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Yukie Nakama

Yukie Nakama (仲間 由紀恵) is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol.

Biography
She was born in Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan, into a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.

At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer (her debut single "Moonlight to Daybreak" was released in 1996), and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday (2000)."

In 2000, Nakama demonstrated her talent for comedy with her lead role in the Japanese television drama Trick which proved so popular that it had two more seasons and four film versions, but it was the top-rating 2002 TV series Gokusen, a live-action version of the popular manga, that established her as one of Japan's most popular and bankable actresses. Gokusen continued on for 3 seasons, which had many cameo appearances by actors who were on previous seasons. She is also known for her role in the drama, Saki, which Co-starred Shohei Miura.

Nakama has featured in commercials for companies such as Nissin Foods, Glico, Lotte, Asahi, Shiseido, au by KDDI, and has served as a spokesperson for Japan Railways and the Japanese Tax Agency. She is managed by Production Ogi.

Personal life
Nakama married actor Tetsushi Tanaka on September 18, 2014, after a six-year relationship. Nakama was revealed to be 4 months pregnant in February 2018. She gave birth to twin sons in June 2018.

TV series

 * Mō gaman Dekinai (1996)
 * Itazura na Kiss (1996)
 * Tomoko no Baai (1996)
 * Mokuyō no Kaidan 15 (1997)
 * Dangerous Angel x Death Hunter (1997) (Episode 4 guest star)
 * Shiawase Iro Shashinkan (1997)
 * Odoru Daisōsasen Saimatsu Tokubetsu Keikai (1997)
 * Kamisama mō Sukoshi dake (1998)
 * Hashire Kōmuin! (1998)
 * Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni: I'll be Back (1999)
 * P.S. Genki desu, Shunpei (1999)
 * Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000)
 * Nisennen no Koi / Love 2000 (2000)
 * Trick (2000)
 * Face: Mishiranu Koibito (2001)
 * Ashita ga Arusa (2001)
 * Uso Koi (2001)
 * Trick 2 (2002)
 * Gokusen (2002)
 * Night Hospital Byōki wa Nemuranai (2002)
 * Musashi (2003)
 * Gokusen Special Sayonara 3-nen D-gumi ... Yankumi Namida no Sotsugyoshiki (2003)
 * Kao (2003)
 * Trick 3 (2003)
 * Ranpo R (2004) (Episode 3 guest star)
 * Tokyo Wankei (2004)
 * Otouto (2004)
 * Gokusen 2 (2005)
 * Haru to Natsu (2005)
 * Trick TV Special (2005)
 * NHK Taiga Drama "Kōmyō ga Tsuji" (2006) as Yamauchi Chiyo
 * Satomi Hakkenden (2006)
 * Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta! (2007)
 * Himawari: Natsume Masako 27-nen no Shōgai to Haha no Ai (2007) as Masako Natsume
 * Joshi Deka (2007)
 * Gokusen 3 (2008)
 * Arifureta Kiseki (2009)
 * Mr. Brain (Episode 6 guest actress) (2009)
 * Nene: Onna Taikōki (2009)
 * Untouchable as Narumi Ryoko (TV Asahi, 2009)
 * Japanese Americans (2010) as Hiramatsu (Matsusawa) Shinobu
 * Utsukushii Rinjin (2011)
 * Tempest (2011)
 * Renai Neet: Wasureta Koi no Hajimekata (2012)
 * Ghost Mama Sosasen (2012)
 * Saki (2013)
 * Island's Teacher (2013)
 * Jinsei ga Tokimeku Katazuke no Mahou (2013)
 * Hanako to Anne (2014)
 * Beauty And The Fellow / Beauty And The Man (2015)
 * Aibō: season 16 (2016)
 * Rakuen (2017)
 * School Counselor (2017)
 * Ōoku the Final (2019)
 * 24 Japan as Urara Asakura (2020)
 * Aibō: season 19 (2020)
 * Chimudondon (2022) as Yūko Higa
 * Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2023) as Harusada Hitotsubashi

Films

 * Tomoko no Baai (1996)
 * Love & Pop (1998)
 * Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness (1998) voice:Lapis Lazuli
 * Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
 * Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
 * Oboreru Sakana (2001)
 * Love Song (2001)
 * Trick Movie (2002)
 * Ashita ga Arusa, The Movie (2002)
 * G@me (2003)
 * Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005)
 * Trick 2 (2006)
 * Oh! Oku (2006)
 * Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai (2008)
 * Gokusen: The Movie (2009)
 * Flowers (2010)
 * Gekijoban Trick – Reinoryokusha Battle Royale (2010)
 * Tempest 3D (2012)
 * Giovanni's Island (2014)
 * The Big Bee (2015)
 * Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy (2022), Trisha Elric

Anime

 * Haunted Junction, theme song performances "Kokoro ni watashi ga futari iru" & "Tremolo" (1997)
 * The Prince of Darkness (Nadesico) (1998)

Video games

 * Rockman X4, theme song performances, "Makenai Ai ga kitto aru" & "One More Chance" (1997)

Dubbing

 * Jurassic World (2017 NTV edition), Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard)
 * PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023), Victoria Vance

Singles

 * "Moonlight to Daybreak" (1996)
 * "True Love Story (Koi no Yō ni Bokutachi wa)" (トゥルー・ラブストーリー〜恋のように僕たちは〜) (1996) True Love Story theme song
 * "Kokoro ni Watashi ga Futari iru/Tremolo" (心に私がふたりいる／トレモロ) (1997)
 * "Makenai Ai ga Kitto aru/One More Chance (負けない愛がきっとある/One More Chance) (1997) Mega Man X4 OP & ED and Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy Ending Theme
 * "Tōi Hi no Melody/Viola no Yume (遠い日のメロディー／ヴィオラの夢) (1997) Haunted Junction
 * "Aoi Tori/Hareta Hi to Nichiyōbi no Asa wa" (青い鳥／晴れた日と日曜日の朝は) (1998)
 * "Birthday/I Feel You" (2000) Ring 0: Birthday image song
 * "Aishiteru" (愛してる) (2001)
 * "Koi no Download" (恋のダウンロード) (2006) [as Yukie with Downloads]

Albums

 * Tōi Hi no Melody (遠い日のメロディー) (1998)

Awards

 * Japanese Drama Academy Awards:
 * Spring 2002: Best Actress for Gokusen
 * Spring 2003: Best Actress for Kao
 * Fall 2003: Best Actress for Trick 3
 * Summer 2004: Best Dresser for Tokyo Wankei
 * Winter 2005: Best Actress for Gokusen 2
 * Japan Academy Prize (film)
 * 2009: Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai
 * Elan d'or Awards
 * 2003: Newcomer of the Year

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Talk:Yard (disambiguation)

what is the derivation of the use of the word yard to denote 1 billion in the financial markets?

Requested move 19 August 2020

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved --  JHunterJ (talk) 11:26, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

– No clear primary topic for Yard(s) by views[] or long-term significance (both the unit and land meaning are level 5 vital articles). The unit gets 6,108 views but Yard (sailing) gets 2,439, Yard (land) gets 1,541, Yard (Portland, Oregon) gets 40, YARD (software) gets 32 and Yard, Texas gets 21. PTMs such as Scotland Yard gets 34,549, Yardie gets 4,685, Wrecking yard gets 2,363 and 1000000000 (number) gets 	2,240. Although the main Google search shows slightly more results for this topic, Images shows most results for the land meaning and Books returns Scotland Yard first and appears to show most results for the land meaning. There are also 3 places in Devon called Yard. Cambridge Dictionary gives uses of the land meaning first. Disambiguation is consistent with those at Imperial units.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 18:16, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Yard (disambiguation) → Yard
 * Yard → Yard (unit)
 * Support If there is no clear primary topic based on page views then there is likely not a primary here. The unit of measurement may have the most longterm significance, but it's certainly rivaled by the location meaning of yard (whether a yard at a house, a prison yard, pool yard, courtyard, etc).--Yaksar (let's chat) 18:52, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose.  has given the rationale for leaving it as the primary: the unit gets more than twice as many views as the spar, and way more than anything else.  The "PTMs" (wtf?) are compunds and clearly couldn't be primary.  Fiddling for fiddling's sake.  Martin of Sheffield (talk) 20:23, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Only barely more than the others combined over other articles titled "Yard" if you take into account some of the sub topics of the land meaning (of which there are many more than the unit) and the others you could easily end up with a negative number which would mean no primary topic by either criteria.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 20:28, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 2,439 + 1,541 + 40 + 32 + 21 = 4,073 which is around ⅔ of 6,108 – a bit more than "barely". Martin of Sheffield (talk) 13:54, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 00:03, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose in the absence of more convincing evidence that this is needed; as Martin of Sheffield says, the page views clearly show that this is the primary topic. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 09:19, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The page views the nominator provides shows the unit of length to be the primary topic. -- Calidum  15:28, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The measurement of length appears to be primary by usage. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 14:34, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

 * The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Category:Vanadate minerals

Vanadate minerals are those minerals containing the orthovanadate (VO43−),  pyrovanadate (V2O74−), or higher, anion group. Both the Dana and the Strunz mineral classifications place the vanadates in with the phosphate minerals. See also Category:Vanadium minerals.

