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User talk:Samwaltz

FNORD
Hi! This is Icarus!, being non-Wiki (I'm not logged in...), saying thanx for the work on the Discordianism page! Keep it up!24.176.20.60 17:41, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Category:Anti-folk music
Remember to make categories alphabetical do the following: and  (I was screwing this up too.) -MrFizyx 18:50, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey Samwaltz, I left you a reply over on my talk page. -MrFizyx 20:20, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

lool
come and talk to me baby Angry Gnome

Language proficiency
I'm sorry I prodded your article so quickly. It just looked nonsensical to me. I'm a pretty smart guy, bachelor's and master's degrees in languages, and I didn't have enough context to understand it. It seems, however that you are making progress. In the future, just remove the proposed deleton tag if you intend to fix the article, and that almost always saves the article. Good luck, and if you need any advice from someone familiar with what gets articles deleted, message me. I could look over your stuff in the future and let you know what needs to be added. Also, sometimes it's best to write the whole article on your userspace and then transfer it to mainspace. That's the best way to avoid speedy deletion and probably proposed deletion. Good luck! Erik the Rude 01:05, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

YFU Logo
That's fine, though it's a little large. The Image page for the new logo does need a source, and I copied the text from my original upload. --JohnDBuell 14:02, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

GAPP
That's the first I've heard about it actually.

Survey etiquette
If you are posting on talk pages, asking experienced editors to give their opinion on an issue, make sure not to use language that may suggest bias.

Good: "Hey, Bob, could you tell me what you think about this discussion? I think your input could help"

I am using the exact copy from the survey guideline in order not to get accused/blocked for recruiting. Could you please check the discussion there, Bob?

85.70.5.66 08:28, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Ummm... I'm missing something. I've never edited the Caron talk page, or the article, for that matter. samwaltz 16:39, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Digital phone line
while I am no expert on phone lines in the UK, many of the phone lines there are ISDN lines, this is a digital line which uses only a single pair (RJ-11) and can transmit data at 128K

I'll see it
Hi,

Thank you. I'll see it today or tomorrow.--Sa.vakilian 05:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Boston Tea Party
Funny, just minutes ago I was thinking how, with the current definition of "terrorist" used by Homeland Security, the resistance movements during WW II against the Nazis would have been considered terrorist organizations. Yet I feel it is wrong to label the BTP a "terrorist incident in the US", for several reasons. (1) For historical accuracy: the US did not exist at the time, and the definition was not in force then; it is furthermore not a "generally accepted definition". (2) More strongly, I think the definition is unacceptable, and Wikipedia must not be seen taking a stance as if accepting the Bush administration's warped world view as gospel. (3) Attempts at such labelling violate, in my opinion, WP:POINT and WP:SOAP. (4) A far better recourse would be to incorporate this example in sections dealing with criticism of the definition in the CFR. The last approach requires finding a reputable source voicing or reporting this criticism, which ought not to be terribly hard. A completely diametrical approach is that of Chomsky, who uses the US Code definition to argue that the US is a leading terrorist state. --Lambiam Talk 05:50, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I just commented, but I'm not sure you will agree with what I said. I don't think it should be labelled an act of terrorism because I believe the recent definitions of terrorism that include property destruction are absolutely ridiculous. Thanks for the head's up though. Ungovernable ForceThe Wiki Kitchen! 06:11, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * HTHJessesamuel 15:32, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I commented. --Tjss(Talk) 16:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

A very interesting issue. I'll take a look... GregorB 17:38, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Your list IS worthwhile despite some deletionsists' point of view
The list (accredited schools) you created is/was up for deletion. I want you to know there is a place for it: http://wikitistics.com. No one will be able to nominate it for deletion because it fits one simple rule: it's a statistic, list, or figure. Good luck with your endeavors!Joe 02:53, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Pro-sentence
Hi. I fixed a minor formatting problem and added Japanese for your examples. Will have to think about the rest of it; have added it to my watchlist. --RJCraig 08:18, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Mensa vandalism
The thing is that a statement which in reference to an ethnic group would clearly be racism is still offensive when it's only applied to Mensa. And prejudiced comments are like weeds; if you ignore one, suddenly the yard is full of them. On the other hand, there are different standards for talk pages. I don't know what actually should be done, I just have an opinion about what I think should be done. Avt tor 21:36, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

 * My interests include science fiction fandom, science fiction television, science fiction and fantasy books, Toronto, Canadian science fiction television, writing, international law, and a smattering of other things. I've been trying to push WikiProject Science Fiction off the ground, which involves touching quite a lot of pages. Today I created the French version for Corning, Iowa which stretched my rusty command of the language. Avt tor 23:00, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

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Scientific jokes
I like it, but I would really brace myself for a potential AfD.  bibliomaniac 1  5  00:01, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I have made minor changes to references. Avt tor 10:38, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Überfremdung
Hello Samwaltz,

a totally (100 %) exact translation or expression for the german word "Überfremdung" seems not to exist in English. I think "foreign infiltration" and "foreign penetration" are the possible aequivalent terms in english. But it seems Foreigner means in Englisch more members of other states (in geman "Ausländer"). The german word "Fremder" is in English better translated with "Stranger". For more information, please read the Discussion-Page (also the part in the archive). A total exact translation (slavery translation) would be: "Überfremdung" = " "Overstrangerisation". But of course this translation would be pure nonsense, and this english word does not exist.

Have a nice day

Boris Fernbacher from the german wikipedia. 84.56.177.240 12:26, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Hello Samwaltz,

 * Warning !: It`s important to say, that this article is not very objektive. It`s full of subjektive opinions from an extreme left wing view. I would not simply translate it in english. It`s more an poltical pamphlet (Note: In German or in French, the word pamphlet often has negative connotations of slanderous libel or extremist religious propaganda) then an objektive article. Have a nice day

 * Have a nice day

 * Boris Fernbacher from the german wikipedia. 84.56.166.119 08:42, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

The problem with "Überfremdung" is (at least) twofold. First: there is no concise meaning or interpretation. What is described as "Überfremdung" is highly subjective and depends on who is using the term. Second: the word itself was given its meaning concerning an "infiltration by foreigners" by the german national socialists in the early 1940ies. Before that it was a term in economy. Since then it was and still is used by groups and parties at the extreme right in their political agitation against anyone and anything that, from their point of view, endangers what they see as their german culture an heritage. It is not used in, for example, the social sciences, when topics like migration or similar are discussed. Tsui (de:Tsui), 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Just a short note about de:Überfremdung from me (as I am one of the authors - especially the part about Austria). The article is, for the most part, one about the german word "Überfremdung", about its history and current use. It is not an article about (the policies or sociology of) migration, it is not about language policy, cultural assimilation or similar topics.

 * Sorry; but that`s only the individual sight of User:Tsui ! Statements like: -> "The word itself was given its meaning concerning an "infiltration by foreigners" by the german national socialists in the early 1940ies." -> or: -> "It is not used in, for example, the social sciences, when topics like migration or similar are discussed." are  simply wrong ! Boris Fernbacher (de:Boris Fernbacher)

Regarding edits to Fachidiot
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Your edit to Über
I apologize that you were offended by the tone of my warning. The warning is a template; it is always written in the "passive voice".

Additionally, I could find little helpful content in your edit, and much unhelpful content (unhelpful by being irrelevant). As I tend to get in a hurry when reverting vandalism, I do occasionally make mistakes, and declare good faith edits to be vandalism. I reviewed your edit, and decided that it was, perhaps, a good faith edit. I apologize for not assuming good faith. I have removed the warning from your talk page as a result of my mistake.

However, in the future, I would appreciate if you would ensure your content is relevant to the article you are editing before adding it.

