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All About Us (t.A.T.u. song)

"All About Us" is a song by Russian musical duo t.A.T.u., taken as a single from the group's second English language studio album, Dangerous and Moving (2005). The song was also featured on the group's second Russian studio album Lyudi Invalidy. The song was written by Josh Alexander, Billy Steinberg, and twin sisters Jessica Origliasso and Lisa Origliasso of the Veronicas. The song was produced by Martin Kierszenbaum and Robert Orton. The song was released as the album's lead single in September 2005 by Universal Music Russia and Interscope.

The song was greeted with positive reviews from music critics, who many praised the ambition and was specified as a highlight on the album. Commercially, the song performed very well on the charts, charting in many European charts and managed to have success in North America and Oceania. An accompanying music video was issued for the single, which featured the group running away from each other. The video was considered controversial by critics and fans, featuring disturbing content.

Critical response
"All About Us" received generally positive reviews from most music critics. Roger Holland from Popmatters said "it’s “All The Things She Said - Part Dva (two)”. [...] It packs more amateur operatics, more rock and more intelligent pop into a little under three minutes than Queen could shoehorn into the entirety of “Bohemian Rhapsody”." The Pitt News compared it "in vein" to the group's previous singles "All The Things She Said" and "Not Gonna Get Us" saying "The song tries to silence the media hype and rumors concerning their sexuality, relationships, disputes and drug use that followed the girls after their emergence, letting the world know that they are still together and as strong as ever." Michael Freedburg from The Boston Phoenix said along with "Friend or Foe", "Perfect Enemy" and "Dangerous and Moving", it "shoots straight to the gut — and to the heart." Betty Clarke from The Guardian said that the song "is good, glossy pop, any empathy lurking in these tales of teenage persecution is lost in translation."

Dom Passantino from Stylus Magazine said that the song "runs along on animalistic lust, high-off-your-own-supply paranoia, mental anguish, and the ever-present threat of sudden, bloody violence." Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic said the song sounded similar to "Not Gonna Get Us".

Commercial performance
"All About Us" experienced chart success all around the world. In Oceania, the song only managed to peak inside the top forty, peaking at thirty-nine on the Australian Singles Chart. It was very successful in European markets, peaking inside the top ten in most countries including Switzerland (#9), Austria (#3), France (#7), Belgium (#4), Sweden (#6), and the United Kingdom (#8). The song became the group's last charting single in the United States, peaking at number thirteen on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs.

Music video
The shooting of the music video took place in Los Angeles, produced by film director James Cox. There are two versions of the video, one censored and the other uncut (also known as the explicit version). The censored video was released on the official website on 18 August. The uncut version was released later. The video was popular in Europe and was retired on Poland's TRL after spending 50 days on the countdown. The video had much airplay on American television, but was actually played more on Spanish-speaking networks than others.

Synopsis
The uncensored version of the music video starts off with Lena and Julia pulling up in a car, with the chorus to "All the Things She Said" playing on the radio. They enter a Korean restaurant as fake headlines are shown on the screen - rumors of their relationship. They sit at a table, take shots and begin arguing with each other, and Julia storms off. The headlines continue as Julia walks down the side of the restaurant, and Lena drives off after her. While walking down the road, Julia gets picked up by a man (played by actor Charlie Koznik). Lena attempts to call Julia on a cell phone, but it seems she is already on her phone with another person. Julia and the man eventually go to his home, where they start to have sex. However, it quickly turns into attempted rape, when the man begins to force himself on Julia.

She shoves him off of her, flips the man off and calls Lena. However, he then physically assaults Julia, first punching her in the back of her head before pushing her through the glass top of a coffee table. Her phone is dropped, and Lena drives off in search of her. The man attempts to strangle Julia, but she is able to break free, and gain enough time to locate bullets and a gun in a case. When he turns around to attack her again, Julia shoots him in the mouth at point-blank range, splattering his brains on the wall. She then climbs out a window and down the fire escape, just in time to meet up with Lena, who drives up to her in a getaway car, and the two smile at each other.

Censored edits
The censored version of the music video was heavily edited for viewing on television. Omitted are Julia giving the finger to the man, her being thrown into the glass, the finding of the gun, the blood splatter and Julia kicking her assailant's corpse. VEVO censors out the flipping scene and replaces it with Julia giving the man the fist.

Track listings
Japan CD single
 * 1) "All About Us"
 * 2) "All About Us" (Instrumental Version)

UK CD single
 * 1) "All About Us" (Single Version): 3'05
 * 2) "All the Things She Said" (Album Version) 3'34

UK Maxi-CD single
 * 1) "All About Us" (Single Version): 3'05
 * 2) "Divine" (Non-LP Long Version) 3'17
 * 3) "All About Us" (Dave Audé Vocal Edit) 4'36
 * 4) "All About Us" (Stephane K Radio Mix) 4'09
 * "All About Us" (Explicit Music Video) 3'26

Europe Maxi-CD single
 * 1) "All About Us" (Single Version): 3'05
 * 2) "Divine" (Non-LP Long Version) 3'17
 * 3) "All About Us" (Dave Audé Vocal Edit) 4'36
 * 4) "All About Us" (Stephane K Radio Mix) 4'09
 * "All About Us" (Explicit Music Video) 3'26

The Remixes CD single
 * 1) "All About Us" (Dave Audé Big Room Vocal)
 * 2) "All About Us" (Dave Audé Vocal Edit)
 * 3) "All About Us" (Dave Audé Big Club Dub)
 * 4) "All About Us" (Dave Audé Big Mixshow)
 * 5) "All About Us" (Dave's Acid Funk Dub)
 * 6) "All About Us" (Stephane K Radio Mix)
 * 7) "All About Us" (Stephane K Extended Mix)
 * 8) "All About Us" (Stephane K Guitar Dub Mix)
 * 9) "All About Us" (The Lovermakers Mix)
 * 10) "All About Us" (Glam As You Mix by Guena LG)
 * 11) "All About Us" (Glam As You Radio Mix by Guena LG)
 * 12) "All About Us" (Sunset In Ibiza Mix by Guena LG)
 * 13) "All About Us" (Sunset In Ibiza Radio Mix by Guena LG)

DVD promo single
 * "All About Us" (Explicit Music Video)
 * "All About Us" (Glam As You Mix by Guena LG) (Audio With Picture Slide show)
 * "All About Us" (The Lovermakers Mix) (Audio With Picture Slide show)

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re: Blickensdefer typewriter
Well, I did crop the image. That might have hurt the image quality. But moreover, it wasn't easy for me to shoot; the shutter stayed open for 1/6 second, and I didn't have a tripod. I could have tried tricks like increasing the ISO, but I guess that just didn't occur to me (I'm an amateur photographer, so sometimes I do stuff like this). Plus, there was a glass pane seperating me from the display. I also uploaded an uncropped image to http://www.flickr.com/photos/ian_ruotsala/73674528/in/set-1522697/, which is about the best shot I was able to take (click on "all sizes" to see it full-sized). I could try visiting again, with a tripod, the museum where it was displayed, but I don't know if they would allow the tripod. Xen0phile 01:11, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

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Slow Century

Slow Century is a two-disc DVD retrospective of the band Pavement filmed and compiled by filmmaker Lance Bangs. The first disc contains Slow Century itself, a 90-minute documentary with extensive interviews with the band members (as well as their friend Thurston Moore) and considerable live concert footage from across their career featuring throughout; indeed, the film concludes with the encore from their final live show, held in London in 1999. There is also a presentation subtitled Cinema Stars (written using a star symbol rather than the word "star") featuring all their videos, as well as alternate and rejected clips for three songs. Interspersed throughout are brief clips from home movies, television appearances and behind-the-scenes footage. The second disc is entirely composed of live footage with a full concert from Seattle, Washington (July 1999) and edited highlights from the group's second last show in Manchester (11/1999). Across the two discs, there is a total of six hours of footage. There is band member and director commentary on each video and multiple angles on the second disc, and it is presented in Dolby stereo.

