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Gilberto Agustoni

Gilberto Agustoni (26 July 1922 – 13 January 2017) was a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the Roman Curia from 1950 to 1998, ending his career as head of the Apostolic Signatura from 1992 to 1998. He became a cardinal in 1994.

Early life
Agustoni was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and had four brothers and one sister. Two of his brothers were also priests. Their mother came from a village on the shores of Lake Constance and their father was a civil servant. He was educated at the Seminary of Lugano. He studied in Rome for a year, earning a degree in philosophy. Because of World War II, he continued his studies at the University of Fribourg, where he completed a degree in sacred theology. Bishop Angelo Jelmini ordained him in Lugano on 20 April 1946.

Agustoni later studied at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum and the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, where he earned licentiates in theology and law.

Roman Curia appointments
In 1950, Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani asked Jelmini to allow Agustoni, whom he had met on several occasions, to work in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) while continuing his studies. Agustoni began his service there on 1 July 1950, an exceptional appointment for someone under the age of 30. He became the head of a department at the CDF and later commissioner at the Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments. Following the Second Vatican Council he helped to coordinate the curial departments engaged in Pope Paul VI's program of liturgical renewal. In May 1970, he became a Prelate Auditor of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.

On 18 December 1986 Pope John Paul II appointed Agustoni Titular Archbishop of Caprulae and Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy. On 2 April 1992 he was appointed Pro-Prefect of Apostolic Signatura, becoming Prefect when created Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta on 26 November 1994.

He resigned his post on 5 October 1998. In early 2005, he took the option, open to Cardinal-Deacons after ten years, of becoming a Cardinal-Priest. Agustoni died on 13 January 2017 aged 94.

Ottaviani Intervention
He was secretary to Ottaviani at the time of the Ottaviani Intervention. Jean Madiran, a critic of the reforms of Vatican II and founder-editor of the French journal Itinéraires, claimed that this letter was fraudulently presented to the elderly and already blind cardinal for his signature by his secretary Agustoni, and that Agustoni resigned shortly afterwards. No confirmation of this story by the cardinal himself was published. Agustoni resigned as Ottaviani's secretary in 1970 to join the Ecclesiastical Magistrature as Prelate Auditor of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota and there is no evidence to suggest his departure was anything more than a routine change of assignment. Furthermore, Madiran admits that he was not in the room to see this alleged deception of Ottaviani.

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Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

Beyond Castle Wolfenstein is a 1984 World War II stealth game. A direct sequel to Castle Wolfenstein, it is the second game in the Wolfenstein series, and the last installment to be released by original developer Muse Software before the name was revived for a first-person shooter in 1991. Castle Wolfenstein was written solely by Silas Warner for the Apple II, while the sequel was developed simultaneously for the Apple II and Commodore 64 by Warner, Eric Ace, and Frank Svoboda III. It was quickly ported to the Atari 8-bit computers and MS-DOS.

Gameplay
Like its predecessor, Beyond Castle Wolfenstein is a combination action and adventure game with stealth elements. It is set in World War II during Adolf Hitler's rule as Chancellor of Germany. The objective is to traverse the levels of the secret Berlin bunker where the Führer is holding meetings with his senior staff. The player must retrieve a bomb that operatives have hidden inside the bunker, place it outside the room where Hitler is holding a meeting, and escape before the bomb explodes.

The game shows a top-down view of each room, though the characters are from a side view. The player explores the levels by sneaking by, impersonating, and sometimes killing opponents. The game is controlled via a joystick, paddles, or the keyboard, although the keyboard is the only option that allows for all commands.

The play is similar to its predecessor, but with some updates. The guards use a pass system, in which the player is periodically summoned by guards and asked to show the correct pass (which varies by floor), or offer a bribe. If an incorrect pass is shown or the bribe is rejected due to the lack of money (for a total of two times), the guard will attempt to activate a bunker-wide alarm or kill the player. The bodies of dead guards can be dragged through the room to conceal them, block passages, or gain access to objects. The grenades of the previous game have been replaced with a dagger which can silently kill guards. Upon successful completion of the game, the player is rewarded with a high resolution image of the bunker exploding with the player running away in the foreground.

Reception
Harvey Berstein of Antic wrote in 1985 of the Atari 8-bit version: "while there have been some minor improvements, the game play doesn't provide nearly as much depth as the documentation suggests." He criticized the game for having the same Apple II-like graphics as its predecessor and slow loading speed. He also pointed out, "Once you know which passes to use, you can breeze through the game", discouraging replay.

In January 1985, Computer Entertainer rated the Atari 8-bit version 5½ out of 8 stars.

A 1991 Computer Gaming World survey of strategy and war games gave it two stars out of five.

Reviews

 * Ahoy! July 1984
 * Atari Computer Enthusiasts March 1985
 * Personal Software August 1984
 * Softalk July 1984
 * Video Game Update July 1984

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Hey, thanks for doing that. I hadn't heard this as yet. I've altered it slightly to reflect that this isn't set in stone just yet, and returned the structure and order of precedence to how it was on the Structure of the British Army page, with notes and links explaining what may happen with the amalgamation. User:Hammersfan - 19:00, 6/4/05

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List of ministers of foreign affairs of Denmark

This is a list of foreign ministers of Denmark since the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1848.

Ministers under Christian X (1912–1947)
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a 1978 American jukebox musical comedy film directed by Michael Schultz, written by Henry Edwards and starring an ensemble cast led by Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees. Depicting the loosely constructed story of a band as they wrangle with the music industry and battle evil forces bent on stealing their instruments and corrupting their hometown of Heartland, the film is presented in a form similar to that of a rock opera, with the songs providing "dialogue" to carry the story. George Burns has most of the spoken lines that act to clarify the plot and provide further narration but there are a few other lines throughout the movie (such as many robots).

The film's soundtrack, released as an accompanying double album, features new versions of songs originally written and performed by the Beatles. The film draws primarily from two of the band's albums, 1967's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and 1969's Abbey Road. The film covers all of the songs from the Sgt. Pepper album with the exceptions of "Within You, Without You" and "Lovely Rita", and also includes nearly all of Abbey Road.

The production was loosely adapted from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road, a 1974 off-Broadway production directed by Tom O'Horgan. The film was met with minor box office success, grossing $20.4 million against a budget of $13 million, but overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics. However, a few renditions of some songs, particularly Earth, Wind & Fire's cover of "Got to Get You Into My Life" and Aerosmith's cover of "Come Together", were met with high praise, the former earning Earth, Wind & Fire a Grammy, and the latter being a top-25 hit single.

Overview
The film was produced by Robert Stigwood, founder of RSO Records, who had earlier produced Saturday Night Fever. RSO Records also released the soundtrack to the film Grease in 1978, which had Barry Gibb producing and Peter Frampton playing lead guitar on the title track. In 1976, the Bee Gees had recorded three Beatles cover songs, "Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight", "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" and "Sun King", for the musical documentary All This and World War II.

The Beatles' former producer, George Martin, served as musical director, conductor, arranger and producer of the film's soundtrack album.

Before the film's release, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees announced: "Kids today don't know the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. And when those who do see our film and hear us doing it, that will be the version they relate to and remember. Unfortunately, the Beatles will be secondary. You see, there is no such thing as the Beatles. They don't exist as a band and never performed Sgt. Pepper live, in any case. When ours comes out, it will be, in effect, as if theirs never existed. When you heard the Beatles do "Long Tall Sally" or "Roll Over Beethoven", did you care about Little Richard's or Chuck Berry's version?"

