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March 28
Pre-1600
* AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.
* 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.
* 364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
* 1065 – The Great German Pilgrimage, which had been under attack by Bedouin bandits for three days, is rescued by the Fatimid governor of Ramla.
* 1566 – The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
1601–1900
* 1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
* 1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
* 1801 – Treaty of Florence is signed, ending the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.
* 1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
* 1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.
* 1814 – War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels.
* 1842 – First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
* 1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
* 1860 – First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
* 1862 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
1901–present
* 1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from water runway Étang le Barre, near Marseille.
* 1918 – General John J. Pershing, during World War I, cancels 42nd 'Rainbow' Division's orders to Rolampont for further training and diverted it to the occupy the Baccarat sector. Rainbow Division becomes "the first American division to take over an entire sector on its own, which it held longer than any other American division-occupied sector alone for a period of three months".
* 1918 – Finnish Civil War: On the so-called "Bloody Maundy Thursday of Tampere", the Whites force the Reds to attack the city center, where the city's fiercest battles being fought in Kalevankangas with large casualties on both sides. During the same day, an explosion at the Red headquarters of Tampere kills several commanders.
* 1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
* 1933 – The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
* 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
* 1941 – World War II: First day of the Battle of Cape Matapan in Greece between the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy.
* 1942 – World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
* 1946 – Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
* 1959 – The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
* 1961 – ČSA Flight 511 crashes in Igensdorf, Germany, killing 52.
* 1965 – An 7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.
* 1968 – Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a student protest.
* 1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
* 1970 – An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring at least 1,200.
* 1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
* 1979 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
* 1979 – The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by one vote, precipitating a general election.
* 1990 – United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
* 1994 – In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.
* 1999 – Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill at least 130 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
* 2001 – Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos begins operation.
* 2003 – In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
* 2005 – An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.
* 2006 – At least one million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
Pre-1600
* 1472 – Fra Bartolomeo, Italian painter (d. 1517)
* 1515 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1582)
* 1522 – Albert Alcibiades, German prince (d. 1557)
* 1592 – John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop and educator (d. 1670)
1601–1900
* 1613 – Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of China (d. 1688)
* 1638 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch botanist and anatomist (d. 1731)
* 1652 – Samuel Sewall, English judge (d. 1730)
* 1725 – Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (d. 1795)
* 1727 – Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, (d. 1777)
* 1750 – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general and politician (d. 1816)
* 1760 – Thomas Clarkson, English activist (d. 1846)
* 1793 – Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist (d. 1864)
* 1795 – Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian and author (d. 1876)
* 1806 – Thomas Hare, English lawyer and political scientist (d. 1891)
* 1811 – John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (d. 1860)
* 1815 – Arsène Houssaye, French author and poet (d. 1896)
* 1818 – Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (d. 1902)
* 1819 – Joseph Bazalgette, English architect and engineer (d. 1891)
* 1832 – Henry D. Washburn, American politician and general (d. 1871)
* 1836 – Emmanuel Benner, French artist (d. 1896)
* 1836 – Jean Benner, French artist (d. 1906)
* 1836 – Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (d. 1904)
* 1840 – Emin Pasha, German-Jewish Egyptian physician and politician (d. 1892)
* 1847 – Gyula Farkas, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1930)
* 1849 – James Darmesteter, French historian and author (d. 1894)
* 1850 – Kyrle Bellew, English theatre actor (d. 1911)
* 1851 – Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (d. 1944)
* 1862 – Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
* 1868 – Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1936)
* 1873 – John Geiger, American rower (d. 1956)
* 1879 – Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork (d. 1920)
* 1881 – Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (d. 1918)
* 1884 – Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1951)
* 1887 – Beulah Dark Cloud, American actress (d. 1945)
* 1890 – Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1967)
* 1892 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
* 1892 – Tom Maguire, Irish republican General (d. 1993)
* 1893 – Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (d. 1971)
* 1894 – Ernst Lindemann, German captain (d. 1941)
* 1895 – Christian Herter, American politician, United States Secretary of State (d. 1966)
* 1895 – Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (d. 1960)
* 1895 – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1985)
* 1897 – Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)
* 1899 – Gussie Busch, American businessman (d. 1989)
* 1899 – Buck Shaw, American football player and coach (d. 1977)
* 1900 – Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (d. 2004)
1901–present
* 1902 – Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
* 1903 – Rudolf Serkin, Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1991)
* 1904 – Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (d. 1996)
* 1905 – Pandro S. Berman, American production manager and producer (d. 1996)
* 1905 – Marlin Perkins, American zoologist and television host (d. 1986)
* 1906 – Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2002)
* 1906 – Robert Allen, American actor (d. 1998)
* 1906 – Dorothy Knowles, South African-English author, fencer and academic (d. 2010)
* 1907 – Irving Paul Lazar, American lawyer and talent agent (d. 1993)
* 1909 – Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1981)
* 1910 – Jimmie Dodd, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
* 1910 – Ingrid of Sweden, Queen of Denmark (d. 2000)
* 1911 – Consalvo Sanesi, Italian race car driver (d. 1998)
* 1912 – A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian author (d. 1984)
* 1912 – Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943)
* 1913 – Toko Shinoda, Japanese artist (d. 2021)
* 1914 – Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)
* 1914 – Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author (d. 1997)
* 1914 – Edmund Muskie, American politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (d. 1996)
* 1914 – Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter (d. 1934)
* 1915 – Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
* 1919 – Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (d. 2007)
* 1919 – Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (d. 2010)
* 1919 – Vic Raschi, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)
* 1921 – Harold Agnew, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
* 1921 – Dirk Bogarde, English actor and author (d. 1999)
* 1922 – Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
* 1922 – Grace Hartigan, American painter and educator (d. 2008)
* 1922 – Joey Maxim, American boxer and actor (d. 2001)
* 1923 – Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
* 1923 – Thad Jones, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1986)
* 1924 – Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (d. 1992)
* 1925 – Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Russian actor (d. 1994)
* 1925 – Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress (d. 2010)
* 1926 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (d. 2014)
* 1926 – Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)
* 1928 – Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American political activist and analyst; United States National Security Advisor (d. 2017)
* 1928 – Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)
* 1930 – Robert Ashley, American composer (d. 2014)
* 1930 – Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1933 – Frank Murkowski, American soldier, banker, and politician, 8th Governor of Alaska
* 1934 – Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (d. 2006)
* 1935 – Michael Parkinson, English journalist and author (d. 2023)
* 1935 – Józef Szmidt, Polish triple jumper
* 1936 – Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1940 – Tony Barber, English-Australian television host
* 1940 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and coach (d. 2013)
* 1940 – Michael Plumb, American equestrian
* 1942 – Daniel Dennett, American philosopher and academic (d. 2024)
* 1942 – Neil Kinnock, Welsh politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
* 1942 – Mike Newell, English director and producer
* 1942 – Samuel Ramey, American opera singer
* 1942 – Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020)
* 1943 – Richard Eyre, English director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1943 – Conchata Ferrell, American actress (d. 2020)
* 1944 – Rick Barry, American basketball player
* 1944 – Ken Howard, American actor (d. 2016)
* 1945 – Rodrigo Duterte, Filipino politician, 16th President of the Philippines
* 1946 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (d. 2014)
* 1946 – Henry Paulson, American banker and politician, 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury
* 1946 – Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian economist and politician, President of Peru
* 1948 – Janice Lynde, American actress
* 1948 – Dianne Wiest, American actress
* 1948 – Milan Williams, American keyboard player (d. 2006)
* 1949 – Ronnie Ray Smith, American sprinter (d. 2013)
* 1953 – Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian banker and politician, 4th President of Burundi (d. 1993)
* 1954 – Donald Brown, American pianist and educator
* 1955 – Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter and actress
* 1957 – Harvey Glance, American sprinter (d. 2023)
* 1958 – Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer
* 1958 – Curt Hennig, American wrestler (d. 2003)
* 1959 – Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica
* 1960 – José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician, Prime Minister of Cape Verde
* 1961 – Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach
* 1962 – Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
* 1962 – Simon Bazalgette, English businessman
* 1964 – Karen Lumley, English politician (d. 2023)
* 1968 – Iris Chang, Chinese-American journalist and author (d. 2004)
* 1968 – Nasser Hussain, Indian-English cricketer
* 1969 – Brett Ratner, American director and producer
* 1970 – Vince Vaughn, American actor
* 1970 – Jennifer Weiner, American journalist and author
* 1972 – Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
* 1973 – Björn Kuipers, Dutch footballer and referee
* 1973 – Umaga, American Samoan wrestler (d. 2009)
* 1975 – Kate Gosselin, American television personality
* 1975 – Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
* 1978 – Nathan Cayless, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player and coach
* 1979 – Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer and media personality
* 1980 – Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
* 1980 – Luke Walton, American basketball player
* 1981 – Edwar Ramírez, American baseball player
* 1981 – Julia Stiles, American actress
* 1983 – Ladji Doucouré, French sprinter and hurdler
* 1984 – Christopher Samba, Congolese footballer
* 1985 – Stefano Ferrario, Italian footballer
* 1985 – Steve Mandanda, French footballer
* 1985 – Stanislas Wawrinka, Swiss tennis player
* 1985 – Josh Bray, American politician
* 1986 – Mustafa Ali, American wrestler
* 1986 – Bowe Bergdahl, American sergeant
* 1986 – Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter and actress
* 1986 – J-Kwon, American rapper
* 1986 – Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player
* 1987 – Yohan Benalouane, French-Tunisian footballer
* 1987 – Simeon Jackson, Canadian soccer player
* 1987 – Jonathan Van Ness, American hairdresser and television personality
* 1988 – Geno Atkins, American football player
* 1988 – Ryan Kalish, American baseball player
* 1989 – Logan Couture, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1989 – Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
* 1989 – Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
* 1990 – Delroy Edwards, American musician
* 1990 – Laura Harrier, American actress and model
* 1991 – Derek Carr, American football player
* 1991 – Jordan McRae, American basketball player
* 1991 – Lisa-Maria Moser, Austrian tennis player
* 1991 – Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1991 – Ondřej Palát, Czech ice hockey player
* 1991 – Christian Walker, American baseball player
* 1992 – Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer
* 1995 – Jonathan Drouin, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1995 – Will Smith, American baseball player
* 1996 – Matt Renshaw, English-Australian cricketer
* 1996 – Max Strus, American basketball player
* 1998 – Lance Morris, Australian cricketer
* 2001 – Wang Xiyu, Chinese tennis player
* 2004 – Anna Shcherbakova, Russian figure skater
Pre-1600
* 193 – Pertinax, Roman emperor (b. 126)
* 592 – Guntram, French king (b. 532)
* 966 – Flodoard, Frankish canon and chronicler
* 1072 – Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
* 1134 – Stephen Harding, founder of the Cistercian order
* 1239 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)
* 1241 – Valdemar II of Denmark (b. 1170)
* 1285 – Pope Martin IV
* 1346 – Venturino of Bergamo, Dominican preacher (b. 1304)
* 1563 – Heinrich Glarean, Swiss poet and theorist (b. 1488)
* 1566 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian historian and diplomat (b. 1486)
* 1584 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian king (b. 1530)
1601–1900
* 1687 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
* 1690 – Emmanuel Tzanes, Greek Renaissance painter (b. 1610)
* 1718 – Thomas Micklethwaite, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (b. 1678)
* 1818 – Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)
* 1822 – Angelis Govios, leader of the Greek War of Independence (b. 1780)
* 1868 – James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
* 1870 – George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
* 1874 – Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
* 1881 – Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
* 1884 – Georgios Zariphis, Greek banker and financier (b. 1810)
* 1893 – Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)
* 1900 – Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. c. 1831)
1901–present
* 1903 – Magdalene Thoresen, Danish writer (b. 1819)
* 1910 – Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
* 1916 – James Strachan-Davidson, English classical scholar, academic administrator, translator, and author (b. 1843)
* 1917 – Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)
* 1923 – Charles Hubbard, American archer (b. 1849)
* 1929 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and songwriter (b. 1859)
* 1929 – Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Premier of Quebec (b. 1861)
* 1934 – Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and educator (b. 1891)
* 1941 – Marcus Hurley, American basketball player and cyclist (b. 1883)
* 1941 – Virginia Woolf, English writer (b. 1882)
* 1942 – Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)
* 1943 – Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
* 1944 – Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)
* 1947 – Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
* 1953 – Jim Thorpe, American football player (b. 1887)
* 1957 – Stylianos Lenas, Greek-Cypriot member of the National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA) against the British rule (b. 1931)
* 1958 – W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)
* 1962 – Hugo Wast, Argentinian author (b. 1883)
* 1963 – Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)
* 1965 – Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (b. 1888)
* 1969 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
* 1972 – Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (b. 1887)
* 1974 – Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)
* 1974 – Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (b. 1905)
* 1974 – Françoise Rosay, French actress (b. 1891)
* 1976 – Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1899)
* 1977 – Eric Shipton, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1907)
* 1979 – Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor (b. 1898)
* 1980 – Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (b. 1918)
* 1982 – William Giauque, Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
* 1985 – Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter (b. 1887)
* 1986 – Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)
* 1987 – Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1905)
* 1992 – Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist (b. 1909)
* 1994 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (b. 1909)
* 1996 – Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1914)
* 2000 – Anthony Powell, English soldier and author (b. 1905)
* 2004 – Peter Ustinov, English-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
* 2005 – Moura Lympany, English-Monacan pianist (b. 1916)
* 2005 – Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
* 2006 – Pro Hart, Australian painter (b. 1928)
* 2006 – Charles Schepens, Belgian-American ophthalmologist and author (b. 1912)
* 2006 – Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
* 2006 – Jerry Brudos, American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile (b. 1939)
* 2009 – Maurice Jarre, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
* 2009 – Janet Jagan, 6th President of Guyana (b. 1920)
* 2010 – June Havoc, American actress, dancer, and director (b. 1912)
* 2012 – John Arden, English author and playwright (b. 1930)
* 2012 – Ioannis Banias, Greek politician (b. 1939)
* 2012 – Harry Crews, American novelist (b. 1935)
* 2012 – Addie L. Wyatt, African American labor leader (b. 1924)
* 2013 – George E. P. Box, English-American statistician and educator (b. 1919)
* 2013 – Richard Griffiths, English actor (b. 1947)
* 2013 – Hugh McCracken, American guitarist, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1942)
* 2013 – Bob Teague, American college football star and television news-reporter (b. 1929)
* 2013 – Gus Triandos, American baseball player and scout (b. 1930)
* 2014 – Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (b. 1924)
* 2014 – Lorenzo Semple, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
* 2015 – Chuck Brayton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)
* 2015 – Joseph Cassidy, Canadian-English priest and academic (b. 1954)
* 2015 – Miroslav Ondříček, Czech cinematographer (b. 1934)
* 2015 – Gene Saks, American actor and director (b. 1921)
* 2016 – James Noble, American actor (b. 1922)
* 2021 – Didier Ratsiraka, Malagasy politician and naval officer (b. 1936)
* 2021 – Joseph Edward Duncan, American serial killer (b. 1963)
* 2023 – Paul O'Grady, English comedian, actor and drag queen (b. 1955)
* 2023 – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer, record producer, and actor (b. 1952)
* 2024 – Larry Lloyd, English professional football player and coach (b. 1948)
* 2024 – Mark Spiro, American songwriter, record producer and recording artist (b. 1957)
Holidays and observances
* Christian feast day:
* Christopher Wharton
* Priscus
* Pope Sixtus III
* Stephen Harding
* March 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
* Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet)
* Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia) | WIKI |
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) was established by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1967 to coordinate and support the efforts of higher education institutions in the State of Tennessee. One of its statutory requirements is to create a master plan for developing public higher education in Tennessee.
Purposes
The agency, a traditional higher education coordinating board, serves several important functions, including: Development and proponency for the state public agenda for higher education; Administration of the outcomes based funding formula, a method by which appropriations are distributed to public colleges and universities; Approval of all new academic programs; Formulation and recommendations for capital project funding; General higher education policy development.
THEC is a combined agency with the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation, the state financial aid agency, and the THEC Executive Director holds a dual appointment as leader of both entities. In recent years, THEC has emerged as a central leader for higher education efforts in the state, reinforced substantially by the Complete College Tennessee Act of 2010 and the FOCUS Act of 2016.
In 1984, the THEC awarded a grant to East Tennessee State University to establish the Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services.
THEC is the official approving agency in Tennessee for any postsecondary institution, public or private, desiring to enroll students receiving veterans' benefits from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs such as those available under the G. I. Bill of Rights.
Composition
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is composed of one "lay" member from each of the state's nine Congressional districts, appointed to six-year terms, the three state constitutional officers (Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Comptroller of the Treasury), two student commissioners serving staggered two-year terms (one each from the University of Tennessee system and the Tennessee Board of Regents system, with voting rights only during the second year of the term, assuring only one voting student-member at a time), and the executive director of the State Board of Education, a nonvoting member. With a maximum total vote of 13 at any one time, the majority required for action to be taken is usually seven votes. | WIKI |
FDA warns company against making 'unsubstantiated claims' about CBD | TheHill
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday it issued a warning to Curaleaf Inc. for making "unsubstantiated" claims about the health benefits of cannabidiol (CBD). The warning letter highlights several products sold online by the Massachusetts-based marijuana company as "unapproved new drugs." The FDA also said the promises of some products, like helping treat cancer, could lead people to delay medical care for serious conditions. "Selling unapproved products with unsubstantiated therapeutic claims — such as claims that CBD products can treat serious diseases and conditions — can put patients and consumers at risk by leading them to put off important medical care," acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless said in a statement. “Today’s action demonstrates that the agency stands firm in its commitment to continue monitoring the marketplace and protecting the public health by taking action as needed against companies that deceive consumers and put them at risk by illegally selling products marketed for therapeutic uses for which they are not approved, such as those claiming to treat cancer or Alzheimer’s disease. Consumers should beware of purchasing or using any such products.” CBD is the non-psychoactive component of marijuana. It has been legal at the federal level since the passage of the farm bill in December, but only when it is extracted from hemp. The substance is widely marketed in oils, lotions and foods. Curaleaf said in a statement that it is committed to working with the FDA to achieve compliance. —Updated at 5:33 p.m. View the discussion thread. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Tutorial
*ngFor Directive in Angular
Angular
NgFor is a built-in template directive that makes it easy to iterate over something like an array or an object and create a template for each item.
This post covers Angular 2 and up
Here’s a basic example of its use:
<ul>
<li *ngFor="let user of users">{{ user.name }}</li>
</ul>
This will output html that looks like this:
<ul>
<li>Al Dente</li>
<li>D. Liver</li>
<li>Pepe Roni</li>
</ul>
• let user creates a local variable that will be available in the template.
• of users means that we’ll be iterating over the users iterable that should be made available in our component.
• The * character before ngFor creates a parent template. It’s a shortcut to the following syntax: template=“ngFor let item of items”.
Available local variables
You can also set local variables for the following exported values: index, first, last, even and odd. index will return the current loop index, and the other values with provide a boolean indicating if the value is true or false. For example:
<ul>
<li *ngFor="let user of users; let i = index; let odd = odd"
[class.odd]="odd">
{{i + 1}}. {{ user.name }}
</li>
</ul>
Will produce the following markup:
<ul>
<li>1. Al Dente</li>
<li class="odd">2. D. Liver</li>
<li>3. Pepe Roni</li>
</ul>
See Also
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650 sectional area. The capillaries have a sectional area several times that of the aorta, the purpose of this being to delay the blood at the time it is brought into most intimate contact with the tissues.
The walls of the capillaries are of extreme tenuity, and easily permeable under the physical action called osmosis. Even the corpuscles can pass outward through the walls.
o d, right auricle; n d, right ventricle; o g, left auricle; v g, left ventricle. The arrows indicate the course of the blood.
To what degree the heart is aided by other forces is yet a matter of investigation. Probably there are several forces assisting. The elasticity of the arteries increases their carrying capacity. They are firm, elastic tubes, which expand under the pressure from each heart-contraction, and then by their own elasticity contract and help the onward flow of the blood. In the smaller arteries the flow loses the intermittent character it possesses in the larger arteries, and becomes a steady stream. The elasticity of the arteries serves precisely the same purpose as the air-chamber of any force-pump, that of equalizing the flow, and so increasing the amount delivered. The whole force is derived from the heart; the arteries cause the force to act continuously.
The veins are lax tubes, somewhat larger than the arteries, and capable of holding all the blood of the body. They convey the same amount of blood as the latter, but more slowly. In the larger veins, however, near the auricles, the velocity may be two hundred millimetres per second. They are provided with valves which effectually prevent the blood from flowing backward toward the heart. Any compression, produced by muscular contraction, or otherwise, will therefore assist the forward flow of venous blood. This is one explanation why | WIKI |
Ciprian Deac
Ciprian Ioan Deac (born 16 February 1986) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Liga I club CFR Cluj.
After starting out at Unirea Dej, he spent most of his professional career at CFR Cluj, where he won thirteen domestic trophies. With seven of these being national championships, Deac is one of the most decorated players of the competition. He also had loan stints at Oțelul Galați and Rapid București in Romania, while abroad he represented Schalke 04 in Germany and Aktobe and Tobol in Kazakhstan.
Deac made his international debut for Romania in March 2010, in a 0–2 friendly loss to Israel. He amassed 26 appearances and one goal, before retiring in 2020.
Early career / Unirea Dej
Deac played as a youngster for Gloria Bistrița, where he was initially deployed as a striker.
He made his senior debut with Unirea Dej, a lower division team. He spent there two seasons and was already scouted by CFR Cluj, however the club who insisted more was Universitatea Cluj who took him for a trial in the camp from Hungary. He managed to impress, however after spending near two months with "U" Cluj the transfer failed due money problems.
CFR Cluj
Deac was finally signed by CFR Cluj during the 2005–06 season, and made his Liga I debut on 6 August 2006 against Unirea Urziceni in a 4–0 victory. During the 2006–07 season led by coach Cristiano Bergodi, he only made eleven appearances for them finishing third place in the Championship. The highlight of his career began in 2007–08 the team's new coach, was Ioan Andone, formerly of Dinamo București who won both the Championship and the Cup.
Deac was loaned out to Oțelul Galați during the 2008 half-season where he made fifteen appearances scoring two goals.
Because of his good performances at Oțelul, Deac was preserved in the CFR Cluj roster for the 2008–09 season. In the first part of the season he made nine appearances. The lack of playing time lead him to consider leaving the club. But with the upcoming new coach Dušan Uhrin, Jr., Deac gave up this plan, receiving assurances that he would be used more. In the 2009–10 season, the team managed to win the league title for the second time in its history, the coach being Andrea Mandorlini who said "Deac has grown into an incredible manner, quantitatively and qualitatively". In the 2010 Super Cup match Deac helped the team prevent a defeat, pushing the game into the penalty shootout. After the match, he was chosen as Man of the match.
Schalke 04
On 27 August 2010, Deac signed for the German club Schalke 04 on a three-year contract. The reported transfer fee was €3 million. He made his debut for Die Königsblauen on 14 September, in a Champions League game against Olympique Lyonnais. He only played in the first half, and had a poor performance. He had a very sporadic season in Germany, only appearing in six games, and not putting in very convincing performances.
In the summer of 2011, Deac was loaned to Liga I team, Rapid București for the 2011–12 campaign. Schalke hoped he would regain his form that brought him to the international level.
On 20 December, he scored two goals against FC Vaslui. Although he was sent off, his team won the game with a 3–2 victory, with Nicolae Grigore scoring the winning goal in extratime. On 7 April 2012, Deac scored a goal in the 5–0 thrashing of CFR Cluj.
Return to CFR Cluj
On 30 May 2012, Deac returned to CFR Cluj, where he signed a contract for three years.
Kazakhstan
On 23 June 2015, Deac signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Aktobe. Following the conclusion of the 2015 season, Deac was transfer listed by Aktobe.
Third spell at CFR Cluj
Deac once again returned to CFR Cluj in January 2017. He played 15 matches and netted six goals in the remainder of the season, his good display drawing interest from fellow league team FC Steaua București.
He nevertheless chose to stay with the Alb-vișinii and was offered the number 10 shirt ahead of the 2017–18 campaign. He recorded his first goal of the season in a 1–0 away win over Concordia Chiajna on 17 September 2017. Deac contributed with five goals and eleven assists, with the side claiming the fourth national championship in its history.
International career
Deac made his debut for the Romania under-21 team on 1 June 2007, in a 1–1 draw against France. He was selected by manager Victor Pițurcă for Romania's preliminary squad to play at the UEFA Euro 2008, but eventually missed out on the final list. On 5 March 2010, Deac finally earned his first cap for the seniors in a 0–2 friendly match loss to Israel in Timișoara.
In August 2017, following a six-year absence, he was called up by Christoph Daum for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Armenia and Montenegro. Deac scored his first goal for the national team in a 1–1 draw with Denmark, on 8 October 2017.
International
* Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Deac goal.
Honours
CFR Cluj
* Liga I: 2007–08, 2009–10, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
* Cupa României: 2008–09, 2009–10; runner-up: 2012–13
* Supercupa României: 2009, 2010, 2018, 2020; runner-up: 2012, 2019, 2021, 2022
Schalke 04
* DFB-Pokal: 2010–11
Rapid București
* Cupa României runner-up: 2011–12
Individual
* Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year runner-up: 2020; third place: 2022
* Liga I Team of the Season: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
* Liga I Most Assists: 2022–23, 2023–24
* Digi Sport Liga I Player of the Month: May 2014, March 2017 | WIKI |
Stuart Liddell
Stuart Liddell MBE (born 12 January 1973) is a Scottish bagpipe player, playing Great Highland bagpipe. As well as competing in solo competitions, he is the Pipe major of the Inveraray and District Pipe Band.
Early life
He was born in Oban on 12 January 1973 and spent his early years in Inveroran, near Bridge of Orchy. His father Billy was an accomplished musician, as is his mother Agnes, and his grandfather was Ronnie McCallum, piper to the Duke of Argyll and a prominent piping tutor. At the age of four the family moved to Moffat in Dumfriesshire where Stuart went to school. The family moved to Inveraray, his mother's home town, in 1983.
Band history
For ten years (1998–2008), he played with the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band in Burnaby, British Columbia. With the SFU Pipe band he won three World Pipe Band Championship titles, in 1999, 2001, and 2008. Before joining the SFU Pipe Band, he played with ScottishPower Pipe Band.
Liddell lives in Inveraray and is Pipe major of the Grade 1 Inveraray & District Pipe Band, which he founded in 2003.
Stuart Liddell has won the World Pipe Band Championships as Pipe major of Inveraray & District Pipe Band in 2017 and 2019.
Solo Prizes
Liddell has won many of the top awards in solo piping, including the Gold Medal at the Argyllshire Gathering (2000), the Gold Medal at the Northern Meeting (2004), the former winner's Clasp at the Northern Meeting (2007 & 2009), the Bratach Gorm at the Scottish Piping Society of London (2009) and
He has won the Glenfiddich Piping Championship three times: 2009, 2014 and 2020. In 2023, Liddell was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in King Charles III’s first New Year’s Honours.
He is known for his fast playing and innovative arrangements of piping standards.
Recordings
In 2007, Liddell released his first solo recording, Inveroran. He has also appeared on several recordings of Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, with solo tracks on many discs, including:
* 1997 Piping Centre Recital Series Vol.2
* Scottish Power Pipe Band – Tartan Weave
* Simon Fraser University Pipe Band – Live at Carnegie Hall
* Simon Fraser University Pipe Band - Down Under
* Awesome Pipers - 2004
* Simon Fraser University Pipe Band – On Home Ground
* Inveroran | WIKI |
WADA should postpone ruling on RUSADA, say anti-doping leaders
(Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) should postpone this week’s decision on whether to reinstate Russia’s anti-doping agency (RUSADA), anti-doping leaders said on Tuesday. National anti-doping bodies from around the world, including ones from the United States, Britain and Australia, said in a joint statement that WADA should not reinstate RUSADA until Russia can prove it has fulfilled the WADA roadmap to code compliance. WADA’s executive committee is set to meet on Thursday to review RUSADA’s efforts toward reinstatement. RUSADA was suspended in November 2015 over a WADA report outlining evidence of state-backed, systematic doping in Russian athletics. It has since undertaken broad reforms in a bid to revamp Russia’s anti-doping system and restore international trust in the country’s sport. According to the WADA roadmap, for the agency to regain accreditation, Russian authorities must acknowledge the findings of a WADA-commissioned report that found more than 1,000 Russian athletes benefited from a state-run scheme to conceal positive tests over a five-year period. Russia has vehemently denied those allegations. The authorities must also provide access to urine samples stored at the suspended Moscow anti-doping laboratory. WADA said last week that its compliance review committee had reviewed a letter from the Russian sports ministry it said had “sufficiently acknowledged the issues identified in Russia,” thus fulfilling the first of two remaining criteria for its reinstatement. But the group of anti-doping leaders, which also includes Austria, Canada, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland, said it was dismayed by what it called a compromise by WADA’s compliance review committee. “We cannot understand or accept that the simple fact that the two remaining conditions — regarding Russian acceptance of the McLaren Report and access for WADA to the Moscow laboratory — remain unfulfilled, and yet WADA’s leading compliance body is recommending the reinstatement of a country that perpetrated the worst doping system ever seen in international sport,” the anti-doping bodies said in a statement. The statement added: “We, the international anti-doping leaders wish to place on record that the goal posts have been moved. The Roadmap has changed. “This is quite simply unacceptable and will not restore confidence in global sport at a time when athletes and sports fans need it most.” The group also said WADA should postpone any decision until Russia has “clearly and publicly” met the outstanding conditions of the roadmap to code compliance and until it is in possession of the data from the Moscow lab. “Now is not the time for WADA to U-Turn on its Roadmap,” the group said. “It is not the time for WADA to turn its back on the majority: the clean athletes and sports fans.” Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Toby Davis | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Talk:Larry Coryell
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I think it's important to note that Larry does not only perform fusion music, but also performs (and composes) in the genre of mainstream jazz music. --Ksteveh (talk) 19:20, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
article needs fleshing out - this is about one of the most important jazz guitarists
I've added some material, and a couple of times did not (yet) add in-line citations - in those instances, the information comes from various articles of Downbeat, Record Review, and Gig magazine. I will add the references shortly. I'm glad that many of his records have their own articles - that helps. Larry's work from 1967-1980 was pretty influential (especially the much-noted work with Gary Burton), and he still made solid recordings after that, such as Equipoise. HammerFilmFan (talk) 06:36, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
Geography...
According to the bio page on Coryell's official website,
* Coryell grew up in the Seattle, Washington area where his mother introduced him to the piano at the tender age of 4.
That doesn't jibe with the article's unsourced
* He graduated from Richland High School, in Richland, Washington, where he played in local bands the Jailers, the Rumblers, the Royals, and the Flames. He also played with the Checkers from nearby Yakima, Washington. He then moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington.
Richland (202 mi) and Yakima (142 mi) are nowhere near Seattle:
But I have no idea how to resolve this. --Thnidu (talk) 16:45, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Religion is irrelevant
* He married Jewish writer-actress Julie Nathanson
Her religion is irrelevant, and religion is not mentioned anywhere else in the article. Deleted. --Thnidu (talk) 16:42, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
* Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 03:17, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
Her ethnicity might be of interest to readers - if the information was properly cited, it will go back in. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 02:59, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
Strange mess: "Jewish" is ethnicity, religion is Judaism. Tockman (talk) 01:00, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
There's nothing else in the article that would support the relevance of Ms Coryell's religion or ethnicity. In fact, a significant number of Jews are not ethnically Jewish so the assumption here is interesting. If idle interest is enough to include it, why is Larry's not mentioned. Given the history of people being interested in whether or not someone is Jewish for nefarious reasons, WP should step lightly here. In fact, most of that paragraph seems more appropriate for inclusion in a Julie Nathanson Coryell page than in her husband's. I own that fusion book and it's fine, but it doesn't belong here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VAMark (talk • contribs) 20:03, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
Brubrecker Brothers
In the Biography section, there's a reference to the Brubeck Brothers: "Coryell [released] an album with the Brubeck Brothers that was recorded direct-to-disc." I first assumed you meant the Brecker Brothers, since Coryell has recorded numerous times with both Breckers, esp. Randy. But I went digging and found a Discogs listing of 1978's Better Than Live, credited to Larry Coryell & The Brubeck Brothers at https://www.discogs.com/Larry-Coryell-Brubeck-Brothers-Better-Than-Live/release/3011595.
* no, the Brubeck brothers, Darius and .... another that I don't remember off the top of my head, I don't have the LP in front of me - Jason — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 10:27, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
I'm writing with the assumption that I may not be the only confused reader (or maybe I am), and to suggest that the title and year of the Coryell/Brubecks LP be added, with a link below to the Discogs page that references it. I'm uncertain if Better Than Live is the specific D2D recording you were referring to, so I haven't changed anything on the page; better to change nothing than to screw up a well-written and -researched article. Let me know if I missed anything obvious... it happens. Thanks. Username: folder1 / Real name: Peter F 02:10, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
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Removing some editorializing
I'm going to be manually reverting nearly all of the recent edits by Owens88. They're clearly written by someone close to the subject and inject completely unsourced and biased content ("Following in their father's footsteps, they both continue to flourish as brilliant musicians," "Larry Coryell is remembered as one of the 20th centuries most innovative and prolific jazz artists, whose technical prowess and ability to seamlessly blend different musical genres. His legacy lives on through his groundbreaking music and enduring influence on the evolution of jazz guitar. His rich musical legacy is a testament to his creativity and adventurous spirit," info about his marriages, etc).
Out of respect for the editor, I will leave in a couple additions that were sourced, but I'm going to be moderating the language. Theturbolemming (talk) 22:57, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
* Normal day on Wikipedia. Thanks.Vmavanti (talk) 23:03, 8 January 2024 (UTC) | WIKI |
Jim Burroughs
James Edward Burroughs (born January 21, 1958) is a former American football cornerback on the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons with the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts Burroughs played college football at Michigan State University. | WIKI |
Bone vascular niche E-selectin induces mesenchymal-epithelial transition and Wnt activation in cancer cells to promote bone metastasis.
TitleBone vascular niche E-selectin induces mesenchymal-epithelial transition and Wnt activation in cancer cells to promote bone metastasis.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsEsposito, M, Mondal, N, Greco, TM, Wei, Y, Spadazzi, C, Lin, S-C, Zheng, H, Cheung, C, Magnani, JL, Lin, S-H, Cristea, IM, Sackstein, R, Kang, Y
JournalNat Cell Biol
Volume21
Issue5
Pagination627-639
Date Published2019 05
ISSN1476-4679
KeywordsAnimals, Bone Neoplasms, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Movement, Cell Proliferation, E-Selectin, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Fucosyltransferases, Humans, Mice, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasms, Neoplastic Stem Cells, Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Sialoglycoproteins, Signal Transduction, Stem Cell Niche, Transcriptional Activation, Wnt Signaling Pathway, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
Abstract
<p>How disseminated tumour cells engage specific stromal components in distant organs for survival and outgrowth is a critical but poorly understood step of the metastatic cascade. Previous studies have demonstrated the importance of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in promoting the cancer stem cell properties needed for metastasis initiation, whereas the reverse process of mesenchymal-epithelial transition is required for metastatic outgrowth. Here we report that this paradoxical requirement for the simultaneous induction of both mesenchymal-epithelial transition and cancer stem cell traits in disseminated tumour cells is provided by bone vascular niche E-selectin, whose direct binding to cancer cells promotes bone metastasis by inducing mesenchymal-epithelial transition and activating Wnt signalling. E-selectin binding activity mediated by the α1-3 fucosyltransferases Fut3/Fut6 and Glg1 are instrumental to the formation of bone metastasis. These findings provide unique insights into the functional role of E-selectin as a component of the vascular niche critical for metastatic colonization in bone.</p>
DOI10.1038/s41556-019-0309-2
Alternate JournalNat Cell Biol
PubMed ID30988423
PubMed Central IDPMC6556210
Grant ListP01 HL107146 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
P30 CA072720 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States
R01 CA212410 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States
R01 CA141062 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States
F31 CA192461 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Held
Held may refer to:
Places
* Held Glacier
Arts and media
* Adolph Held (1885–1969), U.S. newspaper editor, banker, labor activist
* Al Held (1928–2005), U.S. abstract expressionist painter.
* Alexander Held (born 1958), German television and film actor
* Anna Held (1873–1918), Polish stage performer
* Carl Held (born 1931), U.S. actor.
* John Held, Jr. (1889–1958), U.S. illustrator.
* Louis Held (1851–1927), German photojournalist
* Martin Held (1908–1992), German television and film actor
* S. S. Held, French science fiction and fantasy author
* Tom Held (1889–1962), American film editor
* Zeus B. Held (born 1950), German music producer and musician
Education and academia
* David Held (1951–2019), British political theorist
* Madeline Held, a British academic
Politics
* Heinrich Held (1868–1938), Minister-President of Bavaria
* Kurt Held (1897–1959), Jewish Communist and writer displaced from Germany during the Second World War
* Marcus Held (born 1977), German politician
Science
* Friedrich Held (1812–1872), German malacologist
* Isaac Held, American meteorologist
Sports
* Bud Held (born 1927), U.S. athlete who competed primarily in the javelin.
* Cornelis den Held (1883–1962), Dutch athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London
* Dan Held (born 1961), Canadian former professional ice hockey centre
* Franz Held (born 1948), German rower who competed in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics
* Henk-Jan Held (born 1967), Dutch volleyball player
* Marcin Held (born 1992), Polish mixed martial artist
* Mel Held (born 1929), American professional baseball player
* Oliver Held (born 1972), German football player
* Paul Held (1927–2019), former quarterback in the National Football League
* Sigfried Held (born 1942), German football player
* Woodie Held (1932–2009), Major league baseball player
Films
* De Held, a 2016 Dutch film
* Held einer Nacht, a Czech-German comedy film directed by Martin Frič
* Held Hostage, a Lifetime Movie starring Julie Benz that aired on July 19, 2009
* Held (2020 film), a 2020 film, direct by Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing
Other arts, entertainment, and media
* "Held" (song), a 1998 song by Smog
* Ein wahrer Held, Op. 69, is an opera in three acts by Giselher Klebe
Other uses
* Held group, a sporadic simple group found by Dieter Held
* Held v. Montana, a United States court case regarding the environment | WIKI |
Bug 126804 - RFE : cURL 7.12.0 is available
Summary: RFE : cURL 7.12.0 is available
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: curl
Version: rawhide
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Eido Inoue
QA Contact:
URL: http://curl.haxx.se/
Whiteboard:
Keywords: FutureFeature
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
Reported: 2004-06-27 13:01 UTC by Peter van Egdom
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510
Description of problem:
According to the cURL homepage (http://curl.haxx.se/) there is a new
stable version (7.12.0) of cURL available.
Fedora Development currently carries package "curl-7.11.1".
Version 7.12.0 of cURL has the following user-visible improvements :
* added ability to "upload" to file:// URLs
* curl --proxy-digest is a new command line option
and has the following bugfixes :
* improved peer certificate name verification
* allocation failures cause no leaks nor crashes
* the progress meter display now handles file sizes up to full 8
exabytes (which is as high a signed 64 bit number can reach)
* general HTTP authentication improvements
* HTTP Digest authentication with the proxy works
* multipart formposting with -F and file names with spaces work again
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:
Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Check out http://curl.haxx.se/
2. Check out Fedora Core Development
3.
Actual Results:
1. 7.12.0
2. 7.11.1
Expected Results:
1. 7.12.0
2. 7.12.0
Additional info:
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
User:BonkRocket21/sandbox
New Wikipedia editor here!
A student at the University of Sydney trying to navigate through this bizarre digital world. | WIKI |
List of awards and nominations received by Lacey Turner
English actress Lacey Turner has won a total of thirty-six awards for her portrayal of Stacey Slater in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, including four National Television Awards, seven British Soap Awards and nine Inside Soap Awards. | WIKI |
Talk:Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
ITAE family
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition family of articles now numbers 30 articles, including 21 biographies of personnel and one cat biography. Details are tabled below.
List started on 14 April 2008 and updated since then. Most recent update: 18:58, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Consolidated bibliography
The following is a bibliography for all books cited, or listed as further reading, in the ITAE group of articles as listed. It does not include on-line sources.
* Alexander, Caroline (1998) The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition Bloomsbury, ISBN 0 7475 4123 X
* Armstrong, Jennifer (1998). Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World : The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance Crown Books for Young Readers. ISBN 0-517-80013-6
* Bickel, Lennard (2000) Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy Pimlico Press ISBN 0-7126-6807-1
* Cherry-Garrard, Apsley (1922). The Worst Journey in the World, New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0437-3
* Evans, Edward R.G.R. (1953) South With Scott
* Fisher, M & J (1957) Shackleton James Barrie Books
* Fuchs, Sir V & Hillary, Sir E (1958) The Crossing of Antarctica Cassell
* Huntford, Roland(1985) Shackleton Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 0 340 25007 0
* Huntford, Roland(1979) The Last Place on Earth ISBN 0-689-70701-0
* Huxley, Elspeth (1977) Scott of the Antarctic Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, ISBN 0 29777433 6
* Lansing, Alfred (1999) 2nd ed. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 0-7867-0621-X
* McElrea, Richard: Polar Castaways: The Ross Sea Party Of Sir Ernest Shackleton, 1914-17 McGill-Queen's University Press 2004 ISBN 0-7735-2825-3
* Mills, Lief (1999) Frank Wild Caedmon of Whitby ISBN 0 905355 48 2
* Morrell, Margot and Capparell, Stephanie (2003) Shackleton's Way. Nicholas Brealey. ISBN 1-85788-318-7.
* Murphy, David Thomas (2002) German Exploration of the Polar World: a History, 1870–1940 University of Nebraska Press ISBN 0 8032 3205 5.
* Riffenburgh, Beau(2004) Nimrod Bloomsbury Publications, London ISBN 0 7475 7253 4
* Richards, R W(2002) The Ross Sea Shore Party 1914-17 Reprint by The Erskine Press ISBN 1-85297-077-4
* Scott, Robert Falcon(1905) The Voyage of the Discovery Smith, Elder & Co, London
* Shackleton, Sir Ernest(1983) South Century Travellers edition, Century Publishing ISBN 0 7126 0111 2
* Shackleton, Ernest (1911) Heart of the Antarctic Heinemann, London
* Smith, Michael (2000). An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor, London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-5357-9
* Smith, Michael (2004). Polar Crusader: Sir James Wordie - Exploring the Arctic and Antarctic: Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-292-1.
* Speake, Jennifer (2003). Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER>.
* Tyler-Lewis, Kelly (2007) The Lost Men Bloomsbury 2007 ISBN 978 0 7475 7972 4
* Wilson, Edward: (1975) Diary of the Discovery Expedition Blandford Press, London, ISBN 0 7137 0431 4
* Worsley, Frank A. (1999) Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0 393 31994 6
* Worsley, Frank A.(1998) Shackleton's Boat Journey, W.W. Norton & Company
* Riffenburgh, Beau(2004) Nimrod Bloomsbury Publications, London ISBN 0 7475 7253 4
* Richards, R W(2002) The Ross Sea Shore Party 1914-17 Reprint by The Erskine Press ISBN 1-85297-077-4
* Scott, Robert Falcon(1905) The Voyage of the Discovery Smith, Elder & Co, London
* Shackleton, Sir Ernest(1983) South Century Travellers edition, Century Publishing ISBN 0 7126 0111 2
* Shackleton, Ernest (1911) Heart of the Antarctic Heinemann, London
* Smith, Michael (2000). An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor, London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-5357-9
* Smith, Michael (2004). Polar Crusader: Sir James Wordie - Exploring the Arctic and Antarctic: Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-292-1.
* Speake, Jennifer (2003). Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER>.
* Tyler-Lewis, Kelly (2007) The Lost Men Bloomsbury 2007 ISBN 978 0 7475 7972 4
* Wilson, Edward: (1975) Diary of the Discovery Expedition Blandford Press, London, ISBN 0 7137 0431 4
* Worsley, Frank A. (1999) Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0 393 31994 6
* Worsley, Frank A.(1998) Shackleton's Boat Journey, W.W. Norton & Company
* Wilson, Edward: (1975) Diary of the Discovery Expedition Blandford Press, London, ISBN 0 7137 0431 4
* Worsley, Frank A. (1999) Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0 393 31994 6
* Worsley, Frank A.(1998) Shackleton's Boat Journey, W.W. Norton & Company
* Worsley, Frank A.(1998) Shackleton's Boat Journey, W.W. Norton & Company
Splendid article
Congratulations to everyone involved in this. It was a real pleasure to see something so informative and well-put together on the main page, instead of the usual rubbish about computer games or sportsmen or pop culture figures. I enjoyed reading it very much and it has spurred me on to find out more about such Antarctic expeditions. Well done all. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 15:22, 28 June 2008 (UTC) Please try to refrain from making a potential villan out of Thomas Orde-Lees. He was obviously correct and his objection to not stockpile fresh meat when it was available. Of cannibalism his comment could have been made in any tounge in cheek fashion. He survived as all those brave men did, is that not whats important here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 04:50, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
News -- Brandy and Whisky Recovered
Not sure where to put this. Perhaps someone more familiar with the articles can place it appropriately. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8499931.stm Victor Engel (talk) 00:51, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
World War I
The United Kingdom declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914 and the expedition left Plymouth 4 days later. I know little about conscription in WW1, but was there a reason why the crew weren't recalled for war duty at a later date when conscription was implemented? Was it because they were too hard to contact? Or did the government see national morale boosting value in the continuance of their expedition? Or was conscription not applied to every man of fighting age? <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 11:08, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Conscription wasn't implemented in the Empire immediately upon declaring war for the simple reason that no-one knew how long or how serious the fighting would be. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 10:13, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Redundancy
The same shortened version of this article is scattered throughout Wikipedia, in every article related to the expedition. Can someone please replace them with Hyperlinks? Thanks. (I would do it myself, but right now don't want to cope with all the vitriol an IP has to suffer to change anything of substance.)<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 01:05, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
Image with map and timeline of the path of the crew added
I added a visualization of the expedition, from Endurance beset to the final rescue. There is a timeline within the map. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LucaWist (talk • contribs) 17:07, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
Image with map and timeline of the path of the crew added
I added a visualization of the expedition, from Endurance beset to the final rescue. There is a timeline within the map. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LucaWist (talk • contribs) 17:10, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
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Re: Personnel - Hypothetical "Men Wanted" advertisement
I saw this image of the hypothetical advertisement in an unrelated story on Ars Technica. While it could be a fake, it doesn't have the air of a fake. The URL implies it's something to do with the Smithsonian (magazine), which is a source I would tend to treat as reliable, barring any contra-indications. A question for font experts: Is the font used in the clipping any use in narrowing down candidate newspapers?. Philh-591 (talk) 20:48, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
* If anyone is in a position to look up a Smithsonian Magazine archive in a library, the URL also implies a date of 9 Oct 2013 or 10 Sept 2013 for an article about Shackleton, depending on whether the hinted at date is in US American order or not. Philh-591 (talk) 20:59, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
* Sorry for wasting your time. The Smithsonian Magazine article turns out to be an article scotching the idea that there was an advertisement, with this image as an illustration and notes that exhaustive newspaper archive searches have turned up nothing. Also I notice that the image uses the American spelling of "honor", which I suppose is a hint that it's not for real. Philh-591 (talk) 21:09, 22 November 2022 (UTC) | WIKI |
Tencent Music's first earnings report exposes soaring licence and production costs
Chinese streaming firm Tencent Music Entertainment delivered its first earnings report as a public company, meeting market expectations but exposing soaring licence and content production costs which pulled its shares down 6 percent. The U.S.-listed company's shares have gained about 43 percent since debuting in December, but its results published on Tuesday highlight the need for more time until Chinese users fully adapt to the relatively new pay-to-listen approach. Unlike Western peers such as Spotify Technology, Tencent Music generates only a fraction of revenue from music subscription packages, and instead relies heavily on services popular in China such as online karaoke and live streaming. Tencent Music has been profitable at an operating level for the last two years, whereas Spotify only posted its first-ever quarterly operating profit in the fourth quarter. "To fuel our growth for the years to come, we are firmly committed to continue investing in premium content offering, innovative products and proprietary technology," Chief Executive Cussion Kar Shun Pang said on an earnings call on Wednesday. Tencent Music, controlled by Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings and backed by Spotify, said quarterly revenue jumped 50.5 percent to 5.4 billion yuan ($805 million), versus analysts' average estimate of 5.3 billion yuan. But fees for content and revenue sharing as well as in-house production costs jumped 63 percent, crimping its gross margin to 34 percent from 38.9 percent a year earlier. "It's a long-term revolution rather than a short-term switch," Chief Strategy Officer Cheuk Tung Yip said on the earnings call. There is a lot of growth potential given the paying ratio is still very low in comparison with international peers, he said. Paying users of its online music service reached 27 million in the fourth quarter, an increase of 39.2 percent over the same quarter of 2017, the company said. Tencent Music, which owns the copyright for over 90 percent of copyrighted music in China, reported a net loss of 875 million yuan for the fourth quarter due to a one-off share-based accounting charge. Excluding one-off items, it earned 0.57 yuan per American depositary share in the quarter, in line with analysts' average estimate, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. Full-year net profit reached 1.83 billion yuan. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Mobile phone safety
There have been some safety concerns about the potential effects of the radio waves that mobile phones and base stations produce.
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Introduction
Around 95% of adults in the UK own or use a mobile phone, and they're an essential part of many people's lives. There have been concerns that the radio waves they produce and receive might be unsafe.
These radio waves are a type of low-energy, non-ionising electromagnetic radiation ↗, a class of radiation that also includes visible light, ultraviolet (UV), and infrared radiation.
Concerns have been expressed that prolonged or frequent exposure to radio waves might increase a person's risk of health problems such as cancer ↗.
But most current research suggests it's unlikely that radio waves from mobile phones or base stations increase the risk of any health problems.
The researchers acknowledge this evidence is based on use of mobile phones over the last 20 years, and there's still some uncertainty about possible health effects from using a phone for longer than this.
Find out more about the risks of mobile phone use ↗
What research has been done into their safety?
Since the 1990s, there's been a huge amount of scientific research into the potential health effects of mobile phone use.
Large reviews of published research have concluded that overall the evidence does not suggest that radio waves from mobile phones cause health problems.
This includes research by:
But further research is still needed to check that there are no health impacts from long-term exposures (using a mobile phone for more than 20 years).
Read more about this research in frequently asked questions about mobile phone safety ↗.
Mobile phones and driving
Using a mobile phone while driving is considered the biggest health risk posed by mobile phones.
It can increase your changes of having an accident, and it's illegal to use a handheld mobile phone while driving or riding a motorbike.
The Department for Transport recommends the following guidelines for the safe use of mobile phones in cars:
• keep your mobile phone switched off when you're driving – you can use voicemail, a message service or call diversion to pick up your messages at the end of your journey
• if you need to use your mobile phone, stop in a safe place – do not stop on the hard shoulder of a motorway unless it's an emergency
• avoid using a hands-free device – these can be just as distracting as handheld phones
Find out more about using mobile phones when driving and the law ↗
Reducing exposure to mobile phones
If you have concerns, there are various measures you can take to lower your exposure to radio waves produced by mobile phones.
For example:
• Only make short calls on your mobile phone, and avoid using it more than necessary.
• Children should only use mobile phones for essential purposes and keep all calls short.
• Use a hands-free kit to keep your phone as far away from your head as possible, and keep your mobile phone away from your body when it's in standby mode.
• Only use your phone when the reception is strong – this is often indicated by bars of energy on your phone screen. Weak reception causes the phone to use more energy to communicate with the base station.
• Consider the specific absorption rate (SAR) of a mobile phone before you buy it – this is how much radio wave energy is absorbed into the body. Mobile phone retailers have a responsibility to make this information available to you before you buy. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Hand & Wrist
Conditons
Wrist Fracture
The wrist is comprised of two bones in the forearm, the radius and ulna, and eight tiny carpal bones in the palm. The bones meet to form multiple large and small joints. A wrist fracture refers to a break in one or more of these bones.
Finger Fractures
Fingers are fine structures of the human body that assist in daily routine activities through coordinated movements. Any abnormality affecting the fingers can have a huge impact on the quality of life.
Flexor Tendon Injuries
The hand is one of the most flexible and useful parts of our body. Because of overuse in various activities, the hands are more prone to injuries, such as sprains and strains, fractures and dislocations, lacerations and amputations while operating machinery, bracing against a fall and sports-related injuries.
Dupuytrens Contracture
Dupuytren’s Contracture is a hand condition where thickening of the underlying fibrous tissues of the palm cause the fingers to bend inward. Patients with this condition are unable to fully straighten the affected fingers.
Treatments
Total Wrist Arthrodesis
Total wrist arthrodesis, also known as wrist fusion is a surgical procedure in which the wrist joint is stabilized or immobilized by fusing the forearm bone (radius) with the small bones of the wrist
Wrist Joint Replacement
Wrist joint replacement surgery, also referred to as total wrist arthroplasty, involves replacement of a severe arthritic wrist joint with an artificial joint made of metal and plastic components.
Ganglion Cyst Removal
Ganglion cysts are fluid-filled lumps that most commonly develop along the tendons or joints of wrists or hands. It looks like a water balloon on a stalk and contains a clear fluid or gelatinous material.
Finger Joint Fusion
Finger joint fusion is a surgical procedure to remove the damaged bony ends of a finger joint followed by insertion of a prosthesis to fuse the bones back together.
