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Evil Con Carne

Evil Con Carne is an American animated television series created by Maxwell Atoms for Cartoon Network. The series centers on wealthy crime lord Hector Con Carne, who is reduced to his brain and stomach after an assassination attempt and subsequently implanted onto Boskov, a purple mindful bear. Aided by his scientist Major Dr. Ghastly and military leader General Skarr, Hector now oversees criminal organization Evil Con Carne, continuing his quest for world domination.

Evil Con Carne began as a segment on Grim & Evil, from which it was a spin-off, along with sister series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, on August 24, 2001. Although the segments were produced for Grim & Evil, the series aired as a separate series from July 11, 2003, to October 22, 2004, on Cartoon Network.

After the show's end, its characters would frequently make cameo appearances in Billy & Mandy, with General Skarr becoming a recurring character. An official series finale, titled "Company Halt" (which was also a crossover with Billy & Mandy), aired on March 16, 2007.

On December 1, 2023, 19 years after the show's final episode, reruns of Evil Con Carne began airing on Adult Swim on its throwback programming block, Checkered Past. Thirteen episodes were produced.

Premise
"Once upon a time, there was a jillionaire playboy who was blown up in a tremendous explosion. His brain survived... (Stomach, too!) ...and was attached to the body of a stupid circus bear. I am that brain. My name is Hector Con Carne, and I will one day rule the world! (He laughs maniacally.)"

Hector Con Carne (Phil LaMarr), a wealthy crime lord and evil genius bent on taking over the world and the League of Nations, was caught in an explosion initiated by his nemesis, Cod Commando (Maxwell Atoms), a soldier for the Secret Paramilitary Organized Response Kommand (S.P.O.R.K.). The explosion scattered most of his body across the world. He was rescued by the scientist Major Dr. Ghastly (Grey DeLisle), who placed his living remains into two containment units: one for his brain, and the other for his stomach. These two units were later installed into Boskov (Frank Welker), a purple Russian circus bear, giving Con Carne's brain control over (almost) all the bear's actions and movements.

Hector, Dr. Ghastly and his military leader, General Skarr (Armin Shimerman), then created a secret laboratory on an island with a bunny-shaped mountain known as "Bunny Island" (a parody of Ernst Stavro Blofeld's lair in the James Bond movies). Gathering an army, Con Carne resumed his quest for world domination and made a new goal: to find his missing body parts. The group's schemes typically end in failure, often due to the behavior and conflicts within the trio: Skarr is tired of being directed by Hector and wishes to overthrow him; Ghastly cares more about her unrequited love for her boss than world domination; while Hector is narcissistic, megalomaniacal, and generally abusive towards his henchmen.

Main

 * Phil LaMarr as Hector Con Carne
 * Grey DeLisle as Major Dr. Ghastly
 * Armin Shimerman as General Skarr, Hector's Stomach
 * Frank Welker as Boskov the Bear

Recurring voices

 * Maxwell Atoms as Cod Commando
 * Maurice LaMarche as Estroy
 * Peter Renaday as Abraham Lincoln
 * Rino Romano as Destructicus Con Carne

Production
A viewer's poll to decide a new Cartoon Network animated series, titled Big Pick, was held on the Internet from June 16 to August 25, 2000. The three choices for short films to become animated series were The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?, and Longhair and Doubledome. After the event, the Meet the Reaper short film won with 57% of the vote. While Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? became an animated series in 2002, Longhair and Doubledome appeared at another Big Pick event, but lost once again. Another original short/pilot titled Evil Con Carne had been produced in 2000, shortly after the Billy & Mandy short. The two ideas were ultimately combined into a single show, as Cartoon Network desired a show that had a "middle cartoon" as an in-between segment (a format found in the Dial M for Monkey and The Justice Friends shorts in Dexter's Laboratory, and the I Am Weasel segments on Cow and Chicken).

The resulting show, Grim & Evil, premiered on August 24, 2001, and was put on hiatus on October 18, 2002. In 2003, 13 more half-hour episodes of Grim & Evil were made, but aired when Cartoon Network separated the two series, and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and Evil Con Carne earned their own full-length series later that year. After production wrapped on both series' new seasons, the network gave Maxwell Atoms a decision to choose one show to continue, while the other would be dropped from production. Atoms ultimately went with Billy & Mandy, and the final season of Evil Con Carne subsequently aired in 2004. He embraced the network's decision to drop one of the two series, as he considered being in charge of producing both shows difficult.

After Evil Con Carne was cancelled, its characters appeared in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. The first cameo was in the episode "Chicken Ball Z" which ended with Mandy purchasing Hector's Bunny Island. General Skarr moved to Billy's neighborhood in the episode "Skarred for Life" after Bunny Island was bought out by an "entertainment corporation that didn't want competition in world domination". Since then, General Skarr went on to become a recurring character in Billy & Mandy. In the episode "Company Halt", Con Carne and Ghastly appear in Endsville, in order to recruit Skarr and revive Evil Con Carne (the organization, not the show) in another attempt to take over the world; naturally, like most of their other schemes and misadventures, it ends in failure when Skarr turns against Hector once he tries to destroy his garden in an attempt to kill Billy, and crushes him with a giant catapult (which they were to use to destroy the neighborhood), causing Ghastly and the rest of the army run away. According to Tom Warburton, characters from Evil Con Carne were originally set to appear in the television special "The Grim Adventures of the KND". Hector, General Skarr, and Dr. Ghastly (strangely, they're "costumed" by Lazlo, Raj, and Clam) did briefly appear in the crossover's end credits in a crossover with Camp Lazlo titled "Evil Camp Carne".

On July 29, 2016, the series aired re-runs for a single day on Cartoon Network's sister channel, Boomerang, in the United States, despite the schedule for Boomerang saying that The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy was airing in its timeslot.

The series, alongside The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, recently aired separately on Checkered Past.

Censorship
When the show was running as a segment on Grim & Evil, the two part episode "The Smell of Vengeance" was subject to censorship in the wake of the September 11 attacks. The episode centered on Hector and his army using an oversized stink gun on New York City, unleashing a stench that sends its citizens into a frenzy. A particular scene featured people jumping off of the World Trade Center prompted the decision. "There are the twin towers, and you see tiny, little people hopping off the roof of the towers into the water", said Linda Simensky, then senior vice president of animation for Cartoon Network. "I mean, two weeks ago, you wouldn't have thought about it. What were the chances of anyone jumping out of the World Trade Center?" In response, Atoms reworked the episode, so it took place in rural Kansas instead; despite these changes, the episode was still suspended from broadcast rotation.

Episodes
Note: Most of the episodes did not air in production code order.

Home media
Five episodes are included as bonus features in the Season 1 DVD set for The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. On August 16, 2018, the entire series was added to the iTunes Store under a single volume.

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Abu Dawud

Abu Dawud is a common Arabic name which may refer to:
 * Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi (c. 750 – 820), early Muslim hadith collector
 * Abu Dawud al-Sijistani (817/18 – 889), author of the Sunan Abu Dawud, one of the six canonical hadith collections in Sunni Islam
 * Abu Dawud (ISN 31) (born 1977), Guantanamo captive (Mahmoud Abd Al Aziz Abd Al Mujahid)
 * Abu Daoud (1937–2010)

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Paul Thompson (musician)

Paul Thompson (born 13 May 1951) is an English drummer, who is best known as a member of the rock band Roxy Music. He is a member of Andy Mackay's project with the Metaphors and joined Lindisfarne in 2013. He was also the drummer for Oi! band Angelic Upstarts and the American alternative rock band Concrete Blonde.

Early life and education
Thompson was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. He lived in Jarrow, north-east England from the age of six months and attended West Simonside Infants and Junior School.

Career
In 1965, Thompson joined The Tyme who played at local youth clubs. His next group was a local band called The Urge which he joined when 17 years old. Fatigue from performing with them seven nights a week in local clubs and pubs led him to fall asleep on his job as an apprentice metalworker, resulting in his dismissal. Alongside John Miles he became a member of The Influence.

