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Viceroy (cigarette)

Viceroy is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in the United States and British American Tobacco outside of the United States.

History
Viceroy was introduced by Brown & Williamson in 1936 and was the world's first cork-tipped filter cigarette. It was a mid-priced brand at the time, equivalent to B&W's Raleigh cigarettes flagship brand, but more expensive than Wings cigarettes introduced by B&W in 1929.

In 1952 Viceroy was the first brand to add a cellulose acetate filter which established a new industry standard. In 1953, Viceroy Filter Kings were introduced.

In 1979, Viceroy introduced a low tar version called Rich Lights.

In 1990, Viceroy Box Kings and Lights Box Kings were introduced on the U.S. market, followed by Viceroy Ultra Lights Kings and Ultra Lights 100's in 1992.

New Viceroy 100's box styles changed in the 1990s, and Viceroy Menthol was introduced in 2000. All Viceroy styles changed to a more contemporary packaging on packs and cartons without changes to the product blend.

On July 30, 2004, parent company Reynolds American was formed as a joint venture between the U.S. branch of BAT and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The Viceroy brand was brought under the Reynolds American umbrella as a part of B&W under RJR Tobacco.

After the B&W merger, the Viceroy brand has been played down in the U.S., continuing to be sold on the markets where demand is strong, like Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Argentina, Romania, the Middle East, Turkey and Chile. Viceroy Red and Blue are sold as a budget brand in Canada.

In July 2017, it was announced that British American Tobacco would be phasing out sales of its Viceroy Red cigarettes in Argentina and replace them with Rothmans, The official New Viceroy for The Tobacco Conglomerate Royce JW Carter of Cartiers US, The story said that Argentina was the first Latin American country to which BAT had introduced Rothmans.

Advertising
Brown & Williamson made various poster and magazine advertisements to promote the Viceroy brand.

Various TV ads were also made to promote the brand from the 1950s to the 1970s.

One of the most notable Viceroy advertisements, were the ones that advertised that, because Viceroy cigarettes were filter-tipped, less tar would manifest on and between the teeth, and would thus be a "healthier" alternative to other brands. A slogan used in the 1940s ads at the time was "As your dentist, I would recommend Viceroys".

In the 1970s, Brown & Williamson realised that the cigarette brand was mainly smoked by women and couples because the Viceroy brand was "less masculine than its key competition" and the brand had a "feminine orientation" according to internal documents. From the early 1970s onwards, B&W started to sponsor the brand via the Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing team in autosport championships such as the United States Auto Club and Formula 1 to give the brand a more "masculine" additude, similar to Marlboro.

In 1974, Viceroy partnered with TAG Heuer and produced a special version of the black-dialed Autavia (a watch introduced in 1933) that was offered for US$88. This version of the Autavia was called the "Viceroy" and advertisements for this promotion featured racer Parnelli Jones. Various adverts were made to promote both the cigarette brand and the Autavia watch.

Encouraging children to smoke
In the 1970s, Viceroy was proposed as part of a B&W marketing test to see whether children could be encouraged to become smokers. This was discovered by the Federal Trade Commission during a closed investigation of cigarette company advertising practices. The Viceroy ad campaign was not carried out.

Genetically modified tobacco used in Viceroys
The Viceroy brand was involved in public controversy beginning in 1994 when U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Aaron Kessler revealed that B&W had been found growing genetically modified tobacco plants in South America, the plants engineered to produce increased levels of nicotine. Viceroy King Size and Viceroy Lights King Size cigarettes made in 1993 were identified as some of the B&W brands carrying "approximately 10% of this genetically bred high-nicotine tobacco called Y-1," referring to Y1 tobacco.

Adding chemicals to increase addiction
Further controversy came in 1995 when former B&W vice president Jeffrey Wigand, a research chemist, revealed that B&W had been adding chemicals to the B&W cigarette brands Kool, Capri and Viceroy to increase smokers' addiction to nicotine.

USAC/IndyCar
Viceroy sponsored the Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing team in the USAC Car Championship in the 1972 and 1973 seasons.

Formula 1
Viceroy sponsored the Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing team in the and  seasons.

Football
Viceroy was a sponsor of the Hong Kong Viceroy Cup which was held from 1969 until 1998.

In popular culture
There is a packet of Viceroy cigarettes on the table in 12 Angry Men (1957 film). It lays in front of juror number 8 played by Henry Fonda.

Music
Canadian singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco made a song called "Ode to Viceroy", a tribute to his favorite brand of cigarettes. The song was recorded on his album 2 in June 2012 and was released in October 2012.

In an interview on Thrasher Magazine, Mac said about the song:

"A lot of people don't even understand that that's a reference to cigarettes because that brand doesn't exist in a lot of places in the world. It used to be a big American cigarette brand. ... The idea of the song isn't, like, try cigarettes! It's more, like, I have an addiction! In Canada all of the cigarettes are really, really moderated by the government so they wouldn't do anything and that's a good thing."

Markets
Viceroy cigarettes were or still are sold in the following countries: United States, Canada, Mexico, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina, United Kingdom, Finland, West Germany, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Belarus, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Israel, Thailand, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Jordan, Singapore and Venezuela.

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UGN

UGN may refer to:

 * UGN, IATA identifier for Waukegan Regional Airport, in Waukegan Lake County, Illinois, USA
 * UGN meaning Upper Great News broadcast on WBKP and WBUP
 * UGN, a 2000 model of Unimog multi-purpose auto four wheel drive trucks produced by Mercedes-Benz
 * ugn, ISO 639 identifier for Ugandan Sign Language
 * United Galactic Navy (UGN) the third most powerful Blockland space clan of all time that operated between 2009 - 2011 - related to Geographic coordinate system
 * United Gay Network (UGN), film production house established Michael Akers and Sandon Berg

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Article count statistics for the English Wikipedia:

Milestones and dates they were reached

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New articles rate of growth

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7-800,000

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900,000-1,000,000

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Doubling periods

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The mountains of Turkmenistan.

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Fănică Luca

Fănică Luca (born Ştefan Luca Iordache; 5 April 1894 – 26 October 1968) was a Romani-Romanian musician and a Romanin pan pipe (nai) virtuoso, who was the first to make this instrument popular outside his own country.

Background
He learned music from his father (who also played the nai, the Romanian pan pipe, in a band (taraf) of Lăutari) and brothers. Fănică Luca himself would also play in such orchestras, developing great skills and gaining a reputation as a pan pipe virtuoso.

In the 19th century the nai - originally an instrument of the lăutari with only 8 to 10 pipes, covering a little more than one octave - had been extended to about 20 pipes, giving far greater possibilities to a solo performer. Remarkable is the fact that Fănică Luca never learned reading musical scores, he always played by the ear.

Performing career
In 1910, at age 16, he made his first international concert tour, during which he spent some months in İzmir, Turkey. Between 1920 and 1929 he regularly played in the best restaurants of Bucharest and his fame spread all over Romania. In 1929 he performed in Warsaw and Paris.

It was his concerts at the Universal Exhibition of Paris (1937) which gave the pan pipe its first popularity in the West. In 1937 Fănică Luca received the "Ordre des Palmes Académiques" from the French Ministry of National Education.

He also performed at the New York World's Fair in 1939. Thereafter he gave concerts in Russia, the People's Republic of China, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and the USA.

Teaching career
In 1949 Fanică Luca started teaching the nai. He was the teacher of a whole generation of famous Romanian pan pipe performers, such as Damian Luca, Damian Carlanaru, Constantin Dobre, Radu Constantin, Radu Simion (his son in law), Nicolae Pîrvu and Gheorghe Zamfir. Most of his best pupils scattered all over Europe and America, driven away by the dictatorial regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu.

Awards and recognition
In 1951 he received the distinction of "Eminent Artist" from the People's Republic of Romania, the highest distinction a musician could get.

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Attached

"Attached" is the 160th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The eighth episode of the seventh season. This explores the relationships between two cultures on an exoplanet, and between Crusher and Picard.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher escape imprisonment on an alien world then discover that their thoughts are connected by brain implants.

