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CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon

The CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon is a United States Air Force 1000 lb-class freefall Cluster Bomb Unit. It was developed and produced by Textron Defense Systems. A CBU-97 used in conjunction with the Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser guidance tail kit is converted to a precision-guided weapon, and the combination is designated CBU-105.

Overview
The CBU-97 consists of an SUU-66/B tactical munition dispenser that contains 10 BLU-108 submunitions. Each submunition contains four hockey-puck-shaped sensor-fused projectiles called Skeets. These detect target vehicles, such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, trucks and other support vehicles, and fire an explosively-formed penetrator downwards at them.

Operation
The 40 Skeets scan an area of 1500 x using infrared and laser sensors, seeking targets by pattern-matching. When a Skeet finds a target it fires an explosively-formed penetrator to destroy it. If a Skeet fails to find a target, it self-destructs 50 ft above the ground; if this fails, a back-up timer disables the Skeet. These features are intended to avoid later civilian casualties from unexploded munitions, and result in an unexploded-ordnance rate of less than 1%.

As the CBU-97 approaches its designated aim-point, the dispenser skin is severed into three panels by an explosive cutting charge. The slipstream peels away these panels, exposing the 10 BLU-108 submunitions. An airbag ejects the forward five submunitions, then five in the aft bay. Following a preset timeline, the submunitions deploy parachutes so that they are spaced about 100 ft apart. Then each submunition releases its chute, fires a rocket motor that stops its descent and spins it on its longitudinal axis, and releases Skeets 90 degrees apart, in pairs. Each spinning Skeet makes a coning motion that allows it to scan a circular area on the ground.

The laser sensor detects changes in apparent terrain height such as the contour of a vehicle. At the same time, infrared sensors detect heat signatures, such as those emitted by the engine of a vehicle. When the combination of height contours and heat signatures indicative of a target are detected, the Skeet detonates, firing an explosively-formed penetrator (EFP) down into the target at high speed, sufficient to penetrate armor plating and destroy what is protected by it. Even well-armored vehicles such as main battle tanks, while having massive armor protection on the front and sides, are only lightly armored above, and relatively easily penetrated. Each bomb can spread penetrators over an area of 15 acres or more. According to an ABC News consultant, an attack by this bomb would effectively stop an armored convoy moving down a road. While the bomb was designed during the Cold War for fighter-bombers flying at low altitude below radar cover to attack Soviet tanks, a single B-52 high altitude heavy bomber can destroy an entire armored division with these bombs, where in the past dozens of aircraft would have had to drop hundreds of bombs for the same effect.

The CBU-97, or CBU-105 version, is deployed by tactical aircraft from altitudes of 200 to 20000 ft Above Ground Level (AGL) at speeds of 250 to 650 kn.

History
The weapon has been in production since 1992 and it was first deployed, but not used, during Operation Allied Force when NATO entered the Kosovo War. Sensor-fused weapons were first fired in combat during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

In 2010 the US government announced the sale to India of 512 CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapons. The expected platform is the SEPECAT Jaguar.

Saudi Arabia has also requested the CBU-105. In May 2015, Human Rights Watch reported on, and criticized, the Saudi use of the CBU-105 SFW during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.

The United States last bought SFWs in 2007, after which it continued to be produced for export. In September 2016, Textron announced it would no longer produce the weapon, citing low demand as well as international controversy over the use of cluster munitions.

Operators
In addition to the United States, the CBU-105 has been ordered by India, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

General characteristics
Per globalsecurity.org:
 * Type: Freefall bomb
 * Weight: 927 lb
 * Name: CBU-97 Sensor Fused Weapon (SFW)
 * Length: 92 in
 * Diameter: 15.6 in
 * Dispenser: SW-65 tactical dispenser
 * Bomblets: 10 × BLU-108/B
 * Warhead: Armour Piercing
 * Unit Cost: $360,000 - baseline [$ FY90]

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Phatthalung

Phatthalung (พัทลุง, ) is a town (thesaban mueang) in southern Thailand, capital of Phatthalung Province.

The town covers tambon Khuhu Sawan, and small parts of tambon Khao Chiak, Tha Mi Ram, Prang Mu, Lampam, Tamnan, and Khuan Maphrao, all in Mueang Phatthalung District. In 2005 it had a population of 38,576. Phatthalung is 851 km by road south of Bangkok.

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Phetchaburi

Phetchaburi (เพชรบุรี, ) or Phet Buri is a town (thesaban mueang) in southern Thailand, capital of Phetchaburi Province. In Thai, Phetchaburi means "city of diamonds" (buri meaning "city" in Sanskrit). It is approximately 160 km south of Bangkok, at the northern end of the Thai peninsula. As of 2005, the town had a population of 26,181 and covers the two tambon Tha Rap and Khlong Krachaeng.

The Phetchaburi River runs through the middle of the city. The region is mostly flat, save for a single hill (called Khao Wang) on the outskirts of town. The royal palace named Phra Nakhon Khiri and one of the many wats are on top of Khao Wang. The hill and town is the site of an annual festival, called the Phra Nakhon Khiri Fair. It lasts for eight days in early February and includes a sound and light show and classical Thai dance.

The official city flower is the leelowadee flower or frangipani.

Phetchaburi is known for its traditional Thai desserts. The most well-known is a custard dessert called khanom mor gaeng. Other popular desserts include Portuguese-influenced thong yip, thong yod, and foi thong. In 2021, Phetchaburi was recognized by UNESCO as a creative city of gastronomy.

Education
Phetchaburi has numerous private and public schools from K-12. Several have English programs taught by native English speakers to ready students for higher education. Some of the schools are Benchamatheputhit School, Prommanusorn School, Benjamaputit Mattayom School, Wat Don Kaitia Prathom School, and Arunpradit Prathom/Mattayom School. There are also several universities, including Phetchaburi Ratchabat University.

Transportation
In the city proper, the primary mode of transportation is by motor vehicle with motorbikes being the most popular. Cars are the second major form of transportation. Locals also travel by hired motorcycles and songthaews.

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Phichit

Phichit (พิจิตร, เมือง) is a town (thesaban mueang) in central Thailand, capital of Phichit Province. It covers the whole tambon Nai Mueang of Mueang Phichit district, an area of 12.017 km². As of 2005, it had a population of 23,791. Phichit is 326 km north of Bangkok.

Geography
Phichit is at the confluence of the Wat Ta Yom River and the Nan River.

History
The old town of Phichit was established in 1058 CE by Phraya Kotabongthevaraja, and was first part of the Sukhothai kingdom, and later of Ayutthaya. The name of the city changed several times. At first, it was called Sra Luang (city of the royal pond), in Ayutthaya times it was called Okhaburi ("city in the swamp"), and then finally Phichit ("beautiful city").

Attractions
The Wat Tha Luang temple in Phichit is home to a large Luang Phor Phet Buddha image.

Notable individuals

 * Chaleo Yoovidhya (c. 1932 – 17 March 2012) once listed as the richest person in Thailand

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Sundazed Records

Sundazed Music is an American independent record label founded in Coxsackie, New York and currently based in Hillsborough, North Carolina. It was initially known as a '60s-centric surf, garage, and psych label. Over time with the additions of imprints such as Modern Harmonic, Americana Anthropology, Beat Rocket, Dot Matrix Recordings, and Liberty Spike Recordings, their reach spans most genres and many decades while still firmly rooted as an archival label.

History
Label founders Bob Irwin and his wife Mary started the label in 1989. Irwin's skill at restoring old vinyl records for the (then new) CD format attracted the attention of major labels, who increasingly solicited him to help them re-issue material from their back catalogs. He helped Sony Music release their archival Legacy Records label. Later, his restoration work included early material by the likes of Bob Dylan, Nancy Sinatra, and the Byrds. Irwin also worked at Arista for a time.

The first Sundazed releases were The Great Lost Knickerbockers Album! by The Knickerbockers and Western Union by the Five Americans, and reflected Irwin's personal preference for garage rock and surf music. Later releases included the albums of the Turtles, the Challengers, Liverpool Five, and Jan and Dean's long-lost album Save for a Rainy Day. The company reissued the complete catalog of LPs by New Orleans funk pioneers the Meters on vinyl and CD. The label later ventured into country music, including extensive reissues of Capitol Records albums by Buck Owens and other acts including Jimmy Bryant. Sundazed also issued vintage jazz guitar albums through their Euphoria label.

Reissues
While Sundazed does license many of their releases from labels including Universal Music Group, Sony, and Rhino, they do a large amount of licenses direct with the artists or the artists' estates.