Directed by Lance Bangs, except:

 * Kim Gordon (directed "Perfume-V" video)
 * Thurston Moore (directed "Here" video)
 * Dan Koretzky (directed "Cut Your Hair" video, co-directed the "Painted Soldiers" video)
 * Rian Murphy (co-directed "Painted Soldiers" video)
 * Scott Blen (directed "Gold Soundz" and "Range Life" videos)
 * Tom Surgall (directed "Rattled by the Rush" video)
 * John Kelsey (directed "Father to a Sister of Thought" and "Stereo" videos)
 * Spike Jonze (directed "Shady Lane" video)

Track listing

 * 1) Slow Century, a 90-minute documentary incorporating footage from 1989–99
 * 2) "Here" (video)
 * 3) "Perfume-V" (video)
 * 4) "Cut Your Hair" (video)
 * 5) "Gold Soundz" (video)
 * 6) "Range Life" (video)
 * 7) "Rattled by the Rush" (video)
 * 8) "Father to a Sister of Thought" (video)
 * 9) "Painted Soldiers" (video)
 * 10) "Stereo" (video)
 * 11) "Shady Lane" (video)
 * 12) "Carrot Rope" (video)
 * 13) "Spit on a Stranger" (video)
 * 14) "Major Leagues" (video)
 * 15) "Major Leagues" (alternate video)
 * 16) "Rattled by the Rush" (alternate video)
 * 17) "Cut Your Hair" (alternate video)
 * 18) "In the Mouth a Desert" (live)
 * 19) "Speak See Remember" (live)
 * 20) "Spit on a Stranger" (live)
 * 21) "Date with Ikea" (live)
 * 22) "The Hexx" (live)
 * 23) "Box Elder" (live)
 * 24) "Folk Jam" (live)
 * 25) "Billie" (live)
 * 26) "Major Leagues" (live)
 * 27) "Shady Lane" (live)
 * 28) "Cream of Gold" (live)
 * 29) "Platform Blues" (live)
 * 30) "We Dance" (live)
 * 31) "Harness Your Hopes" (live)
 * 32) "Stereo" (live)
 * 33) "Gold Soundz" (live)
 * 34) "The Killing Moon" (live) (covering Echo & the Bunnymen)
 * 35) "Sinister Purpose" (live)
 * 36) "Debris Slide" (live)
 * 37) "Grounded" (live)
 * 38) "Unfair" (live)
 * 39) "Two States" (live)
 * 40) "Fin" (live)
 * 41) "Date with Ikea" (live)
 * 42) "Range Life" (live)
 * 43) "Summer Babe" (live)
 * 44) "Handcuffs" banter from last show (live) (hidden easter egg)
 * 45) "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence" (live) (hidden easter egg)
 * 46) "Conduit for Sale" (live) (hidden easter egg)

Easter egg

 * On disc one, highlight the letter "P" in "Pavement" on the menu screen and then press enter/OK to unlock some hidden performance footage.

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Albigensian Crusade
I'm contacting you out of courtesy as you have contributed to the page and may wish to supply your own citations. If you feel this doesn't matter to you, please ignore it. This page was rated as a Good Article, but has been downgraded because nobody did the donkeywork of listing the attributions to the various statements provided, which is after all a fairly serious dereliction of duty in what's suppoed to be a historical record. Having discussed the withdrawal of GA with LuciferMorgan, I give notice that I am sitting down with the three classic original source texts (Puylaurens, Vaux-de-Cernay and de Tudèle - the last in the Livre de Poche edition as the Martin-Chabot is long out of print) to add the missing inline citations to this page. I do not intend at this point to make any textual alterations, but if comments are made which are NOT justified, be prepared to state your sources now. Jel 21:15, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

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history of Malawi merge
Hi there. You've suggested that History of Malawi be merged into the Malawi article. Please see my comments Talk:Malawi - I think they make sense. I'm not particularly sure why you suggested it in the first place? I think it's a fairly open and shut case so if you've no objections then I'll delete the merge template. Cheers. Iancaddy 19:29, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

hominid
Please don't disambig repair this link... it's a bit different than most disambig articles. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:28, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Beacuse it is more than a disambig page. It has lots of information. If the link is "hominid" it should go to the disambig page.. If the link is "Hominidae" than it should go to Hominidae, no explanation needed. I'm reverting, again. - UtherSRG (talk) 00:12, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * If you'd read the hominid article, you'd see that there is plenty of information that makes this more than just a typical disambiguation page. You wouldn't have wasted as much of time on this if you'd halted when I first asked you to instead of undoing my reverts and carrying on with your "repairs". Some of the edits you made were good, but others were not. The hominid article talks about the distinctions in terminology, the difference in the various terms used to describe various hominoids. The Hominidae article describes the family of apes. Let me repeat: one is an article about terminology, one is an article about animals. - UtherSRG (talk) 01:07, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Ancient Greece/Hellenic
You have been disambig repairing "Hellenic," but you have been replacing it with Ancient Greece. I believe Hellenistic civilization or Hellenistic Greece would be more accurate.--Andrew c 15:00, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the suggestion. I was using the various alternatives on the disambiguation page, and I don't think those were there. Thanks for letting me know they exist--they do sound much better for the post-Alexander references. I will add them to the dab page too. --Iggle 06:07, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Saga linking to Wiktionary
I have reverted Your changes in WikiProject Novels/Novel categorization and WikiProject Books/Worklist, please do not link across projects without asking. Thanks. feydey 08:18, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I notice You removed the link to saga in WikiProject Books/Worklist (and Novel cat.), as I said don't touch the link unless You ask and know what You are doing there. If You had read the two sentences at the beginning of the article You would have known what the page is about. That page deals with pages in Wikipedia, be they empty, disambig or featured. I understand that disambiguation needs to be done, but please be careful especially in Wikipedia: space. Thanks. feydey 08:40, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Now You understand the point of the Worklist page, to have someone check the page and if needed "re-writing it as a non-dab page". If You disambiguate it to wiktionary then that is not going to happen. Also removing the link is not helping. This is why I said at the beginning: "please do not link across projects without asking". All pages are not so clear-cut as it would seem. Please be careful. feydey 09:01, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Drammensfjord
Quite right. Corrected in text. Tusen takk - Williamborg 01:08, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Please help on Ancient Egypt
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Ancient Near East warfare taskforce
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Please be careful
Your edits clearly show good intentions, but fixing one link and throwing away several paragraphs of archived material is not a net benefit. - Jmabel | Talk 23:57, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Also—and this is strictly a quibble—an edit summary like "Disambiguation link repair" effectively says to most of us "no need to check my edit", so it is a little disconcerting when one sees that edit summary used for the addition of a cleanup tag. - Jmabel | Talk 00:04, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

 * See reply at User talk:Jmabel

 * Thanks. The reason that further comment would be useful in the last case is that I (and, I imagine others) will routinely skip over edits by someone we know and trust if there is a comment like "Disambiguation link repair", and presumably the last thing you want is for someone to skip over your request for cleanup. I'd like to be able to say "Oh, when Igiffin says 'Disambiguation link repair' I don't need to check that edit." These two edits, each in a different way, make it harder to do that. - Jmabel | Talk 00:45, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

On a similar note, the same thing happened when you worked on the Verizon FiOS page. I've fixed it, but please be a little more careful (and if necessary, upgrade your browser or switch to a different one). Thanks in advance! --SpecOp Macavity 14:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for catching that one. My browser is as upgraded as they get, but unfortunately although I am extremely careful I am human. Thanks again for the alert. --Iggle 07:09, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Skandha article "Disambiguation link repair" of "enlightenment"
Howdy Igiffin - thanks for pointing out that the Skandha article's internal link for "enlightenment" went to a disambiguation page, which could certainly be unuseful and confusing. I was hoping you wouldn't mind if I built on your desire to disambiguate the reference by having it link to the article on "Nirvana" (as opposed to "Enlightenment (concept)") since the Skandha article's use of the word "enlightenment" (in a paragraph I typed in) really refers to Nirvana. So would this edit of your modification be acceptable to you? Thanks again for your help. LarryR 12:12, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

 * See reply here.

