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Talk:Similarity (geometry)

Similar triangles and proofs
I don't have explicit literature reference at hand right now, but I think it should be mentioned that similar triangles are (or rather provide) an important proof technique in elementary geometry.--Kmhkmh (talk) 14:01, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Added something. You may want more. --Bill Cherowitzo (talk) 23:20, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Some results based on the triangle similarly
1. If two angles are equiangular, then the ratio of the corresponding sides is same as the ratio of the corresponding medians.

2. If two angles are equiangular, then the ratio of the corresponding sides is same as the ratio of the corresponding angle bisector segments.

3. If two triangles are equi, then the ratio of corresponding sides is same as the ratio of the corresponding altitudes.

4. If one angle of a triangle is equal to one angle of another triangle and the bisectors of these equal angles divide the opposite side in the same ratio, then the triangles are similar.

5. If two sides and a median bisecting one of these sides of a triangle are respectively proportional to the two sides and the corresponding median of another triangle, then the triangles are similar.

6. If two sides and median bisecting the third side of a triangle are respectively proportional to the corresponding sides and the median of another triangle, then the two triangles are similar. Huzaifa abedeen (talk) 16:32, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Lines?
Can Lines (or line segments, or "sides" of a figure) be said to be "similar"? Usually it seems the word "proportional" is just used. But if curves (like parabolas) are described as being similar, it seems that all line segments must be similar. The lead paragraph just uses the word "objects" as what similarity applies to, and later in the article it says it applies to "polygons", and "curves". But what about lines (line segments, & "sides" of figures)? Limitations of what the term properly applies to is not clear, but lines (segments) aren't mentioned in the lists/examples. DKEdwards (talk) 02:10, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I have added lines and line segments to . I have also clarified in the lead that congruent shapes are similar (this applies to lines but not to line segments). D.Lazard (talk) 10:17, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
 * (straight) lines and line segments on their ownare always similar (contrary to other curves), which is probably the reason it wasn't mentioned specifically as similarity in this case is automatically given and loses its distinguishing feature.--Kmhkmh (talk) 13:40, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Example of coefficient on a new image
I propose to illustrate the current section titled “Ratios of sides, of areas, and of volumes” with the present image. Arthur Baelde (talk) 13:47, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

 * This triangle partition seems very specific to this triangle and this similitude ratio. So, instead of clarifying the concept, it may confuse non-mathematicians. I am against to add this image. D.Lazard (talk) 14:34, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

 * What specificity?  We are not in considerations of the article “Square‑cube law”.  We have to say neophytes that a similarity is an object of pure mathematics.  Its coefficient cannot always be written as a scale in percent like displayed by a machine that prints onto papers.  Of course I thought of √2 among irrational square roots of integers.  But isosceles right triangles are all similar,  and anyone will know one fine day the story that multiplies an area of square by 2,  if interested in mathematics.  And then I thought of a triangular tiling that would be √3 times as large as each element of tiling:  a right triangle having a 60 degrees angle.  But if we are moving away from √2,  we might as well choose √5.  Notice I am not the inventor of this kind of tiling,  the article could include a link to “Pinwheel tiling”.  Arthur Baelde (talk) 10:42, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

 * You may prefer one equality only on the new image,  instead of three.  So here is on the right a possible version to insert in the article.  Arthur Baelde (talk) 14:24, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

 * The first image in Pinwheel tiling is much clearer and much more aesthetic. It is thus more convenient for illustating the section on triangles. D.Lazard (talk) 15:24, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

 * Here you are talking about the first section, so I repeat.  I propose to illustrate the fifth section titled “Ratios of sides, of areas, and of volumes”,  with one or the other image here presented.  Arthur Baelde (talk) 17:53, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

 * The relationship of your image with this section is really unclear, and this makes the image unsuitable. Here, it is the square-cube law that deserves to be illustrated. A good choice would be an image of a Rubik's Cube, with the explanation that it is formed with $$3^3=27$$ cubes, counting the non-visible interior cube. D.Lazard (talk) 18:47, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

 * You look like someone who does not understand.  First I propose a square, not a cube.  Later perhaps we could include a more difficult three‑dimensional example.  Arthur Baelde (talk) 14:12, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

[[File:A proportion to conceive square root of 5.svg|left|thumb|upright=1.26

/>by  $$2^{\,2}\,=\,4.\;$$ Another multiplies areas by 5,$$\text{its ratio  is  }\;^{5}/_{h}\,=\,^{h}/_{1}\,=\sqrt{5}.\;$$An infinite tiling can be contructedfrom this triangular tessellation.]] An equality such as  a/b = c/d,  scarce in the current article,  is written in this  ,  conceived with the present caption  for the section about area ratios  and volume ratios. I'm finally ready to insert it. Do you agree? Arthur Baelde (talk) 15:57, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * A  similarity  of  ratio  2  multiplies  areasThis triangle partition seems very specific to this triangle and this similitude ratio… In other words, the only flaw of my example was to be an example.
 * An  image  that  disturbs  D.Lazard.]]

At 18:47, 18 January 2022,  he argued that: The relationship of your image with this section is really unclear, and this makes the image unsuitable… So my example so specific ceased suddenly to be an example for the indicated section,  now titled “Area ratio and volume ratio”. This utter contempt for the most elementary logic could have discouraged me from replying.

My opponent's inconsistency ended up being a luck when he inserted,  in the first section of article,  a ressembling image I had quoted. I had been then careful not to criticise his ironic contribution on the talk page,  contenting myself to write,  at 17:53,  18 January 2022: Here you are talking about the first section so I repeat. I propose to illustrate the fifth section… Later I put on hold the semblance of discussion about my own image, and without writing any more on the talk page, I announced the deletion of the opposing image by correcting its caption at first. And then I took advantage of the removal of the bad image to create the section titled “Similarity with a center”,  and insert two drawings there without having warned on the talk page.

Finally I inserted my image,  with slashes as fraction strokes in the caption like on the right. I got three successive refusals of this caption.
 * The similarity of ratio 2 is no more mentioned.
 * Same refusal.
 * Third refusal.

In short,  I am going to enhance the section despite D.Lazard,  upset to see my image inserted and eager to impoverish its caption. Later he had also happened, more aggressive,  to be surrounded by two ironic fellows, in order to delete several of my images here or there. Arthur Baelde (talk) 12:16, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

 * Apparently, you have not yet undeerstood what Wikipedia is (see WP:About) and what Wikipedia is not (see WP:Not). Also, the tone of this post shows that ignore the five pillars, and the fourth one in particular (WP:5P4).
 * As Wikipedia is a collaborative work, eveery change requires a consensus among editors. It is normal and very common that some autors disagree. In such cases, several dispute resolution methods have been established, which are described in WP:BRD. Also, when no consensus is reach, this is the previous stable version of the article that prevails. D.Lazard (talk) 14:30, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Nothing on this talk page about your wrong deed in the article,  so my only reference will be what I read on the history page: Reverted 3 edits by Arthur Baelde (talk): Wrong (a ratio does not requires the defintion of a unit). Unsourced.. In any cse, such a major change requires a consensus on the talk page /> Mathematical writings and reasonings about sizes presuppose a unit is chosen. You wrote  Wrong   on the history page,  because your mind hastily replaced “sizes” with “ratios”. Yet you really agree that all our ratios don't depend on a length unit. So your refusal of my second contribution is irrelevant.
 * 1) I read nothing on the history page about my first contribution.  I deduce you agree to the insertion of my SVG image and its caption.
 * 2) In my comment of the image,  here is the first sentence:  “ deletion  of  3  successive  contributions  all  equivalent  for  me ”  I am going to restore my work and improve my comment. Arthur Baelde (talk) 13:26, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

