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2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague

The 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague was the FIBA European professional club basketball Champions' Cup for the 2000–01 season. Up until that season, there was one cup, the FIBA European Champions' Cup (which is now called the EuroLeague), though in this season of 2000–01, the leading European teams split into two competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague and Euroleague Basketball Company's Euroleague 2000–01.

The season started on 18 October 2000, and ended on 13 May 2001. The competition's Final Four took place at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, in Paris, France. The 2000–01 SuproLeague was the last European top tier club competition organised by FIBA.

European Champions' Cup teams divided
The European Champions' Cup was originally established by FIBA and it operated under its umbrella from 1958 until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999–2000 season. Euroleague Basketball was created on 1 July 2000.

FIBA had never trademarked the "EuroLeague" name and had no legal recourse on the usage of that name. Therefore, FIBA had to find a new name for their league and chose "SuproLeague". The 2000–01 season started with two top European professional club basketball competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague (renamed from the FIBA EuroLeague) and the brand new Euroleague.

Top clubs were split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow, and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos, Kinder Bologna, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Tau Cerámica, and Benetton Treviso joined Euroleague Basketball.

Competition system and format

 * 20 teams (national domestic league champions, and runners-up from various national domestic leagues), playing in a tournament system.

The first phase was a regular season, in which the twenty competing teams were drawn into two groups, each containing ten teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 18 games for each team. The top 8 teams in each group advanced to the Round of 16, and the winners of this round advanced to the Quarterfinals. Both of the rounds were played in a Best-of-three playoff system. The winning teams of the Quarterfinals qualified to the SuproLeague Final Four, which was held in the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, in Paris, on 10–13 May 2001.

Qualification round
If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
 * 1) Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
 * 2) Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
 * 3) Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
 * 4) Points scored in all group matches
 * 5) Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Bracket
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

Eight-Finals

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Quarter-Finals

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Semifinals
11 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

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3rd place game
13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

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Final
13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

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Awards
All official awards of the 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague.

FIBA SuproLeague Player of the Year

 * 🇺🇸 Nate Huffman (🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv)

FIBA SuproLeague Top Scorer

 * Miroslav Berić ( Partizan)

FIBA SuproLeague Finals Top Scorer

 * Dejan Bodiroga ( Panathinaikos)

FIBA SuproLeague Final Four MVP

 * 🇸🇮 Ariel McDonald (🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Points
Source: FIBA Europe

Rebounds
Source: FIBA Europe

Assists
Source: FIBA Europe

Blocks
Source: FIBA Europe

Two continental champions
In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi Tel Aviv of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague. The leaders of both organizations realized the need to come up with a new single competition. Negotiating from the position of strength, Euroleague Basketball Company dictated proceedings and FIBA essentially had no choice but to agree to their terms. As a result, the EuroLeague was fully integrated under Euroleague Basketball Company's umbrella, and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well. It is today officially admitted that European basketball had two champions that year, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague.

Formation of the Euroleague
A year later, Euroleague Basketball Company and FIBA decided that Euroleague Basketball's EuroLeague competition would be the main basketball tournament on the continent, to be played between the top-level teams of Europe. FIBA Europe from 2002 would also organize a European league for third-tier level teams, known as the FIBA Europe League competition, while Euroleague Basketball would also organize its own second-tier level league, combining FIBA's long-time FIBA Saporta Cup and FIBA Korać Cup competitions into one new competition, the EuroCup. In 2005, Euroleague Basketball and FIBA decided to cooperate with each other and did so until 2016.

In essence, the authority in European professional basketball was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the FIBA EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympics), while Euroleague Basketball took over the European professional club competitions. From that point on, FIBA Saporta Cup and FIBA Korać Cup competitions lasted only one more season before folding, which was when Euroleague Basketball launched the EuroCup.

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Drowned World/Substitute for Love

"Drowned World/Substitute for Love" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna for her seventh studio album, Ray of Light (1998). It was written and produced by Madonna and William Orbit, with additional songwriters including Rod McKuen, Anita Kerr and David Collins. McKuen and Kerr received the credits due to the usage of a sample from one of their songs, "Why I Follow the Tigers". "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" is an ambient pop song which lyrically describes Madonna's spiritual transformation to seek authentic love over superficial alliances.

"Drowned World/Substitute for Love" was released as the album's third single on August 24, 1998, worldwide, except in the United States. It became Madonna's seventh number-one single in Spain, while charting within the top ten in Iceland and the United Kingdom. The B-side of the single, "Sky Fits Heaven", reached number 41 on the US Dance Club Songs chart.

An accompanying music video was released for the song, featuring Madonna running away from the paparazzi until she arrives at home. The video faced strong reaction in the media due to the paparazzi chase sequences, a scenario similar to Diana, Princess of Wales's death in 1997. The song was performed in two of Madonna's tours, these being the Drowned World Tour (2001) and the Confessions Tour (2006). She also performed the track at the London stop of her Rebel Heart Tour (2015–16), in memory of Collins, as well as the Madonna: Tears of a Clown show in Melbourne.

Background and release
Since 1996, Madonna went through a number of "life-changing experiences". She gave birth to her daughter Lourdes, became interested in Eastern mysticism and Kabbalah, and was enlisted for the title role on the film adaptation of the musical Evita (1996). A year later, following the promotion of the Evita soundtrack, she started working on Ray of Light, her seventh studio album. Madonna wrote songs with William Orbit, Patrick Leonard, Rick Nowels and Babyface but the songs from the latter did not make it to the final track list. The album would reflect the singer's changed perspectives about life. Author Carol Benson noted that it was a "deeply spiritual dance record", with the crux of it based on liberation of Madonna from her own career and the many identities she had assumed over the years. Motherhood had softened the singer emotionally, which was reflected in the songs. She started talking about ideas and used words which implied deep and personal thoughts, rather than the regular dance-floor anthemic tunes she had composed.

"Drowned World/Substitute for Love", the first song on the album, was written and produced by Madonna and Orbit, with additional writers including Rod McKuen, Anita Kerr and David Collins. The singer's manager Guy Oseary had telephoned and asked Orbit for collaborating on the album. Orbit sent a 13-track digital audio tape (DAT) to Madonna, which included a demo version of the track. According to Madonna, she had been a fan of Orbit's work for a long time and was pleased with the demo. The song includes a sample from the song "Why I Follow the Tigers" by the San Sebastian Strings, a group created by both Kerr and McKuen. The vocal sample was of a man uttering the words "you see", later confirmed by him to be actor Jesse Pearson. Both McKuen and Kerr received co-writing credits on "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" due to the inclusion of the sample, and also because thematically the track follows a plotline that transpired in "Why I Follow the Tigers". Madonna was a great admirer of Collins's interior designing and had commissioned for designing a friend's night club located in Miami. He later ended up as one of the writers on the song.

The most important track on the album according to the singer, "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" was released as the third single from Ray of Light on August 24, 1998, worldwide, except in the United States. In the latter market, the album's second single "Ray of Light" had been released with a one-month delay, so Madonna's record label decided to release "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" outside of North America, thereby closing the one-month gap between the next single "The Power of Good-Bye" (1998). The song received remix treatment from musicians like Brian "BT" Transeau and Sasha, and according to Billboard was one of the most expected tracks to be remixed.

Recording and composition
"Drowned World/Substitute for Love" was recorded, with the rest of the album, at Larrabee North Studio in North Hollywood, California. It was mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Studios in New York. An ambient pop track, it takes the title from author J. G. Ballard's post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, The Drowned World (1962). The final version progressed significantly from the DAT demo, which Orbit described as "serendipity". However they kept the initial roughness, resisting adding too many tweaks. The producer added random echoing and pulsating effects, and the drum fills were created from splicing small fragments of music. Madonna and Orbit had conducted a drummer session in Los Angeles, but it did not work out. Instead, Orbit commissioned Fergus Gerrand to play drum samples in London. Orbit fed these into his workstation and cut them manually, instead of using auto-editing software like ReCycle.

The song begins with ambient music and the stereo sound oscillating. This continues for 40 seconds. The music is interspersed with trip hop and psychedelic elements, both at the foreground and background. As McKuen's sample utters the words "you see", Madonna utters the first lyrics, "I traded fame for love / Without a second thought", and at around the 1:30 minute mark, the drums start with the first chorus. The composition builds slowly, with a Jimi Hendrix-like guitar sound complementing the music. An acoustic guitar comes into prominence from 2:49 minute mark, and the sounds of piano can be heard in the distance. Arpeggios consisting of electric guitar are added in the mix, and ultimately the drum sounds become heavy. Orbit adds guitars and increases the volume with the electronic sounds becoming turbulent. Madonna's singing gathers momentum and intensity, belting, "No one night stand, no far off land / No fire that I can spark", when it suddenly subsides, ebbing away.

