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Campaign
I was wondering if someone with more memory than I could exlplain the campaign section why Poseidon favors Garagrensis. I think it had something to do with being his son? If someone doesnt, Ill go and play it again, but I'd rather not. I  (said)  (did) 21:54, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the last response here. I don't think it's because of a relation of any kind, if I recall correctly it was just because Poseiden didn't like Atlantis, and kinda defaulted towards its enemy; Gargarensis.  But by all means, play it again anyway :D  Giggy  UCP 06:48, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, Poseidon was the principal god of Atlantis in AoM's storyline. Gargarensis's great-grandmother was "seduced" (raped?) by Poseidon, which angered Gargarensis, and rather than seeking revenge he only wanted Poseidon to help him become a god. Since Poseidon had already been tempted by Kronos into betraying the Olympians, Kronos promised Gargarensis that he would become a god if the Titan was freed by him, and that Poseidon would help him along the way as their goals were the same. Poseidon couldn't just free Kronos by himself, BTW, since the gods were prevented from opening the gates that sealed the Titans in Tartarus. Hope this helps. :) 70.146.31.251 18:07, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah. I knew it was something like that! Thanks much. Feel free to add that into the campaign portion of the article. i said 18:09, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * You do it, I, it was your question :P Giggy  Talk 22:33, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I have completed the campaign several times, and I heard nothing of Gargarensis's great-grandmother. Where did you learn this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)
 * It is in the description. Click on Gargarensis, then right-click his icon. In the infobox, you will find all your answers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.42.180.114 (talk) 18:32, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Deleted track listing
I deleted the soundtrack's track listing because I thought it was non-notable information, and only people who already have the soundtrack will even know which songs are which. Not very useful. - furrykef (Talk at me) 22:32, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Track listings are maintained for all soundtracks and album pages, as they are considered notable to the soundtrack/album. I'll try and find some policy or something concerning that. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 23:15, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The soundtrack received many great reviews and a lot of different artists featured on it. Just for the record, notability only applies to article topics, and not the content itself. I suggest you re-read WP:N.  Sebi  [talk] 23:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Sebi -- point taken. Dihydrogen Monoxide -- there's the saying "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds". In other words, just because other soundtracks do it doesn't mean it's the right choice here. What does the track listing bring to the article? What does it tell the reader? I still don't think the track listing has any use at all unless you already have the album, in which case you don't need it. - furrykef (Talk at me) 02:15, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Link: Age of Mythology Heaven
Added link to Age of Mythology heaven. It has loads more info than can ever be described on one wiki page. Also, is a place to go for support for the game, as developers have abandoned it. James 02:05, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Removed it. Per WP:EL, links to fansites are rarely needed, especially when the article is well referenced in its own right. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 08:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Age of Mythology experiment
Some Austrian scientists have used Age of Mythology in an AI experiment (slides, summary). Perhaps it could be mentioned in the article. JACO PLANE  • 2007-10-9 18:00
 * Ooh, nice find. Thanks Jacoplane :) Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 06:50, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Featured Article.
Congratulations to Dihydrogen Monoxide, and everyone else who helped with this article. :) · AndonicO Talk 12:14, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Aww, thanks mate. You didn't do too bad yourself. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 07:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you. · AndonicO Talk 11:54, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Lazer Bear, Bella, Flying Purple Hippo, Fork Boy, etc.
There is nothing concerning the cheat units of AoM anywhere on Wikipedia. They are notable, and some of them (Lazer Bear in particular) have very interesting descriptions.
 * As Wikipedia is not a game guide, we don't cover cheats etc. around here. Sorry,  Dihydrogen Monoxide  ♫ 08:01, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I said the cheat UNITS, not the codes used to obtain them. Also, under further research, I have found that Wikipedia does not cover the AOEIII cheat units either. 67.42.180.114 03:03, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Units, cheats, same diff. We don't cover any of them - we're not a game guide, with the broadest possible definition.  Dihydrogen Monoxide  ♫ 06:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Picture
Is it perhaps worth menioning that the civilisation in the picture (the one with the town centre, three villagers etc) is the Greek civilisation as people who have never played the game would not know. TheTrojanHought (talk) 12:12, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 00:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Board Game
This article needs something (or maybe it deserves it's own article) on the Board game version: [] Just found it today, never knew it existed! --dotDarkCloud (talk) 18:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * You can create a new article if you like...the board game isn't that notable though. Not sure if it's worth mentioning (can you find more than one source?) dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 01:00, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Proposal to remove date-autoformatting
Dear fellow contributors

MOSNUM no longer encourages date autoformatting, having evolved over the past year or so from the mandatory to the optional after much discussion there and elsewhere of the disadvantages of the system. Related to this, MOSNUM prescribes rules for the raw formatting, irrespective of whether a date is autoformatted or not). MOSLINK and CONTEXT are consistent with this.

There are at least six disadvantages in using date-autoformatting, which I've capped here:

Removal has generally been met with positive responses by editors. Does anyone object if I remove it from the main text in a few days’ time on a trial basis? The original input formatting would be seen by all WPians, not just the huge number of visitors; it would be plain, unobtrusive text, which would give greater prominence to the high-value links. Tony  (talk)  13:34, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Go for it Tony, I hav no objections. —Giggy 01:13, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Campaign detail?
Given the FA status of this article, mant of course would not support any major edits per say but I was wondering whether the campaign plot section could use somewhat more detail. By no means do I think we should go over board, more like 4 paragraphs like most other FA articles that would take up slightly more if not the same space the current one does as the current one is mostly spaced out by spaces between sentances. Any thoughts? Stabby Joe (talk) 23:22, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I certainly have no objection to you making edits to that section (or any other!). I wrote that section a while back and haven't played the game in ages, but anyone with a good knowledge of the campaign is welcome to fiddle around with it. —Giggy 08:39, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, theres AN attempt at a more detailed campaign section. Stabby Joe (talk) 23:57, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Remake?
I dont think that AOM: Mythologys can be condsiderd a remake, i'd call it more of a spin-of