 * Please, read WP:BRD again, and respect Wikipedia rules. If you continue to edit warring, you may be blocked for editing Wikipedia. D.Lazard (talk) 14:17, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

 * Please,  read again the Wikipedia rules.  You flouted this rule extracted from Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle: Revert an edit if it is not an improvement,  and only if you cannot immediately refine it. Arthur Baelde (talk) 14:56, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

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User talk:Kamlung

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Interstate Shields
I think the Interstate highway shields you've uploaded as replacements to those provided by Denelson83 are more legible and of higher quality. I would like to update all other Interstate shields with versions based this model. According to the notices, they are the official work of a USDOT employee. Where can similar shields be obtained? Thanks! -- Fogger 02:00, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Originally, these are based off of the designs from R.C. Moeur's Manual of Traffic Signs in the route marker section. I used the 1988 MUTDC standard style sign, which maximised font size and legibility. From those images, I was able to get a comparative font size and spacing to use on the current signs uploaded. The only interstate signs i've replaced were for interstates I've driven on or have fond memories of (which is why a lot of them are West Coast interstates :) ), and if there wasn't a sign image provided recently for any particular interstate, I uploaded those too. Also, if you have a program like Photoshop or anything of the like, I would recommend creating new shield images as Transparent PNGs. Just take an example shield I put up, cover up the number with the same colour blue patch and overlay whatever route number you want on top. The ShieldsUp! generator is also a great tool, if you don't mind fixing up the images after screen-grabbing them. Oh yeah, which reminds me, use the Roadgeek 2005 Series D font for 1-2 digit interstates, and Roadgeek 2005 Series C for 3-digit interstates. Get the fonts here, it's free! Thanks for your input! -- Kamlung 07:52, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Image:Interstate-80.png
A bot tagged your image as having no copyright info. Could you please tag the image? Oterwise it will get deleted.

--Rschen7754 (talk - contribs)  17:28, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I think this one should be deleted anyway. Wherever this image is linked to should use the other I-80 image instead. -- Kamlung 05:36, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar
For your excellent contributions of route marker images of all sorts, I hereby award you this Graphic Designer's Barnstar. Scott5114 05:06, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

SHS 2004
You are correct in saying that a hell of a lot of the 3di signs out there appear to use "C" lettering (like the 2di's). I actually can't seem to find one that uses "E" along my usual routes, but I have certianly not looked very hard. (I can only speak really for New York, though. (specifically Westchester and the Bronx, and a bit of Queens and Nassau). I'm just confused about one thing: Why use a 1988 SHS when there is a perfectly good 2004 one? (see page 3-1, M1-1) I'm actually not sure where I would get a 1988 SHS book, but somehow I assume that it wasn't initially posted on the web. ;-) There is a chance the font I use isn't perfect, but SHS 2004 specifies the width of the word INTERSTATE, and it is definetely 42% wider for 3di's. I personally like the nice big "INTERSTATE", since, after all, the shield is wider, so why waste space on the sides? Anyway, I'm not about to just go and change every 3di sign; I think the one I did (Image:Interstate-469.png) was the only one missing when I decided to post a 3di shield using the SVG I cooked up. I guess I should post the SVG, but I'm pretty sure you'd need the fonts I use, so MediaWiki's PNG rendering would look terrible. Anyway, sorry for the lack of structure in the above mess. To summarize: --Chris 02:31, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Why use 1988 SHS rather than 2004 SHS?
 * I plan on publicising my SVG, which would really only need 3 characters changed to make any 3di. Sounds like a job for perl and Apache Batik SVG Rasterizer!
 * I still haven't persued my idea about putting state names by using M1-2,3 as a model.
 * It's just a personal preference for me. While it's great that there's an updated edition of the standards, some states/contractors/designers prefer to go with older ones that are still acceptible to use. For example, California has their own version of the MUTDC, which is loosely based off of the 1972 standards. In fact, CalTrans makes great Interstate shields with the state name inside. They have all their sign specifications on their website; note that some of the sign specs date back to 1971. Anyway, you may use whatever specifications you prefer, I just like using the 1988 specifications because I think they're more legible (especially when shrunk down to 20 px).

 * The SVG for interstate shields would be great! You did an exceptionally good job on Image:Interstate-469.png. If the fonts you are using are Roadgeek 2005, there shouldn't be any problem viewing the renderings. I would hope that most roadgeeks who come across these pages have the fonts already. :] --Kamlung 11:07, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Image:US DOT FHWA MUTCD SHS 2004 3-1 M1-1 750x600mm 000.svg

 * In my opinion, the numerals are too small (although still compliant with MUTDC). The reason why i changed the graphics to the 1988 and 2000 MUTDC style was for the larger numeral format, especially for those with vision problems like myself. You should still have the SVGs available for anyone to use, much like the circlesigns archived on the commons. --Kamlung 10:55, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Created page for OR-11, OR-27, need sheild graphic
Since you've done an excellent job creating these for existing highway pages; and since I'm lousy with Photoshop, a polite request for a few more.

Oregon State Route 11 Oregon State Route 27

Thanks!

--EngineerScotty 07:11, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Done and done! --Kamlung 10:33, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I might create a few more in the next couple of days/weeks... I hope I might trouble you again.  --EngineerScotty 05:27, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

It looks like you created all of the remaining OR state highways--thanks! Now, a second request: Could you create an old-style shield for OR90? One similar to this one:, but called ORE-90.png (or whatever format you like). Oregon State Route 52 now has a link to it.

If you're feeling particularly ambitious; you might do the same for all of the decomissioned/historic highways on List of Oregon numbered routes.

Thanks again!

--EngineerScotty 22:40, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

A second question: Are you interested in starting an Oregon Highways WikiProject? If so, please discuss at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Roads. Thanks! --EngineerScotty 05:56, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

New Interstate Shields
Someone has changed the Interstate shields that you have made. This person has changed the original Interstate shield (yours) to another in an SVG. I personally do not like the new shields because that is not how they look. Take a look at the difference. What do you think about the new shields?

--Ltljltlj 03:52, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Upon further reflection, i think the new designs (even though they are MUTDC 2004 compliant) have the numeral too small. The reason why i started changing the graphics was to make the legibility better even when shrunk down to 20px. I have pretty bad vision (even with glasses), so my best bet would be to revert the page edits to the ones with the previous shields. Though, if anyone would like to use them, the SVGs should still be available for use, much like the SVGs for the circle state route signs.

