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==Poisoned==
* [[Scot Young]]
* [[Boris Berezovsky]]
* [[Alexander Perepilichnyy]] / [[Alexander Perepilichny]]
* [[Alexander Litvinenko]]
* [[Igor Ponomarev]]
* [[Gareth Williams]]
* [[Yuri Golubev]]
* [[Johnny Elichaoff]]
* [[Robert Curtis]] / [[Robbie Curtis]]
* [[Paul Castle]]
* Dr [[Matthew Puncher]]
* [[Badri Patarkatsishvili]]
* [[Stephen Moss]]
* [[Stephen Curtis]]
* [[Sergei Skripal]]
* [[Nikolai Glushkov]]


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Testing

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Location
! Used for
! Effect
! Operational
! Current status
|-
| [[R1 (nuclear reactor)|R1]] || [[Royal Institute of Technology|KTH]], [[Stockholm]] || Research ||align="right"| 1 MW || 1954–1970 || dismantled
|-
| R2 || [[Studsvik]] || Research, production of isotopes for industry ||align="right"| 50 MW || 1960–2005 || shut down
|-
| R2-0 || Studsvik || Research, production of isotopes for industry ||align="right"| 1 MW || 1960–2005 || shut down
|-
| R3 || Farsta, Stockholm || [[District heating]] ||align="right"| 80 MW || 1963–1973 || shut down
|-
| R4 || Marviken, [[Norrköping]] || Research, plutonium production ||align="center"| — || never completed || abandoned in 1970
|-
|}




{| class="wikitable"
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! Comparison
|-
|-
! Carat
! Percent
|-
| [[22]] || [[925]] 
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| 18 || 750
|-
|}

==Age calculator==

 {{death date and age|1963|11|22|1917|5|29}}
 {{birth date and age|1954|06|16}}

==Test==
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==Teotwawki==
'''TEOTWAWKI''' is an [[acronym]] standing for "'''T'''he '''E'''nd '''O'''f '''T'''he '''W'''orld '''A'''s '''W'''e '''K'''now '''I'''t". The acronym is spoken "Tee-ought-walk-ee". It is used often online by members of [[Survivalism|survivalist]] groups, but has spread into common usage, making an appearance in lyrics by [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]]  The acronym was first coined by Mike Medintz on misc.survivalism in the mid 1990's.

It also featured as a title of season 3, episode 3 of the television series [[Millennium (TV series)]] in which a spree killing at a [[United States|U.S.]] high school is linked to a plot by technology millionaires to survive the fallout from the [[millennium bug]] and consequent collapse of civilized society.

==See also==
*[[End of the world]]
*[[Survivalism]]
*''[[It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)]]''

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This is a group of [[nicknames]], widely used in the British press in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, for which there is no formal name.

== Gazza ==
Probably the best known of these eponyms and the one that, in Britain at least, gave rise to the others was "Gazza" (''c''.1990) for the England international footballer, [[Paul Gascoigne]] (b.1967). Gascoigne claims this name was handed down by his father, who was originally known as "Gassa", but changed the name when his football coach pronounced it with a marked "zz" sound <ref>Gascoigne, Paul, ''Gazza: Daft as a Brush'' (1990, Queen Anne Press) ({{ISBN|0-356-19751-4}})
</ref>. However, "Gazza" itself was not an original form {{Fact|date=June 2007}} and was quite possibly derived from "Bazza", a popular nickname in Australia.

In 1998 the controversy over Gascoigne's omission from the England squad for the World Cup finals in France was dubbed "Gazzagate" (in imitation of the [[Watergate]] scandal of the 1970s). Gascoigne's autobiography (2006) was entitled ''Being Gazza: My Road to Hell and Back.''

==Australia==
Although British works of reference tend not to make the link, it seems likely that the progenitor of "Gazza" was "'''Bazza'''", the nickname of both the Australian actor and writer [[Barry Humphries]] (b.1934) {{Fact|date=June 2007}} and his creation, [[Barry McKenzie]]. McKenzie first appeared in Britain in 1968 in a fortnightly strip cartoon in the satirical magazine ''[[Private Eye]]'' <ref>See Richard Ingrams (ed 1971) ''The Life and Times of Private Eye 1961-1971''; Harry Thompson (1994) ''Richard Ingrams: Lord of the Gnomes''</ref> and was brought to life by [[Barry Crocker]] in the 1972 film, ''[[The Adventures of Barry McKenzie]]''.

Similar forms (including "Gazza" or "Gaz" for men named Gary) were widespread in Australia {{Fact|date=June 2007}}, where, as the Oxford lexicographer [[Susie Dent]] noted in ''[[The Language Report]]'' (2003), boundaries between formal and informal usage are often more fluid than elsewhere. By contrast, in Britain the "-zza" and similar forms tended to be associated with various politicians or celebrities whose activities were widely reported in the press, especially those with extrovert, troubled or, in the case particularly of women, feisty, personalities {{Fact|date=June 2007}}. 

"Bazza" (as well as the abbreviated "Baz") was applied in Australia to just about anyone with the first name "Barry" {{Fact|date=June 2007}}. Prominent examples included Labor politician [[Barry Jones (Australian politician)|Barry Jones]] (b.1932), [[Australian rules football]]er [[Barry Hall]] (b.1977) and British motor-cyclist [[Barry Sheene]] (1950-2003). "Gazzas" included Australian rules players, [[Gary Ablett]] (b.1961) and [[Garry Lyon]] (b.1967) {{Fact|date=June 2007}}.

