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Talk:Invasions of Afghanistan

informal
Wow! Do we want this informal opening in an encyclopedia?

On the other hand, it works very well.

Paul, in Saudi

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"...which may have led to the dissolution of Soviet communism."

That sounds like stretching it a bit, doesn't it? I'd think it sooner was the other way around; the fall of communism prompting withdrawal from Afghanistan? – Rafiki (talk) 13:29, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

British Invasions?
What about the British invasions of Afghanistan? I believe they were the Anglo-Afghan Wars...

Misleading
I'm not sure how accurate this article is. It seems to be a lot of opinion as well as fact and the wording of the article seems a bit bias.

So how does one get the article flagged for review?

Incorrect information
The line "kick starting US-funding for Islamic resistance groups" is not the modern consensus. It is now understood that Carter began funding the Mujaheddin in an effort to destablise Afghanistan and to draw the USSR into a Vietnam like conflict. This article on the other hand makes it sound like the opposite occured.

Also, there could be more information regarding Alexanders time in Afghanistan such as the guerilla campaign, the statements about the discover of oil wells and the foundation of historical cities.--Senor Freebie (talk) 03:51, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

The "British Invasions" paragraph is riddled with spelling mistakes.
Just thought I'd mention this!

Orphaned references in Invasions of Afghanistan
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Invasions of Afghanistan's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Britannica": From Australia: "Smallest continent and sixth largest country (in area) on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans." From Islam:  From South Asia: "Asia" > Overview. Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 2009: "The Indian subcontinent is home to a vast diversity of peoples, most of whom speak languages from the Indo-Aryan subgroup of the Indo-European family." From Timurid dynasty: Encyclopædia Britannica, "Timurid Dynasty", Online Academic Edition, 2007. (Quotation:...Turkic dynasty descended from the conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), renowned for its brilliant revival of artistic and intellectual life in Iran and Central Asia....Trading and artistic communities were brought into the capital city of Herat, where a library was founded, and the capital became the centre of a renewed and artistically brilliant Persian culture...) From Afghanistan:  From Muhammad:  From Khwarazmian dynasty: Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Khwarezm-Shah-Dynasty", (LINK) From Islamic conquest of Afghanistan: Afghanistan, The 7th-18th centuries, Encyclopædia Britannica

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 07:23, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Soviet intervention?
"British Invasion"
 "American Invasion" but
 Soviet intervention?

Why? --BoogaLouie (talk) 20:50, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

This section has now been revised,including the title, to take into account classified Central Committee and Politburo documents that have been available online since 1999 and give a clear idea of discussions within the Soviet leadership throughout 1979, in the lead-up to the invasion in early December.

These documents reached the West by several routes, a substantial number being passed by the Russian archives directly to research institutions in the West. Their significance has been examined and discussed many times since then, e.g. in volume 4 of the Cold War in History Project bulletin, published in November 2001.

John Crowfoot (talk) 19:36, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Style Consistency
This and similar articles should respect the secular BCE and CE style rather than BC and AD.

 * While presumed that that was obviously appropriate, and would favor it were discussion of the question reopened, my recollection is that it's the prerogative of the first editor of the article who finds a legitimate need to distinguish between those two eras (only antiquarians and astronomers have any need to even know that more than two calendric eras exist), to make the choice, and that succeeding editors are to maintain that choice within that article. As it were, even unwise, and even deliberately partisan, choices are better than the alternative edit wars.) That said, I'll refresh my recollection, and with any luck, report back on my new understanding of the current wise or unwise policy.  That said, editors should, no excuses, sign (using 4 of these tilde marks
 * even if your change to the talk page seems too small to mention. The information of the time, and account or ip-address, cannot be concealed, and the failure to sign is evidence of either ill-will or recklessness on your part. --JerzyA (talk) 02:22, 10 September 2019 (UTC) Oops! --JerzyA (talk) 02:24, 10 September 2019 (UTC) & minutes earlier
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Removed False Claims
The following claim is an outright falsification provided with 0 evidence. "The Afghanistan area has been invaded many times in recorded history, but no invader has been able to control all of its regions at the same time, and at some point faced rebellion."

1. Alexander had completely pacified Afghanistan before he moved on to the Indus. He did spend 3 years defeating guerrilla leaders but in the end Macedonian control was secured. 2. The Bactrians (Indo-Greeks) 3. The Kushans likely controlled the entire region. However, the absence of Kushan writing makes it difficult to know if they had 100% control or not. 4. The Ghurid and Khwarezm Empires held total control. 5. The Mongols then held total control for over a hundred years. This is indisputable (see rashid al din etc). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.247.69.66 (talk) 22:57, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

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Ashley MacIsaac

Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac (born February 24, 1975) is a Canadian fiddler, pianist, singer and songwriter from Cape Breton Island. He has received three Juno Awards, winning for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo at the Juno Awards of 1996, and for Best Instrumental Artist at the Juno Awards of 1997. His 1995 album Hi™ How Are You Today? was a double-platinum selling Canadian record. MacIsaac published an autobiography, Fiddling with Disaster in 2003.

Life and family
MacIsaac was born in Creignish, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island. His sister Lisa is also a fiddler, who has her own alternative country band, Madison Violet. She also appears on his album Helter's Celtic, which was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario.

His cousins Alexis MacIsaac, Wendy MacIsaac and Natalie MacMaster are also touring fiddlers. He is also a distant cousin of the White Stripes guitarist and lead vocalist Jack White. The two met and MacIsaac opened for the White Stripes concert in Glace Bay in 2007.

In 2007, MacIsaac married Andrew Stokes. According to MacIsaac, spoken during his February 25, 2017, concert at Koerner Hall in Toronto, they are now divorced. He lives in Windsor, Ontario.

Career
MacIsaac's album Hi™ How Are You Today?, featuring the hit single "Sleepy Maggie", with vocals in Scottish Gaelic by Mary Jane Lamond was released in 1995. The song peaked at number 13 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart and found minor success in the United States, reaching number two on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100. Hi™ How Are You Today? was a double-platinum selling Canadian record and earned MacIsaac a 1996 Juno in the category Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo. During his early career, MacIsaac subtly acknowledged his sexual identity, sometimes wearing a set of rainbow flag freedom rings on a neck chain in promotional photos, but avoided explicitly coming out to the press. He officially came out in 1996 after Frank, a Canadian gossip magazine, published a cover story about his sexuality. In 1996, in a Maclean's interview, he claimed that he had discussed his sexual life, including his young boyfriend and a claimed fondness for watersports, in an interview with the LGBT newsmagazine The Advocate. The Advocate did not print any of the material, but Maclean's dropped him from its year-end honours list.

In 1996, MacIsaac toured the United States as an opening act for the Chieftains. It was widely reported in the media that another opener, folk singer Nanci Griffith, dropped out of the tour because she objected to MacIsaac's musical style, but Griffith later confirmed in Rolling Stone that her primary conflict was not with MacIsaac's style, but with tour organizers over how much time was available for her after the addition of MacIsaac to the bill. On a 1997 Late Night with Conan O'Brien appearance, his leg kick lifted his kilt high enough that his genitals were visible to the studio audience, although they were blurred out in post-production before the actual broadcast. On that same year he also featured as a guest on Toronto indie rock band Glueleg's final studio album, Clodhopper, specifically on the album's second track, "See Saw Man".

In 1998 MacIsaac fought successfully to be independent of his record label. He subsequently signed with the independent label Loggerhead Records for his 1999 album Helter's Celtic. During the promotional tour for that album, he indicated to the press that he had battled an addiction to crack cocaine from 1997 to 1999. In 1999, a journalist for The New Yorker noted MacIsaac's rock-star bravado and eccentricities.

In December 1999, MacIsaac screamed obscenities at a New Year's Eve rave in Halifax; the performance led to cancellations of his concerts across Canada and a "media frenzy over his perceived downward spiral". MacIsaac got into a media spat with his label Loggerhead after the label sent out a press release distancing itself from his actions. Also the same year, MacIsaac told the Halifax Chronicle-Herald that he was on the verge of declaring bankruptcy, retracted the statement within a few days, and then actually filed for bankruptcy several months later. In 2003, MacIsaac was alleged to have made a racist statement on stage, at a show where he reportedly accused an Asian woman in the audience of spreading SARS. He subsequently stated that the comment was intended as an ironic parody of racism, and sued the Ottawa Citizen for misrepresenting the statement as racist when in fact he was speaking out against racial profiling happening in Canada at the time. In 2005, MacIsaac signed on with Linus Entertainment, forming a rock band with himself on lead vocals and guitar. In 2010, MacIsaac wrote a charity single, "Dreams", to benefit Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, a skier from Ghana who was the first Ghanaian athlete ever to compete in the Winter Olympics. In addition to Matthew Harder of the band House of Doc and Geoffrey Kelly, Vince Ditrich and Tobin Frank of the band Spirit of the West, Nkrumah-Acheampong himself participated in the recording, playing traditional Ghanaian percussion. The single, credited to the Parallel Band, was released to iTunes on February 19, 2010. MacIsaac also performed in the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.

In 2016, MacIsaac co-hosted, with Heather Rankin, the East Coast Music Awards.

Political involvement
MacIsaac has declared an interest in politics and has stated, in a letter to the National Post, that he is studying constitutional law so as to pursue an entry into Canadian federal politics.

In the March 20, 2006, edition of the Halifax Daily News, MacIsaac declared himself a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. He denied that his campaign was a publicity stunt, telling the Canadian Press that he fully intended to mount a serious campaign, but on June 21, 2006, he decided to no longer take part in the leadership race. In 2013, he again suggested to the press that he was interested in entering politics, although he did not specify for which political party.

