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Talk:Blohm+Voss

& versus +
So far, no response from B+V on when they adopted the + versus the &. Anyone have any insight? -Joseph (Talk) 03:26, 2004 Sep 28 (UTC)

 * Their logo has Blohm+Voss, without spaces, and & is the accepted way of abbreviating ‘and’ in text, both in German and English, so either way the current page title is wrong. 89.49.98.233 18:04, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Blohm & Voss shipyards versus Blohm & Voss aircraft World War II
I would like to replace this page with a little introduction about the history of the company and its branches, then move on to two different pages: Blohm & Voss as shipbuilders versus Hamburger Flugzeugbau/Blohm&Voss aircraft from 1933 to 1945, Possibly with a third link to Hamburger Flugzeugbau as a production site since 1955

 * mmmm! is that really necessary? I don't think you have built a case for persuading people that that is the way to go.Petebutt (talk) 15:03, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

 * I have started a new discussion here about which aircraft to discuss in this article and which at Hamburger Flugzeugbau. (sorry, only just noticed this thread). — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 08:23, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

VoB?
I’ve removed this "The company's name is often found spelled Blohm + Voß in German (and occasionally English) sources" I have never seen the eszett used in the name in any English language source; all the standard reference works (Janes, Conway etc) use "Voss", as do English editions of German works (like Niestle). And there is nothing at the note, or the company website, or the german WP articles on the company, or on Voss himself, to support the statement that it is correct in German, either. Xyl 54 (talk) 00:09, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * You can't use the German Wikipedia, or any other language Wikipedia, as a reliable guide. His autobiography is titled Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben: Lebenserinnerungen und Lebensarbeit des Mitbegründers der Schiffswerft von Blohm und Voß (Memoirs of my life: Memoirs and life work of the co-founder of the shipyard of Blohm and Voss) and names him as Ernst Voß. I have seen both forms on different company source documents, it's not so much a correctness thing as a fashion thing (as is the typographical choice of "und", "&" or "+"). On the English Wikipedia, "Voss" is the more appropriate and the choice of "und", "&" or "+" should follow common usage too. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 07:40, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

 * (Update) The eszett (scharfes ess) sometimes appears in old advertisements and other related material, and it is not always obvious at first sight that the caption is not in English and the character is not a stylised "B". It also exists in the titles of several redirect pages to one article or another. So I think it useful to disambiguate it in the article and I have restored it. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 17:03, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

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Article title
Should the article title be Blohm + Voss as at present or Blohm+Voss as per the company logo and commonly used, e.g. ? Is there some arcane Wiki law that says we must insert spaces? — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 20:50, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The condensed form Blohm+Voss is used on the company web site and is the most widely used elsewhere, so that means we should use it here. I have moved the article accordingly. If anybody disagrees, please give your reasons here and agree a consensus before reverting. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 07:48, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

B&V vs Hamburger Flugzeugbau
I have started a discussion here about which aircraft to discuss in this article and which at Hamburger Flugzeugbau. All contributions welcome. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 08:21, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

User Steelpillow do vandalism in editions, while after Lürssen got the Yard, only ships and yacht repair is to be done with less personnel and costs from today. A guy in United Kingdow does not know the daily news of Hamburg. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.96.57.201 (talk) 18:58, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Offshore work
The B+V web site includes offshore installations in their current product line. This is well cited in the article and should not be removed without forming a consensus here first. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 19:03, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

shipyard details

 * Facilities

As of 2017 the shipyard consists basically in an area of approx. 421,300 m², a Quay length of approx. 2,100 m, Covered manufacturing facilities of approx. 92,000 m² with those Dry docks :

1. Dock 17 : Length: 351.2 m, Breadth: 59.2 m, Draft: 09.7 m, For ships up to: 320,000 dwt, Crane capacity: 2 × 10 t, 2 × 50 t

2. Dock 10 : Length: 287.5 m, Breadth: 44.3 m, Draft: 10.2 m, For ships up to: 130,000 dwt, Lifting capacity: 50,000 t, Crane capacity: 2 × 15 t, 2 × 35 t

3. Dock 11 : Length: 320.0 m, Breadth: 52.0 m, Draft: 10.8 m, For ships up to: 250,000 dwt, Lifting capacity: 65,000 t, Crane capacity: 2 × 10 t, 2 × 35 t

4. Dock 16 : Length: 206.0 m, Breadth: 32.0 m, Draft: 09.5 m, For ships up to: 032,000 dwt, Lifting capacity: 20,000 t, Crane capacity: 2 × 15 t, 1 × 50 t