Plot
Mr. Kite (George Burns), elderly mayor of the small, wholesome town of Heartland, recounts the history of Heartland's celebrated marching band. Sgt. Pepper and his Lonely Hearts Club Band brought happiness through its music, even causing troops in World Wars I and II to stop fighting. In August 1958, Sgt. Pepper died of a heart attack in the middle of a performance, at the unveiling of a new weather vane in his likeness. Sgt. Pepper left the band's magical musical instruments to the town; so long as they remain in Heartland, its people will live happily ever after. Heartland City Hall, which doubles as a Sgt. Pepper museum, contains the instruments. Sgt. Pepper left his musical legacy to his handsome and good-hearted grandson, Billy Shears (Peter Frampton). Billy forms a new Lonely Hearts Club Band with his three best friends: brothers Mark, Dave, and Bob Henderson (the Bee Gees). Billy's charming but avaricious half-brother, Dougie (Paul Nicholas), serves as the band's manager ("Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band").

Heartland loves the new band ("With a Little Help from My Friends"), and soon Big Deal Records president B.D. Hoffler (Donald Pleasence) invites them to Hollywood with the promise of a record deal ("Fixing a Hole"), to which the band accepts ("Getting Better"). Billy bids farewell to his sweet hometown girlfriend, Strawberry Fields (Sandy Farina) ("Here Comes the Sun"). Once in Hollywood, B.D. introduces the band to their new labelmates, sexy singers Lucy (Dianne Steinberg) and the Diamonds (Stargard), and they negotiate the contract over a sex-and-drug-fueled dinner ("I Want You (She's So Heavy)"). Hitting it off with Lucy, Billy all but forgets about Strawberry. The band quickly succeeds ("Good Morning, Good Morning"), with hit records and sold-out concerts produced and performed as quickly as they succeeded ("Nowhere Man"/"Polythene Pam"/"She Came In Through the Bathroom Window"/"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)").

Meanwhile, villainous Mr. Mustard (Frankie Howerd) and his henchman the Brute drive to Heartland in their computer- and robot-equipped van. Mustard receives orders from the mysterious FVB to steal the magical instruments from City Hall and distribute them among FVB and its affiliates ("Mean Mr. Mustard"). Without the instruments, Heartland—now under Mustard's control—quickly degenerates into a hotbed of vice and urban decay. Strawberry takes an early morning bus to Hollywood ("She's Leaving Home") to warn the band ("Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"/"Oh! Darling"). Mustard, who has a crush on Strawberry, follows. In Hollywood, the band and Strawberry steal Mustard's van and use its computer to locate the stolen instruments. They recover the cornet from the deranged, money-driven anti-aging specialist Dr. Maxwell Edison (Steve Martin) ("Maxwell's Silver Hammer"), and the tuba from mind-controlling cult leader Father Sun (Alice Cooper) ("Because"). Billy is knocked out in each battle, with nothing except Strawberry's love keeping him going ("Strawberry Fields Forever"). The group easily find the bass drum, which Mr. Mustard kept for himself in the van. However, the computer and robots malfunction and self-destruct before they can locate the final missing instrument–the saxophone–which remains in the hands of FVB.

As Heartland continues to deteriorate, Billy and the Hendersons, with a bit of help from Dougie, manage to convince a relieved B.D. to organize a benefit concert to save the town ("Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"). Dougie and Lucy, who have bonded over their shared love of money, plot to run off with the show's proceeds ("You Never Give Me Your Money"). They hide bags of money in Mustard's van while Billy, Strawberry, and the Hendersons are watching Earth, Wind & Fire perform at the benefit ("Got to Get You into My Life"). Mustard and the Brute suddenly arrive and take back the van, which also contains the recovered instruments and the benefit money. They also kidnap Strawberry, with whom Mustard has fallen in love from afar ("When I'm Sixty-Four"). Mustard drives off with Dougie, Lucy, Strawberry, and the money hidden on board. Billy and the Hendersons see the van leave and pursue it in the town's hot air balloon in new uniforms.

Mustard drives to FVB's headquarters, where the Future Villain Band plans to take over the world. This Orwellian hard-rock group (Aerosmith) contrasts the wholesomeness and optimism of Sgt. Pepper's band. FVB is described as "the evil force that would poison young minds, pollute the environment, and subvert the democratic process"; they perform in militaristic uniforms on a high platform stage made to look like stacks of money, accompanied by uniformed youth twirling flags. To turn Strawberry into a "mindless groupie", FVB chains her up onstage while the band plays, ("Come Together") and lead singer (Steven Tyler) fondles her. Dougie and Lucy are also tied up and forced to watch. Billy and the Hendersons arrive and engage FVB in hand-to-hand combat. The singer is thrown off the stage to his death, but unfortunately, so is Strawberry.

The town of Heartland, now cleaned up and the instruments returned, holds an elaborate funeral for Strawberry ("Golden Slumbers"/"Carry That Weight"). The depressed Billy attempts to get Strawberry off his mind ("The Long and Winding Road"); when he cannot, the Hendersons worry for him ("A Day in the Life"). Unable to take it anymore after a couple weeks, Billy attempts suicide by jumping from a rooftop. Before he can hit the ground, in a form of Deus ex machina, the Sgt. Pepper weather vane atop City Hall comes to life (Billy Preston). Wielding magical lightning bolts, the Sgt. Pepper Weather vane catches Billy and reverses his suicide attempt. The Sgt. Pepper weather vane dances through the town square ("Get Back"), transforming Mustard and the Brute into a bishop and a monk. Mustard's van is transformed into a Volkswagen Beetle. Dougie and Lucy are transformed into a priest and a nun. Strawberry is restored to life, and happily embraces Billy. The Sgt. Pepper weather vane also transforms the Hendersons' mourning suits into shiny new uniforms.

In the finale, the cast appear with numerous celebrities in a tribute to the original Beatles album cover ("Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Finale)").

Featured performers

 * The Bee Gees (Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb) whose music had been integral to Saturday Night Fever (released by this film's international distributor, Paramount Pictures), play Mark, David and Bob Henderson, members of the re-formed Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. They also provide the computerized voices for Mean Mr. Mustard's robots.
 * Peter Frampton, whose album Frampton Comes Alive! was the biggest-selling live album ever at the time, plays Billy Shears, leader of the re-formed band and grandson of the original Sgt. Pepper character.
 * Steve Martin, whose comedy album A Wild and Crazy Guy was released the same year as the film, reaching number two on the music-dominated Billboard 200 album charts, plays Dr. Maxwell Edison.

The cast also features
 * Frankie Howerd as Mean Mr. Mustard
 * Paul Nicholas as Dougie Shears
 * Donald Pleasence as B.D., referred to as B.D. Hoffler in Burns' narrative voice-over and on a magazine cover in the film, but officially known in the film's credits, publicity materials, and in-film posters as B.D. Brockhurst
 * Sandy Farina as Strawberry Fields
 * Dianne Steinberg as Lucy
 * Aerosmith as Future Villain Band (FVB)
 * Alice Cooper as Father Sun
 * Earth, Wind & Fire, appearing as Earth, Wind, and Fire, the elements.
 * Billy Preston as the magical Sgt. Pepper golden weather vane come to life
 * George Burns as Mr. Kite
 * Stargard as the Diamonds
 * Anna Rodzianko and Rose Aragon as The Computerettes
 * Carel Struycken as The Brute, in his first film appearance
 * Patti Jerome as Saralinda Shears
 * Max Showalter as Ernest Shears
 * John Wheeler as Mr. Fields
 * Jay W. MacIntosh as Ms. Fields
 * Eleanor Zee as Mrs. Henderson
 * Patrick Cranshaw as Western Union Manager
 * Teri Lynn Wood as Bonnie
 * Tracy Justrich as Tippy
 * The actor playing The Evil Gladiola was neither seen nor credited.

