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Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub

Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub is an album by KC Accidental, self-released in 1998 and re-released in 2003 on Noise Factory Records.

Track listing
All songs by Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin. Only the first six songs listed below were on the original 1998 edition of the album, with the last six having been released the following year on Anthems for the Could've Bin Pills, with the two albums released together only at the time of the reissue.

 * 1) "Nancy and the Girdle Boy" - 5:00
 * 2) "Something for Chicago" - 2:13
 * 3) "Anorexic He-Man" - 6:42
 * 4) "Save the Last Breath" - 9:00
 * 5) "Kev's Message for Charlie" - 4:10
 * 6) "Tired Hands" - 12:25
 * 7) "Instrumental Died in the Bathtub and Took the Daydreams With It" - 8:53
 * 8) "Residential Love Song" - 4:56
 * 9) "Silverfish Eyelashes" - 8:45
 * 10) "Ruined in ‘84" - 3:11
 * 11) "Them (Pop Song #3333)" - 7:12
 * 12) "Is And Of The" - 12:43

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The result of the debate was Merge and redirect. Rx StrangeLove 05:33, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Tsotha-lanti
Looks like a merge and redirect to me, but i thought it was worth checking here first. Grutness...  wha?  05:55, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge/Redirect to The Scarlet Citadel --Rogerd 00:24, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
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Category:Compositions by Iannis Xenakis

Compositions by composer Iannis Xenakis.

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Intrinsically disordered proteins

In molecular biology, an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) is a protein that lacks a fixed or ordered three-dimensional structure, typically in the absence of its macromolecular interaction partners, such as other proteins or RNA. IDPs range from fully unstructured to partially structured and include random coil, molten globule-like aggregates, or flexible linkers in large multi-domain proteins. They are sometimes considered as a separate class of proteins along with globular, fibrous and membrane proteins.

IDPs are a very large and functionally important class of proteins and their discovery has disproved the idea that three-dimensional structures of proteins must be fixed to accomplish their biological functions. For example, IDPs have been identified to participate in weak multivalent interactions that are highly cooperative and dynamic, lending them importance in DNA regulation and in cell signaling. Many IDPs can also adopt a fixed three-dimensional structure after binding to other macromolecules. Overall, IDPs are different from structured proteins in many ways and tend to have distinctive function, structure, sequence, interactions, evolution and regulation.

History

In the 1930s-1950s, the first protein structures were solved by protein crystallography. These early structures suggested that a fixed three-dimensional structure might be generally required to mediate biological functions of proteins. These publications solidified the central dogma of molecular biology in that the amino acid sequence of a protein determines its structure which, in turn, determines its function. In 1950, Karush wrote about 'Configurational Adaptability' contradicting this assumption. He was convinced that proteins have more than one configuration at the same energy level and can choose one when binding to other substrates. In the 1960s, Levinthal's paradox suggested that the systematic conformational search of a long polypeptide is unlikely to yield a single folded protein structure on biologically relevant timescales (i.e. microseconds to minutes). Curiously, for many (small) proteins or protein domains, relatively rapid and efficient refolding can be observed in vitro. As stated in Anfinsen's Dogma from 1973, the fixed 3D structure of these proteins is uniquely encoded in its primary structure (the amino acid sequence), is kinetically accessible and stable under a range of (near) physiological conditions, and can therefore be considered as the native state of such "ordered" proteins.

During the subsequent decades, however, many large protein regions could not be assigned in x-ray datasets, indicating that they occupy multiple positions, which average out in electron density maps. The lack of fixed, unique positions relative to the crystal lattice suggested that these regions were "disordered". Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of proteins also demonstrated the presence of large flexible linkers and termini in many solved structural ensembles.

In 2001, Dunker questioned whether the newly found information was ignored for 50 years with more quantitative analyses becoming available in the 2000s. In the 2010s it became clear that IDPs are common among disease-related proteins, such as alpha-synuclein and tau.

Abundance
It is now generally accepted that proteins exist as an ensemble of similar structures with some regions more constrained than others. IDPs occupy the extreme end of this spectrum of flexibility and include proteins of considerable local structure tendency or flexible multidomain assemblies.

Intrinsic disorder is particularly elevated among proteins that regulate chromatin and transcription, and bioinformatic predictions indicate that is more common in genomes and proteomes than in known structures in the protein database. Based on DISOPRED2 prediction, long (>30 residue) disordered segments occur in 2.0% of archaean, 4.2% of eubacterial and 33.0% of eukaryotic proteins, including certain disease-related proteins.

Biological roles
Highly dynamic disordered regions of proteins have been linked to functionally important phenomena such as allosteric regulation and enzyme catalysis. Many disordered proteins have the binding affinity with their receptors regulated by post-translational modification, thus it has been proposed that the flexibility of disordered proteins facilitates the different conformational requirements for binding the modifying enzymes as well as their receptors. Intrinsic disorder is particularly enriched in proteins implicated in cell signaling and transcription, as well as chromatin remodeling functions. Genes that have recently been born de novo tend to have higher disorder. In animals, genes with high disorder are lost at higher rates during evolution.

Flexible linkers
Disordered regions are often found as flexible linkers or loops connecting domains. Linker sequences vary greatly in length but are typically rich in polar uncharged amino acids. Flexible linkers allow the connecting domains to freely twist and rotate to recruit their binding partners via protein domain dynamics. They also allow their binding partners to induce larger scale conformational changes by long-range allostery. The flexible linker of FBP25 which connects two domains of FKBP25 is important for the binding of FKBP25 with DNA.

Linear motifs
Linear motifs are short disordered segments of proteins that mediate functional interactions with other proteins or other biomolecules (RNA, DNA, sugars etc.). Many roles of linear motifs are associated with cell regulation, for instance in control of cell shape, subcellular localisation of individual proteins and regulated protein turnover. Often, post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation tune the affinity (not rarely by several orders of magnitude) of individual linear motifs for specific interactions. Relatively rapid evolution and a relatively small number of structural restraints for establishing novel (low-affinity) interfaces make it particularly challenging to detect linear motifs but their widespread biological roles and the fact that many viruses mimick/hijack linear motifs to efficiently recode infected cells underlines the timely urgency of research on this very challenging and exciting topic.

Pre-structured motifs
Unlike globular proteins, IDPs do not have spatially-disposed active pockets. Fascinatingly, 80% of target-unbound IDPs (~4 dozens) subjected to detailed structural characterization by NMR possess linear motifs termed PresMos (pre-structured motifs) that are transient secondary structural elements primed for target recognition. In several cases it has been demonstrated that these transient structures become full and stable secondary structures, e.g., helices, upon target binding. Hence, PresMos are the putative active sites in IDPs.

Coupled folding and binding
Many unstructured proteins undergo transitions to more ordered states upon binding to their targets (e.g. Molecular Recognition Features (MoRFs) ). The coupled folding and binding may be local, involving only a few interacting residues, or it might involve an entire protein domain. It was recently shown that the coupled folding and binding allows the burial of a large surface area that would be possible only for fully structured proteins if they were much larger. Moreover, certain disordered regions might serve as "molecular switches" in regulating certain biological function by switching to ordered conformation upon molecular recognition like small molecule-binding, DNA/RNA binding, ion interactions etc.

The ability of disordered proteins to bind, and thus to exert a function, shows that stability is not a required condition. Many short functional sites, for example Short Linear Motifs are over-represented in disordered proteins. Disordered proteins and short linear motifs are particularly abundant in many RNA viruses such as Hendra virus, HCV, HIV-1 and human papillomaviruses. This enables such viruses to overcome their informationally limited genomes by facilitating binding, and manipulation of, a large number of host cell proteins.

Disorder in the bound state (fuzzy complexes)
Intrinsically disordered proteins can retain their conformational freedom even when they bind specifically to other proteins. The structural disorder in bound state can be static or dynamic. In fuzzy complexes structural multiplicity is required for function and the manipulation of the bound disordered region changes activity. The conformational ensemble of the complex is modulated via post-translational modifications or protein interactions. Specificity of DNA binding proteins often depends on the length of fuzzy regions, which is varied by alternative splicing. Some fuzzy complexes may exhibit high binding affinity, although other studies showed different affinity values for the same system in a different concentration regime.

Structural aspects
Intrinsically disordered proteins adapt many different structures in vivo according to the cell's conditions, creating a structural or conformational ensemble.

Therefore, their structures are strongly function-related. However, only few proteins are fully disordered in their native state. Disorder is mostly found in intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) within an otherwise well-structured protein. The term intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) therefore includes proteins that contain IDRs as well as fully disordered proteins.

