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Steve Elkington

Stephen John Elkington (born 8 December 1962) is an Australian professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions. Formerly on the PGA Tour, he spent more than fifty weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from 1995 to 1998. Elkington won a major title at the PGA Championship in 1995, and is a two-time winner of The Players Championship.

Early years
Born in Inverell, New South Wales, Elkington grew up in Wagga Wagga. He moved to the United States to attend college in Texas at the University of Houston, where he played on the Cougar golf team that won national titles in 1982, 1984, and 1985. Elkington was the first prominent Australian to play college golf in the U.S., and turned professional in 1985.

Professional career
Elkington was the runner-up at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in December 1986 to earn his tour card for 1987. He had ten victories on the PGA Tour, all in the 1990s, and won four events twice. Elkington had ten top-10 finishes in major championships, with the best results at the PGA Championship; he won in 1995 at Riviera, and a tied for second in 2005 at Baltusrol, behind winner Phil Mickelson, which moved him back into the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is a two-time winner of The Players Championship, the PGA Tour's marquee event, with victories in 1991 and 1997. Of the five to win twice at TPC Sawgrass, his span of six years between wins is the shortest.

In addition to his PGA Tour success, Elkington won the 1992 Australian Open and 1996 Honda Invitational on the Asian Tour.

Elkington was a participant in the first four editions of the Presidents Cup, on the International Team in 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000. In 1995, he was awarded the Vardon Trophy; this award is given annually by the PGA of America to the tour player with the lowest scoring average.

In June 2006, playing in a sectional to qualify for the U.S. Open, Elkington tried to wear shoes with metal spikes. When his attempt was rebuffed, he left rather than change to soft-spiked shoes, and argued that since spiked shoes were allowed in the U.S. Open, the following week, that they should be allowed at sectional events.

Elkington's career has been hampered by constant battles with allergies, notably to grass, which caused several absences from tournament play. He has had sinus surgeries, constant infections, and bouts with viral meningitis, as well as searing headaches.

As of 2013, Elkington had sponsorship/endorsement deals with apparel brand Oxford Golf, Insperity, World Golf Tour, Grieve Family Winery, and Par West Custom Golf Shoes.

He turned fifty in late 2012 and made his debut on the Champions Tour in June 2013.

Television
In 2014, RFD-TV began airing The Rural Golfer, starring Elkington. The production followed Elkington as he toured the United States, digging up golf stories. In 2015, CBS Sports Network began airing the second season of the show, retitled Secret Golf with Steve Elkington.

Personal life
Elkington met his wife, Lisa, while at the University of Houston, and they have two children. The family has residences in both Australia and the U.S., at Sydney and Houston. His son Sam played golf on his high school team in Houston, and played on the golf team at the University of Houston from 2015 to 2020. His daughter works as a ceramics teacher.

PGA Tour wins (10)
 * Note: The 1994 Buick Southern Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

PGA Tour playoff record (4–4)

Other wins (5)
Other playoff record (1–0)

Wins (1)
1Defeated Montgomerie with birdie on first extra hole.

Results timeline
{{legend|lime|Win}} {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half way cut

WD = Withdrew "T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

 * Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (twice)
 * Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

Results timeline
{{legend|lime|Win}} {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the halfway cut WD = withdrew "T" indicates a tie for a place.

Results in World Golf Championships
1Cancelled due to 9/11 {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = Tied WD = Withdrew NT = No tournament

Results in senior major championships
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place WD = withdrew

Team appearances

 * Presidents Cup (International team): 1994, 1996, 1998 (winners), 2000
 * World Cup (representing Australia): 1994
 * Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

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Category:Looney Tunes characters

This category contains characters from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated short films.

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Category:Looney Tunes films

Articles for Looney Tunes related films.

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Larry Adler

Lawrence Cecil Adler (February 10, 1914 – August 6, 2001) was an American harmonica player and film composer. Known for playing major works, he played compositions by George Gershwin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud and Arthur Benjamin. During his later career, he collaborated with Sting, Elton John and Kate Bush.

Early life
Adler was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Sadie Hack and Louis Adler. They were a Jewish family. He graduated from Baltimore City College high school. He taught himself harmonica, which he called a mouth organ. He played professionally at 14. In 1927, he won a contest sponsored by the Baltimore Sun, playing a Beethoven minuet, and a year later he ran away from home to New York. After being referred by Rudy Vallée, Adler got his first theatre work, and caught the attention of orchestra leader Paul Ash, who placed Adler in a vaudeville act as "a ragged urchin, playing for pennies".

Career
From there, he was hired by Florenz Ziegfeld and then by Lew Leslie again as an urchin. He broke the typecasting and appeared in a dinner jacket in the 1934 Paramount film Many Happy Returns, and was hired by theatrical producer C. B. Cochran to perform in London. That same year, he played Rhapsody in Blue for Gershwin who exclaimed "the Goddam thing sounds as if I wrote it for you!" He became a star in the United Kingdom and the Empire, where, it has been written, harmonica sales increased 20-fold and 300,000 people joined fan clubs.

Adler was one of the first harmonica players to perform major works written for the instrument, often written for him: these include Jean Berger's Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra "Caribbean" (1941), Cyril Scott's Serenade (harmonica and piano, 1936), Vaughan Williams' Romance in D flat for harmonica, piano and string orchestra; premiered New York, 1952, Milhaud's Suite Anglaise (Paris, May 28, 1947), Arthur Benjamin's Harmonica Concerto (1953), and Malcolm Arnold's Harmonica Concerto, Op. 46 (1954, written for The Proms). He recorded all except the Scott Serenade, some more than once. Earlier, Adler had performed transcriptions of pieces for other instruments, such as violin concertos by Bach and Vivaldi – he played his arrangement of Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in A minor with the Sydney Symphony. Other works he played in harmonica arrangements were by Bartók, Beethoven (Minuet in G), Debussy, Falla, Gershwin (Rhapsody in Blue), Mozart (slow movement from the Oboe Quartet, K. 470), Poulenc, Ravel (Boléro), Stravinsky and Walton.

During the 1940s, Adler and the dancer Paul Draper formed an act and toured nationally and internationally, performing individually then together in each performance. One popular number was Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm". During the McCarthy era he was accused of being a communist and refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). After being blacklisted and an unsuccessful libel suit decided in 1950, he moved to the United Kingdom in 1951 and settled in London, where he remained the rest of his life. Another source indicates he stayed in London from 1949.

The 1953 film Genevieve brought him an Oscar nomination for his work on the soundtrack, and considerable wealth. His name was originally removed from the credits in the United States due to blacklisting. His other film scores included A Cry from the Streets (1958), The Hellions (1961), The Hook (1963), King & Country (1964) and A High Wind in Jamaica (1965). He also scored a hit with the theme song of the French Jacques Becker movie Touchez pas au grisbi with Jean Gabin, written by Jean Wiener.

In 1959, a reviewer from the Village Voice called Adler "a great artist" after watching his twice-nightly performances at the Village Gate.

In 1964, in an interview, asked what he thought of the Beatles, he said that "Lennon and McCartney have little musical talent". In 1994, for his 80th birthday, Adler and George Martin produced an album of George Gershwin songs, The Glory of Gershwin, on which they performed "Rhapsody in Blue". The Glory of Gershwin reached number 2 in the UK albums chart in 1994. Adler was a musician and showman. Concerts to support The Glory of Gershwin showed he was a competent pianist. He opened each performance with Gershwin's "Summertime", playing piano and harmonica simultaneously. The album included Peter Gabriel, Oleta Adams, Elton John, Sting, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, Meat Loaf, Sinéad O'Connor, Robert Palmer, Cher, Kate Bush, Elvis Costello, Courtney Pine, Issy Van Randwyck, Lisa Stansfield and Carly Simon, all of whom sang Gershwin tunes with an orchestra and Adler adding harmonica solos.

Acting, writing and wartime radio
Adler appeared in five movies, including Sidewalks of London (1938), in which he played a harmonica virtuoso named Constantine. His other film appearances were in Three Daring Daughters (1948) playing himself; Music for Millions (1944) playing Larry; The Singing Marine (1937) playing Larry; and The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936). He was a prolific letter writer, his correspondence with Private Eye becoming popular in the United Kingdom.

Adler wrote an autobiography entitled It Ain't Necessarily So in 1985, and was food critic for Harpers & Queen. He appeared on the Jack Benny radio program several times, entertaining disabled soldiers in the US during World War II. A further biography, Me and My Big Mouth appeared in 1994 but he told The Free-Reed Journal: "That's a lousy book and I don't like it; it's ghosted. ... [It] has a certain amount of factual material but the author completely missed my style and my voice. That's why I hate the book."

Personal life
Adler married Eileen Walser in 1938; they had two daughters and one son. They divorced in 1961. He married Sally Cline in 1969; they had one daughter. They divorced in 1977. At the time of his death, in addition to his children he also had two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

His son, Peter Adler, fronted the band Action and others in Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1960s. Adler was an atheist. His brother, Jerry Adler (1918–2010), was also a harmonica player.

Adler was a close friend of Peter Stringfellow, who hosted his birthday parties at his central London club for at least the last ten years of his life.

He was an outspoken critic of Ronald Reagan, primarily because of Reagan's McCarthyist activities when president of the Screen Actors Guild in the 1940s and '50s.

He died of cancer in St Thomas' Hospital, London, aged 87, on 6 August 2001. He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, London, where his ashes remain.