Plot
Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher prepare to look into a diplomatic request from the Kes, one of the planet Kesprytt's two societies, who want entrance into the Federation. This is unprecedented because the planet's other society, the Prytt, wish no contact with the Federation or anyone else. Worf attempts to transport Crusher and Picard to the Kes, but they end up in a Prytt prison cell, where strange electronic devices are implanted in their necks. Minister Lorin of the Prytt informs Picard and Crusher that they are being held because of suspected conspiracy with the Kes and that the devices in their necks will reveal the truth. Back aboard the Enterprise, Riker sets up a meeting with Kes Ambassador Mauric to address the abduction. Meanwhile, Beverly mysteriously receives her tricorder hidden in a tray of food. She notices that a map has been added to her directory and, sensing it may come from the Kes, she and Picard use it to escape.

Riker, Worf, and Deanna Troi meet with Ambassador Mauric, who tells them that since they have no formal relations with the Prytt, their best option is to insert a rescue team into the Prytt capital city. Meanwhile, Picard and Crusher follow the tricorder map through a maze of caverns where fireballs explode around them.

The Enterprise is contacted by Lorin, who refuses to discuss Picard and Crusher and threatens an attack if Riker does not cease communications with her people. Even though Worf's analysis shows that the Prytt weapons are no danger to the Enterprise, Riker is at a loss until Mauric informs him that Picard and Crusher have been released by a Kes operative and are on their way to the Kes border. Meanwhile, Picard and Crusher realize that the implants in their necks allow them to read each other's thoughts—whether they want to or not. When they separate to regain privacy, both are hit with nausea that renders them incapable of being apart.

When two Prytt troopers appear in their path, they backtrack to ensure their safety. Mauric learns that the pair have not arrived at their destination and summons Riker and Worf to accuse them of conspiring with the Prytt. Riker assures him that this is not the case, but Mauric insists on leaving the Enterprise. Later, Picard and Crusher stop to rest for the night. Still able to hear each other's thoughts, they realize that there is not only a strong attraction between them—but Picard was once in love with Crusher but suppressed his feelings because of his friendship with her late husband Jack, and then later due to guilt over Jack's death under his command.

Determined to prove Mauric wrong and save his crew mates, Riker transports Lorin aboard the starship against her will. He sits down with Mauric and Lorin, but neither seems to care about Picard or Crusher. Disgusted, Riker tells Mauric that, based on what he has seen, the Kes will be denied entrance into the Federation. He then tells Lorin that if anything happens to Picard and/or Crusher, the Prytt will be inundated by a flood of information requests from Starfleet investigators. At that moment, Picard and Crusher arrive at the Kes border and, while Picard gets across, Crusher is caught by Prytt security forces. Her captors hail Lorin, who orders Crusher and Picard returned to the Enterprise. Safe at home, Picard and Crusher have the implants removed and share a dinner without reading each other's minds. Picard suggests that they should not be afraid to explore their feelings for one another. Crusher kisses Picard's cheek but then tells him perhaps they should be more afraid and hints that they should go slowly. Picard kisses Crusher's lips, the two bid each other goodnight, and Crusher leaves Picard's quarters. Picard blows out the candles in his stateroom and stares into space.

Arc narrative
In the finale ("All Good Things...") it is revealed that in an alternate future, Picard and Crusher get married, and Crusher becomes captain of a medical starship.

In the sequel series Star Trek: Picard, Beverly reveals that around 2380, she and Picard had a child, Jack Crusher II, but Beverly hid Jack from Picard out of concern for Jack's safety. Beverly captains a different medical starship and helps Jack in his extralegal exploits.

Reception
In 2017, CBR ranked Picard and Beverly the number one best romantic relationship of all Star Trek.

In 2018, Tom's Guide rated "Attached" one of the 15 best episodes featuring Picard.

Releases
"Attached" has been released as part of TNG Season 7 collections on DVD and Blu-Ray formats. Season 7 of TNG, which contains "Attached" was released on Blu-ray disc in January 2015.

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

The result of the debate was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!)  12:42, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Dave briggs
Apparently this guy prefers anonymity. I think we should aid him in his preferences and delete this vanity. -- Francs2000 | Talk 16:05, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Lord o' mercy, who posts all this nonsense?! Peeper 16:17, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Borderline nonsense. --GraemeL (talk) 16:27, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * delete heh... Roodog2k 19:53, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - vanity - Tεx  τ  urε  21:04, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
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McMillan's importance
Ms. McMillan's Artwork of "The Libranos" has been flashed in the Canadian House of Commons by members of Parliament. Her blog is easily the most prominent and popular blog in right wing Canadian political blogging circles. She recieves about 3000+ hits a day.

She has also been referenced recently by luminaries in Canadian conservative political commentary circles as Ezra Levant, former communications manager for former Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day and also by Mark Steyn.

Granted, her only professional writing has been on the subject of dog breeding, for the "Vogue" of dogbreeders, but in this day of citizen journalism, her blog does have some prominence in Canadian popular culture.

She is also the paid administrator of the Western Standard's very popular Shotgun blog.

 * The Western Standard article disputes this. It claims Kevin Steel administers the blog. --Cyberboomer 00:06, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I can't vouch for the POV, but McMillan is notable, as per Wikipedia criteria. She is on the radio alot (more than Mike Brock, another Canadian blogger who went through VfD and remained).  She also seems to be quoted in the newspaper alot as a "blogging authority."  Editors should also keep in mind the  Systemic Bias that has been identified in Wikipedia against entries that are non-American.  Bloggers generally are more notable and have a greater cultural role in Canada than elsewhere.  For more info see Canadian blogosphere.--Simon.Pole 10:31, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

I'm adding this link about the Wikipedia Deletion debate, which was originally placed on the original wiki entry for KM, as it seems a more suitable place for it.

 * Controversy over Wikipedia entry

Note for the record that No Treason, the website in question linked to has made several blog posts complaining that Wiki is a useless tool simply because they are unfamiliar with, or unwilling to work within the paramateters of the Wiki community to contribute to the content of Wiki. In addition At least one of the contributors from No Treason has engaged in Wiki-Vandalism of the Somena page, because they did not like how the vote went on the discussion about whether or not this particular wiki entry should be deleted. MW, May 29th, 2006

After reviewing the article and the above discussion, I took the liberty of removing the "importance" tag from the article. The article appears to cite a number of instances where the article's subject has been discussed in a legislative body, and also contains numerous links to high-hit sites involving the subject. The criteria for importance specifies that if an article can demonstrate a "reasonable number of people" are concurrently interested in the subject, it should be deemed to meet the suggested importance standard.

Therefore it appears that the importance criteria has been met, and the tag was probably outdated. Of course, it's possible I'm misreading the situation, so if there is sufficient disagreement then feel free to re-insert the tag. Dugwiki 19:24, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Kate McMillan editing her own page
Kate McMillan has come to her the Wiki Entry about her, and has added some information which is best dealt with in the *discussion* section, instead of on the entry.

As such, I have removed the comments and invite her to bring those comments here to the *discussion* area.

Note, that Ms.McMillan has not disputed any of the comments attributed to her, nor has she offerd a reason as to why such commentary as hers about Angolans, Aboriginals or "Jap Bastards" should not be discussed. She has merely piled on a great deal of ad-hominem, instead of addressing the substance of the entry.

I would encourage Ms.McMillan to add to the Wiki Entry about herself, or edit it, if she feels that it is innacurate... and not just fill up a page of information about Wikipedians who dare to make a Wiki Entry about her political blogging.

The entry about Kate McMillan merely reports the facts. If Kate McMillan disputes the facts, then she should edit the Wiki entry to reflect that.

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Post AfD, I have, as promised, fixed up the article. I believe what we have now is NPOV and maintains the proper balance. I have left out the stuff about "locking up" activists, which was clearly meant rhetorically, but kept the Angola remark because over the controversy it generated. I strongly suggest that people who have a personal connection to this subject please not edit the article. The article is not the place to catalogue every single thing McMillan says, outrageous or not. I will place it on my watchlist. Sdedeo 21:15, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Re: Most Recent Edit by Samaritan
Samaritan wrote in editing the McMillan's entry "i'll call residential schools "widely decried"; "controversial" understates, and suggests some visible base of *support* for the system still exists. better-reflects uniqueness of McMillan's position."

