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Punata Province

Punata is a province almost in the middle of the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, located about 45 km south of the city of Cochabamba. Its capital is Punata. The province is limited to the north by the Chapare Province, to the north-east by the Tiraque Province, to the east by the Arani Province, to the south-east by the Mizque Province, to the south by the Esteban Arze Province and to the west by the Germán Jordán Province.

Its archaeological and historical sites are the main interest for foreign tourists.

Subdivision
Punata Province is divided into five municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.

The people
The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechuan descent. By 2001 census was counted 47735 inhabitants and it rose to 54409 inhabitants by the 2012 census. The economic center is the city of Punata with 28707 inhabitants.

Ref: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Languages
The languages spoken in the Punata Province are mainly Quechua and Spanish. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognized group of speakers.

Irrigation of the alluvial fan of Punata

Reference: The Punata-Tiraque irrigation project near Cochabamba, Bolivia

The alluvial fan of Punata in the Valle Alto is fed by The Rio Paracaya river with a high average discharge. Consequently, the fan is fairly flat.

The region of Punata, at the upper end of the Valle Alto, at about 2800 m altitude, has a summer rainfall of 400 to 450 mm starting in the second half of November end ending in March. Maize is here the most important food crop, followed by potatoes. Alfalfa is the dominant fodder crop, followed by maize straw. (Fig. P1). These crops could, of old, only be planted successfully because of the existence of additional water resources like runoff, floods, river base-flow and groundwater. In the winter months, crop growth is restricted due to the occurrence of night frosts, especially in June and July, and absence of rains.

The total rural population in Punata is estimated at 25 000. There are about 4000 families of which an estimated 3680 are farmer families. The farms are small. The average size is 1.3 ha of which 1 ha is cropped. The modal size of farm is smaller, about 0.7 ha.

The rainfall distribution in Punata is characterized by a wet season from December to March, a dry season from May to October, and transition months in April and November. The average yearly total is 428 mm (1966 to 1983, San Benito). The rainfall with a probability of exceedance of 75% (R75) on a year basis is 360 mm. Rainfall is not reliable: in the period from 1966 to 1983, the yearly total varied between 246 mm (1982/83) to 591 mm (1968/69).

The river floods during the rainy summer period can be used for irrigation by anyone who wants to. When the river flow recedes, the stream can only be used for rotational irrigation by those who are entitled to take part in it (this is locally called the mita system). By the month of May the river base-flow becomes strongly reduced, and a drought period sets in, lasting into November.

Irrigation is considered desirable to start the cropping season in August/September, so that an early harvest can be obtained. The early harvest has a high market value and reduces peak labor requirements. Further, the irrigation reduces the risk of crop failure and it permits diversification of agricultural produce. Nevertheless, there are some farming communities that have refrained in the past from the extra effort to obtain additional irrigation water and who seemed to be content with purely rain-fed cropping.

At a modest scale, irrigation from deep-wells is also practiced.

In order to satisfy the needs of the majority of the farmers who strongly wish to have additional irrigation water, the irrigation project Punata-Tiraque began to be developed from 1970 onwards. The project entailed the construction of a complicated system of dams and reservoirs up in the Andean mountains (Fig. P2).

The gross area of the Punata projects is estimated at 4600 ha, 90% of which can be used for agriculture or animal husbandry. About 1150 ha of this presently receive irrigation water, either surface water derived from the Laguna Robada or Lluska Kocha dam, or water pumped from the 16 deep wells in the project area (estimated at 350 ha). In addition there are a few hundred hectares that receive occasional water from mita irrigation (wild flooding).

The traditional irrigation method is based on handling large irrigation flows (golpes) per farm at large intervals. The intake structures in the Pucara Mayu river, at the place where it enters the alluvial fan of Punata, would alternately pass water from each of the reservoir systems (Laguna Robada and Lluska Kocha / Muyu Loma) and the natural mita water. The new system has been designed for smaller flows with shorter rotation intervals, but it works continuously for the whole area, so that there is no need anymore to separate the various sources of water. It covers a much larger area than the traditional system and it incorporates the associations of the mita systems (which may have partly the same members), the associations of tube-well systems (which may also have partly the same members) as well as the persons who had no previous water rights.

Hence, the new irrigation system makes it necessary to replace the traditional water rights by a totally new set of rights (and duties). In addition, the farmers will have to get used to new water distribution methods and new field irrigation techniques. Because the new irrigation zones do not correspond to the boundaries of the existing, scattered, Comité’s de Riego (Fig. P3), not only the water management but also the organizational structure will have to be adjusted to the new situation.

title: Punata Province


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Quillacollo Province

Quillacollo is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is known for its festival in August where people from all over Bolivia come and pay homage to the Virgin of Urqupiña (Virgen de Urqupiña). Quillacollo is said to be one of the fastest-growing cities in Bolivia.

Geography
One of the highest peaks of the province is Tunari at 5023 m. Other mountains are listed below:

• Allqamari

• Asir Qullu

• Atuq Wachana

• Awila Wachana Punta

• Ch'uñawi

• Ichhu Apachita

• Inka Laqaya

• Jalsuri

• Janq'u Qala

• Jatun Kimray Punta

• Jatun Punta

• Jatun Q'asa

• Jukumarini

• Kimsa Tinkuy

• K'ayrani

• Llaqa K'uchu Punta

• Mamani Punta

• Nasa Q'ara

• Panti Pata

• Patilla Pata

• Pichaqani

• Pirwata

• Puka Salli

• Puka Waka

• Pukyu P'unqu

• Puma Apachita

• Phullu Punchu

• P'ukru Urqu

• P'utu P'utu

• Qillqata

• Qina Qina

• Qiñwa Q'asa

• Qiñwani

• Qullpani Punta

• Quna Quna Q'asa

• Q'ara Apachita

• Q'illu Suchusqa

• Rumi Q'asa

• Salla Q'asa

• Sankayuni

• Tikrasqa

• Tunari

• Turi Rumi

• T'ula Jayani Apachita

• Uqi Salli Punta

• Urqu Punta

• Wari Warini

• Wayna Tunari

• Wila Qullu Punta

• Wila Wila

• Wisk'achani

• Yana Qaqa

• Yarita Punta

• Yuraq Q'asa

• Yuraq Yaku

Subdivision
The province is divided into five municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.

Languages
The languages spoken in the Quillacollo Province are mainly Spanish and Quechua. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognized group of speakers.

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Tapacarí Province

Tapacarí is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Tapacarí. The province is located at a turnoff from the major highway that links Cochabamba and Oruro. It has traditionally been amongst the poorest in the department. Tapacarí Province and neighboring Arque Province are the two poorest of the 16 provinces that make up the department of Cochabamba.

The provincial capital of Tapacarí is the namesake of the Tapacarí Congress that formally made Bolivia a constituent country of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation.

