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The result of the debate was SPEEDY DELETED. It really took you guys two days to AfD this? — J I P | Talk 12:34, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Tetris (film)
Hoax. If the plot summary doesn't give this away for you as an obvious joke, this is not in the Internet Movie Database and a Google search for tetris film turns up nothing relevant to an actual Tetris film being in production. [ +t, +c, +m, +e  ] 05:20, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nomination. --DannyWilde 05:29, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Obvious from article. (notably, this is why we need a speedy way to get rid of articles) novacatz 10:00, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The article was created by a Wikipedia administrator. Perhaps he could speedily delete it himself, since it is all his own work. --DannyWilde 12:31, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
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East Ravendale

East Ravendale is a small village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 6 mi south-south-west from Grimsby, and 0.5 mi west from the A18.

The village has a small school, a church, approximately twenty houses, and a postbox.

Both East Ravendale Primary School and the neighbouring Grade II listed St Martin's Church were designed by architect James Fowler in 1857, and were his first new-build school with church.

Three other buildings in the village are listed: early 18th-century East Ravendale Hall, 19th-century Parkside farmhouse, and 17th-century thatched cottages.

West Ravendale, the site of the ruins of Ravendale Priory, lies 0.5 mi to the west and is part of East Ravendale civil parish.

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Eastern Distributor

The Eastern Distributor is a 4.7 km motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Part of the M1 and the Sydney Orbital Network, the motorway links the Sydney central business district with the south-east and Sydney Airport. The Eastern Distributor separates Sydney's Eastern Suburbs from Sydney's Inner-Southern Suburbs. The centre-piece is a 1.7 km tunnel running from Woolloomooloo to Surry Hills. Built as a build-own-operate-transfer project, it is 75.1% owned by Transurban.

The motorway opened to traffic in December 1999, with the project fully completed in July 2000. It is only tolled in the northbound direction.

Transurban considers the southern end of Cahill Expressway (including the Domain Tunnel) to be part of the Eastern Distributor, and denotes the latter to have a total length of 6 km. The length of 4.7 km used in this article refers to the length of the motorway constructed in the 1990s between the southern end of Cahill Expressway (Cowper Wharf Road) and the northern end of Southern Cross Drive (Link Road).

Route
The Eastern Distributor commences at the southern end of Cahill Expressway and the interchange with Cowper Wharf Road in Woolloomooloo and heads in a southerly direction as a dual-carriageway six-lane surface road, before entering piggyback tunnels shortly afterwards under the suburbs of Woolloomooloo and Darlinghurst, with a subterranean interchange with the Cross City Tunnel for direct connections to the Western Distributor. After returning to the surface in Moore Park, it continues south in a trench inside South Dowling Street, before ending at the interchange with Link Road and continuing south as Southern Cross Drive.

Design
The project's centrepiece is the 1.7 km piggyback tunnel under one of Australia's most densely populated urban areas, necessitated due to the requirement of three lanes in each direction within the existing roadway corridor. The unique double-deck, three lanes per direction design comprises a large, single tunnel excavation. At mid-height through the excavation, a precast concrete ledge forms the base of the northbound tunnel, with the southbound tunnel slotting below. As a result, only one tunnel roof was created with the lower southbound carriageway built in a slot. According to the Australasian Tunnelling Society, no records are available of any piggyback tunnel (rail or road) where the upper carriageway has been carried on prestressed concrete planks resting on sidewall ledges. In the main tunnel there is a central length of 0.5 km where the span is typically greater than 17 m, and of note, there is no record of any road tunnel with spans greater than this where permanent roof support comprises rockbolts and shotcrete only and with vertical unsupported sidewalls of rock.

At the time it was built, the tunnel's claim to fame was that at 24.5 m across at its widest point, it was the widest tunnel in the world. This point occurs where the William Street on ramp tunnel merges with the main tunnel. At 14 m, the tunnel is also notably tall (from the ceiling to the floor).

The tunnels of the Eastern Distributor are fully equipped with lighting, ventilation, drainage, CCTV surveillance, fire fighting and emergency control systems.

County of Cumberland planning scheme
The need for an Eastern Distributor was first discussed in the early 1950s in the County of Cumberland planning scheme.

Underpasses of the Eastern Distributor beneath William Street and Taylor Street were proposed to commence construction in 1974. The construction never eventuated.

1984 scheme
In 1984, the Department of Main Roads proposed construction of the Eastern Distributor as a surface freeway with underpasses at William Street and Oxford Street. It was later redesigned into a tunnel from north of William Street to the intersections of South Dowling Street, Moore Park Road and Anzac Parade. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was prepared on 1985 to be built in three stages: The William Street underpass (Stage 1) opened in November 1987 and connected Cahill Expressway and Palmer Street to Bourke Street. The underpass allowed southbound traffic from Cahill Expressway to avoid intersecting William Street. The rest of the 1984 scheme was abandoned and not constructed due to escalating costs. The William Street underpass would eventually be closed twelve years later after the main Eastern Distributor tunnels opened to traffic in December 1999, to be reconstructed to form part of the Bourke Street on-ramp which opened seven months later.
 * Stage 1: A southbound tunnel underpass under William Street (William Street underpass) and a roundabout at the Riley Street / Sir John Young Crescent intersection, scheduled for completion in 1988
 * Stage 2: Southbound tunnel for the full length and a reconfigured Cahill Expressway intersection with Sir John Young Crescent. Bourke Street and Palmer Street including the William Street underpass would also be reversed for northbound travel. Stage 2 was scheduled for completion in 1990
 * Stage 3: Northbound tunnel from Flinders Street connecting directly to the William Street underpass, scheduled for completion in 1992

1994 scheme
The completion of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel in 1992 resulted in an increase in volumes on Cahill Expressway and therefore an increased need for an inner-city bypass south and south-east of the expressway. Roads & Traffic Authority (RTA) undertook community consultation to gauge the level of community acceptance of construction of the Eastern Distributor as a toll road. With indications of a high level of community support, the Eastern Distributor project was revived by the New South Wales state government in 1994, based on the 1984 scheme. The Eastern Distributor would link the Sydney central business district with Sydney Airport via the already existing Southern Cross Drive (freeway), which would be widened. It was designed to ease congestion and to reduce the time to travel from the city to the airport by bypassing 19 traffic lights. A study commissioned by the State Chamber of Commerce in 1997 found that the "Eastern Distributor would prevent 330 accidents a year and cut fuel consumption by 1.2 million litres annually".

Tender process
In May 1994, the state government gave approval for RTA to invite the private sector to tender to construct and operate the tollway under a build-own-operate-transfer arrangement. In February and March 1995, three proponents were invited to develop detailed proposals. RTA later requested the proponents to submit revised offers based on a concession term of 38 years, as "a term of 45 years would be unacceptable to the community" and the 38 year term had already been set as a precedent by the M2 Motorway.

The Labor state opposition promised that if elected, the Eastern Distributor would be toll-free. When Labor was elected as government in March 1995, the formal tender process had already commenced, and the new government had to proceed with constructing the Eastern Distributor as a tollway. In November 1995, the government agreed with RTA's recommendation to appoint Airport Motorway Limited (AML) as the successful proponent, with the government providing planning, support and management during construction. The other two unsuccessful proponents were Baulderstone Hornibrook and Transfield.

The Keating federal government announced on 15 December 1995 that it intended to withdraw taxation concessions on infrastructure bonds for urban road projects, "effective immediately". In a response letter written to the federal treasurer Ralph Willis in January 1996, the state treasurer Michael Egan highlighted that the policy would impact the M5 East and Eastern Distributor projects, and estimated that the policy would result in an "increase the cost of the Eastern Distributor project by between $70 million and $90 million". As a result, the announcement was "sufficient to halt the progress of the Eastern Distributor project" and the appointment of AML as the successful proponent was not formally endorsed. The policy was not enacted into legislation by the Keating government prior to the March 1996 federal election. The newly-elected Howard government reversed the policy in June 1996 and confirmed that the Eastern Distributor has been certified as "an urban road project which may utilise infrastructure bonds for financing purposes".