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Sunfest

Sunfest is the name used for several music and art festivals:

 * SunFest, West Palm Beach, Florida
 * Sunfest (London, Ontario)
 * Sunfest, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
 * Sunfest, Bucharest, Romania
 * Sunfest (Gimli, Manitoba)

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Maur Hill–Mount Academy

Maur Hill–Mount Academy is a coed Catholic, college prep, boarding high school in Atchison, Kansas. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and sponsored by the St. Benedict's Abbey (monastery) and Mount St. Scholastica (convent) in Atchison, KS. It became Maur Hill–Mount Academy with the merger of the two long established schools: Maur Hill Prep School (1919) was an all-boys school and Mount St. Scholastica Academy (1863), an all-girls school.

The student population is around 190-220 students (about 80-90 boarding and 100-120 day students from the surrounding area. Boarding students attend from many states across the US and approximately 50 of the boarding students are international students.

Academics
Regular high school courses, honors courses, college courses and AP courses are all available. Upper-level students also are able to take college courses at Benedictine College. The school accepts all students, regardless of gender or sexual identity.

Accreditation and association memberships
It is accredited by AdvancED and maintains memberships or association in the Secondary School Admission Test Board, Catholic Boarding School Association, Small Boarding School Association, the Cardinal Newman Society, and the National Catholic Education Association.

Although an independent school with primary sponsorship from St. Benedict's Abbey and the Mount St. Scholastica Monastery, it is recognized and maintains connection with Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.

The school competes athletically and academically as a member of the nine-school Northeast Kansas League.

Notable alumni

 * Mike Haverty (Maur Hill Prep School, 1962) – former president and CEO of Kansas City Southern Railway
 * Mike Kuckelman (Maur Hill Prep School, ????) – Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party
 * Deran Sarafian (Maur Hill Prep School, 1975) – television producer and director, involved in CSI, House M.D., and Lost

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User talk:Surr-sandoval

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Song for a Raggy Boy

Song for a Raggy Boy is an 2003 Irish historical drama film directed by Aisling Walsh. It is based on the book of the same name by Patrick Galvin and is based on true events.

Plot
In 1939, on the brink of World War II, the St. Judes Reformatory is a ruthless Irish school for boys. Grey, gloomy and ruled by the sadistic Brother John (Iain Glen), the school prefers punishment to rehabilitation. But new lay teacher William Franklin (Aidan Quinn), fresh from the frontline of the Spanish Civil War, fights to liberate the boys from their oppressors.

Patrick Delaney 743 (Chris Newman) arrives at the school aged 13 and a half. He, like all the boys, is allocated a number which the brothers use. Franklin, however, always uses the boys' names. Delaney is an attractive boy and receives the unwelcome attention of Brother Mac (Marc Warren), who rapes the boy in the school toilets. The boy tells of his ordeal to a visiting priest in confession only to be told not to say a word to anyone. Word of Delaney's confession reaches Brother Mac who punishes the boy by forcing him under a cold shower naked, then giving him his clothes so they are also wet.

Liam Mercier 636 (John Travers) is one of the few boys who can read and write, but is otherwise a hard case. Franklin befriends the boy and interests him in poetry, some of it written by communist sympathisers. Mercier and Franklin both challenge the authority of Brother John - Mercier by protesting at the vicious beating of two brothers on Christmas Day, and Franklin by stepping in and actually stopping the whipping. Brother John bides his time and, having tricked Mercier into coming out of class, beats him continuously in front of Brother Mac in the refectory. Franklin is eventually told by Brother Mac that Mercier is in the refectory, after which Franklin discovers Mercier's dead body. He carries the corpse out of the room.

Livid, Franklin attacks Brother John, calling him a murderer. Brothers John and Mac are taken from the school by the Church authorities. At Mercier's funeral, Franklin tells the other boys that his death was murder, before kissing the coffin. Franklin decides he has to leave the school, but is persuaded to stay at the last minute when he is moved by Delaney reciting Eva Gore-Booth's poem "Comrades" across the playground. Franklin drops his bags and Delaney runs towards Franklin and jumps up to hug him while all the other boys gather round in love and affection for their saviour.

Production
The film took over four years to make because of difficulties getting it started; some were casting problems, others to do with raising finance. One casting problem was finding the ideal boy to play Liam Mercier, who the director felt was vital to cast well. Eventually they auditioned John Travers, a boy from an Irish boxing club with no previous acting experience.

Aidan Quinn had been attached to the script for two and a half years before production. It was filmed on location in County Cork and County Kerry in Ireland. The school scenes were filmed at Coláiste Iosagán, a former De La Salle college in Ballyvourney. It was an Irish/Danish/UK/Spanish co-production, and was produced with the support of investment incentives for the Irish film industry provided by the Government of Ireland.

Main cast

 * Aidan Quinn – William Franklin
 * Iain Glen – Brother John
 * Marc Warren – Brother Mac
 * Dudley Sutton – Brother Tom
 * Alan Devlin – Father Damian
 * Stuart Graham – Brother Whelan
 * John Travers – Liam Mercier 636
 * Chris Newman – Patrick Delaney 743
 * Andrew Simpson – Gerard Peters 458

The Boys

 * Robert Sheehan – O'Reilly 58
 * Caoimhin 'Tojo' Barra Doherty – Murphy 388
 * Samuel Bright – Ryan 126
 * Mark Butler – Downey 913
 * Bernard Manning – Rodgers 855
 * Michael McGee – Lynch 76
 * John Collins – O Connor 252
 * Michael Scott – Flynn 144
 * Robert White – Galvin 544
 * Michael Sloan – Sean Peters 568

Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, which categorizes reviews as positive or negative only, the film has an approval rating of 67% calculated based on 6 critics comments. By comparison, with the same opinions being calculated using a weighted arithmetic mean, the rating is 5,80/10.

In The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw rated it 2/5 stars saying, "it's a formula beloved since Nicholas Nickleby and Dotheboys Hall, but here given a new miserabilist anti-clerical spin and imbued with Hollywood-ised cliche of goodies and baddies. And the sugar-rush happy ending is just a joke."

In his review for Variety, David Rooney said that "director Aisling Walsh for the most part brings an admirably even-handed approach to brutal material in Song For a Raggy Boy (...) While the screenplay judiciously avoids blanket accusations by confining the truly sadistic behavior to one priest, the film underlines the moral fragility of the Church."

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Category:Poetry anthologies

Anthologies of poems.

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Portal:Aviation/Categories

Aviation is also part of the wider category Transport.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deodoroc

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Deodoroc
This page seems to be only an advertisement for a commercial product. The claims do not seem scientific or verifiable and no other page links to this page. I assume that makes it a candidate for deletion, but I may be wrong since this is the first page I have nominated for deletion. - FrankH 03:20, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Whoops, I had a typo in the link back to Deodoroc - I was wondering why no votes were appearing. Sorry about that. -- FrankH 21:30, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete unless rewritten to demonstrate notability. -- Jmabel | Talk 21:02, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Connoisseur

What does "a still vaguer man of taste" mean?

 * The phrase seems to refer to a less specialised person than the traditional connoisseur, at least that was my understanding of it. J.Fries 00:42, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Fine Arts?
Why does this article deal exclusively with art? The term is used just as often (if not more so) in relation to food, drink or music. -Adjusting 07:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, food, drink, and music are all considered an art, even war is an art.

I consider myself somewhat of a Connoisseur of quite a number of things that are WAY less boring than this definition describes. It really gives the impression that France is about as fun as a funeral or getting a speeding ticket... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.17.88.177 (talk) 07:57, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Feminine Forms
How might one refer to a female connoisseur? A connoisseusse perhaps? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zen tom (talk • contribs) 14:33, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Probably just connoisseur still; it's a gender-neutral noun in English. You could borrow the French female version, but the complication there is that the English noun doesn't even match the modern French male version, so you'd be basically creating a neologism in English. But in any case, in French, the male form is connaisseur, and the female one connaisseuse. --Delirium (talk) 17:40, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

≤≥ On Pokemon, which is my reference for most important linguistic matters, Burgundy refers to herself as a "Connoisseusse". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.172.87.2 (talk) 18:56, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

other spheres
People use the term connoisseur to refer to people who are knowledgable about other spheres, such as film or comics. Should there be some reference to this more modern use of the term? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Euchrid (talk • contribs) 14:05, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Links to this article
This article is classed as an academic discipline on a major contents page of the site. Is it really? Personally, I don't think it is. It isn't really helpful for visitors to be directed to here as if it were a proper academic subject. A useful article, important and informative, but not a discipline of its own accord by any means. Dr. Jim Dixon (talk) 00:37, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I know what you mean, but it is arguably a "sub-discipline", though certainly mainly learnt in the art trade and museums rather than academia as such. The output very often appears in scholarly journals though. Johnbod (talk) 01:51, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Of course it's a "proper academic subject." A person can't just walk in off the street and say, "Oh, yes, that's a genuine Artemisia!" Pascalulu88 (talk) 14:46, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

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Falloposcopy

Falloposcopy (occasionally also falloscopy ) is the inspection of the fallopian tubes through a micro- endoscope. The falloposcope is inserted into the tube through its opening in the uterus at the proximal tubal opening via the uterotubal junction; technically it could also be inserted at the time of abdominal surgery or laparoscopy via the distal fimbriated end.

A distinction is sometimes made between falloposcopy and salpingoscopy (with salpinoscopy being laparoscopic.) In some contexts the terms are equated.

