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 * Ahh, a templated welcome. Here's something helpful for a well-wisher to do : give me a handy link or explanation of how people create those nice mathematical formulae images. Robmods 20:09, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure although next time ask it on my talk page otherwise I probably won't see this. Here is some links to try.  Help:Formula,How to write a Wikipedia article on Mathematics Help:Special characters, Math Sandbox(to test your equations), Manifold/rewrite(to see how it is used) and WikiProject_Mathematics(for more questions). Hope that is helpful. Falphin 20:53, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

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Thank you for removing my edit. I didn't removed the edit, and then i unknowingly put it back. Thank you once again for fixing my faulty revert. Slasher600 18:59, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure your revert worked fine, and that you did it halfway through mine, which led to a bit of a mixup. Robmods 19:24, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Pia2.JPG picture
hello- i saw the picture you uploaded Pia2.JPG -is this a picture of you??
 * Confusion rages - this is not actually a picture of mine, but instead it was uploaded by Torpe_po - Robmods

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Talk:Mercedes-Benz G-Class

G Klasse are not SUVs
Calling this car an SUV makes little sense. These cars have seen military use, have driven across deserts in rallies and are simply true and complete off roaders. The fact that rich people drive them around town does not make them SUVs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamagurka (talk • contribs) 23:22, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to support that opinion. From what I've learned one of the criteria distinguishing SUVs form "real" off-road vehicles, is the ladder frame construction, which a.f.a.i.k. the G-Model has.Unsigned 7 December 2018.
 * According to this page on the Mercedes website, they are No cargo too precious. No detail too small.Fleet Lists (talk) 10:05, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Epic fail
Broken down G-Wagens

Six out of seven of Mercedes-Benz's military-styled G-Wagens have experienced shock absorber failures during an attempt to cross the West Australian outback. The day was blighted by another incident when an after-market UHF radio shorted out, taking out a number of other fuses with it, and the failure of one car's air-conditioning system, a necessity in the 30-degree-plus heat of the outback. http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-news/updated-outback-cripples-mercedesbenzs-toughest-offroaders-20110805-1ie5s.html

G55 needs work
Would someone with better editin skills like to precis the G55 material - at the moment it reads like a cut and paste of advertising material from MB! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.30.232.1 (talk) 13:03, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

The G Series is NOT the most expensive SUV ever built by Mercedes. Citation 3 references to a special armored version of the G Series, which may be the very expensive. However, the ordinary G Series is cheaper than a M or GL Series, both SUVs from Mercedes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.124.74.13 (talk) 20:29, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

No 2006 G's in US
G Series does not have a 2006 year model. They sell the 2005 G's as "Grand Edition". Actuallty since 2005 was the last year, this Grand Edition is more expensive than 2005. Mercedes has stopped this line and the new GL is a new beefed up version of M Class.
 * You mean G-Klasse. Mercedes-Benz doesn't use series. And in any case, no, production has not ceased. The Gelandewagen is a true offroader. The GL is an SUV meant to slot in between the M-Klasse and G-Klasse.(Myscrnnm (talk) 04:57, 7 February 2008 (UTC))

Editor 68.158.32.156 has a lot to say about Mercedes-Benz discontinuing production of the G-Wagen at their plant in Graz.

Here are his comments. Note that all were wrapped in and
 * 20050708.0522: This is total nonsense gossip. G production of the current iteration will continue in Graz until at least 2010.
 * 20050708.0552: This is quite simply NOT true. Production of the current iterations (W461 & W463) of the G-Class will continue in Graz, Austria until at least 2010.
 * 20050708.1012: In the last two days (today is 08 July), 2005, it was announced in Europe that production of the existing W461 and W463 series G will continue in Graz, Austria through 2010. The Ward's article is out of date.
 * 20050710.1229: Whoever is re-editing this page needs to check the their facts for the latest information. The W461 & W463 G-wagens will continue to be manufactured at the Graz, Austria plant thorugh 2010. The Ward's article is out of date and no longer valid as far as the G-wagen is concerned. This is my last attempt to help you folks have current and correct information.

Pity this is his last attempt.

If we had a source for this, it would be completely reasonable. As is, I'm leaving it in as a rumor. Other editors should treat it accordingly. --Milkmandan 20:01, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

 * I searched all the auto news sources I could and found no reference to Graz through 2010. Would that it were true - the new G seems a pale imitation of the old...  --SFoskett 12:37, July 11, 2005 (UTC)

 * Auto Motor und Sport and Auto Bild give conflicting reports. The first one said 2006 but the second mentioned 2008. The AM&S piece had no date, while the Auto Bild article is from the last quarter of 2004. --Pc13 20:06, July 11, 2005 (UTC)

Model Configurations
I think the section on engine types is a poor mishmash of engines available only in one region all lumped together. For instance, there are no current diesel engines available in Canada, just the G500 and G55 AMG. Either the section could be inclusive of all available engines but specify their availability, or leave it empty of specifics and merely state there are gas and diesel engines, blending with the ealier text of the article. Just my thoughts. TimothyPilgrim 13:56, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Does Mercedes still make chassis cabs and in what contries? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.201.136.122 (talk) 05:36, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

