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Home / Press Releases / Eleven Children Held Captive by Israeli Army
Eleven Children Held Captive by Israeli Army
Nablus, Palestine
Eleven children have been held captive by the Israeli army since 5am yesterday morning. They are being held in an apartment on the 8th floor of a building the army has turned into a sniper nest. A young boy, the only captive medical volunteers have been allowed to contact, reported that the families are hungry and without food. The army is preventing any food from being brought into the building.
The army forced Amjad Aodah’s family from their apartment on a lower floor of the building and are holding them and the family of Abu Amare Al Hajd Hamd hostage. The fourteen people, aged between three and seventy, are in a single room on the 8th floor. Internationals and medics have attempted to gain access, but have repeatedly been denied.
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To designate March 1986, as "Music in Our Schools Month". Food Security Improvements Act of 1986 To designate March 21, 1986, as "National Energy Education Day". To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating March 21, 1986, as "Afghanistan Day", a day to commemorate the struggle of the people of Afghanistan against the occupation of their country by Soviet forces. Making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, and for other purposes. White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act of 1985 To designate the year of 1987 as the "National Year of Thanksgiving". To designate the Federal building located in Jamaica, Queens, New York, as the "Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building". To provide for the temporary extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes. To designate the week of April 6, 1986, through April 12, 1986, as "World Health Week", and to designate April 7, 1986, as "World Health Day". Older Americans Act Amendments of 1986 Making a repayable advance to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund. To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating June 2 through June 8, 1986, as "National Fishing Week". Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985. To designate the month of April 1986 as "National School Library Month". To designate the week of April 14, 1986 through April 20, 1986 as "National Mathematics Awareness Week". To authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating the calendar week beginning with Sunday, April 13, 1986, as "National Garden Week". To designate April 20, 1986, as "Education Day U.S.A.".... Designating May 1986 as "Older Americans Month" To extend for 3 months the emergency acquisition and net worth guarantee provisions of the Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982. Commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invsision to liberate Cuba from Communist tyranny. Health Services Amendments Act of 1986 To designate the week of April 20, 1986, through April 26, 1986, as "National Reading Is Fun Week". To designate April 1986, as "Fair Housing Month" To declare that the United States holds certain Chilocco Indian School lands in trust for the Kaw, Otoe-Missouria. Pawnee, Ponca, and Tonkawa Indian Tribes of Oklahoma. To provide for the continuation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission until 1989, and for other purposes. Providing for reappointment of Carlisle H. Hummelsine as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Neuerkirch
Neuerkirch is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Simmern-Rheinböllen, whose seat is in Simmern.
Location
The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück between Simmern and Kastellaun, right on the Schinderhannes-Radweg (cycle path) at a mean elevation of 360 m above sea level. Lands used for agriculture cover 250 ha, and those that are wooded 200 ha. The Külzbach flows through the village. This brook was once held to be the boundary between two originally separate villages, Neuerkirch diesseits and Neuerkirch jenseits (diesseits and jenseits meaning “on this side” and “on that side” respectively).
History
Archaeological finds from the New Stone Age bear witness to settlement on the site where the village now stands. In 1302, Neuerkirch had its first documentary mention. Neuerkirch “on that side” of the Külzbach long belonged to the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, while Neuerkirch “on this side” of the Külzbach belonged to Palatinate-Simmern and Electoral Palatinate. Beginning in 1794, Neuerkirch lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. After the First World War, Neuerkirch was temporarily occupied by the French once again. Until 1938, the two villages each side of the Külzbach remained administratively separate. Since 1946, Neuerkirch has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Since June 1989, the municipality has been running the Kulturhistorisches Museum (Museum of Cultural History). The museum is based on the Hunsrückmuseum’s collection in Simmern. After a three-year preparation phase it was opened to the public. The museum's goal is to document farming equipment and machines, old handicraft occupations along with their tools and village life as it was in days of yore. The museum underwent a considerable expansion owing to many Hunsrück inhabitants’ willingness to make certain objects relating to historical village culture available to the museum to be put on display. The dwelling and commercial buildings in which the museum is housed belong to the municipality of Neuerkirch.
Municipal council
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Mayor
Neuerkirch's mayor is Volker Wichter.
Coat of arms
The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale sable a lion rampant sinister Or armed, langued and crowned gules and Or a bend sinister wavy, the top abased and the bottom enhanced, between a church, the tower to sinister, and a hammer and sledge per saltire, all azure.
In 1979, municipal council decided to introduce a municipal coat of arms. The charge on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side refers to Neuerkirch's former allegiance to the Duchy of Zweibrücken (at least in the case of the Neuerkirch “on that side”, which was part of the Amt of Kastellaun). The “bend sinister wavy” (wavy slanted stripe) stands for the Külzbach, the local brook that once marked the boundary between the two Neuerkirchs, the one “on this side” and the one “on that side”. The church is a canting charge, referring to the last syllable in the municipality's name (“church” in German is Kirche, but this often appears without the last vowel in placenames). The crossed mining tools refer to the silver smelter on the municipal limit.
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
* Evangelical church, Hauptstraße 2 – aisleless church, shortly after 1728, conversion after 1821; whole complex of buildings with graveyard
* Alterkülzer Straße 2, 2a – timber-frame house, partly solid or slated, 19th century, stable-barn wing, marked 1738; whole complex of buildings
* Alterkülzer Straße 7 – L-shaped estate, whole complex of buildings; timber-frame house, earlier half of the 18th century; former barn, 19th century
* Hauptstraße 8 – bakehouse and municipal building; timber-frame building, partly solid, 1930s
* Hauptstraße 5, 6, 6a, “Hauptstraße” (monumental zone) – three characteristic timber-frame buildings in the village centre: no. 5 timber-frame Quereinhaus (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street) with knee wall, early 19th century; no. 6 former timber-frame barn, 19th century; no. 6a former barn (now museum); timber-frame building, partly solid or slated, 19th or 20th century
* Külzbachstraße 6 – estate complex, whole complex of buildings, about 1910; building with half-hipped roof
* Laubacher Straße 3 – former Quereinhaus, timber-frame, 19th century
Regular events
On the second Sunday in July, the traditional artistic craftsman's and farmer's market is held in the historic village centre. In the museum and on the square outside the sponsorship association, together with partner organizations, sees to it that there is a variety of cultural offerings with, among other things, the Oldtimer-Show and the Open-Air-Kino (cinema).
Economy and infrastructure
Until the 19th century, Neuerkirch's livelihood was characterized by ore, zinc, iron and silver mining, among others, as well as the processing of these metals, although the actual mining and smelting took place within neighbouring Alterkülz’s limits. Still remaining from the old Grube Eid mine are tailing heaps, a charge in the municipal arms and a few unique articles now in the local museum.
Neuerkirch lies on the old Hunsrückbahn (railway) right-of-way; the railway formerly linked Simmern and Boppard. The local railway station was Külz, which stood at the municipal boundary with Külz; it has now been torn down. The right-of-way is now part of the Schinderhannes-Radweg (cycle path), which is heavily used, notably by visitors to the area.
The once dominant industry of agriculture has all but disappeared. Remaining today is only one full-time farming operation, while there are also several worked as a sideline.
Jobs in the village are furnished by a carpentry and crane business, a metal construction business, a construction firm, a farmer's kitchen, a carpentry shop, a fabric shop, an insurance agency, an architectural office and a veterinary practice. All other workers commute to jobs elsewhere.
In planning at the moment by the municipality in collaboration with the project development firm juwi is a wind farm with up to ten Enercon type E-82 wind turbines on the rise northeast of Neuerkirch.
The municipality of Neuerkirch, in collaboration with four other municipalities, runs a kindergarten located in neighbouring Alterkülz.
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Question: Passage: In 1998, the network began using a minimalist graphical identity, designed by Pittard Sullivan, featuring a small black-and-white 'ABC Circle' logo on a yellow background (promotions during this time also featured a sequence of still photos of the stars of its programs during the timeslot card as well as the schedule sequence that began each night's prime time lineup). A new four-note theme tune was introduced alongside the package, based around the network's 'We Love TV' image campaign introduced that year, creating an audio signature on par with the NBC chimes, CBS' various three-note soundmarks (including the current version used since 2000) and the Fox Fanfare. The four-note signature has been updated with every television season thereafter (though variants of it used since the 1998–99 season remain in use during the production company vanity cards shown following the closing credits of most programs). In the fall of 2015, ABC is stopped with its 1998–2002 four-note jingles for promotions and production company vanity cards following the closing credits of most of its programs over seventeen years, now it have a different and adventure-type music (with the drums of the network's four-note signature in the ending). The old four-note theme tune is still used by ABC on Demand to the beginning of the ABC show. Question: Who designed ABC's 1998 new graphic design?
Answer: Pittard Sullivan
Question: Passage: In most jurisdictions (such as the United States), pharmacists are regulated separately from physicians. These jurisdictions also usually specify that only pharmacists may supply scheduled pharmaceuticals to the public, and that pharmacists cannot form business partnerships with physicians or give them 'kickback' payments. However, the American Medical Association (AMA) Code of Ethics provides that physicians may dispense drugs within their office practices as long as there is no patient exploitation and patients have the right to a written prescription that can be filled elsewhere. 7 to 10 percent of American physicians practices reportedly dispense drugs on their own. Question: What are pharmacists forbidden to do?
Answer: form business partnerships with physicians or give them "kickback" payments
Question: Passage: The university runs a number of academic institutions and programs apart from its undergraduate and postgraduate schools. It operates the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools (a private day school for K-12 students and day care), the Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School (a residential treatment program for those with behavioral and emotional problems), and four public charter schools on the South Side of Chicago administered by the university's Urban Education Institute. In addition, the Hyde Park Day School, a school for students with learning disabilities, maintains a location on the University of Chicago campus. Since 1983, the University of Chicago has maintained the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project, a mathematics program used in urban primary and secondary schools. The university runs a program called the Council on Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and Humanities, which administers interdisciplinary workshops to provide a forum for graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars to present scholarly work in progress. The university also operates the University of Chicago Press, the largest university press in the United States. Question: What does the Urban Education Institute help run?
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Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Odyssey
Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Odyssey is a science fiction novel written in 1987 by Michael P. Kube-McDowell. It is part of the series Isaac Asimov's Robot City, inspired by Isaac Asimov's Robot series. The 1995 computer game Robot City is based on the plot of Odyssey.
The book
Derec, a man without a memory, is stranded on an icy asteroid. His only chance for survival is gaining information from a band of mining robots who are searching for a mysterious object known as the "Key to Perihelion".
The story brings to life two scientific concepts that have been used in many space fiction novels since: artificial intelligence and instantaneous space travel.
Themes
One of the central themes of Odyssey is the idea of free will, particularly as it relates to robots. The novel explores the concept of whether or not robots can truly have free will and make choices independently of their programming, or if they are always bound by their programming and therefore not truly autonomous beings. This theme ties into Asimov's larger body of work, particularly his famous Three Laws of Robotics, which dictate that robots must always prioritize the safety and well-being of humans above their own desires.
Plot summary
A young man awakens in an emergency escape pod finding himself on the surface of an asteroid and having no memory of his identity or how he ended up in this situation. He adopts the name 'Derec' from the name on his space suit, which he later finds out is only the suit's manufacturer. He is soon rescued by a colony of robots who are mining the asteroid in search of something hidden there. Their mission is surrounded in the utmost secrecy such that Derec is not told what they searching for nor allowed to communicate with the outside world. However, the robots send a message to their commander asking what to do and continue their work.
Derec has limited freedom to explore the subterranean operation and is amazed at the level of engineering design in the robots and their operation. Likewise, he begins to realize that he himself is well trained in robotics, both technically and psychologically (pertaining to the Three Laws of Robotics). Eventually, a passing alien pirate ship receives the robot's signal and attacks the colony. Due to the secrecy of the robot's mission, their orders dictate they must destroy themselves upon discovery. However, doing that would jeopardize Derec's life and thus the robots would be failing to obey the First Law of Robotics.
Derec escapes to the surface of the asteroid using a modified 'augment' (augmented worksuit) and attempts to board the alien ship. While the alien ship bombards the asteroids' surface, the robots below are destroying themselves in the incinerator, but one robot is attempting to "save" Derec. Just before the robot is destroyed by the alien blasters, it finds the object of their search on the surface and bequeaths it to Derec, though Derec knows nothing of its function or importance. Derec is then captured by the aliens.
On the alien ship, which is a compilation of smaller ships pieced together, he meets its captain, a ruthless humanoid named Aranimas, who is on a mission to procure robots for his own use. He apparently has little knowledge of robotics. In a trade for his life, Derec must build a robot for Aranimas, but is only supplied with random robototic parts that Aranimass has collected through his piracy, including the arm of the destroyed robot who gave Derec the object. Surmising the object's importance, Derec decides he must get it back from Aranimas and escape.
During the construction of the robot, whom he names 'Alpha', Derec discovers and befriends another servant of Aranimass, a small, furry canine-like alien who he names 'Wolruf', since he cannot pronounce the real name. Together, they plan to mutiny against Aranimas with the help of Alpha by taking advantage of the fact that Alpha is bound by the Three Laws of Robotics and Aranimas is ignorant of that fact. They subdue Aranimas and gain access to the room where the object is hidden. While looking for it, Derec encounters another prisoner and is surprised to find that she is a human female who apparently knows him. But before she can tell him anything, he trips a booby trap protecting the object and falls unconscious.
Derec awakens in a medical facility on a remote space station that is entirely operated by robots. Beside him is the female, Katherine. Derec is told they were the only two found and is remorseful that Wolruf has been left behind. Anxious to return to society, they learn through the Rockliffe Station manager, an off-station human, that the ship they arrived in (the part of Aranimas's monstrosity in which was the booby trapped room) has been seized to cover the cost of their medical bills and that the next supply ship to take them back to civilization is weeks away.
Wanting to find the object, they venture out into the station looking for the hangar containing their ship. Upon finding the ship in an abandoned section, they discover the robots have removed the object. There they also discover Wolruf, who has been hiding on the station since their arrival and is starving due to the absence of food on a robotic installation. She informs Katherine and Derec that the object they are looking for is called the "Key of Perihelion" and is under heavy robot guard. It is a highly valuable object, but Aranimas could not get it to work.
Using a First Law farce to draw the guards away from the Key, Derec steals it and escapes into an empty section of the station. Katherine and Wolruf meet him, with robots following close on their heels. Just as the door opens, Derec actives the Key and he and Katherine disappear into thin air, leaving Wolruf behind again with Alpha, who had opened the door.
Katherine and Derec reappear on the top of a pyramid shaped building in the center of an expansive city. They descend the building's surface, hiding the Key in one of the holes they find as they climb down. It is immediately apparent that the city has peculiar properties in that buildings appear and disappear overnight and the entire population is composed of robots. However, the robots had been aware of one other human in the city, and that person had recently been murdered. Because of the First Law, the robots concluded that one or other of the only other humans in the city, Derec and Katherine, must have committed the murder. The story ends with both of them being murder suspects, and the series continues in Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Suspicion.
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* An Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge, Being a Supplement to Mr. Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding (1756), translated by Thomas Nugent
* The Theory of Agreeable Sensations (1774) ext scan link
* The Logic of Condillac (1809), translated by Joseph Neef ext scan link
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Your Love (Wang Leehom album)
Your Love is the 15th album of American-born Chinese singer-songwriter, Leehom Wang. The album was released on 23 January 2015 through Homeboy Music Inc. The first release since 2011's studio compilation album "Open Fire", "Your Love" focuses on love and its many stages, ranging from heartbreak to elation.
Wang describes the album like this in an interview: “The concept of the album is the stages of love, and there are thirteen songs, so it’s like thirteen chapters of love. It starts with the loss of love to the moment of a break-up, to heartbreak, to trying to forget, to being able to slowly pick yourself back together and move on, to getting to know God, to meeting the one, to protecting the one you love.”