Geography
The approximate elevation of the province is 3000 m above sea level. The terrain is very rough. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:

• Atuq Wachana

• Chachakumani

• Chullunkhäni

• Chutani

• Itapallu

• Jach'a Ch'utu

• Jach'a Qala

• Jalsuri

• Janq'u Pukara

• Janq'u Qalani

• Kuntur Chukuña

• Kuntur Ikiña

• Llallawa

• Llust'a Q'asa

• Lluxita

• Ñuñu Qullu

• Pichaqani

• Pukara

• Pukara Urqu

• P'iq'iñ Q'ara Punta

• Qalan Qutaña

• Qillqata

• Qutaña

• Q'ara Uyu

• Q'ara Willk'i (Cochabamba)

• Siwinqani

• Suntur Uta

• Tara Qullu

• Turu Qullu

• T'ulani

• T'utura

• Utani Uma

• Warawarani

• Warawarani (near Yuraq Qaqa)

• Waylla Tampu

• Waylluma

• Wichhu Qullu

• Wila Apachita

• Wila Churu

• Wila Jaqhi

• Wisk'achani

• Yana Apachita

• Yaritani

• Yuraq Qaqa

Subdivision
The province is not further subdivided into municipalities. So Tapacarí Municipality and Tapacarí Province are identical. The province is divided into four cantons.

People and economics
The majority of the people who live in Tapacarí are indigenous Quechua villagers or campesinos as they are known in Spanish. The principal economic activities of the families are agriculture and livestock, with wheat, barley, potatoes, corn and other staples being the major cash crops and sheep, goats, pigs, and guinea pigs being the most popular animals. Food is first and foremost used for domestic consumption, while the excess is traditionally sold at the local markets. While the men work in agriculture and haul the excess off to larger markets in Quillacollo and Cochabamba, the women of the Tapacari valley are known as superb weavers. The fur from the sheep is removed and dyed with traditional flowers that grow in the wild. and then spun by the women. Finally, in the same fashion that the Incas used centuries ago, it is then extended on the loom to make beautiful products. Although some of the weavings are exported, the majority is sold in the city at centric markets.

Aramasi, which is the site of a weaving center funded via PRODEVAT, in addition to a mill which was funded in part by USAID, is located in Ramadas Canton. The Mary Mahoney Medical Center, which is funded by Asociacion Amistad, also works out of Aramasi. Finally, Aramasi also celebrates an annual weaving and music fair which was started by a US Peace Corps Volunteer.

Politically, the province is almost entirely behind the ruling party of Evo Morales - Movimiento al Socialismo, or MAS.

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Languages
The languages spoken in the Tapacarí Province are mainly Quechua, Spanish and Aymara.

Transport
There are virtually no paved roads in the entire province, with the exception of the interdepartamental route linking Cochabamba and Oruro and La Paz.

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Bolívar Province, Cochabamba

Bolívar Province is a province in the Bolivian department of Cochabamba. Its capital is the city of Bolívar, named after Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan military and political leader.

Subdivision
The province is not further subdivided into municipalities. So Bolívar Municipality and Bolívar Province are identical. The province is divided into nine cantons.

The people
The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechuan descent.

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Languages
The languages spoken in the Bolívar Province are mainly Quechua and Spanish.

title: Bolívar Province, Cochabamba


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Tiraque Province

Tiraque is a province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. Its capital is Tiraque.

Subdivision
The province is divided into two municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.

Shinahota Municipality (formerly Shinahota Canton or Central Busch Canton being a part of Tiraque Province) was created on July 4, 2009.

Languages
The languages spoken in the Tiraque Province are mainly Quechua and Spanish.

Places of interest

 * Carrasco National Park

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Talk:John Hewson

Problems with this article
Earlier this week administrator reverted some edits by user: Celco85 in this article as well as some other articles resulting in the editor being blocked for 24 hours. Yesterday the editor returned with some more unacceptable edits - one of which was reverted by (who has also reverted edits by this editor in other articles) and the rest by myself. It was then found that the article contained many bare references, some were duplicates and some did not work. With the assistance of this was sorted out so that all references appeared correct. Shortly after this was completed the editor concerned made a number more edits where I immediately found that one reference was duplicated which I deleted. And others also appear duplicated or without cover, making the reference section again look a mess. Hence I have again reverted to the previous version by MarnetteD. In article Carolyn Hewson John Hewson's second wife, it had been edited in that John Hewson was at fault in the break up of his first marriage based on a statement by his first wife which could not be considered a reliable source - this have also been reverted. Fleet Lists (talk) 04:30, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

This article regards Keating's bakery gaffe and Hewson's response. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127199581/13962567 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Celco85 (talk • contribs) 11:38, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Since yesterday afternoon Australian time he has posted another 9 frivolous edits most of which again did not provide correct references - all but 1 edit reverted in two separate steps. In 1994 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill I also needed to sort out two references which he had added and ran into each other.Fleet Lists (talk) 22:34, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

the 20 to 1 source and Enough rope with Andrew Denton source are dead links. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Celco85 (talk • contribs) 10:04, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Neither of those references were dead. One of them worked fine for me while for the other one an archived version was available which has been used in place of the one which was not working so your edits have again all been reverted. And if a reference is dead it should not be deleted but flagged as a dead link. And also when editing on a talk page please add your signature which you =have not dome on either occasion.Fleet Lists (talk) 11:09, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Report at WP:ANI? -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 14:20, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * A good place to looks for older Australian material is Trove https://trove.nla.gov.au as it has archived websites going back for over 20 years. But as you have worked out no need to include frivolous or speculative material. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:39, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

 * Subsequent updating problems
 * 22 December John Hewson 3 edits by the same editor with unsatisfactory references - reverted - editor reverted it next day with one other edit - these were reverted by User:Bumbubookworm but since again edited by the editor concerned.
 * 20 December Michael Kroger 4 edits by the editor concerned - reverted but since again reverted by the editor concerned.
 * Today Brighton Icebergers This was cleaned up by myself and Bumbubookworm last week but today again four rubbish edits - two of whichhave been reverted so far.
 * Today Bill Clinton One rubbish edit which I have reverted.
 * Today Melanie Trump Two rubbish edits which others have reverted
 * Today Carnegie, Victoria One rubbish edit which I have reverted.
 * I suspect there are some others which I have not documented.Fleet Lists (talk) 02:50, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Tone of article
Hewson did some remarkable things. Credit where credit is due. But this article reads like an enrolment of Hewson. Needs editing and abbreviating. BuckyRodgers (talk) 09:18, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Keatings visit to bakery
Can this be added to the article it was after the birthday cake interview? --Celco5 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127199581/13962567 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Celco85 (talk • contribs) 09:48, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Old archived question
it was Petro Georgiou who was John Hewson's chief of staff in 1994 to answer a question asked by a ip user. --~Celco85 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Celco85 (talk • contribs) 10:34, 4 January 2021 (UTC) the question that was asked about 43 votes that is --Celco85Celco85 (talk) 10:37, 4 January 2021 (UTC) While I can see that Petro Georgiou was Hewson's chief of staff, he however wasn't the person who wrote the book claiming that Hewson would have handed the leadership to Downer if he won but with less than 47 votes, which is how many votes he won in 1993, which is what the question about.

