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CARTOONS OF MOHAMMED
Showing the figures of Mohammed is disturbing muslims. And it is a insult to Islam. In Islam making and also looking the figures of Mohammed is forbidden.That is raping the holy things of Islam.And it is not about "freedom".PLEASE get back your sıgnature.Thanks.--Erdemsenol 01:10, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

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This isn't the middle east, and it never will be. We don't cower out when someone gets offended by something. Hell, I've seen a lot of the media in the middle east, and they have no problem mocking Jews and Christians. I guess Allah blesses that. The hypocrisy is unbelievable. You act like we single out the bad Muslims, but this proves that you're all the same. There will never be a tolerant strain in Islam because the religion is so monolithic and unchangeable. Why is pictures of your prophet so offensive? No one bothers to explain this. And 'because it is against Islam is not a valid reply. --UltraSkuzzi 02:07, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I guess Allah blesses that...You act like we single out the bad Muslims, but this proves that you're all the same. There will never be a tolerant strain in Islam because the religion is so monolithic and unchangeable. UltraSkuzzi, note Civility. The reason portraying the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is so offensive is that Islam prohibits shirk, associating another god with the one god, Allah. In fact, this is stated in the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy article:

 * Islamic tradition bans any depiction of the prophets either in drawing or statues, even respectful ones, out of concern that such images could lead to idolatry, and thus worshipping of Muhammad instead of the One God.

 * May Allah bless you in this world and the Hereafter. joturner 02:16, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

From Dper User talk:CARTOONS OF MOHAMMED
If the issue is concern that someone might be lead to idolatry (in a world that is full of idolatry of other things), EXTREME OUTRAGE over the usage of one particular source of idolatry is evidence that that source (Mohammed even) is idolized by those who are outraged. --Go figure!

YOU NEED A MAP
IF HAVE YOU GOOGLE EART,PLEASE LOOK AT THE TURKEY FROM SATALITE.YOU ARE WORKING HELP DESK OF COLLEGE AND INTERESTING POLITIC.

YOU DONT KNOW WHERE IS TURKEY?

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY İS A SECULAR COUNTRY. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erdemsenol (talk • contribs)

 * -	What does that have to do with anything? America is a capitalist country and we have plenty of socialists. Turkey is a secular society in name only. The Islamists already have their footing in the government, it's just a matter of time before they start enforcing shar'ia law, and then you won't have to worry about these cartoons because they'll be censored by the benevolent government. Good going mate. --UltraSkuzzi 02:32, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Erdemsenol, note Civility. Calm down. And looking at a map won't tell you whether a country is democratic or secular (although Turkey is). joturner 02:30, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

I hope you wont be a politician(same mind as Bush)Why Muslıms(99%) dont lıke USA?

Who plenty America plenty of socialist or 3.th world and stupıd arabıc polıtıcians plenty USA?

Have you tought thıs ? Why US Army didnt win a war?Because you suppose USA ıs the world,dont you?

You are suıcıde slowly with thıs mınd all of the world.İn the future nobody go outsıde from america.Because you are seızed with fear.--Erdemsenol 03:07, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

I have no clue what you have said, and even if I did, it would probably be incoherent and easily rebutted. We won World War II, I know that's a travesty to you, because Hitler should have “finished the job” with the jews. And you have no clue what the situation in America is. We are not holding you down, you are holding yourself down with this illogical, dark age religion. --UltraSkuzzi 03:13, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

You apall the holy prophed of your as you say "Illogical". HTitler was incorrect as his killing many innocent people, you can not say he was Right you isnsult us all ith compare us to him. Bleessd to you in your life. The US President eye is CIRCLE!!! Faucett 06:42, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

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World War II
We didnt kıll American Indian, they are still lıvıng on cottages and there isnt Ku KLUX KLAN in Turkey and Muslıms didint kill negros.

1.You didnt won, Hitler lost

2.Vietnam,Korea,Somali,Kuba and ... You are just yelling

3.Islam's mean in arabıc selamis mean Peace

4.You have no clue what is Islam and muslıms

5.Real dark age beliefs are your minds

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Repton (video game)

Repton is a video game originally developed by 16-year-old Briton Tim Tyler for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron and released by Superior Software in 1985. The game spawned a series of follow up games which were released throughout the 1980s. The series sold around 125,000 copies between 1985 and 1990 with Repton 2 selling 35,000 itself. The games have since been remade for several modern systems, including iRepton for the iPhone / iPod Touch in 2010, and Android Repton 1, Android Repton 2 and Android Repton 3 from 2016 to 2018.

The author was inspired by a review of the recently released Boulder Dash, but had never played the game. Compared with Boulder Dash, Repton is a much more calm and organized playing experience with the emphasis on puzzle-solving as opposed to arcade-style improvisation. This remained true as more types of object were added in the sequels.

Repton
Repton, the titular protagonist, is moved around an underground maze in a quest to find all the diamonds (some are held in safes, their release being triggered by finding and collecting a key) within a time limit for each of several levels, while avoiding being trapped or killed by falling rocks and monsters hatched from eggs. The original Repton game was released in the summer of 1985 and has 12 levels, with passwords making it possible to jump directly to later levels. If passwords are employed, on completion of the final level the displayed message challenges the player to complete the game without using them. The new versions of Repton for the PC, iOS and Android introduce additional levels; new Repton levels are also featured in Repton Spectacular, Repton's Mystic Challenge (for Repton 1) and Repton's Journeys (for Repton 2).

Repton 2
The sequel to the game, Repton 2, released for Christmas 1985 (release date 14 November 1985 ) is much bigger. It introduces several new features: spirits (that follow walls and objects to their left and must be guided into cages, turning them into diamonds) and skulls, both of which are fatal to Repton on collision. There are also jigsaw puzzle pieces to collect, which eventually spell out the message "Repton 2 is ended". There are no levels as such in Repton 2: instead transporters move Repton between different screens which, subject to some restrictions, can be completed in any order desired. The entire game is in effect one very large level without passwords, meaning that it must be completed in one attempt. Finally, some screens also contain an exposed 'roof', where meteors (predictably fatal to Repton) fall from the sky.

Repton's requirements in Repton 2 are challenging: Repton must not only collect all diamonds (including those held in safes and behind cages), but also collect all earth, kill all the monsters, collect all puzzle pieces and use all transporters. Once these substantial tasks have been accomplished, Repton must then negotiate the 'roof' of the entire width of the final screen, avoiding meteors falling from the sky in order to reach the starport and thus complete the game. This part is particularly tricky, since the meteors fall in a random fashion, making it difficult for the gamer to guide Repton to safety. This long list of requirements, coupled with the fact that the game must be completed in one attempt, marks Repton 2 as the hardest Repton game to successfully complete. The initial version of Repton 2 contained one diamond fewer than the stipulated number needed to finish the game, so completion of this first version is impossible. When Repton 2 was re-written for the PC, it introduced a 'save game' feature making it considerably easier to complete. In addition, brand new scenarios were included, effectively new games.

Repton 3
Repton 3, released on 5 November 1986, was developed by Matthew Atkinson at Superior's invitation since Tim Tyler was not interested in programming it, although he did design some of the levels for the new game. While the first two games had only taken a month each to program, Repton 3 took eight months. It reverts to the form of a series of time-limited, password-protected levels. A few new features were introduced: fungus (a substance that gradually spreads wherever it finds space and kills Repton on contact), time capsules (resetting the current level's time limit each time one is collected), crowns and a timebomb which must be defused to complete each level. The inclusion of the timebomb means that, as well as collecting all of the diamonds and crowns, the players have to plan their routes so as to finish up at the timebomb at the end of the level.