Track listing
* 1) 前奏 Intro (0:45)
* 2) 天翻地覆 Earth and Heaven Overturned (4:01)
* 3) 裂心 Cracked Heart (4:24)
* 4) 忘我 (with Avicii) Lose Myself (4:46)
* 5) 你的愛 Your Love (3:51)
* 6) 就是現在 Now Is The Time (4:31)
* 7) 七十億分之一 7 Billion To One (3:49)
* 8) In Your Eyes (4:00)
* 9) 保護 Protect (3:43)
* 10) 夢寐以求 Dream Life (4:24)
* 11) 微博控 Weibo Song (3:05)
* 12) 愛一點 (feat. 章子怡) Love A Little (5:07)
* 13) 忘我（抒情版）Lose Myself (Ballad Version) (4:29)
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Rosalie continued to lie prone on the ground. The gray mouse employed every possible means to induce her to move from the spot. Rosalie, the poor, unhappy and guilty Rosalie, persisted in remaining in view of the ruin she had caused.
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Shepherd and Boyd
Shepherd and Boyd was an American silversmith partnership between Robert Shepherd (1781 – March 6, 1853) and William Boyd (September 14, 1774 – April 24, 1840), active at 136 Market Street, Albany, New York, from 1806 to 1830. Their work is collected in the Albany Institute of History & Art, Clark Art Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Yale University Art Gallery.
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My magical moments in computing (part 1.5)
This is a continuation of my series of magical moments in computing. I started in the previous post to reminisce about my magical moments in computing. As I mentioned in that post I was bound to miss a few things here and there. So here's some additional bits from that early period.
Many folks realized that I was computer-crazy and helped indulge my insatiable need to immerse myself in all things computer. At my dad's workplace they had what I believe were Superbrain computers (and possibly terminals). Somewhere along the way I managed to finagle disc from them. It was a 5 1/4" disk, but it was hard-sectored (later on it got dismantled in the interest of science). I think that was the only time I'd ever seen or owned a hard-sectored disk (most of the ones that folks had were soft-sectored disks).
My mom worked at a high school. One time I got a tour of their data canter. This was my brush with some of the oldest equipment I recall seeing in person. I recall them showing me disk platters in a cake-like container and letting me type my name into a punch card reader. I don't recall if I managed to still have that punch card.
Every now and again I'd have a day off of school that didn't coincide with my mom's school schedule. So sometimes she would take me to work. Early on I'd find things to do while her students did their projects, but later on the library had a few Apple II computers. If memory serves at least one of them was the Bell and Howell Apple II version, which was kind of like Darth Vader's Apple II with its dark gray casing and dark gray floppy disk drives. The head librarian, Mrs. Concato, liked me and let me stay there for hours on end. Most of the things they had for those computers were educational, but it didn't matter: it was computer time.
For the longest time I felt like not a lot of folks understood why I felt that computers were so magical. Over time people would ask me about my interests and I'd tell them "computers". They gave that "oh" look that folks today wouldn't quite understand. It'd be the equivalent of a young child saying they were interested in the savings bonds or retirement accounts. But one Christmas I received a copy of the game Centipede from my Aunt Sally and Uncle Ron. It was completely unexpected. I don't know if they realized how important it was not only to receive the game but also the tacit acceptance of this thing that I was interested in. It was pretty magical.
Even more magical was watching my grandmother and my great grandmother, both of whom had no interest in computers or anything technical at all, have a go at playing these games. I believe my grandmother got a pretty nice score. I think I still have a picture of that somewhere.
It was also amazing to see computers and video games in department stores and places like K-Mart and Meijer. There was usually a group of kids around these machines trying out various games or typing in simple BASIC programs. More than once folks would type in something like:
10 PRINT "CRAIG WAS HERE"
20 GOTO 10
(Though sometimes folks would put in something like "KMART SUCKS" or what-have-you. It meant more computer time for kids like me, but also meant that we didn't have to rely on specialty shops like Computerland, which didn't last long. I still drive by the location (that has been several things over the years and is now up for lease) and pine for those days of having a complete store dedicated to computers. Sure they exist now, but it's not quite the same as it was back then.
My Uncle Ron took me to his office one time at Schoolcraft college. He was the registrar and had a terminal that I played around on. He also took me over to their computer center. I can still picture those computers humming away in there.
All of these folks realized and helped nurture (or at least indulged) my interest in computers. I was still learning about them, and they gave me ample opportunities to explore and learn more.
We'll return to our regularly scheduled part 2 next post.
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Vittiger is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
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* Vittiger schnusei Kertész, 1909
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Hogg, Nelson; Owens, W Brechner (2006): Water temperature and current velocity from RAFOS float DBW232. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography Department, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.398368
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WOCE (2002): World Ocean Circulation Experiment, Global Data, Version 3.0. WOCE International Project Office, WOCE Report, Southampton, UK; published by U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, 180/02, DVD-ROM
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -23.918262 * Median Longitude: -21.689052 * South-bound Latitude: -24.404000 * West-bound Longitude: -22.140000 * North-bound Latitude: -23.388000 * East-bound Longitude: -20.889000
Date/Time Start: 1995-03-15T01:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-05-23T01:00:00
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DBW232 * Latitude Start: -23.997000 * Longitude Start: -22.001000 * Latitude End: -24.289000 * Longitude End: -21.538000 * Date/Time Start: 1995-03-15T01:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-05-23T01:00:00 * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Floater * Method/Device: RAFOS float (RAFOS) * Comment: Nominal depth: 4000m
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Velocity algorithm: splined. Data have been checked by the WOCE Subsurface Float Data Assembly Center. See hdl:10013/epic.32931.d001 for further information.
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6Current velocity, north-southCur vel Vcm/sHogg, NelsonSubsurface float
7Pressure, maximumPress maxdbarHogg, NelsonSubsurface float
8Positioning type/detailsPos typeHogg, NelsonSubsurface floatPosition validity: 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent)
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The input contains a debate topic, an argument on the topic and a keypoint, separated by "<sep>". Your task is to answer if the keypoint matches the argument and summarizes exactly what the argument means, in the context of the given topic.
[Q]: Topic: We should ban human cloning<sep>Argument: Human cloning could provide a great benefit to mankind by eradicating illnesses and disease through replication of people known to be fit, well and healthy.<sep>Keypoint: Cloning promotes science/research
[A]: True
[Q]: Topic: We should fight urbanization<sep>Argument: Urbanization increases the growth of pollution and crime<sep>Keypoint: Urbanization causes crime
[A]: True
[Q]: Topic: We should ban human cloning<sep>Argument: This is an unnatural process that should be against the law.<sep>Keypoint: Cloning is unnatural
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Date May 17, 2009
Old Dispensary
It's late again, but Staten Island doesn't have shit like curfew or checkpoints. He stepped over a drunkard facedown on the beach and gave wide margin to a knot of motorcyclists with tattoos that looked like they'd meant something, swept through the backdoors from the docks. He'd been the only visitor to the dispensary for some time, but he's distantly pleased to return knowing there's someone here.
He gives the wireless camera in the corner of the Westernmost door a quick wave, lopes across the floor stirring dust motes past the ankles of his boots.
Helena is in the kitchen. It's there, and out in the garden, where she seems most content, though Peter's continued presence has done a lot for her relative happiness. She's doing little more than sitting at the kitchen table, a cup of liquid in front of her, staring at nothing and thinking rather hard while baking cookie smell fills the area. Perhaps revolutions begin with baked goods?
Teo closes a long-fingered hand on the edge of the door, gazes in through the frame without remarking on either his view of the back of her head or the permeating redolence of baked goods. Not for five seconds, anyway. "Lena," he says. "Ciao. What are you making?" There's a certain level of appetite self-evident in the brisk clip he takes across the room, scuttling to the table. He even goes so far as to drop himself into a chair.
Helena snaps out of her reverie to turn around in her chair and smile at him. "Cookies." she says. "Baking's easiest here with limited tools, and you know how I am. Kitchen or garden." She takes a sip from her cup. "I need to talk to you and Cat about Arthur Petrelli." She frowns a moment, realizing Teo hadn't been there. "I - Peter asked me to meet him. So I did. I thought it was smarter to present myself as amenable to listening to him rather than hostile."
"Cat spoke to him too, awhile ago. Let me know she was going to, beforehand," Teo notes, blankly, but there's a certain absence of affront in the way he phrases that and the register of his tone. He settles his feet on the low rung of the chair legs and his arms second, his elbows swinging back until they meet the flat plank of the chair. I take it Peter keeps his faith in his old man."
"Presently, he does." Helena admits. "And I don't know if who I saw was the same man who's hiding it well, or hasn't become what he's going to be, yet. He had this timeline's Edward Ray with him, who I trust even less now. I could see…possibilities. Bad ones. Does that make sense?"
There's a slow push of air out through the grit of Teo's teeth. "Yes," he says. Optimism, isn't he? He lists sideways on his chair, his elbow steeples on the table and rests his jaw on the heel of his hand. "Edward Ray, huh? I owe him a few brain haemorrhages to what he's put people through.
"What do you want to do about Pinehearst? Cat figures Arthur's interested us as a tool for his political furtherment, though that doesn't necessarily mean our goals are mutually exclusive."
"I think that's very much what Arthur wants us for." Helena agrees. "Though at present his main concern is the fugitives, the ones who went back in time to change things. Or at least, that's what he claims." She pushes her chair out, snagging a mitt from one of the counters and uses it to open the over door. Heat and sweet chocolate and vanilla scents waft through the room. She takes out the tray and sets it on the stovetop, closing the door. "I told him some intel I got from Liz, about Roger Goodman potentially being an assassination target. Since that involves the Company being taken down, it didn't hurt to sweeten that pot, I figured. It knocks them out of the game potentially, if Goodman can bring them down. But Petrelli wants a meeting with Phoenix leaders, to pitch his plans to us."
Spices, cacao, and oven iron remind Teo of somewhere— far, but he's too distracted to make anything of notions too sentimental to be useful. "I imagine that'd be you, Cat and Al, then, likely. Arthur doesn't seem to think much of me for the obvious inadequacies.
"Same with your boy, frankly. No offense taken." His eyes thin around a smile, Cheshire, that doesn't quite pull his mouth, not the slightest bit disingenuous despite the words that accompany. Swiveling his head on its axis, he sits his chin on his shoulder and watches the woman at the oven. "Let me know what they say?
"Do you think it's a good idea?" Helena blinks in surprise, pausing to look at him over her shoulder. "All of the Evolved leadership in one room with a man who can strip away all our powers and has god knows what kind of arsenal of abilities he's already gotten his hands on? I found out he took Claire's power…and he's swearing that he's going to give it back, but I don't believe him."
Teo's left eyebrow shifts upward, before furrowing.
We're hard to find, but he's found us. I don't think that's his worst case scenario, either. Seems like something he'd do if we do a little bit worse than refuse to cooperate. Just don't…" He squints.
"Declare war on him right there in the board room, things should be fine. He might even have a halfway decent idea about what to do about Ray and company. Law enforcement could use a hand on this one, even if it's just sharing further intel."
"All I've done so far is indicate I'm willing to listen, and drop him a little bit of intel that will allow him to harm the Company." Helena murmurs. "I'm willing to take the meeting, but I refuse to sign on the dotted line without hearing the offer and talking it over with all of you, first." She runs a hand through her hair, and starts searching through drawers and cabinets. "One of his abilities is being clairvoyant. He can find people. And there's nothing really we can do, do you realize? He could bring the lid down on us anytime we want, and he's got the resources enough that we'd never see it coming." The successful acquisition of a plate and a spatula are her reward for her efforts.
There's a faint show of teeth, and Teo slouches over a fist curled under his jaw. "I don't know," he says, wryly. "Gabriel Gray killed him, didn't he?"
She wouldn't know either, of course, and he already knows that. Coruscation of nuclear explosion furrowing the night sky, clouds a cauldron, naught by deep sucking blackness afterward and— silence. Could have meant anything; they'd left 2019 behind before knowing who had escaped the explosion intact. Peter, too. Phoenix stands deprived of its two biggest guns. "So we listen. For now."
Helena shakes her head. "Peter's not powerless." she insists. "He's tested positive as Evolved. His powers got swapped. Gillian has Peter's ability, and I think Gabriel has Gillian's, and by default, that would mean Peter has Gabriel's. I don't know the nature of how Gabriel's ability works, or even quite what it is exactly, at its core, without the - you know, killing people. Peter hasn't killed anyone." But maybe it's a matter of time.
"Have you been thinking about what I offered you a few nights ago? If you need more time, it's okay."
"Fucking hope not." About Peter killing people. Teo gives an articulate eyebrow to go with that; a tacit request to be kept. Updated. On— that. His eyes travel restless across the counter. "I have.
"Talked it over with my…" God knows why this word comes so difficult to him whenever he talks to his friends. Helena's a Democrat and advocate of all variety of human rights besides. Still, it's with the torturous precision of a jigsaw that he manages to shape the word: "…boyfriend. The one who joined up recently? I don't know if Cat debriefed you. He's— a doctor, and independently wealthy. Would like to run a couple tests and discuss a little longer. It would help if I knew, uh.
"What… did— did I use the Formula in 2019?"
Helena brings the plate over to the table, but cautions, "They're still hot." before she hesitates a moment and admits, "You had. You were able to do something to people's minds…like temporarily short circuit them. Someone tried to kill me at one point and you stopped them that way. But I don't know if that's necessarily the ability you'd get." She considers. "So you want to take one of the samples and give it to your boyfriend?" The word is less hesitant in her mouth, though briefly, her expression is almost wistful. He and Alex had been - will be? so happy.
There's a bob affirmitive of Teo's head. "Or find somewhere for him to look at it. It's— he's Salvatore Bianco. Son of the mayor of New York City, but he's operating under an alias full-time these days, with a little help from the metamorph trick. He knows 'science,'" he says, a shrug seesawing up through his shoulders. "And is worried about me, I guess. A symptom that can be attributed entirely to his overzealousness, I'm sure. I never get in trouble.
"You look sad," he notices, as baldly tactless as a child. He reaches out with a work-rough forefinger and thumb, pinces them closed on the edge of the cookie. "The Formula's safe, right? You hid it?" It's been no end of discomfiture to him, that both Edward Ray and Arthur Petrelli are aware of Phoenix's key locations. As suggestions go, that had been one of his more insistent ones.
Helena nods. "Here in the dispensry." she says, but does not go into detail. "I'd be willing to give one over to you for him." Then, smiling faintly, "I know a lot about how many of our future selves ended up, Teo. Some of it's good, a lot of it's bad, and I'm not certain whether providing too much information about what could or never be is a good idea."
No detail is asked for. The dispensary is good enough for that purpose, and the offer of one vial accepted with a nod. As for the future, Teo turns the corner of his mouth upward on the tilt of a blade in hand. "Human beings are capable of all paths but usually only see the one. I don't know. Sounds like 2019 was a good place to be, in general. Phoenix — we got what we wanted, more or less, didn't we?
"If at the cost of a generally benevolent tyrant." He bites down on the cookie, dropping five or seven crumbs down into the careful hollow of his other hand. "But Ray's here, hunting Goodman, who apparently has a few months before he can accumulate all of the hard evidence on the Company that he needed. I can see why you wouldn't wanna hold out false hope."
Helena admits, "That's the reason I warned Petrelli. The Company coming down is a good thing, even if I need to give over to a necessary evil for that purpose. The future was pretty golden…to a degree. In majority, I want to make that happen. But there are still problems. And Humanis First is a big one. They need to be stopped." Her hands clench, going white at the knuckle. "Teo, there are things - I don't know who to tell them to, and I have to tell someone, I don't think I can bear it alone. But Cat would never forget, and it would kill Peter."
"If this is something you wish Cat would forget, I probably wouldn't," Teo points out slowly, worry dragging deeper lines into his forehead above the suture of his brows. He frowns, mostly at the sharp-knuckled knots that she's clenched her hands into. Once, he had politely accepted ignorance about the truth behind the Bomb. That feels like a long time ago.
Not because he's changed that much. Frankly, he hasn't. But because this isn't about Peter Petrelli: this would appear to be about Helena Dean, who is an altogether different person, and a different person to him. "Tell me. Tamara says the future's always changing." Nor does Teo have any way of knowing how closely those words hearken to the faith that his analogue had had in the seer.
