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Notorious Colfax
I disagree with getting rid of mention of Colfax's notoriety as a place for prostitution and other odious activities. The way it is written now does not even really talk about crime, but rather people's impressions of crime on Colfax. Isn't that description an accurate representation of what many people think about Colfax? I think it is. By all means, add content that supports or detracts from that postition, but there are numerous articles written about Colfax's criminal reputation. If anyone else has anything to say, please do so.

Vertigo700 23:38, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

New information
Can the newly written sections have more citations of information, and be more neutral in point of view? It's good stuff, but not exactly matching wikipedia standards.Vertigo700 19:21, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

== Sure, I am working on it. I just thought that it was kind of barren. What are wiki standards? Maybe you can help clean it up.

Griffin

I'll take a look at it, but you will probably need to figure out some of the references the Phil Goldstein book is a good place to se if there is more you can use. In general, the sections towards the end are a bit loosely refrenced. An example of this is the Immaculate Cathedral not wanting historical designation. Where does that come from? If it's something that is fairly common sense for an average Denverite familiar with Colfax than you don't necessarily need a refrence for it, but if it's a statement of opinion of a fact that is not common knowledge it probably needs a refrence. You generally do a good job of keeping neutral, but occassionally the prose sounds opinonated, instead of a discussion the situation. Also, the long paragraphs are kind of hard to grasp for a reader, but I can work on formatting. I have a couple of more pictures of Colfax that I can put on here as well. I would suggest you take a look at Simplified Ruleset for the wikipedia guidelines in general. Also, remember to sign your name on talk pages with four of these: ~

Thank you so much for contributing to wikipedia. Let me be the first one to welcome you to this wonderful community. Vertigo700 20:36, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for tips
Hi, thanks for the tips. Also thanks for editing it. I didnt know how to make new sections, so i am glad you did so. Also, a lot of my info comes from confidential sources that I interviewed for a paper on the assumption that I would only use it in my paper. Should I remove the info if the source wants to remain anonymous?

Griffin303 00:39, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Well that is kind of difficult, considering Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a journalism source. You are definitely using these sources outside of your agreement, and honestly I am not sure that wikipedia is the best place for that kind of information anyway. I think you should look back at what is coming from your source and take it out. If you want to redefine it as a "controversy," or something similar in the community that might be alright, though once again it would be preferable if you had some written source that says that. You should definitely think about what you want to do here. That first paragraph of the last section is particularly tricky. Vertigo700 20:22, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Fixed
Hi, i softened up the paragraph you mentioned and gave credit to CHUN. I will go back and add my sources when i have time.

67.176.102.44 06:19, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

NPOV
This article appears to have really serious Neutral Point-of-View issues. Case in point:

''Denver Urban Renewal Authority also had misbegotten attempts at what they defined as “urban renewal”. In the mistaken belief that tearing down historic buildings and replacing them with Modern Architecture and high-rise monstrosities would benefit the city, DURA bulldozed the bulk of Larimer Street in downtown. In contrast to DURA’s belief that tearing down a building makes the underclass blow away with the dust, the poor moved to the closest area of town that would have them: East Colfax.''

I'd put up a "neutrality of this article is disputed" tag, but that code is a little beyond me. I would also be happy to re-write this section, but my knowledge of the history in that part of Denver is seriously lacking.

--Yale2010 08:01, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

You are right. I fixed it. Its hard to be neutral but true at the same time.

67.176.102.44 06:23, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Longest?
It's my understanding that Colfax is the USA's longest continuous named street - can anyone confirm this? The article hints at it in the Playboy headline...

Jbloggs2002 19:31, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Agreed I searched the web for the article reference in Playboy Magazine and could not find anything. Does anyone have access to a reputable source.

djpolymath 12:34, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Disambiguation
From the Schuyler Colfax article:

There is another Colfax Avenue in the Grant City section of Staten Island, NY, and a Colfax Avenue on Chicago's Southeast Side. There is a Colfax St. leading up Mt. Colfax in Springdale, PA and a Colfax Avenue in Benton Harbor, MI, where the school fight song contains the phrase "of that Colfax school" because the high school is located on Colfax.

There are streets named "Colfax Avenue" in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Memphis, New York (Staten Island), as well as Colfax Streets, Lanes and Roads in other cities. This article probably should be named Colfax Avenue (Denver) or Colfax Avenue (Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area) Group29 (talk) 17:01, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Notorious Colfax
There's not really a need for pro gentrification garbage like the following, especially when it purports to be fact without any citations:

"Colfax, between the Park Avenue intersection and York Street, is widely known as the single worst stretch of sidewalk to stroll at any hour of the day in the entire state of Colorado. Between the aggressive homeless, and the threatening drug dealers, the willfully neglected stretch is not only a blight, but a disgrace to all city officials. It has been widely speculated that the Denver police Department willingly ignores this stretch of Colfax, because they are least threatened by this constituency, and are scared of the street people, despite their authority.

Colloquially, the arterial is referred to simply as "Colfax", a name that has become associated with prostitution, crime, and a dense concentration of liquor stores and marijuana dispensaries." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.14.3.50 (talk) 05:58, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Good grief, where's a map
This article is hopeless without a map. How could there not be one? I don't have the skills to put one in, but I feel like if there's one thing that should be in this article, it's a map of where Colfax ave runs. Brightnsalty (talk) 16:56, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

I've created a map by tracing the OSM route and added it to the infobox. OptikalCrow (talk) 20:12, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Delete (3d/0k/4dis) Ryan Norton T 08:05, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Web2.1
Possible original research, only cite is a vague reference to Crossing the Chasm. Also Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Ilmari Karonen 23:39, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this actually reads as a subtle hoax. Marskell 00:23, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Google on article title shows results that are either totally unrelated to the content of the page, or amateur speculation. -Joshuapaquin 01:33, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep You guys have gotta be kidding me, this guy goes and starts a counter conference for folks that can't afford to get their startups into Web2.0, get's linked from a whole bunch of well respected industry sites, gains a following, and you want to delete him? (preceding unsigned comment by  01:56, 7 October 2005)
 * Delete The web 2.1 concept is interesting, and the conference is a great idea, but Wikipedia is not the place for proposals or speculation. This entry reads like a manifesto, not an encyclopedic article.  If/when Web 2.1 becomes a generally accepted term, there will be a place for defining it in Wikipedia. Tertulia 13:27, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Without a widely accepted definition of what Web 2.0 was/is, that entry has existed quite a long time. I think the 65 or so people who will be attending the event and the sponsors who have put up thousands of dollars might think this was worthwhile of an entry.  It allows for the domain experts to create a definitive place for the material on this subject matter.  It may one day read that this was an idea whose time was soon eclipsed by Web 3.0, but for now it is the center of the discussion on what is next.  Who decides when it becomes a generally accepted term?  What level of domain expertise do those who want it deleted have in this area? (preceding unsigned comment by   19:08, 7 October 2005)
 * Keep Web 2.1 is about people. It's a clearly distinct term from Web 2.0 which is primarily about technology and the tools that enable greater user control of content.  Web 2.1 is the essential conversation that takes the tools the geeks of the world produce and makes them accessable to ordinary people, to let your grandmother enjoy the same ability to participate in this user-enabled world as her geek granddaughter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.10.38.190 (talk • contribs) 05:16, 8 October 2005  (UTC)

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KESZ

KESZ (99.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Phoenix, Arizona, featuring an adult contemporary format known as "99.9 KEZ". Owned and operated by iHeartMedia the station serves the Phoenix metropolitan area. KESZ's studios are located in Phoenix near Sky Harbor International Airport while the station transmitter resides in South Mountain Park. In addition to a standard analog transmission, KESZ is available online via iHeartRadio and broadcasts over three HD Radio digital subchannels using the in-band on-channel standard.