Special guests
Additionally, the film becomes a time capsule of late 1970s pop culture with the last scene in which the cast is joined by "Our Guests at Heartland" to sing the reprise of the title track while standing in a formation imitating the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album cover. The scene was filmed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios on December 16, 1977; indeed, according to co-star Carel Struycken (Mustard's henchman Brute), Sgt. Pepper was the last film to be made at MGM under that studio's then existing management.

The guests were

 * Peter Allen
 * Keith Allison
 * George Benson
 * Elvin Bishop
 * Stephen Bishop
 * Jack Bruce
 * Keith Carradine
 * Carol Channing
 * "Charlotte, Sharon, and Ula"
 * Jim Dandy
 * Sarah Dash
 * Rick Derringer
 * Barbara Dickson
 * Donovan
 * Dr. John
 * Randy Edelman
 * Yvonne Elliman
 * José Feliciano
 * Leif Garrett
 * Adrian Gurvitz
 * Billy Harper
 * Eddie Harris
 * Heart
 * Nona Hendryx
 * Barry Humphries as Dame Edna Everage
 * Etta James
 * Bruce Johnston
 * Joe Lala
 * D.C. LaRue
 * Jo Leb
 * Marcy Levy
 * Mark Lindsay
 * Nils Lofgren
 * John Mayall
 * Curtis Mayfield
 * Bruce Morrow (Cousin Brucie)
 * Peter Noone
 * Alan O'Day
 * Lee Oskar
 * The Paley Brothers
 * Robert Palmer
 * Wilson Pickett
 * Anita Pointer
 * Bonnie Raitt
 * Helen Reddy
 * Minnie Riperton
 * Chita Rivera
 * Johnny Rivers
 * Monte Rock III
 * Danielle Rowe
 * Seals & Crofts
 * Sha-Na-Na
 * Del Shannon
 * Joe Simon
 * Connie Stevens
 * Al Stewart
 * John Stewart
 * Tina Turner
 * Frankie Valli
 * Gwen Verdon
 * Diane Vincent
 * Grover Washington, Jr.
 * Alan White
 * Lenny White
 * Jackie Lomax
 * Margaret Whiting
 * Hank Williams, Jr.
 * Johnny Winter
 * Wolfman Jack
 * Bobby Womack
 * Gary Wright

Production
The film began as a 1974 live Broadway show called Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road, which was produced by The Robert Stigwood Organization. Stigwood had purchased the rights to use 29 Beatles songs for the play and was determined to do something with them, so he brought the songs to Henry Edwards to write a script. Edwards had never written a script for a film, but had impressed Stigwood with musical analysis he'd written for The New York Times. "I spread the songs out on my apartment floor and went to work", said Edwards. "Mr Stigwood wanted a concept. I told him I'd like to do a big MGM-like musical. We'd synthesize forms and end up with an MGM musical but with the music of today."

With a script in place, the cast was assembled. In the spring of 1977, Frampton, The Bee Gees, and Martin met to begin work on the soundtrack. Filming started in October 1977 on the backlot of MGM Studios in Culver City, where the set of Heartland, USA was built. Interiors were filmed at Universal City Studios.

Reception
Although Universal had high hopes for the movie – anticipating "this generation's Gone with the Wind " – it worked out differently. According to film historian Leonard Maltin's TV, Movie & Video Guide, the picture "just doesn't work" and "ranges from tolerable to embarrassing. As for the Bee Gees' acting, well, if you can't say something nice..." On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 11% score based on 27 reviews with an average rating of 3.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads "I thought you might like to know that the Beatles (aka the act you've known for all these years) are ill-served by this kitschy, aggressively whimsical fantasy film that's most certainly not a thrill".

In Rolling Stone, Paul Nelson ridiculed virtually every aspect of the production. He said that Frampton had "absolutely no future in Hollywood" while Schultz "would seem to need direction merely to find the set, let alone the camera". Nelson commented on the musical soundtrack: "The album proves conclusively that you can't go home again in 1978. Or, if you do, you'd better be aware of who's taken over the neighborhood." The New York Times's Janet Maslin wrote that the "musical numbers are strung together so mindlessly that the movie has the feel of an interminable variety show", also adding that "conceived in a spirit of merriment...watching it feels like playing shuffleboard at the absolute insistence of a bossy shipboard social director. When whimsy gets to be this overbearing, it simply isn't whimsy any more." Similarly, David Ansen of Newsweek dismissed Sgt. Pepper as "a film with a dangerous resemblance to wallpaper".

A more positive review came from The Valley Independent, whose Ron Paglia called the film "Good, campy fun", citing Steve Martin's performance as "a high point" and the celebrity-filled finale as "something special" before concluding "there's much to enjoy." The Intelligencer's Lou Gaul described the production as "A sort of modern Fantasia for today's teens".

The film was ranked No. 76 on VH1's 100 Most Shocking Moments in Rock and Roll.

Band response
Only Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr went to see the movie when it first premiered. When asked about the film in a 1979 interview, George Harrison expressed his sympathy for Stigwood, Frampton and the Bee Gees, acknowledging that they had all worked hard to achieve success before making Sgt. Pepper. He said of Frampton and the Bee Gees: "I think it's damaged their images, their careers, and they didn't need to do that. It's just like the Beatles trying to do the Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones can do it better." While John Lennon had never publicly acknowledged the film he did attend rehearsals for the play.

Nominations
At the 1978 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, the film received a nomination for Worst Picture. When the ballot was revised in 2003, it kept that nomination while also receiving nominations for Worst Supporting Actress (Dianne Steinberg, who played Lucy in the film) and Worst On-Screen Group (Lucy and the Diamonds).

Box office
The film was a minor commercial success, earning $20.4 million against the production budget of $13 million.


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Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society

The Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) is an organisation that collects royalties and protects rights for music publisher, song writer and composer members, when their music is reproduced, in any format – including online, physical and synchronised.

The MCPS collects and pays royalties to members when their music is:
 * copied and used in physical products (such as records, CDs and DVDs)
 * streamed or downloaded on services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Netflix and Amazon
 * synchronised into audio-visual entertainment including TV, film, video games and advertising
 * on radio.

The MPA Group owns and operates MCPS on behalf of over 30,000 music publisher, song writer and composer members.

History
The Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society was established in its first form in 1910 as Mecolico, the Mechanical Copyright Licenses Company. This was in anticipation of the introduction of the Copyright Act of 1911, which formally accredited copyright to sound recordings.

Mecolico was the first organisation to license mechanical rights in the UK and subsequently joined with the Copyright Protection Society in 1924. Together, they were innovative in collecting mechanical royalties from mass-produced discs.

The Music Publishers Association, the trade association for music publishers in the UK, became the owners of MCPS in 1976 and remain so to this day. This union establishes MCPS as the only collection society which is publisher-led.

MCPS co-formed the MCPS-PRS Alliance with the Performing Right Society Limited (PRS) in 1997 and developed the joint online licence in 2002, aiming to encourage the growth of digital music services, while protecting the rights of its members and collecting royalties for onward distribution to them. Since 2009 the alliance is known as PRS for Music.

A restructuring of MCPS' partnership with PRS was announced in 2013, which introduced a series of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) between the companies. The first SLA, in place since 2013, laid the foundations for the new MCPS/PRS relationship, with PRS becoming MCPS’ outsourced service provider. More detailed data reporting became a focus with both management teams closely collaborating. Most recently in 2021, MCPS and PRS announced a new SLA effective until December 2025, assuring closer collaboration between MCPS and PRS in the best interests of publisher, song writer and composer members, while maintaining their shared value of customer-centricity.