Thanks, Ninja! 15:34, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

 * I am elaborating on Unter, the antonym of Über. I think "Unter" could eventually be brought to stub-class, but right now, I do not find the whole two sentences currently in the Über excessive. samwaltz 21:05, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Actually, upon reviewing the history (coming to your talk page again to thank you for the RV on my userpage made me think of this), I don't think the edit I was referring to was even made by you. The edit  listed pokemon that were classified as "uber", and it appears I assumed that the content (which was what I was reffering to as irrelevant) was not added by you.   It was my fault for not providing the diff link along with my warning to ensure that I hadn't made a mistake.  So, sorry for the confusion! Ninja! 21:31, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert on my userpage!
Thank you for reverting the vandalism to my userpage. This is much appreciated, as I rarely check my userpage, and vandalism that remains there can be quite embarrassing. I owe you one! :) Ninja! 21:20, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Greek to me
For reference, not that I would message myself, I'm spreading the following notice:
 * Greetings. I just wrote the page Greek to me. I am comparing similar expressions in other languages. I was wondering if you would be able to add the expression in any languages with which you are comfortable. Btw, I just found your page/profile by running a search for users who have a level 4/level 5 ability in non-English languages. Thanks much! samwaltz 04:32, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks for telling me--I added a Latin translation to the page (I might change it when I get back to my books if I can find a better translation of "it"). Let me know if I can be of further aid! Amphytrite 04:29, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello, thak you for leting me know! I just added the Greek version. Kind regards! Nikolaos Bakalis 08:02, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Just to let you know that you can find a lot of translations at the Wikitionary article for the same phrase. :) -Yupik 08:01, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I saw your notice about Greek to me and I added Urdu to the comparison table. I would suggest that a column be added between the pronunciation and the target language columns for the literal translation of the phrase in non English languages. I've created a section for this discussion on Talk:Greek to me. Reply there to improve the table. --lTopGunl (talk) 11:38, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

GTM
Happy to contribute. (My esperanto and japanese will improve to 4 shortly).

Arabic entries
I have added to different ways of saying that in Arabic, but I have not clue about the phonetic alphabet to write how it sounds... don't hesitate to contact me if you need more info. Abountu 21:16, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Chinese and Japanese entries
I am not sure if you want to add these, since they're not really following the "It's ______(language) to me" formula you're describing.

Japanese speakers would use a variation of phrases based on the term ちんぷんかんぷんだ(chinpunkanpun), for example: これってちんぷんかんぷんだよ!(It's gibberish!). The term it self originally has a Chinese origin, as it is based on the kanji (Chinese characters) of 珍紛漢紛. However, it is only used to represent "gibberish" in Japan, where early scholars of Chinese decided to simply write down any kanji characters that might sound similar to the original Chinese language. (The same as if I were to write "I ate a piece of cookie" as "eye eight a peace of kookie"). Let me know if you think it qualifies.

As for Chinese, most websites/people would say the equivalent would be "跟天書一樣" (like a heavenly book/script). However, from what I am familar with(Taiwan/Eastern China/HK culture), the phrase is rarely used except with some fiction or perhaps essay writings. The phrase can also have multiple meanings depending on the context: 1)Something is as hard to understand as a heavenly book. 2)Something is as ultimate/authoritative as a heavenly book.

I'll let you know/edit the entry if I think of anything else that might qualify. Eternal Sleeper 16:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Comment on List of countries and outlying territories by total area EU inclusion
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 * Talk:List of countries and outlying territories by area

Thank you, -- giandrea   16:26, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Iceland
Maybe you are interested in this project... --Michkalas 15:32, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: User:Mikkalai
Hi. I do agree with you that Mikkalai's conduct on the Articles for deletion/Illegal number page was not acceptable, and I have been concerned with this user's conduct in the past. However, I don't think what he said in is enough to warrant a Request for Comment. For an RfC, we would have to show that we have "tried to resolve a dispute with this user and have failed" and provide evidence of instances where we did so; despite his incivility, this AfD probably wouldn't be enough of a "dispute." If, for example, we had commented on his conduct on his talk page, and he responded in an uncivil way, that would be better grounds for an RfC, since the dispute was his incivility and we tried to resolve it by commenting on it to him, and failed. That's my interpretation of the RfC rules, anyway. But I do certainly agree that his behavior could use some improvement. -- BlastOButter42 See  Hear  Speak  06:41, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * You might want to take your concerns to Wikiquette alerts, which is sort of a step down from RfCs where general incivility is discussed. If you do, let me know, but I am currently very busy with school and things, so I might not be able to help until the weekend or even at all. -- BlastOButter42 See  Hear  Speak  06:52, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm going to leave a message on Mikkalai's talk page, ok? -- BlastOButter42 See  Hear  Speak  22:22, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

de:Mensa Select
Hallo Samwaltz. Vielen Dank, dass Du den Artikel Mensa Select ins Deutsche übersetzt hast. Leider ist er zur Löschung vorgeschlagen, ich denke aber, dass wir ihn retten können. Kannst Du neben der Liste noch weitere Infos zum Preis beisteuern (Fließtext)? Seit wann gibt es den Preis? Wer hat ihn initiiert? Warum? Welche Bedeutung hat der Preis? Wie werden die Preisträger ermittelt? Wie funktioniert die Preisverleihung? Es wäre schön, wenn der Artikel auch in de behalten werden kann. Schönen Gruß --Heiko A 08:00, 11 May 2007 (UTC) PS: Es gibt tatsächlich ein Spiele-Portal in de. Zu finden unter de:Portal:Spiele. Bis dann, Heiko A 08:01, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for the notification.

Happy Editing! -- Stealthrabbit  Say it, baby, say it!  13:28, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Very belated thanks
... for this good move and the note you left on 1632 series. I'm afraid I suck at watching my watch list, and even so, was buried back then with launching WP:TSP (and since too! But it keeps me out of the bars at night and off the streets! )

This is a great read by the way, if you've the least interest in the underpinnings of the modern world and where it came from, and the genesis of ideas we all take for granted these days. A load of laughs and educational and thought provoking all in one swell foop! Who could ask for more (OK - there is more! -- and the first two novels and anthology are all available for free on the Baen Free Library!) Cheers, and again, thanks! // Fra nkB 04:44, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Airmail
I found you name in the WikiProject Echo as a person proficient in both German and English. I am a member of the Philately WikiProject and for some time have wanted to improve the Airmail article. In fact I started a new draft page here in my userspace but have put it on the long finger until I saw the Project Echo on the Airmail talk page. I had already seen that the German Flugpost article was an Exzellent article and hope to use some, or even most of, the content because there are no philatelic Featured Articles yet and I think it would be a good WP:FA candidate. Would be be prepared to help me with this as my German is rather poor? ww2censor 16:52, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Sure. I could translate a section or two per day, if that's fine with you. I'm doing a few paid translations this week, and am on WikiLight mode for a few days. samwaltz 17:25, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The article has basically been the way it is for quite some time, so whenever you have some time it would be appreciated and I will try to merge the existing article with it. Do you want to do it one one of my user pages or elsewhere? Thanks for your help. Cheers ww2censor 21:59, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Is there any chance that you might some time to look at this possible translation? Cheers ww2censor 16:21, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

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Ore Mountains
I moved Ore Mountains (Germany) to Ore Mountains (Central Europe) to achieve NPOV. Happy editing.  ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 23:23, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The problem is that Ore Mountains are also in the Czech Republic. Central Europe is enough to avoid confusion.  ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 13:02, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * And what do you suggest? Ore Mountains (Germany and Czech Republic) ? Anyway if we choose anything we must proceed move discussion because there might be voices against the move.  ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 17:57, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The correct title is, in fact, "Ore Mountains". Ore Mountains was fine as it was before 1 September, as the page that has just been renamed. The correct thing to have done was to create a disambig-block atop that article, not to make Ore Mountains a dabpage. There are over 100 links to "Ore Mountains", and about a half-dozen are to anything other than these Ore Mountains. Furthermore, when Ore Mountains was made into a dabpage, it is common courtesy to change links to it to links to the "real" article (see this page for details). That didn't happen, and that is in fact what set off all of this activity in the past few days. The comment on the move that started all of this, "There are other mountain ranges whose name translates from the local language to "Ore Mountains"" is no doubt true but is irrelevant. See Disambiguation for the purposes of disambiguation. Specifically, I refer to the subsection "Primary Topic" under Disambiguation. I agree about a move discussion, but it needs to include everything on and after 1 September. Thanks and happy editing. Merenta 20:02, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's true, the problem is that Samwaltz moved page without any discussion and without proper move process. That's the point number one.  ≈Tulkolahten≈ ≈talk≈ 20:23, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

British Mensa
You're right! Sorry I didn't check it myself. Seems silly calling it that, eh? Nobody of consequence 01:29, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Anywhere.fm
Please see discussion page. Not an advert. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zageron (talk • contribs) 07:22, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

I see what you mean. I will edit this soon. Zageron 20:06, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

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Re List of oxymora
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Renewed discussion about the EU entry in List of countries and outlying territories by total area
Hi,

I'm contacting you because you participated in the discussion about the EU entry in List of countries and outlying territories by total area in the past. So I concluded that you might be interested to know that two editors currently push for a change in the article structure that is in conflict with the standing consensus resulting out of our past discussion.

