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[[Image:Progaff black-white-grey fo.gif|thumb|Gaffer tape]]
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'''Gaffer tape''' (also, '''gaffer's tape''', '''gaff tape''', '''gaffa tape''', '''gaffing tape''', '''cloth tape''', '''(The) Gaff''', '''Roll of Gaff''') is a strong cotton cloth pressure-sensitive [[adhesive tape]] used in the motion picture, television, stage (music and theater) and audio visual production. The tape is manufactured in many colors, including fluorescent and custom colors, but the most common variety is [[matte (surface)|matte]] [[black]]. This matte finish keeps the tape from reflecting light so the tape blends in with the typical [[stage (theatre)|stage]] floor of a [[theatre]].
The tape is most likely named for the [[gaffer (motion picture industry)|gaffer]], the head of the lighting department on a [[film crew]].
[[Please note:-]]Due to lack of time, I no longer do translations, here or by email.
Gaffer tape is easily torn by hand so no cutting tools are necessary. The adhesive used is a high quality synthetic rubber{{Fact|date=April 2007}} which leaves little or no residue when removed, in contrast to [[duct tape]]. When cables are taped down on a stage or other surface, either for safety or to keep them out of view of the audience or camera, they are said to be ''gaffed'' or ''gaffered''.
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A narrow version of gaffer tape, called [[spike (stagecraft)|spike tape]], is used in many colors for stage and theatre floor layout.
== [[Palladian architecture]] ==
You've done a great job with what was an unpromising stub, unworthy of its subject. I've tweaked to tighten, added a couple of bibliographical notes. What's missing here is the English (and Irish) palladian [[villa]], which I'm working on now. --[[User:Wetman|Wetman]] 17:52, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
White gaffer tape is also used extensively by live sound engineers who place a strip along the bottom of the mixing board allowing them to label the channels used for a particular show.
:I've added some text to [[Architecture of Ireland]] which may point towards some additional material on Irish palladianism. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 10:56, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)
== See also==
Thanks for yours. I've changed headers in the Irish article. You'd be just the man to write biographies of [[Francis Johnston]] and [[James Gandon]]. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 13:49, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)
*[[Adhesive tape]]
*[[Film crew]]
*[[Best boy]]
*[[Dolly grip]]
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==Air? IRC?==
[[Category:Adhesive tape]]
Am I on the air? You mean on irc? I just went there to look, but didn't see you.--[[User:Bishonen|[[User:Bishonen|Bishonen]] [[User_talk:Bishonen|(Talk)]]]] 20:16, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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==FAC==
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Check out the FAC page, please excuse my audacity in nominating your article.--[[User:Bishonen|[[User:Bishonen|Bishonen]] [[User_talk:Bishonen|(Talk)]]]] 20:35, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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==Odd people on my page==
What can I say, my acquaintanceship includes sentient life forms from several parts of the galaxy.--[[User:Bishonen|[[User:Bishonen|Bishonen]] [[User_talk:Bishonen|(Talk)]]]] 20:45, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
==What on earth is wrong with them?==
Yeah!! It's been up there for, like, years, and only one support vote yet, what can be going on?! It's not as if the article would take more than 15—20 seconds to read!--[[User:Bishonen|[[User:Bishonen|Bishonen]] [[User_talk:Bishonen|(Talk)]]]] 21:59, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
:Great article and a pleasure to vote for. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 08:52, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)
==Richard Cassels==
Thanks for the kind words. Always glad to help out a fellow admirer of architecture, historical and modern. I do have some questions about the content in the [[Richard Cassels]] article that I hope you can help me out with. Please bear with me...
#On the last sentence of the last paragraph in the [[Richard_Cassels#Early_work|Early work]] section, it says, "Walls were covered in stucco reliefs, '''''ceilings triumphs of plaster''''', segmental mouldings, and carvings, in an almost rococo style peculiar to Ireland." I'm unfamiliar with the term ''ceilings triumphs of plaster'' – can you please explain or correct this?
#'''Legacy to Ireland''' – This last paragraph appears to be a bit too... ''literary''? It's fine for an essay but doesn't seem appropriate for an encyclopedic entry. Mind if I trim this down?
--[[User:Junesix|Junesix]] 03:50, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)
==Hitler image==
Dracula, does you Hero of Socialist Labor gold star look like a photo of Hitler, by any chance? If it does, it's not your page that's been vandalized, it's the image it links to. I have reverted the vandalism of the image. If your page still shows Hitler, click shift + Refresh to clear the cache, and you should (I hope) see the star again. Best, [[User:Bishonen|[[User:Bishonen|Bish]] [[User_talk:Bishonen|(Bosh)]]]] 18:28, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
*OK, now try my advice four or five times. Hmmm? Yeah, I knew you'd think I was kidding, but actually, no. I was indignant at the ridiculousness of the proceeding myself, but Carl explained to me that multiple cache-clearing worked and why, I won't burden you with the why (still feeling a little faint after '''he''' burdened '''me''' with it, the young have no consideration).--[[User:Bishonen|[[User:Bishonen|Bish]] [[User_talk:Bishonen|(Bosh)]]]] 19:32, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
==House of Lords==
The relationship between the [[judicial functions of the House of Lords]], the [[European Court of Justice]] and the [[European Court of Human Rights]] is quite interesting.
On-going British legal cases can be referred to the ECJ for a "[[preliminary ruling]]" on the interpretation of any [[EC law]] relevant to the case, but the ECJ simply rules on the interpretation of the EC law and leaves the application of that interpretation to the case to the domestic court. (In interpreting EC law, the ECJ also has regard to Convention rights too, where they are relevant.) Barring a few exceptions, such as challenging actions of the [[European Commission]], British citizens can't start cases in the ECJ; in any event, British cases can't be appealed to the ECJ, "in desparation" or otherwise.
EC law could be considered to be a form of "superior law", in the sense that EC law will override incompatible UK law and the ECJ tells us what the EC law means, but only because we accept that that is the case (see below). The effects of the Convention are rather less concrete.
British citizens (subjects, if you prefer) can "in desperation" apply to the ECHR once they have exhausted their domestic legal options, but they can't ''appeal'' from a British court to the ECHR. The case in the UK would probably be "person versus person", but the case in the ECHR will be "person versus the UK", arguing that the UK has failed to guarantee the person's Convention rights: the ECHR rules whether the person's rights have been infringed, and, if so, the finding may be sufficient on its own, or the ECHR may order some (usually rather nominal) compensation; the UK considers itself bound in honour to pay any compensation and to deal with legal problem than has caused the infringement, but the ECHR has no real legal ability to enforce its rulings. Following the Human Rights Act, the UK courts can apply the Convention, but they can't overrule UK legislation that contravenes Convention rights: they can only make a [[declaration of incompatability]].
[[Parliamentary supremacy]] is a basic tenet of the uncodified [[British constitution]]: while Parliament could always repeal the [[European Communities Act]] (referring not just the [[EEC]], but the [[ECSC]] and [[Euratom]] too) and the [[Human Rights Act]], but in the meantime we seem to have elevated [[European Commmunity law]] and the [[European Convention on Human Rights]] to the position where they are effectively entrenched - the doctrine of [[implied repeal]], for example, doesn't seem to apply.
I agree that many people ''think'' that there are European courts that are in some way superior to the House of Lords, but I don't really think that is the case. -- [[User:ALoan|ALoan]] [[User_talk:ALoan|(Talk)]] 19:56, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
:Well, apologies for teaching you to suck eggs :) -- [[User:ALoan|ALoan]] [[User_talk:ALoan|(Talk)]] 20:04, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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