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Talk:Nagant M1895

muzzle velocity
"By sealing the gap, the velocity of the bullet is increased by 50 to 150 ft/s (15 to 45 m/s)."

My guess is that this is indicating the increase, and not the total velocity. If so, it should probably be re-worded to indicate as such. My impression is that it's stating the total velocity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mushroombrew (talk • contribs) 18:24, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Very well played sir. You have plainly indicated, for all to see, the depth of your intellectualism. Samf4u (talk) 02:23, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Nagant has been retired from police service
According to Wiki-article: "It remains in use with the Russian Railways and remote police forces". .

That is not correct information.

In Russian Federation Nagant was retired from police service a long time ago; Nagant was retired from service of postal security service in the year 2003 ; Nagant was retired from bailiff security service (Федеральная служба судебных приставов) since the year 2009.

In Ukraine Nagant was retired from police & security service in the year 2008.

But I don't know about Middle Asia. 2.60.184.105 (talk) 16:59, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

 * I've heard of it being in use with the MVD of the Donetsk People's Republic as late as 2020. I'll try and dig up verifiable evidence of that. I'm not sure if semi-legal quasi state actors can be listed here though. In any case, they probably switched to Makarovs after their formal absorption by Russia by this point. George Mucus (talk) 00:27, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

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Belgian use
If I understand the source given for Belgium as a user, the source only states the weapon was produced in Belgium (Both for commercial and Russian use), but it does not explicitly state Belgian state or military use. It should be removed. Thoughts?

Thom430 (talk) 15:08, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Nagant M1895
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Nagant M1895's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Chaco": From Mauser C96:  From Thompson submachine gun:

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Country Citations
Citations for UK and US use are broken, Some other countries may be too. --CommieKarlovy (talk) 01:39, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Nagant M1895
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From YouTube: Todd Spangler, YouTube Terminates Toy Freaks Channel Amid Broader Crackdown on Disturbing Kids’ Content, Variety, November 17, 2017

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Use by the Axis-powers
I can't cite a source, but the Nagant revolver was captured in large numbers by the Axis-forces during the war against the Soviet Union. I've red that many soldiers of the Wehrmacht, the romanian, hungarian and finnish armies carried this weapon. If someone has a source, that should be added! Exodianecross (talk) 20:20, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Swedish/Norwegian/Belgian Nagants
There's mention of these in this article but this seems debatable as they're about earlier black powder models without the special cylinder, which doesn't fit the article as it is about the 1895 model, and not the earlier models from the 1880's. There is even a picture of a 7.5mm cartridge for one of these older guns. Either they should be split out into different articles, or this article should be change to be about the Nagant revolvers in general. Nukleon (talk) 01:16, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Atteniion - destructive edits and vandalism !!!
Attention! Destructive edits and vandalism were made (1, 2) by Loafiewa! This user claims that the these revolvers were allegedly used only before 1995 (without citing ANY sources of information!). However, this statement contradicts a huge number of reliable sources in the text of this wiki-article! Nagant M1895 revolvers were used in Kazakhstan by security guards at least until August 1996 ! They were used by postal security guards in Russia at least until 2000. They were officially retired from service in Belarus in December 2005. They were used in Ukraine by railway security guards and industrial security guards as late as to 2017 As a result, I am forced to revert these destructive actions Shadowcaster (talk) 12:15, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

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Wellwater Conspiracy

Wellwater Conspiracy was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1993. The band was created by members of the grunge-era side project Hater. Wellwater Conspiracy featured Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and ex-Monster Magnet guitarist John McBain. The band originally featured Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd, who left the band in 1998. Various other artists have contributed to the band's albums, notably Queens of the Stone Age front man Josh Homme, Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder, and Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil.

History
Wellwater Conspiracy was formed in 1993 by Matt Cameron, Ben Shepherd, and John McBain. All three were also members of the band Hater at the time. Wellwater Conspiracy's first recording sessions took place in the basement of Cameron's house. The band released three singles in the mid-1990s. The group released its debut album, Declaration of Conformity, on June 17, 1997 through Third Gear Records to general critical acclaim. Matt Diehl of Rolling Stone said, "Declaration of Conformity suggests that these Soundgarden expats have left the Seattle sound behind for trippy psychedelia that recalls such '60s freak icons as Syd Barrett and 13th Floor Elevators."

Shortly after the release of the band's debut album, Shepherd left the band, and Cameron was chosen to replace Jack Irons as the drummer for the rock group Pearl Jam. However, Cameron and McBain were intent on keeping the band going as a permanent side project, and with Cameron taking over lead vocal duties, the band released three more Wellwater Conspiracy albums following its debut album. The band's second album, Brotherhood of Electric: Operational Directives, was released on February 9, 1999 through Time Bomb Recordings. Greg Prato of AllMusic said Wellwater Conspiracy "offer another intriguing collection of 60's-tinged ditties."

On May 22, 2001, Wellwater Conspiracy released its third album, The Scroll and Its Combinations, through TVT Records. Chris Handyside of Rolling Stone said that "amid all the fuzz and minor chord bombast is an edgy, hard-rock post-millenial [sic] tension." On September 9, 2003, the band released the self-titled Wellwater Conspiracy through Megaforce Records. David Fricke of Rolling Stone said Wellwater Conspiracy "upgrade the fragrant eccentricity of vintage U.K. flower power—spaced riffing, spiked-afternoon-tea lyrics—with modern muscle."

The band's music featured a psychedelic garage rock sound. The band often performed with other musicians, many of whom were friends of the band. Notable appearances included keyboardist Glenn Slater of folk rock group The Walkabouts, guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden, vocalist Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, and vocalist/guitarist Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss.

Members

 * Matt Cameron – Vocals, Drums (1993–2004)
 * John McBain – Guitar
 * Ben Shepherd – Vocals (1993–1998)

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Ernst Emil Alexander Back

Ernst Emil Alexander Back (October 21, 1881 – June 20, 1959) was a German physicist, born in Freiburg. He attended school in Strasbourg until 1900, and from 1902 until 1906 studied law in Strasbourg, Munich, and Berlin. He then worked in the legal profession in Alsace-Lorraine until 1909, afterwards taking leave to study physics in Tübingen. He retired from the legal profession in 1912, and earned his Ph.D. in 1913. His thesis, titled Zur Prestonschen Regel, was on the subject of what would later be called the Paschen-Back effect, and was named after Back and Friedrich Paschen.

Between 1914 and 1918 he served with the German Army during World War I. Following this conflict he became head of a Veifa-Werke laboratory in Frankfurt am Main, a company that produced electrical and X-ray equipment. In 1920 he left to become an assistant at the Physics Institute in Tübingen. He was promoted to professor in 1926 at Hohenheim University, and became a full professor in 1929. He remained at this post until 1936 when he returned to become a professor at Tübingen.

From 1926 to 1927 Samuel Abraham Goudsmit worked with Back to make the first measurement of nuclear spin and its Zeeman effect.

Back retired in 1948, and died in Munich over a decade later. The crater Back on the Moon is named in his memory.

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Talk:Al Albert (sportscaster)

Long version of this article
The article was much longer, see this version. It has been stubbed in the ongoing BLP cleanup effort. (I didn't do this, and I don't know that I would have done it.) Chutznik (talk) 07:50, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, much of the old content can be found at this external link. But anyway, it's no longer an unreferenced BLP, so I'm taking off the tag. Chutznik (talk) 07:52, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

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Word spacing

Word spacing in typography is space between words, as contrasted with letter-spacing (space between letters of words) and sentence spacing (space between sentences). Typographers may modify the spacing of letters or words in a body of type to aid readability and copy fit, or for aesthetic effect. In web browsers and standardized digital typography, word spacing is controlled by the CSS1 word-spacing property.