The consensus was to include the EU entry in the initial text of the article, but not in the actual table (even unnumbered). — Whereas the change that is currently pushed would result in moving the EU entry to the very end of the article, even after the references/sources table. The result can be seen here:.

The standing consensus was not my favorite solution, as I would like to include the EU into the very list (unnumbered), but I content myself with the standing compromise. Whether you agree to or oppose the change, I strongly feel that the article's structure should not be changed without a proper discussion and maybe even a new vote before changing the standing compromise. You might want to give your point of view in the current discussion at
 * Talk:List_of_countries_and_outlying_territories_by_total_area

Cheers and take care, MikeZ (talk) 14:12, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

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Vietcong (video game)

Vietcong is a 2003 tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Pterodon in cooperation with Illusion Softworks and published by Gathering for Microsoft Windows. It is set during the Vietnam War in 1967.

The expansion pack Vietcong: Fist Alpha was released in January 2004 and was bundled with Vietcong as Vietcong: Purple Haze for the PC. Vietcong: Purple Haze was also released in September 2004 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, ported by Coyote Games. Another official add-on titled Red Dawn was released as a free downloadable content. A sequel to the game, Vietcong 2, was released in 2005.

Plot
The player takes on the role of Sergeant First Class Steve R. Hawkins, assigned to the United States Special Forces ("Green Berets") camp at a strategic location of Nui Pek in South Vietnam near the Cambodian border. Hawkins and his A-Team carry out a series of various missions against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. The game ends in a massive North Vietnamese attack on the team's base camp which is ultimately abandoned by all American forces.

The ground assault on Nui Pek is a recreation of the ground assault that happened at Special Forces Camp Lang Vei.

Expansion
Fist Alpha is a prequel to Vietcong, occurring three months before the events of that game. The main character is Sergeant First Class Douglas Warren. All the members of the team from the original Vietcong are present initially except for Le Duy Nhut (Nick). The team's pointman and translator is Vietnamese Sergeant Nham Nguyen. He is killed in action during the attack on the Nui Pek base camp on 15 May 1966 and he is replaced by Nhut.

Gameplay
Vietcong has the player take part in military operations against the Viet Cong and later also the North Vietnamese Army. Some levels are highly linear, while others take place in more open outdoor environments, allowing for more tactical freedom. Missions typically require the player to sabotage weapons caches or simply clear areas of enemies - usually not all objectives need to be achieved in order to complete a mission. Gameplay mostly revolves around open combat in the jungle, tunnels and other locations typical for the setting but the player occasionally also has to traverse longer passages without encountering enemies during which punji pits and other traps pose the main threat.

Vietcong aims for a high level of authenticity and realism. AI characters make frequent use of cover but change the latter often, making it difficult for the player to anticipate enemies' specific locations and encouraging a tactical approach. All weapons' aim sights can be used to increase aim but a sway is present which simulates a shooter's shaking hands. The latter can be reduced by entering a crouching or prone stance. While aiming the gun is raised, which allows the player to shoot over cover without fully exposing himself. The game avoids the use of health packs and rather has the player use bandages, which briefly exposes him, or have a medic treat his wounds. The game features a variety of authentic weapons from the era such as the M-16 and AK-47 assault rifles. The player is able to choose the weapons he wants to go on a mission with in advance but can also replace them with weapons found on missions, giving him access to weapons used by the enemies. In some missions airstrikes can be ordered to bombard specific areas of the map.

Typically for tactical shooters the player is usually accompanied by AI controlled comrades. Each of the fellow soldiers is a unique character who is not allowed to die and serves a specific role in the team. For instance the point man can safely lead the team towards the objective, avoiding any traps and warning the player of enemies in advance, while a combat engineer carries an infinite supply of ammo for the player. By default the team simply follows the player character and engages at will but general orders such as to attack the enemy or retreat can be given. The fellow soldiers can also be called individually to the player character's location.

Quick fight
In addition to the main campaign a "quick fight" mode is available. The latter allows the player to simply engage in a fight on one of several arena-like maps with the sole objective of eliminating all enemies. The player can choose whether he wishes to be accompanied by a team, how many and what kind of enemies to engage, and what equipment he wishes to go on the mission with. In this mode the player is also able to assume the role of a Viet Cong combatant and engage American soldiers. By default only a single map and few weapons are available but more become available as the player makes progress in the game's main campaign.

Multiplayer
The game also features a local and online multiplayer mode which supports up to 64 players per match. The online lobby servers were hosted by the now-defunct GameSpy Arcade.

Several gameplay modes typical for shooter games are available: Free for all deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag and last man standing. Additionally a team mode is available where, similarly to Counter-Strike, players remain dead for the remainder of the current round and teams only score a point if the opposite team has been completely annihilated.

Sales
In the United Kingdom, Vietcong sold roughly 20,000 units during the first half of 2003. Kristan Reed of GamesIndustry.biz wrote that these were "not figures that spell H.I.T." Its sales in the region rose to around 50,000 units by year's end. In the German market, Vietcong was the top-selling full-price computer game of April 2003, according to Media Control. It remained in the top 10 through August,  and placed 15th in September.

As of November 2007, Vietcong had sold more than 1 million copies worldwide.

Reviews and awards
The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

In the Czech Republic, the game's country of origin, the game is highly popular. Vietcong was voted the 3rd best video game developed in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in a survey by Czech web provider BonusWeb when it received 1393 votes out of 13,143 as every reader could choose for three games to vote for.

GameSpot gave it the award of the Game of the Month for April 2003.

Vietcong was named the eighth-best computer game of 2003 by Computer Games Magazine. The editors wrote that "the interface feels more like shooting a gun and interacting with the environment than any other first-person shooter ever".

Fist Alpha and Purple Haze reception
The Fist Alpha expansion pack received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

The PC version of Purple Haze received "generally favorable reviews", and the Xbox version received "mixed" reviews, while the PlayStation 2 version received "generally unfavorable reviews", according to Metacritic.

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Talk:Freda Wright-Sorce

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All characters from the show should have a bio, and I'm writing one for Freda. There is no valid reason why this page would be deleted except that someone else wanted to be the first to create it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.49.36.22 (talk) 00:23, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

I am sad, Freda will be missed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.188.116.131 (talk) 00:08, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Two-thirds of this article is about the show's reaction to her death. A more appropriate tribute would be fleshing out this article with more about her life and the effect she had on those around her.

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Talk:Assise sur la ligece

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Since we already have an Assizes of Jerusalem article, should we just merge this info there? Adam Bishop 00:25, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Well nevermind, this can actually be expanded further. I've added some more info. Adam Bishop 20:38, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Copied content from Crusader States; see that page's history for attribution
Three paragraphs copied with sourcing and bibliography from the Crusader States. That article is struggling size wise (too big) so will probably be copyedited more concisely. Norfolkbigfish (talk) 16:05, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

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Talk:Marc Favreau

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He starred as Sol in a popular French course for TV Ontario, and did this as a Canadian. He spoke French during the skits, and translated words and expressions into English during the show.