Throughout the song, her vocals are subdued in nature, emoting a thoughtful imagery, with the melody being laid out gently for the listener. Bryan Lark from The Michigan Daily described Madonna's singing and composition of the song as "soulful". According to the sheet music published on Musicnotes.com, the record is set in time signature of common time with a key of B major. It has a slow tempo of 72 beats per minute with Madonna's vocals ranging from the notes of F♯3 to A4. The track begins with a basic chord progression of F♯5–G♯5–E5–A5–G♯5, which changes into A5–G♯5–B–C♯m7 during the rest of the verses and A–E9–B♭ in the chorus.

Lyrically "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" finds Madonna taking accountability of her life, fame and adulation, while assessing her career and journey. It is a summary of her experience of fame, exemplified by lines such as, "I got exactly what I asked for [...] Running, rushing back for more [...] And now I find, I've changed my mind". Rikky Rooksby, author of The Complete Guide to the Music of Madonna noted the track ended with the line "This is my religion", indicating the spiritual thoughts and themes present in Ray of Light. According to Lucy O'Brien, author of Madonna: Like an Icon, the lyrics touch upon Madonna's desire for fame and how it ultimately ruined her personal relationships, thereby "[setting] the tone for the album". In an interview for Q magazine, Madonna explained:

"'I realise, and I've been realising this for years, that the approval – the headiness of being swept up and being popular and loved by people in universal ways – is absolutely no substitute for truly being loved. But if you have to have a substitute, it's about the best there is.'"

Critical reception
O'Brien commended the usage of electronic sounds and bleeps in the track as well as the "bell like clarity" in Madonna's vocals, a result of the training she had received from her Evita days. Kenneth Bielen, author of The Lyrics of Civility declared the record as a "slice of Madonna's autobiography", praising the lyrics for forecasting what the singer's life could become. Allen Metz wrote in the book, The Madonna Companion, that the lyrics did not give an impression of "sophisticated wordplay", but was commendable for telling the truth about Madonna's life and career. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic labelled the song as a "swirling" and "meditative opener". David Browne from Entertainment Weekly described the track, along with "Frozen" from the album, as "breathtaking", complimenting its beats. Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine found Madonna's belting to be the most "emotionally candid" she has been since Like a Prayer (1989).

Other critics complimented the different nature of the song and its production. Reviewing the album for The Michigan Daily, Lark said, "['Drowned World/Substitute for Love'] [creates] a brilliant, ecstatic pop catharsis that all but eclipses every mistake she's ever made, including the virginal writhing, gold-tooth sporting and naked hitchhiking of her sordid past", the last part referring to Madonna's antics during her fifth studio album, Erotica (1992) era. Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone found it to be the "perfect opener" for Ray of Light and its various contradiction filled tracks. Noting the different musical elements, including drum loops, strings, computer bleeping as well as jungle snares, Sheffield compared them to a person's shopping experience and unpacking of the bags after the activity ends. The reviewer ended by saying that the track came off as "loud, tacky and ridiculous", but still exuded emotion in the music. In a review of Madonna's hits album GHV2 (2001), Charlotte Robinson from PopMatters commended Orbit's production work on the track along with others from Ray of Light. She added that the songs are "a testament to his ability to use gadgets and electronic wizardry not to alienate listeners, but to draw them in".

'Substitute for Love', Stuart Maconie wrote in a Q review of Ray of Light, "emerges languorously from a fog of enigmatic samples and the low-key burbling that are Orbit's forte… prayer bells tinkle and snare fills skim the surface tension of the song in a nod to drum 'n' bass." In 2003, fans voted for their top 20 Madonna singles in Q, and awarded "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" the number 17 spot. In a retrospective review of Ray of Light, Idolator's Stephen Sears described the track as "the first chapter of a great novel" setting the tone for rest of the record. Rolling Stone placed the track at number 20, on their ranking of Madonna's 50 Greatest Song in 2016, describing it as "a ballad exploring epiphanies about fame and family". While ranking Madonna's singles in honor of her 60th birthday, The Guardian's Jude Rogers placed the song at number 12, calling it "majestic, reflective and sung in a subdued style for Madonna [...] this meditation on fame with a Ballardian reference in its title soars quietly and gorgeously".

Chart performance
In the United Kingdom, "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" debuted and peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart on September 5, 1998. It quickly descended down the charts, being present for a total of nine weeks within the top-100. The song has sold a total of 90,651 copies in the country as of August 2008, according to the Official Charts Company.

In mainland Europe, "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" entered the official Spanish Singles Chart at number 10 on the issue date August 29, 1998. The next week, it jumped to number one, where it stayed for one week. It was the third single from Ray of Light to reach the top of the chart—Madonna's seventh single overall—following "Frozen" and "Ray of Light". In Austria, the song peaked at number 34, staying in the charts for only one week. In Switzerland, it reached its peak position number 31 on the second week, staying in the charts for five weeks in total. The song had more success on the French Singles Chart, where it debuted at number 88 and gradually moved up the charts, finally peaking at number 42 and staying in the charts for 17 weeks. In the Netherlands, the song debuted at number 63, and rose to number 43 for one week. In Sweden, the song debuted at number 41 but fell to number 57 the next week.

In Australia, the single debuted at number 74, climbing to its peak of number 16 the following week before descending down the charts. On the New Zealand Singles Chart, the song debuted at number 30, until rising to its peak of number 21, and then descending down. Since the song was not released in the United States, it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 or any other component charts. However, the B-Side of the single "Sky Fits Heaven" managed to reach number 41 on the US Dance Club Songs chart, aided by its remixes.

Music video
The accompanying music video for "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" was directed by Walter Stern and filmed on June 26–27, 1998 at London's Claridge's Hotel and Piccadilly Circus. It includes cameo appearances by Anita Pallenberg and Steve Strange. It was released in September 1998, and features Madonna leaving her home and being chased by paparazzi. Dressed in black, she is constantly running, even from the other celebrities in a hotel bar. Except for Madonna's, everyone else's face is distorted. In another sequence of the clip, Madonna passes a hotel maid smiling at her. The singer returns the smile when the flash of a camera goes off; the maid has just taken a picture of her. Madonna flees again, running all the way home to her daughter's arms, singing that she has "changed her mind" about being a celebrity.

The video generated controversy due to the scenes that featured Madonna being chased by paparazzi on motor-bikes, a scenario similar to the incidents that led to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. Madonna's publicist Liz Rosenberg said that the clip had nothing to do with Diana's death and was instead about "Madonna's relationship to fame [...] There are paparazzi in the video. But it's not like Madonna hasn't had experience with them. It's a day in the life of Madonna." Daily Mirror columnist Matthew Wright said "The similarities [to Diana's death] are undeniable", finding it disgusting.

The clip was initially reported by Billboard to be released in the US outlets after the release of the video for "The Power of Good-bye", but the plan did not materialize. It was finally included on the DVD compilation, The Video Collection 93:99. In 2013, a poll by Logo TV about "Madonna's 55 Best Music Videos" listed the clip at number 11, describing it to be "just as much about the ugly comforts of celebrity and its reality-distorting side-effects. This underrated clip is one of Madonna's most personal statements, and her vocals are downright chilling". The manga like distorted faces of the celebrities in the clip was listed by Dazed magazine as one of "five favourite manga-eyed moments from pop videos".

Live performances

On November 23, 1998, Madonna appeared on the Spanish RTVE show El Séptimo de Caballeria and performed "Drowned World/Substitute for Love", along with her other song "The Power of Good-Bye". Three years later, Madonna named her 2001 Drowned World Tour after the song, and performed it as the opening number. She entered the stage amidst billows of dry ice, dressed in a sleeveless black top, crossover top with one net sleeve, jeans with zips and bondage straps, a studded dog collar and a tartan kilt and performed the song standing on a rising platform on the middle of the stage. Also during this same tour, the last lyrics from the song ("Now, I find I changed my mind/This is my religion") were used at the end of the performance of "Ray of Light". The performance at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan on August 26, 2001, was released in the live video release, Drowned World Tour 2001. Michael Hubbard from MusicOMH gave the performance a positive review, saying it was sung beautifully. Joshua Clover from Spin described Madonna's arrival during the performance as "[the singer] taking the style war to stage".

During the Confessions Tour in 2006, Madonna sat down on the middle of the stage and performed an acoustic, stripped-down version of the song. She was joined by Yitzhak Sinwani of the London Kabbalah Centre, who had also been present earlier in the show for the performance of the song "Isaac". Writing for Pitchfork Media, Stephen Deusner complimented Madonna's singing, saying that " she's got a deeper, heartier range that works best on ballads like 'Drowned World'". The song was not included on the NBC special, The Confessions Tour: Live from London, which aired on November 22, 2006, but it was present on the full-length DVD release. The track was performed on the London stop of the Rebel Heart Tour, on December 2, 2015, at The O2 Arena, in memory of Collins who had died in 2013. The following year, it was included on the setlist of her Madonna: Tears of a Clown show in Melbourne, Australia. Madonna entered the stage riding around on a tricycle and wearing a clown costume consisting of a yellow dress, stockings, a pink wig and a clown nose.

