statement highlighted the contagion risks that financial difficulties in CL Financial Group could have on the overall financial system of Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean region: The Group controls over TT$100 billion of assets in at least 28 companies located throughout the Region and the world. The Group's financial interests cover several industry sectors including banking and financial services, energy, real estate and manufacturing and distribution. The four largest financial institutions in the Group manage assets of over TT$38 billion, over 25 percent of the country's GDP. The Group's holdings include the British American Insurance Company Limited, one of the main insurance companies in the Eastern Caribbean.

In the Bank's view, the financial difficulties being faced by CIB and Clico resulted from:
 * Excessive related-party transactions which carry significant contagion risks,
 * An aggressive high interest rate resource mobilization strategy to finance equally high risk investments,
 * Very high leveraging of the Group's assets, which constrains the potential amount of cash that could be raised from the asset sales,
 * and, to a lesser extent, depositors’ concerns about the impact of the sharp decline in methanol and real estate prices on CL Financial's overall financial situation.

According to the statement, the Central Bank, the Ministry of Finance and the CL Financial Group have agreed to a strategy intended to deal with the liquidity challenges of CIB and Clico, and to address the underlying problems that gave rise to the current financial stress. The principal objectives are to ensure that resources are available to meet withdrawals of third-party CIB depositors and Clico policy holders, protect the funds of the depositors and policy holders, maintain public confidence in Clico and reinforce public confidence in the financial sector as a whole:

The Central Bank will:
 * take control of CIB;
 * transfer all the third-party assets and liabilities on the books of CIB and CMMB to First Citizens Bank,
 * provide short-term liquidity as needed to ensure that liabilities are serviced, and
 * following the execution of these transactions, CIB's banking license will be revoked.

Also, CL Financial will divest additional assets to help fund Clico's existing Statutory Fund deficit. In exchange for collateral and an equity interest in Clico, the Government will provide any additional funding needed to eliminate this deficit, and will "act as a catalyst" for Clico to implement changes to its business model and corporate governance structure - "The intention will be to return Clico to its original moorings".

Mr Williams emphasized that CIB depositors' funds are safe, and assured Clico's policy holders that the long-term future of Clico will be guaranteed. He also emphasized the tremendous strength of the TT financial system, "the envy of the region", and pointed out that, in contrast to the illiquidity of CIB, the rest of the TT banking system is experiencing excess liquidity, an impressively low percentage of non-performing loans, and a more than adequate level of provisions against bad loans. Mr Williams acknowledged the cooperation received from Mr. Duprey and the CL Financial Group, recognized First Citizens Bank for its role, cautioned the entire financial sector to "let competition take a back seat" and support the Government in keeping Clico as a functioning entity, and called for the support of the community of depositors and policyholders.

Mrs Karen Nunez-Tesheira, T&T Minister of Finance, also made a statement describing the urgency with which the government and the Bank is pursuing changes to the regulatory framework governing financial institutions, and reiterating government's commitment to protecting depositors.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) describing the intended actions, also dated January 30, was signed by the Minister of Finance (on behalf of the Government) and Lawrence Duprey (acting for CL Financial Limited and its affiliates). According to the MOU, the threat was the financial condition of three companies: Colonial Life Insurance Company Trinidad Limited (CLICO Trinidad), CLICO Investment Bank Limited (CIB) and British American Insurance Company Trinidad Limited (BA Trinidad). In return for Government protection of the interest of depositors, policy holders and creditors of these three institutions, CL Financial agreed to sell its Republic Bank shareholdings, its MHTL shareholdings, its CMMB Shareholdings, and any other assets as required.

According to the Trinidad Express, Winston Dookeran, Congress of the People (COP) leader and former Central Bank governor, said Central Bank Governor Ewart Williams, First Citizens CEO Larry Howai, CL Financial chairman Lawrence Duprey and Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira had "delivered a damning indictment of their collective stewardship while trying to distract the nation with a pathetic display of self congratulation at their ability to speak with the same forked tongue". He expressed concern that the Governor was unable to state the size of the financial hole to be plugged at CLICO. The Trinidad Express also noted that the "meltdown" leaves the TT $12 billion Essar Steel Caribbean Limited (ESCL), an India-based foreign investment project, in limbo - including the associated natural gas supply contract which was expected to boost revenues of the National Gas Company by eight per cent.

The Jamaica Observer report on the rescue noted that in 2008 CL Financial purchased an 86.6 per cent stake in Lascelles de Mercado (parent company of Appleton Jamaica Rum), and also bought a 40 per cent stake in Caribbean Money Market Brokers from Jamaica Money Market Brokers.

In Barbados, the Nation Newspaper reported that Leroy Parris, chairman of CLICO Holdings Barbados Limited, sought to allay fears among policyholders and other investors. Parris said what had occurred in Trinidad "had no effect on Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean". Parris stressed that the Bajan company was autonomous and its management structure, balance sheets and auditing were totally separate. "CLICO in Barbados is separate from the Trinidad and Tobago operation which is supervised by the Central Bank and Ministry of Finance. In Barbados, CLICO is supervised by the Supervisor of Insurance and the Ministry of Finance. We are regulated by Barbados and the Barbados Government," he stated. The chairman also stated that the capital projects involving CLICO Holdings were still on stream, including a B$60 million housing project in Clermont, St Michael and the B$140 million redevelopment of historic Sam Lord's Castle hotel.

