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Hainan Island incident

The Hainan Island incident was a ten-day international incident between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that resulted from a mid-air collision between a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a Chinese Air Force J-8II interceptor on April 1, 2001.

The EP-3 was flying over the South China sea at a point roughly midway between Hainan Island and the Paracel Islands when it was intercepted by two J-8 fighters. A collision between the EP-3 and one of the J-8s caused damage to the EP-3 and the crash of the J-8 and the loss of its pilot. The EP-3 was forced to make an emergency landing on Hainan without approved permission from the PRC, and its 24 crew members were detained and interrogated by Chinese authorities until a statement was delivered by the United States government regarding the incident. The ambiguous phrasing of the statement allowed both countries to save face and defused a potentially volatile situation.

Background
This sea area includes the South China Sea Islands, which are claimed by the PRC and several other countries. It is one of the most strategically sensitive areas in the world.

The United States and the People's Republic of China disagree on the legality of the overflights by U.S. naval aircraft of the area where the incident occurred. This part of the South China Sea comprises part of the PRC's exclusive economic zone based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the Chinese claim that the Paracel Islands belong to China. This claim was acknowledged by Vietnam in 1958 but it has since reversed itself to contest the claim after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. The United States remains neutral in this dispute, but patrols the sea regularly with military ships and airplanes, during what it terms freedom of navigation operations. The PRC interprets the convention as allowing it to preclude other nations' military operations within this area, but the United States does not recognize China's claim for the Paracel Islands and maintains that the Convention grants free navigation for all countries' aircraft and ships, including military aircraft and ships, within a country's exclusive economic zone. Although the United States is not party to UNCLOS, it has accepted and complies with nearly all of the treaty's provisions.

A PRC Sukhoi Su-27 force is based at Hainan. The island also houses a large signals intelligence facility that tracks civil and military activity in the area and monitors traffic from commercial communications satellites. The United States has long kept the island under surveillance; on May 22, 1951, for example, RAF Spitfire PR Mk 19s based at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport flew photo-reconnaissance missions at the behest of U.S. naval intelligence.

In the air
On April 1, 2001, the EP-3 (BuNo 156511), assigned to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ-1, "World Watchers"), had taken off as Mission PR32 from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. At about 9:15 a.m. local time, toward the end of the EP-3's six-hour ELINT mission, it was flying at 22000 ft and 180 kn, on a heading of 110°, about 70 mi away from the island. Two Chinese J-8s from Hainan's Lingshui airfield approached. One of the J-8s (81194), piloted by Lt. Cdr. Wang Wei, made two close passes to the EP-3. On the third pass, it collided with the larger aircraft. The J-8 broke into two pieces; the EP-3's radome detached completely and its No. 1 (outer left) propeller was damaged severely. Airspeed and altitude data were lost, the aircraft depressurized, and an antenna became wrapped around the tailplane. The J-8's tail fin struck the EP-3's left aileron, forcing it fully upright, and causing the U.S. aircraft to roll to the left at three to four times its normal maximum rate.

The impact sent the EP-3 into a 30° dive at a bank angle of 130°, almost inverted. It dropped 8000 ft in 30 seconds, and fell another 6000 ft before the pilot, Lt. Shane Osborn, got the EP-3's wings level and the nose up. In a September 2003 article in Naval Aviation News, Osborn said that once he regained control of the aircraft, he "called for the crew to prepare to bail out". He then managed to control the aircraft's descent by using emergency power on the working engines, allowing him to plan an emergency landing on Hainan.

For the next 26 minutes, the crew of the EP-3 performed an emergency plan which included destroying sensitive items aboard the aircraft, such as electronic equipment related to intelligence-gathering, documents and data. Part of this plan involved pouring freshly brewed coffee into disk drives and motherboards and using an axe from the plane's survival kit to destroy hard drives. The crew had not been formally trained on how to destroy sensitive documents and equipment, and so improvised. As a result of the destruction, the plane's interior was later described as resembling "the aftermath of a frat party".

Osborn made an unauthorized emergency landing at Lingshui airfield, after at least 15 distress signals had gone unanswered, with the emergency code selected on the transponder. It landed at 170 kn, with no flaps, no trim, and a damaged left elevator, weighing 108000 lb. After the collision, the failure of the nose cone had disabled the No. 3 (inner right) engine, and the No. 1 propeller could not be feathered, resulting in increased drag on that side. There was no working airspeed indicator or altimeter, and Osborn used full right aileron during the landing. The surviving Chinese interceptor had landed there 10 minutes earlier.

Wang was seen to eject after the collision, but the Pentagon said that the damage to the underside of the EP-3 could mean that the cockpit of the Chinese fighter jet was crushed, making it impossible for the pilot to survive. Wang's body was never recovered, and he was presumed dead.

Cause of collision
Both the cause of the collision and the assignment of blame were disputed:
 * The U.S. government stated that the Chinese jet bumped the wing of the larger, slower, and less maneuverable EP-3. After returning to U.S. soil, the pilot of the EP-3, Lt. Shane Osborn, was allowed to make a brief statement in which he said that the EP-3 was on autopilot and in straight-and-level flight at the time of the collision. He stated that he was just "guarding the autopilot" in his interview with Frontline. The U.S. released video footage from previous missions which revealed that American reconnaissance crews had previously been intercepted by the same aircraft.
 * The Chinese government stated that, according to Wang Wei's wingman, the American aircraft "veered at a wide angle towards the Chinese", in the process ramming the J-8.

Neither claim can be verified since the Chinese government did not release data from the flight recorders of either aircraft, both of which are in its possession.

On the ground
For 15 minutes after landing, the EP-3 crew continued to destroy sensitive items and data on board the aircraft, as per protocol. They disembarked from the aircraft after soldiers looked through windows, pointed guns and shouted through bullhorns. The Chinese offered them water and cigarettes. Guarded closely, they were taken to a military barracks at Lingshui where they were interrogated for two nights before being moved to lodgings in Haikou, the provincial capital and largest city on the island. They were generally treated well. However, they were interrogated at all hours and thus suffered from lack of sleep. They found the Chinese food unpalatable as it included fish heads, but this later improved. Guards gave them decks of cards and an English-language newspaper. To pass the time and keep spirits up, Lts. Honeck and Vignery worked up humorous routines based on the television shows The People's Court, Saturday Night Live and The Crocodile Hunter. These were performed as they went to meals, the only time they were together. They gradually developed good relations with their guards, with one guard inquiring of them the lyrics for the song "Hotel California" by the Eagles.

Three U.S. diplomats were sent to Hainan to meet the crew, assess their conditions and to negotiate the crew's release. The diplomats were first allowed to meet with the crew three days after the incident. U.S. officials complained about China's delays in this regard.

The 24 crew members (21 men and 3 women) were detained for 10 days in total and were released soon after the U.S. issued the "letter of the two sorries" to the Chinese. The crew was only partially successful in their destruction of classified material. Some of the material they failed to destroy included cryptographic keys, signals intelligence manuals, and the names of National Security Agency employees. Some of the captured computers contained detailed information for processing PROFORMA communications from North Korea, Russia, Vietnam, China and other countries. The plane also carried information on the emitter parameters for U.S.-allied radar systems worldwide. China also discovered that the United States could track People's Liberation Army Navy submarines via signal transmission.

Letter of the two sorries
The "Letter of the two sorries" was the letter delivered by the United States Ambassador Joseph Prueher to Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan of the People's Republic of China to end the incident. Upon delivery of the letter, China released the detained crew and eventually returned the disassembled aircraft. The letter stated that the United States was "very sorry" for the death of Chinese pilot Wang Wei (王伟) and was "very sorry" the aircraft entered China's airspace, additionally apologizing because its landing did not have "verbal clearance". The United States stated that it was "not a letter of apology"–as then characterized by state-owned Chinese media outlets–but that instead it was "an expression of regret and sorrow". China had originally asked for an apology, but the U.S. explained, "We did not do anything wrong, and therefore it was not possible to apologize".

There was further debate over the exact meaning of the Chinese translation issued by the U.S. Embassy. A senior administration official was quoted as saying "What the Chinese will choose to characterize as an apology, we would probably choose to characterize as an expression of regret or sorrow". Chinese President Jiang Zemin accepted the expression of "very sorry" as consistent with the formal apology that China had sought, and so China released the Americans thereafter.

Aftermath
The crew of the EP-3 was released on April 11, 2001, and returned to their base at Whidbey Island via Honolulu, Hawaii, where they were subject to two days of debriefings. The pilot, Lt. Shane Osborn, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for "heroism and extraordinary achievement" in flight. The J-8B pilot, Wang Wei, was posthumously honored in China as a "Guardian of Territorial Airspace and Waters". His widow received a personal letter of condolence from US President George W. Bush.

