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Arthur Reaume
Arthur John Reaume (November 30, 1906 – December 13, 1981) was a Canadian politician.
Background
Reaume was born at Sandwich, Ontario, in 1906.
Politics
He was elected to the town council of Sandwich in 1930 and became mayor of Sandwich in 1933. He sat on Windsor city council after Sandwich became part of Windsor. Reaume succeeded David Croll as Windsor mayor in 1941, becoming the 22nd mayor of the city, and was reelected in 1948. In the municipal election of 1950, it appeared that Thomas Brophey had defeated Reaume by 38 votes but, after a recount, Reaume was declared the winner by 16 votes and served until 1954. Reaume is also Windsor's longest-serving mayor, at 13 years.
He ran as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the 1943 election but was defeated by the CCF. He broke with the Conservatives when he supported UAW workers at Ford in their fight for the Rand formula.
In the 1945 and 1948 elections, he ran as a Liberal-Labour candidate, but lost on both attempts. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in 1951. He remained in office until the 1967 election.
A pro-labour but otherwise conservative politician, he ran for the Ontario Liberal leadership in 1958 but won only 32 votes and was eliminated on the first ballot along with Liberal-Labour MPP Albert Wren. Reaume withdrew after the first ballot and threw his support to John Wintermeyer who came from behind to win on the third ballot. Reaume and Wren had both been expelled from the Liberal caucus in 1957 for attacking the leadership of Farquhar Oliver but Reaume was readmitted after apologising.
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Hexavalent vaccines for immunization in paediatric age
S. Esposito, C. Tagliabue, S. Bosis, V. Ierardi, M. Gambino, N. Principi
Research output: Contribution to journalArticle
Abstract
Despite the potential for protection against a broad spectrum of pathogens, the availability of an increased number of effective vaccines could lead to a significant reduction in vaccination coverage as the result of issues with implementation of new vaccines within existing protocols. To overcome these problems, the development of combined vaccines has been promoted. The use of combined vaccines offers a number of potential benefits, including a reduction in the number of patient visits, reduced complications associated with multiple intramuscular injections, decreased costs of stocking and administering separate vaccines, and a lowering of the risk of delayed or missed vaccinations. The hexavalent vaccine includes antigens against diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (DTaP), hepatitis B (HBsAg), poliomyelitis (P1, P2, P3) and Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) infections. The primary goal of this review is to discuss the immunogenicity, efficacy, safety and tolerability of several hexavalent preparations that are either commercially available or still under development.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)76-85
Number of pages10
JournalClinical Microbiology and Infection
Volume20
Issue numberS5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Keywords
• Anti-HBs
• Combined vaccines
• Hepatitis B
• Hexavalent vaccine
• Pertactin
• Pertussis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
• Microbiology (medical)
• Infectious Diseases
• Medicine(all)
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Types of Exhaust Systems
When choosing the right exhaust for your vehicle, there is a lot more to understand and learn about than just gaining an iconic sound. When getting the sound you crave, you shouldn’t have to sacrifice performance, nor put your vehicle at risk by picking improper components for your vehicle. There are multiple systems available, and finishes. This ultimately leaves you with endless options. To help you best pick, we’ve broken down each type of exhaust system.
Types of Exhaust Systems
Cat-back Exhaust Systems
Perrin Cat Back Exhaust System
Cat-back exhaust systems will run from the outlet of your catalytic converter straight to the exhaust tips. The pipes included in your cat-back exhaust system can vary between manufacturers, but many would include a pipe from the catalytic coveter to the muffler, the muffler itself, and any pipes from the muffler to the exhaust tips, and the exhaust tips. With pipes starting after your catalytic converter, your vehicle will stay emissions compliant. There are systems that may contain a muffler delete, but depending on your states laws, you could run into some issues during emissions. Now that we understand what generally comes with a cat-back exhaust lets break down the benefits of them.
We all know the first benefit of a cat-back exhaust, sound. How that sound is unlocked is the true benefit of your upgrade. Cat-back exhaust systems generally have larger diameter piping. Good systems will also have mandrel-bent turns. Both larger diameter piping and mandrel-bent turns will help reduced the level of back pressure at the engine manifold, allowing your engine to breathe easier. This in turn creates more horsepower and torque, yay!
Axle-Back Exhaust Systems
AFE Axel back Exhaust System
Just as the name implies, an axle-back exhaust system is a system that includes everything after the rear axle. Most axle-back systems include just the muffler and any exhaust pipes or tips. This system is ideal for vehicles that already have good flow from their factory intermediate piping / mid pipes. Also with fewer components than a cat-back system, axle-backs tend to run on the cheaper side. You will still gain a more iconic sound from your vehicle as well, however you may not create as much power due to less components being swapped out. The power produced from this upgrade will vary depending on your vehicle.
Turbo Back Exhaust Systems
MagnaFlow Turbo Back Exhaust System
A turbo back exhaust system is a much more comprehensive system then the two stated above. A turbo back system will completely replace your catalytic converter. If your state requires emissions this may cause you some issues on inspection day. This option is also only available if your vehicle has a turbo. The larger diameter piping from your downpipe straight through the exhaust tips, and mandrel-bent turns will allow for greater exhaust flow. With the entire system being completely replaced, the turbo back has the most opportunity for power gains. Another thing to keep in mind when upgrading to a turbo back exhaust system is it is highly recommended to receive a tune once installed. Due to removing factory components and increased airflow you should protect your investment and have a retune. A vehicle that is running too rich or too lean can be detrimental to your motor.
Finishes
Now that we covered the basics of types of exhaust systems lets discuss some finishes available for all three units. Many exhaust systems can be found in either stainless steel or aluminum. Each have their own benefits.
Aluminum Exhaust Systems
Aluminum exhaust are created by hot dipping steel in aluminum silicone alloy. During this process the aluminum silicone will deposit into the steel, eventually creating 3 layers. The innermost layer is the steel core, aluminum in the middle and outside being oxidized aluminum. Aluminum exhaust systems are lighter, and tend to be more cost-effective. These types of exhaust are great for dry climate areas. They are also able to withstand certain level of resistance to corrosion and oxidizing.
Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems
These systems are covered with nickel, and chromium to create a corrosion resistant alloy. The two common types of steel for stainless steel exhaust systems are 304, and 409. The difference between the two is the amount of chromium and nickel they contain. 409 Stainless steel has anywhere from 10.5% – 11.75% of chromium and .5% of nickel. 309 Stainless steel has anywhere from 18% – 20% chromium and 8% – 10% Nickel. With 309 having a higher content, it is a higher-grade stainless steel.
A stainless steel exhaust is a sturdier exhaust, which can handle more wear and tare. The trade-off is the weight with stainless steel weighing in heavier than aluminum. If you live in a more humid environment or an area that experiences snow this is also the more ideal exhaust system for you, with better corrosion resistance. Although the cost is typically higher on a stainless steel exhaust, the life expectancy tends to be longer than aluminum.
Final Words
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Which cars have the M42 engine?
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The BMW M42 is a DOHC straight-four petrol engine which was produced from 1989-1996. It is BMW’s first mass-production DOHC engine and was produced alongside the BMW M40 SOHC four-cylinder engine as the higher performance engine. The M42 was replaced by the BMW M44, which was introduced in 1996.
Which is better M42 or M44?
Compared with the M42, the M44 has revised rocker arms, a hot-wire MAF, displacement increased from 1.8 to 1.9 L (110 to 116 cu in) and other detail changes. As per the final versions of the M42, the M44 has a dual length intake manifold (“DISA”).
What size engine was the M42?
The M42 is the last chain-driven engine fitted to the E30, and the first 16-valve unit. It came in one capacity, 1796cc, and was fitted to one model, the 318iS.
Does M42 have forged internals?
The crank on the right is the pre ’96 M42 forged steel crankshaft, has 8 counter- weights and weighs 29.5 lbs. A high quality properly designed forged piston, more than any other engine component, can greatly increase the life of a High Performance or Race Engine.
Is the BMW Z3 1.9 reliable?
BMW Z3 1.9i The car has always been totally reliable, all that has needed to be done is regular service & add fuel! Being a BMW, the build quality is as you would expect it to be, solid & good quality.
Which BMW cars have the m47 engine?
1999–2005 Rover 75 CDTi. 2001–2006 Land Rover Freelander. 2001–2004 MG ZT CDT. 2001–2005 MG ZT CDTi.
What is a C2 BMW?
The BMW Nazca C2 (also known as Italdesign Nazca C2) is a concept sports car introduced at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show.
How much does an M44 weight?
While the 91/30 is considered a behemoth by modern rifle standards (51.5 inches in overall length, 31.5 inch barrel, 8.75 pounds), the M44 is substantially shorter (40 inches in overall length, 20.25 inch barrel, 9.0 pounds).
Which Z3 engine is most reliable?
The inline-four might be the most reliable and cheapest to maintain, but by rights, it’s a Miata engine, and more power is often the right choice.
How reliable is a 1997 BMW Z3?
Performance 4.7. Value for the money 4.8. Exterior styling 5.0. Reliability 4.7.
Is BMW Z3 a future classic?
As the prices stand now, the Z3 offers excellent value for money while giving you a car that will feel special every time you take it for a Sunday morning drive. Apart from just the experience, the Z3 has all the hallmarks of a car that will appreciate in value, making it the ideal future classic.
Are M47 engines good?
M47 is a great engine just depends on what type of driving you do. I can get 70 mpg out of mine (2006 car) on long motorway journeys. Over 100kmiles the swirl flaps can start to go but they can be blankd fairly cheaply.
Which BMW engines are reliable?
• BMW B58 Engine.
• BMW M20 Engine.
• BMW M50 Engine.
• BMW S62 Engine.
• BMW N52 Engine.
• BMW M54 Engine.
Does M47 engine have DPF?
If it’s an M47 and not N47 it almost definitely doesn’t have a DPF.
What year E36 is best?
There are no particular best years to look for, though the last 1999 models are occasionally in better condition simply because of the age. Since even the youngest M3s will now be a decade and a half old, mileage is only one part of the story of any car.
Is E36 worth buying?
Yes, the BMW E36 is most definitely worth buying in 2022 at the right price. It has a lot going for it, beginning with that old-school charm. It’s also supported by a massive aftermarket, so there’s nothing to worry about as far as finding parts goes.
How much HP does a E36 have?
When the E36 M3 first premiered both versions received a 3.0-liter inline six motor and a five-speed manual. However, the European version got a more advanced VANOS system and individual throttle bodies, giving it 286 horsepower as compared to the U.S. market’s 240 horsepower.
Is BMW Alpina rare?
Because an Alpina is a rare thing to find in the U.S. In fact, it’s rare to see one anywhere, even in Germany.
How much is a BMW Nazca M12?
The Nazca M12 concept car was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro for Italdesign in 1991 but never went into production.
What is a BMW Alpina B6?
The Alpina B6 (E63) is the second generation of the high performance grand tourer manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Alpina from 2005 to 2010. Based on the BMW 6 Series (E63), the car was available in coupé and convertible bodystyles. The B6 was introduced in 2005.
How far can a M44 shoot?
Those prices are long gone, and the M44 is much more expensive, so it’s hardly a low cost alternative anymore. You should only really hunt with an M44 if you really like the rifle and your shots are going to be 200 yards max, depending on your skill level with irons.
What caliber is a M44?
The Model 1944 (M44) features a 20.5-inch barrel, a side-folding cruciform-spike bayonet and adjustable sights tangent-graduated to 1,000 meters. It’s chambered in the 120-year old 7.62×54 mm R, a rimmed bottleneck rifle cartridge with ballistics comparable to the . 308 Win. or . 30-06 Sprg.
How much does a BMW 4.4 engine weigh?
Vehicle Weight of the BMW X5 The M50i model, which has the 4.4 L Turbocharged V8 engine, weighs in at 5,260 pounds and the electric xDrive45e model weighs in at 5,672 pounds.
How long do BMW Z3 engines last?
BMW Z3. A BMW Z3 normally lasts between 160,000 – 180,000 miles with regular maintenance. From the 149 Z3’s that we analyzed, we found that 6.71% of them had a mileage higher than 150,000 miles. The highest recorded mileage of a Z3 was 200,000 miles.
Are Z3 increasing in value?
The Z3 that are going to increase in value are the 2.8 and 3.0 models, but even then, they’ll only go up if the miles are kept down and even then, only if the car is constantly babied, which isn’t the point of a Z3. A Z3 is a car to buy, drive and enjoy.
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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10/archive1
* The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.
The article was archived by Sarastro1 via FACBot (talk) 21:03, 8 June 2017.
Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10
* Nominator(s): Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:29, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
This article is about a Bach cantata, again, his very original approach to set the Magnificat by using the German, partly paraphrased version and quoting the Gregorian chant tune, - the only time he did such a thing: write a "chorale fantasia" not on a rhymed hymn but the chant. He did so at the beginning of his most ambitious project, the chorale cantata cycle, of which the work is the fifth cantata. I took the liberty to expand a bit on that beginning, as I compiled the chorale cantatas on Luther's hymns for the previous FAC, Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125. (Other "featured" Bach cantatas have included BWV 172 and BWV 165.) Expanding the article was another attempt to focus on 500 years Reformation in 2017. The article received a recent GA review by The Rambling Man. Much more could be said in an article, such as comparing it to Bach's Latin Magnificat, and about the movements, - the sources are there, but I feel it might be too much detail for general readers. I am open to discussion. Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:29, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
Francis Schonken
* Oppose promotion to FA: too many idiosyncracies, and edit-warring forum shopping has begun to keep them in . --Francis Schonken (talk) 10:51, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
* I live on voluntary 1RR, and began a discussion. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:11, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
* Please keep discussions in one place: I raised the issue here, please don't open the same discussion at another forum. --Francis Schonken (talk) 11:28, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
* I didn't. I opened it before I even saw your comment here, and I believe that Classical music is the better forum than FAC. It concerns all Bach works, and it has nothing to do with FA criteria. All previous FAs on Bach's cantatas have BWV bold. It's approved quality. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:02, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
* But you agree I opened this discussion before yours, so there's no problem in closing discussions in the two other places with a link to here? --Francis Schonken (talk) 12:32, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
* Gerda now opened the same discussion in a fourth venue (which I promptly closed). please stop the forum shopping / disallowed canvassing: how many times have I linked to that guidance? How much did you learn since? Not much, apparently. --Francis Schonken (talk) 13:14, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
* repeating my suggestion to (formally) close concurrent discussions about the same topic elsewhere. --Francis Schonken (talk) 08:20, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
* I am not in a position to close a discussion formally, also don't know what you refer to. I said "closed" for the discussion mentioned above. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:11, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
* On the content and layout of the lead paragraph (which we still seem to be discussing in several places at the same time) I'd propose something in this vein:
* Meine Seel erhebt den Herren (My soul magnifies the Lord), BWV 10, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, based on Luther's German Magnificat. Consequently, the cantata is also known as Bach's German Magnificat. He composed it for the Feast of the Visitation 2 July 1724, which was the fifth occasion for a cantata of his second year in Leipzig. Like most of the other cantatas of his second year in Leipzig it was composed as a chorale cantata. In principle such a cantata is based on a specific Lutheran chorale. Luther's German Magnificat is however not a chorale: its melody is a psalm tone, and thus lacks the metre and harmonic structure which are typical for chorales. Nonetheless, the process with which Bach adopted text and melody of Luther's German Magnificat into his Meine Seel erhebt den Herren cantata was the same as the one he used for adopting chorales into the other cantatas of his chorale cantata cycle.
* Advantages of this approach:
* Less cluttered lead sentence:
* The translation of the text incipit is not copyrighted – it is a standard English translation of the opening sentence of the Magnificat (like the opening sentence of the cantata is a standard German translation of the same), e.g. Wikipedia uses it without reference or copyright notice in the lead sentence of the Magnificat article (hence I linked to that article from the English translation for those who are unaware of the cultural reference of this English sentence): that translation has been around way before Dellal put it on her website in 2012, so the first numbered footnote with the reference to that website can be omitted from the lead sentence (it can be put in the section that talks about the text of the cantata if it isn't already there).
* Less boldface (less frequently used synonyms don't necessarily need boldface)
* No explanatory footnote: such footnote can (and should per WP:ACRO) be replaced by a wikilink for the first occurrence of the BWV acronym
* Luther (i.e. last name only) would be clear to most readers in the context, and if not the first name (Martin) would probably not help much for those readers who don't know who this person is (link would need to be clicked anyway).
* Luther(an) context clear from first sentence (which over-all, apart from the music being composed by Bach, is probably the most significant general aspect of the context of this cantata)
* Next I'd talk about the occasion (Visitation) and the chorale cantata format (will try something that is better organised and readable than the current lead paragraph if nobody else does so with a solution I can sympathise with) --Francis Schonken (talk) 12:23, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
* In a FAC, with several people commenting and making changes, you will never be able to maintain one position. The disadvantages of your lead sentence that I see are:
* It is not consistent with other articles on Bach cantatas, FA, GA, and others.
* Specifically: it lacks an early mentioning of time and place, for me the minimum service an article should give a reader.
* Also specifically: It lacks BWV 10 in bold, which is 1) part of the article title, 2) an incoming link, 3) something not German, 4) distinguishing this article from Luther's.
* I don't see the "consequently" sourced in the article, and met the term German Magnificat in none of the sources I used, so believe it's not even needed to mention it in the lead, and if mentioned, no need to bold it.
* Ideas welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:03, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. "...you will never be able to maintain one position" – of course this is something I welcome.
* I completed my first draft of the intro rewrite proposal now. --Francis Schonken (talk) 15:37, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
* Thank you for your suggestion. The points above, worded earlier for only its first sentence, still apply. Please see also below that the article reads too technical. A previous FAC demanded that we don't surprise the reader with the "Easter egg" church cantata (going to the highly specialized Church cantata (Bach)), but establish Bach cantata first. A random reader should be told early that we deal with Leipzig in 1724, - we can't take knowledge about where Bach did what when for granted. I'd hesitate to mention Magnificat before clarifying Visitation. Please read how strange the term Magnificat is for some of our readers, on this Magnificat talk. I'd also prefer a sense of chronology: nobody at Bach's time would have talked about a "German Magnificat", therefore I'd mention it much later, and probably not bold. That term doesn't appear in books by Dürr, Wolff and Jones, but yes in the preface by Großpietsch. To me, it looks like an attempt to set this German Magnificat apart from the Latin one, and perhaps where that is mentioned in the article would be a good position to mention the term. The greatest difference seems to be that the Latin was repeated for high holidays, and revised, while the German seems restricted to Visitation. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:14, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
* New proposal (the three paragraphs proposed here would replace the first two paragraphs of the current lead section):
* Johann Sebastian Bach composed his church cantata Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10, in 1724 as part of his second cantata cycle. Its title translates as "My soul magnifies the Lord", and is taken from Martin Luther's German translation of the Magnificat canticle ("Meine Seele erhebt den Herren"). The cantata is also known as Bach's German Magnificat. He wrote it for the Feast of the Visitation (2 July). The composition is in Bach's chorale cantata format.
* The Feast of the Visitation commemorates Mary's visit to Elizabeth as narrated in the Gospel of Luke, 1st chapter, verses 39 to 56. In that narrative the words of the Magnificat, Luke 1:46–55, are spoken by Mary. Traditionally Luther's prose translation of that biblical text is sung to a German variant of the tonus peregrinus or ninth psalm tone. The sung version of the canticle concludes with a doxology, translated from the Gloria Patri, on the same tune. Bach based his BWV 10 cantata on Luther's German Magnificat and its traditional setting, working text and melody into the composition in a similar way as he did with Lutheran hymns in his other chorale cantatas.
* Early July 1724 Bach was somewhat over a month into his second year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. BWV 10 is the fifth of 40 chorale cantatas with which he started his second year in Leipzig. The outer movements of the cantata are for mixed choir and orchestra, consisting of trumpet, two oboes, strings and continuo. Luther's translation of Luke 1:46–48 is the text of the first movement. The canticle's doxology is the text of the last movement. The five middle movements are a succession of arias and recitatives, with, between the fourth and sixth movement, a duet for alto and tenor. Soprano and bass each have one aria, and the two recitatives are sung by the tenor. The text of the arias and recitatives is paraphrased and expanded from (Luther's German translation of) Luke 1:49–53 and 55. The text of the duet is Luther's translation of Luke 1:54. The melody associated with Luther's German Magnificat appears in movements 1, 5 and 7.
* The music of two of the cantata's movements was published in the 18th century: an organ transcription of the duet was published around 1748 as one of the Schübler Chorales, and the closing chorale was included in C. P. E. Bach's 1780s collection of his father's four-part chorales. The entire cantata was published in the first volume of the 19th-century first complete edition of Bach's works. In 20th- and 21st-century concert and recording practice the cantata was often combined with other German-language cantatas, but also several times with settings of the Latin Magnificat, by Bach and other composers.
* --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:06, 27 May 2017 (UTC) (added draft of 4th paragraph, to make this proposal for the lead section complete 05:09, 30 May 2017 (UTC))
* It is unusual to not begin with the title, but let's try. --GA
* I want to see BWV 10 bold, as an important redirect, and the part of the article title which distinguishes it from Luther's. --GA
* Re. "I want ..." – see more elaborate comment about "what I would do / I don't use..." below; also your own comment about maintaining a position in a FAC above. Imho it is about time to lose the idiosyncrasy in this instance, have the lead sentence conform to applicable guidance, and make it as inviting as possible for the reader (which includes removing clutter like footnoted explanations and optional boldface wherever such removal is allowed by applicable guidance). --Francis Schonken (talk) 11:35, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* I think it's not helpful to introduce a complex concept such as the chorale cantata cycle before even a translation is given. --GA
* ? The "chorale cantata cycle" concept is not introduced before the translation is given? What does the cycle concept have to do with translation? --Francis Schonken (talk) 11:35, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Forgive my sloppyness, please, it's "his second cantata cycle", - but the same applies. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:43, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* As does the same question: "What does the cycle concept have to do with translation?". --Francis Schonken (talk) 12:20, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* I believe that we have to say that Luther's translation is called the German Magnificat. --GA
* Taken, worked it in the proposal. --Francis Schonken (talk) 11:35, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* I don't understand mentioning Bach's chorale cantata format between the term Visitation (which many readers will not know) and its explanation. Probably Visitation should come sooner than even Magnificat, because it explains why Bach set the Magnificat, at least when the prescribed reading for the feast day is mentioned. --GA
* First paragraph of the intro is "summary of summaries", short sentences about the cantata's essential characteristics; characteristics that set it apart from similar compositions receive a bit more attention. I see nothing wrong with that approach: it is not possible to have it all in one lead sentence. --Francis Schonken (talk) 11:35, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Luther details (year of translation etc) seem too much detail for the lead (summary) of this article, - it would be appropriate in the body, perhaps in the lead of his German Magnificat. --GA
* Taken, leaves to be seen how this is mentioned elsewhere (body of this article and/or German Magnificat article). --Francis Schonken (talk) 11:35, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* "Early July 1724 Bach was somewhat over a month ...",- also too much detail. If he didn't compose the cantata in one day, he composed it in June, - why mention any month? Perhaps: "When Bach composed the cantata ..." --GA
* The sentence says nowhere "composed", so I don't understand the last part of your comment. Early July refers to 2 July as mentioned in the first paragraph (when the cantata was first presented), i.e., without using the exact same expression which may be experienced as too repetitive in prose. --Francis Schonken (talk) 11:35, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* The details (SATB, translation of continuo) of scoring are way too much detail for the lead, also the follwing, which voice sings with what instrument when. --GA
* The bulk of the article is a detailed analysis, movement by movement, of the composition: a summary, in half a paragraph of the lead section, of some 50% of the prose of the article seems appropriate. Also, the current summary of the same, " Bach structured the cantata in seven movements, setting the outer movements for choir, based on the psalm tone of the German Magnificat. He set the other movements for soloists as recitatives, arias and a duet. Using a Baroque instrumental ensemble of a trumpet, two oboes, strings and continuo, the music expresses the different moods of the text, illustrating God's force and compassion. [...] the cantata's fifth movement, [...] a duet for alto and tenor on the biblical text with the cantus firmus played by trumpet and oboes [...]" has more problems (including not linking on first instance, using specialist jargon that can easily be avoided, interpretations without in-text mentioning of the author of such interpretations) and is not particularly shorter. Example: "cantus firmus", a quite specialist concept, can easily be avoided in the lead section as the draft shows. --Francis Schonken (talk) 11:35, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Please look up what's appropriate, 50% seems way to high. I've seen a FAC review (of a short article like this one) where a limit of 2 paragraphs was requested. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:48, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. "50%":
* "Context" topics: 7 paragraphs in one section (with 2 subsections)
* Description of the composition: 10 paragraphs in one section (with 9 subsections)
* "Reception" topics: 5 paragraphs in 2 sections
* So, calculated by prose paragraphs (which of course don't have the same length) it is somewhat under 50% (10 out of 22 paragraphs); by separate section titles it is way over 50% (10 out of 15). Devoting around 25% of the lead section to that content doesn't seem exaggerated. --Francis Schonken (talk) 12:20, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Anyhow, shortened the third paragraph a bit in my proposal above, so, unless I'm missing something, this suggestion is taken. --Francis Schonken (talk) 05:09, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
* Formal note: "sixth movement" not "6th movement". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:02, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Taken. --Francis Schonken (talk) 11:35, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* A proposal for a replacement of the last paragraph of the intro, regarding reception-related topics, is still in preliminary stages and worked on at the article talk page: it is too dependent on how article content on publication/recordings/reception will evolve (see undecided suggestions below) in order too be presented here. --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:06, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Partially introduced into the article (with some additional rephrasing). This, however, far from concludes the work which imho is necessary to get this article up to FA grade (missing references, missing examples, various unresolved issues, etc.). --Francis Schonken (talk) 08:20, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
* Two reviewers who wrote FAs before (one of them more than 100) approved this version. I don't know if I should call them back and ask if they also approve the changes since. - Repeating: I have to prepare Pentecost, and there's no deadline. I have no time to follow all your changes, sorry, but can tell you that I believe (to give just one example) that the addition of BWV 147a and a link to Advent don't help to understand BWV 10, nor does BWV 4, as another example. It's difficult for me to find a ref in Bibliography, split in so many sections. Do you know any FA that has it like that? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:10, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. "... call them back and ask if they also approve the changes since" – see my reply to Yunshui below. I don't think we should notify previous contributors of this FAC at every turn: when content and sourcing have settled pinging them once, from this page, would suffice imho, to see whether they want to amend their initial report.
* Re. "... and there's no deadline" – completely agree.
* Re. "... a link to Advent ..." and "... nor does BWV 4 ..." – no clue what you're talking about: Advent isn't linked, BWV 4 isn't mentioned in the article.
* Re. "... Bibliography, split in so many sections ..." – yes, that was getting unwieldy, simplified. --Francis Schonken (talk) 14:06, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
* Other suggestions:
* The article doesn't explain very clearly why Luther's German Magnificat isn't a chorale (it being in a bible translation is hardly the reason). FYI: Metre (hymn) explains that a hymn (or chorale) has a metre: Luther's German Magnificat has no such metre for the text, nor has the melody to which it is sung a metre in the musical sense. Hence the melody also has no Zahn number, while it is in fact a reciting tone (reciting tones have no metrical structure). --Francis Schonken (talk) 12:45, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
* This point needs attention: the intro has been changed twice now regarding this (change 1 – comment 1; change 2 – comment 2)... I suppose these changes without understanding what this is about will keep recurring until the explanation in the body of the article is updated. --Francis Schonken (talk) 06:58, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
* Language should be clearer in the article: Luther's German Magnificat is called a chorale throughout, apart from the single sentence that says it isn't. --Francis Schonken (talk) 12:45, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
* Good idea, I used now "reciting tone", alternatively with "psalm tone" (which was already there), and placed "chorale" in quotation marks to indicate it's not strictly a chorale. Do you have a suggestion for saying that Bach (of course) gave the psalm tone a meter? Can we still say "chorale fantasia"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:27, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
* Another point: while the English "chorale" seems not to include Luther's German Magnificat, the German Choral does, just compare Gregorianischer Choral, Choralbuch, Choralschola etc. That is the the culture in which Bach composed. Could that be explained? If yes, the lead seems not the right place. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:22, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
* Zahn classified what he called "Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder", giving each a number. Luther's German Magnificat (and its melody) is not included in that classification. So one can safely say that it is not a "deutsches evangelisches Kirchenlied", in other words (while it is certainly "deutsch" and "evangelisch"), not a chorale. --Francis Schonken (talk) 19:34, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
* Do you realize that the German word Choral is not restricted to "German Protestant Hymn" (Deutsches evangelisches Kirchenlied) but includes Latin chant before the Reformation? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:45, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
* Dürr/Jones 2006, p. 32: "In ... BWV 10 ... the melody is no longer that of a hymn ..." --Francis Schonken (talk) 15:34, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. "... the German word Choral ..." (above), "... CPE regarded it as a Choralgesang ...", etc.: I don't think we need to be solving the intricacies of (18th-cenury) German language here, but create an English-language narrative that is clear for 21st-century readers (whether they are experienced in the subject matter or not – understanding German is not a prerequisite):
* Luther's "Meine Seele erhebt den Herren" (German Magnificat) is, in English, "not a (Protestant) hymn"; in German: "... kein (evangelisches) Kirchenlied ..."
* The cantata's last movement, "Lob und Preis sei Gott dem Vater" (doxology), first published as "Meine Seel erhebt den Herren", is, in English, a "chorale"; in German: "Choral" (e.g. ).
* Afaik, in the context of modern Bach studies, "(Protestant) hymn" and "chorale" are used interchangeably
* I expect to see two things in the article, i.e. (1) clear, non-confusing terminology used throughout; (2) an explanation *why* Luther's German Magnificat is not a hymn/Kirchenlied (in other words: what did Bach do to turn something that was not a hymn into something that is a hymn – compare Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt where a 16th-century transformation of another "melody from Latin religious chant" to a Lutheran chorale is explained). For the second maybe an additional search for appropriate sources is needed. For clarity, "... the "chorale" tune ..." (currently in the article) misses the clarity I expect per (1) above, and lacks the explanation I expect per (2). --Francis Schonken (talk) 10:05, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
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* "Selected recordings" section
* I don't like to see the word "Selected" in a section title: a "selection" is always someone's POV, thus in most cases not compatible with the WP:NPOV content policy. Suggested title for such a section: either "Discography" or "Recordings". Neither or these titles suggests necessarily a full list of *all* recordings, but it is more open-ended for future updates. Also: what if the list of recordings happens to be "complete"? – calling it a "selection" seems silly then. See also Stand-alone lists for the actual guidance of what I'm trying to explain in short with my own words here. --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:40, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
* Selected recordings is the present title in all Bach cantata articles (including FA and GA) where the listing is not complete. Would you have a better suggestion? Saying just Discography or Recordings implies - for my understanding - that it is complete. I'd be interested what others think. The selection here (of those listed by Bach-Cantatas) was made because a complete list seems too long. The criterion is simply that the conductor is notable enough to have a Wikipedia article. The more complete listing from Bach-Cantatas is easily seen and can be compared, and more added, - why not? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:56, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. "Saying just Discography or Recordings implies - for my understanding - that it is complete" – imho your understanding is incorrect. --Francis Schonken (talk) 08:49, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
* The current selection criterion for inclusion in the list (being listed "on the Bach-Cantatas website") is imho a wrong approach. Each listed recording should have its own reference, and for a FA candidate I expect more than a copy-paste (with added layout and wikilinks) of a list found elsewhere on the web. Has none of these recordings, for instance, been discussed in a magazine like Gramophone? Wikipedia should give more information than just a plain list copied from elsewhere (see e.g. the 7th point of WP:NOTDIRECTORY) --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:40, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
* The section appears like that in most other articles on Bach cantatas, including FA (exception BWV 4) and GA. It's mostly to connect to the performers' articles. It would be no problem to give each line it's reference, but seems needlessly complicated. - What would a review add? Should we link to the complete cycles of some of the conductors? It's in Bach cantata, and some have their own articles. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:39, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. "It's mostly to connect to the performers' articles" – too much of a "let's create a WP:LINKFARM" argument to my taste. --Francis Schonken (talk) 08:49, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
* Revisiting this suggestion: the situation is a bit more complicated (and worse) than I thought: a Wikipedia editor selected (without clear selection criteria) 15 recordings out of the 21 at the Bach cantatas website:
* It is wrong to base a selection on a single source (e.g. this webpage lists over 30: some are obviously re-issues, but the Bach-Cantatas website is not the only one listing recordings) – this is what I already wrote about above
* Any list should have clear inclusion criteria: "some Wikipedia editor made a selection" is the opposite of such clearly established criteria (e.g. if in 2018 there is a new recording issued an editor shouldn't have to wait until the Bach-Cantatas website is updated before they can add it to the list in Wikipedia) – for that that reason I added a tag to the article ( oops, made a typo in the edit summary, this is in fact additional suggestion No. 6). --Francis Schonken (talk) 10:47, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
* See above: the selection criteria are not personal but notability of a conductor. - The listing is compatible with other FA articles. - I don't see anybody writing a PDF of that list. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:39, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. "selection criteria are not personal but notability of a conductor":
* These selection criteria are not clear for the reader of the article (thus falling short of the guidance on introductory paragraphs for lists)
* Notability is not "inherited" (I): the most famous conductor does not necessarily make the most memorable recording for every work they have on their repertoire, or the other way around: the most memorable recording is not necessarily made by the conductor that is over-all most famous.
* Notability is not "inherited" (II): this is also a Wikipedia principle regarding notability (see e.g. WP:Notability), thus this would make a bad selection criterion. --Francis Schonken (talk) 18:16, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
* Further, was Ton Koopman a famous conductor in the 20th century (his 1999 recording is listed) but no longer in the 21st century (his 2003 recording is not listed)? – so the criterion, besides being questionable, further also appears to have been applied subjectively... --Francis Schonken (talk) 07:31, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
* You may not like it but the way to present the recordings has a tradition of more than ten years (long before I edited), compare, , , . If you want to change it, approach the project. This article should be consistent with other articles on the topic. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:22, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. "the recordings have been listed in such a way for more than ten years" – the rules for such lists have changed a lot in the last 10 years, so much so that until this morning a relevant policy page linked to sections in guidance which no longer exist (instead of linking to the up-to-date guidance). The discography section has to conform to current guidelines when considering a FA promotion today. Whether or not it conforms to former or outdated guidance (e.g. WikiProject Discographies/style – I don't see why one should talk to a project that declares its guidance dormant while policy- and guideline-level guidance is available) is not the assessment we're making today. --Francis Schonken (talk) 11:22, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
* Several FAs are like this (I don't count, but must be more than five, some listed above, for comparison). Around 150 cantatas are like this. I talk about tradition and consistency for the reader. If we get new rules which I think are detrimental for the reader, I will question them. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:49, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
* The last column of the table ("Instr.") gives in fact additional information, not found on the Bach-Cantatas webpage. That information is however completely unreferenced (as the only reference for the entire section is to that Bach-Cantatas webpage). Hence my suggestion to give individual references per row, in which case the reference should at least cover all information of the row. However, see also my suggestion in 7.2 below if wanting to avoid footnotes in the table itself. --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:40, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
* The information about period instruments is taken from the article about the ensemble. References could be copied from there, but it seems blowing up the sourcing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:39, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
* Most of my line of approach above can be summarized by pointing out that the current "Selected recordings" section seems to be failing Manual of Style/Embedded lists (e.g. "...it is expected that the information will be supported elsewhere in the article by prose analysis of the main points", see also suggestion 7.2 below) --Francis Schonken (talk) 08:49, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
* Proposal for the intro of the Recordings section (which I would rename to "Concert performances and recordings"):
* In 1963 Max Thurn recorded the cantata for the Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 1960s recordings by Paul Steinitz, Fritz Werner and Karl Münchinger were originally released on LP, and later reissued on CD. BWV 10 is included in Telefunken's, Hänssler's, Koopman's, Brilliant Classics' and Suzuki's complete Bach cantata recordings. Karl Richter and Hans-Joachim Rotzsch recorded the cantata in the 1970s. Live recordings of the cantata were realised at the 1991, the 2002 , the 2003 Leipzig Bach Festival, and as part of the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. A recording with the Regensburger Domspatzen was released in 2001. Sigiswald Kuijken included the cantata in his Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year series.
* Most recordings present BWV 10 along other German cantatas. In concert programs and recordings BWV 10 has also been combined with Latin Magnificat settings. Münchinger's 1968 recording and Rotzsch's 1978 recording combined BWV 10 with Bach's Latin Magnificat (BWV 243). Also Michael Gielen's concert at the 1991 Bodenseefestival combined Bach's German and Latin Magnificat. Performances by Roland Büchner in 2000 and by Ton Koopman in 2003 combined the cantata with the 1723 Christmas version of Bach's Magnificat (BWV 243a). Koopman additionally featured the Christmas version of Kuhnau's Magnificat in the same concert. According to Bach scholar Yo Tomita the program of that concert added another historical dimension, allowing to compare two works by Bach with a similar composition by his predecessor as Thomaskantor. A 2007 concert at the Indiana University combined Bach's German cantata with a 2005 Magnificat by Sven-David Sandström.
* This proposal would also cover what was suggested in 7.2 below; however, referencing in the above proposal may need further attention, see related discussions elsewhere in this section. --Francis Schonken (talk) 05:50, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
* Provisions for a table-less layout: Wikipedia's PDF export function omits all tables, so it makes sense to check whether the article would work sufficiently well without them. I have two suggestions in that respect:
* Explanations about tables that are in the article (a table's legend, or, for instance the second paragraph of Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10: "In the following table ... ") can be enveloped in an otherwise invisible table so that the table-less version of the article doesn't give an explanation about a "table" that isn't there. Here is the syntax that can be used:
* A table's content can be summarized (with adequate references) outside the table's syntax: for instance the section on recordings can have an introduction mentioning some recordings that have additional sources (that is outside being listed at the Bach-Cantatas website). This has a double advantage: the table doesn't need to be cluttered with footnotes, and in those layouts where no tables are shown at least the recordings that received most press coverage are mentioned. --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:40, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
* The reception of a piece is about more than scores (manuscripts + editions) and recordings. E.g. at the 2003 Leipzig Bach Festival Ton Koopman presented three Magnificats (BWV 10, BWV 243a and a Magnificat by Bach's predecessor Kuhnau) in a concert. A video recording of that concert was released in 2004. Both the 2003 concert (e.g. Yo Tomita) and the recording (e.g. Klassik.Com) were reviewed. The DVD is currently not selected for inclusion in Wikipedia's list. IMHO the BWV 10 article currently misses a "Reception" section where the reception topics can be treated more comprehensively than just "scores" and "recordings". --Francis Schonken (talk) 11:58, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
* What would be interesting would be reception of the piece when it was first performed. - The reception by Bach scholars is part of the Music section. - The reception of specific performances of the piece in our time often shows more about the reviewer's taste than about Bach's music. - No other Bach cantata article has a reception section, but feel to write one. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:53, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. "The reception of specific performances of the piece in our time often shows more about the reviewer's taste than about Bach's music": the same can be said about Scheibe's 1737 review of Bach's own performance – this has nothing to do with "in our time". The topic of reception is, in part, about how taste w.r.t. a piece evolves over time. This includes whether a specific performance of the piece receives attention via independent reviews in reliable sources (a new recording that is completely ignored in the press is thus somewhat less significant for reception history, except maybe for number of copies sold). --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:59, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
* – is this German version of the Gloria Patri specifically Luther's (it is not a part of Luke 1:46–55)? --Francis Schonken (talk) 12:14, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
* I was sure that the Kleine Doxology was also translated by Luther, as so many other texts, but found no support so far. I asked an expert, User:Rabanus Flavus. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:04, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
* (moved to talk page per coordinator suggestion)
* Re. "... the ref that I believe is best in detail and accuracy is: . If you find a recording that is not in, write to Mr. Oron, and will include it." – I too think that Mr. Oron's website is a great resource. However, in Wikipedia surroundings, it is not the most unquestionable of reliable sources:
* The website hosts a lot of copyvio material. When using the website it is often a thin line not to cross the Copyrights policy (e.g. "Knowingly and intentionally directing others to a site that violates copyright has been considered a form of contributory infringement in the United States ...")
* As the website contains material copied from Wikipedia there's a danger of WP:CIRCULAR references to it (at least in one instance I had to remove material from Wikipedia while it was referenced exclusively to Mr. Oron's site, where it was referenced exclusively to Wikipedia...)
* Mr. Oron's website isn't always clear about its sources (e.g. "2nd performance: 1740-1747 - Leipzig", see suggestion No. 5 above). Some of its content is referenced to discussion pages (see next point)
* The website's discussion pages are somewhere in between of "peer review" (which would indicate reliability) and "user-generated content" (generally insufficient to be used as a reliable source in Wikipedia) – it is not always clear which one of these applies foremost.
* Its original content is generally "self-published" (Mr. Oron being as well author, editor and publisher of the http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV10.htm page) – WP:ABOUTSELF is the policy governing the use of self-published sources, indicating that original content of the Website can not be used in Wikipedia (unless in some cases where Mr. Oron writes about himself)
* The website occasionally contains inaccuracies (if not errors), which I found out by consulting reliable sources and comparing these to the website's content.
* PS: the reason I don't usually "write to Mr. Oron" is that I'm foremost a Wikipedia editor, not wanting to create more WP:CIRCULAR content on the other website. Each their own responsibility: the more Mr. Oron's website becomes reliable without our help, the more we can use it as a reliable source in Wikipedia. --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:26, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
* Short answer: I don't speak about the website as a whole, but selectively the recordings. I know no other sources going after such details about instrumentalists, places of recording, liner notes etc. For biographies, I only reference the site (usually as a second ref, not a single) because it's English, which is more accessable to readers of the English Wikipedia than the German Großes Sängerlexikon, for example. Can we please keep this page to discussion of this cantata? I will only reply to questions about the cantata article from now on. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:02, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. "Can we please keep this page to discussion of this cantata?" – Yes, please. My suggestion above was so elaborate because you kept bringing up "In previous FAs on the topic, ..." or similar procedures not relating to this cantata (the last time in connection with M. Oron's website: ). I don't care how many GAs or FAs passed with references to other pages of Mr. Oron's website: these other GA/FA procedures are not a justification of whatever. That being said: whether or not, and if so under which circumstances, http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV10.htm can be used as a reference for Wikipedia's BWV 10 article is entirely within the confines of this FAC deliberation. E.g., linking to that webpage is linking to a website (and page!) that contains copyvio material – no amount of "previous FAs" will make that risk of infringing on Wikipedia's copyrights policy via the BWV 10 page go away. Now is the time to assess that risk. Similar for the other points above: only the second bullet doesn't seem directly applicable to the BWV10.htm page at Mr. Oron's website. --Francis Schonken (talk) 10:53, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
* In the last FAC, I was asked to mention similar articles as a help for new reviewers ("Well, that's what I was looking for - if there are other FA Bach cantata pages"). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:36, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
* Fair enough. At least partially explains why some of the more unfortunate idiosyncracies have become so difficult to root out in this collection of FA articles. Can we return now to the assessment of the use of the http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV10.htm page in the BWV 10 article? My reply to your latest suggestion regarding the discography section depends on it. --Francis Schonken (talk) 12:19, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. ... In the last FAC ... (please click the link, it is not the same "In the last FAC" as above) – Allow me to compare to another FA: Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 is a much more elaborate context section than what I'm preparing now. Even after the content of that section was spun out to another article, it appeared impossible to condense that Bach cantata article section WP:Summary style-wise. In sum:
* I'm still all but impressed by "former GA/FA" type of evidence: it can go in completely opposite directions; "Fair enough" in my comment above refers to not holding the nom accountable for these rampant comparisons, not to me having changed in any way as to how little impression these comparisons make on me. My assessment in this FAC is based on my own insights regarding what would be best for this article, insights which all things compared seem much closer to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines than assessments merging an amalgam of fortunate and less fortunate "habits" from one FA to the next.
* If and when this article would be FA approved its content on how it relates to nearby Magnificats and Visitation cantatas should have about the same depth whether or not a separate article on that topic exists: once it would have FA status I suppose it would be nearly impossible to fundamentally change the breadth of the coverage of these relations to other compositions. I'm working on a treatment in around three paragraphs, which would absorb some content now elsewhere in the article (the net expansion of the article maybe not more than one paragraph). My objective is that once inserted into the article such paragraphs wouldn't need fundamental change, like neither Bach's church music in Latin nor Magnificat (Bach) nor Church cantata (Bach) would need to be fundamentally rewritten, in the eventuality of a separate article exclusively devoted to these relations. --Francis Schonken (talk) 14:49, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. "...liner notes..." – two (potential) problems:
* The BWV 10 article currently links directly to several PDFs of such liner notes hosted at the BC-website. Might be a copyright problem. I expect this to be cleared by those more experienced in guarding over whether or not Wikipedia crosses a line here that should better not be crossed copyright-wise, before we continue to provide these links.