So since it wasn't Georgiou, who was the staffer who wrote said book.49.3.72.79 (talk) 18:40, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Hawke
Hawke told Hewson he let Australia down in his opinion by not becoming Prime Minister this can this be placed back in the article --Celco85Celco85 (talk) 08:13, 11 February 2021 (UTC) [] --Celco85Celco85 (talk) 08:15, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * This can not be accepted without a source. Talk:Bob Hawke throws doubt on the source used. Also the source does NOT support that Bob Hawke said this - only that Hewson claims that Hawke said this - which is not the same thing. Hence any wording in the article must reflect this. And as myself and at least two editors have suggested to you on a number of occasions, references should by formatted. It should not be left to other editors to continually clean up your edits after you.Fleet Lists (talk) 07:50, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Even if Hewson is the one claiming it everyone knows Hawke had contempt for Paul Keating after he took the job of PM From him.--Celco85Celco85 (talk) 09:51, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Everyone does NOT know so it mist be covered. No such assumptions should be made.Fleet Lists (talk) 10:09, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
 * More to the point, the question here is relevance. Hewson's long-after-the-fact recollection of something Bob Hawke said to him does not belong in an encyclopedic article. Frickeg (talk) 10:19, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Hewson's revenge remark
This is the speech where Hewson says the revenge thing or rather how the voters will get revenge on the Keating government for lying to them about the Coalition in 1993 by electing John Howard Prime Minister in 1996. https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2F1995-02-27%2F0049%22 --Celco85Celco85 (talk) 06:46, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * This has again been reverted: "for them lying to them " does not make sense as there is no explanation as to who the two "them"s refer to and as usual the reference you have added has not been formatted correctly and is already present elsewhere in the article correctly formatted. Please learn how to handle reference situations which should be formatted correctly and not duplicated. And we dont need every statement John Hewson has ever made to be included in this article.Fleet Lists (talk) 07:22, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Fleet Lists is right, you shouldn't be presenting sources that are already in the article as if they're new. I looked at the edit and revert, and noticed a number of places where the article needed copyediting, so I went ahead and put in the information, while moving some stuff around (including getting rid of that sudden one-sentence paragraph saying he supported LGBT rights and abortion; his support for gay rights was mentioned earlier, so I tucked it in there (but I ought to have changed the accessdate ...). I also marked something as needing a citation; perhaps you can find a source? That would be more useful than constantly trying to tuck in one more thing he said. However, it would be better if we had a third-party report on his resignation speech, rather than using the official transcript; somebody surely wrote about it in the papers at the time, or in a retrospective on his career (where they will also have remarked on his short tenure as party leader and his not having held a ministerial post ... can you find such references in newspaper archives?) And if you want to use a reference a second time, you know how to do so, right? Change the, you put : or  . Most articles already have at least one example of named references.

 * John Hewson is one of the topics you seem to find it hard to let go of, and it would probably be better if you tried to leave this article alone for a while, because you still aren't good at summarizing clearly, or figuring out whether something is already stated in the article in a different way. But if you really think it needs further improvement, adding independent references for points that are already made would be a useful thing for you to do. Yngvadottir (talk) 09:33, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Confused The positioning of the ping led me to believe an edit of mine was reverted. Trying to see the point of the addition of the "revenge" edit. I've much to do today and try to avoid content disputes on a good day-- which this is not. Anyway, the formatting and pings make it hard to tell who is saying what to whom about which. Cheers, my confidence is in y'all to sort it out. Tschau! -- Deep fried okra  ( talk ) 13:11, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately the editor did not take the advice of Yngvadottir and continued to edit this article still not formatting references (also in some other articles) which have all again been reverted. I did make a mistake where in one case I reverted the wrong edit, but this has been corrected.Fleet Lists (talk) 21:45, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Instant Comma's question
"If the one source supports all these facts, why not put everything in the same paragraph?"

In answer to Instant Comma's question. It is basically common courtesy to the reader to put these facts separately for ease of reading.

I didn't appreciate Instant Comma removing the facts about Hewson's preselection and his early days in Parliament that I put in on the basis that it was unsourced.

It wasn't unsourced as I put in the article from Trove which he had also removed.

I suggest that he should have checked with the sourced article to see if it correlated with what I wrote in this article instead of immediately removing it without doing such a check.

It frankly felt like a misrepresentation to me. 49.3.72.79 (talk) 18:34, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

 * One of your sentences was sourced. The rest were not. There was no way for the reader to know that the reference at the end of your sixth paragraph applied to the preceding five as well. My solution was to pull all six paragraphs together. Given that each of these paragraphs was long one-sentence long, this would have the added benefit of making your edit conform with Wikipedia's Manual of Style: "The number of single-sentence paragraphs should be minimized, since they can inhibit the flow of the text" (see MOS:PARA). Instant Comma (talk) 16:18, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Mr Abbott
Tony Abbott worked for Hewson as his Media Advisor and near the Abbott photo on the page is a sentence based on remarks Abbott made about Hewson's recently ended leadership of the Liberal party. --Celco85Celco85 (talk) 08:52, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Promote rivals
I remember when speculation on John Hewson's leadership at the time it was said that his strategy in trying to save his leadership was to promote rivals on his frontbench.

Unfortunately now I am not able to find any of this online.

Can anyone help on this? 49.3.72.79 (talk) 03:09, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

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Talk:SUPERLASIK

This article was nominated for deletion; see Votes for deletion/SUPERLASIK. The result was keep, but it should probably be merged or redirected. Eugene van der Pijll 02:08, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Hey guys, I am a new user and may have not written concisely. But the information I wrote is not spam but true. I am an eye surgeon. Zirm.net is incorrect in their description. Superficail lasik was invented by Ionis Pallikaris, inventor of original LASIK.Please contact me to discuss before deleting rajeshkhannamd@hotmail.com (preceding unsigned comment by Rajeshkhannamd 02:10, August 22, 2005 (UTC))

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Outfield (disambiguation)

The outfield is a portion of the field of play in certain sports.

Outfield may also refer to:

 * The Outfield, an English rock band
 * The Outfield (film), a 2015 American sports film
 * "The Outfield", a song by Good Charlotte from Youth Authority

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User:Declared with a grin

Note: A series of sockpuppets have been editing the same set of pages (usually Victoria of the United Kingdom, Pope Pius XII, Jim Duffy (author) and Dublin statues and their nicknames, Lamest edit wars and George III of the United Kingdom) identical ways to include almost identical information, all of it POV. All were pages I had edited. Skyring had a history of Wikistalking me, for which the ArbComm imposed a one year ban. Within hours of contributing to a debate on Wikistalking this latest campaign started, with some aspects of the campaign (abusive edit summaries on occasion, undoing changes I had made, etc, exactly what Skyring did. He had threatened to use sockpuppets to continue to wage campaigns against me if banned. FearÉIREANN\(caint) 01:57, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

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Rubio's Coastal Grill

Rubio's Coastal Grill, formerly known as Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill and Rubio's Baja Grill, is an American fast casual "Fresh Mex" or "New Mex" restaurant chain specializing in Mexican food, with an emphasis on fish tacos. As of 2024, Rubio's operates, licenses, or franchises 86 restaurants in Arizona, California and Nevada. It previously had locations in Colorado, Florida and Utah. The chain announced store closings and a bankruptcy filing the same year with plans to sell itself to lenders. It is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

According to founder Ralph Rubio, he and some friends from San Diego State University were on spring break in San Felipe, Baja California when he first encountered fish tacos at a local stand, and was inspired to open a restaurant serving them in his hometown, San Diego. Since then, the popularity of fish tacos has spread throughout California, although they remain uncommon elsewhere. Rubio's standard fish tacos are made from Alaskan pollock, which is battered, fried, and served in a corn tortilla, although optionally offered with a flour tortilla. Grilled mahi-mahi is also available at all locations.