Merger
I think we should merge these to article because Roman Legion barely has any refs holding it up and is not very notable outside the topic of Age of Mythology.--( NGG ) 04:27, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't see how it even qualifies as notable. I'd nominate it for deletion, if I were you. Haipa Doragon (talk • contributions) 19:32, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Agree - nominate for deletion instead. Homebrew games, 3rd party or fan-made expacks have no business here. Fanx (talk) 16:29, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Higher res photo
We need a slightly higher res photo of the meteor photo. It looks FAR too pixelated. Bahahs 00:03, 19 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bahahs (talk • contribs)

Where's the gold edition section ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.84.22.163 (talk) 22:00, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Compatibility issues
The compatibility section may be a bit misleading as AOM:The Titans works with no problems at all on both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 7 without any patches or "hacks". I'll try to find some more info regarding this besides a single Microsoft page that most likely has not nor will ever be updated, but as a long time player who currently runs AOM on Windows 7x64 I personally would say delete that section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.63.57.19 (talk) 02:30, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Civilian Units
In the Buildings section, it states that all civilian units are trained at the Town Centre but the trading units i.e the donkey thingy that I cannot recall the name of that is trained at the market. Also, only villagers and gathering animals are trained at the Town Centre. Jbhf1 (talk) 12:34, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Fan Patch
A community attempt to re-balance the game, and provide further maps, fix bugs and generally enhance the multiplayer experience. This could probably make it into the main article. Fan patch topic : http://www.rts-sanctuary.com/The-Titans/showtopic=213812&st=0 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.46.149.158 (talk) 20:26, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

FAR notice
I plan on placing this article for FAR soon. But before I do that, I am saying the issues the article have here. The main issue it has is its sources. I do not believe that sources like "Age of Mythology Heaven", "ToTheGame", nor "MobyGames" are reliable sources. GamerPro64 03:50, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

HD Remake for steam teased
The developers released a teaser for an HD remake on steam.

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1z7rrz/age_of_mythology_is_coming_to_steam_finally

This should be included in some way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.38.215.188 (talk) 01:16, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

http://www.ageofempires.com/aom.aspx 173.27.58.224 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 21:58, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Dates, expansion, features of expansion, and circumstances of the expansion
These things should be added to the page. Be sure to use sources!

You can find or ask about news from devs on the steam forum or on http://www.reddit.com/r/AgeofMythology/

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Reverting
I was updating the article adding that there is no mentions of chinese civ in Retold (with Steam page as a source), then it's been reverted. What the sense in all of this? The same way about Tale of the Dragon user score in Steam statistics. It's only 33% positive. Very low critics opinion. Yet, I cannot contrib it to wikipedia, why? Orange-kun (talk) 18:16, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Tale of the Dragon Steam page look at 33% rating, it's not a single-user generated content, it's the objective aggregator counts. Steam is the only platform where it ever has been published, so these reviews are most clear reflection that yes, critics thrashed this addon out! You may rephrase it whatever you want, call my English unproper, but you can't ignore the fact. It should be mentioned in Wikipedia that this addon regarded as a mistake by the community.
 * AOM Retold Steam Page Egypt, Greece, Atlantis, no China! And what we see currently in the article? 'will include all content up to Tale'. What a nonsense. --Orange-kun (talk) 18:46, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * - Steam user reviews are unreliable per WP:USERGENERATED - this includes aggregated user reviews. Waxworker (talk) 19:01, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah like Waxworker said Steam reviews are not critic reviews, they are user reviews. A website like IGN or Metacritic would need to be cited for any claims about critic views.  Also regarding Retold you could just simply state it will include the original three civilizations and the Atlanteans.  Directly mentioning the Steam page is unnecessary, best to keep things simple and concise. Also, the portion where it is stated how "you" the reader will be be able to "command" those civilizations is not generally how information is conveyed in Wikipedia articles, with the reader rarely if ever being directly addressed.  You could instead say something like "the Greek, Egyptian, Norse, and Atlantean civilizations will be playable at launch." MrGoldenfold007 (talk) 20:32, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok, whats wrong with the Retold edit? I asked several times not to remove all of my edits.--Orange-kun (talk) 20:12, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * So your reverting was based on stylistic of the text? and instead of editing and improving it you just choose to simply revert it and leave outdated data because you don't like the style of my edit. Also there are no any sign that Chinese culture will or won't be added in this edition and it's important to point on that because previous addon was fully about Chinese civ. No screenshots, no description on steam page, nothing. It's logical taking into account that this addon had poor reviews. But ok, reviews cannot be included, then we need just to indicate that no Chinese currently.--Orange-kun (talk) 22:03, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Reverting again
And here we go again. The main goal is to show that there is content from vanilla and 1st expansion by Ensemble. But no any mention of 2nd expansion Tale of the Dragon, like it never existed. Instead, now it only sais that Tale is not included. But what's included? Orange-kun (talk) 16:48, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

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LGBT rights in Slovakia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Slovakia face significant challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. The status of LGBT rights in Slovakia are regarded as some of the worst among the European Union countries.

Same-sex sexual activity was made legal in Czechoslovakia in 1962. Despite this, same-sex couples are granted limited legal rights. The country does not recognize same-sex marriage or civil unions. Slovakia is generally seen as having less supportive public opinion for LGBT people compared to its neighbour, the Czech Republic.

On 12 October 2022, two people were killed (plus the perpetrator), and a third person was wounded in a shooting outside of the front enterance of Tepláren, a gay bar in Bratislava, Slovakia, a well-known spot frequented by the local LGBT community.

Opinion polls have shown highly fluctuating trends in support for same-sex marriage and civil unions. In 2019, polls showed either 29% or 57% of Slovaks support civil unions. A poll after the 2022 Bratislava terrorist attack showed only 40% support civil unions. Several civil union bills were proposed in 1997, 2000, 2012, 2018, 2021 and 2022, but all were rejected by the Slovak parliament.

Transgender people in Slovakia experience difficulty in accessing healthcare, and a complete lack of regulation in legal gender change makes the process highly individual and difficult.

On 3 July 2024, the Minister of Culture Martina Šimkovičová made a homophobic and racist statement saying “we heterosexuals are creating the future, because we make babies. Europe is dying out, babies are not being born because of the excessive number of LGBT people. And the strange thing is [that it’s happening] with the white race”.