* In articles on Bach-compositions liner notes might not pass WP:RS (I had some nasty experiences at WP:RSN in that respect), even when written by established Bach-scholars. I understand the advantage of them being generally in English, and not in German, like much of the high-end scholarship on Bach. Nonetheless, content of the article should imho preferably be referenced to writings with a solid scholarly publication process ("peer review" is generally missing for liner notes, and more than often when a German scholar writes liner notes the English translation of these notes can be quite mangled, they may be unclear as to where the material derives from—as I already mentioned in suggestion 5.2 above—, etc), whatever the language of the more solid source. Liner notes can be mentioned (even linked if copyright-cleared per the previous point) in addition to the sources with a more solid publication process. The easiness of linking to liner notes sometimes prevents looking up in more solid sources (I did a few suggestions above but see no reaction to these suggestions yet). --Francis Schonken (talk) 10:55, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
* The liner notes by John Eliot Gardiner and Klaus Hofmann have been regarded as reliable in the past. Compare this GA review by Drmies who recommended to follow Hofmann. - I could avoid the link, but think it's a disservice to the reader to not supply what the author wrote. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:43, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
* Was that before or after liner notes were rejected for use in articles on compositions by J. S. Bach at WP:RSN? Also, GA is not FA: I expect that by the time an article goes from GA to FA that its complete content can be verified to high-end scholarly sources (whatever the language they are written in). I'd keep the more accessible/popular sources too (contrary to what was suggested at the "nasty" RSN on this topic), but that doesn't diminish the need to have the complete article covered by more solid sourcing. --Francis Schonken (talk) 08:38, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* I don't talk about liner notes in general, but these specific ones, by a conductor who performed all cantatas, and one of the authorities on Bach . --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:15, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Yes I know. Maybe the best way forward is to take this source, with all the content referenced to it in the BWV 10 article, to WP:RSN? Then there will be no discussion afterwards, when an incompatible idiosyncratic approach would board the article later (there are two opposing idiosyncratic approaches: one that references large portions of Bach composition articles to liner notes, and an opposing one that doesn't accept a single one of such references: I'm in the middle, i.e., apply WP:V as elsewhere, and if you're not sure whether a source is used correctly, then take it to WP:RSN). --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:36, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Source reviews have been performed in recent years:
* BWV 172 by Nikkimaria, who saw Bach Cantatas Website as a convenience, to be better replaced by the original, which in BWV 10 I did for Gardiner.
* BWV 22 (2015) by Prhartcom.
* BWV 165 (2015) by Nikkimaria.
* BWV 4 (2016) by Brianboulton.
* BWV 161 (2015) by Wehwalt.
* A source review is likely to be requested for this nomination as well. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* please discontinue selectively pinging editors who supported your earlier FAC nominations. If you'd have listed the earlier FAC archives without pinging these editors I could have continued to just be unimpressed for the reasons I explained above: the added pings leave me negatively impressed. I'd advise against any partisan notifications regarding this FAC assessment. It is not because my earlier mentioning of this same point regarding this same FAC was worded too strong that its message would have been invalid. All of this only brings us further away from the issues in cue to be addressed in this FAC, instead of bringing us nearer to their solution. --Francis Schonken (talk) 18:37, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* When I talk about users I also ping them, not talking behind their back. Most of them watch this page anyway. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:22, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* Then don't talk about users (why would one need to talk about users other than the one one is talking with?) – it seems to only stall addressing the issues raised in the current FAC. I seemed to be perfectly capable of explaining such issues without talking about anyone beyond their back. Same goes, I'm sure, for addressing these issues. --Francis Schonken (talk) 19:35, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* In-text attribution (please take a look at that guidance, I use its concepts in what I write below)
* In-text attributions to Hofmann:
* "This gospel reading is, as the Bach scholar Klaus Hofmann notes, a biblical episode that is often represented in art, and in music where it has become a traditional part of Vesper services"
* ❌ – somewhat misleading in the sense of the third example of the guidance: all parts of this sentence are fairly common knowledge, not as if Hofmann makes a contention that sets him apart from other scholars in the field. Looks a bit like name-dropping. Verb ("... notes ...") fails WP:SAID.
* "Hofmann notes that it is the first soprano aria in the chorale cantata cycle"
* ❌ – same three issues as previous: fact not depending on the interpretation of the author
* "Hofmann interprets the bass line of "emphatic downward semitone intervals" as "sighs of divine mercy""
* ✅ – per first example of guidance
* "Hofmann describes the string music as "lively, shimmering chords""
* ❌ – not so bad as the first two above, but I would think this is a fairly standard description of the string music of this section: doesn't seem contentious to describe it as "lively" nor as "chords" – maybe the "shimmering" is a somewhat more exceptional qualifier, but not enough to require in-text attribution imho
* In-text attributions to Gardiner:
* "John Eliot Gardiner, who conducted the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, notes about these first cantatas of the chorale cantata cycle: "Together they make a fascinating and contrasted portfolio of choral fantasia openings.""
* ❌ – OK for the in-text attribution guidance, but not, as far as I'm concerned, for the name-dropping (Bach Cantata Pilgrimage) and the verb failing WP:SAID
* In-text attributions to Dürr:
* "The following table is based on the Bach scholar Alfred Dürr who notes: "At the beginning of the cycle of chorale cantatas we find–uniquely within Bach's output–the rudiments of cyclical composition"."
* ❌ – WP:SAID issue, and topic of the first half of the sentence too disconnected from that of the second half (not exactly the second example of the in-text guidance but somewhat similar:
* either the data in the table can be confirmed by multiple sources (then no in-text attribution but only a reference to Dürr is sufficient) or Dürr contends something that can not be corroborated elsewhere (then this sort of formulation would indicate a kind of list copyright infringement)
* second half of the sentence is not about factual data, but an interpretation of the author: this doesn't align too well with the first half of the sentence (but in-line attribution for this half of the sentence would be correct).
* "The keys and time signatures are taken from the book by Bach scholar Alfred Dürr, using the symbol for common time (4/4)"
* ❌ – Dürr was already introduced as "Bach Scholar", doing that twice seems exaggerated, and confirms the impression that this is again a name-dropping issue, especially as no in-line attribution to Dürr seems necessary here for the same reasons as the first half-sentence of the previous example
* In-text attributions to Wolff:
* "... a project that the Bach scholar Christoph Wolff calls "fascinating" and "unprecedented""
* ✅ – although maybe a bit disconnected from the topic of the first half of the sentence
* "Wolff sees a systematic approach, especially in the four cantatas beginning the cycle, to be followed by Meine Seel erhebt den Herren as the fifth"
* ❌ – if Wolff only groups the first four, then the second half of the sentence is too disconnected (gives the impression that Wolff saw this as the fifth of the same set which either is true, and then the sentence should be worded differently, or not, then it is somewhat the problem as illustrated by the 2nd example of the in-line attribution guidance – although, again, not exactly as in that example)
* In-text attributions to Spitta: I introduced one for this author (description of 3rd movment), so I won't comment on that one here, but please check whether it conforms to the guidance.
* In-text attributions to Tomita: I introduced one for this author (2nd paragraph of Concerts&Recordings section), so I won't comment on that one here, but please check whether it conforms to the guidance.
* Sentences that seem to be lacking in-line attribution (not all editors would interpret in the same way, for instance that a specific musical figure is necessarily to be seen as the expression of a specific emotion or religious concept,):
* "... expressing praise for God's works in the first section, while the more reticent middle section covers thankfulness for his help in times of distress"
* ❌ – such direct linking of musical texture and which religious or emotional content it expresses needs to be either firmly rooted in the words of the libretto (then: explain) or needs an in-line attribution to the author who interpreted it thus.
* "The thought that God "also uses force with His arm" is expressed with emphasis..."
* ❌ – similar to previous: notwithstanding that here the libretto is quoted the reader is left unaware *how* the emphasis is expressed: triple fortissimo? trepidus? emphatic repeats? ... either explain or use an in-line attribution of the author who interpreted it thus (compare description of fourth movement: there the musical figures and their relation to the libretto text is clearly explaiined, so for the description of that movement I'd say: ✅)
* "... in both cases expressing mildness and compassion"
* ❌ – the connection between lyrics and musical techniques is again missing in the explanation: so either explain, or give an in-line attribution to the author who interpreted it thus.
* "... the added strings emphasize the importance of the promise kept"
* ❌ – the kind of interpretation that would need an in-line attribution to the author who said it thus. Many composers "add strings" at a certain point, in thousands of compositions: I don't think that every time that happens it signifies that these composers then "emphasize the importance of the promise kept" --Francis Schonken (talk) 22:47, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
* Addressed the "Hofmann" and "Gardiner" issues mentioned above, and added non sequitur tags for the four last-mentioned passages that seem to be lacking a clearer explanation and/or an in-line attribution . --Francis Schonken (talk) 07:58, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
* Peters seems to attribute the text of "Meine Seele erhebt den Herren" to, not Luther like Wikipedia does (see ). Do we have the background on that? Maybe more something for the Meine Seele erhebt den Herren article, but I don't think the BWV 10 article should mention several times it's "Luther's" (without further explanation) when part of the literature would describe it as "Klug's". --Francis Schonken (talk) 06:03, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
Bibliography
Montanabw
* Comment: I will do a FAC review on this article when the above issue settles down, but I find the above discussion a bit of a red herring, as the "oppose" !voter made a set of substantial changes in the article and then !voted after he was reverted. Thus a clean hands problem exists. It is inappropriate for an "oppose" !vote to be made by someone who has made a substantial contribution, particularly a large set of edits right before his !vote, particularly where the same editor had only made three edits to the article prior to it going up for FAC. Here any claim of "edit warring" fails spectacularly because the party responsible for creating this problem is also trying to poison the well with his !vote --particularly in light of also removing admonishments about NPA from his talkpage. Montanabw (talk) 17:35, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
* ? – none of my "substantial" changes were reverted (only one of the "minor" ones). --Francis Schonken (talk) 07:17, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
* Poor grammar. Three minor changes way back appear to have been kept, but when your group of massive changes were reverted, then you !voted. Can't have it both ways, cannot both make a bunch of contributions and vote -- you're involved. Montanabw (talk) 11:00, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
* please recuse yourself from performing a FAC review on this article:
* You continue to contend that my "group of massive changes were [sic] reverted" (FYI: poor grammar, "group" is singular), which is not what happened – your judgement seems clouded
* I've shown my willingness to improve the article, and I've, for instance, received multiple "thanks", not only for the improvements I operated on the article in mainspace, but also for my suggestions for further improvements. Your indication that such improvements are not appreciated pollutes the air and stifles further work, which remains necessary to get this article to FA grade
* Until the current issues are sufficiently addressed I think I'm perfectly entitled to oppose promotion to FA, and I'll continue to collaborate positively in whatever way I can to make that promotion possible. Also, please note Gerda's invitation above: "Can we try to stick to content?", so I suggest to discontinue this discussion of whodunits, which, as you may notice, has been continued by you only in these last few days. --Francis Schonken (talk) 11:47, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
* Your suggestion that I recuse is ridiculous; I have never edited this article, and all I pointed out is that first you made a bunch of edits to an article you had barely touched before, then when you were reverted, you !voted "oppose." That was rather WP:POINTy of you. One can edit the article, or one can review, one cannot do both. You have no neutrality in this matter, and if anyone should recuse, it is you. So, you want to close this matter, you are welcome to recuse yourself. Montanabw (talk) 05:53, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Media review
* File:Magnif.jpg: what is this being transcribed from? A previous notated version? A recording? Memory?
* The text is applied to the given psalm tone, - always the same melody, just a different distribution of the syllables. It's a 2010 image I took from Tonus peregrinus, which quotes the German Magnificat. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:22, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
* I see that the image is there, but how was the image produced, specifically? From what source was the specific distribution of syllables used here derived? Nikkimaria (talk) 01:42, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
* We discussed the content of that image some time ago, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music/Archive 59. That discussion contains two external links afaics, maybe one of these (or both) could be used to demonstrate that the content of the image is correct? --Francis Schonken (talk) 04:46, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
* In that discussion, the source was given as "Evangelisches Kirchengesangbuch, Nr. 529. Berlin: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 1983, p.529-530". Could someone who knows how add that to the commons? (I corrected Evangelisches to Evangelische.) I looked in the current EG but can't find it, only in a regional edition of Thuringia. The Catholics have a different German version, and a similar tune, but simplified (beginning with F G instead of A C, and the second line right on G without the preceding A C, - so much less joyful, and not what Bach used), GL 631/4. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:41, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
* I just changed the "source" parameter at commons:File:Magnif.jpg from "Olorulus' personal library" to "Olorulus' personal library, from 'Evangelisches Kirchengesangbuch', Nr.529. Berlin: Evangelische[s] Verlagsanstalt, 1983, p.529-530 (see wikipedia:en:Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music/Archive 59#A similar example)" – does this cover all of your concerns regarding the use of this image in the FA candidate article? --Francis Schonken (talk) 07:51, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
* File:Magnificat im 9. Psalmton deutsch (Luther).jpg was improved by Rabanus Flavus, - better? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:47, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
* PS: for clarity File:Magnif.jpg has now been replaced by File:Magnificat im 9. Psalmton deutsch (Luther).jpg by Rabanus Flavus . --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:04, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
* Would it be possible to find a freely licensed performance that could be sampled? Nikkimaria (talk) 21:30, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
* Where would I look? - I guess everybody interested would be able to find YouTube versions, example. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:22, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
* Some ideas:
* I performed a check of Commons as thorough as I could, not finding any audio file that would be remotely eligible for use in the article on the cantata :(
* Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10 (Bach, Johann Sebastian) has a synthesised (trumpet/organ) version of movement 5. It is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (is that compatible with the Commons licensing policies if one would want to upload the file there?) – whether or not it could be legally uploaded to Commons or Wikipedia I'm personally no fan of such synthesised audio for vocal/orchestral music. The IMSLP page where that audio file is available is linked from the article's External links section, so not sure whether we should do anything if we want to have at least one audio file on or linked from the Wikipedia article.
* Similarly, CPDL has a midi file of the closing chorale at Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10 (Johann Sebastian Bach) – copyright: "Personal"; here also the CPDL page is linked from the external links section
* http://www.blockmrecords.org/bach/detail.php?ID=BWV0648 is a page on James Kibbie's Bach Organ Works website with audio files of an organ performance of the Schübler Chorale based on the cantata's fifth movement. Maybe this page could be linked from Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10, to give at least an aural impression (non-synthesised) of the cantata's music (otherwise at least a link from the external links section might be possible?)? --Francis Schonken (talk) 12:33, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
* It is possible but belongs in the (linked) article on the chorales. I am sure that people who want to know how the cantata sounds will find a way outside Wikipedia. I hesitate to place external links, because it would be my biased choice. - MIDI is no alternative, awful, sorry. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:53, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
* I added a link to downloadable audio of the entire cantata, to the "External links" section. --Francis Schonken (talk) 07:40, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
* Can we have a few score extracts (examples from the cantata)? I'd suggest, for instance:
* Movement 1:
* Start of the cantus firmus in the soprano part (situated in the orchestral/vocal matrix)
* first measures of where the alto takes over the cantus firmus
* Movement 5: some measures of the interplay of the singing voices with the cantus firmus melody
* Movement 7: four-part chorale setting of the non-hymn tune --Francis Schonken (talk) 11:24, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
Comments by Yunshui
Just a quick review of the text: see talkpage for issues raised and resolved diff
* Anyhow, now that the above fixes have all been made, I'm happy to Support on text. Yunshui 雲 水 08:50, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
* thanks for your recommendations here – can work with that.
* Re. "... at this point ...": you're of course free to comment whenever you like, just wanted to say that by the time I'm satisfied with content and sourcing of the article I planned to ping those who previously contributed to this FAC page with their analyses to see whether their initial assessment would need updating. --Francis Schonken (talk) 13:48, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
* That's fine, and a re-review would seem sensible given the number of changes that have been made since my above comments. I'd prefer to give Gerda the chance to deal with just one set of issues at a time, especially if there are more changes that are likely to be made, so will wait until you guys have talked out the discussions above before adding further feedback here. Yunshui 雲 水 14:14, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
* RSN for Hofmann source initiated. --Francis Schonken (talk) 10:13, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
Comments by Wehwalt
About half done, no real issues. Some quibbles so far:
* " Composed for the Marian feast of the Visitation 2 July 1724," there seem to be words missing after "Visitation". Some grammatical connection would seem called for.
* That was changed (perhaps compare how the lead looked when I nominated), - I tried to fix the changed version now. --GA
* "The prescribed readings for the feast day were from the Book of Isaiah the prophecy of the Messiah " I would say that there should be a comma in there after Isaiah.
* yes --GA
* "The cantata text is based on Luther's translation of the biblical song to German as part of his translation of the Bible, and the doxology." Two things, I would change the first "translation" to "rendering" or similar to avoid the repetition, and I think you need a "on" after "and" to avoid ambiguity and possible confusion.
* I opened the piped link (to avoid the same word twice), and added "on". --GA
* "He used the original verses 46–48 for the first movement, verse 54 for the fifth movement, and the doxology for the seventh movement. He paraphrased verse 49 for the second movement, verses 50–51 for the third, verses 52–53 for the fourth and verse 55 for the sixth movement, the latter expanded by a reference to the birth of Jesus." Your use of the serial comma seems inconsistent.
* Commas are different in German and English, and sometimes I miss one, as here, thanks for pointing it out. --GA
* There is an uncited sentence at the end of "Readings"
* ref doubled --GA
* "adding "Luther" for the movements kept in his translation, and "anon." if the unknown librettist elaborated on his translation. " I would avoid the repetition, possibly by changing "elaborated on his translation" to "added his own elaborations" or some such--Wehwalt (talk) 07:30, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
* Help welcome. "Elaborated" was introduced by Francis, in the table, where I found it too long when repeated for four movements. I'd usually say "paraphrased". Feel free to apply your wording skill, please. "added his own elaborations" would suggest - to me - that Luther also added "elaborations", but he only translated, in his free style of translation, of course.
* Maybe "added elaboration"?--Wehwalt (talk) 06:35, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. "..."Elaborated" was introduced by Francis..." – no, it wasn't. I wrote "elaboration of ..." which (at least according to my dictionary) does not mean the same as "elaborated on ...". I don't agree with what is currently in the article, nor with the "added elaboration" suggestion: the librettist partly paraphrased and partly expanded the original text. That is an elaboration of the original. "added elaboration" only captures the "expansion" part ("expanded" is a less cumbersome way to say the same), not the part where the text is paraphrased. "Paraphrased" is correct, but doesn't really capture the expansion part. So I'd go back to "elaboration of", or, alternatively, go to "paraphrased and expanded". --Francis Schonken (talk) 18:17, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
* Thank you, "paraphrased and expanded" taken. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:04, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
* Thank you for careful reading! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:30, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
* "but with the cantus firmus in the alto, because the text "Denn er hat seine elende Magd angesehen" speaks of the "lowly handmaid"." The logic here is obscure. Are altos more likely to be handmaids? Or lowly?
* It's the lower voice, - do you think that should be added? It seems a bit like saying a child is younger than its parent. --GA
* (don't know whether this catches what Wehwalt indicates above:) The sentence containing "... cantus firmus in the alto, because the text ..." (emphasis added) seems WP:OR: the sentence is referenced to a translation that nowhere claims a causal relation: "cantus firmus" isn't mentioned in the reference, which voice sings the phrase isn't mentioned, leave alone that that reference somewhere would have intimated a causal relation between one and the other. --Francis Schonken (talk) 15:04, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
* I replaced the "because" by "when", and would be willing to repeat the translation of the whole incipit if that helps. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
* Still leaves the first half of the sentence unreferenced: only the translation, and nothing about "cantus firmus" or "alto", can be referenced to the source that is currently used for the entire sentence. Maybe split in two sentences, with an appropriate source for the cantus firmus related content?
* "... second verse ...." (in the same sentence, before the part of the sentence that was quoted above by Wehwalt) is confusing. In Luther's translation (as in the original) it would be the third verse of the biblical text. I suppose somewhere between when Luther published his translation in 1722 and when the text became associated with the tonus peregrinus melody Luther's German translation of Lk 1:46 and 47 became merged into one "verse" of the sung version, but that is nowhere explained afaics: until such explanation is provided "second verse" is confusing terminology: it may apply as well to Lk 1:47 as to Lk 1:48.
* Dellal's translation doesn't seem too faithful to the German original in this instance. The original Greek word ταπείνωσις means abasement, the Latin (Vulgate) translation, humilitas, could be rendered in English as "humility". In the libretto of the cantata the same word is translated as "elend" (miserable, wretched). Most English versions of the Magnificat use "lowliness" for this part of the text, and more modern German versions "Niedrigkeit". In this instance (she translates Elend as wretched elsewhere) Dellal seems to fall back on a standard English translation of the Magnificat rather than on the specificity of the German libretto of the cantata. "... the text ... speaks of the 'lowly..." seems a bit flawed... it doesn't really: it speaks of "elend" which is more appropriately translated as miserable or wretched. --Francis Schonken (talk) 17:28, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
* Just one remark: the word "elend" changed meaning in German more than once, compare Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist, and to look at translations seems more appropriate in the article on the German Magnificat. What would you call a faithful translation: of the meaning at Bach's time, or ours? Can we agree that translation often has more than one "faithful" option, and sometimes not even one? - Back to what brought us here: having the cantus firmus split this way happens only in this one chorale cantata, afaik. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:57, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
* As I said above, [Dellal] translates Elend as wretched elsewhere: BWV 75 is Bach's cantata for 30 May 1723. I don't think the meaning of the word elend/Elend would have changed in the 13 months between BWV 75 and BWV 10. For BWV 75 Dellal translates Elend as wretched, which I think a more faithful translation: it is certainly "the meaning at Bach's time". As said, I understand her choice for "lowly", but that seems rather inspired by KJV-like standard translations of the Magnificat, than by the intricacies of the actual German libretto of the cantata at Bach's time. KJV is old, and not a translation of Luther's German, so I'd rather avoid it in the context of this cantata (see also below). --Francis Schonken (talk) 08:44, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
* Remark 2: the thorough analysis of the Oregon Bach Festival (external link) has this: "At the third entrance of the chorus, however, Bach gives the Gregorian chant to the altos. This change of voicing is related to the text denn er hat seine elende Magd angesehen [He hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden]. A low voice now takes over the cantus firmus." I use now the more idiomatic KJV instead of Dellal, and count the verses to three. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:34, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
* My point was that it may not be obvious that the handmaiden would be given to the alto voice, if you are not knowledgeable about music. But I gather there is a musical convention about such things, and that's acceptable given this is not a basic-level music article. --Wehwalt (talk) 03:56, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
* Well in this case there is no such musical convention, and the former content of the article was wrong to suggest it. The Oregon Bach Festival interpretation seems exceptional and should not be rendered in the article without in-text attribution of the author (which is a bit difficult as it is apparently an anonymous text). There's a lot that speaks against this interpretation. The verse goes from "low" to "high" in feeling (The second half of the verse speaks about being blessed for ever). Affektenlehre thus would suggest to go from "low" notes to "high" notes: if that is performed by the same (group of) singer(s) there is no voice type that is particularly indicated. In his Latin Magnificat Bach composes this verse for the highest of two sopranos (with the chorus joining in on the last two words). Explanations by established scholars about voice type used for the cantus firmus in the first movements of cantatas 1 to 5 of the chorale cantata cycle (this one is the fifth) speak about the succession being built on soprano→alto→tenor→bass, leading to soprano→alto in the 5th cantata (nothing to do with text). Also the "elend" word of the libretto carrying less of a connotation of being "low-placed" than the conventional Latin "humilitas" and other variants (see discussion above) seems to confirm that the Oregon's explanation is rather to be regarded as an over-interpretation. --Francis Schonken (talk) 08:44, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
* Re. KJV – I'd prefer a 21st-century translation. Also, a translation that is not tied to a denomination. Let's not link to or quote from "doth" and "hath" type of translations, which sound particularly stolid in 21st-century ears: such older translations can be found in the Magnificat article, linked from the lead paragraph, for those who savour them. --Francis Schonken (talk) 08:44, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
* "the duet Et misericordia (And your compassion), in both cases expressing mildness and compassion." Even though it is a translation, can the repetition be avoided by a synonym? Possibly mercy?
* Good point, but I don't know a synonym for compassion, with passion in it. I'd rather change the translation, literally misery [felt by the] heart, but its clumsy. Any synonym for that? --GA
* No idea. I had thought of misericordia as meaning "mercy" but Latin is not my language. --Wehwalt (talk) 03:56, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
* "All wind instruments and violin I support the soprano." I imagine "violin I" to be a technical term.
* So far, in the whole article, it is "two violins". If an instrumental group is divided, yes, you say technically numbers from I (one), like Part I. Do you think we should say "the first violins"? --GA
* "It has been held from 1948" I would say "since", not "from"--Wehwalt (talk) 06:35, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
* Taken. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
* Support Meets the criteria. I'll leave the technical discussions on German language to those who will.--Wehwalt (talk) 03:56, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
Comments by Montanabw
OK, it looks like others have reviewed and notwithstanding the discussion above, here is my review, based upon the article as of this revision. Most of what I have to offer at this point is wikignoming to help the non-expert understand the article a bit better.
* Lead:
* I'd put the English title (My soul magnifies the Lord) in quotes: ("My soul magnifies the Lord"). Italics are fine too, but either way, not plain text.
* It's not a title, just a translation. Few cantatas have an English title, such as Actus tragicus, - well, that's Latin ;) --GA
* I see it is consistent style throughout and seen in other articles. I still think it needs to be in quotes. But also not a deal-breaker. Montanabw (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* put "also known as his German Magnificat" before Johann Sebastian Bach. The paragraph is a wee bit choppy
* perhaps review an earlier version, which didn't know any "German Magnificat". I am tempted to ask "known by whom" and think it's no lead material, but it's debated. Whatever the outcome of that debate: Bach should come rather sooner than later. --GA
* The problem is putting like concepts together... put the names (all of them) before composer. One way or the other. No position on inclusion of "German Magnificat", only a comment on paragraph structure... if it's in, put it before composer, up with other boldface titles. If it's tossed, no worries, I don't care. Montanabw (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* If it is kept in the lead, it should be mentioned much later, and with an explanation, not before Luther's German Magnificat was mentioned. - The concept of "all names first" is fine, but in case of so much foreign language, we should get to the composer soon. ---GA
* My suggestion is either, "Meine Seel erhebt den Herren (My soul magnifies the Lord), BWV 10,[a], also known as his German Magnificat, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was composed in 1724..." (which I'd prefer) or, at least "Meine Seel erhebt den Herren (My soul magnifies the Lord), BWV 10,[a] is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. Also known as his German Magnificat, It was composed in 1724..."
* I will go over the lead, probably later today, see Ceoil below. GA
* I'll close this bit then, and let that discussion sort out remaining issues. I think Ceoil is seeing similar problems but has a different approach.
* A few more modifiers in "always celebrated on 2 July, it was the fifth new cantata Bach presented in his second year in Leipzig." same reason -- just smooth it out a bit, perhaps something like "always celebrated on 2 July, it was the fifth new cantata Bach presented during his second year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig."
* split in two sentences --GA
* OK.
* the Magnificat -- should also be italicized and linked to Magnificat in the lede, not just lower in the body text
* Magnificat became a word of English and should not be italicized. It is linked in the lede. --GA
* Not according to the title of the Magnificat article, which is italicized. OK on link Montanabw (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* That article is wrong, but going to fix it seems like a battle I would not want to enter. Compare Requiem. ---GA
* OK, not our circus. Montanabw (talk) 01:45, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* FWIW, the way I understand it:
* Luther's German Magnificat (not Italicised, like: Luther's German Nunc dimittis – see lead sentence of "Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin")
* Bach's German Magnificat (Italicised, like: Bach's Italian Concerto – see Naming conventions (music), last bullet of "Other additions" topic)
* --Francis Schonken (talk) 05:36, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
* I disagree. It's not a title of a piece by Bach (as Italian Concerto), just as some call it. German is generic, Magnificat is generic, - why italic? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:29, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
* From MOS:ITALICTITLE:
* Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection Symphony ...
* Thus I would write:
* Cantata No. 10 by Johann Sebastian Bach, also known as German Magnificat ...
* Examples at Naming conventions (music):
* Hungarian Rhapsody (not italicised)
* Italian Concerto (italicised)
* The variant name of Bach's cantata is closer to Italian Concerto than to Hungarian Rhapsody in my appreciation. These are only a non-native speaker's observations, of course. Seems like this issue is undecided at this point in time. Maybe an RfC could settle the matter? --Francis Schonken (talk) 07:26, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
* Included as fifth issue in an RfC I initiated at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Text formatting. --Francis Schonken (talk) 10:36, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
* wikilink continuo to Basso continuo and clarify, somewhat obscure phrasing for people outside the classical music field (the other instruments are commonly known) people may not know the word.
* There's a link to Baroque instruments, - otherwise we'd have to link trumpet and get a sea of blue. - Compare other FAs such as Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125 --GA
* Hmmm, I see no reason not to link the specific instrument somewhere... where no sea of blue... everyone knows what a trumpet is, though if I am wrong, a small sea of blue is not harmful. ;-)
* They are all linked (even violin) in the Structure and scoring section. In the infobox and lead, it would be two seas of blue. (I should make some "frequently answered Q&A.) ---GA
* OK, I can live with that. Consider saying "basso continuo" in lede, to match link lower down, but not a big dea. Montanabw (talk) 01:45, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* Background:
* May want to put in the actual date he took office, non-Churched individuals may be unfamiliar with the Liturgical year, even though it's linked in the lede.
* Well, we say already 1724, and second year, no? --GA
* I'd encourage adding month also -- a supplement to "liturgical year". Montanabw (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* The month of performance comes later in the same sentence, and the month of composition we don't know. ---GA
* No, I meant to note when Bach took the position: "In 1723, Bach was appointed as Thomaskantor (director of church music) in Leipzig. He took office during the middle of the liturgical year, on the first Sunday after Trinity. " Because non-Christians have no clue what that means, I suggest stating something like, "Bach was appointed as Thomaskantor (director of church music) in Leipzig. He took office during the middle of the liturgical year, on 30 May 1723, the first Sunday after Trinity."
* Sorry for misunderstanding. I reworded, - please check. GA
* I'd be OK if you linked "Latin Magnificat" together to the name of the actual work, that or say "Magnificat in Latin" to avoid the "Sea of Blue" problem
* done, good idea --GA
* In the chart, Overview of the first cantatas in Bach's chorale cantata cycle, I'd wikilink the items under "Form" that have not been previously linked -- not everyone knows what a motet is.
* It's linked just above. --GA
* OK. I personally like redundant links in charts and infoboxes, but that's just my quirk, not FAC or MOS.
* Is the final entry for "Form" in the chart intended to be blank?
* yes, just a "normal" chorale fantasia --GA
* Hmmm... maybe link that? Not sure, just would balance chart visually. Montanabw (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* But all five are chorale fantasias, - I'm afraid it would be confusing. ---GA
* In the chart, the others have different labels... I am rather confused now... ? ;-) Montanabw (talk) 01:45, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* I thought chorale fantasia in the style of a motet was clear enough, but now inserted the passage about the chorale cantatas in general from the last FA. Is that helpful? GA
* I am unclear about "unknown librettist retained some parts of Luther's wording, while he paraphrased other passages" -- do we know when or why? It's kind of a random fact sitting out there. Was the librettist's wording used in the original performance or added later?
* The libretto (booklet) is written before the music. It was the format/program/idea/concept of the chorale cantatas: rewording part of the hymn in (then) modern words. --GA
* Maybe a modern clarification? Montanabw (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* The concept is explained in chorale cantata. "Clarification" seems strange, because for our taste, the Baroque language is rather less clear than the straightforward gospel or chorale ;) ---GA
* OK. Montanabw (talk) 01:45, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* Maybe explain (perhaps in an endnote) what a " traditional 9th psalm tone" is
* The 9th psalm tone is pictured ;) - "Ninth" repeated now in the caption. - I don't think we should explain the concept of reciting tone and its variants in this article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:47, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
* Perhaps add a helpful wikilink to the concept for those who can't read music??? Montanabw (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Link in caption repeated, and now ninth not 9th, to make the connection. ---GA
* OK. Montanabw (talk) 01:45, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* Music:
* "based on the chant melody." --which? Clarify
* The Ninth psalm tone, said before, - I tried to not be too repetitive. --GA
* Maybe a minor rephrase? Montanabw (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* How? ---GA
* Maybe a wikilink would work, possibly "The first and last are set for choir, and are based on the chant melody." ? Montanabw (talk) 01:45, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* That link seems like an Easter egg, I'd rather link to Gregorian chant again, but very reluctantly. GA
* Wikilink recitatives and arias on first use, for the non-classical music expert.
* That is done, but happens in Readings, text and tune. --GA
* OK. Montanabw (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Manuscript and publications:
* Clarify what an "autograph score" is -- signed by Bach?
* "written by Bach", as the link says. I'd hesitate to explain what a book is ;) - Should we link score? --GA
* Yes, that might work. Autograph link goes to "autograph" main article, perhaps link to subsection? Montanabw (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Main article has nothing about music, - the lead is all that is useful for those who don't know the term. ---GA
* Meh, someone, somewhere should do a small def of why an autographed score is better than... whatever else ... but I guess also not our circus. Montanabw (talk) 01:45, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* Do we have an article on Johann Andreas Kuhnau? Christian Gottlob Meißner? Should we explain who they are?
* Not even the German Wikipedia has articles on them. They helped Bach producing performance material from the score, - only few of his works were printed during his lifetime. They are nothing special for this cantata, - should their work be mentioned in Bach cantata? --GA
* Perhaps. All is well. Montanabw (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Wikilink Library of Congress
* done --GA
* OK
* Recordings:
* "seems to have been recorded first in 1963." -- awkward. Suggest rephrase to "seems to have first been recorded in 1963." or "seems to have been recorded for the first time in 1963." -- or something similar to smooth the phrasing
* second one taken, thank you --GA
* OK
* Might want to link "Chamber" and "Period" in the chart on first appearance.
* I dropped "chamber", but period instruments would have to go to Baroque instruments, linked before. --GA
* Again, I favor repeating links in charts, but that's just me. Your call there. Montanabw (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* I don't want to link period several times, nor recitative twice in the table above ;) ---GA
* OK. Montanabw (talk) 01:45, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* Sourcing, formatting, images look OK to me, and others appear to be going over them in detail. Overall, I am ready to support once we make the prose flow a bit smoother and clarify the technical language with more wikilinking and the occasional explanation for the benefit of the non-aficionado. Montanabw (talk) 06:19, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
* Thank you for looking from a different perspective! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:47, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
* Most improvements OK, a few with additional comments, none of earth-shattering significance, just think over. Montanabw (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Thank you! ---Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:09, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Fixed some more, I hope. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
* Support; the issues I have raised have been addressed. Montanabw (talk) 04:17, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
Ceoil
I cant parse and on the melody to which that German version of the - can you restructure please. Ceoil (talk) 19:36, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* I am not sure I understand the question. - All other chorale cantatas are based on a strophic hymn, but this one is based on German bible text in prose, (traditionally) sung in Gregorian chant (or reciting tone), specifically the ninth psalm tone or tonus peregrinus). Can you word it better? - In German, both these things are called Choral, in English, however, chorale seems to mean only the strophic hymns. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:24, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
* Yes I understand the terminology around chorals. But its not explained properly as of yet in the lead; the phrase I highlighted above needs to be clearer. Impressed so far, bty. Ceoil (talk)
* I will go over it, there are also (outdented) good suggestions by Francis above, - look at the rest first, please, the lead will follow ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:57, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
Comments from Edwininlondon
I recall reviewing a Bach cantata for FAC last year, but to my dismay I seem to have managed to forget just about everything, so by no means is this a review of an expert. Some comments:
* in lead: German translation of the Magnificat canticle -> Ignorant as I am, I have no idea what canticle means. Would a link or little explanation be wrong?
* the word canticle is there to explain Magnificat, and some think it's a sea of blue to link two terms in a row, - you could hope to find what canticle is if clicking on Magnificat, - but I'll just link ;) --GA
* in lead: The cantata is also known as Bach's German Magnificat. -> should it not be in bold then, perhaps?
* I don't know. I didn't add that, and I don't know who knows it by that name which appears in some writing but nothing I used. Not every redirect needs to be bolded. --GA
* Early July 1724 Bach was somewhat over a month into his second year -> by going for super-accuracy it doesn’t flow well for me. Perhaps try losing the “somewhat”
* Looks gone. --GA
* expanded from (Luther's German translation of) Luke 1:49–53 and 55 -> Just Luther’s would suffice, I think, so we can get rid of the clunky
* My last version was this (funny: German Magnificat was bolded back then), - ask Francis. --GA
* Poor C. P. E. Bach: everybody gets full names but he just his initials
* His name is just too long, - and look at the infobox: J. S. Bach ;) --GA
* In 20th- and 21st-century concert and recording practice the cantata was -> I think is would be better.
* For my last of version of the recordings look above, - I believe all comments beyond the factual listing should go to a discography page. --GA
* in art, and in music -> Music is art, so maybe, if true, especially in music?
* agree, changed --GA
* New testament -> Capitals? Definitely a link
* fixed (not my writing) --GA
* for five part chorus -> I’m never sure about hyphens, but for sure Inconsistent with four-part you have elsewhere
* fixed (not my writing) --GA
* , the exaltation of the humble -> comma after humble?
* yes --GA
* LP -> link would be good I think
* done, and CD also for consistency (not my writing) --GA
Edwininlondon (talk) 16:51, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
* Thanks for diligent reading! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:00, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
Coordinator suggestion
Coordinator comment: This FAC is becoming very long and therefore potentially intimidating to new reviewers. I wonder would it be possible for reviewers in this instance to move any sections of addressed commentary to the talk page, leaving a note on this page with a diff of the move? I don't normally advise this, but we have a lot of text to plough through here. This is not to judge the validity or otherwise of any commentary, and I guarantee that whichever coordinator closes this one will also read the talk page, but it would be much easier if we can see which points have and have not been addressed. Sarastro1 (talk) 21:37, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
* Numbered as in above:
* (article lead section) – still active: intro proposal was introduced in article, and later again modified. Some of these later modifications were no improvements, but am taking these one small step at a time (e.g. ). Further: I'm primarily working on the body of the article (and refs) now and thought Gerda's "look at the rest first, please, the lead will follow" (in section) the best way to go forward.
* Follow-up on "one small step at a time (e.g. )" – a rather elaborate discussion regarding precisely the quoted edit (which changed a single word, for the record) developed at Talk:Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10. Please discuss there not here. Just drawing the conclusion that some of the steps need to be very small and wide apart in time to settle down. --Francis Schonken (talk) 07:37, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
* ("not a chorale" explanation) – not addressed yet, so suggestion not ready to be removed from this page
* (coherent use of "chorale"/"hymn"/etc. throughout the article) – not ready: the article currently contains as well "not a chorale" as "genuine (...) chorale melody" (the last one quoted from one of its reliable sources)
* (Spitta on BWV 10) – handled, moved to talk page
* (contemporary Magnificats & Visitation cantatas comparison) – handled, moved to talk page
* (1740s repeat performance) – handled, moved to talk page
* (Recordings) – still active (although already partially handled)
* (provisions for a table-less layout) – in progress
* (comprehensive approach to reception topics) – still active
* (origin of German doxology) – question unanswered
* (navbox collapse options) – handled, moved to talk
* (Oron website as source) – in progress (see also RSN)
* (in-text attributions) – still active (see also current tags in article
* --Francis Schonken (talk) 05:14, 6 June 2017 (UTC) Diffs: – --Francis Schonken (talk) 05:31, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
* I don't have a problem with moving addressed comments to talk.--Wehwalt (talk) 05:21, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
* Sure, why not? Done. Yunshui 雲 水 08:33, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
* Nominator speaking. I confess that I have problems with this nomination. The version which was approved by Wehwalt and Yunshui was this of 25 May, the version we have today is this which I don't approve. To name just the most obvious differences:
* Francis not only questioned the reliability of Bach Cantatas Website, disregarding experienced source checkers such as Nikkimaria, Prhartcom, Brianboulton and Wehwalt (their previous source checks linked above), but he eliminated links to the site and information based on it from the article. That leaves our readers deprived of the most detailed resource on the topic I know. The idea that the pdfs of liner notes are reproduced without consent of the labels seems absurd to me.
* Francis added background about the Magnificat in Leipzig general, and the reception of Bach's chorale cantatas in general (about which he knows a lot) that seems too much for this particular cantata article, imho.
* Francis added a paragraph about recordings before the factual table of recordings that accents labels (instead of musicians), talks about general trends in Bach cantata recording, and singles out some recordings. I recommended to write a separate article Discography with that material.
* Instead of 10 more points that I'd oppose: we need to decide how to proceed.
* I can withdraw the nomination.
* We can leave the nomination but I remove my name from the nominator position, and Francis takes over (which he de facto did already).
* Other ideas? It's a new situation, at least to me. In Bach's time, they'd celebrate the third day of Pentecost today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
* This is a tough one for you, but the article is clearly unstable; its content changes daily, and not just with minor fixes. When nominated the wordcount was 1,996 – it is currently 3,734 and rising, so it's virtually twice its original size. I'd advise that in future you get together with Mr Francis Schonken and iron out your differences before nominating any further Bach chorale articles. Otherwise this debacle will repeat itself. For the present, the only sensible course, since you don't approve the current text, is for you to withdraw the nomination. It shouldn't be renominated by you or anyone else until the content is broadly stable. Brianboulton (talk) 23:16, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
* Per the advice above, I withdraw the nomination. I nominated only one Bach chorale cantata article (if that is what you mean) before, which passed without any interference by Francis. I nominated six Bach cantata articles before which passed without interference by Francis, who tried to question one, but to no avail. I was unprepared, sorry. I would like to see Francis first learning a bit about FA reviewing before doing it again, or perhaps even write a featured article. The Magnificat has potential, imho. Accusing fellow editors of edit warring because one single revert seems not in the spirit of collaboration, nor accusing them of canvassing because of . I am concerned about the quality of the article, - see three major points above. Brianboulton: please say a word about the alleged copyright violation of the Bach Cantatas Website. - I thank Yunshui, Wehwalt and Montanabw for support, Nikkimaria for the media review, and Ceoil and EdwininLondon for good comments. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:46, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
Closing comment: I have to agree with Brian that the article is currently unstable and has changed too much in the course of this review, which is never ideal at FAC. As Gerda has asked to withdraw this, it doesn't matter now, but I have to say that rather than changing an article wholesale during FAC it is far better for a reviewer to oppose outright, giving their reasons based on WP:WIAFA, and wait for the end of the review to make large changes, away from FAC, if that is the consensus among those working on the article. Hopefully this consensus can be worked out before the article is renominated, after the usual two-week waiting period. Sarastro1 (talk) 21:03, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
Sarastro1 (talk) 21:03, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
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296 P.3d 74
NUCOR CORPORATION, Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF WAUSAU, Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Defendant/Appellant/ Cross-Appellee. Nucor Corporation, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Employers Insurance Company Of Wausau, Defendant/Appellee.
Nos. 1 CA-CV 10-0174, 1 CA-CV 10-0454.
Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department E.
Nov. 23, 2012.
Review Denied Apr. 23, 2013.
Winston & Strawn, LLP by Scott P. DeVries, Pro Hac Vice, Yelitza V. Dunham, Pro Hac Vice, San Francisco, and Fennemore Craig, P.C. by Timothy Berg Christopher L. Callahan, Theresa Dwyer-Federhar, Phoenix, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee Nucor Corporation.
Barber Law Group by Bryan M. Barber, Pro Hae Vice, San Francisco, and Ryley Carlock & Applewhite PA by John C. Lemaster, Phoenix, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant Employers Insurance Company of Wausau,
Gordon & Rees LLP by David C. Capell, Pro Hac Vice, San Francisco, and Bowman and Brook LLP by Thomas M. Klein, Phoenix, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant/Cross-Appellee Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company.
OPINION
PORTLEY, Judge.
¶ 1 Nucor Corporation (“Nucor”), Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (“Hartford”), and the Employers Insurance Company of Wausau (“Wausau”) challenge rulings the trial court made in resolving indemnity' and defense costs claims. As we explain, we affirm in part, reverse in part and remand for further proceedings.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶ 2 The City of Phoenix detected trichloroethylene (“TCE”) in its water wells in July 1982. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) began an investigation into the source and extent of the contamination and determined that Nucor had contributed to the contamination because it owned an electronics manufacturing plant that had used TCE as a cleaning solvent. ADEQ sent Nucor a letter in 1989 identifying it as a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) and directing it to take remedial action. Nu-cor subsequently settled the ADEQ claim for $1,275,000.
¶3 Before the settlement was approved, Nucor and others were sued in Baker v. Motorola (“Baker”), Maricopa Cnty.Super. Ct. Cause No. CV 1992-002603. A year later, they were sued in Lofgren v. Motorola (“Lofgren”), Maricopa Cnty.Super. Ct. Cause No. CV 1993-005322. The class action lawsuits were consolidated, which resulted in three classes of plaintiffs: (1) those who sought expenses for future medical monitoring because of TCE exposure (“medical monitoring claims”); (2) those who sought damages for the diminution in the value of their property because of the stigma of being located above groundwater containing TCE (“stigma claims”); and (3) those who suffered personal injuries or death allegedly caused by the contamination. Nucor subsequently settled the class claims for more than $21 million.