U.S. Navy engineers said the EP-3 could be repaired in 8–12 months, but China refused to allow it to be flown off Hainan island. The disassembled aircraft was later released on July 3, 2001, and was returned to the United States by the Russian airline Polet in two Antonov An-124 Ruslans. Repairs were performed at Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Georgia, for reassembly and to make it flightworthy again. The aircraft was then flown to L3 in Waco, Texas for missionization as they were the main provider of EP-3 maintenance and modernization at the time. The aircraft returned to duty prior to 2013.

In addition to paying for the dismantling and shipping of the EP-3, the United States paid US$34,567 for the 11 days of food and lodging supplied by the Chinese government to the aircraft's crew. The Chinese had demanded one million dollars compensation from the U.S. for the lost J-8 and their pilot, but this was refused without further negotiations.

The incident occurred ten weeks after George W. Bush's presidential inauguration and was his first foreign policy crisis. Both countries were criticized after the event: the Chinese for making a bluff which was called without any real concessions from America other than the "Letter of the two sorries"; and the U.S. first for being insensitive immediately after the event and later for issuing the letter rather than being more oppositional. The United States tried to be conciliatory in order to try to avoid Chinese objections to U.S. foreign policy, which became more important after the September 11 attacks and at the beginning of the War on Terror.

Among the Chinese public, the incident created negative feelings towards the United States and increased feelings of Chinese nationalism. Despite the fact that the destroyed aircraft carried the serial number 81194, footage of Lt Cdr Wang Wei piloting airplane J-8B bearing serial number 81192 in a similar incident earlier in the year was popularized and became a national icon for both the PLANAF and the Chinese nation.

After the collision, China's briefly lessened aggressiveness in monitoring of reconnaissance flights. As of 2011, flights of U.S. surveillance aircraft near the Chinese coastline continued as before the incident.

Hainan is currently the home of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Hainan Submarine Base, an underground facility capable of supporting nuclear ballistic missile submarines. During March 2009, Chinese ships and aircraft approached the USNS Impeccable, an ocean surveillance ship of the U.S. Navy while operating 75 mi south of Hainan. Pentagon officials characterized the actions as "aggressive" and "harassment". In August 2014, the U.S. protested when a Chinese Shenyang J-11BH came within 10 meter of a patrolling Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft and performed aerobatic maneuvers including a barrel roll. In May 2016, the U.S. protested when two Chinese Shenyang J-11BH aircraft reportedly came within 15 meter of a U.S. EP-3 on "a routine" patrol approximately 50 mi east of Hainan Island. China responded by demanding an end to U.S. surveillance near China.

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 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep (no consensus). I count 9 delete votes and 6 keep votes, and nothing particular in the comments to make me deviate from the two-thirds guideline. Sjakkalle (Check!)  09:48, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

12 Oz Mouse
Advertising for a TV series that's yet to be aired. -- Hoary 02:13, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is about a TV show? Really? It's the worst writing I've seen on new page watch today. When it gets written, it should be of a standard like First Monday, a recent creation. Harro5 03:11, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup. The pilot episode has already been screened. Seems pretty well written to me, just not boring enough for an encyclopedia. Kappa 03:54, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Badly written fancruft, and there is no way to tell if this show will even get a time slot, let alone become popular enough to warrant its own article. --malathion talk 04:55, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep but requires improvement; if you think that this constitutes good writing then please don't try any of your own. Ben-w 10:01, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and fumigate afterwards. If and when the program actually shows up, then someone can write an actual article. --Calton | Talk 13:44, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete for the reasons discussed by Calton. Nandesuka 13:50, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. If Kappa says the show's an actual show, that's confirmation enough for me.  Almafeta 16:52, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Well I was going by what the article said, but the imdb has an entry Kappa 17:03, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * But not at the Adult Swim site, oddly enough. --Calton | Talk 00:13, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup (heavily). However, if the show goes nowhere (which is possible), would it be acceptable to delete it later? --Benfergy 18:07, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep and rewrite. This is a real show.  The pilot aired in the U.S. on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block on June 19 and was seen by over half a million people.  The article needs a LOT of work but that's not grounds for deletion. - Thatdog 18:49, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Actual episodes beyond the pilot, sure, but having pilot episode by itself is meaningless, since Hollywood grinds out dozens of pilots that go precisely nowhere and are remembered by no one. --Calton | Talk 00:13, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Some kind of fancruft. Wile E. Heresiarch 05:39, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete until and unless the show goes beyond a pilot. Radiant_ >|< 13:02, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Looks like Adult Swim has ordered 6 more episodes Rx StrangeLove 00:50, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete pilot episode - notability not established, as per User:Calton. JamesBurns 02:38, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. No importance at the moment. Indrian 14:42, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
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Finitribe

Finitribe were a Scottish electronic music group. The group was originally referred to as Fini Tribe. The name was taken from finny tribe, a term used by the Rosicrucians to describe the fishes.

History
The band formed in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1984, by Chris Connelly, John Vick, Andy McGregor, Philip Pinsky, David Miller and Simon McGlynn. Initially a post-punk guitar outfit, the band released a debut EP Curling and Stretching on their own Finiflex label in the summer of 1984, graduating to their first John Peel Session in 1985, before rethinking their whole approach in the mid 1980s.

Tired of the conventional drums, bass and guitar set up, they acquired a sampler and began experimenting with electronic music. The result was Let The Tribe Grow, an EP released on the Glasgow label Cathexis and featuring "De Testimony", a seminal dance floor anthem for the original Balearic/Acid House generation. Subsequently, they signed to Chicago label Wax Trax and released two singles, "I Want More" (a cover of the Can song) and "Make it Internal", raising their profile in the States and resulting in extensive radio and club success. A long and arduous "toilet" tour of the UK in 1988 led to the departure of three members – including Connelly who relocated to the States and joined the Revolting Cocks and Ministry – and a parting of the ways with Wax Trax Records.

This in turn resulted in a resurrection of the Finiflex label and a distribution deal with Fast Forward for the-ir debut album, Noise Lust and Fun. The band was now made up of Pinsky, Vick and Miller along with various contributions from Little Annie, Rosanne Erskine and Wilf Plum. A series of remix EP's proved their electronic and dance floor credentials and brought indie chart success. The band met and signed a long-term publishing deal with Andy Heath (director of Beggars Banquet and Momentum Publishing), allowing the band to grow and develop without the constant need for advances from record companies.

After signing a new deal with One Little Indian the band with encouragement from label boss Derek Birkett ran into controversy almost immediately with the Animal Farm EP. Subverting the nursery rhyme "Old MacDonald" for the purposes of berating the similarly titled hamburger outlet, Finitribe (as they were now known) offered up a flavour of the anti-consumerist stance prevalent on new album Grossing 10k (1989). The subsequent threat of legal action was not exactly helped by a "Fuck off McDonald's" poster and T-shirt campaign.

The band continued to develop stronger links with the electronic music world for their next single and album. Andrew Weatherall produced and remixed the single "101" (1991) along with Graham Massey from 808 State. Justin Robertson then worked with the band to remix and produce the singles "Ace Love Deuce" and "Forevergreen" (1992). These singles all featured on the band's most critically and commercially successful album, An Unexpected Groovy Treat (1992), the last album they were to record for One Little Indian.

The success of this album allowed the band to re launch their 'Finiflex' label and the in-house production team recorded and released many singles including those by Justin Robertson, State of Flux, Ege Bam Yasi and Sparks. A Finiflex Compilation album And Away They Go was released to critical acclaim in 1993. The band was redeveloping their studio complex in Leith during this period and coordinated all management, recording, press and merchandise from there.

After leaving One Little Indian the band further developed their studio complex and looked for a new recording deal. With the assistance of Tom Watkins (Pet Shop Boys, East 17) the band negotiated a deal with Pete Tong at London/FFRR. This deal allowed for the completion of the state of the art recording studio in Leith and facilitated complete independence for the recording of their next album. For the writing and pre-production of the band's fourth album they relocated to a small crofting settlement called Sheigra, near Kinlochbervie, in the north west of Scotland. In 1994, the band released the single "Brand New" and, although a minor hit, the relationship with London/FFRR was cooling. A further single "Love Above" and the album Sheigra were released in 1995. The band followed this with a tour with Sparks and then their own headlining tour of the UK.