He's shied away from politics in his work, but in one monologue he made fun of the two levels of governments: the provincial government which he called "le petit garnement", or the little brat, and the federal government which he called "le grand garnement, le garnement feuille d'erable", or the big brat, the maple leaf brat; punning "federal" and "feuille d'erable", which is of course the symbol of Canada and the emblem of the federal government. Vincent 00:25, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

RIP
we truly lost a generous and grandiose prince of the most imaginative words today. much tears. RIP Marc. Ô SOL EST MIS HAUT. --Zenzizi 17:21, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Tobolowsky

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was DELETE. Postdlf 22:46, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Andrew Tobolowsky
Nonsensical, I can't possibly see how this would be encylopedic. In any case, it's probably non-notable. Delete. Natalinasmpf 00:27, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nonsense. --Blu Aardvark | (talk) 00:29, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable vanity. In any event, Google turns up both a columnist at a Brown University student newspaper and a high school senior in Texas with that name. Gwk 00:30, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nonsense. --Atratus 00:33, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete; nn, vanity. Jaxl 00:45, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as nn vanity. -mysekurity 01:41, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. When proposal 1 passes we can speedy this shit. -R. fiend 02:44, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn, vanity. royblumy 05:20, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable vanity. JamesBurns 07:53, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I speedied this two times yesterday... Thue | talk 10:42, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy and block IP. Jamyskis Whisper, Contribs 13:19, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - for above reasons--Bhadani 14:33, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Briangotts 18:12, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, the guy is persistent... StopTheFiling 21:20, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn teen vanity nonsense. --Etacar11 23:40, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, and speedily so. Moncrief 21:41, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete looks like fiction. ElleBigelow 05:29, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete hah, don't kid me. Runix 17:57, 15 July 2005
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User talk:Margaridas

"Margaridas" is the plural of Margarida.

Nomination of Mark Bergfeld for deletion
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AFI Conservatory

The AFI Conservatory is a private non-profit graduate film school in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles. Students (called "Fellows") learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production environment with an emphasis on storytelling. The Conservatory is a program of the American Film Institute founded in 1969.

History
The Center for Advanced Film Studies (later the AFI Conservatory) opened its doors at Greystone Mansion on September 23, 1969. Harold Lloyd screened his film The Freshman and spoke with AFI Fellows on the school's first day. The first class included Terrence Malick, Caleb Deschanel, and Paul Schrader.

In 1973, filmmaker John Cassavetes was the first filmmaker-in-residence while editing A Woman Under the Influence. In 1975, filmmaker Ján Kadár, director of the Oscar-winning film The Shop on Main Street, became the Conservatory's second filmmaker-in-residence.

In 2013, Emmy and Oscar-winning director, producer and screenwriter James L. Brooks (As Good as It Gets, Broadcast News, Terms of Endearment) joined the AFI Conservatory as Artistic Director, where he provides leadership for the film program. Brooks' artistic role at the AFI Conservatory has a rich legacy that includes Daniel Petrie, Jr., Robert Wise and Frank Pierson. Former Deans of the AFI Conservatory include Robert Mandel, Jan Schuette and Richard Gladstein. Susan Ruskin is the current Dean of the AFI Conservatory and Executive Vice President of AFI.

Among those AFI has bestowed Honorary Degrees upon during its annual Commencement ceremony are Maya Angelou, John Williams, Ken Burns, Sherry Lansing, Sydney Pollack, Clint Eastwood, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Spike Lee, Rita Moreno, and Quentin Tarantino.

AFI Conservatory thesis films have been nominated for 10 Academy Awards and earned 2 wins.

Rankings
In 2023, The Hollywood Reporter ranked AFI as the #1 film school in the United States.

Conservatory Program
AFI Conservatory is a five-term Master of Fine Arts program in six disciplines:

Cinematography - Encompasses training from pre-visualization to advanced image manipulation and control, Cinematography Fellows develop their storytelling skills using formats ranging from digital video to 16mm and 35mm film cameras.

Directing - With a focus on narrative filmmaking, Directing Fellows learn diverse directing styles, techniques and strategies as they gain a thorough understanding of the production process, script to screen.

Editing - Editing Fellows master the skills needed to be editors, assistant editors and post-production producers while learning the technical, aesthetic and collaborative aspects of post-production with a primary focus on storytelling.

Producing - Producing Fellows study all aspects of creative, entrepreneurial production while developing and producing a minimum of three short films in their first year and a thesis film in their second year.

Production Design - Attracting artists from architecture, interior design, theater design and other related fields, the Production Design curriculum focuses on the creative process of visually and physically developing cinematic environments.

Screenwriting - Screenwriting Fellows conceive and write multiple projects in features, short films, long and short-form TV drama and comedy as well as webisodes and other Internet innovations. Fellows learn to collaborate with Directing and Producing classmates.

Faculty
The AFI Conservatory has a faculty of working professionals including Todd Cherniawsky (art director, Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Stan Chervin (writer, Moneyball), Destin Daniel Cretton, (director, Short Term 12), Matthew Friedman (editor, The Farewell), Joe Garrity (production designer, Best in Show), Susan Littenberg (editor Easy A), Stephen Lighthill (recipient 2018 ASC President's Award), Elvis Mitchell (film critic), Michele Mulroney (writer, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Martin Nicholson (editor, The Alienist), Lauren Polizzi (art director, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 & The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2), Louis Provost (VP Production, Walt Disney Studios), Patricia Riggen (director The 33), Russell Schwartz (marketing executive on films including Chappaquiddick), Anna Thomas (co-writer El Norte), Jennie Tugend, (producer, Free Willy), Janet Yang (producer, The Joy Luck Club).

Seminars
The Harold Lloyd Master Seminar series, named after the silent film star who gave the first seminar, takes place on campus and runs throughout the academic year. It brings AFI Conservatory Fellows together with artists to share their work and experiences in an informal setting.

Alumni
The program has graduated more than 5,000 Fellows. AFI Conservatory alumni include:
 * Andrea Arnold, (American Honey, Fish Tank, Big Little Lies),
 * Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, mother!),
 * Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar),
 * Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust),
 * Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot),
 * Todd Field (In the Bedroom, Little Children, Tár),
 * Jack Fisk (Badlands, Days of Heaven, There Will Be Blood),
 * Scott Frank, (Out of Sight, Logan),
 * Carl Franklin (One False Move, Devil in a Blue Dress, House of Cards),
 * Liz Hannah (The Post),
 * Amy Heckerling (Clueless, Fast Times at Ridgemont High),
 * Patty Jenkins (Monster, Wonder Woman),
 * Janusz Kamiński (Lincoln, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan),
 * Matthew Libatique (Noah, Black Swan),
 * David Lynch (Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet),
 * Terrence Malick (Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life),
 * Rachel Morrison (Mudbound, Black Panther),
 * Victor Nuñez (Ruby in Paradise, Ulee's Gold),
 * Wally Pfister (Memento, The Dark Knight, Inception),
 * Robert Richardson (Platoon, JFK, Django Unchained),
 * Ron Underwood (Tremors, City Slickers, Heart and Souls).

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El Chico (restaurant)

El Chico is a restaurant chain in the Southern United States. The first restaurant opened in 1940 in Oak Lawn, in Dallas, Texas. There are 16 locations. The restaurant serves a variety of Tex-Mex dishes.

History
The restaurant's origin was Adelaida "Mama" Cuellar's popular homemade tamales at a county fair in 1926. Two years later, Cuellar opened Cuellar's Cafe in Kaufman, Texas. Her sons opened a cafe in Dallas using her recipes. The 11th Cuellar restaurant was located at Six Flags Over Texas amusement park, which was owned by Adelaida Cuellar's husband's employer, Angus Wynne. The Six Flags location served chicken fried steak and fried chicken to lure those unfamiliar with Mexican food into their restaurant. Most visitors to this location had never heard of tacos, enchiladas, or guacamole before.

Introducing Mexican food to America was not El Chico's only notable feat: It was also one of the early chain restaurants, with multiple locations at a time when mom-and-pop single-location restaurants ruled. Joe V. Carvajal was an integral part of the success of many of the El Chico restaurants in the 1960s and '70s. He introduced the sopapilla to Tex-Mex and American cuisine.