New G-Class picture...
I'm not sure about you guys, but I think that picture of what is supposedly the new G-Class looks like a Photoshop fake. Should I take it down until a better picture is found? --ApolloBoy 06:03, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

New car is GL-Class
Official photos by Mercedes show the car called GL-Class. Should a dedicated article be created ?Hektor 13:26, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

G - class?
Shouldnt this article be under Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen? --Dahlis 13:05, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

"The W460 was popular with military and off-road enthusiasts, with more than 50,000 built in the first decade. Mercedes-Benz initially did not sell the model in the United States, but by means of "casual importation" grey-market in the mid-1980s, importers sold some G-Wagens, mostly W463s, which had been modified to meet the specifications by the US DOT, at about $135,000." Isn't this incorrect? If the W463s were not produced until the 90s, how were they "grey market" imported and modified for USDOT standards in the 80s? I think they may have meants W460s —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.184.250.10 (talk) 20:02, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

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I am removing the owner's list at the end of the week as it was discussed in the Maserati MC12 article that came to light in the Ferrari Enzo page, which although referenced, but when submitted for peer review, several people said to remove the list. If there is any objections feel free to mention it here. Willirennen 11:02, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Utilitity Verson
Was there ever a ute verson released (tray back)? I am in Melbourne, Australia and have seen one that had a sticker on the back "Engineering Evaluation Vehicle". I have only seen it at night, it appears to have a long wheel base and sits very high off the ground. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 211.28.206.127 (talk) 12:14, 16 May 2007 (UTC).

Weight?
I can't find any info in the article. Miq (talk) 14:25, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

The G-Wagen is the longest produced Mercedes-Benz in Daimler's history, with a span of 32 years.
I think this is incorrect. The Mercedes UNIMOG has been in continiuos production for much longer - needs checking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.219.87.115 (talk) 19:53, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

 * The Unimog is a series of different cars, whereas the G is still of the original design.  ⊂| Mr.choppers |⊃   (talk) 06:44, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

 * Found an MSN references that supports this claim. Warren (talk) 09:18, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

"Jeep" misnomer
I have removed several uses of the word "jeep" which is a proprietary Chrysler brand name and would urge future fellow editors to exercise the same level of care in this regard. If it is necessary to use a generic term I'd suggest "4x4" or "four wheel drive vehicle" - always assuming that the civilian G-wagens still have all wheel drive capability. Though I imagine the Russian military's civilian-derived G-wagens do... 87.115.30.59 (talk) 22:21, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

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Removed as "trivia" apparently - Gunther Holtorf
From 1988 to 2014, a German named Gunther Holtorf traveled across the world in a model 300GD, reaching all five continents and covering nearly 900,000km. His vehicle was later sold to Mercedes-Benz.

Does anyone know the definition of "trivia" that would warrant this removal? Mighty Morphin Army Ranger (talk) 22:11, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

 * This article is about the car, not about people who use it, with the exception of motor sports. If enough people here support adding it you might be able to get it into the article, though (see WP:CONSENSUS), but there has to be consensus in favour of it first. Thomas.W talk 22:22, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Mercedes-Benz bought this particular G-Wagen for their museum, and they intend to showcase it across Europe. Why? Because of what it has demonstrated about the ruggedness and reliability of the model. They also paid for it to be shipped back from Australia to Germany for the model's 25th birthday celebrations (which I guess would be 2004 - this article says nothing about what them - was that deemed trivia also?). If that doesn't make this addition about the car, as opposed to just people who use it, then I don't know what would. Mighty Morphin Army Ranger (talk) 22:43, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
 * MB bought the car in order to use it for promotion/marketing, and it's also in MB's interest to see to it that Gunther Holtdorf gets as much media coverage as possible, but Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a vehicle for promotion/marketing, so if MB/Gunther Holtdorf want free marketing space they'll have to look for it elsewhere. Thomas.W talk 23:04, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Oh, what a surprise. I wondered when the baseless accusations of promotion would surface. Why is it none of you even bother to do the most basic of research before coming out with this crap? According to the sources, which trump whatever people here want to come out with, Gunther Holtdorf didn't do any of this for publicity, and he has no intention of even writing a travelogue, even though he could clearly make lots of money from it. If you had any sense of ethics you'd retract that blatant slur. And is it seriously supposed to be news to anyone here that MB bought the car for publicity? Really? This next revelation might shock you - but companies like MB only engage in motorsport for publicity. Why does it get included in an encyclopedia? Because people other than the company writes about it, and they say lots more about it than 'don't these people make fast cars', that's why. The same thing has happened here too, hence why it too is also 'encyclopedic' (and one of these days I'll find someone here who can even unambiguously define that word, given how often you act as if it's a definitive point you're making by using it all the time). Anyway, I'm glad we finally got to the real reason - promotion. I just knew it wouldn't be trivia. Mighty Morphin Army Ranger (talk) 00:05, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Gunther Holtorf probably didn't do it for publicity back then, but both Holtorf and Mercedes-Benz, or at least MB North America, are using it for publicity now. And the article you wrote about Holtorf was totally unencyclopaedic, with far too much detail for a non-notable individual, and everything directly or indirectly sourced to "ottosreise.de", Holtorfs own web site. Thomas.W talk 10:36, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Size
Who's writing that it's a compact suv? It's not, the compact Mercedes suv's are GLK and GLA. Enough vandalizing and misleading our readers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.140.234.241 (talk) 08:46, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

