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Deep Forest

Deep Forest is a French music project that originally began as a duo consisting of Michel Sanchez and Éric Mouquet. They compose a style of world music, sometimes called ethnic electronica, mixing ethnic with electronic sounds and dance beats or chillout beats. Their sound has been described as an "ethno-introspective ambient world music".

They were nominated for a Grammy Award in 1994 for Best World Music Album, and in 1995 they won the Award for the album Boheme. The group also became World Music Awards Winner – French group with the highest 1995 world sales. Their albums have sold over 10 million copies. Sanchez started his own career as a singer in 2005, while Mouquet continued working under the band's original name.

History

Michel Sanchez came up with the idea of mixing the native Baka pygmy spoken word with modern music after hearing on-site recordings of these tribes conversing. Along with Eric Mouquet they created the project Deep Forest. Their first self-titled album (nominated for a Grammy) was released in 1992, with "Sweet Lullaby" being the smash single which would put Deep Forest on the musical map (UK Top 10 hit). The song "Sweet Lullaby" is adapted from a traditional song from the Solomon Islands. A lullaby named "Rorogwela", sung by Afunakwa, a Northern Malaita woman, was used as a vocal sample in the "Sweet Lullaby". The album Deep Forest was dance-driven and the samples were heavily digitised and edited. It was re-released as a limited edition in 1994 under the name World Mix. "Sweet Lullaby" also uses Baka water drumming in the background. For their second album Boheme, Eric and Michel left behind the sounds of the forest and ventured into Eastern Europe bringing tender, lonesome Hungarian and Roma chants with upbeat, yet sad, music. Due to this shift, Dan Lacksman (from Telex, producer and sound-engineer of the first album) decided to go his separate way and continued working on other projects like Pangea. The chants were no longer brief, instead extended phrases had been sampled from Hungarian, and Russian. Hungarian singer Márta Sebestyén and Bulgarian Kate Petrova performed on this album. The duo also performed and produced the remixes for the Youssou N'Dour single "Undecided" in 1994, with guest vocals by Neneh Cherry (who featured on n'Dour's break-through single "Seven Seconds"). That same year Deep Forest made remixes for Jon Anderson's "Deseo", Apollo 440's "Liquid Cool" and Cesária Évora's "My Fatigue is Endless". In 1996 Deep Forest collaborated with Peter Gabriel on the song "While the Earth Sleeps" which was written for the film Strange Days.

The follow-up third album, Comparsa, contained Spanish chants and sounds. The music is often upbeat and celebratory. The last song from the album, Media Luna, which was also released as a single, features a duet of Syrian and Spanish singers Abed Azrei and Ana Torroja.The duo collaborated with Joe Zawinul on the song Deep Weather during the recording of the album. Also Jorge Reyes (late Mexican musician), collaborated in this album with percussion, vocals and the flute.

A recording of their live concert in Japan was also released on a CD called Made in Japan. Although all the songs featured in the show are from the previous three albums, they have new often-longer arrangements and all the chants are performed and reinterpreted by live performers.

In 1999 Deep Forest worked with Cheb Mami and Catherine Lara on the song "L'Enfant Fleur" which had been composed for Sol En Si (a French charity which helps HIV families).

In 2000, Deep Forest released their fourth album, Pacifique. This album was composed to support the movie "Le prince du Pacifique" It mixes Pacific and island beats with electronic music.

Music Detected was the title of their fifth much-anticipated official Deep Forest album which saw the duo turn its attention to the Far East and the Orient for inspiration. It also signalled a change in musical style for Deep Forest, from dance to a more rock-influence. They collaborated with Indonesian pop musician Anggun on the bilingual song Deep Blue Sea which served as the lead single.

In 2003 Deep Forest released a compilation album Essence of the Forest, with some remastered tracks. In 2004 Deep Forest collaborated with Josh Groban, he composed and produced 2 songs on the album Closer. In 2006 Deep Forest collaborated with Josh Groban on the album Awake. In 2008 Deep Forest released the album Deep Brasil, a collaboration with Brazilian artist Flavio Dell Isola. During 2009-2010 Deep Forest went with a new band formula on stage and Deep Forest performed in different countries and continents (China, Africa, the United States, Japan, France...). In 2014 Deep Forest Released the Album  "Deep Africa"

In 2013 Sony music India released Deep India, a Deep Forest and Rahul Sharma collaboration.

In 2017, the band collaborated with Ukrainian folk project Onuka on the song "VSESVIT". The track is part of Onuka's second studio album "MOZAїKA"

Music for films
In 1994, Deep Forest appeared on the soundtrack for Robert Altman's Prêt-à-Porter with the song "Martha".

Deep Forest was hired to provide a full original score for the 1995 movie Strange Days and their credit appears on early advertising for the film. In the end, the score was instead composed by Graeme Revell. One cue from Deep Forest's original music remains in the film, titled "Coral Lounge". Deep Forest also teamed with Peter Gabriel to write an original song, "While the Earth Sleeps", for the film's end credits. In addition, two tracks from Deep Forest's album "Boheme" were featured in the film - "Anasthasia" and "Bohemian Ballet. The two new Deep Forest tracks, "Coral Lounge" and "While the Earth Sleeps", were included on the film's soundtrack album. The version of "While the Earth Sleeps" on the album is an edited version. The complete film version was released by Columbia as a CD single in Austria and Japan.

One of Deep Forest's songs, "Night Bird", was used in the 1996 film version of The Island of Dr. Moreau.

In December 2000, Deep Forest composed a soundtrack for the French film Le Prince du Pacifique. The album, entitled Pacifique, is a return to a more ambient and melancholy sound, with piano themes riding above moody synth textures, Pacific Island chants, scratchy synth-leads and electronic drumming.

In 2004 the duo composed a soundtrack for the Japanese film Kusa No Ran. A remix of "Sweet Lullaby" was also used for Matt Harding's viral hit "Where the Hell is Matt?"

Side projects
Both Sanchez and Mouquet have worked over a variety of side-projects and solo albums. Sanchez has two solo albums out and produced Wes successful debut album; while Mouquet created the group Dao Dezi, collaborated with Catherine Lara and arranged Thorgal, he composed and produced songs for Ana Torroja (Mecano), Jean Sebastien Lavoie, and composed and produced songs for Josh Groban.

Live performances
Deep Forest had their first live concert in 1996 at the G7 Summit in Lyon, France. They continued from there on to the Deep Forest '96 world tour. During the 1996 tour, Deep Forest performed a number of shows in France, Hungary, Greece, Australia, Japan, Poland and US. After the completion of Comparsa there was a '98 world tour. Since '98 there have been numerous live performances, including the Image Concerts, which took place in Japan. The concerts were based around the 'Image' album (similar to Pure Moods) and featured a number of famous Japanese artists, also including Deep Forest.

Donations
A percentage of proceeds from Deep Forest's debut album sales went to the Pygmy Fund, set up to aid the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Efe pygmies in the transition from nomadic to agrarian subsistence, and to provide appropriate health care. However, music of the Efe people was not included on the record, and so the musicians sampled on the record would not have benefited. A portion of the proceeds from 'Boheme' go to the György Martin Foundation, which aids in protecting the Roma culture of Hungary. Deep Forest also actively supports the Sana Madagascar Association starting with 'Comparsa'. "The aim of the Sana Madagascar Association is to contribute protecting the environment, to collect instruments and precious recordings in order to allow the Malagasy man to save his culture, his nature and his traditional music."

Controversy
The song "Freedom Cry" from the album Boheme caused controversy when it was revealed that the Hungarian Roma singer, Károly Rostás ("Huttyán"), never received any monetary compensation from the song, and neither did his family after he died in 1986. His singing, archived by Claude Flagel, was sampled by Deep Forest. Flagel allegedly paid Huttyán 1500 forints for the recording. The case was later documented in a movie entitled Huttyán, released in 1996. The relatives did succeed to some extent in getting compensation from Deep Forest.

Deep Forest's signature song "Sweet Lullaby" centres on an uncredited recording of ancestral Baegu lullaby "Rorogwela", from Malaita, sung by a woman named Afunakwa, and recorded by ethnomusicologist Hugo Zemp. The recording was used without authorization from Afunakwa, Zemp, label UNESCO discs or distributor Auvidis, although Zemp had earlier reluctantly given oral permission for an unrelated recording to be used. The Deep Forest project has since become a cause celèbre as an example of primitivist caricature and cultural appropriation.

Influences
Mouquet was influenced by his interests in house and techno music.

