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September 21

Ivan Stepanovich Laskevich

In this Russian site, about his regiment, there are many photos about its high soldiers' group. Can you find in those images if there is also him' Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.16.39.215 (talk) 11:39, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Roland Freisler

After the war, what his wife and two sons thought about his brutal Nazi behavior? And his sons when they died? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.207.98.118 (talk) 15:37, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Heinz Brandt and Günther Korten

After their death in the July plot, who were their military successors, as Adolf Heusinger's adjutant and in the Luftwaffe? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.207.98.118 (talk) 15:41, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Heinz Brandt did not need to be succeeded; Adolf Heusinger short-lived appointment in replacement of Kurt Zeitzler, as head of the General Staff of the OKH was not maintained after July 21 1944. --Askedonty (talk) 21:07, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Are there more labor strikes this year than last year worldwide?

I'm pretty sure the answer is obvious when it comes to the US, but what about the rest of the world? I can't seem to find a clearcut answer. InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 18:31, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Are we talking about calendar years? Or the same period January-August 2022 and January-August 2023? We don't have any global survey on the amount of industrial actions across the world, nor do we have no universal definition of a labour strike. Most strikes worldwide are local in nature, and probably most never get reported in any media. I wouldn't be so sure to presume US pattern would be replicated across the world. --Soman (talk) 18:47, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Although you may be interested in this which says that in the UK, there were more workdays lost to industrial action in 2022 than any year since 1989. This year seems likely to be worse, but statistics run from January to December. Inflation seems to be the main driver, which is hitting most economies; see 2021–2023 inflation surge and Cost of living crisis. Alansplodge (talk) 20:47, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Your use of the word "worse" is obviously subjective. ;-) HiLo48 (talk) 02:01, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

That sounds like a right wing or employer parody of unions which I'm fairly sure wasn't your intention. In reality, I think there are very few people, even striking workers and unions, who think industrial action is a good thing. It means lost wages and is often disruptive to a lot of people including the workers themselves. Many people, especially unions and workers might think industrial action is sometimes necessary but that doesn't mean they think it's a good thing.

If there is no or limited industrial action because the local laws or conditions make it difficult or dangerous that would often be viewed by unions and workers and others as worse than if there is lots of industrial action because it is necessity and local laws and conditions means it is possible. But they'd much rather despite locals laws and conditions meaning they can easily engage in industrial action where needed, it isn't necessary; because the workers are already being properly compensated, have decent working conditions and their rights protected, fair contracts etc. In other words, while technically it is true it's subjective, IMO nearly everyone actually agrees lots of industrial action is not a good thing so it's indeed worse when there are lots of days lots due to industrial action.

There are lots of disagreements e.g. when it's a necessity, what protections there needs to be for industrial action and the steps that lead to it, what is proper compensation and all those other things etc etc. Just not on there being more days lost to industrial action as being "worse". The workers engaged in industrial action and the unions may say it's worse primarily because employers are being more unreasonable than they have been in a long time given the current conditions etc. Employers and, sadly IMO, sometimes governments may say it worse because workers and unions are making unreasonable demands.

Nil Einne (talk) 10:18, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

See: < https://www.bls.gov/wsp/ >. DOR (ex-HK) (talk) 13:17, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Bruno Pontecorvo

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The Nobel Prize in Physics was not awarded to Bruno Pontecorvo for political reasons (only because he moved to the URSS)? Really? So the United States of America has always considered itself a champion of freedom and the highest values (when it has committed some of the most serious human rights violations and some of the worst genocides ever seen in human history), while communism was to be wiped out? In conclusion: US good, Russia bad (always and in any case)? Anyway, back to the point: why did Bruno Pontecorvo never win a Nobel Prize in Physics, when he certainly deserved it? I would like to know more about this. If you cannot answer me (surely this is an incorrect place to ask this question), kindly point me to a more appropriate place, thanks in advance. 151.82.187.21 (talk) 20:45, 21 September 2023 (UTC) Frank Close puts it this way: The reasons he never won a Nobel Prize for any of these contributions are secreted in the closed archives of the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm. However, there is a consensus that this may be the price he paid for his flight to the USSR. Once in the Soviet Union, he was forced to publish in Russian journals, which meant that his work only appeared in English after a gap of about two years—a disastrous delay in a competitive and fast-moving field. Also, because Bruno was not free to travel outside the USSR, he was unable to perform various crucial experiments. These restrictions limited his ability to test his ideas about the enigmatic neutrinos, and other scientists ended up gaining the spoils. — Half life : the divided life of Bruno Pontecorvo, physicist or spy If this response does not satisfy you i am quite sure there are a number of Italian pro-communist forums where you might seek validation for you views. fiveby(zero) 02:52, 22 September 2023 (UTC) I would think any alleged genocides committed by the USA are small potatoes compared to those inflicted by characters like Hitler, Stalin and Mao. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 10:12, 22 September 2023 (UTC) Is there some reason the USA is mentioned in this thread? Last time I checked, the US did not have any say in who actually wins a Nobel Prize. DOR (ex-HK) (talk) 13:20, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Vancouver Island

For a country's area, two numbers are usually listed: Total area, and Total land area. Total area includes all land area and all territorial waters. (This varies by country, and by the source, but that's usually how WP describe area.)

 Vancouver Island.. is 32,100 km2 (12,400 sq mi) in total area, while 31,285 km2 (12,079 sq mi) are of land. [1]

Vancouver Island, not being a nation, or even sub-national entity, does not have territorial waters (to the best of my understanding). Some of Canada's territorial waters surround Vancouver Island (the territorial sea), and some of Canada's territorial waters are within Vancouver Island (Internal waters).

So does that mean that 31,285 km^2 is Vancouver Island's land area, and that 32,100 km^2 is the land area + internal water area? And thus the internal water area is around 815 km^2?

(I just want to make sure that I'm not missing some weird and obscure third category of area.) Liberté2 (talk) 22:10, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Just guessing, but I take the difference to be due to lakes, reservoirs, ponds and possibly rivers, etc. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:27, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. That makes sense. Liberté2 (talk) 17:43, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Just to be difficult – I imagine that the Strait of Georgia is considered part of B.C. territory, and there is an administrative boundary within it … —Tamfang (talk) 23:13, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

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