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Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg

Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg (חיים פנחס שיינברג; 1 October 1910 – 20 March 2012) was a Polish-born, American-raised, Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva who, from 1965, made his home in the Kiryat Mattersdorf neighborhood of Jerusalem. He was the rosh yeshiva of the Torah Ore yeshiva in Kiryat Mattersdorf and Yeshivas Derech Chaim in Brooklyn. He was a posek (decisor of Jewish law), Gadol HaDor, and one of the last living Torah scholars to have been educated in the yeshivas of prewar Europe. He was often consulted on a range of communal and personal halachic issues. He was one of the rabbinic leaders of Kiryat Mattersdorf, together with Rabbi Yisroel Gans and Rabbi Yitzchok Yechiel Ehrenfeld. He was also a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Israel.

Early years
Scheinberg was born in Ostrov, Poland, the second son of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Scheinberg and Yuspa (Yosefa) Tamback. Earlier that year his father had gone to America to avoid conscription into the Polish army and with the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the family lost contact. By 1919, Scheinberg's father had saved enough money to open his own tailor shop and pay for his wife and children to go America.

At age 9 he moved with his family to an apartment on the Lower East Side. After briefly attending public school, Scheinberg enrolled in the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School where he studied until he was 14, when Yaakov Yosef Herman encouraged him to go to Rabbi Yehuda Levenberg's Beis Medrash LeRabbonim yeshiva in New Haven, Connecticut, where no secular subjects were taught. Herman also wanted Scheinberg to marry his daughter, Bessie, who was then only 12 years old. Scheinberg left the yeshiva at the age of sixteen and a half, having studied the entire Talmud.

At age 17 Scheinberg went to Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary where he studied under rabbis Shlomo Polachek and Moshe Soloveichik.

When Scheinberg was 19 Herman suggested Scheinberg marry his 17-year-old daughter Bessie and the Scheinbergs agreed. Scheinberg received rabbinic ordination before his wedding.

Mir, Poland
Scheinberg and his wife moved to Mir, Belarus (then Poland). where they lived next-door to a yeshiva where Scheinberg studied, and where he was one of the few students who was married and one of the few American students at the yeshiva. His wife's brother Nochum Dovid sister Ruchoma moved to Mir with their spouses. Scheinberg's younger brother, Shmuel, came to study at the Mir at the age of 14; he escaped on one of the last ships leaving Europe before World War II broke out.

The Scheinbergs' first two daughters, Fruma Rochel and Rivka, were born in Poland. When they were expecting their first child, Scheinberg and his wife visited Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (known as the Chofetz Chaim), a leader of Ashkenazi Jewry at the time, to receive his blessing. When Scheinberg asked for an additional blessing since he had come all the way from America to study, the Chofetz Chaim said, "Moses came down all the way from heaven to teach the Jews Torah. What’s the big deal about coming from America to Europe?!” Then he blessed them.

While in Europe, Scheinberg also studied at the Kaminetz yeshiva and received rabbinic ordination.

New York
In 1935 the Scheinbergs returned to America because his American citizenship would have expired after more than five years abroad. Soon after his return, Scheinberg was offered the position of mashgiach ruchani (spiritual supervisor) of the Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim in Queens founded by Rabbi Dovid Leibowitz, a position he held for 25 years before leaving to open his own yeshiva, Torah Ore. During this time, Scheinberg also became the rabbi of Congregation Bakash Shalom Anshei Ostrov on the Lower East Side, where he gave Torah lectures to working men.

The Scheinbergs had two more daughters, Chana and Zelda, and a son, Simcha, in New York. Zelda was married to Rabbi Nisson Alpert. They also raised Rivky Kaufman, one of the seven orphans of Bessie's sister Freida, after the latter's sudden death in 1938.

With the help of his brother Shmuel and his son-in-law, Rabbi Chaim Dov Altusky (Fruma Rochel's husband), Scheinberg opened the Torah Ore yeshiva in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in 1960. The yeshiva started with six students and went on to enroll many local Sephardi boys.

Move to Israel
In 1963 Bessie's sister Ruchoma visited their father in Israel and toured a planned Haredi housing development in northern Jerusalem called Kiryat Mattersdorf, which was founded by Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld, the Mattersdorfer Rav, who was Ruchoma's neighbor in New York. Upon her return, Ruchoma told Bessie about her desire to buy an apartment there, and Bessie also expressed interest in buying an apartment. Though Scheinberg was skeptical about relocating his family and his American yeshiva to Israel, he made a pilot trip to tour the development and decided that it could work. Ehrenfeld's son, Rabbi Akiva Ehrenfeld, who was his representative in supervising the construction and sale of the apartments, encouraged Scheinberg to relocate his yeshiva to Jerusalem from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn by offering attractive terms for apartments and land for the yeshiva.

The Scheinbergs, their daughter Fruma Rochel and her family, their son Simcha and his family, and over 20 of Scheinberg's students moved into their new homes in May 1965. Rabbi Asa Wittow, a married student who had learned under Scheinberg since 1960 and who also served as his driver in New York, made aliyah with him and moved into the same apartment building.

Scheinberg first established the Torah Ore yeshiva in the Diskin Orphanage building in Jerusalem's Givat Shaul neighborhood. When the Six-Day War broke out in June 1967 and many American tourists headed home, Scheinberg encouraged his students to stay, and none of the American students at Torah Ore left the yeshiva. During the war, Scheinberg showed his complete devotion to his students, giving them encouragement and sleeping together with them in the bomb shelter.

After the war, Scheinberg undertook plans to build a permanent home for his yeshiva. Torah Ore moved into its present building in Kiryat Mattersdorf in 1971. As of 2011, the yeshiva enrolls nearly 800 students, including over 500 kollel students.

Bessie was a key partner in her husband's work, supporting him and his students and opening her home to the many people who sought her husband's counsel. They installed a telephone in their bedroom so callers could reach him at any hour. On Simchat Torah, when hundreds of singing and dancing students escorted Scheinberg home from the yeshiva after the services, she would look on from their sixth-floor apartment. When he came upstairs, he would say to her, "Did you see that? Did you see all those students singing and dancing? That was all because of you. It's all yours, Basha". Similarly, when she came into the yeshiva, he would give up his seat for her, saying, "Basha, this seat belongs to you".

Scheinberg became a central address for Americans in Israel seeking guidance for raising children, finding a neighborhood to live in, finding spouses, and coping with medical issues, as well as regular halachic questions. His approbation was sought for many Hebrew- and English-language halacha books for adults and children. The English sefer Rigshei Lev: Women and tefillah – perspectives, laws and customs cites his halachic opinions extensively. In 2000, his neighborhood lectures to English-speaking women were compiled in a book titled Heart to Heart Talks, published by ArtScroll.

Later life
His wife died on 21 October 2009 at the age of 96 after over 79 years of marriage.

Scheinberg died in the Shaare Zedek Medical Center of Jerusalem at the age of 101 on 20 March 2012 (27 Adar 5772) after a brief illness. He had an inflammation in the kidneys and an infection in his vascular system. An estimated 70,000 people attended his funeral, which began at the Torah Ore yeshiva and proceeded to the Mount of Olives. His only son, Rabbi Simcha Scheinberg, succeeded him as rosh yeshiva of Torah Ore.

Works

 * Derech Emunah U-Bitachon (The Way of Faith and Trust)
 * Tabaas HaChoshen (see here) – a comprehensive, multi-volume explanation of the Ketzot Hachoshen, first published in 1951
 * Mishmeres Chaim
 * Shiurei Rebbe Chaim Pinchas – shiurim and new Torah thoughts on numerous Talmudic tractates, edited by Rabbi Mordechai Levine, Toras Chaim: The Association for the Dissemination of Torah, 2005
 * Netivot Chaim (translated into English as The Torah Way of Life by Jerusalem Publications: Vol. 1: Bereishis (2004), ISBN 0-9743911-9-0; Vol. 2: Shemos (2005); Vol. 4: Bamidbar (2007).
 * Imrei Chaim
 * Imrei Chaim

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MRC: Multi-Racing Championship

MRC: Multi-Racing Championship is a racing video game developed by Genki and released for the Nintendo 64 in 1997. It was published in North America and Europe by Ocean and in Japan by Imagineer. The game is compatible with the Controller Pak and the Rumble Pak.

Gameplay
In Championship mode, the player competes against nine computer-controlled racers. Finishing first advances the game. In Time Trial mode, players try to finish a course in as short a time as possible. Ghost car is included so the player can compete against the best time recorded. Free Run mode lets the player drive freely without other opponents or time limit. The VS Race mode lets two players compete against each other. The unlockable Match Race option pits the player against a hidden computer opponent in a night-time race. Weather effects like rain, fog and snow are included.

MRC features ten cars, which are divided into two groups: road cars and off-road vehicles. There are seven different areas for car customization: tires, brakes, suspension, steering, transmission, gear ratio, and aerodynamics. MRC includes three tracks: Sea Side, Mountain, and Downtown. The courses have multiple paths and mirror images can be unlocked.

Development
The game was unveiled at the April 1997 Tokyo Game Show, where it drew large crowds despite publisher Imagineer having only a small booth.

