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Tad Szulc

Tadeusz Witold Szulc (July 25, 1926 – May 21, 2001) was an author and foreign correspondent for The New York Times from 1953 to 1972. Szulc is credited with breaking the story of the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Early life
Szulc was born in Warsaw, Poland, the son of Seweryn and Janina Baruch Szulc. He attended Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland. In 1940, he emigrated from Poland to join his family in Brazil; it had left Poland in the mid-1930s.

In Brazil, Szulc studied at the University of Brazil, but in 1945, he abandoned his studies to work as a reporter for the Associated Press in Rio de Janeiro.

Early career
In 1947, Szulc moved from Brazil to New York City, and in 1954, he became a US citizen. His emigration had been sponsored by United States Ambassador John Cooper Wiley, who was married to his aunt.

The New York Times
From 1953 to 1972, Szulc was a foreign correspondent for The New York Times.

In 1961, Szulc reported on preparations for a US-sponsored assault on Cuba by anti-Castro forces - the counterinsurgency that would become known as the Bay of Pigs Invasion. This reporting, and the stories published in the New York Times, have become the subject of a long-standing dispute about whether the U.S. government tried to suppress the story, and whether the New York Times went along and killed it.

In The Powers That Be, David Halberstam writes that "In early 1961 Tad Szulc of the New York Times, who had very good Latin-American sources, picked up the story that the CIA was recruiting and training Cuban exiles at a camp in Guatemala." According to Halberstam, Szulc was far from the only journalist who knew about the preparations: "The training camp was something of an open secret. The Nation had written an editorial about it in 1960, but there had been an almost deliberate attempt by the rest of the American press not to know too much about it."

Halberstam reports that as word began to leak out that Szulc was planning to publish an article about the invasion preparations, "President Kennedy called Scotty Reston, the Times's Washington bureau chief, and tried to get him to kill it. Kennedy argued strongly and passionately about what the Szulc story would do to his policy and spoke darkly of what the Times's responsibilities should be.... Reston, somewhat shaken, called Orvil Dryfoos, the publisher, and passed on Kennedy's comments.... Reston suggested toning down the story and removing the references to the forthcoming invasion.  Dryfoos agreed and ordered the story sanitized."

The Times editors agreed to remove the word "imminent" from the article, reasoning that the word was a prediction more than a provable fact. They also decided to remove the references to the CIA's role in planning the attack, changing the references to "U.S. officials." Perhaps most importantly, they decided to run the article under a single-column headline instead the four-column banner that had been planned - a headline which would have designated the story as one of "exceptional importance," according to the memoir of Times reporter Harrison Salisbury.

According to Halberstam, because of these choices "Some editors in New York were absolutely enraged, and they demanded that Dryfoos meet with them. It was a very heated meeting.  Dryfoos was clearly surprised by the degree of anger among his own people." Nevertheless, Dryfoos held firm, and the "much sanitized" version of the story ran on April 7, 1961, followed by more reporting in later articles.

The invasion took place on April 16, and was crushed by Castro's Cuban Revolutionary Forces within three days.

According to American University scholar W. Joseph Campbell, the decision by the Times to "sanitize" its coverage has swelled into a mythical event in which President Kennedy called Dryfoos directly to demand that the newspaper spike the story, and Dryfoos agreed not to run it at all. Given the publication of Szulc's article on April 7, that version is clearly myth. Campbell has also found no evidence in White House phone logs to support the notion that Kennedy called Dryfoos on April 6. But his published findings do not refute Halberstam's assertion that Kennedy called Reston, and Reston passed on Kennedy's pressures to Dryfoos.

Szulc's interest in Cuba continued over time, and he published an in-depth biography of Fidel Castro.

In 1968, Szulc was a reporter in Czechoslovakia during the Soviet invasion against the Prague Spring.

Other publications
Szulc also wrote articles regarding Latin America for several other publications, including The New Yorker, Esquire, Penthouse, National Geographic, and The Progressive.

Death
In 2001, Szulc died of cancer at his home, in Washington, D.C. He was survived by his wife and his two children.

He was a Knight of the French Légion d'honneur.

Books

 * Pope John Paul II: The Biography (ISBN 0-671-00047-0)
 * Chopin in Paris: The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer, Scribner, 1998 (ISBN 0-306-80933-8)
 * The Secret Alliance: The Extraordinary Story of the Rescue of the Jews Since World War II (ISBN 0-374-24946-6)
 * Fidel: A Critical Portrait (ISBN 0-688-04645-2)
 * To Kill The Pope : An Ecclesiastical Thriller (ISBN 0-684-83781-1)
 * Twilight of the Tyrants
 * The Cuban Invasion
 * The Winds of Resolution
 * Dominican Diary
 * Latin America (ISBN 0-689-10266-6)
 * The Bombs of Palomares
 * Portrait of Spain (ISBN 0-07-062654-5)
 * Czechoslovakia Since World War II (ISBN 0-448-00007-5)
 * Innocents at Home (ISBN 0-670-39843-8)
 * Compulsive Spy: The Strange Career of E. Howard Hunt (ISBN 0-670-23546-6)
 * The Illusion of Peace: Foreign Policy in the Nixon Years, Viking, 1978
 * Then and Now: How the World Has Changed Since WW II (ISBN 0-688-07558-4)

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International Association of Administrative Professionals

The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) is a non-profit, professional networking and educational organization. It was formed in Kansas City, Missouri in 1942 as the National Secretaries Association. The name of the organization was changed in 1982 to Professional Secretaries International, and in 1998 to its current name.

IAAP's core purpose is to provide education, certification, and leadership development to administrative professionals.

In 1951, IAAP administered the first Certified Professional Secretary (CPS) exam. Today, the certification program administers the Certification Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) exam. After successfully attaining the CAP credential, admins become eligible for IAAP's specialty certificate courses. Currently, IAAP offers Technology Applications (TA), Organizational Management (OM), and Project Management (PM) specialty certificate courses.

In 1952, Mary Barrett, then-president of the National Secretaries Association, C. King Woodbridge, president of Dictaphone Corporation, and American businessman Harry F. Klemfuss created a special Secretary's Day recognition, to acknowledge the hard work of the women in the office. The event caught on, and during the fourth week of April the holiday is now celebrated in offices all over the world. In 2000, the event was renamed "Administrative Professionals Week" to recognize people working in the administrative support field with other job titles such as receptionist, office manager, executive assistant, administrative coordinator, management assistant, or administrative assistant.

IAAP publishes a magazine seven times per year for its members and subscribers, entitled Office Pro. The organization also hosts several in-person education events each year.


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Manfred Trenz

Manfred Trenz  (born 29 November 1965 in Saarbrücken) is a German video game developer.

He is the developer of the Turrican video game series as well as the Commodore 64 version of the game R-Type. He also made The Great Giana Sisters. He is currently developing games for his own company, Denaris Entertainment Software.

