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As opposed to flashback episodes, the series also sometimes looks to the future of The Simpsons.


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Episodes have shown events such as Lisa as President of the United States and Bart in his future profession, as well as telling stories of Bart and Lisa's first loves.


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Impact Followers With the success of The Simpsons, other new animated series began to be made, some of which involved previous creators of The Simpsons.


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Among these were The Critic (1994), Family Dog (1993), Fish Police (1992), and Capitol Critters (1992).


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These series were short-lived, but Beavis and Butt-head (1993), King of the Hill (1997), South Park (1997), Futurama (1999) and Family Guy (1999) did well.


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[84] Hokemat Homer Simpson's most famous utterance “D'oh!” has made it into the Oxford English Dictionary of the English Dictionary.


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[85] Homer's voice actor Dan Castellaneta says he borrowed a phrase from the late Jimmy Finlayson, whose supporting character in the films Crepe and Thick often honked “douu” by some time.


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[86] A fictional word invented by Simpsons scriptwriters, the verb “embiggen” ('uplift') associated with the character Jebediah Springfield was accepted in 2018 into the prestigious Merriam-Webster dictionary.


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[87] Awards The Simpsons series has been awarded several times with various awards.


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The Simpsons has won 23 Emmy Awards, 22 Annie Awards and one Peabody Award.


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In January 2000, the series was admitted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


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The first episode to win an Emmy Award for an individual episode was the episode “Bridegroom” from season 1.


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In addition to this episode, nine other Simpsons episodes have won an individual episode Emmy, most recently the 19th production season episode “Amnesia”.


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In addition to this, the American magazine Time has chosen The Simpsons as the best series of the century [88] and the same magazine selected the characters of the series Bart and Lisa Simpson among the 50 best cartoon characters.


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[89] Apart from that, Bart has been selected by Time in 1998 among the 100 most significant 20th century persons as the only fictional person on the list.


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In the United Kingdom, The Simpsons reached the top spot in three viewer polls commissioned by Channel 4.


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The series was voted 1st place in the listing of both the 100 best children's series and the 100 best animations.


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[90] [91] Homer Simpson, on the other hand, was chosen as best television character.


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[92] Reviews Content Review The Simpsons deals with the topics of everyday life and its humour, which has led to critical viewer feedback from individual viewers as well as many groups and organisations over the years.


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Complaints have sometimes led to one-word exchanges or a half-hearted apology.


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Authors have defended ethnic jokes, for example, by the fact that all groups get their fair share of them.


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The violence of the series is meant as a parody, something viewers don't always understand.


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Sometimes changes are made to episodes due to pre-censorship even before the premiere, but always the creators ignore the sensors' instructions.


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In Finland, the series is not censored, but in Britain, for example, pre-censorship is even stricter than the United States.


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[93] In its early days, the series sparked debate among parents of children, as Bart Simpson was portrayed as a rebellious troublemaker who was never caught for his pranks.


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PTA saw Bart as a poor role model for children.


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President George H. W. Bush said that American families should be more reminiscent of the Walton TV family than the Simpsons.


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[94] Bush's wife Barbara Bush had also berated the Simpsons a few years earlier but subsequently cancelled her speeches.


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Declining Quality Review The series has received criticism from its fans for deteriorating quality.


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[95] This has been claimed to be related to screenwriter exchanges.


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The phenomenon of deteriorating episodes has also been evident in how various polls of the best episodes by fans and critics give only 1990s episodes as results.


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The latest episode of one of the fan-conducted “top-15 best episodes” voting dates from 1997, and the most recent episode in the 2003 listing by the series scriptwriters itself was from 2000.


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[96] [97] In 2004, Harry Shearer, the series' voice actor, said the 2000s production seasons had been bad.


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He considered the fourth season of production particularly good.


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[98] Plot Changing Review The episodes of the series were even down-to-earth in the early days and striving for realism, but since then episodes have repeatedly had more illogical features and the series has gone in an increasingly imaginative direction.


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Unrealism also manifests itself in the way that in more recent episodes, flashbacks and revelations about the characters' past have many times violated the previously created plot continuum.


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Finland references Some episodes of The Simpsons have had references to Finland.


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For example, in the 9th season episode “Shipwreck”, Martin Prince portrays the school on UN Day as Finland's representative in the Sami costume “Finnish national dance”, in the 16th season episode “Baby Fuumetta” Montgomery Burns mentions runner Paavo Nurmi, in the 21st season episode “Curvailua curling track” a flashback is seen From Agnes Skinner as a pole jumper at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and in the 22nd season episode “Innäinen”, she flashes representatives of the intelligence agency known as the “A-Team of Finland”.


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[99] Bonita Pietila, who has worked as the cast member of the series from the beginning, has Finnish ancestry.


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Accessories There are a lot of Simpsons-themed accessories on sale.


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Fan stores and retail merchandise stores sold for sale include Simpsons episodes as videos and DVDs, related computer games, and numerous cartoons and items such as figures, bottle openers, clothing, soft toys, and key chains.


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In addition, Western Pacific Airlines, an airline operating in the United States, has had [100] a Boeing 737 aircraft decorated with Simpsons characters at its disposal.


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Accessories such as T-shirts with Bart Simpson's slogan “Underachiever (And proud of it, man!


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)”, (Finnish. “Underperforming (and proud of it!


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)”), sold in the early days of the series for two billion dollars.


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[94] Even smaller companies have tried to benefit from the Simpsons brand.


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Krusty O's breakfast cereal, for example, has appeared on store shelves in the United States.


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In addition, an Australian brewer once began marketing a Duff-branded beer, but in court the sale of the drink was subsequently banned.


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Instead, the cans that had already made it for sale became sought-after collector's items.


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In 2009, the United States Post issued a series of five stamps of the Simpsons.


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The stamps feature Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.


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[101] Books and comics about the Simpsons published as both official and unofficial books starting in 1990.


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The official books go under Matt Groening's name and most of them contain new, scripted material for the books with rich colour illustration.


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In particular, the English-speaking market is also rich in unofficial books, which, for copyright reasons, almost simply text, focus on illuminating the background of the TV series and its links to our society.


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The first official books published in Finnish were The Simpsons Christmas Book (1991) and The Rainy Day Hoodbook (1992).


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[102] The Simpsons Library of Wisdoms series includes Homer, Bart, Lisa and Moe's own books published since 2007.


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The first unofficial book of entirely domestic origin, Jouni Paakkinen's book The Simpsons — Two Decades of the Yellow Family, was published in 2008.


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Several different comic book magazines have also been produced about The Simpsons, for example Simpsons Comics, Simpsons Comics and Stories, and Bartman.


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Today they are published mostly in the US and UK by American comics publisher Bongo Comics, named after Groening's Life is Hell comic book Bongo Hare.


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Comics have also been compiled into books.


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Like Kustannus has been publishing these comics collections in Finnish since 2007.


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The publisher of comics is Henrik Laine [103].


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Video Games Due to the high popularity of The Simpsons, several video games have been produced from the series.


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The first game was for all the most popular gaming devices of its time translated action-adventure Bart vs.