Additionally, Sundazed Music has purchased catalogs over the years. These catalog purchases include the 1995 purchase of the 1966 Jan And Dean concept album Save For A Rainy Day from Dean Torrence, the 1996 purchase of The Golden State Recorders studio masters, the 2000 acquisition of both the Edison International label (home to The Music Emporium and the recordings of Abnak Records, the home to The Five Americans, Bobby Patterson and Jon and Robin. In 2002, they purchased the Best Records, United International, Cedwicke and Wickwire catalogs, including the recordings of The Pyramids and The Daisy Chain. In 2019, they purchased Salem, Oregon-based Garland Records. In 2021, they acquired the exclusive rights to the Shiloh Records (Safe At Home by The International Submarine Band, The Kentucky Colonels) catalog. In 2021, they also purchased an extensive tape archive of the Kay Bank Studios to strengthen their partnership with The Trashmen.

In 1995, Sundazed released a 20-track CD by The Pyramids, ''Penetration! The Best of the Pyramids''. Bob Irwin worked closely with John Hodge, the manager and producer for the Pyramids. Hodge owned the masters for the original recordings, which included the unissued music. Hodge also had a strong love of the music. Irwin was also planning a second release of their work. It was to be a "Lost Pyramids" album of unreleased material. He also did the same for The Revels, the Impact Records recording artists who had a hit with "Church Key." Working with The Revels' original music director Tony Hilder and band members Sam Eddy and Norman Knowles, he had their work which was recorded years before re-released.

They reissued Oar by Skip Spence in 1999.

Sundazed reissued the Columbia Moby Grape albums, but were immediately forced to withdraw the first three albums due to legal disputes involving the band's ex-manager Matthew Katz. In 2009, they signed Morly Grey to reissue The Only Truth, which came out on Sundazed SC 11216. Also that year, they released the long-lost Columbia sessions by the group Love.

On June 24, 2018, it was reported that Sundazed Records would be reissuing Mike Nesmith's recordings with First National Band, originally released after The Monkees' television series was canceled in 1969. The band's three albums, Magnetic South, Loose Salute, and Nevada Fighter, were originally recorded and released on RCA Victor between 1970 and 1971 featuring Nesmith on guitar and vocals, with John Ware on drums, John London on bass, and O.J. "Red" Rhodes on pedal steel guitar.

New releases
In 2015, after a conversation with former Kentucky Headhunters guitarist Greg Martin about "Groovy Grubworm", an old instrumental record of which both were fond, Bob Irwin created subsidiary label Sundazed RFD, a label exclusively for instrumental 45 RPM recordings. "Groovy Grubworm" by Harlow Wilcox And The Oakies, "Shark Country" by the SloBeats (a band composed of Kenny Vaughan, Dave Roe and Maxwell Schauf) and "The Lonely Bull" by The East Nashville Teens were among the first records to be released by the new label.

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Man in Space Soonest

Man In Space Soonest (MISS) was a United States Air Force (USAF) program to put a man into outer space before the Soviet Union. The program was cancelled on August 1, 1958, and was replaced by NASA's Project Mercury. Only two men from the program would actually reach outer space. The first, Joseph A. Walker, did so two or three times (depending on the definition of the space border) in X-15 rocket plane tests in 1963. The other, Neil Armstrong, became a NASA astronaut in 1962, flew on Gemini 8 in 1966, and in 1969 on Apollo 11 becoming the first person to walk on the Moon.

Astronaut candidates
MISS would have used a Thor booster, then later an Atlas, to launch a single-man spacecraft into orbit. On June 25, 1958, the Air Force announced the following nine men selected to be astronauts for the program:

 * Neil A. Armstrong (1930–2012), 27, NACA. The only member of the group to join the NASA Astronaut Corps. Flew on Gemini 8 and Apollo 11 missions; performed the first docking of two spacecraft, was the first—along with Buzz Aldrin—to land on the Moon, and was the first person to set foot on the Moon.
 * William B. Bridgeman (1916–1968), 42, Douglas Aircraft Company
 * A. Scott Crossfield (1921–2006), 36, North American Aviation (NAA)
 * Iven C. Kincheloe (1928–1958), 29, USAF
 * John B. McKay (1922–1975), 35, NACA
 * Robert A. Rushworth (1924–1993), 33, USAF
 * Joseph A. Walker (1921–1966), 37, NACA. The first member of the group to achieve outer space according to the FAI, and to enter space twice, on two X-15 test flights.
 * Alvin S. White (1918–2006), 39, NAA
 * Robert M. White (1924–2010), 33, USAF. The first member of the group to achieve outer space according to the USAF.

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Cover for album Lives in the Balance by Jackson Browne.

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Lives in the Balance

Lives in the Balance is the eighth album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1986. It reached number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart. The title track as well as "For America" and "In the Shape of a Heart" were released as singles. The album was ranked number 88 on Rolling Stone's list of the best 100 albums of the 1980s. The album reached number 2 in Sweden.

History
Lives in the Balance was the first album by Browne where overtly political and socially critical songs dominated (three of which were about president Ronald Reagan), although it also included one of his best remembered songs about relationships, the tragic "In the Shape of a Heart", inspired by his relationship with his first wife. The radio play garnered by "For America" and "In the Shape of a Heart", and the use of "Lives in the Balance" in the show Miami Vice, gained him many new fans who later went back and discovered Browne's earlier works.

The lesser commercial success of the album, according to a Rolling Stone November 1989 article, hardly mattered to Browne: "I like this album as much as any I've ever done," Browne said. "And there's a certain comfort, a security that I have, talking about something that I feel this strongly about. And whether or not an album succeeds wildly or not, that's intact."

The album was certified as a gold record in 1986 by the RIAA.

Reception
Critical press focused on the political direction of Lives in the Balance. Music critic William Rulhmann wrote retrospectively "...if Browne sounded more involved in his music than he had in some time, the specificity of its approach inevitably limited its appeal and its long-term significance."

Critic Robert Christgau also commented in a similar vein: "The difference is that Browne shouldn't be doing this... he's a pop star who's stretching his audience and endangering his market share merely by making such a statement in 1986. And he's thought hard getting here—not only does his way with words render these lyrics somewhat deeper than Holly Near's, but his moralistic put-downs have that edge of righteous anger nobody's yet found the formula for." The Rolling Stone Record Guide wrote that "the title track is a cutting slice of social observation, but the remainder of the album is muddled. For the first time, Browne seems unsure of himself."

However, the original 1986 Rolling Stone review by Jimmy Guterman praised the album over-all in part because of Browne's "new-found ability to link the personal to the political," which "breathes life" into the songs and "prevents them from becoming too didactic. Browne's not just writing about the headlines; he's trying to tell the stories of the people they affect."

Track listing
All tracks composed by Browne except where noted.

Personnel
The list of contributors is as follows.
 * Jackson Browne – lead vocals, vocoder (1), acoustic guitar (2, 3, 6), sequencing (2, 6), acoustic piano (4), harmony vocals (6)
 * Jai Winding – acoustic piano (1), synthesizers (1, 4, 5, 6, 8), organ (5)
 * Bill Payne – synthesizers (2, 3, 4, 6), acoustic piano (8)
 * Danny Kortchmar – sequencing (2), guitar (5)
 * Craig Doerge – synthesizers (3)
 * Bernie Larsen – clavinet (7), guitar (7)
 * Ian McLagan – organ (7)
 * Gary Myrick – guitar (1)
 * Steve Lukather – guitar (2, 4, 8)
 * Rick Vito – guitar (3)
 * David Lindley – guitar (5, 7)
 * Waddy Wachtel – guitar (5)
 * Jorge Strunz – nylon-string acoustic guitar (6)
 * Hugo Pedroza – charango (6), tiple (6)
 * Kevin McCormick – guitar (7), harmony vocals (7)
 * Kevin Dukes – guitar (8)
 * Jennifer Condos – bass (1)
 * Bob Glaub – bass (2, 3, 4, 6, 8)
 * Jorge Calderón – bass (5), harmony vocals (5)
 * Phil Chen – bass (7)
 * Ian Wallace – drums (1, 7)
 * Russ Kunkel – drums (2, 4, 6, 8)
 * Stan Lynch – drums (3)
 * Jim Keltner – drums (5)
 * Walfredo Reyes Jr. – congas (5)
 * Phil Kenzie – alto saxophone (1)
 * Enrique "Quique" Cruz – zampona (6)
 * Doug Haywood – harmony vocals (3, 4, 7, 8)
 * Bonnie Raitt – harmony vocals (4)
 * Debra Dobkin – harmony vocals (6)
 * Mindy Sterling – harmony vocals (6)

Production

 * Producer – Jackson Browne
 * Production Assistant – Steven Landsberg
 * Engineer – James Geddes
 * Assistant Engineers – Tchad Blake, Bill Jackson and Coke Johnson.
 * Technical Engineer – Ed Wong
 * Mixing – James Geddes and Greg Ladanyi
 * Mix Assistants – Murray Dvorkin and Sharon Rice
 * Mixed at The Complex (Los Angeles, CA).
 * Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
 * Art Direction – Dawn Patrol and Jimmy Wachtel
 * Cover Artwork – Richard Duardo
 * Back Cover Photo – Basia Kenton

Charts
Album – Billboard (United States)

Singles – Billboard (United States)

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"Lives in the Balance" can also refer to a non-profit corporation: Lives in the Balance

Quoting from their web site: "Lives in the Balance is the non-profit organization founded ... to advocate on behalf of behaviorally challenging kids and their parents, teachers, and other caregivers and to provide free, web-based resources to help people understand these kids ..."