Early years
Three applicants filed in 1976 for one of the last Class C FM allotments in Phoenix: American International Development, owned by Julia Zozaya; Herbert Owens, owner of Turf Paradise; and KXIV (1400 AM). In June 1979, the Federal Communications Commission issued an initial decision awarding the frequency to Zozaya. However, KXIV challenged the initial decision, alleging that the signatures on Zozaya's applications did not match; the commission's review board agreed, overturning the initial decision and finding in favor of KXIV. Zozaya, who was legally blind, appealed the review board's finding, claiming that her disability resulted in the mismatched signatures, and on May 7, 1981, the FCC issued a final ruling awarding the 99.9 frequency to Zozaya.

The station signed on the air July 4, 1982, as Spanish-language station KNNN, Phoenix's first Spanish-language station on FM and at the time the only one operating in Arizona. It operated from a converted home at 4548 W. Osborn Road on Phoenix's west side. Technical difficulties that developed on the first day of operation prompted KNNN to go silent again until July 12.

In late 1983, Zozaya sold the station for nearly $4 million to TransCom Communications, owned by Robert G. Herpe and former KDKB owner Eric Hauenstein. By January 1984, it was apparent that a format change was likely coming as the new owners engaged former KDKB morning man Bill Andres. KNNN ceased broadcasting on February 28 to make way for TransCom's adult contemporary outlet, KLZI, which began broadcasting in March. The new outlet, doing battle with KKLT (98.7 FM), made a dent in its competitor's ratings in the first survey. Meanwhile, the Phoenix market would not get another Spanish-language station on FM until the creation of KVVA-FM in 1987.

KLZI—along with KSUN, which TransCom was in the process of buying—was sold in 1986 to Duffy Broadcasting of Dallas in a $15 million transaction. It was announced the same day as the sale of KOOL-AM-FM for the same price, with both tying as records for the Phoenix market.

Relaunch as KESZ
On January 15, 1988, KLZI gave way to KESZ "EZ-Rock 99.9", remaining in the adult contemporary format. Also introduced was a new airstaff, which included Barry Chase and Beth McDonald in mornings, as well as Marty Manning. Success was not immediate: with the station languishing at 15th in the ratings that summer, Chase was fired and Manning moved to mornings opposite McDonald.

After the Arizona Television Company, owner of KTVK (channel 3), acquired the station in 1990, KPNX meteorologist Bill Austin joined the morning show, which became known as "Beth and Bill". In the span of a year, Arizona Television purchased KESZ, Phoenix Magazine, and a TV production studio.

The station's share remained steady, but cume increased throughout the 1990s to a top-5 position. 1996 also saw the first time KESZ played Christmas music over the holiday season. In 1997, Arizona Television—by then known as MAC America Communications—announced that it was forming a joint venture with Buck Owens, owner of KNIX; the venture, known as OwensMAC, would operate KESZ and MAC America's struggling station at 103.5 FM. In 1999, KESZ became the market's top-billing station for the first time.

KESZ under Clear Channel/iHeartMedia
In 1999, Jacor, which was already in the process of merging with Clear Channel Communications, acquired KNIX from Owens and KESZ from OwensMAC for $84 million and $58 million, respectively, marking the end of one of the market's last large independent owners.

"Beth and Bill" continued in morning drive until Austin retired in February 2010 as a result of bladder cancer, when the show was renamed "Beth and Friends"; he died four months later at the age of 55.

KESZ has continued to see success with Christmas music and is typically one of the top-rated stations in the United States during the holiday season. In the Holiday 2019 Nielsen Audio survey, KESZ earned a station-record 19.2 rating, up from the prior two years.

HD Radio
KESZ's HD Radio signal is multiplexed. The main signal is a simulcast of KESZ's adult contemporary programming. The second channel initially carried KEZ's Classic Channel programmed by iHeartMedia's Format Lab classic hits format consisting of songs from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. As of April 2017, this changed to iHeart 70s. On October 1, 2017, KESZ-HD2 switched to a Christmas music format and continued to do so until November 14, 2018, when the primary station went Christmas (as planned) for the holiday season, and the HD2 moved to soft adult contemporary as "99.9 HD2 The Breeze." The move gave iHeart the right to use the "Breeze" name in the state of Arizona, preventing any other station group to use the name in the case of another station flipping to soft AC, which saw a renewed interest in late 2018. In September 2019, KESZ added a simulcast of KGME “Fox Sports 910” to its HD2 stream, bumping The Breeze format to HD3.

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Iron Savior (album)

Iron Savior is the debut studio album by the German power metal band Iron Savior. It was released in 1997 on Noise Records. It is the only album to feature former Blind Guardian drummer Thomen Stauch.

Story
The Iron Savior is a gigantic vessel in the orbit of the planet Earth. It is controlled by an immortal human brain – the bio-unit – which is hooked to a mighty computer system that carries out its orders and controls the vessel’s daily routine. The Iron Savior was built and designed by the ancient civilisation of Atlantis to defend themselves against the deadly threat of the so called Alliance.

Except the lost continent of Atlantis, all land was controlled and dominated by this global force. In these parts of the world moral evolution took a different path. Gaining ultimate power was their only focus. Ruled by pure egoism, where killing and betraying were legal methods to achieve welfare, this civilisation never developed a social spirit. To care and provide for themselves as well as possible was their only existing law. For millennia the balance of power between Atlantis and the Alliance made war useless since the Atlantean weapon technology was more developed.

But suddenly this balance was about to change and an Alliance attack on Atlantis seemed to become possible. In this situation, Atlantis developed a global defence project based on a huge vessel in Earth orbit, the Iron Savior. Equipped with the latest technology and enormous firepower this project was supposed to regain the old balance of power again.

But then the dream of a peaceful co-existence was broken. A traitor sold the secret codes to the Alliance. With these codes the Alliance managed to paralyse the Savior’s bio-unit and to take control over the computer. In a devastating assault the defender turned into a dreadful assailant and the moon colony of Atlantis was turned to dust.

But the war was not lost yet. A brave landing team managed to board the Iron Savior and to regain control. In a race against time they sent the vessel out into space to make a second misuse by the Alliance impossible. They programmed a course that should bring the Savior back to the Sol system 350,000 years later in the hope that the conflict will be resolved and Earth would be united. For those men it was a final journey of no return. Before they died out in the cold a prime directive for all actions was programmed into the computer systems in case the Alliance would still exist: Protect Atlantis and conquer the Alliance. This directive could only be deactivated by the proper Atlantean security code sequences.

But it was already too late to stop the war. In grim and rage the Alliance pushed their buttons and in a final atomic strike Atlantis was destroyed completely and was lost in the seas forever.

But the rest of the world was also affected by this catastrophe. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, atomic fallout and dramatic changes in climate turned Earth into a living hell. Those who survived, slowly, from generation to generation, degenerated more and more. Finally evolution was thrown back into the stone age where the dawning of another mankind began…

Now in the year 2108 the Iron Savior returned to Earth and is confronted with a scenario where the civilisation of Atlantis no longer exists. All attempts to contact possible survivors failed. The bio-unit is still paralysed and unable to make decisions. So the computer still in charge draws the fatal conclusion that Atlantis was destroyed by the Alliance who still exists and rules the planet. With the logic of a lifeless machine the Iron Savior carries out its Prime directive:

PROTECT ATLANTIS AND CONQUER THE ALLIANCE.

Trivia
The same recording of "Watcher in the Sky" was used on Gamma Ray's Valley of the Kings EP, which was also released in 1997. The version used on Gamma Ray's Somewhere Out in Space album is a different recording, although both, Sielck and Stauch also performed on that one.