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Space Mutants.


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Around the same time, The Simpsons slot game appeared, which is a brawler in the genre.


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Soon another computer game appeared, Bart vs.


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A world in which moved around the world.


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The games were not great review successes, though not flops, but received an approving reception.


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Games in the 3D season include wrestling game The Simpsons Wrestling, car game The Simpsons Road Rage, skateboarding game The Simpsons Skateboarding, and sandbox game The Simpsons Hit & Run.


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The most recent Simpsons game went on sale in early 2012 on Playstation Network called The Simpsons Arcade which has only been in certain American arcades The first and so far only Simpsons Movie premiered on July 27 in 2007.


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The film was directed by David Silverman, and among the screenwriters was Matt Groening.


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The film follows the style of the television series, both in animation and story.


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[104] The film was seen in Finland on the premiere day of the animated film with a record of over 30000 viewers and 176543 viewers in the first week.


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[105] [106] In addition to Finland, the film was also the most watched of the weekend in its native United States, where it garnered over $70 million in revenue on its opening weekend.


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[107] A number of music albums have been released from the Simpsons.


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A music album by The Simpsons Sing the Blues featuring songs inspired by the series was released on December 4, 1990.


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The songs were performed by the series' voice actors along with guest soloists.


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The single “Do the Bartman”, secretly written by Michael Jackson and sung by Nancy Cartwright in Bart's voice, became a chart hit, and the album sold double platinum in the United States.


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[108] The Yellow Album was soon recorded as a “sequel” to the album, which, however, was not released until 1998.


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Songs and background music heard in the series itself have been released on three soundtrack albums: Songs in the Key of Springfield (1997), Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons (1999), and The Simpsons: Testify (2007).


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DVD releases of episodes of The Simpsons have also been available for sale on VHS cassettes, but as the DVD became more widespread, entire production seasons of the series have gone on sale as DVD boxsets and subsequently as blu-ray compilations as well.


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Episodes have also been released as various, including Halloween and Christmas-themed collections.


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Released in 2001, the first production season became the best-selling DVD of the television series by then; though it was overtaken by the first production season of Chappelle's Show in 2004.


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[109] Twentieth Century Fox announced in spring 2015 that season releases of The Simpsons would no longer be released on DVD or blu-ray in the future.


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However, the seventeenth production season, with a total release appearing in December 2014, [110] received a follow-up in late 2017 when it was decided to continue publishing and the eighteenth production season appeared on DVD.


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The media series describes the adventures of several different characters as “long ago, in a galaxy far away”.


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The first film in the series, Star Wars (later additionally named Episode IV — A New Hope), premiered on May 25, 1977, distributed by 20th Century Fox and became a worldwide phenomenon.


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Two equally successful sequels Counter-Strike of the Empire (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983) appeared to it; these three films comprise the original Star Wars trilogy.


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A prequel trilogy later appeared in 1999—2005, which received a more critical reception from fans and critics than the original trilogy.


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All six have either won or been nominated for Oscar awards, grossing a total of $4.38 billion.


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[1] It is currently the second highest-grossing film series in the world.


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[2] The series was expanded into a larger media franchise through the Expanded Universe, which includes books, television series, video games, and comic books.


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Lucasfilm was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2012 for $4 billion and announced it would produce three new Star Wars films, the first of which, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, came out in Finland on December 16, 2015.


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[3] The physical distribution rights for the previous two film trilogies remain held by 20th Century Fox.


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The company permanently owns the original film Episode IV — New Hope and will hold the rights to Episodes I through III, V and VI until May 2020.


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[4] [5] With the exception of New Hope, the digital distribution rights for all Star Wars films are owned by The Walt Disney Studios.


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[5] [6] The world The events of Star Wars are set in a fictional galaxy inhabited by many often humanoid extraterrestrial races.


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Robot-like droids have also been built to serve their owners.


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Space travel is common, as many of the planets in the galaxy are part of the Galactic Republic, which was later transformed into the Galactic Empire.


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One of the most important elements in the Star Wars universe is the “Force”, an omnipresent energy field that individuals capable of exploiting are referred to as “those sensitive to the Force”.


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In the first film, the Force was described as an energy field that surrounds all living things and binds the galaxy into one.


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Power users possess supernatural abilities such as telekinesis, divination and mind control, and may also enhance their physical abilities such as their speed and reflex; these abilities vary depending on the person and develop through training.


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While the Force can be used for good, it also has a dark side, which users impregnate themselves with anger, indignation and cruelty.


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The six films feature the Jedi, who use the Force for good, as well as the Sith, who use the Dark Side of the Force to conquer the entire galaxy.


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In Expanded Universe, many of the Dark Side users are known as Black Jedi rather than Sith, due to the “Rule of Two”.


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Movies Skywalker Saga Anthology Movies Other Movies Production Original Trilogy The first Star Wars film was from the original titled Star Wars, but on the reissue it was changed to Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope.


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George Lucas, who eventually also directed the film, was initially intended to make a science fiction film about the comic book hero Flash Gordon created by Alex Raymond, but he failed to obtain a license.


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Thus, Lucas decided to make his own science fiction film.


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Screenwriting for the film began in 1974.


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The first screenplay version was titled The Adventures of Luke Starkiller.


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The film was set in the 39th century and told of the adventures of General Luke Starkiller.


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However, Lucas noticed that there were too many events in the film, and he shortened it to a third.


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Initially, Lucas had trouble securing funding for his film.


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Many film companies believed Star Wars would not prosper.


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He eventually managed to obtain permission and funding from the 20th Century Fox studio to make the film.


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Star Wars premiered in cinemas on 25 May 1977.


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Lucas was with his wife at a San Francisco restaurant when he saw a long line in front of the movie theater.


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He went to ask people what movie they were going to see.


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He was answered that they were queuing up so they could get to see Star Wars.


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Star Wars became one of the most successful and famous films in the world.


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In its time, the film featured spectacular special effects designed by John Dykstra and executed by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), an effects company founded for the purpose by Lucas.


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Star Wars won seven Academy Awards for his special effects, music and costume design, among others.


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It was also nominated for Best Film and Best Directing in the Series.


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The Empire Counter-Strike, from the new titled Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Counter-Strike, appeared in 1980.


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It was less action-packed than The New Hope, but also darker and more mature in its themes.


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The film won four Oscars.


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The film was directed by Irvin Kershner.


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Return of the Jedi, from the new titled Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi, appeared in 1983.


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The film was originally to be titled Revenge of the Jedi, meaning Revenge of the Jedi.


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It was switched to Return of the Jedi, as revenge is not part of the Jedi worldview, according to Lucas.


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According to the current explanation, the film was initially named Revenge of the Jedi in order to identify pirated products based on the film that would appear later.


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Return of the Jedi was successful, receiving three Oscars.


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The film has been said to play too much of the plot and ingredients of the New Hope.


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Prequels In 1994, Lucas said he was making a new Star Wars movie.


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It would be set at a time before the original trilogy (The New Hope, the Empire Counter-Strike, and Return of the Jedi).