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Prachuap Khiri Khan

Prachuap Khiri Khan (ประจวบคีรีขันธ์, ) is a town in western Thailand. It is the capital of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province and is on the coast at one of the narrowest stretches in Thailand, only 10 km from the border with Myanmar at Dan Sing Khon in the Tenasserim Hills. The area has large pineapple and coconut industries, in addition to being popular with Thai tourists. The town is 291 km south of Bangkok by road.

History
Prachuap Khiri Khan is home to a Royal Thai Air Force base, and was an invasion point for Japanese troops on 8 December 1941, during World War II. A commemoration is held each December to honour the 38 Thai airmen and civilians who died in the fighting against the Japanese 143rd Infantry Regiment in the Battle of Prachuap Khiri Khan.

On December 5, 2023, a double-decker bus carrying mostly Thai nationals veered off the road and crashed into a tree, which resulted in 14 deaths and 32 injuries.

Climate
Prachuap Khiri Khan has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). Seasons are not as distinct as in more northerly parts of Thailand; temperatures are quite similar throughout the year and the dry and wet seasons are not as clearly defined, with appreciable rain falling in all months. However, in general the months from December to April are drier with about 45 mm in each month, while October and November are the wettest months with over 200 mm each. The other months, from May to September, have an intermediate level of rainfall around 100 mm.

Transportation
Prachuap Khiri Khan can be reached from Bangkok by train on the Southern Line from Bangkok railway station (Hua Lamphong).

The main road, which runs past the city from north to south, is Route 4 (Phetkasem Road). To the north, this road connects to Phetchaburi, Ratchaburi, Nakhon Pathom and Bangkok; to the south, it connects to Chumphon, Ranong, Phang Nga, Krabi, Trang, Phatthalung and the border with Malaysia near Sadao.

Prachuap Khiri Khan is served by Prachuap Airport, at the south end of town.

Industry
Australian company ASC and Thai company Silkline International formed a joint venture to build three Keka-class patrol boats for the Royal Thai Navy at Silkline's yard at Pak Nam Pran in Prachuap Khiri Khan.

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Rayong

Rayong (ระยอง, ) is a city (thesaban nakhon) on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand and the capital of Rayong province. It covers tambons Tha Pradu and Pak Nam and parts of tambons Choeng Noen and Noen Phra, all within Mueang Rayong district. As of 2016 the population was 64,256 (est.). The main industry is fishing, and it is also the main producer of Thailand's fish sauce. It is also the center of the chemical and auto industries. In 2012 Ford Motor Company opened an assembly plant in Rayong to expand Ford's presence in the ASEAN area, employing some 2,200 people.

Rayong was named an Asia-Pacific City of the Future by the Financial Times in 2017.

Etymology
Rayong comes from the Chong word for Pterocarpus macrocarpus, (commonly known as Burma Padauk, and in Thai “Pradu”) a tree that is common in the region.

History
During the late Ayutthaya period, when the former capital of Thailand was being destroyed by the invading Burmese, general Phaya Tak marched his troops to Rayong in order to build up his navy before proceeding on to Chanthaburi. He was later anointed "king" in Rayong. Phaya Tak later became King Taksin of the Kingdom of Thonburi, after which he returned to Ayutthaya, defeated the Burmese and set up a new capital in Thonburi.

Yomjinda Road bisects one of Rayong's oldest settlements. The road follows the Rayong River which, in the reign of King Rama VI, was the chief means of transport. The community rehabilitated the old town and today it has become a tourist destination.

Education

 * Rayongwittayakhompaknam School

People

 * Sutthi Atchasai: (environmentalist fighting pollution at Map Ta Phut; died in 2014)
 * Narasak Ittiritpong: (racing driver; born 1983)

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Vlado Bučkovski

Vlado Bučkovski (Владо Бучковски; born 2 December 1962) is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2004 to 2006. He previously served as Minister of Defence from May to November 2001 and from 2002 to 2004. He was president of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia. After the 2006 election defeat by the centre-right VMRO-DPMNE, Radmila Šekerinska took over the party's leadership.

On 9 December 2008, Bučkovski was found guilty of abuse of power while serving as defence minister during an armed conflict in 2001 and sentenced to three and a half years in jail.

Early life
Vlado Bučkovski was born on December 2, 1962, in Skopje, Yugoslavia (Macedonia)

Bučkovski graduated from the Faculty of Law in Skopje in 1986, while he took his M.A. degree in 1992 at the Faculty of Law in Skopje. He took his Ph.D. degree at the Faculty of Law in Skopje in 1998, on topic "Roman and Contemporary Law of Obligations".

Working and political experience
From 1987 to 1988 Bučkovski worked as an expert collaborator in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, then part of Yugoslavia. In the period from 1988 to 2002 he worked as a lecturer, collaborator, junior assistant and as an assistant at the Faculty of Law in Skopje, while in 2003 he worked as an associate professor at the same faculty. In the period from 1998 to 2000 Bučkovski was a member of the State Election Commission; while in 2000-2001 he was a Chairman of Skopje City Council. In the period from May 13 until November 26, 2001 he performed the function of a Minister of Defense in the wide coalition Government. From November 1, 2002 until December 2004, Bučkovski again served as Minister of Defense.

Bučkovski became a Chairman of the Government's Legal Council on September 15, 2003. He was elected SDSM Leader on November 26, 2004. On the same day, he was assigned a mandate for a composition of a new Government, following the resignation of former Prime Minister Hari Kostov. He served as prime minister until after the 2006 parliamentary elections, in which his party had a disappointing performance and a new government took office.

Scandal
Sobranie delegates belonging to parties in Macedonia's centre-right ruling coalition voted on August 20, 2007 to strip former premier Bučkovski of his immunity from prosecution. That left him liable to being arrested on charges of involvement in an arms procurement deal costing the country 2.5 million euros (3.18 million U.S. dollars).

Prosecution said he had allegedly benefited from conspiring in 2001 with former Macedonian army chief of staff, General Metodi Stamboliski in buying and selling off spare parts for the army's Russian-made T-55 tanks. Stamboliski was arrested in late July 2007, charged with embezzling 1.8 million Euros (about US $2.5 million) and released on bail.

Conviction
On December 9, 2008 Bučkovski was found guilty of illegally purchasing excessive quantities of tank parts during the armed conflict in 2001 by Judge Vangelica and sentenced to three and a half years in jail. Former army chief of staff Metodi Stamboliski was jailed for three and a half years, and two defense ministry officials and the manager of a state-owned metal company Aco Gjurcevski, Nelko Menkinovski and Mitre Petkovski were sentenced to 3 years. Bučkovski called the verdict "scandalous" and said that he would appeal. He also said "We have proved that we are innocent and sorry that Macedonia and the court didn't use this opportunity to show its independence".

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MTA Maryland
When did it change to MTA Maryland? The official site still calls it Maryland Transit Administration. --SPUI 05:44, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Recent Changes
A anon user has recently rewrote significant amount of information on this article. In the users rewriting, they removed several items and added information that is seriously out dated and has nothing to do with MTA. First is the DASH, the DASH have been out of service for almost three years at least, and granted while you could use an MTA pass on it, it was not operated, owned, or financed by the MTA. The water Tax is another sercie not operated, owned, or financed by the MTA, and while at one time you could use your pass on the Water Taxi, that was only a pilot program, and i don't not believe that the program is on going (at least i cant find that it is on either the MTA or Water Taxi websites). The B30 is a WMATA service not MTA. Also removed were mention about commuter buses, even though MTA is a Baltimore centered system it does run the operations of commuter buses out side of Baltimore, several of which serve DC. Also MTA oversees the operation of MARC, which was also removed from the article. So i am going to have to go threw and make the changes and such. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 08:28, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Also becides that their is a hunge amount of POV, that was also included by the same user, much of it come it the form of comparison with WMATA. --Boothy443 |  trácht ar 08:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

One suggestion: on the SEPTA and NJT pages, the route lists have been spun off into separate articles. That might be worth looking into. Ctrabs74 03:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

It got people to start paying attention didn't it?
So there ya go.