Today, El Chico is part of Consolidated Restaurant Operations, Inc. (CRO)

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Talk:Focus on the Family Radio Theatre

This article was recently nominated for deletion. See Votes for deletion/"focus on the family radio theatre" for the archived discussion. -- Francs2000 | Talk 00:28, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Merge
Of course. This is a one-line non-article, a merge is eminently sensible. This is the creator's sole contribution, which looks a lot like Gastroturfing. Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] 22:38, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

AfD was mostly delete or merge, so merging since there is not much left after taking out the puff. Sorry if anything good was lost in the shrinkage. Guy 15:24, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

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Umm Jamil

Arwā bint Ḥarb (أروى بنت حرب), better known as Umm Jamīl (أم جميل), was an aunt of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who is mentioned in the Quran. She was Abu Lahab's wife and Abu Sufyan's sister. Arwa is usually remembered for opposing Islam and the prophet, and also for a poem.

Family
She was the daughter of Harb ibn Umayya, a chief of Mecca. She was a sister of Abu Sufyan and one of the leading women of the Quraysh.

She married Abū Lahab, a paternal uncle of Muhammad. They had at least six children: Utbah, Utaybah, Muattab, Durrah (Fakhita), 'Uzzā and Khālida. It is not clear whether she was also the mother of Abu Lahab's son Durrah.

Quran 111
Umm Jamil supported her husband in his opposition to Muhammad's preaching. When Muhammad promised Paradise to the believers, Abu Lahab blew on his hands and said, "May you perish. I can see nothing in you of the things that Muhammad says." Muhammad therefore declared a revelation from God about them.

Destroyed were the hands of Abu Lahab,and he lay utterly doomed. His wealth did not avail him nor his acquisitions. Surely, He will be cast into a flaming fire Along with his wife, that carrier of slanderous tales. upon her neck shall be a rope of palm-fibre.

The occasion for this revelation is disputed. Ibn Sa'd and Ibn Kathir state that it was in 613 CE, when Muhammad summoned the Quraysh to Mount Safa for his first public warning that they must heed God's message. Abu Lahab interrupted: "May you perish! Did you assemble us for this? You should die!" and Muhammad responded with the prophecy. Ibn Ishaq implies that it occurred in 616, when Abu Lahab left the Hashim clan and refused to protect Muhammad.

Ibn Ishaq says that Umm Jamil was called "the carrier of firewood" because she carried thorns and cast them in Muhammad's way where he would be passing; however, he also states that the Quraysh did not resort to this form of harassment until after the death of Abu Talib in 620. Ibn Kathir also offers the alternative theory that "carrier of firewood" does not refer to a past event but to Umm Jamil's future destiny of willingly stoking the fires that would punish her husband in Hell.

Counterblast
When Umm Jamil bint Harb heard that Muhammad had been prophesying about her and her husband, she went to the Kaaba, where Muhammad was sitting with Abu Bakr, carrying a stone pestle. She did not notice Muhammad, so she asked Abu Bakr after him, "for I have been told that he is satirising me. If I had found him, I would have smashed his mouth with this stone." Then she produced a poem of her own:

We reject the reprobate, His words we repudiate, His religion we loathe and hate.

She departed, still not having noticed Muhammad.

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Margarida

Margarida is a Portuguese female given name, which is a variant of the name Margaret, and which also means "daisy flower" in Portuguese.

The given name may refer to:
 * Margarida Cabral de Melo (1570–1631), Portuguese noblewoman
 * Margarida Cordeiro (born 1939), Portuguese film director
 * Margarida Gironella (1886–1964), Catalan anarchist
 * Margarida Teresa da Silva e Orta (1711–1793), Brazilian author
 * Margarida de Abreu (1915–2006), Portuguese choreographer
 * Margarida Marante (1959–2012), Portuguese journalist
 * Margarida Moura (born 1993), Portuguese tennis player
 * Margarida Penha-Lopes (born 1964), Portuguese Historical Sciences professor
 * Margarida Vila-Nova (born 1983), Portuguese actress
 * Margarida Xirgu (1888–1969), Spanish actress
 * Margarida Zelle (1876–1917), Dutch dancer and spy known as Mata Hari
 * Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos (1954–1995), Brazilian football referee known as Margarida
 * Clésio Moreira dos Santos (born 1958), Brazilian football referee known as Margarida

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User:Refdte

I am studying for my Masters at University College, Oxford.

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Talk:Ace of Spades (disambiguation)

Design
Sources - Schott's Sporting, Gaming & Idling Miscellany (2004) and Chartered Institute of Taxaton. Alf 00:30, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Contradiction
The article says that "the soldiers were quick to pick up this misconception" and that "this custom was believed to be so effective" but also says it was "erroneously believed." Which was it? Someone with knowledge on the subject needs to clear these up and give citations to back them.--Nleamy 02:34, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

 * There's no contradiction that I can see. Just because the US soldiers believed something was effective doesn't mean that they didn't waste their time doing it. Source will be forthcoming. --Sus scrofa 15:11, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Perhaps the paragraph is just not written as clearly as it could be. For example, the statement that "soldiers were quick to pick up this misconception."   Was the misconception that the NLF believed that the Ace of Spades represented bad things (and if so, does one really "pick up" on a "misconception" or would it be better to say that the soldiers were under the false impression that the NLF believed this) or was the misconception that they thought that the NLF believed that the Ace of Spades was bad, but quickly picked up on their false assumption (and hence, why would they continue to do this?).  The paragraph makes a bit more sense now (and I think the likely intention is the first choice) but I think it could likely be re-written.--Nleamy 20:38, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I've clarified the wording in the latest edit. --Sus scrofa 21:08, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Also wanted to add here that though the article currently says, "In the popular game called "Okonkwo" or "Scat", the ace of spades has been nicknamed as the misfiring gun. The misfiring gun originated from the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe," there is actually a chapter in Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time in which the main character picks up and drops the ace of spades, and when the card hits the table, another character pulls the trigger on a pistol which he has pointed at his own head as part of a bet. The gun, of course, misfires. This was written in the 19th century, so it would be older than Things Fall Apart. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.59.52.78 (talk) 14:50, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Punishment?
If a group of people were playing cards after passage of the Stamp Act, could a tax collector demand to see their cards (or at least their Ace of Spades)?

If it did not bear a tax stamp, was only the person who happened to be holding it subject to punishment?

What was the punishment?

Wnt (talk) 19:59, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

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Kobra (DC Comics)

Kobra is the name used by two supervillains published by DC Comics. The Jeffrey Burr incarnation of Kobra and his brother Jason first appeared in Kobra #1 (February 1976), and were created by Jack Kirby. Jason Burr debuted as Kobra in Faces of Evil: Kobra #1 (March 2009) by Ivan Brandon and Julian Lopez. The Kobra identity is later established as an international terrorist organization that frequently clashes with superheroes associated with the Justice League.

Creation
Co-creator Steve Sherman commented on the characters creation:

"The genesis for King Kobra came about when publisher Carmine Infantino came to the conclusion first issues of comics sold really well, while the second and third issues tended to drop off, so he came up with the concept of 1st Issue Specials. These were one-shot titles, designed to grab readers (and collectors) since they were all #1s. Jack was not particularly happy about this - not that he found it difficult to come up with characters, but, by this point he still wanted to do a novel in comic book format. To just crank out books with different characters wasn't part of Jack's agenda.

It was at this point that I approached him about coming up with a book. Prior to this, Jack's agreement with DC stated that all material had to be written and drawn by Jack Kirby, but by now, Jack felt that it would be acceptable. Plus, as I recall, he was now doing work for other editors.

An idea had been going through my head. I was fascinated at the time by the Dr. Phibes movies starring Vincent Price. For some reason, I really thought that the idea of a villain who used different means of killing his opponents was really cool. Of course, this type of adventure goes back to the serials - but comics and serials do have that similar concept of recurring characters in outrageous situations.

When Mark Evanier and I were researching material for In The Days of the Mob, I had come across a book that had described the thugees of India. It is where we get the word "thugs".

I also was following one of Jack's story precepts that, in order to have a strong hero, you need a really strong villain. I didn't want to do a long underwear hero, mainly because there was no way I could come up with anything nearly as well as Jack. Instead I focused on a villain, figuring also that there were few comics that starred the bad guy. I needed to come up with a bad guy worth starring in his own book.