The first Rubio's restaurant was opened in 1983 at a former Orange Julius site on Mission Bay Drive in the Pacific Beach area of San Diego. The first restaurant offered French fries, calamari, and fish tacos, among other cuisine.

In 2005, a class action lawsuit was brought against the company complaining that the "Lobster Burrito" offered at the restaurant contained squat lobster (also known as Langostino) rather than clawed lobster from the family Nephropidae. Rubio's subsequently changed the name of their product to the "Langostino Lobster Burrito" to avoid future confusion. The burrito is currently only occasionally sold, as a "limited time offer".

On August 24, 2010, Rubio's Restaurants, Inc. announced the closing of its merger with a subsidiary of Mill Road Capital, L.P. to take the company private. Rubio's former stockholders were to receive $8.70 per share in cash in the transaction.

In June 2020, Rubio's Coastal Grill told Nation's Restaurant News about the closure of all their Florida and Colorado store locations, due to the negative business impact of the coronavirus pandemic. And that they will then focus on their remaining stores in the California, Arizona, and Nevada markets. Rubio's locations in Utah were closed in 2019.

In October 2020, the chain filed for bankruptcy protection.

On May 31, 2024, the chain closed 48 stores in California including 13 in its hometown area of San Diego. On June 5, 2024, Rubio's filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in four years. The company plans to sell itself to its lenders.

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User talk:Calebarchon

Welcome from Spinboy
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Back to the Future: The Very Best of Jodeci

Back to The Future: The Very Best of Jodeci is a greatest hits LP for R&B group Jodeci, released by Universal Records in 2005. The original compilation was to include the song "That Thang", which featured rap artists Trick Daddy and Trina. The song was replaced with "Good Luv", due to Atlantic Records having ownership of "That Thang".


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Wikipedia:Peer review/Space Shuttle program/archive1

Space Shuttle program
Can anybody help review this article? I hope we get enough peer review so we can have less objection when Feature Article nomination come. --Kiba 02:11, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Just had a quick look at it, and the thing that strikes me is the lack of references (or at least, references marked as such). Personaly I like using the style recomended at Footnote3. Remember that citing your sources means others can verify the article with ease. An uncited article can sometimes be mistaken for original research. WegianWarrior 09:27, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It could discuss in more depth what role astronauts play in the takeoff, operation, and landing. Their training, life-support, etc... A lot of the complexity of the space shuttle has to do with its ability to take astronauts into space and support them for a period of time.  Also, "It carries large payloads to various orbits, provides crew rotation for the International Space Station (ISS), and performs servicing missions." could be expanded more in the "applications" section.  What kind of satellites, experiments, or supplies?  What about the time period that its cargo manifest was a government secret because it was carrying military satellites?  I apologize if some of this information is already included or linked to. johnpseudo 18:13, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * full disclosure: i am radically opposed to the use of the space shuttle. don't be miffed at my terse list below. just trying to keep it short.
 * article looks good and tight visually. opening pic is beautifully processed. nice colors. it's not the only one.
 * my biggest criticism of the article is that it defends the shuttle program's failures almost as if it's government/NASA propaganda. i could give you several earfuls for a criticism section (called Retrospect now, i guess), including some details from richard feynman's book partly on the subject.
 * is the space shuttle truly the "first spacecraft designed for partial reusability", or is it the first regularly operated (non-test) such spacecraft?
 * first paragraph seems mired in possibly unnecessary company lineage.
 * suggest a brutal sweep to eliminate some fluff words such as "current", "outstanding", and phrases like "at least two months and possibly more", " in reality", "in fact", "it stood to reason" (POV).
 * overall, the article sounds too analytic to me -- too involved in the subject.
 * will reentry and standard landing be covered? SaltyPig 04:17, 8 September 2005 (UTC)


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Grand Prix 4

Grand Prix 4, commonly known as GP4 is a Formula One racing simulator game co-developed by Geoff Crammond's development studio Simergy and Infogrames' Chippenham development studio, and published by Infogrames. Released for the PC on June 21, 2002, it is the last entry in Crammond's Grand Prix series, and the last entry released under the MicroProse label. Based on the 2001 Formula One season, GP4 is a graphical and physics update from the previous version, Grand Prix 3, which was released in 2000.

Modifications from version 3
Grand Prix 4 featured a heavily revised graphics engine and updated physics, including wet weather driving:
 * While it is possible to play the game on a LAN, multiplayer internet gameplay was not possible, due to licensing restrictions. Some individuals managed to circumvent this limitation later using the Free Tunngle Network.
 * The locked framerate and CPU-heavy graphics were still a big issue with the series despite a completely revised graphics engine. However, the graphics engine proved to be very scalable, supporting models and textures multiple times the detail of the original shipped materials.
 * The mod community faced similar frustrations with the track format and it took fully two years before the track format was truly "cracked". The first add-on tracks to be released for the game included Shanghai, Istanbul and Jerez.
 * When the game was initially launched, it had a large number of bugs. Many of these were addressed by a patch which was later included with the retail game, though the project was canned when Microprose closed and no further official fixes were forthcoming. To compensate for this, some third party programmers addressed some of the remaining problems, and included enhancements which allowed the game to follow the updated rules of the Formula One championship.

Release
Although the game could be considered a relatively modest commercial success, the chances of a further entry to the series could be considered slim to none because MicroProse's parent company Infogrames dissolved the developer shortly after the game's release. In addition, the Sony Computer Entertainment brand's exclusive licensing deal for Formula One games rules out an update with official stats. An Xbox port of the title was planned for release in late 2002, before being cancelled in October that same year.

Reception
Grand Prix 4 received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

The game won the award in the Sports category at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards in 2002. It was also nominated for Computer Gaming World's 2002 "Sports Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Madden NFL 2003. The editors called Grand Prix 4 "one of the better racing games in years past". It was also a runner-up for GameSpot's annual "Best Driving Game on PC" award, losing to Rally Trophy.

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Talk:Crafty

ELO rating
You cannot just write "its ELO rating is about 2600." You need to state on which platform, using what kind of computer it can reach that performance. Ben T/C

Correction request(s)
It sounds to me as like Fritz 8 was running on stronger hardware than Crafty, and Crafty still won. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.30.159.224 (talk) 10:13, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * In the World Computer Chess Championships 2004 Crafty won the fourth place with same amount of points as the third place finisher, Fritz 8, despite running on stronger hardware than all other programs.
 * is this praise or blame, or maybe just a typo? --Sigmundur 10:09, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree--the wording here is confusing --Major_Small (talk) 16:18, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No, see the official results: http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/tournament.php?id=24 - Crafty was running on a slightly faster CPU than everything else. No idea about RAM size (very important) though. Lovingboth (talk) 20:43, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Not Free Software
It is not easy to find, but Crafty is definitely not free software (or "open source"). If you download a copy of the source code and look in main.c you will find this notice,

* '''All rights reserved. No part of this program may be reproduced in any'''    * * form or by any means, for other than your personal use, without the        * * express written permission of the authors. This program may not be used  * * in whole, nor in part, to enter any computer chess competition without     * * written permission from the authors. Such permission will include the    * * requirement that the program be entered under the name "Crafty" so that    * * the program's ancestry will be known. *

I made the corrections to the article to clear this up. Thanks! --Mosquitopsu (talk) 15:31, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

It is not proprietary either. At least freeware, but I guess it will be fair to refer to the licence directly 95.28.1.218 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:08, 11 October 2009 (UTC).