Equipment and playing style
MacIsaac plays a right-handed fiddle left-handed, most notably allowing it to remain strung right-handed, a highly unusual style of playing. MacIsaac however explained in a 2014 interview for the Celtic Colours Festival that during his first fiddle lesson with Stan Chapman when his father asked if he should change the strings around the other way, Stan said "Well, if you change the strings on your fiddle, you'll never be able to play anyone else's fiddle. So if he's gonna learn that way, learn that way". In the same interview, MacIsaac also elaborated that his unorthodox playing style allows the lower notes to remain on the lower side of the fiddle, and this allows him to go up to the higher notes; he said it "just makes sonic sense" to him to have the strings upside down.

Filmography

 * The Hanging Garden – Basil, wedding musician (1997)
 * Power Play – himself (one episode, 1999)
 * New Waterford Girl – Town fiddler (1999)
 * Nabbie no koi – Ashley O'Connor (1999)
 * Marion Bridge – Mickey (2002)
 * Life and Times – himself (one episode, 2005)
 * Through the Times Self released DVD – himself at the Doryman Tavern
 * Under Great White Northern Lights – Ashley performance Savoy Theatre, Glace Bay (2009)
 * Storage Wars Canada – as himself, appraises found violin (2015)
 * Celebrity Portraits – as himself 2 episodes (2009)
 * Son of Man – Mark (short film, 2023)

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The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister. In writing the play, Williams drew on an earlier short story, as well as a screenplay he had written under the title of The Gentleman Caller.

The play premiered in Chicago in 1944. After a shaky start, it was championed by Chicago critics Ashton Stevens and Claudia Cassidy, whose enthusiasm helped build audiences so the producers could move the play to Broadway where it won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1945. The Glass Menagerie was Williams' first successful play; he went on to become one of America's most highly regarded playwrights.

Characters

 * Amanda Wingfield:A faded Southern belle who grew up in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, abandoned by her husband, and who is trying to raise her two children under harsh financial conditions. Amanda yearns for the comforts of her youth and also longs for her children to have the same comforts, but her devotion to them has made her – as she admits at one point – almost "hateful" towards them.
 * Tom Wingfield:Amanda's son. Tom works at a shoe warehouse to support his family but is frustrated by his job and aspires to be a poet. He struggles to write, all the while being sleep-deprived and irritable. Yet, he escapes from reality through nightly excursions to the movies. Tom feels both obligated toward yet burdened by his family and longs to escape.
 * Laura Wingfield:Amanda's daughter and Tom's elder sister. A childhood illness has left her with a limp, and she has a mental fragility and an inferiority complex that has isolated her from the outside world. She has created a world of her own symbolized by her collection of glass figurines. The unicorn may represent Laura because it is unique and fragile.
 * Jim O'Connor:An old high school acquaintance of Tom and Laura. Jim was a popular athlete and actor during his days at Soldan High School. Subsequent years have been less kind to Jim; by the time of the play's action, he is working as a shipping clerk at the same shoe warehouse as Tom. His hope to shine again is conveyed by his study of public speaking, radio engineering, and ideas of self-improvement that appear related to those of Dale Carnegie.
 * Mr. Wingfield:Amanda's absent husband, and Laura's and Tom's father. Mr. Wingfield was a handsome man, full of charm, who worked for a telephone company and eventually "fell in love with long-distance," abandoning his family 16 years before the play's action. Although he does not appear onstage, Mr. Wingfield is frequently referred to by Amanda, and his picture is prominently displayed in the Wingfields' living room. This unseen character appears to incorporate elements of Williams' father.

Synopsis
The play is introduced to the audience by Tom, the narrator and protagonist, as a memory play based on his recollection of his mother Amanda and his sister Laura. Because the play is based on memory, Tom cautions the audience that what they see may not be precisely what happened.

Amanda Wingfield, a faded Southern belle of middle age, shares a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son Tom, in his early 20s, and his slightly older sister, Laura. Although she is a survivor and a pragmatist, Amanda yearns for the comforts and admiration she remembers from her days as a fêted debutante. She worries especially about the future of her daughter Laura, a young woman with a limp (an after-effect of a bout of pleurosis) and a tremulous insecurity about the outside world. Tom works in a shoe warehouse doing his best to support the family. He chafes under the banality and boredom of everyday life and struggles to write while spending much of his spare time going to the movies—or so he says—at all hours of the night.

Amanda is obsessed with finding a suitor (or, as she puts it, a "gentleman caller") for Laura, whose crippling shyness has led her to drop out of both high school and a subsequent secretarial course, and who spends much of her time polishing and arranging her collection of little glass animals. Pressured by his mother to help find a caller for Laura, Tom invites Jim, an acquaintance from work, home for dinner.

The delighted Amanda spruces up the apartment, prepares a special dinner, and converses coquettishly with Jim, almost reliving her youth when she had an abundance of suitors calling on her. Laura discovers that Jim is the boy she was attracted to in high school and has often thought of since, though the relationship between the shy Laura and the "most likely to succeed" Jim was never more than a distant, teasing acquaintanceship. Initially, Laura is so overcome by shyness that she is unable to join the others at dinner, and she claims to be ill. After dinner, however, Jim and Laura are left alone by candlelight in the living room, waiting for the electricity to be restored. (Tom has not paid the power bill, which hints to the audience that he is banking the bill money and preparing to leave the household.) As the evening progresses, Jim recognizes Laura's feelings of inferiority and encourages her to think better of herself. He and Laura share a quiet dance, in which he accidentally brushes against her glass menagerie, knocking a glass unicorn to the floor and breaking off its horn. Jim then compliments Laura and kisses her. After Jim tells Laura that he is engaged to be married, Laura asks him to take the broken unicorn as a gift and he then leaves. When Amanda learns that Jim is to be married, she turns her anger upon Tom and cruelly lashes out at him, although Tom did not know that Jim was engaged. Tom seems quite surprised by this, and it is possible that Jim was only making up the story of the engagement as he felt that the family was trying to set him up with Laura, and he had no romantic interest in her.

The play concludes with Tom saying that he left home soon afterward and never returned. He then bids farewell to his mother and sister and asks Laura to blow out the candles.

Original Broadway cast
The Glass Menagerie opened on Broadway in the Playhouse Theatre on March 31, 1945, and played there until June 29, 1946. It then moved to the Royale Theatre from July 1, 1946, until its closing on August 3, 1946. The show was directed by Eddie Dowling and Margo Jones. The cast for opening night was as follows:
 * Eddie Dowling as Tom Wingfield
 * Laurette Taylor as Amanda Wingfield
 * Julie Haydon as Laura Wingfield
 * Anthony Ross as Jim O'Connor

Laurette Taylor's performance as Amanda set a standard against which subsequent actresses taking the role were to be judged, typically to their disadvantage. In the 2004 documentary Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There, Broadway veterans rank Taylor's performance as the most memorable of their lives.

The play won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award as Best American Play. Williams gave credit to two Chicago critics, Claudia Cassidy and Ashton Stevens, for "giving him a 'start...in a fashion'..." Cassidy wrote that the play had "the stamina of success ..." Stevens wrote that the play had "the courage of true poetry ..."

Autobiographical elements
The characters and story mimic Williams' own life more closely than any of his other works: Williams (whose real name was Thomas) closely resembles Tom, and his mother inspires Amanda. His sickly and mentally unstable older sister Rose provides the basis for the fragile Laura (whose nickname in the play is "Blue Roses", a result of a bout of pleurosis as a high school student), though it has also been suggested that Laura may incorporate aspects of Williams himself, referencing his introverted nature and obsessive focus on just one aspect of life (writing for Williams and glass animals in Laura's case). Williams, who was close to Rose growing up, learned to his horror that in 1943, in his absence, his sister had been subjected to a botched lobotomy. Rose was left incapacitated and institutionalized for the rest of her life. With the success of The Glass Menagerie, Williams was to give half of the royalties from the play to his mother. He later designated half of the royalties from his play Summer and Smoke to provide for Rose's care, arranging for her move from the state hospital to a private sanitarium. Eventually, he was to leave the bulk of his estate to ensure Rose's continuing care. Rose died in 1996.

Development
The play was reworked from one of Williams' short stories "Portrait of a Girl in Glass" (1943; published 1948). The story is also written from the point of view of narrator Tom Wingfield, and many of his soliloquies from The Glass Menagerie seem lifted straight from this original. Certain elements have been omitted from the play, including the reasons for Laura's fascination with Jim's freckles (linked to a book that she loved and often reread, Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter). Generally, the story contains the same plot as the play, with certain sections given more emphasis, and character details edited (for example, in the story, Jim nicknames Tom "Slim", instead of "Shakespeare" ). Another basis for the play is a screenplay Williams wrote under the title of The Gentleman Caller. Williams had been briefly contracted as a writer to MGM, and he apparently envisioned Ethel Barrymore and Judy Garland for the roles that eventually became Amanda and Laura, although when the play was eventually filmed in 1950, Gertrude Lawrence was cast as Amanda and Jane Wyman as Laura.

In 1944, after several reworkings, while touring on the road, the play arrived at the Civic Theatre in Chicago. The producers wanted more changes and were heavily pressuring Williams for a happy ending. The play had not found an audience and production was being considered for closing after the opening night in Chicago. Then the reviews by critics Ashton Stevens in The Chicago Herald-American and Claudia Cassidy in the Chicago Tribune came out. They praised the production, especially the writing and the performance by Laurette Taylor, with Cassidy writing about it several times. These reviews drove Chicago audiences to the Civic Theater and the play became a hit, propelling it to Broadway the next year.

