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Xenomania

Xenomania is an English songwriting and production team founded by Brian Higgins and based in Kent. Formed by Higgins with his Creative Director Miranda Cooper and Business Director Sarah Stennett of First Access Entertainment, Xenomania has written and produced for artists such as Cher, Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Pet Shop Boys, The Saturdays and Sugababes. In particular, all but one of Girls Aloud's studio albums have been entirely written and produced by Xenomania. Sugababes' "Round Round" and Girls Aloud's "Sound of the Underground" have been credited with reshaping British pop music for the 2000s. Gabriella Cilmi's "Sweet About Me" and Girls Aloud's "The Promise" were named Best Single at the ARIA Music Awards of 2008 and the 2009 BRIT Awards, respectively.

The team has been referred to as "a Phil Spector" and "a Motown of the 21st-century". Higgins himself has said that Xenomania aspires to be a modern-day version of RAK Records. Of Higgins and Xenomania, Girls Aloud's former manager Louis Walsh says, "He just makes great songs for radio. They just jump out at you and stay in your brain." There are wide influences present in their productions, including electronic, glam rock, Motown soul, punk, and more traditional pop music. The name "Xenomania" means, according to Higgins, "the exact opposite of Xenophobia [...] a love of everything, of all cultures." Current members of the Xenomania writing and production team are Higgins and Cooper. Long term members Tim Powell and Nick Coler left in 2010. Xenomania also includes a house band who work on potential songs, including Florrie on drums. French remixer Fred Falke also frequently works with Xenomania.

Xenomania started a "record label" of the same name in 2008, developing artists and working on material before looking for major label deals. Artists include Alex Gardner, Jessie Malakouti, Mini Viva and Vagabond.

History
Brian Higgins found early success after producing Australian singer Dannii Minogue's third album, Girl (1997), which gained favourable reviews at the time but failed to enter the British Top 40. However, the success of the lead single, "All I Wanna Do", led to a collaboration with American singer Cher and Higgins co-writing her international number-one hit single "Believe" (1998). Although the song outperformed all expectations and won him three Ivor Novello awards, Higgins found himself without a label when London Records was sold in 2000. After eighteen months, he decided to found Xenomania as an independent production company based in Westerham in Kent, outside London, because it is "somewhere where concentration would be easy [and] no one 'pops' in."

Higgins met Miranda Cooper at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest when she was a backing dancer for Gina G, while Matt Gray had started his musical career in the 1980s, writing music for the Commodore 64 home computer. Nick Coler programmed The KLF's singles and Tim Powell started out in 1989 "doing hardcore rave stuff". Higgins attempted to launch Cooper as a solo artist under the stage name Moonbaby but failed to find success. "That's when we started writing for other people", according to Cooper. "I'd had writer's block for myself, but as soon as it was for somebody else all these songs popped out." Moonbaby's "Here We Go" would later be recorded by both Lene Nystrøm Rasted and Girls Aloud.

2002–2004: Commercial breakthrough
Higgins says, "We developed this sound of electronics and guitars fusing together but this was in the late Nineties when R'n'B lite dominated pop music and we had to wait for our opening." When British girl group Sugababes were dropped by London Records, they recorded "Round Round" with Xenomania, which Higgins says was "fusing electronics and guitars and tempo changes and melody shifts, so that the chorus was the only repetitive melody whereas traditional pop structure repeats verse melodies." The song would later become a UK number-one single for Sugababes in 2002. Higgins praised Sugababes for the "crucial role" in Xenomania's subsequent success—"To me they represented something superior to what was out there. As a result, the Sugababes undoubtedly brought the best out of us as we always felt under pressure to produce results that would do justice to their voices and overall talent."

Xenomania were approached to create the debut single for a girl group formed through the television talent show Popstars: The Rivals. The eventual winners, Girls Aloud, recorded "Sound of the Underground", one of sixty songs that Higgins and Cooper had written with the aim of launching their own girl group. Higgins said Girls Aloud were "a blueprint for a girl group that we'd had in our minds for ages, one that was individual rather than generic, with a sound that blurs the edges between pop and indie. We know that people aren't really interested in pop music as it was." "Sound of the Underground" received critical acclaim, with The Guardian exclaiming it "proved a first: it was a reality pop record that didn't make you want to do physical harm to everyone involved in its manufacture." The song was the Christmas number-one of 2002, selling just over 213,000 copies in its first week of release. The single spent four consecutive weeks at number one, achieving a platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry. "Round Round" and "Sound of the Underground" have been called "two huge groundbreaking hits", credited with reshaping British pop music for the 2000s. The Telegraph placed the latter song at number 15 on a list of 100 songs that defined the 2000s, while NME included it at number 39.

In 2003, Xenomania wrote and produced "No Good Advice" for Girls Aloud, which reflected Higgins' general mood of failure after the deal between Xenomania and London Records fell through. Shortly afterwards, Higgins heard the other tracks that Girls Aloud had recorded for their debut album Sound of the Underground and was dissatisfied with the obscurity and inconsistency of the group's direction, and personally intervened to produce four more original tracks for the album to replace some of the weaker content. Shortly after the album's release, another round of sessions during that summer yielded three new tracks that later surfaced on a reissue of the album in November, including a massively successful cover version of The Pointer Sisters song "Jump" for the film Love Actually. It was said that "Higgins injects an element of instant-catchy-cool to the songs without going overboard in trying to shape uber-chic dance floor hits." Also that year, they produced the singles "Miss Perfect" and "7 Ways" for former Five member Abs's solo album, Abstract Theory. Sugababes' "Hole in the Head", another UK number-one, was one of several tracks for their album Three that were co-written and produced by the Xenomania team. According to Higgins, he knew "Hole in the Head" was "the single" as soon as he heard the backing track again: "Those moments of clarity are the best bit about the music business. We try to find perfect matches unique to the artist we are working with". Cooper—who recalled being "scared" of Sugababes because of their heavy involvement in the songwriting process—said that Xenomania made a conscious effort to differentiate their Sugababes work from that of Girls Aloud, giving the former group an "urban feel" and the latter a "punky [and] guitar-led" sound.

Following the success of Girls Aloud's first four singles, Xenomania was enlisted to produce Girls Aloud's second album, What Will the Neighbours Say?, in its entirety. Higgins said, "The pressure to come up with singles was, as always, immense. But [...] we were able to have a lot of fun working on ideas that were maybe a little too odd to be on the radio." The Guardian hailed Neighbours as "a great album: funny, clever, immediate, richly inventive." Stylus Magazine declared, "There is no pop in the world like Girls Aloud today." All four of the album's singles ("The Show", "Love Machine", "I'll Stand by You" and "Wake Me Up") were top five.

Xenomania were approached to work with Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue on new tracks for her greatest hits collection Ultimate Kylie, including the single "Giving You Up", which developed a reputation among her fans as one of her worst singles. Other Xenomania productions proved less successful. Mania was a joint venture between Higgins and BMG. The duo, consisting of Xenomania songwriters Giselle Sommerville and Niara Scarlett, released one single before being dropped. The boy band V, whose single "Hip to Hip" was produced by Xenomania, was short lived. Higgins called V "bright and motivated, with a lot of charisma [...] When we decide to work with an artist it is normally a decision based on personality and the challenge we feel it holds for us".

2005–2007: Critical acclaim
Higgins and Xenomania were once again given free rein for Girls Aloud's third album, Chemistry. The album's second single, "Biology", was critically acclaimed, being called "the best pop single of the last decade". Despite the group's near total obscurity in the United States, the song was listed at number 245 on Pitchfork Media's "The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s" list. It was also listed at number 23 on The Observer Music Monthly's 75 best singles of the decade. Chemistry was praised by critics upon its release. BBC Music decided that the album was "quirky, modern and dripping with attitude" and "holds no disappointments." Virgin Media gave the album five stars, saying it was "bursting [...] with invention, quirky lyrics, tongue-in-cheek sauciness and [...] appeals to grown-up pop fans and music critics as well as to the teenyboppers." In 2008, Slant Magazine said that "Chemistry is probably still their crowning glory".

Xenomania worked with other British artists such as Bananarama, Texas, and Rachel Stevens. They contributed tracks to Stevens' album Come and Get It, a commercial failure that The Guardian listed among its "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" and hailed as "a riot, thanks to a stellar team of pop producers [...] who seem to have taken the precarious state of Stevens' career as an excuse to let their imaginations run amok". Xenomania continued their work with both Saint Etienne and Sugababes, producing the latter's UK top five single "Red Dress" (from the 2005 album Taller in More Ways), described by The Observer as "a thumping tour de force from Xenomania [...] Not unexpectedly, it flirts vivaciously with pop songwriting convention, boasting not one but two killer choruses". Xenomania also produced Totally Frank stars Frank's 2006 debut album; the group was dropped after their album failed to perform well.

In 2006, Girls Aloud released their first greatest hits collection, The Sound of Girls Aloud, which featured their singles to date—all produced by Xenomania—including the new track "Something Kinda Ooooh". The song was referred to as "another head-spinningly innovative number from the Xenomania team." The Sound of Girls Aloud has been recognised by the IFPI as a million-seller. Their fourth studio album, 2007's Tangled Up, was labelled "yet another unrelenting pop masterpiece." The Times included it at number 62 on a list of the decade's best pop albums. The single "Call the Shots" was critically acclaimed, with pop music journalist Peter Robinson calling it the "greatest pop song of the 21st century." Xenomania also worked with Alesha Dixon (on the single "Knockdown"), Sophie Ellis-Bextor, and produced two songs for Sugababes' fifth studio album, Change.