Personnel

 * Iron Savior
 * Piet Sielck – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, production
 * Kai Hansen – guitar, vocals, additional production
 * Thomen Stauch – drums, additional production

 * Additional musicians
 * Hansi Kürsch – vocals on "For the World"
 * Dirk Schlächter – additional bass
 * Henne – additional backing vocals on "Riding on Fire"

 * Production

 * Rüdiger Beissert – assistant engineer
 * Rainer Drechsler – photos
 * Henny – cover artwork and logo design
 * Kai and Uwe Karczewski – original logo design

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Tsele Natsok Rangdröl

Tsele Natsok Rangdröl (1608-?) was an important master of the Kagyü and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He is also known as Tsele Gotsangpa.

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Rupes Altai

Rupes Altai is an escarpment in the lunar surface that is located in the southeastern quadrant of the Moon's near side. It is named for the Altai Mountains in Asia, and is the most prominent lunar escarpment. The selenographic coordinates of this feature are, and it has a length of about 427 km.

The southeastern end of the cliff terminates along the western edge of the crater Piccolomini. It then arcs irregularly towards the north, climbing to heights of nearly a kilometer. The northern end of the arc is an irregular region with no clearly defined terminus, where it brackets the prominent craters Theophilus, Cyrillus, and Catharina. This cliff forms the southwestern rim of the Nectaris impact basin.

This feature is difficult to locate during the full moon when the sunlight is nearly overhead. It appears as a bright, winding line about five days after the new moon, and casts a long, irregular shadow about four days after the full moon, when the sunset terminator is nearby and the sunlight is arriving at a low angle.

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CenterPoint Energy

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is an American utility company based in Houston, Texas, that provides electric and natural gas utility to customers in several markets in the American states of Indiana, Ohio, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Texas. Part of the Fortune 500, the company was formerly known as Reliant Energy, NorAm Energy, Houston Industries, and HL&P. The company is headquartered in the CenterPoint Energy Tower at 1111 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston.

History
When Texas deregulated the electricity market, the former Houston Lighting & Power (HL&P) was split into several companies. In 2003 HL&P was split into Reliant Energy, Texas Genco, and CenterPoint Energy.

Until December 15, 2004, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessors operated in its various markets under these names; they were used separately prior to Reliant Energy, and later in conjunction with the Reliant Energy and CenterPoint Energy names:
 * Minnegasco (natural gas throughout Minnesota)
 * Houston Lighting and Power (or HL&P) Houston-Galveston electric provider
 * Entex (Natural gas throughout South and East Texas, Southern Louisiana and Mississippi)
 * Arkla (Natural gas throughout Northern Louisiana, Northeast Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas)

In late 2004, four private equity firms—the Texas Pacific Group, the Blackstone Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, and Hellman & Friedman—combined forces to purchase Texas Genco from Centerpoint. Later in 2006, Texas Genco was sold to NRG Energy of Princeton, N.J.

On April 23, 2018, CenterPoint Energy and Vectren Corporation announced they had entered into a definitive merger agreement, with CenterPoint being the emerging head company. On February 1, 2019, the merger was completed and Vectren was delisted from the NYSE. CenterPoint retained the Vectren name for Vectren's service territory until it was retired on May 3, 2021.

Hurricane Ike caused great disruption of service in the Greater Houston Area, wiping out 2.1 million of CenterPoint's 2.26 million clients' electricity.
 * September 2008 power outage

In March 2009, the company's five-year smart meter deployment began, delivering enhanced smart meter functionality to Retail Electric Providers (REPs). The company worked with the Department of Energy for a pilot program in Texas centered on energy consumption. After working with 500-residential electricity customers in the Houston area, it was found that by using a smart meter, consumers cut down on energy use for the home. The pilot program was funded in part by the $200 million it received from the federal stimulus act.
 * Smart meter pilot program

Electric vehicles

In 2010, CenterPoint Energy and Ford Motor Company formed a partnership to promote adoption of electric vehicles. The two companies teamed up to work together to create electric vehicle consumer outreach and education programs; they also distributed details to various stakeholders about charging needs and the requirements needed to "ensure the electrical infrastructure can support the necessary demand." Additionally: "The Ford and CenterPoint Energy collaboration also includes developing strategies to minimize the emissions and distribution impacts of charging electric vehicles by using statewide system renewable energy resources and more efficient use of household electricity."

2021 Texas power outages
At 1:25 a.m. on February 15, 2021, due to a major cold-weather event affecting the state of Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) declared a statewide power generation shortfall emergency, due to a 34,000 MW shortfall in generation causing widespread blackouts. At 1:30 a.m., CenterPoint Energy started controlled, rotating outages in the Greater Houston area. At first, the company said that the outages are expected to last 10 to 45 minutes, but soon updated its statement that customers who are experiencing an outage should be prepared to be without power for the rest of Monday. The company also told its customers to temporarily lower their thermostat settings to help conserve natural gas across its eight state service territory.

Overnight on Tuesday morning, CenterPoint Energy was able to restart the process of rolling the outages around, but had to stop at around 4 a.m. due to another ERCOT order because several third-party electric generators tripped offline. However, it was able to restart the process around 1:30 p.m. the same day. Later that evening, CenterPoint Energy stated online that it was given another ERCOT order to reduce electric load and warned customers to make preparations for additional outages.

In Wednesday evening, CenterPoint Energy told its customers to conserve both power and natural gas starting at 6 p.m. CDT until midnight, as it was preparing to re-energize portions of the electric system. In the early hours of Thursday, the company restored electric service to approximately 1.39 million customers, while less than 7000 customers were about to be restored. Later at around Friday morning, ERCOT ended emergency conditions, saying there is enough generation to go to normal operations.

2024 Texas power outage
Category 1 Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas the early hours of July 8, 2024. The impact of the storm left 2.2 million CenterPoint customers without power, the largest number in the company's history, and the largest number in the state's history.

Criticism
On December 16, 2005, CenterPoint Energy Inc. said it would restate its finances for 2004 and the first three quarters of 2005 to correct accounting errors that overstated revenue and natural gas expenses.

In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized CenterPoint Energy for spending $2.65 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008–2010, instead getting $284 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $1.9 billion, and having an executive pay between $12 and $13 million for its top 5 executives.

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User talk:Akako/Archive 1

hello again.
Well, I'm not sleeping in today. It's 6:31 here right now. I look forward to hear from ya. Taran 11:34, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

upcoming rant
Hi! im writing a really really really long rant about my bad day, so i just wanted to let you know that i am writing back! i have to do my homework too, but if i get it all done my mom will let me stay home from school! i really hope she will let me! she is a substitute, and she has a sub job that she cant brake, so ill be home alone! yay! that song, wake me up when september ends, is on right now! i think its starting to be overplayed...oh yes, there was one other thing i was going to say. I no that my rant will sound really really pissy, but im actually quite fine now (mostly because i know that ill be home tomorrow! yay!)  you might not get my rant for a long time because i really have to do my homework or else i cant stay home *sob* which would really suck because if i wasnt so happy about being able to stay home, i would be feeling misarable. so dont worry, be happy, and have fun reading my really long and pissy rant! wow im writing a lot, arnt i...i didnt mean to !! oh well!