In 2021, MCPS delivered its highest distribution of royalties to publisher, song writer and composer members since 2012. Statutory accounts, published in 2021 show distributions for the year ended 31 December 2020 were £157.8m; a 10% increase of £14.4m from 2019. These strong returns reflect the growing demand for mechanical licensing globally.

In 2022, MCPS announced the highest per year distribution of royalties to its publisher, songwriter and composer members since 2009. Total distributions for the year ended 31 December 2021 are £181.7m; a strong 15% increase of £23.8m over 2020. MCPS also announced a 10% reduction in commissions for all publisher, direct composer and songwriter members, effective Monday 1 August 2022.

In other news for the organisation, Jackie Alway OBE, Executive VP of International Legal & Industry Affairs at Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), was elected as the first woman to hold the role of Chairperson of MCPS in 2020.

MCPS sponsors the AIM Awards and Production Music Awards.

Production music
Production music is produced primarily for synchronisation licensing purposes and provides users with an alternative to licensing commercially released music or commissioned music. MCPS offers production music written by professional song writers and composers which is pre-cleared for any type of usage. MCPS production music provides a library of tracks to choose from and an application process enabling customers to obtain a licence on the same day.

MCPS synchronisation (sync) licence
For unpublished writers and new publishers, MCPS represents many of its members for sync, handling the process of negotiation, licensing and invoicing on their behalf.

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Talk:Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

Correct gameplay where necessary
The description of this game is from what I remember from playing it. Since that was 20 years (!) ago, there may be some errors. Please correct any that you find. — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:05, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)

 * Done. I still occasionally fire up the Apple II emulator (and still have pretty sharp memories of my early 80's game playing as well) -- Kaszeta 20:47, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * And actually, quite a few months ago I excised some text from Castle Wolfenstein since it described BCW and not CW. If I have a change I'll go back into Castle Wolfenstein's history and retrieve some of it.  -- Kaszeta 20:51, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I think this is the version that has the text you're referring to. It would be nice to have it in this article, since it goes into great detail and even has the German phrases they utter. I'll leave that up to you, however, since the two games have become mixed up in my head and I won't be able to play them again for quite a while (if ever). :-)  — Frecklefoot | Talk 21:03, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)

 * I've merged in the text, but right now the prose isn't exactly brilliant. I'll try to clean it up later, but feel free to tinker with it to smooth it out and make it more readable.  -- Kaszeta 13:36, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

'May have' inspired Wolfenstein 3-D?
I thought there was no doubt that Wolfenstein 3-D was a continuation of the Beyond Wolfenstein series? 23skidoo 18:31, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * No, not really a continuation. It was inspired by the series and used the name, but it was more of a re-telling, if memory serves.  Carmack (or Romero) got permission to use the name for their game, but it's not really very similar. — Frecklefoot | Talk 01:41, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I recently bought Masters of Doom, so I'll see what I can do in the next week regarding this stuff.--Drat (Talk) 09:10, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Incorrect initial description?
The first paragraph states "Both games were the only World War II era games that were First-person shooter.". Ignoring the bad grammar at the end, this sentence is wrong as neither BCW or CW are first person. They're both 2D, single board/screen games. Enverex (talk) 16:29, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

 * I've removed the paragraph. It cited This source:
 * This is a short mention which seems confused about the distinction between first-person shooter and simple shooter game. The previous page of the book cites Moby Games for game categorization, but Moby Games lists is as a top-down shooter, so this can safely be regarded as an error. Grayfell (talk) 07:31, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * This is a short mention which seems confused about the distinction between first-person shooter and simple shooter game. The previous page of the book cites Moby Games for game categorization, but Moby Games lists is as a top-down shooter, so this can safely be regarded as an error. Grayfell (talk) 07:31, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

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Sigismund von Schlichting

Sigismund Wilhelm Lorenz von Schlichting (3 October 1829 – 22 October 1909) was a Prussian general and military theorist, perhaps best known for his participation in the debates over infantry tactics in the 1880s and 1890s.

Schlichting was born in Berlin, the son of a Prussian general who was then the commander of the Kriegsakademie (War Academy). In many respects his early career was typical: he matriculated in the cadet corps and received his commission as a lieutenant at the age of 18. Instead of attending the War Academy, however, he was educated at the universities of Bonn and Göttingen. In 1861 he was promoted to captain and given command of a company. He saw action against Austria in the Seven Weeks War of 1866, and at the end of that year was promoted to major and seconded to the General Staff. Schlichting returned to the line in 1870 and commanded an infantry battalion in the Franco-Prussian War.

In 1872 Schlichting was appointed chief of staff of the VII Army Corps, based in Münster, a post which he held for two years. From 1874 to 1878 he commanded an infantry regiment at Spandau, after which he was made chief of staff of the Guard Corps, a highly prestigious position. From 1884 until 1896 Schlichting held a series of field commands, finishing as commander of the XIV Army Corps (1888–1896). Sigismund von Schlichting retired from active service in 1896 and died in 1909.

Partial list of works

 * Taktische und strategische Grundsätze der Gegenwart. (1898) (Tactical and Strategic Principles of the Present)
 * Moltkes Vermächtniss. (1901) (Moltke's Legacy)

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Francisco Álvarez Martínez

Francisco Álvarez Martínez (14 July 1925 – 5 January 2022) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who was archbishop of Toledo from 1995 to 2002. He was bishop of Tarazona from 1973 to 1976, of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño from 1976 to 1989, and of Orihuela-Alicante from 1989 to 1995. He was created a cardinal in 2001.

Biography
Álvarez Martínez was born in the parish of Santa Eulalia de Ferroñes in Llanera, Asturias, on 14 July 1925. He studied at the seminary in Oviedo and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Oviedo on 11 June 1950. He served as the archbishop's secretary from 1950 to 1956 and was chancellor of the archdiocese from 1957 to 1969. He studied canon law at the Pontifical University of Salamanca from 1955 to 1958 and then earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of Comillas in 1962.

He was appointed bishop of Tarazona on 13 April 1973 by Pope Paul VI. He was consecrated by Luigi Dadaglio, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, assisted by Pedro Cantero Cuadrado, Archbishop of Zaragoza, and José Méndez Asensio, Archbishop of Pamplona. He was transferred to the see of Calahora y La Calzada-Logroño on 20 December 1976 and then to the see of Orihuela-Alicante on 12 May 1989. He was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo on 23 June 1995.

He was made Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria Regina Pacis a Monte Verde in the consistory of 21 February 2001 by Pope John Paul II.

Pope John Paul accepted his resignation as Archbishop of Toledo on 24 October 2002. Three months before his 80th birthday, Álvarez Martínez was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI.

Álvarez Martínez died in a Madrid hospital after a long illness on 5 January 2022, at the age of 96.

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Dream dictionary

A dream dictionary (also known as oneirocritic literature) is a tool made for interpreting images in a dream. Dream dictionaries tend to include specific images which are attached to specific interpretations. However, dream dictionaries are generally not considered scientifically viable by those within the psychology community.

History
Since the 19th century, the art of dream interpretation has been transferred to a scientific ground, making it a distinct part of psychology. However, the dream symbols of the "unscientific" days—the outcome of hearsay interpretations that differ around the world among different cultures—continued to mark the day of an average human-being, who is most likely unfamiliar with Freudian analysis of dreams.

The dream dictionary includes interpretations of dreams, giving each symbol in a dream a specific meaning. The argument of what dreams represent has greatly changed over time. With this changing, so have the interpretation of dreams. Dream dictionaries have changed in content since they were first published. The Greeks and Romans saw dreams as having a religious meaning. This made them believe that their dreams were an insight into the future and held the key to the solutions of their problems. Aristotle's view on dreams were that they were merely a function of our physiological make up. He did not believe dreams have a greater meaning, solely that they're the result of how we sleep. In the Middle Ages, dreams were seen as an interpretation of good or evil.

