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Talk:Michel Houellebecq

This is not at all a balanced or fair article
The article spends twice as much time discussing his supposed political transgressions than it does discussing his literature. And this despite the fact that the aforementioned transgressions are not themselves innocent of political machinations. Weasel words are also used. Needs editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nathanrobert86 (talk • contribs) 19:58, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

 * I just thoroughly read and corrected the article : what is said above has some truth, but I have seen much worse on Wikipedia. I tried to elaborate on his themes and style, but I do agree that it's still not enough to convey his specific appeal as a writer.--Abolibibelot (talk) 02:08, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Translation of "Extension du domaine de la lutte"
I think it would be more idiomatically accurate to translate Extension du domaine de la lutte as "Broadening the field of struggle" than as "Extension of the domain of the struggle".

--mrr —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mrrhum (talk • contribs) 14:17, 24 December 2006 (UTC).
 * Le domain = the domain. Le champ = the field.Lestrade (talk) 14:32, 13 October 2009 (UTC)Lestrade

 * Good = bon. Morning = matin. And yet "good morning" is not "bon matin" in French. Words don't translate literally most of the time, especially in expressions, even the ones made up by writers. The word "field" can be and is often translated as "domaine" in French, especially figuratively. For instance "he's an expert in his field" would be "c'est un expert dans son domaine" in French, NOT "c'est un expert dans son champ", unless we're talking about a farmer. Onaryc (talk) 09:06, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

 * I did apply the suggestion from 2006... which was definitely relevant.--Abolibibelot (talk) 02:41, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
 * On a similar vein, "enfant terrible" is not a terrible chid. I suggest to remove the (misleading) translation and replace it with a wikilink to Enfant terrible.Alexandre Hocquet (talk) 14:26, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

small changes in the first lines
I got rid of Demonpion mention in the first lines (doesn't seem so important), put it in a reference. I also clarified date status addind "(birth certificate)". Seems clearer this way. --Chaica 04:00, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

"Controversial"
It would be nice to see a better explanation of why is this writer considered controversial. What are the controversies, who raised them, and where? Daniel Leal Werneck (talk) 06:25, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

I assume the 'controversy' relates to the fact that the author has been accused of racism, islamophobia and misogyny (there is a decent BBC clip on YouTube about some of these issues). Around the time Atomised/Elementary Particles was translated into English I remember reading that he received, at various times, the admiration of both the extreme left and extreme right in France - but he had ultimately no interest in either, and they turned on him. I think he could be described as the new Celine. 99.240.139.189 (talk) 18:11, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Atomised/Elementary Particles contains passages in which the characters express negative comments regarding Muslims, Negroes, women, and other protected groups. This is forbidden in contemporary literature.Lestrade (talk) 14:36, 13 October 2009 (UTC)Lestrade
 * What do you mean "forbidden"? Phil Nolte (talk) 20:12, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

I'd like to see a sub-heading of controversy - to encompass the reasons and incidents as to why he is a "controversial author" as opposed to the "authors".Harvardhall (talk) 10:47, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

 * The article is still a mess. The 'Views of politics and relgion' section is really just a 'Scandalous views on ...' section and the 'Controversy' section is similar. Both of these sections should be removed (as per WP style guides) and replaced with a more even handed, less sensational description of his work. Ashmoo (talk) 12:18, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Current residence
it says in the first paragraph, he currently lives in Spain but this is unsourced and there is no indication of when "currently" means. Phil Nolte (talk) 21:14, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * According to the FR wikipedia, he lives in Spain. --Edcolins (talk) 19:19, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

According to his personal twitter, he's now returned to live in France https://twitter.com/mhouellebecq/status/187720002311438336 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.111.193.170 (talk) 09:20, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Possible Copyright Violation
I'm not very comfortable making this assertion, but it seems that the first couple sentences of the intro are taken straight from this site: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/32878.Michel_Houellebecq I added a citation for them, but I'm guessing that's not the complete solution. I'm just a little unsure of how to rewrite those lines to be non-copyvio-y and I'd rather not just gut an intro by removing them altogether. Jztinfinity (talk) 03:06, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I have examined it and the very similar material seems to have come from two edits by User:Sayerslle. see 1. It's of a concern and i think it's best that Sayerslle be informed of it. It is possible that that website copied wikipedia. On Garcia Marquez, I noted alot of website had had a listed book of his as being "friendship is beautiful" until it was deleted from the wikipedia page and then the other website's removed their information. Phil Nolte (talk) 19:49, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello - the sentences I added to the lead were taken from a page length profile that appeared in 'the independent on sunday' 21 August 2005 - I liked the mention of Baudelaire as I am an admirer of Baudelaire and I added the reference - the website which i've never seen either took the quote from the independent or from the wikipedia article. I hope the sentences remain as they are a pretty fair summary of how he is regarded by admirers and detractors arent they and they drop a few good names. Sayerslle (talk) 20:20, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'm very happy at that. sorted. I've also just added the link to the independent on sunday arrticle. Thanks very much. Phil Nolte (talk) 20:27, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

A review of the editing history shows the introduction was created through serial edits over the years -- the Goodreads website was copied from this Wikipedia version in September 2009. As for the sentence lifted from the Times newspaper -- thanks for adding the reference attribution. That is necessary. However, directly copying from the source also requires quotation marks, otherwise it is plagiarism. I've added the quote marks and slightly altered the text to avoid the copyright violation. I'll clear the report at WP:CP. — Cactus Writer (talk) 17:35, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Critical reception
The article states that "His works, particularly 'Atomised' were poorly received by French literary intelligentsia". I'd like to point out that this is just plainly wrong: there's always been a lot of debates about Houellebecq, but there were always at least half of the critics regarding him as one of the best french writers. And this has only been improving over the last few years: his latest novel won the Prix Goncourt which is the most important litterary prize in France, and this win was highly anticipated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.100.172.72 (talk) 14:22, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Copyright problem
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The Map and the Territory book review
Michel Houellebecq’s Version of the American Thriller by JUDITH SHULEVITZ New York Times Review of Books January 13, 2012 97.87.29.188 (talk) 22:54, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Jew?
I've heard he is a jew. Or at least he has jewish ancestry?

