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Steven Kistler

Samuel Stephens Kistler (March 26, 1900 –  November 6, 1975) was an American scientist and chemical engineer, best known as the inventor of aerogels, one of the lightest known solid materials.

Biography
Kistler, the son of a shopkeeper, was born in the small town of Cedarville in the far northeastern corner of California. The family moved to the larger Santa Rosa when Kistler was 12, where he first became interested in chemistry. When he entered the College of the Pacific in 1917, however, his plan was to learn to play the cello, then pursue a degree in agriculture. Instead, he ended up taking every science course available, and after three years he moved to Stanford University and obtained a B.A. in chemistry, followed by a chemical engineering degree. He never did learn to play the cello. After a brief spell working for the Standard Oil Company of California, he returned to academia, teaching chemistry at the College of the Pacific until 1931, when he transferred to the University of Illinois.

Invention
The exact circumstances of the creation of the first aerogels are not well recorded. A popular story is that they resulted from a competition between Kistler and one Charles Learned "to see if they could replace the liquid inside of a jelly jar without causing any shrinkage". Whether these experiments were performed at the College of the Pacific, still with limited facilities following the move in 1923 to the new Stockton campus, or at Stanford, where Kistler began pursuing a doctorate in 1927, is a source of some confusion. Either way, in 1931 Kistler published a paper in Nature (vol. 127, p. 741) titled "Coherent Expanded Aerogels and Jellies".

He left his teaching post at the University of Illinois in 1935 and signed a contract with Monsanto Company in the early 1940s to start developing granular silica aerogel products under the trademark Santocel. Largely used as a flattening agent in paints and for similar uses, the line was discontinued by Monsanto in 1970, probably due to the high cost of manufacture and competition from newer products. Kistler had returned to teaching, however, taking up a position as Dean of the University of Utah College of Engineering in 1952.

Death
He died in Salt Lake City in November 1975, shortly before the resurgence of interest in aerogels caused by the discovery of a less time-consuming method of manufacture by researchers led by Stanislaus Teichner in France.

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Azuro

Azuro, Inc. is an electronic design automation (EDA) software company. Formerly headquartered in Santa Clara, California with a development office in Cambridge, England, it is now part of Cadence Design Systems.

Azuro develops software for the design of integrated circuits. Azuro specializes in clock network implementation. Azuro's PowerCentric product takes an innovative approach to clock network implementation that produces lower power clock networks with lower clock skew and shorter insertion delay using a smaller area of the integrated circuit than competing tools.

Azuro has been particularly focussed on lower power design. In synchronous circuit designs all changes of state are coordinated by a clock, and this clock edge must be distributed to all parts of the chip. Since the clock signal is distributed throughout the entire circuit it can consume a large percentage of the energy used. Azuro's technology allows clock gating and clock network implementation to be combined as a single step, allowing the clock to be prevented from reaching parts of the chip where it is not needed more effectively than competing technologies. The company has a number of patents in the area of low power design, clock tree synthesis and power analysis.

History
Azuro was founded in Cambridge in 2002 by Paul Cunningham and Steev Wilcox, using research from their doctoral studies.

On July 12, 2011 Cadence Design Systems announced that it had acquired Azuro for an undisclosed sum.

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Resident Evil: Extinction

Resident Evil: Extinction is a 2007 action horror film directed by Russell Mulcahy and written by Paul W. S. Anderson. A direct sequel to Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), it is the third installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is loosely based on the Capcom survival horror video game series of the same name. The film follows the heroine Alice, along with a group of survivors from Raccoon City, as they attempt to travel across the Mojave desert wilderness to Alaska and escape a zombie apocalypse.

In November 2005, Screen Gems gained the rights for the third installment in the franchise, which was then subtitled Extinction. Anderson returned as a writer, and filming took place in Mexico with Mulcahy as the director.

Resident Evil: Extinction was released in the United States on September 21, 2007, and was released in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2007, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The DVD and Blu-ray versions were released in North America on January 1, 2008. The film received negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and mixed reviews on Metacritic. It grossed $147 million worldwide against a $45 million budget. A fourth film, Resident Evil: Afterlife, was released in 2010.

Plot
A cloned Alice wakes up in a mansion, wanders through its halls, and is forced to escape several security traps. However, she is eventually killed by a bounding mine hidden on the floor. Her body is dumped into a pit filled with dozens of other Alice clones, representing the failed results of the Umbrella Corporation's ongoing Project Alice.

Five years after Umbrella's attempts to cover up the contamination of Raccoon City, the T-virus has spread around the world, devastating not only the human population but the entire global environment. The real Alice wanders the wasteland, and after fighting off a family of marauders, discovers information in an abandoned notebook referring to an uninfected area in Alaska.

Simultaneously, a convoy of survivors led by Claire Redfield and Raccoon City survivors Carlos Oliveira and L.J. Wade travels across the country in search of supplies and safe harbor. While searching a motel, L.J. is bitten by a zombie. Fearing the harsh fate that awaits him, he chooses not to tell the other survivors about the injury. The next morning, the convoy is attacked by a murderous flock of infected crows. With the team nearly overwhelmed, Alice appears and destroys the remaining crows with her newfound telekinesis, though she falls unconscious. Awaking shortly thereafter, Alice is introduced to Claire and tells her about the notebook, convincing her to take the convoy to Alaska.

Isaacs' attempts to domesticate the infected lead to the creation of a new zombie breed. Wesker's security officer, Captain Alexander Slater, reports on Isaacs' disregard for Umbrella regulations. Wesker tasks Slater with watching Isaacs, telling him to kill the scientist if he disobeys orders again. Tracing an energy pattern sent out by Alice's telekinesis, Umbrella triangulates her location. Desperate to reclaim Alice for the sake of achieving his goals, Dr. Isaacs sends his new zombies to ambush the convoy against Wesker's specific orders. During the attack, most of the convoy is killed, and L.J. succumbs to his infection, biting Carlos before he kills him. Umbrella tries to shut Alice down remotely, but she breaks free from Umbrella's programming and continues to fight. She finds Isaacs at the scene, and he is bitten as he flees via helicopter. Alice and K-Mart use Isaacs' computer to track the helicopter's flight path, leading them to Umbrella's underground facility.