Now that's interesting. I had tried very hard to write an NPOV post on this issue, and what's really odd... and perhaps may seem hard to believe is that McMillan is *not* actually really UNIQUE in her take on this.

In fact... there are some Blogging Tories who have openly defended the remarks. I suppose this is based on appalling levels of ignorance about the Residential Schools system within Canada and the impact that they had, and continue to have to this day.

In fact... when McMillan first made her remarks about all this, I was astounded that not one single person in the right-wing blog world objected. Aside from Norm Spector, and Dazzlin Dean, not one of the 150+ Blogging Tories seems to find anything objectionable about these remarks at all.

Bizarre isn't it?

When she was questioned on this point, by Peter Warren of CKNW Radio last week, because Mike Park of The Wingnutterer had written to Mr.Warren to ask him about this very Wikipedia entry, Mc.Millan actually started to cackle hysterically.

Strange but true. User:68.84.255.199 12:45, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Not sure if this is the correct way to do this, but there is a correction that needs to be made. I am Zorpheous, the owner and operator of the Wingnuterer Blog. Mike Park does not write for Wingnuterer, nor has he ever written for Wingnuterer in the past. I don't even know who Mike Park is, or if he even owns a blog. So to who ever made this entry, please find the correct link to use, although I don't mind the traffic that I get from Wiki entry.

Hey Zorph, Sorry - it was Mike from Rational Reasons that wrote the letter to Warren. Not Wingnutterer. My mistake. 68.84.255.199 08:16, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Residential Schools
KM has not appeared to support residential schools in any serious way, and it is certaintly misleading to claim that she supports residential schools as they existed in the past. This article is not the place for listing all the things you disagree with about McMillan. Please do that somewhere else. If some important person (a major journalist, a major politician) has publically accused KM of supporting residential schools, then fine, we can include it, otherwise, no.

Sdedeo 07:00, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

She was on the Peter Warren Show, CKNW a couple of weeks ago, where Warren read a letter from Mike Park of Rational Reasons, asking her about this position. Somena 08:53, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

McMillan's complaint about Wikipedia and my recent edits
Kate posted in her blog this angry reaction to a recent argument with a WP editor. Since, she added to the SDA blog this permanent comment : ''Vandalize My Wiki Page. Write any old crap you want about me. Just click the edit tab. The worse, the better! ''

I was disturbed by this because I am both a fan of the SDA blog and of Wikipedia. I therefore edited he article to introduce a semblance of NPOV. It remains incomplete and leaning heavily towards the negative.

If Wikipedia turns off brilliant minds like McMillan (who refuses to edit even her own page), then Wikipedia is going in the wrong direction. Emmanuelm (talk) 02:33, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

 * I completely and whole-heartedly agree with Ms. McMillan's right to not have libelous information posted on Wikipedia. However, it seems as though she has refused to cooperate, resorting instead to apparently vandalizing Wikipedia pages, making personalized legal threats, and otherwise rousing rabbles.  These aren't actions which are productive to anyone, particularly if you are trying to get your way.  It's also somewhat contradictory to say that Wikipedia is meaningless yet make such a big deal about it, am I wrong?  Ms. McMillan seems like a sharp person, so I can't see why she doesn't understand why her actions aren't helping.  I will still continue to monitor the page for vandalism and libel.         bsmithme    03:41, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

 * I will watch too. Thanks. Emmanuelm (talk) 12:08, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Changes needed
Those of us who read Small Dead Animals and poke around relevant pages at Wikipedia will be aware the Kate McMillan would really, really like this article to be deleted. That is not going to happen: Small Dead Animals has won lots of awards, so our rules say we should have an article about it.

See what I just did? I said Wikipedia should have an article about the blog. That doesn't mean we should have one about the blogger. I think we should refocus the article. After all, SDA now has multiple bloggers, with KM just the most prominent. In fact, the thinking behind WP:BLP1E basically requires us to do this.

Here's something else our rules say: we should get rid of a lot of crap from the article, especially the all-too-frequent ransom-note attacks on KM and SDA. We are also required to protect people's privacy — see WP:BLP. So I've just deleted quite a lot of the article. I'll add stuff in forthcoming edits.

Remember: the reason we have this article is to provide reliable, unbiased information to our readers about an award-winning blog. No more, no less.

(Full disclosure: I'm the Chris Chittleborough who commented on the angry SDA post mentioned above.)

Cheers, CWC 07:24, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Chris, I just looked it up: Little Green Footballs and Charles Foster Johnson have a wikipedia page, same for Instapundit and Glenn Reynolds, Daily Kos and Markos Moulitsas, etc.
 * I agree that SDA deserves a page of its own, but I think Kate also does. If no one else does it, I'll split this article next week. Emmanuelm (talk) 18:34, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

 * I disagree. Reynolds holds a named chair at a top-20 law school, and Johnson was a respected guitar player before he started blogging. I'm not aware that Kate McMillan's life outside SDA rises to WikiNotability. I am aware that she hates having a Wikipedia article about her (for good reason — see below). Other problems: respecting her privacy, finding enough adequately sourced information to write a biographical article that is more than a stub.
 * We also need to keep in mind that people have been using this article to attack KM for many years. I just started researching the "Saskatoon controversy" stuff in order to rewrite it. I quickly discovered that the section of our article about that event is malicious and malignant, so I deleted the whole section, as required by the BLP policy. I haven't finished my research yet; when I do I'll put a rewritten coverage in the article for other editors to improve. (It may take me a few days.) BTW, I'm (slowly!) drafting an article about SDA in my Sandbox page.
 * Cheers, CWC 23:19, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Chris, by your own standards, you should delete the Markos Moulitsas page because this guy is nothing outside of his blog. Kate, on the other hand, is an artist. I think she and SDA deserve their page (and so does Markos, I was being the devil's advocate). About the Saskatoon controversy, nothing wrong with being slow, but leave the current version until you replace it with yours. Emmanuelm (talk) 00:57, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

CBC blogging during 2005 election
I've just restored the "Coverage in media" section, per discussion on my talk page, with some changes.

One of those changes was to cite one of KM's blog posts for the CBC during the 2005 election. The whole set of those posts can be found via this search. Cheers, CWC 12:30, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Proposed move
As I indicated above, I think that Wikipedia should not have an article about Kate McMillan, but should have one about Small Dead Animals. I therefore propose to move this article to the latter name in a few days, unless someone convinces me not to. (That will replace this article with a redirect to the new Small Dead Animals article.)

Why we should not have an article about Kate McMillan:
 * Not enough material from reliable sources to write a BLP
 * Only WikiNotable for SDA
 * Kate McMillan wants this article deleted

Comments? Objections? CWC 12:57, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

