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For This Cause

For This Cause is the ninth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. It was recorded live at the State Sports Centre in Sydney Olympic Park by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team, with a congregation of 5,000 people. The album reached No. 17 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Christian Albums Chart and No. 22 on the Top Independent Albums.

Album design
The cover artwork of For This Cause, uses Charme STD as the font to display the title. This cover was designed by Chris Perry Graphic Design and Emma Schuberg (the second to last album to be design by them).

Track listing

 * 1) "One Day" (Reuben Morgan) Worship leaders: Darlene Zschech & Reuben Morgan
 * 2) "Faith" (Reuben Morgan) Worship leader: Darlene Zschech
 * 3) "Awesome in This Place" (Ned Davies) Worship leader: Darlene Zschech & Steve McPherson
 * 4) "Dwell in Your House" (Paul Ewing) Worship leaders: Mark Stevens & Darlene Zschech
 * 5) "You Are Near" (Reuben Morgan) Worship leader: Darlene Zschech b. Steve McPherson
 * 6) "I Simply Live for You" (Russell Fragar) Worship leader: Miriam Webster b. Steve McPherson
 * 7) "Carry Me" (Marty Sampson) Worship leader: Marty Sampson
 * 8) "Lifted Me High Again" (Reuben Morgan) Worship leader: Darlene Zschech
 * 9) "Here to Eternity" (Darlene Zschech, David Moyse) Worship leader: Darlene Zschech
 * 10) "For This Cause" (Joel Houston) Worship leaders: Darlene Zschech & Reuben Morgan
 * 11) "Reaching for You" (Raymond Badham) Worship leaders: Rob Eastwood & Darlene Zschech
 * 12) "It Is You" (Darlene Zschech) Worship leader: Darlene Zschech
 * 13) "Believe" (Donna Lasit) Worship leader: Darlene Zschech & Katrina Peoples
 * 14) "Everyday" (Joel Houston) Worship leader: Mark Stevens b. Darlene Zschech

 * b= lead backing vocal

Band

 * Darlene Zschech – worship pastor, producer, worship leader
 * Russell Fragar – worship pastor, producer, music director, piano, string arranger
 * Reuben Morgan – worship leader, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Gilbert Clarke - vocals
 * Erica Crocker - vocals
 * Jayne Denham - vocals
 * Robert Eastwood - vocals
 * Lucy Fisher - vocals
 * Scott Haslem - vocals
 * Donia Makedonez - vocals
 * Steve McPherson - vocals
 * Reuben Morgan - vocals
 * Katrina Peoples - vocals
 * Tanya Riches - vocals
 * Marty Sampson - vocals
 * Mark Stevens - vocals
 * Miriam Webster - vocals
 * Lisa Young - vocals
 * Craig Gower - keyboards, string arranger
 * Peter King - keyboards
 * David Moyse - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Raymond Badham - electric guitar
 * Paul Ewing - bass guitar
 * Ian Fisher - bass guitar
 * Rick Peteriet - drums
 * Ross Peacock - drums
 * Luke Munns - drums, percussion
 * Peter Kelly - percussion
 * Greg Hughes - trombone
 * Matthew Hope - trumpet
 * Steve Bullivant - saxophone
 * Troy Carthew - saxophone, flute
 * Paul Iannuzzelli - saxophone
 * James Rudder - saxophone, violin
 * Claire Evans - flute
 * Troy Carthew - brass director
 * Phillip Sohn - cello
 * See Luan Loo - cello
 * Rachel Baker - violin
 * Lindy Connet - violin
 * Ee May Hayes - violin
 * Rebekah Skelton - violin
 * Jai Schelbach - violin
 * Denise Yu - viola
 * Margaret Howard - Hillsong kids choir conductor
 * Ruth Anthanasio - Hillsong Church choir conductors
 * Katia Bowley - Hillsong Church choir conductors

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List of past editors
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Mud March

Mud March may refer to:

 * Mud March (American Civil War), a Union winter offensive in January 1863
 * Mud March (suffragists), a 1907 procession through London staged by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies

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Brain Capacity
The brain capacity was about 1,600 cc (100 cubic inches), larger than the average for modern humans.[2]

^ LOL! HammerFilmFan (talk) 13:57, 14 August 2011 (UTC) HammerFilmFan

The name of this section should be "Brain Capacity", not "don't think so!". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sam Tomato (talk • contribs) 17:26, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carol Alt

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was KEEP. —Korath (Talk) 14:24, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

Carol Alt
Are all female supermodels inherently notable? Is this one? What with the nature of searches on the internet such that female actresses, movie stars and models are the most searched for queries, does this really make Google a level barometer for determining this comparitively and fairly in relationship to other existing biographical stubs? GRider\talk 19:59, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Not all of them, and not this one either considering the length of the article. Also she's 45 so if she's done nothing but modelling, I'd say she's passe. Delete Radiant! 20:53, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC) Radiant! 12:24, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * The article doesn't do her justice. In the early 80's (I think it was--maybe late 70's) she was probably one of the top 3 best known supermodels (at least in the US), with numerous Sports Illustrated inclusions. Her IMDb article has 43 entries under "Actress - filmography" and another 17 under "Notable TV Guest Appearances". She's a published author, and (according to the IMDb bio) "Life Magazine called her "The Face"" according to her website, in 1980, Life called her "The next million dollar face" . She's had a far more encyclopedic impact on the world than about half the people at Category:Porn stars (and yes, I'd vote to delete at least half of them--being a Ron Jeremy or a Nina Hartley is one thing--being an Internet-era 'pornblip of the week' is something else--I would argue nothing), or, say, Yamila Diaz-Rahi (a younger SI vet). I guess I'm saying keep. Sometimes it's best to base votes on something other than the current WP article. Niteowlneils 21:28, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep I can't believe someone is actually nominating an actress with 43 different film/TV credits spanning 3 decades, a career as a supermodel, as well as a starring role in a network TV series ("Thunder In Paradise")! I'm willing to assume good faith and everything, but come on... please do at least some research before nominating things. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  22:06, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * PS: Oh, and also an exact-phrase Google rank of 153,000 hits! Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 22:09, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Well-known model.  RickK 23:24, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep She is well-known and has a long resume on the Internet Movie Database. Zzyzx11 23:50, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * keep obviously. it's inconceivable that this would pass vfd. Wolfman 23:59, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, and expand. Supermodel from the 80s. Megan1967 00:16, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Celebrity = notability.--Centauri 00:31, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Quite well known for quite a while. In about the same league as Farrah Fawcett and Cheryl Tiegs. Dpbsmith (talk) 00:35, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC) P.S. Why the sudden concern over an article that's been here since July, 2003? Is the nominator genuinely concerned about this article or is he trying to illustrate a point about criteria for notability? Dpbsmith (talk) 00:43, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. The article's way too short - Niteowlneil's above description is far more detailed - but it's at least a decent start.  She still shows up on TV and print ads. - Lucky 6.9 01:21, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Fairly famous. Jayjg (talk)  03:54, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Article needs expansion, but Carol Alt is as worthy of an article as many of the other supermodels out there. (And, BTW, by definition anyone qualified to be called a supermodel is notable on that merit alone.) Alt also has a number of movies to her credit as well. 23skidoo 05:36, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I've done an initial expansion that better reflects her notability. Niteowlneils 20:30, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Nice! (But you forgot to mention that she got an IBM PC key named after her). Dpbsmith (talk) 21:26, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep — J3ff 00:32, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Obvious keep - David Gerard 23:36, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable supermodel.   — Gwalla | Talk 01:24, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep -- Longhair 02:52, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Roundness (handwriting)

The roundness or sharpness of handwriting patterns is caused by the phase of the horizontal and vertical pen-tip movements. The velocity signal components of these movements, which are virtually sinusoidal in shape, have a phase delay close to 90 degrees for very round handwriting. The correlation between Vx(t) and Vy(t) will be low. Sharp handwriting is characterized by a much higher correlation between the horizontal and vertical velocity signal, and a corresponding smaller phase delay.