It was the first game from an Infogrames subsidiary to be released on the Nintendo 64.

Reception
Multi Racing Championship held a 67% on the review aggregation website GameRankings based on 12 reviews. Critics liked that players could customize their car to suit different road conditions    and the mixture of on-road and off-road racing,   but felt the small number of tracks severely hurt the game's value. While most critics praised the controls,  GameSpot found the realistic handling forces the player to slow down too much, concluding that MRC doesn't have the illusion of speed, and making gameplay as dull. Matt Casamassina of IGN described MRC as decent average racer game. Edge highlighted the realistic handling of the cars, which varies depending on the road surface material. The magazine criticized the game's short length, but admitted that the two-player mode gives the game some longevity.

Most critics also said the graphics overall were solid but failed to actually impress,   and found the announcer annoying. GamePro argued that despite the game's flaws, it is worth checking out because it was thus far the Nintendo 64's only real alternative to the critically panned Cruis'n USA. However, GameSpot and IGN both pointed out that Top Gear Rally and San Francisco Rush would both be out soon and looked more promising than MRC. Three of Electronic Gaming Monthlys four reviewers also felt MRC was not as good as the rest of the racing games arriving on the Nintendo 64 in late 1997, and echoed IGNs assessment of the game as distinctly average. In contrast, Next Generation lauded its "wonderful graphical complexity", also praising realism and physics model and considering the game as a respectable rival to Sega racing games.

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Molossians

The Molossians were a group of ancient Greek tribes which inhabited the region of Epirus in classical antiquity. Together with the Chaonians and the Thesprotians, they formed the main tribal groupings of the northwestern Greek group. On their northern frontier, they neighbored the Chaonians and on their southern frontier neighbored the kingdom of the Thesprotians. They formed their own state around 370 BC and were part of the League of Epirus. The most famous Molossian ruler was Pyrrhus of Epirus, considered one of the greatest generals of antiquity. The Molossians sided against Rome in the Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC) and were defeated. Following the war, the region witnessed devastation while a considerable number of Molossians and other Epirotes were enslaved and transported to the Roman Republic, overwhelmingly in the Italian Peninsula itself.

Ancient sources

According to Strabo, the Molossians, along with the Chaonians and Thesprotians, were the most famous among the fourteen tribes of Epirus, who once ruled over the whole region. The Chaonians ruled Epirus at an earlier time, and afterwards the Thesprotians and Molossians controlled the region. The Thesprotians, the Chaonians, and the Molossians were the three principal clusters of Greek tribes that had emerged from Epirus and were the most powerful among all other tribes.

The Molossians were also renowned for their vicious hounds, which were used by shepherds to guard their flocks. This is where the canine breed Molossoid, native to Greece, received its name. Virgil tells us that in ancient Greece the heavier Molossian dogs were often used by the Greeks and Romans for hunting (canis venaticus) and to watch over the house and livestock (canis pastoralis). "Never, with them on guard," says Virgil, "need you fear for your stalls a midnight thief, or onslaught of wolves, or Iberian brigands at your back."

Strabo records that the Thesprotians, Molossians and Macedonians referred to old men as pelioi (πελιοί) and old women as peliai (πελιαί) (<PIE *pel-, "grey"). Cf. Ancient Greek πέλεια peleia, "pigeon", so-called because of its dusky grey color. Ancient Greek πελός pelos meant "grey". Their senators were called Peligones (Πελιγόνες), similar to Macedonian Peliganes (Πελιγᾶνες).

Molossian royalty
The Molossian ruling dynasty claimed to be descended from mythological Molossus, one of the three sons of Neoptolemus, son of Achilles and Deidamia. Following the sack of Troy, Neoptolemus and his armies settled in Epirus where they joined with the local population. Molossus inherited the kingdom of Epirus after the death of Helenus, son of Priam and Hecuba of Troy, who had married his erstwhile sister-in-law Andromache after Neoptolemus's death. According to some historians, their first king was Phaethon, one of those who came into Epirus with Pelasgus. According to Plutarch, Deucalion and Pyrrha, having set up the worship of Zeus at Dodona, settled there among the Molossians. At the time, among writers of the classical era these stories were not doubted. According to Johannes Engels (2010) in the Oxford Companion to Macedonia, genealogical links through the Trojan cycle and other myths strongly connected Epirus with the rest of Greece, precluding serious debate about the Greekness of the Epirotes, including the Molossians.

The most famed member of the Molossian dynasty was Pyrrhus, who became famous for his several Pyrrhic victories in battle over the Romans. According to Plutarch, Pyrrhus was the son of Aeacides of Epirus and a Greek woman from Thessaly named Phthia, the daughter of a war hero in the Lamian War. Pyrrhus was a second cousin of Alexander the Great. Moreover, Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great, was a member of this celebrated sovereign house.

Molossian core
During the Late Bronze Age the Molossians were probably located over much of the central and western ranges of the Pindos. They were among the known Greek tribes of the Mycenaean period (1600–1100 BC) after the Proto-Greek split. The area of Pogoni has been regarded as the heartland of the Molossian tribes due to the large number of tumuli burials found in this region dating from that time. They initially lived in small unwalled settlements, kata komas, mainly scattered in the river valleys and lakeside areas of central Epirus. Among those settlements the most excavated were located in Liatovouni at the confluence of the Aoös and Voidomatis rivers at the valley of Konitsa established in the 13th–12th century B.C and Vitsa (from 9th century B.C). At the earliest burial at Liatovouni Mycenaean weapons were unearthed. This Molossian cemetery consist of a total of 103 burials and was in use until late 5th to early 4th century B.C. A large Molossian cemetery, was also found at Koutsokrano, Pogoni.

Molossian expansion
Molossians were also among the Greek colonists that reached the Ionian shore of Asia Minor during the period of its colonization (1020–900 BC). The Molossian expansion in Epirus possibly began in the early 6th century BC. As such they became a leading power in the region already from the time of historian Hecataeus (c. 550–476 BC). Their expansion was primarily directed towards the Thesprotians. However, the nearby Chaonians also lost some pastures but they kept control of an area stretching from Grammos (ancient Boion) to the southwest of Ohrid-Prespa.

The Epirotes were traditionally in friendly terms with the Corinthians, however in 5th century BC during the last decades of the reign of Tharyps, the Molossians adopted a pro-Athenian policy. This change had also its effects in trade.

In 385 BC, Alcetas, the deposed Molossian king who was exiled to the court of Dionysius of Syracuse with aid by the Illyrians, attacked the faction of Molossian dynasty who had overthrown him and attempted to take power. Dionysius planned to control all the Ionian Sea. Sparta intervened and expelled the Illyrians who were led by Bardyllis. Even with the aid of 2,000 Greek hoplites and 500 suits of Greek armour, the Illyrians were defeated by the Spartans (led by Agesilaus) but not before ravaging the region and killing 15,000 Molossians. Alcetas eventually managed to restore his power and brought the Molossian state closer to Athens (the traditional enemy of Sparta).

Unified Epirus
The ruling Molossian Aeacidae dynasty managed to create the first centralized state in Epirus c. 370 BC, expanding their power at the expense of rival tribes. The Aeacids allied themselves with the increasingly powerful kingdom of Macedon, in part against the common threat of Illyrian raids, and in 359 BC the Molossian princess Olympias, niece of Arybbas of Epirus, married King Philip II of Macedon (r. 359–336 BC). She was to become the mother of Alexander the Great. On the death of Arybbas, Alexander the Molossian, uncle of Alexander the Great of Macedon, succeeded to the throne with the title King of Epirus.

In 334 BC, the time Alexander the Great crossed into Asia, Alexander I the Molossian led an expedition in southern Italy in support of the Greek cities of Magna Graecia against the nearby Italian tribes and the emerging Roman Republic. After some successes on the battlefield, he was defeated by a coalition of Italic tribes at the Battle of Pandosia in 331 BC.

In another Illyrian attack in 360 BC, the Molossian king Arymbas (or Arybbas) evacuated his non-combatant population to Aetolia and let the Illyrians loot freely. The stratagem worked, and the Molossians fell upon the Illyrians, who were encumbered with booty, and defeated them.

In 330 BC, upon Alexander the Molossian's death, the term "Epirus" appears as a single political unit in the ancient Greek records for the first time, under the leadership of the Molossian dynasty. Subsequently, the coinages of the three major Epirote tribal groups came to an end, and a new coinage was issued with the legend Epirotes.

After Alexander's I death, Aeacides of Epirus, who succeeded him, espoused the cause of Olympias against Cassander, but was dethroned in 313 BC.

Reign of Pyrrhus
Aeacides's son Pyrrhus came to the throne in 295 BC. Pyrrhus, being a skillful general, was encouraged to aid the Greeks of Tarentum and decided to initiate a major offensive in the Italian peninsula and Sicily. Due to its superior martial abilities, the Epirote army defeated the Romans in the Battle of Heraclea (280 BC). Subsequently, Pyrrhus's forces nearly reached the outskirts of Rome, but had to retreat to avoid an unequal conflict with a more numerous Roman army. The following year, Pyrrhus invaded Apulia (279 BC) and the two armies met in the Battle of Asculum where the Epirotes won the eponymous Pyrrhic victory, at a high cost.