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Goldfrapp
Hey wheres the controller at?

"The inclusion of music from Goldfrapp during the first series pre-dated the commercial release of their debut album" - Felt Mountain, Goldfrapp's debut album, was released in 2000 - yet Monkey Dust started in 2003. So the album release did not pre-date the series. Or am I missing the point...? --jeffthejiff 19:16, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It was made before the commercial release of the album - I think that needs rewriting to clear that up. violet/riga (t) 19:44, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC

No no, some of it was written around about that time. The show wasn't absolutely complete at the time.

"murderers, paedophiles and single parents"
I can't decide whether that line is disturbing or funny - Richfife 19:49, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It's a pretty interesting idea, I think. Although we would all assume that murder and paedophilia are very bad things, both of them are fairly rare occurrences.  Single-parenthood, however, affects millions.  So which is more of a threat to our society; a couple of dozen murders per year, or thousands and thousands of children brought up inadequately by a single mother and with no male role model? --Corinthian 17:18, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I think the assumption that single mother households automatically fail to adequetly raise there children is a bit of a stretch. I particularly dislike this moral line. bert 20:49, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

"Mr and Mrs Daily Mail"
I've changed the title for this section, as the previous name isn't really appropriate. On two occasions the husband is seen reading The Independent, one time The Sun, and only once The Daily Mail. Their resigned reaction to the antics of "the kids from the flats" also doesn't fit the usual DM reader stereotype. Nick Cooper 15:46, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Series two - Movie Parodies
"They All Come home" - fairly sure this parody is in series three - episode six ??

Liar Clive
Surely with the considerable resemblence liar Clive is in fact a parody of failed Tory leader William Hague, who is reminded of his failure whenever Blair is shown on television. Any thoughts? Gazz 00:53, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

he had great excuses "no clive that was the plot of the hundred years war, where were you really?" i believe he answered "filling a bath tub with cum"

Ivan Dobsky's theme
I realize this isn't at all the appropriate place to ask, but does anyone know the name of the song that plays when Ivan hops out of prison on Mr. Hoppy? It's wordless "la da da da" stuff, very upbeat. Anyone? - 58.107.184.115 04:05, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

 * It's called 'Come' by Eddie Warner Vincethod 22:09, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Mark Thomas appearance in s3 ep4?
The hospital sketch towards the end of this episode appears to feature left wing comedian Mark Thomas, is he being impersonated or is he voicing his character? The article ought to mention this given that it goes into David Baddiel's appearance.Lindsay40k (talk) 11:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Three-season box set?
The article states that only season one was ever commercially released on DVD, and this Amazon search supports that. In contradiction, this seller claims to offer a three-season box set for sale; however, the only images shown are those from season one and a photograph of the season-one disc, expect for the keep case cover art, which could be deceptively altered. Is there any evidence that a three-season box set actually exists as a commercial release? Raifʻhār Doremítzwr (talk) 12:17, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It's clearly a bootleg. Nick Cooper (talk) 12:32, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Never going to get a (legal) boxset as there are too many problems in clearing the rights to the music for the later series. Pretty sure it is explained in the commentary of the Series 1 DVD.  Even the series 1 DVD release needed lots of music changes making it different in many ways to the broadcast TV version.  At the date of this comment there are lots of the later episodes appearing on YouTube. 86.10.167.123 (talk) 18:44, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

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Julian Joseph

Julian Raphael Nathaniel Joseph OBE (born 11 May 1966) is a British jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and broadcaster. He has worked solo, in his big band, trio, quartet, forum project band or electric band.

Biography
Joseph was born in London and attended Allfarthing Primary School and Spencer Park Secondary School in Wandsworth. He graduated in composition from Berklee College of Music in 1989.

Joseph works in both contemporary and traditional situations with his music. He is also active in jazz education helping to form the jazz syllabus for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in Great Britain. Starting with his first album The Language of Truth in 1991, Joseph has six albums, one single, and one soundtrack to his credit, and has focused on live performance, composing, broadcasting and teaching. He performed at the 2003 London Jazz Festival and also hosts several radio shows on BBC Radio 3, including Jazz Line-up and Jazz Legends. He has also made two jazz television series for Meridian, a jazz series for Sky TV's Artsworld Channel and the documentary A Festival of Jazz Piano (2006) for BBC Television in Wales directed by Celia Lowenstein.

In September 2010, Joseph was interviewed by Bruce Lindsay, a jazz critic from All About Jazz, who wrote: "Julian Joseph is something of a jazz master of all trades." October that year, Joseph was presented with a BASCA Gold Badge Award in merit for his unique contribution to music.

Joseph founded the Julian Joseph Jazz Academy in January 2013 in London. The Academy encourages young musicians in the development of jazz technique and understanding. Tutors include Tony Kofi and Byron Wallen.

Joseph is also a trustee and vice-president of the National Youth Jazz Collective.

In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours list he was appointed an OBE for services to music.

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Steven Ozment

Steven Edgar Ozment (February 21, 1939 – December 12, 2019) was an American historian of early modern and modern Germany, the European family, and the Protestant Reformation. From 1990 to 2015, he was the McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University, and Professor Emeritus until his death on December 12, 2019.

A son of Lowell Ozment and Shirley (Edgar) Ozment, he was born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Camden, Arkansas. He attended the University of Arkansas on a football scholarship, and transferred to Hendrix College after two years, and graduated with a BA in 1960. He obtained a Bachelor of Divinity degree at Drew Theological School in 1964, and a PhD at Harvard University in 1967. His dissertation, written under the supervision of Dutch intellectual historian Heiko Oberman, concerned the thought of Johannes Tauler, Jean Gerson and Martin Luther.

Ozment taught at the University of Tübingen, Germany, and at Yale University and Stanford University as well as Harvard. In 1977, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of Renaissance history.

Ozment authored ten books. His Age of Reform, 1250–1550 (1980), based on his lecture notes for two survey courses at Yale, won the Schaff History Prize (1981) and was nominated for the 1981 National Book Award. Five of his books were selections of the History Book Club and several have been translated into European and Asian languages.

A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German People came out in 2005. Ozment's study of the world of German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder was published by Yale University Press in June, 2013, under the title, The Serpent and the Lamb: Cranach, Luther, and the Making of the Reformation.

Ozment was married first to Elinor Pryor of Little Rock, with whom he had 3 of his children. He later married Andrea Foster of Norwich, NY and had 2 more children. They lived together in Newbury, MA, where Steven spent the majority of his academic life. He spent the last years of his life married to Susanna Schweizer.