 * You (unsigned user writing an undated comment) have heard bullshit. It is not uncommon in this day and age. It sticks to the shoes as well as the ears, and it stinks, but it's not so hard to clean once you've noticed it, or once someone told you about it if your nose can't smell the smell. Besides, what worthwhile information would it provide on the artist in question if it was established that one of the great-great-aunts of his late grandmother was half jewish by alliance ? Am I partly jewish if yesterday I ate an orange containing atoms which used to be part of Abraham's left nostril ? Will I become partly stupid if I eat an egg containing atoms which used to be part of your brain ? --Abolibibelot (talk) 02:58, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

many wikipdia articles list whether a person has jewish ancestry. why u mad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.14.45 (talk) 11:45, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Pseudonym
Any information why did Michel Thomas choose to call himself... Houellebecq?

I mean, there 26 letters in the alphabet, so that makes about a sextillion possible names permutations - why "Houellebecq"??--74.57.167.219 (talk) 20:43, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * It is explained in the article. - Sum mer PhD  (talk) 18:41, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Birth year
It seems from my Googling that he was born in '56 but usually gives out his birth year as '58. I'm not sure you can identify with a birth year the way you can with a name, religion etc. - surely we should be consistent and say '56, and just explain in a footnote or something why some sources say '58? –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 17:00, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

 * Well, I'd say, nowadays, if people are “allowed” to change their sex, there should be absolutely no more reason to prevent them from changing their age as well. Ironically, in Atomised (published way before that discrepancy was revealed), one character repeatedly changes his age, so as to be more credible as an aspiring rock star (he then goes on to become a serial-killer, probably modeled after Charles Manson, who also tried to be a musician).--Abolibibelot (talk) 03:06, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

 * I just made a series of edits, and in particular added a quotation from the author himself about his alledged "lying" about his age / birth year and the "reveal" that he was supposedly born in 1956. In fact he is not sure himself, but claims that he was always told by his mother that she had faked his birth certificate so that he could go to school earlier. Only a Carbon-14 dating could provide a definitive answer at this point...
 * "I was born in 1956 or in 1958, I don't know. More likely in 1958. My mother always told me that she had faked the birth certificate so that I could go to school at age four instead of six — I guess that there was no pre-school at the time. She had convinced herself that I was intellectually precocious [un surdoué] — because at age three, so was I told, I had learned to read by myself, using cubes, and one evening coming home she had found me, utterly surprised, casually reading the newspaper. That she may have had the power to do so, there is no doubt: the birth certificates were handwritten and roughly made, and she really was among the dignitaries in La Réunion, she had influent acquaintances [...]."
 * --Abolibibelot (talk) 04:05, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

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"edulcorated"?
That word seems to be extremely rare or obscure in the meaning which is apparently intended. It would be better not to use that word at all... AnonMoos (talk) 15:24, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

 * Well, sorry, that was probably me — "édulcoré" is a relatively common word in french in that context / meaning, so that was an unintentional gallicism. The most common translations seem to be "watered down" or "sugar-coated", I'm not sure which one best conveys the intended meaning, with the right register. I'm going to correct this right away.--Abolibibelot (talk) 04:22, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
 * "tone down" means "reduce the offensiveness", while "water down" means "reduce the effectiveness, the force of something". i.e. you tone down a TV show to make it suitable to family audience, while you water down a political program to make it acceptable to your opponents. Azerty82 (talk) 11:33, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aaarkediou

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The result of the debate was delete. Wikiacc (talk) 21:00, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Aaarkediou
nonsense, see Articles for deletion/Gymeria

 * Delete -- As per nomination Ben D. 16:02, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - might as well take this one out too! --MacRusgail 16:04, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Hoax. No Google hits. KeithD (talk) 16:16, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete pyrzqxglly - only one Google hit, and that's to Pages for deletion. I'm worried what'll happen if I manage to pronounce it correctly. Bobo192 06:48, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now.  Delete hoax/attempt at fanfic/whatever. —Cryptic (talk) 10:22, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nonsense. Cool3 20:25, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
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Grace King High School

Grace King High School was a public high school located in Metairie, unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was a part of the Jefferson Parish Public Schools and served portions of Metairie and Kenner.

History
Grace King was built in the late 1960s as a high school, opening its doors in 1968 as an all-girls public school serving Jefferson Parish; remaining such until the 1980s, when it became co-ed.

The school, which served Grades 9–12, was a part of the Jefferson Parish Public Schools system. The school served unincorporated portions of Jefferson Parish and a portion of the city of Kenner. The school was named for Grace King (d. 1932), a New Orleans writer and scholar of Louisiana history. The school's mascot was Lucky, the (Fighting Irish) Leprechaun, and the school colors were hunter green, white, and gold.

During Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005, the school suffered damage to its gymnasium's roof, and housed a National Guard troop until the school reopened in October 2005. Grace King High School recently completed building a minigolf course that is accessible to students who are confined to wheelchairs or crutches.

On May 24, 2023, Grace King High School permanently closed, with Haynes Academy now using the campus. The zoning boundary for King was divided between the boundaries of Alfred Bonnabel High School and Riverdale High School. The school community criticized the closure.

Demographics
In May 2023, 64% of the students were Hispanic or Latino, 19% were non-Hispanic Black or African-American, and 12% were non-Hispanic White. There were 1,280 students total.

Athletics
Grace King athletic teams participated as a member of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA). The school's athletic teams compete with eight additional teams classified at the Class 5A level, within District 8.

East Jefferson and Bonnabel High School were the Irish's biggest opponents.

