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Spiders (album)

Spiders is the debut album by English band Space, released on 16 September 1996. After signing to independent label Gut Records, the band recorded Spiders between 1995 and 1996 in Liverpool. The album combines a great wealth of styles and genres, including rock, hip hop, techno and funk. It was the result of the various musical tastes of the band members, with several songs containing several different styles within themselves. Many of the lyrics of the album, mostly written by vocalist Tommy Scott and inspired by films, are darkly humorous and largely story-driven, featuring numerous sadistic characters.

Upon release, the album peaked at #5 on the UK Albums Chart in September 1996, and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry in December 1996. "Spiders" peaked at #133 in Australia, #45 in New Zealand in May 1997, and #35 in Finland. "Money", "Kill Me", "Neighbourhood", "Female of the Species", "Me and You Versus the World" and "Dark Clouds" (the first two combined as a double A-side) were released as singles, though the former was re-recorded for the album. It sold an estimated 800,000 copies between 1996 and 1998. The album received critical acclaim upon release, with critics praising its unique sound and lyrics, and has featured in polls of the best albums of all time.

Background
Space were formed in Liverpool in 1992 by vocalist and bass guitarist Tommy Scott, guitarist and co-vocalist Jamie Murphy and drummer Andy Parle and were initially inspired by The Kinks, Jimi Hendrix and The Who. Scott had been a familiar face on the Liverpool music circuit since the early 1980s; his first band, Hello Sunset, had been supported by an early line-up of The La's. Scott and Murphy had previously performed together in The Substitutes before renaming the band Space. Although most of the band were in their mid-20s, Murphy was only 17, and turned up to the band's first rehearsal session dressed in his school uniform. Space recorded their debut single, "If It's Real", to fulfill a publishing deal they had signed with BMG. It was released on 5 July 1993 as a 12" single through Hug Records, set up by the band's long-time manager and supporter Mark Cowley, with artwork designed by Carl Hunter of The Farm. However, the trio were unhappy with the results, feeling it sounded 'generic' and too similar to other Liverpool bands at the time, and set out to find a new direction.

Whilst on tour, the band discovered the music of hip-hop group Cypress Hill, and quickly became attracted to their bass-driven grooves and use of sampling. Soon after, they decided to recruit Scott's friend and former bandmember in Hello Sunset, Franny Griffiths, who at the time was living and working at a nightclub in Ibiza, in joining the band on keyboards and electronics, establishing the band's trademark, multi-genre style. Although Griffiths was unimpressed by the demo tape that they had sent him, he agreed to join them on the condition that they start writing better material. According to Griffiths, he had to sell off his car in order to purchase his first sampler.

Successful indie label Gut Records (who previously had chart hits with Right Said Fred on their sub-label Tug) paid attention to the band and offered them a deal in January 1995. The label booked Space a session with producer and The KLF collaborator Nick Coler to record what was to be their first single "Kill Me". The proposed B-side "Money", which was recorded in their friend David "Yorkie" Palmer's bedroom "for the price of a £5 electricity card" and mastered onto MiniDisc, proved the more popular choice by the label, so the two songs were released as the double A-side single "Money / Kill Me", which was released in November that year through the sub-label Home. Although the single "left the shops as quickly as it had entered.", it was received positively by the press and marked the start of the recording sessions for Spiders, with both songs reappearing on the album; however, "Money" was re-recorded.

Recording

The band recorded the entirety of Spiders in Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, between 1995 and 1996. Stephen Lironi produced the album, with the exception of "Kill Me" which was produced by Ian Richardson and Nick Coler, a song which was also mixed and engineered by Alan Douglas The other songs on the album were mixed by Jeremy Wheatley, who also engineered all the tracks except "Neighbourhood", which was engineered by Andy Kowalski. Gerald Lynch performs as a guest percussionist on five of the album's songs, with Tony Pierce providing trumpet on "Dark Clouds" and "Charlie M". It was subsequently mixed in three London studios; Air Lyndhurst, Olympic Studios and Mayfair Studios.

Scott composed all of his songs for the album on bass guitar, namely a Framus 5/150 Star Bass and Vox Teardrop from the 1950s and 1960s. In 2018, Scott stated that he has a personal preference of using older instruments and equipment, saying "I was against effects back then, to tell you the truth. I’m not into being retro for its own sake, but basically I just couldn’t be arsed pressing loads of pedals. My sound just needed to be dubby. I took all the treble right off the amps". An Ibanez fretless bass was used in the recording of "Female of the Species" to emulate a double bass, as according to Scott, "it was the only way to get that sound. I was dead against it at first, because it seemed so naff and cheesy. At the time, only people who had their basses really high on their chests played those instruments".. "Female of the Species" was initially performed using a straight beat, until Griffiths came up with the idea to "stick scratching samples and a hip-hop swing underneath the track". As such, in the studio's basement, Parle, using only one microphone ("the minimum of studio technology"), "merely bunged a load of delay on the resulting loop". David "Yorkie" Palmer sang backing vocals on "Neighbourhood", although he had yet to officially join the band, though he assisted them in recording many of the album's B-sides.

Music
Spiders was described by critics as disregarding genre, and displays influence from a large array of genres and styles, such as hip hop, "brooding" Eastern European folk music, funk, techno, indie dance and Hawaiian xylophone music. Parts of the album are said to echo British bands such as Squeeze, the Kinks, Madness and Buzzcocks as well as crooner Frank Sinatra and The Walker Brothers. According to Consumable Online, "many of the tracks offer two or three completely distinct styles within four minutes of pop bliss." They described the album as "why full albums were invented, instead of singles" and said "the only common thread" between the tracks is their alternative pop sensibility. The magazine reckoned the closest comparison for Spiders would be the "psychedelic dance beats of Shaun Ryder's groups, Happy Mondays and Black Grape".

The album's combining of rock and electronic elements has been described as "a marriage in perfect harmony" where "the guitars don't lead and the beats don't overpower." The Daily Trojan described the balance as follows: "The album smoothly flows from song to song with underlying guitars that accent the friendly techno beats provided by keyboard player Franny Griffiths. The effect is one that gives each song a distinct atmosphere while seldom giving away too much control to either techno or rock. Electronic blips are not overused and show up only to give songs more character." There are also found sound elements to the album; Parle explained: "When we were in Hong Kong, we heard these children saying prayers, it was like a mad wailing sound. Straight away we got out a dictaphone and started taping it. If something's going to make a track sound better we'll use it. As long as it's not contrived."

Although the band and the album have been considered Britpop, the band and several music critics have disavowed the connection to the genre; Consumable Online said the band "bears relation to their Britpop neighbors only in their decidedly British accents and their country of origin". Similarly, Dotmusic said the band has "never fitted into any of the post-Britpop guitar band moulds". Although the NME noted the band were seen as "weirdly comic relief from Britpop and Noelrock," they also said they were "as much, if not more, in keeping with a classic British pop lineage as any of those bands"." One reviewer noted how the band were out "to destroy retro-gazing Britpop from within".

Lyrics
The lyrics of the album are mostly written and sung by Scott, with five other songs written and sung by Murphy; the unusual lyrics have been described as "blood-stained" and "writing madness". Scott said "I get my ideas from Quentin Tarantino movies and Looney Tunes cartoons. We'll never write ordinary love songs. We're more likely to write 'I met a girl and she's in love with me so she poisoned my entire family'." Much of Scott's childhood was spent watching violent American movies on television, which were an influence on the lyrics, but "instead of just relying on the sadistic imagery," the band "go for the full subversive effect by placing those images within the context of upbeat, chipper melodies". "I see the songs I write as soundtracks for particular stories in my head," Scott said, "Musically I like old stuff like Roy Orbison, and some new stuff like Tricky, but movies are the big thing for me. I've never really had heroes in music".

Scott commented that "'tis one of life's sweetest pleasures to see Space fans happily bop along whilst singing lines like 'Kill me, kill me/Oh won't you kill me,'" adding that "if the music sounded like some of the lyrics, I'd probably kill me-self. I like seeing your average grandmother or mum on the street singing along to 'Mister Psycho' but not realizing she's singing a song about a psychopath." Fearing some might misinterpret the lyrical intention, Scott affirmed "it's not done in a macho way. We're not trying to be macho, saying that we're tough. We're not like that. I grew up on films, watching films, so that's all that's in me mind. All I'm doing is telling little stories." Griffiths explained, "some of it's like cartoon humour, where you get hit by that big mallet but still get up and walk away."