Nominations in France and the US

 * 1993: MTV Awards Best Video - "Sweet Lullaby"
 * 1993: Victoires de la Musique Best Album - World Music
 * 1993: Victoires de la Musique Best Group of the Year
 * 1995: World Music Awards Winner - French group with the highest 1995 world sales
 * 1995: Grammy Awards Winner - Best Album - World Music
 * 1996: Victoires de la Musique - Best Group of the Year
 * 1996: Victoires de la Musique - Best Album - World Music

Albums

 * Studio albums
 * 1992: Deep Forest (also known as World Mix) • 3 mil. copies sold
 * 1995: Boheme • 4 mil. copies sold
 * 1997: Comparsa • 1 mil. copies sold
 * 2002: Music Detected • 500,000 copies sold
 * 2008: Deep Brasil
 * 2013: Deep India (with Rahul Sharma)
 * 2013: Deep Africa
 * 2015: Evo Devo
 * 2018: Epic Circuits (with Gaudi)
 * 2020: Deep Symphonic
 * 2023: Burning

 * Live albums
 * 1999: Made in Japan • 150,000 copies sold

 * Soundtracks
 * 2000: Pacifique
 * 2004: Kusa no Ran • released only in Japan

 * Compilations
 * 2003: Essence of Deep Forest • released only in Japan
 * 2004: Essence of the Forest • three different editions

Singles

 * 1992 – "Deep Forest" (UK #20) Australia #32
 * 1992 – "Sweet Lullaby" (UK #10, U.S. #78, Australia #7. Over 1 million copies sold)
 * 1992 – "White Whisper"
 * 1993 – "Forest Hymn"
 * 1994 – "Savana Dance" (UK #28)
 * 1994 – "Undecided" (collaboration with Youssou N'dour)
 * 1995 – "Boheme"
 * 1995 – "Marta's Song" (UK #26 (collaboration with Márta Sebestyén))
 * 1996 – "While the Earth Sleeps" (collaboration with Peter Gabriel)
 * 1996 – "Bohemian Ballet" (promo)
 * 1997 – "Freedom Cry"
 * 1997 – "Madazulu"
 * 1998 – "Media Luna"
 * 1998 – "Noonday Sun"
 * 1999 – "Hunting" (Live)
 * 1999 – "Sweet Lullaby" (live)
 * 2000 – "Pacifique"
 * 2002 – "Deep Blue Sea" (INA #2 (collaboration with Anggun))
 * 2002 – "Endangered Species"
 * 2002 – "Will You Be Ready" (promo)

Other releases

 * Michel Sanchez albums
 * 1994: Windows • produced by Dan Lacksman and himself
 * 2000: Hiéroglyphes • produced by himself
 * 2008: The Day Of A Paper Bird • produced by himself
 * 2008: The Touch • produced by himself
 * 2014: Eliott • produced by himself
 * 2015: The Man And The Machine • produced by himself
 * 2016: Ça Sent L'Jazz (EP) • produced by himself
 * 2016: Windows II • produced by himself

 * Eric Mouquet's albums
 * 2008: Deep Brasil • as Deep Projects
 * 2013: Deep India • as Deep Forest & Rahul Sharma
 * 2013: Deep Africa • as Deep Forest Eric Mouquet

 * Collaborations
 * 1999: Aral with Catherine Lara
 * 2003: Closer with Josh Groban
 * 2006: Awake with Josh Groban
 * 2012: Files under Zawinhul with Joe Zawinul
 * 2018: Epic Circuits with Gaudi

Trivia

 * According to Mouquet, the name 'Deep Forest' originates from a combination of Deep Purple and rain forest.

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Steve Reeves

Stephen Lester Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 1, 2000) was an American professional bodybuilder and actor. He was famous in the mid-1950s as a movie star in Italian-made sword-and-sandal films, playing the protagonist as muscular characters such as Hercules, Goliath, and Sandokan. At the peak of his career, he was the highest-paid actor in Europe. Though best known for his portrayal of Hercules, he played the character only twice: in Hercules (1958), and in its 1959 sequel Hercules Unchained. By 1960, Reeves was ranked as the number-one box-office draw in 25 countries.

Prior to his acting career, Reeves was a bodybuilder. Known for his symmetry, he reigned as Mr. America of 1947, Mr. World of 1948, and Mr. Universe of 1950 in the pre Mr. Olympia era.

Early life
Born in Glasgow, Montana, in 1926, Reeves moved to California at age 10 with his mother Goldie Reeves after his father Lester Dell Reeves died in a farming accident. Reeves developed an interest in bodybuilding at Castlemont High School and trained at Ed Yarick's gym in Oakland, California. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, and served in the Philippines. After his military service Reeves attended California Chiropractic College in San Francisco.

Bodybuilding career
As a bodybuilder, Reeves trained three days a week. Every workout was a full body workout, as opposed to a split workout. He did the standard three sets of 8 to 12 repetitions per exercise. During training he had no regard for time but worked until he had completed his routine, which took anywhere from two to four hours. He reigned as Mr. America of 1947, Mr. World of 1948, and Mr. Universe of 1950 in the pre Mr. Olympia era. He was contacted by an agent who suggested he go into acting.

Reeves wrote the book Powerwalking, and two self-published books, Building the Classic Physique - The Natural Way, and Dynamic Muscle Building. George Helmer published a revised and updated edition of the Powerwalking book in 2013.

Cecil B. de Mille
Reeves moved to New York where he studied acting under Stella Adler, but after arguments he was refunded his tuition. He studied instead at the Theodora Irvin School of the Theatre. He began performing a vaudeville act with a comedian named Dick Burney. One of Cecil B. De Mille's talent scouts saw him and had him tested for Samson and Delilah (1949). Reeves received a seven-year contract with Paramount. Reeves stated that De Mille wanted to cast him in the lead role, but told Reeves he had to lose 15 pounds in order to look convincing on-camera. Reeves says he tried to lose the weight and worked on his acting in preparation for the role over three months. Then, De Mille told him he was going to give the role to Victor Mature.

Early acting appearances
In 1949, Reeves filmed a Tarzan-type television pilot called Kimbar of the Jungle, and in 1950 became Mr. Universe. He appeared on television in Stars Over Hollywood  in the episode "Prison Doctor" with Raymond Burr. He appeared on the TV series Topper ("Reducing").

In 1954, Reeves had a small supporting role as a cop in the Ed Wood film Jail Bait. It was his first film and earned him his Screen Actors Guild card. "I had a suit on at all times," he later recalled. "I even had a tie. Only took my shirt off once. Those were the days, huh?"

The same year Reeves was in the MGM musical Athena, playing the boyfriend of Jane Powell's character.

Reeves guest-starred on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as the owner of a gym. In 1955, Reeves appeared in two Broadway shows, Kismet and The Vamp. Pictures of Reeves' costume test for the lead in Li'l Abner (1959) can be found on the Internet. He worked for American Health Studios in public relations, opening up fitness studios. That same year he married his first wife, teenaged starlet Sandra Smith.

Hercules
In Italy, director Pietro Francisci wanted to make a film about Hercules but could not find anyone suitable to play the role. His daughter recommended Reeves on the basis of his appearance in Athena and Francisci offered him the role and a plane ticket to Italy. Reeves at first did not think he was serious but eventually agreed and flew to Italy to make the film. His fee was $10,000. Hercules was a relatively low-budget epic based loosely on the tales of Jason and the Argonauts, though inserting Hercules into the lead role.

The film proved popular in Europe. What made it an international sensation was when US distribution rights were bought by Joseph E. Levine, who promoted it and turned it into a major box-office success, grossing $5 million in the United States in 1959. However this did not happen until Reeves had already made four more films in Europe.

The first was a sequel to Hercules, Hercules Unchained (1959), again directed by Francisci. Reeves was paid the same fee, although his wage would double from then on. This film was another huge success, being the third most popular film in Britain in 1960. Nonetheless Reeves would not play Hercules again, despite his identification with the role. Reeves' third film as star was The White Warrior (1959), based on Hadji Murat, the novel by Leo Tolstoy. He played Hadji Murad, a 19th-century Avar naib who led his warriors in raids against the Russians invading his homelands in the North Caucasus (modern-day Dagestan and Chechnya).

Reeves also played Emilio in Terror of the Barbarians, about the Lombard invasion of Italy. American International Pictures bought US rights and retitled it Goliath and the Barbarians (1959), with Reeves's character renamed "Goliath". The film earned $1.6 million in North America during its initial release, when it was double billed with Sign of the Gladiator.

Injury
Reeves portrayed Glaucus Leto in The Last Days of Pompeii (1959), based on the novel by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It co-starred Christine Kaufmann and Fernando Rey and was mostly directed by Sergio Leone. During the filming, Reeves dislocated his shoulder when his chariot slammed into a tree; he re-injured it while swimming in a subsequent underwater escape scene. The injury would be aggravated by his stunt work in each successive film, ultimately leading to his retirement from filmmaking.

American directors
Reeves followed this with The Giant of Marathon (1959) where he was cast as Pheidippides, the famous wartime messenger of the Battle of Marathon. By now Reeves' success was such that his films would use Hollywood directors: Marathon was directed by Mario Bava and Jacques Tourneur. According to MGM records the film earned $1,335,000 in the US and Canada and $1.4 million elsewhere resulting in a profit of $429,000.

