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AIDS (Trojan horse)

AIDS, also known as Aids Info Disk or PC Cyborg Trojan, is a DOS Trojan horse whose payload mungs and encrypts the names of all directories on drive C:. It was developed by Dr. Joseph Popp (1950-2006), an evolutionary biologist with a doctorate from Harvard. The virus was isolated in 1989.

Description
AIDS replaces the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, which would then be used by AIDS to count the number of times the computer has booted. Once this boot count reaches 90, AIDS hides directories and encrypts the names of all files on drive C: (rendering the system unusable), at which time the user is asked to 'renew the license' and contact PC Cyborg Corporation for payment (which would involve sending US$189 to a post office box in Panama). There exists more than one version of AIDS, and at least one version does not wait to mung drive C:, but will hide directories and encrypt file names upon the first boot after AIDS is installed. The AIDS software also presented to the user an end user license agreement, some of which read:

 * If you install [this] on a microcomputer...
 * then under terms of this license you agree to pay PC Cyborg Corporation in full for the cost of leasing these programs...
 * In the case of your breach of this license agreement, PC Cyborg reserves the right to take legal action necessary to recover any outstanding debts payable to PC Cyborg Corporation and to use program mechanisms to ensure termination of your use...
 * These program mechanisms will adversely affect other program applications...
 * You are hereby advised of the most serious consequences of your failure to abide by the terms of this license agreement; your conscience may haunt you for the rest of your life...
 * and your [PC] will stop functioning normally...
 * You are strictly prohibited from sharing [this product] with others...

AIDS is considered to be an early example of a class of malware known as "ransomware".

History
AIDS was introduced into systems through a floppy disk called the "AIDS Information Introductory Diskette", which had been mailed to a mailing list. Harvard-taught evolutionary biologist Dr. Joseph Popp was identified as the author of the AIDS trojan horse and was a subscriber to this list.

Popp was eventually discovered by the British anti-virus industry and named on a New Scotland Yard arrest warrant. He was detained in Brixton Prison. Though charged with eleven counts of blackmail and clearly tied to the AIDS trojan, Popp defended himself by saying money going to the PC Cyborg Corporation was to go to AIDS research. A Harvard-trained anthropologist, Popp was associated with the Flying Doctors, a branch of the African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF), and a consultant for the WHO in Kenya, where he had organized a conference in the new Global AIDS Program.

Popp behaved erratically since the day of his arrest during a routine baggage inspection at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. He was eventually declared mentally unfit to stand trial and was returned to the United States.

Jim Bates analyzed the AIDS Trojan in detail and published his findings in the Virus Bulletin. He wrote that the AIDS Trojan did not alter the contents of any of the user's files, just their file names. He explained that once the extension and filename encryption tables are known, restoration is possible. AIDSOUT was a reliable removal program for the Trojan and the CLEARAID program recovered encrypted plaintext after the Trojan triggered. CLEARAID automatically reversed the encryption without having to contact the extortionist.

The AIDS Trojan was analyzed even further a few years later. Young and Yung pointed out the fatal weakness in malware such as the AIDS Trojan, namely, the reliance on symmetric cryptography. They showed how to use public key cryptography to implement a secure information extortion attack. They published this discovery (and expanded upon it) in a 1996 IEEE Security and Privacy paper. A cryptovirus, cryptotrojan, or cryptoworm hybrid encrypts the victim's files using the public key of the author and the victim must pay (with money, information, etc.) to obtain the needed session key. This is one of many attacks, both overt and covert, in the field known as cryptovirology.

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Talk:John Colin Dunlop

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Hmm. Chambers's Biographical Dictionary (1907) gives his dates as c.1782-1842, this says 1785. Just a sidenote. Shimgray 23:52, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing

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"Following the terrorist attack, IDF forces raided on Hebron and managed to kill or arrest every one of terrorists who was involved in the massacre." - I would like to see a reference for this rather bombastic claim.

To Zero and Xed
Please explain why you think the memorial plaque placed by the Jerusalem municipality meets Wikipedis policy to be included in this article. Zeq 13:43, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

 * After reading the source, I concluded that the article in Haaretz is about Halcha and not about the massacre. It only uses the massacre as an example. Therefor I will remove this source from this article. Zeq 19:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Regarding the plaque, I'm not sure what its relevance is here. Would you list the size of the plaque, and the material with which it was made? Why list one specific fact, and how is this fact relevant to the bombing itself? Jayjg (talk) 19:59, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

 * This is absolutely absurd and looks like CENCORSHIP to me. We have the reaction of Hamas and the IDF in the article, but the story about the memorial is not acceptable under 'reactıons'? Ridiculus. However, other parts of that article mıght be quoted as well, if anybody wants to: please go ahead. (BTW, the only two who have voiced an opinion about this so far is a now indef. banned editor and his favorite admin. More voices are needed.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.249.69.47 (talk) 18:47, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * One of the two parties arguing the opposite point is also indefinitely banned, so I don't think that's a strong argument. Please respond to the points raised. Jayjg (talk) 00:49, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The article is about one of the consequences of the  bombing. All the  other known/reported consequences   of the bombing (about  Hasmas and İDF) are  included...why not  this? Again: more voices are needed here.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.156.223.81 (talk) 18:50, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * A plaque isn't a "consequence" of a bombing. Jayjg (talk) 23:10, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Would the plaque exist if the bombing hadn't happened? Wow. You want to know what the plaque was made of? Amazing. Truly amazing. What earthly difference could that make? It seems to me you're just trying to snow the anon.

Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 16:04, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Unexplained reverting
Jayjg, it's helpful if you give a short edit summary to explain your edits. Why delete "West" from Jerusalem?

Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 22:56, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * How ironic, considering that your insertion of the word included no "short edit summary to explain your edits". Why did you add it? Jayjg (talk) 23:44, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

 * I would think that being more specific geographically would be self-explanatory, but perhaps that's not true for you. What is certainly less than self-explanatory is why you would remove the adjective, a question you have still not answered. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 16:28, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Is it sourced? Jayjg (talk) 01:52, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Here you go: Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 23:22, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

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Cyanolyca

Cyanolyca is a genus of small jays found in humid highland forests in southern Mexico, Central America and the Andes in South America. All are largely blue and have a black mask. They also possess black bills and legs and are skulking birds. They frequently join mixed-species flocks of birds.

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Hello!

I noticed that you are taking a photo of Estonian Air's aeroplane. I need some more pictures of Estonian Air for the Finnish Wikipedia's article called Estonian Air. I try to make it to featured article. So, can you do that? Can you answer to my talk page in Finnish Wikipedia. You find it in this way:

1. Go to my userpage. (There is a link) 2. Click the text "Keskustelu". 3. Click the text "Muokkaa" 4. And finally, write your answer.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Magius del Cotto

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The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 07:04, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Magius del Cotto
Non-notable author of a non-notable webcomic. Nifboy 23:54, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Nifboy.   — Gwalla | Talk 01:02, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, this should be the same VfD as the comic, but still, both are nn. -mysekurity 01:10, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable self promotion. JamesBurns 09:02, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
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Rapture of the Deep

Rapture of the Deep is the 18th studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in Europe on 24 October 2005, and in the US on 1 November 2005. It is the fourth studio album from Deep Purple since Steve Morse joined the band in 1994 and the second to feature veteran keyboardist Don Airey. The album was produced by Mike Bradford who also produced the band's previous release, Bananas.