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Tadjena

Tadjena (تدجنة) (formerly Fromentin) is a town in the Dahra mountains in Chlef Province in central Algeria, with a population of about 23,000; its altitude is 438 m.

History
The settlement of Tadjena was originally named after Eugene Fromentin, a French painter and poet who spent a lot of time in Algeria. The Tadjena massacre in 1997 occurred in two villages nearby.

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Sally Knyvette

Sally Knyvette ( (born 9 February 1951) is a British actress, theatre director, and teacher.

Early life
Born Sally James in Horsham, Sussex, the daughter of a doctor.

Early career
Knyvette started acting in repertory theatre for seven years, acting mostly on stage, including playing many Shakespeare roles.

Television career
On screen Knyvette is best known for her roles as Jenna Stannis in the first two seasons of the British science fiction series Blake's 7, and as Kate Sugden in the soap opera Emmerdale. She later complained of her Blake's 7 role that Jenna was under written and was not developed to its full potential in the rather sexist atmosphere of the BBC at the time.

After leaving Blake's 7 Knyvette studied for an English and drama degree at the University of London

Other television appearances include: Holby City, Family Affairs, A Touch of Frost, Unfinished Business, Casualty, EastEnders, Dalziel and Pascoe, Coronation Street, The Politician's Wife, The Bill, Big Deal, Who Pays the Ferryman?, General Hospital, Breakaway Girls and Z-Cars.

Theatre career
Her Theatre career has been extensive " it includes working for two years with Mike Alfreds Company Method and Madness and most recently playing Goneril for Jonathan Miller

in 2002 She assisted Jack Gold on directing Twelve Angry Men at the Tricycle Theatre

In 2004 She directed a production of Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been by Eric Bentley at the Tricycle Theatre.

In 2006 She directed a production of Inherit the Wind  at the Tricycle Theatre, and a production of Maxim Gorky’s Summerfolk at B.A.D.A.

in 2008 She directed To Kill a Mocking Bird at the Tricycle Theatre

In 2010 directed Judgment at Nuremberg at the TricycleTheatre, and remounted the production at The Bridewell Theatre a year later

followed by Productions of A Midsummer Nights Dream at GSA and Hard Times at City Lit

In 2013 She directed A World Elsewhere by Alan Franks at Theatre 503

In 2022 She played Helen in Five Characters in Search of a Good Night's Sleep directed by Mike Alfreds at Southwark Playhouse

in 2022 She played Jean in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel directed by Lucy Bailey, National tour.

Sally also works in the corporate sector and has worked at the Foreign office and at Ashridge (Britain’s leading independent centre for management and organisation development) using her skills a to help individuals develop both Impact and presence in their corporate presentations

Sally regularly works as a Voice Over artist..She has voiced many commercials and  amongst other things Doctorman Allen in the Doctor Who audio adventure Spare Parts and that of  Queen Carmilla in the video game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and its sequel, developed by Mercury Steam. She voiced Emiliana Perfetti in the video game Layton's Mystery Journey developed by Level-5.

She runs Shakespeare workshops both in France and London and teaches privately and at top drama schools

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The Purple People Eater

"The Purple People Eater" is a novelty song written and performed by Sheb Wooley, which reached No. 1 in the Billboard pop charts in 1958 from June 9 to July 14, No. 1 in Canada, reached No. 12 overall in the UK Singles Chart, and topped the Australian chart.

Composition
"The Purple People Eater" tells how a strange creature (described as a "one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people eater") descends to Earth because it wants to be in a rock 'n' roll band. The premise of the song came from a joke told by the child of a friend of Wooley's; Wooley finished composing it within an hour.

Much of the song's humor derives from toying with the listener's expectations. The creature is initially described as having "one long horn", suggestive of an anatomical horn, yet the song ends with the creature playing music from the horn, implying that it is acoustic or instrumental.

Likewise, challenging the listener's assumption that the creature is a purple-colored people-eater, the creature asserts that it eats purple people: "I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line? He said eating purple people, and it sure is fine, But that's not the reason that I came to land I wanna get a job in a rock 'n roll band."

The creature also declines to eat the narrator "'cause [he's] so tough", a term which can be interpreted either as fierce or not easily chewed.

Attempts to clarify the ambiguities in the song have persisted since its original release. The 1958 sheet music portrayed a purple creature playing the single horn on his head like a woodwind instrument, and MGM used the same image on record sleeves in foreign markets such as Australia and Japan. In response to requests from radio disc jockeys to portray the creature, listeners drew pictures that show a purple-colored people eater.

The voice of the purple people eater is a sped-up recording, giving it a voice similar to, but not quite as high-pitched or as fast, as Mike Sammes's 1957 "Pinky and Perky", or Ross Bagdasarian's "Witch Doctor", another hit from earlier in 1958; and "The Chipmunk Song" which was released late in 1958. Alvin and the Chipmunks eventually covered "Purple People Eater" for their 1998 album The A-Files: Alien Songs. The sound of a toy saxophone was produced in a similar fashion, as the saxophone was originally recorded at a reduced speed.

Notable recordings
According to Wooley, MGM Records initially rejected the song, saying that it was not the type of music with which they wanted to be identified. An acetate of the song reached MGM Records' New York office. The acetate became popular with the office's young people. Up to 50 people would listen to the song at lunchtime. The front office noticed, reconsidered their decision, and decided to release the song.

The Sheb Wooley version crossed to the Billboard R&B Best Sellers in Stores chart, peaking at No. 18.

Jackie Dennis covered the song in 1958, and his version reached No. 29 in the UK.

Judy Garland recorded the song on her 1958 Capitol Records album Garland at the Grove, accompanied by Freddy Martin & his Orchestra, issued as Capitol T 1118 (mono) and ST 1118 (stereo).

Wooley recorded another version of the song in 1967, titled "The Purple People Eater #2" and credited to his alter ego Ben Colder, on the MGM label.

A cover version recorded by British comedian Barry Cryer reached No. 1 in the Finnish chart after contractual reasons prevented Wooley's version being released in Scandinavia.

Wooley re-recorded the song in 1979 under the title "Purple People Eater", which Gusto Records released through its King Records subsidiary.

A dubstep song under the title "Purple People Eater" by the Swedish electronic music group Pegboard Nerds was released in 2018 and samples the original piece.

Popularity
The enduring popularity of the song led to the nicknaming of the highly effective "Purple People Eaters", the Minnesota Vikings defensive line of the 1970s, whose team colors include purple.

From 1982, major British toy manufacturer Waddingtons marketed a children's game inspired by the song. Players competed to remove tiny "people" from the rubber Purple People Eater shell, using tweezers on a wire loop which activated an alarm if coming into contact with its metal jaws.

In the 1984 post-apocalyptic novel Brother in the Land, cannibals are nicknamed "Purples", from the song.

The 2022 film Nope features a cinematographer, Antlers Holst, who is hired to capture an alien on camera. While preparing to capture camera footage of the alien creature, Holst recites the lyrics from "The Purple People Eater".

In Winter 2022/2023, the USDA Agricultural Research Service held the “Name that Holiday Pepper - Violet to Red” contest on Challenge.gov to name new varieties of ornamental peppers they had developed. The winning name for a purple pepper with Cayenne pepper spiciness level was "Purple People Heater".

The Marvel supervillain Bastion uses the song as a self-chosen theme song in the 2024 Marvel Animation Disney+ streaming series X-Men '97.

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Carlos Bilardo

Dr. Carlos Salvador Bilardo (born 16 March 1938) is an Argentine former physician, football player, and manager.

Bilardo achieved worldwide renown as a player with Estudiantes de La Plata in the 1960s, and as the manager of the Argentina side that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup and came close to retaining the title in 1990, where they reached the final. As manager of Argentina, he was renowned for successfully employing the 3–5–2 formation at the highest level; this formation has been in use for decades, but has never achieved mainstream status.