Although the dream dictionary is not recognized in the psychology world, Freud is said to have revolutionized the interpretation and study of dreams. Freud came to the conclusion that dreams were a form of wish fulfillment. Dream dictionaries were first based upon Freudian thoughts and ancient interpretations of dreams.

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Talk:All Hail West Texas

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Notability?
The Mountain Goats are a very popular and critically acclaimed band, how could this not be notable? The New Yorker certainly considers them notable and talks about them frequently. This album specifically seems important as it culminates the evolution of a developing production style and precedes a major turning point in the band's sound. Justinkrivers (talk) 05:40, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed, I've removed the tag. We still need sources though. sparkl!sm hey! 10:45, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

"In other Media"/"Legacy", or similar.
Considering a substantial edit, in which the "Podcast" section is replaced by a section discussing "All Hails West Texas" in projects since: such a section would include the podcast, compilation covers album, and a discussion of the 2023 album Jenny From Thebes. Likearaisin (talk) 13:00, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

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John Medeski

Anthony John Medeski (born June 28, 1965) is an American jazz keyboard player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York's 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood. He plays the acoustic piano and an eclectic array of keyboards, including the Hammond B3 organ, melodica, mellotron, clavinet, ARP String Ensemble, Wurlitzer electric piano, Moog Voyager Synthesizer, Wurlitzer 7300 Combo Organ, Vox Continental Baroque organ, and Yamaha CS-1 Synthesizer, among others. When playing acoustic piano, Medeski usually plays the Steinway piano and is listed as a Steinway Artist.

Biography
Medeski was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and grew up in Florida. After studying piano as a child (starting when he was five years old), he began as a teenager to perform with musicians such as Mark Murphy and Jaco Pastorius. He attended Pine Crest School. In 1983, after graduating from high school, he began studying piano at the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he performed as a sideman with Dewey Redman, Billy Higgins, Bob Mintzer, Alan Dawson. Medeski attributes his early interest in playing improvised music and jazz to listening to Oscar Peterson.

Medeski performs in a range of musical styles, from accessible groove based funk and jazz (such as the MMW albums and A Go Go with John Scofield) to more experimental music (including many of John Zorn's projects: Duras: Duchamp, Interzone, Liber Novus, Nova Express, Dreamachines, Templars: In Sacred Blood, At the Gates of Paradise etc. and collaborations with David Fiuczynski).

Medeski is best known for his work with Medeski Martin & Wood including drummer and percussionist Billy Martin and bassist Chris Wood. The trio formed in New York in 1991 playing gigs at The Village Gate. Since the mid-1990s they have toured steadily in both national and international funk, jazz, and jam music scenes. The band has collaborated with such musicians as Iggy Pop, Trey Anastasio and John Scofield.

Medeski produced and was featured on the Dirty Dozen Brass Band's 1999 release Buckjump. Also in 1999, he played the organ on two tracks of the Morphine album The Night.

In 2000, Medeski became a member of The Word, a bluesy gospel style project with members Robert Randolph (pedal steel) from Robert Randolph and the Family Band, brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar) and Cody Dickinson (drums), and Chris Chew (bass) of North Mississippi Allstars. The band released a self-titled album in 2001 and toured in 2001 and 2002. The band reunited in 2005 for a performance at the Bonnaroo Music Festival, and they embarked on tour again in late 2007.

He has also occasionally performed with Phil Lesh and Friends.

Medeski was a guest on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz radio program on September 27, 2005. During the show he talked at length about his formal training on the piano, his approach to playing music, and some of the musicians that he admires the most. He performed several songs by Thelonious Monk and other composers, as well as the Medeski, Martin & Wood classic "Bubblehouse". The show was released on compact disc on April 4, 2006.

Medeski was also an inaugural member of the Independent Music Awards' judging panel to support independent artists.

On July 14, 2006, John Medeski & The Itch performed their debut gig at the All Good Music Festival in Masontown, West Virginia. The Itch consists of Eric Krasno (guitar) of Soulive and Adam Deitch (drums) with Medeski playing a B3 Organ. Also in 2006, Medeski performed with The Million Dollar Bashers for the recording of the soundtrack to the Bob Dylan biopic, I'm Not There.

In 2008, Medeski was featured on guitarist Will Bernard's Blue Plate Special album.

In 2012, Medeski was featured on progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria's albums "The Afterman: Ascension" and "The Afterman: Descension," performing piano, clavinet and synthesizer parts.

In 2016, Medeski formed the supergroup Saudade along with Chino Moreno of Deftones, Team Sleep, Palms, and Crosses; guitarist Dr. Know of Bad Brains; bassist Chuck Doom of Crosses and Team Sleep; and drummer Mackie Jayson of Cro-Mags and Bad Brains.

In 2018, Medeski formed John Medeski's Mad Skillet with two members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. They recorded an album in New Orleans and toured subsequently.

In 2023, Medeski composed and performed the original score for the new television series The Curse, created and written by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, starring Emma Stone, Fielder and Safdie.

Discography

 * Solo
 * A Different Time (OKeh, 2013)
 * John Medeski's Mad Skillet (Indirecto, 2018)
 * The Curse Original Score

 * With Medeski Martin & Wood
 * Notes from the Underground (Gramavision, 1992)
 * It's a Jungle in Here (Gramavision, 1993)
 * Friday Afternoon in the Universe (Gramavision, 1995)
 * Shack-man (Gramavision, 1996)
 * Farmer's Reserve (Indirecto, 1997)
 * Bubblehouse (Gramavision, 1997)
 * Combustication (Blue Note, 1998)
 * Tonic (Blue Note, 2000)
 * The Dropper (Blue Note, 2000)
 * Electric Tonic (Indirecto, 2001)
 * Uninvisible (Blue Note, 2002)
 * End of the World Party (Blue Note, 2004)
 * Let's Go Everywhere (Little Monster, 2008)
 * The Radiolarian Series (Indirecto, 2008–2009)
 * Radiolarians 1 (Indirecto, 2008)
 * Radiolarians 2 (Indirecto, 2009)
 * Radiolarians 3 (Indirecto, 2009)
 * The Stone: Issue Four (Tzadik, 2010)
 * 20 (Indirecto, 2011)
 * Free Magic (Indirecto, 2012) – acoustic live album, recorded 2007
 * Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2 (Indirecto, 2013 [2014]) – with Nels Cline
 * Omnisphere (Indirecto, 2015 [2018]) – with Alarm Will Sound Orchestra

 * With Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood
 * Out Louder (Indirecto, 2006)
 * In Case the World Changes Its Mind (Indirecto, 2011)
 * Juice (Indirecto, 2014)

 * With Billy Martin
 * Mago (Amulet, 2007)

 * With The Word
 * The Word (Ropeadope, 2001)
 * Soul Food (Vanguard Records, 2015)

 * With Hudson
 * Hudson (Motema, 2017) - Collective group also featuring Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, and Larry Grenadier

 * With David Fiuczynski
 * Lunar Crush (Gramavision, 1994)

 * With Marian McPartland
 * Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz: John Medeski (Concord, 2006)

 * With Pat Sansone, Robby Grant & Jonathan Kirkscey
 * Mellotron Variations (Spaceflight Records, 2019)

As backing musician

 * With James Carter
 * Heaven on Earth (Half Note, 2009)

 * With Cibo Matto
 * Stereo * Type A (Warner Bros., 1999)

With Either/Orchestra
 * The Half-Life of Desire (Accurate, 1990)

