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Is there any standard Wikipedia method of referring to soccer/football, so as to avoid mini-wiki-wars between people changing the word from one to another? Peruvianllama 16:37, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

 * This recurring issue has been pretty well solved in the football/soccer articles: If the distinction isn't made clear by the context then a clarifier can be used, eg Football (soccer), Football (soccer) field, etc, but if the context says it all or it is specific to a sport then it is not required. --Daveb 02:44, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

New features of Kick Off
Weren't some of the features suggested as new in the article in other games before. If memory serves me right, you could also view action replays in Microprose Soccer. Other "new" features may have been there before, too.

action replays on Kick Off were available with different speeds and also you were able to save them on Floppy disk. --Filippodb 12:37, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Other games published
There's a game named Kick Off 97, published by Maxis and developed by Anco and another called Kick Off 98, developed by Anco and published by Dinamic Multimedia (at least in Spain & portugal). May someone add them? 193.147.239.254 (talk) 23:51, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Kick Off 97 and Kick Off 98
Added to serie --El Pantera (talk) 12:49, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week/Ostalgie

Ostalgie

 * Nominated on 16:40, 15 July 2005 (UTC); needs 5 votes by July 22. (pruned at 23h. 23 July)

So much potential in these post-Communism articles. I think they're fun.

Support:
 * 1) Juppiter 16:40, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Youngamerican 13:45, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Joolz 23:10, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) 213.202.149.63 04:56, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * Here's an interesting story for those who aren't sure whether to support! http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article300319.ece -- Joolz 23:58, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/


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Wilfred Stamp, 2nd Baron Stamp

Wilfred Carlyle Stamp, 2nd Baron Stamp, MA, ACA (28 October 1904 – 16 April 1941) was a son of the British banker Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp. He holds the record for holding a peerage for the shortest length of time.

Stamp was born in Hereford, while his father was working there as a civil servant for the Inland Revenue.

He was educated at The Leys School, Cambridge, then went up to King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as Master of Arts.

He became by profession a chartered accountant.

Stamp married on 10 December 1929, a fellow Cambridge graduate (BA), Katharine Mary, daughter of Tom Wickett of Redruth, Cornwall. They had three daughters:

 * The Hon. Nancy Elizabeth Stamp, born 21 June 1931.
 * The Hon. Veronica Stamp, born 25 May 1934.
 * The Hon. Jessica Catherine Stamp, born 21 September 1936.

At time of his death he lived near his father at 'Farringleys', Park Hill Road, Shortlands, Beckenham, Kent.

Stamp was killed, aged thirty-six, along with his father Josiah Stamp, the second-richest man in Britain at the time, when the latter's house, 'Tantallon' in Park Hill Road, Shortlands, Beckenham, was bombed in 1941 during The Blitz. Stamp's mother, Olive Jessie Stamp, Lady Stamp, was killed by the same bomb. They were buried at Beckenham Cemetery.

English law has a legal fiction that, when the order of death is indeterminable, the eldest is deemed to have died first. Legally therefore Wilfred momentarily inherited the peerage of Baron Stamp and the family had to pay death duty twice. Because Wilfred left no sons, the peerage was passed to his father's second son Trevor.

The shortest peerage without legal fiction was Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, who outlived his brother Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, by an hour. (See Duke of Suffolk.)

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Shaun Pye

Shaun Pye is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television producer, known for co-creating the animated sketch comedy Monkey Dust with Harry Thompson, and for his role as Greg Lindley-Jones on Ricky Gervais's sitcom Extras. Pye created and wrote There She Goes.

Career
A former comedy critic for the Evening Standard and editor of Tough Puzzles, Pye has performed as a comedian. He is, however, known best for his work as a writer, having written material for series including Never Mind the Buzzcocks, They Think It's All Over, Armstrong and Miller, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Would I Lie to You?, and Channel 4's The 100 Greatest Cartoons. He also worked as one of the head writers on 8 Out of 10 Cats alongside presenter Jimmy Carr and fellow comedian Frankie Boyle.

He first met his comedy partner Harry Thompson while working on The 11 O'Clock Show, and together they created the dark satirical animation Monkey Dust, which broadcast on BBC Three for three series. The pair collaborated with Alan Connor in 2006 to create Respectable, a sitcom for channel Five about a suburban brothel. Following Thompson's death from lung cancer in 2005, Shaun took over production of the show. He also co-produced the short-lived quiz show It's Only TV... But I Like It.

Pye co-created The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret with comedian David Cross for Channel 4.

As of October 2015, Pye is a "Programme Associate" on the BBC comedy panel show Have I Got News for You.

Pye was the creator and writer of There She Goes, a 2018 programme on BBC Four about a family with a learning disability. It was based on Pye's experiences with his daughter, who was born in 2006 with a chromosomal disorder.

From 2019 to 2022, Pye was a writer on Frankie Boyle's New World Order.

In 2021, he co-wrote the second series of Jerk, alongside Tim Renkow. Pye also appeared as a paramedic in one episode of the show.

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Elbow Falls

Elbow Falls is a small set of waterfalls along the Elbow River, west of the hamlet of Bragg Creek within Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta. They are located along Highway 66, 20 km west of the Bragg Creek turnoff on Highway 22.

In the dry season, the falls reach a height of 6 m, while in June, during high discharges, the river fills up and the waterfall is only 3 m high.

A day use area (i.e. picnics) is maintained at the falls site, and also serves as the start/finish of a short 1 km long hiking trail. Overnight camping is available at several nearby campgrounds.

After the 2013 Alberta floods, the day use area was destroyed. The Elbow River overflowed its banks and destroyed all of the picnicking area and most of the paved trails. The riverbed itself also suffered major destruction, now being replaced by mounds of rock, rather than soil and trees.

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Talk:Ostalgie

Better state
''When the renowned West-German magazine Der Spiegel asked former GDR-inhabitants whether the GDR "was the better state" (compared to present-day Germany), 57% of them answered yes. To the statement of the interviewing journalist that "GDR inhabitants did not have the freedom to travel wherever they wanted", Germans replied that "present-day low-wage workers do not have that freedom either".''

That doesn't seem right at all. The actual article is here, and the actual quote is

''Today, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, 57 percent, or an absolute majority, of eastern Germans defend the former East Germany. "The GDR had more good sides than bad sides. There were some problems, but life was good there," say 49 percent of those polled. Eight percent of eastern Germans flatly oppose all criticism of their former home and agree with the statement: "The GDR had, for the most part, good sides. Life there was happier and better than in reunified Germany today."''

So 57% said that life there had more good than bad sides, but only 8% said that is was better than in the reunified Germany. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.115.127.65 (talk) 18:04, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Spin
To use "suffering from Ostalgie" clearly shows an Anti-Ostalgie spin. Whoever wrote this had a quite laughably clear intent to show his view and not a neutral one.

obsolete brands
Quote: Now available are obsolete brands of East German foodstuffs... How can a brand be obsolete? A product can be obsolete, but a brand!? 86.56.0.159 21:51, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Odd sentence
There are however, many former East and West German citizens who deny the existence of these cultural divisions as well as the existence of separate East and West German perspectives.

Um, really? I mean, I'm sure there are people who think it's a bad thing, but does anyone seriously deny the existence of ostalgie? There are whole cottage industries based around it.

I'm tempted to erase this as uncited, but then, there isn't a single cite in the whole article, so that seems kind of unfair... --Jfruh (talk) 00:30, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I came to the talk page intending to comment on that very sentence, and ask what it's supposed to mean. It does seem very odd. What on Earth does denying "the existence of separate East and West German perspectives" mean? How can one deny that some East Germans do claim a specific perspective? And any sentence stating that "many citizens deny..." should definitely provide a source. Aridd (talk) 12:45, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

The Lives of Others
"The Lives of Others: Film produced as a counterpoint to Ostalgie" - I'd be surprised if a citation can be produced to support that the film was produced with this specific intent. If not, "Film that could be seen as a counterpoint to Ostalgie" might be fair enough. Mutt Lunker (talk) 11:54, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

End of History
Fukuyama's essay the End of History seems to predict Ostalgie
 * "The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands. In the post-historical period there will be neither art nor philosophy, just the perpetual caretaking of the museum of human history. I can feel in myself, and see in others around me, a powerful nostalgia for the time when history existed."