Artificial Finger Joint Replacement
Finger joints are essential for many activities, and arthritis in this area can cause significant joint damage and deformity. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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How can Lock all current firefox configuration for one user
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our website needs certain settings to be as it is set and hence want that no user can make changes to config or Firefox settings even unintentionally. How can I lock all the settings as they are right now. I check we can lock the config but they are way too much, can we lock everything as it is
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What specific settings is this about?
We want that whatever settings are saved currently, it stay like that and no user can change them (all of them). Not even by mistake So We can not do it one by one as this will take whole lot of time. Is there any tool or add-on or any setting that can lock all the config. and preference as it is
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Is there a reason why there can't be different account user with password protection so what one does in their account doesn't affect others?
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You can block access to about:config and prevent Safe Mode via policies.json or GPO, but you can't block access to the about:preferences page, so you would have to lock important preferences via an autoconfig.cfg file. Keep in mind that the about:config page also includes prefs that Firefox uses internally | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Halo: Spartan Strike
Halo: Spartan Strike is a twin-stick shooter video game set in the military science fiction Halo universe. The successor to Halo: Spartan Assault, the game was developed by 343 Industries and Vanguard Games. It was released for iOS, Windows, and Windows Phone on April 16, 2015. During gameplay, players assume the role of human supersoldiers known as Spartans in a series of war games simulating historical events. Players use new weapons, armor abilities, and vehicles in a campaign mode of 30 missions.
The developers incorporated feedback from Spartan Assault to improve Spartan Strike, improving the controls and mission variety. Originally slated for a late 2014 release, the technical problems with Halo: The Master Chief Collection pushed the release into 2015. Spartan Strike received mixed reviews on release. The game was generally considered an improvement over its predecessor, although its lack of multiplayer features was criticized.
Gameplay
Halo: Spartan Strike is a twin-stick shooter game that utilizes a top-down perspective. Players control a human soldier and fight against enemy aliens with a variety of weapons, abilities, and vehicles. Gameplay is similar to Spartan Assault, Spartan Strike's antecedent. The controls received slight updates. New to the game are the Promethean enemies and their weapons, which join human and Covenant arsenals, as well as new pivotable vehicles. Players can customize their starting weapon loadouts before starting a mission, as well as choosing to add "skulls", difficulty modifiers that increase player scores. Weapons and powerups are purchased with XP; players gain more XP by completing mission challenges and increasing the difficulty. The campaign is made up of twenty short stages, with additional stages unlocked by obtaining high enough scores. Objectives revolve around clearing areas, surviving enemy waves, protecting objectives, or reaching end points of a level. Unlike Spartan Assault, the game features no microtransactions.
Plot
Halo: Spartan Strike takes place during two eras: the first part during the events of Halo 2, and the second part after the events of Halo 4. The player character is a Spartan IV supersoldier that leads UNSC forces against the Covenant within a combat simulation. During the Covenant invasion of the Earth city of New Mombasa, they sought an artifact known as the Conduit. While a group of human soldiers were able to secure the Conduit, they were presumed lost after the city was devastated by a slipspace rupture. Five years later, the UNSC receives a signal from the Conduit on the Forerunner ringworld Gamma Halo, where they fight against a new Covenant faction also seeking the artifact. They learn that the Conduit can open Forerunner portals across the galaxy, and transported itself away from New Mombasa to avoid destruction. This new Covenant faction intends to use the Conduit to bring Promethean reinforcements to Gamma Halo and wrest control of the ring. Though the Conduit is recovered, the faction open portals to the human city of New Phoenix. The UNSC brings the Conduit to the base to shut down the portals, stemming the invasion, but the Conduit slips away again. The player is tasked with joining a team to hunt down the Conduit.
Development
To produce the Halo franchise's first mobile game, 343 Industries partnered with Vanguard Games to develop Halo: Spartan Assault. Vanguard was chosen due to prior experience developing twin-stick shooters. Spartan Assault released in 2013 to mixed reviews. Vanguard Games and 343 Industries announced a sequel, Spartan Strike, in October 2014. In crafting the sequel, the developers focused on areas that had received negative feedback in Spartan Assault, such as improving the controls, especially on touchscreen devices. 343 Industries producer Fred LaPorte described their aim as making Spartan Strike "the premium mobile device experience". Tom Salta returned to score the music for Spartan Strike. He started by capturing the sound effects from Spartan Assault to write music against, making sure the orchestral sounds would mesh with the rest of the soundscape.
Technical problems with Halo: The Master Chief Collection resulted in Spartan Strike's release date being pushed back from December 12. The game was released as a digital download for Windows devices and Steam on April 16, 2015. Spartan Strike and Spartan Assault also arrived on iOS, available a la carte or in a bundle.
Reception
Halo: Spartan Strike received mixed reviews from critics, with an aggregate score of 66/100 for the PC version on Metacritic. The game's iOS version received more positive reviews, garnering an aggregate score of 86/100. Critics praised the game's translation of the Halo experience into the top-down view. Critics such as PCMags Jordan Minor and Pocket Gamers Harry Slater wrote that the game improved on Spartan Assault in most ways, with IGN's Dave Rudden writing that at times Spartan Strike felt like a more optimized, patched version of Spartan Assault. Miguel Concepcion, writing for GameSpot, called Spartan Strike "the closest we have to a Halo game, had it existed in the late 1980s arcades."
Reviews cited improvements made to Spartan Assault's formula, such as improved mission variety. The controls were also considered tweaked and improved over the game's predecessor. The game's graphics and music were well-received. Minor singled out Tom Salta's score, writing that the music "adds an almost-unearned amount of poignancy to something as simple and silly as blasting hordes of monsters from the back of a space truck". The removal of Spartan Assault's microtransactions was positively noted, although GamesTM felt that the XP requirements in lieu of the micro transactions created an "equally depressing" grind.
The lack of multiplayer was criticized, with Slater calling the omission the game's biggest weakness. Rudden deemed Spartan Strike as lacking Spartan Assault's replay value due to the missing mode. Other complaints included bugs, with Vandal's Juan Rubio reporting getting stuck in vehicles with regularity, and inconsistent frame rate during heavy periods of on-screen action. | WIKI |
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Out-of-the-box Source Code Repository Integration
Introduction
:rocket: General Availability
This integration is generally available. To find more information about the release stages of our integrations, see Release Stages.
The LeanIX VSM GitHub Repository integration offers an easy way to auto-discover all your services from GitHub. Based on this VSM's mapping inbox allows you to easily sift through all the stale information from GitHub to decide, which services are really useful to your organization and hence should be part of your service catalog. This will help you to maintain a high standard of data quality when you subsequently map your services to their individual teams to create clear team ownership.
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• Automatically discover your services to build your company-wide service catalog
• Map team ownership to have clear software governance in place
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such as the programming languages used. The integration can be set up in full self-service via the Admin UI.
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2. Your GitHub organization(s)
Creating Personal Access Token
1. Please refer to the GitHub instructions or directly create the PAT via this link
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• repo:invite
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Fetching GitHub organization(s)
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How to map your discovered repositories to VSM service catalog items?
After the integration successfully loaded all your repositories into the VSM mapping inbox you can now start to sift through and decide which of these repos are actually worthy to maintain in the service catalog. To do so:
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Software Delivery Metrics are the best way for teams to track and monitor team productivity. The GitHub repository integration can automatically fetch information for two of the most important DORA metrics:
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2. Lead time for changes: Time from committing a change to code successfully running in production.
Find below the mechanism by which the change and release events are registered.
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All closed or merged pull requests in our public repository ps-scripts
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The pull request has 3 commits.
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GitHub API Rate Limits
The integration uses GitHub's GraphQL API. In case an organization has an exceptionally large number of repositories, GitHub API throttles the requests. Though the integration attempts to automatically recover from rate limiting, the integration takes more time to finish.
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Schedule the integration once a day if your organization has (approx.) >2000 repositories and/or >200 teams
Imported data
The integration retrieves the following pieces of information from your Azure repo system:
1. Metadata, such as repository name, description, url etc.
2. Repository status e.g. archived, active
3. Repository code composition e.g. typescript
4. Repository topics e.g. frontend.
5. Repository visibility e.g. private
6. Top 3 contributors to the repository e.g. [email protected] | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Dems plead with Steve Bullock to abandon White House bid for Senate
Top Democrats in Montana and Washington are really excited about Gov. Steve Bullock running — for the Senate, not the presidency. The Montana governor's seemingly quixotic presidential run comes as nearly everyone in the party is begging him to challenge GOP Sen. Steve Daines and transform the 2020 Senate map. Unlike any other Democratic candidate in the country, Bullock could make a virtually unwinnable Senate race competitive and give the party a real shot at knocking off a GOP incumbent and getting closer to a Senate majority. “I wish he would have run for the Senate,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). “Sure, you’d rather have Beto [O‘Rourke] in the [Texas Senate] race. But it doesn’t go from solid red to toss-up instantly. This is the one that would change the game.” Bullock has been unequivocal in shrugging off the Senate recruitment, which has included conversations with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other Democratic senators. He doesn’t want to be one senator of 100, people who know him say, and fashions himself an executive, not a legislator. “His answer on this question has been consistent and it is the same today. Gov. Bullock is not running for Senate,” said Galia Slayen, a spokeswoman for Bullock. After announcing his presidential bid in Montana on Tuesday, Bullock told reporters he had at times been "frustrated at the inaction in Congress" and would be "more effective" as an executive. He said he had planned to pass on a run for Senate since winning reelection in 2016. So party leaders have settled on a strategy: Let Bullock pursue the presidency, try not to antagonize him and wait until he realizes there’s little room for him to run in such a crowded field. Bullock argues that his 2016 reelection in deep red Trump country shows he’s got exactly what the party is missing, but Joe Biden appears to have locked up the centrist lane so far and there are a handful of other white men running. Democrats hoping Bullock runs for the Senate don’t have many options other than that plan, but even a brief White House bid brings risks. A 2020 run could lead him to take more liberal positions to appeal to the party base and also be seen as a snub of his home state. “I hope that it turns out the Senate is an opportunity that he can consider at some point. But he wants to try for the big prize. This is a world of ambition that we’re in, so you can’t be critical of that,” said Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). Some Democrats felt bruised after Stacey Abrams in Georgia, John Hickenlooper in Colorado and O’Rourke in Texas passed on competitive Senate races. But they’ve recruited a talented candidate in Texas in veteran MJ Hegar, have a crowded field of viable candidates in Colorado and see other strong Democrats considering a run in Georgia. They find Bullock’s presidential run far more confounding. “He’d be a great Senate candidate,” said Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.). “He’s terrific. And there’s such a huge field right now. So it’s hard to sort of understand more people getting in at this point in terms of the presidency.” Democrats face an uphill battle to retake the Senate. They need to net at least three seats in 2020 and few are easy pickings. Right now, they are staring at toss-up races in Colorado and Arizona and trying to oust incumbents in North Carolina and Iowa, while holding on to Alabama. Making Montana competitive would make the GOP truly sweat. “There are three or four people in L.A. that are excited about his [presidential] candidacy. Otherwise, everyone else wants him to run for the Senate out here,” said one Democratic senator. This senator said it’s still realistic for Bullock to change his mind because his presidential plan is “so f-ing stupid.” Publicly, Democrats are laying off Bullock. "God bless him," Schumer said when asked about the Montana governor Tuesday. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Catherine Cortez Masto said of Bullock: "It's his decision," adding that the party could come up with another candidate in the race. Wilmot Collins, a Liberian refugee and mayor of Helena, became the first Democrat to challenge Daines on Monday, though he lacks support from party leaders at this point. Sen. Todd Young of Indiana, the GOP’s campaign arm chairman, predicted the party would keep the seat regardless of who runs. And Daines himself shrugged off Bullock’s decision. "We are more than ready for whoever gets into the race,” he said in a brief interview. In Montana, Democrats are universally complimentary of Bullock for his ability to push through Democratic priorities in a red state. But a number of Democrats wish he would advertise those accomplishments in a campaign for the Senate. “I’d love to see him run against Steve Daines,” said Jean Lemire Dahlman, a Democratic National Committee member in the state. “Unless someone else emerges who is a strong candidate, I would assume a lot of people would like to see him run against Steve Daines. But that person has not emerged yet and it's really hard to unseat an incumbent senator regardless of party.” Kim Gillan, a former Democratic state legislator who lost to Daines for a U.S. House seat in 2012, said Bullock would be the “perfect person” to run against the first-term senator. “He’s still pretty young. There would be opportunities in the future and certainly serving in the Senate would provide a good launch pad in the future to run for president,” Gillan said. “The game plan everyone is hoping for is that after a couple months that he may change his mind.” State Sen. Jon Sesso, the Democratic leader in the chamber, said Bullock would be “formidable” against Daines, but said the two-term governor can run for wherever he sees fit. “If he wants to take a run for the presidency, that's great. If he were wanting to take a run for the nomination for the Senate, that'd be great too,” Sesso said. “He's earned his stripes to do whatever he wants to do.” Some Democrats shrugged off Bullock's pass, arguing that little-known candidates can come from nowhere to win key Senate races. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) was a state senator when he first ran and won in 2006, and he went on to survive two difficult reelection campaigns. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said he seemed to understand the ambivalence of people like Bullock because there’s little reason to be excited about the Senate, which he referred to as an “expensive lunch club.” “I get it, Senate recruitment is hard these days,” he said. “But I think by winning back the Senate we can start to make it work again.” Of course, Bullock running for the Senate would make that goal a lot more realistic. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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// SystemZPostRASchedStrategy is a scheduling strategy which is plugged into
// the MachineScheduler. It has a sorted Available set of SUs and a pickNode()
// implementation that looks to optimize decoder grouping and balance the
// usage of processor resources. Scheduler states are saved for the end
// region of each MBB, so that a successor block can learn from it.
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
#include "SystemZMachineScheduler.h"
using namespace llvm;
#define DEBUG_TYPE "machine-scheduler"
#ifndef NDEBUG
// Print the set of SUs
void SystemZPostRASchedStrategy::SUSet::
dump(SystemZHazardRecognizer &HazardRec) const {
dbgs() << "{";
for (auto &SU : *this) {
HazardRec.dumpSU(SU, dbgs());
if (SU != *rbegin())
dbgs() << ", ";
}
dbgs() << "}\n";
}
#endif
// Try to find a single predecessor that would be interesting for the
// scheduler in the top-most region of MBB.
static MachineBasicBlock *getSingleSchedPred(MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
const MachineLoop *Loop) {
MachineBasicBlock *PredMBB = nullptr;
if (MBB->pred_size() == 1)
PredMBB = *MBB->pred_begin();
// The loop header has two predecessors, return the latch, but not for a
// single block loop.
if (MBB->pred_size() == 2 && Loop != nullptr && Loop->getHeader() == MBB) {
for (auto I = MBB->pred_begin(); I != MBB->pred_end(); ++I)
if (Loop->contains(*I))
PredMBB = (*I == MBB ? nullptr : *I);
}
assert ((PredMBB == nullptr || !Loop || Loop->contains(PredMBB))
&& "Loop MBB should not consider predecessor outside of loop.");
return PredMBB;
}
void SystemZPostRASchedStrategy::
advanceTo(MachineBasicBlock::iterator NextBegin) {
MachineBasicBlock::iterator LastEmittedMI = HazardRec->getLastEmittedMI();
MachineBasicBlock::iterator I =
((LastEmittedMI != nullptr && LastEmittedMI->getParent() == MBB) ?
std::next(LastEmittedMI) : MBB->begin());
for (; I != NextBegin; ++I) {
if (I->isPosition() || I->isDebugValue())
continue;
HazardRec->emitInstruction(&*I);
}
}
void SystemZPostRASchedStrategy::enterMBB(MachineBasicBlock *NextMBB) {
assert ((SchedStates.find(NextMBB) == SchedStates.end()) &&
"Entering MBB twice?");
DEBUG (dbgs() << "+++ Entering MBB#" << NextMBB->getNumber());
MBB = NextMBB;
/// Create a HazardRec for MBB, save it in SchedStates and set HazardRec to
/// point to it.
HazardRec = SchedStates[MBB] = new SystemZHazardRecognizer(TII, &SchedModel);
DEBUG (const MachineLoop *Loop = MLI->getLoopFor(MBB);
if(Loop && Loop->getHeader() == MBB)
dbgs() << " (Loop header)";
dbgs() << ":\n";);
// Try to take over the state from a single predecessor, if it has been
// scheduled. If this is not possible, we are done.
MachineBasicBlock *SinglePredMBB =
getSingleSchedPred(MBB, MLI->getLoopFor(MBB));
if (SinglePredMBB == nullptr ||
SchedStates.find(SinglePredMBB) == SchedStates.end())
return;
DEBUG (dbgs() << "+++ Continued scheduling from MBB#"
<< SinglePredMBB->getNumber() << "\n";);
HazardRec->copyState(SchedStates[SinglePredMBB]);
// Emit incoming terminator(s). Be optimistic and assume that branch
// prediction will generally do "the right thing".
for (MachineBasicBlock::iterator I = SinglePredMBB->getFirstTerminator();
I != SinglePredMBB->end(); I++) {
DEBUG (dbgs() << "+++ Emitting incoming branch: "; I->dump(););
bool TakenBranch = (I->isBranch() &&
(TII->getBranchInfo(*I).Target->isReg() || // Relative branch
TII->getBranchInfo(*I).Target->getMBB() == MBB));
HazardRec->emitInstruction(&*I, TakenBranch);
if (TakenBranch)
break;
}
}
void SystemZPostRASchedStrategy::leaveMBB() {
DEBUG (dbgs() << "+++ Leaving MBB#" << MBB->getNumber() << "\n";);
// Advance to first terminator. The successor block will handle terminators
// dependent on CFG layout (T/NT branch etc).
advanceTo(MBB->getFirstTerminator());
}
SystemZPostRASchedStrategy::
SystemZPostRASchedStrategy(const MachineSchedContext *C)
: MLI(C->MLI),
TII(static_cast<const SystemZInstrInfo *>
(C->MF->getSubtarget().getInstrInfo())),
MBB(nullptr), HazardRec(nullptr) {
const TargetSubtargetInfo *ST = &C->MF->getSubtarget();
SchedModel.init(ST->getSchedModel(), ST, TII);
}
SystemZPostRASchedStrategy::~SystemZPostRASchedStrategy() {
// Delete hazard recognizers kept around for each MBB.
for (auto I : SchedStates) {
SystemZHazardRecognizer *hazrec = I.second;
delete hazrec;
}
}
void SystemZPostRASchedStrategy::initPolicy(MachineBasicBlock::iterator Begin,
MachineBasicBlock::iterator End,
unsigned NumRegionInstrs) {
// Don't emit the terminators.
if (Begin->isTerminator())
return;
// Emit any instructions before start of region.
advanceTo(Begin);
}
// Pick the next node to schedule.
SUnit *SystemZPostRASchedStrategy::pickNode(bool &IsTopNode) {
// Only scheduling top-down.
IsTopNode = true;
if (Available.empty())
return nullptr;
// If only one choice, return it.
if (Available.size() == 1) {
DEBUG (dbgs() << "+++ Only one: ";
HazardRec->dumpSU(*Available.begin(), dbgs()); dbgs() << "\n";);
return *Available.begin();
}
// All nodes that are possible to schedule are stored by in the
// Available set.
DEBUG(dbgs() << "+++ Available: "; Available.dump(*HazardRec););
Candidate Best;
for (auto *SU : Available) {
// SU is the next candidate to be compared against current Best.
Candidate c(SU, *HazardRec);
// Remeber which SU is the best candidate.
if (Best.SU == nullptr || c < Best) {
Best = c;
DEBUG(dbgs() << "+++ Best sofar: ";
HazardRec->dumpSU(Best.SU, dbgs());
if (Best.GroupingCost != 0)
dbgs() << "\tGrouping cost:" << Best.GroupingCost;
if (Best.ResourcesCost != 0)
dbgs() << " Resource cost:" << Best.ResourcesCost;
dbgs() << " Height:" << Best.SU->getHeight();
dbgs() << "\n";);
}
// Once we know we have seen all SUs that affect grouping or use unbuffered
// resources, we can stop iterating if Best looks good.
if (!SU->isScheduleHigh && Best.noCost())
break;
}
assert (Best.SU != nullptr);
return Best.SU;
}
SystemZPostRASchedStrategy::Candidate::
Candidate(SUnit *SU_, SystemZHazardRecognizer &HazardRec) : Candidate() {
SU = SU_;
// Check the grouping cost. For a node that must begin / end a
// group, it is positive if it would do so prematurely, or negative
// if it would fit naturally into the schedule.
GroupingCost = HazardRec.groupingCost(SU);
// Check the resources cost for this SU.
ResourcesCost = HazardRec.resourcesCost(SU);
}
bool SystemZPostRASchedStrategy::Candidate::
operator<(const Candidate &other) {
// Check decoder grouping.
if (GroupingCost < other.GroupingCost)
return true;
if (GroupingCost > other.GroupingCost)
return false;
// Compare the use of resources.
if (ResourcesCost < other.ResourcesCost)
return true;
if (ResourcesCost > other.ResourcesCost)
return false;
// Higher SU is otherwise generally better.
if (SU->getHeight() > other.SU->getHeight())
return true;
if (SU->getHeight() < other.SU->getHeight())
return false;
// If all same, fall back to original order.
if (SU->NodeNum < other.SU->NodeNum)
return true;
return false;
}
void SystemZPostRASchedStrategy::schedNode(SUnit *SU, bool IsTopNode) {
DEBUG(dbgs() << "+++ Scheduling SU(" << SU->NodeNum << ")\n";);
// Remove SU from Available set and update HazardRec.
Available.erase(SU);
HazardRec->EmitInstruction(SU);
}
void SystemZPostRASchedStrategy::releaseTopNode(SUnit *SU) {
// Set isScheduleHigh flag on all SUs that we want to consider first in
// pickNode().
const MCSchedClassDesc *SC = HazardRec->getSchedClass(SU);
bool AffectsGrouping = (SC->isValid() && (SC->BeginGroup || SC->EndGroup));
SU->isScheduleHigh = (AffectsGrouping || SU->isUnbuffered);
// Put all released SUs in the Available set.
Available.insert(SU);
} | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Rh Tommy were born; and having a Relation come to ee him, who was a charitable good Man, he ent for thee Children to him. The Gentleman ordered Little Margery a new Pair of Shoes, gave Mr. Smith some Money to buy her Cloathes; and aid, he would take Tommy and make him a little Sailor; and accordingly had a jacket and Trowers made for him in which he now appears. Pray look at him.
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Old Greek
Old Greek is the Greek language as spoken from Late Antiquity (c. 400 AD) to c. 1500. Greek spoken during this period is usually split into:
* Late Greek (c. 400 AD)
* Medieval Greek (c. 800)
"Old Greek" (OG) is also the technical term for the presumed initial Greek translations of the Hebrew Bible for books other than the Pentateuch.
Old Greek might also be understood to include a preceding period, Koine Greek, as well – also referred to as "the common dialect" or "Alexandrian dialect", "common Attic" or "Hellenistic Greek" – the universal dialect spoken throughout post-Classical antiquity (c. 300 BC – 300 AD). | WIKI |
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Chrome devtools fails to show cljs file sources when compiled with org.clojure/clojurescript "1.9.93" sources are fine with "1.9.89".
1. Create a browser REPL project as guided in the Quick Start
2. open browser on http://localhost:9000
3. open chrome devtools, go to sources tab and all cljs files should be visible and include contents
I see the cljs files listed but no contents.
Environment
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64bit
Chrome unstable Version 53.0.2783.2 dev (64-bit)
Chrome release Version 51.0.2704.106 (64-bit)
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David Nolen
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Marijuana use in potential liver transplant candidates.
Abstract
Concern exists that liver transplant center substance abuse policies may have an inappropriate and disproportionate impact on marijuana users. Our hypothesis is that patients with chronic liver disease who were marijuana users will have inferior survival. This is a retrospective (1999-2007) cohort study. The primary outcome measure is time-dependent, adjusted patient survival from the time of liver transplant evaluation. The primary exposure variable is a positive cannabinoid toxicology screen during the liver transplant evaluation period. Overall, 155 patients qualified as marijuana users while 1334 patients were marijuana non-users. Marijuana users were significantly (p < 0.05) younger (48.3 vs. 52.1), more likely to be male (78.1% vs. 63.0%), have hepatitis C (63.9% vs. 40.6%) and were less likely to receive a transplant (21.8% vs. 14.8%). Marijuana users were more likely to use tobacco, narcotics, benzodiazepines, amphetamines, cocaine or barbiturates (p < 0.05). Unadjusted survival rates were similar between cohorts. Upon multivariate analysis, MELD score, hepatitis C and transplantation were significantly associated with survival, while marijuana use was not (HR 1.09, 95% CI 0.78-1.54). We conclude that patients who did and did not use marijuana had similar survival rates. Current substance abuse policies do not seen to systematically expose marijuana users to additional risk of mortality.
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• Publisher Full Text
• Authors
Ranney DN, Acker WB, Al-Holou SN, Ehrlichman L, Lee DS, Lewin SA, Nguyen C, Peterson SF, Sell K, Kubus J, Reid D, Englesbe MJ
Institution
Department of Surgery Summer Research Group, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Source
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 9:2 2009 Feb pg 280-5
MeSH
Chronic Disease
Cohort Studies
Female
Graft Survival
Humans
Liver Diseases
Liver Transplantation
Male
Marijuana Abuse
Marijuana Smoking
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate
Pub Type(s)
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Language
eng
PubMed ID
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How do you relax your head for a massage?
How do you release tension from your scalp?
1. Traditional scalp massage
1. Use the fingertips of both hands to apply light to medium pressure to your scalp, moving in small circles.
2. Work your way across your scalp to cover all areas.
3. Try to massage your scalp using your fingertips for at least 5 minutes at a time, several times a day.
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What happens if you massage your scalp everyday?
Massaging your scalp everyday will enhance blood circulation and can even strengthen your follicles. However, make sure you do it gently and don’t rub vigorously. This can cause your hair to break.
Why does scalp massage feel good?
Massage helps ease muscle spasms and knots in parts of the body prone to tightness and tension. Obviously, the scalp and back of the head contain only small muscles that play no part in moving your body around or resisting heavy loads. But tension can build up in this area.
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What does it mean if your scalp is tight?
For example, tension headaches can cause scalp pain. This may be brought on by depression or stress. Anxiety can trigger them as well. The most common symptom here is the feeling of tightness, especially a muscle tensing feeling.
How do I relax my neck and scalp muscles?
More neck tension treatments
1. getting a massage.
2. applying heat or ice.
3. soaking in salt water or a warm bath.
4. taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil) and naproxen (Aleve)
5. practicing meditation.
6. doing yoga.
Does Vicks grow hair?
The average time reported by Vicks advocates to see significant hair growth is around 30-60 days. … Menthol is a compound known to clear pores of irritants so that hair can grow easily while eucalyptus and camphor are both essential oil that stimulate the hair follicles and improve circulation when applied topically.
Does an itchy scalp mean your hair is growing?
Well, it’s true that your hair was growing, but an itchy scalp is not a sign of hair growth. Itchiness can actually signify that your scalp is not at its healthiest, which can negatively impact hair growth. Whether it lasts days or weeks, the cause of an itchy scalp can usually be tracked down.
Does head massage regrow hair?
It turns out that scalp massage may be able to not only thicken but also regrow your hair, according to research. This very precise method of scalp massage may stimulate the scalp and hair follicles to strengthen, good news if your patience for your hair loss is, ahem, wearing thin.
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Is head massage good for brain?
Not only can massage promote efficient thinking, but it can also improve memory. Tight neck and shoulder muscles often limit the circulation to the brain, which consequently does not support memory or concentration.
Are head massages bad for you?
A head massage offers a variety of benefits, whether you use your fingertips or you get one from a professional. A head massage may help relieve stress and reduce tension. It may also ease migraine or headache pain, lower blood pressure, improve circulation to your head and neck, and promote hair growth.
How much does a scalp massage cost?
A scalp massage at a spa will cost anywhere from $30-$70 dollars for 30 minutes, but you can enjoy one for free in the comfort of your own home!
Why do hairdressers massage your head?
Hair growth isn’t the only reason hairdressers massage your scalp during a shampoo. … Also, it can help keep product buildup, pollution, and oils at bay, as well as improve sebum production on dry scalps.
Why do head scratches feel so good?
Nerve cells tell your brain something hurts, and that distracts it from the itch. It can make you feel better in that moment, but 1 in 5 people say scratching makes them itch somewhere else on their body. Sometimes the pain from scratching makes your body release the pain-fighting chemical serotonin.
Do head massagers really work?
“While scalp massagers can help increase blood flow—which brings more nutrients to the hair follicle—there are no studies to show they’re effective in stimulating hair growth,” says Blaisure. … “A head massage feels good because there are many nerve endings in the scalp,” says Francesca Fusco, MD, of Wexler Dermatology.
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Simon P. Brown
Simon P. Brown (born 12 April 1963) is an English professional golfer who has won three times on the European Senior Tour since turning 50 in 2013. Two of his wins have been in tournaments reduced to 36 holes by bad weather.
Brown grew up in Sussex but moved to Austria in 1984 and then to Germany to become the professional at Golf Club Rhein-Sieg, in Bonn.
European Senior Tour wins (3)
* Note: Tournament shortened to 36 holes due to weather. | WIKI |
-- Turkish Lira Drops Most in Two Weeks as Central Bank Cuts Rates
The lira depreciated the most in two
weeks and yields closed near record lows after the Turkish
central bank cut interest rates. The currency lost the most among emerging-market peers
after the central bank reduced its overnight borrowing and
lending rates by 25 basis points each to 4.5 percent and 8.5
percent, respectively. Three of the six analysts surveyed by
Bloomberg predicted the decision. “The lira has weakened on the decision,” Annika Lindblad ,
an analyst at Nordea Markets in Helsinki, said in an e-mailed
note. “The central bank will closely monitor the lira, being
wary of too much appreciation pressure especially from
speculative capital inflows.” Turkey’s currency slid as much as 0.7 percent, its lowest
level since Jan. 7 on a closing basis, before paring its retreat
to 0.5 percent at 1.7759 a dollar by 5:21 p.m. in Istanbul. The
drop in the lira today is the most since Feb. 4, according to
data compiled by Bloomberg. Yields dropped 10 basis points, or
0.1 percentage point, to 5.66 percent, one basis point off their
record low. The central bank left its benchmark one-week repo rate
unchanged at 5.5 percent at the Monetary Policy Committee
meeting today. It increased the effective foreign-exchange
reserve requirement ratio to 11.5 percent from 11.1 percent,
withdrawing $940 million in liquidity from the market. The bank
also increased the effective lira reserve requirements to 11
percent from 10.8 percent for all maturities today. Central Bank Governor Erdem Basci is looking to slow
inflation to 5 percent this year, while he seeks to curb loan
growth to 15 percent. Lending jumped 19.1 percent in the 12
months to Feb. 8, according to data published by the banking
regulator on Feb. 18. To contact the reporter on this story:
Selcuk Gokoluk in Istanbul at
sgokoluk@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Claudia Maedler at
cmaedler@bloomberg.net | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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principal objects, therefore, of my mission was to ascertain and report the exact political and military conditions existing at that time in Cuba. As the President expressed it at the time, he did not "want to go into the Cuban business bow on without knowing where" he was "going."
A few weeks after my arrival in Havana, I made a report to the Secretary of State (in substance) that, in my opinion, there was no immediate prospect of the Spanish soldiers suppressing the insurrection in Cuba or of the insurrectionary troops driving the Spanish from the island, and that, therefore, without outside interference, war, with its attendant horrors, would continue for an indefinite time; that the island was being devastated and gradually being reduced to an ash pile; that property was being destroyed everywhere, fields burnt, and human life taken by both contestants under the most aggravating circumstances; and that commerce was being extinguished, entailing great loss to the United States and to the American citizens resident on the island.
Should I write a report to-day of the conditions now existing on the island I would not change, in its essential features, the report written two years ago, except to say that the destruction of property and the loss of life have suffered of course a large increase, and that misery, poverty, desolation, and devastation exist now in greater degree only than at the former period. The United States, at this writing, has determined to intervene, and, with soldiers and sailors, compel the Spanish troops to depart from the island and the Spanish flag to be furled forever upon the "Gem of the Antilles."
It is most difficult to comprehend the cruelties and enormities of Spanish rule on the island—more especially within the last few years. Spain has been repeating her past history by continuing that policy which has heretofore humbled her pride and reduced her territorial possessions, and will now lose Cuba, Porto Rico, and very possibly | WIKI |
What is the faster way of counting? Using count query in the database or counting retrieved rows programmatically?
I was wondering what would be a faster way as far as counting rows is concerned from a database? Is count query in DB (server) going to be faster than some sort of count in a program (client). I think the things that are to be considered are
• Size of the database
• Programing language use
• Are the rows that are to be counted required by the client?
Any suggestions?
Answers
Just the counting by itself cannot be made any faster than executing it in a compiled language like C++, C# or Java. Counting through a stream of rows is nothing.
Unfortunately, copying the rows from the server to the client is enormously more expensive that counting them. So you are always better off letting the server count them.
I literally cannot think of a scenario in which one should count on the client (if the only thing required is the count, not the rows themselves).
If the rows are required on the client:
1. If all rows are required: Count on the client
2. If only a single page is required: Count on the server! There might be hundreds or thousands of pages and you don't want to download all of them. The RDBMS can often optimize counting because no column data is required to count.
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'Page fault in nonpaged area' in Vista service pack 2
By kugel · 5 replies
Nov 3, 2009
1. any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Im on a dell studio 15 laptop, and I sometimes get this BSOD after pressing one of the touch-sensitive buttons on the laptop above the keyboard, almost always the 'eject cd' one. Here is the information:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 50
BCP1: FFFFFB58D50600AB
BCP2: 0000000000000000
BCP3: FFFFF80001F59EC8
BCP4: 0000000000000007
OS Version: 6_0_6002
Service Pack: 2_0
Product: 768_1
Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini110309-01.dmp
C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-54147-0.sysdata.xml
C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Local\Temp\WER54D3.tmp.version.txt
any help on this would be greatly appreciated, the minidump is attached.
2. Route44
Route44 TechSpot Ambassador Posts: 11,984 +72
Your error is 0x00000050: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
Requested data was not in memory. An invalid system memory address was referenced. Defective memory (including main memory, L2 RAM cache, video RAM) or incompatible software (including remote control and antivirus software) might cause this Stop message, as may other hardware problems (e.g., incorrect SCSI termination or a flawed PCI card).
Your minidump specifically cited corrupted memory as the issue. You will need to run Memteast on your RAM.
See the link below and follow the instructions. There is a newer version than is listed but either one should work. If you need to see what the Memtest screen looks like go to reply #21. The third screen is the Memtest screen.
Let it run for a LONG time. The rule is a minimum of 7 Passes; the more Passes after 7 so much the better. There are 8 individual tests per Pass. Many people will start this test before going to bed and check it the next day.
If you have errors you have corrupted memory and it needs to be replaced.
Also, with errors you need to run this test per stick of RAM. Take out one and run the test. Then take that one out and put the other in and run the test. If you start getting errors before 7 Passes you know that stick is corrupted and you don’t need to run the test any further on that stick.
Link: https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic62524.html
* Get back to us with the results.
* Also, for future reference you do not need to individually zip minidumps. If you have only one or two attach as is.
3. kugel
kugel TS Rookie Topic Starter
great, thanks so much, I really appreciate your reply. Ill run memtest ASAP, and get back to you.
and I didn't know I could individually upload the dmp files, since it wasnt one of the extensions listed.
out of curiosity, how can you read the dump files? Ive seen people respond to topics like these knowing exactly what the problem is, how do they do that?
4. Route44
Route44 TechSpot Ambassador Posts: 11,984 +72
There is a tool designed by Microsoft called WinDebugger. It is this tool that can read minidumps.
Minidumps are not large but they do contain information that requires training/education to understand it all. Nevertheless, it does give error codes and probable cause which is most helpful that anyone can understand.
5. kugel
kugel TS Rookie Topic Starter
Bad news, ran memtest for 11 hours, 9 passes, no errors.
where should I go from here?
6. Route44
Route44 TechSpot Ambassador Posts: 11,984 +72
Well that isn't exactly bad news... ;) Give us your motherboard make and model and the amount, make, and type of RAM you have installed.
Also, if you know how to access your BIOS check your RAM voltage setting against the manufacturer's designed specs.
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Does an MRI require any prep?
The day of your exam
MRI usually requires no dietary changes or other special preparations . Unless indicated in your exam preparation instructions in MyChart, you can eat and drink and take your regular medications as usual.
What prep is required for an MRI?
Before an MRI exam, eat normally and continue to take your usual medications , unless otherwise instructed. You will typically be asked to change into a gown and to remove things that might affect the magnetic imaging, such as: Jewelry. Hairpin
What should you not do before an MRI?
What Should You NOT Do Before an MRI?
• Maybe Not Eat or Drink.
• Maybe Limit Your Bathroom Trips.
• Always Listen to Your Preparation Instructions.
• Do NOT Keep Metal on Your Body.
• Tell the Technicians About Any Pre-Existing Conditions.
How long does MRI scan take?
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan is a painless procedure that lasts 15 to 90 minutes , depending on the size of the area being scanned and the number of images being take
Do they give you anything before an MRI?
Before the MRI
Your test may have been scheduled with sedation . If you need to be given a drug to make you drowsy, a nurse will give you more instructions. You may take all medicines. You may eat and drink unless you are having an MRCP, a specific exam for your gallbladder.
What do they do to prep you for an MRI?
7 Things You Can Do to Prepare For an MRI Scan
1. Know how an MRI works. ...
2. Make sure you are safe to get an MRI. ...
3. Pack the necessary documents the staff needs to check you in. ...
4. Eat normally and take medications normally. ...
5. Remove all metallic objects. ...
6. Dress comfortably in loose clothing with no metal. ...
7. Get there 15 minutes early.
What should I avoid before an MRI?
You'll need to remove any metal items, including most notably jewelry, but also glasses, hairpins, dentures, hearing aids and even bras with underwires . The office will provide a secure place for you to store your belongings, and someone will then guide you into the room with the MRI machine.
Are there any restrictions before an MRI?
There is no special preparation necessary for the MRI examination. There are no food or drink restrictions prior to the MRI exam . Continue to take any medication prescribed by your doctor unless otherwise directed. MRI or MRA Kidneys, MRCP, Liver or Pelvis: Do not eat anything four hours before the exam.
Can I use deodorant before an MRI?
Can you put on deodorant for an MRI? Please refrain from wearing any powder, perfumes, deodorant and/or lotions on your underarms and breasts prior to the procedure . Since the MRI is a magnet, please let us know if you have any metal in or on your body.
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Papau
Papau is one of 22 islands in the Aitutaki atoll of the Cook Islands. It is located on the eastern perimeter of Aitutaki Lagoon, four kilometres to the east of the main island of Aitutaki. The island is 400m long and 200m wide. | WIKI |
Eric Li (disambiguation)
Eric Li may refer to:
* Li Shufu or Eric Li Shufu, Chinese businessman, CEO of Geely Group
* Eric Li, former Hong Kong Legislative Council member
* Eric X. Li, also known as Li Shimo, Chinese venture capitalist and political scientist, founder of Guancha | WIKI |
Pieter Barbiers (painter)
Pieter Antonsz Barbiers (bapt. April 23, 1717 in Amsterdam – September 7, 1780 in Amsterdam) was a skillful Dutch artist. He painted scenery for the theaters in Amsterdam, Leiden, etc. Another picture representing the conflagration of the former in the year 1772 has been engraved by C. Bagerts.
His sons Bartholomeus Barbiers and Pieter Pietersz Barbiers were also painters. | WIKI |
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people in the old country then who were beginning to take an interest in the young colonials:—
'As it may be longer than I expected before I have the pleasure of seeing you, and in the interim Captain Hunter may have sailed, I take up my pen, meaning to detain you as little as I can on the subject of New South Wales. Mr Johnson, the chaplain, has transmitted to me the copy of a letter you must have received from him, wishing me to mediate with you for its favourable reception. However, when I tell you he is one of the worthiest men breathing, the most active, the most humble, and at the same time very little acquainted with the world, I have said enough to excuse the steps he has taken, and to obtain his reimbursement. In truth, £67 for a church is rather a more moderate charge than Government, I believe, is used to, and I know from his private letters that he worked very hard with his own hands, and often by night as well as day. In my last letter, I mentioned to you that I had been informed a sufficient number of tolerably qualified instructors for the children, both of the convicts and the natives, might be found on the spot; but it occurred to me that it would be highly desirable to send over some person to act as a general superintendent of all the schools which should be instituted. … I must add, and will then have done, that the expense of settling schools. Governor Hunter being directed accordingly, both for natives and Europeans, | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cartoon Network (Australia and New Zealand)
The result was speedy keep. My apologies I'd nominated the wrong article entirely, No idea how I came to nominate it but I can only thank for !voting and thus noticing my rather stupid error! (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 22:14, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
Cartoon Network (Australia and New Zealand)
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We already have List of programs broadcast by Cartoon Network and so we don't need separate articles - Sources so far in the article are extremely poor and unfortunately I cannot find any better, Fails NOTTVGUIDE (to a certain extent) and GNG – Davey 2010 Talk 16:09, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
* Keep Nothing about the network's programming is in this article; this describes the network itself, which is definitely notable as the ANZ CN equivalent (and the list of was killed a month ago inline within the article). Nate • ( chatter ) 21:20, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
* Shit my apologies I've nominated the wrong bloody article!. – Davey 2010 Talk 22:12, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
* Yeah, I had a feeling, glad I helped you realize that (I didn't want to take a sceptical tone since the list ofs are a tangle of noms right how)! Nate • ( chatter ) 23:24, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
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Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885.
Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech. That both his mother and wife were deaf profoundly influenced Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in his being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone, on March 7, 1876. Bell considered his invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study.
Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including ground-breaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils, and aeronautics. Though Bell was not one of the 33 founders of the National Geographic Society, he had a strong influence on the magazine while serving as the society's second president, from Jan. 7, 1898, until 1903.
Beyond his work in engineering, Bell had a deep interest in the emerging science of heredity. Source: Wikipedia
* For more information on the life of Bell see: Canadian Encyclopedia
Of note: Bell was one of the founders of AT&T, the company that had a subsidiary called Bell Labs, which invented the transistor and the laser, creations that transformed the world. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pakistanis in Oman
The result was keep. Barkeep49 (talk) 02:42, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
Pakistanis in Oman
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The article has been a stub for years, and there is not enough RS to show that the subject is notable. If deletion is not the will of the community - perhaps a merge to Demographics of Oman Lightburst (talk) 01:03, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
* Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 01:14, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
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* Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 01:14, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
* Keep I agree the article needs work, but I still believe it's a notable topic with wide scope to merit a page. I think 230,000 is a pretty large immigrant population for a country of Oman's size. Mar4d ( talk ) 17:07, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, buidhe 03:16, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
* Keep per Mar4d. There is a long history of co-operation between Pakistan Armed Forces and Royal Oman Forces. To me, it is a legit and expandable. Störm (talk) 14:42, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
* Keep rational of Mar4d seems to be valid. Nannadeem (talk) 23:07, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
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My Boy Lollipop
"My Boy Lollipop" (originally "My Girl Lollypop") is a song written in the mid-1950s by Robert Spencer of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs, and usually credited to Spencer, Morris Levy, and Johnny Roberts. It was first recorded in 1956 by American singer Barbie Gaye under the title "My Boy Lollypop". A later version recorded by Jamaican singer Millie Small in 1964, with very similar rhythm, became an international hit that time and is one of the first songs to introduce ska music.
Barbie Gaye original version
The original song "My Girl Lollypop" was written by Robert Spencer of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs. Notorious record company executive Morris Levy agreed to purchase the song from Spencer. Although not involved in writing the song, Levy and alleged gangster Johnny Roberts listed themselves as the song's authors. In an effort to avoid sharing any royalties with Spencer, Levy removed Spencer's name from the original writing credits. Levy even claimed that Robert Spencer was his pseudonym.
The song caught the attention of one of Levy's partners, the later convicted mobster and music mogul Gaetano Vastola, aka "Corky". Vastola had recently discovered 14-year-old singer Barbie Gaye (born Barbara Gaffney) after hearing her sing on a street corner in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Vastola was so impressed that he immediately took her to meet New York radio DJ Alan Freed. Gaye sang a few songs for them and Freed was equally impressed. Vastola became Gaye's manager and within days, he acquired the sheet music and lyrics for "My Girl Lollypop" from Levy. He gave them to Gaye, with no specific instructions except to change the gender of the song's subject and be ready to perform it by the following week. Gaye changed the song's title to "My Boy Lollypop" and rewrote the song accordingly. She added non-lyrical utterances such as "whoa" and "uh oh", chose the notes for the lyrics, shortened and lengthened notes, decided which lyrics to repeat ("I love ya, I love ya, I love ya so") and added the word "dandy" to describe the subject.
When it came time to record, Gaye cut school and took the subway to a recording studio in Midtown Manhattan. Gaye met the three members of the session band, guitarist Leroy Kirkland, saxophonist Al Sears and drummer Panama Francis. The band leader, Kirkland, asked Gaye to sing the song for them. After listening to her, they improvised music to match her vocals. They decided to record the song in a relatively new style of R&B called shuffle. The four musicians, including the white teenage girl, went into the studio and recorded the song in one take. Barbie Gaye was paid $200 for her writing contributions to "My Boy Lollypop" and her studio recording. The shuffle sound was developed in the early 1940s in America's black community and made popular by Professor Longhair, Rosco Gordon and Louis Jordan. The Jamaican artists, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd and Arthur "Duke" Reid, introduced the R&B shuffle beat to Jamaica in the late 1950s.
Barbie Gaye's recording was released as a single by Darl Records in late 1956. It was heavily played by Alan Freed, and listener requests made the song No. 25 on Freed's Top 25 on WINS, New York in November 1956. The record sold in sufficient quantities locally to gain her a place in Freed's annual Christmas show at the New York Paramount in December 1956, when she opened for Little Richard. The following year, Gaye toured with Richard and Fats Domino. The singer and songwriter Ellie Greenwich, then a teenager living on Long Island, was so taken by the record that she named herself Ellie Gaye when she embarked on her recording career. Gaye's recording of "My Boy Lollypop" was popular in New York City, and a few other Northeastern cities. In the late 1950s, Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, sold copies of the song to the Jamaican Sound Systems, where it became a popular song among sound system patrons, despite the fact that its singer was not of African descent. Her manager, Gaetano Vastola, routinely counterfeited his artists' music to keep all the profits, so the record's sales are difficult to determine.
Millie Small version
In a 2010 interview, Island Records' founder, Chris Blackwell, told how he came to use "My Boy Lollipop" for Millie Small’s fourth recording single: "I would go to New York now and again and buy records and sell them to the sound system guys in Jamaica. One of these records was the original version of 'My Boy Lollipop'. But I'd make a copy of each one on a reel-to-reel tape, it was before cassettes, and when I brought Millie over to England I sat down trying to work out if we can find a song for her and I found this tape which had the original version of 'My Boy Lollipop' and I said, 'that's the song we should do', so it was really really lucky that I found the tape."
Blackwell had purchased the original record in 1959 and found the copy in his archives in 1963. He went on to produce Small’s remake, changing the spelling of the song's title to read "Lollipop" instead of "Lollypop". It was recorded in a rhythmically similar shuffle/ska/bluebeat-style, and in 1964, it became her breakthrough blockbuster hit in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 2, kept from reaching top spot by Juliet by the Four Pennies. The song also went to No. 1 in Republic of Ireland and No. 2 in the United States (on the Smash Record label, behind "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys). Considered the first commercially successful international ska song, Small's version of "My Boy Lollipop" sold over 7 million copies worldwide and helped to launch Island Records into mainstream popular music. It remains one of the best-selling reggae/ska hits of all time and made Small an international star at the age of 17.
The record's arrangement is credited to Ernest Ranglin, who also plays guitar on the recording. The saxophone solo from the original version was replaced by a harmonica solo. It is unclear who played the harmonica – urban legend credited Rod Stewart for many years, but he has denied it. Instead, it was almost certainly either Pete Hogman or Jimmy Powell, both of The Five Dimensions. Pete Hogman and Five Dimensions guitarist Kenny White both maintain it was Pete Hogman, while Jimmy Powell asserts that it was he who played this solo. In an interview with journalist Tom Graves, in the August 2016 issue of Goldmine magazine, Small insisted that it was Stewart who played the harmonica solo. Mike Wells, drummer with Cliff Adams & The Twilights, was hired by Harry Robinson (1932–1996) (Lord Rockingham's XI) and paid £7 10 shillings for the session after recording over the weekend at IBC Studios in Portland Place.
British reggae DJ David Rodigan has stated that watching Millie Small perform the song at the Ready Steady Go! TV show as a school boy initiated his lifelong passion for Jamaican music. The song featured in the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London. It has also featured several times in the British TV series, Heartbeat.
Cover versions and other uses
* Schlager singer Heidi Bachert recorded a cover version, under the same title but with German lyrics, which entered the West German top 20 on August 15, 1964, remaining there for 17 weeks, with No. 5 as top position. The song was remade in 1974 by Maggie Mae reaching No. 17 on the German chart.
* Mexican actress Renata Flores, early in her show business career, scored a hit in Spanish as a rock singer with her version, titled "Mi Novio Esquimal".
* A cover version by American singer Donna Hightower was recorded in French as "C'est Toi Mon Idole" in 1964 and spent time on both the Canadian and French charts.
* A cover version by Bad Manners, re-titled "My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop)", was a UK top 10 hit in July 1982.
* UK singer Lulu released a version of the song on the Jive label in 1986 which reached No. 86 on the UK Singles Chart.
* Australian singer Serena released a version in 1990. The song peaked at number 83 on the ARIA Charts. | WIKI |
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of John Dyer, Esq., late Chief Clerk of the Admiralty.
This officer was made a lieutenant on the 1st April, 1823; promoted to his present rank, April 17th, 1827; and appointed an inspecting commander of the coast guard, April 17th, 1832
of the late Rear-Admiral Joseph Bingham, by Sarah, second daughter of the late Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart.
This officer was made lieutenant into the Myrmidon 20, Captain H. J. Leeke, on the African station, April 28th, 1821; and promoted to the rank of commander, April 26th, 1827. He married, in 1833, Emily, eldest daughter of Major-General Payne, of Weybridge.
made a lieutenant in April 1811; appointed to the Pactolus frigate. Captain the Hon. F. W. Aylmer, Sept. 14th, 1813; and promoted to his present rank on the 28th April, 1827. He has since been employed as an inspecting commander of the coast guard.
made a lieutenant in Mar. 1815; appointed to the Adventure surveying vessel. Captain William Henry Smyth, Jan. 23d, 1821; and advanced to the rank of commander, April 28th, 1827.
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252. What is the purpose of the iron core in a transformer?
The iron core of a transformer stores energy as power is being transferred from the primary circuit to the secondary circuit. This energy is stored as the magnetization of that iron. The transformer needs to store that energy for roughly one half cycle of the alternating current or about 1/120th of a second. The more iron there is in the transformer, the more energy it can store and the more power the transformer can transfer from the primary circuit to the secondary circuit. Without any iron, the energy must be stored directly in empty space, again as a magnetization. But space isn't as good at storing magnetic energy as iron is so the iron increases the power-handling capacity of a transformer. Without the iron, the transformer must operate at much higher frequencies of alternating current in order to transfer reasonable amounts of power.
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WICHITA FALLS TRACTION CO. v. BERRY et ux.
(No. 8369.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Ft. Worth.
May 13, 1916.
On Rehearing, June 10, 1916.)
1. Carriers <&wkey;314(5) — Personal Injury— Sufficiency of Petition.
A petition in an action for personal injury while alighting from a ear, alleging negligence on the part of defendant and its employés in not providing a safe place to alight, that the stop of the car was 3% feet from the ground, that the box on which plaintiff stepped turned over because it was almost square and was placed directly under the step, and that defendant negligently permitted dirt to be washed away from the track under and near the step, and permitted her to step on the box without warning as to its unsafe condition, stated a cause of action.
[Ed. Note. — Ifor other cases, see Carriers, Cent. Dig. §§ 1273, 1275, 1275%; Dec. Dig. &wkey;314(5).]
2. Carriers &wkey;>320(28) — Personal Injury-Question for Jury.
On the evidence in a passenger’s action for personal injury while alighting from a car held that whether the defendant’s employés knew that the box on which plaintiff stepped had been placed on the side of the car track when plaintiff alighted, or by the exercise of ordinary diligence could have known that the box was not a safe and suitable step to use in alighting, was for the jury.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Carriers, Cent. Dig. § 1244; Dee. Dig. &wkey;320(28).]
3. Carriers &wkey;>284 (2) — Passengers—Acts of Third Party — Liability.
While a carrier is not ordinarily liable for the unauthorized acts of third parties, non-employes, it may become liable for negligence in permitting such acts to be done or the consequences thereof to continue, if knowledge has been brought to its servants.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Carriers, Cent. Dig. §§ 1128-1129, 1132, 1173; Dec. Dig. &wkey;284(2).]
4. Appeal and Error <&wkey;722(l) — Assignment of Error — Sufficienoy—Rules of Court.
An assignment of error in the main charge as more fully shown by the written objections thereto, made and filed after it had been submitted to opposing counsel and before the charge was read to the jury “as is more fully shown by defendant’s bill of exception No. 2 which is here referred to and made a part thereof,” in view of the absence of any bill of exceptions No. 2, eo nomine, in the transcript, did not comply with rules 25 and 26 for Courts of Civil Appeals (142 S. W. xii), prescribing the form and contents of assignments of error, and hence did not require consideration.