 * Excellent! Thanks so much! LarryR 21:21, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Please stop "disambiguating" a link I entered to the unintended meaning!
I appreciate your efforts to contribute to Wikipedia by disambiguating links, but I wish you would (please) be more circumspect about it: On Talk:Soka Gakkai International, you have repeatedly "disambiguated" my link to the "enlightenment" disambiguation page despite my repeated protests that I want the link to take readers to that page and not the enlightenment (concept) page. Since this is material on a talk page, in which I am presenting an argument, I think it is unfair of you change its content in a manner that is incongruent with my intent. If the material were in an article, I would not protest (unless I thought the revised link would be incongruent with the article content); but you are making a change in the substance of a text—an opinion—that I have signed my name to. Please stop! --Jim_Lockhart 02:14, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

 * See reply here.

 * See my reply to your reply here. Tx. Jim_Lockhart 21:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Again I must ask you to please stop disambiguating to unintended meanings. I have already explained to you why I want the hyperlink to the disambiguation page and not to a specific entry; since this link is in a signed opinion on a talk page, I think you should respect its (the opinion's) author's wishes! Jim_Lockhart 13:47, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Jim, on the History page for your article I saw that you requested that the link be left as is or disambiguated to Bodhi. I did the latter. Since this is what you suggested, and since it solves the problem of having a link pointing to a dab page, I don't understand your objection. If for some reason you don't like "Bodhi" after all, what would you suggest as an alternative? There is no obvious reason for your comment to be linked to the Enlightenment dab page, since you are clearly talking about the idea of enlightenment in the spiritual sense and not about all the other meanings such as the European Age of Enlightenment or about desktop operating systems. --Iggle 01:24, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

 * My wishes are described in detail here, and chronologically, this is the most recent description; logically, I think, most people would consider the chronologically most recent description to be the one that should prevail. Further—and as you concede above—I "requested that the link be left as is or disambiguated to Bodhi", the latter (disambiguation to Bodhi) being conditioned on the disambiguation being absolutely necessary—a point that I dispute, which should be obvious from the one, consistent wish I have expressed in every one of my comments: please leave it alone. What I have difficulty comprehending is: Why are you so insistent on changing it? To someone who has no interest in the content of that particular discussion, I would think is would be trivial. Best regards, Jim_Lockhart 17:07, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry, I thought we had found a mutually acceptable solution. --Iggle 22:45, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

"Enlightenment" disambiguated to "Bodhi"
Nice disambiguation of "Enlightenment" to "Bodhi" in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. Your change is wise, showing an appreciation for the subject and context. Way to go! Thanks again! LarryR 12:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

List of airports in Canada (T-Z)
Please don't be like me. Take a minute to check your edits. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 13:32, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for catching that. There's a problem with some browsers chopping off long articles in the edit box. I usually catch it but obviously missed that one. --Iggle 21:28, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

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Taj Mahal RFC

 * I've filed an RFC relating to the Taj Mahal at Talk:Taj Mahal. Your comments would be most welcome. Joopercoopers 18:24, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Biased editing of Technological Utopianism by Loremaster.
Biased editing of Technological Utopianism by Loremaster.

Due to your past contribution to Technological utopianism, you may currently want to help editing the Technological utopianism article because currently only one editor is contributing to the article. The Singularitarianism Article could also benefit from your help.

I feel Loremaster is editing Singularitarianism and Technological utopianism in a biased manner in accordance with his Save The Earth propaganda. Loremasters's ideology seems to verge towards Neo-Luddism. Here are the damming facts Loremaster has stated in discussion:

 * Loremaster says he is:

 * Loremaster wants people to:

 * Loremaster sees his editing as a 'fight' and he states:

81.151.135.248 (talk) 12:08, 18 December 2010 (UTC)JB

--Loremaster (talk) 00:46, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * LOL
 * 1) Despite the fact that I openly admit to being a technorealist who is critical of techno-utopianism in all its forms, I have let never this point of view influence any of my edits or reverts of the Technological utopianism or Singularitarianism articles. On the contrary, I am the person most responsible for expanding the former article with content some would argue is “pro-techno-utopian” (i.e. passages from James Hughes' book Citizen Cyborg).
 * 2) I find it disgusting that 81.151.135.248 would take comments I made out of context to falsely make it seem I see my editing of any article as part of my fight for the environment.
 * 3) In light of this outrageous act of bad faith, I will do everything in my power to get this jerk banned from Wikipedia.

Merge
I've suggested merging Farangi (which you worked on) into Franks. I think this is better by WP policy and more useful to the readers. Jaque Hammer (talk) 20:54, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

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Disambiguation link fixing one-day contest
I have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning a WP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers! bd2412 T 02:30, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

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Aluminium bromide

Aluminium bromide is any chemical compound with the empirical formula AlBrx. Aluminium tribromide is the most common form of aluminium bromide. It is a colorless, sublimable hygroscopic solid; hence old samples tend to be hydrated, mostly as aluminium tribromide hexahydrate (AlBr3·6H2O).

Structure
The dimeric form of aluminium tribromide (Al2Br6) predominates in the solid state, in solutions in noncoordinating solvents (e.g. CS2), in the melt, and in the gas phase. Only at high temperatures do these dimers break up into monomers:
 * Al2Br6 → 2 AlBr3 ΔH°diss  = 59 kJ/mol

The species aluminium monobromide forms from the reaction of HBr with Al metal at high temperature. It disproportionates near room temperature:
 * 6/n "[AlBr]n" → Al2Br6  +  4 Al

This reaction is reversed at temperatures higher than 1000 °C. Aluminium monobromide has been crystallographically characterized in the form the tetrameric adduct Al4Br4(NEt3)4 (Et = C2H5). This species is electronically related to cyclobutane. Theory suggests that the diatomic aluminium monobromide condenses to a dimer and then a tetrahedral cluster Al4Br4, akin to the analogous boron compound.

Al2Br6 consists of two AlBr4 tetrahedra that share a common edge. The molecular symmetry is D2h.

The monomer AlBr3, observed only in the vapor, can be described as trigonal planar, D3h point group. The atomic hybridization of aluminium is often described as sp2. The Br-Al-Br bond angles are 120°.

Synthesis
By far the most common form of aluminium bromide is Al2Br6. This species exists as hygroscopic colorless solid at standard conditions. Typical impure samples are yellowish or even red-brown due to the presence of iron-containing impurities. It is prepared by the reaction of HBr with Al:
 * 2 Al +  6 HBr  →   Al2Br6  +  3 H2

Alternatively, the direct bromination occurs also:
 * 2 Al +  3 Br2  →   Al2Br6

Reactions
Al2Br6 dissociates readily to give the strong Lewis acid, AlBr3. Regarding the tendency of Al2Br6 to dimerize, it is common for heavier main group halides to exist as aggregates larger than implied by their empirical formulae. Lighter main group halides such as boron tribromide do not show this tendency, in part due to the smaller size of the central atom.

Consistent with its Lewis acidic character, Al2Br6 is hydrolyzed by water with evolution of HBr and formation of Al-OH-Br species. Similarly, it also reacts quickly with alcohols and carboxylic acids, although less vigorously than with water. With simple Lewis bases (L), Al2Br6 forms adducts, such as AlBr3L.

Aluminium tribromide reacts with carbon tetrachloride at 100 °C to form carbon tetrabromide:
 * 4 AlBr3 + 3 CCl4 → 4 AlCl3 + 3 CBr4

and with phosgene yields carbonyl bromide and aluminium chlorobromide:
 * AlBr3 + COCl2 → COBr2 + AlCl2Br

Al2Br6 is used as a catalyst for the Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction. Related Lewis acid-promoted reactions include as epoxide ring openings and decomplexation of dienes from iron carbonyls. It is a stronger Lewis acid than the more common Al2Cl6.

Safety
Aluminium tribromide is a highly reactive material.

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Belka and Strelka

Belka (Белка, literally, "squirrel", or alternatively "Whitey") and Strelka (Стрелка, "cursor") are dogs that spent a day in space aboard Korabl-Sputnik 2 (Sputnik 5) on 19 August 1960 before safely returning to Earth. They were the first higher living organisms to survive an orbital trip in outer space.