The existence and kind of protein disorder is encoded in its amino acid sequence. In general, IDPs are characterized by a low content of bulky hydrophobic amino acids and a high proportion of polar and charged amino acids, usually referred to as low hydrophobicity. This property leads to good interactions with water. Furthermore, high net charges promote disorder because of electrostatic repulsion resulting from equally charged residues. Thus disordered sequences cannot sufficiently bury a hydrophobic core to fold into stable globular proteins. In some cases, hydrophobic clusters in disordered sequences provide the clues for identifying the regions that undergo coupled folding and binding (refer to biological roles). Many disordered proteins reveal regions without any regular secondary structure. These regions can be termed as flexible, compared to structured loops. While the latter are rigid and contain only one set of Ramachandran angles, IDPs involve multiple sets of angles. The term flexibility is also used for well-structured proteins, but describes a different phenomenon in the context of disordered proteins. Flexibility in structured proteins is bound to an equilibrium state, while it is not so in IDPs. Many disordered proteins also reveal low complexity sequences, i.e. sequences with over-representation of a few residues. While low complexity sequences are a strong indication of disorder, the reverse is not necessarily true, that is, not all disordered proteins have low complexity sequences. Disordered proteins have a low content of predicted secondary structure.

Due to the disordered nature of these proteins, topological approaches have been developed to search for conformational patterns in their dynamics. For instance, circuit topology has been applied to track the dynamics of disordered protein domains. By employing a topological approach, one can categorize motifs according to their topological buildup and the timescale of their formation.

Experimental validation
IDPs can be validated in several contexts. Most approaches for experimental validation of IDPs are restricted to extracted or purified proteins while some new experimental strategies aim to explore in vivo conformations and structural variations of IDPs inside intact living cells and systematic comparisons between their dynamics in vivo and in vitro.

In vivo approaches
The first direct evidence for in vivo persistence of intrinsic disorder has been achieved by in-cell NMR upon electroporation of a purified IDP and recovery of cells to an intact state.

Larger-scale in vivo validation of IDR predictions is now possible using biotin 'painting'.

In vitro approaches
Intrinsically unfolded proteins, once purified, can be identified by various experimental methods. The primary method to obtain information on disordered regions of a protein is NMR spectroscopy. The lack of electron density in X-ray crystallographic studies may also be a sign of disorder.

Folded proteins have a high density (partial specific volume of 0.72-0.74 mL/g) and commensurately small radius of gyration. Hence, unfolded proteins can be detected by methods that are sensitive to molecular size, density or hydrodynamic drag, such as size exclusion chromatography, analytical ultracentrifugation, small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and measurements of the diffusion constant. Unfolded proteins are also characterized by their lack of secondary structure, as assessed by far-UV (170-250 nm) circular dichroism (esp. a pronounced minimum at ~200 nm) or infrared spectroscopy. Unfolded proteins also have exposed backbone peptide groups exposed to solvent, so that they are readily cleaved by proteases, undergo rapid hydrogen-deuterium exchange and exhibit a small dispersion (<1 ppm) in their 1H amide chemical shifts as measured by NMR. (Folded proteins typically show dispersions as large as 5 ppm for the amide protons.) Recently, new methods including Fast parallel proteolysis (FASTpp) have been introduced, which allow to determine the fraction folded/disordered without the need for purification. Even subtle differences in the stability of missense mutations, protein partner binding and (self)polymerisation-induced folding of (e.g.) coiled-coils can be detected using FASTpp as recently demonstrated using the tropomyosin-troponin protein interaction. Fully unstructured protein regions can be experimentally validated by their hypersusceptibility to proteolysis using short digestion times and low protease concentrations.

Bulk methods to study IDP structure and dynamics include SAXS for ensemble shape information, NMR for atomistic ensemble refinement, Fluorescence for visualising molecular interactions and conformational transitions, x-ray crystallography to highlight more mobile regions in otherwise rigid protein crystals, cryo-EM to reveal less fixed parts of proteins, light scattering to monitor size distributions of IDPs or their aggregation kinetics, NMR chemical shift and Circular Dichroism to monitor secondary structure of IDPs.

Single-molecule methods to study IDPs include spFRET to study conformational flexibility of IDPs and the kinetics of structural transitions, optical tweezers for high-resolution insights into the ensembles of IDPs and their oligomers or aggregates, nanopores to reveal global shape distributions of IDPs, magnetic tweezers to study structural transitions for long times at low forces, high-speed AFM to visualise the spatio-temporal flexibility of IDPs directly.

Disorder annotation

Intrinsic disorder can be either annotated from experimental information or predicted with specialized software. Disorder prediction algorithms can predict Intrinsic Disorder (ID) propensity with high accuracy (approaching around 80%) based on primary sequence composition, similarity to unassigned segments in protein x-ray datasets, flexible regions in NMR studies and physico-chemical properties of amino acids.

Disorder databases
Databases have been established to annotate protein sequences with intrinsic disorder information. The DisProt database contains a collection of manually curated protein segments which have been experimentally determined to be disordered. MobiDB is a database combining experimentally curated disorder annotations (e.g. from DisProt) with data derived from missing residues in X-ray crystallographic structures and flexible regions in NMR structures.

Predicting IDPs by sequence
Separating disordered from ordered proteins is essential for disorder prediction. One of the first steps to find a factor that distinguishes IDPs from non-IDPs is to specify biases within the amino acid composition. The following hydrophilic, charged amino acids A, R, G, Q, S, P, E and K have been characterized as disorder-promoting amino acids, while order-promoting amino acids W, C, F, I, Y, V, L, and N are hydrophobic and uncharged. The remaining amino acids H, M, T and D are ambiguous, found in both ordered and unstructured regions. A more recent analysis ranked amino acids by their propensity to form disordered regions as follows (order promoting to disorder promoting): W, F, Y, I, M, L, V, N, C, T, A, G, R, D, H, Q, K, S, E, P. As it can be seen from the list, small, charged, hydrophilic residues often promote disorder, while large and hydrophobic residues promote order.

This information is the basis of most sequence-based predictors. Regions with little to no secondary structure, also known as NORS (NO Regular Secondary structure) regions, and low-complexity regions can easily be detected. However, not all disordered proteins contain such low complexity sequences.

Prediction methods
Determining disordered regions from biochemical methods is very costly and time-consuming. Due to the variable nature of IDPs, only certain aspects of their structure can be detected, so that a full characterization requires a large number of different methods and experiments. This further increases the expense of IDP determination. In order to overcome this obstacle, computer-based methods are created for predicting protein structure and function. It is one of the main goals of bioinformatics to derive knowledge by prediction. Predictors for IDP function are also being developed, but mainly use structural information such as linear motif sites. There are different approaches for predicting IDP structure, such as neural networks or matrix calculations, based on different structural and/or biophysical properties.

Many computational methods exploit sequence information to predict whether a protein is disordered. Notable examples of such software include IUPRED and Disopred. Different methods may use different definitions of disorder. Meta-predictors show a new concept, combining different primary predictors to create a more competent and exact predictor.

Due to the different approaches of predicting disordered proteins, estimating their relative accuracy is fairly difficult. For example, neural networks are often trained on different datasets. The disorder prediction category is a part of biannual CASP experiment that is designed to test methods according accuracy in finding regions with missing 3D structure (marked in PDB files as REMARK465, missing electron densities in X-ray structures).

Disorder and disease
Intrinsically unstructured proteins have been implicated in a number of diseases. Aggregation of misfolded proteins is the cause of many synucleinopathies and toxicity as those proteins start binding to each other randomly and can lead to cancer or cardiovascular diseases. Thereby, misfolding can happen spontaneously because millions of copies of proteins are made during the lifetime of an organism. The aggregation of the intrinsically unstructured protein α-synuclein is thought to be responsible. The structural flexibility of this protein together with its susceptibility to modification in the cell leads to misfolding and aggregation. Genetics, oxidative and nitrative stress as well as mitochondrial impairment impact the structural flexibility of the unstructured α-synuclein protein and associated disease mechanisms. Many key tumour suppressors have large intrinsically unstructured regions, for example p53 and BRCA1. These regions of the proteins are responsible for mediating many of their interactions. Taking the cell's native defense mechanisms as a model drugs can be developed, trying to block the place of noxious substrates and inhibiting them, and thus counteracting the disease.