Major works

 * Homo spiritualis: a comparative study of the anthropology of Johannes Tauler, Jean Gerson and Martin Luther (1509–16) in the context of their theological thought. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1969.
 * ed., Jean Gerson: selections from A Deo exivit, Contra curiositatem studentium and De mystica theologia speculative. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1969.
 * ed., The Reformation in Medieval Perspective. Chicago, IL: Quadrangle Books, 1971.
 * Mysticism and Dissent: Religious Ideology and Social Protest in the Sixteenth Century. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1973.
 * The Reformation in the Cities: The Appeal of Protestantism to Sixteenth-Century Germany and Switzerland. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1975; 1977.
 * co-author, The Western Heritage. New York, NY: MacMillan, 1979; 1983; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1997; 2000; 2003.
 * The Age of Reform, 1250–1550: An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europe. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1980; 1981. (Reprinted with a new Forward in 2020.)
 * ed., Reformation Europe: A Guide to Research. St. Louis, MO: Center for Reformation Research, 1982.
 * When Fathers Ruled: Family Life in Reformation Europe. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983; 1985.
 * co-author, The Heritage of World Civilizations. New York, NY: MacMillan, 1986; 1989; 1993; 1996; 1999; 2001; 2004.
 * Magdalena and Balthasar: An Intimate Portrait of Life in 16th Century Europe Revealed in the Letters of a Nuremberg Husband and Wife. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1986; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1989.
 * ed., Religion and Culture in the Renaissance and Reformation. Kirksville, MO: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, 1989.
 * ed. & trans., Three Behaim Boys: Growing Up in Early Modern Germany. A Chronicle of Their Lives. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990.
 * Protestants: The Birth Of a Revolution. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1993; 1994; London: HarperCollins, 1993.
 * The Bürgermeister's Daughter: Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1996; New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1997.
 * Flesh and Spirit: A Study of Private Life in Early Modern Germany. New York, NY: Viking/Penguin, 1999; 2001.
 * Ancestors: The Loving Family in Old Europe. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
 * A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German People. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2004; 2005; London: Granta, 2005.
 * The Serpent and the Lamb: Cranach, Luther, and the Making of the Reformation. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013.

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you accidentally made the page "Julian joseph". I fixed it for you. - Stoph 04:24, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Hi colleague, please see WP:MOSDATE. Thank you. ←Humus sapiens ну? 22:16, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * It's pretty futile to go against BC/AD, since the "common era" is based on the exact same calendar. Besides, if you're worried about the religious connotations, most people interpret BCE/CE to be "Before the Christian Era/Era of Christ" and "The Christian Era/Era of Christ."  There's no reason to be misleading.  Even if you type a BCE/CE date into the search box (ex. 5 BCE), you'll get the date converted to BC/AD anyways. --Mets 06:42, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

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Featured article Nominated by Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral is a Gothic Revival three-spire cathedral in the city of Cork, Ireland. It belongs to the Church of Ireland and was completed in 1879. The cathedral is located on the south side of the River Lee, on ground that has been a place of worship since the 7th century, and is dedicated to Finbarr of Cork, patron saint of the city. It was once in the Diocese of Cork; it is now one of the three cathedrals in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. Christian use of the site dates back to a 7th-century AD monastery, which according to legend was founded by Finbarr of Cork. The entrances contain the figures of over a dozen biblical figures, capped by a tympanum showing a Resurrection scene. (more...) Help wanted We're looking for writers to contribute to Ichthus. Do you have a project that you'd like to highlight? An issue that you'd like to bring to light? Post your inquiries or submission here.  WikiProject Christianity

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A suicide attack on July 11th claimed by Islamic State (IS) near a church in the Syrian city of Qamishli shows that Christians remain a major target of the terror group. The Top 6 most popular articles about People in WikiProject Christianity were:   Did You Know? Nominated by ... that The Vision of Dorotheus is one of the earliest examples of Christian hexametric poetry?
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 * 2) Elena Cornaro Piscopia – was a Venetian philosopher of noble descent who in 1678 became one of the first women to receive an academic degree from a university, and the first to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree. In 1669, she translated the Colloquy of Christ by Carthusian monk Lanspergius from Spanish into Italian.
 * 3) Mary, Queen of Scots – arrested for Reigning While Catholic (RWC), Mary was found guilty of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth I of England in 1586, and was beheaded the following year.
 * 4) Bob Dylan – American singer-songwriter, author, and visual artist. " Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them."
 * 5) Elizabeth I of England – The Virgin Queen, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor who ushered in the Elizabethan Era, reversed re-establishment of Roman Catholicism by her half-sister.
 * 6) Billy Ray Cyrus – Having released 12 studio albums and 44 singles since 1992, he is best known for his number one single "Achy Breaky Heart", which became the first single ever to achieve triple Platinum status in Australia.

Featured article Nominated by When God Writes Your Love Story: The Ultimate Approach to Guy/Girl Relationships is a 1999 book by Eric and Leslie Ludy, an American married couple. After becoming a bestseller on the Christian book market, the book was republished in 2004 and then revised and expanded in 2009. It tells the story of the authors' first meeting, courtship, and marriage. The authors advise single people not to be physically or emotionally intimate with others, but to wait for the spouse that God has planned for them.

The book is divided into five sections and sixteen chapters. Each chapter is written from the perspective of one of the two authors; nine are by Eric, while Leslie wrote seven, as well as the introduction. The Ludys argue that one's love life should be both guided by and subordinate to one's relationship with God. Leslie writes that God offers new beginnings to formerly unchaste or sexually abused individuals. (more...) Help wanted We're looking for writers to contribute to Ichthus. Do you have a project that you'd like to highlight? An issue that you'd like to bring to light? Post your inquiries or submission here.  WikiProject Christianity

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 * 2) Harriet Tubman - an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, she escaped and made some  missions to rescue enslaved people, using the network of antislavery activists and Underground Railroads. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout, spy for the Union Army.
 * 3) Henry VIII of England – King of England, He was an accomplished musician, author, and poet; his known piece of music is "Pastime with Good Company". He is often reputed to have written "Greensleeves" but probably did not. He had six marriages.

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Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. The book is divided into five chapters, which Dickens titled "staves". A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. (more...) Bible Verse Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another. Romans 12:10 New King James Version (NKJV) Help wanted We're looking for writers to contribute to Ichthus. Do you have a project or an issue that you'd like to highlight? Post your inquiries or submission here.

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A Song for Simeon, is a 37-line poem written in 1928 by American-English poet T. S. Eliot (1888–1965). It is one of five poems that Eliot contributed to the Ariel poems series of 38 pamphlets by several authors published by Faber and Gwyer. "A Song for Simeon" was the sixteenth in the series and included an illustration by avant garde artist Edward McKnight Kauffer. The poem's narrative echoes the text of the Nunc dimittis, a liturgical prayer for Compline from the Gospel passage. Eliot introduces literary allusions to earlier writers Lancelot Andrewes, Dante Alighieri and St. John of the Cross. Critics have debated whether Eliot's depiction of Simeon is a negative portrayal of a Jewish figure and evidence of anti-Semitism on Eliot's part. (more...) Bible Verse May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, And fulfill all your purpose. Psalm 20:4 New King James Version (NKJV) Help wanted We're looking for writers to contribute to Ichthus. Do you have a project or an issue that you'd like to highlight? Post your inquiries or submission here.