Reeves had a change of pace in Morgan the Pirate (1960) where he played pirate and occasional governor of Jamaica, Captain Henry Morgan. Andre de Toth and Primo Zeglio directed. He then did an "Eastern", The Thief of Baghdad (1961), playing Karim, directed by Arthur Lubin. In The Trojan Horse (film) (1961) Reeves played Aeneas of Troy, opposite John Drew Barrymore. He co-starred with fellow body builder Gordon Scott in Duel of the Titans (1961), playing Romulus and Remus respectively. Sergio Corbucci directed. Reeves played Randus, the son of Spartacus in The Slave (1962) then reprised his role as Aeneas in The Avenger (1962 film) (1962) aka The Legend of Aeneas.

Later roles
Reeves played Sandokan in two films, both directed by Umberto Lenzi: Sandokan the Great (1963) and Pirates of Malaysia (1964). Reeves said that by this stage his fee was $250,000 a film. In 1968, Reeves appeared in his final film, a spaghetti Western he co-wrote, titled I Live For Your Death! (later released as A Long Ride From Hell). "I ended up with an ulcer from that," he said later. "That was my last."

Reeves reportedly turned down the James Bond role in Dr. No (1962) because of the low salary the producers offered. Reeves also declined the role that finally went to Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars (1964) because he did not believe that Italians could make a western out of a Japanese samurai film.

George Pal contacted Reeves for the role of Doc Savage in Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, the first of what was meant to be a film series, but when filming was about to begin a Hollywood writers strike put the film on hold with Reeves and the original director replaced. Reeves's last screen appearance was in 2000 when he appeared as himself in the made-for-television A&E Biography: Arnold Schwarzenegger – Flex Appeal.

Post-acting
Reeves decided to retire for several reasons: stress, his injury, and the decline in the market for his sort of movies. He had earned enough to retire and moved to the 360 acre Suncrest Stock Ranch he purchased in Jacksonville just outside of Medford, Oregon – 33 mi north of the California border. He later purchased a ranch in Valley Center, California. It would be his home for the rest of his life. Reeves bred horses and promoted drug-free bodybuilding. The last two decades of his life were spent in Valley Center, where he lived with his second wife, Aline, until her death in 1989.

Other interests
Reeves' authorized biography, Steve Reeves – One of a Kind, was published in 1983 by Milton T. Moore. Moore worked with Reeves and Steve's wife at the time, Aline, for over 12 years before receiving publishing approval. Reeves was reportedly to promote the book at public appearances.

In 1991, writer Chris LeClaire began writing and researching Steve Reeves' life and career for a biography. In 1999, LeClaire published Worlds To Conquer, which LeClaire described as an authorized biography. Deborah Reeves Stewart, Reeves' companion during the book's development phases, who assisted him in reviewing drafts, stated that Reeves never approved or authorized Worlds to Conquer for final publication or release, due to inaccuracies, careless writing, and failure to add Reeves' final comments.

In 1994, Reeves, with long-time friend and business partner George Helmer, started the Steve Reeves International Society.

Freelance writer Rod Labbe interviewed Reeves in 1997, and the article appeared in Films of the Golden Age magazine, summer 2011.

Death
Reeves had exploratory surgery late Friday afternoon on April 28, 2000, while being treated for lymphoma, and died shortly before noon from a blood clot on Monday, May 1, 2000. He died at Palomar Hospital in Escondido, California, where his second wife had also died.

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Talk:Airsoft

Real Steel in Arenas
"All "real steel" firearms, explosives, and bladed weapons are banned at any airsoft battlefield to prevent harmful accidents or confusion between real and simulated weapons" This is not true. I know some operation that allow real knives.Fricken Hamster (talk) 04:41, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
 * It is a bit of a generalization, however, it is safe to say that the sites you know of are the exception, not the majority. Real blades, are, by their very nature, dangerous and as such, in 99% of cases are banned at Airsoft sites. RWJP (talk) 13:35, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

 * I wouldn't say 99% as I hear of many people taking them on field for actually tool use (not as a weapon). Plastic/rubber knives are generally used for "kills" Halofanatic333 (talk) 15:16, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know why you'd need to take them out during a normal skirmish, considering very few normal games would ever require you to need a real knife. Yes, oerhaps Milsim games may require a knife to be used, but Milsim games make up a small part of Airsoft as a whole, with skirmish type games being the majority. It's safe to say that use of a real blade at an airsoft game is fairly rare at best, and similarly with training blades, as, in many cases they are as dangerous as the real thing.

 * Perhaps this would work: "All "real steel" firearms and explosives are banned at any airsoft battlefield to prevent harmful accidents or confusion between real and simulated weapons. In some cases, for example Milsim games, players are allowed to carry knives for use as a tool, rather than a weapon. A similar limit applies to training blades, which are allowed at some airsoft fields but under strict usage rules."
 * RWJP (talk) 13:58, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds better. However, while not a "real steel" explosive, some grenades are powered by a fire cracker.  However, to my knowledge, I have not heard of too many places allowing these.  Your revision sounds a lot better than what was there.  EDIT:Forget that it'd be under pyrotechnics.  Halofanatic333 (talk) 12:29, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll go ahead and add that revised sentence in then, I prefer it to what we've got at the moment. RWJP (talk) 16:47, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me, definitely better than what was there. Halofanatic333 (talk) 21:20, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Summary of edit
Ok, I couldn;t fit everyhting I did into the summary of my edit, so here it is, broken down:

Action: Removed phrase "& Backyard Games" from title of Open Days section Reason: Section does not describe backyard games, nor are they similar to open days. Open days refer to officially organised airsoft games at official sites.

Action: Changed word "millions" to "many" in venues section Reason: There is no confirmed number of sites around the world, so neither millions, nor the prior thousands are suitable. As there are quite a few, many is the best word at the moment.

Action: Removed paragraph regarding the AoBA from the section regarding legality. Reason: Aside from reading like an advert, the AoBA is not a particularly notable organisation. It does not currently have any members, nor does it have any particular "power" within the UK Airsoft community. The text is preserved below for future editing and eventual conclusion:
 * The Association of British Airsoft (www.aoba.org.uk) has been created to become a Player representation within the UK and to provide a further defence for Airsoft Players, co-existing with the existing membership group UKARA as a way to bolster the existing scheme and increase membership levels in Britain. It provides members with benefits to registering (Including Legal Advice, discounts), whilst allowing Airsofters to get involved with their sport. If they have concerns or questions they now have a contact point where accurate information can be provided.

Action: Removed sentence regarding hollow airsoft pellets. Reason: Badly written, and not appropriate for this article, would be suited for Airsoft pellets after his has been proof-read and improved. Once again, the test is preserved below for future editing:
 * Most airsoft projectiles are not hollow but some are but once again unpopular because they shatter in the gun or may shatter into someones facemask.

Last sentence of "Hop up" was too wordy, going to shorten it down.Here is former text. Most lower priced guns do not support a hop-up adjustment, although there are a few rare cases of a gun with an adjustable hop-up, although it is a lower priced model. Ddunlea21 (talk) 19:44, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Lede
Has anyone noticed that the lede of this article no longer even defines what Airsoft is? Something along the lines of "Airsoft is a game in which...". Since I know nothing of the subject, I'm reluctant to address this myself, but I will if no one with more knowledge offers to step up and address the situation. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:56, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I reverted to a version prior to recent vandal. It should be better.  Active  Banana   (  bananaphone  14:23, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Much better. Thanks!!  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:47, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Rules?
No mention of the rules of the game? What precautions are there to make sure nobody cheats? Is it a case of "one hit and you're dead" regardless of where on your body you are hit, or are arm and leg shots considered to make that limb unusable only? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.2.185.246 (talk) 12:39, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Other than the lede there is almost no content about how the game is played.  The article is made up almost solely about equipment discussions, much of which seems covered elsewhere..  Ogre lawless (talk) 01:32, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Rules vary depending on who is playing. Best remedy would be to find some official tournament rules than state that there are many variations depending on the people playing. Generally I've never heard of it being played as anything other than one hit and dead. You keep cheaters away by kicking them out of the group, this game is about fun with friends, not winning.72.55.98.43 (talk) 07:54, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Jackie Evancho injured with one of these?
She tweeted this on May 22

jackie evancho @jackieevancho Got a six inch gash on my leg today playing airs soft my bro plastic surgeon & over 100 stitches all better

Here is a picture of her leg

https://twitter.com/jackieevancho/status/205281095418249216/photo/1

I am going to go out on a limb here and say that any claims of safety of these gadgets is highly suspicious at best. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skysong263 (talk • contribs) 02:56, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

 * The link to the twitter picture for Jackie Evancho appears to be dead. Does anyone have a valid link or is this issue now a dead issue? Ileanadu (talk) 17:34, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

I will follow you onto that limb and say that injury was not from the Airsoft gun itself. Looks like she fell and gashed her leg on something. In my experience with Airsoft and Scenario paintball, the overwhelming number of injuries came from tripping while running through the woods or something similar. Heck, broke two of my own fingers playing paintball when I spilled down a hill and tried to simultaneously save my marker and stop my roll. I dont blame that on my equipment though. Until more information surfaces from this, if it ever does, the story will be mundane: She was running and tripped. 99.189.15.57 (talk) 05:09, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Last time I looked COPPA required that no one under 13 have a twitter account, the wiki page may be wrong but says she's 12 so ...... how has this not been reported?72.55.98.43 (talk) 07:51, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Orange-tipped airsoft gun muzzles
The part of this section that needs citation is inaccurate. The law is directly as follow(taken from the previous citation):---No person shall manufacture, enter into commerce, ship, transport, or receive any toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm (“device”) covered by this part as set forth in §1150.1 of this part unless such device contains, or has affixed to it, one of the markings set forth in §1150.3 of this part, or unless this prohibition has been waived by §1150.4 of this part---Meaning that removing the orange tip while playing might be considered legal, riding with an air softgun without a orange tip would be illegal. 72.55.98.43 (talk) 07:43, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Damage to property
Has anyone had any experiences with damage to plastic sky lights caused by Airsoft pellets? One of my sons apparently put a hole in a neighbors sky light at a range of well over 100ft.* The roof of that house is about 40 ft below the deck from which the Airsoft was shot and ostensibly the gun was not fired directly at the skylight but probably at a crow. I was told by a sky light specialist that the outer dome may become brittle after 20-30 years and can then be pierced by small sticks blown by the wind even, but I know nothing about the issue from my own knowledge base. I want to be fair to my neighbor but don't want to be taken advantage of either because the repair cost is almost $500.00.