Computer simulations
Owing to high structural heterogeneity, NMR/SAXS experimental parameters obtained will be an average over a large number of highly diverse and disordered states (an ensemble of disordered states). Hence, to understand the structural implications of these experimental parameters, there is a necessity for accurate representation of these ensembles by computer simulations. All-atom molecular dynamic simulations can be used for this purpose but their use is limited by the accuracy of current force-fields in representing disordered proteins. Nevertheless, some force-fields have been explicitly developed for studying disordered proteins by optimising force-field parameters using available NMR data for disordered proteins. (examples are CHARMM 22*, CHARMM 32, Amber ff03* etc.)

MD simulations restrained by experimental parameters (restrained-MD) have also been used to characterise disordered proteins. In principle, one can sample the whole conformational space given an MD simulation (with accurate Force-field) is run long enough. Because of very high structural heterogeneity, the time scales that needs to be run for this purpose are very large and are limited by computational power. However, other computational techniques such as accelerated-MD simulations, replica exchange simulations,

metadynamics, multicanonical MD simulations, or methods using coarse-grained representation with implicit and explicit solvents    have been used to sample broader conformational space in smaller time scales.

Moreover, various protocols and methods of analyzing IDPs, such as studies based on quantitative analysis of GC content in genes and their respective chromosomal bands, have been used to understand functional IDP segments.

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Talk:Silver nitrate

Cultural References: Wilkie Collins "Poor Miss Finch" c. 1872, refences 19th century medicinal/pharmacological usage of Nitrate of Silver for the treatment of Epilepsy, and the subsequent skin darkening.98.218.242.196 (talk) 06:47, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Major Safety Issue with Page!
Silver nitrate reacts EXPLOSIVELY with ethanol! Why is it listed as soluble!

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed063p1016.1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.90.149 (talk) 21:47, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Current use
My Dr. used silver nitrate on me yesterday during a routine visit. I just had stomach surgery and the scar had to be reopened. the portion that was reopened was not healing as wished so with a little silver nitrate on the scar things are looking well.

ANTHONY 24 JULY 2007

I had firsthand experience this morning that silver nitrate is still used as a cauterizing agent in the US--I updated the article from past tense to present tense.

 * agreed. Last night a doctor used it to cauterize a pyogenic granuloma growth on my foot. Definately still in use -- Brian  ( How am I doing? ) 12:32, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

 * also agree. While in the hospital and for subsequent visits, plastic surgeons have used what they call "silver nitrate sticks" as they are wooden sticks tipped with silver nitrate. In my case it was for excessive cell growth (raised area) on healing burns, removing granularization (skin growth) on wounds, and killing bacteria on infected areas. Yes, it has many uses, and is quite an experience, as far as chemical burns go. 11:07, 05 October 2006 (UTC)

 * These statements really need a source. Can either of you find a source stating AgNO3 is a valid treatment for surgical scarring etc? Dachande (talk) 12:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

contradiction toxicity
is it toxic or not? article has contradiction.

there is plenty of info concerning acute toxicity of silver nitrate. for crede-prophylaxis (gonorrhoea prevention) only some drops of a diluited silver-nitrate solution are used, and its use has been shown to be effective and safe. Today, here in Germany, the crede-prophylaxis is used only rarely. I can nor find any contradiction. michael Redecke 11:26, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I have to agree, one second this article says it is a good, safe thing to put onto open wounds, babies eyes, and mouth ulcers, and then it says that it is extremely poisonous, what one is it? --UltraMagnus (talk) 23:39, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

 * Reworded the relevant sections to make this clearer. The silver nitrate used for preventing gonorrhea and for cauterizing wounds is in a dilute solution. In concentrated forms, it is very toxic and dangerous. In itself, silver nitrate is quite toxic, which is why it is effective at preventing gonorrhea in the first place (it kills off the germs that cause the infection). However, this is only beneficial when used in dilute solutions; if too much is used (the "incorrect dosage" referred to in the article), it will not only kill off the germs but also kill off enough of your body cells (and do other things, like leave a silver deposit) to cause problems, such as blindness and other side-effects. This property is one of the reasons it has been replaced by antibiotics, which have less severe side-effects.—Tetracube (talk) 20:52, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Safety section says that EPA stopped regulating Silver in 1990. No way that this is accurate. I don't know what industries, or silver compounds the writer meant, but this is patently false. For example, in the Metal Finishing industry, there is a very tight standard of .43 mg/l in wastewater discharges--at any level of discharge. 40CFR 433.17 as of 10/25/04. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jayhonk (talk • contribs) 15:53, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Odor?
Does Silver nitrate have a distinct odor at any concentration? --NEMT 17:28, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Nope Kyanite 03:08, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Kyanite 22:27, 10 May 2007 (UTC) whatever it is but i say that this chemical is toxic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.183.38.215 (talk) 23:16, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

In the eyes?
"Sometimes dropped into newborn babies' eyes to preven t contraction of gonorrhea"

Is that true? that soudns quite freaky and weird. In fact, it is a corrosive sustance, how come it's dropped into the eyes? And of a new born?

Also, Gonorreha is a veneral illness, i don't believe it can be cured or even prevented by doing some wierd thing with a corrosive sustenca in the eye. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!!!

 * http://pregnancy.about.com/library/dic/bldefsilvernitrate.htm ^found on google in under ten seconds --NEMT 02:11, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Interesting you say it's corrosive and we use it in babies eyes. If you think about it, we put Hydrochloric acid in swimming pools, no one complains about that. Your stomach acids are corrosive as well. Silver nitrate may be corrosive, but on a scale of 1-10, 1 being something midly corrosive and 10 being HydroFluoric acid, is silver nitrate really that bad? i dont think so, but thats me. Kyanite 22:27, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Silver Nitrate used to be used in the eyes of newborns to prevent gonorrhea infections in the eyes, however these days it's much more common to use Penicillan G instead. Also, from first hand experience Silver Nitrate is much more likely to cause liver spot like patches on the skin.... it's actually a chemical burn taking place. Kinnin (talk) 03:26, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

- I believe they had to be very careful with the concentration of AgNO3. There were accidental blindings. I was always under the impression they swabbed the eyelids and surrounding areas, not dropped it in the eyes, but the 9th ed. of Introduction to Physiological and Clinical Chemistry (Arnow, 1976) says "Dilute solutions of this salt formerly were dropped in the eyes of newborn babies in order to ensure against gonorrheal infection." I'd still consider that a second-hand source; anybody with an early medical text having a contemporary description of the exact use? As with all corrosives and caustics, concentration matters; yes, AgNO3 CAN blind you. Crsci9 (talk) 18:42, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

As little as 2 grams is fatal?
How is AgNo3 so toxic in the body? What does it do? Does it stop the heart or something? 71.168.108.66 18:30, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Thats a good question. Thats just what the bottle said, 2 grams. ill look it up. This could be a universal silver ion lethal dose figure.

Is it true about silver nitrate ?????
in the holywood film Underworld, the use of silver nitrate was shown in bullets (against warewolfs), and it was show that when silver nitrate got mixed with blood, it starts crystalizing it, and thus a victum dies, wanna know is it true if we analyze it scientifically ?????

Mohammad Adil 19:36, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Sadly (or possibly gladly, depending) werewolves aren't real, and as such, we don't know what a werewolf's blood would be made of. --uǝʌǝs ʎʇɹnoɟʇs 18:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Well what happens when it's injected into a human's bloodstream? 75.165.5.155 04:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

 * The question is arbitrary and has no significance outside of the context of this movie you mention. Therefore the answer to this question is unencyclopedic.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.73.215 (talk) 01:17, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

To answer your questions, 1) Silver Nitrate looks nothing like what it did in the movie, where it actually resembles more mercury then silver nitrate. 2) Although I doubt it's been studied, I imagine that injection of silver nitrate would cause several things to happen to a human. A) Blood pH would be disrupted, resulting in a change in breathing.  B) Blood cells would most likely be damaged or destroyed. C)Tissue damage would occur, as silver nitrate solution most likely isn't osmotically balanced for the human body. D) Death may occur, but most of these signs would occur with injection of most chemical solutions into the blood. Kinnin (talk) 03:33, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Darkening effect
Silver nitrate on the skin only turns dark after exposure to sunlight, as per personal experience. I had the whitish effect on my hand for over 8 hours and it only darkened after I went into the sun. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nerefir (talk • contribs) 20:00, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I used pulverised silver nitrate to catch a thief that was taking money from a desk drawer. This person was the only one to put his hands into the fake money envelope, thus staining his skin after exposure to sunlight. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.244.194.113 (talk) 22:44, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I tryed the whole NaNO3 on the hand thing. Im wondering how long it will last...-- Sum mer PhD (talk) 19:13, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Disinfection
After an initial false start (silver nitrate as a disinfectant), Kelseymflanagan has written an essay: disinfection with silver nitrate. Someone with knowledge please check it. — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 17:53, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

merge proposal
Propose merger: merge the article disinfection with silver nitrate with this article as there is no need for a separate article about a single use for the compound which can be covered in this article.Theseeker4 (talk) 18:35, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ Although the new merged Safety section needs a rewrite, now.--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 06:04, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

I am not convinced this was a good merger. The Silver Nitrate article is intended to be specifically about the compound and uses, but not its uses in depth (as the disinfection section is now larger than the others combined - and reads like a separate article. Disinfection with Silver Nitrate should be covered specifically and separately. curugil (talk) 18:55, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Preparation section
In the recent edit to the section "Preparation", the chemical equation is unbalanced because there are 2 atoms Ag one the reactant side and 4 on the product side I think it was right before. Nat2 (talk) 23:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Fixed! Alecjw (talk) 09:46, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Prevent gonorrhea???
Is that vandalism in the safety section? I just thought I'd give a heads up.