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Already with the appearance of the Empire backlash, an episode number had been added to the beginning of it and also the original film.


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Even until the early 1980s, one had a hunch that Lucas would sometimes tell the beginning of the story.


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In 1999 appeared Star Wars: Episode I — The Dark Menace.


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From the interest it received, an estimated 2.2 million U.S. residents missed out on work and school to see it as soon as possible.


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It became the world's most lucrative premiere film until Spider-Man — Spider-Man (2002) broke the record.


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The Dark Menace, like the sequels, was directed by series creator George Lucas, who prior to this had directed only the first Star Wars.


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In 2002, the fifth part of the film series appeared — the second in story chronological order — which was given the name Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones.


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Its reception was better than that of the previous section, although many criticised the clumsiness of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala's love story.


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The sixth — third in story chronological order — part Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith, was announced on May 15, 2005 and entered cinemas on May 19, 2005.


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The seventh Star Wars film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, was scripted by Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams and Michael Arndt, and was directed by J. J. Abrams.


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The film's world premiere was on December 14, 2015.


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The Finnish premiere was on 16 December.


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Star Wars, the eighth volume of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, premiered in December 2017.


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[7] In the same year it became 40 years since the premiere of the original Star Wars film.


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The film was directed and scripted by Rian Johnson.


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[8] The ninth Star Wars film is the closing part of the sequel trilogy and the entire Skywalker saga.


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The film will premiere in December 2019.


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Anthology films Already since 2014 have been working on films that are not part of the main saga of Star Wars, but form a series of anthology films.


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The first film Rogue One premiered on December 16, 2016.


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It is set at a time before the events of the New Hope and its plot is the pursuit of the Death Star drawings.


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[9] Another anthology film, Solo, premiered on May 25, 2018 and told the story of Han Solo's youth.


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[10] Rian Johnson's upcoming trilogy In November 2017, Disney announced that it will make one more trilogy of Star Wars films and director Rian Johnson will be responsible for creating them.


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No timetable has been given for film premieres yet.


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The trilogy will form a completely separate story from the Skywalker saga and will also feature new characters and worlds.


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B. Weiss would come to script and produce his own series of Star Wars films, which, like Rian Johnson's forthcoming film trilogy, is a story separate from the Skywalker saga.


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[12] Animated films The animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars was released in 2008 to promote the television series of the same name and is set in time between the Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.


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Timeline of Star Wars films and series 32 BBY — Episode I: Dark Menace: May 19, 1999 22 BBY — Episode II: Attack of the Clones: May 16, 2002 22—19 BBY — Clone Wars: November 7, 2003 21 BBY — The Clone Wars Movie: August 15, 2008 21—19 BBY — The Clone Wars - television series: October 3, 2008 — 19 BBY — Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: May 19, 2005 15 BBY — Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO: September 7, 1985 — June 7, 1986 13—10 BBY — Solo: May 23, 2018 4—1 BBY — Rebels: October 3, 2014 — March 5, 2018 1 BBY — The Ewoks: September 7, 1985 0 BBY — Rogue One: December 16, 2016 0 BBY — Episode IV: A New Hope: May 25, 1977 1 ABY — The Star Wars Holiday Special: November 17, 1978 3 ABY — Episode V: The Empire Counter-Strike: May 21, 1980 3.5 ABY — Battle of the Ewoks: November 25 1984 3.5 ABY — The Ewoks: Battle for Endor: November 24, 1985 4 ABY — Episode VI: Return of the Jedi: May 25, 1983 5 ABY — Star Tours: January 9, 1987 34 ABY — Resistance: October 7, 2018 — 34 ABY — Episode VII: The Force Awakens: December 16, 2015 34 ABY — Episode VIII: The Last Jedi: December 15, 2017 35 ABY — Episode IX: December 20, 2019 Times aired in the years before and after the Battle of Yavin.


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In the Battle of Yavin, Luke Skywalker and the other rebels destroy the first Death Star.


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BBY = Before Battle of Yavin, Before Battle of Yavin.


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ABY = After Battle of Yavin, after the Battle of Yavin.


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Television Early Television Movies In 1978 in the United States, the CBS television channel aired the Star Wars Holiday Special, directed by David Acomba and Steve Binder.


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Based on a story by George Lucas, the programme was scripted by Pat Proft, Leonard Ripps, Bruce Vilanch and Rod Warren.


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The Star Wars Holiday Special featured appearances and song numbers by 1970s singers and actors such as Diahann Carroll and Harvey Korman.


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There was also a feature film which first saw bounty hunter Boba Fett — actually a character only featured in the Empire Counter-Strike.


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Many Star Wars fans don't like the Star Wars Holiday Special at all.


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George Lucas himself has said he would destroy every copy of it if the matter were in his power.


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The Holiday Special has never been officially released on video or DVD, and this is probably not going to happen either.


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In 1984, a film about the adventures of the Ewoks featured in Return of the Jedi appeared, The Ewok Adventure.


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A sequel to Ewoks: Battle for Endor also appeared to it in 1985.


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In the 1980s, an Ewokit cartoon series aimed at children also appeared.


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Animations The Droids cartoon series chronicles the adventures that droids C-3PO and R2-D2 who appeared in Star Wars experienced before the events of New Hope.


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In 2003, the Cartoon Network television channel aired the Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoon series, produced by Genndy Tartakovsky, known for Samurai Jack cartoons, among others.


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Episodes lasted about three minutes.


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Clone Wars won an Emmy Award in 2004.


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The Clone Wars recounted the events set between the Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.


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Twenty-five episodes of Clone Wars were produced.


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Luvas later founded Lucasfilm his own animation studio Lucasfilm Animation.


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Its first computer-animated television series was Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which began with the film of the same name and was set on the same timeline as the previous Clone Wars animation.


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The first five production seasons of the series aired on Cartoon Network from 2008 to 2013, and the sixth production season was released to Netflix in 2014.


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[13] [14] [15] It was decided even later to complete a seventh production season for the series, which will be released in 2019 on Disney's upcoming streaming service Disney+.


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[16] Although previous television series were changed to be part of the Star Wars Legends continuum, The Clone Wars remained part of the canon.


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[17] The next animated series, Star Wars Rebels, aired on Disney XD from 2014 to 2018.


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The series was set between Revenge of the Sith and the New Hope and told of a small group of rebels opposed to the Empire who later ended up being part of a bigger rebellion.


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The series also completed a few plot patterns left over from The Clone Wars.


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[18] [19] [20] In 2017, the 2D animated web series Star Wars: Forces of Destiny began to be released on YouTube, most of whose episodes focus on female characters from Star Wars.


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[21] In 2018, Star Wars Resistance, an animated series set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens and centered on Resistance pilot Kazuda Xiono, began on Disney Channel.


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[22] Acted television series Lucas revealed in 2005 that he intended to implement a starred television series that would be set between Revenge of the Sith and the New Hope.


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[23] Producer Rick McCallum revealed in 2012 the project as working title Star Wars Underworld and in 2013 more than 50 scripts had been made for it.


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[24] [25] As of December 2015, the series was still in development.