I should also mention that at the time, I had no idea there had been a movie entitled Curse of the Cobra Woman. Had I been aware of it, I probably would have borrowed some things from it. Anyway, combining the thugs with Dr. Phibes, I came up with the image of a cobra. Since it was to be a Jack Kirby comic, I changed the "c" to a "k". Obviously, what goes with "Kobra"? Well, if he wants to rule the word, "King".

I then needed a hero, of course, to battle the King. Who better than a Los Angeles police detective?! Somehow, I wanted to pit an ordinary lawman against this ultra science-fiction villain. I suppose I was being too "cinema" and not "comic booky" enough. At any rate, I typed the whole mess up, beginning with a splash page of a giant robot smashing through a window of a crowded restaurant. Jack of course was busy turning out the one-shot specials (I think "Atlas") and was leaving it to me to work the book out so that hopefully all he had to do was pencil it.

Upon taking it over to Jack, he read it, looked at me, and said, "Boy, does this stink". Actually he liked the title and the character of King Kobra. What he didn't see was the hook that would tie the whole thing together. I don't think he appreciated the humorous touches I had put in either. I was somehow trying to go for a cross between a Marvel comic and The Spirit.

Sitting at Jack's kitchen table, his initial thought was to cut each of us a piece of chocolate cake-something he was still allowed to eat back then. As we talked, Jack lit up a cigar-another thing he was still allowed to have. Finally, after a few minutes Jack looked at me and said, "The Corsican Brothers". "What?" said I. "The Corsican Brothers by Dumas. Identical twins, one good, one bad", said Jack. And with that he had not only tied the whole series together but had given the characters a sense of depth that I had missed - and it worked. Now we had a story that really had punch to it.

The more we discussed it, the better it became. By the time I left that evening we had plotted out not only the first book, but another as well, completely forgetting that this was a one-shot book.

By the time I returned the following week with new written pages, Jack had already begun penciling the book. It was really exciting to see the whole thing suddenly come to life on the penciled pages. Jack had already broken the story down into panels".

Publication history
Both Jeffrey and Jason Burr were created by Jack Kirby for a proposed DC Comics series called King Kobra, the first issue of which was both written and drawn by Kirby. This first issue then sat in DC inventory for over a year, during which time Kirby left the publisher to return to Marvel Comics.

Eventually the concept was handed over to writer Martin Pasko with orders to make a series out of it. Pasko was unimpressed with King Kobra, feeling it to be a throwaway idea churned out by Kirby as he was preparing to leave DC, and tried to make the best out of the assignment by whiting out all of Kirby's original dialogue, rescripting the issue, and having Pablo Marcos redraw some of the art. Now titled simply Kobra, the first issue of the series appeared in late 1975 (cover-dated February 1976). It was cancelled after seven issues, though the contents of the unpublished Kobra #8 saw print in DC Special Series #1. Pasko later reflected: "I wrote all of Kobra with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek—it was a preposterous exercise dumped in my lap, and it helped pay the rent on a very nice place in the Village".

Kobra is also featured in a January 2009 Faces of Evil one-shot, written by Ivan Brandon.

Jeffrey Franklin Burr
Kobra is an international terrorist and mad scientist who has crossed paths with the majority of Earth's costumed heroes during his attempts to usher in the Kali Yuga (an age of chaos). His real name is Jeffrey Franklin Burr, and he was born part of a set of conjoined twins, but was stolen at birth by the Cult of the Kobra God, since a prophecy claimed he would lead them to rule the world. Under their teaching, he became a dangerous warrior and a sadistic criminal mastermind. He led the cult into using advanced technology to menace the world. Followers of Kobra would frequently address their master as "Naja-Naja", "naja naja" being the binomial name for the Indian cobra. This later became "Nāga-Naga", a meaningless title which translates from the Sanskrit as "snake-snake". Whether this change was intentional or an error is not known.

Unbeknownst to the cult however, he had a psychic link to his twin brother, Jason, who knew nothing of Kobra. As a result, one felt what the other felt, including pain. Because of this, his brother was recruited by an international agency to help them combat Kobra. At first, Kobra was unable to kill or even hurt his brother; eventually, however, he used a device that "shut off" the psychic link, and gave him the chance to kill Jason. Kobra was subsequently haunted by visions of his brother. Whether it really was his ghost or just Kobra's imagination was never revealed.

In subsequent years, Kobra would clash with assorted superheroes, including Batman, whom he first met over a Lazarus Pit of his own creation. Kobra had learned to build modified Lazarus Pits, which allowed him to control the minds of those he killed and resurrected. Kobra is the only person in the DC universe ever to decipher the formula for the Lazarus Pits. Kobra had special concerns about Wonder Woman and sought to ensure her death, first by hiring a cartel of international assassins who were led secretly by corrupted UN Crisis Bureau chief Morgan Tracy (also Diana Prince's boss), then by kidnapping and irretrievably damaging environmental activist Deborah Demaine, forcibly transforming her into a new Cheetah, and ultimately, facing Wonder Woman in combat in Egypt, faking his own demise after being defeated by the Amazon Princess. A short while later his various Strike Force Kobra teams would fight two different incarnations of Batman's Outsiders. Kobra also fought the third Flash, the Suicide Squad led by Amanda Waller, the original incarnation of Checkmate, Captain Atom, a Superman whose personality had been swapped with Ambush Bug's by exposure to Red Kryptonite, and others. Kobra is one of a very small number of individuals that has the capability of defeating Batman in hand-to-hand combat, and actually did so on one occasion.

The only organization ever to rival Kobra in the old DC Universe (Pre-Crisis I) was SKULL. There were frequent recorded clashes between the two groups, the last occurring in Outsiders Annual #1 story "The Skull...The Serpent...and The Outsiders".

After the betrayal of his lover Lady Eve during the Strike Force Kobra fiasco, she split Kobra in two and established her own splinter group. In the Power Company: Sapphire #1 the Justice League rushes to San Diego to prevent disaster as two rival factions of the Kobra Cult prepared to go to war. One faction was led by Eve; the other was led by Kobra himself.

He kidnaps the former hero Air Wave and uses him to seize control of the world's media and satellite resources, intending to destroy a number of major world cities. However, in a demonstration of his power, he incidentally kills Terri Rothstein, Atom Smasher's mother, ensuring the Justice Society of America's involvement. Mrs. Rothstein's life would later be saved through time travel; Atom Smasher replacing her with the villain Extant so that the same number of people died in the plane crash that killed his mother.

He appeared again in JSA #45, which featured his trial. He shrugs off claims of terrorism, claiming to be an enlightened soul (a bodhisattva) trying to free souls from their karmic debt by random acts of violence. Following this, his followers threatened to kill the media outside the courthouse with bioengineered suicide bomb implants. Holding everyone hostage with this tactic, he was allowed by the JSA to escape, leading to an outraged Black Adam and Atom Smasher, who both subsequently choose to leave the team. In JSA #51, Atom Smasher, Black Adam, Northwind, and Brainwave track Kobra down to his headquarters in the Himalaya Mountains, Kobra's prophesied 'reign of darkness' as the world fell to the return of Eclipso and Obsidian having ended when Alex Montez took control of Eclipso and Alan Scott managed to redeem Obsidian. After killing Kobra's guards, Black Adam rips his heart out and he died instantly.

Jason Burr
Jeffrey's twin brother Jason is re-animated by the Kobra Cult, possibly through the use of Kobra's Lazarus Pits. This involves the death of an entire facility of Checkmate agents, including several of Burr's old friends. Within the one-shot Jason reveals that he is re-structuring the organization and killing off all the old members. Before revealing himself as the new Kobra, Jason spent some time undercover as a Checkmate agent learning their secrets.

King Kobra
During the "Convergence" storyline, an unidentified Kobra leads the Kobra Cult under the alias of "King Kobra" and faces off against Red Hood and Arsenal.