By the way, "threw" is spelled "through" in this context. 71.246.72.168 09:13, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Line numbers
Hi there -- I'm all for adding articles for the various lines, but you can't just name the articles No. 1 Line and the like. First of all, that's not even what they're officially called -- the MTA's Website uses the format "Route 1", "Route 3", etc. Second of all, there are thousands of transit agencies around the world that have numbered routes; for a project like this, you need to disambiguate the titles. I would suggest moving No. 1 Line to Route 1 (Maryland Transit Administration) and so on. --Jfruh (talk) 20:38, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

In all fairness, I did have some timetables from a few years ago in which the terms "Line No. ##" were used. That said, it's more than likely that has changed since then. I would have to agree that if MTA Maryland uses "Route ##" instead of "Line No. ##" then the changes do need to be reflected accordingly. Ctrabs74 03:18, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Do we really need a separate article for each bus line? That seems like a bit of overkill. I think a single article with a section for each line would be much more suitable. I really question the notabiity of each individual line. Realkyhick 20:31, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I agree with that assessement. On the SEPTA article, we've established tables and a brief description and summary history of each of the bus routes; there's the same thing on the NJ Transit pages. A table is far more appropriate than articles on every single MTA Maryland bus route. Ctrabs74 00:22, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

 * See Articles for deletion/No. 51 Line. –Pomte 13:19, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Several have been nominated for deletion: Special:Contributions/70.55.201.210 I suggest a table like list of bus routes in the Bronx and then splitting off articles with more information, like Grand Concourse buses. --NE2 07:06, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I started that table at List of Maryland Transit Administration bus routes. About the naming, the MTA sometimes uses No. * Line but usually Route *. --NE2 09:51, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Sebwite's improvement of this page
A user named Sebwite has been working hard in the past several months on improving the article about MTA. Sebwite's work has included: Rome was not built in one day. Sebwite's goals pertaining to this article will take months more to complete.
 * Cleaning up article, which previously appeared disorganized and incoherent, placing it in order, and simplifying the article.
 * Removing information that is duplicated at different places in the article.
 * Writing about individual bus lines, stations, and other projects and services of MTA, and linking them to this page.
 * Finding sources for unverified information on this page.

You're Welcome
I don't know who started this article, but it was really starting to look incoherent when I got to it. Luckily I was able to organize the rail services, and make a page for the buses, make a table for the fares (to make it look coherent), and even a new template. Among other small fixes, like the removal of a lot (and I mean A LOT) of POV statements, it at least looks a little prettier than it did before.Thx2005 16:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

CharmCard
The MTA announced that its new smart card would be marketed as the CharmCard. The test period goes to December 2009

http://www.mtacharmcard.com/what.html

--Allan (talk) 23:38, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Criticism
I read the first paragraph to the Criticism section, and this is my response. "...What." I have no clue what it's trying to tell me. The grammar is bad, the sentences don't flow, the wrong Beltway was referred to, and there're no sources for me to correct it. Help? Onore Baka Sama (talk) 14:18, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

 * I elminated the whole section. It was poorly written and included zero citations.  Any of the material to be re-added should (a) have citations and (b) be added to the relevant sections of the article, rather than lumped together in a "criticism" section. --Jfruh (talk) 17:59, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Paratransit
I removed a sentence from the Paratransit section claiming that the MTA was among the first transit agencies providing paratransit services. This sentence had been tagged since December 2009 for lack of supporting reference. I replaced the deleted sentence with a sentence referring to the year (1978), identified in MTA's timeline, when MTA took over the service from a nonprofit. Folklore1 (talk) 19:01, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Laws
The various laws and regulations affecting transit bus passengers seem a bit too long and insufficiently notable for an encyclopedia article. I think it would be sufficient to mention that behavior on public transit vehicles is governed by specific set of laws, most of which are enumerated in Section 7-705 of the Transportation Article (Annotated Code of Maryland). However, they should not be listed here in Wikipedia. Folklore1 (talk) 20:59, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

 * Agree, strongly. --Jfruh (talk) 22:22, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

I've removed the list, replacing it with a short paragraph about Section 7-705. Folklore1 (talk) 21:13, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Fares
The main part of the Maryland Transit Administration section seems...unencyclopedic to me (for lack of a better term). An awful lot of entries displaying the fares can't display any because it "varies by destination". Granted, fare changes don't happen all that often, but they happen often enough. But who in the world would come to Wikipedia for this information? It just seems to me that the tables just don't belong. Information about how the fares are collected, how they're set, and controversies surrounding them do seem like they belong. —Al E. (talk) 17:19, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Administrators
I added a section on the Administrators. There has just been a change in Administration, and I thought it would be good to maintain a list of those who have headed the organization. Most of the information came from a 2010-2011 Media Guide prepared by the MTA. Baltimatt (talk) 00:05, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Fares, Fare Collection Methods, and Maryland Transit Pass section outdated, tagged the article for updated information
The fares increased for MTA services effective July 20th, 2015 as a result of an O'Malley Administration law requiring a fare increase based on inflation on all services, including MARC, then a fare review every 2 years for local bus, light rail, Metro Subway, commuter bus and mobility and every 5 years for MARC.

The fare collection methods section seems outdated with the information that MARC will implement the CharmCard payment method.

The Maryland Transit Pass section needs to be updated with the new name of CharmCard and tense changed in the first sentence since it's been fully implemented for MTA. KSweeley (talk) 04:28, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

 * As of 2022, unfortunately many of these issues are still present with a number of sources being from 2011 or even earlier. I am gradually trying to shift things to the present. Middle river exports (talk) 07:01, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Baltimore Link
I took the step of boldly removing the copy & pasted text from the MTA Maryland website and replaced it with a brief synopsis of the current plans for the Baltimore Link program. I'll be added more details as I can as well. Wildthing61476 (talk) 14:59, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

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World in Motion (Jackson Browne album)

World in Motion is the ninth album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). It peaked at number 45 on The Billboard 200 and was Browne's first album to obtain neither gold nor platinum status. The album took three years to complete and makes statements about nuclear disarmament and the "secret" government that brought forth Oliver North and the Iran-Contra scandal.

Reception
The critical reviews of World in Motion were lukewarm. Music critic William Rulhmann wrote "Except for the gloomy viewpoint, it was hard to recognize the Jackson Browne of his first few albums amid all the commentary, and even if you agreed with his overall political stance, that was disappointing." Critic Robert Christgau commented that the best songs were the ones Browne did not write. Rolling Stone wrote, "Steven Van Zandt's 'I Am a Patriot' is the only truly memorable song on Browne's trilogy of protest albums."

Cash Box said of the title track that "Hackneyed late-’80s production (by Scott Thurston and the artist) and a way too literal political lyric ('Sun going down on the USA,' it starts out) make this AOR emphasis track a struggle to sit through, despite the warming presence of Bonnie Raitt."

Track listing
All tracks composed by Browne except where noted:
 * 1) "World in Motion" (Browne, Craig Doerge) – 4:24
 * 2) "Enough of the Night" – 4:54
 * 3) "Chasing You into the Light" – 4:16
 * 4) "How Long" – 6:10
 * 5) "Anything Can Happen" – 5:05
 * 6) "When the Stone Begins to Turn" – 4:48
 * 7) "The Word Justice" (Browne, Scott Thurston) – 4:18
 * 8) "My Personal Revenge" (Tomás Borge, Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, translation by Jorge Calderón) – 4:02
 * 9) "I Am a Patriot" (Steven Van Zandt) – 4:02
 * 10) "Lights and Virtues" – 4:53