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A, A Prime

A, A Prime is a manga anthology of short stories written and illustrated by Moto Hagio. Originally spelled A, A′, it was first published in November 1984 by Shogakukan and brings together three science fiction stories published between 1981 and 1984. In addition to the titular short story which appeared in Akita Shoten's Princess, the anthology includes "4/4 [Quatre-Quarts]" and "X+Y"—both of which were serialized in the Shogakukan magazine Petit Flower. English translations of the stories, which first appeared separately in Viz Media's Manga Vizion from 1995 to 1996, were collected by the publisher in 1997.

The anthology deals with gender, with the androgyny and ambiguity typical of Hagio’s characters, as well as identity and memory. Gender and sexuality are explored most prominently in "X+Y", which features a young man who learns that he is intersex, gender fluidity and transition, and a gay relationship. The story won the 1985 Seiun Best Comic Award, and its English-language version was praised for its artwork and emotion. It is also regarded as having introduced gender-bending to the shōjo manga genre.

Plot
Set in a shared futuristic universe, the stories' common thread is a genetically-engineered "Unicorn" species created for space travel. Extremely intelligent, with a humanoid appearance, they have difficulty understanding other people and their own emotions.

"A, A Prime"
A research group is attempting to terraform the planet Munzel. Since the mission is dangerous, each member of the group was cloned before departure. The plot revolves around the arrival of the clone of the Unicorn, Adelade Lee. Adelade's clone, with no memory of the three years Adelade lived on Munzel, disturbs Regg Bone, who had a romantic relationship with Adelade. Although he knows she is a clone, the resemblance attracts him and he kisses her to a dispassionate reaction. When Adelade's clone explores the planet Munzel with Regg, they find Adelade's body frozen in a cave. Regg soon asks to be transferred to Space Colony A on the planet Torimann. When Colony A is destroyed in an explosion and Regg dies, Adelade's clone is emotionally shaken; Regg is replaced by his clone, and Adelade's clone weeps when she remembers their kiss.

"4/4"
On Jupiter's moon Io, Mori, a man with telekinetic powers he cannot control, is training with Professor Mia. After he saves a Unicorn descendant named Trill from a free fall, he frequently visits her in the home of Professor Sazzan, the man who adopted her. When Mori discovers that Sazzan is only interested in his telekinetic powers, he runs away with Trill. Mori kisses Trill, but when she says she loves him and Sazzan equally he overheats and burns Mia's aviary. Mia sends Mori to Mars; Trill's repressed feelings are released, and she expresses her hatred for Sazzan and his experiments. When Sazzan tries to assault Trill she breaks a vase on his head and runs to an airlock, where she falls to her death in front of Mori, who is aboard a ship leaving for Mars.

"X+Y"
Unicorn Tacto's mother, Marble, committed suicide in his presence when he was seven. His father, Doctor Moonsault, had developed a sex-change drug with an intended temporary effect; however, when Marble took it she remained a woman for three years. Moonsault and Marble married and one month after Tacto's birth, Marble became a man. Marble wanted to be a woman, but he was resistant to the medicine. This, and Moonsault seeing other women, led Marble to commit suicide. Moonsault erased Tacto's memory before leaving on a space mission; Tacto was raised by Doctor George, who brings him to the Allergy Culture Center. Tacto becomes one of its "brains" who develop the Tako Project, Earth's entry in a contest to raise Mars' atmospheric pressure.

On Mars, Tacto meets Mori (from "4/4"). Mori, stunned at the resemblance between Tacto and Trill, falls in love with him. Tacto does not feel the same way and is engaged to Merimé, the cousin of Tako Project member Zazz. This angers Mori, and after their talk, Tacto loses all memory of him. The project requires bringing water from Jupiter, and the group goes to nearby planet Mimas. To regain Tacto's affection, Mori invites him on a scooter tour across Jupiter's rings and they have an accident. Mori, seriously injured, wakes up in an emergency room and goes to search for Tacto who has been missing for 16 hours. He rescues Tacto, they bond emotionally, and Tacto breaks his engagement to Merimé. Moonsault arrives at the request of George's wife, An-An, to help Tacto (who is genetically a woman) decide whether to use female hormones. The doctor explains that Tacto changed his sex frequently, and says that the decision is Tacto's—who remains a man. When his father reveals what happened to Marble, he regains the ability to understand his feelings and knows that he loves Mori.

Publication
A, A Prime, as published in Japanese and English, is a collection of three science fiction short stories: the titular story, "4/4 [Quatre-Quarts]" (4/4カトルカース) and "X+Y". "A, A Prime" was published in Princess, an Akita Shoten magazine, in August 1981. "4/4" and "X+Y" were published in Shogakukan's Petit Flower—the former in November 1983, and the latter in two parts in July and August 1984. The stories were first compiled and published on November 20, 1984, as the last installment of a Shogakukan series of Moto Hagio's complete works. A tankōbon containing the three stories was republished three times by Shogakukan: on August 30, 1995 as part of the SF Masterpiece Collection, on August 9, 2003 in bunkoban format and on August 25, 2014 in EPUB format.

The English version of the stories appeared in the Viz Media magazine Manga Vizion: "A, A Prime" in April and May 1995, "4/4" in July and August and "X+Y" in four installments from October 1995 to January 1996. Viz Media published the anthology as a graphic novel in October 1997.

Themes and analysis
According to the back cover of the Viz Media edition, the Unicorn's "personal struggles" are a metaphor for human alienation in contemporary society. However, anthropologist Rachel Thorn commented the Unicorns are the "eccentrics", a common feature in Hagio's works. Usually, wrote Thorn, Hagio's stories center "on a remarkable and strange character who [...] seems incapable of so-called 'normal' human interaction" until a "straight man", "unsure of his place in the world, and just trying to muddle through [...] forms a unique bond with the 'eccentric.'" In A, A Prime, Regg Bone and Mori are those straight men.

Although the cover says that "X+Y" discusses gender and sexual identity, Michell Smith of Pop Culture Shock wrote that all three stories explore "themes of gender and identity". Former Viz editor Shaenon K. Garrity said that it "is really about identity in all its forms: sexual identity, gender identity, cloning, lost memories, blocked emotions", and emotional isolation. Manga Bookshelf's Katherine Dacey wrote: "One of [its] most striking themes is the relationship between memory and identity", demonstrated by "A, A Prime" and the character of Tacto.

In the Comics Journal, Rob Vollmar wrote that Hagio gives "4/4" and "X+Y" a shōnen-ai beat and explores gender ambiguity; in "4/4" Mori is depicted as hyper-emotional, and Trill (a woman) has no feelings. Vollmar also highlighted the androgyny of "A, A Primes main characters, noting that Mori and Trill are even more androgynous. In "X+Y", "[The] muted sense of gender identity that is kept to the sub-textual level in '4/4' is transformed into the central conceit ... Hagio effectively scrambles gender awareness until little is left by which to prejudge the dynamic growth of the characters but the result. The resolution of the conflict, then, lies not in whether Mori will overcome his heterosexuality to recognize his biological resonance with the presumably male Tacto, but whether Tacto can remember and thus overcome his childhood experiences in order to accept love from anyone." According to Vollmar, the problems raised by Hagio are not only romantic but "thorny moral and ethical questions". Vollmar wrote that Hagio questions the dichotomy between shōjo and shōnen in her treatment of gender.

Reception and legacy

Although "X+Y" was well received by Japanese critics (winning the 1985 Seiun Award for Best Comic), Michelle Smith called it the weakest of the three stories. According to Smith, Mori and Tacto's relationship is "far too rushed" and Mori's rationale for being in love was unclear. She criticized Mori's causing the accident, and wrote that the subplot about Tacto's chromosomes "[doesn't] make much sense". Smith praised the other two stories and the collection's artistic style, saying that it "doesn't look like anything else". She wrote that the title story alone made A, A Prime worth reading, praising its ending and saying that she would like to see another story with its characters. "4/4" was second best in Smith's opinion, and she enjoyed the portrayal of Trill's lack of emotional involvement. Steve Whitaker, for The Slings & Arrows Comic Guide, called A, A Prime "a masterful example of science fiction in a shojo", praising its art: "Facials and montages are carefully played-off against the portrayal of the various planets and their communities".

Describing the anthology as a "flawless jewel of science fiction", Shaenon K. Garrity called it an emotional work which touched her deeply: "Because of A, A Prime, I discovered that this art form could do more than I'd imagined—not just tell ambitious stories, which I already knew from reading Sandman and Bone and Watchmen, but tell them with passion, in lines drawn from nerve endings, using every weapon in the artist's arsenal to not just dazzle the mind, but stab straight to the heart." Katherine Dacey also praised the "intensely Romantic quality of all three stories" and their artwork, particularly Hagio's representation of the characters' memories and emotional states with "symbolically rich imagery" and a "dream-like quality". Dacey cited Hagio's "unique ability to mix the sublime with the ridiculous", such as the characters' names and costumes and the sex-change drug.

According to Rob Vollmar, A, A Prime is an important part of "the evolution of shoujo out of shonen manga". It was cited by Garrity as "one of the forerunners to countless modern manga with inventive gender-bending elements", such as Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½. Another Takahashi work, Urusei Yatsura, has a storyline in which clones are differentiated from the originals by apostrophes on their heads, referring to "A, A Primes title.