[E'd. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Cent. Dig. §§ 2990, 2994-2996; Dee. Dig. &wkey;722(l).]
5. Trial <&wkey;85 — Reception of Evidence-Evidence Admissible in Part — Objection to Whole.
Where a part of the testimony objected to as a whole was not subject to the alleged vice of being hearsay, the objection was ineffectual to reach any part of the evidence to which it might be pertinent.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Trial, Cent. Dig. §§ 222-225; Dec. Dig. &wkey;>85.]
6. Evidence <&wkey;314(l) — Hearsay—Related Facts.
In a passenger’s action for personal injury while alighting from defendant’s car when a box used for her to step upon overturned, testimony of a witness, who learned of the accident from his wife and thereby fixed the date of the accident with reference to the time when he saw a box on the side of the street, which he sometimes used to alight from the car and which he had used two days before he heard of the accident, that it was low and shaky, without showing that it was the same box as that used by the plaintiff, was not inadmissible as hearsay; since a witness may date a fact which he knows by relating it to the time when he heard another fact, and, in so doing, may state what the fact heard was to inform the jury of his reason for observing and remembering facts about which he testifies from personal knowledge.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Evidence, Cent. Dig. § 1168; Dec. Dig. <&wkey;314(l).]
7. Carriers <&wkey;320(28) — Personal Injury-Question for Jury.
In a passenger’s action for personal injury while alighting from a car, held, on the evidence, that whether a box about which a witness testified was the same box used to assist plaintiff to alight was a question for the jury.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Carriers, Cent. Dig.' § 1244; Dec. Dig. <&wkey;>320(28).]
8. Damages <&wkey;132(7) — Excessive Damages —Personal Injuries.
A verdict for $1,125 awarded to plaintiff, a woman of 40, who had previously done the cooking and household work for six people, for injury to her knee, hip, and back, tearing the ligaments, causing swelling and keeping her in bed for over two weeks resulting in a weakening of the leg and knee and pain after working and walking, was not excessive.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Damages, Cent. Dig. § 378; Dee. Dig. &wkey;132(7)J
9. Appeal and Error <&wkey;1069(l) — Harmless Error — Misconduct oe Jury.
In a passenger’s action for personal injury where it appeared that some members of the jury had been in court and heard the trial of an-other case against the same defendant, and that the attorney representing plaintiff had also represented the plaintiff in that case, that it was charged in the first case that plaintiff was feigning injury, and that there was testimony that plaintiff’s counsel had stated that she was not hurt, the statement of at least one juror that he did not believe defendant had treated plaintiff’s counsel right in the other trial, the statement of another juror that it made no difference what their verdict was as defendant would get a new trial on appeal, and the statement of another that he thought the defendant had framed up the first case to make the jury believe that plaintiff was not hurt, in view of the jurors’ testimony that such remarks had no effect on the verdict, were not prejudicial to defendant.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Cent. Dig. § 4136; Dec. Dig. &wkey;> 1069(1).]
On Rehearing.
10. Carriers <S&wkey;318(ll) — Personal Injury-Sufficiency of Evidence.
Evidence in a passenger’s action for , personal injury while alighting from a street car held to sustain a finding that the defendant and its conductor knew that the box on which plaintiff stepped in alighting had been placed on the ground under the step.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Carriers, Cent. Dig. §§ 1307, 1314; Dec. Dig. &wkey;318 (11).]
11. Evidence <&wkey;588 — Weight of Evidence —Credibility.
A juror is not required to believe a witness, although he makes a plain statement of what is not impossible and is neither impeached or contradicted by direct evidence, but may discredit him on account of the manner of testifying and attendant circumstances.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Evidence, Cent. Dig. § 2437; Dec. Dig. &wkey;>588; Witnesses, Cent. Dig. § 1164.]
Appeal from District Court, Wichita County; E. W. Nicholson, Judge.
Action by C. W. Berry and wife against the Wichita Falls Traction Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Huff, Martin & Bullington, of Wichita Falls, for appellant. W. F. Weeks, of Wichita Falls, for appellees.
Application for writ oí error pending in Supreme Court.
BUCK, J.
This suit was filed in the district court of Wichita county by C. W. Berry and wife against the Wichita Falls Traction Company, alleging damages in the sum of $5,000 for personal injuries to Mrs. Berry, alleged to have been sustained by her while alighting from one of the defendant’s cars. At the time of the alleged injury, the car on which Mrs. Berry was riding was standing at a switch, awaiting another ear. Mrs. Berry, in alighting from the car, stepped on a box which had been placed in position on the ground near the step a few minutes before by another passenger in order for a lady, who desired to board the car, to do so with greater safety and convenience. The box gave way, causing Mrs. Berry to fall, and she alleges that she received injuries in her knee, hip, and back therefrom. Plaintiff alleged negligence on the part of defendant and its employSs in not providing a safe place for Mrs. Berry to alight in safety, the bottom step being some 3% feet from the ground, and in failing to provide a safe means for her to alight. That the box turned over because of the fact that it was almost square and was not placed directly under the step by the conductor and that, at the direction of the conductor, Mrs. Berry stepped near the corner of the box, but, because of the ground being sloping, the box turned to one side, causing Mrs. Berry to fall. It was alleged further that defendant was negligent in permitting dirt to be washed away from said track and under and near the step where plaintiff alighted, and in permitting Mrs. Berry to step on the box without warning as to its insecure condition.
Defendant denied any liability because of the alleged injuries and specially averred that, if plaintiff was injured by the fall, such fall was caused through no neglect of defendant or its conductor; that the conductor did not know at the time plaintiff alighted from said car that said box had been placed near the step, and that it was guilty of no negligence because the conductor failed to warn Mrs. Berry of the presence or condition of said box, nor was it guilty of negligence because its conductor failed to know of the presence of said box and its condition.
The case was submitted, on special issues, and the jury found as follows:
(1) That the defendant company and its employés knew that said box had been placed on the side of the street car track at the point where plaintiff alighted from said car, at the time she did alight therefrom.
(2) That plaintiff fell while alighting from said ear by reason of stepping on said box, and was injured thereby.
(3) That defendant’s employes were guilty of negligence in allowing the box mentioned to be placed alongside of its street car track and to be used by plaintiff to step on while alighting from its car.
(4) That defendant and its. employés in the exercise of ordinary diligence should have known that said box was not a safe and suitable step for plaintiff to use while alighting from the car, and was guilty of negligence in permitting plaintiff to step on the box at the time she did, and that such negligence was the proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries.
(5) That the box in question was not suitable and safe as a step for plaintiff to use while alighting from said car.
(6) That plaintiff was not guilty of contributory negligence in stepping on the box, or in not stepping upon the center of said box.
(7) That $1,125 was the sum of money which- would fairly and reasonably compensate plaintiffs for the injuries received by Mrs. Berry.
Judgment having been entered for plaintiffs in the sum found by the jury, the defendant appeals.
We think the court properly overruled defendant’s motion for a peremptory instruction, and that plaintiffs’ petition showed a cause of action, and that whether or not the evidence sustained the allegations of negligence made therein was a question for the jury.
Appellant predicates its contention that it was not negligent principally upon the asserted ground that the conductor of the car in question did not know that the box upon which Mrs. Berry alighted was there, and did not know of its unsafe and unstable condition; but we are of the opinion that the evidence is sufficient to sustain the findings of the jury that the conductor did know, or should have known in the exercise of that high degree of care due a passenger, that said box had beep placed near the track and immediately under and in front of the step prior to Mrs. Berry’s stepping thereon, and that the box was not safe for the purposes and uses to which it was put. Mrs. Nettie Davis, a witness for defendant, testified, in part, as follows:
“I remember along about July 19, last, being out near wliat they call Field’s Switch, between here and the factory district. I got on the street car Sunday morning before this lady, Mrs. Berry, got off; this street car stopped there at the switch, and I got on the ear at the switch — I got on just before this lady got off. * * * Our friends were out to see us; Mr. Denton and his wife and I were going to the lake that day. I always got up that way without any box. Ma\ Denton insisted upon putting a box there; the box was lying out in the street. He got it, and got it so that I could get up; that was an old box, rickety, and I stepped carefully right across the corner so that I would not fall. He went out in the street and picked up this box and set it down by the street ear, just as a step for me to get up. I do not know whether the conductor had him to bring the box up or not. He brought the box up there and set it down just before I got on the car. My son got on the car after I did. * * * He (Denton) did not get the box before the ear stopped. When the car stopped and he saw how high it was from the step down to the ground, he got the box; but I told him that he need not get it for I had gotten on the car that way. He did get it. I used it, but I was careful how I used it, for it was an old rickety thing-. It was a dangerous box to step on, and my friend put it there, and I stepped right across the corner this way.”
Lewis Davis, a witness for defendant, and the son of Mrs. Nettie Davis, testified in part as follows:
“I saw this lady as she stepped off of the car. The conductor had hold of her arm as she went to get off of the car. I do not know whether any one on the ground also had hold of her arm or not; I observed the conductor. * * * Job Denton brought the box there that my mother used to get upon the car. - The box was a tolerably long box, an old, rickety box. I do not know as to the material that it was made out of; I never paid no attention to the box much. It was just an old rickety box, that is just about all that I know about it. * * * The box that Mr. Denton got was laying out there in the street. * * * He went a distance of 20 or 30 feet of where the car stopped to get the box. The reason that he went there and got the box was because that was a pretty high step. It was somewhere near 3% feet from the ground to the step; it was a very high step for a lady to make. Mr. Denton got the box and moved it up there by the side of the car as soon as it came. * * * The conductor was standing there where he always stands when this fellow put that box there; right there on the back platform. The conductor helped my mother on, and then I got on. Job Denton and his wife also got on the car. * * * I saw the conductor take Mrs. Berry by the arm and assist her down on this box. * * * It had been several days before that that I had seen that box.”
The conductor, O. Gibbs, another witness for defendant, testified in part as follows:
“I did not see the box before, until they had it up there. I seen it when she stepped off. I helped Mrs. Davis to get on, but I never noticed the box. I never noticed Mrs. Davis step upon this box and get on. I do not know what was to keep me from seeing it; I had hold of Mrs. Davis’ arm helping her up. The box was right there; it was a good-sized box; it was what lard comes in. I guess that it was about two feet across on top. Two feet one way and about 2y2 feet the other. I expect something like that. I did not see that box when Mrs. Davis stepped on it. I do not think that I am blind. I saw the box when Mrs. Berry stepped down on it. I was just as close to it in helping Mrs. Davis on as I was in helping Mrs. Berry off. But I was not looking down when Mrs. Davis was getting on. * * * With reference to when I first discovered the box, Mrs. Berry was in the car and I went to assist her down when I saw the box. Mrs. Berry was getting off when I first saw that box. I do not remember whether she was on the top step or on top of the car, or on the bottom step of the car when I saw the box. * * * There was nothing- to keep me from examining that box to see what kind of a step I was putting my passengers down on."
Other testimony was introduced to the effect that a box, similar to the one used at the time of Mrs. Berry’s alleged accident, had been frequently used for some time prior to this by passengers in boarding and alighting from the car at this switch, and that the box was allowed to remain out in the street or at the side of the street, and that another box was used for the same purpose at the place of stoppage of the car coming from the other direction and in the same block; this box, so used by the passengers boarding or alighting from the ear at this place, was left in full view where it could have been seen by the conductors and motormen in charge of the cars, and that it had been in an unstable and “rickety” condition for some time. We think the court was justified in submitting to the jury the question as to whether or not the defendant’s employes knew that said box had been placed on the side of the street car track at the point where and at the time when plaintiff alighted from the car, and whether or not said employes knew, or could have known by the use of “ordinary diligence” (finding of jury, paragraph 4), that said box was not a safe and suitable step for plaintiff to use while alighting from the car, and that the finding by the jury favorable to plaintiff on both issues is supported by the evidence.
We do not think that the instant case presents a phase similar to that disclosed in the case of Railway Co. v. Phillips, 32 Tex. Civ. 238, 74 S. W. 793, cited by appellant. In the cited case, a passenger was killed while looking out of a window of a coach by his head coming in contact with the swinging gate of a stock pen belonging to the carrier, and the Court of Appeals for the Third District held that a charge tendered by the defendant, in effect instructing the jury that if the defendant company had fastened the gate with appliances reasonably sufficient to hold it, and that the gate was caused to swing loose by the act of some person other than an employe of defendant, and without the knowledge of defendant, that they should find for the defendant, was improperly refused. Nor do we think the facts shown in the instant case are analogous to those disclosed in the case of Cary v. Los Angeles Ry. Co., 157 Cal. 599, IOS Pac. 682, 27 L. R. A. (N. S.) 764, 21 Ann. Cas. 1329, in which a passenger seeking to recover for injuries received on account of the car starting while she was alighting therefrom, due to the act of a fellow passenger in ringing a start signal to the motorman, was denied a recovery. While a carrier is not ordinarily liable for the unauthorized acts, or the consequences which may flow from such acts, of third parties, nonemployés, yet it may become liable for negligence in permitting such acts to be done, or in permitting the consequences of such acts to remain or continue after knowledge has been brought to the carrier’s servants. Eor instance, if a passenger should be injured by falling over baggage left in an aisle by another passenger, the carrier would not ordinarily be liable for injuries resulting therefrom, unless knowledge of the presence of the baggage in the aisle was brought to or should be imputed to the servants of the carrier in charge of the train before the accident occurred. Miscreants place an obstruction on the track which causes a derailment; the liability vel non of the carrier for any damages sustained would depend on whether or not the engineer or fireman was guilty of negligence in failing to discover the obstruction in time to have prevented the accident, or in failing to use every reasonable means at their command to prevent the accident after such discovery. In the instant ease, by a large preponderance of evidence, the box used as a step at the time of plaintiff’s alighting from the car was shown to be “rickety” and unsafe. Defendant’s own witnesses testified to such condition. Mrs. Davis testified that she stepped on the corner of the box in boarding the car because she saw its rickety condition. The conductor is shown to have been on the back platform where he could have seen, and in the exercise of perhaps even ordinary care would have seen, the placing of the box by the witness Denton, and the condition of the box with reference to its being safe or not. The jury have found that he did in fact see it and know its condition, or should have done so in the exercise of that degree of care owing to plaintiff. Hence, we conclude that the court did not err in refusing to give the peremptory instruction requested, and appellant’s first assignment is overruled.
Appellant’s second assignment is as follows:
“The court erred on the trial hereof, in his main charge to the jury, as more fully shown by the written objections to said charge made and filed with the court, after the same had been submitted to the opposing counsel and before the charge of the court had been read to the jury, as is more fully shown by defendant’s bill of exception No. 2, and which is here referred to and made a part thereof.”
We think that this assignment is too general and vague in meaning to require consideration by us, and does not comply with rules 25 and 26 for the government of Courts of Civil Appeals (142 S. W. xii). By reference to the transcript no “bill of exception No. 2,” eo nomine, is to be found, but on page 19 is found “defendant’s objection and exception to charge of the court,” which concludes in the form of a hill of exception, and is probably the instrument to which reference is made in this assignment. Yet in this instrument are urged several objections to the charge, and neither the assignment nor the proposition thereunder points out specifically which one of the objections contained in the said instrument is relied on under the assignment. If, by grace, the so-called hill of exception itself should be taken as an assignment, it certainly is multifarious. But in any event, we do not think any error is disclosed, either in the assignment or the proposition thereunder; the latter, in effect, attacking the action of tbie court in submitting to the jury special issues requiring findings as to whether or not the box had been placed with the knowledge of the defendant, or its employes, and whether or not the defendant was guilty of negligence in allowing the box to be placed along its street car track where passengers were being discharged. Prom the evidence quoted and referred to hereinabove, we hold that the issues were properly submitted to the' jury. M., K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Redus, 55 Tex. Civ. App. 205, 118 S. W. 208 (writ denied); M., K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Dunbar, 57 Tex. Civ. App. 411, 122 S. W. 574 (writ denied); Freeman v. Kennerly, 151 S. W. 586; Ry. Co. v. Wininger, 151 S. W. 580; Railway Co. v. Davis, 4 Tex. Civ. App. 351, 28 S. W. 737; Railway Co. v. Kennedy, 12 Tex. Civ. App. 654, 35 S. W. 335; Blair v. Railway Co., 141 App. Div. 843, 126 N. Y. Supp. 466. In the last-cited case the street car company was held to be liable to a passenger injured while alighting from a ear, said injury being caused by a premature starting of the car on a signal given by another passenger, it appearing that the conductor, though on the platform, was counting transfers and paying attention to nothing else, and that passengers had given the signal before on that trip. To a like effect is the case of Nichols v. Railway, 168 Mass. 528, 47 N. E. 427.
Plaintiff’s third assignment is directed to the admission over objection of certain testimony of the witness W. P. Carr, to the effect that he rode back and forth on the street ear line from Avenue K (near where the accident occurred) to the factory, and saw a box on several different occasions, and that sometimes he used the box for the purpose of boarding or alighting from the car; that he had used the box two days before he heard of the accident to Mrs. Berry; that the box that he used and saw was low on one side and shaky, and looked—
“like one of these meat boxes turned upside down, * * * it looked like an old soft bacon box about 8 or 10 inches deep and about 18 inches wide and about 2 feet long. It .appeared to be weak. I saw this box about two days before I heard of the plaintiff’s injury. I do not know whether this was the same box that plaintiff used when she was injured or not. I never saw but one box there, and it was either this box or one similar to it. They were thrown on the right-hand side going to the factory.”
The objection was made to all of this testimony on the ground that it did not show with any degree of conclusiveness that the box seen by the witness was the same box as used by Mrs. Berry, and because the evidence was immaterial, irrelevant, and hearsay,, “and because the negligence of the witness in the use of said box could not be attributed to the street car company and could not bind it in any way.” Certainly, a portion of this testimony is not subject to the vice of being hearsay, or to any of the other objections made; and the objections going to the whole would be ineffectual to reach any portion of said testimony to which they might be pertinent. But we are of the opinion that the testimony was admissible and not subject to the objection of being hearsay. The fact that the witness had learned of the accident from his wife, and that thereby he had fixed the date of the accident to Mrs. Berry with reference to the time he saw a box, and the only box on the side of the street. and in the block where he lived or boarded the car, would not make such testimony hearsay. A witness may date a fact which he knows by relating it to the time when he heard another fact; and, in so doing, he may state what the fact heard was, in order to let the jury see what reason.he'had for observing and remembering the fact about which he testifies from personal knowledge. Harris v. Cent. R. Co., 78 Ga. 525, 3 S. E. 355; Wigmore on Evidence, vol. 1, §§ 655 and 730; vol. 2, Wigmore on Evidence, § 1791; 1 Thompson on Trials, § 374.
Or differently stated, for the purpose of identifying the time of facts about which he testified, with reference to some other fact, and when no issue is involved as to the date of the other fact, a witness may state that he heard of the other fact, and that the matters about which he testifies of his own personal knowledge occurred ¡before or subsequent thereto.
This witness testified, further, that, for several days prior to the time Mrs. Berry fell:
“I saw a box there and used it myself several times; I rode back and forth a good deal to my work.”
We think it was for the jury to decide whether or not the box about which the witness Carr testified was the same box used at the time of Mrs. Berry’s fall, and that the objection that it was not shown with any degree of conclusiveness that the two boxes were the same goes rather to the weight than to the admissibility of the testimony. In the case of By. v. Dunbar, supra, it was held that, where a passenger was injured by the upsetting of a step box placed on a 'rough pavement as a means of alighting, he might testify that step boxes used at the station had upset on other occasions when passengers stepped on them. Railway v. Evansich, 63 Tex. 54; Railway v. Richards, 49 S. W. 687. Therefore, this assignment will be overruled, and likewise the fourth, which urges the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the finding of the jury to the effect that the defendant and its employés were guilty of negligence in allowing the box mentioned to be placed alongside of its street car track, and to be used by plaintiff to step on while alighting from the car.
The fifth assignment urges the excessiveness of the verdict and judgment for $1,-125. Mrs. Berry, the plaintiff, testified:
“When I got to my daughter’s, I went to bed pretty soon, in just a little while; I stayed there a little while. I ate my breakfast. Well, I sat in a rocking chair a little while until my limb was swelling so I had to have a doctor, and they summoned one. For a good while, they packed ice on my limb. I was in bed two weeks, if not several days over. I could not swear how many days over two weeks. I suffered during that time with my left limb and with my back. I suffered with the lower part of my back, and those ligaments here were torn loose, and my knee and my hip in the .-joints — in the .joints of my knee and hip, and those ligaments. They kept ice on my knee the first night and day, all night and part of the next day, before they could put liniment on it. It swelled up very much indeed. I am still affected in my knee, in walking out straight it pains — in walking out straight any distance. * * * I cannot step down on anything too low on account of my knee. I cannot bend it back this way very much. It is weak and I suffer from, it; there is groat pain when I bend it clear back. * * * I still suffer with my back; it is weak; I have not any strength in it much. I am not able to do my household duties and do my work like I used to do. There is a whole lot of difference. My limb, when I do very much work, or walk just a little piece, I suffer with it then at night; there is a weakness all the time in my back, and in my knee and those ligaments. I suffer with them all the time, and now, just the going up those steps and the little walking I have been doing this evening, I feel it yet. It is not so much about my hips; my back was hurt there, got such a wrench, it just threw me this way and my weight fell to my left side, and those ligaments in here, that is the torn part.”
It was further shown that Mrs. Berry was some 40 years of age at the time of the accident, and prior thereto had done the cooking and household work for six people. It is time that on cross-examination it was developed that for some years before her injury she had suffered from ill health and was at times incapacitated for work, but she testified that for the two years immediately preceding the accident she had been entirely well and strong, and this testimony seems to be uncontradicted. Dr. Lee, the physician who was called in to treat plaintiff, testified that he made three visits to see her, on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday following the accident, and that on his first visit he found plaintiff complaining of pain in her knee and that the knee was sprained or swollen, but there were no contusions', bruises, or abrasions; that he put her knee in adhesive plaster to keep her from moving it, and ordered an ice pack used on it. That he gave her a hypodermic the first night to relieve .pain; that subsequent to his last visit plaintiff’s daughter called him .up and reported that her mother was getting along very well, and that she did not think it was necessary for him. to see her any more. That at the time of his last visit the knee was not fully well. That the swelling was there for three or four inches in a contusion of the joints; that a sprain is really a contusion of the joints; that is, a strain of the ligaments. That falling from the step of a street ear and careening to one side might produce an injury like plaintiff had. Dr. Lee testified that plaintiff made no complaint to him of any other injury than that to the knee. We conclude that this assignment must be overruled.
Appellant’s sixth and last assignment complains of the alleged misconduct of the jury while deliberating on their verdict, in the following particulars: That some of the members Of said jury, being on the jury for the week, had two days before been in the courtroom and heard the trial of another case against the defendant in this case, and that the attorney representing the plaintiff in the first case also represented the plaintiffs in the instant case. That evidence was introduced in the first case tending to show, and .the charge was made that the counsel for plaintiff was feigning injury, and that the statement w>as made during the progress of said first trial; and, in the course of the proceedings which resulted therefrom, it was testified that the counsel for plaintiff had stated that Mrs. Berry, who was his client in the instant case, was not hurt. It is urged and was shown that, during the course of the jury’s deliberations, some of them discussed the facts and features developed and disclosed during the trial and subsequent proceedings hereinabove mentioned, and that one juror, at least, stated that he did not believe defendant had treated plaintiff’s counsel right in this other trial, and that another juror stated that it did not make any difference what verdict they would render, that the traction company could get a new trial by appealing, and that another juror stated that he thought the traction company had framed up this first case in order to make the jury believe that Mrs. Berry was not hurt.
Several of the jurors were examined in the investigation had by the court on the' motion for a new trial, and all of them testified that each time any of the matters referred to were mentioned by any juror that the foreman cautioned them against discussing any such matter or considering it, and each juror testified that nothing that occurred, during the deliberations, of the character mentioned influenced him in the least, in rendering the verdict that was finally rendered; that he agreed to said verdict rendered because in his opinion it reached the truth and justice.
We do not believe that any prejudice to defendant’s rights has been shown. It was held by this court in the case of G., O. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. McKinnell, 173 S. W. 937, that a jury who, while deliberating on a verdict, discussed the proposition that plaintiff would be required to pay a large sum to his attorneys for services rendered, and it appearing that by reason thereof a larger verdict was rendered than otherwise would have been rendered, were guilty of misconduct necessitating the setting aside of the verdict. This holding was based on the affidavit of one of the jurors that such discussion was had and. that he was influenced thereby to agree to a verdict in a considerably larger amount than lie would otherwise have been willing to agree to. In tbe case of W. U. Tel. Co. v. Tweed, 138 S. W. 1155, tbe Court of Appeals for tbe Dallas District, while reversing tbe judgment on other grounds, commented on tbe fact that tbe evidence adduced on tbe hearing of tbe motion for new trial showed that tbe jurors were influenced by, and resented what they believed to be, tbe action of tbe defendant company in employing a detective to watch tbe jury pending a trial, with a view of detecting any misconduct on their part, and to see that their verdict was not affected by any undue or improper influence brought to bear upon them, and that probably tbe jury were influenced to award a larger sum in damages than it otherwise would had it not been for this feeling of resentment. But as in the instant case tbe jury was selected with a knowledge on tbe part of both parties litigant and their counsel that the members of tbe panel, or at least some of them, bad been present in the courtroom when tbe transactions and proceedings alleged to have been discussed by tbe jury during their deliberations occurred, and since appellant and its counsel accepted these jurors, knowing this fact, and since upon tbe investigation each juror testified that none of .the happenings of which complaint is made influenced him in the least in reaching the verdict rendered, we conclude that no reversible error is shown in this assignment, and it is, therefore, overruled.
Judgment affirmed.
On Rehearing.
In its motion for rehearing appellant calls our attention to the fact that appellee in her pleadings failed to allege negligence on the part of appellant and its employes, in failing to know or discover that the bos had been placed beneath the step where appellee alighted from the car, and therefore that we were not justified in using the following language in our original opinion, to wit:
“Appellant predicates its contention that it was not negligent principally upon the asserted ground that the conductor of the car in question did not know that the box upon which Mrs. Berry alighted was there, and did not know of its unsafe and unstable condition; but we are of the opinion that the evidence is sufficient to sustain the finding of the jury that the conductor did know, or should have known in the exercise of that high degree of care due a passenger, that said box had been placed near the track and immediately under and in front of the step prior to Mrs. Berry’s stepping thereon, and that the box was not safe for the purposes and uses to which it was put.”
But the jury found, in answer to Special Issue No. 1, that the defendant company and its agents (including the conductor) did know that the box had been so placed. While the conductor testified that he did not know that the box had been so placed, we conclude, from the evidence quoted in the original opinion, that the jury were' justified in finding as they did. The conductor was on the rear platform when Mrs. Davis boarded the car, she using the box as she got on; and he testified that he assisted her in getting on, and there being nothing to prevent the conductor from seeing Denton as he got the box and placed it for Mrs. Davis to use. While there is no positive and direct evidence that the conductor saw the box so placed, the circumstances shown are sufficient to sustain the finding of the jury upon this issue. A jury is not required to believe a witness, although he makes a plain statement of what is not impossible, and is neither impeached nor contradicted by direct evidence, but may discredit him on account of the manner of testifying and the attendant circumstances. G., H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. Murray, 99 S. W. 144, and cases there cited. We withdraw, as inappropriate in the connection used, so much of our language, quoted above, as reads as follows, “or should have known in the exercise of that high degree of care due a passenger,” but otherwise we adhere to the conclusion stated.
Counsel for appellant seems to fail to understand the application of the language used in our original opinion in discussing the assignment directed to the admission of the testimony of W. F. Carr, for, in this motion, he says:
“Appellant does not dispute the correctness of the language of the court in stating that if the purpose of this testimony had been to fix the date of the accident to Mrs. Berry, or to fix the date when he heard some other fact, or to impress the jury with his capacity for remembering certain facts about which he testifies, that it would not be open to the objection urged by appellant that it was hearsay,” etc.
It is true that Carr’s desired testimony was not directly upon the accident to Mrs. Berry, but rather to show that, at or about the time and prior to said accident, he, Carr, had seen a box at the side of the street near the track, and that said box had been used frequently by passengers in boarding and alighting from the car. He could not be permitted to testify that it was the same box involved in this controversy, but he could describe the location of the box, the kind of box it was, and the time he saw it, and it was for the jury to determine whether or not it was the same box as used at the time of the accident to Mrs. Berry. In order to fix the time when he saw the box with reference to Mrs. Berry’s accident, the date of which was not in dispute, we held that he could testify that he had been informed by his wife of Mrs. Berry’s accident.
As to other matters urged in appellant’s motion, we think they have been sufficiently discussed in the original opinion.
The motion for rehearing is overruled.
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Datos biométricos
The value of biometric data lies in its distinctiveness and resistance to fraud. This information, which is the product of encoding our facial features during onboarding, must be treated as exactly what it is: part of our identity. An identity which is now, thanks to artificial intelligence, also digital, which means a paradigm shift in process development. The possibilities that using biometric data offers us are infinite and radically different. That is why it is essential that we employ an appropriate level of security on such sensitive information. Applying for a loan, entering a venue, checking exam results, boarding a plane, and arranging a doctor’s appointment can all take place quickly and securely using biometrics.
What is biometric data?
The FacePhi algorithm extracts biometric information from a photo of the user and converts it into an encrypted digital numeric pattern. We use our proprietary encryption and then the public AES 256 cipher. This double encrypted pattern prevents reverse engineering, which makes it impossible to falsify a face. The FacePhi algorithm extracts biometric information from a photo of the user and converts it into an encrypted digital numeric pattern. We use our proprietary encryption and then the public AES 256 cipher. This double encrypted pattern prevents reverse engineering, which makes it impossible to falsify a face. This information is sent to the client’s server for onboarding if it is the first time or for comparison against the onboarding pattern in the case of subsequent authentications. Under no circumstances are user images sent to FacePhi’s servers for storage.
How do we protect your biometric information?
Privacy is secured by design, which must be approached with user data security at its core. This is the only way to offer an accurate and reliable solution. At FacePhi, security is ensured through facial recognition by comparing over 10,000 points, which are sent as a mathematical representation of the user’s face. Additionally, a unique time stamp token is added every time it is used. As such, the image is never transferred to prevent any possible man-in-the-middle attacks.
To prevent reverse engineering, the pattern which encodes our face is encrypted, making it impossible to reconstruct the original image. This, coupled with the absence of data storage, provides secure processing that complies with current laws and respects the decisions of individuals.
The user has and will always have the last word
It is, firstly, essential to seek explicit user consent when gathering data. Users must be aware of all implications and eventualities so that they can exercise their digital rights at any time. In order to ensure this is the case, we give users the opportunity to decide whether or not to use their biometric data.
For this FacePhi follows the principles of ethical biometrics, which are based on the provisions of the GDPR. Article 9 of the GDPR prohibits the processing of biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person and sets out a series of exceptions: the explicit and informed consent of the data subject, when processing is necessary to comply with obligations and/or exercise specific rights of the data controller, and when it is necessary for reasons of public interest. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Capillary number
In fluid dynamics, the capillary number (Ca) is a dimensionless quantity representing the relative effect of viscous drag forces versus surface tension forces acting across an interface between a liquid and a gas, or between two immiscible liquids. Alongside the Bond number, commonly denoted $$Bo$$, this term is useful to describe the forces acting on a fluid front in porous or granular media, such as soil. The capillary number is defined as:
* $$\mathrm{Ca} = \frac{\mu V}{\sigma} $$
where $$\mu$$ is the dynamic viscosity of the liquid, $$V$$ is a characteristic velocity and $$\sigma$$ is the surface tension or interfacial tension between the two fluid phases.
Being a dimensionless quantity, the capillary number's value does not depend on the system of units. In the petroleum industry, capillary number is denoted $$N_c$$ instead of $$\mathrm{Ca}$$.
For low capillary numbers (a rule of thumb says less than 10−5), flow in porous media is dominated by capillary forces, whereas for high capillary numbers the capillary forces are negligible compared to the viscous forces. Flow through the pores in an oil reservoir has capillary number values in the order of 10−6, whereas flow of oil through an oil well drill pipe has a capillary number in the order of unity.
The capillary number plays a role in the dynamics of capillary flow; in particular, it governs the dynamic contact angle of a flowing droplet at an interface.
Multiphase formulation
Multiphase flows forms when two or more partially or immiscible fluids are brought in contact. The Capillary number in multiphase flow has the same definition as the single flow formulation, the ratio of viscous to surface forces but has the added(?) effect of the ratio of fluid viscosities:
$$\mathrm{Ca} = \frac{\mu V}{\sigma}, \frac{\mu }{\hat{\mu}} $$
where $$\mu $$ and $$\hat{\mu} $$ are the viscosity of the continuous and the dispersed phases respectively.
Multiphase microflows are characterized by the ratio of viscous to surface forces, the capillary number (Ca), and by the ratio of fluid viscosities:
$$\mathrm{Ca} = \frac{\mu V}{\sigma}$$ and $$\frac{\mu }{\hat{\mu}}.$$ | WIKI |
Should I do an ALF Appliance or DNA Appliance
by ALF and DNA Appliance Dentist Gary Adams DDS
DNA Appliance vs ALF Appliance. Should I get a DNA or ALF Appliance for TMJ? Crowed Teeth? for Kids? For Sleep Apnea?
The DNA Appliance is the Best Appliance for Adults suffering from TMJ Pain and Sleep Apnea. The DNA is a combination of a retainer, bite splint and palatal expander. The DNA Appliance at the end of therapy will dramatically improve or get rid of TMJ Symptoms and Sleep Apnea. The DNA will create more space in the mouth for proper night time breathing and tongue position. The DNA Appliance will also create more dimension to the upper and lower jaw position and correct a bad bite. DNA Therapy is very tolerable for adults because it is a removable appliance that is only worn during the evening. Yes, you will not need to wear the appliance all day and you can take it out to eat and clean your teeth.
The DNA Appliance can better serve adults suffering from TMJ Pain because the appliance allow the TMJ dentist to place the TMJ patient into a new bite position. The DNA Appliance is also removable and is only worn a night-time. The ALF Appliance is a fixed appliance that stays in the mouth and is worn at all times. The ALF also does not have the ability to put the patient into a new bite position. The ALF is a pure expander and keeps the patient in their current bite during expansion. For the above reasons the ALF is a better appliance for kids who are growing and have a dynamic and changing bite and tongue and jaw position. Both appliances are wonderful appliances that can be used for kids and adults, but I make the above generalizations from years of case experience.
DNA Appliance vs ALF Appliance
The DNA looks like a combination of a retainer, night guard and a palatal expander. Looks are not deceiving. The DNA is novel in that it can achieve jaw bone growth in an adult. The only other option for adults is surgery. The mouth will get wider and deeper. The bite position can be improved and made more comfortable by adjusting the bite pads the same way a night guard is adjusted. The wire in the front can help to retain the front teeth and preserve the appearance and smile.
Many Adults with TMJ symptoms will get fast relief when they start wearing the DNA Appliance because the bite is balanced and the jaws are placed into a more comfortable open and forward position. The “balanced” position will take pressure off the TMJ jaw joints and allow a little more space for night time breathing. Over time the TMJ Dentist DNA Therapy will result in a permanent increase in size, space and balance in the Jaws and Facial Bones in general. The goal is to correct you Sleep Apnea and or TMJ Symptoms. The DNA appliance is a treatment course that is complete after 9 months to 2 years. At the end of treatment you should be better and no longer need to wear the appliance.
The ALF Appliance is the Best Appliance for correcting tooth crowding and underdevelopment. The ALF along with functional forces such as the tongue, will create proper space for the tongue to fit in the mouth and in between the teeth. alf vs dna appliance for tmj painWhen a child does not develop large enough jaws and mouth, the tongue will flop into the throat during deep sleep and cause Sleep Apnea and TMJ symptoms.
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Language Watch Edit Bhartiya Dharmik Parishad was founded in 2008 under the leadership of Manoj Rawal of Delhi with Thakur Degraj Singh of Delhi. [1] It was formed to promote the interests of Indian Religions of the Indian society. Since 2008 Manoj Kumar Rawal is Current President.[2]
Bhartiya Dharmik Parishad Formation 31 December 2008 (12 years ago) Founder Deg Raj Singh of Delhi Type Indian Religions Community Organization Headquarters New Delhi Region India Key people Manoj Kumar Rawal (President) Bhawana Rawal (Senior General Secretary) Anju Kumari ( General Secretary ) Affiliations: Indian Religions | WIKI |
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If not, see . */ /** @file server/dbupgrade.c * @brief Database upgrade utility * * Invoked by the server when necessary. */ #include "disorder-server.h" static DB_TXN *global_tid; #define BADKEY_WARN 0 #define BADKEY_FAIL 1 #define BADKEY_DELETE 2 /** @brief Bad key behavior */ static int badkey = BADKEY_WARN; static long aliases_removed, keys_normalized, values_normalized, renoticed; static long keys_already_ok, values_already_ok; static const struct option options[] = { { "help", no_argument, 0, 'h' }, { "version", no_argument, 0, 'V' }, { "config", required_argument, 0, 'c' }, { "debug", no_argument, 0, 'd' }, { "no-debug", no_argument, 0, 'D' }, { "delete-bad-keys", no_argument, 0, 'x' }, { "fail-bad-keys", no_argument, 0, 'X' }, { "syslog", no_argument, 0, 's' }, { "no-syslog", no_argument, 0, 'S' }, { 0, 0, 0, 0 } }; /* display usage message and terminate */ static void help(void) { xprintf("Usage:\n" " disorder-dbupgrade [OPTIONS]\n" "Options:\n" " --help, -h Display usage message\n" " --version, -V Display version number\n" " --config PATH, -c PATH Set configuration file\n" " --debug, -d Turn on debugging\n" " --[no-]syslog Force logging\n" " --delete-bad-keys, -x Delete unconvertible keys\n" " --fail-bad-keys, -X Fail if bad keys are found\n" "\n" "Database upgrader for DisOrder. Not intended to be run\n" "directly.\n"); xfclose(stdout); exit(0); } /** @brief Visit each key in a database and call @p callback * @return 0 or DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK * * @p global_tid must be set. @p callback should return 0 or DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK. */ static int scan_core(const char *name, DB *db, int (*callback)(const char *name, DB *db, DBC *c, DBT *k, DBT *d)) { long count = 0; DBC *c = trackdb_opencursor(db, global_tid); int err, r = 0; DBT k[1], d[1]; values_normalized = 0; keys_normalized = 0; aliases_removed = 0; renoticed = 0; keys_already_ok = 0; values_already_ok = 0; memset(k, 0, sizeof k); memset(d, 0, sizeof d); while((err = c->c_get(c, k, d, DB_NEXT)) == 0) { if((err = callback(name, db, c, k, d))) break; ++count; if(count % 1000 == 0) info("scanning %s, %ld so far", name, count); } if(err && err != DB_NOTFOUND && err != DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK) fatal(0, "%s: error scanning database: %s", name, db_strerror(err)); r = (err == DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK ? err : 0); if((err = c->c_close(c))) fatal(0, "%s: error closing cursor: %s", name, db_strerror(err)); info("%s: %ld entries scanned", name, count); if(values_normalized || values_already_ok) info("%s: %ld values converted, %ld already ok", name, values_normalized, values_already_ok); if(keys_normalized || keys_already_ok) info("%s: %ld keys converted, %ld already OK", name, keys_normalized, keys_already_ok); if(aliases_removed) info("%s: %ld aliases removed", name, aliases_removed); if(renoticed) info("%s: %ld tracks re-noticed", name, renoticed); return r; } /** @brief Visit each key in a database and call @p callback * * Everything happens inside the @p global_tid tranasction. @p callback * should return 0 or DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK. */ static void scandb(const char *name, DB *db, int (*callback)(const char *name, DB *db, DBC *c, DBT *k, DBT *d)) { info("scanning %s", name); for(;;) { global_tid = trackdb_begin_transaction(); if(scan_core(name, db, callback)) { trackdb_abort_transaction(global_tid); global_tid = 0; error(0, "detected deadlock, restarting scan"); continue; } else { trackdb_commit_transaction(global_tid); global_tid = 0; break; } } } /** @brief Truncate database @p db */ static void truncate_database(const char *name, DB *db) { u_int32_t count; int err; do { err = db->truncate(db, 0, &count, DB_AUTO_COMMIT); } while(err == DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK); if(err) fatal(0, "error truncating %s: %s", name, db_strerror(err)); } /* scan callbacks */ static int normalize_keys(const char *name, DB *db, DBC *c, DBT *k, DBT *d) { char *knfc; size_t nknfc; int err; /* Find the normalized form of the key */ knfc = utf8_compose_canon(k->data, k->size, &nknfc); if(!knfc) { switch(badkey) { case BADKEY_WARN: error(0, "%s: invalid key: %.*s", name, (int)k->size, (const char *)k->data); break; case BADKEY_DELETE: error(0, "%s: deleting invalid key: %.*s", name, (int)k->size, (const char *)k->data); if((err = c->c_del(c, 0))) { if(err != DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK) fatal(0, "%s: error removing denormalized key: %s", name, db_strerror(err)); return err; } break; case BADKEY_FAIL: fatal(0, "%s: invalid key: %.*s", name, (int)k->size, (const char *)k->data); } return 0; } /* If the key is already in NFC then do nothing */ if(nknfc == k->size && !memcmp(k->data, knfc, nknfc)) { ++keys_already_ok; return 0; } /* To rename the key we must delete the old one and insert a new one */ if((err = c->c_del(c, 0))) { if(err != DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK) fatal(0, "%s: error removing denormalized key: %s", name, db_strerror(err)); return err; } k->size = nknfc; k->data = knfc; if((err = db->put(db, global_tid, k, d, DB_NOOVERWRITE))) { if(err != DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK) fatal(0, "%s: error storing normalized key: %s", name, db_strerror(err)); return err; } ++keys_normalized; return 0; } static int normalize_values(const char *name, DB *db, DBC attribute((unused)) *c, DBT *k, DBT *d) { char *dnfc; size_t ndnfc; int err; /* Find the normalized form of the value */ dnfc = utf8_compose_canon(d->data, d->size, &ndnfc); if(!dnfc) fatal(0, "%s: cannot convert data to NFC: %.*s", name, (int)d->size, (const char *)d->data); /* If the key is already in NFC then do nothing */ if(ndnfc == d->size && !memcmp(d->data, dnfc, ndnfc)) { ++values_already_ok; return 0; } d->size = ndnfc; d->data = dnfc; if((err = db->put(db, global_tid, k, d, 0))) { if(err != DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK) fatal(0, "%s: error storing normalized data: %s", name, db_strerror(err)); return err; } ++values_normalized; return 0; } static int renotice(const char *name, DB attribute((unused)) *db, DBC attribute((unused)) *c, DBT *k, DBT *d) { const struct kvp *const t = kvp_urldecode(d->data, d->size); const char *const track = xstrndup(k->data, k->size); const char *const path = kvp_get(t, "_path"); int err; if(!path) { /* If an alias sorts later than the actual filename then it'll appear * in the scan. */ if(kvp_get(t, "_alias_for")) return 0; fatal(0, "%s: no '_path' for %.*s", name, (int)k->size, (const char *)k->data); } switch(err = trackdb_notice_tid(track, path, global_tid)) { case 0: ++renoticed; return 0; case DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK: return err; default: fatal(0, "%s: unexpected return from trackdb_notice_tid: %s", name, db_strerror(err)); } } static int remove_aliases_normalize_keys(const char *name, DB *db, DBC *c, DBT *k, DBT *d) { const struct kvp *const t = kvp_urldecode(d->data, d->size); int err; if(kvp_get(t, "_alias_for")) { /* This is an alias. We remove all the alias entries. */ if((err = c->c_del(c, 0))) { if(err != DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK) fatal(0, "%s: error removing alias: %s", name, db_strerror(err)); return err; } ++aliases_removed; return 0; } else if(!kvp_get(t, "_path")) error(0, "%s: %.*s has neither _alias_for nor _path", name, (int)k->size, (const char *)k->data); return normalize_keys(name, db, c, k, d); } /** @brief Upgrade the database to the current version * * This function is supposed to be idempotent, so if it is interrupted * half way through it is safe to restart. */ static void upgrade(void) { char buf[32]; info("upgrading database to dbversion %ld", config->dbversion); /* Normalize keys and values as required. We will also remove aliases as * they will be regenerated when we re-noticed the tracks. */ info("renormalizing keys"); scandb("tracks.db", trackdb_tracksdb, remove_aliases_normalize_keys); scandb("prefs.db", trackdb_prefsdb, normalize_keys); scandb("global.db", trackdb_globaldb, normalize_keys); scandb("noticed.db", trackdb_noticeddb, normalize_values); /* search.db and tags.db we will rebuild */ info("regenerating search database and aliases"); truncate_database("search.db", trackdb_searchdb); truncate_database("tags.db", trackdb_tagsdb); /* Regenerate the search database and aliases */ scandb("tracks.db", trackdb_tracksdb, renotice); /* Finally update the database version */ snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%ld", config->dbversion); trackdb_set_global("_dbversion", buf, 0); info("completed database upgrade"); } int main(int argc, char **argv) { int n, logsyslog = !isatty(2); set_progname(argv); mem_init(); if(!setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "")) fatal(errno, "error calling setlocale"); while((n = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hVc:dDSsxX", options, 0)) >= 0) { switch(n) { case 'h': help(); case 'V': version("disorder-dbupgrade"); case 'c': configfile = optarg; break; case 'd': debugging = 1; break; case 'D': debugging = 0; break; case 'S': logsyslog = 0; break; case 's': logsyslog = 1; break; case 'x': badkey = BADKEY_DELETE; break; case 'X': badkey = BADKEY_FAIL; break; default: fatal(0, "invalid option"); } } /* If stderr is a TTY then log there, otherwise to syslog. */ if(logsyslog) { openlog(progname, LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON); log_default = &log_syslog; } if(config_read(0)) fatal(0, "cannot read configuration"); /* Open the database */ trackdb_init(TRACKDB_NO_RECOVER); trackdb_open(TRACKDB_OPEN_FOR_UPGRADE); upgrade(); return 0; } /* Local Variables: c-basic-offset:2 comment-column:40 fill-column:79 indent-tabs-mode:nil End: */ | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Talk:Puget Sound Shore Railroad
NP Pacific Division info should be clarified
RE: this phrase at the end of the second paragraph of the History section:
"Villard promised that the main line would not end at Tacoma, which it had reached in 1874."
1) According to pp. 43-44 of Armbruster's Orphan Road, the rails reached Tacoma on December 16, 1873, with regular operations starting January 5, 1874. Might want to clarify the 1874 date currently used in this article.
2) Should clarify that, although what reached Tacoma in December, 1873 was technically the main line, there was a 1500-mile gap so the NP was not running as a transcontinental operation, and wouldn't for 10 more years. This segment of the "main line" was disconnected, ran from Kalama to Tacoma, and was called the Pacific Division. Chapters 3-4 of Armbruster's book provide the necessary info. Kent Sullivan (talk) 05:46, 31 May 2017 (UTC) | WIKI |
Progressive Web App
PWAs or Progressive Web Applications is quite a buzz in tech media. The increased number of mobile users and the App-like experience which it provides contributed a lot to its popularity.But what is PWA and how is it different from native mobile apps? How PWA’s are developed and what are key points which a tester should keep in mind while testing it?Let’s take a look-
Before jumping directly on how to test a Progressive Web App, we should first understand what exactly is it and what are key points which a tester has to keep in mind while testing it.
PWA or Progressive Web Application is a web app which uses modern web(or website) capabilities to give an app-like experience to users. In simple terms, it is a hybrid of a website and mobile app. A website which behaves more like an app downloaded from Appstore/PlayStore.
It starts as a normal webpage in a browser, and as a user explores the web page, they get the prompt if they would like to “Add to Home Screen”. Once the user gives the thumbs up to this prompt, PWA gets added to their home screen. Once open from the home screen, it can even hide the browser UI controls and appear as an app.
Some of the popular PWAs are-
1. Twitter lite
2. Flipkart lite
3. Trivago hotel booking PWA
4. Forbes
5. Starbucks coffee PWA etc
Testing Strategy for PWA-
To device testing strategy for PWA, let’s first understand how is it different from mobile apps or responsive apps.
The basic difference between a PWA and a responsive app is that it does not require any installation like an app but it supports all features of APP.
Features of Progressive Web Apps-
1) Responsiveness and browser compatibility- These apps are based on Progressive enhancement principles. The progressive web design strategy is to provide basic functionality and content to everyone regardless of browsers and connection quality while delivering the most sophisticated page version to users whose newer browser can support them.
So PWA is compatible with all browsers, screen size, and other device specifications.
2) Offline Support- PWA support offline and low-quality network both.
3) Push Notifications- Push notifications play important role in customer engagement if used wisely.
4) Regular Updates- Like any other app, PWA can also self-update.
5) An APP like interface- These apps mimic interactions and navigation’s of native apps.
6)Discoverability- These apps are shared through URLs so which can be easily found. A user has to visit on the site and add that to the home screen.
Technical Components of PWAs-
The Web App Manifest- Essentially a web app manifest is a JSON file through which developer can control how the way the app is displayed to the user i.e.full screen visibility with no address bar.
Service Worker-It is a javascript file which handles user’s interaction with the app.It runs independently from webpage or app. It supports the main features of PWAs like push notifications, offline work mode, and background synchronization.
Key Points to keep in mind while testing PWA
There are some key points which a tester should keep in mind while testing a progressive web application-
1. Validate PWA Manifest- A manifest file is a must for PWA. A tester should look for following in the file-
1. It has a name or short_name property.
2. has start_url property.
3. Web App Manifest has an icon property must include a 192px and a 512px sized icons.
4. Display property should be set to standalone, fullscreen and minimal-UI.
2. Validate Service worker- Service Worker registered with a fetch event handler.
3. The website should be served fully via HTTPS- Safety is the major concern in the world of PWA and tester should always make sure that site is served via HTTPS. To test this, You can use Lighthouse by Google Developers, Jitbit, SeoSiteCheckup, DigiCert, SSL shopper, SSL labs, etc to test if your website is served over HTTPS or not.
4. Web pages are responsive: Make sure that your web application shows responsive behavior across all mobile and desktop devices.
You can use these tools to test for your web app’s responsiveness.
5. Offline Loading: All of the web pages or at least some critical pages should work offline. As a tester, you need to make sure that your web app responds with a 200 when it is offline.
6. Lighthouse or WireMock tool can be used for testing this.
7. Metadata for ‘Add to Homescreen’: You need to test if the web app provides a metadata for ‘Add to Homescreen’.
8. You can use Lighthouse to test for metadata for ‘Add to Homescreen’.
9. Page transitions- Transitions should be smooth and should not be snappy even on slow networks.
10. This should be done manually on a slow network. A tester should check the responses. When a user clicks on any button, the page should render immediately.
11. Each page must have a URL: Every page on your web app must have a URL and all the URLs must be unique.
Test it by checking that every page is linkable by a URL and it is unique to be shared on social media or other platforms. The URLs can also be opened directly in new browsers.
12. Schema.org- Tester should also check for Schema.org is available whenever required. Google’s structured Data can be used to ensure that image, data etc are available or not.
13. Push Notifications- A tester should test push notification keeping in mind that they are not overly aggressive. Also, they should be asking for permissions to the user.
14. Functionality- This is the most essential part of any testing. Functional testing covers the aspects of the app with respect to the functionality defined in the requirement document. A tester can do it both manually or through automation.
There are various tools to perform automation testing which are quick to set up and easy to use-
Automation tools to test PWAs- PWA’s are like any other mobile app. CloudQA comes with a tool through which a user can record the functional test cases and save them. It also comes with the capabilities to add assertions, manage test case execution and reporting.
It is a powerful tool for codeless automation, so a tester without having any coding knowledge can easily use it and automate the test cases. Let’s get into the details of the tool and how can it be used for testing PWA.
TruBot by CloudQA- TruBot is a record and save tool provided by cloudQA. Its trial version is quite rich in features and should suffice for basic functional testing. You can always buy the full version to harvest the more extensive features. To start with, download the CloudQA tool from the following link- https://cloudqa.io/
Click on the Free Trial button on top right and you will be taken to the registration form. Fill in the details and submit. After the registration is done, this will add an extension to chrome which will look like-
CloudQA Extension Icon
1) Open a new tab in chrome and enter URL of the website. Click on F12 to open the responsive mode of browser and select the device to emulate. For eg- Type cloudqa.io in URL and press F12. Select the device you want to test.
2) Click on CloudQA extension in your browser and you will get this screen-
Add New Application
3) This automatically detects the URL of the current screen and asks you for confirmation. Click on Add New Application and this will take you to the recording screen.
Record
4) Click on Records and start executing the functional test manually as you normally do. The tool will record the steps.
Recorded Steps
5) You can see that all the steps are recorded with actions and data. As you are done, click on the icon again and give a name to the test case and click on save.
Save Test
6) After saving, a user can either execute the test case immediately or save for later. To execute immediately, a user gets an action after saving.
Execute Test
7) To execute later, go to the dashboard and you will get various option to manage test case and select the test case you want to execute and click on execute.
Execute from App
8) A user can save the set of functional test cases and later execute them at the time of regression.
9) There are options to get the test execution report, create and manage test suites and execute test suite and get the report.