History
Most classical Latin texts were written in scriptio continua, a continuous string of characters without spaces to mark word boundaries. However, some early Greek and Roman texts used interpuncts, small dots, to separate words. Word spacing began much later. Irish scribes first started to add word spacing to texts in the late 7th century, creating what Paul Sänger, in his book The Spaces between the Words, refers to as aerated text. By the 11th century, scribes in northern Europe were separating Latin text canonically, that is, with spaces between words, just as we do today in standard written text.

Effect on readability
Word spacing is crucial for the written form because it illustrates the sound of speech where audible gaps or pauses take place. With typography, word spacing shows this unspoken aspect of speech. Otherwise, it would be difficult for people to read one long continuous line of letters. It is hard to determine how much spacing should be put in between words, but a good typographer is able to determine proper spacing. When text and spacing are consistent, this makes it easier to read.

Geoffrey Dowding describes the nature of spacing since the invention of printing from moveable type in the fifteenth century. Since the fifteenth century, the best work shows that text is to be read smoothly and efficiently. This is because they should always be closely spaced and “not en or em quadded!” The convention of having close spacing has lasted for two reasons: because it is easier to read than text which has wider spaces and because it looks better. For the first reason, adult readers take in words as units, and it would be unsuitable for “compositors, in settings not intended for young children, to break the eye’s track by introducing great gaps of white between words”. Words must flow smoothly into lines. For the second reason, the colour or “blackness” of the line looks better when it has close word-spacing, otherwise a widely-spaced line of text will appear grey.

Language can also be a factor that typographers would take into consideration for word spacing. For a language like Latin, “most boundaries are marked by grammatical tags, and a smaller space is therefore sufficient”. In English, the ability to read a line easily, instead of needing to make sense of it first, is also attributed by good word spacing.

Word spacing has the ability to express the meaning and idea behind a word, which typographers consider when working on design works and text. With a written piece of text, the designer has to remember to make sure they do not add too much or too little space between words; otherwise it could ruin the texture and tone.

Views

Jan Tschichold’s rule is that “spacing should be about a middle space or the thickness of an ‘i’ in the type size used. Wide spaces should be strictly avoided.” For Tschichold, it was better for words to be broken up in order avoid wide spacing. Other views on this issue of wide spacing include that it could depend on the typeface to determine word spacing, so long as it does not look overspaced. The perfect word space is affected by the circumstance; “at larger sizes, when letterfit is tightened, the spacing of words can be tightened as well.” Two other gentlemen have expressed different opinions on what the space between words should be. Aaron Burns, a typographer, suggested that the lowercase “r” was the best size for spaces between words. Edward Johnston, a noted calligrapher, supported that the lowercase “o” was the more appropriate size of measurement for spacing.

External references

 * Finer Points in the Spacing & Arrangement of Type, Geoffrey Dowding

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Talk:South St. Paul, Minnesota

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This page should NOT be incorporated as part of the St. Paul Page. South Saint Paul is a completely separate city from St. Paul, and as such should not be combined with the St. Paul page.

South Saint Paul Edit
Would like to add the edit of famous residents/birthplaces. I would like to add Michael Steel.. Only link I know is myspace.com/michaelsteel. He had a gold record in Europe, and sold over 400,000 albums. I went to school with him, however do not know him. I have seen him live while in Europe, and he had a top 10 single in France. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.167.2.36 (talk) 17:53, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall

Vote to remove citation needed request.
I've tried to get all of the citations posted, and up to date. If you see any other sections lacking references - post them up here (or better yet, try and find a source!) I'd like to remove the citations needed header.--Boonie45 (talk) 18:58, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Opening date: 1971 or 1972?
The text of the article says it opened in 1971; the table under the picture says 1972? Which is correct? 66.234.220.195 (talk) 20:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Permanent floor?
This article and the Bloomingpedia article both say it has a permanent wood floor, but I've been on the floor twice (high school graduation and Obama) when it was bare concrete, and this was within the past year. Charles 18:53, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Article title?
Per WP:COMMONNAME, I believe this article's title should be Assembly Hall because that's how it is referred to in 3rd-party reliable sources. For example, looking at the most recent Google News entries, 24 refer to the arena as just "Assembly Hall" while 5 refer to the arena as "Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall". Thoughts? — X96lee15 (talk) 19:22, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

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Talk:Metropolitan Community Church

August 2005
why was there a deltion of --the external link to biographical information on Rev Cindi Love?--Sjharte 18:11, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Place it on the bottom in the external links section. EdwinHJ | Talk 18:34, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

January 2006
I deleted the section added on 20th of Jan which alleged that rev Elder Nancy Wilson had been "ordained" by Rev Elder Troy Perry as a "Presideing Bishop". Rev Perry did mention at the installation (NB not ordination) of Rev Wilson as Moderator tjat her position was similar to what is called a "Presiding Bishop" in some denominations. Also, MCC is not in discussions with UCC to merge. MCC and UCC have cordial relations and Rev Elder Wilson has expressed a desire to work ecumnically with UCC and other Churches. --Sjharte 22:49, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Witnesses to the installation have provided an oppositng account to what you state. Moreover, press reports (notably this: from the BAR), indicate that UFMCC and the UCC are in talks for merger.  Can you provide eveidence to the contrary? Nrgdocadams 01:15, 31 January 2006 (UTC)Nrgdocadams

 * I was present at the Washington installation and can confirm that nothing was said that would lead you to the conclusion that something was happening (ie an episcopal ordination) that was contrary to UFMCC polity. As for your suggestion that there are merger rumours with UCC, I serve on one of the two denominational ruling Boards and can confirm that such rumours are without foundation - as the article you cite confirms "There are ongoing healthy discussions about any places where we can partner, that are a fit for us," said Love. But those contacted, including MCC-San Francisco senior pastor Penny Nixon, have heard no rumblings about a merger so far. --Sjharte 09:41, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Denomination
I realise this is some kind of ecumenical gay church - but what kind of church? Is it unitarian, anglican, or closer to baptist? I know these churches claim to be non-denominational, but they're usually close to one thing or another. --MacRusgail 16:09, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

 * MCC is a denomination in its own right.--Sjharte 00:05, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I realise that, but what kind, other than "ecumenical, pro-gay" etc? I visited the article to try and find that out, and am not much wiser on it, nor the kind of church government and theology they have (other than liberal). --MacRusgail 16:09, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Church polity is mostly congregational, and congregations within the denomination vary in worship style and theology. In general, theology is no more liberal than most mainline protestant deniminations, and it may be more conservative than some. The denomination was founded by a pentecostal pastor, but worship style usually has much in common with most other evangelical protestant churches. Some congregations have become more liturgical. Jonathunder 17:28, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Thank you, this is what I was looking for. Can you put this info in the article in some way please. --MacRusgail 19:32, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Featured in T.V. movie refrence
should their also be a refrence to M.C.C. being featured in the 2009 T.V. movie: Prayers for Bobby.Ricky.Adams (talk) 21:22, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It's there now. (Do we remove this talk section, then?) Aristophanes68 (talk) 01:06, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Controversy
Why doesn't the MCC writeup contain sections on controversies, scandals and criticism simular to groups such as Exodus International? Dfatl7000 15:19, 2 August 2007 (UTC)–
 * Are there any controversies, scandals or criticism? I haven’t seen anything in the article.--Tyrfing 16:27, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Someone's trying to stir the pot now! Those comments about the changes under Nancy Wilson have a strongly negative POV. Please help find sources that can provide neutral, verifiable information on these changes. Thanks! Aristophanes68 (talk) 01:05, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