2008–present
In 2008, Xenomania's success continued. Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi released her Xenomania-produced debut album, Lessons to Be Learned. The single "Sweet About Me", inspired by "obscure Parisian psychedelic records" that Higgins and Cooper had introduced to Cilmi, was an international success. The Independent called the song "one of the most infectious, radio-friendly pop tunes [...] of the past five years, right up there with 'Video Games' and 'American Boy'". At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009, Cilmi won six awards including Single of the Year for "Sweet About Me". In the United Kingdom, Alesha Dixon's "The Boy Does Nothing" was her first solo top five single. Higgins likened the song to "bottled happiness". Xenomania produced seven more tracks for the album The Alesha Show and an additional two for its reissue.

While at work on Girls Aloud's fifth studio album, Out of Control, two members of the Xenomania house band, Jason Resch and Kieran Jones, composed the backing track for "The Promise", which they played for Higgins. He and Cooper, afraid they'd "ruin the moment", waited weeks to write the song's lyrics; they wrote the song in seven minutes. Higgins said, "We knew that was the piece of music Girls Aloud needed to announce them as a supergroup in this country, so we knew we couldn't drop the ball melodically or lyrically." "The Promise" became Girls Aloud's first non-cover version number-one single since "Sound of the Underground". The single became the fastest selling single of 2008 at the time. "The Promise" won Best British Single at the 2009 BRIT Awards, Girls Aloud and Xenomania's first win at the ceremony. The album Out of Control became Girls Aloud's first number-one studio album.

Pet Shop Boys' tenth studio album, Yes, was produced by Brian Higgins and Xenomania. Yes reached number four on the UK Albums Chart in 2009, Pet Shop Boys' highest placing since their 1996 album Bilingual. The album was nominated in the Best Electronic/Dance Album category at the 52nd Grammy Awards. Don't Stop, the second album by Norwegian singer Annie, was released in 2009 and includes several tracks produced and co-written by Xenomania, including the single "My Love Is Better". NME magazine called Don't Stop "Xenomania-abetted lipstick-pop genius".

Pop duo Mini Viva's three singles—"Left My Heart in Tokyo", "I Wish" (both 2009), and "One Touch" (2010)—were produced by Xenomania. "Left My Heart in Tokyo", which charted within the top ten, was co-written by Annie and Fred Falke. The song was critically acclaimed,   and all three singles were shortlisted for the annual Popjustice £20 Music Prize. Xenomania worked with a number of other new artists, such as Alex Gardner, Jessie Malakouti, and Vagabond, to varying degrees of success (see artist development). In 2011, Xenomania produced two tracks for The Saturdays' album On Your Radar, including their top five hit "All Fired Up", which was co-produced with Space Cowboy and MNEK. The same year, they produced songs for The X Factor runner-up Rebecca Ferguson, British boy band The Wanted, and girl group SoundGirl.

Xenomania worked with another X Factor alumnus (and Xenomania Records signee), Amelia Lily, producing and writing an album that was subsequently shelved. Lily's debut single, "You Bring Me Joy" (2012), reached number two and was described by pop music blog MuuMuse as "110% incredible". Higgins assumed production duties for indie rock Gossip's album A Joyful Noise, a collaboration met with scepticism by Vice magazine—"This is not the first time indie artists have fallen for his [Higgins'] cred-pop charms [...] no one involved managed to work out that Gossip isn't a pop band". Also in 2012, Xenomania recorded with Mutya Keisha Siobhan—a group consisting of the first line-up of the Sugababes—and Little Mix.

Xenomania contributed two new tracks—including the single "Something New"—to Girls Aloud's second compilation album, Ten, the group's first album since announcing a hiatus after Out of Control (2008). BBC Music hailed Ten as "incredible proof of how perfect pop can be in the right hands" and wrote that "Alongside the Xenomania hit machine, at their best Girls Aloud create a universe entirely of their own, standing as one of the greatest pop acts of this century". Cooper later said of Xenomania's relationship with the group, who split up in 2013, "We kind of thought of ourselves as a bit of the band, so the essence of Xeno was Girls Aloud. They were our creative muses and, therefore, a lot of the stuff was written by ourselves. They got more involved in the writing as time went on, but we were probably all a little bit guilty of having an inner pop star desperate to get out of Xeno".

In 2014, Xenomania produced "What Are You Waiting For?" for The Saturdays, the lead single from the group's greatest hits album Finest Selection. Also that year, Xenomania reunited with former Girls Aloud member Nadine Coyle to write and produce material for Coyle's upcoming second studio album. The sessions have so far yielded three singles, "Go to Work", "Fool for Love" and "All That I Know" as well as an EP, titled Nadine.

On 23 January 2019, Xenomania launched a four-member girl group called unperfect, releasing their debut single "Gots To Give The Girl" on the following day. However, unperfect did not stay together for very long, with Xenomania moving on to produce a five-piece girl group called CuteBad by 2022.

Failed collaborations
Xenomania worked with American pop singer Britney Spears in 2003 during sessions for her fourth album In the Zone. The song submitted, "Graffiti My Soul", was not chosen for the album. While the record company loved the song, Spears felt that it needed more of a chorus. Higgins said that they wanted "essentially 'Sound of the Underground 2'." It later appeared on Girls Aloud's What Will the Neighbours Say?.

The production team were due to work with rock bands New Order and Franz Ferdinand, but both sessions proved fruitless. Xenomania was due to produce for New Order's Waiting for the Sirens' Call, but Peter Hook said they "scrapped the Brian Higgins stuff because we didn't like it. I thought he did quite a good job on Girls Aloud but he didn't do a good job on us." Franz Ferdinand's drummer Paul Thomson said, "We wrote with Higgins for a while and initially we thought we'd work more with him but it didn't really work out. We just realized that we're not really a pop group."

Higgins spoke of bad experiences with bigger artists to Literally magazine in 2009: "'Everything about us is about enormous enthusiasm for something. And therefore big artists can come in and they think 'they're the flavour of the whatever, let's take their thing and then we'll do what we want with it...' Well, no, that's not acceptable anyway. I've had that experience happen where the big artists were fine until they got into the mix room and then they basically pulled the record to pieces. So I took my name off the record and the writing credits off the record. Because they're assholes. And they sold about 20,000 copies, and they've never been seen since. So big artists are often jerks of the biggest order. And often people say don't meet your heroes because you'll be let down, and I sort of understand why people would say that.'"

Current members

 * Brian Higgins
 * Miranda Cooper
 * Carla Marie (2007–present)
 * Florrie (2010–present)

Former members

 * Tim Powell (1997–2010)
 * Niara Scarlett (2000–2004)

Artist development
Xenomania spent two years looking for talent worldwide, establishing Xenomania Records. Higgins said, "It's very difficult to get in. Everyone's hand-picked." They write, produce, and rehearse music before they "sell record companies the artists they've discovered and developed." He also noted, "We'd love to be a modern day version of RAK, where the artists are signed and developed here." The goal is to establish an "entertainment company, with Higgins [...] presiding over a pool of talent, retaining key rights to the artists they develop." Higgins also says, "I object to the word 'manufactured' cause I think it's invariably said with a vague sneer. The real phrase is 'producer driven'." The Guardian described the Xenomania audition process as "find keen, dreamy singers they like and nurture them into fresh, distinctive shape over many months, patiently creating a soundtrack specifically tailored to the energy, background and character of the performers".

In 2009, Xenomania held a "mini festival" entitled Xenofest in which they showcased their artists to journalists, record label representatives, and PRs. Vagabond were formed through the programme. Vagabond's vocalist Alex Vargas said, "It sounds cheesy, but we really are one big family". Mini Viva, who were formed in 2007, spent two years working with Xenomania before their launch. Other artists discovered and developed through Xenomania Records include Alex Gardner, Brooke X and Jessie Malakouti. Commenting on the underperformances of Gardner and Mini Viva's singles, Popbitch wrote that the publicity surrounding the latter act may have placed "too much emphasis on a 30 and 40-something production duo" that "shouldn't be trying to be the next Timbaland or Red One [sic]".

In 2012, Xenomania Records became an imprint of Sony Music Entertainment and signed Amelia Lily, a finalist from The X Factor. Xenomania's in-house drummer Florrie Arnold signed to Sony after finding Internet success. Xenomania held an open audition for recording artists in London's Shoreditch area in 2013.

Work ethic
Higgins told The Telegraph in August 2009, "Pop is where the cutting edge of music is but it needs to be done with total sincerity and an incredible amount of skill, otherwise it doesn't warrant its own existence. There is a science to it, but there's magic too. You have to find the space where art and commerce truly meet in the middle, with genuine feeling and sentiment." He has also said, "pop music is maths."

Xenomania are notable for their abnormal writing process. According to an article in Q magazine's October 2009 issue, "they each work on backing tracks, chords or beats, Higgins choosing the best bits and building up songs like jigsaws." The various pieces of music are discussed at daily meetings and the best become the basis of songs. Higgins "separate[s] music, melody, lyric" and strives to preserve "high level of originality, excitement and dynamism in the writing." Higgins has "the final say on everything [and establishes] the creative direction projects will take". If a piece of music "sounds enticing before a vocal has gone anywhere near it", Higgins and Cooper will "sketch out" the melody and lyrics. Xenomania may also create multiple melodies over the same backing track and then select the best. Higgins said "we're just not interested in the way other people do things. [...] I've trained not just me but myself, Miranda, Tim, we've trained our minds to think that way".

Higgins also insists that artists are involved to an extent. Referring to Girls Aloud in a 2004 interview with The Observer, Higgins said, "We don't let them out of the room till they've given every ounce of melodic instinct that they've got in them, [...] at the end, you find they've contributed really well." Neil Tennant noted that Higgins "works you very hard. He's very headmaster-ly." Tennant's partner, Chris Lowe, said Higgins "puts stars by your work, and comments. It's ruthless. It's fantastic!" Norwegian singer Annie said of Higgins, "he's making music all the time and he's really creative and has a lot of good ideas. Serious and ambitious. It gave me an extra punch to work really hard and that was exactly what I needed." Australian singer Gabriella Cilmi has remarked that working with Higgins "brings out the best in me [...] He knows how to make my silliness good". According to Cooper, the artist's vocal performance on a track is "the final piece of the puzzle", and songs with "amazing" choruses have been shelved as a result of the artist not sounding adequate on them.

