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All That Glitters (American TV series)

All That Glitters is an American sitcom by producer Norman Lear. It consisted of 65 episodes, running five nights a week between April 18 and July 15, 1977, in broadcast syndication. The show, a spoof of the soap opera format, depicted the trials and tribulations of a group of executives at the Globatron corporation. The twist of the series was that it was set within a world of complete role-reversal: Women were the "stronger sex," the executives and breadwinners, while the "weaker sex" – the men – were the support staff or stay-at-home dads. Men were often treated as sex objects.

The series featured Eileen Brennan, Greg Evigan, Lois Nettleton, Gary Sandy, Tim Thomerson and Jessica Walter. Comic actor and cartoon voice artist Chuck McCann was also a regular. Linda Gray played transgender fashion model Linda Murkland, the first transgender series regular on American television. Critically, All That Glitters was negatively received and a ratings disappointment across syndicated television stations.

Production
All That Glitters was series creator Norman Lear's attempt to duplicate his success with the syndicated soap opera spoof Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. Lear described the premise simply: "God created Eve first, took out her rib and gave her a companion so she wouldn't be lonely." Lear came up with the idea on a trip to Washington, D.C.: "I had visited the Institute of Policy Studies, and I just loved the whole thing. And I thought there was a series in it—a five-times-a-week series: I went to bed thinking about that, and I woke up the next morning thinking what would happen if the male-female equation were changed? What would happen if the women had all the power and all the advantage, and the men had what the women normally would have?"

The world of All That Glitters had always been female-dominated, but Lear also used the series to comment on changing sex roles in the United States in the 1970s. Under the working title Womb at the Top, All That Glitters was co-created by longtime soap writer Ann Marcus, with a transgender consultant hired to help Linda Gray develop her character Linda Murkland as well as Eve Merriam, whose off-broadway show The Club featured women as turn-of-the-century male chauvinists "strutting around in top hats and tails and telling sexist jokes."

Former Major League Baseball player Wes Parker practically walked into his role. He was doing play-by-play reporting for a Los Angeles television station owned by Lear's partner, Jerry Perenchio. "Lear casually asked if I'd be interested in the part. I said yes, but knew it was out of the question, because in real life things don't happen that way. Nobody walks in and gets on a Norman Lear show. I read for the part, got it and didn't sleep at all that night."

Linda Gray was somewhat nonplussed upon being offered the role of transgender Linda Murkland. "I remember meeting Norman and him saying, 'You'll be perfect for the role.' I didn't know whether to take that as a compliment or what." To prepare for her role, Linda Gray asked Lear to arrange for her to meet with a transgender woman. Gray met with her for several hours prior to the beginning of filming and on a couple of occasions during production.

Lois Nettleton reportedly based her characterization of Christina Stockwood on Clark Gable. Production started in early March 1977 with director Herbert Kenwith.

In test screenings prior to its premiere, reaction to the show was sharply divided. According to executive producer Stephanie Sills, the strongest negative reaction came from male executives. "They didn't mind being portrayed by women. It was simply that they detest the way we depicted them." Feminists were uncertain how to react to the series, with some being concerned that audiences would not perceive the show as satire but as an attempt to represent how a female-dominated society would actually operate. Lear marketed the program through his company, TAT Syndication.

Cast

 * Barbara Baxley as L.W. Carruthers, President of Globatron
 * Eileen Brennan as Ma Packer
 * Vanessa Brown as Peggy Horner, Globatron executive
 * Anita Gillette as Nancy Langston, Globatron executive
 * Linda Gray as Linda Murkland, a trans woman model
 * Jim Greenleaf as Jeremy Stockwood, Christina's son
 * David Haskell as Michael McFarland, Andrea's boyfriend
 * Chuck McCann as Bert Stockwood, Christina's husband
 * Lois Nettleton as Christina Stockwood, Globatron executive
 * Wes Parker as Glenn Langston, Nancy's husband
 * Gary Sandy as Dan Kincaid, Globatron secretary
 * Louise Shaffer as Andrea Martin, lawyer
 * Marte Boyle Slout as Grace Smith, Globatron executive
 * Tim Thomerson as Sonny Packer
 * Jessica Walter as Joan Hamlyn, agent
 * Marilyn Sokol as Farrah Abuban
 * Danny DeVito as Baba, Farrah's concubine

Critical reaction
All That Glitters debuted the week of April 18, 1977, on about 40 stations in late-night syndication. It was poorly critically received, with one reviewer going so far as to call the show's theme song "blasphemous" for suggesting that God was female and created Eve first. Time magazine sharply criticized the series, calling it "embarrassingly amateurish", with "flaccid" and "wearying" jokes, flat writing, "mediocre" acting and "aimless" direction. The Wall Street Journal concurred, saying that while the series' role-reversal premise may have been adequate for a play or film, it was too limiting to serve as the basis for a continuing series. These limitations showed up most clearly, the Journal says, in the lead performances. Although praising the performers themselves as talented, they are cited for being "unable to infuse much life into their roles". The Journal pegs the fundamental problem with All That Glitters as that "its characters are not people at all, merely composites of the least attractive characteristics of each sex. The satire focuses not on the way real, recognizable people behave, but on stereotypes and cliches about masculine and feminine attitudes. Even when stood on their heads, they still remain stereotypes and cliches."