After waiting months, I'm removing the uncited claims that are particularly slanderous. Those are very serious charges, added without so much as a blog post or gossip page added as a reference. Blatant POV always irks me! 98.225.230.65 (talk) 13:18, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Many notable clergy need more info on their own pages
This past week saw an attempt to delete the article on Cindi Love on notability concerns; the deletion was averted thanks in part to people's willingness to dig up more info on her outside of MCC press releases. But if you look the pages of many of the notable clergy listed here, you'll see that a lot of them suffer the same problems: not enough sources presented to establish clear notability. I've tried to ensure that the list here includes all the clergy whose pages link here -- now we need to ensure that those pages are as solidly sourced as possible. Help? Aristophanes68 (talk) 18:05, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

 * We just lost the pages for Mona West and Jim Mitulski, and Andy Braunston was deleted a few months back. Who here can help bolster some of the remaining pages? Aristophanes68 (talk) 06:18, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * We just lost Don Eastman. Aristophanes68 (talk) 22:50, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
 * And now Arlene Ackerman.Aristophanes68 (talk) 18:02, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Cathedral of Hope split
An editor has contested content regarding the Cathedral of Hope split: "Is this actually significant to warrant such prominence? The "scandal" is based on hearsay and the individuals cited are not notable." The content is solidly within policy and I'm going to restore it. If you have a NPOV source to counter The Advocate then by all means add it. Please discuss here if you have any concerns. Lionel (talk) 18:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Is the content significant? Definitely yes. This involved the loss of the largest LGBT denomination in the world. The net result was a 7% drop in church revenue, and an 9% drop in membership. Any of these three items would qualify as notable, all 3 items en masse... Well, I can't see how it can possibly be excluded by a NPOV editor.
 * Hearsay? Fact: the largest LGBT church disassociated in 2003. Fact: MCC lost 7%/9%. Fact: MCC was investigating Piazza. Fact: J. Terry Todd, assistant professor of American religious studies at Drew University and Reverend Mona West, both eminently qualified, were interviewed for this article. Not hearsay. Now, Michael Magnia may not be notable, but his comment succinctly paraphrases the topic of the article and quoting him directly was the best way to avoid POV. Of course, Prof. Todd and/or Rev. West could be cited.
 * Whether or not the content is significant is beside the point, however. The content is WP:V and WP:RS. And I hope you are not going to argue that the The Advocate is not RS.
 * Let's be clear: the topic of the article is that Cathedral left because of MCC's "gay focus" (from the source) i.e. too gay. The investigation of Piazza was the final straw, as it were, causing the vote.

Why is this sex offender bit listed here under "Notable Clergy?" Outrageous! Every church of every denomination has had sex offenders and related controversy. Most of the other church listings, such the the "United Church of Christ" do not mention such things. I suggest it is due to prejudice against LGBT people and the MCC church the short article includes so much negative content including this full paragraph about Rev. Forsythe. Please correct this prejudice.

Notable clergy - Rev. James A. Forsythe
Rev Forsythe was pastor of MCC Black Hills (Rapid City SD) from 2000 to 2002. Prior to that he was on pastoral staff at MCC of the Rockies starting in the early 1990s until his transfer to Black Hills. His record at MCC was satisfactory, "He's a wonderful pastor."

In 2002 he resigned because he neglected to register as a sex offender when he moved to SD and the attention was too much. He had been convicted in 1989 while a Catholic priest.

MCC knew about the conviction the entire time: they decided to give him a second chance. This BTW is why this is notable: that a church would hire a convicted minister to pastor a congregation. "Last month [Troy] Perry reaffirmed the denomination's "zero tolerance" policy on sexual abuse of children, in the wake of the sex abuse scandals sweeping the Roman Catholic church." "Jim Birkett, national spokesman for the Metropolitan Community Church, said that policy was not retroactive and therefore would not affect Forsythe's ministry. "

This is what I am wondering... Should he be listed under Notable clergy? (1) He is obviosly notable: 2 KC Star articles and a NYT and it was addressed by Rev Birkett himself. And (2) Forsythe was a member of the clergy for many years in good standing.

Keep in mind there are clergy with poorer sourcing than Foysythe. It would be a nice example of how MCC gives people 2nd chances. Any opinions?   Lionel (talk) 23:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Why is this sex offender bit listed here under "Notable Clergy?" Outrageous! Every church of every denomination has had sex offenders and related controversy. Most of the other church listings, such the the "United Church of Christ" do not mention such things. I suggest it is due to prejudice against LGBT people and the MCC church the short article includes so much negative content including this full paragraph about Rev. Forsythe. Please correct this prejudice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.164.74.13 (talk) 07:46, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not censored. And how other articles treat the content you object to has no bearing on this article. See WP:OTHERSTUFF. Complimentary content enjoys no preference over unflattering content. Our main concern here is whether an addition is reliably sourced and verifiable.– Lionel (talk) 08:11, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

NPOV question on scandal & Cath. of Hope split
There is some disagreement as to how to treat the incidents described in the following paragraphs. One version reads as follows: The second version reads: Which version do we feel is better for this article? Aristophanes68 (talk) 00:42, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * In 2002 it was revealed that the Black Hills congregation of MCC had knowingly hired a convicted child molester. James A. Forsythe, a former Catholic priest, was in the ministry from the early 1990s until 2002.<:ref name='fountain'> <:/ref><:ref name='thomas'> <:/ref>
 * A scandal involving the flagship of the church as well as the largest gay church in the world, Cathedral of Hope (Dallas), occurred in 2003. Former board member Terri Frey accused Rev. Michael Piazza of financial impropriety prompting the UFMCC to open an investigation. A vote to disaffiliate from UFMCC passed with 88% support, effectivlely ending the UFMCC investigation. The split cost UFMCC 9% of its membership, and 7% of its annual operating budget. Church member Michael Magnia spoke to the larger issue of the church being too gay: "The tie with MCC was more about gays and lesbians. You're going to have a difficult time getting even progressive heterosexuals to come to a church that is anchored to a gay and lesbian church." <:ref><:/ref>
 * In 2002, James A. Forsythe who was pastoring the Black Hills congregation was the subject of news stories relating to his pleading guilty to molesting a 15-year-old boy in the 1980's when he was a Catholic priest. MCC knew of the crime as well as his rehabilitation and was clear there were no incidents known. Forsythe was not charged and chose to resign from MCC.<:ref name='fountain'> <:/ref><:ref name='thomas'> <:/ref>
 * In 2003, Cathedral of Hope (Dallas), former board member Terri Frey accused Michael Piazza of financial impropriety prompting the UFMCC to open an investigation. A vote to disaffiliate from UFMCC passed with 88% support, effectivlely ending the UFMCC investigation. The split cost UFMCC 9% of its membership, and 7% of its annual operating budget.<:ref><:/ref>

 * Note that both versions use the same sources. I find the second version of the Forsythe gives more information (not charged, resigned) than the first version, and doesn't read like it's trying to re-create the scandal. The second version of the Piazza paragraph reads more neutrally as well, but it does cut the quote from Magnia-- but even the first version doesn't clearly make the connection between Magnia's comments and Piazza's financial issues. I'd like to see that comment explained better. Aristophanes68 (talk) 01:11, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Forsythe revision is inaccurate. He didn't garner national attention for molesting a 15 year old boy. He made national news because he was an offender who was pastor at a church.
 * Hope revision: there's NPOV and then there's censorship. The fact that Hope was already considering a split due to the gay affiliation issue was excised.
 * Current version of these items more accurate and preferable. Lionel (talk) 01:14, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I didn't revert, but I think this version preferable to the current version. The added Forsythe minutae may be WP:UNDUE, and should it remain a Controversy section may need to be added for Forsythe and Hope. Lionel (talk) 01:35, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