History
Same-sex sexual activity was legalized in 1962, when Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia, after scientific research from Kurt Freund led to changes in public opinion (see history of penile plethysmographs).

In 1990, still as part of Czechoslovakia, the age of consent was equalized to 15, as it had previously been 18 for same-sex activity, different to heterosexual activity.

Unregistered cohabitation
Since 2018, Slovak law recognizes a close person, defined as a sibling or a spouse. A family member or a person in a relationship shall be considered under law a close person if an injury suffered by one of them is "reasonably felt by the other person as an injury suffered by him or her." Limited rights are granted, namely in the area of inheritance.

Civil unions
There is no legal recognition of civil unions in Slovakia. Several bills for the creation of civil unions were introduced in 1997, 2000, 2012, 2018, 2021 and 2022, but all were rejected by the Slovak parliament.

In 2008 and 2009, the LGBT rights group Iniciatíva Inakosť (Otherness Initiative) launched a public awareness campaign for the recognition of registered life partnerships (životné partnerstvo) between same-sex couples. In January 2008, LGBT rights activists met with the Deputy Prime Minister, Dušan Čaplovič, to discuss this proposal. Throughout 2008, Iniciatíva Inakosť also held a number of public discussions about registered partnerships. The Slovak Green Party supports registered partnerships for same-sex and opposite-sex couples. In March 2012, the liberal Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party announced that it would submit a draft law on registered partnerships. On 23 August, the registered partnership bill was submitted to Parliament, which would have given same-sex couples similar rights and obligations as married couples, including alimony, inheritance, access to medical documentation and the right to a widow's/widower's pension, but excluding adoption rights. On 19 September, the ruling party, Direction - Social Democracy (Smer) announced that it would vote against the bill, which was then rejected by 94 lawmakers, with only 14 in support.

In August 2017, Deputy Speaker of the National Council Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová of SaS promised to re-submit draft legislation on registered partnerships to Parliament. On 11 December 2017, following a meeting with Iniciatíva Inakosť representatives, President Andrej Kiska called for a public debate about the rights of same-sex couples. On the same day, SaS reiterated its intention to introduce a registered partnership bill. SaS introduced its registered partnership bill to the National Council in July 2018. Under the proposed bill, partnerships would have been open to both same-sex and opposite-sex couples and would have granted couples several rights and benefits enjoyed by married couples, namely in the area of inheritance and healthcare, among others. The bill was rejected in September 2018, with only 31 out of 150 lawmakers in support.

In 2021, the Progressive Slovakia party introduced another civil union bill. It was rejected with 7 lawmakers in support and 67 against.

Same-sex marriage
, there is no domestic legal recognition of same-sex marriages in Slovakia, although same-sex marriages established abroad are recognized in Slovak law, and are allowed to settle and live in Slovakia. In January 2014, the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) announced that it would submit a draft law to prohibit same-sex marriage in the Slovak Constitution. In February 2014, Minister of Culture Marek Maďarič said there were enough SMER-SD MPs in favour of the constitutional ban for it to pass. 40 opposition MPs introduced a draft law to the National Council to ban same-sex marriage in the Slovak Constitution. Prime Minister Robert Fico stated that the governing SMER-SD would be willing to support the amendment in exchange for the opposition's support for an amendment introducing changes in the judicial system. The bill passed its first reading in a 103–5 vote in March 2014. The amendment could cause any future laws recognising same-sex couples to be unconstitutional. In June 2014, it was passed and signed into law by President Ivan Gašparovič, with 102 MPs voting for and 18 against. Article 41 reads as follows: "Marriage is a unique union between a man and a woman. The Slovak Republic protects marriage in all of its aspects and supports its welfare. Marriage, parenthood and family are under the protection of the law. Special protection of children and juveniles is guaranteed."

In December 2013, a conservative civil initiative group named Aliancia za rodinu (Alliance for the Family) announced that it would demand a constitutional definition of marriage as "a union solely between a man and a woman". The Alliance intended to initiate referendums on several issues, and demanded a ban on same-sex adoption and the prohibition of sex education in schools. They also demanded that other types of cohabitation should never be held equal to a marriage between a man and a woman. Activists from the Alliance also criticised Swedish company Ikea for its corporate magazine, which featured two lesbians raising a son.

In August 2014, Aliancia za rodinu collected more than 400,000 signatures for a petition to hold a referendum on four questions:

 * 1) Do you agree that no other cohabitation of persons other than a bond between one man and one woman can be called marriage?
 * 2) Do you agree that same-sex couples or groups shouldn't be allowed to adopt children and subsequently raise them?
 * 3) Do you agree that no other cohabitation of persons other than marriage should be granted particular protection, rights and duties that the legislative norms as of 1 March 2014 only grant to marriage and to spouses (mainly acknowledgement, registration, or recording as a life community in front of a public authority, the possibility to adopt a child by the spouse of a parent)?
 * 4) Do you agree that schools cannot require children to participate in education pertaining to sexual behaviour or euthanasia if their parents or the children themselves do not agree with the content of the education?

President Andrej Kiska asked the Constitutional Court to consider the proposed questions. In October 2014, the Constitutional Court ruled that the third question was unconstitutional.

A referendum on the other three questions was held on 7 February 2015. All three proposals were approved, but the referendum was declared invalid due to insufficient turnout (21.07%). The referendum required a 50% turnout to be valid. Opponents, including LGBT activists, advised voters to boycott the referendum.

On 5 June 2018, in Coman and Others v General Inspectorate for Immigration and Ministry of the Interior, the European Court of Justice ruled in favour of a Romanian-American same-sex couple who sought to have their marriage recognized in Romania, so that the American partner could reside in the country. The Court ruled that EU member states may choose whether or not to allow same-sex marriage, but they cannot obstruct the freedom of residence of an EU citizen and their spouse. Furthermore, the Court ruled that the term "spouse" is gender-neutral, and that it does not necessarily imply a person of the opposite sex. Same-sex couples resident in Slovakia who have married in member states that have legalized same-sex marriage, and where one partner is an EU citizen, enjoy full residency rights as a result of the ruling. The Slovak Interior Ministry quickly announced immediate compliance with the ruling. The European Court of Justice's landmark ruling was praised by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) and other human rights groups, while the Slovak Catholic Church condemned it.