They were accompanied by 42 mice, a grey rabbit, two rats, flies, and several plants and fungi. All passengers survived. Sputnik 5 made 17 revolutions around the Earth and spent 27 hours in orbit. These were the first Earth-born creatures to orbit Earth and return alive, and the first recovered since February 20, 1947, when fruit flies were flown into space on a suborbital flight by the U.S. and survived.

The objective of the mission was to check and understand the organisms' reactions to exposure to zero gravity in outer space.

Strelka went on to have six puppies with a male dog named Pushok who participated in many ground-based space experiments, but never made it into space. One of the puppies was named Pushinka (Пушинка, "Fluffy") and was presented to President John F. Kennedy by Nikita Khrushchev in 1961. A Kennedy dog named Charlie and Pushinka mated, resulting in the birth of four puppies that JFK referred to jokingly as pupniks. Two of their puppies, Butterfly and Streaker, were given away to children in the Midwest. The other two puppies, White Tips and Blackie, stayed at the Kennedy home on Squaw Island but were eventually given away to family friends. Pushinka's descendants were still living as of 2015. A photo of descendants of some of the Space Dogs is on display at the Zvezda Museum in Tomilino outside Moscow.

A Russian animated feature film called Belka and Strelka: Star Dogs (English title: Space Dogs) was released in 2010.

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Michael Jackson's Ghosts

Michael Jackson's Ghosts is a 1996 short film starring Michael Jackson, directed by Stan Winston, and written by Stephen King and Mick Garris. It is based on a story by Garris, Jackson and King.

Ghosts tells the story of an eccentric man with supernatural powers being forced out of a small town by its judgmental mayor. Jackson plays five roles, and performs dance routines set to the songs "2 Bad", "Is It Scary" and "Ghosts", taken from his albums HIStory (1995) and Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997). The AV Club described Ghosts as an allegory for Jackson's life and pop culture status.

Ghosts was filmed and released in 1996 and released along with select prints of the horror film Thinner, and was first screened in the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. It was released as promo a year later internationally on LaserDisc, VHS and Video CD.

Plot
The mayor of Normal Valley leads a mob to the mansion of the Maestro, who has been entertaining local children with magic tricks and ghost stories. The children assure the parents the Maestro has done nothing wrong, but the mayor intends to banish him as a "freak".

The Maestro challenges the mayor to a "scaring contest": the first to become scared must leave. He performs magic tricks and dance routines with a ghostly horde, then possesses the mayor, forcing him to dance. After the performance, the Maestro agrees to leave and crumbles to dust, but returns as an enormous ghoul. Terrified, the mayor leaps through the window. The families agree that they had fun and allow the Maestro to stay.

Production
Ghosts began production in 1993 under the title Is It Scary? with the director Mick Garris. It was planned for release in conjunction with the family comedy film Addams Family Values. Jackson backed out of the deal, returning an estimated $5 million, and the Addams Family connection was dropped. Stan Winston, who was previously in charge of makeup and visual effects, took over as director when Garris left to make the Shining miniseries. According to Garris, Ghosts was the most expensive music video ever made, at around $15 million, all paid for by Jackson.

Cast

 * Michael Jackson as Maestro / Mayor / Mayor Ghoul / Superghoul / Skeleton
 * Pat Dade as Pat
 * Amy Smallman as Amy
 * Edwina Moore as Edwina
 * Dante Beze as Dante
 * Seth Smith as Seth
 * Kendall Cunningham as Kendall
 * Loren Randolph as Loren
 * Heather Ehlers as Heather

Choreographers

 * Michael Jackson
 * LaVelle Smith Jr.
 * Travis Payne
 * Barry Lather

Dancers

 * Michael Balderrama
 * Troy Burgess
 * John "Havic" Gregory
 * M.G. Gong
 * Heather Harley
 * Paula Harrison
 * Shawnette Heard
 * Cris Judd
 * Richard Kim
 * Dorie Konno
 * Kelly Konno
 * Suzi McDonald
 * Courtney Miller, Jr
 * Nikki Pantenburg
 * Travis Payne
 * Mia Pitts
 * Charlie E. Schmidt
 * Joie Shettler
 * Yuko Sumida
 * Anthony Talauega
 * Richmond Talauega
 * Lisa Joann Thompson
 * Mic Thompson
 * Stacy Walker
 * Michelle Weber
 * Jason Yribar

Songs
The original orchestral score was composed by Nicholas Pike. In 2021 the soundtrack was released on the web from the non promotional CD.

The Michael Jackson songs are the following ones:
 * "2 Bad" (film version)
 * Taken from HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
 * "Is It Scary" (film version)*
 * Taken from Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix
 * "Ghosts"
 * Taken from Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix

Release
Ghosts was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. At over 38 minutes long, it held the Guinness world record for the longest music video until 2013, when it was eclipsed by Pharrell Williams' "Happy". In 2020, the film was available on Jackson’s YouTube channel from October 29 to November 1.

Home media
In December 1997, towards the end of promotion for Michael Jackson's remix album Blood on the Dance Floor, a Deluxe Collector Box Set of Ghosts was released only in Europe. The box set included a VHS release of Jackson's Ghosts mini-movie on home video and his Blood on the Dance Floor album on CD, as well as a CD maxi single named the Limited Edition Minimax CD. "On the Line" was the first track on this single.

Reception
The A.V. Club writer Nathan Rabin described Ghosts as "clunky, leaden and overblown", and said it was a "staggeringly blunt" allegory for Jackson's life and pop culture status. He attributed its failure to Jackson's place in the public imagination at the time, following his recent divorce from Lisa Marie Presley and the 1993 child molestation allegations against him.

On the Line
"On the Line" is a song co-written and produced by Babyface. Michael Jackson performs the track and is also credited in its writing (on the writing credits of The Ultimate Collection). It was originally recorded by Jackson for the Spike Lee film Get on the Bus (1996), but it was not featured on the soundtrack.

The full-length version of the song was released on November 16, 2004 as an album track of his limited edition box set The Ultimate Collection.

Personnel

 * Written and composed by Babyface and Michael Jackson
 * Produced by Babyface
 * Solo and background vocals by Michael Jackson

Track listing
Limited Edition Minimax CD (EPC 665268 2)
 * 1) "On the Line" (Short Version) – 4:37
 * 2) "Ghosts" (Mousse T's Radio Rock Singalong Remix) – 4:25
 * 3) "Is It Scary" (DJ Greek's Scary Mix) – 7:12

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Raemon Sluiter

Raemon Sluiter (born 13 April 1978) is a Dutch former professional tennis player and current coach. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 46, achieved in February 2003. Though he achieved only limited success during his professional career, Sluiter reached four ATP finals in his native Netherlands, and also reached the semi-finals of the Davis Cup with the Dutch team in 2001.

He announced his retirement in February 2008, which took effect after he played his home event in Rotterdam. In April 2009 he returned to professional tennis, reaching the final of an ITF Futures tournament in Albufeira, Portugal having entered the tournament in the qualifying rounds. In June 2009 he reached the final of the Ordina Open, becoming the lowest ranked professional player (866th) in history to reach an ATP final.

Sluiter's best performance in Grand Slam tournaments was the third round, which he reached at Wimbledon in 2001 and in the French Open in 2004 and 2006. In the first round of the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, Sluiter stunned 20th seed and former World #1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in five sets for one of the biggest wins of his career.

Junior career
Sluiter excelled as a junior and won the Boys' Doubles title at the 1995 French Open, alongside compatriot Peter Wessels. The pair also reached the final of the 1995 US Open Junior.

Professional career
Sluiter turned professional in 1996, and broke into the ATP top 100 for the first time in 2000. In the same year, Sluiter qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament at the 2000 Australian Open, where he defeated Andrea Gaudenzi in five sets in the first round for his first Grand Slam victory. In the second round, he was defeated by 16th seed Mark Philippoussis in four sets. At the 2000 Energis Dutch Open, Sluiter reached his first ATP final on home soil, where he was defeated by the veteran Magnus Gustafsson.

In 2001, Sluiter achieved his best result at a Grand Slam tournament, by reaching the third round at Wimbledon, where he lost to Arnaud Clément in a closely contested four-set match. He equalled this achievement at the French Open in 2004 and 2006, losing to Carlos Moyá and Martín Vassallo Argüello, respectively.