¶ 4 During the class action litigation, Nu-cor sued Hartford and another insurer in May 1997, for declaratory relief, breach of contract, and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Nucor subsequently amended the complaint to add additional claims and to add Wausau, American Mutual, Travelers, and various excess carriers as defendants. The trial court granted partial summary judgment to Travelers and Wausau in 2004 after finding that their insurance policies did not cover the settlement of the “stigma claims” because the groundwater contamination had not damaged any property or interfered with the use of any property.
¶ 5 Nucor subsequently filed motions for summary judgment against its carriers. Hartford, Travelers, Twin City Fire Insurance Company, and First State Insurance Company settled with Nucor; Travelers also assigned its contribution rights to Nucor, and Nucor agreed to defend Hartford on the released policies and claims, including those by other insurers. The court subsequently found that Wausau had breached its duty to defend Nucor on the ADEQ claim and granted Nucor partial summary judgment. Wausau then filed a cross-complaint against Hartford and Travelers for declaratory relief, equitable indemnity and equitable contribution claims. Nucor unsuccessfully sought to be substituted as the indemnitor for Hartford and Travelers, but was allowed to intervene in the cross-claim.
¶ 6 The trial court then divided the remaining issues into four trial phases. Phase II focused on the percentage of defense costs owed by the primary insurers. After a bench trial, the court concluded that Travelers and Hartford had to reimburse Wausau for 'prejudgment interest to the extent that they had not paid their fair share of Nucor’s defense costs. Additionally, the court set the percentage that each insurer would have to equitably contribute to pay Nucor’s reasonable and necessary defense costs. Nucor, Hartford, Twin City, and First State subsequently filed their appeals after the court entered its final amended judgment incorporating rulings from the first three phases in January 2010 pursuant to Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 54(b).
DISCUSSION
I
¶ 7 Nucor and Wausau challenge different summary judgment rulings. Nucor argues that the court erred by ruling that Wausau’s policies do not cover the portion of the Baker settlement paid to settle the stigma claims. Wausau contends the court erred by ruling that it had a duty to defend Nucor in the ADEQ proceeding.
¶ 8 Mindful of the requirements of Rule 56, we review the grant of summary judgment de novo. Hamill v. Mid-Century Ins. Co. of Ariz., 225 Ariz. 386, 387, ¶ 5, 238 P.3d 654, 655 (App.2010). We also review statutory interpretations and the application and validity of exclusions in insurance policies de novo. See Farmers Ins. Co. v. Young, 195 Ariz. 22, 24, ¶ 5, 985 P.2d 507, 509 (App.1998).
¶ 9 When interpreting insurance policies, we apply the language according to its plain and ordinary meaning from the standpoint of an individual untrained in law or business. Desert Mountain Props. Ltd. P’ship v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 225 Ariz. 194, 200, ¶ 14, 236 P.3d 421, 427 (App.2010). If the policy is ambiguous because it is susceptible to “conflicting reasonable expectations,” we then consider “legislative goals, social policy, and examin[e] the transaction as a whole, including the reasonable expectations of the insured.” State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Wilson, 162 Ariz. 251, 258, 782 P.2d 727, 734 (1989); Desert Mountain, 225 Ariz. at 200, ¶ 14, 236 P.3d at 427.
A
¶ 10 Nucor contends that the trial court erred by determining that the portion of the settlement attributed to the stigma claims is not covered by the subject insurance policies. We have to determine whether the portion of the settlement attributed to the stigma claims is covered under the policies.
¶ 11 To answer the question we must turn to the language of the policies and the nature of the claims being made and the damages sought. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Connolly ex rel. Connolly, 212 Ariz. 417, 419, ¶ 9, 132 P.3d 1197, 1199 (App. 2006). We also look at the underlying action to determine if coverage exists. Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Carl Brazell Builders, Inc., 356 S.C. 156, 588 S.E.2d 112, 115 (2003); see Travelers Ins. Co. v. Waltham Indus. Labs. Corp., 883 F.2d 1092, 1099 (1st Cir.1989) (when the underlying litigation is settled pri- or to trial, “the duty to indemnify must be determined in the basis of the settlement”). We know that an insured cannot pursue insurance indemnification for a claim that was dismissed. See Great Am. Lloyds Ins. Co. v. Mittlestadt, 109 S.W.3d 784, 786 (Tex.Ct.App.2003) (“Unlike the duty to defend, ... the duty to indemnify arises from proven, adjudicated facts.”). Moreover, in other contexts we have held that there is no coverage for economic loss claims in the absence of physical damage to property. See McCollum v. Ins. Co. of N. Am., 132 Ariz. 129, 130-31, 644 P.2d 283, 284-85 (App.1982) (discussing the same policy language requiring “injury to or destruction of tangible property” and holding there must be actual physical damage to the land; therefore, no recovery was available for land’s failure to appreciate due to the failure to make the agreed improvements); Travelers Indem. Co. v. State, 140 Ariz. 194, 196-97, 680 P.2d 1255, 1257-58 (App.1984) (holding that in the absence of direct physical injury to the investors’ tangible property, investors’ claims for purely economic harm are not covered).
¶ 12 The policies obligate Wausau to indemnify Nucor for “all sums [Nucor] shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of property damage.” The policies define “property damage” as:
(1) [P]hysical injury to or destruction of tangible property which occurs during the policy period, including the loss of use thereof at any time resulting therefrom, or
(2) loss of use of tangible property which has not been physically injured or destroyed provided such loss of use is caused by an occurrence during the policy period.
¶ 13 In making its ruling, the trial court knew that the Baker class action property damage claims had been dismissed by summary judgment. As a result, the court found that “[t]he home-owner[s]/plaintiffs in the underlying action were not compensated in the settlement for physical injury to tangible property (groundwater) or their right to use the groundwater but were paid for intangible property loss[,] that is, diminution in the value of their real property.” Nucor, however, contends that the policies do not require the property to be damaged; but only that if there was a claim for property damage, any resulting damages are covered by the policies.
¶ 14 Nucor argues that other courts have allowed recovery under an insurance policy when the plaintiff in the underlying action sought purely economic damages that arose out of property damage to a third party. For example, in DiMambro-Northend Associates v. United Construction, Inc., the plaintiff was precluded from performing its contract to construct a portion of a tunnel when another contractor negligently caused a fire in the tunnel. 154 Mich.App. 306, 397 N.W.2d 547, 548 (1986). Although the plaintiffs property was not damaged, it was prevented from timely completing its portion of the construction project. Id. It sued the negligent contractor for economic damages, including lost profits and increased labor costs. Id. Despite the trial court’s finding that the requested damages were only economic damages, id. at 550, the appellate court reversed and stated that “we refuse to read into the plain language of the policy a requirement or condition that the tangible property, damaged by the occurrence, belong to the [plaintiff].” Id. at 551; see Travelers Ins. Cos. v. Penda Corp., 974 F.2d 823, 830 (7th Cir.1992) (“[The policy] does not state that it applies only to damage to property owned by the plaintiff in the underlying action.”).
¶ 15 The California Supreme Court reached a similar conclusion in AIU Insurance Co. v. Superior Court, 51 Cal.3d 807, 274 Cal.Rptr. 820, 799 P.2d 1253 (1990). There, a company with multiple insurance policies was sued for injunctive relief and reimbursement for costs incurred pursuant to CERCLA. Id. at 1258-60. In resolving whether the insurance policies covered the environmental cleanup costs as “property damage,” id. at 1279-80, the court noted that' the government or its agencies did not have a “compensable proprietary interest in the property,” id., at 1261, 1279, and then stated:
We also hold that reimbursement of response costs and the costs of injunctive relief under CERCLA and related statutes are incurred “because of’ property damage. [T]he mere fact that the governments may seek reimbursement of response costs or injunctive relief without themselves having suffered any tangible harm to a proprietary interest does not exclude the recovery of cleanup costs from coverage under the “damages” provision of CGL policies. The Court of Appeal’s emphasis on the fact that the agencies’ objectives may be regulatory rather than proprietary is misplaced. Whatever then-dominant motive, the event precipitating their legal action is contamination of property. The costs that result from such action are therefore incurred “because of’ property damage.
Id. at 1279.
¶ 16 Wausau, however, notes that other courts have required actual damage to the property to trigger insurance coverage for “damages because of’ property damage. For example, the Fourth Circuit, applying South Carolina law, interpreted a similar policy requiring insurance coverage for “damages because, of property damage” when a service station gasoline leak migrated onto the property of the adjoining landowner. Spartan Petroleum Co. v. Federated Mut. Ins. Co., 162 F.3d 805, 809 (4th Cir.1998). The court noted that the insurer “shall have the right and duty to defend any suit against the insured seeking damages on account of such ... property damage.” Id. The court then held that “ ‘[s]uch’ refers to the property damage that is the subject of the underlying suit. ‘Property damage’ therefore means ‘damage to the property of the underlying claimant.’ ” Id.
¶ 17 We do not need to resolve whether actual damage to an insured’s property is necessary to trigger coverage because we find that the portion of the settlement to the Baker plaintiffs for their stigma claims is too unrelated to property damage to require indemnity under Wausau’s policies. See Federated Mut. Ins. Co. v. Concrete Units, Inc., 363 N.W.2d 751, 757 (Minn.1985) (holding that interest expenses and lost profits were “simply too tenuously related to [the ... ] lost use of the [property] to be recoverable as consequential damages”). The genesis of the Baker negligence claim was not that the property was actually physically damaged, causing reduced property values. Instead, the Baker plaintiffs, who included people who did not own property or live above any contamination, believed that then- property values may be diminished in the future because they may have difficulty in selling their homes due to the existence of the contamination plume.
¶ 18 We find support for our interpretation in Adams v. Star Enterprise, 51 F.3d 417 (4th Cir.1995). After a nearby oil spill, landowners sued for property damage even though their property had not been contaminated by the underground plume. Id. at 421. They, however, sought damages for the diminution in the value of their property due to their proximity to the plume. Id. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the diminution claim under Virginia law because the complaint only sought economic damages without any direct physical impact. Id. at 424-25. The court noted that “[t]he ‘stigma’ caused by the oil spill has reduced the value of Landowners’ homes because of ‘fear in the minds of the buying public’ In essence, Landowners argue that [the defendant’s] negligence has interfered with their ability to contract with third parties for the sale of their homes....” Id. at 424. The court concluded that the landowners cannot proceed without “demonstrating an actual physical encroachment on their properties.” Id. at 425.
¶ 19 As in Adams, the groundwater contamination was the precipitating event in this ease, but there was no damage to the properties of the Baker plaintiffs. Nucor settled to assuage the fears of the property owners that their property might be devalued if the buying public knew of the underground plume of groundwater contamination. As a result, the portion of the settlement attributed to the stigma claim was too attenuated to constitute “damages because of property damage” as envisioned in the insurance agreement. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment that the policies do not cover any future diminution-in-value claims by the Baker plaintiffs.
B
¶ 20 Wausau challenges the summary judgment ruling that it had a duty to defend Nucor in the ADEQ proceeding. We examine whether the policies covered the ADEQ action, and we review the interpretation of the insurance contracts de novo. Connolly, 212 Ariz. at 418, ¶ 4, 132 P.3d at 1198.
¶ 21 After Nucor received its PRP letter, it tendered its defense to Wausau. Wausau refused to defend Nucor because its policies only covered “suits” which did not include the ADEQ administrative enforcement action. ¶22 The Wausau CGL policies provided that:
The company will pay on behalf of the' insured all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of
Coverage A. bodily injury or
Coverage B. property damage
to which this insurance applies ... and the company shall have the right and duty to defend any suit against the insured seeking damages ... and may make such investigation and settlement of any claim or suit as it deems expedient, but the company shall not be obligated to pay any claim or judgment or to defend any suit after the applicable limit of the company’s liability has been exhausted by payment of judgments or settlements.
¶ 23 Despite Wausau’s argument, the trial court found that Wausau should have provided Nucor with a defense. The court ruled the ADEQ action was covered by the policies because, with one exception, the policies did not define the term “suit,” and the ADEQ matter was adversarial and involved “the application of facts to legal requirements to solve a problem.”
¶ 24 Courts addressing the scope of a “suit” as set forth in insurance policies have reached conflicting results. Some find that the term “suit” is unambiguous and requires a court action. Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp. v. Prot. Mut. Ins. Co., 166 Ill.2d 520, 211 Ill.Dec. 459, 655 N.E.2d 842, 846-48 (1995); Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Gen. Dynamics Corp., 968 F.2d 707, 713-14 (8th Cir.1992); Harleysville Mut. Ins. Co. v. Sussex County, 831 F.Supp. 1111, 1131-32 (D.Del.1993); Patrons Oxford Mut. Ins. Co. v. Marois, 573 A.2d 16, 20 (Me. 1990); Foster-Gardner, Inc. v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co., 18 Cal.4th 857, 77 Cal.Rptr.2d 107, 959 P.2d 265, 275 (1998). These decisions find support in dictionaries that define “suit” as “[a]ny proceeding by a party or parties against another in a court of law.” Black’s Law Dictionary 1475 (9th ed. 2009); see Webster’s Ninth Collegiate Dictionary 1180 (1983) (defining suit as “an action or process in a court for the recovery of a right or claim”); Webster’s II New Riverside University Dictionary 1159 (1994) (defining suit as “[a] court proceeding to recover a right or claim”).
¶ 25 Other courts, however, have held that a PRP letter is considered a “suit” under CGL policies. See, e.g., A.Y. McDonald Indus., Inc. v. Ins. Co. of N. Am., 475 N.W.2d 607, 628 (Iowa 1991); Coakley v. Maine Bonding & Cas. Co., 136 N.H. 402, 618 A.2d 777, 786-87 (1992); CD. Spangler Const. Co. v. Indus. Crankshaft & Eng'g Co., 326 N.C. 133, 388 S.E.2d 557, 570 (1990); Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Pintlar Corp., 948 F.2d 1507, 1517 (9th Cir.1991); Hazen Paper Co. v. U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co., 407 Mass. 689, 555 N.E.2d 576, 580-81 (1990). Many of these courts find support in dictionaries that define a suit as “the attempt to gain an end by a legal process.” A.Y. McDonald Indus., 475 N.W.2d at 627 (quoting Webster’s Third New International Dictionary 2286 (P. Gove ed. 1961)) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Coakley, 618 A.2d at 786; C.D. Spangler, 388 S.E.2d at 570.
¶ 26 “Arizona follows the principle of construction that, where various jurisdictions reach different conclusions as to the meaning, intent, and effect of the language of an insurance contract, a strong indication of ambiguity is established.” Fire Ins. Exch. v. Berray, 143 Ariz. 429, 432, 694 P.2d 259, 262 (App.1983); see Wilson, 162 Ariz. at 256, 782 P.2d at 732. Given the differing decisions, we turn to the goals, social policy, and the transaction as a whole to clarify the meaning of the contract in question.
¶ 27 The ADEQ letter was issued pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 49-287(E)(3) (West 2012). Section 49-287(E)(3) authorizes ADEQ to issue orders to PRPs requiring “abatement of such release or threat of a release and appropriate remedial action.” The orders are final and enforceable in superior court unless the recipient requests an administrative hearing. See A.R.S. § 49-287(F). Moreover, a PRP who fails to comply with an ADEQ order may be assessed a daily penalty of $5,000 in an action brought to enforce the order. A.R.S. § 49-287(1). And, in the absence of good cause, the failure to act may also subject the PRP to treble and punitive damages. A.R.S. § 49-287(J).
¶ 28 Here, the ADEQ letter identified Nu-cor as a PRP and directed it to prepare a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study, which required Nucor to: (1) collect historical information about the site; (2) evaluate the extent of the contamination; (3) prepare a remedial engineering analysis; (4) submit a Remedial Action Plan; and (5) implement the Remedial Action Plan. If Nucor disagreed, it was required to request an administrative hearing to avoid enforceability of the PRP letter in superior court. A.R.S. § 49-287(F). If Nucor failed to comply, it would face potentially large daily fines and the possibility of treble and punitive damages. A.R.S. § 49-287(H)-(J). And, any failure to comply could be considered when a court allocated liability among all PRPs. A.R.S. § 49-285(E)(3).
¶ 29 Wausau asserts that the ADEQ PRP letter was not a “suit,” but at best a “claim.” The distinction is difficult to discern in the context of a PRP letter. Ordinarily, a demand letter only informs the recipient of a threat of liability. The ADEQ letter, however, automatically imposed significant burdens and potential liabilities on Nucor. As a result, a PRP letter is not simply a “claim” or a “garden variety demand letter.” Pintlar Corp., 948 F.2d at 1516; Johnson Controls, Inc. v. Emp’rs Ins. of WAUSAU, 264 Wis.2d 60, 665 N.W.2d 257, 284 (2003). It is, however, “analogous to a civil complaint” and “constitutes the functional equivalent of a suit and triggers the insurer’s duty to defend.” Johnson Controls, 665 N.W.2d at 284.
¶ 30 Moreover, any distinction between a suit and a claim is diminished in the context of CERCLA and WQARF. Both CERCLA and WQARF are designed to encourage PRPs to avoid litigation. Pintlar Corp., 948 F.2d at 1517 (“A fundamental goal of CERCLA is to encourage and facilitate voluntary settlements.”); see Groundwater Cleanup Task Force, supra ¶ 27 note 12. Those statutory provisions impose significant burdens and penalties on PRPs, which begin upon receipt of a PRP letter. The “unique, and uniquely harsh, eonsequence[ ],” is what has led many courts to conclude that “the letters are the functional equivalent of a suit.” 2 Environmental Law Manual § <IP_ADDRESS>.2, at 4.5-12 (Supp. 2002).
¶ 31 Moreover, there is nothing to suggest that the distinction between a suit and claim in the context of environmental remediation was ever discussed between the parties to the insurance contracts. The Kentucky Supreme Court, applying the reasonable expectations doctrine, held that an insurer could not avoid its duty to defend “by clinging to an archaic definition of ‘suit.’ ” Aetna Cas. & Surety Co. v. Commonwealth, 179 S.W.3d 830, 837 (Ky.2005). The court further explained:
[an] [i]nsured’s receipt of a potentially responsible party (PRP) letter from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or an equivalent state agency seeking remediation or remediation costs is a “suit” which a comprehensive general liability (CGL) insurer has a duty to defend....[A] reasonable person in the position of the insured would expect the insurer to provide a defense.
Id. (quoting Johnson Controls, 665 N.W.2d at 285).
¶ 32 We agree with the Kentucky court’s analysis. Moreover, we find further support for that analysis in recent amendments to the WQARF statute. Section 49-287(E)(4) provides that:
Actions taken by the [ADEQ] director pursuant to sections 49-287.01 through 49-287.07 may substantially affect the rights and obligations of persons who may be liable under this article for the release or threatened release of a hazardous substance at a site or portion of a site for purposes of determining insurance coverage.
Our legislature’s belief that administrative actions taken by the ADEQ director are significant enough to affect “rights and obligations” for insurance purposes additionally supports a common sense conclusion that a PRP letter constitutes a “suit” for purposes of insurance coverage.
¶ 33 Wausau, however, contends that interpreting a “suit” to include a PRP letter will render the term “claim” superfluous, which is contrary to the principle that we endeavor to give meaning to every term in a contract. Courts applying the traditional approach have found the distinction important. Because many CGL polices provide that the insurer will defend suits but may investigate, negotiate, and settle claims, broadening the term “suit” to include PRP letters would render the distinction between claims and suits superfluous. See Foster-Gardner, 77 Cal.Rptr.2d 107, 959 P.2d at 274.
¶ 34 Other courts, however, have rejected the argument that construing “suit” to cover coercive administrative proceedings would make the term “claim” superfluous. The New Hampshire Supreme Court stated that it “cannot agree that the agency actions here are necessarily merely ‘claims’ and, thus, not subject to the defense requirement.” Coak ley, 618 A.2d at 786. Likewise, the Ninth Circuit has rejected such reasoning:
The rationale behind defending insureds when a complaint has been filed is that, traditionally, that is when the jeopardy to the insureds’ rights can be adversely affected. The focus should be on the underlying rationale and not on the formalistic rituals. If the threat is clear then coverage should be provided. The filing of an administrative claim is a clear signal that legal action is at hand.
Pintlar, 948 F.2d at 1517-18.
¶ 35 Moreover, if an insurer intends a narrow and technical definition of the term “suit,” it is obliged to clearly define the term within its policies. See Desert Mountain, 225 Ariz. at 200, ¶ 16, 236 P.3d at 427 (citing Pub. Serv. Co. of Colo. v. Wallis & Cos., 955 P.2d 564, 567 (Colo.Ct.App.1997) (“If the insurers had intended to provide coverage only when an enforcement action or lawsuit was brought, such a requirement could have been included in the policy language.”), rev’d on other grounds, 986 P.2d 924 (Colo.1999)); Commonwealth, 179 S.W.3d at 839; see generally Coconino County v. Fund Adm’rs Ass’n, 149 Ariz. 427, 431, 719 P.2d 693, 697 (App.1986) (“If an insurer desires to limit its liability under a policy, it should employ language which clearly and distinctly communicates to the insured the nature of the limitation.”). Wausau failed to define “suit” to exclude coercive administrative actions like the ADEQ proceeding. Accordingly, we agree with the trial court that receipt of the ADEQ letter triggered Wausau’s duty to defend Nucor in the ADEQ proceeding.
II
¶ 36 We next address the Phase II bench trial issues: (1) whether Wausau, as the only insurance carrier to provide Nucor with a defense during the class action litigation, is entitled to equitable contribution; (2) whether Wausau should be bound by the interim defense agreement allocating a percentage share to it; and (3) whether Nucor is liable for the share of American Mutual, an insolvent insurer.
A
¶ 37 Nucor challenges the ruling that Wausau was entitled to equitable contribution from other insurers for defense payments. The claim was based on “the equitable principle that where two companies insure the same risk and one is compelled to pay the loss, it is entitled to contribution from the other.” Indus. Indem. Co. v. Beeson, 132 Ariz. 503, 506, 647 P.2d 634, 637 (App.1982) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Nat’l Indem. Co. v. St. Paul Ins. Cos., 150 Ariz. 458, 459, 724 P.2d 544, 545 (1986) (holding that an insurer must contribute to the defense costs borne by another insurer in defending their mutual insured); see generally Home Indem. Co. v. Mead Reinsurance Corp., 166 Ariz. 59, 62, 800 P.2d 46, 49 (App.1990) (“Each insurer with a duty to defend, therefore, had to contribute to the indemnification of the insured.”); accord Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp. v. U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co., 63 Ariz. 352, 357, 162 P.2d 609, 612 (1945). “The doctrine applies only when co-insurers have covered the same insured and the same particular risk at the same level of coverage.” U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co. v. Federated Rural Elect. Ins. Corp., 37 P.3d 828, 832, ¶ 13 (Okla.2001).
¶ 38 Arizona courts apply a four-part test to determine whether an insurer will be required to contribute to another insurer’s claim payment. The policies must cover “(1) the same parties, (2) in the same interest, (3) in the same property, [and] (4) against the same casualty.” Granite State Ins. Co. v. Emp’rs Mut. Ins. Co., 125 Ariz. 275, 278, 609 P.2d 90, 93 (App.1980); cf. W. Agric. Ins. Co. v. Indus. Indem. Ins. Co., 172 Ariz. 592, 594, 838 P.2d 1353, 1355 (App.1992) (holding that the lessee’s insurer was not entitled to contribution from the lessor’s insurer because the policies did not cover the same parties); see generally 15 Lee R. Russ & Thomas F. Segalla, Couch on Insurance § 218:3 (3d ed. 2011) [hereinafter “Couch”] (the policies must insure the same entities, the same interests in the same property, and the same risks). Wausau met the test, and we find no error by the trial court in finding that Wausau could pursue equitable contribution.
¶ 39 Nucor argues that there are other considerations that should preclude Wausau’s claim. Citing National Indemnity Co. v. St. Paul Insurance Cos., 150 Ariz. 458, 724 P.2d 544 (1986), Nucor maintains that Wausau had no right to contribution because, although it provided a defense for Nucor in its class action litigation, it did not pay indemnity costs prior to seeking contribution, and failed to voluntarily pay all defense costs for the ADEQ matter. Nucor’s reliance is misplaced because National Indemnity does not require an indemnity payment as a prerequisite for seeking equitable contribution. Id. at 459, 724 P.2d at 545. There, the insurer who successfully sought contribution had discharged the duty to defend. Id. at 458-59, 724 P.2d at 544-45. Our supreme court did not limit the right of equitable contribution to those specific facts.
¶ 40 In fact, “[w]here multiple insurance carriers insure the same insured and cover the same risk, each insurer has independent standing to assert a cause of action against its coinsurers for equitable contribution when it has undertaken the defense or indemnification of the common insured.” Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. Md. Cas. Co., 65 Cal.App.4th 1279, 77 Cal.Rptr.2d 296, 303 (1998). We see no reason to impose other conditions on the right to seek equitable contribution. So long as “one insurer pays a loss or defends a claim for which another insurer shares responsibility,” equitable contribution is permitted. Md. Cas. Co. v. Nationwide Ins. Co., 65 Cal.App.4th 21, 76 Cal.Rptr.2d 113, 116 (1998) (explaining'that “[a]n insurer seeking equitable contribution need only demonstrate another insurer covered the same risk and failed to pay its share of the loss”); Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London & Excess Ins. Co. v. Mass. Bonding & Ins. Co., 235 Or.App. 99, 230 P.3d 103, 113 (2010) (“If plaintiffs and defendants had the same obligation to defend [the insured], and plaintiffs discharged a disproportionate share of that obligation, then the right to equitable contribution arose at that point in time.”), review denied, 349 Or. 173, 243 P.3d 468 (2010).
¶ 41 Nucor also asserts that Arizona law imposes a separate and independent duty on Wausau to first provide a complete defense before Wausau can seek contribution. We disagree. We find nothing in our jurisprudence that imposes that obligation before an insurer can seek contribution rights against other insurers. In fact, in Centennial Ins. Co. v. United States Fire Ins. Co., the California Court of Appeals rejected a similar argument. 88 Cal.App.4th 105, 105 Cal.Rptr.2d 559 (2001). The court explained that:
Centennial’s argument confuses the rules applicable to equitable contribution among insurers with those pertinent to the relationship between an insurance carrier and its own insured.... An insurer’s obligations to an insured are governed by the contract of insurance between the parties. In contrast, the reciprocal .contribution rights and obligations of several insurers covering the same risk do not arise from and are not governed by contract; instead they “flow from equitable principles designed to accomplish ultimate justice in the bearing of a specific burden.” ... Although insurers must respond in full to a contractual policy holder’s tender of defense, their respective obligations for contribution to other insurers for the costs of defense are entirely separate from their obligations to their insured and are adjusted equitably on the basis of all the circumstances of the case.
Id. at 565. Thus, Wausau is entitled to pursue separate rights of equitable contribution against the remaining insurers who insured the same risk.
¶ 42 Moreover, relying on Continental Casualty Co. v. Zurich Insurance Co., Nucor maintains that an insurer who breaches its obligation should not be able “to profit, whether at the expense of the insured, or of an insurer which faithfully discharges its obligation.” 57 Cal.2d 27, 17 Cal.Rptr. 12, 366 P.2d 455, 462 (1961). The Continental admonishment is not applicable here because for years Wausau was the only carrier to defend Nucor at all. Consequently, an insurer seeking equitable contribution need only have paid more than its fair share and meet the Granite State requirements. 125 Ariz. at 278, 609 P.2d at 93; see Nat’l Indem., 150 Ariz. at 459, 724 P.2d at 545; Ocean Acc., 63 Ariz. at 357, 162 P.2d at 612; see generally Couch, supra ¶ 38, § 217:4 (“In the insurance context, the right to contribution among insurers arises” if “an insurer of a joint tortfeasor has paid all, or greater than its share of a loss....”).
¶ 43 Nucor nevertheless complains that equitable contribution should not apply because the other insurers, excluding Wausau, have resolved their claims with Nucor. This argument misses the mark. Nucor’s settlement with Hartford and Travelers did not serve to extinguish Wausau’s contribution rights against these carriers. To create such a rule would allow one insurer to “settle for a limited amount” with the insured to avoid a contribution claim from an insurer who was not a party to such agreement and who paid significant and disproportionate defense costs. Sharon Steel Corp. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 931 P.2d 127, 139 (Utah 1997).
¶ 44 Nucor’s argument also fails to acknowledge that all of its insurers refused to defend Nucor at some time. All refused to defend Nucor in the ADEQ proceeding, not just Wausau. Hartford had to be sued twice by Nucor for bad faith before it acknowledged coverage. Travelers did not defend Nucor in the class action litigation until Nu-cor sued it for bad faith. The purpose of the equitable contribution rule is “to accomplish substantial justice by equalizing the common burden shared by coinsurers, and to prevent one insurer from profiting at the expense of others.” Fireman’s Fund, 77 Cal.Rptr.2d at 303-04. The trial court’s decision furthered the purpose of the equitable contribution rule.
B
¶ 45 We turn to the method the trial court used to allocate defense costs among insurers. Generally, the method of allocating defense costs among insurers is a matter of equitable judicial discretion. Centennial Ins. Co., 105 Cal.Rptr.2d at 562. We review its decision for an abuse of discretion. See id. A court abuses its discretion when it commits an error of law in reaching a discretionary result. Romer-Pollis v. Ada, 223 Ariz. 300, 302, ¶ 12, 222 P.3d 916, 918 (App.2009).
¶ 46 Relying upon AMHS Insurance Co. v. Mutual Insurance Co. of Arizona, the court ruled that each insurer’s pro rata share of the liability will be determined by dividing its policy limits by the total amount of coverage. 258 F.3d 1090, 1102 (9th Cir.2001). The court then used a total coverage denominator of 23 years, based upon the 1961 to 1984 insurance period.
¶ 47 Nucor, however, contends that Wausau is bound by an interim-defense agreement to fund the Baker/Lofgren litigation, which would allot a higher percentage share to Wausau. Earlier in the litigation, however, Nucor successfully argued that the agreement was not binding. Nucor acknowledged that the parties had reserved their rights and agreed to “fight another day over the given allocation percentages and reimbursement.” Accordingly, the trial court correctly determined that the interim agreement was not binding, and it appropriately exercised discretion to choose the “policy limits” apportionment method requiring Hartford to contribute to Wausau. We find no abuse of discretion.
C
¶ 48 Finally, Nucor challenges the trial court’s decision to hold it responsible for a pro rata share of defense costs allocable to American Mutual, the insolvent primary insurer. The court assigned Nueor/American Mutual a 5% equitable contribution percentage. The court explained that:
It is not unfair to require NUCOR to assume a portion of its defense costs for the 14 months of failed coverage of the now insolvent' American Mutual. This shifting of the costs of defense to an insured in place of an insolvent insurer is not unknown. Security Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co., 264 Conn. 688, 826 A.2d 107 (2003). The primary carriers in this action contracted for the risks insured during definite policy periods and received premiums for those periods. It would be unfair at this time to require that they cover defense costs for which they received no premiums and not [sic] anticipated risks.
This sharing of costs of defense by the insured was also in place for a portion of this case. Mr. Baugh had earlier agreed that NUCOR would assume part of the defense costs on an interim basis in place of American Mutual.
¶ 49 In Arizona, “if any claim alleged in the complaint is within the policy’s coverage, the insurer has a duty to defend the entire suit, because it is impossible to determine the basis upon which the [insurer] will recover (if any) until the action is completed.” W. Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Int’l Spas of Ariz., Inc., 130 Ariz. 76, 79, 634 P.2d 3, 6 (App.1981). In Regal Homes, Inc. v. CNA Insurance, the insured had three primary CGL “occurrence” policy insurers during the course of four years. 217 Ariz. 159, 169, ¶ 41, 171 P.3d 610, 620 (2007). Claims against the insured alleged various occurrences during the four-year period of coverage. Id. We held that although one of the insurers only provided coverage for one of the four years, it had a duty to defend the entirety of the underlying lawsuit. Id.
¶ 50 Like the insured in Regal Homes, Nucor had various CGL occurrence policies. The Baker/Lofgren plaintiffs alleged various occurrences spanning many years. During each of those years, Nucor was insured. Each of Nucor’s insurers therefore would have been required to provide a complete defense for the claims filed against Nucor, including American Mutual if it was solvent. See Regal Homes, 217 Ariz. at 169, ¶ 41, 171 P.3d at 620.
¶ 51 The insurers, as we noted above, could recover defense costs from other insurers through the doctrine of equitable contribution. See supra ¶¶ 41-48; Mut. Ins. Co. of Ariz. v. Am. Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa., 189 Ariz. 22, 26, 938 P.2d 71, 75 (App.1996); Am. Cont’l Ins. Co. v. Am. Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa., 183 Ariz. 301, 303, 903 P.2d 609, 611 (App.1995). Although insurers have a right of equitable, contribution among each other, that right does not usually extend to the insured. See Buss v. Superior Court, 16 Cal.4th 35, 65 Cal.Rptr.2d 366, 939 P.2d 766, 776 (1997). Unlike the relationship among multiple insurers, the insured and each insurer have an insurance contract that governs their relationship. Here, Wausau was contractually obligated to provide Nucor with a complete defense. If Wausau provided more coverage than bargained for under its insurance contract with Nucor, contractual remedies, not equitable contribution, were appropriate. Id.
¶ 52 The insured, however, may be required to cover a share of the defense costs for time periods in which it has foregone insurance coverage. See Boston Gas Co. v. Century Indem. Co., 454 Mass. 337, 910 N.E.2d 290, 315 (2009) (citing S.M. Seaman & J.R. Schulze, Allocation of Losses in Complex Insurance Coverage Claims § 4.3[c], at 4-21-4-28 (2d ed. 2008)); Sec. Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co., 264 Conn. 688, 826 A.2d 107, 126 (2003) (allocating defense costs to the insured for periods when it was uninsured by choice, or had lost or destroyed the policies). Accordingly, when a policyholder “is self-insured for any period of time on the risk, many courts have concluded that it is equally fair and reasonable to hold the policyholder responsible for that portion of the total defense and indemnity costs over which he or she chose to assume the risk.” Towns v. N. Sec. Ins. Co., 184 Vt. 322, 964 A.2d 1150, 1167 (2008); see also Boston Gas Co., 910 N.E.2d at 315. As explained by the Sixth Circuit, it is “reasonable to treat [the insured] as an insurer for those periods of time that it had no insurance coverage.” Ins. Co. of N. Am. v. Forty-Eight Insulations, 633 F.2d 1212, 1225 (6th Cir.1980).
¶ 53 There is no equitable reason to treat Nucor as self-insured during the period of American Mutual’s insolvency. Nucor did not assume the risk of loss during the relevant period and consequently, it would be inequitable to treat Nucor as self-insured for the American Mutual period when it had sought to limit its liability by purchasing insurance. See TPLC, Inc. v. United Nat’l Ins. Co., 44 F.3d 1484, 1495 (10th Cir.1995) (holding that an insurer could not recover contribution from an insured with respect to injuries occurring both during the coverage period and thereafter).
¶ 54 Wausau nevertheless contends that Nucor had agreed in the 1992 defense cost-sharing agreement to pay a portion of the defense costs due to the insolvency of American Mutual. That agreement, however, was an interim one. Nucor’s representative stated that Nucor was going to bear a share of defense costs only on an interim basis and reserved its rights relative to a later determination of ultimate responsibility. Indeed, Wausau characterized the agreement as interim or temporary for purposes of its contribution claim. Wausau cannot now contend that the agreement is binding for purposes of shifting American Mutual’s liability onto Nu-cor. Consequently, we reverse the order requiring that Nucor pay 5% of its defense costs allocated to American Mutual and remand so the court can recalculate the equitable contribution judgment.
CONCLUSION
¶ 55 Based on the foregoing and for the reasons set forth in the companion memorandum decision, we affirm the summary judgment rulings that the Wausau insurance policies did not cover the Baker negligence claims for stigma damages and the ADEQ PRP was a “suit” under the Wausau policies. We also affirm the court’s ruling that Wausau was entitled to equitable contribution from the other primary insurers. We, however, reverse the order requiring Nucor pay 5% of its defense costs because American Mutual was insolvent and remand for reallocation of those costs to the other insurers consistent with this opinion.
CONCURRING: LAWRENCE F. WINTHROP, and ANN A. SCOTT TIMMER, Judges.
. We resolve the remaining issues on appeal in a memorandum decision pursuant to Arizona Rule of Civil Appellate Procedure 28(g).
. TCE is a volatile organic compound and an industrial solvent.
. ADEQ Bled a lawsuit in federal district court to confirm the settlement pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9607 (2006). State of Ariz. ex rel. Woods v. Nucor Corp., 825 F.Supp. 1452, 1455 (D.Ariz.1992). The court entered the stipulated judgment pursuant to the agreement. Id. at 1455. Although challenged by nonparfies, the settlement was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit. State of Ariz. v. Components Inc., 66 F.3d 213 (9th Cir.1995).
. We only discuss the trial phases relevant to this opinion. The other three phases are discussed in the accompanying memorandum decision.
. But see Selective Res. v. Superior Court, 145 Ariz. 151, 152-54, 700 P.2d 849, 850-52 (App.1984) (holding in an eminent domain case that evidence of the adverse biological effects from electromagnetic field exposure was "highly relevant” to devaluation of the landowner’s remaining property).
. Nucor relies upon a host of other cases that we find inapplicable. Those cases involve plaintiffs who alleged property damage accompanied by consequential damages. For example, DeWitt Construction Inc. v. Charter Oak Fire Insurance Co. dealt with coverage for a subcontractor’s work and underground mechanical piping damaged by the insured's installation of defective cement piles. 307 F.3d 1127, 1132-36 (9th Cir.2002). In Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. v. PPG Industries, Inc., the claimant's buildings were damaged by defective or hazardous insulation. 554 F.Supp. 290, 293 (D.Ariz.1983). In another, the claimant’s home was damaged by mold. Liristis v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co., 204 Ariz. 140, 143, ¶ 12, 61 P.3d 22, 25 (App.2002).
. Wausau cites a number of cases holding that diminution in value without actual property damage is not a compensable claim. The cases, however, are distinguishable on various grounds. See Goodstein v. Cont'l Cas. Co., 509 F.3d 1042, 1052-54 (9th Cir.2007) (addressing damage to the insured’s property, not a third party); Block v. Golden Eagle Ins. Corp., 121 Cal.App.4th 186, 17 Cal.Rptr.3d 13, 26 n. 14 (2004) (addressing damage to the insured’s property and stating ”[w]e do not decide whether the various policies at issue here would provide coverage for claims that, ... caused damage to third parties”); Adkins v. Thomas Solvent Co., 440 Mich. 293, 487 N.W.2d 715, 717-28 (1992) (addressing a lawsuit for a diminution in value claim and not a subsequent insurance claim); Auto-Owners, 588 S.E.2d at 112-16 (addressing property damage that occurred before the insurance policy was purchased); cf. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Tillerson, 334 Ill.App.3d 404, 268 Ill.Dec. 63, 777 N.E.2d 986, 991-92 (2002) (addressing an insured contractor's underlying liability for defective work which caused diminution in value).
. Because we affirm the ruling, we need not address any alternative argument.
. Prior to 1986 "CGL” stood for "comprehensive general liability” but now stands for "commercial general liability.” Desert Mountain, 225 Ariz. at 198 n. 2, ¶ 4, 236 P.3d at 426 (citations omitted).
. Wausau’s 1968 insurance policy with Nucor defined a "suit” as including "an arbitration proceeding to which the insured is required to submit or to which the insured has submitted with the company's consent."
. Although Wausau relies upon Semple v. TriCity Drywall, Inc., 172 Ariz. 608, 838 P.2d 1369 (App.1992), we think such reliance is misplaced. Semple construed the meaning of an "action” not a "suit.” Id. at 611, 838 P.2d at 1372. Moreover, it analyzed the term in the context of a statute, A.R.S. § 12-341.01(A), and relied upon "its usual legal sense.” Id.
. Absent material revisions relevant to this decision, we cite the current Westlaw version of applicable statutes. Title 49, Chapter 2, Article 5 is often referred to as the Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund (“WQARF”) Program. See Groundwater Cleanup Task Force, Report to the Arizona State Legislature of the Groundwater Cleanup Task Force (1996), http://www.azwater. gov/AzDWR/PermitsFormsApplications/ documents/GWTaskForce.pdf. We cite the WQARF provisions in effect when ADEQ sent the PRP letter. Since 1990, there have been various amendments to the WQARF provisions, and the cited provisions may have been renumbered, appear in different paragraphs, or were substantially altered by subsequent legislation.
. The WQARF provisions in effect in 1989 were modeled after CERCLA. Groundwater Cleanup Task Force, supra ¶ 27 note 12.
. The quoted language was added by the Legislature in 1997. 1997 Ariz. Sess. Laws, ch. 295, § 33 (1st Reg. Sess.). By citing the statute, we do not decide whether the amendment was retroactive to this case.
. Nucor also argues that the "damages” provision in the CGL policy likewise encompasses costs the insured incurs even in the absence of suit. It relies in part upon Desert Mountain, 225 Ariz. at 200-01, ¶¶ 15-18, 236 P.3d at 427-28 (rejecting the narrow minority view that the term "legally obligated to pay as damages” extends only to amounts the court has ordered the insured to pay). We decline to address the issue because Nucor did not present it to the trial court. See Stewart v. Mut. of Omaha Ins. Co., 169 Ariz. 99, 108, 817 P.2d 44, 53 (App.1991).
. Equitable contribution differs from indemnification. Indemnification is "the shifting of 100 percent of the liability or payment obligation; contribution is the shifting of a proportionate share.” 15 Couch, infra ¶ 38, § 217:1.
. The Couch treatise further refutes the argument that a failure to indemnify Nucor deprives Wausau of the right to pursue equitable contribution:
The principle of contribution affects only the relationship of the co-obligors among themselves, and has no direct effect on the rights of a given insured. Equitable contribution also applies only between insurers, and only in the absence of contract; hence, it also has no place between insurer and insured, which have contracted with each other. By the same token, an insurer’s liability for contribution is not for the insured to disclaim, as it is founded on notions of equity and unjust enrichment, rather than on the concept of third-party beneficiary of contract.
15 Couch, supra ¶ 38, § 217:4.
. Because the insured in Regal Homes did not reserve its rights, we find that case distinguishable. 217 Ariz. at 159, 171 P.3d at 610.
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The content that was mentioned all seems to be relevant to the articles main subject. However, I think there is definitely room for expansion in all the sections listed. Given the reading we completed this past week in class, I felt that this article lacked a lot of the historical context regarding encyclopedias and would certainly benefit from added historical context. It may also be relevant to add a section how encyclopedias are compiled, who creates them, and what it takes to be contribute to a work of this nature.
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Jack Tuttle (American football)
Jack Tuttle (born April 28, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines. He previously played for the Indiana Hoosiers, and the Utah Utes. Tuttle was a member of Michigan’s national championship team in 2023.
Early life and high school
Tuttle attended high school at Mission Hills High School in San Marcos, California. In Tuttle's senior season, he was named San Diego Section Player of the Year, after he completed 69% of his passes for 3,171 yards and 41 touchdowns with just 4 interceptions. He also rushed 66 times for 207 yards and two touchdowns while leading Mission Hills High School to a 12-1 record and the San Diego Section Open Division championship game.
In 2018, after his senior season, Tuttle was a four star recruit, rated as the 7th best quarterback and the #110 overall ranked player in the country. Tuttle received scholarship offers from USC, LSU, and Alabama, before ultimately committing to play college football at the University of Utah.
Utah
During Tuttle's one season with the Utes in 2018, he did not appear in any games. After the conclusion of the 2018 season, Tuttle decided to enter the NCAA transfer portal.
Indiana
Tuttle decided to transfer to Indiana University. After transfer to Indiana, Tuttle was granted immediate eligibility. During the 2019 season, Tuttle played in five games where he completed five of his eleven passes for 34 yards. In week four of the 2020 season, Tuttle got his first career start against number 18 Wisconsin, where he completed 13 of his 22 pass attempts for 130 yards and two touchdowns, as he helped Indiana win 14-6.
Tuttle made his second career start in the 2021 Outback Bowl, where he completed 20 of his 45 passing attempts for 201 yards with an interception while also adding 29 yards on the ground, but the Hoosiers lost to Ole Miss 26-21. Tuttle finished the 2020 season going 44 for 72 on his passes for 362 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception.
During the 2021 season, Tuttle started two games, completing 45 of his 87 passes for 423 yards and two touchdowns, with five interceptions. In the 2022 season, Tuttle played in just one game completing nine of his twelve pass attempts for 81 yards.
After the conclusion of the 2022 season, Tuttle decided to enter the NCAA transfer portal for the second time in his career.
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Tuttle transferred to the University of Michigan in 2023. Tuttle finished the season completing 15 of 17 passing attempts for 130 yards and a touchdown, while also adding 35 yards on the ground.