 * He has a picture of the hole which is perfectly round and the size of our pellets and a picture of the pellet inside the sky light. The inner shell was not punctured but there is a small indention and aligning that indention with the hole leads directly back up to our upper deck. My sons swear to have never shot directly at the house or sky light but they did shoot at some crows that fly by from time to time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nightstalker1967 (talk • contribs) 17:01, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

Sport?
Article currently states Airsoft is a sport. Anyone want to argue that it isn't? Bromley86 (talk) 13:15, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

 * -Wikipedia's defenition of a sport:
 * "Sport refers to a competitive physical activity.

 * Sport is generally recognised as activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity. Sports are usually governed by rules to ensure fair competition and consistent adjudication of the winner."

 * Airsoft is a competitive physical activity governed by rules and regulations. By definition, it's a sport.
 * 82.29.38.86 (talk) 16:07, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

 * This article could be improved by tightening up so that it focuses on the sport aspect. Right now there is considerable duplication with the airsoft gun article. Rezin (talk) 03:22, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Airsoft article
can someone please put a chart at the beggining of the article if you dont know what I mean look up the paintball article and youll see the graph im talking about. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Socomairsoft (talk • contribs) 03:13, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

43–67 metres
"43–67 metres" is nonsense. If the range is 25 meters, then there should not be two decimals, it should read "40-70 meters". X10 (talk) 14:50, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Police and Military training
I know of some existing airsoft fields that are also used for police and military training. Maybe this can be added to the article? Sources(which the article needs) could simply be information about given fields. Does anyone else feel this could benefit the article? Camarouge (talk) 05:37, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

History?
What happened to the History section? A couple of years ago there used to be quite a detailed breakdown of the history of airsoft, and now it's just a crappy little "airsoft started in Japan and then moved to the UK" gloss-over. What about Hong Kong? Taiwan? Manufacturers? Development? Etc. (202.232.240.18 (talk) 06:50, 22 April 2015 (UTC))

 * I went through the article history and extracted various versions of the history section. Most of it lacks citations, but if anyone feels up to make a mash-up, here's a start:

&oldid=639055813 Airsoft originated in China, then spread to Hong Kong and Japan in the late 1970s. Airsoft guns spread to the UK in the late 1980s with a company called LS. The guns were sold in pieces and had to be assembled before they were capable of firing pellets. Airsoft equipment was designed to closely emulate real guns. Since the mid-1980s, airsoft guns have been adapted with a purely recreational application in mind, and the sport is enjoyed by all ages. Airsoft replicas are produced globally, with the majority being manufactured in Asia. Many law enforcement agencies in the US use Airsoft for force-on-force training drills. &oldid=624805068 Airsoft originated in Japan, then spread to Hong Kong and China in the late 1970s. Airsoft guns spread to the UK in the 1980s with a company called LS. The guns were sold in pieces and had to be assembled before they were capable of firing pellets. Airsoft equipment was designed to closely emulate real guns. Since the mid-1980s, airsoft guns have been adapted with a purely recreational application in mind, and the sport is enjoyed by all ages. One of the first airsoft fields was Firefight Airsoft Games which was set up in 1996 in the United Kingdom, at Mapledurham Estate Reading. Airsoft replicas are produced globally, with the majority being manufactured in Asia. &oldid=395079860 Airsoft was designed in Japan in the 1970's and marketed in the United States in the 1980's by a major BB gun manufacturer. Airsoft was conceptualized as a new approach in BB gun application as opposed to the common air gun that was designed for hunting, the airsoft gun was created with a purely recreational application in mind.

Because of this interest, manufacturers started to produce spring-powered replicas of real firearms. These guns fired several sizes of plastic, aluminum, or rubber BB's, but they were eventually standardized into 6mm and 8mm sizes. The early spring powered guns later evolved into gas and battery powered guns using a variety of configurations. Electric or battery powered airsoft guns became known as "AEG's" (Automatic Electric Guns), which began to show up in North America in the mid 1990's. This is due in large part to the starting of many new AEG manufacturers in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other countries.

Airsoft guns are also being used for military and law enforcement training purposes all over the United States and in several other countries. The airsoft gun brand "Systema" has created an M16 airsoft imitation firearm that functions exactly like the real counterpart. When the last BB is fired, the weapon stops shooting, a new magazine must be inserted, and the bolt catch must be operated before the gun is able to fire again. Gun enthusiasts of all ages enjoy airsoft guns due to their striking resemblance to their real counter parts. Many law enforcement agencies are starting to use airsoft guns because of the realism they portray. Most of these airsoft guns are very similar in appearance and action and thus make good training aids. In the past, law enforcement agencies had to resort to either unloaded firearms, plastic guns, or rubber dummy guns for certain training exercises; but, with the advent of airsoft, law enforcement personnel can now use a very real-looking yet safe alternative. &oldid=272523591 Airsoft has roots in late-1940s Japan, where firearms were difficult or impossible to obtain due to local laws; gun enthusiasts were seeking a legal alternative to use while enjoying their passion. Airsoft is still today most popular in several Asian regions, such as Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, and to a certain extent, the Philippines and Indonesia. The vast majority of airsoft guns, accessories, and after market upgrade parts are also manufactured in these countries.

There is also a growing interest in North America and Europe, especially in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Italy, Belgium (which is also visited by Dutch players, as the game is illegal in the Netherlands), and Denmark.

The first airsoft gun was made in the 1950's by Mattel as a children's toy named Shootin' Shells.

Today airsoft continues to be a sport widely associated alongside paintball. Advancements in manufacturing of replica airsoft guns have entirely evolved the sport and greatly deviated it from the all-plastic toy guns of the past. &oldid=254321174 Airsoft has its roots in late-1950s Japan, where firearms were difficult or impossible to obtain due to local laws; gun enthusiasts were seeking a legal alternative to use while enjoying their passion. Airsoft is still today most popular in several Asian regions, such as Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, and to a certain extent, the Philippines and Indonesia. The vast majority of airsoft guns, accessories, and after market upgrade parts are also manufactured in these countries.

There is also a growing interest in North America and Europe, especially in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Italy, Belgium (which is also visited by Dutch players, as the game is illegal in the Netherlands), and Denmark. &oldid=222195914 Airsoft was developed in Japan in the early 1970s to provide an alternative for gun hobbyists because local laws prevented individuals from privately owning firearms. A heavy emphasis was placed on making accurate replicas of real firearms and target shooting. In contrast, paintball was developed in the United States in 1981 as a variation of hide and seek tag, through the use of utility companies' power pole paint marking guns, and emphasizes function over aesthetic qualities.

Paintball is more popular than Airsoft in the United States. In East Asia and the Pacific Rim, airsoft is more popular except in Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand where paintball is legal but airsoft is restricted.

In the interests of a more family-friendly image, the paintball industry usually avoids direct analogies to the military and war (seen by the movement towards spectator-friendly speedball), but Airsoft runs the gamut from Airsplat to full MilSim play. &oldid=211381959 Airsoft was developed in Japan in the early 1970s to provide an alternative for gun hobbyists because local laws prevented individuals from privately owning firearms. A heavy emphasis was placed on making accurate replicas of real firearms and target shooting. In contrast, paintball was developed in the United States in 1981 as a variation of hide and seek tag, through the use of utility companies' power pole paint marking guns, and emphasizes function over aesthetic qualities.

Paintball is more popular than Airsoft in the United States. In East Asia and the Pacific Rim, airsoft is more popular except in Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand where paintball is legal but airsoft is restricted.

In the interests of a more family-friendly image, the paintball industry usually avoids direct analogies to the military and war (seen by the movement towards spectator-friendly speedball), but Airsoft runs the gamut from Airsplat to full MilSim play.