Adoption and parenting
Any person is allowed to adopt. However, persons who are not married to each other may not adopt the same child. In practice, this means only one partner of the two may adopt a child.

Discrimination protections
The Anti-Discrimination Act (Antidiskriminačný zákon) was adopted in 2004, to comply with the European Union's requirements on anti-discrimination law in its member states. The act, broadened in 2008, made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in a wide variety of areas, including employment, education, housing, social care and the provision of goods and services. Article 2 of the law reads as follows:

Adherence to the principle of equal treatment shall lay in the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sex, religion or belief, race, nationality or ethnic origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital or family status, colour, language, political affiliation or other conviction, national or social origin, property, lineage or any other status or on grounds of reporting of crime or any other wrongdoing.

In May 2013, the Criminal Code was amended to include sexual orientation as a ground for hate crimes, allowing harsher penalties for crimes motivated by homophobia. Additionally, hate speech on the basis of sexual orientation was outlawed.

Military service
LGBT people are allowed to serve openly in the Slovak Armed Forces. As the Anti-Discrimination Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, it also applies to the military.

In 2005, Pravda reported that "the military has a very homophobic environment that is hostile and intolerant of any manifestations and indications of homosexuality."

Transgender rights
Transgender people in Slovakia have been allowed to change legal gender since 1995.

Slovak law does not state any requirements to do so, but in practice, it is usually required to undergo surgical sterilization. There have been exceptional cases where change of legal gender was possible even without castration. Because there is no recognition of same-sex marriage, any existing marriage will be invalidated.

Attempts at legal amendments
In 2021, far-right neo-fascist parties introduced two bills that would ban change of legal gender in Slovakia. One bill was introduced by ĽSNS on 12 February 2021. A second bill was introduced by Republic on 23 September 2021. Both attempts were unsuccessful, with the majority of votes being absentee or abstaining.

On 6 April 2022, the published standards of care for transgender people that also regulated medical transition and the conditions of granting the ability to change the legal gender by appointed experts, where an appointed expert is any doctor in the field of psychiatry or sexology with at least five years of professional experience, and the person requesting documentation necessary for the legal gender change must be either surgically castrated or undergo the real-life experience test in combination with hormone replacement therapy for at least a year, unless it is contraindicated.

However, after pressure by the Conference of Slovak Bishops and members of the National Council, including the then-premier Eduard Heger, the standards of care were revoked on 18 May 2022. As such, there are no valid standards for legal gender change in Slovakia. It was claimed the attempts of approving the standards of care had been blocked by members of the then-government Ordinary People party.

On 19 October 2022, the Supreme Court overturned a decision of the, which ruled that undergoing surgical sterilization is required in order to change the legal gender, and confirmed Slovak law does not specify any requirements in order to change legal gender.

As of November 18, 2022, because of lack of regulation and standards, healthcare providers in Slovakia are refusing to provide transgender care, which forces trans people living in Slovakia to seek healthcare abroad, and some civil registry offices are refusing to process any applications to change legal gender, citing lack of regulation and telling them to wait for approval of the new standards of care by the Ministry of Health, meaning change of legal gender is close to impossible to achieve.

On 13 January 2023, members of ĽSNS introduced another bill that would ban legal gender change, as well as outlaw medical transition with the punishment of a prison sentence of at least 4 years. The bill failed, with the majority abstaining.

On 24 February 2023, members of the then-government Christian Union party introduced a bill that would restrict legal gender change to those "whose sex was wrongly assigned at birth," which could only be proven by a karyotype test. On 21 March 2023, the bill passed its first reading with 87 votes for.

On 3 March 2023, the once suspended standards of care for transgender people were once again signed into force and republished by the then-minister of health Vladimír Lengvarský immediately before resigning. However, the impact of the standards in regards to access to the care and acceptance by the civil registries remains to be seen. On 21 March 2023, in an interview for Denník N, the secretary of state Michal Palkovič said the new standards of care have "some implementation issues in terms of law."

The guidelines on transition allowed people who hadn't had gender-affirming surgery to change their gender on their legal documents. On November 21, 2023, Health Minister Zuzana Dolinkova told the media that "the stability of the government coalition" was at stake, and that was why the guideline was being revoked.

Blood donation
Gay and bisexual people are prohibited from donating blood if they have had unprotected sexual intercourse within one year.

Living conditions
Slovakia's first gay pride event took place on 22 May 2010 in Bratislava. A crowd of about a thousand were confronted by anti-gay right-wing groups. While the National and Bratislava's municipal police forces kept the two sides apart, several anti-gay protesters were able to infiltrate the event and throw stones at speakers and disperse tear gas into the crowd. Pride demonstrators had to cancel their march through the city centre, but were able to cross the Danube under police protection. Twenty-nine persons were arrested. The event has since improved its security measures and it has been supported by many foreign embassies. LGBT rights supports of some slovak celebrities like actress Zdena Studenková, Zuzana Fialová, gay actor Richard Stanke, singer Katarzia, but not many more.

There is a small gay scene in Slovakia with a few bars and clubs in Bratislava.

Public opinion and demographics
Public opinion has been fluctuating in Slovakia in the past few decades, initially becoming more favourable to granting rights to same-sex couples, then began stagnating by the end of the 2010s as a result of a coordinated homophobic campaign by conservative politicians. A 2007 Pew Global Attitudes Project survey recorded that 66% of Slovaks believed that homosexuality should be accepted by society. According to a poll conducted in 2009, 45% of respondents supported same-sex registered partnerships, 41% were opposed, and 14% were unsure. Support for specific rights was higher, with 56% supporting the right of same-sex couples to jointly own property, 72% to access medical information about their partner and 71% supporting the right to bereavement leave.