Release and reception
Like Bananas, the album received generally positive reviews from critics and fans. Rapture of the Deep is Deep Purple's first release in Europe on the German label Edel Records, while in the US the record was released by Edel's sub-label Eagle Records.

The album peaked on Billboard's US Top Independent Albums chart at position No.43. In the US, the album sold 2500 copies during the first week. In the UK, the album sold 3500 copies during the first week and 1200 copies during the week after. It also made the top 20 in several European charts. The title track "Rapture of the Deep" was released as a promo single in 2005.

The track "Money Talks" sees singer Ian Gillan perform the widest vocal range heard on any Deep Purple recording, with the bridge featuring a double-tracked deep bass vocal and the song's coda featuring a high-pitched scream.

Standard edition
All songs written by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, Don Airey and Ian Paice, except where noted

Personnel

 * Deep Purple
 * Ian Gillan – vocals
 * Steve Morse – guitar
 * Don Airey – keyboards
 * Roger Glover – bass
 * Ian Paice – drums

 * Production
 * Produced and engineered by Michael Bradford
 * Recorded at Chunky Style Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 2005
 * Mastered by Andy Van Dette at Masterdisk. New York

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Shoumei tea

Shoumei (Standard Chinese pronunciation ) is a white tea that is produced from naturally withered upper leaf and tips, with a stronger flavor reminiscent of lighter oolong teas. It is mostly grown in Fujian Province and Guangxi Province in China. Because it is plucked later than Bai Mudan, the tea may be darker in color, but it should still have a proportionate green color. Some lower grades of Shou Mei may be golden in color with many black and red leaves, making a darker brew with more depth.

Technically this tea, being a fourth-grade tea, is a by-product of Baihao Yinzhen tea production and uses Da Bai or Large White leaves.

Tasting and brewing
The tea can be brewed very differently and there are many combinations that yield interesting results, but it is important to use good mineral water to bring out the sweetness and aroma of the tea and not to over brew or make a bitter and very strong brew.

Typically, white teas are brewed at a lower temperature than black teas. Often temperatures such as 70 degrees Celsius is all that is required. Different steep times and different temperatures have a remarkably different effect on the outcome of the final brew, but two to five minutes is ideal. This is correct for western style brewing when one is making the tea in a mug or western teapot, but when a gaiwan or yixing teapot is used in the gong fu style of brewing where larger quantities of leaf and smaller quantities of water are used and shared amongst the tea drinkers, steep times of less than a minute and measured in seconds would be preferred.

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Allan Lichtman

Allan Jay Lichtman (born April 4, 1947) is an American historian. He has taught at American University in Washington, D.C., since 1973.

Lichtman created the Keys to the White House model with Soviet seismologist Vladimir Keilis-Borok in 1981. The model uses 13 true/false criteria to predict whether the presidential candidate of the incumbent party will win or lose the next election. Using this model, Lichtman has accurately predicted the winner of every U.S. presidential election since 1984, with the exception of 2000, although he did forecast successfully that Al Gore would win the popular vote that year, and 2016, where he predicted Donald Trump would win the popular vote. He ran for the U.S. Senate seat from Maryland in 2006, finishing in sixth place in the Democratic primary. In 2017, Lichtman published The Case for Impeachment, laying out multiple arguments for the impeachment of Donald Trump.

Early life and education
Lichtman was born in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School. Lichtman received his B.A. degree from Brandeis University in history in 1967, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude while also running track and wrestling. In 1973, Lichtman received his Ph.D. from Harvard University as a Graduate Prize Fellow, also in history.

Teaching
Lichtman began teaching at American University in 1973, rising to chair of the History department, and was named scholar/professor of the year in 1993.

Outside of the classroom, Lichtman has testified as an expert witness on civil rights in more than 70 cases for the U.S. Department of Justice and for civil rights groups such as the NAACP, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund and Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. He also consulted for Vice President Al Gore and Senator Ted Kennedy. He assisted the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights investigation into voting irregularities in Florida during the 2000 election, submitting his statistical analysis of balloting problems. Lichtman concluded "there were major racial disparities in ballot rejection rates".

In the early 1980s while living in California as a visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology, Lichtman had a 17-show stint on the game show Tic Tac Dough. He won $100,000 during his time on the show.

Author and commentator
Lichtman is best known for the "Keys" system, presented in his books The Thirteen Keys to the Presidency and The Keys to the White House. The system uses thirteen historical factors to predict whether the popular vote in the election for president of the United States will be won by the candidate of the party holding the presidency (regardless of whether the president is the candidate). The keys were selected based on their correlations with the presidential election results from 1860 through 1980, using statistical methods adapted from the work of geophysicist Vladimir Keilis-Borok for predicting earthquakes. The system then correctly predicted the popular vote winner in each of the elections between 1984 and 2012, including a correct prediction of Gore as the popular vote winner in 2000. Lichtman has provided commentary for networks and cable channels such as CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. In the 2020 presidential election, Lichtman correctly predicted that Democrat Joe Biden would defeat Republican Donald Trump in both the popular vote and the electoral college.

Nate Silver has criticized Lichtman's keys, writing that several of them are subjective. For example, two of the keys are whether the incumbent has charisma and whether the challenger has charisma. Silver wrote, "it's awfully easy to describe someone as charismatic when he or she is ahead in the polls — or when you have the advantage of hindsight and know who won an election."

In April 2017, Lichtman authored the book The Case for Impeachment, laying out multiple arguments for the impeachment of Donald Trump. The Financial Times gave The Case for Impeachment a positive review, writing: "Lichtman's powerful book is a reminder that we are only at the start of the Trump investigations." The Washington Post called it "striking to see the full argument unfold". New York Journal of Books recommended it as a resource, "if you are a member of Congress trying to grapple with all that this administration has wrought." The Hill gave the author praise, writing: "Lichtman has written what may be the most important book of the year." CBC News consulted law scholars that said the fulfillment of Lichtman's impeachment prediction was unlikely, especially with a Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives. Trump was impeached by the U. S. House of Representatives on December 18, 2019, but acquitted by the U. S. Senate on February 5, 2020.

In 2020, Lichtman published Repeal the Second Amendment. In the book, Lichtman argues that the only way to solve the gun violence epidemic in America is by repealing the Second Amendment.

As of 2023, Lichtman hosts weekly live streams, called Lichtman Live, on his YouTube channel. Together with his son Sam, who manages the technology and moderates the chat, Lichtman streams every Thursday at 9:00 PM EST to comment on the latest political news. He also answers questions from viewers about topics ranging from politics, the current status of the "Keys", and occasionally his and Sam's favorite sports teams.

2006 U.S. Senate race in Maryland
Lichtman announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for United States Senate from Maryland in the 2006 election to replace Senator Paul Sarbanes; in a playful opening television ad, he pledged not to be a "conventional politician" and jumped into the C&O Canal in a business suit. Lichtman was seen as a long-shot candidate with low support in polls. He criticized front-runner U.S. Representative Ben Cardin for his votes in favor of funding for the Iraq War. When Lichtman was not invited by the League of Women Voters to the Maryland Public Television debate, he and other excluded candidates (Josh Rales and Dennis F. Rasmussen) protested outside the Baltimore County television studio; Lichtman and his wife were arrested after a confrontation with a security guard. In 2006, both were acquitted on all charges.

Lichtman lost in the primary election to Cardin, receiving 6,919 votes (1.2%), landing him in 6th place in a field of 18. In October 2012, The Washington Post reported that he was still paying off a mortgage he took out in order to help fund his campaign.

