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Follow focus

A follow focus is a focus control mechanism used in filmmaking with film cameras and in television production with professional video cameras. It helps the camera operator be more efficient and precise. It is usually operated by a focus puller (often called the 1st assistant camera, or 1st AC), but some camera operators prefer to pull their own focus (the act of changing focus is called "pulling" or racking focus).

Overview
Manual focusing is usually a requisite for professional filmmaking, because autofocus systems may focus on undesired objects, or fail to adjust quickly enough to sudden changes. The job of the focus puller then is to adjust the focus onto different subjects as well as maintain focus during movement of the camera relative to the subject.

The mechanism works through a set of gears on the follow focus that are attached to teeth on the focus ring of the lens. These gears feed to a wheel that, when turned by a focus puller, spins the teeth and thus the ring on the lens. Practically, the device is not necessary as the operator can directly turn the ring on the lens. However, this would place the hand in an awkward position perpendicular to the camera rather than parallel, and turning beyond a certain distance (such as 360 degrees) would be impossible. Sometimes, such a "focus pull" would even be difficult with a follow focus, so an L-shaped metal rod called a speed crank can be attached in the provided square hole at the center of the wheel. Thus, the hand merely has to spin the rod, which turns the wheel. If it is necessary for the operator to stand a short distance from the camera, e.g., if the camera is inconveniently high, a short flexible cable called a "focus whip" can be used.

The stationary white disk surrounding the wheel is used by the focus puller to jot down marks, and take care of the focus according to the marks he/she took during rehearsals. A focus puller often uses a tape to correctly measure the distance from the lens to the subject, allowing for accurate marking of the disk.

Some autofocus lenses with a focus ring (such as those on most consumer and prosumer camcorders) are not "true" manual focus lenses—meaning that turning the ring does not directly adjust the elements inside the lens, but rather actuates the internal camera electronics that adjust the focus point. Such lenses are sometimes called "focus by wire," and the behavior then depends upon the software algorithm used by the lens. If the focusing algorithm only considers the distance the focusing ring is turned (called linear focus-by-wire), then the behavior of the lens is very similar to that of a manual-focus lens. However, certain implementations of such a system also consider the speed with which the ring was turned (called nonlinear focus-by-wire), which can make precise and repeatable focus pulls difficult, and use of a follow focus impractical.

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TWA Flight 847

TWA Flight 847 was a regularly scheduled Trans World Airlines flight from Cairo to San Diego with en route stops in Athens, Rome, Boston, and Los Angeles. On the morning of June 14, 1985, Flight 847 was hijacked soon after take off from Athens. The hijackers demanded the release of 700 Shia Muslims from Israeli custody and took the plane repeatedly to Beirut and Algiers. Later Western analysis considered them members of the Hezbollah group, an allegation Hezbollah rejects.

The passengers and crew endured a three-day intercontinental ordeal. Some passengers were threatened and some beaten. Passengers with Jewish-sounding names were separated from the others. United States Navy diver Robert Stethem was murdered, and his body was thrown onto the airport apron. Dozens of passengers were kept hostage during the next two weeks until released by their captors after some of their demands were met.

Hijacking events
Flight 847 was operated with a Boeing 727–200, registration The flight originated in Cairo on the morning of June 14. After an uneventful flight from Cairo to Athens, a new crew boarded Flight 847. The new crew in Athens were Captain John Testrake, First Officer Phil Maresca, Flight Engineer Christian Zimmerman, flight service manager Uli Derickson, and flight attendants Judy Cox, Hazel Hesp, Elizabeth Howes, and Helen Sheahan.

At 10:10, Flight 847 departed Athens for Rome. It was hijacked soon after takeoff by two Arabic-speaking Lebanese men who had smuggled a pistol and two grenades through the Athens airport security. One was identified later as Mohammed Ali Hamadi, who was eventually captured and sentenced to life imprisonment in Germany. Hamadi is an alleged member of Hezbollah.

The hijackers assaulted Derickson, breaching the cockpit and dragging her with them before attacking and pistol-whipping Testrake, Maresca, and Zimmerman.

To Beirut, then Algiers
With Captain Testrake being held at gunpoint, the airplane was diverted from its original destination of Rome, in airspace over Greece, to the Middle East and made its first stop, for several hours, at the Beirut International Airport in Lebanon, where 19 passengers were allowed to leave in exchange for fuel. Shortly before landing, air traffic control initially refused to let them land in Beirut. Captain Testrake argued with air traffic control until they relented. When Beirut ATC tried to talk to the hijackers, Testrake interrupted, "He has pulled a hand-grenade pin and he is ready to blow up the aircraft if he has to. We must, I repeat, we must land at Beirut. We must land at Beirut. No alternative."

At the time, Lebanon was in the midst of the Lebanese Civil War, and Beirut was divided into sectors controlled by different Shia Amal militia and Hezbollah. That afternoon, the aircraft continued on across the Mediterranean Sea to Algiers, where 20 passengers were released during a five-hour stop before heading back to Beirut that night.

Back to Beirut
Beirut International Airport was surrounded by a Shia neighborhood. It had no perimeter security and had been overrun by Islamist militias, and nearby residents could simply drive onto the runway.

The hijackers had systematically and regularly beaten all the military passengers, but during this stop, they selected U.S. Navy diver, Robert Stethem, beat him, shot him in the right temple, and dumped his body out of the plane onto the ramp and shot him again, seeking permission from other Shia Muslims operating the control tower to obtain more fuel. Seven American passengers, alleged to have Jewish-sounding surnames, were taken off the jet and kept captive in a Shia prison in Beirut.

Algiers, Beirut again
Nearly a dozen heavily armed men joined the hijackers before the airplane returned to Algiers the next day, 15 June, where an additional 65 passengers and all five female cabin crew members were released.

The initial demands of the hijackers included:
 * Release of the "Kuwait 17", those involved in the 1983 bombings of the U.S. embassy in Kuwait
 * Release of all 766 mainly Lebanese Shias transferred to Israel's Atleat Prison in conjunction with immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon
 * International condemnation of Israel and the United States.

The Greek government released the accomplice, Ali Atwa, and in exchange the hijackers released eight Greek citizens, including Greek popular singer Demis Roussos, to be flown by a Greek government business jet from Algiers back to Athens.

By the afternoon of June 17, the 40 hostages remaining had been taken from the airplane and kept captive throughout Beirut by Hezbollah. Nabih Berri was the chief of the Amal militia and the minister of justice in the fractured Lebanon cabinet. One of the hostages was released on 26 June when he developed heart trouble. The other 39 remained captive until June 30 when they were collected in a local schoolyard after an intervention by U.S. President Ronald Reagan along with Lebanese officials. The released hostages then met with international journalists and were driven to Syria by the International Red Cross to the Sheraton Hotel and a press conference in Damascus.

The hostages then boarded a U.S. Air Force C-141B Starlifter cargo plane and flew to Rhein-Main AB, Hesse, West Germany, where they were met by U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush, debriefed, given medical examinations, then flown to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland and welcomed home by the president. Over the next several weeks, Israel released over 700 Shia prisoners, while maintaining that the prisoners' release was not related to the hijacking.

Afterward
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]] A famous image of this hijacking was a photograph showing a gun being held near Captain Testrake, sticking out of the cockpit window, while he and the other pilots were being interviewed by ABC News reporter Charles Glass. The scene was interrupted by one of the French-speaking Hezbollah guards left by the hijackers to hold the crew after most passengers and the cabin crew had been released in Algiers, and the remaining men were held in captivity elsewhere in Beirut. The young militiaman may have unloaded the gun before entering the scene, as he primarily wanted to be on television.