Colloidal silver crackpots
Watch out for these dumbasses. They've already added dubious info and linked it to one of their charlatan companies.

I've removed this part:

"Since that time, as antibiotic-resistant microorganisms have emerged, interest in using the silver ion for anti-microbial purposes has resumed." (info taken from www.silver-colloids.com/Pubs/history-silver.html)

It's obvious what are they trying to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Endimion17 (talk • contribs) 11:04, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

NFPA Diamond Error
The NFPA Diamond information on this page is for Silver Sulfate. Silver Nitrate has a hazard rating of Health = 2, Flammability = 0, Reactivity = 0, and Specific Hazard = none. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.91.99.211 (talk) 23:01, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

Is citation 15 and 16 duplicate?
they appear to be roughly duplicate Aera23 (talk) 13:00, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

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Bitburg Airport

Bitburg Airport (Flugplatz Bitburg) is a commercial airport serving Bitburg, a city in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany. It is located 2 mi southeast of Bitburg, 32 km north of Trier, and 217 km west of Wiesbaden.

History
From 1952 until 1994, Bitburg Air Base was a front-line NATO air base. It was the home of the United States Air Force's 36th Tactical Fighter Wing for over 40 years as part of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).

Under contract with the United States Air Force, the French Army began construction of what would become the base in Western Germany's Eifel Mountains in early 1951. Located in the French occupation zone, construction began on farm land that had been a Wehrmacht tank staging and supply area for the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944. The air base and its housing area occupied nearly 1100 acre, with a 8200 ft long runway (with 1000 ft overruns at each end, total length would be 10,200 ft).

In July 1952, the 53rd Fighter-Bomber Squadron from the 36th Wing moved from Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base a few miles west of Munich and arrived at the newly built base. Throughout the summer, elements of the 36th FBW moved into Bitburg, with the wing officially arriving in November 1952.

With the end of the Cold War, it was deemed that Bitburg AB was no longer needed as a military base and it was turned over to the German government on 1 October 1994. Between June and September 1997, it was necessary to repair the Spangdahlem Air Base runway and that called for a temporary location to accommodate the 52d Fighter Wing's three squadrons of F-15s and F-16s. Bitburg Airport was the most logical place—only 10 mi down the road. The USAF departed for the second time in September 1997, and Bitburg Airport was returned to civilian use.

On September 15, 2008, the Ministry of Transport of Rhineland-Palatinate granted the airport contractor landing rights for aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of more than 14 tonnes. The airport contracting company is currently evaluating plans to develop the airport into a regional freight airport.

Airlines and destinations
There are no scheduled airline services to and from Bitburg Airport.

Nearby Air Force support community
Although the airport was officially returned to the German government, the United States held on to the land annexed for housing soldiers and their families. This land was designated as extra housing for airmen and their families, numerous support facilities, such as schools, a commissary, and a hospital. The intention to return these facilities was always the plan, but unknown when it would take place. In May 2017, the Bitburg base's high school was officially closed after over 60 years in operation. This marked the beginning the return of the land to Germany. The task of preparing the base was put to the U.S. armed forces. After families were relocated and buildings prepared to be returned in November 2017, the base had a small ceremony to commemorate the end of United States military presence since 1952. After the ceremony, the last military personnel left the base officially handing over the community back to the German Government.

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User:Lagniappe

Kia Ora! Greetings from Aotearoa ('ow' 'tey' 'ah' 'row' 'ah') (that is how I pronounce it). Aotearoa is a beautiful country in the South Pacific - it is also known as "New Zealand". Aotearoa is "Land of the Long White Cloud". So, Kia Ora! from Aotearoa! I hope to meet other Kiwi Wiki's soon. I migrated to Aotearoa from the east coast of a country called 'America' where I would visit the Atlantic Ocean. I can see the Pacific Ocean now. I live right at the shore of these waters. My second language is "English". I know very little Te Reo Maori.

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Sexed Up

"Sexed Up" is a song by British pop singer Robbie Williams, released as the fourth and last single from his album Escapology in November 2003. It was originally recorded for Natalie Imbruglia, who turned it down. Williams had earlier released it in 1998 in demo form as the B-side to his single "No Regrets".

There are two versions of the song, the album/single version and an unplugged version. The unplugged version has one different lyric line ("I'll lay a bet/that I'm okay" instead of "I can't awaken the dead/day after day" on the first verse) and the guitar solo before the bridge is one measure longer.

Chart performance
The single became another top-ten hit for Robbie Williams in the United Kingdom when it was released in November that year, peaking at number 10, and it reached the top 20 in Australia, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands. In Brazil, the song was a hit after being included in the soundtrack of telenovela Mulheres Apaixonadas, in which it played as the theme to the characters Diogo (Rodrigo Santoro) and Marina (Paloma Duarte), a young married couple plagued by infidelity. The single received a special limited release in Australia and New Zealand featuring a bonus live track, special packing and a bonus fold-out poster.

Music video
The music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and features the actress Jaime King.

Track listings
UK CD single
 * 1) "Sexed Up" – 4:19
 * 2) "Get a Little High" – 3:55
 * 3) "Appliance of Science" – 4:52
 * 4) Trailer
 * 5) Photo gallery

UK DVD single
 * 1) "Sexed Up" (video) – 4:06
 * 2) "Appliance of Science" (audio) – 4:52
 * 3) "Big Beef" (audio) – 3:40
 * 4) Trailer
 * 5) Photo gallery

European CD single
 * 1) "Sexed Up" – 4:19
 * 2) "Get a Little High" – 3:55

Australian and New Zealand CD single
 * 1) "Sexed Up" – 4:19
 * 2) "Get a Little High" – 3:55
 * 3) "Appliance of Science" – 4:52
 * 4) "Rock DJ" (live at Knebworth)
 * 5) Trailer
 * 6) Photo gallery

Credits and personnel
Credits are taken from the Escapology album booklet.

Recording
 * Recorded in Los Angeles and London
 * Mixed at The Record Plant (Los Angeles)
 * Mastered at Marcussen Mastering (Los Angeles)

Personnel

 * Robbie Williams – writing, lead vocals
 * Guy Chambers – writing, piano, production, arrangement
 * Gary Nuttall – acoustic guitar
 * Neil Taylor – electric guitar
 * Melvin Duffy – pedal steel guitar
 * Phil Spalding – bass
 * Jeremy Stacey – drums
 * Luís Jardim – percussion
 * London Session Orchestra – orchestra
 * Gavyn Wright – concertmaster
 * Sally Herbert – orchestral arrangement
 * Steve Price – orchestral engineering
 * Tom Jenkins – assistant orchestral engineering
 * Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contracting
 * Jim Brumby – programming, additional engineering
 * Steve Power – production, mixing
 * J.D. Andrew – assistant mixing
 * Richard Flack – engineering, programming
 * Steve Marcussen – mastering

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The Disintegration Machine

"The Disintegration Machine" is a science fiction short story by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in January 1929. The story centres on the discovery of a machine capable of disintegrating objects and reforming them as they were. This short story is a part of the "Challenger series", a collection of stories about the wealthy eccentric adventurer Professor Challenger.

Plot summary
Professor Challenger, a big burly man, is arguing with people who are persistently calling him on the telephone when his young friend Malone, a reporter for The Daily Gazette, enters and requests Challenger accompany him to inspect the discovery of Theodore Nemor, who claims to have invented a machine capable of disintegrating objects. Skeptical of the invention, Challenger accepts Malone's proposal and accompanies him to the house of Nemor.

At first Nemor offers to disintegrate Challenger and put him back together to demonstrate the machine, but Malone convinces Challenger that should the machine fail to restore him, his scientific work would go unfinished, and thus Malone nominates himself to be disintegrated.