Personnel

 * Jackson Browne – lead vocals, slide guitar (1), resonator guitar (1), acoustic piano (2, 5, 7), baritone guitar (3, 10), keyboards (4), drum programming (4)
 * Craig Doerge – keyboards (1, 4)
 * Ray Lema – keyboards (6), harmony vocals (6)
 * Doug Haywood – harmony vocals (1, 6, 9), keyboards (7), organ (9)
 * Kevin Dukes – guitars (1, 2, 5–7, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (3, 8), electric guitar (8)
 * David Lindley – lap steel guitar (4)
 * Yves N'Djock – guitars (6)
 * Jorge Strunz – acoustic gut-string guitar (8)
 * Hugo Pedroza – charango (8), tiple (8)
 * Scott Thurston – bass (1, 7, 10), harmony vocals (1, 2, 6, 7, 9), keyboards (2–8, 10), guitars (5), guitar solo (8)
 * Bob Glaub – bass (2–4, 8, 9), guitar (7)
 * Robbie Shakespeare – bass (6)
 * Michael Jochum – drums (1–3, 7–10), tom tom (6)
 * Russ Kunkel – drums (4), drum programming (5)
 * Walfredo Reyes, Jr. – drums (5)
 * Sly Dunbar – drums (6)
 * Alex Acuña – percussion (2, 5)
 * Brice Wouassy – percussion (6)
 * Bonnie Raitt – harmony vocals (1)
 * Lori B. Williams – harmony vocals (1, 2, 6, 9)
 * Djene Doumbouya – harmony vocals (6)
 * Brinsley Forde – harmony vocals (6)
 * Tony Gad – harmony vocals (6)
 * Drummie Zeb – harmony vocals (6)
 * Salif Keita – Malian vocals (6)
 * David Crosby – harmony vocals (7)

Production

 * Producers – Jackson Browne and Scott Thurston
 * Production Assistant – Bill Irvin
 * Engineers – James Geddes (Tracks 1–5 & 7–10); Paul Smykle (Track 6).
 * Additional Engineers – Terry Becker, Jim Nipar and David Tickle (Tracks 1–5 & 7–10); Phillippe Boisse and Roy Hendrickson (Track 6).
 * Assistant Engineers – Scott Blockland (Tracks 1–5 & 7–10); Ingmar Kiang (Track 6).
 * Recorded at Groove Masters (Santa Monica, CA); The Power Station (New York, NY); Island Studios (London, England); Studio Devout (Paris, France).
 * Mixed by David Tickle at Groove Masters
 * Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
 * Technical Engineer – Ed Wong
 * Art Direction and Design – Dawn Patrol and Jimmy Wachtel
 * Photography – Annie Leibovitz
 * Paintings – Francisco Letelier
 * Management – Donald Miller
 * Management Staff – Veronica Albano, Ty Braswell, Mike Sexton, Lisa Van Valkenburgh and Randall Wixen.

Charts
Album – Billboard (United States)

Singles – Billboard (United States)

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Kyle Massey

Kyle Orlando Massey (born August 28, 1991), also known mononymously as Massey, is a former American actor and rapper. He starred in the Disney Channel sitcoms That's So Raven and its spin-off Cory in the House, in which he played Cory Baxter. In 2005, Massey starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Life Is Ruff. He has released several rap songs for Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records. He also provided the voice of Milo in the Disney animated series Fish Hooks and was the runner-up on the 11th season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

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Starting in 2003, Massey played Cory Baxter on the Disney Channel show That's So Raven for four seasons, and then headlined its 2007 spinoff Cory in the House. Massey also starred in the 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie Life Is Ruff. He later voiced the character of a fish named Milo on the Disney Channel series Fish Hooks. Additionally, Massey played PJ Watson in three episodes of the PBS children's educational series The Electric Company.

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Massey appeared on the Disney Channel Holiday soundtrack and the Shaggy Dog soundtrack where he performed "Who Let The Dog Out" and "Jingle Bells (a Hip-Hop Carol)". He rapped in the music video for Disney's "Underdog" and "It's a Dog" from the Life is Ruff soundtrack. Additionally, he performed the theme song for Cory in the House and Yin Yang Yo!. Massey and his brother Christopher Massey have also performed rap as the duo, The Massey Boyz.

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Dancing with the Stars
Massey was a contestant on the 11th season of Dancing with the Stars, which premiered on September 20, 2010. He and his professional partner Lacey Schwimmer finished as the runners-up in the competition. Massey's final dance was a freestyle to the song "Tootsie Roll" by the 69 Boys. He was praised by all the judges, being dubbed the "Fresh Prince of DWTS".

In 2012, Massey and Schwimmer appeared in the Dancing with the Stars live show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Personal life
Massey is the younger brother of actor Christopher Massey, who played Michael Barret in the television series Zoey 101. Their mother is Angel Massey.

Assault by Lil Twist
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On June 29, 2021, Massey was charged in King County, Washington on one count of immoral communication with a minor, where he allegedly sent nude photos to a 13-year-old girl. The criminal charge came after a 2019 lawsuit whose allegations Massey denied, saying that the lawsuit was an extortion attempt, and that in early 2019 the attorneys representing the minor had demanded $1.5 million, threatening to go public with the allegation if he did not comply. The lawsuit also stated that Massey had known the accuser since she was four years old.

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 * "It's a Dog" – Life Is Ruff (2005)
 * "Yin Yang Yo! Theme Song" – Yin Yang Yo! (2006)
 * "Cory in the House Theme Song" – Cory in the House (2007)
 * "Underdog Raps" – Underdog: Original Soundtrack (2007)
 * "Jingle Bells (A Hip Hop Carol)" – Disney Channel Holiday (2007)
 * "Finess (featuring Skate)" – single (2016)

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I'm Alive (Jackson Browne album)

I'm Alive is the tenth album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). The title track, "I'm Alive", reached No. 18 on the Album Rock Tracks chart and No. 28 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Other singles released from the album were "Everywhere I Go" (UK No. 67 ) and "Sky Blue and Black".

History
After veering heavily towards songs of a political nature on his two previous albums, longtime fans of Browne welcomed the return on I'm Alive to his previous style of songwriting.

The song "Too Many Angels" includes backing vocals by Jennifer Warnes, Valerie Carter, Doug Haywood, Katia Cardenal, and Ryan Browne, while the song "All Good Things" includes backing vocals by David Crosby and Don Henley. The song "Sky Blue and Black" was also featured in the pilot episode of American situation comedy Friends.

In an interview on Off Camera with Sam Jones, Jackson Browne stated that the song "I'll Do Anything" was originally written to be the title song for the James L. Brooks movie of the same name. It was to be a comedic song sung by Albert Brooks where he is begging a test audience to favorably review his latest film.

The album was certified as a gold record in 1995 by the RIAA. A television special aired on the Disney Channel on June 25, 1993, to coincide with this album, entitled "Jackson Browne: Going Home".

Reception
I'm Alive was considered somewhat of a comeback for Browne. Stephen Holden writing for The New York Times wrote "I'm Alive is a striking return to the kind of romantic subject matter that the Los Angeles singer and songwriter seemed to have abandoned after 1980 in favor of political songwriting. His finest album in nearly two decades, it has much in common with his 1974 masterpiece, Late For The Sky, whose songs also described the disintegration of a relationship."

Critic William Ruhlman agreed though did not consider the album as strong. "Longtime fans welcomed the album as a return in style... Browne eschewed the greater philosophical implications of romance and, falling back on stock imagery (angels, rain), failed to achieve an originality of expression. While it was good news that he wasn't tilting at windmills anymore, Browne did not make a full comeback with the album, despite a couple of well-constructed songs." The Rolling Stone Record Guide wrote Browne "returned to his forte: the personal joy and agony of day-to-day human interaction."

In the original Rolling Stone review for the album from 1993, Kara Manning expressed the belief that "Browne has successfully managed to resurrect his persona of 20 years ago. I'm Alive shudders with the pain of someone who's been soundly dumped. And Browne has even gained a sense of gallows humor. Between despondent cries for reconciliation, the singer indulges in refreshingly silly self-deprecation." However, she wondered, "what does a younger, angrier generation – raging to Dr. Dre and Nirvana – make of all this? But '70s nostalgia is on a roll..."

The album was in Q's list of "The 50 Best Albums Of 1993". It was voted number 456 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.

