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This is my talk page (hence User talk:Itai). Comments are always welcome, cash transfers equally so (comments accompanied by cash transfers are likely to be answered sooner). Comments should go at the bottom, money to my Swiss bank account. I may reply either here or in your talk pages; if you prefer one over the other, say so. — Itai (talk) 18:06, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

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Crazy changes by Gilgamesh
Unfortunately, User:Gilgamesh is now imposing his own views by changing the transliterated Hebrew names of articles with redirects to unreadable Hebrew names and fonts, as if his criteria are the only ones to reckon with, when there are in fact several. My computer, as I am sure many others' as well, does not pick up his type of fonts, and thus he is messing up articles such as Safed, Hadera, Holon, Afula, Arad, Israel and many others defacing them and making them unreadable on the web. He is going to DESTROY the normal usage of Wikipedia's Hebrew transliterations to satisfy his own needs without there being any consensus. Common usages are being thrown out in favor of obscure and pedantic academic usages familiar to only a handful of unkown academics. He should be called upon to stop BEFORE he rushes to do further damage without any consensus being reached. All his changes should therefore be reverted. See all his recent contributions via: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Gilgamesh I thank you for your interest, and urge all readers here to act. IZAK 04:01, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

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Category:Places in Cuba
Is about to be voted for deletion. Just for you to know.--Jondel 04:50, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Byzantine origins of the veil
Hi, I have no idea if this is acceptable usage of this space or not, if it isn't I'm terribly sorry. Would you be able to give me the source for the idea that the veil in Islamic culture came from Byzantium? Thanks. You can email me at bridget.whittle@utoronto.ca

Castaways
Hi Itai. I see you read the Straight Dope article about castaways (you listed two of them on your TODO page). Just thought I'd give you a heads-up about the work I've done at castaway. violet/riga (t) 18:48, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Shinkolobwe
Hey, Itai. You are very welcome; I thought that the French article was significant too, and am glad if I helped. --It's-is-not-a-genitive 00:28, 8 January 2006 (UTC)]]

Re: John von Neumann
Itai, how can you justify removing from the John von Neumann article the cellular automata category reference, when it is von Neumann who invented the concept? William R. Buckley 07:39, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

- Itai, your suggestion is not too bad, actually. I would want to include some kind of reference within the article proper, however. Of course, the text of this comment comes without an in-depth analysis of your reasoning, so perhaps I am missing some detail of your reasoning. What I find most palatable is the notion of working together, and in this respect, you will find no complaint from me. So, give me a little more time to review the justification you gave on my user talk page. Once I am sure of your intent, I will make a starting effort at the change you suggest, and notify you of my start on your talk page. That will facilitate synchronisation of our efforts. By the way, send me email at the address given on my talk page. I would like to know the identity of those with whom I correspond, etc. William R. Buckley 06:02, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

de:Regierungserklärung
I have translated this at Government policy statement. --Malthusian (talk) 12:37, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Eras of the Halakha
Nice job. I was thinking about doing that myself but I never got around to it. Jon513 21:30, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

P2Pedia
I'm interested in creating a concept for a P2Pedia mentioned by you at Meta-Wiki. I have the technical knowledge in implementation and I want to ask if their are allready a project running cause P2Pedia was first mentioned 2004. Maybe you know some more about the discussions after 2004? --BertLE

 * Wow. That was some time ago. I've completely forgotten about P2Pedia. I am aware of no project running, nor of further discussions. I'm glad you find the concept interesting. If you're really interested, I'd be happy to collaborate with you in starting such a project. — Itai (talk) 21:05, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm glad of that. I will put my thoughts into some(many) headwords, or something like this. I allready started a little text today, but there is a lot to do. I will put all to the p2p-page at meta wiki maybe tomorrow. Later I also want to contact the developer communities of some p2p-clients, but this after writing the first draft of P2Pedia. --BertLE

Komemeiut
Komemeiut is not "standing straight" but "to rise of the ashes" Zeq 17:54, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

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Itai,

Sinking of RMS Leinster
There seems to be a conflict of information regarding the U-123 (or is it the UB-123?) and the sinking of the RMS Leinster (see my Wikipedia article 'RMS Leinster').

You claim that the U-123 under the command of Karl Thouret sank the Leinster and ended her days being run aground on the east coast of Britain in 1921.

All sources regarding the sinking of the Leinster say that she was sunk by the U (or UB?) -123 under the command of Robert Ramm and that this u-boat did not manage to survive for long after doing so but fell foul of the North Sea barrage and sunk before the war ended when returning to her base at Zeebrugge.

What is the source, etc., that you have on the boat that sunk the Leinster and what is your view of this contradiction. Can you respond to this query on my talk page, if possible.

Looking forward to your response,

Oz MH 22:30, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

What Itai Doesn't Want People To Know
(As I said in email, you are most welcome to visit my userpage any time you wish. Zerrakhi 13:55, 13 May 2006 (UTC))

 * I made a slightly cheeky edit recently. I changed the template that says, "This Australian government-related article is a stub" so that it now features a picture of a galah - a bird culturally associated with stupidity. In so doing I vastly improved upon the previous picture, which nobody could possibly tell what it was without clicking on it. Zerrakhi 15:40, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * ...and it took a total of 51 hours 20 minutes before someone changed it back! Ah, that was fun while it lasted. Zerrakhi 12:58, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

ToDo and HACTRN
Hope you don't mind my poaching, but I took the liberty of redirecting the HACTRN article to DDT, which my reading of the notes to Steele's The HACTRN indicates HACTRN was a special case of. (I noticed it was on your TODO list). -- Gwern (contribs) 03:10, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

papal bull article
I don't mind at all. You should probably re-direct though, and I'll put that down on the page: the article I made is pretty much just word for word from Nuttall, as I worked sporadically on that project. --KharBevNor 17:04, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

What to do...
Aha! That explains it. I was wondering why the answer wasn't more Kafkaesque. :-) Cheers, FreplySpang 23:43, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

International English grammar
About your edit in Klingon language, from (a) "Paramount Pictures owns the copyright" to (b) "Paramount Pictures own the copyright":  (a) is correct in American usage: "Paramount Pictures", though a plural formation, is the name of a singular legal entity, a corporation, and therefore takes a singular verb. (b) is correct in British usage: collective nouns (even if singular) take plural verbs, e.g. "the public say..." rather than "the public says...". So in effect you have edited correct American English grammar into correct British English grammar. Another person might with equal validity make the opposite edit. Is there a Wikipedia policy on which grammar should apply in this case? Wikipedia's international; the Klingon language is used internationally; Paramount's products are marketed internationally; but the company itself is headquartered in the USA. Should any of these facts be considerations, or should one grammar be "standard" across the board? -- SAJordan 16:12, 3 November 2006 (UTC) (please reply wherever convenient to you)

User:Itai
Hi Itai: You have not enabled your Wikipedia Email feature in your "my preferences" at the top of your user page. Sometimes editors overlook that when it's a useful way of staying in touch with other editors. Best wishes. IZAK 03:04, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

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A request for assistance
Would you support the concept of moving the Earhart "myths" to a separate page or article? The reason for my suggesting this is that the main article should be an accurate and scholarly work while the speculation and conspiracy theories surrounding the disappearance of Amelia Earhart are interesting, they belong in a unique section. Most researchers, as you know, discount the many theories and speculation that has arisen in the years following her last flight. Go onto the Earhart discussion page and register your vote/comments...and a Happy New Year to you as well. Bzuk 02:50 3 January 2007 (UTC).