Following the reversal of the federal government policy, on 13 August 1996 the appointment of AML as the successful proponent and the decision to proceed with the project was formally announced. The agreement was signed in 1997, and under the concession agreement, AML would own and operate the tollway for 38 years after full opening.

Planning
In 1994, RTA decided to delay the EIS until after the selection of the preferred proponent, explaining that if an EIS was prepared then (1994), then "it is unlikely to contain the most innovative solutions to construction and environmental issues and could require a further EIS being required before work could commence". However, there would be a risk that substantial changes to the EIS would risk a new tender.

The EIS for the Eastern Distributor was eventually exhibited in November to December 1996. 2,762 submissions were received during the exhibition period. RTA proposed significant modifications in April 1997, which included:
 * a landscaped canopy over the northern end of the motorway (where it meets Cahill Expressway) near the Art Gallery
 * relocation of the northern tunnel portal north of Cathedral Street
 * lowering of the motorway in a trench between South Dowling Street (known as the "Parkway scheme")

Due to the substantial modifications, RTA sought advice from the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on whether a new tender was required; ICAC later advised that it was not required. The proposed modifications increased project costs by A$132 million. As a result, the concession period was increased from 38 to 48 years, and the opening toll price was also increased from A$2.50 to A$3.00.

The New South Wales Audit Office undertook a performance audit of the proposed tollway and tabled its report in Parliament on 28 May 1997, with the report finalised in July 1997. A planning assessment report by the Director-General of Department of Urban Affairs and Planning was published on 2 June 1997, and the project was approved by the Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning on 26 June 1997, subject to 151 conditions. Actual construction started soon after in August 1997.

The passing of the Roads Act of 1993 updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, the Roads & Traffic Authority (later Transport for NSW) declared the Eastern Distributor as Tollway 6007, from its interchange with Cahill Expressway and Cowper Wharf Road in Woolloomooloo (with an off-ramp just outside Hospital Road) to the interchange with Southern Cross Drive and Link Road in Kensington, on 4 July 1997, just before it started construction and 2.5 years before it had officially opened; the tollway today still retains this declaration.

Construction
Construction using 5,000 workers was undertaken by Leighton Contractors, who was a shareholder of Airport Motorway Limited. Two separate tunnel subcontractors began excavating the northbound tunnel in January 1998, working at either end of the tunnel at Surry Hills and Woolloomooloo. Seven roadheaders were utilised for the tunnel boring, with the rock ceiling then reinforced with rock bolts and shotcrete. On 4 December 1998, the two teams were shaking hands in the middle, 30 m beneath Taylor Square. By March 1999, all digging had been completed, after 400000 m3 of soil, largely Sydney sandstone was removed, equal to 40,000 truckloads.

At a cost of $730 million, the motorway was opened on 19 December 1999, except for the William Street on- and off-ramps which were opened on 23 July 2000, just in time for the 2000 Summer Olympics. As part of the agreement which defined the 48 years of concession period, the motorway will be due to revert to government ownership on 23 July 2048.

After opening, a number of changes were made to surface streets:
 * Crown Street was converted from one-way northbound to two-way
 * Bourke Street was converted from one-way southbound to two-way traffic (south of William Street), closed off at Taylor Square, and closed off to northbound traffic just north of the southbound Eastern Distributor on-ramp
 * Palmer Street was converted from one-way southbound to two-way traffic (north of William Street)
 * Campbell Street was closed off at Taylor Square

Post-opening
Soon after opening, southbound motorists were found to be entering the Eastern Distributor from the Cross City Tunnel access point and immediately attempting to cross three lanes for the Anzac Parade off-ramp on the other side of the carriageway. Permanent traffic obstacles were subsequently installed and users are now referred to the Lachlan Street/Dacey Avenue exit, or as through traffic towards Sydney Airport.

Toll booths initially operated at toll points along the Eastern Distributor. With the progressive introduction of electronic tolls, these were replaced by readers on a gantry in 2012 and demolished.

Eastern Distributor was allocated part of Metroad 1 on its opening in 1999. With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, this was replaced with route M1.

In July 2017, the northbound off-ramp exit onto South Dowling Street towards Cleveland Street was closed off for 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, on a six-month trial (initially three months). Prior to the closure, the exit was the last northbound exit before toll and was closed during morning and afternoon peaks. Vehicles would regularly queue at the South Dowling Street/Cleveland Street intersection and spill back onto the motorway via the exit. The trial closure saw significant improvements to traffic congestion along both South Dowling Street and the Eastern Distributor, and increase in speeds on both roads. Following the successful trial, the exit was permanently closed in February 2018.

Ownership
The Eastern Distributor is owned and operated by Airport Motorway Limited (AML), which is 75.1% owned by Transurban. The remaining shareholders are Industry Funds Management (14.37%) and UniSuper (10.53%).

When AML was incorporated, Leighton Group held 11% of AML, with Macquarie Infrastructure Group being the holder of the balance. Leighton sold its stake to Macquarie Infrastructure in 2000. By 2005, Macquarie Infrastructure Group held 71.35% of AML. Macquarie Infrastructure Group spun off Sydney Roads Group including its stake in AML in July 2006. Sydney Roads Group was sold to Transurban in April 2007. In September 2007, Transurban further acquired a 3.75% stake in AML, increasing its stake to 75.1% stake which it held to this day.

Toll prices
The Eastern Distributor is tolled in the northbound direction only for all traffic that use the main tunnel (Surry Hills/Moore Park to Woolloomooloo). There are two toll points on the Eastern Distributor: one at the northern end of the motorway and one at the William Street/Cross City Tunnel exit. Northbound vehicles along Eastern Distributor are charged the same toll price in either toll point.

At the time of opening, the toll price for light vehicles (cars and motorcycles) was A$3.00. In April 2003, the toll price for heavy vehicles (trucks and buses) was A$7.50.

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This Time Make It Funky

"This Time Make It Funky" is a 1991 song by American singer–songwriter Tracie Spencer. This song is the third single from Spencer's second album, Make the Difference which was released in August of the previous year. The single was released on May 1, 1991. As stated in the title, the track samples many different hip-hop beats and rhythms as Spencer tells the DJ (Sir Spence) to "drop the bass...and make it funky".

Chart information
"This Time Make It Funky" disappointed on the charts, following the top–ten success of Spencer's previous two singles (This House and Save Your Love). The song reached #54 on The Billboard Hot 100 and #31 on the R&B Singles chart.

Music video
The 7" Mix was used for the music video. The music video begins with Spencer and dancers entering through a side door of a building. It features Spencer singing the song and Sir Spence performing his rap accompanied by dancers and light effects in the background.

Official versions/remixes

 * LP Version – (5:27)
 * Radio Mix – (4:26)
 * 7" Mix – (4:35)
 * Extended Instrumental – (5:44)
 * Extended Mix – (6:36)
 * Short & Funky Mix – (3:59)
 * T-Funk II – (5:38)
 * Funky Guitar Mix – (5:37)

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Aukland, Torridal

Aukland or Augland is a village in the Torridal valley in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the western bank of the river Otra between the villages of Strai and Mosby. In 1978, the Torridal Church was built in Aukland. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs north–south through Aukland.

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Du Wei

Du Wei may refer to:
 * Du Wei (Three Kingdoms) (fl. 190s–220s), official of the Shu Han state in the Three Kingdoms period
 * Du Chongwei or Du Wei (died 948), general during the Five Dynasties period
 * Du Wei (diplomat) (1968–2020), Chinese diplomat
 * Du Wei (footballer) (born 1982), Chinese football player
 * Du Wei (Water Margin), a character in Water Margin

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zyman Institute of Brand Science

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The result of the debate was BEING DEALT WITH AS COPYVIO. Assertion of permission will be dealt with at WP:CP. -Splash talk 16:46, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Zyman Institute of Brand Science
Utterly nn. nom&vote delete Gaff 05:23, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Agree with keep. I'll retract my nom.  --Gaff 07:37, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

SAVE THE ARTICLE This is not a company, but a leading institute at a major University. This article is just as needed as the profiles of the many other institutes listed on Wikipedia including:

- Hoover Institute. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Institute

- Kyushu Institute http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyushu_Institute_of_Design

- Asian Institute of Mgnt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Institute_of_Management

- Cato Institute http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_Institute etc.