Awards and honors
Lichtman has received numerous awards at American University during his career. Most notably, he was named Distinguished Professor of History in 2011 and Outstanding Scholar/Teacher for 1992–93, the highest faculty award at that school. Honors include:
 * Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Visiting Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 1980–81
 * Top Speaker Award, National Convention of the International Platform Association, 1983, 1984, 1987
 * Selected by the Teaching Company as one of America's "Super Star Teachers"
 * Outstanding Scholar/Teacher, 1992–93
 * Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award for White Protestant Nation, the Rise of the American Conservative Movement, 2008
 * Distinguished Professor of History at American University, 2011
 * Winner, National Jewish Book Award, 2013 for "FDR and the Jews," with Richard Breitman
 * Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2013 for "FDR and the Jews," with Richard Breitman

Books

 * Historians and the Living Past: The Theory and Practice of Historical Study (Arlington Heights, Ill.: Harlan Davidson, Inc., 1978; with Valerie French)
 * Ecological Inference (With Laura Irwin Langbein, Sage Series In Quantitative Applications In The Social Sciences, 1978)
 * Your Family History: How to Use Oral History, Personal Family Archives, and Public Documents to Discover Your Heritage (New York: Random House, 1978)
 * Prejudice and the Old Politics: The Presidential Election of 1928 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1979; Lexington Books, 2000)
 * Kin and Communities: Families In America (Edited, with Joan Challinor, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press, 1979)
 * The Thirteen Keys to the Presidency (Lanham: Madison Books, 1990, With Ken Decell) ISBN 978-0-8191-7008-8
 * The Keys to the White House, 1996 Edition (Lanham: Madison Books, 1996; reprint, Lexington Books Edition, 2000) ISBN 978-0-7391-0179-7
 * White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement, (Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award in non-fiction, 2008 ) Grove/Atlantic Press. ISBN 978-0-87113-984-9
 * FDR & the Jews, (Co-authored with Richard Breitman. Harvard University Press, 2013)
 * The Case for Impeachment, HarperCollins, 2017, ISBN 0062696823
 * The Embattled Vote in America, Harvard University Press, 2018.
 * Repeal the Second Amendment: The Case for a Safer America, St. Martin's Press, 2020, ISBN 9781250244406
 * Thirteen Cracks: Repairing American Democracy after Trump, Rowman & Littlefield, 2021, ISBN 9781538156513

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Talk:Rapture of the Deep

Opinion?
The Rapture page as it currently is seems to be almost all opinion - isn't that what Wikipedia is NOT supposed to be about?
 * I agree, it reads like a review. Hell, it IS a review... 24.132.235.30 18:59, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * So what to do with it? I've put tags, but nobody edited the article. Should I just blank the review, and just leave basic information about the album? --RockyMM 21:27, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

<^>v!!This album is connected!!v<^>

 * All song titles serve as redirects to this album, have their own pages, or have had disambig links placed at the appropriate article or disambiguation page.--Hraefen Talk 00:00, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

It looks fine to me now. I don't know if someone maybe changed it since this issue was brought up. 70.48.161.4 02:09, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

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Release ???
Was it November or October, as it yis listet here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Purple_discography --  217.245.130.75 (talk) 09:40, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

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Talk:Kismet (software)

Ideas for improvement
This is a collection of things I'd like to see added to this article. I plan to write this stuff myself, but, if others in the meantime would like to add, I would appreciate it. godsmoke 09:40, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Explanation of RFMON (this may spread into its own page ... but it's a small enough topic to cover here for now). Also explaining why Windows can't support a Kismet server (due to lack of available RFMON drivers).
 * Applications/scripts bundled with Kismet (mainly GPSMap)
 * Various front ends (gkismet, kismet-qte, wirekismet)
 * Sharp Zaurus support
 * Supported cards
 * Links to/comparison with other scanners both free and commercial

Wiki page title
So, the wiki title of this page is "Kismet (program)" usually in the case of a piece of software's name conflicting with other wiki pages, the title is changed to "NAME (software)" it's more accurate than "program". Any objections to moving it? godsmoke 06:36, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Protocol
The last paragraph states that the client communicates with the server using a proprietary protocol. Am I missing something here? Kismet is GPL. How would you keep the protocol secret? 217.208.71.65 23:57, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * That was my fault -- and you're absolutely correct -- was just a mistake of phrase. godsmoke 03:14, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

help using kismet:
I was wondering if someone would tell me how i run kismet on windows and if there are any hardware specs required.

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The Meteoritical Society

The Meteoritical Society is a non-profit scholarly organization founded in 1933 to promote research and education in planetary science with emphasis on studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding of the origin and history of the Solar System.

Members
The membership of the society comprises over 1,000 scientists and amateur enthusiasts from over 52 countries who are interested in a wide range of planetary science topics. Members interests include meteorites, cosmic dust, asteroids and comets, natural satellites, planets, impact events, and the origins of the Solar System.

Activities
The Meteoritical Society is the organization that records all known meteorites in its Meteoritical Bulletin. The Society also publishes one of the world's leading planetary science journals, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, and is a cosponsor with the Geochemical Society of the renowned journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

The Society presents or cosponsors seven awards each year:
 * The Leonard Medal, awarded since 1966 in honor of the first President of the Society, Frederick C. Leonard, is given for outstanding contributions to the science of meteoritics and closely allied fields.
 * The Barringer Medal, awarded since 1984 and cosponsored by the Barringer Crater Company, recognizes outstanding work in the field of impact cratering and/or work that has led to a better understanding of impact phenomena. The Prize is given in memory of D. Moreau Barringer Sr. and his son D. Moreau Barringer Jr.
 * The Nier Prize recognizes outstanding research in meteoritics and allied fields by young (under age 35) scientists.  It has been awarded since 1996 in honor of the late physicist and geochemist, Alfred O. C. Nier.
 * The Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award, cosponsored by the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America, is given for undergraduate and graduate students who are first author of a planetary science paper published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. It has been given since 2000, and honors the memories of the incomparable meteoriticist Paul Pellas and lunar scientist Graham Ryder.
 * The Meteoritical Society's Service Award is for members who have advanced the goals of the Society to promote research and education in meteoritics and planetary science in ways other than by conducting scientific research. The first award was presented in 2006.
 * The Gordon A. McKay Award is for the best oral presentation by a student at the annual meeting of the society. It honors the memory of planetary scientist Gordon A. McKay. The first award was presented in 2009.
 * The Jessberger Award is awarded to a mid-career female scientist in the field of isotope cosmochemistry. The award was endowed by the family of geochemist Elmar Jessberger.  The award is given every other year.

The Meteoritical Society hosts an annual meeting during the summer, which generally alternates between North America and Europe. It has also held meetings in South Africa, Australia, Brazil, and Japan. The next meeting will be August 13-18, 2023 at UCLA.

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Talk:Oh

OH is an abbreviation

 * The acronym OH, such as the state of Ohio.