--Kamlung 10:46, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Wherever an Interstate shield appears, there should be a link to the route immediately after. If there is not, please add it. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates! ) 01:41, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

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Nevada shields
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Talk:Sport Compact

Possibly merge with hot hatch (or generally see car classification)? I'm not as familiar with the term "hot hatch", but plenty of non-hatch cars are included in that list (including Civic, and not just Civic-CRX), and the description (based on a budget, family-oriented car; Front mounted engines and front wheel drive is the most common layout) seems to apply to both. If "sport compact" and "hot hatch" have enough overlap, perhaps it would be good to make a page that covers both topics. --Interiot 01:34, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

I think "hot hatch" may be a term in the UK for sport compacts that are factory built instead of owner tuned. I got that idea from seeing a commentator on TopGear talk about car manufacturers' new hot hatches Evenprime 17:41, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

This page (i.e. Sport Compact) needs to be combined with Sport compact, and the resulting page ought to be merged with (or, at the very least reference hot hatch Evenprime 18:27, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

I personally think that Sport Compact should simply redirect to Sport compact. Everything in here has been covered (with the exception of hot hatch) in greater detail in Sport compact.

Morwan 18:41, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

I say delete...
There are way better pages out there that explain the place of the sports compact tuner. This one is amateurish and POV with regard to the same stupid Import vs. old crappy V8 musclecar argument. The other Sport compactA page is superior to Sport CompactB, and should be kept. CJ DUB 19:50, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

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Edea

Edea may refer to:
 * Edea (musical group), a Finnish musical group
 * Edea (album), an album by that group
 * Edéa, a city in the Littoral Province of Cameroon
 * Edea Kramer, a character in the video game Final Fantasy VIII

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Gypsy scale

The term Gypsy scale refers to one of several musical scales named after their support of and association with Romani or "Gypsy" music:

 * Double harmonic scale (major), the fifth mode of Hungarian minor, or Double Harmonic minor, scale, also known as the Byzantine scale.
 * Hungarian minor scale, minor scale with raised fourth and seventh degrees, also known as Double Harmonic minor scale.
 * Phrygian dominant scale, also known as Freygish or Jewish scale; Spanish Gypsy or Spanish Phrygian scale.

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Frederik Winkel Horn

Frederik Winkel Horn (19 July 1845 – 17 November 1898), was a Danish historian and translator, originally an archaeologist. He translated from numerous languages including Icelandic, Greek, and Latin. He was the first person to translate the novel Romola by George Eliot into Danish.

Works

 * Mennesket i forhistorisk tid, 1874 (culture in the old norse time)
 * Nordiske heltesagaer, 1876 (Norse saga)
 * Peder Syv, 1878 (study of Peder Syv) PhD dissertation
 * Den danske litteraturs historie, 2 vol., 1881 (Danish literature history)
 * Dansk Læsebog for skolernes mellemste og højere klasser, 1883 (Co-authored with Otto Borchsenius)
 * Grundtvigs liv og gerning, 1883 (biography of N. F. S. Grundtvig)
 * Jomsvikingerne, 1895 (Saga history of scandianvian)

Translations (to Danish)

 * Den ældre Edda, 1869 (The poetic Edda)
 * Billeder af livet paa Island, 3 vol., 1871-1876 (the Iceland sagas)
 * E. Bellamy, Anno 2000-1889, 1889 (Novel)
 * Saxo Grammaticus, Danmarks historie, 1896-1898 (Gesta Danorum)
 * Ludvig Holbergs levnedsbreve, 1897 (about Ludvig Holberg)
 * Michael Kohlhas og andre Fortaellinger, 1897 (about Michael Kohlhaas)

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Talk:Möbius (crater)

You have got to be kidding me!
Using "a crater diameter" as a unit of measure in a scientific article that specifically mentions craters with different diameters is totally ridiculous.WAvegetarian 01:38, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

 * It has common practice among selenographers; ergo I don't consider it ridiculous at all. It gives the reader a sense of the scale. — RJH 21:58, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Alright, I was unaware of the convention. I will amend to "somewhat confusing to non-selenographers."—WAvegetarian• CONTRIBUTIONS TALK • EMAIL • 08:23, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Josh Peck

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Semi-protected edit request on 5 August 2017
I've recently just noticed that in his occupations section, The "A" in "Actor" of his first occupation has been changed into a lower case instead of an uppercase letter. It needs to be fixed into an uppercase letter, because it's suppose to mark the first occupation on his list, just like the beginning of a sentence. Hope that makes sense to what I'm talking about to you guys. 174.192.7.198 (talk) 20:12, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done for now. Though I think the user that made this change,, had a reason for making it lowercase. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 20:17, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Ok, thanks! and for the info too. I wasn't trying to make a big deal out of it. 174.192.7.198 (talk) 20:20, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 September 2017
change david dobrik to his best friend David Dobrik Zacolombian (talk) 02:35, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done David Dobrik's name is already capitalized in the article. Sparkling Pessimist   Scream at me!  02:59, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 October 2017
Most of his occupations are in cap leaders and should all be lower case, except for "Actor" and "Youtube personality". Also, what is "Viner" I don't think there's no such occupation called a "Viner", that's the only thing that should be removed from his occupation section. Because I looked it up and there's no such occupation called a "Viner". 174.192.23.120 (talk) 12:26, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Stickee (talk) 01:40, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Not saying it should be included, but a Viner is assumedly someone who used the Vine app. ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia  ᐐT₳LKᐬ  02:03, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Edit request
Just letting you know that if you check Josh Peck’s twitter page, he announced his son’s birth on December 31, 2018. Not January 1, 2019. So, if you could change that, it would be appreciated. Zach 0312 (talk) 05:57, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

In his careers section when it talks about his time with the david dobrik vlog. I think its vital information to include that he earned the position, Title, or nickname of davids best friend. As Josh and David proclaimed on Josh's vlog "Slap Trivia This one hurt" shared on facebook August 10th 11:30am pst. They did state it would be funny to have it added to the wikipedia. I think it is appropriate information for the careers section. LUKELEWDY (talk) 12:57, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 July 2020
Could someone remove "voice actor" from his occupation section and in the first sentence of the article as shown: "American actor, voice actor, comedian and YouTube personality" to "American actor, comedian and YouTube personality". Because the term "Actor" already covers both his live action and voice over work 2600:1000:B01E:18BD:1DFE:D34B:8535:C97A (talk) 15:53, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done: Correct, voice acting is a subset of acting. Pupsterlove02  talk • contribs 16:43, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 July 2020
This request isn't really that big of a deal. But could anyone add in the template "short description" in the article above? as shown here like this: "American actor, comedian and Youtuber" That's all. 2600:1000:B013:880E:8812:6FD1:585D:9FCF (talk) 17:30, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Danski454 (talk) 17:37, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 August 2020
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The link to his YouTube channel is missing form the "{{infobox YouTube personality" in the infobox. If someone could add it in, here's how it should be as shown here:

"| channel_name = JoshPeck"

"| channel_display_name = Josh Peck"

}} 2600:1000:B048:B0A7:2D7C:C331:F7D5:141B (talk) 04:24, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Melmann 08:23, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 July 2021
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Hey, so Josh Peck was in this movie about called Doors (2021). It needs to be added to his filmography, as it is currently not there.