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I removed the following paragraph, which didn't seem to make any sense. If this was incorrect, I apologize. John Barleycorn 07:06, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Message from Jake Lampenfeld after the episode entitled Blizzard: "Hi, I think that The Blizzard might have taken my track bag, which contained my white T-Shirt i saw him wearing. If you see The Blizzard, or Dr. Dredal, please contact White Chocolate."

wow, someone's a little bitter about this show (and probably MTV in general)?

Added this: which debuted in 2003 and is still running. --Andrew 18:08, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Should the UK voice over be mentioned? The guy who did it, Alex Zane, went for a more sureal take often sugesting people died, became alcoholics and other such things at the end.

Where are all these MADE kids now? Anyone with info should mention it.
 * Editing on wikipedia. --Mr. Brown 05:55, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Contact Made?
People have to write letters or something to join the show Perhaps it owuld be usful to inclued the email address for contacting them and how you get onto the show.

They are currently at my school, Central High of Philadelphia, filming potential applicants. --TheOneCalledA1 23:13, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Really? Did they interview you? Are you on screen? MTV Made went to our school, Grasso Tech. I didn't appear on screen, but I think you can see my sister. This was the one where Keath wanted to be a ballroom dancer.

where are they now??
I'm from the uk and i love made, good to see what american high schools are really like! i would like it if they did a year on are what happend next show just to see if they changed back!

Re-Made?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe MTV may be broadcasting repeats of the first seven seasons under the banner "Re-MADE". Th 2005 16:52, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Actually, it looks like it's just one of those "here's a rebroadcasting of the show, an update on the kid, and oh some commentary from the featured kids in these MADE episodes". Th 2005 17:05, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

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Some more info on the show
can somene put in some unbiased, neutral, information about MADE.. because right now it's just a list of episodes. --Rmhs15 (talk) 00:57, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

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Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy of Western Canada

The Western Eparchy is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada, which itself is under the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

The Western Eparchy consists of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, and has about 60 churches (most of them country churches), and two cathedral churches (St. John's Cathedral, Edmonton, and Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral).

In April 2022, just after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Western Eparchy formalized an agreement whereby they (and the larger UOCC) could send aid to Ukraine via the Orthodox Church of Ukraine directly.

Current bishop
In 2023, the bishop for the eparchy was Ilarion (Roman Rudnyk), and he is stylized as Bishop of Edmonton, and the Western Eparchy. The last serving bishop for the diocese was Metropolitan John (Stinka), who went on to become the UOCC's Metropolitan, and Archbishop of Winnipeg. John (Stinka) served in the capacity of "Bishop of Edmonton" for 20 years (1985–2005). He died in 2022. Ilarion was elected as Bishop of Edmonton at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church's Sobor (Church Council) on August 23, 2008, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This election was later ratified by the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Holy and Sacred Synod, and he was enthroned as Bishop of Edmonton on Sunday, October 26, 2008, at St. John's Cathedral by Metropolitan John.

On September 7, 2018, the Chief Secretariat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople Holy Synod announced the appointment of Bishop Hilarion and Archbishop Daniel of Pamphilon as ‘exarchs’ of the Patriarchate of Constantinople for Kiev.

List of bishops

 * Andrew (Metiuk) (1958–1975).
 * Boris (Yakovkevych) (1975–1983)
 * John (Stinka) (1985–2005)
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User talk:Deryck Chan/Archive 3

This is an archive of old discussion. Read it if you like (although I don't think anybody, including myself, will). Any new comments please post to User talk:Deryck Chan. De ryc k C.  07:40, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Deryck's Stand
(see /Archive 2 and User talk:Huaiwei for related discussions)

It may surprise you if I tell you that I never intended to "back Instantnood" by any means - at least, I opposed having the HK flag coming with a "national flag status". What I'm doing is just to try asserting my own opinions and views and apply them on wikipedia.

I often thought that things on wikipedia are really too tight. People in FAC discussion cross out 80% of my comments by a reason "not conforming/applying to FAS rules". As I can see, most wikipedians are doing exactly the same, and this is what I'm afraid of.

I just really, really hope that you're not going to fall into the same trap by applying man-made rules without a room for exception.

It's seen by all of us that, despite the general rules for a "national library", the Catalonian Library went onto the list. My view is that, if there's one exception, why can't there be another? Life and rules shall all be flexible.

However your view is that, we've violate the rule once. Of course we don't want to violate it twice.

There's no absolute right or wrong between the 2 views (the believer of a flexible life and the believer of absolutely correct rules). However, should the custom "do in Rome what the Romans do" a better way to solve this problem?

Hoping for your reply. Deryck C. 07:07, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi, just to let you know that I do intend to reply to you with regards to the above. But as I am reallymentaly drained now, and not exactly "in the mood" yet, I will do so a little later or tomorrow. Hope you dont mind the delay, and wont think that I have abandoned all negotiations. Thank you for your kind understanding and God bless! ;)--Huaiwei 13:04, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for voting in my RfA; I promise I'll wield my sacred mop with care. If you ever need me for anything, you know where to find me. Thanks again! -- Essjay ·  Talk 15:30, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for giving thanks back!!! ^_^ Deryck C. 04:31, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Deryck's Stand (con't 1)
Replying Huaiwei:

It's true that I've seen your delays in replying to our acts. In fact, recently I'm in quite a conflict with Instantnood about the "national flag" stuff. Everybody got his unique stand, but by concensus I hope all of us can work well together!!! Deryck C. 13:41, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * To Instantnood Jerry:

 * Thanks for that grammar fix. Deryck C. 15:33, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * It wasn't me who did it, but Jerry .. :-D — Instantnood 15:57, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Is it? Lemme check the history. Ah, yup, then thank you both.

Thanks Instantnood and Jerry. Deryck C. 17:10, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * :-) — Instantnood 17:26, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Did you add my talk page to your watchlist? How can you reply so quickly? (16 minutes!) Deryck C. 17:27, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Jerry's Barnstar
(original message on Jerry's talk page) Much thanks for buying my points in many discussions. ^_^ BTW why don't you put the Barnstar onto your user page instead of leaving it like an orphan here? Deryck 17:53, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * You're much too welcome. As to the barnstar, erh, I just don't wanna brandish it in my user page -- that gives me an ill feeling of showing off. :-) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 17:58, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Up to you then. Deryck C. 02:03, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Name
The "Fl" stands for Florida, the state in the United States where I reside. "Cello" means that I am a cellist, and "guy" just means person. No, "cello" doesn't stand for cellophane... (sorry, bad joke) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 04:14, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, of course, I never thought of the "cellophane". Deryck C. 13:18, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Mind Benders
Hello,. Thank you for submitting an entry to the pre-round and/or participating in round one of WP:MIND. I sincerly hope you enjoyed it. Round Two, which I have made a bit more difficult than round one, will open at approximately 2 PM EST, Sunday, July 24. In addition, the voting for pre-round has also been extended until the end of round two. I hope to see you at Round Two, so prepare for some WikIFun!!! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 17:10, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

 * EST=GMT+? ..Deryck C. 07:51, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * If your EST is most commonly used GMT-5, the competition will be very unfair to me, because I'm at GMT+8, that means the competition starts at 3am in the morning. Deryck C. 07:54, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Greetings to you, Deryck, and congratulations on your prowess in the Mind Bender game. I appreciate your kind comments to me, and I look forward to a rousing Round Two! You expressed disbelief that English was my only language, but I must confirm that this is true. To my regret and embarassment, I speak no other language! I also think have identified a real problem with the time zone inequality of the game. I wonder if there is a way to solve this? Best wishes for future rounds. -- ROYGBIV 16:11, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately, there will always be the issue of time zone differences- no matter what time I post it, it will be 3 AM somewhere in the world. I completely understand your feelings; do you have any suggestions to improve this? Also, I must mention that I chose this time because my computer access is extremely limited- I only have access to a computer lab right now, which is rarely open. I have compensated for this by making the questions (I hope) more difficult and challenging. Have fun in round two! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 18:35, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Much thanks for all your kind comments, but what I think is, as the time difference exists, I have just 2 choices, namely:

 * 1) Advocate a new score system and harder questions to ensure that latecomers (in fact just late for a few hours) can gain marks.
 * 2) Withdraw from the competition. (and become a question-setter?)

 * Frankly I prefer the latter as it will cause less burden to everybody currently involver, especially Flcelloguy. Deryck C. 04:07, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Sure, you can help me maintain the page. Do you want to start with Round 3? I have one problem written for it (a code that I haven't typed yet), and I usually take some questions off of websites. See User:Flcelloguy/Mind Benders (Spoiler warning: don't view the page if you don't want to know the answers to the remaining two questions). Contributions for questions are always appreciated! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:06, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

The 1970s
(original message on User talk:Warofdreams) The word "the" as in "The 1990s in Hong Kong", "The 1970s in Hong Kong" etc. has a special meaning. Please don't erase the word from the title. Deryck C. from Hong Kong, 12:26, 25 July 2005 (UTC).