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[26] In November 2017, Bob Iger announced that a starred Star Wars television series would be completed for release in 2019 on Disney+.


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[27] It is unknown whether the series will make use of Star Wars Underworld's scripts or if it is based on an entirely new idea.


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In February 2018, it was reported that a number of television series to be played for Star Wars were being implemented.


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[28] [29] Jon Favreau, who voiced Pre Vizsla in The Clone Wars will be producing and scripting one of the television series.


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[30] In May 2018, Favreau confirmed the series would be set three years after Return of the Jedi, namely 27 years before the events of The Force Awakens.


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Characters implemented using motion capture technology will appear in the series.


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[31] In October 2018, Favreau revealed the name of the series to be The Mandalorian and the plot would focus on a Mandalorian gunman inspired by the stories of bounty hunters Jango Fett and Boba Fett and who lives outside the authority of the New Republic.


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[32] [33] Parodies One of the most famous Star Wars-themed parodies is the 1987 film Space Bolts directed by Mel Brooks.


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Expanded Universe (Star Wars accompanying material) Books The first Star Wars book was in 1976, half a year before the film, a Star Wars novel version published.


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The book appeared in the name of George Lucas, but its real author is Alan Dean Foster.


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Foster later wrote the Star Wars-themed book Splinter of the Mind's Eye, which appeared in Finland in the 1980s under the title Return of the Black Lord.


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In the 1990s, a lot of Star Wars books appeared, including Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy and Kevin J. Anderson's Jedi Academy trilogy.


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These books were about the period after Return of the Jedi.


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Many Star Wars fans consider the Thrawn trilogy to be of high quality, but generally speaking the standard of the Star Wars books is considered weak.


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In 1999, Vector Prime and the first volume of the New Jedi Order book series appeared.


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The New Jedi Order includes 24 books written by artists such as R.


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A. Salvatore, Michael A. Stackpole, James Luceno and Sean Williams.


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The events of the New Jedi Order begin 25 years after the Battle of Yavin.


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They tell the story of the invasion of the Star Wars Galaxy by a Yuuzhan Vong species that arrived from another galaxy.


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Several notable Star Wars characters die during the book series.


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The series ends with The Unifying Force (30 years after the Battle of Yavin).


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Familiar from the Jedi Knight games Kyle Katarn, who stole the Death Star drawings from the Empire and who won in battle and slain Jerec, the more powerful evil Jedi of Darth Vaderiak and who also defeated and killed Desann and dozens of powerful Jedi of Darkness, soldiers of the Empire and Mercenaries, and who is in Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy as a teacher, helps the New Republic in the New Jedi Order battle against the Yuuzhan Vong species is also the lead hero in the Star Wars Dark Forces book, which despite the name is not based on the Star Wars game of the same name.


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Many non-fiction works have also been published on Star Wars, including the Essential Guide of Vessels and Vehicles, about spaceships, weapons and technology featured in films and Expanded Universe in great detail.


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Comics The first Star Wars comics were published by Marvel Comics between 1977 and 1986.


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They were drawn by artists such as Archie Goodwin, Howard Chaykin, Al Williamson, Carmine Infantino, Walt Simonson, Michael Golden, Chris Claremont, Whilce Poratio, Jo Duffy and Ron Frenz.


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Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson also drew on the Star Wars comic strips published in newspapers from 1979—1984.


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Since the 1990s, Star Wars comics have been published by Dark Horse Comics.


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Since 2004, the publishing house has published Star Wars comic book magazines with the names Star Wars Republic, Star Wars Empire, Star Wars Jedi, and Star Wars Tales.


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In Finland, Kustannus Oy Semic published comics for Marvel Comics between 1977 and 1987.


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Dark Horse Comics' comics were published in Finland between 1999 and 2003 by Egmont Kustannus, but their publication was stopped due to a paucity of readers.


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In addition, Elm has released three albums of Star Wars comic strips (Serpent Masters, Game of the Traitor and Revenge of the Jedi) [34].


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Video Games Star Wars-themed video games have been released since 1982 have over 120 copies.


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There are both shooting, adventure, strategy and role-playing games among the games.


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One of the best-known games is the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic role-playing game, released in 2003, which won over 40 different game awards.


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The best-selling Star Wars game is Star Wars: Battlefront, released in 2004.


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Lego Star Wars: The Video Game, published in 2005, can also be read as a Star Wars game with sequels that move Star Wars characters transformed into Lego characters.


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In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, released in 2008, the player again gets to control Darth Vader's secret apprentice, Starkiller.


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In 2015, EA DICE released the Star Wars: Battlefront video game for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, as well as Microsoft Windows.


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Its sequel Star Wars: Battlefront II was released for the same platforms in 2017.


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Actors Themes One of the most central themes in Star Wars is the traditional battle between good and evil.


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Star Wars has been influenced by, for example, Asian wuxia films, Roman mythology and Akira Kurosawa's samurai films.


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Goods One of the trademarks of Star Wars has formed the fictional weapon used in each of the films in the series, the lightsaber.


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Others who ended up as a toy also include action figures based on the series and the black mask of the evil lord Darth Vader.


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Parkour is a sport of exercise developed in the 1980s in France, in the suburbs of Paris, that seeks to move as gracefully, quickly and efficiently as possible from place to place.


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Parkour aims to utilize all objects and structures in the environment for rapid and unbroken fluid motion.


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In their movement, a pargrapher may use a wide variety of things shaped by man or nature as their “springboards”, such as railings, walls, trees, stones, statues and lampposts.


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Parkour involves a variety of original or borrowed movements from other species, such as jumps, descents, crosses, undercuts, and wall efforts.


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The sport requires technique, balance, strength, endurance and mobility.


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Parkour is characterized by a sense of community and is often pursued in groups.


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As an accessory, shoes with sufficient grip are often enough.


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The history of Parkour had its origins in the 1980s and 1990s in Lisses, a suburb of Paris.


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[1] In the 1980s and 1990s, a group of nine local young men referred to themselves as Yamakasi, which in the African Lingala language means 'strong person, strong spirit'.


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The group included such artists as Yann Hnautra, David Belle and Chau Belle-Dinh.


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The group's principle was to stretch its own boundaries and seek a route to anywhere, regardless of its difficulty.


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For the Yamakas, moving was about trying the mind and spirit that would be achieved through bodily challenges.


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The first name of the species was l'art du déplacement, 'art of transition'.


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When the Yamakas were seen practicing their new form of locomotion in all kinds of urban settings, first reports of their unusual and mind-blowing movements became interested in local media and eventually national news outlets as well.


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[2] The species name parkour was coined by David Belle and first used in 1998.


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The name comes from the French word parcours, 'route' or 'track'.


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Species enthusiast Guillaume Pelletier coined the name freerunning for the English public in 2003 for Channel 4's documentary Jump London.


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[2] Today, freerunning is often perceived as a form of parkour, which involves a lot of acrobatics and tricks.


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[1] With Jump London, parkour began to become known outside France as well.


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Parkour teams were established in different countries, and enthusiasts began to organize.