Structure
Opening song "Neighbourhood" is an "exotically-flavoured show tune" which features elements of "spy theme music" and a "mish-mash of styles". The song's lyrics concern of characters in the "neighbourhood" such as a "local tranvestite", a serial killer vicar, "the big butch queen" and "the folks who make a living off of crime - but are never there because they're all doing time". "Mister Psycho" features "bizarre faux-Spanish accents", whilst "Female of the Species" is an "ode to a female lover who practices witchcraft". Andy Parle said "I think we would all agree that females have more intelligence than males. And that's what makes them more dangerous." The "goofy number" has been described as "Burt Bacharach meets alternative lounge music" which is "sprinkled with some xylophones" and contains a background of "Mexican cha-chas". "Money" is an oom-pah-inspired track with a vocal delivery derived from Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera.

"Me & You Vs the World", with lyrics inspired by 1994 film Natural Born Killers, is said to emulate the "early British pop of the 60's in that same vein as the Kinks and Herman's Hermits". Reviewer Todd Martens, who called it the "most pop-infected tune on the album," described the song as a "sweepingly cinematic coming-of-age tale about two star-crossed lovers turning to crime easily breaks free of conventional pop form without disrupting the song in the slightest. Scott lurches into a spoken-word verse when the narrator gets shot, and the music all but stops except for a hazy and slow pulsating techno throb. The guitars suddenly rise at just the right moment and turn the tune back into the catchy-as-heck pop melody that finishes with a couple happy to go to hell together."

"Love Child of the Queen", a tongue-in-cheek guitar pop song, is the first of three consecutive tracks written and sung by Jamie Murphy. "No-One Understands" is a "satirical lament" according to Johnny Cigarettes of NME, which features "overly mixed guitars" which make the song "maddeningly and engrossingly repetitive", whilst "Voodoo Roller" takes inspiration from the 1995 film The Usual Suspects. "Drop Dead" is a funk rock track sung from the point of view of a celebrity stalker, whilst "Dark Clouds" is an ironic "holiday siesta" featuring a trumpet solo."

"Major Pager" concerns then-Prime Minister John Major "selling E's to the Russians", a lyric that made musical journalist Colin Larkin surprised that the band didn't end up receiving litigation." "Charlie M." is a "Charles Manson fantasy" which features "Mickey Mouse screwing Minnie". The closing track, "Growler" is a techno instrumental composed and performed by Griffiths alone that uses a prominent voice sample of Cheech and Chong from the film Up in Smoke; writing of the track, Consumable Online said "it doesn't hit 160 beats a minute, but it could easily fit in at a rave. The album's title track is a hidden track at the end of American editions of the album. The song concerns Scott's girlfriend's arachnophobia; Scott explained "that song is about me girlfriend. Basically, I know that she's terrified of spiders but if anyone, like say you come up and tried to hit me, she'd kill ya. She's not frightened of anything in the world except spiders." Journalist Stuart Bernan explained "that's Tommy for ya, expressing his romantic side by playing on his girlfriend's worst fear." Imprint magazine said the song offers "some sound relationship advice which might not sit too well with any of Space's male fans who value their testicles".

Release
Spiders was released by Gut Records in the United Kingdom on 16 September 1996. In the United States, it was released by Gut and Universal Records on 14 January 1997. Scott chose to adorn the album artwork with numerous tarantulas, which also gives the album its title; he explained "some people can't even put the CD on the [player]. They have to get their friends to put on the CD for them. The reason we put it on the LP cover is simply just to test our fans, because we know there's loads of people who are terrified by spiders, and if they really love us that much, they'll still go out and buy it."

In the words of Dotmusic, "Space's idiosyncratic pop sensibility coupled with Gut's marketing approach has proved to be a winning combination." The label was used to "working with acts that don't necessarily seek to conform", and, having started life as a plugging company, "its reputation in this field has helped to harness Radio One support for the singles and secure TV appearances on shows such as Chris Evans' TFI Friday". Due to the small size of Gut, the entire label's staff "[pulled] out all stops" for the album. Guy Holmes, managing director of Gut, was pleased with the album's success; in late 1996 he stated "it's been brilliant, absolutely fantastic. It's all about building a band properly without any hype and letting the records speak for themselves. With 120,000 albums sold, what more can you say?"

In the United States, some pipped Spiders as a potential success in the advance of electronica, and especially rock bands that mixed electronica with rock instrumentation; in February 1997, the Daily Trojan commented that "the electronic onslaught is underway, and if U2's Pop successfully brings techno to mainstream rock audiences, Space deserves more than a cut of the crowd." The band were not expecting any American success, concerned that Spiders "might sound too European" due to "its dance beats, fuzzy guitar, and singer Tommy Scott's jaunty vocals". The album nonetheless found a small audience in the United States because of the band's college radio following, with the band receiving heavy rotation on small American radio stations in early 1997, and "Female of the Species" being popular on MTV and college radio. The first 15,000 American copies came with a bonus disc featuring songs only released in the UK.

Singles
A year ahead of the album's release, "Money / Kill Me" was released as a double A-side in November 1995, containing the original version of "Money", but it did not chart and is considered by the band to be a "test" release and forerunner to the album's official lead single, "Neighbourhood", which was initially released on 25 March 1996 and only peaking at number 56 in the UK Singles Chart. Third single "Female of the Species", released 27 May 1996, turned out to be the band's breakthrough single, reaching number 14 in the UK charts and ultimately selling close to a million copies, despite originally being intended as a B-side. It was the band's only entry on any music chart in the United States when it peaked at number 15 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in early 1997. In Australia, "Female of the Species" entered the ARIA top 100 singles chart on 11 May 1997, peaking at number 80 in June.

Released on 26 August 1996, "Me and You Versus the World" was the band's first Top 10 hit in the UK, reaching number 9. "Neighbourhood" was then re-released on 21 October 1996, this time reaching number 11. In Australia, "Neighbourhood" entered the ARIA top 100 singles chart on 9 February 1997 at number 90. "Neighbourhood" peaked at number 22 in New Zealand in March 1997. "Dark Clouds" was the final single, released on 10 February 1997 and reaching number 14 in the UK charts.

The band insisted on recording original B-sides for the singles, "a practice foreign to many commercially-focused American bands but popular with British groups". In an interview with The Tufts Daily, Parle said: "When we release something, especially off the album, we know people are going to have that track from the album, and just putting that track out with a new mix of it, we think that's a bit of cheating. So what we always do if we're taking a track off the album, we go back in the studio and do two or three B-sides." Numerous unreleased songs, and remixes of songs from the album, were released as the double album Invasion of the Spiders on 3 November 1997.

Reception
A commercial success, spurred on by the success of it's singles, Spiders reached number 5 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry in December 1996 for sales of over 300,000 copies. A strong seller for a year after its release, it spent 54 weeks on the chart. The album also peaked at number 133 in Australia, number 45 in New Zealand in May 1997, and number 35 in Finland. The album was also successful in Asia. The band's best-selling album, Spiders sold an estimated 800,000 copies between 1996 and 1998.

Spiders was also a critical success, with critics praising its unique sound and unusual lyrics. In the United Kingdom, the band received praise from popular music magazines, including Q and Select. The NME rated the album seven out of ten and said "Space are worthy of a superlative that is all too rare in new British pop right now. No, not 'novelty'. Just 'unique'." The reviewer found it unusual for a Northwest band to employ "wit, irony and humour".

The album was also well received by American critics. Todd Martens of the Daily Trojan said that "almost every track on this album contains something worth admiring." Jonathan Dale of the UWO Gazette said that, "regardless of what the interpretation is, Space creates original sounds that, despite the images surrounding it, will always remain witty, whimsical pop that everyone deserves to hear...despite certain phobias."

Later commentary on the album has also been positive. Alex Henderson of AllMusic, in a retrospective review, was largely favourable, calling it "quirky and often highly clever" and "one of the most appealing alternative rock releases of 1996". He praised their "enjoyably twisted sense of humour" and said that, although "the rockers can be overly self-indulgent," Space, "like Frank Zappa and George Clinton, generally use their eccentricity advantageously". The album was highlighted as an "Album Pick" on the website. Writer Colin Larkin rated the album three stars out of five in his 2000 book The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music.

Legacy
The album has been features in critics' lists of the best albums of 1996 and in some cases of all time. At the end of 1996, Select ranked Spiders at number 23 in their list of the best albums of the year. The album also ranked 9th in NME's readers poll of the 10 best albums of 1996. In 1997, the album ranked 77th in Virgin Megastores' "Chart of the Century" poll of the 100 greatest albums of all time. In 1998, the album ranked 551st in the updated version of the book All Time Top 1000 Albums, a list of the greatest albums of all time that was the result of over 200,000 votes cast by informed music lovers and ranked in order. In 2017, Pitchfork ranked Spiders at number 41 in their list of "The 50 Best Britpop Albums".