Though Airsoft pellets generally strike with less impact than paintballs due to their small size and innovations like hop up, their ballistic properties closely model those of true bullets. Unlike simulated shooting games like laser tag the physical impact of Airsoft pellets on targets provide some of the realism of actual bullet hits because they can hurt, cause a small amount of damage, and heighten mental and emotional excitation and/or distress as with the use of real firearms. This makes Airsoft effective for combat training and worrisome for unaware by-standers and zealous public officials. Thus Airsoft is strictly regulated or even prohibited by various governments. &oldid=184174554 Airsoft was developed in Japan in the late 1970s to provide an alternative for gun hobbyists because local laws prevented individuals from privately owning firearms. A heavy emphasis was therefore placed on making accurate replicas of real firearms. Many new Chinese guns are dominating the airsoft market because they are more affordable. They compete against established companies like Classic Army, I Chih Shivan, and Tokyo Marui. In contrast, paintball was developed in the United States in 1981 as a variation of hide and seek tag, through the use of utility companies' paint marking guns, which mark power/utility poles, and continues to focus more on their function than their form or aesthetic qualities. Paintball has quickly gained greater popularity than airsoft in the United States. However, in East Asia, airsoft is much more popular and paintball is nearly non-existent. In the interests of a more family-friendly image, paintball as an industry usually avoids direct analogies to the military and war (seen by the movement towards spectator-friendly speedball). Similarly airsoft has taken a dual route, moving away from this (as seen in Airsplat) as well as embracing them. This sometimes extends to full MilSim play.

For more information, see Public acceptance of paintball. BP OMowe (talk) 11:16, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Dead link
The footnote 7 to http://bestpelletgun.com/ is a dead link. Chuckr30 (talk) 15:17, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

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Etymology? Where'd the name come from?
Where did the name come from? Was there a company with that name? What is the etymology of the word? Misty MH (talk) 11:03, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

What organization or company officially "sanctions" events or fields?
"A typical set of velocity for sanctioned fields in the United States" - Sanctioned by whom? Ileanadu (talk) 17:28, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
 * No such organization exists AFAIK. I will edit it. Botclone (talk) 14:47, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Airsoft
What month does airsoft start? 2601:640:C501:5FE0:856B:3A8:9034:BEB (talk) 21:49, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Why ist it now called Airsoft?
The article references it was called soft air before. Where dies the name change to Airsoft come from? KhlavKhalash (talk) 10:22, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Outdated(?) reference
Reference 10 leads to a page that does not exist anymore, not even in the wayback machine. the only reference(9) I see for the history of airsoft leads to a site which isn't particularly trustable looking. 69.11.192.211 (talk) 18:54, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Russian combat use
In October 2022 it was reported that, due to equipment shortages, Russian conscripts for the war in Ukraine were being issued with airsoft equipment such as gun scopes and even body armour without actual bullet resistance:

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Svalbard Treaty

The Svalbard Treaty (originally the Spitsbergen Treaty) recognises the sovereignty of Norway over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, at the time called Spitsbergen. The exercise of sovereignty is, however, subject to certain stipulations, and not all Norwegian law applies. The treaty restricts military uses of the archipelago, but it is not demilitarized. The signatories were given equal rights to engage in commercial activities (mainly coal mining) on the islands. , Norway and Russia make use of this right.

Uniquely, the archipelago is an entirely visa-free zone under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty.

The treaty was signed on 9 February 1920 and submitted for registration in the League of Nations Treaty Series on 21 October 1920. There were 14 original High Contracting Parties: Denmark, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom (including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and India), and the United States. Of the original signatories, Japan was the last to ratify the treaty on 2 April 1925, and the treaty came into force on 14 August 1925.

Many additional nations acceded to the treaty after it was ratified by the original signatories, including several before it came into force. , there are 46 parties to the treaty.

Name of the treaty
The original treaty is titled the Treaty recognising the sovereignty of Norway over the Archipelago of Spitsbergen. It refers to the entire archipelago as Spitsbergen, which had been the only name in common usage since 1596 (with minor variations in spelling). In 1925, five years after the conclusion of the treaty, the Norwegian authorities proceeded to officially rename the islands "Svalbard". This new name was a modern adaptation of the ancient toponym Svalbarði, attested in the Norse sagas as early as 1194. The exonym Spitsbergen subsequently came to be applied to the main island in the archipelago. Accordingly, in modern historiography the Treaty of Spitsbergen is commonly referred to anachronistically as the Svalbard Treaty to reflect the name change.

History
The archipelago was discovered by the Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz in 1596. It was named Spitsbergen, meaning 'sharp-peaked mountains' (literally 'spits-berg'). It was uninhabited. The islands were renamed in the 1920s by Norway as Svalbard.

Spitsbergen/Svalbard began as a territory free of a nation, with people from different countries participating in industries including fishing, whaling, mining, research and later, tourism. Not belonging to any nation left Svalbard largely free of regulations or laws, though there were conflicts over the area due to whaling rights and sovereignty disputes between England, the Netherlands and Denmark–Norway in the first half of the 17th century. By the 20th century mineral deposits were found on the main island and continual conflicts between miners and owners created the need for a government.

Contents
The Spitsbergen Treaty was signed in Paris on 9 February 1920, during the Versailles negotiations after World War I. In this treaty, international diplomacy recognized Norwegian sovereignty (the Norwegian administration went in effect by 1925) and other principles relating to Svalbard. This includes:

 * Svalbard is part of Norway: Svalbard is completely controlled by and forms part of the Kingdom of Norway. However, Norway's power over Svalbard is restricted by the limitations listed below:
 * Taxation: Taxes are allowed to be collected, but only enough to support Svalbard and the Svalbard government. This results in lower taxes than mainland Norway and the exclusion of any taxes on Svalbard supporting mainland Norway directly. Svalbard's revenues and expenses are separately budgeted from mainland Norway.
 * Environmental conservation: Norway must respect and preserve the Svalbard environment.
 * Non-discrimination: All citizens and all companies of every nation under the treaty are allowed to become residents and to have access to Svalbard including the right to fish, hunt or undertake any kind of maritime, industrial, mining or trade activity. The residents of Svalbard must follow Norwegian law, though Norwegian authority cannot discriminate against or favour any residents of any given nationality. Russia has exercised this right of residency and in 2022 announced new investment plans to support its presence at Barentsburg and Pyramiden.
 * Military restrictions: Article 9 prohibits naval bases and fortifications and also the use of Svalbard for war-like purposes. Norway interprets this provision as still permitting access to the territory by the Norwegian Armed Forces to exercise sovereignty and protect the environment. This largely encompasses visits by Norwegian military forces, particularly Norwegian Coast Guard vessels, to the territory. However, certain other signatory states, particularly Russia, dispute this interpretation. Notably, while Norway maintains that it has exclusive rights under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to the continental shelf around Svalbard, Russia rejects this position. Russia also objects to Norwegian or NATO military activities around Svalbard which, Russia claims, undermine the treaty’s military restrictions.

Disputes regarding natural resources
There has been a long-running dispute, primarily between Norway and Russia (and before it, the Soviet Union) over fishing rights in the region. In 1977, Norway established a regulated fishery in a 200 nmi zone around Svalbard (though it did not close the zone to foreign access). Norway argues that the treaty's provisions of equal economic access apply only to the islands and their territorial waters (four nautical miles at the time) but not to the wider exclusive economic zone. In addition, it argues that the continental shelf is a part of mainland Norway's continental shelf and should be governed by the 1958 Continental Shelf Convention. The Soviet Union/Russia disputed and continues to dispute this position and consider the Spitsbergen Treaty to apply to the entire zone. Talks were held in 1978 in Moscow but did not resolve the issue. Finland and Canada support Norway's position, while most of the other treaty signatories have expressed no official position. The relevant parts of the treaty are as follows:

Ships and nationals of all the High Contracting Parties shall enjoy equally the rights of fishing and hunting in the territories specified in Article 1 and in their territorial waters. (from Article 2)

They shall be admitted under the same conditions of equality to the exercise and practice of all maritime, industrial, mining or commercial enterprises both on land and in the territorial waters, and no monopoly shall be established on any account or for any enterprise whatever. (from Article 3)

"Mainly the dispute is about whether the Svalbard Treaty also is in effect outside the 12 nautical mile territorial sea," according to Norway's largest newspaper, Aftenposten. If the treaty comes into effect outside the zone, then Norway will not be able to claim the full 78% of profits of oil- and gas harvesting, said Aftenposten in 2011.

Parties
A list of parties is shown below; the dates below reflect when a nation deposited its instrument of ratification or accession. Some parties are successor states to the countries that joined the treaty, as noted below.

The parliament of Turkey approved the treaty in October 2023, followed by the president's assent in December 2023, but as of April 2024 the government had not yet deposited its accession.

Yugoslavia also acceded to the treaty on 1925-07-06, but, as of 2024, none of its successor states have declared to continue application of the treaty.

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Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Cedric Bixler-Zavala (born November 4, 1974) is an American musician. He is the lead singer and lyricist of the progressive rock band the Mars Volta since its inception in 2001. He was the lead singer and only constant member of the post-hardcore group At the Drive-In, the lead singer of the band Antemasque, and singer and guitarist in the band Zavalaz.