 * With Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
 * Outbound (Columbia, 2000)

 * With Marc Ribot
 * The Prosthetic Cubans (Atlantic, 1998)

 * With Roswell Rudd
 * Trombone for Lovers (Sunnyside, 2013)

 * With John Scofield
 * A Go Go (Verve, 1998)
 * Überjam (Verve, 2002)
 * Überjam Deux (Emarcy, 2013)

With Spectrum Road (Tony Williams tribute project with Cindy Blackman, Jack Bruce, Vernon Reid)
 * Spectrum Road (Palmetto, 2012)

 * With Steev Richter
 * Beloved (Steev Richter, 2016)

 * With Surrender to the Air
 * Surrender to the Air (Elektra, 1996)

 * With Matt Wilson
 * Gathering Call (Palmetto, 2014)

 * With John Zorn
 * Bar Kokhba (Tzadik, 1996)
 * Duras: Duchamp (Tzadik, 1997)
 * Zaebos: Book of Angels Vol.11 (Tzadik, 2008) – Medeski Martin & Wood
 * Interzone (Tzadik, 2010)
 * Dictée/Liber Novus (Tzadik, 2010)
 * Nova Express (Tzadik, 2011)
 * At the Gates of Paradise (Tzadik, 2011)
 * Templars: In Sacred Blood (Tzadik, 2012) – with Moonchild
 * A Vision in Blakelight (Tzadik, 2012)
 * The Concealed (Tzadik, 2012)
 * Dreamachines (Tzadik, 2013)
 * On Leaves of Grass (Tzadik, 2014)
 * The Last Judgment (Tzadik, 2014) - with Moonchild
 * Simulacrum (Tzadik, 2015)
 * The True Discoveries of Witches and Demons (Tzadik, 2015)
 * Inferno (Tzadik, 2015)

 * With Tisziji Muñoz
 * Beauty As Beauty (Anami Music, 2013)
 * Beauty As Ugly (Anami Music, 2013)
 * Ugly As Ugliest (Anami Music, 2013)
 * Free Freedom (Anami Music, 2013)
 * Parasamgate Nebula: The Death of Death (Anami Music, 2014)
 * Realization of Paradox: Melting the Mind of Logic (Anami Music, 2014)
 * Heart Trance Revelation (Anami Music, 2014)
 * The Anniversary Concert DVD (Anami Music, 2014)
 * Maha Shiva: The Razor's Healing Edge (Anami Music, 2014)
 * The Heart Is The Universe DVD (Anami Music, 2014)
 * Songs of Soundlessness (Anami Music, 2015)
 * The Paradox of Perfection (Anami Music, 2015)
 * Ensoundment Protection (Anami Music, 2015)
 * Alpha Nebula Expanded: The Monster Peace (Anami Music, 2015)
 * Creating Silence (Anami Music, 2015)
 * Heaven Is Freedom (Anami Music, 2015)
 * When Coltrane Calls! Session 1: Fierce Compassion (Anami Music, 2016)

 * With Auktyon
 * Devushki poyut (Девушки поют) (Geometry, 2011)

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Oteil Burbridge

Oteil Burbridge (born August 24, 1964) is an American multi-instrumentalist, specializing on the bass guitar, trained in playing jazz and classical music from an early age. He has achieved fame primarily on bass guitar during the resurgence of the Allman Brothers Band from 1997 through 2014, and as a founding member of the band Dead & Company. Burbridge was also a founding member of The Aquarium Rescue Unit and Tedeschi Trucks Band, with whom his brother Kofi Burbridge was the keyboardist and flautist. He has worked with other musicians including Bruce Hampton, Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Bill Kreutzmann and Derek Trucks.

Burbridge has been recognized for his ability to incorporate scat-singing into his improvised bass solos. Burbridge endorses Fodera, Modulus, Sukop and Dunlop guitars and effects. He is ranked 64th on Bass Player magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time".

Early endeavors
Burbridge was born and raised in Washington, D.C., to an African American family with some Egyptian heritage. His name, Oteil, means "explorer" or "wanderer". When he and elder sibling Kofi showed talent for music, their mother encouraged them with classical and jazz courses hoping to nurture their musical inclinations and keep them out of trouble. Kofi remembers Oteil's first drum set: a Quaker Oatmeal box, when he was only three or four years old. Both brothers were introduced to a wide variety of instruments, and became multi-instrumentalists, with both being taught to play the piano. Oteil gained proficiency on the bass clarinet, violin, and trumpet; however, bass guitar and drums became his instruments of choice (while Kofi developed a love for both flute and keyboards). Burbridge was also interested in the theater and became the co-host of a local children's television show called "Stuff". He was enrolled in the Sidwell Friends School, graduating in 1982.

Oteil performed regularly in a variety of D.C. bands as a teenager, gathering experience playing R&B, rock, Brazilian music and jazz among other styles. He moved to Virginia Beach and worked mostly in cover bands there, and subsequently became part of the Atlanta musical scene, where he played with different musicians and also became fluent in other genres of music.

The Aquarium Rescue Unit
As one of the original members of Bruce Hampton's avant-garde band, the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Burbridge was introduced to members of the jam band scene in the southeast of the United States. This included members of Phish, Phil Lesh and Friends, and Blues Traveler, who freely sat in with one another in each other's bands. When Hampton left the Aquarium Rescue Unit, it slowly disbanded; however, Burbridge had developed a reputation on the four-, five-, and eventually the six-string bass guitar, enjoying the less commercial aspects of playing with Atlanta-area musicians. During its initial years, the band was composed of Bruce Hampton, Oteil Burbridge, Jimmy Herring, Jeff Sipe, Matt Mundy, and Count M'Butu. Although the band was never commercially successful, their unique combination of bluegrass, rock, Latin, blues, jazz, and funk (along with the impeccable chops of the members) led to their becoming an influence on other bands and served as a kind of template for their own future musical endeavors.

Dead & Company
In 2015 Burbridge joined Dead & Company to play bass/drums. The band consists of himself with Bob Weir, John Mayer, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Jeff Chimenti. The band's first performance was on October 29, 2015 at Times Union Center in Albany, New York. They have since toured in the fall of 2015, the summer of 2016, the summer of 2017, the fall of 2017, the summer of 2018, and did a series of three shows in Mexico called "Playing in the Sand" in January 2019. Dead & Company started their Summer Tour 2019 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on May 31 and June 1, 2019. They toured again in the summer of 2021, summer of 2022 and the final tour in summer 2023. He is currently playing with the band during their summer 2024 residency at The Sphere.

Les Brers
In 2015 Burbridge became a founding member of Les Brers, a band led by founding Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks. The band also consists of his former Allman Brothers bandmates Jaimoe, Marc Quiñones and Jack Pearson along with Pat Bergeson, Bruce Katz and Lamar Williams Jr.

The Allman Brothers Band
Burbridge was a full-time member of the Allman Brothers Band from 1997 until their retirement in 2014, touring and recording with the band for 17 years. In February 2012, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his years with the band. Burbridge played on the albums Peakin' at the Beacon (2000), Hittin' the Note (2003), One Way Out (2004) as well as the DVD Live at the Beacon Theatre (2003, certified Platinum 2004). He was nominated for two Grammy Awards as a member of the band in 2003 and 2004. He occasionally provided lead vocals with the band, including their cover of the Dead's "Franklin’s Tower" and, during the Brothers' final year, "Seven Turns."