"Female of the Species" has also featured in critics' lists. Select named it the 6th best single of 1996. It also ranked at number 40 in NME's list of the top 50 singles of 1996, and The Face ranked it at number 9 in their own list of 1996's 50 greatest singles. Les Inrockuptibles also included in their list of 1996's greatest singles, as did Iguana, who ranked it 39th in their top 50 list. It ranked number 75 in the Triple J poll of the best songs of 1997. In 2013, NME ranked it at number 84 in their list of "The 100 Greatest Britpop Songs". The track was chosen by producer Christine Langan after she heard it on The Chart Show.

Having never been re-released, in 2014, NME included Spiders in its list of "30 Glorious Britpop Albums That Deserve a Reissue Pronto," with one reviewer commenting: "Just reel off those beauties – 'Neighbourhood', 'Me and You vs the World', 'Female of the Species' – it's imperative that a new generation of kids hears these songs. A group of rough and ready Scousers with deathless melodies to burn, Space could’ve been the new Beatles if anyone had thought to make that comparison." In 2016, a limited edition picture disc vinyl of the album was made available on Record Store Day, 20 years after its original release. For its 25th anniversary in 2021, the album was once again reissued on yellow-coloured vinyl. Mister Psycho and Growler, two combat robots that were introduced in the sixth series of Robot Wars, took their names after songs from the album.

Touring and aftermath
Space played several prolific festivals in this era, and numerous shows that were well received by British critics. A concert played by the band in Dublin in November 1996 was attended by Universal Records staff and their guests; it was integral in the label singing the band in the United States. After the minor success of Spiders and especially "Female of the Species" in the United States, Space toured the US in mid-1997. However, the tour was marked with numerous problems. The band were constantly under stress, and such was its extent that Griffiths developed an ulcer, Scott lost his voice and Murphy, "still only 21, simply lost it completely and had a spell in psychiatric care being fed anti-depressants and milk," whilst Parle eventually left the band, being replaced by Leon Caffrey soon afterwards. After his cameo on Spiders, David "Yorkie" Palmer joined the band in late 1997 as a bassist, but the death of his mother, popular Liverpudlian singer Gladys Palmer, came as a devastation to the band.

Murphy's personal problems led to him missing some of the band's live shows and television appearances, with manager Mark Cowley often filling in during his absence. It was widely rumoured that he depressingly watched Space perform "Dark Clouds" on BBC's Top of the Pops on television, one of the performances he missed, although in fact he was preoccupied with other things and "actually forgotten the single was even out". Scott was terrified that his singing voice was permanently lost, as the cause with originally unknown; he underwent cancer treatment to make sure, but found out his voice was lost due to stress, and he soon recovered. Murphy also soon recovered and rejoined the band in time for the recording of their second album, Tin Planet.

Personnel

 * Tommy Scott - Bass guitar, vocals
 * Jamie Murphy - Guitar, vocals
 * Franny Griffiths - Keyboards, synthesizers, sonic manipulations
 * Andy Parle - Drums, percussion, loops

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Category:Internet governance

The Internet is not controlled by a single person or body in the way that a corporation or a state might be. Instead, different functions are carried out by different bodies, in a way which is still evolving. This category pulls together articles on the organization of the Internet and on the bodies and groups which have a role in its development and operation.

The use of the word "governance" here probably implies more power than actually exists in these bodies, as they essentially represent just a collection of standards for sharing traffic between networks.

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Talk:Abdurahman Khadr

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As Category:Al-Qaida seems to be reserved for members of al-Qaida, I am inclined to disagree that Abdulrahman Khadr should be listed here. I've therefore removed the category listing. Feel free to argue here for its replacement.

My rationale is as follows: though Khadr trained at an al-Qaida camp, and is by his own admission a member of an 'al-Qaida family', he has never claimed or been shown to have had any fondness for their goals or carried out any activities beyond attending the camp.

I have a feeling that whoever initially created this article did not realize this point (hence the repeated shocked mention in the text of Khadr declaring his family's al-Qaida affiliation on 'national television' and the misinterpretation of what Khadr meant when he said he was the 'black sheep' of the family. --Saforrest 17:42, Sep 28, 2004 (UTC)

 * I agree. The article contains other inaccuracies -- like the assertions that he was born in Bahrain and spent only two years in Canada.  I believe that all six of the Khadr children were born in Canada.  Khadr senior didn't bring his family to Afghanistan until 1995 or 1996. -- Geo Swan 05:24, 2005 Apr 18 (UTC)

 * Yes, this CTV story directly claims Abdurahman Khadr was born in Canada. I've changed the article accordingly. --Saforrest 01:46, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

"Extrajudicial Detention"
The beginning sentence states that he was held in "extrajudicial dentention" in Guantanamo. This seems to be a weasal word, and not NPOV, as it suggests that the U.S. was acting illegally in holding him. Such a position has never been held by any court. None of the U.S. Supreme Court opinions have ever suggested that the act of holding detainees at Guantanamo is illegal, only that there must be some due process protections in place for the detainees. Additionally, even in Wikipedia's article to which this article links the word "extrajudicial" is for extrajudicial punishment, e.g. punishment that is illegal, or separate from existing law. While detaining and holding a person without a warrant issued by a judge may in many cases be illegal, that's not always the case, and taking prisoners in a war does not require a prior judicial authorization, only that there be some basis for the detainee to challegne their dentention. There is no evidence that any U.S. laws were violated by merely taking him into custody and transporting him to Guantanamo.

This needs to be changed to simply reflect that he was detained at Guantanamo, and unless somebody can point to something other than the fact that he was detained at Guantanamo illegally, then I will make the change. JimZDP 21:16, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Detention is either judicial or extrajudicial, that's like saying we shouldn't claim "extraordinary rendition" is an NPOV term. It is, it doesn't say whether it's right or wrong, it's saying what branch the action happened through. Your complaint might as well claim that it's POV to say that soldiers were court-martialled, rather than "arrested", during the Liverpool riot of 1916. They weren't "arrested, tried before the Justice division and found guilty", they were court-martialled. Similarly Khadr was "extrajudicially detained" Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead) 03:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

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Just a note that I'll be getting better, more recent photos - don't go crying "Bias", I'm using every freely-licensed photo I can get my hands on. It's not my fault they tend to be childhood photos. Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead) 01:21, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

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Ars Nova (Japanese band)

Ars Nova is a Japanese progressive rock band. The band members are Keiko Kumagai (keyboards), Shinko "Panky" Shibata (bass guitar), Hazime (drums) and Satoshi Handa (guitar).

Ars Nova's music features a heavy use of keyboards — this was particularly true between 1998 and 2003 when the band had two keyboard players. Common sounds include the ubiquitous Hammond organ, as well as more recent digital sounds. Almost all of their music is instrumental.

The band's musical influences are ELP, Goblin, PFM, Rick Wakeman, Balletto di Bronzo and classical music. Kumagai, the keyboard player, writes all of the band's compositions. She has played on the Ayreon album Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator (2000). For much of its history (until Hazime and more recently Handa joined), the band was all-female, unusual in the world of progressive rock.

Band history
Ars Nova was formed in 1983 by Kyoko Kanazawa (bass guitar), Keiko Tsubata (keyboards) and Yumiko Saito (drums). The band covered bands such as ELP and Trace. In 1986, Tsubata left the band. Keiko Kumagai replaced her and played two gigs with the band before leaving for personal reasons.

In 1991, the band was reformed with Keiko Kumagai on the keyboards. In 1992, the band released Fear and Anxiety. The following year, in 1993, Saito was replaced by Akiko Takahashi on the drums.

In 1994, their second album, Tränsi, was released. It allowed the band to be known outside Japan. In 1995, Ars Nova played a gig for the first time outside Japan, at the Prog Fest '95 festival in Los Angeles, USA.

In 1996, their third album, The Goddess of Darkness, was released and in 1997 they played their first gigs in Europe. Kyoko Kanazawa left the band in October.

In 1998, the album, The Book of the Dead, was released with guest bass guitarist, Ken Ishita (ex-Deja Vu). A world tour began in October with Naomi Miura as a second keyboard player and bass guitar replacement.

Android Domina was released in 2001, with Mika Nakajima as a second keyboard player, followed in 2003 by Biogenesis Project, an album featuring numerous guest musicians, including Masuhiro Goto (Gerard, Ningen-Isu), who became the new drummer of the band, replacing Takahashi. Nakajima also left the band and was replaced by the bass guitarist Shinko Shibata. Satoshi Handa began playing as a guest for live gigs later in the year.