Early life
Cedric Bixler-Zavala was born as Cedric Bixler in Redwood City, California. His father Dennis Bixler-Marquez was born in Mexico City to a white American father of partial German ancestry and a Mexican mother. His mother Rosa Zavala is Mexican-American and was born in El Paso. His father is a professor of Chicano Studies at UTEP. His parents were bilingual, but Bixler-Zavala says his command of proper Spanish is limited to "Spanglish". His Spanish maternal surname, Zavala, is a Castilian version of Zabala, of Basque origin.

In the early 1990s, Bixler-Zavala played drums and was a vocalist for a band named Foss which included Beto O'Rourke on bass before the latter's political career.

Artistry
Bixler-Zavala has a tenor voice type with a vocal range spanning from G#2 to D6, in addition to a speculated possible range reaching as low as E2 and as high as C7. His vocal work spans many different styles, ranging from consistent rhythmic shouts (common in his singing with At the Drive-In) to controlled falsetto and head voice singing (a familiar trademark of his singing with the Mars Volta). In 2016, it was also revealed that Bixler-Zavala developed vocal nodules, causing shows to be canceled while on tour.

Bixler-Zavala is fond of Frank Zappaesque humor and writes in English, Spanglish, and Latin. His lyrics have a wide vocabulary and often feature complicated wordplay. Bixler-Zavala also uses portmanteaus: combining existing words, or parts of words, to create a new word. The song "Noctourniquet", for example, combines "nocturnal" (active at night) and "tourniquet" (a medical device to stop bleeding). He has stated: "I love to take common sayings, pervert them, mutate them a little. So you think I am singing one thing, but when you read it, it is different." He has described Mark E. Smith of The Fall as "one of the pillars of influence for me as a lyricist".

When performing with At the Drive-in and The Mars Volta, Bixler-Zavala is known for his eccentric on-stage behavior. He frequently does somersaults on stage, swings his microphone (once unintentionally hitting bandmate Ikey Owens in the head), throws objects such as cymbals, microphone stands, and trash cans into the audience, salsa dances, adjusts Omar Rodríguez-López's effects pedals and occasionally plays the maracas.

Solo recordings, collaborations, and Zavalaz
Under the pseudonym "Alavaz Relxib Cirdec" ("Cedric Bixler-Zavala" backwards), Bixler-Zavala contributed a two-song single to the GSL Special 12-inch Singles Series, released in December 2005. Closer to the dub of De Facto and the ambient experimentation shown in Omar Rodríguez-López's records than the prog-rock of the Mars Volta, the two songs Bixler-Zavala has produced under this alias are entirely instrumental.

In 2010, he commented on Facebook about the recording process:

"This is my failed attempt at ghost noted shuffeling Tony Allen beats! Ha! There is a digital tabla machine running through some DD-5 delay pedal that is being played by a mini hand held tape recorder playing throughout! I wrote the bass line...hummed it to Juan...Omar came up with the guitar and chorus section and Adrian played flute on it. It was squeezed in during tracking drums for Amputechture, and rushed...very very rushed. I had other parts and chorus bits but I didn't want to get in the way of the record (studio time is expensive!). The samples are from 2 places [...] On 'Private Booths' the samples at the start are from an interview with a psychic who participated in the Montauk Project...I sampled it from a UK TV show called Disinformation (RIP!) [...] The other sample is from a movie called Shock Corridor by the late Sam Fuller. Side 2 'Sapta Loka' is a bit of an homage to ambient German music from the [1970s] ... it's one long drone spliced in four places and stacked on each other playing at the same time. A shitty Casio and a banged up Chaos pad (very 2005!) are being run and it's all recorded through a hand held mini recorder dumped onto a ProTools file. [...] Omar co-wrote the piece."

Late 2011 saw the release of the first 7-inch record from Bixler's new project Anywhere, a collaboration with Christian Eric Beaulieu of Triclops! and Mike Watt of The Stooges/Firehose/Minutemen. Their self-titled debut album was released by ATP Records in June 2012.

In 2011, Bixler began working on another album, which he described as "mostly ballady type stuff... a very Sunday morning record. Very soft". Eventually the solo project turned into a full-fledged band named Zavalaz, which features Bixler on lead vocals and guitar, Dan Elkan on guitar, Juan Alderete on bass and Gregory Rogove on drums. The band is set to play a number of West Coast tour dates throughout June, supported by Dot Hacker and EV Kain. On June 3, 2013, a snippet from song "Blue Rose of Grand Street" off their upcoming album All the Nights We Never Met was released on YouTube.

Bixler-Zavala returned to the studio after reuniting with Omar Rodríguez-López due to Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, Flea, wanting them to reunite. In 2014 they formed a supergroup together called Antemasque with ex-Mars Volta drummer Dave Elitch. The band recorded and released their debut in 2014. Fans have cited that as Flea and Dave have played with the Mars Volta prior, a Mars Volta reunion could be in the works. (Flea played bass on 2003's De-loused in the Comatorium and trumpet on 2005's Frances the Mute; Dave played with the Mars Volta from 2009 to 2010.) In February 2018, Bixler Zavala confirmed on Twitter that the Mars Volta would reunite, but later clarified that At the Drive-In activity will take precedence for the immediate future.

Personal life
In 2009, Bixler-Zavala married actress and model Chrissie Carnell. The couple reside in Los Angeles, California. They had their first children, twin boys Ulysses and Xanthus, in 2013. In November 2017, he said in a pair of tweets that actor Danny Masterson had sexually assaulted his wife, and that he wrote At the Drive-In's song "Incurably Innocent" about the alleged incident.

Bixler-Zavala was a member of the Church of Scientology and had credited Scientology with his changed attitude on the use of drugs. He attended the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre event in 2013. In 2015, Bixler-Zavala spoke about his decision to stop smoking marijuana. "I was spending $1,000 a week on weed", he said, and rationalized his use by believing it made him more creative, when he later came to realize "I was using it to form this stoned bubble that helped me justify not wanting to interact with people." However, by 2017 he had become a harsh critic of Scientology, calling its "self help volcano[...] as barren as a floating needle. A placebo of Sugary kool aid" and accusing it of silencing sexual assault victims and of harassing both him and his wife; in 2018, he accused it of covering up his wife's alleged sexual assault and called it "a modern-day version of The Handmaid's Tale".

In 2020, Bixler-Zavala's dog died after allegedly eating raw meat laced with rat poison that had been tossed into their yard. Bixler-Zavala alleged that the Church of Scientology was responsible, though they have denied the accusations.

Bixler-Zavala's life has been heavily impacted by the deaths of people who have been in close association with him, several of which have become themes for his lyrics. Jimmy Hernandez, bass player for Los Dregtones, died of cancer in 1994. The year after, the original drummer for At the Drive-In, Bernie Rincon, died by suicide. In 1996, a close friend and band-mate of Bixler-Zavala's, Los Dregtones bassist Julio Venegas, also died by suicide. The story behind the Mars Volta's first album De-Loused in the Comatorium was loosely inspired by "life and death of Julio Venegas". During the following year, two of his bandmates of the group The Fall on Deaf Ears, Laura Beard and Sarah Reiser, died in a car accident. In May 2003, their sound manipulator and longtime friend of Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López, Jeremy Ward, was found dead of apparent heroin overdose. In October 2014, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, former bandmate and keyboardist for Bixler-Zavala's previous bands De Facto and the Mars Volta (the latter from 2001 to 2010), was found dead in Puebla, Mexico, while on tour with Jack White. Owens was 39 years old and his cause of death was later confirmed to be a heart attack.

Bixler-Zavala endorsed 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and denounced the support of Joe Biden by his former Foss bandmate and 2020 presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke. In response to a fan on Instagram who said that O'Rourke's support of Biden "bummed me out bad", Bixler-Zavala said "me too."