Film
Two Hollywood film versions of The Glass Menagerie have been produced.

The first, released in 1950 and directed by Irving Rapper, stars Gertrude Lawrence (Amanda), Jane Wyman (Laura), Arthur Kennedy (Tom) and Kirk Douglas (Jim). Williams characterized this version, which had an implied happy ending grafted onto it in the style of American films from that era, as the worst adaptation of his work. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote, "As much as we hate to say so, Miss Lawrence's performance does not compare with the tender and radiant creation of the late Laurette Taylor on the stage." The film has never been released on home media.

In 1987, a second adaptation was released, directed by Paul Newman and starring Joanne Woodward (Amanda), Karen Allen (Laura), John Malkovich (Tom) and James Naughton (Jim). If anything, this was even less well-received than the earlier film and sank without much attention. However, The New York Times reviewer noted it "starts stiffly and gets better as it goes along, with the dinner-party sequence its biggest success; in this highly charged situation, Miss Woodward's Amanda indeed seems to flower. But quiet reverence is its prevailing tone, and in the end, that seems thoroughly at odds with anything Williams ever intended." Similar to the earlier incarnation, it has yet to receive a physical media release.

In 2004, an Indian adaptation of the play, filmed in the Malayalam language, was released, titled Akale (At a Distance). Directed by Shyamaprasad, the story is set in the southern Indian state of Kerala in the 1970s, in an Anglo-Indian/Latin Catholic household. The characters were renamed to fit context (the surname Wingfield was changed to D'Costa, reflecting the part-Portuguese heritage of the family — probably on the absent father's side, since the mother is Anglo-Indian), but the story remains essentially the same. It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran as Neil D'Costa (Tom Wingfield), Geethu Mohandas as Rosemary D'Costa (Laura Wingfield), Sheela as Margaret D'Costa (Amanda Wingfield) and Tom George Kolath as Freddy Evans (Jim O'Connor). Sheela won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Geethu Mohandas won the Kerala State Film Award for the best actress.

The 2011 Iranian film Here Without Me is also an adaptation of the play, in a contemporary Iranian setting.

Radio
The first radio adaptation was performed on Theatre Guild on the Air in 1951 starring Helen Hayes as Amanda with Montgomery Clift as Tom, Kathryn Baird as Laura and Karl Malden as Jim.

A 1953 adaptation appeared on the radio series Best Plays starring Evelyn Varden as Amanda and Geraldine Page as Laura. Jane Wyman recreated her film portrayal of Laura for a 1954 adaptation on Lux Radio Theatre with Fay Bainter as Amanda and Frank Lovejoy as Tom and Tom Brown as Jim. The 1953 version is not known to survive but recordings of the other two are in circulation.

In 1964, Caedmon Records produced an LP version as the initial issue of its theatre series. The production starred Jessica Tandy as Amanda, Montgomery Clift as Tom, Julie Harris as Laura and David Wayne as the gentleman caller. The recording is now available in the form of an audio app.

In 2020, BBC Radio 3 adapted the play with Anastasia Hille as Amanda, George MacKay as Tom, Patsy Ferran as Laura, Sope Dirisu as Jim. This version is available on the BBC iPlayer

Television
The first television version, recorded on videotape and starring Shirley Booth as Amanda, was broadcast on December 8, 1966, as part of CBS Playhouse. Barbara Loden played Laura, Hal Holbrook played Tom and Pat Hingle played the Gentleman Caller. Booth was nominated for an Emmy for her performance. The videotape, long thought to be lost, was reconstructed from unedited takes found in the archives of the University of Southern California and an audio recording of the original telecast. On December 8, 2016 — fifty years to the day after the original telecast — a re-assembled version of the play was shown on TCM.

A second television adaptation was broadcast on ABC on December 16, 1973, starring Katharine Hepburn as Amanda, Sam Waterston as Tom, Joanna Miles as Laura and Michael Moriarty as Jim. It was directed by Anthony Harvey. (Tom's initial soliloquy is cut from this version; it opens with him walking alone in an alley, sitting on a rampart to read the newspaper and having his sister's and mother's voices conjure up the first domestic scene.) All four actors were nominated for Emmy Awards, with Moriarty and Miles winning.

Later stage productions
The Glass Menagerie has had several Broadway revivals. Maureen Stapleton, Anne Pitoniak, Jessica Tandy, Julie Harris, Jessica Lange, Judith Ivey, Harriet Harris, Cherry Jones, Sally Field and Amy Adams have all portrayed Amanda Wingfield.
 * The play had its London premiere at Theatre Royal Haymarket, beginning July 28, 1948 in a production directed by John Gielgud.
 * Helen Hayes as Amanda Wingfield
 * Frances Heflin as Laura Wingfield
 * Phil Brown as Tom Wingfield
 * Hugh McDermott as Jim O'Connor
 * May 4 to October 2, 1965, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre
 * Maureen Stapleton as Amanda Wingfield
 * Piper Laurie as Laura Wingfield
 * George Grizzard as Tom Wingfield
 * Pat Hingle as Jim O'Connor
 * December 18, 1975, to February 22, 1976, at the Circle in the Square Theatre
 * Maureen Stapleton as Amanda Wingfield
 * Pamela Payton-Wright as Laura Wingfield
 * Rip Torn as Tom Wingfield
 * Paul Rudd as Jim O'Connor
 * Previewed October 24, 1979, to November 21, 1979, at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England;  November 21, 1979 to December 9, 1979 at the Round House Theatre, London
 * Gloria Grahame as Amanda Wingfield
 * Veronica Roberts as Laura Wingfield
 * Clive Arrindell as Tom Wingfield
 * Malcolm Ingram as Jim O'Connor
 * December 1, 1983, to February 19, 1984, at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
 * Jessica Tandy as Amanda Wingfield
 * Amanda Plummer as Laura Wingfield
 * Bruce Davison as Tom Wingfield
 * John Heard as Jim O'Connor
 * 1989 at the Royal Exchange, Manchester directed by Ian Hastings
 * Avril Elgar as Amanda Wingfield
 * Geraldine Somerville as Laura Wingfield
 * Linus Roache as Tom Wingfield
 * November 15, 1994, to January 1, 1995, at Criterion Center Stage Right
 * Julie Harris as Amanda Wingfield
 * Calista Flockhart as Laura Wingfield (in her Broadway debut)
 * Željko Ivanek as Tom Wingfield
 * Kevin Kilner as Jim O'Connor
 * In 1997, Kiefer Sutherland returned to his theatrical roots, starring with his mother, Canadian actress Shirley Douglas, in a Canadian production of The Glass Menagerie at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto.
 * March 22 to July 3, 2005, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
 * Jessica Lange as Amanda Wingfield
 * Sarah Paulson as Laura Wingfield
 * Christian Slater as Tom Wingfield
 * Josh Lucas as Jim O'Connor
 * April 2008 at the Royal Exchange, Manchester directed by Braham Murray
 * Brenda Blethyn as Amanda Wingfield
 * Emma Hamilton as Laura Wingfield
 * Mark Arends as Tom Wingfield
 * Off-Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre Company, March 24 to June 13, 2010,
 * Patch Darragh as Tom Wingfield
 * Keira Keeley as Laura Wingfield
 * Judith Ivey as Amanda Wingfield
 * Michael Mosley as Jim O'Connor
 * 2013 Broadway revival directed by John Tiffany. Previews began on September 5 and officially opened on September 26 at the Booth Theatre, closing on February 23, 2014, following an engagement at the American Repertory Theater. This production received seven 2014 Tony Award nominations, including Best Revival of a Play, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Jones), Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Smith), Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Keenan-Bolger), Best Scenic Design of a Play (Bob Crowley), Best Lighting Design of a Play (Natasha Katz) and Best Direction of a Play (John Tiffany). and three Drama Desk Award nominations, including Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Smith), Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Keenan-Bolger), and Outstanding Music in a Play (Nico Muhly).
 * Cherry Jones as Amanda Wingfield
 * Zachary Quinto as Tom Wingfield
 * Celia Keenan-Bolger as Laura Wingfield
 * Brian J. Smith as Jim O'Connor
 * 26 January to 29 April 2017, at the Duke of York's Theatre, London
 * Cherry Jones as Amanda Wingfield
 * Kate O'Flynn as Laura Wingfield
 * Michael Esper as Tom Wingfield
 * Brian J. Smith as Jim O'Connor
 * February 7 to May 21, 2017, at the Belasco Theatre, Broadway
 * Sally Field as Amanda Wingfield
 * Madison Ferris as Laura Wingfield
 * Joe Mantello as Tom Wingfield
 * Finn Wittrock as Jim O'Connor
 * 23 May - 27 August 2022 at the Duke of York's Theatre, London
 * Amy Adams as Amanda Wingfield
 * Tom Glynn-Carney as Tom Wingfield
 * Lizzie Annis as Laura Wingfield
 * Victor Alli as Jim O'Connor
 * Paul Hilton as Narrator

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Quite frankly, almost every word of this entire article falls under the second sentence of the 'biographies' box at the top of this page. Without sources, most of the information in this article should be removed, and will be, by me, some time next month. I'm giving this notice, and a bit of time, for the article to be flushed out by other editors, and hopefully, some of the 'urban legend' type information can be identified as such and removed. Thanks Aformalevent 16:44, 30 January 2007 (UTC)aformaleventAformalevent 16:44, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I've gone ahead and removed most of the Controversy section, except what was cited. I've heard many of those charges before, as well as one where he basically flaked on a tour, which significantly impacted his drawing power on later tours and his album sales, but those sorts of things need citations. If you need to see what the issue swere, [look in the history]. Argyriou (talk) 01:02, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

And thank you, User:Bearcat, for providing sources! Argyriou (talk) 18:41, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. I also noticed that while everything was sourceable, the verifiable sources actually necessitated changing a few of the details (mostly around the time frame.) Bearcat 20:00, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

I've added a bit of trivia about his distant relation to Jack White from the White Stripes. They're schedueled to perform together in a few days. Also added a reference for this, which seems to be one of few in the article.--142.162.56.157 18:36, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

 * What the hell do you mean "one of the few"? The article is referenced out the freaking wazoo. Also, I've had to fix your reference to "Glace Bay Halifax"; Glace Bay is nowhere near Halifax. Bearcat 02:15, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

MacMaster
The what of Natalie MacMaster? - Hephaestos 07:16, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * Geez. There you go. oops. :)Hyacinth 07:22, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I was like "son? student? brother? protege?" *grin*

Antigonish
Uh, Antigonish is NOT on Cape Breton Island.

