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Addition of sylphagora to forum comparison
Might I suggest you add the forum you coded, Sylphagora, to Comparison of Internet forum software, in the appropriate section? Thanks! Talrias | talk 14:09, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah, good idea. Thanks. ^.^/ -- Vystrix Nexoth 22:36, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * I also suggest that you don't link to your user page from the main article - instead, link to your real name, for example. Linking to your user page is somewhat confusing as it switches from an encyclopediac article to an informal user info page. I'm not explaining that very well, am I? :) Talrias | talk 23:14, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I go strictly by "Vystrix Nexoth" for online endeavours. Though, perhaps a regular Vystrix Nexoth article may be in order (or perhaps ...just another vision... Studios, the name of my website, which can double as an "organization" name)? -- Vystrix Nexoth 23:31, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * It's really your call. It's just a suggestion by me! Ignore it at your leisure. ;) Talrias | talk 23:41, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Dennis Hastert
I noticed that you listed 3 separate sets of dates for Hastert's tenure as speaker. I don't understand why you didn't just list January 6, 1999 to present. You list gaps of 1 day and 4 days between the terms, but there was no other speaker elected during those gaps, so he would have still been the incumbent. It is customary to list a politicians multiple terms as (start of 1st term) - (end of last term or "present"), unless there was a gap like Grover Cleveland. Perhaps you had a reason that I failed to grasp? Rogerd 05:55, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The separate dates were added by DLJessup; I decided to keep them since someone thought they were important enough to mention. My edit was just to add his Representative tenure to the succession tables. -- Vystrix Nexoth 06:01, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

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Recent Changes Camp in Portland
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Proposed Georgia Move
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Barry Levinson Films
Thanks! I realized this afternoon I forgot to pipe the link and when I got home, volia, already done.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:13, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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 * Alright already. Those browser screenshots were of little importance anyway. Just get rid of them, I don't care. -- Vystrix Nexoth 22:15, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

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Santa Matilde

The Santa Matilde, or SM4.1, is a sports car designed and produced in Brazil by Companhia Industrial Santa Matilde between 1977 and 1997.

Conception
Equipped with tuned versions of the Chevrolet Opala engine, the first prototype was revealed at the 1976 Salão do Automóvel de São Paulo as one of the most expensive and luxurious cars in the country at the time. It featured items like retractable bumpers, power windows, hidden radio antenna, cassette player, retractable seat belts, leather seats with fine adjustment and air conditioning.

The project was run by engineer Humberto Pimentel Duarte and former pilot and race-car tuner Renato Peixoto. The body design came from Humberto's daughter Ana Lídia and was not based on any previous car, although a few details were inspired by many car models.

Characteristics
The Santa Matilde has a fiberglass body reinforced with polyester. It is a 2+2 coupe, but the rear seats are completely useless and headroom is tight for drivers taller than 6 ft

In 1982 two engines were available; a 4.1 straight 6 cylinder 171 hp (157 kW) (SAE), or a 2.5 4 cylinder turbo, with 140 hp. The engines originally came from the Chevrolet Opala, featuring a specially designed exhaust manifold and a different carburetor. The car has smoothly integrated direction and rear lights. The lower front air intakes are used for the air conditioning and the internal ventilation.

The instrument panel resembles the contemporary Porsche models at the time - it had indicators for water temperature, oil pressure, speed, odometer (full and partial), RPM, fuel level and a clock. One interesting feature about the car, were the retractable bumpers made of a rubber compound with steel frames. Unlike most cars on sale in Brazil at the time, the Santa Matilde had both front and rear disc brakes.

Santa Matilde 78-79
Line-produced between 1978 and 1979, it had 171 hp (128 kW) and a top speed of 206 km/h. Based on the prototype, this version had some problems like overheating, noise and ventilation

Santa Matilde 82
Externally, a new rear design and some cosmetic changes at the front, smoothing some lines. Internally, many of the earlier model's problems were addressed. This model was line-produced in 1982 with small changes in design.

Santa Matilde 83-87
Entering series production in 1983, this model was a sedan style with a top speed of over 180 km/h. Sold as the Santa Matilde SM 4.1, production ended in August 1987.

Santa Matilde Cabriolet
Produced intermittently between 1984 and 1990, this was a convertible version.

Santa Matilde 91-95
Line-produced between 1991 and 1995, this model had square front lights and was also produced by demand between 1991 and 1995.

Santa Matilde 97
A lot of modifications were introduced in this model:

 * New independent differential from the Chevrolet Omega
 * New rear suspension
 * Many design changes
 * Digital instrument panel

One car was produced by demand in 1997. It has inestimable value for collectors.

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Smile Empty Soul

Smile Empty Soul is an American rock band, originally from Santa Clarita, California, United States. It was started in 1998 by Sean Danielsen (vocals and guitar), Ryan Martin (bass), and Derek Gledhill (drums). Following the departure of Gledhill and Martin from the band in 2005 and 2017, respectively, Danielsen remains the only founding member still active as well as the band's primary songwriter, frontman, and leader.

Beginnings (1998–2003)
Smile Empty Soul formed in 1998, while its original members were attending different high schools in the Santa Clarita area. The band, originally a three-piece group, consisted of vocalist and guitarist Sean Danielsen, bassist Ryan Martin and drummer Derek Gledhill.