Malone is successfully disintegrated and put back together and Challenger then undergoes the same treatment. As punishment for Challenger's lack of faith in the invention and lack of courtesy to Nemor, the inventor restores the professor without any hair. In a fury, Challenger assaults Nemor, throws him to the floor and threatens his life should he not restore the professor to his previous state. Nemor restores Challenger's hair and Challenger congratulates him on his machine and inquires as to its practical application. Nemor boasts that in the hands of the Russians, who were the highest bidder for the rights to the invention, London and its millions of inhabitants could be destroyed.

After ascertaining whether any others know the secret of the machine, Challenger inspects it. Challenger claims that a small amount of electricity is leaking from the chair on which he sat when he was disintegrated. Nemor refutes this and sits himself in the chair in an attempt to feel this electricity. Challenger then disintegrates him and, considering it is for the greater good, he and Malone leave without restoring Nemor.

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Skin & Bone (album)

Skin & Bone is the eleventh studio album by The Angels, released in March 1998 and reached No. 29 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Personnel

 * The Angels
 * Doc Neeson – lead vocals
 * Rick Brewster – lead guitar, producer, engineer
 * John Brewster – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
 * Jim Hilbun – bass guitar, backing vocals
 * Brent Eccles – drums

 * Production
 * Mike Duffy, Julian Slade – engineers
 * Kevin Shirley – mixing
 * Ted Jensen – mastering

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Iluminado Lucente

Iluminado Lucente y García (Filipino: Iluminado García Lucente, May 14, 1883 - February 14, 1960) was a Filipino writer, primarily writing poetry and drama in the Waray language. He is considered to be one of the finest writers in the Waray language.

Lucente was a member of the Sanghiran san Binisaya ha Samar ug Leyte (Academy of the Visayan Language of Samar and Leyte). His most famous work is the poem An Iroy Nga Tuna (The Motherland).

Lucente was born on May 14, 1883, into a well-off family in Palo, Leyte. His father was Ciriaco Lucente and his mother was Aurora García. His family's status allowed him to be tutored privately before he attended university in Manila.

In 1906, Lucente established the periodical An Kaadlawon (The Day Break), becoming responsible for the proliferation of Waray literature in the years to come.

Becoming mayor of Tacloban in 1912, he was elected to the Philippine Congress representing Leyte and later became Secretary to the Governor, then Secretary of the Senate, for Senate president Francisco Enage.

He wrote about 30 plays, and was known for both satire using character stereotypes and linguistic humor, which often took the form of plays on language, combining the sounds of Spanish, English and Waray.

Poetry

 * An Iroy Nga Tuna (1945)
 * Baga Durogas Ngan Baga Tinuod (1939)
 * Hangin Gad La (1960)
 * Pilipinas (1904)
 * Gugma (1939)
 * Panhayhay (Ginsa-aran)
 * Bumangon Ka, Pepe! (1909)
 * Debelopmental Nga Istorya
 * It's Just the Wind.

Drama

 * Abugho (1924)
 * An Duha nga Sportsmen (1926)
 * Diri Daraga, Diri Balo, Diri Inasaw-an ("Not a Maiden, Not a Widow, Not a Married Woman", 1929)
 * Up Limit Pati An Gugma ("Even Love Is Off Limits", 1945)

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Richard Brodeur

Richard "King Richard", "Kermit" Brodeur (born September 15, 1952), is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Brodeur was born in Longueuil, Quebec and grew up in Montreal, Quebec.

Playing career
Brodeur was selected in the 1972 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders, but chose instead to play in the World Hockey Association with the Quebec Nordiques, for whom he played for seven seasons. The 1975–76 season was his best; he played 69 games and won 44 of them. In 1976–77, he helped his team win the Avco World Trophy.

When the WHA folded following the 1978–79 season, he was protected as one of the Nordiques' priority selections, then was traded to the Islanders for Göran Högosta. However, he only played two games for them as he was the third goalie behind Billy Smith and Chico Resch, and was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in 1980. In his second season with the Canucks, he guided the team during their playoff run to the finals, which they lost to Brodeur's old team, the Islanders.

Brodeur was selected to play in the 1983 All-Star Game, but couldn't play due to an ear injury suffered in Toronto three days earlier. He remained with the Canucks for almost eight seasons, then was traded near the end of the 1987–88 NHL season to the Hartford Whalers, where he ended his NHL career. He was the last active NHL player from the WHA's inaugural season, and the last to have played in all seven seasons of the WHA's existence.

After his retirement, he founded his own hockey school in the Vancouver area. He also briefly worked as an analyst on Quebec Nordiques French TV telecasts.

He has been noted as the goaltender on whom Wayne Gretzky scored the most goals, with 29.

Awards

 * Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy, MVP Memorial Cup (Cornwall Royals) 1972 (Inaugural Winner).
 * Terry Sawchuk Trophy (CHL) - 1979-1980
 * Named to the NHL All-Star Game - 1983
 * Cyclone Taylor Award (Vancouver Canucks) - 1981, 1982, 1985
 * Molson Cup (Most Canucks three-star selections) - 1980–81, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86
 * World Hockey Association Hall of Fame - 2010 - Inaugural Inductee

Personal life
Brodeur is an artist, using oil on canvas, and has had several shows at Diskin Galleries in Vancouver.

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Howling (The Angels album)

Howling is the eighth studio album by Australian hard rock band The Angels, released in October 1986. The album charted at number 6 in Australia and it peaked at number 10 in New Zealand.

Track listing
Credits adapted from the original LP release.

Personnel

 * The Angels
 * Doc Neeson – lead vocals
 * Rick Brewster – lead guitar, percussion on "Don't Waste My Time"
 * Bob Spencer – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
 * Jim Hilbun – bass guitar, saxophone, backing vocals, organ on "Did You Hurt Somebody", percussion on "Don't Waste My Time"
 * Brent Eccles – drums

 * Additional musicians
 * Eddie Rayner – keyboards
 * Swami Brown – percussion on "Don't Waste My Time"
 * Mary Azzopardi – backing vocals on "Hide Your Face" and "Can't Take Anymore"
 * Bridget O'Donoghue – backing vocals on "Hide Your Face" and "Can't Take Anymore"
 * Greg Thorne – trumpet on "Standing over You" and "Don't Waste My Time"
 * Tony Buchanan – tenor and baritone saxophones on "Standing over You" and "Don't Waste My Time"
 * Herbie Canon – trombone on "Standing over You" and "Don't Waste My Time"

 * Production
 * Steve Brown – producer
 * Andrew Scott, Al Wright – engineers
 * Heidi Cannova – assistant engineer
 * Bill Price – mixing at Wessex Sound Studios, London
 * Deitmar – mixing assistant

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Ground rules

Ground rules are rules applying to the field, objects on and near it, and special situations relating to them, in the game of baseball. Major League Baseball has defined a set of "universal ground rules" that apply to all MLB ballparks; individual ballparks have the latitude to set ground rules above and beyond the universal ground rules, as long as they do not directly contradict each other. Additionally, a set of universal ground rules exists for the six MLB stadiums with retractable roofs, with the individual ballparks able to set additional rules.

Unlike the well-defined playing field of most other sports, the playing area of a baseball field extends to an outfield fence in fair territory and the stadium seating in foul territory. The unique design of each ballpark, including fences, dugouts, bullpens, railings, stadium domes, photographer's wells and TV camera booths, requires that rules be defined to handle situations in which these objects may interact or interfere with the ball in play or with the players, and adaptable by ballpark within the universal rules.

The term is familiar to most fans through the ground rule double, a batted ball that bounces fair, then over the outfield fence in fair or foul territory for a two-base hit.