5. Dock 06 : Length: 162.5 m, Breadth: 24.5 m, Draft: 08.0 m, For ships up to: 018,000 dwt, Lifting capacity: 09,000 t, No Crane capacity

6. Dock 05 : Length: 160.0 m, Breadth: 28.0 m, Draft: 08.0 m, For ships up to: 018,000 dwt, Lifting capacity: 09,000 t, Crane capacity: 2 × 5 t 7. Dock 12 : Length: 143.0 m, Breadth: 25.0 m, Draft: 08.0 m, For ships up to: 016,000 dwt, Lifting capacity: 06,000 t, Crane capacity: 2 × 15 t, 2 × 35 t

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 * That is taken right from their website; Wikipedia is not a webhost. If this were DUE there would be independent sources discussing it. Jytdog (talk) 07:59, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

1. According the new German language, Eszett is old. 2. Offshore is no longer a product. It was British Star Capital Product connection 3. It is not a shipbuilding anymore, just shipyard, while since 1 year, no new entire construction is in pallet, just repair. 4. 1/3 of entire facility stays, the rest would be rented for third people. In city the docks are a important reference 5. Since is in german hands again, it concentrates in Bremen Yard tasks.

So, the ones who does not know German language, can't read local german newspaper to be updated. It is the life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.96.57.201 (talk) 14:43, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * If you are so sure of your facts, then it should be easy for you to verify them with citations from reliable sources, per WP:RS. Yes, that blue text is a link that I have given you to follow, read and understand. If you are not prepared to do that, you should not attempt to edit this encyclopedia. Until then, it is against the English Wikipedia policy to post unverified information, sorry. The eszett is being discussed in a different thread above this one. Sie sollen nicht vergessen auch, dass eingie Englische Menschen Deutsch haben, dass ist vielleicht ein venig besser als euer schreckliches Englisch. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 14:14, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

 * You should read daily more newspapers before writing or, reverting facts of others, from theme you really do not know. And it is not constructive destructing an article created and studied precisely by me. --188.96.57.201 (talk) 18:28, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Conflated contracts
User:92.76.27.83 you keep adding content conflating things related to the MKS180 and the K130. These are two entirely different projects. You are also trying to bury the fact that the German government eliminated Lürssen and ThyssenKruppfrom the the MKS180 contract, apparently based on their poor performance on the F125. This is absolutely unacceptable. In any case please reply to my inquiry on your talk page. Jytdog (talk) 20:12, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up. I confess I was misled by the conflation, I'll take more care in future. But I do think that much of the detail being added is too low-level and transient to be useful. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 22:00, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I've added some more of the story in this diff. Conflicted editors tend to leave out the bad stuff. Jytdog (talk) 04:18, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes. Conflict + conflation = confabulation. But I am struggling to see any relevance to an encyclopaedic article about B&V. Had B+V been guilty of poor workmanship? Is their bid still under consideration? Given the company's long, busy and sometimes turbulent commercial history, is any of the tale really that significant to it? — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 08:08, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
 * yes there were problems with B+V's work on the K130 contract (the ships actually listed!).  I agree that keeping things NOTNEWS is important. Generally am happy to see detail trimmed. the contract for the MKS125 is still being figured out (with the exception of thyssen/luerssen being barred from bidding, which is a done thing and rocked the german shipbuilding world. i reckon that would be like lockheed martin being barred from bidding on a new warplane here in the US).  that is very much a developing story. Jytdog (talk) 14:32, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

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Mount Eugene

Mount Eugene is the highest mountain of the United States Range on Ellesmere Island. Originally named "Mount Arthur Eugene" in 1883 by the States Army Signal Service during their Lady Franklin Bay expedition.

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Rockdale

Rockdale is the name of several places:

Australia
 * Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia
 * City of Rockdale, the former local government area in New South Wales, Australia

United Kingdom
 * Rockdale, a town land in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

United States
 * Rockdale County, Georgia
 * Rockdale, Illinois
 * Rockdale, Indiana
 * Rockdale, Kentucky
 * Rockdale (Fallston, Maryland), a home on the National Register of Historic Places
 * Rockdale, New York
 * Rockdale, Pennsylvania
 * Rockdale Township, Pennsylvania
 * Rockdale, Texas
 * Rockdale, Washington
 * Rockdale, Wisconsin

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Phytoalexin

Phytoalexins are antimicrobial substances, some of which are antioxidative as well. They are defined, not by their having any particular chemical structure or character, but by the fact that they are defensively synthesized de novo by plants that produce the compounds rapidly at sites of pathogen infection. In general phytoalexins are broad spectrum inhibitors; they are chemically diverse, and different chemical classes of compounds are characteristic of particular plant taxa. Phytoalexins tend to fall into several chemical classes, including terpenoids, glycosteroids, and alkaloids; however the term applies to any phytochemicals that are induced by microbial infection.