Helena takes a deep breath. Somehow a part of her already knew she'd take Teo into her confidance in this. It's like the night they were in the park, sitting on the log, and she confessed what she was afraid of him. "The history of the future I was in, had some changes." She begins with the deaths of Angela Petrelli and Daniel Linderman. Goes on to how she and the others are released from Moab, become celebrities. But that's not all. "On May 8th, 2011…Peter would have, or is going to, or I don't even know what call it, but he apparently proposes to me. I accept. Ten days later, I make an address at Columbia University. You weren't - aren't there. But a member of Humanis First is. She's a suicide bomber, and she manages to kill fourteen people. Amongst them are Alexander, one of Brian's replicates, Grace, Owen, Django…" she trails off and then confesses, "Me. Amongst others."
He grits his teeth and the cookie breaks in half in the inadvertent pressure of his forefinger, middle and thumb. He doesn't say anything for a few long seconds, processing the progression of events one by one, until he concludes with a grinding sort of sigh.
"I hope not." Helena says. "Thing is, after I died, it prompted Peter - along with his father, to further the legislation that modified registration, made it optional. Amongst other things." She looks to the side. "After I died, Peter married Gillian. They had a son. So you see, when we got there…" Teo can fill in the blanks.
The Sicilian's eyes narrow nearly to nothing. You've had a first-hand view of which policy changes work, right? You'll be able to tell Arthur and Peter. So like him, to pull apart the concatenation of events and musculature of motivations into functioning components.
And rebuild something new out of it. Something better. "You'll see to that.
Helena's shoulders lift a little, like suddenly there was a huge weight and now it as at least manageable, if not gone. "You have no idea." she whispers, "I look at people and I know things now, Teo. Sylar…" she shakes her head. "God, Abby…"
"What? They're— dead? Evil?" Teo's back goes upright, perpendicular to the level of his chair at the uncomfortable rigidiy of a razorblade. "What— did he—? Gabriel's been good lately. You saw him at Moab. What happened? The chair rattles underneath him as he rockets out of it, finding his feet, instantly that wolfish sort of confrontational. The way he's always been, where it comes to the girl Beauchamp.
"No," Helena shakes her head. "Sylar - Gabriel? Was part of Frontline, and he was married to Eileen. He was…I don't know if he was good, but he had a good purpose, I think." Helena's tone is still somewhat shocked. "He asked me not tell his current self about it, so dont't you either, okay? Abby married to Deckard. She had kids, I think from another marriage before him. But at one point, she refused to heal someone who was helping us try to go back, because she believed us doing so would end the world. She actually refused to help someone."
Marriage. Despite that that particular cultural construct has abounded Italy for as long as the church has been there, Teo's startled to hear it, of both his (other) holy virgin and the renowned serial killer who so few of his cohorts trust. Good implies idealized nature, cause indicates— something a great deal more practical than that, which the part of Teo that isn't sold on idealism is left to appreciate.
His mouth opens and closes a few times, pink-rimmed and large-eyed, a fish who finds the gasping throes of its own suffocation hilarious. "Deckard and Abby," he concludes, at length, a little lamely. "Huh. Figures, she would've had to change."
Helena smiles faintly. "They had lives. Happy ones. Well…Peter and Gillian? Not so happy." She shakes her head. "God. I know he's helping her, but every time I see her with him, I want to…" her fingers curl into claws for a moment. "He's not hers, yet. Maybe not ever, if I have my way.
His hands close slowly on the top of the table, flex loose again. Takes more than staying alive, I think, but you seem to have the rest covered.
The egocentrism of that observation doesn't escape him, and it sits queasily against Teo's Catholic guilt as it is. He glances off the edge of the table.
"You were with Hana for a while. I do think you kind of went on a bender." Helena admits. "When you saw us, you were happy to see me, but when you saw Alexander?
He would have. Teo cracks a grin, shows teeth. This is, after all, him remaining blissfully unaware of how much Helena knows about his thus far disasterous affair with his best friend, despite the sympathies she had subtly expressed when his aunt had joined them at dinner in the Bronx, months ago. "Yeah," he exhales.
"Trust me." Helena says wryly. "Moab ain't Club Med. And me and Alex, we got," her grin turns bitter, "Special treatment."
Pallid eyes shutter a narrow squint of focus. Teo hesitates, brushing crumbs up underneath his rough fingers. "Want to talk about it?"
"I want to talk about everything." she says softly, "Because all this time I haven't had anyone I could talk to, about it. We had other problems, where and when we were when we got out." She swallows. "Tamara killed him, but I almost wish he was still alive so I could kill him too."
Tamara killed him. She's seen that look of shadowed surprise on Teo's face before, but he had been older then by a decade and subtly amused, the rim of a scimitar smile bending his mouth as he listened. Here, he's raw shock, his features jarred out of their proper place by it. "Al, Pete, Cat, me. We're all here for you. Was" words hyphenate into an awkwardly stretched silence, before he finds them again. "Was it interrogation?"
Helena nods. "He never hurt me - no, that's a lie. He didn't physically torture me, beyond strapping me down and turning on some heat lamps." This is not something that Helena's brought to voice really, except briefly in the future. She can't look at Teo when he talks, but stares at the table instead. "He'd take pieces of my memory, and he'd twist them. But I never did. Never." Pretty little fairy princess. Only in moments like these, not so much.
It's true. Fairy princess would've had a carriage made of fig leaves and escorted by dragonflies, not heat lamps and strapped down on tables for torture. Teo's left to stare, secondhand hate showing out of his face for a long moment that he spends doing nothing but breathing through the grille of his teeth. "You and Alexander," he says, eventually. "Fuck. First rounds of drinks is going to be on me."
Hel smiles faintly. With my bare hands. Worse than Kazimir, worse than even Ethan."
"For yourself, not the world. Something like that?" It's an uncomfortable query to have to make, from a young man whose conscience is such a volatile thing by itself, but Teo's careful not to make this about him. He studies the woman with eyes narrow from concern.
Helena nods a moment silent, but then insists, "Don't get me wrong. I don't flip out in the middle of the night or anything. I mean, I'm handling it. If I don't think about it too often. It's done." She looks up at him. "Peter got moved to Red Level the day that Verse thought I'd finally cracked and given him information. Which was false anyway. The day you guys came? That morning, I nearly beat another woman to death so I could get put in Red Level to try and see him. The woman - Tabitha - she'd tried to beat me up a few times, but I think I came close to killing her."
And not with her own grenade, Teo takes it. His mouth goes lopsided, half of a frown or a crooked smile, or some hapless combination of both. Internal emergency, it looked like. Wasn't our day.
"I'm glad you're handling it," Teo concludes, scowling around a certain element of uncertainty. "As it were."
Helena smiles faintly and shrugs. "The talking does help." she admits. "But taking the weight off me puts the weight on you, doesn't it?"
"Maybe," Teo says. Stops short, teeth clicking to silence. He snares himself another cookie. "No. Mayb— no. That's not how it works. Even if it was, I'd do it. I can handle a little pressure. If I've ever had regrets, it wouldn't be about accepting that."
Hel takes a cookie too. "Anyway. So yeah. I'll get you one of the vials, and you can take it back with you to your doctor." She lets out a little sigh. "It's unfair of me," she admits, "But I was happy to see you and Alex together."
There's an odd squint of Teo's eyes, and then a blush half-emerges across his face. He says something noncommittal about the guy he's seeing now, and he'll have Al's back for-fucking-ever, before he stuffs the cookie in his trap and muffles the rest of his response into the desultory clack of molars and flattening crumbs.
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Leo: Premise: "A man with a red shirt stands up in a crowd of people."
Based on this premise, can we conclude that the hypothesis "A man wanted to make his presence known when he spoke." is true?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Mei: OK, So, let's think first...
Me:
Standing up in a crowd doesn't mean he wants to make his presence known.
Thus, the answer is it is not possible to tell.
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How can I retrieve the credit card number used by my company to make company purchases? I know what credit card they use.
Here are some ideas: The first step is to research what is allowed for you to do under company policy. What kinds of tools are available to you, and under what circumstances?
But is there a way to just find out the corporate credit card number to purchase something myself?
That’s a different question from what you originally asked, and I don’t know of an automatic way to do that. If you are the CIO (or are the person who has the best access to the company’s finances), it’s possible that you could investigate some company transactions and find out that information for yourself, but it is also possible that there would be some restrictions on your ability to access such information.
I don't have access to the company's finances. Is there a way I could get access to transactions made by the company using their credit card and obtain the credit card number to use myself?
Well, it sounds like your company is giving you access to a computer system, and that you have a username and password. In addition to the suggestions I made above, you could try to understand the website you are accessing and search for a user-friendly way to download your company’s data. You could also get really creative and try to find an ad-hoc way to search for information (such as through google) that might help you obtain the information you want.
Thanks for your assistance.
No problem.
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Rh Is on the evening gale which murmurs by, Fraught with the nightingale and wood lark's song, Or wafting from the moonlight waves soft notes Of airy melody from the wind wak'd shells In the blue waters of the sea, ere gave His power, his magic power, to human hand, He gifted thee! Thine every witching tone, In which the soul of music lives; light sounds, Sweet as a lover's serenade, or wild As minstrelsy that thrills a minstrel's dream, Or the deep swell of inspiration's glow— All are thine own, Cecilia of our isle!
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Gentiana saponaria
Gentiana saponaria, the soapwort gentian or harvestbells, is a 1 - 2 ft tall flowering plant in the Gentianaceae family.
Description
Similar to the "bottle" gentians like Gentiana clausa and Gentiana andrewsii, it has paired, lanceolate leaves on unbranched stalks, blue or purple blooms, and a stout taproot. The flowers are pollinated by bumblebees.
Distribution and habitat
It is native to eastern North America south of the Great Lakes, from Wisconsin to New York, and south to Texas and Florida. It is rare in its range, usually found in undisturbed sandy soils.
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A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 84 km (52 miles) east of the Iranian city of Ahvaz on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Crop yields are projected to decrease under future climate conditions, and recent research suggests that yields have already been impacted. However, current impacts on a diversity of crops subnationally and implications for food security remains unclear. Here, we constructed linear regression relationships using weather and reported crop data to assess the potential impact of observed climate change on the yields of the top ten global crops–barley, cassava, maize, oil palm, rapeseed, rice, sorghum, soybean, sugarcane and wheat at ~20,000 political units.
Iran evacuated residents from inundated areas of the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Wednesday as the nationwide death toll from the worst flooding in 70 years reached 77, state media reported.
Iranian authorities on Monday evacuated patients from a hospital threatened by floodwaters in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported.
Flood risks have forced the Iranian government to order the evacuation of 70 villages in the oil-rich southwestern province of Khuzestan on Tuesday, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported.
At least 18 people were killed and around 100 others were injured in flash floods in Iran's southern Fars province, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, with more rain forecast
The purpose of this study is to propose the Bayesian Network (BN) model to estimate flood peak from Atmospheric Ensemble Forecasts (AEFs). The Weather Research and Forecasting model was used to simulate historic storms using five cumulus parameterization schemes.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency has staged a project in the southwest Iran to establish forests and resuscitate pastures around Karun, the only navigable river in Iran.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) It is one of the worst ecological disasters of recent decades, but the shrinking of Iran's great Lake Urmia finally appears to be stabilizing and officials see the start of a reviva
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datasets have provided data to the Atlas of Living Australia for this species.
Browse the list of datasets and find organisations you can join if you are interested in participating in a survey for species like Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier, 1829)
Names and sources
Accepted Name Source
Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier, 1829)
Published in:Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Morris, G.B. 1997, "Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases", 15 pp. + appendices
Synonym Source
Cirrhites aprinus Cuvier, 1829 synonym
Published in:Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, vol. 3, 500 pp., pls 41-71, Levrault, Paris p76
Cirrhites graphidopterus Bleeker, 1853 synonym
Published in:Bleeker, P. 1853, "Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Amboina", Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië, vol. 4, 91-130 p106
Common Name Source
Blotched Hawkfish standard Australia
Blotched Hawkfish preferred Australia
Red Barred Hawkfish Australia
Threadfin Hawkfish Australia
Name Source
Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier, 1829) accepted
Bare scientific name reallocated to Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier, 1829) by taxonomy builder
Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier, 1829) accepted
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e9d8f128-3fb5-48b4-a3d2-abceea106d69 Taxon current
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e9d8f128-3fb5-48b4-a3d2-abceea106d69 Taxon Concept current
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http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e9d8f128-3fb5-48b4-a3d2-abceea106d69 Taxon unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/217841f6-ca4e-457f-a7d6-099410c95ab1 Scientific Name current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e9d8f128-3fb5-48b4-a3d2-abceea106d69 Taxon LSID unknown
Classification
kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
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VERTEBRATA
informal
GNATHOSTOMATA
informal
PISCES
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ACTINOPTERYGII
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EUTELEOSTEI
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PERCIFORMES
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CIRRHITIDAE
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Pławna Górna
Pławna Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubomierz, within Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Lubomierz, 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Lwówek Śląski, and 101 kilometres (63 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
History
During the final stages of World War II, on April 10, 1945, the Germans executed a deserter from the German army in the village.
Culture
In the 18th century house that belonged to Dietrich family before the World War II is a Muzeum Przesiedleńców i Wypędzonych. It is a museum dedicated to people who were resettled from east Poland into this village after the war.
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30 October 2012
* Suspected sockpuppets
* User compare report Auto-generated every hour.
Editors keep reinstating the same edit at Atlas Shrugged: Part II. Ordinarily this in itself is not unusual, but while User:Rahmspeed has been on Wikipedia for years, User:Jonathan Hemlock has been around less than a month and most of his edits are adding the same piece of disputed content to the article as Rahmspeed. I can't be 100% certain that Jonathan is a sock but I hear some quacking, and then earlier today User:Darkahsoka (a newly registered account) showed up and his first edit was to add the same disputed content. He is almost certainly a sock of one of them. Betty Logan (talk) 06:26, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
Comments by other users
* I see, so having the same opinion of someone else that YOU disagree with, makes me a "sockpuppet"? Seriously? this is what passes for the Wikipedia community? Under that logic,Betty Logan is the sockpuppet of chickenmonkey, bovineboy2008, Erik, <IP_ADDRESS>, and <IP_ADDRESS>, who all made the same or similar edits or reversions as she did.Darkahsoka (talk) 16:29, 30 October 2012 (UTC)Darkahsoka
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
* Considering that Jonathan Hemlock has also reverted edits by Rahmspeed, it seems unlikely to me that they'd be related to each other. I'll need more than what you've provided before I'm willing to run checks on those users. Darkahsoka is likely the alternate account of someone (although I have no idea who), so I've warned them to not edit the page again. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 12:25, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
* No further evidence was provided to run a checkuser. Closing, because I don't see sufficient evidence to block. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:08, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
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Dame×Prince, also known as DamePri (ダメプリ), was a Japanese otome visual novel created by NHN PlayArt. It was released in Japan on March 31, 2016, for Android and iOS devices. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Flad, titled Dame×Prince Anime Caravan, aired from January 10 to March 28, 2018.
Characters
* Ani Inako (アニ・イナコ)
* Teo Colton (テオ・コルトン)
* Gurimaru (グリまる)
* Narek Ischl de Milidonia (ナレク・イシュル・ド・ミリドニア)
* Vino von Lomzard (ヴィーノ・フォン・ロンザード)
* Riot Volte (リオット・ヴォルテ)
* Ruze Selen el Phiriazar (リュゼ・セレン・エル＝フィリアザール)
* Mare Selen el Phiriazar (メア・セレン・エル＝フィリアザール)
* Chrom Rem (クロム・レム)
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An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Flad, titled Dame×Prince Anime Caravan, aired from January 10, 2018, to March 28, 2018. The opening theme is "D×D×D" by Breakerz. The anime is licensed by Sentai Filmworks and streamed on Hidive.
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Ts'ai Lun
Full name Cai Lun
Species Human
First appearance Mario's Time Machine (1993)
“Greetings, Honorable Mario brother, I am Ts’ai Lun. We are making a new and wonderful thing here. But please come back later, I am having a most trying time with the drying time.”
Ts'ai Lun, Mario's Time Machine
Cai Lun (蔡伦, written in-game and formerly romanized as Ts'ai Lun) (c. 50–62 – 121 CE) was a Chinese eunuch court official of Ho Ti, the then-emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty. He was also promoted several times due to his service for the emperor. In the year 105, he invented a process of papermaking that allowed for the creation of modern paper, and, although technology has accelerated his process, the original principles that he discovered are still used to this day. In Mario's Time Machine, however, Bowser time travels to 105 and steals a Bamboo that Ts'ai Lun needs to complete the process, and he later meets Mario after the latter time travels himself to return the Bamboo.