Tedeschi Trucks Band
In 2010, Oteil joined his brother Kofi and Allman Brothers bandmate Derek Trucks as the bassist in the new group Tedeschi Trucks Band; an eleven piece ensemble which merged some former members of The Derek Trucks Band and Susan Tedeschi's backing band. Tedeschi Trucks Band performed at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010; one of Oteil's compositions "Love Has Something Else to Say" appears on the DVD release. The Tedeschi Trucks Band released their debut album, Revelator, in 2011, which won the Grammy for Best Blues Album at the 54th Grammy Awards. In 2012, the band released their sophomore album, Everybody's Talkin' , a double live album compiled from their 2011 world tour.

On October 5, 2012, Oteil posted a statement on the band's website that he "will not be able to continue to tour with TTB", so he can start a family. He did "hope that we have music left to make together in the future."

BK3
Oteil Burbridge joined the Bill Kreutzmann Trio alongside Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead and Scott Murawski of Max Creek, as the BK3. They toured throughout 2008 and early 2009 before Oteil left due to touring commitments with the Allman Brothers Band. The group played several Grateful Dead classics, Max Creek originals and covers, as well as many new songs written by Robert Hunter.[4]

Oteil and the Peacemakers
In 1998, Burbridge formed a band called Oteil and the Peacemakers. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, it featured musicians Matt Slocum on keyboards, Mark Kimbrell on guitar, Chris Fryar on drums, and vocalist Paul Henson, a carry over from the post-Colonel Aquarium Rescue Unit releases. They released their first album, Love of a Lifetime, that same year. That was followed up in 2003 by the CD/DVD set entitled The Family Secret. In 2005, Burbridge took his music in a greater spiritual direction for their third album titled Believer.

Vida Blue
Burbridge also was approached by Page McConnell of Phish who invited him and Russell Batiste, Jr. (then of the Funky Meters) to participate in another venture as an electronic trio with vocals. Their name was not chosen until Major League Baseball pitcher Vida Blue hopped up on stage with them and they decided to name themselves after the baseball star. The trio formed in 2001 and continued performing until 2004, putting out a DVD and two albums, and later joining forces with a Latin-rock sextet which sampled a variety of musical genres including the jazz and electronic music-flavored alternative rock music of Vida Blue.

The Adventures of the Green Thumb and Purple Haze
The Green Thumb is a serial comic book that Burbridge created with artist LeVar Carter following the adventures of twin cannabis superheroes. The comic explores themes involving the power of nature and spirituality, the role corporations and governments play in stifling scientific and cultural advancements for the purpose of preserving profits and power, and also what it means to be deemed illegal just by one's lot in life (as it pertains to one's biology, nationality, gender, sexuality). A book featuring the characters was published in 2014.

Film
Burbridge also had a bit part, as a teenager, playing a street thug named Lolo in the 1979 Peter Sellers movie Being There. The movie is a black comedy about politics and the woes of celebrity and fame. Although Burbridge plays a small part in a short scene, it is one of the film's many famous moments.

Podcast
Since 2020 Burbridge has cohosted the Comes A Time Podcast with comedian Mike Finoia. Oteil is a fan of professional wrestling.

Solo

 * Water in the Desert (2017)
 * Lovely View of Heaven (2023)

With The Zac Brown Band

 * The Grohl Sessions, Vol. 1 (2013)

With The Tedeschi Trucks Band

 * Revelator (2011)
 * Everybody's Talkin' (2012)

With The Allman Brothers Band

 * Peakin' at the Beacon (2000)
 * Hittin' the Note (2003)
 * Live at the Beacon Theatre (DVD) (2003)
 * One Way Out (2004)
 * 40 (DVD) (2014)
 * The Fox Box (2017)
 * Cream of the Crop 2003 (2018)
 * Warner Theatre, Erie, PA 7-19-05 (2020)

With Oteil and the Peacemakers

 * Love of a Lifetime (1998)
 * The Family Secret (2003)
 * Believer (2005)

With Vida Blue

 * Vida Blue (2002)
 * The Illustrated Band (2003)
 * Crossing Lines (2019)

With The Aquarium Rescue Unit

 * Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit (1992)
 * Mirrors of Embarrassment (1993)
 * Eepeee (1994)
 * In a Perfect World (1994)
 * The Calling (2003)

Other

 * Arkansas (1987/2000) – Col Bruce Hampton
 * Gossip (1996) – T Lavitz
 * Surrender to the Air (1996) – Surrender to the Air
 * What Did He Say? (1997) – Victor Wooten
 * Bass Extremes: Cookbook (1998) – Steve Bailey, Victor Wooten
 * Bass Day '98 (1999) – various artists
 * Searching for Simplicity (1998) – Gregg Allman
 * The Stranger's Hand (1999) – Oteil Burbridge, Howard Levy, Jerry Goodman, Steve Smith
 * Croakin' at Toad's (2000) – Frogwings
 * The Deep End, Volume 1 (2001) – Gov't Mule
 * Live in NYC 6/16/04 (2005) – Heavenly Jams Band
 * Go There (2007) – Scott Sawyer
 * Lifeboat (2008) – Jimmy Herring
 * The Imagine Project (2010) – Herbie Hancock
 * Cooking With Dynamite! (2011) – Hawk Tubley & The Airtight Chiefs
 * Ashes & Dust (2015) – Warren Haynes

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Application Services Library

The Application Services Library (ASL) is a public domain framework of best practices used to standardize processes within Application Management, the discipline of producing and maintaining information systems and applications. The term "library" is used because ASL is presented as a set of books describing best practices from the IT industry.

ASL is closely related to the frameworks ITIL (for IT Service Management) and BiSL (for Information Management and Functional Management) and to the Capability Maturity Model (CMM).

The ASL framework was developed because ITIL proved inadequate for Application Management. At that time, ITIL lacked specific guidance for application design, development, maintenance and support. Newer ITIL versions, particularly V3, have increasingly addressed the Application Development and Application Management domains; the ASL BiSL Foundation has published a white paper comparing ITIL v3 and ASL.

ASL was developed in the late nineties in the Netherlands, originally as the proprietary R2C model, which evolved into ASL in 2000. In 2001 it was donated by the IT Service Provider PinkRoccade to the ASL Foundation, now the ASL BiSL Foundation. The version ASL2 was published in 2009.

Purpose
The ASL2 is intended to support Application Management by providing tools. Two main categories of aids are defined:
 * Descriptions of the processes for Application Management. Plus the use of best-practises
 * Standard terminology, avoiding the pitfall of talking about different topics while using the same words.

Structure of ASL2
ASL2 contains 3 levels, 6 clusters of processes (3 on the operational level, 1 on the tactical level, 2 on the strategic level) and a totality of 26 processes.

Application Support cluster
There are 4 processes within the Application Support cluster. The processes in the Service Organisation cluster support the daily use of the information systems. The processes in this cluster are: These processes have as well been defined in the ITIL framework. The processes are similar, but are viewed from another point of view, therefore the activities in each of these processes may differ from the activities in an ITIL-environment.
 * Use Support
 * Configuration Management
 * IT Operation Management
 * Continuity Management

Application Maintenance and Renewal cluster
There are 5 processes within the Application Maintenance and Renewal cluster. Within this cluster the majority of the work of Application Development is done. A major part of the work of Application Management deals with designing, programming and testing applications and information systems. Processes are: These processes are not described at all in the ITIL V1 framework, but do have their counterparts in BiSL, the model for Information management / Functional Management.
 * Impact analysis
 * Design
 * Realization
 * Testing
 * Implementation

Connecting Processes Operational Level cluster
There are 2 processes within the Connecting Processes Operational Level cluster. The connecting processes aim at the synchronisation of the activities between Service Organisation/operations (using the applications) and development and maintenance (changing the applications). The two processes included are:
 * Change Management
 * Software Control and Distribution