 * Please sign your posts on talk pages per Sign your posts on talk pages. Thanks! Hyacinth 11:37, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm not that completist
I suppose he could be included in Category:Pederastic lovers, but I certainly won't myself. Samaritan 00:26, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

whoops
Sorry, Brian, I redid your edit...my jab was intended at the newbie whom you reverted as well. -GlamdringCookies 21:01, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

 * No prob. The newbie was right, though (despite the spelling) - someone had edited the picture itself into a pic of somebody else. I fixed the pic, then this page. --Brian Olsen 21:35, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Ohhhhhh. Understood. Made a teensy edit to hide my always impolite and now obsolete meanness to the newbie. -GlamdringCookies 01:11, 24 June 2006 (UTC) Small Text

Underage
I changed "underage boyfriend" to "significantly younger boyfriend," as "underage" is simply incorrect in this case if applied to sexual law (underage with respect to age of consent), and seemingly of dubious relevance if applied to the age of majority in other areas. If anyone has a better term in mind, shoot --Yst 07:39, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Image nominated for deletion
I just got a notice on my talk page that the image I uploaded (Image:Ashley_album4_web.jpg) has been nominated for speedy deletion, on the grounds that a free image could reasonably be provided. I don't plan on disputing this, but I thought I should mention it here - I really feel that notice should be automatically added to the articles using the image, and not just the uploader's talk page, but oh well. I don't have any way of getting a free image of Ashley, but if anyone who contributes to this page has a way of snapping a photo of him, you should probably do so! --Brian Olsen 18:56, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I added a new image which I found by searching on Flickr, this is an excellent way to locate images for articles as long as you make sure you only use images that are appropriately licensed ChrisTheDude 07:42, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Controversy Section
This is a badly written article. First of all, the paragraph about MacIssac's extended family does not belong in the overview section, especially when there's so little information about Ashley himself. And more importantly, the "Controversy" section is a mess. Not only is a mess, but other Wikipedia articles rarely have the controversies of an artist as the main bulk of the bloody article now, do they?

I sarcastically edited "In 1998, he included one hip hop song — including the word "fuck" and accompanied by hip hop gestures — in a performance at an all-ages venue in Fort Erie. Most press coverage of the incident gave the false impression that the whole show had been significantly more lewd and laden with swear words than it actually was." in hopes that someone would pick up on how extraordinarily strange this paragraph is. How was this a "hip hop song"? Was he rapping? Was there a turntablist present while he was playing his fiddle? Hype man? Some of his early songs, as this article clearly states, have a hip-hop influence anyway, so how was this particular evening different? Also, what the HELL are "hip hop gestures"? I'm vaguely offended by the image this creates, so you'd best explain it. Ever hear of "heavy metal gestures" or "R&B gestures"? Also, where does this press coverage come from and how do we know that, say, over 50% of total press was negative and misconstruing? How about a couple of quotes to back this up? Lastly, as I said at the beginning, this is just a badly written paragraph to begin with. Lewd AND laden with swear words-- so, what was lewd, if the swearing wasn't?

Okay, a couple more-- why are there trivia facts in his discography? Where is the main body of the article? Instead of a dozen short paragraphs about how controversial he has and what his plans are for the future, how about a proper article written about him and his evolution as an artist from his early professional career in New York to his present status?

--Ljosi (talk) 21:14, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree totally, this is a horrible article which currently focusses solely on the controverises surrounding Ashley, with pretty much no details of his successful musical career. I'll have a stab at rewriting it when I get a chance....... ChrisTheDude (talk) 06:51, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Racist Slur incident
Why is my question being deleted!! This is a discussion page!!! Please dont just automatically delete, deal with the issue.

Back to the issue... what I wrote

"how can it be reportedly!!!. He yelled racist slurs, screaming at the audience." It was reported reported all over the Canadian media...I specifically remember it as being also being "racist slurs".

That's the reason why is was suck a big deal!!!. This is Canada. Entertainers dont get reported on for just swearing or even yelling obscenities. It became a big deal and a news item because he was ALSO specifically yelling racist slurs, in a probably PUBLIC SPONSERED EVENT (a news years concert, probably financed by tax payers ie the town/city, not just a simple entertainment venue or club.

Original statements "You dont get tours or appearances cancelled because of something that happens...and then continue to get ignored for over years. Some people just get off too easily!!!."

(In December 1999, MacIsaac reportedly screamed obscenities at a New Year's Eve rave in Halifax; the performance led to cancellations of concerts across Canada and a "media frenzy over his perceived downward spiral".) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Starbwoy (talk • contribs) 19:06, 14 February 2011 (UTC)Starbwoy (talk) 19:47, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

 * If it was reported all over the media, provide links to the stories in reliable sources that covered the event. —C.Fred (talk) 20:36, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Why is there no mention of his marriage in the article?
In February 2007 (either late on the 17th or early on the 18th, reports vary here), McIsaac married Andrew Stokes after 19 months of dating. See http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/music/story/2007/02/18/macisaac-wedding.html and http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=6c5e249a-5c42-46b8-be87-816a5150614d for more. Dysperdis (talk) 19:37, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

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New Ireland Province

New Ireland Province, formerly New Mecklenburg (Neu-Mecklenburg), and Nova Hibernia, is the northeasternmost province of Papua New Guinea.

Physical geography
The largest island of the province is New Ireland.

Also part of the province are numerous smaller islands, including Saint Matthias Group (Mussau, Emirau), New Hanover, Djaul, Tabar Group (Tabar, Tatau, Simberi), Lihir, Tanga Group (Malendok, Boang) and Feni Islands (Ambitle, Babase) commonly called Anir Islands.

The land area of the province is around 9 560 km². The sea area within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of New Ireland Province is around 230,000 km².

Ecology
In the early days of the French Revolution while searching for a lost scientific expedition the vessel La Recherche passed by New Ireland. On board was the prominent botanist Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière who noted in his journal fine stands of teak (Tectona grandis) trees growing at the southern end of the island. This marks the easternmost occurrence of teak, an important timber tree that extends naturally from India to Thailand on the Asian mainland and also is present on Java in the Indonesian archipelago.

History
There have been at least three waves of migration into New Ireland over the last 40,000 years. The famous Lapita pottery culture was present around 3,300 years ago.

Chinese and South-East Asian contact appears to have been longstanding, though the evidence is thin.

Dutch explorers made the first European contact in 1616. It was initially believed by Europeans to be part of New Britain, but the British explorer Philip Carteret established in 1767 that the island was physically separate, and gave it the name Nova Hibernia, Latin for 'New Ireland'.

In the 1870s and 1880s, Marquis de Rays, a French nobleman, attempted to establish a French colony on the island called La Nouvelle France. He sent four ill-fated expeditions to the island, the most notable of which was the third attempt, now known simply as the De Rays Expedition, which caused the death of 123 of the 350 or so settlers.

Missionary activity did not begin until 1877, and New Ireland was colonised by Germany in 1886 under the name Neu-Mecklenburg, as part of the German partition comprising the northern half of present-day Papua New Guinea.

Blackbirding, the removal, often by force, of local young men to work on plantations in northern Australia and other Pacific islands, was widespread in New Ireland in the late 19th century, especially from Lihir Island and Tanga Islands.

Australia took control in 1914, in the early stages of World War I, and renamed the island New Ireland after the island of Ireland. It became part of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea declared in 1921 by the League of Nations and administered by Australia.

During World War II, New Ireland was occupied by Japanese forces from January 1942 to September 1945.

Australian colonial administration continued until Papua New Guinea became independent in September 1975.

The core of New Ireland's economy is agriculture, livestock, and forestry and marine products. Additionally, there is significant gold mining activity, particularly in Lihir and Simberi.

Human geography
The population during the year 2000 census was 118,350 people, the vast majority of whom (about 90%) live in small rural villages. The population is very young, with a median age of 18.7 years. Over 40% of the population is under the age of 15 years, whereas only 3% is above 65 years old.

The provincial capital is Kavieng, located on the main island's northern tip. Namatanai is another small town two-thirds of the way along the island. The Boluminski Highway runs down the east coast, linking the two towns.