 * Proprietary software is, by definition, just any software that is not free software. Crafty is without a doubt proprietary, as its license puts restrictions on usage as well as redistribution of the software. It thus remains, at least partly, exclusive property (hence "proprietary") of the authors. -- 178.25.90.217 (talk) 20:47, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

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Closer Economic Relations

The Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement, commonly known as Closer Economic Relations (CER), is a free trade agreement between Australia and New Zealand. It came into force on 1 January 1983, but the actual treaty was not signed until 28 March 1983 by the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Trade, Lionel Bowen and the New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia, Laurie Francis in Canberra, Australia. This was because Malcolm Fraser and Robert Muldoon hated each other personally to such an extent that they refused to ratify the agreement if the other was there.

Overview
CER built on the earlier New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which was signed on 31 August 1965 and came into force on 1 January 1966. NAFTA had removed four-fifths of the tariffs between the two countries and quantitative restrictions on trade across the Tasman Sea. However, it came to be seen as too complex and bureaucratic, and in March 1980, a joint Prime Ministerial communiqué was released that called for "closer economic relations".

The two major sticking points in the negotiations were New Zealand's wish for better access for its dairy products in Australia and Australia's wish for New Zealand to remove export incentives and quantitative restrictions. After the two hurdles were overcome, the Heads of Agreement was signed on 14 December 1982 and came into force on 1 January of the following year.

One of the most important results of CER was the Protocol on the Acceleration of Free Trade in Goods, which resulted in the total elimination of tariffs or quantitative restrictions between the two countries by 1 July 1990, five years ahead of schedule.

Other parts of CER include:
 * A good that can be legally sold in one country can also be legally sold in the other. Anyone registered to practise an occupation in one country may practise in the other (with some exemptions including medical practitioners)
 * Service providers may provide services in either country (except in certain areas such as airway services)

The CER is complementary to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement.

Future prospects
Continuing down the path of economic integration, the next step for the Australian and New Zealand governments is to create a customs union through a common external tariff and a common competition policy. New Zealand and Australia already have a common competition policy but are unlikely to have a common external tariff.

Addressing the New Zealand Parliament in February 2011, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said:

"Now it’s time to write the next chapter as we journey towards a Single Economic Market. During my visit, I’ve been pleased to discuss with Prime Minister Key the excellent progress being achieved on the SmartGate project to create borderless travel between our two countries. A joint study will commence this month to examine how we create a truly 'domestic-like' aviation experience."

There has been a call from within both the Australian and the New Zealand business communities to extend the CER to other Pacific Island nations, harmonising the CER and the Pacific Regional Trade Agreement (PARTA) so as to move toward a single market and allowing the free movement of people and goods.

There have also been calls from organisations such as CANZUK International to extend the CER and the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement to the United Kingdom and Canada, allowing free trade and free movement of people across four of the largest Commonwealth realms.

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Static battle

In a static battle, both sides suffer heavy casualties and battlefronts move so slowly that the result is "static" (a lack of change). Movement is limited by the number of casualties.

Examples from history include:
 * the Battle of Moyry Pass (Nine Years' War)
 * the Battle of the Somme (World War I)
 * the Battle of Ypres (World War I)
 * the Battle of Stalingrad (World War II)

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Reverence (song)

"Reverence" is a song by Scottish alternative rock group the Jesus and Mary Chain, released as the first single from the group's fourth studio album, Honey's Dead (1992). It was released by Blanco y Negro Records on 3 February 1992, reaching number 10 on the UK Single Chart and number 21 in Ireland. BBC TV banned the song from airing due to the lyrics "I want to die just like Jesus Christ / I want to die just like J-F-K", but it was not banned from BBC Radio One.

Track listings
All tracks were written by Jim Reid and William Reid, except where noted.

UK 7-inch and cassette single
 * 1) "Reverence"
 * 2) "Heat"

UK 12-inch and CD single
 * 1) "Reverence"
 * 2) "Heat"
 * 3) "Reverence" (radio mix)
 * 4) "Guitarman" (Jerry Reed)

US maxi-CD single
 * 1) "Reverence" (album version) – 3:40
 * 2) "Reverence" (Jim and William Reid mix) – 5:38
 * 3) "Reverence" (Al Jourgensen mix) – 6:09
 * 4) "Reverence" (Mark Stent mix) – 6:46
 * 5) "Guitarman" – 3:42

Personnel
The Jesus and Mary Chain
 * Jim Reid – vocals, guitar, production
 * William Reid – guitar, production

Additional personnel
 * Alan Moulder – engineering ("Reverence", "Guitarman")
 * Dick Meaney – engineering ("Heat")
 * Anjali Dutt – engineering (radio mix)
 * Al Jourgensen – remixing (Al Jourgensen mix)
 * Mark Stent – remixing (Mark Stent mix)

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Treasury-class cutter

The Treasury-class cutter was a group of seven high endurance cutters launched by the United States Coast Guard between 1936 and 1937. The class were called the "Treasury class" because they were each named for former Secretaries of the Treasury. These ships were also collectively known as the "327's" as they were all 327 ft in length. The Treasury-class cutters proved versatile and long-lived warships. Most served the United States for over 40 years, including with distinction through World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

In the words of naval historian John M. Waters, Jr., they were their nation's "maritime workhorses. The 327s battled through the 'Bloody Winter' of 1942–43 in the North Atlantic," with the ships fighting off and destroying German U-boats, and rescuing survivors from torpedoed convoy ships. Roles of the 327s included serving as amphibious task force flagships in World War II, pilot search and rescue (SAR) during the Korean War, and a critical component of Operation Market Time during the Vietnam War. "Most recently, these ships-that-wouldn't-die have done duty in fisheries patrol and drug interdiction. Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again."

Commencing in the late 1970s the Treasury-class cutters were gradually replaced or their duties taken over by newer and larger Hamilton-class cutter 378 ft high endurance cutters.

Design and construction
The 327s were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. Because the air passenger trade was expanding both at home and overseas, the Coast Guard believed that cutter-based aircraft would be essential for future high-seas search and rescue. Also, during the mid-1930s, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. The Treasury class were an attempt to develop a 20 kn cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar.

The final 327 ft design was based on the Erie-class US Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. This standardization would save money—always paramount in the Coast Guard's mind, as the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. Thirty-two preliminary designs based upon the Erie class were drawn up before one was finally selected. The healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the "Hunnewell Hump." Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Construction and Repair Department at that time.