CIO
I notice you contributed most of the content of the CIO article.

I wonder if you could confirm your sources for CIO standing for Central Intelligence Organisation. I have seen an Ian Smith quote refering to it as the Criminal Investigation Organisation, so would like to verify.

N-edits 22:59, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

T'would be best if you did this
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Re: and Threeagesystem

 * Request you agree with this administrative nicety and move this yourself. It'd be more appropriate given it's age. Just make sure to tag the redirect with Newname and no articles will need changed since a redirect template works just fine.

 * I added some appropriate cats and fixed up the format some little bit. I'm in the middle of nesting that within a three column table on one page.

 * We probably ought to tack this in on the bottom of most things listed in the last link of the template. T'was a good idea! Kudos and Cheers! // Fra nkB  16:16, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Parkman
Thank you; I appreciate it. However, the lack of inline references and other problems mean it will most likely fail to pass this time around. Biruitorul 21:45, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Parkman-Webster murder case FAC
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Albigensian Crusade
I'm contacting you out of courtesy as you have contributed to the page and may wish to supply your own citations. If you feel this doesn't matter to you, please ignore it. This page was rated as a Good Article, but has been downgraded because nobody did the donkeywork of listing the attributions to the various statements provided, which is after all a fairly serious dereliction of duty in what's suppoed to be a historical record.

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Translation Interzonal Traffic
Hi Itai. You put Interzonal Traffic on the translation list and I have had a go at translating it. However, I found some specific terms a bit tricky so it really needs to be proofread. However, I just can't work out where to update the progress to proofreaders needed. Sorry to ask a stupid question but I am new and I notice that you have translated articles from Hebrew. Any chance you could let me know how to update this. Thanks Billy1968 (talk) 02:05, 6 December 2007 (UTC) Thanks Itai. I really appreciate you putting the links in for me. Please could you tell me how to do this (or maybe a link to a page where this is explained) so that I don't leave the job half done next time. Thanks Billy1968 (talk) 03:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

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I have info on painter victor w coules

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User page
Hello Itai,

I found this phrase on your user page: "Ich hörte im Fußboden, ich fiel im Stuhl!". Can you please tell me where is this phrase taken from, and what does it mean?

Thanks, Leptons (talk) 21:44, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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Friedrich Kellner
I just sent you an email, but in case it does not get through to you, I thought I should write to you here, as well. I am hoping you can help me with the Friedrich Kellner article, to translate it into Hebrew. I have a condensed version of the article that I can send to you (about 1500 words). Thank you, Scott Rskellner (talk) 21:02, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

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 * Thank you! — Itai (talk) 13:47, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

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Kiila

Kiila (Wedge) is the eighth studio album by Finnish rock band Apulanta. It was released on March 16, 2005, by Levy-Yhtiö. Some tracks on the album contain violins. The album is sung in Finnish. The album reached gold certification status on the day that it was released.

Track listing

 * 1) "Syöpä" (Cancer) - 04:01
 * 2) "Pala siitä" (A Piece From It) - 03:31
 * 3) "Pahempi toistaan" (Worse Than The Other) - 05:09
 * 4) "Valon juuri" (Light's Root) - 4:13
 * 5) "Armo" (Mercy) - 4:19
 * 6) "Usko" (Faith) - 4:02
 * 7) "Kuollakseen elossa" (Living to Die) - 3:50
 * 8) "Routa" (Frost) - 4:34
 * 9) "Laululintu" (Songbird) - 3:16
 * 10) "Kaukaa lähelle" (From Far to Close) - 3:37

Personnel

 * Toni Wirtanen: Vocals and guitar
 * Simo "Sipe" Santapukki: Drums
 * Sami Lehtinen: Bass guitar
 * Emppu Vuorinen (from Nightwish): Guitar on "Kaukaa lähelle"
 * Anssi Tikanmäki: String arrangements

Charts
In the twelfth week of 2005, the album debuted at number one in Finland, staying there for just one week, before dropping to number two. After 28 weeks, in the thirty-ninth week of 2005, it finally dropped out of the charts from number 31. This makes it Apulanta's most successful studio album in Finland (a singles compilation collection released in 1998 also stayed in the charts for 28 weeks).

On the day of its release the album had already been given "Gold" certification. Before the end of 2005 it had sold 50,000 copies in Finland meaning that it was "Platinum" certified as well. It is Apulanta's best selling studio album.

Singles
Two singles were released from the album. "Pahempi toistaan" was released in the ninth week of 2005 (three weeks before the album), reached number one in the Finnish charts and stayed in the charts for 15 weeks. "Armo" was released in the thirty-ninth week of 2005 and debuted at number one, staying there for just one week as well, and staying in the charts for 10 weeks. Both singles were regularly played on Finnish radio stations.

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Beast of New Haven

The Beast of New Haven were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League in the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons. The team was based in New Haven, Connecticut, and played at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which was demolished in 2007. The Beast were affiliated with the Carolina Hurricanes and the Florida Panthers. This franchise was known as the Carolina Monarchs from 1995 to 1997.

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Megatons to Megawatts Program

The Megatons to Megawatts Program, also called the United States-Russia Highly Enriched Uranium Purchase Agreement, was an agreement between Russia and the United States whereby Russia converted 500 metric tons of "excess" weapons-grade uranium (enough for 20,000 warheads) into 15,000 metric tons of low enriched uranium, which was purchased by the US for use in its commercial nuclear power plants. The official name of the program is the "Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United States of America Concerning the Disposition of Highly-Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear Weapons", dated February 18, 1993. Under this Agreement, Russia agreed to supply the United States with low-enriched uranium (LEU) obtained from high-enriched uranium (HEU) found to be in excess of Russian defense purposes. The United States agreed to purchase the low-enriched uranium fuel.

The original proposal for this program was made by Thomas Neff, a physicist at MIT, in an October 24, 1991 Op-Ed in The New York Times. On August 28, 1992, in Moscow, U.S. and Russian negotiators initialed the 20-year agreement and President George H. W. Bush announced the agreement on August 31, 1992. In 1993, the agreement was signed and initiated by President Bill Clinton and the commercial implementing contract was then signed by both parties. The program was successfully completed in December 2013.

The program was credited for being one of the most successful disarmament programs in history, but its low set price for nuclear fuel caused Western companies to not invest in uranium refining capacity, resulting by 2022 in Russia's government-owned Rosatom becoming the supplier of about 50% of the world's enriched uranium, and 25% of the nuclear fuel used in the US.

