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The Portion of the Priests
Numbers 18
Numbers 18
1 And Jehovah said to Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, that they may unite with thee, and minister unto thee; but thou and thy sons with thee shall serve before the tent of the testimony. 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of the whole tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they may not die, and you as well as they. 4 And they shall unite with thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and no stranger shall come near to you. 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there come no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren, the Levites, from among the children of Israel; to you are they given as a gift for Jehovah to perform the service of the tent of meeting. 7 But thou and thy sons with thee shall attend to your priesthood for all that concerneth the altar, and for that which is inside the veil; and ye shall perform the service: I give you your priesthood as a service of gift, and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death. 8 And Jehovah spoke to Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them, because of the anointing, and to thy sons by an everlasting statute. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, of all their oblations, and of all their sin-offerings, and of all their trespass-offerings, which they render unto me, it is most holy for thee and for thy sons. 10 As most holy shalt thou eat it: every male shall eat it; it shall be holy unto thee. 11 And this shall be thine: the heave-offering of their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by an everlasting statute; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. 12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they give to Jehovah, have I given thee. 13 The first ripe of everything that is in their land, which they shall bring to Jehovah, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. 14 Every devoted thing in Israel shall be thine. 15 Everything that breaketh open the womb of all flesh, which they present to Jehovah, of men or of beasts, shall be thine; nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou in any case ransom, and the firstborn of unclean beasts shalt thou ransom. 16 And those that are to be ransomed from a month old shalt thou ransom, according to thy valuation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. 17 But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, thou shalt not ransom: they are holy. Thou shalt sprinkle their blood on the altar, and their fat shalt thou burn as an offering by fire for a sweet odour to Jehovah. 18 And their flesh shall be thine; as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder shall it be thine. 19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Jehovah, have I given thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by an everlasting statute: it shall be an everlasting covenant of salt before Jehovah unto thee and thy seed with thee. 20 And Jehovah said to Aaron, In their land thou shalt have no inheritance, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 And to the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting. 22 Neither shall the children of Israel henceforth come near the tent of meeting, to bear sin and die. 23 But the Levite, he shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel shall they possess no inheritance; 24 for I have given for an inheritance to the Levites the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering to Jehovah; therefore I have said of them, They shall possess no inheritance among the children of Israel. 25 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 26 And to the Levites shalt thou speak, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer a heave-offering from it for Jehovah, the tenth of the tithe. 27 And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as the corn from the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress. 28 Thus ye also shall offer Jehovah's heave-offering of all your tithes, which ye take of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest. 29 Out of all that is given you ye shall offer the whole heave-offering of Jehovah, — of all the best thereof the hallowed part thereof. 30 And thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as produce of the threshing-floor, and as produce of the winepress. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households; for it is your reward for your service in the tent of meeting. 32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, if ye heave from it the best of it; and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.


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By Sarah Brenner, JD
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If you are considering converting an IRA to a Roth IRA in 2018, time is quickly running out. Here are 5 things you need to know when making a decision:
1. The Deadline – The deadline for a 2018 conversion is the end of the calendar year. There is a common misconception that a conversion can be done up to the client's tax-filing deadline. That is NOT the case. There is no such thing as a prior-year conversion. The distribution must be taken in 2018 and reported on a 2018 Form 1099-R. It is best not to wait until the last minute. Be sure to leave enough time to complete the transaction.
2. The Trade Off – If you convert your traditional IRA to a Roth IRA in 2018, your pretax traditional IRA funds will be included in your income for 2018. This will increase your 2018 income which may impact deductions, credits, exemptions, phase-outs, the taxation of your social security benefits, and Medicare Part B and Part D premiums; in other words, anything on your tax return could be impacted by an increase in your income. That may sound like a heavy tax burden but keep it in perspective. Remember, the extra income will only be for 2018, the year of the conversion. The trade-off is a big tax benefit down the road. If you follow the rules for qualified Roth IRA distributions, all of your Roth IRA funds, including the earnings, will be tax-free when distributed to you or your beneficiaries.
3. Lock in 2018 Tax Rates – Tax reform has lowered tax rates for many individuals and scaled back the Alternative Minimum Tax ("AMT"). These historically low tax rates will not last forever. There is a window of opportunity to take advantage of them. Like many of the changes under tax reform that affect individuals, the lower tax rates are temporary and scheduled to sunset in a few years. While no one can say for sure what the future will bring, the federal government's large deficits make higher tax rates in the future a likely possibility. Converting now is a way to lock in the low rates of 2018 and avoid worries about uncertain taxes in the coming years.