Track listings and formats

 * '''UK and European 12-inch vinyl
 * 1) "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" (BT & Sasha's Bucklodge Ashram Remix) – 9:28
 * 2) "Sky Fits Heaven" (Sasha Remix) – 7:21
 * 3) "Sky Fits Heaven" (Victor Calderone Remix Edit) – 5:50

 * EU, UK and Japanese CD single 1
 * 1) "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" (Album Version) – 5:09
 * 2) "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" (BT & Sasha's Bucklodge Ashram Remix) – 9:28
 * 3) "Sky Fits Heaven" (Sasha Remix Edit) – 4:08

 * EU and UK CD single 2
 * 1) "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" (Album Version) – 5:09
 * 2) "Sky Fits Heaven" (Sasha Remix) – 7:21
 * 3) "Sky Fits Heaven" (Victor Calderone Remix Edit) – 5:50

 * Digital single (2023)
 * 1) "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" (Album Version) – 5:09
 * 2) "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" (BT & Sasha's Bucklodge Ashram Remix) – 9:29
 * 3) "Sky Fits Heaven" (Sasha Remix Edit) – 4:09
 * 4) "Sky Fits Heaven" (Victor Calderone Remix Edit) – 5:50
 * 5) "Sky Fits Heaven" (Sasha Remix) – 7:24

Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from the Ray of Light album liner notes.

 * Madonna – main vocals, songwriter, producer
 * William Orbit – songwriter, producer
 * Rod McKuen – songwriter, background vocals
 * Anita Kerr – songwriter
 * David Collins – songwriter
 * Steve Sidelnyk – drum programming
 * Mark Endert – engineer
 * Jon Ingoldsby – engineer
 * Patrick McCarthy – engineer
 * Dave Reitzas – engineer
 * Matt Silva – engineer
 * Ted Jensen – mastering
 * Rankin – photographer
 * Kevin Reagan – art direction

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The Georgia Satellites

The Georgia Satellites are an American Southern rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. They achieved mainstream success with their 1986 self-titled debut album, featuring their best-known single "Keep Your Hands to Yourself", which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Two more albums followed – Open All Night (1988) and the band's last to feature original material In the Land of Salvation and Sin (1989) – before they went on hiatus in 1990.

The Georgia Satellites resurfaced in 1993 and have since continued to perform live. Their latest studio album to date is 1996's Shaken Not Stirred, which includes re-recordings of the band's older material, in addition to eight new songs. They have experienced numerous lineup changes in their career, with lead guitarist and vocalist Rick Richards being the only constant member. Their current lineup includes Richards, drummer Todd Johnston, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Fred McNeal, and bassist Bruce Smith.

Early years (1980–1985)
In 1980, Dan Baird (former guitarist for the Atlanta band the Nasty Bucks), lead guitarist Rick Richards, bassist Keith Christopher, and drummer David Michaelson formed a band named Keith and the Satellites in Atlanta, Georgia. After performing in local bars, the band's line-up changed. With a new bassist, Dave Hewitt (previously with Babe Ruth), and a new drummer, Randy DeLay, they recorded a six-track demo at Axis Studios in Atlanta. During this time, the band changed its name to Georgia Satellites and played every Monday at Hedgens, a bar in the Atlanta neighborhood of Buckhead.

Jeff Glixman, who had produced, mixed, and remastered artists such as Paul Stanley, Kansas, Gary Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Black Sabbath, was enlisted for production. However, soon after the demo was recorded, the band broke up in the summer of 1984. DeLay later performed with the Tony Sarno Band and the Hell Hounds around the Atlanta music circuit, before dying of cancer in 1993 at age 40.

Although the band members felt they were not making any progress on their musical path and had disbanded, their English manager, Kevin Jennings, took the demo to a small London record label, Making Waves, who liked the material and released the demo as the Keep the Faith EP in 1985. The press response to the EP was positive and prompted the band to regroup. Baird had been playing with the Woodpeckers in North Carolina. Richards had remained in Atlanta with the Hell Hounds, which included both Mauro Magellan (drums) and Rick Price (bass, formerly of the Brains). With Baird essentially joining the Hell Hounds, the Georgia Satellites were reborn and American record labels started taking notice of the band.

Mainstream popularity and hiatus (1986–1993)
In 1986, the group signed with Elektra Records and reunited with Glixman to record their debut full-length album at Cheshire Sound Studios in Atlanta. The album, Georgia Satellites, was their most successful LP, featuring the track "Keep Your Hands to Yourself". The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, behind Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer". It went into heavy rotation on MTV. Other lesser-known songs included "Battleship Chains" (No. 86), written by Terry Anderson, and "Can't Stand the Pain", but the Satellites never had another top 40 hit. That same year, the MTV Video Music Awards came into being. Mary Deacon won for Best Art Director for the music video "Keep Your Hands to Yourself".

In 1988, the band recorded a cover of The Swinging Blue Jeans' 1964 hit "Hippy Hippy Shake" for the movie Cocktail. Released as a single, the song reached No. 45 on the Billboard chart. The band also released its second album that year, Open All Night, which included a cover of the Ringo Starr-written Beatles song "Don't Pass Me By," though the album was not as successful as the band's debut. The lead single, "Open All Night" (backed with "Dunk 'n' Dine"), failed to chart.

A third studio album, In the Land of Salvation and Sin, was released in 1989, which included re-recordings of "Six Years Gone" and "Crazy" from the 1985 EP. Although it received positive reviews, it also failed to do well commercially, and Baird left the band in 1990 to pursue a solo career. Of his departure, Baird said, "It came about by my inability to turn in really good shows." He elaborated, saying, "I developed a very shitty attitude about the band. So, one morning I woke up and fired myself. We were together for 10 years and we weren't able to inspire each other anymore. It's like any relationship that starts getting too old. There was just certain things that started getting lackadaisical."

The band's 1993 compilation Let It Rock: The Best of the Georgia Satellites included a selection of the best tracks from the three studio albums and bonus material that had been released on the Another Chance EP (1989): "Saddle Up," "That Woman," and "I'm Waiting for the Man." Also included was a live version of Chuck Berry's "Let It Rock."

Reunion (1993–present)
After a brief sabbatical following the departure of Dan Baird, the Georgia Satellites reunited in 1993. Their current lineup, led by original member Rick Richards (lead guitar, backing and lead vocals), along with Fred McNeal (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Bruce Smith (bass, backing vocals) and Todd Johnston (drums) continues to perform live shows. The most recent album, Shaken Not Stirred (1996), was a mix of re-recordings of their earlier material and eight new songs: "Running Out," "Let It Rock (Bye Bye Johnny)," "Deep in the Heart of Dixie," "Anna Lee," "My Fault," "Shaken Not Stirred," "She Fades Away" and "Rain."

Baird performs with his band, Homemade Sin, which features three former members of the Georgia Satellites. Mauro Magellan joined The Crashers after moving to Wisconsin in the early 1990s. Mauro played on both of Baird's solo albums and continues to tour with him as a member of Homemade Sin, which also includes bassist Keith Christopher, formerly of Keith and the Satellites. In addition, Baird performs as a member of the country groups Trent Summar & The New Row Mob and The Yayhoos.

Along with his commitment to the Georgia Satellites, Richards also plays in former Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin's band. They toured in the early 1990s and have recorded 11 albums. Richards, along with ex-Satellites manager Kevin Jennings, released an album entitled For Ol' Times Sake in 2013 as The Western Sizzlers, which enlisted the talents of Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke as well as seasoned Atlanta musicians Nicky Ford, Jeff Bakos, and Kevin "Snit" Fitzpatrick.

In September 2015, Richards reported to Hartford Courant that The Georgia Satellites were working on new music. In an April 2021 interview, however, Richards stated that the band has no plans to release a new album. The band released Lightnin' in a Bottle, a live album recorded in 1988 in Cleveland, on March 11, 2022.

Musicians
Current members
 * Fred McNeal – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2013–present)
 * Rick Richards – lead guitar, vocals (1982–1984, 1985–1990, 1993–present)
 * Bruce Smith – bass, backing vocals (2013–present)
 * Todd Johnston – drums (2001–present)

Former members
 * Dan Baird – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1982–1984, 1985–1990)
 * Keith Christopher – bass, backing vocals (1980–1982; only with band as Keith and the Satellites)
 * David Michaelson – drums (1980–1982; only with band as Keith and the Satellites)
 * Rick Price – bass, backing vocals (1985–1990, 1993–2013), vocals (1993–2013)
 * Dave Hewitt – bass (1982–1984)
 * Randy DeLay – drums (1982–1984; died 1993)
 * Mauro Magellan – drums (1985–1990)
 * Kenny Head – keyboards (1998–2013)
 * Billy Pitts – drums (1993–2000)
 * Mac Crawford – drums (2000–2001)
 * Jeremy Graf – rhythm guitar (1995–1997)

EPs

 * Keep the Faith (1985)
 * Let It Rock (1989)
 * Never Stop Rockin' (1990)

Compilations

 * Let It Rock: The Best of the Georgia Satellites (1993)
 * The Georgia Satellites - Greatest & Latest (2001)

Live albums

 * Lightnin' in a Bottle (2022)

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Clarity (John Mayer song)

"Clarity" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter John Mayer, arranged with piano, with drums provided in part by The Roots drummer Questlove, and brass by two-time Grammy winner Roy Hargrove. It was released as the second single from Mayer's second studio album, Heavier Things (2003), on January 12, 2004.