Thompson joined Roxy Music in 1971 and was credited as drummer on six albums, as well as touring and performing on solo records with his bandmates Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, and Andy Mackay

In 1980, Thompson took leave from Roxy Music due to an arm injury. Later that year he left the band, owing to musical differences between himself and Bryan Ferry. Thompson was also a member of Concrete Blonde from 1989 until 1991, and again from 1993 until 1996, playing on their albums Bloodletting and Mexican Moon. In 2001, he reunited with fellow Roxy Music band members for a tour. He also toured with Ferry, supporting his Frantic album in 2003 and appeared at the Isle of Wight Festival 2005 on 11 June 2005 with Ferry. During this period Thompson played live gigs with Andy Mackay and The Metaphors and was credited on their self released live CD ''London! Paris! New York! Rome!'' in 2009. He joined the Newcastle upon Tyne Lindisfarne in 2013.

Thompson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 as a member of Roxy Music.

Influence and following
Drummer Roger Taylor of the new wave band Duran Duran has stated that Thompson's drumming was a big influence over his development. Fans of Thompson nicknamed him "The Great Paul Thompson", because of his drumming skills. Paul Cook of The Sex Pistols is also a fan.

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Talk:The 4400

Allusions to Scientology all removed
The following section of text was titled "Allusions to Scientology":

 * The 4400 Center run by Jordan Collier seems intended to resemble the real-world Church of Scientology. The 4400 Center promises supernatural abilities to those who follow its training through for-pay courses, much as the Church of Scientology promises. At least one 4400 Center attendee has had his psychological medication confiscated, much as the Church of Scientology is opposed to psychology and its medications. The 4400 Center includes technological devices strapped onto its members during courses, similar to Scientology's E-Meters. The 4400 Center targets celebrities for inclusion and promotes them through the program faster than non-celebrity members; the Church of Scientology draws celebrities with its "Celebrity Centers". One former member of the 4400 Center accused it of making him take endless for-pay classes until he was bankrupted, at which point he was ejected from the program; Scientology has had similar accusations pointed at it. Also, similar to Scientology's Thetan levels, the 4400 Center has different Key levels to achieve.

Like "Allusions to Judeo-Christian texts", this appears to be original research; at the very least the claims here should be sourced. I have moved the section here until that is done. --82.18.13.80 17:13, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

http://io9.com/5324023/yes-the-4400-was-partly-about-scientology

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US-UK Co-Production
The article a Anglo-American co-production has recently had citations and edits reflecting that reverted by two editors known to each other seemingly colluding. One editor is following my edits around Wikipedia reverting at will, they've been reported and I have corrected their malicious edits and reported it to staff. If anyone other than users DrMargi and AussieLegend (seem to have some sort of NPOV agenda) have any issue with 4400 not being a Anglo-American co production (as reflected by the citations) please leave your comments. 11:41, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, it has been 12 months and no-one else has disagreed, the legitimate sources, both eminent authors confirm the show was a US-UK co-production along with numerous others citations, so I will re-add the UK tag. If drmargi and AussieLegend still have an issue irrespective of the source material we can take it further, regards. Twobells (talk) 19:28, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The burden is on you to gain consensus for the change. You didn't have that consensus a year ago, and you don't have it now.  That you have what you describe as "eminent" (whatever that might be) authors doesn't mean that they are reliable sources; it's up to the community to make that determination.  You can't disregard the editors (at least three) who did revert you, claim "well, no one else objects so it's going back" and restart this edit war, particularly by trying to cherry-pick academic sources on tangentially related topics as a justification.  Let's be clear:  this is disruptive editing, and you MUST GAIN CONSENSUS before you restore your edit.  You don't have that.  --Drmargi (talk) 19:53, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
 * DrMargi, no-one is edit-warring, I waited a year for any other comments by editors who did not want the clearly uncontentious sources to be added, found further source material to back up the edits then added them, it was you who keeps reverting irrespective of the material, when you reverted I then added a second citation for your benefit, regards.Twobells (talk) 19:58, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

@DrMargi, If you must try and keep reliable, cited source material off the article, what does the revert is the objection actually even mean? What are you actually objecting to? I have numerous, reliable non-contentious sources that confirm the 4400 is an Anglo-American co-production while seemingly you have no proof otherwise, regards. Twobells (talk) 19:52, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Exactly that. If you are reverted, that means an editor objects to your edit.  You claim no one objected, yet you were reverted over and over again, the status quo on the article was with the edit you want out, and when you attempted to force it back in with a self-serving rationale, I immediately reverted, thus renewing my objection.  The burden is now on you to gain consensus.  You can crow about the reliability of your sources all you care to, but the community must support that contention, and I do not.  --Drmargi (talk) 19:56, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
 * But, you are not the community DrMargi and I do not think you are being fair by suggesting I am 'crowing' about the sources, I am trying to be as polite as possible and show you that your contention that the show is not a US-UK co-production is wrong as reflected by many sources. Also, why must you continue to attempt to suppress these facts as supported by the citations? Why are you trying to prevent the addition of clearly uncontentious, reliably sourced material? I don't want you to get upset and I am trying to understand what exactly the problem is with this?Twobells (talk) 20:01, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I am, however, a member of it with an equal voice you're attempting to discount. That's clear in the phrasing of your opening statement.  I'm not attempting to suppress anything.  I disagree with your edit, its nationalistic POV, and the reliability of your sources.  I have reverted accordingly.  That you must depend on such thin evidence should suggest to you that you're on thin ice; this program and others like it produced with some collaboration from a production company based in another country are still American productions.  The same is said of British productions co-produced by BBC America or PBS.  American entities maybe involved, but consensus on a number of articles is that it does not make them British-American productions.  --Drmargi (talk) 20:10, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I want you to explain here why these sources are 'unreliable' please and no, the consensus on other US-UK co-productions is actually that they are international co-productions for the most part with no country name in the lede and the countries involved is to be placed in the infobox. Also, how on earth are American authors confirming a show is an Anglo-American co-production 'nationalistic'? 'Thin Ice'? The reliable sources are numerous and strong, the entire industry knows that there are multiple international co-productions between the US and UK of which BSG and the 440 are two, is the Guardian 'thin ice'? is Variety 'thin ice'? Are numerous professors and doctors of Media studies all gliding on 'thin ice'? Also, how can an editor be 'nationalistic' for adding the country of origin for a television show? I've seen some perverted angles but that takes the biscuit. I won't edit the article country of origin any more if you would please explain why you think these sources are 'unreliable', thanks. Twobells (talk) 20:18, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Merger proposal
Formal request has been received to merge the articles Promicin, Promise City (The 4400), Haspel Corporation, The 4400 Center and Highland Beach (The 4400) into The 4400; dated: May 2018. Proposer's Rationale: These articles are about entities and locations from the show and are mostly plot, trivial stuff, and have barely any reliable references. Discuss here. Richard3120 (talk) 19:04, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

 * I'm the original author of the Promicin and Haspel Corporation articles, created nearly a dozen years ago. You have no objection from me. They are indeed trivial and would be better suited inside the main show's page. Go for it. travisl (talk) 04:45, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

 * Support as well. Content is appropriate for this page, and suggested articles are not notable in their own right. James (talk/contribs) 18:57, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Support – not notable for its own article. Inter qwark talk  contribs 05:12, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

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Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud (سنن أبي داود) is the third hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam. It was compiled by Persian scholar Abu Dawud al-Sijistani.

Introduction
Abu Dawood compiled twenty-one books related to Hadith and preferred those Ahadith (plural of "Hadith") which were supported by the example of the companions of Muhammad. As for the contradictory Ahadith, he states under the heading of 'Meat acquired by hunting for a pilgrim': "if there are two contradictory reports from the Prophet (SAW), an investigation should be made to establish what his companions have adopted". He wrote in his letter to the people of Mecca: "I have disclosed wherever there was too much weakness in regard to any tradition in my collection. But if I happen to leave a Hadith without any comment, it should be considered as sound, albeit some of them are more authentic than others". The Mursal Hadith (a tradition in which a companion is omitted and a successor narrates directly from Muhammad) has also been a matter of discussion among the traditionists. Abu Dawood states in his letter to the people of Mecca: "If a Musnad Hadith (uninterrupted tradition) is not contrary to a Mursal [Hadith], or a Musnad Hadith is not found, then the Mursal Hadith will be accepted though it would not be considered as strong as a Muttasil Hadith (uninterrupted chain)".