 * Crap. I started making a few small edits and got carried away and didn't realize you had commented. Anyway, I left all the information, but added more details. I think the Forsythe case needs a lot more explanation—all taken from the news article—to make it seem less like a jab at the denomination. I also connected the Magnia quote more clearly to the issues of the investigation and the votes. I hope the present changes are acceptable. Nothing was removed; everything was expanded. The whole section is a mess, to be honest. Should the controversies get their own section? And the Madrid story seems tacked on. Aristophanes68 (talk) 01:48, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, it would be better not to have a Controversy section, but the History section is so unbalanced now, it may be a fait accompli. Lionel (talk) 01:52, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

You shoud know Upontheporch is a sockpuppet of user:benjiboi. Lionel (talk) 22:33, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Is there more information about beliefs and practices?
As a non-expert reader I would be interested in knowing more about the church, focusing on is similarities and differences from other forms of Christianity. With that in mind the beliefs and practices section appears to need expansion in the direction of adding more information about the theology of the church., and where does it fit in within the spectrum of world religion? There are numerous answerable questions which appear to be left unanswered. For instance: Thanks. Trilobitealive (talk) 00:51, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Is this a universalist church?
 * Is its local organization congregational, a counsel of elders, a presiding pastor?
 * Is it one of the Baptist sects?
 * How fundamentalist is its belief system?

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Cardinals?
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I recommend you
I recommend you do something with the reference to third-oldest ballpark still in "regular" use by a pro team. Perhaps "home of." Rickwood Field in Birmingham is older than Bosse, Wrigley and Fenway. It is no longer the HOME of the Birmingham Barons, but they do play a regular Southern League game there REGULARly - once a year, on a Wednesday afternoon in late May or early June. That's "regular," and that's "pro." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.188.56.42 (talk) 19:14, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was delete. [[smoddy ]] 17:18, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

PointCheck
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 * Delete - advertisement JoJan 18:52, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Ad/spam. Fang Aili 19:33, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
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Caleb Wyatt

Caleb Alan Wyatt (born January 1, 1976) is the first person ever to perform a successful backflip on a large motorcycle. On April 25, 2002 at the Rogue Valley Motocross track (RVMX), Caleb. A photo of Caleb was taken by the RVMX track owner to document the event.

Caleb Wyatt's first successful backflips were performed over a mulch pile of grass clipping, leaves and bark which was originally intended for the maintenance of the RVMX track. Wyatt constructed a quarter pipe ramp with the take-off completely vertical that launched to a step up.

Caleb has since performed this Freestyle Motocross (FMX) trick hundreds of times around the United States. On January 25, 2004, Caleb became the Moto X Best Trick Gold Metal winner during the 8th Winter X-Games, when he bested the competition with a 90 ft no-hander backflip. He won x-games a total of 3 times.

Caleb is now a recovering drug addict living in California doing much better than he was 2-3 years ago.

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III Steps Forward

III Steps Forward is a 2002 album by the band Download. It is a collection of new material, as well as outtakes from their albums III and Effector.

Track listing
"Bolantinis Pivoli" (Key/Western) – 1:46
 * 1) "Sticky Glandstin" (Key/Western) – 3:14
 * 2) "Dakota" (Key/Western) – 4:30
 * 3) "Resilient" (Key/Western) – 3:38
 * 4) "The Itch Of Trepanning" (Key/Western) – 2:47
 * 5) "Ratail Comb" (Key/Western) – 3:58
 * 6) "Manmade" (Key/Western/Robinson) – 4:02
 * 7) "Nor" (Key/Western) – 5:59
 * 8) "Walking, Talking" (Key/Western/Torres) – 3:59
 * 9) "D.O.G." (Key/Western/Torres) – 4:14
 * 10) "P.U.P." (Key/Western/Torres) – 4:29

Personnel

 * cEvin Key
 * Phil Western

Guests

 * Dre Robinson (additional electronics on "Manmade")
 * Omar Torres (additional electronics on tracks 8-10)

Design

 * Phil Western, Simon Paul & Scott Graham - sleeve design and layout
 * Phil Western & cEvin Key - photography

Additional notes
Limited edition of 1000 9/30/1985 - 11/14/2001 - 4/3/2002"
 * Part 3 of 7 "From the Vault..." series:
 * "dediCATed to d.o.g. and p.u.p.

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Talk:Analog Pussy

NPOV
‘Psycho Bitch From Hell’ sounds like noises from a space ship that's had LSD poured into its engines!

This article is so glaringly NPOV —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Family Guy Guy (talk • contribs). at 18:14, 8 April 2006.

 * You must mean POV. That metaphor was added by User:Analogpussy. We should watch that one :) --Snargle 22:02, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

ok, what do i do now?
ok, what do i do now? Jiga --Analogpussy 18:12, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Create more articles I guess. That's a really good one to create in one go.

Good luck with the music...!

Õne person has put you up for deletion, because he thought that you were only doing a "vanity" article. However, everyone up to this point who has contributed to the discussion on the deletion page has said that deletion would be completely unwarranted. If you make it through this process, it's better for your article because you've been given the stamp of approval. I doubt that you'll be deleted, so just wait and see what happens.

There is a negative perception towards musicians who have done the "Indie" thing among the Wikipedia community. Those of us who understand how this part of the business works know that it's only a matter of time before this bias disappears, since it IS the future of music. Think of yourself as a pioneer.

(I voted to keep you, by the way) Musikfabrik 20:34, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

cleanup-rewrite
This article doesn't read like an encyclopedia article at all, it needs major work. --Xyzzyplugh 23:27, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Took out all the POV material and organized the material into a simple skeleton. Still needs work but at least it's not a self-promoting brochure any more. Accounting4Taste 17:25, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Might I suggest adding material/references from the following sources? I think that more info on the Vivendi/MP3.com controversy is needed.
 * http://widgette.com/MP3dotCom/Analog_Pussy.html

 * http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1670505

 * http://www.laweekly.com/news/features/independent-musics-right-to-fight/4745/?page=1 This one especially can be used as a reference to the situation.

 * Jigga and Jinno are also quoted in Nancy Kilpatrick's "Goth Bible" pg 274 - ISBN 978-0312306960
 * http://www.amazon.com/goth-Bible-Compendium-Darkly-Inclined/dp/0312306962

 * Shamanchill (talk) 03:26, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
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How to solve this??
i understand i did something wrong, no spam or self promotion was intended. I actually copied pasted an article that was written (in Wiki) by someone else in the past. Felt that text was better and more detailed.

would love to solve the issue, could you advise me please what to do now? Analogpussy 85.178.207.129 (talk) 10:38, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Editing wars
Erez, Please avoid editing wars. The information you altered is wrong, written in an unencyclopedian style and hostile. This is not the way to write a Wikipedia article. Lets not forget that you are one on this article's subjects, and as such, you should avoid writing about yourself. You have proven time after time that you cannot write in a balanced and objective way. Please refrain from editing this article in the future.Ofir michael (talk) 08:01, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

More edit wars

 * your recent edits have removed content that is supported by the references it cited, and replaced it by unreferenced content, without giving any reasons. Please do not do this. If you remove referenced content, you must give good reasons. If you add extensive new content, you should include supporting references. You can discuss your reasons here. Maproom (talk) 13:56, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

the article is about me and is completely incorrect. the one which i edited is the correct one. Jinno.