Lyrics
The song's meaning is not immediately clear. Many have interpreted the song as being about a person's own self-perception, and Mayer explained during an interview with Rick Dees in 2003 that the song "really sums up who I am as a guy...what it would be like to be in a room with me after I'm done 'being on'." Mayer also added that "Clarity" was about coping with the worries--especially unnecessary worries--of everyday life. Reiterating this idea at his February 28, 2007 show at Madison Square Garden, Mayer introduced "Clarity" as a song written about the first few seconds after waking up in the morning when you don't remember all of the problems and worries in your life. At the "Soundstage with Buddy Guy" concert, Mayer explained the song as one of the best he's done, in that it's the best in portraying his thoughts and feelings.

Commercial performance
"Clarity" peaked at number one on the US Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart and number 25 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

Music video
The music video for "Clarity" was directed by Director X. It was filmed on the Santa Monica Pier and the Pacific Coast Highway.

Personnel

 * John Mayer – vocals, guitar
 * David LaBruyere – bass
 * Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
 * Lenny Castro – percussion
 * Matt Chamberlain – drums
 * Questlove – drums
 * Roy Hargrove – trumpet

Cover version
This song was covered by saxophonist Najee for his album Rising Sun in 2007.

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Shkumbin

The Shkumbin, also known as Shkembi, is a river in Southern Europe. It is 181.4 km long and its drainage basin is 2444 km2. Its average discharge is 61.5 m3/s.

Etymology
It derives from Latin Scampinus (recorded alternatively as Scampis), which replaced the Illyrian name of the river: Genusus (recorded in Genusus, also Genessus, and in Γενούσος). A Slavic intermediation has been rejected. Its inclusion in Latin loanwords into Proto-Albanian and phonetic evolution coincides with the historical existence of a large Roman town (near present-day Elbasan), which gave the river its new name.

Overview
The river originates in the eastern Valamara Mountains between Maja e Valamarës (2375 m) and Gur i Topit (2120 m) in Southeastern Albania. After descending from the Valamaras, it flows northwards through Proptisht and Qukës with many deep gorges and canyons and passes the Gora Mountains. A significant inflow comes from Gur i Kamjës (1481 m) southwest of Pogradec. Over the course, it flows inside a syncline between the Mokra and Shebenik Mountains in the east and the Polis Mountains in the west. Close to Librazhd the river turns some 50 km westwards of its origin and joins the Rapun stream. At the end, the river crosses the Myzeqe Plain and forms a small delta in Karavasta Lagoon, the direct proximity of the Adriatic Sea.

Human history
The ancient name of the river was Genusus and was located in central southern Illyria. At the same time, it was referred as Scampini, as it was identified by the town of Scampa. In classical antiquity, the valley of the Shkumbin was inhabited by several Illyrian peoples. The Parthini lived in the middle valley of the river. They neighbored to the west the Taulantii who lived in the coastal area including the lower valley of the river, and to the east the Dassaretii who lived in the region of Lake Ohrid, including the upper valley of the river. The ancient Via Egnatia followed the river, giving it the role of a strategically important corridor between orient and occident. The Via Egnatia started with two branches, the northern one from Epidamnos-Dyrrhachion, and the southern one from Apollonia. The two branches converged at Ad Quintum, near modern Elbasan, continuing eastwards through the valley of the Shkumbin.

In Roman Imperial times, the line of division between the administrative provinces of Illyricum and Epirus Nova ran from the west somewhere between Scodra and Dyrrachium, to the east somewhere between the north side of the Shkumbin and Lake Ohrid. During this period, the valley of Skumbin constituted roughly the border between the Latin and the Greek-speaking area.

The river is roughly the geographical dividing line between Tosk and Gheg Albanian dialects, with Gheg spoken north of the Shkumbin and Tosk south of it. The dialectal split occurred after Christianisation of the region (4th century AD), with the river as the historic dialectal boundary which straddled the Jireček line.

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Limbaži

Limbaži (, Lemsalu, Lemsal, Limbaž ) is a town in the Vidzeme region of northern Latvia, with a population of 6,888. Limbaži is located 90 km northeast of the capital Riga. During the Middle Ages, as part of Livonia, Limbaži was a fortified town with stone walls, second in importance only to Riga.

Etymology
The name is believed to be a Latvianised version (hence the -aži ending) of the Livonian word Lembsel (Lemesel) meaning "wide isle in a forest swamp". The German Lemsahl (Lemsal) is derived from the Livonian name.

According to folk etymology, the name Limbaži originated sometime in the 17th century. A recently arrived Swedish minister overheard the words "Limba" and "āži" (Latvian for 'male goats'). Mistakenly, he assumed this was the name of the place, and so the town was called "Limbaži".

History
In ancient times, Limbaži was a Livonian settlement known as Lemisele, part of Metsepole. In the early 13th century, Bishop Albert and the Teutonic knights destroyed the village while conquering Metsepole, and built a castle, around which formed the new city, Lemsahl.

Medieval Limbaži
Until the beginning of the 16th century, Lemsahl could be reached by seagoing vessels travelling up the Svētupe. Ships came from as far as Lübeck and Copenhagen to trade for honey, wax, lumber, grain, and furs. The small trading camp surrounding the castle grew into a large town, and was admitted to the Hanseatic League. Each year, Lemsahl hosted a conference attended by barons from all over Livonia, and the city hosted at least three other fairs throughout the year as well. During these fairs, the town may have held as many as 20,000 people at once. In addition, the Archbishops of Riga made Lemsahl his spring residence, which became a walled city to protect both the bishop and the trading center. At the time, in population Lemsahl was second only to Riga. The Limbaži Castle is one of the oldest fortified buildings in Latvia.

By 1500, however, the Svētupe became too shallow to navigate. Goods were sent elsewhere, and Lemsahl began a century long decline. During the Livonian War, Ivan the Terrible's forces burned down Lemsahl in 1558, while its residents fled to the nearby forests and marshes for shelter. The city was burned down by the Swedes in 1567, and again by the Russians in 1575. In 1602, the Swedes and Poles fought yet again for the city, completely demolishing its fortifications and walls. By the time the wars had ended, the city was so demolished, only three houses and a handful of residents remained.

18th and 19th centuries
While under Swedish rule, the village was renamed Limbaži sometime in the 17th century. During the Great Northern War, Vidzeme was totally ravaged by Peter the Great's forces. But, as the story goes, while searching for Limbaži, the Russian army got lost in a heavy fog. After repeatedly going around in circles, the soldiers began to believe such a village may not exist after all, and moved on. Limbaži survived the war unscathed.

The city completely burned down again in 1747, after which today's city layout began to develop. In the 19th century, the city began to grow again. In 1821 there were 674 inhabitants, but by 1900 there were about 2000. In 1876, hat-maker A. Tīls opened "Limbažu filcs" (Limbaži Felt), the town's oldest company, which also secured jobs for generations of the city's inhabitants. The first town library was built in the late 19th century, and several publishing houses were opened, the largest of which was K. Paucīsis Press.

Twentieth century
After World War I Limbaži continued to grow as a center of commerce and crafts. The long-awaited rail line to Riga opened in 1934, and a 50-bed hospital opened in 1936. The House of Unity (Vienības nams) cultural center was unveiled in 1939. During World War II, Limbaži was under German occupation from 4 July 1941 until 26 September 1944. During the Soviet occupation the population increased to 8,000, with many five-storey Soviet-style apartments appearing in the 1960s. During the Soviet period, Limbaži became a factory-town with the "Lauktehnika" farm machinery center, "Limbažu filcs" felt hat factory and "Limbažu piens" – one of the largest milk processors in Latvia – all based there.