The traditions in Sunan Abu Dawood are divided in three categories. The first category consists of those of the traditions that are mentioned by Bukhari and/or Muslim. The second type of traditions are those which fulfil the conditions of Bukhari or Muslim. At this juncture, it should be remembered that Bukhari said, "I only included in my book Sahih Bukhari authentic traditions, and left out many more authentic ones than these to avoid unnecessary length".

Description
Abu Dawood collected 500,000 hadith, but included only 4,800 in this collection. Sunnis regard this collection as fourth in strength of their six major hadith collections. It took Abu Dawod 20 years to collect the hadiths. He made a series of journeys to meet most of the foremost traditionists of his time and acquired from them the most reliable hadiths, quoting sources through which it reached him. Since the author collected hadiths which no one had ever assembled together, his sunan has been accepted as a standard work by scholars from many parts of the Islamic world, especially after Ibn al-Qaisarani's inclusion of it in the formal canonization of the six major collections.

Abu Dawood started traveling and collecting ahadeeth at a young age. He traveled to many places in the middle east, including Egypt, Iraq, and Syria. Abu Dawood also studied under Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal.

Contents
Editor, Muhammad Muhyiddin Abd al-Hamid's 1935, Cairo publication, in 4 volumes, provides the standard topical classification of the hadith Arabic text. Sunan Abu Dawood is divided into 43 'books'.

• #	purification (kitab al-taharah)

• #	prayer (kitab al-salat)

• #	the book of the prayer for rain (kitab al-istisqa)

• #	prayer (kitab al-salat): detailed rules of law about the prayer during journey

• #	prayer (kitab al-salat): voluntary prayers

• #	prayer (kitab al-salat): detailed injunctions about ramadan

• #	prayer (kitab al-salat): prostration while reciting the qur'an

• #	prayer (kitab al-salat): detailed injunctions about witr

• #	zakat (kitab al-zakat)

• #	the book of lost and found items

• #	the rites of hajj (kitab al-manasik wa'l-hajj)

• #	marriage (kitab al-nikah)

• #	divorce (kitab al-talaq)

• #	fasting (kitab al-siyam)

• #	jihad (kitab al-jihad)

• #	sacrifice (kitab al-dahaya)

• #	game (kitab al-said)

• #	wills (kitab al-wasaya)

• #	shares of inheritance (kitab al-fara'id)

• #	tribute, spoils, and rulership (kitab al-kharaj, wal-fai' wal-imarah)

• #	funerals (kitab al-jana'iz)

• #	oaths and vows (kitab al-aiman wa al-nudhur)

• #	commercial transactions (kitab al-buyu)

• #	wages (kitab al-ijarah)

• #	the office of the judge (kitab al-aqdiyah)

• #	knowledge (kitab al-ilm)

• #	drinks (kitab al-ashribah)

• #	foods (kitab al-at'imah)

• #	medicine (kitab al-tibb)

• #	divination and omens (kitab al-kahanah wa al-tatayyur)

• #	the book of manumission of slaves

• #	dialects and readings of the qur'an (kitab al-huruf wa al-qira'at)

• #	hot baths (kitab al-hammam)

• #	clothing (kitab al-libas)

• #	combing the hair (kitab al-tarajjul)

• #	signet-rings (kitab al-khatam)

• #	trials and fierce battles (kitab al-fitan wa al-malahim)

• #	the promised deliverer (kitab al-mahdi)

• #	battles (kitab al-malahim)

• #	prescribed punishments (kitab al-hudud)

• #	types of blood-wit (kitab al-diyat)

• #	model behavior of the prophet (kitab al-sunnah)

• #	general behavior (kitab al-adab)

Commentaries and translations
Sunan Abu Dawood has been translated into numerous languages. The Australian Islamic Library has collected 11 commentaries on this book in Arabic, Urdu and Indonesian. One of the best commentaries for Sunan Abu Dawood had been written by Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri entitled Badhl Al-Majhud Fi Hall Abi Dawud, an 18-volume commentary on the hadith.

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Uber Micro
Neologism, and whattheheck are they talking about? Denni ☯

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 * Delete neologism. What's up with all of the portmanteaus lately?  It seems like they're crawling out of the woodwork.  --Xcali 16:11, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: School is out for the summer. Wikibofh 17:30, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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 * Delete. wiki not a dictionary....certainly not a slang dictionary. Wikibofh 17:31, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete --NeoJustin 17:39, June 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neoportmanteau. -- BD2412 talk 18:24, 2005 Jun 9 (UTC)
 * Merge to Pure Pwnage.  Grue   19:04, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge to Pure Pwnage. -- PowerGamer6

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User:Wenqianhuang

Wenqian Huang is a eighteen year old student living in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He enjoys playing soccer, playing basketball, running track, playing piano, doing math, and more.

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BRLESC

The BRLESC I (Ballistic Research Laboratories Electronic Scientific Computer) was one of the last of the first-generation electronic computers. It was built by the United States Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL) at Aberdeen Proving Ground with assistance from the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), and was designed to take over the computational workload of EDVAC and ORDVAC, which themselves were successors of ENIAC. It began operation in 1962. The Ballistic Research Laboratory became a part of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in 1992.

BRLESC was designed primarily for scientific and military tasks requiring high precision and high computational speed, such as ballistics problems, army logistical problems, and weapons systems evaluations. It contained 1727 vacuum tubes and 853 transistors and had a memory of 4096 72-bit words. BRLESC employed punched cards, magnetic tape, and a magnetic drum as input-output devices, which could be operated simultaneously.

It was capable of five million (bitwise) operations per second. A fixed-point addition took 5 microseconds, a floating-point addition took 5 to 10 microseconds, a multiplication (fixed- or floating-point) took 25 microseconds, and a division (fixed- or floating-point) took 65 microseconds. (These times are including the memory access time, which was 4-5 microseconds.) It was the fastest computer in the world until the CDC 6600 was introduced in 1964.

BRLESC and its predecessor, ORDVAC, used their own unique notation for hexadecimal numbers. Instead of the sequence A B C D E F universally used today, the digits 10 to 15 were represented by the letters K S N J F L, corresponding to the teletypewriter characters on five-track paper tape. The mnemonic phrase "King Size Numbers Just For Laughs" was used to remember the letter sequence.

BRLESC II, using integrated circuits, became operational in November 1967; it was designed to be 200 times faster than ORDVAC.

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Home Grown

Home Grown are a North American ska punk/pop punk band formed in 1994 in Orange County, California. They released three full-length albums and several EPs before disbanding in 2005. Their music is often characterized as pop punk, lyrically favoring humor and silly or satirical subjects.

Formation
Home Grown was formed in Orange County in 1994. The original recording lineup of the band consisted of John "John E. Trash" Tran on guitar and vocals, Adam "Adumb" Lohrbach on bass and vocals, Ian "Slur" Cone on guitar and backing vocals, and Bob Herco on drums. The quartet began experimenting with elements of punk rock, pop, surf and skate music, and humorous lyrics to craft their sound. They released their first album, That's Business, the following year through Liberation Records. Though rudimentary, the album established the band's presence in the prolific southern California music scene of the 1990s and included several songs that became fan favorites, such as "Surfer Girl" and "Face in the Crowd". The band played many shows in southern California and embarked on some of their first tours. In 1996, the EP Wusappaning?! was released by Swedish label Burning Heart Records.

Act Your Age and lineup changes
The band signed to major label Outpost Recordings and released its second album, Act Your Age, in 1998. It increased their popularity and they toured extensively in support of it. The album had peaked at #24 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart in 1998. During this era of the band, the song "We are Dumb" appeared on the soundtracks of movies Half Baked and Homegrown. Cone left the band shortly after and was replaced by Justin Poyser. This lineup released EP Phone Home in 1999, which included the punk version of aqua's barbie girl. Later that year they toured with the band Limbeck, with whom they recorded a split EP called Connection.