Here's the link to the IMBD -

--Omegaman250 (talk) 08:45, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. IMDB is not considered a reliable source, as it is user generated content. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 10:56, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: I found an RS on this and will add it in. ‡ El cid, el campeador  {{sup| talk }}  13:14, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 16 November 2021
Josh Peck voiced Pace Freemaker in 3 episodes of Lego Star Wars: All Stars. This should be added to his filmography. Source is the credits of the first three episodes of Lego Star Wars: All Stars. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.25.142.93 (talk) 00:26, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 January 2024
I think it should say, they had their first son on December 29th of that year Frostyibex (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 01:00, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

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Kūsankū (kata)

Kūsankū (クーサンクー) is one of the kata of karate and is practiced mainly in the Shuri-te lineage. It is also called Kūshankū (クーシャンクー), Kōshōkun (公相君) or Kankū (観空).

Variations of Kūsankū include Dai and Shō, which have been known since the early 20th century, but today differ from school to school. There are also other variations, such as Chatan Yara Kūshankū. There is a theory that Kūsankū originated with Kōshōkun (Okinawan dialect: Kūsankū), who visited Okinawa during the Ryukyu Kingdom in the mid-18th century, but no primary historical evidence has been found to substantiate this theory.

In Shotokan, the kata has been known as Kankū (観空, lit. 'gazing at the sky') ever since it was renamed in 1935 by Funakoshi Gichin. This kata is also practiced in Tang Soo Do as Kong Sang Koon (공상군) in Korean according to the hangul rendering of the hanja. Most schools of Tang Soo Do only practice the "Dai" version but a handful do practice both the latter and "Shō" versions.

Overview
Kūsankū is a cornerstone of many styles of karate. It is characterized by the use of flowing techniques that resemble those found in White Crane Kung Fu; it also has a wide variety of open-handed techniques. In Matsubayashi-ryu karate, the kata is known for its flying kick and its "cheating" stance, which robs the opponent of opportunities to attack by extending one leg along the ground and squatting as low as possible on the other (ura-gamae). One possible bunkai for this technique allows the practitioner to escape a bear hug from behind by twisting and dropping out of their grasp. The hand techniques that accompany the stance block the head, while allowing for a strike to the groin, knee, or foot. Because of the complexity of its techniques, Kūsankū is the highest ranking and most complex kata in Matsubayashi-ryū, and is said to take more than ten years to master.

In Shotokan karate, Kankū-dai consists of 65 movements executed in about 90 seconds. It is a major form of the kata; its equivalent minor form is called Kankū-shō. Kankū-dai was one of Gichin Funakoshi's favorite kata and is a representative kata of the Shōtōkan system. The embusen (path of movement) of Kankū-shō is similar to that of Kankū-dai, but it begins differently. It is a compulsory Shōtōkan kata and of high technical merit. As a result of Anko Itosu's efforts, the Heian kata contain sequences taken from Kankū-dai.

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Aurelijus Skarbalius

Aurelijus Skarbalius (born 12 May 1973) is a Lithuanian professional football manager and former player, who started his career as a winger, but played mostly as either left- or right-sided full-back. He is the Global Director of Capelli Sport, the owner of his former club HB Køge.

Club career
Auri started his career in Lithuanian clubs Žalgiris Vilnius and Inkaras Kaunas, before he was bought by Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF for $150,000 in 1995, after he and Inkaras met Brøndby in the 1995 UEFA Cup. At Brøndby he immediately won silverware, as the club won three Danish championships in a row in the 1995–96, 1996–97, and 1997–98 seasons. Despite only playing 17 games over the three championship winning seasons, Auri earned himself a cult following in the stands during his early years at Brøndby, as he did not succeed in scoring any goals for the club. Apart from this, he was well liked for his high work ethics and team spirit.

He was a part of Brøndby's first stint in the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League main tournament, with the job to mark David Beckham of Manchester United and Luís Figo of FC Barcelona. Skarbalius got his big breakthrough in the 2000–01 season, playing 28 of 33 games in the Superliga, and in the championship winning season of 2001–02 he scored his only two goals for Brøndby, one in the Superliga, and one in the UEFA Champions League qualification against Dinamo Tirana. Incidentally Skarbalius was voted Brøndby's Player of the year 2002 that season.

Following the summer 2002 arrival of new manager Michael Laudrup, new player Asbjørn Sennels was bought for the left side of the defence in the following December. Sennels was a part of the Denmark national team at the time, and even though Sennels initially didn't find his feet at the club, Auri played the rest of the season as a substitute for the left and right side of the defence. Auri spent the next few years mainly on the bench in Brøndby, and for the last half of the 2004–05 season he was put on loan at Superliga relegation battlers Herfølge Boldklub. Herfølge ended the season with relegation, and Auri returned to Brøndby to collect his 5th Danish championship title for Brøndby, for the games he played in the first half of the season.

For the first half of the 2005–06 season Skarbalius only took part in three matches for a combined 72 minutes on the pitch, and his contract was mutually terminated of 31 December 2005 to allow Auri to become a playing assistant coach at Herfølge in the Danish 1st Division. Before leaving Brøndby he managed to become the most capped foreign player in the club's history with almost 200 appearances.

International career
Skarbalius is a former captain of the Lithuania national team, and he previously held the record number of appearances for Lithuania with 65 international caps, during which he has scored five goals. He retired from international football in October 2005 after spending all 14 years with the national team since Lithuania gained independence.

Coaching career
In November 2006, he was promoted to head coach of the Herfølge BK. When Herfølge in 2009 merged with Køge Boldklub, Skarbalius continued as manager of the new club called HB Køge. On 8 June 2011, it was announced, that Auri would be taking the job as assistant manager for Henrik Jensen at his former club Brøndby IF starting in January 2012, but when Jensen was sacked on 24 October, Auri was appointed as caretaker manager for the remainder of 2011.

In October 2012, with Brøndby last in the 2012–13 Superliga table, Skarbalius was expected to be sacked soon, according to Danish bookmakers. However, he remained as head coach for the remainder of the season and on 20 May 2013 a new Superliga contract was secured in the last game away to Horsens. A new club board sacked him and sports director Ole Bjur on 10 June 2013 and Auri was replaced by Thomas Frank.

In September 2013, he was announced as manager of minor Danish club Haslev FC. He managed Haslev until Christmas 2013, and in February 2014 he was announced as the replacement for the knee injured Ove Christensen at Viborg FF. Skarbalius could not save the club from relegation, but in the following season he helped the team to promote to the Danish Superliga once again. However, following the promotion he left the club by mutual consent.

In the autumn of 2015 Skarbalius became youth coach at Brøndby IF. When Brøndby-manager Thomas Frank resigned in March 2016 following criticism from the chairman, Skarbalius was once again made manager of the club.

On 27 November 2017, it was announced that Skarbalius has signed a contract to become head coach of his first club Žalgiris Vilnius. He was sacked on 22 June 2018.

In December 2018, Auri became head coach of FK Trakai. After 2019–20 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round, when the club had changed its name to FK Riteriai in the meantime, and had struggled against KÍ Klaksvík, he left the club team.

On 5 December 2019, it was announced that Skarbalius would return as manager of HB Køge on 1 January 2020. In March 2021, the club confirmed that Skarbalius would be the club's Technical Director from the coming season. Three years later, in June 2024, Skarbalius became the club's Sports Director.

Career statistics

 * Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Skarbalius goal.