Approaching the scene, Alice meets a holograph of the Red Queen's "sister" AI, the White Queen. She informs Alice that her blood can cure the T-virus, defends the Red Queen's prior actions, and reveals what happened to Dr. Isaacs. On her way to the lab's lower levels, Alice encounters one of her clones, which awakens but appears to die from shock soon after. Alice discovers Isaacs/Tyrant, defeating him after leading him to the replica of The Hive's laser corridor featured in the film's opening. Just as Alice is about to meet the same fate, the system is deactivated by the clone, who is still alive.

Later in Tokyo, Wesker informs his fellow Umbrella executives that the North American facility has been lost. Alice appears during the meeting, declaring that she and her "friends" (the other clones) are coming for him.

Cast

 * Milla Jovovich as Alice and her clones. She is an ex-security officer of Umbrella that has turned against them. After escaping from the Umbrella lab beneath Raccoon City in the events of the first film, Alice was captured by Umbrella, who wanted to use her blood to develop a cure for the T-virus, but she eventually escaped their custody and went on the run. As a result of her cells bonding with the virus on a genetic level, she was bestowed with superhuman abilities such as enhanced agility, speed, accelerated healing, and telekinesis.
 * Ali Larter as Claire Redfield: Based on the video game character of the same name who plays a prominent role in Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil - Code: Veronica, and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. In the film, she leads the convoy of survivors in Nevada alongside Carlos.
 * Oded Fehr as Carlos Oliveira: A former U.B.C.S. mercenary who has also turned rogue. He is a survivor of the Nemesis program as well as the destruction of Raccoon City. He is also one of Alice's closest allies and her love interest. Since the events of Resident Evil: Apocalypse, he has helped to lead Claire's convoy of survivors.
 * Iain Glen as Dr. Alexander Isaacs: The head scientist of Umbrella's North American facility. Dr. Isaacs was involved in the creation of the Nemesis program as well as the creation of Program Alice in Apocalypse. He is turned into the Tyrant monster as a result of a bite by a "super-zombie" and by injecting himself with an overdose of anti-virus. He is based on William Birkin from the video games.
 * Ashanti as Nurse Betty: A tough young woman who acts as the medical unit in Claire's convoy. She is a nurse, helping to aid members of the group to full recovery. Betty drives the paramedic vehicle and is a love interest of L.J.
 * Mike Epps as Lloyd Jefferson "L.J." Wade: A former citizen of Raccoon City who survived the Nemesis program and Raccoon City's destruction in the previous film. He also travels with Claire's convoy. He is Betty's love interest.
 * Spencer Locke as K-Mart: A teenage girl who was found by Claire's companions hiding out in a K-Mart store prior to the outbreak.
 * Jason O'Mara as Albert Wesker: Based on the video game character of the same name. In the film, he is the Chairman of Umbrella, and through holographic technology (due to him being in Tokyo), he has regular meetings with other prominent members of Umbrella, including Dr. Isaacs.
 * Christopher Egan as Mikey: A young but mature computer junkie who drives the "computer station" portion of the convoy. Mikey is responsible for monitoring the radio in search of other survivors as well as monitoring the motion sensor perimeter cameras.
 * Madeline Carroll as White Queen: The sister computer of the original Red Queen. She is designed to protect and preserve human life and monitor the Umbrella facility, like her sister computer. However, the White Queen has more advanced holographic technology.
 * Matthew Marsden as Alex Slater: Wesker's second-in-command after Dr. Isaacs.
 * Linden Ashby as Chase: a cowboy and ex-cop survivor who is proficient with a rifle.
 * Joe Hursley as Otto: a survivor who drives a school bus as part of the convoy.

Pre-production
Resident Evil: Extinction was first discussed by Resident Evil franchise writer Paul W. S. Anderson after Resident Evil: Apocalypse opened at number one at the US box office in 2004, earning more than $23.7 million dollars on its opening weekend. Anderson told SciFi Wire that he would like to oversee a third installment, under the original title of Resident Evil: Afterlife. Shortly after, the film and another planned sequel were officially announced by Sony Screen Gems on June 13, 2005.

On November 7, 2005, Screen Gems acquired multiple distribution rights including North America, with the film's title being changed from Resident Evil: Afterlife to Resident Evil: Extinction. Impressed with Russell Mulcahy's work on Highlander, Highlander II: The Quickening, The Shadow and Ricochet, Anderson signed Mulcahy on as director, stating: "Russell pioneered a very distinct visual style, a lot of moving camera and crane work, lots of very fast cutting. He's got a very cool eye and sees great ways to shoot. His work certainly had a big influence on me as a filmmaker and that's why I was very excited to work with him on this movie."

Casting

On June 12, 2005, Milla Jovovich was announced to reprise her role as the heroine Alice. In an interview with BlackFilm.com on September 9, 2005, Mike Epps confirmed that he would be reprising his role from Resident Evil: Apocalypse as L.J. Wade, noting that: "Black people die in these movies and [Anderson] was like, 'Well Mike, I kinda like you.' So then I asked him, 'Are you setting me up to die because if there's a fourth movie, I'm as good as dead.'" Sienna Guillory was planned to reprise her role as Jill Valentine; however, she passed on the role, citing commitments to Eragon. On May 9, 2006, Oded Fehr was confirmed to reprise his role of Carlos Oliveira, as well as Iain Glen, Spencer Locke and Ashanti Douglas who were added to the cast. It was rumored that Debra Marshall was originally cast as Cindy Lennox. However, it was proven to be only a rumor. Chris Redfield was rumored to appear in the film portrayed by Australian actor Charlie Clausen, and Leon S. Kennedy was also rumored to be played by Jensen Ackles.