 * Then, as a person connected with the subject, you have a conflict of interest, and should not edit the article at all. If you are aware of errors in it, you should describe them here on this talk page, preferably with references to impartial published sources, and allow an impartial editor to correct them. Maproom (talk) 19:40, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

, keeps his editing war. He keeps changing the article to fit his point of view regardless of the facts. I think that he should be blocked for a longer peroid of time to help him see things more clearly and not act so emotionaly.Ofir michael (talk)
 * I will report him to the Conflict of Interest noticeboard – I'll have to start by checking how to do that. Maproom (talk) 10:15, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
 * According to conflict of interest, we should try to discuss things here with before we report the problem there.
 * please read conflict of interest, and do not edit the article yourself. If you believe it contains errors, you should describe them here, and let an impartial editor change the article. Maproom (talk) 10:30, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Ok. But who is the "impartial editor"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jinno.e (talk • contribs) 20:44, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
 * "impartial editor" is someone who does not trying to sell CDs and tracks, take the sole ownership over the band, does not change facts, does not replace the official website's link to a one you recently purchesed, does not slander your past partner. Don't be naive. I've warnned you a few times not to edit this article since there is a COI.Ofir michael (talk) 08:48, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

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Bacanora

 * Other uses: the town of Bacanora, Sonora.

Bacanora is an agave-derived liquor made in the Mexican state of Sonora.

The distillation of Bacanora was illegal until 1992, being bootlegged by vinateros for many generations. Since 2000 Bacanora has been issued with an origin denomination bill by the Mexican government. This means that only mescal produced by the agave variety grown in the Sonora municipalities of Bacanora, Sahuaripa, Arivechi, Soyopa, San Javier, Cumpas, Moctezuma, San Pedro de la Cueva, Tepache, Divisaderos, Granados, Huásabas, Villa Hidalgo, Bacadéhuachi, Nácori Chico, Huachinera, Villa Pesqueira, Aconchi, San Felipe de Jesús, Huépac, Banámichi, Rayón, Baviácora, Opodepe, Arizpe, Rosario de Tesopaco, Quiriego, Suaqui Grande, Onavas, Yécora, Álamos, San Miguel de Horcasitas, Ures, and La Colorada can legally be called Bacanora.

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Untitled
Should this maybe be "Scourge" of the Slave Lords???? Deb 18:15, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

I agree, several sites including The Acaeum show the title as A1-4 Scourge of the Slave Lords.  I will attempt my first page move, and fix links. Wendell 01:01, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Well done! Deb 19:09, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

DDO / WOTC
Looks like Dungeons and Dragons Online (DDO) may be re-adopting or re-adapting this content for the online game.

https://ddo.com/en/u32 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.190.248.139 (talk) 04:26, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Level
I edited the level in the infobox from 4-7 to 7-11 as per the cover of the book. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.4.203.128 (talk) 06:57, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I looked up all the covers and you are correct that the combined module is 7-11, but I also found that all of the originals said 4-7, so I edited it to include both. 2601:249:8A00:2500:2914:6A37:FCCA:389F (talk) 11:40, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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Skive, Denmark

Skive is a town in Skive municipality (Danish, Skive Kommune) in Region Midtjylland at the base of Salling Peninsula, a part of the larger Jutland peninsula in northwest Denmark. It is the municipality's main town and the site of its municipal council.

The town of Skive is located at the mouth of the Karup River (Karup Å) and the Skive Fjord, part of the Limfjord. Skive has a population of 20,166 (1 January 2024).

The sociologist Richard Jenkins used his field work in Skive as the basis for his book Being Danish: Paradoxes of Identity in Everyday Life.

Attractions

 * 14th century Spøttrup Castle underwent extensive repairs in the 1940s, and opened as a museum and medicinal herb garden with activities such as Halloween and ghost-tours throughout the year and the large medieval market, Bispens Market, in the summer.
 * Skive Art Museum (Skive Kunstmuseum) is housed in a building designed by Danish architect Leopold Teschl, who also designed the Skive Historical Museum. The Art Museum houses a broad collection of modern Danish art, and has a special interest in expressive landscapes and New Realism painting. The collection also has works by local artists, including Christen Dalsgaard, a national romantic painter associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting.
 * The Museum also has a stuffed polar bear, which was donated to Skive by the friendship city of Scoresbysund in Greenland.
 * The Fur Museum is on the island of Fur, part of the Skive municipality. It features exhibits relating to the island, particularly fossils.
 * The Four Boxes Gallery is located in the grounds of the Krabbesholm Højskole, with an unusual modern design by Japanese architects Atelier Bow-Wow.
 * The Mønsted Limestone Caves south-west of Skive are run by Denmark's nature-preservation group, Skov- og Naturstyrelse. As well as being a tourist attraction, the caves are used as a place to age cheese, which is then exported to Germany as "cavecheese". In winter, the caves are home to 10,000 bats.
 * The home of writer Jeppe Aakjær Jenle is situated just north of the city and is open to public as a museum
 * One of Denmark's largest dairies, Thise Mejeri, is situated in the small town Thise on the peninsula of Salling. The dairy is entirely organic, produces everything from milk to cheese to yoghurt, and is known for introducing more experimental, old and forgotten, or exotic dairy products to the Danish market, like skyr. There is a shop by the dairy and they have tours open to public
 * One of the only places in Europe and first place in Denmark with trips in completely see-through canoe/kayak-hybrids, VisionKayak, is situated in Skive
 * The outdoor museum Hjerl Hede displays life at the Danish countryside through 300 years with old crafts, houses, games, shops etc.
 * In Skive, all the roundabouts have been decorated with pieces of art known as the 11 Stars, designed by the Danish designer Timothy Jacob Jensen.
 * Common amenities, such as supermarkets, shops, a bowling alley and hotels, are all to be found in the town centre.

Rail
Skive is served by Skive railway station. It is located on the Langå-Struer railway line and offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen and Struer and regional train services to Aarhus and Struer.

Air
Skive Airport is a regional private jet airport suitable for a variety of private jets.

International relations
Skive is twinned with:

The Arts

 * Christen Dalsgaard (1824–1907) painter, a late student of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
 * Jeppe Aakjær (1866 in Fly – 1930) poet and novelist, a member of the Jutland Movement
 * Marie Bregendahl (1867 in Fly – 1940) Danish author of rural literature
 * Jens August Schade (1903-1978) poet, his 1928 work "Læren om staten" is part of the Danish Culture Canon
 * Henning Dahl Mikkelsen (1915-1982) cartoonist, created the newspaper comic strip Ferd'nand, signed as Mik
 * Hanne Vedel (born 1933) a Danish weaver, creates her own textiles using natural raw materials
 * Ulf Pilgaard (born 1940) actor, son of a priest, he studied theology but became an actor
 * Preben Kristensen (born 1953) actor, one of the musical comedy trio Linie 3 in 1979
 * Per Fly (born 1960) a Danish film director
 * Thomas Troelsen (born 1981) singer, songwriter, and producer
 * Mads Langer (born 1984) singer-songwriter, covered "You're Not Alone" by Olive
 * Dúné (formed 2001) electronic rock band from Skive, now in Copenhagen

Public Service & Business

 * Rikke Helms (born 1948), cultural worker and leader
 * Johannes Lebech (born 1948) politician, was Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs and MEP
 * Jens Peter Christensen (born 1956) Supreme Court judge.
 * Jesper deClaville Christiansen (born 1963) professor in Materials Science and Technology.
 * Martin Møller Nielsen (born 1964) a UK-based Danish billionaire, the chairman of Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).