The seven Treasury-class Coast Guard Cutters were:
 * USCGC Bibb (WPG-31), (original # 71) launched 14 January 1937
 * USCGC Campbell (WPG-32), (original # 65) launched 3 June 1936
 * USCGC Duane (WPG-33), (original # 67) launched 3 June 1936
 * USCGC Hamilton (WPG-34), (original # 69) launched 10 November 1936
 * USCGC Ingham (WPG-35), (original # 66) launched 3 June 1936
 * USCGC Spencer (WPG-36), (original # 70) launched 6 January 1937
 * USCGC Taney (WPG-37), (original # 68) launched 3 June 1936

Displacing 2,350 tons with a 12 ft draft, these ships had a maximum speed of 20 kn. They had crews of between 120 and 230 depending on whether they were serving in peace or wartime. The ships were originally built with two open centerline 5"/51 caliber gun mounts forward, and carried either a single Grumman JF-2 Duck or Curtiss SOC-4 aft. Various arrangements of 3"/50 and 5"/51 guns and depth charge throwers were installed aft when the planes were removed in 1940–41. Postwar armament typically included hedgehog and an enclosed 5"/38 caliber gun mount forward and MK 32 torpedo tube systems tubes aft.

World War II service
The 327s were also known for their high "Kill Rate" during World War II. Campbell demonstrated Treasury-class anti-submarine warfare suitability escorting convoy HX 159 in November 1941. With a kill rate of 0.57 per ship, the Treasury class were the most successful American anti-submarine warships. (US Navy Destroyer Escorts had a kill rate of 0.1) Treasury-class cutters served as leaders of Mid-Ocean Escort Force group A3 during the winter of 1942–43. Bibb and Ingham participated in the battles of Convoy SC 118 and Convoy SC 121. Taney served in the Pacific and was uniquely armed with four enclosed 5"/38 gun mounts in centerline positions where the Erie-class gunboats mounted 6"/47 guns. The six surviving cutters were converted to amphibious force flagships towards the end of World War II. Taney also has the distinction of being one of only two military vessels still afloat that was present during the Pearl Harbor attack, 7 December 1941.
 * Ingham escorted westbound convoy ONS 92.
 * Campbell and Ingham escorted eastbound HX 190.
 * Campbell, Ingham and Duane escorted westbound ONS 102.
 * Spencer escorted eastbound SC 95 and westbound ON 125.
 * Campbell and Spencer escorted eastbound SC 100 and westbound ON 135.
 * Campbell escorted eastbound HX 212 and westbound ON 145.
 * Spencer escorted eastbound SC 111 and westbound ONS 156.
 * Campbell and Spencer escorted eastbound HX 223 and westbound Convoy ON 166.
 * Spencer escorted eastbound Convoy SC 121 and westbound ON 175.
 * Spencer and Duane escorted the final A3 convoy HX 233 eastbound.

Fate
With the exception of Hamilton, which was torpedoed and sunk 10 mi off Iceland 29 January 1942, all of the Treasury-class ships led very long lives. Bibb and Duane were sunk as artificial reefs off the coast of Florida in 1987. Campbell was sunk by the US Navy in a training exercise on 29 November 1984. Spencer was sold 8 October 1981 for scrap. Taney is currently a museum ship at the Baltimore Maritime Museum, in Baltimore, Maryland, and Ingham is part of the Key West Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida.

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Talk:The Fuzz

Untitled
The old AfD no longer really applies here, as CSD A7 now covers this kind of thing.--Nilfanion (talk) 21:32, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

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Category:Donkey Kong media files

__NOGALLERY__

Media from or about the Donkey Kong video game series by Nintendo.

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Bedford Park

Bedford Park may refer to:
 * Bedford Park, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, Australia
 * Bedford Park, Toronto, a neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 * Bedford Park, Bedford, an urban park in Bedford, UK
 * Bedford Park, London, a district of Chiswick, London, UK
 * Bedford Park, Illinois, U.S., a village
 * Bedford Park, Bronx, a neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
 * Bedford, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia formerly known as Bedford Park

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Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson may refer to:

Sports

 * Mark Thompson (American football) (born 1994), American football player
 * Mark Thompson (baseball) (born 1971), baseball player
 * Mark Thompson (footballer) (born 1963), former Australian rules football premiership captain and coach
 * Mark Scott Thompson, manager of the El Salvador national football team
 * Mark Thompson (hurdler) (born 1967), Jamaican Olympic hurdler
 * Mark Thompson (racing driver) (born 1951), American stock car racing driver, pilot, and businessman

Politics

 * Mark Thompson (Minnesota politician) (born 1960), American politician
 * Mark Thompson (Arizona politician), Arizona politician
 * Mark Thompson (Iowa politician) (born 1955), American politician in Iowa
 * Mark R. Thompson (born 1960), expert on Southeast Asian politics

Others

 * Mark Thompson (DJ) (born 1955), American radio personality, best known as half of Mark & Brian
 * Mark Thompson (reporter) (born c. 1953), 1985 Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter
 * Mark Thompson (author) (1952–2016), American writer on LGBT themes and advocacy
 * Mark Thompson (media executive) (born 1957), chairman of Ancestry board of directors, former New York Times Co. CEO, former Director-General of the BBC
 * Mark Thompson (newscaster), American television newscaster/announcer
 * Mark Thompson (historian) (born 1959), British historian
 * Mark Thompson (astronomer) (born 1973), British astronomer
 * Mark Thompson (painter) (1812–1875), British painter
 * Mark Thompson (chemist), Californian chemistry academic
 * Mark Christian Thompson (born 1970), professor of English

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Talk:2018 world cup

redirect
the "world cup[s]" are not the monopoly of soccer, hence a neutral page for readers with other interests is better.Lihaas (talk) 04:39, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

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User talk:Werdna

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Stig Harder, Fashion Net & Lumiere
Hey Werdna,

Could you help restore the articles for FASHION NET at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_Net, Lumiere at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumiere_(magazine) and my own at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stig_Harder? I read the reason was there weren't enough references online to establish notability.

I got in touch with and she/he informed me I could request a  WP:deletion review with the reason "significant new information has come to light since a deletion that would justify recreating the deleted page." At the Deletion Review article, I read I should talk to the closing administrator first.

Here are several references from print publications back when the Internet was in its infancy:

https://www.stigharder.com/media/harpers-bazaar-1995.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/henne-2002.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/british-vogue-1995.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/british-vogue-1996.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/cooper-hewitt-1997.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/elle-japan-1996.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/guardian-1995.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/le-monde-1997.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/net-magazine-1996.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/netuser-1996.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/new-york-times-1996.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/paper-magazine.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/planete-internet-1996.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/time-magazine-1996.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/usa-today-1997.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/vogue-1995.jpg https://www.stigharder.com/media/wired-1996.jpg

My executive membership at the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (click on letter H): https://www.iadas.net/membership/

Also, an old video capture from BBC Television on Fashion Net: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F5FgRZhSik

The archived page for Cooper Hewitt's "Mixing Messages" exhibition in 1996-1997 where Lumiere was included is at:

https://web-beta.archive.org/web/19970215142503/http://mixingmessages.si.edu:80/mm/dialogue/comm5.jhtml;MSkKN8ldt0c3R4wNNhG9EntHIMA793ySd5zF1QNZss8m0lA

The article itself is missing from the archive, but my staff back then did a screenshot: https://www.stigharder.com/media/cooper-hewitt-1997.jpg

Thank you so much.