In 277 BC, Pyrrhus captured the Carthaginian fortress in Eryx, Sicily. This prompted the rest of the Carthaginian-controlled cities to defect to Pyrrhus. His Italian campaign came to an end following the inconclusive Battle of Beneventum (275 BC). Having lost the vast majority of his army, he decided to return to Epirus, which finally resulted in the loss of all his Italian holdings. Because of his costly victories, the term "Pyrrhic victory" is often used for a victory with devastating cost to the victor.

Koinon of the Epirotes
In 233 BC, the last surviving member of the Aeacid royal house, Deidamia, was murdered. Her death brought the Epirote royal family to an abrupt extinction and a federal republic was set up. The reasons for the swift fall of the Aeacid dynasty were probably complex. Aetolian pressure must have played a part, and the alliance with Macedonia may have been unpopular; in addition, there were perhaps social tensions. However, Epirus remained a substantial power, unified under the auspices of the Epirote League as a federal state with its own parliament (or synedrion).

In the following years, Epirus faced the growing threat of the expansionist Roman Republic, which fought a series of wars with Macedonia. The League remained neutral in the first two Macedonian Wars. However, they sided with the anti-Roman Macedonian-Illyrian pact in the Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC). After the Roman victory, a total of 150,000 Epirotes, mostly Molossians, were enslaved and sent to Italy, by decision of the Roman Senate. This decision is the only such act of the Roman senate and the largest, single, slave-hunting operation in Roman history. In the following years, Epirote slaves in Italy outnumbered slaves of other origins and the majority of slave marriages were between Epirotes. In historiography, the decision of the senate has been the subject of much debate, as the two main anti-Roman powers of the time in that region, the Macedonians and the Illyrians, suffered few consequences in contrast to the Molossians in terms of punishment. In past scholarship, the theory of Howard Hayes Scullard was the most recognized theory. He connected the measures taken by the Romans to Charops of Epirus, member of a rival tribe the Chaonians – a Roman ally – who in order to gain command of the region, pushed for the extermination of the Molossians. This interpretation is based on the negative assessment of Charops, already in ancient sources, as Polybius calls him "the most savage and degenerate of all men". The modern interpretation of the events, focuses more on the structural reasons which led to this decision by the Romans rather than the personal politics of regional actors. The plague of 174 BC caused a great reduction of available labor in Italy, which was supplied almost exclusively by slave labor. In the following years, slave-hunting became a central feature of Roman campaigns. The Roman senate, which represented the landowning elite, specifically targeted the Molossians because of the proximity of their territory to Brundisium and Taranto would require a much lower cost of transportation. In comparison, at least 65,000 Sardinians and many other tribes were enslaved in the same year. However, recent research and new interpretations on the scale of the devastation has challenged those traditional views by some contemporary authors, as such those claims about 70 razed settlements and 150,000 captured slaves were not exact, but symbolic figures. Though the region witnessed widescale destruction the Greek language in Epirus showed remarkable vitality in the following centuries both in the cities as well as outside them.

Language
There is today an overall consensus that the Molossians were among the Greek-speaking population of Epirus, which spoke the North-West Doric dialect of Ancient Greek, akin to that of Aetolia, Phocis, and certain other regions,  this is also attested by the available epigraphic evidence in Epirus. Eugene Borza argues that the Molossians originated from those Proto-Greek tribes that inhabited northwestern Greece in c. 2.600 BC. Linguist Vladimir Georgiev argues that northwestern Greece, including Molossia, was part of the proto-Greek region, before the Late Bronze Age migrations. After the split of proto-Greek (c. 1700 BC) the northern Greek dialect was spoken in Epirus. Greek speech continued to be spoken in Epirus from the beginning of the Mycenaean period (c.1600) and onwards. As such the Molossians were among the 32 known Greek tribes of the Mycenaean Age in particular after the split of Proto-Greek. N. G. L. Hammond (1982) argues that the Molossians and other Epirote tribes spoke Greek at least from the Dark Ages (1100–800 BC). The language the Epirotes spoke was regarded as a primitive Northwestern Greek dialect, but there was no question that it was Greek.

Earlier historians (Nilsson (1909 and 1951), Meyer (1878)) argued for a possible partial Hellenization of pre-classical Epirus, with Greek elites ruling over a population of non-Greek origin. However, such views were based on subjective ancient testimonies and are not supported by the earliest epigraphic evidence.

Society and views among Greeks
In modern research, the question of identity has arisen about what constituted the ancient Greek identity, with mode of life as the main criterion of ethnicity construction, regardless of what language they spoke. In each given historical era, the Molossians were regarded as "barbarians" by many contemporary Greeks, not on the basis of language, but because of their tribal way of life, their organization, and their pastoral economy. In this context, the Epirotes were more similar to the Macedonians and the non-Greek Illyrians than to those ancient Greeks who were organized in city-states. A wider hellenization process among Molossians and other Epirotes continued after the Roman conquest, nevertheless most scholars don't object the fact that they were Greek in terms of language. In the view of Irad Malkin, following Hammond, Greek was spoken at least since the 5th century BC, and notes that it may have been the prestige language without the Molossians themselves necessarily being regarded as Greeks. Moreover, Malkin specifies that they were Greek-speakers, though not universally regarded as "Greek" by other Greeks. According to Johannes Engels, however, the way of life in Epirus was more archaic than that in the Corinthian and Corcyrean colonies on the coast, but there was never a discussion about their Greekness.

The ancient historians and geographers did not follow the scientific methods of modern linguists, who record in detail the speech of the groups they study; their information was based, more rarely on personal experiences, and mostly on the impressions of each of their informants, who as a rule, had neither philological training nor particularly linguistic interests. A far more reliable source about the actual views of the Greeks regarding Epirus is the list of theorodokoi (θεωρόδοκοι or θεαροδόκοι; sacred envoy-receivers whose duty was to host and assist the theoroi (θεωροί, "viewers") before the Panhellenic games and festivals), listing Greek cities and tribes, to which the major Panhellenic sanctuaries sent theoroi in Epidaurus, which includes all of the Epirotic tribes. The weight of this evidence is decisive because only Greeks were allowed to participate in the Panhellenic games and festivals. The list, which was compiled in 360 BC, includes the sacred envoys (members of the ruling family of each tribe or subtribe) of the Molossians, Kassopeans, Chaonians and Thesprotians.

The oracle of Dodona was located in the center of the homeland of the Molossians, the Molossis, which has always been regarded as a Greek oracle, the latter being a well-established religious sanctuary of Zeus since at least the Geometric Age (c. 1100–800 BC). Aristotle stated that "Hellas" was located around Dodona and Achelous. Moreover, according to Malkin, two of the three comprehensive names used for the Greeks still in use to this day (Graikoi, Hellenes and Ionians) are associated with Dodona and Epirus. Aristotle also considered the region around Dodona the region where the Hellenes originated.

Local Greek script
The first inscriptions come from Corinthian colonies or dedications to Dodona and are not representative of sites in Epirus, although some of the early Dodona tablets may be related to Epirus. The first epigraphic evidence in Epirus outside of Dodona and the nearby colonies dates from the beginning of 4th century BC. The Molossian decrees issued during the reign of king Neoptolemos I (370–368 BC) display considerable experience in the use of Greek language. They used a Greek dialect which was not borrowed by nearby Corinthian colonies, but a distinct northwestern Greek dialect similar to Akarnanian, Aetolian and Lokrian, which also exhibited several unique features. Thus, the possibility of being borrowed is rejected. Most inscriptions comes from the late Classical or the Hellenistic era, in which they were under influence from a northwestern Doric dialect also used by the adjacent populations. The epigraphic corpus unearthed during the recent decades also yielded a great number of onomastics which is of Greek origin akin to the onomastic areas of Thessaly and Macedon. Based on these points the possibility of Greek being not the ancestral language among Epirotes can be easily rejected.

Historian Elizabeth Meyer, in 2013 suggested a new chronology for some inscriptions in Dodona (from early 4th century to one century later), if accurate this would have larger implications about local history, but not all historians will be convinced by the interpretations suggested in this account and further investigation is needed.

Religion
In terms of religion they worshipped the same gods like the rest of the Greeks. No traces of non-Greek deities were found until the Hellenistic age (with the introduction of oriental deities in the Greek world). Their supreme deity was Zeus and the Oracle of Dodona found in the land of the Molossians attracted pilgrims from all over the Greek world. As with the rest of the Epirotes they were included in the thearodokoi catalogues where only Greeks were allowed to participate in Panhellenic Games and festivals.

Mythological royal genealogy
In ancient Greece common descent was demonstrated thorough genealogies and foundation legends. As such the local royal household, the settlements and tribes traced their origin to Achaean mythical heroes of the Mycenaean era. Such genealogies were known and widely accepted in Ancient Greece at least from the end of the Archaic period, as demonstrated in the poems of Pindar (c. 518 – 438 BC) dedicated to the Achaean Neoptolemos. As such, in order to increase their prestige, the ruling dynasty of the Molossians in classical antiquity constructed a prestigious genealogy going back to the Trojan War and then these names from the Trojan cycle were used for contemporary rulers of the dynasty like Neoptolemos and Pyrrhus of Epirus.