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Music Row

Music Row is a historic district located southwest of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Widely considered the heart of Nashville's entertainment industry, Music Row has also become a metonymous nickname for the music industry as a whole, particularly in country music, gospel music, and contemporary Christian music.

The district is centered on 16th and 17th Avenues South (called Music Square East and Music Square West, respectively, within the Music Row area), along with several side streets. Lacy J. Dalton had a hit song in the 1980s about 16th Avenue, while the area served as namesake to Dolly Parton's 1973 composition "Down on Music Row". In 1999, the song "Murder on Music Row" was released and gained fame when it was recorded by George Strait and Alan Jackson, lamenting the rise of country pop and the accompanying decline of the traditional country music sound.

The area hosts the offices of numerous record labels, publishing houses, music licensing firms, recording studios, video production houses, along with other businesses that serve the music industry, as well as radio networks, and radio stations. MusicRow Magazine has reported on the music industry since 1981.

In present years, the district has been marked for extensive historical preservation and local as well as national movements to revive its rich and vibrant history. A group dedicated to this mission is the Music Industry Coalition.

History
In his 1970 book The Nashville Sound, Paul Hemphill described Music Row as the area "where almost all of Nashville's music-related businesses operate out of a smorgasbord of renovated old single- and two-story houses and sleek new office buildings." RCA Victor, Decca Records, and Columbia Records each completed at least 90 percent of country recordings at music Row. Elsewhere, observed Hemphill, Music Row had "a montage of 'For Sale' signs [and] old houses done up with false fronts to look like office buildings."

Throughout the 1960s, property values on Music Row grew, for instance a 50-foot lot from $15,000 in 1961 to $80,000 in 1966.

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Music Row includes historic sites such as RCA's famed Studio B and Studio A, where hundreds of notable and famous musicians have recorded. Country music entertainers Roy Acuff and Chet Atkins have streets named in their honor within the area.

The Country Music Association (CMA) opened its $750,000 headquarters in Music Row in 1967. The modernist building included CMA's executive offices and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Next door to the CMA headquarters is Broadcast Music Inc.

The first Country Music Hall of Fame sat at the corner of Music Square East and Division Street from April 1967 to December 2000, but the building has since been torn down and the museum moved to a state-of-the-art building 11 blocks away in Downtown Nashville in May 2001.

One area of Music Row, along Demonbreun Street, was once littered with down-market tourist attractions and vanity "museums" of various country music stars. These began to disappear in the late 1990s with the announced move of the Country Music Hall of Fame. The strip sat largely vacant for a few years but has been recently redeveloped with a number of upscale restaurants and bars serving the Downtown and Music Row areas.

At the confluence of Demonbreun Street, Division Street, 16th Avenue South, and Music Square East is the "Music Row Roundabout," a circular intersection designed to accommodate a continuous flow of traffic. Flanking the intersection to the west is Owen Bradley Park, a very small park dedicated to notable songwriter, performer, and publisher Owen Bradley. Within the park is a life-size bronze statue of Bradley behind a piano. Inside the roundabout is a large statue called the "Musica".

At the other end of Music Row, across Wedgewood Avenue sits the Belmont University campus, and Vanderbilt University is also adjacent to the area. Belmont is of particular note because of its Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business (CEMB), part of Belmont University and a major program in its commercial music performance division.

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Mario Lanza Live at Hollywood Bowl: Historical Recordings (1947 & 1951)

Mario Lanza Live at the Hollywood Bowl: Historical Recordings (1947 & 1951) is a 2000 CD, released by the Gala label (GL 311), includes the six selections that tenor Mario Lanza sang at his first Hollywood Bowl concert on August 27, 1947. This is the performance that first brought Lanza to the attention of Hollywood, and shortly afterwards he was signed to a seven-year film contract with MGM. Included from the performance at the Bowl are six arias, three of them in duet with soprano Frances Yeend. Eugene Ormandy conducts the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for these performances.

Reviewing the concert in the Los Angeles Examiner, Ernest Lonsdale wrote that, "Mario Lanza could have taken the Bowl with him. [His] voice is rich, full, warm and ringing. He has expression, emotion and good pronunciation. His operatic potentialities, if he works hard for a few more years, are unmistakably great."

In addition to the six classical selections from the Bowl, this album included fourteen recordings from The Mario Lanza Show radio broadcasts. These songs were introduced by Mario Lanza and his regular announcer, Bill Baldwin. They include three Neapolitan songs, his million-selling hits, several of his evergreen popular songs, and the aria "O paradiso". Ray Sinatra served as conductor on these radio broadcasts taped between June and September 1951.

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 * 1) "Una furtiva lagrima" – (Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore) – 4:57 (Bowl)
 * 2) "Un dì all'azzurro spazio" – (Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier) – 4:45 (Bowl)
 * 3) "E lucevan le stelle" – (Giacomo Puccini: Tosca) – 3:17 (Bowl)
 * 4) "Parigi, o cara" (duet with Frances Yeend) – (Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata) – 5:25 (Bowl)
 * 5) "Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino" (duet with Frances Yeend) – (Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly) – 6:56 (Bowl)
 * 6) "O soave fanciulla" (duet with Frances Yeend) – (Giacomo Puccini: La bohème) – 4:04 (Bowl)
 * 7) "Funiculì, Funiculà" – (Luigi Denza, Giuseppe Turco) – 2:30 (Radio)
 * 8) "My Song, My Love" – (Gerda Beilson, Beelby) – 3:45 (Radio)
 * 9) "Diane" – (Ernö Rapée, Lew Pollack) – 3:33 (Radio)
 * 10) "Thine Alone" – (Victor Herbert, Henry Blossom) – 3:06 (Radio)
 * 11) "'A vucchella" – (Paolo Tosti, Gabriele D'Annunzio) – 2:59 (Radio)
 * 12) "Toselli's Serenade" (Serenata 'Rimpianto' Op. 6, No. 1)  – (Enrico Toselli, Alfredo Silvestri) – 3:59 (Radio)
 * 13) "Because You're Mine" – (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 2:31 (Radio)
 * 14) "The Loveliest Night of the Year" – (Juventino P. Rosas, Irving Aaronson, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:25 (Radio)
 * 15) "O Paradiso" – (Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine) – 3:36 (Radio)
 * 16) "The Rosary" – (Ethelbert Nevin) – 2:53 (Radio)
 * 17) "If (They Made Me a King)" – (Tolchard Evans, Robert Hargreaves, Stanley Damerell) – 3:28 (Radio)
 * 18) "They Didn't Believe Me" – (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) – 4:57 (Radio)
 * 19) "The Lord's Prayer" – (Albert Hay Malotte) – 3:35 (Radio)
 * 20) "Be My Love" – (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 3:05 (Radio)


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Sound mass

In musical composition, a sound mass or sound collective is the result of compositional techniques, in which, "the importance of individual pitches", is minimized, "in preference for texture, timbre, and dynamics as primary shapers of gesture and impact", obscuring, "the boundary between sound and noise".