Terms of the program
Under this Agreement, the United States and Russia agreed to commercially implement a 20-year program to convert 500 metric tons of HEU (uranium-235 enriched to 90 percent) taken from Soviet-era warheads, into LEU (less than 5 percent uranium-235). The terms of the agreement required that it be implemented on commercial terms without government funds. The agreement named the Department of Energy as the executive agent for the US side. The DOE appointed the newly privatized United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) as the commercial agent, its executive program contractor. The Russian Federation designated Techsnabexport (TENEX), a commercial subsidiary of its Ministry for Atomic Energy (Minatom), as the agent to implement the program on commercial terms. On January 14, 1994, the commercial contract between USEC and TENEX (HEU-LEU Contract) was signed. The terms also required that the HEU be converted by dilution (downblending) to LEU in Russian nuclear facilities. USEC would then purchase the low-enriched fuel and transport it to its facilities in the US. The first shipment of LEU took place in May 1995.

The value of the process is in two components: the LEU Feed (feed component of natural uranium) and the work involved in the conversion process, measured as separative work units (SWU). Both have separate commercial values. Early disagreements on interpretations of the terms of the governmental and commercial agreements on this issue led to controversy and some delays. Although each shipment contains LEU, the commercial nature of the global uranium market defines the uranium and the enrichment components as separate commercial values and costs. The solution reached was for USEC to continue payments for the SWU component it purchased and also to transfer the equivalent of the LEU feed component to the Russian side. In March 1999, Minatom and the US Department of Energy signed the Agreement Concerning the Transfer of Source Material to the Russian Federation (the Transfer Agreement), and at the same time TENEX signed a Contract with a Group of Western Companies (Cameco, Canada; Cogema, France; Nukem, Germany/US) regarding the purchase of the LEU Feed. As years passed, numerous commercial contract terms were renegotiated and revised to accommodate mutual interests.

Summary of program
The Megatons to Megawatts program was initiated in 1993 and completed on schedule in December 2013. A total of 500 tonnes of Russian warhead grade HEU (equivalent to 20,008 nuclear warheads) were converted in Russia to nearly 15,000 tonnes tons of LEU (low enriched uranium) and sold to the US for use as fuel in American nuclear power plants. The program was the largest and most successful nuclear non-proliferation program to date. The first nuclear power plant to receive low-enriched fuel containing uranium under this program was the Cooper Nuclear Station in 1998. During the 20-year Megatons to Megawatts program, as much as 10 percent of the electricity produced in the United States was generated by fuel fabricated using LEU from Russian HEU.

During this period, on a comparatively modest basis, the US government has also been converting some of its excess nuclear warhead HEU into power plant fuel. Efforts have also been undertaken to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of converting warhead plutonium into fuel to augment nuclear fuel for US power plants.

Nuclear industry sources forecasted high demand trends that would require finding other uranium supply sources after the completion of the Megatons to Megawatts agreement. In 2011, TENEX and USEC signed a long-term contract (Transitional Supply Agreement – TSA) for the provision of enrichment services to the United States that could see annual deliveries after 2015 reaching a level of around half the annual supply volume under the HEU Deal. No plans have been announced for new initiatives similar to the Megatons to Megawatts program.

After-effects
Though the program was cited as one of the most successful disarmament programs, it has been criticized for the low price at which the fuel was sold. The set price made it unprofitable for US and European companies to compete with Russian nuclear fuel, such that by 2022 Russia was the supplier of almost half of the world's enriched uranium, and about one quarter of the nuclear fuel used in the US. This resulted in US companies paying about $1 billion to Rosatom, Russia's government owned nuclear company, and Russian nuclear fuel being exempt from the embargo on other Russian energy products resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In addition, Bill Gates's nuclear power venture TerraPower's proposed new type of reactors require fuel that today can only be supplied by Rosatom. Uranium refining companies like Urenco are hoping that Western governments will see the importance of domestic supply chains and create legislation to boost their development.

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Henry Nelson Coleridge

Henry Nelson Coleridge (25 October 1798 – 26 January 1843) was an editor of the works of his uncle Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Life
His father was Colonel James Coleridge, of Ottery St. Mary. He was born on 25 October 1798. He was educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow.

In 1825, he accompanied his uncle, William Hart Coleridge, the bishop of Barbados, to the West Indies, and described his excursion in a bright and lively little book, Six Months in the West Indies in 1825, published anonymously in the following year. He wrote therein volubly on emancipation of slaves, which he enumerated at 800,000, and concluded with this declaration of love and devotion upon his return,

"But God bless thee, England, and crown thee with blessings, thou glorious land of my fathers! When I saw the two broad lights on the black Lizard again, my heart swelled with that unconquerable passion which I used to feel on returning from a distant school and sprinting into my dear mother's arms. O my country, I have no pride but that I belong to thee, and can write my name in the muster roll of mankind, an Englishman." In 1826, he was called to the bar, and in 1829 married his first cousin Sara, daughter of the poet, of whom he wrote three years earlier during their courtship,

"Now, reader, if you are an Englishman, (for I know nothing about the Scotch and Irish,) think over your own family, your sisters, or perhaps you have a cousin or so, ---. I love a cousin; she is such an exquisite relation, just standing between me and the stranger to my name, drawing upon so many sources of love and tieing them all up with every cord of human affection - almost my sister ere my wife!"

He was the author, as appears from Southey's correspondence, of The Life of Swing, a pamphlet called forth by the rick-burning disturbances of 1830, which went through several editions. In the same year he published an introduction to Homer, the first of a contemplated series on the Greek poets, which was not continued further.

He became Coleridge's literary executor on the death of the latter in 1834, and the short remainder of his life was chiefly devoted to the fulfilment of this trust. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Aids to Reflection, and Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit were edited by him. His most signal service, however, was the preservation of Coleridge's Table Talk, which he had taken down from his lips during a series of years, and of which he published in 1835 'such parts as seem fit for present publication.' How much was withheld we do not know. The work is accompanied by an eloquent preface, vindicating Coleridge's conversation from the charge of obscurity, and his literary character from the charge of plagiarism.

Henry Nelson Coleridge died on 26 January 1843, after long suffering from a spinal complaint. He was lecturer on equity to the Incorporated Law Society, and contributed several articles to the 'Quarterly Review.' He is described as singularly bright and animated when in health, which the general character of his writings tends to confirm. His son Herbert is separately noticed.