In the 2023 season, Tuttle won a national championship as the Wolverines backup to J. J. McCarthy. Tuttle returned to Michigan for the 2024 season, after being granted his seventh year of eligibility by the NCAA.
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Letters To the Editor: President Trump wants to be an American version of Vladimir Putin of Russia and cannot understand why there are factions in this country that oppose this. Mr. Trump wants to be like Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines and kill drug dealers. Mr. Trump wants to be like Xi Jinping of China and be president for life. Mr. Trump is not stupid. He may be intentionally ignorant or uninterested in certain options if they don’t serve his limited agenda. Plenty of smart people rise to success of a sort despite strategies that do not embrace a larger understanding of the consequences of being unfair or dishonest or immoral or selfish. Mr. Trump does not appreciate how reducing diversity or silencing alternate intelligent voices will have dire consequences in the long term. He just wants instant gratification and to protect at any cost a view of himself as uniquely capable. The world must be a shallow, materialistic place to be deceived by these men. But this is what you get when you allow selfish children to rule the world — “Lord of the Flies.” KENNETH J. GARCIA, BETHPAGE, N.Y. To the Editor: This is the first time in the history of our esteemed democracy that we are governed by temper tantrum. ADELE E. ZIMMERMANN EMBUDO, N.M. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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OHN BOYLE O'REILLY was now (1876), in his thirty-second year, happily blest with wife and children, entering on the sure road of literary fame and worldly prosperity. Under such conditions the shrewd man becomes conservative, the selfish man ungrateful, the weak man cowardly. But "the wise of Bohemia"—thank God—"are never shrewd." They do not become conservative, in the sense of abandoning the generous aspirations of their youth. Wiser he certainly grew with advancing years and responsibilities. He recognized, albeit with sufficient humility, that he stood as a representative of his countrymen in the eyes of a friendly but critical people. He perceived, also, and profited by, the mistakes of his ardent youth.
But he never used this clearer vision to see the errors of another with unkind eyes. He passed no harsh judgment on those who honestly differed with him as to the best method of righting the wrongs of his countrymen. He never faltered in comrade loyalty to the associates of his revolutionary days.
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is anyone in here know how to solve this problem? i used ZK 7 and Netbeans 8.2 when i run my program (which open my chart) it keeps given the processing message. the chart was already opened, but the message are not disappeared. i already try the debugging and didn't found any error.
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which exact zk version, which chart/version/implementation are you using? can you provide a reproducing example like this here showing an empty but working chart: http://zkfiddle.org/sample/4cmv5l/1-empty-chart
cor3000 ( 2017-12-26 12:48:48 +0800 )edit
did you check the browser's js console or the network tab for pending requests? Those could be a starting point for debugging if the processing message doesn't disappear.
cor3000 ( 2017-12-26 12:50:38 +0800 )edit
thanks before for answering my question. i used ZK 7.0 CE, for the chart i tried to copied and pasted the code for pie drilldown chart from the ZK Charts Demo, i just edited the shown data name. i tried it on 2 projects, the first one was the new java project that i made and the chart works well
ayucf ( 2017-12-26 22:03:02 +0800 )edit
the second one was the project i've been worked with my team, and it gives the processing message, the chart was showed but the processing message are not disappeared, i haven't check my browser's js console
ayucf ( 2017-12-26 22:05:41 +0800 )edit
I tested the drilldown example with zkcharts 3.0.1-Eval and ZK CE 7.0.0/7.0.3 without problems. so without further details I can't help. Please check the browser console (e.g. in chrome/FF/IE/edge F12) for JS or Network errors - and provide the information.
cor3000 ( 2017-12-27 11:51:55 +0800 )edit
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Valentine Elementary School
The result was delete.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:07, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Valentine Elementary School
Non-notable private school with one teacher, gets 149 unique Ghits. Fails WP:SCHOOL. wikipediatrix 15:31, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
* Note to closing administrator: Contrary to the false information listed in the nomination, this is a public school with 687 students and dozens of teachers; it is NOT a "private school with one teacher". All votes below with the content "per nom" have demonstrated that they did not bother to actually read the article as part of the most fundamental obligation of an AfD. Alansohn 09:33, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* The article clearly states in plain English: "There is only one teacher." I consider this user's hypertensive attacks here and on other AfDs to be an extremely bad-faith disruption to Wikipedia. wikipediatrix 14:02, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* The nomination says it's a "private school": FALSE; In a discussion of class structure, the article said "There is only one teacher". Most read it and interpret it to mean "per class" the nominator decided that it meant "in the entire school". The phrase that has caused so much misinterpretation has been removed. Given these facts, the nomination does not have any factual basis to stand on, and should be withdrawn. Alansohn 15:10, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* Delete per nom. --- RockMFR 18:56, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
* Delete per nom. Edgecution 18:58, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
* Delete. Like most schools, this one does not appear to the primary subject of multiple (or any) non-trivial sources that show notability. Several points: (1) Yes, it received a California Distinguished Schools award for which it was recognized in the local paper. No, this recognition does not confer encyclopedic notability. The local paper article itself is trivial (<100 words), 5 other schools were recognized in the same article for receiving the same award, and the only material concerning Valentine Elementary is a 2-sentence quote from the principal. Because there is no non-trivial independent coverage of Valentine receiving this award, it doesn't show notability. (2) Now, it might be argued that all schools receiving the California Distinguished Schools award are somehow intrinsically notable, whether non-trivial sources exist or not. I would argue strongly against that. 377 California schools received it in 2006 alone, and a school can re-apply to receive it every four years. The award doesn't truly distinguish its recipients a la the Oscars; it's a pat on the head from the California state government to well-performing schools. No wonder there is no non-trivial independent coverage of Valentine receiving this "award." (3) Finally, yes, there is a government report on this school (filled with statistics, bromides, and mundane facts). Regardless of content, government reports don't show notability, as their publication has nothing to do with notability, but with accountability of government schools. Pan Dan 19:00, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
* Delete - in the immortal words of Elaragirl, go and sit in the corner until your notability grades improve. Moreschi 19:54, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
* Comment In the immortal words of Alansohn, are you justifying your deletion by appealing to Wikipedia standards and guidelines, or just wasting our time? Alansohn 09:28, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* Delete Absolutely fails WP:SCHOOLS3. Denni talk 22:20, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
* Comment: WP:SCHOOLS3 is a talking forum for deletionists to concoct the most arbitrary and meaningless standards to ensure that no school articles will exist in Wikipedia. WP:SCHOOLS3 has not been presented to the Wikipedia community for approval and has no validity on any basis as the source to justify deletion of an article. Alansohn 09:28, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* Comment WP:SCHOOLS3 also has the participation of some school inclusionists. What you fail to note is that this project represents the work of those inclusionists and deletionists who seek some kind of common ground and an end to the divisiveness the schools issue has caused. The proposal is neither arbitrary nor meaningless: the criteria have been well thought out to ensure they meet the same standards as WP:BIO, WP:MUSIC, WP:WEB, and other standards that ensure that aricle subjects meet certain basic criteria. It keeps in motion a process that began over a year ago, and is most explicitly not designed to "ensure that no school articles will exist in Wikipedia". What it does seek to ensure is that those school articles meet certain standards, and there are plenty that do. I would also note that proposals become policy in part through use. I intend to continue to refer to this proposal in school-related AfDs, and I intend to keep pressing the Wikipedia community for a resolution to an issue that is being kept alive in part through bloody-minded stubbornness. Denni talk 19:36, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* Delete per Pan Dan. Also unsourced and fails WP:SCHOOLS3. Shimeru 22:40, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
* Comment: Sources have been added to document the school's explicit claim of notability and to address your concern. Again, WP:SCHOOLS3 is a talking forum for deletionists to concoct the most arbitrary and meaningless standards to ensure that no school articles will exist in Wikipedia. WP:SCHOOLS3 has not been presented to the Wikipedia community for approval and has no validity on any basis as the source to justify deletion of an article. Alansohn 09:28, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* Reply Yes, sources have been added to the article. No, none of them is non-trivial. Whatever attributes this school has, you can only argue that they are claims to notability if non-trivial independent sources have taken note, so to speak, of those attributes. But there are no such sources in this case. Pan Dan 16:51, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* Keep The school has been recognized twice with the California Distinguished School award, the highest award granted to schools' in the state by the California Department of Education, which satisfies "Significant awards or commendations", criterion 5 of WP:SCHOOL. As the school was founded in 1938, the school meets the 50-year test of criterion 4 of WP:SCHOOL. As such, the school meets and exceeds the notability standards of WP:SCHOOL and should be retained. Use of "scare quotes" to denigrate this "award" are unjustified and offensive. Alansohn 09:28, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* Comment WP:SCHOOLS is a failed attempt to establish a guideline and has no validity on any basis as the source to justify inclusion of an article. Also, use of "ad hominem attacks" to denigrate objections to this award are unjustified and offensive. Shimeru 09:57, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* Comment It's hard to take you seriously when you refer to the completely meaningless WP:SCHOOLS3 as an excuse for deletion, while blithely brushing off WP:SCHOOL. WP:SCHOOL is the only productive attempt at achieving consensus, and failed solely because of the interference and obstruction of school deletionists. WP:SCHOOL3 is a pointless, non-viable effort that makes no effort at achieving consensus and will never be useful for any purpose if there is meaningful movement towards reflecting the views of the overwhelming majority of Wikipedia users who have a broader definition of school notability than the hyper-narrow definition concocted at WP:SCHOOL3. Pointing out that the nominator misread the article and that two sheep blindly followed along is evidence of a basic violation of AfD practice, not an attack on the individuals. If you have an alternative explanation for this blatant discrepancy I'd love to hear your story. Alansohn 10:07, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* You're entitled to your opinions, but I suppose we can now count out any good-faith efforts to contribute to reaching that consensus at SCHOOLS3. I'd hoped for better from an editor of your stature, especially after you seemed to acknowledge that that WP:SCHOOLS4 disruption of yours was counterproductive. And "Two sheep blindly followed" is "not an attack on the individuals"? As for the "discrepancy," it might be because the article itself claims "There is only one teacher," maybe? It seems perhaps you didn't read the article. Shimeru 10:49, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* I've tried to make constructive suggestions there, and will continue to do so in the vain hope that anyone will listen, but it's clear that WP:SCHOOLS3 is NOT a serious effort to reach consensus; it's a fig leaf for deletionists to concoct what has the appearance of a guideline that is developed by the most extreme elements who believe that only a handful of schools in the world might be notable. WP:SCHOOL is still the only serious effort to reach a middle ground. Do you truly believe that these two "per noms" read the article in question? Of course I saw the statement that "There is only one teacher". I read it and interpreted it to mean "per class". Others saw several hundred students and misinterpreted it to mean "in the entire school". Which interpretation did you come to and which makes more sense? At least you had the intellectual integrity to ditto the nomination of someone who did his homework in evaluating the quality and merit of the article. You can't possibly tell me that the two "per noms" did the same. Alansohn 14:15, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* The thought processes, intelligence, integrity and good-faith motivations of other editors have nothing to do with the matter of hand. Please avoid dragging these red herrings into your arguments. wikipediatrix 14:33, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* Of course they matter and you agree that they do. Why do you and others challenge those who specify "Keep - All schools are notable"? Alansohn 15:10, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* Because, fact is, they're not, any more than all ships, all roads, all people, or all buildings are notable. It is completely ridiculous to include articles on schools which have no significant history, no notable students or staff, no non-generic programs, and no notability beyond "that's where my kids go to school". I would also point out that WP:SCHOOLS was not torpedoed by deletionists - I was part of the discussion and I know. It was sunk by the intransegence of inclusionists such as Nicodemus and Kappa, who were unwilling to compromise beyond the point that it =might= be acceptable to merge schools with their parent boards, and in the end refused to participate at all. Several deletionists were involved in the discussion, but for the most part, all were willing to cede that there were some schools which were worthy of articles. This issue will not be resolved by calling names or adhering to a policy that "all schools are notable". You can choose to be part of the discussion or you can choose not to. Regardless, it is still going on, and WP:SCHOOLS3 is the best compromise at the moment. Denni talk 19:52, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* (Reply to Alansohn's original comment) (1) Your argument to keep relies on WP:SCHOOL, which does not enjoy consensus approval. The fact remains that there is no non-trivial independent coverage of either this school or of its receiving the "award." (2) "Use of 'scare quotes' to denigrate this 'award' are unjustified and offensive" -- first, I didn't denigrate the "award," I demonstrated that it's really an indicator of a good school; it's not a truly distinguishing award. But hey, don't take my word for it--look for non-trivial independent coverage of the school's receiving it. Such coverage doesn't exist. Pan Dan 16:42, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* Keep article on worthwhile topic. There's sufficient history to sustain an article (though doing so, takes time). Not all information instantly appears with Google, which the nom seems to assume. Also, I'm disturbed that the nom hasn't admitted to stating falsehoods, even though these falsehoods were identified before the nom's last comments. This is a public school, but the nom claimed it was private. It has 30 teachers, but the nom suggested it had only one. It seems the nominator based his nom on these two facts. Now anybody can make a mistake, and the nom's free to claim other reasons for deletion. But the nom hasn't properly addressed his errors. Simply saying "I was mistaken" would have earned some respect. Its not the mere fact of mistake (which we all make), but the fact he's had these errors pointed out, and has failed to acknowledge them, but has instead made other comments since. Also, the nom needs to understand what types of "attacks" are not allowed. *Personal* attacks are not allowed. However, attacking false information is certainly allowed. --Rob 17:27, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* Comment Any misdeeds the nom may or may not have done are irrelevant to whether the article should be kept, and I suggest we drop the topic here and let anyone who wants to carry on go to the nom's talk page. Now as to your arguments to keep--"worthwhile topic"? why? Following a thorough search of Google and Lexis-Nexis, it seems that no independent publisher thought this topic worthwhile enough to publish a non-trivial work on this school. So I don't know what you base "worthwhile topic" on. Next, if by "sufficient history to sustain an article" you mean that since the school is pretty old there must be local sources that have written about it over the years, I would say, first, you would have to actually find those sources to justify keeping the article, but second, local sources should be regarded as trivial, otherwise we'd be keeping articles on local businesses which are written up in local papers all the time. Pan Dan 17:44, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
* Delete nn school. Carlossuarez46 00:56, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
* Weak Delete non-notable school, 45% of the schools in my county are so-called "California Distinguished Schools". That alone is not enough to sway my vote. Trusilver 01:58, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
* Delete per Pan and Trusilver. JoshuaZ 03:54, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
* keep notable school with many awards!!! Audiobooks 21:14, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
* Keep per Rob Thivierr, worthwhile topic with multiple verifiable sources. The school is approaching 70 years old and meets WP:SCHOOLS as well. Yamaguchi先生 03:34, 22 November 2006
* Delete, award is given often enough as to not qualify as a "major award"-this is not an award on the scale of an Oscar, a Grammy, or a Heismann Trophy, more on the scale of "good job" plaques for principals to have in their offices. Press coverage is not enough in-depth information from which to write a valid article from secondary sources. Seraphimblade 07:30, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Who Watches/Archive
Report date February 24 2009, 22:32 (UTC)
* Suspected sockpuppets
* Evidence submitted by RxS (talk)
was blocked indef on Jan 2:, started editing on Jan 3 and signs his name WW ([]). As you can see from his contribs, he's not here to contribute. See this edit for insight to his attitude []. I have no idea what his back story is. Apparently has another accout "I refuse to use my main account and be subjected to the risk of phone calls and emails regarding this issue" but I don't know what it is. RxS (talk) 22:32, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Now that the link's been confirmed, what's the next step. Seems like a block is in order, but I've never been through this process (normally the account would be blocked). He called me a corrupt Nazi so I suppose I'm too involved to make the block 'eh? Also, I'm assuming that there are no other accounts and his reference to one is either not true or being run from another IP address? Thanks! RxS (talk) 14:32, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
* The CU results have indeed not unearthed any underlying master account, so the usual reaction of a 31 hour block against that account is gone. However, as WhoWatches was indef blocked, an indef on his block evading sock is entirely appropriate. Given that it would appear that his contention is that ALL admins are corrupt Nazis, it could be argued that all admins are involved. I'm not an admin myself, so I can't issue the block. I will try to find an admin! Mayalld (talk) 17:21, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
* Comments by accused parties See Defending yourself against claims.
Support: I've never contributed to one of these before so I'd appreciate anyone moving this comment to the right place, or changing my "Support" !vote to the appropriate lingo. QuisCustodio has been using these accounts to make personal attacks with out fear of reprisal (calling other editors "Nazis" constitutes as a PA right?) and attempting to canvass AdminReview supporters into current debates, under the fuzzy pretence of trying to help the process move forward. He's also a bit of a nuisance, Tony had to delete one of his threads the other day. Ryan 4314 (talk) 02:25, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
* Comments by other users
* SPI doesn't even do !voting. Investigating sockpuppets isn't about consensus, but about a factual asessment of evidence. Mayalld (talk) 13:02, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
* Ok, thankyou, this can just be taken as evidence of disruptive behaviour, as I imagine WhoWatches defence will be; "I'm not causing any disruption". Ryan 4314 (talk) 14:15, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
* Socking to evade a block is disruptive behaviour! Mayalld (talk) 14:19, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
* OIC, my apologies, after watching what happened with the WhoWatches account, I thought the matter was some how "up for discussion" ;) Ryan 4314 (talk) 14:27, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Mayalld (talk) 23:04, 24 February 2009 (UTC) (self endorsed by clerk). Whilst the new account is quacking, and engaging in the same disruption as the blocked account, the user has claimed to edit from another account, and is apparently using a sock to edit policy pages, contrary to Arbcom decision. CU endorsed to root out the true master account. Mayalld (talk) 23:04, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
* CheckUser requests
formatted to switch master and sock Mayalld (talk) 22:51, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
* Clerk, patrolling admin and checkuser comments
Technical and behavioral evidence indicates that it is likely that the following two accounts are related:
* Conclusions
-- Avi (talk) 03:08, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
* All of the likely accounts blocked indef. -- Kanonkas : Talk 19:18, 25 February 2009 (UTC) | WIKI |
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Mandhal
Mandhal is a major commercial town in Kuhi Taluka of Nagpur district. Mandhal is famous for Chilly production and is a major market attracting traders from across the state and the state of Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Chhattisgarh. The Agricultural produce market committee (APMC) of Mandhal is one of the largest in the district (https://web.archive.org/web/20090410004745/http://agmarknet.nic.in/profile/profile_online/displayformdetails.asp?mkt=2116 ) that serves to 186 towns and villages in the Kuhi Taluka.
The historical name for Mandhal was Matangnagari. It is famous for Akhada i.e. Indian wrestling. Competitions are held each year for the pandav panchami of Diwali festival at Bhola hudki.
Nearby towns
Mandhal has direct connectivity with all nearby towns and cities. There is frequent bus service by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) from the district headquarter Nagpur(55 km). It is connected with sub divisional headquarter Umred and taluka place Kuhi by all weather pucca road .
Route map for Mandhal
Click on to see road route and distance from Nagpur.
Weather of Mandhal
Click on to see complete weather forecast for Mandhal. | WIKI |
San Isidro Cathedral
The San Isidro Cathedral is located in the city of San Isidro, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is at 16200th Del Libertador Avenue, opposite Plaza Mitre or Plaza de San Isidro in San Isidro's historic quarter.
History
Built on the site of a 1706 chapel opened by the city's founder, Captain Domingo de Acassuso, the cathedral was designed by French architects Dunant and Paquin, and inaugurated on July 14, 1898.
Architecture
Constructed in neogothic style, it stands 68 m (223 ft) tall. Its base is a Latin cross. Its walls are built from stone and bricks, and it has stained glass windows. The cathedral underwent a restoration project which was completed in 2007.
San Isidro fest
Isidore the Labourer festival is celebrated on 15 May each year.
Artisan fair
Nearly 100 metres in front of the cathedral is the Plaza de San Isidro, and on it, is the San Isidro artisan fair since 1971. This fair has 100 stands, where people can buy leather, wood, textile, metal and ceramic products.
The "San Isidro Artisan Fair" is oldest in the Buenos Aires Province.
San Isidro station
Two hundred metres off the cathedral is the San Isidro railway station, of the rail transport company Tren de la Costa. This station includes a trade center, cinema and restaurants among other things. | WIKI |
Documentation
After taking a long break over the winter I’ve started working on neutrino again. When I left off I was working on generating static data in the binary object files: basically, taking neutrino objects and constructing binary data in the generated executables. I know how my code generator should behave for this to work but changing it to do that has been tricky because it is a large amount of relatively complex code (generating binaries is a relatively complex process) and I’ve forgotten how it works exactly. The problem is that I didn’t do a good job of documenting it. So my step one is going to be documenting it. Or, it turns out, that actually will be step two because at this point neutrino doesn’t have a documentation format – so step one will be implementing one.
JavaDoc
I’ve always felt that java’s JavaDoc comments were a good idea in principle but problematic in a lot of the particulars. The good part is that, unlike systems like doxygen and JsDoc, it’s a standard that comes with the language, and it provides all the primitives I want then documenting code. However…
JavaDoc builds on top of block comments. Block comments are for free-form, anything goes text. This means that it’s tricky if the language wants to impose rules on them, even if those rules might be useful. For instance, it’s legal to @link to a class or method that doesn’t exist.
Also, since they it is based on comments the connection between JavaDoc and the code it documents is weak. This, for instance, is meaningless but perfectly legal:
String x = /** Looky here! */ "foo";
Finally, JavaDoc builds directly on HTML which is fine if what you want to generate is HTML but problematic if you want to generate anything else. It is also difficult to read outside of a browser and I almost always read the documentation in the code, not in the generated output.
A small detail that’s always bugged me about them, also, is that they waste two lines of space:
/**
* Two lines of comment takes up three lines of code
* because of the start and end markers.
*/
This is a two-line comment, really, and it shouldn’t take up more than two lines in the program.
For all these reasons I’m not keen to base neutrino’s documentation format on JavaDoc and I’m not familiar with any other formats that solve all of these issue. So I’ve ended up starting basically from scratch, with some inspiration from a language I previously worked on, neptune.
Neutrino
I’ll start with the two last points first, the syntax. Here’s one example of what a piece of documentation looks like:
/| Moves the specified number of disks from the @from@
| peg to the @to@ peg.
|
| param(from): Which peg to move from.
| param(to): Which peg to move to.
\| param(disks): How many disks to move.
def this.move(from:, to:, disks:) {
...
}
I’d like the syntax to be such that you don’t need the start and end marker to require a separate line each. In other words, you need to be able to write the documentation on the same lines as those markers. So the way this works is: /| starts a comment and \| marks that that lines is the end of the block, but the whole line is included in the comment. These last markers can also occur alone, without a start marker, in which case it’s a single-line doc comment:
\| Creates a new hanoi instance.
@static def Hanoi.new() => ...
The first character on each line (above that would be the | character) are used to determine how to interpret each line. A | means that it is just text. A @ means that the text is code. For instance:
/| Moves the specified number of disks from the @from@
| peg to the @to@ peg. For instance, to execute the
| towers of hanoi with 15 disks do:
|
@ def hanoi := new Hanoi();
@ hanoi.move(from: 0, to: 2, disks: 15);
|
| param(from): Which peg to move from.
| param(to): Which peg to move to.
\| param(disks): How many disks to move.
def this.move(from:, to:, disks:) {
...
}
This way it’s as easy to identify and read code examples within the code as it is for a doc generator to recognize.
The second thing that makes these different from JavaDoc is that they’re not comments, they’re annotations and can only occur in the same positions as annotations. Documentation always belongs to a particular element and it is clear from the grammar which element that is. The code above is, in principle, equivalent to:
@doc(...) def this.move(from:, to:, disks:) {
...
}
This also means that documentation can stay attached to source elements at runtime and be accessed through reflection, like any other annotations.
Finally, the format used is not HTML but something very close to textile. This is, again, to make it easier to read from source code, and to make it easier to generate documentation in other formats than HTML. I remember we had a doc generator for neptune that generated a PDF file for a module, which worked really well (and looked, if I do say so myself, awesome).
I think this format has a lot of appealing properties and I’m actually eager to get started documenting the code generator.
2 Responses to Documentation
1. Looks nice.
I can’t resist asking if there can be syntax errors in the doc that prevent the compiler from compiling the program. As I recall this was very controversial in Neptune.
2. Yes I vaguely remember that too. I don’t actually remember what my position was then but I don’t expect it to have been much different from where I am today.
These are proper language constructs, they not comments. They’ll be parsed by the parser and syntax errors there will prevent the program from compiling just like syntax errors anywhere else. If you write “param(x}: the x coordinate” you won’t be able to run your program.
On the other hand, semantic errors like documenting a param that doesn’t exist, shouldn’t be an error.
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Four main periods may be distinguished in the geological history of Rome and the surrounding district. The hills on the right bank of the Tiber culminating in Monte Mario (455 ft.) belong to the first of these, being of the Pliocene formation; they consist of a lower bluish-grey clay and an upper group of yellow sands
and gravels. This clay since Roman times has supplied the material for brick-making, and the valleys which now separate the different summits (Janiculum, Vatican, Monte Mario) are in considerable measure artificial. On the left bank this clay has been reached at a lower level, at the foot of the Pincian Hill, while in the Campagna it has been found to extend below the later volcanic formations. The latter may be divided into two groups, corresponding to the second and third periods. In the second period volcanic activity occurred at the bottom of the Pliocene sea, and the tufa, which extends over the whole Campagna to a thickness of 300 ft. or more, was formed. At the same time, hot springs, containing abundant carbonate of lime in solution, produced deposits of travertine at various points. In the third, after the Campagna, by a great general uplift, had become a land surface, volcanic energy found an outlet in comparatively few large craters, which emitted streams of hard lava as well as fragmentary materials, the latter forming sperone (lapis Gabinus) and peperino (lapis Albanus), while upon one of the former, which runs from the Alban Hills to within 2 m. of Rome, the Via Appia was carried. The two main areas near Rome are formed by the group of craters on the north (Bracciano, Bolsena, &c.) and the Alban Hills on the south, the latter consisting of one great crater with a base about 12 m. in diameter, in the centre of which a smaller crater was later on built up (the basin is now known as the Campo di Annibale) with several lateral vents (the Lake of Albano, the Lake of Nemi, &c.). The Alban Mount (Monte Cavo) is almost the highest point on the rim of the inner crater, while Mount Algidus and Tusculum are on the outer ring wall of the larger (earlier) crater.
The fourth period is that in which the various subaërial agencies of abrasion, and especially the streams which drain the mountain chain of the Apennines, have produced the present features of the Campagna, a plain furrowed by gullies and ravines. The communities which inhabited the detached hills and projecting ridges which later on formed the city of Rome were in a specially favourable position. These hills (especially the Palatine, the site of the original settlement) with their naturally steep sides, partly surrounded at the base by marshes and situated not far from the confluence of the Anio with the Tiber, possessed natural advantages not shared by the other primitive settlements of the district; and their proximity to one another rendered it easy to bring them into a larger whole. The volcanic materials available in Rome and its neighbourhood were especially useful in building. The tufa, sperone and peperino were easy to quarry, and could be employed by those who possessed comparatively elementary tools, while travertine, which came into use later, was an excellent building stone, and the lava (selce) served for paving stones and as material for concrete. The strength of the renowned Roman concrete is largely due to the use of pozzolana (see ), which also is found in plenty in the Campagna.
Between the volcanic tract of the Campagna and the sea there is a broad strip of sandy plain, evidently formed merely by the accumulation of sand from the sea, and constituting a barren tract, still covered almost entirely with wood as it was in ancient times, except for the almost uninterrupted line of villas along the ancient coast-line, which is now marked by a line of sand-hills, some m. or more inland (see, ). This long belt of sandy shore extends without a break for a distance of above 30 m. from the mouth of the Tiber to the promontory of Antium (Porto d’Anzio); a low rocky headland, projecting out into the sea, and forming the only considerable angle in this line of coast. Thence again a low sandy shore of similar character, but with extensive shore lagoons which served in Roman times and serve still for fish-breeding, extends for about 24 m. to the foot of the Monte Circeo (, q.v.). The region of the (q.v.) occupies almost the whole tract between the sandy belt on the seashore and the Volscian mountains, extending from the southern foot of the Alban Hills below Velletri to the sea near Terracina.
The district sloping down from Velletri to the dead level of the Pontine (Pomptine) Marshes has not, like the western and northern slopes of the Alban Hills, drainage towards the Tiber. The subsoil too is differently formed: the surface consists of very absorbent materials, then comes a stratum of less permeable
tufa or peperino (sometimes clay is present), and below that again more permeable materials. In ancient, and probably pre-Roman, times this district was drained by an elaborate system of cuniculi, small drainage tunnels, about 5 ft. high and 2 ft. wide, which ran, not at the bottom of the valleys, where there were sometimes streams already, and where, in any case, erosion would have broken through their roofs, but along their slopes, through the less permeable tufa, their object being to drain the hills on each side of the valleys. They had probably much to do with the relative healthiness of this district in early times. Some of them have been observed to be earlier in date than the Via Appia (312 ). They were studied in detail by R. de la Blanchère. When they fell into desuetude, malaria gained the upper hand, the lack of drainage providing breeding-places for the malarial mosquito. Remains of similar drainage channels exist in many parts of the Campagna Romana and of southern Etruria at points where the natural drainage was not sufficient, and especially in cultivated or inhabited hills (though it was not necessary here, as in the neighbourhood of Velletri, to create a drainage system, as streams and rivers were already present as natural collectors) and streams very frequently pass through them at the present day. The drainage channels which were dug for the various crater lakes in the neighbourhood of Rome are also interesting in this regard. That of the Alban Lake is the most famous; but all the other crater lakes are similarly provided. As the drainage by cuniculi removed the moisture in the subsoil, so the drainage of the lakes by emissaria, outlet channels at a low level, prevented the permeable strata below the tufa from becoming impregnated with moisture which they would otherwise have derived from the lakes of the Alban Hills. The slopes below Velletri, on the other hand, derive much of their moisture from the space between the inner and outer ring of the Alban volcano, which it was impossible to drain: and this in turn receives much moisture from the basin of the extinct inner crater.
Numerous isolated palaeolithic objects of the Mousterian type have been found in the neighbourhood of Rome in the quaternary gravels of the Tiber and Anio; but no certain traces of the neolithic period have come to light, as the many flint implements found sporadically round Rome probably
belong to the period which succeeded neolithic (called by Italian archaeologists the eneolithic period) inasmuch as both stone and metal (not, however, bronze, but copper) were in use. At Sgurgola, in the valley of the Sacco, a skeleton was found in a rock-cut tomb of this period which still bears traces of painting with cinnabar. A similar rock-cut tomb was found at Mandela, in the Anio valley. Both are outside the limits of the Campagna in the narrower sense; but similar tombs were found (though less accurately observed) in travertine quarries between Rome and Tivoli. Objects of the Bronze age too have only been found sporadically. The earliest cemeteries and hut foundations of the Alban Hills belong to the Iron age, and cemeteries and objects of a similar character have been found in Rome itself and in southern Etruria, especially the characteristic hut-urns. The objects found in these cemeteries show close affinity with those found in the terremare of Emilia, these last being of earlier date, and hence Pigorini and Helbig consider that the Latini were close descendants of the inhabitants of the terremare. On the other hand, the ossuaries of the Villanova type, while they occur as far south as Veii and Caere, have never so far been found on the left bank of the Tiber, in Latium proper (see L. Pigorini in Rendiconti dei Lincei, ser. v. vol. xvi., 1907, p. 676, and xviii., 1909). We thus have at the beginning of the Iron age two distinct currents of civilization in central Italy, the Latin and that of Villanova. As to the dates to which these are to be attributed, there is not as yet complete accord, e.g. some archaeologists assign to the 11th, others (and with far better reasons) to the 8th century, the earliest tombs of the Alban necropolis and the coeval tombs of the necropolis recently discovered in the Forum at Rome. In this last necropolis cremation seems slightly to precede inhumation in date.
For the prehistoric period see Bullettino di paleontologia Italiana, passim, B. Modestov, Introduction à l’histoire romaine (Paris, 1907), and T. E. Peet, The Stone and Bronze Ages in Italy (Oxford, 1909).
It is uncertain to what extent reliance can be placed upon the traditional accounts of the gradual spread of the supremacy of Rome in Latium, and the question cannot be discussed here. The list of the thirty communities belonging to the Latin league, given by Dionysius of Halicarnassus | WIKI |
Monday, September 18, 2006
A Ruby DSL for generating SQL
On my past 2 projects I've needed the ability to create ad-hoc SQL statements. These statements, following creation, are executed by using ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute. On the first project we largely used strings to represent our required SQL. However, on our second project we decided to create a DSL that allowed us to stay in our comfortable Ruby world. That DSL is a bit more heavy-weight; however, I took the experience I gained from that project and put together a light-weight version that I've released on RubyForge.org.
The idea of the DSL was to keep as similar to SQL as possible. Below are examples of both the actual SQL and Ruby version that allowed us to generate the SQL.
Select column1 from table1
where column2 = 12
and column 3 = 13
Select[:column1].from[:table1].where do
equal :column2, 12
equal :column3, 13
end
insert into table1 (column1, column2, column3) values (10, 'book', 'start')
Insert.into[:table1][:column1, :column2, :column3].values(10, 'book', 'start')
update table1 set column1 = 12, column2 = 'book'
where column1 = 10
Update[:table1].set[:column1=>12, :column2=>'book'].where do
equal :column1, 10
end
delete from table1 where column1 = 12
Delete.from[:table1].where do
equal :column1 = 12
end
The DSL does not contain any field validation or verify that the columns exist in the specified tables or any other magic. Currently, it's sole purpose is to allow you to easily write SQL with Ruby code.
If you are lucky you may never have any need for such a library; however, if you use find_by_sql on ActiveRecord::Base or select_values, select_value, or select_one on ActiveRecord::Base.connection you may want to give the DSL a look.
To install SQL DSL you can:
gem install sqldsl
Once installed all you need to do is require 'sqldsl' and all should be well.
For more information check out the SQL DSL documentation on RubyForge.org
6 comments:
1. Anonymous4:21 PM
Would you care to comment on why this is better than just using SQL? I tried but can't think of any reason to do something like this rather than "to stay in ruby".
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2. Anonymous4:54 PM
If you need to alter the SQL based on any conditions. For example:
Insert.into[:table1].values do
Select[id].from[table2].where do
equal :foo, :bar unless something.nil?
end
end
We asked ourselves the same question when we were working with code similar to this. However, in the end it made the code easier to work with due to various conditional statements.
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3. Anonymous6:27 AM
SQL is already a DSL. It's a language this is specificly designed for querying databases.
I think this example neatly captures the main problem I have with most "in-language" DSLs - I believe they are popular because:
a) the tools are not available, or people are too lazy or unskilled, to implement a proper grammer and parser (not the case in this example).
b) there isn't enough good tool support, or perhaps libraries/language features, for developers to work in multiple real languages in one project. This would involve the ability to not only write code in multiple languages, but also to move data / variables / conditions between them and to be able to refactor across the board.
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4. Anonymous7:04 AM
Chris,
I basically agree with everything you stated.
SQL is a DSL. However, I cannot use that DSL in Ruby so I decided to put together something that I could use without having to work with strings. For example, I prefer our DSL to the following code:
sql = "insert into table1 values sql select id from table2"
sql << " where foo = bar" unless something.nil?
Of course, our DSL is simply building the string underneath.
Perhaps in the future someone with implement Linq in Ruby, ActiveRecord will cover all cases where I need to create SQL statements, or someone will implement an even better solution. But, until then, we are stuck using strings to represent code for other languages.
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5. Anonymous8:19 AM
For sure. Although I don't think linq is a great solution either - it's still another 'in-language' DSL for doing what SQL is already good at.
The problem you've encountered is a good example of the second reason I suggested - that there isn't good techniques for integrating between languages well. Integrating between languages by building grammer strings to feed into a parser just isn't nice.
But I do think that in-language DSLs are just stop-gaps until a good solution for these sort of issues is found.
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6. Hello, not sure this is the correct forum for this sort of question, but I'm having a bit of an issue with an Inert.into statement. I have the hash:
a ={"col1"=>"did you get the TPS report?", "col2"=>23.5, "col3"=>"mr magoo", "col4"=>4}
and then I run Insert.into[:foo][a.keys.to_sql].values[a.values.to_sql] but I'm getting a sql statement like :
insert into foo ('col1', 'col2', 'col3', 'col4') values () ('did you get the TPS report?', 23.5, 'mr magoo', 4)
Notice the values() and then the actual values ('did you get the TPS report?', 23.5, 'mr magoo', 4)
What am I doing wrong?
BTW, this is awesome Jay!
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Novo Nordisk Before Q2 Earnings: How Should Investors Play the Stock?
Novo Nordisk NVO is scheduled to report its second-quarter 2025 results before the opening bell on Aug. 6, 2025. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for quarterly revenues in the to-be-reported quarter is pegged at $11.79 billion, while the same for earnings is pinned at 93 cents per share.
In the past 60 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for Novo Nordisk’s 2025 earnings per share (EPS) improved from $3.84 to $3.86. During the same time frame, the company’s 2026 EPS forecast has dropped from $4.64 to $4.20.
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Novo Nordisk’s performance has been mixed over the trailing four quarters, with earnings beating estimates in one quarter, matching once and missing the mark on the remaining two occasions. On average, Novo Nordisk registered an earnings surprise of 0.02% in the trailing four quarters. In the last reported quarter, the company reported EPS that matched estimates.
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Novo Nordisk operates under two segments — Diabetes and Obesity Care and Rare disease.
Novo Nordisk reported preliminary earnings per American Depositary Receipt of 91 cents (DKK 5.96) for the second quarter of 2025. During the same period, the company’s sales increased 18% at constant exchange rate (CER). On the other hand, operating profit increased 40% at CER in the second quarter of 2025, primarily driven by the ocedurenone impairment charge recognized in the year-ago period.
Novo Nordisk’s revenues are expected to have been driven by the sale of its diabetes and obesity treatments, particularly semaglutide-based drugs — Wegovy, Ozempic, and Rybelsus. Wegovy is the largest contributor to the company’s top line. Its label has also been expanded for cardiovascular benefits in the United States and the EU. Ozempic and Rybelsus sales are also likely to have contributed meaningfully, along with solid insulin product sales. Additionally, the Rare Disease segment is expected to have generated incremental revenues for the company.
Novo Nordisk shares tumbled last week after the company slashed its 2025 guidance for both sales and operating profit growth. It now expects sales to increase 8-14%, down from the previous 13-21% range, and operating profit to grow 10-16% compared to the earlier 16-24% estimate. The revision reflects weaker-than-anticipated momentum for key drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, particularly in the U.S. market, where Wegovy is struggling with the continued use of unregulated, compounded GLP-1 alternatives. Despite the FDA ending its compounding grace period in May 2025, illegal semaglutide sales persist under the guise of “personalized medicine,” prompting NVO to take legal and regulatory action.
The company also cited slower-than-expected Wegovy uptake across both insured and cash-pay channels, limited by modest market expansion and growing competition. While efforts through NovoCare and telehealth have spurred some growth, overall adoption remains below expectations. Ozempic is similarly seeing increased competitive pressure in the U.S. diabetes market. International Wegovy rollouts are underway, but demand in certain regions has been slower than projected. On the profit front, Novo Nordisk’s lower operating profit outlook is tied to reduced sales expectations, though partially cushioned by cost controls. The updated forecast also reflects a mid-single-digit drag from its acquisition of three Catalent manufacturing sites.
Year to date, Novo Nordisk shares have lost 44% compared with the industry’s 5% decline. The company has also underperformed the sector and the S&P 500 during the same time frame, as seen in the chart below.
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Novo Nordisk is trading at a discount to the industry, as seen in the chart below. Going by the price/earnings ratio, the company’s shares currently trade at 11.87 forward earnings, which is lower than 14.28 for the industry. The stock is also trading much below its five-year mean of 29.25.
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Novo Nordisk’s stock decline in 2025 has been driven by a mix of regulatory setbacks, underwhelming pipeline results, and rising competitive pressure. The company reported weaker-than-expected data from two late-stage studies of CagriSema, its next-generation obesity drug, dampening hopes for a strong follow-up to Wegovy. In addition, Medicare’s refusal to cover weight-loss drugs like Wegovy — since obesity is not classified as a disease — has raised concerns over patient access. The situation is further complicated by an ongoing leadership change, with CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen stepping down amid market headwinds and stock underperformance.
Moreover, Novo Nordisk faces intense competition from its arch-rival Eli Lilly LLY in the diabetes and obesity care market. LLY markets its tirzepatide injections as Mounjaro for type II diabetes (T2D) and Zepbound for obesity. Despite being on the market for less than three years, Lilly’s Mounjaro and Zepbound have witnessed strong sales driven by rapid demand. Zepbound had earlier outperformed Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy (20.2% compared with 13.7%, respectively) in a weight-loss head-to-head study. This could lead to a shift in patient preference from Wegovy to Zepbound, potentially resulting in a loss of market share. Lilly has also been taking significant strides in the development of oral therapies for obesity, effectively putting pressure on Novo Nordisk. In April 2025, LLY reported first phase III success for its oral GLP-1 candidate, orforglipron, in lowering blood glucose and promoting weight loss in T2D patients. Oral pills could boost adherence over injections.
Several other companies like Amgen AMGN and Viking Therapeutics VKTX are also making rapid progress in the development of GLP-1-based candidates in their clinical pipeline. Amgen has begun a broad phase III program on its dual GIPR/GLP-1 receptor agonist, MariTide, across obesity, obesity-related conditions and T2D, with the first two phase III studies initiated in March. Viking Therapeutics started two late-stage studies evaluating the subcutaneous formulation of its investigational obesity drug, VK2735. A mid-stage study is currently ongoing, evaluating an oral version of this obesity drug, with a data readout expected later this year.
Additionally, NVO recently ended its collaboration agreement with Hims & Hers Health, which will temporarily hurt its objective of increasing Wegovy’s patient access, resulting in a slowdown in obesity market share gain. Furthermore, the presence of compounded versions of Wegovy in NVO's largest obesity market, the United States, is weighing in on the sales potential of the drug, eating away at its revenues.
Despite recent setbacks, Novo Nordisk is making steady progress across its pipeline. The company is advancing new candidates for T2D and obesity, while also working to expand the approved uses of Wegovy, Ozempic and Rybelsus to drive further growth. Efforts to develop next-generation obesity drugs could help diversify its portfolio. Beyond metabolic diseases, NVO is also building out its rare disease segment, with late-stage progress on Mim8 for hemophilia A and recent FDA approval of a broader label for its Alhemo injection for hemophilia A or B with/without inhibitors, further strengthening its position in the hemophilia space.
Amid growing challenges, we believe investors might want to reduce their exposure to Novo Nordisk, regardless of how its second-quarter results turn out. While the company is still seeing solid demand and revenue growth from its semaglutide-based drugs, it recently cut its 2025 sales and profit forecast due to slowing momentum in key markets. In the United States, sales of Wegovy and Ozempic are being hurt by the continued use of compounded versions, even after FDA restrictions. At the same time, rival Eli Lilly is gaining ground with its competing drugs, Zepbound and Mounjaro, which have shown stronger clinical results and are quickly gaining market share, putting pressure on Novo Nordisk’s core business.
Adding to the headwinds, the stock has underperformed significantly in 2025 and now trades at a steep discount to both its historical average and the broader industry. Disappointing data from CagriSema studies and a major CEO transition amid a turbulent period have further shaken investor confidence. While the long-term potential in obesity and rare diseases remains, heightened volatility, pipeline disappointments, legal and regulatory challenges, and a crowded GLP-1 development landscape suggest that the near-term risk/reward profile is skewed to the downside. These factors may prompt risk-averse investors to consider exiting their position or limiting exposure until clearer visibility emerges.