Universal

 * Ball on the top step (lip) of the dugout is in play.
 * No equipment is permitted to be left on the top step (lip) of the dugout. If a ball hits equipment left on the top step it is dead.
 * A player is not permitted to step or go into a dugout to make a catch.
 * A player is permitted to reach into a dugout to make a catch. If a player makes a catch outside the dugout and the player's momentum carries him into the dugout, then the catch is allowed and the ball remains alive as long as the player does not fall while in the dugout.
 * A batted ball in flight can be caught between or under railings and around screens.
 * A catch may be made on the field tarp.
 * Batted or thrown ball lodging in the rotating signage behind home plate or along first base or third base stands is out of play.
 * Batted or thrown ball resting on the rotating signage behind home plate or along first base or third base stands is in play.
 * The facings of railings surrounding the dugout and photographers areas are in play.
 * Any cameras or microphones permanently attached on railings are treated as part of the railings and are in play.
 * Any recessed railings or poles that are in the dugout and photographers areas are out of play and should be marked with red to mark them out of play.
 * Robotic cameras attached to the facing of the backstop screen are considered part of the screen.
 * A batted ball striking the backstop camera is considered a dead ball.
 * A thrown ball striking the backstop camera is considered in play.
 * A ball striking the guy wires that support the backstop is a dead ball.
 * A ball lodging behind or under canvas on field tarp is out of play.
 * A ball striking the field tarp and rebounding onto the playing field is in play.
 * No chairs can be brought out of the dugout or bullpen and onto the playing field.
 * All yellow lines are in play.
 * A live ball striking the backstop screen or protective netting located on the field boundaries along the first and third base lines is in play.
 * A ball striking protective netting located behind out-of-play areas such as dugouts and photographer areas is dead even if it rebounds onto the field.
 * Where a roof is present, a batted ball that becomes lodged in the roof above fair territory is dead and the runners including batter-runner are awarded two bases. Ballpark-specific ground rules may supersede this rule.
 * On outfield walls composed of sections with different heights (e.g., Fenway Park, Oracle Park), a batted ball in flight that strikes a taller section of the wall in fair territory at a point higher than the top of the adjacent shorter wall, then bounds out of play over the shorter wall, is a home run.
 * Conversely, a batted ball in flight that strikes the shorter wall in fair territory then bounds out of play over the adjacent taller wall is a dead ball and the runners including batter-runner are awarded two bases.

Individual ballpark
Individual ballpark ground rules vary greatly from ballpark to ballpark. For the 2017 season, Citi Field, Kauffman Stadium, Target Field, Yankee Stadium, and Guaranteed Rate Field are the only MLB ballparks that do not have individual ground rules above the universal set.

Examples of ground rules that have been or are still in major league ballparks include:
 * Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox) – A fly ball that strikes the top of the ladder on the Green Monster and then bounces out of play is two (2) bases.
 * Minute Maid Park (Houston Astros) – A batted ball striking the flagpole in center field and bouncing onto the field is in play; a ball striking the flagpole while in flight and leaving the playing field is a home run. The flagpole and the hill that it was on were removed following the 2016 season, and the rule has been removed from the specific ballpark rules list.
 * Tropicana Field (Tampa Bay Rays) – A batted ball that hits either of the two lower catwalks (C Ring and D Ring) between the yellow foul poles is ruled a home run. The two upper catwalks (the A Ring and B Ring) are considered in play; a ball that touches either can drop for a hit or be caught for an out.
 * Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs) – A fair ball becoming lodged in the ivy on the outfield fence awards two bases to the batter and all runners; if the ball falls out of the ivy, it remains in-play.
 * Citi Field (New York Mets) – Any fair ball in flight hitting the overhanging Pepsi-Cola sign is ruled an automatic home run. The sign has since been changed to "Coca-Cola" following new sponsorship in 2016, and no longer overhangs. The rule has since been removed from the specific ballpark rules.
 * London Stadium (MLB London Series) – Any ball that hits the roof that overhangs home plate is ruled a dead ball.

Movement of retractable roofs
These ground rules only apply at ballparks featuring retractable roofs. As of the 2021 season, these are: Rogers Centre, Chase Field, T-Mobile Park, American Family Field, Minute Maid Park, and LoanDepot Park. Rules governing batted balls striking the roof are defined in each individual ballpark's ground rules.

Universal

 * The decision as to whether a game begins with the roof open or closed rests solely with the home club.
 * If the game begins with the roof open:
 * It shall be closed only in the event of impending rain or other adverse weather conditions. The decision to close the roof shall be made by the home club, after consultation with the Umpire Crew Chief.
 * The Umpire Crew Chief shall notify the visiting club, which may challenge the closing of the roof if it feels that a competitive imbalance will arise. In such an event, the Umpire Crew Chief shall make a final decision based on the merits of the challenge.

Ballpark-specific
All ballpark-specific retractable roof ground rules concern opening of the roof after a game has started.

If the game starts with the roof closed: If the game starts with the roof open and it is closed during the game:
 * American Family Field, Chase Field, Minute Maid Park, & T-Mobile Park permit its opening during the game if weather conditions warrant, as long as the following procedure is followed:
 * The roof may be opened only once during the game.
 * The Umpire Crew Chief will be notified at the beginning of the inning that the roof will be opened at the inning's end.
 * The Umpire Crew Chief shall notify the visiting club, which may challenge the opening of the roof. In such an event, the Umpire Crew Chief shall make a final decision based on the merits of the challenge.
 * The opening of the roof shall only begin between innings.
 * Chase Field requires that the roof is opened in two sets of 2-minute-and-15-second intervals, at the conclusion of one inning and the conclusion of the following inning.
 * American Family Field permits re-opening during the game as long as the above procedure is followed.
 * At Chase Field, Minute Maid Park, T-Mobile Park and Rogers Centre, once the roof is closed during a game, it shall not be reopened.

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Talk:Vampyr

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this page is poo! it must be made better. there must be a discussion of the groundbreaking aspects of cinematography, use of sound, and innovative special effects of this excellent and important historical film. 192.211.25.9 12:46, 01:00, 9 October 2005 UTC

 * Some fellow called Fordmadoxfraud has recently employed some butcher-style editing to this article, apparently insisting that Vampyr is above even the slightest negative observation in relation to its reception by modern audiences. Well, as critic Richard Scheib puts it: "Vampyr was not a success when it was released – indeed it resulted in the collapse of director Carl Dreyer’s production company, causing him to have a nervous breakdown and not return to filmmaking for an entire decade." The film was in fact considered so boring it was reduced in length and "the long periods of silence replaced by dubbed explanation". That was in 1932. Now, does Fordmadoxfraud seriously suggest that modern audiences raised on MTV have become less impatient?! I personally love this film, as do most critics, but I've seen enough people walk out or literally fall asleep during screenings of Vampyr to know that critics and film society audiences do not represent the entire human species. --Minutae 22:45, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm saying negative information needs proper citation, particularly when it's something like "People think this movie is boring." Who thinks that?  Some non-notable internet critic doesn't count.  Also, please take some time to read through Assume good faith and No personal attacks.  Thanks.  Ford MF 02:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * You are both misquoting me and ignoring that I did in fact immediately respond to the request for citation. Richard Scheib, quoted above, may not meet with your elitist standards, but he is never the less quite correct. And Casper Tybjerg, cited in the article, is certainly not "some non-notable internet critic", but one of the world's leading authorities on Dreyer. There's a current tendency for critics to only mention the strengths of Dreyer's films, but a fair, complete appraisal of any work of art must discuss both its positive and negative aspects. I've tried to address this in an intelligent fashion. I accept your initial edit as a "good faith" move, but not the second time where you might have paused for thought instead of just impatiently erasing a huge chunk of informative text, some of which you happen to disagree with. --Minutae 09:36, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Trivia
I removed the trivia section, along with a lot of detail about the latest release. I got reverted, with the edit summary "restoring correct and useful information". I thought I'd better explain the removal more fully.

Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information - being correct and useful isn't enough. There are some things which we do include, and some things that we don't. The details of the special features of the DVD release are clearly too much detail, and bordering on spam. Marguerite Chopin's brief mention in a book really is tangential to this article.

The reason I removed the statement about the Roman Polanski film is that an assertion like that would need a citation to a reliable source before we could include it.

The reference to the 1990 film, described as a semi-remake: again, we'd need a reliable source to show that the 1990 film was in fact a remake of the 1932 one - we'd need to see that that's what the filmmakers intended, rather than it being our own interpretation as editors. --Hugh Charles Parker (talk - contribs) 10:54, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

 * You are at this poiny simply applying blind-folded drive-by editing of the most destructive type. Your latest edit destroyed the entire DVD section. A more civil approach might have been to add a "citation needed" tag at apropriate points, giving other users a chance to add such citations before removing what in my humble opinion happens to be correct and useful information. As for the DVD section, it needs to be edited down, not butchered. --Minutae (talk) 17:27, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

 * My edit wasn't hasty, I thought about it carefully. That's why I took the time to explain it on this talk page.  I did indeed take out most of the DVD section - to mention a specific DVD edition of a film is already quite fine detail.  To mention what extras it has on it seems to me to be tangential to an article about the film.  Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information.