The abbreviation "OH" is not an acronym as generally defined, as "OH" is generally not pronounced, nor formed from the first letter of multiple words. I am changing the above line to reflect this. Mesulliv 23:58, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

Oh vs O
The vocative particle O is not merely an archaic spelling of oh, it's an archaic word. It's not always easy to tell them apart, but in a phrase like "hear, O king," it's clearly not the interjection. (See Vocative case.) —Tamfang (talk) 03:05, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

In chemistry

 * hydroxyl
 * hydroxide
 * hydroxyl radical
 * the functional alcohol group in a molecule, e.g. CH3CH2OH

These are all essentially the same thing! Why list them as four independent concepts? (Formerly they were sub-indented under the heading "in chemistry:".) —Tamfang (talk) 04:50, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

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Crypto-Islam

Crypto-Islam is the secret adherence to Islam while publicly professing to be of another faith; people who practice crypto-Islam are referred to as "crypto-Muslims." The word has mainly been used in reference to Spanish Muslims and Sicilian Muslims during the Inquisition (i.e., the Moriscos and Saraceni and their usage of Aljamiado). With the Portuguese Empire's expansion to the Far East and the Spanish Empire's spread to the Philippines from Latin America, Filipino Muslims and Portuguese Muslims were also subject to the Inquisition, one famous case being Alexo de Castro of the Spanish-occupied Moluccas, who was tried for crypto-Islam a continent away before the Mexican Inquisition.

Historic examples
Some historical examples include Ahmad ibn Qasim Al-Hajarī, 16th-century crypto-Muslim from Spain who authored a book recounting how he organized his escape from Spain to Morocco, and including a refutation of Catholic opinions about Jesus. The books also included details on crypto-Muslim life in Spain. He later became Ambassador of Morocco to Spain.

The Oran fatwa issued in the context of the persecution of Muslims in Spain gave guidance to crypto-Muslims on how to balance religious obligations with concealing their faith, allowing relaxation of sharia obligations in certain situations.

In 16th- to late 18th-century Russia, the native Muslims of the region faced frequent persecution by the authorities, which saw many episodes of forced conversions to Christianity. During these times, the newly converted continued to secretly practice Islam. Once Russia allowed Muslims to practice their faith, many of the converted reverted to Islam.

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Sean O'Sullivan (priest)

Sean Patrick Paul O'Sullivan (1 January 1952– 9 March 1989), was a Canadian politician who left politics to become a Roman Catholic priest.

Born in 1952 in Hamilton, Ontario, O'Sullivan showed an interest in politics at a young age. When he was 11 years old, he worked for Ellen Fairclough in her election campaign and met John Diefenbaker for the first time. He was educated at Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School and Brock University in St. Catharines. When he was just 15 years old, he was named Western Ontario representative of the Youth for Diefenbaker movement. This movement was formed in Ottawa to engage the support of Canada's young conservatives for John Diefenbaker at the leadership convention. In 1970, at age 18, he was chosen as president of the Young Progressive Conservatives of Canada.

In 1971, Diefenbaker appointed O'Sullivan as his executive assistant. In the 1972 election, O'Sullivan was elected as the Progressive Conservative MP for the riding of Hamilton-Wentworth. At 20 years and 10 months, O'Sullivan became the youngest member elected to the House of Commons of Canada at that time. In 1974, Liberal Claude-André Lachance, elected at 20 years and 3 months, became the youngest-ever MP, and later, New Democrat Pierre-Luc Dusseault beat that record in 2011, being elected at 19 years and 11 months. O'Sullivan was re-elected in 1974. It was O'Sullivan's private member's bill in 1975 that gained recognition for the beaver as Canada's official animal symbol.

In 1977, O'Sullivan announced that he was leaving politics to enter the Roman Catholic priesthood, eventually becoming Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Toronto, as well as publisher of The Catholic Register newspaper.

O'Sullivan learned he was suffering from leukemia in 1983. After treatment, the disease went into remission. During a Brock University convocation ceremony in 1985, Father O'Sullivan was conferred an honorary degree, and he delivered the convocation address. In 1986, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. With the return of his illness in 1989, O'Sullivan entered Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto for a bone marrow transplant. He died there on 9 March 1989, aged 37.

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Expanded universe

The term expanded universe, sometimes called an extended universe, is generally used to denote the "extension" of a media franchise (like a television program or a series of feature films) with other media, generally comics and original novels. This typically involves new stories for existing characters already developed within the franchise, but in some cases entirely new characters and complex mythology are developed. This is not necessarily the same as an adaptation, which is a retelling of the same story that may or may not adhere to the accepted canon. It is contrasted with a sequel that merely continues the previous narrative in a linear sequence. Nearly every media franchise with a committed fan base has some form of expanded universe.

Examples
Two prominent examples of media franchises with an expanded universe are Star Wars and Star Trek, which both have a wide range of original novels, comics, video games, and other media that add to the mythology of their fictional universe in different ways. In both cases, entirely new characters and situations have been developed that exist only within the expanded universe media.

Canonicity
Although there are some exceptions, expanded universe works are generally accepted as canon, or part of the "official" storyline continuity. Otherwise, they are considered apocrypha. In some cases, characters created for an expanded universe are later featured in the primary works associated with that franchise, as in the cases of Aayla Secura and Grand Admiral Thrawn in the Star Wars franchise. When all expanded universe works (films, novels, comic books, video games, role-playing games, etc.) are considered canonical, then the expanded universe is an "imaginary entertainment environment."

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Adin Falkoff

Adin D. Falkoff (19 December 1921 – 13 August 2010 ) was an engineer and computer systems and programming systems designer who was mostly known for his work on the programming language APL and systems for IBM.

Career
Falkoff, born in New Jersey, received a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Ch.E.) from the City College of New York in 1941, and a Master's degree (M.A.) in Mathematics from Yale University in 1963.

He was a researcher and manager at IBM Research since 1955 for over forty years before retiring. He collaborated with Ken Iverson from 1960 to 1980 on the design, development, and use of the APL programming language and interactive environment.

Of special note is his landmark article, A Formal Description of System/360, describing the then new IBM System/360 computer system, formally, in APL programming notation.

Falkoff was a visiting member of the faculty of IBM's Systems Research Institute, and taught computer science at Yale University. He was one of the researchers who established and managed the IBM Philadelphia Scientific Center and received many awards for his work, especially with APL.

Representative publications

 * Adin D. Falkoff, "Algorithms for Parallel-Search Memories". Journal of the ACM 9:4:488-511 (1962)
 * Adin D. Falkoff, Kenneth E. Iverson, Edward H. Sussenguth Jr., "A Formal Description of System/360". IBM Systems Journal 3:3:198-262 (1964)
 * Falkoff, A.D., and K.E. Iverson, APL\360 User’s Manual, IBM Corporation, August 1968. full text in PDF
 * Falkoff, A.D., and K.E. Iverson, "The Design of APL", IBM Journal of Research and Development 17:4, July 1973. full text in PDF
 * Falkoff, A.D., and K.E. Iverson, "The Evolution of APL", ACM SIGPLAN Notices 13:8, August 1978. full text in PDF
 * Falkoff, A.D., and K.E. Iverson, A Source Book In APL, APL Press, 1981
 * Falkoff, A.D., "The IBM Family of APL Systems", IBM Systems Journal 30:4, December 1991. full text in PDF

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National LGBT Chamber of Commerce

The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) is a U.S. not-for-profit advocacy group that aims to expand the economic opportunities and advancement of the LGBT business community. Its headquarters are in NW in Washington, D.C. NGLCC is the exclusive certifying body for LGBT-owned businesses known as LGBT Business Enterprises (LGBTBEs), and advocates for LGBT business inclusion in corporate and government supplier diversity programs. In October 2017, the organization changed its name from the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce to National LGBT Chamber of Commerce to better reflect the entire LGBT business community it serves.