In 2005, drummer Goto left the band and was replaced by Hazime. Handa became a member of the band and played on the next studio album.

On 12 June 2022, the group announced on their website that a new album was in production. These are recordings already made in 1996 by the original trio (Kumagai, Kanazawa, Takahashi) and are complemented by current productions together with the two guest musicians Hitomi Iriyama (violin) and Zoltán Fábián (guitar). Other contributors are: Sayuri Aruga (vocals), Mika Nakajima (keyboard), Satoshi Handa (guitar), Hazime (drums), Akiko Takahashi (percussion). The new album is to be called Morgan 2021.

Discography

 * 1992: Fear and Anxiety
 * 1994: Tränsi
 * 1996: The Goddess of Darkness
 * 1997: The Six Singular Impressions (compilation)
 * 1998: The Book of the Dead (Reu Nu Pert Em Hru)
 * 2001: Android Domina
 * 2001: Lacrimaria (recorded 1992, released 2001)
 * 2003: Biogenesis Project
 * 2005: Chrysalis - Force for the Fourth
 * 2009: Seventh Hell
 * 2011: Official Bootleg Live Female Trio 1996-2010 (Live)
 * 2011: Divine Night (Live 2010)

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Spaceliner

Spaceliner may refer to:
 * SpaceLiner, a suborbital spaceplane developed by DLR
 * Mitsubishi Space Liner car
 * Spacecraft in general
 * Starship analogs of oceanliners or airliners
 * Intercontinental Earth-to-Earth spaceflight that enters outer space on the journey, such as is proposed for the SpaceX BFR spaceship

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Talk:Offshore Industry Liaison Committee

What they probably haven't noticed is that after the first couple of years of the OILC's existence, we haven't been asking to enter."

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1. We who? Wikipedia is not for first person narratives. 2. Why haven't you (they) been asking to enter?

"after a series of criminally irresponsible decisions" Was someone actually convicted of something or is this just hyperbole?

Please fix this article. Thanks.

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 * Ronnie McDonald. Not Ronald. Bit of a difference me thinks.

--Jerzy•t 07:43, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Actually, not at all clear that he doesn't use "Ronald" in other contexts. See Ronald MacDonald (economist) & its ext lks, e.g. his Strathclyde photo (which i can't display) is labelled using "Ronnie".

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Antonov An-3

The Antonov An-3 is a Soviet (later Ukrainian and Russian) civil multipurpose and agricultural aircraft. It is essentially a turboprop-powered development of the An-2, designed to upgrade or replace it. The basic transport version (An-3T) is supplemented by a cargo/passenger version (An-3TK), an agricultural version (An-3SH), a forest fire-fighting version (An-3P), as well as an ambulance version. It is designed to carry passengers and cargo, operating from paved or unpaved airfields, including snow covered surfaces up to 35 cm deep (using a ski landing gear).

Upgrading
The upgrading consisted of replacement of the piston engine with a 1375 shp TVD-20 turboprop engine, featuring a three-blade reversible pitch (type AV-17) propeller and a R-17 speed governor. The flight compartment was rearranged; a heating and ventilation system was installed as well as advanced electric and flight and navigation equipment; centralized warning system; a new fire extinguishing system; and an improvement of the external wide-spreading dispensing equipment for agricultural needs. The upgrades allowed the aircraft to be more reliable and to increase the cargo lifting capacity of the aircraft by 20%, as well as ensuring more comfortable conditions for the crew, including the lowering of the noise and vibration inside the cockpit. The rate of climb was increased by 1.9 times, and the take-off and landing performance of the aircraft was increased. The upgrading allowed the use of kerosene and lubricants commonly used for other aircraft instead of gasoline. The take-off weight and payload was also increased and the upgrade allowed the landing performance to use ground strips 500 m long. The upgrading was arranged at both the "Polyot" Production Association in Omsk, Russian Federation, and at Antonov ASTC, Kyiv, Ukraine.

The first example flew as early as May 13, 1980, but because of a lack of official interest in the project, work proceeded very slowly. Flight testing was not complete until 1991. It is one of the few turbine-powered biplane designs to date. The An-3T received its Type Certificate on 31 August 2000. Supplements to the Type Certificate included version with ski landing gear and an agricultural version.

Variants
The project was revitalised in the late 1990s when it was taken over by Polyot State Aerospace Enterprise, and a marketing campaign began in earnest in 2000, although sales have been limited. It is available in four forms, the basic transport version (An-3T), the convertible cargo/passenger able to carry 12 passengers or 1800 kg of cargo (An-3TK)k the agricultural aircraft (An-3SH—"Selsko-Khosiajstwenni") and the fire-fighting version (An-3P).

Another attempt to replace the An-2 on Soviet farms was made in the 1970s with the WSK-Mielec M-15 Belphegor, but it failed.

From 2007, the "Polyot" Production Association started to upgrade the first ten An-2s of the Russian Airborne Troops to An-3T-10 standard. The overall requirement is estimated at approximately 200 aircraft.

Specifications (An-3T)

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Ruth Buzzi

Ruth Ann Buzzi (born July 24, 1936) is a retired American actress and comedian. She has appeared on stage, in films, and on television. She is best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received five Emmy nominations.

Early life
Buzzi was born at Westerly Hospital, Westerly, Rhode Island, the daughter of Rena Pauline and Angelo Peter Buzzi, a nationally recognized stone sculptor. Her father, who came from a Swiss family, immigrated from Arzo, Switzerland in 1923. She was raised in the village of Wequetequock in the town of Stonington, Connecticut, in a rock house overlooking the ocean at Wequetequock Cove, where her father owned Buzzi Memorials, a business that her older brother Harold operated until his retirement in 2013.

Buzzi attended Stonington High School, where she was head cheerleader. At 17, she enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theatre Arts, from which she graduated with honors in June 1957.

Early successes
Before graduation from college, Buzzi was already a working actress with a union card in musical and comedy revues. Her first job in show business was at 19, traveling with singer Rudy Vallee in a live musical and comedy act during her summer break from college; it allowed her to graduate with an Actors' Equity Association union card. She moved to New York City after graduation and was hired immediately for a lead role in an off-Broadway musical revue, the first of 19 in which she performed around the East Coast. She worked alongside other young performers just beginning their careers at the time, including Barbra Streisand, Joan Rivers, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters, and Carol Burnett. She performed in New York musical variety shows, and she made numerous television commercials, some of which won national awards including the Clio Award.

Her first national recognition on television came on The Garry Moore Show in 1964, just after Carol Burnett was replaced by Dorothy Loudon on the series. She performed as "Shakundala the Silent", a bumbling magician's assistant to her comedy partner Dom DeLuise, who played "Dominic the Great". Buzzi was a member of the regular repertory company on the CBS variety show The Entertainers (1964–65). In 1966–67, she appeared in Sweet Charity with Bob Fosse's wife Gwen Verdon in the original cast. She had several small roles, including "the Singing Fairy".

On Laugh-In and related work
In 1967, Buzzi appeared in all eight episodes of The Steve Allen Comedy Hour, a variety series starring Steve Allen. Her character parts in the Allen sketches led her to be cast for NBC's new show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. She was the only featured player to appear in every episode of Laugh-In including the pilot for the show and the Laugh-In television special. Among her recurring characters on Laugh-In were Flicker Farkle, youngest of the Farkle family; Busy-Buzzi, a Hedda Hopper-type Hollywood gossip columnist; Doris Swizzler, a cocktail-lounge habituée who always got smashed with husband Leonard (Dick Martin); and one of the Burbank Airlines Stewardesses, inconsiderate flight attendants.

Her most famous character was "spinster" Gladys Ormphby, clad in drab brown with her bun hairdo covered by a visible hairnet knotted in the middle of her forehead. Buzzi first used this look when she played Agnes Gooch in a school production of Auntie Mame. In most sketches, she used her purse as a weapon, with which she would flail away vigorously at anyone who incurred her wrath. She most often was the unwilling object of the advances of Arte Johnson's "dirty old man" character Tyrone F. Horneigh. NBC collectively called these two characters The Nitwits when they went to animation in the mid-1970s as part of the series Baggy Pants and the Nitwits. Buzzi and Johnson both voiced their respective roles in the cartoon.

Buzzi was featured as Gladys in many of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts from the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, ranting about notable roastees including Muhammad Ali, Frank Sinatra, and Lucille Ball. In each case, Gladys pugnaciously attacked the honoree with her purse, and she would also hit Martin when he made disparaging remarks about her looks and her romantic prospects.