 * Keep This is an Institute affiliated with Emory University and may well be notable enough for an article. This article is a copyvio of as spotted by Daedalus but not by me earlier. As with all copyvios, this current version should be deleted unless a proper version can be written. Capitalistroadster 00:05, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * JJay spotted the copyvio, I just confirmed it and flagged the article... --Daedalus-Prime 02:26, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or at best merge with Emory. Article is a copyvio taken from institute publications. Zyman also can not be compared with Hoover and Cato, which are both prestigious institutions. --JJay 21:16, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Flagged as copyvio as noted by Capitalistroadster. Delete unless copyvio is addressed. --Daedalus-Prime 21:55, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * SAVE PAGE - this is NOT a copyright violation. I fully authorize the use. I am Greg Thomas, the Director of the Zyman Institute of Brand Science. You can contact me with comments at Greg@zibs.com.

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Quentin Dupieux

Quentin Dupieux (, born 14 April 1974), also known by his musical stage name Mr. Oizo, is a French filmmaker, electronic musician, and DJ.

Dupieux is credited with his legal name for his films, while the name "Mr. Oizo" is used for his musical works.

Dupieux has directed numerous films including Rubber (2010), Wrong (2012), Wrong Cops (2013), and Reality (2014). After initially producing his films in the United States, he began making films in France in 2018. Since then, he has released Keep an Eye Out! (2018), Deerskin (2019), Mandibles (2020), Incredible but True (2022), Smoking Causes Coughing (2022), Yannick (2023) and Daaaaaalí! (2023) which have been primarily filmed and produced in France.

Under the pseudonym Mr. Oizo, he is best known for his 1999 single "Flat Beat". His pseudonym is a corruption of the French oiseau, meaning "bird". He is signed to F Communications, Ed Banger Records and Brainfeeder.

Early life
Quentin Dupieux was born on 14 April 1974 in Paris. At the age of 18, he found a camera and started taking photographs. At the age of 19, while making one of his first short films, he added a soundtrack to the movie by using music from a record. However, when a TV channel wanted to buy the film, he realized they needed to have the rights to the music. This led to Dupieux buying a synthesizer so that he could redo the music for his film. A few years later, he discovered the house music scene and started making music. In 1997, Laurent Garnier of the record label FCom bought a car from Dupieux's father. Garnier then found out about his talents and let him direct the music video for his song "Flashback". Dupieux was subsequently signed to FCom, which saw the release of his first EP, #1.

"Flat Beat"
Dupieux released "Flat Beat" in January 1999, a track consisting mainly of a repeated bass loop and a drum sample from "Put Your Love in My Tender Care" by The Fatback Band. In an interview with XLR8R magazine, Dupieux stated that it took him only two hours with a Korg MS-20 to produce. "Flat Beat" became a hit throughout Europe in 1999, becoming the best-known Mr. Oizo release. The track was featured in a series of Levi's jeans TV commercials, which featured a yellow puppet named Flat Eric nodding his head to the rhythm while riding in an old, beat-up Chevelle. Flat Eric was also featured in the song's music video. The Flat Beat EP has sold over three million copies. The song reached number 1 in the UK.

Analog Worms Attack
After "Flat Beat", Oizo spent two months creating his first full album, Analog Worms Attack, which was released in 1999. The album's name was derived from the fact that it was produced entirely using analog equipment. The record scratching effects were provided by Mr. Oizo's friend Feadz. "Flat Beat" appeared as a bonus track after the five minutes of silence following the final track "Analog Wormz Sequel". A total of three singles were released in support of the album. A version of "Monday Massacre" from the Flat Beat EP featuring sampled record scratching appears on the album, titled "No Day Massacre".

Moustache (Half a Scissor)
Moustache (Half a Scissor) was Mr. Oizo's second studio album. Released in 2005, the album was composed exclusively using computers as he had by that time decided to eschew the use of analog equipment. The extensive time it took to remodel his studio and master the use of computers in composing electronic music is cited as the reason for the long hiatus between Analog Worms Attack and Moustache (Half a Scissor). Before its public release, a promo CD was released onto the internet featuring three tracks not on the original release: "CPU", "Nazis", and "A Nun".

Some songs on the promo differ from the released album versions. For example, "Nurse Bob" is much longer on the final release whilst the promo version splices vocal samples into a much shorter version. This is the only Mr. Oizo album not to have its debut release on vinyl; a vinyl version would first be released in January 2011 through Brainfeeder.

Ed Banger Records
Mr. Oizo's first EP released on Ed Banger Records is called "Transexual / Patrick122". The EP features the track "Patrick122", which is a re-working of the 1979 disco track "Do It at the Disco" by Gary's Gang. The track appeared on Mr. Oizo's MySpace page in 2006 under the title Patrick122.

On 16 October 2008 his MySpace page had another video appear: a promo for his upcoming album, Lambs Anger. The first single off the Record was "Positif", which was released 3 days after Lambs Anger. On 15 March 2009 the second single off the album was released, "Pourriture", released as an EP featuring some reworked titles by Oizo himself and a remix of "Erreurjean" by Arveene and Misk.

Lambs Anger
Lambs Anger is Mr. Oizo's first studio album released by Ed Banger Records, the label he chose after his split with F Communications, who notoriously referred to Moustache (Half a Scissor) as "unlistenable". "Positif", "Two Takes It" (featuring Carmen Castro) and "Pourriture" were chosen as the album's singles. The track "Steroids" also features label-mate Uffie. "Two Takes It" is a cover of the song "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock and "Gay Dentists" contains samples of "Let's Start the Dance" by Hamilton Bohannon.

Collaborations with Uffie
Mr. Oizo and Uffie first collaborated on her second single, "Ready to Uff", in 2006. Since then he has produced the following tracks for Uffie: "Dismissed", "Hot Chick", "First Love" (which charted at number 18 in Belgium ), "Steroids" and "MCs Can Kiss".

Mr. Oizo provided both production work and songwriting for Uffie's 2010 debut album, Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans. He worked alongside Feadz, SebastiAn, Mirwais, J-Mat and Uffie to produce and write the album. He produced the first single from the album, "MCs Can Kiss", which peaked at number 48 in Japan and 97 in France. He also produced the tracks "Art of Uff", "First Love", "Our Song" and "Neuneu".

The Church and All Wet
In 2014, Mr. Oizo released the album The Church, which contains 10 tracks, including a collaboration with Bart B More on the track "Dry Run". Unlike his previous album, The Church was released by Brainfeeder due to his activity in the United States at the time.

Two years later, he released the album All Wet on Ed Banger Records. The album contains collaborations with Boys Noize, Phra, Siriusmo, Mocky, Peaches, Charli XCX and Skrillex on the track "End of the World", the latter serving as the lead single for the album.

Production and equipment
In his early years, Mr. Oizo used a Korg MS-20, a Roland TR-606, an Akai S1000, and a demo of Cakewalk. Mr. Oizo is known currently for strong use of computers in his music. As he stated in an interview with XLR8R, he started using computers to avoid having to plug in four different appliances, and because the resulting music is more or less the same. His first album to switch to all computers was Moustache (Half a Scissor). For Lambs Anger, Mr. Oizo used a Macintosh G5 running Logic Pro to compose all of the songs. During his DJ sets, he uses two CDJs.

Beginnings
At the age of 15, Dupieux became passionate about making movies. Around the age of 18, he began writing and shooting his own short films. His earliest work includes several music videos for his electronic music project Mr. Oizo, starting with the 1997 music video "Kirk". Many of his early films would also use music that he had composed.

His first film, Nonfilm, starring Vincent Belorgey (Kavinsky) and Sébastien Tellier, released in 2001.

Dupieux's second feature film Steak was released in France on 20 June 2007. The cast is composed of Éric Judor, Ramzy Bedia, Jonathan Lambert, Vincent Belorgey and Sebastian Akchoté (SebastiAn), with an original soundtrack composed by Dupieux himself in collaboration with Sébastien Tellier and SebastiAn. The film ended up being a box-office bomb and the only film by Dupieux that did not receive an international release. According to Dupieux, the film was marketed as a "popular comedy" by StudioCanal, leading to the audience expecting to see a comedy more similar to previous films by Éric and Ramzy, hence the reason for this flop in the theaters. Dupieux also directed the opening credit sequence for the adult animated series Moot-Moot, created by Éric and Ramzy, broadcast on Canal+ the same year.