Sluiter was part of the Netherlands team which reached the semi-finals of the 2001 Davis Cup. In his only rubber of the tie, Sluiter faced a rematch against Arnaud Clément, who had defeated him at that year's Wimbledon, but was forced to retire while leading 2–1 in the third set. The Dutch team went on to lose the tie 3–2.

Sluiter's greatest scalp at a Grand Slam tournament came at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, where he defeated former world No. 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in five sets in the first round. In the following round, he lost to Alexander Popp in another five-set match. That year also saw Sluiter reach his career high singles ranking of world No. 46.

On 20 November 2006, Sluiter dropped out of the top 100 for the last time, but continued to be ranked in the top 200 until his retirement in 2008. Sluiter's final tournament was to be the 2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in his hometown of Rotterdam. Having received a wild card into the main draw of the tournament, Sluiter was defeated by eventual champion Michaël Llodra in the first round.

In 2009, Sluiter made a comeback to professional tennis. In June, he received a wild card to the 2009 Ordina Open in Rosmalen. Despite being ranked 866th in the world at the time, Sluiter reached the final of the tournament, where he was defeated by Benjamin Becker. This made him the lowest ranked player ever to reach an ATP tour final. Sluiter announced his second retirement in 2010.

During his lengthy career, Sluiter reached four ATP World Tour finals, all in his native Netherlands. In addition to his final appearances in Amsterdam and Rosmalen, Sleuter reached finals in Rotterdam and Amersfoort in 2003, losing on both occasions. Despite his limited success on the main ATP circuit, Sluiter won 10 ATP Challenger Tour titles during his career.

Though a singles specialist, Sluiter was also an occasional doubles player. Partnering Martin Verkerk, he reached two doubles finals during his career, in Tashkent in 2002 and Delray Beach in 2003, losing both finals. In 2003 he reached his career high doubles ranking of world No. 97.

Coaching career
After retiring from his playing career, Sluiter became a coach. In 2015, he began coaching Dutch player Kiki Bertens. In 2016, Bertens reached the semi-final of the French Open. They ended their partnership in 2019. In 2021, Sluiter began a brief partnership with Tallon Griekspoor, a Dutch player on the ATP tour. They stopped working together in late 2022. Sluiter became coach of Ukrainian player Elina Svitolina in March 2023, after her return from maternity leave. She returned to competition in April on the ITF Tour. With Sluiter, Svitolina won de Internationaux de Strasbourg, a WTA 250 event in May 2023, and reached quarterfinals of the 2023 French Open and the semifinals of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Personal life
Sluiter was born in Rotterdam. His father, Fred, was a caretaker at his former school and his mother, Cisca, worked as a part-time cleaner. He is a supporter of his local football team, Feyenoord, and during the 2003–04 season he was the club's official ambassador. He also enjoys snooker and is a fan of the band Pearl Jam. His girlfriend is former field hockey player Fatima Moreira de Melo.

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Monte Amundsen

Monte Amundsen (January 15, 1930 – December 24, 2011) was an American opera and musical singer who appeared on Broadway in Marc Blitzstein's musical Juno in 1959, which starred Shirley Booth.

Biography
Composer Marc Blitzstein was reportedly so delighted with Amundsen that he expanded her role in Juno to include three major songs: I Wish It So, For Love, and My True Heart, as well as a duet with Shirley Booth, The Bird Upon The Tree. The show was not a success, but Amundsen's well-received performance is preserved on the original cast recording. In 1964 she appeared in another ill-fated musical, Cafe Crown, which ran for 30 performances in previews before closing after just three performances after its official opening.

Amundsen also made many appearances at The Muny in St. Louis, including Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella (1969); Marie Esterhazy in Blossom Time (1966); Gretel in Hansel & Gretel (1966); Barbara in Milk and Honey (1964); Anna Belle in Robin Hood (1961); Resi in The Great Waltz (1961) and Gretchen in The Red Mill (1960). In 1958 she made her debut at the New York City Opera as Adele in Die Fledermaus. She also sang several roles with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera during the 1950s and 1960s.

Personal life
She was briefly married to dancer Tommy Rall and later married opera star Giorgio Tozzi in 1967, with whom she had two children, Jennifer and Eric. She was widowed seven months before her own death.

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Hello, My name is Pit Pat!

I am in the Bowie High School outdoor performing Ensamble

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User talk:IslandGyrl/Hawaiian sovereignty talk

E komo mai — Welcome!

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User talk:Mkns

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Call for consensus on fan site list on Andy Murray page
Hello Mkns,

You've probably noticed my (probably foolhardy) attempt to resolve the edit war on the Andy Murray page regarding fansites. The protagonists do not look about to resolve it among themselves, so I'd appreciate it if you and other regular editors could express your views on this part of the page, so that we can stop the war going forward, or at least block a protagonist who persists in it. Please come to the talk page here

The questions I've put are:

Please can I have the opinions of those who regularly edit this site:

1.Should there be a list of fansites?

2.Should it be ordered

 * a) alphabetically

 * b) by site's popularity or quality

 * c) by some other factor

3. If by popularity/quality how to judge this?

Thanks. RobbieC 20:58, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Murray link, consensus 2009
As you were involved in the previous consensus in 2006, I think it would be appropriate for your input in a RfC on the matter. A local consensus was once again reached a few weeks ago but it now has now gone to a wider consensus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Andy_Murray Mark7144 (talk) 08:49, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland
I'm just dropping you a quick note about a new Wikipedian in Residence job that's opened up at the National Library of Scotland. There're more details at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scotland. Richard Symonds (WMUK) (talk) 15:23, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Scottish Fairground Culture Editathon
Hey there! As a Wikipedian in Scotland I thought you might be interested in the Scottish Fairground Culture editathon taking place on 7 May at the Riverside Museum - drop me a line if you'd like to know more! Lirazelf (talk) 11:18, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh dear, linkfail! Here's the correct one... Scottish Fairground Culture Editathon Lirazelf (talk) 10:05, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Period 9 element

 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. Redwolf24 (talk) 02:18, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Period 9 element
As we haven't even found a single Period 8 element, writing about Period 9 elements makes no sense. Taw 21:07, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Wait for them to give the Period 8 elements actual names first. :P Acetic Acid 21:59, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. It will be a long time before there is anything concrete to put on this page. ManoaChild 23:07, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree with above.Amren 23:41, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to period 8 element and add a short note on that page about what "period 9 element" would mean. Grutness...  wha?  01:36, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Period 8 is not yet known, so Period 9 might as well be Period 546. One speculative Period is satisfactory. Xoloz 20:23, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep In the extended periodic table the Period 9 elements are noted and that table pre-exists Wikipedia by several decades. In addition, we already have entries for several of the Period 8 elements for which scientific or fiction speculations have been made, so that makes period 9 the lowest totally unpopulated (by articles) period of the periodic table. Caerwine 00:28, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Acetic Acid. ~⌈Markaci⌋ 2005-08-21 T 07:38:24 Z
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Wharfedale (ward)

Wharfedale is a ward located in the northeast of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated within the Wharfedale valley (from which the ward gets its name), one of the Yorkshire Dales. The ward comprises the settlements of Burley-in-Wharfedale, Burley Woodhead and Menston, as well as the surrounding moorland. According to the 2011 census, the population of the ward was 11,836.

Councillors
Wharfedale ward is represented on Bradford Council by three Conservative councillors, Gerald Barker, Jackie Whiteley and Dale Smith.

indicates seat up for re-election. indicates councillor defection. indicates a by-election.