After playing numerous hometown gigs, Smile Empty Soul ventured to the Sunset Strip, and later gave a demo to John Parker of Los Angeles indie label, ThroBack Records, which led later on to a record deal with Jason Flom's Lava Records.

Self-titled debut album (2003–2005)
On May 27, 2003, the band released their self-titled debut album Smile Empty Soul. The album was produced by John Lewis Parker, and mixed by David J. Holman. Three singles, "Bottom of a Bottle", "Nowhere Kids" and "Silhouettes", were released via the recording. In March 2005, the album was certified gold with sales in excess of 500,000+.

Anxiety (2005–2006)
In 2005, before the recording of their second album Anxiety was finished, drummer Derek Gledhill was replaced by Flickerstick percussionist Dominic Weir. Their album Anxiety was not released (at that time) due to the band parting ways with Lava Records after the company refused to release their record.

On July 13, 2006, Smile Empty Soul signed with independent label, Bieler Bros. Records. At this point, drummer Dominic Weir had been replaced by Jake Kilmer, and Mike Booth (ex-Cold) was added as a second guitarist.

Vultures (2006–2009)
On October 24, 2006, the band released Vultures, the official follow-up to their 2003 debut Smile Empty Soul. The album doesn't feature any songs from the unreleased Anxiety. The first single released was the song "The Hit".

Vultures debuted at No. 169 on the Billboard 200 album charts with just over 5,000 copies sold. The band then embarked on a tour with The Exies.

In late April 2007, the band parted ways with Mike Booth, which was a mutual split. The band has yet to replace him, and has continued on as a 3-piece.

The trio began recording their new record in Greenville, South Carolina on February 1, 2008.

Consciousness and More Anxiety (2009–2012)
Soon after recording for their new album entitled Consciousness was finished, the band returned to the studio to record a few more songs. Later on, the band confirmed that they had signed with F.O.F./EMI records.  Consciousness was then released in August 2009.

In November 2009, the 2005 album Anxiety was released on iTunes.

On March 9, 2010, More Anxiety, a special edition of Anxiety including a bonus DVD was released.

Smile Empty Soul have released music videos for "We're Through" and "Faker" from their album Consciousness.

In 2009, it was announced that Danielsen formed a new group called World Fire Brigade with Fuel vocalist Brett Scallions, which also consisted of bassist Brad Stewart (ex-Shinedown) and former Candiria drummer Ken Schalk. The debut studio album, entitled Spreading My Wings, was released in August 2012 through FrostByte Media.

3's (2012–2013)
On March 14, 2012, it was announced that Smile Empty Soul had signed with eOne Music. They released their first album with eOne Music, 3's on May 22, 2012.

In March 2012, "Afterlife", the first single from 3's, was released.

In April 2013 lead singer Sean Danielsen released his solo EP Enjoy the Process.

Later that year, October 1, 2013 was announced as the expected date of release.

Chemicals (2013–2015)
In June 2013 it was announced that Smile Empty Soul formed an imprint label called Two Disciples Entertainment in conjunction with Pavement Entertainment and would release Chemicals in fall of 2013.

On November 3, 2014, Danielsen released his second solo EP entitled Food Chain.

Shapeshifter (2015–2017)
In September 2015, the ensemble also announced through their Facebook page that in early 2016, an EP and DVD was expected. In November 2015, the band stated that the artwork for the EP is complete. The work, whose title was announced in January 2016 as Shapeshifter is scheduled for release on 1 April 2016.

Rarities, Oblivion and Sheep (2017–present)
In October 2016, the band stated via their Facebook page that in early 2017, they plan to release a compilation album consisting of 13 rare and unreleased tracks. On 10 December 2016 the compilation album was announced as Rarities as well as artwork and some track names.

In September 2017, the ensemble announced via their Facebook page that Kilmer and Martin would be parting ways with Smile Empty Soul, leaving Danielsen as the only remaining original band member. Mark Young, originally from Hed PE and Victor Ribas, originally from HURT, have joined the band as both touring and recording musicians on bass and drums/percussion/vocals respectively.

In May 2018, Young announced his departure from the ensemble.

On February 7, 2019 it was announced that Smile Empty Soul will be releasing an acoustic EP titled ''The Acoustic Sessions. Volume 1 In August 2019, Danielsen announced that the ensemble planned to release an EP entitled Sheep''.

On February 14, 2020 Sean was teasing new gear on Smile Empty Soul Page with Caption "Interesting things to come........" and Sean revealing Smile Empty Soul will continue as 2 Member Band Only.

On May 18, 2020, it was announced on Facebook along with album art on May 18, 2020 that Acoustic Sessions Vol.2 is going to be recorded.

On July 2, 2020, the band announced that since they are not able to tour (due to the pandemic) they will instead be going into the studio to record an EP titled 2020.