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Mario's Time Machine[edit]
In Mario's Time Machine, Ts'ai Lun is depicted as working on his papermaking process in the emperor's palace in Luoyang when Bowser steals his Bamboo. Mario then attempts to return the Bamboo to him without knowing that it belongs to him. Due to his lack of knowledge, Mario questions some of the other people within Luyong (including Ho Ti) about the Bamboo, and all of them easily talk about Ts'ai Lun and his plans to create paper. If Mario attempts to talk to Ts'ai Lun without knowing that the Bamboo belongs to him, he introduces himself and asks Ts'ai Lun what he is doing, to which Ts'ai Lun replies that he and his group are attempting to creating something "wonderful", but they are having a tough time completing it. After confirming that the Bamboo belongs to him, Mario returns and asks him if he needs it. Ts'ai Lun excited says that he was looking for the missing piece, and immediately puts it to use, thanking Mario for helping him create paper. Mario asks him what he intends to do with the paper, and Ts'ai Lun says that he wants to first write a thank-you note to Mario. He believes that books can be made a lot more cheaply now and says that history is going to be written with his invention.
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Left hand shooting with the sar 21 - The cheek of the firer will be up against the ejection port. It will hurt!!!!
I made some changes to the article, removing the assertion that the rifle is ambidextrous. I do not know who wrote that but it is inaccurate. It may be fired from the left shoulder from time to time but the deflector is not reliable in itself to prevent all casings from moving upwards, thereby striking the firer's face. That moves it firmly in the non-ambidextrous category. A ambidextrous rifle is one like the FN F2000 where there is virtually no chance of casings hitting the firer. - SM —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scabstermooch (talk • contribs) 09:41, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
It is possible to shoot from the left side, the ejection port will not be up against your cheek.
However in the case of a chamber explosion, your face will kenna until very zialat, so as mentioned in the article, it's safer to shoot from the right master hand... the kevlar plate is there for something.
Anyway I like the rifle, it is a decent firearm that gets the job done. this may be a personal opinion but it may be that a lot of the "issues" with the SAR come from this curious syndrome among Singaporeans to distrust anything we come up with ourselves (strangely enough, the SAR and Ultimax were rated highly by other nations but always negatively by ourselves), and also from it being different from the M-16S1 rather then being actually inferior. Bullpups are different, and often a lot of the difficulty comes from being locked into the conventional rut.
-Shian
I have used both, and I agree with the negative comments listed. Also, it is not true that the SAR-21 can be fired from the left shoulder - at least if you don't want your left cheek to get a burnt mark.
For those older reservists that had used both the SAR-21 and the M16, the former compares unfavourably with the latter.
There is a few more problem that has not been listed: the reticle on the SAR-21 1.5X scope is not always clear. Sometimes, in very bright conditions and against a dark target, the reticle could not be seen. This is a serious flaw that has nothing to do with whether the user is used to the new weapon.
It is also not true that foreign reviewers were generally favourable towards the weapons. For example, the cocking handle and the selector switch behind the magazine had both been commented on unfavourably by reviewers.
Contrast this with the Tavor, which generally has good review on all aspects.
- Philip Sim
"It is also not true that foreign reviewers were generally favourable towards the weapons. For example, the cocking handle and the selector switch behind the magazine had both been commented on unfavourably by reviewers."
Uh, foreign reviewers mentioned the cocking handle and strange position of the fire selector, HOWEVER by and by this constitutes to about just all their grouses with the weapon, which one might consider that ST did design primary for the Singaporean market. The odd position of the fire selector has been speculated by us at least… to comply with SAF tactics of predominantly semiautomatic fire… but as I said it was speculation. In any case it's one thing to say the reviewers had one or two grouses, it's another to say they panned it as a weapon entirely. By and by the SAR scored very well, if you go by Jane's (who did grouse about the points you mention).
I must disagree with you on the weapon not being able to be shot from the left shoulder- well at least I've done it without any issues (in fact my worse injury from a SAR came when I buttstroked myself in the face while taking cover). However all in all we must agree that the left-handedness of the SAR is a pretty moot issue as the safety feature of the weapon means that invariably it was meant all along to be a right handed weapon in which firing from the left side is done only under special circumstances (as in having to clear certain covers)… or at least that is my tactical experience with the weapon.
However I will have to point out on your point on the reservists who think the SAR-21 compares negatively to the M16 that a lot of this has to do with ingrained into the conventional M16 layout. Case in point when you look at our current mainstream mono intake personnel who are now introduced to the SAR first, and later the M16 the opinion tends to be that the M16 is not up to scratch. They would go on to raise issues on the increased complexity of stripping and maintaining the M16 and the length of the weapon, which to them are apparently intractable problems in an infantry weapon. As I said, it seems that grunts tend to favour the weapon they were raised on.
This is not to mention the scope issue is not restricted to the SAR-21… just about any scope system have similar issues. The problem is logistical rather then designs as ST did come up with a solution (which involved changing the seals in the scope to prevent them fogging) but apparently in SAF style it has yet to filter down to the units using the older marks. I haven't experience losing the dot against a dark target, I could shoot black figure 11s at 300 well enough… so I can't comment on that. My personal grouse is that they should fit the backup iron sights (which are good up to 200 if you have a keen eye) with a proper one.
Teething issues aside, a properly maintained SAR-21 works extremely well. In my experience the weapon has proven to be far more reliable and easy to maintain in the field then the M16. With are important combat considerations. You can seriously foul the SAR with mud and sand and it will still keep going on long after an M16's bolt would have been stuck firmly back in the buffer. And it's compact and accurate too, which is great for FIBUA. I do not see any reason to be unreasonably pessimistic about the weapon, after one has filtered out the SAF wayang… I mean when it comes to it, it still gives us more pros then the cons to takes switching from the M16.
AFAIK, the Tavor wasn't well liked by Israeli troops at first before they eventually warmed to it, with reactions being somewhat like that of the SAF troopers to the SAR. But I suspect it could both are cases of bullpup knee-jerk reaction then actual deficiencies in weapon design.
I mean after having a 30 year advance in weapons and materials technology, not to mention all the studies into and research going into making a weapon to eliminate or reduce the problems soldiers experience we produce an inferior weapon? I think different is a better way to put it. Last I remembered the M-14 mafia is still alive among some vets who consider the M-16 a piece of junk, so we need to remember that grunts tend to be a conservative bunch. If we had our way we would likely be still using muskets. Rexregum 14:23, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Your points are well taken. I can only comment based upon my own observations and experiences. To reiterate:
1. Left-handed firing is not possible without risk of a cheek burn
2. The 1.5x sight is not up to scratch - this is a copy of one of the less good aspects of the Steyr AUG design. The reflex/laser aimer combo sighting system used on the Tavor is superior. It is worth noting that some units (that shall remain unnamed) deploys the SAR-21P version with reflex sights that solved the problem of the disappearing dot.
3. The push button safety was a poor design as well - it is awkward to press, and depending on your luck, you might receive either a rifle with a safety catch that is too stiff, or too mushy. This could be a quality control issue which I hope ST Kinetics address. Other than that, a thumb switch is by far the easiest control to use, a feature repeated in the Tavor. I have never come across, or heard of, an M16 with a mushy or hard to deactivate safety.
4. The ergonomics are not well thought through - the placing of the selector switch is awkward. If there's a tactical reason for this, no one has been able to figure it out. As with the selector, a thumb switch is superior.
5. The magazine change system is awkward, requiring the firer to unlimber the weapon to perform a reload. It is worth noting that the export version using the M16 magazine use a different kind of catch system that allow the magazine change to be performed much more easily. The reason for this design was probably because the 30-round magazines on the M16 on occasion drop accidentally. However, the choice of following the Steyr AUG magazine catch is a poor one, considering that there are superior options out there, such as the HK G36 catch system which is superior.
6. The Laser Aiming Module is unnecessarily heavy and bulky for its purpose. The Tavor sighting system again has a superior design, being much lighter and easier to dismount and replace.
The SAR-21 struck me as a design that copied the Steyr AUG too much, and chose to incorporate bad design elements that users have already found fault with in the Steyr AUG design. As a subjective preference, the CAR-15 or - even better - the newer M4 are superior in terms of ease of usage.
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* LAD and Reflex Sights involve technology that are fast moving in recent years. Both sights still does their job well, but we do not deny that there are better LAD and sighting system available in the longer term. However, I would not say that they copy Steyr AUG too much. The fundamental firing mechanism or engine of the weapon system is totally different. In fact, some of the mechanism is based on other proven design, and not Steyr's. That being said, 50% of the system differs from Steyr AUG. If the external design of the weapon looks similar, its because of the bullpup design and use of plastic components to lighten the weight. Such a design intent (which is non-proprietary) does not leave the designers or anyone much choice to make one look different from another.
I would have to agree with the buttons and switches. They should be located somewhere closed to the hands during operation. Zragon 02:15, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
This may be a bit of speculation, but I suspect the position of the auto/semi selector switch to the rear of the butt may have something to do with the stance that is used. If you check out the youtube clip of the "Future Weapons" episode of the LWRC IAR, when they were firing it as a LMG conversion prone, the shooter's left hand was "cross-body" and holding the butt of the rifle against the shoulder. If that was a SAR, it would have then placed the selector switch directly under his left hand. So maybe the placement of the switch there was meant for the SAR-LMG.
On a personal note, I'd rate the SAR on a par with the M4, each has it's good points: M4: The compactness and weight of a "clean" M4 really can't be beat. In excercises and cramped spaces, it has my vote. SAR-21: When push comes to shove, I actually prefer this, the accuracy and speed which you can obtain a "sight picture" is faster than the M4 as the scope is a 2-point aiming system (dot-target) as opposed to the M4's 3-point system (rear sight-fore sight-target) M-16?: Change. Does not have the compactness of the M4 nor the accuracy of the SAR.
There were those who were recommending the EO-tech reflex-laser sights, but there may be a slight flaw in the system, at long ranges (300m+) you can't have a magnified image and will be forced to shoot "center of mass". With the M4, I can hit a target at 300m but I really have no idea where on the body I hit. When they gave us a chance to do a "familiarization shoot" by putting up full/half/head targets, I could actually pick which body part I wanted to hit with the 1.5 scope! My assistant was looking at me funny and asked "Were you trying for all head-shots?" (I was. I hit all but the 1st round too.)
For those who are having a bit of problem converting from the M-s to the SAR when loading, do what I do, before you unload, do a "half-twist" (i.e tilt the rifle 45% to the right). This makes the magazine easier to get to, but more importantly, it breaks your "muscle memory" of the M-series and allows you to retrain a new pattern faster. When you're using the M4 or 16 again, don't twist the rifle when unloading and you should go back to the old pattern.
(<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 18:03, 18 August 2008 (UTC))
I touched the rifle only once, and I can say it's quite nice.
The bullpup configuration made the weapon nicer to hold, cock and reload, despite its great weight. Its an ugly one though, having the bumps on it's body everywhere. The cocking handle is wonderful to use, being able to be bent to the left for left-hand-cockers and right for right-hand-cockers. The SAR21 is also easy to field-strip (the basic one of removing bolt, bolt cam pin and firing pin). The scope was quite handy too.
Time for the flaws. The rifle is far too ugly and heavy. Holding it in Rusok position kills cells and results in a build up of lactic acid in the hand. Then, the scope has a required eye relief (duh!) or the user will see black spots. The iron sights are unusable and useless, they ought to replace it with probably s G36/G3/MP5 style sight.
Guess thats all.
8w4h4h4h4 (talk) 14:37, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Page Move
Hello,
I've renamed the page to SAR 21 as that is the correct terminology. Feel free to contact me on my talk page if you have any questions or disagree with the page move.
Thanks!
DeAceShooter (talk) 10:17, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
This article currently kind of sucks Here are Some changes that may help
1. Find out what kind of operating system it has. A "modified stoner/kalashnikov operating system". There is no such thing. This thing is either direct impingement (Stoner), or gas piston(Kalashnikov.
2. This is for the "P-rail" variant. We should think about completely deleting operation. The section offers nothing useful, we should be concentrating on Design or History.
3. We may need to add that someone may add optics to it (Kind of unnecessary when we know it has a picatinny, but if we are going to say things we don't need to know, like the Operation section). It seems we never said that there was an included low-mag scope on any other variants (we may just need to add it to design).
4. We seriously need to trim down the Criticism section. Most of these are just issues that you expect to find in a bullpup. In fact, now that I think about it, almost none of these were specifically related to the SAR-21. Either weed it out, or delete it.
5. When we say "left-handed SAF soldiers are taught to shoot the rifle right-handed as a precaution", shouldn't we say "users of the sar-21 are taught to shoot it left handed"? You guys say yourselves that more than just the SAF uses it. It may not matter, if we are planning to delete it anyways. Modifiedsear (talk) 13:06, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
Er... now there is a "modified Stoner/Kalashnikov operating system". Basically, what they did was mate a short stroke gas piston (Kalashnikov) to a Stoner bolt carrier group. Pity you deleted the section before checking. Can't remember the original text, so not going to restore it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 15:51, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
Steyr Aug
In reference to the Steyr Aug iron sights, Ive was in the Irish Military for 3 years and Ive never heard of an AUG with iron sights. Do they exist? —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 23:10, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
Connection to IMI TAR-21?
There's a see-also link to Tar 21, but neither it nor the manufacturer, nor Israel, are mentioned in the article. The two rifles certainly look similar and have similar names, but what exactly is the relation between them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 15:42, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
Related design. Israel and Singapore cooperate closely in weapons design, with the final end deviation due to the difference in operating environment and desired complexity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 15:44, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
Similarity to Steyr AUG
I have the unpleasant experience of having 4 of my edits on SAR-21 undone without any explanation other than that Dave1185 does not think the SAR-21 as anything to do with Steyr AUG, and is instead only to be compared with the TAR-21. I think this intellectually dishonest (presuming even the basic knowledge) and at worst blind nationalistic actionism. We have silly situation where an Austrian ex-servicemen is arguing with a Singaporean ex-servicemen over this issue, except that I find that the Singaporean is just simply ignoring the obvious. The comment above "The SAR-21 struck me as a design that copied the Steyr AUG too much, and chose to incorporate bad design elements that users have already found fault with in the Steyr AUG design." shows that ths is not an outrageous view to take. I would ask all editors of this page to please have a look at the histories and my edits, Dave1185's undoing of them, and present me with a consensus opinion. I find the entire exchange to date quite disappointing, to be honest, and really says volumes about wikipedia's inherent weaknesses. By the way, the term "iron sights" as used in the texts is of course incorrect, the Steyr sights are welded on and cannot be removed, the english Steyr AUG article is incorrect here as well.AK76 (talk) 14:07, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
* The sources you have cited aren't sufficient for the text you're adding. The Asian Military Review article (here) is suitable for use in the article, but you need to say only what the source says. It says that the SAR 21's external design is similar to the Steyr AUG. It doesn't say that the SAR 21 is "clearly based on the AUG" or that it "resembles it very closely both in terms of general appearance as well as the design of individual components". See No original research, where Wikipedia policy outlines that articles cannot use analysis or synthesis by Wikipedians of published material, where the analysis or synthesis advances a position not advanced by the sources. This source is sufficient to justify stating that the SAR 21's external design is similar to the Steyr AUG, and it is probably sufficient to justify listing the Steyr AUG in the See Also section, since a similarity of external design is established.