Notable alumni

 * Pantera and Down vocalist Phil Anselmo, fronted the local heavy metal band Razor White. He later was the lead singer for Superjoint Ritual, and current lead guitarist in Arson Anthem.
 * Donna Brazile, campaign manager for the Al Gore/Joe Lieberman presidential ticket in 2000, was the first African-American to direct a major presidential campaign.
 * Ellen DeGeneres, television show host of The Ellen DeGeneres Show was a brief attendant.
 * Trent Giambrone, who made his Major League Baseball debut with the Chicago Cubs on September 29, 2021.
 * Danny Granger, former NBA forward for the Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, and Miami Heat, was a 2001 graduate as a four-year letterman, averaging 24.3 ppg, 12 rpg and 5.5 bpg as a senior.
 * Paul Hollis, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from St. Tammany Parish, graduated in 1990 from Grace King and served as student body president.
 * Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, was valedictorian in 1994.
 * Actress Ashton Leigh, who appeared in the TV series Ambitions and NCIS: New Orleans and the miniseries The Act, was a 2004 graduate.
 * Michael Lewis ("Beerman"), former San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints wide receiver and kick returner.
 * Kevin Mmahat, former MLB player (New York Yankees)
 * Mark Mullins, trombonist for Harry Connick, Jr. and Bonerama, is a 1985 graduate.
 * Candice Stewart, Miss Louisiana Teen USA in 2002, Miss Louisiana USA in 2005 and a contestant on Big Brother in 2013, is a graduate of the school.

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Miguel Ángel Benítez

Miguel Ángel Benítez Pavón (born 19 May 1970), also known as Peque Benítez, is a Paraguayan retired footballer who played as a forward.

He is best known for his spell with Spain's Espanyol, where he played for seven years. Altogether he spent one full decade in that country, representing three other teams and appearing in more than 200 official games overall.

A Paraguayan international in the late 1990s, Benítez represented the nation at the 1998 World Cup.

Club career
Benítez was born in Santísima Trinidad (Asunción). After playing for modest clubs in his country he arrived in Spain at the age of 23, purchased by Atlético Madrid, but appeared very rarely for the Colchoneros, being often demoted to its reserves and also being loaned twice, notably to CP Mérida which he helped promote from the second division by scoring a team-best ten goals in only five months.

Released by Atlético in the 1995 summer, Benítez signed with fellow La Liga side RCD Espanyol, going on to experience his best years: alternating between the starting XI and the bench, he amassed 166 competitive appearances for the Catalans, helping them to the 2000 conquest of the Copa del Rey.

Already in his 30s and dealing with some injuries, Benítez left Espanyol in January 2002, returning to his country and signing with Asunción's Club Olimpia. In his first year with Olimpia he helped the team to win Copa Libertadores, and the following season he won Recopa Sudamericana. In the years until his retirement he appeared for several clubs, and also returned to Spain, playing with UD Almería in the second level.

Benítez started his coaching career in 2008, taking charge of lowly Club Silvio Pettirossi as it was experiencing its first season in the Primera División – short-lived, as the side dropped down two tiers in as many years.

International career
Courtesy of his solid Espanyol performances, Benítez gained all of his 30 caps for the Paraguay national team. He was selected for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, playing in all four matches as the country reached the round-of-16 and netting in the 3–1 group stage win over Nigeria.

Benítez was also selected for the 1999 Copa América, played on home soil, scoring three times: this included one in Paraguay's 1–1 quarter-final clash against Uruguay, where he also missed the decisive penalty shootout attempt.

Honours

 * Espanyol
 * Copa del Rey: 1999–2000

 * Olimpia
 * Copa Libertadores: 2002
 * Recopa Sudamericana: 2003

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G. Mike Reed

George Michael ("Mike") Reed is an American computer scientist. He has contributed to theoretical computer science in general and CSP in particular.

Mike Reed has a doctorate in pure mathematics from Auburn University, United States, and a doctorate in computation from Oxford University, England. He has an interest in mathematical topology.

Reed was a Senior Research Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. From 1986 to 2005, he was at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory (now the Oxford University Department of Computer Science) in England where he was also a Fellow in Computation of St Edmund Hall, Oxford (1986–2005). In 2005, he became Director of UNU/IIST, Macau, part of the United Nations University.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/York Road

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The result was no consensus to delete. Rschen7754 (talk - contribs)  02:03, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

York Road
from VfD:

Even if the road is notable (I don't think it is) this isn't the article to tell about it. DCEdwards1966 02:01, Jan 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or transfer to Wikitravel. Gazpacho 02:21, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as rewritten. Do not disrupt to illustrate a point Gazpacho 08:34, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. Megan1967 03:21, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this roadcruft. Wyss 06:14, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Lot's of fantasy trivia is let through, so this real world article should make the grade. I will categorise it to Baltimore Philip 06:52, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, probably move to Maryland State Highway 45. I'm currently editing it to remove a lot of the crap and include more facts. And all of you who are voting delete, how about Greenway (Middle-earth)? --SPUI 10:23, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * And modified to remove the crap and include more history. --SPUI 10:34, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * delete i know york road, been up and down it pleanty of times, but this article is just fluf, to use an appropate word. Bee nice to see if come one could write up a real article, with some history. As it is an important Baltimore area road. --Boothy443 10:27, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This article needs to be improved, not deleted. RustyCale 12:14, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - move to Maryland State Highway 45 and dab York Road. zoney ♣ talk 13:12, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Carrp 14:00, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not Notable.  Maybe there is something of note about this road, but the article doesn't say any of it.  In it's current state, it's not worth keeping. --RoySmith 14:49, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * What do you mean, it's not notable? It was once the main road north from Baltimore (US 111). It's also part of WikiProject Highways. --SPUI 18:38, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Somehow I doubt this is the only York Road in the world. There is nothing inherently notable about it.  Delete.  If it's kept, it needs to be disambiguated.  RickK 00:14, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Did you even go to the article? See what else is in bold? Read my comment above? This is Maryland State Highway 45. It should be moved there. WikiProject Highways encompasses this article. --SPUI 04:55, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete tarmac.Dr Zen 00:52, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to Maryland State Highway 45. There are far too many York Roads for this to occupy it. older ≠ wiser 13:51, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

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2005 American League Division Series

The 2005 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2005 American League postseason, began on Tuesday, October 4, and ended on Monday, October 10, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. They were:

 * (1) Chicago White Sox (Central Division champion, 99–63) vs. (4) Boston Red Sox (Wild Card, 95–67): White Sox win series, 3–0.
 * (2) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Western Division champion, 95–67) vs. (3) New York Yankees (Eastern Division champion, 95–67): Angels win series, 3–2.