This Tool also comes with a capability to add assertions to the test cases, manage and get execution summary as well. An assertion is must when you write automation test. Trubot has a very smooth way of putting assertions in the test cases.
This is good enough to start with for manual testers because it does not require much of the coding knowledge and quite interactive and easy to use. Also, it does not compromise with capabilities one can add with automation.
You can go through the documentation which is quite understandable, for further detail – https://doc.cloudqa.io/
There are various other tools available to test PWA. Most of them require coding knowledge and at least hands-on on one programming language to start with. You can use them as complementary to Trubot. Some of the popular ones are-
1. Appium- Appium is a mobile test automation framework that works for all kind of apps-Native, hybrid and m-web. Appium derives its root from selenium and uses JSON wire protocol to interact internally to ios and android apps using selenium web driver.
In its architecture, Appium is an HTTP server written in Node.js that creates and handles multiple WebDriver sessions. Appium starts tests on the device and listens for commands from the main Appium server. It is basically the same as the Selenium server that gets HTTP requests from Selenium client libraries.
You can use it if you have an automation framework in-place and running. Add the Appium libraries to it which are open source, do the necessary code changes and write the test-script as we normally do for any other web-app and execute.
Appium
1. Lighthouse- Lighthouse is a tool provided by Google that tests app for PWA features. This is open source tool and it tests app against the PWA guidelines such as-
1. Tests the application offline or flaky network.
2. Is served from a secure origin i.e. https.
3. Is relatively fast.
4. Uses certain accessibility best practices.
Lighthouse is available as a chrome extension and a command line tool.
Running Lighthouse as chrome extension- Lighthouse can be downloaded from Chrome Web Store. Once installed it will add a shortcut to the taskbar.
Then, run lighthouse on your application by the select icon and choose Generate Report with the app open in the browser page.
LightHouse
Lighthouse generated an HTML page with the result.
LightHouse Result
Running Lighthouse from command Line-
Lighthouse is available as a Node module, which can be installed and run from command line.
To install run this command
npm install -g lighthouse
You can check Lighthouse flags and options with the following command:
lighthouse –help
It helps the tester to quickly check PWA against the specified standards provided by Google. For more information, you can refer to the google checklist given for progressive web application- https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/checklist
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brick house, built on the site of a very ancient one. It had been a manor of the Creci family from Norman times, and passed from them to Sir John Markham, who entertained there the Lady Margaret, mother of Henry VII.
Dr. Stukeley, towards the end of the eighteenth century, saw the old oak bedstead on which she slept. It was then in a farm-house, called Wrigbolt, in the parish of Gosberton, and was very large and shut in all round with oak panels carved outside, two holes being left at the foot big enough to admit a full-grown person—a sort of hutch in fact. The property subsequently came to the Heron family, who lived there for three centuries. They kept up a large heronry there, and we read of as many as eighty nests in one tree, but since the family left the manor, at the beginning of last century, the birds have been dispersed.
The next village to Gosberton is Quadring, a curious name, said to be derived from the Celtic Coed (= wood). The western tower and spire are well proportioned, and the tower is quite remarkable for the way in which it draws in, narrowing all the way up from the ground to the spire. The rich embattled nave parapet and the rood turrets and staircase are also noticeable, and, as usual with these Lincolnshire churches, a fine row of large clerestory windows gives a very handsome appearance. This church has in it a fine chest; as have Gosberton and Sutterton. The latter very plain, and both with three iron straps and locks, while at Swineshead is a good iron chest of the Nuremberg pattern.
Four miles will bring us to Donington, once a market town and the centre of the local hemp and flax trade, of which considerable quantities were grown both here and round Pinchbeck. It was the flax trade that attracted the Custs to Pinchbeck in the fifteenth century.
Up to the last century Donington had three hemp fairs in the year, in May, September, and October, and the land being mostly wet fen, the villagers kept large flocks of geese, one man owning as many as 1,000 "old geese." These, besides goslings, yielded a crop of quills and feathers, and the poor birds were plucked five times a year. The sea shells in the soil indicate that before the sea banks were made the land was just a salt-*water fen, and it is probable that the men of Donington had a navigable cut to the sea near Bicker or Wigtoft, for the | WIKI |
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Using Existing Drivers
Modifying MATLAB Instrument Drivers
If a MATLAB® instrument driver does not exist for your instrument, it may be that a MATLAB instrument driver for an instrument similar to yours does exist. Rather than creating a new MATLAB instrument driver, you may choose to edit an existing MATLAB instrument driver. An existing MATLAB instrument driver can be opened in the MATLAB instrument driver editor with the midedit function.
midedit('drivername')
Deleting an Existing Property, Function, or Group
1. Select the property, function, or group in the tree.
2. Select the Edit menu.
3. Select the Delete menu item.
Renaming an Existing Property, Function, or Group
1. Select the property, function, or group in the tree.
2. Select the Edit menu.
3. Select the Rename menu item.
Other Settings and Tasks
Refer to Creating MATLAB Instrument Drivers for information on
• Defining summary information
• Defining initialization and cleanup code
• Creating a new property
• Creating a new function
• Creating a new group
Importing VXIplug&play and IVI Drivers
The MATLAB Instrument Driver Editor can import a VXIplug&play or IVI® driver. You can evaluate or set the driver's functions and properties, and the modified driver can be saved for further use:
1. Open the MATLAB Instrument Driver Editor with midedit.
2. Click the File menu, and select Import.
The Import Driver dialog box appears, showing the installed VXIplug&play and IVI drivers.
3. Select the desired driver and click Import.
The MATLAB Instrument Driver Editor creates a MATLAB instrument driver based on the properties and/or functions in the original VXIplug&play or IVI driver. The editor displays the new driver's summary information, groups, properties, and functions.
With the MATLAB Instrument Driver Editor, you can
• Create, delete, modify, or rename properties, functions, or groups
• Add code around instrument commands for analysis
• Add create, connect, and disconnect code
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Journal of Diabetes & Metabolism
ISSN - 2155-6156
DIABETES AND SEPSIS: MULTI RISK, RECURRENCE, AND MULTI IMPACT
13th European Diabetes and Endocrinology Congress
November 26-27, 2018 | Dublin, Ireland
Achu Swiri Abah
District hospital in Cameroon, Cameroon
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Diabetes Metab
Abstract :
Problem Statement: The high levels of death amongst diabetic patients can be mostly associated with sepsis. Sepsis kills and disables millions therefore requires early suspicion and a rapid treatment for survival. Sepsis is defined as " life threatening organ dysfunction cause by a dysregulated host response to infection ". Sepsis is when the body's response toy infection causes injury to it's own tissues and organs. Signs and symptoms increase heart rates increase breathing rates and confusion. It causes immune response triggered by an infection. treatment intravenous fluids antibiotics. Risk factors, Young and old age. Cancer, diabetes, major trauma and burns sepsis is a medical emergence that become fatal or life changing for many of the individuals who develop this. Statistics estimates for several hospitalized in United States each year, Sepsis top's 1 Million. and sepsis is one of the top 10 diseases leading to immortality in America. Sepsis is a medical emergence; the symptoms can be tricky to spot and maybe mistaken for other serious illnesses. Getting urgent medical treatment is a key to chances of sepsis. There is great relationship between sepsis and septicaemia. Relationships between sepsis and diabetes, the population that seem to have a high risk of having sepsis are diabetics. Statistics of those who survive is less then 5%. Concerns: Diabetic patients depend on daily injection of insulin to stay healthy, delay healing and chronic wounds are common sources of infection, depressed immunity exposes diabetics to infection. To conclude unlike other people diabetic on insulin need daily injection to stay healthy, if not careful might contact infection at home or hospital. Therefore, improving the knowledge of sepsis among health care providers, diabetic educators and diabetic patients themselves is of almost importance In fighting against high mortality rates from diabetes.
Biography :
Achu Swiri Abah, has a BSc in Professional Nursing, has been working for 13 years as a practicing nurse, instructor in a Diabetic Clinic. She is an active member with the following: IDF Cameroon, Critical Care Nurses Association and The African Sepsis Alliance. Presently working as a nursing Coordinator at the District hospital in Cameroon.
E-mail: achuswiri78@gmail.com
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4O4 (. J. E. O'BYRNE does not vary directly portionate cost of labor in the cheaper grains. with the will be price and the pro- considerably higher It is not, therefore, possible to work out an exact natural equivalent grains, but moisture in the limits converge, when for their food the above price relation relations between the case of klmrif grains will to which the price relations will are 'in demand It is a well-known in India that the prices of the to approximate. to the prices of 11 food grains values. phenomenon of cheaper the of the cheaper that the tastes price of the we &8511me change, the consumption when the dearer grains cannot rise, owing higher than the he various witti allowance for indicate tend to simply dezrer. population famine times grins tend Unless entirely grains in general are also available to demand for human consumption, point, where an equal amount of food is obtainable for the same price whichever grain is consumed, that is to say, when the prices are at their natural price relation. Taking wheat and barley in the United Provinces, the maximnm price relation on the average, in any one year, was 79 per cent reached in the famine years of 1896 and 1897. It is probable that at certain times dnring those years, the price relation may have reached 81 per cent, as he latter .percentage was reached in Meernt in one year, and 84 per found and different, as, cent by comparison barley. With gram compared with was the natnral price relation of the food values of wheat the case is ins s much larger proportion of proreid, prote)d is in special demand owing to pulses, the proportionate price may rise somewhat wheat and rice, it con- and when scarcity of somewhat higher than its food value, as measured in calories, would warrant. Thus the price of gram has been | WIKI |
Subject: CVS commit: pkgsrc/games/ularn
To: None <pkgsrc-changes@NetBSD.org>
From: Ben Collver <ben@netbsd.org>
List: pkgsrc-changes
Date: 12/06/2003 19:28:23
Module Name: pkgsrc
Committed By: ben
Date: Sat Dec 6 19:28:23 UTC 2003
Modified Files:
pkgsrc/games/ularn: Makefile PLIST distinfo
pkgsrc/games/ularn/patches: patch-ae patch-ah patch-aj patch-al
patch-aw
Log Message:
Update Ularn to fix a few things:
* Replace varargs with stdarg, in order to compile under gcc 3.3.
* Replace mktemp with mkstemp, in order to silence warnings
* Remove share directory from PLIST, since score file is not deleted.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -r1.9 -r1.10 pkgsrc/games/ularn/Makefile
cvs rdiff -r1.1 -r1.2 pkgsrc/games/ularn/PLIST
cvs rdiff -r1.2 -r1.3 pkgsrc/games/ularn/distinfo
cvs rdiff -r1.1.1.1 -r1.2 pkgsrc/games/ularn/patches/patch-ae \
pkgsrc/games/ularn/patches/patch-ah pkgsrc/games/ularn/patches/patch-aj \
pkgsrc/games/ularn/patches/patch-al pkgsrc/games/ularn/patches/patch-aw
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
1988 Dallas Cowboys season
The Dallas Cowboys season was the franchise's 29th season in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their 7–8 record from 1987, finishing at 3–13 and missing the playoffs for a third consecutive season. The 3–13 record in the 1988 season was the Cowboys' second worst season to that point in team history, surpassed only by its winless inaugural season in 1960.
The 1988 season was the final year for head coach Tom Landry, general manager Tex Schramm, and owner Bum Bright. It also featured the rookie season debut of Michael Irvin, one of the franchise's most accomplished players and a Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee.
Summary
The 1988 season was the last of the Tom Landry era. After the 1988 season, the team would undergo drastic changes including a new head coach, and change of ownership from Bum Bright to current owner Jerry Jones.
Notable additions to the team in 1988 included wide receiver Michael Irvin and linebacker Ken Norton Jr. Defensive tackle Chad Hennings was also drafted in 1988 but, due to his obligations to the U.S. Air Force, he would not join the team until 1992.
The 1988 season was the first time since 1976 that future hall-of-fame running back Tony Dorsett was not on the Dallas roster. Dorsett had been relegated to a backup role to Herschel Walker for most of 1987 and was traded to the Denver Broncos during the offseason.
The 1988 season faced hardship from the release of the schedule. In 1987, Dallas had finished at 7–8, in a 3-way tie for second place in the NFC East and tiebreaking rules gave Dallas the “second place position”, even though Dallas finished fifth (last) in the NFC East in 1987 in “union games” (i.e. a strong replacement team had inflated the Boys’ ‘87 record). As a result, their 1988 schedule was primarily against teams that were strong in (and also in 1988).
Steve Pelluer had won the starting quarterback job from veteran Danny White late in the 1987 season and won the job in training camp for 1988. Early in the season, White appeared briefly in relief roles before suffering a season-ending injury in week 7, which elevated Kevin Sweeney to the backup position. Sweeney briefly took over the starting job for Pelluer in weeks 11 and 12, but the results were poor and Pelluer regained the job.
In the season opener, Dallas lost to Pittsburgh, 24–21. The Cowboys had the ball inside the Pittsburgh 10 in the game's closing seconds in position to tie or win the game, but Pelluer was intercepted. After a close win over Phoenix in week two, Dallas lost to the New York Giants, 12–10 (the margin of defeat being a strange safety on the opening kickoff). A last-second goal line stand brought victory over Atlanta in week four but the following week, the Cowboys lost to New Orleans on a last-second Morten Andersen field goal. Two convincing losses followed and at 2–5, the season was in jeopardy.
In week 8, Dallas traveled to Philadelphia. Bad blood still existed from 1987, when Philadelphia coach Buddy Ryan, in the game's closing seconds, called a deep pass play when the Eagles were already leading the game by 10 points. The Cowboys roared to a 20–0 lead in the first half, but the Eagles came back to win 24–23 by scoring a touchdown on the game's final play. The next week, Dallas blew a 10–0 second-half lead to lose to the Phoenix Cardinals and fell to 2–7. The losing streak extended to 10 games before Dallas upset the defending Super Bowl champion Washington Redskins in week 15 in RFK Stadium, which eliminated the Redskins from 1988 playoff contention. The Redskins win marked the end of an era (and Landry's last win) but was also a harbinger as rookie (and future hall-of-fame) wide receiver Irvin caught three touchdown passes. The team lost the next week at Texas Stadium to the Philadelphia Eagles to finish the season 3–13, the worst record in the entire NFL and the team's worst record since 1960, the Cowboys' first season as an expansion team. A bright spot for the season was Walker, who led the NFC in rushing yards.
In addition to Landry, this was also the final season for long-time Cowboys such as president-general manager Tex Schramm, personnel director Gil Brandt, defensive tackle Randy White, quarterback Danny White, linebacker Mike Hegman, and defensive coordinator Ernie Stautner.
Schedule
Division opponents are in bold text
Publications
* The Football Encyclopedia ISBN 0-312-11435-4
* Total Football ISBN 0-06-270170-3
* Cowboys Have Always Been My Heroes ISBN 0-446-51950-2 | WIKI |
File talk:Ccpenguin, the ancestor of Tux.jpg
<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 18:16, 20 September 2020 (UTC) The article says the penguin in the picture seems to be designed by aardman, I think it might be this one | WIKI |
Page:Littell's Living Age - Volume 132.djvu/581
Australians, when accustomed to the work — which they soon are — second to none in cleverness in the field, entering heartily into the sport Like their brethren in stock-riding, in their own native land, their wonderful power of "turning on a sixpence" (as old stock-riders say) is invaluable for this kind of chase. A well-bred Caboolee is also a good little beast. A friend had one, which, when he neared his pig, always tried his best to bite it.
The Bengal spear or lance is held (in action) differently to what it is in Madras. The Bengalee holds it short, by the leaded end, and "jobs" his pig. The haft or shaft being about eight feet, one end is heavily loaded with a big knob of lead, to give the stroke force. It must, however, be borne in mind as very unsportsmanlike to lose your spear. This is difficult to avoid at times, both from the pace you may be going, and the weight of your loaded spear. I have seen spears sent almost through a beast, in which position it was impossible to recover them, and if not put in well behind the shoulders, or in a vital spot, the boar will carry away a good number before he gives in. The Madrassee handle is longer, and is not so heavily shod with lead. The spear is held in that presidency (when sticking) more as a lancer carries it, couched under the right arm. Much depends on the spear-head, which must be of the best steel. The boar has big bones, which would soon damage soft or bad metal. The haft is made of "male bamboo," that which is grown on some ranges in lower Bengal, near Bhagelpore, I think, being considered the best. Not having tried both ways of holding the spear, I am not in a position to say which is the best for real work. The Bengal man swears by his, those of the southern presidency admire their own.
From Truth.
are two sorts of people whom levées en masse offend. There are, firstly, those people who once had the pleasure of imagining that the world consisted of a thin layer of rich cream, below which lay unimportant depths of blue milk, about whose value and destination it did not become the cream to concern itself. We believe that enconomical dairy-maids, who look to quantity rather than quality, not only allow milk to stand a greater number of hours than is compatible with obtaining the finest and purest cream, but return once, twice, and even thrice, and get fresh "skimmings" every time from the bowl. It is naturally very offensive to the cream of the cream to be treated in this fashion; and the esoteric circle which used formerly to bask in what we believe it is correct to speak of as the sunshine of the court, have been horrified to find that "anybody" can obtain what was once an exclusive, and therefore inestimable privilege. How can Smythe be expected any longer to enjoy what he suddenly finds can be enjoyed also by Smith? Shelley says, —
But as there is nothing particularly loving about court privileges, to divide them is to take them away with a vengeance. Hence the real original members of levées and drawing-rooms are scandalized beyond expression at "these dreadful people" who now get presented. "Where do they all come from?" is the scornful question with which their arrival is greeted. But the cry is still they come. The second class of persons, who are shocked by this upheaval of the new couches sociales, are those humble individuals who are too far removed from courts for it ever to enter their heads that they may some day possibly go there, and who, though they dearly love that there should be a crowned head, and court, and an aristocracy, like to see this last as aristocratic and exclusive as possible. To see its ranks invaded by those only just above themselves, is peculiarly offensive to them. It is the old dislike of the peasant or the mechanic for the roturier.
But whilst we can appreciate the feelings of these jealous guardians of the honor of the crown, we have just as little difficulty in entering into the motives of the "dreadful people" by whom these feelings are outraged. They perceive that the one indispensable basis of aristocracy in England in these days is wealth, and that a poor lord is of no more account than a poor commoner. No doubt a rich lord is more important, cæteris paribus, than a rich commoner; but again, the rich commoner, if rich enough, may aspire to be transformed into a rich nobleman by mere virtue of his opulence. There is no service which persons, of what used to be called gentle birth, can render either to the crown or to the State which cannot be | WIKI |
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football/Archive 3
Issue with article
List of NCAA Division I-A football seasons is a very useless article (right now). All this information can be contained in the succession boxes of the season or by simply going to one article and replacing the year with the year desired or going to Category: College football seasons. Either is needs to be deleted or expanded. I have started an expansion on it and will continue to work on it if everybody agrees it should be kept. My expansion work is located here: List of NCAA Division I-A football seasons/Sandbox. Much of the info is redundant (located elsewhere) but at least it provides some substance to the article.↔NMajdan •talk 16:54, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Canadian Football Hall of Fame
I am sure many of the wiki football pages have alist or table showing their team players that are in the college and pro football hall of fame. People may also want to included players who have been enshired in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as well Smith03 00:13, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Chris McFoy
Does anyone have an issue if Chris McFoy is taken to AfD or speedily deleted? He never had more than 21 catches or 272 yards in any of his 4 seasons and only 57 for his entire career. He is definitely not a top prospect for the draft and, I would think, is unlikely to be drafted at all. Your thoughts?--Thomas.macmillan 00:48, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* Going off just those stats and the actual article, this is an AfD I could see supporting. However, I'd like to look him up online myself at a later time.↔NMajdan •talk 00:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* I'd say keep until after the draft. His college record isn't anything to write home about, but if he's drafted he'll likely play in the NFL. Then again, deleting this we won't be losing anything that can't be recreated. But, he could be notable in the NFL, so, eh. -- MECU ≈ talk 01:00, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* I agree with MECU. He listed here as a posible Draft pick
09er 01:11, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* That is a wikipedia site with no real documentation, mostly just POV. Also consider Ryan Powdrell in the same vain as McFoy. He had all of 3 carries and 4 receptions in a 2 game career at USC. Also, neither player was invited to the combine nor is either listed as a Top 150 prospect on the same site. --Thomas.macmillan 01:28, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* I wouldn't go so far as saying the 2007 NFL Draft page is just a Wikipedia article with no documentation and mostly POV. I believe that article lists just about every person who has declared for the draft. It has many ELs which is were I'm guessing most of the info in those lists come from. Also, each NFL draft page since 2003 is a WP:FL so I would say the information in that article is pretty reliable.↔NMajdan •talk 21:29, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* Only if people keep a decent list will the article be very useful. The list was originally all original research (top prosects according to whom?) but I have been trying to cut it down. I am switching the players list from Draft prospects to combine invitees, since they are basically one and the same. And, to get back on point, there are a lot of players with wikipedia articles that were not invited to the combine. Those players, short of a Timmy Chang type of notability, should not be on Wikipedia, IMHO.--Thomas.macmillan 21:47, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* Is there harm in waiting until the draft to see if they are drafted? I agree Powdrell shouldn't have been created, but if, and only if, he is a "top fullback prospect" (fullbacks often have lower stats, would you complain about an All-American lineman who has no yards, catches, touchdowns? stats are deceiving in importance) then he might get drafted. When is the draft? Let's review it afterwards. -- MECU ≈ talk 23:38, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
* I agree that stats can be very deceiving in importance for a non-skill player, but shouldn't accolades count? The draft is at the end of April. Honestly, I am just tired of editors seeing all these articles and taking them to AfD, especially actually notable players like Greg Olsen, Victor Abaimiri, Jamaal Anderson among many others. Another question: Should these players have the college football stub anymore? They have no more eligibilty and most aren't even enrolled in school anymore.--Thomas.macmillan 02:19, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
New data source
I just found http://cfreference.net/cfr/ which has stats which can be sorted by coach, team, season, vs. opponent, etc, etc. I think we should add this as a second source to the college coach infobox template to the college football data warehouse, but also use as a second source to many other claims (it has Outland trophy award history for example). There is some player info on there, but it's the weakest part of the website. Just thought I'd share. -- MECU ≈ talk 19:26, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
All-disctrict performer
Does anyone have a good source to define "All-district performer"? I can find plenty of links saying so-and-so was an all-district performer, but I can't find any definition of the criteria, whether they are consistent across the nation, etc. Naturally I will also need a citable source. This is to answer an objection made when Vince Young was demoted from GA. Thanks! Johntex\talk 23:53, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
* Sounds like a sketchy distinction anyways. Vince Young is quite a notable football player and has numerous other distinctions, any article about him is quite adequate without even mentioning this point, ESPECIALLY if it is an unreferenced (and indeed, nebulous to say the least) distinction. Look, he may have won a dance contest and been named "Best Hairdo" by his high school year book, but neither distiction would be vital. The distinction "All-district performer" sounds like the sort of thing that a local paper bestows on good high school athletes, like an athlete of the week award. Again, if you CAN find a solid reference (such as XXX publication named Vince Young "all district performer" in 1999) then it might be worthy of inclusion. Otherwise, the article really loses nothing by omitting it, and if that is all that is keeping it from GA status, just omit it and resubmit it (hey, I sound like Johnny Cochrane. Heh heh. Anyways...) for GA consideration. --Jayron 32 01:17, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
* It should be possible to find a reference that says "so-and-so named Vince Young to the 1999 99AAAAA all-district team." Whether that then presents the issue of still needing to define "all-district" or even the concept of a UIL or high school district, I don't know. *Mishatx* - In \ Out 03:15, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
* It is very easy to find a source saying that Vince Young was an "all district" performer. For instance, this fact is mentioned in his official bios with both the Tennessee Titans and the Texas Longhorns. That is not the issue. The issue is finding a source that explains what it really means. I suppose I could take it out, but I find it interesting that he was an all-district performer in basketball. Hence, it makes for a non-football fact to help round out his biography. Johntex\talk 14:55, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
* I don't have a reference to help you Johntex, but as an assistant football coach at a high school, I can tell you how we selected our all-conference first and second team members: We were given 2 "slots" for first team and 5 "slots" for second team by the conference. This is despite being #4 in a league of 7 (some leagues scale the numbers, so the #1 in a league of 7 would get 5 first team "slots", #2 would get 4 "slots", etc). Then, all the coaches on the staff sat around the discussed it. We picked the players we wanted for each slot. So it's not really all that special, in my opinion. As a disclaimer, this is how our team/league did it here in Colorado, it may be different in other states. -- MECU ≈ talk 16:35, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
* Very interesting, thank you. I also posted this question at Reference_desk/Miscellaneous. Mishatx's post there makes it sound like "all-district" is something decided on by the school district. If that is the case then it would not usually be that big of a deal since a school district does not usually include more than a handful of schools. It looks like we could really use an article like US High school athletics honors. If we could find sources for it, that is. Johntex\talk 17:17, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
New solution for multiple WikiProject banners
Some of you may have been aware of the ongoing drive to figure out a way to compress all the WikiProject banners on an article's talk page. WikiProjectBanners was the first solution. Many people were for this solution, but many were against. Well, another solution has arisen. WikiProjectBannerShell. The difference here is that the names of the WikiProjects are not hidden, just the details. WikiProjectBanners hid all WikiProject banners until the button was clicked. However, unlike WikiProjectBanners, WikiProjectBannerShell requires a change to the code similar to the small option. I'd like to start making the necessary changes to this WikiProject's banner soon but I thought it might be wise to hear some feedback first. You can see the template in action at Talk:Timothy R. McVeigh. If you have any comments/question/concerns, please leave them on the template's talk page. Thank you.↔NMajdan •talk 17:40, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
A.J. Suggs
Hi there everyone,
I nominated A.J. Suggs for deletion. As knowledgable college football fans, I hope you can all agree that a player such as Suggs should not pass WP:BIO, as he served primarily as a college back up and never played professionally. Thanks--Thomas.macmillan 18:57, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Notability of per-year team entries
I have a question - I've noticed there are a lot of entries for specific teams for 2006. For at least a few teams, it makes a lot of sense to have their own articles (like Florida and Ohio State). For teams with breakout years I can see that it makes sense too (Rutgers, Wake Forest). But does every major program need a seperate entry for this year and presumably every year to come (Tennessee, Georgia, Florida State)? Cogswobble 20:22, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
* (P.S., I'm asking the question to see what people here think, I'm not saying that I think the answer is definitely "No") Cogswobble 20:24, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
* (I moved the above from the WP:CFB project page). -- MECU ≈ talk 19:05, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
* We've had discussion about this before at the project, and the result was overwhelmingly that since most of these pages are created before the season and maintained throughout, that as long as they are well written/sourced/maintained, there is no sense in deleting them. It's hard to predict what the usefulness of the pages/how well the teams will do, so to encourage people to write season articles about the team from the start, we're saying if you do a good job, the success of the team is not relevant. Someone who writes a great Troy Trojans 2007 article, and because maybe in the end they don't even make a bowl game (an arbitrary standard I'm putting here) we delete it wouldn't want to write a 2008 article, where maybe the Troy team wins a BCS bowl game (crazier things can happen, see 2006 Boise State). Also, an article written as things progress during the season will be better, better sourced, and the end result better than an article written entirely after the fact. For example, I started the 2006 Colorado page and they had a miserable season, but I did an okay job with the article (I think) and they actually did set a school record: Most consecutive losses (not one to write home about, but "notable" nonetheless). If the article were to get deleted now, I wouldn't really want to write a 2007 article since there's a 50/50 (depending on the standard, but playing in a bowl game is about 50/50) chance it will get deleted. However, we also decided that going back and creating article about teams that weren't all that great isn't a good idea. It's preferable to combine seasons under head coaches or other groupings. So, instead of going back and creating articles about each season under Gary Barnett, it would be better to create one article titled "Colorado Buffaloes football under Gary Barnett" where I can use the 2005 article page (as bad as that is) to help write it, but the 2005 article shouldn't be deleted either once the new article is created. This was mainly done for all the seasons prior to 2000 where an article about each season would likely be short, a stub that contains little information. A good example to look at is Oklahoma. See Oklahoma Sooners football. I hope I've explained everything well enough to answer your question why. -- MECU ≈ talk 19:05, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
* That's a great explanation! Thanks. Cogswobble 22:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Reference for games in schedule
On the 2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets basketball team, I wrote it so that there's a column for one or more references per game. Is there any easy way to do that for a football article using ? Would that be a good feature to work into the CFB Schedule templates? —Disavian (talk/contribs) 00:50, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* It's definitely possible, whether it's a good idea is another issue. Is someone really going to complain that the games and results aren't sourced? I guess with the whole WP:Attribution policy it's a good idea, but it seems a little over-the-top. -- MECU ≈ talk 00:58, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* Nobody is going to complain. You could always place those references in the References section. And, no, I don't believe we can modify the template. You can't use refs inside of a template. I know, I've tried.↔NMajdan •talk 17:58, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
* Well, I don't think Disavian's asking about adding the within the template itself, but rather just adding a column for references that can be added by the editor. Regardless, I think those refs could be added elsewhere in the schedule table (see my earlier comment below). — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 18:34, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
* It could be done, but wouldn't it also suffice to add the reference as part of the "score" parameter? — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 01:00, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* Yeah, that can be done. I really don't think it is necessary though. But as PSUMark states, you could just add it to the score. So something like this:
* | score = 34-12
* Would that work? I'm real hesitant to add a column for this.↔NMajdan •talk 18:49, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
* That's what I meant, sorry if I was confusing by saying to add it "as part of the "score" parameter". — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 21:53, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
AFD of List of Division I schools that have never sponsored football
List of Division I schools that have never sponsored football has been listed for deletion at Articles for deletion/List of Division I schools that have never sponsored football. -- MECU ≈ talk 17:07, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
* And why would this list be noteable? It used to be known as Division I-AAA. -- KelleyCook 15:24, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* That's a discussion for the AFD page. There is no need to comment here as well. -- MECU ≈ talk 15:46, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
The Wikipedia College Football project needs a policy about Fanboy sites
* Another AFD is at Articles for deletion/HornFans. This one is about a fan site for Texas sports teams (primarily football, as you might imagine). Johntex\talk 05:43, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* I was the one who AFD them. This page was recently created, but I think having any football fanboy sites is a track that Wikipedia should not go down. If HornFans is allowed, the basketball sites will be next. And you think puffery and edit waring on the Univerisity football pages is bad. Wait until people realize there are entries for their rival Fanboy sites. EDSBS and a stub soonerfans also have just popped up. I left EDSBS until the result of this AFD, but this needs to be debated here -- KelleyCook 15:24, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* I think all three of those sites should stay as I believe we could find verifiable sources that speak of their popularity. But man, the soonerfans article is in poor shape. Apparently, one of our editors made a post there saying he is wanting to improve our coverage of Sooner sports so I bet that article was created by that. There is even a link in the article to the post. I agree with the speedy tag on it until something better can be created. Soonerfans is known throughout the online-sports-messageboard world for their farks (photoshopping of images).↔NMajdan •talk 15:43, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Linking to team pages that might not exist
One of the slightly annoying problems with team year pages is that some of them don't exist. So when we make a schedule section for the 2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team and the Hokies play Duke, Duke doesn't have an article right now. But at some point in the future they might. A similar problem might occur if we want to refer to the Southern Methodist Mustangs football program. Right now, there is neither an article about their football team nor even about their athletics department. So I would have to link to the school and at some point when one of the articles gets written, we have to go through the annoying process of fixing the link.
Well, I've created a new template that will solve this issue: alternate links.
If I want to link to the SMU football team, I would use this line:
The resulting link would be:
The same would work for team year pages. The 2007 Florida State Seminoles football team page doesn't exist yet, but it will at some point:
This would give us: (2007) or (2006).
So anywhere that we have a table of opponents, we can use this template and it will always generate a blue link and will always have the best available link available. Any thoughts? --BigDT 06:27, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* There's one other thing that I thought of that we could do with this. We could make a cfb link that would accept "2006", "Florida State Seminoles", and "Florida State University". It would then go through the same logic of which link to show, but it would give us the added flexibility of in the future changing our display to something like this - Virginia Tech (team, school). (I'm not saying we would - I'm just throwing that out there as a potential reason for making your code generic.) --BigDT 15:07, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* Awesome. I tried to create something like this months ago but failed. I think it's important to note that we should only use this when trying to link to a season page, or football page when we know it doesn't exist. There's no sense in replacing all the current links with this. It's also important to trying and incorporate all the possible links you can (without overlinking!) to help build the web of WP. So, if you're linking to the 2007 page, and you know it exists, then don't use this. -- MECU ≈ talk 15:14, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* I went on and put together cfb link. Check it out. I think this one will work even better. --BigDT 19:16, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Changes made to coaches template
* I've made all the changes to the coach templates. I've also standardized where the title links to, as there were many variations. They all now link to the " football" page, whether it exists or not. As such, it's time to go through all the templates and add DEFAULTSORT to the pages (it's now even in the handy edit box for ease!). You can then remove the coach categories that are included by the template, which are only the ones the person was a head coach for. If any other coach categories exist for his assistant coaching positions, you need to leave those. But sure to make a comment in the edit summary that you are removing these categories because they are now included by template, so hopefully you won't get accused of vandalism. Also, you could help out and verify if the article is a stub and if it has the project banner on the talk page. If you don't feel comfortable rating the article, that's fine, but putting at least on the talk page will be a great help! So pick your favorite schools and run through them! I appreciate the help. (I've already done Wyoming BTW).
* Also, we should try and get the NFL and MLB projects to use our navbox so it matches a little better with the surrounding ones and they can have the VDE capability too. And if the capability ever arrives of colorizing the hide/show, we can add all them instantly with one change. -- MECU ≈ talk 21:02, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Assistant coaches category?
* Lastly, I came across Category:LSU assistant football coaches. Do we really need a category for assistants off Category:LSU Tigers football coaches? I think it's an okay idea. If folks agree, then while we're going through all the pages for the above reasons, we could convert any remaining football categories to the assistant varieties. Any thoughts? -- MECU ≈ talk 21:02, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
* I really don't think an assistant coach category is necessary. I'd even go so far as recommending that for WP:CFD. Too much overcategorization.↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 21:09, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
* Preface: I didn't create the category. When I saw this category I really liked it because it gave us the ability to differentiate assistant coaches from head coaches. For example, one time a long time ago I clicked on the Category:LSU Tigers football coaches link and saw that it had Mack Brown in it. Now, I knew Mack Brown was never the head coach of LSU, but even though I'm a super-huge LSU fan, I never knew he was an assistant coach at LSU prior to that day. At first I thought it was a mistake, but then I read Mack Brown's article and saw it mention his time at LSU. The assistant coach category helps clear up that confusion. The assistant coach category is nicely populated with coaches that are now or have been head coaches at other schools, or are expected to get head coaching jobs in the future (Bo Pelini and Jimbo Fisher). I think it would be great for other schools to have the same thing. For example, I'm sure major programs like Nebraska, Oklahoma, Florida, etc. have had some assistant coaches go on to do some great things. And as much as I know about college football, I still learn new stuff all the time. And Wikipedia allows that because of categories like this one in question. I vote to keep the category and to create similar categories for schools that have enough coaching stars to justify it. Seancp 22:45, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
To be honest I was considering creating one of these for Oregon State. There are 20 or so people in the coach category, 5 of which were only assistants. I think it could be useful if there are enough people in the category that were not head coaches. I think if they should be allowed, we should have Category:x head football coaches as well as a subcategory of Category:x football coaches, and no articles should be in the parent category. If someone was an assistant before (or after) they became head coach of the same school, should they only be in the head coach category, or both? If we did this we would have to come up with a consensus for that. VegaDark 22:50, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Stadiums and attendance
Doe we have something like List of college football stadiums by atttendance? Johntex\talk 15:41, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* Not yet, but maybe List of college football stadiums would be more appropriate: have it sorted by attendance, location, most recent expansion, length of usage, etc. Thoughts? — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 15:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* That sounds good. I would like to start the article but I wanted to make sure we didn't have one by a different name (our search feature being less than 100% reliable about these things). What else should be included? Home team(s)? Date of first game? Date of record attendance? Should there by two attendance columns, one for official capacity and one for record capacity (which is usually bigger)? Johntex\talk 15:53, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* Definitely home teams, either date of first game or year of completion, and record attendance (with date and/or game information if we can find it). I do think making the distinction between listed capacity and record attendance would be helpful as well. Something like this, perhaps. — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 16:01, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* That looks like a good start. I think maybe we should seperate out City/State to make it easier to find stadiums within one state.
* We might be able to get by without "Conference" since that is given by the school, but on the other hand it may be handy to skim the list and easily look for a given conference.
* Also, should we include or exclude venues like Reliant Stadium that are pro stadiums that happen to host college games from time to time? Put them in a seperate portion of the article? Include them in the main table but with a symbol indicating they don't have a regular college home team?
* Should we include defunct stadiums? Johntex\talk 16:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* Separating city/state makes sense to me. I based having the conference column on how this site lists stadiums, which may be helpful for some. However, we do run the risk of making the table excessively wide. It could be helpful to also include a section for bowl stadiums, "all-star game" stadiums, and the like, but in a separate section from "regular season" stadiums maybe? Defunct stadiums as well - if they were used in the regular season, they may be suitable for in the "main" table with some sort of a symbol. I can help out a bit more tonight when I get back from class. — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 16:08, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* Sounds good. Do you mind if I play in your sandbox if I have time while you are in class? (That sounds sort of K-6, doesn't it?) Johntex\talk 16:12, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* Sounds like a good idea and looks like a great start! Featured List here we come!↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 16:18, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* To make the list manageable, perhaps we should restrict it to only the home fields of Division I-Bowl Subdivision. This way, there would be a concrete criteria for inclusion, and the list would be much easier to maintain. It could also help keep the width down since we would not need a column to explain what type of stadium it is. Johntex\talk 16:29, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* Be my guest! I agree that we should keep it to I-FBS only to make it definite, but we could still include defunct stadiums, no? — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 16:39, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
(re-set) I think we should keep conference because it allows for better sorting (quickly find out who has the largest stadium in each conference, for example). It does look like a good start. z4ns4tsu \<sup style="color:black;">talk 16:43, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* OK, so that would mean we include any stadium that has ever been the home stadium for a team that is or ever was in I-FBS (or its predecesor I-A I guess). That sounds good. I agree keeping the Conference column makes sense for sorting. Johntex\talk 16:53, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* Also, be sure to check the List of stadiums article to make sure we're being consistent. — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 16:58, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* Actually, the defunt stadiums might be a problem with respect to filling in the table. I don't know if we will be able to even find all the stadiums, much less their attendance records. Perhaps we should save the defunct stadiums for a seperate list to be made later? Johntex\talk 16:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* I'm certainly fine with focusing on active stadiums for now in the interest of making sure we have a complete list of them to start. — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 17:01, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* I moved this to List of Division I-FBS college football stadiums since we now have several stadiums listed and several people working on it. I will also copy this conversation to Talk:List of Division I-FBS college football stadiums so we can continue discussion there. Johntex\talk 19:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Assist WPP:BIO
In an effort to assist the Biography WikiProject, I've been trying to add our biography articles to the Sports and Games task force. To me, it makes perfect sense to try to get our articles exposed to as many groups as possible. So, if you come across a talk page of a biographical article in our project, please add it the Biography WikiProject. If the article is not apart of the Biography WP at all, add <tt> </tt> and if it already has the WPBiography banner, just add <tt>|sports-work-group=yes</tt> to it. Thanks for the help!↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 14:50, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
On a related note, I would really appreciate any help in knocking out the list of the unassessed college football articles.↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 18:21, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* I'll chip in later tonight. Thanks for letting us know of the need! — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 18:30, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Ok, I think I got all the biographical articles finished. We're down to less than 100 compared to 300+ as we were a couple days ago. I'll try to finish the rest of these off soon unless somebody beats me to it.↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 20:42, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Yearly page formats
* "Post-season" vs "After the season": I Think that the "Post-season" section could better be renamed to something like "After the season". A conversation on this point has started on an article talk page. Please come by and participate. Thanks! Johntex\talk 15:44, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Help Name a new page
Please take a look at the LSU Tigers football page and look at the sections titled "Rankings" & "Results vs. AP Top 10 Opponents". I think that information is great information but I don't think it belongs in the LSU Tigers football article. I don't want to get rid of it, though, so I'm thinking of creating a new article and I need help naming it. The best I could come up with was LSU Tigers football statistics but that's not really accurate because this info isn't statistics. What would be a good article title for information of this variety? I don't think it should be too narrow, like LSU Tigers football rankings or LSU Tigers football results versus AP top 10 opponents because that limits it too much. I'd like a title that is welcoming of the typical information you'd find in the school's football media guide. You know....all those tidbits of information that are great but really don't fit into specific category. So, anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for your help! Seancp 21:19, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
* LSU Tigers football history? It could include poll history among other things in that article as well, and it wouldn't be too narrow. VegaDark 21:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
* That almost sounds to overly broad to me. If I stumbled upon that article, I would expect to see an actual history of LSU Tigers football, not just random statistics. You want your article title to sum up exactly what is in the article so if that is all the article will ever contain, then a limiting title may be necessary. Now, if you plan on writing a history of the football program at LSU, then that title would be ok.↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 21:59, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
* I think that is almost too discriminate, with a positive bias for the team's history (in other words, it's not NPOV IMHO). I'll venture a guess that the record is fairly good? Anyways, anything short of Colorado Buffaloes football year-by-year results (or broken down further, like, "Colorado Buffaloes football results since 2000") would be too arbitrary a cutoff point. The only way I can see to make it balanced is to include all ranked opponents, not just top 10. Be sure to include a tid-bit about this in the main LSU football article and use Template:main to link to this one so you can claim it's more of a sub-page than a separate article. -- MECU ≈ talk 22:30, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
* Well, I actually went and looked at it and don't think it's POV pushing, but in general, that article needs way more citations: there are 2 for the whole article. Especially the section on "Prominent players": Who says? There are players listed there that aren't listed as being an All-American ever, so it doesn't make sense to me. If you can show to me another media guide that presents the same information, I'd clearly say it's welcome. I don't think the current top-10 section is that long, but I could see it getting very long. Perhaps that information could just go on the LSU Tigers under Nick Saban types? The rankings info could as well. Also, you are overlinking items. You don't need to link every instance a coach's name appears or every single-year date. See Only make links that are relevant to the context. Once per section is acceptable. You can look at the top-ten results section after I cleaned up this aspect of it for an example. Also, sorry for claiming you were POV pushing. -- MECU ≈ talk 14:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Knute Rockne on WP:AID
I nominated Knute Rockne, one of the top college football articles for Wikipedia Article Improvement Drive. Thanks Jaranda wat's sup 01:44, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Feedback requested on scoring summary templates
I'd like some feedback on this template system I put together before I move it to Template space. Also, if you have a better name for it I'd appreciate that as well. See User:Mecu/AmFootballScoreSummaryStart. I also think it could be jazzed up a little, color-wise if someone has any ideas. Feel free to edit it in the current location too. -- MECU ≈ talk 14:21, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
* After looking at User:Mecu/AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry, I'm not sure it's necessary to have to be so discrete with the parameters. I'm all for standardization but this might end up being too confusing/difficult to implement. Why not just have a "description" param to describe the type of score, instead of having to piece together a bunch of different params based on what kind of scoring drive it was? I can certainly appreciate the amount of effort put into this, though! In terms of overall appearance, though, I like it. How about an additional column for scoring drive length/time? — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 14:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
* I like it. I agree with PSUMark. I'd like to see a drive length/time/# of plays column or something similar.↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 14:37, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
* (edit conflict)I standardized the description entry so that it would be standardized for all pages. Otherwise, some may put "<Player> scored a touchdown, 85-yards from a pass from <QB>, kick was good from <Kicker>"... whereas I believe the standard way I did it was more in lines with the official scoring summaries they are done from schools and other sites. But I do see your point about being almost too complex to use. Scoring drive length/time is a good idea. Thanks for the feedback. -- MECU ≈ talk 14:41, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
* How about leaving the standardization options that you implemented but also having some sort of a "default description" param that can be used in the interest of quickly getting the information online and that would override the rest of the params? That way especially in the interest of getting summaries up quickly after a game we could use a less "formal" description and then later go in and tweak it so that it utilizes the more standardized stuff? My only fear is that having so many params would scare away casual users - if there was a way to include a comment that outlined the "official" format for editors to follow so that they can do so without having to break it down into pieces for the template, that might be a safe compromise (there aren't too many casual readers of WP that will notice if it's not "official", so if we don't get around to reformatting it as such right away it won't be a big deal but it'll encourage others to contribute in a method they feel comfortable with). — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 15:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
* Brilliant idea. Done. -- MECU ≈ talk 16:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
* OH MY GOD!!! I will have to put arsenic in all your soup. If you folks keep coming up with great ideas like this I will never be able to stop twiddling with football articles. Now I am going to have to go back and edit them all to put in this table. Jeez. It's enough to make me go watch basketball or slit my wrists or something. Johntex\talk 17:22, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
* Good. It'll give you and the rest of us something to do in the seemingly endless offseason. :-) (Now I'm going to have to hire someone to taste all of my food from now on...) — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 23:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
* I've "published" to template space for use. Template:AmFootballScoreSummaryStart. Does anyone think this would be good or bad to use in the season articles under the weekly summaries? Or should it only be used in articles wholly about a game, such as a bowl game? -- MECU ≈ talk 15:53, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
* My initial thinking is that if there was a way to have a parameter to auto-collapse the summary (like Dynamic navigation box), it would be a useful addition to the game summaries on season articles. — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 17:44, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
* Done. The forced-width 70% I don't like, so if someone encounters a problem with this, I can quickly add a field to allow controlling the width. -- MECU ≈ talk 12:57, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
* Very cool! — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 14:08, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Assessment statistics
I added a historical table to the assessment page. Let me know what you think.↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 15:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
* It looks very good! Very interesting data. Thanks for doing this.
* If I click on the "unassessed" link in Feb 2007, it takes me to Category:Unassessed-Class articles which is a page listing categories of unaccessed articles. However, there is no subcategory listed for Category:Unassessed college football articles. Is this because the category is currently empty? Johntex\talk 07:43, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
* Fixed. The category parameter was "college football articles" as opposed to "College football articles" so it was being categorized under a lower case c which came after all the upper case A-Z. I changed it and now its right there with College basketball.↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 14:23, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
2007 College Football Hall of Fame ballot
I just created the 2007 College Football Hall of Fame ballot article. There are actually articles for most of the men on the ballot, but there are still quite a few red links. If they're good enough to be on the CFB HOF ballot, they should probably have an article about them. Of course, if you have ideas for the list as well, please feel free to edit. I'm thinking this is more of a list, so I'd like to push this to a featured list, once the selections are announced in May. -- MECU ≈ talk 15:40, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
* Wow, looks great. I'm working on de-red linking Clendon Thomas. Its his last chance to get inducted.↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 16:41, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
* De-red linking is so tedious, you know? I've been working on List of Georgia Institute of Technology alumni, and let me tell you, it isn't fun. Perhaps I'll kill two birds with one stone and do the one guy that's on both lists next. That article looks great, by the way. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 16:23, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Need opinion on a couple templates
There are a couple templates I worked on a few weeks ago that I'd like to get this project's opinion on. One was requested by the College basketball WikiProject. It was to create a basketball equivalent to NCAATeamFootballSeason. Instead of creating a near duplicate of this template, I was able to modify it to handle both sports. You can view it at User:Nmajdan/Test. I have had one complaint that combining these two was not a good idea. I wanted to get other opinions before I moved my version to template-space and renamed the template. Since it would now handle football and basketball, the name would have to change (but the current name would still redirect to the new name so nothing would break).
Another new template was created that looked identical to Infobox college athletics so I suggested that it may be possible to combine these templates into one. This template can be viewed at User:Nmajdan/Template1. Right now, it combines the general athletic infobox, a wrestling team infobox, and a basketball team infobox. It was well received by one editor but, again, I wanted to get a wider opinion before proceeding.
Any advice would be appreciated.↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 14:22, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
* I know I'm impressed. Then again, I'm the one that requested in the first place, so of course I'm happy :) —Disavian (talk/contribs) 16:20, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
* There's no reason why these essentially redundant templates shouldn't be consolidated. Infobox standardization is always a good thing in my book. Great work as usual. — PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 17:18, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
* That's exactly my thoughts. If we can get one infobox customizable enough to do exactly what individual templates would do, except standardizes everything, that is a big improvement. Could be expanded for baseball and other sports as well. VegaDark 20:02, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Got the first one done. I'll update Infobox college athletics tomorrow.↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 21:34, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Adding more Bowl Information to Yearly History Template
There was a discussion here about the Yearly History Template. One of the suggestions which was carried out was to remove the three seperate columns for the Bowls (Bowl Name, Bowl Outcome, Bowl Opponent) that had existed in the old Coaching History Template.
I had been unaware that the Coaching History Template had been deprecated, and so I had added it to a number of pages (Bear Bryant, Steve Spurrier, etc...), I had also included all of the extra Bowl information.
So, my question is - is anyone opposed if those columns get added back (as optional) to the Yearly History Template? I'm planning on transitioning some of these coaches pages to use the new template, and I'd like to see that information stay there. Obviously, I spent a bit of time tracking down all this info for six or seven different coaches throughout their careers at different schools, so partly I'd just like my work to stay around :-P But on a more impartial note, given that Bowls are the postseason for college football, I do think that listing the opponent adds something to the tables beyond simply taking up extra space. Compare with. I like being able to see at a glance that Pete Carroll has beaten Michigan twice in the Rose Bowl, as opposed to just seeing that he's 2-1 in three Rose Bowl appearances.
Thoughts? Cogswobble 17:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
What is this user doing?
I see this user moving lots of articles out of the American Football category. The user is relatively new, and is not using an edit summary. Some of the changes might be OK, but others baffle me. For instance, why change the category of a photo of Ralphie from "American Football" to "Photos in the United States". I have tried to contact the user but I think he/she may no longer be online. I am tempted to revert all these changes but I would like a second opinion first, please. Johntex\talk 01:22, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
* I randomly clicked on a few. They appear to be in good faith ... and most of them seem to be good ideas ... although the Ralphie one doesn't make any sense. I wouldn't suggest reverting all of them ... but some of the strange ones could be. Ralphie should be in Category:Colorado Buffaloes football, not American football or US photos. --BigDT 01:35, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
* This user might need a polite reminder to use edit summaries and talk pages, but it certainly appears that they are doing good faith edits. As BigDT implies, I may disagree with the results of some of his moves, but this does not to be, on the whole, a vandlism or disruption problem. He's being WP:BOLD, but isn't that what we want. If there are questionable moves, bring it up on the users talk page and on the article talk page. In general, categorization should always be moved down to the lowest level category, and it appears that he is simply doing that. Really, Category:American Football is quite a high-level category, and should have very few articles directly assigned to it. This doesn't appear to be a problem upon further investigation. He SHOULD be encouraged to always use edit summaries, since seeing MANY changes made in a short time does send up red flags, but that's about it... --Jayron32| talk | contribs 03:22, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
* Thanks to both of you for your feedback. I never meant to imply these edits were vandalism. If I thought that, I would have reverted them on sight. Personally, I think WP:BOLD is quite over-rated though. When one person makes a lot of bad-bold changes, someone else has to do a lot of work to undo them. In this case a few edits I looked at look to me like bad moves. He is NOT universally moving things inot lower down categories. Moving something from Americna Football >> US photos is moving the wrong way, or laterally at best. That is why I wanted a second opinion. If the changes are to be undone, it is easier when they are the most recent changes to the article so that the undo button can be used. Johntex\talk 04:33, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
* Thanks for fixing the questionable moves. Just be careful when dealing with new users, though. Remember to treat them well and help rather than correct. Look at this guys contribs list, he seems to be doing a lot of categorization work, and such mundane tasks are some of the most thankless work at Wikipedia. We need to be careful that while we are helping him become a better editor, we don't discourage him from helping out with this much needed job. I notice that you left some notes on fixes you have made to his questionable moves. Thanks and please continue to do so, as well as letting him know how to properly categorize articles. Thanks again, and happy editing! --Jayron32| talk | contribs 05:38, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
* Of course. I left him a polite message before I ever posted here. The fact that he did not reply, coupled with the fact that his contributions record showed no recent edits, is what motivated me to come here to seek added input. Johntex\talk 07:00, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Discussion about modifying College coach infobox
An editor is proposing changes to the above template. Please review his changes and comment on them on the template talk page.↔<span style="font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font-size:9px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 15:50, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Help with the CFB Yearly Record templates
I am trying to use the CFB Yearly Record Entry template on the Coach-Team page for OU and Bob Stoops. I've had a bit of trouble getting it to show up right, though. For some reason, there is an extra column at the end of the table. I didn't change any of the default options since there was a warning about that, so I don't know what's not working.