In the case of the Molossian ruling class, the philosopher who has been credited with much of the mythological construction of their origins is Proxenus of Atarneus (early 4th century BC). This use of names from Iliad was contrary to ancient Greek name giving customs of classical antiquity in which names from the Iliad were not given to living people. When the ruling class of the Molossians began to construct such a genealogy is unclear. The various theories place it chronologically from a post-Odyssey framework to the 5th century BC. The initial reasons for doing so are also debated.

The conflict with the Thessalian tribes to the east (who claimed similar mythological ancestry as the later Molossians) and the beginning of the Hellenization of the Molossians in the 5th century BC have been argued as contributing factors for these constructions. An important point is that the function of this construction of a fictional genealogy by the ruling dynasty of the Molossians was not to Hellenize the ethnic origin of their people, but to heroize their house. In this context, the purpose of the constructed genealogy was to provide the Molossian dynasty with a "cultural passport as Greeks" in their relations with other ruling houses. These genealogical claims from the Molossian ruling dynasty were part of a planned effort by them in order to use elements of Greek culture for their own political ends in order to dominate in regional power struggles.

Politics and offices
Plutarch writes a story that was related to him, according to which, the Molossian king Tharrhypas was the first in his dynasty to become renowned, as he organized his cities on a system of Greek customs, rules and regulations. He was probably responsible for the earliest known decrees of the Molossian state in 370–368BC, during the reign of his grandson Neoptolemus I; though, the institutions originated much earlier, and the dialect in which they are written is not, as was believed, the Doric of the Corinthian colonies, but a Northwest Greek dialect with several distinctive features, so as to rule out the case of it having been borrowed. In the early 4th century BC (c. 370–368 BC), the Molossian officials were the king, the prostatai (προστάται) literally meaning "protectors" like most Greek tribal states at the time, the grammateus (γραμματεύς) meaning "secretary", the hieromnemones (Greek: ἱερομνήμονες) literally meaning "of the sacred memory" and the ten damiourgoi (Greek: δημιουργοί) literally meaning "creators"; one each for the ten tribes which made up the Molossian group (Arctanes, Tripolies, Celaethoi, Genoaei, Ethnestes, Triphyles, Omphales, Onopernoi and Amymnoi. Once a year the king of the Molossians, having sacrificed to Zeus Areios as god of war, made a formal exchange of oaths with the Molossian tribes, swearing to rule in accordance to the laws. A later inscription, dating probably within the reign of Neoptolemus (shortly before c. 360 BC), named the Molossian state as "koinon of the Molossians" and mentioned not only the previous ten tribes but also additional five (among them the Orestae and the Paroroi) —from the region of north Pindus—a region which had evidently entered Molossian rule. The state officials now were: the king, the prostates, the secretary (grammateus) and a board of fifteen synarchontes (συνάρχοντες), literally meaning "co-rulers", instead of the earlier ten damiourgoi. The king also held the military command as an 'Aeacidae'; a descendant of Achilles.

An inscription from the 4th century stated (referring to Alexander I of Epirus):

When King was Alexandros when of Molossoi prostatas was Aristomachos Omphalas secretary was Menedamos Omphalas resolved by the assembly of the Molossoi; Kreston is benefactor hence to give citizenship to Kteson and descent line

The shrine of Dodona was used for the display of public decisions. Despite having a monarchy, the Molossians sent princes to Athens to learn of democracy, and they did not consider certain aspects of democracy incompatible with their form of government.

Symbols
The typical emblem inscribed on Molossian coins was the molossian dog on a shield with the legend Μολοσσοί.

List of Molossians

 * Pyrrhus of Epirus (318–272 BC), most prominent Epirote king
 * Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great
 * Neoptolemus, son of Achilles and Deidamia (Aeacid dynasty till 231 BC)
 * Molossus, son of Neoptolemus and Andromache
 * Alcon (6th century BC), suitor of Agariste of Sicyon
 * Admetus, who gave asylum to Themistocles
 * Eidymmas prostates, secretary Amphikorios gave citizenship το Philista, wife of Antimachos from Arrhonos, under King Neoptolemos I 370–368 BC
 * Tharyps, theorodokos in Epidauros 365 BC
 * Arybbas, winner in Tethrippon Olympics 344 BC.
 * Aristomachos prostates secretary Menedamos gave citizenship to Simias of Apollonia, resident at Theptinon, under King Alexander I 342–330/329 BC.
 * Deidamia II of Epirus (died circa 233 BC), last surviving representative of the royal Aeacid dynasty
 * Kephalos, Antinoos sided with Perseus against the Romans (Third Macedonian War) circa 170 BC

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Talk:Free logic

Is 1b really a substitution instance of 1? I suspect the author wanted to say that 1b is a substitution instance of 1a (and, in the next paragraph, that 1a (instead of 1) implies from "everything identical with Pegasus is Pegasus" to "something is identical to Pegasus"). But then the question becomes: is 1b really a substitution instance of 1?

 * I have modified the formulas accordingly. The formula A was not meant to be atomic where Ax is a monadic predicate. Nortexoid 02:02, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Unicorns
You can only infer that "there is a unicorn" using your (1) if you have the hypothesis "everything is a unicorn". [this is changed from the original to address the following objection] This is really not a serious problem as the hypothesis seems very unlikely. A better example is the observation that the axiom of the empty set, for which many of us feel a need in Zermelo set theory (or ZFC), is redundant, because logic tells us that there is a set (since the class of sets is the domain of the quantifiers in ZFC) and then Separation gives us the empty set from any set. Randall Holmes 06:34, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

 * That is not true, since we can infer existential generalizations from unquantified sentences by the valid inference schema $$P(a_1,...,a_n) \supset \exists x_1,\dots,\exists x_nP(x_1,...,x_n)$$. Nortexoid 01:38, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Let U be the predicate "there is a unicorn": it is indeed valid that $$U(a) \rightarrow (\exists x.U(x))$$, but one cannot deduce $$(\exists x.U(x))$$ from this without the additional premise $$U(a)$$ (you cannot show that there is a unicorn without postulating a specific unicorn, even in classical, non-free, formulations of FOL).

 * You're right--it will be removed. Nortexoid 02:39, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * The point of my remarks is that the assertion
 * From (1) in the unrestricted predicate calculus, if A is 'is a unicorn' it can be inferred that a unicorn exists.
 * in the article is wrong. Please change it.

There are other serious problems with what you say here. For example, in standard FOL, there simply can't be a term denoting Pegasus, so you cannot make the substitution you describe. I am reluctant to edit the article myself, because if I do I shall simply rewrite it from first principles. Randall Holmes 01:57, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * That is true but nowhere in the article have I said that the substitution is permissible in classical FOL. In any case, feel free to rewrite the article if you wish. Nortexoid 02:39, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Rewrites
I have rewritten the text so that it doesn't contain any obvious errors. Your 1a was not a substitution instance of (1) in any obvious sense, so I relabelled it as (4); in (1a) and related sentences the scopes of the quantifiers were not what I would expect, so I adjusted them. The scheme $$(\forall x.Fx \rightarrow Gx) \rightarrow (\exists x.Fx \wedge Gx)$$ is not valid, so I omitted it. The existence predicate is usually a primitive in free logic; the definition you give may actually always be valid, but I need to check that (there are at least two essentially different systems of free logic). Randall Holmes 14:56, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * There are a lot of errors in this article! $$ \forall xA \rightarrow \exists xA$$ isn't a theorem of classical logic. --Dante

 * There are a lot of errors in your head! That is a theorem of classical logic. Please don't edit the article. Nortexoid 20:26, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree. However I don't agree that it's not valid in the empty universe.  Granted it is not true in the empty universe, but validity is not truth or no one would make that distinction.  A sentence is valid when it is true for every assignment of values to the variables of the language.  But if there are no values there can be no assignments, so even though the sentence cannot be true it is nevertheless vacuously valid.  This whole article is predicated on fallacious reasoning that was accepted by all logicians prior to around 1980 when the fallacy was first noticed.  --Vaughan Pratt (talk) 03:23, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

 * A formula is valid iff it is true on every model for the language and it is true on a model just in case it is satisfied in that model for every assignment defined relative to that model (where satisfaction is defined recursively as usual). Since, in this setting, models are classical except with partial, rather than total, assignments, the implication mentioned above is equivalent to Ex~A(x) v ExA(x). A disjunction is true iff at least one of the disjuncts is true, and one of those existential formulae is true iff there is an assignment taking 'x' to some element of the domain which satisfies A(x). According to these standard definitions such a formula won't be satisfied in the empty model and hence won't be true in the empty model and hence it won't be valid since it's not true one every model. There's no fallacious reasoning involved here unless you wish to take objection to the adequacy of the definitions of 'true on a model', 'satisfied in a model relative to an assignment', or 'valid'. Nortexoid (talk) 10:01, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

