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Talk:Generational change

Merge Proposal
i think this should be merged into generation gap. it is basically the same thing. -- Mimzy1990  (talk) 02:43 13 May 2009 (UTC)

 * It's two different things, actually. While the first describes a strategic operation done by an organization, the second one refers to a social situation that frequently is a also social problem. -- 217.203.151.10 (talk) 13:58 23 January 2010 (UTC)

 * 217.203.151.10 is right. The two concepts are somewhat related, but they are distinct.  The gap between generations may eventually lead to generational change in a society, as the old generation dies off and the new one takes over, but it also may not, if the young generation change as they mature and adopt their parents' values.  Generational change may also come without any perceived generation gap, if the old folk are not bothered by the changes; for instance the transition from those who grew up with pre-metric weights and measures, and are uncomfortable with metric, to those who grew up with metric and think of it as natural.
 * And of course generational change affects far more than just societies; as the article points out it affects organisations, ecologies, animals, and all sorts of other things that don't experience generation gaps.
 * -- GertBySea (talk) 04:35, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, sounds like the current article is kind of a coatrack - the title says Generational change, but it's really about the generation gap. The page sure could use some editing to make this distinction clear. D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  12:18, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Not at all. The article is all about the changes that happen as time goes on, and the consequences of those changes.  Nothing at all to do with the generation gap, which is the alienation that may exist between older and younger people in the same culture.  They really are very different things.
 * Let me have another try at explaining the difference: Generation gap is "those young people and the noise they call music; they have no respect", and "those old people who are proud of what they did in the war, and look down on us". Generational change is "when did all the hatters go out of business?"  and "what's a slide rule?".  Do you get it now?  -- GertBySea (talk) 02:11, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Except that before my article the page cited the 60s hippy movement as an example which is clearly the best known example of a generation gap. The article became a coatrack because of bad examples that distort what this is really about. Anyways, those examples you just mentioned should probably be added to article, to make clear what it's really about. D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  02:52, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Huh? There was no mention of the hippie movement.  You still don't get it; the examples you deleted have nothing to do with a generation gap.  The change in the sort of music that dominates in different decades is generational change, not a generation gap.
 * I'll have another go at explaining the difference, though this should be obvious by now. Generational change is something that happens to a population over time. "A generation goes, and a generation comes."  A generation gap is an alienation between differently-aged members of the same population.  "The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority [...]" (misattributed to Socrates)  They really have almost nothing to do with each other.   -- GertBySea (talk) 00:46, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Music of the 60s is the classic generation gap - older people completely reject rock and younger people completely rejected the music before it. Today, on the other hand, young people routinely listen to rock music that is 30 or 40 years old. Thus, today's music is simple generational change but 60s music was a true generation gap. That's why 60s music is a terrible example, it suggests to people that gap and change are the same. D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  01:48, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Sigh. I don't understand how you can still not get this.  The different musical tastes of young people in the '60s was one of the things that caused a generation gap.  That is discussed at Generation gap and is not even mentioned in this article.   This article mentions the generational change in the dominant musical form.  They are very different things, as I have explained over and over again.  Again: a generation gap by definition exists at one moment; generational change by definition happens over time.  How can you confuse them? -- GertBySea (talk) 07:18, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't believed you phrased it that way before, and now it makes more sense. The article needs to be written that way. D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  03:25, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
 * It is. -- GertBySea (talk) 07:09, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I look at the current state of the article and completely and totally stand by my earlier choice to redirect to generation gap. It isn't really phrased that way. At least, not in a way that suggests that this is any different than generation gap in any way. It completely fails to make that distinction. In this case, the distinction is so close that you need to say why this is NOT a generation gap. I suspect that probably 95% of our readers look at the article that's there and say, "oh, they mean generation gap." So, frankly, the article is still in a state where a redirect to generation gap is the best thing to do. Also, I don't think most of our users consider "at one moment" a necessary part of defining a generation gap. Don't give me that "how can you not get this" or "how is this confusing" crap. The concept isn't confusing, but the difference absolutely is. It is our job as an encyclopedia to explain this to someone who has no idea, it is not our job to write a confusing stub and complain that other people don't get it. D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  12:26, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

The only distinction I can see here that would justify a separate article is (as an example) the distinction between the young of the 60s completely rejecting jazz while the young today still accept rock. The 60s was a generation gap, while today, there isn't much of musical generation gap (thought there is in other areas, such as gay marriage). The "right now" versus "over time" is not enough of a distinction to justify a second article on what is otherwise an identical topic. D O N D E groovily  Talk to me  12:26, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Unmerge?
I'd like to suggest that, despite the discussion above, generational change deserves an article of its own.

Watch this space. Andrewa (talk) 15:18, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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Associated Electrics

Associated Electrics, Incorporated of Lake Forest, California, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of radio controlled cars, trucks and accessories. Associated Electrics is now owned by Thunder Tiger Corporation from Taiwan. The company is usually referred to as Team Associated.

Early history
The company was founded in 1964 by Roger Curtis and Lee Yurada, technicians at the Douglas Aerophysics Laboratory in nearby El Segundo, California. Slot cars were at the height of their popularity in Southern California at the time, so Curtis and Yurada decided to open a slot car track as a side business. Their experience in fabricating aircraft parts soon led them into producing slot car parts and accessories. So successful was the venture that it turned into a full-time business which they named Associated Electrics. The new company specialized in the manufacturing of a full line of slot car parts, chassis and accessories.