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Here are the reference sections on performance being used as a cite that the G Wagen is good on snow
Mercedes is somehow getting people to part with $130,000 for an experience that I'd liken to an old Jeep with a 454 V8 greased-and-rammed into the engine bay. Oh, hell yeah it rips if you jump on the throttle. But it can't corner safely, it's not comfortable, and just about everyone is laughing at you or giving you the finger when you roll by. Yep, there's some praise....

A more focused look from CR:

Snow traction (best listed first)

Rank              Make & model

1.                     Subaru Outback

2.                     Subaru XV Crosstrek

3.                     Subaru Forester

4.                     Audi Q5

5.                     Chevrolet Suburban/GMC Yukon XL

6.                     Jeep Wrangler

7.                     Chevrolet Tahoe/GMC Yukon

8.                     Jeep Grand Cherokee

9.                     Toyota 4Runner

10.                   Ford Expedition

11.                   Volvo XC60

12.                   Ford Edge

13.                   Volkswagen Touareg

14.                   Buick Enclave

15.                   Lexus RX

16.                   Toyota Sequoia

17.                   Volvo XC70

18.                   Acura MDX

19.                   Lincoln MKX

20.                   Jeep Cherokee

21.                   Dodge Durango

22.                   Mercedes-Benz M-Class

23.                   Chevrolet Traverse/GMC Acadia

24.                   BMW X3

25.                   BMW X5

26.                   Ford Explorer

27.                   BMW X1

28.                   Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class

29.                   Honda Pilot

30.                   Chevrolet Equinox/GMC Terrain

31.                   Toyota Highlander

32.                   Toyota Venza

33.                   Ford Escape

34.                   Mercedes-Benz GL-Class

35.                   Hyundai Santa Fe Sport

36.                   Toyota RAV4

37.                   Buick Encore

38.                   Honda Crosstour

39.                   Hyundai Santa Fe

40.                   Volkswagen Tiguan

41.                   Honda CR-V

42.                   Ford Flex

43.                   Nissan Murano

44.                   Mazda CX-5

45.                   Mazda CX-9

46.                   Cadillac SRX

47.                   Acura RDX

48.                   Infiniti JX, QX60

49.                   Nissan Pathfinder

50.                   Kia Sorento

51.                   Hyundai Tucson

52.                   Nissan Rogue

53.                   Nissan Juke

Note that the the G-wagen came in behind some sedans.... Anmccaff (talk) 17:10, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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W461.
Does the W461 still exist? --Yomal Sidoroff-Biarmskii (talk) 01:33, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

North American sales
The G-Wagen has a very interesting history in reaching North American consumers. Good information, but sprinkled haphazardly throughout the article. A section that focuses on that fascinating story would be useful. PLawrence99cx (talk) 20:13, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

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Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova (Земфира Талгатовна Рамазанова, Земфира Тәлгать кызы Рамазанова; born 26 August 1976) is a Russian rock musician. She has been performing since 1998 and has been popular in Russia and other former Soviet republics. To date Zemfira has sold over 3 million records.

Biography
An ethnic Volga Tatar, she was born in a typical middle-class family – her mother is a doctor, and her father is a history teacher. At the age of 4, Zemfira became interested in music and entered a music school the following year (where she studied piano performance and voice) and writing her first song when she was seven years old. Her older brother Ramil introduced her to rock music, which became her real passion – she listened to Black Sabbath, Nazareth and Queen, learning to play the guitar. In the 7th grade, Zemfira split her time between music and basketball, becoming the captain of the Russian Girls’ Junior Basketball Team by 1990. She began to lose interest in classical music, preferring instead to hang out with friends in the streets of Ufa and covering songs by Russian rock groups such as Kino, Nautilus Pompilius and Aquarium (who reached the peak of their popularity in the early 1990s).

At the urging of her mother, Zemfira continued with piano studies and graduated music school with honors. In her last year of high school, basketball competed with school work, and the singer abandoned the sport in favour of music. She took the entrance exams for the Ufa College of Fine Arts and was admitted into the second year, studying vocal performance. During college, she performed jazz and rock and roll standards in various local bars and restaurants accompanied by her friend, saxophone player Vlad Kolchin. She graduated with honors, and in 1996 took a job as a sound engineer at the Ufa subsidiary of the radio station "Europe Plus".

For the next couple of years Zemfira spent her days making advertisement recordings at the station and her nights on a computer, where she recorded the songs that would later become the singles "Why" (Почему), "Snow" (Снег), and "Weatherman" (Синоптик). In early 1998, Zemfira invited Rinat Akhmadiyev, Sergei Sozinov, Sergei Mirolyubov, and Vadim Solovyov to join Zemfira. Their first professional gig took place on 19 June 1999 as part of a festival celebrating the anniversary of a local radio station Silver Rain Ufa. Shortly after Zemfira sent out promo tapes to multiple Moscow producers, one of whom (Ilya Lagutenko from Mumiy Troll) was smitten with the material, and invited the band for some sessions in Moscow.