Repton 3 includes a map editor along with the game, so that data files can be created with new maps and graphics for the levels. Three themed sets of such files were released as continuations of Repton 3, with the titles Around the World in 40 Screens (1987), The Life of Repton (1987) and Repton Thru Time (1988). These three titles use a slightly modified game engine, in which the algorithm for deciding on the direction spirits first move at the start of a level is improved. They all come with the same game editor as Repton 3.

Repton Infinity
Repton Infinity was released in 1988, by which time the BBC Micro's popularity as a games platform was beginning to wane. It was developed by Dave Acton and Dave Lawrence (who wrote the user-submitted program section *INFO in Acorn User magazine). It supplements the map editor and graphics editor with a powerful game logic editor which made it possible to alter the way all game objects behaved using a purpose-designed language called Reptol. Four different example games are included to demonstrate its flexibility:
 * Repton 3 - Take 2, with a couple of small technical differences in gameplay from Repton 3.
 * Repton 4, with imaginative new objects including photocopiers and moving jewels.
 * Robbo, "a crazy robot in a strange topsy-turvy world", according to the game inlay.
 * Trakker, a chaotic game in which a bulldozer-driving protagonist must destroy various monsters by pushing fruit at them, and all scores are multiples of 17.

There was a long-running problem, infamous amongst owners of the B+, the updated BBC B with 64k, when the newly released Repton Infinity ran on the original BBC B but refused to load on the updated B+. A string of unsuccessful replacements were issued before one that was compatible with both was eventually released.

EGO: Repton 4
A game marketed as EGO: Repton 4 was released for the Acorn Archimedes in 1992. It was designed by Richard Hanson and programmed by Gary Partis. This was actually an Archimedes conversion of an earlier Amiga/Atari ST game called Personality Crisis with the character of Repton added in. The game bears little relation to the rest of the Repton series, particularly in that contrary to the spirit of the original it relies on "secret" traps and passages which can only be discovered by walking onto them. The objects and objectives in all the previous Repton games are visible and there are no hidden secrets to be discovered, although in some advanced episodes - notably "OAP" in Life of Repton, "Oceans" in Around the World and "Future" in Repton Thru Time - some objects and enemies are invisible or appear very similar to desirable or innocuous objects.

Repton: The Lost Realms
In 1988, teenage programmer Paras Sidapara submitted a game he called Repton 4 to Superior Software. As Superior were already working on Repton Infinity, it was not published, and was forgotten until 2008, when a copy was rediscovered. The game was re-programmed by Sarah Walker and rechristened The Lost Realms, to avoid confusion with the Repton 4 game included in Repton Infinity. It was launched in November 2010 by Retro Software, with Superior's permission. The game is similar in style to Repton 3, retaining the structure of separate, password-protected levels and the map and graphics editors. New features include balloons, "absorbency" doors (which can be opened when an "absorbalene" pill is collected, but each pill only allows a certain number of doors to be opened) and ice crystals (which, when collected, freeze any monsters on the level).

Music
The music for Repton is Black and White Rag, by George Botsford, which has been well-known in the UK since at least its 1969 popularisation as the theme tune to the long-running television snooker programme Pot Black. The Scott Joplin intermezzo The Chrysanthemum is the music for Repton 2, and the music for Repton 3 was composed specifically for the game by Paul Hughes and Peter Clarke. Repton Infinity features in-game music, on pressing the 'T' key, although it does not play at the same time as the sound effects during the game, and is turned off by default; it was composed especially for the game by David Acton.

Ports
The Repton games were closely associated with the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron but versions were released for other 8-bit computers. Superior Software had planned to launch Repton 3 with ports for the Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC (as shown in pre-release press advertisements). The Amstrad version was never released but the C64 port did arrive in 1987. Ports of the first 3 Repton games were later developed for the ZX Spectrum and Repton and Repton 2 were released together as Repton Mania in 1989 (published using the joint Superior/Alligata name). This was not a success and the Spectrum Repton 3 was not released. In 1989 a version of Repton 3 featuring all expansion packs was also released for the BBC Micro's replacement, the 32-bit Acorn Archimedes. Its programmer, John Wallace, also produced a slightly expanded version of Repton 2 for the Acorn Archimedes which was released on the 1993 Play It Again Sam 2 compilation (which also included Zarch, Master Break and Arcpinball). None of these ports achieved the sales of the BBC originals.

In the late 1990s, Superior sub-licensed the games to ProAction who released a number of RISC OS ports for the Acorn Archimedes and RiscPC. John Wallace created new ports of Repton, Repton 2 and Repton 3. ProAction also released Desktop Repton which includes the 3 games (including the expansion games for Repton 3). These games were built from scratch by Darren Salt, and developed to run in a multi tasking window on the desktop.

There have been numerous ports of Repton 3, including a free version for Linux.

Under the name Superior Interactive, the original publishers re-released versions of Repton 1 (2003), Repton 2 (2004) and Repton 3, including all of the expansion games (2005), for Microsoft Windows. They also released a large pack of new levels for all three modern Repton ports named Repton Spectacular in 2010. Also in 2010, iRepton was released for the Apple iPhone / iPod Touch (ESZ Consulting / Superior Interactive). This has retro and enhanced graphics and sounds and new screens. In 2014 iRepton 3 was released for the iPad and iPhone, featuring the same level of graphic enhancements as iRepton 1, which also had an overhaul at the same time.

Clones
A deliberate clone called Ripton, extremely faithful apart from different level design and several humorous digs at the original game, was written by Kenton Price and submitted to A&B Computing but the magazine never dared to publish it. It is, however, now available at BBC software Internet sites.

There was also a PD clone for the ZX Spectrum called Riptoff, which included a level editor. It was developed by Rick O'Neill and Craig Hunter, and was released exclusively on a 1991 Your Sinclair covertape.

Derivatives
Due to Repton's ubiquity on the platform, it is sometimes compared to other scrolling-map games for the BBC/Electron. Later puzzle-based games such as Bonecruncher and Clogger might be said to be derivatives of Repton, and this perception is also encompassed by arcade adventure/role-playing games presented in four-way-scrolling format – the notable ones being Ravenskull and Pipeline – despite their different styles involving unique objects, encounters and unexpected traps.

A non-scrolling 5-level type-in called Pitfall Pete written by Jonathan Temple was also described as "'Repton' style" when it was published by BEEBUG in 1986 and expanded to 15 levels in 1991.

Repton's original author has written a public domain Java rocks-and-diamonds game, Rockz, which features elements in the vein of both Repton 2 and Boulder Dash.

A game called Mole Miner was released for Android devices in 2009 by Little Fluffy Toys Ltd. The game was designed by Kenton Price, who also wrote Ripton. It builds on the rocks-and-diamonds genre typified by Repton, extending it with features such as explosives, sliding ice and wraparound, and includes a community level designer. Mole Miner contains 60 levels created by Michael S. Repton, the author of many levels in later Repton series games.

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Pas kontuszowy

Kontush sash ("kontusz belt"; kontušo juosta, кунтушовы пояс) was a cloth sash used for girding a kontusz (a robe-like garment). It was one of the most distinctive items of male dress of Polish and Lithuanian nobility (szlachta) and is a key component of the Polish national costume. In an earlier period, sometimes narrower sashes of fine cloth or silk net were worn, but the wide kontusz sash is specific to the later period. A variant known in Belarus lands is Slutsk Sash.

Origins
Like the rest of Polish national dress, the kontusz sash was of eastern origin. It comprised a 3- to 4.5-meter-long strip of fabric covered with varied designs, around 40 cm wide. Luxurious sashes were made with silk and gold. Depending on the sash's width, it might be folded a number of ways so as to reveal various designs on various occasions, the most ornate sashes were considered to have four sides.