 * I didn't mean to start any arguments; I assumed the article had been started by someone unaware that all similar articles omit "the" from their titles - e.g. 1970s in film or 1840s in sports. What special meaning does "the" have in the title of this article? Warofdreams 12:38, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * (also on User talk:Warofdreams) Just custom. In Hong Kong, everybody says "The 1990s" instead of simply "1990s". Therefore to conform the wikipedian custom (use British spelling and usage in Britain related articles, Aussie spelling and usage in Australian articles, similarly use Hong Kong-style wordings in Hong Kong related articles) the word the is put into the article series: The 1960s in Hong Kong, The 1970s in Hong Kong, The 1990s in Hong Kong. Much thanks for agreeing to talk with me and much thanks if you'll not do that retitling again. Deryck C. 12:46, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your explanation and my apologies for moving the articles without discussion. I am, however, not convinced by your argument.  For instance, in the UK we always refer to the country as the United Kingdom, and yet the article on the nation is of course at "United Kingdom".  Similarly, we have the River Thames and, indeed, the 1990s.  As a result, I'm planning to list the pages on WP:RM.

 * Currently I don't agree with your point (River Thames etc.) but as one of the "Hong Kong Dragonheads", Jerry, has decided to vote an affirmation, I may reconsider my vote. Deryck C. 16:11, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Porgy and Bess FAC
The recordings with dubious copyright status have been removed, and additional pictures added. Are there any other objections that you might have to the article? (WP:FAC) Cheers. --BaronLarf 16:40, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * I've withdrew my opposition. However, more efforts are required on the pictures. Deryck C. 16:47, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

New Signature!
Enjoy this new, colourful signature of Deryck...!!!

...  De ryc k C.  17:20, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Sango's RfA
Hi, Deryck. Thank you very much for supporting my RfA! I will try my best to demonstrate that your praise was well-placed and wield the mop responsibly. Sango 123  01:37, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, I'll support you, of course, because you really deserve adminship. Just one question: are you a boy or a girl? De ryc  k C.  03:59, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm a she. Nice new signature, by the way! Thanks again, Sango  123  15:07, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

Arkuat's first barnstar (history of chemistry)
Recognition at last! Thank you for your award. I'll figure out where I most want to show off my very first barnstar after I've had a chance to bask in the glory for a while. --Eric Forste (talk) 04:26, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

 * My pleasure to receive thanks from you. De ryc  k C.  04:36, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Mind Benders
Hello, Deryck. What you can do is place the questions on Mind Benders/Round Three. When the round is ready to be opened, all we have to do under the "Current Round" section is place and it will show up. We can copy and paste round two into the round three page, change the "Answer this question" link to make it right, add a spoiler warning, and begin writing questions. Let me know what you think! Oh, BTW, nice sig. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 15:53, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

 * What can I say? Well, really, really much thanks! De ryc  k C.  16:53, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Email
(original message on User talk:Essjay) Is it possible for to give me your email address so that I can contact you when I'm in need for some sysop actions? (esp. when I'm accidentally being blocked) De ryc  k C.  05:37, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Deryck: I'd be happy to give you my email. It's a hotmail account, and the username is essjay-wiki. If you use MSN Messenger, you can IM me that way too. -- Essjay ·  Talk 04:35, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you. I hope I don't need to contact you. De ryc k C.  06:02, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

 * If you need anything, whether its admin related or not, feel free to drop me a line. My talk page is usually the quickest way to get me, but email works too. -- Essjay ·  Talk 12:50, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. In that case you're really a Wiki fanatic! De ryc k C.  05:12, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

IDRIVE

 * Hi, Deryck, thanks for your note. I don't understand templates much yet, but I'm learning. Maurreen (talk) 14:33, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Never mind. De ryc  k C.  08:45, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Flag of HK
(also on User talk:K.C. Tang) I wanna ask for your opinions about the "drape tastefully" and the "beginning of the circle" phrases in the Flag of Hong Kong article. Frankly I don't understand what does it mean by "with the flag draped tastefully from it" and the actual position of the "beginning of the circle". De ryc k C.  04:05, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Hey! Tasty is different from tasteful :-D. Tasteful means showing good taste. Thus drape tastefully equates with drape decently. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 04:20, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Aiya... I hope I will have some time to go through the whole article, but of course u can edit it when u find something obscure. As the Wiki guys always say: Be bold (though I myself is often not bold enough to do so in some cases!) By the way, I notice that u r involved in the Sicence of the Week project, do u think it would be fun to creat a "History of Chinese Chemistry" entry? :D --K.C. Tang 04:41, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

 * History of Chinese chemistry!? I thought it stopped ever since Han Dynasty's 獨尊儒術 thing. De ryc  k C.  04:44, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Not really...It involves a lot of alchemy stuff, u know, the Taoist dream of making "long-live never-age potion". Alchemy is quite popular in HK recently thanks to that anime (what's its eng name?) --K.C. Tang 04:48, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Longevity potion, as I've seen on computer games. De ryc  k C.  05:29, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

McDull
(original message on User talk:HappyCamper)I wonder where do you come from? You seem to have so much idea about Cantonese history. De ryc k C.  05:57, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Have you watched My life as McDull before? --HappyCamper 07:19, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Yup, what's the deal? De ryc  k C.  07:22, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I did as well. :) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 07:24, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I think most Hong Kongers did. De ryc  k C.  07:25, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Maybe we should edit that page and get it up to featured article status! --HappyCamper 07:27, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Dealing with another FAC at the moment. click here. De ryc  k C.  07:28, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Try to nominate the page to here. Btw, I've the DVD of the movie. Want some screenshot? I think you should make reference of some film-related FAs before further improvement. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 07:33, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Then you'll do it. De ryc  k C.  07:37, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Wait a minute before you keep on posting... time to archive. De ryc  k C.  07:37, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

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Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern Canada

The Eastern Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada is an autonomous part of the Church of Constantinople. The UOCC's Eastern Eparchy consists of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and consists of 27 parish cathedrals and churches.

The eparchy has 17 parishes. It is based in Ontario.

In 2023, the Bishop is Andrew Peshko. Previous to his appointment, Metropolitan Yurij (Kalistchuk) of Winnipeg served as the diocese's locum tenens. Prior to his election as primate of the UOCC in 2010 Metropolitan Yurij served as Archbishop of Toronto and the Eastern Eparchy.

Cathedrals

 * St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Toronto)
 * St. Sophie's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Montreal)


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User:Searley

G'Day

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User:Athf1234

Правосудие, вольность, свобода, и драка против незнания

Have also edited under "24.188.117.102" Hi Hi - I have been a contributor to Wikipedia since July 2005(?) and as a registered user since September 28, 2005. My huge babel tower contains a good deal of information about me. Feel free to drop me a note on my talk page. BTW, my username comes from this show. Athf1234 00:33, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

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Spoken word versions of: Attack on Pearl Harbor Siege Stuttering Crash test dummy

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Modeling Wikipedia's growth
This is a curve-fitting model I ran in SPSS using data from the past year: DV is number of articles, IV is days since Wikipedia was first created (english version). The resulting model (explaining>99.9% of the variation) is: Number of Articles = 23920.1 * e^(.002*days)

So for today (2006-01-16 or 1833 days), the equation results in: 935,159 articles (not too bad - off by a factor of 1.015) The new year (2007-01-01 or 2183 days): 23920.1 * e^(.002*2183) = 1,883,178 articles New year 2010 (3279 days) = 16,860,260 articles

Reaching One Million x=ln((1,000,000/23920.1))/.002=1866.52 days=Sunday, February 19, 2006

One hundred million articles: 100,000,000=23920.1 * e^(.002*x) 4180.584=e^(.002*x) ln(4180.584)=.002*x x=ln(4180.584)/.002 = 4169.1 days = Sunday, June 10, 2012

One billion articles: 1,000,000,000=23920.1 * e^(.002*x) 239201.03=e^(.002*x) ln(239201.03)=.002*x x=12.385/.002 = 6192.5 days = Sunday, December 24, 2017

One Googol articles x=(ln(10^100/23920.1))/.002=110088 days = Tuesday, June 10, 2302

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Talk:Dacia Trajana

This text merely copies text at Dacia. A redirect would serve the reader better. Later, this can always be spun off, if it threatens to overburden the article Dacia.

Are there any objections? --Wetman 07:17, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Support. --Ghirlandajo 09:40, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

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Vaiko

Vaiko, birth name Vaiyapuri Gopalsamy, is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India from Tamil Nadu. He is the founder and General Secretary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), a political party active mainly in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was earlier elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu.

Birth
Vaiko was born in Kalingapatty near Sankarankovil, Madras Presidency.

Education
He graduated with a Gold Medal in his Bachelor of arts degree in economics from St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai and masters from Presidency College, Chennai. He obtained his bachelor's degree in law from Madras Law College. He is an avid reader and orator known for his oratory skills both in Tamil and English. He has two daughters and a son.

Political career
Vaiko is now the general secretary of the MDMK party. Vaiko was a part of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and was formerly a close colleague of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi. Vaiko has been involved in and led anti Hindi agitations.

He entered the Rajya Sabha in 1978 and has been member of the Upper House for three terms. He has also been elected to the Lok Sabha twice.

