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Bujanovac

Bujanovac (Бујановац, ; Bujanovc) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 41,068.

Situated in the South Morava basin, it is located in the geographical area known as Preševo Valley. It is also known for its source of mineral water and spa town Bujanovačka banja. Ethnically, Serbs are the largest ethnic group in the town, while the largest ethnic group in the municipality are Albanians.

Ancient history
Kale-Krševica, located south of Ristovac, is an archaeological site of a 5th-century BC Ancient city of Macedon, thought to be Damastion. The Thracian Triballi and Paeonian Agrianes dwelled in the region, with the Scordisci settling here after the Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC. The region was conquered by the Romans after 75 BC. It became part of the Roman propraetorial province Moesia in 29 BC (imperial from 27 BC). In 87 AD the region was re-organized into the Moesia Superior, which was a province of the Roman Empire.

Medieval Serbian era
Medieval Serbian state like the Kingdom of Serbia or the Serbian Empire included part of this region in the 12th century and most of it until the 14th century. Since the 15th century, the region was under Ottoman administration.

Ottoman era
It became part of Rumelia, as a historical term describing the area now referred to as the Balkans or the Balkan Peninsula when it was administered by the Ottoman Empire.

After the Berlin agreement, signed in 1878, there were some administrative changes in the Ottoman Empire. Bujanovac – then Buyanofça – and its surroundings became part of the "Preševo area" of the Priština District and in 1905–1912 Bujanovac belonged to the 2nd category of borough covering 28 villages. After the Balkan Wars, the area belonged to Kumanovo District of the Kingdom of Serbia.

Yugoslavia (1918–92)
After the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians, in 1918, Bujanovac became part of Vranje Oblast, which was formed in 1921 after the Vidovdan Constitution. With administrative changes in 1929, it became part of Vardar Banovina, with the town of Skopje as capital. With the forming of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, it was part of Socialist Republic of Serbia from 1943 to 1992. After World War II, in 1947, Bujanovac was established as one of 117 municipalities of Central Serbia, under its own name.

From 1945 until 1992 Bujanovac was part of Socialist Republic of Serbia, within SFR Yugoslavia.

Breakup of Yugoslavia (1991–99)
In 1992, the Albanians in the area organized a referendum in which they voted that Bujanovac, Preševo and Medveđa should join the self-declared assembly of the Republic of Kosova. However, no major events happened until the end of the 1990s.

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, and nearby Kosovo War which lasted until 1999, between 1999 and 2001, an ethnic Albanian paramilitary separatist organization, the UÇPMB, raised an armed insurgency in the Preševo Valley, in the region mostly inhabited by Albanians, with a goal to occupy these three municipalities from Serbia and join them to the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosova.

Unlike in the case of Kosovo, western countries condemned the attacks and described it as the "extremism" and use of "illegal terrorist actions" by the group. Following the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević, the new Yugoslav government suppressed the violence by 2001 and defeated the separatists. NATO troops also helped the Yugoslav government by ensuring that the rebels do not import the conflicts back into Kosovo. Thereafter, the situation has stabilized even though large number of forces exist in this small municipality.

In 2009, Serbia opened a military base Cepotina five kilometers south of Bujanovac, to further stabilize the area.

Modern
Today, Bujanovac is located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia.

On 7 March 2017, the President of Albania Bujar Nishani made a historical visit to the municipalities of Bujanovac and Preševo, in which Albanians form the ethnic majority.

Settlements
Aside from the town of Bujanovac, the municipality includes the following settlements:

 * Baraljevac
 * Biljača
 * Bogdanovac
 * Božinjevac
 * Borovac
 * Bratoselce
 * Breznica
 * Brnjare
 * Buštranje
 * Čar
 * Dobrosin
 * Donje Novo Selo
 * Drežnica
 * Đorđevac
 * Gramada
 * Gornje Novo Selo
 * Jablanica
 * Jastrebac
 * Karadnik
 * Klenike
 * Klinovac
 * Končulj
 * Košarno
 * Krševica
 * Kuštica
 * Letovica
 * Levosoje
 * Lopardince
 * Lučane
 * Lukarce
 * Ljiljance
 * Mali Trnovac
 * Muhovac
 * Negovac
 * Nesalce
 * Oslare
 * Pretina
 * Pribovce
 * Rakovac
 * Ravno Bučje
 * Rusce
 * Samoljica
 * Sebrat
 * Sejace
 * Spančevac
 * Srpska Kuća
 * Sveta Petka
 * Starac
 * Suharno
 * Trejak
 * Turija
 * Uzovo
 * Veliki Trnovac
 * Vogance
 * Vrban
 * Zarbince
 * Žbevac
 * Žuželjica

Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the municipality of Bujanovac had a population of 43,302 people. Most of the municipality population live in rural areas, with only 27.74% living in the urban parts. The municipality of Bujanovac has 59 inhabited places. As of 2022 census, the municipality has 41,068 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups
The majority of the municipality population according to the 2022 census are Albanians, encompassing 62% of the total population. During the 2011 census, undercounting of the census units, owing to the boycott by most of the members of the Albanian ethnic community in the municipality of Bujanovac, was reported. The ethnic composition of the municipality is as follows:

Religion
Based on the census results from 2022, the Bujanovac Municipality has 68.8% of Muslims majority and substantial 24.8% Christian Orthodox minority.

Sports
Bujanovac has a number of football teams, the most notable being BSK Bujanovac, Kf Tërnoci and KF Besa.

Economy
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):

International cooperation

 * 🇳🇴 Lillehammer, Norway
 * 🇦🇱 Valbonë, Albania

Notable people

 * Nexhat Daci, Kosovan politician
 * Gjelbrim Taipi, Albanian footballer
 * Berat Djimsiti, Albanian footballer
 * Shaip Kamberi, Politician
 * Lumir Abdixhiku, Kosovan politician
 * Arbnor Fejzullahu, Albanian footballer
 * Ajet Sopi Bllata, Albanian rebel

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William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar (billed on-screen as William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar) is a 1953 American film adaptation of the Shakespearean play, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by John Houseman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It stars Marlon Brando as Mark Antony, James Mason as Brutus, Louis Calhern as Caesar, John Gielgud as Cassius, Edmond O'Brien as Casca, Greer Garson as Calpurnia, and Deborah Kerr as Portia.

The film opened to positive reviews, and was nominated in five categories at the 26th Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Actor for Brando), winning Best Art Direction - Black-and-White. Brando and Gielgud both won BAFTA Awards, Brando for Best Foreign Actor and Gielgud for Best British Actor.

Plot
"Upon Caesar's return to Rome, after defeating Pompey in the civil war, his countrymen chose him a fourth time consul and then dictator for life. . . thus he became odious to moderate men through the extravagance of the titles and powers that were heaped upon him." The film is a largely-faithful adaptation of Shakespeare's play, with no significant cuts or alterations to the original text. The only notable exception is the Messenger's text recounting the Battle of Philippi, which is substituted with a visual depiction of the battle.

Production
Producer John Houseman says the film was made because Laurence Olivier's 1944 production of Henry V had been a success. MGM's head of production Dore Schary offered the project to Houseman, who said he wanted Joseph L. Mankiewicz to direct because he thought he and William Wyler were "probably the two best dialogue directors in the business" and that Mankiewicz was "younger and more flexible."

Houseman did not want to use an all-British cast. "I'd done a lot of Shakespeare in America," he said. "If it was going to be cast all-English, it should be an English picture, made in England and we might as well forget about it."

Houseman says MGM wanted to make the film in color but he and Mankiewicz refused, "partly because we wanted people to relate to the newsreels, to the Fascist movements in Europe, which were still relevant" and also because they would be "using a lot of the Quo Vadis sets, and it seemed idiotic to invite comparison with Quo Vadis."

Though Houseman originally intended to shoot the film in Italy, production ultimately took place in Los Angeles instead. Many of the sets and costumes were repurposed from Quo Vadis (1951), with several setpieces deconstructed, flown from Rome to California, and rebuilt on MGM's Culver City studio backlot.

Houseman says they "decided to do it as a small production, not a spectacle; to do it for what it really is—the drama of a political power play."

Casting

Many actors in this film had experience in the play. John Gielgud had played Mark Antony at the Old Vic Theatre in 1930 and Cassius at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1950, James Mason had played Brutus at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in the 1940s, and John Hoyt, who plays Decius Brutus, also played him in the Mercury Theatre's 1937 stage version. Gielgud later played the title role in the 1970 film with Charlton Heston, Jason Robards and Richard Johnson (as Cassius) and in a stage production directed by John Schlesinger at the Royal National Theatre. John Houseman, who had produced the famous 1937 Broadway version of the play starring Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre, also produced the MGM film. By this time, however, Welles and Houseman had had a falling out, and Welles had nothing to do with the 1953 film. P. M. Pasinetti, Italian-American writer, scholar, and teacher at UCLA served as a technical advisor.