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Talk:Wovoka

Ghost Shirts
This article seems to suggest that it was Wavoka himself that encouraged the use of "Ghost Shirts". Maybe it should be at least noted that it was Kicking Bear that introduced the idea of ghost shirts to the Sioux. Brianpritt (talk) 08:08, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

To do to improve
Please cross off the list as they have been completed. Thanks. CJLippert 19:07, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * in-line citations
 * more references
 * more on the spread of his vision and the spread of the Ghost Dance
 * separate out into subsections within the article about Wovoka from other instances named after him

Wovoka's Father
Based on the sources I've read, the association between Wovoka and the person known as Tavibo or Numu-Taibo is very uncertain. Very little is known about Tavibo, and there are doubts that he ever existed. Toiyabe 21:08, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

A biography of Wovoka's father, Tavibo, appears in the American National Biography (Oxford University Press, 1999, vol. 21, pages 348-349). This biography says that Tavibo was born about 1830 and died about 1915. I don't know if this is "proof" of his existence but figured it worth mentioning. grumpykansan 1 May 2006

 * Strange - Other sources mention that Wovoka's father died when he was young (long before 1915), which is why he went to live with the Wilson family. Toiyabe 14:48, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

I doubt that his father was named Numu-Taibo as that translates to "Comanche White Man" in the Comanche language. Seems like too much of a coincidence to me.64.132.32.162 (talk) 18:26, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

His father's name was Numu-tibo'o, also called Tavibo, according to Wovoka biographer Michael Hittman (1997) and James Mooney (1896) (although Mooney incorrectly identified Numu-tibo'o as being Wodziwob, the founder of the 1870 Ghost Dance), and yes, it does translate to something like "White-Man", which both Hittman and Cora Du Bois (1939) believe might be one of the reasons Mooney made his error. Vyselink (talk) 02:23, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

I see now that the name Numutibo'o does translate to Paiute White Man. The similarity to the Comanche translation is a result of both tribes speaking Numic Uto-Aztecan languages. Like the Comanche, who were an offshoot of the Shoshone, they referred to themselves as Numunu. And the word for white man was also similar. There were friendly relations between some Shoshone bands and some Paiutes as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.145.1.30 (talk) 21:32, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Sir Jonathon Clay III?
Who is Sir Jonathon Clay III and how could he possibly be related to Wovoka? Toiyabe 23:34, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

I'll be back
There is so much wrong with this article that it's going to take a while to fix it. I've removed the most glaring mistakes (Numu-tibo'o was Wovoka's father but was NOT Wodziwob, that was an erroneous claim by Mooney which was later disproven by Du Bois, as Numutibo'o didn't die until 1912, while Wodziwob died in 1872). I also removed completely false claims from the website crystalinks.com. It's a non-RS, and is completely wrong. I'll do more editing over the coming few days. Vyselink (talk) 02:14, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

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Osman Kebir

Osman Kebir, also known as Osman Mohamed Yousif Kibir, is the governor of the North Darfur province of Sudan. He was previously the governor of North Darfur. In September 2018, Kebir was appointed as the Second Vice President of Sudan.

He has publicly denied that the Janjaweed had any link to the government. In October 2004, he accused numerous international organizations and observers of the Darfur conflict of bias against the Sudanese government. Kofi Annan met him in provincial capital El Fasher in 2004, to call on protection of Darfur villagers.

At the beginning of December 2010, Kebir began an offensive against the towns in which the SLA-MM had a presence. The initial goal of crushing the rebels became an excuse to brutalize the Zaghawa population. Kebir armed and encouraged non-Zaghawa populations to fight and expel Zaghawas. Between March–June 2011, a large number of Zaghawas were displaced as a result of their indiscriminate aerial bombardments on Jabal Marra. During these events, tribal militiamen, mainly Tunjur and some Birgid, organized a massacre against the Zaghawas in Abu Zerega with the approval of the authorities.

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Starkweather (film)

Starkweather is a 2004 film directed by Byron Werner, written by Working Class Films founder and screenwriter Stephen Johnston (with scripts including In the Light of the Moon and Ted Bundy), and starring Brent Taylor and Shannon Lucio.

The film is based on the life of spree killer Charles Starkweather. It was filmed in September 2003 in Acton, California and Lancaster, California and filmed on 35mm.

Cast

 * Brent Taylor as Charles Starkweather
 * Shannon Lucio as Caril Ann Fugate
 * Jerry Kroll as Sheriff Merle Karnopp
 * Lance Henriksen as The Mentor
 * Steven K. Grabowsky as The Dark Man
 * Rodney Ballard as Young Charles
 * George Lindsey, Jr. as Guy Starkweather
 * Keir O'Donnell as Bob Von Buch
 * America Young as Barbara Fugate
 * Justin Ipock as Bobby Colvert
 * Al Sapienza as Deputy Dale Fahrnbruch

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Sjeng Schalken

Sjeng Schalken (born 8 September 1976) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

Playing style
A right-handed baseliner with a single-handed backhand, Schalken's game is characterised by his consistency of both wings and his continental technique on both the forehand and backhand. The latter is his major weapon, a rallying shot that is also capable of being struck for winners either cross-court or down the line. The player he admired most while growing up was Ivan Lendl.

Schalken is known for his placid on-court demeanour, seemingly reacting in the same manner whether trailing or leading. But as a junior and a young pro he had an explosive temper that, he has stated, hindered him in many matches and caused him to lose through not thinking clearly. Only in 1999 did he manage to suppress his emotional side while on court and develop a more level-headed temperament, although he was disqualified from the Nasdaq-100 Open in 2004 for verbally abusing the umpire.

Juniors
Schalken was an outstanding junior, winning the US Open junior event in 1994, turning professional the same year.

Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: A (-)

French Open: 3R (1993, 1994)

Wimbledon: SF (1994)

US Open: W (1994)

Pro tour
He won his first career title on clay in Valencia at the age of 19, defeating Gilbert Schaller in the final. He was the youngest winner on tour for that year, 1995, and the next year as well when he defeated Younes El Aynaoui in the final in Jakarta for his second title. Schalken managed to win at least one ATP tournament eight out of nine years from 1995 to 2003, the sole exception being 1998.

Schalken won his fourth title against Tommy Haas in Auckland in January 1999, exactly three years after his younger brother died of cancer, and dedicated the victory to him. He overcame Marcelo Ríos to win the event in Boston in 1997.

During the 1990s Schalken's Grand Slam record was meagre, amassing a win/loss total of only 4–14 up until the start of 1999. It took him until his 29th major to finally get past the third round. At Wimbledon he suffered final-set defeats three years in a row, losing in 1998 to Jan-Michael Gambill 8–6 in the fifth, in 1999 to Jim Courier 13–11 in the fifth, and in 2000 in a 5-hour, 5-minute marathon to Mark Philippoussis 20–18 in the deciding set, the longest ever final set in Wimbledon men's singles history at the time (his record was later beaten by John Isner and Nicolas Mahut in 2010). Afterwards he was moved to comment, "I think Wimbledon doesn't want to have me in the fourth round."

It was at the very same tournament two years later that Schalken made his Grand Slam breakthrough. He came into Wimbledon on the back of an outstanding grass-court season, in which he had made the semifinals at Queen's Club losing to eventual champion and world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt before going on to win the title the following week in 's-Hertogenbosch, his first title on home soil and his first trophy on grass. Benefiting from a draw that opened up, he progressed past unseeded big servers Jeff Morrison and Jan Vacek in straight sets to reach a quarterfinal encounter with Hewitt, where he once again came undone in five sets. From being 6–2, 6–2 down, he squeezed out a third set tiebreak, ran away with the fourth 6–1 and was twice up a break early in the deciding set, as well as having a chance to serve for the match at 5–5, but his advantage was always short-lived; Hewitt broke to take the contest 7–5 in the fifth. However, Schalken remained the only man to take any sets off Hewitt for the entire fortnight, and finished with a grass-court record of 12–2, second only to the world No. 1 (14–0).

Buoyed by this success, he very soon surpassed his quarterfinal achievement at the US Open, where he benefited in the opening round from a retirement by Mark Philippoussis when the Australian reinjured his troublesome knee, having led two sets to love. Schalken moved through to the second week beating Ivan Ljubičić and Sargis Sargsian, where on the Arthur Ashe Stadium, he bested former world No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten in the last 16 and Fernando González in the quarters. Both matches were littered with tiebreaks and decided upon them too, with Schalken proving the steadier man in the end; however, he still lost as many as he won, and this proved to be his undoing in the semifinals against eventual champion Pete Sampras, coming out on the wrong end of two close tiebreaks before falling 6–2 in the third set.