 * I support this move for the same reasons. I'd like to address something above raised in objection to it. The comparison to Markos Moulitsas, founder of the Daily Kos blog, misunderstands notability. Notability is measured by significant coverage in independent reliable sources. In this case, there are no reliable sources with anything but the most basic information about McMillan. Moulitsas, on the other hand, has gotten major press coverage, like this Newsweek profile and this article about his high school days. McMillan has not gotten as much coverage. Whatever doubt anyone has about moving this article should be allayed by the fact that McMillan wants this article deleted. Under current WP:BLP policy, we take the subject's wishes into account when the subject is of marginal notability.--chaser (talk) 18:12, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * First, there is enough independent coverage to warrant notability, that discussion has already been had. Second, a person's wishes more affects their interaction with the Foundation, not day-to-day volunteer editors facing a choice of censorship of an article. Ms. McMillan has been informed multiple times on how to correct misinformation by contacting the Foundation through the correct procedure regarding biographical articles (a very simple one, at that). Instead she displays what appears to be a willful disregard of Wikipedia guidelines and instead attacks disaffected editors who simply got caught in the crossfire, and threaten them with legal action, even though she would have no standing in any legal venue.  While I defend her right whole-heartedly to protect herself from libel, she has clearly chosen a sensationalist, unproductive approach rather than to end the charade in the very beginning with one simple email to the Foundation.  As for moving to the blog, that is a distinction without a difference.  SDA already redirects to KM so there is absolutely no point in reversing that.        bsmithme    23:00, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
 * That discussion ended without consensus, in a different era for our BLP policy. In any case, the reliable sources on her are mostly syndication of her blog CBC BBC. This is the only reliable source I could find actually discussing her or her blog in any depth. These two are both minor coverage, and I'm not sure the first is a reliable source. Hardly anyone contacts the foundation to report biography errors. Requests here actually go straight to OTRS (of which I'm a respondent) and anyway are not a necessary precondition for the subject of a biography of marginal notability to request deletion or other remedial measures. Sending an email might be useful to make a request that requires confidentiality, but it is not necessary. Finally, her poor methods of interacting with us have nothing to do with whether we consider her wishes regarding her article. If they did, we would still have an article for Daniel Brandt, who created a website dedicated to outing prominent Wikipedians. Changing this into an article about her blog is likely to reduce the article's prominence on google. Unless you have some better reasons, I will move this article as suggested above.--chaser (talk) 17:43, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 * That isn't exactly my point; we've already had several impostors try to impersonate her, the easiest way to get a clear idea of what her wishes would be through direct communication with the foundation, even if through OTRS, rather than random rants from IP addresses claiming to be her. As far as her posts on her blog, correct me if I'm wrong, but the most she has done is increased her own prominence by railing against Wikipedia and encouraging vandalism, rather than taking appropriate and productive action to get the article corrected.  Subjects of articles cannot and should not ever have the authority to have articles blanketly deleted, ever, because while they have a right to not be libeled, they do not own the article or its destiny (within reason; you know what I mean).  This type of action should be made with a full airing and community consensus, not a tacit agreement between a few editors.        bsmithme    22:07, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

(Outdenting to reply to the preceding three comments) Cheers, CWC 11:37, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
 * That canada.com is by far the best Reliably Sourced news article I've seen about Kate M, but even it is mostly about the blog and the blogger, not about Kate M the person.
 * I don't regard that Life Site News article as a RS. See "About LSN".
 * To have a biographical article about Kate M, we would have to rely largely on her own statements, or on people who relied on her own statements. To do that in a BLP about a controversial blogger is bound to cause problems (see bsmithme's point about impostors). Note the requirement in WP:SELFPUB that "the article is not based primarily on such sources".
 * IMO, how positive or negative Wikipedia articles are about living people should not depend in any way on how nice or nasty those people are to Wikipedia editors. In particular, I say that failure of an article subject to follow Wikipedia's not-always-obvious procedures should not influence decisions about deleting or moving articles.
 * I have to admit that we Wikipedia editors, as a whole, have treated Kate M very poorly. Example: she has been telling us for years that we needed to stop user:Somena from inserting malicious, deceptive negative material into this article, but we left one of Somena's cleverer attacks in the article until a few months ago. Her impatience with us, regrettable as it may be, is not without justification.
 * I started this discussion precisely to seek a community consensus. I'm happy to wait a week (that would be 24 Nov) to see what others have to say. At present, I still believe that Wikipedia's rules and goals mandate this move.
 * Please don't misunderstand me, I am not proposing that the article be kept exactly as is or in any particular state, either friendly or unfriendly towards her; I am only asserting that she herself has the complete ability to maintain the article and remove un-sourced information, etc. etc. etc. She has clearly chosen NOT to do that, and simply wanting the article deleted. She does not have the right to dictate whether the article exists or not. I simply want an accurate article that describes Kate McMillan to exist that is informative and helpful to readers of Wikipedia.      bsmithme    19:50, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

For the record, I support the redirect of Kate McMillan to Small dead animals. As for the survival of the Kate McMillan page after the redirect, I agree that it is hard to defend based on WP:notability criteria. On the other hand, both Markos Moulitsas and Charles Johnson (blogger) have their page, yet do not seem to have a public life outside of their blogs. Knowing how she feels about Wikipedia, I say we leave it empty (redirect only) for now. Emmanuelm (talk) 15:39, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

December 2009
Having moved the article (thanks, Chaser!), we can now start improving it. I've just made a bunch of smallish changes. Please check my work.

Other things to do: What do other contributors think? Cheers, CWC 12:55, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Mention the other contributors. List them all? List the frequent contributors?
 * Maybe note the mention of SDA in this Toronto Sun column by Lorrie Goldstein
 * Add more "memorable phrases", tying them to SDA's viewpoints. Eg., "Not waiting for the Asteroid" → the MSM are dinosaur-like and doomed

Non-notable and totally lacking in RS
This is one of the worst article I have ever seen on Wikipedia. It borders on shameless self-promotion. There are quite literaly ZERO reliable sources for the listed material. Is there any real reason why this article should not be deleted? Poyani (talk) 20:39, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

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Stop and Smell the Roses (Ringo Starr album)

Stop and Smell the Roses is the eighth studio album by English rock musician Ringo Starr. Released in October 1981, it followed the twin commercial failures of Ringo the 4th (1977) and Bad Boy (1978). The album includes the hit single "Wrack My Brain", written and produced by George Harrison, but otherwise failed to find commercial success. It also includes contributions from Paul McCartney, Harry Nilsson, Ronnie Wood and Stephen Stills.

The album began life in mid 1980 as Can't Fight Lightning, while Starr was signed to Portrait Records. After the label withdrew its support, the project lay dormant until he signed with the RCA subsidiary Boardwalk Records in 1981. John Lennon had been due to participate in the recording, having offered Starr the songs "Life Begins at 40" and "Nobody Told Me", but he was murdered in New York a month before the sessions were to have taken place. Starr was devastated by the news, and decided not to record either song. Stop and Smell the Roses was reissued in 1994 with six bonus tracks.

Background and recording
While visiting John Lennon at his Dakota apartment, Starr was given a demo of "Life Begins at 40" by Lennon. The song has the characteristic country style that Starr loved so much, and was recorded on a cassette tape with Lennon's vocals, his acoustic guitar and a drum machine. Lennon wrote the song specifically for Starr, and wanted him to record it for his next album. However, the home demo remained unreleased until it was included on the 1998 John Lennon Anthology compilation. Soon after meeting soon-to-be second wife Barbara Bach on the film set of Caveman in early 1980, Ringo Starr met fellow former-Beatle Paul McCartney, and his wife, Linda, at a hotel while they had earlier visited the 33rd annual Cannes Film Festival, on 16 May. Starr asked McCartney whether he would like to play on and possibly produce Starr's next album, to which McCartney agreed. Starr started sessions in France for a new album, at this point titled Can't Fight Lightning, on 11 July, at Super Bear Studios, lasting until 21 July. With Wings then in limbo and McCartney II just released, McCartney booked time with Starr to record three songs: "Private Property" and "Attention" (both McCartney originals) plus a cover of "Sure to Fall". They also recorded the song "You Can't Fight Lightning", which Starr wrote after he and Bach were nearly struck by lightning. Following on from a brief holiday, Starr and Bach flew to Los Angeles on 27 July. Recording moved to Devonshire Sound Studio in Hollywood on 11 August.

Next Stephen Stills got involved, writing "You've Got a Nice Way" for Starr and producing its recording that August. On 4 September the recording session moved again, this time to Cherokee Studios. Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones was keen to help out and brought with him the song "Dead Giveaway" on 23 September, which they co-produced. Two days later on the 25th, the pair taped the track "Brandy". Starr recorded alone on 27 September. On 6 November Starr and Wood demoed the song "I Don't Believe You". Long-time friend Harry Nilsson was next on Starr's checklist, presenting him with "Drumming Is My Madness" as well as the album's title track, both of which were recorded in early November, with early December sessions completing the work of the cork. Before returning home to England, Starr planned for another session to be held at the studio on 14 January. After working with McCartney, Starr also felt it appropriate to extend the invitation to his two other bandmates in The Beatles; Upon his return to his Tittenhurst Park residence on 10 November, Starr phoned George Harrison, inviting him to appear on the album. When Starr arrived at Harrison's Friar Park estate on 19 November, Harrison presented him with "Wrack My Brain", which he had composed for Starr.