Function
Phytoalexins are produced in plants to act as toxins to the attacking organism. They may puncture the cell wall, delay maturation, disrupt metabolism or prevent reproduction of the pathogen in question. Their importance in plant defense is indicated by an increase in susceptibility of plant tissue to infection when phytoalexin biosynthesis is inhibited. Mutants incapable of phytoalexin production exhibit more extensive pathogen colonization as compared to wild types. As such, host-specific pathogens capable of degrading phytoalexins are more virulent than those unable to do so.

When a plant cell recognizes particles from damaged cells or particles from the pathogen, the plant launches a two-pronged resistance: a general short-term response and a delayed long-term specific response.

As part of the induced resistance, the short-term response, the plant deploys reactive oxygen species such as superoxide and hydrogen peroxide to kill invading cells. In pathogen interactions, the common short-term response is the hypersensitive response, in which cells surrounding the site of infection are signaled to undergo apoptosis, or programmed cell death, in order to prevent the spread of the pathogen to the rest of the plant.

Long-term resistance, or systemic acquired resistance (SAR), involves communication of the damaged tissue with the rest of the plant using plant hormones such as jasmonic acid, ethylene, abscisic acid, or salicylic acid. The reception of the signal leads to global changes within the plant, which induce expression of genes that protect from further pathogen intrusion, including enzymes involved in the production of phytoalexins. Often, if jasmonates or ethylene (both gaseous hormones) are released from the wounded tissue, neighboring plants also manufacture phytoalexins in response. For herbivores, common vectors for plant diseases, these and other wound response aromatics seem to act as a warning that the plant is no longer edible. Also, in accordance with the old adage, "an enemy of my enemy is my friend", the aromatics may alert natural enemies of the plant invaders to the presence thereof.

Recent research
Allixin (3-hydroxy-5-methoxy-6-methyl-2-pentyl-4H-pyran-4-one), a non-sulfur-containing compound having a γ-pyrone skeletal structure, was the first compound isolated from garlic as a phytoalexin, a product induced in plants by continuous stress. This compound has been shown to have unique biological properties, such as anti-oxidative effects, anti-microbial effects, anti-tumor promoting effects, inhibition of aflatoxin B2 DNA binding, and neurotrophic effects. Allixin showed an anti-tumor promoting effect in vivo, inhibiting skin tumor formation by TPA in DMBA initiated mice. Herein, allixin and/or its analogs may be expected to be useful compounds for cancer prevention or chemotherapy agents for other diseases.

Role of natural phenols in the plant defense against fungal pathogens
Polyphenols, especially isoflavonoids and related substances, play a role in the plant defense against fungal and other microbial pathogens.

In Vitis vinifera grape, trans-resveratrol is a phytoalexin produced against the growth of fungal pathogens such as Botrytis cinerea and delta-viniferin is another grapevine phytoalexin produced following fungal infection by Plasmopara viticola. Pinosylvin is a pre-infectious stilbenoid toxin (i.e. synthesized prior to infection), contrary to phytoalexins which are synthesized during infection. It is present in the heartwood of Pinaceae. It is a fungitoxin protecting the wood from fungal infection.

Sakuranetin is a flavanone, a type of flavonoid. It can be found in Polymnia fruticosa and rice, where it acts as a phytoalexin against spore germination of Pyricularia oryzae. In Sorghum, the SbF3'H2 gene, encoding a flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase, seems to be expressed in pathogen-specific 3-deoxyanthocyanidin phytoalexin synthesis, for example in Sorghum-Colletotrichum interactions.

6-Methoxymellein is a dihydroisocoumarin and a phytoalexin induced in carrot slices by UV-C, that allows resistance to Botrytis cinerea and other microorganisms.

Danielone is a phytoalexin found in the papaya fruit. This compound showed high antifungal activity against Colletotrichum gloesporioides, a pathogenic fungus of papaya.

Stilbenes are produced in Eucalyptus sideroxylon in case of pathogen attacks. Such compounds can be implied in the hypersensitive response of plants. High levels of polyphenols in some woods can explain their natural preservation against rot.

Avenanthramides are phytoalexins produced by Avena sativa in its response to Puccinia coronata var. avenae f. sp. avenae, the oat crown rust. (Avenanthramides were formerly called avenalumins.)