In March 2000, the band embarked on a US tour with Amazing Crowns, Limbeck, Pilfers, and the Gadjits. Around this time, the band released a split EP with Limbeck, through Utility Records. After returning home, they began writing material for their next album. Following this, the band were scheduled to go on a tour of the UK, which was ultimately canceled. Later in the year, Home Grown experienced significant lineup changes. Herco was forced to leave the group in order to undergo surgery and rehabilitation for a brain tumor. Poyser also left, leaving the band without a second guitar player. Lohrbach and Tran recruited Darren Reynolds from the band Longfellow as the new drummer, and spent some time searching for a suitable second guitarist. In addition, their label Outpost closed down and the band was without a recording contract. Eventually the band decided to continue as a trio without a second guitarist, and signed to the independent label Drive-Thru Records.

Kings of Pop
In 2002, the band released Kings of Pop, its third album which gained nationwide recognition. Shortly after its release they added second guitarist Dan Hammond and filmed music videos for the songs "You're Not Alone" and "Kiss Me, Diss Me". They performed on the Drive-Thru stage on the Warped Tour and toured extensively in support of the album. In 2004, they released the EP When it All Comes Down, a more mature effort that abandoned the humorous topics of their previous releases in favor of more emotional subject matter. The album was reissued in 2014 on 12" vinyl through Mutant League Records.

Break up
In February 2005, Lohrbach left Home Grown and later joined the band New Years Day. The band continued without him for a time, playing live shows with guest bass guitarist Ted Vega. Eventually, however, the members moved on to other projects. Tran started the band Red Panda with Bill Uechi of Save Ferris, Hammond joined Paper Models, and Reynolds started Defender. Herco resurfaced in 2004 playing drums with a shortlived band by the name of Ugly, out of Orange, CA. In 2006, Home Grown's official website closed down and their MySpace profile announced that they were on "indefinite hiatus". The band has not played together or recorded since October 2005. Despite this, a new song, "Nothing Can Stop Us", was posted to their Myspace in March 2006.

Reunion
On April 12, 2024, Home Grown announced they'll be reuniting to play with The Starting Line in Los Angeles in June 2024.

Band members

 * John Tran (aka John E. Trash) – guitar, lead vocals (1994–2005)
 * Adam "Adumb" Lohrbach – bass guitar, lead vocals (1994–2005)
 * Ian "Slur" Cone – guitar, backing vocals (1994–1999)
 * Bob Herco – drums (1994–2000)
 * Justin Poyser – guitar, backing vocals (1999–2000)
 * Darren Reynolds – drums (2000–2005)
 * Dan Hammond – guitar (2002–2005)

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The cover for Audio Adrenaline's album Lift.

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Lift (Audio Adrenaline album)

Lift is the sixth studio album by Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline, released in 2001.

Concept and development
The concept of the album Lift came from several meanings, according to guitarist Tyler Burkum. In an interview with Jesus Freak Hideout, Burkum said:

 * "It's kinda like how if you lift God up. But not only God, there are many ways you can take it. Like how God lifts us up. There are many surface-level ways to take it. The whole thing is kinda how when we lift Christ up to people, we don't have to explain what God is. If you just worship Him and just point to God, that's enough. It's weird cause through the record there's this kind of like this underlying feeling of hope on the whole record. And it wasn't even like we tried to do that. It was just kind of there – this hope and a kind of a peace the way God lifts us up. The record is kind of like what happens when you worship. It's not really worship music, but what happens when you worship."

Burkum also said that the worship nature of most of the songs was not something they planned, but that surged eventually during the writing/recording process. This is also the first album where Burkum and lead singer Mark Stuart share most of the lead vocals.

Recording
Unlike their previous albums, Lift was not recorded in a traditional studio. The band bought a house in a neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee, and turned it into a studio. Guitarist Tyler Burkum said in an interview that it was "really cool, really fun. That made it for a really low key, low stress atmosphere."

Critical reception
The album was well received by the audience becoming the second album from Audio Adrenaline to be certified gold by RIAA. It was also received well by critics. John DiBiase, of Jesus Freak Hideout, gave the album 5 stars out of 5 calling the album "amazing", "a brilliant step for this pop/rock icon" and "the band's best record to date". Tony Cummings, of Cross Rhythms, gave the album a similar excellent review (10 out of 10) also calling it "their best album ever". Steve Losey, of AllMusic, gave the album 3 stars out of 5, writing that the album "proves [the band] still have the chops to reign as one of the best bands Christian music has to offer" while also praising Mark Stuart vocals. Both Losey and DiBiase specifically praised the song "Ocean Floor" calling it "one of the best sonic offerings on the release" and "the song that will have the greatest impact from the album".

Commercial performance
The album peaked at No. 169 on Billboard 200.

Music videos
Music videos were released for the songs "Ocean Floor" and "Rejoice".

DVD
In November 2002, a year after the album's released, the band released a DVD to complement the album. The DVD contains three music videos, song clips from the album, and featurettes containing interviews and other footage.

Track listing
Note

 * appears on Adios: The Greatest Hits

Personnel
Audio Adrenaline

 * Mark Stuart – lead vocals
 * Tyler Burkum – guitars, lead vocals
 * Will McGinniss – bass, vocals
 * Ben Cissell – drums, vocals

Production

 * Audio Adrenaline – producers
 * J.R. McNeely – mixer
 * Joe Baldridge – mixer
 * Aaron Swihart – mixer, engineer
 * Mark Nicholas – A&R
 * Marina Chavez – photography
 * Kerri McKeehan-Stuart – stylist
 * Scott McDaniel – art direction
 * Susannah Parrish – art coordination
 * Neal Ashby – design

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Talk:List of extreme points of U.S. states and territories

— J I P | Talk 07:56, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

California
Is it just me or is the Western most point of California actually on the western edge of Sugarloaf Island near Ferndale, CA? This instead of the listed Cape Mendocino. Can someone check up on this?

This article could possibly be turned into a chart, with each state's information in rows and the extreme points (and the states) in columns.

Since people who are interested in such arcana are likelier to be found here than just about anywhere, I would like to bring up the little-known truth of California's northernmost point. No, it's not a northernmost line, the 42nd Parallel which everyone assumes to be the northernmost extreme of the Golden State (or, if you're Oregonian, the Litterbug State). If you look closely at a Google representation, the geography that I bring into question here, lies at a position in the vicinity of the Applegate Reservoir, towards the SW corner of Oregon's Jackson County; you can discern a region of the stateline that by some dimly remembered Act of the respective legislatures forms a small scalene triangle, where you would expect a nice straight Boundary Line faithful to the 42nd Parallel that God intended. The northernmost point of California is, I estimate, a full THIRD of a minute of Latitude to the north of the 42nd and it sits very inconveniently up on a mountain, that I'm sure anyone could climb and live to tell the tale, but it is a good 300+ meters UP there. Why????Was this the result of a legislative April Fool's joke? Actually I dimly remember a Huell Howser episode devoted to this, so someone could ask him. Schoolchildren around the globe are waiting for some hero amongst us to elucidate the Lat&Long of this mysterious geographical marvel. — Preceding [[User:Woilorio|Woilorio (talk) 22:44, 5 February 2012 (UTC)]] comment added by Woilorio (talk • contribs) 02:00, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

The unique status of Alaska, state in three hemispheres
This page is interesting trivia, but inaccurate in at least one respect, and inconsistent with other correct Wikipedia pages.

The most easterly point in Alaska, and in the United States, is on Semisopochnoi Island, which lies in the geographic Eastern hemisphere (179.6E). The most westerly point in Alaska, and in the United States, is on Amatignak Island, which is just in the Western hemisphere (approx. 179W), not Attu Island, which is in the Eastern hemisphere.

The separate Wikipedia entries for Semisopochnoi and Amatignac, have it correct.