Around twenty languages are spoken in New Ireland, and the number of dialects and subdialects totals perhaps 45. All are in the New Ireland languages group within the Austronesian language family, except for one language isolate, Kuot.

Culture
New Ireland, like much of Papua New Guinea, has a mixture of the old and the new: traditional cultural practices ("custom") are widespread and almost universally respected, yet society is changing as a result of church activity, urbanisation, and various aspects of global contemporary culture making their mark.

Probably the most famous cultural system of New Ireland is "Malagan", a Nalik word for an ancient and revered set of practices and ceremonies practised throughout much of the main island. Malagan is also an art where the dead are remembered through the various depictions that are carved on Malagan masks. The Malagan masks have a symbolic meaning as the dead must be remembered through the masks and ceremonies. They are the practical means of capturing the spirits of recent dead relatives or clan members. During the colonial era, significant quantities of Malagan masks were collected by European administrators and can be seen in museums all over Europe.

Districts and LLGs
Each province in Papua New Guinea has one or more districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For census purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into census units.

Provincial leaders
The province was governed by a decentralised provincial administration, headed by a Premier, from 1977 to 1995. Following reforms taking effect that year, the national government reassumed some powers, and the role of Premier was replaced by the position of Governor, to be held by the winner of the province-wide seat in the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea.

Members of the National Parliament
The province and each district are represented by a Member of the National Parliament. There is one provincial electorate, and each district is an open electorate.

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Zdob și Zdub

Zdob și Zdub (lit. 'Zdob and Zdub', onomatopoeic for the sound of a drum beat) is a Moldovan folk punk band, based in Chișinău. The band represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 21 May 2005, finishing 6th. They also represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 14 May 2011, finishing 12th, and represented Moldova again, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, on 14 May 2022, finishing 7th. The band is often referred to by its fans as ZSZ. To date, Zdob si Zdub are the only artists to have qualified from a Eurovision Song Contest semi-final three times.

1994–1999
1996 1997 1998 1999
 * "Zdob și Zdub musical band was put together in 1994 in Moldova. Before that, the singer Roman Iagupov, the bass-player Mihai Gîncu and the drummer Anatol Pugaci had together attended a school in a small town from the suburbs of Chișinău, called Străşeni. They found the missing musicians during their studies at the Sports College in Chișinău. The line-up of the band was constantly changing: sometimes the band had two singers, sometimes - two guitarists. As a result, one guitarist became a singer, the clarinettist - a drummer, and the drummer - a bass-player.
 * In the spring of 1994, Roman Iagupov met the future producer of "Zdob și Zdub" - Igor Dînga, the singer of the seminal band "Cuibul". In June, the band got some attention from the music media in Chișinău, while playing before the "Cuibul" performance.
 * In November 1994, the first demo was recorded in a professional studio, and one song, "The Lost World" passed the selection of the "Learn To Swim I" Festival in Moscow, where the band appeared for the first time as "Zdob și Zdub". The band managed to immediately capture the attention and sympathies of Moscow extreme youth and made friends with the local alternative bands, especially with the "IFK", that accepted "Zdob și Zdub" invitation to play at the "10 Years After Chernobyl" Action in Chișinău.
 * In July 1996, "Zdob și Zdub" participated at the "Learn to Swim II" Festival, where they played before the world-famous Rapcore band Rage Against the Machine. Two songs were recorded for the "Learn To Swim II" compilation: "V dome moiom" ("In My House") in Russian, and "Hardcore Moldovenesc" in Romanian. The second song has become an absolute hit, and it still is the "visit card" of the band. All national radio stations broadcast "Hardcore Moldovenesc", which became the hymn of the alternative youth in Moldova, being in the top of the hit parades. The same song was included in the "Romanian Underground" compilation in Romania, attracting attention due to the obvious Moldovan dialect.
 * At the end of 1996, as a result of the deal with the Russian label "FeeLee", "Zdob și Zdub" recorded their debut album "Hardcore Moldovenesc". The entire album is in Russian, with the exception of the title track.
 * In January 1997, the band had an opening performance for Biohazard and Rollins Band in Moscow.
 * In March 1997, the band made a promotion tour with the Russian band "Tequilajazzz" in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Chișinău.
 * In August 1997, "Zdob și Zdub" played at the "Kazantip" Festival in Crimea in front of thousands of people.
 * In October 1997, the band recorded 10 songs of the album "Hardcore Moldovenesc" in Romanian, for distribution in Romania.
 * In December 1997, "Zdob și Zdub" initiated the "Learn to Swim" Festival in Chișinău and invited the bands "Kirpitchi" from St. Petersburg and "Neurotica" from Timișoara (Banat, Romania).
 * In 1998, "Zdob și Zdub" toured a lot, and at the end of the year had a two weeks tour in Germany. After that, "Zdob și Zdub" started to work on a new album, heading away from the American hardcore-concept, making more use of ethnic instruments, using them in the same extreme way, but with a more melodic, lyrical Moldovan touch. All the new songs are written in the Moldavian dialect of Romanian language. This was the beginning of a new stage: preparation for the recording of a new album under the name "Tabara Noastra". The album was recorded with the help of the famous Moldovan musicians, and, namely, Anatol Stefanet from "Trigon" (violin alt), Valeriu Cascaval from the folk music band "Barbu Lautaru" (dulcimer), and Eugen Didic from "Cuibul" (trumpet). The album consists of 12 songs, three of which are in Russian and the remaining in Romanian. Three songs have been recorded and submitted for promotion: "Draga Otee", an old hit of the well-known Moldovan musician Iurie Sadovni, the soulful ballad "Maria Blues", and "Zdubii Bateti Tare", resembling the Moldovan hardcore. After the debut and triumphal concert in Bucharest, "Zdob și Zdub" has shot its first video clip on the title-track "Zdubii Bateti Tare" at the Romanian music channel Atomic TV in Bucharest.
 * In May 1999, "FeeLee" released the Russian version of the album "Zdubii Bateti Tare" under the name "Tabara Noastra".
 * The presentation of the new album "Tabara Noastra" took place in St. Petersburg on 26 May 1999, and in Moscow on 21–28 May, where the band had an opening performance for Soulfly (Max Cavalera, ex-Sepultura). On 14 August 1999, "Zdob și Zdub" was invited to one more unforgettable show in Moscow, the Russian MTV-Party, held on the Red Square. With other Russian bands, such as Gorky Park and "IFK", they opened the concert of Red Hot Chili Peppers. There were about 150.000 people watching this show live, and, probably, even more on the transmission on MTV-Russia.
 * On Christmas Eve, together with "Taraf de Tigani din Clejani", the band performed a concert at the legendary "Laptaria lui Enache" in Bucharest. Gypsy "Lautars" made a strong impression on Roman Yagupov. Their influence is felt in the next album "Agroromantica".