The business had grown by 1969 and was located in a small building in Paramount. Personal issues arose between Curtis and Yurada, leading Curtis to approach early RC racer Gene Husting in hopes that Husting would buy Yurada's share of Associated. The popularity of slot cars was on the wane, but Husting was certain that radio control would flourish as the technology grew. Almost as if in anticipation of the fact, Associated had just introduced a 1:8-scale gas-powered racer, the RC1. Designed by Mike Morrisey, it soon became the most successful car on the circuit. Husting agreed to the buyout in 1970. Still a small business, Associated had only six employees: Husting, Curtis, Husting's wife Midge, and three others.

Radio control takes off
In 1971, Associated moved to Santa Ana, California where they began production of the Husting-designed Associated RC100, a 1:8-scale nitro vehicle. In 1977, the first IFMAR race at Pomona's Thorp Raceway (later to become the Ranch Pit Stop, temporary home of Team Losi) saw the first five places swept by the RC100. RC100 was the second remote control vehicle released by Associated Electrics. It rose to quick dominance in the industry, sweeping the first 5 places at the IFMAR World Championships in 1977.[1] The RC100 went on to win the ROAR Nationals in 1976 and the first IFMAR World Championships in 1977, driven by Associated drivers Butch Kroells 1st, Bill Jianis 2nd and Gene Husting took 3rd place.[2]

Industry develops along with the RC12
Associated would double in size thanks to Roger's next design, the 1:12-scale RC12 electric onroad racer, debuted in 1978. Simpler and far less expensive than the gas powered RC100, the RC12 is credited for much of the hobby's growth as a sport.

Expansion into Reedy electric motors
As electric racing continued to grow, 1980 would see one of Associated's most important partnerships come to fruition when electrical engineer and avid R/C racer Mike Reedy joined Associated. Reedy's development of Yokomo-based motors and carefully matched battery packs led Associated's dominance of electric racing. Reedy-powered cars are credited with 28 IFMAR World Championships to date, the most of any R/C motor manufacturer.

The RC10 generates a new phase of expansion

Roger Curtis's 1984 design of a serious 1:10-scale electric offroad car not only led to explosive growth within the company, but within the world of R/C racing as well. This new vehicle was the now-famous Associated RC10 buggy. Built on a 6061 aircraft alloy chassis, the new car was, unlike its Japanese counterparts of the time, a serious offroad racing machine. Another 1-2-3 IFMAR sweep would follow in 1985 at the first IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship. The RC10, possibly more than any R/C vehicle before or since, is credited with making the single biggest impact on radio control racing. The success of the RC10 forced Associated to move to a larger facility, which they found in Costa Mesa in 1987.

That same year, former Yamaha technician and professional R/C racer Cliff Lett joined Associated to head the research and development department. This department, consisting of Lett, Roger Curtis and Husting's son, Curtis, were responsible for the RC10 cars that won the IFMAR World Championships in 1989 in Australia, and in 1991 in Detroit. The success of the RC10 coupled with other cars of the time, namely the RC12LW, the RC10L, RC10LSS and the RC10T kept production going for five years and prompted the necessity of extending their building in Costa Mesa.

Gene Husting helped develop cars for Associated until 2000, when he retired. He is responsible for the lineup up to the RC10B3, RC10T3, TC3 and GT RTRs. Five years after his retirement, the company introduced an entirely new line of offroad racers with the introduction the 1:18 scale electric RC18T and RC18MT miniature trucks. In 2006, with 27 IFMAR victories in all, Team Associated is the world's "winningest" RC car manufacturer. Reedy motors, a division of Associated, has powered 28 IFMAR World Champions.

R&D manager and world-class driver Cliff Lett broke the RC land speed record of more than 111 mph (179 km/h) with a heavily modified Associated RC10L3 touring car at Irwindale Speedway on January 13, 2001.

A modified RC10 with an off-the-shelf Parma International 1963 Chevrolet Corvette body was used in the famous chase scene in the 1988 motion picture, The Dead Pool. In it, Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry is being pursued through the streets of San Francisco, California by a highly explosive bomb disguised as an RC car. The "bomb" was actually driven by IFMAR world-champion race driver Jay Halsey. The car was in fact an electric; the sounds of a nitro-powered engine were added in post-production.

New ownership
In 2000, Gene Husting took the decision to retire and sold his share to Roger Curtis. In 2005, Curtis took semi-retirement and sold Associated Electrics to Thunder Tiger, a Taiwanese RC model manufacturer. Thunder Tiger expressed hope that the buyout of Associated would make it the fourth largest RC model merchant in the world, following the three leaders at that time (in order) Tamiya, Kyosho, and Futaba/O.S. Engines.

Offshoots and conversions
Team Associated cars have inspired various conversion from small companies. Several offroad buggies have been developed from the TC3 chassis, most notably the TC3 'o', the Durango range, and recently (and most successfully) JConcepts with their BJ4 and Worlds-winning BJ4 'Worlds'.

All these cars are based around the TC3's drivetrain, which uses two bevel-geared differentials (or "diffs"), with a prop shaft connecting them. On the BJ4, JConcepts used AE diff cases and diffs, and modified the shaft to include a slipper unit. Since then, JConcepts has updated the BJ4 to the Worlds-winning 'Worlds' edition. In Summer 2006, JConcepts "turned the drawings over to Team Associated, which took over and fine-tuned the design for fit and finish" (RC Driver magazine, Dec. 2007). The Associated B44 debuted at the 2007 EP Off-Road World Championships, where it not only qualified on top, but took all three podium positions.