Track listing
All tracks composed by Jackson Browne.
 * 1) "I'm Alive" – 5:01
 * 2) "My Problem Is You" – 4:40
 * 3) "Everywhere I Go" – 4:36
 * 4) "I'll Do Anything" – 4:31
 * 5) "Miles Away" – 3:52
 * 6) "Too Many Angels" – 6:04
 * 7) "Take This Rain" – 4:49
 * 8) "Two of Me, Two of You" – 2:56
 * 9) "Sky Blue and Black" – 6:06
 * 10) "All Good Things" – 4:28

Personnel

 * Jackson Browne – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 5, 6, 10), acoustic piano (2, 4, 7, 9, 10), guitar (3), backing vocals (6)
 * Benmont Tench – Hammond organ (1, 2, 5–8, 10)
 * Jai Winding – acoustic piano (8)
 * Scott Thurston – guitar (1, 5, 9), backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 7), keyboards (3, 4, 6, 9, 10)
 * Mark Goldenberg – guitar (1, 9)
 * John Leventhal – guitar (2, 4), acoustic guitar (8)
 * David Lindley – guitar (2), bouzouki (6), oud (6)
 * Dean Parks – acoustic guitar (2)
 * Waddy Wachtel – guitar (3, 7)
 * Mike Campbell – guitar (5, 7, 10)
 * Kevin McCormick – bass (1, 3–5, 7–10)
 * James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass (2, 6)
 * Mauricio-Fritz Lewak – drums (1, 3–5, 7, 9, 10), additional drums (6)
 * Jim Keltner – drums (2, 6)
 * Luis Conte – percussion (1–5, 7–10)
 * Lenny Castro – percussion (2, 6)
 * Sweet Pea Atkinson – backing vocals (2)
 * Sir Harry Bowens – backing vocals (2)
 * William "Bill" Greene – backing vocals (2)
 * Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (2, 4, 9)
 * Valerie Carter – backing vocals (4, 6, 9)
 * Ryan Browne – backing vocals (6)
 * Katia Cardenal – backing vocals (6)
 * Doug Haywood – backing vocals (6)
 * Jennifer Warnes – backing vocals (6)
 * Steven Soles – backing vocals (7)
 * David Crosby – backing vocals (10)
 * Don Henley – backing vocals (10)

Production

 * Producers – Jackson Browne and Scott Thurston (Tracks 1, 3–5 & 7–10); Don Was (Tracks 2 & 6).
 * Assistant Producer – Susann McMahon
 * Engineers – Paul Dieter (Tracks 1, 3–5 & 7–10); Rik Pekkonen (Tracks 2 & 6).
 * Assistant Engineers – Steve Onuska, Bob Salcedo and Kathy Yore.
 * Mixed by Ed Cherney
 * Recorded and Mixed at Groove Masters (Santa Monica, CA).
 * Mastered by Gavin Lurssen and Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
 * Technical Engineer – Ed Wong, assisted by Bill Irvin.
 * Piano Technician – Edd Kolakowski
 * Art Direction – Robin Lynch
 * Design – Robin Lynch and Alli Truch
 * Photography – Bruce Weber
 * Management – Donald Miller
 * Management Staff – Veronica Albano, Michael Sexton, Donald Warnes and Randall Wixen.

Charts
Album – Billboard (United States)

Singles – Billboard (United States)

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Bleed Like Me

Bleed Like Me is the fourth studio album by American rock band Garbage. It was released worldwide on April 11, 2005, through Warner Music imprint A&E Records, with a North American release on Geffen Records the following day. For this album, the band chose a straight rock sound reminiscent of their live performances instead of the electronica that permeated their previous album Beautiful Garbage (2001). The first recording sessions took place in March 2003, but were mostly unproductive due to passive aggression between band members and a general lack of direction. As they struggled to record the album, Garbage quietly split for four months starting in October 2003. They reunited under producer John King in Los Angeles and, following a guest appearance by Dave Grohl on "Bad Boyfriend", they found a renewed focus on production. Garbage recruited drummer Matt Walker and bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen for new recording sessions and completed the album by late 2004.

Following critical praise and high chart positions for its lead single "Why Do You Love Me", Bleed Like Me had a strong opening week globally, debuting in the top five in eight countries including the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States.

Background
Garbage's third album Beautiful Garbage had been promoted by a fourteen-month world tour, which culminated in a run of North American shows co-headlined with No Doubt and supported by The Distillers in October and November 2002. Before the tour started, the band spent two weeks at Smart Studios—their recording studio in Madison, Wisconsin—to write new material for their upcoming album. Upon completion of the tour in December 2002, the group took some time off; Shirley Manson returned to her native Scotland, while Butch Vig completed production work on albums by AFI and Jessy Moss. The band regrouped in February 2003 to perform "Pride (In the Name of Love)" at a MusiCares tribute to U2 frontman Bono. Immediately after the event, they returned to Madison to continue working on their follow-up record.

Initial recording and band breakdown
On the first day in the studio, Garbage composed a new track, "Right Between the Eyes", in 30 minutes. Other tracks written during the early sessions were "Hangin' with the Bitches" and "Never Be Free" (with John 5). Vig said that the quick start made the band feel optimistic and gave the impression that the album would be completed as rapidly as in six months, but "[the album] took a slow spiral downhill". Recording for the album was halted during the summer when Manson underwent surgery to remove a cyst on her right vocal cord, forcing her to recuperate until August 2003. On September 10, a backhoe careened into the outer walls of Smart Studios, causing extensive damage. Both Garbage and the band Paris, Texas had been working on their albums in the studio. The sessions were permeated by passive-aggressive tensions and an overall lack of artistic focus. According to Vig, "there were a lot of personal arguments and we couldn't agree on songs". Manson suffered writer's block and had trouble writing lyrics, and Vig did not like the way the songs sounded. The drummer said that the group frequently argued during production, and that the entire band almost quit. Duke Erikson said that nobody could agree about the music's direction, and the band was on the verge of breaking up. He said, "When you lose that common bond of the music, you've got nothing". Eventually, the group suffered "a complete and utter band meltdown" in October, leading the band members splitting and taking a break from the sessions.

Vig left the studio and returned to Los Angeles. Over the Christmas period, he encountered excited Garbage fans eager to hear about the album's progress. Not wanting to disappoint them, he disclosed some song titles to them; after this encounter, he realized that the band still had a future. During the break, Vig met Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters in a party, and casually asked if he would perform drums on a Garbage track, "Bad Boyfriend", as Vig had been frustrated with the song's existing drum track.

Regrouping
At the beginning of 2004, the band decided to try to salvage the album, taking their management's suggestion to work with an external producer for the first time. The musicians also decided that neutral territory would be beneficial, and went to Los Angeles. John King, one half of the production duo Dust Brothers, was enlisted to produce "Bad Boyfriend". Drummer Matt Chamberlain and bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen were hired to perform on the songs. The recordings were completed in King's studio The Boat and Sound City in Los Angeles. Towards the end of the recording sessions, Grohl spent a day performing on drums for "Bad Boyfriend". The band said his performance was "raising the bar" for the record, and Vig said that Grohl "brought a different energy level to the song", which Erikson and Steve Marker tried to follow with their guitar playing. This influenced most of the songs that followed; the musicians wanted the songs to be "scrappy and primal sounding".

The experience with King, despite only resulting in the completion of one track, "Bad Boyfriend", gave the band perspective and direction. Manson said that because the band members still had problems speaking to each other, King could not get much work out of the band, so they realized that they needed to work out their differences and was the catalyst for the band getting back together and working harmoniously. Vig said that the tensions led the band members to become "burned out on each other", and that reuniting made them feel able to play "fast and furious—as if our lives depended on it". Manson overcame her writer's block and began to inject political slants into her lyrics, matching them with some new material the band wrote immediately after the King sessions; both "Metal Heart" and "Boys Wanna Fight" referenced the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Despite a plan to record some material with producer Tony Hoffer, the band decided to complete the rest of the album themselves. Erikson later said, "It was kind of seductive to think that maybe someone else [would] solve all of our problems, but in the end you gotta do it yourself".

Feeling that previous album Beautiful Garbage seemed fractured, the band decided to use their live sound; Vig said that he wanted "the pumping energy that all the best raw rock records have". The band decided that their fourth album would have a straightforward rock sound, instead of a reliance upon electronica and computer interventions. The musicians composed separately at their home studios, sending each other tracks through e-mail and couriers, and the band returned to Wisconsin to finish the album. Bleed Like Me emerged from a collage of samples and loops, and this time the sound was simpler. Erikson said that rather than production, they depended on the songs. Vig opted to focus on the production duties and leave the drums to guest musicians such as Grohl, whom he considered better at the instrument than him. He also played more guitars on the album, which he found liberating. As a result, drummer Matt Walker also played on several tracks on the album, while Meldal-Johnsen played bass guitar. Most of Manson's vocals were recorded at Vig's home studio, GrungeIsDead.

On October 18, the band began mixing the album. Some songs were mixed several times; "Sex Is Not the Enemy" was re-recorded three times during the mixing process, "Right Between the Eyes" was recalled from mastering twice, and the band included live strings at the last minute on "Happy Home". While the project's working title was Hands on a Hard Body, after the 1997 documentary of the same name, when Manson announced the album's release in November 2004, she confirmed that it would be titled Bleed Like Me. By December 6, 2004, the album was officially completed. It was mastered in New York City; the initial mastering was completed on December 15, 2004, and the final master was ready for January 6, 2005.