On Xenomania's relatively low output (compared to a group like Stock, Aitken & Waterman), Higgins says, "If you're a production house, you're supposed to work with anyone and everyone: that's the rule...but if we don't feel excited by the prospect of the artist, then the record's going to be shit." Higgins refuses to work "purely for the fee" for the same reasons. He says, "People are coming to me already with a quality idea in mind, because they've heard it. [...] But people need to understand that when they hear something that we've done on the radio, a process has been followed to achieve that." Xenomania have reportedly turned away Atomic Kitten and Gareth Gates.

Peter Robinson, writing for The Guardian, credited the effectiveness of Xenomania's output with the number of people working with Higgins: "it's not really just five girls [Girls Aloud] and Brian Higgins—a whole team were at work with an acute understanding of how to manufacture an excellent pop phenomenon". Songwriters and producers who have worked for Xenomania include Annie, Fred Falke, Tove Lo, Edele Lynch (of Irish girl group B*Witched), MNEK, Deedee Ray, and Olivia Redmond (formerly of SoundGirl). Cooper says that high levels of quality control result from "a group of all sorts of artists, all songwriters, writing hooks on the same track [...] Brian had no worries choosing melodies from wherever they came from. He didn't mind if it was the person making tea in the office—if they came up with something, which they often did, that would be used". Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys said that Xenomania "reminded me of working at Smash Hits 'cos [sic] you've got this house full of people and they're all totally into music. [...] They all have comments to make. A truly great atmosphere."

Xenomania work from a large English country house located in Kent, where Higgins also lives, and a flat in Shoreditch. They have also been known to write at hotels. The country home formerly belonged to Alice Liddell, the inspiration behind Lewis Carroll's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It was put up for sale in 2015.

Influences
Of the production group's philosophy and outlook, Higgins says, "What we stand for [...] is everything about the interesting side of music, but with tunes the postman will whistle." There are a number of influences present in Xenomania's productions, including electronic, glam rock, Motown soul, punk, and more traditional pop music. The Observer wrote that Xenomania are "sonically pioneering songs that have combined dance, rock and rave and resulted in the group being championed by NME as often as MTV." Pet Shop Boys member Neil Tennant noted that Xenomania "never stick to one sound, so they're never boring. They have a big range."

The varied sound of the production house is influenced by Higgin's own wide tastes growing up. Higgins says, "I discovered punk music, then New Romantic music, then dance music, which got me into the music business professionally." Higgins was a fan of punk rock groups such as the Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols, as well as more electronic groups such as New Order. Additionally, Higgins "was obsessed with synthesisers [...] Duran Duran and the way they utilised synths, which I thought was amazingly clever, and Japan, and Depeche Mode."

To stay relevant, Higgins said the team avoids "listening to the radio [or] following contemporary fashions", noting that Girls Aloud's "Call the Shots" "started as a piece of music in 2005, was written as a song in 2006 and came out [...] in November 2007." However, Paul Thomson of Franz Ferdinand said, "He has a team in the kitchen listening to Radio 1 all day, monitoring what's being played. And he has somebody watching fashion TV all day making notes on what kind of beats they're using." Cooper has mentioned that one of Xenomania's policies is to recruit young people "as Brian and I aren't out in the clubs raving it up anymore".

Critical response and recognition
Since their inception, Xenomania has garnered praise from all areas of the international media. Pitchfork Media, which generally focuses on independent music, praised Xenomania for their "deathless hooks and multi-genre pyrotechnics [...] songs stuffed to the gills with one, two, three, sometimes four different choruses, sounding like patchwork assemblages of the best bits of a hundred fantasy pop songs." In 2006, British pop website Popjustice stated, "This cartel of songwriters and producers are the most talented pop powerhouse since the glory days of Cheiron, and could easily become the most exciting British hit machine of all time."

Xenomania has been given various accolades and recognition. British music industry trade magazine Music Week said in an October 2008 piece, "As one of song-writing and production team Xenomania, the publicity shy Brian Higgins has been responsible for some of the most life-affirming and innovative pop songs of the last decade." They were named Music Week's Producer of the Year award for 2009. Higgins won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for his work on Cher's "Believe"; it was also awarded the sales-based International Hit of the Year and Best Selling UK Single. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. Xenomania won Best British Single for Girls Aloud's "The Promise" at the 2009 BRIT Awards, while Gabriella Cilmi's "Sweet About Me" won Best Single at the ARIA Music Awards of 2009. Pet Shop Boys' Yes was nominated in the Best Electronic/Dance Album category at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

The Observer placed Higgins at number thirteen in a 2008 list of the twenty most powerful "celebrity makers." The article labelled Xenomania "not only UK pop's most successful songwriting and production team, they're also its most cutting edge." Miranda Cooper was in Harper's Bazaar Power List 2007 as one of the thirty "women who shape our lives today". They wrote of Cooper, "If it's a hit you want, you'd better talk to Cooper. For the rest of us, Cooper has the power to get a tune inside our heads."

List of artists with songs produced by Brian Higgins/Xenomania

 * Abs
 * Alesha Dixon
 * Alex Gardner
 * Annie
 * Bananarama
 * Cher
 * Chicane
 * Dannii Minogue
 * Frank
 * Florrie
 * Gabriella Cilmi
 * Girls Aloud
 * The Gossip
 * Jem
 * Jessie Malakouti
 * Kaiser Chiefs
 * Kevin McHale
 * Kylie Minogue
 * Lene Nystrøm Rasted
 * Little Mix
 * Mania
 * Melanie Blatt
 * Mini Viva
 * Mollie King
 * Moonbaby
 * Nadine Coyle
 * Natacha Atlas
 * Pet Shop Boys
 * Rachel Stevens
 * Rebecca Ferguson
 * Saint Etienne
 * The Saturdays
 * Sophie Ellis-Bextor
 * Sugababes
 * Texas
 * V
 * Vanilla
 * Vagabond
 * The Wanted

Artists signed to Xenomania

 * Amelia Lily (2012–2014)
 * CuteBad (2022–present)
 * Mini Viva (2008–2010)
 * Nadine Coyle (2019–present)

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Saint Martin, Guernsey

Saint Martin (Guernésiais and French Saint Martin; historically Saint-Martin-de-la-Bellouse) is a parish in Guernsey, The Channel Islands. The islands lie in the English Channel between Great Britain and France.

The postal code for street addresses in this parish begins with GY4.

The old Guernésiais nickname for people from Saint Martin is dravans.

In 1883, Pierre-Auguste Renoir spent the summer in Guernsey, with a varied landscape of beaches, cliffs and bays, where he created fifteen paintings in little over a month. Most of these feature Moulin Huet, a bay in Saint Martin. These paintings were the subject of a set of commemorative postage stamps issued by the Bailiwick of Guernsey in 1983.

The parish church of Saint Martin was consecrated on 4 February 1199. At the gate to the churchyard is La Gran'mère du Chimquière, a statue menhir.

St. Martin Parish has entered Britain in Bloom for a number of years, winning the small town category twice, in 2006 and 2011.

Geography
Saint Martin is located in the southeast of Guernsey. The parish borders the Forest on the southwest, Saint Andrew northwest, and Saint Peter Port on the northeast. Saint Martin also has a very small detachment to the west. The detachment is an exclave which is not contiguous with the rest of the parish.

The parish itself is made up of four Cantons, these being; Canton des Hamelins, Canton de Hatenez, Canton de Bon Port and Canton de Fermain. Three Douzeniers are responsible for each Canton.
 * Canton de Fermains - from the Rectory, along the main road (Rue au Pretre) and over the Camps du Moulin to the top of the Rue Jacques Guille, through the Ruette Rabey and down the Water Lane to Moulin Huet bay. From here by way of the cliffs to Fermain bay, up the lane, along Ruette Saumarez and back to the Rectory, taking in Les Blanches Pierres lane.
 * Canton des Hamelins - from the Rectory along La Bellieuse road to the Church, and through La Ruette du Camp to Le Carrefour au Lievre. From here, following the boundaries of St Peter Port and St Andrew to Les Naftiaux, returning by way of Le Champ Berceau, La Quevillette and the Grande Rue to the Rectory.
 * Canton de Hatenez - From the Rectory along the Rue Maze (including the Rue des Caches), Les Cornus, and reaching out to the boundaries of the Canton des Hamelins on the one side, and the boundaries of St Andrew and the Forest on the other, to Petit Bot bay, returning by way of the valley road (including La Huret) to Les Pages, the Ruette Cotelle, Le Clos auBarbier, Les Cornus and the Rue Maze (including La Longue Rue and Burnt Lane) to the Rectory.
 * Canton de Bon Port - from the Rectory along Rue des Coutures (including Ruette des Escaliers), Rue des Gron, La Villette to Rue Cotell, Les Croutes and to the bottom of La Falaise road. From here by way of the cliffs to Moulin Huet valley (bottom of the Water lane) returning up the valley and through the Rue Jacques Guille and the Ruette de la Vallee to the Rectory.

Saint Martin is one of the most expensive parishes in the island for property, with the average four bedroom house costing £615,000.

Relief: Saint Martin is the second highest parish in Guernsey, its elevation is exceeded only by the Forest. The highest areas in the parish are in the central portion, located around Carmel (approx 110m) but this gently slopes down to the boundaries, where on the coast, the parish is delineated by steep cliffs.