Story development
The film's story takes place in Death Valley, where the large scale action sequences take place amid post-apocalyptic landscapes of Las Vegas in broad daylight. Drawing inspirations from Western films and post-apocalyptic movies, including the Mad Max series, Extinction manages to reference such predecessors, with plot elements revolving around the shortage of oil, the shortage of supplies, a convoy traveling across a desert and the desert taking over civilized land.

Anderson stated that the film's story is original, and unfolds in a world that fans of the game recognize: "It's all part of trying to deliver a movie-going experience that satisfies the fans of the game but also provides a fun cinematic experience for a broader audience that has never played a Resident Evil game." The story takes place five years after the events of Resident Evil: Apocalypse. While previous installments in the series had minor changes to plot and characters, Extinction branches completely away from the video game series, as evidenced by the fact that Resident Evil 4 takes place six years after the events portrayed in Resident Evil 2, and the world has not become overrun with zombies. References to Code: Veronica are made, such as the replica mansion and the viral outbreak itself. A common element used throughout each Resident Evil film is the climactic battle, which occurs in the finale. Extinction marked the first appearance of herbs, a healing item in the video game series, as seen in Dr. Isaac's lab, and it also referenced the first film with the inclusion of a replica Hive facility, patterned after the one in Raccoon City, the Raccoon City Hospital, a holographic computer database known as the White Queen and the replica Spencer Mansion.

Numerous references to the video game series have been made, including zombies being unleashed through a T-virus mutation. While the concept of the undead remains the same, this film includes the "Super Undead". As Anderson explains, these are "a result of Umbrella experimenting with the Undead and attempting to give them back some of their reasoning power, some of their intelligence and a little of their humanity. Unfortunately, these experiments don't quite work and the side effect is the Super Undead, which are Undead that are faster, stronger and [a] more cunning foe." Other creatures from the video game series have also made appearances in the film, including the Tyrant, a swarm of crows and a pack of Dobermans (although Belgian Shepherd Dogs were used during production).

Two main characters were added to the film's cast: Albert Wesker (portrayed by Jason O'Mara) and Claire Redfield (portrayed by Ali Larter) from Resident Evil 2.

Horror magazine Fangoria featured the film in its August 2007 issue, and also on the cover of its September 2007 issue, talking with director Russell Mulcahy. The following details reported were inaccurate, possibly indicating to a change in the storyline:
 * Alice's convoy are traveling across the Nevada desert trying to reach sanctuary in Alaska to meet Chris Redfield and other survivors. In the film, however, there is no mention of Chris, and the convoy is headed by Claire.
 * The film would feature new "super zombies" that had been "pumped up on some sort of alter-essence steroids". The final "super zombies" are created using blood taken from clones of Alice.
 * Mulcahy stated concerning the (what was then considered to be) ending of the film trilogy: "As far as I'm aware, this is indeed supposed to close the book."
 * Resident Evil: Extinction takes place eight years after Resident Evil: Apocalypse. In the film, this was contradicted when characters stated that it had been five years since the outbreak.
 * The character of Claire Redfield did not exist in the early draft scripts for the film, and previously Jill Valentine (who appeared in Resident Evil: Apocalypse played by Sienna Guillory) would continue the role in Resident Evil: Extinction. Later, producers Paul W. S. Anderson and Jeremy Bolt decided to have a separate game character appear alongside Alice, saying: "We thought, rather than bring Jill back, put her with another game heroine."

Filming and post-production
Resident Evil: Extinction began principal photography in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico in May 2006 after filming locations had to be changed from the Australian Outback to Mexico, causing production dates to be pushed back repeatedly from November 2005 to May 2006. Numerous sets were designed by production designer Eugenio Caballero, including Umbrella's underground laboratory, the Las Vegas Strip, the New York-New York Hotel & Casino, Paris Las Vegas, Realto Ponte, Luxor Hotel and the replica of the Spencer Mansion. The film entered post-production in late July 2006, with details about production being kept secret, and with the film's special effects being covered by Tatopoulos Studios and Mr. X Inc., both of whom worked on the film adaptation of Silent Hill (2006).

In late June 2006, Sony released the film's first two production stills, which included Alice wearing a costume designed by her fashion company Jovovich–Hawk, as well as Claire Redfield.

Marketing and release
The film's teaser trailer was shown with Ghost Rider on February 16, 2007, and was structured in the same manner of the "Regenerate" teaser trailer for Apocalypse. The film's website was launched by Sony on February 17, 2007, with confirmation of its September 21, 2007 release date.

The film's teaser poster was leaked onto the internet via a fansite in May 2007, before appearing on IGN, whereas a German website leaked concept art for Extinction, including vehicle and numerous set designs. The film's theatrical trailer premiered on Yahoo! Movies in late July 2007, with NBC releasing several scenes, including the crow attack sequence. The social networking website Myspace also featured numerous clips of four of the main characters—Claire Redfield, Carlos Oliveira, Nurse Betty and Alice. The official website for Extinction launched an online game titled Resident Evil: Extinction – Online Convoy Game in August 2007. On September 12, 2007, Sony released numerous promotional clips and television spots, and on September 17, 2007, the film's soundtrack was released, whereas the film's score was released on December 18, 2007.

On July 31, 2007, a full two months before the film's release, a novelization by Keith R. A. DeCandido was published. At 368 pages, it is the longest of all of the Resident Evil novels. DeCandido also wrote the novelizations of the first (subtitled as Genesis) and second films.