Flight attendant Uli Derickson was credited with calming one of the hijackers during a fuel-quantity incident during the first leg to Beirut, because she spoke German, the only European language which either hijacker spoke. Notably, she interrupted an attempt to end the hijacking in Algiers when airport officials refused to refuel the plane without payment by offering her own Shell Oil credit card, which was used to charge about $5,500 for 22,700 L (6,000 gal) of jet fuel, for which she was reimbursed. She also refused to cooperate with the hijackers in identifying for them the passports of any passengers with Jewish-sounding names so they could not be singled out.

USS Stethem (DDG-63), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer commissioned in 1995, was named in honor of Robert Stethem. The aircraft involved in the hijacking was put back into service. It remained in service for TWA until the aircraft was retired on September 30, 2000. It ceremoniously operated the airline's final revenue flight of their Boeing 727 fleet. The aircraft was later scrapped in May 2002. It had first flown on August 27, 1974, and was delivered to the airline on September 5, 1974.

Alleged perpetrators
Hezbollah specialist Magnus Ranstorp of the University of St Andrews credits "leading" Hezbollah members Hassan Izz-Al-Din (later involved with the Kuwait Airways Flight 422 hijacking in 1988) and Mohammed Ali Hammadi, whose brother was one of the commanders of the Hezbollah Special Security Apparatus, with assisting Hezbollah operatives in the "supervision and planning of the incident itself and as an active participant in the defusion and resolution".

On October 10, 2001, in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, three of the alleged hijackers, Imad Mughniyeh, Ali Atwa, and Hassan Izz-Al-Din, having been indicted earlier in United States district courts for the 1985 skyjacking of the American airliner, were among the original 22 fugitives announced by President George W. Bush to be placed on the newly formed FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list. Rewards of $5 million for information resulting in the arrest and conviction of Atwa and Izz-Al-Din are still being offered by the United States.

Mohammed Ali Hammadi was arrested in 1987 in Frankfurt, West Germany, while attempting to smuggle liquid explosives, two years after the TWA Flight 847 attack. In addition to the West German charge of illegal importation of explosives, he was tried and convicted of Stethem's 1985 murder and was sentenced to life in prison. However, he was paroled and released by German officials on December 20, 2005, and returned to Lebanon. There has been speculation that his parole was granted as part of a covert prisoner swap, in exchange for the release of Susanne Osthoff. Taken hostage in Iraq a month prior, Osthoff was released the week of Hammadi's parole. On February 14, 2006 the United States formally asked the Lebanese government to extradite Mohammed Ali Hammadi for Stethem's murder. On February 24, 2006, he appeared as well on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list, with the name Mohammed Ali "Hamadei" (sic). He was among the second group of indicted fugitives to be named by the FBI to the list.

Several news outlets reported the announcement by Hezbollah of the death of Imad Mughniyeh in a car bomb explosion in Syria on February 13, 2008. The remaining three fugitives from TWA Flight 847 remain on the list, and at large.

On September 19, 2019, Greek police arrested a 65-year-old Lebanese man who was accused of involvement in the hijacking. The man was arrested at Mykonos during a passport check for cruise ship passengers. He was aboard a cruise ship that had crossed Rhodes, Santorini and Mykonos. Mykonos was the last stop before returning to Turkey. He was later released after police determined it was a case of mistaken identity.

Hezbollah reportedly denies culpability in the TWA Flight 847 hijacking, among its denials of numerous other attacks that have been attributed to the group.

Film

 * The Delta Force film of 1986 is based on the TWA 847 hijacking.
 * The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story is a 1988 TV movie based on the incident focusing on the role of flight attendant Uli Derickson (played by Lindsay Wagner).

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Jeremy London

Jeremy Michael London (born November 7, 1972) is an American actor. He is best known for his regular roles on Party of Five, 7th Heaven, and I'll Fly Away, a starring role in the 1995 comedy film Mallrats, as well as a notable supporting role in the Civil War epic Gods and Generals. London made his directorial debut with the 2013 horror film The Devil's Dozen, in which he also appeared.

Early life
London was born in San Diego, California, the son of Debbie (née Osborn), a waitress, and Frank London, a sheet metal worker. He was raised mainly in DeSoto, Texas. After divorcing Jeremy's father, his mother moved the family 13 times in six years. His identical twin brother, Jason, is older by 27 minutes and is also an actor. Jeremy has worked mostly in television while Jason has opted for a career in feature films. The two have acted alongside each other only once – in the February 3, 2003 episode of the WB's 7th Heaven, entitled "Smoking." They have also competed for the same role – Jeremy's first audition was for a part in the 1991 film The Man in the Moon, which Jason won, leaving Jeremy the part of his brother's stunt double.

Career
London's first and second major television roles were playing Nathan on the critically acclaimed 1991–1993 drama series I'll Fly Away. His brother Jason stepped in for Jeremy for the final episode of the show.

In 1995 he played T.S. Quint in Kevin Smith's second film, Mallrats.

In 1995, he joined the cast of the Fox series Party of Five, playing Griffin Holbrook for three seasons, after serving as a recurring guest star. He then went on to play a young minister named Chandler Hampton on 7th Heaven from 2002 to 2004. His 7th Heaven character had a father with lung cancer, much like Jeremy's real-life family members. He has since acted in many television serials, television films and feature films.

London was a cast member during the fourth season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, which premiered on VH1 in December 2010.

Personal life
London and his wife Melissa Cunningham were married in September 2006. They divorced five years later. They have a son named Lyrik. London married Juliet Reeves on June 3, 2014 and they have one son named Wyatt who was born in June 2014.

In June 2010, Jeremy alleged that he was involved in a bizarre kidnapping, approached by a group of men in Palm Springs, Calif., and forced to drive around for 12 hours purchasing alcohol and using drugs. Though he swore the incident was real, his mother and brother made public statements doubting the events. Jeremy filed a restraining order against them, only to have it denied by a judge.

London was a cast member during the fourth season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, which aired on VH1 from December 2010 to January 2011, and depicted his treatment for addiction at the Pasadena Recovery Center in Pasadena, California. The third episode of that season depicted discussions involving him, Dr. Drew Pinsky and London's wife, Melissa Cunningham, who was simultaneously being treated for addiction herself at a separate wing of the Center. His father, Frank, also appeared in Episode 7, which was filmed during Family Day, in which the patients discussed the effect of addiction on their family relationships.

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CFB Kingston

Canadian Forces Base Kingston (also CFB Kingston) is a Canadian Forces base in Kingston, Ontario.

History
The Barriefield Military Camp, commonly called Camp Barriefield, was established as a military base at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 on the east bank of the Cataraqui River opposite the city of Kingston in the village of Barriefield. Located north of King's Highway 2, the name of the military base and village was in honour of the Royal Navy's Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Barrie who served during the War of 1812.

In 1937 the base expanded to the south side of King's Highway 2 with the opening of the Vimy Barracks, named in honour of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The Vimy Barracks became home to the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals which relocated to the Barriefield Military Camp from the Borden Military Camp. The Signal Training Centre, later renamed the Royal Canadian School of Signals was also established at the base.