2000–2009
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 On 18 January 2005, according to the German weekly MUSIKMARKT "ZDOB Si ZDUB" and 450 sheep was charted on place no. 38 in the annual charts for 2004, along with such ethnic music stars as Lhasa, Youssou N’Dour, Khaled, Sainkho Namchylak. 2006 2007 2008
 * In January 2000, the band was invited at the EuroSonic Festival in Groningen, the Netherlands. The performance was broadcast by 14 radio stations. There the band got acquainted with the director of Sziget festival Mr. Dan Panaitescu.
 * In August 2000, "Zdob și Zdub" played Pepsi Sziget Festival, sharing the same stage with the following stars of European and American music: Susanne Vega, Guano Apes, Lou Reed, Apollo 440, Bloodhound Gang, Therapy?, Oasis.
 * Also, in August 2000, "Zdob și Zdub" played at the "Nashestvie" Festival, held in Ramenskoe, Russia.
 * In September 2000, "Zdob și Zdub" participated at the Slavianski Bazaar Festival in Kyiv, Ukraine, together with "Ivan Kupala", "Lyapis Trubetskoi", and "Vopli Vidoplyasova" bands.
 * In October 2000, "Zdob și Zdub" recorded the cover version of the song "Videli Nochi", as a tribute to the legendary musical band "Kino" from St. Petersburg. The song became a hit, and won the 1st places in all mass-media charts and hit parades of the CIS countries for half a year. About 1.5 million copies of the album have been sold. "Zdob și Zdub" became the most touring band and received the prize of the "Fuzz" music-magazine (St. Petersburg) as the best CIS live group in Russia for 2000.
 * On 31 January 2001, in Moscow, "Zdob și Zdub" played together with musician and film director Emir Kusturica and his "The No Smoking Orchestra".
 * On 9 May 2001, in Moscow, the "Zdob și Zdub" participated at a concert with the occasion of the Victory Day, performing the cover-version of the famous wartime song "Smugleanka-moldavanka". This song was recorded at the studio, entered many compilations and was sold in million copies.
 * On 19 May 2001, "Zdob și Zdub" played at one of the most prestigious Russian festivals - "Maxidrom" for the second time.
 * Regardless the tight concert schedule, from September 2000 until May 2001, the band had been working on its new album "Agroromantica", which was recorded and mixed at the "FM Division" Studio in Moscow. According to the musicians, the new album is a mixture of country romantics, fiery Balkan gipsy music, Moldovan folklore, and hardcore elements. This diversity could be called "music zdob".
 * 7 September 2001 was the official date of presentation of the album "Agroromantica" in Moldova. On 7–21 September 2001, a grandiose tour on Moldova, called "Temporomantica", took place. 9 free concerts were performed in the biggest towns of the Republic.
 * The presentation of the album "Agroromantica" in Moscow took place on 12 October 2001, in the "B-2" club. The presentation of the album "Agroromantica" in Romania took place on 1 March 2002, in the overcrowded "Hanul lui Manuc".
 * In 2001, the band participated at some International Festivals: 5 July - "MUF + VOBAN 2001", Zrenjanin, Serbia; 19 July - "Tavriiskie Igri", Kahovka, Ukraine; 7 August - "PEPSI SZIGET 2001", Budapest, Hungary; 18 August - "ROCK'N'TOUL", Saint-George, Italy; 5 October - "Prosto Rock", Kyiv, Ukraine.
 * In 2001, the band performed more than 110 concerts in 34 cities and 7 countries. Also, in 2001, the band shot two video clips on the songs "Buna dimineata!" ("Good morning!") and "Tigan i OZN" ("Gypsy and the UFO").
 * On 15 June 2002 was the participation to the MTV Romania opening in the "Lia Manoliu" stadium.
 * On 6 August 2002 was the participation to the "Krilya" rock music festival, on the Tushino aerodrome, Moscow, Russia.
 * On 25 August 2002 was the participation to the "Slavianskii Bazar" festival, Minsk, Belarus.
 * In October 2002 the band shot a video on Doina Haiducului song. It became the first video that was shot on 35-mm film in the band's history.
 * In November 2002 ZsZ invited Romanian gipsy orchestra "Yagalo" to Chișinău. Together they recorded 2 songs, which they were included into "450 Sheep" album. These were "Everybody in the Casa Mare", "Cuculetul" and the cover version of the Rolling Stones' "Paint it black".
 * On 14 October 2002 was the participation at the MTV European Music Awards ceremony in Barcelona. Zdob și Zdub was nominated at the "Best Romanian Act" section.
 * In October 2002 ZsZ shot a video "Everybody in the Casa Mare" with the participation of gipsy singer from "Yagalo" orchestra Vasile Dinu (DJ Vasile), and in February 2003 Russian version of this song with Garik Sukachiov. Later the video with DJ Vasile won the first place in the top of Slovakian TV channel "Musicbox" the first place in the top-ten of MTV Romania.
 * At the end of 2002, the drummer Andrei Cebotari left the band. Mihai Gincu had to take the drums on himself and temporary Vadim Eremeev from Moscow "Nebo Zdes" band was invited to the place of a bass player.
 * In February 2003 at a German independent label, TRIKONT came out a compilation "Russian Disco Hits", which became a bestseller in Germany. It included Russian version of "Gypsy and UFO" song.
 * On 5 June 2003 was the second award from MTV Romania in "Best Video" nomination for Doina Haiducului video.
 * On 23 August 2003 was HODOKVAS Festival, Modra, Slovakia and the beginning of negotiations with Warner Music Austria on the distribution of a new album on the territory of Europe.
 * On 5 July 2003, the band took part in "Krilia" festival in Tushino, Moscow, Russia. The performance was under threat of derangement, as there was an act of terrorism on the entrance to the festival, three women terrorists blew up bombs on themselves. The Mayor of Moscow decided to continue the festival, as it was impossible to evacuate 70 000 people. The band performed 3 songs. One of the songs was the premiere of "Everybody in the casa mare" with Garik Sukachiov.
 * On 20 September 2003 was NOKIA TOTALBOARD FEST, Exhibition Center, Kyiv, Ukraine with 50 000 spectators.
 * On 24 November 2003 the next album "450 Sheep" came out. The first edition took place in Europe on Warner Music Austria. The first presentation of "450 Sheep" took place in Slovakia, where in December there took place a tour in support of the album around 5 cities of this Central European country. According to the reports of "Slovak Album Chart," the album "450 Sheep" became the first in the list of best selling albums of the foreign artists during the Christmas sales in December 2003.
 * On 18 December 2003 "450 Sheep" presentation took place in Bucharest (Romania). The show was broadcast live on the internet and Romanian TV channel TVR1.
 * On 12 February 2004 in "Moscova" club "450 Sheep" album presentation took place in Chișinău. The house was full. The spectators were given a glass of wine and piece of brynza (traditional cheese) on the entrance. The show was shot by the National Television of Moldova.
 * In March 2004 after 7 years of absence the drummer Anatol Pugaci returned to the band. Mihai Gincu took up the bass again.
 * In March 2004 came out a new video of ZsZ on "DJ Vasile" track under the label of ZsZ. The gipsy MC Vasile ("Yagalo" orchestra) and Osoianu sisters (Moldavian folk group "Talancuta") took part in the shooting. Osoianu sisters recorded backing vocals for this song.
 * On 22 April 2004 ZsZ won the nomination "Best Ethno" on MTV Romanian Music Awards and received their 5th MTV statuette.
 * At the end of March 2004 with the participation of shooting crew of MTV Romania ZsZ shot video on "Nunta Extremala" song.
 * In June 2004 ZsZ with the album "450 Sheep" entered World Music Chart Europe on the 12th position. The songs from this album appeared in more than 20 European radio stations.
 * On 9 July "450 Sheep" released in Ukraine by Moon records, and on 27 July "CD Land records" releases it in Russia.
 * In summer 2004 Zdob și Zdub took part in following European festivals: Open Air Central Park, Lvov Ukraine, 27 June 2004; Tanz&Folk Festival, Rudolstadt, Germany. 4 July 2004; "Kraina Mrir" Ethno Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine, 10 July 2004; Rock la Mures Festival, Periam, Romania, 11 July 2004; Peninsula festival, Tirgul Mures, Romania, 29 July 2004; Muveszetek Volgye Festival, Pula, Hungary, 31 July 2004; on 6 August 2004 ZsZ for the third time performed at the main stage of the biggest festival in Europe Sziget in Budapest (Hungary); OKEY Leto Festival, Slovakia, 7 August 2004; Hodokvas Festival, Slovakia, 20 August 2004; Vizovicke Trnkobrani, Visovice, Czech Republic, 21 August 2004.
 * In 10–15 August 2004, in the frames of a cultural-historic project "Following in the tracks of Geto-Dacians " a ZsZ tour supporting "450 Sheep" album in 5 towns of Moldova took place.
 * On 11 and 19 September 2004 ZsZ took part in "Snickers Urbania" in Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukraine. More than 50 000 spectators were present.
 * On Sunday 10 October Ukrainian TV channel M1 showed a premier of ZsZ video clip "Nunta Extremala" (The Extreme Wedding) in its "Ministry of Premiers" program. This song appeared in 1999 in our second album "Tabara Noastra". It became one of the best songs of the band and is always performed in the ZsZ concerts. After 5 years ZsZ has re-recorded it with a new sound and arrangement.
 * In October 2004, the band was working in its studio on the recording of a new album dedicated to its 10th anniversary. The best 10 songs from the 10 years of creative work will enter the album and there will be 5 absolutely new tracks.
 * On 26 October 2004 the video clip "Nunta Extremala" reached the 1st place in Ukrainian "Enter" TV channel hit parade.
 * On 4 November 2004 in Saint-Petersburg ("Staryi Dom" Club) and 26 November in Moscow "B2" Club "Zdob și Zdub" will give performances promoting the album "450 Sheep". "Zdob și Zdub" have already toured Central and Eastern Europe with this album and won first places in TV and radio station's musical tops. The album appeared in Russia at the end of summer and contained 12 tracks, 3 of which are in Russian. The heading hit "Everybody in the casa mare" was recorded together with Garik Sukachyov.
 * On 17 December StarCHAT.ru project and internet-centers network "Cafemax" invited "Zdob și Zdub" to "Cafemax" on Novoslobodskaya.
 * Russian release of the album with a conceptual title "450 Sheep"; the 10th anniversary of the band to be celebrated in 2004 and the concert in Hard Rock Cafe Moscow on 16 December.
 * On 26 November 2004, the press-conference in Moscow, dedicated to "450 Sheep" album release, took place in the B-2 Club. The visitors were served with brynza – sheep's milk cheese as well as Moldovan wine. The Romanian folk music ensemble "Iagalo" was tuning up on the stage. ZsZ invited these Romanian Gypsy musicians for to reveal the concept and the spirit of "450 Sheep" album, and to make a presentation. New Year's Eve the Zdubs appeared in festive shows on TV different channels. The first shooting took part in Bratislava for Slovak channel TV Markíza, where "Everybody in the Casa Mare" song assumed one more original version. Instead of Gypsy MC Vasile the refrain was performed by Slovak folk ensemble "Bezanka" together with the show presenters Peter Marcin and Andy Kraus. In Moscow, the Zdubs took part in a telecast "The first night with Oleg Menshikov" on NTV Channel. ZsZ had specially prepared a cover version of "Costume" song from a classical Soviet movie "Magicians". Emmanuil Vitorgan, a famous Russian actor performed the vocals together with Roman.
 * On 18 December 2004, the shooting of the New Year's Eve show in Bucharest. Romanian version of this song Roman had recorded together with a famous talk-show presenter from ProTV. Her name is Teo.
 * On 14 December in Moscow "Smuglyanka", a song from a popular movie about the Second World War has been chosen for an alternative music show on RenTV. Producers were planning to invite Sofia Rotaru to take part in a recording of this song, but she could not do that because of a tight concert tour schedule. Then ZsZ decided to invite "Slivki" (Cream) pop girls-band. The shooting was scheduled for
 * As it was the previous time, the band met the New Year 2005 in the Romanian city of Iasi.
 * On 25 September 2005 Zdubs were invited to participate in Michael Palin's project documentary "New Europe" for BBC.
 * On 14 July 2006 Zdubs opened the Roskilde Festival.
 * On 4 August 2006, the Zdubs’ gigantic productivity and the cosmic energy enable them to have an extra-full of shows and concerts program. It is not a wonder that this summer Zdubs were present at almost all the important festivals, beginning with Roskilde Festival (Denmark) and Peninsula (Romania) and recently ending with Krylia (Russia) and Staryi Melnik (Moldova).
 * On 20.10.2006, at 22:00, in Malersaal, Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, Germany, Zdob și Zdub participated in the final public presentation "pictures from the East – relations docking tour 01". The "relations" docking tour focuses on seven cities where "relations" has engaged in an intensive exchange with cultural actors over the past four years: Chișinău, Sofia, Pristina, Sarajevo, Warsaw, Zagreb, and Ljubljana.
 * On 30 November 2006, the presentation concert of the new album Ethnomecanica took place in Romania, Bucharest.
 * On 25 February 2007, in Trimedial CD Market, the band "Zdob și Zdub" met with their fans. "It is very important for the musicians to have the possibility to meet and communicate with the people that listen to their music, with those who respect them. Especially when it happens at home", Roman says.
 * On 18 March 2007, Austrian musician Hubert von Goisern, producer Wolfgang Spannberger and director-operator Markus Woolly, visited Moldova. The aims of their visit were to get acquainted with "Zdob și Zdub", to have some rehearsals with them, to go to the Moldovan part of the Danube. Wolfgang: "The brightest impressions – everything that happened in Zdub's dark rehearsal room. If we had more time for travelling around Moldova, we could have told you more. Anyway, everything was just great!"
 * On 24 April 2007, the website of the band "Zdob și Zdub" won the "Web Top.MD 2007" contest in two categories
 * On 15 May 2007, Zdob și Zdub were the guests of Rambler's "Blue Sofa".
 * The 18 May 2007 Zdubs participated in the "Full Contact" show on MTV Russia. On stage, they competed with the band "Neschasnyi sluchai".
 * 22 June 2007 Linz Tour announced its beginning. This happened in Vienna (Austria), in the frame of the renowned DunauInselFest, on the stage of the not less renowned Austrian media company - company A1. Besides Hubert von Goisern, Willi Resetarits, Hohtraxlecker Sprungschanzen Musi (Bad Ischl) and Zdob și Zdub performed on the A1 stage.
 * On 23 June 2007 concert in Ismail, Ukraine. The stage in this city was put up in "Morvokzal" where, in the evening, Zdob și Zdub, Hubert von Goisern (Austria) and Gaydamaki (Ukraine) started the action.
 * On 1 July 2007, the Zdubs participated at B’estival, Romexpo, Bucharest, Romania.
 * On 28 July, the Zdubes participated in the "Staryi Melnik" Festival, Chișinău, Moldova.
 * On 29 July participated at the "Peninsula" Festival in Targu-Mures, Romania.
 * On 4–5 August, in Bacau (Romania) "Romanian Top Hits 2007" the band were nominated in the category "Rock Best Hit 2007", together with Directia 5, Animal X, Holograf and Voltaj.
 * On 17 August, the next concerts took place on the Romanian seaside in Costinesti and Vama Veche ("Stufstock Greenfest").
 * On 31 October "Zdob și Zdub" band was nominated by the Russian TV Channel A-ONE in four categories of the RAMP 2007 Awards - Rock Alternative Music Prize: "The Band of the Year", "The Video of the Year", "The Hit of the Year" and "The Album of the Year".
 * From 3 October till 6th 2007 Hubert von Goisern visited Chișinău to continue the recording of the new songs in collaboration with Zdob și Zdub. One song made in studio with Hubert was included in the European release of Ethnomecanica album.
 * For the fans, before the winter holidays, together with the Osoianu Sisters, the band recorded a Christmas carol "Sus, boieri, nu mai dormiti". It could be found on a special edition CD, which contained the best songs of Zdob și Zdub and was offered as a gift in the promotional winter packages Alocard 70 and Fantasy from Moldcell.
 * At the end of 2007, the Zdubish album "Ethnomecanica" was released at "Sojuz" Record Label, in Russia.
 * On 6 March, the band took part in the show "Just tonight" on Channel TV Centre, Russia.
 * On 9 March, the Zdubes have participated in the show "5 songs on Channel 5" in Saint Petersburg with a live show.
 * On 28 March, the European release of the "Ethnomecanica" album took place in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, under the "Lawine Records", being distributed by Sony BMG.
 * The 5 April marked the starting point of the "Ethnomecanica" album's European release in cities from Hungary, Austria, Germany and Denmark such as in Budapest, Vienna, Innsbruck, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Koln, Dortmund and Copenhagen. The last concert in the framework of "Europe Tour 2008" was held in Chișinău on 29 April in the club Bier Platz.
 * On 16 April, the website of the band won the "Web Top.MD 2007" contest in two categories.
 * At midnight, towards 7 June, the "Zdob și Zdub" tour minibus was hit by a "Volkswagen Sharan" minivan causing the tour bus to roll over several times. As a result of this accident, 4 concerts were cancelled. According to the preliminary estimation, the total financial damage is around 50,000 Euro.
 * On 17 June the Moldavian Rockers held a "warm-up" show for the Romanian football fans, before the match Romania–Netherlands of UEFA Euro 2008. The concert took place on the Waisenhausplatz with the host city being Bern, Switzerland.
 * From the 7th till 11 July 2008 the adventure on Danube River of the Zdubes and Hubert von Goisern restarted in Ulm city, then in Karlsruhe, Rheinhafen.