1999–2005
Recording and production work on the debut album took place at Mosfilm Moscow until 10 May 1999, when the debut was finally released. The promotion of Zemfira prior to the release included heavy rotation of singles "AIDS" (СПИД), "Arrivederci" (Aриведерчи), and "Rockets" (Ракеты) as well as the video clips for those songs. The band immediately went on tour, starting a tradition of celebrating their beginnings with a summer concert in Ufa while recording their second album Forgive Me My Love (Прости Меня Моя Любовь). The group enjoyed popularity from the start, in part because of heavy rotation on radio and television, and in part because a female rocker is a fairly rare and unusual concept for the Russian music scene (which to this day is dominated by scantily-clad female pop singers).

The release of PMML (Russian abbreviation for Forgive Me My Love) in March 2000 brought the band immense popularity. "Searching" (Искала) and "Ripe" (Созрела) became instant hits, and the group was invited to headline the festival Maxidrom. Constant touring wore down on the band, and after the release of 14 Weeks of Silence the band took a break.

In September 2004, Zemfira began studies towards a degree in Philosophy at Moscow State University, but after the first semester she took a sabbatical and did not resume her studies thereafter. On 16 October on the MTV Russia Awards show the singer performed "We Are the Champions" together with the rock group Queen.

The fourth studio album, Vendetta, which consists of 15 tracks, was released on 1 March 2005. The recording became a result of Zemfira's collaboration with several musicians: Igor Vdovin, Korney, Vlad Kreymer, Yuri Tsaler and Oleg Pungin. Initially the album was going to be named "Oil", but the title was changed few days before the official release. "Vendetta" got many positive reviews.

2007–present
On 14 February 2007, a collection of music videos, Zemfira.DVD, was released. It contains all the singer's clips, except AIDS and ''Traffic. ''

In May and June 2007, Zemfira embarked on a short concert tour titled 'Déjà Vu', with performances held in smaller venues (clubs and small theatres). The tour culminated with a Moscow performance at the Green Theatre which was filmed by Renata Litvinova. The tour program focused on stylish remakes of the singer's top hits, often reworked in styles such as jazz, ska, bossa nova, and blues. A new album, Thank You (Спасибо), was released at the beginning of October. It is described by Zemfira herself as 'very positive', in contrast to what she terms the 'restlessness' of Vendetta.

The concert movie Green Theatre in Zemfira, which mixes Zemfira's monologues with selected songs shot during her live performance at the open air show in Moscow, was released in several Russian digital movie theatres on 21 February 2008. Later it was also released on DVD and Blu-ray.

The final concert promoting Thank You was held on 1 April 2008 at the Olimpiysky stadium in Moscow; some journalists considered it as the best performance in her career. Later in June Zemfira was awarded an independent Steppenwolf prize established by a musical critic Artemy Troitsky. She won in two categories: The Best Performance (for the Olimpiysky show) and The Best Album (Thank You). The movie-concert Green Theatre in Zemfira by Litvinova was named the best musical movie of the year.

On 21 March 2009, an album of b-sides Z-Sides leaked into the net.

In June 2010, Zemfira wrote on her official website: "vacation is over" and announced a mini-tour to promote a deluxe-edition of her first three albums (Zemfira, PMML and 14 Weeks of Silence). On 1 August she performed a set of 4 songs on the closing concert of a pop-music contest New Wave. It was her first performance since January 2009. The arrangements of this set were used in the mini-tour in September that included 5 cities: Saint-Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Minsk, Kyiv and Moscow. Critics admitted that her old songs became more rhythmic and resembled demo-versions due to the new minimalistic style of arrangements. In October Zemfira took part in two tribute concerts "20 Years without KINO" in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg that were dedicated to the memory of Viktor Tsoi. Her gig of four covers on Tsoi's songs was seen by some journalists as the most noticeable performance in the program.

On New Year's Eve 2011, the video version of two Moscow concerts staged in Crocus City Hall and Strelka Institute in September 2010 was broadcast on Dozhd' (Rain) TV channel. The video was directed by Renata Litvinova. Then the singer informed her fans that the release of her sixth album had moved to Fall 2011. The first single No Chance (Bez shansov) was presented on Nashe Radio on 15 April. During the next three months she gave three performances: on 28 May Zemfira took part in the international rock festival Maxidrom along with The Prodigy, Adam Lambert, Korn, Brainstorm and other artists; then she became a Russian headliner of a Muz-TV Awards ceremony show at Olimpiysky stadium on 3 June; on 23 July Zemfira performed at the Afisha Picnic outdoor festival in Moscow as the Russian headliner of the main stage. During that gig she presented a new song called "Money". At her April 2013 concert in Kyiv, she was joined by several leading figures of Ukrainian showbusiness on stage, including Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. She offended some audience members by comparing Kyiv to Moscow, in that she had to work hard, rather than Odesa and St Petersburg where the crowd do the work.