4. No Do-Overs – Recharacterization of Roth IRA conversions is gone. Starting for 2018, tax reform does away with your ability to recharacterize a conversion. This means you will need to be sure that converting is the right move as there is no way to undo the transaction. Your 2018 conversion will be irrevocable.
5. Good Advice is a Must – The decision on whether to convert your traditional IRA to a Roth IRA in 2018 is a big one. There is no one definitive answer for everybody. Conversion is by no means a one-size-fits-all proposition. Not sure what's right for you? Consulting with a knowledgeable tax or financial professional is a great place to start.


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Fresh calls for lowering of drink-drive limit
The move follows new statistics which show that drink-driving figures have shown no improvement since 2010.
The figure of 240 people killed in collisions where at least one driver was over the drink-drive limit is unchanged from 2013.
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Hide AdThe new campaign for a lower limit is being led by the Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) and supported by a number of stakeholders including the RAC Foundation, the AA, IAM RoadSmart Brake, PACTS and the Police Federation.
The current 80mg limit in England in Wales was set in 1965, but in 2014, Scotland lowered its drink-drive limit to 50mg/100ml - bringing it in line with the rest of Europe.
Malta is now the only country with a drink-drive limit as the England and Wales, and is also set to lower its limit to 50mg/100ml.
According to the IAS, reducing the limit to 50mg/100ml would save at least 25 lives per year.
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Hide AdAlso, Department for Transport statistics show that drink driving costs Great Britain £800m each year, and a British Social Attitudes Survey shows 77 per cent of the public support a lower legal limit.
Katherine Brown, director at the Institute of Alcohol Studies, said: "Recent decades have seen great improvements in road safety, but progress on drink driving has ground to a halt.
"With hundreds of lives lost each year, we can't afford to let England and Wales fall behind our neighbours in road safety standards.
"It's time the Government looked at the evidence and what other countries are doing to save lives and make roads safer. We need to make drink driving a thing of the past, and to do this we need a lower drink drive limit."
The IAS has produced a two-minute animation in support of the new campaign, which outlines the key arguments for a lower limit.


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Almost 20 percent of American women end up going childfree, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. In 2008, 18 percent of women reached ages 40 to 44 without having borne a child, compared to just 10 percent in 1976.
"The fact that nearly one of five women does not have a child of her own — that's an enormous transformation from the past," Pew researcher D'Vera Cohn told The Washington Post.
About half of these women are childfree by choice. So, is society becoming more accepting of that choice?
Yes, write Cohn and co-researcher Gretchen Livingston:
Over the past few decades, public attitudes toward childlessness have become more accepting. Most adults disagree that people without children "lead empty lives," a share that rose to 59% in 2002 from 39% in 1988, according to the General Social Survey. In addition, children increasingly are seen as less central to a good marriage. In a 2007 Pew Research Center survey, 41% of adults said that children are very important for a successful marriage, a decline from 65% who said so in 1990. …
Scholars say that social pressure to bear children appears to have diminished for women and that today the decision to have a child is seen as an individual choice. Improved job opportunities and contraceptive methods help create alternatives for women who choose not to have children.
But some prejudice persists and is even worsening:
As for the impact on society, attitudes are more mixed. About half the public — 46% in a 2009 Pew Research Center poll [PDF] — say it makes no difference one way or the other that a growing share of women do not ever have children. Still, a notable share of Americans — 38% in that 2009 survey — say this trend is bad for society, an increase from 29% in a 2007 Pew Research survey.
A childfree lifestyle is more common among white women than other races, though black, Hispanic, and Asian women are catching up.
The most educated women still are among the most likely never to have had a child. But in a notable exception to the overall rising trend, in 2008, 24% of women ages 40-44 with a master's, doctoral or professional degree had not had children, a decline from 31% in 1994.
A childfree life doesn't have to be a bummer, The Washington Post helpfully points out:
Childless women are as happy as women who had children at typical ages, said Amy Pienta, a researcher at the University of Michigan who coauthored a study on the subject. "They are not any more depressed; their psychological well-being is just as high," she said.
I could have told you that. And — bonus — our carbon footprints are lower too.
All in all, this report is good news — women are more free to choose how they want to live their lives, and, to the extent more of us are choosing not to have kids, the environment benefits in the process.