X-Factory, creators of the X-5 4WD Team Losi conversion, released the X-6 conversion kit which converts the B4 Buggy into a mid-motor 4x2 cell configuration chassis.

In the onroad scene, the Associated RC12 series of cars have long been a base for other manufacturers. The unique front suspension from the RC12L3 (and updated on the RC12L4) has become industry standard and is now featured on the majority of competitive 1:12-scale racing chassis.

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For Your Consideration (film)

For Your Consideration is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Christopher Guest. It was co-written by Guest and Eugene Levy, and both also star in the film. The film's title is a phrase used in trade advertisements to promote films for honors such as the Academy Awards. The plot revolves around a group of three actors who learn that their performances in the fictional film they have not even completed yet, Home for Purim, a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are supposedly generating a great deal of award-season buzz.

Many of the cast who have appeared in Guest's previous films Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty Wind including Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Fred Willard, Larry Miller, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Lynch, Ed Begley Jr., Michael Hitchcock, John Michael Higgins, and Jim Piddock. Ricky Gervais, the co-creator of the original British television series The Office, also appears, while Paul Dooley, John Krasinski, Richard Kind, Scott Adsit, and Sandra Oh make brief cameos. Though the dialogue is largely improvised by the actors as in Guest's earlier films, the format is a departure from the mockumentary style.

The film received its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2006. It was produced by Warner Independent Pictures in association with Castle Rock Entertainment and Shangri-La Entertainment.

Plot
The film follows the production of Home for Purim, a low-budget drama film about a Jewish family in the southern United States in the 1940s. The cast consists of character actress Marilyn Hack as the family's dying matriarch; veteran actor turned kosher hot dog mascot Victor Allen Miller as her husband; ingénue Callie Webb as their lesbian daughter, whose return home with her girlfriend serves as the driving plot of Home for Purim; and Brian Chubb, who is dating Webb, as their son.

The film's director constantly incorporates bizarre camera shots and acting notes, while the producer, heiress to a diaper service, knows nothing about producing films. The two screenwriters are at odds with the director, as they struggle to align the film's period Southern setting with incongruous Jewish references and words. When an unattributed rumor begins to circulate that Hack, Miller, and Webb are likely to receive Oscar nominations for the film, each begins obsessing about the award. Hack pretends not to care while secretly pining for the award, Miller demands a higher salary and pushes his agent for more dignified work, and Webb breaks up with Chubb. Later, the hosts of entertainment news program Hollywood Now visit the set and interview the cast.

The studio intervenes in the production of Home for Purim and, deeming the film to be "too Jewish," re-title it Home for Thanksgiving. Despite this, the Oscar buzz around the film intensifies, and the three prospective nominees begin to make press appearances to promote the film. Miller appears on a hip-hop teen show called Chillaxin' in youthful attire with capped teeth, a tan, and dyed blonde hair. Hack gets breast implants and extensive plastic surgery to the point where her face is comically ecstatic. Webb goes on a shock jock radio show, only to field questions exclusively about her nude scenes.

The Academy Award nominations are announced, and only Chubb (who sleeps through the morning of the announcement) is nominated. Miller returns to auditioning for commercials. Webb attempts to revive her failed one-woman show, No Penis Intended. Hack makes a drunken rant on Hollywood Now and becomes an acting teacher, having uncomfortably made peace with her mediocre career.

Cast

 * Catherine O'Hara as Marilyn Hack
 * Ed Begley Jr. as Sandy Lane
 * Eugene Levy as Morley Orfkin
 * Harry Shearer as Victor Allan Miller
 * Christopher Guest as Jay Berman
 * John Michael Higgins as Corey Taft
 * Jim Piddock as Simon Whitset
 * Jennifer Coolidge as Whitney Taylor Brown
 * Parker Posey as Callie Webb
 * Rachael Harris as Debbie Gilchrist
 * Christopher Moynihan as Brian Chubb
 * Paul Dooley as Paper Badge Sgt.
 * John Krasinski as Paper Badge Officer
 * Don Lake as "Love It" critic Ben Lilly
 * Michael Hitchcock as "Hate It" critic David van Zyverdan
 * Sandra Oh as Marketing Person
 * Richard Kind as Marketing Person
 * Bob Balaban as Philip Koontz
 * Michael McKean as Lane Iverson
 * Ari Graynor as Young PA
 * Scott Adsit as First AD
 * Simon Helberg as Junior Agent
 * Kevin Sussman as Commercial Director
 * Fred Willard as Chuck
 * Jane Lynch as Cindy
 * Jordan Black as Whitney's Assistant
 * Nina Conti as Weather Woman
 * Mary McCormack as Pilgrim Woman
 * Shawn Christian as Pilgrim Man
 * Deborah Theaker as Liz Fenneman
 * Ricky Gervais as Martin Gibb
 * Larry Miller as Syd Finkleman
 * Craig Bierko as Talk Show Host
 * Loudon Wainwright as Nominee Ben Connelly
 * Jessica St. Clair as Hula Balls Spokeswoman
 * Casey Wilson as Young Actress
 * Derek Waters as Young Actor

Critical reception
Based on 162 reviews collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 52% of critics gave For Your Consideration a positive review, with an average rating of 5.90/10. The critical consensus reads: "As the object of satire gets bigger the jokes become thinner, and Christopher Guest isn't as droll or insightful here than when he was lampooning smaller subjects." Leonard Maltin gave the film three stars, describing it as "uncanny in its dead-on parodies of TV and radio talk shows and other follies of show business”.