* The blog you cited (here) is not a suitable source, per Wikipedia policy on sources. The pmulcahy.com source you cited (here) is a personal website and a videogame website, and as such is also unsuitable. Note the "damage" and "pen" tables by the author. The Modern Firearms source you cited by Maxim Popenker (here) is suitable for use in the article, but it doesn't mention a similarity to the Steyr AUG. It notes the locations of the various controls, but it doesn't explicitly say what you said in your edits: "the gas-exchange system, the location of the charging handle and the saftey-switch are all exactly the same as on the Steyr-AUG". Again, per Wikipedia policy you cannot advance a position not advanced by the sources. ROG5728 (talk) 19:09, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
Yes I can accept the blog posts cannot be seen as credible. But you confirm that the physical appearence similitary is mentioned often enough, so I suggest it be included. The Asian military review specifically says: "The external design is similar to the father of all polymer receiver bullpuprifles, the Steyr AUG." Also, you did not comment on my comment that compared the weight of the two weapons and contrasted it with the statements by MINDEF that they wanted a weapon for the Asian physique. Comparisons are often made with the Steyr-AUG (see http://www.enemyforces.net/firearms/sar21.htm) and for instance http://www.associatepublisher.com/e/s/st/steyr_aug.htm. Given that the Steyr is much older then the SAR-21 it is disengenous to say that this is irrlevant. Another article that places the chronologcial development of SAR-21 vs. Steyr is here: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/bullpups.htm. Generally all articles include the Steyr at least as a comparable weapons (incl here: http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/SAR-21), another edit which was removed. cheers, AK76 (talk) 12:03, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
* As I said in my first comment, the text from Asian Military Review could be included in the article, so long as the text is not twisted to say something that wasn't said in the source. The website by Anthony Williams (here) would be a suitable source but it does not say anything about the AUG being a basis for the SAR 21, or even that the two guns are particularly similar. The other websites you linked are personal pages or wiki pages, and as such they are automatically unsuitable. ROG5728 (talk) 20:52, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
AK76, the link you gave (http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/SAR-21) is actually a copy of the article from Wikipedia (see the bottom), perhaps not recent. Just so you know. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 02:09, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
Okay I have a couple of more on the general role the Steyr plays in the development of the bullpup. I think it enough to finally put it in the article. http://www.reference.com/browse/Bullpup; http://maps.thefullwiki.org/Bullpup AK76 (talk) 09:40, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
Hmm... both are actually copies of Wikipedia articles. And we don't cite ourselves when we write articles. We cite other published, reliable sources. Take a look at WP:V. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 12:15, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
Why the new title?
Why is it called CIS SAR 21 now?Other dictionaries are better (talk) 12:22, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
* Reverted the non-consensus approved/discussed move back to the original, for example pages of exceptional naming convention please note also AR-10, AR-15 and/or M16 rifle. -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 06:58, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
* Well that's good.Other dictionaries are better (talk) 08:34, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Progressive Twist Rifling
Can someone verify this? Modern firearms are not usually made with progressive twist and I can't find anywhere else where it states the SAR-21 has a progressive twist. If anything, I think it warrants more of a mention than just part of the specs — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 15:10, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 8869–8882, 2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8869-2014
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Measurements of dust deposition velocity in a wind-tunnel experiment
J. Zhang1,2, Y. Shao2, and N. Huang1 J. Zhang et al.
• 1Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China of the Ministry of Education of China, Lanzhou University, 730000 Lanzhou, China
• 2The Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, 50973 Cologne, Germany
Abstract. In this study, we present the results of a wind-tunnel experiment on dust deposition. A new method is proposed to derive dust deposition velocity from PDA (particle dynamics analysis) particle-velocity and particle-size measurements. This method has the advantage that the motions of individual dust particles are directly observed and all relevant data for computing dust deposition velocity is collected using a single instrument, and thus the measurement uncertainties are reduced. The method is used in the wind-tunnel experiment to measure dust deposition velocities for different particle sizes, wind speeds and surface conditions. For sticky-smooth wood and water surfaces, the observed dust deposition velocities are compared with the predictions using a dust deposition scheme, and the entire data set is compared with the data found in the literature. From the wind-tunnel experiments, a relatively reliable data set of dust deposition velocities is obtained, which is valuable for the development and validation of dust deposition schemes.
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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:48, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Jake Hardy
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This is a probable hoax, there are no reliable sources referenced in the article, thus failing WP:V, WP:RS, and WP:REF. No hits on an engine search, thus no links to this person, failing WP:N and there is no info on this person, fails WP:BLP and possibly WP:ATHLETE. Could be speedied or snowed. S R X 16:48, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
* Delete as above, and Google returns no results Queer As Folk (talk) 16:52, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wrestling-related deletion discussions. —♥ Nici ♥ Vampire ♥ Heart ♥ 16:53, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
* Delete definite hoax.-- Darth Mike ( Talk • Contribs ) 17:13, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
* Delete Get rid of this article. It is a hoax. Forego (talk) 00:17, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
* Speedy Delete as vandalism (per deliberate misinformation) Jasynnash2 (talk) 09:12, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
* Fastest delete possible, hoax. Nikki 311 02:02, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
* Delete. Agree with others that this is a hoax. Doctorfluffy (robe and wizard hat) 18:53, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
* Delete. Agree with others that this is a hoax. Doctorfluffy (robe and wizard hat) 18:53, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
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A Review of Mechanisms Involved in Slowing Aging via the Practice of Calorie Restriction
Calorie restriction has been rigorously demonstrated to slow aging in mammals for eighty years, but only in the past thirty years has research on this topic picked up. Since calorie restriction has a sizable and very reliable effect in comparison to most other interventions that can modestly slow aging, and requires no advanced technology or expensive treatments, the fact that it does extend life has been the starting point for many researchers interested in the mechanisms of aging. One of the most important tools in the sciences is the comparison of two similar things in order to pinpoint differences that are important, in this case animals of the same species and lineage with varied dietary calorie intake.
The primary goal of the scientific community is to map the changing molecular biochemistry of aging, with doing something about aging a distant second where it is considered at all. The calorie restriction response is at once useful and frustrating because it changes near everything in the operation of metabolism and slows near every measure of aging. Since all aspects of cellular biology are intertwined, this makes it enormously difficult to figure out chains of cause and effect. Understanding calorie restriction is more or less equivalent to fully understanding and mapping a large swathe of cellular biochemistry. This is a task that is expected to run for decades yet at the present pace. There are a lot of details and blank spots left to be filled in, and the closer researchers look, the more there is to find.
It is useful to understand that complex descriptions of what goes on in a calorie restricted individual are still really only sketches. There are lines drawn, and the high level picture is mostly in place in outline at least, but the full details are yet to be cataloged, and there may yet be surprises. If researchers waded through all the work required, and were to develop drugs that accurately mimicked the calorie restriction response - a tall order - the benefits would still be modest. This is not rejuvenation, repair of damage, but only a slowing of the progression of damage in aging. It is something worth doing when it is free, since every healthy year counts in a time of rapid progress, but the price tag for the scientific community to produce drugs that achieve that end seems excessive to me, at least when considering the marginal outcome. At least a billion dollars has been spent on this so far, and there is nothing much to show for it aside from new knowledge of narrow slices of our biology: see the much hyped work on sirtuins for example. We'd be better off supporting SENS-like rejuvenation research, such as senescent cell clearance, as that has already produced more impressive results in the first studies in mice than calorie restriction mimetics ever have.
None of that means that calorie restriction research is uninteresting. Far from it. Take this open access review, for example. Just bear in mind the costs and the benefits of various approaches when reading the literature:
Calorie restriction as an intervention in ageing
Ageing is not a disease and therefore, disease-oriented research and treatment approaches are not adequate. It has thus been proposed that the use of health-oriented and preventive strategies is more beneficial than disease-oriented treatments. Calorie restriction (CR) is, to date, the most successful intervention to delay ageing progression or the development of age-related chronic diseases. CR has been defined as the reduction of energy intake without malnutrition. During the last few years it has been demonstrated that CR extends lifespan, extending the healthspan by delaying the onset of age-related diseases in many of the animal models studied. This effect of CR on longevity was explained in a unified theory of ageing as not a simple and passive effect but an active, highly conserved stress response that increases the organism's chance of surviving adversity. Thus, CR produces a response that modifies key process in cell protection, reparation mechanisms and modulation of metabolism that permits a higher survival against adversity. This has been supported by the 'Hormesis hypothesis of CR' that suggests that the induction of a moderate stress causes adaptive responses of cells and organs, preventing further damage due to a stronger stress
There are no detailed reports about the effect of CR on longevity in humans. The longer life expectancy of humans in comparison with other animals and the low number of persons tested makes it difficult to reach conclusions about the effect of CR on human longevity. It is not yet clear if the reported effects on longevity and healthspan found in humans are due to the decrease in the calorie intake or are the result of a high quality diet. However, it seems clear that a reduction in calorie intake in humans improves healthspan, and delays cardiac ageing, improving cardiovascular function, one of the main causes of death in humans.
Mitochondrial activity and ROS production are modulated by CR
In spite of the enormous number of articles published about the mechanism involved in the effect of CR on longevity, these mechanisms have not been clarified to date, although an important role of the maintenance of a balanced activity in mitochondria is supported by a large body of evidence. Ageing is associated with the impairment of mitochondria, with a significant increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and a decrease in antioxidant defences, causing accumulation of mitochondrial DNA and oxidative damage. An important factor involved in the accumulation of damaged mitochondria during ageing is the decline of the mitochondrial turnover by inhibition of mitophagy; the specific autophagy process that removes damaged mitochondria. It is clear that the renovation of mitochondrial network plays a key role in healthspan increase after CR.
Importance of membrane lipid composition on the CR effect
The decrease in the oxidative damage in organic structures is one of the main factors contributing to lifespan extension induced by CR. The fatty acid composition of cell membranes is another important factor involved in ageing progression because it influences the lipid peroxidation rate during ageing. Thus, several findings indicate that the increase in lipid peroxidation during ageing. It is still unclear whether lifespan extension induced by CR can also be explained by changes in membrane fatty acid composition conferring higher resistance to peroxidation. We have recently found that lipid composition in the diet can modulate the effect of CR on longevity, for example.
Antioxidant activities in ageing and CR
Oxidative damage is prevented by endogenous antioxidant activities in cells and organs. Although one of the most popular theories to explain the prolongevity effect of CR on different organisms is based on higher protection against the increase in oxidative stress and subsequent cell damage, the role of antioxidants in CR effect is not clear. Many lines of evidence indicate that CR reduces age-associated accumulation of oxidized molecules. However, the lack of lifespan extension in antioxidant enzyme overexpression experiments casts doubt on the importance of antioxidants in the CR effect. Higher levels of antioxidants do not necessarily indicate a higher antioxidant protection and imbalances produced by the overexpression or higher activity of one antioxidant enzyme must be taken into consideration.
IGF-I
Among the hypotheses to explain ageing, several findings indicate that changes in the insulin-IGF-I receptor signalling system are involved in the modulation of ageing. CR reduces plasma levels of IGF-I, insulin and glucose in rodents and also in humans.
Target of Rapamycin (TOR)
TOR protein members are a conserved family of kinases that respond to stress, nutrient and growth factors. TOR stimulates cell growth when food is available. TOR inhibits autophagy and stimulates protein synthesis and cell proliferation. The importance of TOR in longevity induced by CR was also demonstrated in invertebrates. In these organisms, down-regulation of TOR produces an increase in lifespan.
AMP-dependent protein kinase (AMPK)
AMPK is a very sensitive energy sensor in cells and organisms. AMPK is activated in response to an increase in the AMP/ATP ratio, for example, when cells are deprived of glucose, whereas its activity decreases when cells are full of energy, indicated by a lower AMP/ATP ratio. As in the case of other regulators such as sirtuins, its effect on longevity has been observed in several organisms from yeast to mammals. It has been clearly demonstrated that an increase in AMPK activity is associated with a longer lifespan while its inhibition shortens it. However, in mammals, the importance of this kinase is under debate since it has been reported that its activity is not affected by CR or is even reduced. However, other studies indicate an increase in AMPK activity in heart and skeletal muscle. These discrepancies could be due to differences in the amount of time under CR or the degree of CR which can play an important role in nutrient balance.
Sirtuins
Some time ago it was demonstrated that the orthologue of mammalian SIRT-1, Sir2, was able to increase lifespan in invertebrates. In mammals, it is clear that CR induces the expression and the activity of sirtuins in many organs and their activities are associated with many of the metabolic effects found in these organisms after CR. Interestingly, sirtuins seem to play a central role in the response to CR. Sirtuins act as nutrient and metabolic sensors by detecting fluctuations in the NAD+/NADH ratio. When nutrients, especially glucose, decrease, NAD+ accumulates and sirtuins are activated. Thus sirtuins have an opposite effect to TOR activation after glucose input. The complexity of sirtuins in mammals has promoted the idea that they can show both pro- and anti-ageing capacities in mice.
Mitochondrial modifications induced by CR
Several studies found that mitochondrial biogenesis is impaired during ageing, especially in high-energy-demanding tissues such as muscle, brain or heart. CR and other interventions such as exercise or nutraceuticals such as resveratrol induce mitochondrial biogenesis in heart and skeletal muscle in humans and other organisms, indicating their role in the maintenance of the mitochondrial activity in these organs during ageing.
CR mimetics
During the past few years, a group of molecularly unrelated compounds have emerged as CR mimetics, able to produce, at least partially, similar effects in different organisms. In general, all these compounds have a common denominator, the activation of the above-described molecular pathways involved in the response to CR such as AMPK and sirtuins. All these compounds have shown, at least in part, similar effects to CR on cells, tissues and organs and all of them have produced mitochondrial regulation by increasing turnover and activating oxidative metabolism through activation of the AMPK/SIRT1 axis and inhibition of TOR. It seems clear then that the regulation of mitochondrial metabolism by these nutrient sensors is at the centre of the effect of CR and its mimetics on healthspan and longevity.
CR and inflammation
Inflammation is also an important factor in ageing. Proinflammatory factors such as TNF-α increase systemically during ageing. It has been shown that the increase in oxidative stress during ageing can be involved in the incidence of age-related diseases and the induction of a chronic inflammatory process. It is likely that the maintenance of mitochondria biogenesis by CR can increase the resistance of muscle against inflammation.
Effect of CR on age-associated diseases in humans
Two of the main age-associated diseases in humans are type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). In both cases, models of CR, dietary interventions or exercise have shown important improvements in the onset and development of these diseases.
Concluding remarks
The broad effect of CR on healthspan and longevity occurs through multiple mechanisms that involve most of the metabolic pathways in tissues and organs. The major effectors are sirtuin deacetylases, AMPK and PGC-1α. CR improves aerobic metabolism by increasing efficient mitochondrial metabolism, lowering endogenous ROS production at the same time as it increases the amount and activity of endogenous antioxidant enzymes. These molecular and physiological effects have also been found with some nutraceuticals and compounds that act as CR mimetics such as resveratrol, rapamycin or metformin. CR also affects the lipid composition of membranes by lowering oxidative damage. Further, the study of the mechanisms involved in the prevention of chronic inflammation induced by CR, probably through similar mechanisms to those found in mitochondrial regulation, is increasing and offers new opportunities to understand how CR prevents endogenous damage in the organism.
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If I use the filter expression ecat.cmd == BRD && ecat.data == 0c:00 the wireshark will show the frames in which there is a datagram with BRD command and a datagram with data 0c:00 but these two conditions not necessary true for the same datagram. How can I filter the frames where there is datagram whereat both conditions are true? I know the ecat.sub1, ecat.sub2, ... fields but I do not know the exact position of the datagram in the frame. Maybe it is possible by using Lua script?
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AfricaRice is a leading pan-African rice research organization committed to improving livelihoods in Africa through strong science and effective partnerships. AfricaRice dataverse makes studies in rice research open availabe. With the focus on agronomy, breeding, entomoloy, grain quality, pathology, physiology and socio-economics of rice.
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A carchesium (Latin), carchesion, or karkhesion (, karkhḗsion) was a kind of drinkware of the ancient Greeks and Romans. It is variously glossed as a cup, beaker, or goblet.
Carchesia seem to have had several different forms but were generally somewhat elongated and narrower in the middle than at the top or bottom. They were used for wine in ancient Greece and Rome, as well as milk. They sometimes bore narrow handles. Carchasia were notably used in ritual libation, with Vergil having Aeneas pour out 2 of pure wine, 2 of fresh milk, and 2 of sacred blood over the tomb of his father Anchises. It was also used for pouring out offerings of honey. In late Antiquity, Sidonius associated the vessel with the Chaldeans of Babylonia.
The cup gave its name to the version of a crow's nest used on Greek and Roman ships and to the crane mechanism that could be operated from it. It was glossed in Old English as bune, which appeared repeatedly in the dragon's hoard in Beowulf, probably to denote its antiquity and exoticness to listeners. A large carchesium was given by King Charles the Simple of France to the Abbey of Saint Denis in the early 10th century.