Resident Evil: Extinction was released on DVD, UMD, and high-definition Blu-ray Disc in North America on January 1, 2008. A Blu-ray release of the Resident Evil trilogy, featuring the three films in one package, was also released on January 1. A three-disc DVD set of the Resident Evil trilogy was also made available in 2008. Milla Jovovich and Oded Fehr filmed a commentary while Jovovich was pregnant, which Fehr expected to be shown "in a little square box in the corner" of the Blu-ray version. The DVD and Blu-ray versions of the film showed previews for Resident Evil: Degeneration, a trailer of Devil May Cry 4 and a video of Resident Evil 5. Resident Evil: Extinction was released on DVD in Australia on February 13, 2008, and in the UK on the February 18, 2008.

Box office
Resident Evil: Extinction was the number one movie at the North American box office on its opening weekend, grossing $23 million in 2,828 theaters, averaging $8,372 per theater. As of January 1, 2008, the film had grossed $50,648,679 domestically, and $97 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $148.4 million.

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of based on  reviews, with an average rating of. The site's critics consensus reads: "Resident Evil: Extinction is more of the same; its few impressive action sequences unable to compensate for the pedestrian plot." On Metacritic it has a score of 41 out of 100, based on reviews from twelve critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B− on scale of A to F.

Steven Hyden of The Onion′s A.V. Club said that "the movie delivers some simple-minded thrills" and praised the "solidly effective killer-ravens sequence" but felt the film was too predictable, saying: "Anybody who has ever seen a zombie movie can figure out what happens next. Somebody will get bit without telling the others, which will inevitably backfire. Survivors will be forced to shoot suddenly undead friends in the head. One of them dastardly science folk will protect the monsters in order to study them, which will also inevitably backfire. And legions of undead will be re-killed in surprisingly easy fashion."

Kevin Crust of The Los Angeles Times praised the film, saying that "the story and characters are surprisingly engaging, with fight scenes and scares effectively placed between plot turns" although he felt that the ending was too "open-ended". Scott Brown of Entertainment Weekly said that Extinction "plays like a flabby middle chapter, full of nerdy details but fraudulently short on the ruined Vegas-scape that ads have been promising." Jack Mathews of the New York Daily News gave the film a score of one and a half stars out of five, calling the action scenes "monotonous" and urging audiences to "flee this yawn of the dead." Helen O'Hara of Empire gave Extinction a score of two out of five, but said that the film was "better than Resident Evil: Apocalypse" and had "an effectively creepy empty world setting"."

Frank Scheck says that as the film is "fast-paced and filled with brisk action sequences", it should "reasonably satisfy the devotees." Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide gave the film a score of two and a half stars out of four, saying: "Equal parts Mad Max and Day of the Dead, [Extinction] is no less derivative than its predecessors but moves along at a brisk clip." Pete Vonder Haar of Film Threat gave Extinction a score of three out of five, saying that the film had "rather lazy pacing", but added that "the way Anderson keeps upping the ante with regard to Alice's ultimate fate continues to amuse."

A common complaint was the noticeable digital airbrushing on many close-up shots of Jovovich's face, which many reviewers found bizarre or unnecessary. The film won the Golden Trailer Award for Best Action Poster and was nominated for Best TV Spot.

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Talk:Dagesh

Ghimmel
No mention of Gimmel without daghesh? Ghimmel is pronounced by most non-Ashkenazic communities, and yet its not mentioned

Mappiq
Looking up mapiq in wikipedia redirects you to dagesh, however, the only mention of mapiq on the dagesh page is that it looks like dagesh, but has a completly different phonetic function.

Dagesh Kal; Dagesh Hazzak?
The article mentions Dagesh Kal and Dagesh Hazzek without saying what they are. There should at least be a short 'definition' of what they are and how they relate to Dagesh. -- 85.72.13.23 21:09, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Mappik
The mappik is a dot that looks like a dagesh. It is inserted in a final heh to indicate that the letter is pronounced as a consonant, even though it is found at the end of a word. The mappik also indicates that the heh is part of the root of the word. Source: Jacobson, Chanting the Hebrew Bible,  pp. 295-6.
 * Since mappiq and dagesh are quite distinct, and merely visually identical, I see no reason to give details of mappiq in this article – the link alone should suffice. Also worth mentioning the (again visually identical) piercing that turns a vav into a shuruq. Vilĉjo 16:47, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, contrary to what Jacobson reportedly indicates above, the primary use of mapiq is in the feminine third-person possessive, as in, for example achah, "her brother", where the final h has a mapiq. Tom e rtalk  04:32, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * You are correct and Jacobson is correct. There is no contradiction. Although indistinguishable for most modern speakers or readers of Hebrew, the mappiq is placed in the word-final He in the third-person feminine singular possessive to indicate that the letter is pronounced as a consonant. Today such a pronunciation only occurs in religious contexts, by careful readers of the scriptures. Shiafishman (talk) 01:02, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I disagree.  Just because they have different semantics doesn't mean it doesn't bear mention.  Confusion between a mapiq and a Dagesh is common, and so the distinction is worth mention.  Vonfraginoff 21:18, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

rules for dagesh?
Anybody want to take a stab at the rules for dagesh insertion, or perhaps Hebrew nikud rules in general? I can barely remember my lessons on this subject, and don't have a reference grammar handy Vonfraginoff 21:20, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Mnemonics
Suggest that we reorder the consonants and mention the hebrew mnemonics, e.g. בגדכפת - Vonfraginoff 21:22, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Matres lectionis
What does this have to do with the dagesh? FilipeS 21:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * True, atually, all following sections don't belong here:
 * 4 Pronunciation of modern Israeli Hebrew
 * 4.1 Matres lectionis
 * 4.2 Loanwords
 * and 4.3 Same pronunciation is maybe relevant concerning ב / ו, ח / כ, ת / ט, ק / כּ. Dan Pelleg 14:13, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm placing the above sections in remark tags (<!-- ... -->), if someone thinks they would fit somewhere else, please move them there. Dan Pelleg 22:41, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Peh Sofit
Hi don't know how to edit the table in the beginning but someone should edit in that there exists a peh sofit with a dagesh in proverbs 30:6 It says here in the footnote that kaf sofit is rare, but this is rarer! Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.105.197 (talk) 06:08, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Merging Begadkefat into "Dagesh kal"
The Begadkefat article describs what "Dagesh kal" does. For that reason i think Begadkefat should be merged into this article.--EsB (talk) 10:16, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
 * – It also:
 * covers the orthography more generally, i.e., explains also the effect of dagesh ẖazaq on these letters, refers to rafe, and accounts for modern Hebrew cases of dagesh which can't be standardly defined as either "qal" or "ẖazaq" (e.g. "רֶכֶּז" or "לֶבֶּן")
 * more generally describes the "phenomenon of spirantization ... [in] Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic ... [and] similar cases of spirantization of post-vocalic plosives in other languages",
 * provides an account of the historical change in begadkefat spirantization as a verbal phenomenon, independent of the written diacritic "dagesh".
 * Dan ☺ 14:55, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The begadkephat is a specific and detailed enough case of dagesh to necessitate its own article explaining spirantization and the history of pronunciation.