Not sure if you guys want to add this96.49.243.17 (talk) 17:33, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Huh... how about that...
Turns out "C'etait Mieux en DDR" is an actual cultural phenomenon, not just a jokey album title. 193.63.174.211 (talk) 08:43, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Video/DVD
I changed "available on video and DVD" to "video tape and DVD". For many readers "video" may be a synonym for "VHS", but the link directs to video that discusses all formats, not only VHS. So in its original form it meant "available on video and on one of the many formats for video", which seemed redundant. 207.45.249.143 (talk)

Berliner Mauer zurück
I added the following text:
 * A popular t-shirt logo says "Give me back my Wall. And this time make it two meters higher!"

But I removed it because my google search for "Berliner Mauer zurück" did not confirm this exact claim. However IMO the "Berliner Mauer zurück" does have circulation. Weißt du etwas? - üser:Altenmann >t 08:20, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

OK my bad search. should have been "meine Mauer zurück" -> "Gib mir meine Mauer zurück und macht sie dieses Mal zwei Meter höher!", bu the hit is the German version of the same artikel. - üser:Altenmann >t 08:28, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Also 'Ich will meine Mauer zurück! Aber zwei Meter höher!' But all are not that popular as the article claims. - üser:Altenmann >t

Arguements
Is there any particular purpose to this section? It reads like it's from a sociology dissertation (ie expressing a POV) rather than a neutral encyclopaedia entry. Aside from it not really adding anything to the article, it's largely incomprehensible and feels like it's been rather poorly translated from a German original piece. 81.138.180.193 (talk) 16:16, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in Santa Barbara, California.

It reconnects more than 150,000 people each year (including their 5,700 members) to nature indoors and outdoors. Nestled in nature, the museum is located along Mission Creek in the Mission Canyon area. The museum has ten indoor exhibit halls focusing on regional natural history including astronomy, birds, insects, geology, mammals, marine life, paleontology, plant life, and the Chumash Indians. It holds a research library, the John & Peggy Maximus Art Gallery  and is the only museum to house a full-dome planetarium on the Central Coast.

History
The early roots of the museum date back to the 1880s, when a group of professional and amateur scientists, including botanist Caroline Bingham, started the Santa Barbara Natural History Society and an accompanying museum at 1226 State Street. Though the effort waned at the end of the century, the arrival of ornithologist William Leon Dawson from Ohio re-ignited the effort. Dawson and a group of prominent Santa Barbarans founded the Museum of Comparative Oology, which was first located in two outbuildings on his property on Puesta del Sol Road in Mission Canyon. The initial holdings were assembled from his own extensive collection of bird eggs as well as collections of other community members. According to the museum's website, Dawson believed oology—the study of bird eggs—“would throw a flood of light upon the trend of life itself,” yielding “the secrets of life’s origins and its destiny.”

Though it began from a collection of bird eggs, the holdings of the museum were soon expanded into other realms by its board of directors. The successor to William Dawson as director was Ralph Hoffmann, a Harvard-trained educator, botanist, and ornithologist. The next director was Paul Marshall Rea, who had been president of the American Association of Museums, director of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and director of the Carnegie Foundation in Washington, D.C. Some notable benefactors of the museum included Dr. Caroline Hazard, who was president of Wellesley College at the time: she donated part of her estate in Mission Canyon for a new museum building. This building was built with funds donated by Mrs. Rowland G. Hazard in memory of her late husband and opened in 1923. The architect was Carleton Winslow.

In 1937, Arthur Sterry Coggeshall came to Santa Barbara, and took the position of director of the museum, a title he held for 21 years. He had also worked at various prestigious museums, such as the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Upon coming, he convinced Max Fleischmann, heir to the Fleischmann Yeast fortune, to build Fleischmann Auditorium as a condition of his employment. Coggeshall was later a key player in the foundation of the California Association of Museums and the Western Museum Association.

Following Coggeshall, Dr. Vertress L. VanderHoof, a research geologist from the University of California, Berkeley, was hired as director. In 1965, Dr. Frederick H. Pough became director; he was a vulcanologist and mineralogist from the American Museum of Natural History. In between the tenure of these last two directors, interim directors were recruited from staff and an outsider who lasted only a short time. In 1972, the museum hired Dr. Dennis Power, an evolutionary biologist specializing in birds on islands. Power was a native Californian who at the time was an Associate Curator at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. He stayed until 1994 when he was recruited to be the executive director of the Oakland Museum of California, 22 years being the longest tenure of any of the museum's leaders. From the 1960s through the 1990s, the museum had a large role in the field of environmental action. Museum scientists helped establish the whale stranding network and participated in the California Condor Project. Museum staff also undertook contracted biological and anthropological surveys, among the most significant being the initial studies for the National Park Service that eventually led to the creation of Channel Islands National Park.

Albert Einstein, who was visiting the museum with his wife in 1931, remarked, "I can see that this museum has been built by the work of love."

Exhibits

The museum is renowned for fine dioramas of birds, mammals, and southern California habitats. These were illustrated in the 1930s and 1960s by famous artists of the California school of plein-aire painters. Among the most notable of these is the Bird Habitat Hall featuring mounted specimens by staff members Egmont Rett and Waldo Abbott and background paintings by Ray Strong. The museum also has halls of marine life, geology, and Chumash Indian life, as well as an art gallery dedicated to antique natural history prints. It has collections of over 3 million specimens and an active research program with a focus on marine biology, terrestrial vertebrates, insects, anthropology, geological mapping, and natural history art. Greeting visitors near the front entrance is what has become an iconic display for the museum and Santa Barbara: a rearticulated skeleton of a 72 ft blue whale.

Temporary exhibits cover the whole range of natural history topics such as dinosaurs, sharks, antique natural history art, "Butterflies Alive" and “Bringing the Condors Home” telling the story of the decline and beginning of recovery of the California condor.

The museum’s Gladwin Planetarium was renovated in early 2005 and equipped with technology to display distant planets, stars, and galaxies. The museum will launch a $30 million remodel in fall 2016, starting with the butterfly pavilion.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center, formerly known as the "Ty Warner Sea Center", is an off-site facility owned and operated by the Museum of Natural History and is located on Santa Barbara’s historic Stearns Wharf. It originally opened in 1986 and was expanded and renovated in 2005. Among the exhibits of the Sea Center are a life-size model of a gray whale and calf, tide pool with waves rushing into it every 60 seconds, the Wet Deck featuring direct access to the water below, the Channel Theater, the Workshop, the Whale Karaoke station, and the plastinated dolphin.

The museum has one of the largest extant collections of historical Native American basketry by Chumash basket weaver artists.

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Ognjen Prica

Ognjen Prica (27 November 1899 – 9 July 1941) was a Serbian and Yugoslav communist politician and journalist known for his roles in the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia and the League of Communists of Croatia. He was a victim of the Nazi-backed NDH in 1941 and was posthumously awarded the Order of the People's Hero.

Biography
Born in Ilidža, a suburb of Sarajevo in Austria-Hungary (present day Bosnia and Herzegovina) on 27 November 1899, Prica became interested in politics while studying mathematics and physics at the University of Zagreb. In 1921, he became the member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia and was one of the founders of the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia. From 1921 until 1923, Prica lived in Vienna, where he finished his studies and worked in the Bureau of the Communist Balkan Federation. Upon returning to Yugoslavia, he worked as a teacher in Sarajevo, but was also active in Communist politics.

Because of that, Prica was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison. In prison and afterwards, he translated classic Marxist books to Serbo-Croatian. After his release in 1937, Prica became one of the leading members of the newly formed League of Communists of Croatia. In March 1941, a few days before the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, he was arrested together with a large number of Croatian left-wing intellectuals and was sent to Kerestinec camp, where Prica was handed over to the Ustaše authorities a few weeks later. He was shot as a retaliation for Partisan activity together with Zvonimir Richtmann, Božidar Adžija and Otokar Keršovani.

After the war, Prica was posthumously awarded the Order of the People's Hero on 26 July 1945.