Support for same-sex marriage remains low compared to other European Union member states. A 2006 European Union poll showed that 19% of Slovaks supported same-sex marriage, and the 2015 Eurobarometer found that 24% of Slovaks supported same-sex marriage, the fourth lowest among EU member states alongside Lithuania. EU-wide support was 61%. However, a 2015 survey by AKO found that more than 50.4% of Slovaks would vote in favor of same-sex registered partnerships. A 2016 opinion poll conducted by FOCUS found that more than 27% of Slovaks supported same-sex marriage, an increase of 3% since 2015.

An LGBT social network called PlanetRomeo released its first Gay Happiness Index in May 2015. Gay men from more than 120 nations were surveyed to learn how they felt about society's perception of homosexuality, how they felt about how others treated them, and how content they were with their life. Slovakia was ranked 47th, far behind neighboring Czechia – 18th and Austria, 17th.

In 2017, Iniciatíva Inakosť conducted a survey enquiring into the lives of Slovak LGBT people. The survey found that 52% were irreligious, while 33% were Roman Catholics, 6% were Evangelicals and 2% were Greek Orthodox. However, 56.5% considered religion "important" in their lives. When divided by political ideology, 58.5% considered themselves either "very liberal" or "liberal". Only 2.5% considered themselves "conservative", and 18% said they were "centrist". Progressive Slovakia and Freedom and Solidarity were the most popular political parties among LGBT people. With regards to coming out, most respondents said it had been "positive". 71% and 52% of sisters and brothers respectively were accepting of their disclosure of lesbian, gay, and bisexual orientation. 54% of mothers, 42% of fathers and 49.5% of grandparents responded the same, and a significant number, including 28.5% of fathers and 29% of grandparents, were indifferent. Furthermore, 78% of respondents considered their relationship with their partner as "serious", but less than half were willing to hold their hand in public. Many respondents reported low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse and suicidal feelings as a result of homophobic persecution, and nearly 40% of the respondents have experienced active discrimination because of their LGBT identity, with 15.2% of LGBT people experiencing it in the last year.

According to a 2017 Pew Research Center poll, 47% of Slovaks supported same-sex marriage, while another 47% were opposed and 6% were undecided. This was the highest level of support ever recorded, and the second highest among Eastern European countries, behind the Czech Republic at 65%. Among 18-34-year-olds, opposition to same-sex marriage was 42%. A 2019 survey conducted by the AKO polling agency found that 57% of Slovaks were in favour of registered partnerships for everyone, in contrast to a poll made by the FOCUS agency, which has found support for registered partnerships at 29%, a figure that was criticized by commentators and LGBT rights activists as an unusually low number, and they have questioned the strength and credibility of the poll's methodology. An AKO poll from August 2023 found support for same-sex registered partnership to be at 39.8 %.

The 2023 Eurobarometer found that 37% of Slovaks people thought same-sex marriage should be allowed throughout Europe, and 47% agreed that "there is nothing wrong in a sexual relationship between two persons of the same sex".

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David Regis

David Regis (Régis, born December 2, 1968) is a retired professional soccer player and coach who played as a defender. He was most recently the assistant coach of US Mondorf-les-Bains. Born in Martinique, an Overseas Department of France, he played for the United States at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups.

Club career
Regis was born in La Trinité, Martinique, and began his pro career in 1988 with Valenciennes FC and played there until 1993. He was transferred to RC Strasbourg in 1993 where he won the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup. He then moved to RC Lens in 1996, and Karlsruhe in 1997. He transferred to FC Metz, leaving after the 2002 FIFA World Cup, spent four years there, and spent a season at Troyes AC. From the 2004–05 season, Regis played at the lower levels of the Belgian Leagues with FC Bleid respectively and retired in the summer of 2008.

International career
Since Regis's wife was an American citizen, an option to play for the United States appeared. Steve Sampson, the U.S. national coach, jumped at the chance of having an experienced left back on the World Cup squad (though Regis's preferred position was always center back – where he was most successful in his club career), and promised Regis a starting position on the team if he became a U.S. citizen. Regis was naturalized on May 20, 1998, and received his first cap against Kuwait just three days later. Regis received the starting spot from Sampson, in front of long-time starter Jeff Agoos. Regis played all three matches in the World Cup, and despite being one of the more effective players for the US, the Americans lost all three of their group matches.

Regis made the U.S. roster for the 2002 FIFA World Cup as well, but did not play at the tournament. He retired with 27 caps.

Coaching career
After his retirement from playing, he worked as head coach in Djibouti with Royal Racing Athlétic Florenvillois and Royale Espérance Rossignol.

In January 2017, he took over as sporting director of the Martinique national team.

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Piazza Fontana bombing

The Piazza Fontana bombing (Strage di Piazza Fontana) was a terrorist attack that occurred on 12 December 1969 when a bomb exploded at the headquarters of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura (the National Agricultural Bank) in Piazza Fontana (near the Duomo) in Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and wounding 88. The same afternoon, another bomb exploded in a bank in Rome, and another was found unexploded in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The attack was carried out by the Third Position, neo-fascist paramilitary terrorist group Ordine Nuovo, and possibly undetermined collaborators.

Piazza Fontana
On 25 April 1969, a bomb exploded at the Fiat booth at a Milan trade fair, in which five people were injured. There was also a bomb discovered at the city's central station. The explosion at Piazza Fontana was not the first, but part of a well-coordinated series of attacks.

Deceased victims
• # Giovanni Arnoldi

• # Giulio China

• # Eugenio Corsini

• # Pietro Dendena

• # Carlo Gaiani

• # Calogero Galatioto

• # Carlo Garavaglia

• # Paolo Gerli

• # Luigi Meloni

• # Vittorio Mocchi

• # Gerolamo Papetti

• # Mario Pasi

• # Carlo Perego

• # Oreste Sangalli

• # Angelo Scaglia

• # Carlo Silva

• # Attilio Valè

Deaths of Pinelli and Calabresi
The Piazza Fontana bombing was initially attributed to Italian anarchists. After over 80 arrests were made, the suspect Giuseppe Pinelli, an anarchist railway worker, died after falling from the fourth-floor window of the police station where he was being held. Serious discrepancies existed in the police account, which initially maintained that Pinelli had committed suicide by leaping from the window during a routine interrogation session. Three police officers interrogating Pinelli, including Commissioner Luigi Calabresi, were put under investigation in 1971 for his death, but a later inquiry, which ended on 25 October 1975, concluded that there were no wrongdoings regarding Pinelli's death: public prosecutor Gerardo D'Ambrosio established that his fall had been caused by fainting and losing balance, tired after three days of intense questioning.