David Selley

 * Longitude is entirely arbitrary; there is no physical reason for the 180th meridian to be where it is. It's an accident of the time "Britannia ruled the seas."  It makes more sense to ask, "What point is farthest west from the geographical center of the country?"  Where's the westernmost point of Wrangel Island?  Co149 (talk) 06:45, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree with this. Location is a matter of perspective. Nobody (in their right mind) in Alaska or the rest of the United States would travel eastward across North America, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, and Asia just to reach the western end of the Aleutian Islands, despite what the longitude number suggests. The Aleutian Islands are always considered to be west of the rest of the state of Alaska, and it makes the most logical sense to consider Attu Island to be the westernmost point in the state. — Michael Wilson (BS Geography, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1995; MS Applied Geography, University of North Texas, 2009). Mike5816 (talk) 00:02, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

 * With the exception of my wife, no one would question that I am in my right mind, but I have long regarded Alaska as the easternmost state. Yes, longitude is arbitrary, an accident of history, but by the measurement system we have, it is not ridiculous to regard Attu as "east" of most of the US, including most of Alaska.

 * I gladly acknowledge that it is also reasonable to measure from a "center" point to determine "easterness" and "westerness". But it also cannot be denied that this solution has its limitations, most notably when defining the easternmost point of something that encompasses all 360° of longitude (e.g., Antarctica or the Arctic Ocean or the mid-ocean ridge system).  How does someone in their "right mind" resolve these issues, if not with Greenwich? HuskyHuskie (talk) 03:25, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Name of article
It occurred to me that most articles have United States spelled out, but Talk:U.S._state would seem to indicate "U.S. states" is OK. Шизомби 02:18, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Points over water?
I notice some of the points listed are over water. Would the article be more useful if the extreme land points were also listed? I mention this because people in Minnesota don't generally regard that state as bordering Michigan. Instead, the perception is that it borders Lake Superior. Unless we fish or work on the Great Lakes, we don't always perceive U.S. territorial waters of the Great Lakes as being divided into state territorial waters.

To be consistent, should U.S. territorial waters off of the east coast, west coast, and Gulf of Mexico be divided into state territorial waters, and the extreme points with the water territory be included? 206.53.197.24 (talk) 15:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Fact is the borders of the Great Lakes states extend out into the lakes, and the borders are clearly defined. You can easily see these borders on Google Maps and Live Search Maps. I don't believe territorial waters extending into the oceans and gulfs are as clearly defined. Phizzy (talk) 16:12, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

 * So, the points over water should remain. However, I don't always see the state borders over waters in other maps, such as printed maps. Wouldn't people visiting this page like to know what are the extreme points on land as well as those on water? They might want to know how far east in a state they can hike, but not swim.  206.53.197.24 (talk) 17:04, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Yea, they don't always show on maps, which leads to the confusion. I do know, however, the state borders show up (over water) on the official Michigan Department of Transportation map. It probably would be a good idea to have both an extreme point over land and over water in those instances where there are both. In your Minnesota example, the two points are pretty close anyway, though: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=48.004912~-89.49214&style=r&lvl=14&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1 Phizzy (talk) 20:49, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I once had a co-worker who used to live in Chicago. When I mentioned the Illinois-Michigan border, he denied that Illinois and Michigan shared a border.  From his point of view, Illinois bordered Lake Michigan. From  my point of view, a small part of the lake was in the NE corner of Illinois.  206.53.193.48 (talk) 12:44, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, your point of view is correct. Many people might believe that Michigan only borders the states of Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio, but it borders Minnesota and Illinois as well. Phizzy  17:58, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

 * BTW, when I posted here earlier, I was 206.53.197.24. Maybe it would be less confusing if logged in even for quick edits. 206.53.193.48 (talk) 20:24, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

I agree that, while Illinois and Michigan clearly share a legal boundary, to state the the "easternmost point of 'Illinois'" is some spot in the middle of Lake Michigan (and with Indiana due south, to boot) is just counterintuitive, and not very helpful, to most people. Per the discussion above, I've gone ahead and distinguished between Illinois' easternmost point over water and easternmost point of land (I wonder if that farmer knows he tills an extreme point?) HuskyHuskie (talk) 03:14, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed merge
I have tagged both Extreme points of Massachusetts and Extreme Points of Texas for suggestion to be merged here. They are sub-titles related to this article. It does not make any sense to have this article, that failed to be deleted, to stand and someone continue adding other states, and possibly possessions (and D.C.), that are sure to await nomination for deletion.
 * I like the information and set up on the article for Texas and it would seem a good idea to try to find conformity and consensus with the best one and to facilitate other created solo related articles to be moved here. Someone might take an interest in building a real nice article.
 * I do not think I connected all the talk pages if someone would look at that. Otr500 (talk) 07:27, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I see the discussion pages are connected. Otr500 (talk) 07:29, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with the merge, but I do think that they should be "merged", not just blanked and redirected. Griffinofwales (talk) 19:11, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

 * You will have to enlighten me. A blank and redirect would not be a merge correct? I just think that several small related articles, especially with relevant information, could be merged (all pertinent information included) to created a better single article. Otr500 (talk) 22:38, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Correct. Would the table look crowded if we added the extra information? Griffinofwales (talk) 17:01, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it would become quite crowded. We would also need to find the pertinent information for the other 48 states.Lbparker40 (talk) 14:02, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Latitude/Longitude for each point
I would like to see the latitude and longitude coordinates for each of the point be added. The Alaska line is a good example of this. I would be willing to add these in if someone could find a good source for them, even if it is just on a state by state basis. This would provide Minimum Bounding Rectangles for each of the states. --RossO (talk) 19:17, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Does Google Earth count as a "good source"? If you can find the extreme points of each state on Google Earth, it will tell you the coordinates. —Reelcheeper (talk) 16:49, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Massachusetts
Why does the article list Nauset Light in Eastham as the easternmost point? I'm looking at the DeLorme Massachusetts atlas, and it shows Nauset Light at 69°57′ W while parts of Nauset Beach in Orleans and Chatham are east of 69°56′ W. I can't believe recent erosion at Nauset has been so bad as to move the beach a full minute of longitude. BeIsKr (talk) 07:08, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Pennsylvania
Saying that the southernmost point of Pennsylvania is the southern border with WV and VA is an oversimplification. The legal boundary is NOT a simple line of latitude. To quote the Wikipedia article on the Mason-Dixon line: "The Maryland–Pennsylvania boundary is an east–west line with an approximate mean latitude of 39°43′20″ N (Datum WGS 84). In reality, the east–west Mason–Dixon line is not a true line in the geometric sense, but is instead a series of many adjoining line segments, following a path between latitude 39°43′15″ N and 39°43′23″ N." The legal boundary is defined by the milestones set in place by Mason and Dixon in the 18th Century. Google Maps, f'rinstance, presents this rather accurately, and if you zoom in on the border you will see that it zig-zags slightly in some places. I'm just a geek about such things.... PurpleChez 5/31/14 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.118.65.34 (talk) 19:19, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Improve sorting
I suggest that the coord, where given, be the first item in each cell. I believe this would automatically make two of the columns sort geographically; the other two could be made to sort properly by using sort (or perhaps by just reordering the parameters in coord; I don't think this would work, but if it does, it would be preferable). YBG (talk) 05:37, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

boundary wobbles
The western boundary with Canada is defined not by the 49° line but by the markers placed by a joint survey, which wobble along that line. From the International Boundary Commission website, I infer that the northernmost point of Washington is Monument 35, 49.0026°N, -122.21447°W; that of Idaho is Monument 213, 49.00089°N, -116.23619°W; that of Montana is Monument 266 49.00114°N, -114.36095°W; that of North Dakota is the segment between Monuments 810 49.00057°N, -97.70169°W and 811 49.00057°N, -97.67984°W. —Tamfang (talk) 21:55, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

 * Are the segments between monuments taken as great circles? If so, ND-north is the midpoint between 810 and 811. —Tamfang (talk) 23:35, 7 April 2023 (UTC)


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Talk:Gawker Media

Redirect links
Two of the names blogs on this page are links, but they just redirect to this page (Gawker Media). The others are broken links. Why exactly is this a useful thing? --Jfruh 02:31, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

StarryFever?
Last I heard, Gawker didn't host their blogs on Blogger, used their own servers for images as opposed to ImageShack, and didn't include StarryFever. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Redundant and contrary claims in intro
The opening section says both of the following:

1. On August 16, 2016, Gawker and all its brands were acquired at auction by Univision Communications.[7] Two days later on August 18, the company announced that Gawker.com would cease operations the following week, while its other sites will continue to operate.[8]

2. On September 21, 2016, Gawker Media's assets except for Gawker were purchased by Univision Communications and have been moved to Gizmodo Media Group.[9][10]

These need to be verified and condensed. -Reagle (talk) 17:22, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

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Rising (Donovan album)

Rising is the third live album, and twentieth album overall, from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released on Permanent Records in 1990 (LP and CD). The live versions of Donovan's hits guaranteed that Rising would receive a release in both the United States and United Kingdom. Rising was retitled The Classics Live in the United States, 25 Years in Concert in Europe and Atlantis in the UK for marketing reasons. Since the release of Rising, there have been many reissues of the songs from the album under many different titles.