Composition
Bleed Like Me is a departure from the heavily electronic music of previous albums Version 2.0 and Beautiful Garbage in favor of a basic alternative rock sound. Vig said that while the band tried to figure out a new sound for the record, they "went back to getting great sounds from guitars". The band tried a more spontaneous approach; Manson did most of her singing in the first take and the drums were recorded in a way "that everything was not perfectly balanced—and not so electronic". The band members tried to translate the energy of the band's live performances onto the album; Marker said that the album showed that above all, Garbage is "a loud rock band". Vig still thought that some of the songs resembled the band's earlier material, such as "Metal Heart", with "a lot of weird electronics that Steve and Duke did, as well as some pretty gnarly guitar."

The lyrics of Bleed Like Me talk about relationships and political themes; Manson said, "the last few years ... have been very worrying and you'd have to be dead to not have some kind of political view at the moment", and that after many years being insecure about articulating her feelings writing lyrics, she found herself confident that she could express her ideas and sentiment of being "very out of kilter with a lot of the common thoughts of today" in her music. "Boys Wanna Fight" criticizes world affairs and "Sex Is Not the Enemy" is about moral guardians, inspired by the outcry caused by Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction at the 2004 Super Bowl. The songs about relationships follow Manson's tendency to discuss dark topics and emotions; "Bleed Like Me" discusses problems with empathy and "Bad Boyfriend" is about "a predatory female meeting a predatory man". The album closer "Happy Home" is about conflict within the band and in the wider world during production, the search of forgiveness, peace and coming to terms with one's place in a chaotic world.

Tour

Garbage launched the Bleed Like Me World Tour promoting the record on March 29, 2005, with a concert in Paris. The tour visited North America, Europe and Australia, and encompassed headline performances, rock festivals, and television and radio shows. Former Jane's Addiction bassist Eric Avery left Alanis Morissette's backing band to perform with Garbage for the tour. Matt Walker played drums in the August 22 concert in Chicago because Vig had to depart for his mother's funeral. After being initially organized low-key, the tour was moved into large venues when Bleed Like Me and its lead single "Why Do You Love Me" became surprise hits outside the United States. In September, the band canceled concerts planned for the following month in Europe, and released a press statement saying that the band members had overextended themselves. The tour concluded with a concert in Perth, Australia, on October 1, after six months of concerts.

In 2012, Manson recalled, "The making of this record was very sad for me. Being the only girl in a gang of four can get pretty lonely. We were all struggling to find our chemistry together, and as a result, the experience of making and promoting this was tense and unenjoyable. Ironically, our shows were selling out every night. But after a while, we decided that we needed to go home to lick our wounds."

Singles
The album was preceded by the lead single "Why Do You Love Me", which peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart—Garbage's highest-charting single since 1996's "Stupid Girl" —while reaching number eight on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States, and becoming the band's first single since 1999's "Special" to enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 97.

The title track was released as the album's second single in the US, reaching number 27 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number six on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. "Sex Is Not the Enemy", the album's second international single and third single overall, peaked at number 24 on the UK Singles Chart. The final single, "Run Baby Run", charted at number 47 in Australia and at number 97 in Germany.

Critical reception
Bleed Like Me received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 56, based on 18 reviews. Entertainment Weekly's Tom Sinclair complimented the "humongous hooks", and Kerrang! described it as the "most exciting, touching, and most painfully human material they've put out in years". Rolling Stone's David Fricke commented that "the first two-thirds of Bleed Like Me is easily the best sustained run of studio Garbage since the opening half of their 1995 debut", but that the final tracks had "a sameness—a feeling of roaring in circles". Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine praised the new sound and wrote that "a few of the songs ("Run Baby Run" and "Right Between the Eyes" in particular) have all the right ingredients but lack the venom present on the group's first two releases". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that the album was enjoyable if outdated in its musical approach "as if the band doesn't quite know how to do anything else but sound like it's the heyday of post-grunge alt-rock." This opinion was shared by Yahoo! Music's Sharon O'Connell, who wrote that despite the intelligent songs with expertise in "muscly, alt. rock lick or the bubblegum pop hook", Bleed Like Me "strikes a depressingly dated note".

Writing for The A.V. Club, Nathan Rabin said the album's lyrics lacked an emotional punch. He wrote stating that it "approaches a kind of shimmering technical perfection, but remains strangely, stubbornly uninvolving". Betty Clarke of The Guardian wrote, "while Manson's changeling vocals are always worth listening to, Garbage's songs often aren't." Philip Robertson of PopMatters stated the music sounds manufactured in its too-polished manner, and that "much of what is brought to the fore on this latest musical foray is an earnest attempt at building on the marginal success of their previous power-pop/rock submissions."

Commercial performance
Bleed Like Me debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 with 73,000 copies sold in its first week, becoming the band's first top-10 album on the chart. It fell to number 24 the following week, selling 32,000 copies. By October 2011, the album had sold 284,000 copies in the United States. Bleed Like Me debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart, selling 27,375 copies in its first week. The album had sold 84,339 copies in the United Kingdom as of July 2007, and on July 22, 2013, it was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Bleed Like Me also charted within the top 10 in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Mexico, and Sweden.

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Bleed Like Me.

Garbage
 * Shirley Manson – vocals, electric guitar
 * Steve Marker – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizers, programming, noises (all tracks); bass overdubs (tracks 1, 6)
 * Duke Erikson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizers, programming, atmospherics (all tracks); Mellotron, piano (tracks 8, 11)
 * Butch Vig – electric guitar, drums, EFX, programming (all tracks); bass (track 5)

Additional musicians
 * Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass
 * Matt Walker – drums (tracks 2–4, 6, 9–11)
 * Dave Grohl – drums (track 1)

Artwork
 * Big Active – art direction
 * Mat Maitland – design, montage
 * Frank W. Ockenfels III – band photography

Technical
 * Garbage – production, recording
 * Billy Bush – engineering
 * Butch Vig – mixing
 * Emily Lazar – mastering
 * Sarah Register – mastering assistance
 * John King – production (track 1)
 * Beau Sorenson – engineering assistance
 * Jay Arnold – engineering assistance
 * Pete Martinez – engineering assistance
 * Danny Kalb – engineering assistance
 * Mark Branch – engineering assistance
 * Mike Laza – engineering assistance
 * Ryan Macmillan – drum tech
 * Chris Heuer – drum tech

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Talk:SKYY vodka

Popular in College?
Why is SKYY so popular among underage college kids? It's all I see on facebook... 169.231.42.55 (talk) 22:17, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Advertising
I can't find any resources talking about it..and I know wikipedia is against original material..but this article could use some notes about its advertising campaign. More specically, its inclusion in Delta's Sky Magazine. 68.211.24.94 07:17, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

VfD Results
On 27 NOV 2004, this article was proposed for deletion. The result of the debate was to keep. See Votes for deletion/SKYY vodka for the deletion debate. SWAdair | Talk 05:53, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Merge
I see no reason to merge. Cburnett 00:27, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Is this still even an issue? I don't think there's any good reason to merge, either. Can we take the tag off now? Lemonsawdust 10:17, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, even if there was, the person placing the tag should have started a discussion about it. It's been there for so long now that I've removed it. --JoanneB 10:19, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Skyy Blue?
I think there should be a reference to Skyy's short-lived malt beverage "Skyy Blue" somewhere in the article. DrkBlueXG 14:22, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Anyone know the name of the female model in the current ads? 90.194.52.105 17:15, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Rebecca Romijn. Mike H. Celebrating three years of being hotter than Paris 13:47, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Skyy Vanilla
Are the flavored vodkas supposed to be included on this page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xxrobot (talk • contribs) 22:15, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Added manufacturing section
Added a section about manufacturing. "Skyy" is just a marketing company. The actual product is blended and packaged by Frank-Lin in San Jose. Here's a Google Maps link showing their plant, with three tank cars of ethanol spotted on their railroad siding.--John Nagle (talk) 05:19, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Food and drink Tagging
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MGP Ingredients
The ethanol for Skyy Vodka comes from a MGP Ingredients plant in Pekin, IL. The Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railroad provides some details on how wheat arrives in grain cars and ethanol goes out in tank cars. . MGP stands for "Midwest Grain Products". They used to be called "Midwest Solvents Company". The article has a nice picture of the plant which we cannot, unfortunately, use in Wikipedia. Anyway, that's what an industrial ethanol plant looks like. --John Nagle (talk) 05:40, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Is this relevant in this article? There's so much detail here on ethanol, and even on the fuel that stokes the fire in that plant, and I really don't see the purpose of it--but some higher-ranked person than me should remove that. I did take the liberty of removing a bunch of marketing-talk from the article, a couple of ungrammatical or weird phrases (5 brands of SKYY 90?), and a bunch of unverifiable claims. Drmies (talk) 02:48, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