In July 2015, Zemfira unfurled Ukraine's national flag at a concert in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, drawing criticism from Russian media, while several promoters in Russia abandoned their plans to include her in their programs. However, in 2016, in a concert in Lithuania, Zemfira demanded the audience to remove a huge Ukrainian flag that was unfolded by fans. She said, "I'm Russian, we're in Lithuania. I'm asking you, get rid of that flag. Whilst you love your country, I love mine."

In February 2016, during her "Little Man" (Маленький человек) tour Zemfira announced that she would stop touring, which was misrepresented in the media as her abandoning musical performance altogether. Musical critic Troitsky commented that while he does not doubt that the announcement was made in earnest, he believed that since Zemfira is an emotional person, she may change her decision later. , the "Little Man" tour continues in North America.

On 6 September 2020, Zemfira performed as a headliner at the Stereoleto festival in St. Petersburg.

In 2021, Zemfira's music video "остин (Austin)", directed by Alexey Krupnik, was the overall winner of the Berlin Music Video Awards, while it also won the award for the Best Concept category.

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, officially forbidden to be called a war in Russia, her website featured only the statement "нет войне" ("no to war"). Though she performed a concert in Moscow on the day the invasion began, she was reported to have left the country. On 21 March, she released an anti-war music video to her 2017 song "Don’t Shoot", while also removing all of her other songs from her YouTube channel. The video contained footage of Russia’s military assault on Ukraine and of anti-war protests in Moscow. She is currently residing with her partner, Renata Litvinova, in Paris. In February 2023, the Russian government placed Zemfira in its list of "foreign agents".

Studio albums

 * 1999 ― Zemfira (Земфира)
 * 2000 ― Forgive Me My Love (Прости меня моя любовь)
 * 2002 ― 14 Weeks of Silence (Четырнадцать недель тишины)
 * 2005 ― Vendetta (Вендетта)
 * 2007 ― Thank You (Спасибо)
 * 2013 ― Live in Your Head (Жить в твоей голове)
 * 2021 ― Borderline (Бордерлайн)

Live albums

 * 2006 ― Zemfira.Live (Земфира.Live)
 * 2009 ― Zemfira.Live2 (Земфира.Live2)
 * 2016 — Little Man. Live (Маленький человек. Live)

Compilation albums

 * 2007 — Thank You, Vendetta (Спасибо, Вендетта)
 * 2010 — Z-Sides (Z-Sides)

Soundtracks

 * 2012 — Rita's Last Fairy Tale (Последняя сказка Риты)
 * 2021 — North wind (Северный ветер)

EPs

 * 2021 ― Oh (Ах)

Singles

 * 1999 — "Snow" (Снег)
 * 2000 — "Goodbye..." (До свидания...)
 * 2000 — "To Wait (Hali-gali)" (Ждать (Хали-гали))
 * 2001 — "Traffic" (Трафик)
 * 2008 — "10 Boys" (10 мальчиков)
 * 2011 — "No Chance" (Без шансов)
 * 2012 — "Money" (Деньги)
 * 2019 — "Joseph" (Джозеф)
 * 2020 — "Crimea" (Крым)
 * 2021 ― "Austin" (Остин)
 * 2022 — "Meat" (Мясо)
 * 2022 — "Homeland" (Родина; stylized as PODNHA)

Filmography

 * Goddess: How I Fell In Love (Богиня: Как я полюбила) (2004)
 * Green Theater in Zemfira (Зелёный театр в Земфире) (2008)
 * Moscow. Crocus/Strelka (Москва.Крокус/Стрелка) (2010)
 * New York, The Theater at MSG April 12th, 2024
 * Miami, Jackie Gleason Theatre, April 17th, 2024

Awards and nominations
MTV Europe Music Awards

Russian National Music Awards
 * 2001
 * rowspan=4|Herself
 * rowspan=3|Best Russian Act
 * Nominated
 * 2005
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2|2013
 * Won
 * Best Eastern European Act
 * Nominated
 * Won
 * Best Eastern European Act
 * Nominated
 * Nominated

 * 2015
 * Herself
 * Best Rock Artist
 * Nominated
 * Nominated

Muz-TV Awards

!Ref.
 * rowspan=2|2003
 * 14 Недель Тишины
 * Best Album
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2|
 * "Бесконечность"
 * Best Song
 * Nominated
 * 2005
 * rowspan=2|Herself
 * rowspan=2|Best Female Act
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2|2006
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2|
 * Вендетта
 * Best Album
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=5|2008
 * Herself
 * Best Female Act
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=5|
 * Tour
 * Best Show
 * Nominated
 * Спасибо
 * Best Album
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2|"Мы разбиваемся"
 * Best Song
 * Nominated
 * Best Video
 * Nominated
 * 2012
 * rowspan=4|Herself
 * Best Female Act of Decade
 * Won
 * 2014
 * rowspan=2|Best Female Act
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2|2016
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2|
 * Best Rock Act
 * Nominated
 * 2017
 * "Жить в твоей голове"
 * Best Song of 15 Years
 * Nominated
 * 2014
 * rowspan=2|Best Female Act
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2|2016
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2|
 * Best Rock Act
 * Nominated
 * 2017
 * "Жить в твоей голове"
 * Best Song of 15 Years
 * Nominated
 * Nominated
 * 2017
 * "Жить в твоей голове"
 * Best Song of 15 Years
 * Nominated
 * Nominated