Selected works

 * The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (4 volumes): free eBook at Project Gutenberg
 * Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: free eBook at Project Gutenberg

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Talk:Pathummayude Aadu

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"It is as difficult to categorize the book as belonging to any one kind of literature, as it is to find any other book remotely similiar to it." Nonsense. will do something about it. Also, humour is the overarching charateristic; but want is the underlying reality. the perennial half-starvation of women and children. only when the author stays home for a while and has a look into the household life of women while the men of the family are awy, does realise a lot of things.

skeleton of story
basheer wants mother not to work so hard, but he hates to begin a conversation, for it will either end in umma asking for money or asking him to get married. when money order arrives, everyone knows of it before basheer; basheer's umma: the only thing that can silence her is the threat: "i will go away".. unlike hanifa, basher will go if he says so; this is the same mother, the "amma" of amma from ormakkurippu hanifa maha arkkeesane; "i will go join the army.. stealing milk from the goat.. the two goats, pathummaa's and its daughter, belongs to anumma; the women get close to nothing to eat. they steal milk, so patthumma takes away the kid, thinking that the gaot will not milk.. the men of the house exploit the women; like hanifa and abdulkhaadar applying pressure tactics to make patthumma give them tea with milk everyday.. then.. basheer and the chaamba-maram.. for money he will give only small chaambaykka's ; for love he will give any number of them..

then childhood anecdotes about abdulkhaadar.. not just childhood. later too, hanifa's and his..

why the article looks messy
it is in a stage of active content addition for the moment. i do not know what i purpose to do about it. i have removed the bookstub template, should it be retained any longer? the story can be summmarised to as small a paragraph as one wants to make it. it is a compressible story, even perhaps seems a story-less story, but really it does have a complete logical connection and nature of a novel. one can finsh reading it in one sitting.

the novel is a neatly composed work without loose ends. there is one story thread which is set against the background of household chaos. then at places there are short flash-backs, where the author reminiscences a short anecdote from past, at an appropriate stage of the story, to put things in perspective by providing background info. e.g. with the school girls incident, he couples the flashback about another set of schoolgirls asking him to speak at a function at school. ; abdul khadar and hanifa anecdotes etc.

but, i wanted to write about how, as a whole, the overriding everpresent theme of the story is: motherhood (basheer wrote, that it was written by an ignoramus of a bachelor; wrote so later in his life, after he got married and became wise:"avivahitharil jnaanikalilla") about motherhood, but written by a man, who cannot personally experience motherhood: i wonder if any woman has ever written anything that comes close.

the motherhood connection
if one says that P.a. is a novel about motherhood, it might seem stretcing it too far; overanalysis and dissection invariably distorts the beauty of a work of art. perhaps not about the personal experience of a mother.. no, far from it. rather, indirectly deals with motherhood.

 * if you sift out the humour and look at the bare-naked story.. you'll get the motherhood connection. i am not sure if the motherhood connection was intended by basheer or whether it surfaced unconsciously during the writing of the book; but i do not doubt that the whole lenght of the book is interwoiven with the maternity theme. pregnancy, childbirth, suckling, child-rearing: this is what the story revolves around. in humans as well as animals. even inconsequnet details. unconnected to the story, basheer receives a letter from a friend who lives far away. he replies cordially, writing a letter and asking abu to send it.. by coincidence or intent, the letter happens to carry news of childbirth.. basheer congratulates his friend on becoming a father.

forgive me for now, but this article is badly written as of now; will do something about it.. since i am the sole editor of the article for the moment; and nobody seems very much interested in its content; will cleanup after this content addition stage is past. --Pournami

memoir vs. fiction
the events in the story are real, as are the human and animal characters. i've included some biographical stuff in the article that is not stated as such in the book, but mentioned in passing only: i was making a chronological connection. basheer lived through various kinds of life; the period of near-starvation in "sahitheesevanam" had a major impact on his literary works, so i thought it was relevant to mention.

about shabdangal being the subject of fierce criticism and about the mention of his first jayilvasam in ormakkurippu(probabbly he means the story amma)-that occurs in the book itself.. about janmadinam and kadhabeejam.. that is a personal inference; which i think is fairly accurate, from my experience of reading basheer. --Pournami 06:31, 29 October 2005 (UTC) somewhere near the end of the article.. must mention: that it was written when under treatment for paranoia--Pournami 10:08, 29 October 2005 (UTC) one small detail; i'm not really sure if Abdul khaadar of poovanpazham is Abdul Khadar the chattukaalan brother of author;

about kadhabeejam i'm not sure if it belongs to the same period as janmadinam; i don't mean date of publishing, but the date of happening of the story.-Pournami 09:51, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Kadhabeejam is a one act play, writen rapidfire in afew days (5-6) time for some sahitya parishad. it was written during the year 1945 towards the end of year, i think. incidentally, the date corresponds with the happenings described in kamukantediary; in the story there is mention of fountainpen, lover etc. but the lover is said to be dead; in the play; but if you refer to end of year 1945 in k.d. .. but before meeting devi: that was the period of starvation and hunger.. that is the period which forms the ithivritham of the play. the writing of the play was during a relatively prosperous period.. this transformation is mentioned in beginning pages of k.d.

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Maesteg railway station

Maesteg railway station is one of two railway stations that serves the town of Maesteg in Wales. The British Rail 1992 built station is located in the centre of the town, adjacent to the Asda Supermarket store and on former sidings 8+1/4 mi north of Bridgend. Passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales.

History
The station is now the terminus of the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend. Previously the line continued northbound through the old Maesteg Castle Street railway station (opened in 1864), which closed with the withdrawal of passenger services in 1970. Mineral traffic had continued to several collieries in the areas until November 1985 (with the route remaining open past Llynfi North Junction as far north as Nantyffyllon to serve the NCB Maesteg Central Washery as well as the three pits) but the closure of the last remaining mine at St John's and the washery saw the line fall into disuse.

The former station platforms and footbridge still exist, although the track has now been removed and there is heavy tree and plant growth at the location.

Facilities
The station is unstaffed and has a single platform with waiting shelter, CIS display, customer help point, timetable information board and self-service ticket machine next to the main entrance. The latter can be used for collecting pre-paid tickets as well as for purchasing tickets prior to travel. Level access is available between the car park and platform. The platform was lengthened in 2008 to allow four-car trains to operate busier services. This was funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and the European Union.

Services
The general service pattern is one train per hour to Cardiff Central via Bridgend, with most trains extended to Cheltenham Spa via Newport, Chepstow, Lydney and Gloucester. This service is reduced to a mostly 2-hourly service on Sundays. One service a day starts from Chester. The first train of the day (0644) is a through working to Ebbw Vale Town.

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User:Yaz

= Tuomas Kaikkonen = I was born in Finland in 1970, where I lived until I moved to the United States of America in 1998. I used the nickname "yaz" in the IRC from about 1989 to 1996. My aim is to keep contributing new articles, and editions to existing ones, both to the English and Finnish Wikipedias.

When I created my username for the Oulubox Bulletin Board System, I picked up nickname YAZMORO based on my recollection of a name of a magician in one of Scott Adams' text adventure games on Commodore64 computers. However, the real name of the magician was Yatzmoro, but that was too late since I already signed up as yazmoro. Then after the multi user chat and later internet relay chat were introduced into the Oulubox BBS, I ended up shortening the nickname to three letters.