Orders

 * Order_of_the_National_Hero_BAR.png Order of the People's Hero: 26 July 1945

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Talk:Chilaquiles

Clarification
The article said, "(chiles contain the chemical capsicum, a potent and well documented pain reliever)." I believe capsicum is the Latin name for the chile itself. The chemical is called capsaicin. Rghollenbeck (talk) 20:31, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Variations
Naïvely, I would have written:

 * Chilaquiles are a traditional Mexican breakfast dish consisting of left-over tortillas fried with eggs. They are often accompanied with cheese, salsa, or beans.

I don't have a good enough sense of the range of variation to write the article to properly include this along with the current definition. Are these regional variations?

— Pekinensis 16:44, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Your version seems to downplay the sauce too much. Boiling the tortillas in the sauce is an integral part of the process, without which you just get -- well, fried tortilla chips and scrambled eggs, I suppose. I'd feel cheated if the cook considered the cheese optional, too, and chilaquiles with egg (either stirred in or served sunny-side-up on top) is a poor man's alternative to chilaquiles with chicken. Where is your version served? –Hajor 03:18, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

In my grandmother's house. She was born in Michoacan, but has absorbed many cultural influences from other places (notably Chihuahua), so I wouldn't count on her preserving canonical Michoacan style. I had never heard of putting liquid or chicken in chilaquiles before I read this article. — Pekinensis 03:57, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

I should clarify that I also had never seen the word in print or in fact had definite proof that the dish existed outside my family until I read this article, so I do not present myself as an expert on chilaquiles in the larger world. I hold onto only my one datapoint. — Pekinensis

 * Chilaquiles are a fairly common dish in Mexican restaurants here in the Long Beach/Los Angeles area. In the Mexican restaurants here I've ONLY seen the egg versions, almost always with the eggs stirred in. Every version that I've had has had beans, salsa, and cheese, although they are a small part of the dish compared to the amount of tortillas and eggs. I would assume if that is a regional version it is probably indicative of Northern Mexican cuisine. Blank Verse   ∅  07:15, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Michoacán... I think I remember seeing a breakfast menu there (Pátzcuaro?) that offered two styles of chilaquiles; can't for the life of me remember the distinction, but it definitely rings a bell. The beans and the salsa: are they stirred in / cooked in, or served alongside? Unless the tortillas are soaked in the sauce, it sounds like a very dry dish: is it? I'll try and remember to take my camera next time I go out for breakfast; perhaps one of you two could do the same? Hungrily, –Hajor 02:10, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

In our house, the beans, salsa, and cheese are served alongside. I don't think of it as a very dry dish. Perhaps there was a presoaking I never noticed? I don't think so, but I'll ask. — Pekinensis 04:15, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

It's usually a machaca burrito or juevos rancheros for me if I go for a Mexican breakfast. Besides, I'm still in the dark ages and haven't decided which digital camera I'm going to purchase. Blank Verse  ∅  12:39, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * OK, I photographed my breakfast this Sunday and the pic has been placed in the article. Unfortunately, it's a bit of an extreme example -- those are (were) very soupy chilaquiles, even by my standards. How different are they from your version(s)? –Hajor 01:18, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Completely different from my version, but I would very much like to have them. Were they good? — Pekinensis 01:23, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Yeah, they were OK. It was early in the morning, so I suspect they hadn't had time to boil down to just the right soggy consistency without being too runny. (Free plug: when in Mexico City, Potzollcalli's by far the best place in town for Sunday breakfast -- fruit and juice and coffee and a pastry and a gelatina and your eggs, chilaquiles, enchiladas, etc. for around USD $5. I think the chilaquiles were MXN $55. With a fair amount of chicken.) –Hajor 02:18, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

I am just a gringo, that has never made chilaquiles before, which is why I came to this page in the first place. From what I have seen on several other websites, this page does not seem to reflect a general consensus of making chilaquiles at all. Most of the recipes that I have seen utilize stale corn tortillas, fried (the terminology tortilla chips makes me think of like pre fried corn chips you by in a bag), and is prepared completely by stove top, not broiled or grilled. After trying to prepare them along with talking to some Mexican friends I may edit the article, but I wanted to give someone else (who hopefully is more qualified than myself) the opportunity to examine this first. Any comments? Majakwe 17:16, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Questions

 * 1) Can chilaquile be a singular word as well or is it always plural?
 * 2) What is the Spanish literal meaning of chilaquiles?

These things should be added to the article. Badagnani 03:37, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 1. It is always plural. 2. I have only heard a probable folk etymology stating that it comes from chile + aquí. ·Maunus· tlahtōlli  11:05, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Correct etymology: The name chilaquiles is derived from the Nahuatl word chil-a-quilitl which means "herbs or greens in chile broth". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.185.14.72 (talk) 06:47, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The IP is correct...at least in what I've heard, read, and been told. This needs to be supported with WP:RS, however. -- nsaum75 ¡שיחת!  06:53, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Rick Bayless translates it very similarly as "chiles and greens", so it is plural. Ref added to article.  107.77.202.54 (talk) 00:41, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Inmates?
Checked out the citation, seems to be a personal account of a single person. May even be a work of fiction, but even if it is not, this one account does not justify such a strange statement. Apothecia (talk) 06:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Assessment comment
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Mohammed A. Aldouri

Mohammed A. Aldouri (محمد الدوري) (born 12 September 1941) was the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations from 2001 to 2003.

Early life
Born in Baghdad, he attended Baghdad University and earned a bachelor's degree in law in 1964. In 1973, Aldouri received a Ph.D. in public law from France’s Dijon University. He was dean of the Law College of Baghdad University from 1983 to 1998 while he served as a professor of international law.

Career
Aldouri was a member of the Iraqi delegation to the United Nations from 1980 to 1984. From 1994 to 1996, Aldouri was head of the Legal Department and Human Rights Department of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry. He served as Iraq’s Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva from 1999 up until his appointment as Iraq's Ambassador to the United Nations in February 2001. Before and during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Aldouri gained international attention for his harsh criticisms of the US and vigorous defenses of Saddam Hussein’s regime. On April 9, Aldouri became the first high-ranking Iraqi official to admit that Hussein’s government had collapsed. On April 11, Aldouri resigned as Ambassador to the UN and left the United States.

Since resigning, Aldouri has called Saddam Hussein a "tyrant" and apologized for some of the "tough" remarks he had made about the United States while ambassador. However, Aldouri has also become a major critic of the US presence in Iraq and has called for the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country. He currently resides in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

In a television interview that aired September 22, 2010 on Decision Makers TV, he openly speculated about the possibility that the United States may have been complicit in the events of September 11 attacks in 2001. He asserted, "The tyranny of the U.S., and its goals in ruling the world and taking over the entire world -- from north to south and from east to west -- were, in my opinion, the indirect cause of the events of 9/11, if not the direct cause." He claimed that many people "have doubted the ability of Al-Qaeda to carry out such a momentous, earth-shattering event... Many people claim that the U.S. intelligence -- or at least part of the Pentagon -- was behind 9/11. But only God knows."

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Red sunflower

Red sunflower is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

 * Various cultivars of Sunflower, including "Prado Red" and "Red Sun"
 * Tithonia rotundifolia, native to North America

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Talk:Bureau of Diplomatic Security

Why was the link to MSG's removed?Rob 19:23, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

"World leader in counterterrorism, security technology, etc?!" Please cite.

Delineate between DS Agents and Others?
Should there be a separate page for the agents part of DS? The combined approach currently used muddles the organization and diminishes the role of the security engineers, couriers, and analysts. Much of what is discussed applies only to the agents. Maybe this a symptom of a larger problem in DS.