Features
The features of the parish include:
 * Churches
 * St Martin's Parish Church
 * St Martin's Mission Methodist Church
 * Les Camps Methodist Church
 * La Gran'mère du Chimquière
 * St Martin village
 * Sausmarez Manor
 * Artparks Sculpture Park
 * Military:
 * Parish war memorial at parish hall
 * Tower 14, Saints Bay
 * Bec du Nez Battery dating from the Napoleonic Wars
 * La Moye Battery dating from the Napoleonic Wars
 * Mont-Au Nord Battery dating from the Napoleonic Wars
 * German fortifications, built during the occupation 1940-45
 * Doyle Monument
 * Jerbourg castle
 * A number of protected buildings
 * Jerbourg Point, the most southeasterly point in the island
 * Moulin Huet Bay, a large area of water that includes Saint's Bay, Moulin Huet, and Petit Port.
 * Icart Point
 * Abreuveurs (cattle watering place) / Fontaines (spring/well)
 * Canton des Hamelins
 * Les Hubits - fountain and drinking trough, border with St Peter Port
 * Les Hubits (La Mare Mado) - pump and drinking trough
 * Steam Mill Lanes (Douit de la Porte) - drinking trough
 * Les Huriaux (La Vallee) - drinking trough
 * Les Quartre Vents - drinking trough
 * Les Merriennes - fountain and drinking trough
 * La Bellieuse (Le Douit) - fountain and drinking trough
 * Canton des Hatenez
 * Le Becquet - fountain and drinking trough
 * Les Mourants - drinking trough, border with St Andrew
 * Les Mouilpied - path leading to fountain and drinking trough
 * Les Pages - path leading to drinking trough
 * Les Pages (Rue de la Fallaize) - fountain and drinking trough
 * Les Nicolles - fountain
 * Canton de Bon Port
 * La Villette - fountain, pump and drinking trough
 * Le Navet - two fountains and drinking trough
 * Saints Bay Road (Le Douit) - fountain and drinking trough
 * Bon Port (Douit es Tardifs) drinking trough
 * La Fosse (next to Chapel) - drinking trough
 * Fosse de Bas (Ruette a l'Eau) - drinking trough
 * Rue Jacques Guille - fountain
 * Le Rocher (Rue du Moulin Huet) - fountain
 * Moulin Huet (Les Ruettes des Ollivets) - fountain and drinking trough
 * Canton de Fermains
 * Ville Amphrey - fountain and drinking trough
 * Le Vallon (Fontaine du Hurel) - pump and drinking trough, see "Actes" of the Royal Court, dated 23 July 1828, 24 March 1829 and 12 January 1832.
 * Courtes Falaises - fountain and drinking trough
 * Petit Port - fountain on slipway
 * Jerbourg (Fontaine Cocquerel, near gravel pits overlooking Petit Port
 * Jerbourg (La Moye) - Fountain
 * Jerbourg (Fountaine Ricquart, Mont au Nord) - fountain
 * Jerbourg (Fountain de la Rocque) - fountain, public right of way via driveway leading to Idlerocks Hotel
 * La Bouvee - fountain and drinking trough
 * Calais (Gypsy Lane) - fountain and drinking trough
 * Le Varclin - fountain and drinking trough
 * Les Maindonnaux - drinking trough
 * Beaches
 * part of Petit Bot Bay
 * Saint's Bay
 * Moulin Huet
 * Petit Port
 * Divette
 * Marble Bay - also known as Le Pied du Mur
 * Part of Fermain Bay

The parish of the St Martin's hosts:
 * St Martin's Douzaine Room
 * St Martin's Parish Hall
 * St Martin's Community Centre
 * St. Martins A.C.
 * a number of hotels, pubs and restaurants
 * St Martin's primary school
 * Countryside walks

Main roads
The following roads provide important links between Saint Martin and the other parishes (listed from southwest to northeast):
 * Forest Road leads to the Forest and the western portion of the island,
 * Les Varioufs leads to Saint Andrew's and the northwestern portion of the island,
 * Fort Road leads to Saint Peter Port, the east coast, and the northern portion of the island.

The following roads are also very important, as they provide access to the village centre and most of the shops (listed from west to east):
 * Rue Maze
 * La Grande Rue
 * Route de Saumarez

Politics
St Martin comprises part of the South East administrative division with St Andrew.

In the 2016 Guernsey general election there was a 3,363 or 73% turnout to elect five Deputies. Those elected (in order of votes received) being Heidi Soulsby, Lindsay De Sausmarez, Peter Roffey, Rob Prow and Victoria Oliver.

Parish Administration

The Parish is administered by a Douzaine, made up of twelve parishioners, known as Douzeniers. Douzeniers are elected for a four-year period, three Douzeniers being elected on rotation by parishioners at a parish meeting in November each year. The senior Douzenier is known as the Doyen (Dean). Two elected Constables (Connétables) carry out the decisions of the Douzaine, serving for between one and three years. The longest serving Constable is known as the Senior Constable and his or her colleague as the Junior Constable.

The Parish also has an office situated at the Parish Hall which is open most weekday mornings and manned by the Parish clerk, who is Anita Leale and has been in post for 5 years. Details of the current Douzeniers and Constables can be found on the Parish website. The Douzaine levy an Occupiers Rate on properties to provide funding for running of the administration.

Notable people

 * Lee Savident (1976-) cricketer.
 * G.N. Georgano, award-winning author.
 * William Caparne, artist, had a workshop in an old tram.
 * Heidi Soulsby, politician

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Hermitage, Dorset

Hermitage is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of the Dorset Downs, 6 mi south of the town of Sherborne. Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 70.

Augustinian monks once had a hermitage here (also known as the Blackmoor Priory Hermitage), whence the name of the village, but they abandoned the site in the 14th or 15th century. The Lady's Well which they used still remains, on the edge of woodland a short distance from the village.

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Hilfield

Hilfield is a small, scattered village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs 7 mi south of Sherborne. Dorset County Council's 2013 estimate of the parish population is 50.

Hilfield parish church, dedicated to St Nicholas, has late 13th- or early 14th-century origins, though the present building dates from the 15th century and was substantially altered in 1848. It has wooden parquet flooring, notable carved bench ends—possibly moved from Cerne Abbey and thought to be Flemish but of unknown age—and the pulpit and seating have 16th-century panelling. It is one of the smallest English parish churches.

Hilfield Friary is a faith-based community centred on Franciscan brothers of the Anglican Society of St Francis. The Hilfield community is made up of Franciscan Brothers and others who join them; the community encourages environmental sustainability within the Franciscan ethos of peace, faith and justice.

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Hinton Martell

Hinton Martell (also known as Hinton Martel) is a village and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Hinton, in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the East Dorset administrative district of the county, three miles north of the town of Wimborne Minster. In the 2001 Census the parish had a population of 368. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2015 and merged with Hinton Parva to form Hinton.

Hinton Martell was once known as Hinetone, the village of the monks. It was owned at this time by Eudo Martel, a Frenchman whose surname meant hammer.

The village has a church, thatched cottages, and a rather unusual fountain. The current fountain is a replacement for an original which was built low for sheep to drink from. In 1905 in his Highways and Byways in Dorset, Sir Frederick Treves called the original "a fountain as may be found in a suburban tea garden or in front of a gaudy Italian villa." He continues, "The fountain, of painted metal, tawdry and flimsy, represents a boy standing in one dish while he holds another on his head. No unhappy detail is spared: the ambitious pedestal, the three impossible dolphins, and the paltry squirt of water, are all here. How this cafe chantant ornament has found its way into a modest and secluded hamlet there is no evidence to show". The fountain was irreparably damaged in the severe winter of 1963. It was replaced, and was revealed in 1965 by Miss Anne Sidney of Poole, the 'Miss World' winner of that year.

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Dear Author: Centrifugal force actually is a force. Your article contradicts itself by saying that this force is not a force yet admits that this "non-force" carries with it the force attributes of magnitude and direction. This definition and description of centrifugal force is without hope. It is not possible to modify it sufficiently to arrive at the truth. Such a modification would have to set aside each and every misstatement made herein regarding centrifugal force.

Would you like another example? The term "inertia force" is employed. No expert on "inertia" claims it is a "force". "Inertia" actually is nothing more real than our recognition that when no true acceleration/Action force is impressed upon an object, the object has no other choice to continue with its motion unchanged. This is the default state of motion of an object for which no cause exists. Certainly not an imaginary "inertia" cause. So to use the term "inertia force" is to use a term that is devoid of meaning.

Another? Centrifugal force is present within every rotating object regardless of whether the object is being considered from a non-rotating reference frame or a rotating reference frame. It does not exist exclusively within a rotating reference frame as claimed. All that is required for the centrifugal reaction force to exist is for the object to rotate or orbit about some central axis. This rotation or orbit is absolute and need only be compared to the same object when it is not rotating or orbiting about the axis.

Another? Centrifugal force never "acts" away from the center of rotation. It "reacts" in support for the only action force present, the inward-directed centripetal acceleration/Action force.

Another? Centripetal force is the action force responsible for causing the activity of inward-directed acceleration. The term "constrain" does not offer a good description for the action of acceleration. In a linear event would you say that the force from the tires "constrains" the vehicle to increase its speed down the road?