Notable residents

 * Kārlis Baumanis (May 11, 1835 – January 10, 1905), composer of the Latvian national anthem, "Dievs, svētī Latviju!"
 * Jānis Kalniņš (born 1991), ice hockey player
 * Mārcis Ošs (born 1991), footballer
 * Jānis Bērziņš (born 1993), basketball player

Notable locations

 * Limbaži Old Town, with remains of the town wall
 * Ruins of the Archbishop's castle
 * Limbaži History Museum
 * Livonian hill-fort at Ķezberkalns
 * St. John Lutheran Church (Sv. Jāņa luterāņu baznīca)
 * Kārlis Baumanis' grave and monument
 * Limbažu Lielezers (Lake Limbaži)
 * The national Olympic training center for canoeing and kayaking is situated in Limbaži

Twin towns – sister cities
Limbaži is twinned with:

 * 🇳🇴 Alver, Norway
 * 🇩🇪 Anklam, Germany
 * 🇸🇪 Klippan, Sweden
 * 🇧🇾 Luninets, Belarus
 * 🇱🇹 Panevėžys District Municipality, Lithuania
 * 🇳🇴 Sande, Norway
 * 🇷🇺 Volkhov, Russia

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mr. Luigi Forino

 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 --Allen3 talk 22:17, July 31, 2005 (UTC)

Mr. Luigi Forino
Starts out with puffery, swings into his resumé, and then gives a straight dump of his academic papers. DS 12:59, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * that'll be a delete then :D james gibbon  14:13, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - where'd he find the time to write that? He's what, 28ish? I don't believe that paper list for a minute. He's only just got his Master's degree! -Splash 01:01, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity nonsense. How many schools does he have degrees from?  (WTF?) And accorded to their website he is NOT co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cognitive Systems Research.  Seems to be a made-up CV. --Etacar11 03:21, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - for heavens' sake, surely this qualifies as a speedy, despite its length? Deb 17:43, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Vanity. Tinfoil-hattery! This individual not only claims to have a Masters degree, but to have recieved it from at least a half dozen of the most prestigious schools on earth (besides misspelling Berkeley), and also to have recieved this degree from the various schools, simultaneously on the same day! (19th May 2005). Hamster Sandwich 01:58, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
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West Byfleet railway station

West Byfleet railway station is a railway station serving the village of West Byfleet, which forms part of the borough of Woking in the English county of Surrey.

The station is on the South West Main Line, 21 mi from London Waterloo.

History
It opened in December 1887 as Byfleet, 49 years after the line was first constructed through the area. The station was renamed from Byfleet to West Byfleet on commencement of the Summer timetable, 1950. This reflected the name of the community that had developed around it, being a mile west of the original Byfleet village. West Byfleet signal box closed in March 1970.

Accidents and incidents
On 27 December 1946 the station was the scene of the derailment of a Bournemouth to London express service hauled by SR Lord Nelson class 4-6-0, 851 Sir Francis Drake. Although the entire 12 coach train and its engine were derailed at 60 mph, the coaches remained upright and in line, helped by buckeye couplings being fitted to the leading six coaches. Only three people suffered minor injuries.

Services
The station is served by all Alton and Woking (stopping) services from London Waterloo.

It adjoins West Byfleet and Woodham which are suburban settlements in the boroughs of Woking and Runnymede, to the south and north of the line, respectively. As to other towns it is the closest station to parts of the town/suburb of Byfleet and parts of the semi-rural suburb of Pyrford.

The station has three platforms, one of which (platform 2) is rarely used in line with nearby other South West Main Line stations. The station competes in the broadest sense, not of train company, with faster services at the next nearest station on the line, Woking station. Both are served by bus routes outside of the Transport for London fare-capped scheme.

at off-peak times the station has 4 trains per hour in each direction, alternating between Woking and Alton as to the end or start destination to the south-west and both having London (Waterloo) as their north-east terminus. The Alton services calling at fewer intermediate stations (being semi-fast).

Cultural references
The station frontage appeared in the 1977 movie Adventures of a Private Eye starring Christopher Neil.

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Martin H. Greenberg

Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. He was also a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel. Greenberg was also an expert in terrorism and the Middle East. He was a longtime friend, colleague and business partner of Isaac Asimov.

Biography
Greenberg was born to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Miami, a doctorate in political science from the University of Connecticut in 1969, and taught at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay from 1975 until 1996. Early in his career he was sometimes confused with Martin Greenberg, publisher of Gnome Press; they were not related. Isaac Asimov suggested that he call himself "Martin H. Greenberg" or "Martin Harry Greenberg" to distinguish him from the other Martin Greenberg "if he expected to deal fruitfully with the science-fiction world".

Greenberg's first anthology (and first speculative fiction publication) was Political Science Fiction: An Introductory Reader (Prentice Hall, 1974), edited with Patricia S. Warrick and intended for use as a teaching guide. Warrick was a colleague at one of the UW two-year colleges, University of Wisconsin–Fox Valley, who recruited Greenberg to give one lecture on the future of politics. He learned that her course used one science fiction text; she learned of his interest and made a "career-changing comment". Ten educational anthologies under the series name Through Science Fiction followed through 1978, mainly from Rand McNally. In the late 1970s Greenberg began partnering with Joseph D. Olander on more conventional science fiction anthologies. They also created the critical series Writers of the 21st Century (Taplinger, 1977 to 1983) and produced six of its seven volumes, each titled for its featured author.

Greenberg typically teamed up with another editor, splitting the duties of story selection, editing, copyright searches, and handling royalties to authors. Major partners include Isaac Asimov (127 anthologies, most notably The Great SF Stories series), Charles G. Waugh (193 anthologies), Jane Yolen, and Robert Silverberg. He and Mark Tier shared two Prometheus Special Awards in 2005 for jointly creating the anthologies Give Me Liberty and Visions of Liberty (Baen Books, 2004). He also shared one Bram Stoker Award from the horror writers for the 1998 anthology ''Horrors! 365 Scary Stories''.

The Horror Writers Association gave Greenberg its highest honor in 2003, the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement recognizing superior work that "substantially influenced the horror genre". He also received the Ellery Queen Award, which honors "outstanding people in the mystery-publishing industry", from the Mystery Writers of America in 1995 and one of three inaugural Solstice Awards in 2009, from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for his lifetime contributions to their field. He is the only person to be awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards from all three of these groups.

Greenberg died in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on June 25, 2011, from complications of cancer. He was survived by two stepdaughters from his first wife, by his second wife, and by their daughter. He is buried at the Cnesses Israel Hebrew Cemetery in Green Bay.

Selected anthologies edited

 * Political Science Fiction (1974), eds. Greenberg and Patricia S. Warrick
 * Through Science Fiction (1974 to 1978), series of ten guides for teachers edited by Greenberg and collaborators
 * Dawn of Time (1979)
 * The Science Fictional Solar System (1979)
 * Space Mail (1980)
 * Science Fiction A to Z (1982)
 * Space Mail, Volume II (1982)
 * TV: 2000 (1982)
 * The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1983, with Robert Silverberg)
 * Intergalactic Empires (1983)
 * Wizards (1983)
 * The Science Fictional Olympics (1984)
 * Young Extraterrestrials (1984)
 * Supermen (1984)
 * Witches (1984)
 * Amazing Stories: 60 Years of the Best Science Fiction (1985, with Isaac Asimov)
 * Cosmic Knights (1985)
 * Giants (1985)
 * Spells (1985)
 * Comets (1986)
 * Magical Wishes (1986)
 * Mythical Beasties (1986)
 * Tin Stars (1986)
 * Devils (1987)
 * Neanderthals (1987)
 * Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds (1987)
 * Space Shuttles (1987)
 * Atlantis (1988)
 * Ghosts (1988)
 * The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction (1988)
 * Monsters (1988)
 * Werewolves (1988, with Jane Yolen)
 * The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories (1989, with John L. Apostolou)
 * Curses (1989)
 * Foundation's Friends (1989)
 * The Further Adventures of Batman (1989)
 * The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction (1989)
 * Robots (1989)
 * Catfantastic: Nine Lives and Fifteen Tales (1989, with Andre Norton)
 * Dick Tracy: The Secret Files (1990, with Max Allan Collins)
 * The Further Adventures of The Joker (1990)
 * Invasions (1990)
 * The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction (1990)
 * Alternate Wars (1991)
 * Faeries (1991)
 * The Mammoth Book of New World Science Fiction (1991)
 * Nightmares on Elm Street: Freddy Krueger's Seven Sweetest Dreams (1991)
 * Catfantastic II (1991, with Andre Norton)
 * Alternate Americas (1992)
 * The Further Adventures of Batman Volume 2 Featuring the Penguin (1992)
 * The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction (1992)
 * Xanadu (1992, with Jane Yolen)
 * The Further Adventures of Batman Volume 3 Featuring Catwoman (1993)
 * The Further Adventures of Wonder Woman (1993)
 * The Further Adventures of Superman (1993)
 * The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction (1993)
 * Predators (1993, with Ed Gorman)
 * Xanadu 2 (1993, with Jane Yolen)
 * Xanadu 3 (1994, with Jane Yolen)
 * Catfantastic III (1994, with Andre Norton)
 * Celebrity Vampires (1995)
 * Dark Love (1995)
 * Vampire Detectives (1995)
 * Dinosaurs (1996)
 * UFOs: The Greatest Stories (1996)
 * Catfantastic IV (1996, with Andre Norton)
 * Adventures of the Batman (1997)
 * Legends of the Batman (1997)
 * Robert Bloch's Psychos (1997)
 * Tales of the Batman (1997)
 * Holmes for the Holidays (1998, with Jon L. Lellenberg and Carol-Lynn Waugh)
 * Mob Magic (1998, with Brian M. Thomsen)
 * Alternate Generals (1998, with Harry Turtledove and Roland J. Green)
 * Catfantastic V (1999, with Andre Norton)
 * My Favorite Fantasy Story (2000)
 * Murder Most Feline (2001)
 * Past Imperfect (2001)
 * Robert Silverberg Presents the Great SF Stories: 1964 (with Robert Silverberg) (2001)
 * Once Upon a Galaxy (2002)
 * Further Adventures of Xena: Warrior Princess (2003)
 * The Repentant (2003, with Brian M. Thomsen)
 * Sirius: The Dog Star (2004)
 * The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century (2005)
 * Heroes in Training (2007)
 * Full Moon City (Pocket Books, 2010, with Darrell Schweitzer)
 * Steampunk'd (DAW Books, 2010, with Jean Rabe)
 * Courts of the Fey (DAW Books, November 2011, with Russell Davis)
 * Human for a Day (DAW Books, 2011, with Jennifer Brozek)
 * Westward Weird (DAW Books, 2012, with Kerrie Hughes)

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Carnyx

The ancient carnyx was a wind instrument used by the Celts during the Iron Age, between c. 200 BC and c. AD 200. It was a type of trumpet made of bronze with an elongated S shape, held so that the long straight central portion was vertical and the short mouthpiece end section and the much wider bell were horizontal in opposed directions. The bell was styled in the shape of the head of an open-mouthed boar or other animal.