Indications
Falloposcopy has been primarily used in diagnosis and management of tubal infertility, however, it is generally not considered part of the routine work-up for infertility. Most tubal problems in women with infertility are treated by IVF. There is no established role for falloposcopy for evaluation of other tubal pathology.

Instrumentation
The first modern falloposcope that was described was the coaxial system by Kerin in 1970. Later the linerar-everting catheter (LEC) system was introduced. A coaxial falloposcope is an microendoscope of 0.5 mm diameter that is flexible and contains optical and illuminating fibers; it has a magnifying capacity. The coaxial system needs a hysteroscope for its uterine passage. In contrast, the LEC system consists of an external unfurling ballon catheter with an internal endoscope that is used transcervically without the need for a hysteroscope.

Procedure
The patient needs general anesthesia or conscious sedation for the duration of the procedure and is in a lithotomy position. For the coaxial system initially a hysteroscope is introduced into the uterus to identify the proximal tubal ostium. Once the ostium is identified the falloposcope can be inserted through the operative channel of the hysteroscope and advanced. With the LEC system the balloon catheter is advanced into the uterine horn, and then, under endoscopic vision the endoscope is advanced into the tube as the balloon catheter unfurls. Findings can be projected on a videosystem.

Findings and interventions
The typical method of tubal evaluation, hysterosalpingography, has shortcomings in terms of false negative and false positive results. It has been argued that falloposcopy allows for a more accurate evaluation of the tubal canal. Obstructions, adhesions within the tubal canal, and debris can be identified. The procedure allows removal of debris or filmy adhesions from within the fallopian tube, further in selected cases proximal tubal obstruction can be overcome and the tube can be recanalized allowing for pregnancy. Proximal tubal occlusion has also been overcome by using hysteroscopy with tubal canalization using a catheter, not a falloposcope. Extensive tubal obstruction, however, cannot be overcome by falloposcopy and would require tubal surgery or in vitro fertilization (IVF) to be overcome to achieve a pregnancy.

Complications
Perforation of a fallopian tube appears the only reported complication and is encountered in about 4-5% of inspected tubes.

Limitations
In 2001, Rimbach et al. reported in a large multicenter study involving 367 patients on the limitations of the procedure. Problems were encountered in the ability to enter the tubes, and, even when tubes were cannulated, light reflexions or "white out" from healthy tissue as well as adhesions turned out to be a major problem. Thus, the investigators were able to fully examine tubes in only 2 out of 3 cases; perforations occurred in about 4% of cases. Since then, interest in falloposcopy has declined and few studies have been published.

The procedure is not usually used in the United Kingdom.

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Category:Anthologies

 * An anthology, literally "a garland" or "collection of flowers", is a collection of literary works, originally of poems.
 * This category should hold only articles about anthologies which are of broad scope and generally non-fiction and non-literary, or are mixed works (fiction, poetry, etc.) which are mixed with non-fiction works (speeches, essays, etc.)
 * Articles about works wholly of one sub-type should be categorized in the appropriate sub-category:
 * Categories: Comics anthologies, Compilation albums, Essay anthologies, Fiction anthologies, Anthology films, Manga anthologies, Poetry anthologies, Anthology television series, Anthology book stubs

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Fuck me

Fuck me may refer to:

 * slang for requesting another to have sexual intercourse with the requestor
 * slang for having pressure or stress applied to a degree that is unrecoverable
 * fuck-me shoes, a type of footwear suggesting a desire to have sex
 * Baise-moi, a 2000 French thriller film
 * "Love Me" (Stooshe song) (originally titled "Fuck Me"), song by Stooshe
 * "Fuck Me (Interlude)", a song by The Notorious B.I.G. from Ready to Die

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hedgehog (zine)

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Hedgehog (zine)
Non notable student zine. See also Votes for deletion/PhoenixFeathers. JoaoRicardo 03:24, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC) This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * Concur. Delete. Radiant! 12:08, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. Carrp | Talk 16:48, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, local student zine. Wyss 17:26, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not yet notable. HyperZonk 18:11, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. Brookie 18:48, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * The organization is non-notable. Their publication is even less so.  Delete.  RickK 20:29, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - article even notes that the less than notable zine is not updated regularly. Kainaw 15:34, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Is is notable if it is the only teenage published zine in the San Gabriel Valley? Because I wrote that article a 1AMish and forgot to put that in.  I think.Tsuyoshikentsu 02:09, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)


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Motorola DynaTAC

The DynaTAC is a series of cellular telephones manufactured by Motorola from 1983 to 1994. The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X received approval from the U.S. FCC on September 21, 1983. A full charge took roughly 10 hours, and it offered 30 minutes of talk time. It also offered an LED display for dialing or recall of one of 30 phone numbers. It was priced at $3,995 in 1984, its commercial release year, equivalent to $0 in. DynaTAC was an abbreviation of "Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage".

Several models followed, starting in 1985 with the 8000s and continuing with periodic updates of increasing frequency until 1993's Classic II. The DynaTAC was replaced in most roles by the much smaller Motorola MicroTAC when it was first introduced in 1989, and by the time of the Motorola StarTAC's release in 1996, it was obsolete.

History
The first cellular phone was the culmination of efforts begun at Bell Labs, which first proposed the idea of a cellular system in 1947, and continued to petition the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for channels through the 1950s and 1960s, and research conducted at Motorola. In 1960, electrical engineer John F. Mitchell  became Motorola's chief engineer for its mobile communication products. Mitchell oversaw the development and marketing of the first pager to use transistors.

Motorola had long produced mobile telephones for cars that were large and heavy and consumed too much power to allow their use without the automobile's engine running. Mitchell's team, which included Martin Cooper, developed portable cellular telephony, and Mitchell was among the Motorola employees granted a patent for this work in 1973; the first call on the prototype was completed, reportedly, to a wrong number.

Motorola announced the development of the Dyna-Tac in April 1973, saying that it expected to have it fully operational within three years. Motorola said that the Dyna-Tac would weigh 3 lb and would cost between $60 and $100 per month. Motorola predicted that the cost would decrease to $10 or $12 per month in no more than 20 years. Motorola said that, while the Dyna-Tac would not use the same network as the existing mobile service network, it anticipated resolving this so that all mobile devices would use the same network by around 1980. By 1975, Motorola's expectations had changed; the Dyna-Tac was anticipated to be released to the public by 1985 because of U.S. Federal Communications Commission proceedings.

While Motorola was developing the cellular phone itself, from 1968 to 1983, Bell Labs worked on the system called AMPS, while others designed cell phones for that and other cellular systems. Martin Cooper, a former general manager for the systems division at Motorola, led a team that produced the DynaTAC 8000x, the first commercially available cellular phone small enough to be easily carried, and made the first phone call from it. Martin Cooper was the first person to make an analog cellular mobile phone call on a prototype in 1973.

The Motorola DynaTAC 8000x was very large compared to phones today. This first cell phone was very expensive when it was released in the US in 1984. The DynaTAC's retail price, $3,995 (about $0 in ), ensured that it would not become a mass-market item (the minimum wage in the United States was $3.35 per hour in 1984, which meant that it required more than 1192 hours of work – more than 7 months at a standard 40 hour work week – just working for the phone, without taxes); by 1998, when Mitchell retired, cellphones and associated services made up two thirds of Motorola's $30billion in revenue.

On October 13, 1983, David D. Meilahn placed the first commercial wireless call on a DynaTAC from his 1983 Mercedes-Benz 380SL to Bob Barnett, former president of Ameritech Mobile Communications, who then placed a call on a DynaTAC from inside a Chrysler convertible to the grandson of Alexander Graham Bell, who was in Germany for the event. The call, made at Soldier Field in Chicago, is considered to be a major turning point in communications. Later, Richard H. Frenkiel, the head of system development at Bell Laboratories, said about the DynaTAC: "It was a real triumph; a great breakthrough."

Publications
U.S. Patent 3,906,166, September 16, 1975 for a Radio Telephone System for the first cell phone was granted by Martin Cooper, Richard W. Dronsurth, Albert J. Leitich, Charles N. Lynk, James J. Mikulski, John F. Mitchell, Roy A. Richardson, and John H. Sangster.

Two names were botched in the original filing; Albert Leitich's surname was erroneously omitted, and Dr. Mikulski's first name was omitted. The original document was refiled by Motorola's legal staff, but has not yet been identified.

The seeds of the idea for a portable cell phone can be traced to Dr. James J. Mikulski, which were rejected by Mitchell for lack of sufficient business justifications. It is rumored that when John Mitchell suddenly recognized during an attempted phone call that his 400 MHz phone had inherent limitations, he immediately reversed his previous decision and championed the portable cell phone concept.

Description
Several prototypes were made between 1973 and 1983. The product accepted by the FCC weighed 28 ounces (790 g) and was 10 inches (25 cm) high, not including its flexible "rubber duck" whip antenna. In addition to the typical 12-key telephone keypad, it had nine additional special keys:

 * Rcl (recall)
 * Clr (clear)
 * Snd (send)
 * Sto (store)
 * Fcn (function)
 * End
 * Pwr (power)
 * Lock
 * Vol (volume)

It employed some of the technology previously used in the ALOHAnet system, including metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) transceiver and modem technology.

Variants
The DynaTAC 8 Series, Classic, Classic II, Ultra Classic, and Ultra Classic II had an LED display, with red LEDs; the DynaTAC International Series with green LEDs, and the DynaTAC 6000XL used a vacuum fluorescent display. These displays were severely limited in what information they could show. The battery allowed for a call of up to 60 minutes, after which it was necessary to charge the phone up to 10 hours in a trickle charger or one hour in a fast charger, which was a separate accessory. While still retaining the DynaTAC name, the 6000XL was completely unrelated to the DynaTAC 8000 Series, in that it was a transportable phone meant for installation in a vehicle. The 6000XL was later reconfigured as the Motorola Tough Talker, with a ruggedized build intended for construction sites, emergency workers, and special events planners.