 * What is 2 & 3 doing! 1. "not free" contains the possibility of not defined. 2. I then tried to change the statement many times, but I can't find a good enough way to avoid contradiction. I will change it to a much weaker description. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The193thdoctor (talk • contribs) 01:17, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Logical consequence or material conditional?
I added a corresponding clarification request with more detail, but basically some of the equations in this arrow use a $$\Rightarrow$$ while others use a $$\rightarrow$$, and so I'm not certain whether both arrows are meant to denote/connote the same thing, and whether that same thing is material conditional or logical consequence (i.e. semantic consequence). 69.143.122.185 (talk) 16:25, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

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Lawrence Kohlberg
Lawrence Kohlberg is the father of moral development and an incredible person. I want his article to be froth with interestingness. if that _is_ a word. ;) JoeSmack (talk) 23:04, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Would it be too simple? -- Jerry Crimson Mann 04:39, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I mean the length of this article is a bit short. More elaboration is hihgly desirable. :-) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 06:09, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh i totally agree. I've been staring at this article for hours on end, and i need some others to throw some new paint on there. I'd love it if people could expand it a little. Keep in mind there are already articles for things like his stages of moral development and just community schools.JoeSmack (talk) 06:26, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

 * An explanation of his 'stage theory' would greatly add to the article (the actual article on the theory is too succinct in itself). Also, what about his critics (e.g., Kohlberg has been criticized from thinking from a 'boy-centered' point of view). And his influence? -- Cugel 08:02, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * I actually specifically took out both those things. stage theory has it's own article, and critisism follows work, and, i suppose, should to that article mostly. a little could be put into his bio article, but keep in mind it isn't Carol Gilligan's article, it's Kohlberg's. anyways, i always felt stage theory was WAY WAY too big to make a 'short blurb' about too.JoeSmack (talk) 13:13, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * And I realize Kohlberg's stages of moral development right now is too succinct right now. In fact parts are flat out wrong (especially around level 7 stuff), and that is the next big project for me and a friend I am cajoling into re-writing the article.JoeSmack (talk) 13:13, July 13, 2005 (UTC)


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Ewan McPherson

Ewan Alexander McPherson (January 27, 1878 – November 18, 1954) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1926 to 1930. He was also a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1920 and from 1932 to 1936, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken.

Biography
McPherson was born in Worth County, Missouri, and arrived in Canada with his family in 1879. He was educated at Portage la Prairie, and worked as a barrister. He was called to the bar in 1904, and became a bench member of the Manitoba Bar Association in 1915. In 1916, he was named King's Counsel. In 1904, McPherson married Winnifred Mabel Finn.

He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1910 provincial election, as a Liberal in the Portage la Prairie constituency. He was defeated, losing to Conservative cabinet minister Hugh Armstrong by 199 votes. McPherson ran again in the 1914 election, and defeated Armstrong by ten votes.

The Conservative administration of Rodmond Roblin was forced to resign amid scandal in 1915. The house was dissolved, and another election called. McPherson was re-elected, defeating Conservative candidate Fawcett Taylor by 258 votes. For the next five years, he served as a backbench supporter of Tobias Norris's administration.

McPherson was defeated in the 1920 election, losing to Fawcett Taylor by 287 votes. Taylor's public profile had increased between 1915 and 1920, and he was chosen as leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party two years later.

McPherson did not contest the 1922 provincial election, but instead turned his attention to federal politics. He was selected by the Liberal Party of Canada to run against Conservative Prime Minister Arthur Meighen in the federal election of 1926. He was successful, upsetting Meighen by 428 votes in the federal riding of Portage la Prairie. The Liberal Party won the election, and McPherson served for four years as a backbench supporter of William Lyon Mackenzie King's government.

The Liberals were defeated in the 1930 provincial election, and McPherson lost his seat to Conservative candidate William Herbert Burns by 142 votes. After this loss, he turned his attention to provincial politics again.

In 1922, the United Farmers of Manitoba unexpectedly won a majority of seats in the Manitoba parliament and formed government as the Progressive Party. With Mackenzie King's support, the Manitoba Liberal Party formed an electoral alliance with the Progressive Party in 1932. Although he did not yet have a seat in the legislature, McPherson was appointed to John Bracken's cabinet on May 27, 1932 as Provincial Treasurer.

In the 1932 provincial election, McPherson made the questionable decision of challenging Conservative leader Fawcett Taylor again in Portage la Prairie. Although Bracken's "Liberal-Progressives" were re-elected with a majority government, McPherson went down to a resounding defeat. He had to wait until July 16, 1932 to run in a deferred election in the sprawling northern constituency of Rupertsland, and even here his election was not certain. He was forced to face another pro-government candidate, incumbent Progressive Herbert Beresford, and won by only 97 votes.

Notwithstanding his difficulties in the election, McPherson continued to serve as Provincial Treasurer for the parliament that followed. He was also named Municipal Commissioner on May 10, 1935. He did not seek re-election in 1936. Some federal Liberals hoped that McPherson would replace Bracken as premier, but this did not come to pass.

After leaving politics, McPherson served as Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba from 1937 to 1944 and then was named Manitoba Court of Appeal in 1944. He held the latter position until his death of a heart attack while attending his son's wedding anniversary in Kenora, Ontario in 1954.

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Kerry Brothers is such a talented producer. Hope to see more from him in the future. I would like to see and hear more of his music out there if he can do what he did with ALICIA KEYS by making a record of a life time that was history, keep up the good work. Kerry I'll look forward to hearing more of your great music in the future.

is he Keys's songwriting partner?
The Alicia Keys page says that he is her "longtime songwriting partner" -- if so, this and other songwriting experience should be described here.

A Keys love life
Has no place in this article outside of her well rumored romance with Kerry Brothers. Alicia has always been very private about her love life, but dating a soon to be actor who works at IBM? A google on the name James Ngandu returns an 11 year old virtuoso. Her Romance with Brothers is the only romance any reputable news periodical has mentioned so where is the proof? 66.255.29.70 (talk) 17:07, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Birthday
Should add when he was born. 80.108.103.172 (talk) 16:07, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

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I know that on Wikipedia, you're not really supposed to toot your own horn. But I thought it was time to add some wiki User boxes so that some of you can get to know a little more about me.

Country music history
My biggest project right now is creating a series of articles chronicling the history of country music. Patterned after the Years in Music, this series of articles about country music details year-by-year events, songs, awards, etc., in the genre.

This is a work in progress, and will be completed as time allows. I'll let you know how I'm progressing.

List of newspapers in Iowa/Illinois
This is also a work in progress, but eventually, these two articles will eventually list all the daily, weekly and specialty newspapers published and circulated in both Iowa and Illinois.

I'd greatly appreciate help in expanding the Illinois list, but I think I have the Iowa list under control.

List of school districts in Iowa
Like the list of newspapers in Iowa, I am creating a list of all Iowa public school districts. If you have anything to add, so long as it is a public school, just add it, so long as it's verifiable. If the district has a Web site (not all do, amazinginly), please add it as well.

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i see you put the bert is gay stuff back on. I dont think that should be on here since Children look at this.
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Kitty Wells and secret to the Country Charts
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Sacrifice (Motörhead album)

Sacrifice is the twelfth studio album by British rock band Motörhead. It was released on 27 March 1995 via SPV/Steamhammer, the band's first release on the label. It is the second and final album to feature the four-piece lineup of Lemmy, Phil Campbell, Würzel, and Mikkey Dee, as Würzel left the band after the album's recording.

Recording
Motörhead reunited with producer Howard Benson for Sacrifice. "This is a very good album", vocalist and bassist Lemmy wrote in the sleeve notes, "Put it in your system and your girlfriend's clothes fall off." Lemmy views Sacrifice as one of his favourite records the band has made, despite the difficulties involved, which he explained as: "'Howard was producing us again, but he'd also just got an A&R gig with a label called Giant. So his mind was in at least two or three different places, and half the time the engineer, Ryan Dorn, was holding it all together, following the direction Howard gave him. And it was becoming clearer every day that Würzel was on his way out of the band. He wouldn't extend himself at all, and usually just sat there while we were writing songs, with his guitar across his knee. When we stopped playing, he stopped playing and when we started again, he would too.'"

In the documentary The Guts and the Glory, all three band members express regret over Würzel's departure, but insist it was inevitable, with drummer Mikkey Dee commenting: "'I remember when it happened, it was both panic and satisfaction at the same time because Würzel was also very tired of us and we were very tired of him. It was a mutual thing. I miss him tremendously as a guy, but not as a guitar player.  He was no good in the end.'"

Dee added in 2021 that Würzel's wife was to be blamed for his departure from the band, calling her a "bitch."

Campbell, who joined Motörhead with Würzel in 1984, recalls: "'It took him six hours to try and do a solo on this one song on Sacrifice and in the end he just fuckin' slammed the guitar down and legged it – took the guitar with him and that was basically it.'" In the same film, Lemmy reveals that Würzel began to suspect that he was being ripped off financially: "'He only played one solo on the whole album. He was gone already before we started that album. His input was, like, very minimal.  It's a shame about Würzel; he started to believe the wrong people.  'Cause I was his best friend in the band and offstage – I was his best friend – and he didn't believe that; he started accusing me of stealin' his money and shit, like I need Würzel's money.  I mean, I've got all that money coming from Hawkwind before him and the Motörhead before him – I didn't need his fuckin' money, and I wouldn't have stolen it even if I did.  That's not like me.  But there he goes – you make your choices and suffer the consequences.'"