Quickly I learned, from US American ircers, that there was a quite famous baseball player named Carl Yastrzemski who used to be known for "Yaz" too. Also I found out later that the word yaz has some Turkish roots, where it means verb "to write", which pleases me greatly because writing is one of my dearest activities. Then I learned that there was a pop band called the "Yazoo" who was also know as Yaz. Also there was a place in Mississippi called Yazoo, and a place called Yazd in somewhere in Saudi Arabia. Well, lately I just found out that somebody namaed their birth control device YAZ. I would be interested if any more words are associated with these three letters. Please add them to this homepage if you find them appropriate.

Interests and hobbies

 * Music: singing, and playing piano and guitar.
 * Reading and writing Wikipedia in English and in Finnish
 * Science Fiction books when I have time
 * Right the wrongs, and copyleft
 * Pacifism, non-resistance
 * Global village citizenship

Requests for transportation policies

 * Well designed public transportation systems that reduce the need for single occupant vehicle trips.
 * Motor vehicle free city districts, that still allow motorized emergency vehicle traffic.

Requests for business leaders to alleviate rush hour traffic problems

 * More flextime
 * Allow at least one day per week telecommuting by employees if possible
 * It is better to manage by objectives than to manage by observation.

Personal preferences

 * Slow food before fast food
 * Buy local when possible. Support your local farmer, artist, and worker. Supply chain as localized as possible to avoid transportation of goods over long distances.
 * Written word before spoken word.
 * Listening and reading before speaking and writing.
 * If you can do it, do it. If you cannot do it, ask someone who can do it to help you. If someone asks you to do something you can do, help that person.
 * Follow your conscience before accepting any requests from authorities.
 * Avoid these three vices: greed, ignorance, and hate.
 * Strive for these virtues: humility, enlightenment, and love.

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Victoria Forde

Victoria Forde (April 21, 1896 – July 24, 1964) was an American silent film actress.

Biography
Born in New York City, Victoria Forde was the daughter of Broadway actress Eugenie Forde who got her into films with Biograph at age 14. In 1912, at age 16, she signed with Nestor Studios to make comedy films under director Al Christie. That same year, her mother made her film debut, appearing with her daughter in A Pair of Jacks (1912). During Forde's five-year stay with Nestor, Al Christie would direct her in one hundred and sixteen short films.

Forde joined Selig Studios and became a star of Western films, frequently performing opposite cowboy actor Tom Mix. A personal relationship developed between them and, in 1917, she and Mix signed with the Fox Film Corporation where they continued to perform together. She became his fourth wife in 1918; the following year, after having performed in 176 film shorts, she gave up her film career to stay at home with their daughter, Thomasina. The marriage ended in divorce in 1931.

Death
Forde died in Beverly Hills on July 24, 1964. Being of the Catholic faith she was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Partial filmography

 * Love in Quarantine (1910)
 * When the Heart Calls (1912)
 * His Only Son (1912)
 * The Yaqui Cur (1913)
 * The Battle of Bull Run (1913)
 * When Lizzie Got Her Polish (1914)
 * The Golden Thought (1917; 1924-rerelease)
 * Western Blood (1918)

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Adam Scott Collegiate and Vocational Institute

Adam Scott Collegiate and Vocational Institute and Intermediate School is a high school and middle school in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, and was named for Adam Scott, Peterborough's first settler. It was established in 1960. , 222 students were enrolled in its Intermediate School (grades seven and eight) and 796 students in the secondary school (grades nine to twelve). The school has an auto shop as well as a basic chemistry lab. It also has a newly renovated library and a courtyard.

Adam Scott CVI is part of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board and celebrated its 50th anniversary in the Fall of 2010.

Adam Scott CVI is named after Adam Scott, Peterborough, Ontario's first settler.

Athletics
Some of the sports Adam Scott Collegiate & Vocational Institute participates in include:

 * Badminton
 * Baseball
 * Basketball
 * Cross country
 * Field hockey
 * Football
 * Golf
 * Ice hockey
 * Lacrosse
 * Rowing
 * Rugby
 * Soccer
 * Track and field
 * Ultimate frisbee
 * Volleyball

Notable alumni

 * Dean Del Mastro - Politician
 * Mike Fisher - Ice hockey player
 * Adam Gontier - Musician
 * Greg Knox - Canadian football player
 * Brendan Mertens - Film director
 * Barbara Mervin - Canadian rugby player
 * Neil Sanderson - Musician
 * Cory Stillman - Ice hockey player


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Miniature neutron source reactor

The Chinese built Miniature Neutron Source reactor (MNSR) is a small and compact research reactor modeled on the Canadian HEU SLOWPOKE-2 design.

The MNSR is tank-in-pool type, with highly enriched fuel (~ 90% U235 ). The tank is immersed in a large pool, and the core is, in turn, immersed in the tank. The maximum nominal power is ~ 30 kW, the power being removed by natural convection. The central core is formed of about 347 fuel rods, with 4 tie rods and 3 dummy elements distributed on a total of ten circles, each consisting of a number of fuel rods ranging between 6 and 62. A thick beryllium reflector (~ 10 cm) surrounds the core radially.

China operates two MNSRs and has supplied Ghana, Iran, Pakistan, Nigeria and Syria with reactors of this type as well as the highly enriched uranium (HEU) to fuel them. Since 1978, various national and international activities have been underway to convert research and test reactors from the use of HEU to LEU fuel.

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Window screen

A window screen (also known as insect screen, bug screen, fly screen, flywire, wire mesh, or window net) is designed to cover the opening of a window. It is usually a mesh made of metal, fibreglass, plastic wire, or other pieces of plastic and stretched in a frame of wood or metal. It serves to keep leaves, debris, bugs, birds, and other animals from entering a building or a screened structure such as a porch, without blocking fresh air-flow.

Most houses in Australia, the United States and Canada and other parts of the world have screens on windows to prevent entry of flying insects such as mosquitoes, flies and wasps. In some regions such as the northern United States and Canada, screens were required to be replaced by glass storm windows in the winter, but now combination storm and screen windows are available, which allow glass and screen panels to slide up and down.

For screens installed on aluminium frames, the material is cut slightly larger than the frame, then laid over it, and a flexible vinyl cord, called a spline, is pressed over the screen into a groove (spline channel) in the frame. The excess screen is then trimmed close to the spline with a sharp utility knife. Common spline sizes range from 0.140 in to 0.190 in, in increments of 0.010 in.

The spline is often manufactured with parallel ridges running along the length of the spline to provide a better grip and compression when it is pressed into the spline channel. A spline roller — a special tool that consists of a metal (or plastic) wheel on a handle — is used to press the spline into the frame. The wheel edge is concave, to help it hold the spline and not slip off to the side. Some spline rollers are double-ended and have both convex and concave rollers; the convex roller can be used to seat the spline deeper into the channel without risk of cutting the screen. Driving the spline into the channel tends to tension the screen on the frame, so the installer must avoid pre-tensioning the screen excessively to prevent the frame from becoming warped.