The DynaTAC Series was succeeded by the MicroTAC Series in 1989.

Legacy
With the removal of analog network cells nearly all over the world, the DynaTAC models running on AMPS or other analog networks are mostly obsolete. Thus, they are more collectors' items than usable telephones. The International series, however, will still work, but only on GSM 900 cells.

The DynaTac 8000X, due to its resemblance in size and weight to a standard clay-fired brick, was nicknamed the brick phone by users, a term later applied to other brands as a contrast to smaller handsets appearing in the 1990s.

Portability
While it might be considered extremely unwieldy by modern standards, at the time it was considered revolutionary because mobile telephones were bulky affairs installed in vehicles or in heavy briefcases. The DynaTAC 8000X was 10 in long and weighed 2.5 lb. It was truly the first mobile telephone which could connect to the telephone network without the assistance of a mobile operator and could be carried about by the user.

Accessories
In certain markets, a brass swivel antenna was one of the aftermarket accessories then available.

Motorola also offered a one-hour desktop charger, though the battery could get quite hot while charging at this accelerated rate. In some cases, this could cause major problems with the battery, occasionally short circuiting it and rendering it unusable. Also, charging the battery at a high enough rate to substantially raise its temperature will cause the battery to wear at an accelerated rate, reducing the number of charge-discharge cycles that can be performed before the battery will need to be replaced. (However, considering the high cost of the DynaTAC, the cost of battery replacement would not typically be a concern to DynaTAC owners.)

Available, too, was a snug-fitting zippered leather case which covered the entire body of the phone and had a clear plastic front to make the user interface accessible. It featured a sturdy spring-steel belt clip and a small cutaway at the top to allow the antenna to protrude. Charging could still be performed with the cover on, but change of battery required its removal.

DynaTAC relates to US phones used on the DynaTAC system in the US, not phones in use in the UK.

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Eden, Kansas

Eden is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. It is about 5 miles west and 5 miles north of Atchison. It lies at the present-day intersection of Labette Rd, 322nd Rd, and 326th Rd.

History
A post office was opened in Eden in 1858, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900.

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ZU-23-2

The ZU-23-2, also known as ZU-23, is a Soviet towed 23×152mm anti-aircraft twin-barreled autocannon. ZU stands for Zenitnaya Ustanovka (Russian: Зенитная Установка) – anti-aircraft mount. The GRAU index is 2A13.

Development history
The ZU-23-2 was developed in the late 1950s. It was designed to engage low-flying targets at a range of 2.5 km as well as armoured vehicles at a range of two kilometres and for direct defence of troops and strategic locations against air assault usually conducted by helicopters and low-flying airplanes. In 1955, KBP presented the single-barrel ZU-1 and the twin-barrel ZU-14. While the former was eventually dropped, the ZU-14 was selected and, after some modifications, entered series production.

In the Soviet Union, some 140,000 units were produced. The ZU-23 has also been produced under licence by Bulgaria, Poland, Egypt and the People's Republic of China.

Development of this weapon into a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun led to the ZSU-23-4 Shilka.

Description
The ZU-23-2 (2A13) mounts two 23 mm autocannons on a small trailer which can be converted into a stationary mount for firing the guns. While in this position the wheels are moved aside. The autocannon can be prepared for firing from the march position in 30 seconds and in emergency can be fired from the traveling position. The weapon is aimed and fired manually, with the help of the ZAP-23 optical-mechanical sight which uses manually entered target data to provide limited automatic aiming. It also has a straight-tube telescope T-3 for use against ground targets such as infantry as well as unarmored or lightly armoured vehicles. The ammo is fed by a conveyor belt from two ammunition boxes. Each of the ammunition boxes is located on the side of the twin autocannon and each carries 50 rounds. The fumes created by firing the weapon are partially removed through the side openings in the barrels.

Normally, once each barrel has fired 100 rounds it becomes too hot and is therefore replaced with a spare barrel. Each weapon is normally provided with two replacement barrels as part of its standard equipment. Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company is offering to upgrade the 2A14 guns to the 2A14M standard with a barrel life of 10,000 rounds instead of 8,000 rounds.

The cannon carriage is based on the earlier ZPU-2 anti-aircraft twin heavy machine gun, which mounted two KPV 14.5×114mm heavy machine guns. ZU-23-2 can be identified by different placement of the ammunition boxes (at right angles to the gun carriage) and by muzzle flash suppressors. In another similarity to the ZPU series, single-barrel and four-barrel versions of the ZU-23 were also developed. However, these versions never entered service.

The ZU-23-2 can be towed by a number of different vehicles. In USSR and later Russia the most frequently used towing vehicles for it were GAZ-66 4x4 trucks and GAZ-69 4x4 light trucks.

The weapon is known in the Finnish forces colloquially as Sergei.

Ammunition
The 23 mm AA gun utilizes the same 23x152B case as the wartime VYa aircraft autocannon. Due to different loadings and primers the ammunition is not interchangeable, however: ammunition of the anti-aircraft cannon can be identified from its steel casings, ammunition for the aircraft cannon having brass cases instead. The following table lists the main characteristics of some of the available 23x152B ammunition used in 23 mm AA guns:

Not only the gun itself but also the ammunition is produced in several countries. In Bulgaria, the company ARCUS Co. produces rounds and fuses for the 2A7 and 2A14 guns.

Service history
The ZU-23-2 first entered service with the Soviet Army in 1960. The gun is often mounted on trucks for use in both anti-aircraft and direct fire support roles. It can also be mounted on the roof of the MT-LB multi-purpose tracked APCs. A specially modified three-legged ZU-23-2 autocannon is used as the base for the BTR-DG airborne SPAAG. Cheap, easy to operate and still effective, the ZU-23-2 is still used by the Russian Army and by more than 20 other armies.

From 1965 onwards, the Soviet Union began supplying the Democratic Republic of Vietnam with large shipments of weapons. The 23 mm ZU-23-2 was, along with the 37 mm M1939, the most frequently encountered anti-aircraft gun in Vietnam. Given that 83% of the USAF losses came from ground fire, the ZU-23 was probably responsible for shooting down hundreds of aircraft.

During the Soviet–Afghan War, the Soviet forces placed ZU-23-2 sets in the occupied areas to secure their positions, employing them in both the static defense and direct fire support roles. In the later Afghan Civil War, the main belligerents, the Taliban and the Northern Alliance forces also employed ZU-23-2 autocannons mounted on BMP-1 and BTR-70 APCs or GAZ-66 and ZIL-131 trucks, along with SA-7 Grail or Stinger Missiles, as their primary air-defense and direct fire support weapons.

The ZU-23-2 was extensively employed during the Lebanese Civil War, mounted on a variety of civilian and military vehicles, including M113 and BTR-152 APCs, Dodge Ram (1st generation) pickup trucks, AIL M325 Command Cars, Toyota Dyna U10-series trucks, Dodge W600 medium-duty trucks and M35A1/A2 trucks. They proved very useful in urban combat, being employed in the direct fire support role by the Syrian Army, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) guerrilla factions and the various Christian and Muslim Lebanese militias. In late 1983, the ZU-23-2 was used on attacks against dug-in positions held by U.S. Marine ground units serving with the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF II). At the time, a Marine spokesman described such antipersonnel use of the weapon as a violation of the laws of war; however, writing for the Marine Corps Gazette in 1988, Maj. W. Hays Parks dismissed this allegation as incorrect.

During the Gulf War of 1991, it was a favorite weapon of the Iraqi Army, albeit used more often against ground targets such as infantry and light enemy vehicles. They tended to use it more against ground targets as the ZU-23-2 is ineffective against fast-moving jet aircraft, though later on it was proven to be relatively ineffective as it inflicted few casualties throughout the war.

The ZU-23-2 also saw usage during the Georgian Civil War and at least one kill was claimed by a ZU-23-2, when Georgian forces shot down a Sukhoi Su-25 fighter-bomber jet on 4 June 1993.

The ZU-23-2 has seen widespread use by both sides in the Libyan Civil War, being often mounted on technical pickup trucks. The weapon has also been heavily used in the Syrian Civil War, being installed on pickup trucks and is credited for bringing down several Syrian Air Force helicopters. Technicals equipped with ZU-23-2 autocannons have also been frequently employed against moving ground targets. During the Yemeni Civil War, ZU-23-2 autocannons are said to have engaged Saudi tanks.

On 4 May 2020 ZU-23 was used by Ethiopian troops stationed in Somalia as part of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) to mistakenly shoot down an Embraer EMB 120RT Brasilia transporting medical supplies and mosquito nets while on approach to Bardalee, Somalia, killing all six people onboard. The confusion arose from the fact the airplane was approaching from the west, instead of the usual easterly landing direction, and overflew the airfield at a low altitude due to animals on or in the vicinity of the runway. Ethiopian soldiers interpreted these facts as indicative of a suicide plane looking to strike targets within the base camp, and responded with fire.