The higher seed (#1 is the highest) had the home field advantage.

2005 was the first year since 2001 that the Minnesota Twins had not participated in the ALDS. Other than the White Sox' victory in the AL Central, the participants were identical to those of the previous year.

The two victorious teams went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The victorious White Sox advanced to defeat the National League champion Houston Astros and win the 2005 World Series, their first World Series title since 1917.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs. New York Yankees
†: Game was postponed due to rain on October 8

Game 1
U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois

The White Sox rocked Red Sox starter Matt Clement for five runs in the first inning. Clement hit Scott Podsednik to lead off the game. Podsednik moved to second on a groundout, then after another hit-by-pitch, stole third and scored on Paul Konerko's force out at second. Carl Everett singled before Konerko scored on Aaron Rowand's RBI single, then A. J. Pierzynski's three-run home run made it 5–0 Chicago. Konerko's home run in the third made it 6–0 White Sox. The Red Sox scored their only runs of the game in the fourth when Trot Nixon and Jason Varitek hit back-to-back singles aided by an error to put them on third and second, respectively. Jose Contreras's wild pitch scored Nixon, then Kevin Millar's double scored Varitek. Contreras went $7 2/3$ innings, giving up eight hits. In the bottom of the fourth, Juan Uribe's two-run home run extended Chicago's lead to 8–2 and forced Clement out of the game. Geremi Gonzalez allowed a leadoff walk and subsequent hit-by-pitch in the sixth. One out later, a single by Uribe scored a run, then Scott Podsednik's three-run home run made it 12–2 Chicago. Podsednik had gone homerless in the regular season and this was his first home run since September 30, 2004. In the eighth, Pierzynski's second home run of the game off of Bronson Arroyo made it 13–2 Chicago. After two walks, Willie Harris's RBI single capped the scoring at 14–2 Chicago. Cliff Politte pitched a scoreless ninth to give the White Sox a 1–0 series lead. Boston's postseason winning streak was snapped at eight games with this loss. This was the White Sox' first postseason home win since Game 1 of the 1959 World Series.

Game 2
U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois

The Red Sox struck first in Game 2 on Manny Ramirez's two-run single off of Mark Buehrle with runners on second and third. In the fourth, they loaded the bases on a single, double and intentional walk before Jason Varitek's single and Trot Nixon's groundout scored a run each. David Wells ($6 2/3$ innings, two earned runs, seven hits) looked tough, giving up only two hits in the first four innings. But in the White Sox half of the fifth, the White Sox struck pay-dirt. Carl Everett hit a leadoff single, then scored on Aaron Rowand's double. One out later, Rowand scored on Joe Crede's single. Boston second baseman's Tony Graffanino error on Juan Uribe's ground ball put two runners on and one out later, Tadahito Iguchi's three-run home run put the White Sox up 5–4, those three runs unearned. Buehrle (seven innings, four earned runs, eight hits) earned the win with the save going to Bobby Jenks.

Game 3
Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts

For the first time since 1993, the White Sox secured their place in the ALCS by beating the Red Sox in Game 3. Freddy García (five innings, five hits, three earned runs) faced Tim Wakefield ($5 1/3$ innings, six hits, four runs). The White Sox struck first, when Juan Uribe doubled with two outs, then Scott Podsednik's double and Tadahito Iguchi's single scored a run each in the third. Back-to-back home runs by David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez leading off the fourth tied the game. In the sixth, Paul Konerko, with Jermaine Dye on base, hit a home run to put the White Sox in the lead for good. Ramirez's second home run of the game in the bottom of the inning cut the lead to 4–3, then Damaso Marte relieved Garcia and allowed a single and two walks to load the bases with no outs. El Duque, Orlando Hernández, came in relief and induced Jason Varitek to foul out, Tony Graffanino to pop out to short, and Johnny Damon to strike out to end the inning without giving up another run. He proceeded to pitch three total innings, giving up one hit. The White Sox got an insurance run in the ninth off of Mike Timlin when A. J. Pierzynski hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Juan Uribe's fielder's choice. Bobby Jenks retired the Red Sox in order in the bottom half, earning his second save of the series. This was the White Sox's first postseason series win since the 1917 World Series.

Composite line score
2005 ALDS (3–0): Chicago White Sox over Boston Red Sox

Game 1
Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California

The Yankees were able to get to AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colón early. Three two-out singles loaded the bases in the top of the first, then rookie Robinson Canó lifted a line drive over the reaching hand of left fielder Garret Anderson. The double would clear the bases, giving the Yankees a 3–0 lead. Next inning, Derek Jeter singled with two outs, moved to second on a hit-by-pitch, and scored on Jason Giambi's single. Though Colón and Scot Shields held the Yankees scoreless for the rest of the game, starter Mike Mussina pitched $5 2/3$ innings. Bengie Molina's home run in the seventh off of Tanyon Sturtze put the Angels on the board. In the ninth, Mariano Rivera walked Vladimir Guerrero with one out. After stealing second, Guerrero scored on Darin Erstad's single, but Rivera retired the next two batters to give the Yankees a 1–0 series lead.

Game 2
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In Game 2, the starters were John Lackey for the Angels and Chien-Ming Wang for the Yankees. The Yankees scored the first run of the game in the second when Hideki Matsui and Robinson Canó hit back-to-back doubles. They made it 2–0 in the fifth after Alex Rodríguez walked, moved to third on Jason Giambi's double and scored on Gary Sheffield's ground out. The Angels got on the board in the bottom of that inning on Juan Rivera's home run. In the sixth, Alex Rodríguez's error allowed Orlando Cabrera to make it to first base. He would move to second on Vladimir Guerrero's ground out and score on Bengie Molina's single, tying the game at two. In the next inning, Wang's throwing error would allow Jeff DaVanon and Steve Finley to reach third and second, respectively. Both scored on Cabrera's single, giving the Angels a 4–2 lead. In the eighth, Molina's home run off of Al Leiter extended the Angels lead to three. In the ninth, Jorge Posada's home run off of Francisco Rodriguez cut the lead back to two, but K. Rod retired the next three batters to end the game and tie the series heading to New York.

