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Some information from personal experience. —JerryFriedman 17:23, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

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 * At the moment the article is not structured very well, although the content is fine.  It looks very cluttered - there's not enough text to justify that many images, and the huge one on the left is definitely too large.  You should summarise the article's contents in a couple of paragraphs, then break the text up into, say, three sections - something like 'description' and 'range' to add to cultivation which you already have.  Worldtraveller 20:46, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

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 * Still looks a little cluttered to me, with too many heavy headers for the length of the article. I'd cut out the first two headers, and just have their paragraphs free-standing, and reduce the cultivation to a ===header=== to remove the underline that splits the page across. I'd also replace the aboutgardenplants.com (too overly commercial) hardiness cite with another non-comm reference (I'll dig one out later). The distribution in Mexico also needs expanding to bring it to state level (as the US distrib already is); the info is at the USDA ARS GRIN page on the species. Also, note that Cylindropuntia is now generally treated as a distinct genus, not a subgenus of Opuntia (so the page will need to be moved). - MPF 09:28, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks! As long as you notice that the previous reviewer thought it was too cluttered because it didn't have enough headers (and because a photo was too big).  —JerryFriedman 16:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Naming
The reference I believe Kalmia was referring to was this one which states that Opuntia imbricata is a synonym for Cylindropuntia imbricata. I don't really have the expertise to comment on plant naming issues but there may be some merit in Kalmia's move. Please consider the issue thoughtfully. Cedars 00:32, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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Network-based Call Signaling

Network-based Call Signaling (NCS) is a profile of the Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) for use in PacketCable applications for voice-over-IP.

A network implementing NCS is designed according to the media gateway control protocol architecture for interconnecting a packet network with the traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN). This architecture physically decomposes the functionality of providing complete end-to-end multimedia telecommunication sessions into several discrete components, notably a media gateway (MG) located at the customer premises that performs the physical translation between analog voice or video streams to packetized digital data, and a media gateway controller (MGC) which is a centralized server that controls typically many media gateways and manages the complexity of call setup, resource negotiation, call routing, and tear-down. In addition, the architecture also uses signaling gateways to the traditional telecommunication channels, such as SS7-based networks.

Like MGCP, NCP is a device control protocol defining the interaction between the MGC, also called a call agent, and its media gateways. It is one layer of the PacketCable suite of specifications and relies upon companion protocol specifications to provide complete end-to-end telecommunication functionality.

Network-based Call Signaling is a modification of the Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP).

NCS provides a PacketCable profile of an application programming interface (MGCI), and a corresponding protocol (MGCP) for controlling voice-over-IP (VoIP) embedded clients from external call control elements. An embedded client is a network element that provides:
 * Two or more traditional analog (RJ11) access lines to a packet-based telecommunication network.
 * Optionally, one or more video lines to a VoIP network

MGCI functions provide for connection control, endpoint control, auditing, and status reporting. They each use the same system model and the same naming conventions.

The modification of MGCP in the NCS profile include the following: NCS only aims at supporting PacketCable-embedded clients. Functionality present in the MGCP 1.0 protocol, which was superfluous to NCS, has been removed. It contains extensions and modifications to MGCP. However, the MGCP architecture, and all of the MGCP constructs relevant to embedded clients, are preserved in NCS. The NCS protocol contains minor simplifications of MGCP 1.0.

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The Bats (New Zealand band)

The Bats are an influential New Zealand rock band formed in 1982 in Christchurch by Paul Kean (bass), Malcolm Grant (drums), Robert Scott (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards) and Kaye Woodward (lead guitar, vocals). Though primarily a Christchurch band, The Bats have strong links to Dunedin and are usually grouped in with the Dunedin sound musicians that emerged in the early 1980s. The band has retained the same four members from 1982 to the present day.

1981–1986: origins and early years
In the early 1980s, Robert Scott and Kaye Woodward were sharing accommodation together in Christchurch. Scott was already playing bass in The Clean, and had also played with bassist Paul Kean in the short-lived band, Thanks To Llamas. After Scott taught Woodward some of his songs, the three began playing together at parties as The Percy Taiwan Band. After recruiting Malcolm Grant of The Bilders on drums, they renamed themselves The Bats.

The Bats first performed in Dunedin on New Year's Eve, 1982. Over the next two years, they were involved in the live music scene in Christchurch and Dunedin, before releasing their first EP, By Night (1984), on the nascent alternative New Zealand record label, Flying Nun. The band spent the next two years touring New Zealand and Australia, and released another EP, And Here Is 'Music for the Fireside' (1985). The band's early releases were accompanied by some typically low budget but original music videos, notably 'By Night', 'I Go Wild' and 'Downfall'.