--Akako 00:24, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

please excuse my rant
i had a really really bad day today. i get to school almost late, and have to run to spanish, where the teacher spewed nonesence the whole time, stuff that made me wonder if she thought she was teaching kindergarten! Im one of the only freshman in the class, but we seem to get everything better than the seniors that are still in spanish 2! then i go to orcheestra, and get yelled at by Ms Chelgren because im trying to explain things to the bassist who wasnt here yesterday. Akkk! i hate her! she gave a pretty good assignment, though: define music. My definition will be: a langage without words, only feelings in which words are complamentary, defining the sensation

ok, getting back into the flo of a good rant: Next hour, i had gym. we were playing speedball which is kind of like australian football (or so i hear) and it was the last day of the speedball unit. my team was in first place in the whole class, me being an ex-soccer player, having 2 really tall athletic guys (one of whose name is matt!), and two other girls who wernt very good but tryed their best. we were doing pretty, untill we lost like 36 to 10. oops. afterword, i figured out that they had had two extra players. no wonder we lost! i come back, and my lock (off of my gym locker, you may not be familiar with this but we have to change for gym)is gone, and my shirt is on the floor. I find my lock, a couple rows down (although i have to get a friend to open it for me because it hates me:) ) only then do i realise that my sandels are gone! i loved those sandels!  *sigh* at least my lock wasnt gone, too.  im late for geography (with Mr. Gagnon, pronnounced gan-yo, who is awsome) and by face is flushed because i was almost crying because im still not feeling well and i really didnt want to be swept, which is where you are late for class, and they dont let you in and you have to go to the auditorium for the whole period and sit quietly in the dark.  its called sweeps because they sweep the hallway for the people who are trying to skip.  if you get swept, you have to have detention, which i cant afford with the tight schedule that im on for swimming.  well, my feeling so pathetic that i almost burst into tears acutally saved me from sweeps, because mr gagnon let me in and asked what was wrong and i said someone stole my sandles and gave a short explanation, and he let me in. Sucess! the rest of the hour was actually quite fun, but then again it allways is!

the really bad stuffs came in english(next hour). I really like ms Zimik, (rhyms with gimick) but we had a test on the greek gods, and i didnt have mys tuf to study, so i was just like, 'oh shit, oh shit, oh shit i dont know this stuff im skrewed' and this time couldnt help myself and started (quietly) crying. i cry way to easily, and have embarressed myself in the past by crying in class, so when i started to cry, im like, 'oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, im crying' and try to stop. i actually succeed, and so im kinda gloting about my success when the teacher finishes passing out the tests and comes up to me and asks whats wrong. 'sorry, bad day. ill be fine in a minit.' i actually know a suprising number of questions, and even if i get a really bad grade she might let me retake it.

unfoutionatly, thats what im hoping for in math, next hour, too! i so dont get matrix multlaplication. my mom, my dad, the math teacher, they all tryed to help me learn but i so didnt get it! i think i flunked the test, but Lynn, another manga reader and japanese learner-in-spare-time, helped me out. it was really funny, because she was coming up with random numvers for the matricies she was trying to teach me to multipy, and they would have these wierd patterns, like they would be the numbers 1-9 in scrambled order in a 3*3 matrix, or the answer would have a obvious pattern, and we just kept cracking up, so that was a lot of fun. sience, 7th hour, just kinda happened, like it allways does. nothing intresting, either good or bad, happened. then, finially, school was over. but my locker wouldnt open! i asked lynn to help, and she ssaid she'd bee there in a minet. she didnt come! at the suggustion of someone with a locker close to me, i kicked it. the locker wouldnt open. i kicked it higher. even though both kicks were forsefull and quite loud, it didnt work. so i backed up almost to the starewell, took a running start, and did a flying double-kick. IT DIDNT WORK!!!! i searched all over for a custodian, finially find one, and he sticks in a key, turns it, and my locker opens. figures.

well, by now i have most definitly missed my bus. i head twords my math class, figuring that i can probbably get some help with my math while im stuch at school, when i run into a girl from the swim team! (i dont really like her, but i feel sorry for her because its her first year competitive swiming, and so she is by far the slowest swimmer on the team, a title that i held untill she came) I get a ride from her and i am soooooorelieved that her overextended stories of ferrit food are actually intresting and funny, and im just kind of floating with happyness because things took a turn for the better. i had stoked up on food, so i wasnt hungry, and that was when lynn helped me with my math. practice was kind of hard, but doable, even though i had to take off my drag suit to keep up because im so weak from my cold. then my mom consents and lets me stay home, so now im really really happy! i have to finish my homework now, though.

wow! i dont know if you found it interesting, but it sure felt good to say all of that. the thin about notes is that the keyboard is allways listining to your boring storys. You might agree that its boring (or at least rather long and kinda rambling) but it felt good anyway! *smile*

wow this is really long! sorry, i just realized just how long it was!

akk gotta do HW its 7:56! bedtime! waaa, i gotta stay up, oh well!

goodbye!

--Akako 00:57, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm sorry.
I'm sorry that you had a bad day.

It wasn't that long, I've read whole online journals that my friends write and they write a lot more then you. Plus I wantyed to read it because I care about my friends (It's just not all my friends care about me *laughs* oh well)

I'm happy that you wrote that rant, It's bad keeping things inside (I keep a lot of things inside myself, So I know how it can hurt)

oh yes, If you haven't guessed by the way I'm talking, I'm really tired but I'm happy that I got on the computer before I went to bed (forgot how much it hurts getting up at 6:20 AM)

Seeing that you'll be home tomorrow, I'll be able to talk to you (WooT! someone to talk with during the day!!!!)

Good night because I'm about to pass out.

Taran 04:15, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Breaking down your rant.
Okay, now that I'm awake enough to break it down into smaller parts and talk about it a little without falling asleep at the computer. Lets begin.

"have to run to spanish, where the teacher spewed nonesence the whole time, stuff that made me wonder if she thought she was teaching kindergarten!" Man, I know that feeling. I've run into some adults that talk down to the youth like that and It's annoying.

"we seem to get everything better than the seniors that are still in spanish 2!" Thats good if not just a little sad.

"get yelled at by Ms Chelgren because im trying to explain things to the bassist who wasnt here yesterday." Did you try doing that in class? if yes then I can understand why "Ms Chelgren" was a little upset.

"me being an ex-soccer player" How many things have you done?

"(one of whose name is matt!)" There are a lot of Matthews in this world. I think the reason is Matthew is in the bible and everyone wants to have a kid named "Matthew" *laughs*

"untill we lost like 36 to 10" ouch.

"i figured out that they had had two extra players." Still a ouch but not as bad as if they had less people on their team.

"(off of my gym locker, you may not be familiar with this but we have to change for gym)" Thats one of those things no one told me but I always knew.

"only then do i realise that my sandels are gone!" That really bites..

"because mr gagnon let me in and asked what was wrong and i said someone stole my sandles and gave a short explanation, and he let me in. Sucess!" That worked well for you. (Question, Are the sandels that you lost and the sandels you had at the gathering, one and the same?)

"i cry way to easily" There is nothing wrong with crying. (Unless it gives you a headache like it does with me!)

"have embarressed myself in the past by crying in class" I don't know what schools are like, So I have no clue what the kids reaction is to that.

"unfoutionatly, thats what im hoping for in math" I'm good in math, As long as I know what I'm going, I get a lot of questions right (The best I've done in math in the last month is I got 29 out of 30 questions right. Worse, I got 26 out of 30 questions right)

"they would have these wierd patterns, like they would be the numbers 1-9 in scrambled order in a 3*3 matrix, or the answer would have a obvious pattern, and we just kept cracking up, so that was a lot of fun" Fun :)

" the locker wouldnt open. i kicked it higher. even though both kicks were forsefull and quite loud, it didnt work. so i backed up almost to the starewell, took a running start, and did a flying double-kick. IT DIDNT WORK!!!!" Remind me to never make you mad *looks scared*

" i searched all over for a custodian, finially find one, and he sticks in a key, turns it, and my locker opens. figures." Thats life for you. What did you do to the locker to make it hate you so much?

"I get a ride from her and i am soooooorelieved that her overextended stories of ferrit food are actually intresting and funny" Ferrit food??? not going to ask. *laugh*

"im just kind of floating with happyness because things took a turn for the better." I'm happy that it all worked out for the best.