Kind regards,

Stig

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Talk:Celestron

Sales Pitch
A number of the edits to this article have been like sales pitches for Celestron. Providing detail down to the number of inches of aperture for each model is overkill and makes the article less encyclopedic.

Comparions with Meade and others are reasonable in the context of showing the progress of innovation and the propensity for telescope manufacturers to copy each others designs. Garglebutt / (talk) 02:18, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Did a little cleanup along these lines. Removed most "tit for tat" Meade comparisions since they seemed out of place in an article describing Celestron. "Comparions with Meade and others are reasonable in the context of showing the progress of innovation and the propensity for telescope manufacturers to copy each others designs" -- this is true but what are you trying to say?. In other words what you are saying above should be stated flat out in the article (in the new section ==Competition with Meade== maybe?) instead of hinted at it by juxtaposing one against the other. 69.72.7.195 05:27, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Quality
Why doesn't somebody add an article talking about the quality of these telescopes? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bobafett12 (talk • contribs) 09:09, 24 February 2006.
 * Feel free to be WP:BOLD but remember that the article shouldn't turn into a fan service. Quality tends to be fairly subjective whereas additions to this article need to be WP:NPOV. Meade and others make fine instruments so you would need to identify what makes these better which may be harder than you think. Garglebutt / (talk) 22:16, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 69.72.7.195 edits had some good points, but went overboard substituting opinion that "they have shown a propensity to copy each others designs" for examples of this being done, and removing information about several product lines on shaky grounds. Gene Nygaard 09:29, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Looking over the edits I am reverting back to 05:07, 9 October 2006. "propensity to copy each others designs"" may be opinion but other edits seem valid. Wikipedia is not a product guide, it is an encyclopedia. So additions to this article should describe "Celestron Corporation" and what they have contributed or what has happened to them that is Notable Notability (companies and corporations). Sections on types of Computerized drives and other sections need to be re-written since they offer unverified opinion and just seems to describe "catalog listings". It does not offer even a description of how they work or why they are significant or Notable (see Notability (companies and corporations)). If there is info that should be added back in I would start with this version and intergrate it. Halfblue 14:23, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Product lines are typical, encyclopedic information about manufacturers, not a "catalog listing". You don't need every detail, of course, but if anything starts getting too long it can be split out as its own article, just as makes of cars are.  Gene Nygaard 23:40, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

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RS-232?
I cannot remember the last time I saw a computer with RS-232. But I know little about telescopes. I imagine that it's safe to change that to USB? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.232.112.193 (talk) 00:55, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

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WGTU

WGTU (channel 29) and WGTQ (channel 8) are television stations in Traverse City and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States, serving as the ABC affiliates for the northern Lower and eastern Upper peninsulas of Michigan. WGTU and WGTQ are owned by Cunningham Broadcasting; Cunningham contracts with Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of regional NBC affiliates WPBN-TV and WTOM-TV, to provide services and advertising sales functions. Both stations share studios on M-72 just west of Traverse City; WGTU's transmitter is located east of Kalkaska, Michigan, and WGTQ's is located near Goetzville in southeastern Chippewa County, in addition to simulcasts on WPBN-TV and WTOM-TV's transmitters. The two stations, known as "ABC 29&8" and together with WPBN/WTOM as "UpNorthLive", carry the same programming and together serve one of the largest television markets east of the Mississippi River.

WGTU went on the air in 1970 and provided full ABC network service to Traverse City for the first time; WGTQ followed in 1976. Prior to WPBN/WTOM taking over many operational functions for WGTU/WGTQ in 2007, the stations aired very little local programming, with two attempts at full local newscasts having failed to garner ratings. The UpNorthLive newsroom produces one dedicated local newscast for WGTU/WGTQ.

History
On February 25, 1970, Northern Entertainment, Inc., headed by Thomas W. Kiple, applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to construct a new television station on channel 29 in Traverse City. A permit was issued on August 5, and construction began nearly immediately on the new station's facility.

Work on the transmitter facilities near Kalkaska took place that spring, and the station began broadcasting as an ABC affiliate on August 18, 1971. As the market would not be served by its own PBS member station over-the-air until WCMU-TV launched Manistee and Cadillac satellite stations in 1984, it also aired Sesame Street at launch. Because the station was on UHF and was the northern part of the state's first full-power station on that band, cable providers had concerns about the station's picture quality, and for two years, WGTU and the Great Lakes Cable system in Petoskey feuded over the latter refusing to invoke network non-duplication protection with the signal of competing ABC outlet WJRT in Flint, Michigan; the two parties settled the dispute, which primarily centered on picture quality, in 1973.

To extend WGTU's service area, Northern Entertainment filed in 1973 to build channel 8 in Sault Ste. Marie as a satellite of WGTU; the FCC approved this application over a competing bid from Sault Ste. Marie Broadcasting in 1975. WGTQ went into service on October 29, 1976, broadcasting to a binational region where ABC programming had only been available previously on cable. In addition, a channel 55 translator station for WGTU was built in Alpena, though by the late 80s it had been withdrawn with the rise of cable in the area.

While the Sault Ste. Marie application remained pending at the FCC, labor problems developed in Traverse City. On March 1, 1975, a NABET local went on strike at WGTU after multiple bargaining sessions failed to produce a resolution on issues including overtime, jurisdiction, travel compensation for engineers to the transmitter, and wages. Management personnel kept the station in operation during this time, while union members urged advertisers and viewers to boycott it. One Detroit job-seeker responded to a classified ad placed by WGTU in a newspaper there only to learn that the station was on strike. The strike lasted three months, and before year's end, the union and station agreed to a contract.

In 1978, Michigan Television Network—the renamed Northern Entertainment—filed to sell WGTU and WGTQ to Panax Television for $925,000. The deal attracted attention because of other dealings involving the 40 percent owner of Panax: John McGoff, a newspaper publisher that was being investigated by the United States Department of Justice for links to the apartheid-era government of South Africa before American sanctions were placed on the country in the 1980s. Despite this, the FCC Broadcast Bureau approved the transaction, and ownership was transferred for a short time, but citing the pending investigation into McGoff, the commission vacated the ruling on a 6–0 vote. As a result, the parties abandoned the proposed sale. Three years later, WGTU-WGTQ would be sold to Center Group Broadcasting for $1.8 million.

WGTU was acquired in 1993 by Scanlan Communications; Max Media purchased it from Scanlan in 2003. In 1998, the station began to provide promotional and advertising services for cable-only The WB affiliate "WBVC", part of The WB 100+ Station Group. This service became a digital subchannel of WGTU in 2006 when The WB made way for The CW. In early November 2006, WGTU/WGTQ began to offer ABC programming in high definition.

On September 19, 2007, an application was filed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by Max Media to sell WGTU/WGTQ to Tucker Broadcasting for $10 million. After FCC approval, Tucker entered into joint sales and shared services agreements with Barrington Broadcasting for WPBN/WTOM to provide advertising. According to the FCC filing, WPBN/WTOM would sell advertising time and provide other programming for WGTU/WGTQ. The sale was approved in April 2008, and that summer, WGTU/WGTQ merged operations into the WPBN-TV Traverse City facility.