Game 3
Yankee Stadium (I) in the Bronx, New York

In Game 3, it was Randy Johnson pitching for the Yankees while Paul Byrd pitched for the Angels. Johnson ran into trouble early, giving up a three-run home run to Garret Anderson in the first after back-to-back two-out singles and a two-run homer to Bengie Molina in the third to give the Angels a 5–0 lead. After allowing a double and single in the fourth without getting an out, Johnson was taken out of the game while being booed. The Yankees rallied in the bottom of the inning. First, Hideki Matsui homered to put the Yanks on the board 5–1. Then Robinson Canó and Bernie Williams hit back to back singles and moved one base each on a groundout. Canó scored on Jorge Posada's groundout and Williams on Derek Jeter's single. After a walk, Brendan Donnelly relieved Byrd and Jason Giambi's single scored Jeter and cut the Angels' lead to one. In the next inning, after Matsui walked, Canó doubled to left and a throwing error by Cabrera allowed Matsui to score and Canó to go to third. Scot Shields relieved Donnelly and gave up a sacrifice fly to Bernie Williams that scored Canó, giving the Yankees a 6–5 lead, but in the sixth Reliever Aaron Small allowed a one-out double to Juan Rivera before Darin Erstad's RBI single tied the game. After a strikeout and single, Chone Figgins's RBI single put the Angels back in front 7–6. Tom Gordon allowed a leadoff single and subsequent hit-by-pitch before Garret Anderson's RBI single made it 8–6 Angels. Two errors loaded the bases before Steve Finley's RBI groundout off of Al Leiter made it 9–6 Angels. In the eighth, Leiter allowed a leadoff triple, then after a one-out intentional walk, back-to-back RBI singles by José Molina and Anderson off of Scott Proctor made it 11–6 Angels. The Yankees got only one more run on Jeter's leadoff home run in the eighth off of Kelvim Escobar as the Angels' 11–7 win put them one win away from the ALCS.

Game 4
Yankee Stadium (I) in the Bronx, New York

The Angels struck first in Game 4, scoring two runs in the top of the sixth on two doubles by Chone Figgins and Orlando Cabrera off Yankees starting pitcher Shawn Chacón after a leadoff walk. The Yankees cut the lead to one in the bottom of the inning when Alex Rodriguez walked, moved to second on a groundout and scored on Gary Sheffield's single off Angels starting pitcher John Lackey. In the bottom of the next inning, Robinson Canó singled and Jorge Posada walked off of Scot Shields. They would score on singles from Rubén Sierra and Derek Jeter. Al Leiter earned the win in relief and Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect eighth and ninth as the Yankees won 3–2 to force a Game 5 back in Anaheim.

Game 5
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Game 5 had the same starting pitchers as in Game 1, Bartolo Colón for the Angels and Mike Mussina for the Yankees. Colón left the game in the second inning after walking Robinson Canó (who was caught stealing) due to a hand injury and giving up two hits in the first and was relieved by Ervin Santana, who walked Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada. Williams scored on Bubba Crosby's single and Posada on Derek Jeter's sacrifice fly as the Yankees took an early 2–0 lead. Mussina, however, after pitching a perfect first, allowed a leadoff home run to Garret Anderson in the second to cut the lead to one. Then, Bengie Molina singled to center. After getting two outs, Mussina walked Steve Finley before Adam Kennedy hit the ball to right center. Bubba Crosby and Gary Sheffield collided on the outfield wall trying to catch it, allowing Molina and Finley to score to give the Angels a 3–2 lead. Next inning, Mussina allowed back-to-back leadoff singles to put runners on first and third, then Anderson's sacrifice fly scored a run. After a single again put runners on first and third, Darin Erstad's RBI single extended the Angels' lead to 5–2. Mussina was pulled from the game one out later in his shortest postseason start ever. Randy Johnson, making his first postseason relief appearance since Game 7 of the 2001 World Series with the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Yankees, kept the Angels scoreless for the rest of the game, allowing just three hits. Jeter's home run in the seventh off Santana cut the lead to two. Jeter opened the ninth with a single off closer Francisco Rodríguez, but Alex Rodriguez grounded into a double play. Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield both hit singles afterward, but Hideki Matsui grounded out to first to end the game. The Angels would face the Chicago White Sox in the ALCS.

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2005 ALDS (3–2): Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim over New York Yankees

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There is much folk knowledge about the kairis school and banned books: it seems that much of his work was destroyed by the church, but the library has many letters that where in archives through out europe cataloged. the horizonal windmills on the island are a very important clue to the mathematical treatise of kairis.

 * http://stefanospantagis.net/journal/archives/2005/02/windmills_of_an_1.html
 * http://www.photosynkyria.gr/2002/exhibitions_eng/29.htm
 * http://tblogs.bootsnall.com/daniel/archives/014368.shtml

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that was a big incomplete cut: a lot of the details in the articles are supported by the below references: some of it is very hard to find and I asked the librarian to check it out from the Kairis library: there are some things that could be cut out and there are things that are repetitive. some of the details about medieval science in greece are really hard to find: there is a whole history that Kairis fits into. one could throw out some of the stuff on cybernetics, being this term came into being 100 years after Kairis was alive, but to me it makes senseCulturejam

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Methods of production

Production methods fall into three main categories: job (one-off production), batch (multiple items, one step at a time for all items), and flow.

Job production
Job production is used when a product is produced with the labor of one or few workers and is rarely used for bulk and large scale production. It is mainly used for one-off products or prototypes (hence also known as Prototype Production), as it is inefficient; however, quality is greatly enhanced with job production compared to other methods. Individual wedding cakes and made-to-measure suits are examples of job production. New small firms often use job production before they get a chance or have the means to expand. Job Production is highly motivating for workers because it gives the workers an opportunity to produce the whole product and take pride in it.