"im so weak from my cold" Poor thing, I hope you get better soon :)

"wow! i dont know if you found it interesting, but it sure felt good to say all of that. the thin about notes is that the keyboard is allways listining to your boring storys. You might agree that its boring (or at least rather long and kinda rambling) but it felt good anyway! *smile*" If I found it not interesting, I don't think I'd take the time to write this knowing I've already replyed to it once. I'm happy that you trusted me enought to post it here where I can read it.

It's Almost 4 PM. Talk to you later, Take care of yourself.

Taran 20:55, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

stayed home
went to the dr.s office yesterday, i dont have mono, but my mom let me stay home, unfortunatly she took my laptop with her when she went to go sub. gotta go, still not suppose to be on. oh yess, you should put some more about u on ur user page. I only have one pare of sandels that i ware a lot, so they were probbably the same ones. I have no idea what i did to the locker *smile*. really really gotta go bye! --Akako 23:26, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

ah.
So, Thats why you didn't post back yesterday knowing you stayed home. Get a desktop computer, It's harder for your parents to take it with them (Knowing they can take the power cord with them but thats easy to get around if your smart about it.).

I know that I should add more stuff to my page but I don't know what to add at this point in time.

I'm sure your locker will forgive you someday (Whatever it was you did to it).

Take care of yourself.

It's 10 PM here. Taran

snuck on
she took the wirless card, my dad has the rest blocked from my uss sorry bye

Hum.
I bet ya I can find a way around the blocks given enough time on your computer. 5PM Here Taran

Hi!
I'm going to a wedding today. So, I won't be home. I'l try and call you tomorrow after church. Bye

8:21 AM Taran

exept for not
you have no idea how paronoid my dad is about that kind of thing, its hard to hack a computer if you dont have any acess to the network or other computers or anything; even if i had tryed i wouldnt have gotten on the net, and i doubt that anyone could have even you or even my dad, who set the system up, could let me back onto my computer with internet. not that he wanted to... i wasnt home the day i went to the dr.s office, my mom changed her mind, thats why i didnt write back, just wanted to clarify.

im not feeling to well (a good indication of this is that i woke up at 7:00 which i dont think ive ever done before. dont feel bad though  i finally had time to read the 2nd responce to my rant more in depth.   What did you do to the locker to make it hate you so much? beats me, i apologised and everything! *smile*

I'm happy that you wrote that rant, It's bad keeping things inside (I keep a lot of things inside myself, So I know how it can hurt) I want you to be able to share things with me as well. also, check out some of my |poetry

im writing this in snatches of time, sorry that its so disorganized, i got my wierless back but my dads home& so i still am not suppose to be on. you are probbably up by now,

bye

its 9:05

--Akako 14:07, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

just saw that you said u were going to a wedding

hope u see this before you leave

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Martin Schempp

Martin Schempp (23 March 1905 - 9 July 1984) was a glider pilot and founder of Schempp-Hirth, a major manufacturer of gliders.

First years
Martin Schempp was born in Stuttgart. After completing his commercial education, he helped out in his father's craftsman's business. In 1926, at the age of 21, he emigrated to the USA in the hope of finding better working conditions there. After working at various odd jobs, he finally found employment as a chemical laboratory technician at a steel mill. A talk by Charles Lindbergh about his Atlantic crossing so inspired Martin about aviation that he returned to Germany in 1928 to learn how to fly. After completing his basic soaring training, he acquired his pilot's license for powered aircraft at the Klemm company in Böblingen. It was during this time that he met Wolf Hirth, with whom he was to establish a close, lifelong friendship.

Martin Schempp returned 1929 to the USA to build German sailplane designs under license there at "Haller-Hirth Sailplanes" and to act as a soaring instructor at "Haller School Of Soaring Flight" in Pittsburgh (Greensburg Airport). Spectacular flights with a number of unintentional ditchings made him and soaring known in the USA. After his successes in the 2nd National Soaring Championships in Elmira, New York (which is America's equivalent to the Wasserkuppe, Germany's soaring Mecca) in 1931, he flew a distance of 63.7 miles and reached an altitude of 5,370 feet in this competition the following year. He won second place in the distance competition and first place in the altitude competition. Based on these successes, he earned silver C badge No. 8 (worldwide). He moved to California at the end of 1932, where he worked with Hawley Bowlus on his high-performance sailplane "Albatros".

In 1934, feeling that his professional prospects in the USA were too uncertain, Martin Schempp accepted an offer from Wolf Hirth, who was the head of the soaring school on the Hornberg at the time, to hire him as a soaring instructor there. With the assistance of Wolf Hirth, Martin Schempp opened in Göppingen his own company in 1935: "Sportflugzeugbau Göppingen Martin Schempp". Martin Schempp proved to be an adept and circumspect head of production, who would succeed over decades in working with his employees to build high-quality sailplanes inexpensively. The Gö 1 "Wolf" and Gö 3 "Minimoa" became world-renowned sailplanes. In 1938, Wolf Hirth, mainly responsible for the design work, officially became a partner in the company, which then took on the new name “Sportflugzeugbau Schempp-Hirth”. The company relocated to Kirchheim-Teck the same year. By 1939, the list of customers included clients from all continents except Australia. The Minimoa, 110 of which were built, is still regarded as one of the most beautiful sailplanes from the wood era. In 1939, Wolf Hirth opened his own company in Nabern, which collaborated closely with Schempp-Hirth during the war. In addition to sailplanes for pilot training, the two companies supplied the two-seater Gö IV (designed by Wolfgang Hütter); the Habicht (plane), an aerobatic glider, and wooden subassemblies for Messerschmitt, the Me-321/323 "Gigant" and the Me-109 fighter.

After the war
In the eyes of the Americans, Martin Schempp had such great human integrity and recognition that they appointed him the interim mayor of Kirchheim unter Teck after the war – despite the formal "burden" of him being the head of a production facility for military products. He was relieved by an elected mayor in 1945 and once again devoted all of his time to the factory, now to manufacture urgently needed furniture and household goods using aircraft materials saved through the end of war.

When gliders were allowed to fly again in Germany in 1951, he ceded the sailplane market to Wolf Hirth. Only after Wolf Hirths' death in 1959 did Schempp-Hirth increasingly become involved in sailplane construction in addition to the construction of powered aircraft undertaken with Wolf Hirths' consultation and assistance. Martin Schempp acquired the license to build the best standard-class sailplane of its time, the "Standard Austria," and put it into mass production. Martin Schempp soon realized that the future would belong to composite sailplanes, and he therefore secured the assistance of Klaus Holighaus. Klaus Holinghaus' first work for Schempp-Hirth was to increase the wingspan of the Standard Austria to produce the SHK with 17-m wings. Upon arriving in Kirchheim, Klaus Holighaus implemented his ideas in the form of the composite sailplane for the Open Class – the Cirrus. Martin Schempp gave him free rein in this matter, which Klaus Holighaus used to produce the (wildly) successful Cirrus, Nimbus, Standard Cirrus and Janus.

After handing over management of the factory in 1969 and control of the company in 1972, Martin Schempp fully transferred the Schempp-Hirth company to Klaus Holighaus in 1977 and withdrew after 42 years of actively shaping, directing and accompanying its fortunes – still following its growth and successes with great interest and involvement.

Martin Schempp died after a long illness on July 9, 1984.

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Seminary Co-op

Seminary Cooperative Bookstores, Inc., founded in 1961, is a not-for-profit bookstore with two branches in Chicago. Its flagship, known colloquially as the Seminary Co-op or simply the Sem Co-op, is located at 5751 S. Woodlawn Avenue. Prior to October 2012, it was located a block away in the basement of the Chicago Theological Seminary, next to the campus of the University of Chicago, and stocked the largest selection of academic volumes in the United States throughout an extensive maze of shelves.

The Co-op also operates 57th Street Books, also in the Hyde Park neighborhood, which houses a carefully curated collection of general interest titles, including kids' books, science fiction, mysteries and cookbooks.