Band members
Current members
 * Sean Danielsen – lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitars (1998–present)

Touring Members

 * Ty Del Rose – drums (2018–present)

Former members
 * Ryan Martin – bass (1998–2017)
 * Jake Kilmer – drums, backing vocals (2006–2017)
 * Derek Gledhill – drums, backing vocals (1998–2005)
 * Dominic Weir – drums (2005–2006)
 * Mike Booth – lead guitars (2006–2007)
 * Mark Young– bass guitar (2017–2018)
 * Victor Ribas – drums, backing vocals (2017–2018)
 * Jody Linnell - bass guitar (2019)

Former touring members
 * Phil Lipscomb – bass guitar (2014)
 * Preston Rodgers – bass guitar (2018)
 * Chris Berryman - guitar (2004)
 * John LeCompt – bass guitar (2018)
 * Tom Minogue – bass guitar (2019)

EPs

 *  Swan Song (2024)

Other songs

 * "Alone"

Music videos

 * "Bottom of a Bottle"
 * "Nowhere Kids"
 * "Silhouettes"
 * "This Is War"
 * "Here's to Another"
 * "Jesus Is the Manager at Wal-Mart"
 * "Loser"
 * "Don't Ever Leave"
 * "We're Through"
 * "Faker"
 * "Afterlife"
 * "Not Alike"
 * "Wrecking Ball"
 * "False Alarm"
 * "Chemicals"
 * "All In My Head"
 * "Not Alike"
 * "Stars"
 * "My Name"
 * "Savior"

Contributions

 * "Finding Myself" – Featured on The Punisher: The Album (2004)
 * "Who I Am" – Featured on Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 2 (2004)

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Gene Snitsky

Eugene Alan Snisky (born January 14, 1970) is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Gene Snitsky, who is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment. He played college football at the University of Missouri and was on the pre-season roster in 1995 for the Birmingham Barracudas of the Canadian Football League.

Early life
Snitsky attended Panther Valley High School where he played football. While in high school, Snitsky played as a punter. During his senior year, he was named All-State. Upon graduating in 1988, Snitsky signed a full scholarship to the University of Missouri where he played under offensive lineman coach and future Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid. After playing for the Missouri Tigers, Snitsky attended training camps with the goal of playing professional football. He eventually signed with the San Diego Chargers. During training, Snitsky re-aggravated a shoulder injury that was previously misdiagnosed from his college years. The injury effectively ended his NFL aspirations.

Early career (1997–2003)
Snisky trained with the Allentown, Pennsylvania-based World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) and competed in the promotion under the name "Mean" Gene Snitsky. He won the tag-team championship along with his partner Robb Harper as the Twin Tackles, under a football gimmick. When he entered singles competition, he won the WXW Heavyweight Championship. In 2013, Snitsky was inducted into the WXW Hall of Fame.

Developmental territories (2003–2004)
Snisky had a tryout match with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) the day after winning the WXW Championship on October 20, 2003, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania at a Raw taping. Snisky, wrestling as Gene Snitsky, was defeated by fellow WXW wrestler "Smooth" Tommy Suede. It was following this match that he was signed to a developmental deal and sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). Snisky wrestled in OVW as "Mean" Gene Mondo (a name inspired by "Mean" Gene Okerlund), and was presented as the kayfabe brother of Mike Mondo.

Debut and Heat mainstay (2004–2006)
He made his WWE debut on the September 13, 2004, edition of Raw against Kane in a no-disqualification match. As Kane, a heel at the time, prepared to injure Snitsky, he was distracted by Lita, who was (kayfabe) pregnant with Kane's child. Snitsky used the distraction to hit Kane from behind with the chair, causing Kane to fall on Lita, and causing Lita to miscarry her unborn baby. When interviewed about the incident, he claimed "it wasn't my fault" (which became his catchphrase). This facilitated a face turn for Kane and quickly established Snitsky as a full-time heel wrestler.

Snitsky, who had debuted against Kane as an apparent jobber, said years later that he was originally only supposed to make a one-night appearance, then return for OVW for more training before being called back up to the main roster on a full-time basis. The angle with Kane and Lita had gone over so well that WWE made a last-minute decision to promote him to the main roster full-time and flew him in to Raw on the company's corporate jet.

He was then situated in a major feud with Kane, which led to a match at Taboo Tuesday. In this match, Snitsky used a steel chair and crushed Kane's larynx. WWE used this angle as an excuse for Kane's absence, when in reality he was going to film the WWE-produced movie See No Evil. This feud resumed at the New Year's Revolution pay-per-view, when Kane returned and defeated Snitsky. On the January 31 edition of Raw, Snitsky lost a steel cage match to Kane to end the feud.

At Survivor Series, Snitsky had an encounter with a character similar to his own, Heidenreich, in which they both exchanged their views on each other – "I like .. your poetry."; "I .. like what you do.. to babies." — while breathing hard, both their trademark ways of talking. Snitsky was then in the main event as part of Team Triple H and facing Team Orton. During the match he was busted open by Maven before being disqualified for attacking him with a steel chair. At the 2005 Royal Rumble, the two met up again as Snitsky secretly partnered with Heidenreich, planning to interfere in Heidenreich's casket match with The Undertaker. It was later revealed that Kane was hidden in the casket, who pounced on both Snitsky and Heidenreich. They continued their fight in the crowd, before letting the casket match continue. Later that night, Snitsky competed in the Royal Rumble match in which he eliminated Paul London, before being eliminated himself by Batista.

When his rivalry with Kane ended, Snitsky had a shot at the Intercontinental Championship, which then was held by Shelton Benjamin. Snitsky lost by disqualification after hitting Benjamin with a steel chair.

He was absent from WWE television between April and May 2005 due to a blood clot in his stomach. He returned to action on May 28, and reappeared on Raw on May 30, where he began in earnest his televised feud with house show opponent Chris Benoit. The feud concerned Benoit's appearance at ECW One Night Stand; Snitsky was a "hired gun" for Eric Bischoff's Raw volunteers, brought in to try to invade the pay-per-view and ruin the ECW reunion.