Vaiko was known as "Lion Of Parliament" due to his vociferous speeches in Parliament. Vaiko protested against Kerala's demand for a new dam at Mullaperiyar and proposed building of dams in Pambar and Siruvani. Vaiko also supported national interlinking of rivers and Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project. Vaiko filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Madras High Court requesting closure of the copper smelting plant of Sterlite Industries in Tuticorin which did not follow the waste management procedures correctly and leading to the closure of the plant.

Vaiko often goes on foot marches along with his party cadres to attract attention to issues.

Support of LTTE
Vaiko unequivocally supported Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and other organizations fighting for a separate Tamil Eelam country in Sri Lanka. He made a trip to Eelam 1989 at the height of the LTTE's war with Sri Lankan Army when IPKF Indian Peace Keeping Force was at Jaffna. Vaiko was the first member of Parliament and chief of a registered political party in the country to be detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002. He was released after spending 18 months in prison.

In 2008, Criminal Investigation Department of Tamil Nadu police arrested Vaiko on charges of sedition. The charges stemmed from speeches Vaiko made at a party meeting on the Sri Lankan issue and the government's raids into LTTE-held areas on 21 October 2008. After 14 days in judicial custody, Vaiko was released.

Vaiko has said that India should retract its ban on the LTTE, claiming the ban was a shield to suppress freedom of expression and stifle the voice of the Opposition.

On 3 April 2017, Vaiko was jailed in for sedition case filed by DMK in their 2010 regime.

Philanthropy
In 2005, Vaiko started the Marumalarchi Blood Donors' Club. Vaiko has launched many engagement programmes in rural areas with the participation of villagers. Vaiko has undergone a month-long padayatra in Tamil Nadu for the interlinking of interstate rivers in India. Vaiko during the time he represented Sivakasi Constituency in Loksabha conducted several medical camps for his constituents. He conducted medical camps for physically disabled people in his constituency with the help of Sri Venkateshwara Medical College, Thirupathi. Thousands of people afflicted by polio attended the camp and were given medical aid including corrective surgery at Thirupathi and Whitefield, Bengaluru and post-surgery aid, equipments, etc,. He conducted medical camps for providing the Hepatitis B vaccine for children and provided vaccines for 65000 children in his constituency. Considering the logistics and the planning involved in providing the vaccines in three doses to 65000 children, the program was successful without a hitch. And considering the fact that all these medical camps were organized by Mr. Vaiko without any government help and with his own money, it itself states the philanthropic nature of the leader.

Personal life
He married Renuka Devi on 14 June 1971. Vaiko enjoys writing in his free time and has authored over 50 books (Tamil & English) apart from regular essays and columns in newspapers.

Documentary film
Six decades of the political life of Vaiko were filmed by Durai Vaiko and released by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. K. Stalin, K. Veeramani,R. Nallakannu,K. S. Alagiri, Thol. Thirumavalavan, K. Balakrishnan (CPI-M), R Mutharasan, T. Velmurugan, Khadar Mohideen (IUML) and M H Jawahirullah (MMK) in Sathyam Cinemas.

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Logie Awards of 1990

The 32nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Friday 9 March 1990 at the Hyatt on Collins in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Ten Network. The ceremony was hosted by Mark Mitchell and guests included Ernest Borgnine, John Travolta, Pauline Collins, John Alderton, Sigrid Thornton and Dame Edna Everage.

Nominees and winners
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Performers

 * James Morrison
 * Gerry Connolly

Hall of Fame
After a lifetime in the Australian television industry, Johnny Young became the seventh inductee into the TV Week Logies Hall of Fame.

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Talk:Fuhua

Untitled
this is a disambig.And not nonsense.Tdxiang 07:18, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Liposarcoma

Just
Just a note that for diagnosis of liposarcomas, lipoblasts must be present... In case you want to add this to the article! :) - Natalie O'Halloran, med student. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.215.195.140 (talk) 12:38, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * "It is commonly believed that lipoblasts represent the hallmark of any liposarcoma subtype; however, it is important to emphasise that the mere presence of lipoblasts does not make (nor is required for) a diagnosis of liposarcoma" (Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone, WHO, 2002) Bernhard138 (talk) 05:55, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Although - survival rates
Although I also agree that the information is inaccurate published survival rates vary widely and the most serious liposarcomas do indeed have a poor survival rate. As a liposarcoma survivor I've absorbed as much info as possible and been annoyed at the conflicting reports so I'm not surprised to see that reflected here. rbanzai May 16, 2006

This info is incredibly inaccurate, especially the information on metastases and survival rates. There are several types of liposarcoma, and the most common types have incredibly high 5-year survival rates -- 90% plus. Even the most serious types of liposarcoma (mixed cell, undifferentiated) have a better survival rate than what is posted here. Metastases are also relatively uncommon with the more frequent forms of liposarcoma.

The site seems to be the source of the <50% survival rate. RJFJR 20:45, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

suggesting template for Orthopaedic Conditions
I have been going through the list of orthopaedic conditions listed as stubs and suggesting this template for Orthopaedic Conditions (see Talk:Orthopedic surgery) Name Definition Synonyms Incidence Pathogenesis Pathology Stages Classification Natural History/Untreated Prognosis Clinical Features Investigation Non-Operative Treatment Risks of Non-Operative Treatment Prognosis following Non-Operative Treatment Operative Treatment (Note that each operations should have its own wiki entry) Risks of Operative Treatment Prognosis Post Operation Complications Management Prevention History --Mylesclough 05:49, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Draft:Liposarcoma Genome Project
There is an abandoned draft relating to this topic, if someone were able to review the material. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:27, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

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Talk:MARC Train

Why the name change?
What's the reason for the name change on all the instances of MARC? Is there a source that this is an "official" name? On the MTA Website, there's no indication that the name is anything other than just "MARC". --Jfruh 07:22, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed, the new name is no improvement over the old one. According to Trains.com the MARC name was adopted in 1984 and originally represented "Maryland Area Rail Commuter," but current branding seems to favor MARC and Maryland Rail Commuter, as seen at MTA's site as not to mention  (PDF). FWIW, Google returns
 * "Maryland Rail Commuter" train - 968 results
 * "Maryland Rail Commuter" site:state.md.us = 62
 * "Maryland Area Rail Commuter" train - 413
 * "Maryland Area Rail Commuter" site:state.md.us = 0
 * "Maryland Area Regional Commuter" train - 362
 * "Maryland Area Regional Commuter" site:state.md.us = 0
 * "Maryland Rail Commuter Service" train - 338
 * "Maryland Rail Commuter Service" site:state.md.us - 4
 * I think the article should be moved to Maryland Rail Commuter. - choster 17:00, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Per and, it is Maryland Rail Commuter Service. After all, the name is referring to the service, not one who uses the service. Although, I will concede that material at mtamaryland.com uses the term MARC Train a lot. SixSix 05:37, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I ride the MARC daily. Every piece of literature I've seen says "MARC train," and that is the only use I see on http://www.mtamaryland.com, including their annual report. If ya ask me, "MARC Train Service" is the official name. Al 20:22, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed, as I finally found an official statement from the MTA which confirms that—regardless of what it was before—MARC Train Service is now the de facto name. Time for a name change for this page, I guess? SixSix 15:46, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah Google returns about 56,800 results for "marc train", 109 for "marc train" site:state.md.us . Al 20:29, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * While I don't disagree with your conclusion, I'm not too crazy about using Google search result counts to prove or disprove such things. SixSix 15:46, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Me either. But since Google results were shown above I just wanted to add another data point. I ride the MARC daily, and there is nothing on either the MTA website or any documents, including the tickets, that say anything other than MARC. No "also known as", no "dba", nothing of the kind. The title of this article should be MARC Train. Al 17:15, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I think part of the problem is that people (myself included :) ) have wanted to believe that MARC was an acronym, instead of just a name that does not necessarily "stand" for something. At any rate, we're almost there: I think we're down to whether or not to include Service as part of the title. Per link #8 above, it would seem as though Service is part of the official name, so at the moment I'm leaning towards MARC Train Service, but as an occassional MARC rider, I agree that I only ever see MARC Train in passenger-targeted material. SixSix 13:25, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It seems obvious to me that it USED to stand for something, but now is just the name. (In much the same way that AT&T used to stand for American Telephone & Telegraph, but now is now officially AT&T Corporation.) In any event, MARC Train Service looks like a winner to me. Al 18:34, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I haven't exactly been contributing to this debate, so I apologize for throwing a spanner in the works here. But I don't really see the point of including "service" in the title; that strikes me as just a descriptive noun rather than part of the name of the service.  Frankly, I think even having "train" in there is a little silly, though I admit that the MTA's Web site refers to it inexplicably as "MARC Train" throughout. What's wrong with just using "MARC"? --Jfruh 23:11, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I see this as an issue of what the official name is, rather than what any one individual's opinion is about what it should be. To that end, please see (for the second time...) [], where, right there in the second paragraph, it says The local rail passenger service now called MARC Train Service. While I don't think anybody disagrees that, in colloquial usage, MARC or MARC Train is more common, I think the article title is supposed to use the official name. Once the article is renamed, we can add something to the article along the lines of "more commonly known as MARC or MARC Train" to the article and/or add redirect pages for them. Finally, there are other meanings of MARC, so I don't think it should just be MARC. SixSix 20:29, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Naming conventions (common names) would seem to suggest that MARC Train would be better. MARC indeed would probably end up as a disambiguation page. Al 17:05, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Based on that, and on my inability to find any naming guidelines that specifically address the naming of pages about governmental agencies or railroads, I'm in agreement with MARC Train. There already is a disambiguation page for MARC, BTW. We'll just have to adjust the one entry to point to MARC Train instead of Maryland Rail Commuter Service. SixSix 00:21, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Works for me. --Jfruh 02:09, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I've been bold and gone ahead. (Obviously.) Al 12:16, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Al. I think any time you can get three people to agree on anything on the internet, it's a minor miracle. To top it off, it looks like someone already fixed all the pages that had previously pointed to Maryland Rail Commuter Service; thanks! SixSix 19:40, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * That was me, goofing off when I should have been working. Al 12:29, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I have been looking at this and searching for all different configurations on the official title. It does appear that "MARC Train" is what the MTA is now referring to their commuter trains as. Though it does seem odd that MTA has gone that route as "MARC Train" sounds blunt, it appears that they refer to it every as "the MARC train." They refer to it like the commuters do - "yeah, I take the MARC train." Weird, but hey, that is it.Oanabay04 (talk) 16:17, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You do realize you responded to a 3-and-a-half year old (and rather well settled) discussion? Oh, also, please don't edit other persons' talk page comments, it's considered quite rude.oknazevad (talk) 16:57, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Accidents
I see someone added details about the February, 1996 crash. Are there any other incidents that we can use to flesh out an "Accidents" section? Al 12:29, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The only other MARC accident of note that I can recall occurred two or three years back at Penn Station. If I recall correctly, a northbound Amtrak was entering the station, coming out of the tunnel that is south of the station, and could not stop in time before it hit a southbound MARC either waiting in the station or waiting to enter the tunnel. Something about the engineer never having driven a diesel before (she had only driven electrics up to that point) seems to come to mind. It should be on the NTSB site; I'll check it when I have more time. SixSix 17:32, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
 * NB Palmetto (#90) sideswiped SB MARC (#437) due to the engineer not being experienced enough with diesels. NTSB accident report.  A quick search of the NTSB site finds no other reported accidents.  Skabat169 14:05, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Why?
Considering it's a grand total of about 26 miles, does it strike anyone else as odd that the Penn line isn't simply extended to Newark, Delaware, where one could transfer to SEPTA? The track's already there, and it already goes to Perryville, it seems like it would be a rather easy thing to do. Any insights into why it doesn't? Doregasm 21:31, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I just found my own answer: http://www.wilmapco.org/studies/Track%20A%20Feasability/PhaseII.htm Doregasm 21:36, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I've thought a lot about that very idea a great deal, and wondered if I was alone in that regard, but I see I'm not! What does that site actually reveal in terms of a concrete answer, though?  It does outline a feasibility study, but doesn't really hint at any progress that's been made (if there is any, which I doubt). Snowman83 01:26, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I guess if the problem is just the amount of freight traffic going through a limited number of tracks, any regularly scheduled commuter rail would be impossible. I tried e-mailing them for more updated information, but never heard back. Doregasm 09:14, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