Rising was supposedly recorded sporadically from 1982 through 1986 at various live concerts during different world tours. However, after careful research the sources of these recordings are found to be a U.S. tour in 1971, concerts in Osaka in 1973, and the Cambridge Folk Festival of 1981.

History
Although Donovan's albums had all but disappeared from the British and American markets by the early 1980s, his live appearances still attracted large audiences. Donovan toured constantly throughout this time, performing throughout North America and Europe.

The setlists from these shows features a mixture of Donovan's international hits from the 1960s and relatively more obscure tracks from his later albums. Like most of Donovan's live performances, there is sparse instrumentation accompanying Donovan's vocals, including flute, acoustic guitar, bass. Rising features two traditional songs ("Young But Growing" and "Stealing") and one original song ("Love Will Find a Way") that were not released on any previous Donovan album.

In 2001, Rising was expanded to a two-CD set as Rising Again.

Track listing
All tracks by Donovan Leitch, except where noted.

"Young But Growing", "Stealing" and "Love Will Find a Way" are previously unreleased compositions. All recordings previously unreleased except for "Sadness" and "Universal Soldier" (see Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973)

Original album
The vinyl release has 15 tracks, the CD release has 18 tracks
 * 1) "Jennifer Juniper" – 2:25
 * 2) "Catch the Wind" – 2:50
 * 3) "Hurdy Gurdy Man" – 6:04
 * 4) "Sunshine Superman" – 3:57
 * 5) "Sadness" – 2:56
 * 6) "Universal Soldier" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:49
 * 7) "Cosmic Wheels" (CD bonus track) – 4:05
 * 8) "Atlantis" – 3:06
 * 9) "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" – 2:17
 * 10) "To Susan On the West Coast Waiting" – 1:39
 * 11) "Colours" – 2:29
 * 12) "Young Girl Blues" – 5:01
 * 13) "Young But Growing" (traditional; arranged by Donovan) (CD bonus track) – 3:41
 * 14) "Stealing" (traditional; arranged by Donovan) – 4:10
 * 15) "Sailing Homeward" – 3:04
 * 16) "Love Will Find a Way" – 2:44
 * 17) "Laléna" – 3:16
 * 18) "Make Up Your Mind" (CD bonus track) – 5:28

Further song information

 * "Sadness" (the studio version was released on 7-Tease, November 1974)
 * "Young Girl Blues" (the studio version was released on Mellow Yellow, March 1967)
 * "Sailing Homeward" (the studio version was released on Essence to Essence, December 1973)
 * "Make Up Your Mind" (The studio version of was released as "Life is a Merry-Go-Round" on Essence to Essence)

Personnel
Mixed by Richard Nathan
 * Donovan – Guitar, Harmonica, composer, Vocals
 * Patrick Hehir – Producer, engineer
 * Paul Horn – Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone
 * Peter Mark – Viola
 * Barbara Nessim – Illustrations, Cover Design
 * Danny Thompson – Bass

Release history
A list of reissues

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Talk:Pay toilet

2005 USA
Hi, I live in the USA and I'm doing research on Pay Toilets.
 * I know there are more public restrooms in Europe than in American.
 * Can anyone help me by telling me what they think about them and are they clean and safe?

 * It depends what city (and neighborhood of the city) you are in. -CunningLinguist 02:38, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Take any city and consider the major tourist areas as a starting point. Then consider areas around the city in various neighborhoods.
 * I think each city can be said to have some neighborhoods more desireable than others.
 * Thanks for the reply.

What about Urinetown the Musical, shouldn't it get a mention? It is after all a hugely popular broadway production set around pay toilets.

Cost
Could someone familiar with pay toilets add the usual spectrum of cost? Having never visited and area that has pay toilets, I don't have any idea how much is generally charged. I presume it varies, of course. Phasmatisnox 02:58, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, there's the old bathroom-wall-poem, which may not be accurate anymore, but doubtless used to be:

Here I sit, broken-hearted, paid my dime, but only farted, Very next day, I took a chance, Saved my dime, but soiled my pants.

-- They way I've always heard it it went: Here I sit ALL broken hearted, tried to shit but only farted. As an aside, when I was in Russia in 1993, at the airport in Samara getting in is no problem, you have to pay to get out. Kielhofer 04:17, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

--

San Francisco offers pay toilets in many tourist areas where lack of toilet facilities exist, these include public plazas, the Cable Car turnaround, and the Wharf where there is a long distance between restroom facilities typically offered at restaurants. The pay toilets are green color and automated; when first installed, they were considered high quality facilities that were well kept, clean, and safe. Today, standards have dropped causing lack of features including hand soap, hot water, and acts of criminal activity (examples: drug use and prostitution). Use of the pay toilet facilities are relatively affordable: $0.25 cents to $0.50. It should be noted that San Francisco also provides public restroom facilities that are free, however they have a reputation of being in poor condition. Akit 09:18, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for adding your opinion Akit, I disagree on the state of public, non pay toilets. They are usually kept in very good condition, and are much better than popping ones pants or seeing others lay numbers on the pavement on the way to work. In contrast, every pay toilet has been horribly maintained, plaster falling off walls and generally a rip off, when pissing on the street is free! 86.158.96.109 (talk) 13:35, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

womens rights
ive read that they were shut down (in only us or otherwise im not sure) when womens groups complained and/or sued because they felt discriminated because they had to pay to piss but men could just use the urinal. any truth?Д narcistPig (talk) 23:01, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

difference between toilets and urinals
what is the difference between urinals and toilets? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.102.211.132 (talk) 02:41, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * check out the Wikipedia articles on urinal and toilet - I think the difference is quite clear. EvM-Susana (talk) 20:21, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Merge with article on public toilets?
I think this should be merged into the article on public toilet as there is a lot of overlap. I will also put the same on the talk page of public toilet. EvM-Susana (talk) 20:21, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Have added the merge templates today. Discuss on talk page of public toilet article.EvMsmile (talk) 12:36, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

I'm not sure about merging this pretty good article with Public toilet article. The Public toilet article needs to carry an awful lot as it is Cryacrem (talk) 22:45, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

This discussion was carried out on the Public toilet talk page. No consensus developed for a merge, so i have removed the template. (Apparently one was already removed.) Carbon Caryatid (talk) 20:19, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Just like to say, that my vote wasn't counted, and I would not like to see an article on paying money and not paying money merged. Ta 86.158.96.109 (talk) 13:40, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Why age of a technology does not guarantee moral legitimacy
You can discuss why you reverted the edit here 86.158.96.109 (talk) 13:29, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Photo says "Toilettes acces gratuit" which basically means "free toilet"
However, those toilets are free only to people with valid Metro tickets. Perhaps the photo should be changed. Bartosik (talk) 12:34, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

I changed the photo to the same one for Sanisette Bartosik (talk) 20:49, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

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Borg-Warner Trophy

The Borg-Warner Trophy is the trophy presented to the winner of the Indianapolis 500. It is named for and was commissioned by automotive supplier BorgWarner. It is permanently housed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum in Speedway, Indiana. Unveiled at a 1936 dinner hosted by then-Speedway owner Eddie Rickenbacker, the trophy was officially declared the annual prize for Indianapolis 500 victors. It was first presented at the 24th annual 500-mile race, where Louis Meyer, that year's champion and its first recipient, soon thereafter remarked, "Winning the Borg-Warner Trophy is like winning an Olympic medal."