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082 THALER In 1845 ho married a daughter of Lablache. Ilia last public appearance was at Paris in 1865. After that he retired to his estate near Naples, where he devoted himself to the cultivation of the vine. His daughter ZAIRE, born in New York in 1858, made a successful debut as Zer- lina in Don Giovanni, at Covent Garden, Lon- don, April 10, 1875. THALER (Dan. and Swed. daler), a coin and money of account of Germany, Austria, Hol- land, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, and Nor- way. Silver coins of an ounce weight were struck in the early part of the 16th century at Joachimsthal, a town in Bohemia, whence the name. (See DOLLAR.) Other countries after a time began to coin thalers, but not always of the same value, and hence originated the Laubthaler or leaf dollar, the Phttippstlialer, the Swedish copper dollar, &c. In most of the countries of Europe the royal or imperial mints coined thalers, hence called rigsdaler, riksdaler, or Reich&thaler, that is, dollar of the realm. These varied in value according to the amount of alloy. (See COINS.) As money of account there is still greater diversity of values, owing to the depreciation of the issues of the national banks or treasuries. In Sweden the rigsdaler riksmynt, now the authorized money of account, is about 27 cts. In Denmark the rigsbank daler is about 54 cts. In Germany generally the thaler of account is reckoned at 69 to 73 cts. American currency. THALES, a Greek philosopher, and one of the seven wise men, born in Miletus, Ionia, about 636 B. 0., died probably about 546. He took an active part in the political affairs of his native country. He visited Crete and Egypt, and acquired in the latter country an acquaintance with geometry. Various physi- cal discoveries are attributed to him. He mea- sured the height of the Egyptian pyramids by observation of the time at which a shadow equalled in length the height of the object ; and he is said to have computed the sun's orbit, to have fixed the length of the year at 365 days, and to have been the first among the Greeks to predict eclipses, though very vague- ly. Aristotle calls him the originator of the Ionic natural philosophy, and hence, indirectly, of Greek philosophy in general. He taught that all things are instinct with life, and ori- ginate from water. The writings attributed to him were declared spurious in antiquity, and his sayings recorded by Aristotle and Diogenes Laertius are probably conjectural. THALIA, in Greek mythology, the muse of comedy and idyllic poetry. She is generally represented with a mask in one hand and a shepherd's staff or a wreath of ivy in the other. THALLIUM (Gr. 6aU6<;, a green bough), one of the three metals forming the class of triads, the others being iridium and gold. It was dis- covered by Crookes of London in 1861, in the seleniferous residue from the manufacture of sulphuric acid from iron pyrites. Its discovery resulted from the observation by Mr. Crookes THAMES of a green band in the spectrum of the vapor- ized portion of the residue. It is widely dif- fused as a constituent of iron and copper py- rites, but forms only about the 4,000th part of the mass. It also exists in the lepidolite of Moravia, in mica from Zinnwald in Bohemia, in the mother liquors of the salt works at Nauheim, and in the mineral crookesite from Skrikerum in Norway. It is most economically prepared from the flue dust of pyrites burners. This dust is stirred with boiling water in wood- en tubs, and the decanted or syphoned liquor treated with an excess of strong hydrochloric acid, by which impure monochloride of thal- lium is precipitated. This impure chloride is then treated with hot oil of vitriol, and con- taminations of other metals are separated by sulphuretted hydrogen. A pure sulphate is ob- tained, from which the metal may be separated by electrolysis or the action of zinc. Thallium resembles cadmium in color, but approaches lead in specific gravity, having a density of 11*8 to 11'91, according to its metallurgic treat- ment. The symbol of thallium is Tl ; its atomic weight, according to recent extended researches by its discoverer, is 203-642. (See " Chemical News," London, 1874.) It has a highly crys- talline structure, and crackles like tin when bent, but is easily hammered into leaves. It melts at 561 F. A polished piece of the metal tarnishes rapidly when exposed to the air, but the action continues only a short time, as the thin film of oxide protects it from further oxi- dation. The metal and its compounds impart an intense green color to colorless flames, which when viewed by the spectroscope is found to be monochromatic, appearing as a sharply de- fined green band. It forms numerous com- pounds, including three oxides, the most im- portant being thallous oxide, T1 2 O ; this dis- solves readily in water, producing a caustic alkaline solution which absorbs carbonic acid from the air. The sulphate forms with alu- minic sulphate an octahedral alum. The salts of thallium are poisonous. The metal has been used to render glass highly refractive. THAMES, a river of Connecticut, formed by the junction of the Quinebaug (with its branch the Shetucket) and Yantic rivers at the city of Norwich, and flowing thence S. about 15 m. to Long Island sound, which it enters below New London. It is wide and beautiful, navigable for large vessels to Norwich, and has an excel- lent harbor at its mouth. The streams which form it possess numerous valuable mill sites, and the large amount of manufactured goods from the factories on their banks make the Thames an important avenue of commerce. THAMES, a river of Ontario, Canada, flowing through a fertile country in the peninsula formed by Lakes Huron and Erie, and after a S. W. course of about 160 m. discharging into Lake St. Clair. It is navigable for small ves- sels from its mouth to Chatham, 18 m. The city of London is the most important place on its banks. At the Moravian settlement on this | WIKI |
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Talk:Dedekind group
Axiom of choice
The existence of bases for vector spaces is equivalent to the axiom of choice. The group B only needs to be a vector space over the field with 2 elements. It does not need to have a basis without the axiom of choice. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 20:37, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
* ??? <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 05:37, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
"All abelian groups are Dedekind groups. A non-abelian Dedekind group is called a Hamiltonian group."
this doesn't make sense. i suppose what it is meant to say is that Dedekind groups are Hamiltonian groups that are Abelian (Hamiltonian superset of Dedekind)? --sofias. (talk) 09:59, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
* What do you mean? Dedekind groups may or may not be Abelian, but all Abelian groups are Dedekind. A group is called a Hamilton group if it is Dedekind and non-abelian. So, a Dedekind group is either an Abelian group or a Hamiltonian group. – Tea2min (talk) 12:07, 12 September 2017 (UTC) | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of organ composers
The result was done by nominator, no need for discussion (Liberatore, 2006). 16:53, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
List of organ composers
It appears that a major editor, MusikFabrik was, in fact, a group including Paul Wehage, Jean-Thierry Boisseau, and selling music for some of the other composers listed in this article. Here's where the information came out, It is confirmed by Jean-Thierry Boisseau here. As such, I believe that all the 20th century sections of the list should be deleted, until they can be remade from independent sources. Adam Cuerden talk 18:15, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
* Be bold, no need for AFD to give you permission for that, if it's disputed try a Request for comment. Recommend speedy close. 04:05, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
* Sections removed. Needs major NPOVing anyway. Adam Cuerden talk 16:23, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
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96 course he did not know, and in the fog bank he had but a vague idea of their location. He began to look around in hopes of finding a compass, but there was none in the boat.
"Have you got a pocket compass, Joe?"
Joe, who was busily engaged in tying the unconscious stranger's ankles together, looked up and shook his head.
"Isn't there one in the boat?"
"No—and here we are in a fog bank. I don't know whether we're in the right direction for Bayport or not." | WIKI |
Captain America Comics
Captain America Comics is a comic book series featuring the superhero character Captain America. The series was originally published by Timely Comics from 1941 to 1950, with a brief revival by Atlas Comics in 1954.
Creation
In 1940, writer Joe Simon conceived the idea for Captain America and made a sketch of the character in costume. "I wrote the name 'Super American' at the bottom of the page," Simon said in his autobiography, and then decided:
"No, it didn't work. There were too many 'Supers' around. 'Captain America' had a good sound to it. There weren't a lot of captains in comics. It was as easy as that. The boy companion was simply named Bucky, after my friend Bucky Pierson, a star on our high school basketball team."
Simon recalled in his autobiography that Timely Comics publisher Martin Goodman gave him the go-ahead and directed that a Captain America solo comic book series be published as soon as possible. Needing to fill a full comic with primarily one character's stories, Simon did not believe that his regular creative partner, artist Jack Kirby, could handle the workload alone:
"I didn't have a lot of objections to putting a crew on the first issue ... There were two young artists from Connecticut that had made a strong impression on me. Al Avison and Al Gabriele often worked together and were quite successful in adapting their individual styles to each other. Actually, their work was not too far from [that of] Kirby's. If they worked on it, and if one inker tied the three styles together, I believed the final product would emerge as quite uniform. The two Als were eager to join in on the new Captain America book, but Jack Kirby was visibly upset. 'You're still number one, Jack,' I assured him. 'It's just a matter of a quick deadline for the first issue.'
'I'll make the deadline,' Jack promised. 'I'll pencil it [all] myself and make the deadline.' I hadn't expected this kind of reaction ... but I acceded to Kirby's wishes and, it turned out, was lucky that I did. There might have been two Als, but there was only one Jack Kirby ... I wrote the first Captain America book with penciled lettering right on the drawing boards, with very rough sketches for figures and backgrounds. Kirby did his thing, building the muscular anatomy, adding ideas and popping up the action as only he could. Then he tightened up the penciled drawings, adding detailed backgrounds, faces and figures.'"
Al Liederman would ink that first issue, which was lettered by Simon and Kirby's regular letterer, Howard Ferguson.
Simon said Captain America was a consciously political creation; he and Kirby were morally repulsed by the actions of Nazi Germany in the years leading up to the United States' involvement in World War II and felt war was inevitable: "The opponents to the war were all quite well organized. We wanted to have our say too." It has been observed that the Captain America character has numerous elements of Jewish iconography as a variant of the idea of the Golem, an automaton who protects the Jewish community who was created by an elder of that community, Dr. Irkstine.
Golden Age
Captain America Comics #1 – cover-dated March 1941 and on sale December 20, 1940, a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, but a full year into World War II – showed the protagonist punching Nazi leader Adolf Hitler; it sold nearly one million copies. While most readers responded favorably to the comic, some took objection. Simon noted, "When the first issue came out we got a lot of ... threatening letters and hate mail. Some people really opposed what Cap stood for." The threats, which included menacing groups of people loitering out on the street outside of the offices, proved so serious that police protection was posted, with New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia personally contacting Simon and Kirby to give his support.
Though preceded as a "patriotically themed superhero" by MLJ's The Shield, Captain America immediately became the most prominent and enduring of the wave of superheroes introduced in American comic books prior to and during World War II, as evinced by the unusual move at the time of premiering the character in his own title instead of an anthology title first. This popularity drew the attention and a complaint from MLJ that the character's triangular shield too closely resembled the chest symbol of their Shield character. In response, Goodman had Simon and Kirby create a distinctive round shield for issue 2, which went on to become an iconic element of the character. With his sidekick Bucky, Captain America faced villains from Nazi Germany, Empire of Japan, and other threats to wartime America and the Allies. Stanley Lieber, now better known as Stan Lee, in his first professional fiction writing task, contributed to the character in issue #3 in the filler text story "Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge", which introduced the character's use of his shield as a returning throwing weapon. Captain America soon became Timely's most popular character and even had a fan-club called the "Sentinels of Liberty".
Circulation figures remained close to a million copies per month after the debut issue, which outstripped even the circulation of news magazines such as Time during the period. The character was widely imitated by other comics publishers, with around 40 red-white-and-blue patriotic heroes debuting in 1941 alone. After the Simon and Kirby team moved to DC Comics in late 1941, having produced Captain America Comics through issue #10 (January 1942), Al Avison and Syd Shores became regular pencillers of the celebrated title, with one generally inking over the other. The character was featured in All Winners Comics #1–19 (Summer 1941 – Fall 1946), Marvel Mystery Comics #80–84 and #86–92, USA Comics #6–17 (December 1942 – Fall 1945), and All Select Comics #1–10 (Fall 1943 – Summer 1946).
In the post-war era, with the popularity of superheroes fading, Captain America led Timely's first superhero team, the All-Winners Squad, in its two published adventures, in All Winners Comics #19 and #21 (Fall–Winter 1946; there was no issue #20). After Bucky was shot and wounded in a 1948 Captain America story, he was succeeded by Captain America's girlfriend, Betsy Ross, who became the superheroine Golden Girl. Captain America Comics ran until issue #73 (July 1949), at which time the series was retitled Captain America's Weird Tales for two issues (October 1949 – February 1950), with the finale being a horror/suspense anthology issue with no superheroes.
Atlas Comics attempted to revive its superhero titles when it reintroduced Captain America, along with the original Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner, in Young Men #24 (December 1953). Billed as "Captain America, Commie Smasher!" Captain America appeared during the next year in Young Men #24–28 and Men's Adventures #27–28, as well as in issues #76–78 of an eponymous title (May–September 1954). Atlas' attempted superhero revival was a commercial failure, and the character's title was canceled with Captain America #78 (September 1954). | WIKI |
Talk:Gibraltar Hill (Bungendore, New South Wales)
Note
The NSW GNB seems to be having issues, so rather hard getting information on the two creeks (Turallo Creek, to the west, and Moura Creek, to the east) that run near the hill. Bidgee (talk) 22:39, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
gold mining information
I don't think that we should remove the information about gold mining just because it seems to be from the wrong hill. The hill where the gold came from is obviously the more notable Gibraltar Hill in NSW. If the coordinates are for the other hill then this article should be about the hill with the gold and the other hill should be redlinked and the coordinates changed in this article. Why do they have two hills with the same name in NSW, anyway? Someone should give them a good talking to. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 02:41, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
Reversion of gold mining material
Why do you want to remove it? If it was at a different hill called this, then maybe the article should be about that hill, because there's next to nothing about this hill in reliable sources. Why don't you discuss it on the talk page? Also, if you don't think the section should be called "controversy" why not change it instead of deleting the fact that there are two different hills called Gibraltar hill? Also, why did you put the orphaned template back in? It's still legitimately de-orphaned. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 01:00, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
How many hills called Gibraltar are there in NSW?
How many? Why are other editors removing reliable sources that state that there are at least two such hills? Why is this hill notable and the other one's not? The other one's the one that's all over reliable sources. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 01:02, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
* The hill near Adelong isn't known as "Gibraltar" (NSW GNB), this article is only about one hill and not the others that exist, other hills shouldn't be lumped into one article and stop adding "Controversy", when it isn't. Clearly you're here to disrupt the article and Wikipedia to prove a point. Bidgee (talk) 01:15, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
* Why is that so clear to you? You should think of the reader, who might come to this article looking for information about Gibraltar Hill and never even know that they're reading about the wrong one. There are two of them in NSW alone, so it's not implausible. It is shameful of you to template me for vandalism just because it's somehow obvious to you that I'm being disruptive. Do you just not want to mention the other Gibraltar Hills? What point do you suppose I'm trying to make, anyway? <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 01:24, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
* If you don't think it should be called "controversy" then fix it. How is it wrong to mention other hills with the same name? <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 01:28, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
* The other hills are trivial and don't belong in the article, you also have no consensus to add it. Bidgee (talk) 01:37, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
* If the other ones are trivial, why is there so much sourced information about them? Anyway, I'm in the process of reporting you at EWN. I'd tell you on your talk page, but I can't edit it. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 01:42, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
* Also, it's not possible to gain consensus without a discussion, which you refuse to have. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 01:47, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
* No, you've failed to outline the changes in a discussion format to gain a consensus. You only keep pointing out that other hills exist, if you think the other hills should be covered in Wikipedia, why not create an article on every one of them and I'll move this one so it can become a disam page. Bidgee (talk) 01:50, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
* I started talk page sections for every change I made. Not only did you not discuss anything before you reverted me multiple times, but you even accused me of vandalism, disruptive editing, and trying to make a point before you even began to engage in discussion. I gave perfectly good reasons why the other hills ought to be mentioned, and you have refused to engage with me at all about it. You're still refusing to engage with me. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 02:00, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
* You were adding incorrect information. I still little point in discussing this any further, I've already pointed out why they shouldn't be added. Bidgee (talk) 02:08, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
I stopped adding the gold-mining information on your word that that was a different hill. The other hills with the same name are real and the information I added was sourced. You're conflating two things: the gold mining on a different hill (OK, shouldn't be added, different hill) and the other hills called Gibraltar. You have not given any reason for not adding that information, and you insist on calling it incorrect when by your own admission it is in fact correct. You really can't have it both ways. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 02:12, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
edit warring
rienistated protection, & rolled back one edit this article was suppose to have been protected until dispute was resolved, not sure what went wrong. Gnangarra 01:54, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
* I actually think that the dispute was resolved. The new material I added, with source, was not under contention. Why did you remove it? Is there some kind of problem with it? <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 01:56, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
* no indication the dispute has been resolved, Gnangarra 02:03, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
* How do you figure that? Bidgee didn't want the gold mining material in here because he said it was the wrong hill. I believed him and he started an article on that hill. Bidgee didn't want the names of other such hills in here and I was convinced by him. What's the problem? <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 02:07, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
The Capital Wind Farm
Does anyone think that this material, removed by the admin who just protected the page after peace has already broken out, should not go in the article:
The Capital Wind Farm at Bungendore is visible from the hill, and, according to Australian naval officer Stacey Porter, the view makes "a really nice outlook." <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 02:01, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
NOTE: I put the material back in after Drmies unprotected the page. Of course I'm happy to discuss! <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 02:18, 6 November 2012 (UTC) | WIKI |
Vasopressin response in collecting ducts of rats resistant to mineralocorticoid hypertension
W. B. Jeffries, S. McArdle, C. Bockman, P. W. Abel, W. A. Pettinger
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Abstract
In previous studies we found that vasopressin stimulation of both cyclic AMP (cAMP) formation in cortical collecting tubules (CCT) and sodium reabsorption in isolated perfused kidneys was markedly exaggerated in rats with mineralocorticoid hypertension. In the present study, we tested the response (cAMP accumulation) of cortical and outer medullary collecting tubules (OMCT) to vasopressin in two rat models that are resistant to deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-induced hypertension, the Wistar-Furth strain and NaCl-deficient rats. The blood pressure of normal outbred Wistar rats rose to hypertensive levels (systolic pressure more than 165 mm Hg) during a 5-week treatment with DOCA (10 mg/week) and 1% saline to drink. Significant hypertrophy of the heart and kidneys was also observed. Vasopressin (10-8 M)-induced cAMP formation was enhanced 3.4-fold in the CCT (OMCT unchanged) of hypertensive rats compared with normotensive controls. Significant hypertrophy (as indexed by tubule diameter) of the CCT but not the OMCT was also observed in DOCA-salt hypertensive rats. Restriction of dietary NaCl (0.13% in chow, tap water to drink) completely prevented DOCA-induced hypertension, organ and CCT hypertrophy, and enhancement of vasopressin-stimulated cAMP formation in the CCT. In Wistar-Furth rats, DOCA-salt treatment did not alter blood pressure or cause significant organ hypertrophy. However, DOCA-salt treatment enhanced vasopressin-stimulated cAMP formation by 4.1-fold in CCT of Wistar-Furth rats, with significant tubular hypertrophy in the CCT but not the OMCT. We conclude that DOCA-induced hypertension and changes in CCT function are dependent on excess dietary NaCl. It is unlikely that the alterations in CCT function are the result of hypertension since they are present in DOCA-salt-treated Wistar-Furth rats that remained normotensive. The mechanism for DOCA resistance in the Wistar-Furth strain is extrinsic to vasopressin stimulation of adenylyl cyclase in the CCT.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)63-71
Number of pages9
JournalHypertension
Volume17
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1991
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
• Internal Medicine
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Purification and Properties of Glycogen Synthase I from Human Leukocytes
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Glycogen synthase I was purified from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes by a procedure involving affinity chromatography of the glycogen-enzyme complex, digestion of endogenous glycogen by amylase, starch chromatography and gel filtration. The purified enzyme had a specific activity of 7–11 U/mg protein, or 4–5 U when expressed per mg of residual glycogen. Further purification to 21 U/mg protein could be achieved. The enzyme was inactive in the absence of added glycogen. A subunit molecular weight of 85000 was determined by polyacrylamide electrophoresis in sodium dodecylsulfate. The molecular weight of the native enzyme was estimated to be 390000 (13.2 S) by sucrose gradient centrifugation and 410000 by gel filtration indicating that the native enzyme is a tetramer. The gel filtration behavior was not affected by enzyme concentration, temperature, or the presence of ligands. The energy of activation was estimated to 13500 cal/mol (56.5 kJ/mol), corresponding to a Q10 of 2.2. In the presence of glucose 6-phosphate or Na2SO4, the enzyme showed a broad pH optimum between pH 6.8–9.2. In the absence of these ligands and in particularly in the presence of Mg2+, the enzyme is sensitive to small changes of pH in the interval pH 7.4–8.4.
During purification, synthase I requires protection by 0.6 mM dithiothreitol, while high concentrations of mercaptoethanol or dithiothreitol inactivates the enzyme, particularly during freezing. During 24-h incubations, synthase I undergoes a spontaneous, temperature-dependent inactivation which is not due to proteolysis, but presumably is caused by irreversible conformational changes. These can be prevented by high concentrations of glucose 6-phosphate, Na2SO4, inorganic phosphate, UDP and glycogen. Mg2+ and traces of ethanol inactivates the enzyme. The lyophilized enzyme is stable for years.
Enzyme
Glycogen synthase (EC 2.4.1.11)
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Title: Spontaneous excitation of a circularly accelerated atom coupled to electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations
We study, using the formalism proposed by Dalibard, Dupont-Roc and Cohen-Tannoudji, the contributions of the vacuum fluctuation and radiation reaction to the rate of change of the mean atomic energy for a circularly accelerated multilevel atom coupled to vacuum electromagnetic fields in the ultrarelativistic limit. We find that the balance between vacuum fluctuation and radiation reaction is broken, which causes spontaneous excitations of accelerated ground state atoms in vacuum. Unlike for a circularly accelerated atom coupled to vacuum scalar fields, the contribution of radiation reaction is also affected by acceleration, and this term takes the same form as that of a linearly accelerated atom coupled to vacuum electromagnetic fields. For the contribution of vacuum fluctuations, we find that in contrast to the linear acceleration case, terms proportional to the Planckian factor are replaced by those proportional to a non-Planck exponential term, and this indicates that the radiation perceived by a circularly orbiting observer is no longer thermal as is in the linear acceleration case. However, for an ensemble of two-level atoms, an effective temperature can be defined in terms of the atomic transition rates, which is found to be dependent on the transition frequency of the atom. Specifically, we calculatemore » the effective temperature as a function of the transition frequency and find that in contrast to the case of circularly accelerated atoms coupled to the scalar field, the effective temperature in the current case is always larger than the Unruh temperature. -- Highlights: •We study the spontaneous excitation of a circularly accelerated atom. •Contribution of radiation reaction to the excitation is affected by acceleration. •The radiation perceived by a circularly orbiting observer is no longer thermal. •An effective temperature can be defined in terms of atomic transition rates. •Effective temperature is larger than Unruh temperature and frequency-dependent.« less
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1. Institute of Physics and Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Structures and Quantum Control of Ministry of Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081 (China)
2. (China)
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Journal Name: Annals of Physics (New York); Journal Volume: 344; Journal Issue: Complete; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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United States
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English
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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; ACCELERATION; ATOMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENERGY LEVELS; EXCITATION; FLUCTUATIONS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GROUND STATES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SCALAR FIELDS; SPACE-TIME | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Great horse manure crisis of 1894
The great horse manure crisis of 1894 refers to the idea that the greatest obstacle to urban development at the turn of the century was the difficulty of removing horse manure from the streets. More broadly, it is an analogy for supposedly insuperable extrapolated problems being rendered moot by the introduction of new technologies. The phrase originates from a 2004 article by Stephen Davies entitled "The Great Horse-Manure Crisis of 1894".
The supposed problem of excessive horse-manure collecting in the streets was solved by the proliferation of cars, buses and electrified trams which replaced horses as the means of transportation in big cities. The term great horse manure crisis of 1894 is often used to denote a problem which seems to be impossible to solve because it is being looked at from the wrong direction.
The name refers to a supposed 1894 publication in The Times, which said "In 50 years, every street in London will be buried under nine feet of manure". The reasoning was that more horses are needed to remove the manure, and these horses produce more manure. An urban planning conference in 1898 supposedly broke up before its scheduled end due to a failure to find an answer to this problem. No such statement in the Times, nor conference result, is known, but in 1893 London there was a complaint that horse manure, formerly an economic good that could be sold, had become a disposal problem, an economic bad.
The supposed crisis has since taken on life as a useful analogy. | WIKI |
.1735-906620120150228Effect of acupressure on milk volume of breastfeeding mothers referring to selected health care centers in Tehran711EN20150228<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p> <p><strong>Background:</strong> Breast milk is the main food source for infants’ growth and development. Insuffi cient milk is one of the obstacles to the adequate use of this substance. One of the treatments to help this issue is acupressure. Therefore, the present study was designed to determine the effect of acupressure on maternal milk volume.</p> <p><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> This study is a randomized clinical trial in which 60 breastfeeding mothers complaining of hypogalactia and meeting the inclusion criteria were studied. In addition to providing routine education, bilateral acupressure was performed for 12 consequentia l days on the acupoints of SI1, LI4, and GB21 in the intervention group, as three sessions per week with each session conducted 2-5 times. The control group received only routine education. In both groups, breast milk volume before intervention and 2 and 4 weeks after intervention was evaluated by an electric pump. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistical analysis through SPSS.</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>The t-test showed no signifi cant difference in the mean volume of milk in the two groups (P = 0.543). Mean volumes of milk before and 2 and 4 weeks after the intervention were 10.5 (8.3), 33 (13.44), and 36.2 (12.8), respectively, in the acupressure group and 9.5 (7.7), 17.7 (9.4), 18 (9.5), respectively, in the control group. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) test showed a signifi cant difference in the mean volume of milk at 2 and 4 weeks after the intervention (P < 0.001).</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Both acupressure and general education methods were effective on the milk volume of breastfeeding mothers. Acupressure method was more effective than the other method. Therefore, application of acupressure as a method of alternative medicine to increase breastfeeding is suggested.</p> <p><strong>Key words</strong>: Acupressure therapy, breastfeeding, mothers, volume of milk</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/view/1115http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/download/1115/824 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
October 28, 2021
Try to get a Swedish Massage Today to Relieve Stress and Rejuvenate Your Everyday Life
Swedish massage is among the most sought-after massage techniques around the world. It is a gentle form of massage. The goal of the style is to encourage stress relief by relaxing tension from muscles through gentle kneading. Swedish massage is less invasive than deep tissue massages and is more for those who are looking for stress relief and relaxation. Swedish massage is also able in easing tension in the neck and body that is caused by pressures from everyday life.
Swedish massages can help improve posture and decrease back pain. To reduce soreness it is a way to work your muscles in a holistic way from inside out. The increased flow of blood will make your body feel more relaxed and less stressed. As a result you will also experience increased mental alertness.
Swedish massage can be used to treat a variety of conditions and problems areas. It can aid in relieving chronic pain. It has been proven to improve mobility and reduce stiffness. It is able to reduce the symptoms that are associated with arthritis and osteoarthritis. It is also believed to improve skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis. Other benefits for soothing include aiding in soothing and calming your nerves, and increasing the circulation in the scalp.
This massage technique employs touch pressure as a unique feature. This is called the 'percutaneous relief technique. This is when a masseuse will apply pressure directly to specific problem areas, releasing the pressure by gentle rub. For instance, hands can be trained to release trigger points on your leg. The tension will lessen when you return to your feet.
A Swedish massage is an excellent way to relax. This helps relieve you of anxiety and stress. You will also feel better emotionally. A Swedish massage therapist will concentrate on your central nervous system. They will focus on how to control your emotions and what emotions make you feel comfortable. This can make a significant impact on your emotional health.
The Swedish massage has also been acknowledged to aid in reducing inflammation and soreness within your body. This can help ease tight muscles and decrease stiffness. It can relax tight muscles in the shoulders and neck, and even the hands and feet. This helps the circulation in these areas, which improves the flow of energy and lets it move throughout the body.
Swedish massage techniques encourage deep, long-lasting muscle relaxation. Click for more Some people might feel that they require more than a traditional Swedish massage due to its length. If performed correctly, it could last up to an hour. It is a classic massage technique that can give you a soothing feeling.
Therapists also work to increase blood flow. The improved circulation helps alleviate muscle tension, decrease pain and improve circulation. Many therapists incorporate Swedish massage into their daily routines since it works on all body parts including the back, shoulders and feet. It helps improve circulation throughout the body and helps get rid of pains and aches.
One of the most popular Swedish massage techniques is effleurage. Effleurage is when a person applying the massage to a specific point of pressure. This technique can be used on both shoulders. The therapist can also treat the palm as well. It works on the exact principles as the classic techniques of effleurage, but on smaller scale.
Many therapists make use of long sweeps to work on the lower back region. These long strokes can help to get rid of stiff muscles and knots which could be a problem for certain people. These therapists will often use a long, metal or plastic massage table for this purpose. You can enjoy an Swedish massage on a Swedish massage table the same way you would with a traditional massage table. The difference is that these tables provide all the body parts a long smooth, smooth glide.
Swedish massage is a great option throughout the body, including the neck and back. If you are experiencing pain in any part of your body, get a Swedish massage to the areas that are affected. Whether you have sore muscles, aching joints, or even chronic pain and discomfort, you can enjoy relaxing this chronic pain using the soothing effects of an Swedish massage therapist. It is hard to imagine that it could be so comfortable. This calming sensation can be experienced on a daily basis without having to visit a therapy. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Talyllyn Railway/archive1
* The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.
The article was not promoted 00:11, 14 April 2008.
Talyllyn Railway
Self nomination A group of editors, including myself, have been working to improve this article since the turn of the year. After achieving good article status recently, we now feel the article is improved in quality to the point of meeting the featured article criteria. Gwernol 13:59, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Comments
* Comment Any chance that your two lovely self-made maps that are PNG can be included instead as SVGs? — brighterorange (talk) 19:36, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
* I'd love to, but don't have access to appropriate software to perform the conversion, unfortunately. I use OmniGraffle which only has an SVG export option in the professional version which I don't have. Thanks for the n-dash conversion, by the way. Gwernol 19:38, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
* There are three png maps - I've listed them at the Graphics lab to see if anyone is willing to convert them. — Tivedshambo (t/c) 20:23, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
* Ah, not to worry, I've figured out how to convert them into SVGs myself using Inkscape. I'm uploading them now. Gwernol 22:23, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
* Oops, yes, three. Excellent! — brighterorange (talk) 22:57, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Oppose until carefully copy-edited; get someone new to do it. Here are mere examples from the top.
* "Narrow-guage" with the hyphen when a double adjective; I've corrected on, but there is at least one other.
* "has never closed"; then remove "it".
* "Since preservation in 1951,"—You've only just told us this.
* I see too many instances of "the railway" and "railway" in the lead; can you find ways of substituting for some?
* "later" may mean before or after the Talyllyn; do you mean "subsequent"?
* At least one metric conversion missing.
* "in order to"—why not just "to"?
* "The company obtained parliamentary approval for the railway on 5 July 1865." Now it's less precise than in the lead; better the other way around, or why not specify the title of the act here? Again, you can easily avoid "the railway" repetitions (e.g., "as engineer for the construction of the railway" --> "as constuction engineer").
* "He laid out plans for a relatively straight line climbing steadily from Tywyn to the quarry and work quickly got underway. By September 1866 construction had advanced to the point where ...". Are you sure the ideas are allocated properly among the sentence? More commas would help readability, too; perhaps audit the whole article in that respect. TONY (talk) 12:11, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
* Comment: Thanks for your input. You've raised some good points, and I'll have a look at cleaning them up later. I'll also see if I can get someone to read it through from scratch. One point I'd disagree with is the hyphen in narrow gauge. The article Narrow gauge railway does not use hyphens, and more importantly, the Oxford English Dictionary lists the entry for it as two distinct words (WP:HYPHEN recommends consulting a good dictionary). Hopefully we can get the rest cleaned up to your approval soon. — Pek, on behalf of Tivedshambo (talk) 14:27, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
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Supplementary MaterialsAdditional file 1 The gene-specific primer sequences for PCR amplification
Published / by biobender
Supplementary MaterialsAdditional file 1 The gene-specific primer sequences for PCR amplification. cells from iPS cells poses similar problems. Although several small molecules were able to efficiently induce iPS cells into insulin-producing cells, only about 10% of the cells FACC became productive [7]. Human adult stem cells derived from various tissues were also explored for generating insulin-producing cells. Kadam culture conditions [14]. It is known that pancreatic stem cells differentiating toward endocrine cells express pancreatic duodenal homeobox-1(PDX-1) and neurogenin 3. Bonner-Weir given ITS (insulin, transferrin, selenium), nicotinamide and keratinocyte growth factor. Ramiya and reversed insulin-dependent diabetes after being implanted into non-obese diabetic mice. While pancreatic stem cells isolated from adult pancreas have low proliferative capability [16], fetal pancreatic cells have shown stronger proliferative potential but also to correct high blood glucose efficiently in diabetic animals. Methods Isolation, purification and identification of human pancreatic progenitor cells The present study was approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of China-Japan Friendship Hospital and conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Five human fetal pancreases at the 10th to 12th gestational week were obtained from abortion patients in China-Japan Friendship Hospital, in which one was a spontaneous abortion due to low progesterone level and the other four were intended abortions according to the mothers choice. All the tissues were obtained following medical ethics and all with patient informed consent. Pancreas tissues at the 10th to 12th gestational week were confirmed to be abundant with islet-like structures which were CD133 positive but insulin negative by immunohistochemistry staining. The pancreatic tissues were digested with XI collagenase (Sigma, Shanghai, China), and the islet-like structures extracted were suspended in (D)MEM/F12 (Sigma) in a 35-mm cell culture dish. After slowly hand-shaking the dish, the islet-like structures would move to the middle of the dish and were picked up using a pipette under a stereomicroscope (Nikon, Beijing, China). The islet-like structures were resuspended and cultured in a 37C, 5% CO2 incubator in (D)MEM/F12 medium containing 5% fetal calf serum for stem cell, 40?g/L leukemia inhibitor factor (LIF), 10?g/L basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), 10?g/L epidermal growth factor (EGF), 105 U/L penicillin and 100?mg/L streptomycin [5] Adherent cells that grew from the islet-like structures after 24?hours were trypsinized for passage with 0.1% trypsin/0.1% ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) solution at confluence. The propagated cells were saved for further study. The control human islets were isolated from a section of pancreas after pancreatectomy from a patient with a pancreatic tumor, as previously described [21]. RT-PCR was employed to detect the following markers for proliferated stem cells: Oct4, ATP-binding cassette superfamily G member 2 (ABCG2), stem cell factor (SCF), CD133, carbonic anhydrase II (CAII), cytokeratin 19 (CK19), PDX-1 and neurogenin 3. The expression of PDX-1 and Neurogenin 3 B-HT 920 2HCl B-HT 920 2HCl (Ngn3) was also confirmed by immunofluorescence staining using goat anti-human PDX-1 antibody (Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA) and rabbit anti-human Ngn3 antibody (Abcam). After two, five and ten passages, cells were collected to measure the expression levels of smooth muscle actin (SMA), vimentin, stem cell markers (Oct4, PDX-1 and CA II) and mature cell markers (insulin B-HT 920 2HCl and glucagon) by real-time PCR. Induced differentiation of human pancreatic progenitor cells B-HT 920 2HCl Human fetal pancreatic progenitor cells were induced in M199 medium containing 15% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 10?mmol/L nicotinamide, 30?ng/ml all-trans retinoic acid and 42?ng/ml glucagon-like peptide-1 (gift of Shanghai Huayi Bio-Lab Co. Ltd) for four weeks. The medium was replaced every three days and 50?ng/ml activin A was added to the medium in the last week. The flowchart of the differentiation protocol is as follow (Nico, nicotinamide; RA, all-trans retinoic acid): Formation of islet-like structures After four weeks of directed differentiation, the cells were harvested and aggregated. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Talk:LHC (disambiguation)
Have removed red link to Lithium Hydroxide canister. Why does a canister type need its own acronym, let alone its own article!
CaptinJohn (talk) 13:51, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Requested move
* The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the proposal was no move. JPG-GR (talk) 01:09, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
LHC → LHC (disambiguation) — I'm proposing moving this dab page to allow LHC to redirect directly to Large Hadron Collider, with a suitable transclusion to direct users to the dab page. From a global point of view, the collider is extremely prevalent in the news, and is only going to become more so over the next year. I suspect the other entries are much less likely to be abbreviated to the LHC acronym, and are less likely to be what people are looking for. —-- Mark Chovain 00:59, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Survey
* Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with or , then sign your comment with . Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
* Oppose per comment below. Flibirigit (talk) 01:50, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
* Oppose per comment below. ENeville (talk) 06:59, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
* Oppose. To move a dab page from the primary name space requires clear and convincing proof that it is in fact not the primary use. It is clear to me that this is not established for this proposal. We do more harm then good by moving these dab pages. The more possible alternatives the less likely that there is a primary use. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:47, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Discussion
* Any additional comments:
I fail to see how any single one of the LHC abbreviations are any more notable than another. This page should not be redirected. Flibirigit (talk) 01:50, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
* This isn't about notability. It's about making it as easy as possible for users to find the article they are looking for. Both the collider and "Left Hand Creek" are notable, but the chances of someone looking for the creek if they search for "LHC" is pretty remote. Few of the articles linked from the of the linked articles are likely to be referred to as their initials, except from within the small communities in which they are located. I think the Lahore High Court is probably the most likely to cause controversy, but going on google hits, the collider far outranks the court (a million hits to about eleven thousand). This divide is only going to get wider as the collider comes online (unless it kills us all ;D). -- Mark Chovain 02:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
WP:NC: "Avoid the use of abbreviations, including acronyms, in page naming unless the term you are naming is almost exclusively known only by its abbreviation and is widely known and used in that form." ENeville (talk) 07:02, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
* The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. | WIKI |
User:Sukey/Martha Ryan
Martha Ryan is the founder and executive director of the Homeless Prenatal Program which serves thousands of homeless families in San Francisco, California.
Awards and honors
2007 — San Francisco Giants Spirit Award
2011 — Was the recipient of a 2011 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award "for building a comprehensive social services model that is ending poverty and homelessness for thousands of families"
2018 — Awarded YBCA 100 Honor
2019 — San Francisco Chronicle Visionary of the Year | WIKI |
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7-Segment Display
Displaying Numbers with LED Circuits
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7 segment led
The display is basically eight LEDs in a single package arranged to display a number. Each circuit is the same as out basic LED circuit. We have two pins for - that connect to ground through a resistor and 8 other pins that each connect to their own digital output pin.
Schematic for the 7 segment display. It actually consists of 8 LEDs, the 7 segments and the decimal point. All are connected together at the negative side, this way we only need one resistor and one connection to GND.
Lets Write Clean Code
In this project we will reuse much of the code from the previous light show lessons. Rather than just copy and paste lets see if we can rewrite most of this in a clean fashion. Clean code should be readable as if it was written in plain english. This will make it much easier for others to read use and develop further.
What is meant by clean code?
1. Variable names should mean something
2. Functions names should be meaningful and use a verb in their name
3. Functions are best if they do only one thing
4. Comments should precede each function with a description of what it does
5. Use many comments
All of these items will make your code more readable.
Name the Pins
//Set up the pin names for the 7 segment display
const int top = 2; //A
const int topRight=3;//B
const int bottomRight=4;//C
const int bottom=5;//D
const int bottomLeft=6;//E
const int topLeft=7;//F
const int middle=8;//G
const int decimal=9;//DP
Now that we have these named we dont have to think about the numbers, hopefully these names are more rememberable than the numbers or letters of the pins. With these names we set the pins as digital OUTPUT in the setup function
void setup() {
//set the pins as digital OUTPUT
pinMode(top, OUTPUT);
pinMode(topRight, OUTPUT);
pinMode(bottomRight, OUTPUT);
pinMode(bottom, OUTPUT);
pinMode(bottomLeft, OUTPUT);
pinMode(topLeft, OUTPUT);
pinMode(middle, OUTPUT);
pinMode(decimal, OUTPUT);
//Start a serial connection
Serial.begin(9600);
}
We also set up a serial connection to use for printing to the screen.
Setting the State of the Display
We will write a custom function similar to the lightLEDs function of the previous lessons. That function would control 5 LEDs and set them as on or off. The new function will control the 8 LEDs of the display. It will take 8 boolean arguments to define the state of each segment. If the boolean is 1 the segment is on if it is 0 the segment is off. it is simpler than it looks.
//A function to set the state of every segment of the LED display
//The function accepts 8 arguments one for each segment of the display
// a value of 1 the segment is on a value of 0 it is off
void segmentDisplayState(bool topState, bool topRightState, bool bottomRightState, bool bottomState, bool bottomLeftState, bool topLeftState, bool middleState, bool decimalState)
{
digitalWrite(top,topState);
digitalWrite(topRight,topRightState);
digitalWrite(bottomRight,bottomRightState);
digitalWrite(bottom, bottomState);
digitalWrite(bottomLeft, bottomLeftState);
digitalWrite(topLeft, topLeftState);
digitalWrite(middle, middleState);
digitalWrite(decimal, decimalState);
}
In each digitalWrite statement we have the name of the pin something like top and its state something like topState
A call to this function takes this form:
segmentDisplayState(1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0);
This call will light the top, topRight and bottomRight segment, representing the number 7
Display Numbers
We will now write a function to display numbers. We need to set the state of the display to show numbers like 1, 3 5 etc. We will use a switch case. We just need to figure out the calls for specific number. We already know that 7 is displayed by
segmentDisplayState(1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0);
A little though reveals that the number one is displayed just by lighting the right two segments with the call
segmentDisplayState(0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0);
Here is the basic structure of the function using switch case. See if you can fill in the calls for each number.
//displays a number by setting the state of the display
void displayNumber(int number)
{
switch (number) {
case 0:
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0);
break;
case 1:
segmentDisplayState(0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
break;
case 2:
segmentDisplayState(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
break;
case 3:
segmentDisplayState(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
break;
case 4:
segmentDisplayState(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
break;
case 5:
segmentDisplayState(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
break;
case 6:
segmentDisplayState(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
break;
case 7:
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
break;
case 8:
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0);
break;
case 9:
segmentDisplayState(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
break;
default:
segmentDisplayState(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1);
break;
break;
}
}
This function is not complete, you need to adjust the arguments of the segmentDisplayState function call to get the number display correct.
Display a Random Number
Add a function to choose a random number and then display it.
//Function that displays a random number 0 to 9
void displayRandom()
{
int randomNumber =random(0,10);
displayNumber(randomNumber);
}
This function is simple because it uses the two previous functions that we have written.
Putting it All Together
Add a couple of test functions, testLEDs and testNumbers. Then in void loop call the random number display function displayRandom()
Example Code
//Set up the pin names for the 7 segment display
const int top = 2; //A
const int topRight = 3; //B
const int bottomRight = 4; //C
const int bottom = 5; //D
const int bottomLeft = 6; //E
const int topLeft = 7; //F
const int middle = 8; //G
const int decimal = 9; //DP
void setup() {
//set the pins as digital OUTPUT
pinMode(top, OUTPUT);
pinMode(topRight, OUTPUT);
pinMode(bottomRight, OUTPUT);
pinMode(bottom, OUTPUT);
pinMode(bottomLeft, OUTPUT);
pinMode(topLeft, OUTPUT);
pinMode(middle, OUTPUT);
pinMode(decimal, OUTPUT);
//Start a serial connection
Serial.begin(9600);
testLEDs(300);
testNumbers(1000);
}
//function to light all the LEDs as a test of the circuit
// time is set by the integer value of t so you can make it faster or slower
void testLEDs(int t)
{
segmentDisplayState(1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
delay(t);
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
delay(t);
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
delay(t);
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
delay(t);
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0);
delay(t);
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0);
delay(t);
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0);
delay(t);
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1);
delay(t);
segmentDisplayState(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
delay(t);
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1);
delay(t);
segmentDisplayState(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
delay(t);
}
void testNumbers(int t)
{
for (int i = 0; i <= 10; i++) {
displayNumber(i);
delay(t);
}
}
//A function to set the state of every segment of the LED display
//The function accepts 8 arguments one for each segment of the display
// a value of 1 the segment is on a value of 0 it is off
void segmentDisplayState(bool topState, bool topRightState, bool bottomRightState, bool bottomState, bool bottomLeftState, bool topLeftState, bool middleState, bool decimalState)
{
digitalWrite(top, topState);
digitalWrite(topRight, topRightState);
digitalWrite(bottomRight, bottomRightState);
digitalWrite(bottom, bottomState);
digitalWrite(bottomLeft, bottomLeftState);
digitalWrite(topLeft, topLeftState);
digitalWrite(middle, middleState);
digitalWrite(decimal, decimalState);
}
//displays a number by setting the state of the display
void displayNumber(int number)
{
switch (number) {
case 0:
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0);
break;
case 1:
segmentDisplayState(0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
break;
case 2:
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0);
break;
case 3:
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0);
break;
case 4:
segmentDisplayState(0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0);
break;
case 5:
segmentDisplayState(1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0);
break;
case 6:
segmentDisplayState(0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0);
break;
case 7:
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
break;
case 8:
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0);
break;
case 9:
segmentDisplayState(1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0);
break;
default:
segmentDisplayState(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1);
break;
break;
}
}
//Function that displays a random number 0 to 9
void displayRandom()
{
int randomNumber = random(0, 10);
displayNumber(randomNumber);
}
void loop() {
displayRandom();
delay(1000);
} | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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1977: Snow was reported for the first time in West Palm Beach, Miami, and as far south as Homestead, Florida. | WIKI |
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{SC} Straker
Welcome to my wikipedia user page!
My user name comes from Commander Ed Straker from the UFO television series. The {SC} was the name of an clan I belonged to when playing NOLF online. You might also find me playing BZFlag. | WIKI |
Electricity
• Charge is a fundamental particle in an atom. It may be positive or negative.
• Like charges repel each other.
• Unlike charges attract each other.
• Coulomb (C) : S. I. unit of charge
• 1 Coulomb charge = Charge present on approx. 6 × 1018 electrons
• Charge on 1 electron = Negative charge of 1.6 × 10-19 C i.e. Q = ne
Where, Q = Charge (total), n = No. of electrons ,e = Charge on 1 electron
CURRENT (I)
• The rate of flow of charge is called current.
Current = Charge/Time ⇒ I = Q/T
• S. I. unit of current = Ampere (A) ⇒ 1 A = 1 Cs-1
⇒ 1 mA = 10-3 A
⇒ 1 μA = 10-6 A
• Current is measured by Ammeter.