Management Processes cluster
There are 5 processes within the Management Processes cluster. The processes in this cluster are used in the management of the activities within the clusters on the operational level. The processes are located on the tactical level, are used for steering the operational processes. The processes included are:
 * Contract Management
 * Planning and Control
 * Quality Management
 * Financial Management
 * Supplier Management

Application Strategy cluster
There are 5 processes within the Application Strategy cluster. Applications live for longer than expected. Systems, functionality, concepts and structure of information systems remain stable over many years. This knowledge is rarely used. It is important that, while maintaining and enhancing systems, there is a clear view needed what the demands are in the future, and based on that, what and how the future of these applications should look like. This view, the application management strategies, is created within the cluster Application Strategy. The processes in this cluster are:
 * IT Developments Strategy
 * Customer Organizations Strategy
 * Customer Environment Strategy
 * Application Life Cycle Management
 * Application Portfolio Management

Application Management Organization Strategy cluster
There are 5 processes within the Application Management Organization Strategy cluster. Also the future of the Application Management organisation, with aspects as skills and capabilities, markets and customers, is very important. Creating the organisation management strategies for this is the aim of Application Management Organization Strategy cluster. Processes in this cluster include:
 * Account and Market Definition
 * Capabilities Definition
 * Technology Definition
 * Supplier Definition
 * Service Delivery Definition

ASL2 Maturity Model
There is also ASL2 Maturity Model with 5 levels of process maturity:
 * Level 1 - Initial
 * Level 2 - Repeatable
 * Level 3 - Defined and managed
 * Level 4 - Optimizing
 * Level 5 - Chain

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of asexuals

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete (blk-cmp error). – ABCD 01:16, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

List of asexuals
This "article" is at best speculation. Aside from a small list of names, the only text in the article is The following people are or were—probably or definitely—asexual. This is appallingly imprecise and unencyclopaedic. Several users have removed names from the list for lack of evidence or erroneous supposition of their asexuality. Delete with extreme prejudice. Exploding Boy 18:11, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I was briefly involved with this article last November, I think it was, and restored it on the understanding that it might be made encyclopedic, which didn't happen. This list is a complete shot in the dark and currently absent sourcing. Mackensen (talk) 18:18, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unverifiable, no potential to become encyclopedic. "Never married, no evidence of sexuality in public record" does not equal "asexual". Lots of us, er, I mean lots of people have sexuality that doesn't make the newspapers and gets misinterpreted as "no alignment" or "unapproved alignment". Barno 19:47, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wrong on many levels, especially the potentially libellous one... Fire Star 20:16, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree with all the above. Mgm|(talk) 21:06, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agree with all of the above. This is almost certainly unverifiable and/or potentially lawsuit-inducing. Not only that, but I always understood "asexual" to mean "without determinable biological sex", like worker ants. Isaac Newton may have died a virgin, but that doesn't mean he wasn't a male, or else we could add plenty of Popes to this list as well. Meelar (talk) 21:09, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Jaysus, what a worthless excuse for an article. No definition or parameters, just a flat assertion without any proof or argument that the people listed are "asexual". Delete, with prejudice. --Calton | Talk 01:10, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless someone provides sources. Maybe delete it even then. Dave the Red (talk) 03:47, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The listed people may have been celibate or have had no sex life to speak of for various reasons but they were not biologically asexual. The list would have to include either self-professed asexuals or people born without sexual characteristics whatsoever. As far as I know, there are no known examples of the latter - Skysmith 07:26, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete for far too many reasons to list here. Edward Gorey? 23skidoo 19:38, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agree with everything Barno said. Jonathunder 04:59, 2005 Apr 8 (UTC)
 * Delete postmortem speculation. And come on, "Ho Chimin"? I cannot begin.. --Asriel86 23:22, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * keep and expand, no just kidding. Delete as vandalism --204.38.191.99 13:06, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * That was me, sorry... WoW 13:07, 11 Apr 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.


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User talk:Anujkp

Welcome!

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place  on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! Hi Anuj, Welcome to Wikipedia. As you have seen we have uploaded all your images to Kalimpong and are grateful that you have licenced the imaeg under Creative Commons. I was in Kalimpong recently and I am committed to making the Kalimpong page one of Wikipedia's best. Would you assist me? I would need some crosschecking done. =  ( talk  •  contribs )= 18:12, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page
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 * I would need to know if the information listed on the page is correct since you were residing in the beautiful town. =   ( talk  •  contribs )= 20:21, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi Nichalp, Do I reply to you in my talk page or yours?? I'm still not too familiar with the wikipedia system and etiquette. Anyway, I will try and add/correct/edit the information that I know to be accurate about Kalimpong. If there is anything in particular you would like to cross check, please let me know, and if I do not know the answer, I can always find out from Kalimpong. --Anujkp 08:19, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * It would be better to reply on the users talk page so that he does not have to come looking for a new message. Some people keep a copy of their replies on their talk pages for the sake of continuity. =   ( talk  •  contribs )=

I'm looking for some more info on the economy section. It looks a little shaky. Also about the district judge and jail. That needs to be checked. Plus some matter on the 40 day strike by CK pradhan. (My roommate studied in KP while in school. Last dec we went to see KP.) =   ( talk  •  contribs )= 18:45, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)

Thought you might be interested in the above. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  13:05, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

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May 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 3

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 15 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 19.

Saints

 * Martyrs Hesperos (Exuperius) and Zoe, and their sons Cyriacos and Theodoulos, at Attalia (c. 124)
 * Saint Jordan the Wonderworker
 * Saint Sabbas, Bishop of Dafnousia
 * Saint Boris-Michael, Prince and baptizer of Bulgaria, Equal-to-the-Apostles (907)

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Saint Valentine, Bishop of Genoa in Italy c. 295-307, (c. 307)
 * Saint Germanus of Normandy, converted by St Germanus of Auxerre, martyred in France (c. 460)
 * Hieromartyrs Vindemialis, Eugene and Longinus, Bishops in North Africa martyred by the Arian Vandal King Hunneric (c. 485)
 * Saint Neachtain, a relative of St Patrick of Ireland at whose repose he was present (5th century)
 * Saint Ultan, Irish monk, brother of Saints Fursey and Foillan (657)
 * Saint Waldebert (Walbert, Gaubert), abbot of Luxeuil in France (c. 668)
 * Saint Bertinus the Younger, Benedictine monk at Sithin, in France (699)
 * Saint Felix of Seville, deacon and martyr in Seville, Spain, under the Muslims.
 * Martyr Wiborada, anchoress of St. Gallen Abbey in Germany (926)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * St. Athanasius of Syandem and Valaam (c. 1550)
 * Patriarch Athanasius III Patelaros, of Constantinople, from Lubensk (Lubny), Wonderworker (1654)
 * Blessed Basil of Kadom, fool-for-Christ (1848)
 * Saint Matrona the Blind, the Righteous Wonderworker of Moscow (1952)

Other commemorations

 * Translation of the relics of Patriarch Athanasius of Alexandria (Athanasios the Great) (373)
 * Translation of the relics (1072 and 1115) of the holy passion-bearers Boris and Gleb (in holy baptism Romanus and David) (1015)
 * Icon of the Theotokos of Putivilsk (1238, 1635)

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OAO

OAO, a three-letter acronym, may stand for:
 * Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, the name of four NASA scientific satellites
 * Open joint-stock company (Открытое Aкционерное Oбщество), business incorporation in Russia, Ukraine etc.
 * Odessey and Oracle, 1968 album by The Zombies
 * Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee a platform game made by Oddworld Inhabitants released in 1997
 * Over and Out (disambiguation), various meanings including the usual ending of transmissions in telecommunications
 * Open-access operator, a British passenger rail company which does not hold a franchise

title: OAO