Commented-out content after Rafe section
There is a large amount of content commented out right after the Rafe section. It should be looked through to see what should be uncommented and what should be removed. --- Wikitiki89 (talk) - 11:37, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Meaning
The Meaning section is very one-sided. It needs some more sources. --- Wikitiki89 (talk) - 11:40, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I removed it. It's based on a single source, which calls itself "amateur". --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 13:41, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Pronunciation section too short?
There has been an editorial comment in the text of the article for months which I am now moving here, where it belongs. The complaint was that the pronunciation section is much too short "and does not include all the details of the Beged Kefeth rules, nor does it include Temani versions." Tracy Hall (talk) 08:47, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Heh Mappiq covered in Dagesh Qal section
The article describes mappiq in heh, but calls it dagesh qal. This is an error as they are normally described as separate diacritics with identical appearance. Dijekjapen (talk) 17:00, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

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Molly Stanton

Molly Stanton is an American actress.

Biography
Stanton is best known for her role as Charity Standish on the soap opera Passions from the show's debut in 1999 until 2004. Stanton also played Charity's evil doppelganger Zombie Charity as well as her character's own ancestor Prudence Standish in flashbacks.

Before acting, she attended the University of California, Berkeley for part of her freshman year. She has guest-starred on television shows such as 10-8 and CSI: Miami. Stanton starred on The WB's Twins alongside Sara Gilbert and Melanie Griffith, which aired from September 2005 to May 2006, playing the role of Farrah.

Molly starred on Fox Network's Do Not Disturb alongside Jerry O'Connell and Niecy Nash, which aired in the Fall of 2008. The show was canceled after 3 episodes. In 2009, Stanton appeared in Miss March as Candace. In 2013 she played Olivia King in “Year End Blowout”, S2:E7 of Major Crimes.

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Move to the Roosters
I don't like it any more than you do, but the article makes it pretty clear that he's gonna go. The page should reflect this until new information is brought into the light. The "player revolt" business is pretty obviously just media hype and isn't encyclopedic information. I did get the year wrong though, thanks for that.--Jeff79 06:32, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Quotes
While Don't die with the music in you is the name of Wayne's book, I don't think he was the first to use that expression. The book contains several quotes that Bennett has taken from other famous speakers, and I think in it he attributes the title to one of those people. I'm sure a better example of a Bennett quote could be taken from the book.--Jeff79 23:37, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Record?
Is Bennett's tenure with the broncos a record for a coach in rugby league, or for that matter, either rugby code? If so, might be worth a mention.--Jeff79 (talk) 15:12, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Certainly within the NSWRL/ARL/NRL, Bennett is second to none in terms of games for one club (which is what I think you're getting at). According to this list though, he is marginally behind Tim Sheens in terms of total number of games coached. In terms of total seasons at one club, I don't have the resources to find out straight away unfortunately. mdmanser (talk) 15:16, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually was referring to time with one club. Might be a record in world rugby league. Not sure though.--Jeff79 (talk) 15:24, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Wayne Bennett image switch
Looking to resolve a few issues on the Wayne Bennett (rugby league) page. Have tried to enter into a discussion with another user, however this has met with mild resentment, and despite my efforts to start a meaningful dialogue this has yet to bear fruit. Hoping a request for comment can get things moving forward. Basically looking to move the better landscape image to the infobox and the portrait image to the body text.This deal is getting worse all the time. (talk) 14:56, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * See related discussion here. Status quo is fine as the current infobox image is newer and more clearly focused on the subject (who is also facing the camera). The picture in the body text is of both the subject and the NRL trophy amongst a crowd of people. It is a more appropriate illustration for a section detailing the winning of that trophy.--Jeff79 (talk) 15:01, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * There is the issue of a Brisbane Broncos player being in the portrait image, a dimension that is possibly better suited to the body text.This deal is getting worse all the time. (talk) 15:04, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Believe that should resolve this issue. Have addressed any problems you may have had with the timeline, and cropped the image to show Bennett alone, the NRL trophy nowhere in sight. Hopefully this can considered a more than satisfactory conclusion to the problems on the page.This deal is getting worse all the time. (talk) 15:18, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Obviously I a very ameniable to the images within the Broncos section being flipped right-to-left.This deal is getting worse all the time. (talk) 15:19, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

And you actually think that's better? Now both pics are down in the body text with a cropped version of one of them in the infobox. Well done Londo.--Jeff79 (talk) 15:53, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes to the first. That's correct to the second and lastly your welcome, but my handle is actually Lando, as in Calrissian.This deal is getting worse all the time. (talk) 16:00, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Re your Third Opinion request: Since an RfC has been submitted for this dispute, please conclude or terminate that RfC before also requesting a Third Opinion. I have removed your request from the active requests list at the Third Opinion project, but please feel free to relist it there if your RfC does not resolve your dispute. Best regards,  T RANSPORTER M AN  ( TALK ) 15:21, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