Sport

 * Christian Pedersen (1874–1957) sports shooter, competed in two events at the 1908 Summer Olympics
 * Gerda Weltz (born 1951) former female darts player.
 * Per Sandahl Jørgensen (born 1953) former cyclist, competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
 * Knud Storgaard (born 1972) professional golfer.
 * Kasper Søndergaard (born 1981) handball player for Skjern Håndbold and the Denmark men's national handball team.
 * Rasmus Würtz (born 1983) footballer who plays in midfield for AaB in the Danish Superliga.
 * Henrik Toft Hansen (born 1986) pro handballer for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Denmark men's national handball team.
 * Peter Balling (born 1990) handball player for Team Tvis Holstebro and the Denmark men's national handball team.
 * Line Haugsted (born 1994) handball player for Viborg HK and the Denmark women's national handball team

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Novel with Cocaine

Novel with Cocaine (Роман с кокаином, also translated as Cocain Romance and Romance with Cocaine) is a novel first published in 1934 in a Russian émigré literary magazine Chisla (Numbers) under a pen name M. Ageyev. The English translation of the title fails to convey the double meaning of the Russian "Роман," meaning both "novel" and "romance".

Description
Novel with Cocaine is a Dostoevskyan psychological novel of ideas, which explores the interaction between psychology, philosophy, and ideology in its frank portrayal of an adolescent's cocaine addiction. The story relates the formative experiences of narrator Vadim at school and with women before he turns to drug abuse and the philosophical reflections to which it gives rise. Although Ageyev makes little explicit reference to the Russian Revolution of 1917, the novel's obsession with addictive forms of thinking finds resonance in the historical background, in which "our inborn feelings of humanity and justice" provoke "the cruelties and satanic transgressions committed in its name".

Publication history
Following its original publication in Numbers, the novel was published in book form; it was scorned as decadent and disgusting, to use the term applied to it by Vladimir Nabokov. In 1983 the novel was translated into French and published to nearly unanimous praise; an English translation (by Michael Henry Heim) was published in 1984. After the French translation was published, there was some brief speculation in literary circles as to whether Novel with Cocaine might actually be the work of Nabokov, perhaps one of his mystifications; the consensus is now that Nabokov was not the author. Nabokov's son Dmitri addresses this issue in an afterword to his 1986 English translation of VN's novel The Enchanter, in which he claims the author is Mark Levi.

English translations

 * Novel with Cocaine, translated by Michael Henry Heim, 1984
 * A Romance with Cocaine, translated by Hugh Aplin, 2008

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I think the stadium had fake grass before 1986 Smith03 22:10, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
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 * "After finally getting in touch with the person I needed to, I found out the first season on artificial turf in Memorial Stadium was 1970.
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Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem is a Grade II listed public house in Nottingham which claims to have been established in 1189, although there is no documentation to verify this date. The building rests against Castle Rock, upon which Nottingham Castle is built, and is attached to several caves, carved out of the soft sandstone. These were reputedly originally used as a brewhouse for the castle, dating from the medieval period.

Name
The earliest known reference to the name "Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem" was in 1799. Before being known by its current name, it is believed that the pub was named "The Pilgrim" and references to this name date back to 1751. The current name is believed to come from the belief that pilgrims or crusaders would stop at the inn on their journey to Jerusalem. Some elements of the pub's name are misunderstood in the modern day: "Ye Olde" is properly pronounced "the old" and "trip" refers to a stop on a journey, rather than the journey itself.

Locals often use a shortened version of the name, "the Trip".

Oldest pub in England
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem is one of several pubs claiming to be the oldest in England – others that claim to be the oldest include Ye Olde Salutation Inn and The Bell Inn, also in Nottingham, and Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans, north of London.

The pub claims that it was established in 1189 AD – the year that Richard the Lionheart became king and Pope Gregory VIII called for a Third Crusade to the Holy Land; however, there is no documentation to verify this date. Evidence suggests that caves in the rock against which the pub is built were used as a brewhouse for Nottingham Castle, and may date from around the time the castle was built in 1067.

The oldest parts of the current building were likely constructed between 1650 and 1660, though a map by John Speed shows a previous building in existence in 1610. By 1751 the building was being used as an inn with the name The Pilgrim, and was shortly after that date purchased by William Standford. The first record of the use of the name Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem dates from 1799.

Brewhouse
Brew House Yard acquired its name after 1680.

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Grinder pump

A grinder pump (also called a macerator pump) is a wastewater conveyance device. Waste from water-using household appliances (toilets, bathtubs, washing machines, etc.) flows through the home’s pipes into the grinder pump’s holding tank. Once the wastewater inside the tank reaches a specific level, the pump will turn on, grind the waste into a fine slurry, and pump it to the central sewer system or septic tank.

Grinder pumps can be installed in the basement or in the yard. If installed in the yard, the holding tank must be buried deep enough that the pump and sewage pipes are below the frost line.

A grinder pump is different from a sump pump or effluent pump. There are two types of grinder pumps, semi-positive displacement (SPD) and centrifugal.

Components
The grinder pump “station” consists of the pump, a tank, and an alarm panel. A pump for household use is usually 1 hp, 1.5 hp or 2 hp. A cutting mechanism macerates waste and grinds items that are not normally found in sewage, but may get flushed down the toilet. The pump has a level sensor either built into the pump, called “sensing bells,” or attached externally to the pump, typically a float switch. (The level sensing devices vary among grinder pump manufacturers.) If the pump malfunctions and the waste level in the holding tank rises above a certain level, the alarm panel should alert the homeowner that the pump is experiencing problems. The alarm panel should have both a buzzer and an indicator light.

The holding tank, likely constructed of fiberglass, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) or fiberglass-reinforced polyester (FRP), has an inlet opening and a discharge opening. The pipes from the home are connected to the inlet; the pipe that leads to the sewer main is connected to the discharge. Often, more than one home or restroom (in a park, for example) can be connected to one grinder pump station. In this case, more than one inlet can be installed. It is a good idea to consult the manufacturer or factory representative before purchasing a grinder pump station to ensure that more than one inlet hole can be drilled.

The tank has a lid made from heavy-duty plastic or metal that is bolted and/or padlocked shut to prevent entry by unauthorized persons.

Maintenance
Grinder pumps should not require preventive maintenance. However, grinder pumps that use floats to sense the level in the holding tank are prone to grease buildup that may turn the pump on unnecessarily, or not turn on the pump at all, causing the tank to fill up and sewage to possibly back up into the home or yard. To prevent this, grinder pumps that use float switches to sense the level in the tank are often hosed down to remove the grease from the floats.

Homeowners are never free to dump everything down their drains, even if their home has a grinder pump. Feminine hygiene products, diapers, kitty litter, paint, oil (both motor oil and cooking oils), etc. should not be flushed or poured down any drain, whether the home is connected to a gravity sewer system, septic tank, grinder pump, or cesspool.

Disposable wipes that are made by cleaning companies for personal use, cleaning toilets, etc. are causing problems in communities around the United States. Not only do people clog their household plumbing, they are causing problems with household grinder pumps, lift stations, and sewage treatment plants. Some wipe companies say "flush one at a time," some say "not for pump systems," some say "safe for sewers". As recommended by Consumer Reports, wipes should be put into a garbage can instead of the toilet. The National Association of Clean Water Agencies has compiled a list of articles and municipal documents regarding wipes.