The band went into the studio with some great songs, Lemmy recalls, although "Sex & Death" was written in ten minutes on the last day of recording, "In Another Time" was altered beyond all recognition and there were three sets of lyrics for "Make 'Em Blind". Dee and Campbell didn't realise that "Out of the Sun" was only two and half verses and had rehearsed it as such but Lemmy added another section when nobody else was around, with him playing bass and Jamie, his guitar roadie, playing guitar. He then gave the others a tape of it. According to Lemmy, when Würzel played it in the rental car he nearly drove off the road. "Make 'Em Blind" came from improvisation, with Campbell recording the solo in one take, falling over the couch and onto his back laughing uproariously. Lemmy states that the album contains more nonsense than most of the previous album – the lyrics don't mean anything you can really get a hold of – but that they convey the mood, especially the title track and "Out of the Sun". "Dog Face Boy" is about Campbell, but Lemmy decided that only after having written it, likening the line "Poor boy out your mind again/Jet plane outside looking for another friend" to Campbell's habit of quickly hitting town and looking for fun after getting off the plane.

Release
It was not a success nor did it make much impact on the album charts, as with the previous album, it was largely ignored by the general public. With a new label it was released correctly, compared to Bastards, and the title track has stayed in the live set for some time, but there hasn't been much written about this album that is noteworthy.

The title track was used in the movie Tromeo and Juliet, a film in which Lemmy appears.

The American version of the album cover had Würzel airbrushed out but, according to Joel McIver's book Overkill: The Untold Story of Motörhead, Lemmy insists that this was the record label's idea, not theirs: "'It's stupid, seeing how Würzel could sue us and he'd be right, because he's on the album.'"

Rather than hiring a new guitar player, the band decided to revert to a three-piece.

Sleeve artwork
Joe Petagno, the sleeve artist, was well known for inserting references to genitalia in his drawings, and this one was no exception. He commented: "'they did everything in their power to get rid of those genitals [the tongue]. It's amazing how genitals can piss people off. This is Lemmy's and my little joke. We like genitals and Another Perfect Day had the double dog dick that we joke about. [The cover is the] hordes being sent to hell, where they deserve to be. And the never-ending battles, the hate, the war, the ignorance. Yet again. People think I am anti-religious, and I am. People think I am anti-state, and I am. People think I am anti-war, I am. I'm anti-anything that will get in the way of an individual becoming whole. My opinions are not about trying to provoke people to kill each other. I'm trying to heal the rift between man and spirit. I'm a scaremonger. I'm trying to scare people back onto the road [of justice and freedom].'"

Critical reception
AllMusic states that: "'Sacrifice doesn't offer anything new, nor does it display a newfound subtlety. It's just straight-ahead, breakneck fast, ear-shatteringly loud Motörhead, with buzzing guitars, near-martial rhythms, and surprisingly catchy hooks.'" In 2011, Motörhead biographer Joel McIver wrote that Sacrifice "was exactly what you expect: a decent, if unspectacular, Motörhead record with a couple classics song here and there."

Personnel
Per the Sacrifice liner notes. The SPV German/European release of the album has the correct liner notes; Würzels thank-you's, writing credits, etc.''
 * Lemmy – lead vocals, bass
 * Phil "Zööm" Campbell – guitars; guitar solo on all tracks except "Dog Face Boy"
 * Michael "Würzel" Burston – guitars; guitar solo on "Dog Face Boy" and "Out of the Sun"
 * Mikkey Dee – drums
 * Bill Bergman – saxophone on "Don't Waste Your Time"
 * John Paroulo – piano on "Don't Waste Your Time"
 * ''Würzel is uncredited on the North American CD release album liner notes, that was also sold in other territories, other than to state he played guitar solo on two tracks. He is not listed as a member of the band, or for writing credits either, even though he plays rhythm guitar on the entire album.

Production

 * Howard Benson – producer, mixing
 * Ryan Dorn – producer, engineer, mixing
 * Devin Foutz – assistant engineer
 * Matthew Ellard – assistant engineer
 * Eddy Schreyer – mastering
 * Motörhead – executive producers
 * Gene Kirkland – photography
 * Robert John – photography
 * DemoNet, Inc – art design and layout
 * David Patterson – typeface and pagemaster
 * Joe Petagno – Snaggletooth, album cover

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Siege of Kanegasaki (1337)

The 1337 siege of Kanegasaki (金ヶ崎の戦い) was the final battle for the Nitta family in their support of the Southern Imperial Court against the Ashikaga Pretenders of the Northern Court.

Nitta Yoshisada's fortress at Kanegasaki was besieged for three months by forces in support of Ashikaga Takauji. Nitta's ally Uryū Tamotsu was forced back to the fortress of Somayama in March 1337, and Nitta Yoshisada joined him there soon afterwards, hoping to lead a counterstrike to lift the siege. This failed, and the occupants of the besieged castle, having run out of food and water, were forced to eat horseflesh to survive. In accordance with Buddhist belief, this was close to the worst disgrace one could face; eating horseflesh was believed to break one's karma, forcing them to be reborn in the next life as an animal or something worse.

Nevertheless, the defenders held out for twenty days longer, and on April 7, Kō no Moroyasu, commander of the besieging army, broke through the walls and took the fortress. Prince Takanaga and Nitta Yoshiaki, son of Yoshisada, were forced to take their own lives. Prince Tsunenaga escaped, but was captured soon afterwards and killed as well.

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Filicudi

Filicudi is one of seven islands that make up the Aeolian archipelago, situated 56 km northeast of the island of Sicily, Southern Italy. It is a frazione of the comune of Lipari.

Geography
Its total area is 9.5 km2. There are several small villages on the island, which include Pecorini Mare and Valdichiesa. Filicudi's lands are capable of producing wine, olive oil, grain, and vegetables. In 1997, three-quarters, approximately 7 km2 of Filicudi was turned into a Natural Reserve.

The highest point is Monte Fossa Felci at 774 m. Other points include Monte Montagnola at 349 m and Monte Terrione at 278 m.  At Capo Graziano are the remains of a Bronze Age village dating back to the second millennium BCE. Off the coast, the volcanic finger-like rock of La Canna rises about 74 m above the sea.

History
The modern name of "Filicudi" is a corruption of the ancient Greek name for the island, Phoenicusa (Phoenician island). The island, like the other Aeolian Islands, was settled since the Neolithic Age, around 3000 BCE. As evidenced by archaeological findings, the island was occupied by a new people during the Bronze Age. The island was uninhabited for many centuries until occupied by the Greeks. Roman and Byzantine remains can also be found on the island.

By 1971, the island had 270 residents. Roughly one-third of them left, however, after 26 May of that year, when Italian police used Filicudi as a place of exile for 18 reputed leaders of the Italian Mafia who were awaiting trial for on charges of organized crime. By 31 May, the remaining residents left in protest, with the exception of the exiles and the police guarding them.

Since the 1970s Filicudi was rediscovered and populated by photographers and artists such as Sergio Libiszewsky, Ettore Sottsass, novelist Roland Zoss, and editor Giulio Einaudi. Their perceptions brought the island into the focus of modern tourism.

People

 * John Bonica (born 1917), anesthesiologist and professional wrestler
 * Roland Zoss (born 1951), novelist and composer

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Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency)

Dunfermline East was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election from parts of the seats of Central Fife and Dunfermline. It was abolished for the 2005 general election as part of a major revision in the composition of parliamentary constituencies in Scotland.

Most of Dunfermline East and its neighbouring constituency Kirkcaldy now make up the new seat of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. The remaining parts of the seat were moved to the new Dunfermline and West Fife and Glenrothes constituencies.

The constituency's name was something of a misnomer as it never included any part of the town of Dunfermline, all of which was located in the Dunfermline West seat. Cowdenbeath was the largest town in the constituency.

Boundaries
1983–1997: The Dunfermline District electoral divisions of Aberdour/Dalgety Bay/North Queensferry, Ballingry/Lochore, Cowdenbeath/Gray Park, Dunfermline/Rosyth, Hill of Beath/Crossgates/Cowdenbeath, Inverkeithing/Rosyth, Kelty/Lumphinnans, and Lochgelly, and the Kirkcaldy District electoral division of Auchterderran.

1997–2005: The Dunfermline District electoral divisions of Aberdour and Mossside, Benarty and Lumphinans, Cowdenbeath, Dalgety Bay, Inverkeithing and North Queensferry, Kelty, Lochgelly, and Rosyth East and South, and the Kirkcaldy District electoral division of Cardenden and Kinglassie.

Members of Parliament
The constituency's only MP was Gordon Brown of the Labour Party, who was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1992 to 1997 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007, when he became Prime Minister.

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

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Porto Feliz

Porto Feliz (Happy Haven) is a municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population is 53,402 (2020 est.) in an area of 556.69 km2. The elevation is 523 m. The largest factory in the city called a Porto Feliz S/A is responsible for the demand for corrugated cardboard packaging of the entire state and all Brazil. The mother of Queen Silvia of Sweden, Alice Soares de Toledo, was born in this city.