"You Belong to Me", another cover from the past, was recorded, with Harrison producing. Starr also recorded a version of "All Those Years Ago", but Starr told Harrison the vocal was too high for his range and he didn't like the words. Lennon was the last of the former-Beatles that Starr had yet to visit and – fresh from his musical re-awakening, having just released Double Fantasy – Lennon was eager to meet with Starr. On 26 November, in New York City, Lennon handed Starr the demos for "Nobody Told Me". With Lennon producing, they set a date, the one Starr had originally booked, for 14 January 1981 to record the song. Starr and Bach flew from New York to Los Angeles, on 28 November. Back in Hollywood two days later, Starr, Nilsson and engineer Paul Travis listened to playbacks of the July sessions at Compass Point Studios. On 1 December, Starr laid down vocals for "You Can't Fight Lightning". For the next two days, Starr and Jarvis mixed the album. On 4 December, Starr added vocals to a re-make of "Back Off Boogaloo". The next day Starr flew to the Bahamas to be with Bach. On 8 December, Lennon was shot and killed. After a period of mourning, Starr returned to the studio on 14 January 1981. Harrison took the "All Those Years Ago" track, changed some of the lyrics and, with overdubs by Paul and Linda McCartney, it was released as a tribute to Lennon.

Starr, with Wood, recorded for three days from the 14th, at Cherokee Studios, with a further final batch of sessions taking place from 20 January until 12 February. During this time, the tracks "Dead Giveaway", "Wake Up", "Brandy", "You Belong to Me" and "Wrack My Brain" were finished. On 13 February, final mixes of the tracks were made at Compass Point Studios and ten tracks were chosen for release on the album.

Release and aftermath
In April 1981, Starr left record label Portrait due to a disagreement with its distributor, CBS, who was due to release the Can't Fight Lightning version of the album. Starr would eventually sign to RCA Records (and a subsidiary called Boardwalk in the US), for a multi-album deal. At the Egham Aerodrome in Surrey, on 16 and 17 September, Starr filmed promo videos for the tracks "Wrack My Brain" and "Stop and Take the Time to Smell the Roses", both of which were directed by Keef & Co. On 18 September interior filming in London took place for "Wrack My Brain". The next day the promo for was edited for airing on TV. Over a month later, from 26 October until 12 December, Starr gave several interviews to help promote the album. Two days later, he appeared in a radio interview for WBEN, again, to promote the album. Harrison's "Wrack My Brain", backed with "Drumming Is My Madness", was the first single, released on 27 October, the same day as the album in the US by Boardwalk. In the UK, the single was released on 13 November by RCA. While it missed the UK charts, it managed to give Starr his final US Top 40 hit, reaching number 38. In South Africa, "Wrack My Brain" reached number 17. It also charted in Switzerland (#32) and did well in Belgium (#10).

With a re-sequenced running order and design change, the album was rechristened Stop and Smell the Roses, after Nilsson's donated song. The initial pressing was scratch and sniff per designer John Kosh. The album was released in the UK on 20 November. Another radio interview to promote the album was held on 2 December, by Capitol Radio in Los Angeles. Stop and Smell the Roses reached no further than number 98 in the US. On 31 December, the HMV store in London announced that despite the busy Christmas period, only 30 copies of the album had been sold with the store. On 13 January 1982, McCartney's "Private Property" was released as the second single, backed with "Stop and Take the Time to Smell the Roses", in the US, but failed to chart anywhere. Nonplussed, RCA dropped Starr in 1982. For the first time in his career, Starr was out of a recording contract with neither a UK nor US label willing to sign him. On 12 December 1982, the "Wrack My Brain" promo aired on Parkinson. Stop and Smell the Roses was reissued on CD, on the same day as Old Wave, in the US by The Right Stuff on 22 August 1994 with bonus tracks. "Wrack My Brain" was re-released, this time on red vinyl, with "Private Property" as the B-side, on The Right Stuff on 1 November. A promotional CD was released in 1994 by Capitol, featuring three songs from both Old Wave (1983) and Stop and Smell the Roses.

Record World said of the single release of "Wrack My Brain" that "You can't help but love Ringo here, as he sings of a stifled romance."

The album was re released for Record Store Day 2023.

Personnel

 * Ringo Starr – lead vocals, drums, percussion
 * Paul McCartney – bass guitar (tracks 1, 4, 8), piano (tracks 1, 4, 8), backing vocals (tracks 1, 4, 8)
 * George Harrison – acoustic guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals (track 2)
 * Ronnie Wood – guitar, acoustic bass guitar, saxophone, keyboards, backing vocals (track 6)
 * Ray Cooper – piano, synthesizer, percussion, vocoder, backing vocals (track 2, 6)
 * Dennis Budimir – guitar (tracks 3, 5, 10)
 * Michael Sturgis – rhythm guitar (track 9)
 * Stephen Stills – lead guitar (track 9)
 * Fred Tackett – guitar (tracks 3, 5, 10), banjo (track 5)
 * Laurence Juber – acoustic guitar (tracks 4, 8)
 * Richie Zito – guitar (tracks 3, 5, 10)
 * Al Kooper – electric piano, electric guitar (track 2)
 * Dennis Belfield – bass guitar (tracks 3, 5, 10)
 * Wilton Felder – bass guitar (track 6)
 * Harley Thompson – bass guitar (track 9)
 * Herbie Flowers – bass guitar, tuba (track 2, 7)
 * Lloyd Green – steel guitar pedal (track 8)

 * Jane Getz – piano (tracks 3, 5, 10)
 * Mike Finnigan – piano, organ (track 9)
 * Greg Mathieson – piano (track 6)
 * Joe Sample – piano (track 6)
 * Jim Keltner – drums, percussion (tracks 3, 5, 10)
 * Joe Lala – percussion (tracks 3, 5)
 * Howie Casey – saxophone (tracks 4, 8)
 * Jim Gordon – baritone saxophone (track 10)
 * Jerry Jumonville – tenor saxophone
 * Bruce Paulson – trombone (track 3)
 * Rick Riccio – flute, backing vocals
 * Lee Thornburg – trumpet (track 3)
 * Sheila Casey – backing vocals
 * Linda McCartney – backing vocals
 * Harry Nilsson – backing vocals
 * Lezlee Livrano Pariser – backing vocals
 * Technical
 * Alan Pariser, Rick Riccio - engineer
 * John Kosh - Art Director
 * Aaron Rapoport - cover photography


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bryan Houston

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

The result of the debate was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!)  12:42, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Bryan Houston
Delete. Probable Hoax, otherwise frontman for non-notable band. Can't find a band "Goatlords" with Google - though there is a business of that name selling heavy metal related videos. Bryan Houston gets no hits. Cje 16:06, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Only "Brian Houston" in allmusic.com is a Gospel singer. No hits on his nom de guerre or the band. Al 19:07, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I wonder whether A7 speedy covers singers with unverifiable bands who don't meet WP:Music guidelines. Capitalistroadster 00:03, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn/possible hoax. -- Etacar11   00:53, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom Groeck 21:21, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - Not notable - Tεx  τ  urε  21:04, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Egg McMuffin

Hollandaise
I just edited the article to reflect that it DOES have Hollandaise Sauce, because i just had an egg mcmuffin and it had hollandaise sauce, and everyone i know who eats them also agrees it always has had the sauce.