By early 1996, David Miller and Philip Pinsky split from John Vick, the former continuing with Finitribe and John Vick successfully continuing with the studio complex Finiflex. The slimmed down Finitribe, now operating from a house built on the side of a volcano, started a new label U.G.T and released an LP by Ege Bam Yasi. While looking for a new label and a new singer Finitribe went to Essex to work with former Prodigy collaborator Jason Byrne. The result was the EP Squelch and the meeting up with future producer Witchman (John Roome).

For a short while the band hooked up with Chas Smash (Madness) as manager, this indirectly led to a meeting with Korda Marshall and a deal was struck with Infectious/ Mushroom Records (home of Garbage and Ash). The band's fifth album Sleazy Listening was recorded in Edinburgh with John Roome (Witchman) producing. It featured Paul Haig, Little Annie, Niroshini Thambar, Chris Ross, John Roome and Katie Morrison. The album mixed electronica and live instrumentation and received critical acclaim. Melody Maker stating that, "If Finitribe had lived and worked in Bristol they would have won the Mercury Music prize by now".

The album was launched with a sell out gig at The Shooting Gallery, Edinburgh with Davy Henderson's Nectarine No. 9. The band toured the UK with their most successful gigs for several years, headlining the ICA in London. They recorded the first ever John Peel live session and released three further singles for Infectious.

This was the band's last album and tour - their last gig was at a sell out Bath Moles Club in the summer of 1998.

Other interests and priorities meant that Pinsky and Miller put Finitribe to one side. One more single was released, "Bored" (2000).

In January 2014, the band reissued "De Testimony" on limited 12" vinyl.

Finiflex
Vick developed the Finiflex recording studio, based in Leith. Providing high-end sound recordings for television, radio, sound design and advertising with clients including IKEA and Irn Bru. Vick joined with DJ Davie Miller to form the band Finiflex, releasing their first single Ta Ta Oo Ha in 2017, with an album Sulliven due in June 2018. The band supported Sparks at their Glasgow show in May 2018.

Members

 * David Miller (guitar/vocals/noise)
 * Philip Pinsky (bass/vocals & production)
 * John Vick (keyboards/sampling/production & editing, until 1996)
 * Simon McGlynn (drums, until 1988)
 * Andy McGregor (guitar/vocals/noise & pictures, until 1988)
 * Chris Connelly (vocals/production, until 1988)

Vegetarianism
The members of Finitribe are known to be vegetarian.

Selected discography

 * "Curling and Stretching" 12" EP (Finiflex 1984)
 * "Let the Tribe Grow" EP (Cathexis 1986)
 * Noise, Lust & Fun (Finiflex 1988, One Little Indian 1989)
 * Grossing 10K (One Little Indian 1989)
 * An Unexpected Groovy Treat (One Little Indian 1992)
 * "Forevergreen" EP (1993) – UK No. 51
 * "Brand New" (1994) – UK No. 69
 * Sheigra (FFRR 1995)
 * "Squelch" (1996)
 * Sleazy Listening (Infectious 1998)

As Finiflex

 * Ta Ta Oo Ha (Finiflex, 2017)
 * Sulliven (album) (Finiflex, 2018)

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Barrytown (franchise)

Barrytown is an Irish comedy-drama media franchise centred on the Rabbittes, a working-class family from the fictional suburb of Barrytown, in Dublin. It began in 1988 when Beacon Pictures and 20th Century Fox bought the rights to the 1987 novel The Commitments by Roddy Doyle shortly after it was published. The book was successful, as was Alan Parker's 1991 film adaptation. The film received cult status, and is regarded as one of the best Irish films ever made. In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked the film at number 38 on its list of the "100 best British films of the century", based on votes from 1,000 leading figures of the film industry.

A sequel novel, The Snapper, was published in 1990, followed by a film adaptation in 1993. A third novel, The Van, was published and shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, followed by a film adaptation in 1996. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, a spin-off published in 1993 by Secker and Warburg, won the Booker Prize for that year, with an epilogue novel, The Guts, published in 2013. A musical and stage play based on the first two installments of the series have also been produced, ongoing from 2013 and 2018.

The Commitments (1988)
Following the 1988 publication of Roddy Doyle's novel The Commitments (1987) in the United Kingdom, producers Lynda Myles and Roger Randall-Cutler acquired the film rights, and asked Doyle to write an adaptation. Doyle, an inexperienced screenwriter, spent one year drafting the script, accompanied by Myles and Randall-Cutler. Although a script was completed, Myles felt it needed improvement, and passed the book on to Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, hoping that they would suggest a more experienced writer. Upon reading the novel, Clement and La Frenais agreed to help write the script themselves.

The Snapper (1990)
The Snapper revolves around unmarried twenty-year-old Sharon Rabbitte's pregnancy, and the unexpected effects this has on her conservative, working class Dublin family.

The Van (1991)
The Van focuses on the elder Jimmy Rabbitte and his efforts at going into business with his best friend Bimbo, after both lose their jobs. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize (1991).

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is a novel written by Roddy Doyle. It is a spin-off following one year in the life of a Dublin ten-year-old, Patrick "Paddy" Clarke, as he explores Barrytown through his parents' divorce, encountering various characters from the Barrytown series of novels.

The Guts (2013)
Set thirty years later, The Guts follows the younger Jimmy Rabbitte as he is suffering from bowel cancer. The novel was named Novel of the Year at the 2013 Irish Book Awards.

Short stories
Throughout the early 2010s, Doyle frequently posted short comic dialogues on his Facebook page between two older men in a Barrytown pub, often relating to current events in Ireland (such as the 2015 marriage referendum ) and further afield. These developed into the novella short story collection Two Pints in 2012 and Two More Pints in 2014.

Rabitte family members

 * James "Jimmy" Rabbitte, Sr. – the patriarch and protagonist of the third Barrytown novel, The Van, in which he and a friend, Brendan "Bimbo" Reeves, buy a chipper van as a business opportunity during the 1990 World Cup.
 * Veronica Rabbitte – the matriarch of the family who tries to keep the peace and is often known to have a laugh at her family's antics.
 * Sharon Rabbitte – the eldest daughter and the protagonist of the second novel, The Snapper, in which she comes to terms with her pregnancy and later gives birth to a daughter, Georgina (whom the family call "Gina" for short).
 * Georgina "Gina" Rabbitte – Sharon's daughter, born in The Snapper and featured as a toddler in The Van, often repeating in baby talk the profanity used by family members.
 * James "Jimmy" Rabbitte, Jr. – the eldest son and protagonist of the first novel, The Commitments, in which he and several friends form an Irish soul band. In The Snapper, Jimmy frequently practices being a DJ, much to the predictable annoyance of his father. In the third novel, he has moved out of home and is living with his girlfriend, Aoife but still makes frequent visits home. In The Guts, Jimmy has since married Aoife and they have four children, and he is suffering from bowel cancer.
 * Leslie Rabbitte – the second-born son of Jimmy Sr. and Veronica. The least prominent of the children, he is almost never at home in the trilogy. Leslie is frequently in trouble and clashes with his father. In The Guts, He reconnects with Jimmy Jr. through Social Media and attends a festival with him.
 * Darren Rabbitte – the youngest son, still at school. He decides to become a vegetarian in The Van yet helps Jimmy Sr. with his business.
 * Tracy and Linda Rabbitte – the two youngest children, twin girls, who frequently behave mischievously, provoking the ire of the parents.
 * Larrygogan – a dog who becomes the family's pet in The Snapper.

The Commitments (1991)
Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins), a self-proclaimed promoter, decides to organise an R&B group to fill the musical void in his hometown of Dublin, Ireland. The band comes together but ends up consisting entirely of white musicians who have little experience with the genre. Even though their raw talent and lofty aspirations gain the group notoriety, the pitfalls of fame began to tear at their newfound friendships as they prepare for their big show. The film also stars Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle, Bronagh Gallagher, Glen Hansard, Andrew Strong, Colm Meaney, and Andrea Corr.

Many of the actors involved in The Commitments went on to pursue various acting and musical careers. Robert Arkins signed a record deal with MCA Records in 1993, although he did not finish recording the consequent album. He has produced work for a number of commercial clients, television projects, and composed music for two short films. Andrew Strong went on to produce several albums, which he described as having elements of R&B and rock. He has performed alongside The Rolling Stones, Elton John and Ray Charles, and formed his own band, The Bone Yard Boys, in 2003. In 1993, two of the film's cast members, Kenneth McCluskey and Dick Massey, formed their own tribute act band, The Stars from the Commitments. The 9-piece band has since played more than 1,000 shows worldwide, and has played with B.B. King, James Brown and Wilson Pickett.