Snitsky was then used by Edge and Lita to attack Kane and by Eric Bischoff as punishment to anybody that he did not like. On July 11 episode of Raw, Edge informed Snitsky that he knew about his female foot fetish and offered Snitsky to "have a go with Lita's feet" if he'd help him in a match against Kane. His history with Lita was addressed when she thanked Snitsky for his actions nine months earlier, stating that she was better off for not having given birth to Kane's offspring and then gave him a kiss as payment.

On the July 18 episode of Raw, Snitsky faced WWE Champion John Cena in the Lumberjack match where Chris Jericho picked all heel lumberjacks to make the odds unfair for Cena.

After a few weeks mainly wrestling on Heat, Snitsky formed a tag team with an initially reluctant Tyson Tomko. In their first team match together, they squashed the tag team of Viscera and Val Venis. The pair had some success as a tag team, becoming the number one contenders for the World Tag Team Championship at one point. They lost their shot at Big Show and Kane, both of whom Snitsky had feuded with in the past, and broke up in April 2006 when Tomko left WWE.

Following that, Snitsky turned face and formed a tag team with Goldust, defeating various teams of wrestlers on Heat, which eventually earned them an unsuccessful title shot against Spirit Squad. The team broke up when Goldust was released from WWE.

Brand switches and departure (2007–2008)
In 2007, Snitsky's character underwent a drastic overhaul and was now portrayed as a psychotic madman with a grotesque appearance. To this effect, all of the hair on Snitsky's head and face was shaved off (including his eyebrows), his teeth were colored a dark yellow, and several red marks were placed on his face. On the February 6, 2007, edition of ECW on Sci Fi, a vignette introduced the newly changed Snitsky to the viewers and announced him coming to ECW. Later during the same show, Snitsky debuted and assaulted the ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley. This re-established him as a monstrous heel, similar to Kane's unmasked gimmick. Over the next several weeks, Snitsky would run into the ring after matches and attack various ECW superstars, including CM Punk, Hardcore Holly Balls Mahoney, and Matt Striker.

On April 3, 2007, Snitsky faced Holly in a match, which he won. After the match, Snitsky wedged Holly's arm in between two steel steps and repeatedly hit the steps with a steel chair, in storyline, breaking Holly's arm. Snitsky then began a short feud with Balls Mahoney. Then, he would begin another short feud with Rob Van Dam. During this feud, Snitsky would suffer his first ECW loss when he was defeated by Van Dam by disqualification.

On the June 11 edition of Raw, Snitsky was drafted from ECW back to Raw as part of the WWE Draft. Snitsky made his return to the brand on the July 9 edition of Raw, defeating Super Crazy.

Snitsky continued to go undefeated on Raw throughout the summer, having pinfall victories over various wrestlers including Super Crazy, Val Venis, Rory McAllister, and Robbie McAllister.

On August 20, Snitsky competed in his first one-on-one main-event match since losing to John Cena on Raw in 2005, once again against Cena, which he lost via disqualification when Randy Orton interfered. This was Snitsky's first loss since returning to the Raw brand. On the September 10 Raw, it was revealed that Snitsky was not Vince McMahon's illegitimate son. Snitsky returned on the October 8 Raw, defeating Val Venis, substituting for Santino Marella, who was feuding with Venis. On December 3, Snitsky was pinned by Jeff Hardy in an Intercontinental Championship match, his first pinfall loss in the year. Snitsky last appeared on WWE television on the November 24, 2008 Raw, losing an Intercontinental Championship tournament match to CM Punk. On December 11, 2008, at his request, Snitsky was released from his WWE contract.

One night return (2023)
On November 6, 2023, Snitsky made a cameo appearance on Monday Night RAW backstage with Chelsea Green saying his famous line "It Wasn't My Fault".

Independent circuit and first retirement (2008–2018)
After his release, Snitsky worked in the independent circuit, mainly in World Xtreme Wrestling, where he won the WXW C4 Ultimate Heavyweight Championship on April 20, 2012. He vacated the title on November 3, 2012. On November 4, 2017, Snitsky won the Right Coast Pro Heavyweight Championship in Delaware-based promotion Right Coast Pro Wrestling. On May 19, 2018, he relinquished it due to injury. On June 22, 2018, Snitsky announced that he plans to retire from professional wrestling after working a few more shows.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2014)
Snitsky, along with Rycklon, debuted for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on the June 25 taping of Impact Wrestling (which aired on July 24) as a heel, attacking Tommy Dreamer, Bully Ray and Devon, ostensibly aligning with Dixie Carter.

Snitsky and Rycklon were fired by Carter on the August 7, 2014, edition of Impact Wrestling. Earlier on the show they were in an Eight-Man Hardcore War as Team Dixie (EC3, Rhino, Rycklon and Snitsky) lost to Team Bully (Bully Ray, Devon, Tommy Dreamer and Al Snow).

Major League Wrestling (2023–present)
On May 24, 2023, it was announced by Major League Wrestling that Snitsky would be making his return to professional wrestling on July 8 at Never Say Never. He won his debut match by defeating Yoscifer El in a singles match. On September 3, 2023 at Fury Road, he faced off against Alex Kane, but in a losing effort.