Bilardo is known by fans and the media as el narigón ("the big nosed one").

Early life

Bilardo was born in the Buenos Aires La Paternal neighbourhood to Sicilian immigrants from Mazzarino. He was drawn to football from his childhood, but did not neglect study or work. On school vacations, he would get up before dawn to haul produce to the Abasto market in Buenos Aires.

Bilardo was a promising prospect in the youth divisions of major Buenos Aires club San Lorenzo de Almagro, and he was drafted to the junior Argentina national football team that obtained the 1959 Pan-American title and took part in the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome.

In 1961, Bilardo was transferred to second-division side Deportivo Español, where he became the team's top scorer, but he slowly gravitated to the position of defensive midfielder. In parallel, he continued his studies in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires.

Club career
In 1965, Bilardo was transferred to Estudiantes de La Plata, where manager Osvaldo Zubeldía built a team based on the Killer youth divisions (la tercera que mata) and thought of using Bilardo as a more mature anchor for the midfield.

Bilardo became Estudiantes' inside-the-pitch tactician. Over a four-year span, the team won one Metropolitano title (1967), three Copa Libertadores titles (1968–1970, defeating Palmeiras, Nacional and Peñarol respectively at the finals) and one Intercontinental Cup in 1968 against Manchester United.

After graduating as a physician (together with fellow player Raúl Horacio Madero), Bilardo retired from play and accepted the job of Estudiantes coach in 1971. For the next years, he divided his time between managing, his family (he married in 1968 and fathered a daughter), and helping manage his father's furniture business. He even found time to research rectal cancer and practice as a gynecologist (Bilardo finally retired from the practice of medicine in 1976, feeling that being a physician requires a full-time commitment that he was unable to provide).

Managerial career
After retiring as a player, Bilardo became Estudiantes coach in 1971. Estudiantes got to the final of the 1971 Copa Libertadores, which it lost to Nacional. In 1976, he became manager of Colombia's Deportivo Cali and after a 2-year stint he managed to get the squad into the Copa Libertadores Finals but once again failed to win the title. After failing in the 1978 Copa Libertadores Finals, Bilardo had a short stint in San Lorenzo and then became Colombia national team's trainer. When the team failed to qualify for the 1982 World Cup, he was fired from his position, and Estudiantes arranged for his return to Argentina. The club was enjoying healthy finances due to the transfer of Patricio Hernández, and accommodated Bilardo's request for reinforcements. The team made the semi-finals of the 1982 Nacional and went on to win the same year's Metropolitano title.

Bilardo's scheme was based on Zubeldía's tactics, and its attacking might (fueled by players like Sabella, Trobbiani, Gottardi and Ponce) earned the attention of the media—and of the top brass of the Argentine Football Association, who offered him to manage the Argentina national team.

He held the post from 1983 until after the 1990 World Cup. Under his watch, Diego Maradona became the most dominant player of his age, and Argentina enjoyed their best international harvest, winning the 1986 edition and reaching the 1990 final.

Bilardo wrote a book called "Así Ganamos" ("How we won", Editorial Sudamericana Planeta) retelling the story of Argentina's 1986 FIFA World Cup win.

After 1990
From 1990 and onwards, Bilardo alternated teaching and journalism stints with managing. He would reunite with Maradona in Sevilla FC and later in Boca Juniors, and have a brief term as the national coach of Libya.

Bilardo returned to Estudiantes for the 2003–2004 season. In a publicised episode during that season, Bilardo sat next to the pitch during a game against Club Atlético River Plate and drank from a bottle of champagne. When confronted by media, he maintained that the bottle actually contained Gatorade; the contents of the bottle were analysed by a forensic lab, confirming Bilardo's version. Within that season, results improved, and several young players were promoted to the first team, including José Ernesto Sosa, who would later help Estudiantes become a contender; three years later, the team won the League title under coach Diego Simeone, and in 2009 Estudiantes won the Copa Libertadores again, with Bilardo attending the final in Belo Horizonte and receiving a gift from coach Sabella—his "lucky" beige coat.

Bilardo covered the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany for Argentine TV station Canal 13 as a commentator. In the aftermath of the tournament, Argentine manager José Pekerman renounced the post, and Bilardo's name was floated as a possible substitute. The job eventually went to Alfio Basile, who had earlier succeeded Bilardo as national coach after the 1990 World Cup.

Following the 2007 gubernatorial election, Bilardo was named Secretary of Sports of Buenos Aires province under governor Daniel Scioli.

General Manager
A new generation of Bilardo-influenced coaches has taken over many key positions in Argentine and South American football: Brown, Pumpido, Burruchaga, Batista, Russo, and Maradona.

When Maradona was named as national team coach in October 2008, Bilardo was tapped for the post of Argentina General Manager. After the designation, Bilardo agreed to quit his Secretary post.

Player

 * San Lorenzo
 * Primera División: 1959
 * Estudiantes
 * Primera División: 1967 Metropolitano
 * Copa Libertadores: 1968, 1969, 1970
 * Intercontinental Cup: 1968
 * Copa Interamericana: 1968
 * Argentina
 * Pan American Games Gold Medal: 1959

Manager

 * Estudiantes
 * Primera División: 1982 Metropolitano

 * Deportivo Cali
 * Categoría Primera A runner-up: 1977, 1978
 * Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1978

 * Argentina
 * FIFA World Cup: 1986; runner-up: 1990
 * Copa América Third place: 1989

Individual
 * Guerin Sportivo Manager of the Year: 1986
 * South American Coach of the Year: 1986, 1987
 * Konex Award: 1990
 * World Soccer 29th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013

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Fromentin

Fromentin may refer to:

 * Eligius Fromentin (circa 1767–1822), American politician
 * Eugène Fromentin (1820–1876), French painter and writer
 * Jacques Fromentin (1754–1830), French general of the French Revolutionary Wars
 * Fromentin, Chlef, Algeria

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Sloppiness space

In graphonomics, sloppiness space is a term introduced by David Goldberg and Cate Richardson of Xerox to describe the shape space of all graph (handwriting) around an idealized allograph. Sloppiness space can be so large that optical character recognition becomes difficult due to overlap with shapes for non-intended characters.

Definition
Goldberg and Richardson's system is related to unistrokes, or one-stroke forms, for handwritten characters. They write that a unistroke letter that is described by d features can be thought of as representing a point in a d-dimensional space. Two characters are well-separated in "sloppiness space" when the variation caused by writing a letter more quickly only results in small changes in the position in that d—dimensional space.

Subsequent researchers have further explored the concept using autoregressive models.

Xerox case
The concept of sloppiness space was discussed in a 1997 lawsuit in which Xerox sued 3Com, alleging that 3Com's "Graffiti" technology to interpret handwriting text, used in their PalmPilot devices, infringed upon a patent by Xerox of technology to do the same. The court ruled that the concept, as defined, was ambiguous.

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Ron and Fez

The Ron and Fez Show was an American talk radio show hosted by Ron Bennington and Fez Whatley, which aired from August 1998 to April 2015.

After a run in Tampa, Florida as part of The Ron and Ron Show, and then several other stints in Daytona Beach, Florida, New York City, and Washington, D.C., and on Sirius XM Radio.

Formation
In 1987, stand-up comedian Ron Bennington joined Ron Diaz to create a wildly popular and raunchy morning radio program, The Ron and Ron Show at Tampa Bay's WYNF-FM, 95ynf (now WWRM). On December 21, 1994, Ron Diaz announced that his wife Debbie was diagnosed with AIDS, and Diaz began periodically missing broadcasts to care for her. Debbie died on November 13, 1995. Diaz announced his departure on-air from The Ron & Ron Show in early 1997, and on September 29, 1997, after a successful 11-year run, the show ended. Fez Whatley, a producer at the time, became Bennington's new co-host.