New Times magazine was much more receptive to the series. Although labeling it "unquestionably the weirdest [show] that Lear has ever produced", New Times found that the series was not "a satire of mannerisms but of attitudes". All That Glitters required that viewers watch closely to pick up on the subtleties and nuances, "not so much for what the show says, but for the way that it's said".

All That Glitters, after initially capturing 20% of viewers in major markets in its opening weeks, had lost about half of that audience midway through its run. The series was cancelled after 13 weeks, last airing on July 15, 1977. Although the show was panned, it and Lear, along with Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, are credited with expanding the subject matter that television producers were able to explore with lessened fear of antagonizing sponsors or viewers.

In the years since the series, it has garnered something of a positive reputation, with one critic listing it and other Lear efforts as "imaginative shows that contained some of the most striking satires of television and American society ever broadcast".

While the show itself was unsuccessful, it did spawn a hit song. "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", which had been written with the intention of its being the theme song, was recorded by Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand and made it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. By the time the show made it to air, another song had been chosen as the theme. The replacement, "Genesis Revisited", was later described by The New York Times as "sparkl[ing] with witty rhymes and a punchy good humor". The song was performed by Kenny Rankin. The lyrics for both songs were written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman (the music for "Genesis Revisited" is credited solely to Alan Bergman).

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bel Air Middle School (second nomination)

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was NO CONSENSUS (obviously). -Doc (?) 07:41, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Bel Air Middle School
Non-noteworthy single school, almost nil information, and is not encyclopedia worthy. Unless I can make short articles about all my elementary and Jr. High schools, that is. Coolgamer 00:10, 14 October 2005 (UTC) Old vote results here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Bel_Air_Middle_School
 * Keep, verifiable. JYolkowski // talk 02:10, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This article survived VfD several months ago and the article has not changed substantially. Why do we have to vote on it again? Is it necessary to keep voting on articles until "those who routinely nomianate and vote to delete schools" achieve a result they would like?--Nicodemus75 04:34, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 'Keep' I'm always in favor of keeping stubs on the grounds that they might be expanded. The title could be more specific, but I guess that's what disambig pages are for. —Clarknova 04:38, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable. Please stop pointless nominations. Christopher Parham (talk) 05:20, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Lacks notability and does not show that it is encylopedic.  Vegaswikian 06:40, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep useful school article. Regarding comments on the lack of content: Deletion policy states that if the reason you wish to delete an article is because the "Article needs improvement" or "Article needs a lot of improvement" the appropriate action is to "List on Wikipedia:Cleanup" or "List on Wikipedia:Pages needing attention"; *instead* of nominating.   --rob 07:25, 14 October 2005 (UTC)  Added:  To the nominator, I hope you don't make very short articles on the schools you attended, but you're definately more than welcome to create good articles on them.  Rest assured, if you do, they will be kept.  Verifiable real schools are now included in wikipedia at a rate of about 100%.  In September 63 schools were nominated, and the only one deleted was a hoax.  So, rest assured new school articles are welcome.  --rob 07:29, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
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Norvin Green State Forest

Norvin Green State Forest is a 5416 acre state forest in Bloomingdale, New Jersey, United States, near the Wanaque Reservoir. It is part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion. The forest is accessible by foot only; it is part of the Wyanokie Wilderness Area and contains an extensive trail system built on old logging roads, several of which connect with trails in The New Weis Center and reservoir property. The trails climb hills up to 1300 feet and provide views of the Manhattan skyline, the Wanaque Reservoir, Burnt Meadow Brook and Lake Sonoma. The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry.

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Raffael

Raffael may refer to:

 * Raffael or Raphael, Italian painter
 * Raffael or Raphael (given name), given name
 * Raffael (footballer), Brazilian footballer
 * Joseph Raffael, American contemporary realist painter

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Tender Kisses

"Tender Kisses" is a song by American singer–songwriter Tracie Spencer. This song is the fourth single released from Spencer's second album, Make the Difference which was released in August 1990. The single was released on July 16, 1991. The song was written by Matt Sherrod & Paul Sherrod, Sir Spence, and Tracie Spencer, and produced by Matt & Paul Sherrod. The song is one of Spencer's most known hits to date, reaching number 1 on the R&B chart in the United States by August 1991.

Chart information
"Tender Kisses" became a summer hit in 1991, hitting number one on the Hot R&B Singles chart by August 1991 and number forty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart by summer's end.