Techniques which may create or be used with sound mass include extended techniques such as muted brass or strings, flutter tonguing, wide vibrato, extreme ranges, and glissandos as the continuum for "sound mass" moves from simultaneously sounding notes – clusters etc., towards stochastic cloud textures, and 'mass structure' compositional textures which evolve over time. In a sound mass, "the traditional concept of 'chord' or vertical 'event' [is] replaced by a shifting, iridescent fabric of sound".

The use of "chords approaching timbres" begins with Debussy, and Edgard Varèse often carefully scored individual instrumental parts so that they would fuse into one ensemble timbre or sound mass. Explored by Charles Ives and Henry Cowell in the early part of the twentieth century, this technique also developed from the modernist tone clusters and spread to orchestral writing by the mid 1950s and 1960s. "Unlike most tonal and non-tonal linear dissonances, tone clusters are essentially static. The individual pitches are of secondary importance; it is the sound mass that is foremost." One French composer active in this period whose music takes a sound-mass approach directly influenced by both Debussy and Varèse is Maurice Ohana.

Examples
Examples can be found in Metastasis (1953–54), Pithoprakta (1955–56), and Achorripsis (1956–57), all orchestral works by Iannis Xenakis, as well as in Gesang der Jünglinge for concrete and electronic sounds (1955–56), Zeitmaße for five woodwinds (1955–56), and Gruppen for three orchestras (1955–57), by Karlheinz Stockhausen. Other composers and works include Barbara Kolb, Pauline Oliveros' Sound Patterns for chorus (1961), Norma Beecroft's From Dreams of Brass for chorus (1963–64), and Nancy Van de Vate. Beecroft "blurs individual pitches in favor of a collective timbre through the use of vocal and instrumental clusters, choral speech, narrator, and a wash of sounds from an electronic tape".

A very early example is the opening of Jean-Féry Rebel's ballet Les Elémens (1737–38), where chaos is represented by a gradually cumulating orchestral cluster of all seven notes of the D minor scale. A later example is the third movement of Ruth Crawford Seeger's String Quartet 1931 while more recently Phill Niblock's multiple drone based music serves as an example.

Other examples include European "textural" compositions of the fifties and sixties such as Krzysztof Penderecki's Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima (1959) and György Ligeti's works featuring micropolyphony in works like Atmosphères (1961) and his Requiem (1963–65). Other composers with works using this technique include Henryk Górecki, Karel Husa, Witold Lutosławski, Kazimierz Serocki, Steven Stucky, and George Crumb. Sound-mass techniques also appear in the music of Monic Cecconi-Botella and Harry Freedman.

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Speed Demon (character)

Speed Demon (James Sanders) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema, the character made his first appearance in The Avengers #69 (Oct. 1969) as a member of the Squadron Sinister known as the Whizzer.

Publication history
James Sanders first appears as the Whizzer in the final panel of The Avengers #69 (Oct. 1969), the first chapter of a three-issue storyline by writer Roy Thomas and penciller Sal Buscema. The story arc introduced the supervillain team the Squadron Sinister, whose four members were loosely based on heroes in DC Comics' Justice League of America, with the Whizzer based on the Flash.

Fictional character biography
The Squadron Sinister are created by the cosmic entity the Grandmaster to battle the champions of the time-traveling Kang – the superhero team the Avengers. The Whizzer battles Avenger Goliath, but the fight is interrupted by the Black Knight. The Avengers eventually defeat the Squadron and they in turn are abandoned by the Grandmaster. The Squadron reappear in the title Defenders, reunited by the alien Nebulon. The villains receive greater power in exchange for the planet Earth, and create a giant laser cannon in the Arctic to melt the polar ice caps, thereby covering the entirety of the Earth's surface in water. The superhero team the Defenders prevent the scheme and defeat the villains (and Nebulon), with Namor the Sub-Mariner humiliating the Whizzer.

After this defeat the Whizzer and his teammates are teleported off-world by Nebulon, returning with an energy-draining weapon. The Squadron Sinister plan to threaten the Earth again but are defeated once more by the Defenders and the Avenger Yellowjacket. The character has another brief encounter with several members of the Avengers, who seek a way to separate the power prism of Doctor Spectrum from fellow Avenger the Wasp. The Whizzer disassociates himself from the Squadron Sinister and adopts a new costume and alias, Speed Demon.

Writer Bill Mantlo and penciller Bob Hall revamped the character in the title The Amazing Spider-Man, with Sanders returning to crime with a new costume and the alias Speed Demon. The character makes a number of appearances in titles, including Marvel Team-Up against Spider-Man and Fantastic Four member the Human Torch, in The Amazing Spider-Man as a member of the criminal group the Sinister Syndicate, Marvel Tales, Quasar, and in the graphic novel Avengers: Deathtrap – The Vault (1991).

Speed Demon makes another abortive attempt to kill Spider-Man in the limited series The Deadly Foes of Spider-Man; battles Wolverine; features in Web of Spider-Man; encounters Spider-Man and the New Warriors in Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #12, Web of Spider-Man Annual #8, and The New Warriors Annual #2 (all 1992); and in the title Captain America briefly skirmishes with the hero at an A.I.M. weapons expo. After an appearance in the limited series Spider-Man: The Power of Terror, Speed Demon is employed by crooked businessman Justin Hammer to battle the superhero team the Thunderbolts.

Speed Demon is recruited to join the New Thunderbolts but is eventually ejected from the team by heroine Songbird for stealing money to fund the team (including from the company of former teammate Kyle Richmond, who tracks the character as Nighthawk). After a confrontation and unexpected skirmish with an apparently resurrected Hyperion and a new Doctor Spectrum (Alice Nugent, former lab assistant of Hank Pym), Speed Demon defects to join the reformed Squadron Sinister.

Courtesy of a phenomenon known as the Wellspring of Power, an interdimensional source of superhuman abilities, the Grandmaster – guiding force behind the return of the Squadron Sinister – has been increasing the Squadron Sinister's powers. He directs Speed Demon and the Squadron (now joined by Nighthawk, who wishes to stop New Thunderbolts team leader Baron Zemo) to find the main source of the Wellspring. For a time the character, deprived of the use of the Wellspring, is powerless and has his legs broken in a battle with New Thunderbolts member Joystick. Empowered in the final battle against the New Thunderbolts, Speed Demon takes advantage of the chaos caused when Zemo defeats the Grandmaster to viciously beat Joystick in retaliation for his injuries. Speed Demon and the members of the Squadron scatter and escape.

Speed Demon appeared in Brand New Day as one of the villains in the Bar With No Name. He later joined the Hood's gang, and attacks Mister Negative.