Brando's casting was met with some skepticism when it was announced, as he had acquired the nickname of "The Mumbler" following his performance in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz even considered Paul Scofield for the role of Mark Antony if Brando's screen test was unsuccessful. Brando asked John Gielgud for advice in declaiming Shakespeare, and adopted all of Gielgud's recommendations. Brando's performance turned out so well that the New York Times' Bosley Crowther stated in his review of the film: “Happily, Mr. Brando's diction, which has been guttural and slurred in previous films, is clear and precise in this instance. In him a major talent has emerged.” Brando was so dedicated in his performance during shooting that Gielgud offered to direct him in a stage production of Hamlet, a proposition that Brando seriously considered but ultimately turned down. During filming, James Mason became concerned that Brando was stealing the audience's sympathy away from him and his character, Brutus, so Mason appealed to Mankiewicz, with whom he had bonded earlier while making the film 5 Fingers, requesting that the director stop Brando from dominating the film and "put the focus back where it belongs. Namely on me!" The subsequent shift in directorial attention didn't escape Brando, who threatened to walk off the film if Mankiewicz "threw one more scene to Mason", alleging a ménage à trois among Mankiewicz, Mason and his wife Pamela Mason. Despite the feuding, production continued with only minimal disruption, thanks to what Gielgud called, "Mankiewicz's consummate tact that kept us together as a working unit."

O. Z. Whitehead is listed on the Internet Movie Database as having played Cinna the Poet in the film and not receiving screen credit, but his one scene was deleted before release, and it is not included in any DVD or video releases of the film. (However, Cinna the Conspirator does appear — he is played by actor William Cottrell.)

Release
The film premiered at the Booth Theatre in New York City on June 3, 1953.

Critical response
The film received highly favorable reviews. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times called it "a stirring and memorable film," while Variety wrote: "A triumphant achievement in film-making, it will be rated one of the great pictures of Hollywood." Harrison's Reports raved, "Excellent! Sumptuously produced, expertly directed and brilliantly acted, 'Julius Caesar' is an artistic triumph that ranks with the best of the Shakespearean plays that have been put on film." John McCarten of The New Yorker called the film "a very chilly exercise" and opined that Brando "plainly shows he needs a bit of speech training before he can graduate into an acting league where the spoken word is a trifle more significant than the flexed biceps and the fixed eye," but praised Mason and Gielgud as "a pleasure to watch and listen to." The Monthly Film Bulletin called it "an excellent film, excellent cinema, excellent entertainment, and pretty respectable art."

In the second volume of his book The Story of Cinema, author David Shipman pointed to Gielgud "negotiating the verse as in no other Shakespeare film to date except Olivier's". On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 96% based on reviews from 25 critics.

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
 * 2008: AFI's 10 Top 10:
 * Nominated Epic Film

Box office
According to MGM records, the film earned $2,021,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $1,899,000 in other markets, resulting in a profit of $116,000.

In 1976, Houseman said "It's still shown a lot—in theaters and schools and on TV. I suspect it finally made more money than any other picture I made."

Awards and nominations
The film won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt), and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Marlon Brando), Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture and Best Picture. Brando's nomination was his third consecutive for Best Actor, following 1951's A Streetcar Named Desire and 1952's Viva Zapata!. He would win the following year for On the Waterfront.

Julius Caesar won BAFTA awards for Best British Actor (John Gielgud) and Best Foreign Actor (Marlon Brando), and was also nominated for Best Film. It was Brando's second of three consecutive BAFTA Best Actor awards, for Viva Zapata! (1952), Julius Caesar (1953), and On the Waterfront (1954).

The National Board of Review awarded Julius Caesar Best Film and Best Actor (James Mason), and it also won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.

Soundtrack
Intrada Records released an album featuring a 1995 re-recording of Miklós Rózsa’s film score. The re-recording was performed by the Sinfonia of London and conducted by Bruce Broughton.

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Wedding (disambiguation)

A wedding is a formal ceremony which unites people in marriage.

Wedding may also refer to:

Film and TV

 * Wedding (TV series), a Korean drama broadcast by KBS in 2005
 * "Wedding", an episode of the British sitcom Men Behaving Badly
 * Wedding (1972 film), a polish drama directed by Andrzej Wajda
 * A Wedding (1978 film), an American comedy directed by Robert Altman
 * A Wedding (2016 film), a drama directed by Stephan Streker also known as Noces
 * "A Wedding" (Glee), an episode of the U.S. television series Glee

Other

 * Wedding (Berlin), a locality
 * Wedding (album), by Shinhwa
 * "Wedding" (song), by Hep Stars
 * "Wedding", a song by Angels of Light from Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home
 * A Wedding (opera), a 2004 comic opera based on Robert Altman's 1978 film A Wedding
 * One of the last steps in automobile manufacturing, where chassis, transmission, and engine of a car are combined with its body.

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Kill vehicle

Kill vehicle is a term from space weapon development and science fiction which denotes either a kinetic projectile or an explosive warhead supposed to impact on or (in the case of the warhead) near a target. It is the final missile stage of an interceptor weapon.

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Paraíba do Norte River

The Paraíba do Norte River, mostly known as Paraíba River, is the most important watercourse of the state of Paraíba in northeastern Brazil. The river originates in the Borborema Plateau, and flows northeast to empty into the Atlantic Ocean, north of João Pessoa, the state capital. Its constantly menaced estuary has a handful of little islands—among them Restinga and Stuart—and is the habitat of a range of animal species, as well as a number of ecosystems such as mangroves, the Atlantic Forest and salt marshes.

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Champions: Return to Arms

Champions: Return to Arms is an action role-playing game set in the EverQuest universe. It is the sequel to Champions of Norrath and was developed by Snowblind Studios.

Plot
The story picks up after Innoruuk, the Prince of Hate has been defeated, his essence shattered into the Shards of Hatred and were strewn across the Planes of Power. Within the game story, players have the choice of serving either the forces of Good by destroying the shards to rid the world of Innoruuk, or the legions of Evil gathering the shards to resurrect the fallen god. The paths of Good and Evil travel to the same locations, with variations in mission objectives.

Gameplay
Champions: Return to Arms features multiple character classes, such as wizard, cleric, ranger, and warrior. The game also features an online mode where a player can join up to three other players from around the world. Gameplay consists of killing monsters and completing quests to earn experience, in a traditional hack-and-slash style. When the character attains enough experience, he or she gains a level.

Reception
The game received "favorable" reviews, though not as much as Champions of Norrath, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.

The Times' reviewer gave the game four stars out of five and said that despite his character was killed several times by its opponents, it did not stop him to play more. Maxim gave it a score of eight out of ten, praising the solo campaign, combat system, rich selection of weapons and equipment, two new characters (the fighting furry Vah Shir and the lizardman Iksar), and multiplayer mode. In contrast, Detroit Free Press gave it two stars out of four, criticizing the plot as "paper-thin", the gameplay as "basic" and that the game offers nothing new compared to other similar titles.

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Talk:Blue amber

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Added the pictures under sunlight and against sunlight. Hope to clear up the true/holographic blue issue. It seems to arise a lot. Pictures are taken from Is Blue Amber Really Blue? with permission. --The Singularity 01:42, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

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Added an external link to alternate theories. --The Singularity 13:59, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

"holographic"?
holographic? no. fluorescent? yes.

Holography is a very distinct mechanism. this isn't it :) --207.109.251.117 12:30, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

I think 'holographic' reflects the opinion of the author. You look at it it from one side, it looks blue. Move it an inch and it gets darker. Move it again and the blue disappears, etc. Much like a 'holographic' image, although not the same process and probably wrongly applied.

Find-spots
Whereabouts is it found in the Dominican Republic? Is it washed up on the shore like the Baltic amber? Is it mined? When was it first discovered? 86.133.247.156 16:45, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Copal?
How about blue copal? Does it exist? -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 01:05, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Not to my knowledge. But if I ever come across it I'll write it up. --The Singularity (talk) 13:27, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Refracted Off?
The author might like to rephrase this expression. I can't offer a suggestion as I don't know what is actually intended by the term.

When light passes through the surface of a material, it is refracted at the boundary, this is the bending of light at the interface.

When light bounces off the surface of a material it is reflected.

When light is bent so as to be split into its consituent spectral colours, it is diffracted.

Refracting off something is not possible.

My understanding is that the blue colour occurs because of absorbed ultraviolet light being re-radiated in the blue range of the visible spectrum ... this is none of the three options I mentioned above. Perhaps the black background only serves to make the blue light visible to the eye? The reflected light from a white background may overwhelm it and render it undetectable?

Hansthegerman (talk) 16:26, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Contradiction as to where it occurs
The lede states that blue amber "has been found only in the Dominican Republic", but under the heading "Causes of coloration" it states "This effect (blueness) is only possible in some specimens of Dominican amber category, in some Mexican ambers from Chiapas and some ambers from Indonesia" (emphases added). And the second photograph, captioned "Polished blue amber under direct sunlight" is of a specimen discovered in West Java, Indonesia. So there is a contradiction that blue amber "has been found only in the Dominican Republic". Could anyone with more knowledge about the subject than I please restate the lede to reflect that it is not exclusively found in the Dominican Republic? Bricology (talk) 20:33, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

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Buq'ata

Buq'ata (بقعاثا Buqʿāthā; בוקעאתא) is a Druze town, administered as a local council, in the northern section of the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights. Buq'ata covers an area of 7,000 dunams (7 km²) between two mountains in the Golan Heights, Mount Hermonit and Mount Varda. Located 1,070 metres above sea level, it had a population of in.