Another? Why quote Newton's 1st law in support of the existance of the centripetal acceleration/Action force but then follow with a statement in direct contradiction to Newton's 3rd law? When you say that "This force is the centripetal force, the only force necessary for a circular motion." are you not forgetting that for every action force there always exists an equal and opposite reaction force? Whirl an object in a circle using an attached rope. How can you think it possible for the rope to apply an inward-directed centripetal acceleration/Action force to the object without the object reactively applying an equal and opposite outward-directed centrifugal acceleration/Reaction force to the rope? Newton recognized long ago that contact forces are always mutual. In reality your rope cannot apply even the slightest force to the object without the presence of a centrifugal force from the object. So when you say the centripetal force is the only force necessary for a circular motion, your readers are burdened with yet another untrue statement. Here you can insert an ordinary tension scale between the rope and the object to verify the presence of both the centripetal acceleration/Action force and the centrifugal acceleration/Reaction force. Here the scale does not support your illogical statement that only one one force is necessary. Further, the scale does not support your illogical statement that "centrifugal force is not a force."

Another? In the absence of an inward-directed centripetal acceleration/Action force, the object doesn't have a "tendency" to travel in a straight line. "Tendency implies that the object has other choices. In fact, no other choice exists.  Once the centripetal acceleration/Action force goes missing the object has no other choice but to ALWAYS revert to its default state of unaccelerated straight-line motion for which no cause exists.  Of course once the centripetal action force goes missing, so goes the mutual centrifugal reaction force.

Another? I think you end by implying that Physics teachers who teach that centrifugal force is a reaction force that balances the centripetal action force, are somehow doing their students a disservice. If I have this right, let me end by saying that such teachers are much closer to teaching the truth about centrifugal force than most of what is written in this article.

Sincerely,

Ethan Skyler http://wwww.PhysicsNews1.com/article_11.html
 * You seem to have a misunderstanding what the label "centrifugal force" refers to. Let's take the rope and bucket problem.

 * You spin the rope+bucket around, and get up to speed. Now, here's a summary of the relevant forces on the rope and bucket:

 * inward tension on the rope from your arms.
 * inward force applied by the rope to the bucket, and its counterforce from the bucket applied to the rope.

 * None of these is centrifugal force. Centrifugal force is the appearance, from your viewpoint at the center, that there is some mighty force trying to pull the bucket outward. This "force" is not real, has no 3rd law counterforce, and is caused by inertia's straight line effects in a rotating reference frame.

 * Another example: put a hypothetical frictionless platform on the back of a flatbed semi, and stick some reasonably massive object on top of it, like a refrigerator. Carefully accelerate the truck and refrigerator up to speed. (we're going to ignore air resistance because it isn't relevant).

 * Now take the truck and put it on a circular path to the left. From the non-rotating frame of reference of a person standing on the ground, the refrigerator will follow a straight-line inertial path until it leaves the truck and gravity kicks in. No centrifugal "force" involved.

 * But from the frame of reference of the truck, something very strange is going on. From the truck's standpoint, the refrigerator has accelerated right off the frictionless platform, with no apparent cause. The label given to the mysterious cause of this acceleration is "centrifugal force". It does not exist, there is no centripetal force (on the refrigerator) for it to be a reaction to, and there is no 3rd law reaction whatsoever. There is no violation of Newton's third law because the force doesn't actually exist.

 * On a different note, as a matter of policy, we don't sign articles here, since they are not owned by any one person. It's also considered rude to completely replace an existing article, and is likely to get your changes reverted.

 * -- Cyrius|&#9998 00:23, Apr 13, 2004 (UTC)

Hello Cyrius: Thanks for responding. In reading through your explanations, I can see why it is that you think the misunderstanding lies within my work. Clearly we are applying the term "centrifugal force" in entirely different ways. The goal here shall be to learn which definition, your or mine, is the valid one. I think my definition may be found in the history log of "centrifugal force" posted on Wikipedia in early April, 2004.

Let us begin by looking at the term "centrifugal force".

The term "centrifugal force" was likely applied much earlier than Isaac Newton's time as an explanation for the behavior of objects on horizontal turntables such as a flopping pot on a potter's wheel or riders clinging to an amusement park merry-go-round or liquids being separated in a centrifuge. Later, Newton himself invented the matching term "centripetal force" to be applied to the inward-directed force he recognized as the action force causing the activity of "centripetal" acceleration present whenever an object is being forced to travel a curved path.

The term "Centrifugal force" tells us at least five things: 1) "Centri" (center of a curve or circle) tells us that an object (or portions thereof) is traveling a curved path where its motion is being turned aside from a straight-line path; 2) This turning aside represents a change in velocity which tells us that centripetal acceleration is present and directed toward the "Centri" of the object's curved path of travel;  3)  Newton's LAW I tells us that the activity of this "Centri"-directed acceleration is always caused by a "Centri"-directed or centripetal action force;  4) "fugal" (fleeing from the "Centri") tells us that during the accelerational activity of this event, which is inward-directed toward the "Centri", the accelerating object experiences a force of some type (action or reaction) that is outward-directed away from the "Centri" of the object's inward-curving path of travel. 5) "force" tells us that this outward-directed "centrifugal force" represents a force (push or pull) impressed against or within the matter of the object for if it did not represent a force of some type there is no point in its use.  In other words if no "centrifugal force" is impressed against or within the object's matter then there exists no reason to use the term.  This is a scientific term we are debating.  Applying a valid scientific term to nothing at all is scientifically unacceptable for it is not logical to waste a perfectly valid scientific term on what is for the object a non-event.

We both have access to these five characteristics of "centrifugal force" while developing our definitions. (I assume you are not a beginner since clearly you see yourself as capable of writing scientific definitions, a task far beyond the limited insight of a beginner.) If either one of us has chosen to ignore or oppose any of these five characteristics of the term "centrifugal force" then we do so knowing that such an ignoring puts our definition at risk of being less than true. Unfortunately, in the writing of definitions, any one thing less than true makes the whole definition false. Physics is a most unforgiving science in this regard.

I will summarize your definition and explanation first. In the first sentence of your definition you clearly state that "Centrifugal force" is not a force but an experience of an inertial force.... A requirement in writing any definition is clarity. By saying that "centrifugal force" "is not a force" but instead is "an experience of an inertial force..." it is not particularly clear as to what you are telling your definition's readers. I take the first half of this first sentence to mean that you think "centrifugal force" is not a force (push or pull) at all. So right away I see you have chosen to oppose characteristic #5 by applying the scientific term "centrifugal force" to an event where no such force is present.

Let's see if somewhere you explain how you see "centrifugal force" as being the "experience" of an observer watching a non-force "centrifugal force" event unfold. In the fourth paragraph of your explanation you state "Centrifugal force is the appearance, from your viewpoint at the center, that there is some mighty force trying to pull the bucket outward. This "force" is not real, has no 3rd law counterforce, and is caused by inertia's straight line effects in a rotating reference frame." (Note, the quotation marks around the word force are yours implying something other than a real force.)

We have both whirled a bucket about our person. Yet I came away with a different perspective of this accelerational event. We both recognize that as the observer, my frame of reference while focusing on the whirling bucket is rotating at an equal rate. But as an accelerating observer, apparently only I realize that my observation of both the (stationary) bucket and the whirling background objects is highly suspect and contrary to the truth of this event. It is clear to me that you think your observations as an accelerating (rotating) observer are every bit as valid as your observations that are made when no noticeable acceleration is occurring to your person. Let's see which position is right. If your position is right then the observations of an accelerating observer are as true as the observations of a non-accelerating observer. If my position is right then the observations of an accelerating observer are without merit as long as the accelerating observer chooses to ignore his or her rate and direction of acceleration (including rate of rotation) at the time of the observation which is the way you portray your accelerating observers.

When you whirl the bucket about your person, you see a stationary bucket in front of you. Behind the bucket you see a whirling background including a card table upon which I have placed a glass full of water. Since you see the bucket as stationary, it makes no sense to you that you have to impress a force on the rope in your direction just to keep the bucket from moving away. If you stopped impressing this action force against the bucket you think some mysterious "mighty force" will pull the bucket outward from your position. You see this "mighty force as imaginary or "not real". You also see "it" as having no inward-directed (opposing) force.  Finally you tell your readers that this imaginary or unreal force has a cause!  Again, clarity is important in a definition.  At this point I am wondering how it is that this unreal nothing you think represents centrifugal force can possibly have a cause.  How can nothing have a cause?  In the end you do acknowledge that yours is a rotating (accelerating) frame of reference.  But you do not mention that you think this in any way affects the validity of your observations.  As far as you are concerned, the whirling bucket is at rest at the end of the rope and should need no force from your person to stay at rest.  Meanwhile the whirling background is visibly orbiting you and the resting bucket.  So from your perspective, any acceleration present belongs to the objects in the background as they whirl about you and the resting bucket.

There is one obvious problem. The surface of the water in the glass on the card table is continuing to remain flat as you observe the glass whirl about your position. This impossibility in a whirling glass of water whose surface remains flat means that something is very wrong with your observation. The glass appears to you to be experiencing centripetal acceleration yet the flat water surface does not reveal acceleration's presence. By now, despite what you think you are seeing, you conclude that the water must not be whirling about your person. Therefore you logically decide that it is your body that is rotating the other way making the glass appear to be accelerating when in fact it is not. This also explains why it takes a centripetal force from your hand to cause the bucket to whirl at the same rate of rotation as your body... making the bucket appear to be stationary when in fact it is not. At this point your realize that observations made while accelerating are without merit until you admit and take into account your rate and direction of acceleration as the observer.