It was used in warfare, probably to incite troops to battle and intimidate opponents, as Polybius recounts. The instrument's significant height allowed it to be heard over the heads of the participants in battles or ceremonies.

Etymology
The word carnyx is derived from the Gaulish root carn- or cern-, meaning 'antler' or 'horn,' and the same root of the name of the god Cernunnos. It is cognate with the Welsh carn.

Symbolism
In Iron Age Britain, animal symbolism deliberately conveys aggressiveness and ferociousness, with examples including a boar on the Witham Shield, the snouted Deskford carnyx in Scotland and the dragon pair sword scabbard from the River Thames.

There is evidence to suggest that the carnyx would be held by a chieftain, as shown by a potential Gaulish king Bituitos figure.

Tintignac
In 2004, archaeologists discovered a first-century-BC Gallic pit at Tintignac in Corrèze, France. The deposit contained more than 500 fragments of metal objects, including seven carnyces, one of which was nearly complete. Prior to this discovery, fragments of only five carnyces had been found, in modern-day Scotland, France, Germany, Romania, and Switzerland. Four of the carnyces had boar's heads, the fifth appears to be a serpent-like monster; they appear to represent a ritual deposit dating to soon after the Roman conquest of Gaul. The Tintignac finds enabled some fragments found in northern Italy decades before to be identified in 2012 as coming from a carnyx.

Deskford
The only example from the British Isles is the Deskford Carnyx, found at the farm of Leitchestown, Deskford, Banffshire, Scotland in 1816. Only the boar's head bell survives, also apparently placed as a ritual deposit. It was donated to Banff Museum, and is now on loan from Aberdeenshire Museums Service to the Museum of Scotland. The location and age of the Deskford Carnyx suggests the instrument had a peaceful, ceremonial use and was not used only in warfare. Before 2004 this was the best surviving example, and generally copied in earlier reconstructions. The Deskford find was made almost entirely of brass, a metal used almost exclusively by the Romans, and strictly controlled by them, so just as with the vast majority of Iron Age and Roman-era Celtic brass found in Britain, the carnyx was made "with some care" from recycled Roman metal. Based in part on the metallurgy, the Museum of Scotland give a date of 80 - 250 AD for its construction, noting that it was a locally-produced piece, "a specifically Scottish variant" distinct in design from known continental carnyces and that its "decoration is typical of metalwork in north-east Scotland at the time, where there was a flourishing tradition of fine bronze-working."

Roman archaeology
Roman-struck coins suggest that a war trumpet was used by the Celts, which they called a carnyx. These celtic trumpets are dissimilar to Roman trumpets that are not described as having a "monster headed extremity". The Celtic or Gaulic carnyx was used by the Celts in a similar way to how a standard functioned for the Romans and there is an example of a Dragon-headed carnyx in the base of Trajan's Column. The carnyx has been described as identical to a Dacian trumpet. There is a clear similarity between Gaulish carnyx and the Dacian La Tene dragon standard and jewellery with dragons and serpents. A dragon-headed carnyx also appears to be held by a Gaulic woman on the breastplate of Augustus.

Others

 * The carnyx also appears on the side of the Gundestrup cauldron.
 * A small bronze boar carnyx dating from the Iron Age was found in Suffolk, England in 2021.

Literature
The name is known from textual sources, carnyces are reported from the Celtic attack on the Delphi in 279 BC, as well as from Julius Caesar's campaign in Gaul and Claudius' invasion of Britain. Diodorus Siculus around 60–30 BC, wrote:
 * Their trumpets again are of a peculiar barbarian kind; they blow into them and produce a harsh sound which suits the tumult of war.

Objects from Tintignac
Objects found at Tintignac were exhibited at the 2012 exhibition "Les Gaulois, une expo renversante" (The Gauls, a stunning exhibition).

Modern reconstructions
The reconstruction of the Deskford Carnyx was initiated by Dr. John Purser, and commenced in 1991 funded jointly by the Glenfiddich Living Scotland award and the National Museums of Scotland. In addition to John Purser as musicologist, the team consisted of the archaeologist Fraser Hunter, silversmith John Creed, and trombonist John Kenny. After 2,000 years of silence the reconstructed Deskford Carnyx was unveiled at the National Museum of Scotland in April 1993.

In 1993 Kenny became the first person to play the carnyx in 2,000 years, and has since lectured and performed on the instrument internationally, in the concert hall, on radio, television, and film. There are numerous compositions for the carnyx and it is featured on seven CDs. On 15 March 2003 he performed solo to an audience of 65,000 in the Stade De France in Paris.

On 15 June 2017 "The Music of the Forest", a specially commissioned work by Lakeland composer, Christopher Gibbs, featuring a reconstructed carnyx, received its world premiere at Slaidburn Village Hall. The four-part song cycle evoked the landscape and history of the Forest of Bowland and was performed by the Renaissance Singers of Blackburn Cathedral under the direction of Samuel Hudson. The carnyx was played by John Kenny.

In popular culture
The carnyx is featured in the opening battle scene of Gladiator (2000); and is used as both a musical instrument and a fear-inducing weapon. It appears in several battle scenes of the French film, Druids (2001). A carnyx appears near the beginning of the 2012 Pixar computer-animated film Brave. The carnyx is used in the Gallic soundtrack in Sid Meier's Civilization VI.

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The Hangar at JAARS.

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Talk:Auchan

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the headquarters of Auchan aren't in Paris. They are near Lille

if possible can someone find a less pixellated picture for the company logo, and could someone improve the info about the slogan.

Thailand
Just added a little more about its Thailand store. U guys know how to reference? i don't. Source: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3153/2879709783_5dd7587c7f_o.png —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.147.46.168 (talk) 22:54, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Disputed
The first Auchan in Houston (on Beltway 8 between Bissonnet St and Beechnut St) was there before 1998. It was sometime earlier in the 90s, or maybe even the 80s. Anyone know the exact date of opening?

I used to work in the Auchan in Houston in the late 1980's. The store was opened around 1987 or 1988, I don't remember exactly when as I was in the US Army at the time, but I do remember seeing the store under construction when I would come home to Houston on leave during 1987-1988. I worked at Auchan soon after I got out of the Army in November 1988 as a security associate, then later cahsier. I don't remember the exact dates, but it was from May 1989 to August 1990.

Also, when I was working there during the summer of 1989, a large number of associates there temporarily relocated to Chicago as Auchan was openeing a store there. I don't remember where in Chicago, but it was reported that the store wouldn't be as large as the one in Houston. The associates were gone for around 2 months.

The Chicagoland Auchan was in Bridgeview at 79th & Harlem (IL-43). I clearly remember it from my childhood. It was open for at  least a few months sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s. I also remember xenophobic protesters outside the store calling for a boycott.Kadomony 03:11, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

The Auchan was one of the first stores I remember as containing restaurants inside the store. This Auchan had a McDonald's, Pizza Hut Express, Taco Bell, TCBY Yogurt, and a Take-out Chinese place. The store also had a brach office of NCNB of Texas (later to become Nations Bank, and now Bank of America).

Auchan was also one of the first hypermarket stores. In fact the store's name was Auchan Hypermarket at the time. There was a big to-do in Houston at the time as the concept was a novelty.

I left Houston in Februrary 1999 and the store was still there, but was no longer anywhere near as successful as it was when it first opened. The store had been declining in popularity and quality since the early 1990's. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User: (talk • contribs)

Now the store is a Vietnamese Grocery Store "Viet Hoa".