On June 12, 2009, WGTU/WGTQ flash cut their digital signals onto their original analog allocations, moving the former from adjacent and temporary digital channels during the digital transition. At the same time, both stations began to simulcast WPBN/WTOM on their second subchannels to provide maximum coverage of both station pairs throughout the market, with WPBN/WTOM also carrying WGTU/WGTQ on their second subchannels. Because of this, "WBVC" was dropped from WGTU/WGTQ due to digital multiplexer limitations of the time which did not allow three high-definition channels on the same spectrum. The CW thus became cable-exclusive in the market until 2018, when WWTV/WWUP-TV began to broadcast it over a subchannel of its SSA partner, Fox affiliate WFQX-TV.

On February 28, 2013, Barrington announced that it would sell its entire group, including WPBN/WTOM, to Sinclair Broadcast Group. At the same time, WGTU/WGTQ were acquired by Cunningham Broadcasting. Sinclair also acquired the LMA with WGTU/WGTQ; all but one of Cunningham's stations are operated by Sinclair under LMAs. The sale was completed on November 25. Nearly all of Cunningham's stock is held by trusts for the Smith family, founders and owners of Sinclair. Thus, for all intents and purposes, Sinclair owns both stations. Cunningham, previously known as Glencairn, has long been used as a shell corporation to allow Sinclair to operate duopolies where Sinclair cannot legally own them. The Traverse City/Cadillac/Sault Sainte Marie market has only seven full-power stations, too few to legally permit a duopoly. Even if the market had enough full-power stations to allow a duopoly, Sinclair still would not be able to legally acquire WGTU outright, as both are among the top four stations in the market.

Newscasts
WGTU presently carries 6 hours and 35 minutes of locally produced newscasts seven days a week, at 6:30 p.m. weekdays, and 11 p.m. nightly. It also simulcasts WPBN/WTOM's Today local news and weather cut-ins as part of Good Morning America. The station carries a loop of America This Morning before GMA, rather than simulcasting WPBN/WTOM's morning newscast due to SSA schedule limitations.

News department history
WGTU initially had a full-fledged news department. However, it made little headway against WWTV and WPBN and was cut back severely to news "capsules" in 1975. After another attempt at local news in 1982 under Michigan Center, the news department was dropped in 1984. For more than a quarter-century, it aired almost no local, full newscasts. The only local news on the station were weekday morning news, weather, and sports cut-ins at :25 and :55 past the hour during Good Morning America as well as a ten-minute news and weather update seen weeknights at 11.

After WGTU consolidated its operations with WPBN, it became possible that a full-fledged local newscast would return to WGTU. On September 13, 2010, that station finally took advantage of this channel being housed in the same facility and launched a weeknight newscast at 6:30 on WGTU, known as UpNorthLive News. The news/weather update seen weeknights at 11 remains as well but it is taped in advance as was the case before this station merged with WPBN.

One notable former news anchor from WGTU is Marc Schollett who is now the weeknight anchor on WPBN, and in 2013 began to anchor UpNorthLive News at 6:30 on WGTU/WGTQ.

Subchannels
The stations' signals are multiplexed:

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San Juan Skyway Scenic and Historic Byway

The San Juan Skyway Scenic and Historic Byway is a 236 mi All-American Road, National Forest Scenic Byway, and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan, and San Miguel counties, Colorado, United States. The byway forms a loop in southwestern Colorado traversing the heart of the San Juan Mountains. The San Juan Skyway reaches its zenith at Red Mountain Pass at elevation 11018 ft. Mesa Verde National Park was one of the original UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Silverton Historic District and the Telluride Historic District are National Historic Landmarks.

It roughly parallels the routes of the narrow gauge railways: Rio Grande Southern (US 160, SH 145 and SH 62); and the unconnected Ouray and Silverton Branches of the Denver & Rio Grande along US 550 with the Silverton Railroad bridging a part of the gap. Its origin can be traced to the Around the Circle Route promoted by the D&RG.

The San Juan Skyway overlaps with the Trail of the Ancients Scenic and Historic Byway on Colorado State Highway 145 between U.S. Highway 160 and Colorado State Highway 184. The San Juan Skyway connects with the Tracks Across Borders Scenic and Historic Byway at Durango, the Alpine Loop Back Country Byway at Silverton and Ouray, and the Unaweep Tabeguache Scenic Byway at Placerville.

U.S. Highway 160
Starting in Durango, Colorado, the largest city on San Juan Skyway, the byway follows U.S. Highway 160 (US 160) west through the town of Mancos to Cortez passing the entrance to Mesa Verde National Park.

State Highway 145
The byway turns north at Cortez, following State Highway 145 (SH 145) through the town of Dolores and the Dolores River into the San Juan National Forest. The byway passes through Rico, county seat of Dolores County prior to 1941. The old Courthouse still remains. From Rico the byway crosses 10,222 ft (3116 m) Lizard Head Pass and enters the Uncompahgre National Forest. Lizard Head Pass provides views of the 14,159 ft El Diente Peak, the 14,246 ft Mount Wilson, the 14,017 ft Wilson Peak and the pass's namesake, the 13,113 ft Lizard Head Peak. The byway descends near the town of Ophir past the location of the Ophir Loop of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. A spur road heads off to the mining town turned ski resort of Telluride. The byway follows the San Miguel River to the town of Placerville.

State Highway 62
The byway turns east at Placerville onto SH 62 and follows it over Dallas Divide. There are many excellent views of the San Juan Mountains, especially of the mountains around the 14,150 ft Mount Sneffels. From the top of the divide the byway descends into the town of Ridgway. The entire route of the byway from Durango to Ridgway roughly follows the route of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad.

U.S. Highway 550
From Ridgway, the byway turns south onto US 550 following the Uncompahgre River into the Victorian mining town of Ouray. The highway is referred to as the Million Dollar Highway from Ouray south back to Durango. For the first 7.0 mi south of Ouray the byway follows through the Uncompahgre Gorge. Just past the only tunnel on the route, just south of Ouray, the road crosses over Bear Creek Falls on a bridge at the location of an impassable toll booth on the original road. The Alpine Loop National Back Country Byway, a four wheel drive jeep road, takes off in the gorge south of Bear Creek Falls. Before leaving the gorge the byway passes through a snow shed under the Riverside Slide avalanche zone. A monument stands near here honoring those who have lost their lives in the avalanche, including several snowplow operators. At this point the byway enters Ironton Park, a nice flat valley in contrast to the gorge. The road ascends several switchbacks, or S-curves, past the Idarado mining operation to the 11,018 ft summit of Red Mountain Pass, providing views of Red Mountain and several ghost towns. Back into the San Juan National Forest the highway descends through the Chattanooga Valley to Silverton.

From Silverton the byway passes over the 10,910 ft Molas Pass and the 10,640 ft Coal Bank Pass, descending past the ski resort of Purgatory Resort. From Hermosa, the road parallels the Durango and Silverton narrow gauge railroad before returning to Durango.

History
The San Juan Skyway was designated as a National Forest Scenic Byway in September 1988. It was later named a Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway in 1989 and an All-American Road in September 1996.


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