Batch production
Batch production is the method used to produce or process any product of the groups or batches where the products in the batch go through the whole production process together. An example would be when a bakery produces each different type of bread separately and each product (in this case, bread) is not produced continuously. Batch production is used in many different ways and is most suited to when there is a need for a quality/quantity balance. This technique is probably the most commonly used method for organizing manufacture and promotes specialist labor, as very often batch production involves a small number of persons. Batch production occurs when many similar items are produced together. Each batch goes through one stage of the production before moving onto the next stage.

Flow production
Flow production (mass production) is also a very common method of production. Flow production is when the product is built up through many segregated stages; the product is built upon at each stage and then passed directly to the next stage where it is built upon again. The production method is financially the most efficient and effective because there is less of a need for skilled workers.

Lean Production
Contrary to job production, the method Boutique Manufacturing (Lean) is suitable for the production of very small to small batches, i.e. orders of a few units up to several dozens of similar or equal goods. The workflow organization of a Boutique Manufacturing entity can be a mixture of both jobbing and batch production but involves higher standardization than job production. Boutique Manufacturing is often organized with single workplaces or production cells carrying out a number of subsequent production steps until completion of certain components or even the whole product; large assembly lines are generally not used. The flexibility and variety of products able to be produced in the entity therefore are much higher than with the more standardized method of batch production.

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Riphath

Riphath (Hebrew: ריפת) was great-grandson of Noah, grandson of Japheth, son of Gomer (Japheth's eldest), younger brother of Ashkenaz, and older brother of Togarmah according to the Table of Nations in the Hebrew Bible. The name appears in some copies of 1 Chronicles as "Diphath", due to the similarities of the characters resh and dalet in the Hebrew and Aramaic alphabets.

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His identity is "completely unknown."

He was supposed by Flavius Josephus to have been the ancestor of the "Riphatheans, now called Paphlagonians". Hippolytus of Rome made him the ancestor of the Sauromatians (as distinct from the "Sarmatians", whom he called descendants of Riphath's elder brother, Ashkenaz).

Riphath has often been connected with the Riphean Mountains of classical Greek geography, in whose foothills the Arimaspi (also called Arimphaei or Riphaeans ) were said to live. These generally regarded as the western branch of the Ural Mountains.

August Wilhelm Knobel proposed that Riphath begat the Celtic peoples, who according to Plutarch had crossed from the Riphaean Mountains while en route to Northern Europe. Smith's Bible Dictionary also forwards Knobel's notion that the Carpathian Mountains "in the northeast of Dacia" is the site of the Riphath or Riphean Mountains.

Some versions of the Middle Irish work Lebor Gabála Érenn give as an alternate name "Riphath Scot" son of Gomer, in place of Fenius Farsa, as a Scythian ancestor of the Goidels.

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Stars (Simply Red album)

Stars is the fourth album by British-based pop/soul/jazz band Simply Red, released on 30 September 1991. Five singles were released from the album, including the UK top ten hits "Stars" and "For Your Babies". The album was a worldwide success, particularly in the band's home country where it has been certified twelve times platinum and was the best-selling album of the year in the UK for both 1991 and 1992, the first album to be the best-seller in two consecutive years since Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge over Troubled Water in 1970–1971. As of April 2019 it is the 14th best-selling album of all time in the UK.

The album was on the shortlist of nominees for the 1992 Mercury Prize. In 2000 Q placed Stars at number 80 in its list of "The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever".

In 2000 it was voted number 258 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.

Composition and recording
Recording for the album originally began in Paris in August 1990, but the initial sessions did not go well: the equipment in the studio did not live up to expectations, and with the Gulf War having just started and dominating television news reports, the band found the atmosphere in the bunker-like studios oppressive and not conducive to making music. The group moved to the more relaxed surroundings of Venice to resume recording in the Condulmer Studios.

Simply Red's leader and singer Mick Hucknall had wanted the album to have a less electronic and more soulful sound than their previous work, and had recruited programmer Gota after hearing his work with Soul II Soul. Hucknall did not realise that Gota was also a drummer until he heard him jamming on the drum kit one evening in Venice, after which Gota also became the band's full-time drummer. The songs had been written over the previous year: "Something Got Me Started" and "Stars" had been written on the road during the group's previous tour. "Thrill Me" was based on a riff that McIntyre had come up with, while Hucknall described "Wonderland" as "probably the most political song I've written", documenting his dissatisfaction with the British Conservative government of the time.

Artwork
The album cover features a photograph of singer Hucknall in the Californian desert, wearing a Native American painted cloak that he had bought in Spain. Hucknall had insisted that in the shot he would be wearing the cloak and nothing else, displaying his bare legs. However, when photographer Zanna showed the photographs to EastWest Records, they were concerned that Hucknall's bare legs would offend sensibilities in the US, and Zanna had to digitally retouch the picture using a test photograph of her assistant's jeans-covered legs.

Release
Stars was released on 30 September 1991 and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling around 150,000 copies in its first week. After 12 months, the album had sold 2.4 million copies in the UK.

Stars was re-issued in 2008 as a Collector's Edition 2CD with bonus DVD digipack.

Critical reception
The album received mixed reviews in the UK. The alternative music magazines were cool towards the record: in the NME Andrew Collins dismissed Stars as "an exercise in no-style over no-content" and "the sound of some technicians desperately fanning some smouldering ashes for people with central heating", while in Select Graham Linehan disregarded the bulk of the album as "just Simply Red – uniquely anonymous and as flat as Iowa." Caroline Sullivan simply stated in Melody Maker that "within his strictly-defined oeuvre – sleek, airbrushed music best described as soulette – [Hucknall]'s miles ahead of his competition... Nor, on an objective level, can Stars be faulted... This is a pleasant album, the sleeve is pretty, and now, at least, you've got a Christmas present for Gran."