• Ammeter has low resistance and always connected in series.
• Direction of current is taken opposite to flow of electrons as electrons were not known at the time when the phenomenon of electricity was discovered first and current was considered to be flow of positive charge.
POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE (V)
• Work done to move a unit charge from one point to another.
V = W/Q
• S. I. unit of Potential difference = Volt (V)
1 V = 1 JC-1
• Voltmeter: It is an instrument to measure the potential difference.
• It has high resistance and is always connected in parallel.
• Cell is the simplest device to maintain potential
difference.
• Current always flow from higher potential to lower potential.
SYMBOLS OF SOME COMMONLY USED COMPONENTS IN CIRCUIT
OHM'S LAW
Potential difference across the two points of a metallic conductor is directly proportional to current passing through the circuit provided that temperature remains constant.
MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION FOR OHM'S LAW
• V∝I
• V = IR
• R is a constant called resistance for a given metal.
V-I graph for Ohm’s law
RESISTANCE (R)
• It is the property of a conductor to resist the flow of charges through it.
• Ohm (Ω): S. I. unit of resistance.
• 1 ohm = 1 volt/1ampere
• When potential difference is 1 V and current through the circuit is 1 A, then resistance is 1 ohm.
RHEOSTAT
Variable resistance is a component used to regulate current without changing the source of voltage.
FACTORS ON WHICH THE RESISTANCE OF A CONDUCTOR DEPENDS:
Resistance of a uniform metallic conductor is:
(i) directly proportional to the length of conductor,
(ii) inversely proportional to the area of cross-section,
(iii) directly proportional to the temperature and
(iv) depend on nature of material.
RESISTIVITY (P)
• It is defined as the resistance offered by a cube of a material of side 1m when current flows perpendicular to its opposite faces.
• Its S.I. unit is ohm-metre (Ωm).
• Resistivity does not change with change in length or area of cross-section but it changes with change in temperature.
• Range of resistivity of metals and alloys is 10-8 to 10-6 Ωm.
• Range of resistivity of insulators is 1012 to 1017 Ωm.
• Resistivity of an alloy is generally higher than that of its constituent metals.
• Alloys do not oxidize (burn) readily at high temperature, so they are commonly used in electrical heating devices.
• Copper and aluminium are used for electrical transmission lines as they have low resistivity.
RESISTORS IN SERIES
• When two or more resistors are connected end to end, the arrangement is called series combination. Total/resultant/overall/effective resistance in series:
• Rs = R1 + R2 + R3
• Current through each resistor is same.
• Equivalent resistance is larger than
the largest individual resistance.
• Total voltage = Sum of voltage drops
• V = V1 + V2 + V3 Voltage across each resistor:
• V1 = IR1
• V2 = IR2 [V1 + V2 + V3 = V]
• V3 = IR3V = IR
• V = IR1 + IR2 + IR3
• IR = I(R1 + R2 + R3)
• R = R1 + R2 + R3
RESISTORS IN PARALLEL
• Voltage across each resistor is equal to the applied voltage.
• Total current is equal to sum of currents through the individual
reistances.
• I = I1 + I2 + I3
⇒ V/R = V/R1 + V/R2 + V/R3
• Reciprocal of equivalent resistance is equal to sum of reciprocals of individual resistances.
• 1/Rp = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + 1/R3
• Equivalent resistance is less than the value of the smallest individual resistance in the combination.
ADVANTAGES OF PARALLEL COMBINATION OVER SERIES COMBINATION
• In a series circuit, when one component fails, the circuit is broken and none of the components works.
• Different appliances have different currents. This cannot be satisfied in series as the current remains the same.
• The total resistance in a parallel circuit is decreased.
HEATING EFFECT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
• If an electric circuit is purely resistive, the source of energy will continually get dissipated entirely in form of heat. This is known as the heating effect of electric current.
• As E = P×T ∝ VIt {E = H}
• Heat produced, H = VIt {V = IR}
Or, Heat produced, H = I2Rt
JOULE'S LAW OF HEATING EFFECT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
• It states that the heat produced in a resistor is (i) directly proportional to square of current, H ∝ I2
• It is directly proportional to resistance for a given current, H ∝ R
• It is directly proportional to time for which current flows through the conductor, H ∝ t. So, H = I2Rt
• Heating effect is desirable in devices like electric heater, electric iron, electric bulb, electric fuse, etc.
• Heating effect is undesirable in devices like computers, computer monitors (CRT), TV, refrigerators etc.
• In electric bulb, most of the power consumed by the filament appears a heat and a small part of it is radiated in form of light.
FILAMENT OF ELECTRIC BULB IS MADE OF TUNGSTEN BECAUSE:
(i) it does not oxidise readily at high temperature.
(ii) it has high melting point (3380o C). The bulbs are filled with chemically inactive gases like nitrogen and argon to prolong the life of filament.
ELECTRIC FUSE
• The rate at which electric energy is consumed or dissipated in an electric circuit.
• P = VI
⇒ P = I2R = V2/R
• S.I. unit of power = Watt (W)
⇒ 1 Watt = 1 volt × 1 ampere
• Commercial unit of electric energy = Kilo Watt hour (KWh)
⇒ 1 KWh = 3.6 × 106 J
⇒ 1 KWh = 1 unit of electric energy
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Truthful germs are contagious:
A local-to-global characterization of truthfulness
Aaron Archer
AT&T Shannon Research Lab, Algorithms and Optimization Department
Monday September 22, 2008
4:00 PM, 5130 Upson Hall
Abstract:
We study the question of how to easily recognize whether a social choice function f from an abstract type space to a set of outcomes is truthful, i.e., implementable by a truthful mechanism. In particular, if the restriction of f to every "simple" subset of the type space is truthful, does it imply that f is truthful? Saks and Yu proved one such theorem: when the set of outcomes is finite and the type space is convex, a function f is truthful if its restriction to every 2-element subset of the type space is truthful, a condition called weak monotonicity. This characterization fails for infinite outcome sets.
We provide a local-to-global characterization theorem for any set of outcomes (including infinite sets) and any convex space of types (including infinite-dimensional ones): a function f is truthful if its restriction to every sufficiently small 2-D neighborhood about each point is truthful.
We use our characterization theorem to give a simple alternate derivation of the Saks-Yu theorem. Generalizing this, we give a sufficient condition for constructing a truthful function by "stitching together" truthful subfunctions on different subsets of the domain.
This is joint work with Bobby Kleinberg.
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Getting Data In
How to collect perfmon data on .NET counters?
anewell
Path Finder
I am attempting to collect perfmon counters to track garbage collection in a .NET application. I can create the counter locally in the Windows perfmon GUI, so I believe the data ought to be exposed to the Splunk perfmon modular input. However, the inputs.conf stanza I've created does not work, and returns no errors.
[perfmon://NETGarbageCollection]
counters = NumberGen2Collections
disabled = false
instances = *
interval = 60
object = Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETFramework_NETCLRMemory
index = test
I have also tried running a WMI query directly from the splunk-wmi.exe helper executable (a technique I've used successfully before)
PS C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\bin> & .\splunk-wmi.exe -wql "SELECT * FROM Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETFram
ework_NETCLRMemory"
Clean shutdown completed.
PS C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\bin> & .\splunk-wmi.exe -wql "SELECT NumberGen2Collections FROM Win32_PerfF
ormattedData_NETFramework_NETCLRMemory"
Clean shutdown completed.
My developers are hoping to use the counter information to debug a problem in our production software, and so there is considerable interest in getting this working.
I am collecting perfmon on a Universal Forwarder which is otherwise working as expected. Indexer and forwarder are both running Splunk 6.0.3, OS is Windows server 2012, .NET is 4.5. I've been taking my perfmon counter names and object paths from this reference.
Thanks!
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anewell
Path Finder
Found a workaround, in the form of a scripted input run on the forwarder. (The regex is to select IIS-related counters, which happen to be what I'm after)
The script outputs a table of each IIS process and it's "# Gen 2 Collections" perfmon counter:
#! powershell
$gc2 = get-counter -Counter "\.NET CLR Memory(w3wp*)\# Gen 2 Collections"
[regex]$regex = 'w3wp(\#\d)?'
$arrCounterPath = $gc2.CounterSamples | %{ $regex.match($_.Path) } | %{$_.value}
$output = @{}
for ($i=0; $i -lt $gc2.CounterSamples.count; $i++) {
$output.add($arrCounterPath[$i], $gc2.CounterSamples[$i].CookedValue)
}
# tabular output is fine for splunk; run through "multikv" search command.
write-output $output
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Goldbeed
Engager
This is what I used to ingest the data
[perfmon://.NET CLR Memory]
counters = % Time in GC
disabled = 0
instances = *
interval = 10
object=.NET CLR Memory
useEnglishOnly=true,This is what I Used to gather the data into splunk.
[perfmon://.NET CLR Memory]
counters = % Time in GC
disabled = 0
instances = *
interval = 5
object=.NET CLR Memory
useEnglishOnly=true,This is what I used to gather the content for splunk
[perfmon://.NET CLR Memory]
counters = % Time in GC
disabled = 0
instances = *
interval = 5
object=.NET CLR Memory
useEnglishOnly=true
anewell
Path Finder
Found a workaround, in the form of a scripted input run on the forwarder. (The regex is to select IIS-related counters, which happen to be what I'm after)
The script outputs a table of each IIS process and it's "# Gen 2 Collections" perfmon counter:
#! powershell
$gc2 = get-counter -Counter "\.NET CLR Memory(w3wp*)\# Gen 2 Collections"
[regex]$regex = 'w3wp(\#\d)?'
$arrCounterPath = $gc2.CounterSamples | %{ $regex.match($_.Path) } | %{$_.value}
$output = @{}
for ($i=0; $i -lt $gc2.CounterSamples.count; $i++) {
$output.add($arrCounterPath[$i], $gc2.CounterSamples[$i].CookedValue)
}
# tabular output is fine for splunk; run through "multikv" search command.
write-output $output
anewell
Path Finder
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Is 3M Healthy Enough to Invest In?
MMM Gross Profit Margin (TTM) data by YCharts .
3M's net profit margins are similarly outstanding: 16%, compared to 12.4% for Honeywell and just 5.1% for GE (although GE's low profit margin is a bit misleading: It's nosedived since the company began its restructuring efforts in early 2015). One thing's for sure, though: 3M's margins are best-in-class.
Where the money goes
Big profit margins don't mean much, though, if those profits are being eaten up by capital expenditures. And manufacturing is a notoriously capital-intense business. However, all three companies are churning out enough cash to cover their capital expenditures. The following chart shows the companies' annual cash-flow-to-capex ratios over the last five years:
MMM Cash Flow To CAPEX (Annual) data by YCharts .
While GE's number has bounced around, Honeywell's and 3M's have been steadier, and generally on an upward trajectory -- which is good. That means the companies are generating more and more cash relative to their capital expenditures.
Debt
Of course, if the money a company generates is going to its creditors instead of back into the business, it's not of much use to shareholders. That's why it's essential to keep an eye on debt. There are several metrics available to look at debt, but let's check out the debt-to-capital ratios of these companies over the last five years:
MMM Debt To Capital (Quarterly) data by YCharts .
Uh oh. Here's the first sign of trouble for 3M: Its debt-to-capital ratio has increased significantly over the past year as it has taken on long-term debt to finance share buybacks and its dividend.
MMM Net Total Long Term Debt (Quarterly) data by YCharts .
This isn't necessarily a bad thing. Taking advantage of low interest rates can be a sensible move, particularly if a company can deploy the cash effectively. What should give you pause, though, is that 3M isn't showing any signs of letting up on its debt financing.
In early February, the company announced a dividend increase and up to $10 billion in share buybacks. But at the end of 2015, it only had $1.8 billion in cash on hand. So if those buybacks occur this year, they would need to be financed through additional debt, even as interest rates are rising. And with a current P/E ratio of more than 21 -- higher than Honeywell's 18.7 and GE's 16.8 -- it's hard to see how 3M shares are any kind of a bargain.
Now, just because the board has approved $10 billion in buybacks doesn't mean the company will necessarily follow through immediately (it could, for example, space them out over several years or decline to purchase the full amount altogether), but it's clearly something you should keep an eye on.
The Foolish bottom line
3M is certainly a profitable company that generates sufficient cash to fund its operations and its capital needs. Investors should still be concerned about its comparatively high long-term debt load coupled with its plans to buy back more shares. While this isn't enough reason to sell or avoid the stock in and of itself, it's definitely worth watching.
You may want to wait to see how management proceeds before buying in. A short-term pop in stock price due to share buybacks isn't worth years of struggles with higher interest payments.
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274 walk with ease and celerity on the leaves of aquatic plants that float on the surface of rivers and lakes in tropical countries. Their food is believed to consist principally of the seeds and leaves of such plants as grow in the waters.
The tropical regions of South America, Africa, and Asia, are the native countries of these birds, which are found only in the vicinity of large expanses of water.
The Screamers are large birds which are confined to the hot and teeming forests of South America. They have the beak shorter than the head, covered at the base with small feathers slightly arched, rather high at the base, tapering to the point, where it descends somewhat abruptly. The forehead is armed with a long, slender pointed horn. The nostrils are oval and open. The wings are armed with two spurs, the one large and lancet-shaped, situated on the shoulder, the other a little nearer to the tip; these are firmly fixed on a bony core: the third and fourth quills are the longest. The front toes are united at the base by a small membrane; the hind claw is very long, straight, and sharp: the tarsi are clothed with regular many-sided scales instead of transverse plates.
There is only one ascertained species, the Horned Screamer (Palamedea cornuta, .), called in Brazil the Anhima, and in Guiana the Camichi or Camouche. It is larger than a goose, of a greenish-black hue, variegated on the long neck with white, and marked with a large cinnamon-coloured spot on the shoulder. | WIKI |
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Black History Facts You May Not Know
Bayard Rustin, a civil rights leader who was jailed repeatedly for his association with social disturbances and his open homosexuality. Rustin was an activist and advisor to Dr.Martin Luther King,Jr. He was key in the organization of the famous March on Washington.
Phillis Wheatley was the first published African American female author. She was a servant who published her first poem at the age of 12 in the mid 1700s.
Halle Berry was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Monster’s Ball.
Dorothy Dandridge was the first African American woman nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for her lead role in Carmen Jones.
Another African American responsible for scientific advances is Henrietta Lacks. Though her cells were taken without her consent, they were responsible for what scientists know as HeLa cells, or the first immortal cell line. This was critical in medical research and the creation of vaccines for polio, advances in cloning, vitro fertilization, and much more.
Aretha Franklin and her iconic, powerhouse voice was something to behold. She was not only the first African American woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she was the first woman. Period!
Madam C.J. Walker was the first self-made female millionaire. She built her wealth when she invented and distributed a line of hair care products in the early 1900s.
Benjamin Banneker was a self-taught astronomer credited as the first African-American scientist. But do you realize what a feat it was to be a freeman, a farm owner and scientist in the 1700s? On top of all of this, Banneker was also appointed by President George Washington to the District of Columbia Commission.His talent for creating almanacs allowed him to lay out plans and designs for the city.
W.E.B.DuBois was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D.from Harvard University. He graduated in 1895 and went on to co-found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.
Ben Carson was the first surgeon to separate twins conjoined at the head.
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court.Before that he played a pivotal role in the Brown v Board of Education case?The results of this case made it possible for all children to attend school together, regardless of their race.
Nat King Cole and his unparalleled voice was the first African American to reach #1 on the Billboard charts? Cole was also the first African American to host his own television show.
Claudette Colvin was a school girl who refused to give up her seat on the bus and was taken to jail nine months before Rosa Parks. Sadly, because she was an unwed mother, Colvin did not receive the massive public support that Parks did.
Sojourner Truth escaped from slavery in 1826 and became an abolitionist and women’s rights activist.
Professor Angela Davis was iconic in the 1960’s. In the early 1970s, she was once placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list and then incarcerated due to her social activism and political affiliations. Supporters rallied for Davis, launching the “Free Angela Davis” campaign, and she was later acquitted.
Horne was a beautiful and talented actress. She became very involved with the civil rights movement and refused to take roles that negatively stereotyped or belittled African American women.
Josephine Baker, a gorgeous African American performer was pioneering to say the least. Aside from her comedic and sensual stage shows, Baker was known for her brave actions during World War II when she smuggled secret information for the French Resistance on her sheet music.
The historic riot that broke out in Watts, Calif. in 1965. Rioters ransacked and burned the city over a span of several days, making the Watts Riot the most costly disturbance of its day.
The Tulsa Race Riot. In 1921, an entire city was burned to the ground due to a racial disturbance and retaliation. It is estimated that more than 300 people were killed overnight during the riot. The thriving city that was once called “Black Wall Street” has never regained its status.
Arthur Ashe, the African American male to win both the U.S.Open and Wimbledon. He is still the only one to do so. On top of his abilities on the tennis court, Ashe was a civil rights activist and a prominent figure in the fight against AIDS. | FINEWEB-EDU |
In addition to its other benefits, regular exercise helps older people remain independent by improving functional ability and by preventing falls and fractures (see also Exercise in the Elderly). It can strengthen the muscles of even the frailest older person living in a nursing or retirement home. It tends to increase appetite, reduce constipation, and promote quality sleep.
HOW TO DO IT: Start in a high plank. Push your hips back without arching your lower back until your knees flex to about 90 degrees. Pause for a beat, then explosively extend through your knees, ankles and hips while also pulling with your upper back as you lower into the bottom of a push-up. Keep your elbows tucked into your sides to protect your shoulders. Skip the push-up and just maintain a hold if you need it to be easier.
In a widely-cited study published in February 2013 in the American Journal of Health Promotion, researchers at Oregon State University looked at more than 6,000 American adults and found that even small amounts of physical activity — like pacing while talking on the phone or doing some jumping jacks during commercials while watching TV, as long as these short bursts of exercise add up to 30 minutes a day — can be just as beneficial as longer workout sessions at the gym.
Feeling uninspired in the cubicle? The solution might be just a short walk or jog away. Research shows that workers who take time for exercise on a regular basis are more productive and have more energy than their more sedentary peers Employee self-rated productivity and objective organizational production levels: effects of worksite health interventions involving reduced work hours and physical exercise. Von Thiele Schwarz, U, Hasson, H. Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2011 Aug;53(8):838-44. A randomized controlled trial of the effect of aerobic exercise training on feelings of energy and fatigue in sedentary young adults with persistent fatigue. Puetz, T.W. Flowers, S.S., O’Connor, P.J. Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 2008;77(3):167-74. Epub 2008 Feb 14.. While busy schedules can make it tough to squeeze in a gym session in the middle of the day, some experts believe that midday is the ideal time for a workout due to the body’s circadian rhythms.
At least 35% of all cancer deaths may be related to overweight and lack of activity, the Seattle Cancer Research Centre has found. Exercise is believed to speed the passage of food through the colon, thereby reducing the amount of time that any toxins are in contact with the body. Overweight people also tend to have more insulin, which promotes the growth of tumours. For women, exercise reduces the level of oestrogen, a hormone linked to breast cancer.
Start the clock, and immediately do 10 plank taps in perfect form. When you’re done with the plank taps, go straight into jumping jacks until the clock reads 1:00. Then move on to the next move, walkouts, and do 10 perfect reps of those. Jumping jacks again until the clock reads 2:00. When you get to single-leg deadlifts, do 10 of those perfectly — stay on the same standing leg throughout — and finish out the minute with jumping jacks until it’s time for the next move at minute 3. Finish the circuit with 10 perfect jumping lunges.
Challenge yourself with 2-2-2 push ups. If you feel comfortable with tricep push ups, you may want to try a variation on tricep pushups. The “2-2-2” push ups refer to 3 sets of 2 push ups using different hand placements: narrow, regular, and wide. The narrow push ups will work your tricep muscles and the wide push ups will work your chest muscles.[3]
Previous studies from her lab have also shown that the exercise is linked to changes in the secretion of stress hormones like epinephrine (a.k.a. adrenaline) and norepinephrine. “Our work has shown that each moderate, relatively short exercise bout exerts regulatory/suppression effects over inflammatory activities of immune cells," says Hong, "and in order to maximize this ‘benefit,’ repeated and regular exercise is recommended. In fact, we have also found that higher physical fitness is associated with better regulation of inflammatory activities of immune cells through stress hormones even among obese individuals.”
Exercise acts as a temporary diversion to daily stresses and it improves self-esteem. Increased core temperature during exercise may lead to reduced muscle tension and favourable alterations in brain neurotransmitters. Mood improvements may also occur due to the increased secretion of endogenous (internal) opiates, e.g. endorphins. Psychological changes may occur because of changes in norepinephrine, dopamine and serotonin, all hormones which can affect mood and anxiety levels.
Exercise acts as a temporary diversion to daily stresses and it improves self-esteem. Increased core temperature during exercise may lead to reduced muscle tension and favourable alterations in brain neurotransmitters. Mood improvements may also occur due to the increased secretion of endogenous (internal) opiates, e.g. endorphins. Psychological changes may occur because of changes in norepinephrine, dopamine and serotonin, all hormones which can affect mood and anxiety levels.
It boosts immunity. Regular exercise can reduce your risk of certain serious health conditions, including heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. It can also decrease your chances of developing -- and getting stuck with -- more common illnesses, such as flus and colds. (According to one recent study, colds lasted 43 percent longer for people who exercised once a week or less.)
Exercise has long been correlated with a longer life, but it’s only recently started to become clear why this might be. Studies, like a new one in the journal Preventive Medicine which found that exercise is linked to longer caps at the ends of chromosomes, have helped flesh this out a bit more. These caps, called telomeres, naturally shorten as we age, with each cell division. People who live a long time have telomeres that are in better shape than those who don’t—but there’s a lot we can do to affect the rate at which they shorten over the years. The team behind the new study looked at data from CDC's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and found that for people who exercised regularly, their telomeres were 140 base pairs longer on average than sedentary people's. Which correlates to being years “younger” than their sedentary peers.
If you're ready to move on from classic Bulgarian split squats, Swan's amped-up variation gets your upper body in on the action for a true total-body exercise. "This combination move works your legs, butt, chest, back, arms, and core," she says. "And it not only hits all the major muscle groups—it also lets you work on balance." Give it a shot and you'll see why.
For the greatest overall health benefits, experts recommend that you do 20 to 30 minutes of aerobic activity three or more times a week and some type of muscle strengthening activity and stretching at least twice a week. However, if you are unable to do this level of activity, you can gain substantial health benefits by accumulating 30 minutes or more of moderate-intensity physical activity a day, at least five times a week.
Exercise helps people perform activities of daily life more easily. Physically fit people are stronger, healthier and more energetic than sedentary people. They are able to solve problems more readily, deal with stress more effectively, think faster and remember things more efficiently. Overall, activities of daily life become less of a chore for active people.
Protein and fat loss go hand in hand. This nutrient supports muscle growth and raises your metabolism, making it easier to slim down. It also promotes satiety and reduces hunger, so you'll eat less without even realizing it. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition states that high-protein diets can positively impact appetite, cardiometabolic risk factors, body weight and other factors.
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Talk:Jamaica national football team/GA1
GA Review
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Reviewer: Kosack (talk · contribs) 14:31, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
I'll take a look at this one. Will post review as soon as possible. Kosack (talk) 14:31, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
Initial review
Lead
✅ ✅ ✅ HawkAussie (talk) 00:14, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
* "officially represent Jamaica in international football", officially seems rather unnecessary here. I'm assuming no one unofficially represented them?
* Link the full wording of CONCACAF.
* "competes in the Caribbean Cup and has won six times", sounds a little clunky perhaps. "Has won ''the competition" six times"?
Early history (1893–1962)
* "In 1910, the Football Association was formed", is this referring to the JFF? If so, include the JFF with a link.
* "controlled all of the games", this seems rather vague. Needs more explaining, something along the lines of "to take control of Jamaica's domestic leagues and international side"? There may be better wording here but you get the gist.
* "Jamaica had its first international match against Haiti and won all three games", again needs more explanation, we suddenly jump from the team's first international match to three.
* ✅ Slightly modified this sentence so this makes more sense.
* Delapenha didn't play for the national side according to his article. Is that an oversight in his page? Otherwise it seems odd to list him here.
* ✅ It seemed to be added when Bobby was doing the c/e
* Delapenha didn't play for the national side according to his article. Is that an oversight in his page? Otherwise it seems odd to list him here.
* ✅ It seemed to be added when Bobby was doing the c/e
Post-independence (1962–1989)
* "the Jamaica Football Federation was formed", the article for this states they were founded in 1910 but gained FIFA affiliation in 1962?
* ✅ I am quite sure that was when the JFF became a FIFA member.
* The Netherlands > The Netherlands Antilles. Same again in the following paragraph.
* Duplink of Mexico in the second paragraph.
* Link hat-trick in the second paragraph.
* The two sentences at the start of the last paragraph regarding missing the two World Cup qualifying campaigns could probably be merged into one.
* ✅ I feel like that is properly a good idea there. HawkAussie (talk) 00:26, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
* The two sentences at the start of the last paragraph regarding missing the two World Cup qualifying campaigns could probably be merged into one.
* ✅ I feel like that is properly a good idea there. HawkAussie (talk) 00:26, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
* ✅ I feel like that is properly a good idea there. HawkAussie (talk) 00:26, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
Caribbean triumph and World Cup appearance (1990–2000)
* "1992 Caribbean Cup. In 1992, Jamaica competed." Could drop the second 1993 here for "later that year" or similar.
* "its largest-ever win margin in a 12–0 win", against who?
* ✅ It was against the British Virgin Islands.
* "Simões searched for players and convinced Jamaican players in the UK to play for Jamaica", probably need to clarify why this was notable I.e. the number of foreign-born players who were selected called up.
* ✅ I have slightly modified that sentence so that it was players that had Jamaican heritage that would be eligible to play for Jamaica.
* "With the help of keeper", > goalkeeper.
* "With the help of keeper", > goalkeeper.
Struggles at continental level (2001–2009)
* "After reaching the final after wins against", slight repetition of after here.
* ✅ Changed the second after to with.
Recent times (2010–)
* Can't say I'm keen on the heading here (at what point will it not be "recent" for example). Is there an alternative heading?
* ✅ Changed to it continental finals appearances because they appeared in the 2015 and 2017 Gold Cup final.
* "a historic 2–1 win over the US at home", historic seems like a WP:PEACOCK term. Why was it historic?
* ✅ Because it was the first time that they defeated the Americans.
* Giles Barnes linked twice in two sentences in the third paragraph.
* "Jamaica finished scoring no goals in three matches, ending last in its group with zero points", I'm not sure this sentence really works in its current form.
* ✅ Reworded it. HawkAussie (talk) 00:47, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
* ✅ Reworded it. HawkAussie (talk) 00:47, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
Kits
* "The national team has been through four clothing manufacturers that applied the official kit for Belgium." This is a little informal and I'm not sure why Belgium are relevant here?
* Meant to be Jamaica here. HawkAussie (talk) 00:17, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
Records
✅ Meant to be in the player section. HawkAussie (talk) 00:16, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
* The UB40 note is a little oddly placed here, it's not a record after all.
Post-independence (1962–1989)
* "the JFF was formed", you've now got the JFF being formed in the first section and here in the second. Was this meant to be their FIFA affiliation?
* ✅ It was their FIFA affiliation which I have put in.
* "from its previous World Cup team", probably best to mention qualifying otherwise it sounds rather like they made the tournament.
* ✅ Slighty reworded to say that it was the previous attempt in qualifying.
Caribbean triumph and World Cup appearance (1990–2000)
✅ Modified that flow through there.
* "1992 Caribbean Cup. In 1992, Jamaica competed." Could drop the second 1993 here for "later that year" or similar. This still stands from the initial review.
A couple more things I noticed in a second run through. I've done some minor copyediting, let me know if you take issues with any of the changes but they're all relatively small. Kosack (talk) 18:57, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
I don't see any main issues with that as they are indeed only minor. HawkAussie (talk) 00:33, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
* Ok I think we're there on this one. I'm happy that this meets the GA criteria. Nice work, promoting. | WIKI |
The moon landing happened in 1969, and people still bring it up to this day, must have been a big deal, right? I mean, of course it’s a big deal, someone made it to the moon and landed on it, then came back and it was all documented. Did it really happen though? Some people would say, of course it did because they watched the spaceship lift off or that they saw the documented video of it all happening. Statistics have said otherwise though. The conspiracy theory states that the moon landing was fake, I think that is true. There are many reasons why this could be true, such as; the shadows are inaccurate in the video or pictures, the American flag on the moon was waving like it was in the wind, and you can’t see Armstrong’s camera in the pictures. These are all logical reasons on how it could have been faked and a big hoax, just to get people to think it was possible to go beyond just the earth.
Indeed, even the photograph proof of the Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon has been looked over by moon landing conspiracy theorists. Specifically, they point to a shaded image of the space explorer going up the stepping stool of the Lunar Module Eagle (the spaceship they took). Since the sun was taken cover behind the opposite side of the spaceship, researchers say that it shows up excessively bright in the shadows for the image to be so clearly photographed. They state that they could not have been so clearly captured, but if they had skilled cameras or fake lighting, it was definitely possibly. Conspiracy Theory believers had then dug further and chose to make an imitation of the entire set up. When the copy was done, the scientists included the sun as the primary light source, from the start. At that point, they researched the reflected light from the outside of the moon and shuttle. Then, they found the picture still didn’t look very right with simply the daylight. They said how there had to be an extra light source that was missing.
In the event that the space explorers had planted a American Flag on the moon, it would’ve hung down and sagged like banners do on Earth when there’s no wind. This wouldn’t make for an extremely engaging photograph, so they state that they added wind with the impacts to the banner so it appeared as though it was waving. Would it have been really cool on the off chance that you couldn’t see the American flag, in the photos? No, the answer is no. Although, how could they have added that effected? Researchers say that it would have taken a lot of technology for them to make the flag look good and real as its waving, that’s if they had actually went to the moon. On the other hand, non-conspiracy theory believers say that they had been given a flag by NASA that is meant to wave because of its prone horizontal rod that is on the top of the flag. Although, in the pictures there was not that kind of flag because you can tell the top is waving too. You can not see that there is a metal rod on the top, they had brought just a normal flag and that would not have been waving only because there is no wind.
In Armstrongs visor Aldrin was clearly photographed in his visor, yet you can’t see a camera in the visor. How a picture like that be taken if his hands are straight out and you can’t see a camera there? Which means someone else must be taking of the photograph or it must be photoshopped. They say this because there was no one else there so how might that work? Which would mean this isn’t a legit photo taken. Armstrong was not able to walk on the moon with a handheld camera because that would be nearly impossible. The picture seems like that is what he is doing. Yet the camera should have been on or in the helmet. The camera he utilized on the moon was on the helmet of his suit, which is not where the place his hands are in the impression of the image. You can not see the camera however in the impression his visor. Which means there is no camera there, so how might it have been recorded and videoed if there was no camera on his suit?
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Ski Resort Tycoon II
Ski Resort Tycoon II is a business simulation game in which the player must successfully create and run a ski resort. This is the second game in a series. The first, Ski Resort Tycoon was released a year earlier in Fall/Winter 2000. | WIKI |
Kimball Laundry Company v. United States/Dissent Douglas
Mr. Justice DOUGLAS, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE, Mr. Justice BLACK and Mr. Justice REED concur, dissenting.
The United States took this plant in order to run a laundry for the Army, not for the public. The trade-routes were wholly useless to it. It never used them. Yet it is forced to pay for them under a new constitutional doctrine that is forged for this case.
Heretofore it was settled that the owner could not receive compensation under the Fifth Amendment for the destruction of a business which resulted from the taking of his physical property, even though the business could not be reestablished elsewhere. Mitchell v. United States, 267 U.S. 341, 45 S.Ct. 293, 69 L.Ed. 644; Bothwell v. United States, 254 U.S. 231, 41 S.Ct. 74, 65 L.Ed. 238. That result followed from the rule that consequential damages resulting from the taking were not compensable. See United States ex rel. T.V.A. v. Powelson, 319 U.S. 266, 281-283, 63 S.Ct. 1047, 1055-1056, 87 L.Ed. 1390; United States v. Petty Motor Co., 327 U.S. 372, 377-378, 66 S.Ct. 596, 599, 90 L.Ed. 729.
And so in this case if the United States had taken this plant for a permanent laundry to run for the Army and not for the public it need not pay for the trade-routes. As Justice Brandeis said in Mitchell v. United States, supra, 267 U.S. at page 345, 45 S.Ct. at page 294, 69 L.Ed. 644, 'If the business was destroyed, the destruction was an unintended incident of the taking of land.' As much seems to be conceded by the Court in the present case. That concession is necessary if precedent is to control. For in United States v. General Motors Corp., 323 U.S. 373, 383, 65 S.Ct. 357, 361, 89 L.Ed. 311, 156 A.L.R. 390, we said that a temporary taking and a permanent taking were to be treated alike in that respect. In that case the cost of moving out and preparing the space for the new occupancy was allowed insofar as it bore on the market value of the temporary occupancy. But we ruled that 'proof of value peculiar to the respondent, or the value of goodwill or of injury to the business of the respondent' must in that case 'as in the case of the condemnation of a fee,' be excluded from the reckoning, 323 U.S. at page 383, 65 S.Ct. at page 362. The Court today repudiates that ruling when it holds that the United States must pay for the trade-routes of petitioner when its taking of the laundry was only temporary. There would be a complete destruction of the trade-routes if the taking of the plant were permanent and a depreciation of them (I assume) where it is temporary. Why the latter is compensable when the former is not is a mystery. Even the academic dissertation on valuation which the opinion imports into the Fifth Amendment from accounting literature conceals the answer.
The truth of the matter is that the United States is being forced to pay not for what it gets but for what the owner loses. The value of trade-routes represents the patronage of the customers of the laundry. Petitioner, I assume, lost some of them as a result of the government's temporary taking of the laundry. But the government did not take them. There was indeed no possible way in which it could have used them. Hence the doctrine that makes the United States pay for them is new and startling. It promises swollen awards which Congress in its generosity might permit but which it has never been assumed the Constitution compels.
Petitioner has received all that it is entitled to under the Constitution. It has obtained after three years and seven months of use of its plant by the United States a sum of money equal to almost half the market value of the fee. That award was based on the market rental value of the plant plus an allowance to restore the property to its original condition. Under the authorities that award cannot be increased unless we are to sit as a Committee on Claims of the Congress and award consequential damages. | WIKI |
Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20210104/Quality content
Changes to Featured and Good content
Summary: Numerous articles have been promoted to Good Article status, including but not limited to Hitman, The Last of Us Part II, 'Tomb Raider', and the inevitable Among Us. Two articles were promoted to FA/FL status in December, with Islanders (video game) and Paper Mario: The Origami King undergoing featured article review.
Congratulations to Pres N for writing the first FA about a 1970's console, namely the Magnavox Odyssey!
October 2020
* Promoted FA: 1 Magnavox Odyssey
* Promoted GA: 24 Beatmania IIDX, Hitman (2016), Escape Velocity Nova, The King of Fighters XIV, GrimGrimoire, Crash Twinsanity, Serious Sam Advance, Galaga '91, Milkman Conspiracy, I Hate Running Backwards, Cursed Mountain, Dying Light, Among Us, Super Monaco GP, Golf Story, "Effect and Cause", Tomb Raider (1996), Mega Man (1995), Hidden Runaway, 2b2t, BanG Dream!, BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea, League of Legends, The Legend of Dragoon
November 2020
* Promoted GA: 13 Super Mario Bros. 35, Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope, The Last of Us Part II, The Silent Cartographer, Grand Knights History, Serious Sam: Next Encounter, Nier: Automata, Tails' Skypatrol, Paper Mario: The Origami King, Darius Gaiden, Kumatanchi, Serious Sam's Bogus Detour, Ur-Quan
December 2020
* Promoted FA/FL/FP: 2 Sonic The Hedgehog, List of Xevious media
* Promoted GA: 11 Trauma Center: Under the Knife, Madoka Kaname, Hunter: The Reckoning – Redeemer, Pretty Princess Party, Kuon, Paper Mario: Color Splash, Bad Rats, BioShock: The Collection, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Riot Games, The Ur-Quan Masters | WIKI |
La Première (RTI)
La Première (RTI) is a pioneering terrestrial television channel in Côte d'Ivoire. It was formerly named Radio Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI), (the name of the company operating it) from 1963 to 1983, but in 1983 a new television channel made it necessary for the channel to be renamed to La Première.
History
It was first broadcast on 7 August 1963, established by the then President of the Republic Félix Houphouët-Boigny who wanted to make it an instrument of development.
On 4 August 1966, two studios in Cocody, 100m2 and 400m2 respectively were built with quality equipment. By 1971, it started carrying an educational service during daytime hours. In 1973 the station began broadcasting in color.
Following the launch of a second television channel, CH2 on 9 December 1983, RTI was renamed La Première.
Series
* Ma famille
* Person of Interest
* Scandal
* The Blacklist
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While trauma can affect anyone, not everybody processes frightening, upsetting or life-threatening events in the same way. Some people can deal with the aftermath of a traumatic experience and move on, but many others find themselves caught in a cycle of fear, avoidance and intrusive memories. Symptoms like these are characteristics of post-traumatic stress disorder.
What Causes PTSD?
Humans evolved an instinctive fight-or-flight response for dealing with perceived threats. Your body’s normal stress response prepares you to either confront the danger head-on or quickly escape from the situation. A flood of the hormone adrenaline causes an elevated heart rate, muscle tension and sweating, but after the threat passes, your stress hormones should return to baseline levels.
Due to the brain changes caused by PTSD, trauma survivors continue to produce excessive fight-or-flight hormones, even in familiar and comfortable surroundings. Researchers believe that’s why many people with post-traumatic stress disorder have trouble relaxing and can startle at the slightest trigger.
We don’t know for sure why some people develop post-traumatic stress disorder and others do not. As with other mental illnesses like depression and anxiety, there could be a genetic component. There’s also evidence suggesting PTSD could be a survival mechanism that prepares people to face worst-case scenarios.
Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Mental health professionals have categorized PTSD into different subtypes based on symptom severity.
1. Dissociative PTSD
Dissociation is a break from how your mind usually processes information. When you dissociate, you can feel disconnected from the world around you, have periods of forgetfulness or lose your sense of identity. Dissociative PTSD causes extreme emotional detachment and amnesia.
2. Comorbid PTSD
When you simultaneously have two or more overlapping mental or behavioral health disorders, doctors call it a comorbidity or dual diagnosis. Many people with PTSD also grapple with a related illness such as anxiety, depression or substance use disorder. If you have a dual diagnosis, it’s essential to find a treatment plan that addresses all facets of your mental health at once.
3. Complex PTSD
You can develop C-PTSD if you experience ongoing trauma, as opposed to a single, isolated incident. For example, adults who grew up in abusive households often grapple with C-PTSD and have trouble relating to others as a result. Besides typical psychological symptoms like flashbacks and hyperarousal, complex PTSD can also affect your physical health by causing problems such as fatigue and chronic pain. Successfully treating C-PTSD may take longer and require advanced therapeutic approaches.
Healing From PTSD
Untreated PTSD can have severe physical and mental health problems that affect every facet of your life. For example, when you are always on edge, you could experience frequent headaches, muscle tension, high blood pressure and digestive issues. You might also be more vulnerable to developing anxiety, depression or a substance use disorder.
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Talk:2006 Ottawa municipal election
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This article was nominated for deletion on October 15, 2005. The result of the discussion was keep. An archived record of this discussion can be found here.
Rob e rt 15:59, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
1.Brian McGarry is out of the race... 2.He is a Liberal card holder.. not conservative
Dispute
Wikipedia isn't a crystal ball. Wards have not been confirmed, lists candidates that have not declared candidacy. --Spinboy 22:02, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
* Hello, newcomer. See U.S. Presidential election, 2008 for an idea of how future elections are conducted on wikipedia. Also, ward boundaries are fully sourced in this article. -- [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] Earl Andrew - talk 22:07, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
* But as you pointed out, it's not official. Wikipedia isn't a crystal ball. --Spinboy 22:07, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
* Not yet, but it's not a prediction, it's what the boundary review committee has stated. -- [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] Earl Andrew - talk 22:42, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
CECLFCE Trustees
I'm pretty disappointed with the fact that English councils Trustees were mentionned, but not french. Come on, it's on the same page on the City's website.. Do things competly or don't do them at all.
* Calm down, the page is a work in progress. We're still missing the French public board. -- Earl Andrew - talk 21:11, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
* I know, cause I've started. But I mean, it's been up for weeks, and people have been putting priorities on fixing small stuff when this should be done. I'm perfectly calm, just a bit disappointed, that's all. --Deenoe 21:45, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
* I'm sorry, my interest in those boards isn't very high, but I was going to get around to it. Also, will you be marking the incumbents or shall I? -- Earl Andrew - talk 23:54, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
* The city's election page does not mark the incumbents, probably cause there is none : Which I understand, Interest in those jobs is pretty low. --Deenoe 00:24, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
* Nevermind, the city's doesnt show the incumbent for any person running. --Deenoe 00:26, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
O-Train
John Baird announced that the 200M$ from the Federal would not be given until the new council approves the project. Should we add this to the timeline. --Deenoe 20:20, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
* Go right ahead. -- Earl Andrew - talk 03:54, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
poll on polls
I really dont like how all the fringe candidates (who havent registered on any polls) clutter up the list of polls. What do others think? -- Earl Andrew - talk 04:50, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
* IMO, take 'em away, addition their percentage (when they're in the poll) and put it in an Others column (with a note after the table saying the name of the candidates). --Deenoe 10:01, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
* I'm working on it ;) --Deenoe 22:47, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
* Done! :D --Deenoe 23:00, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
* 1. Slow down a second. Putting something up for discussion for only 18 hours before making changes hardly constitutes a reasonable opportunity for discussion.
* 2. Two "votes" to zero ... and now two "votes" to one hardly constitutes consensus.
* 3. If the graph is ever changed, please make sure it remains 100.0% accurate to the polling data/information that is there now. This latest attempt at merging the data resulted in the "Source: Ottawa Sun, 30 April 2005" reference at the bottom of the chart being left out.
* Obviously, my opinion is keep as is. There is no reason why a full breakdown of the published polls can't be presented here. The chart fits and is not that hard to read.
* I'm going to revert the changes to the chart now. Please leave it that way for at least a few days. The chart is accurate and readable as-is, so there is no reason not to give other people a fair opportunity to "voice in" on this if they want. Thanks. Wolfchild 04:20, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
* While it may fit your screen, it doesn't on mine, just as an FYI. Anyways, my rationale is, you wouldn't include all the candidates in say- Toronto, why do it for Ottawa? I really don't think any of the polling firms are even including the minor candidates. -- Earl Andrew - talk 04:29, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
* Interesting about the screen. I wouldn't have guessed that since my laptop screen is not big either. As far as the Toronto v. Ottawa argument - it's apples and oranges. Ottawa has 8 candidates - ALL of whom received individual poll results more than once. Toronto has 38 mayoral candidates and NO polling firm would ever prompt poll all 38 names and release individual results for them. Can you see their telephone interviewers reading out that list? Even results for unprompted polls (where a bunch of "other" candidates would get some votes) would probably only be released from the source polling firm as "Candidate A, B, C, D, other" ... and even if all of the numbers were released to the press, they wouldn't print the full list ... and even if a newspaper ever did print the full poll results with all 38 individual candidate numbers including dozens of "0.01%"s, I can assure you that I wouldn't be so silly as to try to publish them here. ;) Wolfchild 04:55, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
* One other reason I'm not in favour of cutting it down is that (at least by the last two attempts) it is being proposed to remove the names of three currently registered candidates for Mayor and leave in the name of Terry Kilrea - a person who is not and never was a registered candidate. Higher numbers (in early polling) or not, something about that just doesn't seem like a fair thing to do. Wolfchild 06:16, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
* Terry Kilrea was registered and dropped out. He was the 3rd favorite candidate, and the arrived 3rd in the 2003 election. He was a big candidate so his name has to be there. As for Jane Scharf, Barkley Pollock et Piotr Anweiller, most people never heard of them. Barkley Pollock has his website on MYSPACE. And even then, those three candidates only got ~3% in the polls TOGETHER and are not included in polls anymore. There were only included in two polls. I don't think we needed a consensus on this since it seems pretty obvious that we shouldn't put their names in the polls results. --Deenoe 13:39, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
* And I didn't talk about Robert Larter. Those 4 candidates never made a public intervention (for the exception of Jane Scharf that did once, who would be the only candidate I would let in the tables) so I don't see why we should include them to the polls tables. Oh and FYI, the ~3% is because they all had =<1%... I think this speaks for itself. --<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 13:48, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
* I agree with the idea of cutting the list down. Wikipedia is not a primary source, it is an encyclopedia. We don't have to publish all raw data just because it exists. I would be in favour of a rule that says you must be a current candidate, and you must have more than 10% of the vote to be listed. -- cmhTC 14:52, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
* I agree for the 10% of the vote, but I'd prefer if that guideline would be that you must have more than 10% and be registered at some point in the campaign. --<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 14:55, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Why not just add after the ~3% the † and say that it is the result for Barkley Pollock, Jane Scharf and Piotr Anweiller together, and if eventually we receive results for Robert Larter we should use a different sign for those results. --<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 15:45, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
* I think 10% is a bit high for inclusion, but none of the candidates have even got 1% yet, so that's not an issue. If one of them started getting 3 or 4 percent, then we might want to add him or her. -- Earl Andrew - talk 18:40, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Question abouts links
Question? Why are there no links to any of the election websites of the incumbents, while all the new candidates do have that connection? (15 October 2006 20:20 EDT) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mogarch (talk • contribs)
* Because most (if not all) incumbents have articles on Wikipedia. --<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 00:30, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
* Add links to their Wikipedia articles. -- Earl Andrew - talk 02:20, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
New poll surveys
--<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 10:26, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Really not funny joke.. Piotr Anweiller within 4 points of Munter? Lolination? If that happend, I shall run naked on Rideau and shave my genitals. I checked, nothing abotu a surveying company called DESMO on Google. --<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 02:27, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
* The same anon was fiddling with the numbers. -- Earl Andrew - talk 04:21, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
* Warning was issued, I consider this has vandalism now. --<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 12:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
* Okay this is weird... He has been reported to AIV, and then his talk page was cleared... I'm sorry but this is clear vandalism. --<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 21:41, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
New poll up.. and also this polls give a lot of interesting numbers that I think we should add. The percentage of English-speaking voters and French-speaking voters to which candidate, the main concerns.. etc.. --<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 10:26, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Election day
On election day, what do we do? We update the records as they go or we wait for the last count? --<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 14:52, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Anweiller
He dropped out of the race a few days ago (November 10th?) citing unfair treatment by the media. He threw his support behind O'Brien citing similar platforms. The necessary changes should be made. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk • contribs).