Soviet Union/Russian Federation

 * ZU-23M – Upgraded variant, designed by the Nudelman Precision Engineering Design Bureau (KB Tochmash). Has new targeting system (which includes laser rangefinder, television channel, optical mechanic device, can be reinforced with thermo location channel and a television system for usage at night) and electromechanic turn system. Optionally, the mount can be fitted with two short-range air-defence missiles, such as the 9M32M "Strela-2M" or the 9M39 "Igla".
 * ZU-23M1 – This is the current model, developed by Open Joint Stock Company Podolsky Electromechanical Plant of Special Engineering "PEMZ Spetsmash" and Closed Joint Stock Company "NTC Elins" and offered by Rosoboronexport. Like the ZU-23M, it has an upgraded fire control system and can optionally be fitted with two launchers for the "Igla" series missile, usually the 9M342 "Igla-S".
 * The complete air-defence gun/missile system is called ZU-23/ZOM1 (often erroneously called "ZU-23/30M1"). It consists of the "missile-gun firing module" (strel'bovoj modul) ZU-23/ZOM1-SM; the "missile-launching module" (puskovoj modul) ZU-23/ZOM1-PM armed with four 9M333 "Strela-10" missiles; a remote control module (modul distantsionnogo upravleniya) ZU-23/ZOM1-MU and a portable generator AB-1. Depending on the wishes of the client, the system can be delivered without the -SM module (ZU-23/ZOM1-1), without the -PM module (ZU-23/ZOM1-2), without the remote control (ZU-23/ZOM1-3), or without -PM and -MU modules (ZU-23/ZOM1-4). The latter can be carried by the Samum 4x4 wheeled chassis vehicle and the first export contract has been signed as of early 2019.

Poland

 * ZU-23-2 – Polish designation for basic gun variant. Manufactured under license in Zakłady Mechaniczne "Tarnów" S.A. (ZMT Tarnów) since 1972.
 * ZUR-23-2S Jod – Polish variant with electro-optical sight GP-1R and twin launcher for Strela-2M missiles, used from 1988.
 * ZUR 23-2KG Jodek-G – Development of ZUR-23-2S with more advanced reflex sight CKE-2 (later CP-1 night-and-day sight with laser rangefinder), electromechanic gun turn system and twin launcher for Grom missiles, produced from 2002.
 * ZUR-23-2KG-I – Improved export version for Indonesia with CKE-2I sight.
 * TR-23-2 – Training simulator version of the ZUR-23-2KG-I. The set consists of an instructor's station and a gunner's station (a modified "artillery-missile unit" with the sight replaced by a computer station). Both stations are linked by a wireless network.
 * ZUR 23-2SP Jodek-SP – Version used in PSRA Pilica VSHORAD system.
 * Kobra – Polish export short-range modular air-defense system. A typical battery consists of up to 6 guns (for example ZUR-23-2 kg), up to 6 Poprad systems, a WD-95 command post and a Radwar MMSR radar.
 * Hibneryt – A ZU-23-2 family gun mounted on specially modified Star 266 truck, truck is fitted with additional ammunition for the gun and modified electrical installation to power guns electromechanic turn system (gun can also work from batteries).
 * ZU-23-2M Wróbel – Polish naval version of ZU-23-2, hydraulically powered, produced from 1979.
 * ZU-23-2MR Wróbel-II – Polish naval version of ZUR-23-2S, with Strela-2M missiles and water-cooled barrels, produced from 1986

Czech Republic

 * ZU-23-2M2 Vlara – Field upgrade modernization kit.

Slovak Republic

 * ZU-23M – Upgraded version with automatic fire control system, developed by the EVPU company. This version is offered by EVPU and the Punj Lloyd Ltd of India to the Indian army.

Egypt

 * ZU 23-M – Licence version of the ZU-23. It is also known as SH-23M and is produced by Abu Zaabal Engineering Industries (Factory 100).
 * Nile 23 – Self-propelled version on the tracked M113. A system consists of the combat vehicle with ZU 23-M guns and surface-to-air missiles Saqr Eye, and a tracker vehicle, also based on the M113.
 * Sinai 23 – Similar to the Nile 23, with two Zu-23 guns and six Saqr-Eye missiles mounted on a TA-23E turret and fitted with a RA-20S E-band radar. Developed by Dassault and selected by Egypt in preference to Nile 23, entering service by 1992. Instead of the Saqr Eye, FIM-92 Stinger missiles can be used.

Finland

 * 23 ItK 95 – Finnish upgrade of the original 23 ItK 61, designed by Instrumentointi Oy and Vammas Oy. The upgrade adds gyro-stabilization to the gun, along with an APU and a laser rangefinder.
 * SAKO 23 mm/87 – a navalized modernization used by the Finnish Navy. Variants are the 23 M74, the 23 M77, the 23 M80 and the 23 M85. The guns can be removed from M85 carriage and replaced with six Mistral surface-to-air missiles.

China

 * Type 85/YW 306 – Reverse-engineered copy of the ZU-23-2, made by NORINCO. Initially it was offered for export as the G-AA-01. It is referred to as Type 85 gun by some sources.
 * Giant Bow – Also known as Shengong (Deity Bow, 神弓). This is the name of an air-defense system, which consists of up to eight Type 85 guns and a battery command vehicle (BCV).
 * Giant Bow II a.k.a. Shengong-II – This is a more modern version of the Giant Bow and is offered for export since 2005. Apart from the 23 mm guns, it also comprises TY-90 missile launchers and a 3D radar.
 * Type 87 – Upgraded version with twin 25 mm guns for 25x183B ammunition such as the PG87. After a failed initial design, an improved design was developed in 1979 and ready for evaluation in 1984. The Type 87 gun was accepted for service in 1987. It has the same layout as the original model and consists of two automatic, recoil-operated cannons, a two-wheel cartridge, a Type 86 infrared tracking sight and two 40-round ammunition magazines. The Type 87 fires in either single shot or burst mode, with a cyclic rate of fire of 600~700 rounds/min and has a muzzle velocity of 1,050 m/s.
 * PGZ95 – self-propelled version of the Type 87.

Iran

 * Mesbah-1 – Iranian-made air-defence and anti cruise missile system with four ZU-23 mounts. For the first time presented in 2010.
 * ZU-23-6 (unofficial designator) – Similar to the Mesbah-1 but with only 6 instead of 8 barrels. This was probably the pre-series model of the Mesbah-1.

Vietnam

 * 23mm-2M (alternatively 23-2M) – an Israeli-Vietnamese co-developed gun turrets solution for the Vietnam Coast Guard patrol vessels. Upgrades include a cabin for the gunner, electromechanic turn system & modern controlling systems as alternatives to the legacy pure-mechanical systems. Ballistic computer & fire-control system are optional.
 * 23mm-2ML (or 23-2ML) – mostly identical to the above 23-2M except the addition of an optronics sensor and laser rangefinder for better targeting performance & accuracy as well as the potential integration of digital fire-control system.
 * Projects to "mechanize" the ZU-23-2 consist of the installation of the platform on Soviet ZIL-131, Russian KamAZ-43118 6x6 trucks or the American M548 tracked cargo carriers are chosen and commissioned by the Vietnam People's Army. Solutions for a remotedly/automatically-controlled ZU-23-2 weapon station are also being developed.

General characteristics

 * Overall dimensions in firing position
 * Length: 4.57 m (15 ft)
 * Width: 2.88 m (9.44 ft)
 * Height: 1.22 m (4 ft)
 * Weight: 0.95 tonnes (2,094 lbs)
 * Armament: two 2A14 Afanasyev-Yakushev 23x152mm (.90 in) autocannons
 * Barrel length: 2 m (6.5 ft)/ 87.3 calibers
 * Muzzle velocity: 970 m/s (3,182 ft/s)
 * Projectile weight: 186 g (6.27 oz)
 * Rate of fire
 * Cyclic: 2,000 rounds per minute
 * Practical: 400 rounds per minute
 * Effective range: 2-2.5 km (1.24-1.55 mi)
 * Effective altitude: 1,500-2,000 m (4,921-6,562 ft)
 * Crew: 6

Operators

 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
 * 🇦🇱 Albania
 * 🇩🇿 Algeria – 100
 * 🇦🇴 Angola
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
 * 🇧🇾 Belarus – 128
 * Bosnia-Herzegovina – 29
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
 * 🇧🇮 Burundi
 * 🇰🇭 Cambodia
 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde – 12
 * 🇹🇩 Chad
 * 🇨🇳 China – Type 85, Type 87 (25*183 mmB, not 23*152 mm)
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba
 * 🇩🇯 Djibouti – 5
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador – Type 80<
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt – 220 ZU-23-2 and more than 81 self-propelled Sinai-23
 * 🇪🇷 Eritrea
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia – 198, some mounted on MAN 4520 6x6 trucks.
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
 * Tigray Defense Forces
 * 🇫🇮 Finland – 1,100
 * 🇬🇦 Gabon – 24
 * 🇬🇷 Greece - 503
 * Georgia – About 200, 40 mounted on MT-LB, some on ZIL-131 trucks and navy vessels. Applied to RWS.
 * South Ossetia
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana – 4
 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau – 18
 * 🇮🇳 India – 320 towed and more truck-mounted
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia – 4 system ZUR-23-kg-I as part of the "Kobra" AD system for the TNI-AD + 18 Giant Bow twin 23 mm gun as part of the Giant Bow II AD system for the TNI-AD
 * 🇮🇷 Iran - 300
 * 🇮🇶 Iraq
 * Kurdistan Region
 * - 150, Captured from Arab Armies over the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
 * Ivory Coast
 * Laos
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia – 3 ZU-23-2MR Wróbel II on Imanta and Viesturs ships.
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon – 57, some mounted on M113 APC's
 * 🇱🇾 Libya – most mounted on light vehicles
 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania – 20
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco – 75-90
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova – 28, some mounted on BTR-D
 * Transnistria
 * 🇲🇱 Mali
 * 🇲🇳 Mongolia
 * 🇲🇿 Mozambique – 120
 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar – 380 Type 87
 * 🇳🇦 Namibia - some South-African Zumlac
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua – 18
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria
 * Boko Haram
 * 🇴🇲 Oman - 4
 * People's Defense Units (YPG)
 * 🇵🇪 Peru – 80
 * 🇵🇱 Poland – 252 ZU-23 and 72 ZUR-23-2 series
 * 🇷🇺 Russia
 * Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 * 🇸🇴 Somalia
 * Puntland
 * Somaliland
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – Zumlac on an armoured SAMIL 100 heavy truck. Captured in Angola in the 1980s. 36 in store.
 * 🇸🇸 South Sudan
 * 🇸🇩 Sudan
 * Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
 * Syria
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania – 40
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
 * 🇺🇬 Uganda – 5
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine
 * 🇺🇸 United States – Testing only
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – ~200
 * Vietnam
 * 🇾🇪 Yemen – 200
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe – 45
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe – 45