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Buggered if I can work out why the 2nd Brisbane stint is not showing in the infobox since his pre-NRL clubs were re-added. Is there possibly a limit on how many lines can be used? Doctorhawkes (talk) 10:18, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure, Doctorhawkes. User:Theanonymousentry: "St. George Illawarra" is absolutely adequate. There is no need to make the infobox excessively wide for the sake of adding "Dragons".--Gibson Flying V (talk) 00:54, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

to present
Representative rugby league with England is an ongoing assignment and the position with players is not. In this situation it is to present scenario. Comments invited.Theanonymousentry (talk) 08:32, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
 * There is a long-standing and well-adhered-to consensus to never use 'present' for representative teams. You don't appear to have convinced anyone that this should change.--Gibson Flying V (talk) 00:52, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
 * My position is that it is either solely illustrative of match day games played, and thus should not even be there at all, or that it is indicative of what he has done in signing a contract with the RFL which has been rolling for several months and thus should be to present and showing the zero games coached for the England team.Theanonymousentry (talk) 08:26, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm ok with present for coaches of rep teams, as it is a continuous (and sometimes fulltime) position. Mattlore (talk) 10:19, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Once editors see it done here, they'll replicate it elsewhere, then it'll spread onto playing and we've seen what a mess that becomes. Let's just be consistent, shall we?--Gibson Flying V (talk) 01:04, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Have a look at Mal, Kevin Walters or Stephen Kearney. Apart from Daley I can't find another current rep team coach that doesn't use present. It is a different argument from players. Mattlore (talk) 08:05, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Perhaps it might be worthwhile to add it to the MOS, maybe with the need to add a cited source to the article covering the continuing position.Theanonymousentry (talk) 08:53, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Let me get this straight. You actually think the potential cost of this is worth the nothingness that's gained by having a dash where one wasn't previously?--Gibson Flying V (talk) 23:25, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe so.Theanonymousentry (talk) 09:07, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

What about the dude's resemblance to skeletor??? Someone's incorrectly deleted it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.198.53.12 (talk) 02:20, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was keep the revised version. Sjakkalle (Check!)  09:54, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia
Accuracy and validaity of claim is disputed (see original talk page.) Not enough evidence to justify speedy. Manning 08:02, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 *  Delete  - Sounds very much like false pretender (of Alexis Brimeyer variety) but not notable as such (possibly just starting). Not to mention that the talk page effectively claims that all royal families have "serbian ancestry", meaning it is possibly serbian-nationalist propaganda. Dubious at best - Skysmith 08:45, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Fair enough for me. Nationalist cruft (and the fact that Brimeyer claimed to be king of Yugoslavia) aroused my suspicions. No vote - Skysmith 09:02, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - This is a real person who is a real prince of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia was a monarchy in the first part of the 20th century and the descendents of the royal family have kept their titles. Nothing to dispute here. He's not claiming to be the real king or anything. The "NONSENS" in the talk page referred to Dimitri being the son of Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, which he isn't (he is the son of another Alexander). He is, I believe, the crown prince's second cousin third cousin . I don't know why there is a rant about ancient Serbian kings in the discussion page. --Cam 15:30, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Added links and removed the nationalist cruft. --Cam 15:45, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep now. Move the link to "External link" section, add category if possible. Pavel Vozenilek 20:33, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I looked up the royal lineage of the Kings of Yugoslavia in Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe by Jìŕí Louda and Michael Maclagan, and this information is there. I noticed that the link cited by User:Cam above also makes its claim based on the second edition of the same work. John Barleycorn 23:37, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. don´t see why this article should be deleted... Antares911 16:38, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

 * In this revision, it could stay and it is correct, in spite of content of discussion page. So, keep it. --Ninam 01:57, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

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Cox's Bazar

Cox's Bazar (কক্সবাজার; ) is a city, fishing port, tourism centre, and district headquarters in southeastern Bangladesh. Cox's Bazar Beach, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Bangladesh, is the longest uninterrupted natural beach in the world. Located 150 km south of the city of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar is also known by the name Panowa, which translates literally as "yellow flower." An old name was "Palongkee". Kutupalong refugee camp, the world's largest refugee camp, is in Cox's Bazar.

The city covers an area of 23.4 km2 with 58 mahallas and 27 wards and as of 2022 had a population of nearly 200,000. Cox's Bazar is connected by road and air with Chittagong.

The modern Cox's Bazar derives its name from Captain Hiram Cox, an officer of the British East India Company, a Superintendent of Palongkee outpost. To commemorate his role in refugee rehabilitation work, a market was established and named after him. It is one of Bangladesh's main tourist spots. In 2023 Bangladesh evacuated over 50,000 people to safe shelters as Cyclone Mocha approached.

History
During the early 9th century, the greater Chittagong area, including Cox's Bazar, was under the rule of Arakan kings until its conquest by the Mughals in 1666. When the Mughal Prince Shah Shuja was passing through the hilly terrain of the present-day Cox's Bazar on his way to Arakan, he was attracted to its scenic and captivating beauty. He commanded his forces to camp there. His retinue of one thousand palanquins stopped there for some time. A place named Dulahazara, meaning "one thousand palanquins," still exists in the area. After the Mughals, the place came under the control of the Tipras and the Arakanese, followed by the Portuguese and then the British.

The name Cox's Bazar originated from the name of a British East India Company officer, Captain Hiram Cox, who was appointed as the Superintendent of Palonki (today's Cox's Bazar) outpost. He succeeded Warren Hastings, who became the Governor of Bengal following the British East India Company Act in 1773. Cox embarked upon the task of rehabilitation and settlement for the Arakanese refugees in the area. He rehabilitated many refugees in the area, but died in 1799 before finishing his work. To commemorate him, a market was established and named after him, called Cox's Bazar. Cox's Bazar was first established in 1854 and became a municipality in 1869.