In large sewage pump stations, clogging problems are often avoided by installing a chopper pump in the tank. A chopper pump is able to handle larger/tougher solids than a residential grinder pump, and may be able to process hair balls, diapers, sanitary napkins, clothing, etc.

Additional Links

 * Submersible Wastewater Pump Association
 * Only flush the 3 Ps: pee, poop, and toilet paper!

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Talk:Victory Field

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COI edit request
With a standing room only crowd of 15,250 at its home finale on Aug. 30, the Indianapolis Indians established a new Victory Field record for single-season attendance. Overall, a total of 660,289 fans enjoyed Indianapolis Indians baseball in 2014, breaking the previous record of 659,237, which was set in 1998. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.78.193.130 (talk • contribs) 19:42, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
 * The requested change cannot be implemented because it is not properly sourced. Edit requests need to be complemented with a link to a reliable source that verifies claims. I'm closing this COI edit request. --82.136.210.153 (talk) 00:05, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

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Zepler doubling

Zepler doubling is a manoeuvre in chess in which a piece moves along a certain line (rank, file or diagonal), then another friendly piece moves onto that same line, then the first piece moves again in the same direction as before. The term is effectively limited to the field of chess problems.

The first problem to show the idea (shown to the right), by Erich Zepler himself, is a simple and clear demonstration of the manoeuvre. The straightforward doubling 1.Rgb2, threatening 2.Rb8#, fails to 1...Bxd6, so the more roundabout Zepler doubling is required: 1.Rb4 Bg7 (now 1...Bxd6 is no good because of 2.Rg8+) 2.Rgb2 any 3.Rb8#.

Zepler doubling can be contrasted with another doubling manoeuvre, Turton doubling.

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Offshore fund

An offshore fund is generally a collective investment scheme domiciled in an offshore jurisdiction. Like the term "offshore company", the term is more descriptive than definitive, and both the words 'offshore' and 'fund' may be construed differently.

The reference to offshore, in the classic case, usually means a traditional offshore jurisdiction such as the Cayman Islands, Jersey or the British Virgin Islands. However, the term is also frequently used to include other corporate domiciles popular for cross border investment structuring, such as Delaware and Luxembourg. In the widest sense, offshore is sometimes used to include any type of cross border collective investment scheme, and popular fund domiciles such as Ireland may be included within the definition of offshore, notwithstanding their substantial size as a country.

Similarly, although the reference to fund can be taken to include any sort of collective investment, within offshore jurisdictions themselves, the term offshore fund is often limited to purely open-ended investment funds (i.e. a fund where the investor can redeem his investment during the life of the fund) where the investment is by way of equity (rather than by debt). This is often because closed-ended investment funds (where the investor cannot redeem out), and funds where the investment is structured by way of debt, are not normally subject to the usual regulatory requirements for investments funds, and so are not treated as funds in the stricter sense of that word.

Although the term is often used as a simply descriptive one, many onshore countries have specific definitions in their legislation or their tax codes for when an investment is treated as an offshore fund. For example, in the United Kingdom see the Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009, and in the United States see section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Structuring
Most offshore funds are formed as either an offshore company, partnership - typically a limited partnership - or (less commonly) unit trust in the relevant jurisdiction, and investments will characteristically be by way of equitable interest (i.e. shares, partnership interests or units).

In addition to the fund itself, most offshore funds are required by local regulations to have various functionaries most of whom are also required to be licensed under applicable legislation. These include:
 * an administrator
 * a manager
 * a custodian
 * a prime broker
 * (in certain jurisdictions) an authorised representative

In certain cases exemptions will be available. For example, feeder funds in a master-feeder structure are often exempted from the requirement to appoint a custodian, and the requirement to maintain a custodian may be waived where the prime broker also fulfils the role of custodian.

Most jurisdictions also require that offshore funds submit audited accounts to the regulatory annually. Almost all jurisdictions require directors of offshore funds to satisfy regulatory criteria in relation to fit and proper persons, but some jurisdictions also require directors to be separately licensed.

Global market/world share
Market share in offshore funds is normally measured either by number of funds or assets under management (AUM). However, different sources may vary in relation to market share according to (i) which jurisdictions are considered to be "offshore" and which types of collective investment schemes are included. In relation to hedge funds (the archetypal offshore fund product) Cayman has a dominant market share.

Figures for private equity funds, an investment product with similar liquidity constraints, are markedly different, with Delaware enjoying over half the market on either measure.

Offshore
Most developed offshore jurisdictions provide a broadly similar regulatory regime in relation to funds formed in their country.

Typically, the regulatory regime will take a two tier approach, making a distinction between funds which are offered generally to members of the public (which will require a high degree of regulation because of the nature of potential investors), and non-public funds. Non-public funds are usually either categorised as private funds or professional funds or some equivalent label. Typically, investors in non-public funds can be assumed to be sophisticated because of the nature of the offering – there may, for example, be a high minimum initial investment, say US$100,000, and/or a requirement that investors establish that they are "professional investors" (although some offshore jurisdictions allow investors to self-certify this). Alternatively the fund may be designed for a small and select group of investors and the constitutional documents will limit the number of investors, say to no more than 50. Although most offshore jurisdictions permit funds to obtain licences to operate as public funds, the onerous regulatory requirements associated with such licences usually means that only a small minority of offshore funds are available for subscription by the general public.

Most offshore domiciling of funds tends to be regulatory driven rather than tax driven. The relative absence of regulation relating to leveraging and investment strategies in offshore jurisdictions encourages higher risk funds, such as hedge funds, to form themselves in those jurisdictions.

Onshore
Increasingly, economically developed countries are imposing direct regulation on offshore funds who wish to market to investors in those countries. The most recent example of this is the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) which requires funds to comply with extensive rules and regulations in order to be able to market to investors within the European Union.

Offshore
Typically the offshore jurisdiction in which a fund is incorporated will not impose any direct taxation on the income of the fund. Nor will it impose any withholding or similar income taxes on distributions by the fund to its investors. However, this does not normally operate to exempt the fund from taxes which may arise as a result of its investment activities in other countries. So, for example, if a fund formed in the Cayman Islands realises a capital gain on trade in New York, it will still normally be liable for U.S. capital gains tax in the usual way. Similarly, if a person domiciled in the United Kingdom invests in a Guernsey fund, they will still be liable to taxation of income and capital gains received under British tax laws (subject to the rules on remittance of foreign earned income), notwithstanding the absence of any taxation imposed in Guernsey.

Onshore
Different onshore countries treat income arising from offshore funds in different ways. US citizens are generally subject to taxation on foreign earned investment income regardless of where they live in the world and where the income is remitted to. Under British tax rules, the taxability of foreign earned income depends upon the domicile of the tax payer and whether the funds are remitted to the United Kingdom.

There is a public perception that offshore investment funds are responsible for tax leakage in relation to cross border investment, and various laws have been passed by various countries shaped by that belief. Probably the best example of that is the American Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). But earlier examples also included the application of the European Union withholding tax to the British Overseas Territories (including popular offshore fund domiciles like the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands). The most recent (and ongoing) example is the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters which almost every major offshore fund domicile has agreed to be bound by.

Criticism
Critics, such as ATTAC (an NGO), alleged that they are a main player of the underground economy, allowing legalized tax evasion, in particular through the usage of shell corporations practicing transfer pricing.

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User:Repayne

I currently live in Leesburg, Virginia, and I see that entry requires some updating (it doesn't include any information about the schools). I have currently also done some editing and reviewing here and over on WikiTravel for places that I have lived (Stamford (village), New York, Stamford (town), New York, Syracuse, New York, Minnesota) or visited (Talkeetna, New Jersey, Finger Lakes Region, Yellowstone, Great Swamp Refuge).