After Lady Eve makes off with Dr. Helga Jace upon defeating Katana during the "DC Rebirth", King Kobra plans to raze a town in Markovia if they don't obey his commands. King Kobra interrogates Dr. Jace. When the Suicide Squad joins the fight and rescues Katana from Lady Eve, they and Katana find King Kobra outside Castle Markov. King Kobra later shows Dr. Jace the powers of the comatose girl that she was watching. King Kobra reveals that he caught an Aurakle as he plans to weaponize it. Before returning to the ship's command center, King Kobra leaves this task to Dr. Jace. During the Suicide Squad's fight with King Kobra's forces, Katana and Enchantress find that King Kobra had Dr. Jace fuse Violet Harper with the Aurakle as King Kobra activates the implant in Violet's neck only for Violet to tear it out as the Aurakle gains control of Violet's body. King Kobra, Katana, and Enchantress fight Violet who is now a vessel for the Aurakles under the name of Halo. After Katana uses the Soultaker on Lady Eve, King Kobra gets away.

In the "Watchmen" sequel "Doomsday Clock", King Kobra's cult has captured Creeper until he is "saved" by Black Adam.

Kobra organization

 * The Kobra organization survived Jeffrey Burr's death, and has been gaining converts. In Identity Crisis, it was revealed that DCU prisoners (such as Slipknot) sometimes convert to the cult of Kobra, to the general disgust of the DC's supervillains.
 * Like Ra's al Ghul, Kobra owned a hidden network of very specialized Lazarus Pits.
 * Kobra apparently entertains many specialized sub-sections. One such section was the Blackadders, a group of ninja-like fanatics. In the past, Kobra operated an aggressive metahuman research and recruitment program. This program gave birth to both known versions of Strike Force Kobra.
 * Kobra is currently active in the DCU as a terrorist organization with a religious bent. Upon the death of Jeffrey Burr, it underwent a power-struggle, with would-be leaders including King Snake, and (unwillingly) a schoolfriend of Tim Drake who apparently fitted the prophecy, but this has apparently settled: a new leader has emerged (possibly Eve who had split off with half of the old school Kobra). Under her, the organization now seeks to fulfill 'the prophecies of Kali Yuga'. It is actively being fought by the super-spy agency known as Checkmate.
 * The new Kobra seems to be ranked by serpent type, low level members are Lanceheads, higher level members are called Nagas (Checkmate vol. 2 #4), the highest level shown are the Bestowed, mystics who specialize in Blood Magic.
 * Kobra later researched every villain that ever fought Batman and how they each acquired their respective powers. After obtaining some test subjects, Kobra had his researchers use this information to transform them into Strike Force Kobra to serve the Kobra organization.

Other versions

 * In Kingdom Come, an immortal Lord Naga/Jeffrey Burr is a part of the Mankind Liberation Front led by Lex Luthor.
 * King Kobra appears in the Lil Gotham series. Kobra King once stole the Jade Sword. Although they escaped Gotham City, he'd be tracked and captured by Batman and his mysterious partner, revealed to be Alfred. Years later, they would again steel the Jade Sword. While they were chased by Katana and Robin, they quickly subdued the heroes. Batman's ex-partner would come to their aid and defeat Kobra.

Television

 * A futuristic incarnation of the Kobra organization appears in series set in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU), with various members voiced by Corey Burton, Kerrigan Mahan, Gary Anthony Sturgis, and Keith Szarabajka. This version of the group is a global terrorist organization primarily consisting of scientists with an obsession for reptiles and dinosaurs, envisioning the latter as the only lifeform capable of ruling the world and seeking out ways to splice humanity with dinosaur DNA. To better emulate the species they admire, Kobra has conducted tests on kidnapped people, turned themselves into reptilian creatures, and used cutting edge technology for robberies, extortion and terrorism.
 * Kobra first appears in Batman Beyond. Introduced in the episode "Plague", they develop a super-virus capable of complete biological devastation and hire False-Face to smuggle it into Neo-Gotham, turning him into a carrier as a backup plan. Kobra planned to demand a ransom of 10 billion credits, but are intercepted and foiled by Stalker and Batman. In the two-part episode "Curse of the Kobra", it is revealed that Kobra had genetically engineered and trained the perfect leader for their organization, whom they named Zander (voiced by Alexis Denisof), due to lacking cohesive leadership. After coming of age, he leads the organization in stealing dinosaur DNA to transform their operatives into dinosaur hybrids and attempting to raise the Earth's temperature by detonating a thermal bomb inside a volcano so that they can rule in the aftermath. However, they are foiled by Batman, Max Gibson, and Kairi Tanaga and Zander is presumed dead in the ensuing battle. In flashbacks depicted in the episode "Unmasked", Batman revealed his secret identity to a young boy and inadvertently made him a target of Kobra. While the terrorists captured the latter and used a memory machine in an attempt to learn Batman's identity, the boy deceived them by replacing Batman's face with that of his favorite action figure.
 * Kobra appears in the Static Shock episode "Future Shock", with its new, unnamed leader voiced by Lance Henriksen. After their leader is arrested, Kobra captures Static to ostensibly negotiate a trade while secretly helping their leader escape. Once he is freed, the Kobra leader attempts to kill Static, only to be foiled by Batman and Static's time-traveling younger self, who frees his older counterpart so he can defeat Kobra.
 * The Kobra cult appears in the teaser for the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster!", with their leader voiced by Robin Atkin Downes. They attempt to sacrifice a young woman in preparation for world domination, only to run afoul of Batman and the Outsiders. Though the heroes manage to defeat Kobra and save the woman, Batman learns the Outsiders forgot to destroy a nearby bridge that would have prevented reinforcements from arriving.
 * The Jeffrey Burr incarnation of Kobra and his cult appear in the Young Justice episode "Drop Zone", voiced by Arnold Vosloo. This version is a martial artist who comes into conflict with Bane over Santa Prisca as well combining the latter's Venom drug with the Blockbuster formula to create a more powerful and permanent transformation for the Light.
 * Jason Burr appears in Beware the Batman, voiced by Matthew Lillard. This version is the inventor of the Ion Cortex, a device that could potentially manage the world's power. Throughout the series, Batman and Katana work to protect Burr from the League of Assassins after they target him and the Ion Cortex. All the while, Burr becomes infatuated with Katana. After being attacked and possessed by League of Assassins member Cypher, Burr secretly gets into contact with the League's leader, Lady Shiva, and finishes the Ion Cortex for her. While Batman and Katana eventually free Burr from Cypher's control so he can shut down the Ion Cortex, Shiva uses the Soultaker sword on him before he can finish.

Film
The Jeffrey Burr incarnation of Kobra appears in Batman: Soul of the Dragon, voiced by Josh Keaton. This version was kidnapped and brainwashed by the Kobra cult as a child to be their savior. In the present, he plans to unlock a gate at Nanda Parbat to unleash the serpent god Nāga by offering children's souls via the Soul Breaker sword. After his forces are defeated by Lady Shiva, Richard Dragon, Ben Turner, and Batman, they plead with a desperate Burr to reject Kobra. Ultimately, Burr stabs himself with Soul Breaker, killing him and unleashing Nāga.

Miscellaneous

 * The Jeffrey Burr incarnation of Kobra appears in issues #16 and #17 of the Young Justice tie-in comic book. He plots to perform a ritual on his twin brother Dr. Jason Burr, only to be interrupted by Batman, the Flash, Green Arrow, Robin, Kid Flash, and Artemis. Despite this, Kobra attempts to resume the ritual by feeding Jason's blood to a snake before drinking it himself along with the Blockbuster formula. As he gains snake-like abilities, Jason is absorbed into his dagger. However, Kobra is pricked by the dagger, undoing his mutation and restoring Jason.
 * The first King Kobra appears in Batman '66.
 * An alternate universe version of Kobra appears in the Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles episode "Big", voiced by Bruce Thomas.

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Don Geronimo

Michael L. Sorce (born September 18, 1958), better known by his stage name Don Geronimo, is an American radio personality formerly featured on the nationally syndicated radio talk show Don and Mike Show.

Career
Geronimo began his career in radio at the age of 13 when he went to work at Rockville, Maryland AM station WINX (now WLXE, a Spanish-language music station). He continued working at a variety of local stations, being fired at each for lacking the required FCC broadcaster's license, before forging a license. Geronimo landed what was then his dream job at WLS-FM in Chicago, Illinois in the early 1980s. He then moved to WBBM-FM (B96) to do the evening show. Eventually, he replaced Dick Biondi doing morning drive at the same station.