History
"Wove wire for window screens" are referenced in the American Farmer in 1823. Advertisement for wire window screens also appeared in Boyd's Blue Book in 1836. Two wire window screens were exhibited at Quincy Hall in Boston in 1839.

In 1861 Gilbert, Bennett and Company was manufacturing wire mesh sieves for food processing. An employee realized that the wire cloth could be painted gray and sold as window screens and the product became an immediate success. On July 7, 1868, Bayley and McCluskey filed a U.S. Patent, number 79541 for screened roof-top rail-car windows, allowing ventilation, while preventing "sparks, cinders, dust, etc." from entering the passenger compartment. By 1874, E.T. Barnum Company of Detroit, Michigan advertised screens that were sold by the square foot.

Window screens designed specifically to prevent insect entry were not patented in the United States, although by 1900 several patents were awarded for particular innovations related to window screen design. By the 1950s, parasitic diseases were largely eradicated in the United States in part due to the widespread use of window screens. Today many houses in Australia, the United States and Canada have screens on operable windows.

Uses
A window screen prevents insects flying or crawling into a house without obstructing the view or airflow through the window. It is not generally intended to prevent young children from falling out of the window, stop home intruders, or defend against larger animals.

Collecting water
Screen mesh may collect condensation. This effect has been used to collect water from fog.

Decoration
Screen painting is a folk art consisting of paintings on window screens. It is also possible to print images directly onto fiberglass screen cloth using specially designed inkjet printers.

Fabric types
The most common materials used for the mesh of window screens are aluminum and fiberglass. Aluminum is generally available in natural aluminum or in an applied black or charcoal color, which make the screening less visible. Fiberglass is available in light gray as well as charcoal colors, the charcoal again offering better viewing and appearance. Fiberglass is less expensive, and has the advantage of not "denting" when hit or pushed, but it is somewhat more opaque than aluminum. For this reason, dark aluminum allows a better view of windows from the exterior, detracting less than fiberglass from the architectural effect of traditional divided-light window styles.

For applications requiring greater strength, such as screened doors (which have a larger area than windows), nylon and polyester screening is often used. However, these materials are not generally used for smaller applications such as window screens.

Bronze insect screening is much more expensive, but gives much longer service than either aluminum or fiberglass. When first installed, it has a bright gold color; this weathers to an unobtrusive dark charcoal within a year or less. Weathered bronze darkens the external appearance of windows to approximately the same degree as charcoal or black aluminum. Bronze is somewhat more resistant to denting than aluminum. Less common screen fabrics include copper, brass, stainless steel, and galvanized steel. For coastal locations, corrosion resistance usually requires the use of bronze or synthetic screening fabric.

Some manufacturers offer screening that promise to substantially reduce the visibility of the screening. Several manufacturers offer screens that roll into a pocket when not in use. These are available for casement windows as well as other types of window and door openings.

Do-it-yourself screen and frame replacement kits are widely available at hardware and home improvement stores. One kind is composed of straight aluminum sides (which can be cut to size) and plastic corner inserts. Screen replacement kits usually consist of a roll of nylon screening fabric and a generous supply of rubber spline.

In addition to insect screening, denser screen types that also reduce sunlight and heat gain are available. These offer significant potential energy savings in hot climates. Other manufacturers offer screens designed to filter for pollen and dust.

Temporary, removable screens that fit within window tracks of double-hung windows are a common expedient widely available in hardware and home improvement stores. Typically 12 to 30 in high, these screens are wedged beneath the lower sash of a double-hung window and secured laterally by the tracks of the window. A sliding mechanism allows the screen to be adjusted laterally to fit the width of most windows, which also allows the screen to fit securely within the tracks below the open sash.

Screen sizes
Typically, metal screen frames (roll form) are 1/4 in, 5/16 in, 3/8 in or 7/16 in in thickness by 3/4 in and 1 in. The most common sizes are 5/16 in and 7/16 in by 3/4 in. The 1/4 in and 5/16 in sizes are generally used for single hung windows, while the two larger sizes are used for double hung windows. As 3/8 in is not a common size, the 5/16 in thickness may be used instead and shimmed as needed. They come in a variety of colors including unpainted, white, bronze, tan, black, desert sand, etc. The screen may also include a crossbar for added strength.

Fiberglass screen material is typically available in 100 ft rolls in varying widths, from 18 to 120 in wide. Aluminum screen material is available in 100 ft rolls except the range of available widths is less than for the more commonly used fiberglass. The fineness of a screen mesh is measured in wires per inch on the warp (length) and the weft or filler (width). An 18×14 mesh has become standard; 16×16 was formerly common and other common sizes are 18×18 and 20×20. For comparison, a typical screen in a clothes dryer has a nylon 23x23 mesh screen.

Fiberglass solar screens provide over 75% of UV protection, by using thicker strands and a closer mesh than regular 18x14 fiberglass window screening. There is some reduction in visibility, but this can be advantageous, since solar screens are difficult to see through from the outside, while easier to see through from the inside.

Finer meshes have been developed to prevent very small insects, often called "noseeums" from flying through. The finer mesh screens are also used to prevent pollens and allergens from entering homes in order to control allergic reactions.

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Maesteg (Ewenny Road) railway station

Maesteg (Ewenny Road) railway station is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Maesteg in Wales. It is located adjacent to the Ewenny Road Industrial Estate to the south of Maesteg on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend. The other station, which is the terminus of the Maesteg Line, is named Maesteg.

History
Passenger services were restored to the Maesteg Line in 1992 by British Rail and Mid Glamorgan County Council. The station opened on 26 October 1992, slightly later than planned along with Wildmill. Both stations were brand new additions and did not replace a station previously in existence prior to the 1970 passenger service withdrawal. The platform was lengthened in 2008 to allow four-car trains to operate busier services. This was funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and the European Union.

Service
Services are operated by Transport for Wales Rail Services as part of the Valley Lines network for local services.

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French ensigns

A French ensign is the flag flown at sea to identify a vessel as French. Several such ensigns have existed over the years as well as terrestrial flags based on the ensign motif.

Current ensign
The current French ensign is not, as the casual observer would think, identical to the flag of France. Though both are blue, white and red, the French civil ensign has those colours in the proportion blue 30, white 33, and red 37. The intention is to create a flag which, when seen moving at some distance, will appear to have columns of equal width; in addition, the slightly wider red column is intended to improve the flag's visibility at sea.

The royal Arms
As with the ensigns of other countries, the French ensign in the beginning of the 14th century was a banner of the royal arms, a blue field with golden fleurs-de-lys. Sometimes it bore a white cross.

In 1365, Charles V changed to a blue flag with just three golden French lilies. However, reports as late as 1514 still occasionally mention the use of the lilies and cross flag.

Occasionally illustrations from this era also show the white cross, now on a red field, but this is mostly limited to the coats of arms only. After 1450, however, those two designs are often seen flying side by side.