 * I found a mention of the report in DART's (DE's transit funding arm of the DOT) Long Range Transit Plan at http://www.dartfirststate.com/reports/00-25/dtclrp.pdf#search=%22MARC%20site%3Adartfirststate.com%22 (see pages 17 and 19). Note though that this only shows the study funded through 2005, so odd that a report can't be found.  Keep in mind that a commuter rail extension such as this would require money to build stations, add interlockings, buy more equipment (MARC is already short on capacity as it is), and more annual cost (for maintenance, crews, and payments to Amtrak for track usage).  My guess would be that the projected ridership was too low to justify the costs.  A shame though, and something that could easily become worthwhile with worsening traffic and higher gas prices in the near future.
 * Skabat169 16:32, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Station shutdowns: remove this section?
Now that these stations look to stay open in the immediate future, I think this section ought to be either greatly reduced or removed altogether from the article. What say you all? --Jfruh (talk) 18:59, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

 * A mention should remain as historical fact, but it should defenitely be reduced and/or edited into another subheading. Skabat169 22:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * We should just take it out boyds and dickerson are still in service. The article seems to be inacruate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Plyhmrp (talk • contribs)

 * The article is not inaccurate: it correctly states that MARC considered closing them, but they remained open in the end. SixSix 16:07, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

 * I agree that an item like this loses its significance at some point after the event. If there is any possibility that this issue will arise in the near future, I'd say keep it around a while longer. However, I haven't heard anything to this effect, and this year's legislative session passed with no further mention of this issue, so I'm guessing it's dead.

 * So, I guess the question then becomes how to "de-significant-ize" the topic. Just a thought: how about referencing a footnote from the respective stations in the station list, something to the effect of: "In an early-2006 plan that was ultimately canceled, station was scheduled to be closed due to low patronage." SixSix 16:07, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

 * OK, I just went ahead and did it. Sorry, but...it just seemed like the best way to implement it. I think it looks good now. SixSix 16:29, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Brunswick Line crash section
After recent additions, this one incident takes up a sizeable chunk of a not particularly long article. I would propose moving it to its own article with a link from here. What say you all? --Jfruh (talk) 16:03, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Not that big a chunk. Besides, it's certainly not big enough for its own article. I think it should stay right where it is. —Wrathchild (talk) 17:21, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I just question whether a single accident that happened more than a decade ago is such a defining part of the essence of MARC that it merits such an amount of space here. By comparison, the Sept. 11th attacks, which are more recent and have certainly had more reprecussions, merit only two sentences in the United Airlines article. --Jfruh (talk) 17:47, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's taking up that much space, honestly, and moving it to its own article doesn't make sense to me. I suggest that it is very much a defining event in the history of MARC as it is, apparently, the only fatal accident in its history (not counting trespassers struck by trains). I'll see if I can get a photo or two of the multiple memorials that are on the grounds of the Brunswick station. —Wrathchild (talk) 20:36, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Jessup
If anyone wonders Jessup station is closed it was a camden line stop and it is not there check the timetable at the stations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Plyhmrp (talk • contribs) 19:19, April 10, 2007
 * I asked you on your talk page why you keep removing it. You didn't respond. What's your source? I still see it on the official site. I'm a regular MARC commuter and I haven't seen any announcements from MTA Maryland or anything in the newspaper about a station closing. So what's the deal? —Wrathchild (talk) 17:54, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Have you been on MARC? Just check th timetables. If you been on the camden it is not on the timetable and we did not stop there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.66.95.84 (talk • contribs)
 * Did you read what I wrote? Yes, I am a MARC commuter. Admittedly, on the Brunswick line, but I still don't see where the Jessup station is closed in any source. Neither the timetable cards nor the official MTA website show that the Jessup station is out of service. Only one train stops there in the mornings and evenings (two on some holidays). Is that perhaps what is confusing you? In any event, your say-so is a primary source, and is thus not a valid source for Wikipedia. We need something else: the official website to say they're not stopping there, a newspaper article, something. —Wrathchild (talk) 14:27, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes i did read what you wrote. On nbc 4 they said Jessup was closed. It was a while back. Check the CAMDEN timtables they do not stop there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Plyhmrp (talk • contribs)
 * I just looked at the Camden Timetable, and what do you know, one train a day still stops there. Just like Wrathchild said. So I put Jessup back on the list. By the way, please don't put your comments on this page such that it looks like part of someone else's comment. --Jfruh (talk) 15:16, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

 * First of all, keep it civil. Please.  Second, I accessed the schedule here.  It shows train 850 and 847 (plus 852 and 841 in bad weather) stopping at Jessup.  Therefore, I consider the station open.  I have not verified this by physically standing on the platform and watching the trains stop, but I would consider the timetable from MTA's website good enough for now.  Skabat169 00:54, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

(← Unindent) Speaking as a disinterested 3rd party, a railroad timetable is a reliable source. One's personal experience, watching from the platform, etc. would be original research. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 01:31, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Official timetables are indeed reliable sources. What was seen on TV may have been a number of things: perhaps a consideration of closing it, or perhaps a temporary closure at some point for maintenance, or perhaps a short closure due to an incident.  There are plenty of things: all of which could be easily proven if they are indeed true.  For example, go to Jessup and get a photo of a sign saying closed.  Or find the NBC4 article on their website and link to it.  The burden of proof is to prove it is closed, as right now there is plenty of evidence to say it is indeed open. -- Bossi  ( talk • gallery • contrib ) 00:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

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Crashes and incidents: what qualifies to be listed
I do not think that every last suicide and grade crossing (car vs. train) incident should be listed in the Crashes and Incidents section, unless they result in deaths or injuries to MARC passengers or significant damage to MARC equipment. Rationale:
 * The article is about MARC, not highway-rail crossing safety, suicide by train, etc. If the incident does not have a noteworthy affect on MARC passengers or equipment, it should not be included.
 * An incident that ultimately results in nothing other than a delay to MARC passengers is not noteworthy; delays happen all the time. Therefore, a suicide or highway/rail incident that causes nothing but a delay is not noteworthy.
 * By virtue of their frequency, suicides and highway/rail incidents in and of themselves do not qualify as noteworthy (unfortunately).
 * The article will become unmanageably long if every single incident is listed.