Also, the whole "name" field is really kind of bugging me. I don't need it to be about either the coach or the team since the whole article is only about their combination, but the column is (understandably) required. Could we add a fourth "type" option that doesn't use it or possibly make it so you can turn it off like the other fields? Anyway, any help would be appreciated on getting it to look right. z4ns4tsu \<sup style="color:black;">talk 17:53, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
* Fixed it for you. You needed to add "ranking2 = no" to all of the rows so that the CFB Yearly Record Entry template didn't insert a column for the second ranking. Both the first and second rankings are used on a number of pages (AP and Coaches) so it's default on. I've updated the docs for CFB Yearly Record Entry so that this is more clear. -- Billma 00:51, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
* Thanks! z4ns4tsu \<sup style="color:black;">talk 15:40, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
AfD notice
2005 Texas vs. Ohio State football game is up for deletion. (This notice is not intended to violate WP:CANVASS, it is merely informing a group of Wikipedians on the matter). ↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 13:20, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Individual game articles
As a result of the above AfD, there is now a broader discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Notability. I have urged that the discussion should take place here, but either way I think that members of this project may want to be involved in the discussion. Johntex\talk 14:14, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Template Overuse/abuse
I think we need a solution for the head coach banners, particularly when a coach has been with multipule teams; the different head coach banners should combine into a single banner that takes up less space, or have the contents of each collapsed by default. Case in point: Frank Dobson (football). On that article, the templates are as long, if not longer than, the article itself. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 20:26, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
* Yeah, I was thinking the same thing a couple months ago but I never did anything about it. It would probably require a code change to every template but I would almost like to see something like WikiProjectBannerShell applied to all of these.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 20:29, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
* I concur. Could we use/modify the code from WP:Bannershell? I'd be glad to help change coaching templates. Вasil | talk 00:38, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
* PS - If so, let't try to make it generic so we can use it on the WP:CBB coaching templates as well. Вasil | talk 00:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
* It's currently not technically possible to have collapseable because the show/hide doesn't display well on the multi-colored backgrounds. So, we could switch to a standard color background which would allow this, but I like the colored backgrounds. So, I think the shell idea is better. MECU ≈ talk 12:27, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
* Observe: —Disavian (talk/contribs) 23:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
* Sure, blue on red works (some may disagree), but what about blue on blue, or blue on black, or other background colors? This was a problem we discovered when I attempted to add the show/hide/collapse feature to the coach templates, you can see the discussion above or in the archives. MECU ≈ talk 01:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Ribbon for today's events
FYI, if anyone would like to add a ribbon to their user page in memory of those who lost their lives today, you can use Virginia Tech ribbon to place a small orange and maroon ribbon in the top right corner of your user page (similar to the administrator icon) or you can add Image:Orange and maroon ribbon.svg anywhere you would like. --BigDT 03:41, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
* Thanks for letting us know about this - great idea. Johntex\talk 07:01, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Guidelines for individual game articles
OK, so it looks like we need to discuss some recommendations around "notability" for articles on individual games.
I personally think that we should allow an article on any individual game if and only if it is well-written and well referenced. Contrary to popular fears, this would not result in loads of "Rice vs. Harvard" articles anytime soon. People are by and large going to write about what they find interesting, and that is by and large going to be the more important games. If the odd one did appear and it was well-written and referenced, what would be the harm, anyway?
However, it looks like that may not currently be the majority viewpoint, so I would like to get us started thinking about some guidelines. I would like to propose a two part standard. I propose that an individual game article is to be kept if it meets either
A - it is being created because the individual season article exists, is getting too long, and is being split out in WP:SUMMARY style. To my mind, this is why WP:SUMMARY exists. There is an active proposal similar to this at Television episodes. The basic idea is that they will usually try to build good articles on a season first, but then can create articles on individual episodes if length suggests they should. Good sourcing is stressed.
B - some games are notable by themselves. I propose that an individual game be considered notable for an article if it meets one or more of the following (several of these seemed to specifically get support at AfD):
* 1) It was a bowl game
* 2) It was a conference championship
* 3) It was a meeting of a rivalry series which already has a Wikipedia article
* 4) It set a major record for the game itself (most points scored, longest game, biggest-come from behind victory, ...)
* 5) Something truly whacky happened (E.g. Fifth Down)
* 6) At least 3 major national media declared it "The game of the century"
* 7) It was the first meeting between 2 teams
* 8) It was the first game in a brand new stadium
* 9) A skill player had a stand-out game AND at least 3 major national media said that game was instrumental to propelling the player to win one of the top individual awards.
* 10) The underdog won by 21 or more points.
* 11) A team came from 21 or more points behind.
* 12) It set a network broadcast record for viewership
Please remember that this proposal (or whatever we end up deciding upon) does not mean that anyone is under an obligation to go out and create all the possible articles. It only means we would support their existence IF they were well done. I look forward to feedback on this methodology. Is this basic format a good start? Johntex\talk 07:00, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
* Another thing we could consider adding is if the game had the national Pontiac game changing performance play of the week in it. Also I'm not so sure about the "first meeting between two teams" stipulation. That would imply that every team could have an article back in 1890 when they first played an otherwise non-notable team. Also, let's say Duke has never played Idaho. If say next season they had a regular season game, that would be deserving of an article? Not in my opinion. VegaDark 10:00, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
* I agree with Vega. The teams involved have a lot to do with the notability. Thus, items 7-12 could be a terrible article if they involve perennial losers. I especially don't like the "underdog" item. What's that mean? The bookies were wrong or a team got lucky? That's notable? Perhaps "National level game" would summarize it? If a game is so important that it's national-level, it's clearly notable. Division II championship, bowl games, USC vs. Notre Dame in 2005. Games whose story transcends the actual play. I also support WP:SUMMARY breakouts. MECU ≈ talk 12:28, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
* Wikipedia is getting a little out of control with the whole notability thing. I think it should just be common sense. How good are the teams? How are they ranked? What is their record? How much publicity did the game receive? etc. But, this isn't easy to put it words and set as a hard guideline so some editors would overlook common sense since there isn't a guideline. But as far as actually setting criteria, I definitely agree with 1-6, don't agree with 7 and 8 and I'm on the fence on the rest.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 13:27, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Conference Championship Games
User: BigDT changed the name of the ACC Championship Game article to ACC football championship game. I don't like the new title but if there's concensus to have all Conference Championship articles like that I wouldn't fight it. Just thought I'd bring it up here because if the ACC's article has that title format then the rest should. Seancp 21:31, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
* I like the new name, it's more precise. Especially when there's a basketball championship, a volleyball championship, and so on.... The page should be a disambig then. MECU ≈ talk 00:38, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
* I disagree with making a disambig page. The football championship game differs from other conference championships in that it is only 1 game, while the others are tournaments. For an example: SEC Tournament is a disambig page for all the various SEC tournaments, including basketball. If within a group of sports fans someone says, "Florida won the SEC championship game" people are not going to think basketball. They'll automatically think football. If someone says, "Florida won the SEC tournament" then they'll automatically think basketball. So I think a disambig of SEC Championship Game to the various tournaments would not be helpful to the average reader. Seancp 13:38, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
* He does have a point. Sure it may be the biggest but we can't assume the other sports don't have a championship game as well. Until there are three or more sport championship games (like Mecu said; football, basketball, baseball, etc) then I think the ACC Championship Game article (and other conferences) should redirect to the football article. If there are two sports, then it should redirect to football with one of the otheruses templates at the top. If three or more, then a disambig page.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 13:40, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Request for reassessment
I just gave the article for Mitch Mustain, the poster-child of Arkansas' incredibly dramatic late-2006 off-the-field shenanigans, a significant overhaul (particularly the college section). Is it possible to get a reassessment? --Bobak 17:47, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
* Well done. I have upgraded the assessment to B quality. I hope you continue your work and get this article GA quality.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000000;">talk 17:52, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
* Thanks for the prompt update. I'm not sure I can take it to GA (that now famous book in the references would be a start), I hope for more good articles as the transfer story progresses. --Bobak 18:36, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Portal notice
I have selected the Selected Content for the CFB Portal for May. I selected an image that I think is of good quality but one that did not go through the nomination process. I have selected Image:2006 Clemson at Virginia Tech celebration.jpg in honor of the VT tragedy of last week. If anybody has any issues with me selecting an image that didn't go through the process or an issue with this image in particular, please let me know and I will either select a different image from the VT football category or from among the approved nominations.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 18:15, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
* It looks great NMajdan - good idea, thanks. Johntex\talk 18:29, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
More on notability
There is some discussion 2 sections up about notability guidelines for individual games. I have re-activated the page WikiProject College football/Notability which was started by BigDT. I have added the information about individual games to that page (I took out any criteria that were not supported in the above discussion).
I marked this page as a "guideline" because I think it captures how we are currently working. I am relisting this here to get some more eyeballs on it and so we can have more discussion as neccessary. Johntex\talk 19:29, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Assessment help
I'd like to keep our unassessed articles category empty so I would appreciate any help is assessing these articles. Thanks in advance.â<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 13:55, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Question on game template
There is some discussion here about whether the "box score" template for individual games should reflect the record of the teams coming into the game, or as a result of playing the game. Please join in the discussion if you would like. Johntex\talk 21:16, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Peer review request
I have placed 2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team up for WP:PR and would appreciate any feedback. Peer review/2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team. Thanks.â<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 18:17, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
* Anybody?â<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 19:42, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Questions on how to handle coach pages
Hi - I've been working on adding records boxes to the pages for coaches of the University of Minnesota and am now to the point where I'm going to be creating new articles for coaches who don't yet have pages. However, this brings up the question of how to handle two special cases. First, in 1899, the Gophers had co-coaches and I have very little information on each of them individually. Should I make one page for both of them, or should I keep them on separate pages. Then, in 1889, the Gophers played 4 games and had a different coach for each of those games. The only information I have about the 4 coaches are their names - I don't even know who coached which game. Should I combine the four of them onto a single page? How would you handle this? Is there an example of something similar already out there I could look at? Gopherguy 03:17, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
* For the first case, I would make a page for each of them, not one page for both. If some of your info has to be redundant for each page, so be it. In the second case I would be hesitant to even create a page on that. With only their names, you would be best off just mentioning this on the main Minnesota football page. VegaDark (talk) 03:38, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
* You have a good point - while I want to "complete" our coaching history, it seems wasteful to create pages for all four of them with no more information than the fact that they coached a single game. Maybe I'll create a team page for the football team for that season and create redirect pages for the coaches which send you to the 1889 team page. Gopherguy 14:07, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
* That sounds like a good idea. I think that having a season where each game is coached by a different person is unique enough that, if you can find enough sources for good citations, you could make a really good article out of that. z4ns4tsu \<sup style="color:black;">talk 18:29, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
List of 100 point games introduction
I tried to wikify the introduction. See if it seems more fitting. John 17:33, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Comments appreciated at Template talk:NCAATeamSeason
...regarding the use of team logos on year-specific articles (such as 2005 Texas Longhorns football team).â<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 20:44, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
* Discussion moved to Wikipedia talk:Non-free content.â<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 12:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Be aware of logos with no fair use rationale
I've noticed some fair use logos getting tagged with no FU rationale. We need to be aware of this and add appropriate rationale to prevent them from being deleted. One that was recently tagged is Image:CFBHOFlogo.jpg. I will add rationale to it as soon as I can unless somebody beats me to it (I probably won't get to it until Monday or so).â<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 15:04, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
* I've added the FU rationale for Image:CFBHOFlogo.jpg. Ðasil | talk 15:46, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Keith Jackson
Although this project has rated the Keith Jackson article as a top importance, it has been blanked by an editor(not me!) do to the fact that it is not sourced. XinJeisan 14:47, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
* Well, I'm not completely against deleting unsourced info from BLP articles but that seemed a little overboard. I mean, he even deleted all the categories (even the Living people category)! I say you could restore the categories (birth year, living people, etc).â<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 16:56, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
* It was definitely far too extreme of an action by that editor, who I have a suspiciion is not a fan of Keith Jackson. He tagged the article unsourced and then 6 weeks later blanks it; many article are tagged for far longer than that without any type of action like that. He should have marked specific items with that he had an issue with. I think the bulk of the article should be restored with some puffery removed or more granularly tagged for cites.
* Alternately, many Wikiprojects have a weekly article chosen for improvement. Perhaps WP:CFB should do so as well, at least in the off-season (we all know how busy it gets in fall). If KJ is truly a Top Importance subject for this project, then his article would be a good choice with which to kick off a weekly article improvement drive. <span style="font-family:arial, helvetica; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, helvetica;">Tiger Ê <span style="font-family:arial, helvetica; font-size:x-small;">talk /<span style="font-family:arial, helvetica; font-size:x-small;">work 17:58, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
* I've downrated to mid. No way is he Top. He's a fairly central person to CFB which is why I did mid. I don't recognize the user who rated him as Top, so it might have been a fan rating. MECU â talk 17:15, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team under GA review
Any help would be appreciated.â<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 13:41, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Rutgers Football Article
I believe that the Rutgers Scarlet Knights should have a separate article for their football team seeing as how they hav become a nationally ranked team and are becoming a national powerhouse. Sekuloguy 21:44, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
* Definitely agree. I don't think anyone would have a problem with someone creating an article for a Division I-A football team. Or Division I-FBS, whatever its called nowadays. Go ahead and create it! Seancp 21:46, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
* However, for a little good natured ribbing, I don't think one good year makes a national powerhouse! Heh... Seancp 21:48, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
* Well i'll start it but don't expect it to be any good i'm relatively new here, but im sure i could get some help along the way. Sekuloguy 23:11, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
* Absolutely. No question about it. You didn't even need to ask! MECU â talk 23:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
* I just started it really quick it's going to need a lot of help. Sekuloguy 23:43, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
* It's not going so hot. I have to go somewhere until tomorrow so I won't be able to do anything till then, but i just wanted to start it so it's there.
Charles Melick
Hi there, Charles Melick has been tagged as insufficiently asserting the importance of the subject since Sepetember 2006. I have replaced the Importance tag with a notability tag, which get's it off the radar for WikiProject Notability for the immediate future.
In doing so, I came to notice all the coaches mentioned on this template. Most of them I have also flagged as insufficiently establishing notability.
When creating stubs, could every effort be made to at the time a stub is created, clearly meet notability criteria as mentioned somewhere. This would usually be done through providing references for everything which is included in the article: that they were a coach, the years they coached at a given team, and what type of result they achieved.Garrie 01:51, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
* By default, a head coach of a Division I football team is notable. Anyone listed in any of the 119 (I think) coach templates we have as a project are therefore notable. Some more so than others, but all are still worthy of an article. MECU â talk 02:41, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Claiming National Championships
There needs to be a better way to explain the national championship situation. On the right hand of the USC Trojans Football page there is a stat claiming 7 national championships for the school. The school, as well as much of the country sees USC as a team with 11 national championships. Can someone fix the template to allow both ap national championships and over all national championships otherwise there is going to be a constant battle back and forth even though "both sides" are right. The school should be given credit for the full 11, otherwise a large truth is missing from the page. (Padsquad19 07:38, 18 June 2007 (UTC))
* There already has been a battle. Look at the archive of this talk page and at Talk:NCAA Division I-A national football championship for more info.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 13:36, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Template:BCSChamps
I put this on the talk page of this template, but since it probably isn't watched much I added it here to see if I could get anyone's opinion. This template is for National Championships in the BCS Era and links to the BCS national championship game. I think that should mean BCS National Champions and as such the 2003 split shouldn't be called a split and USC shouldn't be mentioned on it. USC won a national championship that year, but it wasn't the BCS and unless it is supposed to list all national champions since the BCS began (as if the BCS started a new era in football) it doesn't need to be mentioned on the template. Related to this, has anyone thought of creating a template that lists AP National Champs? It could be used on the main team pages of those who have won one, or on the yearly pages if they are created. Any thoughts on both of these? Phydend 17:25, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
* I also didn't think 2003 USC belonged on that template, but I didn't bring it up because I'm an LSU fan and I was afraid of the backlash that LSU fans experience whenever they bring up USC and the 2003 split title. Instead of a separate template, how about we rename the BCSChamps template to something like NCAAFootballChamps and list the teams and the major selectors. I don't know if that would even be a good idea though because the national championship issue has always been the source of much debate here on Wikipedia. I don't really know what a good solution would be. Hell, maybe we should just leave it alone. I don't know. I'll wait and see how the discussion develops before I give more input. Seancp 17:33, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
* I just took a look at the template, it makes total sense as "BCS Era National Champions" rather than "BCS National Champions". I don't think there's any debate that a new era began with the introduction of the BCS system, despite the fact that it botched 2003 and semi-botched a few others. --Bobak 17:39, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
* I changed my mind...I'll comment some more. Right now we have articles on 23 national championship teams. See: Category:NCAA Football National Champions. I think a template that replaces the BCSChamps template with an NCAAFootballChamps template would be good because it would provide links to all currently written national championship team articles and it would also encourage other to start new articles on other, older national championship teams. As we all know, Wikipedia is biased towards current events. But hell, I want to learn about some of the older national championship teams. Maybe we could limit it to Poll Era national champs and only include AP and Coaches champions in it. Anyone else think this is a good idea? Seancp 17:40, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
* That seems like a decent (and ambitious) idea... The only concern would be how to handle various teams claiming pre-AP/Coaches/UPI championships. --Bobak 17:43, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
* As always, the College Football Data Warehouse has a good source for info in their national championship section. --Bobak 17:46, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
* Yes, it's definitely ambitious, but I wouldn't expect that creating a template would mean we'd have articles on all teams. It would take years before that became a reality. But with a template listing all teams with links, perhaps some Minnesota fan would be perusing Wikipedia, come across the template and say, "Hey, I'll create articles for the NC's Minnesota won all those years ago!" I'd suggest if this idea ever came to fruition that we start it with the first AP poll (I think it was 1936) and then add in the coaches poll (I think that start around 1950) and leave it to those two polls. But I think more discussion is necessary before I do anything. Seancp 18:04, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
* That idea is much better in my opinion. I just thought it seemed pretty confusing since there is no article about the BCS era (although I do agree it is definitely a new era in college football). I was going to suggest that an AP championship template be created and then just change this template to say BCS champs instead, but another template is definitely preferable with the information on the college football data warehouse used as a basis. Phydend 18:08, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
* I'm all for "National Champions in the BCS Era", and then we can create others for the other eras as well. I don't think "BCS Champs" is a good idea because of the split title. Then we'd have to have "AP champs in the BCS Era" and so on, which would be too redundant. MECU ≈ talk 19:15, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
* Well there is already a Bowl Alliance era championship template so maybe that would be better. There still is a problem with shared titles in each era, but that might be able to be dealt with somehow. Phydend 23:02, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
XXXXX football under Coach XXXXX
I asked a question a while ago and got some answers ("Questions on how to handle coach pages" from the May archive for this talk page) about how I might handle making pages for team coaches from a long time ago. Specifically, I was asking about a season of Gopher football where we had a different coach for each of the four games we played that season. I asked because I want to create pages for all Gopher football coaches, but in this case, I don't have much at all for information on these four. Well, I looked back at the March archive and saw the section "Notability of per-year team entries" and it made me rethink my strategy. It was talking about creating pages such as "Minnesota Golden Gopher football under Lou Holtz" and then having a page with a quick summary of each individual season that the team played under that coach. My thought was that instead of creating an individual page for all 15 men who coached the team prior to 1900 I could create a "Minnesota Golden Gopher football before 1900" page which would have a section for each coach and a quick rundown of the individual seasons. My question then is whether that would fit in well with the direction we're trying to take.Gopherguy 21:34, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
* I think that would be good. If any section then gets too big it can then be broken out. You could even go by an "era" of the team, something like "Minn Gopher football early era" or something of the sorts, so you don't have to cut-off at 1900 if it's not convenient. Or maybe "Birth of Minn Gopher football" which has the first 20-25 years or so until something more exciting happens. MECU ≈ talk 21:39, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
* Yes, I'd definitely want to avoid picking an arbitrary cut-off date - it just happens that after having 15 coaches in our first 19 seasons that Henry L. Williams took the team over in 1900 and coached for 22 years, so 1900 is actually an important date for us. I think I'll start writing the article and depending on how long it gets either keep it a single page or break it up into a couple of pages.Gopherguy 21:46, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
* I think that would be a good approach. Auburn has a similar issue with a couple of early seasons with two different coaches and a couple of single season coaches as well. Even though AU currently has separate articles for those early years, they could probably be consolidated into a single article. Probably many schools have that sort of early history in their programs and should take the same approach you propose. <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 23:38, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
College Baseball
I don't want to spam, so if this is considered spam then I apologize and please delete this. Anyway, I'm a member of the college football wikiproject, and I'm also a fan of college sports all around. One of my favorites is baseball. I just started a college baseball wikiproject and I'd like to see if anyone would like to join us. We're just starting right now and we could use all the help we could get. I modeled the project after this project because it seems to run so well. You can find us at: WikiProject College baseball. I'd also like to be considering a sister project...please let me know if that would be ok. Thanks again, and sorry if this is inappropriate. Seancp 00:21, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Rose Bowl content dispute
Over at Talk:Rose Bowl Game there's a dispute over inclusion of a statement that Arizona is the only Big10 or Pac10 school to never have played in the Rose. Thankfully, the dispute moved to the talk page because it had been a slow revert war for a while; however, some more unbiased (i.e. non UA or ASU) voices might help the discussion. Feel free to weigh in if interested. Thanks, <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 19:35, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
CFB Yearly templates vs. CFB Coaching templates
Hi again - I come with another question. The CFB Coaching templates have been deprecated in favor of the CFB Yearly templates. Should I therefore convert any of them that I find to the CFB Yearly format? Normally, I'd think it would be obvious, but since some information is lost by doing that (bowl opponent in particular) I thought I'd see if there's a general opinion before I make a lot of changes which someone else will just change back.Gopherguy 17:58, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
* I say yes. The bowl opponent information can either be added to that template system (why it wasn't I dunno, maybe to keep the size down?) or into the text. Orphaning the template is a good idea and once done, remove it to prevent usage. MECU ≈ talk 15:56, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
* OK - I'm going ahead with that then. I just converted the template on the Lou Holtz page and will keep my eyes open for other templates that need to be converted.Gopherguy 15:36, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Florida-Florida State Rivalry
Trying to get the Florida-Florida State rivalry page going. Any older Gators or Seminoles would definetly be appreciated to add to the history of the rivalry. In addition, anyone who has any memorable photos or games, please add. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by PaxonGator (talk • contribs) 03:30, 14 June 2007 (UTC).
College Gameday (football)
As seems to happen around about right now, everyone in the country seems to think Gameday is going to be headed their way. I have commented out two claims about Gameday. The ONLY game that is locked in right now is week one - ECU@VT. There had been a claim up there that Gameday would be at the Labor Day game between FSU and Clemson ... I guess that's possible ... but the link cited mentions nothing of it. also, someone had added today a claim that Gameday would be at PSU-ND for week two. I'd say there's about a 99% chance that's where they go, but until something is official, it needs to be kept off. Please add to your watchlist and help keep the speculation off or commented out. Thanks. -- Big ΔT 14:31, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
* Done. Thanks for the headsup.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 13:44, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
portalwarning
After seeing a ton of portals not updated today, I have created a template called portalwarning. If you fill it out for the portal that interests you, you can get an automatic warning that a portal page doesn't exist. It will warn you if either this month's article or next month's article is missing. For example, I have put these warnings at the top of our page:
Enjoy! -- Big ΔT 00:02, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
* Anyway to only have it display after a certain date? Like right now it says that the article for August doesn't exist, but its July 1st and there is plenty of time to add it. Any way to only have it display after a certain day, like the 15th? I can think of a way to do this and may experiment with it tomorrow. Glad I created the CFB Portal stuff for July early. A couple of the other Portals I update haven't been updated yet for July so thats something I have to do tomorrow.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 00:35, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
* You may want to check closely who fixed the CFB article+picture this month. ;) Anyway, yes, it could very easily be changed:
... I'm torn on whether that's a good idea ... maybe make it an optional parameter. I think having the warning up there if it isn't ready a month early would be a good idea. -- Big ΔT 00:48, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
* Hey, it wasn't me! Thanks for doing that. I've been real busy at work lately and my Wikipedia time is way down. Yes, I had every intention of making it an optional parameter and I do think it is a good idea. I don't think that warning banner at the top should be visible until the latter half of a month. Who cares if the next month's article hasn't been selected a month in advance. It should be a warning like, "Hey, the next month is almost here and the article hasn't been selected." Any other opinions on this?↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 13:39, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
* If it's changed, it needs to be an option that defaults to the whole month. Keep in mind that some WikiProjects aren't as active and it might not get noticed if it's just there for two weeks. -- Big ΔT 14:13, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
* By the way, I declare it to be Virginia Tech month for abandoned portals. -- Big ΔT 14:47, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
University Bands under WP:CFB?
Should marching bands like Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band be under the WP:CFB? While I see the relationship, I don't think they should because we're more football related than just general school related. Then again, mascots are like Ralphie so I'm slightly torn. Any ideas? MECU ≈ talk 15:57, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
* Hmmmm; bands are related to college football in a similar way as mascots; it's all part of the pageantry that makes college football what it is. Aubie is also marked as part of WP:CFB and yet ranges far beyond football in his presence and prominence. If it makes any difference, a member of this project, Littledrummrboy just started WikiProject Marching band. <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 17:19, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
* Thanks for the plug, Autiger. As a fan of both college football and marching bands, my take is that marching bands do fit here (and I specify marching bands because a large amount of their purpose is typically college football based; the same can't be said for pep, concert, or other university bands) because as Autiger said, they are part of the pageantry that makes college football unlike any other institution. But of course, they've certainly got a home over at WikiProject Marching band! --Littledrummrboy 19:56, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
Team Logo
I propose that we add the winning team's logo to the page of each year's bowl and season page, seeing as the way the site is set up now as a separate season and bowl page, to add more color and formality to the page. As you can see from the World Cup 2006 page, I implemented showing the flag of the winning country sort of as a badge/award for winning the cup. For example it will look something like this...
I'm also thinkin about doing the same for the conference champions, for those individual pages only as well as individual BCS bowl year pages, ie 2007 Sugar Bowl. Let me know if you guys approve/disapprove or have any suggestions. Thanks!! Squadoosh 12:04, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
* (I removed the logo from above.) There's a big difference between flags and logos: Flags are free. Just adding the logo of the winner isn't a good idea and wouldn't really pass our fair use criteria, because it would be decorative. We tried before having both logos on articles about a specific game and I think we eventually lost that battle. It's built into the template I created for a game header, but we can't use it because of the un-freeness of logos. Really, I think we'd all support this idea and more liberal use of logos, but the fair use policy here prevents it. MECU ≈ talk 12:58, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
* Actually, logos to represent teams in specific games are being used in certain circumstances. Please see 2005 Texas vs. Ohio State football game, for instance. However, that is different than just being a logo in a table, which has been disallowed. Many of us, myself included, think that Wikipedia has become too restrictive of fair use. We need to work to change the policy to one that makes more sense. We can start by voting for Foundation board members who support expansion of fair use. Johntex\talk 23:37, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Bowl Games
I added this to the talk page (actually agreed to a suggestion on it) but no one has replied in awhile. But anyway, this template has been changed every year without substituting it on pages, thus articles like NCAA football bowl games, 2005-06 has a template on it that gives dates for the 2006-07 games. It was suggested that this template be turned into a generic template for bowl games with no dates or anything, and then a new template 2006 Bowl Games be created for the information here. I've worked on in here and have a generic template (of the current games I believe, they need to be in some sort of order though) and two templates for the 2004 season and 2005 season. These two can probably be just put onto pages that should have it (there are probably only a few), but the 2006 one can probably go on at least 10 pages so I was going to create that template. Any suggestions about this? Phydend 03:51, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
* I think a yearly one would be just fine. I agree that it would be better to have yearly which then remains and a generic one for the generic pages. MECU ≈ talk 01:17, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
* Well I did it. I made 2005 Bowl Games, 2006 Bowl Games, made Bowl Games generic (I think defunct games could be included on it, but I didn't right now), and added a like template to the 04 season bowl game page and 2 games, but I didn't make it its own template. Phydend 04:39, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Historic bowl logos deleted
In case no one else noticed, User:ESkog just did semi-automated deletion of all galleries on bowl game articles using WP:AWB claiming violation of WP:NFCC #8. I believe it was a invalid interpretation of the policy particularly since some galleries had commentary on the logos. It is also clearly he searched blindly and did not check to see the usage because he deleted an empty gallery in Holiday Bowl.
To prevent another unthinking vigilante action such as this, if bowl logos are added back they should not be done with a tag and more importantly, should have commentary on the logo incorporated or have the historical logo incorporated into the history section, e.g. change of sponser, style, etc.
Furthermore, it appears the user taking this action also has a history deleting NFL team logos, so be warned to validate your fair-use rationales, in case he decides to go after those. Admins, is there recourse for inappropriate use of automated tools like AWB? <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 21:57, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
Oklahoma damage control
The NCAA handed down the punishment to Oklahoma today and of course, many OU articles are being edited. I ask that everybody watch these for blatant vandalism and factual errors/misunderstandings. The NCAA forced OU to vacate the 2005 season, not forfeit. Here is a good article describing the difference that is not related to the OU situation. OU was forced to no longer recognize their wins in 2005. So, rather than being 8-4, they are 0-4. Opponents, must continue to claim a loss to OU as a loss (this would be different if it was forfeited). Bob Stoops' record will be adjusted to not count those 8 wins. So the losses in his record remain the same. Anyway, please help maintain the quality of these OU articles. Thank you.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 20:36, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
* That's interesting - I remember looking into this issue a number of years ago (being a Gopher fan, our basketball program has a lot of vacated games) and I thought that the entire season would be considered to have not been played at all from the offending school's standpoint, making the team 0-0. I know that the University of Minnesota basketball media guides list records of 0-0 for all of the seasons affected by the academic scandal.Gopherguy 21:12, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
EL templates
Hi people, I don't suspect I'll check in here much as I'm not joining this project (yet), but.. i did create cfbhof and heisman. I suspect they should get a lot of use here and they are now listed on your template page. Be well. Jmfangio 10:52, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Templates for Deletion
I'd like to make a potentially controversial suggestion. Per WP:TFD, "Templates are used to insert blocks of common material into multiple pages, often for standardization purposes." I was looking at Category:American college football templates and noticed a handful of single season roster templates. This is not common material and does not really promote standardization. I would recommend that this information be incorporated into the relevant articles and the templates be deleted. From a practical perspective, it's going to be awfully difficult to maintain these templates if every single college football team starts getting a roster template for every season of play. Additionally, the vast majority of college players do not meet notability standards. Having a template for them seems somewhat counterintuitive. Jmfangio ► Talk 19:57, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
* I was actually looking at this before and these being used as templates are definitely not needed. I think the historical ones should just be substituted and deleted. A current roster could be used for some teams (I think the NFL pages have current rosters) and could be on each team page and updated each year while also being substituted on that particular season page. Phydend 20:26, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
* I already said go back and make the changes for now. I'm not going to be the one to do it, but i pointed you to the section on where to go about getting that done. Jmfangio| ►Chat 16:05, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Major problem with naming conventions
Many individual college football team pages have serious problems with the naming conventions. First and foremost - the pages should say american football as many individual schools have notable football programs (aka Soccer). Secondly, some pages (Like that for BYU) used the abbreviated name of the university. I will fix these as I come across them, but i felt people here might want to know as well. Jmfangio| ►Chat 05:03, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
* The only problem I see is shouldn't it be American football, with the A capitalized? I noticed you moved some of them without capitalizing the A, but I don't want to change unless I'm right. Anyone know? But also, if the schools have a notable football (soccer) team, since the manual of style says (I think) that American spelling should be used on articles about American things and what not, they'd use soccer anyway. So is this really a problem? Phydend 05:28, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
* I wasn't sure about the "american" versus "American" myself. I'm inclined to say it "should be" American. That being said, every other example i found made me feel that others would use a capital a. I'm open to this part. Unfortunately, using "Soccer" instead of "Football" fails NPOV and shows bias toward the US even though "Soccer" is far more popular around the world than it is here. Jmfangio| ►Chat 06:25, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
* Ok, I was just looking at examples at the time and had found this. Should it be moved to Brigham Young University Cougars football then? I'm just not exactly sure about it, but actually think it may be confusing (I understand the difference and the POV problem just wondering). Does the manual of style say anything about this? Phydend 14:20, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
* I strongly disagree. Calling the sport "soccer" in reference to the sport as played in the United States is the only proper way to refer to it and does not fail NPOV. Referring to a U.S. soccer team as a "football team" would be incorrect and any such references should be changed to "soccer team". And "American football" is how our game of football is referred to outside the United States, but articles about the sport should call it simply "football" unless the article is about a team based in another country that plays using our rules.Gopherguy 14:28, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
* I also strongly disagree. The current system makes total sense in context of the articles. It's college football (or, for our Canadian viewers, university football), not "college American football". --Bobak 15:06, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
* (e.c.)I agree with Gopherguy and Bobak here. Since these articles were created by people who's native language is American English, American English standards apply to spelling, grammar and jargon. Since the sport is called "soccer" in the U.S. and "football" refers to a completely separate sport, it should remain "soccer" in these articles. z4ns4tsu \<sup style="color:black;">talk 15:11, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
* Except that Wikipedia as an online encyclopedia exists outside the confines of one article, and out of 6+ billion people on the planet, nearly 5.7 of them call what Americans refer to as soccer, 'football'. Whatever happens inside the article(s) is one thing; Soccer works as long as it has a DAB link where appropriate. But in the opposite direction, any disambiguation linking College football, needs to bear precedent in mind, and be clear in distinguishing. This means that any (and every) such link, must be mindful that American football is a separate category than football, as it is overwhelmingly outnumbered. I grew up in the US, I follow the Buckeyes religiously, but I also understand the need to be diplomatic and Wikipedia protocol demands certain things. Otherwise the entire system is bunk. Know what I mean? Ryecatcher773 18:38, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
* Except that the Manual of Style already has addressed the issue. See Manual of Style, especially the second and third points. z4ns4tsu \<sup style="color:black;">talk 19:23, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
* Yes, most of the world uses "football" to refer to what we call "soccer". However, using the example given above, it would be ridiculous to call an article about BYU's soccer team "Brigham Young University Cougars football" because the vast majority of people who are the target audience (Americans) will assume that the article talks about the American football team at BYU. It isn't ambiguous because BYU is located in the United States, so the language in the article (and the name of the article itself) should use American English. Furthermore, if you go to BYU's website, you can see that they use "soccer" to refer to their soccer team, so the school itself does not refer to it as "football". On the other hand, something generic, such as the main article on the sport itself, should be (and is) called American football. BTW - there are not 5.7 billion people who call it "football" - only English speaking countries call it that.Gopherguy 20:37, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
* The A in American is always capitalized. It's a proper noun, and even in an adjectival sense like Irish coffee, Scotch whisky, or English breakfast (even though Scotch isn't the proper name of a person from Scotland, and no I didn't misspell Whiskey... there is no 'e' in the Scottish version...) the rule remains the same. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either a silly anarchist, or shouldn't have been allowed to finish the sixth grade. Butterscotch, incidentally, may seem to contradict the aforementioned rule, but the origin of the word Scotch in that context is foggy at best, and for that reason has its very own naming convention, which of course I haven't the time nor the energy to extrapolate on... Ryecatcher773 07:23, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
* I don't know too many people who don't know that A should be capitalized. My point was with regards to how the contention had been established. Just use capital a and move on. Jmfangio| ►Chat 07:39, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
I also strongly disagree with adding the word "American" to college football team pages. How can we resolve this issue? Can we put it to a vote of WikiProject College football members? Jweiss11 04:03, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Per WP:STRAW, I think we should wait a bit before conducting a poll. It seems as if you are willing to focus on the issue and not let this stray. The issue is should an article about a college's football team be titled "football" or "American football". I have a list of all of the articles i "moved" so we can easily undo the work that has been done if we need to. For now, I say leave it status quo. Onto the topic, from my reading of WP:MOS and WP:NC, It would appear that American should be used in the title. With regards to abbreviations of the Universities and such, i have looked at WP:NCA and it seems to say it should be spelled out in full. Then again, I've also looked at WP:NCON. Now maybe I am not considering the information properly, but that too seemed to support a move to "american football" instead of "football". Jmfangio| ►Chat 04:11, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* There is no logic to putting 'American' in the article titles for college football teams. Any argument for it can be completely squashed.► Chris Nelson 04:19, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Your recent comments are getting outside of the context. It is absolutely logical to raise the issue and have the discussion. I'm sorry you don't like it, but the discussion is worth having. Jmfangio| ►Chat 04:24, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Only in the opinion of those with faulty logic.► Chris Nelson 04:25, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
I think the matter comes down to this: when the Michigan Wolverines play "football" they are without a doubt playing American football which they simply call "football". If the U of Oxford fielded a football (soccer) team they would also likely call their game "football". So University of Oxford Oxes football would be a football (soccer) team. But we wouldn't have to call that article "University of Oxford Oxes football (soccer)" because "University of Oxford Oxes" would sufficienty define the topic as football (soccer). Jweiss11 04:33, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* But a person isn't forced to view Michigan Wolverines in order to view Michigan Wolverines American football. So how is that context established? I'm reading the convention pages and it would seem that the way to go is to use Am. football and then use the lead section to clarify that the team is commonly reffered to as the "football" team. Jmfangio| ►Chat 04:37, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* The lead sentences of Michigan Wolverines football and other college football team pages should, and do, define their sport as American football via wiki link or as college football, which in turn should and is defined as American football in its lead." Jweiss11 04:41, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Here is another example that (as i'm reading it) supports the move. The University of Cambridge plays "soccer" The link to their "soccer" page, or the closest thing to it - is Cambridge University Association Football League. Now while the Assoc. Football League is the "proper title" for the league (as the National Football League is for professional american football - it seems consistent to actually title the article Michigan Wolverines American football. Jmfangio| ►Chat 04:47, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Great example, but I think they key difference is in exactly what you describe. "Association Football League" is the "proper title" i.e. that it was that body calls itself and is best known as. The Michigan Wolverines do not call themselves "American football", nor are they best known as such. Jweiss11 04:53, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Yeah good point. I think this is a tough issue. Do me a huge favor, would you mind looking some of those convention pages i pointed out. As I read them, they support the naming of the page as American football because of the confusion with football to most people. That being said, even if you agree with me on that point - it does not mean that this discussion should be considered complete. This is a very tough call for me. Personally, I have no problem with the "football" use, but I am trying to think of this from the perspective of the guidelines/policies and the entire wiki community. Jmfangio| ►Chat 04:56, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* I'm sorry, but I just can't agree with this. The page you are talking about should be named Michigan Wolverines football and not have "American" in the title. I don't even understand why you'd bring up an English University as an example of how pages about an American University should be named. I don't necessarily agree with all of the points you are bringing up about the MOS, but even if you are 100% right that the guidelines would indicate that it should include American, it clearly says that "these are conventions, not rules carved in stone". Are you forgetting the convention that you should use the common name? There is NO ambiguity about what kind of sport Michigan Wolverines football is about. We can keep chatting about this if you want, but sometime soon we should hold a vote and I can't imagine that there's any way it won't be an overwhelming vote in favor of leaving "American" out of the title.Gopherguy 05:03, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* No "rule" on here is set in stone. This is why there is discussion. You have already asserted your own allegiance to certain sides of the issue. There is ambiguity issues with that title, whether you want to acknowledge them is up to you. That doesn't necessarily mean that disambiguity (as it is called here) trumps everything else, but it certainly warrants a discussion. There are others who have been inclined to agree with the alternative and have done so here. Jmfangio| ►Chat 05:06, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Jmfangio, I think that since this seems to be somewhat contraversial issue and since an early count of weigh-ins are not in favor of including "American" in the college team page names, you should revert back the handful of changes that you have made thus far. Then we can continue to debate, but at least the pages in question will be consistent in the meantime. I tried to move back the Michigan Wolverines football page, but I could not do so. I got the following message:
"'The page could not be moved: a page of that name already exists, or the name you have chosen is not valid. Please choose another name, or use Requested moves to ask an administrator to help you with the move. Do not manually move the article by copying and pasting it; the page history must be moved along with the article text.'" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jweiss11 (talk • contribs)
* I don't think an "early count" says that at all. For example, the very first person who chimmed in supported the move. In order to undo the moves, we can tag the pages in the interm. I'll dig up the tag and post it here for you. Jmfangio| ►Chat 05:18, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Jmfangio: you, Phydend, and Ryecatcher773 seem to support the move, but Gopherguy, Bobak, Z4ns4tsu, and Chris Nelson and I are against it. That's 5-3 against based on the discussion thus far. Jweiss11
* Just as an aside; it's about consensus, not majority. <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 05:40, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Regarding the policy in question: "Generally, article naming should prefer what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature." First, the policy is qualified with "Generally" so it is not always required, especialy with good reason. In this case, the additional clauses in the policy are violated with your proposed moves to "American football" as it will increase ambiguity, confusing the most notable/popular sport of US colleges with one which is much less notable, and make linking to these articles more difficult and hardly second nature. Additionally, as other have pointed out, the organizations in question do not name or refer to themselves as Auburn Tigers American football, but rather Auburn Football (in the case of that university's published media guide). Finally, practically no verifiable or reliable source will ever refer to these organizations as Michigan Wolverines American football. With the "generally" policy qualifier and these good reasons, this set of articles is the perfect occasion to follow the policy to ignore all rules.<span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 05:40, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* I am confused Autiger - are you saying that WP:IAR results in status quo? That being said, there are many more people who speak English that would be more inclined to call it American football than just plain football. Nobody is arguing that colleges in the united states simply call it football. What I am saying is that most people do not. Your claim that "practically" no source would ever refer to the sport as a American football is not true. Jmfangio| ►Chat 05:48, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* As a follow up, here are just a few examples of news sources that classify it as American football. It's a cursory glance simply used to show that these sites do exist in droves: how stuff works (a US company i might add), bbc,, and . You can also might want to try using search engines to do some copmarative searches - for example: how many sites exist if you do a simple search for american football? football? how about football excluding when excluding the word soccer? or just soccer alone. Jmfangio| ►Chat 05:54, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Hi all, in my opinion, the part of an article explaining which sport a team plays should be aimed at those who do not know this information. Informing them that a team plays the American version of football would seem, by this logic, a good idea. If it is clear that the article is discussing an American team, many non Americans would be able to figure it out (I am not sure that this is really a major problem). However shouldn't we be making the information clear enough that people don't have to figure it out? Thehalfone 08:23, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* OK, so you took the time to find four examples of pages referring to it as “American football”, three of which are based outside the U.S. and one which is obviously aimed at a non-American audience – few Americans would need that basic of a rundown of the game. Even people who aren’t fans of the game know what a touchdown is. If you doubt the intended audience, the line that explains that English units of measure are used gives it away. You’d never say that when speaking to an American audience - it's something you'd say to a group that uses another system of measurement normally. “Michigan Wolverines football” is a brand name, and throwing “American” in there is confusing and misleading.Gopherguy 14:35, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* As I said, it was a cursory search. Although my post came six minutes after yours, I did not spend even that much time searching for it. Michigan Wolverines football is not a brand name. Unless it is trademarked (which it isn't), that claim could not be substantiated. It is not confusing, and in absolutely no way misleads the reader, to call it American football. Who would read the title "American football" and mistake it for another sport? Most English speaking people call the sport "American" football. From my reading, the move is supported by wiki documentation. Jmfangio| ►Chat 14:43, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* I don't think anyone here (sorry if I'm overgeneralizing) are saying that it is not called American football anywhere, but those examples you give aren't specific. If you search for, example, "Michigan Wolverines American football" on google you get about 69 hits, two of which are the wikipedia article you moved, many of the others are ebay.co.uk links. However, if you search "Michigan Wolverines football" there are about 287,000 hits, including Michigan's own athletic site. I think though, the important part is what they call it themselves. On most of the articles, early in the lead, it is said "college football", and the college football article itself says that it is a form of American football. Maybe the leads could be changed slightly, but I actually think it is enough right now and they don't need to be changed. Phydend 14:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Yes, you missed my point regarding sources; Phydend got it. Searches for the construction "University Mascot American football" vs. "University Mascot football" show an overwhelmingly preferred usage of the latter. This is directly related to the issue of what is the most likely term under which these subjects will be searched. That goes to issue of the increased confusion that the move would create based on that usage (regardless of the 117 new redirects that would be created under your proposed move). You also continue to ignore the issue of what these teams call themselves. And yes, my assertion of IAR (with good reason) would maintain the current naming convention. <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 19:00, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Jmfangio, the examples, e.g. the BBC, that you bring up use "American" to define the sport in the generic, not a specific mention of a team. I agree that the page on American football should be named as it is, but you seem to missing the point that a qualifier of "Michigan Wolverines" uniquely defines the article as such. It seems that if we follow your logic to the extreme we would end up with a name for the Michigan Wolverines football page on the order or something like "Michigan (U.S. state) Wolverines (not the furry, yet fierce animal) American (technically North American, non Canadian) football"? Jweiss11 14:47, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* "Michigan Wolverines" does not establish context in and of itself. It does establish context for people familiar with American football and the intercollegiate athletic system that is in place in the US. However, the onus is not on the reader, it is on the article, to establish context. This is clearly asserted with Michigan Wolverines American football. That being said, I'm trying to find a compromise between how the articles really should be titled (based on wiki documentation) and the greater goals. It wouldn't surprise me for someone to make the argument that the articles should be "University Name" + Team name + American football team. But first things first. Short of that, i have seen one person site "grammar" for the basis of their argument and another use a portion of the naming convention that clearly says it should consider what the "majority of english speaking people" are familiar with. I don't have any confusion when i read "Indiana Hoosiers football". But what if i told you there were Indiana Hoosiers teams that had nothing to do with the sports of American football and nothing to do with the university. Jmfangio| ►Chat 15:02, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* The naming conventions policy also says generally, not always in regards to the "majority of English speaking people". Also, you are confusing what the majority calls the game with what the majority calls these teams. As Google searches indicate, they are not the same. <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 19:00, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Updated summary of opinions:
* Support move:
* Jmfangio
* Ryecatcher773
* Against move:
* Gopherguy
* Bobak
* Z4ns4tsu
* Chris Nelson
* Jweiss11
* Phydend
* AUTiger
* MECU
* On the fence:
* Thehalfone
* Tally: 7-2-1 against move
Jweiss11 15:07, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Jmfangio, to address your last post: first off, there must be some onus on the reader to establish context. Doesn't the reader have to be familiar with the English language, basic syntax, and logic? Otherwise, what we've written here would just be meaningless curves, lines, and dots, right? Within the scope of Wikipedia (en), the word "American" is ambigious; American is a disambiguation page. The word "football" is also ambiguous to some degree, though probably on a lesser order than "American". But when you put "American" and "football" together to form American football, you have defined a unique concept. The same thing happens when you put "Michigan" + "Wolverines" + "football" together. Jweiss11 15:20, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* I haven't commented yet in this thread, but I have followed it, and you can count me as one in the "Against move" column. Seancp 15:21, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Seancp, thanks for chiming in; 8-2-1 against the move now. Jweiss11 15:22, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* First off, Thehalfone doesn't appear to be on the fence at all. Second of all, this isn't a straw poll, so stop trying to turn it into one. Further more, if it were a straw poll, then that would only be PART of the determination. Third, Wikipedia is not a democracy. The way to get through this is discussion. So far, very few people here have taken the time to read through wiki articles to better understand how to approach a discussion like this. I'm giving this time in the event that someone comes up with something that relies on the guidelines and policies in place to support a status quo. Citing "grammar" doesn't cut it and "selectively" reading and citing others (and poorly at that), isn't going to cut it. With the proliferation of sports nicknames throughout the world, the various terminologies in place, and the existence of the disambiguation on wikipedia, it is the duty of the editors to provide context - not on the readers. It is much harder to go to every article and rewrite the lead sections so that American football is firmly establish. People can offer up opinions, that's what makes for discussion. But I don't know how to argue this any further when context is assumed rather than provided. Jmfangio| ►Chat 15:25, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* My intent on the tally was just to keep things organized and summarize where everyone stands in the discussion. It is certainly not a vote, because for some people its far more my interpretation of their comments than a discrete ballot. Jweiss11 15:33, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
That maybe, but it gives the appearance that this is now a poll. Which it isn't. Moving on, context is not established by the ability to comprehend. Understanding of syntax and grammar allows one to understand the communication. Beyond that, there is no onus on the reader. People read to learn, people write to educate. The word football is ambiguous, the word American is ambiguous, the words "American football", when used together, are not ambiguous. The same thing does not happen when you put together Michigan Wolverines football. I hesitate to use the example i'm about to state, for fear that people will "take it out of context". Certainly you cannot create policy on expceptions, but I will use this to perhaps show you how the system, as is currently in place - fails. Let's assume that NYU changed from the Bobcats to the Giants. (universities do change mascots/nicknames - see Stanford University and Syracuse University) Under the current "convention" that has been established here - the name for the article would be New York Giants football. See any problems with that? The nicknames do not establish context. A partial use of the institutions name does not establish context. The sport, listed by itself, does not establish context. You must rely on the entire title to help establish context. Jmfangio| ►Chat 15:36, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Ok, well it seems that the discussion is still very open. In the meantime, can we keep things where they are, and revert back the changes that you've made, to keep things consistent across the subject area? Can you provide a list of pages to which you added "American" both in the title and in key links, e.g. on Michigan Wolverines? Jweiss11 15:59, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* I agree the naming conventions were good before Jmfangio changed them for many reasons all listed above. I've added my support above. I would be fine with links on each to help clarify for the non-American audience, like on Colorado Buffaloes football is a link/line that says "This is about American football. For football (soccer), see Colorado Buffaloes soccer." (not that CU has soccer, but that's besides the point.) I think the moves were ill-formed in large part as well and were against the current MOS conventions as well. MECU ≈ talk 16:30, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I was able to move back the following pages to their old names without "American":
* Air Force Falcons football
* Brigham Young University Cougars football
* Georgia Bulldogs football
* Houston Cougars football
* Miami Hurricanes football
* North Carolina Tar Heels football
* Northwestern Wildcats football
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish football rivalries
* Pittsburgh Panthers football
* Purdue Boilermakers football
* Texas Longhorns football
* Virginia Cavaliers football
* Washington State Cougars football
However, I could not move back these three:
* Michigan Wolverines football (repaired --Bobak 18:42, 23 July 2007 (UTC))
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish football(repaired --Bobak 18:42, 23 July 2007 (UTC))
* University of Southern California Trojans football(repaired --Bobak 18:42, 23 July 2007 (UTC))
No worries, just three of most historically important teams :). I did add move requests to their talk pages.
Jweiss11 16:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Sorry for not getting back in here. I'm dealing with someone on another issue. In the meantime: that's all of them (at least - that i have written down - i'll see if i moved anything else but I don't think so). In the meantime, exactly what I feared happening is happening. People are using your "summary" as a way to "vote" and not providing any real "reasons" other than I like or I don't like. Again, we need input based on documentation here on wikipedia. I would suggest you strike through the poll so it does not further cloud the discussion. Jmfangio| ►Chat 16:55, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Fixed all the damage that wasn't fixable by Jweiss11. --Bobak 18:42, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Arbitrary section break
This is the wrong stage for this discussion. Of course, all the members of WPCFB will agree that it should just be called "football" and not "American football." So any poll located here will be strongly biased and skewed.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 17:32, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* I don't disagree with that point at all! Jmfangio| ►Chat 17:34, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Good point, although this is where you'll get people who understand college football into your discussion. And that's also important... someone who looks for the article American football is likely to be looking for basic information about the game, but someone who looks for Michigan Wolverines football will usually be familiar with the game of American football and wants specific team information. If I wanted to suggest that the spelling of the "theatre" article be changed to "theater", I would want to solicit opinions on discussion pages of people who are knowledgeable about the topic.Gopherguy 17:42, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* But that's the problem, you are looking at it from "your point of view". Again, we haven't even really broached the other problem with this naming convention - but forwarding the user from Michigan Wolverines football to Michigan Wolverines American football is a function of wiki for just this reason. Wikipedia assumes that the reader knows nothing of the topic. Jmfangio| ►Chat 18:08, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Your argument doesn't work: If Wikipedia assumes the reader knows nothing of the topic, then Wikipedia also assumes the reader can read and see the universal reference to college football at the top of each and every article on these teams. It is not our responsibility to contort titles to make sure they don't accidentally click on what is officially called a football team instead of what is officially called a soccer team by (1) the team's themselves, (2) the NCAA, (3) hundreds of millions of people. At best, leave all these newly created "_____ American football" pages as redirects. --Bobak 18:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Please read what I have written over the course of this discussion. My argument is based on the readings of the guidelines. What I have been doing is reading wiki guidelines and policies to help determine how these things should be dealt with. If you think that the majority of english speaking people refer to football as "soccer" I would like to see support for that claim. Jmfangio| ►Chat 18:58, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* I'm sorry but I think your readings of the guidelines are incorrect. We use the common name and stick with the variation of English most appropriate for the articles and that means that these are not to be titled "X American football". I wouldn't mind if you created redirects (but I don't think they'd ever be used or encountered). --ElKevbo 05:56, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* Just my own little rant here, ignore if you like... It's crap like this that makes being an active Wikipedia editor not fun at all. Look at all the time and effort that has been put into this argument, all because one anal retentive person interpreted the Wikipedia rules/standards/manual/etc one way and felt he needed to make drastic changes to a long established naming standard. We've had college football articles with these names for almost two years now, maybe longer for some articles, and this is the first time I've heard anyone claim that they are ambiguous. Personally I don't think its ambiguous at all. But that's not my point here. My point is that this is a gigantic waste of time...time that could be spent adding informative data to Wikipedia. But no, we're bogged down in a pissing match over a naming standard. I hate every time someone nominates a legitimate article for deletion. We here in WP:CFB have seen it happen numerous times. It's annoying and discouraging. This is no different. Jmfangio's actions remind me of a government bureaucracy, like the DMV or something, where the system is so bogged down in red-tape that its difficult to ever get anything accomplished. Seancp 19:43, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* I agree. I'm willing to state that the consensus here has been established that the "XXX football" and not "XXX American football" is the naming convention. Without wider support (2 people seems to agree to this, despite the ~100 WP:CFB members that have joined and agreed with the system) I think this should be a closed topic. MECU ≈ talk 19:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* SeacnCP - Don't attack me because you don't like what I have to say. Many wiki projects take it upon themselves to be the end-all-be-all with regards to content. This is an unfortunate downside to wiki projects. Because you guys have done a poor job with things doesn't make me anal and doesn't my argument any more or any less valid. If you don't like it - then don't comment. The red tape here is not me, it's this project. What this group fails to recognize is that there are many more people out there that do not call "american football" just football. Mecu - as said before, wikipedia is not a democracy. That aside, the fact that this project has established it's own "naming conventions" does not mean that naming conventions of wikipedia as a whole should take a back seat. Everyone on here continues to say: I like this, or Americans think that, or context is established by the name of things like "Florida Gators". Yet nobody has established any precedent for this amongst the greater community. I have. If you have a problem with the consensus of the community, then perhaps you should raise those concerns at WP:CON. Jmfangio| ►Chat 05:32, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* Please don't accuse others of having "done a poor job" because they disagree with you. That's quite impolite and unhelpful. --ElKevbo 05:58, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
This is ludicrous. We use American spelling in American topics and international spelling in international topics. Virginia Tech doesn't have American football and football teams - we have football and soccer teams. -- B 06:02, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* ElKevbo - They have done a poor job. I have had people disagree with me before who have done an excellent job of articulating their perspectives using well based explanations. Wiki is not about "what i like" or "what you like". I don't see how your comment is constructive in anyway shape or form. B I'm not arguing about soccer, that is an entirely different aspect to this topic. Soccer does not create disambiguity, football does. It's not about "We" as noone owns these pages. It's about communicating the proper information to readers. Jmfangio| ►Chat 06:06, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* Pick any American college. Google "football" + that college name. See how many of the results are soccer vs American football. Google "college football" and see how many of the results are soccer. To go around changing articles about American universities to specify American football would be silly. -- B 06:14, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* I'm sorry, I did not realize that google search results are the overall factor in defining naming conventions. Again, in reading polices and guidelines in place here at wiki, the move is supported, and far from "silly". Google is just one of the factors involved. If you are in the US, your search results will differ (drastically i might add) than if you were in say: England, China, Germany, or any other country. For that matter, where you are in the US affects your results. Football is an ambiguous term, soccer is not. Jmfangio| ►Chat 06:25, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* Given the design of Google's algorithms, counting search results is not a bad proxy when the desired outcome is the "common name". --ElKevbo 11:45, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* Google's algorithms are not public information, so that is not applicable. Wikipedia is not google. Counting search results at times can be beneficial, and it is in fact, something I have mentioned previously in the discussion. That being said, Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, or whatever else should not be the sole determination. This is as much an issue about WP:D as it is about anything else. Again, it gets back to a very simple fact: Factually, football (in regards to a sport) is ambiguous. Jmfangio| ►Chat 12:21, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* Yes, when taken out of context "football" is ambiguous. But we've given it sufficient context for most readers.