Song/Music video
The theme of the song focuses on being heartbroken after a breakup. The music video for "Tender Kisses", directed by Kenny Mirman, was shot in Los Angeles, California in June 1991, and opens with Spencer holding a rose in her hands and standing before a blue background with autumn leaves and glitter coming down around her. There are shots of Spencer on a swing, behind a window, and in a big chair, begging her lover to reconsider about leaving the relationship.

Popular culture
Spencer appeared as herself and sang the song as a duet with Darius McCrary who played the character of Eddie Winslow on the sixteenth episode of Season 4 of the comedy/family sitcom Family Matters ("Tender Kisses", air date February 5, 1993).

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Germa Seyum

Germa Seyum was King of Zagwe dynasty. He is known as Be'mnet on some regnal lists.

Background
Taddesse Tamrat states that he was a son of Mara Takla Haymanot, the younger brother of King Tatadim, and the father of Pentewudem, Kedus Harbe and Gebre Mesqel Lalibela.

Germa Seyum is not named on shorter lists of Zagwe kings, but appears on longer lists, usually as the successor of Jan Seyum. One version of the list contains 11 names and lists Germa Seyum as the fourth king, between Jan Seyum and Yemrehana Krestos, with 40 years of rule. Another version of the list instead lists his successor as "Gempawedemo" (possibly Tatadim).

The longest lists of Zagwe kings contain sixteen names and place Germa Seyum in eleventh place in the line of succession. On this list he is stated to have reigned for 20 years.

The exact dates of his reign are difficult to know because of the variation in reign lengths and order on different king lists. Working backwards from 1270, when the Zagwe dynasty was deposed, Germa Seyum would have reigned c. 981–1021, c. 999–1039, c. 1001–1041 or c. 1033–1053 depending on the regnal list.

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Crispin Glover (song)

"Crispin Glover" is the second single from Scarling.'s debut album, Sweet Heart Dealer. It was released in the USA on two separate 7" vinyl records on November 7, 2004 on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label. Each record has its own cover art — one a portrait of the song's titular actor, the other a photo of the band — and a unique b-side.

The title track on both discs has been remixed from the version of "Crispin Glover" on Sweet Heart Dealer.

Track listings and versions

 * Digital Download
 * 1) "Crispin Glover" — 3:15
 * 2) "Art of Pretension" — 3:58
 * 3) "Love Becomes a Ghost" — 4:47

 * SFTRI 738 (pink vinyl)
 * 1) "Crispin Glover"
 * 2) "Art of Pretension"

 * SFTRI 739 (red vinyl)
 * 1) "Crispin Glover"
 * 2) "Love Becomes a Ghost"

Personnel

 * Jessicka – vocals
 * Christian Hejnal – guitar, vocals
 * Rickey Lime – guitar
 * Kyle Lime – bass
 * Garey Snider – drums
 * Chris Vrenna – producer
 * Erik Colvin – mixing, producer

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The Bitter Cry of Children

The Bitter Cry of the Children is a book by socialist writer John Spargo, a muckraker and investigative journalist from the Progressive Period. Published in 1906, it is an exposé of the horrific working conditions of child laborers in the early 1900's. He discusses the works of the children he saw very emotionally. As Spargo says, "boys sit hour after hours, picking at the pieces of slate and other [trash]... I once stood... and tried to do the work a twelve-year-old boy was doing day after day, for ten hours at a stretch, for sixty cents a day. The gloom... [troubled] me".

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The astericks were not added until Hollywood. The first book does not have them. Why is it being used on all these articles? LessThanClippers 17:32, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

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M*A*S*H (novels) → List of M*A*S*H novels – More accurately describe the contents of this article, which isn't about multiple novels with the title "M*A*S*H" but a series of novels in the MASH franchise. Tried to boldly move it, only to find that title on the blacklist (though I can't find out why). oknazevad (talk) 16:15, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Support - sounds reasonable. I personally think the asterisks should not be in the name, per WP:MOSTM, but that's a different issue, and all other pages related to this are at M*A*S*H now. — Amakuru (talk) 10:51, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

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Amygdala (character)

Amygdala (Aaron Helzinger) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, who is an opponent of Batman. He has reduced mental capacity, near superhuman strength and endurance, and is prone to outbursts of violence due to medical experimentation on his brain, chiefly the removal of his amygdala. Amygdala is briefly referenced in an article by Joseph LeDoux, a neuroscientist and expert in the role of the anatomical amygdala in fear processing, as testament to popular interest in the brain area.

Aaron Helzinger appeared on the second season of Gotham, portrayed by Stink Fisher, and Batwoman, portrayed by R. J. Fetherstonhaugh.

Publication history
Amygdala first appeared in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #3 and was created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle.