Therefore, I propose removing the existing entry about the June 2007 suicide, and watching the section for any other such "minor" entries that do not qualify as "noteworthy". —Preceding unsigned comment added by SixSix (talk • contribs) 16:55, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Map
http://phdcouncil.bme.jhu.edu/downloads/MTA_Map.gif

We could use a map like that... does anyone know how the MTA licenses their works? Probably copyrighted :| gren グレン 14:47, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The map has been added following a Graphic Lab request. Diagrams have been added to the individual line articles, and we are debating whether to include a combined diagram (shown right) in this article.  It may be possible to collapse this completely to a single row MARC Train Service [show]. Certes (talk) 13:03, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Name change
Somebody just moved this page to a new name w/out discussion? You'll note the discussion above on this talk page (with sources) with the rationale for the previous location. --Jfruh (talk) 15:57, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Move reverted, as it was done without consensus and ignored the above discussion.oknazevad (talk) 17:33, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Frederick Service
No mention in the article of service to Frederick, MD, on a spur from Brunswick. Who owns the track?--Virgil H. Soule (talk) 06:11, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The part from Point of Rocks to the branch is CSX's Old Main Line Subdivision, while the Frederick branch itself is owned by the MTA Maryland (actually the only MARC trackage they own). It's all covered at the Brunswick Line article, where such details are better suited. oknazevad (talk) 06:51, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
 * A description of the service to Frederick MD (which MARC considers and markets as a branch of the Brunswick Line) has been added. MDOT owns the physical plant (per CSXT's Baltimore Division Timetable).TRHickey (talk) 23:53, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Map (2)
I re-added the map diagram to the infobox because it does provide useful information to this article in a compact form. I have it defaulting to showing all the line names and only terminus stations. I've collapsed the diagram by default so it doesn't take up much space. gren グレン 03:15, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I have reverted your addition. As I said in my edit summary, line map templates are meant to illustrate the physical line; that's why they include symbols for bridges, tunnels, grade crossings, etc. As such, they belong on the line articles. Other multi-line commuter systems don't include them for that reason as well; see MBTA Commuter Rail, Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, SEPTA Regional Rail, Metra, GO Transit, Agence métropolitaine de transport and Metrolink (Southern California). These are all the multi-line commuter systems in North America save one, and none of those articles have line maps on them. (Virginia Railway Express is the exception, though that's due to the lack of individual line articles. Why there's no individual line articles I don't know; I may have to rectify that.)
 * Other commuter systems that do include line maps are single line systems. As such, the article serves both as a description of the service and the physical right-of-way; there the line map serves to as it would on an individual line article, such as at Harlem Line.
 * Plus it's redundant, as there's already a geographic map showing where the lines are located, with better context to each other and the surrounding geography. oknazevad (talk) 04:45, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Questioning "Maryland Area Rail Commuter" name
I'm finally calling BS on the "Maryland Area Rail Commuter" name, which, given that it is so awkward and contrived, is ostensibly nothing more than a made-up bacronym of "MARC" with no official sourcing. I know that a previous discussion in which I was involved, above, cites a Trains article as the source of this name, but I have a strong suspicion that this is a circular reference, in that Trains is getting the "Maryland Area Rail Commuter" name from Wikipedia (and, thusly, perpetuating a falsehood).

Anyway, the article implies that "Maryland Area Rail Commuter" is the current meaning of MARC, so any citation would need to confirm this to be the case.

I'd say to give this a few months and, if no reliable source can be provided in that time, it's out of here. SixSix (talk) 14:09, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
 * That's because it's "Maryland Area Regional Commuter" according to the MTA Maryland website. I've corrected it and added a ref. oknazevad (talk) 14:53, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

 * I agree that the name is suspect and probably is being perpetuated by the Wikipedia article. The link to the MTA website (which is what you get when you Google the phrase "Maryland Area Rail Commuter") does not actually contain that phrase so the citation needs to be changed. Even though that text is found nowhere on the site.
 * If you do an advanced Google search for the phrase "Maryland Area Rail Commuter" and limit to .gov websites, you will get some actual government documents that use the phrase. For example, try this: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Maryland+Area+Rail+Commuter%22+site%3A.gov&hl=en&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=off&tbs=. —Diiscool (talk) 15:09, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
 * The phrase appears right on the page. To quote:

Home / Getting Around / Services

The MARC (Maryland Area Regional Commuter) Train Service is a commuter rail system whose service areas include Harford County, Maryland; Baltimore City; Washington D.C.; Brunswick, Maryland; Frederick, Maryland and Martinsburg, West Virginia.

 * I'd call that in the citation given. oknazevad (talk) 16:52, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

 * Well ... I stand corrected! I definitely missed that. Thanks for pointing it out. Problem solved. —Diiscool (talk) 16:55, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

 * Quoting directly from "MARC Train 101", an internal document created by MTA to maintain a consistent source of information for all things concerning MARC:
 * "In 1983 the name MARC first began to be used as a marketing name for the service. MARC was an acyronym derived from 'MAryland Rail Commuter' [double-caps in the first word deliberate].  However, only the MARC name is used on equipment, timetables, and other communications with the public."
 * The current MTA website suggests MARC stands for "Maryland Area Regional Commuter" (reflecting that the MTA unit presently administering the train service is also responsible for regional commuter bus) but, as the MARC Train 101 citation indicates, this is not usually shared with the public.TRHickey (talk) 00:18, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Stations without images
The following MARC stations still need images:
 * Frederick (MARC station)
 * Seabrook (MARC station)
 * Martin State Airport (MARC station)
 * Edgewood (MARC station)

I'd love to grab Seabrook (MARC station) on my next road trip up north, but I don't know when that's going to take place. Nevertheless, I'd still like to remind everybody here of them, so that the articles aren't neglected. -User:DanTD (talk) 21:22, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
 * UPDATE: I see that two stations are now photographed, thanks to User:Pi.1415926535. So that makes two left, now. -User:DanTD (talk) 13:28, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I should be able to grab Seabrook in mid August; unfortunately Frederick would be too far an excursion. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 14:26, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * And now that you've got Seabrook station, the only one left is Frederick, which I also think could use some S-Line adjustments. -User:DanTD (talk) 03:45, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 18 April 2015

 * The following is a closed discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was not moved. --BDD (talk) 16:55, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

MARC Train → MARC Train Service – Alternatively, just MARC (train) or MARC train. If we want to use a proper name, the sources show that it is MARC Train Service. If we prefer what it's commonly called, then MARC train. Or we could just use parenthetical disambiguation on the system name MARC. Pick one. But capitalizing Train is otherwise unwarranted. See books]. Dicklyon (talk) 01:06, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose "MARC Train" and "MARC Train Service" are both used in official webpages . Conifer (talk ) 05:57, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Conifer. We didn't pull this out of thin air. There's plenty of sources using any possible title, and absolutely no compelling reason is given to change the title of the article, which has been stable for years based on prior discussion. No reason to change what works. oknazevad (talk) 06:01, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment the consistently used name is just MARC as is demonstrated through a wide range of results for search site:mta.maryland.gov "marc". The texts from the first page of results were:
 * MARC Train Service;
 * MARC train posts delay information and On-Time-Performance...;
 * The Penn Line of the MARC Train Service;
 * MARC weekly and monthly tickets ...;
 * MARC now offers weekend service ...;
 * Penn Line trains will have the MARC Bike Car in the train;
 * MTA strives to make it as convenient as possible for MARC riders to stay informed and up-to-date;
 * The MARC Riders Advisory Council ...;
 * MARC Train and Commuter Bus Tickets ...;
 * The new parking garage at the Savage MARC station

 * site:mta.maryland.gov "marc" gets "About 7,930 results"
 * site:mta.maryland.gov "marc train" gets "About 3,320 results" many of these results don't come from text but from a repeated link reading "MARC Train"

 * -site:mta.maryland.gov -Wikipedia "marc" AND (penn line" OR "camden line" OR "Baltimore Penn Station") gives many results other than "MARC Train"
 * Suggest MARC (train service)
 * GregKaye 12:09, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
 * There doesn't appear to be any consistency in how the MTA refers to its commuter rail. For example, on their FAQ page and rider's guide, it's called "MARC", "MARC Train", and "MARC Train Service" each more than once. Conifer (talk ) 18:29, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

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MARC's Bombardier Multi-Level Coaches
Any more images of those Bombardier Multi-Level Coaches? -User:DanTD (talk) 22:49, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

 * Just added one, will add to the table OTNRider (talk) 12:40, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

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Charger image
Hello fellow Wikipedians! I was wondering if anyone had or could locate an image of one of the new MARC Chargers. I have also posted this message on Talk:Siemens Charger. I would do it, but while I have experience editing articles, I don't know anything about adding images, especially when it comes to copyright, etc. Thanks! Daybeers (talk) 22:04, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

 * Ask, and ye shall receive! OTNRider (talk) 12:45, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Daybeers (talk) 16:27, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Hey, while we're discussing images, two thoughts come to mind. First, can we get a better image for the MARC II in the coaches table. The one there is pretty lousy, because it's too head-on and the station canopy causes the small amount of the side that can be seen to be far too shadowy to give a good view of the car.

