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I'm looking for lists; categories, taxonomies, rankings, etc. no real explanations necessary, just lists of hierarchies such as: beginner intermediate advanced master etc... they could be for any topic, subject, concept, blah, blah. a web site would be terricfic. I know there was great consternation here when the various levels were decided: Stranger, Enthusiast, Pooh-Bah, etc. I'm sorry if this is a major yart, but my copious search left me empty. 
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There's always the military hierarchy.
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Thanks, Jackie, a couple of those have a good list. >There's always the military hierarchy. I'll probably stay away from that one, but where can I find it? to clarify, what I'm looking for are progressions of names, or titles such as: novice apprentice master etc. I saw a list about rubrics once, that had a several examples. haven't been able to find it again...
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Chess Players: From http://makeashorterlink.com/?X31121535Class E: below 1200 Class D: 1200-1399 Class C: 1400-1599 Class B: 1600-1799 Class A: 1800-1999 Expert (Candidate Master): 2000-2199 Master: 2200-2399 Senior Master: 2400+ ----------------------------------- Go Players: From http://www.faqs.org/faqs/games/go-faq/"In Japanese, Kyu means 'step' and Dan means 'grade'. The idea is that one must progress through several elementary steps before obtaining a grade, and that there are several grades. "Therefore, several steps and grades exist. The scale starts around 30 Kyu (lowest) to 1 Kyu (highest) and then continues with 1 Dan (lowest) to 7 Dan (highest). In addition, there are professional Dan ranks, which run from 1 Dan professional (lowest) to 9 Dan professional (highest)." ----------------------------------- From Renzo and Royler Gracie's book "Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu": The belt system is: white, blue, purple, brown, black (with various degrees), and finally red. ----------------------------------- You could probably also look at education: pre-k graduates elementary graduates middle school graduates high school graduates associates degree bachelors masters doctoral post-doctoral ----------------------------------- cub scouts -> weblos -> boy scouts From http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America(it also doesn't mention weblos and has the order: cub scouts -> boy scouts -> venturers) Within boy scouts, "The Scout rank badge has a brown fleur-de-lis on a greenish-yellow background. The fleur-de-lis symbolizes a compass needle, pointing the Scout in the right direction, which is onward and upward. The Tenderfoot rank badge has a yellow fleur-de-lis, with a star on each of the two lateral points, an eagle on the center, and a shield on the eagle's chest colored somewhat like the American flag. The stars symbolize truth and knowledge; the eagle and shield symbolize freedom and readiness to defend that freedom. The Second Class rank badge has a yellow horizontal scroll with the words "Be Prepared," the ends turned up, and a knotted rope hanging from the bottom. This emblem represents service. The upturned ends of the scroll symbolize cheerfulness in service. The First Class rank badge combines the emblems for Tenderfoot and Second Class. The Star rank badge has the First Class emblem on top of a yellow star. The Life rank badge has the First Class emblem on top of a red heart, signifying that the ideals of Scouting have become a part of the Scout's life and character. The Eagle Scout badge has a grey eagle, and a grey scroll like that on the Second Class emblem. They are on a tricolor background ringed with the words "Eagle Scout: Boy Scouts of America." " -------------------------- Federal employees have WG, GS, and SES levels (with numbers denoting "grade" differentiating within a category). I'm sure there's a site somewhere that discusses this. So you're only interested in linear, progressive taxonomies and not general taxonomies, correct? k
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http://www.military-software.com/military-ranks.htm When it comes up, click on tab at top for military ranks in USA and UK and there's a tab for the military alphabet for any curious.
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thanks, Fal! now we're getting somewhere. I'm sure there's a site somewhere that discusses this.that's what I'm hoping for! [bue]So you're only interested in linear, progressive taxonomies and not general taxonomies, correct? correct. well-put.
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the most familiar (ha ha) linear taxonomy must be:
son, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and the female equivalent.
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Just couldn't bring yourself to write it out, eh Rhuby? 
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The most common taxonomy I encounter on a day-to-day basis is PAYE ...
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To get very basic: infant (ankle biter ), toddler(rug rat), child (yard ape), youth, young adult, adult, senior.and in hospital at least: young-old and old-old.
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Pay As You Earn.
Income tax on your salary deducted and paid by your employer before it reaches you.
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Oh--thanks. They do that here, but it's just called withholding.
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They do that here, but it's just called withholding.
"Withholding" encompaes all the deductions from a paycheck, including contributions to Social Security, the employees share of medical/dental insurance plans, retirement funds, possibly U.S. savings bonds and anything else you've signed up for and FICA. What's left is called "take home pay" in the USA.
I used to know what FICA. stood for but cannot recall. Tried the Dept. of Treasury website to no avail...anyone out there help me?
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You don't do this to TEd's puns. Spare me, spare me! I won't do it again!
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To steal an oversimplification:
childhood, adulthood, and "My, you're looking good today!"
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It's so obvious but ... since nobody's mentioned:
freshman, sophmore, junior, senior, master, doctor.
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Not to those of us in the rest of the world it isn't.
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What do you call the levels of college students in a four-year program, then, if not freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior?
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1st/2nd/3rd/4th years as the case may be.
Much more obvious.
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Much more obvious.
But not near as much fun.
Then there's minor league baseball levels
Rookie
Single A short season
Low A
High A
AA
AAA
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There are rookie teams, too? I'd only ever thought that rookie was a term applied to a new(ish) player.
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There's even two levels of Rookie league. The Appalachian and Pioneer Leagues take mostly kids drafted out of high school and maybe lesser college players. Then there's the Gulf Coast League and the Arizona League that take the really marginal choices. They don't even encourage fan support.
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What are the boxing terms? I think flyweight and bantam weight are two. [  hiding black eyes e]
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There's also welterweight, middle weight and heavy weight. Not sure which order the first two go in.
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Linnaeus the father of modern taxonomy classified all organisms in a hierarchy of seven levels - KINGDOM PHYLUM CLASS ORDER FAMILY GENUS SPECIES; (two were added on later; it was orginally five). He also is credited with the binomial nomenclature - identifying organisms by the genus and the species name in that order, e.g., Homo sapiens
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good thoughts, all. Bingley, that's a fascinating list! http://www.winternet.com/~chuckg/dictionary/dictionary.45.htmldoes this mean the icon af American beauty, the Barbie® doll, is a hairy foreigner?
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I'll add my thanks, Bingley. It really helps remembering the names when the meaning is revealed. There surely must be something like this online, for animal names too; shall post, if I find. eta,
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From http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/hardness.htmMoh's hardness scale: Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum (ruby and sapphire) Diamond k
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that's an interesting list, Fal. thanks!
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The WTF Taekwondo weight categories are (from lightest to heaviest):
Fin
Fly
Bantam
Feather
Light
Welter
Middle
Heavy
Maybe they are similar in boxing?
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