Read more about population and the childfree option:
- The GINK manifesto: Say it loud: I'm childfree and I'm proud
- Childfree messages in Sex and the City 2 and Eat, Pray, Love
- Pundits criticize Elena Kagan for being childfree
- How green are the 'childless by choice'?
- Women's rights are the right way to approach the population issue
- Want to join the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement?
- And still more about population


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Update: Feb 2, 4:38pm
Twenty-two years haven't erased the tarnishing legacy of accusations levied against Woody Allen for allegedly molesting his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. Two weeks after the director was awarded a Golden Globe for lifetime achievement, Farrow has come forward and given an account of the alleged sexual abuse and its impact on her life since the 1992 scandal broke.
The director has never been convicted of child abuse, and the veracity of Farrow's claims have been the subject of some debate, with a panel of psychiatrists siding with Allen and a judge ruling in favor of Farrow and her mother in a custody battle.
Allen's attorney released a statement on Sunday: "It is tragic that after 20 years a story engineered by a vengeful lover resurfaces after it was fully vetted and rejected by independent authorities. The one to blame for Dylan's distress is neither Dylan nor Woody Allen."
In her statement to the New York Times, Farrow retells the story of her alleged abuse and explains how she's struggled with Allen's continuing stardom. She writes:
That he got away with what he did to me haunted me as I grew up. I was stricken with guilt that I had allowed him to be near other little girls. I was terrified of being touched by men. I developed an eating disorder. I began cutting myself.
That torment was made worse by Hollywood. All but a precious few (my heroes) turned a blind eye. Most found it easier to accept the ambiguity, to say, "who can say what happened," to pretend that nothing was wrong. Actors praised him at awards shows. Networks put him on TV. Critics put him in magazines. Each time I saw my abuser's face — on a poster, on a T-shirt, on television — I could only hide my panic until I found a place to be alone and fall apart.
You can read the full statement here.
This story was updated with a statement from Woody Allen's attorney.


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According to the Child Support Standards Chart, prepared by New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, Division of Child Support Enforcement, and released March 12, 2014, the 2014 poverty income guideline amount for a single person as reported by the United States Department of Health and Human Services is $11,670 and the 2014 self-support reserve is $15,755. These numbers are highly relevant for child support calculations and may have a role in determining child support arrears in situations where payor's income is less than the guideline amount for a single person. The Child Support Standards Chart is released each year on or before April 1.
Additionally, as required by the Child Support Standards Act, the combined parental income amount used to calculate basis economic support has been changed to $141,000. This figure is adjusted every two years (effective January 31st) based on the average annual percent changes to the federal Department of Labor's Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers. The basic economic support figure is highly relevant in the cases where combined parental income is substantially in excess of it since the court may utilize parental income in excess of the basic economic support figure under appropriate circumstances.


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Update:Â I've made a minor edit to the chart above to clarify how the implementation of the Land Transfer Tax & Vehicle Registration Tax changed the city's financial situation. Quick summary: in 2008, both new taxes combined to take about $175 million in budget pressure off the city's books. That new money was folded into expected revenues for future years, but LTT revenues tend to surpass staff estimates, resulting in extra cash in 2009, 2010 and especially 2011.
Through this Core Service Review process, the (growing) group of councillors opposed to Mayor Rob Ford's fiscal strategy has continuously complained about a lack of information. While Budget Chief Mike Del Grande and assorted hangers-on have been quick to cite a figure of $774 million as the opening "pressure" for 2012, they've been less forthcoming with revenue figures that will significantly reduce that pressure.
Increased revenues from the Land Transfer Tax in 2011 alone look to total almost $80 million. And remaining surplus dollars from the 2010 and 2011 budget years could total another $100 million or more. Add in potential investment revenues, dividends from Toronto Hydro, assessment growth and other miscellaneous revenue lines and that big scary $774 million figure looks to drop down to something a lot more manageable.
The chart above reveals why this revenue information is so critical: each year, that opening pressure figure — which, it should be noted, was bigger in 2010 than it is this year — is brought down through a variety of strategies. Yes, there are spending cuts and efficiencies — Rob Ford's favourite things — but also other revenues. Each year — until this one — the budget has been balanced without apocalyptic talk of slashing childcare, closing libraries and decimating public services or else raising property taxes by 35%.
That's a false choice. It's one that ignores the balancing strategies used over the past five years that have kept the city moving forward.
A note on sustainability
Critics would point to the chart above and say that the budget balancing strategies employed by Mayor David Miller, Budget Chief Shelley Carroll and the rest of the the left on council were largely unsustainable, short-term fixes, relying too heavily on reserves and other one-time funding sources.