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One-shot (comics)

In comics, a one-shot is a work composed of a single standalone issue or chapter, contrasting a limited series or ongoing series, which are composed of multiple issues or chapters. One-shots date back to the early 19th century, published in newspapers, and today may be in the form of single published comic books, parts of comic magazines/anthologies or published online in websites. In the marketing industry, some one-shots are used as promotion tools that tie in with existing productions, films, video games or television shows.

Overview
In the Japanese manga industry, one-shots are called yomikiri (読み切り), a term which implies that the comic is presented in its entirety without any continuation. One-shot manga are often written for contests, and sometimes later developed into a full-length series, much like a television pilot. Many popular manga series began as one-shots, such as Dragon Ball, Fist of the North Star, Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Berserk, Kinnikuman, Attack on Titan and Death Note. Rising Stars of Manga was an annual competition for original English-language one-shot manga, many of which have gone on to become full-length manga series. Some noted manga authors, such as Akira Toriyama and Rumiko Takahashi, have worked on numerous one-shot stories in addition to their serialized works.

In the United States, one-shots are usually labeled with a "#1" despite there being no following issues, and are sometimes subtitled as "specials". On occasion, a character or concept will appear in a series of one-shots, in cases where the subject matter is not financially lucrative enough to merit an ongoing or limited series, but still popular enough to be published on a regular basis, often annually or quarterly. A current example of a series of one-shots would be Marvel Comics' Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius publications. This type of one-shot is not to be confused with a comic book annual, which is typically a companion publication to an established ongoing series.

The term has also been borrowed into the Franco-Belgian comics industry, with basically the same meaning, although there it mostly refers to comic albums.

One-shot manga
The comic art histories of different countries and regions are following divergent paths. Japanese early comic art or manga took its rise from the 12th century and developed from Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga ("Animal-person Caricatures"), went so far as to ukiyo-e ("floating world") in the 17th century. Western-style humour comics and caricatures had been introduced into Japan in the late 19th century and impacted on the styles of comic art. On the other hand, the significant development of modern era Japanese comic art was arising in the aftermath of World War II and further developed into diversified genres. Nowadays, almost a quarter of all printed materials in Japan are in forms of manga, while the audiences are from all ages.

Most modern era one-shot manga (yomikiri 読み切り) have independent settings, characters, and storylines, rather than sharing them with existing works. In Japan and other Asian countries, some one-shot manga are more like takeoff boards to determine the popularity among the audience. The format of a one-shot manga could be changed if it has a broad market prospect, so that:
 * 1) a one-shot manga could become a serialized continuing manga after adapting;
 * 2) a one-shot manga could develop into a series of one-shot manga or serial manga, which are sharing the same world set and character design, but in different story lines; and
 * 3) side stories could derive from the original one-shot manga, such as a prequel, a sequel, and an antagonist or supporting role's side story.

One-shot Western comics
The prototype comic works in Western countries were pamphlets, giveaways, or Sunday newspaper comic sections in the 19th century. These were then developed and published as comic magazines which were distributed with the newspapers sales on newsstands. On the other hand, graphic books in America were also viewed as developing from pamphlets that sold on newsstands. Comics were not highly regarded in the early market, for example, during the Depression comics were used to increase the sales of newspapers and some other products in the United States. Most of the comics were one-shot comics before the rise of long continuities in newspaper strips. After some early developments, weekly comic magazines became the major way of dissemination in European comic markets. Influenced by the chaos of social revolutions and changings in the 20th century, Western alternative comic art was quickly developed as well as 1970s and 1980s' America. Also, America has stirred up a spree of superhero comics since 1930s, and this comic form is still dominating the comic market.

The 19th and early 20th century
In this period, comic strips and magazines were the major reading formats that had been leading the markets. Divergent genres such as humour, caricature, and horror were dominant forms of comics in that time. In the very beginning, magazines were divided from the comic supplements of newspapers within a decade of their first appearance in America. On the other side of the coin, in Europe, magazine format was developed as a comic supplement of newspapers along European features and never lost the identification. It is worth mentioning that comic art is developing more rapidly during social revolutions, while comic strips were very topical and aimed at all ages.

Modern era one-shot comics
Since the 1930s, a specific form of comic, the superhero comic, has been causing a feeding frenzy in America and further impacted on other countries' comic markets. It dominated the publishing industry on comic art, and most of the published comic books were contained one-shot stories rather than serialized stories. A single popular protagonist always centered all the highlights in a superhero comic story. This best-selling model is still the majority of American comic market. Around the late 1960s- mid-1970s, due to the dislocations of social developments, alternative comic art traditions were developing under the era. This alternative underground comix movement used the medium as a method for radical changes.

