User:Bdj/Projects
This is my projects area, where I'm holding information for merging or personal projects.
- For my attempt at bringing R.E.M. to WP:FA status, see User:Badlydrawnjeff/Projects/R.E.M.. It needs major citation overhaul.
- User:Badlydrawnjeff/The Legend of Zelda: The Triforce Saga . It was well-sourced when written, but we're backed up a bit in terms of our current reliable sourcing policy. This needs to be updated with more reliable sources that aren't blogs, or put together in a way that is well sourced if we ever update the policy.
Others[edit]
Bro[edit]
Bro refers to a fashion style which is most popular in the Southwestern United States. Categorized by both the fashion style (mesh caps, spiked hair, and tattoos) and similar interests (vehicle customization, rap music and hardcore music), the term was created by the subculture, most likely due to the word being a common way to greet one another.
The bro subculture is mostly Caucasian, although some Latino people identify with it. Few black people consider themselves "bros" in this context, often due to a nativist feature prevalant in much of the subculture.
References[edit]
- Jeremy Iversen, High School Confidential. New York, Atria Books, 2006.
- Orange County Weekly: "Trendzilla: The Bro." Vickie Change, 21 September 2006. URL accessed 13 January 2007.
Prairie Muffins[edit]
Prairie Muffins is a term used by some conservative evangelical Christians in the United States to refer to married women who choose to pursue what they hold as the biblical role of women as quiet homemakers who protect the innocence of their children. The idea is taken from the New Testament passage in Titus 2:4-5:
Admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. NKJV
The origin of the term stems from an incident when R.C. Sproul, Jr., in a good-natured, joking, and in-passing manner, referred to his wife as a "Prairie Muffin." The term is proudly worn by those who self-define as such, although people who see the term and its lifestyle as form of patriarchy may use it as a pejorative. The husbands of those who self-define as Prairie Muffins sometimes refer to themselves as "Prairie Dawgs". Prairie Muffin women are likely to be Quiverfull, homeschoolers, and to live in a rural area.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Are you a Prairie Muffin?
- Prairie Muffin Update: So Called "Biblical Patriarchy" on the Rise.
- The Prairie Muffin Manifesto by Carmon Friedrich
External Links[edit]
Gregory Kohs[edit]
Gregory Kohs is a market researcher in Media, Pennsylvania. Gregory operates the Inside Market Research and MyWikiBiz.com web sites.
MyWikiBiz.com[edit]
In 2006-7, Kohs launched MyWikiBiz.com, a service that offered to write Wikipedia entries for businesses for $49 to $99. A few days after he put out a press release in 2006-08-04, MyWikiBiz's account on Wikipedia was blocked.[1]
Over the the next few weeks, Kohs claimed to get about 10 clients into Wikipedia.[1]
References[edit]
^ a b Bergstein, Brian. "Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia", The Washington Post / Associated Press, 2007-01-24.
Further reading[edit]
Read, Brock. "Wikipedia Blocks a Pay-for-Play Scheme", The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007-01-24. Bergstein, Brian. "Microsoft Offers Cash for Wikipedia Edit", The Washington Post / Associated Press, 2007-01-24. Mathias Peer. "Wikipedia-Artikel, die man kaufen kann", Die Welt, 2006-08-24. (in German) Ruth P. Stevens. "Web Watch 2.0", Direct magazine, Prism Business Media Inc., 2006-12-02. Bernd Graff. "Wikipedia und ungewollte Artikel von Werbern "Schmutzige Spielchen"", sueddeutsche.de, Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH, 2007-01-26. (in German) "Empresa cobrava por verbetes na Wikipedia", G1.com.br, Globo.com, 2006-01-25. (in Portuguese)
Darvon cocktail[edit]
The Darvon cocktail is a mixture of drugs used to commit suicide, with the intent to cause death as painlessly as possible. Its main ingredients are:
- Dextropropoxyphene Hydrochloride (Darvon, Deprancol), to suppress breathing)
- phenobarbital (to cause unconsciousness)
- midazolam (to induce sleep)
- Metoclopramide (to counter vomiting).
The midazolam may be substituted with another potent benzodiazepine such as alprazolam (Xanax), or both may be used. The midazolam-alprazolam combination may be substituted for a combination of lorazepam and zopiclone. Sometimes Metoclopramide is replaced by Prochlorperazine.
The cocktail is unpleasant to the taste and will not work unless mixed in correct quantities, not least because of the risk of vomiting.