Breakthrough and international success
Dupieux's breakthrough came in 2010 with the release of the horror-comedy film Rubber. The film, which revolves around a rubber tire with telekinetic powers that goes on a killing spree, received praise at film festivals for combining B-movie aesthetics with absurdist, experimental filmmaking. The electronic music duo Justice stated that they would be working on the soundtrack for Rubber, saying they had to 'finish working on the soundtrack for Mr. Oizo's new film before we start recording for the new album'. However, only Gaspard Augé of the duo ended up collaborating with Dupieux on the soundtrack. In the United States, the film was released simultaneously through streaming and limited theatrical engagements.

Dupieux's next movie, the surreal comedy Wrong, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012.

in 2013, Dupieux released the comedy Wrong Cops, featuring an ensemble cast including Eric Wareheim, Steve Little, Ray Wise, and Marilyn Manson. The film was produced by Realitism Films, who describe it as "a filthy 90 minute comedy about some disturbed cops. It is not a sequel to Wrong." The first thirteen-minute chapter of the film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Although the movie is not a sequel to Wrong, Dupieux came up with the idea because he loved Mark Burnham's performance as an unpleasant cop in the movie and decided to base a movie off his character.

Dupieux returned in 2014 with the surreal comedy Reality, starring Alain Chabat, distributed in the US by IFC Midnight. The film premiered in the Horizons section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival on 28 August 2014. Reality would end the trend of Dupieux composing his own music for his films; instead, the film's soundtrack consists solely of the first five minutes of "Music With Changing Parts" by Philip Glass.

Return to France
After the release of Reality, Dupieux returned to France, where he would resume making French-language films. He noted that his American period was "like a stylistic exercise, about satisfying a fantasy." and that "I needed to come back to the country and the language I understand.".

In 2018, he released his first film shot in France, Keep an Eye Out! (original title: Au poste!), starring Benoît Poelvoorde and Grégoire Ludig, released in theaters. The film's story involves a commissaire de police (Poelvoorde) and a suspect (Ludig) in an interrogation room. For this film, Dupieux was indirectly inspired by the film Le Magnifique, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, and some press reviews have compared the film to Buffet froid by Bertrand Blier.

In 2019, Dupieux returned with Deerskin (original title: Le daim), starring Jean Dujardin and Adèle Haenel. The film was presented as opening film at the Directors' Fortnight at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.

His film Mandibles (original title: Mandibules), starring David Marsais and Grégoire Ludig, the two members of the duo Palmashow, released on 19 May 2021 in French theaters. It was screened out of competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on 5 September 2020. Following the critical success of the film at the Venice International Film Festival, Magnolia Pictures acquired distribution rights for the United States.

In 2022, he released two films. The first, Incredible but True (original title: Incroyable mais vrai), was released in June 2022 in French theaters and starred Alain Chabat and Anaïs Demoustier, who respectively played in his previous films Reality and Au poste!. The second, Smoking Causes Coughing (original title: Fumer fait tousser), was released in November 2022 in French theaters and also featured Chabat and Demoustier as actors.

In March 2023, Dupieux commented, "I am now at the stage where I can write whatever I want in the knowledge that I will find some nice people to join me on the journey. I have actually been able to make at least three movies with good budgets. Now I have that status I am not going to let it go. I am forcing the industry to take note: I keep saying I have another one and now here's another one. At some point it will end, so I know it is now or never." In February 2024, he said: "I could do three a year, it would be fun! What is happening to me today, I have been waiting for a long time."

In 2023, he again released two films. The first, Yannick, was released in August 2023 in French theaters and starred Raphaël Quenard in the title role. The second, Daaaaaalí!, described as "a real fake biopic" on Salvador Dalí, premiered out of competition at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, and was released in French theaters in 2024.

In an August 2023 interview with Le Monde, Dupieux revealed that he had completed a screenplay for a film entitled Braces.

In January 2024, Léa Seydoux revealed in an interview with Télérama that she had already completed filming for an unannounced new film by Dupieux, The Second Act, which also stars Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard.

Filmmaking style
Dupieux's films are highly surrealist in nature, and he has been compared to filmmakers such as Charlie Kaufmann and Luis Buñuel, who Dupieux has cited as an inspiration. In interviews, Dupieux has frequently referenced the roles that dreams play in his movies, stating: "'[Film writing] is like a dream. When you’re dreaming, you make some very strange connections between some random stuff and random people. Sometimes you dream about someone you met 15 years ago, and you don’t know why that person comes into your dream so many years later.  I’m just trying to find some secret places in the human brain because I think movies tend to be too rational sometimes.  Everything is supposed to make sense.  Everything is supposed to be logical, and I really think that life isn’t logical and life isn’t always meaningful.  I’m just trying to go into that zone without being too random, and just trying to create some new logic that feels like dreams.'" The frequent use of dreams in his movies have also invited comparisons to director David Lynch, although Dupieux himself dislikes this comparison.

His movies often consist of meta narratives: In the film Rubber, a group of "audience members" on-screen watch the events of the film take place; the film Reality is a film about a filmmaker attempting to create a suitable groan of pain for his new movie; in the climax of Keep an Eye Out, it is revealed the actors are part of a theater troupe that have been performing the events of the film on stage for an audience.

In addition to directing, Dupieux also serves as the cinematographer and editor for all of his films. His wife, Joan Le Boru, serves as the chief decorator and artistic director of his films.

Personal life
He currently lives with his partner, Joan Le Boru. They have several children together.

Discography
Studio albums
 * Analog Worms Attack (1999)
 * Moustache (Half a Scissor) (2005)
 * Lambs Anger (2008)
 * Stade 2 (2011)
 * The Church (2014)
 * All Wet (2016)
 * Voilà (with Phra) (2022)

Music videos

 * "Kirk" (1997)
 * "Flashback" - Laurent Garnier (1997)
 * "M-Seq" (1999)
 * "Flat Beat" (1999)
 * "Analog Worms Attack" (1999)
 * "Inside the Kidney Machine" (1999)
 * "Stunt" (2004)
 * "La Ritournelle" - Sébastien Tellier (2004)
 * "Making Lambs Anger" (2009)
 * "Where's the Money, George?" (2010)
 * "Being Flat" (2015) (Short film)
 * "Night Owl" - Metronomy (2016)
 * "Discow" - Handbraekes (2018)
 * "Viandes Légumes Véhicules" - (2019, directed by Meat Dept.)

Awards and nominations
Dupieux was promoted to "Officier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres" on 12 March 2019 by the Ministry of Culture.

{| class=wikitable ! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result
 * rowspan=2|1999
 * MTV Europe Music Awards
 * rowspan=2|Himself
 * Best Male
 * Nominated
 * Viva Comet Awards
 * Beste Werbung (Best Advertise)
 * Won
 * 2000
 * Billboard Music Video Awards
 * "Flat Beat"
 * Best New Artist Clip (Dance)
 * Nominated
 * 2008
 * Beatport Music Awards
 * Himself
 * Best Indie Dance / Nu Disco Artist
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2|2016
 * UK Music Video Awards
 * "Hand in the Fire" (with Charli XCX)
 * Best Animation
 * Nominated
 * Best Art Vinyl
 * All Wet
 * Best Art Vinyl
 * Nominated
 * 2024
 * Berlin Music Video Awards
 * "Doppelklick" (with Siriusmo)
 * Most Trashy
 * Nominated
 * Nominated
 * 2024
 * Berlin Music Video Awards
 * "Doppelklick" (with Siriusmo)
 * Most Trashy
 * Nominated
 * Nominated

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Omicron Boötis

Omicron Boötis (ο Boötis) is a yellow-hued star in the northern constellation of Boötes. With an apparent visual magnitude of +4.60, it is a fifth magnitude star that is visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 13.42 mas as seen from the Earth, it is located about 243 light years from the Sun. The star is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −9 km/s.