Such merit-less observations are the basis of your misunderstandings regarding the reality of every rotating or orbiting object's centrifugal acceleration/Reaction force. An accelerating observer who insists on ignoring his acceleration while trying to determine the truth of an event will never arrive at that truth. He will remain forever confused. I refer to his state of mind as being influenced by Coriolis Confusion. An article on Coriolis Confusion is available at http://www.PhysicsNews1.com/question_14.html

Now that we see that trying to determine the truth of an event is hopeless while taking the role of an accelerating observer in denial of his acceleration, let's have a look at your refrigerator being carried upon a frictionless platform supported by a moving flatbed truck. When the truck's front wheels are turned left applying a centripetal action force to the chassis causing centripetal acceleration for the chassis, also to the left, it appears to the onboard observer that the resting fridge suddenly accelerates to a motion that carries it off the right side of the flat bed. The accelerating observer declares the fridge's apparent acceleration "centrifugal acceleration" and invents a Law I "centrifugal force" to account for the apparent "centrifugal acceleration". At this point our Coriolis observer is totally confused. Since he remains steadfastly in denial of his own continuing acceleration, he can think of no possible source of the "centrifugal force" so he ends up thinking the observed "centrifugal acceleration" of the fridge is real, which is a mistake, and that any reference to any centrifugal force is unreal, which also is a mistake. Sound familiar?

When I look at this event, I recognize that no horizontally-directed acceleration is occurring to the fridge, no matter who is looking at it. The non-accelerating observer at the side of the road sees the truth. The onboard accelerating observer does not see the truth. He remains fooled by what he sees to the end. His opinions and conclusions are based upon misunderstandings and therefore are opinions and conclusions without merit.

At the real event here, centripetal acceleration/Action forces measurably present at the front tires are pushing both right on the pavement and left on the chassis. In order to push left (inward) on the chassis with an external (contact) force, LAW III tells us that the chassis must push equally back or right or outward with an acceleration/Reaction force that is also measurably present. I, and many others see that this outward-directed centrifugal reaction force as the true centrifugal force whose recognition dates back to before Newton's time. While the fridge is not experiencing centripetal acceleration, the truck's chassis is, so the truth of this event is that the truck is being forcefully accelerated out from under the non-accelerating fridge. As with all accelerations, this centripetal acceleration is absolute. Meanwhile our onboard observer is hopelessly lost for he falsely believes that acceleration is a relative event. Worse yet, he steadfastly believes that his every observation is perfect, without any flaws to cast doubt over its perfection.

Your misunderstanding of centrifugal force is relatively modern and probably dreamed up by a group of inexperienced educators. In any case, as you can see, my understanding of the true centrifugal force present in this event meets all five of the characteristics of the term centrifugal force. Meanwhile your version meets with but one since the fridge is 1) not having its velocity changed, 2) is not experiencing centripetal acceleration, 3) therefore is not experiencing a centripetal action force, 4) is not experiencing a centrifugal acceleration/Reaction force, and finally, the one characteristic you predict to be true that actually is true is that 5) no outward-directed action force of any kind is affecting the fridge. (Remember that centrifugal force is always a reaction force and therefore can never be the cause of any outward-directed event. It only reacts to inward-directed events caused by inward-directed centripetal acceleration/Action forces.)

To read more about the concept of rest-motion, acceleration/Action and acceleration/Reaction forces, and much more, visit http://www.PhysicsNews1.com. Of course not everyone in the internet encyclopedia business agrees with your fictitious "force" conclusion. A visit to the infoplease science encyclopedia located at: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0811114.html will reveal that they recognize, as do I, that the centripetal action force is balanced by the centrifugal reaction force in perfect agreement with Newton's LAW III. Check it out.

As for the effect you are trying to label "centrifugal force", I think Coriolis Confusion is the proper term. It is a shame to waste the perfectly good Physics term centrifugal force on the nothingness of the Coriolis Confusion. To do so is to honor the confusions of an accelerating observer encumbered by denial.

Thanks for providing this format for our debate.

Ethan Skyler

P.S. If you would enjoy reading of another accepted concept of Physics that is completely imaginary, visit http://www.PhysicsNews1.com/article_1.html. You will be taken to an article entitled "The Reality of Newton's Inertia". Galileo's true role in the development of this concept, to the embarrassment of Newton, is explained near the end. This original article is a PhysicsNews1 exclusive. Enjoy!

 * It seems we have come down to a disagreement about labelling, but I can't be sure due to the sheer volume of your comment. You call for clarity from me, but do not do me the same courtesy, instead burying me under pages of text.

 * You also seem to be under the mistaken impression that I am the author of the article. The only editing I have done to the page is to revert your changes because I saw them as based on a misapplication of the label "centrifugal force". -- Cyrius|&#9998 17:17, Apr 27, 2004 (UTC)

I guess you could call this a disagreement in labeling. Currently the term centrifugal force is being defined as the "experience" of observing a non-accelerating object from an accelerating frame of reference. The validity of the observation should be questioned. The object is said to be accelerating when it is not. Further the imaginary "force" said to be "causing" this imaginary "acceleration" is labeled as "centrifugal force" which is then itself said to be fictitious or imaginary.

In truth, the label "centrifugal force" should be applied as follows:

Centrifugal Force The outward-directed reaction force that is present in every event where an object is rotating or orbiting about a central axis. This often measurable centrifugal acceleration/Reaction force is caused by the event's centripetal acceleration/Action force. As a reaction force, the centrifugal force provides equal and opposite support for the centripetal action force as predicted to exist by Isaac Newton's LAW III while serving in no manner to reduce or cancel the inward-directed acceleration. It merely goes along for the ride as an outward-directed reactionary support force that is always present during the inward-directed acceleration of an object's matter.

Ethan Skyler

PS This definition is close to but somewhat better than the definition posted in infoplease.com. I think it represents a good solid beginning. Modifications and improvements to this definition will take us further in the direction of the truth.

The articles in scientific journals are always signed by their authors even though the copyright is given over to the journal. Also the author is allowed to use his words in his own work as a condition of the copyright agreement.

Extending this practice to Wikipedia definitions can only enhance respect for the work presented here.

 * The whole point of calling it fictitious and imaginary is that the observers perceptions are suspect. In the rotating reference frame, one appears to see two forces (Centrifugal force and Coriolis force) which are not actually there. Assigning the label "centrifugal force" to the Newton's 3rd reaction to centripetal force removes a useful label for this phenomenon.

 * As to the signing of articles, it is a matter of Wikipedia policy that articles are not signed, because articles may be freely edited by anyone. Signing would discourage this. -- Cyrius|&#9998 17:09, Apr 28, 2004 (UTC)

Overall it is not right to apply a Physical term to an observer's experience. This is an area outside the science of Physics. The problem is that you have chosen a real Physical term that is needed elsewhere in reference to a very real, often measurable, LAW III reaction force. I think the solution is to find a Psychological term to apply to the accelerating observer's tendancy to develop suspect observations. I think something like "Coriolis effect" in reference to the accelerating observer's confusion would be better.

I think the ultimate solution is education. Educators need to explain the problems associated with accelerating observations. The students need to be told that, for example, that the truck's observer is confused by what he sees. The students will be empowered to recognize that no acceleration is occurring to the fridge as the truck accelerates out from under it. No acceleration means no acceleration-causing force is present. Then when the cause of this event needs explaining, the centripetal acceleration/Action force of the truck's front wheels provide the LAW I approved answer to the truck's centripetal acceleration. It all makes sense to the student and is easier on the teacher.

What do you think? Can we have "centrifugal force" back so that it may be used where it is really needed?

Ethan Skyler

 * You may be right that the term is in need of a renaming, but Wikipedia is the wrong place to go about that change. The usage I have chosen is the one used by physicists, engineers, and especially meteorologists who must deal with the constantly rotating reference frame of the Earth. The engineering dynamics textbook sitting in the next room from me makes enormous reference to centripetal force and 3rd law reactions, but does not even have an entry for "centrifugal force" in the index.

 * In all cases when I was exposed to it at the high school and university levels, the description came with the clear explanation that the force in question does not actually exist, and is a figment of misinterpreting the rotating reference frame.

 * Applying the label "centrifugal force" to the 3rd law reaction to centripetal force would not be useful, as that force is more usefully described as the reaction to centripetal force. Labelling the observer-dependent fictional force is far more important, as overcoming the incorrect intuitive understanding of it is an important step in the teaching of classical mechanics.

 * -- Cyrius|&#9998 04:18, Apr 29, 2004 (UTC)

There is a clear difference between your centrifugal force experience and my centrifugal force reaction to centripetal force. That difference is that your centrifugal force is mistakenly thought to be an outward-directed event causing action force. Such as the potter who declares that "centrifugal force caused my large soft pot to rip apart at the rim and flop on the turning wheel." Here he expects that some outward-directed action force is responsible. The truth is that the pot's soft rim was unable to continue supplying the tension-based inward-directed centipetal action force necessary for the rim's matter to continue its centripetal acceleration.

The term centrifugal force is too broad a brush, covering up any mention of the reaction-to-the-action of centripetal force. Your imaginary force could logically be called "centrifugal action force" which all experts will agree does not exist. My real force could logically be called "centrifugal reaction force" which all experts would agree does exist. This way room to exist is granted to the real centrifugal reaction force.

The Wiki definition does use the action word "acting" for the imaginary centrifugal action force supporting this dual naming I propose. But what of that "equal in magnitude" to the centripetal action force part? What's with that? Please explain.

 * Stop referring to my usage of the term "centrifugal force" as if I have invented it. I am using the standard definition, as defined by people who work within rotating reference frames on a regular basis. If you want to redefine the term, you need to start somewhere other than Wikipedia, as that is not its purpose. -- Cyrius|&#9998 16:04, Apr 29, 2004 (UTC)

How does this compare to Centripedal force - I seem to recall that centrifugal wasn't what it was commonly thought of (tendancy for spinning things to push outward)??

Rewrote, with pseudo-force explanation included.

I think the confusion with centrifugal should be pointed out (and 213.253.39.xxx did this pretty well), but not with the term 'pseudo-force'. It is a valid, normal force, it is the misunderstanding that lots of people have with it that is the problem.