Initially such sashes were imported from Persia and Turkey. In the 17th century several sash manufactories were founded at places all over Rzeczpospolita, such as Kobyłka, Lipków, Hrodna, Kraków and Gdańsk. The largest and most notable manufacturies, however, were at Slutsk. Sashes produced there were considered the most desirable and were also the most expensive. Because of the popularity of the pas kontuszowy produced there, it was sometimes called pas słucki (Slutsk sash), regardless of the actual place of origin. Slutsk sashes had two different color patterns on each side.

Kontush Sash an attribute of a nobleman
The Kontush Sash (belt) has an oriental provenance rooted in Persian and Turkish tradition. Continual contact between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Persia and even more with Turkey developed vast trade roots and raised popular interest in oriental art and decoration all over Eastern Europe. The Ideology of Sarmatism created in the XVIc a embracing many the nations of the Commonwealth. The Kontush Belt was a visual manifestation of Sarmatian identity and was widely popular in Lithuania and Belarus, in Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Saxony, Moldavia, Besarabia and some parts of Russia. Kontush belts were worn by the Nobility, Cossack elders and high municipal officials.

The time of prosperity during the period of XVI – XVIIIc created surplus financial resources often channeled into culture, art and decoration. Polish Armenian merchants imported objects of luxury: oriental carpets, weapons decorated with gold and stones, expensive fabrics. Kontush belts especially emphasized the status of the bearer and were unusually expensive. At a certain moment the demand for Kontush belts became so large that it was necessary to open local manufacturing on the territory of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The workshops producing Kontush Belts in Slutsk, Grodno, Lvov, Vilnius, Buchach, Kobylki, Kraków, Gdansk, Lipkow were opened mostly by Polish–Lithuanian Armenians. The belts that were made there still had a lot of oriental ornamentation, but had their own distinct character – different from the belts formerly imported from Persia and Turkey.

There was a practical aspect to the belt as well. Folded in half and wrapped around the body, it served as a pocket for money and documents. Most belts are about 30 cm wide and around 3,5m long.

As a result of the weaving technique – one side of the belt was a negative of the other. This way it was possible for the belt to have two different color schemes (so called two-sided belt). Further division of the belt allowed for four color compositions (four-sided belt). The price of the belt depended on the materials used (sometimes they added silver and gold thread). The complexity of the design raised the price even more since it required more complicated manufacturing machinery, higher qualifications of the craftsmen and a longer production cycle. The four-sided belts were the most expensive. They were meant to be worn on different occasions: bright side – for weddings, dark side for funerals, green side for the green kontush etc. Very often the belt served as a table decoration – it was placed on the center atop the table cloth.

In popular culture
A modern Polish poet and a singer, Jacek Kaczmarski, has sung about those sashes in one of his ballads, Z pasa słuckiego pożytek ("The Use of a Slutsk Sash").

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A minor fan website for a videogame. Real purpose of the page is apparently to make fun of someone the author doesn't like. Listing here, but if someone wanted to speedy delete it, I wouldn't be too sad. Cdc 00:54, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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Delia (clothing)

The delia is a garment worn by male szlachta (nobility) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The delia is similar to a coat or cloak, and was worn over the żupan from the 16th until the early 18th century.

The delia was usually fashioned from wool, cotton, or velvet, and finished with fur. The typical delia had short, loose, unsewn sleeves, and was fastened with metal buttons over the breast. The delia was of Oriental origin and the word itself came to Poland in the mid-16th century from Turkey.

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I won't delete this speedy delete tag now that it exists, but this is a good case for a redirect; a quick search of an academic history database shows that "Peace of Tilsit" is a commonly used term for this treaty, though "Treaties of Tilsit" is the most common. Cdc 01:01, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Cup-tied

In association football, a player who has appeared for a football club during a knockout cup but subsequently transfers to another club is ineligible to play for the new club in the remainder of that season's cup competition. Such a player is said to be cup-tied, i.e. tied to their original club for the duration of the cup tournament. They become eligible for their new club in the following season.

The rule is intended to prevent teams which progress in the competition buying talented players from teams which have already been eliminated, in an attempt to increase their chances of winning. It also discourages players whose chief priority is winning a trophy from requesting a transfer once their team has been eliminated from the competition. Since the introduction of transfer windows, which the cup-tied rule pre-dates, some have criticised the rule as outdated. Nevertheless, it remains widely applied.

Almost all cup competitions worldwide operate a cup-tied rule, but leagues do not (as leagues do not eliminate teams during the season). Cup-tied players are only prevented from playing in that specific competition, so for example a player who is cup-tied in the FA Cup may still be eligible to play in the League Cup (or vice versa). UEFA competitions are an exception: because teams can switch between the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League during the season, UEFA has a more complex system for determining whether a player is cup-tied in one or both of those competitions.

The cup-tied rule
In almost all domestic and international club cup competitions, any player who makes an appearance for a club at any stage of the competition is "tied" to that club for all future matches during that season in the same competition. This prevents a wealthy team still in the competition from gaining an unfair advantage by signing talented players from clubs that may have lost out in earlier rounds, in an attempt to increase their cup chances.

The rule applies to individual cup competitions, such that a player who plays in the English FA Cup, but not the EFL Cup, for example, is cup-tied only in the former competition. If the player signs for a new club in the same season, they are thus eligible for the EFL Cup but not the FA Cup.

Breaching the cup-tied rule can result in a result being declared invalid, with serious consequences for the offending club. Governing bodies usually reserve the right to waive the rule but do so only in exceptional circumstances.

UEFA competitions
UEFA operates European club football competitions, primarily the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. UEFA's regulations state that, with a few exceptions, players who play in any European club competition are subsequently cup-tied with respect to all European football for the remainder of the season. On 27 March 2018, UEFA announced that it would phase out the cup-tied rule for the Champions League and Europa League, starting in the 2018–2019 season.

The main current exception is the UEFA Super Cup, contested by the winners of the previous seasons' Champions League and Europa League. As this is effectively a prestige friendly with only one round, the cup-tied rule is seen as unnecessary. Representing a club in this fixture does not affect a player's eligibility in other UEFA competitions. Similarly, cup-tying did not apply to matches in the now-defunct pre-season UEFA Intertoto Cup, up to the semi-final round.

A further exemption applies: one player per club who would normally be cup-tied can be registered and eligible to play, so long as their previous club did not field that player in the same competition. This means that players can represent two clubs in the Europa League and Champions League, but only a maximum of one player per club. However, if the first club switches into the same competition (e.g. transfers from the Champions League to the Europa League through finishing third in the group stage), the transferred player becomes ineligible. This can lead to some complex situations.

Criticism
The cup-tied rule comes in for criticism from various fans and media pundits, particularly when a high-profile player is ineligible for significant matches. Some argue that the rule is antiquated and that since the introduction of transfer windows, clubs cannot buy players solely for cup matches, but will only do so for the league, where there is no cup-tied rule.

Examples
In the 2008 FA Cup Final against Cardiff City, and in previous rounds, former Portsmouth player Jermain Defoe was cup-tied and was unable to play. Portsmouth won the cup final 1–0. There were similar cases with Earl Barrett's transfer to 1995 FA Cup winners Everton from Aston Villa, while beaten finalists Manchester United were unable to select Andy Cole, as he had played for Newcastle United in the third round a few days before his transfer.

In 2006, Robbie Fowler was cup-tied for the victorious Liverpool team after his mid-season return to Anfield from Manchester City.

In February 1993, Arsenal re-signed defender Martin Keown from Everton, nearly seven years after he had left the club. They went on to win the League Cup and FA Cup that season, but Keown was unable to play in either of the finals, having already played in both competitions for Everton.

In January 1991, defender Viv Anderson was sold to Sheffield Wednesday by Manchester United, and three months later the two teams met in the League Cup final. Sheffield Wednesday won the game, but Anderson had been unable to play, for he had appeared - and scored - in a second-round tie for Manchester United six months earlier.