* Couldn't find anything on the news. Couldn't find anything on City of Ottawa. Couldn't find anything in his website. Plus I don't think a candidate can drop out after anticipation vote. --<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 21:45, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
* I did hear someone tell me this today, for what it's worth. -- Earl Andrew - talk 04:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
* From the way it was worded on the CJOH news it sounded like he was quitting the race but in actual fact he may have just thrown his support behind Larry O'Brien.Anweiler Backing O'Brien Not sure why he would do that but he's basically telling anyone who would vote for him to vote for O'Brien instead.--<IP_ADDRESS> 07:02, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
* Makes a lot more sense! --<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 11:19, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Curiosity from a former Ottawan
I haven't heard that much Ottawa news in the past week; I'm genuinely curious how it is that O'Brien magically went from a nine-point deficit in a poll ending November 7 to winning this thing in just one week. Bearcat 02:26, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
* I don't know, but I'm f*cking pissed! :( -- Earl Andrew - talk 03:02, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
* WP is not a soapbox, but I forgive you, and I don't like that rule. I am extremely disappointed also. But anyways. Larry O'Brien was in last place back in the days Terry Kilrea was in the mayoral race. Then, Terry Kilrea quitted the race, and even if he gave his support to Chiarelli, people went behind O'Brien. O'Brien was then 3rd in a 3 horses race. He made sweet promises he wont be able to keep (Zero means zero, LRT, police officers) and flipflopped alot. That's why. Sad day for Ottawa. --<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 03:42, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
It's over!
This article is pretty much closed now. I'd like to thanks everyone who contributed to it (Earl Andrew, SimonP, DI2000 and many others!). Also I would like to congrats myself and everyone else who participated to the blitz of adding data. Good job :) --<b style="color:#006633;">Deenoe</b> 03:43, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
* Good work everyone - guess there are a couple of new councillor articles to create (Shad Qadri and Steve Desroches at least). I just did the stub on Christine Leadman (W15/Kitchissippi). Dl2000 04:43, 14 November 2006 (UTC) | WIKI |
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Almaraz y Santos, Enrique, Archbishop of Seville; Amette, Leon-Adolpho, Archbishop of Paris; Andrieu, Paulin-Pierre, Archbishop of Bordeaux; Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavaleanti, Joaquin, Archbishop of Rio Janeiro; iiaciUeri, Bartolomeo, Bishop of Verona; Bauer, Franz von Sales, Archbishop of Olmutz; Bil- lot, Louis, S. J.; Bisleti, Gaetano; Bourne, Francis, Archbishop of Westminster; Boschi, Giulio, Arch- bishop of Ferrara; Cagiano de Azevedo, Ottavio; Cassetta, Francesco di Paola, Bishop of Frascati; Cavallari, Aristide, Patriarch of Venice ; Cos y Macho, Jose Maria de. Archbishop of VaUadolid; DubiUard, Frangois-Virgile, Archbishop of Chambery; Falconio, Diomede, O.F.M.; Farley, John Murphy, Arch- bishop of New York; Ferrari, Andrea, Archbishop of Milan; Ferrata, Domenico; Francica - Nava di Bontif(5, Giuseppe Maria, Bishop of Catania; Gas- parri, Pietro; Gennari, Casimiro; Gibbons, James, Archbishop of Baltimore; Gotti, Girolamo Maria, O. C., C; Granito PignatelU di Belmont e, Gennaro; Hornig, Karl Baron von, Bishop of Veszprem; Katschthaler, Johann Baptist, Archbishop of Salzburg; Kopp, George, Prince-Bishop of Breslau; Lai, Gaetano de. Bishop of Sabina and Abbot of Farfa; Logue. Michael, Archbishop of Armagh; LorenzeUi, Benedetto ; Lualdi, Alessandro, Archbishop of Palermo; Lugon, Louis- Henri-Joseph, Archbishop of Reims; Lugari, Giambat- tista; Maffi, Pietro, Archbishop of Pisa; Martin de Herrera y de la Iglesia, Jose Maria, Archbishop of Compostela; Martinelli, Sebastiano, O.S.A.; Mercier, Desire-F^Hcien-Frangois- Joseph, Archbishop of Mechhn; Merrv del Val, Raffaele, Papal Secre- tary of State; Netto,Jose Sebastiao, O.F.M.; O'Con- neli, WilUam, Archbishop of Boston; Oregha di Santo Stefano, Luigi, Bishop of Ostia; Pietro, Angelo di; Pompilj, Basiiio; Prisco, Giuseppe, Archbishop of Naples; Rampolla del Tindaro, Mariano, Archpriest of the Vatican; Richehny, Agostino, Archbishop of Turin; Rinaldini, Aristide; Rov6rie de Cabrieres, Frangois-Marie-Anatole de. Bishop of MontpeUier; Skrbensky-Hriste, Leo von, Archbishop of Prague; Vannutelli, Serafino, Archbishop of Porto and Santa Rufina; VannuteUi, Vincenzo, Bishop of Palestrina; Van Rossum, Willem, C.SS.R.; Vaszary, Claudius, O.S.B., Prince-Archbishop of Gran; Vico, Antonio; Vives y Tuto, Calasanz, O.M.Cap.; Volpe, Francesco Salesio della.
Cardinal Vicar. — The organization of the Roman vicariate, as described in an earlier \olume of this Encyclopedia (see Cardinal Vicar, III, 341) rested largely on usage; it was not constructed as a compact whole at one single time. The most important or- dinances respecting it were issued at various times during the course of the last two centuries, showing that for a long time the inadeciuacj' of its organiza- tion, especially as regards the great length of time necessary for the settlement of matters brought before it, had been severely felt, more, however, by the subordinates of the vicariate than by its higher officials. It could not be said that its methods of btisiness were in any way compatible with modern ideas as to efficient management. The lack of har- mony was doubly evident after the entire central administration of the Church had been reformed by the Constitution "Sapienii Consilio", of 29 June, 190S. During the past various difficulties had .stood in the way of a thorough reform of the Roman vi- cariate. Not the le;ist of these was the laok of space- in the former office of the vicariate. It was not until after the purchase of the Palazzo Mariscotti near San Francesco alle Stimmate, which W!is assigned to the cardinal vicar and his officials and arranged for their use, that Pius X w.as able to carry out his long cherished i)lan for a thorough reform of the Roman vicariate.
Pius X published his new ordinances respecting the
administration of his Diocese of Rome in the Apostolic Constitution "Etsi nos in", of 1 Jan., 1912, and the law entered into force, as provided in it, on 15 Jan., 1912, the day it was promulgated in the "Acta Apostolicae Sedis". Of the regulations for the period of transition, which were naturally necessary in so thorough a reorganization, only one need be men- tioned. This is that the former vicegerent (vicesger- ens), whose office and title are in future to be sup- pressed, is permitted as a personal privilege to con- tinue to bear the title as long as he is connected with any of the transactions of the vicariate.
The Curia Urbis or the Vicariate of the City of Rome is now divided into four departments {officio), of which the second is again divided into four sec- tions. The first department (officium) has under its care all the church services and the ApostoUc visita- tion of the diocese. The second department watches over the behaviour of the clergj- and the Christian people. Judicial matters are settled in the third department, and the fourth department is devoted to the economic administration of the entire vicariate. The head of all these bureaus is the cardinal who is the vicar-general of the pope in Rome. His office and the extent of his power are always the same and are permanent, so that they do not cease even when the Papal See is vacant. This fact distinguishes the cardinal vicar as he is called, for the designation is not an official title, from all other vicars-general in the world, and gives him his pecuUar legal position. In the same way it is a noticeable exception that the four departments can carry on their customary business, even when the vicar is not able to supervise what is done on account of the conclave or of some other impediment. Even should the vicar die the work of the departments goes quietly on. Formerly this was not the ease to so large a degree, as is shown by the deputation of 17 Dec, 1876, on the death of Cardinal Vicar Patrizi (manuscript record of the vicariate, "Diverse deputazioni del vicario daU' anno 1759", p. 290).
The head of the first department is a commissary, of the second an assessor, of the third an auditor, and of the fourth a prefect. Their respective rank follows the order given above. Among the offices mentioned in the former article those of the vicegerent {ricesger- ens), the locutii lenens, the secretaiy, and the auditor in the earlier form were abolished. None of (he four new presiding officers of the departments is permitted under any pretext whatever to interfere in the affairs of another, except in purely internal matters of ad- ministration.
First Department. — At present the canonical visitation of the Diocese of Rome is in the hands of a commission of cardinals. The president of the com- mission is the vicar, and its members by virtue of their office are the prefects of the Congregation of the Council and of Rehgious Orders. The secretary of this official board is the commissarj- just mentioned. The first appointee as secretarj' and commissarj- was the former vicegerent (vicesgerens). The archives and compendiums of abstracts of the former Congre- gation of the Apostohc Visitation, which has been suppressed since 1908, belong to the new commission. Even,' five years, the next falling in 1916, a canonical visitation of Rome is to be held without any express papal command being is.sued before the visitation. Six paragraphs (12-17) regulate the det.ails of the procedure to be observed in the visitation.
The treasury of relics (lijisanothcrn), the archfpc- logical commi.ssion, and the committee on church music are included in this department and are under the supervision of the vicar. A commission on ec- clesiastical art has been estabhshed; its competence includes the erection of churches, their maintenance, restoration, and adornment. The first department is obliged to keep an exact fist of all (he churches in | WIKI |
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Role of growth rate on the orientational alignment of in a slit.
TitleRole of growth rate on the orientational alignment of in a slit.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsSheats, J, Sclavi, B, Cosentino Lagomarsino, M, Cicuta, P, Dorfman, KD
JournalR Soc Open Sci
Volume4
Issue6
Pagination170463
Date Published2017 Jun
ISSN2054-5703
Abstract
We present experimental data on the nematic alignment of bacteria confined in a slit, with an emphasis on the effect of growth rate and corresponding changes in cell aspect ratio. Global alignment with the channel walls arises from the combination of local nematic ordering of nearby cells, induced by cell division and the elongated shape of the cells, and the preferential orientation of cells proximate to the side walls of the slit. Decreasing the growth rate leads to a decrease in alignment with the walls, which is attributed primarily to effects of changing cell aspect ratio rather than changes in the variance in cell area. Decreasing confinement also reduces the degree of alignment by a similar amount as a decrease in the growth rate, but the distribution of the degree of alignment differs. The onset of alignment with the channel walls is coincident with the slits reaching their steady-state occupancy and connected to the re-orientation of locally aligned regions with respect to the walls during density fluctuations.
DOI10.1098/rsos.170463
Alternate JournalR Soc Open Sci
PubMed ID28680690
PubMed Central IDPMC5493932
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Nangooram
Nangooram is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Timothy Weeraratne. The film stars R. Muthuraman, Lakshmi and Vijaya Kumaranatunga. It was released on 30 November 1979.
Cast
The list was taken from the film titles.
* Male cast
* Muthuraman as Vinoth
* Vijaya Kumaranatunga as Ananth
* V. S. Raghavan
* Suruli Rajan
* Ceylon Manohar
* Master Sekar
* Thillai Rajan
* Madhukumar
* Kalaichelvan
* M. M. Latiff
* Bala
* Female cast
* Lakshmi as Radha
* Fareena Lye
* Vasantha
* Janita
* Sabita
Production
The film was produced by Lankal Murugesu and was directed by Timothy Weeraratne. Jayakumar wrote the story while the dialogues were penned by Pinnai Panneerselvam. Cinematography was in charge of Timothy Weeraratne while the operative cameramen were V. Suresh and Lalith. Editing was done by B. Kandasamy, A. Ramasamy was in charge of art direction. Still photography was done by Priyalal and Praveenkumar. The film was shot at Sathya and AVM studios and was processed at Prasath Colour lab.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by V. Kumar and Premasiri Khemadasa. The lyrics were penned by Kannadasan.
Reception
Kausikan of Kalki felt the film did not have much of a story but praised the songs and cinematography. | WIKI |
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Used as a form of therapy for generations in many cultures, celebs, athletes and health experts alike are true believers in the benefits of cold therapy (also known as cryotherapy.)
Here are a just a few of those health benefits, as well as methods for getting the most out of the cold.
Activate Natural Healing. Cold water immersion activates the body’s natural healing powers, strengthening our immune, lymphatic, circulatory and digestive systems. This can relieve the symptoms of many health conditions and enhance overall quality of life.
Boost Our Mood. Immersing the body in ultra-cold temperatures can cause physiological hormonal responses. This includes the release of adrenaline, noradrenaline, and endorphins. This can have a positive effect on those experiencing mood disorders like anxiety and depression.
Facilitate Weight Loss. As noted above, cryotherapy releases Norepinephrine, a neurotransmitter that not only gives us a mood enhancing boost, but also boosts the metabolism. This in turn helps our bodies burn more calories to aid in weight loss when paired with a healthy lifestyle and exercise.
Reduce Migraine Symptoms. Applying cold compresses to the neck, such as an ice pack has been known to reduce pain caused by migraines by cooling the nerves in the neck area. Since our carotid arteries are close to the skin’s surface, the cold from ice packs works to cool the blood passing through these intracranial vessels, relieving pressure.
Soothe Skin Conditions. Cryotherapy is known to improve antioxidant levels in the blood, simultaneously reducing inflammation. Used locally or across the entire body, the cold temps can significantly improve the dry, itchy skin associated with atopic dermatitis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease.
Cold Therapy Treatments
Ice Bath. Typically used by athletes for recovery after intense training sessions. Fill your bath with a water to ice ratio of 3:1 and wait 10 minutes for the temperature to drop to 10-15 degrees Celsius. Experts recommend sitting in the bath for 15 minutes to get the most benefits.
Cold Shower. At the end of your warm shower turn the dial to as cold as you can stand. Start with a goal of 15-30 seconds, progressing to no more than two minutes of cold over time.
Get Outside. Avoid the desire to hibernate inside on cold winter days. Studies have shown that exercising in cold weather can transform white fat, specifically belly and thigh fat, into calorie-burning brown fat. You’ll also get a burst of Vitamin D to help fight off seasonal affective disorder, better known as SAD.
Polar Bear Dip. Usually organized as a community event, the polar bear dip sees participants running into the icy cold lakes of Canada to show their true mental and physical strength, while also reaping the benefits of the icy cold water on their internal systems.
Ice Packs. Cold Therapy doesn’t always have to involve the entire body. Ice packs, or a trusty bag of frozen peas can go a long way in reducing inflammation and treating injuries and sore muscles. Just remember to always put a barrier such as a piece of clothing between your skin and the icepack to prevent irritation.
Cryotherapy Spa. Growing in popularity, many spas, like Spa Cloud in Montreal, have a cryotherapy chamber where people sit or stand in sub-zero temperatures for a few minutes. This is controlled by professionals and exposure time is limited for safety.
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While there are many health benefits to cold therapy, there are also precautions that should ways be taken. Pregnant women, children, people with high blood pressure, and people with heart conditions should not try advanced forms of cold therapy, such as full-body cryotherapy. Cold therapy treatments should never last longer than a few minutes and you should never fall asleep during a treatment for risk of extending that timeframe.
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Talk:Judicial Selection Committee (Israel)
How judges selected
In regards to the sentence 'Only Israel and five other countries place the power to determine the identity of all or most of the members of the constitutional court in the hands of entities who are not elected public officials. The other five countries are the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Turkey, Greece, and Colombia.", in Canada, "The Independent Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments (Advisory Board) is an independent and non-partisan body whose mandate is to provide non-binding merit-based recommendations to the Prime Minister on Supreme Court of Canada appointments.'. Most of the board is not composed of the government. Since it is non binding (even though the advice is followed), does this not contradict the article? R1237h (talk) 05:18, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | WIKI |
Efficient linear algebra for large-scale problems in JuMP
jump
linearalgebra
optimization
#1
Hello all. I’ve finally had a chance to sit down and look carefully at some of the code in JuMP 0.19. In my work I very frequently have to do problems with \sim 10^6 variables. Obviously implementing these involves a lot of linear algebra, and I frequently find that, while I’m very grateful to have the specialized code that already exists within JuMP, it doesn’t quite cut it for problems of this scale. So, I wanted to open this thread to get some feedback from the JuMP devs on what current thinking and future plans are, and to find out where I might be able to be of assistance.
It seems to me that the fundamental problem here is that all of the AbstractJuMPScalar objects are mutable objects which typically wind up using heap allocated memory. The experimenting I’ve done so far would suggest that it would probably be sufficient if we could build ways to allocate these all at once during linear algebra operations. As a simple example of what I’m talking about, see
julia> @benchmark begin
A = Int[]
for i ∈ 1:100
push!(A, 1)
end
end
BenchmarkTools.Trial:
memory estimate: 2.27 KiB
allocs estimate: 7
--------------
minimum time: 683.370 ns (0.00% GC)
median time: 713.286 ns (0.00% GC)
mean time: 799.731 ns (8.64% GC)
maximum time: 304.204 μs (99.63% GC)
--------------
samples: 10000
evals/sample: 154
julia> @benchmark ones(Int, 100)
BenchmarkTools.Trial:
memory estimate: 896 bytes
allocs estimate: 1
--------------
minimum time: 75.177 ns (0.00% GC)
median time: 80.265 ns (0.00% GC)
mean time: 99.438 ns (16.71% GC)
maximum time: 49.149 μs (99.41% GC)
--------------
samples: 10000
evals/sample: 972
The simplest example of this is the inner product here. What this does is create a AbstractJuMPScalar “zero” and then append to it one term at a time. Instead, it would be more efficient to allocate it all at once. Essentially the same thing is happening in matrix multiplication here. I think implementing a more efficient version should be relatively straightforward, but I would be interested to hear if there are any pitfalls that make this much more complicated than I think it is.
Another issue is keeping around lots useless 0's, i.e. AffExpr([x], [0.0], 0.0). You can wind up in some situations where there’s simply a huge number of these lying around, and you are spending a huge amount of computation time adding them to some expression. I remember @miles.lubin mentioning that he was considering turning AbstractJuMPScalars into Dicts rather than Vectors, but I haven’t seen an issue in the JuMP repo. Are there any concrete plans for this? If effort is put into improving the linear algebra it would probably be better to do both of these things at the same time.
Anyway, thanks all, looking forward to JuMP being in a state where it really flies on big problems, and I hope I can be helpful in getting it there. If I’m just way behind and much of this is being worked on already, all the better!
#2
The fundamental problem is that sum of two affine expressions can’t be stored in a constant amount of memory. That’s very different from floating-point numbers. I discuss this issue and how JuMP deals with it using macros at https://youtu.be/JaA302TfI7I?t=7m15s.
You seem to be on the right track.
This is my #2 coding priority after https://github.com/JuliaOpt/MathOptInterface.jl/issues/211.
#3
Ah, that explains a lot thanks. In particular, I was missing two huge pieces of the picture:
• I was missing the significance of sizehint!, it seems that it can drastically improve performants in many of the worst cases. By the way, is there some reason there is no size hint in _dot, I kept looking at that function and kept thinking that nothing else had it either.
• Having seen all of the operator overloading, I didn’t think that the macros were really doing anything most of the time.
I know this is a bit of a loaded question, but could you perhaps give a very brief description of what extra steps are happening in the macros that don’t just come from the operator overloading (your YouTube talk actually made it seem like most of what you’d do in the macro is implemented in the operator overloading)? As a concrete example, I often have problems where I need to do something like
A*x*B
where A<:AbstractMatrix{<:Number}, B<:AbstractMatrix{<:Number}, x<:AbstractSparseMatrix{JuMP.Variable}. I usually wind up writing an explicit function to make these tractable, but I’ve always timed it against operations I do outside of macros. Would something different happen in an expression like this within a macro? (It’s just so much harder for me to understand the macro code than the operator code, so I don’t think I understand what’s going on there at all.)
Julia is a very different and interesting language
#4
Not that I’m aware of. PRs are welcome!
sum(a[i]*x[i] for i in 1:N) is translated within the macros to an efficient for loop that appends to an expression. When a[i] and x[i] are scalars, this is asymptotially faster than if you write the same sum outside of a macro. All vector operations essentially fall back on the operator overloads, however.
#5
If N=1e6, does this result in an expression of length 10^6? What’s the memory footprint of doing it this way?
#6
Yes, it does. That’s the best you could possibly hope for if all the x[i] are unique and a[i] are nonzeros. The latter two cases will be better addressed when we change the underlying storage for AffExpr to be a Dict mapping variables to coefficients.
#7
Ah, ok that makes sense thanks.
I’m still wondering if there is anything to be gained from using properly allocated array constructors as opposed to sizehint! within the operator code however. Have you considered both possibilities? These results have me wondering
@benchmark begin
A = Float64[]
sizehint!(A, N)
for i ∈ 1:N
push!(A, 1.0)
end
end
BenchmarkTools.Trial:
memory estimate: 8.14 KiB
allocs estimate: 2
--------------
minimum time: 4.952 μs (0.00% GC)
median time: 5.209 μs (0.00% GC)
mean time: 6.722 μs (16.05% GC)
maximum time: 7.592 ms (99.86% GC)
--------------
samples: 10000
evals/sample: 6
@benchmark ones(Float64, N)
BenchmarkTools.Trial:
memory estimate: 8.13 KiB
allocs estimate: 1
--------------
minimum time: 904.118 ns (0.00% GC)
median time: 1.081 μs (0.00% GC)
mean time: 1.581 μs (28.23% GC)
maximum time: 2.402 ms (99.89% GC)
--------------
samples: 10000
evals/sample: 17
Granted I don’t know whether this is close enough to a realistic case to mean anything. I’ve often written “hacks” of special-case matrix operations that allocate entire vectors (i.e. which I think can be generalized), and anecdotally they usually seem noticeably faster, which is what prompted me to open this thread. I feel like I’m still missing something. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Castellazzo family
The Castellazzo family was an Italian-Jewish family who settled at the beginning of the sixteenth century in Cairo, where several members occupied the rabbinate with distinction. The most important family members were the following:
Jehiel Castellazzo
Called Ashkenazi to signify that he was not by birth an Oriental, he was rabbi at Cairo in the sixteenth century. He was a contemporary of Yosef Karo, whom he severely criticized on account of a Halakha.
Moses Castellazzo
He lived during the seventeenth century. He is eulogistically mentioned in the responsa of Meïr Boton.
Moses dal Castellazzo
His name has been misread by copyists as Moses Kastilin.
He was a portrait-painter who lived at Venice in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He is highly praised by David Reubeni in his memoirs for having befriended the latter on his arrival in Venice from Arabia in 1524. Moses's reputation as an artist extended far beyond the limits of the ghetto of Venice; indeed, he was known throughout Italy. In 1521, in recognition of his great talent, the Council of Venice granted him the privilege of selling his woodcut illustrations of the Pentateuch.
Simeon ben Jehiel Castellazzo
He was rabbi at Cairo; died May, 1588. He was well versed in the Kabbalah, and was renowned for his great piety. David Conforte reports that he had seen a decision emanating from Joshua Soncin, rabbi of Constantinople at the time of Joseph Nasi, in which Soncin invokes the authority of Simeon ben Jehiel. Both Conforte and Joseph Sambari assert that Simeon wrote two works: (1) a collection of responsa, and (2) Megillot Setarim, a commentary, probably cabalistic, on the Book of Esther. Chaim Joseph David Azulai mentions as many as eighty responsa by Simeon.
Moses ha-Kohen Abigdor Castellazzo
He was the son of Simeon (above) and was rabbi at Salonica, Rhodes, Damascus, and Cairo in the seventeenth century. In Cairo he was the colleague of Aaron ben Chayyim. He was almost ninety years old at his death. | WIKI |
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Page:Southern Historical Society Papers volume 19.djvu/42
36 Southern Historical Society Papers.
As it is impossible to present it in fac simile, it is given below in cold type, and it may prove of interest to the survivors of the life at Fort Delaware or to their descendants, should they be no longer with us.
Here it is :
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Et temps et lieu.
VOL. I. FORT DELAWARE, APRIL, '65. NO. I.
OUR PAPER.
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We will on all points of public interest speak candidly, as the interest of the public is our own.
Public improvements, the fine arts, advancement of literature, thorough school system we are advocates of all these, and will do all we can to promote the interests of each.
We have secured the services of able 'gentlemen as correspond- ents. We feel assured their contributious will be perused with pleasure. In our miscellaneous columns we will have extracts from authors which will be interesting and edifying. In our poetical col- umn will be found gems from celebrated authors, male and female, whose reputation is becoming known ; so far as we can we will pub- lish selections that have not appeared in print.
We intend to make the Times a good advertising medium. We ask the support of a liberal community.
Our terms are moderate. Manufacturers will find it to their interest to give us a trial.
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Helioself
Helioself is the second album by Papas Fritas, released in 1997. According to the band's website, "Helioself is the name of the mythical Sun-Ra sessions that were so powerful ... they were sealed away in a lost vault by request of the Ra himself because the world was not ready for such harmonic energy."
Ivy covered Helioself's third track, "Say Goodbye," on their 2002 album Guestroom.
Production
The album was recorded at frontman Tony Goddess's home studio, in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Critical reception
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide wrote that the album "catalogs a whole crateful of airy pop influences to create an organic, indie-pop masterpiece." Trouser Press wrote that "it flows like a well- programmed jukebox: unified by a rustic disposition, the album’s stylistic diversity feels comfortably natural, the songs instantly familiar without being selfconscious or specifically derivative." The Chicago Reader wrote that "the band's musical cataloging of its forebears can get annoying at times, but for the most part the sheer sunniness of the melodies diminishes these shortcomings."
Track listing
All songs written by Papas Fritas (Shivika Asthana, Keith Gendel, and Tony Goddess).
* 1) "Hey Hey You Say" – 3:14
* 2) "We've Got All Night" – 3:04
* 3) "Say Goodbye" – 4:04
* 4) "Small Rooms" – 2:23
* 5) "Rolling in the Sand" – 1:48
* 6) "Live by the Water" – 2:45
* 7) "Words to Sing" – 2:48
* 8) "Sing About Me" – 2:28
* 9) "Just to See You" – 3:54
* 10) "Captain of the City" – 3:50
* 11) "Weight" – 1:49
* 12) "Starting to Be It" – 2:54
Personnel
* Shivika Asthana: drums, vocals
* Keith Gendel: bass, vocals
* Tony Goddess: guitar, piano, vocals
* Shivika Asthana, Maria Le Rossow: tapping ("Weight")
* Bryan Hanna: additional percussion ("Hey Hey You Say," "Weight")
Production notes
Engineered by Bryan Hanna at the Columnated Ruins (Gloucester, Mass.). Mixed by Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade at Fort Apache (Cambridge, Mass). Mastered by Roger Siebel at SAE (Phoenix, Ariz.). Protection by Michael Hafitz. Direction by Peter Leak for the New York End Ltd. Special thanks to Jim Powers and Anthony Musiala. | WIKI |
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2. What made modafinil so popular?
He has gained popularity among students, entrepreneurs, and professionals due to its ability to enhance cognitive function and promote wakefulness. It is often used as a study aid, and many people report increased productivity and focus. Additionally, modafinil is known to have fewer side effects than other wakefulness-promoting agents such as amphetamines.
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The cost of it varies depending on the brand and the country you are buying it from. In the US, modafinil can cost anywhere from $10 to $30 per pill. However, you can find much cheaper prices $0.9 to $1.2 per pill when buying modafinil online from other countries.
4. Pharmaceutical manufacturers
Pharmaceutical manufacturers
Smart drug is manufactured by several pharmaceutical companies, including Cephalon Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals, and Mylan Pharmaceuticals. The generic version of modafinil is also available from various manufacturers Sun Pharma, HAB Pharma, Intas Pharma.
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• Reputation: Check brand reviews before buying to make sure it’s a reputable company with quality products.
• Place of Manufacture: Check where Modafinil is made. It must be made by reputable factories, most likely to be of a higher quality.
• Dosage: Different brands of the drug may have different dosages. Choose a brand with a dosage that suits your needs.
• Ingredients: Some brands offer extended release or immediate release formulations, so consider which formulation best suits your needs.
6. Best Places to Buy Modafinil Online Without a Prescription
Buy Modafinil Online Without a Prescription
Buying pills can be a daunting task for a beginner. It is important to buy from a trusted source to make sure you are getting a safe and effective product. Here are some of the best places to buy modafinil without a prescription:
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7. Compare Bitcoin offers at Modafinil Pharmacy
When buying Modafinil, some pharmacies may offer you the option to pay with Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that allows you to pay for purchases without the involvement of any intermediary or financial institution. This makes Bitcoin an ideal payment method for those who value their privacy and security. If you are interested in buying Modafinil with Bitcoin, you should compare the offers available at different pharmacies. Some may offer discounts or bonuses when paying with Bitcoin, while others may charge additional fees for this payment method. It is also important to make sure that the pharmacy you are buying from is trustworthy and has a good reputation.
8. Where can I buy modafinil at night?
One of the advantages of buying medicine is that you can do it at any time of the day or night. However, it is important to note that some modafinil pharmacies may have limited customer support or after-hours processing times. To make sure you can buy Modafinil at night, you should find a pharmacy with 24/7 customer support and fast processing. Some providers may also offer expedited shipping options for an additional fee, which can help you get the pills you need as quickly as possible.
9. Buying Modafinil in different countries
The legality of a smart drug can vary by country, so it’s important to check local laws before trying to buy one. In some countries, it may be required by prescription or may be banned altogether. If you are traveling to another country and need to buy Modafinil, you should check local laws and regulations beforehand. Some online pharmacies may also have shipping restrictions in certain countries, so you should check with customer support before placing an order.
10. Conclusion
Now let’s summarize. We have tried to answer questions that may be of interest to a beginner. Who starts taking modafinil. Buying modafinil online can be a convenient and economical way to get this drug, but it’s important to do your research and choose a reputable pharmacy. Factors such as price, brand, payment methods, customer support, and delivery time should also be considered. By keeping these factors in mind and comparing different modafinil pharmacies, you can find the best one for your needs and preferences. It is important to consult a doctor.
10. FAQ
1. Do I need a prescription to buy Modafinil online?
• Some pharmacies may require a prescription, while others may allow you to buy modafinil without a prescription. Before placing an order, it is important to check the requirements of the supplier you are buying from.
2. What is the difference between brand name modafinil and generic?
• Brand-name modafinil is made by a specific manufacturer and is more expensive than generic modafinil, which is made by multiple manufacturers. However, branded and generic are similar in quality and effectiveness.
3. How long does modafinil last?
• The effects of modafinil can last up to 12-15 hours, depending on the dose and individual factors.
4. Is it legal to buy modafinil?
• The legality of buying it online varies by country. In some countries, it is legal to buy without a prescription, while in others it is prohibited by law. Be sure to check the laws in your country before purchasing.
5. Is modafinil safe?
• The drug is generally considered safe when taken as directed. However, like any medicine, it can have side effects. Talk to your healthcare provider to determine if modafinil is right for you.
‼️ Disclaimer: The information provided in this article about modafinil is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical consultation or recommendations. The author of the articleare not responsible for any errors, omissions, or actions based on the information provided.
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• Caldwell JA, Caldwell JL, et al. A double-blind, placebo-controlled investigation of the efficacy of modafinil for sustaining the alertness and performance of aviators:a helicopter simulator study. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2000;150:272–82.
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• Chapotot F, Pigeau R, et al. Distinctive effects of modafinil and d-amphetamine on the homeostatic and circadian modulation of the human waking EEG. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2003;166(2):127–138.
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• Ferraro L, Antonelli T, et al. Modafinil:an antinarcoleptic drug with a different neurochemical profile to d-amphetamine and dopamine uptake blockers. Biol Psychiatry. 1997b;42:1181–3.
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• Kim, D. (2012). Practical use and risk of modafinil, a novel waking drug. Environmental health and toxicology, 27. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
ImageWaveformPlot
ImageWaveformPlot[image]
plots the waveform of image.
ImageWaveformPlot[image,colorspace]
plots the waveform of image in colorspace.
ImageWaveformPlot[image,channel]
plots the waveform for the specified channel.
Details and Options
• ImageWaveformPlot is typically used to evaluate and adjust the brightness or colors of an image or frames of a video.
• In an image waveform, the columns corresponds to image columns, the rows correspond to the pixel levels and the intensity of a point corresponds to the count of pixels at that level.
• Use ImageHistogram to compute the histogram of the whole image and use ImageVectorscopePlot to evaluate and adjust hue and saturation.
• The following colorspace specifications can be given:
• "RGB"red, green, blue (default)
"CMYK"cyan, magenta, yellow, black
"HSB"hue, saturation, brightness
"XYZ"channels of the CIE color space
"LAB"channels of the CIE color space
"LCH"channels of the CIE color space
"LUV"channels of the CIE color space
Automaticchannels of the image color space
• The channel specification can be one of the following:
• "I"gray-level (intensity)
"L"luminance channel of Lab
"R","G","B"red, green, blue from RGB
"C","M","Y","K"cyan, magenta, yellow, black from CMYK
"H","S","V"hue, saturation, brightness (value) from HSB
"Average"mean of all channels
"A"alpha channel
• For images with some transparency, the alpha channel is used as a weight for the corresponding pixel.
• ImageWaveformPlot has the same options as Graphics, with the following additions and changes:
• AspectRatio1/GoldenRatiothe default point in the graphic to align with
FrameTruewhether to put a frame around the plot
GridLinesAutomaticgrid lines to draw
MaskingAllthe region of interest
MaxPlotPointsAutomaticthe maximum number of samples to show
PlotLayout"Overlaid"the layout to be used
PlotRangeAutomaticrange of values to include
ScalingFunctionsAutomatichow to scale the level counts
• Possible settings for PlotLayout include:
• "Column"waveform of channels in a column
"Overlaid"overlaid waveforms of the channels
"Row"waveform of channels in a row (RGB parade)
Examples
open allclose all
Basic Examples (1)
Generate a waveform plot from an image:
Scope (3)
Compute the default RGB waveform:
Compute the CMYK waveform:
Compute the waveform for a specific channel:
Options (4)
Masking (2)
By default, the whole image is processed:
Specify the region of interest using a mask:
If present, the alpha channel is used as a mask:
This is equivalent to using the image alpha channel as the mask:
When both transparency and a mask are present, the corresponding pixel values are multiplied:
PlotLayout (1)
The default layout overlays all the channels:
Plot every channel sequentially (RGB parade):
Stack channels vertically:
ScalingFunctions (1)
The pixel count is automatically rescaled for better viewing:
Do not rescale the count:
Use a custom scaling:
Wolfram Research (2020), ImageWaveformPlot, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageWaveformPlot.html.
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Wolfram Research (2020), ImageWaveformPlot, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageWaveformPlot.html.
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2020_imagewaveformplot, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ImageWaveformPlot}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageWaveformPlot.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-April-2021 ]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2020_imagewaveformplot, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ImageWaveformPlot}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageWaveformPlot.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-April-2021 ]}
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2020. "ImageWaveformPlot." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ImageWaveformPlot.html.
APA
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How to install a hidden operating system?
Much like what OEM vendors provide in their hidden partitions for OS recovery... How do I create a bootable operating system which is hidden from an existing Windows operating system on a computer?
What OEM consumer PC vendors seem to be doing for their recovery systems is listening for a keypress on boot and then booting the hidden partition if it receives the keypress or handing off to the proper Windows bootloader if it doesn't receive the keypress.
How can I replicate this with a real operating system instead of a recovery environment?
(FYI, Truecrypt's hidden operating system feature is NOT what I'm looking for, even though it's likely the first Google result you'll find)
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rindiConnect With a Mentor Commented:
The problem is that partition magic is really old. It was built by powerquest which was bought by symantec many years ago, after which partition magic wasn't further improved. It surprises me that it is still officially available! It also isn't the official Symantec site, so that makes me a bit skeptical whether this is a serious site. You'll also notice that it says it supports large HD's up to 80GB size! Today's disks are much larger and I assume you'd have problems with today's HD's.
If you are going to try this via a bootmanager I suggest getting one from another manufacturer. Good is bootit-ng, and also acronis has one.
http://terabyteunlimited.com/
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the recovery partition is just made inactive usually
you can make a partion inactive and that means the os wouldn't see it and when the key is pressed during boot the code makes the bios see that partion as boot by changing its status flag to enabled and boot
so your problem is going to be as your not rewritting the bios how would you get your keypress and boot code into the bios
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burrcmConnect With a Mentor Commented:
Sounds like you are looking for a dual boot boot loader?? PQBoot does this easily and reliably. Set one OS as default and the other as an option with a short time out. If you do nothing you get OS A, if you press the required key you get OS B. This is part of Partition Magic.
http://www.partitionmagic-guide.com/
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Oh and yes, you can totally hide the "other" OS from the active one, or allow file transfer between them.
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OrbixxAuthor Commented:
So the partition magic basically deployed a custom alternative bootloader?
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burrcmConnect With a Mentor Commented:
Correct. Same principle as HP for example press F something to enter recovery, which starts a ghost restore. It could start another OS just as well as DOS.
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Are there are free or open source alternatives?
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system stored procecures
• SuperDBA-207096
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Comments posted to this topic are about the item system stored procecures
• Ron McCullough
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Nice to be reminded of basic how things work ....
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
Ron
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• ChrisP-374390
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The results could depend on the existence of database test2...
• CoolCodeShare
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A basic question but SQL script is poor. Though my answer was correct. But I cannot deny bits of fire from folks 😉
--Sudhir
• Hafiz Muhammad Suleman
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Important If any user-created stored procedure has the same name as a system stored procedure, the user-created stored procedure will never be executed. (from Microsoft)
then how it executes test2 sp instead of master db
• tommyh
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So BOL is wrong. From the link
It is strongly recommended that you do not create any stored procedures using sp_ as a prefix. SQL Server always looks for a stored procedure beginning with sp_ in this order:
The stored procedure in the master database.
The stored procedure based on any qualifiers provided (database name or owner).
The stored procedure using dbo as the owner, if one is not specified.
Because running the example it most definatly runs the SP in the current database before the master database.
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• Endareth
Newbie
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From the Microsoft linked article, the master db gets searched first, so the version of the sp in there will run, correct? So either the answer to this question is wrong, or the MS documentation is wrong. Anyone sitting in front of an SQL server able to test this?
Of course anyone stupid enough to name their procs sp_ and fail to specify the db when execing deserves the uncertainties they get!
• Hafiz Muhammad Suleman
SSC Enthusiast
Points: 120
MS documentation is wrong as i tried and it exectue test2 DB sp instead of master db sp , but micrsoft says that it should first search in master db and it would run master db sp but here its behavior is different . unable to understand what's wrong with microsft
• ma-516002
Hall of Fame
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In SQL 2008 the script return 'that'. But the link point to an SQL 2000 document. Behavior might have changed...
Wait! Doesn't that mean, the answer 'that' is wrong, since it does not comply to the information provided by the linked document? I want my point back :hehe:
• kapfundestanley
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The answer is syntax error why should we assume the database test2 exist when it does not?
“When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’” - Sydney Harris
• elbedata
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It returns "that" when I test on SQL Server 2008, but I thought it should return "this"...
Has this changed in later SQL versions? I am pretty sure I've learned that prefixing SP:s with "sp_" was a bad idea and older MS documents clearly states this.
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• Christian Buettner-167247
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kapfundestanley (8/23/2011)
The answer is syntax error why should we assume the database test2 exist when it does not?
The fact that test2 does not exist is not a syntax error.
Best Regards,
Chris Büttner
• Christian Buettner-167247
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Points: 13729
elbedata (8/23/2011)
It returns "that" when I test on SQL Server 2008, but I thought it should return "this"...
Has this changed in later SQL versions? I am pretty sure I've learned that prefixing SP:s with "sp_" was a bad idea and older MS documents clearly states this.
Lars B
Better check "Naming Stored Procedures", it perfectly explains what is happening.
(sp_one in master is not a system stored procedure, therefore it is not "preferred" over the one in the current database).
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190669.aspx
Best Regards,
Chris Büttner
• elbedata
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Thanks! I'm to old for this 😉
Lars Broberg
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Christian Buettner-167247 (8/23/2011)
elbedata (8/23/2011)
It returns "that" when I test on SQL Server 2008, but I thought it should return "this"...
Has this changed in later SQL versions? I am pretty sure I've learned that prefixing SP:s with "sp_" was a bad idea and older MS documents clearly states this.
Lars B
Better check "Naming Stored Procedures", it perfectly explains what is happening.
(sp_one in master is not a system stored procedure, therefore it is not "preferred" over the one in the current database).
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190669.aspx
Spot on Chris - Thanks 🙂
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2015 Missouri Tigers football team
The 2015 Missouri Tigers football team (also called "Mizzou") represented the University of Missouri in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It marked the Tigers' fourth season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in the Eastern Division. The team played its home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. They were led by 15th year head coach Gary Pinkel, in what would be his last season as the team's head coach.
Due to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) action, all of Missouri's wins for the 2015 and 2016 seasons were vacated.
Schedule
Missouri announced their 2015 football schedule on October 14, 2014. The 2015 schedule consist of 6 home games, 5 away games and 1 neutral game in the regular season. The Tigers will host SEC foes Florida, Mississippi State, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and will travel to Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt.
Missouri will host Mississippi State for the first time since 1984, when the Tigers were playing in the Big Eight Conference, before joining the SEC 28 years later. That match–up against the Bulldogs will be the third Thursday night game hosted by Missouri in Tiger history. This will be the Tigers' first year without Texas A&M on their schedule since 2009, and the first year without any team from Texas on its schedule since 1984.
At the release of the 2015 schedule, Missouri was the only member in the SEC to not complete their entire schedule as the Tigers were still finalizing the game to be played on November 14. One month later after releasing of their schedule, Missouri announced that the game on November 14 would be played against BYU at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
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Campus protests and resignation of Tim Wolfe
In the fall of 2015 there were a number of racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri campus. Some students held protests, and some called for the resignation of university system president Tim Wolfe, who they said had not provided a sufficient response to the incidents. On November 7 some members of the Missouri Tigers football team said that they would boycott all football-related activities until Wolfe resigned. Coach Pinkel stated that he supported the players. On November 9 Wolfe resigned as president. | WIKI |
Good tyres on front or rear: Rotation and exchange according to plan
You won’t get far without it: Those who drive a car must remember to change the wheels at regular intervals. It’s up to you whether you decide to have the tyres changed at the garage or do it yourself. We explain what to pay attention to so that you can use your tyres for as long as possible: For example, whether you should put the new or better tyres at the front or rear. And why rotating tyres plays an important role in replacing them.
The essential thing: Keeping wear in check
Driving wears tyres out to a varying degree in the different axle positions. In addition to the drive type of the vehicle, driving style also has an impact on the degree of wear. Long journeys at high speeds wear out tyres faster. One-sided wear is also possible, for example due to an altered tyre track. It can even be displaced by small bumps against the curb. You should prick up your ears when you notice an increasing rolling sound when driving on a smooth road. This means that there is already significant wear.
Generally speaking, the tyres on the driving axle are subject to the most stress: In vehicles with a front-wheel drive, it is the front tyres. In contrast, the tyres on the rear axle wear out quicker in vehicles with a rear-wheel drive. In addition to the driving axle, the steering force also plays a role and has an effect on the tyres. The front tyres of front-wheel drives are subject to twice the amount of stress.