The colours of Bourbon
By the time of the House of Bourbon, the royal colours had merged, making blue, red, and white the royal colours; Henry IV of France even had his entire entourage dress in these colours. These colours, for these or other reasons, also became the colours of the French ensigns. A plain white ensign indicated the French sailing fleet, a red flag a galley, while the blue flag was flown by merchant ships. It's somewhat unclear whether all of these were plain flags. E.g., in 1661, the use of white flags on merchant ships was explicitly forbidden, and merchants were instead directed to fly the "old flag of the French nation", which then was supposed to be a white cross on blue, with on it the royal arms.

A decade or so later, the rule for the merchant navy was modified to allow every kind of ensign, provided it wasn't all white. This caused two new types of French ensigns: regional or local flags flown as French ensign, and personal designs intended to show as much white as was possible without it being considered all white.

The colours of the Revolution
Until the French Revolution, most merchants flew designs composed of blue and white. In 1790, however, the revolution joined all three colours in one flag, and the new ensign became the white flag with a canton of three equal columns of red, white, and blue. Since the white field was too royal for the taste of the revolution, on 27 pluviôse year II of the French Republican calendar (15 February 1794), the flag and the ensign were changed to the design of the current flag of France: three columns of equal width, of blue, white, and red. The same banner was again decreed to be the flag on 7 March 1848.

To counter the effect that the fly of an ensign appears to shorten when moving in the wind, the widths of the columns were regulated anew on 17 May 1853, now as 30:33:37.

French colonial flags
A number of flags used by French colonies are similar to British ensigns that were adopted by colonies throughout the British Empire except that they use the French tricolour in place of the Union Flag.

National ensign and cocarde
The ensign of the Marine nationale differs from the national flag by its slightly darker blue, and by the dimensions of the stripes: while the stripes of the national flag have 1:1:1 proportions, the naval ensign has 30:33:37. These differences were set in the 19th century for optical reasons.

The naval ensign is flown
 * when docked: at the stern and at the bowsprit (if not replaced by the FNFL or the jack of a military award, see below)
 * at sea: on the mast.

The dimensions of the ensign depend on the size of the ship, the circumstances (ceremony or regular service) and the position (aft, bowsprit or mast).

The cockade of aircraft of the French Naval Aviation (Aéronautique navale) differs from the regular cockade by bearing a black anchor.

FNFL ensign
The FNFL ensign is flown by the ships which have fought with the Forces Navales Françaises Libres, or by ships named after such ships.

Two ships of the FNFL are still in service, the schoolship schooners Étoile and Belle Poule.

A number of modern ships bear the names of ships which have fought with the FNFL, whether because the names are traditional in the French Navy (Ouragan for instance), or specifically after a particularly significant ship (Aconit for instance). Such ships include
 * the nuclear submarine Casabianca
 * the stealth frigates Aconit and Surcouf
 * the TCD Ouragan;

Additionally, the aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle also flies the flag, in honour of General Charles de Gaulle, who founded the FNFL.

Military award jacks
Military award jacks are flown by ships which have received mention in dispatches.
 * green or blue jack: colour of the Croix de Guerre (2 or 3 mentions)
 * yellow jack: colour of the médaille militaire (4 or 5 mentions)
 * red jack: colour of the Legion of Honour (5 mentions and more)

Each jack wear a croix de guerre, of different colors depending on the conflicts during which the mentions are won.

Crew members wear the corresponding fourragère

Masthead pennant
The masthead pennant, called flamme de guerre ("war pennant") indicates a Navy ship with a commissioned commanding officer. If applicable, this pennant is replaced with the jack of a high-ranking officer or a minister aboard,

There is a tradition that when a ship is on mission off France for more than 5 months, it lengthens its masthead pennant by one metre for each month spent away from the homeland. A notable occurrence is the cruiser Georges Leygues which sailed for Dakar on 9 September 1940 and fought with the FNFL, away from German-occupied France, until the Liberation; when it entered Toulon harbour on 13 September 1944, it is said to have flown a 60-metre long masthead pennant.

Honour and command jacks
The following jacks are flown on the masthead if a minister, general officier or division commanding officer are aboard

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Talk:STS-70

Perigee, apogee, orbit
Can anybody explain to me why perigee and apogee are the same (257 km), but not the same as the orbit height (297 km)? -- Wirthi 18:11, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Passé simple tense

This page has a number of problems. To be honest, I think it should be deleted as non-encyclopedic, but here are some things that would need to be fixed if we are to keep the article: I really must repeat, though, that I don't think this article is necessary to an encyclopedia. Anything encyclopedic that could be said here could be said just as well at French verbs, unless it turns out there's much more to say about the passé simple than I realize. Ruakh 18:11, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Its title: in French, the name of the tense is le passé simple, or more fully le temps passé simple. In English, the name of the tense is the simple past, or the simple past tense. A reasonable name for the article would therefore be French simple past tense, passé simple, or passé simple (tense). Sorry, but passé simple tense just sounds silly. (It's also rather hard to say, for me at least, since tense isn't obviously non-French, so my mind tries to pronounce it as tãs.)
 * It gives very little encyclopedic information about the passé simple. It buries its origin — which I think is incorrect, BTW, but I'm not sure — at the bottom of the article (without giving links to more information about that, or explaining how/why tenses from Latin ended up in French); it doesn't explain how or when to use it; it ignores the use of the passé simple in literature.
 * It gives a lot of conjugations, which isn't really the purpose of an encyclopedia. (I don't really mind this so much, except that the page gives almost no encyclopedic information, and I feel like all the conjugations "cover that up," so to speak.)
 * It seems to think that a verb whose irregular preterite stem ends in -i is more regular than a verb whose irregular preterite stem ends in -u, simply because regular preterite stems can end in -i and cannot end in -u. That doesn't really make sense to me.
 * It also seems to think, presumably for the same reason as in the prior point, that a stem-final -i is part of the ending, while a stem-final -u is part of the stem. I think of both as being part of the stem, and I think you could make a case that both are part of the ending; but I really don't think you can make a case that one is part of the stem and one is part of the ending. Even if you could make such a case, that seems needlessly confusing.
 * For the conjugation tables, it would make more sense to use tables (see Help:Table). The blocks of preformatted text break up the page in an IMHO-confusing way.