== British men ==
In imitation of "Gazza", the British Conservative Cabinet Minister [[Michael Heseltine]] (b.1933), who was Deputy Prime Minister 1995-7, became widely known as "'''Hezza'''". It is possible that this form was suggested in part by Heseltine's other nickname, "[[Tarzan]]" (which also contains the letters "za"). [[John Prescott]] (b.1938), who was Heseltine's Labour successor as Deputy Prime Minister from 1997, was frequently dubbed "'''Prezza'''". Following a public spat between Heseltine and Prescott in 2006 ("Prezza vs Hezza" <ref>Headline in ''Daily Mail'', quoted in Susie Dent (2006) ''The Language Report''</ref>), British Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] remarked in the House of Commons, "I prefer Prezza to Hezza" <ref>House of Commons Hansard Debates for 10 May 2006 [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm060510/debtext/60510-0208.htm]</ref>.

Other prominent male examples of the "-zza" in Britain were:

*"'''Bozza'''" for [[Boris Johnson]] (b.1964), who succeeded Heseltine as Conservative Member of Parliament for Henley-on-Thames in 2001; 
*"'''Chazza'''" for [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] (b.1948);
*"'''Jezza'''" for television presenter and journalist [[Jeremy Clarkson]] (b.1960);
*"'''Mozza'''" for musician [[Morrissey]] (b.1959), formerly of [[the Smiths]]; and.
*"'''Wazza'''" for Manchester United and England footballer [[Wayne Rooney]] (b.1985) ("Wazza came into the dressing-room and told me he'd just pulled a ball out of the sky in front of the fans" - [[Rio Ferdinand]] <ref>''The Times'', 12 June 2006</ref>); and
*"'''Wozza'''" for chef [[Antony Worrall Thompson]] (b.1951) [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001290023-2006250040,00.html]

During the 2006 football [[2006 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], ''Private Eye'' referred to [[Gary Lineker]] (b.1960), TV presenter and former England footballer, as "Gazza" ("Gazza grinningly signed off ..." <ref>''Private Eye'', 23 June 2006</ref>).

== British women ==
Recurring female "-zzas" included:

*"'''Chezza'''", which has been used in respect of barrister [[Cherie Booth]] (b.1954), wife of Tony Blair, and singer [[Cheryl Tweedy|Cheryl Cole]] (''née'' Tweedy, 1983) of the group [[Girls Aloud]];
*"'''Gezza'''", given to former [[Spice Girls]] member and soloist [[Geri Halliwell]] (b.1972);
*“'''Mazza'''” for Norwegian-born journalist and broadcaster [[Mariella Frostrup]] (b.1962) <ref>Compton Miller (1997) ''Who’s Really! Who''</ref>;
*"'''Shazza'''" for impresario [[Sharon Osbourne]] (b.1952), wife of musician "Ozzy" Osbourne [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001320029-2006240147,00.html]; and
*"'''Shezza'''" for Paul Gascoigne's former wife, Sheryl, and others with that name, including occasionally the American singer and songwriter [[Sheryl Crow]] (b.1962). 

The Russian tennis champion [[Maria Sharapova]] (b.1987), who won the women's singles at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] in 2004, was sometimes referred to in the British press as "Shazza" (especially in terms of her being a "starlet"). Some popular newspapers adopted "Chazza" when reporting the private life of the Welsh singer, [[Charlotte Church]] (b.1986), and "Gazza" with reference to Welsh international rugby player, [[Gavin Henson]] (b.1982), with whom Church was (and still is) linked romantically.

== Similar forms ==
* '''"-a" form''', as in '''Carra''' for footballer [[Jamie Carragher]] <ref>''Metro'', 1 June 2006; ''Sunday Times'', 2 July 2006</ref> ("Carra Kop Euro rap"<ref>''The Sun'', 8 August 2006</ref>); '''Rafa''' for [[Rafael Benitez]], Liverpool football coach from 2004 ("Rafa rings the changes as Reds finally impress" <ref>''Metro'', 13 September 2006 </ref>); and '''Sheva''' for Chelsea's Ukrainian-born striker [[Andriy Shevchenko]] ("Sheva is not untouchable" <ref>''The Sun'', 8 December 2006</ref>)

* '''[[Macca]]''', as in musician [[Sir Paul McCartney]], whose second wife, [[Heather Mills]], was known as '''[[Macca|Lady Macca]]''', England football manager [[Steve McClaren]] and [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] legend [[John McDermott (English footballer)|John McDermott]].

* '''[[Oxford '-er']]''', as in rugger, soccer, footer

==Notes==
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==Controversy===
 
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Some{{Who|date=June 2010}} contend that the cup only first received scholarly analysis in 1993 due to its controversial subject matter. However, this is probably not the whole story. For centuries, at least since the time of the writings of [[Johann Joachim Winckelmann]], cultural and visual art objects with homoerotic scenes that survived censorship were traded privately in underground markets by people with like interests.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}} In the 1980s, due to changing attitudes towards, and greater acceptance of [[homosexuality]] in general, many of these objects came onto public, non-clandestine art markets and onto view in public museums (the Cup was loaned by a private owner for public exhibition in the [[Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig|Antikenmuseum Basel]] and the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York), for the first time in centuries. Thus, the increase in scholarly attention was probably due to excitement about the recently-surfaced objects and their histories, as well as a need for authentication and attention that [[capitalism|capitalist]] [[art sale|art market]]s require.

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