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Auchan USA
Uses "Auchan Texfield Inc" for Auchan USA WhisperToMe (talk) 00:08, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
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Auchan (French pronunciation: [oʃɑ̃]) is a French multinational retail group headquartered in Croix, France.[4] It was founded in 1961 by Gérard Mulliez and is owned by the Mulliez family, who has 95% stake in the company.[5] With 354,851 employees, of which 261,000 have 5% stake in the company, it is the 35th largest 197.211.58.111 (talk) 03:37, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

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Lucas Fox

Lucas Fox (born 25 February 1953) is an English drummer who was a founding member of British rock band Motörhead and London punk rock band Warsaw Pakt.

Motörhead
In 1975, Fox picked up Lemmy from London Airport after he was sacked from Hawkwind. Lemmy, Fox and Larry Wallis started a new band named Bastards, however the band's name was quickly changed to Motörhead following a suggestion by the band's manager Doug Smith. The band started by supporting Greenslade at the roundhouse on 20 July performing cover versions except ‘Motörhead’ (Lemmy), ‘On Parole’ and ‘City Kids’ (Larry Wallis). Fox was the drummer for six months before being replaced during their first album at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales, recording sessions by Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor. Fox's drumming appeared on the On Parole album track "Lost Johnny" which, unlike the rest of the songs Fox recorded for the album, were not overdubbed with Taylor's drums.

Fox also appeared in the band's 10th anniversary video in 1985, joining the band on stage for the final number, "Motorhead" at Hammersmith Odeon, London.

Warsaw Pakt
In Spring 1977, Warsaw Pakt was formed around Ladbroke Grove, London, composed of lead guitarist Andy Colquhoun of The Rockets, Fox on drums, vocalist Jimmy Coull, John Walker on rhythm guitar, and Chris Underhill on bass. The band gigged around local venues and played with Siouxsie and the Banshees at a gig in the bar of Exeter College, Oxford. Their debut album Needle Time was released through Island Records. 5,000 copies were sold in the first week, and at the end of the week Island Records decided they would not have any more pressed. The band continued to play locally for a few months more before finally splitting up in March 1978.

To avoid confusion with Warsaw Pakt, the band Joy Division changed their band name from the original, Warsaw.

Later career
After the break-up of Warsaw Pakt, Fox played for a brief time with the band Walking Wounded. In 1982 he was in the band The Spy's and they released one album that year, however the band soon split up. Fox was also one of the many drummers The Scientist employed between 1985 and 1986, of Civilisation Machine in 1985, and worked on Andrew Eldritch's side-project The Sisterhood.

In the late 1980s, Fox moved to France and became a technical director and programming director of the Midem festival, Cannes, France in 1986, 1987 and 1988, programming artists including James Brown, Al Jarreau, Kim Wilde, and Véronique Sanson. This led to him heading an effort by the French Culture Ministry (Jack Lang) to promote French bands abroad with The French Revolution In New York in July 1989, French Invasion Of New York in July 1990, World Music Day (LA, San Francisco) and Bastille Day In The Park (Central Park, NYC) in 1991 with 35, 000 spectators, France En Direct (London and Glasgow) in 1992 with Salif Keita amongst other artists. These events were responsible for the international success of bands such as the Gipsy Kings, Mory Kante, Cheb Khaled, Mano Negra, Les Satellites, Pigalle.

At the same time, Fox went on to produce many independent bands: Fixed Up, the Austrian gothic rock group A Wedding Anniversary, Ekatarina Velika, The Sisterhood, The Batmen, Paul Collins Beat, Les Musiciens Du Métro (compilation of 17 bands from the Parisian Metro), The Bowling Team's first album (co-produced with Troy Henriksen).

In 2018 he joined Paul Rudolph, original singer and guitarist of Pink Fairies and ex-Hawkwind bassist Alan Davey to record the album Resident Reptiles under the Pink Fairies name for Cleopatra Records.

Discography

 * With WH Pierce Band
 * WH Pierce Band – My Cow's A Gonna – 5 songs produced by Roger Walters & Nick Mason, Pink Floyd

 * With Ross Stagg
 * Ross Stagg – I'll Never Be A Star, But I Might Pye Records

 * With Motörhead
 * Motorhead – On Parole EMI (724385479427) 1997 Re-issue with 'The Dave Edmunds Produced' tracks of "On Parole", "City Kids", "Motorhead" and "Leaving Here" on which Fox drummed, as well as "Lost Johnny"
 * Motorhead – The Birthday Party – Live Originally released as a VHS, and in 1991 as LP, cassette, and CD. It has also been released (in Brazil. 2003) as a DVD.

 * With Warsaw Pakt
 * Warsaw Pakt – Needle Time Island Records (ILPS9515)

 * Carl Groszman's White Lightning
 * Carl Groszman's White Lightning – Geraldine produced by Bruce Lynch, Ringo Records

 * With The Spy's
 * The Spy's – Same Edel Records Gmbh then Line Records (LLP5145AP)

 * With Civilisation Machine
 * Civilisation Machine – Into the Juice Closer Records – EP
 * Civilisation Machine – Walk to the Sea Closer Records – Single

 * With The Sisterhood
 * The Sisterhood – Gift Merciful Release (SIS020) LP
 * The Sisterhood – Giving Ground Merciful Release (SIS010) Single

 * The Bowling Team
 * The Bowling Team – Serious – Fiction Factory Mastering – Album

 * With Pink Fairies
 * Pink Fairies – Resident Reptiles Purple Pyramid (CLO-0797) Album

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Greenwich Pizza

Greenwich Pizza, also known as Greenwich, is a pizza and pasta chain in the Philippines. It was founded in 1971 by Cresida Tueres.

Greenwich Pizza started in 1971 as a small store at Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan, Rizal (now part of Metro Manila). The name "Greenwich" is in tribute to its founder Cressida Tueres's first customers, which were students from the private school La Salle Green Hills that has green as its school color. In 1994, Jollibee Foods Corporation acquired 80% of Greenwich shares. Then, in 2006, Jollibee bought out the remaining shares of its partners in Greenwich for ₱384 million, giving rise to a new company known as the Greenwich Pizza Corporation. The franchise experienced rapid expansion from the original 50 stores in 1994 to over 240 stores with an annual revenue of over ₱4 billion in 2005. Expanding further through 2011, the corporation had opened over 330 stores.

Greenwich Pizza later became a brand managed by Fresh N' Famous Foods, a subsidiary of Jollibee Foods Corporation.

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 * Merge with 9/11 conspiracy theories. AdorableRuffian 15:22, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge/delete. Pavel Vozenilek 22:22, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with above or maybe 9/11 conspiracy claims regarding Jews or Israel. —Tokek 00:47, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
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The Missing Link (wrestler)

Byron James John "Dewey" Robertson (February 28, 1939 – August 16, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler, known best by his ring name The Missing Link.

As The Missing Link, Robertson wore blue and green face paint and shaved portions of his head while letting the hair grow in other areas. His gimmick was similar to that of George Steele and Kamala, a crazy out-of-control wild man who needed a trainer or manager to lead him to the ring. During his matches, Robertson would often ram his own head repeatedly into the turnbuckle or wooden chair, headbutt and dive head first onto an opponent.

He achieved his greatest fame late in his career, wrestling in WCCW, managed by Skandor Akbar and in the WWF, managed by Bobby Heenan and Jimmy Hart in the mid-1980s.

Early career (1961-1979)
Robertson started wrestling in his native Canada in the 1961 as Dewey Robertson. He was a very popular babyface in the Toronto area. It was long believed that he was a protege of former NWA world champion Whipper Billy Watson (William Potts), but Watson did not start him in the business. Watson was, however, the godfather of Robertson’s sons. He left to wrestle in the Southern United States and Australia in 1973, but returned a year later as "The Masked Crusader" with manager John St. John (John Lang). He was on a crusade to keep wrestling scientific but was soon unmasked by The Sheik. After that, Robertson formed a tag team called "The Crusaders" with Billy Red Lyons. He also owned a gym in the 1970s, and had a famous television spot where he tore up a phone book in a supermarket ad. Robertson's first title victory came in May 1973 when he teamed with Dennis Stamp to win the Tri-State version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. They held the belts until July, when they dropped them to Alex Perez and El Gran Tapio. Robertson found more success in tag team wrestling the following year while competing in Toronto, Ontario. He teamed with Billy Red Lyons to win the Toronto version of the NWA International Tag Team Championship from The Love Brothers (Hartford and Reginald) on June 23, 1974. The Love Brothers regained the belts on September 8, but Robertson and Lyons won them back on December 29. They then held the belts for over six months before dropping the titles to Mike and Pat Kelly in June 1975. Robertson and Lyons had one final reign as champions, when they won a rematch on August 24. During one match his right leg was broken while performing a sunset flip on one of the Kelly twins. He and Lyons also toured Japan.