In more recent years, European albums are still the dominant comic format in their own markets, while superhero comic books dominate the American market rather than continued stories. Several large comic book publishers, Entertainments and animation production companies were established such as DC Comics and Marvel Comics. On another note, Japanese comics are increasing in popularity as Japanese-style anthologies are published in America in recent decades.

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DOSAAF

DOSAAF (ДОСААФ), full name Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Navy (Добровольное общество содействия армии, авиации и флоту), was a paramilitary sport organization in the Soviet Union, concerned mainly with weapons, automobiles and aviation. The society was established in 1927 as OSOAVIAKhIM and from 1951 to 1991 carried the name of DOSAAF.

The society was preserved in some post-Soviet Republics, e.g. Russia and Belarus, although these may use a different name. In Ukraine, for example, the counterpart is "Society of Assistance to Defense of Ukraine". In Russia it was reformed in December 1991 as the Russian Defense Sports-Technical Organization (ROSTO; Российская оборонная спортивно-техническая организация – РОСТО). In December 2009, ROSTO was renamed DOSAAF Russia. For Belarus, see DOSAAF (Belarus).

The stated goal of the society was "patriotic upbringing of the population and preparation of it to the defense of the Motherland". Among the means to achieve this was the development of paramilitary sports. Initially, an important goal was financial support of the Soviet Armed Forces. At the same time, ordinary sports were supported within the framework of DOSAAF facilities such as sports halls, stadiums, swimming pools, gymnasiums and others.

OSOAVIAKhIM
The precursor of DOSAAF was the OSOAVIAKhIM (ОСОАВИАХИМ; full name: Союз обществ содействия обороне и авиационно-химическому строительству СССР, 'Union of Societies of Assistance to Defense and Aviation-Chemical Construction of the USSR') created on 27 January 1927 by merging the Society of Assistance to Defense (Общество содействия обороне (ОСО)), Society of Friends of the Air Force (Общество друзей Воздушного флота (ОДВФ)) and Society of Friends of Chemical Defense and the Chemical Industry (Общество друзей химической обороны и химической промышленности (Доброхим СССР)). The goal of the society was preparation of reserves for armed forces. It soon became a powerful paramilitary with its own airfields, radio clubs, parachuting towers, and firing ranges. It became prestigious and romantic among Soviet youth to earn badges such as "Voroshilov sharpshooter" (Ворошиловский стрелок), "Voroshilov horse rider" (Ворошиловский всадник) and "Distinguished Parachute Jumper". Gradually, OSOAVIAKhIM developed into a back-up military training organization. Its courses included advanced disciplines like tactics, topography and armament. In contrast to the usual draft, a person could join OSOAVIAKhIM as early as 14.

OSOAVIAKhIM supported a number of professional research and development programs for airplanes, glider, airships and stratospheric balloons, some of which were later taken over by the Soviet Air Forces. In 1934, the organisation carried out the record-setting mission of the high-altitude balloon Osoaviakhim-1. Also in the 1930s, Sergey Korolev's rocket research organization, GIRD, and Oleg Antonov's glider project, among other efforts, were part of the OSOAVIAKhIM.

Post-World War II
In March 1948, OSOAVIAKhIM was reorganized into three separate societies: The Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army (Добровольное общество содействия армии (ДОСАРМ)), The Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Air Force (Добровольное общество содействия авиации (ДОСАВ)) and The Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Navy (Добровольное общество содействия флоту (ДОСФЛОТ)). On 20 August 1951 they were re-merged as a single society, DOSAAF.

In May 2023, it was reported that DOSAAF was "completely replaced" by the new Voin organization led by former Pacific Fleet Admiral Sergei Avakyants. Voin will provide combat training and education to Russians between 14 and 35 years old, which had formally been the task of DOSAAF. It is unclear if DOSAAF was disbanded and reformed into Voin, or if Voin subsumed DOSAAF into a new vertically integrated organization under Avakyants’ and the Russian Ministry of Defense‘s control.

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NTSC-J

NTSC-J or "System J" is the informal designation for the analogue television standard used in Japan. The system is based on the US NTSC (NTSC-M) standard with minor differences. While NTSC-M is an official CCIR and FCC  standard, NTSC-J or "System J" are a colloquial indicators.

The system was introduced by NHK and NTV, with regular color broadcasts starting on September 10, 1960.

NTSC-J was replaced by digital broadcasts in 44 of the country's 47 prefectures on 24 July 2011. Analogue broadcasting ended on 31 March 2012 in the three prefectures devastated by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima) and the subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

The term NTSC-J is also incorrectly and informally used to distinguish regions in console video games, which use televisions (see Marketing definition below).