Overview
The NGLCC was co-founded in 2002 by Justin G. Nelson and Chance Mitchell. Nelson has served as president since the NGLCC was founded, and Mitchell has served as CEO over the same period. Their goal was to create an organization that could support LGBT business owners and showcase the diversity of talent in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. NGLCC provides direct links between businesses, corporate partners, government organizations and other community groups that support LGBT economic opportunity.

In early 2004, NGLCC created a "diversity certification program", making the organization a national third-party certifying body for LGBT-owned businesses.

The NGLCC has a network of more than 50 local, state, and international affiliate LGBT chambers of commerce, and serves to represent their economic interests and opportunities.

The NGLCC offices employ approximately 15 full-time staff. The NGLCC runs an internship and fellowship program to support operations.

NGLCC co-founders Justin G. Nelson and Chance Mitchell also serve on the board of directors. NGLCC senior executives also include Sabrina Kent, and Anthony Wisniewski.

Jonathan Lovitz served as Senior Vice President of NGLCC and Director of nglccNY from 2015-2023 until being appointed to the US Department of Commerce by President Biden.

In 2017 NGLCC released its first proprietary data, the "America's LGBT Economy Report". Among the findings reported: a typical LGBT business has been in business, on average, for more than 12 years and that LGBT businesses contribute more than $1.7 trillion to the U.S. economy and have created more than 33,000 jobs.

In 2018 and early 2019, as the leading public policy organization on behalf of LGBT-owned businesses, NGLCC won the public sector contracting inclusion of certified LGBTBEs in Orlando, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Baltimore, Maryland; Jersey City, New Jersey; and Hoboken, New Jersey, while also advancing statewide bills in New York and New Jersey. Currently, California, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania also include certified LGBT-owned businesses, along with major cities like Seattle, Newark, Columbus, and Philadelphia.

LGBT Business Enterprise (LGBTBE) Certification
Since 2004, the NGLCC has offered certification to businesses owned by LGBT people. This certification is intended to help corporate and government procurement teams source from LGBT-owned products and services, also known as supplier diversity. As of December 2023, NGLCC has certified 2,151 businesses across the United States. Certification is a multi-step process involving an application and supporting documents, a site visit, and final approval before a national certification committee.

In August 2007 the NGLCC signed a memorandum of understanding with the Women's Business Enterprise National Council to provide opportunities for dual-certification as both a women-owned, and lesbian, bisexual or transgender-owned, business. In 2011 the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) began including active sourcing of LGBT certified businesses as part of the Corporate Equality Index, a national directory of gay-friendly workplaces. In 2017, HRC further expanded the index criteria to require LGBT-inclusion in supplier diversity programs as a stand-alone scored metric.

In August 2017 it was announced that the Billion Dollar Roundtable will now include NGLCC certified LGBTs as a category of diverse vendors counted by corporations spending a billion dollars or more on procurement with diversity-owned firms. The Billion Dollar Roundtable was created in 2001 to recognize and celebrate corporations that achieved spending of at least $1 billion with minority and woman-owned suppliers.

Corporate partnerships
The NGLCC offers corporate membership. Over 300 companies are recognized as corporate partners of the NGLCC. Partnership provides benefits such as access to certified suppliers, recognition as supporters of the LGBT business community and opportunities to share best practice in supplier diversity. The NGLCC recognizes 10 companies as founding corporate members.

 * IBM
 * Wells Fargo
 * JP Morgan Chase & Co
 * American Express
 * Intel
 * Wyndham Worldwide
 * American Airlines
 * Ernst & Young
 * Aetna
 * Motorola

NGLCC National Dinner
The NGLCC National Dinner is an annual awards event held in November to celebrate progress in the LGBT business community.

It was first held in 2003 and has been continuously presented at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. It is attended by businesspeople, LGBT equality advocates, and political figures.

Honors bestowed at the NGLCC National Dinner include: NGLCC/American Airlines ExtrAA Mile Award, Corporation of the Year, Supplier Diversity Advocate of the Year, and LGBT Supplier of the Year.

The NGLCC/American Airlines ExtrAA Mile Award recognizes an LGBT or allied person, persons or organization that have gone the extra mile to support LGBT equality. Previous NGLCC National Dinner Honorees have included: former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, NAACP Board Chair Emeritus Julian Bond, tennis legend and LGBT champion Martina Navratilova, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, actress Judith Light, MSNBC news anchor Thomas Roberts, and NBA player Jason Collins.

NGLCC International Business & Leadership Conference
Every summer the NGLCC holds the NGLCC International Business and Leadership Conference. The three-day educational conference delivers leadership programming, networking, and engagement opportunities for LGBT business owners and allies. Educational programs include keynote speakers, the annual B2B Boot Camp for certified LGBT Business Enterprises, a chamber development track, marketplace expo, and one-on-one matchmaker meetings. It has previously been held in cities including Washington, DC, Minneapolis, Seattle, Las Vegas (several times), Chicago, Dallas, Fort Lauderdale, Denver, and Palm Springs. Over 1,200 people attended the 15th Anniversary 2017 NGLCC Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

NGLCC Advocacy milestones
The NGLCC became the first LGBT organization to ring the New York Stock Exchange Closing Bell on June 20, 2005. It rang the bell again on June 5, 2009, and January 10, 2011.

In 2010 the NGLCC began international work (see above), eventually developing into NGLCC Global in 2013.

In November 2011 the NGLCC unveiled a new Supplier Innovation Center covering a second floor in the building that houses their offices. The Supplier Innovation Center is designed to facilitate training opportunities and develop best practice for small businesses, and provide a space for local start-ups to operate. The NGLCC is offering scholarships to LGBT business owners in partnership with the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, to be held at the Supplier Innovation Center.

In 2014, AB1678 became the first-in-the-nation public mandate requiring the intentional inclusion of certified LGBT Business Enterprises in contracting with a statewide agency, the California Public Utilities Commission.

In 2015, Massachusetts became the first state to Include certified LGBTBEs in statewide contracting, enacted by Governor Charlie Baker with the guidance of the NGLCC.

In 2016, NGLCC helped introduce the New York State Supplier Diversity Act to intentionally include LGBT, disability, and veteran owned firms in New York State contracting opportunities. That bill, along with a similar bill in New Jersey, are both in process with their respective legislatures.

In 2018 NGLCC's advocacy and public policy team was responsible for the inclusion of certified LGBT Business Enterprises in the cities of Baltimore, Maryland; Jersey City, New Jersey; and Hoboken, New Jersey. That year the groundwork was laid for similar inclusion legislation to be implemented in Chicago, the District of Columbia, Nashville, Denver, and other major cities.

In 2021, working with the NGLCC's advocacy and public policy team and NGLCC's local affiliate chamber, Three Rivers Business Alliance, the City of Pittsburgh became the first city in Pennsylvania to intentionally create an initiative to expand its inclusion of LGBT-owned businesses in municipal contracting and procurement opportunities.

NGLCC-affiliated chambers
The NGLCC works with more than 50 local, state and international chambers. In 2011, the NGLCC appointed a full-time position to oversee relations with affiliated chambers. The move is considered mutually beneficial to both local chambers and the national chamber.

The NGLCC stopped national membership options in 2011, and all membership is now routed through affiliated chambers. Membership of an affiliated chamber infers membership of the NGLCC. Benefits for membership include a waiver of the fee required for supplier diversity certification. NGLCC corporate partners also offer benefits to members of affiliated chambers.