The Barriefield Military Camp continued to expand as one of Canada's largest training bases when the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps established a training centre during the Second World War. Following the war, the original part of Barriefield Military Camp on the north side of the King's Highway 2 was renamed the McNaughton Barracks in honour of the Canadian Army's General A.G.L. McNaughton who served during the First and Second World Wars. From 1945 to 1969 the McNaughton Barracks were host to the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers School.

The base was renamed to Canadian Forces Base Kingston (CFB Kingston) in 1966 in the lead-up to the February 1968 unification of the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force to form the Canadian Armed Forces. CFB Kingston was placed under Training Command and was responsible for providing a training facilities and support services to its integral units and lodger units.

In September 1975, Training Command was disbanded and the base was transferred to Canadian Forces Training System. The Royal Military College of Canada, the National Defence College, the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College and the Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics were some of the units supported by the base and under the authority of the commander of CFB Kingston. On September 1, 1988, the 1st Canadian Division Headquarters was established to serve as a staging base for the deployment of troops and materiel on active operations; in this role it supported Operation Friction which was Canada's support to the United Nations for the Persian Gulf War in 1991.

On March 30, 1995, responsibility for CFB Kingston was transferred to Land Force Command, now known as the Canadian Army (since August 2011).

On June 26, 1997, Air Command reorganized by disbanding the 10 Tactical Air Group and replacing this unit with the newly formed 1 Wing. The headquarters for 1 Wing was relocated to CFB Kingston, however, the unit's 6 tactical helicopter squadrons flying the CH-146 Griffon were spread out at Canadian Forces bases across the country.

Lodger units
Primarily a training base, CFB Kingston is home to the following lodger units:

 * Canadian Army
 * Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre (CADTC)
 * 1st Canadian Division, Headquarters
 * Peace Support Training Centre (PSTC)
 * Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (PWOR)
 * Communications and Electronics Branch
 * Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics (CFSCE)
 * Canadian Forces Joint Signal Regiment
 * 21 Electronic Warfare Regiment
 * 772 Electronic Warfare Squadron
 * 2 Electronic Warfare Squadron
 * Canadian Forces Crypto Maintenance Unit
 * Royal Canadian Air Force
 * 1 Wing (commonly referred to as 1 Wing Kingston)
 * Royal Canadian Navy
 * HMCS Cataraqui
 * CSTC HMCS Ontario - Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre
 * Canadian Forces Joint Operations Group
 * Canadian Forces Joint Support Group
 * Canadian Defence Academy
 * Canadian Forces National Counter-Intelligence Unit Detachment Kingston
 * 1 Dental Unit — Detachment Kingston
 * 33 Canadian Forces Health Services Centre
 * Military Post Office 305 Vimy Post Office
 * Civilian Human Resources Office
 * Kingston Garrison Learning and Career Centre
 * Dispute Resolution Centre
 * Canadian Forces Housing Agency
 * 2 Military Police Regiment Detachment Kingston
 * Military Communications and Electronics Museum
 * Royal Military College of Canada; CFB Kingston is the base designated to support RMC, located nearby at Point Frederick
 * Garrison Golf and Curling Club
 * Kingston Military Community Sports Center (PSP)

Architecture
CFB Kingston includes several recognized and classified federal heritage buildings on the Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings.

 * McNaughton Barracks
 * Canadian Forces Health Services Clinic, Building MB-62 Recognized - 2002
 * Lewis Hall, Building MB39 Recognized - 1996
 * Sherman Hall, Building MB37 Recognized - 1996
 * Vimy Barracks
 * Barracks Block, Building VB-7 Recognized - 2002
 * Beament Hall, Building VB-2 Recognized - 1996
 * Carruthers Hall, Building VB-1 Recognized - 1996
 * Forde Building VB-16 Recognized - 1997
 * McKee Hall, Building VB-6 Recognized - 1996
 * Officer's Mess Building VC1 Recognized - 1996

Awards
CFB Kingston received an award from the Ontario Power Authority's for their leadership in pursuing energy efficiency. CFB Kingston and Direct Energy partnered in 2005 to create the largest Federal Building Initiative project ever conducted in Canada, resulting in a $21-million energy performance contract (EPC) expected to save the base more than $2 million annually in utility costs. At CFB Kingston, energy efficiency measures cover a number of base-wide initiatives, such as lighting upgrades, improved building controls and water conservation.

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Focus puller

A focus puller or first assistant camera (1st AC) is a member of a film crew's camera department whose primary responsibility is to maintain the camera lens's optical focus on whatever subject or action is being filmed.

"Pulling focus" refers to the act of changing the camera lens's focus distance to a moving subject's distance from the focal plane, or the changing distance between a stationary object and a moving camera. For example, if an actor moves from 8 meters to 3 meters away from the focal plane, the focus puller changes the lens's distance setting in precise relation to the actor's changing position. The focus puller may also shift focus from one subject to another as the shot requires, a process called "rack focusing".

Focus pulling
There is often very little room for error, depending on the parameters of a given shot. The focus puller's role is extremely important to a film production. In most circumstances, a "soft" image is considered unusable, as such an error can't be corrected in post-production —while it is possible to take detail out of a frame, any detail missed due to incorrect focus is lost. An actor may not be able to duplicate their best performance in a subsequent take, so the focus puller is expected to perform flawlessly on every take.

British cinematographer Oliver Stapleton has written: "The 1st AC (or Focus Puller) has one of the hardest jobs on the set. And it's one of those jobs that are never noticed until it is wrong. Then you get an almighty bollocking, or you get fired ... Focus Pulling not only involves what it sounds like, but also the Focus Puller 'runs' the department, in the sense of taking care of all the camera gear, and making sure that everything is tickety-boo. I have my own camera, so it's treated very well! A focus puller relies heavily on the Operator to tell him if the shot is out of focus — after all only the operator is actually looking through the lens."

Methodology
Once a camera position or overall "shot" is established by the director of photography and camera operator, the 1st AC begins to measure the various distances between the actors' marks and the focal plane of the camera. These distances are recorded in a series of grease pencil or pen marks on the focus barrel of the lens; similar marks may be placed on the marking disc or ring of any follow focus device being used. Traditionally, the focus puller used only their marks and their own well-developed sense of distance estimation to achieve good results. Over the last decade, the increased use of digital cameras, higher-resolution video taps and on-camera monitors have provided focus pullers with additional tools to help maintain proper focus. A high-definition monitor can be particularly useful when a fast-paced production simply does not allow time for the focus puller to set and check all marks that may be needed, or if no rehearsal will be provided.

The 1st AC may take surveying measurements of the general environment in order to have a good idea of the distances between reference points, such as patterns on the floor or walls, furniture, and whatever else might be around. These reference measurements can be used to quickly establish rough distances between the camera and the subject in chaotic shooting circumstances.

The 1st AC reports to the director of photography, works alongside the camera operator, and oversees the 2nd assistant camera (also known as the "clapper loader") and any other members of the camera department.

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Bertram Turetzky

Bertram Jay Turetzky (born February 14, 1933) is a contemporary American double bass (contrabass) soloist, composer, teacher, and author of The Contemporary Contrabass (1974, 1989), a book that looked at a number of new and interesting ways of playing the double bass including featuring it as a solo performance vehicle with no other instrumental accompaniment.

Career
Turetzky has performed and recorded more than 300 pieces written by and for him. His interpretations of early music and composers like Domenico Dragonetti have achieved some prominence. Music critic Michael Steinberg has praised his continuo playing. Turetzky has appeared as a featured soloist in the major music centers of the world and is the most widely recorded solo doublebass player with seven albums on Advance, Ars Nova, Nonesuch, Takoma, Desto and Finnadar music labels.