As part of the Marvel NOW! event, Speed Demon appears as a member of the latest incarnation of the Sinister Six. Speed Demon features as one of the main characters in Superior Foes of Spider-Man.

Speed Demon later appears robbing a pawn shop with Man Mountain Marko when they are caught by Rage. After a brief fight, they escape while Rage gets arrested by the Americops. He is later captured by Sam Wilson, as the former Captain America, who forced him to confess of his and Marko's involvement in the pawn shop robbery.

Speed Demon was among the villains that were killed by Black Ant and a restored Hank Pym and revived to join the Lethal Legion.

Powers and abilities
As a result of mutagenic chemicals concocted under the Grandmaster's mental guidance, Speed Demon possesses superhuman speed, stamina, and reflexes. The character can create cyclones (by running in circles) and run up walls and across water. Speed Demon's superhumanly fast thought processes and reflexes enable him to perceive his surroundings while moving at high speeds, pick up objects, and execute complex acrobatic maneuvers.

James Sanders possesses a master's degree in chemistry.

Reception

 * In 2018, CBR.com ranked Speed Demon 12th in their "25 Fastest Characters In The Marvel Universe" list.
 * In 2020, CBR.com ranked Speed Demon 5th in their "10 Most Powerful Members of the Sinister Syndicate" list.
 * In 2022, CBR.com ranked Speed Demon 10th in their "Marvel: The 20 Fastest Speedsters" list.

House of M
In the House of M reality, Jim Sanders, along with Abner Jenkins, works as a biochemist for Major Josten and General Dugan. He was given a Kree blood sample in hopes of creating a bio-weapon to use against the Kree to stop their alliance with the mutants.

Marvel Zombies
In Marvel Zombies, he becomes an agent for the zombified Kingpin. He is sent with Quicksilver and the Whizzer to pursue Machine Man, who is opposing the zombie efforts. The Whizzer is flattened and the other two are shredded by a taut-wire trap.

In other media

 * An original incarnation of Speed Demon appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced by Jason Spisak. This version is an unnamed alien and member of the Squadron Supreme who joined them in destroying their home planet and whose powers are derived from a speed belt. He and the Squadron battle the Avengers until they are eventually defeated and incarcerated in the Vault.
 * Speed Demon will appear in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

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Norma Major

Dame Norma Christina Elizabeth, Lady Major (, formerly Johnson; born 12 February 1942) is an English philanthropist who is married to former British prime minister Sir John Major.

Early life
Norma Christina Elizabeth Wagstaff is the daughter of Norman Reuel Wagstaff, a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, and Edith Georgina Wagstaff (née Johnson), a former umbrella saleswoman. She was born in Shropshire while her father was stationed there during World War II. He was killed in a motorcycle accident a few days after the end of the Second World War, when Norma was just three years old, and her mother subsequently reverted to using her maiden name after becoming estranged from her in-laws, so she was known as Norma Johnson growing up.

Major was educated at a boarding school in Bexhill-on-Sea, Oakfield Preparatory School in Dulwich, and Peckham School for Girls where she was head girl. She was a skilled dressmaker. She was also a member of the Young Conservatives.

Marriage
At a Conservative Party meeting during the campaign for the 1970 Greater London Council elections, she was introduced to John Major. The couple married on 3 October 1970.

They have a son together, James Major, and a daughter, Elizabeth Major. She kept a low profile during her husband's premiership (1990–1997), doing charity work and writing two books, Joan Sutherland: The Authorised Biography (1994) and Chequers: The Prime Minister's Country House and its History (1997).

Charity work
In June 1999, Major was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours, in recognition of her charity work. Major is a supporter of Mencap, and she has been credited with helping to raise £6,000,000 for the charity.

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Category talk:Cities in Michigan

People should submit images of these cities in the state of Michigan. If any Wikipedian has any tourist photos, submit them please. --SuperDude 04:25, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Red Shirt, South Dakota

Red Shirt (Lakota: ógle šá or ógle lúta ) is a small unincorporated Oglala Lakota village southeast of Hermosa in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. It is on the Pine Ridge Reservation, just outside Badlands National Park.

Red Shirt is located just past the east end of SD 40, which becomes BIA Highway 41 at the bridge over the Cheyenne River (boundary between Custer County and Oglala Lakota County and of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The built-up area of the community, including Red Shirt School, is located on the flats of the valley of the Cheyenne River, below the north end of Red Shirt Table, a prominent feature of the landscape of northwestern Oglala Lakota County.

Red Shirt, as are many Oglala and Lakota communities, was named for chief Red Shirt, (Ógle Lúta, ca 1845–1925) whose band settled in the area in the late 1870s.

In 2009, the village consisted of approximately 23 houses (including some mobile homes) in two clusters (Upper and Lower Red Shirt), the Red Shirt School (both the modern (constructed 2005–2008) with two large domes, and the older school buildings), a dance ring, sports fields, several community buildings, and a sewage plant. The community is the closest on Pine Ridge Reservation to Rapid City. Red Shirt is the last community served by the massive Mni Wiconi water project pipeline which pumps water from the Missouri River near Fort Pierre, South Dakota up to the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations. The village is located near the Cheyenne River but outside the Special Flood Hazard Area (100-year floodplain) of the river.

Red Shirt School is part of the Oglala Lakota County School District, and is an elementary school, but also is a campus/coordinating/test center for the Shannon County Virtual High School (SCVHS), which provides instruction via internet and is the only public high school located on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

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Talk:International border states of the United States

Florida?
I don't see how Florida counts as having an international border. I am going to change this if no one tells me not to. Lukejodonnell (talk) 02:39, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

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Don't Florida and Alaska belong here, on account of their respective sea borders with Cuba and Russia?
 * Not to mention, Indiana is closer to Canada than Florida to Cuba. Should we count that as "bordering" another country, while we're being liberal with quotation marks?  After all, the land journey from Indiana to Canada is far easier than the sea or air journey from Florida to Cuba. Alvis 04:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Good point. Overseas places do not border the USA.  Adding quotation marks is not a logical solution in an encyclopedia.Korky Day (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Article title
Does "Border" need to be capitalized? --Fang Aili talk 19:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * No.Korky Day (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Florida & Alaska sea borders?
Should we include Hawaii for Taiwan? California for China? Oregon & Washington for Japan. Maybe MA for bordering with Great Britain? As far as Territoral waters they only extend 12 nautical miles, so I doubt Cuba, Russia, etc. are within that definition. I think this article should be limited to those states with a physical shared border, no water in between. Aboutmovies 02:42, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed, unless the "water" is a river or lake. Korky Day (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
 * No one is disagreeing, so I'll change it. But I know not how to change the map. Korky Day (talk) 18:19, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I actually do think that Alaska and Florida should be included here since there are no intervening international waters between them and them and neighboring countries. Just because you have to float across the Straits of Florida or the Bering Strait makes then no less international borders than ones on land- just ask the countries involved about mineral, oil, and fishing rights involved! —Ashanda (talk) 01:37, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Alaska is a border state. It borders Canada. 130.132.200.84 (talk) 05:08, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, Alaska and Russia are just 2.5 miles apart. The Diomede Islands - Little Diomede in Alaska and Big Diomede in Russia - reside in the Bering Strait and are separated by just 2.5 miles of water. Regardless, as another individual pointed out, Alaska borders Canada as well. Phizzy  03:00, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with the idea of listing Alaska as having a water border with Russia, its really no different than the Great Lakes. 2 says you, says two 19:15, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

2024 Addition: To add to this very old discussion... the current table referenceing US-Canada water borders needs to be clarified. The distinctions are not clear. The table includes water borders for states that also have land borders and does not include water borders for other staes that do have them. There's a water boder over a river between Alaska and Canada and bays between Washington and British Columbia, etc.