Former operators

 * 🇬🇩 Grenada – 12
 * East Germany
 * Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
 * Islamic State
 * 🇵🇦 Panama
 * Rhodesia – 12 were captured from Soviet-supplied militants during the Rhodesian Bush War.
 * Soviet Union – Passed on to successor states.
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary

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Sit Down Young Stranger

Sit Down Young Stranger is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's sixth original album and his best-selling original album. Shortly after its 1970 release on the Reprise Records label, it was renamed If You Could Read My Mind when the song of that title reached #1 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. The album itself reached #12 on the Billboard 200 chart. In Canada, the album was on the charts from April 18, 1970, to November 27, 1971. It peaked at #8 on March 13, 1971 after an earlier peak at #12 on June 20, 1970. Its last 24 weeks were spent in the 90s, except for two appearances at #88 and one at #100.

History
Sit Down Young Stranger was Lightfoot's first recording for his new label, Reprise Records. He had left United Artists because he believed they did not adequately promote his albums.

On this album, Lightfoot included more orchestration, which is particularly evident on "If You Could Read My Mind". It was also the first studio album to feature long-time Lightfoot bassist Rick Haynes. The orchestration on "Minstrel of the Dawn" and "Approaching Lavender" was arranged by Randy Newman.

The album contained one of the first recorded versions of Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster's "Me and Bobby McGee" which had previously been a country hit for Roger Miller and would later become a hit for Janis Joplin.

A small number of vinyl copies of the album contain no title on the front cover. This is because the cover was originally supposed to be just a picture of Lightfoot, but it was then thought that stating the title would increase the album's sales. The untitled copies did have a small sticker on the cellophane wrap bearing the album's title.

One rarity of note is "The Pony Man" appears on the Warner Brothers loss leader Schlagers! without the harmonica overdub.

Reception
In his retrospective Allmusic review, critic Jim Newsom praised the album, writing "While future albums would begin to drift away from the folky acoustic timbres of this one, the beauty and simplicity of Sit Down Young Stranger make it a timeless recording."

Track listing
All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot, except where indicated

Side 1

 * 1) "Minstrel of the Dawn" – 3:26
 * 2) "Me and Bobby McGee" – 3:38 (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster)
 * 3) "Approaching Lavender" – 2:56
 * 4) "Saturday Clothes" – 3:20
 * 5) "Cobwebs & Dust" – 3:20
 * 6) "Poor Little Allison" – 2:30

Side 2

 * 1) "Sit Down Young Stranger" – 3:26
 * 2) "If You Could Read My Mind" – 3:48
 * 3) "Baby It's Alright" – 2:58
 * 4) "Your Love's Return (Song for Stephen Foster)" – 3:55
 * 5) "The Pony Man" – 3:27

Personnel
with:
 * Gordon Lightfoot - guitar, piano, vocals
 * Red Shea - guitar
 * Rick Haynes - bass
 * Ry Cooder - slide guitar on "Me and Bobby McGee", mandolin on "Cobwebs and Dust"
 * Van Dyke Parks - harmonium on "Cobwebs and Dust"
 * John Sebastian - electric guitar on "Baby It's Alright", autoharp on "Saturday Clothes", harmonica on "The Pony Man"
 * Nick DeCaro - string arrangements on "Poor Little Allison", "If You Could Read My Mind" and "Your Love's Return"
 * Randy Newman - string arrangement on "Minstrel of the Dawn" and "Approaching Lavender"
 * Kris Kristofferson was rumored to have provided harmony vocals on "Me and Bobby McGee"
 * Technical
 * Gary Brandt, Lee Herschberg - engineer
 * Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes - design, photography

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Hot Spot (musical)

Hot Spot is a musical with the book by Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, lyrics by Martin Charnin, music by Mary Rodgers, and additional lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim. It had a brief run on Broadway in 1963. The musical is a political satire.

Background
A Peace Corps volunteer in newly independent Nigeria, Marjorie Michelmore, caused a furor because she had written a postcard on October 13, 1961, describing the primitive living conditions there. Nigerians were indignant, and some accused the volunteers of being American spies. This led to a public relations crisis for the fledgling Peace Corps.

Production
Hot Spot began out-of-town try-outs on February 11, 1963, at the National Theater, Washington, D.C., and on February 28 at the Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The musical premiered on Broadway at the Majestic Theater on April 19, 1963, and closed on May 25, 1963, after 43 performances and 5 previews. (Although reporting 5 "official" previews, according to The New York Times, "the musical expects to run up 36 [previews] at the Majestic by the time it opens". ) Scenic and costume design was by Rouben Ter-Arutunian, and lighting design by John Harvey. At least five directors worked on the show: the original director was Morton DaCosta, followed by Martin Charnin, Robert Fryer, Richard Quine, Arthur Laurents, and Herbert Ross. The original choreographer was Onna White. There was no credit given to either director or choreographer, although the New York Times review credits read "staged by Herbert Ross". Though a cast album was not recorded, Billboard reported a Warner Brothers investment in the show of $200,000.

Stephen Sondheim, a friend of Rodgers, was brought onto the creative team, resulting in the show's opening and closing number, "Don't Laugh" and the song "That's Good, That's Bad".

The cast starred Judy Holliday and included Conrad Bain, Joe Bova, Joseph Campanella, Mary Louise Wilson, Carmen De Lavallade, Charles Braswell and George Furth. This marked Judy Holliday's final stage performance. (She was quoted as saying "You can only live through one or two Hot Spots in your life.")

One of Broadway's most well-known flops, it had 58 "preview" performances, setting a record by cancelling its official opening four times, and then running for only 43 "official" performances. According to Steven Suskin, "it was one of those big-budget, big-advance-sale bonanzas which go wrong and turn into highly public busts." According to the review in Billboard, "Predictions of failure preceded the show and these were confirmed when the New York Critics Circle passed a unanimous negative judgement."

Synopsis
Peace Corps volunteer, hygiene teacher "Sally Hopwinder", is stationed in a fictional nation, "D'hum" with decent living conditions. She concocts a plan to obtain U.S. aid for D'hum by convincing the Pentagon that Russia is about to invade it.

Songs

 * Act 1
 * Don't Laugh – Sally Hopwinder
 * Don't Laugh (Reprise) – Sally Hopwinder and Peace Corps
 * Welcome – D'humians
 * This Little Yankee – Gabrel Snapper
 * Smiles – Sally Hopwinder, Deva, Minister of State, Howard Mason, Rami and Members of the Ensemble
 * A Little Trouble – Sally Hopwinder, Shim, The Nadir of D'hum and D'humians
 * You'd Like Nebraska – Vernon Breen and Iram
 * Hey Love – Sally Hopwinder
 * I Had Two Dregs – Sally Hopwinder, Shim, Sumner Tubb, Sr. and D'humians
 * Rich, Rich, Rich – Shim, Sue Ann, Peace Corps and D'humians
 * Act 2
 * That's Good-That's Bad – Sally Hopwinder
 * I Think the World of You – Sue Ann and Shim
 * Gabie – Sally Hopwinder
 * A Matter of Time – Gabrel Snapper and Sally Hopwinder
 * Gabie (Reprise) – Gabrel Snapper
 * Big Meeting Tonight – Rami, Grobanykov and Ensemble
 * A Far, Far Better Way – Sally Hopwinder
 * Don't Laugh (Reprise) – Sally Hopwinder, Gabrel Snapper and Ensemble

Recording
A CD was released by Blue Pear Records in 2004, taken from a cassette recording made from the audience. In addition to the original Broadway cast, the disc has composer demos, featuring Charnin and Rodgers, as well as several recordings commercially released on 45 rpm.

