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KARACHI: A Wikipedia page containing information about Calibri font was locked for editing on Tuesday after several users tried to change the release date of the font from 2007 to 2003.

The Joint Investigation Report (JIT) had earlier claimed that the font used on some of the documents submitted by the Sharif family was Calibri. The documents related to 2006. However, the font was only made commercially available January 30, 2007. After the report was made public, Calibri font became a top trend on twitter. People also started searching for it on the Internet. Some people belonging to Pakistan rushed on to Wikipedias Calibri page and edited the information about Calibris commercial launch from 2007 to 2003. There were over three dozen revisions in less than 24 hours. The Wikipedia administration then locked the public editing option for Calibri Font page, stating: This article is currently protected from editing until July 18, 2017, or until editing disputes have been resolved.

Amir Ata, an IT expert and blogger, told Daily Times that the Calibri Wikipedia page saw some unusual and elevated activity. Most of the revisions were focused on changing the release date of the font. No marks for guessing why this was the case, he said.

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GoldenDict is a free cross-platform dictionary program with Wikipedia integration and support for global hotkeys to power its functionality.

Jack mentioned the dictionary back in 2010 in his Linux Dictionary Tools overview, but I never reviewed the application for Windows.

While word definitions are just a click away in web browsers, as there are plenty of online services that provide you with information, you may sometimes prefer to use a desktop program.

Desktop programs may support the loading of local dictionary files, editing dictionaries, adding words to the favorites, and a lot more that online services don't offer usually.

Tip: we have reviewed other dictionary programs in the past: Spelr, Lingoes, or The Sage.

GoldenDict is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X desktop systems. There is also an Android application, but it is commercial.

Windows users can download a portable version of the dictionary, or a setup version. The developers plan to release version 1.50 of the program soon, and this review is based on the second release candidate of that build. The current stable version is 1.01, released in 2010.

Once you start GoldenDict, you can start using it right away. Enter any word in the search field in the top toolbar to have it looked up on Wikipedia directly.

The program supports only Wikipedia by default, but you can change that easily in the program settings. Click on Edit > Dictionaries, or hit the F3 key, to open the dictionary management interface.

You can check additional Wikipedia, Websites and Morphology sources right away, as GoldenDict ships with sources built-in the program. It is for instance possible to add Wiktionary or language-specific Wikipedia sources to the program.

The websites listing lists five services including the Urban Dictionary, Google En-En, and Multitran.

Each source you add is queried whenever you run searches in GoldenDict. These are displayed on the right, and you may switch to them easily then.

One of the strengths of GoldenDict is the program's support for custom sources. You can add new Wikipedia or Wiktionary sources for instance, or new websites. All websites work that accept parameters when you run queries.

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Apart from that, you may also add local dictionary files (Babylon .BGL, StarDict .ifo/.dict./.idx/.syn, dictd .index/.dict(.dz), ABBYY Lingvo .dsl formats supported), DICT servers or external programs. GoldenDict supports sound directories, transliteration, and text to speech on top of that.

Once you have added a second dictionary you may change the sort order of them as well. This is useful, as you may move another dictionary to position one so that its results will be displayed by default.

Another option that you have there is to create dictionary groups. You may switch between groups, so that only the dictionaries of the selected group are used by the program. This can be handy if you work with multiple languages, or use the program for different kinds of research.

GoldenDict supports global hotkeys which work even if the program is minimized on the machine. You can use Ctrl-C-C to translate a word from clipboard (look it up in the program). Another option that you have is to enable the program's scan popup mode.

It is designed to pick up words that you hover the mouse over automatically. This did not work on the Windows 10 PC that I tested the program on, and I tried it in Firefox, Chrome, LibreOffice and other programs that would benefit from such an integration.

The feature supports key modifiers, and it is suggested to enable those (if it works on your system). Basically, what this does is activate the functionality only when you press the keys on the keyboard.

Other features of interest include options to enable auto-pronunciation of words, and web browsing support. The latter allows you to click on links in the program interface to open the linked pages.

GoldenDict is a powerful dictionary program for the desktop. It ships with a solid selection of dictionaries and may be extended with local and Internet-based dictionaries and services.

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LIMA Employers in the greater West Central Ohio region will collect $33 million in rebates from the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation in checks that will be mailed beginning next week.

BWC Administrator/CEO Sarah Morrison, in Lima to present a ceremonial check to local business leaders, said employers are free to spend their rebates as they wish, but she hopes they will consider investing in workplace safety.

We work with employers all over Ohio to prevent injuries and illness in the workplace, and they will tell you that investing in safety is a wise business decision, said Morrison, speaking at a press conference at the Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce. Safe workplaces mean fewer injuries, fewer medical claims and a stable workforce, all of which leads to a healthy bottom line for a business.