Plagarism
Much of this text was taken word for word from the State Department's website: http://www.state.gov/m/ds/about/history/c9068.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tstone11028 (talk • contribs) 02:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Bias tag
This articel is very obviously taken from a partial source (Possibly the BDS itself). It should be rewritten? 68.39.174.238 (talk) 18:23, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

OSAC
OSAC has evolved over the years, and not for the better. The primary purpose for OSAC now is to assist DSS agents on the verge of retirement find private sector security jobs. Each year OSAC has a meeting. The first day consist mainly of speeches citing how great OSAC is and presentation of awards. OSAC has a high number of constituents but the real authority is vested to a small number of security directors of major corporations. They are provided with access, and in turn hire retiring DSS agents who shamelessly audition for jobs. Basic OSAC constituents while high in number have no say in what type of program OSAC will provide. They are kepted in the dark like mushrooms. But on the plus side they are permitted to use OSAC as some sort of marketing tool and have access to the DOS gift shop.Icycalm11316:31, 30 September 2008
 * A little harsh but it is true that OSAC has made DS Agents a hot commodity in the international corporate security world. I think a lot of this has to do with the fact that 1) Corporations now know that DS actually exists 2) Corporations now know that DS agents are federal agents that actually know security (as opposed to regular agents who essentially never do security work) 3) DS agents have lots of experience managing multi-million dollar security contracts while working in an overseas environment with 3rd world law enforcement. The retirement plan isn't any worse than all the corporate analysts that take RSO generated information and repackage it for sale. Both sides benefit.Rsoandrew (talk) 17:54, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Extensive editing
It appears that this page needs some comprehensive editing. There are a number of statements either inappropriate for a wikipedia article or that are not properly sourced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.70.227.217 (talk) 02:32, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Split
Per Summary style, the External links section has gotten so long (and a bit random) that I suggest it be given its own article which will clean up both Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Diplomatic Security Service as the posters appear to be adding identical external links to both articles simultaneously. Mikebar (talk) 18:24, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Without objection, article will be split per Manual of Style (lists of works) Mikebar (talk) 23:25, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Logos, Seals, Insignias, Etc.
There is NO official seal for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Same goes for the Diplomatic Security Service, Regional Security Offices, and all the other offices and units that constitute DS. The only official seal associated with DS is the seal of the U.S. Department of State (AKA "The Great Seal"). The yellow and blue badge logo is, at best, fan art, and should not be on this or other DS-related pages. 69.143.107.180 (talk) 23:28, 7 November 2015 (UTC)J

Copy-Paste in personnel section
The "Personnel" section appears to be copy and pasted-wholesale from this page. I bet other parts are too. --AW (talk) 04:06, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

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Talk:Tampere

Wings capital of Finland
I had to fix the caption to say "almost half of the hot wings in Finland" instead of "over half". The exact same caption says that almost half of the chicken wings in Finland are eaten exclusively in Pirkanmaa. It can't be "more than half" in Tampere and "almost half" in Pirkanmaa as Pirkanmaa is larger than Tampere, as a superset of it. J I P | Talk 21:00, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Härmälä
Shouldn't Härmälä be mentioned in this article? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 22:27, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

there's no more dolphinarium
I changed the information about the dolphinarium. There's no dolphinarium there since 2016. But now the attraction is an aquarium. Arnie rj (talk) 05:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

 * 👍 Good, be bold. Peltimikko (talk) 23:17, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

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Talk:Cobweb (disambiguation)

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A cobweb is a collection of dust particles. A spider web is spun by the spider.

 * That's what I thought too! Jeff schiller 16:42, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * wooooo thats not true. Hear me out!!!! I stayed in a room for 3 years straight and recorded all of the activity that took place in that room. After a year of staying in that room I noticed several cobwebs in the corner of the room, which is quite strange because there was never any evidence of spiders. Proving that cobwebs don't come from spiders. Although I did find evidence of gerbils, leading to the hypothesis that gerbils are magical creatures that can do anything that they want to do.

 * A cobweb in my dialect may be occupied or abandoned by its creator. Daddy longlegs spiders and red back spiders are particular often still in residence in Sydney where I live. Andrewa (talk) 12:01, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Cobweb is a Cat !!!!!!!!!!

Cobwebs are not produced by spiders. However, There is a Cat living in Warrington, Cheshire called 'Cobweb' and I think that it's him that produces all the webs —Preceding unsigned comment added by Diver1 (talk • contribs) 20:08, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

An Incorrect Author Citing
If you scroll down to the uses of the word "cobweb" in literature, you'll find the short story collection "Cobwebs and Whispers" attributed to Jeffrey Thomas. This needs correction; this book was written by his brother, Scott Thomas. Please see: Thomas, S. (2001). Cobwebs and Whispers. Delirium Books. ISBN 1-929653-13-1. I'd be glad to do this edit myself, except that it looks like it comes under the category of a major one, and Wiki's guide to editing says I should discuss such an edit first on the article's talk page. I've only ever done one edit before, a pretty minor one. Don't want to overstep my boundaries. Scavenger Mystic (talk) 04:00, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

 * That's what our article at Jeffrey Thomas (writer) says too. We don't yet have an article at Scott Thomas (writer) or Cobwebs and Whispers. The first has a few links so I'll create a redirect for it. The second is only linked to from Scott_Thomas_(writer)  but a redirect won't hurt. But, the relevant line in this DAB has been deleted, and doesn't seem all that necessary. Andrewa (talk) 16:57, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

I just want to know the origin of the word. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.235.118.180 (talk) 11:27, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

 * See : The middle english word for a spider was "coppe". Cobweb derives from middle english "coppeweb" = spider's web. Andrewa (talk) 11:51, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 11:45, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Cobweb → Cobweb (disambiguation) – I contend that the primary topic for this term is spider web, and that "cobweb" should redirect there. All of the other meanings on this page are either partial title matches or minor uses that refer in some sense to a spider web. bd2412 T 22:28, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support; seems like common sense. Powers T 02:57, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support, with the addition of an appropriate "for other uses" hatnote to Spider web. Deor (talk) 03:19, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
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Talk:Aglaophotis

Can somebody tell me something about this rare liquid substance...

i would like to know what is necesary to make this "aglaophotis"

and if this substance realy exists

if somebody knows please let me know by emailing me at : panictool@hotmail.com

Thank you.

 * This stuff is pure fiction--made up. It does not exist.Dogface 01:33, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

It arguably exists, because we do not know what Middle eastern herb it's referring too, since alot of them can make a red liquid. Xuchilbara 03:40, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yep, the Necronomicon itself is by and large considered purely fictional by most occultists (comically referred to as the "simonomicon"). Regardless of the claimed egregore-like existence of its entities, the plants are definitely fictional within that text. That being said, there definitely are a number of plants in the middle east and the arabian peninsula that could produce red dye. Jamshyd 02:35, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Cioko 07:58, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

There's a big spoiler in the part where the article is about Silent Hill 3, I personally think we should advise readers.

Zen (talk) 08:38, 20 January 2008 (UTC)Regardless of whether or not its fictional, it lacks sources. As such, I'd like to know just how authentic this info is.

Photo
Hello NessieVL -- I am interested to know where to get a photograph of a fictitious plant. Rhadow (talk) 17:36, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

 * I think there are pictures of many fictional plants,, like Audrey II, Pikmin, and Biollante. The article specifically mentions three video games, so a screen grab is possible.  Is there a separate template for image requests that does not mention photographs?  If so, please feel free to update. Nessie (talk) 18:05, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

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Alberta Highway 22

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 22, commonly referred to as Highway 22 and officially named Cowboy Trail, is a 584 km highway in the Canadian province of Alberta. It generally parallels Highway 2, beginning in the foothills of southern Alberta at Highway 3 near Lundbreck Falls. It proceeds north along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains passing through the foothills and ranch country to the aspen parkland of northern Alberta, ending at Highway 18 near Mayerthorpe.

Cowboy Trail continues south and east of Highway 22 by following Highway 3 to Pincher Creek, Highway 6 to Waterton Lakes National Park, and Highway 5 to Cardston.

Alberta Transportation is currently constructing a new interchange at the over-saturated intersection of Highways 22 and 1A in Cochrane. There are also long-term plans for twinning from Bragg Creek to the north end of Cochrane, and the implementation of passing lanes near the highway's south end.

Overview
Highway 22 is the longest and most significant north–south highway in south and central Alberta, aside from Highway 2. It serves as the main artery for the western areas of the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor and the Calgary Metropolitan Region. Having historically run though a lightly populated area – and being paralleled by the 4 lane, higher speed Highway 2 less than 100 kilometres east – Highway 22 did not initially see much traffic. It was built as a 2 lane road with only a handful of passing lanes on its long length, and only a single interchange at Highway 1. Since the mid-1990s, the region west of Calgary has experienced rapid growth, creating heavy traffic on sections of Highway 22, particularly between Diamond Valley and Sundre.