 * I also stand by my removal of two unsourced dubious statements. To quote Jimbo Wales, in wikipedia's verifiability policy:

 * --Hugh Charles Parker (talk - contribs) 18:28, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

 * I notice on your user page that you boast about the increasing number of edits you can do in a year. Clearly your goal is speed not quality. You may also have no idea why detailed information about material (such as DVD bonus material) available on a film such as Vampyr could be important and appropriate as part of Wikipedia's article. But in this case, with a film so badly treated over the years, it is highly important and appropriate to anyone who cares. As for Jack MacGowran's character being inspired by Vampyr, so many critics have noted this over the years, if you can't see it yourself and need a source to seperate it from "random speculative 'I heard it somewhere' pseudo information", simply do a Google-search and take your pick from the many reliable sources available, or leaf through some film journals. The Kim Newman novel character info is relevant because it takes the film full circle back into the literary genre from which it was originally inspired, and furthermore Kim Newman is also a contributor to one the DVD editions, which may not be interesting to you, but it would to quite a lot of people. --Minutae (talk) 19:37, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

 * If the this were my WP:RfA or WP:ER or an WP:RFC or something, then the quality of my edits would be under scrutiny, and I would suggest that a more detailed analysis of my edits would show a different picture of me from the one you describe. As it is, neither your edit history nor mine is up for discussion, and nor is anything else except for the contents of this article, and its relationship to how wikipedia works.

 * I'm not suggesting that the film isn't important, or that we shouldn't have an article on it. That doesn't mean that we should include every piece of available information about it.  In fact, that's Wikipedia policy: WP:What Wikipedia is not says that "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information; merely being true or useful does not automatically make something suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia."  Wikipedia's non-notable content guideline says that we should "treat each aspect with a weight appropriate to its significance to the subject. Attend to anything that may construe undue weight, including depth of detail, quantity of text ...  Keep in mind that an encyclopedia article is a summary of accepted knowledge regarding its subject, not a complete exposition of all possible details."  Someone who wants to know about what's on a partiular edition of a DVD needs to look on Amazon, or Criterion's website, or wherever, not here.

 * As to the Jack MacGowran thing - Whether or not I can see it isn't the point, it needs a verifiable source. And we have to be specific - use a named source: Wikipedia's weasel words guideline warns us against phrases like "some people say...".  But you're right, I don't know much about this film - if the references are easy to find, then great - find them, and we can put that fact back in the article.

 * The Kim Newman thing - if that's true, then great, but it sounds as if it's your own conclusion. Wikipedia doesn't include original work, so again, to include that fact we'd need to find a reliable source to support it.  Do you know of some published resource we could use, some author or journalist maybe, who we could quote saying the "full circle" thing?  --Hugh Charles Parker (talk - contribs) 21:07, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Points made in the discussion area don't need to be sourced. Discussions may serve as basis for editorial decisions; I'm sorry if that slows you down, but it works for some of us. Anybody can remove chunks of text while quoting Wikipedia guidelines, whether they are relevant or not; in fact, it often seems that the less intelligent a person is, the more rules/guidelines he or she will quote. As for "the Jack MacGowran thing", you might as well remove the part of the article on Austin Powers that says that character is "a satire of James Bond"; that too has no source, so you could quote the same guidelines while bulldozing around. It too would be a not very clever edit, but at least it would be an edit, so you could add it to the score on your userpage and get to use your quotes some more. --Minutae (talk) 22:34, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

DVD section
The DVD section currently has a detailed listing of the content on the two recent DVD releases of Vampyr. As I've stated above, I feel this sections needs to be edited down (I've made a start), or better still rewritten; however this should be done intelligently, based on thorough knowledge of the two versions, with quotes from or reference to notable reviews (when such become available). Meanwhile, I suggest that - considering the importance of these releases in relation to the film - the listing in its current form remains in the article until improved. --Minutae (talk) 22:17, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

 * This is in response to both Minutae's posts above. I'll go through your points in order:

 * Nobody's saying that points made on the talk page need to be sourced. Points made in the article do, though - that's what Wikipedia's WP:Verifiability policy is all about.

 * Sometimes people quote the rules because they're stupid, but in my case I'm quoting them because they're relevant and important and they're the current WP:Consensus about how wikipedia should work. Until those policies are changed, we all need to understand and apply them.

 * The Austin Powers thing: WP:V says that "Editors should provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is challenged or likely to be challenged, or the material may be removed." I can't imagine anyone challenging the idea that Austin Powers is a satire of Bond.

 * The DVD section needs to be drastically cut down. Even to be listing different editions of the DVD is too much detail, and listing all their special features is way over the top.

 * It's quite clear that neither of us is going to persuade the other. Rather than keep on restating our positions, I'm going to post a note at WP:Third opinion and ask for some more input to this discussion.  --Hugh Charles Parker (talk - contribs) 14:12, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes, the DVD section should be edited down, I've said so twice, but it should be done with care, insight and inteligence, not a crude hatchet job like you were trying to pull off. A bad edit, no matter how many rules you try to hide behind, is still a bad edit. This section can't be properly edited or rewritten with no insight, so slow down and give people interested in the topic a chance to come by and do a good job. --Minutae (talk) 05:37, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Third Opinion
Firstly I remind Minutae to refrain from personal attacks as in the above section, comment on the edits not the editor. The bottom line is that all material requires sources. Editors personal opinions of the subject of the article is simply irrelevant. You need to edit from an objective viewpoint. The DVD section seems to contain personal views which need removing, such as 'Poor quality characterised the original American and British home video releases'. This isnt a cited fact but an unsourced opinion. Maybe it could be explained why the differences between DVD versions are so important that they should command such weight in the article? For example a significant debate or controversy? -- neon white talk 15:30, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Neonwhite, before you get too holy on me, let me point out that the time you spent on writing the above you could have used on finding a source for that DVD quality statement yourself (assuming you are familiar with a search engine called Google). Just because I try to stop an editor from making questionable, uninformed edits doesn't mean I suddenly become solely responsible for researching and adding sources to everything. Your points are correct in principle BUT there's a reality to deal with as well: Many Wikipedia articles contain correct, relevant information waiting to be sourced, and finding a source for a correct, relevant statement is obviously a more productive edit than simply removing it. In other words: Don't be too hasty to remove material only because it isn't sourced if you haven't the faintest knowledge of the given subject. Now, I've added several sources to statements in this article (in fact, I seem to recall that over a year ago I did add a source to the "bad DVD quality" statement, but someone may have found it unnecessary and removed it). In other words, you guys might consider chipping in with some productive work, instead of just tearing down and complaining. And if that's what you consider a "personal attack", too bad. --Minutae (talk) 00:19, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

 * After writing the above, it took me only a few minutes to Google a source, which I found at www.dvdtalk.com: "People familiar with the old Image release of this film will be very pleased to hear that the Criterion release is a great improvement. The Image release had a black bar at the bottom (presumably to blot out the subtitles on the print they were using) where burned in subtitles appeared.  That's no longer a problem.  This version presents the film without that horrid bar and preserves the original aspect ratio of 1.19:1.  (The Image disc is cropped to 1.33:1.)  The picture is much cleared and more detailed than the Image version also." I'm sure there are many more such sources to choose from. --Minutae (talk) 00:37, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Just to set things straight, I am here to provide a third opinion as part of dispute resolution and hopefully end a stalemate, alothough i could involve myself, i am not here primarily to edit the article or search for sources, etc. May i remind you that wikipedia does not contain any information that can be considered 'correct' or the 'truth'. These are merely subjective ideas. The criteria for inclusion is verifiability. This means that there must be a way for readers of the encyclopedia and other editors to verify the information. If this cannot be done, any material lacking sources should be removed, this is stated in policy. There is no reason why the material cannot be returned to the article should sources be found. The personal attack i was referring to was the comment "I notice on your user page that you boast about the increasing number of edits you can do in a year. Clearly your goal is speed not quality." about Hughcharlesparker, the majority of your posts have been perfectly civil, just remember to keep comments firmly on the subject in hand not judging thew abilities and actions of other editors, and no more need be said on the matter. -- neon white talk 14:53, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

DVD section, continued
←Nearly two weeks ago, NeonWhite, in his third opinion response, asked for an explanation of why the differences between DVD versions are so important that they should command such weight in the article. There's been no such explanation. The dvdtalk link attests to the existence of an improved release, but not to its importance. Until such an explanation appears, I'm removing the section. --Hugh Charles Parker (talk - contribs) 14:49, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Actually, if you were paying attention you'd have noticed that I placed the explanation in the article itself. I also sourced everything, but the references were removed by Peterbrent without valid reason, so I'm putting everything back. If you need me to spell it out here as well, okay, here goes: The Criterion/Eureka-releases were landmarks in the film's history not merely in terms of making Martin Koerber's restored version available to a wider audience, but also because they confirm the growing appreciation of this previously mistreated and neglected film (out of three filmed versions, only the German-language version has survived intact) by packaging it with an extensive selection of bonus material from notable sources, such as an audio commentary by Oscar-nominated director Guillermo del Toro. All this may be jabberwocky to you, but it actually is quite important in relation to the film. --Minutae (talk) 21:17, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Sorry, I should have been clearer. I saw the assertion that the DVD releases were landmarks in the films history, but I don't see how that's true.  You gave two reasons: firstly, that they make the restored version available to a wider audience, which is obviously true, but not significant.  Secondly, that they confirm the growing appreciation of the film; I can't see how a DVD release says anything about a film's popularity, other than that the publisher thinks it's popular enough to sell some copies.