Honours
Žalgiris Vilnius
 * Baltic Cup: 1991
 * Lithuanian Championship: 1991, 1992
 * Lithuanian Cup: 1993, 1994

Inkaras Kaunas
 * Lithuanian Championship: 1995
 * Lithuanian Cup: 1995

Brøndby
 * Danish Superliga: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2004–05
 * Danish Cup: 1997–98, 2002–03, 2004–05

Individual
 * Brøndby IF Player of the year: 2002
 * A Lyga Coach of the Month: May 2018

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Courtney Matthews

Courtney Matthews is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. She is the daughter of Mike Corbin and Janine Matthews, and the half-sister of mobster Sonny Corinthos. Courtney was portrayed by Alicia Leigh Willis from December 20, 2001, until February 21, 2006. Willis received two consecutive Emmy nominations for "Outstanding Younger Actress." Willis returned to the role of Courtney for a guest stint in May 2015, as part of a fan-favorite vote; she again returned in 2020.

Casting
In September 2001, General Hospital released a casting call for Courtney, described to be in her early 20s and "sexy, vibrant and dynamic." The character was speculated to be the sister of Sonny Corinthos, played by Maurice Benard. Benard had hinted at a recent fan club event that Sonny's sister would be brought on canvas. Alicia Leigh Willis was cast in the role of Courtney in December 2001. Casting director Mark Teschner fought for her to be hired in the role, and coached her before her callback with the show's executive producer at the time Jill Farren Phelps. Years later, Teschner spoke highly of his experience with Willis, "She nailed it and she got the role and four years later, she was one of the most successful additions on the show. That's also very gratifying when you fight for somebody and they do you right by doing a great job with the role."

In 2006, Willis chose not to renew her contract. She was written off the show, but at her goodbye party on set, Jill Farren Phelps asked if she would stay on and wrap up her character's pregnancy storyline, to which Willis agreed. As the story played out, Willis voiced her opinion on Soap Talk on her character's future, "I love playing Courtney and to see someone else come in, it's like, 'It's my character!' I don't want to see someone else come in, but if they do, I wish them all the luck." Although the network had initially announced recasting the role, it was later confirmed that the character would in fact be killed off. Willis last appeared on February 21, 2006. She briefly returned in 2015, and on September 17, 2020, as a ghost, to facilitate Max Gail's exit from the role of Mike Corbin.

2001–2004
Soon after her arrival in Port Charles, Courtney falls in love and marries A. J. Quartermaine. A.J. uses her to get to his biological son Michael Corinthos III, the illegally adopted child of Courtney's half-brother Sonny Corinthos. When Courtney defends A.J. to his family, he realizes he truly loves her, and stops trying to trade Courtney for Michael. The Quartermaine family freezes A.J.'s bank account, leading him further into his alcoholism. After being blackmailed into stripping due to A.J.'s drunk driving crash, A.J. becomes verbally abusive and has Courtney purposely stalked by Coleman Ratcliffe, the strip club's owner, so that he can finally feel like a hero and rescue her.

Courtney finds out what A.J. is doing and asks for a divorce, with which he presumably complies. Meanwhile, Courtney had turned to Sonny's enforcer Jason Morgan for help with the stalker, and develops feelings for him. Courtney falls in love with Jason, which causes tension between Jason and Sonny. After many trials, they finally marry in a private ceremony in France. However, Courtney miscarries their child, which causes strain on their relationship. She also feels that Jason's lifestyle makes her act in ways she never had before, including shooting officer Brian Beck. Although Brian knows Courtney had shot him, he frames Zander Smith, because he has fallen in love with Courtney. During a fire at the Port Charles Hotel, Detective Capelli mortally wounds Brian, who dies in the hospital with Courtney at his side. Courtney eventually decides that due to the dangerous nature of Jason's lifestyle, she would rather leave him than watch him die for the mob, and they divorce.

2005–06, 2015, 2020
Months later, Courtney declares her independence and begins a foundation for underprivileged children. Jasper "Jax" Jacks signs on to lend credibility to her new endeavor. Courtney also takes in a foster child, 17-year-old Diego, who she finds out is the son of weapons dealer Lorenzo Alcazar. She tries to protect Diego from the truth but eventually tells him. Meanwhile, Jax and Courtney continue to bond. Jax bets Courtney $10 million that he can seduce her in three months. Courtney accepts, believing beating Jax at his own game will be a breeze. Jax proves more difficult to resist than she bargained for. The two slowly fall in love and Jax eventually proposes to Courtney. A.J. returns to town and announces that his divorce from Courtney was never finalized, but he is presumed dead shortly thereafter. Courtney and Jax marry on June 3, 2005, in a ceremony in the park.

The newlyweds decide to have a surrogate child, as Courtney was left barren from her miscarriage. When Jax begins bonding with their surrogate mother, Elizabeth Spencer, it marks the beginning of the demise of their relationship. During this time, Courtney finds friendship and solace in Nikolas Cassadine, who is married to Emily Quartermaine, which quickly turns into an adulterous affair. Courtney miraculously becomes pregnant. Jax changes the DNA results to say he is the father, but Courtney and Nikolas still choose to fight Jax for custody. However, Courtney sees Nikolas and his ex-wife Emily together, and she breaks up with Nikolas, thinking that Nikolas and Emily belong together.

In early January 2006, Courtney leaves town to have her baby in peace. She returns in February 2006, and contracts the Encephalitis virus plaguing Port Charles. She sees Nikolas, and the two renew their love and get engaged. Faced with the choice between her life or her baby's, Courtney chooses her son's life over her own. After the birth, Courtney suggests that Jax names the baby John, after his father. Jax finally admits to Courtney that Nikolas is the father. Though upset with him for lying, she forgives him, and asks to see Nikolas. However, Nikolas arrives too late, and Courtney dies before she can tell Nikolas he is the father. Jax hides the truth after her death and raises her baby as his own, naming him John Michael Jacks. The truth is eventually revealed to Nikolas a few months later by Robin Scorpio, and Nikolas subsequently changes John's name to Spencer Cassadine.

In May 2015, Courtney appears to her son Spencer to help him realize that he is not disfigured from the fire that injured him months earlier, and to help him to become a better person. Before leaving, Courtney assures Spencer that she loves him and that she is always with him. In September 2020, Courtney appears as an angel to help her father with passing away.

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Laura Creavalle

Laura Cordelia Creavalle is a Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional female bodybuilder.

Early life and education
Laura Creavalle was born in 1959 in British Guiana. She migrated to Canada at the age of 13. She attended both Industrial High School and Mercy College.

Amateur
During a 1982 trip to Kingston, Jamaica, Creavalle happened upon a women’s bodybuilding contest and was impressed that the competitor who placed third had a body type similar to hers – a lower body proportionally larger than the upper body. Upon returning to her home in Toronto, Ontario, she began training to become a bodybuilder. Six months later, she entered her first contest, the Novice Ontario Championships, and won the lightweight title. In 1983, she and training partner Tony Melville joined poses and took second place at the Canadian Couples Championships. A trip to California further stimulated her interest, which resulted in her relocating. In 1986, she won the NPC USA Championships. She earned her pro card by winning the heavyweight class at the 1988 IFBB World Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico.

Professional
In 1988, Creavalle made her pro debut six weeks later at the 1988 Ms. Olympia contest, a contest to which she would return 12 more times before her retirement. During her pro career, her home country would appear as both Canada and the United States in the competition scorecard. She was runner-up twice at the Ms. Olympia (1992, 1994) and won three Ms. International titles (1990, 1994–95).