Granted the right to obtain Israeli citizenship following the passage of the Golan Heights Law, as of 2012 most of the residents, like the majority of Druze in the Golan Heights, adopted permanent residency but refused Israeli citizenship and instead retain Syrian citizenship.

Buq'ata is one of the four remaining Syrian-Druze communities on the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights, the others being Majdal Shams, Ein Qiniyye and Mas'ade. Geologically and geographically a distinction is made between the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon, the boundary being marked by the Sa'ar Stream; however, administratively they are usually grouped together. Buq'ata and Mas'ade are on the Golan side of the boundary, characterised by black volcanic rock (basalt), while Majdal Shams and Ein Qiniyye are on the Hermon side, thus sitting on limestone.

History
Buq'ata was founded in the 1880s by families from the neighboring town of Majdal Shams. It was destroyed in 1888 during a series of feuds between rival villages in the area, and again in 1925, during the Great Syrian Revolt against the French mandatory rule. It became part of independent Syria in 1946. In the course of the Six-Day War in 1967, the town was captured by Israel. Buq'ata achieved Israeli local council status in 1982.

During the Syrian civil war, some of the violence in nearby Syria spilled over into Buq'ata, where residents loyal to President Bashar al-Assad clashed with activists identifying with the Syrian opposition.

Demography
According to data compiled by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics in 2001, Buq'ata ranked 2 out of 10 on the national socioeconomic index. In 2000, 72.5% of Grade 12 students graduated with a Bagrut matriculation certificate. In 2021, 98.9% of students matriculated, 2nd best in the country, though only 1.1% did so at the maximum level of mathematics and English studies, 9th worst in the country.

The inhabitants of Buq'ata have permanent residency in Israel and receive social welfare benefits from Israel.

Economy
The local economy is predominantly agricultural, with apples and grapes being the main crops. In 2013, Buq'ata harvested 55,000 tons of apples, which it sold to markets in Israel or Syria. This arrangement still worked in 2013, but is under threat due to the civil war in Syria.

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Talk:Bug (Dinosaur Jr. album)

Your Homework Assignment
What is really regrettable about this Wikipedia entry is that there are no contemporary reviews of the album, only retrospective reviews from the people who insert their reviews in EVERY Wikipedia music entry, in order to drive more viewers to their site (Allmusic). If you have the time to dig up a contemporary review, and grab some quotes? You'd be doing us all a great favor! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.130.216.156 (talk) 04:34, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree, but it's not just about "having time", it depends on actually having access to back issues of music magazines from 1988, which most people don't have. Richard3120 (talk) 16:43, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

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The Select

The Select is a novel written by American author and medical doctor F. Paul Wilson. It was first published in England in 1993 as The Foundation under Wilson's pen name Colin Andrews. In the following year, it was released in the US as by F. Paul Wilson.

The book is a suspense thriller in the style of Robin Cook about a student named Quinn Cleary who discovers that her fellow students are being brainwashed in a prestigious medical school named the Ingraham. Campus Security personnel are officially sanctioned, mainly by means of illegal electronic surveillance, to pinpoint potential troublemakers and to assist in neutralizing them. The top administrators are not averse to using extreme countermeasures to protect their sacred charter.

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Talk:Newbery Medal

Out of print
It would be helpful if there was some notation as to which two titles are out of print. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fledchen (talk • contribs) 01:29, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I removed that whole statement. I've seen conflicting statements about which books are out of print, so I don't think it's a good idea to be authoritative right now.  Joyous  (talk) 02:54, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

Order
It might be a good idea if the list was ordered in the opposite direction (i.e. most recent books first). This would correspond to the other children's literature award lists. Driekie 07:59, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * done. Deborah-jl Talk 03:44, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, I'm not very good at wikipedia yet, but I was wondering why the Newbery and Caldecott prizes are in a different order. :) Could someone please fix it? Kimuchi 09:36, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Honor Books
Would adding honor books make sense as many publishers include those medallions on the cover, suggesting prestige attached to those as well? Barkeep49 01:24, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Newbery Honor books are listed in the Newbery Honor article. -- Oddharmonic 02:34, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, you people what are the requirements to recieve a Newberry medal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.10.210 (talk) 02:24, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

 redirects here from January 2009, citing the discussion immediately below. See Talk:Newbery Honor, 2004 to 2008. --P64 (talk) 16:38, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose moving Newbery Honor page to here. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 03:06, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I disagree. Both should be separate. They are two different things. Article would be too long. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.250.17.150 (talk) 21:18, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * They are not so different. The honor books are like a shortlist from which the winner is chosen. It would be a long page, though. Any thoughts on formatting the very long list of books? Or resolving the difference between the current lists? KennyLucius (talk) 22:43, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. Perhaps this will help:   --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 23:42, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * It doesn't help. Since it is your proposal to combine the pages, I thought you might have thoughts about the list format. Some indicator of the Medal winner (as opposed to the Honor Books) will have to be included. I prefer a table, but making it a useful sortable table will be complex because sorting by year may not order the winner/honor books correctly. Is a sortable table necessary? Also, there are a great many red links among the Honor Books, so it will ugly-up the Medal page, which currently looks quite nice. KennyLucius (talk) 01:36, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Bingo. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 07:07, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree. They should be combined. The two lists have the same topic, one's just the winners and the other's the runners-up. Length should not be a problem or a factor.  Reywas92 Talk  21:02, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It may be that combining the articles into one will encourage some of those redlinks to turn blue. Joyous! | Talk 19:24, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

 * After the fact endorsement - looks good. One comment though:  I'm not sure three editors make a consensus, so it might wind up being reverted if 3 or 4 editors come by and say "what did you do that for?"  We'll know if it was consensus if that does not happen in the coming days.  davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  03:05, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Organization
I'm looking at the organization of the article, and it definitely looks like it's made from 2 articles merged together. Tables aren't really my strength, so this might not work, but...what about arranging the lists by year, so that the Medal winner, and the honor books appear together? For example:

2009 The Graveyard Book
 * The Underneath by Kathi Appelt (Atheneum)
 * The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle (Henry Holt and Co.)
 * Savvy by Ingrid Law (Dial)
 * After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam)

I don't know how to make the medal-winner stand out from that, though. Joyous! | Talk 03:06, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Good idea. Why not cut and paste the text from here to your personal soapbox and work on it there before releasing it here?  --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 03:18, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * You might want to look at how other children's book award lists that have "runners up" look, and go with whatever the majority is. There's something to be said for consistency.  davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  03:25, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I like consistency, but I can't find any other pages about children's book awards. I think the Newbery Medal is THE award for children's books.  I was working on the page about the Caldecott Medal.  Over there, the honor books are on a separate page, and I'm trying to figure out how to bring the two lists together.  I like Joys' layout above.  It reminds me of the way editors have listed the Oscar Awards, but I REALLY like the sorting tables.  If I sort by author, print the list and take it to the library, then I can find a bunch of great books in no time flat.  All these books are shelved in the library by author, but by last name.  This table sorts by first name.  Anyway, if we add another column that indicated if the title were a medal-winner or a honor-book, would that let us sort like that, or can you only sort by one column at a time? -ErinHowarth (talk) 07:19, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * They have a table like this over at NHL Foundation Player Award. The names of the players appear first-name-first, but they sort last-name-first.  they appear to achieve that by typing the names in a template like this Adam Graves which appears like this:  Adam Graves.  What do you think? -ErinHowarth (talk) 07:57, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I created a table similar to the one on this page for the Odyssey Award. There are a lot fewer winners and honors on that list so it seemed like an excellent candidate for an expirement.  Anyway, I added a column indicating if the title was a winner or an honor book, and it turns out that the reader CAN sort by both year and citation, but its a little tricky and it requried some expirimentation.  I don't know how many readers are really that finiky.  I am, so I spent the time to figure it out.  Do you think a similar table would be preferrable here? -ErinHowarth (talk) 19:33, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I love it!!! Joyous! | Talk 00:24, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I found the other children's book award lists. There's a WHOLE category of different children's book awards.  Cool! --ErinHowarth (talk) 20:44, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I found the highlighting confusing and had to come to the discussion page to discover what the highlighting meant. Now that I understand what it meant, I have no issue with it. However, can there be an annotation on the article about what the highlight means? Such as "Winners of the Newberry Medal are highlighted." 216.188.249.219 (talk) 05:24, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Redlinks
I have another question: is it preferable to have all those red links in the article, or just take the links out so the text is black? -ErinHowarth (talk) 07:21, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I would definitely leave the redlinks in: it is very reasonable to assume that an article will be written about each one, and I believe the redlinks even encourage that. Joyous! | Talk 13:44, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I might be persuaded that an article may be written about each one of these books since 1956, but before 1956, we have more red links than blue links. I think it unlikely that articles will be written about these books.  All of that red text is distracting.  It calls more attention than the blue text.  I would like to take out those red links, if you don't object.  --ErinHowarth (talk) 06:37, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I actually do object to that. I think that runners-up for the most prestigious award in American children's literature will eventually get articles. I believe it even more strongly because it's a project that I work on. Joyous! | Talk 00:23, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * As you wish. What do you mean when you write that this is a project you work on.  Do you mean red link articles in general or red linked articles on this page? --ErinHowarth (talk) 05:14, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I focus on filling in the redlinks on the Newbery Medal and Honor pages. Well, "page," since we've combined them. It's slow going because I teach school. My most productive time is during Winter, Spring, and Summer break. Joyous! | Talk 14:34, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Just want to bump this discussion as I am in the starting stages of doing some work to try and bring this about to GA or even featured list status and think that this will be hard to achieve with all of the redlinks. I would suggest that those articles are indeed important to have in the long-run, but that for the time being the redlinks be removed and links be added back in when articles have been created.Barkeep49 (talk) 14:34, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Do you think it would be better to do that, or to create stub articles for the missing titles? It wouldn't take long to create a minimal article for each, such as:

 * This Book is a children's novel written by John Smith, and published in 1945. The story of a missing dog and her owner received the Newbery Medal in 1946.
 * Joyous! | Talk 15:17, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

 * That seems reasonable. Would you be willing to help?  The sheer volume means that even a very short edit is still going to add-up.Barkeep49 (talk) 15:33, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * While I do think it makes sense to add the stubs for the books I think it is likely for many of the authors there will never be enough credible information to constitute a good page and as such would suggest removing any links from redlink authors. Barkeep49 (talk) 15:49, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

 * I think that's a reasonable compromise. Joyous! | Talk 16:04, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

No, only the ones for which good significant information can be found should be made into articles. Two sentences is pretty useless. I'm all for it if the articles will be nice and have substance, but I'm vehemently opposed to creating stubs just for the sake of creating stubs. Also remember that many of the older ones were given Newbery Honor retroactively, so they do not have the notability of others. I am very glad that you wish to bring the list to FL status; I am happy to help and actually wanted to do so for the Wikicup, but I'll let you ca. As it is a list, not an article, it does not qualify for GA. Reywas92 Talk 16:52, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2014 interjection.
 * The older "Honor Books" (1920s–1960s) were not identified retroactively; they were labeled 'Honor Books' retroactively. That is, the annual runners-up were named Honor Books in 1970 or so, both retroactively and going forward.
 * Generally I agree with User:Reywas92. See below. -P64

 * So after letting the initial batch sit for some time I guess I go back to my original thought. I do actually believe all of the novels should have pages at some point in time.  However the time required to create pages with substantial content for all of the honor books is significant.  My suggestion at this point is to, once again, remove the redlinks.  I think it would be great if Joyous or someone else in the future creates pages with real content (I am, for instance, currently working on a Elijah of Buxton article), but that until such pages are actually made that the links be removed. Barkeep49 (talk) 14:23, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok. I can swing with that, since I seem to be in the minority. Joyous! | Talk 15:40, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

 * 2014 interjection. In fact Barkeep49 had stripped the author redlinks one week earlier. Older 100 revisions thru March 2010 covers the period of debate and actions above and below this interjection. Author redlinks were stripped Jan 3 and restored Mar 29, 2010. -P64

I reinstated the redlinks, per WP:RED. Checking even a few of the oldest ones, it is obvious that the vast majority are notable authors for whom a decent article can (and should) be written. We don't remove links until the pages are created, we keep the redlinks to encourage the creation of these pages and to invite readers to become editors. Fram (talk) 10:52, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

As a random example, I created Marian Hurd McNeely. Despite her entry in this list originally being misspelt as "Marion" instead of "Marian", it wasn't too hard to find sufficient info for a decent start-class article. It will probably be in general easier to find info on authors who aren't dead for eigthy years, but even those redlinks can relatively easy (using only basic Google searches) be turned into an article. Fram (talk) 12:49, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Four years later (continuing two "2014 interjections" above). Generally I agree with User:Fram. In particular, most of the writers ought to have articles someday.
 * Generally writers are more WP:NOTABLE than their books. I feel sure that is true of Newbery Medal runners-up. (If not for winners. There it may be practically irrelevant, as we seem --all bluelinks, no redlinks-- to have both a writer page and a book page for every Newbery Medal and I doubt that will change. I don't know which are redirects or unusually piped links, however.)
 * Anyway, I suggest that the unusual pattern on this page, where we have mainly author redlinks before 1956 and mainly book redlinks from 1956, is a consequence of the project(s) discussed above in this section--which proceeded mainly forward from the 1921/1922 beginning, I surmise. It cannot be expected even for the most prestigious book awards in general, and any projects to cover all these Honor Books in particular may never catch up to the present.

 * For the Michael L. Printz Award, which is a companion to this one for the last 15 years, we display redlinks for all writers, both winners and runners-up, and redlinks for winning books only. We have 1 redlink in 15 for winning writers; 6 in about 50 for honor writers; 3 in 15 for winning books. About half of the honor book titles would be redlinks if we linked them. I think that is effective.
 * For the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, which now identifies "Finalists" rather than medal winners and "Honor Books", we display redlinks only for winning writers. (In effect I made the decision there, after trying two alternatives. The 2013 listing shows that one person actively disagrees and may support the Printz Award linkage, namely User:Green Cardamom.)
 * --P64 (talk) 22:35, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

children's choice award
This is mentioned, but when I followed the link, I couldn't find any-thing like it at the linked site. Is it legit?Kdammers (talk) 12:46, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, the children's choice awards is a real list administered by the International Reading Association; unfortunately, when I went looking for the list (I like lists), I discovered that it is only available to subscribers. --ErinHowarth (talk) 18:18, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

"controversy" section
The controversy section should be transformed into a "Reception" or "Critical reception" section, incorporating views from a wide spectrum. See WP:Criticism. hgilbert (talk) 01:52, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Are you aware of some views from RS that speak to the benefits of Newbery? To me the positive reception of the award are covered in the lead's last 3 sentences and are thus already covered.  I have no problem renaming the section, though I'm not sure how fully I agree with WP:Criticism. Barkeep49 (talk) 13:17, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

I wouldn't read Newbery Medal books to little kids, but the teens that I've read them to at night in our summer camp have loved the stories, and were eager to continue each night. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.186.170.18 (talk) 03:47, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

I think too much importance has been given to the criticism that the Newbery books are "books that adults choose for children". Of course they are! I firmly believe it is our responsibility as experienced readers to guide children in their selection of reading material. As a 5th grade teacher for 10 years, my students for the most part gravitated to the most popular series novels of the day. As "literature", these were very weak. I used Newbery books as novel studies with my students and through this exposure, they began to appreciate the qualities of a "good" book. Many began reading books by the same authors or sequels. Some even started looking for Medal and Honor books to read. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.114.79.142 (talk) 01:53, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

 * I'm kind of stunned something like The Graveyard Book, which I'm reading now, would be given a Newbery medal. When I was a kid, it seemed like winners of the Newbery Award were always preachy books about religious or ethnic intolerance and generally set in one of five milieus: Biblical times, early America, slavery/Civil War/Reconstruction, a patriotic war such as the Revolution or Wold War II, or the American South in the early 1960s.  The one exception is if an Asian-American  wrote it, it could be about prejudice against Asian-Americans in a place where Asian-Americans have high concentration, otherwise, the oppressed group had to be blacks, Native Americans, Jews, or accused witches.  My teachers always frowned on my preference for fantasy literature (usually old stuff by dead people like L. Frank Baum), and finally a work of fantasy won!--Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 22:57, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

 * i rewrote including some of the parry & repost to the Post. more of a kerfuffle than a controversy. Accotink2  talk 13:25, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Nomination & Selection Process?
I came here researching awards, hoping to compare other selection processes to that of the Hugo Award; unfortunately the Newbery page is unclear on the ALA process, despite this being one of the most famous literary awards. I found a page ( http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/heavymedal/2008/10/21/more-on-the-newbery-nomination-process-2/ ) after googling, but someone better associated with the process could explain it much better than I. Wyvern (talk) 05:39, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Controversy
There's a useful article here with background on the controversy, that shows it goes farther back than people tend to realize. https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/8058/librarytrendsv44i4i_opt.pdf;jsessionid=995C2BFE9EA0617CD917242980249E50?sequence=1 I don't have time to deal with it, but someone else may want to. Tlqk56 (talk) 21:17, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Children : young adults
From 2000 the American Library Association has the Newbery Medal for children's lit and the Michael L. Printz Award for young adult lit. (I haven't checked how closely they match in other respects.) Our Printz article says "teens" in the lead and "ages 12 to 18" in the details, which approximates junior/senior high school students.

From 1922 to 1999 there was the Newbery Medal alone. What "level" were the winning books? In particular, did the medal recognize some books that librarians recommend or libraries stock for primary students and some for senior high school students?

From another perspective, what has been the impact of the Printz Award on the books considered for the Newbery Medal, especially on the Newbery winners? Are some books considered by judges for both awards? How many 20th-century Newbery winners would be considered only for the Printz in this millenium? Did a perceptible shift toward younger readers during the 20th century motivate the Printz award? (Michael L. Printz Award is essentially silent.)

P.S. The British Carnegie Medal (from 1936) remains alone covering books for children or young adults. Recently I have visited WorldCat library catalogue records for dozens of winners. Some records include "senior high school" recommendations. I don't know that any winning book is or was recommended for primary students (grades 1-3 in my US experience that predates middle school). There is virtually no overlap with the Nestle Smarties Prize category 6-8 years (for illustration, without knowing whether that Nestle category focuses on picture books). --P64 (talk) 17:54, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Fiction : nonfiction
(continued not much later) The ALA now has awards specifically for children's "information books", the Sibert Medal from 2001, and young adult "nonfiction", the YALSA award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults from 2010. (Let's hope for a permanent name soon.)