In another instance, Ronaldo bought out his contract with Real Madrid to move to Milan; he was cup-tied to Madrid in the Champions League. Milan went on to win the tournament, but Ronaldo was not allowed to play in any of their games. Andrei Arshavin was cup-tied in the Champions League after moving to Arsenal during the January 2009 transfer window, having earlier represented Zenit St. Petersburg in the group stage of that competition. In another example concerning Liverpool, this time in the UEFA Champions League, Fernando Morientes was cup-tied for their games leading up to and including the final of the competition in 2005, which Liverpool won. This was due to Morientes playing in the group stage of the competition with Real Madrid.

Enforcement
In the 1999–2000 Football League Cup, West Ham United were ordered to replay a match they had won against Aston Villa, after bringing on as a substitute Emmanuel Omoyinmi, who had appeared for Gillingham in an earlier round. West Ham lost the replay.

A notable example of non-enforcement was in the 1957–58 FA Cup. Stan Crowther and Ernie Taylor would normally have been cup-tied and thus ineligible to play for Manchester United. However, they were granted an exemption and allowed to play because the club had suffered the Munich air disaster earlier that season. In that air crash, eight United players died and two others were so seriously injured that they never played again, while five others had still not fully recovered from their injuries when the following match was played. The Football Association therefore waived the cup-tied rule.

UEFA
UEFA's rules regarding their linked competitions and potential exceptions can lead to some complex situations. This was the case with Alan Hutton, who could not play in Europe for Tottenham Hotspur following his former club Rangers' coming third in their Champions League group, which meant they switched to the Europa League for the remainder of the competition. Had Rangers come first, second or fourth in their group, Hutton would have been able to play for Tottenham.

Another case came in 2009, when Real Madrid purchased Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Lassana Diarra – both of whom had already played European football during the season for Ajax and Portsmouth, respectively – during the winter transfer window. Because of UEFA rules, Real Madrid could only pick one of these players, and ended up selecting Diarra for their European roster. Despite the rule, Real Madrid attempted to circumvent the restriction, to no avail.

Manipulation
Football managers can sometimes decide whether to field a player in order to deliberately cup-tie (or avoid cup-tying) the player. This can be used to manipulate their value on the transfer market for the remainder of the season, because it affects whether any potential new club can field them in the cup. There are two major motivations for deciding to cup-tie a player or not:

To increase a player's value
A team that wishes to transfer a player may deliberately choose not to field them in cup competitions to ensure they are not cup-tied, increasing the player's usefulness to a club that is still involved in the same competition.

Two examples of this were in the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons, both of which involved English Premier League club Liverpool. In 2004–05, Liverpool's Michael Owen sat out of his club's Champions League games so that other top European teams would be able to sign him; he subsequently transferred to Real Madrid.

The following season, Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez again decided to keep one of his players, Milan Baroš, out of Liverpool's squad for their 2005–06 UEFA Champions League ties in order to retain his value to clubs interested in purchasing the Czech striker's services. This time the manipulation was less successful: Baroš eventually moved to Aston Villa, a club who were not involved in the Champions League and therefore gained no benefit from Baroš not being cup-tied.

To discourage transfer interest
Similarly, although less often, a team may deliberately cup-tie a player to discourage attempts (by the player or interested clubs) to transfer them during that season. This only applies if the player would not otherwise make it onto the team – it can be achieved by bringing them on as a substitute towards the end of a game. However, this is of limited use for international transfers, where cup-tying only applies if both teams involved in the transfer are competing in the same continental competition (such as the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League ). A variation of this involves national team coaches starting players in order to bind them to the country and prevent call-ups from other National Teams.

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Michael Sprott

Michael Sprott (born 16 January 1975) is a British former professional boxer. He held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles in 2004 and the EBU European Union heavyweight title twice between 2005 and 2007. He was the winner of the 14th Prizefighter series.

Career
After a quiet amateur career, Sprott turned pro in November 1996 under the old Frank Bruno trainer, Terry Lawless. He won 11 fights, including a points win over veteran Michael Murray before taking on Harry Senior in September 1998 for the Southern Area Heavyweight title. Senior, a respected sparring partner, had recently dedicated himself to being a full-time professional, and took Sprott out in 6 rounds with body shots. Sprott came back with 3 wins before falling apart in 3 rounds versus British contender Wayne Llewelyn in October 2000.

Seemingly relegated to journeyman status, In February 2001 in London, Sprott scored an upset when he outpointed the once-beaten German Timo Hoffmann, who had lost only to Vitali Klitschko. He travelled to Germany for the rematch, controversially outpointed by Hoffmann in a result that was jeered loudly by the German crowd.

In November 2001, he travelled to South Africa to face hard hitting fringe contender Corrie Sanders. In a brief and entertaining fight, Sprott rocked the southpaw before being decked himself, and suffering a controversial stoppage by the referee, with even the South African commentators deploring the stoppage.

In February 2002, Keith Long pulled out from a British and Commonwealth title fight with Danny Williams, and Sprott flew in from a holiday in Jamaica on only a few days notice. After a few rounds he ran out of gas and was stopped in the seventh round, but showed he could compete at national level. It was around this time that Sprott brought in trainer John Bloomfield, who spent six years with Frank Bruno.

After this challenge, Sprott went on a successful run of form, winning 8 fights, including knockouts of Pele Reid (KO7), ex-British champ Michael Holden (KO4), Mark Potter (KO3), and Colin Kenna (KO1), setting up a rematch with Williams.

In September 2003, Sprott qualified for another shot at Williams and his titles, but after a far more competitive fight, Sprott was the victim of several low blows. When he complained to the referee he was controversially knocked out by a Williams left hook.

In January 2004, Sprott narrowly outpointed Williams in their third and final fight (115-114), lifting the British and Commonwealth titles. A few months later Williams would knockout Mike Tyson, however Sprott would lose his titles in his first defense, matched with fast undefeated Matt Skelton (12-0), Sprott was mauled and stopped in the 12th. His last fight of 2004 was a win against Czech heavyweight champ Robert Šulgan in Bethnal Green.

In 2005, Sprott would take the first of many trips abroad fighting top prospects, usually at short notice. In April he beat the German amateur star Cengiz Koc, but in October was beaten on points by Olympian Paolo Vidoz in a European title fight, both fights in Germany. In December he fought future European champ Vladimir Virchis in Austria, but was once-again the victim of a controversial decision loss.

In February 2006, he outboxed veteran Antoine Palatis in Scotland, but in a WBA Eliminator in July was hammered in 8 one-sided rounds by undefeated Ruslan Chagaev. Despite the loss he went back to Germany and beat a third German prospect when he upset undefeated southpaw Rene Dettweiller in November.

During his travels in Germany, Sprott had picked up the second-tier European Heavyweight title, the "EU" title, which he defended against 2000 Olympic Gold medallist Audley Harrison in London, February 2007. Harrison had demolished Danny Williams in his last fight and was on course to face Matt Skelton in a world title eliminator. A 9/2 underdog with most bookies, Sprott came off the floor in the 1st round to score a rare stoppage win by knocking Harrison clean out in the 3rd with a left hook; and seemingly ending his career.

On 14 July 2007, Sprott lost to Matt Skelton in a 12-round contest. The fight was of a very poor standard with Skelton winning on points.

On 31 May 2008, Sprott travelled to Germany to face hot prospect, and the WBA's #4 ranked contender Taras Bidenko. Sprott was outpointed in a 10-round unanimous decision, with 2 judges scoring the bout 97–93, and the other seeing it 97–94.

On 14 March 2009, Sprott fought former WBO heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster and lost a unanimous decision.