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In Finland, the sport began to be practiced in 2003, after Yle had broadcast an episode of “Asphalt Athletes” in September of the previous year for the sake of Europe.


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As a result, enthusiasts ignorant of each other began experimenting with the species in Jyväskylä, Oulu, Mikkeli and Helsinki the following spring.


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The Internet accelerated learning of the species and organizing enthusiasts effectively.


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Finnish Parkour Association.


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was founded in Helsinki in September 2003, and the Finnish Parkour Academy in 2008.


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[3] According to the person who named Philosophy Parkour, David Belle, parkour is the most effective movement from place to place, and he has compared it to escaping or chasing something.


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On the other hand, a smooth and beautiful movement is also considered important.


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Parkour is central to the lack of movement and digestibility, i.e. flow in a challenging environment.


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Cities in particular are suitable for parkour, but nature also offers challenges to the creative mind.


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Movement mainly uses its own ingenuity, but over time certain basic movements have become established.


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Some view parkour as mainly an extreme sport; others compare more to martial arts.


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The basic principle of parkour is the crossing of natural or man-made obstacles with the limitations of the human body.


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The limitlessness and unorthodox nature of movement and exercise environment bring to mind the avant-garde idea, albeit with a more playful tone.


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Parkour is even called a philosophy and a way of life.


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As sports, Parkour movements are taught by technique training.


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Because parkour is a physically demanding sport, static and dynamic balance, endurance, strength and mobility are also required.


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The practice of paragus involves practicing these qualities.


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A warm-up is also done before the performance to improve performance and reduce the risk of injury.


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[4] Parkour develops general fitness, muscle endurance and toughness, and strengthens the bone structure.


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Because of its versatile acrobaticism, the species especially also develops coordination ability and other body control.


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The enthusiast of the sport easily begins to look at old familiar environments with the eyes of a “(physical) child”, like a creative artist.


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Despite the reputation of the extreme species, serious accidents happen less frequently.


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Parkour, though, is not classifiable as an extreme species, because the species is not about taking risks, but about development and certainty, that is, transforming risks into opportunities to continue moving, in a safe way.


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Although parkour is essentially an individual species, enthusiasts of the species most often operate in groups of a few.


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Parkour, despite the groups, is not competing against others, but rather looking for their own boundaries and trying to stretch them.


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International and local communities have sprung up around the species seeking to cultivate parkour's notoriety.


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They also help beginners find more experienced enthusiasts in their locality who are ready to advise and guide.


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A strong sense of community has characterised parkour for years anyway.


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Enthusiasts support, advise and inspire each other at gatherings or jams, as well as through pictures and videos.


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Raggers find themselves in awkward situations from time to time when those ignorant of the sport mistake them for vandals.


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Especially in the past, this has been a problem that has been somewhat mitigated by becoming more known to the species.


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The goal is not to break anything and not to disturb anyone, and paragons respect private areas.


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Concepts A good parkour place is called spot.


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Hoodi is an area where you can find lots of good spots.


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Runi is a parkour run, that is, a route involving multiple movements.


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Open joint exercises are called jam.


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They are characteristic of parkour, as training in the sport is strongly characterised by sociability and working together and learning.


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[5] The features of a good parkour spot include the fact that there are a lot of different obstacles or structures that are close to each other and do not break down or get tangled easily.


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There is also a variety of things to do and it is permissible to practice there.


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A good spot should also not be near or in the middle of busy roads.


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Good practice locations include various public settings such as parks, stairways, bridges, piers, and driving ramps.


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Also, the forest is a good spot, and in winter it is possible to practice parkour in a wide variety of indoor facilities, such as sports halls, which are also safe environments.


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Some outdoor venues and indoors have purpose-built parkour environments.


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Bad places include construction sites, industrial buildings, railways, airports, ports, electricity poles and link masts, as well as any private property.


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Parking in the courtyards, churches and cemeteries of apartment buildings is also often undesirable.


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The roofs have easily breakable, sheet metal structures, and training on the roof is dangerous.


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[6] Conditions Parkour is usually practiced outdoors and in all kinds of weather.


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Poor conditions such as darkness, humidity, cold, snow and ice do not hinder the practice of the species, but enthusiasts take the risks they pose into account in their movements and clothing.


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In the dark, the pargler makes a lot of use of his tactile sensations.


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[7] Equipment Rangers wear shoes suitable for the sport, as well as clothing that is not too loose and thus create hazards when they get caught in something.


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Any robust and durable shoe with a flat sole and a good feel to the base can be used as shoes.


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The common running shoe is common in the species, and it is also possible to practice with light shoes or barefoot.


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Shoes wear in parkour quickly.


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[8] Parkers generally do not wear protective equipment such as helmets, knee pads or gloves, as they may be on the road and cling to something dangerously.


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Being unprotected also forces the enthusiast to learn movement control without resorting to shields.


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The most common protective gear is headbands on the wrists, which prevent sweat from draining into the palms and the skin of the wrists from scratching.


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[9] Movements Parkour's movements have arisen partly through making, but the source of movement may also have been another sport of exercise, such as gymnastics, athletics, army obstacle course competition, martial arts, capoeira, climbing, trickling, acrobatics and various forms of dance like break and other street dances.


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Parkour has also given it characteristic movements for such things as dance and acrobatics.


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[10] Original parkour movements, i.e. movements created and refined as a result of progression include various jumps, descents, crosses, undercuts, and wall efforts.


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Movements are most often created by interacting with the environment.


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Movements can be motivated by any thing shaped by nature or man.


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In parkour, movements are applied and combined according to one's mind.


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There are several ways and styles of solving challenges found in the environment, and for long time practitioners have often developed their own style of doing certain movements and choosing movements and routes.


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[11] Progression strives for continuity and fluidity.


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Parkour movements are aimed at doing softly and controlled.


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[12] Important is the ability to perceive space and understand body movements in relation to the environment, accurately position the feet and make soft contact with different surfaces.


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Another main principle of parkour is the noiselessness of movements, the pursuit of which is aimed at improving the accuracy of movement and body control.


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In movements, good balance and sometimes climbing skills are also required.


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[13] Almost every parkour movement involves some kind of jump and, consequently, a descent.


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Landing is therefore considered the most important thing to practice in parkour, as incorrect landing technique can lead to injury.


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Especially much practiced dropping from high, which also requires strong legs and midbody.


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[14] There are very many ways of landing in parkour: down may come on one or two legs, in position or pace, feet on the same or different levels, or partly or solely on the hands.


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As an aid to descent, razors often use a roll, which is a somersault-like spin through one shoulder and back around.


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[14] A cat leap is the movement of jumping and descending to hang, for example, on a wall, a tree trunk or a post.


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After a leap, an effort is usually made to continue the movement on top of the wall with an edge rise.


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[15] With precision jumps, you can move by jumping from one obstacle to another.


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Precision jump can be done from position or pace, as well as landing.


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[16] Various crossings include step crossing, monkey crossing and turn crossing, which are suitable for different purposes.


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[17] A common method of undercutting is a straight undercut where you jump through an opening or between obstacles feet first with hands to catch the top.


Question: When was parkour invented?