At the age of 2.72 billion years, this is an evolved G-type giant star with a stellar classification of G8.5 III. It belongs to the so-called "red clump", which indicates it is generating energy through helium fusion at its core. Although it displays a higher abundance of barium than is normal for a star of its type, Williams (1975) considers its status as a Barium star to be "very doubtful". The star has double the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 11 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 85 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,864 K.

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Talk:Agnostic Front

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This page needs some serious revamping. Theyr'e one of the names one thinks of when one thinks of early hardcore and yet the info here is limited. It's hard to read. I don't know enough about the band to contribute, but someone ought to fix this!--Reverend Distopia 21:00, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Whats needed

 * First, it seems their genre in debate (on August 2, crossover was switched to Old/New school hardcore).

 * The band infobox needs serious work, I know that Epitaph has not been their only label, so someone with more knowledge needs to add their other labels.

 * We also need a picture

 * We need any positions they have held on Billboard, with someone working on the discography for them.

Atechi 18:13, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The article itself is kinda cluttered, and we need to streamline it and introduce headlines.

Farmsfield, Notts?
What the hell? I always thought that Agnostic Front was from New York. I saw an interview on YouTube and they sounded as if they were native to the United States. Where does this whole England thing fit in? --Nishad (talk) 20:33, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

United Blood (EP)
The link at the discography labeled United Blood (EP) redirects to the Last Warning album. The same happens when you try to click on it using the chronology. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.165.1.181 (talk) 14:26, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

It makes no sense
I don't know if it's just me, but the third sentence of the first paragraph makes no sense. It states "Despite being an important band in the hardcore punk genre, as well as being one of the early pioneers of the crossover thrash genre as well."

Maybe it's the use of "despite", which to me means there should be a contradiction, such as "Despite running the 'Just say no' campaign, Nancy Reagan was a closet heroin addict*.' (*I made that up to prove the point here.)

The use of "as well" twice doesn't help as much as the author might have thought that it would either.

Perhaps the sentence should read "In addition to being an important band in the hardcore punk genre, Agnostic Front was one of the early pioneers of the crossover thrash genre as well." FiggazWithAttitude (talk) 16:43, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

 * It appears that someone fixed it already - thanks, that was quick work and it looks good! FiggazWithAttitude (talk) 17:51, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

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Frank Ney

Frank James Ney (May 12, 1918 – November 24, 1992) was a mayor of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, serving for twenty-one years. Ney also served a term as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He was known for his outgoing personality, his habit of attending civic events and dressing up like a pirate for the appearances, and playing a central role in initiating the bathtub races across Georgia Strait from Nanaimo to Vancouver. He was an active skier, swimmer, figure skater and boater. During the 1950/1951 season he was President of the Nanaimo Figure Skating Club.

He also, while Mayor, initiated the creation of cut-away corners of sidewalk curbs in downtown Nanaimo after spending one day in a wheelchair in order to experience for himself the difficulties in getting around experienced by those in wheelchairs.

In his honour, Frank J. Ney Elementary School was named after him.

Biography
Born in London, England, Ney served in the RAF and RCAF as a pilot during World War II. He was a resident of Nanaimo from 1946 until his death in 1992. He was Mayor of Nanaimo from 1968 to 1984, and 1987 to 1990 (defeated by Joy Leach), and a Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly for Nanaimo from 1969 to 1972. He was defeated in both the 1966 and 1972 provincial elections.

Ney was also a member of the Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia from January 1956, until his death in November 1992, and had a very busy notarial practice in Nanaimo. He was president of the Society from 1968-1969.

Ney, with his brother Bill, formed the Great National Land and Investment Corporation in 1964, was involved in real estate (as president of Nanaimo Realty Ltd.), and promoted the economic development of Vancouver Island. He is perhaps most famous for the purchase and subdivision of Protection Island in 1960 and selling it under a pirate-promotion theme.

He participated in many local and provincial associations, and was Chairman of the Nanaimo Centennial Committee (1967), responsible for organizing the inaugural Great Bathtub Race between Nanaimo and Vancouver. He was the first Chairman and Admiral of the Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society, established in 1968 to continue the bathtub race as an annual event. Ney was made Freeman of the City of Nanaimo in 1984.

A bronze statue of Ney, sculpted by Jack Harman, is sited at Swy-a-Lana Lagoon in downtown Nanaimo.

An extensive archive relating to Ney's personal and professional life are held in the Frank. J. Ney fonds at the Nanaimo Community Archives.

A biography about Frank Ney, based mainly on collected remembrance and stories about Ney, was published by Paul Gogo in 1995 (Frank Ney: A Canadian Legend).

A satirical musical review built around Ney's "Pirate Frank" persona premiered at Nanaimo's Western Edge Theatre in March 2007.

A play about him, Being Frank by writer/professor G. Kim Blank, was performed at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo in April 2007, produced by TheatreOne and directed by Burton Lancaster; there is also a book by Blank based on the play entitled Being Frank, from which the following portrayal of Ney's character is given in the Preface:

" . . . you watch Frank, but you don’t necessarily understand Frank, or even keep up with him. .  .  . what is immediately apparent is how many people will go on record to say they were "good friends" of Frank, though no one on the planet could have that many 'good friends.' But the effect he had on people, the way he moved around, his outward nature, his ability to be everywhere and always visible, the twinkle in his eye and the blarney of his gesture—all of this must have made him feel like everyone’s friend.  Yet, despite this—and here is where his wonderfully maddening complexity sets in—those closest to him inevitably said something much more intriguing: they didn’t really know him; they didn’t really know what moved him forward and what made him tick, what got him going in the morning and kept him up at night."

Frank Ney also appears as a character in Season One Episode 18 of the television series Bones, by name and his Pirate Mayor personality.

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Mailoc

Mailoc or Maeloc was a 6th-century bishop of Britonia, a settlement founded by migrating Britons in Galicia, Spain. He represented his diocese, referred to as the Britonensis ecclesia or "Britonnic church", at the Second Council of Braga in 572. Records of the council refer to his see, the sedes Britonarum ("See of the Britons"), which may have been seated at the monastery of Saint Mary of Britonia. Mailoc's name is clearly Brythonic, deriving from the Celtic *Maglācos, thereby providing further evidence for the Britonnic presence in the area, but he is the only one to have a Celtic name.

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Harry Craft

Harry Francis Craft (April 19, 1915 – August 3, 1995) was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. Born in Ellisville, Mississippi, he was a center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds from 1937 to 1942. Craft attended Mississippi College, threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 ft tall and weighed 185 lb.

From 1962 through September 18, 1964, Craft was the first manager in Houston's Major League history as skipper of the expansion Houston Colt .45s, later the Astros. Earlier, he managed the Kansas City Athletics (August 6, 1957–1959) and he was the "head coach" of the Chicago Cubs (April 26–May 10 and June 2–4, 1961).

Playing career
A top-flight defensive outfielder, Craft was an average hitter in his short career. His best season came, basically, as a rookie (he had 42 at bats the previous season) in 1938. On June 15 of that year, Craft caught the ninth-inning pop fly (batted by Leo Durocher) to make the final out in the historic game that gave Johnny Vander Meer his second consecutive no-hitter. That same season, Craft batted a solid .270 as the Reds' everyday center fielder with 15 home runs and 83 RBIs in 151 games. He had 165 hits that season in 612 at bats. All those numbers ended up being career-highs. The next two years were Cincinnati's best seasons as they went to the World Series in both, winning in 1940 against the Detroit Tigers. However, Craft did not play a large part in the victory, having only 1 at bat. He ended up with just one postseason hit, which came the year before.

On June 8, 1940, he hit for the cycle in a 23–2 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Craft joined the Navy in 1943.

In six seasons, Craft had an all-time .253 batting average with 533 hits, 85 doubles, 25 triples, 44 home runs and 267 RBIs. He accumulated 14 stolen bases and 237 runs scored. His lifetime fielding percentage was .986.

Minor leagues
Craft began his managing career in the farm system of the New York Yankees in 1949. That season, he was Mickey Mantle's first manager in professional baseball with the Independence Yankees of the Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League. In 1950, Craft managed Mantle again with the Joplin Miners in the Western Association. Eventually, Craft progressed to the Triple-A level with the Kansas City Blues of the American Association in 1953–1954.