The Co-op's reputation was so great that Columbia University invited manager Jack Cella to either open a branch in New York City or leave and open a new store there. Until the university gained its own neighborhood academic bookstore in the late 1990s, many Columbia scholars ordered books from the Co-op. Currently, the Co-op has over 53,000 members, 3,500 of whom are located overseas. The following countries have at least 100 members: Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and Australia. The following countries have at least 50 members: Taiwan, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Israel, Hong Kong, France, Brazil, and Korea. Other nations with significant membership include Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Ireland, India, and Argentina.

In September 2008, the Co-op launched The Front Table, a web magazine for book lovers and Co-op members. Barack Obama's patronage of the bookstore garnered attention in the wake of his election.

In 2017 the Co-op announced that on April 1, 2017 it would take back the shares of "inactive members" who had not purchased anything in 2 years, unless they contacted the store and requested otherwise. In addition, the Co-op no longer requires the purchase of stock to become a member and receive 10% of monthly purchases in store credit.

In 2019, the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, Inc. became the country’s first not-for-profit bookstores whose mission is bookselling. As the stores' director Jeff Deutsch writes in his letter about the change, "Establishing the store as a not-for-profit (as opposed to its current status as a strict retail operation) also acknowledges the financial realities of our business model, which privileges cultural value over financial dividends. Our new structure codifies this mission, allowing us to invest in the browsing experience rather than overly concern ourselves with the vagaries of the market at a given moment."

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Talk:Hurricane Stan

Image
An image is needed to go in the infobox. Jdorje 01:19, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I tried to add an image, but it isn't appearing for me. Is it just me? -- RattleMan 01:57, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I can't see it either. Not only do we need an infobox image, but some impact images would be nice as well... CrazyC83 15:20, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Duplication
This article appears to have been copied and pasted from the main article 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Unless drastic changes are made, I'm going to be inclined to reinstate the redirect.

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 23:44, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * While the article is warranted based on the death toll, we definitely need more information. CrazyC83 23:52, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * We'll get more information as it comes out. It will be slower coming out of places like Guatemala and El Salvador, but it will come, and there's no reason to redirect now only to revert to a separate page later. Also, the Santa Ana Volcano page disagrees with this page as to when the eruption occurred -- can we confirm whether it was on the 1st or the 2nd? 69.86.16.61 00:22, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * That story, the main one used in the article so far, says it was on Saturday, which was the 1st...and you are right, information is much slower to come from Central America than if the hurricane hit the US (which is why the article wasn't made until we saw the death toll - although even if it hit the US, for a Category 1 hurricane, it would depend on the information received). The death toll chart (which was first used for Katrina and Rita) has been modified slightly for use here - the state (for Mexico)/region (for elsewhere) list only applies if we can break it down. CrazyC83 00:32, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Image
The best image I could find is here:. It would be better if we could find a pre-landfall image, though.

 * is a satellite picture of Stan, also after landfall... -- NSLE | Talk 10:03, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I think the first one is better, but I think someone should cut the top part. --Revolución (talk) 22:02, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree with Revolution. The EO Natural Hazards pic has it as a tropical storm inland. The OSEI pic has it as a hurricane just inland.

 * E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 23:51, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Agreed. We should always look for one as close to peak intensity as possible. In addition, we need more pictures from the affected areas. CrazyC83 01:04, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Whoa, what's with this new (and bad) pic? That pic is not near as good as the ones we found. It needs to be replaced in my opinion.

 * E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 23:25, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

There is also this image: -- tomf688 {talk} 23:36, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

damage
what is the estimated amount of damage? --Revolución (talk) 22:53, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

 * No estimates have been given out - the death toll is the main information coming out, and it is hard to calculate in impoverished areas (as opposed to an impact in the United States, farther north in Mexico or in a wealthier Caribbean island), as there is far less in the way of insured properties. CrazyC83 01:04, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * And that last bit is most important. For American storms, the damage estimate is usually simply taken as "Insured claims x 2". In other words, if a storm caused $5 billion in insurance claims to be made, it's estimated that the full damage is around $10 billion, since I guess they figure about half of the properties are insured. This is obviously much more difficult in poorer areas that can't afford insurance, which is why damage estimates for non-American storms are almost worthless - the death toll always outweighs the few millions that are estimated. --Golbez 18:13, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I wouldn't expect Stan's damage to be anywhere near that, in fact, I'd be surprised if it is even $1 billion once they ever get around to estimating it (won't be easy!). The death toll is the big story here. CrazyC83 22:18, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I find that damage claims comparisons based on money are bogus anyway. Apparently the recent tsunami cost $2 billion. Therefore just a small matter, on that basis, as not much money involved. Insurance claims also amount to how much can be gotten out of the insurance company, not how much damage was caused. Wallie 17:15, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Finally found an estimate: $1 billion in Guatemala. Probably more in the neighborhood of $1.5 to $2.5 billion overall. CrazyC83 04:57, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Mudslide
Yahoo News is claiming a mudslide occured Thursday (caused by Stan) that killed around 1400 people. Should i add this to the article even though it is not in the official death count yet, though it should be by next statement. Fableheroesguild 20:04, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * There is a note saying that the death toll could go to that and it has been claimed, although I'm not sure if that is the real number or number "feared dead". 616 is the best estimate I have at this point, based on a combination of sources. It will likely go higher though, and yes, it definitely could reach 1,400 or even 2,000...this could be deadlier than even Katrina! CrazyC83 22:16, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

If Reuters (not Yahoo news as I originally thought) is correct and one village was destroyed, killing 1400 people in that one mudslide, this would pass 2000. Fableheroesguild 22:22, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Comparison with Hurricane Katrina
I see that someone knocked out the bit that says that Hurricane Katrina has a similar number of deaths to Hurricane Stan, saying that the comparison is not "useful or helpful". Well it is. There are plenty of "helpful and useful" comparisons in the Hurricane Katrina artciles too. Maybe these would be removed too under the same pretext... not likely! Stan is part of the 2005 Hurricane season as was Katrina. If the death toll is later found to be higher for Hurricane Stan, then this article will be amended to say that Hurricane Stan is the most deadly storm of the season. That is just plain fact. Wallie 16:59, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I can't see how it is similar to Katrina except that it killed a similar number of people, which maybe could be mentioned in a way that refers to the deadly storms of the season. The path and strength weren't even close. If anything, compare it to Hurricane Mitch. -- tomf688 {talk} 23:37, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Mitch was the deadliest hurricane in two centuries, Stan is not even in the same dimension.

 * E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 05:40, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Unless Srice13 is right. Then, its death toll is about half of Mitch.  Thegreatdr 19:28, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Current Information
Has there been any more information as to the number of dead? Surely the confirmed number must have risen in the past few weeks. -- Cuivienen 03:15, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't see any new information, but 841 people are still missing in Guatemala . -- Hurricane Eric - my dropsonde 16:46, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Death Amount
I changed the death amount from Hurricane Stan in El Salvador, as per this research: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/countries/central_america/fy2006/central_americai_FL_FS02_10-13-2005.pdf

I also took the liberty to correct the amount in shelters, which is also grossly incorrect.