Turetzky is a versatile musician, conversant in chamber music, baroque music, classical, jazz, renaissance music, improvisational music and many different genres of world music. He has also developed a special affinity for klezmer music.

In addition to The Contemporary Contrabass, Turetzky has co-edited a book series called The New Instrumentation; seven of a planned eight volumes have been finished. Turetzky wrote an introduction to The Autobiography of Pops Foster: New Orleans Jazz Man which spoke to the early development of jazz bass playing.

Bernard Jacobson of the Chicago Daily News described Turestzky as "a virtuoso of caliber unsurpassed by any other practitioner of his instrument today."

Biography
Turetzky was born in Norwich, Connecticut, United States, and grew up there. He received a master's degree in music history from the University of Hartford. In his youth, he was drawn to classic jazz music, playing professionally in that style at his first performances. His aspiration to be a jazz player was encouraged by many of the older swing stars. Turetzky continues to play classic jazz, and appears regularly at jazz festivals.

Turetzky first recorded in 1964, featuring the work of American composers George Perle, Edgard Varèse, Donald Martino, Kenneth Gaburo, Ben Johnston, and an early instrument and tape piece by Charles Whittenburg. Recording activities continued with records on labels Nonesuch, Son Nova, Ars Antigua, and Desto. He has worked with Charles Mingus, and has made a series of recent recordings on the Nine Winds label with improvisational musicians George E. Lewis, Vinny Golia, Wadada Leo Smith, Mike Wofford and others.

Turetzky is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego. His former students include bass virtuosos Mark Dresser and Karl E. H. Seigfried; Dresser now holds Turetzky's former UCSD faculty position, while Seigfried is working with Turetzky on the latter's autobiography.

He is married to flutist Nancy Turetzky, and they have two sons and a daughter, and live in Del Mar, California.

He also plays the guitar, piano, and banjo.

Selected discography

 * Recording (solo LP), Bertram Turetzky, "Contrabassist," in a Recital of New Music, Advance FGR-1, 1964.
 * Recording (solo LP), Bertram Turetzky, The Virtuoso Double Bass, Medea Records, 1966.
 * Recording, Music by Donald Erb, In No Strange Land, Nonesuch Records, 1968.
 * Recording (solo LP), Bertram Turetzky, The New World of Sound, Ars Nova, 1969.
 * Recording (solo LP), Bertram Turetzky, The Contemporary Contrabass, Music of John Cage, Ben Johnson, and Pauline Oliveros, Nonesuch Records, 1969–70.
 * Recording, Music for Young Listeners, by Netty Simons, CRI Records, 1973.
 * Recording, Gorge, by Phil Winsor, at Mills College, Oakland, funded by a Ford Foundation Grant, 1973.
 * Recording, Dragonetti Lives, Takoma Records, 1975.
 * Recording, Strings, Standard School Broadcast: Music Makers, Chevron Research Company, 1975.
 * Recording, Spectra, by Feiciano, CRI, 1975.
 * Recording, Witold Szalonek Symphonia Concertante, solo contrabass and orchestra, Polska Musykna, 1975.
 * Recording, Found Objects II, by Arthur Custer, Serenus, 1976.
 * Recording (solo LP), Music by Donald Erb, J.M Mestres-Quadreny, Will Ogden, Netty Simons, Desto DC7128, 1976.
 * Recording, Tree Music (principal soloist), Logs and Logs XVI, by Paul Chihara, CRI SD 269, 1976.
 * Recording (solo LP), The Contemporary Contrabass, Nonesuch, 1976.
 * Recording (solo LP), New Music for Contrabass, compositions by Charles Mingus, Boguslaw Schaffer, Joseph Julian, Bertram Turetzky and Donald Erb, Finnadar SR 9105, 1976.
 * Recording, Piece for Four, by Olly Wilson, CRI SD 264, 1976.
 * Recording, Trio for Two, by Donald Erb, and Points-Lines-Circles, by Dorrance Stalvey, ARS NOVA AN-1008, 1976.
 * Recording, Modules, by Richard Moryl, Serenus, 1976.
 * Recording, Inflections I, by Robert Hall Lewis (for solo contrabass), on New Music for Virtuoso/2, New World Records, Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc., NW 254 Stereo, recorded December 4, 1977, released November 1978.
 * Recording for ABC, Works by Hoffman, Turetzky, Mingus, and McCartney-Lennon, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, August 5, 1978.
 * Recording for ABC, with Nancy Turetzky, recorded live, NSW Conservatorium, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, August 7, 1978.
 * Recording for ABC, Concerto for Bass and Jazz Band, by Donald Hannah, Brian May, Conductor, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA, August 8, 1978.
 * Recording, Playback, by Barry Cunyngham, The University of Melbourne, for Move Records, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA, August 9, 1978.
 * Recording, Trio for Violin, Contrabass & Piano, by Leonid Hrabovsky, on 20th Century Ukrainian Violin Music 1987 cassette recording CYFP 2032 by Yevshan Corporation, Canada, Library of Congress Card no. 78-7509959 (first recorded in 1964, 1975 on ORION-ORS 79331), First western recording of music by Ukrainian composer Leonid Hrabovsky, recorded September 1978, released June 1979.
 * Recording, Celestial Variations on Charles Ives' Serenity (1919), performed by Turetzky on 16-track tape, summer 1979. (Funded by a National Endowment for the Arts Grant), 1979.
 * Recording, A Different View, Turetzky (solo contrabass). Turetzky, contrabass, LP, Folkways Records, New York City, 1982.
 * Recording, Turetzky Featured Soloist in Phil Winsor's Gorge, written for Turetzky, Brewster Records, 1982.
 * Recording, Turetzky settings and performance of selections from Sherley Anne Williams, Some Sweet Angel Chile, Blues Economique Records, September 25, 1984.
 * Recording, Turetzky settings and performance of Jerome Rothenberg's, Poland 1931 and Dada Suite, Blues Economique Records, September 25, 1984.
 * CD, Intersections, Bertram Turetzky and Vinny Golia, 9 Winds Label, NWCD0129 DDD, 1990.
 * CD recording of San Diego Symphony Ensemble performing Roger Reynolds' Whispers Out of Time and Transfigured Wind, New World Records, 1990.
 * CD, Ricercar a' 3, by Robert Erickson for solo contrabass, for CRI Records, November 1991.
 * CD recording of Stuart Saunders Smith's' Notebook on CD titled Crux, O.O. Discs, USA, 1992.
 * Recording, Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble, Traditions and Transitions Second Avenue Productions, San Diego, 1992.
 * CD recording of Stuart Saunders Smith's' Notebook on CD titled Crux, O.O. Discs, USA, 1992.
 * CD recording of SONOR Ensemble of the University of California, San Diego, CRI CD 652, 1993.
 * CD recording Compositions and Improvisations by Bertram Turetzky, Studio 101, 9 Winds Records, 1993.
 * CD recording of Turetzky's Pacific Parable, winner of San Diego Music Award, Studio 101, Orphan Records, June 24, 1993.
 * CD recording, Ais by Iannis Xenakis, Neuma Records, 1994.
 * CD recording, Prataksis by Wadada Leo Smith, Nine Winds, 1997.
 * CD recording, Inflections I by Robert Hall Lewis, New World Records 80541-2, 1998.
 * CD recording, Logs by Paul Chihara, CRI CD 815, 1999.
 * CD recording, Three Pieces for Double Bass Alone, by Donald Erb, on CD titled Suddenly It's Evening, CRI CD 857, 1999.