And, for the most part, that's true.
That said, if you believe — as even right-leaning councillors like Giorgio Mammoliti and Doug Ford seem to these days — that the city's structural deficit is due in part to the province, who reneged on its responsibilities for supporting things like transit, child care and welfare, then one-time strategies tend to be the best Toronto can hope for these days. Unless the province comes to the table and commits to uploading more transit costs, a truly sustainable 2012 budget — one that doesn't completely destroy the kind of public services that contribute to the economic viability of our city — is nearly impossible to achieve.
An Alternate Path
That doesn't mean, however, that there aren't paths Toronto can take toward fiscal independence.
- A service review process and efficiency study — like the one we've just been through — was a good idea, but the timeline needed to be longer. Set annual goals to increase across-the-board efficiency and work with management to achieve them. You'll save more money this way than you will with layoffs.
- Set a long-term path forward for residential and commercial property tax rates. A multi-year strategy to put the average residential tax levy on par with, say, Markham would bring in vastly more revenue. Commercial rates should continue to decrease relative to residential. Review tax increase deferral and cancellation policies for seniors and disabled residents to ensure we're not kicking anyone out on the street.
- Consult with Metrolinx on their upcoming revenue strategy to ensure that a fair percentage of revenue from road tolls — an inevitability in this province — go toward transit operating costs, in addition to capital.
- Review parking rates and increase them in downtown, high demand areas. Think like the private sector.
- Look at new revenue sources, including a City of Toronto sales tax. Big cities across the world have one, and they're not dying because of it. We keep hearing about the necessity of hard choices: here's one.
The key is to think long-term and not to rush toward slash-and-burn fixes. More than any other level of government, municipal public services are directly tied to economic success. We can't afford to risk that.
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January 10, 2013
Raz Mohammad: Salam 'aleikum. I am Raz Mohammad. I'm from Maidan Wardak province and I'm Pashtun.
Below is a transcript of an interview of Raz Mohammad, an Afghan Peace Volunteer, with questions prepared by Maya Evans of Voices for Creative Non Nonviolence UK.
Kathy Kelly: Raz Mohmmad, what do you think about drones?
Raz Mohammad: I think drones are not good. I remember how, in my village, a drone attack killed my brother-in-law and four of his friends. It was truly sad. A beautiful life was buried and the sound of crying and sorrow arose from peaceful homes. I say that this is inhumane. Today, the idea of humanity has been forgotten. Why do we spend money like this? Why don't we use an alternative way? The international community says that drones are used to kill the Taliban. This is not true. We should see the truth. Today, it's hard to find the truth and no one listens to the people.
Kathy Kelly: How have drones impacted Wardak, Afghanistan?
Raz Mohammad: Drones have a negative impact on the lives of the people of Wardak and other provinces in Afghanistan, because drones don't bring peace. They kill human beings. Drones bring nothing but bombs. They burn the lives of the people. People can't move around freely. In the nights, people are afraid. Drones don't improve people's lives, they limit the people's lives. The people are not happy with drones. When they hear the sound of drones, they feel sad. Those who live in Kabul and those who live in the provinces, especially in Pashtun areas, feel differently about drones. Those in Kabul don't feel the pain of those in the provinces where there's war and family members are being killed. It is those families of victims who should be asked and whose voices should be heard.
Kathy Kelly: Are drones making Afghanistan safer?
Raz Mohammad: No. Drones don't protect the people of Afghanistan. Instead, drones kill the people of Afghanistan. You hear in the news and reports that, every day, families, children, and women are killed. Do you call this safety?
Kathy Kelly: Is there a mental impact on Afghans from the presence of drones?
Raz Mohammad: Yes, drones have a negative impact on the mind. For me, when I go home, I recall the incident with my brother-in-law which affected me a lot and changed my life. I don't have a peaceful mind. When I'm home and study at night, my father & mother are very worried and tell me not to stay up too late because they may make a mistake and bomb the house. When my younger brother learns of a drone incident, he says he won't go to school or get out of bed early today because the drones may come. See, how it affects the mind of a 5- or 8-year-old child.
Kathy Kelly: What do you think about the use of drones after the 2014 withdrawal?