Parkour

[18] In wall effort during movement, support is taken from a wall or other piece to control and change the direction of movement.


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Parkour

There is a large number of different wall efforts.


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Parkour

In the wall run, you go straight up, for example, reaching for the edge of the wall.


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Parkour

[19] Parkour's Finnish vocabulary is still in development, and French and English terms vary depending on locality and group.


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Parkour

The Finnish Parkour ry maintains a page with its proposals for Finnish translations of species' terms such as movement names.


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Question: When was Magpie II developed?

Magpie (glider)

The Harakka II was an elementary school aircraft very common in Finland of the 1940s.


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Magpie (glider)

It was an open 1-seater top level connected from the slopes by rubber ropes.


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Magpie (glider)

In 1941, the Finns discovered the remains of a Soviet glider school in the city of Petrozavodsk.


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Magpie (glider)

A UC-3 union machine was taken as spoils of war, which was almost unused in Jämijärvi as long as the head of the school was U.B.


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Magpie (glider)

Nissine.


Question: When was Magpie II developed?

Magpie (glider)

After the end of the war, a copy was made of this aircraft that received the name Ryssä, which received the name Magpie.


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Magpie (glider)

The machine was found to be a good elementary school machine.


Question: When was Magpie II developed?

Magpie (glider)

An improved version of this was the PIK Magpie II.


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Magpie (glider)

It was designed by J.Nurmi, Raimo Häkkinen and Juhani Heinonen, studying for Master of Science in Aircraft Engineering.


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Magpie (glider)

A version of the Magpie III was also made of the machine.


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Magpie (glider)

The plane was also being towed into the air by a car and a winch.


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Magpie (glider)

It is of timber construction and fabric covered.


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Its repairability is good.


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Magpie (glider)

Technical information Museum aircraft in Finland Valkeakoski Aviation Club Harakka II is on display in the lobby of Tampere-Pirkkala airport building.


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Magpie (glider)

The plane was built in 1949 and was that club's first aircraft.


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Magpie (glider)

It was used until the late 1960s.


Question: When was Magpie II developed?

Magpie (glider)

The last flight on it was made on 1 April 2000.


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Magpie (glider)

Around 2500 flights were flown in this time frame, with a combined duration of 53 hours.


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Magpie (glider)

This illustrates well the duration of the flights of the gliders.


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Magpie (glider)

The aeronautical memorial room at Jämijärvi Aerodrome houses a replica of the Harakka II liitoplane built in the 1990s.


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See also SAI KZ G I Sources on the topic elsewhere PIK-07 Category:Finnish gliders Class:1940s gliders


Question: When did Thomas Malthus die?

Thomas Malthus

Thomas Robert Malthus (14 February 1766 — 23 December 1834) was an English clergyman, demographer and economist.


Question: When did Thomas Malthus die?

Thomas Malthus

He is known for his pessimistic prediction of population growth.


Question: When did Thomas Malthus die?

Thomas Malthus

[1] Life Malthus was born into a wealthy family.


Question: When did Thomas Malthus die?

Thomas Malthus

His father was a friend of philosopher David Hume.


Question: When did Thomas Malthus die?

Thomas Malthus

Young Malthus was initially homeschooled, and from 1784 he studied at Jesus College, University of Cambridge.


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[1] Malthus completed his final degree in mathematics [2], but he also enthusiastically studied languages such as Latin and Greek.


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Thomas Malthus

He graduated with an MA in 1791, and in 1797 he was ordained a priest of the Anglican Church.


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Thomas Malthus

Malthus married Harriet Eckersall in 1804, and they had three children.


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Thomas Malthus

In 1805, he became Britain's and perhaps the world's first professor of national economics at the East India Company College, located in Haileybury.


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Thomas Malthus

During his tenure as professor of economics, Malthus developed a theory of the problems of supply responding to demand.


Question: When did Thomas Malthus die?

Thomas Malthus

The theory was not held in appreciation at the time, but re-emerged with the Great Depression and the economics developed by John Maynard Keynes.


Question: When did Thomas Malthus die?

Thomas Malthus

Malthus died in 1834 near Bath, Somerset.


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[1] The theory of population growth Malthus's views developed mostly in response to the optimistic views of representatives of his father's circle of friends such as William Godwin and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.


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Thomas Malthus

In 1798 Malthus published his main demographic work, An Essay on the Principle of Population, in which he predicted population growth would lead to a reduction in foraging per capita.


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Thomas Malthus

The prediction was based on the idea that the population will grow unlimited according to geometric series (such as 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128...) while nutrients grow in arithmetic series (such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...).


Question: When did Thomas Malthus die?

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Malthus did not endorse contraception but urged people to limit birth rates only through sexual abstinence and late marrying.


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Thomas Malthus

In Malthus's theory, the problem of a growing population is seen to concern mainly the working people and the poor, and birth control also, in his view, had to target only these categories.


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Thomas Malthus

Malthus's later influence Malthus theory had a great influence on later population theory.


Question: When did Thomas Malthus die?

Thomas Malthus

Prior to Malthus, the high birth rate had been seen economically only as a positive point, as it increased labour supply in the national economy.


Question: When did Thomas Malthus die?

Thomas Malthus

Malthus looked at the issue from a new perspective, convincing most economists of his time that a high birth rate would reduce output per capita, even if increasing output in an absolute sense.


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Thomas Malthus

In the 1830s, Malthus's writings had a great influence on the reforms undertaken by the Whig Party to curtail welfare grants (Amendment of the Poorest Laws, 1834).


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As early as 1801, a census begun in Britain was also associated with Malthus's writings.


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Thomas Malthus

Malthus's theory also influenced the major developers of the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.


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Thomas Malthus

Darwin explained his main work as being an application of Malthus's doctrines to the realm of non-human activity.


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Similarly, Wallace, who developed an equivalent theory of evolution without Darwin's knowledge, admitted Malthus's influence was crucial to his own theory.


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Thomas Malthus

Although Malthus himself had opposed contraceptives, his theory inspired Francis Place (1771-1854), who led a movement advocating the use of contraceptives called Neo-Malthusian.


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There are still a considerable number of demographers known as Neo-Malthusians, who say that unlimited population growth will eventually lead to a major catastrophe.


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Likewise, population growth has been regulated a lot in practice as well.


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Thomas Malthus

China, for example, has had a one-child policy governing population growth since the late 1970s.


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Among Malthus's most notable followers was Paul Ehrlich, published in the 1960s by Paul Ehrlich, a book called The Population Bomb, which predicted a major population explosion would come in the 1970s.


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Among the most famous Neo-Malthusians today is, for example, Lester Brown, director of the Worldwatch Institute.


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Thomas Malthus

Sources “Thomas Robert Malthus”, Encyclopaedia Britannica References Category:Classical economists Category:Demography Category:British economists Category:Those born in 1766 Category:Those who died in 1834 Category:Key articles of screening


Question: What is the capital of Botswana?

Botswana

The Republic of Botswana, or Botswana, is a landlocked country of about two million people in southern Africa.


Question: What is the capital of Botswana?