1998–2000: WKRO Daytona Beach
On August 24, 1998, The Ron and Fez Show debuted on WKRO-FM in Daytona Beach in the morning drive-time slot. Just a few months earlier, on May 22, 1998, The Monsters in the Morning (then known as The Monsters of the Midday), briefly reunited several regulars from the cancelled Ron and Ron Show, including Bennington, Whatley, Billy "The Phone Freak," and Paul O, where on-air Ron and Fez announced their return to radio. Using the formula they helped develop in Tampa, Ron and Fez recruited new employees, interns and characters for the new show. They were on WKRO until January 2000, when they left for New York.

2000–2003: WNEW-FM New York
The Ron and Fez show debuted on WNEW in New York City on February 21, 2000, and within one month their program was syndicated to Washington, D.C.'s WJFK.

New York's WNEW-FM was converted from a long-respected rock station to all-talk in 1999, with afternoon drive show Opie and Anthony as the focal point. Ron and Fez signed on to host an overnight talk show named Ron and Fez Dot Com, beginning February 21, 2000 and broadcast from 11pm–3am. Ron and Fez eventually moved to evenings (7:00–11:00 pm), then to early afternoon (12:00–3:00pm) and later back to the evening timeslot. Buoyed by Opie and Anthony's lead-in ratings, the duo began to enjoy success.

During this period, several memorable characters joined their on-air team, including taciturn producer Hawk; Dumpy, Tasteless Ginny; and the call-in prankster Joe Poo. The show's web-based premise inspired the founding of several websites devoted to the show, including RFBabies.com (once a haven for the show's cadre of young female fans), and the unofficial site for the show. Though "Dot Com" was soon dropped from the show's title, Ron and Fez have garnered an admirable online following due to RonFez.net.

Big ASS Cards
Ron and Fez developed the "Big ASS Card" for those wanting to join their "All Secret Society." Aside from providing discounts at sponsors' establishments, the "Big ASS Card" identified cardholders with the show. Whenever "Big ASS Card" holders gave their card number at the beginning of the call, a sound clip was played of Al Pacino yelling "HOO-AH!". Though the promotion was discontinued, some callers still announce their "BAC" numbers, and the clip is usually played when producers are paying attention.

September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks
On the evening of September 11, the team stayed on the air taking calls from distressed listeners, some of whom were unsure if loved ones were still alive inside the Twin Towers. It is said that Hawk walked across the Queensboro Bridge against outpouring hordes of people to get to his job; Billy Staples hid in a Long Island Rail Road bathroom so he could return to work because only medical and rescue personnel were allowed into the city. Ron and Fez expressed heartfelt sympathy and related the feelings of many New Yorkers, and staged several "bar crawls" and other events under the motto "New York Forever," designed to encourage listeners to patronize businesses in lower Manhattan. "The 2001 Halloween Bar Crawl" was particularly memorable thanks to the heavy turnout and shenanigans that ensued. The bars most publicized included The Slaughtered Lamb and Karavas' Place.

AFRO Shows
Ron and Fez enjoyed amicable relationships with WNEW's other personalities, particularly Opie and Anthony (O&A), who would sometimes sit in with the Ron and Fez show. These shows were known as "AFRO Shows" (AFRO being an acronym for Anthony, Fez, Ron, Opie).

2002–2005: WJFK-FM Washington, D.C.
Jeremy Coleman (PD of New York's WNEW in 2000) became aware of Ron and Fez when he was a program director for WJFK-FM, the sister station he nurtured. He originally intended to bring the show to DC, but instead became WNEW's program director. One month later, on March 27, 2000, Ron and Fez began tape delay syndication in DC where they found a small but loyal fan base in a late night timeslot. In November 2002, WJFK's evening radio show The Sports Junkies relocated to WHFS, opening a timeslot for Ron and Fez to syndicate their show live in Washington DC (7p.m.–11 p.m.), following The Don and Mike Show.

Relocation to Washington, D.C.
After WNEW changed formats in early 2003, Ron and Fez began broadcasting the show on WJFK. Although heard only in Washington DC, Ron and Fez chose to remain in New York until June 2003, when they finally relocated to the WJFK studios in Fairfax, Virginia. During the following year, several memorable characters, listeners and staff gave the show a fresh identity. While the WNEW show had been heavily influenced by a dedicated and funny core group of callers, WJFK proved to be fertile ground for eccentric visitors who each brought their own unique humor to the show. Perrynoid, Cherrynoid, Mikeyboy, David Lee Kinison (aka Elfish), Cigar Sid (aka Sidcada) Crazy Jen and Don the Hypnotist became call-in and studio regulars. During the late summer of 2003, Ron and Fez took calls for 2 extra hours on the evening of Hurricane Isabel. All of the DC, Northern Va and Maryland areas were without power or under water.

Known for being team players, Ron and Fez worked on split shifts, did drop-ins for WJFK's Redskins broadcasts, did live commercials and appearances, and helped mentor the hosts of a weekend show (later to become weeknight show), The Hideout. A good relationship with lead-in show Don and Mike, along with improved call-ins, freshly funny bits, and a community needing a good laugh during the 2004 presidential election propelled Ron and Fez to stellar ratings in January 2005.

The Fastest Hour in Radio
In mid-2003, after being on WJFK exclusively for a mere few months, Ron and Fez agreed to host a one-hour midday show entitled The Fastest Hour in Radio, scheduled between Howard Stern and commentator Bill O'Reilly. This timeslot would supplement their evening duties, and would not be caller driven. Instead, Ron and Fez emphasized their own witty social commentary. When the nighttime show was syndicated in Baltimore, Maryland and Tampa, Florida in the summer of 2004, Ron and Fez focused on their evening show, with the Fastest Hour in Radio scheduled 7:00–8:00 pm.

Politics
Until 2003, Ron and Fez were not known for political commentary. But their move to the nation's capital, their experience on The Fastest Hour of Radio, and the 2004 presidential election seemed to make their discussions more political in nature.

In 2003, before becoming the cornerstone for Air America Radio, Al Franken did an interview. Shortly after the 2004 election, Tom Shales from the Washington Post called in to discuss the political ramifications of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) crackdown on terrestrial radio. To their credit, Ron and Fez managed simulcasts of the 2004 presidential debates and election returns.

DC area appearances
Ron and Fez continued to reach out to listeners with several local appearances during their time in DC. These included:
 * Ron and Fez Pool Tournament at (2003) – Included a billiards tournament, Fez performing a karaoke version of "Harper Valley PTA", Cigar Sid performing "Sugar Sugar", J Dubs' "Hot Pepper Challenge" and "Fairyoke" (listeners performing karaoke versions of effeminate songs).
 * Caddyshack Movie Night (2003) – Included a screening of "Caddyshack" (Paul O. was featured as a waiter), "Nut Putt" (where listeners tried to putt golf balls at J Dubs' genitals), "Bobbing for Baby Ruths" (where listeners bobbed for fecal looking candy bars in a kiddie pool), "Gopher Hunt" (where listeners fired paintballs at Paul O), and a new "I Blow" tattoo for Paul O.
 * Ron and Fez Poker Tournament (2003) – Included a poker tournament, the "Honeymooner Game", the "Gong Show", the "Mating Game", J Dubs' and Crazy Jen's Fire and Ice Challenge", performances by Monty Love, and a very drunk Silera.
 * Hard Rock Cafe – New York Reunion (2003) – Ron and Fez returned to New York for a Crankcase gig at the Hard Rock Cafe and played to a packed upstairs room. Many of the show's alumni like Hawk, Tasteless Ginny, MikeyD, Tenacious C and Billy Staples dropped in along with many NY friends of the show. Anthony Cumia made a surprise appearance and a huge O&A chant erupted, causing WJFK to pull the plug on the show for over an hour, playing a "Best-Of Show" due to "technical difficulties".
 * The St. Pat's Spat (2004) – included the following boxing matches: Spoon vs Tommy Bateman, El Jefe vs J Dubs, and Mikey D vs Wonderboy (during Mikey D quit in the ring). Also featured were the "Monster Toss" (a competition to see who could throw intern Monster the furthest) and Crazy Jen's failed attempt to eat 50 hard boiled eggs.
 * 2nd Annual Ron and Fez Pool Tournament (2004) – included billiards tournament, hypnotism of Fez, Crazy Jen and listeners by "Don The Hypnotist", football trivia, and a listener jingle contest.
 * Battle of the Local, Unsigned Bands (2004) – Ron and Fez hosted a showcase of unsigned area bands.