Also slightly unhelpful is:

 * Centrifugal force is not actually a force in the same way as magnetic force or gravity

Of course it is - it is even carried by gravitons (if they exist.) It is just how the force arises that is different. -- sodium

 * An observer with a rotating frame of reference matching that of the container could also view this as motion under Newton's laws, with the addition of the centrifugal pseudo-force as a force to be resisted by the container.

I don't think this actually says anything more than already stated in the last paragraph. -- sodium

Physicists commonly disrecommend speaking of centrifugal forces instead of centripetal forces, because many people draw wrong conclusions from the idea of a centrifugal force. For example, many are not aware that a hammer released by a hammer thrower continues to move in a straight line (in the non-rotating reference frame), tangentially to its previous orbit, and its flight path is only influenced by gravity and friction. Also, the movement of this hammer in the rotating frame of reference, that was used to describe its orbit, could not be explained by centrifugal force. Whereas the model would make one expect a straight movement away from the center of rotation, with radial velocity increasing linearly with time, the hammer would instead, in the rotating reference frame, move spirally, with a radial velocity that converges toward a maximum (its velocity in the associated inert reference frame).

Removed the above as it seems to confuse the article and I didn't understand what it was trying to say. Rjstott 03:58, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Vector Definition
The definition of a vector is a quantity which adds according to the parallegram law. There are quantities that have orientation and magnitude but that are not vectors.

Pud 03:36, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I'm not a physicist or anything like that, but a few things appear to me to be ignored in all of this discussion. It is for certain that the term "centrifugal force" is commonly used to describe a force acting upon an object such as a car cornering or a ball attached to a string. It is also certain that this use of the term is incorrect as those objects experience only centripetal forces. Newton's third law means that there will be an opposite force to this centripetal force acting upon another body (not the objects mentioned) In the case of the string this force would be the tension pulling against the hand holding the string - in the case of the car this force would be the component force exerted by the accelerating car against the ground. Some people here are claiming that in the case of the string it would be correct to call this reactive force a centrifugal force - as it is opposing the centripetal force. If this was correct that would mean that in the case of the car, the car experiences centripetal force and the road/planet experiences centrifugal force. It seems amusing to think that I'm imparting centrifugal force to the planet when I take my car into a bend - but this is certainly never how you would hear this term being used. It would appear then that the idea of using the term centrifugal force to describe the reactive force is inappropriate and best avoided as it is in most modern physics texts.

The term "centrifugal force" is best defined as a mechanical engineering misnomer.

When an object being rotated causes something to be thrown to the outside - such as water in a spin dryer the effect that would be commonly termed "centrifugal force" is an illusion. The water is ejected because it travels effectively in a straight line and it is the absence of centripetal force that causes it to leave the cylinder - not "centrifugal force".

IN this case the term "centrifugal force" is best described as an illusion. as there is no "centre -fleeing" (latin derivation) force at all.

Huygens was the first to formulate centripetal acceleration - but got it in the wrong direction - believing that it was away from the centre. Just because errors like this were made over 300 years ago does not mean that they have to be continued today.

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Iris Gower

Iris Davies (1935 – 20 July 2010), pen name Iris Gower, was a British novelist from Swansea, Wales, noted for historical romances. They are set mainly in the seaport of Swansea and adjacent Gower Peninsula, from which she took her pseudonym.

Biography
Iris Richardson was born in 1935 in Swansea, the sister of Billy, Jean, John and Christine. Her family lived in Swansea city centre, but afterwards moved to Mayhill, where Iris met pattern-maker, William Tudor Davies. She and Davies married on Iris's 21st birthday. They settled in Manselton, Swansea and had four children: Tudor Jr, Angela, Susan and Paul.

As a young woman Iris Gower worked as a nursery teacher and took other part-time jobs. She began writing in her twenties and had several stories published in magazines such as Woman's Own and Jackie. She published her first novel, Tudor Tapestry, in 1974, but success came with her novel, Copper Kingdom (1983). It was one of many of her novels set in the copper, pottery and other industries of Swansea or in the rural life of Gower.

Iris Gower was awarded an MA in Creative Writing by Cardiff University, and an Honorary Fellowship at Swansea University (1999). Altogether she wrote about 40 published books, including 26 novels.

In the latter part of her career she and her husband settled at Derwen Fawr, Swansea. But on 15 April 2002 her husband of 48 years died after a stroke. Later Iris lived with a partner, Peter Snadden, and continued writing. She remained interested in fostering the work of other writers. She became a patron of the Year of Literature in Swansea, and at the Swansea Writers' Circle welcomed and encouraged the novelist Catrin Collier.

Gower is quoted as saying in 2009, "You can learn technicalities but not creativity. There were no lessons when I started. So I just put my four children to bed at 7 pm and wrote. I wouldn't pay for a course. If people are so damn good at writing, why are they teaching and not writing? I research a lot and talk to people. People's anecdotes are like gold nuggets."

Iris Gower died at Singleton Hospital, Swansea, on 20 July 2010. She was 75 years old.

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Martin Lauer

Karl Martin Lauer (2 January 1937 – 6 October 2019) was a West German sprinter who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Biography
Lauer was a German champion in 110 m hurdles from 1956 to 1960 and in decathlon in 1956. At the 1956 Summer Olympics, he finished fourth in 110 m hurdles and fifth in decathlon. At the 1958 European Championships, he won the gold in 110 m hurdles. In 1958 Lauer also ran his first world record, in the 4 × 100 m relay. He set his second world record in 1959, this time in his main event of 110 m hurdles (13.2); this record stood until 1972. The same year he also set his personal best in decathlon and was ranked second in the world in this event. At the end of the year he was named Athlete of the Year by the sports magazine Track & Field News, the first ever of the annual election.

At the Rome Olympics Lauer was again fourth in 110 m hurdles and ran the anchoring leg for the German's 4 × 100 m relay team. In the final the Germans finished second behind the United States, but 15 minutes after the finish it was announced that the American team had been disqualified for an incorrect exchange. Germany's time, 39.5 seconds, equaled their own world record.

After the Olympics Lauer was forced to retire from sports – a non-sterile injection resulted in sepsis and prospects of leg amputation. While visiting Lauer in hospital, his girlfriend and brother had a car crash, with the girlfriend dying immediately and his brother several years later. After recovering Lauer became a country singer and sold a few million copies of his 40+ records. His single "Taxi nach Texas" was awarded the Silver Lion of Radio Luxembourg in 1964. Lauer attended the 1964 Olympics as a journalist and the 1972 Olympics as a representative of the Junghans Company. He later worked as director of the German company Triumph-Adler. Lauer died on 6 October 2019 at the age of 82.

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Talk:Action Replay

This article should explain where the cheat codes can be obtained.

Curious
I know that this probably isnt the place for this, but does anyone know how to translate codes from other formats, such as gameshark, VBA, etc. into Action REplay for the Gameboy Advance? or if not, does anyone know of a program that does? thx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.244.31.53 (talk) 00:53, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Problem with the DS section
Why is cheating on Wi-Fi classified as "not malicious"? I would suggest that line be changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Durdy (talk • contribs)

Action Replay Code Sources
In the links it should include other action replay code sources such as gscentral, codejunkies.com, blogspot.com, IGN.com, and arcentral.net they offer more in depth info than codejunkies on certain games. --kirby145 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.240.9.216 (talk • contribs)

 * I don't see any codes on GSCentral? Dlong 04:50, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

gscentral hasn't had codes on its site for almost a year and it's content is not quality tested to ensure they even work on the real system. It should be left as is.

GSCentral.org has had codes on its site and it is quality tested by its various users. - Anonymous. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.49.131.204 (talk) 22:10, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Lack of other regional codes for Action Replay MAX
Is there a website containing a database to AR MAX codes other than NTSC and PAL, JAP, specifically, *if anything*? Also, why did Datel remove that damn page full of japanese regional codes in their codejunkies page to begin with, anyway? To promote their isolation from Asia/inflate their already bruised ego?

Sincerely frustrated, --Kitetsu 08:07, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Action Replay Version 3
Action Replay Version 3 GBA/SP Where do you get the Action Replay V.3 for GBA and GBASP???

You can find it at a GOOD store (Not Zellers or Walmart). Try EB games if you have one in your town. If you don't have an EB Games and you REALLY DESPERATELY WANT IT, try Future Shop (Ugh)

Ouch
A word of warning: Do not use AR products if you value your game. While having any character I want is nice, having a corrupted game is not. -- PinkDeoxys 18:16, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

I've never had my data corrupte by AR. As a safety precaution though I would recommend making a back-up save file before using any codes. -- TJ Spyke 17:17, 1 April 2006 (EST)

If you want to use an error-free AR, you have to be careful of which codes you use. Remember that AR screws with the systems RAM(The data that is currently loaded onto the system) to make the modifications. Sometimes certain codes you use (Even if it has NOTHING to do with save files) can jerk around the data that is sent to the memory card. The best way to guarantee not corrupting game files is to buy a separate memory card all together, since AR can corrupt ALL the data on a memory card, even files from different games. Be careful of codes made my novice hackers as well. Sometimes the effect of the code is actually a side effect of what the code is REALLY doing, which may very well be deleting your hard earned save files. !!!Scrambled Eggs the Game Hacker!!!

Actually, if it does corrupt your save, it absolutely DOES have everything to do with saves. It's just a matter of knowing the game code, and knowing common sense.

Peace - JoshuaMD

I myself am an avid AR coder. It really isn't too easy to corrupt your game, ESPECIALLY if you are only using the built-in codes that come with Action Replay. There are only a few cases I know of where, without saving, loading a code will permanently corrupt your game.The worst one I know of, is using a code that allows you to load certain objects into the level in SM64DS. There are only 167 (359, in a decimal system instead of hex) objects, and loading the 168th (which doesn't exist) into a level screws up your copy of the game (even with the code off). But still, if you are a code creator, you really should have backup saves of your game. Otherwise, there isn't too much things to worry about, really. Goomba Smackdown!! (talk) 15:13, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Pardon me?
Um, on the page it says that "Action Replay for Gamecube can enable a Debug Mode in Super Smash Bros. Melee." By chance, what is this debug mode? No "code" on my Action Replay disc is for SSBM's "Debug Mode". It is not on the site either. If someone does not logically verify that there is a debugging mode for the game, I will remove that bullet.