Retirement
After coming in 6th at the 2002 Ms. Olympia, Creavalle retired from bodybuilding.

Legacy
Creavalle was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 2007. Currently, she is the most successful bodybuilder of Guyanese descent in the world.

Contest history

 * 1983 Novice Canada - 1st
 * 1983 Toronto Championships - 1st
 * 1983 Ontario Canadian Championships novice - 1st
 * 1985 Toronto Championships - 1st
 * 1985 The Choice of Champions - 1st
 * 1986 NPC Southern California - 1st (HW)
 * 1986 NPC California State - 2nd (HW)
 * 1986 NPC Nationals - 4th (MW)
 * 1986 NPC USA Championship - 1st (LHW and overall)
 * 1986 NPC USA Mixed Pairs - 1st
 * 1988 IFBB Caribbean Championships - 1st (HW)
 * 1988 IFBB World Amateur Championships - 1st (HW)
 * 1988 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 11th
 * 1989 Pro World - 8th
 * 1989 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 6th
 * 1990 Ms. International - 1st
 * 1990 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 4th
 * 1991 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 3rd
 * 1992 Ms. International - 3rd
 * 1992 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 2nd
 * 1993 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 3rd
 * 1994 Ms. International - 1st
 * 1994 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 2nd
 * 1995 Ms. International - 1st
 * 1995 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 5th
 * 1996 Ms. International - 2nd
 * 1996 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 4th
 * 1997 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 4th
 * 1998 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 5th
 * 1999 Pro Extravaganza - 1st
 * 1999 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 3rd
 * 2002 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 6th (LW)

Personal life
Now retired from competition, she operates Club Creavalle Training Camp, offering personal training, nutrition training, and related services. She also has written two cook books, A Taste of Club Creavalle and The Lite Lifestyle: 150 Ultra Low Calorie Recipes for Rapid Weight Loss!. She also co-authored The Health Handbook with former husband Chris Aceto. Laura has been a feature editor for Muscle & Fitness magazine on low fat cooking in the Muscle Fare column.

She has remarried since December 2000 to Colin Maragh, who both now currently live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, sells healthy meals through their company, Healthy Gourmet Express, which provides customers with weekly deliveries of 10 meals.

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Reactive arthritis

Reactive arthritis, also known as Reiter's syndrome, is a form of inflammatory arthritis that develops in response to an infection in another part of the body (cross-reactivity). Coming into contact with bacteria and developing an infection can trigger the disease. By the time the patient presents with symptoms, often the "trigger" infection has been cured or is in remission in chronic cases, thus making determination of the initial cause difficult.

The arthritis often is coupled with other characteristic symptoms; this has been called Reiter's syndrome, Reiter's disease or Reiter's arthritis. The term "reactive arthritis" is increasingly used as a substitute for this designation because of Hans Reiter's war crimes with the Nazi Party.

The manifestations of reactive arthritis include the following triad of symptoms: an inflammatory arthritis of large joints, inflammation of the eyes in the form of conjunctivitis or uveitis, and urethritis in men or cervicitis in women. Arthritis occurring alone following sexual exposure or enteric infection is also known as reactive arthritis. Patients can also present with mucocutaneous lesions, as well as psoriasis-like skin lesions such as circinate balanitis, and keratoderma blennorrhagicum. Enthesitis can involve the Achilles tendon resulting in heel pain. Not all affected persons have all the manifestations.

The clinical pattern of reactive arthritis commonly consists of an inflammation of fewer than five joints which often includes the knee or sacroiliac joint. The arthritis may be "additive" (more joints become inflamed in addition to the primarily affected one) or "migratory" (new joints become inflamed after the initially inflamed site has already improved).

Reactive arthritis is an RF-seronegative, HLA-B27-linked arthritis often precipitated by genitourinary or gastrointestinal infections. The most common triggers are intestinal infections (with Salmonella, Shigella or Campylobacter) and sexually transmitted infections (with Chlamydia trachomatis); however, it also can happen after group A streptococcal infections.

It most commonly strikes individuals aged 20–40 years of age, is more common in men than in women, and more common in white than in black people. This is owing to the high frequency of the HLA-B27 gene in the white population. It can occur in epidemic form. Patients with HIV have an increased risk of developing reactive arthritis as well.

Numerous cases during World Wars I and II focused attention on the triad of arthritis, urethritis, and conjunctivitis (often with additional mucocutaneous lesions), which at that time was also referred to as Fiessenger–Leroy–Reiter syndrome.

Signs and symptoms

 * Because common systems involved include the eye, the urinary system, and the hands and feet, one clinical mnemonic in reactive arthritis is "Can't see, can't pee, can't climb a tree."
 * The classic triad consists of:
 * Conjunctivitis
 * Nongonococcal urethritis
 * Asymmetric oligoarthritis
 * Symptoms generally appear within 1–3 weeks but can range from 4 to 35 days from the onset of the inciting episode of the disease.
 * The classical presentation of the syndrome starts with urinary symptoms such as burning pain on urination (dysuria) or an increased frequency of urination. Other urogenital problems may arise such as prostatitis in men and cervicitis, salpingitis and/or vulvovaginitis in women.
 * It presents with monoarthritis affecting the large joints such as the knees and sacroiliac spine causing pain and swelling. An asymmetrical inflammatory arthritis of interphalangeal joints may be present but with relative sparing of small joints such as the wrist and hand.
 * Patient can have enthesitis presenting as heel pain, Achilles tendinitis or plantar fasciitis, along with balanitis circinata (circinate balanitis), which involves penile lesions present in roughly 20 to 40 percent of the men with the disease.
 * A small percentage of men and women develop small hard nodules called keratoderma blennorrhagicum on the soles of the feet and, less commonly, on the palms of the hands or elsewhere. The presence of keratoderma blennorrhagica is diagnostic of reactive arthritis in the absence of the classical triad. Subcutaneous nodules are also a feature of this disease.
 * Ocular involvement (mild bilateral conjunctivitis) occurs in about 50% of men with urogenital reactive arthritis syndrome and about 75% of men with enteric reactive arthritis syndrome. Conjunctivitis and uveitis can include redness of the eyes, eye pain and irritation, or blurred vision. Eye involvement typically occurs early in the course of reactive arthritis, and symptoms may come and go.
 * Dactylitis, or "sausage digit", a diffuse swelling of a solitary finger or toe, is a distinctive feature of reactive arthritis and other peripheral spondylarthritides but can also be seen in polyarticular gout and sarcoidosis.
 * Mucocutaneous lesions can be present. Common findings include oral ulcers that come and go. In some cases, these ulcers are painless and go unnoticed. In the oral cavity, the patients may experience recurrent aphthous stomatitis, geographic tongue and migratory stomatitis in higher prevalence than the general population.
 * Some patients experience serious gastrointestinal problems similar to those of Crohn's disease.
 * About 10 percent of people with reactive arthritis, especially those with a prolonged course of the disease, will develop cardiac manifestations, including aortic regurgitation and pericarditis. Reactive arthritis has been described as a precursor of other joint conditions, including ankylosing spondylitis.