Media
In telecommunications, the city was served by Companhia Telefônica Brasileira until 1973, when it began to be served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo. In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012.

The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).

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DJ Disciple

David Banks (born September 2, 1965), known by his stage name DJ Disciple, is an American DJ, house music producer and author from Brooklyn, New York. For much of his early career, he worked in London and was influential in the rise of UK garage music. Stateside, he was considered a cornerstone of New York City's house music scene. Disciple co-wrote the book The Beat, the Scene, the Sound: A DJ's Journey through the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of House Music in New York City with Henry Kronk.

Early life
Banks was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1965, the youngest of four brothers. His father, a World War II veteran, played piano with Miles Davis and his brother Stanley played bass with George Benson. Another brother, Larry, is also a musician. Banks grew up in the Farragut Projects and attended the Greater Refuge Temple in Harlem, where he played drums. Neighbors of the family included Strafe and Shannon's bass player Rusty Taylor. Grandmaster Flowers, Jocelyn Brown, Puffy Combs, and Mary J. Blige were friends and colleagues of Banks' brothers. He graduated from Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in 1984 and attended Baruch College to study accounting. He later switched to studying journalism.

Career
In college, Banks worked at Baruch's college radio stations. He was originally a gospel DJ and chose his name as a reminder that "only what you do for Christ shall last." In 1987, he began working as a radio host and mixer for WNYE FM, where he hosted The Best Kept Secret. He gained a reputation for debuting music before its official release date. Among that music were the songs "Follow Me" (1992) by Aly-Us and "Beautiful People" (1994) by Barbara Tucker; he also aired music by Todd Terry, Louie Vega, Roger Sanchez,  and Todd Edwards. His show was one of the first that featured women doing mixes. His 1995 remix of Plutonic's "Addicted" was not commercially available until 2001.

His first professional DJ gig was at Studio 54, followed by his first nightclub gig at The World in 1989. He then became the resident DJ of Wild Pitch  and alternated with Larry Levan and DJ Basil at David Mancuso's Loft Space, the Choice in Lower Manhattan  and made appearances at The Pyramid Club. Disciple was hired several times by two Phi Beta Sigma brothers to DJ their Hunter College parties, where he, with the help of the duo Slick & Smooth Productions caught the attention of Leonard Gabbidon and Stan Dennis. Gabbidon subsequently hired him to close shows for Jomanda, Liz Torres, Main Source, Special Ed, Run DMC, and Brand Nubian at the Syracuse Greekfest in 1989–1991. Dennis hired him to play at the Jones Beach Greekfest, while other fraternity brothers recommended him for parties at St. John's University and The City College.

In 1991, he worked as the Friday night resident DJ at Club 280 in New Jersey, then at Club Zanzibar following Tony Humphries' departure. The Best Kept Secret's popularity got him a spot as a regular mixer for Japan's World Dance Traxx Part Bay FM. With connections made through Roger Sanchez and his mentor DJ Camacho, DJ Disciple began to tour in the early 1990s. He played widely in the United Kingdom at clubs and venues including Lakota, Ministry of Sound, Notting Hill Carnival, Southport Weekender (1995-1997), Cream, and The Zap, among others. Between 1993 and 2001, he played at Ministry of Sound at least twice a year; three times a year (1994-2004) at To the Manor Born in Sedgefield; and annually (1994-2010) at Notting Hill Carnival. Across the pond, he appeared at Sona in Montréal twice a year between 1998 and 2004. He played on Kiss FM London's The Zoo Experience twice a year between 1993 and 2003.

DJ Magazine included Disciple on their list of Top 100 DJs worldwide in 1993 and did his first featured interview the following year. He debuted his first single, "When the Music Stops" on Muzik Pushers in 1993. The song quickly became a club hit in Italy and was picked up by D:vision Records. He performed at the Angels of Love club in Naples, Italy that same year. Disciple produced The Street Experience EP; three of its songs stood out in particular. "On the Dancefloor" hit the UK singles charts at #67. "Steal Away" featuring Dawn Tallman was included by Erick Morillo on a Ministry of Sound compilation and "Burning" was licensed to Deconstructed Records in the UK. Meanwhile, the Hard Times club in Leeds established a label in 1994. One of their first releases was DJ Disciple remixing Robert Owens and Michael Watford performing "Come Together". In 1996, he lent his vocals to Basement Jaxx's "Slide Slide" on their EP3 (Atlantic Jaxx ). The first hit for Disciples' own label, Catch 22 Recordings, was "Put Your Hands Up" (1998) by the Black & White Brothers, which he mixed.

Disciple debuted as a journalist in Streetsound magazine in their July 1993 issue for his article "Unreleased Tracking - DJs Want to Know". In 1997, when Josh Harris acquired Streetsound, Disciple became the first American to vlog internationally on the internet under a new website called Pseudo.com.

UK garage influence
DJ Disciple was one of the DJs who comfortably straddles playing across both the house and UK garage spectrums.

He was embraced by the UKG scene and played guest sets at all the legendary London garage clubs such as Twice as Nice in the Arches in Southwark as well as playing the Gass Club, Horny at Legends, and Cookies & Cream in Vauxhall.

When the speed garage duo Double 99 (Tim Deluxe and Omar Adimora) sat down to make "Ripgroove", they initially built a drum pattern on an E-mu SP-1200 drum machine using samples from a disc DJ Disciple had given to Liken on a recent trip to America.

His UKG anthems include "Keep On Movin", a track by the Banji Boyz featuring Brown Girl (alias of Angie Brown; "2 the Bone" by Grant Nelson featuring DJ Disciple himself and his remix of Plutonic's "I'm Addicted".

Other UK garage collaborations include "Don't Shut Me Out" (DJ Disciple feat. Mary Gold), "Dangerous (DJ Disciple 91.5 Mix)" (Tuff Jam feat. Mr. X), "Steal Away (R.I.P Remix)" (DJ Disciple feat. Dawn Tallman), "Takin' It Back" (R.I.P feat. DJ Disciple), and "Desire" (with Jeremy Sylvester). Disciple left WNYE FM in 1997 to host the Transatlantic Mix on KISS 100 in London with Tony Walker, which was a successful venture.

Late 1990s
In 1998, Disciple made regular appearances at Spy Bar, one of the first bottle service venues in New York. During the golden age of bottle service, Disciple worked at Pangea, with Walter Kim at Rehab and Quo, Jamie Muholland and Jayma Cardoso at Cain, Versace Mansion in Florida, Rocco Ancarola at Pink Elephant,  and the Made Italy parties held at Green House. Disciple was also the monthly resident DJ at GBH (Great British House) with promoters Tom Dunkley and Alejandro Torio moving from Vanity to Cheetah and then finally Centrofly.

In 2001, he began writing about his experiences on the website Trust the DJ, which eventually gave way to his CD Trust the DJ DS01, which detailed notable clubs he had played around the world.

My True Colors
In 2000, DJ Disciples' first full-length album My True Colors was released on Catch 22. The album included "It's Easy" which reached #96 on the UK Singles Chart, "Wannabe" featuring Taka Boom, "Yes" by Suzy (licensed to Ked Kandi)    and his 2002 single "Caught Up" which hit #1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, and was nominated for a Grammy that November and appeared on the Queer as Folk  soundtrack. "You" was remixed by Roger Sanchez in 2001 and "Keep It Up" was a collaboration with Robbie Rivera.

Late 2000s to present
In 2008 Disciple had success doing his own Next Level Party events in Brooklyn, New York with a mixture of Poetry. Guests included The Martinez Brothers, Wunmi, Ursula Rucker, Last Poets Abiodun Oyewole, and the local community of DJs. Disciple filmed The Next Level Party Documentary as a seven-part series made online via YouTube. While taking a break from traveling and producing music in 2012 Disciple was still able to make appearances at Cielo, Sullivan Rooms, Bar 13, Coney Island, Fort Greene Park Festival and maintain his residencies at Le Souk and his own party Release. Release, located at Sapphire Lounge had Disciple play with Deep house maestroes Hex Hector, John Benitez, Dj Spinna, DJ Suki,and Duce Martinez, amongst others. When Hurricane Sandy hit last year Release held the event that was able to give goods, food and clothing to those hit hardest.

In 2015, the owners of Sapphire Lounge changed things up and rebranded Sapphire Lounge as The Rumpus Room. After some downtime, Disciple launched another Tuesday night party at the venue, Feel Real in 2017, in homage to the legendary London party that used to go down in Covenant Gardens. The party ended in March 2020 after COVID-19. In October 2016, he became the music programmer for Martha's Country Bakery in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. In 2017, his label, Catch 22, celebrated its 20-year anniversary.

From 2017- 2019 every October, he began hosting the King in Me event at PS 287. Sponsored by The Church of the Open Door, the conference brings together boys aged five to fifteen to empower, raise self-awareness, and talk about what it takes to become a DJ. In response to COVID-19, Disciple started doing live streams at The Funktion House in 2021

Collaborations and remixes
Among the many songs Disciple has remixed are Xaviera Gold "Good Luv" (Music Box Records) (1994), Buzzin Cuzzins Feat. Romanthony's "Let Me Show You Love" (Azuli) (1994), 95 North Featuring Sabrynaah Pope "Hold On" (Remixes) (King Street) (1994),   House Foundation Featuring Akiko Wada's "Free At Last"(Musical Force Records) (1995), Boris Dlugosch Presents Boom! "Keep Pushin'" (The Remixes) (1996) (MAW), Progression "If You Believe" (Nervous), Joi Cardwell's "Soul To Bare" (Activ) (1997 ), Cassio & The Funky People Feat. Amira "What Is Love" (1997), "Love's Here at Last" by Judy Albanese (Maxi) (1997).