EDIT: I will also delete all info related to the bullet on the SSBM pages. Just a forewarning. --Moped 18:19, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

 * http://www.gscentral.org/game.php?systemID=5&gameID=1018 Dlong 02:03, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

You have a broken link there mate! --4.227.2.147 20:45, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

That site is down for maintenance for a while. Some sort of security issue. The site SHOULD be back up and running soon. And even when the site DOES come back, that particular link probably wont work. Try just going to the main page at
 * http://www.gscentral.org

Gscentral will not be back anytime soon, if it even opens at all, so don't get your hopes up.

and using their navigation bar. !!!Scrambled Eggs the Game Hacker!!!

^^^^^

UPDATE: GSCentral.org has been back online for years. Where have you been? Go check it out right now if you don't believe me... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.49.131.204 (talk) 22:12, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Evo Edition?
Anybody know the differences between the AR Max and the AR Max Evo Edition? I can't find any sites that list the differences and it would probably be good to list them in this article. SilentRage 03:05, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Evo edition came with a 16mb USB Pen Drive. That is all. The Kinslayer 08:26, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Reference for trainer toolkit for new DS AR?
Can someone provide a source for this information?

Sure. http://us.codejunkies.com/Products/NDS-Trainer-Toolkit___EF000358.aspx Goomba Smackdown!! (talk) 15:15, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Phantasy Star Online critsisms
alright, i know i can't spell, but shouldn't we add something about PSO being the most hated game to use the action replay on???Lord GaleVII 17:13, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

 * No. Dlong 19:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

 * If something like that were to be posted, it should be posted on the PSO page, not here.--Iamstillhiro1112 17:11, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

N64 Passport
Should this be listed as an Action Replay for N64? I mean, there's one just like this made by Datel for the Gamecube (called the Freeloader) and the Passport Plus comes with an Action Replay, so should it be listed?

71.123.61.158 00:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC) ING-X 71.123.61.158 00:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Not Unless it was made by Datel.--Iamstillhiro1112 18:08, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Reference
An article with 0 sources is unacceptable. Dlong 23:14, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Even the Mega Man page has only one reference. But I started a reference section anyway, add to it if you can find creditable resources. Remember, this section isn't for linkspam in the form of a reference.--Iamstillhiro1112 00:54, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I would like to see a reference for the notion that the Action Replay can be used to cheat while playing multiplayer Wi-Fi games. In my experience and from what I have read online, that is absolutely false. --69.152.168.200 12:39, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Another criticism for the list?
Apparently the new version 1.20 of the Action Replay for Gamecube will not allow the user to add codes AT ALL. I am far from the only person upset about this:

http://arcentral.net has several forum threads from people asking how to add codes, only to be told they can't. The packaging indeed claims "Easy to update with NEW codes for NEW games". IMO this amounts to false advertising. 69.221.1.120 22:12, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I have version 1.2 and it does not say that on the package. I am miffed, however, to learn that I can't add codes.SuperGerbil 00:14, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Any word of AR coming out for 7th gen consoles?
Just curious 76.189.29.117 21:45, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I read that Datel's making a "Powersave" thing for Wii. It supposedly allows you to edit saves you already have and stuff for a similar effect to the AR's. In fact, I think it might already be available. Dude902 00:02, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Criticisms
If this section can not be verified, it needs to be removed. As it stands this is a POV Problem. SpigotMap 05:39, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Further Criticism
Many factions of the gaming community, including many from the Nintendo Forums (which have since now been closed and removed, so I cannot get proof. They were the NSider forums) regard Action Replay as a feature that ruins the gaming spirit. Games such as Pokémon, which should invovle hard work to gain all the Pokémon, can now be completed effortlessly by tapping in a few codes. Also, with the introduction of NWC to the Pokémon series in Diamond and Pearl, some more corrupt players have used Action Replay to 'hack' their own Pokémon's stats, making them more powerful than the game's system normally allows, and in effect creating an unfair playing field. Evidence of Nintendo's opposition to Action Replay can be found in the Missingno egg case. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ginger Warrior (talk • contribs) 13:19, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Forums do not qualify as a reliable source. Even if NSider was still around, you could not cite them. Dlong 14:21, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

But we're not citing it as a fact, we're just showing opinions. Goomba Smackdown!! (talk) 15:20, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

(In the meantime, I agree with the criticism. I enjoy making AR codes, but only for fun codes. People who use AR to beat games and to annoy people on wifi are really just morons.) Goomba Smackdown!! (talk) 15:20, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Why is the Lik-Sang link still up?
Lik-Sang got shut down a long time ago and the external link at the bottom of this page gets you redirected to their famous "Sony killed us" page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.15.23.38 (talk) 23:21, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Wii/Gamecube
can the wii action replay work for the gamecube games? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pikazilla (talk • contribs) 13:50, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't know if they have released the Wii Action Replay yet. As noted in the main entry, the Gamecube Action Replay no longer works on the Wii. I'm hoping the Wii Action Replay will work on the Wii and not also be blocked due to Nintendo's overenthused action (IMO) to prevent piracy. If not, I'm not going to be a happy camper. I'm probably going to write/e-mail Nintendo and ask them to let the Wii Action Replay work on the Wii.

Wii Action Replay
Is the Wii Action Replay released or not? The Codejunkies site doesn't have it, but I've seen a few online retailers with it. 24.78.107.120 (talk) 04:24, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

 * It is rumoured to be released soon but Codejunkies have not said anything about it. The First Darklord (talk) 02:51, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

 * I say we delete the reference then. Wishful thinking is all very nice, and I want this to be true, but at this time, we're really just spreading rumors and lies.  Consider it gone.  CameronB (talk) 14:55, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure if this should be mentioned in the article, but I heard the Wii Action Replay was discontinued. If anybody knows why, and would like to mention this in the article, please do so.--Tomballguy (talk) 22:54, 20 March 2009 (UTC)Chris

I found it at comics connection,singapore at causeway point. It is called powersaves I think. Check it out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.6.219.182 (talk) 03:53, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

HELP
My DS will no longer accept my AR it displays that there isn't any chip in. any tips? Djf2014 (talk) 19:35, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Same thing happened with me when I dropped my DS. Get a newer version. --Kid Sonic (talk) 16:37, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

 * I just got Action Replay 2 Days ago, and it's awesome! The latest version is v1.60, so update it! --Declan4Mac ({{User talk:Declan4Mac|talk]]) —Preceding undated comment added 18:50, 3 July 2009 (UTC).

128bit Era?
What 128bit Era? Seriously, as far as I know, the systems listed are either 32bit or 64bit... I could be wrong but, I think someone's confused about what bits are. I'm not sure what to change it all to, probably "first, second, third, etc generation"... 24.254.163.150 (talk) 20:23, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Dispute
The article is tagged as having a dispute. What exactly is it? I don't see any specific discussion or attempts to resolve. --84.250.188.136 (talk) 19:43, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Wii Action Replay Maximum 2008
Who added this? It's not confirmed anywhere on the web. 87.55.68.116 (talk) 17:52, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Action Replay 2007 Gamecube version working with Xbox
Do we have a source or anything? I'm going to go ahead and remove it since it's un-sourced and sounds hard to believe. 75.62.40.223 (talk) 12:36, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

AR Media Edition online only?
I've bought an Action Replay Media Edition at a local GameStop store,I dont think that it's avabile only online.

Technology and internal workings
How does Action Replay cheating hardware work? Probably, it's unique to every exploided hardware, but it will be great if this article could say a few words regarding the different strategies. --Abdull (talk) 23:38, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

C64 version was much more than a "cheat device"
It also contained a monitor programm (with a simple assembler/disassembler) that could be used from the BASIC as well as from the freezer to inspect and modify system state. In contrast to disk based monitors this did not take up any memory and it could inspect hardware registers that normally could not be read by the CPU. This made the AR a very usefull debugging tool commonly used in games/demo development.

It also contained usefull "everyday" features like a fast loader and BASIC extensions. It could transfer many games from slow tapes to much faster discs.

The device was marketted as a "general purpose enahncement" to the C64. Cheating was just one of many features.

Christian K. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.194.43.54 (talk) 09:12, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

+1 from me. I came here to complain about just about that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.218.102.115 (talk) 14:01, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

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Paul Drayton (athlete)

Otis Paul Drayton (May 8, 1939 – March 2, 2010) was an American sprint runner.

Career
He was an AAU champion in the 220 yd sprint from 1961 to 1963. In 1961, he was a member of the world record of 39.1 seconds setting American 4 × 100 m relay team, and equaled the 200 m world record of 20.5 s in 1962. At the 1964 Olympics, Drayton won a silver medal in the 200 m and ran the opening leg for the gold medal-winning American 4 × 100 m relay team, which set a world record at 39.06 seconds.

In retirement, Drayton lived with his wife near Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked as deputy project director for the city's Division of Recreation and then at the sheriff's department. He died on March 2, 2010, of a pulmonary embolism following cancer surgery.

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Hinton Parva

Hinton Parva is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Hinton, in east Dorset, England, three miles north of Wimborne Minster. The parish had a population of 56 in 2001 and included the nearby village of Stanbridge. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2015 and merged with Hinton Martell to form Hinton parish.

The first tier of local government is Vale of Allen Parish Council, which covers four neighbouring parishes as well as Hinton.

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