Despite Calabresi being exonerated (he was not in the room when Pinelli fell), the far-left organisation Lotta Continua held Calabresi responsible for the death of Pinelli, and in 1972 he was murdered by left-wing militants in revenge. Adriano Sofri and Giorgio Pietrostefani, former leaders of Lotta Continua, were convicted of plotting Calabresi's assassination, while members Ovidio Bompressi and Leonardo Marino were sentenced for carrying it out.

Official investigations and trials

Anarchist Pietro Valpreda was also arrested after a taxi driver, called Cornelio Rolandi, identified him as the suspicious-looking client he had taken to the bank that day. After his alibi was judged insufficient, he was held for three years in preventive detention before being sentenced for the crime. In 1987 he was acquitted by the Supreme Court of Cassation for lack of evidence.

The far-right Neo-fascist organization Ordine Nuovo, founded by Pino Rauti, came under suspicion. On 3 March 1972 Franco Freda, Giovanni Ventura and Rauti were arrested and charged with planning the terrorist attacks of 25 April 1969 at the Trade Fair and Railway Station in Milan, and the 8 and 9 August 1969 bombings of several trains, followed by the Piazza Fontana bombing.

In 1987, after a number of trials, the Court of Cassation ruled that despite evidence linking Freda, Ventura, and others to the Piazza Fontana bombing, it could not be determined for certain who planned it, nor who carried it out. The Court confirmed the convictions of Freda and Ventura in relation to the bombs placed in Padua and Milan, for which they each received a sentence of 16 years.

Also in 1987, the Milanese Guido Salvini reopened the investigation based on new evidence. Martino Siciliano, a member of Ordine Nuovo, decided to cooperate when presented with a taped telephone conversation between Delfo Zorzi and some associates which contained the observation that, "the Siciliano problem could be solved with a 9 calibre gun". Siciliano said that he had been present at a meeting with Zorzi and Carlo Maria Maggi in April 1969, in the Ezzelino bookstore in Padua owned by Giovanni Ventura, when Freda announced the program of the train bombings. Despite a death threat from Pino Rauti, electrician Tullio Fabris testified that he had supplied Freda with primers and timers.

Carlo Digilio, confessed explosives expert and advisor to the Ordine Nuovo in the Veneto was convicted in June 2001, which was subsequently upheld on appeal in March 2004. Digilio displayed instances of memory loss after suffering a stroke in 1995. His subsequent confusion regarding dates and events led to the Court declaring him an unreliable witness.

In a 2004 trial of neo-fascists, the Milan Court of Appeal attributed the Piazza Fontana bombing to Freda and Ventura. However, since they had been acquitted in 1987 they could not be retried.

In 1998, Milan judge Guido Salvini indicted U.S. Navy officer David Carrett on charges of political and military espionage for his participation in the Piazza Fontana bombing. Salvini also opened up a case against Sergio Minetto, an Italian official of the U.S.-NATO intelligence network, and "collaboratore di giustizia" Carlo Digilio (Uncle Otto), who served as the CIA coordinator in Northeastern Italy in the sixties and seventies. The newspaper la Repubblica reported that Carlo Rocchi, CIA's man in Milan, was discovered in 1995 searching for information concerning Operation Gladio. The inquiry was also conducted by the Venetian judge Felice Casson who charged the then director of SISMI, Sergio Siracusa, of having paid a sum to the justice collaborator Martino Siciliano, but Siracusa refused to testify. The sum ranged between 50 and 100 millions of the then Italian lira. Salvini charged Casson of violation of the preliminary secret, but the judges of Trieste and Brescia rejected his accusations.

State security service
General, the head of SID (Servizio Informazioni Difesa), and a member of the secret masonic society P2 was found responsible for obstructing the investigation and withholding information during the first trial in Catanzaro. In an effort to protect extreme right-wing groups, Maletti destroyed a report concerning the Padua cell of Ordine Nuovo and arranged for potential witnesses to leave the country. Maletti subsequently emigrated to South Africa.

Captain Antonio Labruna, of SID, was also implicated in aiding and abetting the departure of witnesses Marco Pozzan and Giannettini Guido. Maletti and Labruna were convicted in January 1987.

Several elements brought the investigators to the theory that members of extreme right-wing groups were responsible for the bombings:

 * The composition of the bombs used in Piazza Fontana was identical to that of the explosives that Ventura hid in a friend's home a few days after the attacks.
 * The bags where the bombs were hidden had been bought a couple of days before the attacks in a shop in Padua, the city where Freda lived.

First trial
Main stages of the trial:

 * Rome, 23 February 1972, the trial started. Main defendants: Pietro Valpreda and Mario Merlino. Ten days later, the process was moved to Milan for lack of territorial jurisdiction. Then it was transferred to Catanzaro for reasons of public order.
 * Catanzaro, 18 March 1974, second trial. It was suspended after 30 days due to the inclusion of new defendants: Franco Freda and Giovanni Ventura.
 * 27 January 1975, third trial. Co-defendants: anarchists and neo-fascists. After a year, new suspension: Defendant: Guido Giannettini (Italian secret agent).
 * 18 January 1977, fourth trial. Defendants: anarchists, neo-fascists and SID.
 * 23 February 1979, judgment: life imprisonment for Freda, Ventura and Giannettini. Acquitted: Valpreda and Merlino. Freda and Ventura were also sentenced in relation to the bombs placed in Padua and Milan from April to August 1969, while Valpreda and Merlino were sentenced to 4 ½ years for conspiracy.
 * Catanzaro, 22 May 1980, starts the appeal process.
 * 20 March 1981, judgment of appeal: all defendants were acquitted. The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence for Freda and Ventura (15 years of jail) in relation to the bombs placed in Padua and Milan, and confirmed the sentences to Valpreda and Merlino for conspiracy. The Prosecutor had asked for all the defendants to life in prison.
 * 10 June 1982: the Supreme Court cancelled the judgment, acquitted Giannettini and ordered a new trial.
 * Bari, 13 December 1984, new appeal trial. Defendants: Pietro Valpreda, Mario Merlino, Franco Freda and Giovanni Ventura.
 * 1 August 1985, new judgment: all defendants were acquitted for lack of evidence. The Prosecutor had asked life imprisonment to Freda and Ventura, full acquittal to Valpreda, and acquittal for lack of evidence to Merlino.
 * 27 January 1987: the Supreme Court confirmed the sentence.