Notes and references

 * Applebaum, Samuel. The Way they Play, Paganiniana Publications, 1984.
 * Anderson, E. Ruth. Contemporary American composers. A biographical dictionary, Second edition, G. K. Hall, 1982.
 * Larkin, Colin. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Guinness Publishing, 1992.
 * Press, Jaques Cattell (Ed.). Who's who in American Music. Classical, First edition. R. R. Bowker, New York 1983.
 * Sadie, Stanley; Hitchcock, H. Wiley (Ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986.
 * Sadie, Stanley; Hitchcock, H. Wiley (Ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986.

Interviews

 * Bertram Turetzky interview by Bruce Duffie
 * Bertram Turetzky: A Different View Interview
 * Bert Turetzky Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2005)

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Justus Perthes

Johann Georg Justus Perthes (11 September 1749 – 2 May 1816) was a German publisher and founder of the publishing house that bears his name.

Life
He was born in the Thuringian town of Rudolstadt, the son of a Schwarzburg court physician. From 1778 he worked as a bookseller in nearby Gotha, where he founded the cartographic publishing firm Justus Perthes Geographische Anstalt Gotha in 1785. In this, he was joined in 1814 by his son Wilhelm Perthes (1793–1853), who had been in the publishing house of Justus's nephew Friedrich Christoph Perthes at Hamburg. On Justus' death in Gotha, Wilhelm took over the firm and laid the foundation of the geographical branch of the business for which it is chiefly famous, by the first publishing of the Hand-Atlas from 1817–1823 after Adolf Stieler (1775–1836).

Wilhelm Perthes engaged the collaboration of the most eminent German geographers of the time, including Stieler, Heinrich Berghaus (1797–1884), Christian Gottlieb Reichard (1758–1837), who was associated with Stieler in the compilation of the atlas, Karl Spruner (1803–1892), and Emil von Sydow (1812–1873).

The business passed to his grandson Bernhardt Wilhelm Perthes (1821–1857), who was associated with August Heinrich Petermann under whose direction the well-known periodical Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen was first edited in 1855, and Bruno Hassenstein (1839–1902); and in the next generation to his son Bernhard Perthes (1858–1919), who was born after his father Bernhardt Wilhelm had died.

Since 1785 the firm also issued the Almanach de Gotha, a statistical, historical and genealogical annual (in German and French) of the various countries of the world (first published by Carl Wilhelm Ettinger, Gotha, in 1763); and in 1866 the elaborate Geographisches Jahrbuch was produced under the editorship of Ernst Behm (1830–1884), on whose death it was continued under that of Professor Hermann Wagner.

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Nelson Dewey

Nelson Webster Dewey (December 19, 1813 – July 21, 1889) was an American lawyer, land speculator, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the first Governor of Wisconsin, and also served in the Wisconsin Senate and served several years in the Wisconsin Territory government before Wisconsin achieved statehood. He was also particularly important in the development of Cassville, Wisconsin, which he had at one time hoped to make the state capitol.

Early life
Dewey was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, on December 19, 1813, to Ebenezer and Lucy (née Webster) Dewey. His father's family had lived in New England since 1633, when their ancestor Thomas Due (Dewey) came to America from Kent County, England.

Dewey's family moved to Butternuts, New York (now called Morris) the year following his birth and he attended school there and in Louisville, New York. At the age of 16, he began attending the Hamilton Academy in Hamilton, New York. He attended the academy for three years, and then returned to Butternut to teach.

Ebenezer Dewey, Dewey's father, was a lawyer, and wished his son to join the same profession. Dewey began studying law in 1833, first with his father, then with the law firm Hanen & Davies, then with Samuel S. Bowne in Cooperstown, New York. He left Bowne in May 1836, and in June of that year arrived in the lead-mining region of Galena, Illinois, working as a clerk for Daniels, Dennison & Co., a firm of land speculators from New York. About a week after he arrived, he moved to Cassville, Wisconsin. He became a citizen of the territory in 1836. Daniels, Dennison & Co. had purchased the land on which Cassville was built, and their plan was to develop and promote the village in the hopes that it grow and eventually be chosen as the capital of the Wisconsin Territory or of a future state.

Territorial politics
On March 4, 1837, Dewey was elected Register of Deeds for the newly formed Grant County; he was appointed the county's Justice of the Peace by Territorial Governor Henry Dodge the same year. He was, and continued to be for the rest of his political career, a member of the Democratic Party. When Daniels, Dennison & Co.'s business plans collapsed in 1838, after Madison was chosen to be the capital, Dewey moved to Lancaster, Wisconsin, where he was admitted to the bar in an examination held by Charles Dunn, the chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Wisconsin Territory; he was appointed district attorney of Grant County that same year. As a lawyer, he entered into a partnership with J. Allen Barber, which lasted from 1840 until May 1848. Together, they became well known in Wisconsin's lead-mining region, acquiring mines and investing in mining companies.

In November 1838, Dewey was elected to the territorial assembly as representative from Grant County; he was reelected in 1840 and became that body's speaker for one session. He served as an assemblyman until 1842, when the voters of Grant County elected him to the territorial council; during the 1846 session, during which an upcoming convention which would produce a draft constitution for the State of Wisconsin was discussed, he served as the council's president. He failed to be re-elected in 1846, due to a new Whig majority in Grant County.

1848 election
With the pending ratification of the new Constitution of Wisconsin, and the upcoming election for the new state's officers, the Democratic Party held a convention to nominate its candidate for Governor of Wisconsin. During the writing and attempts at ratification of the state's constitution in 1847 and 1848, the state party had become divided into two major factions, one centered in the lead-mining regions, and another centered in the eastern portion of the state. Each faction favored its own candidate for governor: Hiram Barber from the lead-region faction and Morgan L. Martin from the eastern faction; after neither candidate could gather enough votes to secure the nomination, the two factions began searching for a compromise candidate. They decided on Nelson Dewey, who was not associated with either faction. The party also hoped that Dewey might attract voters from the then-Whig majority Grant County.

The election was held on May 8, 1848; Dewey defeated Whig candidate John Hubbard Tweedy and the independent Charles Durkee, and thus became the first governor of the State of Wisconsin. John E. Holmes, also a Democrat, was elected lieutenant governor in the same election.

Also in May, Dewey's law and business partnership with Barber came to an end; by the time of its dissolution, Dewey was known to be one of the leading men in Wisconsin.

First term
Dewey's first term as governor began on June 7, 1848, and lasted until January 7, 1850. During his time as governor, Dewey oversaw the transition from the territorial to the new state government. He encouraged the development of the state's infrastructure, particularly the construction of new roads, railroads, canals, and harbors, as well as the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. During his administration, the State Board of Public Works was organized.

Dewey was known for opposing the spread of slavery into new states and territories and for advocating the popular election of U.S. Senators.

Near the end of his term, he married Catherine Dunn, (or Katherine ) the daughter of Charles Dunn, the former chief justice of Wisconsin Territory.

1849 election
During Dewey's first term as governor, the Wisconsin Legislature passed an act decreeing that the biennial elections for governor would begin in 1849; that year, in an election held in November, Dewey again defeated the Whig candidate, Alexander Collins, and the Free Soiler Warren Chase. Samuel W. Beall, also a Democrat, was elected lieutenant governor in the same election.