Technical definition
Japan implemented the NTSC standard with slight differences. The black and blanking levels of the NTSC-J signal are identical to each other (both at 0 IRE, similar to the PAL video standard), while in American NTSC the black level is slightly higher (7.5 IRE) than blanking level - because of the way this appears in the waveform, the higher black level is also called pedestal. This small difference doesn't cause any incompatibility problems, but needs to be compensated by a slight change of the TV brightness setting in order to achieve proper images.

YIQ color encoding in NTSC-J uses slightly different equations and ranges from regular NTSC. $$I$$ has a range of 0 to +-334 (+-309 on NTSC-M), and $$Q$$ has a range of 0 to +-293 (+-271 on NTSC-M).

YCbCr equations for NTSC-J are $$C = (Cb-512)*(0.545)*(\sin\omega t) + (Cr-512)*(0.769)*(\cos\omega t)$$, while on NTSC-M we have $$C = (Cb-512)*(0.504)*(\sin\omega t) + (Cr-512)*(0.711)*(\cos\omega t)$$.

NTSC-J also uses a white reference (color temperature) of 9300K instead of the usual NTSC standard of 6500K.

The over-the-air RF frequencies used in Japan do not match those of the US NTSC standard. On VHF the frequency spacing for each channel is 6 MHz as in North America, South America, Caribbean, South Korea, Taiwan, Burma (Myanmar) the Philippines, except between channels 7 and 8 (which overlap). Channels 1 through 3 are reallocated for the expansion of the Japanese FM band. On UHF frequency spacing for each channel in Japan is the same, but the channel numbers are 1 lower than on the other areas mentioned - for example, channel 13 in Japan is on the same frequency as channel 14. For more information see Television channel frequencies. Channels 13-62 are used for analog and digital TV broadcasting.

The encoding of the stereo subcarrier also differs between NTSC-M/MTS and Japanese EIAJ MTS broadcasts.

Marketing definition
The term NTSC-J was informally used to distinguish regions in console video games, which use televisions. NTSC-J is used as the name of the video gaming region of Japan (hence the "J"), South East Asia (some countries only), Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Philippines and South Korea (now NTSC-K) (formerly part of SE Asia with Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, etc.).

Most games designated as part of this region will not run on hardware designated as part of the NTSC-U, PAL (or PAL-E, "E" stands for Europe) or NTSC-C (for China) mostly due to the regional differences of the PAL (SECAM was also used in the early 1990s) and NTSC standards. Many older video game systems do not allow games from different regions to be played (accomplished by various forms of regional lockout); however more modern consoles either leave protection to the discretion of publishers, such as Microsoft's Xbox 360, or discontinue its use entirely, like Sony's PlayStation 3 (with a few exceptions).

China received its own designation due to fears of an influx of illegal copies flooding out of China, which is notorious for its rampant copyright infringements. There is also concern of copyright protection through regional lockout built into the video game systems and games themselves, as the same product can be edited by different publishers from one continent to another.

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KZEL-FM

KZEL-FM (96.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Eugene, Oregon, in the United States. The station airs a classic rock music format.

It has applied for a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permit to move to a taller tower (HAAT 451.9 meters) at the same site and increase the vertically polarized ERP to 100,000 watts.

History
KZEL-FM, along with short-lived KZEL-AM, was founded and funded in 1967 by Eugene lumberman George "Tirebiter" Zellner. When he purchased the stations, their call letters were KWFS. Zellner changed the call letters to KZEL, for the FM and AM bands. KZEL-AM was briefly affiliated with the CBS network, and carried Frank Gifford's sports updates from CBS, along with broadcasts of Churchill High School sports and Eugene Bombers pro football. Zellner sold the station to Jay and Barbara West in 1971.

The Wests led KZEL for most of the 1970s as a free-format station. Its studios were located in Glenwood, near Springfield. Disc jockeys included John Napier, Gary "The Wasted Potato" Palmatier, Stan "Harry 'Til 6" Garrett, Michael Waggoner, Sleepy John (Cuthbertson), JET, Tom Krumm, Chris Kovarik, Magic Mike, and Peyton Mays. Additionally, KZEL carried "Daybreak" in the morning and "News & Information" in the afternoon. News anchors included Melinda Coates, Rosemary Reed, Cal Turlock (real name Phillip Johnson) and Bryce Zabel.

In the 1970s the News department was headed by Matt McCormick, aided by Tim Helfrich , and Josh Marquis, all destined to become practicing lawyers.

KZEL-FM belongs to Cumulus Media, a nationwide owner of radio stations. In 2006, the program director, Mark Raney, locked himself in the station's control room for 10 days to protest the management's decision to abandon KZEL's classic rock format and replace it with country music. Raney, with support from his listeners, persuaded the station's management to retain the rock format.