Continued success on television
Buzzi was featured as a semi-regular on the comedy That Girl as Marlo Thomas's friend Margie "Pete" Peterson. She starred with Jim Nabors as the time-traveling androids Fi and Fum in The Lost Saucer produced by Sid and Marty Krofft which aired from September 11, 1975, until September 2, 1976 (16 episodes).

In 1979, she co-starred on the Canadian kid's comedy show You Can't Do That on Television (also known as Whatever Turns You On).

Buzzi also guest-starred as Chloe, the wife of phone company worker Henry Beesmeyer (Marvin Kaplan) on Alice in 1981. She was also a guest star on Down to Earth in 1985. Dean Martin's producer Greg Garrison hired her for his comedy specials starring Dom DeLuise. She recorded the single "You Oughta Hear The Song" in 1977 which reached number 90 on Billboard's national Country Music chart; Buzzi joked in 2022 in hindsight: "Here's a medley of my hit song: I'd like to thank the millions and millions of you who didn't buy a copy.  I got to spend quality time at home in '78 instead of standing in front of all those aggravating audiences."

Buzzi was a guest star on many television series, including Donny & Marie, The Flip Wilson Show, The Dean Martin Music and Comedy Hour, the Dean Martin Roasts, The Carol Burnett Show, Tony Orlando and Dawn, The Monkees, Emergency!, and variety series hosted by Leslie Uggams and by Glen Campbell. She also appeared occasionally on game shows and was a celebrity judge on The Gong Show. She appeared in Lucille Ball's last comedy Life with Lucy as Mrs. Wilcox in the episode "Lucy Makes a Hit with John Ritter". She appeared eight times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and has made more than 200 other television guest appearances.

Buzzi voiced the character Nose Marie in the Hanna-Barbera animated series Pound Puppies (1986). She also voiced Mama Bear in Berenstain Bears (1985) and performed hundreds of guest voices for many other cartoon series, including The Smurfs, The Angry Beavers, and Mo Willems' Sheep in the Big City.

She joined the cast of Sesame Street in 1993 as shopkeeper, Ruthie, as part of the Around the Corner set expansion. Ruthie ran Finders Keepers, which sold items previously owned by fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters. After the set was removed in 1999 she continued to appear on the show in inserts, usually in costume as other characters. She also voiced Suzie Kabloozie and her pet cat, Feff in animated inserts that were shown on the show from 1994 to 2008. She reprised her role as Ruthie in Sesame Street Stays Up Late, Sesame Street's All Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever and Elmopalooza as well as the direct-to-video production, The Best of Elmo and the feature film The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland.

Buzzi performed in numerous national television commercials, most notably for Clorox 2, Clairol, Ban roll-on deodorant, and Santa Anita Park, and she voiced Granny Goodwitch in television commercials for Sugar Crisp cereal. She originated the Goodwitch character in the animated TV series Linus the Lionhearted (1964–65).

Buzzi appeared in the "Weird Al" Yankovic video "Gump" and similarly appeared in other music videos with the B-52's and the Presidents of the United States of America. She appeared on Saved by the Bell, The Muppet Show, two episodes of You Can't Do That on Television in 1979 (as well as the entire run of the You Can't Do That On Television's spinoff Whatever Turns You On), and numerous other television shows. She played the role of the eccentric Nurse Kravitz on NBC's daytime soap opera Passions. In 2006 and 2007, she made guest appearances on the children's TV series Come on Over.

Buzzi had a successful nightclub act across the United States, including at Las Vegas's Sahara and at the MGM Grand hotels. She performed the act for one year. Her shows all sold out and she was reportedly offered an extended stay but declined.

She had featured roles in more than 20 films, including Chu Chu and the Philly Flash, Freaky Friday, The North Avenue Irregulars, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, The Villain, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, and a number of westerns for the European market known as the Lucky Luke series in which she plays the mother of the Dalton Gang.

In 2021, she announced on her social media account that she officially retired from acting.

Personal life and health
Buzzi is a charter member of the Pasadena Playhouse Alumni Association. She paints as a hobby; she has never offered her oil paintings for sale to the public, but has donated original works to charity, where they have sold in excess of $6,000.

Buzzi supports numerous children's charities, including Make a Wish Foundation, Special Olympics, the Thalians, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, and she is a children's art summer camp sponsor through Dallas Museum of Biblical Art. She is active in fund raising for the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch in Medina, Texas and other animal causes.

Buzzi lives with her husband, actor Kent Perkins, on a 600 acre cattle and horse ranch near Stephenville, Texas. The couple are avid automobile collectors. Their collection focuses on post-war English vehicles, including Bentley, Rolls-Royce, and Jaguar, although it also includes several American convertibles and muscle cars. Some of her vehicles have been in television commercials and featured in parades, and her blue Bentley convertible was featured on the cover of Vogue with Jessica Simpson behind the wheel. Some of their cars have been donated or lent to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California including a red, fuel-injected 1957 Chevrolet convertible that was exhibited from 1993 to 2011 as part of the display honoring the cars of Steve McQueen. Buzzi's 1960 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud drophead coupe convertible was on display for the "Century of Elegance" exhibit.

Buzzi has been named in numerous songs, including House of Pain's "I'm A Swing It", The Bled's "Ruth Buzzi Better Watch Her Back", and the Loretta Lynn/Conway Twitty duet "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly".

In July 2022, it was reported that Buzzi had suffered a series of strokes and was improving.

Awards

 * Five Emmy Award nominations and won the Golden Globe Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1973 for her work on Laugh-In
 * On November 22, 2014, Women in Film (Dallas, Texas chapter) awarded Buzzi their highest achievement honor, the Topaz Award, at their annual gala.
 * She was inducted in 2002 into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame, which bestowed the honor to the producers, director and entire cast of Laugh-In
 * In 1971 she was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame.
 * Lifetime Achievement Award by the Pasadena Playhouse of the Performing Arts
 * Clio Award for Best Spokesperson in a television commercial for her series of Clorox-2 commercials, and was among the first of only a few Caucasian women to ever win an NAACP Image Award
 * Buzzi was named a "Distinguished Woman of Northwood" by the Board of Regents of Northwood University in 2008

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Arnau de Palomar

Arnau de Palomar was the first lord of Riudoms, in Southern Catalonia near the current city of Reus. The lordship of Riudoms was granted to Arnau de Palomar 24 January 1150 by the lord of the City and Land of Tarragona, Robert Bordet (known as Robert d'Aguiló).

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Suburban Rock 'n' Roll

Suburban Rock 'n' Roll is the third studio album (though fourth recorded, counting the then-unreleased Love You More than Football) by Space, released on 8 March 2004. It is their first proper album release since 1998's Tin Planet. The tracks "Zombies", "Suburban Rock 'N' Roll" and "20 Million Miles from Earth" were released as singles, all of them failing to reach top 40.

For this album Space sought to diverge from the polished, commercial-friendly sound that inhabited Tin Planet and Love You More than Football, to a style more reminiscent of their debut Spiders. Tommy Scott's lyrical themes also shifted in direction, moving away from the character-driven lyrics of old to more personal reflections, with songs dealing with death, living in suburbia, crime and surveillance. The band also reunited with Spiders' producer Stephen Lironi, who is credited as songwriter of a few tracks. Suburban Rock 'N' Roll is the first Space album with no techno/electronic instrumentals from Franny Griffiths, as the band wanted the album to be more song-oriented.

Background
After touring and promotional commitments of their second album Tin Planet concluded in late 1998, Space returned to the studio to commence work on their third album, tentatively titled Love You More than Football. However, Gut Records objected to Edwyn Collins being chosen as producer, and forced the band to rework the material several times, delaying its release for over two years. A taster single from the album, "Diary of a Wimp", was released, but was poorly received by critics and peaked outside the top 40, the band's first single to do so since "Neighbourhood".

The long hiatus between albums and lack of substantial material began affecting the band's ability to play live, as former guitarist/vocalist Jamie Murphy recalls: "When it was 3rd album time, I think we’d been away from it all for about a year and we had a tour while we had nothing out. We were doing 2000 capacity venues and there’d only be 400 people there. So we were going onstage every night going, "What the fuck’s going on here? What have we done wrong?”.