* I'm sorry but unless you have some new arguments to present then I'm afraid that I still disagree with you. If you don't have any novel arguments then I'm not sure what continued discussion will do for us. I admire your initiative but unless something radically changes you're going to need to concede that in this particular instance you are on the wrong side of the debate and allows us all to move on. It happens to the best of us. --ElKevbo 13:24, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* Football in an article title is an ambiguous statement. That is why articles like The Catch {american football) are titled as such. I don't need to provide any "new" information when what i've said is supported by guidelines and policies. Conversations don't end simply because you want them to end. This project doesn't own these articles. Jmfangio| ►Chat 13:39, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* I am asking Jmfangio to stop. You are now only causing disruption. The consensus has been established before, and confirmed by this discussion that the naming convention adopted by WP:CFB is valid and conforms to Wikipedia's MOS regarding naming. Further discussion on this is merely being disruptive to make a point as would making any moves (article name changes) that does not conform to WP:CFB naming standards. If you want to try and include greater input to this discussion, that would be fine (ie, seeking input from the village pump, not contacting individual users on their talk page which would be targeted and perhaps biased), but further discussion doesn't seem to be fruitful as the same arguments are being discussed over and over... Anyone who endorses my statement as a resolution to end this discussion please state so. I am including this as a formal measure that if Jmfangio continues to be disruptive to WP or this project, an RFC may occur. You are right, we are not a democracy. We also don't let those who yell loudest get their way. The consensus has been established and confirmed. Please respect it. MECU ≈ talk 13:46, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* I endorse Mecu's statement. Seancp 13:52, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* I also endorse the statement. Gopherguy 14:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* Pending any novel arguments, shifts in policy, or new information, I concur. I don't want to stifle discussion and debate but the consensus appears to be very clear among the group currently addressing the issue and further discussion doesn't appear at all likely to change that. --ElKevbo 14:46, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* Come on guys, this isn't how consensus works and you know it. You all know what side I am on. But getting a consensus regarding a CFB topic on this WikiProject is a huge difference from getting a consensus from Wikipedia as a whole. If Jmfangio is truly serious about this issue, then it is my suggestion he files a request for comment and open this issue up to people with no bias. We can all engage in the discussion there but it will also be visible to people not familiar with this debate.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 18:35, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* There have been issues with actions on both sides of the debate. Jmfangio has in fact already solicited opinions from a wider audience, that of WikiProject Universities, which developed a small thread rather than driving additional participants here creating a WP:MULTI issue. It would have been appropriate and polite to have informed those involved in the discussion here that he had done so. I believe an answer there was supplied such that he won't seek an RFC, but if he does, I trust he would inform the participants here of that action. <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 19:17, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* You have got to be kidding me - I clearly asked for more input on the discussion. I wasn't soliciting for people to support me - I said "perhaps some more input would be appreciated." I also informed them that the discussion had not gone well. WP:MULTI is NOT applicable. I posted there and asked for comment here, that's not splintering a topic. The fact that some people responded there does not mean that the discussion has been splintered. It's simply means i asked for more people to look at the discussion. You guys needs to do a better job of communicating circumstances. I am quite serious about this discussion and will pursue it further as the circumstances change. Jmfangio| ►Chat 19:30, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* You have misread what I said; I did not say that you solicited support, I said solicited opinions referring to all opinions, which is fine. However, there is indeed an issue (though relatively minor and, I will assume, unintentional) with MULTI because a parallel discussion was taking place at that page of which interested and involved parties here were not aware. I'm not sure what change in circumstances you are referring to, but once again, I trust if you raise an RFC, you will inform the parties already involved in the discussion.
* Please clarify though; at the discussion at Universities, you seemed somewhat satisfied when WP:ENGVAR was raised (the reasoning and arguments of which have been raised in this thread multiple times, admittedly without naming that section specifically). Are you now saying you dismiss it? <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 20:54, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* An RFC would be most welcome if someone would like wider participation in this discussion. --ElKevbo 19:39, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* I understood exactly what you said. You said i was fractioning the conversation. WP:MULTI says "Avoid posting the same thread in multiple forums." I did not do that. I pointed others to this discussion and asked them to discuss it HERE. Jmfangio| ►Chat 21:33, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Here is the bottom line for many of us: (1) we can reasonably expect a reader to understand from the introduction to any football page that they are about college football and not college soccer (and we do not need to cater to the most ignorant readers on earth, just competent people who may not be familiar but can be brought up to speed from a good introduction); (2) universities often officially call their teams "____ Football". That's all there really is to know. --Bobak 22:50, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Teams outside the US
Looking at this from an outside perspective, can I suggest that for teams outside the US (and there are some) the term "American football" should be used in place of "football" in article titles. ("College football" isn't much use as college is a much looser term.) Currently almost none of the teams in Category:British Collegiate American Football League teams have the sport in the name at all and "Kent Falcons" means nothing when looking at Category:Canterbury Christ Church University (and not much more when looking at Category:University of Kent).
The other one where the naming convention doesn't quite work for some teams is "<School> <Nickname> football" - several of the British teams take in more than one university (and "school" is never used for a university here, but that's minor) and some might be using the city/town or county name instead * - e.g. the Kent Falcons cover both the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University (both in Canterbury in Kent), the Leicester Longhorns cover both the University of Leicester and De Montfort University, the Nottingham Outlaws cover both the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University, the Oxford Cavaliers cover both the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University, the Southampton Stags for both the University of Southampton and Southampton Solent University and the Surrey Stingers for both the University of Surrey and Kingston University (both in the historic county of Surrey).
(* It's not easy to tell at a glance as some appear to derive a name from one of the universities - e.g. the Caledonian Roughriders cover Glasgow Caledonian University but also the University of Strathclyde, and the ARU Phantoms cover both Anglia Ruskin University - a name which is newer than the team - but also the University of Cambridge.)
Timrollpickering 07:15, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* Interesting point about the naming of the schools. In the absence of a conflict then - couldn't the convention be <School> <"proper" name of institution> American football team unless the name creates a conflict. In which case, we create a conditional convention. Jmfangio| ►Chat 07:25, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* This could be a lot trickier than it sounds because it's not always clear if the teams are using "nicknames" as would be recognised in the US - some of these names seem to be the formal name of the teams rather than a construction combining a nickname with a university or place name. It's also not clear if they have any formal recognition by the institutions themselves - remember that university sport is not followed much by the public at large in the UK - see British Universities Sports Association (BUSA). Currently BCAFL is outside BUSA and it's quite possible some of the individual teams are not formally affiliated to the university Athletic Union or students' union, especially if they're taking in players from more than one institution. A few teams have websites located on university/union servers (e.g. Bath Killer Bees) but a lot don't. (And I'd be surprised if Napier University had sanctioned a team called Edinburgh Timberwolves, which isn't shared with the University of Edinburgh.) So should the university names be included and if so, what form? (UK "short form" conventions are not universal with acronyms, the university name minus "university of"/"university", "Foo University" in place of "the University of Foo" and even keeping the long form all in use and with institutions either encouraging wildly differing practices or deploring using any short form at all.)
* And what's to be done about the teams that represent more than one institution, especially those that use just one's name or those that use a name that could refer to either the institution or the area? Any attempt to list in the article title all the institutions a team is currently made up of will absolutely shatter with the Staffordshire Stallions - Staffordshire University, Keele University, Burton College, Cannock Chase Technical College, City of Stoke on Trent Sixth Form College, Newcastle-under-Lyme College, Walford and North Shropshire College, Rodbaston College, Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology, Stafford College, Stoke-on-Trent College and Tamworth & Lichfield College. Timrollpickering 09:57, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* That is why I think a convention that relies on conditions would be appropriate. First, let me preface this with something: I may not always use the "best" terminology. I'm clearly uninformed with regards to the University/College/Higher Education system throughout the world, so hopefully we can keep that in mind when discussing this. In the case of the Staffordshire Stallions - I'm not sure any changes are necessary. There are no ambiguity issues (as far as i can tell) because they are only team that plays (AF). Am I incorrect in that assumption? I am not sure how the system in Great Britain works when creating a "team name" for an organization that represents multiple institutions. With all this taken into consideration, I want to try something using the University of Impat (mascot: the Packrats) and Projur University (mascot: the Jelly Beans) (totally made up - so as to keep these as neutral as possible) I'm thinking we could do something like this (first ever try at something like this) Although this needs to be address on other project pages, it is directly applicable here, so if we can can get some semblance of consensus here -
* When creating an article to discuss an athletic program for a "educational institution", article names should follow this format:
* Identify the institution in question utilizing their "proper name" - In this case University of Impat or Projur University, not simply Impat or Projur
* Exceptions - Certain athletic organizations may represent a group of institutions. In that case, simply use the "most" acceptable organization identifier (so in the real world example of the Staffordshire Stallions - use Staffordshire)
* Identify the nickname/mascot of said institution. If the article is about the entire athletic department, nothing further needs to be added. In the event that the article is focus on a specific athletic department within that institution, proceed accordingly.
* If the institution is home to teams in multiple athletic disciplines, allow for disambiguation in accordance with WP:D. Thus, the article for the baseball team at Projur University would be identified as Projur University Packrats (baseball team).
* In the event that sport in question is somewhat ambiguous, please elaborate on. Thus, the American football team at the University of Impat would be identified as University of Impat Packrats (American football team). Their association football/soccer team would be identified as University of Impat Packrats (association football team) or University of Impat Packrats (soccer team).
* Now i'm not sure if team is necessary, but i threw it in there in case it was. Does this satisfy WP:NPOV, WP:Naming conventions, and WP:D. Jmfangio| ►Chat 10:41, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* Yeah - I think I see some of the very big differences in US and UK practice (and terminology) here. I'm not terribly familiar with the way sports are done in US institutions but from what little I can see (and College football: "Many [College athletes] do receive scholarships and financial assistance from the university") the approach taken is very different from how it's done in the United Kingdom.
* Although sweeping generalisations about UK universities must always be taken with caution (as there is so much diversity), in general sport isn't directly supported by the institution itself but by the Athletic Union or students' union, an autonomous body usually run by the students for the students. Whilst taking part is popular with many students, following it is rare amongst the non-sport (many will hear far more about the activities of the Rugby Club off the field rather than on it) and has very litte profile with the public at large - the Cambridge-Oxford boat race is the main exception (televised on national network television). Consequently there is far less institutionalisation of sport and few sports scholarships here than in the US. (Loughborough University is very much an exception that demonstrates the point - they've won the BUSA championship every year for over twenty years, and not had much overall competition for it.)
* Similarly "sports nicknames" have very limited meaning in the UK. Certainly there's no habit of each team in a particular sport being identified by a particular nickname common to the institution. Also because some universities have multiple teams in popular sports, particularly football (soccer), rugby, (field) hocky, it'd be common to group them under something like "Rugby Club" or "Men's Rugby Club"/"Women's Rugby Club" as clubs are the normal method of organisation. One would talk of playing the "Queen Mary Football 1st Team" or the "Kent Hockey 2nd Team" rather than talk of a hockey team playing the "Kent Falcons (Hockey)".
* With the BCAFL teams it's not clear if even the teams representing a single institution (e.g. Birmingham Lions) are following a "short university name + nickname" format or just taking it as a formal title. Certainly the Birmingham Lions website seems to do the latter, whilst the new Durham team appears to be affiliated to the Durham AU as "Durham Saints American Football Club" (with "Durham Saints" as the short form for competitions).
* If as I suspect the UK practice is for teams to come up with their own formal title rather than a common construct (as appears to be the the US form) then the naming convention will need to cover this, especially as some teams can't go at just the individual name alone - Plymouth Blitz is an article about the city being bombed during the war and the current team article location is Plymouth Blitz (BCAFL) which means nothing to the uninitiated. So for example should an article on the Durham team be at:
* Durham Saints
* Durham Saints American Football Club
* Durham Saints American football team
* Durham Saints (American football team)
* Durham University American Football Club
* The last isn't quite the official name but reflects the common rendering (in so far as there's a distinction, the club rather than the team is the unit of interest in most UK sports - again a point where two traditions clash). Timrollpickering 13:57, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* These are all excellent points. So here's a question, do you see the word Club/team as interchangable? From what I know - they are. In which case, it seems WP:NC encourages the "colloquial" term - UK organizations will use club and us will use team. That being said, in my reading of this stuff, it appears that team may not be necessary. I think it *should* be included, but I the move for conciseness is not to be overlooked. That is also expressed in the guidelines. The naming convention for sports teams addresses nicknames and that's what i tried to use in the above section. Unless part of a formal title football need not be capitalized (ex: National Football League is capitalized because that's a proper name). ( and ) are used in disambiguation cases. If there is no ambiguity - then there isn't any need to mention it in the title. That's why Atlanta Braves doesn't have (baseball) after it. As for Durham Saints vs Durham university, that's dictated by the circumstances. If Durham Saints is a collection of "college" teams rolled into one - then the convention would say use that instead of Durham University. The only reason institutions in the US require some disambiguation is because otherwise you wouldn't know what they were talking about. Simply putting University of Michigan Wolverines would imply that the article addresses their athletic department as a whole. If the article is addressing only one sport team then that needs to be asserted. Jmfangio| ►Chat 15:06, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* When there's only a single team (or a non team sport such as Caving) then the distinction can be trivial, although for what it's worth I've heard "club" used far more to describe the group doing the sport than "team", at least off pitch.
* When there are multiple teams the distinction becomes clearer - the "club" is the overall organisation for people playing the sport (or not actually playing it) whilst individual teams are just groups for playing. One would talk of the "Women's Rugby 1st Team" or "Men's Rugby 2nd Team" (or even just the "Firsts" and "Seconds") when discussing how a team is doing, but the "Rugby Club Ball", "Rugby Club initiation ceremony" or "Rugby Club drinking games" (the latter two are rather noticable features of university sports here) and there are people who join the sports clubs for the social atmosphere rather than to play the game. I'd have to check but I think trophy results are recorded by club rather than team.
* If Durham Saints is a collection of "college" teams rolled into one - then the convention would say use that instead of Durham University. Well it's not - it's a Durham only team. However if we start having one standard for the teams that cover one university and another for those that don't then we're going to get some inconsistencies, especially when it comes to disambiguation (which needs to be consistent for the Nottingham Outlaws and Plymouth Blitz). Should the "Birmingham Lions" be at "University of Birmingham Lions"? Would one talk of the "Michigan Wolverines" or "University of Michigan Wolverines"? Timrollpickering 20:21, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* Silly question, what college sports teams outside the US are notable enough that they should have separate per-sport articles? Is this an academic (bad pun intended) question or is there actually an article that someone would like to create? -- B 17:13, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* There are quite a number already. To start with some of the more famous in the UK the Cambridge University Boat Club (of The Boat Race fame) and many of the Cambridge college clubs have articles, then there's the Oxford University RFC (rugby) which is prominent in The Varsity Match, there's the Queens University Belfast A.F.C. in the (Northern) Irish Second Division and so forth. Category:Student sport in the United Kingdom has some of them either there or in sub-categories but it's not the best arranged set of categories and there are other articles. Timrollpickering 20:21, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* This is definitely not an easy issue. I think it's important to have some sort of "guideline" in place to help people with this issue. As you can see, many people have very different opinions and this has led to a great deal of inconsistency. The NC for sports teams is somewhat sparse right now. It does give special attention to circumstances (North American vs Other) - so how do we expand on them so that the consensus that is establish is properly represented? Jmfangio| ►Chat 20:37, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* For what it's worth the Huddersfield Hawks has been proposed for deleted. Articles for deletion/Huddersfield Hawks (I did not nominate.) Timrollpickering 00:19, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Welcome Western Kentucky!
Western Kentucky University officially joins D I-A (FBS) tomorrow, July 24th, 2007. They are in a "transition" period for 2 years and not eligible for conference (Sun Belt) or bowl games until their 2-year transition is over, starting with the 2009-2010 season. Anyone wanting to work on changing all the things that need to be changed because of this, please do so (category, the master team table, the number 119->120 everywhere, all the graphics, etc). MECU ≈ talk 19:43, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* Let's say welcome to the 120th D-IA team! (and there are many sports writers who aren't even following the new naming convention). Big Red was always ready for the big time (wasn't it the only D-IAA mascot used in those Capital One Mascot Challenge commercials?) --Bobak 20:00, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
* There was a year when YoUDee was featured as well. --Littledrummrboy 21:08, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
* If the football transition is anything like the basketball transition, the NCAA will not list them a member of Division I-A until the transition period is over. Games against them won't count towards Div I-A wins. For the next two years will basically be in limbo. Moreover there are still only 119 Div I teams. So don't go changing articles quite yet. -- KelleyCook 03:26, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* I don't know how it works now, but I know that when we (VT) played Florida A&M in 2004, that counted as a 1-A win for us because when we scheduled them, FAMU was planning to move to 1-A and they aborted the move during the spring of 2004. VT and Illinois got special exemptions from the NCAA to count the game as 1-A. As it was, it didn't matter - Illinois wasn't going bowling anyway and we needed to be 7-5 because of our pre-season game to go bowling anyway ... then the next year, the rule only allowing one 1-AA team every four years was done away with. -- B 06:00, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* Actually, there was a rule change where D-IA schools are allowed to count a certain, limited number of wins over D-IAA schools as a bowl qualifying win. It wasn't one per season, but it allowed schools like The Citadel to get some extra paydays. As for WKU, I agree that they're not full-fledged until the end of their pledge season (heh). Now they get to be paddled by the major programs looking for a free "W". --Bobak 14:14, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
* The old rule (pre-2005) was that you could count one I-A win towards bowl eligibility every four years. The new rule (2005 and on) is that you can count a I-A win every year. When VT scheduled FAMU for 2004, they were originally planning to move to I-A (2004 would have been their first transition year), but due to some internal mismanagement, they decided that spring to abort the move. The NCAA gave VT and Illinois credit for a I-A win because when we scheduled them, they were supposed to be I-A and it was too late to change. -- B 17:10, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Scope
Ok, I've been thinking about the scope of this project and I think we should exclude some things from the project. In light of the recent discussion about naming conventions, I'm beginning to question whether any non-American university should be in scope. I think the only universities that should be in scope should be NCAA universities. Also, I'm beginning to think we should not include marching bands in the college football wikiproject. Short of half-time shows, what correlation does a marching band have to a college football program? Thoughts?↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 18:56, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
* Good point, explains a lot of the recent confusion. Since "college football" is much more developed in the US (there isn't anything in the world close to the giant machine, good or bad, that surrounds the NCAA and related inter-institution college football), I'd recommend that the international equivalent be "university football" (esp. since the word "college" in many countries connotes a different sort of school than some of the major universities calling themselves college in the US). Of course, the Canadians call inter-university Canadian football "university football". As for marching bands, many of them only perform (in full size) at college football games, rallies or graduation ceremonies due to size limits. I agree they could be moved into a different category. --Bobak 20:41, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
* With the creation of WikiProject Marching band, I don't think there is a need to keep them under our umbrella when they are MUCH better suited under there. I'll wait for more input before I take any action.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 21:15, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
* How about if NCAA is under WP:CFB, and if someone wants to work on Canadian "college football", they can be a sub-project off of us, same for Europe and elsewhere as well. Since we have generally been NCAA focused, it makes sense, but these other topics should (eventually will) get covered, so whynot just have them a sub part of our project? They can use what we've got developed as a starting point and just contribute or adapt as needed to their specific needs (naming, portal, master team table, etc). I agree that the marching bands, since they have their own wikiproject, shouldn't be under us. MECU ≈ talk 22:23, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
* I think these are all excellent points. Just remember though, that this doesn't solve the naming conventions problem. Jmfangio| ►Chat 22:54, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
* What problem? Why don't we change all instances of National Football League to National American Football League? Don't mean to sound hostile but this shouldn't be discussed on this page anymore. That is, unless you are informing us of an RFC or some other form of mediation.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 23:55, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
* As for the NFL vs NAFL, the league name is the National Football League. It's a proper name and thus, does not fall under the WP:D issue. In regards to, "In light of the recent discussion about naming conventions, I'm beginning to question whether any non-American university should be in scope"; removing non-US institutions does not mean that the WP:D issue is resolved. I was just clarifying that point in case there was some "assumption" based on that statement. Jmfangio| ►Chat 00:55, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* And "Michigan Wolverines football" team is the name of the American football team that is sponsored by the University of Michigan.Gopherguy 01:29, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* Please stop making personal pov claims, I am agreeing with what is said above. But the University of Michigan football team team is NOT officially named "Michigan Wolverines Football". Jmfangio| ►Chat 01:33, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* Why don't you define for me what would constitute them "officially" being called anything. I'd argue that the fact that they choose to call themselves that (check their website or media guide or just call their athletic department and ask) makes them "officially" the "Michigan Wolverines football" team. It's not a personal POV. It's the University of Michigan's POV and since it's their team, I don't think anyone else's POV matters.Gopherguy 04:01, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* Sorry to get off-topic in this section, but Jmfangio, please read Naming_conflict, Naming_conflict and WP:D. Thanks, <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 05:19, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* Thanks AU - will hop on that right now! Definitely something for me to reread. Jmfangio| ►Chat 05:21, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* This is exactly why it's good for people to use wiki documentation. This will help move the discussion forward. Now one point on the proper nouns article is "If the common name conflicts with the official name, use the common name ..." That would support status quo if we were talking about a proper noun; but we aren't. This is a descriptive name (that points to the appropriate section). It says "Choose a descriptive name for an article that does not carry POV implications." I would contend that using football as opposed to American football is POV. The dealing with self-identifying terms section says "Where self-identifying names are in use, they should be used within articles." I would absolutely, without hesitation say that the section points to using football vs. American football within the article content. However, that does not appear to extend to the article title. It goes on to say "Where there are two self-identifying names in use and both are descriptive, then the uncontroversial name should be used. " Now from what i can tell, the projects contention is not that American football is ambiguous, rather it is simply "unnecessary". Whereas, the name football is ambiguous. I know people will argue that football is not ambiguous, but that is only within the context of the article. These are a function of a policy, which seem to supersede guidelines (WP:D. It stars off with "When there is a well known primary meaning for a term or phrase ...then that topic may be used for the title of the main article". That absolutely supports status quo, however, I think that's not 100% applicable here. Remember that the point is conditional (ie - it says "may" not "must"), but technically the article title is used to disambiguate between the various teams within an institutions athletic department (let's move away from specific ones). If said university had only one athletic team, you could leave out the term "football" or "basketball" etc... from the article title. I think while the various documentation pages show some support for the status quo, they (as best I can tell) overtly support a different way of naming these articles. Note, the quotations are not to patronize or antagonize anyone, they are inserted to assure that in case those pages change, the context of this discussion is relative to how they currently. Jmfangio| ►Chat 05:45, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* Are we really going to go through this all over again? Seriously? Either inform us of an RFC or some other form of mediation or drop the issue. Seancp 11:50, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* I regret, Jmfangio, that you still remain unconvincing when (1) usage (googled for quick example), (2) economics (college football is a very, very rich "industry") --as well as the very definition of the word college football vs. college soccer; and the use of the term by NCAA and college teams. If this were a trademark, "college football" --as used here-- would trounce whatever is held in the rest of the world, because college sports in the rest of the world do not come close to the (good or bad) size that they've reached in the US. I know you won't argue those points, because this is the third time the latter two have been brought up and there still isn't any adequate response. Please move on and bother another wikiproject, because you're becoming a gadfly. --Bobak 15:02, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* I think you are misunderstanding and misapplying the concept of NPOV. As to the sections I pointed you to, one of the key points I hope you'd see was: Bear in mind that Wikipedia is descriptive, not prescriptive. We cannot declare what a name should be, only what it is. Beyond that, I'm not going to go into detail (to avoid the appearance of wikilawyering) but suffice it to say, I do not agree with your interpretation and application of the guidelines. And once again, that's what we're debating over, guidelines, which are not black and white or absolute rules. All this debate time is taking away from improving and maintaining content. <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 22:16, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Back on topic, would anybody object if I began removing marching bands and non-NCAA teams from the project?↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 15:58, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* Sorry that I was part of hijacking your topic... I think your proposed changes are the right way to go.Gopherguy 16:25, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* Nobody objects, I'd say go for it. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 16:52, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* Ok, I think I got rid of all the marching bands.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 22:08, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* I also got rid of all the BCAFL articles.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 21:31, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
* I wonder if we should clarify the name of the project to Wikiproject NCAA college football? I did notice you added text to clarify/focus the project scope in the description which is helpful. <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 21:43, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
We need an FA
So, this project has been going on for a little over a year and we still do not have one Featured Article. We have two Featured Lists, but we need a featured article. What Good articles are the closest to FA quality?↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 00:50, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* Did you nominate Oklahoma Sooners football for FA and were rejected for not having enough "bad" (aka NPOV) parts and more references, etc? I would think that would then be the closest. Vince Young was an FA for a short time, but then fell back to a B last I saw. There are probably lots of B articles with a little polishing that could be GA's as well. MECU ≈ talk 21:02, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* Yes, Oklahoma Sooners football failed for POV issues.14:19, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
* Vince Young never actually made FA, only GA. Then it got demoted primarily because the NFL portion of the article is poor (although there are issues with the college section also). I have helped get several football articles to GA recently. I think 2005 Texas Longhorn football team is very close to FA because the GA nomination was very thorough and also because it has had a Peer Review. I have been hoping to give it another thorough pass and then FA nom this summer, but I've been off-wiki more than expected. I may get to it in August, actually. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Johntex\talk 02:16, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
If anybody has time, please go through the WPCFB log and see what B articles are close to GA. Then go to the article's comments page (go to talk page, and click Comments in the WPCFB banner; see this example) and add what needs to be done to get the article to GA/FA. I just did two or three.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 19:23, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Another issue with "American football"
I noticed that Jmfangio has been changing page titles today using American football such as renaming Calvin Johnson (football player) to Calvin Johnson (American football). While I was a bit annoyed at first, I have to admit that after thinking about it, in the case of disambiguation, it does make a lot of sense to me to specify "American football" because even if there is no "soccer" player by that name, it would reduce confusion by those who see the disambiguation page to spell it out completely. Also, I like dropping "player" out of the page title because often times a player goes on to do other things (such as coach) within the sport. Anyway, I wanted to mention this here so it can be discussed, but personally, unless someone has a strong argument against it, I support this change.Gopherguy 20:11, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* I think that for players, that's probably a better naming convention, particularly for the common names where there are plenty of soccer and football players with that name. But there is one move that I just noticed that I think is more annoying than anything else. Everything in Category:American football positions has been moved to have (American football) after it. I think that's a really bad idea. Only football has quarterbacks, long snappers, etc. Those pages don't need to be disambiguated and if this were any other topic area, it wouldn't even be an issue. Do we rename United States of America to United States of America (country) I moved running back back to the correct article name before I realized how widespread this was. After I saw that the entire category was moved, I posted a message at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject American football to find out whether there is actually a reason for the move. -- B 20:44, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* I think you'll find that he made the change to support an assumption of that format in his Infobox NFLactive. His solution to a particular template feature required that all positions that would be used in that templates position field be formatted that way. <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 22:00, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* Ok ... I read and replied to the discussion there. This is NOT an acceptable solution. We disambiguate because we have no other choice, not because it's convenient for a template. Either the template can link to a redirect page, users of the template can type four brackets, or the template can use parser functions for the 3 or 4 positions that actually are ambiguous. Renaming 30 articles for this is not acceptable. -- B 00:28, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
* I support that change. 100% correct in my book. But changing school names to American football is ridiculous. Having, for instance, "Oklahoma Sooners American football" is a bad idea. Obviously, if you see that it is a team in Oklahoma, the American part is assumed. Just like we call our soccer team the United States men's national soccer team and not the United States men's national football team. With United States in the article title, having soccer is ok because we can assume what it means. Same thing for having Oklahoma or Michigan or any US State in the article title, American football is assumed.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 20:56, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* Actually I was about to bring up that team as well. I think Category:North_American_national_football_teams is particularly telling, showing the varying usage in the article name per the country-specific common-usage. See also Category:European_national_football_teams where XXX national football team is not disambiguated when there could in fact be confusion since there is an International Federation of American Football and IFAF World Cup. Suppose an American wanted to find out about the defending IFAF World Cup champ Japan and typed in Japan national football team? They'd end up reading about an association football team! (not obviously dabbed in the lede, btw) Oh, the HORRORS!! Someone should run over to WikiProject Football and straighten them out. <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 22:00, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* I support the person format when needed as well. <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 22:00, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
* I'm not sure why you insist on making off-color remarks. The position change referenced earlier was not done to solve a "problem" with a template. So please don't make assumptions on my actions. As per the rest of the stuff, I'm going to stay out of this until you people can discuss things without making personally motivated points. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 19:53, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
* I have nothing personal against you, I am just responding to your actions. Are we to assume that you making a series of over 20 moves starting with Center and ending with Placekicker followed immediately by an edit to embed (American football) in the Infobox NFLactive/sandbox template and finally a declaration that position "now works" was all just a coincidence? <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 22:45, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
* Your recent edit summary was completely uncalled for. And yes, your assumption is incorrect. The decision to move the articles did not allow me to hard code the template. The hard coding was done however to reflect those changes. I really don't see any reason to discuss anything else with you until you stop making agitating comments toward me. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 22:59, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
* We should really stick with the simplest possible names. Virtually no one in the US says "football" when they mean "soccer". These teams in question are in the US and they call themselves "football" teams or "college football" teams, not "college American football" teams. Likewise, unless there is an American football player and a soccer player sharing the same name, we should stick to the simplest unambiguous name. In most cases, saying "football player" will accomplish this. Johntex\talk 02:08, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
* There is ongoing discussion at Talk:Wade Wilson (football) related to this issue after a move request was brought to Requested moves. Dekimasu よ! 14:43, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
* I have no problem using (American football) to disambig a player. Looking at a name, there is no way to tell if the player is an American football player or a football/soccer player. However, when it comes to schools, I am against using American football. The name of the US State is in the title so the American football is assumed.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 18:26, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
* Not every college or university with a football team is a public institution or a "University of ." --ElKevbo 18:42, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
Question: What about guy like Milt Stegall who just broke the CFL touchdown record. He is American who is best known for playing Canadian Football. He is from Ohio played at Miami University and a few years for the Cincinnati Bengals. He is kind of stuck in the middle. If there is another person with his name, how would you designate him? Milt Stegall (Canadian football) or Milt Stegall (American football) or Milt Stegall (football) or Milt Stegall (Football player) … 09er 21:29, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
Need comments regarding Colt McCoy
We have some disagreements over the coverage of the A&M game on the Colt McCoy page and would like some opionions on how much coverage should be given to a particular incident. Please leave your comments at Talk:Colt_McCoy. Thanks! Corpx 01:38, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Club football
I can't find anything on Wikipedia, other than articles mentioning that this exists. Am I (a total non-jock) looking in the wrong places, or what? -- Orange Mike 19:42, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
* Personally, I dont think club-level sports have the notability to be mentioned here. Corpx 19:53, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
* Shouldn't there be a paragraph somewhere (maybe in College football) telling non-athletes what "My boy plays club football at UW-Milwaukee" signifies, compared to saying, "My boy plays football at Oklahoma"? The distinction may be clear to some folks, but to many others (especially non-Americans) it is totally opaque. -- Orange Mike 20:03, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
* Actually, it definitely doesn't meet the notability for Wikipedia. See Notability (people), but extrapolating, it's a minor part of this sport. It's why we barely cover DI-AA (FCS) and lower (also because of the lack of interest, but...). I would think a line in college football that explains the levels and says that club level is had a many places, but isn't prestigious and more of a thing for some to do other than a thing for serious, talented competitors (except maybe ones that can't qualify because of grades?). MECU ≈ talk 23:38, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
* Your statements strike me as incredibly elitist and insulting to the many thousands of people who regularly participate in club and intramural sports not out of a lack of talent or desire for prestige.
* I'd imagine there are more than enough sources for one to write an article about club sports and intramurals although it might better fit or at least start its life as a section in an article about amateur sports. On the collegiate level, NIRSA probably has many excellent resources that would be a good starting point for research. In the meantime, a brief mention of club and intramural sports, including lightweight and flag football, would definitely be a great addition to the college football article if they're not already mentioned. --ElKevbo 23:45, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
* I don't think club sports deserve their own articles. I ran intramural cross country in college and there was no criteria needed. As an example, at Notre Dame a large majority of students participate in a club or intramural sport, however many of those don't need or deserve to be mentioned at all. I think, if a school is big on intramurals or club sports and there are sources, maybe a small section in the athletics section (or student life section) of that school could talk about it, but otherwise I don't think they are notable enough to warrant anything more. Phydend 00:32, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
* IM stuff should be considered on the same level as student organizations. There's just no notability beyond a small scope. Corpx 06:32, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
* I'm sorry - I was not clear in my original statements. I meant that we should have an article about "Club sports and intramurals" in general, not that we should have an article about each club sport or intramural at each institution. I agree that very few club sports or intramurals at a particular institution would be notable enough for an article dedicated solely to that team. --ElKevbo 11:30, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
A couple peer reviews
I have a couple peer review requests up at WP:CFB/PR. I would appreciate if anybody took a look at them.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 19:34, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Input requested
Please see Talk:2007 BCS computer rankings and provide input to the issue. MECU ≈ talk 15:51, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
WP:CFB Archive clean up
I've cleaned up the archive files
* Moved from the dead Werdnabot to MiszaBot for autoarchiving.
* They are all now in the nice monthly format (previously 2 were just numbers and the rest were monthly)
* Manually moved some threads back to the month of the thread start date (the shadowbot clone of the dead werdnabot apparently didn't get that aspect quite right)
* Turned on the Indexerbot (which should run sometime in the near future); this is a nice feature for finding old discussions.
* Reformatted the archive box and the overall placement on this page.
All in all, a nice pre-season cleaning -- KelleyCook 20:03, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
* Thanks Kelley!↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 20:08, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Template:NCAAFootballSchool
I was looking at some of the soccer sites today. In their tournament pages, they have the current year's tournament built into the info box. I know we have some teams with current season pages, so I added a line into the infobox. Check it out at TCU Horned Frogs football General125 17:01, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
* You need to fix or change the image (it's a soccer ball) associated with that parameter. Otherwise, not a bad idea. But why isn't the division included in the template (or that particular instance of the template on that article)? --ElKevbo 17:06, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
* Nevermind about the soccer-ball image. It appears to be in widespread use for all sports. I don't particularly care for that but I understand the practice. --ElKevbo 17:07, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
* Yea, I thought the samething about the stupid soccer ball. If someone has a nice cartoon football, maybe we could come up with our own? What do you mean by division in the template? General125 00:40, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
* Is the team in one of the Division I subdivisions, Division II, or Division III? --ElKevbo 01:21, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
* Bleh, I kinda disagree on this. Even though the article exists, I think it gets too much into the covering current events thing (WP:NOT) Corpx 04:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
* We could probably put something in there called League and it would link to NCAA Div I, II, or even NAIA, etc. General125 02:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
* Why would we name it "League" and not "Division"? --ElKevbo 02:39, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Lou Holtz priority
Someone has recently changed the priority level of Lou Holtz's page to high. It had been rated as low priority before that. I believe he should be rated mid priority. If you have any input to give, please give it on Lou Holtz's talk page. Thanks! Gopherguy 20:41, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
* I have never done any work on prioritizing so I don't really know what the criteria are, but as much as I hate Holtz and ND, the man did win a national championship. I've got to believe that deserves no lower than mid, and perhaps even a high priority. Seancp 22:00, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
* See here for the definitions on priority.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 22:04, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
* Does it really matter? Corpx 23:22, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
* Well, since they were asking what priority the article should have AND we, as a project, have defined priorities, I thought I'd let them know where those definitions were. Do priorities matter in the grand scheme of things? No. Matter of fact, when I rate articles, I typically leave priority blank. Also, on the Univ of Oklahoma project page I created, I didn't even use the priority field.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 01:16, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Removal of college stats based on WP:EL
Comments needed @ Talk:Vince_Young where an editor thinks these stats can be removed from articles based on WP:EL. Thanks. Corpx 06:10, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Expert review: Gary Cismesia
As part of the Notability wikiproject, I am trying to sort out whether Gary Cismesia is notable enough for an own article. I would appreciate an expert opinion. For details, see the article's talk page. If you can spare some time, please add your comments there. Thanks! --B. Wolterding 14:45, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Change to WikiProject College football
I'd like to add a dropdown to our banner that included the assessment comments for easy viewing. College-baseball-WikiProject has exactly what I'm referring to. Look at that template - I'm trying to add the "Assessment comments" part to our template but have ran into some issues. I'm going to keep looking into this, but if anybody else wants to take a stab at it, feel free. I've been adding some comments to some B rated articles on what needs to be done to get it to GA. This makes it easily visible from the Talk page of the article itself.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 22:08, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
* Nevermind, think I got it.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 18:40, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
* Nice job, if you have any more template ?s, I'll be glad to help out - just hit me up with a note on my talk page about where the discussion is. If i can't do it, i know a few people who are uber-awesome at editing templates. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 23:01, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Penn State
hi, just thought i'd mention that Penn State football, for such a storied program (far as i can tell), appears to be badly underdeveloped compared to say, Texas Longhorns football. maybe knowledgable folks here would be willing to give it some attention. Mct mht 00:08, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
* One problem with Wikipedia its limited by (1) the number of editors working on a general topic (like college football) and (2) the interests of those people who happen to be working in that area (i.e. Texas or USC vs. Penn State). The good thing is that anyone, including yourself, who thinks more should be written in an area can go out and start adding (correct, preferably cited) information! --Bobak 23:08, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Peer review requested for Birth of Minnesota Golden Gophers football
I've just listed my new page Birth of Minnesota Golden Gophers football for peer review at WP:CFB/PR. I'm interested in getting the article rated and getting ideas on how to improve it. Thanks! Gopherguy | Talk 20:37, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
* I'll be glad to jump in if i'm still around in a bit, but one question - the content looks like it's heading in the right direction, but I'm not sure the article title meets WP:NAME. Why would this not be something like "History of Minnesota Golden Gophers football"? Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 21:32, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
* I agree. The article title should be History of Minnesota Golden Gophers football.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 21:35, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
* Thanks - I'd appreciate hearing what others think. I named it "Birth of" instead of "History of" because this article only covers the timeframe of the start of the sport in 1882 through the 1899 season, so it only covers a small part of our history. I was originally going to call it "19th century Minnesota Golden Gophers football" or "Minnesota Golden Gophers football from 1882 through 1899" but I didn't think either title captured the fact that we were dealing with the very beginnings of the program. It was also pointed out to me here that a title like that will seem artificial because I picked a nice, round year like 1900 as the time boundary when, in fact, 1900 is a very significant year for our program as it represented the start of our first long-term coach. My gut says that "Birth of" is the best way to name the page, but it's not written in stone or anything. Gopherguy | Talk 21:44, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
* How's Early history of Minnesota Golden Gophers football? Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 21:51, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
* OK - that makes a lot of sense. I'll rename the page after the peer review process and DYK nominations have finished just so I don't cause confusion about where the page is. Gopherguy | Talk 22:52, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
* Sounds good, I'm trying to deal with a pretty intense situation right now, but i'll be glad to throw in my two cents shortly. You've definitely started in the right direction - i just haven't read any of the content. I am hoping to have my situation dealt with today and then to finish up my massive edits to Joe Montana that i've bene working on for a few weeks. Once that's done, I'll be available to look at this if needed. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 23:00, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
* Does this still need some attention? Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 03:42, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
* Well, the page was listed in the DYK items last night, so once I've gotten some comments about the page through the peer review process I'll go ahead and rename the page, updating links as appropriate. Gopherguy | Talk 15:35, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
Standings template?
Unless I've missed it, we don't seem to have a template for standings. Whenever I see them on pages, they always seem to be done by hand with wikitable. I think one should be developed for general use. Does anyone care to take a stab? I'm willing to give it a try, but I've never created a template, so I'd have to learn the language before I could dive in. Gopherguy | Talk 19:27, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
* Great idea. I'm in the middle of doing something on another template, but as soon as i'm done (hopefully with in the next 30 min.) I'll be glad to help you out with this. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 06:07, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
* I'm starting to work on it User:Jmfangio/standings template. I'm going to finish the table layout and then convert it into a template of sorts. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 09:11, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
* Thanks for taking a look - I've left some of my thoughts on how it could work on your user talk page. Gopherguy | Talk 14:52, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
* Quick note - i left a message there for you so lmk your thoughts and then i'll respond. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 17:41, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
NotreDameFootballSeasons
I recently changed this template to make it more like NittanyLionsFootballTeams and LSUFootballSeasons (on a side note, is there a naming convention for these types of templates? they seem to be all over the place with some combination of School or Mascot, Football, and Teams or Seasons) with every season listed, and perfect seasons and national championships listed in a table below it. My reasoning and such are on the talk page Template talk:NotreDameFootballSeasons and I was hoping people could weigh in on their opinions there about the new format (I don't know if anyone actually watches the template, no one replied the first time). Also, it seems like there is a problem putting this template above others, which puts the others inside this template. I temporarily fixed the problem by putting it below other templates on the pages it is on, but I was hoping someone in this project might know more and be able to fix it. Just wanted to try and get some feedback. Phydend 03:31, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
* We decided before that we shouldn't create individual season pages for non-notable (ie, non national championship) seasons in the past. It's okay to do so going forward with the present, but to go create 1900-1989 for Colorado wouldn't be of value. These are then lumped together by the head coach, so "Colorado Buffaloes football under Gary Barnett" instead of a page for each of his seasons. The by-season template could reflect that as well. There isn't a naming standard. We just track these on the master team table for ease. If anyone wants to standardize the names, go ahead, and then put it on the naming standards page as well. MECU ≈ talk 16:48, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
* Yeah, I definitely wasn't planning on making the individual season pages except possibly for national championships (if I, or someone else, ever gets around to it). I think there was an AfD in the past about individual seasons that was withdrawn, but when it was over I know at least the LSU pages were all merged to pages like LSU Tigers football, 1900-1909. So like I said, if I get around to it I might create articles like the LSU one and then lump the non-notable ones under coaches (like your example of "Colorado Buffaloes football under Gary Barnett"). When that happens I'll change the template to point to those pages. Phydend 17:30, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Manual of Style Discussion
I would like to call people to join in an imortant discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers). This project has a number of infoboxes where this discussion is applicable. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 02:42, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
2007 Mountain West football season
I just discovered 2007 Mountain West football season which doesn't follow our standard formats because it's a conference and not individual teams. But, these teams won't likely get covered otherwise, (sans TCU & BYU which already has a page) so it may be a good idea to bulk these less-covered teams into pages like this for starters, and split out teams if it gets to big later. Just including schedules though may make this single page rather large though. Any ideas? MECU ≈ talk 18:46, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
* Comment: IMHO, the article should be moved to 2007 Mountain West Conference football season. Eliminates any possible ambiguity for people who don't regularly follow college sports. — Dale Arnett 14:46, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
2007 Preseason polls
2007 preseason polls (AP and USA TODAY) are up! Here's a direct link. Blue Ag09 (Talk) 03:58, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
* I've created a simple table to keep track of both polls. The rankings are extended beyond 25 — many teams not in the Top 25 still receive votes. Currently there are 53 teams that received votes in either poll (47 in AP and 49 in USA TODAY). I did not think it would be appropriate to create a page for this, so the table is on my user page. I will try to update the table as often as possible. If anyone knows of an article in which the table might be useful, let me know. Iowa13 18:26, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
* Sound like you might not be aware of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings article where the project already tracks the big polls (and the 2006 version). Also, I've seen one (or both) of the AP and Coach's polls caution against using the "Others receiving votes" as a ranking; they don't support the idea that those represent #26, #27, etc. <span style="font-family:arial, sans; color:#EF6521;">AU <span style="color:#000063; font-family:arial, sans;">Tiger » <span style="font-family:arial, sans; font-size:x-small;">talk 22:45, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
* I found the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings article several minutes after posting. I was not aware that the polls do not encourage rankings extension. Thanks for that piece of information. Iowa13 21:31, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
Looking for things to do?
I went through the first 20 2007 season pages listed on 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and mostly fixed the use of the schedule template (or lack thereof). Please use the schedule template instead of creating a table for standardization purposes (see CFB Schedule Start). Also, please do not use TBA for time/tv information. This was heavily discussed before and nearly unanimously decided against using it. Please help me get all these standardized by finishing them off from Miami Redhawks on down the list. Also, the LSU and Miami Hurricanes recruits need to be put into the template system.
For anyone that is new, we have many templates developed to make your job of keeping these pages up to date easier, just see WikiProject College football/Templates. Also, please see the standard season page format we developed at WikiProject College football/Yearly team pages format which was developed amid much discussion.
Lastly, if you need help with anything, just ask for it here! I and the others that have been around awhile thing using these template systems are easy (we created them), but if you need help, we'd be glad to help you. If you have questions, ask away. MECU ≈ talk 15:23, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
* I noticed on one of the season pages you changed the date from (ex.) 8/30/2007 to August 30. Is that preferable? On the CFB Schedule Entry it says date and the examples are all of the 8/30/2007 kind, while the Yearly team pages format gives the August 30 kind. Like you said, for standardization purposes, which one should it be? Phydend 15:36, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
* The standard on the season page was the 8/30/07, but putting 07 is redundant and so I changed it to just August 30. I'll go update the examples on the template pages. So if it's the 8/30 way, it isn't wrong, but it should be changed, especially since linking the date like August 30 will allow users' preference date setting to be used (in other parts of the world it will get displayed as 30 August). MECU ≈ talk 16:34, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
* Alright, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for clearing it up. Phydend 16:43, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
* Will that look right for January Bowls? While I assume readers aren't stupid, I think some Wikipedians do and it might inevitably come up --might have the answer ready to go now. --Bobak 18:43, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
* I've kept the years and updated the all USC season page schedules to the correct format. Thanks again for the tip. The only confusing issue was that, if you don't have the times, you need to turn it off (no) on each entry or it automatically throws in a blank (at least when I did it). --Bobak 23:38, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
* I'm not sure what you mean by if it will look right for January Bowls? I guess you mean because it's 2008 (for example) and since none of the other dates have years it will look funny? I doubt it. Throw the 2008 in on the end as well. It should be a mark of pride that it looks funny since they got to a Jan bowl. I'm fine with adding the 2007s, but perhaps just add them if it needs a 2008 for clarity? MECU ≈ talk 00:49, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
* Two things: (1) I was concerned the boxes might resize funny if only one box had the the additional 6 character/spaces for year and (2) without the new year clarified I could see someone complaining that it might be misconstrued as January of the same year as the rest of the game (silly, I agree, but not something I would put past happening). With that said, I just tried out your suggestion on dates on one of the article I was working on (2004 Trojans) and it worked well. --Bobak 15:42, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
Article For Deletion - Opinions Please
OK, well, something I've been planning to do for a while and just started today has been nominated for deletion. I think the main LSU Tigers football page should be mostly prose, like Oklahoma Sooners football is. There was a ton of tables and other non-prose like information in the article, so to remedy that I created LSU Tigers football supplemental information. I had brought this idea up here a few months ago, asking for naming suggestions. So anyway, I created it today and moved the tables from LSU Tigers football to LSU Tigers football supplemental information and just a few minutes ago it got AfD'd! See: Articles for deletion/LSU Tigers football supplemental information So here the thing...if it really doesn't belong on Wikipedia then fine....we'll delete the article. But I feel like it does have a place on Wikipedia, especially since this information existed for a couple years on the LSU Tigers football article without anyone complaining about it ever. I would appreciate your comments on the AfD page. Thanks. Seancp 20:06, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
* That's stuff you usually find in a media guide, along with lots of other trivial information. I say put it at WikiSource Corpx 19:18, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
AFD for Robert Marve
Please see Articles for deletion/Robert Marve and comment there. MECU ≈ talk 13:25, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
* I really do not think articles should be created for recruits/players who havent played a down of football, let alone start for their respective team(s). This stuff belongs on rivals.com/scout. Corpx 19:17, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
FA Nom
I have nominated 2005 Texas Longhorn football team as a featured article candidate. All feedback is very welcome. Johntex\talk 23:24, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
* Two editors have really dug into the FAC and made a lot of comments. As a result, I've made a lot of changes. Additional reviews would be greatly appreciated. Johntex\talk 03:21, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
AFD for Articles for deletion/Jeff Wickersham
* Also see Articles for deletion/Herb Tyler
Corpx 04:52, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
List of achievements by ____
We need 3rd party opinions on whether List of career achievements by Vince Young should exist or be merged back into Vince Young. Please leave comments at User_talk:Corpx. Thanks! Corpx 08:58, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
YOU are Wikipedia's best photographers (Take pics this season)
Yes, fellow WikiProjectionists(?), the strength of this entire project is the giant army of citizen editors and the long lens of their cameras. Are you going to a game? Take pictures! They can be of the game (great for season pages for both teams), the stadium (cheap seats are great for stadium photos, let me tell you...), the school (esp. if they don't have much), the traditions, and even players and coaches if you can get close enough. Are you near your team's practice? While they may not be cool with you visiting the actual practice (some are), you can always try and get photos as they leave or enter --a lot of players love that attention. If you'd rather not ask for just their picture, get your picture with them and simply crop a version of just them for here (that's how I've contributed some celebrity photos). Do you know someone who's taken photos and would be willing to give them to Wikipedia under a friendly license? (CC "free with attribution" are a good lure) Then offer to help upload and credit them. So remember to go out there and shoot someone this season! --Bobak 16:35, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
* It shouldn't be hard to get photos. Most people on message boards who take pics will gladly (at least in my experience) license it out under cc2.5. Its kinda hard to get good pics unless you have a uber leet camera though :( Corpx 16:51, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
2007 season
Just to let you guys know, over half the BCS schools do not have a 2007 season article. Here's all the teams without one: CardinalHawkeye17's sandbox. I will get to work on the Big Ten schools included and I also might start one for Iowa State. The season's only a few days away so I guess the sooner we start them the better. I realize they might not all get created but there are a few notable teams like Rutgers that need one. Thanks. CardinalHawkeye17 20:30, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
* I don't think we should create a page just because they are a "BCS school". If they are top25 then they should be created and everyone in WP:CFB should help keep it updated, otherwise (ala, Colorado, my team) they should only be created if someone is willing to keep it updated and put the effort into it. What we decided before was that any season can be created and kept if it's updated and well-maintained because it could be useful in the end and we don't know at the start and to encourage more coverage without the fear that in the end it will be deleted. But, creating these without support is kind of meaningless. Unless we're willing to say as a project that we'll at least cover the schedule and some other minimums we adopt? We could decide what the minimum for a page is (schedule, coaches, players/roster, etc)? MECU ≈ talk 02:50, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
* The minimum idea is a good one. Honestly, I think an intro and schedule along with the team template that goes at the top right should be the bare minimum. I've seen pages relating to seasons in the 1800s and early 1900s and that seems to be the norm among individual seasons. Rosters and players for teams way back could be very hard to find unless you have some good sources. CardinalHawkeye17 22:25, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Stadiums as part of this project?