Geronimo returned to the Washington, D.C. area in 1985, doing afternoons at WAVA-FM. He moved to mornings in 1986, replacing Charlie & Harrigan. His partnership with Mike O'Meara, co-host of the Don and Mike Show, was forged at WAVA. Their show moved to WJFK-FM in 1991.

Washington Post radio reporter Marc Fisher features Geronimo in his book Something in the Air, on the rise and fall of radio in the United States. Fisher also conducted an interview with Geronimo prior to his first of three retirements, the first from The Don & Mike Show in 2008, during which Don spoke out about his frustration with the direction radio has taken following high profile decency events such as the Janet Jackson Super Bowl incident.

After only two months in retirement, Geronimo announced that he would return to the air on WOCM, a small, independently owned radio station in Ocean City, Maryland. Don Geronimo's Rockin' Soul Show featured popular music from the '70s and '80s. Geronimo described the show as "music that doesn't suck". After one month on the air at WOCM, Geronimo was fired from the station over creative differences. Don subsequently hosted a mid-morning talk show on WGMD (92.7 FM Rehoboth Beach, Delaware) from June 22, 2009 to October 13, 2009, when he retired for his second time, although he did some fill-in work at Classic Hits WCBS-FM in New York a few days in late November and December 2009.

Don Geronimo was named midday host of 1140 The Fan 1140 KHTK (AM), Sacramento effective on Monday, June 21, 2010. The four-hour program was scheduled Monday through Friday, noon to 4 pm local time. On January 27, Geronimo announced that he would be a regular on the TV show Good Day Sacramento, with his first appearance on February 14, 2011. On May 9, 2011, Geronimo announced that his contract with CBS was extended through 2014 and he was named Program Director for 1140 The Fan KHTK. As of July 11, 2011, Geronimo's show moved to the morning drive, 5:30–10 am local time after the "Rise Guys" left for a gig in San Francisco. At the same time, Don also ended his in-studio presence on Good Day Sacramento. He now occasionally contributes to GDS remotely via camera. On July 8, 2013, Geronimo's show moved to the midday slot on KHTK.

On Friday, October 4, 2013, The Don Geronimo Show was replaced by the Jason Ross show on CBS Sports Radio 1140 KHTK. A caller asked what happened, and Jason Ross simply explained, "CBS Sports Radio decided to go in another direction, which is sports. Don Geronimo is still employed by CBS Sports Radio." On October 16, 2013, Don went on the air on KHTK in Sacramento to thank those who supported him during his time in Sacramento. He said he was going to be doing a new project with CBS in the near future and it would be announced via his Twitter feed. On October 23, Don appeared on 106.7 The Fan's Lavar and Dukes show to announce his return to the station after five years, where he would appear weekdays from 7–10 p.m. local time, Saturdays from 9 a.m.–noon local time, and during Washington Redskins pre/post-game shows as well. On March 1, 2014, Geronimo stated that he would no longer be heard on WJFK anymore. He announced on his Twitter feed that "No one should be shocked I'm not in the plans for CBS/DC. I had opined recently on air how I didn't understand the logic. Now 30 more days."

On September 10, 2021, iHeartMedia announced that Sorce would host The Don Geronimo Show on WBIG in Washington D.C., starting September 23, 2021. The show aired during the 5:30am-10am drive-time slot. Geronimo was fired from WBIG on July 29, 2023 for making disparaging comments on the air about a female reporter at WUSA.

Radio history
Don has worked at the following stations:

Geronimo first appeared on air part-time on WINX in Rockville, Maryland in 1971.

In November and December 2009, Geronimo filled shifts on WCBS-FM in New York City.

Acting
Don has appeared in The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Babylon 5 and The King of Queens. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild. He has stated on several occasions on the Don and Mike Show that he and his partner at that time, Mike O'Meara, spoke without authorization during their Babylon 5 taping, which was supposed to have been a non-speaking role for each. Rather than re-shoot the scene, the show's producers arranged for their union memberships. This paved the way for a speaking role on The King of Queens, where he spoke one line, "Lookin' good, Heffernan!" He has also co-hosted with Marty Bass post-game coverage of the Baltimore Ravens games for WJZ-TV (Channel 13).

Family
Don's first wife, Freda, died on July 10, 2005, in an automobile accident on Maryland Route 90 near Ocean City, Maryland, where the Sorces had their vacation home. Freda was a frequent contributor to the Don and Mike Show and her spirited interaction with Don was an integral part of the program. Following her death, Don took a hiatus from the show until August 1, 2005, when he returned to the air with an emotional solo broadcast.

Don married Janet Sorce on March 21, 2009, and has one son (Bart Sorce) and one daughter (Amy) from previous marriages.

On Friday, October 22, 2010, during the Don Geronimo live stage show Don slipped and fell off the stage. Don suffered head trauma and was admitted to a local hospital and later transferred to ICU.

Controversy
In 1994, Geronimo and his then radio partner Mike O'Meara were sued for $35 million by an anonymous University of Maryland student who claimed the pair had violated her privacy and inflicted emotional distress. In May 2007, a Leesburg, Virginia man named Carl Grossman, who had once been a frequent caller to the Don and Mike Show, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of stalking. Geronimo had received a letter from the man which contained threats to Geronimo and his family. The judge also issued a lifetime restraining order in the case.

Retirements and returns
On February 4, 2008, Don announced his retirement from his radio show to pursue his personal life for a while. His last appearance on the Don and Mike Show was Friday, April 11, 2008, with Mike O'Meara to continue the show after that (as the Mike O'Meara Show). Don was widely expected to return to radio in some form in the future.

After only two months in retirement, Geronimo announced that he would return to the air on WOCM, a small, independently owned radio station in Ocean City, Maryland. Don Geronimo's Rockin' Soul Show aired weekdays from 1 pm – 3pm featuring popular music from the 1970s and 1980s. After four weeks, Geronimo left the station.

In May 2010, Geronimo announced that, beginning June 21, he would be returning to 1140 KHTK—a station which had formerly syndicated the Don and Mike Show—to host a mid-day show. On Friday, October 4, 2013, this new Don Geronimo Show was replaced on KHTK by The Jason Ross Show. Geronimo returned to the airwaves several days later to explain that KHTK decided to go with all sports programming, but that he would return to a CBS Radio station elsewhere soon.

Don Geronimo returned once again to the Washington, D.C., airwaves on WJFK-FM on October 24, 2013. His sports-oriented show aired weekdays from 7:00 to 10:00 pm and on Saturdays from 9:00 am to noon. Initially, he broadcast the show from a studio at CBS Radio's main building in Sacramento, then later from a studio at his Sacramento home when CBS internal politics prevented the show from being broadcast at the company’s building any longer. Co-hosts for the show were located at WJFK’s home studios in Lanham, Maryland. While it was intended that Geronimo would eventually move to the Washington area to do the show live at WJFK's studios, this never materialized after frequent preemptions and schedule changes. On March 1, 2014, Geronimo announced on Twitter he would no longer be heard on WJFK; The show he had broadcast on February 26, 2014, ended up being his last at WJFK.

On April 1, 2014, Geronimo began broadcasting a live podcast, also titled The Don Geronimo Show, weekdays on the RELM Network. The show was a commercial-free, uncensored, subscription-based podcast that listeners could stream live or download for offline listening. Geronimo described the show on Twitter as, “the show I always wanted to do.” The final broadcast of that incarnation of The Don Geronimo Show aired September 13, 2019, with Geronimo declaring a hiatus to allow him to work on other projects.

On November 16, 2021, The Don Geronimo Show began broadcasting during the 5:30-10:00 am drive time slot at suburban Washington, D.C., classic rock station WBIG-FM, an iHeartMedia affiliate in Rockville, Maryland, located only two miles from the station where he began his radio career at age 13. However, WBIG fired Geronimo in July 2023, after he made sexist comments towards WUSA9 sports reporter Sharla McBride while broadcasting from Washington Commanders training camp.

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