The Commitments underperformed at the North American box office, grossing $14.9 million during its theatrical run. Reviewers praised the music, performances and humour, while criticism was occasionally aimed at the pacing and Parker's direction. The film resulted in two soundtrack albums released by MCA Records; the first reached #8 on the Billboard 200 album chart and achieved triple-platinum status, while the second album achieved gold sales status. At the 1992 British Academy Film Awards, the film won four of six BAFTA Awards for Best Film, Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing. It also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing.

The Snapper (1993)
Doyle was given creative freedom by the BBC over the adaptation of The Snapper, for which he wrote the screenplay. Lynda Myles returned to produce the film and hired Stephen Frears as its director. Colm Meaney also returned. The adaptation was originally planned as a television film, as an episode of the British television anthology drama series Screen Two, before Frears suggested that it be transferred to film. Doyle disagreed with the change, saying that he never liked to be made for the big screen, which he thought was grainy. The Snapper (1993) premiered at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation. It was a critical success, receiving largely positive reviews.

The sequel again features the Rabbitte family, but due to rights problems, the family surname in The Snapper was changed from 'Rabbitte' to 'Curley'. The film centres on Sharon Curley, the eldest daughter of the family, and her experience of unplanned teen pregnancy. The film also stars Brendan Gleeson, Pat Laffan, Ronan Wilmot, and Stanley Townsend.

The Van (1996)
For the film adaptation of The Van, Doyle and Myles formed their own production company, Deadly Films, and the author was given creative control over the selection of its cast and director. Frears returned as director, and Meaney was cast in the lead role. Although The Van (1996) premiered at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival to some favorable reviews, critical reaction was negative upon release; reviewers criticised the film for its thin material and lack of strong characterisation.

The film deals with themes of unemployment and self-worth, as Brendan "Bimbo" Reeves (Donal O'Kelly) and Larry (Colm Meaney) cope with losing their jobs and embark on a partnership to sell fried food from the eponymous van. The film also stars Ger Ryan, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Brendan O'Carroll, Stuart Dunne, Marie Mullen, and Jon Kenny.

Mooted sequel
In January 2000, Harvey Weinstein acquired the film rights to The Commitments for Miramax and commissioned playwright Warren Leight to write a direct sequel to the film, with Cathy Konrad attached as a producer. The premise involved several members of The Commitments pairing with new band members before going on tour in the United States. The project subsequently entered development hell.

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 * A indicates a performance through voice-over work.
 * A indicates a cameo appearance.

The surname of the Rabbitte family was changed to the maiden name of Curley for the film adaptations of The Snapper and The Van, as 20th Century Fox owns the rights to the Rabbitte name from The Commitments, who were not involved in the adaptations of subsequent works in the trilogy.

Legacy
An image of four of the actors of the original film, in character, was featured on an Irish postage stamp as part of the Ireland 1996: Irish Cinema Centenary series issued by An Post; the image includes lead singer Deco Cuffe (Andrew Strong), along with the three "Commitmentettes" – Imelda Quirke (Angeline Ball), Natalie Murphy (Maria Doyle Kennedy) and Bernie McGloughlin (Bronagh Gallagher).

Musical
Doyle's novel The Commitments and its 1991 film adaptation inspired a 2013 musical stage production, directed by British theatre director Jamie Lloyd. Following the film's success, Doyle had previously turned down offers to adapt his novel into a stage production. The Commitments began previews on 21 September 2013 in London's West End at the Palace Theatre, before its official opening night on 8 October. The show had more than 1,000 performances before officially closing in London on 1 November 2015. The United Kingdom and Ireland tour commenced in 2017.

Stage play
In 2018, the Gate Theatre commissioned Doyle to write a stage adaptation of The Snapper. The show was directed by Róisín McBrinn and was revived in 2019.

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Anthony Rother

Anthony Rother (born 29 April 1972) is an electronic music composer, producer and label owner living in Frankfurt, Germany.

Music style
Rother is considered a pioneer of a form of electronic music that developed in Europe in the 1990s, which combined elements of Italo dance music, synthpop, and electro fused with four on the floor rhythm. Rother's electro sound ("Sex With the Machines", "Simulationszeitalter", "Hacker") is characterized by repetitive machine-like beats, robotic, vocoder-driven vocals, melancholy, futuristic mood and lyrics that often deal with the consequences of technological progress, the relationship between humans and machines, and the role of computers in society.

In addition to electro, Rother also composes dark ambient music ("Elixir of Life", "Art Is a Technology"). He has also produced music for Sven Väth and DJ Hell.

Discography

 * $ex with the Machines (1997)
 * Simulationszeitalter (2000)
 * Art Is A Division of Pain (2001) (as Psi Performer)
 * Little Computer People (2001) (as Little Computer People)
 * Hacker (2002)
 * Live Is Life Is Love (2003)
 * Elixir of Life (2003) (ambient)
 * Magic Diner (2003) (ambient)
 * Popkiller (2004)
 * Art Is A Technology (2005) (ambient)
 * Super Space Model (2006)
 * My Name Is Beuys Von Telekraft (2008)
 * Popkiller II (2010)
 * 62 Minutes On Mars (2011)
 * The Machine Room (2011) (ambient)
 * Verbalizer (2011)
 * Netzwerk Der Zukunft (2014)
 * Verbalizer (2014)
 * Koridium (2015)
 * Terazoid / Octagon (2015)

Compilations

 * Various – In Electro We Trust (2004)
 * Anthony Rother – This Is Electro (Works 1997 - 2005) (2005)
 * Various – We Are Punks (2007)
 * Various – We Are Punks 2 (2007)
 * Various – We Are Punks 3 (2008)
 * Various – Fuse Presents Anthony Rother (2009)
 * Anthony Rother - Past Represents The Future (2012)
 * Various – Robotics EP (2021)

Remixes

 * ALBUM ADJ - MIX 2 - ADJ - MIX - Free download at Bandcamp
 * Miss Kittin & The Hacker - "1982" (1998)

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Sound generator

A sound generator is a vibrating object which produces a sound. There are two main kinds of sound generators (thus, two main kinds of musical instruments).

A full cycle of a sound wave will be described in each example which consists of initial normal conditions (no fluctuations in atmospheric pressure), an increase of air pressure, a subsequent decrease in air pressure which brings it back to normal, a decrease in air pressure (less pressure than initial conditions), and lastly, an increase which brings atmospheric pressure back to normal again. Therefore, the final conditions are the same as the initial, at-rest conditions.

The first kind is simple and is called the vibrating or oscillating piston. Examples of this type of sound generator include the soundboard of a piano, the surfaces of drums and cymbals, the diaphragm of loudspeakers, etc. The forward movement of something through the atmosphere causes an immediate increase in air pressure (compression) or condensation in the air adjacent to the piston. A complete cycle, or one complete soundwave, consists of an increase of pressure in the air, a subsequent decrease of pressure so that the pressure is back to normal, and a following decrease in air pressure called rarefaction. One complete cycle is produced when a drum is hit once with force.

The second kind of sound generator is the method utilized by wind instruments, such as trumpets. At the beginning of the cycle, sound pressure is normal. Then, an opening called an aperture (such as the opening on the mouthpiece of a trumpet) is partially open and a short stream of air under pressure is released. In the second step of a full cycle, the valve is completely open and pressure is at a maximum. In the third cycle, the valve is partially closed, and the pressure has decreased from the maximum value. Then, the valve is closed and the pressure is the same as normal undisturbed atmospheric pressure. Thus, a full cycle is produced. This happens very quickly in the vibration of lips (i.e., the aforementioned "valve") as they quickly open and close (or vibrate). More examples of this type of sound instrument include sirens, organs, saxophones, and trombones.

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Category:Encantadia

Encantadia is a fantasy soap opera television series (locally known as telefantasya) shown every weekday in the Philippines. It was hailed by Philippine critics as the grandest, most ambitious, and most expensive production made for television and was voted among Filipinos as the favorite TV show in K-Zone Philippines magazine. The pilot episode was aired on May 2, 2005 on GMA Network. Its last episode was aired on December 9 of the same year to give way to its sequel, Etheria, which aired its pilot episode on the following Monday, December 12.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Global Comic Jam

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The result of the debate was delete. -Sean Curtin 00:07, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Global Comic Jam
Blatant vanity article containing little or no useful information Agentsoo 02:15, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * This nom was never added to a main VfD page. Unorphaning now.  No vote.  JYolkowski // talk 14:19, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, comicjamming may be notable, but a substub without much context about an website on the topic sure isn't. - Mgm|(talk) 19:42, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
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Aeroport (Moscow Metro)

Aeroport (Аэропорт, ) is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line. Its name, literally meaning airport, owes to the nearby Khodynka Aerodrome, Moscow's first airport, no longer in operation. Now, there is a bus terminal (Goraerovokzal, Гораэровокзал) which has regular service to Moscow's principal airports. Opened as part of the second stage on 11 September 1938, the station features a single-vault design. It was built using a cut-and cover method. Concrete segments of the vault were pre-cast and then lowered into the station.