Causes
Reactive arthritis is associated with the HLA-B27 gene on chromosome 6 and by the presence of enthesitis as the basic pathologic lesion and is triggered by a preceding infection. The most common triggering infection in the US is a genital infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. Other bacteria known to cause reactive arthritis which are more common worldwide are Ureaplasma urealyticum, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Yersinia spp., and Campylobacter spp. A bout of food poisoning or a gastrointestinal infection may also precede the disease (the last four genera of bacteria mentioned above are enteric bacteria). Shigella is the most common organism causing reactive arthritis following diarrhea. Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common cause of reactive arthritis following urethritis. Ureaplasma and mycoplasma are rare causes. There is some circumstantial evidence for other organisms causing the disease, but the details are unclear.

Reactive arthritis usually manifests about 1–3 weeks after a known infection. The mechanism of interaction between the infecting organism and the host is unknown. Synovial fluid cultures are negative, suggesting that reactive arthritis is caused either by an autoimmune response involving cross-reactivity of bacterial antigens with joint tissues or by bacterial antigens that have somehow become deposited in the joints.

Diagnosis
There are few clinical symptoms, but the clinical picture is dominated by arthritis in one or more joints, resulting in pain, swelling, redness, and heat sensation in the affected areas.

The urethra, cervix and the throat may be swabbed in an attempt to culture the causative organisms. Cultures may also be carried out on urine and stool samples or on fluid obtained by arthrocentesis.

Tests for C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate are non-specific tests that can be done to corroborate the diagnosis of the syndrome. A blood test for the genetic marker HLA-B27 may also be performed. About 75 percent of all the patients with reactive arthritis have this gene.

Diagnostic criteria
Although there are no definitive criteria to diagnose the existence of reactive arthritis, the American College of Rheumatology has published sensitivity and specificity guidelines.

Treatment
The main goal of treatment is to identify and eradicate the underlying infectious source with the appropriate antibiotics if still present. Otherwise, treatment is symptomatic for each problem. Nonspecific urethritis may be treated with a short course of tetracycline. Analgesics, particularly NSAIDs, are used. Steroids, sulfasalazine and immunosuppressants may be needed for patients with severe reactive symptoms that do not respond to any other treatment. Local corticosteroids are useful in the case of iritis.

Prognosis
Reactive arthritis may be self-limiting, frequently recurring, chronic or progressive. Most patients have severe symptoms lasting a few weeks to six months. 15 to 50 percent of cases involve recurrent bouts of arthritis. Chronic arthritis or sacroiliitis occurs in 15–30 percent of cases. Repeated attacks over many years are common, and patients sometimes end up with chronic and disabling arthritis, heart disease, amyloid deposits, ankylosing spondylitis, immunoglobulin A nephropathy, cardiac conduction abnormalities, or aortitis with aortic regurgitation. However, most people with reactive arthritis can expect to live normal life spans and maintain a near-normal lifestyle with modest adaptations to protect the involved organs.

Epidemiology
Because women may be underdiagnosed, the exact incidence of reactive arthritis is difficult to estimate. A few studies have been completed, though. In Norway between 1988 and 1990, the incidence was 4.6 cases per 100,000 for chlamydia-induced reactive arthritis and 5 cases per 100,000 for that induced by enteric bacteria. In 1978 in Finland, the annual incidence was found to be 43.6 per 100,000.

History
When reactive arthritis appears in a triad that also includes ophthalmic and urogenital manifestations, the eponym "Reiter's syndrome" is often applied; German physician Hans Conrad Julius Reiter described the condition in a soldier he treated during World War I.

A number of physicians have suggested that the eponym is undeserved. Reiter's Nazi Party affiliation, and in particular his involvement in forced human experimentation in the Buchenwald concentration camp (which, after his capture at the end of World War II, resulted in his prosecution in Nuremberg as a war criminal), have come to overshadow his medical accomplishments. Furthermore, he was not the first physician to make associations between the arthritis and other symptoms—the names arthritis urethritica, venereal arthritis and polyarteritis enterica had previously been applied—and the full triad was described by another physician in the 19th century.

Notable cases

 * It has been postulated that Italian-born explorer Christopher Columbus had reactive arthritis, dying from a heart attack caused by the condition.
 * Pat Buchanan, American conservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician and broadcaster
 * P. J. Gallagher
 * Ian Murray, Scottish football player
 * Mark St. John, one-time guitarist for Kiss
 * Kirk Brandon, lead singer for Spear of Destiny
 * Daniel Johns, Australian musician, lead singer for Silverchair
 * Steve Walters, football player and survivor of sexual abuse by football trainer Barry Bennell

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List of schools in Iraq

This is a list of primary schools and secondary schools in the Asian country of Iraq.

Kurdistan, Erbil - Zhyar Private school Chueifat international school Faxir mergasory public school Barz Private school Shkodar public school Rozak public school

Baghdad
Schools in the city of Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, include:

 * Al-Adel Elementary School – kindergarten and elementary; grades 1– 6
 * Al-Eelaf high school for Girls
 * Al-Ameen High School for Girls
 * Al Aqida - Al Rahibat High School for Girls – established 1928
 * Al-Bohtry Primary School
 * Al-Forat High School for Boys
 * Al Hariri High School – girls' school
 * Al-I'tizaz Secondary School for Girls
 * Al. Jumouriea Secondary High School for Boys
 * Al. Jumouriea Secondary High School for Girls
 * Al-Kansaa Secondary School for Girls
 * Al-Mansour High School for Boys – one of the largest secondary schools (junior high: 900 students; and high school: 1,000 students); bilingual (English, French); optional trade courses; established 1967
 * Al-Mohopeen High School for Boys – Al-Khadhraa
 * Al-Mutamaizat High School for Girls – al-Karkh, al-Khadraa
 * Al-Mutamaizat High School R1 for Girls – Al-Risafa 1, Al-A'adamia
 * Al-Mutamaizat High School R2 for Girls – Al-Risafa 2, Palestine Street
 * Al-Mutamaizeen High School for Boys – al Harthiya
 * Al-Mutamaizeen High School for Boys – al-Karkh, al-Khadraa
 * Al-Mutamaizeen High School R1 for Boys – Al-Risafa 1, Palestine Street
 * Al-Mutamaizeen High School R2 for Boys – Al-Risafa 2, Palestine Street, Al-Idrisi
 * Al. Nazaha Secondary High School for Girls
 * Al-Nizamiyah High School School for Boys
 * Al-Risala Preparatory School for Boys – Al-Qahira
 * Al-Sharqiya High School for Boys
 * Al-Sharqiya High School for Girls
 * Al-Syiaddah Al-wataneyya Elementary School – grades 1–6
 * Al-Tamim High School for Boys
 * Baquba High School
 * Baghdad College – secondary school for boys
 * Baghdad High School for Girls – formerly known as the American High School for Girls
 * Damascus Primary School for Girls and Boys
 * Markaziyah High School - is the oldest and most renowned high school in Iraq.
 * The Gifted Students' School – co-educational secondary school
 * Thalathoon Tammooz High School for Girls
 * Tigris Secondary School for Girls

Baquba
Schools in the city of Baquba, Diyala Governorate, include:

 * Al-Maarif High School for Boys
 * Al-Adnaniah High School for Girls
 * Al-Edadia Al-Markazia High School for Boys
 * Al-Huria High School for Girls
 * Al-Jawahery High School for Boys
 * Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf High School for Boys
 * Al-Sharif Al-Radhi High School for Boys
 * Aysha High School for Girls
 * Um-Salamah High School for Girls

Basrah
Schools in the city of Basrah, Basrah Governorate, include:

 * Al-Ashaar High School for Girls
 * Al-Rafidain Private Schools
 * Al-Markazya – Boys' secondary school
 * Al-Mutamaizat High School for Girls
 * Al-Mutamaizeen High School for Boys
 * Al-Thakafa al-Arabia – elementary school
 * Anbariyn School – in a Shi'ite quarter; has 1,500 pupils; attended by boys in the morning and girls in the afternoon
 * Basrah Ishik Schools
 * Basrah Ishik Kindergarten
 * Basrah Ishik Al Zaytoon Campus
 * Basrah Ishik Al Qibla Campus
 * Khalisa Girls School – established in the 1930s
 * Mawtani private school

Erbil
Schools in the city of Erbil, Erbil Governorate, include:

~ British International Schools in Kurdistan- Hawler

~ French International School

~ Kurdistan high school

~ Ishik Ronaky School

~ International School of Choueifat Erbil

~ Italian City 2 school

~ Zhyar Private school ~ Barz Private school ~ Hawler Private school

~ Canadian International School

Mosul
Schools in the city of Mosul, Nineveh Governorate, include:

 * Al-Mouhobeen Secondary School for Boys and Girls
 * Al-Mustaqbal High School for Boys
 * Al-Mutamaizat High School for Girls
 * Al-Mutamaizeen High School for Boys
 * Al-Resalah Al-Islamia (Al-Resalah) High School for Boys
 * Al-Sharqiya High School for Boys
 * Kourtoba High School for Girls

Sulaymaniyah
Schools in the city of Sulaymaniyah, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, include:

 * AISS American International School of Sulaimani
 * Azmar College For The Gifted Students
 * Classical School of the Medes
 * Danielle Mitterrand, The French School of Sulaymaniyah – qutabxanay-faransi.org/en
 * Hawcharkh School – secondary and high school
 * Junior Private School – English basic school; Grdy Sarchnar near Pak City; juniorprivateschool.com

The International School of Choueifat – Sulaimani - Qasimlo Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq, 46001 - iscsuli.sabis.net
 * Shaheed Jabar exemplary high school
 * Azmar high school the best high school in Iraq and Middle East
 * Salahadin High school for boys - Near Dastaka Square of Qanat Street - High School

Zakho
Schools in the city of Zakho, Dohuk Governorate, include:
 * British International School Zakho – EYFS and Y1-Y10; britishinternationalschoolzakho.com

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Warfield Lectures

The Warfield Lectures are named in honor of Annie Kinkead Warfield, wife of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield professor of theology at the Princeton Theological Seminary from 1887 to 1921.

Where lectures have been published the book titles are below.

Lecturers

 * 1961 – Jaques Courvoisier
 * 1962 – Karl Barth
 * 1964 – Hendrikus Berkhof
 * 1965 – John McIntyre
 * 1970 – John E. Smith
 * 1973 – Paul Ricoeur
 * 1978 – George S. Hendry
 * 1979 – Paul L. Lehmann "The Commandments and the Common Life", published posthumously as The Decalogue and a Human Future (1995) ISBN 0-8028-0835-2
 * 1981 – Thomas F. Torrance "The Mediation of Christ"
 * 1982 – Hugh T. Kerr
 * 1983 – Jane Dempsey Douglass Women, Freedom, and Calvin ISBN 0-664-24663-X
 * 1984 – Lesslie Newbigin
 * 1986 – Letty M. Russell
 * 1989 – John W. de Gruchy Liberating Reformed Theology (1991) ISBN 0-8028-0536-1
 * 1991 – Michael Welker  Creation and Reality  ISBN 0-8006-2628-1
 * c. 1993 – Colin Gunton A Brief Theology of Revelation
 * 1994 – B. A. Gerrish
 * 1995 – Shirley Guthrie
 * 1996 – Christina Baxter
 * 1997 – Karlfried Froehlich
 * 2000 – Gerhard Sauter
 * 2001 – J. B. Torrance
 * 2002 – James M. Gustafson
 * 2003 – John Polkinghorne
 * 2004 – Eberhard Busch
 * 2005 – Marilyn McCord Adams
 * 2007 – Kathryn Tanner "Christ the Key"
 * 2009 – David Fergusson
 * 2009 – Randall C. Zachman
 * 2011 – David Kelsey
 * 2012 – Cornelius Plantinga
 * 2013 – Jennifer Herdt
 * 2014 – Kees van der Kooi
 * 2015 – Sarah Coakley
 * 2016 – J. Kameron Carter
 * 2018 – Dirk J. Smit
 * 2022 – Friederike Nüssel

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Dai Xi

Dai Xi (1801–1860) was a 19th-century Chinese painter and representative of the academic manner. His sobriquet was Chunshi (醇士) or 'Pure-Minded Scholar' and his pen name was Yu'an (榆庵) or 'Elm Retreat', among others.

Biography
Dai Xi was a native of Qiantang (钱塘) near the cultural center of Hangzhou, although he spent many years in Guangzhou. In 1832 he joined officialdom, becoming a member of the Hanlin Academy. He later became Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, although absenting himself later for illness.

During the Taiping Rebellion Hangzhou was occupied by the rebels in 1860. Dai joined in the defense of the city and later committed suicide there by drowning himself in a pond. Dai was subsequently given the posthumous title Wenjie or 'Cultured and Moderate'. Dai Xi painted in the manner of the great academic master Wang Hui of the previous century, although Dai Xi was said to have exceeded the master in artistic elegance. His work is similar to that of his contemporary Tang Yifen; together they were referred to as Tang-Dai. Dai's works are usually landscapes. His works include a generous mixture of genre subjects such as plants and humans.

In 1920 and 1934, published collections of his paintings appeared in China. Dai was also an avid coin collector, publishing a three-volume (卷) work on the subject, Guchuan zonghua (古泉丛话).

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Yevgeny Chertovsky

Yevgeny Yefimovich Chertovsky (Евгений Ефимович Чертовский; February 15, 1902 – 1961) was a Soviet Russian inventor who designed the first full pressure suit in Leningrad in 1931.

Chertovsky, an engineer at the Aviation Medicine Institute, was involved in the early Soviet stratospheric balloon program, and co-designed the ill-fated Osoaviakhim-1. The first aircraft designed for crew wearing Chertovsky's pressure suits could have been a gigantic (300,000 cubic meters) USSR-3 balloon that burnt down on launch pad in September 1935.

The CH-1 was a simple pressure-tight suit with helmet which did not have joints, thus requiring substantial force to move the arms and legs when pressurised. This was remedied in CH-2 (1932–1935) and later suits, up to the 1940 CH-7. CH-3 was the first operational suit that allowed the pilot sufficient freedom of movement, first tested in flight in 1937 at a 12 kilometer altitude.

Chertovsky coined the term "skafander" for full pressure suits; from the Greek words skaf ("boat", "ship") and andros ("man"); skafandr has since become the term used by Russians to refer to standard diving dresses or space suits.

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