He fought Alexander Ustinov on 20 June 2009, but lost by unanimous decision after ten rounds. However he beat German Werner Kreiskott by round 1 TKO in March 2010 and this earned him a shot at the vacant European Boxing Union title against old foe Audley Harrison at Alexandra Palace in April 2010. Sprott was leading the bout on all three scorecards before Harrison knocked out Sprott with seconds remaining of round 12.

On 9 October 2010, a 35-year-old Sprott competed in Sky's 'PrizeFighter' series (Heavyweights), reaching the final where he fought Matt Skelton. It was third time lucky for Sprott, who had lost his previous 2 contests with the 43-year-old Skelton, Winning on a split decision (29-28 Skelton 29-28 sprott 29-28 sprott) after the 3 round contest and winning £32,000 in 'winner take all' prize money. In September 2011, he suffered a third defeat in a European heavyweight title bout when he lost a unanimous points decision to Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko in Hamburg.

Outside the ring
Michael Sprott has a son called Darnell born around 2001. Darnell's name is stitched on the shorts Sprott wears for his professional contests. In recent contests Sprott's shorts have also displayed the name of his late sister Ginette, who took her own life in September 2009 after a long battle with depression.

He lists his hobbies as weights, travelling and meeting new people. Outside boxing, Sprott enjoys rugby and the Wimbledon Championships. His favourite football teams are Reading FC and Arsenal F.C.