 * Unless this is some regional variation, the Egg McMuffin doesn't contain any sauce, only margarine. Check out the ingredient list on the McDonald's web site.  (http://app.mcdonalds.com/bagamcmeal?process=item&itemID=46) --Jkonrath 18:28, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Mayor McMuffin?
Okay, originally I included a statement about the Mayor McMuffin McDonaldland character, but upon further reading I see only "Mayor McCheese." Yet I swear I remember buying a happy meal as a boy with words to a song about the McDonaldland characters to the tune of "Old McDonald," and one verse began with the phrase "Mayor McMuffin." I know it had to be, because the tune wouldn't fit otherwise. But maybe somebody designing the happy meal boxes got sloppy or something. Jdavidb 16:07, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Merge & redirect
Hi I am merging with Egg Sandwich as all of these belong together in one article. If this is a problem for anyone, please get in touch. Vizjim 16:03, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

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Hecatomb (card game)

Hecatomb is an out-of-print collectible card game created by Wizards of the Coast. The base set of 144 cards was released on August 18, 2005 at the annual Gen Con Indy. The game is unique in its use of five-sided, stackable cards made of durable plastic as opposed to conventional paperboard. The original concept for the game is credited to Paul Barclay, Brandon Bozzi, Mike Elliott, Aaron Forsythe, and Robert Gutschera.

Sets
The game was available for purchase in comic and hobby game oriented stores across the United States and internationally (but only in English), its 144-card set sold in starter sets of 40 random cards (MSRP $12.99) and booster packs of 13 additional cards (MSRP $4.99).

The first expansion, Last Hallow's Eve, was released on October 28, 2005, adding another 144 cards to the game. The expected theme of the expansion was the superstitions and myths about Halloween, but it turned out to be more of the same themes from the base set.

The second expansion, Blanket of Lies, came out on February 24, 2006 and added 72 cards. Its theme is that of extraterrestrial invasion. This was the last Hecatomb expansion released.

On May 24, 2006, Hecatomb was discontinued. One of the game's designers has unofficially cited the rising cost of oil (used in the manufacture of the plastic cards) as part of the reason for the discontinuation.

Objective
In the game, each player takes on the role of a powerful endbringer, one whose goal is to destroy the world by using creatures called abominations to reap souls until they have enough power to bring about the apocalypse. Other endbringers have the same goal, and the players battle for the right to bring about armageddon. The player who ends the world gains power and moves on to another world to repeat the process.

Mechanics
Hecatomb shares a number of mechanics with Magic: The Gathering, including the concept of "tapping" mana cards to play other cards of the same color from, and the way attacking and blocking works (with unblocked attacks moving the attacker closer to victory).

The key new game mechanic in Hecatomb is the way abominations are constructed. Abominations are made up of from one to five minion cards, with the minions being stacked on top of each other. Each new minion is rotated as it is played onto an existing abomination. Because of the way the cards are constructed, with five sides and four transparent edges, the cards underneath can continue to be seen, and hence an abomination is a combination of all of their strengths and powers. Bonuses or special effects can be triggered when a minion of the correct color is played on top of the stack (based on the exposed trigger color of the minion which was previously on top).

When abominations fight each other, damage is dealt from the top to the bottom of the minion stack. It is thus possible to have an abomination be reduced in size without being completely killed by having its upper minions destroyed. This adds additional strategy considerations when building up abominations, as one can somewhat protect weaker minions by placing stronger minions above them.

Another mechanic which differs from Magic: The Gathering is the way in which any card can be played as a mana card, alleviating the need to have a certain percentage of cards which do nothing more than power other cards. This mechanic is also used in the Call of Cthulhu Collectible Card Game.

Card types
Hecatomb features four different types of cards:

 * Minions - The hideous creatures of the game. Minions are stacked to form abominations, which are then used to reap souls or defend against enemy reaping attempts.
 * Fates - Occurrences. Fates represent curses, tricks, or other events. Fates have a one-time effect, after which they are discarded.
 * Relics - Objects which have strange magical or technological powers. Relics have a continuing effect on the game world and stay in play until destroyed.
 * Gods - Powerful deities from beyond, summoned to assist friendly forces or hinder the opposition. Gods typically have both a one-time effect and a continuous effect. Gods remain in play until destroyed, or until replaced with another god.

Additionally, all cards have a doom type associated with them, represented both by card color and a small icon. The dooms are: Corruption, Deceit, Destruction, and Greed.

Card sources
The cards in Hecatomb draw from a variety of sources from ancient myth to the stories of H. P. Lovecraft, though some are generic creations of the designers of the game. Many cards are of the Lovecraftian ("Outsiders") and Aztec myth ("Aztecals") varieties.

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Opening Ceremony Athens 2004 Fire rings

Opening Ceremony Athens 2004 Fire Rings

I nominate this photo because the flames are so spectacular and the lights really make it appear that it is shining on every member of the audience. It appears in 2004 Summer Olympics. Photo by Lucretious. POKEMON ..MUNCH..OOPS MY BAD
 * Nominate and support. - Thelb4 16:09, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Very nice.— Encephalon |  ζ   23:36:38, 2005-08-25 (UTC)
 * Hmm, think you might be able to rotate or skew it a little? Picture seems a bit slanted the way it is right now. --Elfer 04:31, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * True. Right tilt.— Encephalon |  ζ   05:28:10, 2005-08-26 (UTC)
 * I can't do anything about that. Thelb4 08:12, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Definitely tilted, I wouldn't support it until that had been corrected - Adrian Pingstone 20:26, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

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 * This could be a trademark violation (of the Olympic trademark). Andrew pmk 20:42, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Support as long as its not a trademark violation. --ScottyBoy900Q ∞ 03:21, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm 99.9% positive that this falls under fair use, since it's for commentary purposes. --Elfer 05:45, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * In that case I changed the tag from Template:PD to Template:fairuse, I still think we should be careful though since the Olympic Comittee is very litigious. Jtkiefer  T - 04:51, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't know much about copyrights etc., but if it is correctly stated above that this is fair use, I will have to oppose as this is stated in the 3rd paragrahp of featured picture candidates page that fairuse images are not appropriate. like i said I know nothing of copyright stuff. supportsay1988 14:35, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. This is not "fair use". Fair use only applies to copyright. This is just a photograph that happens to include a logo. If the photographer has released the photo into the public domain, then this photo is in the public domain. Nohat 06:59, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Support in the spirit of the Olympic Spirit. - Darwinek 08:47, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Support This vote will change to a support upon the correction of the image's tilt problem --Elfer 07:18, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Good catch. It was only 0.5% tilted. Nohat 08:01, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Support.— Encephalon |  ζ   08:26:54, 2005-08-31 (UTC)
 * Support - now that the tilt has been corrected. nice pic! - Adrian Pingstone 14:31, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. James F. (talk) 12:58, 4 September 2005 (UTC)


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Edwin Roxburgh

Edwin Roxburgh (born 1937) is an English composer, conductor and oboist.

Roxburgh was born in Liverpool. After playing oboe in the National Youth Orchestra, he won a double scholarship to study composition with Herbert Howells and oboe with Terence MacDonagh at the Royal College of Music. He also studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris and Luigi Dallapiccola in Florence. Boulanger once described him as "the new Stravinsky".

After his studies he became principal oboist of the Sadler's Wells Opera, and as a virtuoso soloist he gave the UK premieres of Luciano Berio’s Sequenza V11 and Heinz Holliger’s Cardiophonie. Together with Léon Goossens he wrote the Menuhin Music Guide for the oboe in 1977. He also played with the Menuhin Festival Orchestra.

Roxburgh taught composition and conducting at the Royal College of Music, where he founded the RCM's Twentieth Century Ensemble. In 2004 he became the acting Head of Composition at the Birmingham Conservatoire and from 2005 has acted as visiting tutor in composition and conducting, as well as workshop leader. Among his students are Luke Bedford, Dai Fujikura, Daniel Giorgetti, Helen Grime, Kenneth Hesketh, Rolf Hind, Jonathan Lloyd, Roger Redgate and David Warburton.

In 2007 his 70th birthday was celebrated in a series of concert performances showcasing a selection of his works. He is Associate Composer of the London Festival Orchestra.