Zolotaya Pchela

!Ref.
 * 2005
 * Herself
 * Artist of the Year
 * Nominated
 * Nominated

Berlin Music Video Awards

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Fat People on Television

 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 delete. Sjakkalle (Check!)  09:49, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

List of Fat People on Television
Listcruft - totally subjective: who is to be considered fat? Who is on TV? I know 'Elvis lives' - but his TV appearances are few --Doc (?) 20:03, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Subjective, unmaintainable, unencyclopedic. A и D я 01D  TALK  EMAIL  20:23, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Is this "article" some kind of joke? Gwk 20:26, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Entirely subjective.  I notice it even includes someone considered "formerly fat."  Joyous  (talk) 20:29, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete; subjective. Jaxl 21:02, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Who writes this crap? -R. fiend 21:09, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Uvaduck 21:18, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Hoax, subjective, unencyclopedic, unneccisary. need I go on? -mysekurity 21:24, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and block the people responsible. Gamaliel 21:25, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. No need to block really... but del the page. Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 22:59, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Ridiculous rubbish. Amusing that this article exists. DarthVader 00:39, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete subjective and unencyclopedic. JamesBurns 08:43, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, because they forgot to cite Camryn Manheim and Alison Sweeney (teen years only). Mike H (Talking is hot) 17:07, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. POV, unencyclopedic and intellectually pathetic. Also lacks a proper, established criteria of what "fat" is. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. 18:31, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
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List of Philadelphia Flyers head coaches

The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Eastern Conference. The Flyers were founded in 1967 as one of six expansion teams, increasing the size of the NHL at that time to 12 teams.

Since the franchise was established, the team has had 23 head coaches, including Fred Shero, who coached the Flyers to two Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975, and was the inaugural winner of the Jack Adams Award in 1973–74. Three other Flyers coaches have won the Adams Award — Pat Quinn in 1979–80, Mike Keenan in 1984–85, and Bill Barber in 2000–01. The Flyers current head coach is John Tortorella.

Coaches
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Pfeiffer University

Pfeiffer University is a private university in Misenheimer, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.

History
Pfeiffer originated from a home school operated by Emily Prudden in the late-19th century. The school, called the Oberlin Home and School, first began on the outskirts of Hudson, North Carolina, on Lick Mountain in Caldwell County, North Carolina. University archivist Jonathan Hutchinson said in 2013, "Our accepted founding date is 1885," referring to the date Prudden's first school began, "but Emily probably started the school in about 1898." The school was called Oberlin, after John Frederick Oberlin, a French priest noted for his social improvement in the Alsace Region of France. The school was later endowed by Mrs. Mary P. Mitchell, and the name was changed to the Mitchell School.

A fire destroyed the school in 1907 and it moved to the nearby town of Lenoir, North Carolina. As that location proved inadequate, the school again relocated in 1910, this time to its current location in Misenheimer. The Mitchell School began awarding high school diplomas in 1913. In 1928, the school began offering junior college classes, called the Mitchell Junior College, and was accredited as such in 1934. It was that year that the Pfeiffer family of New York City gave generous financial gifts to the school for construction of new buildings. The following year, the school's name was thus changed to Pfeiffer Junior College.

During the 1950s the school began offering senior college courses, and the four-year Pfeiffer College was fully accredited in 1960 during the administration of Dr. J. Lem Stokes II, President.

Pfeiffer opened a satellite campus in Charlotte, approximately forty miles away, in 1977. The campus moved to a new location in 2017.

In 1996, the college's trustees voted to re-organize to achieve university status, and the current name of Pfeiffer University was adopted.

An outdoor drama entitled "The Legacy of Lick Mountain" relates the beginning of the school, and was presented in Hudson, N.C. in the summer of 2015.

Pfeiffer Junior College Historic District

The Pfeiffer Junior College Historic District is a national historic district encompassing 14 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure on the campus of Pfeiffer University. They include Georgian Revival-style brick academic buildings erected between 1923 and 1948. Notable buildings include the Administration Building (1923, remodeled in 1936), Rowe Hall (1935), Merner Hall (1935), Goode Hall (1935), "Practice Home" (1941-1942), Cline Hall (1935), President's House (1935), Jane Freeman Hall (1937), Henry Pfeiffer Chapel (1941-1942), Delight and Garfield Merner Center (1941-1942), Washington Hall (1941-1942), Mitchell Gymnasium (1948-1950), and the Campus Gates (1935).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Organization

 * Division of Business
 * Division of Education
 * Division of Health-Related Programs
 * The Graduate School

Graduate studies
Pfeiffer has three graduate campuses. The graduate campus is located in Charlotte, North Carolina near the SouthPark area. The campus has been in Charlotte since 1996 and currently serves several hundred students. On October 12, 2016, Pfeiffer announced plans to leave its Park Road campus, which it will sell to a developer planning a six-story building with apartments, restaurants, retail and offices. The new location across the street in the Park Seneca building on Mockingbird Lane, with 26,440 square feet on three floors, officially opened October 20, 2017.