Professional boxing record

 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|42 Wins (17 knockouts), 29 Losses (18 knockouts), 0 Draws
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 * align=left|🇵🇱 Lukasz Rozanski
 * TKO
 * 2 (6)
 * 2018-06-02
 * align=left|🇵🇱 G2A Arena, Jasionka 953, Rzeszów, Poland
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 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 42-28
 * align=left|🇹🇷 Ali Eren Demirezen
 * TKO
 * 5 (8)
 * 2017-12-23
 * align=left|🇹🇷 Silence Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey
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 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 42-27
 * align=left|🇵🇱 Marcin Siwy
 * UD
 * 6
 * 2016-11-05
 * align=left|🇵🇱 Hala ICDS, ul. Staszica 2, Lomianki, Poland
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 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 42-26
 * align=left| Christian Hammer
 * KO
 * 1 (10)
 * 2016-03-18
 * align=left|Circus, Bucharest, Romania
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 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 42-25
 * align=left|🇸🇪 Adrian Granat
 * KO
 * 1 (8)
 * 2015-12-05
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Inselparkhalle, Hamburg, Germany
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 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 42-24
 * align=left|🇫🇷 Carlos Takam
 * KO
 * 5 (8)
 * 2015-06-13
 * align=left|🇫🇷 Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France
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 * Loss
 * 42-23
 * align=left| Anthony Joshua
 * TKO
 * 1 (10)
 * 2014-11-22
 * align=left| Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
 * align=left|For WBC International Heavyweight title.
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 * Loss
 * 42-22
 * align=left|🇦🇺 Kali Meehan
 * KO
 * 1
 * 2014-06-04
 * align=left| The Trusts Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
 * align=left|Super 8 Heavyweight Tournament - Final
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 * Win
 * 42-21
 * align=left| Anthony Nansen
 * UD
 * 3
 * 2014-06-04
 * align=left| The Trusts Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
 * align=left|Super 8 Heavyweight Tournament - Semi Final
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 41-21
 * align=left| Martin Rogan
 * MD
 * 3
 * 2014-06-04
 * align=left| The Trusts Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
 * align=left|Super 8 Heavyweight Tournament - Quarter Final
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 40-21
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Jason Gavern
 * UD
 * 3
 * 2013-11-14
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|'Prizefighter' Tournament Heavyweight Final.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 39-21
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Brian Minto
 * UD
 * 3
 * 2013-11-14
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|'Prizefighter' Tournament Heavyweight Semi-Final.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 38-21
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Damian Wills
 * UD
 * 3
 * 2013-11-14
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|'Prizefighter' Tournament Heavyweight Quarter-Final.
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 37-21
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Erkan Teper
 * TKO
 * 1 (10)
 * 2013-08-31
 * align=left| Münsterplatz, Basel, Switzerland
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 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 37-20
 * align=left|🇫🇮 Robert Helenius
 * UD
 * 10
 * 2013-03-23
 * align=left|🇩🇪 GETEC Arena, Magdeburg, Germany
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 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 37-19
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Edmund Gerber
 * MD
 * 12
 * 2012-12-15
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, Nuremberg, Germany
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 36-19
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Edmund Gerber
 * TKO
 * 4 (12)
 * 2012-09-15
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Baden-Arena, Offenburg, Germany
 * align=left|Sprott, angry at the stoppage decision, appeared to push the referee to the canvas.
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 36-18
 * align=left|🇧🇬 Kubrat Pulev
 * RTD
 * 9 (12)
 * 2012-01-14
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Baden-Arena, Offenburg, Germany
 * align=left|For IBF International heavyweight title.
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 36-17
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Alexander Dimitrenko
 * UD
 * 12
 * 2011-09-24
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Dima-Sportcenter, Hamburg, Germany
 * align=left|For EBU (European) heavyweight title. Sprott penalized 2 points; 1 point in round 10 & 1 point in round 12.
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 36-16
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Tye Fields
 * SD
 * 3
 * 2011-05-27
 * align=left| Alexandra Palace, London, England
 * align=left|Prizefighter Tournament, International heavyweight quarter-final.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 36-15
 * align=left|🇹🇷 Serdar Uysal
 * UD
 * 4
 * 2011-03-19
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Germany
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 35-15
 * align=left| Matt Skelton
 * SD
 * 3
 * 2010-10-09
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|'Prizefighter' Tournament Heavyweight Final.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 34-15
 * align=left| Shane McPhilbin
 * UD
 * 3
 * 2010-10-09
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|'Prizefighter' Tournament Heavyweight Semi-Final.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 33-15
 * align=left| Danny Hughes
 * UD
 * 3
 * 2010-10-09
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|'Prizefighter' Tournament Heavyweight Quarter-Final.
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 32-15
 * align=left| Audley Harrison
 * KO
 * 12 (12)
 * 2010-04-09
 * align=left| Alexandra Palace, London, England
 * align=left|For vacant EBU (European) heavyweight title.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 32-14
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Werner Kreiskott
 * TKO
 * 1 (4)
 * 2010-03-20
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 31-14
 * align=left|🇷🇺 Alexander Ustinov
 * UD
 * 10
 * 2009-06-20
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 31-13
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Lamon Brewster
 * UD
 * 8
 * 2009-03-14
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Ostseehalle, Kiel, Germany
 * align=left|Sprott down at the end of round 3.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 31-12
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Zack Page
 * PTS
 * 6
 * 2008-11-19
 * align=left| Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 30-12
 * align=left|🇺🇦 Taras Bydenko
 * UD
 * 10
 * 2008-05-31
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 30-11
 * align=left| Matt Skelton
 * MD
 * 12
 * 2007-07-14
 * align=left| O2 Arena (Millennium Dome), London, England
 * align=left|For Commonwealth (British Empire) heavyweight title. Fight was marred by a lot of holding, prompting the referee to warm both fighters repeatedly.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 30-10
 * align=left| Audley Harrison
 * KO
 * 3 (12)
 * 2007-02-17
 * align=left| The Arena, London, England
 * align=left|Retained EBU-EU (European Union) heavyweight title & won vacant BBBofC English heavyweight title. Sprott was knocked down in the 1st round.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 29-10
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Rene Dettweiler
 * SD
 * 12
 * 2006-11-04
 * align=left|🇩🇪 RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle, Mülheim, Germany
 * align=left|Retained EBU-EU (European Union) heavyweight title. Sprott received point deductions in 10th and 12th rounds for head butts.
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 28-10
 * align=left|🇺🇿 Ruslan Chagaev
 * TKO
 * 8 (12)
 * 2006-07-15
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany
 * align=left|For WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title & vacant WBO Asia Pacific heavyweight title.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 28-9
 * align=left|🇫🇷 Antoine Palatis
 * UD
 * 10
 * 2006-02-18
 * align=left| Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
 * align=left|Won vacant EBU-EU (European Union) heavyweight title.
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 27-9
 * align=left|🇺🇦 Volodymyr Vyrchys
 * UD
 * 12
 * 2005-12-13
 * align=left|🇦🇹 Freizeit Arena, Soelden, Austria
 * align=left|For WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title.
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 27-8
 * align=left|🇮🇹 Paolo Vidoz
 * UD
 * 12
 * 2005-10-01
 * align=left|🇩🇪 EWE-Arena, Oldenburg, Germany
 * align=left|For EBU (European) heavyweight title.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 27-7
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Cengiz Koc
 * SD
 * 10
 * 2005-04-23
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Arena Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
 * align=left|Won vacant EBU-EU (European Union) heavyweight title.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 26-7
 * align=left|🇨🇿 Robert Sulgan
 * TKO
 * 1 (8)
 * 2004-09-10
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 25-7
 * align=left| Matt Skelton
 * KO
 * 12 (12)
 * 2004-04-24
 * align=left| Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, England
 * align=left|Lost BBBofC British heavyweight title & Commonwealth (British Empire) heavyweight title.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 25-6
 * align=left| Danny Williams
 * PTS
 * 12
 * 2004-01-24
 * align=left| Conference Centre, London, England
 * align=left|Won BBBofC British heavyweight title & Commonwealth (British Empire) heavyweight title.
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 24-6
 * align=left| Danny Williams
 * TKO
 * 5 (12)
 * 2003-09-26
 * align=left| Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, England
 * align=left|For Commonwealth (British Empire) heavyweight title. Lost BBBofC British heavyweight title. While Sprott turned to the referee to complain about a low blow, he was knocked out by a left hook to the chin.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 24-5
 * align=left|🇮🇪 Colin Kenna
 * TKO
 * 1 (10)
 * 2003-08-01
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|Retained BBBofC British heavyweight title.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 23-5
 * align=left|🇨🇿 Petr Horacek
 * KO
 * 1 (6)
 * 2003-06-10
 * align=left| Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 22-5
 * align=left| Mark Potter
 * TKO
 * 3 (10)
 * 2003-03-18
 * align=left| Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, England
 * align=left|Won vacant BBBofC British heavyweight title.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 21-5
 * align=left| Mike Holden
 * TKO
 * 4 (8)
 * 2003-01-24
 * align=left| Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 20-5
 * align=left|🇭🇺 Tamas Feheri
 * TKO
 * 2 (6)
 * 2002-12-12
 * align=left| Equinox Nightclub, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 19-5
 * align=left| Derek McCafferty
 * PTS
 * 8
 * 2002-09-17
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 18-5
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Garing Lane
 * PTS
 * 6
 * 2002-07-10
 * align=left| Conference Centre, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 17-5
 * align=left| Pele Reid
 * TKO
 * 7 (10)
 * 2002-05-09
 * align=left| Equinox Nightclub, London, England
 * align=left|Won vacant WBF European heavyweight title. Sprott down twice.
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 16-5
 * align=left| Danny Williams
 * RTD
 * 7 (12)
 * 2002-02-12
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|For BBBofC British heavyweight title & Commonwealth (British Empire) heavyweight title. Sprott down in round 7.
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 16-4
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Jermell Barnes
 * PTS
 * 8
 * 2001-12-20
 * align=left| Topsportcentrum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 15-4
 * align=left| Corrie Sanders
 * TKO
 * 1 (8)
 * 2001-11-03
 * align=left| Carnival City, Brakpan, South Africa
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 15-3
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Timo Hoffmann
 * UD
 * 8
 * 2001-03-24
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 15-2
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Timo Hoffmann
 * PTS
 * 8
 * 2001-02-17
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 14-2
 * align=left| Wayne Llewellyn
 * TKO
 * 3 (8)
 * 2000-10-14
 * align=left| Conference Centre, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 14-1
 * align=left| Tony Booth
 * PTS
 * 6
 * 2000-01-18
 * align=left| Leisure Centre, Mansfield, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 13-1
 * align=left| Chris Woollas
 * RTD
 * 4 (6)
 * 1999-07-10
 * align=left| Elephant and Castle Centre, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 12-1
 * align=left| Gary Williams
 * PTS
 * 6
 * 1999-01-16
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Loss
 * 11-1
 * align=left| Harry Senior
 * TKO
 * 6 (10)
 * 1998-09-12
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 11-0
 * align=left| Michael Murray
 * PTS
 * 6
 * 1998-02-14
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 10-0
 * align=left|🇮🇪 Ray Kane
 * RTD
 * 1 (6)
 * 1998-03-14
 * align=left| Elephant and Castle Centre, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 9-0
 * align=left| Johnny Davison
 * TKO
 * 2 (6)
 * 1998-01-10
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 8-0
 * align=left| Nick Howard
 * TKO
 * 1 (4)
 * 1997-12-06
 * align=left| The Arena, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 7-0
 * align=left| Darren Fearn
 * PTS
 * 6
 * 1997-11-08
 * align=left| Elephant and Castle Centre, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 6-0
 * align=left| Gary Williams
 * PTS
 * 6
 * 1997-09-02
 * align=left| Elephant and Castle Centre, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 5-0
 * align=left|🇵🇱 Wladek Framas
 * PTS
 * 6
 * 1997-05-20
 * align=left| Picketts Lock Stadium, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 4-0
 * align=left| Tim Redman
 * KO
 * 2 (4)
 * 1997-04-16
 * align=left| York Hall, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 3-0
 * align=left| Alvin Miller
 * KO
 * 1 (4)
 * 1997-03-17
 * align=left| Marriott Hotel, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 2-0
 * align=left| Johnny Davison
 * KO
 * 2 (6)
 * 1997-02-19
 * align=left| Town Hall, London, England
 * align=left|
 * - align=center
 * Win
 * 1-0
 * align=left| Geoff Hunter
 * TKO
 * 1 (4)
 * 1996-11-20
 * align=left| Wembley, London, England
 * align=left|
 * align=left|

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Chauncey Jerome

Chauncey Jerome (1793–1868) was an American clockmaker in the early 19th century. He made a fortune selling his clocks, and his business grew quickly. However, his company failed in 1856, and he died in poverty.

Early life
He was born in Canaan in 1793; Chauncey Jerome was the son of Sarah Noble and Lyman Jerome, a blacksmith and nail-maker.

Career
Jerome began his career in Plymouth, making dials for long-case clocks. Jerome learned what he could about clocks, particularly clock cases, and then went to New Jersey to make seven-foot cases for clocks.

In 1816 he went to work for Eli Terry making "Patent Shelf Clocks," learning how to make previously handmade cases using machinery. Deciding to go into business for himself, Jerome began to make cases, trading them to Terry for wooden movements.

In 1822 Jerome moved his business to Bristol, opening a small shop with his brother Noble, producing 30-hour and eight-day wooden clocks. The company installed the first circular saw ever seen in Bristol.

By 1837 Jerome's company was selling more clocks than any of his competitors. A one-day wood-cased clock, which sold for six dollars, had helped put the company on the map. A year later his company was selling that same clock for four dollars.

By 1841 the company was showing an annual profit of a whopping $35,000, primarily from the sale of brass movements.

In 1842 Jerome moved his clock-case manufacturing operation to St. John Street in New Haven. Three years later, following a fire that destroyed the Bristol plant, Jerome relocated the entire operation to the Elm City. Enlarging the plant, the company soon became the largest industrial employer in the city, producing 150,000 clocks annually.