Southern Alberta
Highway 22 begins as a two-lane rural highway in the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 near Lundbreck Falls at Highway 3, the Crowsnest Highway. It proceeds north across increasingly flatter terrain of the foothills, parallel to the Oldman River, and then crosses it before entering the Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66, there are no significant communities in this area. The highway winds to the east of the Black Heritage Rangeland Natural Area, intersecting Highway 520 which branches east to meet Highway 2 at Claresholm. Highway 22 continues north through scenic terrain to the Chain Lakes Reservoir, from which Highway 533 splits east to meet Highway 2 at Nanton. Farther north the highway continues through Longview, Diamond Valley (made up of the former twin towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley), and Millarville. The highway then jogs west at a T intersection with Highway 22X. Approximately 30 km later, the road turns north again at a T intersection with Highway 66 and passes through a corner of Bragg Creek where there is a signal light. Highway 22 then cuts though a corner of the Tsuu T'ina 145 Reservation passing by the community of Redwood Meadows. Immediately after exiting the reservation Highway 22 reaches an important Roundabout junction at Highway 8, enters Rocky View County and then crosses the Elbow River. From there it heads north past an interchange at the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) and reaches the Town of Cochrane which with a population over 30,000 is eligible for city status.

Cochrane
Highway 22 serves as Cochrane's main north–south artery and is one of only two connecting roads (the other being small neighbourhood road) across the Bow River (which bisects the town in half) in the entire area between Calgary and Stoney Nakoda First Nation reservation at the edge of the mountains. Upon entering Cochrane the two lane highway passes though a major signalized intersection at Fireside Gate/James Walker Trail before dipping down into the Bow River Valley (with an southbound uphill passing lane) before meeting another signal light at George Fox Trail. It then crosses the Bow River on a 2 lane bridge. Upon reaching the other side of the river it passes though three more signal lights at Griffin Road, Quigley Drive and Bow Valley Trail (Highway 1A) in short succession (the later is currently being replaced with an interchange). It then proceeds up a hill (with a northbound uphill passing lane) out of the river valley before meeting one final signal light at Sunset Drive. Shortly afterwards Highway 22 exits the city.

Central Alberta
Immediately after leaving Cochrane Highway 22 passes the Hamlet of Cochrane Lake and then an important intersection with Highway 567. From there it continues north to the Village of Cremona and then meets Highway 27 at another T intersection. After jogging west it reaches Sundre where it once again turns north to Caroline. After another short westward jog the highway crosses the Red Deer River and heads north to Rocky Mountain House where it runs a short concurrency with Highway 11. From there it continues north to Highway 39 where it jogs west for the fourth time crossing the North Saskatchewan River and reaching Drayton Valley. It continues north from Drayton Valley and reaches Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway) at Entwistle approximately 85 km west of Edmonton. After a 8 km westbound concurrancy with Highway 16, it continues north to cross Highway 43 in Mayerthorpe and ends 7 km north of the town at Highway 18.

History
The original alignment of Highway 22 started at Highway 2 (Macleod Trail) south of Calgary and travelled west to Priddis, where it turned south to Turner Valley and terminated at Highway 7 in Black Diamond. In the 1970s, the province of Alberta began upgrading a series of roads to form a north–south, all-weather highway west of Highway 2. Beginning in c. 1972, the road connecting the Trans-Canada Highway and Cochrane was designated as part of Highway 22. In c. 1973, the numbered secondary highway system appeared, with the road between Cochrane and Highway 27 being designated as Highway 922 (the paved section between Cremona and Bottrel became Highway 22) while the road between Priddis and Bragg Creek was briefly designated as Highway 553, becoming Highway 922 in 1975. Throughout the remainder of the 1970s, Highway 922 was extended from Highway 3 in the south to Highway 57 near Drayton Valley in the north. Coinciding with Highway 922 being paved in c. 1976, Highway 22 was extended from Cochrane to Cremona, while the following year it replaced Highway 922 between the Trans-Canada Highway and Priddis; as part of the project, the section between Priddis and Macleod Trail was renumbered as Highway 22X. In c. 1980, all remaining gravel sections of Highway 922 were reclassified as Highway 22, along with a 18 km section of Highway 7 between Black Diamond and Longview, a 56 km section of Highway 57 between Drayton Valley and Entwistle (the remaining 27 km section of Highway 57 became part of Highway 39) and Highway 755 between Highway 16 and Mayerthorpe. Throughout the 1980s, Highway 22 was paved, with all but a small section near Chain Lakes Provincial Park being completed by 1990 (the latter was completed in the mid-1990s).

In 2014, a new $52 million bridge across the North Saskatchewan River near Drayton Valley was completed, replacing the original bridge which was constructed in 1957.

In 2019 the cloverleaf interchange where Highway 22 crosses Highway 1 was modified for safety reasons as part of a rehabilitation project resulting in two out of four loop ramps being removed a new signal light being added on Highway 22.

Starting in 2022 the section of Highway 22 between Highway 1 and Highway 8 began to be realigned and raised to avoid being flooded by the new Springbank dry reservoir in the event of a major flood. The project also included the construction of a bridge carrying Highway 22 over a new canal that will feed the reservoir.

Future
In April 2017, Alberta Transportation announced plans for a new interchange at Highway 1A in Cochrane. After years of delay construction finally began in May 2023, the interchange is expected to take 3 years to complete. When finished it will be the first interchange to provided a free flowing movement to Highway 22 though traffic.

Alberta Transportation's 2024 Provincial Construction Program shows new roundabouts on Highway 22 in Bragg Creek and at Highway 567 in the detailed design phase which implies that Alberta Transportation intends to construct them within the next two years. Plans to 4 lane Highway 22 within Cochrane including the construction a new bridge across the Bow River were also referenced as undergoing engineering assessment in the 2024 Construction Program which will likely result in this section being the first 4 lane portion of Highway 22.

Alberta Transportation retained Tetra Tech EBA to complete a study in the feasibility of new passing lanes over a 118 km distance of Highway 22 between Highways 3 and 543. The study was published in August 2011 and determined that passing lanes are justified at several locations, but at the time Alberta Transportation had no plans to proceed with the project. However these passing lanes were also mentioned as undergoing engineering assessment in the 2024 Provincial Construction Program implying that they will likely be built in the near future.

Alberta Transportation has plans to twin Highway 22 between Cochrane and Highway 8 with a longer term widening of up to 6 lanes. These plans also include upgrading the interchange at Highway 1; no timeline has been set for construction.

Major intersections
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Hazaribagh district

Hazaribagh district is one of the oldest districts of Jharkhand state, India and the district headquarter located in Hazaribagh town. It is located in the north east part of North Chotanagpur Division. The boundary of this district consists of districts of Gaya (BIHAR) and Koderma in the north, Giridih and Bokaro in the east, Ramgarh in the south and Chatra in the west

Etymology
The district is named after its headquarters, the town of Hazaribagh. The name, Hazaribagh consists of two Persian words, hazar meaning "one thousand", and bagh meaning "garden" - so, the literal meaning of Hazaribagh is 'a city of one thousand gardens'. According to Sir John Houlton, a veteran British administrator, the town takes its name from the small villages of Okni and Hazari – shown in old maps as Ocunhazry. The last syllable in its name probably originated in a mango-grove, which formed a camping ground for troops and travellers marching along the ‘new military road’ from Kolkata to Varanasi, constructed in 1782 and the following years.

History
There are ancient Cave Paintings in Isko, Hazaribagh district which are from Meso-chalcolithic period (9,000-5,000 BC). There is a group of megaliths found close to Barkagaon that is about 25 km from Hazaribagh town at Punkri Barwadih, which has been proven to date back to beyond 3000 BCE.

On 6 December 1972, Giridih district was split from Hazaribagh. In 1999 this happened again with the creation of Chatra and Koderma. Hazaribagh left Bihar when Jharkhand was formed on 15 November 2000. On 12 September 2007, yet another district was created from Hazaribagh's territory: Ramgarh.

Economy
Coal is the major mineral found in this district. This significant coal deposit reserves of this district include Charhi, Kuju, Ghato Tand and Barkagaon of North Karanpura Coalfield. The coal mines are the main source of livelihood for the residents of this district. People of this district are known to be very hard working.

Patratu and Bhurkunda was also coal mines areas of Hazaribagh but it is now in Ramgarh district.