In November 2016, Albemarle City Council approved incentives for a campus in the city several miles south of the main campus. Graduate programs will be located in a new building at the location of the former Stanly County Museum, which relocated to the City Hall Annex. The Albemarle Hotel may be renovated as a result, because students could live there. Groundbreaking took place January 7, 2019. The first classes were held September 17, 2020.

The graduate degrees offered include master's degrees in business administration, healthcare administration, education, organizational change and leadership, and marriage & family therapy, some of which are offered online as well.

Business School accreditation
Pfeiffer University's Division of Business is a candidate for accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs in May 2017.

Music
For many years (especially the 1970s), Pfeiffer experienced success as a nationally recognized choral program, mostly under the direction of Dr. Richard Brewer. Later, noteworthy instrumental music programs surfaced under the direction of composer Ed Kiefer and Fulbright Professor *Tom Smith.

Athletics
Pfeiffer's athletic teams are known as the Falcons. They previously competed in the NCAA's Division II as a member of the Conference Carolinas (formerly the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference), but transitioned to Division III and joined the D-III USA South Athletic Conference in 2017. Men's teams include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, and track and field. Women's sports consist of basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball.

Notable alumni

 * Keith Crisco '64 North Carolina Secretary of Commerce
 * Antonio Harvey, former professional basketball player
 * Vincent Maddalone, professional boxer
 * Susan Abulhawa, International best selling author
 * Coleman Breland, President, Turner Network Sales, Turner Broadcasting System

Gray Stone Day School
Gray Stone Day School, a charter high school, started in Pfeiffer's Harris Building in 2002 and moved to its own campus in 2011, on land donated by Pfeiffer.

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Becoming Remixed

Becoming Remixed is a remix album by English electronic band Sneaker Pimps, released on 10 March 1998 by Virgin Records. It serves as a companion piece to the band's 1996 debut Becoming X, and was originally limited to 30,000 copies.

Track listing

 * 1) "Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix)"
 * 2) "Walking Zero (Tuff & Jam Unda-Vybe Vocal)"
 * 3) "Post-Modern Sleaze (The Salt City Orchestra Nightclub Mix)"
 * 4) "Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Bonus Dub)"
 * 5) "Post-Modern Sleaze (Reprazent Mix)"
 * 6) "6 Underground (Perfecto Mix)"
 * 7) "Tesko Suicide (Americruiser Mix)"
 * 8) "Roll On (Fold Mix)"
 * 9) "6 Underground (The Umbrellas of Ladywell Mix #2)"
 * 10) "Post-Modern Sleaze (Flight from Nashville)"

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Bloodsport (album)

Bloodsport is the third studio album by English electronic band Sneaker Pimps. It was released on 22 January 2002, through record label Tommy Boy.

Despite a positive fan reception, it received a mediocre response from music critics at the time of its release, and was commercially unsuccessful, failing to chart in the band's home country of the UK.

It would also be the last album recorded before their 20 year hiatus until 2021's release of Squaring The Circle, in which the band reformed and released their long-awaited, double album.

Content
The album opener "Kiro TV" is named after the US television station KIRO-TV. The title of "Loretta Young Silks" refers to the US actress Loretta Young.

Musical style
Described as trip hop, the album had the label "goth" affixed to it by more than one reviewer.

Release
Bloodsport was released on 22 January 2002 on CD as well as double red vinyl, through record label Tommy Boy.

It failed to chart in the band's home country of the UK, but reached number 68 in the Austrian top 75 album chart. Lead single "Sick" charted at 100 on the UK Singles Chart.

The album was originally intended to be called Forsythe, but was changed last minute. The recording sessions were mainly in rural France and several Bloodsportera songs which weren't included on the final album were released elsewhere: Miami Counting appears as a B-side for the Loretta Young Silks single, the Sick single and the Japanese edition of Bloodsport contain a track called After Every Party I Die, which was later re-recorded by Chris Corner's side project IAMX and released on the album The Alternative, O-Type was included as a B-side on the 12-inch vinyl single of Bloodsport but was never released in the digital realm and a completely unreleased track called Polaroids was later used on the IAMX album Kiss and Swallow, albeit in a totally revamped and remixed form. A proposed track mentioned on their old forum was teased as Masturbate, but this was never recorded.