Raz Mohammad: I think that the use of drones today or in 2014 is inappropriate. Why has the international community sent drones to wage war in Afghanistan? Why have we forgotten the concept of humanity and the love of humanity? War is not a solution. We can see this from the past 30 years of war in Afghanistan. Wars bring killing and enmity. Drones after 2014 will cause enmity between Pashtuns, Tajiks, and Hazaras because those in government use the people for their own benefit. For their own power and lives, they drop bombs on the people, and bring division and inhumanity. As I see it, now and after 2014, innocent human beings will be killed.
Kathy Kelly: Do you have any other message to give?
Raz Mohammad: My message to the ordinary people of the world is to listen, and become aware of drone warfare because what international governments say about using drones to kill terrorists is not true. Friends who come here can see that innocent people and women are killed. We should listen to the voices of Afghans and promote and defend humanity and humane relations. My message to the governments of the world is: Why have you forgotten humanity and the love of humanity? You are killing human beings for your own monetary benefit. I demand that this [drone warfare] be stopped, especially the spending of so much money on drones in Afghanistan and the killing of so many innocent people. Isn't it appropriate for you to help the people in alternative ways? We are human beings and are always your friends, thank you.
For more information about the Afghan Peace Volunteers, visit <ourjourneytosmile.com>.
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Since source mode is significantly different than linking in either of Fandom's visual editors, it's useful to talk about linking through wikitext or linking in source mode separately. It's important to remember that many of the things below can only be done in source mode.
Internal links[]
An internal link is a link to any other page on the same wiki that you are currently editing. Attempting to create a link to the current page will fail. Instead, you'll just get bolded text.
Below we show a link to another page on this wiki:
[[Help:Assuming good faith]] = Help:Assuming good faith
and a link to the page we are on:
[[Help:Links/Wikitext]] = Help:Links/Wikitext
Displaying a link[]
The most basic kind of link is two [[
square brackets]]
around the name of a page on the wiki.
If you wish, you can change the displayed text by using a pipe, the vertical line found on US English keyboards above the Enter key (|)
. On European English keyboards, the key is located next to Left Shift. Generally, the pipe delineates between the proper name of the article on the left, and the how you want to display that link on the right.
[[Help:Editing|Editing]] = Editing
Common link types[]
Now that we know what a wikitext link is, let's look at the variety of ways in which it can be achieved.
What you type | What happens |
Color |
Colors (note how the s automatically becomes a part of the link) |
''[[Sci-Fi|science fiction]]''
science fiction (you can apply formatting to the whole link) |
[[Sci-Fi|'''science''' fiction]]
science fiction (or you can emphasise only a part of the link) |
[[This article doesn't exist]]
This article doesn't exist (red links mean the article doesn't exist) |
File:Site-logo.png (creates a link to the file, rather than putting the file on the page) |
Category:Browse (creates a link to the category, rather than putting the page into the category) |
External links[]
External links can be roughly broken up into two types: those that can be created purely with wikitext and those that are generated through URLs.
Wikitext external links[]
Links to a page that's not on your wiki can be achieved by either using the "w:c: method" or by knowing the domain name of wikis that are in your wiki's interwiki map.
The w:c: method[]
Every wiki on Fandom can link to every other wiki by simply typing:
…and so on. Note that any valid domain for the wiki will work, so w:c:007:M
is just as valid as w:c:jamesbond:M
Be careful that you link to a page that exists. A "w:c: link" always appears valid, even if there is no article of that name on that wiki. For instance, w:c:batman:Walt Disney World is a false valid link. When performing a "w:c: link", you should always click on it afterwards to make sure you're going to the intended page.
You can use a pipe to change the display text for a "w:c: link" just as you do for an on-wiki link.
Wikis in your interwiki map[]
If an external wiki is in your interwiki map, you can link to a page there by simply using [[domain:article name]]
By far, the most common wiki that uses this method is Wikipedia. Links there are achieved simply by typing wikipedia:Dolley Madison
. Another popular external wiki is mediawiki.org, which houses a ton of help pages our readers enjoy. Links there are as easy as mw:Help:Parser functions.
Using URLs[]
Although it's possible to create an internal link with a URL, you shouldn't. It's easier just to create a wiki-text link, and it makes wiki maintenance much easier if everyone is making internal links the same way.
When you need to link to a site that's not connected to Fandom, though, you have little choice but to make a URL link.
Here are some ways you can do that.
You type | You see | You link to |
[http://www.example.org] |
[1] | http://www.example.org |
[http://www.example.org Displayed text] |
Displayed text | http://www.example.org |
http://www.example.org |
http://www.example.org | http://www.example.org |
[http://www.example.org a] |
a | http://www.example.org |
Pipe tricks[]
A pipe trick uses a pipe to automatically transform the way a link is displayed. On saving a pipe-tricked link, the software actually changes the way the link is made.