KZEL-FM then evolved from a classic rock format into an adult album alternative music format, adding newer artists and music to the playlist. Weekday personalities on the station still include Mark Raney and John Frederick in the morning, Emma at mid-day, and C.Y.D. in the afternoon. In December 2018, Mark Raney retired after 41 years in the radio industry.

On June 1, 2018 KZEL returned to classic rock.

Translators
KZEL-FM programming is also carried on a series of broadcast translator stations to extend or improve the coverage area of the station.

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User talk:Saforrest/Archive 1

Hello "Saforrest" and welcome to Wikipedia. A few tips for you:

 * Peruse Welcome, newcomers and associated pages.
 * You can experiment in the Sandbox.
 * Sign talk page entries with ~, which is automatically converted to a name and date.
 * Ask questions on Village pump.
 * Happy wikipediaing, -- Infrogmation 18:50, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Article moves
Hi, when you think an article is at the wrong title (Aelius Sejanus), please don't use cut-n-paste to move the content - it loses article history, making it more difficult to track down vandalism and the like. In the Sejanus case, since the redirs already exist, you would need to get a sysop to delete a redir - but see Roman naming convention and Naming conventions (ancient Romans) (which would suggest just "Sejanus" actually). Stan 16:28, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks for pointing that out. I'll avoid doing that in future.  --Saforrest 16:36, Jul 8, 2004 (UTC)

Naming wars
Since you were either directly or indirectly once involved into edits revolving around "proper" naming of cities like Gdansk/Danzig etc i thought you may be interested in my proposition in User:Szopen/NamingWar. I would want to create a way aimed at stopping the revert wars in future - through creating something like a msg (in see also list or header) explaining that's there is compromise and why, and by linking to the article explaining changes of the statuses of the Royal Prussia province (I would prefer it ot have it as separate article, not scatter it in plethora other articles). I would be happy to hear from you. Szopen 09:17, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Re: Lennon quote
I got the Lennon quote from several sources including this full text of the interview. --Morgan S. Grether 21:05, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Adoption Edits
Thanks for your contributions to Adoption. They are very good edits. Dan Lovejoy

Boarding schools
Saforrest, are you going to revive the boarding school article? Why did you return the link to "native american"? Gadykozma 20:03, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * 'Revive'? Was there such an article before?  I saw the phrase 'Indian Boarding School' linked elsewhere, and thought it should be linked in Native American in case someone decides to write an article about it.  I didn't intend to write such an article myself, though I suppose a stub might be possible.

 * There seem to be lots of links in Wikipedia which point at nonexistent articles, so I didn't think this would be a problem. --Saforrest 20:37, Sep 1, 2004 (UTC)

 * You did a little error of linking to "schools" rather than to "school" (wikipedia style dictates titles in the singular) . But "indian boarding school" is a redirect back to native american... I'm getting a headache. I'll just remove the link, if you have a better solution, please suggest. Gadykozma 01:17, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Waterloo Maple
Hi Stephen. What's your connection with Waterloo Maple? Given that you live in Waterloo, Ontario I wondered if it might be more than casual. I'll be joining them in October. DJ Clayworth 13:33, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Replied via Wikipedia mail. --Saforrest 00:48, Sep 14, 2004 (UTC)

Mohammed Atef
Thanks for cleaning up the article a bit. The Wikipedia articles on various terrorists and suspected terrorists are in really shoddy shape. It's been a long-term goal of mine to clean them up. (I pretty much have each of the organizers of the September 11, 2001 attacks the way I like them, but the rest of the mujahadeen worldwide have terrible articles.) Anyway, thanks. Quadell (talk) 00:08, Sep 14, 2004 (UTC)

Bad Boy Furniture
I responded on Talk:Bad Boy Furniture. So you don't have to bother going there, I said "Alright Saforrest, if you can elaborate on this cease and desist situation, I'll withdraw my objections." Andre 18:53, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

University College of the North
See the article on university colleges for a description of those. Darkcore 00:56, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Category:Lists_of_two-letter_combinations
Hi, following Disambiguation and abbreviations I spent some time grouping to together many uppercase and lower case combinations. In fact, often both are used for the same or there is a confusion which one to use. In cases where just one is acceptable, the casing to be used is added in bold. I'd appreciate if this weren't undone without discussion. -- User:Docu

 * Sorry; I had seen the usage of multiple disambiguation pages for distinct cases done in other pages, and decided to follow that. I should have looked for the document describing the relevant convention.