Relations between affiliated chambers, the NGLCC, and the LGBT business community are overseen by the Affiliate Chamber Council (ACC).

Affiliated US chambers
• Mid-America Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (Kansas City)

• Greater Phoenix Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

• Tucson GLBT Chamber of Commerce

• Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

• Desert Business Association (Palm Springs)

• Golden Gate Business Association (San Francisco)

• Long Beach Community Business Network

• Greater San Diego Business Association

• Rainbow Chamber of Commerce Silicon Valley (San Jose)

• Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce

• Connecticut Alliance for Business Opportunities

• Denver Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

• Equality Chamber of Commerce (Washington, D.C.)

• Key West Business Guild

• Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

• Southwest Florida Business Guild (Sarasota)

• Space Coast Business Guild (Rockledge)

• Tampa Bay Business Guild

• Greater Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

• Metropolitan Business Association of Orlando

• Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

• Lesbian and Gay Businesses of Hawaii

• Chicago Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

• Indy Rainbow Chamber of Commerce (Indianapolis)

• Kentuckiana Rainbow Chamber of Commerce (Louisville)

• Rainbow Business & Professional Association (Portland, Maine)

• Central Massachusetts Business Council (Worcester)

• Greater Boston Business Council

• Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce (Detroit, Michigan)

• Twin Cities Quorum (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

• Gateway Business Guild (St. Louis, MO)

• Lambda Business and Professional Association (Las Vegas)

• 3 Degrees: Northern Nevada's GLBT Business & Professional Network (Reno)

• Albuquerque GLBT Chamber of Commerce

• National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce - New York

• Triad Business & Professional Guild (Greensboro, North Carolina)

• Plexus (Cleveland, Ohio)

• Portland Area Business Association (Portland, Oregon)

• Central Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (Harrisburg)

• Independence Business Alliance (Philadelphia)

• Three Rivers Business Alliance  (Pittsburgh/Greater Allegheny Region)

• Nashville GLBT Chamber of Commerce

• Greater Memphis GLBT Chamber of Commerce (Memphis)

• Austin Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

• San Antonio LGBT Chamber of Commerce

• North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce

• Hampton Roads Business OutReach

• Richmond Business Alliance (Richmond, Virginia)

• Greater Seattle Business Association

• Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce

• Inland Northwest Business Alliance (Spokane)

• Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce (Milwaukee)
 * OUT Georgia Business Alliance (Atlanta)

NGLCC Global
In 2010 the NGLCC hosted the first LGBT trade mission to Argentina, joined by U.S. LGBT businesses. The trade mission met with government officials and business counterparts and formalized relations with the Argentine LGBT Chamber of Commerce. In October 2011 the NGLCC traveled to Bogota to lay the groundwork for a future U.S. certified LGBT trade mission to Colombia.

NGLCC Global, a division of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, promotes the growth of small businesses and provides advocacy for broad-based economic advancement and empowerment of the global LGBT community. Through a variety of resources, NGLCC Global connects LGBT-owned and -allied companies, multinational corporations, and international affiliate chamber leaders and members.

In 2016, NGLCC launched NGLCC Global LGBTI Business Week. Hosted by NGLCC in partnership with leaders and organizations committed to expanding global LGBTI economic opportunity, this was the first summit of its kind to converge economic, public policy, and global human rights experts with the goal of shaping a more equitable world for LGBTI citizens. The findings of the week were presented along with awards for top achievement in LGBTI business at the NGLCC National Dinner in Washington, DC, on Friday, November 18, 2016.

NGLCC Global Affiliate Chambers include:

Argentina Australia Canada Central & Eastern Europe Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Mexico South Africa Sweden Uruguay
 * Cámara de Comercio Gay Lésbica Argentina (CCGLAR)
 * Gay and Lesbian Organization of Business and Enterprise (GLOBE)
 * Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC)
 * East meets West
 * Cámara de Comerciantes LGBT de Colombia (CCLGBTco)
 * Cámara de Comercio Diversa Costa Rica (CCDCR)
 * Cámara de Comercio LGBT de la Republica Dominicana (CCLGBTRD)
 * Federación Mexicana de Empresarios LGBT (FME-LGBT)
 * The Other Foundation
 * Swedish Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (SGLCC)
 * Cámara de Comercio y Negocios LGBT de Uruguay (CCNLGBTU)

Ecuador

 * Cámara LGBT de Comercio Ecuador (CCLGBTEC)

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Talk:Villanova University

puff and campus descriptions
Hi @GuardianH, thanks for your help with this article, it is getting much better. Let me ask you a question about detailed topographical campus descriptions and puffery. I like the way you deleted the completely unsourced Villanova campus descriptions. Which criteria do you apply? A lot of higher ed articles have this kind of puff. When does a building become siginificant, when does a campus green merit inclusion in Wikipedia? These are some of my questions. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 06:25, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

 * @Melchior2006 Primarily WP:VERFIABILITY, especially WP:NOSOURCES (Do not leave unsourced or poorly sourced material in an article if it might damage the reputation of living people or existing groups, and do not move it to the talk page). I believe academic boosterism and puffery damages a university's reputation, as it sets an unrealistic standard for the subject in question, not to mention also that readers on Wikipedia are much more perceptive than we take them to be, and can themselves distinguish puffery in an article which reflects very poorly of the institution or alumni.
 * I'll try to find a source to verify the information through a quick search, but most of the time a lot of information is unverifiable or a hopeless WP:SYNTH — this is usually the case in sports sections or in the greek sections that you've seen. It also happens that sections like those have the most puffery. Regarding inclusion, it's really a matter of looking at the outside, reliable secondary sources — nothing too different from what WP:NOTABILITY says. Of course, most of the time the available sources stem from the university/institution itself, or from local sources that have an explicit connection to the subject in which case it doesn't qualify inclusion. GuardianH (talk) 19:20, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Should we add Cardinal Robert F. Prevost as a alumnus to the page ?
He seems notable enough for me. 2601:204:CF81:EC80:FDC3:1112:D18:4B5D (talk) 14:35, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:Lake Charles, Louisiana

Comments
I really like what ya'll have done with this article.

== Placement of LC's red dot on the map needs to be corrected. Should be more centrally placed E-W and approximately 2/3 the distance up from the southern boundary of Calcasieu Parish. P.C.P 27jan06

Lake in image
There's been some reverts over what lake is in the photograph taken by DanielCD (Image:DowntownLC.jpg). The buildings in question are visible from above in this Google Maps aerial image. The view is toward the southeast from the north shore of Lake Charles near I-10, and across the riverboat dock (which is visible if one pans up and left a bit). -- Cyrius|✎ 00:03, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Ya, looks like that settles it. Lake Charles it is. --DanielCD 01:10, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

-I truely told you so, really_how could it not be. --Jack D.(known alias)8:55(UTC -6) 7-14-2004 p.s. My talk page is extremely premature. That is not a complete sentence_I stopped right in the middle of it.

Current Events
12:00 a.m. Central 7/28 The nu casino is alot more of a current event, no? You people better get to work on further updating this article!!!-now! ;?