In addition, Fez raced in 2004 and 2005 in an annual charity 5K with fans of the show. In 2005, Fez would meet fans and friends every Friday night to party at a Fairfax, VA bar called "Thursdays", in a tradition that became known as "Friday Night Lights". Ron made his only appearance at the final "Friday Night Lights" on July 29, 2005.

"The Worst Kept Secret in Radio"
The future looked bleak for Ron and Fez at 106.7 in January 2005 when (after their best ratings to date at WJFK) the station was forced to absorb staff from WHFS—a "sister station" that switched formats from modern rock to Spanish dance. Ironically, the new staff included The Sports Junkies, who were given the midday spot many had hoped would go to Ron and Fez. The first station casualty, however, was The Hideout, which lost the late night shift and eventually relocated to WTKS 104.1 from Orlando, Florida and were subsequently canned. With nowhere to advance in the station lineup—and with little apparent respect for the show evidenced by frequent preemptions for infomercials on University of Maryland Terrapins basketball (Man on Man) and Redskins Radio Monday nights—Ron and Fez began to entertain internet rumors that they would leave terrestrial radio to join old WNEW-FM friends Opie and Anthony on XM satellite radio. 2005 was a year of hints and speculation, but nothing was confirmed until the very last segment, on their last airing in Washington, D.C.: Friday, July 29, 2005.

2006–2007: WFNY-FM syndication
On December 20, 2006, The Ron and Fez Show debuted on WFNY-FM in the 6-9PM time slot. The Free-FM show was different from the XM show in that it is aired later in the day, and was a completely independent "evening edition" of the show. Besides the obvious FCC-compliant content of the Free-FM show, the focus was different in that it tended to focus on events local to the New York City area, in contrast to the national focus of the XM show.

The Ron and Fez Show was discontinued when WFNY reverted to a rock format as WXRK on May 24, 2007.

2005–2015: Satellite radio and final years
On August 2, 2005, three days after Ron and Fez signed off from WJFK-FM, the official announcement was made that they would go to XM Satellite Radio beginning September 12. On August 9, and then again one month later on September 8 and 9, Ron and Fez went on The Opie and Anthony Show to provide behind-the-scenes stories about their time at WNEW-FM and the years since they last worked together. On September 9, the four hosts of both shows (as well as O&A co-host Jim Norton) met hundreds of fans at a preshow kickoff party at B.B. King's Blues Cafe in Times Square which doubled as a welcome back party to New York City for Ron and Fez.

On November 9, 2005, May 9, 2007, and September 24, 2010, Fez suffered heart attacks.

On January 16, 2009, Executive Producer Earl Douglas announced his resignation live on the air, which was not immediately believed due to his pathological lying. On May 18, 2009, the show format was extended from three hours (Noon–3pm EST) to four hours (11am–3pm EST).

In June 2010, East Side Dave McDonald departed from the show. He was one of the show's longest running producers. East Side was replaced by Chris Stanley who was promoted to Executive Producer. Chris Stanley has the longest tenure of any producer for the Ron and Fez show.

On February 24, 2012, Fez came out as gay.

On December 6, 2013, it was announced that Ron and Fez would be leaving The Opie & Anthony Channel, moving to Raw Dog Comedy Sirius XM Channel 99 effective January 6, 2014. They continue to have replays on Opie Radio at midnight and Sirius XM Indie at 6am.

On April 1, 2015, Fez announced his retirement, with their final show being April 3. The show was replaced with Bennington beginning April 20, 2015.

Fez Whatley died of heart failure at age 57 on August 14, 2021

Characters/impersonations
Throughout their time on WNEW and WJFK, the show featured multiple recurring characters and impersonations, often voiced by Ron and Fez themselves or the shows' staff. They typically would "call" the show when a particularly boring guest appeared on the phone, although they would also call during the show in order to annoy Ron and Fez.

 * Iris (voiced by Ron) was an elderly Jewish woman who lived in Brooklyn, and was the most frequent character on the show. She spoke with a hoarse voice and often reported "News for the Jews that You Can Use." Her husband was in a coma, and she frequently worried about the constant change in ethnic groups in her neighborhood.
 * André the Giant (voiced by Fez) was an impersonation of the wrestler of the same name. Andre always introduced himself as being 7 foot 4, 560 pounds and hailing from Grenoble, France, similar stats of his real-life counterpart. Andre would mention his crippling fear of snakes at least once during every call in reference to the real Andre's legendary fight against Jake the Snake. Ron sometimes would taunt Andre about his by replacing words or parts of words with "snakes" while addressing him. (i.e. "We'll snake you later Andre.")
 * Kenny Allen (voiced by Miles Bennington, Ron's son) was an eleven-year-old boy. He frequently called the show to engage in fantasies either with Ron and Fez or their guest, but would often change the rules of the fantasy or game to his advantage. He lived in the same neighborhood as Iris.
 * Jan Brady (voiced by Fez) was an impersonation of the character from the Brady Bunch. She often referenced plots of the Brady Bunch sitcoms (both famous and obscure), and complained about attention paid to her sister Marcia during her calls.
 * Fred Rogers (voiced by "Giant" Brian Carothers) was an impersonation of the children's show host. Like the real Mr. Rogers, Fred spoke in a quiet monotone voice and would talk about his neighbors and puppet shows. If a guest said a very obscure or difficult word, Fred would ask them to repeat it again and then tell them "I knew that you could."

Music
Ron and Fez have long used eclectic music during their show's opening, closing and rejoiners from commercial breaks. For many years their closing song was "Vertigogo" by Combustible Edison featured in the movie Four Rooms, which was changed to "Satellite of Love" by Lou Reed. During their WNEW days, the opening music bed was "Oddities" by Insane Clown Posse, and also "Fired" by Ben Folds. When the show was on terrestrial WFNY in 2007, "Oddities" made a comeback, as well as other recognizable music beds from the WNEW era. The closing music of their FM show was the "Theme from the Last Waltz" by The Band.

The theme music in 2005 received a lot of attention from listeners who believed that Ron and Fez might leave WJFK for satellite radio. Some songs, like the January 2005 opening with the J Geils Band Crusin For A Love (with its lyric "I'm back on Broadway") turned out to be prophetic. Using various versions of I Shall Be Released in early summer 2005 was a clear sign that they wanted out of their contract. On that final DC broadcast, they also played We Want The Airwaves, Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, Radio, Radio, So Long Baby Goodbye, and Satellite of Love—their last song played on WJFK.

Until early 2010, the show openers were created by Mooch Cassidy & Chris Stanley. The openings mixed drop-ins from movies and pop culture into a song followed by "North American Scum" by LCD Soundsystem. For a brief period in early 2010, the show opened with a brief introduction that cuts to Ron in the studio speaking in medias res. By the mid-summer of 2010, the LCD Soundsystem intro to the program returned with the Cassidy/Hicks-style intros used from time to time.

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 * Some central banks may have the words "National Bank" in their name, but this has no particular significance for the US. As US laws do no apply abroad, a Central Bank of a foreign country may be named National Bank of ... or Banque Nationale de ... or Banco Nacional de ... Retrospectively if a bank abroad is named in this way, it is not automatically considered a Central Bank.