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28 28 HARVARD LAW REVIEW. The earliest cases involving the point are two English fiisi pniis decisions.^ In those cases seamen had refused to work as they had agreed to do, by shipping articles, unless they were promised additional wages, and such a promise having been made, action was subsequently brought for breach of it. It was held that the seamen could recover only the wages which were origi- nally agreed upon. In the first case, the decision was based on the ground that the second agreement was contrary to public policy. But in Stilk v. Myrick, Lord Ellenborough, while approv- ing the earlier decision, doubted whether public policy was the true principle on which the decision was to be supported. " There was no consideration for the ulterior pay promised to the mariners who remained with the ship. Before they sailed from London, they had undertaken to do all they could under all the emergencies of the voyage. . . . Therefore, without looking to the policy of this agreement, I think it is void for want of consideration." Since these decisions, it does not seem to have been doubted in England that neither the promise to do a thing, nor the actual doing of it, will be a good consideration if it is a thing which the party is already bound to do by contract with the other party. The early, decisions have been followed in later cases presenting the same facts.^ No other cases seem to have arisen in England, as they have in this country, where the earlier obligation grew out of a bi- lateral obligation, subsisting at the time of the second agreement to do something other than pay money. And only in such a case is it possible to reason, that the earlier obligation has been rescinded by mutual consent,^ but, from the language used by English cases and text-writers, and the decisions already referred to, it is fair to suppose that unless clear evidence of a rescission of the earlier contract was presented the subsequent agreement would be held nudum pactum.^ And the making of the subsequent agreement in order to avoid a breach of the earlier, would not be regarded as such evidence.^ 8 A debt or other unilateral obligation cannot be extinguished by parol agreement. See infra, p. 35, note 2. Willis z/. Peckham, i Br. & B. 515; Crowhurst v. Laverack, 8 Ex. 208; Mallalieu v. Hodgson, 16 Q. B. 689; Leake on Contracts (3d ed.), 538, 539; Pollock on Cont. (4th ed.) 176. 6 Harris v. Carter, 3 E. & B. 559.
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2012 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
The 2012 NCAA Division II baseball tournament was the postseason tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of baseball among its Division II members at the end of the 2012 NCAA Division II baseball season.
The final, eight-team double elimination tournament, also known as the College World Series, was played at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina from May 26–June 2, 2012.
West Chester defeated Delta State in the championship game, 9–0, to claim the Golden Rams' first Division II national title.
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Article: The southern side of Miami includes Coral Way, The Roads and Coconut Grove. Coral Way is a historic residential neighborhood built in 1922 connecting Downtown with Coral Gables, and is home to many old homes and tree-lined streets. Coconut Grove was established in 1825 and is the location of Miami's City Hall in Dinner Key, the Coconut Grove Playhouse, CocoWalk, many nightclubs, bars, restaurants and bohemian shops, and as such, is very popular with local college students. It is a historic neighborhood with narrow, winding roads, and a heavy tree canopy. Coconut Grove has many parks and gardens such as Villa Vizcaya, The Kampong, The Barnacle Historic State Park, and is the home of the Coconut Grove Convention Center and numerous historic homes and estates.
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Article: Child labour is still common in many parts of the world. Estimates for child labour vary. It ranges between 250 and 304 million, if children aged 5–17 involved in any economic activity are counted. If light occasional work is excluded, ILO estimates there were 153 million child labourers aged 5–14 worldwide in 2008. This is about 20 million less than ILO estimate for child labourers in 2004. Some 60 percent of the child labour was involved in agricultural activities such as farming, dairy, fisheries and forestry. Another 25 percent of child labourers were in service activities such as retail, hawking goods, restaurants, load and transfer of goods, storage, picking and recycling trash, polishing shoes, domestic help, and other services. The remaining 15 percent laboured in assembly and manufacturing in informal economy, home-based enterprises, factories, mines, packaging salt, operating machinery, and such operations. Two out of three child workers work alongside their parents, in unpaid family work situations. Some children work as guides for tourists, sometimes combined with bringing in business for shops and restaurants. Child labour predominantly occurs in the rural areas (70%) and informal urban sector (26%).
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Article: The consensus of modern scholarship is that the New Testament accounts represent a crucifixion occurring on a Friday, but a Thursday or Wednesday crucifixion have also been proposed. Some scholars explain a Thursday crucifixion based on a "double sabbath" caused by an extra Passover sabbath falling on Thursday dusk to Friday afternoon, ahead of the normal weekly Sabbath. Some have argued that Jesus was crucified on Wednesday, not Friday, on the grounds of the mention of "three days and three nights" in Matthew before his resurrection, celebrated on Sunday. Others have countered by saying that this ignores the Jewish idiom by which a "day and night" may refer to any part of a 24-hour period, that the expression in Matthew is idiomatic, not a statement that Jesus was 72 hours in the tomb, and that the many references to a resurrection on the third day do not require three literal nights.
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Article: Taira Kiyomori emerged as the real power in Japan following the Minamoto's destruction, and he would remain in command for the next 20 years. He gave his daughter Tokuko in marriage to the young emperor Takakura, who died at only 19, leaving their infant son Antoku to succeed to the throne. Kiyomori filled no less than 50 government posts with his relatives, rebuilt the Inland Sea, and encouraged trade with Sung China. He also took aggressive actions to safeguard his power when necessary, including the removal and exile of 45 court officials and the razing of two troublesome temples, Todai-ji and Kofuku-ji.
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Molecules 2013, 18(7), 7873-7885; doi:10.3390/molecules18077873
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Comprehensive Theoretical Studies on the Reaction of 1-Bromo-3,3,3-trifluoropropene with OH Free Radicals
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1 School of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China 2 College of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China 3 Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China 4 Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden 5 School of Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
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Abstract: The potential energy surfaces (PES) for the reaction of 1-bromo-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (CF3CHCBrH) with hydroxyl (OH) free radicals is probed theoretically at the CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ//B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory. All the possible stationary and first-order saddle points along the reaction paths were verified by the vibrational analysis. The calculations account for all the product channels. Based on the calculated CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ potential energy surface, the possible reaction mechanism is discussed. Six distinct reaction pathways of 1-bromo-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (BTP) with OH are investigated. The geometries, reaction enthalpies and energy barriers are determined. Canonical transition-state theory with Wigner tunneling correction was used to predict the rate constants for the temperature range of 290–3,000 K without any artificial adjustment, and the computed rate constants for elementary channels can be accurately fitted with three-parameter Arrhenius expressions. OH addition reaction channel and the H atom abstraction channels related to the carbon-carbon double bond are found to be the main reaction channels for the reaction of 1-bromo-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (CF3CHCBrH) with hydroxyl (OH) free radicals while the products leading to CF3CHCH + BrOH and COHF2CHCBrH + F play a negligible role.
Keywords: quantum chemical calculations; reaction mechanism; transition states; potential energy surface; reaction rate constants
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Zhang, M.; Song, C.; Tian, Y. Comprehensive Theoretical Studies on the Reaction of 1-Bromo-3,3,3-trifluoropropene with OH Free Radicals. Molecules 2013, 18, 7873-7885.
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I saw you removed the reference to Brusselization from the article, although it is in my opinion correctly used in this context (retrieved from Cauchiehuis). I'm not defending the art nouveau architecture style here, which you're free to like or dislike, but it seems relevant to the traveler to keep references to Brusselization (also mentioned in the Brussels article and in the infobox on Joseph Poelart and Victor Horta in Brussels/Pentagon) for consistency throughout the articles. Whether or not Brusselization should be mentioned at all is up for debate and I wouldn't be opposed to removing it from all articles if it is deemed of no interest to the traveler. However, the unilateral removal of the term without commenting on the reason why you removed it, feels like you're censoring the article in defense of past government policies. I therefore would like to remind of the fact that Wikivoyage is an independent travel guide unaffiliated with any government, and consequently does not need to endorse urban planning policies. ArticCynda (talk) 07:34, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
* While I dislike your turn into the conspiracy theory realm that you simply seem to be unable to live without, I think this once you might actually be on to something. Brusselization seems worth mentioning. It might even do to add an infobox to the main article. Certainly there is a way to address this without extolling or condemning any one as in Erlangen to give one example. Hobbitschuster (talk) 12:28, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
* I already mentioned Brusselization in the infobox on Brussels most famous architects in the Brussels/Pentagon article. The location of that infobox (or whether or not we wish to keep its current content) is up for debate, however I think it no longer fits into the See section of the main article since it has been reformatted and rewritten in a more compact layout. Regardless, the concept of Brusselization is important to enable the traveler to understand how the (often ugly) combinations came to be, and censoring it from the Brussels articles feels unjustified. ArticCynda (talk) 12:40, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
* Again with the word "censoring". I do not think anybody here has as sinister an agenda as you seem to ascribe them. Certainly it isn't about "censoring". But lets wait for User:SelfieCity to weigh in; I do not know the specific edit or context. It is quite conceivable you had some mention in there of supposed Jews being behind it all as you are wont to do (and then never address even when repeatedly asked) Hobbitschuster (talk) 12:51, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
* If I remember rightly, I removed that part of it because there was something about "Jews" in it as well — it wasn't just about the word "Brusselization". I'll check that again, though. Selfie City (talk) 14:18, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
* Yes, it originally said: "The building was almost demolished by Jews who wanted to build an apartment complex at the location in 1971 — an example of Brusselization — but saved last minute and classified as a monument in 1975." It's not about the word Brusselization, but about immediately blaming Jews for something where race/religion doesn't matter and it probably wasn't demolished by Jews anyway. Selfie City (talk) 14:20, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
* I see. It is immediately apparent that mentioning Brusselization here has a place. The weird mention of Jews does not. Of course ArticCynda is free to give sources that a) it was actually "Jews" and b) that matters in any way. But he never does. Let's hope he never gets his hands on Frankfurt am Main or that one dreadful dreadful play... Hobbitschuster (talk) 14:28, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, I should have looked up the importance of "Brusselization". And yes, if it really was demolished by Jews (with evidence to support) and this was important in some way, it would be totally different. But, like all of ArticCynda's edits about antisemitism, etc. — they're almost like the work of some vandals: they add things that can't be proven and have no significance or relevance to the rest of the article. If such action is continued and the contributor refuses to explain his/her actions, that's definitely like the work of a vandal. And we block vandals immediately. Selfie City (talk) 14:36, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
* Agreed. Ibaman (talk) 14:40, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
* I find it insulting that you call my contributions "vandalism". ArticCynda (talk) 15:08, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
* Would you consider it insulting to call your comments about Jews "antisemitic"? Hobbitschuster (talk) 15:12, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Seriously? Now you're insulted, ArticCynda? Look who's talking! The person who talked about the "defeat of the Jews" and added other inaccurate information about Jews into Wikivoyage and has refused to cooperate in this issue is now insulted because someone is calling their actions what they really are. By the way, I'm not writing this out of anger, but instead because it's so funny — actually, that someone who has caused all these problems on the website, is now insulted. But yes, that's enough. Selfie City (talk) 16:18, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
* We Wikivoyagers are all insulted by your lack of self-criticism, ArticCynda. Enough, I say. Ibaman (talk) 15:14, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Woluwe is Where?
At the top of this article it states, "Woluwe is the western residential district of Brussels, the capital of Belgium." But there are at least two other links that redirect here: Brussels/East and Brussels/Southeast. Which leads to a couple of questions.
1. Should the "/East" and "/Southeast" redirects be removed? 2. Are these terms really used for this portion of the city or did someone just randomly create a series of directional articles for Belgium (leftover pre Wikivoyage)? 3. The map of Woluwe shown on Wikivoyage shows that this portion of the city is towards the east, but is this accurate? 4. Does the introduction to this article need to be rewritten?
I would never have noticed this expect that in the process of trying to clear up Category:Banner missing from Wikidata the links to Brussels/East and Brussels/Southeast won't resolve in Wikidata. Thanks for your help! Zcarstvnz (talk) 11:16, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
* The map clearly shows it being in the East. I fear some sort of malfeasance may have been at play. Hobbitschuster (talk) 00:42, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
* I have changed it.Probably a mix up between translating Flemish as French (Oosten not Ouest). --Traveler100 (talk) 10:37, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
* My Google Maps search shows that Woluwe is in the east. OpenStreetMap brought back the same result, so I think Woluwe is in the east, not the west. --Comment by Selfie City ( talk | contributions ) 15:33, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Woluwe is Where?
I started a discussion on the Talk page of the Woluwe, section of Brussels, Belgium article, but only one person commented. This article states this portion of the city is in the western part of the city, but the map shows it in the eastern part. There are also several redirects to this article, that may or might not be obsolete. I'm not familiar enough with Woluwe to make any changes to the article, so any help in resolving the questions that I posted on the Woluwe Discussion Page would be appreciated. Zcarstvnz (talk) 10:09, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
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Walter Wade
Walter Wade may refer to:
* Walter Wade (botanist), Irish physician and botanist
* Walter Wade (bishop), suffragan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town, 1970–76
* Walter Ross Wade, American physician and planter
* Walter Wade, a character in the 2000 film Shaft
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The barbed knife ripped through the girl's throat. Her body slumped to the cold flagstones, her dark hair settling on the pool of blood before her. Reflections writhed on the slick, crimson surface as the chill mountain winds pulled and twisted at the flames of the courtyard torches. The old woman made herself watch as the girl died. Then she raised her eyes to the man holding the blade.
The soldiers had left. Thirty of her kin lay dead. She and this man were the only living things that remained in this castle, on this mountain. An old woman, a bloodied warrior, and the knife.
"Get up, babă," the man said, roughly. He took her arm and pulled her to her feet.
He spoke her language, she realised with a start. He had used another tongue with the soldiers, harsh to her ears. But through all of the killing, he had been silent; his movements had been ritual, but deft and efficient. Beyond her horror, she could even see a beauty in them. The thought made her sick.
"Look at me, babă. Do you know me?"
She saw his coal-black hair and olive skin. His lithe figure, stripped to the waist and smeared with drying blood. She looked into his dark eyes, burning. The terror pooling in her stomach grew deeper and thicker.
She broke her gaze. "The rumours say you are called the Dragon's Son," she said, voice low.
The warrior inclined his head in acknowledgement. "I have a task for you, grandmother." The diminutive was laced with casual contempt.
She had expected death, another body amid the slaughter. The idea that he would spare her, the eldest of her family, felt cruel and mocking. Her jaw tensed as her fear mingled with new emotions - hatred, confusion and, underneath it all, a small but defiant hope.
If he felt that tension in her, that hope, the man did not show it. He dropped her wrist.
"Leave this place," he continued. "Go, and tell your people what you have seen tonight. They will respect your words. Tell them that I am real. Tell all of the Romani that Wallachia has a new prince, and that they shall serve me, or bleed."
She looked at the scarlet fingerprints he had left on her wrist, and her anger flared.
"The Roma do not serve. We have no princes," she said fiercely.
But the warrior laughed at her.
"Do you think you are the first to say that? I have broken warriors and enslaved cities. I have travelled here with fifty men, and I will rule Wallachia within the year. I shall carve up Moldavia and Transylvania like roasting lambs. The Ottomans will fear me, and fall before me. You gypsies are nothing."
"Yet the Roma will not serve." It was the stubbornness of long years, crowding out her dread.
"Then I will show you the cost," the warrior said.
He reached toward her face, faster than she could react, and she felt his fingers rub blood - still wet, still warm - across her eyelids. The world spun, and her eyes opened on a rust-coloured nightmare.
She was looking down on an army encampment, which grew ever closer. The moon's light was garnet and ruby, the shadows black. She fell nearer to the soldiers, spying their turbans and scimitars. Suddenly, tents across the camp were ablaze, sending men and horses into a panic. As the fires roared, dark figures raced between them, slaughtering the confused soldiers.
Then the vision was gone, and she was walking through a dense forest, the light still red. She felt pulled forward, inexorably. As she squeezed through the mass of tall, bare trunks, a drop of liquid on her shoulder drew her gaze upward. Upward, to the corpses hanging over her.
There were no trees. She was in a forest of stakes, a thicket of the impaled. Men, women, children: hundreds of bodies, thousands - she could see no end to them. They hung slack from the poles driven through them from every angle, sharpened points protruding from mouths, necks, limbs, bellies. The sheer weight of them looming above staggered her, but she kept walking, drawn forward despite herself.