The latter must be irrelevant here. Regarding the Sibert Medal, however, my remarks "Children : young adults" pertain as well to fiction and information books, not to mention straight nonfiction. Does the Newbery focus entirely on fiction from 2001? Was there increasing focus on fiction during the 20th century which motivated the Sibert? I see that the inaugural Newbery winner was a nonfiction tome and I suppose there were several "information" medalists, which I understand to include fictionalized history. --P64 (talk) 18:58, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

ALSC annual Guide to Newbery, Caldecott books
One reference we use heavily (currently [ref name=newb], ref#2) is the 2007 edition (17th annual ed?) of The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books. That edition is valuable especially for its new chapter 2, "The John Newbery Medal: The First Decade" by Barbara Elleman (2007, pp. 9-16), which accounts for four of our eight citations.

The official webpage for the current edition ("Web Extra") includes some archive of "distinctive essays" from previous editions, now four essays including Elleman's.

--P64 (talk) 19:21, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

 * If I understand correctly each distinctive essay is chapter 2 from one of the annual Guides, perhaps repeated in more than one. The first two of four now available online are reset in four dense two-column pages.

 * 2002, as pp 1-4, John Stewig, "Get the Picture?"
 * 2007, as pp 1-4, Barbara Elleman, "The John Newbery Medal: The First Decade"
 * 2010, pp. 11–19, Diane Foote, "The Times, They are a-Changin'"
 * 2011, pp. 11–17, Barbara Z. Kiefer, "The Art of the Picture Book: Past, Present, and Future"
 * The first two feature "how picture books come to be" and Newbery Medal history. The last two concern what is nowadays American? a book? children's? original? picture?
 * As ALSC Executive Director, Diane Foote wrote the Guide preface at least in 2009(?), the year the latest rules changes or clarifications went into effect. In this 2010 article she states (p11): "An appendix, Expanded Definitions and Examples, was added to the award manuals in 2009." The last six pages of the article appear to be identical to that appendix (Manual, p64-70).
 * --P64 (talk) 19:11, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Writer and book links
0. See also (2009–2010 and 2014) --whose indentation I adjusted for readability and where I interjected (2) and replied at the bottom.

1. Does anyone know how many of our bluelinks are WP:REDIRECTs or unusual WP:PIPEs, with targets that are not the suggested biographies and book articles? If we have maintained this table adequately, there are no biographies and book articles for those bluelink writers and books. For instance, is one redirect.

2. Some bluelink titles may be redirects to book series articles. For Joey Pigza Loses Control, a redlink surprising to me, we do have the book series and fictional character article Joey Pigza. About half what it does is ID the series contents with two bluelink and two redlink titles. (We have one WP:STUB and one All plot.)

a. If people consider redlink titles useful because they communicate that we have no corresponding book article, and sufficiently useful to retain (see section ), then I suggest a listing such as this:
 * Joey Pigza Loses Control (see Joey Pigza)

b. There may be similar cases where this is valuable:
 * Redlink (sequel to )

--P64 (talk) 22:53, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

This sentence makes no sense
I really have no idea what this sentence is trying to say so I pulled it. Can anyone else figure it out? HullIntegrity (talk) 16:42, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Others argue that child appropriate books are important, not unpopular assignment of award winners.

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Changes to the LEAD
Hi there. I see you've been editing this article over the past couple of days - welcome. I am not sure if you're aware but this article recently became a Featured List, meaning it went through an in-depth review. As a steward of this article, obviously wording can be tweaked and I don't get too riled up about most MOS things so I don't think the period being outside the quote is correct in this case but I would suggest that the current winner not be in the LEAD. While using the as of template is a good way to monitor content which could become dated, in general the table is summarized and introducing something which could become outdated, as opposed to most of the article which is rather timeless, makes me uneasy. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 14:52, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for notifying me. As this list is going to be featured on the Main Page in a few weeks' time, I thought it would be expedient to do a little bold copyediting of the lead, mainly in terms of grammar and MOS compliance. I did think that it would be beneficial to readers to add a line indicating the latest winner of the award, which I feel is still worthwhile on the TFL blurb. As you were the FLC nominator for this list, I'll defer to your judgement concerning the article's content. Regards. —  RAVEN PVFF  · talk · 15:02, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * P.S.: I just realised that you did undo my first edit regarding the addition of the most recent winner. If I had noticed this sooner, I would not have reinstated my edit as I later did. I apologise for this. —  RAVEN PVFF  · talk · 15:07, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Citing a negative
"As of 2020 no change has been made. "

The source cited here is from 2009. It tells us nothing about a proposal made in 2015. It certainly does not tell us whether anything happened by 2020.

Yes, it is nearly impossible to cite a negative. The addition actually say that a Wikipedia editor is not aware of or was unable to find any indication that the change was made.

What we know is that a proposal was made in 2015 and there was some reaction to the proposal, both for and against. That's what the article says.

Maybe it was voted down. Maybe it was ignored, never to be heard of again. Maybe it went on the back burner for a while and is now under active consideration. Maybe it was passed, with an effective date of June 1, 2020. Maybe we missed an article mentioning any one of these. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

"But it's important that we tell readers..." Is it important that we tell readers that we guess nothing happened? If it's important, a reliable source will discuss it. Until we have that, we have an unsourced claim. Yes, it made it through an article review. At that point, there was nothing/no one challenging the claim. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 05:28, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * The manual that I cited is the most recent manual. Its lack of inclusion of change is evidence that nothing has changed in the same way that it is evidence that there are 15 members on the committee (committee composition being something that has been discussed but not changed since the manual). Your maybes are all possible but as someone who acts as a steward for this article I can and will suggest that there are not RS we're missing that say nothing has been done. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 05:35, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * You are presenting original research: "The only way you can show your edit is not original research is to cite a reliable published source that contains the same material. Even with well-sourced material, if you use it out of context, or to reach or imply a conclusion not directly and explicitly supported by the source, you are engaging in original research..." A manual from 2009 cannot directly and explicitly say anything about a 2015 proposal and the status of that proposal in 2020. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 05:41, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm well aware of the peril of original research. I think you're getting hung-up on the 2009 part of that manual. Instead it is more proper to refer to it as the current manual . The logical conclusion of what you're saying is that nothing cited to that could be done in the present tense and that's just not the case. I'll update the reference right after hitting submit on this reply. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 05:57, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * you've gone silent and so I want to reach out again before interpreting your silence as assent for restoring the concent. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 16:19, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not seeing a source for what you want to add. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 17:10, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * , The source was already in there, I just made it explicit: (current source 8). Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 17:20, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

The section currently says the selection process is secret, there was a proposal to change this and there was both support and criticism of the proposal. All of that is sourced. The source you linked to does not add anything, unless we start cobbling together bits and pieces from the sources along with an assumption to come up with "no change has been made".

The source does not explicitly say no change has been made. The only way to arrive at "no change has been made" from the sources in the article is to look at the proposal, pull up the rules before the proposal and the rules (currently cited using 2009 rules as posted in 2013) compare the two sets of rules, not find the proposed change or anything you think is the change, assume nothing changed in between and add the synthesis to the article.

While it is likely true that there was not a change to the rules by October 2009, the claim is not verifiable. The only way to make it verifiable is for an independent reliable source to actually state that no change has been made. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 19:20, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

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Killing Me Softly (film)

Killing Me Softly is a 2002 erotic thriller film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes. Based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Nicci French, it introduces several substantial changes to the story and focuses heavily on the intense sexual relationship between the two lead characters. It is Chen's only English-language film to date.

Plot
Alice is a young American woman living in London who believes she is happy in a secure job and a relationship with her boyfriend. After a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger, she seeks him out, taking a taxi with him to his house and having passionate sex. She returns home to her boyfriend and unsuccessfully attempts to bring out the same feelings between them that she had with the strange man.

The following day she seeks the stranger out again, discovering his name is Adam - a mountain climber who is considered a hero after saving six people in a tragic event that killed several others, including the woman he loved. Alice leaves her boyfriend and begins a relationship with Adam, although her friend shows reservations about Alice being in such a sudden relationship. When Alice is mugged on the street, Adam beats the thief terribly, and then asks Alice to marry him, a proposal she happily accepts. For their honeymoon, he takes her to a secluded cabin.

The newlyweds settle into their new life, but Alice is troubled by a series of mysterious letters and phone calls, and begins to wonder about her husband's mysterious past. A reporter who did a story on Adam sends her a copy of a letter from a woman claiming Adam raped her. Alice interviews her, posing as a journalist. Disturbed by the fact that she barely knows her new husband, she begins to go through their apartment, becoming even more alarmed when she searches a locked wardrobe and finds a box of old letters from an ex-lover, Adele, who insists she and Adam end their affair. Adam begins to question Alice more about her activities, including where she got a necklace that she received from his sister, Deborah.