I hope it is obvious why. Nikola 21:04, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

National Australian Bank
Executive Summary: In the contemporary scenario there is a lot of utilisation of online services by people. This has boasted the overall scene of E-Business across the world and has benefited both the customer and the companies in a huge way. This process is also been used extensively in the banking sector and most of the transactions today are made via internet. The online websites of various banks have gained tremendous prominence and in the following report we are going to analyse the website of NAB (National Australian Bank) and the impact of its website on its viewers and customers. This report also deals with various pros and cons of the particular website and how it can be improvised for a better customer experience and satisfaction.

Company Overview: The National Australian Bank (NAB) is a popular bank operating in 10 countries around the world. It has 40,000 employees in all its 1714 service centres and branches together. It is the world’s 17th largest bank and is considered to be the 8th safest bank in the world. This bank serves more than 8.3 million banking customers and around 2.3 million wealth management customers around the world.The bank has a total asset value of A$ 657 billion and its operating in as on September 2008 was around A$ 15.4 billion. This indicates the vastness of the bank and its huge financial capabilities. The bank has acquired more than15 other banks and institutions related to financial management and banking sector. This bank is one of the most successful banks in Australia and is closing in on other top banks to become one the prime banks in the world. The company has more than 460,000 shareholders and the company’s prime objective till date is to satisfy them by providing them with expected rate of returns. This bank was extremely firm throughout the core economic crisis period and it takes a lot of pride in it. They expect to deliver better services to their customers acrossthe world in managing both their personnel and business needs efficiently. They are planning to invest in the expansion of their banks as the recession is cooling down and hope to expand in UK, New Zealand, USA and many other countries in Asia. NAB believes in certain responsibilities that it feels towards its employees and customers as well that had kept it in a leading and secure position among different banks. They believe in providing fundamental rights and appropriate services to the customers in areas of ethics, customer service, security, fees and charges, etc. This bank concentrates on skills development and leadership of its employees and also encourages volunteering and diversity at workplace. NAB as part of their corporate social responsibility feels responsibility towards the education and is also adopting various environmental friendly activities. NAB is a huge success with the help of its strong organisational culture. They have a strong believe in the customers and give them a lot of credit for their current banking position in the world. They want to create sustainable, positive and long term relation with their customers. There are three factors which were mentioned by the bank that keeps them motivated: Other than NAB the bank has different brands and operates with different names in various countries across the world. This is due to the acquisitions that NAB was involved in throughout the world. In Australia the organisation functions under different brands like NAB, UBANK and MLC, whereas in UK it is Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank. In USA it operates by the name of Great Western Bank which provides insurance and other financial services with banking. The organisation runs with a brand name Bank of New Zealand in NZ and provides business retail and agribusiness support as well as different services and wealth management programmes. The Website: As internet banking has become an essential part of day to day banking, NAB has taken sufficient steps to keep the site simple and easy to access. The site is not only simple but also very stylish. The whole site has a white background and has a huge stripe of colour red at the top of the page. The top left hand corner the site has the logo of the company and the name of the bank is in short form i.e., NAB. Below the logo in the red stripe, regular news coats are updated regarding the services to the customers and these change from time to time when there is something important that needs to be informed to the customers. On the top right hand corner the options home, about us and contact us are present. The right hand side of the site starts with a search bar. Below that there is a small box which is provided for the purpose of logging in, to access the internet banking services. If the customer wants to log into other services then he must change the options besides the login option to other services like NAB connect, online trading, Margin lending or NAB transact. The login box is followed by four other small boxes right below each other on the left hand side. In the first box we can view the different interest rates regarding different loans and schemes which are followed by the options of term deposits and home loans. In the next couple of boxes below the first one show’s exchange rates and the following box shows NAB’s share price. The final box on the left hand side is for locating a branch in the area that the customer chooses. Coming to the centre of the page, below the news tags there are only two options i.e., Personal and Business. The customer can always browse the options related to the type of account he holds with the bank. The page opens with the personal options which are accounts, cards, loans, internet banking etc. The options can be changed by clicking on the business option besides the personal option. This has options like service sectors, insurance, investments, international trade etc. The business option is closely followed by the option your business which is followed by the options of a range of sectors where selecting a particular industries will open a page which clearly explains the services that the bank is providing to its customers.On the contrary, in personal options you can apply for different kinds of loans and know details about various kinds of banking. At the bottom of the personnel and business banking options there are two aspects where in one part there are advertisements on the developmental activities that the bank has taken up are explained and the other part is for corporate responsibility of the bank and how it has been helpful for various communities, society, etc. At the bottom the webpage there is a grey stripe which is slightly bigger than the red stripe at the top of the page. In this there are four columns where all the options of personal banking, about us, business banking and nab.com.au are available. Below these options the privacy policy and disclaimer page options are given in the statement confirming the copy right of the bank. Online Strategies and Services: As explained earlier the website is extremely simple and only stress on the banking and other related financial matters. This is what every website does but NAB has decided not to put everything in the home page and only provides options to various links and different banking customers. A customer can easily identify his area of concern, browse and engage himself in important online transactions. This site is not only for the existing customers of the bank but it also facilitates those who want to get involved with NAB in the future, with lot of essential information. This web unlike other banking websites provides various language options which enables better understanding to the customer about the existing online options world banking. At the time of recession in 2006 it had a record run of 10% increase in profits per annum. In the same year the bank had largest percentage of customer satisfaction among other banks around the world. NAB has very popular sponsorship brands in the world. One of its biggest sponsorships is the NAB AFL Auskick (one of the Australia’s biggest sports program). This was supported by NAB from 2000 and it rose around A$ 2 million. It was also one of the major sponsors for the Melbourne 2006 commonwealth games. NAB believes in supporting, encouraging, advising and helping people in boosting their confidence to achieve their goals. To make this possible it connects and communicates with customers and communities in the best possible way by giving them genuine and expert advice on issues relating to their management of their finance. Service Marketing Mix: This is an extended marketing mix with some three additional marketing strategies making it 7P’s then compared to the regular 4P’s. These additional three P’s like People, Physical evidence and process gives a better understanding of the service sector and its marketing strategies. NAB had adopted a single Target Market Approach called the Super consumer and they have focused on providing easy to access online service which can also extended to mobile banking services. Product:The products in this case will kind of services that the bank is willing to provide to the customers. It is providing its customers with various financial management and other related services including the regular banking services. They are providing various loans and other schemes for both individuals and business firms. They are also providing services regarding Insurance, Investments, International trade, etc. Place: NAB moved strategically in the international market. It has not gone berserk with its expansion into the international scene. It has been very selective in choosing its countries and placing their banks. They had a strategy which comprised of brownfield investments in most of the countries. It is currently operating in 8 other countries others than Australia. Its local branches are set up in a very convenient way to the customers in prime area and there is also the service of cashpoints. Promotion: The companies in the services sector are more involved in promotion activities. NAB in the same way has huge money invested into its promotional activities which include sponsorships and other social activities like involving itself in OCRF (Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation), where it already donated up to A$ 5.3 million. It is not only using advertising for its promotion but also its corporate social responsibilities to emotionally gain form the goodwill. Pricing: This is a very important and a difficult task. Here certain aspects like covering the charges of creating an ambiance for the customers, providing customer services round the clock, etc.are to be taken into consideration. Here the bank charges fee for certain banking operations, interests on loans and fees for consultation on management of finance. These are charged very competitively in comparison to other banks which give it an edge over the others. People: People in banking sector are the employees of each branch and the way they communicate, serve and guide their customer. They are very important for a bank and it is all about communicating, explaining and convincing your customer. NAB has currently has 40,000 employees across the world in all its branches and customer service units and the overwhelming success of the company clearly indicates how able they in developing the bank and providing the customers with appropriate services required by them. Process: NAB has a well-defined process of communicating and delivering their services to the end consumer. They must have a strong blue print on the details of the process. They have been effective in implementing the mobile and online services to the customers. They are able to provide service round the clock across the world and this is a crucial factor for any banks success. Physical Evidence: This is an important aspect that creates an impression on the customers. The services provided by the service sector or a bank is intangible in nature but what can be the physical evidence is the ambiance of the branches and the courtesy and formalities of the employees working there. This is an important physical trait of any business. Transactional Facilities and Its Security: The transactions can only be performed by a customer of the bank. To avail the online services of NAB, a customer of the bank should register in the site. The bank then authenticated the customer and provides access to him. Security of the transaction is given the primary importance. The transactions done via credit cards are verified by Visa. There are other securities like SMS security, Transaction Monitoring, Password Lock and NAB defence for the safe online transactions. The main objective of NAB is to provide an online service which is safe and secure. The various online initiatives taken by the company enables them to update the security software regularly and identify or report spoof or hoax mails. The non-customers of the site can visit the site and gain knowledge about what the bank is doing and how it can help that person financially. For the sake of industries and their transitional and information protection the Bank has a concept called the SCAM watch. This enables them to recognise and report the online scam and this SCAM watch is run by ACCC (Australian Competition & Consumer Commission). The support of Microsoft security is also taken to provide better service to its customers. Key Observations: Areas to be developed:
 * Helping their communities and customers.
 * To be able to do the right thing.
 * Torealise the potential and provide quality services.
 * The site is simple and there is a very formal presentation of the site which is very professional on the part of NAB.
 * All the services provided by the bank are clearly mentioned in the home page. The wordings are big and visible to the customers.
 * There are very few advertisements on the site and all the important promotion that needs to be done by the bank are done in 3 blocks of the whole site.
 * A person who is willing to be associated with the NAB in the future can know all the information of the services provided, facilities and security information etc.
 * The various corporate responsibilities that NAB is involved in are clearly mentioned. The home page has a considerable size of space allocated to promote to project their social responsibilities.
 * The service of locating the nearest branches and ATM’s (Cash points) is also provided by the NAB website.
 * The additional information about NAB share prices and exchange rates are also provided by the website.
 * As far as the internet banking is concerned the customer is provided with adequate information about how to use the service and in case he forgot his password or ID he can go to “need help” segment and retrieve his log in information.
 * They are also providing financial advice to the customer. The site clearly explains what a financial advice is and how it can benefit its customers.
 * Different types of insurances and loans are clearly mentioned with their respective schemes and interest rates and returns related to them.
 * All the different aspects of Business like International trade, finance and loans, investments, insurances and service centres are all covered in the site with detailed explanation on each aspect and how NAB make it work for its customers better.
 * NAB is constantly sending messages to its customers about how to recognise a spoof or a hoax mail and how to make their information and online transactions safe.
 * There is a lot of free space available on the site and this vanity in a site can cause disinterest in the site and boor the customers especially those who are intending to be a part of the NAB.
 * The site must be updated regularly in providing the necessary news required to the customer.
 * The site has to be made much more exciting by inserting pictures etc.
 * The website can have the live chat option with its customers to help them with the better understanding and utilisations of services provided by the bank.
 * Customer Service numbers should be provided to the customers in a much easier way. A number should be put on the home page which can help them to have access to the customer via phone. The contact us page is too complex and a normal customer can at times face problems figuring out which number he needs to call precisely to get his problem solved.
 * The language options must be made more visible. People can easily overlook the different language options that are at the very bottom of the site in small font size. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chennai5767 (talk • contribs) 21:21, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