Fictional character biography
Anatomically, the amygdala refers to the bundle of nerve cells in the brain that control emotional associations of many kinds. Aaron Helzinger's amygdala cluster was removed in an attempt to cure him of his homicidal rage. This procedure resulted in Amygdala becoming exceedingly angry and was the opposite of what the surgery was intended to achieve. Easily led due to his childlike nature, Amygdala has been the pawn of a number of Batman villains, but when properly medicated, he can be peaceful.

Amygdala first appeared in Shadow of the Bat #3 in 1992 during the story arc Batman: The Last Arkham. In the issue, Amygdala was forced to attack Batman by the maddened Jeremiah Arkham. Batman subdued Amygdala, but was then forced to face more inmates.

Amygdala later appeared in Part 2 of the year-long story arc Batman: Knightfall, which also saw other characters introduced in Batman: The Last Arkham return to the comic book universe, most notably Zsasz and Jeremiah Arkham. In Knightfall, Amygdala was freed from Arkham Asylum by Bane along with numerous other inmates and was soon under the control of the Ventriloquist. Batman intercepted Ventriloquist, but was promptly attacked by Amygdala. As Ventriloquist escaped, Batman subdued Amygdala once more and the villain did not appear again in Knightfall.

He has been released into the community on numerous occasions, where he has been an ally and friend of Dick Grayson (Nightwing, the former Robin). He lived in the hero's apartment building and worked as a warden in Lockhaven Prison. When Blockbuster was in the process of breaking Nightwing down both physically and emotionally, Blockbuster destroyed Grayson's apartment complex while Amygdala was inside. Amygdala survived, but he was heavily traumatized by the death of his friends.

In the Infinite Crisis storyline, Amygdala was among the villains that joined Alexander Luthor, Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains.

He also appeared in the 2008 mini-series Gotham Underground, drinking in the Penguin's Iceberg Lounge.

The New 52
As a part of the New 52 reboot, Aaron first appears in Resurrection Man vol. 2 #6 as a hulking menace when he tries to kill Mitch Shelley aka The Resurrection Man in Arkham Asylum, but is knocked hard on the head with Fletcher's nightstick. He later appears during the "Zero Year" storyline. When the power went out in Gotham, Aaron was in surgery at Gotham General Hospital. He woke up in a monstrous rage, smashing through a window. The surgeons had been operating on his amygdala when they were interrupted. After jumping out the window Aaron encountered and attacked a young Dick Grayson, who was out with his friends, away from visiting Haly's Circus. He chases them, while Dick makes a plan to stop him and save his friends. Luring Helzinger onto a rooftop, Dick jumped to the next one over, and unable to make it across the gap, Helzinger fells, unable to get back up. Earning the nickname Amygdala, Aaron spent much of his time incarcerated at Arkham Asylum, and later at Arkham Manor, when the asylum was destroyed.

DC Rebirth
In DC Rebirth, Amygdala appears as one of the many villains attempting to kill Batman to stop Two-Face from leaking secret information. Alongside Killer Croc and King Shark, Amygdala attacks Batman on a train. Later, when Arkham is rebuilt, he becomes partner with Solomon Grundy. Both of them attempted to fight Bane when Psycho Pirate is kept in Arkham after they were all set free by Batman. They are soon beaten by Bane, in turn by Batman. They are later freed once again when Bane takes over Gotham City. Amygdala and Grundy make alliance with Two-Face and kill Doctor Double X, Bane's loyalist. They are then attacked by Gotham Girl (Claire Clover) and the new Batman (Thomas Wayne from the Flashpoint timeline), the former of which uses heat vision to sear off Amygdala's arm.

Powers and abilities
Amygdala is a huge man with the strength and endurance of a championship bodybuilder. His emotional instability and explosive rage enhance this even further, making him prone to bouts of boundless violence unrestrained by the usual barriers and limits set in place by one's self-awareness.

Other versions
Amygdala makes a cameo appearance in the Elseworlds title Batman: Crimson Mist, in which he was previously imprisoned in Arkham Asylum before he is killed by a vampiric Batman.

In other media

 * Aaron Helzinger appears in the second season of Gotham, portrayed by Stink Fisher. This version is an inmate of Arkham Asylum.
 * Aaron Helzinger appears in the Batwoman episode "Do Not Resuscitate", portrayed by R. J. Fetherstonhaugh. This version is a mentally-unstable patient of Hamilton Dynamics who personally nicknamed himself "Amygdala".