"I was lucky to have Harry as skipper my first two years", Mantle said years later. "He started me out right." Craft would also manage Roger Maris at the Major League level in 1958–1959 with the Kansas City Athletics, just before the young right fielder was traded to the Yankees. Maris credited Craft with helping him with his hitting.

Kansas City Athletics
Craft went from the minor league Blues to the Major League Athletics in 1955, their first year in Kansas City after transferring from Philadelphia, when he was named a coach on the staff of Lou Boudreau. After over $2 1/2$ losing seasons, Boudreau was released on August 6, 1957, and Craft was named his successor. Craft's Athletics went 23–27 to finish the 1957 season. He then lasted two more full campaigns, 1958 and 1959, before his firing. Craft finished with a 162–196 record at Kansas City. His best finish was seventh place in the eight-team American League.

Chicago Cubs
A year after joining the coaching staff of the 1960 Chicago Cubs, Craft became a member of Cubs' owner Phil Wrigley's ill-fated College of Coaches. From 1961 to 1965, the team had no permanent manager, and rotated the "head coach" job among its coaching staff. Craft led the Cubs for 16 games in, coming out 7–9 as one of four head coaches that year.

During 1961, Craft briefly returned to managing in the minors for the Triple-A Houston Buffs of the American Association. He would be the last manager for the minor-league Buffs, before being promoted to become the first skipper of Houston's Major League expansion team when the Houston Colt .45s entered the National League in 1962.

Houston Colt .45s
Craft managed the Colt .45s from 1962 to 1964, before his replacement by Lum Harris in the closing days of the 1964 season. His first team, the 1962 Colt .45s, finished eighth in the ten-team league, but six full games ahead of the ninth-place Cubs, then in their 87th year in the NL. But in 1963 and 1964, the Colt .45s fell into ninth place, ahead of only their expansion brethren, the New York Mets.

Craft ended 191–280 with the Colt .45s, never having managed an above .500 team in all or parts of seven seasons as a big league manager. He remained in the game, however, as a scout and farm system official for the Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants and the Yankees, retiring in 1991.

Craft ended his managing career with a 360–485 record in 849 games, a .426 winning percentage. His best finish was seventh place. The authors of one baseball book had this to say about Craft's career, perhaps unfairly given what little he had to work with on those clubs: "Of course, if you are really lousy at what you do, there's always a chance you can work your way into management, that being the American Way... Harry Craft managed three teams in a seven year span... They finished 7th, 7th, 7th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 9th. Do I detect a trend in there somewhere?"

Death
Harry Craft died after a long illness in Conroe, Texas, at the age of 80 on Thursday, August 3, 1995.

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The Popeye Show

The Popeye Show (Originally titled I'm Popeye) is an American cartoon anthology series that premiered on October 29, 2001, on Cartoon Network. Each episode includes three Popeye theatrical shorts from Fleischer Studios and/or Famous Studios. The show is narrated by Bill Murray (not to be confused with the film actor of the same name), who gives the audience short facts about the history of the cartoons as filler material between each short. Animation historian Jerry Beck served as a consultant and Barry Mills served as writer and producer. A total of 45 episodes were produced, consisting of a total of 135 shorts.

Significance
Prior to the premiere of The Popeye Show, most television airings of theatrical Popeye cartoons bore the logos of Associated Artists Productions, the company that bought the films from Paramount Pictures for television distribution. This is due to the films having been sold in the 1950s, when most movie studios did not want to be associated with television. As a result, A.A.P. was required to replace the original Paramount logos with their own. For The Popeye Show, efforts were made to present these films as close to their original theatrical form as possible: some of the cartoons shown were copies that actually had their original Paramount titles intact, while others needed to have their original titles simulated through the process of digital video editing.

The show focused mostly on the Fleischer Popeye shorts and early Famous Studios shorts that were originally filmed in black and white. For all episodes, the first two shorts were from this era. Sometimes the third cartoon would be a color cartoon from Famous Studios, but on many occasions an entire episode would entirely be made of black-and-white cartoons. While selecting the color entries that would air, the only ones that were initially selected were those that were in the Turner vaults with their original titles. The only color cartoons to have their original titles recreated were those shown in the last episode of Season 3, and all episodes of Season 4.

In season 1, an original copy of Popeye, the Ace of Space (1953) with its original titles was shown for the first time on TV. This particular cartoon was originally shown in 3D, and therefore had a unique opening sequence. It also had a unique ending sequence that was not shown on syndication prints because it involved the Paramount logo being formed from the smoke of Popeye's pipe. The black and white short The Hungry Goat (1943) was kept from being shown in earlier seasons because it required extra attention to recreate the ending as close to original as possible. The original ending involved Popeye's nemesis in the short, a goat, laughing at Popeye while watching the end of the very cartoon they were in, and, like The Ace of Space, involved the Paramount logo.

The 1945 short Tops in the Big Top, which did not open with the standard Popeye theme music, but had a rendition with a circus theme, had its original soundtrack restored for the program. Similarly, a version of We're on Our Way to Rio (1944) was prepared with the opening soundtrack restored, but the show was cancelled before it could be included in any episodes.

Cartoons skipped during original run
Two episodes from Season 1 were initially skipped and did not make their TV debut until reruns. The reason was that the two episodes had cartoons that the executives at Cartoon Network would not pass for unedited airings. Episode #10 was originally supposed to have Popeye the Sailor, which was a Betty Boop cartoon in which Popeye makes his theatrical debut. This particular cartoon had a scene at the carnival where Popeye and Bluto play a ball-toss game where the target is an African American stereotype. Episode #11 had the short Happy Birthdaze, in which Popeye murders his suicidal Navy buddy Shorty in a scene that is usually cut from most TV broadcasts. When Episode #10 finally aired, I Eats My Spinach replaced Popeye the Sailor, while Episode #11 aired with no changes made, and Happy Birthdaze was shown uncut.

Ethnic censorship
Several shorts are not seen in or out of this package due to heavy racial stereotyping, despite this Anthological series being aired as part of Adult Swim in later runs. Pop-Pie a la Mode, The Island Fling, and Popeye's Pappy have since been removed from circulation because of African-American stereotyping. You’re a Sap, Mr. Jap, Scrap the Japs, and Seein' Red, White, 'N' Blue are no longer shown on U.S. television due to Japanese stereotyping.

A later episode featured an unedited version of the World War II themed Spinach Fer Britain (1943), a cartoon in which Popeye battles Nazis. This particular cartoon is rarely shown outside of any scheduled airings of The Popeye Show. Another later episode featured stereotypes of Native-Americans in Wigwam Whoopee (1948), which featured Olive Oyl portrayed as an Indian Princess with depicted skin color and some racy subtext in background. This episode is also rarely shown outside of any schedule airings of this anthology series. Wigwam Whoopee was available uncut on the Boomerang app until it was eventually removed in September 2021.

Episodes
Below is an episode guide for The Popeye Show. All episodes are listed in production order. There were a few occasions where episodes were skipped and therefore did not air in their proper order.

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Gear Daddies

The Gear Daddies are a rock band originally from Austin, Minnesota. Randy Broughten (electric and steel guitar), Nick Ciola (bass), Billy Dankert (drums and vocals), and Martin Zellar (guitar, harmonica and vocals) played their first shows together in 1984. They released singles and albums between 1986 and 1992 and became an important part of the Twin Cities music scene. Most songs were written by Zellar, but Dankert had several of note, including crowd favorite "Time Heals".

In 1991, Zellar and Broughten played "Stupid Boy" on Late Night with David Letterman. Ciola and Dankert did not play on the show because, at the time, many bands simply sat in with The World's Most Dangerous Band. Zellar said of the experience: "I was so nervous, and it happened so quick. I couldn't tell you what the hell happened. I got done, and I was walking back and said to Randy (Broughten) 'Did I sing all the words? Did I do that?' When I watched it that night in the hotel room, I had no recollection of having lived it."

Although their song "Zamboni" was originally a hidden track on their album Billy's Live Bait, it became one of their best-known songs as it often was played during intermissions at hockey games throughout North America. It later was featured in the movies D2: The Mighty Ducks and Mystery, Alaska as well as on television program Malcolm in the Middle.