Awards
Catherine O'Hara won the National Board of Review's Best Supporting Actress award and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the category of Best Female Lead. O'Hara's performance earned many good reviews, spurring for a short time rumors that, in an ironic twist, she could be nominated for an Academy Award. In the end, the film did not receive any Academy Award nominations.

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Manurewa railway station

Manurewa railway station is a station serving the suburb of Manurewa in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located on the Southern Line of the Auckland railway network. The station has a side platform layout connected by a pedestrian bridge.

The station has a large park-and-ride facility and interchange with many local bus services. It is located between the SouthMall Shopping Centre and the Manurewa Work and Income office.

History
Manurewa's first station opened in 1875. Originally opening as a flag station, until 27 August 1884 when a booking office opened at the site. This station had a centre-platform layout and was located behind what is now the Russell Road Reserve. From the north it was accessible from a connection to the Jutland Road bridge. To the south it featured a pedestrian overbridge, accessible from the pedestrian path between James Road and Station Road. On the other side of the overbridge was the railway lane, providing road access to the station from Station Road. After realignment of the tracks prior to electrification, very little of the original platform remains.

The station led to increased growth and services in Manurewa, and away from the township of Woodside (modern-day Wiri) along Great South Road. During World War I, the station was moved further to the south when the rail was re-aligned. During the 1870s, this location was a man-made lake on the property of Benjamin Cashmore, who used the lake to power a water wheel for his flour mill. This station had a side-platform layout, connected by the footpath on the adjacent Station Road bridge. Closed after the current station became operational, it was removed in 2011 when the Station Road bridge was rebuilt.

The current station was opened in July 2006 on a site even further south, behind the SouthMall Shopping Centre. It has a side platform layout connected by a pedestrian bridge. The Manurewa Bus Station was built next to the station, providing interconnection with Auckland's bus network.

By January 2014, wires had been installed as part of the Auckland railway electrification project. Since July 2015, all commuter services have been electric, using AM class electric trains.

Services
Auckland One Rail, on behalf of Auckland Transport, operates suburban services to Waitematā, Papakura and Pukekohe via Manurewa. The typical weekday off-peak timetable is:
 * 3 tph to Waitematā, via Penrose and Newmarket
 * 3 tph to Papakura

Manurewa is served by bus routes 33, 361, 362, 363, 365 and 366.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oath Rod

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The result of the debate was DELETE. Linuxbeak | Talk 23:05, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Oath Rod
This does not appear to be an encyclopedic topic, but maybe there is a precedent for retaining this sort of information that I'm not aware of. If this article is to be kept, it definitely needs to provide better context. { edit } 04:18, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to Wheel of Time or create Objects in the Wheel of Time series and merge there (there are several other short pages that could be so merged) or delete if no one wants to do the merge. DES (talk) 06:24, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. My first instinct was merging also, but this info is already in the Aes Sedai article, and it's not a major enough object in the books to get a listing in the Wheel of Time main article. --Dvyost 06:27, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * merge and keep, seems to be factual. Trollderella 00:34, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Most of the info is in the Aes Sedai article. I'd suggest putting the rest of the text in Talk:Aes Sedai, and letting the editors there sort out how to insert it.  (For starters, I believe the comment about the "Rods of Dominion" is incorrect.) Bluap 17:00, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:MareNostrum

Church
Is it inside a church? 200.100.53.26 14:23, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes. -- Henriok 19:25, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguation request
Could a knowledgable person please disambiguate fabric in the passage "adapters on each server blade and switch fabric of 12 Myrinet switches"? The only option at Fabric that would make sense in this case would be Fibre Channel fabric, but it is not clear to me that this would be a proper piping to establish. Thanks. Courtland 04:20, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

TOP500 entries
Of course the position within the TOP500 listing can be used in the article (if properly augmented by the date at which this information was extracted). But since the TOP500 list is in constant motion, wouldn't it be better to add this information in form of a small table, which can be easier updated as a paragraph. Furthermore - and this goes along with the above - MareNostrum will be supersided as Europe's fastest supercomputer by another BlueGene/L installation at the reseacrh center Juelich. Lars Bähren 08:28, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That's fine, I just think a table would look ugly, and not save that much time over changing the text. It would have to be updated exactly as often if not more. The way it is in the text, top ten won't have to be changed until it needs to say top 20, and Europe's fastest doesn't need to change until another is certified to beat it. So it's really only a couple updates a year at most, which isn't too much. If enough faster computers are installed in Europe it could just say one of Europe's fastest. For the table to be more useful it would need to be more specific which would require more updating. - Taxman Talk 13:19, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Point taken, though this was part of what I actually had in mind, namely e.g. tracking the computers status over the various editions of the TOP500 list. Thus you'd be able to track its position within the list - i.e. you'd add information and not only update them. But this of course might be a matter taste. - Lars Baehren 15:28, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, well if you want to add all the past data and track it over successive lists that is good too. I just wanted to go the easy route. :) A nice looking table near the end of the article would be fine, but maybe the text should stay like it is? It's up to you if you're willing to update it I guess. - Taxman Talk 20:20, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