See Category:Unassessed college football articles where most of the 191 articles there are stadiums. I think we weren't including stadiums under the project and would like to continue that way, but is there a Stadiums WikiProject that we can send all these to instead? Anyone have a problem with this? MECU ≈ talk 12:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
* Just annex it :) Nothing wrong with being under the scope of multiple wikiprojects (if another one exists) Corpx 15:27, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
* I think stadiums should be apart of the project. The stadium is a very important part of a college football team. You've got The Big House, The Swamp, The 'Shoe....↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 16:16, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
* I am the one that tagged most of the stadiums. Category:College football venues is listed on the College Football project page under “Wikipedia articles on College football.” Under the Scope section of the project, stadiums fall into “Anything else relating to college football.” Most of the stadiums are primarily used for college football. If there is better project for these articles I have no objections to moving them, but I did not see one when I was tagging them. If the articles were tied to a project it was mainly associated with at geographic area or state project. 09er 21:09, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Metric measurements
In the article Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest, someone added "(16 m)" to a phrase, making it read "stopped at Minnesota's ten-yard (16 m) line". Ignoring the fact that it should be 9 meters (the person who put it in was thinking km to miles when he did the conversion), how does everyone feel about this? For the time being, since the actual measurement was wrong, I removed it from the article.
Personally, I think that the "ten yard line" is more than a distance measurement - it's essentially the name of a specific place on the field and putting a metric measurement in with it obscures that fact. If we were talking about the distance a home run was hit or a javelin was thrown then I would absolutely agree with tacking on the metric equivalent (although you could probably argue that the javelin throw should feature the metric measurement as the primary one). Or if the article said that "Northwestern was stopped 10 yards from the goal line" I think that it could be argued that a metric equivalent made sense. I'd like to know what others think. Gopherguy | Talk 18:13, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
* Interesting thought. I mean, when you say a running back had a 1,537 yard season, you don't really think how far that is in feet let alone meters. It's more of the special "football" measurement. I'd love to hear other opinions. --Bobak 18:15, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
* That is an interesting thought, but I agree that the 10-yard line is a specific place, not exactly a measurement on the field. I can see the metric equivalent being added to yards in a season or a game, but I really do think the specific yard lines shouldn't have it. Phydend 18:32, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Without sounding too biased, I do not believe the metrics have a place in CFB Corpx 15:06, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* I agree with Corpx. Although if somebody really made a push, I would probably agree to allowing metric measures on statistics but definitely not on field placements.↔<span style="font:bold 11px Verdana,sans-serif;">NMajdan •<span style="font:9px Verdana,sans-serif; color:#000;">talk 16:56, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* It is an interesting argument. I noticed it yesterday on a read-through of one of the CFB articles as well (I think it was actually on College football, but I could be mistaken). I agree that the phrase "10 yard line" has a specific meaning that is only slightly related to the measurement of distance, however, saying that metric doesn't belong in CFB articles at all is a bit too much. Yes, we've had recent discussions about internationalization of CFB articles and the consensus was that since CFB is a primarily American subject, American English standards should apply. That doesn't mean that we can completely ignore international norms (like the SI system of measurement). I'd say add metric equivalents where distance is being discussed and leave it out of field placements. After all, even in the CFL it's a "10 yard line" not a "9 metre line." z4ns4tsu \<sup style="color:black;">talk 17:14, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* I think it was that way for NFL Europe too. MECU ≈ talk 19:00, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Teams under coaches articles
I was told that it had been discussed before and non-notable past seasons for teams should be placed in articles grouped by the head coach (like <School name><Mascot name>football under<Coach name>. So I created a page (Notre Dame Fighting Irish football under Tyrone Willingham) of three pretty non-notable seasons (no national championships, no BCS games). But now, someone suggested the article be split because it is POV to have an article like this and not other coaches. I can't find where this was discussed to say that the seasons should be grouped under coaches, because I want to cite it to oppose the split. Does someone know where this is and could point it out to me? Also if anyone wants to add to the discussion please see here. Thanks. Phydend 00:32, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* Nevermind, it's been resolved. I would still like to see where this consensus was decided upon (I think it's a great idea, it's much easier this way), but no one needs to weigh in on the discussion anymore.Phydend 01:01, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* It's in the archives of this page somewhere. If I had to guess, it'd be in May. Use your search feature on your browser to help you. The links to all the archives are at the top right of the page. MECU ≈ talk 12:39, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* Wouldnt it be a rehash of the 2002, 03, 04 Notre Dame Football seasons? I personally see it as unnecessary Corpx 13:21, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* It appears they have started covering the history by having everything at Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football but then have season pages 2002 (which just has a schedule) and every year since, so yes, a Notre Dame under Ty could be redundant, but since the 2002-2004 pages are just a schedule, they should be deleted and the Ty article be developed. See Template:NotreDameFootballSeasons. MECU ≈ talk 14:32, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* I've looked at it this way - if the season articles are very small, I'd prefer them to be grouped under a "under coach" page, but if the individual seasons have a significant amount of information, then I'd rather leave them separate and an "under coach" page is unnecessary. That's why I haven't created a Minnesota Golden Gophers football under Glen Mason page even though there is a Minnesota Golden Gophers football under Jim Wacker page - I will eventually add enough information to the individual seasons under Mason (and will add the two that don't have pages yet) to make them good enough to stand on their own, but I don't think that the seasons under Wacker will ever be as fleshed out enough to justify individual pages. Gopherguy | Talk 14:48, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* Yeah, I was planning to bring up to redirect the 2002, 2003, and 2004 to the Ty article. I made the 2002 and 2003 pages redirects after I made the Ty article, but someone decided to take the schedules from the article to make templates, remove the redirect from those pages, and put the templates on the pages. I was going to bring up the discussion on those pages soon, just haven't had much time (I'd already brought up the discussion on the 2004 page). The old discussion on this is on the March archive, but it is pretty short, so if anyone wants to bring up problems, now would be just as good a time as any. There are already examples of grouping like this (see most of the Penn State articles, like Penn State Nittany Lions football under Joe Paterno (as an Independent) and Penn State Nittany Lions football under Rip Engle) and I don't think the page goes against any of wikipedia's guidelines. The page isn't just stats or schedules, and I think it's much better to group them like this instead of having the individual articles for pretty non-notable seasons that probably won't get expanded much. Phydend 14:52, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* That seems ideal - to redirect the seasons articles to <School> under <Coach> Corpx 14:56, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* The redirect solution is what I used when I created Oklahoma Sooners football under Bob Stoops to cover the 1999 and 2001-2005 seasons. z4ns4tsu \<sup style="color:black;">talk 17:18, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
User:Jaranda/Notabilty (sports)
Hi, I strongly recommed this project to give your notabilty guidelines for a new notabilty proposal that I'm creating on my userpage, once it is completed, I will move to wikipedia namespace for the community to decide. Note I do have some concerns about your notabilty guidelines, (I don't agree with the notabilty of certain college football players and seasons) but we could always discuss on the talk once its moved to wikipedia namespace. Again the community decides this. Thanks Jaranda wat's sup 22:59, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* Hasn't this issue been beaten to death already? And then Johnny-Come-Lately here comes around and nominates a plethora of articles for AfD. It's just so frustrating the amount of time spent defending legitimate articles on AfD pages. Jaranda, please accept already established standards and let the work of making Wikipedia the BEST college football resource on the internet get done. Seancp 23:09, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* It's notabilty for all sports, which is obviously needed Jaranda wat's sup 23:19, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* Why? The same rule should apply everywhere. If there is interest that transcends mere reporting of the person's existence, they are notable. The same goes for teams, rivalries, etc. As with all things, if it meets our general content requirements (NOR, V, etc), we shouldn't be overly anxious to get rid of it. That said, a lot of these team pages are totally uncited and that needs to be fixed. -- B 23:46, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* I agree 100% that this needs to be addressed. A universal notability standard is not possible or practical for sportspersons. For example open wheel racing and stock car racing are two very different sports. What constitutes a notable athlete in association football is likely to be very different than an athlete in the National Basketball Association. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 00:18, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
* Yea I went to all the wikiprojects I could find that have some activity (with the exception of baseball and american football ones, which I will write), if WP:MUSIC exists, this clearly needs to exist as well, and it needs to include all different types of major sports to counter bias, dealing with certain articles, and such. Notabilty of certain College Football articles are a subject that are sometimes discussed to death, a notabilty guideline on them will be helpful. And the community decides all changes per consensus, not me of course. Thanks Jaranda wat's sup 00:34, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
* I will mark that page for watching and I am happy to help discuss the creation of standards, while I'm sure there will be a number of opinions, i am well versed on a number of sports that are not "common to america" and that might help! Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 00:36, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Need third opinion
Under the football sub header of Texas Longhorns, the disagreement is about this line. Specific part is bolded. "The Longhorn football program experienced its greatest sustained success under the guidance of legendary head coach Darrell Royal, former Oklahoma Sooner safety and quarterback, who led Texas to three National Championships (in 1963, 1969, and 1970) during his twenty-year career with the Longhorns (1957-1976)." The disagreement is whether the highlighted part deserves to be mentioned there. Please leave comments at Talk:Texas_Longhorns Thanks! Corpx 18:50, 30 August 2007 (UTC) | WIKI |
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(1/1444) Arsenic targets tubulins to induce apoptosis in myeloid leukemia cells.
Arsenic exhibits a differential toxicity to cancer cells. At a high concentration (>5 microM), As2O3 causes acute necrosis in various cell lines. At a lower concentration (0.5-5 microm), it induces myeloid cell maturation and an arrest in metaphase, leading to apoptosis. As2O3-treated cells have features found with both tubulin-assembling enhancers (Taxol) and inhibitors (colchicine). Prior treatment of monomeric tubulin with As2O3 markedly inhibits GTP-induced polymerization and microtubule formation in vitro but does not destabilize GTP-induced tubulin polymers. Cross-inhibition experiments indicate that As2O3 is a noncompetitive inhibitor of GTP binding to tubulin. These observations correlate with the three-dimensional structure of beta-tubulin and suggest that the cross-linking of two vicinal cysteine residues (Cys-12 and Cys-213) by trivalent arsenic inactivates the GTP binding site. Furthermore, exogenous GTP can prevent As2O3-induced mitotic arrest. (+info)
(2/1444) High concentrations of heavy metals in neighborhoods near ore smelters in northern Mexico.
In developing countries, rapid industrialization without environmental controls has resulted in heavy metal contamination of communities. We hypothesized that residential neighborhoods located near ore industries in three northern Mexican cities would be heavily polluted with multiple contaminants (arsenic, cadmium, and lead) and that these sites would be point sources for the heavy metals. To evaluate these hypotheses, we obtained samples of roadside surface dust from residential neighborhoods within 2 m of metal smelters [Torreon (n = 19)] and Chihuahua (n = 19)] and a metal refinery [Monterrey (n = 23)]. Heavy metal concentrations in dust were mapped with respect to distance from the industrial sites. Correlation between dust metal concentration and distance was estimated with least-squares regression using log-transformed data. Median dust arsenic, cadmium, and lead concentrations were 32, 10, and 277 microg/g, respectively, in Chihuahua; 42, 2, and 467 microg/g, respectively, in Monterrey, and 113, 112, and 2,448 microg/g, respectively, in Torreon. Dust concentrations of all heavy metals were significantly higher around the active smelter in Torreon, where more than 90% of samples exceeded Superfund cleanup goals. At all sites, dust concentrations were inversely related to distance from the industrial source, implicating these industries as the likely source of the contamination. We concluded that residential neighborhoods around metal smelting and refining sites in these three cities are contaminated by heavy metals at concentrations likely to pose a health threat to people living nearby. Evaluations of human exposure near these sites should be conducted. Because multiple heavy metal pollutants may exist near smelter sites, researchers should avoid attributing toxicity to one heavy metal unless others have been measured and shown not to coexist. (+info)
(3/1444) Retinoic acid and arsenic synergize to eradicate leukemic cells in a mouse model of acute promyelocytic leukemia.
In acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) patients, retinoic acid (RA) triggers differentiation while arsenic trioxide (arsenic) induces both a partial differentiation and apoptosis. Although their mechanisms of action are believed to be distinct, these two drugs both induce the catabolism of the oncogenic promyelocytic leukemia (PML)/RARalpha fusion protein. While APL cell lines resistant to one agent are sensitive to the other, the benefit of combining RA and arsenic in cell culture is controversial, and thus far, no data are available in patients. Using syngenic grafts of leukemic blasts from PML/RARalpha transgenic mice as a model for APL, we demonstrate that arsenic induces apoptosis and modest differentiation, and prolongs mouse survival. Furthermore, combining arsenic with RA accelerates tumor regression through enhanced differentiation and apoptosis. Although RA or arsenic alone only prolongs survival two- to threefold, associating the two drugs leads to tumor clearance after a 9-mo relapse-free period. These studies establishing RA/arsenic synergy in vivo prompt the use of combined arsenic/RA treatments in APL patients and exemplify how mouse models of human leukemia can be used to design or optimize therapies. (+info)
(4/1444) Interference in the quantitation of methylated arsenic species in human urine.
The aim of this paper is to report on the presence of chemical interferences in the quantitation of methylated arsenic species in human urine when using a method based on selective volatile arsine species generation, chromatographic separation, and hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) detection. An abnormal profile of methylated arsenic species characterized by the absence of the peak corresponding to dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) was observed in urine from some individuals exposed to arsenic via drinking water and living in rural communities of northwestern Argentina. The absence of this peak persisted even after the addition of known amounts of DMA to the samples. However, the DMA peak appeared after urine digestion with hydrochloric acid (2M). Samples showing interferences were provided by individuals who had mate consumption and coca-leaf chewing habits. Because the relative proportions of methylated arsenic species present in urine have been used to evaluate the efficiency of the methylation process, interferences in the formation or detection of methylarsines may cause underestimation of As exposure and also lead to erroneous conclusions about relative biomethylation efficiencies. Therefore, we recommend that urine samples should be digested with 2M HCl before performing speciation analysis using HGAA techniques. Further studies on the impact of this type of interferences on other arsenic speciation methods are also required. (+info)
(5/1444) Drinking water arsenic in Utah: A cohort mortality study.
The association of drinking water arsenic and mortality outcome was investigated in a cohort of residents from Millard County, Utah. Median drinking water arsenic concentrations for selected study towns ranged from 14 to 166 ppb and were from public and private samples collected and analyzed under the auspices of the State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Drinking Water. Cohort members were assembled using historical documents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Standard mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated. Using residence history and median drinking water arsenic concentration, a matrix for cumulative arsenic exposure was created. Without regard to specific exposure levels, statistically significant findings include increased mortality from hypertensive heart disease [SMR = 2.20; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.36-3.36], nephritis and nephrosis (SMR = 1.72; CI, 1.13-2.50), and prostate cancer (SMR = 1.45; CI, 1.07-1. 91) among cohort males. Among cohort females, statistically significant increased mortality was found for hypertensive heart disease (SMR = 1.73; CI, 1.11-2.58) and for the category of all other heart disease, which includes pulmonary heart disease, pericarditis, and other diseases of the pericardium (SMR = 1.43; CI, 1.11-1.80). SMR analysis by low, medium, and high arsenic exposure groups hinted at a dose relationship for prostate cancer. Although the SMRs by exposure category were elevated for hypertensive heart disease for both males and females, the increases were not sequential from low to high groups. Because the relationship between health effects and exposure to drinking water arsenic is not well established in U.S. populations, further evaluation of effects in low-exposure populations is warranted. (+info)
(6/1444) Mutational spectrum of p53 gene in arsenic-related skin cancers from the blackfoot disease endemic area of Taiwan.
To understand the role of p53 tumour suppressor gene in the carcinogenesis of arsenic-related skin cancers from the blackfoot disease endemic area of Taiwan, we collected tumour samples from 23 patients with Bowen's disease, seven patients with basal cell carcinomas (BCC) and nine patients with squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). The result showed that p53 gene mutations were found in 39% of cases with Bowen's disease (9/23), 28.6% of cases with BCC (2/7) and 55.6% of cases with SCC (5/9). Most of the mutation sites were located on exon 5 and exon 8. Moreover, the results from direct sequencing indicated that missense mutations were found at codon 149 (C-->T) in one case, codon 175 (G-->A) in three cases, codon 273 (G-->C) in three cases, codon 292 (T-->A) in one case, codon 283 (G-->T) in one case, codon 172 (T-->C) in one case and codon 284 (C-->A) in one case. In addition, silent mutations were also found in four cases. These mutations were located at codons 174, 253, 289 and 298 respectively. In immunohistochemistry analysis, p53 overexpression was found in 43.5% (10/23) of cases with Bowen's disease, 14% (1/7) of cases with BCC and 44% (4/9) of cases with SSC. These findings showed that p53 gene mutation rate in arsenic-related skin cancers from the blackfoot disease endemic area of Taiwan is high and that the mutation types are different from those in UV-induced skin cancers. (+info)
(7/1444) The enigma of arsenic carcinogenesis: role of metabolism.
Inorganic arsenic is considered a high-priority hazard, particularly because of its potential to be a human carcinogen. In exposed human populations, arsenic is associated with tumors of the lung, skin, bladder, and liver. While it is known to be a human carcinogen, carcinogenesis in laboratory animals by this metalloid has never been convincingly demonstrated. Therefore, no animal models exist for studying molecular mechanisms of arsenic carcinogenesis. The apparent human sensitivity, combined with our incomplete understanding about mechanisms of carcinogenic action, create important public health concerns and challenges in risk assessment, which could be met by understanding the role of metabolism in arsenic toxicity and carcinogenesis. This symposium summary covers three critical major areas involving arsenic metabolism: its biodiversity, the role of arsenic metabolism in molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and the impact of arsenic metabolism on human risk assessment. In mammals, arsenic is metabolized to mono- and dimethylated species by methyltransferase enzymes in reactions that require S-adenosyl-methionine (SAM) as the methyl donating cofactor. A remarkable species diversity in arsenic methyltransferase activity may account for the wide variability in sensitivity of humans and animals to arsenic toxicity. Arsenic interferes with DNA methyltransferases, resulting in inactivation of tumor suppressor genes through DNA hypermethylation. Other studies suggest that arsenic-induced malignant transformation is linked to DNA hypomethylation subsequent to depletion of SAM, which results in aberrant gene activation, including oncogenes. Urinary profiles of arsenic metabolites may be a valuable tool for assessing human susceptibility to arsenic carcinogenesis. While controversial, the idea that unique arsenic metabolic properties may explain the apparent non-linear threshold response for arsenic carcinogenesis in humans. In order to address these outstanding issues, further efforts are required to identify an appropriate animal model to elucidate carcinogenic mechanisms of action, and to define dose-response relationships. (+info)
(8/1444) Arsenic: health effects, mechanisms of actions, and research issues.
A meeting on the health effects of arsenic (As), its modes of action, and areas in need of future research was held in Hunt Valley, Maryland, on 22-24 September 1997. Exposure to As in drinking water has been associated with the development of skin and internal cancers and noncarcinogenic effects such as diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, and cardiovascular diseases. There is little data on specific mechanism(s) of action for As, but a great deal of information on possible modes of action. Although arsenite [As(III)] can inhibit more than 200 enzymes, events underlying the induction of the noncarcinogenic effects of As are not understood. With respect to carcinogenicity, As can affect DNA repair, methylation of DNA, and increase radical formation and activation of the protooncogene c-myc, but none of these potential pathways have widespread acceptance as the principal etiologic event. In addition, there are no accepted models for the study of As-induced carcinogenesis. At the final meeting session we considered research needs. Among the most important areas cited were a) As metabolism and its interaction with cellular constituents; b) possible bioaccumulation of As; c) interactions with other metals; d) effects of As on genetic material; e) development of animal models and cell systems to study effects of As; and f) a better characterization of human exposures as related to health risks. Some of the barriers to the advancement of As research included an apparent lack of interest in the United States on As research; lack of relevant animal models; difficulty with adoption of uniform methodologies; lack of accepted biomarkers; and the need for a central storage repository for stored specimens. (+info) | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
How to manage the Windows sysmon folder disk size
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Case #
You have deployed Microsoft Sysmon application in a Windows server or client machine and after some time of operation, you start receiving alerts for low disk space in disk C. Sysmon comes as part of the Microsoft SysInternals suite of tools. This article provides guidance on how to manage the Windows sysmon folder disk size.
However by analyzing the file system hierarchy, you cannot detect where the space gets used. This is because the Windows sysmon folder (C:\Sysmon) is system protected and cannot be viewed unless you browse the file system as the “system” operating system user. This article provides a method on how to manage the Windows sysmon folder disk size, by controlling and cleaning up the C:\Sysmon folder.
Solution #
For all machines with Sysmon installed, the C:\Sysmon folder tends to get bloated after some time of operations. The folder includes for example *.bin, *.exe and *.ps1 files as well as various shortcut (*.lnk files). You can create a Windows scheduled task to periodically delete the *.bin files but a more permanent solution should cater for the C:\Sysmon folder to not get bloated by imposing a sysmon archive quota.
First off, run the following command with PSExec (part of Windows SysInternals suite) in an elevated command prompt. The comman assumes that PsExec.exe is present in the active directory. After running the commend you should get a cmd.exe command line, impersonated as the nt author\SYSTEM user.
PsExec.exe -s -i cmd.exe
The following Powershell script utilizes WMI event filtering to ensure that the oldest Sysmon entries are removed first in a first-in-first-out (FIFO) fashion.
https://blog.nviso.eu/2022/06/30/enforcing-a-sysmon-archive-quota/
The following Powershell script takes a different approach by imposing a file system quota for sysmon.
https://gist.github.com/zbalkan/17fbe38864a900a2f1eeac2088c5d49e
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Thanyathon Sukcharoen
Thanyathon Sukcharoen formerly known as Thunya Sukcharoen (born 21 April 1997) is a Thai weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 45kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Bogotá, Colombia.
She participated at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, winning a medal. In January 2019 she was issued a two-year doping ban until January 2021 after testing positive for and.
She won the gold medal in the women's 45kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. | WIKI |
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== CODE CIVIL PROCEDURE ==
Civil Actions §§ 7400-7404
general or testamentary guardian of such infant, if he has one within this state; if he has none, then to the infant himself, if over fourteen years of age and within the state; or if under that age and within the state, to the person with whom such infant resides. in actions for the partition of real property, or for the foreclosure of a mortgage or other instrument, and in all actions affecting the title to real property or wherein such infant is a proper or necessary party defendant, when an infant resides out of this state, the plaintiff may apply to the court or judge thereof, in which the action is pending, and will be titled to an order designating some suitable person to be the guardian for the infant defendant for the purposes of the action, unless the infant defendant or someone in his behalf within a number of days after service of copy of the order, which number of days shall be in the said order specified, shall procure to be appointed a guardian for the said infant; and the court shall give special directions in the order for the manner of service thereof, which may be upon the infant himself or by service upon any relation or person with whom the infant resides, and either by mail or personally upon the person so served. And in case an infant defendant having an interest in the even of the action shall reside in any state with which there shall not be a regular communication by mail, on such fact satisfactorily appearing to the court, the court may appoint a gradian ad litem for such absent infant party, for the purpose of protecting the right of such infant in said action, and on such guardian ad litem process, pleadings and notice in the action may be served in like manner as upon a party residing in this state.
[R.C. 1905, § 6812; 1897, ch. 96; R.C. 1899, § 5226.]
§ 7401. Guadian for person of unsound mind. When the defendant is a person of unsound mind at the time the action is commenced and no guardian has been appointed of his person or estate, the court or a judge thereof shall appoint a guardian for him for the action If during the pendency of an action wither party shall become or prove to be of unsound mind, the action may be prosecuted or defended by his guardian in like manner as if it had been commenced after the appointment of the guardian, or the court or judge may appoint a guardian for the action as the case may require. Such guardian for the action may be appointed upon the application of any party thereto or any relative or friend of such person of unsound mind after at least five days' notice of such application shall have first been given to such person at the court or judge shall direct. Upon the hearing of such application the court or judge may, if deemed desirable and practicable, order such person of unsound mind to appear or the brought in by the sheriff in person.
[R.C. 1905, § 6813; R.C. 1895, § 5227.]
§ 7402. Guardian's security. No guardian appointed for an infant or person of unsound mind under the provisions of this chapter shall be permitted to receive any money or other property of the ward except costs and expenses allowed to the guardian by the court, or recovered by the ward in the action, until he has given sufficient security approved by the judge of the court to account for and apply the same under the direction of the court. And no person appointed a guardian for the purpose of defending an action brought against an infant or person of unsound mind shall be liable for the costs of such action, unless specially charged by the order of the court for some personal misdemeanor therein.
[R.C. 1905 § 6814; C. Civ. P. 1877, § 80; R.C. 1895, § 5228.]
§ 7403. Who to be plaintiffs. All persons having an interest in the subject of the action and in obtaining the relief demanded may be joined as plaintiffs except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
[R.C. 1905, § 6815; C. Civ. P. 1877, § 81; R.C. 1899, § 5229.]
§ 7407. Defendants. Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims an interest in the controversy adverse to the plaintiff or who is a necces | WIKI |
Chicago Circle Chikas football
The Chicago Circle Chikas football team represented the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (UICC) (now known as the University of Illinois Chicago) from the 1965 through 1973 season. Between 1950 through 1964, UICC was known as University of Illinois Chicago Undergraduate Division located at Navy Pier, and competed as a junior college. Known as the Chicago Illini during their years competing at Navy Pier, with the move to their new campus, the athletic teams were inspired by the Chickasaw and renamed Chikas. UICC played its home games at multiple stadiums throughout their history with the most recent being Soldier Field. The Chikas program was dropped by the University at the conclusion of their 1973 season.
Strnad era (1965–1968)
George Strnad served as head coach of the Chikas from 1964 to 1968, and played as a member of the first team at Navy Pier in 1950. During his tenure as head coach after becoming a four-year school, the Chikas compiled an overall record of 13 wins, 18 losses, and one tie (.420 winning percentage).
1965
The 1965 Chicago Circle Chikas football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (UICC) (now known as the University of Illinois Chicago) as a member of the Gateway Conference during the 1965 NAIA football season. In their second season under head coach George Strnad, UICC compiled a 1–7 record.
After losing three consecutive games to open the season, the Chikas defeated Eureka College for their only win of the season. Their 47–6 loss against Northwestern College late in the season clinched the 1965 Gateway Conference championship for the Trojans.
1966
The 1966 Chicago Circle Chikas football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Congress Circle (UICC) (now known as the University of Illinois Chicago) as a member of the Gateway Conference during the 1966 NAIA football season. In their third season under head coach George Strnad, UICC compiled a 3–4 record.
The 1966 season featured the first Chikas game played at Soldier Field where they defeated Lakeland College 20–17 on homecoming.
1967
The 1967 Chicago Circle Chikas football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Congress Circle (UICC) (now known as the University of Illinois Chicago) as an independent during the 1967 NAIA football season. In their fourth season under head coach George Strnad, UICC compiled a 5–3–1 record.
For the 1967 season, the Chikas played their four home games at four different facilities: Winnemac Park, Gately Stadium, Soldier Field, and Hanson Park. As UICC did not have an on-campus facility, playing in four stadiums across Chicago was viewed as a means to grow the profile of the fledgling program Their 5–3–1 record for the season marked the first and only winning season for the Chikas as a four-year school.
1968
The 1968 Chicago Circle Chikas football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Congress Circle (UICC) (now known as the University of Illinois Chicago) as an independent during the 1968 NAIA football season. In their final season under head coach George Strnad, UICC compiled a 4–4 record.
In their game against Wayne State, the Tartars linebacker Ron Solack sustained a double-puncture to his intestine that resulted in his death on October 25.
Nemoto era (1969–1973)
Harold Nemoto was named as head coach of the Chikas in July 1969 to replace George Strnad. Nemoto previously spent 12 years as an assistant coach at Circle/Navy Pier, and was considered the best lineman to ever play at the University as a student in the 1950s. During his tenure as head coach, the Chikas compiled an overall record of 3 wins and 37 losses (.70 winning percentage).
1969
The 1969 Chicago Circle Chikas football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Congress Circle (UICC) (now known as the University of Illinois Chicago) as an independent during the 1969 NAIA football season. In their first season under head coach Harold Nemoto, UICC compiled a 1–7 record.
1970
The 1970 Chicago Circle Chikas football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Congress Circle (UICC) (now known as the University of Illinois Chicago) as an independent during the 1970 NAIA Division II football season. In their third season under head coach Harold Nemoto, UICC compiled an 0–8 record.
1971
The 1971 Chicago Circle Chikas football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Congress Circle (UICC) (now known as the University of Illinois Chicago) as an independent during the 1971 NAIA Division II football season. In their third season under head coach Harold Nemoto, UICC compiled a 2–6 record.
1972
The 1972 Chicago Circle Chikas football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Congress Circle (UICC) (now known as the University of Illinois Chicago) as an independent during the 1972 NAIA Division II football season. In their fourth season under head coach Harold Nemoto, UICC compiled an 0–8 record.
1973
The 1973 Chicago Circle Chikas football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Congress Circle (UICC) (now known as the University of Illinois Chicago) as an independent during the 1973 NCAA Division III football season. In their final season under head coach Harold Nemoto, UICC compiled an 0–8 record.
In early November the University stated the Chikas football program was to be dropped by the university at the conclusion of the season. | WIKI |
TY - JOUR T1 - Feasibility of Design One-Part Sodium Silicate Activated Metamontmorillonite-Limestone Cements TT - JF - IUST JO - IUST VL - 20 IS - 3 UR - http://ijmse.iust.ac.ir/article-1-3272-en.html Y1 - 2023 SP - 1 EP - 7 KW - metakaolin KW - metamontmorillonite KW - alkali KW - cement N2 - In this study, the potential of calcined montmorillonite as a primary precursor for one-part alkali-activated cement incorporated with high percentage of limestone, is evaluated. Comparative studies on the properties of the sodium silicate activated metakaolin-limestone and metamontmorillonite-limestone fresh and hardened cement pastes depending on several formulation and processing parameters (precursor nature, dosages of limestone and alkali reactant, curing conditions) showed that metamontmorillonite exhibits reactivity comparable to that of metakaolin in the studied cement systems. The mechanical performance of optimal alkali-activated cement formulations consisted of 20-30% of metamontmorillonite and 70-80% of limestone is provided by both reactivity of metamontmorillomite under sodium silicate activation and the filler, nucleation, and chemical effects of the raw limestone. The reaction products and microstructures of alkali-activated metamontmorillonite-limestone cement-based hardened pastes were investigated using thermal, XRD, and SEM/EDS analyses. M3 10.22068/ijmse.3272 ER - | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Pawbo designed a fancy dog tracker
The annual IFA technology conference in Berlin always means lots of gadgets, for both humans and pets. I'm happy for the dogs. And this year, Pawbo, a company owned by Acer, is launching three new pet gadgets: the iPuppyGo, the WagTag, and the Munch. I assume you didn't gather much information from those names, so I'll explain. The iPuppyGo is a fitness tracker that monitors pets' activity levels and wellness, including their sleep patterns, mood index, and health status. It pairs with a companion smartphone app over Bluetooth. Pawbo hasn't told us the operating systems its app works on, nor has it explained exactly what sensors the tracker has inside. All we know is it clips onto a collar, comes in five colors, and syncs up with a smartphone game called Treasure Hunt that encourage dog owners to walk their pet. It seems reasonable enough, although if you need incentive to walk your dog, that's not great. Can you guess what the WagTag is? The name provides zero information, so surprise: it's a location-tracking device that relies on a combination of "GPS, AGPS, Wi-Fi, and 3G." It apparently has a mic built-in because it monitors dogs' barking patterns and alerts owners when something seems off. They can then record what's happening. Again, seems like a reasonable thing. And finally, we come to the Pawbo Munch, which maybe makes sense as a gadget name. It's a treat dispenser that's controlled either through a remote or a smartphone. Unlike other dispensers, the Munch includes a game and plays music, so Pawbo thinks it'll keep pets entertained. This seems far-fetched, although maybe they'll stick around to see if treats are available. It's actually a cute device: We don't have pricing information or availability information yet, but Pawbo says it'll be coming soon on its website. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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The Bankers magazine
https://books.google.com/books?id=tRokAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Bankers'+Magazine
Cited in Law of Holes. --Guy Macon (talk) 12:41, 17 June 2020 (UTC) | WIKI |
Category:Adelphi Panthers football coaches
Coaches of American football at Adelphi University, located in the American city of Garden City, New York. | WIKI |
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delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this case, we must decide whether the Second Circuit’s longstanding “right to control” theory of fraud describes a valid basis for liability under the federal wire fraud statute, which criminalizes the use of interstate wires for “any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises.” 18 U. S. C. §1343. Under the right-to-control theory, a defendant is guilty of wire fraud if he schemes to deprive the victim of “potentially valuable economic information” “necessary to make discretionary economic decisions.” United States v. Percoco, 13 F. 4th 158, 170 (CA2 2021) (internal quotation marks omitted). Petitioner Louis Ciminelli was charged with, tried for, and convicted of wire fraud under this theory. And the Second Circuit affirmed his convictions on that same basis.
We have held, however, that the federal fraud statutes criminalize only schemes to deprive people of traditional property interests. Cleveland v. United States, 531 U. S. 12, 24 (2000). Because “potentially valuable economic | WIKI |
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He drove out like a gentleman who has his own coachman. The coachman was always one of those boys who had been adopted to be cured of scavenging and trained to wherrying.
As to what pertains to these boys, Poldik acquired by his generosity towards them the reputation of being a good-hearted fellow: it was a fine and honourable thing to take the children of the poor into his house and to look after everything which they might have need of. But we must not blind ourselves to the fact that he also laid himself open to the charge of eccentricity, and in sooth, just for these his good doings. He only took scavengers lads into his house, and he only turned out young wherrymen. This fact now hung about his neck like a characteristic label, and people, though applauding his doings, also added, “Tut! tut! Poldik, if a German mouse (i.e. a rat) were to come to him from a scavenger and begged for help because it wanted to set up among sand wherrymen, Poldik would give it shelter.” “And,” pursued others, “anyone could swindle him who chose. Let the first idle vagabond come and say, ‘I don’t want to be a scavenger, I want to be a wherryman,’ and Poldik would open his house and heart to the fellow.” But then on the other hand, they all concluded their conversation with, “But, pray, who would swindle him, where will you find the heartless rascal to do it?” | WIKI |
User:BellaKittie
I have three cats. I used to have five, but two, Bella, hence my name, and Kallie, got eaten by a raccoon. My cat had three kittens, and Bella and Kallie were two of them. | WIKI |
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Do frequently fluctuating moods (mirth now, melancholy then) bother you? Perplexed over your emotional state that touches pain and pleasure at intermittent intervals? Could it be Bipolar Disorder?
What is Bipolar Disorder?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 45 million people are affected by Bipolar Disorder, globally.
Bipolar Disorder (also known as manic depressive disorder and bipolar disease) is a mental health condition characterized by extreme mood swings (termed as mood episodes), causing shifts in energy levels, concentration and functional abilities of an individual. A person with bipolar disorder might experience intense highs (manic / hypomanic) and terrible lows (depressive). There can stretches of normal and neutral moods as well.
Types of Bipolar Disorder
The major types of bipolar disorder are as follows:
Bipolar I Disorder: A person suffering from Bipolar I Disorder would experience at least one manic episode, which may be preceded or followed by several episodes of depression or hypomania. During the manic episode, the person will be in a heightened mood, where the self-esteem and energy levels would be high.
Bipolar II Disorder: Bipolar II Disorder is characterized by the occurrence of at least one episode of depression and at least one episode of hypomania. The duration of the depressive episode would be at least two weeks and that of the hypomanic episode would be a minimum of four days.
Cyclothymic Disorder: Less intense when compared to Bipolar I Disorder and Bipolar II Disorder, Cyclothymic Disorder (or cyclothymia) is characterized by hypomania and depression of lesser intensity and shorter duration. It is a comparatively rare mood disorder.
Bipolar Disorder due to another medical condition/substance abuse: Sometimes other medications or substances could also induce mood swings.
Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
What does bipolar disorder feel like?
The signs of bipolar disorder include:
• Extreme mood swings : Euphoria, sadness, hopelessness, apprehension, guilt
• Loss of interest in activities that were enjoyed previously
• Impulsive, restless behavior and affinity towards risks
• Lack of concentration, slow pace, memory issues and inability to take decisions
• Unwanted thoughts (sometimes, suicidal)
• Fatigue and lack of energy
• Sleep issues – Lack of sleep/excessive sleepiness
• Fast-paced or lethargic conversations
• Overconfidence and extremely high self-esteem
• Disorganized nature
• Unexplained weight loss/ weight gain
• Delusions and hallucinations
Causes of Bipolar Disorder
Though the definite cause of Bipolar Disorder is not known yet, the factors that heighten the risk of Bipolar Disorder include:
Genetic: Persons with Bipolar Disorder in the family (parents or siblings with Bipolar Disorder) are more prone to the disorder. Studies have established some genetic correlation between bipolar disorder and other disorders including Schizophrenia and ADHD -Persons with parents/siblings suffering from schizophrenia or ADHD are at a higher risk of bipolar disease.
Biological: Chemical imbalance in the brain, loss or damage of brain cells are the major biological abnormalities that can cause bipolar disorder. Mitochondrial issues are also known to cause bipolar disorder.
Environmental triggers: Stress from the person’s environment is detrimental in causing bipolar disorder. Physical or emotional abuse, loss of a dear one, physical illnesses, financial issues and substance abuse are some of the common triggers.
Gender: Reason not known, women are more likely to experience bipolar disease, than men.
Age: Bipolar disorder is more commonly found in individuals in the age group of 15 to 25.
Is Bipolar Disorder Curable?
Can bipolar disorder go away? Though bipolar disorder is within the scope of treatment, it is not completely curable. The symptoms can be effectively managed with treatment. The treatment, in most cases, cater to be continuous, the course of which could be lifetime.
Diagnosis & Treatment
A qualified mental health professional can diagnose bipolar disorder through the following ways:
Psychiatric Evaluation: A thorough evaluation of your symptoms would be done, assessing your thought patterns and behavior. Your psychiatrist might ask you to record your mood and sleep patterns on a daily basis. With the available information, your symptoms would be checked with the symptoms listed in the American Psychiatric Association‘s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
Physical Evaluation: Your psychiatrist may also assess your bodily symptoms to diagnose Bipolar Disorder. Some lab tests may also be prescribed.
As already mentioned, bipolar disease tends to be a lifelong condition. However, treatment can help a lot in managing even the worst symptoms and thereby, help the individual lead a fully functional and productive life.
The basic treatment options for Bipolar Disorder include:
1.Medication
The medications that are generally involved in the treatment of bipolar disease are:
Anticonvulsants: These are the mood stabilizing drugs given to manage mania and depression in Bipolar Disorder. The predominantly prescribed ones are valproic acid and lamotrigine.
Antidepressants: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) and Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs) form the major types of antidepressants that have a role in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
Antipsychotics: Antipsychotics (otherwise known as neuroleptics) are prescribed to manage the psychotic symptoms (hallucinations and delusions) that accompany Bipolar Disorder.
Side effects of bipolar disorder medications: The most common side-effects of medication for Bipolar Disorder include weight gain, dry mouth, gastric problems, decreased libido, increased appetite, drowsiness, balance problems, muscle coordination issues, sleep issues etc.
2.Psychotherapy:
The major types of psychotherapies (also known as ‘talk therapies’) that help individuals with bipolar disease are:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): CBT, often used as an alternative when medications do not work or are not sufficient, are designed to effectively manage the symptoms of the disorder. The therapy would identify and act on the triggers that cause the symptoms and implement ideal coping techniques.
Social Rhythm Therapy (SRT): SRT aims at making the daily routine (including the sleep/wake cycle) of the individual more active and consistent, helping to manage the symptoms better.
Interpersonal Therapy: Interpersonal Therapy is a well-structured and systematic approach to resolution of relationship problems that the individual with bipolar disease might be going through. The therapy is based on the principle that mood stability is highly dependent on interpersonal relationships and life events.
3.Continuous supportive care: In some cases, hospitalization might be required in order to ensure mood stability, calmness and safety of the patient.
4.Lifestyle changes: Certain changes in the lifestyle have proven to be highly beneficial, when combined with medical intervention.
a. Get proper sleep.
b. Keep yourself nourished with a proper, balanced diet.
c. Stay active with the right amounts of physical activity.
d. Keep unwanted stress at bay.
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Earth Science, Entomology, Migrations
The Nuclear Option for Dragonflies
By Bryan Pfeiffer
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A Common Green Darner (Anax junius) / © Bryan Pfeiffer
On a crisp, sunny day in September, after what was probably a typical summer for a dragonfly (which involves flying around, killing things and having sex beside a pond), a Common Green Darner took off and began to migrate south. As it cruised past the summit of Vermonts Mt. Philo, with Lake Champlain below and the Adirondacks off in the distance, the dragonfly crossed paths with a Merlin.
The Merlin, a falcon that kills in flight, swerved, plucked the dragonfly from the sky with its talons and began to eat on the wing. As the falcon and its prey continued southbound, all that remained in their wake was a single detached dragonfly wing, falling like an autumn leaf toward fields at the base of Mt. Philo.
Eagles, hawks, falcons and Monarch butterflies aren’t the only migrants moving south past mountains this fall. Joining them are dragonflies. Although biologists know plenty about the fall raptor and Monarch migrations, we are only beginning to discover, with some creative chemistry, where these dragonflies go and how migration figures in their conservation.
Fly or Die
Most dragonfly species do not migrate. In fact, most are now dead, having already mated during the summer season, leaving behind eggs or larvae to survive the winter. The killing frost will finish off much of what’s still on the wing. But some survivors will leave.
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) / © Bryan Pfeiffer
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) / © Bryan Pfeiffer
Among the 460 or so dragonfly and damselfly species native to North America, at least five are classic migrants: Common Green Darner (Anax junius), Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata), Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens), Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea) and Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum). Each species is on the move this fall.
Dragonflies migrate for the same reasons other animals migrate: to avoid inhospitable conditions, in this case habitats that freeze or become too cold for the dragonflies themselves or their insect prey. Monarchs go to Mexico. Broad-winged Hawks leave for wintering grounds stretching from southern Mexico into South America. Dragonflies head south to who knows where.
Having studied birds for two centuries, biologists know well their breeding and wintering distributions , even to the point of learning the destination of a particular warbler or sparrow after it leaves us in the fall. Ornithologists catch lots of songbirds in nets and place around one leg a tiny silver bracelet embossed with a unique number – an avian social security number – and then release the birds to the winds. A small percentage of them, still sporting their bracelets, are later recaptured while in migration or on wintering grounds thousands of miles away. Better yet, we’re putting small electronic transmitters on large birds, such as Bar-tailed Godwits and American Woodcocks, and tracking their movements real-time with satellites.
On of my tagged Monarchs before heading off toward Mexico.
A tagged Monarchs before heading off toward Mexico.
We can even track the movement of a single butterfly. I myself have placed little stickers, each bearing a unique alpha-numerical code, on the hind wings of more than 1,000 Monarchs here in Vermont and elsewhere in North America, and then set each one free to fly toward Mexico, where many are later encountered by conservationists searching for the buttterflies once they arrive in Mexico. With each recovery, we learn more about Monarchs and how they migrate.
The “Heavy” Hydrogen
Dragonflies aren’t so obliging. For one thing, we’re clueless about where they go. Monarchs concentrate each winter in stands of Oyamel Fir in mountains west of Mexico City. So we know where to find them and how to protect them. Tagging or somehow marking a dragonfly would be like putting a message in a bottle and tossing it out to sea. Actually, I suspect we’d find the bottle before the dragonfly.
Yet it turns out that we need not tag or otherwise mark these migratory dragonflies because they themselves carry clues about where they have been. If the Merlin doesn’t get it first, we can catch any migrating dragonfly, analyze trace elements in its tissue and determine roughly how far it has flown.
Our marker is water, more to the point the two hydrogen atoms in water. Recall from high school chemistry that hydrogen nucleus normally contains a single proton and no neutron. But a tiny fraction of hydrogen atoms around the world carry one proton and one neutron. We call it “heavy hydrogen,” or deuterium. And unlike other such atomic variations among elements (which can be radioactive), deuterium is stable in the environment – a “stable isotope”– and stable in the wing of a dragonfly.
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Credit: Migratory Dragonfly Partnership
The amount of deuterium in water varies somewhat predictably in North America. You can map it. The ratio of deuterium to hydrogen in water falling as rain or snow changes on a gradient corresponding roughly with latitude. Water in Alberta, for example, carries a different deuterium-to-hydrogen ratio than water in Alabama.
Because dragonflies grow up as nymphs in water, they incorporate the local deuterium ratio into their tissue. It’s like a dialect or an accent that a dragonfly bears for life – whether as a nymph in water or a free-flying adult in migration. A Common Green Darner on the wing over Mt. Philo or Miami unwittingly carries a particular deuterium ratio, a birth certificate that tells us generally where it grew up. You are what you eat – or drink.
This science isn’t perfect. We can’t pinpoint a dragonfly’s natal waters in the way we know where a banded bird hatched or a tagged Monarch emerged. But stable isotopes are helping us track the range of migrating dragonflies. It’s “better living through chemistry.” After all, we can’t really know a bird or butterfly or a dragonfly – and what it might need in the way of conservation – until we know all the places it lives or wanders.
By the way, you need not be a chemist to help track dragonfly migration. We’re counting dragonflies in the same way we count migrating raptors during hawkwatches each fall. Learn how to do it and report what you find with help from the Migratory Dragonfly Partnership.
And while we’re out there counting, if a Merlin happens to catch a dragonfly first, we can still make a difference … by catching one of those dragonfly wings floating toward Earth.
Bryan Pfeiffer is a writer and field naturalist who specializes in birds and insects. He teaches writing in the University of Vermont’s Field Naturalist and Ecological Planning Programs.
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node-red-contrib-combine
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Node-RED Nodes that output combinations of consecutive incoming messages
These nodes aim to solve typical use cases where multi-input nodes (something that doesn't exist in Node-RED's concept) would be convenient. Incoming messages are stored internally by the nodes so combinations of multiple messages can be provided. Distinction of these messages is based on their topic property.
Prerequisites
node-red-contrib-combine requires Node.js version 7.0.0 or higher.
Nodes
If
Forwards messages to the first output when previously received a truthy payload on "Condition Topic", otherwise messages will be routed to the second output.
Logic
Logic combination of incoming messages (And, Or, Xor, Nand, Nor, Xnor).
Delta
Simple subtraction of the values received on two configured topics.
Bangbang
Bang-bang (2 step / on-off) Controller. Emits true when the the payload value exceeds the upper bound, emits false when the payload goes below the lower bound. You could e.g. use this as a simple thermostat for a climate control, feed in the actual temperature and use the output to control a cooling device. For a heating device you would have to use the "invert" option, so you receive false when exceeding the upper bound and true when going below the lower bound.
Statistic
Calculate statistic samples like e.g. min, max, mean, median, ... from incoming payloads. Message distinction can be configured to msg.topic or msg._id. A timeout can be configured that removes messages from the internal cache. The statistics are re-composed when a message times out.
List
Compose a table of consecutive incoming topics and payloads. Output as array, csv, html table or html list. Columns and sort order can be configured. Message distinction can be configured to msg.topic or msg._id. A timeout can be configured that removes messages from the internal cache. The tables are re-composed when a message times out.
Defer
Defer a message with truthy payload for given time. If another message arrives with falsy payload the timer is cancelled. Keeps track on each topics state, only one message per topic will be sent until reset by a falsy payload.
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. Aleksyéy Vladímirovich, put him in a trance!
. No, Antón Borísovich is here, and he has more practice in this matter than I, and power—Antón Borísovich!
. Ladies and gentlemen, I am not really a spiritualist. I have only studied hypnosis. Hypnosis I have studied, it is true, in all its known manifestations, but that which is called spiritualism is entirely unknown to me. From the trance of a subject I may expect certain familiar phenomena of hypnosis: lethargy, aboulia, anæsthesia, analgesia, catalepsy, and all kinds of suggestion. But here not these, but other phenomena are to be subjected to investigation, and so it would be desirable to know what these expected phenomena are, and what scientific significance they have.
. I fully concur with Mr. Grossmann's opinion. Such an elucidation would be very interesting.
(to the Professor). I think, Aleksyéy Vladimirovich, you will not refuse to make a short explanation.
. I do not object. I can explain it, if you so wish. (To the Doctor.) You, please, measure the temperature and pulse. My exposition will, unavoidably, be superficial and brief.
. Yes, brief, brief.
. Directly. (Takes out a thermometer and gives it to Semén.) Well, my good fellow! (Places it in his mouth.)
. Yes, sir.
(rising and turning to the Stout Lady, then sitting down). Ladies and gentlemen! The phenomenon which we are investigating generally represents itself, on the one hand, as something novel, and, on the other, as something transcending the natural order of things. Neither the one nor the other is correct. This phenome- | WIKI |
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Savanna
We explain what a savanna is and discuss its main characteristics. In addition, we explore its climate, flora and fauna, and more.
Sabana
The largest savanna is found in Africa.
What is a savanna?
A savanna is a large expanse of land characterized by plains and vegetation featuring herbaceous plants, shrubs, and scattered trees. It is a transition zone between the tropical rainforest and the semidesert, which usually stretches over subtropical or tropical regions.
The savanna ecosystem is found in arid zones and regions that present two distinct seasons: one with heavy rainfall lasting a few months, and another with low rainfall leading to severe droughts and lasting for most of the year.
The world’s largest savanna is found in Africa. Due to its vast size, it exhibits variations in climate, soil, flora and fauna. Savannas are also found in regions of Asia, Australia, and South America.
Savanna facts
Savannas exhibit variations in climate and soil types as they stretch away from the equator. They are classified into four types:
• Tropical savanna. It features a temperate climate with little temperature variation between the two seasons, and prevailing drought conditions. The soil is dry and not fertile.
• Temperate savanna. It shows a humid climate with cold, dry winters. The soil is somewhat more fertile than that of other types of savannas.
• Mediterranean savanna. It has a semi-arid climate characterized by greater temperature variation between seasons, low rainfall, and sparsely vegetated soils.
• Montane savanna. It features a semi-arid climate in alpine and subalpine zones, especially in regions of Africa. The soil is typically very sparsely vegetated.
Despite their differences, all types of savannas share common defining characteristics, including vast semi-arid grasslands with shrubs and sparse trees. These features differentiate savannas from grasslands (which have very fertile soils), and deserts (with soils composed of minerals and fossils).
Savanna climate
Sabana
Savannas present two distinct seasons: wet and dry.
The climate of the savanna is quite warm throughout the year, with a median temperature of 64 °F (18 ºC). However, two distinct seasons can be identified:
• Wet season. This is the shorter season of the year, usually occurring between October and March in the Southern Hemisphere, and between April and September in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the period when rainfall occurs, though precipitation levels are not enough to support abundant vegetation.
• Dry season. This is the longer and drier season. Daytime temperatures can vary significantly, and strong winds are common. Due to the sparse vegetation, these winds often raise clouds of dust and soil.
Savanna fauna
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The ostrich is one of the typical animals of the savanna.
The fauna of the savanna varies according to climate and soil conditions. A large number of animals are herbivores, thus requiring availability of vegetation to feed on. For this reason, most animals migrate during drought periods to areas where water and vegetation are more abundant.
Large mammals abound in the savanna, particularly in Africa, with species such as buffalos, lions, rhinoceros, antelopes, giraffes, and elephants. The Australian savanna, in contrast, features kangaroos, reptiles, and buffalos.
Savanna flora
The flora of the savanna has developed adaptations to withstand droughts. In the most arid areas, thorny shrubs, succulents and cacti thrive, as these plant species can conserve water for long periods of time.
Savannas feature few shrubby trees widely scattered across their vast territories. These trees are typically evergreen, meaning they retain their leaves throughout the year, and have very deep roots to reach water.
The acacia tree stands out with its dense canopy capable of providing refreshing shade during periods of intense heat. In addition, due to the height of its canopy, this species is chosen by giraffes to feed on.