Dewey was elected the first president of the Wisconsin Historical Society the same year.

Second term
Dewey's second term began on January 7, 1850 and lasted until January 5, 1852.

Dewey lost much popular support during his terms as governor, due both to his inability to overcome the factionalism within his own party and to his association with Wisconsin's lead-mining regions, which were losing power in Wisconsin politics. He chose not to run for a third term.

Later life
After his time as governor, Dewey returned to Lancaster, where he speculated in real estate. He remained active in politics, however: in 1853, Dewey ran against Chief Justice Orasmus Cole for a seat in the Wisconsin State Senate for Wisconsin's Sixteenth District; he was elected by a majority of three votes, serving a two-year term. Throughout the remainder of his life, he was a delegate to most of the state conventions of the Democratic Party. From 1854 until 1865, he was regent of the University of Wisconsin. During his time in Lancaster, Dewey served at various times as the chairman of the town board of supervisor and a member of the school board.

In 1854, Dewey and his wife Catherine began to plan to begin anew the development of Cassville, once the goal of Daniels, Dennison & Co. In 1855, he was able to purchase the village under foreclosure; he remodelled the village plot and repaired the Denniston House, a hotel which had been built by the now-defunct firm, at a cost of $15,000; his ultimate hope was that Cassville would be developed into a large city. He also acquired about 2000 acre of land northwest of Cassville, on which he built a three-story Gothic-revival mansion, which he named "Stonefield", at a cost of about $70,000; he expended another $30,000 on eleven miles (18 km) of stone fence. It was said that to have been the most modern house in Wisconsin at that time. At this time, Dewey employed around forty to fifty men as a means of returning money to Cassville; it is said that this was the origin of the prosperity of several of Cassville's residents. Dewey lived in Cassville for the rest of his life, except the time from 1858 until 1863, when he lived at Platteville, Wisconsin. In 1863, Dewey unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor; he also lost his 1869 and 1871 attempts at re-election to State Senate.

Dewey's Cassville project was attracting few people, so he began investing in a railroad line to the village. On January 2, 1873, Dewey's mansion was destroyed in a fire, and he was forced to give up the property to pay his creditors. His property passed into the ownership of Walter C. Newberry of Chicago. Also this year, Dewey lost his entire investment in the railroad line during the Panic of 1873. At some time during this period, Dewey was involved in another financial setback involving the estate of the deceased Ben Eastman, a former Congressman, of which he was the executor. Dewey returned to his law practice.

In 1874, Governor William R. Taylor appointed Dewey to the board of directors of the State Prison at Waupun; he served on the board until 1881.

On February 22, 1889, Dewey suffered a stroke while at court in Lancaster. He was paralyzed and was brought home to Cassville the next day. He was not well prior to this, and was apparently aware of the possibility of becoming paralyzed. From the time of his paralysis, he was almost entirely confined to bed. He died in poverty at the Denniston House, which he had helped rebuild, a few minutes past midnight on the morning of July 21, 1889, after being unconscious for the previous forty-eight hours. He was seventy-five years old.

Dewey was at one time considered a wealthy man, but by the time of his death, he had little money. Dewey was buried on July 23, 1889, in the Episcopal cemetery in Lancaster, next to the graves of his brother Orin and his son Charlie.

Personal life
Dewey married Catherine Dunn in 1849 during his first term as governor. The couple had three children: a daughter Katie, whose married name was later Cole, a son, Nelson Jr., who at the time of Dewey's death lived in the West, and another son, Charlie, who died in 1869, while still a child.

In 1886, Dewey filed for a divorce from his wife, but the matter never came to trial. Catherine eventually moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where her daughter and son-in-law lived.

Dewey had a brother named William Dewey, who survived him, and another brother, Orin, who died in 1840. He also a third brother, John J. Dewey, who was a physician who lived in Saint Paul, Minnesota and was a member of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature.

Dewey was called a "friend of the poor" and known for his generosity.

Political views
Dewey was a member of the Democratic Party. He opposed the spread of slavery into new states and territories and advocated electing United States senators by popular vote. He was described as one of "the old guard that never surrendered".

Legacy
Nelson Dewey State Park was created in 1935 using land from Dewey's former Stonefield estate.

An 11 mile portion of Wisconsin state highway 81 from Cassville to the intersection of state highway 35 in Grant County was designated Nelson Dewey Memorial Highway by the Wisconsin Legislature.

The former Nelson Dewey Generating Station was named after the governor.

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Clapper loader

A clapper loader or second assistant camera (2nd AC) is part of a film crew whose main functions are that of loading the raw film stock into camera magazines, operating the clapperboard (slate) at the beginning of each take, marking the actors as necessary, and maintaining all records and paperwork for the camera department. The name "clapper loader" tends to be used in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, while "second assistant camera" tends to be favored in the United States, but the job is essentially the same whichever title is used. The specific responsibilities and division of labor within the department will almost always vary depending on the circumstances of the shoot.

Functions
Clapper loaders have a very important role as practically the only people on set who directly and physically oversee the state of the undeveloped negative. The loader – the only person who actually handles the negative between the manufacturer and the laboratory – thus can easily render an entire day's work useless if the film is handled improperly. Additionally, the loader usually controls all records with regard to the film stock – from when it is received until when it is sent out to the lab; if this information is miscommunicated or missing, this too can destroy an expensive shoot. Furthermore, the loader usually has much more to do in addition to these tasks. Noted director of photography Oliver Stapleton has written on his website:

"The LOADER loads the camera, oddly enough, with film made by either Kodak or Fuji. Loading may not sound like much of a job, but in actuality it is very important. If the wrong film is in the camera, or if it gets loaded twice, or lost, or put in the wrong can, then the scene which corresponded to: Scene 56 – The Army advanced over the hill, the jets dropped their bombs, and the volcano erupted... could be lost. When this happens the Loader can become deeply unpopular very quickly. Kubrick fired one loader I know on his first day of work for walking across the set holding a magazine upside down. Not Kubrick’s first day of work – the Loader's. This was a trifle harsh, but there is a right way to do the job, and the rules are there for a very good reason. If you screw up the minimum cost is about $20,000 and the max any figure you might care to imagine."

Duties
A full description of the job duties includes the following (although different shoots may often not always require all of these):
 * generally assisting the rest of the camera crew (focus puller, camera operator, director of photography)
 * utilizing the camera trainee, film loader, and/or camera runner if one has been brought onto the production
 * keeping inventory of all equipment, film, and expendables
 * requesting film stock as needed
 * securing the equipment
 * unloading/loading equipment off/on the camera truck daily if necessary
 * checking loading materials and spaces to prevent light leaks
 * cleaning and keeping clean the magazines and the loading environment
 * organizing and cleaning the equipment space
 * maintaining and cleaning the equipment
 * loading and unloading of film stock from and to the magazines
 * labelling of equipment, boxes, magazines, and storage spaces
 * marking actors and props (leaving a marker of their positions as the scene is blocked for the purpose of measuring distance from the camera so that its focus can be adjusted throughout the scene)
 * marking and operating the clapperboard properly
 * keeping meticulous and accurate camera notes
 * writing negative report sheets in detail
 * interfacing with continuity in order to note which takes to print
 * charging of batteries for camera and accessories
 * preparation of film to be sent to the lab
 * keeping records of time, per diems, and expenses for the entire camera crew
 * liaising regularly with production, rental houses, editing, laboratories, and unions
 * recordkeeping of all camera-related paperwork, including negative reports, daily stock reports, film inventory reports, lab orders, rental contracts, and expendable orders
 * ensuring that all instructions from the director of photography are passed along properly to labs and post houses
 * relaying reports from the lab about the rushes to the director of photography