 * It's appropriate to put "how stuff works" info in the encyclopedia, when it can be sourced. What's in the article is only a small fraction of what's available in the linked articles.  Incidentally, when you find a dead link, don't just remove it; check the Internet Archive to see if an archived version of the page is available there. This time, it was.   --John Nagle (talk) 03:53, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Some refs went to pay site

 * The Billing, MT Gazette article went offline and is not archived by archive.org per "robots.txt". But there's a pay copy available at --John Nagle (talk) 18:59, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

MGP Ingredients Pekin plant shutdown. Ethanol production now from Acheson plant.
MGP Ingredients' Pekin plant is in a shutdown. They exited the fuel ethanol business due to losses, and the Pekin plant's ethanol output was 85-90% for fuel, with only 10-15% for booze. But MGP has a second ethanol plant in Acheson, KS., with more than enough capacity to fuel Skyy production. Google StreetView has great coverage of the Atchison plant; you can see sections marked "Protein and Starch Operations", "Milling Department", a large grain elevator, a tank farm, a railyard, and the section like an oil refinery where alcohol is distilled. Looks like well-run old-line heavy industry. Union shop, even.

MGP also seems to have abandoned their EPA application to build a big coal-fired boiler at Pekin; no surprise there.

Probably too much detail for the article. --John Nagle (talk) 18:55, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

 * The Pekin plant is back on line. It's now a joint venture with Seacor Energy under the name Illinois Corn Processing Holding, LLC..  Ethanol output is split between Seacor, for fuel, and MGP, for food and beverage applications. Whether the ethanol for Skyy Vodka is coming from this facility or the bigger MGP plant in Atchison KS is unknown at this time.. MGP Ingredients, incidentally, used to be known as Midwest Grain Products, and before that, Midwest Solvents, which opened the Pekin plant in 1980. MGP had a good year in 2010, and declared a dividend. Reuters has a description of the processing at Acheson: "The Company’s ingredient solutions segment consists primarily of specialty wheat starches, specialty wheat proteins, commodity wheat starch and vital wheat gluten. ... It produces a pure white premium wheat starch powder by extracting the starch from the starch slurry, free of all impurities and fibers, and then by spray, flash or drum drying the starch. ... The Company’s Atchison plant processes corn, mixed with the starch slurry from wheat starch and protein processing operations, into food grade alcohol and distillery co-products consisting of fuel grade alcohol and distillers feed. ... Food grade alcohol sold for beverage applications consists primarily of grain neutral spirits and gin. Grain neutral spirits are sold in bulk quantities at various proof concentrations to bottlers and rectifiers, which further process the alcohol for sale to consumers under numerous labels."
 * So that's how the ethanol for Skyy vodka is made. Probably too much detail for the article. --John Nagle (talk) 02:43, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Frank-Lin moving from San Jose to Fairfield
Frank-Lin, which blends and packages Skyy Vodka, is moving from downtown San Jose to Fairfield, CA.. The new plant will be about 6 times bigger. Frank-Lin was worried about losing their railroad access in San Jose. --John Nagle (talk) 17:06, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Relationship with Rare Breed Distilling
Someone put in that Rare Breed Distilling is now manufacturing Skyy Vodka. That's uncited. There is a business relationship, but a court case indicates that Skyy distributes a Rare Breed product called "American Honey". Skyy is now owned by Grupo Campari, which has about twenty beverage lines. --John Nagle (talk) 18:18, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Here's a press release on the acquisitions of Skyy and Wild Turkey by Grupo Campari.. "The acquired business includes the Wild Turkey brands, American Honey® liqueur, distillery facilities in Kentucky, US, and aged liquid and finished product inventory." Skyy is now the US marketing arm of Campari and markets all Campari lines in the US. I'm not seeing any indication that this affected the vodka production line. Rare Breed/Wild Turkey has a bourbon/whiskey plant and barrel aging operation.  --John Nagle (talk) 18:28, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

SKYY Vodka is now bottled at the Rare Breed Distilling. along with Wild Turkey. Here is a press release that describes the change from 2012: http://campariamerica.com/gruppo-campari-to-open-40-million-bottling-facility-at-wild-turkey-distillery/ Benson adrienne (talk) 00:15, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

The subject is a brand, not a company.
I deleted material about the former Skyy Ltd, since this is an article about a brand, not a company. The material about the former company belongs in the article about the current owner, not here. --Zeamays (talk) 23:14, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Put back some of the company info as brand history, deleting info about other Campari products. The acquisition of a little brand by a big company is a notable event. --John Nagle (talk) 17:16, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Capitalization?
Is there any reason why the article is SKYY rather than Skyy? I can't find anything to indicate the name is an initialism/acronym. Seems the all-caps is more of a branding thing, and thus the article should be treated in the same way as Kiss (band). 69.54.60.18 (talk) 19:24, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

New SKYY Product Line SKYY Barcraft
In 2015, SKYY Vodka launched a new line called SKYY Barcraft, a line of elevated cocktail-inspired vodkas that come in three distinctive, easy-to-enjoy flavors: Watermelon Fresca, Margarita Lime and White Sangria. These are 30% ABV / 60 Proof.

I work for an agency on behalf of Campari America, so hoping an unbiased editor can make this update. Benson adrienne (talk) 23:53, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Updates to bottling information, sourcing, awards & current bottle shot
I work with an agency on behalf of Campari America and want to point out the below facts that are not fully represented on the page as it. Appreciate if an unbiased editor can implement these changes.

Campari America manages Gruppo Campari’s portfolio in the US with such leading brands as SKYY Vodka, SKYY Infusions, Campari, Aperol, Wild Turkey Straight Kentucky Bourbon, American Honey, Russell’s Reserve, Glen Grant Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Forty Creek Canadian Whisky, Cabo Wabo Tequila, Espolòn Tequila, Appleton Estate Rum, Wray & Nephew Rum, Coruba Rum, Ouzo 12, X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, Frangelico, Cynar, Averna, Braulio, Carolans Irish Cream, Irish Mist Liqueur, Sagatiba Cachaça and Jean-Marc XO Vodka. Campari America is also the exclusive US distributor of BULLDOG Gin.

SKYY Vodka is distilled in the U.S. using American Midwest grain and 100% pure filtered water. Due to the high demand for SKYY Vodka overseas, it is also produced in Europe and South America using the finest locally sourced grains and 100% pure filtered water, as well as the proprietary quadruple-distilled and triple-filtered production process.

In the US, SKYY Vodka is no longer bottled in California; it is bottled at Rare Breed Distilling in Lawrenceburg, KY, a facility owned by Gruppo Campari. European produced SKYY Vodka is bottled in Novi, Italy. South American produced SKYY Vodka is bottled in Sorocoba, Brazil.

Awards: SKYY Vodka and SKYY Infusions have won many awards in various competitions across the US including: o	SKYY Vodka: 93 Points from Wine Enthusiast in 2014 o	SKYY Infusions: •	2015: •	The Tasting Panel awarded SKYY Infusions Pacific Blueberry 90 points, calling it “a wonderful spring/summer sipper” •	San Francisco World Spirits Competition awarded SKYY Infusions Texas Grapefruit a Gold Medal •	2014: •	Wine Enthusiast called SKYY Infusions Vanilla Bean “lip-smacking,” “enticing” and a “Best Buy,” and awarded it 90 points •	Wine Enthusiast called SKYY Infusions Blood Orange a “Best Buy” and “mouthwatering,” and awarded it 91 points •	San Francisco World Spirits Competition awarded SKYY Infusions Georgia Peach a Gold Medal •	Wine Enthusiast awarded SKYY Infusions Georgia Peach 91 points •	2013: •	BTI (Beverage Testing Institute) awarded SKYY Infusions Wild Strawberry 91 points and a Gold Medal •	Wine Enthusiast called SKYY Infusions Wild Strawberry “authentic” and “mouthwatering,” and awarded it 89 points

Here is a link to an updated bottle shot as well: http://campariamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/SKYY-Vodka-2014-750ml-356x1024.jpg

Benson adrienne (talk) 00:04, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

 * The proposed edits rely exclusively on the the manufacturer's website, whereas the most crucial, central premise of Wikipedia is that it's based on secondary, credible, independent sources like press, books and scholarly works. It also contains mostly promotion, such as awards (see WP:ORGAWARDS), and language like "leading brands". This is not a good edit. CorporateM (Talk) 04:15, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

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