The new Top500 is published and MareNostrum advanced! It is now a 5th place. It seems they upgraded it with JS21 blades using PowerPC 970MP. I'm not familiar with the details of this upgrade but this article shoud probably be updated to reflect this. -- Henriok 00:20, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Rename
I suggest that we rename this article MareNostrum (supercomputer). IBM did build it, granted that, but it's owned by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. It will reflect how some other supercomputers articles are named, like: Thunderbird (supercomputer), Columbia (supercomputer) and Kalpana (supercomputer). And.. in contrast to other "IBM Whatever" machines, MareNostrum is not a custom built machine (like IBM Roadrunner), it's built from standard parts. -- Henriok 00:37, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I couldn't see the justification for the rename in the first place. But per naming conventions, there's no need to add the (supercomputer) because there's only one MareNostrum. There is a disambig at Mare Nostrum, but that's fine, all we have to do is link to that at the top. I suggest moving back to the original title. - Taxman Talk 14:48, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I second that. -- Henriok 18:01, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Relevance of the links
What's the relevance of the "see also" links for "LOFAR" and "El Club de los Astronautas"? I don't really see the connection with the supercomputer --89.131.87.84 17:54, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I deleted these two links as I believe they are totally worthless.83.33.86.185 (talk) 16:40, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

 * LOFAR is semi relevant because the computer used for it's data processing is of similar processing power to MareNostrum. They were one and two in Europe at one time I believe. - Taxman Talk 14:01, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

MareNostrum I, II, and III
From what I've been able to turn up, there are actually three versions of MareNostrum, and the main article has a hybrid of them, which makes it factually incorrect.

The first (2004) was based on IBM JS20s (PowerPC 970 processors) (http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/7390.wss).

The second (2006) was based on IBM JS21s (PowerPC 970MP processors) (http://www.bsc.es/marenostrum-support-services/marenostrum-system-architecture).

The third and current system (2013?) is based on IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M4 (Intel Xeon E5-2670 processors) (http://www.bsc.es/marenostrum-support-services/marenostrum-system-architecture/compute-racks). — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThinkOpenly0 (talk • contribs) 19:51, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rachel preciouses

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The result of the debate was delete --Cel e stianpower hablamé 13:52, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Rachel preciouses
NN. Jwissick (t)  (c)  04:20, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, no indication of meeting WP:MUSIC criteria. Friday (talk) 04:40, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Friday. --Dvyost 05:29, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Another band article may be crushed under the mallet of WP:Music. It breaks my heart sometimes (really). Qaz  ( talk ) 06:24, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete It definately doesn't meet WP:MUSIC, and it's not even clear it's a fully organized band, since apparently the official web site is asking people to e-mail in what instruments they play --rob 08:23, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Google brings up one hit for "Rachel and the Preciouses". Zhatt  20:55, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. Does not meet WP:MUSIC. "Power Chord" is not a genre of music. And on, and so forth. Just delete. Bearcat 17:45, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
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Headpins

Headpins are a Canadian rock group, founded as a side project in the late 1970s by then Chilliwack members Ab Bryant and Brian MacLeod. Macleod was impressed by the vocal talents of Vancouver rock singer Denise McCann, and asked her to join his new venture. Originally, Matt Frenette played drums for the Headpins while Bernie Aubin played drums for a fellow Vancouver band, the soon to be renamed Loverboy. But within months, Aubin and Frenette swapped bands, where each continues to play to the present. The Headpins began gigging around the Vancouver area throughout 1981, quickly building a fan base. McCann left at the end of that first year, and MacLeod brought in Darby Mills to provide lead vocals.

History
Headpins released their debut album Turn It Loud in 1982, which quickly went platinum and topped the charts for six weeks, with the hit single "Don't It Make Ya Feel". Darcy McDonald joined the band on keyboards in 1983. Their second release, Line of Fire, was another multi-platinum success, and included the hits "Just One More Time" and "Feel It (Feel My Body)", resulting in the band touring Europe with Whitesnake at the beginning of 1984. The group's sole entry on the US charts, "Just One More Time", spent nine weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 70 in February 1984.

In 1985, Headpins toured with acts such as Kiss (1983), Eddie Money and ZZ Top. The band was in middle of recording their third album, Head Over Heels, when their record company went bankrupt. They were part of ZZ Top's Afterburner Tour and were slated to go down the eastern seaboard (of the US) with the band. ZZ Top didn't like the attention that the opening act was getting, and the Headpins were told not to do an encore number. As it turns out, MacLeod decided not to listen, and they were removed from the bill. In 1986, Mills was fired and started a solo project and was replaced by Chrissy Steele. Later, when it was discovered that Brian MacLeod had brain cancer, it was decided that the next Headpins album would be a Chrissy Steele album and signed with Chrysalis Records. She ended up having two hits, "Love You 'Til It Hurts" and the ballad "Love Don't Last Forever".

Headpins continue to perform live with Ab and Bernie from the classic '80s line-up. It was announced in the second half of 2016 that long time lead singer Darby Mills had moved on to pursue solo endeavors and that their new lead vocalist is Katrina (Kat) Lawrence. Rosa Laricchiuta took over lead vocals in April 2022. Darby Mills' last performance with The Headpins was in August 2016.

Current members

 * Rosa Laricchiuta - vocals
 * Ab Bryant – bass
 * Bernie Aubin – drums
 * Tony Dellacroce – guitars
 * Alfie Galpin – guitars, keyboards

Former Members

 * Brian MacLeod - founder, guitars, backing vocals
 * Denise McCann – first lead vocalist
 * Matt Frenette – drums
 * Darby Mills – second lead vocalist
 * Scott Reid – guitars
 * Chrissy Steele – third lead vocalist
 * Danny W. Latham – bass
 * John Dryden – bass
 * Vic Nickiforek – guitars
 * Mark Craney – drums
 * Darcy McDonald – keyboards
 * Jim Buckshon - bass
 * Dave Reimer - bass
 * Matteo Caratozzolo - keyboards
 * Kat Lawrence – fourth lead vocalist

Studio albums

 * Turn It Loud (1982)
 * Line of Fire (1983)
 * Head Over Heels (1985)

Compilation albums

 * Greatest Hits (1988)
 * Anthology (1995)
 * The Complete Greatest Hits (2002)

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Sales comparison approach

The sales comparison approach (SCA) is a real estate appraisal valuation method that relies on the assumption that a matrix of attributes or significant features of a property drive its value. For examples, in the case of a single family residence, such attributes might be floor area, views, location, number of bathrooms, lot size, age of the property and condition of property. This method is in contrast to the two other main pricing methods for real estate which are cost approach and income approach.