Architects B. Vilensky and V. Yershov applied the aviation theme to this big open station, in what is seen as some of the best examples of Soviet Art Deco architecture. The most noticeable design feature is the network of intersecting ribs that fan out across the vaulted ceiling. These ribs originate from fan-shaped limestone panels spaced at regular intervals along the walls, which are red marble with shell-shaped brown marble insets. The floor is revetted with grey granite. Lighting comes from pyramidal objects which house luminescent lamps, although originally the station had chandeliers with normal tungsten bulbs.

The vestibule to the station is located on the north side of Leningradsky Avenue near the Viktorenko Street, and receives a daily passenger traffic of 59,800.

Architecture and design
In the station's design, the architects tried to express the theme of Soviet aviation. The desire to convey the volume of the platform hall led to the choice of a single-vault station design, so the vault was built of monolithic reinforced concrete according to a special design. "Aeroport" was the first single-vaulted station of the Moscow Metro built by the open method.

Long narrow relief strips reminiscent of parachute slings pass through the station vault. They intersect with each other and give an additional feeling of space and lightness.

The lower part of the track walls is finished in black diabase. Above this is relief fan-shaped inserts lined with marble-like limestone and purple marble. The harmonious combination of materials of different colours and textures gives the track wall a particular decorative expressiveness.

Above the track walls, there are diamond-shaped cast-iron ventilation grilles. They are inscribed in the intersections of the "parachute slings". On the ceiling is a row of conical chandeliers for fluorescent lamps, giving evenly diffused light. The chandeliers originally consisted of semi-circular lamps fixed around a single spherical сeiling. However, they gave too little light and were, therefore, replaced.

The floor of the station is lined with grey granite. Originally, the platform was covered with asphalt, and a patterned walkway, made of marble, ran along its centre. There are five double-sided wooden benches in the centre of the station. Above their backs, there are information boards and signs.

The ends of the station hall are connected to the two vestibules by wide staircases passing through arches decorated with decorative metal grilles. Each vestibule has a rectangular shape. The upper part stands out with a circle on the ceiling which is supported by four onyx columns with many faces. The ceiling has an intricate stucco pattern. The walls of the ante-rooms are lined with dark yellow marble limestone; the pilasters are of black marble.

The vestibules are communicated by staircases with two lobbies facing Leningradsky Avenue. They are built into two residential buildings, built in 1938 (in 1954 the buildings were connected).

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Sumi Jo

Sumi Jo, OSI (조수미; ; born 22 November 1962) is a South Korean lyric coloratura soprano known for her Grammy award-winning interpretations of the bel canto repertoire.

Early life and education
Jo was born Jo Su-gyeong in Changwon, South Korea. Her mother was an amateur singer and pianist who had been unable to pursue her own professional music studies because of politics in Korea during the 1950s. Determined to provide her daughter with opportunities she never had, Jo's mother enrolled her in piano lessons at the age of 4 and later voice lessons at the age of 6. Although Jo's family lived in a rented property, her parents bought a piano for her to play. Her mother raised and trained Jo strictly. Jo recalled even when her mother went out, she locked the door outside so that Jo could not play truant. As a child, Jo would often spend up to eight hours a day studying music.

In 1976, Jo entered the Sun Hwa Arts School from which she graduated in 1980, receiving dual diplomas in voice and piano. She entered the department of vocal music at the Seoul National University (SNU) with the best practical score since the department had opened. There she continued her music studies from 1981 to 1983. While studying at SNU, Jo made her professional recital debut, appeared in several concerts with the Korean Broadcasting System, and made her professional operatic debut as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro with Seoul Opera.

In 1983, Jo left SNU in order to study at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome. Among her teachers were Carlo Bergonzi and Giannella Borelli. While Jo studied in Italy, she was frequently heard in concert in Italian cities and on national radio broadcasts and telecasts. It was during this time when Jo began to use "Sumi" as her stage name in order to make her name more friendly to European language speakers who often found it difficult to pronounce Su-gyeong. She graduated in 1985 with majors in keyboard and voice.

Following graduation, Jo began to study with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and won several international competitions in Seoul, Naples, Enna, Barcelona, and Pretoria. In August 1986, she was unanimously awarded first prize in the Carlo Alberto Cappelli International Competition in Verona, one of the world's most important contests, open only to first-prize winners of other major competitions.

Career
In 1986, Jo made her European operatic debut as Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto at the Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste. This performance drew the attention of Herbert von Karajan, who proceeded to cast her as Oscar in Un ballo in maschera opposite Plácido Domingo for the 1989 Salzburg Festival. Karajan's death during festival rehearsals prevented Jo from actually singing on stage under his baton (Georg Solti conducted the performances) but she did sing under Karajan in the studio recording of Ballo, made in the early months of 1989 for Deutsche Grammophon.

In 1988, Jo made her La Scala debut as Thetis in Niccolò Jommelli's Fetonte. That same year she made her debut with the Bavarian State Opera and sang Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro at the Salzburg Festival.

In 1989, Jo made her debut with the Vienna State Opera and returned to the Salzburg Festival to sing Oscar in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera. That same year, she made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera, once again portraying Gilda in Rigoletto. Jo would later reprise this role numerous times with the Met over the next fifteen years.

In 1990, Jo made her debut with the Chicago Lyric Opera as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute. The following year, she returned to the Metropolitan Opera for another performance as Oscar in Un ballo in maschera and made her Royal Opera, Covent Garden, debut as Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann. She returned to Covent Garden the next year to sing Adina in L'elisir d'amore and Elvira in I puritani.

In 1993, Jo appeared in the title role of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor with the Metropolitan Opera and sang the role of the Queen of the Night at the Salzburg Festival and Covent Garden. The following year she made her debut with Los Angeles Opera as Sophie in Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier. In 1995 she sang the role of Countess Adèle in Le comte Ory at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Over the next decade Jo maintained a busy schedule, singing Lucia in Strasbourg, Barcelona, Berlin, and Paris; La sonnambula in Brussels and Santiago, Chile; I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Minnesota Opera; Olympia and Rosina in New York; the Queen of the Night in Los Angeles; Gilda in Bilbao, Oviedo, Bologna, Trieste, and Detroit among others; Il turco in Italia in Spain; L'enfant et les sortilèges in Boston and Pittsburgh; Le comte Ory in Rome; and Dinorah in New York. She also appeared in performances at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Opéra National de Paris, Washington Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera Australia, and the Teatro Colón.

In addition, she appeared with numerous symphony orchestras in concert, including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Pops, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra among others. Her work led her to sing under such conductors as Sir Georg Solti, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, James Levine, Kent Nagano, and Richard Bonynge. She also gave recitals throughout Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia.

In 2002, Jo sang the theme song for the Korean Broadcasting System's broadcast of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, "The Champions". In 2007, she performed her first Violetta in La traviata with the Toulon Opera and in the 2008/2009 season she was scheduled to perform the role of Zerline in Fra Diavolo at the Opera Comique and Opéra Royal de Wallonie. In 2008, Jo participated in the Beijing Olympics with Renée Fleming and Angela Gheorghiu. In 2011, she provided the singing voice of Veda Pierce in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce.

On 9 March 2018, Jo performed a specially-recorded duet with fellow vocalist Sohyang, the song "Here As One", during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

In 2021, Jo was appointed as the visiting distinguished professor at KAIST's Graduate School of Culture Technology. In October 2023, she was awarded the first-class Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit for her contributions to the promotion of Korean culture.

Academy Award nomination and exclusion
"Simple Song Number 3", written by David Lang, performed by Jo, and featured in Paolo Sorrentino's 2015 film Youth, was nominated for an Academy Award in 2016 in the Best Song category. Fellow nominees were "Manta Ray", performed by Anohni; "Til It Happens to You", performed by Lady Gaga; "Earned It", performed by The Weeknd; and "Writing's on the Wall", performed by Sam Smith (who won the category's award). Although Jo was invited to the ceremony and attended, she was not invited to perform the song. Anohni, a transgender singer, was similarly excluded and subsequently boycotted the ceremony. The other nominees performed their songs during the ceremony.

On the red carpet prior to the ceremonies, Jo and Lang voiced their disappointment with the producers' decision to exclude the song, indirectly referencing the controversy related to that year's Academy Awards and its lack of racial diversity.