After the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857, the British East India Company was highly criticised on humanitarian grounds, especially for its opium trade monopoly over the Indian Sub-Continent. However, after its dissolution on January 1, 1874, the company's assets, including its armed forces, were acquired by the British Crown. After this takeover, Cox's Bazar was declared a district of the Bengal Province under the British Crown.

20th century
Just after the end of British rule in 1947, Cox's Bazar became part of East Pakistan. Captain Advocate Fazlul Karim, the first post-independence chairman of Cox's Bazar Municipality, established the Tamarisk Forest along the beach. He wanted to attract tourists as well as to protect the beach from tsunamis. He donated much of his father-in-law's and his own lands as sites for constructing a public library and a town hall. Karim was inspired to build Cox's Bazar as a tourist spot after seeing beaches of Bombay and Karachi, and was a resort pioneer in developing Cox's Bazar as a destination. Karim established a maternity hospital, the stadium and the drainage system by procuring grants from the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation through correspondence. T. H. Matthews, the principal of the Dacca Engineering College (1–49~1954), was a friend who had helped him in these fundraising efforts. Engineer Chandi Charan Das was the government civil engineer who worked on all these projects.

In 1959 the municipality was turned into a town committee.

In 1961 the Geological Survey of Pakistan initiated investigation of radioactive minerals like monazite around the Cox's Bazar sea-beach area.

In 1971, Cox's Bazar wharf was used as a naval port by the Pakistan Navy's gunboats. This and the nearby airstrip of the Pakistan Air Force were the scene of intense shelling by the Indian Navy during the Bangladesh Liberation War. During the war, Pakistani soldiers killed many people in the town, including eminent lawyer Jnanendralal Chowdhury. The killing of two freedom fighters named Farhad and Subhash at Badar Mokam is also recorded in history.

After Bangladesh's independence, Cox's Bazar started to receive administrative attention. In 1972 the town committee of Cox's Bazar was once again turned into a municipality. In 1975, The Government of Bangladesh established a pilot plant at Kalatali. In 1984, Cox's Bazar subdivision was promoted to a district, and five years later (in 1989) the Cox's Bazar municipality was elevated to B-grade. In 1994 (jobs) the Marine Fisheries and Technology Station (MFTS) was established at Cox's Bazar. MFTS is a research station of Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) headquartered in Mymensingh. The station covers a land area of four hectares and contains five laboratories.

21st century
In September 2012 the municipality was the site of the Cox's Bazar and Ramu riots, where local Muslims attacked the Buddhist community over an alleged Quran desecration posted to Facebook.

In 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar arrived in Cox's Bazar District, amounting to 725,000 in October 2018; the resulting Kutupalong refugee camp became the largest refugee camp in the world.

On 14 May 2020, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was detected among the 860,000 refugees who lived in Cox's Bazar district.

In March 2021, a fire at the refugee camp left 15 dead and some 400 missing and displaced more than 45,000 mostly Rohingya refugees.

Geography and climate
Cox's Bazar is located 150 km south of the divisional headquarter city of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar town has an area of 6.85 km2, and is bounded by Bakkhali River on the north and East, Bay of Bengal in the West, and Jhilwanj Union in the south.

The beach in Cox's Bazar has a gentle slope and with an unbroken length of 155 km it is often termed the "longest natural unbroken sea beach" in the world.

Cox's Bazar lies on a coastal plain in the southeastern corner of Bangladesh. From above, the plain appears to bulge out into the Bay of Bengal. Along the shore is an extensive area of beach and dunes. Most of the city is built on a floodplain that is lower in elevation than the dunes, making it more susceptible to flooding due to cyclones and storm surges. The Cox's Bazar coastal plain was formed after the sea reached its present level around 6,500 years ago, with the area of the current floodplain originally forming a sediment sink that has since been gradually filled in by the Bakkhali river as well as smaller streams coming down from the hills.

The climate of Bangladesh is mostly determined by its location in the tropical monsoon climate region: high temperatures, heavy rainfall, and generally excessive humidity, with distinct seasonal variations. The climate of Cox's Bazar is mostly similar to the rest of the country, but with an even wetter southwest monsoon season due to its coastal location. The annual average temperature in Cox's Bazar is a maximum of 30.1 C and a minimum of 22.0 C. The average annual rainfall is 3,524 mm.

Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladesh census, Cox's Bazar city had a population of 196,374.

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Cox's Bazar had 31,431 households and a population of 167,477. 38,042 (22.71%) were under 10 years of age. Cox's Bazar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 55.72%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 776 females per 1000 males. Ethnic population is 1,686 (1.01%), of which Rakhine were 1,447.

Educational institutions
1962: Cox's Bazar Government College is the earliest secondary and bachelor's degree offering college founded in Cox's Bazar. 1985: Cox's Bazar Law College is the first profession-based college founded in this district.

1991: Cox's Bazar Govt. Women's College is the first Secondary and bachelor's degree offering college in this district solely for women.

2006: Cox's Bazar Commerce College is the First College only for Business Studies, Humanities and Business Management.

2008: Cox's Bazar Medical College is the first medical college in this district.

2013: Cox's bazar international university is the first private university founded in this district. The motto of the university is Enlightening Tomorrow.

Other colleges in this area: Cox's Bazar Polytechnic Institute, Cox's Bazar Technical School and College, Cox's Bazar City College, Cox's Bazar DC College, Uttaran Model College Cox's Bazar, Cox's Bazar Harvard International College, Ramu Government College, Ukhiya Degree College, Women College Ukhiya, Teknaf Government College, Moin Uddin Memorial College Nelah Teknaf, many more

High schools: Cox's Bazar Govt. High School, Cox's Bazar Govt. Girl's High School, Cox's Bazar Model High School, Bheola Manik Char High School, Ramu Cantonment English School, Ramu Khizari Govt. High School, Biam Laboratory School and College, Kishalaya Model High School, Chakaria korak biddyapith, Chakaria Govt. High School, Palong Model High School, Shilkhali High School, Pekua, Ukhiya Govt. High School, Nheela High School, Poura Preparatory High School.
 * Sheikh Hasina Joarianala Girls High School, Joarianala, Ramu,Cox'sbazar

Economy and development
The major economic activity in Cox's Bazar is tourism. A number of hotels, guest houses, and motels have been built in the city and coastal region, and many people are involved in the service industry. Oysters, snails, pearls and their ornaments are very popular with tourists and people are involved in the transportation business for tourists.