changes in US laws?
Well, I just got off the phone with managers at two local local institutions, one calling itself "Huntington National Bank" and the other one calling itself "First National Bank." The supervisors I spoke to at each denied at great length and with great vehemence having any connections whatsoever, past or present, to the US Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, etc., etc., etc. "We are a privately chartered institution wholly owned by private stockholders and not required by law to redeem checks backed by the US Treasury," etc.

Incidentally--and I apologize if this is an incorrect place to ask such questions, but I cannot find a better one--I have heard multiple people say that under US law, banks chartered by the OCC are required to cash Federal income tax refund checks and all other checks drawn on the US Treasury in legal tender at full printed value. Is this true? Or is this perhaps one of those outdated customs, like banks being forbidden by law to loan out funds they did not actually possess, being forbidden by law to ask about Social Security numbers, being forbidden by law to bundle up and sell their customers' financial and personal information to a million rapacious marketing departments, that the US banking industry successfully lobbied Congress to get rid of long ago in the name of "deregulation?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.61.156.96 (talk) 21:14, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

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Karl Genzken
Are all members of the Schutzstaffel inherently noteworthy? A google search for Karl Genzken results in 62 matches. GRider\talk 20:07, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * He wasn't just Schutzstaffel, he was a defendant at the Doctors' Trial. As such, I think his notability is established. DS 20:38, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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An absorbing article on a pivotal period in African-American intellectual and artistic life. I have not significantly edited this article.--Pharos 20:09, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for nominating the article. I've put a lot of work into it and it's one of which I am most proud working on. —ExplorerCDT 20:16, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * While it's a fine article, I have a couple objections yet for featured status: 1) The lead image has no caption, so I don't know how it relates to the theme of the article (yes, it mentions Harlem, and it looks like an Art Deco style of the 1920s, but how does it fit in here?); 2) as an avid jazz listener, I've always associated the phrase Harlem Renaissance with jazz, and I'd like to see this discussed further; 3) There is no References section; 4) I'm not sure that the list of artists can really be comprehensive and still concise (for example, Cab Calloway wasn't listed until I added it just now); 5) There really should be more about the movement's influence on "white" artists (for example, Fletcher Henderson was an arranger for the Benny Goodman orchestra (Goodman himself was criticized for hiring black musicians for his bands), and the Savoy Ballroom was fully integrated from very early on). slambo 21:15, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 - It's primitivist, not art deco. 2- Agreed, though jazz was more than a New York phenomenon. 3) Coming soon. 4 - It's rather comprehensive. Just because I missed Cab Calloway doesn't mean it isn't comprehensive. Poor Min, Hi-dee, Hi-dee, Hi-dee, Ho. 5- White artists were largely accused of exploiting and mimicking black movements, even to the point of some black theorists accusing whites of perverse voyeurism. I doubt even I can find an NPOV way to write that up.  White audiences should be covered, just never got around to it and the source material sucks regarding white audienceship in Harlem.—ExplorerCDT 04:34, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Okay, I'm not all that well versed in art styles, my bad. But it still should have a caption telling how the image relates to the article. 2) Indeed, Chicago, Kansas City and New Orleans (among many others) all feature prominently in the history of jazz, and discussing them is beyond the scope of this article; it's just that the music is the first thing that I think of when I hear the phrase. 4) Okay, we probably have different interpretations of "comprehensive".  You've got a representative list of the most prominent artists and for the scope of this article, it's probably enough.  I was thinking here that if the list grows much more, it should probably be split out into its own page (like List of artists in the Harlem Renaissance or something). slambo 02:31, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. Agree with Slambo mostly. 1) Add references - this is a basic requirement of a featured article. 2) Move the quotations to WikiQuote. 3) Move the list of "notable figure" to a separate (list) article. Jeronimo 08:47, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 - Coming soon. 2 - No. 3 - No. —ExplorerCDT 22:20, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Why not? slambo 02:37, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * In re: 2&3 Because several other page covering cultural periods have lists and a palette of quotes within the article. I hate the notion that articles should be split up just because someone doesn't like a list inside an article.  Here, both the quotes and list of notable figures are appropriate. —ExplorerCDT 04:27, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok. I almost mentioned the quotes myself, but then thought that the ratio of prose to lists was acceptable, and the lists seemed appropriate to me.  slambo 02:13, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Regarding 2 & 3. A section listing quotes is never complete or comprehensive, and the selection of quotes may also be POV. A featured article should be comprehensive and NPOV. A similar reasoning goes for the list. I'm not against lists, but they suggest completeness (which isn't true) and they do not always give sufficient information. For example, in this case we cannot see which of the works had most influence, or if poetry was more important in the Harlem Renaissance than music. So why not move this list elsewhere (where it can be expanded with to include artists) and replace it with a prose section here describing the same topic (alternatively, put that content in the article itself. I consider both serious problems with the article, and will keep objecting. 82.161.112.78 08:16, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * object I don’t think this article is that well written or comprehensive.  The article talks about black soldiers in Europe in WWI, but doesn’t mention any names, (there was a bandleader whose last name was “Europe,” I can’t remember the full name, but he’s the kind of person who should be mentioned).  Another omission is A’Lelia Walker, a major black patron of the arts.  Nor are any white patrons of the Harlem Renaissance mentioned.  It sounds a little corny to say “an explosion of culture.”  Some words, like “labor” and “literature” are unnecessarily wikilinked, while other terms, like the Back to Africa Movement, are incorrectly wikilinked.  I think perhaps with a few improvements this article could be at FA status.Dinopup 01:39, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * That would be James Reese Europe. slambo 02:18, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * I either removed A'Lelia Walker in the days when this article was just a list of people involved with the Harlem Renaissance (some so remote they didn't belong) or had considered to add her and chose to leave her out, whichever it was I don't remember, it was 4 months ago. Patrons may have put up the money, but that's it.  Other than that, there's little they accomplished in furtherance of the artistic and cultural goals of the era.  We don't list all the patrons who supported Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven or Jackson Pollack.  Black soldiers in WWI...I listed the Harlem Hellfighters.  Instead of criticising, why not add the name of James Reese Europe instead of bitching why it isn't there from the sidelines.  Or did you not realize Europe was dead before the Renaissance even started?  I've never seen you, Dinopup, even come close to contributing.  The Back to Africa movement link was correct at the time I wrote the article.  If things move, it's up to the people that move them to correct links. Other than that, how else is it not "well-written"?  Considering my work has been published both in book form and by reputable journals, I take a smack like that seriously. —ExplorerCDT 05:15, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I didn't suggest that the article was anything other than very good, I just didn't think it was at the Featured Article level. If someone like me, whose knowledge of the Harlem Renaissance is, at best, casual, can think of arguably significant things which are unmentioned, the article isn't comprehensive.  I would think that articles on Beethoven, Pollack, and Mozart would likewise be less than comprehensive without discussion of patrons.Dinopup 02:44, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I guess that you having said "I don’t think this article is that well written or comprehensive" means that you thought it was very good? Nice try, bucko. —ExplorerCDT 04:36, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. No references. As a courtesy to editors that spend their time here, please do not nominate articles that do not meet the basic featured article criteria. And don't take comments here so personally. Your article has been nominated and by the rules of this process anyone can comment on whether it meets the criteria for FA's or not. Many very high quality articles come through here, and thus comments for those that don't meet the criteria are generally fairly curt and even blunt. That in no way means you didn't do good work on the article, but it also doesn't mean the comments are wrong. Commentors are not necesarily qualified to do a lot of work on the nominated article, but they often know a lot about whether it meets the FA criteria. You would be better to focus on improving the article and making sure it meets the criteria than attacking the people that comment on the article. I for one consider that an article written without reliable references at hand is much more suspect for having factual errors and missing information. But keep up the good work, and get ahold of the most reliable references on the topic and cite your sources. - Taxman 17:01, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Business Operating System (software)