Eventually, the album were scrapped in July 2001. By that time, the band had terminated their contract with Gut, which according to frontman Tommy Scott, was due to creative differences rather than financial issues: "It took us a year to get out of it. One of the problems we had in the past was that we felt we were being pushed in the wrong direction – like they were trying to turn us into The Beautiful South or something, when in fact we never wanted that at all, we just wanted to be a cult band". Meanwhile, Jamie Murphy, who was growing estranged from the others, was dismissed from the line-up. According to Murphy, because tensions were running high at the time, the exchange was never made face-to-face between his bandmates, and was informed only by the management that he was out of the group. Love You More than Football now primarily exists as a bootleg, courtesy of a promotional CD-R which circulated around May 2000.

As a result, Space, now reduced to a four-piece and out of a record label, retreated to the studio for a couple of years, sporadically releasing several songs as MP3s free of charge to download through their website, becoming one of the first major groups to do so. These tracks showcased a more experimental side to the band, and were eventually collated as the Music for Aliens EP.

Recording
The recording sessions for Suburban Rock 'n' Roll took place between June and July 2002 at Highfield Street Studios in Liverpool. Stephen Lironi, who had previously worked with the band on their debut album Spiders, was brought on as producer, as well as contributing additional guitar and keyboard parts, with Gerald "Ged" Lynch providing percussion. In comparison to the fraught Love You More than Football sessions, the band found the experience "cleansing" and recording with Lironi productive. As the band were still unsigned at the time of recording, they were excited to just be writing songs without any constraints or outside pressure from record labels. According to Tommy Scott, up to 40 song ideas were brought to the studio, before the group eventually settled on a concise, eleven song track listing. As is tradition, out-takes from the sessions would later end up as B-sides or Music for Aliens tracks. Doug Trantow engineered and mixed the album, and the final mix was mastered by Alan Yoshida at Ocean Way Studios in Hollywood.

Lyrics

In a webcast interview in 2003, Bassist David "Yorkie" Palmer elaborated on the concept of Suburban Rock 'n' Roll: "The album basically deals with the subject of surveillance and a certain loss of freedom in modern society. On different levels from like the tiny sort of restrictive signs you see everywhere like you know: no ball games, no trespassing, no dogs, no cycling, clean it up to more oppressive things on a larger scale such as cameras in the back of police vans, helicopters with cameras in. Generally the whole idea that even though you may think you live in the most idyllic place every place comes with its own restrictions that prohibit you doing certain things and we just found it interesting because it seems to be an unnameable group of people who put these restrictions into place, it doesn't seem to be by general consensus." Some of the lyrics deal with Tommy Scott's feelings of raising a family in suburbia, and how it parallels with having grown up on a council estate plagued by high levels of crime and unemployment (as previously discussed in the song "Neighbourhood"), as well as his opinions and experiences in the music industry.

Scott singled out the album's lead single "Zombies", a self-described "electro-punk" song, as a key example of the record's themes: "Basically, it's our little dig against the voyeuristic society that we all seem to be trapped in at the moment: Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, Popstars, even Coronation Street, EastEnders, etc. People seem to forget that they have their own lives to lead. We've all become a bit numb to real experience."

Sound
Whilst recording Suburban Rock 'N' Roll, the band made a conscious decision not to repeat the sound of their last two albums, and set out to explore more experimental methods, with a greater emphasis on sampling. Jamie Murphy's departure affected the direction of the music, as Yorkie noted: "Some of the tracks have no noticeable guitar whereas you know Jamie being a proper sort of guitar hero type person wouldn't allow that, it would, if there was a space there for guitar there would be guitar. So it's a little bit sparser, maybe a little bit more disciplined the sound and its allowed I think texture wise like the keyboards and other things that we use like the samples to come through a bit more." The band credited the New York synth punk duo Suicide as a big influence on the album, and would often listen to their debut album on their way to the studio, inspiring the track "Pretty Suicide".

Keyboardist Franny Griffiths defended the album's lack of dance tracks, which had been somewhat of a tradition on previous Space releases: "For me it's better. People might say why's there no dance tracks or maybe there's no Yorkie tracks, but I think when you listen back to it you'll see why them things aren't on it because its more consistent, even though it's all our different ideas, it's at a better blend, it runs better and you can listen to each track after each other no problem. You're not jumping from one track to another, you want to actually listen to it from start to finish."

Release and aftermath
Suburban Rock 'N' Roll was released in March 2004. The band had initially proposed for it to be released through producer Stephen Lironi's label Mutant, who had already released the album's lead single "Zombies" in November 2002 almost 18 months earlier. However, the label began to experience financial problems, so at the end of 2003, the band eventually signed a deal with RandM Records, a label formed by veteran music industry executives Mike Andrews and Roy Eldridge from within the Chrysalis Group.

The band also ran into problems having the album artwork approved. The original sleeve was intended to depict a suburban household from the point of view of a sniper's target, but the band had lost the rights to use the original photograph. Instead, a series of collages designed by Tommy Scott was used as the artwork for the album and its accompanying singles. The eyes on the cover are lifted from a promotional photo of actor Conrad Veidt from the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, which Scott has referred to as his favourite film.

Three singles were issued from Suburban Rock 'n' Roll: "Zombies", "Suburban Rock 'n' Roll" and "20 Million Miles from Earth". "Suburban Rock 'n' Roll" was the only single that managed to chart, peaking at a lukewarm #67 in the UK, and the only one to receive an official music video, although an animated clip for "20 Million Miles from Earth" was released on the band's website. The album itself failed to chart altogether, and was met with a mixed reception from the press.

At the time of the album's release, Space had already set to work on a follow-up entitled Flies, and had premiered several of its songs at gigs in 2004. However, after the band decided to call it a day in 2005, the album never materialised, though a provisional tracklisting appeared on their website.

Personnel
Space:
 * Tommy Scott – lead vocals, guitar
 * Franny Griffiths – keyboards, electronics, backing vocals
 * Dave "Yorkie" Palmer – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
 * Leon Caffrey – drums

Additional Musicians:
 * Stephen Lironi – additional guitar, keyboards
 * Ged Lynch – percussion

Production:
 * Stephen Lironi – producer
 * Doug Trantow – engineering & mixing
 * Jack Jelfs – assistance
 * Alan Yoshida – mastering
 * Mark Cowley @ HUG Management – management
 * Tommy Scott – original artwork
 * Dave "Yorkie" Palmer – layout & design
 * Roy Elridge & Mike Andrews @ RandM – record label

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Talk:Defeatism

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I am not sure if anybody is going to read this, but let me ask anyway. Would it be ok for me to list people that were called defeatist at some point? Or would it be too politicized? --Dejan Cabrilo 17:48, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, but how will they be chosen? Defeatists called such by the media, or from another source?
 * Well, I don't know. E.g. Daniil Kharms was sentenced for being a defeatist. Some are calling Sharon a defeatist. I mean, media can call anyone a defeatist, so if we are listing names, let's just use examples of people who were proclaimed to be defeatists with some consequence following. --Dejan Cabrilo 00:48, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * What about Jesus?--Amir E. Aharoni 15:36, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Making an actual list or naming notable people who have been dubbed, categorized, or is "known" for being defeatists, would be extremely political and non-neutral. Jonas Vinther (talk) 17:13, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Why Nazi generals were accused of 'defeatism' in 1945
I think the article does not do enough to explain why Hitler prosecuted his generals in the final year of World War Two. I tried to add the simple explanation "for pointing out the truth that Nazi Germany was losing to the Allies." however it has been removed by two editors   who feel this factual wording is "original research". This basically is accusing me of making up information myself, which is not the case. I am giving those two editors a  chance to  explain their rationale and motivation here in discussion. KZebegna (talk) 14:35, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

 * Original research means something closer to "the statement cannot be sourced" instead of "it is made up". I reverted your edit because it was not supported by a reliable source, and it is not an undisputed fact. If you can verify the truth of your statement (using a reliable source), I will leave you be. Thank you! JJP...MASTER!...MASTER!!! master of puppets, i'm pulling your strings (0-3-5)[talk about or to] JJP... master? master? where's the dreams that i've been after (0-3-6-5) 15:26, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

 * Of course it can easily be sourced, because it would be much harder to find anywhere a detailed discussion of Hitler's use of "defeatism" giving any other explanation for it. That's  why I could not believe  anyone would call this "original research". KZebegna (talk) 15:32, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

 * Please provide a source then. JJP...MASTER!...MASTER!!! master of puppets, i'm pulling your strings (0-3-5)[talk about or to] JJP... master? master? where's the dreams that i've been after (0-3-6-5) 15:58, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

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Pilita Corrales

Pilar Garrido Corrales (born August 22, 1939) is a Filipino pop singer, songwriter, actress, comedian and television presenter. She is best-known for her distinctive backbend when singing and is popularly referred to as the "Asia's Queen of Songs" for her vocal style and longevity.