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Howell E. Jackson, appointed to the United States Supreme Bench. Judge Lurton now holds this position. Judge Lurton is the only man who served in the Confederate army that has been ap pointed United States Circuit Judge. When at Cincinnati, shortly after his qualification, he was presented to a lawyer who had a vivid recollection of Morgan's raid through Ohio. On meeting the Judge, he referred to his former visit to the State, adding, " Well, the war is over." In the opinion of the profession generally, Judge Lurton took the lead of the bench after his accession to it, and he maintained it so long as he was on the bench. His influfluence in the consultation-room is shown by his rare dissents, — he usually carried the majority with him when he took a firm stand. His opinions are among the richest contri butions to the legal literature of the State, and they have commanded the respect of the courts of other States in a way that the opinions of no other judge of the State in late times have. It has so chanced that in the allotment of cases a larger number of the important ones fell to Judge Lurton than to any other judge. He is an ambi tious judge, and availed himself to the fullest of the opportunity afforded him in such cases. He has never failed to deliver an opinion worthy of the case. He has the rare faculty of usually convincing the losing lawyer of the correctness of the position taken in the opinion. This is so, principally, because his decisions are always founded on broad grounds, and never on narrow technical views. Judge Lurton is equally at home in every branch of the law; but corporation law and equity may be said to be those in which he has done his best work. Every one of the seven volumes of Pickle's reports con tains several notable opinions on these two subjects. All his opinions are good; -but perhaps the greatest he ever wrote was in the case of H. Clay King v. State, 91 Tenn. 619. Colonel King, a prominent lawyer of Memphis, had killed D. H. Poston, a brother-
lawyer. After a trial extending over .amonlh, he was convicted of murder in the first de gree, and sentenced to be hanged. On appeal to the Supreme Court, the judgment was affirmed, Judge Lurton delivering the opinion of the court. The opinion concluded thus : — "The verdict is well supported. The defend ant was entitled to a full, patient, and impartial trial. This he has had by a jury of his own selec tion. Upon his appeal the record has been labori ously re-examined. No doubt exists as to the righteousness and justice of the judgment from which he has appealed. "The defendant stands condemned by that law at whose altar he has so long stood as a minister j ing priest. The decrees of that law, to be re ! spected, must be impartial, for all are within its the very greatest as not exempt from its power.'"
* compass; 'the very least as feeling its care, and
Benjamin J. Lea was born on Jan. I, 1833, in Caswell County, N. C. He is of English and Scotch descent. His mother was a Kerr, belonging to a family prominent in the States of North Carolina and Virginia. After completing his pre liminary studies at schools convenient to his home, he entered Lake Forest College, where he graduated in 1852. Immediately on graduation, he removed to Brownsville, Haywood County, Tenn., where he has since resided. He studied law under GenL. M. Campbell, and was admitted to prac tice in 1855. He was elected to the Lower House of the General Assembly in 1859 for a term of two years, being the second Democrat elected from his county. On the breaking out of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Fifty-first Tennessee Regi ment, and was chosen as its colonel. He continued in the Confederate army through out the war, his regiment serving with the Army of the Tennessee. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of his profes sion at Brownsville. He was elected in 1878 Attorney-General and Reporter for a term of eight years. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1886, but became a candidate for Supreme | WIKI |
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How to Get an Android Device's Battery Level Using BatteryManager
Kotlin, Android, Battery1 min read
If you want to get the battery level of an Android device using Kotlin and BatteryManager, you can follow these steps:
1. Start by adding the BatteryManager class to your project. This class is part of the Android framework and provides access to battery-related information and operations. To add it to your project, you can either import it using the import keyword or use the fully qualified class name, which is android.os.BatteryManager.
2. In your Kotlin code, you can get a reference to the BatteryManager instance by calling the getSystemService() method on your Context object, passing in the BATTERY_SERVICE constant as the argument. This method returns a BatteryManager instance, which you can then use to access battery-related information and operations.
1// Get a reference to the BatteryManager instance
2val batteryManager = context.getSystemService(BATTERY_SERVICE) as BatteryManager
1. Once you have a reference to the BatteryManager instance, you can use its getIntProperty() method to get the battery level. This method takes two arguments: the property you want to get (in this case, the BATTERY_PROPERTY_CAPACITY constant) and a default value to use if the property is not available. This method returns an integer value representing the battery level, in percentage.
1// Get the battery level
2val batteryLevel = batteryManager.getIntProperty(BATTERY_PROPERTY_CAPACITY, 0)
1. You can then use the battery level value in your code as needed. For example, you could display the battery level in a TextView, or use it to trigger certain actions when the battery level reaches a certain threshold.
1// Display the battery level in a TextView
2textView.text = "$batteryLevel%"
3
4// Trigger an action when the battery level reaches a certain threshold
5if (batteryLevel <= 20) {
6 // Battery level is low, do something
7}
In conclusion, getting the battery level of an Android device using Kotlin and BatteryManager is a simple process that involves getting a reference to the BatteryManager instance, using its getIntProperty() method to get the battery level, and then using the value in your code as needed. With these steps, you can easily integrate battery-related functionality into your Kotlin-based Android app. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
February 29
February 29 Quotes of the day from previous years:
* 2004
* Just because it's old doesn't mean you have to read it. ~ "Jolene Sugarbaker, the Trailer Park Queen" as portrayed by Jayson Saffer.
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* 2008
* God bless the King! (I mean our faith's defender!) God bless! (No harm in blessing) the Pretender. But who Pretender is, and who is King, God bless us all! That's quite another thing! ~ John Byrom ~ (born 29 February 1692)
* proposed and selected by Kalki
* 2012
* You are now at a crossroads. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don't think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully. Then act upon it. ~ Anthony Robbins
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* 2016
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* 2020
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* 2024
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I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret. ~ Anthony Robbins
* 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:58, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
* 3 bystander (talk) 21:59, 16 February 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
* 0 JessRek6 (talk) 15:40, 28 February 2020 (UTC) Quote from same source Robbins used previously on this date (2012, 2020); suggestions from the same editor used previously on this date (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human. ~ Anthony Robbins
* 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:58, 24 February 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
* 3 bystander (talk) 21:59, 16 February 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
* 0 JessRek6 (talk) 15:40, 28 February 2020 (UTC) Quote from same source Robbins used previously on this date (2012, 2020); suggestions from the same editor used previously on this date (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
Trouble is a part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.
* Dinah Shore (born 29 February 1916), As quoted in The Book of Quotes (1979) by Barbara Rowes
* 3 bystander (talk) 21:59, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
* 3 JessRek6 (talk) 15:50, 28 February 2020 (UTC) Birthday; source Dinah Shore not previously used on this date; suggestion from editor not previously used on this date.
* 1 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:44, 28 February 2020 (UTC), but with a potential for 2 or higher. This presently is the only quote on this author's page, and I would prefer that the author's page be developed more, before using it.
''Strange! that such high dispute should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.'' ~ John Byrom ~
* 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:58, 24 February 2010 (UTC) with a very lean toward 4.
* 0 JessRek6 (talk) 15:40, 28 February 2020 (UTC) Quote from same source Byron used previously on this date (2008); suggestions from the same editor used previously on this date (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
Endless Perfections after all conspire, And to adore excite and to admire; But to plain Minds the Plainest Pow'r Above Is Native Goodness to attract our Love; Centre of all Its various Pow'r and Skill Is One Divine, Immutable Good Will. ~ John Byrom ~
* 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:58, 24 February 2010 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
* 0 JessRek6 (talk) 15:40, 28 February 2020 (UTC) Quote from same source Byron used previously on this date (2008); suggestions from the same editor used previously on this date (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
"The Sabbath was made for Man; not Man for the Sabbath."
* — St. Mark, ii. 27.
* From this true Saying one may learn to draw The real Nature of all outward Law. In ev'ry Instance, rightly understood, Its Ground and Reason is the human Good; By all its Changes, since the World began, Man was not made for Law, but Law for Man. ~ John Byrom ~
* 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:58, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
* 0 JessRek6 (talk) 15:40, 28 February 2020 (UTC) Quote from same source Byron used previously on this date (2008); suggestions from the same editor used previously on this date (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
In the Praise ever due to the Gospel of Grace Its Universality holds the first Place. ~ John Byrom ~
* This was used as a portion of the QOTD in 2016. 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:58, 24 February 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
* 0 JessRek6 (talk) 15:40, 28 February 2020 (UTC) Quote from same source Byron used previously on this date (2008); suggestions from the same editor used previously on this date (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
Women have everything to do with bringing culture into everyday life, with the expression of it, with the helping and influencing of a nation, not only because they are mothers but also because they themselves are an example as individuals. The modern world needs a new force for the revitalizing of its ideals. India’s art has always been unconscious, unconscious of its own beauty, unconscious of others’ admiration, unconscious of the physical though expressed in Form. India is now beginning to be conscious and we do not know how to express ourselves consciously. A great dancer’s art must depend first on the life he or she expresses, secondly upon the beauty of technique and lastly only, upon its arrangement, costume, and presentation....Though form, technique and skill are essential, great Art must have the impetus of genius, and inspiration. Then there is permanency. - Rukmini Devi Arundale
* 3--Nvvchar (talk) 16:10, 29 January 2015 (UTC) On Rukmini Devi Arundale's birth anniversary on 29 February
* 4 JessRek6 (talk) 15:50, 28 February 2020 (UTC) Birthday; source Rukmini Devi Arundale not previously used on this date; suggestion from editor not previously used on this date.
* 1 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:44, 28 February 2020 (UTC) | WIKI |
Lifespan of the Hummingbird
Lifespan of the Hummingbird
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With their small size and high metabolism, the hummingbird lifespan is generally only a few years, but the life expectancy of a hummingbird is variable and some have survived for more than a decade. The oldest known wild hummingbird lived to 12 years and 2 months. In captive environments such as zoos, with proper feeding and nutrition, hummingbirds can live up to 14 years. In the wild, they spend their lives in a fast-paced migratory search for food.
Hummingbird Fundamentals
Hummingbirds are the world's smallest birds.
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The hummingbird is a small bird of the Trochilidae family. The rapid beating of the hummingbird's wings (60 to 80 beats per second) makes the distinctive humming sound from which they get their name, according to How to Enjoy Hummingbirds. The hummingbird heart rate and breathing rate is also very rapid, to support its rapid wing movement.
Hummingbirds weigh between 2 and 20 g, have long narrow bills and small knife-shaped wings, according to the National Zoo’s Migratory Bird Center. Males and some females abound with color on highly reflective feathers on the throat and upper chest.
While there is limited data to work with, ornithologists think most hummingbirds die within a year of being hatched. Those that do survive live an average of 3 to 4 more years, according to Hummingbirds.net.
Age Studies
The oldest known hummingbird was a female broad-tailed hummingbird that scientists banded in 1976 in Colorado. She was recaptured in the same place in 1987 at the age of 12 years and 2 months. Scientists assume she died after that, since she was not found again.
The oldest known ruby-throated hummingbird was 6 years, 11 months old, according to How to Enjoy Hummingbirds. Scientists are able to determine or estimate age by tracking birds that have been banded.
Banding studies in Arizona determined that a female black-chinned hummingbird was at least 10 years old when last found, making it the oldest known hummingbird in the state, according to the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory.
Major Features
Hummingbirds can hover.
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Hummingbirds survive by drinking nectar, the sweet liquid inside flowers. During breeding season and when they’re feeding chicks, hummingbirds also consume insects and spiders to get the protein and other minerals that nectar alone does not provide, according to the National Zoo’s Migratory Bird Center.
The diet composed mostly of high-sugar nectar supports the bird’s high metabolism that keeps its wings beating at fast speeds as it flits from flower to flower or migrates long distances. A ruby-throated hummingbird’s heart beats more than 1,200 times per minute when it is flying and 225 times per minute when at rest, according to the National Zoo’s Migratory Bird Center. The bird’s wings flap 70 times per second in flight with bursts of more than 200 times per second while diving.
Unlike most other birds, hummingbirds can fly upward, downward, forward, backward and sideways, as well as hovering, according to Wild Birds Unlimited.
Types of Hummingbirds
The known 340 species of hummingbirds live almost exclusively in the Western hemisphere and can be found from Tierra del Fuego in southern Chile to southern Alaska at elevations from below sea level to more than 16,000 feet, according to the National Zoo’s Migratory Bird Center.
Seventeen species nest in the United States, most of them close to the Mexican border. Only the ruby-throated hummingbird nests east of the Mississippi River.
Migration Patterns
Hummingbirds’ nectar-dependent diet means they travel long distances to find flowers in bloom. The ruby-throated hummingbird migrates about 600 miles across the Gulf of Mexico twice each year. They can fly 18 to 20 hours without rest, according to the Migratory Bird Center at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Hummingbirds in the western United States migrate north through lower elevations in the spring and return south through mountain areas in summer to take advantage of later-blooming flowering plants, according to the Migratory Bird Center.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 723
United Nations Security Council resolution 723, adopted unanimously on 12 December 1991, noted a report of the Secretary-General that, due to the existing circumstances, the presence of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) would continue to be essential for a peaceful settlement. The Council asked the Secretary-General to report back again before 31 May 1992, to follow the implementation of the resolution.
The Council reaffirmed its previous resolutions, including Resolution 365 (1974), expressed its concern over the situation, urged the involved parties to work together toward peace and once more extended the stationing of the Force in Cyprus, established in Resolution 186 (1964), until 15 June 1992.
According to the representatives of Austria and Canada noted that Resolution 698 (1991) required new measures to put the Force on a "secure financial basis", however by the adoption of the current resolution, no such plan had been put into place. As the permanent members of the Council opposed the use of assessed contributions to the peacekeeping mission, the Council therefore failed to fulfil its own undertaking in Resolution 698. | WIKI |
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the baby to her hut, and next day she took a spade to the cave and dug a grave where she buried the poor mother.
Years passed by, and the baby grew up into a fine handsome lad, as daring as he was beautiful, and as industrious as he was brave. One day, when the boy, whom the old woman had named Nur Mahomed, was about seventeen years old, he was coming from his day’s work in the fields, when he saw a strange donkey eating the cabbages in the garden which surrounded their little cottage. Seizing a big stick, he began to beat the intruder and to drive him out of his garden. A neighbour passing by called out to him—‘Hi! I say! why are you beating the pedlar’s donkey like that?’
‘The pedlar should keep him from eating my cabbages,’ said Nur Mahomed; ‘if he comes this evening here again I’ll cut off his tail for him!’
Whereupon he went off indoors, whistling cheerfully. It happened that this neighbour was one of those people who make mischief by talking too much; so, meeting the pedlar in the ‘serai,’ or inn, that evening, he told him what had occurred, and added: ‘Yes; and the young spitfire said that if beating the donkey would not do, he would beat you also, and cut your nose off for a thief!’
A few days later, the pedlar having moved on, two men appeared in the village inquiring who it was who had threatened to ill-treat and to murder an innocent pedlar. They declared that the pedlar, in fear of his life, had complained to the king; and that they had been sent to bring the lawless person who had said these things before the king himself. Of course they soon found out about the donkey eating Nur Mahomed’s cabbages, and about the young man’s hot words; but although the lad assured them that he had never said anything about murdering anyone, they replied they were ordered to arrest him, and bring him to take his trial before the king. So, in spite of his protests, and the wails of his mother, he was carried off, and in due time brought before the king. Of | WIKI |
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Music:
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Boot from SAN device
Synopsis
sanboot [--drive <drive>] [--no-describe] [--keep] [<uri>]
Examples
Boot from an iSCSI target
sanboot iscsi:10.0.4.1:::1:iqn.2010-04.org.ipxe.dolphin:storage
Boot from an HTTP target
sanboot http://boot.ipxe.org/freedos/fdfullcd.iso
Boot from local drive 0x80
sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80
Attach a SAN target and then boot an installer held on another target
sanhook --drive 0x81 ${root-path}
sanboot --no-describe iscsi:10.0.4.1:::1:iqn.2010-04.org.ipxe.dolphin:liveinstall
Description
Boot from the specified SAN drive. If no SAN drive is explicitly specified then the default SAN drive (0x80) will be used. If a SAN target URI is specified then it will be automatically attached as the specified SAN drive.
The SAN drive will be described via an appropriate mechanism (such as an iBFT for an iSCSI drive) unless the --no-describe option is specified.
Command status
Failure Booting was unsuccessful
It is generally impossible for this command to return successfully, since if the boot is successful then control will not return to iPXE.
See also
Notes
The Master Boot Record (MBR) code present on most SAN targets will be unable to boot unless the target is attached as the default SAN drive (0x80).
If you wish to attach to multiple SAN targets, each target must be attached as a different SAN drive.
You can optionally specify a SAN target URI that will be automatically attached as the specified SAN drive before booting is attempted. This drive will be automatically detached if booting then fails, unless the --keep option is specified.
For the sake of backwards compatibility, you can use the keep-san setting to prevent iPXE from detaching a SAN drive, and you can use the skip-san-boot setting to prevent iPXE from booting from a SAN drive. The combination of both of these settings provides functionality which is approximately equivalent to the sanhook command.
You can use the sanboot command to boot from a local disk drive without exiting iPXE. This can be useful if BIOS bugs prevent you from being able to cleanly exit iPXE. For example:
# Boot from local hard disk
sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80
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EXCLUSIVE-Chevron Phillips Chemical failed to disclose years of U.S. benzene imports -document
By Laila Kearney
NEW YORK, May 11 (Reuters) - A Chevron Corp CVX.N and Phillips 66 PSX.N petrochemical joint venture imported significant quantities of the toxic chemical benzene into the United States for several years without reporting it to regulators as required by law, according to a company document seen by Reuters.
Benzene is a known carcinogen that is used in the production of pesticides, detergents, plastics, and other synthetic materials, and companies must report imports of 25,000 pounds (11,340 kg) or more to help regulators track potential exposure.
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC CHEPH.UL imported "reportable quantities" of the chemical between 2013 and 2020 that it did not immediately disclose to regulators, according to the document, a letter from the company's attorney to non-profit watchdog group Center For Environmental Health dated April 21.
The letter said the company has since filed paperwork to correct the issue.
Chevron Phillips Chemical declined to comment on the matter for this story, citing pending regulatory review. The Environmental Protection Agency said it does not disclose whether or not there are enforcement actions underway.
"As a general matter, if a company were to identify a mistake in what was report[ed], the company must correct its (Chemical Data Reporting) submission," the agency said.
The EPA has fined companies in the past for similar violations, running into the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to agency documents.
Woodlands, Texas-based Chevron Phillips had sent the letter to CEH after the watchdog group threatened to sue it for allegedly violating the U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act, which requires the disclosure of significant imports of dangerous chemicals.
CEH said it believes the company imported more than 350 million pounds of the product without reporting it to the EPA from the years 2013 to 2015, citing the most recent publicly available data. It did not have an estimate for unreported imports since the 2016 reporting period. Most of the chemicals were shipped to the company's Port Arthur, Texas, facility, CEH said.
CEH said it had also found that other chemical companies imported benzene without reporting it on required U.S. Chemical Data Reporting rule forms, but in lesser quantities.
“We believe these violations are the tip of the iceberg within the industry and CDR non-compliance is likely widespread and significant,” said Robert Sussman, CEH counsel and a former EPA senior official.
“Non-profit groups like CEH can do only so much to deter violations if EPA does not effectively use the enforcement tools at its disposal to find and penalize violators.”
Deemed a carcinogen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, benzene can evaporate and also pool underground, contaminating air, soil and groundwater that can cause people and animals to become sick over time.
(Reporting by Laila Kearney Editing by Marguerita Choy)
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Star Wars Minute (Podcast)
Star Wars Minute is a daily podcast that analyzes, scrutinizes and celebrates the Star Wars movies in sequential order, with each episode covering a single minute of a movie. The podcast is hosted and created by Peter "Pete the Retailer" Bonavita and Alex Robinson, and features a rotating cast of guest commentators. So far, the series has covered the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy, and The Force Awakens. The podcast is viewed a trendsetter for "movies by minutes" podcasts, of which there are now over 100.
History
The first episode, analyzing the first minute of Star Wars: A New Hope, aired on June 3rd, 2013. The series was inspired by another podcast, Mission Log, which analyzes the Star Trek series episode by episode. The podcast began to grow a cult following, and by the time Robinson and Bonavita began recording Return of the Jedi, the podcast had merchandise and its own Patreon page. Bonavita stated in 2017 that the podcast's new and old episodes combine for over 100,000 listens a week.
Season 1: The Motion Picture
The show's first season covered A New Hope, and spanned 122 episodes. This season's episodes tended to be shorter, with the first episode clocking in at just 11 minutes. Notable guests from this season that would go on to become series regulars include Tony Consiglio and Chris Radtke among others.
Season 2: The Empire Strikes Back
Before wrapping season 1, Bonavita and Robinson announced that they would be returning for The Empire Strikes Back minute. Minute 1 aired on January 13th, 2014, just two months after season 1 wrapped. The duo hosted a live podcast on June 15th, 2014 (Father's Day) covering minutes 111 and 112, in which Darth Vader informs Luke that he is his father.
Season 3: Return of the Jedi
Bonavita and Robinson began analyzing Return of the Jedi on January 5th, 2015. For minutes 79 and 80 (in which Luke and Leia discuss their parentage with eachother), the duo hosted another live show at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim with guest Matt Gourley. Notable first-time guests for this season include Paul Rust, star of the Netflix series Love.
Season 4: The Phantom Menace
Bonavita and Robinson began analyzing The Phantom Menace (which they refer to as "The Naboo Movie" as part of a superstition they have on November 23rd, 2015. Despite expressing a distaste for the prequel movies throughout their original trilogy podcast run, Bonavita would admit he watched The Phantom Menace 13 times in the theater. Notable guests this season include Mark Hamill's son, Nathan.
Season 5: Attack of the Clones
Bonavita and Robinson began analyzing Attack of the Clones on November 14th, 2016. For minutes 101 through 105, the duo recorded a live podcast on a cruise ship as part of the Fan2Sea Cruise.
Season 6: Revenge of the Sith
Bonavita and Robinson began analyzing Revenge of the Sith on November 13th, 2017. Bonavita had only seen the movie once in the theaters, allowing for a unique perspective on the film. Throughout the season, the duo would often reference The Force Awakens and other Disney-Era Star Wars movies, implying that they would continue making Star Wars Minute past the Lucas era of movies.
Season 7: The Force Awakens
Bonavita and Robinson began analyzing The Force Awakens on November 12th, 2018. This season marked the first in which the trilogy of the film they were analyzing was not yet complete, as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker would not be realized for another year. This allowed for more plot-related speculation amongst the hosts and guests.
Season 8: Rogue One
As of now, this season has yet to begin. However, Robinson and Bonavita have confirmed that they will be analyzing the anthology films and would continue to analyze the series in release order, meaning the next film will be Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Reception
Star Wars Minute has been called "the seed of a rapidly expanding podcast genre" by the pop-culture website The Ringer due to its minute-by-minute format, which has now bled into dozens of other podcasts analyzing films such as Back to the Future, The Big Lebowski and Goodfellas, to name a few.
In 2017, the podcast made Thrillist's list of "8 'Star Wars' Podcasts You Need to Listen To," stating that "the show will give you a brand-new appreciation of the sequels, and help you look a little closer and the minutia of cinema in general." | WIKI |
John Hardy (composer)
John Hardy (born 1957) is an English-born composer who has been commissioned by the Arts Council/National Lottery, the BBC, Welsh National Opera and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, among others. His work includes opera, choral and orchestral pieces, site-specific theatre events and film.
Hardy studied at Hereford Cathedral School, Oxford University and Guildhall School of Music & Drama before directing music at Cardiff Laboratory Theatre, Edington Festival then Welsh performance group Brith Gof, whose 1988 production Gododdin was performed with percussion group Test Dept and described by The Independent as "elemental, wild and exhilarating… an exceptional achievement.”
In 1994 Hardy won the first of his five BAFTA Cymru awards for the soundtrack to Hedd Wyn, an Oscar-nominated film about the Welsh poet. At this time he began collaborating with playwright Ed Thomas, composing music for Song From A Forgotten City (1995), House of America (1996), Gas Station Angel (1998) and Stone City Blue (2004).
Music Theatre Wales commissioned and in 1994 premiered Flowers, a chamber opera described as "rich and evocative" by Opera, "communicating… the whole gamut of human emotions" by The Times and by Steven Walsh in The Independent as "a strong piece that seems to do what it sets out to… with terrific conviction, with a flair for torturous sonic imagery, and with no hint that the composer is not in complete control of his materials."
Further opera commissions followed with The Roswell Incident for Music Theatre Wales and Mis Du Bach/Black February for Welsh National Opera, produced and performed at Abergwaun/Fishguard, the site of the last invasion of Britain, in collaboration with the local community.
In 1998 De Profundis was commissioned for Westminster Abbey Choir, BBC Singers and London Brass to end a concert celebrating the unveiling of ten new statues of international martyrs. Fever was commissioned for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic at Last Night of the Welsh Proms in 2000.
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales have commissioned several works including A.C.T.I.O.N. – sing Wales 2000 for performance with 800 school children; Fighting the Clock composed with Luke Carver Goss, school children from Beddau and members of the orchestra, first performed in 2000 and broadcast on BBC Radio 3; and Blue Letters from Tanganyika which was toured, recorded, broadcast on Radio 3 many times and released on Hardy's own label Ffin Records in 2009.
Not Darkness But Twilight was written for the BBC National Chorus of Wales and performed at St. David's Cathedral Festival 2004 and Wyastone Concert Hall. In 2006 Arts Council Wales granted a Creative Wales Award and the choral cycle Spaces: Beyond the End of the World was written for Serendipity, Only Men Aloud! and Vivace Singers.
Chamber works include Fol-de-Riddles: Fanfares for 4 Fiddles commissioned by Madeleine Mitchell for the first Red Violin Festival in 1997 and broadcast on BBC Radio 3; Fflamau Oer: Songs for Jeremy, commissioned by Jeremy Huw Williams with a selection recorded for Sain; Still Water for Philip Heyman and Snorri's Pool for Lowri Morgan.
During 2007 Hardy's group Ensembl8 performed his own new and existing arranged music with live electronics and video projection. In 2009 the BBC Concert Orchestra commissioned music for a composite piece by composers including Pet Shop Boys, Anne Dudley and Will Gregory, performed at Queen Elizabeth Hall and broadcast on Radio 3.
In 2010 Hardy became Head of Contemporary Music at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Recent and future commissions include music for a new production of The Persians in the inaugural season of National Theatre Wales.
In 2018 John Hardy Music composed the theme tune for the BBC television series, Hidden/Craith
Hardy is a nephew of the actor Robert Hardy.
Selected works
* Pax (1990, oratorio)
* Haearn (1992, oratorio)
* Flowers (1994, opera)
* Mis Du Bach / Black February (1997, opera)
* Blue Letters from Tanganyika (1997, orchestra)
* The Roswell Incident (1997, opera)
* Kennst du das Land? (1997, soprano and piano)
* Fol-de-riddles: Fanfares for 4 fiddles (1997, violins)
* Archaeologies: Wild Wales (myths & legends) (1998, wind quintet)
* The Waltz is Over (1998, soprano and ensemble)
* ... on the way to heaven (1998, soprano and piano)
* De Profundis (1998, SATB chorus, brass and percussion)
* Fflamau Oer: songs for Jeremy (1999, baritone and piano)
* Fighting The Clock (with Luke Carver Goss, 2000, orchestra)
* A.C.T.I.O.N. – sing Wales 2000 (2000, orchestra and school-children)
* Fever (2000, orchestra)
* Bards of Wales/Beirdd Cymru (2003, SATB chorus, trumpet, harp and narrator)
* Not Darkness But Twilight (2004, SATB chorus with organ, harp and percussion)
* joywithinsects (2005, SATB chorus)
* La-la Land (2005, SATB chorus)
* When We Let Spirit Lead Us (2005, SATB chorus)
* Still Water (2005, viola and piano)
* Luminous Water (2005, viola and piano)
* Spaces – Beyond the End of the World (2006, song cycle for combinations of SATB chorus with organ, piano, harp and percussion) | WIKI |
Chirality
The handedness of molecules leads to a number of exciting phenomena. Firmly anchored in the Collaborative Research Center "Extremes Licht für die Analyse und Kontrolle von molekularer CHiralität (ELCH)", we investigate the fundamentals of the interaction between light and chiral molecules and develop highly sensitive methods for investigating and manipulating molecular chirality. We use both femtosecond lasers in our laboratories in Frankfurt and synchrotron radiation as light sources. In the area of basic research, we pursue three goals:
- The detailed understanding of the tunneling process from chiral molecules, which we investigate with the help of high-dimensional coincidence measurements using the COLTRIMS technique.
- Investigation of the spin polarization in strong field ionization from chiral molecules.
- The deepening of the understanding of the circular dichroism in the electron emission after absorption of a single photon.
For practical application, we develop highly sensitive analysis methods for chiral recognition using coulomb explosion imaging and photoelectron diffraction.
Stereochemistry Enhanced Chiral Asymmetries
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Anatomy Involved in the Procedure The most common technique of a pancreaticoduodenectomy consists of the en bloc removal of the distal segment (antrum) of the stomach, the first and second portions of the duodenum, the head of the pancreas, the Common bile duct, and the gallbladder. Lymph nodes in the area are often removed during the operation as well (lymphadenectomy). However, not all lymph nodes are removed in the most common type of pancreaticoduodenectomy because studies showed that patients did not benefit from the more extensive surgery.
The basic concept behind the pancreaticoduodenectomy is that the head of the pancreas and the duodenum share the same arterial blood supply (the gastroduodenal artery). These arteries run through the head of the pancreas, so that both organs must be removed if the single blood supply is severed. If only the head of the pancreas were removed it would compromise blood flow to the duodenum, resulting in tissue necrosis.
While blood supply to the liver is left intact, the Common bile duct is removed. This means that while the liver remains with a good blood supply the surgeon must make a new connection to drain bile produced in the liver. This is done at the end of the surgery. The surgeon will make a new attachment between the pancreatic duct and the jejunum or stomach. | WIKI |
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What is Machine Learning?
First, and quite important, what it is not. It is not a magic bag of pixie dust, nor an artificial intelligence. What it is, rather, a sophisticated-comprehensive math + computation. Likewise, it is cutting edge pattern identification’s and fruitful correlations for successful outcomes. Unlike traditional statistics, Machine Learning is an iterative testing of many millions of combinations of varied data points. Also, Machine Learning can learn many pathways accounting for variance that exists in human health, rather than, mapping to average outcomes. We expose lots of relevant information to various machine learning models by pre-processing clinical notes using NLP technologies. Machine learning will be a team sport requiring the integration of data science and medicine. With such, new players, and the training of doctors in data science, statistics, and behavioral science will be necessary.
Where does Machine Learning Fit In?
Data access and its relationships; content sourcing and context creation; algorithms building; and lastly, insights for decision making
Healthcare industry challenges and implications for machine learning, training and teaching:
(unlike in other industries where ML is becoming a reality, e.g. Retail, Airlines, Banking, Logistics)
In healthcare, we don’t measure outcomes because we don’t get paid, while machine learning relies on outcomes to ‘learn’ correlations to them. This means machine learning is likely to be limited to helping schedule more services, more effectively, versus, keeping people out of hospitals.
Challenges: Machine Learning for Healthcare Industry
• The healthcare delivery system remains very complicated, fragmented, thereby, difficult to navigate and understand. The system, likewise, lacks transparency, collaboration and accountability. Most people don’t have any sense of how the system works “at large” and continue to get lost in its process. Unfortunately, we, as patient-consumers, only grasp the mechanics of this delivery on a “piece by piece” basis. Getting to a holistic, convenient, and consumer “valued” experience, remains a big challenge.
• With diversity in populations, various stakeholder engagement’s, differential motives and desires, our health systems have great difficulty around alignment and true coordination in achieving the necessary goal of cost control & quality care.
• Healthcare regulations continue to not only take on a spirit of gradualness, but, remain cumbersome and difficult to track, thus, act on.
• Clinical care is “just a small component” in terms of Healthcare. Healthcare is a narrow definition of health. Now, health is moving to digital environments empowering patients, consumers and caregivers, leading to and creating, a “new healthcare economy” that will have implications, synergies, opportunities and threats.
• 90% of health data is generated outside the physician office environment; the clinical component substantiates the other 10 to 20% of this capture. Clinical data, the core for innovation, is fragmented, unstructured, hidden at times, and not interoperable. Likewise, and critically important, often untrusted.
• Clinical care delivery is siloed, volume driven, and care coordination is not yet fully incentivized.
• While basic EMR implementation is complete in most care delivery settings, it remains frustrating and unsatisfactory, causing physician burnout and confusions, by not delivering quality information at the point of care. The access to multiple “patient portals” for a consumer with varying degrees of chronic illness, isn’t a reality in terms of centralizing this complex data, nor, normalizing the content into an understandable context.
• The one definitive accomplishment of the past decade is that we have standardized clinical terminology with RxNorm, LOINC and SNOMED-CT. However, this being said, it is fair to say that we don’t have a national patient matching strategy, a national provider directory, nor a standardized consent/privacy policy.
• Healthcare reimbursement based on clinical documentation from ICD and CPT codes continues to be very complex.
• We don’t have a healthcare “costing” system. Employers and patients don’t have access to pricing info (i.e. transparency) nor how their dollars are being spent by payers and providers.
• Individual health risk assessment, quality measurement, while burdensome, remains essential for ensuring outcomes and performance. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Using the Browser API Redirect 1
Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
This API is available on Firefox OS for privileged or certified applications only.
Summary
The HTML Browser API is an extension of the HTML <iframe> element that allows web apps to implement browsers or browser-like applications. This entails two major aspects:
• Make the iframe appear like a top-level browser window to the embedded content. This means that window.top, window.parent, window.frameElement, etc. should not reflect the frame hierarchy. Optionally, the notion that the embedded is an Open Web App can be expressed as well.
• An API to manipulate and listen for changes to the embedded content's state.
In addition to that, it's also possible to express the notion that the embedded content is an Open Web App. In that case the content is loaded within the appropriate app context (such as permissions).
Usage
An <iframe> is turned into a browser frame by setting the mozbrowser attribute:
<iframe src="http://hostname.tld" mozbrowser>
In order to embed an Open Web App, the mozapp attribute must also be supplied, with the path to the app's manifest:
<iframe src="http://hostname.tld" mozapp='http://path/to/manifest.webapp' mozbrowser>
At last the content of the <iframe> can be loaded in its own child process, separate to the page embedding this frame by using the remote attribute.
<iframe src="http://hostname.tld" mozbrowser remote>
Warning: That last attribute is necessary for security reasons if you plan to load content from an untrusted/unknown origin. If you don't use it, you take the risk of your application being compromised by a malicious web site.
Permissions
Any application that wants to embed a browser frame must have the browser permission within its app manifest.
{
"permissions": {
"browser": {}
}
}
Additionally, to embed an Open Web App, the app must have the embed-apps permission.
{
"permissions": {
"browser": {},
"embed-apps": {}
}
}
Extra methods
To support the requirement of a browser <iframe>, Firefox OS extends the HTMLIFrameElement DOM interface. Those new methods gives the <iframe> some super powers:
Those methods allow navigating through the browsing history of the <iframe>. They are necessary to be able to implement back, forward, stop, and reload buttons.
Performance methods
Those methods are used to manage the resources used by a browser <iframe>. This is especially useful for implementing tabbed browser application.
Event methods
In order to manage the browser <iframe>'s content, many new events were added (see below). The following methods are used to deal with those events:
Miscellaneous methods
Those methods are utilities, useful for apps that host a browser <iframe>.
• getScreenshot(): Allows taking a screenshot of the browser <iframe>'s content. This is particularly useful to get thumbnails of tabs in a tabbed browser app.
Events
In order to allow an application to manage the browser <iframe>, the application can listen for new events about what's happening within the browser <iframe>. The following new events can be listened for:
Example
In this example we'll see how to implement a very basic browser app.
HTML
In the HTML we just add a URL bar, a "Go" and "Stop" button, and a browser <iframe>.
<header>
<input id="url">
<button id="go">Go</button>
<button id="stop">Stop</button>
</header>
<iframe src="about:blank" mozbrowser remote></iframe>
CSS
We switch between the go and stop button with a little css trick.
button:disabled {
display: none;
}
JavaScript
Now we can add the required functionalities:
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
var url = document.getElementById("url");
var go = document.getElementById("go");
var stop = document.getElementById("stop");
var browser = document.getElementsByTagName("iframe")[0];
// This function is used to switch the Go and Stop button
// If the browser is loading content, "Go" is disabled and "Stop" is enabled
// Otherwise, "Go" is enabled and "Stop" is disabled
function uiLoading(isLoading) {
go.disabled = isLoading;
stop.disabled = !isLoading;
}
go.addEventListener("touchend", function () {
browser.setAttribute("src", url.value);
});
stop.addEventListener("touchend", function () {
browser.stop();
});
// When the browser starts loading content, we switch the "Go" and "Stop" buttons
browser.addEventListener('mozbrowserloadstart', function () {
uiLoading(true);
});
// When the browser finishes loading content, we switch back the "Go" and "Stop" buttons
browser.addEventListener('mozbrowserloadend', function () {
uiLoading(false);
});
// In case of error, we also switch back the "Go" and "Stop" buttons
browser.addEventListener('mozbrowsererror', function (event) {
uiLoading(false);
alert("Loading error: " + event.detail);
});
// When a user follows a link, we make sure the new location is displayed in the address bar
browser.addEventListener('mozbrowserlocationchange', function (event) {
url.value = event.detail;
});
});
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Censorship in the Soviet Union
Censorship in the Soviet Union was pervasive and strictly enforced.
Censorship was performed in two main directions:
* State secrets were handled by the General Directorate for the Protection of State Secrets in the Press (also known as Glavlit), which was in charge of censoring all publications and broadcasting for state secrets
* Censorship, in accordance with the official ideology and politics of the Communist Party was performed by several organizations:
* Goskomizdat censored all printed matter: fiction, poetry, etc.
* Goskino, in charge of cinema
* Gosteleradio, in charge of radio and television broadcasting
* The First Department in many agencies and institutions, such as the State Statistical Committee (Goskomstat), was responsible for assuring that state secrets and other sensitive information only reached authorized hands.
Destruction of printed matter
The Soviet government implemented mass destruction of pre-revolutionary and foreign books and journals from libraries. Only "special collections" (spetskhran), accessible by special permit granted by the KGB, contained old and "politically incorrect" material. Libraries were registered and an inspectorate set up to ensure compliance; items regarded as harmful were weeded from the collections. Towards the end of Soviet rule, perestroika led to loosened restrictions on publishing.
Soviet books and journals also disappeared from libraries according to changes in Soviet history. Often, Soviet citizens preferred to destroy politically incorrect publications and photos because those connected to them frequently suffered persecution, such as in the case of persecution of Christians.
After the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria in 1953, all subscribers to the second edition (1950–1958) of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia obtained a page to replace the one containing the Lavrentiy Beria article; the new page extended information on George Berkeley.
Soviet censorship of literature
Works of print such as the press, advertisements, product labels, and books were censored by Glavlit, an agency established on June 6, 1922, ostensibly to safeguard top secret information from foreign entities but in reality to remove material the Soviet authorities did not like. From 1932 until 1952, the promulgation of socialist realism was the target of Glavlit in bowdlerizing works of print, while anti-Westernization and Soviet nationalism were common tropes for that goal. To limit peasant revolts over collectivization, themes involving shortages of food were expunged. In the 1932 book Russia Washed in Blood, a Bolshevik's harrowing account of Moscow's devastation from the October Revolution contained the description, "frozen rotten potatoes, dogs eaten by people, children dying out, hunger," but was promptly deleted. Also, excisions in the 1941 novel Cement were made by eliminating Gleb's spirited exclamation to English sailors: "Although we're poverty-stricken and are eating people on account of hunger, [still] we have Lenin."
As peasant uprisings defined pre-World War II Soviet censorship, nationalism defined the period during the war. Defeats of the Red Army in literature were forbidden, as were depictions of trepidation in Soviet military characters. Pressure from state-run Pravda prompted authors like Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev to redact a section in The Young Guard, where a child reads in the eyes of a dying Russian sailor the words "We are crushed." Since Joseph Stalin regularly read Pravda, which was itself censored by Glavlit, it was wise for an author to obey Pravda's advice.
With the start of the Cold War, a curse on anti-Westernization was proclaimed, mirroring the American Second Red Scare to some extent. For instance, in the 1950 edition of The Ordeal of Sevastopol, censors made over three hundred cuts, screening the book's references to Frenchmen as "a people of very lively imagination", and the chivalrous treatments which the French gave to Russian prisoners—such as eating in the passenger's lounge and being given a hundred francs per month—were extracted from the text. Historically, Russia has been technologically inferior to the West, which is demonstrated by Glavlit editing out a section of Sevastopol which enviously describes London's technological accomplishments in flattering detail. Religious intolerance and atheism was another goal of post-World War II censorship, and was an extension of anti-Westernization. In the children's novel Virgin Soil Upturned, references to God making mist out of tears shed by the poor and hungry were rescinded.
The "Khrushchev Thaw", beginning in 1953 with Stalin's death, brought some liberalization of censorship laws, and greater liberty to the authors writing during this time. Glavlit's authority to censor literature decreased after they became attached to the USSR Council of Ministers in 1953. The nascence of de-Stalinization—the government's remission of Stalin's policies—is evident by censors replacing his name in For the Power of the Soviets, with words like "the Party," or "the Supreme Commander." Anti-Westernization was also suppressed, and in 1958, Sevastopol became divested of cuts meant to hide the West's technological advancement and Russia's backwardness. When Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, a novel about a prisoner's brutal experience in the gulag, was released to the public in 1962, it was clear that socialist realism was disappearing. However, censorship was not completely absent from this era. Emmanuil Kazakevich's 1962 novel, Spring on the Oder, was posthumously injected in 1963 with descriptions of supposed American bigotry, selfishness, and racism, which was not in the novel originally. These examples of anti-Westernization indicate that works were expurgated for propaganda, but censorship still declined with Khrushchev's de-Stalinization.
Censorship of images
Repressed persons were routinely removed not only from texts, but also from photos, posters and paintings.
Soviet censorship of film
Censorship of film was commonplace since the USSR's inception. Beginning with the Russian Civil War (1917–1922), censoring film effectively advanced socialist realism, a mode of art production that positively portrays socialism and constituents of socialist nations. As propaganda tools directed at the masses—particularly the illiterate—themes of anti-Westernization and nationalism depicted socialist realism in films by negatively portraying elements of capitalist countries while positively depicting the Soviet Union. Elements of anti-Westernization included censoring religion and technological superiority, while signs of weakness in the Soviet military, like lost battles or frightened soldiers, were expurgated to further nationalistic goals. Film censorship peaked during the rule of Stalin (1924–1953).
Acting as the chief censor for films, Stalin was demanding meticulous revisions in a way befitting his interpretation, as if a co-author. One famous letter Stalin wrote to Alexander Dovzhenko pertained to The Great Citizen, a film about the Moscow show trials. Stalin's letter made several intrusive revisions on the characters, props, and vital scenes such that the entire film needed restructuring. More moderate cases were recorded, such as a picture by Ivan Pyryev, where Stalin only changed the title from Anka to The Party Card. However, movies which Stalin thought did not cohere with socialist realism were denied being released to the public; The Party Card was not such a film. This picture's screenplay was written during the time of a national campaign to renew individual party cards, and losing one amounted to a serious lack of Soviet discipline. Anka, the main character, has her card stolen by her lover, who is the surreptitious son of a kulak.
Kulaks were farmers resisting Stalin's crop requisition, and Anka's lover uses the party card for iniquitous purposes. In the final scene of the movie, she confronts him at gunpoint and, after he ignominiously begs forgiveness, she has him arrested by the authorities. By vilifying kulaks, Stalin aimed to diminish public sympathy for them. Socialist realism is promoted since, at the end of the movie, her loyalty to the party takes precedence over her romantic feelings; therefore, Stalin approved its production. However, not all films earned his approval.
One example is the 1940 film, The Law of Life, which was retracted from cinemas after ten days because it negatively portrayed a Komsomol leader by depicting him as hypocritical and abusing his power. Stalin organized a military tribunal which castigated the scenarist Aleksandr Avdeenko, accusing him of inaccurate representations of Soviet reality. While nothing was said of the director, Avdeenko was jettisoned from the party. However, directors were not always spared, as in the case of Margarita Barskaia. Her film Father and Son features a factory director who prioritizes his work over educating his son, Boris. Portraying Boris as an unhappy child and the father—a war hero—as a slothful parent was regarded as slanderous by a film reviewer. After her movie was removed from cinemas, Barskaia either committed suicide on 23 July 1939 following a meeting where she was excommunicated from the film-making profession, or was arrested and died in a gulag camp.
While Glavlit censored literature, Stalin micro-managed the film industry. He made "recommendations" on what should be included, edited, or deleted entirely. If ignored, similar consequences to those that befell Margarita were meted out. However, while he was obsessed with films, Stalin was uneducated on film production. Due to this ignorance, Stalin thought of the director as a mere technician who carried out instructions. Therefore, he dictated that camera angles should not be shot from below, or above the actor, but always at eye level. Stalin's callowness over the importance of the director's work was of great benefit to the filmmakers since, "with few exceptions, they survived."
The centrality of Stalin in film censorship lasted to his death in 1953, but the strictness of Soviet censorship did not survive him. Khrushchev succeeded Stalin as the USSR's ruler, and articulated de-Stalinization in his secret speech to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. At this point, censorship finally began to diminish; this was known as the "Khrushchev Thaw." Film output grew to 20 pictures in 1953, 45 in 1954, and 66 in 1955. Movies now introduced themes that were formerly considered taboo, like conflicted characters. In the 1959 film Ballad of a Soldier, Alyosha, the main character, experiences a conflict between his lover and his obligations to the military. The off-screen text at the end of the film reads, "He could have become a worker…grown wheat and adorned the earth with gardens. But all he managed in his short life was to become a soldier." While restrictions on film still pervaded during the "Khrushchev Thaw", they were significantly fewer than under Stalin.
Translations
Translations of foreign publications were often produced in a truncated form, accompanied with extensive corrective footnotes. For example, in the 1976 Russian translation of Basil Liddell Hart's History of the Second World War content, such as the Soviet treatment of its satellite states, many other Western Allies' efforts (e.g. Lend-Lease), the Soviet leadership's mistakes and failures, criticism of the Soviet Union, and other content, were censored out.
Control over information
All media in the Soviet Union throughout its history was controlled by the state, including television and radio broadcasting, newspaper, magazine, and book publishing. This was achieved by state ownership of all production facilities, thus making all those employed in media state employees. This extended to the fine arts, including the theater, opera, and ballet. Art and music were controlled by state ownership of distribution and performance venues.
Censorship was also utilized in cases where performances did not meet with the favor of the Soviet leadership, with newspaper campaigns against offending material and sanctions applied through party-controlled professional organizations.
In the case of book publishing, a manuscript had to pass censorship and the decision of a state-owned publishing house to publish and distribute the book. Books which met with official approval and favor, for example, the collected speeches of Leonid Brezhnev, were printed in vast quantities while less favored literary material was published in limited numbers and not distributed widely, or not published at all.
Possession and use of copying machines was tightly controlled in order to hinder production and distribution of samizdat, i.e. self-published books and magazines that were banned by the Soviet state. Possession of even a single samizdat manuscript, such as a book by Andrei Sinyavsky, was a serious crime which involved "a visit from the KGB." Another outlet for works, which were censored by the authorities, was publishing abroad, although smuggling books to the West was dangerous.
It was the practice of libraries in the Soviet Union to restrict access to back issues of journals and newspapers more than three years old.
Historical falsification of political events such as the October Revolution and the Brest-Litovsk Treaty became a distinctive element of Stalin's regime. A notable example is the 1938 publication, History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks), in which the history of the governing party was significantly altered and revised including the importance of the leading figures during the Bolshevik revolution. Retrospectively, Lenin's primary associates such as Zinoviev, Trotsky, Radek and Bukharin were presented as "vacillating", "opportunists" and "foreign spies" whereas Stalin is depicted as the chief discipline during this revolution. However, in reality, Stalin was considered a relatively unknown figure with secondary importance at the time of the event. In his book, The Stalin School of Falsification, Leon Trotsky cited a range of historical documents such as party speeches, meeting minutes, and suppressed texts such as Lenin's Testament. He argued that the Stalinist faction routinely distorted political events, forged a theoretical basis for irreconcilable concepts such as the notion of "Socialism in One Country" and misrepresented the views of opponents through an array of employed historians alongside economists to justify policy manoeuvering and safeguarding its own set of material interests.
Jamming of foreign radio stations
Due to the appearance of foreign radio stations broadcasting in Russian territory and their immunity from censorship, as well as the appearance of a large number of shortwave receivers, massive jamming of these stations was applied in the USSR using high-power radio-electronic equipment. It continued for almost 60 years until the end of the Cold War. The Soviet radio censorship network was the most extensive in the world.
All information related to radio jamming and usage of corresponding equipment was considered a state secret. On the eve of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the Olympic Panorama magazine intended to publish a photo with a hardly noticeable jamming tower located in the Fili District. Despite the photo being of a public place, it was approved for publication only after the tower was cut from it.
The production of receivers with wavelengths shorter than 25 meters was also controlled. Receivers with those ranges were primarily exported and were sold very rarely within the country.
Circumvention of censorship
Samizdat, allegorical styles, smuggling, and tamizdat (publishing abroad) were used as methods of circumventing censorship. For example, an underground library was functioning in Odessa from 1967 to 1982, which was used by around 2,000 readers. Soviet dissidents were active fighters against censorship. Samizdat was the main method of information dissemination. Such organizations as the Moscow Helsinki Group and the Free Interprofessional Labor Union were also engaged in similar activities, but they were heavily persecuted.
Other forms of illegal distribution included roentgenizdat and magnitizdat, copying and distributing music not available in the Soviet Union.
There were cases of literary hoaxes, where authors made up a translated source. Poet Vladimir Lifschitz, for instance, invented a British poet named James Clifford, who allegedly died in 1944 on the Western Front. Vladimir published poetry which he claimed was written by James Clifford, but which was actually his own work.
One more method was the so-called "dog method". According to this, one should include an obviously ridiculous and attention-drawing vivid episode in the work. As a result, minor nuances went unnoticed. In this manner, a movie named The Diamond Arm was saved after the director, Leonid Gaidai, intentionally included a nuclear explosion at the end of the film. The Goskino commission was horrified and requested that the explosion be removed. After resisting for a while, Gaidai removed the explosion and the rest of the film was left almost untouched.
One of the important information channels were anecdotes. Through this, folklore from people often expressed their critical attitude towards the authorities and communist ideology. Political anecdotes became widespread in the 1960s and 70s. | WIKI |
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HE sun had set and the shadows were deepening in the big barn. The last red glow the very last bit which reached the corner the children called the Straw Parlour had died away, and Meg drew her knees up higher so as to bring the pages of her book nearer to her eyes as the twilight deepened and it became harder to read. It was her bitterest grievance that this was what always happened when she became most interested and excited the light began to fade away, and the shadows to fill all the corners and close in about her.
She frowned as it happened now a fierce little frown, which knitted her childish, black brows, as she pored over her book devouring the page with the | WIKI |
Geneva Mercer
Geneva Mercer (January 27, 1889 – March 2, 1984) was an American artist from Alabama. Best known as a sculptor, she was also an accomplished painter in her later years. Although most of her early work with Italian sculptor Giuseppe Moretti was done under his name, her best known individual works include Joyous Boy, Pied Piper, the Flimp Fountain, and several Julia Tutwiler sculptures located at the Alabama Department of Archives and History, University of Alabama, and University of Montevallo. She was posthumously inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1989.
Biography
Geneva Mercer was born in the small community of Jefferson in Marengo County on January 27, 1889. Her parents were Thomas Barton Mercer and Emma Elizabeth Berry. She attended the local village school, where she modeled her first sculpture, a crude red clay bust, at the age of nine. Her teacher recognized that she had a natural talent and obtained modeling wax and a book on sculpting for her. She completed high school in 1904 and went on to attend the State Normal School at Livingston, now known as the University of West Alabama. While there, her talents interested the school's president, Julia Tutwiler. Tutwiler secured an art teacher from Chicago to teach at the college and give instruction in modeling to Mercer.
Tutwiler later took some of Mercer's sculptures to Birmingham to display at the Commercial Club of Birmingham. Giuseppe Moretti, who had been commissioned by the Commercial Club in 1904 to create the monumental Vulcan statue for the city's display at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, saw Mercer's work and recognized her talent. He asked her if she would intern at his studio. She served as his apprentice from 1907 to 1909 and would remain as his assistant until his death in 1935.
In 1909 Mercer left Alabama with Moretti and his wife, Dorothea Long Moretti, and relocated to New York City. Over the next thirteen years, in addition to New York, the trio lived in Pittsburgh, Florence, and Havana. One of Moretti and Mercer's greatest accomplishments during this period was the completion of Moretti's ninety-seven sculptures for the Gran Teatro de la Habana. They returned to Alabama from 1923 to 1925, where Moretti built a home and studio near his Talladega County marble quarries.
Due to the failure of the quarries and a variety of other circumstances, they then returned to Moretti's native Italy. Once there, the Morettis and Mercer occupied a large villa and studio in Sanremo. There Moretti and Mercer completed three of his last major American commissions together, Atlanta's Governor Brown Memorial, Nashville's Battle of Nashville Monument, and Dayton's John Henry Patterson Memorial. Moretti was diagnosed with cancer around 1930 and died in 1935. Mercer continued to operate his studio for some time after his death, producing many of her own works there.
Mercer later returned to the United States and eventually settled in Demopolis, Alabama, near her birthplace. She died there on March 2, 1984, and was buried in the Jefferson Cemetery.
Selected works
* The Swing, bronze free-standing sculpture, 1916
* The Perfect Drive, bronze free-standing sculpture, 1916
* Pied Piper, marble free-standing sculpture, 1917
* Joyous Boy, bronze free-standing sculpture, 1923
* Julia S. Tutwiler, 1841-1916, marble bas-relief sculpture, 1933
* Flimp Fountain, bronze free-standing sculpture, 1937
* Innocenza, terracotta bas-relief sculpture, 1938 | WIKI |
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