Economic Basis
The sales comparison approach is based upon the principles of supply and demand, as well as upon the principle of substitution. Supply and demand indicates value through typical market behavior of both buyers and sellers. Substitution indicates that a purchaser would not purchase an improved property for any value higher than it could be replaced for on a site with equivalent utility, assuming no undue delays in construction.

Examples of Methods
In practice, the most common SCA method used by estate agents and real estate appraisers is the sales adjustment grid. It uses a small number of recently sold properties in the immediate vicinity of the subject property to estimate the value of its attributes. Adjustments to the comparables may be determined by trend analysis, matched-pairs analysis, or simple surveys of the market.

More advanced researchers and appraisers commonly employ statistical techniques based on multiple regression methods which generally compare a larger number of more geographically dispersed property transactions to determine the significance and magnitude of the impact of different attributes on property value. Research has shown that the sales adjustment grid and the multiple regression model are theoretically the same, with the former applying more heuristic methods and the latter using statistical techniques.

Spatial auto regression plagues these statistical techniques, since high priced properties tend to cluster together and therefore one property price is not independent of its neighbor. Given property inflation and price cycles, both comparison techniques can become unreliable if the time interval between transactions sampled is excessive. The other factor undermining a simplistic use of the SCA is the evolving nature of city neighborhoods, though in reality urban evolution occurs gradually enough to minimize its impact on this approach to value.

In more complex situations, such as litigation or contaminated property appraisal, appraisers develop SCA adjustments using widely accepted advanced techniques, such as repeat sales models (to measure house price appreciation over time), survey research (e.g. -- contingent valuation), case studies (to develop adjustments in complex situations) or other statistically based techniques.

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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (Tibet: ཡོངས་དགེ་མི་འགྱུར་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། Wylie: yongs dge mi 'gyur rin po che) is a Tibetan teacher and master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. He has written five books and oversees the Tergar Meditation Community, an international network of Buddhist meditation centers.

Life
Mingyur Rinpoche was born in Nepal in 1975 the youngest of four brothers. His mother is Sönam Chödrön, a descendant of the two Tibetan kings Songtsen Gampo and Trisong Deutsen. His brothers are Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, and Tsoknyi Rinpoche and his nephews are Phakchok Rinpoche and the reincarnation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, known popularly as Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche. From the age of nine, his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, taught him meditation, passing on to him the most essential instructions of the Dzogchen and Mahamudra traditions.

At the age of eleven, Mingyur Rinpoche began studies at Sherab Ling Monastery in northern India, the seat of Tai Situ Rinpoche. Two years later, Mingyur Rinpoche began a traditional three-year retreat at Sherab Ling. At the age of nineteen, he enrolled at Dzongsar Institute, where, under the tutelage of the renowned Khenpo Kunga Wangchuk, he studied the primary topics of the Buddhist academic tradition, including Middle Way philosophy and Buddhist logic. At age twenty, Mingyur Rinpoche became the functioning abbot of Sherab Ling. At twenty-three, he received full monastic ordination. During this time, Mingyur Rinpoche received important Dzogchen transmissions from Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche.

In 2007, Mingyur Rinpoche completed the construction of Tergar Monastery in Bodhgaya, India, which will serve large numbers of people attending Buddhist events at this sacred pilgrimage site, serve as an annual site for month-long Karma Kagyu scholastic debates, and serve as an international study institute for the Sangha and laity. The institute will also have a medical clinic for local people.

Mingyur Rinpoche has overseen the Kathmandu Tergar Osel Ling Monastery, founded by his father, since 2010. He also opened a shedra (monastic college) at the monastery.

In June 2011, Mingyur Rinpoche left his monastery in Bodhgaya to begin a period of extended retreat. Rinpoche left in the middle of the night, taking nothing with him, but leaving a farewell letter. He spent four years as a wandering yogi.

During the first few weeks of this retreat, Rinpoche had a near-death experience, likely due to a severe form of botulism. This may have been the result of choosing to eat only the meals that were free and available to him after allowing himself to run out of money. The near-death experience, according to Rinpoche, was one of the most pivotal and transformative experiences of his life. After continuing with his retreat for four years, he later returned to his position as abbot.

Books

 * (with Eric Swanson)
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Higashi-Koizumi Station

Higashi-Koizumi Station (東小泉駅) is a passenger railway station in the town of Ōizumi, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. It is numbered "TI-44".

Lines
Higashi-Koizumi Station is served by the Tōbu Koizumi Line, and is located 11.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tatebayashi. It is also the terminal station of a branch line of the Tōbu Koizumi Line, which terminates at Ōta 9.1 kilometers away.

Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.

History
Higashi-Koizumi Station opened on December 1, 1941, and elevated to a full passenger station in April 1942. It reverted to a signal stop in 1955, and was not restored as a passenger station until 1977 From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Higashi-Koizumi Station becoming "TI-44".