Personal life
Jo is the cousin aunt of South Korean actor Yoo Gun, his father's cousin sister.

Just before she performed Ave Maria at Chatelet, Paris, in 2006, Jo's father, Eonho Jo, died. When she learned that her father had died, she wanted to cancel the performance and return to South Korea for the funeral. Her mother reminded Jo of her promise to her audiences, and said that it was better if she went on with the show in honor of her father. Her performance was dedicated to her father and released as a DVD titled Sumi Jo in Paris – For my Father.

Jo is an advocate for animal rights and one of only five Asian celebrities to make People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Asia-Pacific's (PETA) first-ever Best-Dressed 2008 list.

Jo's mother, Malsoon Kim died in 2021 after suffering from Alzheimer's for 10 years in hospital. She was unable to attend to her mother's funeral in South Korea due to COVID-19 quarantine, while she was in Italy.

Legacy
Aria of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, written by Richard Strauss in 1912, is a difficult piece over 20 minutes in length with numerous high notes. Therefore, Strauss modified part of the sheet music because he thought it was impossible to sing. In 1994, however, Jo became the world's first artist to record the unedited original version of the song. She recorded the song with a Japanese-American conductor, Kent Nagano, in Lyon, France. Jo said it was the hardest record to sing ever. In 1993, she became the first Asian soprano to win La Siola d'Oro. In addition, Jo won six international competitions for the first time as an Asian soprano, and was recorded as the first Asian prima donna who starred in the world's opera theaters.

"Her voice is the best gift God has given," said Herbert von Karajan, who is considered as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, and praised her as "a voice from above". Karajan also admired, "I am surprised that you have learned in Korea, are there such excellent teachers in Korea? Korea is a great nation". The New York Metropolitan Theater Opera News praised "her song has already risen above the criticism". Le Monde of France praised her vocals by saying that "Even fairies listen to her songs".

Recordings
Jo has released over 40 albums since her European operatic debut in 1986. This list is adapted from Jo's Melon profile, her official website, and other sources as noted.

Albums as principle artist

 * Carnaval! French Coloratura Arias (Decca Records, January 1994)
 * Saeya Saeya (새야 새야) (Nices, June 1994)
 * Virtuoso Arias (Erato Records, August 1994)
 * Peter and the Wolf (Korean version) (Erato Records, March 1995)
 * Ari Arirang (아리 아리랑) (Nices, September 1995)
 * Sumi Jo Sings Mozart (Erato Records, 1995)
 * Bel Canto (Erato Records, 1996)
 * Live At Carnegie Hall (Erato Records, 1997)
 * La Promessa (Erato Records, September 1998)
 * Les Bijoux (Erato Records, December 1998)
 * Echoes from Vienna: Tribute to Johann Strauss (Erato Records, April 1999)
 * Only Love (Erato Records, March 2000) — sold 1,055,170 copies in South Korea
 * Opera Love (Decca Records, December 2000)
 * Prayers (Erato Records, January 2001)
 * The Christmas Album (Erato Records, September 2001)
 * Hyangsu (향수) (ENE Media, September 2002)
 * Be Happy: Falling In Love With Movie (Warner Classics, July 2004)
 * Baroque Journey (Warner Classics, January 2006)
 * Sumi Jo 101 (Warner Music, December 2007)
 * Missing You (Deutsche Grammophon, October 2008)
 * The Sumi Jo Collection (Warner Classics, August 2009)
 * Ich Liebe Dich (Deutsche Grammophon, January 1, 2010)
 * Libera (Deutsche Grammophon, January 1, 2011)
 * La Luce: Sumi Jo Sings Igor Krutoy (Universal Music, December 27, 2012)
 * Only Bach: Cantatas For Soprano, Violin & Guitar (Deutsche Grammophon, January 1, 2014)
 * Longing (그.리.다.) (Universal Music, August 27, 2015)
 * La Prima Donna: 30th Debut Anniversary (Universal Music, August 23, 2016)
 * Mother (Universal Music, April 18, 2019)
 * LUX3570, collaboration with I Musici (Decca Records, December 10, 2021)
 * In Love (사랑할 때) (Warner Music, December 6, 2022)

Opera recordings

 * Rossini: Le comte Ory (Philips Classics Records, 1988)
 * Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten (Decca Records, 1989)
 * Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Deutsche Grammophon, 1989)
 * Mozart: The Magic Flute (Decca Records, 1990)
 * Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Philips Classics Records, 1991)
 * Mozart: The Magic Flute (Decca Records, 1992)
 * Auber: Le domino noir (Decca Records, 1993)
 * Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Virgin Classics, 1994)
 * Rossini: Tancredi (Naxos Records, 1994)
 * Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann (Erato Records, 1996)
 * Adam: Le toréador (Decca Records, 1997)
 * Bellini: Norma (Decca Records, 2013)

Other album appearances

 * Philharmonie Berlin: Gala Opera Concert (Capriccio, 1988)
 * Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'  (Deutsche Grammophon, 1990)
 * Rossini: Messa di Gloria (Philips Classics Records, 1992)
 * Orff: Carmina Burana (Warner Classics, 1992)
 * Requiem After J.S. Bach (Black Box Classics, 1995)
 * Ave Maria: The Myth of Mary (Teldec, 1999)
 * "Mirame Bailar" from the Korean version of Rhythm & Romance by Kenny G (Concord Records, 2008)

DVD

 * Sumi Jo in Paris – For My Father (2006)

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Talk:Rumaki

Water chestnut?
This page links to the disambiguation page Water chestnut, but I'm not sure which sense is intended. Can you help? Thanks. — Pekinensis

I've never eaten rumaki, but as far as I know only the Chinese variety of water chestnut is used in East Asian cuisine. But on second thought the answer can't be that simple, because you speak Chinese and presumably have a better knowledge of the food than I do. Sorry for the non-answer.Anty 00:07, 16 December 2005 (UTC).

I have eaten and made rumaki, and the water chestnut in question is a white, crisp vegetable about 2cm in diameter that is sold canned at most American supermarkets. From reading wikipedia, it appears that the scientific name is Eleocharis dulcis, and not Trapa natans. From wikipedia, it looks like both are Chinese. However, the photographs of Trapa natans don't look familiar and the description of Eleocharis dulcis as being used in Western-style Chinese food certainly makes sense. Too bad this conversation was from nearly two years ago.

Mr. Sandwich —Preceding unsigned comment added by SandwichSandwich (talk • contribs) 01:34, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Inventor
Text says that the earliest known reference is on a "Don the Beachcomber" restaurant menu; so what evidence is there that it was invented by Trader Vic and not Don the Beachcomber? --macrakis (talk) 22:57, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

specific dish or whole genre?
bacon-wrapped SCALLOPS are a common appetizer in the US; bacon-wrapped shrimp a little less so. did these precede rumaki or are they variants thereof? that is, was the substitution of liver and chestnuts for scallops the key to "inventing" rumaki, or was the whole CONCEPT of bacon-wrapped anything nonexistent at the time? 66.105.218.10 (talk) 05:38, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

I have lately seen pastrami-wrapped green beans and asparagus (and marinated in teryaki sauce) referred to as rumaki as well, served as an hors d'oeuvre. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.124.175.129 (talk) 18:19, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Etymology anyone?
None is given, but the -maki ending suggests at least a partial Japanese derivation. Kortoso (talk) 19:44, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

citation needed
Why "citation needed" just for the golden girls episode but literally none of the other tv shows or movies? If you're going to tag one, why not them all? Kjpmi (talk) 02:25, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
 * got rid of trivia. left the sourced and unsourced which refer to what rumaki IS. ubiquitous references to it in humorous context is hardly significant. like a reference to wood with "wooden" stakes in Buffyverse, trivia.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 15:56, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Drop the trivia?
Why on earth is it useful for us to mention that someone in a TV show briefly mentions "rumaki spheres"? This ain't TVTropes. Equinox ◑ 14:08, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam halani

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The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 07:17, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Sam halani
Vanity page about an innocuous-sounding young man. -- Hoary 02:16, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Yes, vanity, not at all useful. --StoneColdCrazy 04:55, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Friday 05:37, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - May God Bless him.--Bhadani 16:30, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, vanity. Pavel Vozenilek 23:02, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity, no claim to notability. --Etacar11 02:51, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable vanity. JamesBurns 02:38, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
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Silver Center

The Silver Center for Arts and Science (formerly Main Building) is the home of the New York University College of Arts and Science and NYU's Grey Art Gallery at 32 Waverly Place, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City. The Dean of the College of Arts & Science and the college administration are located in this facility which forms an imposing landmark on the eastern border of Washington Square Park.