I don't know how to cite the above URL in the page, but if someone could do it for me that would be great!
 * I reverted your original edit from 72 deaths to 69 deaths. Thank you for citing your source on the talk page, and I welcome you to change the numbers to what you have in your source. Be sure to also change the information in the info boxes on the side. By the way, I will cite the source on the page, and I'll do some of the grunt work as well. Just going to eat some dinner now, though :-). Thanks again, JHMM13 (T | C) [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px| ]] [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|25px|  ]] 00:50, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

The NHC says Mexico reported 80 deaths, not 28, what gives? -- §  Hurricane  E  RIC  §Damages archive 21:46, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Seems simple enough: "According to the government of Mexico, there were 80 deaths in the Mexican states of Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. Since the actual surface circulation of the tropical cyclone seems to have been confined to Mexico, the direct death toll is therefore set at 80." — jdorje (talk) 22:18, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Updated the page. — Cuivi é  nen  , Friday, 21 April 2006 @ 00:09 UTC

Aftermath

 * Here's a link to some information on the aftermath of Stan about farmer's troubles. Hurricanehink 21:24, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Long term aftermath in Mexico

Is it Really True?
Stan killed a similar number of people, compared to Katrina? Before I found this out, I was questioning why Stan was retired from the list of the North Atlantic tropical system names. Can someone give me a reason why Stan caused so many fatalitites? The Runescape Junkie 20:28, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes its true. The cause was very heavy rainfall leading to severe flooding and mudslides in Guatemala.--Nilfanion (talk) 20:32, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I was in the Lake Atitlan region in February and can state first hand that the storm was absolutely devastating. A man that has spent most of his life in Santiago Atitlan told me that the roads were closed for 30 days. He believes that more than 5,000 died in the landslides, and many more died from disease and malnutrition in the weeks and months that followed. I have to wonder if official casualty reports are understated because the population of that area is mostly Mayan. The relationship between that region and the government has improved, but there is much distrust; also many in that region speak little Spanish.Srice13 19:05, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Damage pics
I heard that you may be able to use Flickr images only if they are approved by a commons admin or something. There are some damage pics from Stan at Flickr. I also know that some people have emailed for permission to use photos from private organizations. This website has excellent photos. Good kitty 20:38, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * That is a misunderstanding of the Flickr situation. The Commons admins job is to verify that the license of the images, its the uploaders job to see the content is freely available (cc-by or cc-by-sa) on Flickr. Unfortunately these images are non free (all rights reserved). However, the flickr user may be more responsive to a permissions query than a organization; so contact them directly too.--Nilfanion (talk) 21:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I said I didn't know what the flickr stuff was about. Regardless I see that some of images are from the other site are USAID, but only a couple of landslide photos. Good kitty 23:58, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

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I know usually we just keep these sorts of articles at whatever is the name of the hurricane, but this storm was associated with other Central America flooding. What about moving the article to Hurricane Stan and 2005 Central America floods? That would make it clear that the article covers both events. Not sure about that exact title, but something along those lines? ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 21:26, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Strong Oppose. WP:COMMONTITLE.  SMB9 9thx   my edits!  02:59, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * True, but Stan wasn't the sole cause of the floods, and having the article title just at "Hurricane Stan" might imply it was only a hurricane. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 15:42, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

 * Comment if Stan only caused 80-100 deaths, why include the 1,500 other deaths not related to the system? ~ Destroyer 🌀🌀 16:30, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Because Stan occurred around the same time as the other floods, and it's difficult to distinguish the two. Many sources at the time credited all of the floods to just Stan. The TCR, for example, says "However, the tropical cyclone appeared to be embedded within the western portion of a broader-scale low-level cyclonic circulation." It seems like a Central American gyre situation. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 16:33, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm...Central American Gyres can be tricky (Amanda-Cristobal, Eta-Iota-LPA, etc.). I'm open to a flood article. ~ Destroyer 🌀🌀 16:36, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yea, that's why I proposed the title the way I did. I don't think it should just be October 2005 Central America floods - that wouldn't include Mexico. It's not the prettiest article title, so IDK. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 16:42, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Oppose - The title just feels clunky, if there's a better title I might support but for now I'm opposing. I don't really see a better way to write the title personally. Skarmory  (talk •   contribs)  17:30, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Support A flood article is more appropriate as most of the deaths were unrelated to Stan. Looks like a CAG case. The name is...eh...though...~ Destroyer 🌀🌀 16:58, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Strongest possible oppose  for, um, 60 reasons. (1) looks clunky, (2) are we really sure the floods were unrelated, or were they a part of Stan's moisture, (3) that has never been done before, we would just make the article about the floods and merge the contents in(but we can't do that until 03:45 UTC on February 23, 2021 per our merge moratorium), (4) readers will get confused, (5) do reliable sources state that, (6) just leave it alone, (7) this move wasn't requested properly, (8) per consensus, and my other 52 reasons delve into more complicatedness(  such as this may not be closed designated as an NAC if closed by a non admin   ). --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 17:35, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Rebuttal. (1) - the title is not the topic of discussion. We are discussing whether to move and convert into a flood article. (2) Yes, it says in the notes section. (3) The merge moratorium doesn't apply here, as it is a conversion, not a merge. (4) OK, see my rebuttal for (1). (5) Yes. Basically a repeat of your (2). (6) Reason? (7) I'm sure Hurricanehink knows how to do that, and that isn't a valid reason to oppose. (8) There is no consensus. (other 52 reasons) Not a valid reason to oppose. ~  Destroyer 🌀🌀 17:51, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Just a note: Adding "Strongest possible oppose in the whole entire universe" carries no more weight than a simple "oppose", rather it causes people to glance over it and not take it seriously. ~ Destroyer 🌀🌀 18:05, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , I didn't say the floods were unrelated. The TCR says that Stan was embedded within a broader system, so both events were responsible for the floods. It could be a case that since the storm name was retired, we could just include the associated floods anyway, and just make a note of it, while leaving the title as it is. I agree, the proposed title would be clunky. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 18:12, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * And, also, Tropical Storm Linfa (2020) --HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 18:15, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reminding me! Linfa was recreated without consensus from a draft - it was previously merged more than a month before the moratorium. Linfa has since been draftified again. ~ Destroyer 🌀🌀 19:04, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I support a split as from what I have been told Stan was only one of the contributing factors to the floods.Jason Rees (talk) 19:48, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose: searching '2005 Central America flood' on Google returns loads of Hurricane Stan, Hurricane Stan, Hurricane Stan, many many times. Was the floods really separate from Hurricane Stan?--CyclonicallyDeranged (talk) 02:37, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * It wasn't entirely separate, the floods started around the same time as Stan, and then continued after the storm dissipated. ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 15:59, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Here are the Google results I found. --Hurricane Tracker 495 15:17, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

 * Oppose This is not at all a WP:COMMONNAME, period.--Jasper Deng (talk) 10:13, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Discontinuity with Other Articles
I feel like the section where it says Stan was retired and replaced by Sean should be moved from the beginning of the Impact secion to the end of the Impact section as a way to make it more in-line with the other hurricane articles.  P o x y 4  (talk) 12:36, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

 * I have decided that, because nobody responded, I would move the section myself. If you have a reason to, feel free to let me know and move it back to where it was before.  P o x y 4  (talk) 16:30, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

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I believe that the edit I made to the article "The Streets of Cairo, or the Poor Little Country Maid" (my edits here) was indeed constructive. (I made the edit while not logged in, from IP 98.149.72.10) I added the lines:
 * Yet another variant includes the lines:
 * There's a place in France where the ladies wear no pants
 * And the men go around with their weenies hanging down.

These lines are an excerpt from an alternative version of the folksong. As the piece concerned is a folksong, I believe their use and remembrance by a US individual is legitimate to justify their validity. (The US individual concerned is not myself, but someone I know.) If it is the vulgarity of the lines that is of issue, you will note that it is hardly out of line with the content of the lines already cited. Note the page where you left a note:

By the way, this is the first time I have had any of my edits contested... so I hope I'm getting the etiquette right. --auk (talk) 17:51, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Apologies, warning removed. Typically, when an anonymous user edits using the word 'weenies', 'weenie', or some similar child-like term, alarm bells ring. I've seen hundreds of such cases. Anyway, I did a search for the expression and turned up only one instance like the above, and it was in an archived forum. I believe you, but I don't know how to establish verifiability. Mephistophelian † 18:12, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
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Christopher James Adler (born November 23, 1972) is an American musician, best known as the founder and longtime drummer of heavy metal band Lamb of God from 1994 to 2019, and Grammy Award winning member of Megadeth.