However, reviews from newspaper critics and other magazines were more positive. In The Guardian Adam Sweeting wrote that "the new songs sound relaxed, refreshed, and satisfyingly cohesive... Easy to listen to but not easy listening, Stars keeps shining", while The Independent's Andy Gill was similarly impressed, observing that "Hucknall's socialist soul-boy's conviction and his determination to write songs with stings in their tails place Simply Red several notches above the rest of the smooth soul genre... And in simple evocations of love like 'Thrill Me' and 'For Your Babies', the spark of honesty sets them above the superficial, insincere protestations of love that dominate modern soul music." In Q Ian Cranna hailed the album as "a long overdue change in musical direction, with Hucknall for the most part abandoning his undoubtedly sincere but inevitably fruitless attempts to re-create himself as a soul singer. Instead he's eased Simply Red down a couple of gears into a more relaxed and flowing style which owes as much towards current hip hop-inspired club rhythms as it does to old-style soul or funk." He ended his review by describing Stars as "Simply Red's most accessible and danceable work to date". In the American press, the Chicago Tribunes Jan DeKnock said that Simply Red had moved "into a funkier groove that suits them well" on Stars, while Entertainment Weeklys Dave DiMartino found that Hucknall's songwriting skills distinguished him from other "merely interpretive" singers; a year after its release, Mark Coleman praised Stars in The Rolling Stone Album Guide as "a stripped-down set of originals, superbly sung without a trace of rootsy nostalgia or gross crossover ambition."

In his retrospective review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called Stars "Simply Red's best album since their debut. It's smoother and more polished than their previous work, yet Mick Hucknall is singing better than ever and his songwriting is improving... Having absorbed his pop, soul, and reggae influences, Hucknall is now successfully writing songs in his own style, something that, with the exception of 'Holding Back the Years', he hadn't managed previously."

The album was voted the second-worst record ever made in a 1998 Melody Maker poll of pop stars, DJs, and journalists.

Original release
All songs written and composed by Mick Hucknall, except where noted.
 * 1) "Something Got Me Started" (Hucknall, Fritz McIntyre) – 4:01
 * 2) "Stars" – 4:08
 * 3) "Thrill Me" (Hucknall, McIntyre) – 5:04
 * 4) "Your Mirror" – 3:59
 * 5) "She's Got It Bad" – 3:33
 * 6) "For Your Babies" – 4:17
 * 7) "Model" – 3:46
 * 8) "How Could I Fall" – 4:45
 * 9) "Freedom" – 3:52
 * 10) "Wonderland" – 3:49

2008 Collector's Edition bonus tracks
Disc one (CD) – extra tracks
 * Robert Johnson Sessions

"Come On in My Kitchen" (Robert Johnson) – 1:32 "Ramblin' on My Mind" (Johnson) – 2:11 "Me and the Devil Blues" (Johnson) – 2:03 "When You've Got A Good Friend" (Johnson) – 2:00
 * Live at Hamburg (23 February 1992)

"Sad Old Red" (Hucknall) – 5:58 "More" (Hucknall) – 4:14 "Something Got Me Started" (Hucknall, McIntyre) – 4:12 "Thrill Me" (Hucknall, McIntyre) – 5:09 "Your Mirror" (Hucknall) – 3:57 "She's Got It Bad" (Hucknall) – 3:45

Disc two (CD) – Mixes
 * 1) "Stars" [PM-ized Mix] – 4:10
 * 2) "For Your Babies" [Edition Francais] – 4:06
 * 3) "Something Got Me Started" [E-Smoove's Late Night Mix] – 8:00
 * 4) "Thrill Me" [Steppin' Razor Mix] – 6:37
 * 5) "Freedom" [Perfecto Mix] – 6:24
 * 6) "Stars" [Comprende Mix] – 6:38
 * 7) "Something Got Me Started" [Hurley's 7" Mix] – 3:56
 * 8) "Thrill Me" [Connoisseurs Mix] – 5:56
 * 9) "Freedom" [How Long Mix] – 4:09
 * 10) "Something Got Me Started" [Perfecto Mix] – 5:10
 * 11) "Thrill Me" [Nellee Hooper's Dub Mix] – 4:28
 * 12) "Thrill Me" [Stewart Levine's Club Mix] (iTunes Only Track) – 6:56

Disc three (DVD)
 * Live at Montreux Jazz Festival (8 July 1992)

 * 1) "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter)
 * 2) "Drowning in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover)
 * 3) "Every Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter)
 * 4) "Sad Old Red" (Hucknall)
 * 5) "Grandma's Hands" (Bill Withers)
 * 6) "Enough" (Hucknall, Joe Sample)
 * 7) "If You Don't Know Me by Now" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff)
 * 8) "How Could I Fall" (Hucknall)
 * 9) "Lady Godiva's Room" (Hucknall)
 * 10) "A New Flame" (Hucknall)
 * 11) "Your Mirror" (Hucknall)
 * 12) "She's Got It Bad" (Hucknall)
 * 13) "Model" (Hucknall)
 * 14) "It's Only Love" (Jimmy Cameron, Vella Cameron)
 * 15) "Joy and Pain" (Frankie Beverly)
 * 16) "Come to My Aid" (Hucknall, McIntyre)
 * 17) "Infidelity" (Hucknall, Lamont Dozier)
 * 18) "The Right Thing" (Hucknall)
 * 19) "Holding Back the Years" (Hucknall, Neil Moss)
 * 20) "Stars" (Hucknall)
 * 21) "Open Up the Red Box" (Hucknall)
 * 22) "Thrill Me" (Hucknall, McIntyre)
 * 23) "Money's Too Tight (To Mention)" (John Valentine, William Valentine)
 * 24) "For Your Babies" (Hucknall)
 * 25) "Something Got Me Started" (Hucknall, McIntyre)
 * Promotional videos

 * 1) "Something Got Me Started"
 * 2) "Stars"
 * 3) "For Your Babies"
 * 4) "Thrill Me"
 * 5) "Your Mirror"

Personnel
Simply Red
 * Mick Hucknall – lead vocals, backing vocals
 * Fritz McIntyre – keyboards, backing vocals on "Freedom", additional vocals on "Something Got Me Started" and "Wonderland"
 * Dee Johnson –	backing vocals
 * Tim Kellett – keyboards
 * Heitor TP – guitars
 * Shaun Ward – bass
 * Gota Yashiki – drums, percussion, programming
 * Ian Kirkham – saxophones

Additional personnel
 * Jess Bailey – keyboard programming

Production
 * Producer – Stewart Levine
 * Co-producer – Mick Hucknall
 * Album coordination – Bob Harding
 * Engineered and mixed by Darren Klein
 * Assistant engineers – Sandro Franchin and Marnie Riley
 * Recorded at Condulmer Recording Studios (Venice, Italy).
 * Mixed at Conway Studios (Hollywood, CA).
 * Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
 * Art direction and photography – Zanna
 * Management – Andy Dodd and Elliot Rashman at So What Arts, Ltd.