After the dissolution of the band, Zellar began an active career of performing and recording with the band that became known as Martin Zellar and the Hardways, taking with him long-time friend and bassist Nick Ciola.

Electric guitarist Randy Broughten is currently a physical education teacher in Eagan, Minnesota. As well as being a member of the Cactus Blossoms, he has been the steel guitar player for many years with Minneapolis country band Trailer Trash, who are known for their annual Christmas shows and who had a cameo in the mockumentary film Dill Scallion.

Drummer James "Billy" Dankert is a professional visual artist as well as a musician.

As of the present, all four members of the Gear Daddies reunite several times a year to perform throughout the Midwest.

The Gear Daddies were an influence on a number of bands that emerged in the upper Midwest in the late 1980s through the 1990s, including Johnny Clueless, The Billy's, Steve's Piece, Violet, Shoot Lucy, Leep 27, Dazy Head Mazy, Groundhouse and Six Mile Grove.

Honors and awards
The Gear Daddies were honored with a star on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue, recognizing performers that have played sold-out shows or have otherwise demonstrated a major contribution to the culture at the iconic venue. Receiving a star "might be the most prestigious public honor an artist can receive in Minneapolis," according to journalist Steve Marsh.

Discography

 * Albums
 * Let's Go Scare Al (1988)
 * Billy's Live Bait (1990)
 * Can't Have Nothin' Nice (1992)
 * EPs
 * Color of Her Eyes (1990)
 * Miscellaneous
 * The song "Zamboni" appeared on the soundtracks for the Disney movies:
 * D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
 * Mystery, Alaska

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Lajia

Lajia is a Bronze Age archaeological site in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, on the border between the Chinese provinces of Gansu and Qinghai. As at other sites of the Qijia culture (c. 2300–1500 BCE), the people of Lajia had an agricultural economy based primarily on millet cultivation and sheep herding. They also kept pigs for use in ritual activities, including making oracle bones, and experimented with a high temperature-fired pottery described as proto-porcelain. The world's oldest known noodles were discovered at the site in 2005.

A natural disaster buried the site and killed many of its inhabitants in around 1920 BCE, but archaeologists continue to debate the exact cause of the catastrophe.

Background
Lajia is associated with the Qijia culture, an archaeological culture of northwestern China dated to the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age periods (c. 2300–1500 BCE). Excavations at the site have unearthed various Qijia artifacts, including pottery, rings, stone, weapons and jade flakes. Its moat is also typical of Qijia sites. Some metal artifacts from Qijia sites are similar in style to finds from Central Asia and Siberia, suggesting frequent contact and cultural interactions.

For most of the Qijia period, the Guanting Basin was relatively warm and moist. The staple cereal crop of the Qijia culture was millet, which requires high rainfall and temperature to grow. A significant decrease in mean annual precipitation and mean annual temperature occurred between 1800 and 1400 BCE. This coincided with the demise of the Qijia culture, perhaps because their reliance on millet cultivation meant they could not adapt to the changing climate.

Finds
The world's oldest known noodles have been found at Lajia. The thin yellow strands were found in an upturned pot in 2005 and radiocarbon dated to around 4,000 years ago (c. 2000 BCE). They were originally thought to be made from a combination of foxtail and broomcorn millet, but subsequent experiments have showed millet alone could not have formed noodles, and that the Lajia noodles must have incorporated other starches, perhaps barley or wheat. Remnants of grains, including foxtail and broomcorn millet, and stems of Hordeum and Triticum species, have also been found at the site. The inhabitants used stone knives to process, peel, and cut them.

The inhabitants of Lajia kept domesticated sheep, pigs and cattle. Sheep were primarily used for their milk and wool, but were also the main source of meat. Pigs were not slaughtered for their meat, but used in ritual activities. Pig scapulae were modified for use as oracle bones for divination and, as is frequently seen at Qijia sites, deposited in burials. Wild deer remains have also been found at the site; they must have been hunted by the people of Lajia, or traded from elsewhere.

The pottery used at Lajia included pieces fired at extremely high temperatures to produce a glassy surface, a kind of proto-porcelain. Clays rich in flux were selected for their ability to vitrify at these temperatures. However, the technique used by the Lajia potters was unreliable and required large amounts of fuel, which is perhaps why the use of this proto-porcelain remained uncommon.

Destruction
Lajia was destroyed by a natural disaster at Jishi Gorge that buried the site in mud and killed many of its inhabitants. The cause of this catastrophe is debated. The excavators of the site originally proposed a combination of simultaneous earthquakes and flooding of the Yellow River and mountain gullies. More recent research has pointed to localised flash flooding and severe mudflows, which are known to occur in the area and could have been exacerbated by human activity. A controversial 2016 study proposed that an earthquake in 1920 BCE triggered a catastrophic outburst flood of the Yellow River, which the authors incorrectly linked to the legendary Great Flood that, according to traditional Chinese historiography, led to the rise of the Xia dynasty. Other researchers considered this implausible, pointing out that the Lajia disaster took place over a hundred years after the 1920 earthquake, and that the lake that is supposed to have burst to produce this flood ceased to exist nearly 2000 years prior.

The simultaneous deaths of many people at Lajia provides a rare opportunity to study family relationships within prehistoric households. Analysis of ancient DNA from the remains of twelve people in one house showed that they belonged to multiple maternal lineages, ruling out a matrilineal social structure.

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A new user put the website option in the template. I am ok with it, though i am not much on were it is located, i'll make coms chamges so that the website tag is not showing all the time, and think about it's placement. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 08:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

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I've never edited an info box (and to be honest don't have the time to learn how). I have a couple of requests for someone with more experience than me-
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Wang Ying (Water Margin)

Wang Ying is a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Nicknamed "Stumpy Tiger", he ranks 58th among the 108 Stars of Destiny and 22nd among the 72 Earthly Fiends.

Background
Wang Ying, a good fighter with a short stature, is depicted as having sparkling eyes. His height is not specified in the novel, but some readers estimate that he is no taller than 1.5 meters. Wang transports passengers as a coachman for a living. One day, he finds the valuables of some customers so tempting that he robs them. He is later arrested. But he escapes from jail and becomes a bandit leader on Mount Qingfeng (清風山; in present-day Qingzhou, Shandong) under Yan Shun. Zheng Tianshou later joins them.

Meeting Song Jiang
When Song Jiang, on the run after killing his mistress Yan Poxi, is going to Qingfeng Fort (清風寨; near Mount Qingfeng) to take shelter under his friend Hua Rong, he passes by Mount Qingfeng and is captured in a trap by the bandits. The outlaws want to use his heart to make soup. Just as he is about to be sliced up, Song sighs loudly, "Am I, Song Jiang, destined to die just like this?" Surprised to hear the name of a person he greatly admires for chivalry, Yan Shun stops the killing in time and inquires. After confirming Song's identity, the three chiefs free him, offer their apologies and treat him as an honoured guest.

While they are drinking, Wang Ying, who covets pretty women, leaves the feast midway to intercept a group coming by Mount Qingfeng that includes a sedan chair, which apparently carries a lady. Finding the woman attractive, Wang takes her to the stronghold and intends to rape her. Just then the others come to his room. When the woman says she is the wife of Liu Gao, the governor of Qingfeng Fort, Song Jiang feels obliged to save her as Liu is the colleague of Hua Rong, the fort's garrison commandant. Wang reluctantly agrees to release her.

Joining Liangshan
On the Lantern Festival night, Song Jiang, who is then living in Hua Rong's house, goes outdoor to enjoy the celebrations. Liu Gao's wife spots him and lies to her husband that Song has abducted and almost raped her at Mount Qingfeng. Believing his wife, Liu orders Song Jiang arrested. After Hua Rong rescued Song by force, Liu seeks help from Murong Yanda, the governor of Qingzhou, which oversees Qingfeng Fort. Huang Xin, who is sent to handle the matter, lures Hua to a feast and captures him. Meanwhile, Liu has re-arrested Song as he tried to sneak to Mount Qingfeng.