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democracy can only be strong if it has strong government and a strong grou of citizenship; I think. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.129.54.88 (talk) 00:14, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Cited the original Atlantic Monthly article
This shows "Jihad vs. McWorld" was published under that title first in March 1992, before the 1993 Ritzer work. --Petercorless 06:10, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Jihad
He is a "political" "scientist" ! really a scientist ! The fact that he describes the word "jihad" to mean 'tribalism' tells me he is quack trying to cash in from dumb Americans. The word Jihad has nothing to do with "tribalism". This is a utter misuse of the word. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.211.150.9 (talk) 18:26, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

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I strongly oppose the idea of just copying the blurb into Wiki without even giving ANY information on where the quote is taken from in the main text. Write your own summary. ---ml. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.13.105.88 (talk) 03:47, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

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Slayer (disambiguation)

Slayer is an American thrash metal band

Slayer or Slayers may also refer to:

 * Slayer, an archaic term for murderer
 * Slayer rule, a doctrine prohibiting a murderer to inherit from the victim

People

 * Justin Slayer, an American pornographic film actor and director
 * SlayerS 'BoxeR', in-game name of StarCraft player Lim Yo-hwan

Film and TV

 * The Slayer, a 1982 horror film
 * Slayer (film), a 2006 film
 * Slayers (film), a 2022 American horror film
 * Slayer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a type of female character, charged with fighting vampires and demons, in the TV series and franchise Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Books and comics

 * Slayers, a Japanese fantasy light novel and media franchise
 * Slayers: A Buffyverse Story, an audiobook written and directed by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden
 * Slayer, a character in The Wheel of Time

Games

 * Slayer (video game), a horizontally scrolling shooter game released in 1988
 * Slayer (Guilty Gear), a video game character from the fighting game series Guilty Gear
 * Slayer, a character class or skill in various role-playing games
 * Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Slayer, a 1994 role-playing video game for the 3DO
 * Slayers (video game), a video game based on the Slayers light novel series
 * Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer, a 2023 first-person shooter
 * Lina the Slayer, a heroine in the video game Dota 2

Music

 * S.A. Slayer, formerly Slayer, an American heavy metal band
 * "Slayers", a 1998 song from the Vampires film soundtrack
 * "Slayers", a 2009 song from the Gamer film soundtrack

Other uses

 * Washington D.C. Slayers, an American rugby league team

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Ben Blackwell

Benjamin Jesse Blackwell (born June 12, 1982) is an American musician, writer, and record company executive. He is the creator and director of Cass Records, one of two drummers in the Detroit-based rock band The Dirtbombs, a co-founder and minority owner at Third Man Records, and the official archivist of The White Stripes.

Early life
Ben Blackwell was born in Detroit, Michigan, on June 12, 1982, to Maureen Gillis and Morris Blackwell. He is the nephew of Jack White, whose birth name is John Gillis. He attended Wayne State University for three years, with a concentration in journalism, before withdrawing.

The Dirtbombs
Blackwell debuted live with The Dirtbombs on December 18, 1999, when he was only 17 years old. According to Blackwell, Mick Collins (from The Dirtbombs) called Jack White and let him know they were looking for a drummer; White put his nephew on the phone. Blackwell has since become one of the longest-serving members of the band, having played on four studio albums and having toured extensively all over the world.

Cass records
Beginning in 2003 with money given to him by his mother, Blackwell has put out over 50 releases on his Cass Records imprint. Instead of signing artists, he makes one-time deals to release their songs as singles. His label received some fame with the release of the song "Who's to Say..." from the country-rock band Blanche. Through his label he has also released records from such artists as The Mooney Suzuki, The Waxwings, The Trachtenburg Family Slide Show Players, The Sights, The Muldoons, Kelley Stoltz, Dan Sartain, Turbo Fruits, Cheap Time, The Go, the Black Lips and many others.

In 2007, Blackwell was selected by Crain's Detroit Business magazine as one of their "Twenty in Their 20s", a yearly designation given to twenty emerging entrepreneurs in southeastern Michigan. Blackwell was selected because of his work with his Cass Records label and was recognized for his commitment to the 7-inch vinyl format.

Solo career
In November 2010, Blackwell self-released his debut solo album "I Remember When All This Was Trees" on his Cass Records imprint. Blackwell wrote, recorded and performed all the music on the album.

In March 2011 Blackwell participated in Esquire magazine's annual songwriting challenge along with Dierks Bentley, Dhani Harrison, Raphael Saadiq and Brendan Benson. Each performer was asked to write a song using the lyric "Last night in Detroit" and Blackwell's song "Bury My Body at Elmwood" is based around Elmwood Cemetery on the east side of Detroit.

Writing
Blackwell has written content for many magazines including Creem Magazine Online, Careless Talk Costs Lives, the Metro Times, Chunklet Magazine, Ugly Things, Arthur, Plan B and others.

Blackwell has also contributed work to the following books:

 * The White Stripes and the Sound of Mutant Blues by Everett True
 * The Art of the Band T-Shirt by Amber Easby
 * The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story by Robert Matheu
 * Re-Entry: The Orbit Magazine Anthology by Rob St. Mary
 * Heaven Was Detroit: From Jazz to Hip Hop and Beyond edited by M.L. Liebler
 * Total Chaos: The Story of the Stooges / As Told By Iggy Pop by Jeff Gold
 * RESPECT: The Poetry of Detroit Music by M.L. Liebler and Jim Daniels

Blackwell won Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 College Journalism Award in the field of entertainment for two tour diaries he wrote for Wayne State University's The South End paper in March 2003.