Reception
Despite garnering a positive response from listeners and fans on Metacritic, Bloodsport was given a generally negative reception from music critics at the time of its release. This was perhaps epitomised in Drowned in Sound's review: "How do you criticise one of your favourite bands ever? [...] this is classic Sneaker Pimps, which is my main gripe about this album, its [sic] too classic Sneaker Pimps. All of the songs seem to be rehashes of previous releases. To put it bluntly this band should have and could have progressed.  [sic]"

Samples

 * 'Kiro TV' sampled Ultravox's track: 'ROckWrok' (1977)
 * 'Sick' sampled André Previn's track: 'Executive Party' from the film 'Rollerball' (1975)
 * 'Small Town Witch' sampled Iggy Pop's track: 'Nightclubbing' (1977)
 * 'Loretta Young Silks' sampled Bill Withers' track: 'I Wish You Well' (1975) and Ippu-Do's track: 'Chinese Reggae' (1980)
 * 'The Fuel' sampled James Horner's tracks: 'Following Kirwell' and 'Irina's Chase' from the film 'Gorky Park' (1983)
 * 'Bloodsport' sampled Visage's track: 'Tar' (1979)
 * 'Blue Movie' sampled The Keynotes' track: 'Canaan's Land' (1973)
 * The unreleased 'Bloodsport' session track 'Polaroids' sampled Gary Numan's track: 'Metal' (1979)
 * 'O-Type', the b-side to 'Bloodsport' sampled both The Human League's track: 'Love Action' (1981) and Bauhaus' track: 'Three Shadows (Part Three)' (1982)

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Whiplash (band)

Whiplash is an American thrash metal band formed in 1984 in Passaic, New Jersey. They have been centered around guitarist and vocalist Tony Portaro, who is the only remaining original member of the band. Despite never achieving major success, Whiplash has been recognized as one of the first East Coast thrash metal bands in the 1980s, and they are also notable for featuring drummer Tony Scaglione, who had been in and out of Whiplash since its inception and was a temporary fill-in for Dave Lombardo in Slayer on the latter's Reign in Blood tour.

History
The original lineup of Tony Portaro, Tony Scaglione and Tony Bono recorded their debut album Power and Pain for Roadrunner Records in 1986. Joe Cangelosi replaced Tony Scaglione that same year when the latter left for a seven-week tour with Slayer. Joe Cangelosi recorded Ticket to Mayhem in 1987 with the two Tonys. In 1989, Glenn Hansen joined the band as the new singer for the album titled Insult to Injury. The band split up due to business reasons, but reunited in 1995 after Portaro and Scaglione joined forces in a revamped lineup of Billy Milano's M.O.D. for a European tour. Whiplash released two further albums, Cult of One (1996) and Sit Stand Kneel Prey (1997) before the three Tonys recorded a final album together, Thrashback (1998), and then the band once again broke up in 1999.

Bassist Tony Bono died in 2002 after suffering a heart attack, at the age of 38.

In 2009, founding member Tony Portaro and Joe Cangelosi reformed the band, adding bassist Rich Day, and recorded Unborn Again, released in September 2009. Whiplash played many festivals in Europe that year including Wacken Open Air in Germany, Jalometalli festival in Finland and shows in Italy, Norway, Mexico and Colombia.

In 2010, the band took a limited break due to personal legal reasons. In early December 2010, Tony Portaro announced the return of their original drummer, Tony Scaglione, to the band. They recruited New York bassist David DeLong, a Pennsylvania-Dutch native, with music influences from the 1980s New York metal/hardcore/punk scene. However, after two weeks, Tony Scaglione announced personal scheduling issues became his priority. With the help of Ben Ward of Orange Goblin and Nathan Perrier of Alabaster Suns, Labrat and Capricorns, Dan "Loord" Foord (SikTh) entered into the band.

Whiplash launched their Power and Pain 2011 tour with dates in Greece and Italy in April 2011. Following performances at Hellfest (France) and Portaro's hometown of Clifton, New Jersey, Whiplash headlined at the San Francisco festival Slaughter by the Water 2. After returning from California, they began writing new material, and held another New Jersey performance before finishing their tour with three shows in Chile. In January 2012, Whiplash headlined thrash metal shows in Philadelphia and New Jersey before embarking on the heavy metal cruise 70000 Tons of Metal aboard the Royal Caribbean ship Majesty of the Seas. In March and April, Whiplash performed at shows in the Netherlands, and at the Keep It True festival in Germany and the SWR Barroselas Metalfest in Portugal. The band also headlined at the Convivencia Rock festival in Pereira, Colombia in July 2012.

On October 10, 2015, Whiplash announced they were reuniting with original drummer Tony Scaglione. However, this reunion did not last for long, and the band replaced him with Tom Tierney, who was later replaced by former Overkill drummer Ron Lipnicki.

In July 2018, Whiplash signed with Metal Blade Records, and their eighth studio album Old School American Way has been in production for years, leaving it with an indefinite release date.

Band members

Current
 * Tony Portaro – guitars, lead vocals (1984–1999, 2007–present)
 * Will Winton – bass, backing vocals (2022–present)
 * Ron Lipnicki – drums (2018–present)

Timeline

Albums

 * Power and Pain (1986)
 * Ticket to Mayhem (1987)
 * Insult to Injury (1989)
 * Cult of One (1996)
 * Sit Stand Kneel Prey (1997)
 * Thrashback (1998)
 * Unborn Again (2009)
 * Old School American Way (TBA)

Demos

 * Fire Away (1984)
 * Thunderstruk (1984)
 * Looking Death in the Face (1985)
 * Untitled 3-track demo (1985)

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