Music
The orchestral piece Montage was premiered at the BBC Proms in 1977. His Clarinet Concerto (1995), structured as a 30 minute single movement, and the nine movement orchestral work Saturn from 1982 (a tribute to Holst, depicting each of the planet’s nine satellites) have been recorded. The 2006 Oboe Concerto, An Elegy for Ur, won a British Academy Award, while the Concerto for Orchestra (2008) was the recipient of a Royal Philharmonic Society bursary. A Concerto for Piano and Wind Orchestra was premiered on March 30, 2017 to celebrate the composer's 80th birthday, and there are other works for wind band such as Time’s Harvest (2000) and Aeolian Carillons (2006).

Roxburgh has contributed significantly to the chamber music repertoire of his own instrument, the oboe. He composed Aulodie (1977) and Antares (1988) to mark the 80th and 90th birthdays of Léon Goossens, while Elegy (1982) was dedicated the memory of Janet Craxton. Christopher Redgate has recorded a disc of chamber music for the oboe. A CD of his piano music issued in 2007 includes the substantial, single movement Piano Sonata of 1993, (derived from a three note motif by Alban Berg) and the "freely atonal" Six Etudes (1980).

His 2003 opera Abelard has been published but awaits a full staging. A newer opera, Her War, for soprano and trumpet with words by Jonathan Ruffle, was premiered by soprano April Fredrick and trumpeter Simon Desbruslais in London in September 2020.

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Tierra del Fuego (disambiguation)

Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago at the southernmost tip of South America, shared between Chile, and Argentina.

Tierra del Fuego may also refer to:

Places

 * Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, main island of the aforementioned archipelago
 * Tierra del Fuego Province, Chile
 * Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina
 * Tierra del Fuego National Park, a national park on the Argentine part of the island

Entertainment

 * Tierra del Fuego (1948 film), a 1948 film by Mario Soffici
 * Tierra del Fuego (film), a 2000 film by Miguel Littín
 * La Tierra del Fuego, an album by Roy Campbell
 * Tierra del Fuego, an album by Argentine band Virus

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I've transformed your citation at artifact into an "external link" but I'm not sure which lecture on that page you're referring to. Can you get the URL for the specific presentation, and then paste that URL into the link? Otherwise I'm worried it won't be much use for people who want to look it up.

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User:Whoopknacker

A Whoopknacker is member of the musical group "The Whoopknackers". Founding member William Courtney created the group in 1992 as "Ramblin' Bill & the Whoopknackers". From 1992 to 2005 the Whoopknackers was a one-man-band with the man being Ramblin' Bill. As the bands music is created using the multi-track recording process, the Whoopknackers were actually virtual members. The music of the group is relatively simple compositions mostly with an original, comical style. Songs include 'National Politeness Week', 'Renegade Nuns on Wheels', She's a Winker' & 'You Can't Fight City Hall'. There are about 15 songs written and recorded in rough form and there are plans to refine these and release them on the internet. Ramblin' Bill is giving music lessons to his young children and plans to bring them into the group as non-virtual members.

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Earl Thomas Conley

Earl Thomas Conley (October 17, 1941 – April 10, 2019) was an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for RCA Records. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, of which 18 reached Number One. His 18 Billboard Number One country singles during the 1980s were the third most by any artist in any genre during that decade, after Alabama and Ronnie Milsap.

Early life
Conley was born October 17, 1941, in Portsmouth, Ohio, to Glenna Ruth (née Davis; 1918–2002) and Arthur Conley (1910–1989). When he was 14, his father lost his job with the railroad, forcing the young boy to move in with his older sister in Jamestown, Ohio. He was offered a scholarship to an art school, but rejected it in favor of joining the U.S. Army. While in the Army, he became a member of a Christian-influenced trio, where his musical talent and vocal ability first became apparent. He then decided to consider performing as a serious career option. He shifted more deeply into the classic country sounds of artists such as Merle Haggard and George Jones. During this period he first tried his hand at songwriting. In 1968, after his honorable discharge from the Army, he began commuting from Dayton to Nashville. In 1973 while in Nashville, he met Dick Heard, who produced country music singer Mel Street. This meeting eventually led to the Conley-Heard collaboration on the song "Smokey Mountain Memories", which made the top 10 for Street. After his discharge from the military, Conley had been playing in clubs in Nashville at night, supporting himself by working blue-collar jobs during the day.

Career
In his early days before fame, Conley worked in a steel mill near Portsmouth, Ohio. Until one day he made the bold decision to pack up and move to Nashville. Feeling that he wasn't making any progress in Nashville, Conley moved to Huntsville, Alabama. There, he met record producer Nelson Larkin, who helped him sign with independent record label GRT in 1974. Conley released four singles on that label, none of which became hits. At the same time, he was selling songs that he had written to other artists, including Conway Twitty and Mel Street, who were having much success with them.

Conley returned to Nashville, now writing for Nelson Larkin's publishing house. In 1979, he signed a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records. Two years later, he had his first Top 40 hit, "Dreamin's All I Do". He left the label in 1979 and joined Sunbird Records, where he again worked with Larkin. This time, Conley found success with a Top Ten and a Number One single within the next two years. He continued to have success over the next few years and in 1983 he was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards for his song "Holding Her and Loving You". He set a record the following year as the first artist in any genre to have four Number One singles from the same album, Don't Make It Easy for Me (released in May 1983). In 1986, Conley was credited with breaking down country music barriers in his duet with pop/R&B singer Anita Pointer of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters. Their single, "Too Many Times", the title track to his 1986 album, reached No. 2 on the Country chart. With the song, Conley also became the only country artist to appear on the syndicated music program Soul Train.

Later years
By the end of the 1980s, Conley began collaborating with Randy Scruggs, son of banjo virtuoso Earl Scruggs, in the hope that he could bring his music back to his country roots. His record sales began to drop in the 1990s, as country took a more progressive turn, and Conley was dropped from his record label in 1992. He took a seven-year recording hiatus between 1991 and 1997 due to a number of factors, including vocal problems, disenchantment with record label politics, road fatigue, and mental burnout. He began recording again in 1998. In late 2013, Conley gave a telephone interview with Pods o' Pop. Conley recalled that he may have been the only country artist to have appeared on the Soul Train television program (he performed his duet with Pointer) and went into detail about the string of hits Randy Scruggs and he co-wrote.

In 2002, Blake Shelton charted in the Top 20 with "All Over Me", which Conley co-wrote with Shelton and longtime friend, songwriter Michael Pyle.

Death
Conley died on April 10, 2019, from cerebral atrophy.

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Panic Attack (robot)

Panic Attack was a robot that competed in the British television show Robot Wars. In Series 2, it was just a box, with a set of electrically powered lifting forks, powered by a homemade system. It was emblazoned with the image of a spider. The spider was the result of a school competition to come up with a design of something that made you panic. A 12-year-old girl designed the spider. With his prize money from Series 2, Kim built a newer machine. This one had a srimech (self-righting mechanism), a new body shape, and more effective forks, which were capable of completely overturning opposing machines. The top-mounted self-righting mechanism proved to be unreliable, and was eventually removed. Added in Series 4 were a set of side "skirts" to prevent all but the lowest of robots from getting underneath it, as well as sloping sides. The fourth model had improved skirts, and the srimech was updated to a top flipper, which was the favourite with the driver Kim Davies, who stated it was, in his opinion, the best version.

Panic Attack was constructed in Cwmbran, Wales.

The Series 6 version was flatter, with silver forks and painted gold as opposed to yellow, as the team had run out of yellow paint when the time came to paint it. As a result, this model was unofficially, but universally nicknamed Panic Attack Gold. For Series 7, the fourth model was reused, with the addition of a rear skirt, and with the srimech being replaced by an anti-hammer cushioned top.

The robot competed in Series 2-7 of Robot Wars, winning the second series and making the semi-finals in three other wars. It also won the "Sumo Basho" competition in Series 4, meaning that it was the only machine to defeat Shunt in this event twice. Panic Attack was one of the longest appearing robots, appearing in six wars and two extremes. Although the only grand champion never to reach another Grand Final, Panic Attack reached the most semi-finals of all Grand Champions at four.