The second is the lead images. Both are significantly out of date, being the one has a completely retired model of locomotive, and the other has a model of which there is only one left in existence at all, and it's not the one in the image. Such outdated images give a false impression of the railroad's present state and don't serve the unfamiliar reader well. oknazevad (talk) 13:13, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

 * I'll look through what I have for coaches, I'm sure I have something. I had the same thought about the lead images, but didn't want to swarm in and overtake all the pictures at once.  If there isn't objection, I'll update them, likely with a MP-36, and and HHP-8 since they look like they'll be around for a while. OTNRider (talk) 13:32, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the consideration, but I think that would be great! Daybeers (talk) 16:27, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Awesome sauce! oknazevad (talk) 16:33, 28 January 2018 (UTC) PS, found a better MARC II image on Commons and already added it. So we're good there. oknazevad (talk) 16:49, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Sources for rolling stock section
I appreciate you adding information to the rolling stock section, but all information needs a source. If you have some for the information you have added, or anything else in that chart for that matter, please add it. Otherwise I'll have to remove anything that's unsourced. –Daybeers (talk) 15:27, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

The section containing a roster of locomotives is missing a recent addition: New Jersey Transit 4145. It was built in October 1971 as a GP40 numbered B&O 4032 with the frame number 7340-58. It was numbered CSXT 6607 when it was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen as a GP40PH-2 and most recently ran on New Jersey Transit. In May 2018 it arrived at MARC’s Riverside Shop in Baltimore, MD, in exchange for the loan of MARC commuter cars to NJT. It's only intended for work train service, not commuter runs. Pictures of it may be found here: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=19244&Page=4 VilePig (talk)

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Query by Example (QBE) is a database query language for relational databases. It was devised by Moshé M. Zloof at IBM Research during the mid-1970s, in parallel to the development of SQL. It is the first graphical query language, using visual tables where the user would enter commands, example elements and conditions. Many graphical front-ends for databases use the ideas from QBE today. Originally limited only for the purpose of retrieving data, QBE was later extended to allow other operations, such as inserts, deletes and updates, as well as creation of temporary tables.

The motivation behind QBE is that a parser can convert the user's actions into statements expressed in a database manipulation language, such as SQL. Behind the scenes, it is this statement that is actually executed. A suitably comprehensive front-end can minimize the burden on the user to remember the finer details of SQL, and it is easier and more productive for end-users (and even programmers) to select tables and columns by selecting them rather than typing in their names.

In the context of information retrieval, QBE has a somewhat different meaning. The user can submit a document, or several documents, and ask for "similar" documents to be retrieved from a document database [see search by multiple examples ]. Similarity search is based comparing document vectors (see Vector Space Model).

QBE represents seminal work in end-user development, frequently cited in research papers as an early example of this topic.

Currently, QBE is supported in several relational database front ends, notably Microsoft Access, which implements "Visual Query by Example", as well as Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager. It is also implemented in several object-oriented databases (e.g. in db4o ).

QBE is based on the logical formalism called tableau query, although QBE adds some extensions to that, much like SQL is based on the relational algebra.

Example
An example using the Suppliers and Parts database is given here to illustrate how QBE works.

As a general technique
The term also refers to a general technique influenced by Zloof's work whereby only items with search values are used to "filter" the results. It provides a way for a software user to perform queries without having to know a query language (such as SQL). The software can automatically generate the queries for the user (usually behind the scenes). Here are some examples:

Example Form B: .....Name: Bob ..Address: .....City: ....State: TX ..Zipcode:

Resulting SQL: Note how blank items do not generate SQL terms. Since "Address" is blank, there is no clause generated for it. For Example Form C: .....Name: ..Address: .....City: Sampleton ....State: ..Zipcode: 12345

Resulting SQL: More advanced versions of QBE have other comparison operator options, often via a pull-down menu, such as "Contains", "Not Contains", "Starts With", "Greater-Than", and so forth.

Another approach to text comparisons is to allow one or more wildcard character characters. For example, if an asterisk is designated as a wild wildcard character in a particular system, then searching for last names using "Rob*" would return (match) last names such as "Rob", "Robert", "Robertson", "Roberto", etc.

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Winston Hills

Winston Hills is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Winston Hills is located 28 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of the City of Parramatta and The Hills Shire. Winston Hills is part of the Hills District region of Greater Western Sydney.

History
Winston Hills was originally part of the “Toongabbie” area. The traditional inhabitants of the land are thought to be originally the Dharug peoples, specifically the Toongagal clan.

As the colony spread out, the Toongabbie area grew and was later divided up into separate suburbs.

Winston Hills was named after Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874–1965) during World War II. With the name being preferred to Churchill Hills. In the early days, this area was named Model Farms (a name retained in a locality of the suburb and local high school) as this was the area where a model farm was developed to show settlers the types of crops that could be grown in different seasons.

Development of the suburb began in the 1960s by Hooker Rex, and there is little undeveloped land left. In 2009, the last remaining large parcel of vacant land, at Buckleys Hill, started to be developed. There is not much natural bushland left in the suburb, except for the creek corridors, like Toongabbie Creek. It was transferred from the local government area of the City of Blacktown to the City of Parramatta in 1972.

Some streets are named after great writers such as Bronte Place, Shelley Street, Twain Street, Voltaire Road and Homer Street which also links to other street names from Greek mythology such as Troy Place, Hera Place, Nestor Street, Ixion Street, Eros Place, Remus Place, Romulus Street, Latona Street, Olympus Street and Atlas Place. Other group of streets are named after great scientists Einstein, Volta, Lister, Edison and Marconi or Biblical figures such as Goliath, Gideon and Esther.

A residence on Oakes Road, number 40, was sold in December 2011. This property had been owned by the late Frank Whiting. The building on the site was once the accommodation for the staff who worked on the dairy situated on Oakes Road up to what is now Rebecca Parade. This dairy was operated by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. It operated during the Second World War years. Previously, a stone homestead named "Casuarina" built for George Oakes in 1861 was located on the site, and demolished in 1962. Frank purchased the property when the dairy closed in the late 1940s and he clearly remembered the One Tree Hill Golf course that ran from behind the dairy along what is now Rebecca Parade and Goliath Avenue up to Old Windsor Road. Soon after the 2011 sale of number 40, the building was demolished to make way for the duplex that currently stands on the site.

Heritage listings
Winston Hills has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
 * Goliath Avenue: Toongabbie Government Farm Archaeological Site
 * 76 Lanhams Road: Late Victorian house built in the 1880s
 * 41 Buckleys Road: Buckley House, built circa 1891

Population
In the 2021 Census, there were 12,123 people in Winston Hills. 68.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China 3.6%, India 3.6%, England 2.7%, Lebanon 1.4%, and South Korea 1.3%. 69.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.0%, Arabic 3.9%, Cantonese 2.6%, Korean 1.8%, and Hindi 1.6%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 33.9%, No Religion 25.5% and Anglican 12.7%.

Commercial area
Winston Hills Mall is a shopping centre that features a Big W discount department store, Woolworths supermarket, Coles supermarket, Aldi supermarket, over 75 specialty shops and a food court. "The Winston" is a pub and restaurant located next to the shopping mall. Further east along Caroline Chisholm Drive is a small shopping centre known as the Chisholm Centre. On the southern side of the hill is a small shopping centre called the Lomond Centre and approximately 500 metres west of it is another row of shops, named Rebecca Parade shops. There is also a Chambers Cellars liquor store on Lanhams Road.

Schools
Primary Schools
 * Winston Hills Public School

Built-in 1970, Winston Hills Public School was originally considered to be called "Model Farms Public School" due to the original name of the area which had been changed only a few years earlier to "Winston Hills".

 * Winston Heights Public School
 * St Paul the Apostle

Senior Schools
 * Model Farms High School (located in Baulkham Hills, but is very close to the Winston Hills boundary)

Construction commenced in 1974 and the school opened in 1975. It focuses on agriculture, similar to the Model Farms the area once was.

Sport and recreation
Winston Hills has Girl Guides, Scouts, rugby league, baseball, football and netballclubs. The football club (The Bears) is one of the largest in suburban Sydney. They also have a well known Rugby League club known as Winston Hills Tigers. In 1983, Winston Hills Warriors Baseball Club was established after breaking away from Baulkham Hills. WHBC started playing at Col Sutton Park, just down the road from Model Farms High School. Winston Hills is one of the best clubs in senior A grade baseball in Sydney.

In 2010, the Winston Hills Girl Guides joined worldwide celebrations for the centenary (100th birthday) of the Guiding movement during the nationally acclaimed 'Year of the Girl Guide'. The Winston Hills Scouts also mark the 40th anniversary for their district.

Notable residents

 * Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia lived at the homestead "Corovo", which was located at 222 Windsor Road
 * George Oakes, pastoralist and politician owned the homestead "Casuarina" which was located on Oakes Road, named after him

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Saint-Théodore-d'Acton

Saint-Théodore-d’Acton (Saint Theodore of Acton) is a municipality in the Regional County Municipality of Acton, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,471.

Within this municipality there is a small village, with the same name. In terms of legal jurisdiction the village is part of the larger municipality, and has no separate identity. Outside the one small village, the rest of the municipality is completely rural.

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Language
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