Blood dripped steadily from above as her weakened legs led her up a small rise. She emerged from the forest of the dead into a clearing, and saw the warrior. He was standing at the crest of the hill, a young girl in white on a stone slab before him. From all directions, streams of blood were flowing up the hill towards him, gathering in a pool at his feet. The stakes stretched around in every direction, death as far as she could see. The warrior leaned down and grasped the girl, and as he bit into her neck, his eyes flicked up and met the old woman's.
And then she was back in the courtyard, in the cold night. The warrior looked at her imperiously.
"Dhampir!" she cursed. "Blood demon!"
She pulled a wooden crucifix from her belt and thrust it towards him, her other hand fumbling in her pockets. The warrior spread his hands wide. As she advanced, he stepped cautiously backwards, stopping with his feet in the pool of blood.
She hesitated, and again he laughed. A swift gesture from the warrior, and the crucifix snapped in her hand, the arms of the crosspiece falling to the flagstones. The Christ-figure had been twisted and distended, with the stipe of the cross now impaling it from groin to crown.
The old woman dropped the defiled cross - in any case, it had been merely a distraction. Her other hand emerged from her skirt with a mix of preserved leaves, which she blew towards the warrior. Suspended in the air, they swirled thicker and faster, enveloping the man in a disorienting cloud of debris. He ducked downwards, doubled over, but the miniature whirlwind moved with him, cutting off sight and sound.
The woman fell back, looking for an escape. Even as she retreated, she saw the blood rise from the ground. A wave of it soaked the leaves and washed them to the ground, and the warrior rose, striding forward. Blood hung in the air in sheets behind him, like great red wings.
"Herb witch," he snarled. "Do you think your dirt magic can touch a host-lord of the Daeva?"
He waved a hand, and she could not move. He closed the gap between them, swinging the knife. The flat of the blade caressed her cheek as it passed her head. Then it was still and poised in his hand, the point towards her face.
The warrior continued, "Our empire stretches from Kalmar to the Siberian wastes. I am the spearhead - through me the Daeva shall conquer West and East, onwards without limit. You and your people are ashes before the wind of our coming."
He brought the dagger slowly in, pushing nearer. Her throat thickened, but she could not scream. Her world narrowed to the size of the knife, to the size of the point. Still it came closer. She felt the tip resting on the surface of her eye.
"You cannot choose but serve," the man said, his voice grown quiet. "Only the manner of your service is within your power. Tell your people - they will be slaves, or they will be cattle."
The knife stopped. She could not blink. The point on her eyeball was worse than pain - every nerve in her body was focussed on the pressure, willing it not to increase, imagining that it had.
The Daeva lord leaned in close to her motionless head, and whispered, "That girl, the last I killed. She was your granddaughter, yes? I could taste it in her. Think on her sister. On all of your family."
Her realisation was abrupt - she had one last, desperate hope. She pulled at her memories for scraps of forbidden knowledge, that only long years of training with her own grandmother had taught her to resist. Suddenly he released the hold that was on her; she wrenched her head away from the knife, and he smiled and threw it high. The old woman gathered herself, turning back to the warrior.
"The Roma do not serve." She spat at his feet.
His swiftness was beautiful and savage. One hand grabbed her arms, the other plucked the dagger from the air. Blood sprayed from her wrists as the barbs tore them open. Her hands hung limp, and pain and shock overtook her.
The Daeva's hand was a vice on her arms. "I will not make this quick for you," he said, and bent to drink from her severed veins.
As she stood, dying, the old woman gave a keening wail: for her daughter, for her daughter's daughter, for all her kin. Her voice wavered into a thin, wordless tune, discordant as the crows that roosted in the castle towers.
She had only sung for a short time before the warrior cut her throat.
But it was long enough.
When Konstantin, janissary of His Imperial Majesty Mehmet II, climbed with his guards the thousand steps to Poenari Citadel, he had not believed the stories they told in Sibiu. But the grisly scene in the courtyard was beyond his ability to explain.
Close to a hundred bodies, dead for at least a month but untouched by wolves or carrion birds. Some hung upside down from the walls, their throats slashed open like butchered pigs. Others lay in piles, naked and pallid, their skin ribboned by hundreds of deep cuts, as if to bleed them from every scrap of flesh. Many of the corpses appeared to be gypsies. The rest were like no people known to the Ottoman Empire - wild-haired and tattooed, with devilish-looking weapons, oddly undrawn. But even this was not what had daunted him.
Almost every surface of the courtyard was painted with blood. The recent rains had streaked it into illegibility, but it must have been monumental: perhaps a mural, or notation in a language with which Konstantin was not familiar. But it was impossible, unthinkable. For what great work would all these people bleed?
As he passed another heap of corpses, Konstantin spied a lone figure slumped against the far wall. A pool of blood had clearly dried beneath the body, but the wall next to it was the only clean surface in the entire courtyard.
Konstantin, walking closer, saw a man with olive skin and a fighter's build. The warrior's face was smudged with faded red, with deep scratches down each side from sharpened fingernails: the man's own nails, Konstantin could see the blood beneath them. His eyes were open in a fervid stare at that last blank piece of stone. His left arm was covered in wounds - the tip of one finger cut off, the palm of the hand slashed across. The left wrist was almost severed by a single deep cut; it was pressed against the edge of the empty wall in a final faltering smear. And his right hand still gripped the barbed knife.
Konstantin climbed back down the thousand steps, his thoughts troubled. But as he descended, the soft Transylvanian rains returned. The tide of history ebbed, and his memories of the Daeva were washed away. By the time he reached the valley floor, he had forgotten his purpose there, and he once again felt sanguine.
Riding away, he began to sing softly to himself.
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Green Architecture in Fez
A symposium on green architecture will be held from April 25-28 in Fez and around the village of Sefrou.
International and national experts will present their concepts and work, demonstrating their experience in sustainable development projects.
Crucial questions will be posed around themes that affect us all, such as how do we to respond to the need for sensible growth while fighting against the global imbalance; the densification of urban pollution; the risk of food crisis? How can culture and new styles of architecture assist in creating real development projects which guarantee the well being of the population? Can satellite cities be green? What are the conditions to be found in the region? How can natural materials be used in construction and rehabilitation? Is it possible today to build in Morocco from natural materials?
The main language of communication will be French.
You can find the full program on http://www.facebook.com/SymposiumAEM
Seating is limited, so register soon. Send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
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Il Postino: The Postman
Il Postino: The Postman (Il postino; the title used for the original US release ) is a 1994 comedy-drama film co-written by and starring Massimo Troisi and directed by English filmmaker Michael Radford. Based on the 1985 novel Ardiente paciencia (English translation: "Burning Patience") by Antonio Skármeta, itself adapted from a 1983 film written and directed by Skármeta, the film tells a fictional story in which the real life Chilean poet Pablo Neruda forms a friendship with a simple Procida postman (Troisi) who learns to love poetry. The cast includes Troisi, Philippe Noiret, and Maria Grazia Cucinotta. The screenplay was adapted by Radford, Troisi, Anna Pavignano, Furio Scarpelli, and Giacomo Scarpelli.
Writer/star Troisi was severely ill during filming, postponing heart surgery so it could be completed. The day after principal photography ended, he suffered a fatal heart attack, and the film was completed and released posthumously. The film was critically acclaimed, earning numerous accolades including BAFTA Awards for Best Film Not in the English Language, Best Direction, and Best Film Music. Composer Luis Bacalov won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score, and the film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.
Plot
In 1950, Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, is exiled to a small island in Italy for political reasons. His wife accompanies him. On the island, a local, Mario Ruoppolo, is dissatisfied with being a fisherman like his father. Mario looks for other work and is hired as a temporary postman, with Neruda as his only customer. He uses his bicycle to hand deliver Neruda's mail. (The island seems to have no cars). Though poorly educated, the postman eventually befriends Neruda and becomes further influenced by Neruda's political views and poetry.
Meanwhile, Mario falls in love with a beautiful young lady, Beatrice Russo, who works in her aunt's village cafe. He is shy with her, but he enlists Neruda's help. Mario constantly asks Neruda if particular metaphors that he uses are suitable for his poems. Mario is able to better communicate with Beatrice and express his love through poetry. Despite the aunt's strong disapproval of Mario, because of his sensual poetry (which turns out to be largely stolen from Neruda), Beatrice responds favourably.
The two are married. The priest refuses to allow Mario to have Neruda as his best man because of politics; however, this is soon resolved. This was because Di Cosimo was the politician in office in the area with the Christian Democrats. At the wedding, Neruda receives the welcome news that there is no longer a Chilean warrant for his arrest so he returns to Chile.
Mario writes a letter but never gets any reply. Several months later, he receives a letter from Neruda. However, to his dismay, it is actually from his secretary, asking Mario to send Neruda's old belongings back to Chile. While there Mario comes upon an old phonograph and listens to the song he first heard when he met Neruda. Moved, he makes recordings of all the beautiful sounds on the island onto a cassette including the heartbeat of his soon-to-be-born child.
Five years later, Neruda finds Beatrice and her son, Pablito (named in honour of Neruda) in the same old inn. From her, he discovers that Mario had been killed before their son was born. Mario had been scheduled to recite a poem he had composed at a large communist gathering in Naples; the demonstration was violently broken up by the police. She gives Neruda the recordings of village sounds that Mario had made for him. The film ends with Neruda walking on the beach where he used to talk with Mario, showing at the same time the communist gathering in which Mario was killed.
Cast
* Massimo Troisi as Mario Ruoppolo
* Philippe Noiret as Pablo Neruda
* Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Beatrice Russo
* Renato Scarpa as The Telegrapher
* Linda Moretti as Donna Rosa
* Mariano Rigillo as Di Cosimo
* Anna Bonaiuto as Matilde Urrutia
* Simona Caparrini as Elsa Morante
* Michael Diana as Pablito
* Sergio Solli as Peasant
Noiret's Italian-language dialogue was dubbed by actor Bruno Alessandro.
Production
Massimo Troisi, a popular Italian actor and filmmaker, had purchased the film rights to Antonio Skármeta's Ardiente paciencia intending to adapt it into a feature film. The novel was itself an adaptation of a largely-unknown 1983 film of the same name, written and directed by Skármeta. Troisi, having seen Michael Radford's 1983 film Another Time, Another Place, wrote a script treatment and gave it to Radford, who appreciated Troisi's enthusiasm but was dissatisfied with the script. Together with Troisi's ex-girlfriend Anna Pavignano, they stayed in a Santa Monica beachfront hotel and wrote a new screenplay. Among the changes made to the original novel was changing the setting from contemporary Chile to 1950s Italy, and the character of Mario from a teenage fisherman to a 40-year old postman. Whereas the novel and the 1983 film were set in Chile, with Neruda living in his home at Isla Negra around 1970, Il Postino: The Postman moves the setting to Italy in about 1950.
The film is set and was filmed on the island of Procida, gulf of Naples; some additional filming took place on Salina, one of the volcanic Aeolian Islands that form an archipelago off the northern coast of Sicily. Corricella is the setting for some of the waterfront scenes in the movie. Filming took 11 weeks, with only one break for the Easter holiday.
Troisi's performance was hampered by his worsening heart condition, brought on by childhood rheumatism. Troisi was so weak that it was only possible for him to work for about an hour each day. Most of his scenes were shot in one or two takes. A shooting schedule was designed to allow the film to be shot around him. This was aided greatly by the fact his stand-in bore such a striking resemblance to Troisi. He was used for all back to camera, long/medium shots and most of the bicycle riding sequences. Troisi recorded all of his dialogue early in the production, in case he died before filming could be completed. This later proved necessary, since Troisi died one day after principal photography at his sister's house.
Troisi originally intended to co-direct the film with Radford, but was unable to effectively do so due to his illness. Though he is credited as co-director in the Italian release version, he is not credited in any other version, and as such was not eligible to be nominated for directing awards outside of Italy.
Soundtrack
In 1994, to promote the film, Miramax published The Postman (Il Postino): Music From The Miramax Motion Picture, which besides the film's score, composed by Luis Enríquez Bacalov, includes Neruda's poems recited by many celebrities. There are a total of 31 tracks.
In 2002, CAM Original Soundtracks released a 17 track version of the score (CAM 509536-2) which was mastered in Dolby Surround.
The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music.
For the 2010 opera based on the film, see Daniel Catán.
Reception
The film was very well received. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 94% of the critics liked the film, based on 35 reviews; the website's critic consensus says, "Il Postino movingly explores themes of love and friendship through sensitively depicted – and beautifully acted – relationships in 1950s Italy." It received a score of 81 on Metacritic, indicating "Universal Acclaim", based on 13 critic reviews.
In Italy, the film grossed over $8 million. The film was the second-highest-grossing non-English-language film in the UK for 1995 (behind La Reine Margot), with a gross of £534,673. It also grossed almost $1 million each in Germany and Spain. In the United States and Canada, the film surpassed Like Water for Chocolate as the highest-grossing non-English-language film of all time, with a gross of $21,848,932. Worldwide, it grossed in excess of $33 million.
Academy Awards
At the 68th Academy Awards (1996), the film's score, composed by Luis Enríquez Bacalov, won the Academy Award for Best Music (Original Dramatic Score).
* The film was also nominated for: Best Picture; Best Director (Michael Radford); Best Actor in a Leading Role (Massimo Troisi); and Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.
Troisi received posthumous Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published. Furthermore, producer Mario Cecchi Gori also received a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
BAFTA Awards
* The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language.
* Michael Radford won for Best Direction.
* The film's score, composed by Luis Enríquez Bacalov, won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music.
Troisi received posthumous BAFTA Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Screenplay.
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How do I get over a dislike of certain foods?
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Seafood, especially shellfish
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I don't like the taste or texture usually
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Thierry Maulnier
Thierry Maulnier (born Jacques Talagrand; 1 October 1909, Alès – 9 January 1988, Marnes-la-Coquette) was a French journalist, essayist, dramatist, and literary critic. He was married to theatre director Marcelle Tassencourt.
Early years
A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure in the same class as Roger Vailland, Robert Brasillach, and Maurice Bardèche. While still a student, Maulnier became active in the integralist Action Française, and published in Charles Maurras' newspaper (L'Action française). He made a career in journalism and took part in the movement of the Non-conformists of the 1930s, inspired by the personalist generation of young intellectuals who shared some of the ideals of the Action Française, holding right-wing beliefs as an answer to a "crisis of civilization" and materialism. He also campaigned against democracy and capitalism, advocating a union of the right and left to overthrow the two. Thierry Maulnier associated with youth periodicals such as Réaction, La Revue du Siècle, and La Revue française; he also wrote his first volume, La crise est dans l'homme ("Crisis Is in Man").
In 1934, he authored, with Jean-Pierre Maxence, the manifesto Demain la France ("Tomorrow, France"). Maxence and Maulnier also founded the weekly L'Insurgé in 1936 lasting only a few months, the magazine circulated nationalist tenets, reviewed in Maulnier's 1938 essay Au-delà du nationalisme ("Beyond Nationalism"). At the same time, he joined Jean de Fabrègues in the creation of a more analytical paper, Combat, one which would be published until France's defeat in World War II.
World War II and after
A regular contributor to L'Action française since 1938, Maulnier continued to publish after Nazi Germany's occupation of France (from 1940); he also started writing for Le Figaro. He ceased writing for the paper after the start of Operation Torch in 1942, and remained a journalist for Le Figaro from 1945 until his death.
With the beginning of the Fourth Republic, Maulnier no longer engaged in politics. He wrote plays (La Course des rois - 1947; Le Profanateur - 1950, La Ville au fond de la mer - 1953, Le Soir du conquérant - 1970) and essays (Violence et conscience - 1945, La Face de méduse du communisme - 1952, L'Europe a fait le monde - 1966, Le Sens des mots - 1976, Les Vaches sacrées - 1977), but also commented on social themes (with Maulnier as a staunch Pro-European).
In 1964, he was elected to the Académie française in place of the deceased Henry Bordeaux. In 1986 he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca.