2003 proved to be Schalken's most solid year, in which he compiled a best-ever 41–24 win–loss record and once again turned in good Slam performances at Wimbledon and the US Open. In early May 2003, he reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 and stood one more outstanding result away from the top 10, but a quarterfinal loss in Munich to Yevgeny Kafelnikov scuppered his chances. Nevertheless, he once more excelled on grass, defending his 's-Hertogenbosch title with a repeat win over Frenchman Arnaud Clément in the final, before matching the previous year's quarterfinal at Wimbledon. Again he lost to the eventual champion, but this time the outcome was never in doubt, as he lost 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 to Roger Federer for the fourth time that year in straight sets.

After an unremarkable summer hardcourt season, Schalken arrived at the US Open and successfully defended the majority of his semifinalist points; for the fourth time in a little over a year he lost to the future champion, this time a straight-sets demolition at the hands of Andy Roddick in the quarters. However, he got over the loss quickly; the following week he flew south to the tournament in Costa do Sauipe, Brazil, held on hardcourt for the last time, and captured the title with a 6–2, 6–4 win over Rainer Schüttler, his third win over the German that year after Wimbledon and US Open victories. With the title Schalken became only the second active player after Andre Agassi to win tournaments on five different continents.

Schalken won just one match in a series of indoor tournaments that October, but other things were on his mind; he married his fiancée Ricky Pfennings on 21 November. The following year, 2004, began promisingly enough with a semifinal showing in Chennai followed by a first ever run to the second week in Australia, where he was defeated by Andy Roddick. But his form then took a sharp downturn and he managed only one quarterfinal in the next five months, a period that reached its lowest point when he was defaulted from his match with Guillermo Cañas at the Masters Series event in Miami for verbally abusing the umpire. There were other dramatic moments too; the weekend before the Rome Masters tournament, a fire broke out in the hotel where many players were staying including Schalken and his wife. They were both trapped in their room and had to jump down from their balcony to the one below, which happened to be occupied by Andy Roddick who helped them to land safely.

Only when Schalken had to pull out of Roland Garros, ending a sequence of 35 straight majors played, did it become clear that something was wrong physically. At the end of the year he was diagnosed with mononucleosis, a debilitating virus that limited his strength; his one achievement was to reach a third consecutive Wimbledon quarterfinal, where for the third time in the space of a year he fell in straight sets to Andy Roddick in a 7–6, 7–6, 6–3 defeat.

Having to miss the US Open, Schalken returned in the autumn without success and then played at the Australian Open the following January, where he lost to big-serving Swede Joachim Johansson in straight sets. His 2005 season proved as limited as the second half of 2004 had been, his most notable results being two five-set victories against Swiss players Marco Chiudinelli and Stanislas Wawrinka in the Netherlands' Davis Cup win over Switzerland. He injured his right Achilles tendon in the spring and was forced off the tour in July, since then his only tournament at any level to date has been a semifinal showing in the Bergamo Challenger in Italy in February 2006.

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SoCal Val

Paige Nicole Mayo (born March 27, 1986) is an American professional wrestling valet, occasional professional wrestler, interviewer, ring announcer, model and ringside attendant who is better known by her ring name SoCal Val.

Independent circuit (2002–present)
Mayo was approached by a promoter at a wrestling show and offered the possibility of being a manager. She debuted in March 2002 for the Golden State Championship Wrestling independent promotion in Anaheim, California. She acted as the manager of Pinoy Boy. She promptly betrayed him by berating him after he was defeated by Scott Lost and then left with Lost. From the age of fifteen, she acted as a manager, ring girl, and timekeeper. She appeared for several other promotions in Southern California before her family moved across the country to Orlando, Florida when she was sixteen. Mayo developed the character of SoCal Val, a wealthy, petulant, ruthless villain, who was based on Stephanie McMahon of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), whom Mayo admired.

In addition to working for multiple independent promotions, Mayo appeared with WWE in early 2005 on SmackDown! as part of a vignette featuring Luther Reigns. She regularly appeared with the Orlando-based promotion TNA Wrestling, working variously as a ring girl and merchandise model beginning in June 2005. She appeared at TNA's No Surrender pay-per-view on July 17, 2005 alongside ring announcer Jeremy Borash and used to be an interviewer on the now defunct TNA Global Impact!.

As a part of Women's Extreme Wrestling (WEW), Val started out as an "executive" under Francine Fournier. Val later wrestled Francine in a Kiss My Foot match, which she lost. She later became the General Manager of WEW. In 2007, she starred in RingDivas second feature film, Girls of War.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2006-2013)
In August 2006, SoCal Val officially signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). On August 18, SoCal Val got kicked out by the Women's Extreme Wrestling promotion at their PPV taping event Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal. On the December 14, 2006 episode of Impact!, Kurt Angle dragged her in the ring and threatened to break her ankle until Jim Cornette talked him into letting her go. On the March 8, 2007 episode of Impact!, SoCal Val got injured after receiving the Black Hole Slam from Abyss.

In 2008, Val entered into an on-screen relationship with Jay Lethal with signs of Sonjay Dutt also showing affection for Val. Lethal lost his X Division championship to Petey Williams after a Canadian Destroyer on the April 17 episode of Impact!. As part of the storyline, at Slammiversary, Val was scheduled to marry Lethal, but their wedding was ruined when Sonjay Dutt claimed he should marry Val and attacked Lethal. At No Surrender, Val turned heel by giving Lethal a low blow, allowing Dutt to get the victory. In the following weeks, Val's actions were explained by transitioning her character into a gold digger, claiming that Dutt's father was the richest man in India. In 2009, Dutt was released thus ending the storyline.

She returned to her previous role as a ring girl on the April 2, 2009 edition of Impact!. She began working as a backstage interviewer beginning on the Sacrifice pre-show. On the October 8, 2009 edition of Impact!, Val was briefly assaulted by Awesome Kong, who had come to the ring during Tara's match against ODB with a sledgehammer that she intended to use to kill Tara's pet tarantula, Poison. Although Kong made Val position Poison on the floor outside the ring for her to smash with her sledgehammer, Tara was able to attack Kong and stop her from inflicting any damage.

In June 2010, Val began working as the ring announcer on Xplosion.

On August 22, 2013, Mayo announced she had parted ways with TNA.

Shine Wrestling (2014–2016)
Mayo joined the Shine Wrestling promotion under the SoCal Val name at SHINE 21 on August 22, 2014, where she debuted as an observer scouting various members of the roster. Val established herself as a villainous manager at SHINE 22 as she formed the stable, Valifornia, which consisted of Nevaeh, Marti Belle, and Jayme Jameson, who defeated Kellie Skater, Leva Bates, and Mia Yim at the event.

Return to TNA (2015)
In January 2015, Val returned to take part in TNA's tour of the United Kingdom, resuming her former duties as a ring announcer. She replaced Christy Hemme, who was unable to make the trip and was not expected to remain with the promotion following the tour.

World of Sport Wrestling (2018)
In May 2018, Val appeared as a hostess and commentator at tapings for Series 1 of UK television series World of Sport Wrestling. Her first episode debuted on July 28.

Other media
In July 2006, Val was contacted by Playboy about doing a centerfold for the magazine. She commented about it on her MySpace blog, saying: "It's a very serious thing to consider and the jury is still out on how I am going to handle this one. I've spoken to the people in my life whose opinions I value most, and each has been very supportive. For that I am grateful....but this is one I'm going to have to decide all on my own." She ended up declining the offer.

She has also been in advertisements for Morphoplex. In 2009, Val appeared in a video promo for the F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin game, dressed as an Armacham FEAR AWAY nurse.

She appears as the ring announcer in the opening wrestling sequences of the 2013 film Pro Wrestlers vs. Zombies, which also stars Roddy Piper, Kurt Angle, Matt Hardy, Shane Douglas, and Hacksaw Jim Duggan.

In 2019, Val became a staff member of the YouTube channel "ScreenStalker", hosting the channel's movie news videos. Val has also hosted on the YouTube channel "Wrestletalk".