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Schiff test

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The Schiff test is an early organic chemistry named reaction developed by Hugo Schiff, See:
 * Schiff, Hugo (1866) "Eine neue Reihe organischer Diaminen. Zeite Abteilung." (A new series of organic diamines.  Second part.), Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, 140 :  92–137.  [in German]  From p. 132:  "Das Rosanilinsulfit verbindet sich nicht direct mit den Aldehyden.  Schüttelt man die rothe Lösung des krystallisirten neutralen Sulfits oder auch die nach obiger Weise bereitete leukanilinhaltige gelbe Lösung mit irgend einem flüssigen Aldehyd, so erhält man sogleich eine rothe Lösung, und diese Farbe verwandelt sich allmählich in ein je nach dem angewandten Aldehyd helleres oder dunkleres Violettblau."  (Rosaniline [i.e., fuchsine] sulfite does not combine directly with aldehydes.  If one shakes, with any liquid aldehyde, a red solution of the crystallized neutral sulfite [of fuchsine] or even the yellow solution which was prepared in the above-mentioned way and which contains leukaniline [i.e., fuchsine treated with aqueous sulfurous acid], then one obtains at once a red solution, and this color is transformed into a lighter or darker violet blue, depending on the aldehyde that's used.)
 * See also: Schiff, Ugo (1866) "Sopra una nova serie di basi  organiche" (On a new series of organic bases), Giornale di scienze naturali ed economiche, 2 :  201–257. [in Italian]  From p. 253:  "Il solfito di rosanilina non si combina direttamente colle aldeidi.  Quando si agita una soluzione solforosa di idrato o di acetato di rosanilina con un'aldeide qualunque, allora la soluzione gialla ássume subito un colore rosso che poco a poco si trasforma in un bel violetto più or meno intenso a secondo l'aldeide applicata."  (Rosaniline sulphite does not combine directly with aldehydes.  When a sulfurous solution of rosaniline hydrate or rosaniline acetate is shaken with any aldehyde, then the yellow solution immediately becomes a red color that little by little transforms into a fine violet, [which is] more or less intense according to the aldehyde [that's] used.)
 * See also: Schiff, Hugo (1867) "Dérivés de la rosaniline" (Derivatives of rosanaline [i.e., fuchsine]), Comptes rendus, 64 :  182–184.  [in French]  From p. 182:  " … si l'on agite une solution sulfureuse diluée, soit de sulfite, soit de tout autre sel de rosaniline, avec quelques gouttes d'un aldéhyde, alors il se dégage de l'acide sulfureux, la solution se colore d'abord en rouge, puis en violet, et peu à peu il se forme un précipité constitué de petites écailles cristallines d'un violet cuivré." ( … if one shakes a dilute sulfurous solution either of the sulphite or any other salt of rosaniline [i.e., fuchsine] with a few drops of an aldehyde, then sulphurous acid is evolved; the solution is first colored red, then violet, and gradually a precipitate is formed consisting of small crystalline flakes of a coppery violet.) and is a relatively general chemical test for detection of many organic aldehydes that has also found use in the staining of biological tissues. The Schiff reagent is the reaction product of a dye formulation such as fuchsin and sodium bisulfite; pararosaniline (which lacks an aromatic methyl group) and new fuchsin (which is uniformly mono-methylated ortho to the dye's amine functionalities) are not dye alternatives with comparable detection chemistry.

In its use as a qualitative test for aldehydes, the unknown sample is added to the decolorized Schiff reagent; when aldehyde is present a characteristic magenta color develops. Schiff-type reagents are used for various biological tissue staining methods, e.g. Feulgen stain and periodic acid-Schiff stain. Human skin also contains aldehyde functional groups in the termini of saccharides and so is stained as well.

Mechanism
Fuchsin solutions appear colored due to the visible wavelength absorbance of its central quinoid structure—see also for example viologen —but are "decolorized" upon sulfonation of the dye at its central carbon atom by sulfurous acid or its conjugate base, bisulfite. This reaction disrupts the otherwise favored delocalized extended pi-electron system and resonance in the parent molecule.

The further reaction of the Schiff reagent with aldehydes is complex with several research groups reporting multiple reaction products with model compounds. In the currently accepted mechanism, the pararosaniline and bisulfite combine to yield the "decolorized" adduct with sulfonation at the central carbon as described and shown. The free, uncharged aromatic amine groups then react with the aldehyde being tested to form two aldimine groups; these groups have also been named for their discoverer as Schiff bases (azomethines), with the usual carbinolamine (hemiaminal) intermediate being formed and dehydrated en route to the Schiff base. These electrophilic aldimine groups then react with further bisulfite, and the Ar-NH-CH(R)-SO3− product (and other resonance-stabilized species in equilibrium with the product) give rise to the magenta color of a positive test. Prior formation of classical bisulfite adducts of the tested aldehyde may, when the adducts are stable, give rise to false negative tests such as in the case of testing for the aldehydic terminus of glucose. Schiff's reagent on reaction with Acetaldehyde gives pink colour.

Such an imine-mediated mechanism was first proposed by Paul Rumpf (1908–1999) in 1935, and experimental evidence was provided by Hardonk and van Duijn in 1964. In 1980, Robins, Abrams and Pincock provided substantial NMR evidence for the mechanism, leading to its general acceptance. Stoward had examined the mechanism in 1966 and, on the whole, considered this mechanism to be correct. A second, earlier mechanism continues to appear in the literature. The mechanism was proposed in 1921 by the eminent German organic chemist Heinrich Wieland and his student Georg Scheuing (1895–1949). Bisulphite was believed to react with the available aromatic amine functional groups to form N-sulfinic acid groups, Ar-NH-SO2H, followed by reaction with aldehyde to form sulfonamides,  Ar-NH-SO2CH(OH)-R. The 1980 NMR data that allowed visualization of intermediates does not support this mechanism or the sulfonamides as the chromogenic product.

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Gabriel Badilla

Gabriel Badilla Segura (June 30, 1984 – November 20, 2016) was a Costa Rican footballer who played as a defender.

Club career
Badilla began his career with Deportivo Saprissa, with whom he won two national championships as well as a UNCAF Cup title and a CONCACAF Champions Cup title. He was part of the team that played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup and finished third behind São Paulo and Liverpool

Badilla signed for New England Revolution on August 18, 2008. He became an important part of the Revolution backline as the 2008 season progressed.

Badilla was released by New England on March 24, 2010.

International career
Badilla was the captain of the Costa Rica national team that played in the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Trinidad and Tobago He played for the senior Costa Rica national football team since 2005, including one appearance at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He made his debut in a friendly against China on June 19, 2005.

He appeared in one match for Costa Rica at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup and four matches at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Most recently, Badilla has played in two qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Honors
Saprissa
 * Liga FPD
 * Winner (8): 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007 Invierno, 2008 Verano, 2014 Verano, 2014 Invierno, 2015 Invierno
 * Runner-up: 2002–03
 * CONCACAF Champions Cup
 * Winner: 2005
 * Runner-up: 2004
 * UNCAF Interclub Cup
 * Winner: 2003
 * Runner-up: 2001, 2004, 2007
 * Costa Rican Cup
 * Winner: 2013
 * Runner-up: 2014
 * FIFA Club World Cup
 * Third place: 2005

Personal life
In 2013, Badilla underwent successful surgery to remove a benign tumor from his heart.

Death
On November 20, 2016, Badilla was participating in a local marathon known as Lindora Run. Shortly before reaching the finish line, Badilla collapsed. After a long attempt to revive him, he was declared dead due to a cardiorespiratory arrest.

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