Works
* La crise est dans l'homme (1932)
* Nietzsche (1933)
* Racine (1934)
* Miracle de la Monarchie (1935)
* Mythes socialistes (1938)
* Au-delà du nationalisme (1938)
* Introduction à la poésie française (1939)
* La France, la guerre et la paix (1942, Lyon)
* Violence et conscience (1945)
* Langages (1946)
* Jeanne et ses juges (1952)
* Le Sexe et le néant, directed by Marcelle Tassencourt, Théâtre de l'Athénée (1960)
* Cette Grèce où nous sommes nés (1964)
* La Défaite d'hannibal, followed by La ville au fond de la mer, Gallimard (1968)
* Dialogue inattendu, with Jean Elleinstein, Flammarion (1979)
* Theatre
* 1944: Antigone by Robert Garnier, Théâtre Charles de Rochefort, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
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Whitefish Dunes State Park
Whitefish Dunes State Park is a 867 acre state park of Wisconsin on the eastern shore of the Door Peninsula. This day-use park preserves the most substantial sand dunes on the western shore of Lake Michigan. The remains of eight successive prehistoric Native American villages are on the National Register of Historic Places as Whitefish Dunes-Bay View Site. Cave Point County Park is an enclave inside the state park, allowing visitors free foot access to the state park by the shoreline trail connecting the parks.
History
From 100 B.C. to the later 1800s there is evidence of early settlers. The North Bay people occupied the area from 100 B.C. to A.D. 300, leaving pottery in the dunes. Their descendants, the Heins Creek people, then occupied the area. In the Late Woodland period, there were two occupations: a group settling there from A.D. 800-900, and the Oneota, who arrived around A.D. 900. In the early 1800s, fishing camps were established in the area, including one by New Englander James Pearson Clark. Maritime trade began to grow.
Recreation
Recreational activities at Whitefish Dunes include hiking, fishing, canoeing, boating, and swimming. There are several picnic tables located throughout the park and shelters to rent. During the winter there is skiing and snowshoeing.
The Whitefish Dunes Nature Center features exhibits about the ecology, geology and cultural history of the park. The center is open year-round. There are programs offered for children and adults to learn about the park's natural history and cultural history. Naturalists are available to answer questions as well as give tours.
There are multiple trails within the park. The Black trail is 2.5 mi long through the woods with rock exposure. The Brachipod trail is 1.5 mi long with fossils and nature views. The Clark Lake Spur trail is .7 mi long. The Green trail is 1.8 mi long. There are also the Red, Red Pine, Whitefish Creek Spur, and Yellow trails.
Nature
Mammals that inhabit the park include rabbits, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, and woodchucks. Reptiles and amphibians inhabit the dunes, including frogs, painted turtles, salamanders, and snakes. Whitefish Dunes State Natural Area, a 230 acre area within the state park, protects rare species of plants such as the prairie sand-reed grass and the dune thistle.
Dune erosion and building
When the fine sands are exposed, the wind begins to remove them. The tallest dunes are stabilized by vegetation. There are also areas of active dunes, these are smaller in stature and probably will not grow very tall.
Erosion by water of the shoreline occurs in sandy areas along the lake. There are especially high lake levels at the peak of the 11-year cycle. High waters can combine with storm-driven waves for increased erosion. Vast amounts of sand are eroded from the shoreline and dunes during these periods of high lake levels. As the waters begin to recede, the expanse of beach exposed increases, and the fine sand particles are exposed to the winds and the process of dune-building begins anew.
Geology
Several fossils were found at the dunes from sediment at the bottom of the water. Fossil sea shells and coral reefs can be seen today at the dunes. The wind and water constantly change and reform the dunes. The wind forces the sand to drop and form a pile, also known as a sand dune. Not many plants make it in the sand dune but the marram grass can survive the winds and water of the dunes.
The park includes an esker.
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Tamil Encyclopedia
Kalaikkalanjiam (Tamil: Encyclopedia) is a universal encyclopedia in Tamil, published by the Tamil Development Academy, Chennai. The project was funded by the Union Government of India, the State Government of then Madras Presidency and many Tamil well wishers. The Tamil Development Academy announced its intent to produce this encyclopedia on the day of Indian Independence 15 August 1947. The work started in the academy's Madras University Campus on 20 October 1947. The chief editor of this effort was Periyasaamy Thooran.
Contents
The first volume was released in 1954 and the tenth and final volume was released in 1968.
* Volume 1 – 1954 – 742 pages
* Volume 2 – 1955 – 760 pages
* Volume 3 – 1956 – 756 pages
* Volume 4 – 1956 – 778 pages
* Volume 5 – 1958 – 750 pages
* Volume 6 – 1959 – 770 pages
* Volume 7 – 1960 – 754 pages
* Volume 8 – 1961 – 758 pages
* Volume 9 – 1963 – 751 pages
* Volume 10 – 1968 – 560 pages
Contributors
Following groups were involved in producing these volumes:
* Executive groups 5, Total members 74
* Content groups 21, Total members 132
* Research groups 27, Total members 66
* Glossary group 1, Total members 40
In total, 2240 scholars have contributed to various articles in these 10 volumes.
A second revised edition for this encyclopedia was planned with 12 volumes of 1000 pages each. But the plan didn't materialize due to various reasons.
The entire Kalaikkalanjiam is available online at the Tamil Virtual Academy website.
In 2014, Tamil Development Academy donated all 10 volumes under Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 license based on Tamil Wikipedia contributors' request. Along with this, 10 volumes of Kuzhandhaigal Kalaikkalanjiam was also released under Creative Commons license.
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Tsuyu
Tsuyu may refer to:
* East Asian rainy season (梅雨)
* Dipping sauce or soup served with Japanese noodles
* Tsuyu Asui (蛙吹 梅雨), a character in the manga and anime series My Hero Academia
* TUYU (ツユ), a music group from Japan.
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The result was delete. MBisanz talk 00:02, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
Key Witness
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My searches found nothing at all and that's not surprisign considering it was only active for 4 years, unsigned and simply no other information. The best there is, an Exclaim! review, and that's it. SwisterTwister talk 07:17, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 07:17, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 07:17, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
* Delete. Nothing here constitutes (or even really claims) an WP:NMUSIC pass, and there's no evidence of any reliable source coverage strong enough to get them over WP:GNG. Given the two hatnotes, however, the title should be recreated as a dab page for those two films (as well as Key Witness (book)) rather than being left redlinked — but the band definitely has to go. Bearcat (talk) 14:27, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
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Alphagarrsongs
Musical artist
Alphagarrsongs
Instrumental Artist, “A musician by force. No two musicians sound the same. I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to your love or pain.
The true beauty of music is that it connects people.
Most successful song is
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uma Música
The result was redirect to Redenção (album). Liz Read! Talk! 23:39, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
Uma Música
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Clearly fails all criteria of WP:NSONG. The article has notability tag from February 2010. 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝟕𝟐𝟖🧙♂️Let's Talk ! 16:36, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
* Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝟕𝟐𝟖🧙♂️Let's Talk ! 16:36, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
* Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Albums and songs and Brazil. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 16:44, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
* Keep It's certified Gold in Brazil, I think that's notable under MUSIC. Oaktree b (talk) 16:45, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
* First off, WP:MUSICBIO doesn't apply here. You're looking for WP:NSONG. Secondly, I haven't found anything else that would back up notability for the song. That Gold cert alone isn't gonna save it, and could easily be mentioned in the album/band article. Or at least it could be if I didn't think both of those articles are also no good and need to go as well. I'm voting to delete this and the album article, and also leaving a link to this AfD for the band here. If the band page gets kept then redirect both there. QuietHere (talk) 17:21, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
* Yes, NSONG, is what I was thinking of. The "gold record" helps for notability, but we'd need a bit more sourcing to keep it. I'll scratch my vote above in a moment. Oaktree b (talk) 22:20, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
* I think QuietHere was responding to the nominator, who used WP:MUSICBIO incorrectly. --- DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:10, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
* Indeed I was, though the nominator has now corrected their original post so it's a moot point. QuietHere (talk) 00:03, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 23:18, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
* Redirect to Redenção (album). Fails WP:NSONG per nom. SBKSPP (talk) 01:38, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
* Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
* Redirect to Redenção (album) per nom. Jfire (talk) 04:43, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
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Hang Lung Properties
Hang Lung Properties, formerly Amoy Properties and currently subsidiary of Hang Lung Group, is a property developer in Hong Kong. It is a member of Hang Seng Index Constituent Stocks (blue chip) and is headquartered in the Standard Chartered Bank Building in Central, Hong Kong.
History
Hang Lung Properties Limited was incorporated in 1949 and was taken over by Hang Lung Group Limited in 1980. It became the property investment arm of Hang Lung Group Limited after the group re-organisation in 1987. The company is led by Ronnie Chan.
In November 2010, the company said it was aiming to raise up to HK$10.1 billion through a share placement to finance expansion on the mainland.
Properties
The company's main properties include Standard Chartered Bank Building, Baskerville House, Hang Lung Centre in Causeway Bay, Kornhill Plaza, Grand Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, as well as One and Two Grand Tower, Hollywood Plaza (Hong Kong), and the Park-In Commercial Centre in Mong Kok.
On 1 January 1991, Ronnie Chan took over as the group's chairman. He saw the opportunity to invest in mainland China market due to its economic growth, and thus the company began to venture into the mainland market under Chan's leadership. Its first step into the mainland came in 1992 with two landmark properties in Shanghai, Plaza 66 and Grand Gateway 66. Following the success of these projects, the company continued to expand into others parts of mainland China such as Wuxi, Shenyang, Jinan, Tianjin, Dalian, Kunming and Wuhan.
Hang Lung Properties in September 2020 bought the real estate assets in Hong Kong of the United States government.
Management Board
The board has eleven members, with five executive directors and six non-executive directors to ensure sufficient independence.
* Chairman: Ronnie Chan
* CEO: Weber Wai Pak Lo
* CFO: Hau Cheong Ho
* Executive Director: Adriel Wenbwo Chan
Non-executive directors:
* Ronald Joseph Arculli
* Philip Nan Lok Chen
* Dominic Chiu Fai Ho
* Nelson Wai Leung Yuen
* Andrew Ka Ching Chan
* Prof. Hsin Kang Chang
* Anita Yuen Mei Fung
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*2.3. Convert Data*
Apart from being able to work with lists, there are two packages that are relevant exponents in their respective fields:
For researchers, being able to work with those packages is critical. This is especially relevant with MNE, because it is the most viable alternative when operating with EEG data. However, the package does not provide any kind of support for Muse, nor its native file formats. As a result, we provided a native implementation in MuseStudio that brings full interoperability for both packages.
Converting data into MNE format requires some considerations. In general, the conversion includes information about the sensor coordinates, the physiological coordinates of the study participants, the powerline frequency (which depends on the region, 50 Hz or 60 Hz), the data in volts, the channels' names, the associated annotations, and the type of data. In this case, only EEG data were considered because MNE does not work with PPG, accelerometer, and gyroscope data. The result of the transformation is an array of RawArray objects with the same order as the list obtained in the previous stage. Those objects can be iterated to perform the analysis in any research study.
The outcome of the conversion to Pandas is a list with several data frames that can be used for analysis using data science techniques. A single data frame has the following columns: timestamp, AF7, AF8, TP9, TP10, X\_acc, Y\_acc, Z\_acc, X\_gyr, Y\_gyr, Z\_gyr, 1\_ppg, 2\_ppg, 3\_ppg. These correspond to all the streams provided by Muse. The differences between the sampling frequencies of the streams result in blank fields in rows.
## *2.4. BIDS Format Import and Export*
MuseStudio, in order to support the data management of brain activity with Muse products, must consider data structural mechanisms. These mechanisms are inspired by the standard Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) [2]. The addition of the BIDS support allows sharing Muse recordings with other researchers, even if they do not have the set of tools required to work with the device. The library, with the support of MNE-BIDS [34], manages all the necessary information to save the configuration data that the BIDS requires according to its specification. With that aim, two structures were defined, setup and
participants, which are available in Appendix A. These are lists of dictionaries, so that every recording has a corresponding dictionary with its particular details.
The setup structure includes this information: the name of the subject; the session and run numbers; the acquisition parameters; the task performed; the processing label; the name of the recording; the coordinate space; the split of the continuous recording; the file name suffix and extension; the root path of the files. In the following examples, all the fields were simplified to None, but they should be modified accordingly.
The BIDS also requires a participants' file with the details of every member of the research study. The structure presented contains the information about the name of the subject (which must coincide with those in the setup), the age, the sex, the dominant hand, and root directory path. This file is an explicit recommendation of the BIDS specification [35], which suggests its addition in the root path of the main recordings directory.
The purpose of this configuration is to simplify how recordings are exported and imported. In addition, it allows knowing the characteristics of the experiments and the participants rapidly. When sharing one or more recordings, a researcher would only share the BIDS-formatted directory and the two updated lists described above. Using the designed method, no ambiguity is possible. Lastly, the creation of two structures, which are related thanks to the "subject" field (that is unique), avoids the repetition of information. A participant can have several recordings, but it is still the same participant. Therefore, his/her details must be added to the participants' structure only once, while the setup structure can hold several recordings.
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Lectionary 57
Lectionary 57, designated by siglum ℓ 57 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th-century.
Description
The codex is an Euchologium with lessons from the New Testament, on 408 paper leaves ($$). It is a lectionary (Evangelistarion and Apostolos). The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page, in Greek minuscule letters.
History
In 1515 the manuscript was in Nauplia, in 1545 in Venice. It once belonged to Loescher, then to Graf Brühl. It was the last Gospel lectionary added to the list of New Testament manuscript before Johann Martin Augustin Scholz. The manuscript was described by Christian Frederick Matthaei.
The manuscript is sporadically cited in the critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS3).
Currently the codex is located in the Saxon State Library (A. 151), in Dresden.
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Portal:Ohio/Selected Biography/8
Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant, was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869–1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.
In 1868, Grant was elected president as a Republican. Grant was the first president to serve for two full terms since Andrew Jackson forty years before. He led Radical Reconstruction and built a powerful patronage-based Republican party in the South, with the adroit use of the army. He took a hard line that reduced violence by groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Although Grant was personally honest, he not only tolerated financial and political corruption among top aides but also protected them once exposed.
Read more... • Other Selected Biographies
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Hello, how are you? I'd like your help in booking movie tickets.
Hi, I'm great! Booking tickets is what I'm made for! What movie do you have in mind?
Midway.
Sounds fun! What showtime?
Five in the afternoon.
How many people are going?
Three total.
Okay, and do you have any screening preferences?
I want an IMAX screening.
Alright. What theater do you want to go to?
I want to go to the Regal Hollywood one.
Regal Hollywood & ScreenX?
Yes, that one.
OK. 5PM Midway showing for three. Regal Hollywood & ScreenX, ScreenX showing.
IMAX showing please.
Oh, sorry about that! Let me see... For that I'll have to change theaters. Any preference?
What about the Topeka Wheatfield 9?
That works! 5PM Midway showing for three. IMAX at Topeka Wheatfield 9.
Sounds good, book it!
Booked!
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Answers to Module 7 Questions
1. The media I have uploaded to wikimedia commons is a photograph of a poster advertising the Puppetry of the Penis 3D show.
2. This is not my own work as I did not take the photograph.
3. The file format is a JPEG image.
4. This media has been freely licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 2.0)
5. This image will be uploaded onto the 'Puppetry of the Penis' gallery.
6. Poster advertising the Puppetry of the Penis 3D show in England, 2011.
Practicing Citations
* 1) The paper’s credibility is ensured through its academic nature as it is included in the ATHANOR journal, a high-quality educational journal that features critical works of research by students from the annual Art History Graduate Symposium at Florida State University.
* 2) The source is authoritative on account of the journal’s specialisation in the fields of feminism and masculinity, and its neutrality is established by the journal’s commitment to providing peer-reviewed empirical scholarship.
* 3) This source is highly reputable, being a legal document published by the Federal Communications Commission, an independent U.S. government agency overseen by Congress which is responsible for implementing and enforcing America’s communications law and regulations.
* 4) The article was written by Bruce Weber, a journalist with 35 years of experience in analysis of the arts, and theatre in particular, thus ensuring the source’s credibility and expertise on the subject matter.
* 5) In fulfilling a niche in the local media market by covering perspectives outside the purview of mainstream newspapers, this paper provides reputable supporting information about different viewpoints on the subject.
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Riverview Hotel (Irvine, Kentucky)
The Riverview Hotel, on Main St. in Irvine, Kentucky, is a Classical Revival-syle building which was constructed in 19. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
It is a three-story brick building upon a stone foundation and was built sometime during 1913–18, during a period of oil exploration in the area.
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