Adler was a member of Megadeth from 2015 to 2016, appearing on their fifteenth album, Dystopia, and performed some touring dates in support of that album, as well as the touring and creative obligations with Lamb of God. Adler played in several local bands including Calibra, Jettison Charlie, Grouser and Darker Days before founding Lamb of God in 1994.

Adler is well recognized for his open-handed technique, his use of the heel-toe technique, and his unusual approach to the drum kit as a left handed player on a right handed kit.

Early life and influences
His influences include former Wrathchild America and current Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin, and Stewart Copeland of The Police. Other influences are John Bonham, Dave Lombardo, Gar Samuelson, Lars Ulrich, Billy Cobham, and Gene Hoglan.

In an interview with DRUM! magazine, Adler describes his first drum kit as a disaster:

"The bass drum legs were different lengths so they wouldn't touch the ground at the same time. Every time I would hit it, it would wobble from left to right. The cymbal stands were duct taped together, and I think after two or three times playing the kit, the pedalboard actually broke in half because it was made of that crappy old fake metal."

Career
In 2014, he contributed several drum tracks to the Testament album Dark Roots of Earth. The same year, he said that he could neither "confirm nor deny" whether he had performed on the Slipknot single "The Negative One". He dismissed this in a later interview.

On February 12, 2017, Dystopia won the Best Metal Performance award at the 59th Grammy Awards.

On July 19, 2019, after a year in which he did not tour with the band, Adler parted ways with Lamb of God. Art Cruz later became his permanent replacement.

In September of 2019, Adler took a job at The Home Depot in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia. Chris is an Associate Store Manager, providing warehouse and store management services.

Personal life
In February 2019, Adler announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend. Adler is interested in animal rights and is a vegetarian.

Current tour kit
Current:
 * Drums – Mapex Saturn in Satin Black Maple Burl
 * 10"x9" Tom
 * 12"×10" Tom
 * 16"×16" Floor Tom
 * 18"×16" Floor Tom
 * 22"×18" Bass Drum (×2)
 * 12"×5.5" Mapex Warbird (Chris Adler Signature)
 * Cymbals – Meinl
 * 18" Byzance Traditional China
 * 14" Pure Alloy Medium Hihat
 * 8" HCS High Bell
 * 8" Byzance Traditional Splash
 * 16" Pure Alloy Medium Crash
 * 16" Pure Alloy Custom Medium Thin Crash
 * 10" Byzance Traditional Splash
 * 18" Byzance Traditional Medium Thin Crash
 * 14" Byzance Dark Hihat
 * 24" Byzance Brilliant Pure Metal Ride
 * 18" Byzance Traditional China

Cymbals circa 2016:
 * 14" Generation X Filter China
 * 16" Generation X Filter China
 * 14" Soundcaster Custom Medium Soundwave Hihat or 14" Byzance Dark Hihat
 * 8" Byzance Traditional Splash
 * 12" Soundcaster Custom Distortion Splash
 * 14" Soundcaster Custom Medium Crash
 * 8" Classics Custom High Bell
 * 14" Soundcaster Custom Medium Crash
 * 16" Mb8 Medium Crash
 * 8" Byzance Traditional Splash
 * 18" Byzance Traditional Medium Thin Crash
 * 24" MB20 Pure Metal Ride
 * 17" Byzance Traditional China (Prototype)
 * Drumheads – Evans
 * Toms: EC2S Clear – G1 Clear
 * Bass: EMAD Heavyweight – Custom Resonant
 * Snare: Heavyweight snare batter – 300 snare side
 * Hardware
 * Trick Pro V pedals
 * Gibraltar Rack System and Clamps
 * Mapex Cymbal Boom Arms
 * Other
 * Roland TD-7 Electronic Percussion Module and Single Trigger Pad
 * Roland trigger modules
 * Pro-Mark TX5AXW Chris Adler Signature Sticks

Discography

 * With Calibra
 * Demo Tape (1989, independently released)

 * With Cry Havoc
 * Demo Tape (1993, independently released)

 * With Jettison Charlie
 * Hitchhiking to Budapest (1994, Turn of the Century)
 * Legions of the Unjazzed / I Love You, You Bastard EP (1996, Peas Kor Records)

 * With EvilDeathInc.
 * Bedroom Compilation Cassette (1995, Funeral)
 * "Full On" Now That's Metal Compilation CD (1996, mp3.com)
 * Sevens and More (1998, mp3.com)

 * With Burn the Priest
 * Demo Tape (1995, independently released)
 * Split with ZED (1997, Goatboy Records)
 * Split with Agents of Satan (1998, Deaf American Recordings)
 * Sevens and More (1998, mp3.com)
 * Burn the Priest (1998, Legion Records)
 * Legion: XX (2018, Epic / Nuclear Blast)

 * With Grouser
 * Demo tape (1996, independently released)

 * With Lamb of God

 * New American Gospel (2000)
 * As the Palaces Burn (2003)
 * Ashes of the Wake (2004)
 * Sacrament (2006)
 * Wrath (2009)
 * Resolution (2012)
 * VII: Sturm und Drang (2015)

 * Solo
 * Drum Nation Volume 3 (2006, Magna Carta) feat. Ron Jarzombek
 * Chris Adler and Jason Bittner: Live at Modern Drummer Festival 2005 DVD (2006, Hudson Music)

 * With Testament
 * Dark Roots of Earth song "A Day in the Death" (2012, Nuclear Blast)

 * With Protest the Hero
 * Volition (2013)

 * With Megadeth
 * Dystopia (2016)

 * With Thaikkudam Bridge

 * Namah (2019)

 * With Firstborne
 * Firstborne (2020, Firstborne Records)

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Nyingtig Yabshi is a collection of scriptures in the Dzogchen tradition of Buddhism.

Vimalamitra united the two aspects of Innermost Unexcelled Section — the explanatory lineage with scriptures and the hearing lineage without scriptures — and concealed them to be revealed as the Nyingtig teachings Vima Nyingtig, and also as the Secret Heart Essence of Vimalamitra (bi ma'i gsang ba snying thig). Longchenpa clarified them in his 51 sections of Lama Yangtig. Padmakara concealed his teachings on the Innermost Unexcelled Cycle to be revealed in the future as Khandro Nyingtig, the Heart Essence of the Dakinis. Longchenpa also clarified these teachings in his Khandro Yangtig. These four exceptional sets of Dzogchen instructions are, together with Longchenpa's additional teachings Zabmo Yangtig, contained in his collection, Nyingtig Yabshi.

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Rocket Racing is a racing game developed and published by Epic Games in association with Psyonix. It was released on December 8, 2023 for Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. The game can be accessed and played inside of the Fortnite game application.

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Rocket Racing is an arcade racer in which up to 12 players race against each other in rocket-powered cars on a variety of tracks filled with various obstacles and shortcuts. Players have the option of racing in ranked or private (unranked) races, whether with friends or by themselves.

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On May 1, 2019, Psyonix announced that they would be acquired by Epic Games.

4 years later on December 8, 2023, Rocket Racing was released.

Release
The preview for the game was first revealed during The Big Bang event on December 2, 2023 through the following day, alongside two other then-upcoming game modes, Lego Fortnite and Fortnite Festival, with the game being released on December 8, 2023, for the majority of platforms supported on the base game.

Upon launch, the game reached over 625,683 concurrent users, surpassing the player counts of Save the World and Fortnite Creative.

Reception
The game has received generally positive reviews from critics.

Gabriel Moss of IGN gave it a rating of 6/10, saying that "there was certainly fun for a few rounds, but there's not enough here yet to stay fresh very long".

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