Other media
In 2009, Gene Snitsky appeared as a biker in the music video for the song "Free Your Soul" by Vyrus. He also appeared as an actor in the role of a biker and a criminal on ABC's Primetime: What Would You Do?, in February 2011. He has appeared in other episodes, including one where he played a person harassing a little person. In 2013, he was announced to play a role in the first episode of a non-profit Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fan series titled MMPR which never materialized.

Snitsky became a pitchman for Tristar Products' Power Pressure Cooker XL and has shot a series of videos for YouTube where he demonstrates how to prepare various foods in the pressure cooker. Two examples of these are a low country boil and buffalo wings.

Snitsky starred in the 2019 horror film 100 Acres of Hell as Buck Severs.

Personal life
Snitsky lives with his wife Carolyn in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, where they often spend time outdoors. He has a father who served in the Air Force and a brother who served in the Army. After his release from WWE, Snitsky began running an Army surplus store in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, where he also spends time riding bike trails.

Snitsky has a fetish for women’s feet, something he is open about.

Video games
Snitsky has also made several appearances in WWE video games, including WWE Day of Reckoning 2, WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2006, WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2007, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 and WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009.

Championships and accomplishments

 * Athletik Club Wrestling
 * ACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Robb Harper
 * Lancaster Championship Wrestling
 * LCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * Ranked No. 83 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2005
 * Right Coast Pro
 * RCP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * World Xtreme Wrestling
 * WXW Ultimate Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * WXW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * WXW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Robb Harper
 * WXW Hall of Fame (class of 2013)

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Strait Out of the Box

Strait Out of the Box (retroactively known as Strait Out of the Box: Part 1) is the first box set album by American country music artist George Strait. It contains four albums' worth of music, dating from 1976 to 1995. It mainly consists of Strait's singles, except for a select few that he decided to exclude. They were replaced by his choice of album cuts and several studio outtakes. It also contains his three singles recorded in the 1970s for indie label D Records, one of which, "I Just Can't Go on Dying Like This", was re-recorded for Strait's 2013 album Love Is Everything.

"Check Yes or No" and "I Know She Still Loves Me" were both released from this set as singles. Respectively, they reached number 1 and number 5 on the Billboard country charts.

The album was certified 8× platinum by the RIAA on July 29, 2003, indicating shipment of 2 million copies. This made the album at the time the best-performing country music box set of all time, and it was second only to the Live 1975–85 box set by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band overall. It had sold 1,525,100 copies in the United States as of October 2019.

Personnel

 * Tim Alexander – piano on "Big Ball's in Cowtown"
 * David Anthony – acoustic guitar
 * Ron Anthony – acoustic guitar
 * Joe Barnhill – acoustic guitar
 * Eddie Bayers – drums
 * Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar
 * Ray Benson – acoustic guitar and background vocals on "Big Ball's in Cowtown"
 * Chuck Berghofer – upright bass
 * Matt Betton – drums
 * George Binkley III – strings
 * Pete Bordonali – electric guitar
 * John David Boyle – strings
 * Clyde Brooks – drums
 * Ronnie Brooks – acoustic guitar
 * Larry Byrom – electric guitar
 * Sandra Callaway – background vocals
 * Buddy Cannon – background vocals
 * Jimmy Capps – acoustic guitar
 * Jerry Carrigan – drums
 * Cindy Cashdollar – steel guitar on "Big Ball's in Cowtown"
 * Marcy Cates – background vocals
 * Margie Cates – background vocals
 * Marvin Chantry – strings
 * Steve Chapman – acoustic guitar
 * Joe Chemay – bass guitar
 * Gene Chrisman – drums
 * Roy Christenson – strings
 * Virginia Christenson – strings
 * Doug Clements – background vocals
 * Mike Daily – steel guitar
 * Hank DeVito – steel guitar
 * Floyd Domino – piano
 * Steve Dorff – conductor, string arrangements
 * Glen Duncan – fiddle
 * Stuart Duncan – fiddle
 * Gene Elders – fiddle
 * Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
 * Mark Feldman – fiddle
 * Gregg Field – drums
 * Rito Figlio – background vocals
 * Phil Fisher – drums
 * Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
 * Tom Foote – drums
 * Michael Francis – saxophone
 * Paul Franklin – steel guitar, dobro
 * Gregg Galbraith – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Sonny Garrish – dobro, steel guitar
 * Bob Golette – drums
 * Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hi-string acoustic guitar
 * Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
 * Emory Gordy Jr. – bass guitar
 * Carl Gorodetzky – strings
 * Ruben Gosfeld – steel guitar
 * Lennie Haight – strings
 * Rob Hajacos – fiddle
 * Owen Hale – drums
 * Terry Hale – bass guitar
 * Arlene Harden – background vocals
 * Bobby Harden – background vocals
 * Hoot Hester – fiddle
 * John Hobbs – keyboards
 * Jim Horn – saxophone
 * Ronnie Huckaby – piano
 * Sherilyn Huffman – background vocals
 * John Hughey – steel guitar
 * Mitch Humphries – keyboards
 * David Hungate – bass guitar
 * Leo Jackson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * John Barlow Jarvis – piano
 * Gwen Kay – background vocals
 * Dave Kirby – acoustic guitar
 * Jerry Kroon – drums
 * Mike Leech – bass guitar
 * Larrie Londin – drums
 * Benny McArthur – electric guitar
 * Randy McCormick – piano
 * Wade McCurdy – background vocals
 * Rick McRae – electric guitar
 * Bill Mabry – fiddle
 * Liana Manis – background vocals
 * Steve Marsh – saxophone
 * Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Bill Miller – piano
 * David Miller – bass guitar on "Big Ball's in Cowtown"
 * Dennis Molchan – strings
 * Alan Moore – string arrangements
 * Bob Moore – upright bass
 * Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
 * Nashville String Machine – strings
 * Steve Nathan – piano, organ, synthesizer
 * Fred Newell – electric guitar
 * Jody Nix – background vocals on "Big Ball's in Cowtown"
 * Louis Dean Nunley – background vocals
 * Mark O'Connor – fiddle
 * Gary Van Osdale – strings
 * Pamela Van Osdale – strings
 * Larry Paxton – bass guitar
 * Leon Rhodes – bass guitar
 * Hargus "Pig" Robbins – keyboards
 * Judy Rodman – background vocals
 * Matt Rollings – piano
 * Jack Ross – bass guitar
 * Brent Rowan – electric guitar
 * David Sanger – drums on "Big Ball's in Cowtown"
 * Walter Schwede – strings
 * Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
 * Eldon Shamblin – electric guitar on "Big Ball's in Cowtown"
 * Donna Sheridan – background vocals
 * Jerry Shook – acoustic guitar
 * Frank Sinatra – vocals on "Fly Me to the Moon"
 * Leland Sklar – bass guitar
 * Buddy Spicher – fiddle
 * Harry Stinson – background vocals
 * George Strait – acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
 * Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
 * Donald Teal – strings
 * Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar
 * Hank Thompson – vocals on "Six Pack to Go"
 * Diane Tidwell – background vocals
 * Ricky Turpin – fiddle and mandolin on "Big Ball's in Cowtown"
 * Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar
 * Jamie Whiting – keyboards
 * Patrick Williams – conductor
 * Bobby Wood – keyboards
 * Stephanie Woolf – strings
 * Glenn Worf – bass guitar
 * Paul Yandell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Chip Young – electric guitar
 * Curtis Young – background vocals
 * Reggie Young – electric guitar
 * Andrea Zonn – background vocals