Definition
Sorry. I never heard of border states for anything other than the Civil War. Definitely not these states. When I googled "border states", I got the Civil War states.

Someone has put a lot of work into this, but it is nonsense, in my opinion. It redefines everyone's conception. It should be totally changed to reflect the Civil War definition: Kentucky, Tenessee, etc. The article, as is, should be moved to (sorry) uncyclopedia.Student7 02:53, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I hear the term often in Canada, so let's keep Wikipedia internationally relevant. Besides, it's just common sense: if it has a border with another country, it's logically a border state; that's how the term got to be used in the Civil War and the term can be used at other times for the exact same reason.Korky Day (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

The US-Canada border and US-Mexico border articles are the right place for much of this information. Mysteriously they weren't linked from this article, so I've added that, as well as the relevant categories from those articles.

The criticisms of this article as a neologism, confusing, and US-centric are all correct. I'd support deleting it and moving any useful content that isn't already in other related articles, to those articles. And adding it to the USRegions template is unjustified. --JWB (talk) 02:15, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Why do Ohio and Pennsylvania get to be "border states" with Canada but Wisconsin does not. Each has only a lake border. Ohio and Pennsylvania on Lake Erie, Wisconsin on Lake Superior.Caelo 77036 (talk) 18:09, 3 March 2010 (UTC)caelo_77036

 * Living in Arizona, I hear discourse of immigration and "border issues" on a regular basis in both a local and national context. To me, the concept of a "border state" is pretty straightforward: a state located on a national border who has to deal with the issues, for better or worse. Perhaps some sort of context like this in the article might help to make the article more relevant. 72.208.49.62 (talk) 06:23, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

 * The difference between Ohio & Pennsylvania and Wisconsin is that Ohio and Pennsylvania actually share an international border with Canada. Wisconsin does not. Phizzy [[Image:SimpleMichigan.svg|30x15px]]  19:32, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

I think Wisconsin is actually *more* similar culturally to Canada than Ohio and Pennsylvania (some elaboration on the previous comment would be appreciated: "Ohio and Pennsylvania actually share an international border with Canada. Wisconsin does not."). That and it is farther north than both of those states. Also, before being admitted to the Union in 1848, Wisconsin's territory included Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northeastern Minnesota, meaning - had Wisconsin not had to get rid of those northern areas, it would have indefinitely bordered the True North. Still, I like to think Wisconsin is pretty well connected to Canada. Pennsylvania, meanwhile, does not border the Atlantic Ocean - thanks to New Jersey. 71.82.237.58 (talk) 02:18, 27 November 2018 (UTC) Wiscipidier 02:12, 27 November 2018 (UTC)71.82.237.58 (talk) 02:18, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Crystal Island
This article lists Crystal Island as a land border between Ontario and Michigan. Meanwhile, the linked article on Islands in the Detroit River says "There are no islands in the Detroit River that are divided by the international border, as Michigan and Ontario share no land borders at any point."

Which is correct? 2600:6C51:7B7F:DAFF:D527:AFE6:1B9:ECC1 (talk) 06:08, 21 February 2024 (UTC)


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Fantastic Planet (Failure album)

Fantastic Planet is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Failure, released on August 13, 1996, by Slash Records and Warner Bros. Records. It was the last album released on Slash Records prior to its acquisition by London Recordings in 1996.

The album was produced by Failure themselves in a process that took longer than their previous two albums, with one song being recorded and produced soon after being written, and repeating this process. Space rock themes are present in the lyrics, as well as various indirect references to drug addiction, drug-related experiences, and prostitution. The album is cyclical, in that the chiming sound effect which ends the final track "Daylight" begins the opening track "Saturday Saviour", and was the beginning of a system of numerically designated segues in Failure's studio work, which would continue on later albums.

Despite receiving critical acclaim, the album failed to make an appearance on the Billboard 200 chart, but did produce a charting single with "Stuck on You", which reached #23 on Billboard 's Alternative Songs Chart. Seven of the album's songs were also included on Failure's Essentials, a best-of collection from 2006. Fantastic Planet would be Failure's last studio album for nineteen years until the release of The Heart Is a Monster (2015).

Background
In 1992, Failure signed with Slash Records (an LA-based independent label), and subsequently released two albums; Comfort in 1992, and Magnified in 1994. Magnified, while not a commercial success, was a hit with critics and pushed the band to begin work on Fantastic Planet in early 1995. Guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen joined Failure around the time of this album's release.

Artwork
The album art is closely based on an illustration by Ed Valigursky used for the book jacket of the first edition of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's 1954 novel To the Stars.

Release
Towards the end of recording Fantastic Planet, Failure learned that Slash Records was putting itself up for sale, and subsequently would not be able to release the band's album. Subsequently, Fantastic Planet remained shelved for about a year after its completion in February 1995, with the band "unofficially" shopping the album to other labels while hoping that Slash would renew its distribution deal with Warner Bros. Records. Upon hearing Fantastic Planet and liking the album, Warner Bros. agreed to directly sign the band in February 1996, but the album was not released for another six months due to issues around record contract negotiations.

The album's first single, "Stuck on You" (an appropriately catchy mid-tempo track that metaphorically compares infatuation to a nagging tune stuck in one's head), became a minor alternative-radio hit and achieved light to medium rotation on MTV, but failed to chart significantly. The song peaked at No. 31 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and No. 23 on the Modern Rock chart. Other songs, such as "Saturday Saviour" and "Pitiful", received some airplay from more adventurous-minded DJs, but no more videos were made for any of the album's tracks, and due to the state of disarray at their label at that time, little effort was put into its promotion.

A music video was produced for the single "Stuck on You" which closely resembles the opening credits of the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (included on the DVD portion of the 2004 Failure compilation Golden). Other songs, such as "Saturday Saviour" and "Pitiful", were released as radio singles, but no music videos were made for them. An outtake from the album, called "Wake Up", was released through the 2004 compilation Golden.