Soon after, Alice receives yet another warning. Following the trail, she discovers that Adele has been missing for eight months. She also finds a picture of Adele at the same cabin where she and Adam honeymooned. She realizes she doesn't feel safe with him and runs to the police. She tells her story, insisting they reopen Adele's missing persons case, but they can't do anything without any evidence, telling her they can only keep him for a few hours. Alice seeks help from Deborah, telling her she believes Adam killed Adele for leaving him and buried her at the cabin. On the way to the cabin, Deborah admits that she was the one who sent the messages to Alice, because she wanted to save her from Adam's violent rages. When Adam returns home from the police station, he finds that Alice was there and left the two pictures, and realizes she must have gone to the cemetery.

At the cemetery, Alice discovers a body buried in the dirt, wearing the same necklace that Deborah gave her. Deborah tells her that Adele didn't have to die, if only she had told her she was going back to her husband. Deborah revealed that she had sex with Adam when he was 15 years old, resulting in her subsequent obsession with her own brother and need to rid his life of any other woman. She tries to kill Alice, but Adam appears in time and saves her. Furious, Deborah tries to kill him but is stopped short by Alice, who shoots her with a flare pistol.

Adam tells Alice that he and his sister used to come to the cabin together, but that he thought that if Alice just trusted him, then everything would be alright. Adam is led away by police that morning.

Two years later, Alice and Adam see one another again on either side of an escalator - she's going down and he's riding up. They both watch each other as they pass without saying anything. Adam stops at the top and turns to stare back at Alice before walking away. The film ends with Alice's voiceover recalling the events in posterity and wondering what might have happened had fate not led her to Adam one morning. She wonders if the passion between them could ever have lasted, and if a "flatlander" like her could ever have stayed at such a high altitude.

Production
Filming commenced on October 29, 2000, and was mostly based in or around London and Cumbria, England. Filming also took place in Matterdale, near Penrith.

Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes spent seven days in bed filming the sex scenes, where Graham refused to wear a 'modesty pouch'.

Release
Killing Me Softly was released on June 21, 2002, in the UK. MGM initially planned a 2002 wide release in the US, but this was cancelled in favor of a direct-to-DVD launch on March 25, 2003. Variety later characterized the film's international release as "a painful failure". On August 13, 2013, Shout! Factory released Killing Me Softly on Blu-ray along with The Hot Spot as part of a double feature.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 0% based on 22 reviews, with an average rating of 3.39/10. The site's consensus is: "Respected director Chen Kaige's first English-language film is a spectacularly misguided erotic thriller, with ludicrous plot twists and cringe-worthy dialogue". In 2009, the site also rated it #12 on the countdown of the worst films over the last 10 years.

David Rooney of Variety called it: "A turgid erotic thriller that plays like Zalman King-meets-vintage Brian De Palma without the latter's wit or style". Empire called it "the funniest movie of the year so far".

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Charles Russell Lowell

Charles Russell Lowell III (January 2, 1835 – October 20, 1864) was a railroad executive, foundryman, and General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek and was mourned by a number of leading generals.

Early life
Charles Russell Lowell III was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 2, 1835. His mother, Anna Cabot Jackson, a daughter of Patrick Tracy Jackson, married Charles Russell Lowell, Jr., brother of Robert Traill Spence Lowell and James Russell Lowell. Charles Jr., Robert, and James were sons of Unitarian Minister Charles Lowell. Anna wrote verse and books on education. Lowell III graduated as the valedictorian from Harvard College in 1854, and worked in an iron mill in Trenton, New Jersey, for a few months in 1855. He spent two years abroad, and from 1858 to 1860 was local treasurer of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. In 1860, he took charge of the Mount Savage Iron Works in Cumberland, Maryland.

Civil War
Lowell entered the Union Army in June 1861, and was commissioned as a captain in the 3rd U.S. Cavalry, transferring to the 6th U.S. Cavalry in August. He served as an aide-de-camp to General George B. McClellan during the formation of the Army of the Potomac in the summer and fall of 1861 and continued at McClellan's side during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign and the Battle of Antietam.

In 1863 Lowell recruited and organized the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry, and on May 10 was appointed its colonel. During the winter of 1863–1864, he was in charge of the outer defenses of Washington, D.C., and was engaged in repelling the raid by Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early that reached the outskirts of the capital. In February, 1864, near Vienna, Virginia Lowell ordered the drumhead execution of William E. "Pony" Ormsby, a deserter and traitor who fled to join Colonel John S. Mosby's (CSA) campaign.

During the Valley Campaigns of 1864, Lowell commanded a brigade of cavalry in Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt's division of the Cavalry Corps of Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's army. He distinguished himself at Third Winchester and took a leading role in the Confederate rout at Tom's Brook. He was mortally wounded during the Union counterattack at the Battle of Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864. General Sheridan interceded to ensure that he was promoted to brigadier general on that day. He died on the next day at Middletown, Virginia, at the age of 29. He is buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Lowell was nominated as a brigadier general two days after his death. Since he was unable to sign his new commission after his death, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton authorized an exception allowing the posthumous promotion to become official. Upon hearing of his death, General George Armstrong Custer wept and Sheridan remarked "I do not think there was a quality which I could have added to Lowell. He was the perfection of a man and a soldier."

In October 1863, Lowell married businesswoman Josephine Shaw (1843—1905), a sister of his close friend and fellow Union Army casualty Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (1837—1863). Her home when she was married was on Staten Island, and she became deeply interested in the social problems of New York City. She was a member of the State Charities Aid Society, and from 1876 to 1889 was a member of the New York State Board of Charities, being the first woman appointed to that board. She founded the Charity Organization Society of New York City in 1882, and wrote Public Relief and Private Charity (1884) and Industrial Arbitration and Conciliation (1893). They had one daughter, Carlotta Russell Lowell (November 30, 1864 — September 19, 1924).

Lowell's first biography was written in 1907 by Edward Waldo Emerson, son of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Newquay Airport

Cornwall Airport Newquay (Cornish: Ayrborth Tewynblustri Kernow) is the main commercial airport for Cornwall, England, located at Mawgan in Pydar, 4 NM northeast of the town of Newquay on Cornwall's north coast. Its runway was operated by RAF St Mawgan before 2008, and is now owned by Cornwall Council and operated by Cornwall Airport Ltd.

The airport handled 461,300 passengers in 2017, a 24.2% increase over the previous year. Newquay has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. The Cornwall Air Ambulance is based at the airport. Since 2012, the airport has hosted the Aerohub enterprise zone.

The 2,744 metre (9,003 ft) runway can take the largest and fastest of civil and military aircraft, having been built and maintained for decades as an RAF maritime operations base. The US Navy were present with the USN AWD storage facility and Joint Maritime Facility. With the end of the Cold War and changes in American political priorities, the Americans pulled out of all involvement with the base by the end of 2009. The last RAF flying squadron based at St Mawgan was 203(R) Squadron which moved out in 2008, while part of the site continues to be used by the RAF.

The airport is also the location of Spaceport Cornwall. The facility has the capability to launch small space satellites into low Earth orbit using an air-launch-to-orbit type system.

Military use
The airfield was opened in 1933 as a civilian facility, but was requisitioned at the outbreak of World War II and named RAF Trebelzue to support other bases in the Cornwall area. The base was renamed RAF St Mawgan in 1943, after expansion. The facility was then handed to the USAAF and there were a number of improvements, including the building of a new control tower and expansion of the current runway. The airfield was put under maintenance in 1947, and reopened as a Coastal Command base in 1951.

Since 1951, aircraft squadron which have operated at the station have included 7 Sqn., 22 Sqn., 203 Sqn. (Sea King OCU, 1996–2008); 220 Sqn (later renamed 201); 228 Sqn. (later renamed 206), both Long Range Reconnaissance Squadrons; No. 42 Squadron RAF (BAe Nimrod) (disbanded 1992), No. 236 Operational Conversion Unit RAF, the Nimrod front-line conversion-to-type unit (1970-1992). In addition, Royal Air Force Regiment squadrons No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment and 2625 Sqn (Royal Auxiliary Air Force) were present. 2625 Sqn was disbanded on 1 November 2006, whilst 1 Sqn RAF Regt relocated to RAF Honington. The others relocated or closed. In 2005, RAF St Mawgan was one of the bases shortlisted to house the new Joint Combat Aircraft (JCA) in 2013, but in November 2005, it was announced by Minister of State for the Armed Forces Adam Ingram that the operation would be based from Scotland. Helicopter maintenance (HMF) also ceased here in late 2006.

Flying operations at RAF St Mawgan (on the opposite side of the runway to the civil terminal) ceased in December 2008.

Transition to fully civilian airport
In 2006, the airport introduced a £5 per passenger airport development fee, payable by all departing passengers via an ATM type machine prior to passing security. This resulted in Monarch Airlines axing its route from the airport (to Málaga) and in Ryanair reducing the number of flights, though this was later restored. In 2015, it was announced that the £5 development fee would be scrapped in March 2016.

Before 2008, the airport operated as dual civilian/military airport, with the civilian side known as Newquay Civil Airport. In 2008, the airport closed from 1 to 19 December, to allow time for the takeover of the airfield navigation services (i.e. air traffic control) from RAF St Mawgan and to fully meet CAA standards. Following further inspections by the CAA, flights recommenced on 20 December 2008.

By virtue of a statutory instrument issued on 22 September 2009, Newquay Airport is subject to current airport bylaws, per section 63 of the Airports Act 1986.