Its most basic form is to chop off a namespace from the front of a page name.
Imagine you're trying to create a link to Community Central:Admins and mods, but you don't want to show the words Community Central. Just add a single pipe at the end, and the software will do its thing.
[[Community Central:Admins and mods|]] = Admins and mods
When you go back to edit the text, you'll find that the pipe trick has resulted in the full form, [[Community Central:Admins and mods|Admins and mods]]
Here are some other examples:
What you type | What happens |
[[Forum:Background (color2)|]]
Background (the namespace gets lopped off, but also the parenthetical) |
''[[wikipedia:Life on Mars (TV series)|]]''
Life on Mars (The call to wikipedia and the parenthetical get lopped off, but then the remainder gets made, properly, italic.) |
Contrast/Advanced (the namespace gets lopped off, but not the subpage) |
Site-logo.png (gets rid of the namespace, but not the .png file extension) |
[[Forum:Background colors/pictures, HTML|]]
Background colors/pictures (removes the namespace, the comma, and everything after it) |
[[w:c:parksandrecreation:Leslie Knope|]]
c:parksandrecreation:Leslie Knope (pipe trick fails, but link is still valid) |
Slash tricks[]
A slash trick is related to the pipe trick, but it helps you quickly link to subpages from the main page. For instance, this page, Help:Links/Wikitext is a subpage of Help:Links. If you were on Help:Links, you could link here by typing:
[[/Wikitext]] = /Wikitext
If you wanted to get rid of the slash at the beginning, then you could type:
[[/Wikitext/]] = Wikitext
Since we're here at Help:Links/Wikitext, the use of a slash trick would refer to the subpages of this subpage:
[[/page doesn't exist/]] = page doesn't exist or Help:Links/Wikitext/page doesn't exist
Link suggestions[]
When editing in source mode, a link suggestion feature will suggest the names of existing pages and files based on what you type. This is helpful if you cannot remember a precise name to create a link.
When you start typing a "[[
" or "{{
" and then some text, a pop-up will suggest items. So, for example, if you type "[[File:S
" or "{{s"
and then some text, it will suggest existing files or templates on your wiki that start with the letter S.
You can dismiss the link suggestions box by pressing the "Esc" key, and you can disable it entirely from the Editing tab of Special:Preferences by checking the "Do not show link suggest in Source mode" option.
Advanced linking[]
Linking to a category or image[]
When linking to a category for demonstrative purposes rather than for categorizing a page, or if you want to link to an image file page without the actual image showing, put a colon after the double opening square brackets, like this: [[:Category:Browse]]
which will look like this: Category:Browse, and [[:File:Site-logo.png]]
will look like this: File:Site-logo.png.
Linking to a page section[]
If you want to link to a section of a page, make sure the page section is marked by a header. Then, at the end of your regular link, put a hash (#
) followed by the section name. For example, write [[Help:Infoboxes#Custom theming]]
to generate: Help:Infoboxes#Custom theming. If you want to get link to section on currently viewing page, you can skip page name and start with hash symbol followed by section name, for example, [[#Linking to a page section]]
which will produce: #Linking to a page section that links to this section. Clicking that kind of links wouldn't reload the page.
Linking from an image[]
If you want to link to a page from an image, add a parameter to the image which says link=Page name
. So, for example, [[File:Site-logo.png|thumb|center|Click the image|link=Help:Contents]]
Changing the color of an individual link[]
If you want to change the color of one individual link (as opposed to every link on that wiki), you will need to use span tags and CSS on the pipe side of your link.
Using source mode, this means that if you were to, for example, make a link to Help:Contents green, you would write [[Help:Contents|Help:Contents]]
which will look like: Help:Contents.
See also[]
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New Positive Employee Confirmed Cases
Notification to Residents, Representatives, and Family Members
Date: 03/23/2021
To Our Residents and Family Members
We want to inform you t that at Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, to date, 03/23/2021 has 0 new case of positive COVID-19 amongst our residents and 0new cases of employee. The no. of staff reported to have new onset respiratory symptoms [new set of three or more staff) within a 72-hours is/ are_0_ the no. of residents reported to have new onset respiratory symptoms [new set of three or more residents) within a 72-hours is/ are _0_
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We know that you may have questions and we encourage you to contact our center. Please call us at 718- 694 -6700, or check our website at www.hopkinscenter.com
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Cob Cactus
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