2010–2019
2010 2011 2012 2015
 * October 2010 brings an entirely Russian album, called "Beloe Vino / Krasnoe Vino" (from Russian – "White Wine / Red Wine"). At different times and on different occasions Zdob și Zdub recorded songs that on just as many grounds were not released. Now they are all gathered under one cover. The album includes features, the Russian version of some own songs, and cover versions of folklore and others’ songs.
 * The band's activity was appreciated by various TV channels (among them, MTV Europe), magazines, radio stations, thus enriching its collection of awards.
 * Their first Eurovision experience is Moldova's debut in the Contest, dating back to 2005. At the 50th edition, Zdob și Zdub represented their country with the song "Boonika Bate Doba", placed 6th in the Final.
 * "So Lucky" is the first single from their newest album which was produced by Marc Elsner and recorded in Berlin in 2010. It is the result of the band's and producer's hard-work and creative quest. The exclusive new material, sung in English and Romanian, will be presented to the public in the near future. Zdob și Zdub will appear in a different light.
 * In 2011, the citizens of the Republic of Moldova empowered them once again to rock the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest. Zdob și Zdub participated with the song "So Lucky", which came 12th in the Final of the European contest.
 * In January, Zdob și Zdub released a new album in English under the German label Asphalt Tango Records, named Basta Mafia!.
 * For the first time in its career, the band worked with a foreign producer, namely Marc Elsner. The new album is the result of a very long and difficult creative process since it was recorded both at Headroom Studio in Germany, and Cuibul Studio in Chișinău. In February–March 2012 the band had played in the major cities of Austria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark and Switzerland as part of the European tour. There is also another version of the album, created especially for the Romanian speaking public. It was released in spring 2013 by MediaPro Music. The concert presentation of the new album in Romania took place on 12 April and was held in Hard Rock Cafe Bucharest.
 * On 21 May, in Eugène Ionesco Theatre Chișinău, Zdob și Zdub presented this version of the album to the public from Moldova, as part of a great show Moldovenii s-au născut, the title of the first single for which the band has already made a video. Furthermore, the band is planning to release the album Basta Mafia in Russia and Ukraine.
 * On 17 July, they played at the opening of the 27th Summer Universiade that took place in Kazan, Russia. On 10 November, the band hold a great concert in Montreal. This was the first time the band was playing in Canada.
 * In autumn, the band will celebrate its 20 years anniversary, by holding several great concerts in Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.
 * On the eve of the winter holidays, on 18 December, Zdob și Zdub hold a unique concert along with a symphonic orchestra. The event was the result of a successful collaboration with a master in musical arrangements, Marc Osinski, who selected ten songs and adapted them for a symphonic orchestra. Further, the band is planning to release a DVD with the concert, entitled "Christmas Symphony".
 * Before the end of the year, under the guidance of the German producer Jan Rubach, the band recorded two songs: "La o margine de munte" and "Caloianul".
 * In January, the band released the video for the song Om cu inimă de lemn, included in its latest album, Basta Mafia! (Romanian version).
 * On 5 and 6 June, they will hold two great concerts, at Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Both events are dedicated to the 15 years anniversary of the song "Videli Noch’" (the Zdob și Zdub version), performed for the first time at the KINOproby Festival Tribute Victor Tzoy. The song became very popular in the post-Soviet countries, won a lot of awards and continues to be performed at each concert of the band.

2005
On 26 February 2005, the band won a national pre-selection contest to claim the right to represent Moldova in its first ever appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, with their song "Boonika Bate Toba" ("Grandmamma is beating da drum-a"). On 19 May they performed fourth in the running order of the semi-final and ended up in 2nd place with 207 points. Qualifying for the grand final on 21 May, they drew starting position 7. After voting, they claimed 6th place with 148 points.

2011
In February 2011, the band once again won the right to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 held in Düsseldorf. The song they performed was So Lucky. The band performed in the second semi final on 12 May, in position 7. After voting they achieved 10th place with 54 points, qualifying them for the grand final on 14 May. They performed in the 15th position in the grand final and ended up in 12th place with 97 points at the end of voting. The song became the band's first and only to reach the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #153 on downloads alone.