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cam-disk.so
Provide a common access method for hard disks
Syntax:
driver ... disk disk_options ... &
Runs on:
Neutrino
Options:
driver
One of the devb-* drivers.
The disk options control the driver's interface to cam-disk.so. If specified, they must follow the disk keyword:
name=prefix
Specify the device prefix (default: hd);
nobios
Don't use the geometry from BIOS int 13. By default, if you don't specify the translation option, the BIOS geometry is used.
noptab
Don't use the geometry from the partition table. The geometry from the partition table is used if you specify the nobios option, or the BIOS geometry is invalid.
translation=heads[:sectors[:path_ID[:target[:lun]]]]
Specify the geometry explicitly; this overrides the geometry from the BIOS and the partition table. The arguments are:
Description:
The cam-disk.so provides common access methods (CAMs) for hard disk devices.
See also:
cam-cdrom.so, cam-optical.so, fdisk, io-blk.so
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Why does my patient with alcoholic liver disease have spider angiomas?
Spider angiomas (SAs), collections of small blood vessels radiating from a central, dilated arteriole that form near the surface of the skin, are found in 10-15% of healthy adults and young children, as well as in a variety of conditions, including pregnancy, women taking oral contraceptive pills (OCPs), thyrotoxicosis, and chronic liver disease1.
Although the exact mechanism of the formation SAs has not been fully elucidated, several hypotheses have been offered:
• Arteriolar vasodilation caused by estrogen excess due to impaired hepatic metabolism in cirrhosis; 2this is supported by the association of SAs also with other high-estrogen states, such as in pregnancy and OCPs.
• Vasodilatory effects of substance P, a neuropeptide partially inactivated by the liver and elevated in patients with liver disease. 3
• Neovascularization promoted by vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor released by damaged hepatocytes. 4
• Alcohol itself may contribute, as SAs are more commonly seen in individuals with alcoholic cirrhosis than in those with non-alcoholic causes of liver disease. 2
For unknown reasons, in adults spider angiomas most commonly occur in areas drained by the superior vena cava, namely the face, arms, neck, and chest.
References
1. Khasnis A, Gokula RM. Spider nevus. J Postgrad Med 2002;48:307.
2. Li CP, Lee FY, Hwang SJ, et al., Spider angiomas in patients with liver cirrhosis: role of alcoholism and impaired liver function. Scand J Gastroenterol 1999; 34: 520-3.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10423070
3. Li CP, Lee FY, Hwang SJ, et al., Role of substance P in the pathogenesis of spider angiomas in patients with nonalcoholic liver cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol 1999; 94: 502-7.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10022654
4. Li CP, Lee FY, Hwang SJ, et al., Spider angiomas in patients with liver cirrhosis: role of vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor. World J Gastroenterol 2003; 9: 2832-5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612064/
Contributed by Camille Mathey-Andrews, Medical Student, Harvard Medical School
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Wikipedia article
This article is about an older version of DF.
Billon is an alloy of equal parts silver and copper. Historically, billon was used to mint coins, but it remains to be seen if billon coins will be useful when the dwarven economy is re-implemented.
Two billon bars can be made at a smelter from 1 silver bar and 1 copper bar. Eight billon bars can be created by smelting 1 silver-bearing ore and 1 copper-bearing ore. Since tetrahedrite counts as both types of ore, two tetrahedrite nuggets can yield eight bars of billon for a roughly 70% increase in value over smelting the tetrahedrite nuggets separately. This recipe will only be used when no other silver-bearing ores are available to the smelter, otherwise silver nuggets or galena ore will be used as the silver-bearing ore, though tetrahedrite can still serve as the copper-bearing ore.
Notes[edit]
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ceding to his request, first fulfilled his duties as host by leading me round the garden.
"This fountain," said he, pointing to what appeared a cloud of rainbow-colored mist in the midst of the garden, "is of Reva's contrivance." While saying this, he pressed on what seemed to be a piece of rock; and the spray subsided at once, permitting approach to the basin. This was enclosed in rockwork abounding in ferns and other moisture-loving plants. A number of fish of various colors came swarming to the edge of their abode, accustomed, evidently, to be fed.
"These and her fowls are Reva's live pets," said he.
"But probably she loves her flowers still more. Over here, however, is the pride of her garden, a unique plant, to which none of even our experienced botanists has been able to give a name."
Here we came to a standstill before—I hesitate to tell it—a not exceedingly large, yet thriving specimen of Carduus Arvensis, or Canada Thistle. The panicles of buds, already showing purplish at the tips, gave promise of a numerous progeny of this farmer's pest, to which they have given the significant epithet of "cursed."
"Is this the plant you mean?" I inquired, hardly able to believe my eyes.
"You seem to recognize it. Yes, this is the plant."
"It is merely a—" Here I was nonplussed, for I was unable to recall any name for it in the language of the period. "It is merely a weed, at one time greatly detested, and far from uncommon."
"In Maoria, you mean. It seems to be utterly unknown on this continent." | WIKI |
How to Parse XML Document and Retrieve Rowset: SQL Server Syntax
SQL Server provides the sp_sml_preparedocument stored procedure to parse the XML document. This stored procedure reads the XML document and parses it with the MSXML parser. Parsing an XML document involves validating the XML data with the structure defined in the DTD or schema.
The parsed document is an internal tree representation of various nodes in the XML document, such as elements, attributes, text, and comments. Sp_xml_preparedocument returns a handle or pointer that can be used to access the newly created internal representation of the XML document. This handle is valid for the duration of the session or until the handle is invalidated by executing
Sp_xml_removedocument.
Retrieving a Rowset from the Tree
After verifying the accuracy of the structure and completeness of data, you need to extract the data from the available XML data. For this, you can use the openxml function to generate an in-memory rowset from the parsed data. The syntax of the openxml function is:
Openxml ( idoc int [ in] , rowpattern nvarchar [ in ] , [ flags byte [ in ] ] )
[ WITH ( SchemaDeclaration | TableName ) ]
Where,
• Idoc specifies the document handle of the internal tree representation of an XML document.
• Rowpattern specifies the XPath pattern used to identify the nodes (in the XML document whose handle is passed in the idoc parameter) to be processed as rows.
• Flags indicates the mapping that should be used between the XML data and the relational rowset, and how the spill-over column should be filled. Flags is an optional parameter and can have the following values:
0 – to use the default mapping (attributes)
1 – to retrieve attribute values
2 – to retrieve element values
3 – to retrieve both attribute and element values
• Schemadeclaration specifies the rowset schema declaration for the columns to be returned by using a combination of column names, data types, and patterns.
• TableName specifies the table name that can be given, instead of SchemaDeclaration, if a table with desired schema already exists and no column patterns are required.
Rhett Butler
Some say he’s half man half fish, others say he’s more of a seventy/thirty split. Either way he’s a fishy bastard. Google
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plantacar
Etymology
Borrowed from, , from , from. "plantacar" was chosen instead of proposed plantar so not to collide with.
Verb
* 1) to plant
* 2) * L. Kauling, Evangelio da S. Lukas, XX 9, page 71.
* Ulu plantacis viteyo, farmo-lugis ol a kultivisti e foriris longatempe.
* Someone planted a vineyard, leased it out to cultivators and went away for a long time. | WIKI |
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The Director of the National Park Service is pleased to inform you that the following properties have been entered in the National Register of Historic Places beginning January 27, 1985 and ending February 2, 1985. For further information call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
STATE, County, Vicinity, Property , Address, (Date Listed)
ARIZONA, Cochise County, Bisbee, Bisbee Woman's Club Clubhouse , 74 Quality Hill (01/31/85)
ARIZONA, Cochise County, Douglas, Douglas Historic District , Roughly bounded by Pan American, H, and F Aves. along 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Sts. and G Ave. (01/31/85)
ARIZONA, Coconino County, Flagstaff, La Iglesia Metodista Mexicana, El Divino Redentor , 319 S. San Francisco St. (01/30/85)
DELAWARE, New Castle County, Wilmington, Crosby and Hill Building (Market Street MRA) , 605 N. Market St. (01/30/85)
DELAWARE, New Castle County, Wilmington, Delmarva Power and Light Building (Market Street MRA) , 600 N. Market St. (01/30/85)
DELAWARE, New Castle County, Wilmington, Govatos'/McVey Building (Market Street MRA) , 800 N. Market St. (01/30/85)
DELAWARE, New Castle County, Wilmington, Gray, Charles, Printing Shop (Market Street MRA) , 11 E. 8th St. (01/30/85)
DELAWARE, New Castle County, Wilmington, Keil, Max, Building (Market Street MRA) , 712 N. Market St. (01/30/85)
DELAWARE, New Castle County, Wilmington, Keil, Max, Building (Market Street MRA) , 700 N. Market St. (01/30/85)
DELAWARE, New Castle County, Wilmington, Old Town Hall Commercial Historic District (Market Street MRA) , Roughly bounded by 5th, N. King, N. 9th, and Shipley Sts. (01/30/85)
DELAWARE, New Castle County, Wilmington, Reynold's Candy Company Building (Market Street MRA) , 703 N. Market St. (01/30/85)
DELAWARE, New Castle County, Wilmington, Schagrin, Charles, Building (Market Street MRA) , 608 N. Market St. (01/30/85)
DELAWARE, New Castle County, Wilmington, Townsend, Henry, Building (Market Street MRA) , 709 N. Market St. (01/30/85)
DELAWARE, New Castle County, Wilmington, Wilmington Savings Fund Society (Market Street MRA) , 838 N. Market St. (01/30/85)
FLORIDA, Hillsborough County, Brandon, Moseley Homestead , 1820 W. Brandon Blvd. (01/31/85)
FLORIDA, Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, Casa De Muchas Flores , 1446 Park St. N. (01/31/85)
LOUISIANA, East Baton Rough Parish, Baton Rouge, Magnolia Cemetery , Bounded by Main, 19th, Florida, and 22nd Sts. (01/31/85)
LOUISIANA, St. James Parish, Convent vicinity, Manresa House of Retreats/Jefferson College , LA 44 (01/31/85)
LOUISIANA, Tangipahoa Parish, Ponchatoula vicinity, Mount's Villa , Off LA 22 (01/31/85)
MARYLAND, St. Mary's County, Mattapany-Sewall Archeological Site (02/01/85) | WIKI |
Fabrice Do Marcolino
Fabrice Do Marcolino Anguilet (born 14 March 1983) is a Gabonese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He scored 15 goals in 57 appearances for the Gabon national team from 2004 to 2013.
International career
He represented his country at the 2012 African Cup of Nations, during which Gabon, as hosts of the competition, reached the quarter-finals.
Personal life
Fabrice's brother Arsène is also a former professional footballer. His older son Alan plays professionally, and his younger son Henrick plays in the Rennes academy, alongside his nephew Jonathan (Arsène's son). | WIKI |
ExpressionEngine: Filename and directory enumeration
2016-07-05T05:37:57
ID H1:149273
Type hackerone
Reporter strukt
Modified 2016-08-08T02:42:35
Description
Hello,
The "Import File Converter" can be abused by an admin to map the server directories and files, because the "File location" field doesn't sanitize the user input and allows access to root directories and files.
Steps to reproduce:
1- Go to http://localhost/ee/admin.php?/cp/utilities/import_converter 2- Set the "File location" to ///etc/, notice that the error "You must have at least 3 fields: username, screen_name, and email address", proving that the file exists. 3- Try with ///strukt/, notice the different error message, now it says "The path you submitted is not valid.", meaning the directory doesn't exist. 3- Now try with ///etc/passwd, the first error message shows up. 4- Finally, try with ///etc/strukt, the second message appears.
More successful test cases:
///etc/hosts ///usr/ ///var/ ../../../../../../../../etc/passwd
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Original Living Wage Act (H.R. 122; 117th Congress)
117th CONGRESS 1st Session
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide for the calculation of the minimum wage based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census.
Mr. Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide for the calculation of the minimum wage based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census.
* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Original Living Wage Act”.
. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
* (a) Findings.—Congress finds the following:
* (1) In 2015, there were approximately 43,100,000 Americans living in poverty who were separated from the opportunities of the Nation by their income, their housing, and their access to education, jobs, and health care.
* (2) A full-time worker earning the Federal minimum wage earns an income below the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, consisting of 2 adults and 2 children.
* (3) The average fair market rent for a 1-bedroom apartment is more than 65 percent of the monthly income of a full-time worker earning the minimum wage. In comparison, the generally accepted definition of affordability is for a household to pay not more than 30 percent of its income on housing.
* (4) Two full-time workers earning the Federal minimum wage earn an income below the national housing wage for a 1-bedroom apartment, the amount a person needs to earn to afford a 1-bedroom apartment at average rent.
* (b) Sense Of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that—
* (1) the Federal minimum wage should, as a minimum, be adjusted every 4 years so that a person working for such a wage may earn an annual income that is not less than 25.5 percent higher than the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census;
* (2) the minimum wage should be set at a level high enough to allow 2 full-time minimum wage workers to earn an income above the national housing wage; and
* (3) Congress, any of the several States, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States, any Indian tribe, or any local or municipal government of a State may establish a higher minimum wage requirement than that established in this Act.
. MINIMUM WAGE.
* (1) in subsection (a)(1)—
* (A) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (B);
* (B) by inserting “and” at the end of subparagraph (C); and
* (C) by inserting at the end the following:
* “(D) the amount determined by the Secretary under subsection (b), beginning September 1, 2021;”; and
* (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c) and inserting after subsection (a) the following:
* “(b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), not later than June 1, 2021, and once every 4 years thereafter, the Secretary shall determine the minimum wage rate applicable under subsection (a)(1) based on the formula described in paragraph (3). The Secretary shall publish such wage rate in the Federal Register not later than October 1 of each year.
* “(2) If the minimum wage rate determined by the Secretary under paragraph (1) would result in a lower minimum wage rate than the minimum wage rate in effect at the time of such determination, the Secretary may not adjust the minimum wage rate so in effect.
* “(3) The minimum wage rate determined by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be the minimum hourly wage sufficient for a person working for such wage for 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, to earn an annual income in an amount that is 25.5 percent higher than the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, with two children under the age of 18, and living in any of the 48 contiguous States, as published by the Bureau of the Census for the year in which the wage rate is being so determined.”. | WIKI |
Bikuben Kollegium
Bikuben Kollegium (Danish: Bikuben Kollegiet) is a privately owned dormitory for students in Ørestad, Copenhagen.
Opening in August 2006, Bikuben Kollegium is located on the corner of Amager Fælledvej and Njalsgade next to the University of Copenhagen's South Campus. The dorm was designed by the Aart Architects, an Aarhus based firm having as its ambition to make new forms of student communities possible. Kitchens and common areas are thus distributed on various floors, facing an inner yard.
The dormitory has 96 one room dwellings and four two room apartments as well a small number of homes for handicapped students and families. There are also furnished rooms, reserved for foreign students. The rent is DKK 2,985 per month for the smallest type of room.
The light art which can be seen at the entrance was created by the artist Viera Collaro.
Among a lot of dormitories in the area, Grønjordskollegiet is located 1 km South of Bikuben Kollegiet. | WIKI |
The Soul Assassins, Chapter I
Muggs Presents... The Soul Assassins, Chapter I is the first studio album by American hip hop collective Soul Assassins. It was released on March 4, 1997, via Columbia Records. Recording sessions took place at Larrabee Sound Studios and at Ameraycan Studios in Los Angeles, at The Hit Factory, at D&D Studios and at Chung King Studios in New York, and at The Hill. Produced entirely by DJ Muggs, it features contributions from B-Real, Dr. Dre, Goodie Mob, RZA, GZA, La the Darkman, MC Eiht, KRS-One, Mobb Deep, Infamous Mobb, Call O' Da Wild and Wyclef Jean. The album peaked at number 20 in the United States, at number 28 in France, at number 80 in the Netherlands, and at number 86 in the UK. Its sequel, Soul Assassins II, was released on October 3, 2000. | WIKI |
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(6) THE AYRSHIRE LADDIE.
My Jamie is & bonnie lad, he often eomes a cutting: O; The fight of him ave maks me glad, feu bat. Oh. when we were ſporting, O! My lonping breaſt in his le preſs'd, he row'd me in his plaidy: O; He hold me there till I conſetss'd: I dearly lor'd the laddie. O. He ſays, ! kill'd him with my eca, bis raleisever read out ware En He ſwearſ by all the fears uboon that Neli fliall be bis iady. O. Every 'as is thrang engagidin wi' ſome weel-ſaur d callen, O; Dly negabhur Jess und Jean are pledgd, to marry Rab-grid Alan, The Englas are fond of Jolm, the 'rish made for Paddy, O; Jamie, give me, or give me nore, My bonny Ayrſhire laddie, O. Once I croſs-d the raging ka, from Leith o'er to Kirkcaldy o;, bet But ne'er a lad yet catch'd my ee, like my dear Ayrſhire laddie. O. At gloamin' lie went down yeſtreen, to aſk my main and daddy, O; And their conſent wes freely gi'en, they knew my dad was ready, O. | WIKI |
CompTIA Certifications
CompTIA Network+ 2009 Domain 5: Network Tools
Hostname Networking Utility
On the Windows system, hostname simply prints out the hostname of the machine you are using. If you open a command prompt and type hostname you will see it return the hostname.
On Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X systems, hostname is much more powerful. You could use it to change the hostname of the machine, however, that typically occurs elsewhere. If you type in hostname on a Unix-like system, it will also display the hostname of the machine you are using, but there are other options beneath the surface:
root@thatcommunity [/home]# hostname -?
Usage: hostname [-v] {hostname|-F file} set hostname (from file)
domainname [-v] {nisdomain|-F file} set NIS domainname (from file)
hostname [-v] [-d|-f|-s|-a|-i|-y|-n] display formatted name
hostname [-v] display hostname
hostname -V|--version|-h|--help print info and exit
dnsdomainname=hostname -d, {yp,nis,}domainname=hostname -y
-s, --short short host name
-a, --alias alias names
-i, --ip-address addresses for the hostname
-f, --fqdn, --long long host name (FQDN)
-d, --domain DNS domain name
-y, --yp, --nis NIS/YP domainname
-F, --file read hostname or NIS domainname from given file
This command can read or set the hostname or the NIS domainname. You can
also read the DNS domain or the FQDN (fully qualified domain name).
Unless you are using bind or NIS for host lookups you can change the
FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) and the DNS domain name (which is
part of the FQDN) in the /etc/hosts file.
As you can see, you can set the hostname using this utility. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Talk:Cottage garden
GA Review
I have started a review of this article to see if it fits the criteria for a WP:Good article. The criteria and my comments can be found here. SilkTork *YES! 23:19, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
* Placed on hold until the end of January 2009 to see if the article can be developed. SilkTork *YES! 16:37, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
The article has met GA criteria and passed as a Good Article. SilkTork *YES! 19:57, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
As far as I know, the lead should be short
From WP:MOSINTRO:
* NOTE: This unsigned comment above is from User:Hafspajen.
* I've reverted your change per WP:BRD. Please read the entirety of WP:Lede. There are too many ways that it supports the GA approved lede of this article to recount here. I'll point you especially to WP:Lede. Also, the name of this article is "Cottage garden." To have a section called "Cottage gardens" is redundant and strange. Also, having written this article, I'm more than a bit familiar with the fact that the current three paragraph lede is "able to stand alone as a concise overview," "define(s) the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points," "The appropriate length of the lead section depends on the total length of the article," "More than 30,000 characters—Three or four paragraphs." Finally, if you still want to go against our manual of style for lead sections, I request you draw in the editor who passed this as a Good Article, User:SilkTork. First Light (talk) 16:52, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
* p.s. The current lede does in fact review the article. First para says what a cottage garden is. Second gives its origins, which is a significant part of the article. Third reviews what the current "cottage garden" is in design and plants. In other words, the lede does a good job of giving a "concise overview" of the article. First Light (talk) 16:55, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
I agree with the view stated by User:First Light and assert that I, too, consider it to be a good lede. WP:LEAD advises that a lede ought not be more than four paragraphs. I think the three paragraphs in its current form are adequate and provide a concise overview. Concise does not mean "short" nor should it be equated with "short"--indeed, Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines "concise" as marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail. Opinions often "vary as to appropriate length" of an article or a lede, but they are just that--opinions. That is, they are inherently subjective. Can you provide any objective reasons in support of your criticism of the lede section indicating why it is not "concise" and perhaps take the next step of offering some cogent suggestions as to what should be excised for the sake of brevity without sacrificing the lede's comprehensive summary of the topic? Because without any objective and actionable criticism, I can only continue to disagree with your assessment. --ColonelHenry (talk) 17:28, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
@Hafspajen, I reverted your "lead too long" tagging of the article. I'd advise you to achieve consensus here. Do you have any specific criticisms other than the subjective and unactionable statement that the lede section is "too long" for your tastes? Seriously, if you're going to complain, give us something actionable and specific that we can appropriately address. Without anything objective and actionable, your assertion of "it's too long" is a futile and frustrating waste of time for us. I will be glad to work at addressing your concerns--and I am certain that User:First Light will too--if you raise concerns that are specific and constructive.--ColonelHenry (talk) 15:14, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
* Further, in your paragraph above, you mentioned peacocking terms. I fail to see any such examples. What is your specific complaint?--ColonelHenry (talk) 15:27, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
* e/c Indeed, I would be more than happy to have an intelligent and specific discussion about this. It could be that the longest paragraph could be broken into two, for example. But take a look at some of Wikipedia's Featured articles for similar examples. I just clicked on the home page's daily FA, Percy Fender, as a random example for comparison, and the lead is not very dissimilar from this one. First Light (talk) 15:31, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
* My idea, ColonelHenry, was turned down. What I think that there are too many details in the lead, that it should be shortened and have another section as intro, bellow. I think that going in to particulars like what sort of plants were used and so on is a bit to detailed. But if you like it this way I am not going to protest any more. The peacock terms has nothing to do with this article. I t was in the Manual of style. This is the problem: Flowers common to early cottage gardens included traditional florist's flowers, such as primroses and violets, along with flowers chosen for household use, such as calendula and various herbs. Others were the old-fashioned roses that bloomed once a year with rich scents, simple flowers like daisies, and flowering herbs. A well-tended topiary of traditional form, perhaps a cone-shape in tiers, or a conventionalised peacock, would be part of the repertory, to which the leisured creators of "cottage gardens" would add a sun-dial, crazy paving on paths with thyme in the interstices, and a rustic seat, generally missing in the earlier cottage gardens. Hafspajen (talk) 15:25, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
* I'm not convinced the concerns about the length of the lead are appropriate; however, I think the lead could be tightened. For example, the lead mentions topiary, which is not covered in the main body of the article. Having said that, it appears that this matter regarding the lead length has been resolved. SilkTork ✔Tea time 17:59, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
* @SilkTork: Thanks for coming around these parts to offer your comments, it is much appreciated. I do agree, the lede can be tightened a bit, and I do see a few passages I would revise.
* @Hafspajen: I do agree that the enumeration of flowers needs to be reined in, but I do believe a little of that detail is necessary to mention.
* General Comment: I might take a day or two later this week to give it a thorough copyedit, but I'll wait until we discuss this through to consensus with Hafspajen so that we can address those issues and the others in one fell swoop.--ColonelHenry (talk) 18:14, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
* I think the entire sentence with the topiary mention could be removed (not added by me, by the way), because it is too specific. Most of what is mentioned in that sentence is too specific and not general. The mention of specific flowers in the prior two sentences is more by way of example of the types of flowers, so that should be kept in, since it does convey the general idea by its use of specific examples. I appreciate the specific suggestions, because I'm very happy to see improvements to this article. First Light (talk) 21:26, 28 May 2013 (UTC) | WIKI |
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130 they anticipated having an hour or so of pleasure before dark actually shut in.
Bones had often come up here on a similar errand, though this was his first visit this year. Still, he kept things in such shape that there was little time wasted making the necessary arrangements.
He had a few painted decoys that had seen much service, and these they carried along with them from the house.
Seeing Frank curiously examining one of the stools he carried, Bones broke out into a hearty laugh.
"Wondering what peppered that wooden decoy so, eh, Frank? I'll tell you, though you'll never enjoy the story as much as I did the actual thing. I had a cousin up here last winter. He was from New York City, and had never shot at real game, though he was a deadly marksman when it came to the trap, and could break bats and clay pigeons right along."
"I've ssen the breed," commented Frank, with a grin.
"Well, when we came crawling out here I forgot that I had asked Benson to put my little flock of decoys out for me. The first thing I knew I heard a bang close to my ear, and then a second shot, after which Cousin Hal jumped up shouting that he had knocked over the entire bunch. He had, but you ought to have seen his look when I sent him wading | WIKI |
Src and ROCK Kinases Differentially Regulate Mineralization of Human Osteosarcoma Saos-2 Cells.
Author
Agnieszka Strzelecka-Kiliszek
Affiliation
Laboratory of Biochemistry of Lipids, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 3 Pasteur Str., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland. [Email]
Abstract
Osteoblasts initiate bone mineralization by releasing matrix vesicles (MVs) into the extracellular matrix (ECM). MVs promote the nucleation process of apatite formation from Ca2+ and Pi in their lumen and bud from the microvilli of osteoblasts during bone development. Tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP) as well as annexins (among them, AnxA6) are abundant proteins in MVs that are engaged in mineralization. In addition, sarcoma proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein (Src) kinase and Rho-associated coiled-coil (ROCK) kinases, which are involved in vesicular transport, may also regulate the mineralization process. Upon stimulation in osteogenic medium containing 50 μg/mL of ascorbic acid (AA) and 7.5 mM of β-glycerophosphate (β-GP), human osteosarcoma Saos-2 cells initiated mineralization, as evidenced by Alizarin Red-S (AR-S) staining, TNAP activity, and the partial translocation of AnxA6 from cytoplasm to the plasma membrane. The addition of 4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo [3,4-d] pyrimidine (PP2), which is an inhibitor of Src kinase, significantly inhibited the mineralization process when evaluated by the above criteria. In contrast, the addition of (R)-(+)-trans-4-(1-aminoethyl)-N-(4-pyridyl) cyclohexane carboxamide hydrochloride (Y-27632), which is an inhibitor of ROCK kinase, did not affect significantly the mineralization induced in stimulated Saos-2 cells as denoted by AR-S and TNAP activity. In conclusion, mineralization by human osteosarcoma Saos-2 cells seems to be differently regulated by Src and ROCK kinases.
Keywords
ROCK,Saos-2 cells,Src kinase,annexin A6,matrix vesicles,mineralization, | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Slavery may seem to belong to another world but historians have argued it is closely tied to Scotland, and its legacy continues to be felt today. Ellie House found out more
When it comes to history, Scotland has never been afraid to face up to its bloody past and is proud of a rich heritage which continues to shape generations.
We are still able to explore the ruins where our ancestors once ruled and have fiercely preserved what is left of once glorious castles and fortresses.
But not many of us realise that some regular buildings we pass on a daily basis have a link with a more recent, shameful period of Scottish history.
It has been more than 200 years since the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act banished slavery throughout the British Empire, although there were some exceptions.
While many Scots campaigned against slavery, today not many people are aware that some cities, churches, industries, and businesses benefited from the African Slave Trade.
The misery and abuse which took place on sugar plantations may seem thousands of miles away, but slave owners lived across the UK, including in Scotland.
Some of the Scottish legacies of slave ownership in the British colonies are explored in the latest update to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, and researchers have spent months looking back at Scottish slave owners.
Contributors to the book include David Alston, who has spent more than a decade researching links between slavery and the Highlands.
To date he has identified 600 people from the Highlands with a connection to plantations before emancipation.
His most recent discovery is slave owner George Rainey, who was born in Sutherland.
“I started my research in 1999 and it has been an isolating task at times and a very personal journey,” said David, who is also a councillor in Inverness.
“Both myself and George are sons of ministers from Sutherland, and that’s a very strange feeling.
“Despite my research I never felt like I got to know George. By all accounts, he was a very cold, puzzling character.
“An awful lot of people in the church were actually linked to slavery in some way, which is incredibly uncomfortable.”
George, who died in 1863, attended Marischal College in Aberdeen. He was involved in the slave trade for more than 30 years, trading sugar and supplying credit to plantation owners in Demerara, which is now part of Guyana.
Following the emancipation, George received £50,000 in compensation for the loss of 1,000 slaves.
He then returned to Scotland and his amassed wealth had a huge impact on isolated communities and he quickly became known as a brutal land owner.
“He bought the islands of Raasay and Rona with the compensation money in 1845. He cleared one half of Raasay of people so he could use the land for sheep farming and he was pretty brutal in his methods,” said David.
Inhabitants of the island were forced off land they had farmed for generations.
For those who remained on the island, life was miserable and George ruled Raasay as if it were a slave plantation.
“One of his policies in Raasay was to forbid his tenants to marry, a measure of control reminiscent of the slave plantations,” said David.
“The wild Highlands conjures up a certain image of Scotland but there is a tapestry of slavery which has helped build our history, threads running all the way through that rarely get talked about.”
David believes there is only one building in Inverness which has acknowledged any link to slavery, although there are plenty that were built on the back of plantation wealth.
The Royal Northern Infirmary has a plaque stating that it was built on the back of profit made from plantations.
“England has been much better at recognising its link to slavery, particularly in places like Liverpool,” said David. “We’ve been pretty appalling in Scotland. When the Museum of Scotland opened in Edinburgh there was no mention of slavery – that’s shocking.
“I think there’s been a tendency in the Highlands to see ourselves as the victims, that’s a predominant narrative. We need to accept that we also victimised others, perhaps no more so than in slavery and that’s very difficult for people to come to terms with.
“People in both Cromarty and Tain objected to the emancipation of slavery because everybody benefited from its product in some way.
“People who had never been to the West Indies owned a slave, often through inheritance and marriage settlements.
“There is so much more work to be done when it comes to facing up to slavery.
“The way best to consider the impact it had and the objection to this abolition was that people couldn’t see a future without it.
“Everything was tied to slavery in some way.”
Many of Scotland’s country mansions also have links to slavery, including stunning Aberlour House, in Moray, which is now a primary school.
It was owned by Margaret MacPherson Grant, a philanthropist and sole heir to a plantation fortune.
Her uncle, Alexander Grant, amassed his wealth as a slave owner and sugar merchant in Jamaica and received £24,000 in compensation following the emancipation.
Margaret became hugely wealthy at just 20 years old but donated sums towards several good causes.
She donated £3,000 to pay for the building of a new episcopal church, St Margaret’s, in Aberlour, and in 1875 was the founding benefactor of the Aberlour Orphanage.
Researcher Rachel Laing who unearthed Margaret’s links to slavery, believes her legacy was used to do good, regardless of its origins.
“Margaret struggled with alcohol abuse and sexuality, problems it’s easy for young women to relate to today,” said Rachel.
“In other ways her difficulties were typically those of a 19th century woman – she talked of having a family and was fond of children but marriage would mean she had to give up her independence and forfeit her property rights to her husband.
“Her wealth made her very unusual and she benefited hugely from the social leeway it afforded her.
“I think it’s worth saying that she was a generous person, not just in her willingness to give money to a wide range of charities, but in her friendships too.”
Nick Draper, director of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership, also believes Margaret’s story demonstrates that the legacy of slavery was far reaching and incredibly personal.
“It would be wrong to say that modern Britain was founded entirely on slavery but it certainly made a contribution,” said Nick. “In many cases, and certainly in Margaret’s, it was the foundation of wealth.
“In some instances, there are very obvious symptoms deriving from slavery but not everyone is finely attuned to the legacy left behind.
“What is often the case in the study of slavery is that we tend to look at the enslaved as opposed to their masters.
“But the legacy of slave owners can be traced in localities and in buildings which we pass every day.”
The Powis Gates, in Aberdeen, was built by Hugh Fraser Leslie in 1834 and features carvings of slaves.
The carvings stand as a nod to the source of wealth as Hugh Fraser Leslie owned several coffee plantations in Jamaica.
“The term ‘slave-owner’ itself was consistently avoided; most aimed to recast themselves as planters, proprietors, merchants, country gentlemen or statesmen,” said Nick. “Slave-ownership was an important source of their wealth but also informed their outlook, and the new work aims to bring this facet of British life into view.”
The stories of George and Margaret are not unique, but they demonstrate just how far-reaching slavery was. The new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography was published earlier this month and is a national record of men and women who have shaped all walks of British life.
This edition has focused in particular on the economic, political, cultural legacies of British slave ownership.
Much of the work draws on data provided by University College London’s new Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership. With each new discovery, researchers such as David and Nick continue to build a picture of a very tangible link between the Scotland of today and individuals who amassed wealth in slavery.
“I don’t think it’s for us to decide whether slave owners were good or bad people, but to see the imprint they have left,” said Nick. “Our aim was to resurrect and reconstruct so we can understand a piece of a much wider puzzle.”
Mr Rainy enacted a rule that no one should marry on the island. There was one man there who married in spite of him, and because he did so, he put him out of his father’s house, and that man went to a bothy – to a sheep cot.
Mr Rainy then came and demolished the sheep cot upon him, and extinguished his fire, and neither friend nor anyone else dared give him a night’s shelter. He was not allowed entrance into any house | FINEWEB-EDU |
Health Care Sector Update for 08/17/2017: MYOV, DCTH, LAKE
Top Health Care Stocks
JNJ -0.44%
PFE -0.49%
ABT -0.28%
MRK -0.61%
AMGN-1.52%
Health care stocks were mostly lower this afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index sinking about 0.4% while shares of health care companies in the S&P 500 were down almost 0.6% as a group.
In company news, Myovant Sciences Ltd ( MYOV ) jumped on Thursday, reaching a session high of $12.47 a share, after analysts at Evercore ISI today began analyst coverage of the early-state biotech company with an outperform rating and a $35 price target.
Myovant last week reported a fiscal Q1 net loss of $0.39 per share, improving on a $0.47 loss during the same quarter last year.
In other sector news,
(+) DCTH, (+22.7%) Ayrton Capital cashes out 8.4% ownership stake, selling more than 41.7 mln of the company's shares between July 18 to Aug. 11.
(-) LAKE, (-12.8%) Prices $10 mln public offering of 725,000 shares at $13.80 apiece, an 11.8% discount to Wednesday's closing price. Plans to use the expected $8.95 mln in net proceeds to build new manufacturing facilities overseas and repaying its line of credit.
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Like Balancing Rock, which waited darkly over the steep gorge ready to close forever the outlet to Deception Pass, that nameless thing, as certain yet intangible as fate, must fall and close forever all doubts and fears of the future.
"I've dreamed," muttered Venters, as he rose. "Well, why not? . . . To dream is happiness! But let me just once see this clearly, wholly; then I can go on dreaming till the thing falls. I've got to tell Jane Withersteen. I've dangerous trips to take. I've work here to make comfort for this girl. She's mine. I'll fight to keep her safe from that old life. I've already seen her forget it. I love her. And if a beast ever rises in me, I'll burn my hand off before I lay it on her with shameful intent. And, by God! sooner or later I'll kill the man who hid her and kept her in Deception Pass!"
As he spoke the west wind softly blew in his face. It seemed to soothe his passion. That west wind was fresh, cool, fragrant, and it carried a sweet, strange burden of far-off things—tidings of life in other climes, of sunshine asleep on other walls—of other places where reigned peace. It carried, too, sad truth of human hearts and mystery—of promise and hope unquenchable. Surprise Valley was only a little niche in the wide world whence blew that burdened wind. Bess was only one of millions at the mercy of unknown motive in nature and life. Content had come to Venters in the valley; happiness had breathed in the slow, warm air; love as bright as light had hovered over the walls and descended to him; and now on the west wind came a whisper of the eternal triumph of faith over doubt.
"How much better I am for what has come to me!" he exclaimed. "I'll let the future take care of itself. Whatever falls I'll be ready."
Venters retraced his steps along the terrace back to camp, and found Bess in the old familiar seat, waiting and watching for his return. | WIKI |
Best Parameters Guide for Laser Engravers
A laser engraving machine has many parameters, such as engraving speed, frequency, pass parameters, etc. Choosing the right parameters helps us to get better processing results. Usually, the parameters will be changed when using a laser engraving machine for different materials. But it is not easy to get the right parameters, it usually needs to go through several tests. To set the right parameters, understanding their meaning is required. Do you know what the parameters of the laser engraving machine mean?
Meaning of common parameters
• Laser power
The laser power controls the intensity level of the laser beam. It can be set as a percentage between 0% and 100%. In the laser engraving process, when it comes to the laser power growing, which means the laser intensity raises, the color and cut depth of the treated material become deeper. Still, too much power may cause the material's edges to be scorched. Only with sufficient laser power can we engrave clear patterns or cut materials. Therefore, keeping the laser power parameters in the right range is crucial for material processing.
• Engraving speed
Engraving speed is the speed of laser head movement during laser processing. With other parameters consistent, the faster the laser head moves, the shorter the time the laser beam stays on the material surface and the less laser energy the material absorbs. Therefore, in laser engraving, if other parameters remain the same, the faster the processing speed, the lighter the color engraved, and the less cutting-edge burns. If you use a lower processing speed, your processing time will be very long. Besides, when processing flammable materials such as thin paper at low speeds, it may cause the material to catch fire! Therefore, the choice of engraving speed is also important.
• PPI and Hz parameters
PPI represents the number of laser pulses received per inch of material during the laser engraving process. In the application of laser cutting processing, the frequency setting is very important. Frequency is generally expressed in Hz, indicating the number of pulses released by the laser per second.
• Z offset parameter
Before using a laser engraver , the focus is usually adjusted so that the laser operates at optimal performance. If the z-offset is set to zero, the laser is focused. Sometimes you may also need to process the material after defocusing, such as when processing large areas of the material.
• Passing parameters
The transmission parameters are also important parameters for laser processing materials, which determine the number of passes for engraving or cutting. For example, for some flammable materials, it is safer to engrave at lower power and higher speed, but you will need to repeat the process several times to achieve your needs.
How to set the right parameters
Setting the right processing parameters usually requires several tests. After several tests, Lunyee has summarized some methods of setting parameters for your reference.
1. If cutting or engraving hard and thick materials, you can set a larger percentage of laser intensity. If you are working with thinner materials, set the intensity to 10% at the beginning and then slowly increase it according to the material being processed.
2. If you are cutting or engraving thick or hard materials, we recommend running at a low speed. To cut thin paper material, you can start at a high speed.
3. To achieve perfect laser engraving results, the PPI is generally the same as or a multiple of the resolution set in the print setup panel.
4. Offset parameters are generally used when machining large areas.
5. If you mainly do relief processing, you can use low power and high speed for multiple repetition processing. After many iterations, you can get great results.
Conclusion
I believe that after reading this article you already have a certain understanding of the parameters of the laser engraving machine, and have your own insights on how to set the parameters. If you mainly use one machine and one material, it is not difficult to choose the parameters. But if you often need to deal with new materials, then determine the parameters will take you a lot of time. I hope these parameter selection tips can help you save time.
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Priest With K.K.K. Past Takes Leave: ‘My Actions Were Despicable’
Saying he was shaken by the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va., a Roman Catholic priest in the state is temporarily stepping down after writing an editorial on Monday about his participation in the Ku Klux Klan 40 years ago. The Rev. William M. Aitcheson, writing in The Arlington Catholic Herald, said he felt compelled to rehash his “despicable actions” while he was “an impressionable young man.” “I’m sorry. To anyone who has been subjected to racism or bigotry, I am sorry,” Father Aitcheson, who has been a priest for nearly 30 years, wrote. “I have no excuse, but I hope you will forgive me.” Father Aitcheson, 62, an assistant to the pastor at St. Leo the Great in Fairfax, Va., decided to take temporary leave after writing the editorial because of “the current political and cultural climate around the sensitive issue of racism,” Billy Atwell, a spokesman for the Diocese of Arlington said in an email. The Charlottesville images “brought back memories of a bleak period in my life that I would have preferred to forget,” Father Aitcheson wrote in the editorial. “The reality is, we cannot forget, we should not forget. Our actions have consequences and while I firmly believe God forgave me — as he forgives anyone who repents and asks for forgiveness — forgetting what I did would be a mistake.” The images from Charlottesville, he added, are not only embarrassing to the country, but “should bring us to our knees in prayer.” Decrying the “polluted” minds of racists, he urged white supremacists to seek “peace and mercy” in Jesus Christ. Father Aitcheson’s involvement in the K.K.K. ended in 1977, Mr. Atwell said. That was the year that he was arrested and charged with “six cross-burnings in Prince George’s County, one count of making bomb threats and two of manufacturing pipe bombs,” according to a 1977 Washington Post article. At the time, he was a University of Maryland student who had been identified by the State Police as an “exalted cyclops,” a leader of the Robert E. Lee Lodge of the Maryland Knights of the K.K.K., the article said. Undercover investigators infiltrated the hate group and tipped off the State Police, who found “nine pounds of black powder and ‘several’ weapons and bomb components” in Mr. Aitcheson’s home, The Washington Post wrote. That same year he was indicted by a federal grand jury on the charge of threatening to kill Coretta Scott King, the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., according to an Associated Press article at the time. “My actions were despicable,” Father Aitcheson wrote in the editorial on Monday. “When I think back on burning crosses, a threatening letter, and so on, I feel as though I am speaking of somebody else. It’s hard to believe that was me.” In 1982, President Ronald Reagan publicly condemned Mr. Aitcheson’s actions when he and the first lady, Nancy Reagan, visited a black couple who had been terrorized by Mr. Aitcheson when Mr. Aitcheson burned a cross in their yard in 1977. “I thought maybe I might just call attention to how reprehensible something of this kind is,” President Reagan said at the time. A week earlier, a federal judge had ordered Mr. Aitcheson to pay the couple $23,000 in civil damages, an Associated Press article said. Mr. Aitcheson eventually returned to the Catholic Church, completing his seminary studies in 1988, the same year he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas. He became a permanent priest of the Diocese of Arlington 10 years later. “There have been no accusations of racism or bigotry against Father Aitcheson throughout his time in the Diocese of Arlington,” Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, who leads the Diocese of Arlington, said in a statement. It has not been decided when Father Aitcheson will resume his duties, said Mr. Atwell, the diocese spokesman, and he will not be speaking with the news media. Father Aitcheson often led Bible study classes at St. Leo the Great, focusing on the Gospel of Luke, according to church bulletins. “No Gospel writer is more concerned than Luke with the mercy and compassion of Jesus,” the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops says on its website. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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North Korea not ready to meet with South Korea in Russia: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Politicians from North and South Korea will not hold direct talks in Russia on Monday about Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile program despite attending the same event and being urged to do so by Moscow, Russian news agencies said on Sunday. Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of Russia’s upper house of parliament, is due to discuss the missile crisis in separate talks with a deputy head of North Korea’s legislature and the head of South Korea’s parliament on the sidelines of a congress of parliamentarians in St Petersburg on Monday. Moscow has called on the two countries to use the opportunity to have their own direct talks to try to narrow their differences. But the RIA news agency on Sunday cited Piotr Tolstoi, the deputy speaker of the Russian lower house of parliament, and an unnamed member of North Korea’s delegation as saying there would not be any direct talks. The unnamed North Korean delegate was quoted as saying that U.S. pressure on Pyongyang and U.S. and South Korean military exercises meant preconditions for such talks had not been met. Konstantin Kosachyov, head of the upper house of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said Moscow would try again on Monday to encourage the two delegations to hold face-to-face talks despite the lack of progress. Russian news agencies quoted him as saying that the North Korean delegation had so far declined to hold such talks, while the South Korean delegation had said it was ready for such a meeting. “We will definitely not try to coerce or talk somebody into anything,” the Interfax news agency cited Kosachyov as saying. “(But) it will be pity, both on the human and political level, if another opportunity to de-escalate tensions in relations between North Korea and South Korea is missed.” North Korea’s nuclear tests and missile launches have stirred global tensions and prompted several rounds of international sanctions at the U.N. Security Council. A de-escalation plan, backed by Russia and China, would see North Korea suspend its ballistic missile program and the United States and South Korea simultaneously call a moratorium on large-scale missile exercises, both moves aimed at paving the way for multilateral talks. Reporting by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Richard Balmforth | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Simon Thompson (professor)
Simon Thompson is a research computer scientist, author, and an emeritus professor of the University of Kent, specializing in logic and computation. His research into functional programming covers software verification and validation, programming tool-building, and software testing for the functional programming languages Erlang, Haskell, and OCaml. He is the author of books on data type theory, Miranda, Haskell, and Erlang, and runs a massive open online course about Erlang for FutureLearn.
Education
Thompson earned a Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) from the University of Oxford in 1984 with a dissertation titled "Recursion theories on the continuous functionals". Thompson's doctoral adviser was Robin Oliver Gandy.
Work
, he worked for Input Output Global, Input Output Hong Kong on domain-specific languages for the Cardano blockchain platform. There, he developed a specialised smart contract language, Marlowe, designed for non-programmers working in the financial sector.
Books
His books include:
* Quotes, Francesco Cesarini, founder: Erlang Solutions Ltd.
* Quotes, Francesco Cesarini, founder: Erlang Solutions Ltd.
* Quotes, Francesco Cesarini, founder: Erlang Solutions Ltd.
* Quotes, Francesco Cesarini, founder: Erlang Solutions Ltd. | WIKI |
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