An extension opened in 2006 increased the terminal's size by 20%, allowing the airport to handle up to 450,000 passengers a year. In January 2008, Cornwall County Council approved plans for an expanded arrivals hall and departure lounge; a new retail outlet; a business lounge; and new airfield structures. In May 2008, the new arrivals and baggage reclaim area was opened; unlike the old arrivals hall, this allowed domestic and international flights to be processed simultaneously. It also added a gate to the departure lounge.

The expansion of the airport was criticised in 2007 by a number of environmental groups. This opposition was based not only on environmental concerns (given that the majority of flights are short-haul and to destinations that could be served by rail), but also socio-economic concerns that airport expansion would lead to a greater demand for second homes in Cornwall, adding to already inflated local house prices.

Civil airport operation
The Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair pulled out of the airport in 2006, ceasing flights to London Stansted and Girona-Costa Brava Airport. In November 2008, Newquay Airport released its draft master plan, outlining its plans for the airport until 2030.

In July 2011, the airport's main carrier, Air Southwest, announced the end of all flights from Newquay effective 30 September 2011, leaving the airport with only three year-round scheduled routes.

In May 2013, Flybe announced it would cease flying to Gatwick, leaving Newquay with year-round flights to just the Isles of Scilly and Manchester. On 2 December 2013, Flybe announced they had agreed a deal with Newquay which would secure the future of the Gatwick route until the end of October 2014, so that a public service obligation (PSO) subsidy could be finalised. Under the new deal Flybe was to operate two daily flights, with the afternoon service being dropped.

Ryanair returned to the airport in April 2016, after the £5 development fee was scrapped.

On 5 March 2020, Flybe ceased trading, leaving Cornwall with no year-round direct flights to London once again. British Airways announced a six-flight-per-week summer schedule to London, commencing initially in Easter 2020. However, the COVID-19 pandemic's impacts on aviation resulted in the service launch being postponed. The service was eventually launched on 24 July 2020, albeit as a year-round service under a Public Service Obligation Emergency Order which lasts until February 2021. During this period, Department for Transport will run the tender process for the four-year contract which will begin in March 2021.

Aerohub enterprise zone
In August 2011, the UK government announced that the airport's bid to host an enterprise zone for aerospace businesses had been successful. The Aerohub enterprise zone was launched in April 2012. In September 2014, the UK's Homes and Communities Agency and the European Regional Development Fund agreed to fund the construction of a £6million Aerohub Business Park. Organisations attracted to Aerohub by 2014 included Classic Air Force and the Bloodhound Supersonic Car project.

From 29 March 2013, Classic Air Force has operated from the airport using a variety of aircraft, including the world's oldest flying British jet aircraft and the only flying Gloster Meteor T7. From April 2013 until 2017, it has also operated a museum in the 70000 sqft Hangar 404, which was previously used to service the Hawker Siddeley Nimrods of RAF St Mawgan. Some of the now-closed museum's exhibits remain elsewhere on the airfield under different ownership. Since 2015, a new venture known as 'Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre' (CAHC), was opened at the Aerohub.

Testing of Bloodhound SSC at speeds of over 200 mph was performed on the runway in 2017, in preparation for a 500 mph test run on its new specially created race track at Hakskeen Pan, South Africa in 2019, leading to an attempt on the land speed record in the future.

Plans have been submitted to build the world's deepest artificial pool in Cornwall to train astronauts and help advance undersea robotics.

A Cycle-hub is due to be built near Newquay Aerohub Business Park on council-owned land and is the result of a partnership between British Cycling, Cornwall Council and Sport England.

Potential future uses
In September 2013, the National Aeronautical Centre (NAC) at Aberporth Airport announced it would use Newquay as its second airport for testing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The NAC said it was attracted by the length of the runway and the facilities of Aerohub. The test flights would require 3000 sqmi of segregated airspace over the sea. In March 2015, the airport reported that the establishment of this segregated area had not yet been agreed with the Department for Transport, who stated that negotiations with international bodies to create an appropriate regulatory framework for UAVs were still taking place.

In July 2014, Newquay was one of eight airports shortlisted by the Civil Aviation Authority as a possible site for a British commercial spaceport. The shortlist was reduced to six airports in March 2015, with Newquay still a candidate. The selection process was abandoned in May 2016 after the Department for Transport announced it would be creating regulatory conditions allowing any suitable location wishing to become a spaceport.

Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled flights to and from Newquay:

Spaceport Cornwall
In June 2019, the UK government and Cornwall Council announced they were prepared to invest up to £20M into the airport to create Spaceport Cornwall as a base for Virgin Orbit. The system, in support of the UK space industry, would launch satellite carrying rockets to space from under the wing of a converted Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 jumbo jet by the early 2020s dependent on the business case put forward. On 5 November 2019, the UK Space Agency announced that it would provide £7.35M to establish Virgin Orbit operations at Spaceport Cornwall.

On 30 September 2022, Spaceport Cornwall was officially launched, with the opening of their Space Systems Integration Facility (SSIF). The spaceport will also be home to the Centre for Space Technologies consisting of the SSIF and the Space Systems Operation Facility, an adjacent R&D work and office space. The spaceport, working with new businesses in the local area and the University of Exeter aim to be the first to reach Net Zero globally.

On 16 November 2022, it was announced that Spaceport Cornwall had been granted an operating licence by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) allowing it to send satellites into space.

Virgin Orbit
The first launch from the spaceport using the Virgin Orbit LauncherOne system took place on 9 January 2023 with a payload of several small satellites. However, after being released by its carrier aircraft, the LauncherOne rocket suffered an upper stage engine anomaly at approximately 180 km (112 miles) altitude on its ascent into space, failing to achieve orbit and resulting in the loss of the payload. The flight was the only one carried out from the spaceport using the Virgin Orbit system.

After failing to secure new investment, Virgin Orbit halted operations in March 2023 and filed for bankruptcy in the US in April 2023, subsequently agreeing to sell key assets to other aerospace companies and ceasing operations.

Future Operators
As of December 2023, Spaceport Cornwall are working on system development and UK return missions with launch operators Sierra Space and Space Engine Systems. In addition, the spaceport is in discussions with an established horizontal launch provider with a view to support UK launches from mid-2025.

Based units
Newquay airport is home to:
 * Cornwall Air Ambulance since its introduction in 1987., the trust operates an AgustaWestland AW169.
 * HM Coastguard have a small operations base and operate two Sikorsky S92 helicopters from Newquay Airport.

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The Rolling Memorial

The Rolling Memorial is a semi-trailer truck painted with a mural intended to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks. The project was conceived by John Holmgren of Shafer, Minnesota in the United States after hearing the song "Have You Forgotten" by country singer Darryl Worley.

An over-the-road truck driver, Holmgren transformed his 18-wheeler into the tribute with the help of a mural artist. The mural image, along with the names of the victims of the attack, were printed onto vinyl sheets and applied to the truck at a cost of nearly $40,000 USD. Holmgren sold t-shirts, toy models of the truck and other merchandise to cover expenses but has nonetheless gone into debt.

Holmgren attributes the popularity of his truck to an e-mail forward, which apparently started in 2004 with a food company employee who photographed the truck. The e-mail eventually made its way into the hands of celebrities such as Jimmy Buffett and Reba McEntire, who then asked Holmgren to bring his truck to their concerts. The truck was also invited to "ground zero" for a special commemorative ceremony in 2004.

Holmgren displays the truck all over the U.S. and continues to use it to transport freight when possible. In an interview with the Star Tribune, he said "Troopers pull me over just to get a picture with the truck. Once I even got out of a ticket. The guy said, 'I can't give this to you, knowing what you're doing.'" Holmgren has received emails from over 20 countries, and there are several websites devoted to his truck. He has also met with families of 9/11 victims.

There was a plan to donate the truck to New York City in 2006, but there is no evidence this has happened.

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The Web (film)

The Web is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Ella Raines, Edmond O'Brien, William Bendix and Vincent Price.

Plot
Leopold Kroner, formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby, claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan as a personal bodyguard. That evening, Regan hears a gunshot from Colby's study and finds Kroner there, apparently trying to kill Colby. Regan kills Kroner when he turns around pointing a gun at him.

Regan believes Colby's explanation that Kroner had become delusional and threatening, until Regan's police buddy Damico lets on that he's suspicious that Regan murdered Kroner. Kroner's daughter Martha Kroner shows up at Regan's apartment and tries, but fails, to murder him. She reveals that Colby had invited Kroner to the house that night and Kroner was of sound mind. Regan investigates further, getting information about Kroner's embezzlement case from a reporter and Colby's secretary, Noel. Regan has a friend impersonate one of Colby's associates on the phone to deceive him into providing information about the embezzlement, unknowing that this associate is already long dead.

Colby uses this situation to his advantage to set a trap for Regan and Noel (whom he has decided has betrayed him). He innocently asks Noel to remove money from his safe, then after she leaves, he kills his associate Charles with a weapon having Regan's fingerprints. The two of them are framed for theft and murder, but Lt. Damico tricks Colby into thinking Charles is still alive. Since Charles would reveal all of Colby's actions, that night Colby tries to sneak down and strangle Charles, only to be caught red-handed.