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Talk:Puerto Vallarta

American immigration/whatnot
I've heard that Puerto Vallarta is a destination for a lot of retirees. How is American immigration changing PV? Are there any safety issues? What is the state of police and/or official corruption? Ken 19:15, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * It's better than most of Mexico and continues to get better. Violent crime is quite rare relative to most of Mexico.  But according to the people I spoke to during my visit, the government is still quite awful by American standards.  For example, the city is still unable to control the numerous unregulated private bus lines whose aging, unsafe vehicles wander around the city running over hapless pedestrians at random.  In contrast, anyone who tried to operate an unlicensed private bus company in the United States would get hit by an injunction quickly, followed by the arrest of any of the bus company's employees or managers who continued to operate buses in violation of the injunction.
 * The city is okay at controlling litter (about the same as most large American cities) but is still stuck in the Third World with regard to street construction, street maintenance, and utilities. There are A LOT of potholes, the sidewalks have to be seen to be believed, and much of the street network at the edges is a chaotic unpaved hodgepodge that does not make sense.  --Coolcaesar 06:40, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

 * There is corruption in the police force, and it's not uncommon to hear stories about Americans being robbed by police under the guise of making a drug search. This must happen a lot, because I meet at least one person every visit this has happened to.  As for general safety, the beaches can be dangerous at night.  Muggings are not uncommon.  The infrastructure continues to improve rapidly.  The city is more or less stuck with it's narrow roads, but it's made improvements in healthcare facilities, sewage treatment, general amenities like the Malecón improvements, parking structures (for visitors from Guadalajara, Tepic, etc.).  Also the city government has been working to get better control over new construction, which is often ill-planned, ugly, and dangerous (e.g. a condo building was destroyed in early 2007 when a new construction project undermined the hill it sat on). Tbyrnestl 05:24, 12 June 2007 (UTC)tbyrnestl

I have lived in PV for 12 years, full-time, and operate a business here. I have never, once, met anyone who was robbed by police during a drug search. I find the above comment to be bizarre. mtngringo

OK, let's get this up to date Feb 2017, 16 year resident.
 * Crime is low, violence is mostly drug on drug and personal disputes but not common, the newspapers sex it up to sell copy. Tourists are little affected. Commonest causes of death for visitors seems to be drowning and heart attacks (anecdotal from following local news). I feel safer on the streets here than in small town UK. Pitillal is a local shopping centre with very many shops for tourists to visit and no safety issues, Vallarta is not just the Malecon, many other areas are safe for tourists.
 * Buses are bad, old (10-30 years, in many cases), a lot in poor condition but newer ones are coming in. There is a BIG campaign to change this with brand new buses and routes but is slow to happen. As for felling pedestrians, I have seen many pedestrians running across roads without any regard for traffic, have had narrow misses myself, I'd say 50/50 buses/pedestrians at fault. There seems to be little done to get taxis under control, the local union chief has vowed to fight any chance of getting Uber into the town. Always agree a fare before getting in and check with your hotel what you should expect first.
 * Streets are being improved. There are a large number of works in progress though it has to be spread over fiscal years and ares of the town as there is so much to do. Things are getting a lot better in this regard, a new bridge and route have opened in the last few weeks. Passed one main route today where they are laying new concrete after thoroughly preparing the road bed over the last few weeks. Lots of rebuilt road in my area.
 * The police have been heavily overhauled with tests on confidence and much training. Patrol vehicles have been updated and the fleet expanded. I have a lot more confidence with them than I did when I arrived and my personal experience with them is good. It is now a totally different force to 5 or 10 years ago. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.177.139.117 (talk) 05:36, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

American standards
Is American standards good,or are they out of control? If you want American standards go to Hawaii, if you want to step out of the box and see how most of the rest of the world lives, try Mexico. What makes Puerto Vallarta so charming is they do not use American standards!! PVKID

Of course most Americans will stay in their hotels, dine at restaurants close to their hotels, and will contact Mexico only via some pastiche folkore show or kitsch bought on the Isla Cuale. Charming mexican Vallarta does exist though, if you just look for it. Head under the Libramiento along the Cuale into Remance some evening and eat at a taqueria there while wandering around (yes it's safe), or head to the big open-air birria joint near the cemetry along the libramiento, or walk around Pitillal, etc.

What's not charming in Mexico or anywhere is police corruption, government corruption, and the like. That too is a part of how the rest of the world lives. Developped countries have managed to curb that quite a bit better than lesser developped countries. That's simply because justice doesn't come cheap. You can see this situation improving gradually in PVR. It would improve even more if Americans were more consciencious about the social inequalities their tourist dollar can sustain if they are not careful where they spend it. Tbyrnestl 05:42, 12 June 2007 (UTC)tbyrnestl

George Jung
Why did the infamous George Jung in 1969 of all places visit just Puerto Vallarta in search for a producer of marihuana? Had the place some reputation back in 1969, was there a notable pot-industry or was it just coincidence respectively inexperience and he had to start searching somewhere? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.4.71.247 (talk) 05:00, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Asylum Films
Asylum Films, infamous for their CGI creature-feature B movies and mockbusters, filmed multiple films in succession in Puerto Vallarta (they even use the same 40 second long establishing shot of the resort in every one of the movies), with the resort identified by name during the establishing shot each time. These include 'Dinoshark' and 'Sharktopus.' Does this count as noteworthy? Atypicaloracle (talk) 03:23, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

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Playa Los Muertos (Playa de Los Muertos)
I noticed this part in the description of Playa Los Muertos: "Playa Los Muertos (Beach of the Dead) - Col. Emiliano Zapata - the city's largest public beach. Legend has it the beach's name (Dead Men's Beach) stems from a battle between pirates and local miners after which bodies remained strewn on the beach, but it's a legend, since there were never any miners in Vallarta."

I present a separate and better-accepted explanation of the name, that doesn't require an immediate rebuttal as in the prior description: "The beach was a sacred cemetery of the local Indians. This was first noticed when residents started digging up bones in ceramic pots, a local Indian tribal custom when they buried their dead. The most recent evidence supported by Archaeologist Dr. Joseph Mounjoy backs this last theory." from https://www.puertovallarta.net/what_to_do/los-muertos-beach — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hvalborg (talk • contribs) 11:32, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Just FYI, there's now a standalone entry for Playa de los Muertos (Puerto Vallarta). Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:37, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Colonias
Would List of colonias in Puerto Vallarta or List of neighborhoods in Puerto Vallarta be helpful?

Is there an official list for either? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 01:33, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Sources: --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:57, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
 * https://www.puertovallarta.net/fast_facts/puerto-vallarta-colonias
 * http://www.heraldo.com.mx/jalisco/puerto-vallarta/puerto-vallarta/

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7th Golden Raspberry Awards

The 7th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 29, 1987, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1986. For the first time, the Razzies had a tie for Worst Picture, between Howard the Duck and Under the Cherry Moon.

Awards and nominations
{{Legend|#B0C4DE|Winner (in bold)}}

Films with multiple nominations
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Heracleum (plant)

Heracleum is a genus of biennial and perennial herbs in the carrot family Apiaceae. They are found throughout the temperate northern hemisphere and in high mountains as far south as Ethiopia. Common names for the genus or its species include hogweed and cow parsnip.