In 2006, the Indian government named Hazaribagh one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 21 districts in Jharkhand currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Blocks/Mandals
Hazaribag district consists of 16 Blocks. The following are the list of the Blocks in Hazaribagh district:

• #Barhi Block

• #Dadi Block

• #Barkatha Block

• #Daru Block

• #Bishnugarh Block

• #Katkamdag Block

• #Barkagaon Block

• #Katkamsandi Block

• #Chauparan Block

• #Ichak Block

• #Padma Block

• #Churchu Block

• #Sadar Block

• #Chalkusha Block

• #Tati Jhariya Block

• #Keredari BlockThe district is divided into two sub-divisions: Hazaribagh and Barhi.

Hazaribagh sub-division comprises 11 blocks: Sadar, Hazaribagh, Katkamsandi, Bishnugarh, Barkagaon, Keredari, Ichak, Churchu, Daru, Tati Jhariya, Katkamdag and Dadi.

Barhi sub-division comprises 5 blocks: Padma, Barhi, Chauparan, Barkatha and Chalkusha.

Demographics
According to the 2011 census, Hazaribagh district has a population of 1,734,495, roughly equal to the nation of The Gambia or the US state of Nebraska. This gives it a ranking of 279th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 488 PD/sqkm. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.75%. Hazaribagh has a sex ratio of 946 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 69.75%. 15.87% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 17.50% and 7.02% of the total population respectively.

Hindus make up 80.56% of the population, while Muslims make up 16.21%. Sarna makes 1.97% of the population, Christians are 0.99%.

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 61.58% of the population in the district spoke Khortha, 23.59% Hindi, 7.73% Urdu and 3.48% Santali as their first language. There is also a small population of Bengali speaking community who are one of the early settlers of the region.

Politics
There are 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Barkatha, Barhi, Barkagaon, Mandu and Hazaribagh. All of these are part of Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency.

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Lakrisal

Lakrisal is a Malaco brand of salty liquorice (liquorice and ammonium chloride flavored candy) sold in the Nordic countries and the Netherlands.

Unlike most salty liquorice candies, Lakrisal does not contain any starch or gum arabic (E414). Instead, it is made almost entirely of sugar, liquorice, and ammonium chloride. Because of this, Lakrisal drops are powdery, and have been pressed to stay in one piece like tablets.

Persons suffering from hypertension should avoid excessive intake of Lakrisal.

Lakrisal is also unlike most salty liquorice candies by not being black. Instead, it is a very light brownish gray colour. Lakrisal drops are disk-shaped, about 18 mm in diameter and about 4 mm thick. They are sold in tubes of about 20 drops each.

History
Lakrisal is a direct continuation of a similar product Bronzol, launched as a throat tablet, which was advertised under the slogan "Hälsan för halsen - Bronzol!" ("Health for the throat - Bronzol!", sung to the melody of Shave and a Haircut). Liquorice or salmiak throat tablets have been produced and sold in the Nordic countries since the 1950s. Even the cough medicine brand Quiller-syrup uses the same flavors.

Production
Lakrisal is produced by Cloetta; formerly by Leaf International.

Varieties
In the 1980s, a new lemon-flavoured variety of Lakrisal was introduced. It proved quite unpopular and was soon discontinued. Another flavour was the "hot" Lakrisal that included chili pepper powder and pepper oil.

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Talk:Unconditional election

Calvin?
You might want to include a bit on what Calvin had to say about this idea. KHM03 16:48, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Will do (when I get a chance). I assume you will be adding a section on opposition. :-)  Jim Ellis 17:01, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

...unless God himself beats me to it! KHM03 17:02, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Rework
FYI I am planning to rework this article to parallel the structure of total depravity, limited atonement, etc. --Flex 17:47, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

 * Good. Hopefully that can be done while keeping the source information I have added.  Regards, Jim Ellis 17:55, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

Except for short quotes in the normal flow, I would probably lean toward reducing it to references in the footnotes (rather than long quotes), as in total depravity. --Flex 18:12, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

 * I defer to your judgment. Jim Ellis 18:14, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

Obviously, I've not gotten around to this. Please feel free to take a swing at it, one and all. --Fl e x (talk|contribs) 15:48, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Some Rework
Hey, I took it upon myself to rework part of this wiki. I hope it is clear. I also wanted something about the effect of this election. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Newchasm (talk • contribs) 23:57, 6 April 2007 (UTC).

 * The text you added is a start, but it is not neutral (e.g., it appears to claim the truth of what it states rather than expressing it as the view of Calvinism, and it is written in Christianese with phrases such as "enemies of the Cross"), is not wikilinked, and lacks references to reliable sources.--Fl e x (talk|contribs) 15:45, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

 * I tried to clean up the article a bit by adding some new sections in. Will work on it some more in the coming future. Five Pointer 04:38, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Added a verses section...
Started a verses section that we could expand on later.

Five Pointer 23:09, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Verses are an important part, but just listing bald verses is asking for trouble. The understanding of many of the verses used to support unconditional election is disputed by many interpreters, e.g., Arminians, Catholics, etc. Better, I think, is to add some key verses with citations to notable interpreters of it (e.g., Calvin). --Fl e x (talk/contribs) 15:55, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

More verses
User:Avielh added a bunch more verses and arbitrarily converted the text to NAS. The latter move seems certainly against the spirit of arbitrarily changing things based on personal preference (cf. WP:MOS, WP:FN, etc.).

I changed it back and redacted the list because the list was overly long (listing a few key passages with secondary sources backing up the understanding is much better) and because several of the verses didn't seem directly applicable. For instance, John 3:3 "Jesus answered and said to him, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.'" is not obviously related to election so much as to regeneration. We who have a greater understanding of the ordo salutis certainly see the connection between them, but it is not immediate and direct, which I'd argue these verses should all be.

Avielh reverted this change, but rather than edit warring, I'll propose here we redact the list to the key passages (in the ESV, since that's where these started). --Fl e x (talk/contribs) 15:55, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Since I have received no response, I am going to revert the verse as well as other recent changes. The long quotations in the intro are unencyclopedic, and the "Christianese" was less before. --Fl e x (talk/contribs) 14:18, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Flex, I warm to your comment immediately above this section about the adding of verses on their own, etc... I sought to balance the ending with the following, what do you think? [this is whilst awaiting the expiry of a reasonable 'space' period before any possible transfer of the section below on the early church history to any other article] Here is my suggestion:

Other Christians understand these passages within different contexts so that John 15:16 refers to the 11 apostles; Acts 13:48 has no inference of God appointing in the text; Romans 9:15-16 is an explicit reference to applying mercy to the righteous in the O.T. context; Romans 9:22-24 has the 2 'prepared' translated from 2 different Greek words; The latter passages all refer to a group in view: you choose which group you are in. Jarom22 (talk) 15:59, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Church Fathers on the doctrine
I doubt the neutrality of the changes to the early church fathers section done today. To suggest the consistent universal take on free will and responsibility was part of a polemic e.g. "This polemic" which in fact means a controversy or disputation is false in the records of the early church. Since it was universally recognised and fervently taught it was universal accepted doctrine and not subject to recognised opposition until Augustine. To this end I shall add a neutrality warning. Jarom22 (talk) 15:41, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Furthermore in regards to this neutrality: since Augustine before professing Christianity was a member of the Manichee sect, their view that "the nature of man can be corrupt to the point that his will is powerless to obey God's commands" (see "The Early Church" by Chadwick) was then fully reflected in his introduction of the new teaching of unconditional predestination.

So much so that the final section " . . . struggle to reconcile the idea of free will with the idea of predestinating grace, both of which are affirmed in Scripture and throughout Christian tradition" is also false and clearly biased. If it was universally accepted before Augustine's innovations that there was no "predestinating grace" of individuals - since only conditional predestination was taught - then it can also be seen as not affirmed in Scripture (properly translated) and not there for 400 years. Jarom22 (talk) 16:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Please refer to (User_talk:Flex) for further discussion of this matter [as per link in the previous section].Jarom22 (talk) 10:03, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

 * To those just joining us, please see my talk page for prior discussion.