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1517 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

 * National Route 354

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Chris Leak

Christopher Patrick Leak (born May 3, 1985) is an American football coach and former gridiron football quarterback. He played college football for the University of Florida, and led the Florida Gators to victory in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game. Leak played professionally for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the Jacksonville Sharks and Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League (AFL).

Early life
Leak was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1985. Leak received national attention as an 8th grader in 1998 when Wake Forest coach Jim Caldwell, who had just signed his older brother, C. J., offered him a college football scholarship. He attended Independence High School in Charlotte, where he played for the Independence Patriots high school football team. In four years as the Patriots' starting quarterback, Leak led his team to three consecutive North Carolina 4-A state championships. He set North Carolina state records for passing yards in a career (15,593) and completions in a career (1,013), as well as the national record for touchdown passes in a career (185). He is considered by some to be the greatest high school quarterback of all time. He was recognized as a Parade magazine All-American as well as Parade's Player of the Year in 2003. The Scout.com recruiting service ranked Leak as a five-star prospect and the third-best quarterback in the 2003 recruiting class.

College career
Leak accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Ron Zook and coach Urban Meyer's Florida Gators football teams from 2003 to 2006. Leak was known for his quiet leadership as a quarterback, and was elected a team captain by his teammates two of his four years as a Gator.

Leak began his career at Florida as a freshman, seeing playing time in the first few games, and taking over as the starter in the game against the Kentucky Wildcats. Leak finished his freshman year with a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record for a freshman, posting a 6–3 record as a starter, including wins over the eventual national champion LSU Tigers and the rival Georgia Bulldogs. Leak was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and Rivals.com's Freshman All-America Team.

During his sophomore season in 2004, Leak's quarterback skills progressed, transforming him into one of the notable quarterbacks in college football. He started all of Florida's games, including a memorable school record-tying six-touchdown performance against the South Carolina Gamecocks. However, following a disappointing loss to the unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs and an on-campus confrontation with fraternity members, head coach Ron Zook was fired. After Zook was fired, Leak was rumored to be considering a transfer.

In December 2004, Urban Meyer replaced Ron Zook as Florida's head coach and introduced Meyer's spread offense to the Gators. Dan Mullen was introduced as the new offensive coordinator—Leak's third offensive coordinator in three years. Heading into his 2005 junior season, Leak had to learn his third offensive scheme in as many years, but was touted as a possible Heisman Trophy candidate. Leak won his first five games, including a big win over the SEC East rival Tennessee Volunteers, but struggled in the option portion of the Meyer's offense. Since Leak was a drop-back passer and not the ideal choice to run Meyer's spread option offense, Meyer tweaked the offense to tailor it to Leak's abilities after the Gators struggled midway through its schedule. The result was successful with the team winning its last two games against ranked competition. Leak received second-team All-SEC honors.

Before the beginning of his 2006 senior season, there was speculation that Leak might not be the Gators' starting quarterback due to the emergence of talented freshman Tim Tebow. Instead, Meyer publicly endorsed Leak as the starting quarterback and confirmed Tim Tebow would be the back-up. Preseason analysis projected that Florida would have the hardest schedule in the country, including back-to-back games against Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, LSU, Auburn and Georgia. The 2006 season proved to be a redemption year for Leak: leading the Gators to their first SEC Championship since 2000, and a spot in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game against Ohio State Buckeyes (the Gators' first championship game appearance since 1996). Leak also broke many Gators' passing records set by Heisman Trophy-winner Danny Wuerffel, including Wuerffel's record for career passing yards set during the 2006 SEC championship game. Leak again received second-team All-SEC honors.

Leak led the Florida Gators to their second consensus national championship with a 41–14 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes on January 8, 2007, taking home the offensive Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for the game. His performance was solid throughout the BCS championship game, completing his first nine passes at the start of the game, and finishing with twenty-five completions in thirty-six attempts for 213 yards and one touchdown.

Leak was listed on the SEC Academic Honor Roll each year he attended Florida, and was a finalist for the Draddy Trophy, also known as the "Academic Heisman" for college football players. He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in sociology, with honors, in December 2006, and was a keynote speaker during the graduation ceremony.

Leak is remembered for volunteering with children in the Goodwill Gators Program, encouraging them to put school first and avoid drug use. At home in Charlotte, North Carolina, he also worked with the Boys and Girls Club and the Steele Creek Youth Athletic Association, served as an inspirational speaker with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and spoke at area middle schools encouraging students to stay focused on their goals.

NFL
Leak was not selected during the 2007 NFL Draft. The Chicago Bears signed him immediately after the draft. He spent the summer of 2007 working with the team, and training under former Gator quarterback Rex Grossman. However, Leak only saw playtime during the final game of the preseason, where he completed eleven of sixteen passes for 88 yards, an interception and a touchdown. He was eventually cut from the Bears' roster on September 16, 2007.

For the 2008 season, Leak tried out with the Kansas City Chiefs.

AAFL
In November 2007, Leak announced his intentions to play for Team Florida in the All American Football League. He was later drafted in the 6th round by Team Florida. Lacking start-up capital and with low ticket sales, the AAFL's first season was postponed until 2009 (and later canceled). Leak, like all AAFL players, was released from his contract.

CFL
On June 3, 2008, Leak signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. He was claimed by the Montreal Alouettes on June 9 after being released a day earlier. With backup quarterback Adrian McPherson injured, Leak was on the active roster for the August 21, 2009, match against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, in which he threw his first CFL touchdown pass on his first play. The Montreal Alouettes went on to win the Grey Cup in 2009.