 * I'll leave off any controversial changes for now. --Saforrest 17:37, Sep 30, 2004 (UTC)

 * If you continue re-factoring them in a consistent way, I don't mind if you changed them back, even if I'd prefer personally to keep them on one page (e.g. MB). BTW The relevant convention could probably use some expansion or even a complete update. -- User:Docu

Categories
Hi..in case you didn't know, when you categorize an article about a person, you should actually use the format   rather than just   . If you don't do the extra step, the article files incorrectly on the Category page (eg. Abdullah Almalki files under Ab instead of Al.) This also applies to articles whose title begins with The, by the way. Bearcat 09:24, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * I did know this, but I guess I forgot in some instance somewhere (probably Abdullah Almalki, I'm guessing). --Saforrest 02:08, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)

Deleted page at nn.wikipedia
Hi Saforrest!

You seem to have thought that userpages at nn.wikipedia are stored under a "Bruker:" namespace and have thereby made your userpage at nn:Bruker:Saforrest. Since userpages are not stored at "Bruker:" but rather "Brukar:" your page was moved to nn:Brukar:Saforrest by User:Arj, as it seemed to me that you had made the page at nn:Bruker:Saforrest in pure error I have deleted the now redundant resulting redirect at nn:Bruker:Saforrest. As I myself don't take lightly on deletions I will only need a little hint to undelete the page again immediatly, but I cannot see why you would want that. Remember: Your userpage with complete history is located at the correct title Brukar:Saforrest. --Dittaeva 12:35, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
 * Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
 * Multi-Licensing Guide
 * Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the " " template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

 * Option 1
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR
 * Option 2
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions to any U.S. state, county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace " " with "  ". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. – Ram-Man (comment) (talk)  13:44, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

Dundasian
Hey, yeah I'm from Dundas... moved here in 1991-2, or so... coincidentally enough I took software as well. Although it was at Slohawk and I graduated as the dot.com bubble burst so I'll be stuck here for a while yet. --RoyBoy 00:03, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC) (PS: Moving answers from my talk, to the proper page... sorry! :'D)

Hebrew
As you claim to be monolingual, I was intrigued by your decision to delete the pronunciation of the Hebrew name of the Mediterranean Sea, leaving only the Hebrew letters for everyone to read. Since you yourself don't appear to read Hebrew, how do you expect everyone else to?

Bathrobe 03:57, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Homolka
Go have a look at Karla Homolka, tell me what you think now. DS 14:20, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Three Coynes in a fountain
I have to admit I don't really have a specific source; I was going on my own memory of what I'd read about them. Maybe my memory was faulty, I suppose, or maybe I actually did read erroneous information somewhere...I really don't know. I think I may have put the same information into other related articles (Valpy, Trudeau, James Coyne, etc.), though. Bearcat 01:23, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

ang.wikipedia.org
Ic hæbbe þæt eft gesett...swá 11 Séremónaþ. --66.177.127.7 07:45, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

lots of edits, not an admin
Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list, although there is certainly no guarantee anyone will ever look at it. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 00:32, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

minor?
Hi Saforrest, I appreciate your contributions to Théodore Sindikubwabo, but could you please use the "minor" designation less liberally? It was offputting to see three edits marked as minor in the history without edit summaries, which actually added significant new content and restructured the article. Cheers,  BanyanTree 6 July 2005 13:07 (UTC)

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Talk:Henryk Zygalski

Untitled
All Category:Polish cryptographers are Category:Cryptographers, and the same for mathematicians, so only the most specific categories should remain. See Categorization. TOO 03:46, Sep 28, 2004 (UTC)

 * ok :)--Emax 12:06, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Cipher Bureau template
How does one edit the "Template:Cipher Bureau"? It needs editing, or scrapping. logologist 15:11, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * One way is to click on the Template:Cipher Bureau link that you just made, and then click "edit this page" as usual. To make things quicker, though, I've added an edit link to the box. — Matt Crypto 16:05, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

A gap - WW2
The article doesn't say when he left Poland (presumably for the UK), and what he did during the war. Was he allowed to work at Bletchley? -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 15:29, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

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Mount Whisler

Mount Whisler is a mountain of the British Empire Range on Canada's Ellesmere Island. It is the second highest peak of the British Empire Range, of Ellesmere Island, and of the Arctic Cordillera. It is located about 12 km northeast of Barbeau Peak (2616 m), the highest peak in the Cordillera. The Henrietta Nesmith Glacier completely surrounds Mount Whisler.

The United States Army Signal Corps first mapped Mount Whisler in 1882 during their Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. It was named for Private William Whisler, a member of the party.

title: Mount Whisler