 * Jarom22, I think you have misunderstood Augustine vis-a-vis Manichaeism since he rejected that system and indeed was its greatest opponent. Although there is some debate about how much Augustine's Christian theology was yet influenced by Manichaean thought, it's much more speculative than you're making it out to be, and if it appears in this article (or Predestination), it must be noted as such. Moreover, in your quote (from Chadwick?) the doctrine of original sin seems more to be in view than predestination since it references the corruption of the nature of man. You can't reapply such a quotation without synthesizing a conclusion, which is verboten here.

 * In essence, I think Schaff's History of the Christian Church gets it right (footnotes omitted):

 * Before Augustine the anthropology of the church was exceedingly crude and indefinite. There was a general agreement as to the apostasy and the moral accountability of man, the terrible curse of sin, and the necessity of redeeming grace; but not as to the extent of native corruption, and the relation of human freedom to divine grace in the work of regeneration and conversion. The Greek, and particularly the Alexandrian fathers, in opposition to the dualism and fatalism of the Gnostic systems, which made evil a necessity of nature, laid great stress upon human freedom, and upon the indispensable cooperation of this freedom with divine grace; while the Latin fathers, especially Tertullian and Cyprian, Hilary and Ambrose, guided rather by their practical experience than by speculative principles, emphasized the hereditary sin and hereditary guilt of man, and the sovereignty of God’s grace, without, however, denying freedom and individual accountability. The Greek church adhered to her undeveloped synergism, which coordinates the human will and divine grace as factors in the work of conversion; the Latin church, under the influence of Augustine, advanced to the system of a divine, monergism, which gives God all the glory, and makes freedom itself a result of grace; while Pelagianism, on the contrary, represented the principle of a human monergism, which ascribes the chief merit of conversion to man, and reduces grace to a mere external auxiliary. After Augustine’s death, however the intermediate system of Semi-Pelagianism, akin to the Greek synergism, became prevalent in the West.

 * --Fl e x (talk/contribs) 05:52, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

 * In response to the [first] paragraph:
 * I tend to agree. In regards to my quote from Chadwick yes, it is more about original sin than anything else and that view (the quote) as held by the Manichees. It is here in the talk section only and the purpose is in demonstrating that Augustine's eventual position differs little if at all from the Manichees. It is however an indispensable part of unconditional election dogma: you cannot need to be given a divine act of help to effect salvation in the individual unless all individuals are lost - corrupt by Inability/Depravity - from the outset. Augustine may have struggled with that for a time, but his eventual forceful practise of applying original sin on all (in the sense just given) is clear and equal to Manichee doctrine. I agree on the synthesizing principle and since this is a talk page I concur would need synthesis to be placed in an article. It appears we agree here. Jarom22 (talk) 09:53, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

 * In response to the [second] paragraph:
 * It appears Flex that we are both reliant (in the main) on the compilers of thoughts based on the wealth of information still in extant form from the writers of the periods in question. As I read and indeed re-read the above from Schaff it can be deduced that there is indeed a division from the point of Augustine in regards to unconditional election. By Schaff saying "the Latin church, under the influence of Augustine, advanced to the system" is not dissimilar in reality to Fisher or Chadwick by therefore pointing to 400 years without such a 'system'. So that Fisher states in his "History of Christian doctrine" (my quote here is in talk and also covered by the Copyright Act 1988 in that the author is deceased for more than 80 years) "the renewal of the soul is made to be the result of the factors, divine grace and the exertion of free-will. As a rule, the exertion of free-will, human efforts in a right direction, precede the divine aid, and render men worthy of it. It is a doctrine of synergism. God and man cooperate . . . In harmony with the foregoing views as to human freedom and responsibility, conditional predestination is the doctrine inculcated by the Greek Fathers."

 * The talk issue in hand though is more about how much Augustine's input was a development - a better description of what has gone before - as opposed to a kind of package deal of introductory material. I would also question to how much we can truly split the issues here out of the period in a Latin and Greek setting at that point in history, since Augustine seems to be seen as the point of clear departure. As I read them the above mentioned compilers seem to point to a departure from pre-existing doctrine.Jarom22 (talk) 09:53, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I have now made an attempt at re-working the whole section in line with our talk. If it is viewed as reasonable then it can be tranferred into the predestination article. Jarom22 (talk) 11:51, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I do not think it represents a neutral point of view, so let's work on it here more before it gets transferred anywhere. I will try to get to this tomorrow, but in the meantime, I have solicited further input, and you may wish to invite other WP contributors who would be interested in this discussion, too. --Fl e x (talk/contribs) 14:55, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

 * FYI, I have some personal matters that require my immediate attention, but I will get back to this soon. --Fl e x (talk/contribs) 03:10, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi Flex. Your editing work yesterday and since is excellent. Well done. It reads much better. You set a good example of neutral writing.Jarom22 (talk) 07:33, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Hi, Jarom22. As I mentioned above, I have some personal matters taking time right now, but I'll get back to this as soon as I am able. You'll note in the article history that it was not I who made the changes to which you are referring. FWIW, I still think it needs some NPOV work. Moreover, I also have some reservations about this material even appearing here (rather than just in predestination) because the phraseology "unconditional election" is the term for the particular version of this doctrine associated with Calvinism rather than Augustine. As such, the church fathers -- even Augustine -- had no notion of it, and comments in that regard seem to be speculative. More later, but if you want to delete the material from here and move it to predestination, feel free. --Fl e x (talk/contribs) 02:52, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes, if you excuse my grammar, it was me. Anyway, I've moved the section to predestination. StAnselm (talk) 03:10, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Flex - Ok, so I see the section is no longer here at all (and I recognise you did not do this, but need to speak to the reservations you mention). This removal makes unconditional election appear 'suddenly' with John Calvin. If any history of the concept needs mentioning, then a reference to Augustine is crucial as the beginner of the system. If John Calvin is mentioned out of 'thin air' like this, does that not suggest a lack of neutrality in reservations about such a section? Especially since we have both already expounded sources that affirm Augustine is the point of departure in direct regards to this and thus the beginning and root of this system? Jarom22 (talk) 11:37, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I have revised the article to include a reference to Augustine. There should be a history section, but I still contend that most of the material you added is better placed in predestination and perhaps also at History of Calvinist-Arminian debate -- to which this article's history section should link with . Presently, that historical material exists in summary form in the intro only. --Fl e x (talk/contribs) 19:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Flawed section
Section Biblical passages is not OK acc2 wikipedia policies, specifically WP:PRIMARY, unless we produce external secondary sources that uses exactly those biblical passages to defend exactly Unconditional election. We have no rights to list our own reasons for adhering to a certain theological stance here, that would be WP:OR. Since that is an endemic disease for christian protestant and other religious articles, see also Conditional election, I'm seriously considering a campaign against using Wikipedia as a battle field for theological debate. Wikipedia is for encyclopedians, and theological debate should be resolved outside Wikipedia first, then we might edit carefully and in consensus. ... said: Rursus ( m bork³ ) 14:47, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I applied, which already existed. ... said: Rursus ( m bork³  ) 15:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

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The Deloitte Football Money League ranks football clubs by revenue generated from football operations. It is produced annually by the professional services firm Deloitte and released in early February of each year, describing the season most recently finished.

Summary performance timeline
The following table shows the clubs who have appeared in the rankings since the 1996–97 season, sorted by average annual rank, and drawn from the annual lists below.

2011–12
For the fourth year running, the top 4 teams were Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern Munich, with Real Madrid becoming the first team to generate over €500 million in revenue. Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and Napoli continued their meteoric rises up the table.

2006–07
The total revenue of the 20 richest clubs in the footballing world was over a record €3.73 billion. No side could displace Real Madrid, who remain top of football's financial rankings for the third year running after seeing their revenues leap 20% to €351.8 million during the 2006–07 season.

Manchester United displaced Barcelona in second place, the Spanish club moving down to third. Chelsea's revenue increase sees them return to the top five, into fourth place whilst Arsenal's move to the Emirates Stadium transformed their revenues moving them up to fifth place. This marked the first time any country has had three clubs in the top five of the Money League.

European champions Milan moved up to sixth place while runners-up Liverpool moved two places up to eighth. Italian champions Internazionale moved down two places to 9th while Bayern Munich moved up a spot to seventh. Juventus' relegation into Serie B saw them move nine places down to 12th place.