Morrison was joined by chamber President/CEO Jed Metzger and Tony Daley of Limas Spallinger Millwright Services Inc. Metzger and Daley accepted the check on behalf of employers in the entire region, which includes Allen, Auglaize, Shelby, Hancock, Putnam, and Van Wert counties.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich proposed the rebate in March. Its the third such rebate in the last four years, made possible by an improving safety climate, prudent fiscal management and strong investment returns. The plan to distribute rebates to more than 200,000 Ohio employers during the month of July was approved by BWCs Board of Directors in April. Visitbwc.ohio.govfor more details and eligibility requirements.

The plan also includes a $44 million investment innew health and safety initiativesto promote a healthy workforce and a culture of safety in every Ohio workplace. This includes a new wellness program for small employers, funding for programs to help firefighters and those who work with children and adults with disabilities, and an education campaign to address common injuries at work and in the home.

A healthy economy depends on a strong and healthy workforce, Morrison continued. And when the economy is healthy, we all benefit.

Rebate checks will be mailed in phases starting July 10.

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The quality of your online presence has real-world consequences. Thats the lesson from new research about Spain, tourism, and Wikipedia.

In order to understand the offline influence of online information (pdf), economists used city-level Spanish tourism data and Wikipedias various language editions in a clever experiment. They found that adding a modest amount of information to a citys Wikipedia page appeared to lead to a 9% increase in visits by certain groups during the tourist season.

For their experiment, the researchers chose 60 cities that had Dutch, French, German, and Italian Wikipedia entries that were no more than 24,000 characters in length. In each language edition, they randomly chose 30 cities and added information to their entries.

For example, to test the effect of information on German tourists, the researchers took information relevant to tourists from the Spanish and English Wikipedia pages for a city, translated it into German, and added it to the citys German Wikipedia page. They also usually added a photo from the other languages editions, too.

The Wikipedia pages were edited by the researchers in August 2014, and they assessed the impact on tourist visits from May-October of the following year. (More than 95% of the changes to French, German and Italian entries survived the study period, but one Dutch Wikipedia administrator wasnt having it. All of the edits to these pages were deleted within 24 hours, so Dutch visitors were excluded from the analysis.)

The researchers then analyzed how the additional information impacted the number of visits to that city. Specifically, they looked at visits by nationals of the language edition they edited. They also tested the data to make sure that the changes werent just the result of a city becoming a more popular tourist destination in general.

Their analysis suggests that the Wikipedia edits, on average, led to a 9% increase in visits, and that the additional information had an even bigger impact on cities with sparse Wikipedia entries. For cities in the bottom quartile by length of their entry, they observed a 28% increase in visits. These visits are valuable, since the average tourist in Spain spends over 100 ($113) per day.

The researchers believe their finding extends to areas beyond tourism. They consider it an argument for regularly monitoring and updating company, product, and personal sites, and they have the data to prove it.

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A Darwin-based club has added about 100 new pages to Wikipedia to rectify what it says is a massive shortfall in articles showcasing the rich history of the Northern Territory.

As the fifth most viewed website on the internet, Wikipedia receives more than 18 billion visits every month.

It was for that reason Wiki Club NT founder Caddie Brain said she wanted to see more pages written that showcased the Northern Territory.

The Northern Territory has around 1,900 pages, whereas Western Australia has about 10,000.

"We develop a list of people we want to work on then dig through the library's resources like old newspapers," Ms Brain said.

"Then basically we just sit there and attempt to write the start of a page.

"And of course Wikipedia has life of its own often you come back six months later and it's doubled in size, and that's really rewarding."

At the latest Wiki club night, members assembled a page on Cissy McLeod, an Aboriginal girl who was awarded a lifesaving medal for bravery at Government House in 1913.

It is documented in official records that the girl saw her employer fall off a jetty whilst fully clothed, and dove in after her, holding her head above water until both could be rescued.

History enthusiast Don Christopherson helps the club find some of the Territory's incredible forgotten tales of Indigenous people.

"To jump over the wharf at night time in 1913 I doubt if I would be able do it, but she did it!" Mr Christopherson said.

Mr Christopherson said he was disappointed that among Australia's national heroes, very few of them are Aboriginal.

"But their stories are there all we have to do is find them," he said.

"You don't have to embellish them because they are fantastic stories already, and it makes you wonder why these stories haven't taken their place not only in Northern Territory history, but Australian history."

Writer Charlie Ward has used his time at Wiki club to write about early land rights figure, Dexter Daniels.

"Dexter became very famous travelling around the country educating people about land rights in the 1960s," Mr Ward said.

"He's probably best known for being involved in the Wave Hill walk off, and helping to precipitate that."

Ms Brain said she was proud of what the club had achieved so far.

"It's just extraordinary you feel like you begin to know these people as you edit and find out their stories," Ms Brain said.

"It's a huge amount of work to run a project like this and sometimes I wax and wane in energy, but our members hassle me and say we've got to work on this page, or we've got to work on that page.

"And so just the pure passion for it has been extraordinary to see, and over time we're making a real difference."

Topics: history, historians, community-and-society, education, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, library-museum-and-gallery, darwin-0800

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