In November 2006 Blackwell started his own blog titled Tremble Under Boom Lights named after an EP by the band Jonathan Fire*Eater.

Blackwell's poem The World's Most Important Swimmers was selected by members of the Guerilla Poetics Project to be printed as a letterpressed broadside for the November 2008 installment of their program.

Since 2007 Blackwell has been a frequent contributor to Bagazine, a Mail Art "magazine in a bag" that focuses on "assemblage, handwork and print making, photography, painting, chapbooks, graphic design, typography, letterpress, Visual Poetry and the unusual."

In March 2010 an anonymous guerilla stickering campaign was started in Detroit asking "Where is Ben Blackwell?" Bumper stickers with this message can still be found in the Midtown neighborhood.

On March 1, 2014, Blackwell gave a lecture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston titled "A Contemporary Record of Rock 'n' Roll" covering topics ranging from vinyl records, archiving, musical archeology and his personal experiences relating to them.

Work with The White Stripes
From the beginning of the Stripes' existence, Blackwell worked as the band's roadie and wrote much of the group's website content. Although he is not an accredited professional archivist, he is the "White Stripes' official archivist". He wrote the liner notes to Under Blackpool Lights. He also appears in The White Stripes' feature-length documentary Under Great White Northern Lights, conducting the interview that is interlaced throughout the film.

Currently, Blackwell oversees vinyl record production at Jack White's Third Man Records in Nashville, Tennessee, where his official job title "Pinball Wizard and Director of Operations." He is involved in the program School Choirs & Bands at Third Man: A Vinyl Recording Experience, and initiative which, according to the website, offers "students behind-the-scenes access to Jack White's Third Man Records in Nashville, TN, as well as the chance to record their own " 45rpm vinyl records."

7" singles

 * Headlights on 7" (Solid Sex Lovie Doll Records, 2000)
 * Brucia I Cavi 7" (Hate Records, 2000)
 * Ode to a Black Man 7" (Sweet Nothing, 2001)
 * Australian Sing A Long with the Dirtbomb Singers 7" (Zerox Records, 2002)
 * Pray For Pills 7" (Corduroy Records, 2002)
 * Motor City Baby 7" (Sweet Nothing, 2003)
 * Earthquake Heart 7" (Velvet Tiger, 2004)
 * Merit 7" (Kapow Records, 2004)
 * Crashdown Day 7" (Corduroy Records, 2004)
 * Tanzen Gehn' 7" (Soundflat Records, 2005)
 * Brand New Game 7" (Munster Records, 2005)
 * Oh Katrina 7" (Noiseless/Live From Detroit, 2007)
 * Rocket USA 7" (Infirmary Phonographic, 2008)
 * Need You Tonight 7" (Stained Circles, 2008)
 * The Dirtbombs... Play Sparks 7" (In The Red Records, 2008)
 * Race to the Bottom 12" (Cass Records, 2009)
 * Kick Me 7" (Cass Records, 2010)

The Dirtbombs split recordings with other artists

 * "King's Led Hat", with The Gories (Fortune Teller Records, 2004)
 * "Lost Love", with ADULT. (Cass Records/Ersatz Audio, 2004)
 * "Billiards at Nine-Thirty", with King Khan and the Shrines (Sounds of Subterrania, 2004)
 * "No Expectations", with The Love Supremes (Norton Records, 2005)
 * "Missionary Man", with The Black Lips (Cass Records, 2006)
 * "Kung Fu", with the Voltaire Brothers and Pitch Black City (Mahogani Music, 2007)
 * "Politicians in My Eyes", with Kelley Stoltz (Cass Records, 2008)
 * "Politicians in My Eyes", with The Terrible Twos and Dan Sartain (Cass Records, 2008)
 * "Secret Code", with Davila 666 (Scion Audio Visual, 2010)
 * "If Can Can Can't We?", with Fucked Up (Bruise Cruise Records/453 Music, 2012)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New Byzantine Party

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:29, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

New Byzantine Party
tagged as a speedy, but not nonsense -Doc (?) 00:17, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Hoax, no such party (political? NGO?), zero Google for "New Byzantine Party". Perhaps if we had more information I'd reconsider.--inks T 00:20, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I had tagged it because zero google = party of one, i.e. hoax. Check the editor's posts- all vandalism and hoaxes going back months. IP blocking is in order JJay 00:37, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * hoax is not a speedy deletion criteria (pl read WP:CSD) - patent nonsense should not need google to identify. Delete this - but it is not a speedy. --Doc (?) 01:12, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, I read it. Changed to delete. What about the other article from the same user that i just tagged? JJay 01:26, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, another nonsense article. --Hoovernj 01:14, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete junk --Rogerd 04:56, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete with extreme prejudice. Pure japery. - Sensor 16:23, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete If it is a party, its a nn. one.--Gaff 05:58, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete ridiculous! Ganymead 14:42, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as a hoax, no Google listings and Byzantium did not have a theocracy. Jtmichcock 01:15, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

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User:Reichu

Just a short page, because anything longer is unnecessary.