Because of his discovery of a method of stamping rather than using casting gears, Jerome was producing the lowest-priced clocks in the world at the time.

In 1850 Jerome formed the Jerome Manufacturing Co. as a joint-stock company with Benedict & Burnham, brass manufacturers of Waterbury. In 1853 the company became known as the New Haven Clock Co., producing 444,000 clocks and timepieces annually.

Jerome's future should have been secure but in 1855 he bought out a failed Bridgeport clock company controlled by P.T. Barnum, which wiped him out financially, leaving the Jerome Manufacturing Co. bankrupt. Jerome never recovered from the loss. By his own admission, he was a better inventor than businessman.

Traveling from town to town, Jerome took jobs where he could, often working for clock companies that had learned the business of clock making using Jerome's inventions. Returning to New Haven near the end of his life, he died, penniless, in 1868 at age 74.

Nevertheless, Jerome had made a historic contribution to his industry when he substituted brass works for wooden works, said to be "the greatest and most far-reaching contribution to the clock industry."

He made, and lost, a fortune selling his clocks and was perhaps the most influential and creative person associated with the American clock business during the mid-19th century. In addition he served as a legislator in 1834, a Presidential elector in 1852 and mayor of New Haven from 1854 to 1855.

Always humble, of his own life he wrote: "The ticking of a clock is music to me, and although many of my experiences as a business man have been trying and bitter, I have satisfaction of knowing that I have lived the life of an honest man, and have been of some use to my fellow men."

Early life
Jerome was born in Canaan, Connecticut, and later moved to Plymouth, Connecticut, where his father started a blacksmith shop. Jerome was a young boy when his father died, on October 5, 1804, and was forced to work in apprenticeship with salesmen. In one event, when walking around Bethlehem, Connecticut, to get to Torrington with his master, he noted how close he was to his mother in Plymouth, that night he made a run for it, running about twenty miles through woods, properties, farms, and in one case chased by dogs for a few miles, finally met his mother the next morning in Plymouth, the moment he contacted her, he realized it was morning and had to leave. He was victim of war at New Haven Fort, and when finished, he moved back to Plymouth to start an apprenticeship with Eli Terry.

Brave ideas, and the Journey to England
Jerome started manufacturing in Bristol off of West Street. He took note of all of the men who laughed at "Mr. Terry" for Terry's foolish ideas of selling a clock for a minor $14. Jerome came up with the idea of a rectangular shelf clock, brass in method, and sell-able for $1, the OG clock. Jerome sent his son, and a peddler who was a great friend of Jerome to England to sell his one dollar OG clocks.

Several months went by, as store owners in England refused to buy Jerome's clocks. The shop owners understood that Eli Terry's pillar and scroll clocks were "garbage" and never worked (because wooden gears warp over seas, causing poor time keepers). Finally Jerome's son got a man to buy a clock for one dollar, and put it on a shelf - the next day, an English man walked in and saw it was still working, and proudly purchased the clock, this started a chain reaction, and the shop owner purchased 100 more clocks on the spot.

Jerome's friend who supervised his son fell ill and died in England, followed by his son three months later.

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Talk:Walford East tube station

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What does this page add to the information about Walford East on the EastEnders page? And what more can be said? This is a potential VFD. Mtiedemann 01:03, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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I've deleted the LUL infoboxes from this page (and will delete the links from the station links on the District Line page too). It's just confusing to use the stats from Bromley-by-Bow, and it needs to be made very clear that this is not a real station. --Mpk 13:25, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Original research
Thought I'd post some of the information here that was deleted from the article, so if anyone can source it, it can be readded:

"Recently, 1995 stock trains from the Northern Line could be heard from the station despite it being on the District Line."

"In an episode in September 2006, in a long scene where Billy Mitchell is returning to Walford, the train he was on had to stop at a red light. The train stopped using a sound sequence taken from a 1996 stock train (the deceleration sound). The train was there for ten minutes because the train in front had trouble aboard involving a 'little brat'. The train then started up again unrealistically as it didn't accelerate and started after a series of quick flashes. The train used for the scene was a refurbished D-stock train. There are also no tunnels near Walford East station if it existed."

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It's Raining Men

"It's Raining Men" is a song by the American musical duo The Weather Girls from their third studio album, Success (1983). It was released as the album's lead single on September 10, 1982, through Columbia Records and CBS Records International. Paul Jabara wrote the song in collaboration with Paul Shaffer, and produced the song in collaboration with Bob Esty. "It's Raining Men" is a Hi-NRG and post-disco song that incorporates elements of R&B, soul, and 1970s-style electronic dance music. Its lyrics describe an excitement and enjoyment of many different types of men.

"It's Raining Men" was a number-one dance hit in the United States, and reached the top ten in various other countries worldwide. VH1 listed the song as one of the Greatest Songs of the 1980s as well as one of the Greatest Songs of the 2000s decade. At the 26th Annual Grammy Awards (1983), "It's Raining Men" received a nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

Development and production
Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer wrote the song over the course of one afternoon in 1979, intending it for Donna Summer, who had scored a hit with "Last Dance" (1978). However, as Shaffer later recalled, Summer had recently become a born-again Christian and rejected the song as "blasphemous". The song was then offered to Diana Ross, Cher, and Barbra Streisand, all of whom declined it.

In 1982, the song was offered to The Weather Girls (then known as the Two Tons and formerly known as Two Tons O' Fun). Martha Wash and Izora Armstead of the Two Tons also dismissed the song. Wash recounted "We thought it was a crazy song — in fact, too crazy to record. I kept saying, 'It's raining men? Really? Are you kidding me?'... I just did not think people would buy it... That's why I kept saying no." The duo eventually recorded the song in ninety minutes after Jabara persistently pleaded with them to record the song. The Waters Sisters (Julia Waters-Tillman and Maxine Waters-Willard), Stephanie Spruill, and Zenobia Conkerite performed background vocals on the chorus of the song.

Music
According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Music Publishing, "It's Raining Men" is a Hi-NRG and disco song, composed in the key of F minor. It incorporates R&B, soul, and 1970s-style electronic dance music. The song's tempo is a moderate beats per minute, in common time. Wash sang the lead vocals in the song. Wash's vocal range spans around two octaves in the song, from the low note of F3 to the high note of F5. "It's Raining Men" uses one minor chord, F minor, with the rest of the notes in major chords.

Release
"It's Raining Men" was first released to dance club DJs in the United States in mid-1982. The single was then released for 7" single and 12" single in the United States on September 10, 1982. Shortly after the release of the single, the Two Tons changed their name to the Weather Girls after much confusion by press and fans due to the duo introducing themselves as "the weather girls" in the introduction of the song. In 1993, a then-newly recorded version of "It's Raining Men" was released by the Weather Girls, now composed of Armstead and her daughter Dynelle Rhodes, on their sixth album Double Tons of Fun (1993).

In 2005, a live version of the song was released on the Weather Girls' ninth album Totally Wild! This version features vocals by Dynelle Rhodes and then-newly added member Ingrid Arthur. In 2012, the same lineup of the Weather Girls released "It's Raining Men - 2012" (stylized as "It's Raining Men 2K12"). The song is based in the house music genre produced by Sebo Reed.

Impact and legacy
VH1 ranked the song at number 35 on their list of the "100 Greatest Dance Songs" in 2000, and also at number 35 in their "100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s" ranking in 2009. Paste magazine ranked the song number 12 in their list of the "60 Best Dancefloor Classics" in February 2017. Rolling Stone listed it number 90 on their ranking of "The 100 Greatest Debut Singles of All Time" in 2020 and number 88 on their list of the "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time" in 2022.