2005–06
The total revenue of the top 20 richest clubs in the world is now over €3.3 billion. Barcelona gained four places in the ranking for this year, making the two richest clubs both from Spain. England has the largest number of clubs in the list. A club from Portugal was added to the list for the first time. Portugal's Benfica is the third club from the Iberian Peninsula among the top 20 in the world, after Spain's Real Madrid and Barcelona.

2004–05
In the rankings for the 2004–05 season, Real Madrid longs run at the top. Three clubs that had appeared in the previous season's top twenty (Marseille, Rangers, and Aston Villa) were replaced by Lyon, Everton, and Valencia.

2003–04
In the 2003–04 season, five clubs recorded revenues of over €200m with Manchester United once again being ranked as the club with the highest revenue in Europe.

2002–03
English clubs dominated the money league for the 2002–03 season, with five Premier League clubs occupying spots in the top 10.

1999–2000
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Annual Review of Football Finance 2011
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In addition to that a total of €754.1m was distributed to clubs participating in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League, with the two finalists, Barcelona and Manchester United, receiving the largest amounts. Barcelona's triumphant run to the title at Wembley in May earned them a total of €51m. Despite the loss, Manchester United got even more €53m.

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A Ballads

A Ballads (stylized as  BALLADS) is the second greatest hits album by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released physically on March 12, 2003 through Avex Trax, and digitally distributed worldwide on September 14, 2006 by Avex Entertainment Inc. It is her first compilation release in two years since A Best; it premiered three months after her sixth studio album Rainbow. The compilation compiles ballad-inspired singles released by Hamasaki between 1998 and 2003, while the material is divided into new-arrangement remixes and the original versions. With all the tracks written by Hamasaki, it includes two new songs—"Rainbow", which served as the album's promotional single, and a cover version of Japanese singer Yumi Matsutoya's 1975 track "Sotsugyō Shashin".

Released in six formats featuring a photograph by JFKK, A Ballads received favorable reviews from music critics. Many praised the collection for including some of Hamasaki's best vocal work, and commended the songwriting. Minor criticism was aimed on the newer renditions of the original songs. Commercially, the album was a success in Japan, reaching number one on the Oricon Albums Chart, making it Hamasaki's second compilation and eighth album to reach the top spot. It was certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of one million units. The album experienced limited promotion during its release, with some of the tracks appearing during Japanese commercial endorsements.

Background and material
In December 2002, Hamasaki released her sixth studio album Rainbow. Early issues of the album included a code number and URL address that allowed customers to visit an exclusive website that promoted the album and listen to a 40-second demo of her unfinished song "Rainbow". During its promotion, Avex Trax and Hamasaki received over 100,000 messages from fans, telling them their opinions about the unfinished demo. Due to the mixed response of her fanbase, Hamasaki decided to develop the song further and release it as part of an upcoming compilation album, which was later named A Ballads. During the process, Hamasaki confessed that "[she] had never before written lyrics that were based on messages received directly from [her] fans. It was with "Rainbow" that [she] decided to give this approach a try".

A Ballads is Hamasaki's first compilation to compile songs that were inspired by ballad music, with it portraying her second greatest hits album after A Best (2001). Each track from the album was released either as a single or as a promotional recording, recorded between the years 1998 and 2003. Six of the tracks on the album were composed and co-produced by Hamasaki, who used the alias Crea. The album consists of fifteen tracks, including two new recordings—"Rainbow" and a cover version of Japanese singer Yumi Matsutoya's 1975 track "Sotsugyō Shashin". Seven of the album's tracks—"Appears", "You", "To Be", "M", "Seasons", "A Song for ××" and "Who..."— feature new arrangements and compositions, while the songs "Key", "Hanabi", "Dearest" and "Voyage" are included with their original versions.

Songs
To explain Hamasaki's the background and development, Hamasaki hosted a commentary on her website. The first song, "Rainbow", was originally composed by CMJK, but Hamasaki felt the finishing product was "missing something", and re-worked the demo version with Japanese musician Dai Nagao. According to Hamasaki, she wanted to reflect the emotion and words used in each 100,000 messages she received from her fans to create the song, but because there were numerous emails, she decided to write it as a summary and her feelings as an "aftermath" from reading the messages. The song was described by a staff member at CD Journal as an "organic midtempo pop ballad" song. "Appears" was remixed by Japanese group HΛL. According to Hamasaki, she had asked the group to re-compose their original version of the track in order to reflect "current [musical] themes of 2003."

The album included the original version of "Key (Eternal Tie)" as Hamasaki felt that the original was "more important and unknown" than the proposed-reworked version she had planned. "You (Northern Breeze)" was one of the last reworked tracks, and was described by Hamasaki as being influenced by Western music. "To Be (2003 ReBirth Mix)" was not re-worked or re-arranged by any of the album's collaborators, with it being purely remastered and mixed again by music engineer Koji Morimoto. "Hanabi" was one of the album's only tracks to appear in its original version, and has been described by a CD Journal staff member to have been inspired by Europop, trip hop, and dub music. "Dolls", a J-pop influenced pop ballad, remained the sophomore original track to make part of the record.

Like "To Be", the next track "Seasons" was remastered and mixed by Morimoto. The final original track, "Voyage", was described by CD Journal as a midtempo ballad influenced by gospel music, layered with several string arrangements and other instrumentation. "A Song for ××" was re-worked as a live demo, recorded at the Avex Trax studios in Japan. For the promotional track "Who...", Hamasaki asked CMJK to create a more "warmer" version than the original. The closing track for A Ballads was "Sotsugyō Shashin". According to Hamasaki, she had imagined recording a cover for a studio album, but was unsuccessful at doing so. To compose the track, she and the song's co-composer Tasuku composed it by using a Fender Rhodes Suitcase Mk I electric piano in order to reflect the song's original 1960s–1970s pop influence.

Release
A Ballads was released physically on March 12, 2003 through Avex Trax in five formats, and digitally distributed worldwide on September 14, 2006 by Avex Entertainment Inc. The first five formats were compact discs; each one of the four early editions included a slipcase sleeve that had two clones of Hamasaki asleep next to each other, with the inner booklet portraying four different photographs of the clones. The four alternative covers were different variations of the two Hamasaki figures in a pink-coloured room. The fifth format came without a slipcase, and had the slipcase image as the inner booklet cover. The digital release featured the slipcase cover and the entire photo shoot was photographed by JFKK.

Reception
Upon its release, A Ballads received favorable reviews from most music critics. Tetsuo Hiraga from Hot Express believed that the album's material was able to connect with both younger and older audiences. He also pointed out the "Royal-esque" tracks "Seasons" and "Dearests" as some of her best recordings. In a similar review, a staff member of CD Journal enjoyed the album and complimented its new additions to the album.

Commercially, the album was successful in Japan, with it debuting at number one on the Oricon Albums Chart and replacing 200 Km/h in the Wrong Lane (2002) by Russian female duo t.A.T.u. at the top spot. Hamasaki's entry sold 561,127 units in comparison to t.A.T.u.'s 167,627 unit sales. By the end of 2003, A Ballads was ranked at number eight as the best selling album in Japan of that year. It sold 917,555 units, and was also her second album to enter the top ten, just behind Rainbow which sold 1,856,919 units. As of July 2016, it has sold over 924,242 units, her first greatest hits album to not sell over the one million mark. Nevertheless, it was certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of one million units. It is Hamasaki's ninth best selling album based on Oricon's sale database.

Promotion
The album experienced limited promotion during its release, with some of the tracks appearing during Japanese commercial endorsements. The compilation's only release was promotional song "Rainbow", which was used as the theme song for Hamasaki's Japanese talk show Ayuready?, and to promote products by Lumix. An accompanying music video for the song was directed by Wataru Takeishi, featuring two clones of Hamasaki chasing each other, and eventually meeting at a dinner in Japan. Near the end of the video, it is revealed that the second clone is in fact her imagination or conscious.

Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

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The common online nickname for Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada) reference librarian Ryan Schultz.

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The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 14:27, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

QFS pen
Injoke, non-encyclopedic and non-verifiable, no Google hits other than wikipedia/mirrors (and good god, there are 300 of them!) Delete Eliot 16:49, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. --Icelight 20:00, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
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