National Wrestling Alliance (1979–1985)
In 1979, Robertson wrestled in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions as a heel with "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers as his manager. He used Rogers' figure-four leg lock as his finisher. That year, he also won a tournament for the vacant NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship in Toronto by defeating Gene Kiniski, Ken Patera and then Greg Valentine in the final round. He fought both NWA world champion Harley Race and AWA world champion Nick Bockwinkel in separate matches in Toronto. With Bockwinkel he won with the Canadian heavyweight belt on the line. In a rematch with the AWA title for grabs they went to a draw. He later lost the Canadian title to the Great Hossien AKA the Iron Sheik. He was offered a contract as NWA World heavyweight champion, but the NWA had concerns over his drinking habits. Into 1980 he traveled between Ontario and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, where he continued to wrestle as a tag team competitor. He won the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship by teaming with George Wells to defeat The Sheepherders on December 12, 1980. The pair held the belts for almost two months before dropping it to Genichiro Tenryu and Mr. Fuji in February 1981. Robertson regained the championship later that year, however, by teaming with Johnny Weaver to take the belts from Tenryu and Fuji.

Robertson moved to Central States Wrestling, where he won the majority of his titles. On October 22, 1981, he won the NWA Central States Television Championship with a victory over Gene Lewis. He lost the belt to Oliver Humperdink later that year but soon regained it in a rematch. On February 18, 1982, however, he dropped the belt back to Lewis. This allowed Robertson to focus on the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship, which he won a total of five times. His first reign came in October 1981 when he teamed with Rufus R. Jones to defeat Buzz Tyler and J. J. Dillon. His next reign came in March 1982 when he teamed with Steve Regal to win the belts from Roger Kirby and Jerry Valiant. The title changed hands twice more that month, as Kirby and Valiant quickly regained the title only to drop it back to Robertson and Regal. Two months later, Kirby and Valiant won the belts back again. Robertson found a new partner, however, and won the championship by teaming with Hercules Hernandez in August. The reign lasted less than a month, but Robertson and Hernandez held the belts one final time after another victory in September 1982. The following year, Robertson's main success came as a singles wrestler. On February 10, 1983, he won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship with a victory over Manny Fernandez. He lost the belt to Bob Brown two months later but regained it in a rematch the following week. Robertson's final title reign ended when he dropped the title to Race on June 2, 1983.

In 1983, he changed his look and became "Max, the Missing Link" in Mid-South Wrestling with a gimmick of looking and acting bizarre. He later went to World Class Championship Wrestling under Skandor Akbar's Devastation Inc. stable simply called "The Missing Link" and feuded with the Von Erichs and The Fabulous Freebirds. He later wrestled in Championship Wrestling from Florida for a short stint and feuded with Bugsy McGraw.

World Wrestling Federation (1985)
A full-page photo of The Missing Link appeared in the April 29, 1985, issue of Sports Illustrated, which had Hulk Hogan on the cover and reported on Vince McMahon's aggressive strategy to take his World Wrestling Federation national. Two weeks later, The Missing Link made his WWF debut on May 20, 1985, in Madison Square Garden; he was accompanied to the ring by manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and defeated S.D. Jones in less than two minutes. During his brief run in the WWF, most of his matches were against jobbers. Many times, he defeated S.D. Jones, George Wells, Rick McGraw, Salvatore Bellomo, Tony Garea, Jose Luis Rivera, Lanny Poffo, and Swede Hanson. However, he typically lost when matched against bigger stars. His first recorded loss in the WWF came on July 22, 1985, at the Nassau Coliseum, against George "The Animal" Steele. On July 24, in Buffalo, New York, he lost to Bruno Sammartino by countout. During this match, he busted several of the chairs in which the ringside commissioners were sitting and the incident almost had the WWF banned from the city. On August 18, he was pinned by Intercontinental Champion Tito Santana at the first-ever WWF show in Tampa, Florida. He also lost matches to Ivan Putski, Tony Atlas, and B. Brian Blair.

While in the WWF, he fought Mad Dog Vachon three times: a draw at the Met Center in Minneapolis (August 25); a win by countout in Milwaukee (September 5); and a loss in Denver (September 20). In September 1985, Heenan traded The Missing Link and Adrian Adonis to manager Jimmy Hart in exchange for King Kong Bundy. In his final televised match on WWF Prime Time Wrestling on November 12 (taped October 12 at the Boston Garden), Paul Orndorff pinned The Missing Link in less than five minutes with a high knee after the Link was distracted by his manager, Jimmy Hart, shouting into his megaphone on the ring apron; this was a $50,000 bounty match (Heenan would have paid the Link the bounty if the Link had put Orndorff out of action). He abruptly left the WWF in October 1985 due to drug issues.

Later career and retirement (1985–2007)
In November 1985, he went to World Class Championship Wrestling and was first managed by Percy Pringle only to turn face after saving Sunshine from an attack from The Great Kabuki then again from Percy Pringle and Rick Rude. In late 1986, he left for the Universal Wrestling Federation where he was managed by Dark Journey. He would later return to World Class and wrestle in World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. He retired in 1996, but returned on the independent circuit as The Missing Link in 2004. He notably wrestled his son Jason Sterling and Edge (wrestler). His last match was against Al Jihad in Buffalo, NY on May 5, 2007.

Personal life
Robertson's parents Ethel and Kenneth divorced in 1954. He attended Westdale High School in Hamilton. As a teen he worked at a golf course in Hamilton. He later worked various jobs from salesman, steelworker and even an arena manager. Robertson's sons, Jason and Mark, were also professional wrestlers. He was married to Gail Stirling for many years but they divorced in 1995. According to Bill Mercer, while married they lived in a naturist community. From the late 1970s to his death, he battled substance abuse. For a few months, he and his wife were homeless until they received help from fellow wrestler Gene Anderson in North Carolina. Once they returned to southern Ontario a police officer he befriended helped him find work as a court bailiff in Hamilton.

In June 1994, Robertson attempted suicide by overdosing on an anti-depressant medication. He often self medicated with marijuana and alcohol, and he took an entire bottle of the anti-depressant medication. He was eventually discovered where he was taken to a nearby hospital where he later recovered.

He admitted to taking steroids and abusing alcohol during his career. In 2006, his autobiography Bang Your Head: The Real Story of The Missing Link was published by ECW Press. In it, he discussed his addiction to steroids, alcohol, and drugs. He also did lectures in schools and prisons on substance abuse. He was a close friend of Ted DiBiase at that stage and received help from a Christian group in Ontario. He also served on the governor general's panel on substance abuse. He also was a court constable in the Hamilton court system. He was a respected and appreciated volunteer for many years after achieving sobriety, at the Hamilton Wentworth Detention Centre. While there, he mentored inmates on physical fitness and recovery.

Death
Robertson died on August 16, 2007, after a long battle with lung cancer. He was living in Hamilton, Ontario at the time of his death.

Championships and accomplishments

 * Central States Wrestling
 * NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
 * NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Rufus R. Jones (1), Steve Regal (2), Hercules Hernandez (2)
 * NWA Central States Television Championship (2 times)

 * Maple Leaf Wrestling
 * NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version) (1 time)
 * NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version) (3 times) – with Billy Red Lyons

 * Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
 * NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with George Wells (1) and Johnny Weaver (1)

 * NWA Tri-State
 * NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time) – with Dennis Stamp

 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * PWI ranked him No. 292 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

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Byfleet & New Haw railway station

Byfleet & New Haw railway station is on the London to Woking line, operated by South Western Railway. The station is at the northern edge of Byfleet with the village of New Haw immediately to the north and the M25 motorway within 400 m to the west.

It is in the county of Surrey and 500 m from the Brooklands business, industrial, museum and retail estate in the south west of Weybridge. It is 20 mi from London Waterloo and is situated between Weybridge and West Byfleet.

History
The station was designed by the architect James Robb Scott and opened on 10 July 1927 to cater for the increasing local population. The opening of the Vickers aircraft factory in 1911 led to Byfleet's population doubling in just ten years. Many new houses were built to accommodate the factory workers.

The station was originally called "West Weybridge" and changed to its present name in June 1962.

It is on a section of railway that forms part of the South West Main Line's original form, the London and Southampton Railway, which was built in stages. The first stage opened in May 1838 and joined the London Terminus in Nine Elms with Woking Common, now Woking.

Byfleet and New Haw Station is in close proximity to the historical Brooklands racetrack and aerodrome, which date back to 1907. The racetrack hosted the 1927 British Grand Prix a few months after the station opened.

Services

All services at Byfleet & New Haw are operated by South Western Railway.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 2 tph to London Waterloo via Surbiton
 * 2 tph to Woking

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

On Sundays, the services to Woking are extended to and from Guildford and the station is also served by an additional hourly service between Woking and London Waterloo that runs via Staines and Hounslow instead of via Surbiton.

Ticket office and station staff
Byfleet and New Haw's ticket office is staffed on a part-time basis but has no platform staff. There is an automated ticket machine at the bottom of the first staircase.

Refurbishment
In March 2013, work began to refurbish the booking hall, subway and stairwells at the station. Works were completed in August 2013.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yusuf Kaka

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Yusuf Kaka
Non-notable person. --Canderson7 13:08, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability not shown. --TheParanoidOne 13:43, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to user page/delete. Pavel Vozenilek 22:21, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete/Userfy nn vanity. --Etacar11 03:24, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable vanity. JamesBurns 03:05, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
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