"It's Raining Men" has often been perceived as a gay anthem. A campaign was launched on Facebook on January 19, 2014, to get the song to UK number one in response to a UKIP councillor blaming recent UK floods and adverse weather on divine retribution for the British government's introduction of gay marriage. The campaign was reported widely by some press, and the Weather Girls' version reached number 21 on the first day of the chart week. The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart in 2014 at number 31. In 2017, Rolling Stone included the song on their "25 Essential LGBTQ Pride Songs" list. In 2018, Billboard ranked the song at number 47 on their "50 Best Gay Anthems of All Time" list. The Gay UK ranked the song at number two on their "Top 40 Gay Anthems for Pride" list. Time Out ranked it number 19 on their list of "The 50 Best Gay Songs to Celebrate Pride All Year Long" in 2022.

In 1983, "It's Raining Men" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. In June 2017, "It's Raining Men" entered on the Spotify Rewind charts and peaked at number one. In 2024, comedian Remy Munasifi released a cover of the song to describe men falling out of poorly-manufactured Boeing airplanes.

Commercial performance
"It's Raining Men" was a commercial success in the United States. The song spent a total of eleven weeks on Billboard's Hot 100, ultimately peaking at forty-six on March 5, 1983. Although it had not yet been released to retail stores, the single gained much attention based on heavy rotation alone. On the chart dated December 24, 1982, "It's Raining Men" reached number one on the Billboard Dance chart and held the top position for a total of two weeks. The song spent a total of twenty-two weeks on the Dance chart. After eighteen weeks on the R&B charts, "It’s Raining Men" peaked at number thirty-four. The song was also a huge success in the United Kingdom. The song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, and became certified platinum for sales and streaming figures exceeding 600,000 units in the United Kingdom.

Production
The music video for "It's Raining Men", released in the winter of 1982, was directed by Gary Keys and filmed in an abandoned building in New York City. Due to limited support from Columbia Records, "It's Raining Men" was a low-budget video. Wash described the video's conception: "God, that was a cheesy video! We filmed it in an abandoned building [in NYC] in the dead of winter. There was no heat and everybody was wearing [winter] coats. That part in the video where we fall out of the sky, well, we landed on these mattresses and found out [the next day] they were infested with bugs. For days afterwards Izora and I were scratching [ourselves]! It was awful!"

Synopsis
The opening sequence of the video features the Weather Girls in a news station. The duo give a forecast prediction that it will rain men from the sky. After looking out of the station window to see the sky raining men, the Weather Girls leap out of the window with their umbrellas to join the men. Several dancers are seen in the music video performing choreography. Another scene features the Weather Girls wearing lingerie on a heart-shaped bed surrounded by and being adored by men. The closing scene shows the duo performing with the male dancers and extras in the music video.

Personnel

 * Izora Armstead, Martha Wash – lead vocals
 * Bob Esty – keyboards, synthesizer
 * Greg Mathieson – piano
 * Paul Delph – synthesizer
 * Lee Sklar – bass guitar
 * Michael Landau – guitar
 * Carlos Vega – drums
 * Stephanie Spruill, Julia Waters-Tillman, Maxine Waters-Willard, Zenobia Conkerite – background vocals

Martha Wash and RuPaul version
"It's Raining Men" was covered by Weather Girls' member Martha Wash and American drag queen and singer RuPaul in 1997. The song was retitled "It's Raining Men... The Sequel", and released as the lead single for Wash's compilation album The Collection (1998). The song was also released on RuPaul's Go-Go Box Classics (1998).

Critical reception
Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that Wash "sounds like she's having a blast as she revisits a hit from her heyday as half of the Weather Girls." He noted that "the novel hook of this new recording is the appearance of RuPaul, whose freewheeling vamps are saucy good fun." He also added that Producer Gary "Headman" Haas "doesn't deviate far from the original recording's disco sound, leaving a posse of remixers to investigate a variety of more trendy ideas."

Music video
The opening sequence of the accompanying music video for "It's Raining Men... The Sequel" features Wash and RuPaul as the news anchors of the Weather Center. The duo give a forecast prediction that it will rain men from the sky, with several field reporters also reporting similar information. Wash, as a meteorologist and weatherwoman, performs the song in front of a digital map. Several people from around the world start to feel the effects of the forecast and some women are even shown collecting men that fall from the sky into baskets. Several men also appear in the music video, dancing to the song.

Charts
"It's Raining Men... The Sequel"

Geri Halliwell version
"It's Raining Men" was released on April 30, 2001, as the first single from British singer Geri Halliwell's second solo album, Scream if You Wanna Go Faster (2001). It was also featured as the lead single internationally to the soundtrack of the 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary. The single became Halliwell's fourth consecutive number-one hit single on the UK Singles Chart and became her most successful solo single to date.

Background
Halliwell commented: "It was really odd because I was all ready to go with my new album. I had the single, I had the video idea all ready and then the producers of the movie said to me, 'do you want to record It's Raining Men for the soundtrack?' I thought it would be fun and I love Bridget Jones cos I've read both books and so I just did it really quickly. They all loved it and wanted it to be a single and I thought it was a bit of a gift, so I released it".

Reception
Halliwell's version received positive reviews by music critics, experienced international success and hit the top ten in over two dozen countries around the world, going to number one in several of them. In the United Kingdom, "It's Raining Men" debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for two weeks. It became Halliwell's fourth consecutive number-one single in the UK, selling 155,000 units in its first week and 80,000 in its second week. Halliwell became the first solo British female artist to have four number-one singles in the United Kingdom, a record she held until 2014. Overall the single went on to sell 449,000 copies in Britain alone, becoming the 13th-best-seller of 2001 and Halliwell's most successful single worldwide.

The song was successful outside the United Kingdom. In Flemish Belgium, the song stayed at number one for four weeks and was the best-selling single of 2001. The single reached number one in France for five weeks, receiving a Diamond certification from the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). With this song, Halliwell won the International Song of the Year award at the 2002 NRJ Music Awards in France. The cover was also a major success in Walloon Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Poland, and Switzerland.

A remix of the song, The Almighty Mix from the Toshiba-EMI series Dance Mania, volume 20, was also featured in the 2002 Japanese video games, DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix and Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME. This version of the song was used as the theme song in the advertisements for New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 2003. In July 2006, the song entered at number 79 on the Mexican Digital Sales Chart, spending two weeks inside the Top 100.

Music video
Halliwell was inspired by the 1980 film Fame and by the 1983 film Flashdance for the video.

Live performances
To promote the single, Halliwell performed the song on Top of the Pops, Comet Awards 2001, Musica Sí, Big Brother Germany, Party in the Park, Live & Kicking, Loft Story, Pepsi Chart Russia, CD:UK and Tickled Pink. Halliwell also performed the song on The Return of the Spice Girls world tour as her solo number.

Track listings

 * UK CD1
 * 1) "It's Raining Men" – 4:18
 * 2) "I Was Made That Way" – 4:45
 * 3) "Brave New World" – 4:10
 * 4) "It's Raining Men" (video) – 4:18

 * UK CD2; Australasian CD single; Italian 12-inch single
 * 1) "It's Raining Men" (album version) – 4:18
 * 2) "It's Raining Men" (Bold & Beautiful Glamour mix edit) – 4:47
 * 3) "It's Raining Men" (Almighty mix edit) – 3:46
 * 4) "It's Raining Men" (D-Bop Tall & Blonde mix edit) – 6:55

 * UK cassette single
 * 1) "It's Raining Men" – 4:18
 * 2) "I Was Made That Way" – 4:45
 * 3) "Brave New World" – 4:10

 * European CD single
 * 1) "It's Raining Men" (album version) – 4:19
 * 2) "Brave New World" – 4:10

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