When Huang Xin is taking Song Jiang and Hua Rong back to Qingzhou, the bandits of Mount Qingfeng waylay the convoy, rescue the two prisoners, and kills Liu Gao. The bandits later defeat an army sent from Qingzhou led by Qin Ming and seizes Mrs Liu after breaking into Qingfeng Fort. Wang Ying again intends to keep Mrs Liu, but is prevented by Song Jiang and Yan Shun, who kills the woman whom they believe would cause harm to Wang. Song promises to find Wang, who nearly clashed with Yan, a more suitable woman to be his wife. As Qingzhou is likely to send a larger force, Song Jiang suggests that the group decamp to join Liangshan Marsh. Wang Ying is thus absorbed into the larger stronghold.

Marrying Hu Sanniang
The Zhu Family Manor, located close to Liangshan, refuses to release Shi Qian, whom it has captured after he stole a rooster for meal from its inn while on the way to join the stronghold. Song Jiang leads a military attack on the manor to settle the acrimony. After a futile first offensive, Liangshan launches the second one, which draws Hu Sanniang to come to the aid of the Zhus.

Hu Sanniang, the daughter of the squire of the neighbouring Hu Family Manor who is engaged to Zhu Biao of the Zhu Family Manor, comes charging on a horse at Song Jiang's army. Excited to see a pretty lady warrior, Wang Ying, who is involved in the offensive, takes on Hu in the belief that she would be easy prey. However, he underestimates the amazon, who detects that the guy has some indecent intent. Overwhelming Wang with her sabres, she suddenly leans forward, pulls him off his horse and throws him to the ground. Zhus' men rush forward to tie Wang up.

Hu Sanniang shows no sign of weariness as she battles Ou Peng and then Ma Lin. Suddenly Song Jiang finds himself being pursued by Hu on horse as his troops retreat in disarray. Hu comes close to seizing him when Lin Chong appears and intercepts her. She is easily defeated and captured by Lin, a far superior fighter. Song sends her in captivity to Liangshan, where she is placed under the watch of his father.

The outlaws eventually overrun the Zhu Family Manor thanks to the infiltration by Sun Li and frees all the captured chieftains, including Wang Ying. Back at Liangshan, Song Jiang convinces Hu Sanniang, who has become the god daughter of Song's father while under the old man's care, to join the stronghold. He also arranges for her to marry Wang in fulfilment of his promise to find him a wife.

Campaigns and death
Wang Ying is appointed as one of the leaders of Liangshan's cavalry after the 108 Stars of Destiny came together in what is called the Grand Assembly. He participates in the campaigns against the Liao invaders and rebel forces in Song territory following amnesty from Emperor Huizong for Liangshan.

In the battle of Muzhou (睦州; in present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang) in the campaign against Fang La, Wang Ying encounters the enemy general Zheng Biao. Disorientated by Zheng's magic, Wang is speared to death by the sorcerer. Hu Sanniang is eager to avenge her husband but is also killed by Zheng.

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I have e-mailed you all 28 versions of University College Junior Common Room - enjoy (or retch as appropriate). Don't you think it was total arrogance to put the article on this title - how many other University College Junior Common Rooms are there in the world? I don't think a list of alumni makes the room notable - at best the room deserves a couple of sentences in the article about the college. We already have Category:University of Toronto alumni. Standards say that a list of University of Toronto alumni would also be allowed. I am not sure about a separate list and category for just the College - probably not. — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 20:31, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for sending me the deleted pages. They still have not arrived, but I look forward to scrutinizing them when they do.  My point was not that a list of College alumni was a good thing.  Such a list clearly contravenes Wikipedia standards.  The Room, and its walls, are important from a student history perspective, beyond any specific interest to the College.  There are few places in the world where a student organization has taken the trouble to emblazon the names of their former executives in gold leaf for all to see.  If you saw it, you might not believe it.  Student history is a minor field, I won't deny it.  But it deserves to have some presence on Wikipedia.  That being said, perhaps it is bettter reflected on the main University College page.  I will think about that. - Lostphd (talk) 11:08, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

I have sent you new copies by two different routes. You seem to be living in a topsy-turvey world. A list of alumni who already have or who deserve articles in Wikipedia is fully acceptable - see this list. An article about one physical room is almost certain to fail. I see just one in this other list and that, Churchill College Junior Common Room is about a body of people not about the physical room. I repeat: at best the room deserves a couple of sentences in the University College, University of Toronto article. (I doubt very much whether it deserves any mention it in the "main University College page" as you suggest above?) — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 15:56, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, of course I meant University College, University of Toronto as the place where text might properly reside. I appreciate your comments (not sure about what you mean by topsey-turvey -- perhaps crabwise might have been a better description).Lostphd (talk) 02:02, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

You say that a list "contravenes Wikipedia standards" but an article about a room would be OK. I say the exact opposite. I calls that topsey-turvey. — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 06:46, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Just to finish the thread up, I trust you understand that my silence since your last comment means I have conceded the point to you. Thank you for taking the time to set me straight. Lostphd (talk) 11:59, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

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References have been added. I'm a little rusty, thanks for calling it to my attention Lostphd (talk) 14:43, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
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Please see the talk on the University of Toronto page about merging all three campuses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidhar (talk • contribs) 21:26, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Comment acknowledged. I no longer have any interest in the University of Toronto since they covered my back yard with astroturf for the PanAM games.Lostphd (talk) 12:56, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

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Zhang Heng (disambiguation)

Zhang Heng (AD 78–139) was a Chinese astronomer and mathematician who lived in the early Eastern Han dynasty.

Zhang Heng may also refer to:

 * 1802 Zhang Heng, an asteroid named after the astronomer
 * Zhang Heng (張橫), a minor warlord involved in the Battle of Tong Pass (211) in the late Eastern Han dynasty
 * Zhang Heng (Water Margin), a fictional character and one of the 108 outlaws in the novel Water Margin
 * Zhang Heng (Taoist), one of the leaders of the Way of the Five Pecks of Rice
 * Zhang Heng (rugby player), rugby player who won a medal in rugby sevens at the 2006 Asian Games

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Grand Prix (video game)

Grand Prix is a Formula One Grand Prix motor racing-themed video game. It was designed and programmed by David Crane for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1982.

Gameplay
The player drives a Formula One car on one of four race tracks, each of which has a different difficulty level. Difficulty is gauged by the length of the course, the number of cars and oil slicks on the track, and the number of bridges to cross.

The race is viewed from a top-down perspective, and the screen scrolls from right to left. The player's car maneuvers only on a vertical axis, and loses a little speed when it does so. The joystick's button is the throttle: Depressing it accelerates, and releasing it decelerates. Moving the joystick left applies the brake. The transmission audibly shifts as the player's car accelerates and decelerates.

Grand Prix is a time trial, and the competing cars are obstacles rather than competition for the finish line. The player's car can easily outpace the other cars, but if it collides with one, its speed drops lower than that of the impacted car. Driving over an oil slick causes the player's car to skid slightly sideways, but does not slow it down. Once every scale mile, the player crosses a narrow bridge over blue water. Colliding with any wall of the bridge stops the car, and the player must slowly gain speed to continue. A patch of oil slicks precedes a bridge. This both forewarns the player, and presents a hazard while trying to steer onto the bridge. Competing cars do not cross bridges nor the finish line; if they are about to approach either one, they stop suddenly.

Tracks
Each of the game's four race tracks is a named after a real Formula One circuit: Watkins Glen International, Brands Hatch, Bugatti Circuit, and Circuit de Monaco. All courses are tree-lined straight roads, lacking any curves. The shortest, simplest course is Watkins Glen. Brands Hatch is about twice as long as Watkins Glen, and has one bridge. Le Mans is about three times as long as Watkins Glen, and has two bridges. Monaco is about five times as long as Watkins Glen, and has three bridges.

Development
When David Crane developed a technique for painting large, multicolored sprites on the 2600, he made a color pattern that reminded him of Grand Prix racing stripes. This inspired him to design a Grand Prix racing game to apply his new technique.

Reception
Richard A. Edwards reviewed Grand Prix in The Space Gamer No. 54. Edwards commented that "all in all, the graphics and required skill make Grand Prix a game worth purchasing". Computer and Video Games rated the game 80% in 1989.

Reviews

 * JoyStik (Dec, 1982)
 * Tilt (Jan, 1983)

Legacy
In 1995, Activision included the game in the anthology Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack for Windows 95.

title: Grand Prix (video game)