As Alavaz Relxib Cirdec

 * The Special 12 Singles Series – "Live Private Booths" / "Sapta Loka" single (2005)

With Antemasque

 * Antemasque – LP (2014)

With Anywhere

 * Anywhere – LP (2012)
 * Light The Portals – LP (2016)
 * Anywhere II – LP (2018)

With At the Drive-In

 * Hell Paso (1994) – re-release – EP
 * Alfaro Vive, Carajo! (1995) – EP
 * Acrobatic Tenement (1996, re-release 2004) – LP
 * El Gran Orgo (1997) – EP
 * In/Casino/Out (1998, re-release 2004) – LP
 * Vaya (1999, re-release 2004) – EP
 * Sunshine / At the Drive-In (2000) – EP
 * Relationship of Command (2000, re-release 2004) – LP
 * This Station Is Non-Operational (2005) – compilation
 * in•ter a•li•a (2017) – LP
 * Diamanté (2017) – EP

With Big Sir

 * Before Gardens After Gardens – LP (2012)

With De Facto

 * How Do You Dub? You Fight For Dub, You Plug Dub In – LP (1999/2001)
 * 456132015 – EP (2001)
 * Megaton Shotblast – LP (2001)
 * Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues – LP (2001)

With The Fall on Deaf Ears

 * The Fall on Deaf Ears – EP (1996)

With Foss

 * The El Paso Pussycats (1993) – 7-inch
 * Foss (1993)
 * Fewel St. (1994)

With Thee Gambede Meatleak

 * The Crab, The Bear, The Tiger, The Moose, The Bird (1995)

With Los Dregtones

 * 5 Song Alibi (1994)

With the Mars Volta

 * Tremulant – EP (2002)
 * De-Loused in the Comatorium – LP (2003)
 * Live – EP (2003)
 * Frances the Mute – LP (2005)
 * Scabdates – LP (2005)
 * Amputechture – LP (2006)
 * The Bedlam in Goliath – LP (2008)
 * Octahedron – LP (2009)
 * Noctourniquet – LP (2012)
 * The Mars Volta – LP (2022)
 * Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón (2023)

With Omar Rodríguez-López

 * A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume 1 (2004)
 * Omar Rodriguez (2005)
 * Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo (2007)
 * Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) (2007)
 * Old Money (2008)
 * Cryptomnesia (2009)
 * Sympathy for Delicious OST – 3 tracks as 'Burnt the Dipthongs'
 * Telesterion (2011)
 * Some Need It Lonely (2016)

With Zavalaz

 * All Those Nights We Never Met - LP (unreleased)

Guest appearances

 * Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three – various artists backed by the Rollins Band (2002) ("I've Had It")
 * Decomposition – Thavius Beck (2004) ("Amongst The Shadows")
 * Burn Right Through – Sand Which Is (2000) ("Plasticity Index")
 * White People – Handsome Boy Modeling School (2004) ("A Day In The Life")
 * Blood Mountain – Mastodon (2006) ("Siberian Divide")
 * I'll Sleep When You're Dead – El-P (2007) ("Tasmanian Pain Coaster")
 * Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixx2 / Eat My Garbage - El-P (2008) ("Tasmanian Pain Coaster (A Cappella)")
 * Vivid Green – Nobody (2013) ("Our Last Dance")
 * Oh Dead On Oh Love – Lisa Papineau (2019) ("Hey Lord Take Me Over")
 * Kingdom Of Sleep - Jonny Polonsky (2020) ("Ghost Like Soul")

As producer

 * Hell Paso by At the Drive-In (1994) co-produced with other members of At the Drive-In
 * ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo! by At the Drive-In (1995) co-produced with other members of At the Drive-In
 * El Gran Orgo by At the Drive-In (1997) co-produced with Bryan Jones and other members of At the Drive-In
 * Sunshine / At the Drive-In by At the Drive-In (2000) co-produced with other members of At the Drive-In
 * Live by The Mars Volta (2003) co-produced with Omar Rodríguez-López

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Do the Best (Do As Infinity album)

Do the Best is a greatest hits album by the musical group Do As Infinity, released in 2002. In 2004, a combined compilation Do the Best + DVD was released. Some of the tracks in the album have minor changes, such as "Oasis" having an actual, definite ending unlike the original single where it previously had faded out instead. "Nice & Easy" was a brand new song that was included, it was also used as the theme song for a Lavenus commercial song featuring lead singer and musician, Tomiko Van. The CD+DVD version of the album is a re-release which was released in 2004 and included a DVD with numerous (either live or promotional) videos of the first thirteen tracks of the CD album.

Chart positions
1Original CD release

²Do The Best+DVD

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User:Mcpusc

I consider myself a WikiGnome, as I'm not particularly active in creating new articles; instead I generally make small corrections in articles I find while browsing, and then keep an eye on those articles.

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J-class yacht
I'm the guy who cited your wiki entry on Reddit over the wkend. You thanked me so I thought it only fitting to thank you here. Now, the real question is how do we actually get ourselves out racing on a J-Class ? Thehornet (talk) 16:50, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

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True Song

True Song is Do As Infinity's fourth album. It was released on December 26, 2002 under the Avex Records label. The last song on this album, "Ai no Uta", has become a fan favorite and also a staple song to the end of all the Do As Infinity concerts after this album released. Another staple song for their concerts was "One or Eight", which they usually do band member introductions in the middle of. "Kūsō Ryodan", according to Saiko Kawamura written in the Do the A-side booklet, is the song resembling Do As Infinity spirit. He stated that "...we are the fantasy brigade..." in the last sentence of the booklet which he penned.

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Do the Live

Do the Live is a live album by Do as Infinity, released in 2003.

Disc one

 * 1) "SUMMER DAYS"
 * 2) "under the sun"
 * 3) "nice & easy"
 * 4) "Desire"
 * 5) "Hi no Ataru Sakamichi" (陽のあたる坂道)
 * 6) "Good for you"
 * 7) "Heart"
 * MC
 * 1) "Shinjitsu no Uta" (真実の詩)
 * 2) "Yesterday & Today"
 * 3) "We are."

Disc two

 * MC
 * 1) "Grateful Journey"
 * 2) "Tōku Made" (遠くまで)
 * 3) "Boukensha Tachi" (冒険者たち)
 * 4) "135"
 * 5) "One or Eight"
 * 6) "Ai no Uta" (あいのうた)
 * MC
 * 1) "Tsurezure Naru Mama Ni" (徒然なるままに)
 * 2) "Week!"

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Simon Leys

Pierre Ryckmans (28 September 1935 – 11 August 2014), better known by his pen name Simon Leys, was a Belgian-Australian writer, essayist and literary critic, translator, art historian, sinologist, and university professor, who lived in Australia from 1970. His work particularly focused on the politics and traditional culture of China, calligraphy, French and English literature, the commercialization of universities, and nautical fiction. Through the publication of his trilogy Les Habits neufs du président Mao (1971), Ombres chinoises (1974) and Images brisées (1976), he was one of the first intellectuals to denounce the Cultural Revolution in China and the idolizing of Mao in the West.

Biography
Pierre Ryckmans was born in Uccle, an upper-middle-class district of Brussels, to a prominent Belgian family living in a house on Avenue des Aubépines. He was the son of a publisher, the grandson of Alfonse Ryckmans, an Antwerp alderman and vice president of the Senate, the nephew of Pierre Ryckmans, a governor general of the Belgian Congo, and Gonzague Ryckmans, a professor at the Université catholique de Louvain and a recognized expert of Arabic epigraphy.

He attended the Servites de Marie primary school near his home, then studied Greek and Latin humanities at the Cardinal Mercier diocesan school in Braine-l'Alleud. There, one of his teachers, abbé Voussure, "finished ingraining in him an unwavering Christian faith."

From 1953 he studied law and art history at the Université catholique de Louvain.

In 1955, his father died prematurely. In May, he became a member of a delegation of ten young Belgians invited to spend a month in China. During that visit he took part in a conversation with Zhou Enlai, the Premier of the People's Republic of China. As a result, he became sympathetic to the Maoist regime: "I confidently extended to the Maoist regime the same sympathy that I felt for all things Chinese." He returned from the trip with the view that "it would be inconceivable to live in this world, in our age, without a good knowledge of Chinese language and a direct access to Chinese culture".

Upon his return to Belgium, he finished his studies in art history and began to learn calligraphy.

In the summer of 1958, he travelled to Étel, a port in French Brittany, to board one of the last remaining tuna boats. The account he wrote of the fishing expedition was only published 45 years later, under the title Prosper.

After being awarded a small bursary from the Chiang Kai-shek government, he enrolled at the Fine Arts department of the National Taiwan University. There he studied under the guidance of Puru, a cousin of Puyi, the last emperor, and did some research for his future PhD dissertation on Shitao, a Chinese painter at the time of the Qing empire.

After completing his studies in Taiwan in 1960, he was called up for military service in Belgium. Instead, he chose to become a conscientious objector and perform civil service in the field of development cooperation for the next three years. First, thanks to the intervention of Eurasian writer Han Suyin, he was able to take up a part-time student and teaching job at Nanyang University in Singapore. However, in 1963, under suspicion of being a communist by the Lee Kuan Yew regime, he had to pack up and leave for Hong Kong, at the time a British colony.

For two years he taught at the New Asia College, one of the colleges of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He lived in a Kowloon squatter area, sharing with three friends a small accommodation they dubbed Wu Yong Tang (《無用堂》the "hall of uselessness") and living a life redolent of an Eastern Scènes de la vie de bohème.

He supplemented his income by writing summaries of articles from the mainland Chinese press and collecting testimonies from refugees from the mainland on behalf of the Belgian diplomatic delegation. He also gleaned information from China News Analysis, a weekly publication produced in Hong Kong by the Jesuit scholar Father László Ladány. These reports would become the basis of his 1971 book Les Habits neufs du président Mao (translated as The Chairman's New Clothes).

He also taught courses at the local Alliance française. In 1964, he married Han Fang Chang, a journalist he met in Taiwan, and became the father of twins in 1967.