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Its neighbours are Namibia to the west, Zambia to the north, Zimbabwe to the east and South Africa to the south.


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[1] Botswana is a very prosperous country in African terms, and there is no poverty and hunger to the same extent as many other African countries.


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[2] The basis for economic growth is diamonds and other extractive materials.


Question: What is the capital of Botswana?

Botswana

[3] Geography, climate and nature Botswana is 1100 kilometers in size from north to south and 960 kilometers from east to west.


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Botswana

[4] The Kalahari Desert covers almost 85% of Botswana's area.


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On the north side of the desert is the Okavango River estuary [4] and on the east side the Makarikar salt loaf, which is among the most extensive in the world.


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[5] In the east, there is a massif covered with omurambas, which rises to 1200 m before the Limpopo Valley, which in turn gradually decreases from 900 metres to 500 m above sea level.


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Botswana

The main rivers are the Okavango in the northwest and the Limpopo in the east.


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Botswana

[6] The highest point on Earth is Tsodilo Hill (1489 m).


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Botswana

[1] The rock paintings of Tsodilo are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


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[7] The climate of Botswana is semi-arid.


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In climate, two main seasons can be distinguished.


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The hot summer lasts from October to March, with minimal rainfall occurring in the summer half of the year, usually between November and March.


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In the first half of this season, the afternoon heats are fierce, but the leaves of trees waiting for rain burst simultaneously, giving the necessary shade.


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Winter begins in May, when the grass is still green.


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The nights start to get cold and the days are fresh and sunny.


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It is generally drier to the south and west than in the north and east.


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Botswana

The accompanying Francistown climate table depicts the wetter north and east of the country.


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In the west, precipitation remains about half of this.


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[8] In the semi-deserts there are savannas, in the highest areas grasslands.


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Botswana

The desert fauna is very abundant at best.


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Botswana

Lions, leopards, giraffes and numerous different species of antelope also live in the desert.


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Botswana

More than 17% of Botswana's area has been pacified into national parks and other protected areas.


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Botswana

There are four actual national parks: Chobe National Park, Lake Makgadikgadi, Nxai Pan National Park and Kgalagadi National Park, which continues in uniform to the South African side as well.


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[9] The first three are located in the north and northeast of the country, with Kgalagadi in its southwestern corner.


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Botswana

Right in the middle of Botswana is the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.


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Botswana

[10] Mammals that travelers come to see include elephants, buffaloes, leopards, cheetahs, lions, giraffes, zebras, hippos, ear dogs, beises, and rhinos.


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[11] The most famous birds are the shiver eagle, ostrich, flamingos, kingtrap, snakenecks, secretary and kingfisher.


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Botswana

[12] The best known reptiles include crocodiles, pythons, geckos, varaans, turtles, greencobra, black mamba and puffadder.


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Botswana

[13] Typical tree species include monkey breadwood, marula, mopane tree, date palm, sycomoro, spear shark palm, Garcinia livingstonei, sausage tree Kigelia africana and acacia species Acacia erioloba.


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Botswana

[14] History Since the present state of Botswana is located in the middle of southern Africa, its early history is marked by migrations and international migrations from surrounding areas.


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Botswana

The longest-lived group of people in the area are the Sans living in the minority, or former Busmanns.


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Botswana

Archaeological finds suggest continuous settlement in the years 17000 BCE.


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— 1650.


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Botswana

Farming peoples speaking Bantu languages settled in the area roughly between 190—450.


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Botswana

The ancestors of the current inhabitants speaking Setswana came from the upper reaches of the Limpopo River in the 15th and 16th centuries.


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Botswana

[15] The Batswana people formed the Bangwato Tribal Kingdom, which was annexed to the British Empire on 31 March 1885.


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Botswana

The southern part of the Batswanos region was annexed to Cape Country and subsequently South Africa, the northern part was made a Protectorate of Bethchuanama.


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Botswana

[3] Bechuanama became independent under the name Botswana in 1966, led by Seretse Khama, the central figure of the independence movement and heir to the chieftain.


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Botswana

Khama ruled the country until his death (1980) and after him became president rose to Vice President Quett Masire, who retired from office in 1998, leaving the position in turn to his Vice President Festus Mogae.


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Botswana

Mogae was re-elected in the 1999 presidential election.


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Botswana

Mogae withdrew in 2008 and was succeeded by Seretse's son Ian Khama.


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Botswana

[16] General Ian Khama, the current President of Botswana, has received his further education in England under the inheritance of his Caucasian English mother.


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Botswana

Politics Botswana has been a multi-party democracy since independence.


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Botswana

The president has a strong position and leads the government and appoints his vice president himself.


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Botswana

The president is elected by indirect election for a five-year term, a maximum of two terms.


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Botswana

[1] Parliament is bicameral: the House of Lords consists of eight chiefs of the main tribes and seven changing members, with four elected sub-chiefs and three elected by the other 12 members.


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Botswana

The role of the House of Lords is essentially advisory.


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Botswana

[1] The lower house of parliament, or the National Assembly, has 57 elected by election and four members appointed by the largest party.


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Botswana

Two members, the President and the Prosecutor General belong to the National Assembly ex officio.


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Botswana

Since the 2009 elections, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has 45 representatives in the National Assembly.


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Botswana

In the National Assembly, the opposition is formed by the Botswana National Front (BNF, 6 seats) and the Botswana Congress Party (BCP, 4 seats) and others, with two seats.


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Botswana

[1] Opposition support is mainly in urban, rural areas of the BDP.


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Botswana

In foreign policy, Botswana has placed emphasis on local area cooperation among the Southern African Development Community SADC.


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Botswana

[17] The administrative division of Botswana is divided into nine regions (districts): Central District Ghanzi Kgalagadi Kgatleng Kweneng North-East District North-West District South-East District Southern District Chobe and Ngamiland merged to become North-West as a region in 2001.


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Botswana

Economy In 1967, a year after independence, a large diamond deposit was discovered in Botswana.


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Botswana

Before the mine opened, Botswana's national product per capita was $80, and the land lived mostly from agriculture.


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Botswana

In 2008, gross domestic product approached $6000 per capita, four times Congo's equivalent figure and more than twice Angola's GDP.


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Botswana

[18] The UN Development Programme as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI) calculated by UNDP, Botswana is ranked 125 out of a total of 185 countries assessed.


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Botswana

[19] Botswana's economy is closely tied to South Africa and is largely based on cattle raising and mining.


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Botswana

Trade in diamonds covers about a third of gross domestic product and 70 to 80 percent of export earnings.


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Botswana

[1] The De Beers diamond, copper and manganese mines produced half of the country's export earnings in the 1980s.


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Botswana

[18] Botswana is looking to diversify its sources of income.


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Botswana

Tourism focuses on guided, often quite priced safaris.


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Botswana

[20] Major agricultural products include ranching products, sorghum, maize, millet and various types of beans.


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Botswana

[17] Transport Although the country is sparsely populated, its transport links are reasonable.


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Botswana

A paved road connects all major cities and provincial capitals.