The supreme Court of Cassation sentenced two members of the Italian secret services – General Gian Adelio Maletti (1 year of jail) and Captain Antonio Labruna (10 months) – to having misled the investigation and acquitted Marshal Gaetano Tanzilli, accused of perjury.

Second trial

 * Catanzaro, 26 October 1987, new trial. Neo-fascists defendants: Massimiliano Fachini and Stefano Delle Chiaie.
 * 20 February 1989, judgment: the defendants were acquitted for not having committed the crime. The Prosecutor had asked life imprisonment to Delle Chiaie and acquittal for lack of evidence to Fachini.
 * 5 July 1991: the Appeal Court in Catanzaro confirmed the acquittal of Stefano Delle Chiaie.

Third trial
Stefano Tringali, accused of abetting, benefited from the prescription after being sentenced to one year in prison in the appeal trial. The Supreme Court rejected as «false» Digilio's «alleged affiliation with US services». The Court found that in 1969 the Venetian group of Zorzi and Maggi organized the attacks, but it is not proven their participation in the massacre of 12 December. The Court certified that Martino Siciliano (another Ordine Nuovo's pentito) attended the assembly with Zorzi and Maggi in April 1969, in the library Ezzelino of Padua, where Freda announced the program of the train bombings. But since those bombs didn't kill anybody, it was not evidence of the involvement of Zorzi and Maggi in the next subversive strategy of Freda and Ventura, nor in the other acts of terrorism. The tragic events of 12 December 1969 didn't represent a loose cannon, but were the result of a subversive operation enrolled in a program well settled.
 * Milan, 24 February 2000, new trial. Neo-fascists defendants: Delfo Zorzi, Carlo Maria Maggi (a physician), Carlo Digilio and Giancarlo Rognoni.
 * 30 June 2001, judgment: life imprisonment for Delfo Zorzi, Carlo Maria Maggi and Giancarlo Rognoni. Carlo Digilio received immunity from prosecution in exchange for his information.
 * Milan, 16 October 2003, starts the appeal trial.
 * 12 March 2004, judgment of appeal: Zorzi and Maggi were acquitted for lack of evidence, Rognoni were acquitted for not having committed the crime.
 * 3 May 2005: the Supreme Court confirmed the sentence.

Political theories of responsibility for the bombing
The bombing was the work of the right-wing group Ordine Nuovo ("New Order"), whose aim was to prevent the country from falling into the hands of the left wing by duping the public into believing the bombings were part of a communist insurgency.

A 2000 parliamentary report published by the Olive Tree coalition read that "U.S. intelligence agents were informed in advance about several right-wing terrorist bombings, including the December 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing in Milan and the Piazza della Loggia bombing in Brescia five years later, but did nothing to alert the Italian authorities or to prevent the attacks from taking place." It also alleged that Pino Rauti (at that time the leader of the MSI Fiamma-Tricolore party), a journalist and founder of the far-right New Order organization, received regular funding from a press officer at the U.S. embassy in Rome. "So even before the 'stabilising' plans that Atlantic circles had prepared for Italy became operational through the bombings, one of the leading members of the subversive right was literally in the pay of the American embassy in Rome", the report says. Paolo Emilio Taviani, the Christian Democrat co-founder of Gladio (NATO's stay-behind anti-Communist organization in Italy), told investigators that the SID military intelligence service was about to send a senior officer from Rome to Milan to prevent the bombing, but decided to send a different officer from Padua in order to put the blame on left-wing anarchists.

In an August 2000 interview with Il Secolo XIX newspaper Taviani said that he did not believe the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was involved in organising the Milan bomb. However, he alleged, "It seems to me certain, however, that agents of the CIA were among those who supplied the materials and who muddied the waters of the investigation."

According to analysts such as Daniele Ganser and Philip Willan, the bombing was the work of a network of far-right militants, as part of a terrorist campaign known as a strategy of tension, with the aim of blaming the crime on communist cells, discrediting the political left, and be a catalyst to move away from democratic institutions. One member Vincenzo Vinciguerra of the right-wing conspiracy involved in the series of Strategy of tension terrorist bombings explained "The December 1969 explosion was supposed to be the detonator which would have convinced the political and military authorities to declare a state of emergency."

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Relapse Records

Relapse Records is an American independent record label based in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990. The label features many grindcore, death metal, metalcore and sludge metal artists.

History
The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado. The first two releases on the label were 7-inch singles by the bands Velcro Overdose and Face of Decline, Apparition 7" came next [RR003] closely followed by three death metal bands that would become among the biggest on the label, Deceased, Suffocation, and Incantation.

After this, Jacobson became acquainted with William Yurkiewicz Jr, who became his partner in the record label. Yurkiewicz had founded his own record label, which was soon to release albums from the bands General Surgery, Disrupt, Destroy, Misery, and Yurkiewicz's own grindcore band Exit-13. The two joined forces to create Relapse Records, aiming to release high-quality, professionally packaged extreme music.

In 1991, the label moved their headquarters to Millersville, Pennsylvania. In 1992, the label expanded its range with the creation of its subsidiary label called Release Entertainment, which specializes in experimental, ambient, industrial, and noise titles. With continued growth came a mail-order/wholesale operation that soon became the largest underground distribution center for all things metal in the United States. The mail-order service carried a wide array of extreme music recordings and merchandise, as well as publications from around the world.

Throughout the years Relapse has continued to grow and sign on more influential artists from a broader range of genres. In 1996, Relapse unveiled the Resound Music Resource Guide. Resound gave fans direct access to the label's roster through interviews and reviews, as well as being part mail-order catalog.