History
At the time of its construction in 1892, this facility was named Main Building. In 2002, it was renamed the "Silver Center of Arts & Science" in honor of Julius Silver, an alumnus of the College of Arts & Science, who bequeathed $150 million to the college. Renovations have dramatically improved the facility while maintaining the building's many historic features. Main Building previously served as the home of NYU's Washington Square College until all undergraduate liberal arts education was consolidated at the Washington Square in 1973 after the sale of the University Heights campus in the Bronx.

The current building was designed by Alfred Zucker, a German born and trained architect, in 1892. It replaced architects' Town, Davis & Dakin's original Gothic Revival structure from 1835. Zucker maintained the foundation and many other features of the original university building but not the Gothic facade, partially for sake of historic continuity. Today, NYU owns nine other buildings designed by Zucker that were built in this formerly commercial area, as lofts and wholesale stores. The Brown Building of Science (formerly the Asch Building) and the Waverly Building occupy the same block as the Silver Center. The Brown Building was the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which generated many of New York City's current labor laws. The three buildings are internally connected at the ground floor as well as by stairway and elevator (with the idiosyncrasy of adjacent floors that do not correspond by floor number.) The three buildings are known are the "Main block."

Initially, the light brick, stone and terra-cotta edifice housed University College and the School of Law. During those early years, in addition to serving as NYU's main academic building, the university rented offices, studio space and residential apartments within the building and the American Book Company also rented space in the building. This combination of institutional and commercial tenants is apparent in the building's tripartite facade design. The university's academic presence on the three top floors was marked by engaged Ionic columns capped by pediments. In 1927, due to the pressures of a growing post-war student body, NYU ejected commercial tenants to use the space for academic purposes.

Samuel Colt developed the revolver and Samuel Morse invented the telegraph; John William Draper in 1840 took the first photograph in the United States in the original Main Building that the present structure replaced. Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman lived and taught and privately lectured there, Winslow Homer painted there, and architects Alexander Jackson Davis and Richard Morris Hunt had offices there.

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Shakta pithas

The Shakta pithas, Shakti pithas or Sati pithas (शाक्त पीठ,, seats of Shakti ) are significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism, the mother goddess denomination in Hinduism. The shrines are dedicated to various forms of Adi Shakti. Various Puranas such as Srimad Devi Bhagavatam state the existence of a varying number of 51, 52, 64 and 108 Shakta pithas of which 18 are named as Astadasha Maha (major) in medieval Hindu texts.

Various legends explain how the Shakta pithas came into existence. The most popular is based on the story of the death of the goddess Sati. Out of grief and sorrow, Shiva carried Sati's body, reminiscing about their moments as a couple, and roamed around the universe with it. Vishnu had cut her body into 51 body parts, using his Sudarshana Chakra, which fell on earth to become sacred sites where all the people can pay homage to the goddess. To complete this massively long task, Shiva took the form of Bhairava.

Most of these historic places of goddess worship are in India, but there are seven in Bangladesh, four in Nepal, three in Pakistan, and one each in Tibet, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. There were many legends in ancient and modern sources that document this evidence. A consensus view on the number and location of the precise sites where goddess Sati's corpse fell is lacking, although certain sites are more well-regarded than others.

Hindu literature
The Brahmanda Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas mentions 64 Shakta pithas of the goddess Parvati in the Bharat or Greater India including present-day India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, some parts of Southern Tibet in China and parts of southern Pakistan. Another text which gives a listing of these shrines, is the Shakti Pitha Stotram, written by Adi Shankara, the 9th-century Hindu philosopher.

According to the manuscript Mahapithapurana (c. 1690–1720 CE), there are 52 such places. Among them, 23 are located in the Bengal region, 14 of these are located in what is now West Bengal, India, 1 in Baster (Chhattisgarh), while 7 are in what is now Bangladesh.

Daksha yajna

According to legend, Brahma once conducted a huge yajna (ritual sacrifice), where all the prajapatis, deities, and kings of the world were invited. Shiva and Sati were also called on to participate in the yajna. All of them came for the yajna, and sat in the ceremonial place. Daksha came last. When he arrived, everyone in the yajna, with the exception of Brahma and Shiva, stood up, showing their reverence for him. Brahma, being Daksha's father, did not rise. Shiva, being Daksha's son-in-law, and also due to the fact that he considered himself superior in stature to Daksha, remained seated. Daksha misunderstood Shiva's gesture, and considered this act an insult. Daksha vowed to take revenge on the insult in the same manner.

Daksha performed a yajna with a desire to take revenge on Shiva. Daksha invited all the deities to the yajna, except Shiva and Sati. The fact that she was not invited did not deter Sati's desire to attend the yajna. She expressed her desire to Shiva, who tried his best to dissuade her from going. He relented at her continued insistence, Sati went to her father's yajna. However, Sati was not given her due respect at the yajna, and had to bear witness to Daksha's insults aimed at Shiva. Anguished, Sati cursed her father and self-immolated.

Enraged at the insult and death of his spouse, Shiva in his Virabhadra avatar destroyed Daksha's yajna and cut off his head. His anger not abated and immersed in grief, Shiva then picked up the remains of Sati's body and performed the Tandava, the celestial dance of destruction, across all creation. Frightened, the other deities requested Vishnu to intervene to stop this destruction. As a recourse, Vishnu used the Sudarshana Chakra on Sati's corpse. This caused various parts of Sati's body to fall at several spots across the world.

The history of Daksha yajna and Sati's self-immolation had immense significance in shaping the ancient Sanskrit literature and influenced the culture of India. Each of the places on Earth where Sati's body parts were known to have fell were then considered as Shakta pithas and were deemed places of great spiritual importance. Several stories in the Puranas and other Hindu religious books refer to the Daksha yajna. It is an important incident in both Shaivism and Shaktism, and marks the replacement of Sati with Parvati, and of the beginning of Shiva's house-holder (grihastāshramī) life from an ascetic. This event is ahead of the emergence of both of the couple's children, Kartikeya and Ganesha.

Shakta pithas
Each temple has shrines for Shakti and Kalabhairava, and most Shakti and Kalabhairava in different Shakta pithas have different names.

List of 4 Adi Shakta pithas
The scriptures, which include the Kalika Purana, recognize four Shakti Peethas as sites where most of the energy is. Vimala where the feet fell (Pada Khanda), Tara Tarini housing the breasts (Stana Khanda), Kamakhya, where the genitals fell (Yoni Khanda) and Dakshina Kalika, where the toes of right foot fell. These four temples originated from the lifeless body of Sati.

Apart from these 4 there are 48 other famous pithas recognized by religious texts. According to the Pithanirnaya Tantra the 51 peethas are in the present day countries of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and Pakistan. The Shivacharita besides listing 51 maha-peethas, speaks about 26 more upa-peethas. The Bengali almanac, Vishuddha Siddhanta Panjika too describes the 51 peethas including the present modified addresses. A few of the several accepted listings are given below. In South India, Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh became the site for a 2nd-century temple.

List of 18 Astadasha Maha Shakta pithas
There are believed to be 64 locations. Adi Shankara's Asta Dasha Shakti Pitha Stotram mentions 18 locations known as the Maha Shakta pithas. Among these, the Shakta pithas at Kamakhya, Gaya and Ujjain are regarded as the most sacred as they symbolize the three most important aspects of the Mother Goddess viz. Creation (Kamarupa Devi), Nourishment (Sarvamangala Devi/Mangalagauri), and Annihilation (Mahakali Devi).

Sharadha Peeth is currently in a ruined state. Only ruins are found in these places. Its ruins are near the Line of Control (LOC) between the Indian and Pakistani-controlled portions of the former princely state of Kashmir and Jammu. Instead, Sringeri Sharada Pitham, Sringeri in Karnataka even though not a Shakta pithas, is this aspect of the goddess. It is believed that Goddess Sharada moved from her ruined temple in Kashmir to live in the new temple in Sringeri. Requests have been made by the Hindu community in Pakistan to the Pakistani government to renovate the temple, the issue being raised by former Indian Home minister L. K. Advani to the Pakistan authorities as a confidence-building measure, by increasing the people-to-people cross-border interaction.

Currently, a new Sharada Peeth temple has been inaugurated and consecrated by the Indian Government and the Sringeri Sharada Peetham in 2023, in Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, on the other side of the LOC and much farther from the original temple. The Indian Government is planning an international corridor between the old Sharada Peeth and mainland India.