"Reichu" is my nickname and Internet alias -- it's a combination of "Rachel" (REICHERU if put into Japanese syllables) and "Raichu" (as in the Pokémon). [My real name shouldn't be especially difficult to find for those who are curious.] I was born in 1982 and have lived in New Jersey since 1983. I've been filling up the subsequent years with art, writing, video games, anime, random other geekdom, taking forever to get through college, and a handful of various other distracting side interests. Due to my obsession with collecting random knowledge that has absolutely no applications for "Real Life", I browse Wikipedia far more often than I probably should. Whenever I see something that I can correct (hint: I am a grammar snob), tidy up, or add to, I usually do. As a testament to my geekiness, my contributions have primarily been on articles relating to Neon Genesis Evangelion (the Internet fandom for which I have been heavily involved) and Final Fantasy.

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User talk:Bobzombi222

Yo Im Hoffman. I am awesome. That is all for now.

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User talk:SpecialPlates.com

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Merger with ALICE article
The alice article seems to be a stub. It should redirect here. Much of the topics and history listed here would in fact apply to the other article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.232.27.17 (talk) 00:32, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

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 * It was just a syntax error. Most everyone caught that right away.  Out of courtesy ... please keep redlines brief folks. 98.194.39.86 (talk) 00:27, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

XML - "language" flavor of the day. Not relevant.
This may or may not be a valid topic, but the emphasis on XML is just silly. This could have been done in any language or construct. The fact that it used XML, which is now virtually obsolete (for good reasons) - is irrelevant to the topic of AI. I would vote that this article be deleted. The incorporation of XML into the study of AI adds zero value. It was simply a "wrapper" - and a bad one at that. Bad? Yes, it was bad because as well all know, it's simply too "fat" and unnecessarily verbose. The use of duplicate labels as delimiters (sentinels) was silly from Day One, and it will never make sense. Very closely related to COBOL in rationale. Human readable, yes. Effective? No. 98.194.39.86 (talk) 00:21, 3 April 2018 (UTC)


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GS1

GS1 is a not-for-profit, international organization developing and maintaining its own standards for barcodes and the corresponding issue company prefixes. The best known of these standards is the barcode, a symbol printed on products that can be scanned electronically.

GS1 has 118 local member organizations and over 2 million user companies. Its main office is in Brussels (Avenue Louise).

History
In 1969, the retail industry in the US was searching for a way to speed up the check-out process in shops. The Ad Hoc Committee for a Uniform Grocery Product Identification Code was established to find a solution.

In 1973, the Universal Product Code (UPC) was selected by this group as the first single standard for unique product identification. In 1974, the Uniform Code Council (UCC) was founded to administer the standard. On 26 June 1974, a pack of Wrigley's chewing gum became the first ever product with a barcode to be scanned in a shop.

In 1976, the original 12-digit code was expanded to 13 digits, which allowed the identification system to be used outside the U.S. In 1977, the European Article Numbering Association (EAN) was established in Brussels, with founding members from 12 countries.

In 1990, EAN and UCC signed a global cooperation agreement and expanded their overall presence to 45 countries. In 1999, EAN and UCC launched the Auto-ID Centre to develop Electronic Product Code (EPC), enabling GS1 standards to be used for RFID.

In 2004, EAN and UCC launched the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN), a global, internet-based initiative that enables trading partners to efficiently exchange product master data.

By 2005, the organisation was present in over 90 countries, and it started to use the name GS1 on a worldwide basis. Whilst "GS1" is not an acronym, it refers to the organisation offering one global system of standards.

In August 2018, the GS1 Web URI Structure Standard was ratified, allowing unique ID's to be added to products by storing a URI (a webpage-like address) as a QR code.

Barcodes
Barcodes defined by GS1 standards are very common. GS1 introduced the barcode in 1974. A barcode encodes a product identification number that can be scanned electronically, making it easier for products to be tracked, processed, and stored.

Barcodes improve the efficiency, safety, speed and visibility of supply chains across physical and digital channels. They have a crucial role in the retail industry, including today's online marketplaces, moving beyond just faster checkout to improved inventory and delivery management, and the opportunity to sell online on a global scale. In the UK alone, the introduction of the barcode in the retail industry has resulted in savings of 10.5 billion pounds per year.