While in Hong Kong, Ryckmans was introduced to French sinologist René Viénet, then a member of the Situationist International, by another sinologist, Jacques Pimpaneau, whom he had met at the New Asian College. René Viénet, who took the view that Chinese press reports on the Cultural Revolution were less sanitized than the writings of Western journalists and sinologists, obtained Pierre Ryckmans's agreement for his essay Les Habits neufs du président Mao to be published in Paris by Champ Libre, a publishing house run by Gérard Lebovici.

For his PhD thesis, Ryckmans chose to translate and comment on a masterpiece of the history of Chinese art, the treatise on painting by Shitao. It was published in 1970 by the Institut Belge des Hautes Etudes Chinoises in Brussels, under the title ''Propos sur la peinture du moine Citrouille-amère de Shitao. Contribution à l'étude terminologique des théories chinoises de la peinture''.

On his publisher's advice, he decided to assume a pen name to avoid being declared persona non grata in the People's Republic of China. He chose "Simon" as his first name, a reference to the original name of the Apostle Peter, and "Leys" as his second name, a tribute to the main character of Victor Segalen's René Leys published in 1922, in which a Belgian teenager residing in Peking in the final days of the Qing Dynasty entertains his employer with accounts of the intrigues and conspiracies taking place behind the walls of the imperial palace. It is also suggested that his nom de plume is an allusion to a dynasty of painters from Antwerp under the name of Leys, with Henri Leys as its most famous representative.

In 1970 Ryckmans settled in Australia and he taught Chinese literature at the Australian National University in Canberra, where he supervised the honours thesis of future Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

He returned to China in 1972 for six months as a cultural attaché for the Belgian Embassy in Beijing.

In 1983 Ryckmans appeared on the literary talk show Apostrophes on French television. The host, Bernard Pivot, had also invited Maria-Antonietta Macciocchi, a "China expert" and author of the book Dalla Cina. After the latter had waxed lyrical on the subject of the New China, Ryckmans responded ferociously, pointing out errors of fact that suggested she had not verified her sources before writing her book, a work that he judged as being "d'une stupidité totale" (totally stupid) or "une escroquerie" (a fraud).

In the period 1987–93, he was Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney. He took early retirement, later explaining that, near the end, "deep modifications" had begun to affect universities in Australia and worldwide, "transformations ... progressively taking the university further away from the model to which I had originally devoted my life".

Following his retirement he returned to Canberra, where he lived for the remainder of his life.

He died of cancer in Sydney at the age of 78, in August 2014, surrounded by his wife and four children, Etienne, Jeanne, Louis and Marc.

Works
Ryckmans wrote in French, English and Chinese.

His books on the Chinese Cultural Revolution and on Maoist China - beginning with his trilogy Les Habits neufs du président Mao (1971), Ombres chinoises (1974) and Images brisées (1976) - gave scathing descriptions of the cultural and political destruction in mainland China while denouncing the hypocrisy of its western defenders.

In 1971, on the advice of his publisher, he decided to adopt a pseudonym before the release of Les habits neufs du président Mao, in order to avoid the risk of becoming a persona non grata in the People's Republic of China. He chose "Leys" after the main character of Victor Segalen's novel René Leys (published in 1922).

During the 1970s these books by Ryckmans provoked intense hostility among many Western intellectuals, particularly the French Maoists associated with the journal Tel Quel (such as Philippe Sollers) and attracted attacks from daily newspapers such as Le Monde. However, he was defended by some intellectuals such as Jean-François Revel and Étiemble.

In 1996 he delivered the Boyer Lectures on the theme "Aspects of Culture", in which he argued the need to cultivate the gardens of the mind and which were later published as The View from the Bridge: Aspects of Culture (1996).

Ryckmans was also a translator of Chinese literature, such as the Analects of Confucius and The Treatise on Painting by Shitao. His translation of The Analects of Confucius (1997) sought to introduce readers to "the real, living Confucius" rather than the official Confucian cult portraying him as "always proper, a bit pompous, slightly boring" — and appropriated by authoritarians.

The 2001 film The Emperor's New Clothes, directed by Alan Taylor, was based on Leys' novel The Death of Napoleon. Leys expressed distaste for the film, however; stating in an afterword accompanying a reprint of the novel that this "latter avatar [The Emperor's New Clothes], by the way, was both sad and funny: sad, because Napoleon was interpreted to perfection by an actor (Ian Holm) whose performance made me dream of what could have been achieved had the producer and director bothered to read the book."

His collection of essays, The Hall of Uselessness (2011), revealed the scope of his eccentric interests, wit and insights.

His translation (2013) of Simone Weil’s 1940 essay On the Abolition of All Political Parties was inspired, he said, by the "toxic atmosphere" that had started to pollute Australian politics.

He wrote regularly for the English-language press — The New York Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, Quadrant, and The Monthly — and for the French-language press — L'Express, Le Point, Le Monde, Le Figaro littéraire, and Le Magazine Littéraire.

He was a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, an Honorary Commander of the French Navy and member of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique.

He received many awards including the Académie française's Prix Jean Walter, prix d’histoire et de sociologie, the Prix Renaudot de l'essai, the Prix Henri Gal, the Prix Femina, the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca, the Prix Guizot-Calvados, the Prix Quinquernal de Literature, and the Christina Stead Prize for fiction.

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Gates of Heaven (album)

Gates of Heaven is an album by Do As Infinity. It was released in 2003. "Azayaka na Hana" is one of the first songs Ryo Owatari wrote before auditioning for Do as Infinity, it was written for his former band, Peek-A-Boo! He also recorded a new version of the song with his new band Missile Innovation in their self-titled mini-album. The Asia version of the album included a Mandarin version of Shinjitsu no Uta as a bonus track.

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Gondwana Rainforests

The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, formerly known as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, are the most extensive area of subtropical rainforest in the world. Collectively, the rainforests are a World Heritage Site with fifty separate reserves totalling 366500 ha from to Brisbane.

Background
The Gondwana Rainforests are so-named because the fossil record indicates that when Gondwana existed it was covered by rainforests containing the same kinds of species that are living today. Not all Gondwanan rainforests in Australia are located in the New South WalesQueensland region; the largest Gondwanan rainforest in Australia is located in Tasmania's Tarkine wilderness. The number of visitors to the Gondwana rainforest reserves in New South Wales and Queensland is about 2 million per year.

The World Heritage status of the region was created and negotiated initially in 1986, with the area extended in 1994, following a nomination which was prepared in 1992 by the Rainforest Conservation Society. The World Heritage listing carries the following inscription:

The site was gazetted on the Australian National Heritage List on 21 May 2007 under the ; and the New South Wales portion was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

Conservation value
The forests were inscribed to the World Heritage list in 1986, covering only the New South Wales sites of approximately 310800 ha and extended in 1994 to cover the Queensland sites of approximately 59200 ha which is a total of approximately 370000 ha. The rainforest reserves have an extremely high conservation value, with more than 200 rare or threatened plant and animal species.

Eight separate areas have been identified as having outstanding heritage significance to Australia and are included on the Australian National Heritage List. The altitude of the reserves ranges from sea level to almost 1600 m.

On 22 December 2000, the High Conservation Value Old Growth forest covering 24 national parks and 19 nature reserves spread across 12 local government areas in the upper north east region of New South Wales were listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.

National parks
The Queensland areas include the Main Range, at its most northern point; and extending south, the Lamington, Mount Chinghee, Springbrook and Mount Barney national parks.

The New South Wales areas include the Barrington Tops, at its most southern point; and extending north, the Dorrigo, Mount Warning, New England, Mebbin, Nightcap, Border Ranges, Oxley Wild Rivers, Washpool, Willi Willi and Werrikimbe national parks.

The most heavily visited parts are Dorrigo National Park and the Natural Bridge section of Springbrook National Park.

Destruction
The region was historically logged extremely heavily, to such an extent that only 1% of the original range of the Gondwana rainforest remains in Australia. Most of the logged regions have been taken over by eucalyptus forest.

During the 2019-2020 Australian bushfire season, many regions of the Gondwana rainforest were devastated by bushfires for the first time, with some preliminary reports indicating that up to 53% of the forests may have burned as of January 2020. Among the devastated habitats are several locations that are significant for some critically imperiled species, such as the nightcap oak and the giant barred frog. The presence of these devastating blazes in areas that have never burned before has been linked to the encroachment of the flammable eucalyptus trees into the logged areas adjoining the forests. The general claim of "never burned before" has been challenged by several commentators, based on an article in The Cairns Post on 25 October 1951 that reported a "fire has burnt out about 2000 acres of thick rainforest country" in the Lamington National Park.

Australian National Heritage List sections
The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia are divided into sections for listing on the Australian National Heritage List, from north to south, as below:

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Do the B-side

Do the B-side is the eighth album from the popular Japanese band Do As Infinity. A limited edition of this album was released with an original T-shirt celebrating the fifth anniversary of the band. Footage of the concert is found in the Do As Infinity Live Year 2004 DVD. This B-side compilation album was released on September 23, 2004, under the AVEX Records label.

In the Taiwanese version of the limited version of Do The B-Side, the two CDs contained the opposite tracks from each other. This is not the first defect that the Taiwanese branch of Avex has made; other artists have made mistakes with the Taiwanese versions of their products as well.

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