On August 19, 2010, in a game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Montreal starting quarterback, Anthony Calvillo, got taken out with an injury which gave way to Leak to finish off the game. Leak would lead the Alouettes to a 39–17 win over the Bombers. Leak made his first CFL start at quarterback on September 3, 2010, against the BC Lions. However, he was on the short end of a 38–17 score, going 15-for-27 for 135 yards with two interceptions and a fumble. Leak suffered an apparent injury early in the fourth quarter and did not return. The Montreal Alouettes went on to win the Grey Cup in 2010.

On May 5, 2011, Leak signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders as a free agent. On June 25, 2011, Leak was cut from the Roughriders.

AFL
On September 26, 2011, Leak signed with the ArenaBowl XXIV champion Jacksonville Sharks, replacing star quarterback Aaron Garcia, who joined the San Antonio Talons for the 2012 Arena Football League season. In his only game with the Sharks, Leak completed 21-of-31 passes for 196 yards and five touchdowns in a 52–28 victory over the Kansas City Command. After it was announced that Garcia's former backup, Omar Jacobs, would start the next game, Leak was suspended after skipping the following team practice. On April 10, 2012, he was placed on the left squad list, effectively ending his time with the Sharks. On April 23, 2012, Leak signed with the Orlando Predators.

Post-playing career
Leak worked as a host on SiriusXM College Sports Coast-to-Coast multiple nights each week during the 2012 college football season, along with co-host Chris Childers.

Florida Gators head coach Will Muschamp added Leak as a quality control coach in May 2013. Leak became a graduate assistant, helping coach the team's offense. Leak was promoted to the position of wide receivers coach in May 2014.

Leak worked in football development and youth outreach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2015. He was hired as the head coach of the football team at Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida, in February 2016. Following an 0–5 start, Leak resigned on October 4. The next day, it was reported that Leak was under investigation by the Orlando Police Department for possible sexual assault of a minor. The police later confirmed their investigation and provided their report to Deadspin. In October 2016, the 16-year-old victim declined to press charges and the investigation was closed.

In 2017, Leak founded Air Strike Passing Academy, a quarterback development program. He currently lives in Orlando, Florida.

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Theomatics

Theomatics is a numerological study of the Hebrew/Aramaic and Greek text of the Christian Bible (see also Biblical numerology), based upon gematria and isopsephia, by which its proponents claim to show the direct intervention of God in the writing of Christian scripture.

Etymology
The term "theomatics" was coined by Del Washburn in 1976 as a combination of "Θεός" ("God") and "mathematics". Washburn wrote three books about theomatics and created a website espousing the hypothesis.

Controversy
An analysis and criticism of theomatics has been published by Tim Hayes, previously under the pseudonym "A. B. Leever".

A German statistician, Kurt Fettelschoss, published an analysis that claims that "The observed quantity of theomatic hits is significantly not random". A response to the findings was posted by Tim Hayes. A further statistical analysis in defense, of Mr. Hayes response, was provided by Mr. Fettelschoss.

An analysis by Russell Glasser, entitled "Theomatics Debunked", shows the same phenomenon in a secular text.

Washburn's website has a page entitled "Scientific Proof" which discusses and responds to potential arguments against theomatics.

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Bert Hopkins

Albert John Young "Bert" Hopkins (3 May 1874 – 25 April 1931) was an Australian cricketer and Penrith bee-farmer who played in 20 Tests between 1902 and 1909. An all-rounder, Hopkins was a competent bowler and batsman in Australian domestic cricket for New South Wales, however he was less frequently called on to bowl in Test matches: he was not asked to bowl in a quarter of his appearances.

In the second Test at Lord's in 1902 under captain Joe Darling, Hopkins opened the bowling for Australia with Ernie Jones. Hopkins took the first two wickets of the English team, the famed batsmen C. B. Fry and Ranjitsinhji, both for ducks. These were the only two wickets that fell in the match, which was abandoned not long afterwards owing to persistent rain. He was also a strong fielder.

He worked in the Probate Office of New South Wales for more than 25 years. He died in hospital in April 1931 after a short illness, at age 56.

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Talk:Get Ready (The Temptations song)

Are you sure that sound clip is the Temptations version? Compare it with another of their songs such as "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," and the lead singer in that clip is nowhere to be heard. I have two versions of this song, the one from which that clip is taken and another that sounds (to me, at least) more like it's the Temptations version. However, I don't have any solid proof of that. Is there some solid proof that the clip on this page is in fact the Temptations version?

Edit: I was wrong; the version I thought was the original is in fact the Rare Earth version. Maybe I'll upload a clip of it sometime.

 * A sample of the Rare Earth version would be great. As for the differences in the lead singers of both Temptations songs, the group was known to have different lead singers on different songs. Falsetto Eddie Kendricks sings lead on "Get Ready", and raspy tenor David Ruffin (the group's offiical lead singer during this period, and the lead vocalist on "My Girl") sings lead on "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" --FuriousFreddy 23:54, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

The song was in Battlefield Vietnam. I do not know who sang it but that would be a good thing to add. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.109.77.215 (talk) 23:09, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Covers
Numerous covers (lacking references etc] removed as per WP:SONGCOVER which states ...the rendition is discussed by a reliable source on the subject of the song (not on the subject of the rendition),the rendition itself meets the notability requirement at WP:NSONGS. They don't.--Egghead06 (talk) 10:42, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Agree. Regards.--Kürbis (✔) 12:29, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

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