MN2S commissioned Disciple to remix the label's first single 'Things We Used To Do " in 1999. His remix of Love Tattoo's "The Bass Has Got Me Movin'" (2001) earned him an ARIA Music Award and a Grammy nomination. "Always Come Back to Your Love" by Samantha Mumba.  He collaborated as Nympho Soundz   with Steve Mac, his release of 'Filter Groove'  appeared on MTV Ibiza 2000 fo 'The Party" followed by "Ill Concepts" supported by DJ Dan and Bad Boy Bill. 2002 saw Disciple lean his vocals on "Bass & Treble" with Robbie Rivera featured on Cart Cox's Global Compilation. The duo hit 85 on the UK Singles chart with " Super Drum" DJ Disciple was credited as David Banks for "Here Comes the Morning" (2004) by Barbara Walker; featured in the first 4 minutes of the Hollywood smash The Score with Robert De Niro and Edward Norton.

In the mid-2000s, Artists he collaborated with include Michele Chiavarini as part of D & M Project and Brooklyn Soul Boys, Guida de Palma,   Lady Bunny. In 2006 he released "Work It Out" featuring Dawn Tallman on the Catch 22 label. It topped dance club charts, including Buzz and Cool Cuts, making it a commercial success. and was re-released by Klaas for House Trained Records in 2008 with remixes    It was played on BBC Radio 1 by Pete Tong and its music video marked Dj Disciple debut on MTV.

The song "Changes" was a collaboration with David Tort and DJ Ruff and appeared on the Beatport digital top three downloads for two months. The video for "Sexy Lady", which he produced with Javi Mula, received The Best 'Dance ClipVideo' in Spain. In 2008, he and David Tort collaborated on the song "Rise Up", which appeared on the Máxima FM playlist. That March, he was nominated for Beatport Best House Artist and played at the Winter Music Conference BBC Radio 1 Pool Party in Miami. Disciple's music has appeared on The Hill, Paris Hilton's book The memoirs,Uncloudy Days, The Gospel Music Encyclopedia,Harold Heaths Long Relationships, and The Virgin Encyclopedia of 90s music. In 2011, Pioneer Electronics approached him to write a promotional song for their new portable player, the Steez, resulting in the song "U Know My Steez."

In 2012, Disciple collaborated with Albert Neve, Dru Hepkins and Norykko on Romper Room.

Collaborations with dancers and party motivators
Disciple collaborated with dancers and party motivators. Disciple first met Collette McLafferty, author of Confessions of a Bad, Ugly Singer when she responded to his Craigslist post in 2005, dancing for him at Webster Hall, Cielo, and Le Souk. Disciple and Mclafferty collaborated in the 2017 single "Birdseye View" after her lawsuit with the Pink Tribute band. Joy Villa, another performer who responded to Disciple's Craigslist ad,danced with him at clubs like Le Souk, and the Coffee Cave in Jersey.

Activism
Every year during Thanksgiving The Next Level Party, alongside Eric Blackwell, hosts DJs Against Hunger event that feeds the homeless. With extraordinary talent beside him, canned goods would be distributed where homeless victims would eat each year. In response to George Floyd's murder, Disciple also protested in the streets of Brooklyn and released a version of "Rise Up" in 2020 (Justice For George Floyd)

Downtown Brooklyn parents were recently informed that a neighborhood staple, the Navy Yard Madison Boys & Girls Club, has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 and will be closing at the end of the school year. Many of the kids attending the Navy Yard Clubhouse come from the nearby NYCHA Farragut Houses. The clubhouse is directly across the street from Farragut, which made it a convenient location for parents to pick up their children. The imminent closure of the clubhouse and the sale of its building are making families desperate to find some way to either put the clubhouse building into the hands of a different nonprofit or have the city step in to save it for the community. Disciple reached out to Amsterdam News to raise the alarm about the situation.

Writing
On June 15, 2023, The Beat, the Scene, the Sound: A DJ's Journey through the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of House Music in New York City, a book written by DJ Disciple and journalist Henry Kronk, was released by Rowman & Littlefield. It covers club and street culture between the demise of disco and the rise of EDM. The book gives us firsthand information on how the crack cocaine epidemic, the HIV/AIDS crisis and external forces impacted NYC and the music scene.

Personal life
Banks married Amber Daniels in 2011. They have one daughter, Julia, and divorced in 2016. Disciple was on an airplane that nearly crashed which changed his whole outlook on life .When COVID-19 happened he was the drummer at The Church Of The Open Door participating in funeral services to celebrate the homegoings of so many people that passed away. In 2021 Banks was awarded "Parent Of The Year". During the 2022 Farragut – Fort Greene reunion, an event that brings communities together, David Banks was awarded the Mary Andrews 'Above & Beyond' plaque for community work.

Albums

 * Sounds You Can Feel Volume 1 (2020)
 * Sounds You Can Feel Volume 2 (2020)
 * Full Circle (2021)
 * Grateful 24/7/365 (2022)
 * Harmonies (2023)

Singles and EPs

 * 1993: "When the Music Stops" (D:vision Records)
 * 1994: "On the Dancefloor" (Mother Records)
 * 1994: "The Soul Party Project" (Grassroots Records)
 * 1995: "I'll Do Anything" - DJ Disciple presents Innervisions feat. Dawn Tallman (Smack)
 * 1995: Street Experience (Volume #2) (Muzik Pushers)
 * 1997: The 12 Steps 2 Heaven E.P. (Narcotic Records)
 * 1998: "Takin' It Back" - RIP feat. DJ Disciple (In' Sync)
 * 1999: "Wannabe" - Taka Boom (Catch 22 Recordings)
 * 2000: "It's Easy" (Azuli Records)
 * 2002: "Fantasy Reality" - Cyn
 * 2002: "Super Drum" - Robbie Rivera feat. DJ Disciple (Azuli Records)
 * 2002: "Yes" (Catch 22 Recordings)
 * 2003: "Satisfied" (Catch 22 Recordings)
 * 2004: The NYC Sampler Sessions (Catch 22 Recordings)
 * 2005: "I Get High" (Catch 22 Recordings)
 * 2006: "Deep Underground / Crossroads" - DJ Disciple, David Tort & DJ Ruff (Catch 22 Recordings)
 * 2006: "Work It Out" feat. Dawn Tallman (Catch 22 Recordings)
 * 2007: "Changes" - David Tort, Ruff & DJ Disciple (Vendetta Records)
 * 2009: "Big Beautiful Women (Watch Out for the Big Girls)"
 * 2009: "When I Die" - DJ Disciple & Dru Hepkins (Net's Work International)
 * 2010: "Can You Handle This" - Emily Angel and DJ Disciple
 * 2011: "Jasmin Garden" - Stefan Vilijn & DJ Disciple
 * 2011: "Whole World Party" feat. Dawn Tallman
 * 2012: "Drop It Down" feat. Tyra Juliette
 * 2012: "It's Your Night (Let the Beat Rock)" - D.E.M feat. DJ Disciple & Dru Hepkins
 * 2012: "Romper Room" - Albert Neve feat. DJ Disciple, Dru Hepkins & Norykko
 * 2012: "U Know My Steez" - Jan & Solo feat. DJ Disciple
 * 2013: "It's Your Night, Let the Beat Rock" - D.E.M, DJ Disciple & Dru Hepkins
 * 2014: "Turn It Around (Willy William Remix)" feat. Michelle Weeks
 * 2017: "Birdseye View (Juloboy Remix)" feat. Collette McLafferty
 * 2018: "Courage and Sacrifice"
 * 2019: "Lose Yourself" feat. David Mason
 * 2020: "Feels So Good Living the Life You Love" feat. TheRealShakar
 * 2021: "My Sweet Self" feat. AMORELLE
 * 2022: "Rescue Me" feat. Harmonies
 * 2022: "Reality Check"
 * 2023: "Street Music" - Trimtone & DJ Disciple

DJ mixes

 * 1996: Freeze Club Mixer Volume 6: DJ Disciple Megamix '96 (CD, Comp, Mixed) (Freeze Records)
 * 1998: Maxi Records Presents House Disciples - A DJ Disciple Mix (CD, Comp, Mixed) (Maxi Records)
 * 1999: New York City 100% Dance Volume 2 International House Vibes (CD, Comp, Mixed) (Master Dance Tones UK)
 * 2000: Selections (CD, Comp, Mixed) (Northcott Productions Ltd.)
 * 2001: Trust The DJ - DJ Disciple Volume 1
 * 2004: Uploaded Volume 1 (Seamless Recordings)
 * 2005: Various, Red Lite Series 2
 * 2009: Addicted To DJ Disciple And Baggi Begovic

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