Josef Newgarden won the 2024 Indianapolis 500, and is the current reigning champion. Each year, the winning driver is presented with a miniature replica ("Baby Borg") during a reception, which for the 2019 race was presented in early September, about three months after the race. Prior to the trophy's inception, the Strauss Trophy (first awarded in 1919) was once presented to the winner. The Wheeler-Schebler Trophy was awarded to the leader at the 400-mile mark, but was retired when car owner Harry Hartz claimed it three times.

History

The trophy, which has been presented in the winner's circle after every race since 1936, is a very large, multi-tiered item which bears the high relief sculpture of the likeness of each driver to have won the race since its inception in 1911. Inscribed are the winner's name, year of victory, and average speed. This information is alternated with the faces in a checkerboard pattern, evoking a checkered flag. Included on the base is the gold likeness of Tony Hulman, owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1945 to 1977. On the top of the trophy is an unclothed man waving a checkered flag. Because this man is depicted naked, after the traditional depiction of athletes in ancient Greek art, the trophy is most often photographed at an angle so that the man's arm blocks the view of the figure's genitalia.

In 1935, the Borg-Warner Automotive Company commissioned designer Robert J. Hill and Gorham, Inc., of Providence, Rhode Island to create the trophy at a cost of $10,000. The trophy underwent a refurbishment in 1991 and again in 2004. Today it is insured in excess of $1.3 million.

Design
Made of sterling silver, the trophy is just under 5 ft tall and weighs nearly 153 lb. The trophy body itself is hollow, and the dome-shaped top is removable. From 1936 to 1985, the trophy appeared in its original form, with the bottom rim of the body serving as its stand. The original body had room for 70 winners of the Indy 500, and was destined to fill up after the 1986 winner was affixed. During the early years, the trophy was polished often for protection, but appeared too seldom be buffed to a glossy "mirror finish" and often was seen with a dull or matte finish. At no point has the trophy been allowed to fall in a state of tarnish or major disrepair. When the race was suspended during World War II, the trophy was stored in a secure location.

A base was added in 1986 to accommodate more winners, similar to what has been done with the Stanley Cup. In 1991, the trophy went through a thorough restoration. In 2004, the first base was removed, and replaced with a new, larger base to accommodate more winners. Enough space is currently available to hold all winners through 2033.

Since 1990 the winning drivers' likenesses on both the Borg-Warner Trophy and the replica trophies have been sculpted by prominent American sculptor William Behrends, who also created the statue of baseball great Willie Mays that stands at the entrance to Oracle Park in San Francisco.

Baby Borg
The actual perpetual trophy is not given to the winner; it remains at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum on the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The winning drivers since 1988 have been presented with an 18 in tall free-standing replica of the trophy, sitting on a beveled square base. Officially titled the "Indianapolis 500 Champion Driver's Trophy,", it has been affectionately nicknamed the "Baby Borg." The Baby Borg is typically presented the following January at a Speedway reception or sometimes at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, near trophy sponsor BorgWarner's headquarters.

Starting with the 1997 race, a second Baby Borg was added, presented to the winning car owner(s), officially named the "Indianapolis 500 Champion Owner's Trophy". The owner's trophy is nearly identical to the driver's trophy, except it is mounted upon a round base. Multiple owner's trophies are presented if there are co-owners to the winning team.

The bas-relief likenesses from the main trophy are not replicated on the Baby Borgs, nor is the cylindrical base of the main trophy (the first of which was added in 1986). In some years, a duplicate of the sculpted likeness of the winner has been affixed to the beveled base of the driver's Baby Borg trophy. The driver's trophy can be lifted from its base if desired.

Prior to 1988, winners received an 24 in upright model of the trophy mounted on a walnut plaque. Since then, some pre-1988 winners have been presented with the newer Baby Borg version. In 2011, race winner Dan Wheldon was fatally injured before he received his Baby Borg. His widow Susie accepted the trophy in his honor.

In 2013, starting with Parnelli Jones (the 1963 winner), the Speedway began a tradition of presenting living winners the newer Champion Drivers Trophy on the 50th anniversary of their wins had they not been awarded a Baby Borg. Jones, Mario Andretti (2019), and Al Unser Sr. (2020) have each been awarded with such on the 50th anniversaries of their wins. Since then, the procedure has been conducted on different drivers who had not been awarded a Baby Borg, regardless of years since their win. In 2021, Gordon Johncock was awarded Baby Borgs to represent his 1973 and 1982 wins at his Johncock Forestry Products business in South Branch, Michigan during a birthday party organised by BorgWarner. In 2022, A. J. Foyt, who has an owner's Baby Borg from 1999, was awarded a driver's Baby Borg, without the sculpted likeness, but with each side carrying one of his four wins, in 2022. In 2023, William Behrends was given a Baby Borg by BorgWarner in celebration of being the artist on the past 33 Indianapolis 500 winners, as traditionally the field consists of 33 cars.

While the perpetual trophy is not given to the winner, it has, on occasion, traveled to various locations to honor the winner. In 2017, the trophy traveled to Japan accompanying Takuma Sato on a victory tour of his home country, and went on display in Sweden after Marcus Ericsson's win in 2022.

Odd features have been put on the driver's likeness on the "Baby Borg" since it was introduced in 1988. In 2013, Parnelli Jones' trophy featured a cowboy hat on his head (prior to 1970, champions were wearing an open-face helmet on their sculptures; since the bas-relief bust of the driver was newly created by Behrends, it was done without helmet and with the cowboy hat he wore primarily during that season). In 2019, because of fan requests, Simon Pagenaud's Baby Borg also featured the likeness of his Jack Russell terrier Norman. BorgWarner added a donation to the Humane Society of Indiana as part of the event, primarily because the dog had participated in the winner's circle photos.

Lore
The trophy has had quite a history; track historian Donald Davidson has noted a particular story in which a Butler University student was given the trophy to watch in the 1930s before race day. The young man hid the trophy under his bed one night and proceeded to have a night out. Upon his return to his fraternity house, the man found the trophy missing. He looked and looked and became very worried about the trophy's whereabouts. Upon looking in the frat house's basement, he found the trophy surrounded by men who were drinking beer out of it. All of 115 beers were inside of the trophy. Emptying the beer, he wondered how he would get the smell off of the trophy and decided to take a shower – taking the trophy in with him.

The winner of the 1950 Indianapolis 500, Johnnie Parsons, had his name misspelled on the trophy. It was scripted into the silver as "Johnny" Parsons (which incidentally, is how his son's name was spelled). Evidence of the engraver's mistake can be seen in MGM’s 1950 movie To Please a Lady. In a scene in which they filmed the trophy and feature a shot of Johnnie Parsons’ bust image, his name is clearly misspelled. During the 1991 restoration, it was proposed by the handlers to correct the spelling, even though Parsons had died seven years earlier. The decision was made to leave the misspelling in place as part of the trophy's historic lore.

Through 1985, the trophy was hoisted by handlers directly behind the driver, typically on the roll bar of the car. The trophy could be easily carried by one individual, and was usually simple to transport. After the trophy was affixed with a base in 1986, the trophy's weight, height, and stability became an issue with displaying it on top of the car. At least two men were required to balance the trophy behind the driver. Since about 2004, when the trophy was expanded with the newer base, it is no longer hoisted behind the driver. Initially, the now-heavier trophy was displayed next to the car. However, the trophy was often mired in the tight, crowded confines of victory lane, and became less visible and even risked damage due to the bustling, celebrating crowd. For 2012, coinciding with the introduction of the DW-12 chassis, a special platform was constructed that fits between or behind the rear wheels and rear wing of the cars. The trophy is now placed upon this platform during the victory lane celebration, giving it once again a prominent and more visible presence during the celebration.