Hailed as the "Greatest singer in the Philippines" by the media and critics, Corrales has already recorded 135 albums throughout her six-decade career. Her recordings have mainly been in English and Filipino, while on occasion she records songs in Spanish and Cebuano. Her success would later extend to film and television, where her show An Evening with Pilita is considered as one of the standards in Philippine broadcasting history. She is a recipient of the prestigious 'Lifetime Achievement Award' by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) for introducing Filipino musical artistry to a global audience.

Lauded for her sweet voice and iconic singing style, Corrales was one of the first superstars in Philippines and became one of the first female artists to reach the top of the Australian pop charts. In 1963, her single "A Million Thanks to You" became one of the few songs by local artists to reach number one on the Philippine chart in the 1960s. She was also the first Filipino to win an international music festival at the first Tokyo Music Festival in 1972. She is recognized as one of the 'Great Dames of Victorian Radio and Television' and has a street named after her in Melbourne, Australia. She was also honored with an honorary Doctorate in Music degree by the University of Visayas for her contribution to the Philippine music industry. In a career spanning over six decades, Corrales has released a string of signature hits including "Kapantay ay Langit" and "A Million Thanks to You", which have since become standards.

Early life
Pilar Garrido Corrales was born on August 22, 1937, at Lahug, Cebu City, to José Corrales and María Garrido. Her cousin, Annie Corrales, was Miss Philippines in 1957 and married the businessman Eddie Woolbright. After finishing her studies at Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepción in Cebu, she went to a finishing school (charm school) in Spain at the Colegio Mayor de Padre Poveda.

Career
In 1957, Corrales began her recording career after arriving in Australia for a brief period. She became a star of the Victoria Television circuit and her first hit, "Come Closer to Me", became part of a collection on which she is billed as one of the "Grand Dames of Victorian Radio and Television". She also recorded at least three LPs in the late 1950s and early 1960s: Pilita with Arthur Young: Pilita Tells the Story of Love, I'll Take Romance and This Is Pilita under Astor Records. Being one of the pioneers of Australia's early television years, a street was named after her in Victoria. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) featured Corrales and several pioneering female artists in Australia in the 2nd episode of the highly acclaimed TV special, Love is in the Air. Corrales returned to Manila in 1963 to pursue a career in the Philippine music industry. Her Philippine career began when she hosted a radio program La Taverna over DZPI where she sang Spanish songs and played the guitar. She performed regularly in stage shows at the Manila Grand Opera House. She also appeared in movies, most of them musicals. Her film debut was a lead role in the 1968 film Miss Wawaw and was followed by 11 films for the next two years. Corrales later recorded songs in Spanish in the early 1960s as well as songs in English, Tagalog and Cebuano during the 1970s under Vicor Music Corporation.

Corrales frequently performed for Seeing Stars with Joe Quirino on IBC-Channel 13 after the martial law years where she demonstrated her range as a gifted performer of Spanish, English, Cebuano and Tagalog music. Aquarius Record Philippines produced a compilation of Pilita's Spanish songs on CDs like Noche de Ronda, Vaya Con Dios. Her signature song A Million Thanks to You by Alice Doria-Gamilla was translated into seven languages. She eventually recorded songs composed by Filipino composers like Danny Holmsen, George Canseco, Willy Cruz, Ryan Cayabyab and several others. Under Vicor Records, Corrales interpreted numerous Filipino classics and introduced them to younger audiences. Corrales first met Canseco in Your Evening with Pilita (aired on pre-Martial Law ABS-CBN) as a guest in the composers' portion of the show". For the show Canseco brought with him You're All I Love. Canseco later wrote Filipino lyrics for the song, which became Kapantay ay Langit, the first song Canseco sold to a record label in 1966. The song was first recorded by Amapola aka Maria Cabase for the movie theme of Kapantay ay Langit starring Marlene Dauden and Eddie Rodríguez. The song won for George Canseco and Amapola the Manila Film Festival award for best song of the year. The song did not fare well commercially, because Amapola had left (for her U.S. concert tours) and the song was not promoted properly, according to Canseco during an interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer. But when Corrales revived the song, it turned into a classic and defied trends and time. "The song," Corrales said, "was included in my album Philippine Love Songs Vol. 1, which was released in the early 1970s."

Through the personal invitation of Sammy Davis Jr., Corrales became the first Filipino to sing in Caesars Palace. In her concert in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas during the late '70s, Corrales sang Spanish, English, Cebuano and Tagalog songs, all conducted and arranged by Ryan Cayabyab. After receiving a 1965 Philippine Citizen's Award for TV as Best TV Female Performer, Corrales went on to receive Cecil, Aliw, Tinig and Awit and several other awards for her performances and lifetime achievement. In 1990, she received a Merit Award from the FAMAS Awards. In 1991, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) for bringing Filipino musical artistry to an international audience. She was the first Filipino to win at an international music festival by bagging the Best Performer Award during the 1st Tokyo Music Festival (1972) where she bested numerous international artists, including Olivia Newton-John. She operates a restaurant bar in Greenhills named Pilita's. In 2006, Corrales was selected by Associated Broadcasting Company (ABC Channel 5, now TV5, formerly The 5 Network) and FremantleMedia to be one of the celebrity judges for the first-ever nationwide search for the Philippine Idol together with composer Ryan Cayabyab and rapper Francis Magalona. She was a judge in the first Asian Idol held in Indonesia, representing Philippine Idol.

Personal life
Corrales has two children, Jackielou Blanco and Ramon Christopher Gutierrez. Her children are also well-known celebrities in the Philippine film industry. Corrales was married in 1963 to the Spanish executive businessman Gonzalo Blanco and separated while her daughter was still a child. Gonzalo died in 1981.

Corrales gave birth to her second child, Ramón Christopher Gutierrez, in 1971, known to be the father of Janine Gutierrez. Ramón Christopher's father is Filipino actor Eddie Gutierrez. Corrales also has an adopted son, VJ. On May 22, 2001, Corrales married Paraguayan/Australian businessman Carlos López.

Australia

 * Come Closer to Me
 * Pilita with Arthur Young: I'll Take Romance
 * This Is Pilita
 * Pilita Tells the Story of Love

Philippines (including albums released internationally)

 * Pilita, Live at the Riviera (recorded in Hong Kong in 1976)
 * Pilita, Live at the Riviera Vol. 2 (recorded in Hong Kong in 1976)
 * Pilita, Live at the Riviera Vol. 3 (recorded in Hong Kong in 1977)
 * Pilita, Now
 * Pilita Sings
 * Para Ti Mama
 * Love
 * Pilita in Motion
 * Pilita Corrales: Greatest Hits
 * Pilita: Greatest Hits Vol. 2
 * Matud Nila (Cebuano)
 * Philippine Love Songs
 * Philippine Love Songs Vol. 2
 * Kapantay Ay Langit
 * A Song for You
 * Sampaguita
 * Best of Philippine Pop Songs
 * Sa Tanang Panahon (mostly Cebuano versions of Tagalog songs)
 * Minamahal, Sinasamba
 * Oh La La! (1971)
 * For Love's Sake Only (1971)
 * Pilita in Tokyo (1972)
 * Filipiniana (1972)
 * Pilita: The Queen of Songs (Ang Mutya ng Awit)
 * Pilita, Christmas Special
 * Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan?
 * The Best of Philippine Music
 * Salakot
 * Pagsapit ng Pasko
 * Araw-araw, Gabi-gabi
 * Pilita: Visayan Love Songs Vol. 1 (Cebuano)
 * Pilita Sings George (If I Had My Life to Live Again)
 * Pilita: Great Songs from Filipino Movies
 * Sa Aking Pag-iisa
 * Walang Pagmamaliw
 * Pilita Sings...Love Themes from Viva Films
 * Pilita y Amado en Español
 * Pilita Y Amado en Español, Vol. 2
 * Pilita Goes Pop (OctoArts now PolyEast Records, 1990)
 * Ang Nag-iisang si Pilita (Viva Records, 1994)
 * Together at Last (with Elmo Makuil) (Quantum Music Corporation, 1996)
 * When My Eyes Are Filled with Tears (Dyna Records)
 * The Best of Love Duets (Viva Collection Forever) (Viva Records, 1998)
 * Pilita Corrales Sings Visayan Songs (Cebuano) (Villar)
 * If You Go Away
 * Hoy
 * Pilita y los mensajeros del Paraguay
 * Viajar ("Travel")
 * Abrázame ("Embrace Me")
 * Yukbo sa Bisayanhong Awit (Cebuano and Ilonggo duet album with Susan Fuentes)
 * A Million Thanks to You