In Skanda Purana
As per Sankara Samhita of Sri Skanda Purana,

 * 1) Sri Sankari Pitham (Thirukonamalai, Sri Lanka)
 * 2) Sri Simhika Pitham (Simhala)
 * 3) Sri Manika Pitham (Draksharamam, Dakshavati)
 * 4) Sri Shadkala Pitham (Peethapuram)
 * 5) Sri Bhramaramba Pitham (Srisailam)
 * 6) Sri Vijaya Pitham (Vijayapura)
 * 7) Sri Mahalakshmi Pitham (Kolhapur)
 * 8) Sri padmakshi renuka Pitham (Alibag)
 * 9) Sri Kamakoti Pitham (Kanchipuram)
 * 10) Sri Kuchananda Pitham (Salagrama)
 * 11) Sri Biraja Pitham (Jajpur)
 * 12) Sri Bhadreshwari Pitham (Harmyagiri)
 * 13) Sri Mahakali Pitham (Ujjain)
 * 14) Sri Vindhyavasini Pitham (Vindhya mountains)
 * 15) Sri Mahayogi Pitham (Ahicchatra)
 * 16) Sri Kanyaka Pitham (Kanya Kubja)
 * 17) Sri Vishalakshi Pitham (Varanasi)
 * 18) Sri Saraswati Pitham (Kashmir)
 * 19) Sri Abhirami Pitham (Padmagiri, Dindigul)

List of all Shakta pithas
In the listings   below:

 * "Shakti" refers to the Goddess worshipped at each location, all being manifestations of Dakshayani, Sati; later known as Parvati or Durga;
 * "Bhairava" refers to the corresponding consort, each a manifestation of Shiva;
 * "Body Part or Ornament" refers to the body part or piece of jewellery that fell to earth, at the location on which the respective temple is built.

More details on this are available in the text 'Tantrachūḍamanī' where Parvati tells these details to her son Skanda.

Other claimed Shakta pithas
These are not recognised as the Shakta pithas, but still claimed by the followers, for various reasons.

1. Jwala Devi Jobner

2. Jayanti Kali Temple

3. Asamai Devi Temple in Kabul, Afghanistan

There are disputes about the location of the Jayanti Shakta pitha. Based on most presented manuscripts and facts it is situated in Jaintiapur Upazila, Bangladesh, which was previously the capital of the Jaintia Hills tribe kingdom, which became the Jaintia hills district of Meghalaya, India, excluding Jaintiapur. However, some people say that it is the Nartiang Durga temple which is the real Jayanti Temple, though there is a shortage of evidence. Some other people argue the actual shrine is at Amta in West Bengal, where the goddess is worshiped as Maa Melai Chandi in Melai Chandi Mandir. But this fact can not be corroborated with any evidence. Moreover, refuting most texts, in Melai Chandi Mandir, the Bhairava is Durgeshwar rather than Kramadishwar. Some also identify the Jayanti shrine with the Mahakal cave temple situated in the village Jayanti of Alipurduar, where many statues were created by Stalagmites and Stalactites (combination of limestone and water), but there is no evidence.

Vindhyavasini Shakta pitha
The Vindhyavasini Shakta pitha is considered a Shakta pitha even though any body parts of Sati did not fall there. Vindhyavasini is the ultimate and the highest form of the goddess, she is called Adi Parashakti. Goddess Vindhyavasini is considered the embodiment of all of the Mahavidyas, Navadurgas, Matrikas, Yoginis and all the other goddesses present in this universe, she is Tripura Sundari herself. Many legends are associated with Vindhyavasini, she is also called Mahadurga. She is the combined form of all 108 Shakti Peethas as mentioned in the Devi Bhagavata Purana text. This is because it is the place where the goddess chose to reside after her birth in Dvapara Yuga. At the time of the birth of Krishna to Devaki and Vasudeva, Vindhyavasini took birth in Gokula to Nanda and Yashoda as per the instruction of Lord Vishnu. Vasudeva replaced his son Krishna with this girl child of Yashoda so that Krishna could escape his demon uncle Kamsa, whom he would kill later according to a prophecy. When Kamsa tried to kill the girl, she slipped from his hands, assumed her true form and warned Kamsa that his killer (Krishna) still lived on. She left Mathura and the goddess chose the Vindhya Mountains as her abode to live on the earth. It is also believed that Vindhyavasini is the sister of Krishna and Subhadra was her only incarnation.

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The result of the debate was KEEP unanimously, including nominator. -Splash 23:45, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

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Page created by known problem user. Show has no IMDB entry, and Google turns up few hits for a television show by this name. See also this discussion for the user's own comments about the article. Even if show is real, article is suspect due to user's previous vandalism and trolling of articles such as Scooby-Doo. BrianSmithson 02:25, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep pending verification. I see no reason why this would be a made up entry and the IMDb is becoming very anal when it comes to adding TV series. Their rule now is if there isn't a website devoted to it somewhere they won't list it (learned from personal experience). Article is only a couple weeks old, so I think there should be a bit more time given in order to confirm/deny this show existed. Existence of series confirmed here. Expanding article accordingly. PS. I quickly found references to guest stars and a premiere date. It's a stub, but a legitimate article now. 23skidoo 05:14, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I change my vote to Keep, then. Thanks, 23skidoo. BrianSmithson 05:33, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

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 * Delete But, when was the classical music series canceled on WGN-TV in Chicago? (this vote replaced by the final comment, the history shows)-Splash 23:45, 22 July 2005 (UTC) (closing VfD)
 * I couldn't find exact dates, however it most likely only ran during the spring of 1952. 23skidoo 00:43, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Legitimate article --Blu Aardvark | (talk) 22:49, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, I change my vote to Keep, now, but contact NBC and WGN, first.
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Monkey.org
Just another ISP. A key sentence may be: It is not generally known how to obtain the services of monkey.org, but most of the user base is known to be friends or acquaintances of the three guys who run it. Right. The notability hardly jumps off the screen, and WP is not a web directory. -- Hoary 02:22, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

I've removed the conjecture. I was not aiming for a vanity page, "Please don't bite the newcomers." Advice appreciated. Dirt 02:44, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment Dirt, don't feel bad. Nobody's going to get mad at an innocent newbie.  However, it's likely that this article will be deleted.  Many editors are against the creation of what they feel are vanity articles, even though that wasn't your intent.  Also, there are many, many ISPs in the world, just like there are many bands, many teachers, and many websites.  Many people here believe that a subject should be noteworthy in some way to have an article.  Normally, I'd be voting to delete, but I won't vote in this case, in hopes that you realize the community here really is generally friendly.  Hope you stick around, and don't take it personally if this article gets deleted.  Friday 03:06, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment reply In hindsight, ISP was a bad choice of word (acronym) - i chose it because there was an article i could link to. I've changed the wording - and found a new article to link to. monkey.org spawned a handful of well known computer security researchers and has since become home to others, articles about whom i plan to write (or at least stub.) Having been involved in the monkey.org project for so long i thought it would be a decent article to write from scratch. I'll continue to flesh it out until it is deleted or not - at the very least this is a good learning experience. As a side note, i've been browsing and tweaking wikipedia for a while, but only today did i create an acount. Thanks for taking the time to comment, Dirt 05:15, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete but only because I like to be consistent. It is a pleasant change for the author of a vanity page about themselves to sound so reasonable.  With an Alexa ranking 41,239 this will probably end up deleted (under 10,000 is the suggestion at WP:WEB).  Could Dirt not Userfy this page? You know, so that day when it hits 9,973 it's all set to go?  brenneman (t) (c)  05:49, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I wasn't intending this to be an article about a web site (alexa 41k is suprising, haven't looked in years) but about the folks who have come out of, or to monkey.org. The web site itself has almost zero content. Any suggestions on how i can move this out of the realm of 'userfy?' Dirt 06:50, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you could write a more general article about Internet collectives/co-ops? A и D я 01D  TALK  EMAIL  21:28, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Vanity Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam. Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Spam spam spam spam! -- FunkyChicken! 05:55, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * I thank you for your word, although i'm not sure how you meant to use it - there's not even a google spaming link in the article. Thanks for your comment. Dirt 06:34, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: vanity, no evidence of notability. Wile E. Heresiarch 08:23, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable, vanity. A и D я 01D  TALK  EMAIL  21:28, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable web host, but well-written and do hope you stick around. Dcarrano 22:06, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * delete, nn. Pavel Vozenilek 23:01, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, as non-notable. I am not against a Userfy if the author so wishes, however. --Blu Aardvark | (talk) 23:04, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * How does one userfy, aside from cut/paste? No wikipedia entry for Userfy. Thanks... Dirt 23:20, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * No, cut/paste is pretty much the only option; however, we were all newbies once, so I did you a favor. Oh, and delete the article from the main namespace. DS 13:22, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete non notable, website advertising. JamesBurns 02:41, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
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