Panic Attack's signature move was to slip beneath a robot, using its forks to get a grip inside the opponent's armour, wheels or other openings, before driving into the pit release button and pushing it down the pit. It achieved this many times, against robots like Axe Awe, S.M.I.D.S.Y., Manta and Kat 3.

The team also entered Panic Attack in one season of Battlebots, losing out to Frenzy. They returned next season with Scallywag, a wedge-shaped lifter with a colour scheme similar to Panic Attack.

As champion of Series 2 and a good contestant in later wars, Panic Attack was one of the competitor robots immortalized in plastic when the Robot Wars toys were released. A 'Minibot' toy plus a working pullback with flipping spikes and a 'Pitstop' toy were released.

Panic Attack could be the bravest robot in the series as it would tackle the house robots when it found a chance to, especially Shunt who became a rival of sorts to Panic Attack. It also had a rivalry with Firestorm, who dethroned it of its champion status in Series 3 and the two fought four more times over the years, though Panic Attack was never able to beat Firestorm in a true fight, and the only win against Firestorm it got was from their last brawl when Firestorm unwittingly drove into the Pit.

Team Members
The team captain of the robot was Kim Davies, who was originally joined by Kevin Pritchard and Lee Witcombe. In Series 3, Pritchard left the team to create a similar robot named Evil Weevil and Davies was joined by his son Michael and Simon Rosen. Christian Bridge won a competition in Robot Wars Magazine to join the team for Series 4. In Series 7, Davies got a job as a technical assistant on the show and left, so the team was entirely changed. Pritchard returned and took over the controls with teammates Paul Wier and then-webmaster of the official Panic Attack website, Jamie McGarry.

Heats
Panic Attack was airborne in the gauntlet after Sir Killalot held down the end of the see-saw and Panic Attack drove off onto Dead Metal. Good control and driving meant it outmanoeuvred Shunt in the trial. It managed to flip Whirling Dervish with its spikes in the semi-final, before winning the show by pushing Disruptor into the pit.

Semi-final
In the Gauntlet, Panic Attack advanced exactly the same distance as Mace, meaning that the two had to run the course again at the same time. Mace was subsequently trapped and pitted by the Sentinel, putting Panic Attack through. In the trial, Panic Attack advanced through Pinball. In the semi-final battle, it beat the favourites Mortis by putting it into the pit.

Grand Final
Panic Attack won its Eliminator for the Grand Final by immobilising Killertron, and subsequently pushed Sgt. Bash into the pit. In the final itself, Panic Attack avoided being flipped by Cassius, and Cassius itself went into the pit by mistake for a shock victory.

UK Championship
Panic Attack flipped over first Axios and then Toe Cutter to reach the Heat Final against X-Terminator. After immobilising X-Terminator's weapon, Panic Attack flipped it over.

In the semi-final, Panic Attack flipped over Thing 2 to advance to a battle for a place in the Grand Final, against Firestorm. This battle went to a judges' decision, in favour of Firestorm, officially dethroning Panic Attack of its status.

First World Championship
Panic Attack represented Wales in this tournament and fought 101 of England. In attempting to pit its opponent, Panic Attack drove itself into the pit.

Series 4
Panic Attack were the winners of the Sumo Basho competition in Series 4, being the only robot to stay longer than Shunt on the Sumo platform. It was seeded 4th for reaching the semi-finals in Series 3 and being an ex-champion.

Round 1 vs. Overkill GTI vs. SMIDSY
Panic Attack drove into Overkill. SMIDSY then got under Overkill, and Overkill flipped it later. Panic Attack wedged Overkill into the arena spike, and lifted it, before it was rammed by SMIDSY. Panic Attack lifted Overkill again onto the arena wall. Both Panic Attack and SMIDSY then pushed Overkill into the CPZ, and lifted it. It went to a judges decision and Overkill GTI was eliminated.

Round 2 vs. Saw Point
Panic Attack tried to lift Saw Point, but lifted itself instead. It then tipped Saw Point onto its side, and lifted it. It tried to flip Saw Point out of the arena but could not, so instead it pushed it around the arena. It was later considered immobilized and was dropped in the pit.

Round 3 vs. SMIDSY
SMIDSY rammed into Panic Attack's sides, and drove over the robot many times. Panic Attack then pushed SMIDSY into Shunt, but was caught itself by Dead Metal. Panic Attack then lifted SMIDSY and held it over the flame pit. Its fork had got stuck in SMIDSY's wheel opening, but Panic Attack managed to drag it around, eventually lowering SMIDSY in the pit.

Round 4 vs. Spawn Of Scutter
Spawn drove over Panic Attack, which lifted it and pushed it into the arena wall and Shunt's CPZ. Spawn tried to use its spike, but Panic Attack lifted it and wedged it on the arena wall.

Round 5 vs. Stinger
Panic Attack drove into Stinger, but found it hard to attack. Stinger used its axe on Panic Attack's sides and lifting mechanism. Stinger spun around and hit Panic Attack many times. Panic Attack pushed Stinger into Matilda, but went into the CPZ. Panic Attack then pushed Stinger into the arena wall, but the judges decision meant that Stinger was the winner, who finished 3rd overall.

The team were booed, as many thought that Panic Attack should have gone through.

War of Independence Round 1 vs. Rammstein (USA)
Although the American robot was heavier, Panic Attack easily turned it over with its lifting forks repeatedly but Rammstein was invertible and ran away. After a while though, Rammstein started to lose power as its batteries were designed for three minutes battle rather than the UK's five, so Panic Attack picked it up once more and dropped it into the pit.

War of Independence Round 2 vs. Mortis (UK)
This was a rematch from the Second Wars when Panic Attack pitted Mortis. Despite consistently lifting and pushing Mortis around the arena (at one point into Sir Killalot), Mortis pounded away on the top of Panic Attack with its axe and won on a very close judge's decision to beat Frenzy in the final and win the War of Independence.

Series 5
Panic Attack was seeded 6th for this war. It now had improved side skirts and its self-righting mechanism could be used for lifting or trapping other robots.

In Round 1, Panic Attack pushed a partially immobilised Barber-Ous into the pit, and then did the same in Round 2 against Tiberius 2. In the Heat Final against Kat 3, Panic Attack became stuck into its opponent, but pushed them into the pit.

In its semi-final, Panic Attack was immobilised by Pussycat. It then went into the Loser's Melee, whereby the victor would return to the contest. Its opponents were Firestorm 3 and Wheely Big Cheese. The force of a flip on Panic Attack from the latter caused internal damage, and after Wheely Big Cheese broke down, the judges decided on Firestorm 3.

Series 6
Panic Attack was seeded 8th for this series. Its design was vastly changed from previous years, with a flatter body, no self-righter, and four wheels instead of six. This version was colloquially referred to as "Panic Attack Gold" or "Panic Attack 24k" because it was painted gold and silver instead of its signature yellow and black. Davies was wholly unsatisfied with this version.

In the First Round, Panic Attack fought Kronic 2, ROCS and Corkscrew. It received damage from Corkscrew, who later drove into the pit. ROCS were also eliminated after being flipped by Kronic 2. In Round 2, Panic Attack put A-Kill into the pit.

In the Heat Final, Terrorhurtz continuously hit Panic Attack with their axe until it was immobilised. After having been counted out, Panic Attack had its top ripped off by Matilda's flywheel.

Series 7
Panic Attack was reverted to its chunkier body and caution-striped colour scheme. Its self-righter was replaced with a hard rubber panel for protection against overhead weapons, and a large skirt was added at the back. It was seeded 8th again.

In Round 1, Panic Attack fought Mega Morg, Edge Hog and Spin Doctor. It flipped over Spin Doctor, who were counted out. Panic Attack and Mega Morg then co-operated to push Edge Hog into the pit.

Panic Attack had its weapon immobilised by Tough As Nails in Round 2, who won on a judges' decision and went on to win the heat.

Videos

 * Panic Attack vs. Terrorhurtz
 * Spawn of Scutter vs. Panic Attack
 * Panic Attack vs. FireStorm
 * X-Terminator 2 vs. Panic Attack
 * Panic Attack vs. Stinger
 * Mortis vs. Panic Attack

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