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Music in Ingushetia

The traditional music of Ingushetia employs such musical instruments as the (similar to a clarinet),  (similar to a ),  (accordion, played mostly by girls), violin (with three strings), drums and tambourine.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eden, Kansas

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Eden, Kansas
There are two things called Eden Kansas, the Eden Kansas swingers clud and the Garden of Eden resort in Lucas, Kansas. This article isn't clear, does not establish notability and if it is about the resort should be moved to the right name. --nixie 03:34, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, the title implies a town name but there seems to be no such town in Kansas. Wyss 18:50, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I'm going to have to read up on the deletion policy and corrective actions, but Eden is a place name in Atchison County. They used to have a post office (and a blacksmith!), but the town was passed up by the railroad.  It is located where Labette Rd, 322nd Rd, and 326th Rd meet in Atchison County.  You can see the area (with no place name shown) on maps.google.com halfway between Huron, Kansas and Atchison County State Park.Kslattery 21:36, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep assuming it's the same place as in . --SPUI (talk) 02:05, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep it as re-written. The original VfD was understandable though, the place is tiny and the article wasn't clear, reading as though the name could have been a recent vanity thing or hoax etc. Wyss 13:57, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Mychub

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles will be reverted quickly. Please see the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. -- Hadal 03:34, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

It is felt that the article you created at MyChub is not suitable for a Wikipedia article, which must have a notable subject and be verifable. I have moved it to User:, which is where users are free to write about themselves. You are at liberty to move it back into the (Main) namespace but bear in mind that if you do so, it is likely to be nominated for deletion. As a user page it is likely to survive untouched. -- Francs2000 19:59, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Mychub
The removal of valid AfD notices is vandalism. If you do that again you will be blocked. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 13:28, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry my mistake. So what do we need to make this entry validated ? --219.93.197.196 19:32, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Mychub
I've added the "" template to your user page (User:Mychub), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy).

Please note that the purpose of a user page is not as a personal homepage or used as a general webhosting service, but as a way for active editors of Wikipedia to introduce themselves to other editors. If you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues here or on my user talk page. You may remove the deletion notice, and the page will not be deleted for the moment, but note that it may still be sent to Miscellany for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Calton | Talk 14:59, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

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Arguin

Arguin (أرغين, Arguim) is an island off the western coast of Mauritania in the Bay of Arguin. It is approximately 6 x 2 km in size, with extensive and dangerous reefs around it. The island is now part of the Banc d'Arguin National Park.

History

The island changed hands frequently during the colonial era. The first European to visit the island was the Portuguese explorer Nuno Tristão, in 1443. In 1445, Prince Henry the Navigator set up a trading post on the island, which acquired gum arabic and enslaved people for Portugal. By 1455, 800 enslaved people were shipped from Arguin to Portugal every year.

In 1633, during its Dutch-Portuguese War, the Netherlands seized control of Arguin. It remained under Dutch rule until 1678, with a brief interruption by English rule in 1665. France took over the island in September 1678, but it was then abandoned until 1685. Arguin's aridity and its lack of a good anchorage made long-term European settlement difficult.

In 1685, Captain Cornelius Reers of the frigate Rother Löwe occupied the old Portuguese fort on the island. He successfully concluded a treaty with the native king, in which Brandenburg was accepted as a protecting power. The treaty was ratified in 1687 and was renewed in 1698. Arguin remained a colony of Brandenburg until 1721 when the French successfully assaulted the fort and then took control of the island. The Dutch took the fort and island from the French the following year only to lose it again in 1724 to the French. This period of French rule lasted four years; in 1728, it reverted to the control of indigenous peoples.

The island was included in the territory of the French colony of Mauritania, and it remained under Mauritanian rule when that country became independent in 1960.

In July 1816, the French frigate Méduse, bound for Senegal, was wrecked off Arguin and 350 people died.

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Gaddis

The Gaddi is a semi-pastoral Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic tribe living mainly in the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

Overview
The people of Gaddi tribe living mainly in the India states of Himachal Pradesh in Bharmour region, District Chamba.

The term Gaddi is derived form Sanskrit word 'Gabdika' which is a Sindhvadi Janapad mentioned by Panini, which later on during the reign of Sahil Verman (700ce) termed as "Gadbika-aheran" in today's it is spelled as Gaddheran.

Some believe that people migrated during Mughal Muslim reign due to the fear of conversion of their religion.

People of Bharmour and Holi region are firm believer of Goddess 'ADI SHAKTI' AND 'Lord SHIVA'.

Gaddi are divided into two castes
Brahmins (GADDIS)-"The majority of them have migrated to Brahmaur in the reign of King Meru Varman. They wear the sacred thread and act as priests and purohits. When the capital was shifted: to Chamba, they lost the state patronage and took to other professions. The common gotras of Brahmins are Vashisht, Bhardwaj and Gautam. These gotras are, however, divided into various als which are sometimes incorrectly described as gotras also such as Dharakru Langhe, Phangtain and Sipainu. Brahmins generally marry within their own caste though intercaste marriages with Rajputs have been recorded. Unlike the Brahmins of the lower hills, or the plains, the Brahmins of Brahmaur do not marry into their own gotras. Thus there is a bar to the solemnisation of a marriage of a' Vashisht boy with a Vashisht girl. Their mutual form of salutation is namaskar while from others it is pairi pauna to which the reply is asis banchna. The hill Brahmins are, by and large, non-vegetarians and so are the Brahmins of Brahmaur."

Kashatriya-Rajput(GADDIS) -
"They are the Hindu warriors class and belong to Indo-Aryan race. They wear the janeu. And are firm believer of Lord SHIVA'. The common form of salutation among the Rajputs gaddis is 'Jai Jaiya' to one another. They receive it from others and respond with Ram Ram. The ancient occupation of the Rajputs was sheep rearing and agriculture and it is they who possess the largest number of sheep and goats, are generally very rich and well-off. With the developing world and socio economic upliftment of this tribal area i.e. Bharmour the occupational trends of people living here have been changed. People now have got migrated to plains and are working at some of the highest reputed post in government institutions. The Rajputs are of different gotras like Gautam, Bhardwaj, Kaundal etc., with sir names mainly as Kapoor, Thakurs, Rana and Chauhan etc. Their rituals and clan orders are strict. They marry among their own caste and have no inter-gotra marital relations."

Today due to the Climatic adversities of the location and backwardness of the tough Himalayan terrain area and lack of facilities, they are considered under the "Scheduled Tribe" in the Constitution of India.

According to the 2011 Census of India, the Gaddi population was 1,78,130 in Himachal Pradesh and 46,489 in Jammu Kashmir. The Gaddis of Himachal Pradesh had an adult sex ratio of 1014 and literacy rate of 73.3, whereas those of Jammu and Kashmir had a sex ratio of 953 and literacy of 53.5. reservation system.

Gaddis' traditional practices and habits are changing rapidly with India's modernisation.

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User:Nemmy

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Email

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Summer Side of Life

Summer Side of Life is Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot's sixth studio album. It was released in 1971 on the Reprise Records Label. The album marked a departure from the sound Lightfoot had established on Sit Down Young Stranger in its use of drums and electric instrumentation, to which he would later return in the second half of the decade. “Redwood Hill” contains elements of bluegrass music.

The album reached #38 on the pop chart. "Summer Side of Life" peaked at #98 on the pop singles chart while "Talking in Your Sleep" peaked at #64. The singles reached #21 and #19 respectively in Canada.

The track "Cotton Jenny" would later be covered by Anne Murray, for whom it would provide a top-twenty single on the U.S. country singles chart. The song "Love and Maple Syrup" was covered by Taylor Mitchell in 2009. Nanci Griffith covered "10 Degrees and Getting Colder" on her 1993 album, Other Voices, Other Rooms. The song had previously been recorded by J. D. Crowe & The New South on their eponymous album in 1975.

Track listing
All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot.

Side 1

 * 1) "10 Degrees and Getting Colder" – 2:43
 * 2) "Miguel" – 4:12
 * 3) "Go My Way" – 2:13
 * 4) "Summer Side of Life" – 4:05
 * 5) "Cotton Jenny" – 3:26
 * 6) "Talking in Your Sleep" – 2:56

Side 2

 * 1) "Nous Vivons Ensemble" – 3:45
 * 2) "Same Old Loverman" – 3:21
 * 3) "Redwood Hill" – 2:48
 * 4) "Love and Maple Syrup" – 3:13
 * 5) "Cabaret" – 5:49

Personnel

 * Gordon Lightfoot - guitar, piano, vocals
 * Red Shea - guitar
 * Jerry Shook - guitar
 * Chip Young - guitar
 * Rick Haynes - bass guitar
 * Roy M. "Junior" Huskey - acoustic bass
 * James Rolleston - bass guitar
 * Henry Strzelecki - bass guitar
 * Kenneth A. Buttrey - drums
 * Buddy Harman - drums
 * Jimmy Isbell - drums
 * David Brown - percussion
 * Farrell Morris - percussion
 * Vassar Clements - violin
 * Charlie McCoy - harmonica
 * Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
 * The Jordanaires (Gordon Stoker, Neal Matthews, Hoyt Hawkins, Ray Walker) - backing vocals
 * Technical
 * Rick Horton - engineer, remixing
 * Harry Kemball - cover photography

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Talk:Urinal deodorizer block

Eroding, eroding, eroding away
A urinal cake is the subject of the parody folk song "The Ballad of Eddie Praeger" by Paul and Storm. --FOo 23:37, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Disinfectant?
Is it? From what I read in the article, it seems not. J.P.Lon 00:38, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Disinfectant makes little sense considering urine is sterile. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.241.113.192 (talk) 18:34, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

 * Urine is sterile, but bacteria can and do grow in it. --2001:470:B:4CA:1000:0:1:31 (talk) 03:36, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