 * Even if those two things did make the releases significant, that's your conclusion, and wikipedia is not a publisher of original conclusions. You'd need to cite a reliable source to support the idea that these to DVD releases are important to the history of the film.  Wikipedia's view of reliable sources is set out in Reliable sources.  --Hugh Charles Parker (talk - contribs) 23:48, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Guidelines are fine, but in reality Wikipedia also relies on a certain amount of insight and common sense, which is one of the reasons for why we have discussion areas. I suspect you will not find a single person interested in Vampyr who thinks it's not significant that the restored version is now available to a wider audience, and you will also find very few people agreeing with you that two DVDs of this nature (we are hardly talking run-of-the-mill vanilla releases!), issued a few months apart from major distributors and welcomed with rave reviews, don't "say anything about a film's popularity". As for sources, in addition to the many already listed in the article I've now added a link to one of several websites comparing the two DVD releases. --Minutae (talk) 14:22, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Have these people been published? that is the big question. The opinion of fans of the film is not important unless published in reliable sources. What would be handy is for some evidence that the restored version's release was of note, some reviews for instance. We cannot deduce any information about a film's popularity from releases with guessing. I moved the comparison link to external links section where all ELs should go, if you want to 'tie' it to that particular paragraph then a footnote would be better.

I also removed this section :- The Criterion/Eureka-releases were landmarks in the film's history not merely in terms of making Martin Koerber's restored version available to a wider audience, but also because they confirm the growing appreciation of this previously mistreated and neglected film (out of three filmed versions, only the German-language version has survived intact) by packaging it with an extensive selection of bonus material from notable sources, such as an audio commentary by Oscar-nominated director Guillermo del Toro. Both releases received enthusiastic reviews. It's full of weasel words, personal opinions and synthesis. Source it all and add citations. Who considers it a landmark? who says they recieved enthusiastic reviews? --neon white talk 17:44, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

 * It's now several weeks later, and we still have no valid reason to keep the DVD section in. Since, as discussed above, that section gives undue weight to excessively detailed material, I've removed it.  --Hugh Charles Parker (talk - contribs) 22:20, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Be bold!
Hi everyone! I've totally re-did this article with citations and all. If anyone wants to do any cleaning, questioning, or editing on it further, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm just giving everyone a heads up! Andrzejbanas (talk) 19:03, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Resources to use

 * BROOKE, Michael & TYBJERG, Caspar: Carl Dreyer [and] Waking life, Sight and Sound (0037-4806) v.18 n.9, September 2008, p.32-36, English, illus, Introduction to the life and cinema of Danish filmmaker Carl Dreyer, followed by an appreciation of his film VAMPYR, with attention paid to how advances in sound and lighting make the film an underrated horror masterpiece.

 * ZUCKERMAN, David: Canonical pick: Vampyr, Film Comment (0015-119X) v.44 n.4, July 2008, p.76, English, illus, Short DVD review.

 * RUDKIN, David: A body of work, Vertigo (0968-7904) v.2 n.9, October 2005, p.17, English, illus, On the occasion of the release of his book 'Vampyr' (BFI, 2005), the author reflects on the aesthetic and influence of Carl Dreyer's work.

 * GRANT, Michael: Fulci's Waste Land: Cinema, Horror and the Abominations of… Film Studies (1469-0314) n.5, December 2004, p.30-38, English, illus, Analysis of Carl-Theodor Dreyer's VAMPYR and Lucio Fulci's The BEYOND.

 * National Film Theatre Programmes, June 2003, p.13, English

 * FISCHER, Wolfgang: Das Gehimnis von Courtempierre.Rudolph Maté fotografiert... Camera Magazin n.3, March 2001, p.29-38, German, illus, Article about VAMPYR and the background to its making. Looks at the photography by Rudolph Maté, its shooting and the effect of certain scenes. Includes analyses of some of the latter using stills.

 * KOLLER, Michael: Annotations on film, Metro (0312-2654) n.119, July 1999, p.100, English, illus

 * MEGAHEY, Leslie: The Wonderful Face, Sight and Sound (0037-4806) v.3 n.7, July 1993, p.31, English, illus, Comments on the acting in VAMPYR and LIEBELEI, especially the facial expressions, which, it is argued, are more powerful than today's special effects and clever editing.

 * Sight and Sound (0037-4806) v.3 n.6, June 1993, p.70, English, Video note

 * Screen (0036-9543) v.17 n.3, October 1976, p.Autumn 29-67, English, Analysis.

 * Monthly Film Bulletin v.43 n.511, August 1976, p.180, English

 * Midi-Minuit Fantastique n.20, July 1968, French

 * Midi-Minuit Fantastique n.20, July 1968, p.68, French

 * Film Culture (0015-1211) n.35, December 1964, p.1, English, Article about Carl Dreyer and his films, especially PASSION DE JEANNE D'ARC, VAMPYR, DAY OF WRATH, and ORDET.

 * Films and Filming v.7 n.3, December 1960, p.17, English, Detailed analysis.

 * Close-up v.8 n.1, March 1931, p.50, English

Resources to use. Great job with the article so far! — Erik (talk • contrib) 19:28, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Cover image

 * Hi Andrzejbanas, I have a DVD (in Eureka; the Masters of Cinema series) of the movie and the scene of the cover here, that is the daughter of the castle owner lying on the bench appears in the version I have, in about 38 minutes of the movie, I especially checked that because I remembered the comments here to the cover image. So, the cover image is part of the movie (while the cover of my DVD is a totally different one). bw -- Udimu (talk) 05:37, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Interesting. Could you screencap it? Does it have the scythe and everything? I'm pretty sure the Criterion and MoC discs are using the same print except the Criterion placed the censored scenes on as an extra. If it is the case, I'll have to remove the image as it doesn't provide any commentary on the article anymore. Andrzejbanas (talk) 15:32, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * i can make a pic with a digital camera and send it to you. It is just the woman on the bench, not the shadow above her. bw-- Udimu (talk) 15:55, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I have the screenshot (totally forgot that I can watch the DVD on my computer). how can i send it to you? -- Udimu (talk) 16:03, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * You can post it on my talk page. If you need more instructions, I can provide them here. Andrzejbanas (talk) 16:52, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * no idea how to do that (i received e-mails from other wiki writers, but never figured out where to find the e-mail adress), tell me what to do or just send me an e-mail and I will reply and attach the image. bw -- Udimu (talk) 17:01, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * and now? I have the screen shot. don't you want to see it? bw -- Udimu (talk) 06:04, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry about the delay. I'd rather not have my e-mail posted here, so I'll take your word for it and remove the image. It doesn't add much to the article and isn't discussed really either. Thanks for the input though! Andrzejbanas (talk) 16:15, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
 * ok, but i am not sure why you removed the image. It is another still from the movie; not bad to see it as illustration for the article. bw -- Udimu (talk) 16:26, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
 * It illustrates the article fine, but for Wikipedia rules, we have must have a reason to show the article off. It's a copy-written image, and unless we can give a reason why we are using it (ie: to show off something that can not be expressed easily in words) we can't use it. Andrzejbanas (talk) 16:49, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

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The university offers around 300 academic programmers (Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral degrees) in the fields of Pure and Applied Sciences, Technology, Paramedical Studies, Nursing, Management, Law, Engineering, Gandhian Thought, development studies, International Relations, Inter disciplinary Integrated Master of Sciences, Politics, Physics, Nano Science, Disability Studies, Rehabilitation Sciences, Special Education, Psychology, Behavioral Medicine, Tourism, Journalism, Chemical Sciences, Polymer Engineering, Hospital Administration, Environmental Sciences, Disaster Management, Business Studies, Commerce, Economics, Arts, Pedagogical Studies, Hotel and Hospitality Management, Catering Science, Food and Nutrition, Computer Science, Biotechnology, Geoinformatics among others. Average annual student enrollment is around 40,000.

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