nedd to mount a dive w/Business Operating System v5.1 and copy it ..I am try to emulate in a window on xp but I dont see the data on the drive.. It sill runs on the comper that it is on and it even works on a new computer. I dont know how to clone it so i can mess with it

Needs verification
Apart from an old issue of an Atari magazine http://www.atarimagazines.com/startspe1/business.html, and its own website, global3000.com, I fail to find anything about this topic. Is this a hoax? Can someone please verify this? -- Perfecto 02:45, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

BOS is real
I worked for a software house called WASP Software that produced vertical software (industry specific vs general) for printer, accountants, and solicitors (lawyers) running under the BOS system during the summer vacation before I started at University (1984) and a few occasions thereafter.

I have numerous fliers, magazine articles, dealer notes and a copy of BOS World from October 1986. Somewhere (probably my sister's attic) I have manuals for BOS too

There is pretty much nothing available on the web about the operating system - once Misys took it over, the emphasis was on the accounting suite of applications vs the portability offered by BOS...

I'll get round(!) to re-creating the entry with more background detail from the above sources - naturally my memory some 20 years later isn't as good as the fliers!

T.

P.S. BOS Software Limited get a mention in the Hansard which is the journal of the goings on at the (British) Houses of Parliament http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1990-03-28/Writtens-1.html ha ha ha ha —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.125.66.78 (talk) 17:26, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

-- Very much real, I worked for CCTA in the UK in the 1980s and we were trying quite hard to use BOS as a platform in government sites. I know it got as far as New Zealand because I was offered a job there but got cold feet before travelling halfway round the world...!

MicroCobol was pretty good for its time, it offered If-Else-End and Do-Enddo constructs well before mainframe COBOL caught up, and its screen handling was a lot less fraught than CICS which I've also had the sheer joy of working with. Captain Pedant (talk) 12:17, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

BOS exists, but is rare in USA.
BOS is real & I have the scars to prove it. In 1986, I bought a property mgmt program (PMS by Portable Software Inc) which ran on BOS V? in native mode. Even back then, BOS supported dumb terminals, concurrent processing & networking on a lowly IBM XT. DOS couldn't even tie its own shoes. I now run BOS V8.1 (aka Global System Manager 2000) as a DOS application under Windows 98. While odd & rare, it is also: very stable, very fast, portable, compact. It's powerful menu system (V6.1 is better then V8.1) makes it easy for new workers to learn & use. As the owner & system manager, my learning curve was long & difficult because tech support ranges from non-existant to terrible. Documentation is hard to read, written in a style PSI called "British Novelese". BOS Finder is a useful database program. BOS Writer works but is primitive. I found BOS Planner useless & BOS Auto Clerk inscrutable. Why continue to use BOS? It runs endlessly & does everything I need (with some work-arounds). Twslandlord 01:41, 9 February 2007 (UTC)Tom Stockton

Adding detail
I'm cleaning the section up... and adding as necessary in the following order

i) History of BOS's ownership The trinity of MPSL/MPPL/MPTL was missing and has been added. I need to add the later ownership (global3000), but at that probably becomes less relevent to BOS per se as the Accounting Package, Global 2000/ Global 3000 was the driver at that stage

ii) Types of BOS BOS was the first micro processor operating system to have record level locking - even before RSX on PDP's had it M/BOS needs to be mentioned - a true multi user O/S - it's touched on in the original article, but needs to be expanded BOS/net - networked BOS isn't touched on

iii) Applications and ISV's The MPPL derived apps are mentioned, but the wealth of apps developed by ISV's isn't. I'll aim to (finally(!)) get scans of some of my copies of BOS/ World

iv) demise of BOS... Well it appears to still be in use by at least one property management company(!)

History
For some reason the date of the restructure to MPPL etc. was set as 1991. This is ten years out. I worked at MPSL 1983-1985 when it was renamed as BOS. The content of the page is otherwise pretty accurate. The Speedbase 4GL is not mentioned however. The products are still extant, the dying embers of a great idea that lost its way but remerged with Java - destined for a similar fate - death at the hands of a de facto standard? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Redsq01 (talk • contribs) 11:50, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

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Microprocessors are not the same as microcomputers
My understanding is that the Intel 8080 and Motorola 6800 are microprocessors, not microcomputers. I have edited the lead accordingly, and made a couple of changes to associated Wikilinks. If any editor disagrees, feel free to revert. I've noticed a couple of other issues with this article, which I will try to deal with in due course. Mike Marchmont (talk) 13:01, 10 May 2023 (UTC)