Reception
Fantastic Planet was met with critical acclaim. In a highly positive contemporaneous review written for The Daily Utah Chronicle in November 1996, Shan Fowler asserts that with the album “Failure separates themselves from the guitar-buzzed masses by balancing thick riffs with intricate arrangements and intelligent lyrics.” Fowler goes on to highlight the album's final two tracks, “Heliotropic” and “Daylight”, as its crowning achievement, writing that the songs are “two manipulated masterpieces with tribal drums, treated guitars, spacey synthesizers and dubbed vocals. It sounds like a mess when broken down, but flows weightlessly and gracefully in and out of the listeners mind.” James Weiskittel of Soundblab said that the album was "an impressively focused affair, with each track fitting perfectly into an overarching story of addiction-fueled dissociation."

Legacy
In 2009, JustPressPlay named Fantastic Planet the third-best album of the 1990s. In 2014, Decibel Magazine inducted Fantastic Planet into their Hall of Fame naming it a cult classic and an album that paints its heaviness in a gorgeous way.

"The Nurse Who Loved Me" was covered by A Perfect Circle on their 2003 album Thirteenth Step, as well as by The Section Quartet on their 2007 album Fuzzbox. "Another Space Song" was covered by Statistics, the solo project of Denver Dalley of Desaparecidos, and released on Location is Everything Vol. 2, a Jade Tree Records sampler disc. "Stuck on You" was covered by Paramore on their 2006 CD The Summer Tic EP; the title of the CD is taken from the song's lyrics, albeit with "tick" changed to "tic". "Smoking Umbrellas" was covered by Phil Ritchie on Rock Star: Supernova, and was also covered by SouthFM. "Sergeant Politeness" was played live at solo concerts between 2004 and 2006 by Melissa Auf der Maur with her band Auf der Maur. A recording of a rendition was released on her Single "Taste You".

New York alternative rock band Pillowhead is named after the track of the same name.

In 2022 during the first trailer for the upcoming Failure documentary, record producer and musician Butch Vig acclaims Fantastic Planet as one of his top twenty-five albums of all time. He also describes the lead riff in "Stuck on You" as "an SOS being beamed in from another galaxy" that he was "obsessed with."

Track listing
All tracks written by Ken Andrews and Greg Edwards.

 * 1) "Saturday Saviour"  – 4:27
 * 2) "Sergeant Politeness"  – 4:05
 * 3) "Segue 1" – 1:54
 * 4) "Smoking Umbrellas"  – 3:58
 * 5) "Pillowhead" – 2:09
 * 6) "Blank"  – 5:38
 * 7) "Segue 2" – 1:17
 * 8) "Dirty Blue Balloons"  – 4:23
 * 9) "Solaris"  – 3:43
 * 10) "Pitiful"  – 4:45
 * 11) "Leo"  – 3:05
 * 12) "Segue 3" – 2:11
 * 13) "The Nurse Who Loved Me"  – 4:25
 * 14) "Another Space Song"  – 5:10
 * 15) "Stuck on You"  – 4:28
 * 16) "Heliotropic"  – 6:14
 * 17) "Daylight"  – 6:00

Personnel

 * Ken Andrews – vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
 * Greg Edwards – electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, percussion
 * Kellii Scott – drums

Produced by Failure; engineered by Ken Andrews. Recorded at F.P.S. Studios (Los Angeles, CA) and Madhatter Studios (Silverlake, CA). Mastered by Tom Baker at Future Disc (Hollywood, CA).

Chart position
"Stuck On You" had charted on Billboard's Alternative Rock (January 11) and Mainstream Rock charts (January 25) in early 1997. The single left both charts nine weeks after appearing.

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Talk:Democratic Party of Illinois

Issues with content
I added an accuracy template because the article contains time-sensitive information, but doesn't say "as of (some date)". Which means that a reader has no way of telling whether the information is current. But even if you included a date, a list of institutions controlled by the state party at a particular time is factual trivia, no encyclopedia material.---Isaac R 04:28, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Vila Nova Futebol Clube

Vila Nova Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Vila Nova, is a Brazilian professional club based in Goiânia, Goiás founded on 29 July 1943. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Goiano, the top flight of the Goiás state football league.

History
In 1943 the club was founded as Vila Nova Futebol Clube. Three years later, in 1946, the club changed its name to Operário. In 1949 the club changed its name to Araguaia, then in 1950 it was renamed to Fênix Futebol Clube and in 1955 the club changed its name to its current name, Vila Nova Futebol Clube.

In 1961 Vila Nova won their first state championship. In 1977 the team debuted in Campeonato Brasileiro and finished in 55th place. From 1977 to 1980, Vila Nova was state champion in four successive seasons.

In 1996 the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Third Division without losing a single match. In 1999, Vila Nova competed for the first time in an international competition, the Copa CONMEBOL but was eliminated in the first round, becoming the first Goiás state team to play in an international competition. In 2000, the club won the Campeonato Goiano Second Division after being excluded from the league as a result of forfeiting the final match, and in 2001 and 2005, the club won the Campeonato Goiano. In 2006, it was relegated to the Série C, returning to the Série B in the following year. In 2011, the team was relegated again to the Série C, being promoted to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in 2013. However, in 2014, it was relegated in the state championship.

Stadium
Home stadiums are the Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga stadium (capacity 11,788) and Serra Dourada stadium (capacity 54,048).

Supporters
Like all Brazilian football teams, Vila Nova has their own group of die-hard fans who call themselves 'TEV' – Torcida Esquadrão Vilanovense (usually referring to themselves as simply 'Esquadrão'). Many members of TEV come from an area of Goiánia called Zona Leste which is notorious for its crime rate. A popular song sung by TEV at Vila games is:

 * Vila, Vila, Vila minha vida,
 * Vila, Vila minha história,
 * Vila, Vila meu amor!

English translation

 * Vila, Vila, Vila my life,
 * Vila, Vila my history,
 * Vila, Vila my love!

Rivals
Vila Nova's greatest rival is Goiás, with whom there is constant argument about which club has the largest fanbase. A common view is the claim that Vila Nova has the largest fanbase in Goiânia, and Goiás has the largest fanbase in Goiás state. Some Goiás supporters claim their club has also the biggest number of fans in Goiânia. Either way Vila Nova has an estimated fanbase of about 35,000, which is pretty big for a Brazilian second tier club. In the 2011 Série B season, Vila Nova will play Goiás (after Goias were relegated from Série A in 2010) for the first time in the Série B since 1998. They also encounter each other every year during the Campeonato Goiano (state championship). During a game on May 1, 2011 at the Serra Dourada, both teams were involved in a mass brawl on and off the pitch after the Campeonato Goiano semifinal.

National

 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
 * Winners (3): 1996, 2015, 2020

State

 * Campeonato Goiano
 * Winners (15): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2005

 * Copa Goiás
 * Winners (3): 1969, 1971, 1976

 * Campeonato Goiano Second Division
 * Winners (2): 2000, 2015

title: Vila Nova Futebol Clube