Val is a regular stage host for celebrity panels at fan conventions hosted by Monopoly Events, including Comic Con Liverpool and others, she frequently interviews popular guests and hosts question and answer panels between the guest and the audience.

Personal life
On August 31, 2013, Mayo was arrested and charged with DUI and leaving the scene of an accident with property damage in Orlando. She was arrested and released the same day after posting bail of $600. She was later cited and charged with failing to yield to oncoming traffic when making a left turn from that incident. Mayo entered a plea of not guilty and as of September 2018, the case remains ongoing.

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Talk:Robotman

Two pages
Should there be two pages: one for the comic strip and one for the comic book character?

Dawn22 21:09, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

The link to the "Monty" comic strip
The link is, I think appropriate and should be kept. I would have no objections to changes to the text - perhaps noting that "Robotman" was the predecessor to the "Monty" strip, rather than that it was a simple name change. HiramShadraski (talk) 16:31, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

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Ghost in the Machine (film)

Ghost in the Machine is a 1993 American science fiction horror film directed by Rachel Talalay and released by 20th Century Fox about a deceased serial killer with artificial computer intelligence.

Plot
While working at a computer store in Cleveland, Ohio, serial killer Karl Hochman, known as "The Address Book Killer" due to habitually stealing address books and choosing his victims from them, obtains Terry Munroe's address book as the store manager demonstrates a scanner to a customer. He copys a page of her address book into a computer. On a rainy night while heading home, Karl hurriedly drives into an oncoming lane and swerves to miss a truck. This causes his car to go off the road into a cemetery, all while he laughs like a maniac.

In the emergency room, he is put into an MRI machine. A surge from an electrical storm manages to transfer his soul into a computer. Now, as a network-based entity, Karl continues to plot his killing spree using various objects connected to the electrical grid and computer networks.

Karl opens the scanned page from Terry's address book and begins to kill everyone listed on the page. Her boss, Frank Mallory, becomes the first victim when his microwave oven begins radiating the entire kitchen. Another friend, Elliot Miller, gets burned to death when a hand dryer turns into a flamethrower. Later on, babysitter Carol Maibaum is hired to look after Terry's son Josh and his best friend Frazer. However, Carol becomes the third victim; she is electrocuted from an exposed electrical cord on the kitchen floor when the dishwasher explodes and floods the kitchen.

The police do not believe the theory that Karl is on a killing spree after his death, but Josh realizes the order of the killings parallels a list of contacts from Terry's address book. Terry, along with noted computer hacker Bram Walker, unplugs everything in her house.

The police then receive anonymous reports of an armed robbery, a hostage situation, domestic violence, and a murder in progress, all at Terry's house. The police open fire on the home after mistaking an exploding pole transformer for gunfire. After realizing their mistake, they cease fire. Terry's mother goes into shock during the siege and is transported to the hospital for recovery. Aided by Bram and Josh, Bram manages to defeat Karl by introducing a computer virus that traps him in a physics laboratory. They activate an atom smasher located in the lab, which draws Karl in and destroys him because of the extremely powerful magnetic field produced by the machine.

As the film ends, Bram tells Terry to turn off a heart rate monitor in an ambulance, causing the screen to fade to black.

Cast

 * Karen Allen as Terry Munroe
 * Chris Mulkey as Bram Walker
 * Ted Marcoux as Karl Hochman
 * Wil Horneff as Josh Munroe
 * Jessica Walter as Elaine Spencer
 * Brandon Adams as Frazer
 * Rick Ducommun as Phil Stewart
 * Jack Laufer as Elliott Miller
 * Shevonne Durkin as Carol Maibaum
 * Richard McKenzie as Frank Mallory
 * Nancy Fish as Karl's Landlord
 * Richard Schiff as Scanner Technician

Production
In 1987, writers William Davies and William Osborne first got the idea for Ghost in the Machine when reading about a piece of computer software called Skeleton Key, which allowed users to invade other computer networks and retrieve all data within them without owners knowing anything about it, and crafted a premise wherein a serial killer was absorbed into a computer and now possessed those same abilities. Due to the release of Wes Craven's Shocker, 20th Century Fox briefly put the film in Turnaround due to perceived similarities between the two films, however the film resumed development at Fox following uncredited re-writes by Todd Graff.

The film's special effects were provided by Video Image under the direction of special effects supervisor Richard Hollander. In order to create evolutionary images of the electronic serial killer's computerized environment, at the suggestion of director Rachel Talalay, Hollander and his group decided to digitally manipulate real-life data taken from MRI body scans. Ted Marcoux, who plays Killer Karl, was scanned at UCLA.

The film was shot over the course of 51 days in Los Angeles, which doubled for the film's Cleveland, Ohio setting.

Release and reception
Ghost in the Machine had initially been slated for release some time in August 1993, but to avoid competition with Jurassic Park and major fall releases the release was pushed back.

During its opening weekend, Ghost in the Machine grossed $1,854,431 and ranked at no. 10. By the end of its run, it had grossed a domestic total of $5,086,909, failing to recoup its $12 million budget.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 10% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 3.4/10.

Home video
Ghost in the Machine was released on VHS and LaserDisc on May 25, 1994, and on DVD on January 17, 2006.

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User:Kaleissin/blasfemic food

Blasfemic food are things like:
 * Vegan with meat
 * Indian with beef
 * Arabic with pork
 * Kosher that ain't kosher
 * Meat of whales, seals and predators in general

Basically, break the rules. I haven't had the opportunity to try grasshoppers, dogs or cats yet but bear tastes woooonderful.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jackie Pearcey

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

The result of the debate was keep. - Mailer Diablo 18:03, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Jackie Pearcey
Another non-notable local councillor and parliamentary candidate (failed). David | Talk 21:12, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep--three-time major party candidate for parliament, as well as local council member. Meelar (talk) 21:15, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep established councillor, on principal local authority for 14 years, has held many major spokespersonships, a major figure in the Gorton community, certainly worthy for retention.
 * There is established precedent that local authority councillors are not ipso facto notable. See Deletion policy/Local politicians. David | Talk 21:30, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * However, there is established precedent that major party candidates for Parliament are ipso facto notable. Therefore, keep.  Zoe 22:53, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * No there isn't. David | Talk 23:04, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * keep per Meelar and the anonymous vote above. Kappa 21:32, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * keep - David is a local councillor himself, surely his vote for deletion smacks of political bias
 * That's a personal attack, and it's completely misplaced. Firstly, my article survived a VFD with a keep result based on my being a published author and compiler of election results, not as a local councillor. Secondly, the person who nominated it for deletion was me: . I hope you will withdraw that remark. David | Talk 22:07, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * There is obviously no room on Wikipedia for personal attacks, and on this point I agree with user David. However, I feel that Jackie Pearcey - the article under discussion here - should be kept, given her contribution to Gorton society over a large number of years.  She is beyond the mere "local politician" tag.

 * Keep per Meelar. Trollderella 23:21, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, I suppoes that being elected even locally is probably enough. But standing and losing at a General Election is something anyone can do without getting out of bed. -Splash 00:26, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per Meelar and (whether or not there is established precedent) per Zoe. -- DS1953 00:43, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per Meelar. Ground Zero 11:45, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Not Sure. If this is as far as the article can go, then delete. If more can be added (for instance, what does she do for Gorton?), and I suspect it can ,then keep. The Land 09:06, 23 August 2005 (UTC) (previously failed to sign)
 * Keep - this person is well-known throughout the Liberal Democrats and is more than just a "non-notable local councillor". She is a published author of self-help guides for councillors and political activists, and a highly competant trainer. Certainly there should be a Wikipedia entry on her.  Rhyddfrydol 01:14, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, figure appears to be notable within her community. Hall Monitor 21:16, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was speedily deleted per CSD A7. Patently false claims of notability are not claims of notability. FCYTravis 21:53, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Aaron Aanes
Olympic medal at the age of 4? 20times on the cover of Sports illustrated and no hit on Google? Come on. 213.225.20.243 21:14, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete it's just a piece of vanity and most of it looks fake. CambridgeBayWeather 21:25, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fictional vanity.  Thatdog 21:28, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
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