Currently, since I've read a bunch of science fiction and fantasy books, I have written to or added articles for several mages/wizards.

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Universal Torah Registry

The Universal Torah Registry was a project of the JCRC (Jewish Community Relations Council) of New York City, originally established in 1982, designed to protect and secure Torah scrolls of Jewish communities, from theft. As these scrolls may be valued at between $5,000 to $20,000, and could fetch similar amounts on the black market, synagogues have been a target of thieves.

The UTR currently has approximately 1000 subscribing synagogues nationwide. Some synagogues and Jewish communities are not aware of this program, and in some communities, religious leaders refuse to endorse the program.

The registry's operations were suspended in December, 2017. No new registrations are being accepted, but existing records will be maintained and provided to law enforcement in the event of a theft.

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Cocco Bill

Cocco Bill is an Italian comics character by Benito Jacovitti. He is the star of a parody Western comic set in hypothetical places in the Far West. He is a hot-tempered gunslinger who drinks chamomile tea. Occasionally mocked for this, Bill responds with violence. Despite these outbursts, Cocco Bill is a good guy, and always helps sheriffs to capture criminals. After Jacovitti's death in 1997 the series was continued by Luca Salvagno.

Cocco Bill's horse is called Trottalemme (which literally means "trot slowly"). The animal reasons like humans, smokes cigarettes, drinks tequila and also dreams at night.

Style
As in most of Jacovitti's comics, the page is full of strange things: all around the place one can find salami (sometimes legged), worms with legs and hats, fish bones (typically close to the artist's signature), as well as horses with only two legs ridden by a man with four legs, and other absurdities. Many of the stories themselves are vignettes, pertaining to a surrealist American west (some issues happens in various other countries, like Canada). Most revolve around the titular character going to a new town and having to deal with whatever situation or mission is given to him by the local authorities.

Adaptations
In 2001 Cocco Bill was adapted into an animated TV series, consisting of 104 episodes of in total 13 minutes in length per episode.

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Talk:List of governments in Belgium

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Must be the only country with an article "Governements of.."

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There were elections on May 25th 2014 for all 6 parliaments (the first time in history). So far only the German speaking community has formed a government. Roland (talk) 01:21, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

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There were elections replacing the goverments listed on this page. The elections were on 7 june 2009. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.22.23.164 (talk) 17:17, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

the correct number of governments is not so easy
Currently the article says there are 6 governments of Belgium. That is not incorrect but depending how you look at it it could also be 7, 8 or 9 or even 10.

The constitution defines different government bodies for ‘community’ and ‘region’ affairs. In the Flemish region those two are merged in to one body, the Flemish government. In the other regions the are not merged. From a constitutional point of view the Flemish government counts as two, from reality as only one.

The body that is responsible for the ‘community’ matters in the Brussels Capital Region is normally not counted as an government but actually is very similar as the community government for Wallonia and the German speaking community. In Brussels the community government is in three parts. The separated Flemish (Flemish Community Commission)and the French community council (French Community Commission) of Brussels. And the joined community council (Common Community Commission)of Brussels who are the member of the French and Flemish community council who have a joined session.

If you count those to all separated then you come to 10 governments in Belgium. If believe the current situation where there 6 governments according the article is fine but I wanted to point out there is room discussion about it. And different numbers of governments of Belgium are out there. Walter (talk) 09:23, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

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The Man Who Falls

"The Man Who Falls" is a 1989 comic book story by Dennis O'Neil and Dick Giordano. It is an overview of Bruce Wayne's early life, including his parents' murder, his time spent traveling and training throughout the world, and his return to Gotham City to become Batman.

Publication history
The comic was initially published as the only original story in the Secret Origins trade paperback collection.

It was later included in the 2007 trade paperback, Batman: Secrets of the Batcave.

Plot
"The Man Who Falls" consists of a series of concentrated retellings of previously published Batman stories, including Detective Comics #33, which includes Gardner Fox and Bob Kane's first version of Batman's origin.

O'Neil's story begins with a young Bruce Wayne falling down a hole on the grounds of Wayne Manor. Bats begin to swarm towards him and out the hole. Bruce's father, Dr. Thomas Wayne, rescues Bruce but chastises him for his carelessness, while Bruce's mother, Martha Wayne, comforts him. When Bruce asks if he was in Hell, she reassures him it "was just some old cave". The story then cuts to the murder of Bruce's parents and him kneeling at their dead bodies. The layouts of this version of the Waynes' murder is designed to resemble Frank Miller's Batman: Year One.

At the age of 14, Bruce leaves Gotham City to explore and obtain skills in martial arts and forensics. Scenes of his early training as a teenager are depicted, including experiences with college, and a disillusioning experience in working with the FBI upon turning 20. He realizes that to achieve justice the way he sees fit, he cannot work "within a system". The story next turns to Bruce's foreign travels, one extended scene depicts Bruce's time training at a monastery, hidden in a mountainous region of Korea. After nearly a year of training, Master Kirigi tells Bruce he has exceptional intelligence and physique, but his traumatic past has made him self-destructive.

Bruce Wayne leaves Korea and heads to France, where O'Neil summarizes events from Sam Hamm's Batman: Blind Justice. Bruce trains with a bounty hunter named Henri Ducard, who shows him "the uses of brutality, deception [and] cunning". When Ducard kills a fugitive he had been tracking one night, Bruce abandons his training, disgusted.

The narration explains that Bruce meets and learns from every great detective in the world, when he approaches Willie Doggett. Summarizing events from O'Neil's own Legends of the Dark Knight story, "Shaman", Bruce (now 23) and Doggett track down a man named Tom Woodley to a mountain ledge, where Woodley shoots and kills Doggett. Woodley himself falls from a precipice. Bruce, without food or warmth, wanders the snowy mountains. After falling unconscious, he is rescued by a Native American shaman. When Bruce awakens, the old man tells Bruce he has the mark of the bat, an animal sacred in his tribe.

Bruce returns to Gotham to begin his crime-fighting career. O'Neil again recounts events from Year One: Bruce's first night out, fighting street thugs while still uncostumed, is deemed a failure. While brooding in the library of Wayne Manor that night, a bat crashes through the study window. Modeling himself after the recurring images of bats, Bruce creates his costumed identity: the Batman.

Continuity
"The Man Who Falls" uses parts of Year One, Blind Justice and the first arc of Legends of the Dark Knight (Shaman) as part of the story. All these make up the training and first months of Batman's career. Later stories by Matt Wagner, Batman and the Monster Men and Batman and the Mad Monk, depict the emergence of Batman as a major presence in Gotham.

Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's maxi-series Batman: The Long Halloween and Batman: Dark Victory depict the latter part of Year Two and part of Year Three (Long Halloween), and conclude the character arcs with Dark Victory during the "Year Four" time frame.

In other media

 * "The Man Who Falls" storyline served as an influence for Christopher Nolan's 2005 film Batman Begins. While playing at Wayne Manor, a young Bruce Wayne falls down a dry well and is attacked by a swarm of bats. He is eventually rescued by his father. After his parents' murders, Bruce decides to leave Gotham and spends his young adult years travelling to foreign countries. He is later trained by a martial arts expert at a monastery located in the mountains of Korea. At one point, Bruce is trained by a man named Henri Ducard. Bruce abandons Ducard when he encourages Bruce to take the law into his own hands by killing criminals. After several years, Bruce returns to Gotham and starts his crime-fighting career as Batman. In this version however, Henri Ducard is revealed to be an alter-ego of Ra's al Ghul.

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