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Rollerball (1975 film)

Rollerball is a 1975 dystopian science fiction sports film directed and produced by Norman Jewison. It stars James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn and Ralph Richardson. The screenplay, written by William Harrison, adapted his own short story "Roller Ball Murder", which had first appeared in the September 1973 issue of Esquire.

Although Rollerball had a largely American cast, a Canadian director, and was released by the American company United Artists, it was produced in London and Munich.

Plot
In 2018, Jonathan E. is the team captain and veteran star of the Houston Rollerball team. Mr. Bartholomew, chairman of the Energy Corporation - one of a series of corporations that now govern society - and team sponsor, offers Jonathan a lavish retirement package if Jonathan will announce his retirement during an upcoming television special detailing his career. Jonathan refuses, and requests to see his former wife Ella, who had been taken from him some years earlier by a corporate executive who wanted her for himself.

Jonathan goes to a library, where he finds that all books have been digitized and edited to suit the corporations, and are now stored on supercomputers at large protected corporate locations. Jonathan's friend and former coach Cletus, now an Energy executive, warns him that the Executive Committee is afraid of him, though he cannot find out why.

Rollerball soon degrades into senseless violence as the rules are changed to force Jonathan out. The semi-final match between Houston and Tokyo is played with no penalties and limited substitutions in the hope Jonathan will be injured and forced out. The brutality of the match kills several players and leaves Jonathan's best friend and teammate Moonpie in a coma, though Houston wins the game.

In a teleconference, the Executive Committee decides that the final match will be played with no penalties, no substitutions, and no time limit in the hope that Jonathan will be killed during the game. Jonathan's popularity and longevity as a player threaten the underlying agenda of Rollerball: to demonstrate the futility of individualism.

Jonathan makes his way to Geneva to access the world's repository of all human knowledge, a central supercomputer known as "Zero," only to find its memory corrupted. Afterwards, Jonathan receives a visit from his former wife Ella, who has been sent to convince him to retire and to make it clear that the coming game will be "to the death". Jonathan realizes his wife's visit was set up by the Executives, and erases a long-cherished movie of the two of them, stating, "I just wanted you on my side." Jonathan decides that despite the dangers, he will play in the championship game against New York.

The final match devolves into a brutal gladiatorial fight. Jonathan is soon the only player left on the track for Houston, while a skater and a biker remain from New York. After a violent struggle in front of Mr. Bartholomew's box, Jonathan kills the skater and takes the ball. The biker charges, and Jonathan knocks him off the bike and pins the biker down. He raises the ball over his head, then pauses. Refusing to kill his fallen opponent, Jonathan gets to his feet and makes his way to the goal, slamming the ball home and scoring the game's only point. Jonathan then takes a victory lap as the crowd chants his name, first softly, then slowly rising to a roar while Mr. Bartholomew hastily exits the stands.

Production
Rollerball's arena sequences were shot at the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle in Munich, West Germany. This hall was selected because it was the only sports arena in the world with a near-circular profile, which the production could take over and re-dress for shooting.