Recorded songs

 * "A Million Thanks to You" (1963)
 * Ako Raw Ay Makasalanan
 * Ampingan Mo ba
 * Ang Dalaga Noon at Ngayon
 * Ang Diwa ng Pasko
 * Ang Kawayan
 * Ang Pag-ibig
 * Ang Pag-ibig ay Mahiwaga
 * Ang Pipit (true)
 * Ang Tangi Kong Pag-ibig
 * Apat na Dahilan
 * Awit ng Labandera
 * Awit ng Mananahi
 * Ay Pag-ibig
 * Ay, Ay, Ay Pag-ibig
 * Ayaw nang Magmahal
 * Bakas ng Lumipas
 * Bakasin Mo sa Gunita
 * Bakit Kita Inibig
 * Balud sa Kalimot
 * Balut
 * Baryo Fiesta
 * Basta't Magkasama Tayo
 * Basta't Mahal Kita
 * Bisan sa Damgo Lang
 * Buhat
 * Bulak Akong Bukidnon
 * Cariñosa
 * Come Close and Love Me
 * Dahil sa Isang Bulaklak
 * Dahil sa Iyo
 * Dalagang Pilipina
 * Dalagang Pilipinhon
 * Dalawang Filipina
 * Di Ko Kasalanan
 * Di na Iibig
 * Dili na Mausab
 * Gipangita Ko Ikaw
 * Goodbye
 * Had I Known It
 * Hanggang Langit Mahal Kita
 * Hinahanap Kita
 * Hinugpong nga Mga Awit
 * Hiwaga ng Pag-ibig
 * Huling Halakhak
 * Ibong Kakanta-kanta
 * If I Had My Life to Live Again
 * Iibigin Ka
 * Ikaw ang Mahal Ko
 * Ikaw Na Lamang
 * Iniibig Kita
 * Ipagdarasal Kita
 * Irog Ako ay Mahalin
 * Isumbong Ko Ikaw sa Langit
 * Iyong-iyo Kailan pa Man
 * Kahit Sino Ka Man
 * Kamingaw Gayud
 * Kapantay ay Langit (Original by Amapola in 1970; later covered in 1972; Sharon Cuneta for the film of the same title in 1994 with her co-star Richard Gomez; Re-recorded feat. King of Soul Janno Gibbs in Janno's 2002 Album by VIVA Records).
 * Kataka-taka
 * Katulog na Inday
 * Kay Hirap ng Umibig
 * Kay Langit Ko ang Gugma Mo
 * Kung Batid Mo Lamang
 * Kung Kita'y Kapiling
 * Kung Nagsasayaw Kita
 * Lahat ng Araw
 * Lahat ng Gabi Bawat Araw
 * Lahat ng Oras
 * Lamok
 * Landas sa Pag-ibig
 * Larawan ng Pag-ibig
 * Let's Forget The Time
 * Lihim na Damdamin
 * Lonely Nights
 * Luluha Ka Rin
 * Maalaala Mo Kaya
 * Magandang Gabi Po
 * Mahal Kita Hanggang Langit
 * Mahal Mo Ba Ako?
 * Mahiwaga
 * Mamang Tsuper
 * Mangga
 * Mano Po Ninong
 * Matagal na Rin
 * Matud Nila (Visayan)
 * May Ibong Kakanta Kanta
 * Minamahal Kita
 * Minamahal Ko Siya
 * Minsan Ay Nakasama Kita
 * Nahigwa-os
 * No Puede Ser (Spanish Version of "Minamahal Kita")
 * O Maliwanag na Buwan
 * Paano
 * Pag-ibig Ikaw ang Dahilan
 * Pagka't Kapiling Ka
 * Pagkadali
 * Pasko sa Nayon
 * Patatawarin Kita
 * Pilipinas
 * Pobreng Alindahaw
 * Porbida
 * Puto Kutsinta
 * Rosas Pandan
 * Sa Araw ng Pasko (Ikaw Lang ang Siyang Kailangan)
 * Sa Bawat Sandali
 * Sa Libis ng Nayon
 * Saan Ka Man Naroroon
 * Salakot
 * Salamat sa Alaala
 * Sampaguita

 * Sana Kahit Minsan (original by Ariel Rivera)
 * Sapagkat Ikaw ay Akin
 * Sapagkat Kami ay Tao lamang (Because We Are Only Human)
 * Sapagkat Malapit na
 * Sayaw sa Ilaw
 * Sayo sa Kabuntagon
 * Sinumpa Ko sa Diyos
 * Sumpang Walang Hanggan
 * Tama Na
 * The Shadow of Your Smile [Live in Toronto]
 * Titibok-Tibok
 * Together
 * Together at Last (duet with Elmo Makil)
 * Tugoti Kami
 * Tunay na Tunay
 * Ulilang Puso
 * Walang Kapantay
 * When Eyes Are Filled with Tears
 * Yesterday I Heard the Rain
 * Noche de Ronda
 * Vaya con Dios (Farewell)
 * Historia de un amor (Story of a Love)
 * Abrázame (Embrace Me)
 * Obsesión
 * Gracias amigo (Thanks my Friend)
 * Solamente una vez (Just Once)
 * Espérame en el cielo (Wait for Me in Heaven)
 * La foto (The Picture)
 * Hasta el fin de mi existir (Til the End of My Existence)
 * Con estas manos (With These Hands)
 * Filipinas
 * Tema del padrino (Theme of the Godfather)
 * Grande, Grande, Grande
 * A flor de piel
 * Quisiera saber (I'd Like to Know)
 * Desde que tú has ido (Since You've Been Gone)
 * Tu sonrisa (Your Smile)
 * Concierto de un otoño
 * Perfidia
 * Aldila
 * Angustia
 * Río rebelde
 * Voy (I Go)
 * Amor (Love)
 * Waray-Waray
 * Nganong Mipakita Ka
 * Sayri Ako
 * Ngano Ba Gugma
 * Ampinging mga Bulak
 * Ilingaw-Lingaw Lang
 * Mao Ba Kini ang Gugma
 * Hain Ka na Pinangga
 * Uhaw sa Gugma

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Cam Clarke

Cam Clarke is an American voice actor, known for his work in animation, video games and commercials. Among his notable roles are Leonardo and Rocksteady in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, Shotaro Kaneda in the 1989 original Streamline Pictures English dub of Akira, and Liquid Snake in the Metal Gear series. He often serves as a voice double for Matthew Broderick and served as Broderick's singing voice of Simba in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.

Career
Clarke began his acting career in The Hollywood Palace as The King Family Show. He continued to perform with his family on various television specials until the 1980s when he got his first voice acting roles in Snorks and Robotech. He was taught by Michael Bell.

To date, Clarke has voiced over four hundred titles. From 1987 until 1996, Cam Clarke would most notably portray Leonardo, the leader of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as well as Rocksteady, one of the show's antagonists. Clarke would reprise the role of Leonardo in non-musical spoken portions of the first show of the TMNT: Coming Out of Their Shells concerts designed around the Ninja Turtle characters held at Radio City Music Hall, though the later VHS tape released of the event leaves him uncredited.

Personal life
Clarke is the nephew to guitarist Alvino Rey and pianist Buddy Cole, cousin to actress Tina Cole, actor and TMNT co-star Pat Fraley, and writer Chris Conkling, half brother to musicians Ric and Lex de Azevedo, and uncle to voice actress Emilie Brown and actress Rachel Coleman.

Clarke is gay, and his experiences inspired his album Inside Out, which changed pronouns in lyrics of classic songs and his one-man autobiographical play Stop Me If I Told You This.

Clarke is a survivor of HIV, having lived with it for decades.

Audio books

 * The Mystery of Smuggler's Cove (1985) Hardy Boys

Theater

 * Noah: The Musical – Citizen of Land of Nod
 * Stop Me If I Told You This – Himself

Other

 * The Dark Crystal – Jen (read-along cassette story recording)
 * "The World of Snoopy" – Snoopy (animatronic toy and read-along cassette series)
 * Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable – Simba
 * American Psycho – FanMoy

Staff work

 * Christmas with the King Family – Consulting producer
 * Labyrinth of Crete – Casting director
 * Rachel & the TreeSchoolers – Casting director

Discography

 * Inside Out (1999)
 * Return to Pride Rock: Songs Inspired by Disney's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
 * Saturday's Warrior (Original Cast Recording) (1978)

title: Cam Clarke