People are involved in fishing and collecting seafood and sea products for their livelihood. Cox's Bazar is one of the few major spots for aquaculture in Bangladesh. Along with Khulna, it is considered a major source of revenue from foreign exchanges. Besides a mix of small-scale agriculture, marine and inland fishing and salt production are other industrial sources that play important roles in the national economy.

In April 2007, as Bangladesh was connected to the submarine cable network as a member of the SEA-ME-WE-4 Consortium, Cox's Bazar was selected as the landing station of the submarine cable.

Road
The N110 is the national highway that connects the city with country's capital and largest city Dhaka as well as with many other parts of the country via N1.

There are services from companies such as Green Line Paribahan, Shohag Enterprise and many others to travel to Cox's Bazar. The price range for these premium bus rides varies from Tk. 1200 to Tk. 2500 depending on the seats and the bus.

Travelling by bus to Cox's Bazar from Dhaka generally takes about 9–12 hours depending on the traffic.

In Jan 2024, two open top buses for tourists were launched, travelling from Laboni Point to Sabrang in Teknaf via Marine Drive.

Airport
The city of Cox's Bazar is served by Cox's Bazar Airport, located northwest of the city. It is one of Bangladesh's busiest domestic airports. The main airlines serving the airport are Biman Bangladesh Airlines, US-Bangla Airlines, Novoair and Regent Airways. In November 2020, Biman Bangladesh Airlines started flights between Sylhet and Cox's Bazar, which was the first direct flight between two cities without any connecting flight from Dhaka. Cox's Bazar Airport is in the process of being upgraded to an international airport in order to attract more tourists. This will make it the fourth international airport in Bangladesh.

Rail
The Cox's Bazar railway station is the main railway station of the district which provides trains on Chittagong–Cox's Bazar line operated by the state-run Bangladesh Railway. This station also provides trains that run from Dhaka, such as the Cox's Bazaar Express. In November 11, 2023, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Cox's Bazar railway station. The station was opened to the public in December 1, 2023.

Tourism

 * Cox's Bazar Beach: The beach in Cox's Bazar is the main attraction of the town with an unbroken length of 150 km also termed the "longest natural unbroken sea beach" in the world. There are several 3 stars and 5 star hotels provide the exclusive beachside area with accessories for the tourist. Visitors in other hotels visit Laboni beach which is the area of the beach closest to the town. Other than the beach there are several places of interest near the town which can easily be visited from the town center.
 * Himchari National Park : Himchari is located just south of the Cox's Bazar town. It consists of lush tropical rain forest, grasslands and trees, and features a number of waterfalls, the biggest of which cascades down toward the sandy, sun-drenched beach. The National Park was established in 1980 by the Government of Bangladesh as a conservation area for research, education, and recreation. Once it was the stomping grounds of herds of Asian elephant. It is still home to a limited number of these mammals.
 * Aggmeda Khyang: a large Buddhist monastery, and a place revered by around 400,000 Buddhist people of Cox's Bazar; and the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The main sanctuary is posted on a series of round timber columns. It has a prayer chamber and an assembly hall along with a repository of large and small bronze Buddha images and a number of old manuscripts.
 * Ramu: about 10 km from Cox's Bazar, is a village with a sizeable Buddhist population. The village sells handicrafts and homemade cigars. There are monasteries, khyangs and pagodas containing images of Buddha in bronze, gold and other metals with precious stones. One of the temples, on the bank of the Baghkhali River, houses relics and Burmese handicrafts, and also a large bronze statue of Buddha measuring thirteen feet high which rests on a six feet high pedestal. Weavers ply their trade in open workshops and craftsmen make handmade cigars in their pagoda like houses.
 * Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park is the first Safari Park in Bangladesh. Dulahazara Safari Park was developed on an undulating landscape of around 2,224 acres (9.00 km2) of area at Chakaria Upazila in Cox's Bazar District. The nature of the forest is tropical evergreen and rich with Garjan, Boilam, Telsur, and Chapalish along with herbs, shrubs, and creepers. Safari Park is a declared protected area where the animals are kept in a fairly large area with natural environment and visitors can easily see the animal whenever they visit by bus, jeep or on foot. This park was established on the basis of South Asian model. This safari park is an extension of an animal sanctuary located along the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar road about 50 km from Cox's Bazar town. The sanctuary itself protects a large number of wild elephants which are native to the area. In the safari park, there are domesticated elephants which are available for a ride. Other animal attractions include lions, Bengal tigers, Crocodiles, Bears, Chitals and a variety of birds and monkeys.

The only aquarium in Bangladesh is in Cox's Bazar. Attractions also include parasailing, water biking, beach biking, horse riding, Cox Carnival circus show, Daria Nagar Ecopark, Cox's Bazar Development Authority, numerous architectural attractions, Shishu Parks and numerous photogenic sites. The largest safari park in the country, Bangabandhu Safari Park, is nearby. There is a forest reserve, Naf Tourism Park, which also has a cable car planned.

 * Radiant Fish World: Radiant Fish World is a sea aquarium.
 * Cox's Bazar–Teknaf Marine Drive: Its the road that goes to Teknaf from Cox's Bazar. There is a sea on one side and hill on the other.

In 2013, the Bangladesh Government formed the Tourist Police unit to protect local and foreign tourists better, as well as to look after the nature and wildlife in the tourist spots of Cox's Bazar.

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