My Appreciation
Tnks fur the tip. 12:00 A.M. L.C. time 7/28

Truly y'all's, ~Jack D.

lucinda williams song
lucinda williams has a song about lake charles. I'm not exactly sure where it could be worked into the article.--Alhutch 17:45, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * actually, she was born in lake charles. i'll add it in.--Alhutch 17:48, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Contraband days
I did some rewording here. I assume an actor plays Jean Lafitte, so I added that. But someone more familiar with the events might tweak it some more. Also, what is "Carnival midway"? --DanielCD 01:37, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

 * See Midway (fair) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.84.142.80 (talk • contribs)

 * Thank you for that. --DanielCD 18:43, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Daniel, the pirates and Jean Lafitte are played by members of some sort of society. This is also the group that started Contraband Days and still hosts the festival as I understand it.  It's considered a great honor to be voted by your peers to be Jean Lafitte for the year and goes to someone in the group who has worked to promote the festival.  It should be held in the next couple of weeks, so I'll try to get the name of the organization from Lake Charles papers to add to the Contraband Days page.  But great article otherwise! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.75.155.101 (talk) 17:46, 25 April 2007 (UTC).

Main Commercial Road
How is Ryan St. the main commercial road? Highway 14, for instance, is usually bussier, isn't it? Ryan Street might have been bussier in times past, but I don't think that applies anymore. This includes commercially. That's like saying that 2-10 still runs 'south' of Lake Charles. Wouldn't you think?--J. Daily 00:34, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. I understand your point, but Ryan goes through downtown, albeit a dead downtown. --ARSQuest 19 April 2006

Religion
Before making further changes, here are my reasons for my changes. First, I changed the wording to make it stronger. I did not change any of the information.

Citations are needed. The claim that the Diocese has 90,000 people needs some citation badly. Originally, the section said the City of Lake Charles, but that would seem impossible for the city itself to have 90,000 Roman Catholics. Perhaps they have a specific number of registered members, but one must also factor in how many of those have since either moved, switched to other religions, or fallen out completely---most of whom being children raised in the church who no longer participate.

There was something stating where the Jewish people came from, which was completely irrelevant. Such a statement would need citation and further explanation that would cause the section to lose its brevity and concisiveness. No one tried to state where the Christians came from. Also, I use the words like "followers" as opposed to practioners, because common sense tells us that not everyone who claims a religion necessarily practices it. I also state the Diocese has a "congregation of . . . " as not to specify how many Catholics there actually are, because no uniform system is stated to explain how the numbers were arrived at for each denomination.

Also, I put both "Protestant" and "Evangelical," because although many Protestant denominations are Evangelical as well, not all Evangelicals claim "Protestant" anymore; they simply claim "Christian." There's a big split between earlier Protestant Christian denominations, and the later-developing denominations, which formed well after the Protestant Reformation and often do not consider themselves "Protestant" at least in part because of this. Protestant denominations nowadays can generally be viewed as direct, primary schisms from Roman Catholicism.

The atheist thing needs some citation. I left it alone with "an atheist group" because I did not know whether the original writer meant there is an actual group, or just a significant number of atheists. This needs clarification.

Also, I'm sure there are members of many other religions which are not substantiated in this article. Perhaps they could be named and specific places of worship listed.

It might be appropraite to write about some of the larger churches in the area and post links to their websites. Phrases like "affiliated with" should be used when it's not clear what system was used to determine a specific number of "members" of any group. Below is how the article was rewritten by me.

Oh, and maybe someone can ellaborate on the voodoo thing. To a lot of people I can imagine that being an unwelcome element, but it's traditionally been all over Louisiana and is undeniable. I'm sure with some googling some reports have been made about its presence here.

Voodoo is not prevalent as a religion, the only places being the usual tourist shops. Lake Charles has more of a cajun and less creole background. Also, it might be of note that part of the reason for the large Catholic population is also due to the cajun descendants.

I'm cleaning up the religon to a brief, short little blurb. Right now it's unbalanced and tilts too much towards the Catholics. If someone wants to clean it up more and name the head of the Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal etc. churches in the city, then the Bishop and all that errata could stay, I suppose, but really, it shouldn't be there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.11.202.87 (talk) 03:01, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Religion
Christianity is the predominant religion in the Lake Charles area. Roman Catholicism is the largest denomination of which, with a Diocese of around 90,000 parishioners. Lake Charles is home to several Protestant and Evangelical denominations as well. A substantial portion of the population affiliates itself with Judaism. Notably, there is an atheist group as well. Particular elements of Voodoo are recognizable in the city as well, as one can spot jars filled with animal organs placed around graves and hanging from trees in the pauper cemetery on Broad Street.

Separation of Birth and Associations with Lake Charles
In the section "Famous Residents Past and Present" there are a lot of non-resident (etc. Dolly Parton recorded first album . . .). Do you think a separate section is required for clarity and better organization? Any comments welcomed.

I agree. Additionally, just because someone is from Calcasieu Parish does not mean they are from Lake Charles. Could we keep Sulphur residents on Sulphur's page, etc?

I agree with the first comment. Maybe under the title of "People Associated With Lake Charles"?

List of Worship Centers
Please add to this list! It needs your help and knowledge.

GarrettRock 20:36, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Current Events >> History?
Does anyone think that the construction of L'Auberge du Lac and Hurricane Rita should be moved from "Current Events" to another section?

- GarrettRock 00:02, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Done.

Also, if Huricane Rita is here, what about Hurricane Audrey. It had a profound impact on the city.

The Lake City?
I've lived in Lake Charles the majority of my life and have never heard anyone call it "the lake city."

 * That's been bothering me, too. I think someone just wanted to use the word "colloquially."  If there are no objections, I'll remove it an a few days. CodeNaked 13:20, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Famous Residents <> Free Advertising
I know Eddie Mormon is a legitimate painter who has acheived some level of success. I can't attest as to whether or not he is famous; I'll leave that to others more familiar with those standards. However, I do object to the last sentence, "These paintings can be seen and bought on his web site (eddiemormon.com)." Let's keep the ads out of Wikipedia. CodeNaked 19:40, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

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Article Revision
I've worked a lot on this article. I plan on adding a few more pictures, and also a section on downtown if that development along the lakefront ever comes into being (which I hope it does). Does anyone have any other suggestions? CTtcg (talk) 01:36, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

 * Note: I deleted the information on the USS Orleck because the ship was moved to Jacksonville, Fl. https://www.jaxnavalmuseum.org/uss-orleck-to-arrive-in-jacksonville-on-26-march/ Richiewrites (talk) 15:21, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Reference 8
the sentence that reference 8 corresponds to is inaccurate. lake charles was listed as the #1 place to raise children within louisiana. the referenced article gives the best city to raise children for each of the 50 states. this article needs to be changed to reflect the referenced article accurately.Jeremy8419 (talk) 04:03, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

List of mayors
Is the list of former mayors necessary? Richard Apple (talk) 23:26, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Not really. It's not really notable. It's just listed on the city's website as FYI. I think it should be removed. CTtcg (talk) 22:33, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

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History of City
What is the source or scholarship for the claim that "Marco Eliche" is the founder of the city, along with the claims of "Porte de Lafitte" and Riviere Lafitte? As a historian myself, I'm not familiar with this claim or attribution.Achistorian (talk) 15:15, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Radio stations list - necessary and encyclopedic?
Is the list of radio stations encyclopedic? I know some editors keep up with that section, but it seems completely unnecessary. Are all of those radio stations actually within the city? I imagine not. I know we tried to get it deleted years ago, and someone added it back in later.

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Partial-redundancy elimination

In compiler theory, partial redundancy elimination (PRE) is a compiler optimization that eliminates expressions that are redundant on some but not necessarily all paths through a program. PRE is a form of common subexpression elimination.