In 1998, Relapse opened a promotions office in Berlin, as well as establishing a German distribution deal. In 2003, Relapse held a music festival - the Relapse Contamination Festival took place on January 18 and 19 at the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and featured various Relapse artists. In 2000, the label relocated to Upper Darby, outside of Philadelphia and began plans to include a physical record store. In June 2001, the label opened their first record store off of South Street in Philadelphia.

In 2010, Relapse announced that they had done a deal with intellectual property lawyer Eric Greif and Perseverance Holdings Ltd. to take over Chuck Schuldiner's catalog and the Death and Control Denied names internationally. Death's 1995 sixth studio album, Symbolic was excluded from the deal as the rights for said record remain with Roadrunner Records.

On August 5, 2011, Relapse announced a 24-week pay what you want partnership with Moshpit Tragedy Records, issuing one mp3 album from the Relapse catalog every week through Moshpit Tragedy's website.

Current artists
• 16

• Absent In Body

• Agoraphobic Nosebleed

• Amenra

• Arcadea

• ASG

• Atriarch

• Author & Punisher

• Black Anvil

• Black Salvation

• Brain Tentacles

• Call of the Void

• Cave In

• Cephalic Carnage

• Ceremony

• Christian Mistress

• Cloakroom

• Coffins

• Cough

• Cretin

• Cripple Bastards

• Devil Master

• Devourment

• Disfear

• Dying Fetus

• Ex Eye

• Exhumed

• Expulsion

• Genghis Tron

• Genocide Pact

• Graves at Sea

• Gruesome

• Haemorrhage

• Horseback

• Ilsa

• Incantation

• Integrity

• Inter Arma

• Inverloch

• Iron Monkey

• Iron Reagan

• John Frum

• Lycus

• Magrudergrind

• Mammoth Grinder

• Miracle

• Monolord

• Moore, Steve

• Mortals

• Myrkur

• Nothing

• Obituary

• Outer Heaven

• Pig Destroyer

• Pinkish Black

• Poison Blood

• Poison Ruïn

• Primate

• Primitive Man

• Red Fang

• Repulsion

• Ripped to Shreds

• Ringworm

• Seven Sisters of Sleep

• Skinless

• Sumerlands

• Survive

• Temple of Void

• Trappist

• True Widow

• Ulcerate

• Unearthly Trance

• Usnea

• Valkyrie

• Windhand

• Wolves in the Throne Room

• Wrong

• Yautja

• Yob

• Zombi

• Zonal

Former artists
• 27

• Abysmal Dawn

• Agenda of Swine

• Alabama Thunderpussy

• The Album Leaf

• Alchemist

• Amorphis

• Anal Cunt

• Anatomy of Habit

• Antigama

• Atheist

• Baroness

• Bedemon

• Benümb

• Birds of Prey

• Black Tusk

• Blockheads

• Blood Duster

• Bloodiest

• Bodychoke

• Bongzilla

• Boris

• Brian Posehn

• Broughton's Rules

• Brutal Truth

• Buried Inside

• Burnt by the Sun

• Burst

• Buzzoven

• Car Bomb

• Chris Connelly

• Christian Mistress

• Circle of Animals

• Coalesce

• Columns

• Coldworker

• Coliseum

• Converge

• Convulse

• The County Medical Examiners

• Culted

• Death

• Dead World

• Deceased

• Dekapitator

• The Dillinger Escape Plan

• Disembowelment

• Disrupt

• The Drip

• Dukatalon

• Don Caballero

• Dysrhythmia

• East West Blast Test

• Ecstatic Vision

• The End

• Exit-13

• Facedowninshit

• Final Conflict

• Fuck the Facts

• Full of Hell

• Gadget

• Gatecreeper

• General Surgery

• Genocide Superstars

• Goblin Rebirth

• Godflesh

• Graves of Valor

• Hail!Hornet

• Halo

• Hemdale

• Hero Destroyed

• The High Confessions

• High on Fire

• Hooded Menace

• Hope Drone

• Howl

• Scott Hull

• Human Remains

• Indian

• Inevitable End

• Joel Grind

• Jucifer

• Kingdom of Sorrow

• Kill the Client

• Liberteer

• Locrian

• Looking for An Answer

• Lord Dying

• Maruta

• Man Must Die

• Mastodon

• Merzbow

• Mindrot

• Minsk

• Misery Index

• Mortals

• Mortician

• Mose Giganticus

• Mumakil

• Murder Construct

• Nasum

• Necrophagist

• Neurosis

• Nightstick

• Nile

• Noisear

• Nux Vomica

• Obliteration

• Obscura

• Opprobrium

• Origin

• Pan.Thy.Monium

• Pentagram

• Phobia

• Publicist UK

• Pyrrhon

• Rabbits

• Razor

• Red Harvest

• Revocation

• Rotten Sound

• Royal Thunder

• Rumpelstiltskin Grinder

• Rwake

• Serpentine Path

• Siege

• Soilent Green

• Spawn of Possession

• Tau Cross

• The Obsessed

• Titan

• Today Is the Day

• Tombs

• Torche

• Toxic Holocaust

• UltraMantis Black

• Unkind

• Unsane

• Victims

• Voivod

• Vverevvolf Grehv

• Weapon

• Weekend Nachos

• Wolvserpent

• Zeke

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Im not sure Harper was ever at the LSE. I can't find this anywhere in google or in the economist. To what article specifically are you refering to?

Did you confuse Harper with the new ambassador to the United States, Wilson? Rizla 04:00, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

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Image Tagging for Image:Images-6.jpg
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Image copyright problem with Image:ScPosign.jpg
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Image copyright problem with Image:Jardin2-Sciences-Po2.jpg
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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Logo scpo.jpg)
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Image:IEPFAAR-1-.jpg listed for deletion
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Unspecified source for Image:Accueil_algerie-1-.jpg
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Copyright problems with Image:HowardDavies2.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:Cite2-1-.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:Iep-1-.gif
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Non-free use disputed for Image:Images-5.jpg
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Orphaned non-free image (Image:Images-5.jpg)
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Unreferenced BLPs
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