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Botswana

Called the Trans-Kalahari Highway, the highway provides a connection to Walvis Bay in Namibia and the South African province of Gauteng.


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Botswana

[17] The national railway company, Botswana Railways, operates an 888km long rail network.


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Botswana

The main line is 640km long, starts on the Zimbabwe side and runs through Francistown and Gaborone in Botswana to the South African border.


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Botswana

In addition, there are two side tracks.


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Botswana

The rail network is designed mainly for freight transport, with products from the mining industry first and foremost.


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Botswana

In spring 2009, Botswana Railways announced that it would suspend passenger services until further notice.


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Botswana

[21] Air Botswana also flies domestic flights to South Africa and Zimbabwe.


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Botswana

[22] Population Approximately 80% of the population of Botswana are batswanas (tswanas), whose mother tongue is Tswana.


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Botswana

Other ethnic groups of African origin include the Kalangas, the basarwas and the Kgalagads.


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Botswana

[1] European origin is about one per cent of the population.


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Botswana

About 71 percent of the population are Christians, remember a large portion of traditional animism practitioners.


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Botswana

In 2007, literate people made up 83% of those aged 15 and over.


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Botswana

[19] Botswana's HIV situation is one of the darkest in the world: in 2007, it was estimated that 23.9% of the adult population is infected with the virus.


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Botswana

[1] In 2004 there were 37.4% of carriers of the virus, before that even more.


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Botswana

[16] Only in Swaziland has a higher prevalence of HIV virus.


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Botswana

However, UN statistics have been criticised, with the country's national estimates showing only 17% of HIV carriers in 2004, and none of the population had dwindled but increased.


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Botswana

[23] In 2011, the average life expectancy was 58 years.


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Botswana

Of the infectious diseases after HIV, the most common are bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever and malaria.


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Botswana

[1] Culture and media Botswanan music is largely folk and pop music.


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Botswana

Choral singing has strong traditions, and other singing is a natural part of everyday life.


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Botswana

[24] Radio is an important media in Botswana.


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Botswana

Television didn't come to the country until 2000.


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Botswana

Newspapers are read mostly in urban areas.


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Botswana

[20] The state owns the newspaper, the national television station (BTV) and the broadcasting network.


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Botswana

In addition to that, one daily and seven weekly private newspapers appear in Botswana.


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Botswana

There are also three private radio stations in the country.


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Botswana

A private television station can be seen in the Gaborone area.


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Botswana

There are 22 ISPs and three cellphone operators, and their networks cover most of the country.


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Botswana

[17] The popular Mma Ramotswe book and television series is set in Botswana, but its author Alexander McCall Smith was born and raised in Rhodesia, in present-day Zimbabwe, near the border with Botswana.


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[25] Sport The most popular sport in Botswana is football, [26] but also among other things cricket, which has been played in the country since the 19th century [27] and athletics have gained popularity in the country.


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Botswana has participated in the Olympics since the 1980 Games, achieving one medal: at London 2012, Nijel Amos finished runner-up in the 800 m run for silver.


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Botswana

[28] The Botswana national football team has participated in World Cup qualification four times since the 1994 Games, but has not survived once until the rest of the tournament.


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The team has been ranked best at 93 in the FIFA rankings.


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ranked.


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[29] In addition to more traditional sports, bridge is also a well-known sport in Botswana.


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Botswana

The country has its own bridge union, comprising nearly 900 players.


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Botswana

[30] In 2008, a representative of the English Bridgeunion visited Botswana to guide local enthusiasts of the sport.


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Botswana

[26] Well-known Botswanan athletes include athletics Gable Garenamotse, Kabelo Kgosiemang, and Amantle Montsho, the latter of whom won the 400 m running world title in 2011.


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Sources On the topic elsewhere — University of Botswana portal Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace.


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Category:43 Africa Category:Key articles on screening


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

Tarke

A tarke, or diacritic mark ('distinguishing'), is a garnish of a letter most commonly found above or below the letter, either slightly apart from it or partially touching it.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

Tarke

Occasionally, the focus may be positioned in the middle or next to the letter.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

Tarke

Overhead precisions common in spelling in European languages include treema (¨), so-called accent- or heel signs acute ('), gravis (`) and circumflex (), and hat ().


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

Tarke

Underlying precincts include sedilji () and ogonek ().


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

Tarke

Typically, the tarke indicates a different pronunciation from the usual, but sometimes a precision distinguishes between the spellings of two words with different meanings, although there is no pronunciation distinction [1] (for example, in French both the conjunction ou 'or' and the adverb où 'where' are pronounced /u/).


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

Tarke

The letter to which the precise relates is called the base or base character.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

Tarke

Normally, a tarke is defined as part of a letter, but in a technical sense it can be a different character, and it can also serve as a letter that already involves another precise.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

Tarke

[2] In Vietnamese, for example, a single vowel letter can often be accompanied by two precisions, one indicating vowel quality and the other toons, that is, a pitch that substantially influences the meaning.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

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[3] Usage Accurate uses are largely language specific.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

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The same precision can be used for different purposes in different languages — or in the same language in different situations.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

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For example, an acute placed above a vowel usually indicates word weight in Spanish, but in Hungarian the vowel pronunciation as long [1] (which is sometimes accompanied by a variation of the voice value).


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

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On the other hand, the same sonic trait can be denoted in different languages with a different precision.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

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For example, the sonorless postalveolar fricative [], or the so-called suhu-s, is denoted in Finnish and Czech, among other things, by adding a hat (Š/Š) above the letter S/S, but in Turkish we add sedilji (Ş/Ş) below the letter.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

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In a way, it's also language specific when any part of a letter is perceived as accurate.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

Tarke

For example, in German, the points of the letters Ä/ä, Ö/ö and Ü/ü are considered accurate, the occurrence of which is most commonly caused by inflectional vowel variation (umlaut) of the language.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

Tarke

In German, these precise letters are considered mere variants of A/A, O/O and U/U, and for example, when alphabetting, A/a and I/ä are equivalent.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

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In contrast, in Finnish and Swedish, Ä/ä and Ö/Ö (as well as Å/Å) are independent letters that are alphabetized separately.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

Tarke

Thus, in Finnish, the points of Ä/Äs are not normally perceived as accurate (any more than, for example, the points in the lowercase alphabet i), but are considered the organ part of the letter.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

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However, from an international point of view, Ä/ä easily identifies as treema-a [4] — just as the Finnish is probably inclined to consider, say, the Icelandic letter Á/á only acute-a.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

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Accurates in computers In computer technology, precisions can be implemented in several alternative ways.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

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The most common thing is to use so-called compilation marks, i.e. ready-to-exact and range combinations, but the precise ones may be separate characters in the technical sense that are positioned on the parent marker.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

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In early computer character sets, precisions were available scarce or not at all.


Question: What does Tarke typically mean?

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For example, when the ASCII character set was developed primarily for American English, precise letters were omitted due to lack of space, as there were only 128 character slots in the 7-bit character set, which had to be matched in addition to the English capital and lower alphabets, numbers 0 to 9, the main intermediate and special characters, as well as a set of technical control codes.