An expression is called partially redundant if the value computed by the expression is already available on some but not all paths through a program to that expression. An expression is fully redundant if the value computed by the expression is available on all paths through the program to that expression. PRE can eliminate partially redundant expressions by inserting the partially redundant expression on the paths that do not already compute it, thereby making the partially redundant expression fully redundant.

For instance, in the following code: the expression  assigned to   is partially redundant because it is computed twice if   is true. PRE would perform code motion on the expression to yield the following optimized code: An interesting property of PRE is that it performs (a form of) common subexpression elimination and loop-invariant code motion at the same time. In addition, PRE can be extended to eliminate injured partial redundancies, thereby effectively performing strength reduction. This makes PRE one of the most important optimizations in optimizing compilers. Traditionally, PRE is applied to lexically equivalent expressions, but recently formulations of PRE based on static single assignment form have been published that apply the PRE algorithm to values instead of expressions, unifying PRE and global value numbering.

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Talk:Zak Starkey

Member of The Who
The Who: "a classic mod band"?! Fenrir2000 07:46, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Same Zak Starkey?
Evidently, and I didn't even realize it until I was making a half assed article for ASAP (band) that Zak Starkey played in that group too.. I presume it's the same guy? good christ I cant believe it's that common of a name :) --Kvuo 00:12, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

10 minutes later, I discover, yes, it is the same dude.. cool! --Kvuo 00:26, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Better pic?
In this particular picture, Zak doesn't look terribly photogenic. How about a different pic? Peter S. 18:59, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

40th anniversary Sgt Pepper's recording
BBC Radio 2 organised a "remake" of Sgt Pepper for the 40th anniversary; Oasis recorded Within You, Without You - it begs the question whether Zak was the drummer for this - it wasn't mentioned in the programme. Apepper 13:02, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Penguins
Since September 2006 Zak is the drummer of Penguins (or Penqu!ns), with daughter Tatia Jayne Starkey (of Belakiss) in the bass, current girlfriend Sharna Liguz on vocals and harmonica and Shane "Dodger" Devaney (of Black Dove Experiment) on guitar. More info can be found here: http://www.kathyszaksite.com/penguins.html and http://www.beatlelinks.net/forums/showthread.php?p=881602. Their MySpace page is this one: http://www.myspace.com/heypenguins 80.32.117.89 (talk) 09:46, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Beatles RfC
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The Waterboys
There is no citation for Starkey's involvement with The Waterboys and he is not listed on a comprehensive list of past & present members on The Waterboys' official website http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com/waterboys-members.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccferrie (talk • contribs) 22:13, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

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Zak Starr
In 1988 I took over the Squirrels Bar and Restaurant in Winkfield, Berkshire. By the early nineties, We had a resident group playing on Sundays, a group called "What's Next". Smiley was the singer wearing his screaming Lord Sutch hat, Russ Abbott's son played lead guitar and Zac Starr was on the drums. 97.105.136.189 (talk) 20:44, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

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Talk:Monohybrid

Should this be in the wiktionary project? --Ash211 00:07, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

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Florian Metz

Florian Metz (born 18 September 1985) is an Austrian football coach and former player who works a physiotherapist with Austria Wien. A defender, he notably played for Austria Wien and LASK.

Austria Wien
Metz is one of the first graduates of the Frank Stronach Academy. He played at the Austria Wien first team from 2004 until 2009, when he left for LASK Linz.

Honours

 * Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2006
 * Austrian Cup: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009

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River Trym

The River Trym is a short river, some 4.5 mi in length, which rises in Filton, South Gloucestershire, England. The upper reaches are culverted, some underground, through mostly urban landscapes, but once it emerges into the open it flows through a nature reserve and city parks before joining the tidal River Avon at Sea Mills. A medieval water mill near its mouth gave the area its name. Abona was a Roman port at the mouth of the Trym which provided an embarkation point for journeys across the River Severn to south Wales. In the 18th century there were short lived attempts at creating a port and a whale fishery here. The name Trym appears to have Anglo-Saxon roots. In recent years silting problems, caused by urban development, have caused some difficulties, but alleviation works have helped reduce the problem.

Course
The Trym rises near Filton in South Gloucestershire, in the area of Filton Golf Club, and much of its upper course is culverted underneath 20th century housing. It surfaces in the Bristol suburb of Southmead, then flows open through Badock's Wood nature reserve. Just south of here is Henleaze Swimming Lake, a former quarry fed by springs, the overflow running into the Trym. The river is culverted through Westbury-on-Trym village. A sluice here is used to divert water into a storm drain in times of high rainfall to save the village centre from flooding.

The Trym then disappears into culverts, re-emerging at Henbury Golf Club before entering the Blaise Castle estate, where it is joined on the right bank by the Hazel Brook above Coombe Dingle. The remains of Coombe Mill, which was fed by both the Hazel Brook and the Trym, can be seen here. Passing under Dingle Road bridge, the river then flows through Sea Mills river park, passing under the Portway and the Severn Beach railway line before joining the river Avon. A weir under the Portway prevents flooding upstream, except during the highest spring tides.

Natural history
Badock's Wood in Southmead is a nature reserve managed by Bristol City Council. Areas of beech, oak and ash woodland support a range of other bushes and shrubs, including hazel, maple, hawthorn and blackthorn. Badock's Meadow, a former prefab housing estate, has been reseeded with native meadow plants including oxeye daisies, yellow rattle, wild carrot and knapweed. Wildlife includes native woodland birds including woodpeckers and owls, also pipistrelle bats.

The Blaise Castle estate contains a variety of trees and plant life, also providing cover for birds and small mammals. Further downstream, just above Sea Mills, Himalayan Balsam and Japanese Knotweed, both invasive riverside plants, have established themselves. Ducks and moorhen can be found along many stretches of the river, with gulls and estuary birds near the mouth.

A pollution incident by Wessex Water which allowed sewage to flow into the Trym in 2001, killing eels, sticklebacks and invertebrates, resulted in a fine following prosecution by the Environment Agency. Other pollution incidents have followed.

History
At the confluence of the Trym with the Avon was the Roman port and small town of Abona, which took its name from the main river Avon, which simply means 'river' in British Celtic. Abona was a staging point for the Roman invasion of Wales and was at the western end of the Roman road from Silchester.

By the 15th century there was a water mill just above the tidal limit of the Trym. In later centuries there were also two water mills in Coombe Dingle: Clack Mill (also known as Black Mill) beside what is now the bend in Coombe Bridge Avenue, and Coombe Mill where the Hazel Brook joins the Trym.

An attempt was made in 1712 by the entrepreneur Joshua Franklyn to open a commercial dock at the mouth of the Trym, on the Roman site, but the venture foundered after a few decades. A whale fishery enterprise set up in 1752 was equally short lived. Parts of the dock walls can still be seen.

Etymology
Linguistics sources indicate that the name Trym may derive from the Anglo-Saxon, meaning 'firm' or 'strong' one'.

Hydrology
The flow of the river has decreased in power in recent years, partly because of surface run-off in the upper catchment of the Hazel Brook, especially from the large retail centre at Cribbs Causeway. The run-off sends a good deal of silt into the system, slowing the flow and creating a risk of flooding downstream. This problem has now been partially alleviated by the construction of the Catbrain attenuation reservoir near Cribbs Causeway. Measurements of pollution by the city council show the water to be relatively clean.

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