Some of the barcodes that GS1 developed and manages are: EAN/UPC (used mainly on consumer goods), GS1 Data Matrix (used mainly on healthcare products), GS1-128, GS1 DataBar, and GS1 QR Code. Notably, GS1 barcodes can hold more than just a single numerical identifiers, as GS1 has defined a modular & arbitrarily combinable semantic encoding of defined data within GS1 barcodes through the publication of over 150 "Application Identifiers" (AI). These AIs allow encoding of details such as the GTIN - AI:(01), the "Country of Origin" - AI:(422), and the "Expiration date" - AI:(17), amongst many other possibilities, including URLs - AI:(8200).

Standards
The most influential GS1 standard is the GTIN. It identifies products uniquely around the world and forms the base of the GS1 system.

Main GS1 standards are as follows:

 * Application Level Events (ALE)
 * Core Business Vocabulary (CBV)
 * EAN/UPC barcodes
 * EPC/RFID tags
 * EPCIS
 * GEPIR
 * Global Data Model
 * Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN)
 * Global Document Type Identifier (GDTI)
 * Global Individual Asset Identifier (GIAI)
 * Global Identification Number for Consignment (GINC)
 * Global Location Number (GLN)
 * Global Product Classification (GPC)
 * Global Returnable Asset Identifier (GRAI)
 * Global Service Relationship Number (GSRN)
 * Global Shipment Identification Number (GSIN)
 * Global Trade Item Number (GTIN)
 * GS1-128
 * GS1 DataBar
 * GS1 DataMatrix
 * GS1 Digital Link
 * GS1 EDI
 * ITF-14
 * Low-Level Reader Protocol (LLRP)
 * Object Name Service (ONS)
 * Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC)

Many GS1 standards are also ISO standards, including the GTIN, GLN, and SSCC.

GS1 also acts as the secretariat for ISO's Automatic identification and data capture techniques technical committee (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31).

GS1 standards are developed and maintained through the GS1 Global Standards Management Process (GSMP), a community-based forum that brings together representatives from different industries and businesses.

Retail and marketplaces
Retail was the first industry that GS1 began working with and has remained their primary focus. Today, GS1 operates in four retail sub-sectors on a global level: Apparel, Fresh Foods, CPG and General Merchandise.

Key focus areas in retail include sustainability, data quality, compliance with regulatory requirements, traceability of products from their origin through delivery, and upstream integration between manufacturers and suppliers.

As consumers are recurring to e-commerce more often throughout the years, GS1 has developed standards that uniquely identify products for the benefit of consumers and for search engines, providing accurate and complete product information digitally.

Major e-commerce companies such as eBay, Amazon and Google Shopping require companies to use a GS1 GTIN to sell on their websites.

Healthcare
Since 2005, GS1 has operated in Healthcare with the primary objective to enhance patient safety, and to drive supply chain efficiencies.

More than 70 countries have healthcare-related regulations or trading partner requirements where GS1 standards are being used for the above reasons as well for medicines as medical devices. Members of GS1 Healthcare include more than 140 leading healthcare organisations worldwide.

Other industries
GS1 operates three other key industries globally: Transport & Logistics, Food service and Technical Industries. GS1's 118 Member Organisations in 150 countries around the world collectively focus on dozens of industry sectors.

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Yemrehana Krestos

Yemrehana Krestos (, Yəmrəḥannä Krəstos, often referred to as "Yəmrəḥa" in the sources) was the third king of the Zagwe dynasty, ruling during the second half of the twelfth century. His biography is recorded in the Gädlä Yəmrəḥannä Krəstos.

Reign
According to Taddesse Tamrat, he was the son of Germa Seyum, the brother of Tatadim; however the Italian scholar Carlo Conti Rossini published in 1902 a document that stated Yemrehana Krestos was the successor of Na'akueto La'ab, and succeeded by Yetbarak. According to a manuscript Pedro Páez and Manuel de Almeida saw at Axum, he ruled for 40 years.

A council presided over by Yemrehana Krestos condemned Syrian and Egyptian monks who taught that the body of Jesus Christ was not of the same nature as most human beings, and as a result they were persecuted and driven out of the places in which they were living.

Accomplishments
Yemrehana Krestos constructed a lavish stone church in the Aksumite style, ornamented with objects from Egypt. Located 12 miles northeast from Lalibela, the Yemrehana Krestos Church was built in a large northeast-facing cave on the western side of Mount Abuna Yosef. Until the construction of a road in 2000, this church was reachable only after "a long day's arduous journey on foot or mule".

Reputation
Some believe that he is the Ethiopian king who inspired the myth of Prester John. Taddesse Tamrat describes him as the king of Ethiopia closest to a priest, noting that he insisted on ruling Ethiopia according to Apostolic canons. Stuart Munro-Hay speculates that "Abu Salih's description of the kings of Abyssinia as priests might have been based on information about this ruler that had reached Egypt.

Francisco Alvarez stated that Yemrehana Krestos began the tradition of confining rival heirs to the Imperial throne at Amba Geshen, although this is disputed.

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