"trough lolly"???
I'm British, and I've never heard this term used.. --Tomhannen 09:50, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Ditto, and ditto. Given this Google search it doesn't seem to be remotely widespread in Britain. I'm removing the phrase in the absence of any reliable source (Urban Dictionary doesn't count!) backing it up. Loganberry (Talk) 22:48, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * In Australia, I've heard "trough lolly" used more than the "toilet lolly" that is listed as the Australian version - but it may be regionally dependent. Shiftyphil 23:59, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It seems to be one of those pieces of slang that's very geographically dependent. For example, I never heard of them being called mints (although it makes a lot of sense in retrospect) until a uni friend hailing from Eire wrote a song in tribute to them... Other ones like "biscuits" are similarly new on me, and presumably "donuts" refers to some particular brand with a hole in the middle? (In Ireland, maybe they would be called Polos?) ... thus it's something that might require some research to verify each suggestion, and probably best to keep it to a shortlist of better known ones.
 * As for "trough" vs "toilet", that would, I expect, depend on how common individual urinals are vs older communal trough style examples in that locale. Again, although I've encountered several of the latter, they're rare enough around here that the items in question are usually Urinal-somethings, or occasionally Toilet-whatevers. 51.7.49.61 (talk) 17:57, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

TV serie "Frasier"
On the season 6 episode 15 of the TV serie "Frasier", Niles, Frasier's brother, was in process of divorce. His wife Marys was dragging it out and causing him to pay lots of extra lawyer fees and making accusations to give her advantage over the assets, then Niles hired a new lawyer (Donnie) who discovers some "dirt" on Marys -- her family got all her riches not from sales of timber but from sales of urinal cakes. This gave them the leverage they needed to win the case, as Marys didn't want this to be known. Being a single woman I had no idea what they were referring to. I turned to Wikipedia, sure enough, there was my answer! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pntippett (talk • contribs) 19:25, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

"This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject"
That is just too funny. Are there any urinal cake experts out there? Midtempo-abg (talk) 20:26, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

 * There are! I did some synthesis with the parachlorbenzene back in the 90s and the smell was 100% clear, so I looked it up and I found some statments that the stuff is not killing anything, because it does not disolve in the water. It only smells like it is fresh and clean, but it does not help against germs at all. Bleach or hydrogenperoxide would be the far better solution, but ..... --Stone (talk) 21:28, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

 * Well, no-one really cares if a urinal is that clean (unless they somehow end up with their face in it, which is a clear sign that life is not going entirely to plan anyway), so long as it at least smells nice (...well, less nasty, anyway). Cleaning it is a job for the flushing water and any domestic staff employed by wherever the convenience is installed.
 * What you really want is something that dissolves in (and neutralises) ammonia and/or uric acid solution; the water fraction of what gets, uh, poured over them is far less of a problem, as it has neither smell nor nutritional value (for microbes) of its own. 51.7.49.61 (talk) 18:02, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedy deleted as being about a person, animal, organization or web content but which fails to assert the importance of its subject, because... (Obviously notable; just needs some references) --Accedie (talk) 02:29, 26 August 2011 (UTC) Urinal Cakes are Pop Culture... Wikipedia is great reference material for english as a second language... people have a great need to know about these things. Like Fraiser fans in Thailand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.76.66.174 (talk) 19:01, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

 * Could be it's the battle of the sexes extending to wikipedia... female admin taking revenge for man-kind's general blindness to feminine hygiene issues? :)
 * If a thing is unimportant to half of the global population, is it still notable? 51.7.49.61 (talk) 18:05, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mediocracy

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Mediocracy
I'm not sure whether this band is notable or not. The article doesn't enlighten me. Delete unless the article establishes notability.-gadfium 03:38, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, article does not establish notability, possible band vanity. Megan1967 07:04, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Band vanity. No recordings ("some mp3s to come" it says hopefully).   — Gwalla | Talk 07:52, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, self-promotion. Wyss 18:48, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, garage band vanity. — Ливай | ☺ 00:24, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Jan Hooks

Janet Vivian Hooks (April 23, 1957 – October 9, 2014) was an American actress and comedian. She was best known for her tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where she was a repertory player from 1986 to 1991. After leaving SNL, she continued to make cameo appearances until 1994. Her subsequent work included a regular role on the last two seasons of Designing Women, a recurring role on 3rd Rock from the Sun, and a number of other film and television roles, including on 30 Rock and The Simpsons.

Early life
Hooks was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, where she attended Canby Lane Elementary School and Towers High School. In 1974, her junior year, she moved to Fort Myers, Florida, when her father, a Sears employee, was transferred. She attended Cypress Lake High School, made her stage debut in a play there, and graduated in 1975. She attended Edison State College where she majored in theatre, but left to pursue acting full-time.

Career
Hooks began her career as a member of the Los Angeles–based comedy troupe The Groundlings and in an Atlanta nightclub act called The Wits End Players.

From 1980 to 1981, she appeared in Tush on Ted Turner's television station, WTBS, which eventually became TBS. She gained attention in the early 1980s on the HBO comedy series Not Necessarily the News and made guest appearances on Comedy Break with Mack & Jamie in the mid-1980s. She made her film debut in Pee-wee's Big Adventure as a know-it-all tour guide at the Alamo and appeared in the Goldie Hawn film Wildcats.

In 1985, Hooks met with producer Lorne Michaels about a spot on Saturday Night Live, but was passed over in favor of Joan Cusack. After the show's 1985–86 season was deemed a ratings disaster and the show was put on the chopping block for cancellation, Michaels offered Hooks another chance. This time, despite a six-minute audition she called "brutal", she was offered a contract along with fellow new recruits Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Victoria Jackson and Kevin Nealon. They helped lead the show to a sustained ratings increase and a return to the national spotlight. Hooks's characters included Candy Sweeney of The Sweeney Sisters. She also played famous political wives of the era, including Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton, Kitty Dukakis, Betty Ford, and Elizabeth Dole, and did notable impressions of Bette Davis, Sinéad O'Connor, Tammy Faye Bakker, Ivana Trump, Kathie Lee Gifford, and Diane Sawyer.

Tiring of the stress of performing on a live show, Hooks left SNL in 1991 after being asked by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason to replace Jean Smart on the CBS sitcom Designing Women. Hooks played Carlene Dobber for the show's final two seasons. She also continued to make occasional appearances on SNL through 1994, usually playing Hillary Clinton. During her time at SNL, she dated Kevin Nealon.

Hooks continued to work in supporting roles and guest appearances for several years, but with declining frequency. She had a recurring role as Vicki Dubcek on 3rd Rock from the Sun, which earned her an Emmy Award nomination. She guest-starred on two Matt Groening-produced cartoons for the Fox Broadcasting Company: six episodes of The Simpsons between 1997 and 2002, as Apu's wife Manjula (although Tress MacNeille sometimes substituted for her, and eventually replaced her), and in the Futurama episode "Bendless Love", as the voice of the robot Angleyne. She starred as Dixie Glick in the series Primetime Glick and the movie Jiminy Glick in Lalawood. She had small parts in several other movies, including Batman Returns as Jen, the Penguin's image consultant during his campaign to become mayor of Gotham City. She made two appearances on 30 Rock in 2010, playing Jenna Maroney's mother, Verna, the last live-action spots Hooks did. She guest-starred in the 2013 The Cleveland Show episode "Mr. and Mrs. Brown", which was her final acting job.

According to a 2014 Grantland article about her career and death, Hooks's anxiety about acting and passive approach to her career led to her missing out on prestigious auditions and lucrative acting roles. Tina Fey said after her death that she was angry that Hooks didn't have a more successful career (Fey said that Hooks was a bigger star on SNL than Rob Schneider, and should have had at least as big a film career as he did). Hooks's friend, film critic Ann Hornaday, said that Hooks didn't have doors slammed in her face and often made no effort to seek out work. Hooks turned down a role in the 2003 television film The Music Man (which went to Molly Shannon) and declined to reprise her SNL sketch "The Sweeney Sisters" with Nora Dunn in a special appearance at Carnegie Hall in 2014. Hooks's friend Bill Tush speculated that her drinking had made her indifferent toward her career, but also said she might not have wanted more money or fame. Another friend said that Hooks had decided to work only enough to keep her Screen Actors Guild health insurance.

Death
Hooks's doctor had advised her to stop drinking due to liver damage, but she did not try to quit. She was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2009, which was treated and went into remission that May. In April 2014, Hooks discovered a bump on her throat. She was given a biopsy and treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, but the tumor was unresponsive to chemotherapy and continued to grow. Doctors said the only remaining option was a total laryngectomy, which Hooks declined. She arranged for hospice care and used prescription drugs, wine, and cigarettes to manage her pain. Her ability to speak, eat, and breathe declined.

On October 9, she succumbed to throat cancer at age 57. Her remains were interred in Northview Cemetery in Cedartown, Georgia.

The Simpsons episode "Super Franchise Me" memorialized her on October 12, 2014, with her longtime character Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon honored in the credits.

"Love Is a Dream"
SNL paid tribute to Hooks in the third episode of its 40th season on October 11, 2014. Guest host Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig introduced a tribute in which SNL reaired a short she had filmed with Phil Hartman in 1988, "Love Is a Dream". This short film had also been reaired to honor Hartman following his death in 1998. It is described as "a sweet and melodramatic tribute to the 1948 film The Emperor Waltz", which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine. The scene casts Hooks as an aging woman who vanishes into her own imagination to sing and share a dance with a long-lost lover (Hartman). Hooks and Hartman appear to lip-sync to the original singing voices from the 1948 film. One critic wrote that the "Jan Hooks tribute showed that Jan did not need to be funny in order to captivate the attention of her audience", as Hooks and Hartman were known to be quiet and reserved off screen.

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