Two or more safety patrol workers are assigned with guarding and transporting the trophy during the month of May. It is polished often, and polished several times during the month of May. In contrast to the earlier years, the trophy is almost exclusively polished and buffed to an elegant, glossy, "mirror finish." During routine times of the month, it is usually situated upon a large, sturdy, custom-built rolling dolly.

Legacy
The trophy has appeared in several films, including Winning, starring Paul Newman, and Turbo. During the month of May, the trophy has several prominent locations for display. During time trials, the trophy is typically displayed outdoors on a platform near the start/finish line. During down times, it returns to the museum. It also makes several appearances, including the Public Drivers' Meeting and the 500 Festival Parade, as well as prominent socials events and gatherings (such as banquets and balls downtown).

The Borg-Warner Trophy was exclusively featured on the cover of the Indianapolis 500 Official Program in 1981, 1998, and 2002. It also appeared on the cover in lesser prevalence in 1988, 1996, and 2006. It is depicted in the cover art of the Atari video game Indy 500, in the Midway pinball machine Indianapolis 500, and on the cover art for the Papyrus IndyCar Racing Indianapolis Motor Speedway Expansion Pack.

Layout and details
When the trophy debuted in 1936, it was complete with the likenesses of all winners from 1911 to 1935 (except 1917–1918, as the race was not held those two years due to World War I). Sculptor John Grawe created the twenty-four likenesses representing the first 23 races, including the two co-winners for the 1924 race. Twenty-two of the likenesses were created featuring the driver wearing his helmet and goggles. Two faces, those of 1912 winner Joe Dawson and 1921 winner Tommy Milton, showed the driver without a helmet.

The likeness were placed beginning with 1911 winner Ray Harroun situated in the middle of the front side. Subsequent faces were added encircling the trophy to the right. The next row would begin in the middle of the front, in the same column as Harroun. When the winners began to be added annually after 1936, most were depicted wearing a helmet through 1970. Floyd Davis, who co-won the 1941 race with Mauri Rose, was depicted without a helmet, while Rose was depicted with one. By 1946, most were shown without their goggles. The likeness of 1957 winner Sam Hanks was the final one to feature goggles. The likeness of 1970 winner Al Unser is the last to be depicted wearing a helmet (by that time, drivers were wearing full-face helmets, so the feasibility of helmets on drivers was impossible). When he won again the following year, his 1971 likeness was shown with natural hair. It has been standard practice to sculpt a brand new likeness for repeat winners, including drivers who have won in consecutive years.

The likeness of 1986 winner Bobby Rahal originally featured miniature glasses, as Rahal wore glasses at the time. The tiny spectacles were crafted from metal wire. In 1993, the trophy was reportedly bumped and the glasses fell off the trophy and were broken. The glasses were repaired and later reattached. Rahal failed to qualify for the 1993 race, and some superstitious observers pointed out the incident as a bad omen. The glasses were removed permanently after Rahal started wearing contacts in the mid-1990s. Tom Sneva, the 1983 winner, insisted his likeness include glasses, and they remain to this day.

Two drivers, both of whom are multiple winners, have their respective names depicted differently in different years. Four-time winner Al Unser has his name listed as "Al Unser" for his likenesses of 1970, 1971, and 1978. He is listed as "Al Unser Sr." for his 1987 win, owing much to the fact that his son (two-time winner Al Unser Jr.) was now a driver. Two-time winner Juan Pablo Montoya is listed as "Juan Montoya" for 2000 and as "Juan Pablo Montoya" for 2015.

First base
Following the 1985 Indianapolis 500, the likeness of race winner Danny Sullivan was added to the trophy. His face filled the 69th of the original 70 squares on the trophy body. Only one square remained on the body, which would be filled by the 1986 winner.

In the weeks prior to the 1986 Indianapolis 500, in celebration of the trophy's 50th anniversary, a new cylindrical three-row base was added to the bottom of the trophy. It featured room for an additional 18 faces. On the base, the first square was filled with a gold likeness of the late Speedway president Tony Hulman. The base increased the height of the trophy to 55 in, and the weight to about 95 lb.

The trophy spent the month of May 1986 with one empty square left on the body, and now room for 17 additional winners on the base. The base would have enough room for winners through 2003. Bobby Rahal won the 1986 race, and was the final likeness added to the body of the trophy.

Al Unser won the 1987 race, and became the first race winner to have his likeness added to the first base of the trophy. Unser also became the first winner to have likenesses on the body of the trophy (1970, 1971, 1978) as well as the base (1987). The layout and lettering of the base mimicked that of the trophy body. The driver's name was enscripted in one single line, followed by the year on the next line, and the race average speed below on the third line.

The likeness of 1989 Indianapolis 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi was created by 88-year old French sculptor Louis Feron, using the repouseé technique. Feron used a single flat sheet of silver and painstakingly hammered it into the shape of Fittipaldi's face.

In 1991, a restoration project was conducted on the trophy. As part of the project, a reinforcement rim was added to the base for stability. The refurbishment increased the height of the trophy to 60 in, and the weight to over 110 lb.

The final likeness added to the original base was that of Hélio Castroneves, winner of the 2002 race.

Current base
Following the 2003 race the original base added in 1986 was removed and replaced with a similar looking one. It consisted of five rows of twelve squares, allowing room for 48 faces. The likenesses of Tony Hulman and the 1987– 2002 winners were relocated to the new base. The likeness of 2003 winner Gil de Ferran was the first new face to be added to the new base. The new base added at least 15 lb and more than 4 in to the trophy, which now stands at 64+1/2 in, and weighs nearly 150 lb. The current base is expected to accommodate winners through 2033.

One notable difference on the new base is reflected in the descriptions. All listings on the new base script the driver's first name on the first line, surname on the second line, followed by the year on the third line, and average speed on the fourth line. On the old base, and on the trophy body, the drivers' names are written in one single line.

Due to the increased weight and size of the trophy, it was no longer possible to hoist the trophy atop the winning car in victory lane. Handlers would place the trophy on the ground in victory lane, near the rear of the machine, but this often left the trophy obscured from view by the many people surrounding the car. Likewise in the tight confines of victory lane, the trophy was now susceptible to someone bumping into it, risking damage, requiring special care by the handlers. Starting in 2012, with the introduction of the Dallara DW-12 chassis, a special platform was constructed to display the trophy in a more prominent fashion in victory lane. As soon as the car pulls into victory lane, the customized platform is securely placed behind the rear wing or over one of the rear wheels. The trophy is immediately placed upon the platform, and is displayed in a safer and highly visible location. In addition, during the month when the trophy is displayed trackside, it is typically placed on a decorative dolly for easy transportation.

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Fritz Wintersteller (21 October 1927 – 15 September 2018) was an Austrian climber who made the first ascent of Broad Peak together with Hermann Buhl, Kurt Diemberger, and Marcus Schmuck in 1957.

Although never a professional climber, he climbed almost every 4000m-mountain in the Alps, including first ascents of Hochkogel (north face) and Wiesspitze. Three other side summits over 4000m were apparently considered by him to be "not beautiful enough" to climb.

In his later years, he made several trips to Alaska for long ski tours and rafting several rivers. As of 2010 he was living in Salzburg, Austria. Due to difficulties with his hips he spent most of his time bicycling.

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 * Grosses Fieberhorn, South traverse, V−
 * Bratschenkopf, direct South face, V
 * 1944
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 * Watzmannfrau, Northwest, left traverse, V+
 * 1945
 * Hochkogel, Northwest face tower, V
 * 1946
 * Grosswand, South ridge, 1. descent on skis
 * 1948
 * Wiesspitze, direct West face, V+
 * Lehender Kopf, direct West face, V
 * 1955
 * Falkenstein, Southeast ridge, III
 * Westbyfijell, South face, III and Southeast ridge, II
 * Snökuppelen, North face, IV
 * 1957
 * Broad Peak 8030m, Forepeak on May 29
 * Broad Peak 8047m on June 9
 * Skil Brum 7420m on June 19

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