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Mars (2004 film)

Mars (Марс) is a 2004 Russian film, directed and written by Anna Melikian. Set in a small Russian city of Mars, the film tells the story of a professional boxer who has run away from his life to a small Russian town on the coast of the Black Sea.

The story contains elements of surrealism and magical realism. The town's main industry is the manufacture of plush toys, which function as a local currency. The boxer is color blind; his color blindness is portrayed, for example, by a profusion of blue apples.

The city of Mars was formerly called Marks: Марс as opposed to Маркс, the name change being effected by removing one letter from the roof of the railway station.

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Chivito

Chivito (the diminutive of chivo, "goat") is, in Argentina, a type of goat dish.

Argentine grilled meat
In Argentina, chivito is the grilled meat of a young goat eaten in Argentina, sometimes as part of an asado. Chivito differs from cabrito in that chivito is a slightly older animal with whose meat is less tender. A chivito has already begun to eat solid foods, whereas the cabrito is still a suckling.

The chivito is less gamey and has a more delicate flavour than the adult goat. It can be cooked a la parrilla (grilled) or a la cruz. In the chivito a la cruz, the chivito is affixed vertically to a cross which is driven into the ground near the fire, giving it a special flavour.

Every summer, a chivito festival is held in the town of Malargüe in the province of Mendoza, Argentina.

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Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/June 5, 2005

Wow! From POV screed to front page... well done everyone! - Ta bu shi da yu 06:30, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Aviv

It should either be an article or a disambiguation page, i.e. lead to other articles, e.g. Ab (month). -- User:Docu.

The generally used term in scholarly works for the first month in the early Hebrew calendar is abib not aviv. In the time of the Pentateuch there was no v phoneme. This is a later development in the Hebrew language.

If, for instance, you consult the Jewish Encyclopedia, which is available online, the term used is abib. The usage in this article is misleading. Toroid (talk) 03:27, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evvieco

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Evvieco
No evidence of notability, probably webcomic vanity. --W(t) 06:31, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
 * Delete --Xcali 06:32, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Is not webcomic vanity, the authour of the article has nothing to do with Evvieco. Is noteable, it is part of a variety of webcomic lists.--LeroyJenkins
 * Note the previous vote is by a brand new user whose only edits are to this VfD entry, the article in question, and to create a user page.

 * Delete. Webcomic vanity. Gets less Google hits than my own real name... Sarg 13:58, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. --Tabor 17:42, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Any common real name is going to score more google hits than a completely made up word.--Cheryyl 13:53, 5 Jun 2005
 * Note the previous vote is by a brand new user whose only edits are to this VfD entry and to create a user page. Also, he apparently knows my real name is common (??). Sarg 18:54, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete If my site's presence in wikipedia's archive is causing even the slightest problems for wikipedians I wish it deleted. It is hardly a notable site. --Evvie 15:57, 5 Jun 2005
 * Thank you for understanding. Kappa 20:29, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:SylwiaS

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Welcome Back
Welcome back Sylwia! I hope this time around we can truly find some common ground and work to make the Wikipedia project a better place. I also hope we can work together to smooth out some of the disagreements and policy regarding Polish-Lithuanian history, geography, personalities, and relations. Best. Dr. Dan (talk) 20:32, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Thank you for the welcome, Dan. Alas, I'm not back really. All I remember about Wikipedia is being stalked, called names, and accused of ill will at every turn. One cannot smooth out disagreements if people are full of themselves, narrow-minded, and think that ashaming others into submission is the way to go. I might be tempted to help with WikiProject Poland from time to time. I think the guys are doing a great job there. But I'd have to lose my mind to want to return to what I remember about my contacts with you. Best likewise.--SylwiaS | talk 22:22, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Like you, I've been stalked, called names, and accused of ill will at many turns, in some quarters. Fortunately this is not all I remember about Wikipedia. Regarding losing one's mind, can't say that I plan to do so any time soon. If offering an olive branch to you garners such a response to my suggestion, so be it. Happy editing. Dr. Dan (talk) 23:30, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Welcome back indeed
We missed you. I do hope that you will be a more common sight here once again! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 00:33, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

POLAND
Would you like to add yourself to that list? You are listed as honorary instead of regular member due to your accomplishments and the fact you never bothered to add yourself to the list :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 20:47, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Monitor. WikiProject Poland Newsletter: Issue 1 (April 2011)
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We miss you!
On behalf of WPPOLAND - we hope to see you back with us again one day! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 17:21, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Teresa Murak

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trollhunter

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Trollhunter
Two neologisms in one, for your VfDing ease. --W(t) 06:34, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
 * Delete particularly lame double-neologism. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 09:25, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, but let's be fair. If you look at the history of the article, you'll see that the original author just defined "trollhunter" as somebody who trolls trolls. Which would actually be a useful word, except I've never heard anybody actually using it. Anyway, the second definition is obviously a prank by a different user. Isaac R 19:50, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pavel Vozenilek 20:27, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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