2022
On 29 January 2022, their song "Trenulețul" was chosen by Teleradio-Moldova to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin after the planned national final, which the band was due to participate in with musicians Frații Advahov, was cancelled due to rising COVID-19 cases in Moldova. The group have ended up with 253 points, claiming the 7th place in the Grand Final.

Line-up
The following listing is by no means a comprehensive list of who has ever played in Zdob și Zdub. Early line-ups were very fluid, and many Moldovan musicians have been known to "sit in" for recording sessions or for individual concerts.

 * Roman Iagupov (born 13 September 1973, Volgograd, Russia) – vocals, guitars, flute, ocarina, yorgaphone, turuiac, tartacuta, telinka, buhay, dramba, bagpipe, doba, lyricist (original member)
 * Mihai Gîncu (born 5 March 1975, Străşeni, Moldova) – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, kobza, sitar, mandolin, organ, keyboards, mellotron, piano, accordion, percussion, backing vocals, composer, arranger, producer (original member)
 * Sveatoslav Staruş (born 8 November 1976, Chişinău, Moldova) – guitar (1996 - 2004, 2010–present)
 * Andrei Cebotari (born 4 August 1975, Soroca, Moldova) – drums (2000 - 2003, 2010–present)
 * Victor Bîtca-Dandeș (born 3 April 1972, Chişinău, Moldova) – trombone, accordion, violin, kaval, flute, telinka, melodica (2001–present)
 * Valeriu Mazîlu (born 12 September 1978, Chişinău, Moldova) – trumpet, bagpipe, flute (2001–present)

Former members

 * Anatol Pugaci (born 6 October 1973, Chisinau, Moldova) – drums (original member; 1994–1997, February 2004 – May 2010)
 * Igor Buzurniuc (born 23 June 1981, Soroca, Moldova) – guitar (January–June 2005, 2008 – May 2010)
 * Serghei Vatavu (born 28 September 1967, Chisinau, Moldova) – guitar (May 2006 – 2008)
 * Dimitri Kuharenco – vocals (1994–1995)
 * Vitalii Kaceaniuc – drums (1998–2000)
 * Serghei Cobzac – guitar (1994–1996)
 * Serghei Pushnina – guitar (1996)
 * Victor Cosparmac – guitar (April 2002 – December 2004)
 * Vadim Bogdan – guitar (November 2005 – April 2006)
 * Mihai Gincu – drums (January 2003 – January 2004)
 * Pezza Butnaru – drums (January–March 2004)
 * Alexandr Polenov – vocals, guitar (1991–1993)
 * Valera Pugaci – flute (1991–1993)
 * Vadim Eremeev – bass (January 2003 – February 2004)
 * Eugen Didic – trumpet (January 1999 – September 2000)
 * Ion Stavila – trumpet (September–December 2000)

Albums

 * Hardcore Moldovenesc (Moldovan Hardcore) (1996)
 * Tabăra Noastră (Our camp) (1999)
 * Remixes (2000)
 * Agroromantica (2001)
 * 450 De Oi (450 Sheep) (2003)
 * Ethnomecanica (2006)
 * Белое Вино/Красное вино (White Wine/Red Wine) (2010)
 * Basta Mafia! (Stop Mafia!) (2012)
 * 20 De Veri (20 Summers) (2015)
 * Bestiarium (2019)

Singles

 * "Bunica bate doba" (2005)
 * "So Lucky" (2011)

Participation in compilation albums

 * Budzma! Tuzin. Perazagruzka-2 (2011), track "Стоп-мафія"

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Centreville, New Brunswick

Centreville is a former village in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Carleton North.

Centreville is located only two miles from the border of Maine, US, at the Bridgewater crossing. Within Centreville there are three churches located in the town limits, the St. James Anglican Church, St. Pauls United Church and the Centreville Baptist Church. Centreville has a post office and is a service centre serving small communities such as Knoxford, Williamstown and Tracey Mills which are just outside the village. This is also a large farming community.

Centreville is also the host of annual tractor pulls. Alongside potatoes, it's probably what the community is best known for.

History
Centreville was first founded by Thomas Johnston, who immigrated to New Brunswick from Ireland in 1821. In October 1896 construction of a railroad was started but was later stopped because of funding in December 1896. In October 1912, construction of the railroad was resumed and completed on October 1, 1914.

Centreville received its first telephone line 1894, which connected it with the town of Woodstock. It was not until 1902 that lines were added to the surrounding areas.

In February 1924, the installation of the electric line was completed and Centreville was able to use electricity.

Without a doubt, Centreville's biggest pastime is its annual tractor pull. The event started with farmers coming together with their best tractors and seeing who could tow the heaviest weight to gain bragging rights. Today it has developed into a weekend long event with modified tractors and trucks, instead of the traditional tractors.

On 1 January 2023, Centreville amalgamated with the town of Florenceville-Bristol, the village of Bath, and all or part of nine local service districts to form the new town of Carleton North. The community's name remains in official use.

Education
There is a K-8 school, Centreville Community School, located in the centre of the village, housing approx. 250 students. This is part of ASD-W (Previously school district 14). Before the school became a community school there was an elementary school located on the same grounds as what was then the Centreville Middle School. Centreville Elementary School was closed in 2004 and the grades consolidated into one building: Centreville Community School. The old elementary school was torn down in 2011.

Centreville is one of several communities within Carleton County that historically participated in the annual Potato Break. Potato Break was a 2 & 1/2 week break from school around potato harvesting time (mid-September through early October) that allowed students the opportunity to help with the potato harvest, although working on the break was not mandatory. Schools that participated in Potato Break began classes in early August to compensate for the time taken off for Potato Break. This affected all feeder schools for Carleton North High School. Many of the other schools in the nearby areas did not participate in Potato Break because of one simple reason; less potatoes grown. These schools start school after Labor Day. The need for Potato Break was under review by the DEC and School District 14. For many years now, mechanization in the fields has vastly reduced the need for student labor.

Update: Potato Break was once again publicly reviewed in 2010/2011 and it was decided by the DEC, the Superintendent for School District 14 and the Minister of Education that a new system be put in place. Students who choose to work for a farmer and who are of minimum age to be working in the harvest are allowed time out of class over the harvest period; resources have been put in place by the school district to enable these students to keep up with their studies.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Centreville had a population of $508$ living in $254$ of its $263$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $557$. With a land area of 2.67 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Economy
BWS Manufacturing is a family run company located in Centreville where they specialize in the production of trailers for the agriculture, construction, forestry and commercial industries. BWS Manufacturing has been a major employer and contributor to the local economy for the past 48 years in Centreville.

Metalfab Ltd. is another company that has called Centreville home since 1967, employing 40 people from the surrounding areas. Metalfab Ltd. is specialized in building custom fire trucks for their customers depending on their needs.

HSF Foods Ltd. is also located in Centreville and has been located in the village since 2006. HSF Foods Ltd. processes fresh potatoes into dehydrated potato flakes for industries around the world.

Centreville Equipment Ltd. is an agricultural based company located in Centreville. They sell farm equipment and parts to the surrounding areas.

M&D Convenience was notably the hub of Centreville as it provided the residents with easy access to fuel, groceries, and essential hardware until it shut down in late 2017 after the owner chose to retire.

Dingee's Energy Systems also located in Centreville offering heating solutions to the surrounding areas.

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Sleepy cod

The sleepy cod (Oxyeleotris lineolata) is a medium-sized fish in the family Butidae, native to tropical fresh waters of northern Australia and questionably from New Guinea. It is a member of the order Perciformes, thus is unrelated to the true cods in the order Gadiformes. Neither are they closely related to the Australian freshwater cods such as the Murray cod of the genus Maccullochella.

They are one of the most favoured freshwater fish in Australia for eating, having white, flaky flesh, low fat content, and a mild flavour.

Morphology and biology
The sleepy cod can reach a length of 51 cm, though most do not exceed 20 cm. Fish up to 3 kg have been caught by anglers.

They are dark brown along the back and paler on the sides, with fuzzy dark lines running along scale rows. Juveniles have a white or cream patch running along the back and top of the head, with brown sides and a white belly.

Females spawn in the benthic zone from October to February. Males guard nests of up to 70,000 eggs until larvae hatch, usually after 5–7 days.

They are usually found in quiet or slow-flowing water in freshwater rivers, creeks, and billabongs throughout northern Australia.

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Operation Chettyford

During World War II, Operation Chettyford (also known as Plan Chettyford) was the code name for a tactical deception mounted in January 1944 in support of the 1944 Allied invasion at Anzio. The plan was meant to convince the Germans that Allied forces led by George Patton would launch a pincer attack against Pisa on the west coast of Italy and Rimini on the east coast, and aimed to contain German reserves to northern Italy.

To promote the deception, double agents were deployed to the regions, and dummy Sherman tanks, vehicles and guns were set up to simulate the presence of Allied forces. The notional targets of Pisa and Rimini were scouted by air and bombed. Dummy radio traffic was put out by the US Seventh Army headquarters in Sicily, and pamphlets of the history and cultural artifacts of Pisa were distributed. Patton made a well-publicized visit to units based around Cairo, arranging photographs with senior Polish commanders.

Although the Operation Chettyford deceptions went largely unnoticed by the Germans, later tactical deceptions in Italy in 1944 were modeled after it.

title: Operation Chettyford