The band then travelled to Europe and spent time touring Britain and Germany, including playing support for Alex Chilton. They recorded the Made Up in Blue EP at the 24 track Point Studio in London in December 1985. 'Made Up in Blue', the first single released in the U.K. by Flying Nun, was awarded 'Single of the Week' by the influential British magazine, NME. An acquaintance in Glasgow offered the use of his home 8 track studio, and half of the tracks for what would become their debut album, Daddy's Highway, were recorded there.

1987–1994: peak Flying Nun years
The Bats returned to New Zealand to finish recording for Daddy's Highway, which was released in 1987. The album has been named as their most highly regarded and one of the best New Zealand albums of the 1980s. In 2000, it was named No. 88 in music magazine Rip It Up's New Zealand's Top 100 Albums of All Time. Notable tracks on the album include "North By North", "Tragedy" and the lead single, "Block of Wood", all of which were staples on New Zealand student radio.

The Bats' second album The Law of Things (1990) continued to define a consistent Bats sound. It featured Alastair Galbraith on violin, as did Daddy's Highway. In 1991, The Bats released Fear of God. It spent three months on the French top 50 album charts. Also in 1990, Flying Nun re-released the band's first three EPs on a single compilation CD, Compiletely Bats.

The band found increasing success in the United States over this period. Between 1986 and 1993, The Bats toured the US four times, including 14 dates supporting Radiohead in 1993. Their fourth album, Silverbeet, reached No. 6 on the College Music Journal album chart.

The Bats' next album, Couchmaster (1995), would prove to be their last for ten years.

1995 – present: hiatus and return
From 1995, The Bats took a break, with band members concentrating on raising families and on other musical projects. Scott joined his former band The Clean on a reunion tour, and released a solo album, The Creeping Unknown, in 2001, while Woodward, Kean and Grant formed another band, Minisnap. In 2000 the compilation album Thousands Of Tiny Luminous Spheres was released on Flying Nun Records. The Bats continued to play occasional gigs, often opening as Minisnap and finishing with the full Bats lineup.

Robert Scott has stated that he thinks the regular breaks taken by the band have contributed to its longevity. In an interview, he said, "Each time we come back to it, it is fun. I don’t think working on other projects has harmed or hindered any other projects. It adds to it I think."

In September 2005, The Bats released their first album in ten years, At the National Grid, on their own label, Pocket Music. Internationally, the album was released by Little Teddy Records in Germany, Magic Marker in the US and Egg Records in the UK. The album generally received very positive reviews. Tim Sendra at Allmusic gave it 4 stars, adding "...having the group back at such a high level is as refreshing as a plunge into an ice-cold mountain stream." It got airplay on many college radio stations in the US, leading to an appearance at Austin's SXSW Festival in 2006.

The Bats' seventh full-length album, The Guilty Office, was recorded in Heathcote Valley, Christchurch, and was released on 1 December 2008 through Arch Hill., with the first single, 'Castle Lights'. International release followed, on YesBoyIcecream in the UK and Europe, Kning Disk in Scandinavia, Hidden Agenda in the US, and Mistletone in Australia.The Guilty Office was named in the top 5 of 2008 by New Zealand television host, John Campbell, and received many positive reviews including 4 stars from Allmusic and Mojo Magazine. The band toured the UK and Europe in May and June 2009 in support of the album. In October 2010, the band played at the free relief concert in Hagley Park following the September 2010 Canterbury earthquake in front of about 140,000 people. The Mayor of Christchurch at the time, Bob Parker, joined The Bats for the performance and played guitar.

In 2011, The Bats reunited with their old label Flying Nun and released their eighth album, Free All the Monsters, which was described by Pitchfork as "...their best record in years, possibly ever". The album was released by Mistletone Records in Australia, Revolver/Midheaven Distribution in the US, and Forte Distribution in the UK and Europe. It was also shortlisted for the 2012 Taite Music Prize.

Popular culture

 * "North By North", from Daddy's Highway, was used as the title theme for the Australian ABC TV series The Hollowmen. It was also featured in the New Zealand film Topless Women Talk About Their Lives.
 * "Afternoon in Bed", from Couchmaster, was used in the 2010 film Last Night.

Compilations

 * Compiletely Bats (Flying Nun Records, 1990)
 * Thousands Of Tiny Luminous Spheres (Flying Nun Records, 2000)

Box set

 * Volume 1 (Flying Nun Records, 2014)

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