Certifications and sales
!scope="row"|Worldwide
 * N/A
 * 9,000,000

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Rocket Queen

"Rocket Queen" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, featured on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). The song is notable for incorporating moans from a woman, Adriana Smith, who was recorded having sexual intercourse with the band's singer, Axl Rose.

Background
Slash stated in his autobiography that he and Duff McKagan wrote the main riff to "Rocket Queen" when they first got together in the short-lived band Road Crew with Steven Adler, prior to Slash and Adler joining Hollywood Rose.

According to frontman Axl Rose: "I wrote this song for this girl who was gonna have a band and she was gonna call it Rocket Queen. She kinda kept me alive for a while. The last part of the song is my message to this person, or anybody else who can get something out of it. It's like there's hope and a friendship note at the end of the song. For that song there was also something I tried to work out with various people—a recorded sex act. It was somewhat spontaneous but premeditated; something I wanted to put on the record."

A credit in the booklet for Appetite for Destruction reads "Barbi (Rocket Queen) Von Greif", implying that she was "this girl" Rose mentions in the quote. Slash states that, while Von Grief was only eighteen at the time, she had a notorious reputation and was "a queen of the underground scene back then. She'd eventually become a madam, but Axl was infatuated with her at the time." She was also mentioned in the acknowledgments section of L.A. Guns' self-titled debut album.

In an October 1991 interview in Guitar Player magazine, John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers said Axl Rose told the Chili Peppers that Guns N' Roses had the Chili Peppers in mind when they recorded "Rocket Queen".

Sexual recording
A woman named Adriana Smith, Guns N' Roses groupie and stripper at the time, had been with drummer Steven Adler for around a year. Smith later claimed in a TV interview that, after Adler insisted that she was not his girlfriend, she went to the mixing sessions at Mediasound Studios in New York City. Rose and Slash were there. Rose propositioned Smith that they have sex in a vocal booth so that the sounds that Smith made could be recorded and put over the bridge of the song. Smith replied that she would do it, "For the band, and a bottle of Jack Daniel's".

Steve Thompson, an engineer of the album, said:

"Axl wanted some pornographic sounds on 'Rocket Queen', so he brought a girl in and they had sex in the studio. We wound up recording about 30 minutes of sex noises. If you listen to the break on 'Rocket Queen' it's in there."

Another engineer, Michael Barbiero, did not want to record the sex session, so he set up the microphones and left the task to his assistant, Vic Deyglio. Deyglio said the studio was "like a Ron Jeremy set", and he even had to enter the booth to adjust a microphone which Rose and Smith had crashed into. The Appetite for Destruction liner notes jokingly acknowledge Deyglio's contribution by crediting him as "Victor 'the fucking engineer' Deglio".

It was later stated in the music magazine Classic Rock, as well as Rolling Stone, that the person who had been recorded performing sex noises on the song was indeed Adriana Smith, an on-off girlfriend of Adler. She also allegedly had an intimate relationship with frontman Rose. Smith revealed in an interview that Adler "freaked out" when he found out about the recorded sex session, and she spent some years using alcohol and drugs "because I had this extreme shame and guilt and stuff."

Smith also later said in The Girls Behind Guns N' Roses:

"Somehow I became the Rocket Queen. And I have never, I have never, said, 'I'm the Rocket Queen.' It's just not me. The real Rocket Queen is Barbi."However, further revelations could indicate that Smith and Rose have not been the only people recorded for the song. Mike Clink, longtime producer of the band, said: "The guys were taking turns fucking this girl in the studio. Those are actual sounds of sex, captured live on tape." Furthermore, a former Geffen employee claimed that Rose had sex several times with two or three girls on tape, unhappy with the results.

Structure
The song contains two separate, distinct phases joined by a bridge. The first of these is in a format of verse, chorus, verse, chorus and is accompanied by lyrical bravado. There is also an instrumental section in the latter part of the first phase during which the sexual recording is also played.

The second phase of the song has no chorus and contains lyrics of affection and love in contrast to the bravado of the lyrics in the first phase of the song. The lyrics continue into the coda before the climax of the song (the conclusion of the song is not a fade out).

Reception
"Rocket Queen" is widely regarded as one of the band's best songs. In 2017, Paste ranked the song number four on their list of the 15 greatest Guns N' Roses songs, and in 2020, Kerrang ranked the song number three on their list of the 20 greatest Guns N' Roses songs.

Live

 * "Rocket Queen" made its live debut at The Troubadour in West Hollywood in September 1985 and has since been performed by every live incarnation of Guns N' Roses up to 2016.
 * Adler would take a drum solo in the middle of the song while the band was supporting Appetite for Destruction in 1988, which expanded to include McKagan on an additional drum kit and Rose playing bass when the band opened four dates for The Rolling Stones in 1989 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
 * In 1991, Rose stage dived into the audience during "Rocket Queen" to confiscate a camera that had been brought in by an attendee, and after failing to do so, canceled the remainder of the show in St. Louis, Missouri. The crowd vandalized the arena and surrounding property, leading to a riot and the eventual arrest of Rose.
 * Slash has been regularly performing the song with Myles Kennedy while supporting his solo project since 2010.

Personnel

 * W. Axl Rose – lead vocals
 * Slash – lead and slide guitar
 * Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar
 * Duff "Rose" McKagan – bass
 * Steven Adler – drums
 * Adriana Smith – female moans (uncredited)

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