The then-new BMW Headquarters and Museum buildings in Munich appear as the headquarters buildings of the Energy Corporation at Olympiapark, Munich. Scenes were also filmed at Fawley Power Station, near Southampton. The sequence where Jonathan E. visits Geneva to consult with Zero the supercomputer concerning corporate decisions uses exterior shots of the Palace of Nations.

Recognizing their contribution to the film's many crucial action sequences, Rollerball was the first major Hollywood production to give screen credit to its stunt performers. The film was shot in 35mm with a 1.85 aspect ratio but was released in some theaters in 70mm with a 2:1 aspect ratio.

The game of Rollerball was so realistic that the cast, extras, and stunt personnel played it between takes on the set. At the time of the film's release, Howard Cosell interviewed Norman Jewison and James Caan on ABC's Wide World of Sports, showing clips from the film and with the two of them explaining the rules of the game. Audiences who saw the film so loved the action of the game that Jewison was contacted multiple times by promoters, requesting that the "rights to the game" be sold so that real Rollerball leagues might be formed. Jewison was outraged, as the entire point of the movie was to show the "sickness and insanity of contact sports and their allure."

English pro wrestler Mark Rocco was a stuntman for the film. He used the "Rollerball" name as his nickname.

Music
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor is performed on organ by Simon Preston during the opening title sequence and again at the final scene, bookending the film. Adagio in G minor by Albinoni/Giazotto and the Largo movement from Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 are also used to establish tone, mood, and atmosphere for certain scenes in the film. The classical music was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by André Previn, who also wrote the "Executive Party" music for the film and the corporate anthems performed before certain matches.

Box office
The film earned $6.2 million in theatrical rentals at the North American box office.

Critical response
Vincent Canby of The New York Times was unimpressed: "All science-fiction can be roughly divided into two types of nightmares. In the first the world has gone through a nuclear holocaust and civilization has reverted to a neo-stone Age. In the second, of which 'Rollerball' is an elaborate and very silly example, all of mankind's problems have been solved but at the terrible price of individual freedom. ... The only way science-fiction of this sort makes sense is as a comment on the society for which it's intended, and the only way 'Rollerball' would have made sense in a satire of our national preoccupation with televised professional sports, particularly weekend football. Yet 'Rollerball' isn't a satire. It's not funny at all and, not being funny, it becomes, instead, frivolous."

Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film 2 stars out of 4 and called it "a movie in love with itself" and "vapid, pretentious, and arrogant. Not even John Houseman's fine performance as a villainous corporate director is sufficient to make Rollerball tolerable. The only way to enjoy it, I suppose, is to cheer at the rollerball game's mayhem." Arthur D. Murphy of Variety, wrote that it "packs an emotional and intellectual wallop" and that James Caan gave an "excellent performance". Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times was also positive, calling it "a fresh, unusual and stimulating movie. In its portraying of the vast and essentially stateless multinational corporations, Rollerball plays off developments which have come since Huxley's and Orwell's time." Jonathan Rosenbaum of The Monthly Film Bulletin panned Rollerball as "A classic demonstration of how several millions of dollars can be unenjoyably wasted ... this glib fable seems to be aiming at a simplified version of A Clockwork Orange without any intimations of wit or satire to carry the vague moralistic message."

James Monaco wrote that Rollerball "like most paranoid fantasies offers no hope: If James Caan can't beat the system, who can?"

TV Guide gave the film three out of four stars; it said "the performances of Caan and Richardson are excellent, and the rollerball sequences are fast-paced and interesting." Jay Cocks of Time said Caan looked "unconvinced and uncomfortable" as Jonathan E.

Filmink said the film "launched the dystopian sports movie genre and a series of rip-offs (Death Race 2000, etc) – most of which, to be frank, were a lot more fun than Rollerball, which could have stood to be a little less important and a little trashier."

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 67% based on reviews from 36 critics, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's consensus reads: "In Rollerball, social commentary collides with high-speed action – and the audience is the winner." On Metacritic the film has a score of 56 out of 100 based on reviews from 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

In 1977, Caan himself rated the film 8 out of 10, saying he "couldn't do much with the character."

Video game
In 1985, IJK Software produced a game called Rocketball for the Commodore 64 computer, with the scoring rules based on the game in the movie. In 1989, Microïds published an unofficial successor called Killerball for the Atari ST, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, and MS-DOS.

In 1997, Z-Axis Games was developing an official Rollerball video game adaptation based on the film As part of MGM Interactive video game showcase lineup. The game's promise was to recreate the action of the futuristic game played in the movie, and it was set 10 years after the events of the film in the 2098 Rollerball season, where the player would be in charge of managing their Rollerball teams around the world, made up of Rollerball players with roles such as strikers, enforcers, guard, and other players who compete using jet bikes and magnetic in-line skates. Rollerball: The Video Game was slated to be released for PlayStation, PC, and Nintendo 64 on the first quarter of 1998, but was delayed to mid-1998 and then was canceled due to the publisher, MGM Interactive, going bankrupt.

In 2004, I-play developed and published a Rollerball game for mobile phones. It is based on the 1975 film, rather than the 2002 remake of the same name.

Speedball and its sequel Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe are said to have been heavily inspired by Rollerball, though Bitmap Brothers co-founder Mike Montgomery denies this, saying Speedball 's similarities to the film are more of a coincidence.

The developers of the 2022 game Rollerdrome cited the film as a major influence.