Cast

 * Ella Raines as Noel Faraday
 * Edmond O'Brien as Bob Regan
 * William Bendix as Lt. Damico
 * Vincent Price as Andrew Colby
 * Maria Palmer as Martha Kroner
 * John Abbott as Charles Murdock
 * Fritz Leiber (Sr.) as Leopold Kroner
 * Howland Chamberlain as James Nolan
 * Tito Vuolo as Emilio Canepa
 * Wilton Graff as District Attorney
 * Robin Raymond as Newspaper Librarian
 * Ethan Laidlaw as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Critical response
When the film was released The New York Times film critic gave the film a negative review, writing, "Ella Raines and Edmond O'Brien, as the lawyer, play their stock roles with competence, and William Bendix plays the lieutenant with a suggestion of, shall we say, retarded intellectual attainment. But he's not nearly as dumb as he makes out and, on the other hand, The Web is not nearly as good as it might have been."

In 2011, film critic Dennis Schwartz gave the film a positive review, writing, "Top-of-the-line B film crime drama. A great cast digs into this film noir with relish. Director Michael Gordon (Pillow Talk/Texas Across the River/Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood) keeps things breezy and topped off with zesty mustard. Writers Bertram Millhauser and William Bowers keep the story by Harry Kurnitz free of any dull moments. The pic has the following things going for it: William Bendix is superb playing a smart cop against type, a sassy Ella Raines smoothly swinging her hips is good for the eyes and ears, a slimy Vincent Price as the sinister villain makes your blood boil in an entertaining way, and a rarely seen as slim Edmond O'Brien is oafishly prancing around as the good guy lawyer of the people and makes for a likeable hero."

Home media
Kino Lorber released a region A Blu-ray edition of the film through their Kino Lorber Studio Classics label on July 13, 2021.

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Mohamed Al-Deayea

Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (محمد عبد العزيز الدعيع; born 2 August 1972) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He participated in four FIFA World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team and earned a total of 173 officially recognised caps.

Club career
Al-Deayea has split his professional career between the clubs Al-Ta'ee and Al-Hilal. Originally, he started as a handball player, but was convinced by his club and his older brother Abdullah to become a professional footballer. Mohammed was under great pressure of expectations in the beginning of his career because his brother Abdullah was an AFC Asian Cup winner and a highly reputed goalkeeper.

Retirement
On 22 June 2010, Mohamed Al-Deayea announced his retirement from football at the age of 37. On 5 January 2012, a testimonial match for him was organised between his club Al-Hilal and Juventus FC, with 70,000 people attending at the King Fahd Stadium. The match ended 7–1 in favour of Juventus with Al-Hilal's sole goal coming from Saad Al-Harthi. Juventus' goals were scored by Alessandro Del Piero (twice), Eljero Elia, Arturo Vidal, Giorgio Chiellini, Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella.

Honours
Al-Ta'ee
 * Saudi First Division: 1994–95

Al-Hilal
 * Saudi Premier League: 2001–02, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10
 * Saudi Crown Prince Cup: 1999–2000, 2003, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
 * Saudi Founder's Cup: 1999-2000
 * AFC Champions League: 1999–2000
 * Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2001–02
 * Asian Super Cup: 2000
 * Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 2000
 * Arab Super Cup: 2001

Saudi Arabia U17
 * FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1989

Saudi Arabia
 * AFC Asian Cup: 1996
 * Arabian Gulf Cup: 1994, 2003
 * Arab Nations Cup: 1998
 * Islamic Solidarity Games: 2005

Individual
 * Best Goalkeeper of the AFC Asian Cup: 1996, 2000
 * Best Goalkeeper of the Arabian Gulf Cup: 1998, 2002
 * Best Goalkeeper of the GCC Champions League: 2000
 * Best Goalkeeper of the Arab Champions League': 2001
 * Best Goalkeeper of the Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2002
 * He was voted Asia's Goalkeeper of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 1999.
 * AFC Asian All Stars: 2000
 * AFC Fans' All-time XI at the FIFA World Cup: 2020
 * IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time: 2021
 * AFC Asian Cup All-time XI: 2023

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Talk:U.S. Divisions Active in the Normandy Campaign

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Is this article really necessary? I personally think there should be two articles of lists for the Allied and Axis forces during the Battle of Normandy; if it gets too large for the Allies, then it could be split into country-specific lists. SoLando 01:38, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Have you made those articles? WikiDon 01:55, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I've just started preparing a list. The reason I think this article would be better incorporated into another article is that this article is too small; it would be cool if the divisions' sub-units could be added and this page moved to something like List of U.S. forces in the Normandy Campaign, therefore giving enough content for it to stand-alone as an article. What do you think? SoLando 02:05, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

Well, Wikipedia has thousands of "list" pages, lists of cities, dams, airlines, etc. So, this is a "list" and not article. But, that being said, a more comprehensive list would add more value. I would suggest that you make your new lists before we move forward. There is also room for multiple lists. I would like to see your complete list. You might talk with other users making unit articles:

 * User:Rich Farmbrough
 * User:Habap
 * User:Beanbatch
 * User:Vera Cruz
 * User:NB

WikiDon 02:59, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I know, but I tend to use "list" and "article" interchangeably on Wikipedia, just so you know :-) Ok, I've completed the list - its at List of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign.

 * The list is as comprehensive as I could make without the aid of any books on the Normandy campaign. Unfortunately, I could not find the higher formations of some regiments in the British Army and the Belgian and Dutch brigades. I omitted corps' as I was not able to find OOBs for some of them. I also left the US section as a "See Also" directing to this list as I would like to see some imput here.

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Kulma Pass

The Kulma Pass (Tajik: Перевал Кульма, ) or Qolma Pass, also referred to as Karasu Pass, is a mountain pass across the Pamir Mountains on the border between Murghob District, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in Tajikistan and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China. Asian Highway AH66 runs through the pass, which provides for the only modern day overland border crossing along the 450 km boundary between the two nations.

The pass has an elevation of 4362.7 m and opens from the north to the southeast, and is 500 m wide from north to south and 1 km in length from east to west with a gentle incline not exceeding 20 percent. On the Tajik side, the pass is 80 km by road to Murghab and about 850 km to Dushanbe. On the Chinese side, the pass is 13.9 km from Karasu (卡拉苏口岸), a port of entry on the Karakorum Highway which leads to Tashkurgan (60–70 km) and Kashgar (220 km). In the past, the pass used to be open from the 16th to the 30th day of each month from May to November. In most recent years it is open all weekdays all year round (except for national festivities).

The pass was closed for many years due to political tensions between the Soviet Union and China, and then the Tajikistani Civil War. In 1997, China and Tajikistan signed an agreement to develop a commercial corridor between the two countries through the pass. The opening of the pass reduced cargo travel time between the two countries by ten to fifteen days, obviating lengthy detours into Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

Karasu Port of Entry
The Karasu Port of Entry opened on May 25, 2004, and traffic volume grew considerably. In the first three months after the pass opened, an official tally by the Tajik Ministry of Traffic and Roads counted legal crossings of just 17 trucks, 10 buses, 240 tons of cargo, and 171 people over a three-month period. Unofficial transits are believed to be more common, as many locals lack passports needed to cross the pass legally.

From May to August 2006, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce registered 649 cargo shipments totaling 11,218.5 metric tons of goods. In the same three months the following year, traffic volume reached 1,836 cargo shipments and 30,556 metric tons. In all, travelers made 12,500 trips through the pass in 2007 transporting 56,300 metric tons of goods worth US$250 million. Commonly traded goods include automobiles, construction materials, machinery, electronics, furniture, eggs, and rice.

In 2013, 31,000 tons of goods were shipped through the Kulma Pass and processed at the Karasu Border Crossing.

The bilateral agreement signed between China and Tajikistan includes the opening of the pass for nationals of all countries. After an initial period where foreigners were still turned back, since 2017, foreign travelers have been passing regularly and without extra problems.

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Long squeeze

A long squeeze is a situation in which investors who hold long positions feel the need to sell into a falling market to limit their losses. This pressure to sell usually leads to a further decline in market prices caused by the supply/demand-imbalance. This situation is less common than the opposite short squeeze, because in a short squeeze, the traders who have bought the short contracts have a legal obligation to settle with the promised shares. A trader who is 'long' in a long squeeze has no such obligation, but may sell out of fear of further losses. Other investors may see the rapid decline in price as irrational and a buying opportunity (more often than a rapid rise in price seen as a shorting opportunity). However, in times of significant market turmoil, identifying a long squeeze becomes of more practical interest rather than merely an investment opportunity. In 2008, Bear Stearns was wiped out after market rumors that the company had cash concerns. Investors started selling the scrip, resulting in a long squeeze, which triggered many other stop order losses and accelerated the decline of the company's stock.

In 2020, the oil futures market saw a long squeeze when the price of near-month futures for West Texas Intermediate oil fell below $0, causing long holders to be margin-called, forcing the price lower and triggering additional margin-calls, in a manner similar to a classic short squeeze, eventually reaching a bottom of $-37.63 per barrel, before later recovering to nearly $3.

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Haneism (n)1. Of or relating to Hane. 2. Showing the distinct characteristics of Hane which are the following: failing short - term memory, misunderstanding sentences, and sometimes erratic behavior

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