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While "fancruft" is often a succinct and frank description of such accumulations, it also implies that the content is unimportant and that the contributor's judgment of the topic's importance is clouded by them being a fan. Thus, use of this term may be regarded as pejorative, and when used in discussion about another editor's contributions, it can sometimes be regarded as uncivil.

Policy relating to fancruft
As with most of the issues of What Wikipedia is not in Wikipedia, there is no firm policy on the inclusion of obscure branches of popular culture subjects. It is true that things labeled fancruft are often deleted from Wikipedia. This is primarily because articles labeled as fancruft are often poorly written, unwikified, non-neutral, unreferenced, or contain original research. These issues may contribute to deletion. Such articles may also fall into some of the classes of entries judged to be "indiscriminate collections of information". Well-referenced and well-written articles on obscure topics are from time to time deleted as well, but such deletions are controversial. It is also worth noting that many articles on relatively obscure topics are featured articles.

Generally speaking, the perception that an article is fancruft can be a contributing factor in its nomination and deletion, but it is not the actual reason for deletion. Rather, the term fancruft is a shorthand for content which one or more editors consider unencyclopedic, possibly to the extent of violating policies on verifiability, neutrality, or original research.

Usage
The use of the term implies that an editor does not regard the material in question as encyclopedic, either because the entire topic is unknown outside fan circles, or because too much detail is present that will bore, distract or confuse a non-fan, when its exclusion would not significantly harm the factual coverage as a whole.

Some users consider this a pejorative term and see it as insulting to well-meaning contributors. They might likewise consider use of the term in forums such as articles for deletion inappropriate, but it is, nevertheless, in common use there. However, this usage is not a substitute for a well-reasoned argument based on existing Wikipedia policies.

Articles about fictional works
The question of what material is encyclopedic is likely to remain hotly debated. That said, the issue becomes more muddled when the topic concerns a piece of fiction. The term "fancruft" is most commonly applied to fictional works and pop culture.

It is, of course, possible to write in great detail on fiction in a way that is factually accurate, espouses the neutral point of view and is not original research, but historically, encyclopedias do this only in the context of representing critical points of view (e.g. when engaged in literary criticism).

Some works of fiction are particularly likely to inspire articles that may be criticized as fancruft, particularly works with a great number of characters, places, events, and important objects, such as the Star Wars universe, which spans several feature films as well as hundreds of novels and other media; the Star Trek universe, which spans several TV series comprising multitudes of episodes, films, and countless novels; and the Pokémon universe, a popular media franchise which has more than 1200 characters, including more than 1,000 species. Fan fiction, in whatever fictional realm, is rarely considered encyclopedic.

Popularity
Debates often arise between contributors who point out that the topic on which they are writing is popular (and thus important) and those who believe that, regardless of a fictional universe's popularity, having well over 500 articles devoted to specific episodes of The Simpsons, an American animated television series and a single article on Paradise Lost makes Wikipedia appear biased towards pop culture and against "serious" subjects such as the Western canon. Of course, as Wikipedia is a wiki, its materials can be said to reflect readers' priorities, since anyone may add more information about their preferred subjects and become an editor. However, the issue of systemic bias is a real one, as is the issue of bias in the form of deletion of verifiable material on the vague grounds of it being "unencyclopedic."

Tone and focus
One of the major aspects of fancruft articles is that they tend to focus entirely on their subject's fictional relevance, as opposed to their place in the real world. Articles on episodes of television series, or fictional characters in movies are more likely to be labeled fancruft if they are primarily summaries, biographies of fictional people, or collections of trivia that relate to the continuity of a series rather than its critical or social reception. In fact, an article should not be entirely composed of summaries or biographies of fictional characters. Articles can often avoid being labeled fancruft if they avoid focusing on their subjects as fiction. See Manual of Style/Writing about fiction for more about how to achieve this.

Positive aspects
There is also a positive side to the act of describing an article as containing cruft; those who would keep the information in it are stimulated to produce a better article to avoid deletion, or merge several unviably small articles into one with clearer focus. Concentrating, say, minor characters in a series can be good for them, as giving them what some may consider the "appropriate" amount of attention may avoid their complete removal from the encyclopedia.

Approach
If the user comes across fancruft, an approach is to assume that the article or topic can be improved. If there is an insufficient amount of reliable source coverage on the topic, the focus of the discussion should be WP:Notability. More likely, the article will lack a hook—one or more interesting facts to attract or pique the interest of readers outside of the small population of enthusiastic fans of the topic. Here, the general focus of the discussion should be What Wikipedia is not (importance conveyed by sources) rather than WP:Notability (coverage by sources).

In the context of WP:NOT, the specific focus of the discussion may be that the article is a compilation of facts that reliable sources outside of fan-based reliable sources have not found interesting enough to publish. The WP:NOT question then may be whether the problem is merely a failure to include available, interesting facts (e.g., style of writing) or whether the article should be deleted under What Wikipedia is not.

Instead of immediately listing a potential WP:NOT article for deletion, it may be better to prompt those interested in the article to improve the article. There are many style of writing templates available, one of which probably will best fit the situation. Advert, essay-entry, fansite, gameguide, howto, likeresume, newsrelease, fanpov, and quotefarm are just some of the templates available at style of writing templates. Post an appropriate template on the article page and set up a discussion on the talk page. If the article is not moved out of fancruft status in five days, then consider listing the article for deletion.

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