The genus name Heracleum was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It derives from the Ancient Greek  "of Heracles", referring to the mythological hero.

Species
Many species of the genus Heracleum are similar in appearance. An outlier is H. mantegazzianum, the large size of which is exceptional. Common species include:
 * Heracleum mantegazzianum, giant hogweed, native to the western Caucasus region of Eurasia, a serious invasive species in many areas of Europe and North America
 * Heracleum sosnowskyi, Sosnowsky's hogweed, native to the eastern Caucasus, a common weed throughout Europe and Asia
 * Heracleum persicum, Persian hogweed, native to Iran, Iraq, and Turkey
 * Heracleum sphondylium, common hogweed, native to Europe and Asia
 * Heracleum maximum, cow parsnip, native and common in North America

, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 88 species:, it had previously in 2019, up to 148. • Heracleum abyssinicum (Boiss.) C.Norman

• Heracleum aconitifolium Woronow

• Heracleum akasimontanum Koidz.

• Heracleum albovii Manden.

• Heracleum amanum Boiss. & Kotschy

• Heracleum angustisectum (Stoj. & Acht.) Peev

• Heracleum anisactis Boiss. & Hohen.

• Heracleum antasiaticum Manden.

• Heracleum apiifolium Boiss.

• Heracleum argaeum Boiss. & Balansa

• Heracleum asperum (Hoffm.) M.Bieb.

• Heracleum austriacum L.

• Heracleum bhutanicum M.F.Watson

• Heracleum bifarium Fisch. ex Rchb.

• Heracleum candicans Wall. ex DC.

• Heracleum × carbonnieri Reduron, Michaud & J.Molina

• Heracleum carpaticum Porcius

• Heracleum chorodanum (Hoffm.) DC.

• Heracleum crenatifolium Boiss.

• Heracleum cyclocarpum K.Koch

• Heracleum dalgadianum S.M.Almeida

• Heracleum dissectifolium K.T.Fu

• Heracleum dissectum Ledeb.

• Heracleum egrissicum Gagnidze

• Heracleum elgonense (H.Wolff) Bullock

• Heracleum fargesii H.Boissieu

• Heracleum forrestii H.Wolff

• Heracleum franchetii M.Hiroe

• Heracleum freynianum Sommier & Levier

• Heracleum gorganicum Rech.f.

• Heracleum grandiflorum Steven ex M.Bieb.

• Heracleum hemsleyanum Diels

• Heracleum henryi H.Wolff

• Heracleum humile Sm.

• Heracleum incanum Boiss. & A.Huet

• Heracleum jacquemontii C.B.Clarke

• Heracleum kansuense Diels

• Heracleum kingdonii H.Wolff

• Heracleum lehmannianum Bunge

• Heracleum leskovii Grossh.

• Heracleum ligusticifolium M.Bieb.

• Heracleum likiangense H.Wolff

• Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier

• Heracleum maximum W.Bartram

• Heracleum moellendorffii Hance

• Heracleum nyalamense R.H.Shan & T.S.Wang

• Heracleum oncosepalum (Hand.-Mazz.) Pimenov & Kljuykov

• Heracleum oreocharis H.Wolff

• Heracleum orphanidis Boiss.

• Heracleum ossethicum Manden.

• Heracleum paphlagonicum Czeczott

• Heracleum pastinaca Fenzl

• Heracleum pastinacifolium K.Koch

• Heracleum persicum Desf. ex Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.

• Heracleum peshmeniana Ekim

• Heracleum pinnatum C.B.Clarke

• Heracleum platytaenium Boiss.

• Heracleum ponticum (Lipsky) Schischk. ex Grossh.

• Heracleum pubescens (Hoffm.) M.Bieb.

• Heracleum pumilum Vill.

• Heracleum rapula Franch.

• Heracleum rawianum C.C.Towns.

• Heracleum rechingeri Manden.

• Heracleum × rodnense Nyár. & Todor

• Heracleum roseum Steven

• Heracleum scabridum Franch.

• Heracleum scabrum Albov

• Heracleum schansianum Fedde ex H.Wolff

• Heracleum schelkovnikowii Woronow

• Heracleum sibiricum L.

• Heracleum sommieri Manden.

• Heracleum sosnowskyi Manden.

• Heracleum souliei H.Boissieu

• Heracleum sphondylium L.

• Heracleum stenopteroides Fedde ex H.Wolff

• Heracleum stenopterum Diels

• Heracleum subglabrum Kitam.

• Heracleum subtomentellum C.Y.Wu & M.L.Sheh

• Heracleum sumatranum Buwalda ex Steenis

• Heracleum taylorii C.Norman

• Heracleum tiliifolium H.Wolff

• Heracleum trachyloma Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

• Heracleum vicinum H.Boissieu

• Heracleum villosum (Hoffm.) Fisch. ex Spreng.

• Heracleum wenchuanense F.T.Pu & X.J.He

• Heracleum wilhelmsii Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

• Heracleum wolongense F.T.Pu & X.J.He

• Heracleum woodii M.F.Watson

• Heracleum xiaojinense F.T.Pu & X.J.He

• Heracleum yungningense Hand.-Mazz.

Classification and naming
Other than size, the related species H. mantegazzianum, H. sosnowskyi, and H. persicum have very similar characteristics. The common name giant hogweed usually refers to H. mantegazzianum alone but in some locales that common name refers to all three species as a group. Both H. maximum and H. sphondylium are often referred to as cow parsnip. To avoid confusion, these species are sometimes referred to as American cow parsnip and European cow parsnip, respectively.

The morphological similarity of species within the genus Heracleum and the difficulty of botanical identification has led to numerous synonyms and naming issues. For example, the classification of the species now widely known as H. maximum has been inconsistent. In the literature, the scientific names H. lanatum, H. maximum, and others are used interchangeably. Prior to 2000, the former name was most popular, but today the latter name is in vogue.

Phototoxic effects
Most species of the genus Heracleum are known to cause phytophotodermatitis. In particular, the public health risks of giant hogweed (H. mantegazzianum) are well known.

At least 36 species of the genus Heracleum have been reported to contain furanocoumarin, a chemical compound that sensitizes human skin to sunlight. Of those, at least 25 species contained a psoralen derivative, either bergapten (5-methoxypsoralen) or methoxsalen (8-methoxypsoralen). Three of those species (H. mantegazzianum, H. sosnowskyi, and H. sphondylium) were found to contain both psoralen derivatives.

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The Suppliants

The Suppliants may refer to:
 * The Suppliants (Aeschylus) by Aeschylus, an ancient Greek play where the Danaides seek protection from King Pelasgus
 * The Suppliants (Euripides) by Euripides, an ancient Greek play where the mothers of the Seven Against Thebes seek help from Theseus to bury their sons

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Scott Grimes

Scott Christopher Grimes (born July 9, 1971) is an American actor and singer. Some of his most prominent roles include appearances in the TV series ER as Dr. Archie Morris, Party of Five as Will McCorkle, Band of Brothers as Technical Sergeant Donald Malarkey, and the animated sitcom American Dad!, voicing Steve Smith. He is also well known by cult movie fans for his role as Bradley Brown in the first two Critters films as well as his roles in the 1984 Christmas TV movies The Night They Saved Christmas and It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. From 2017 to 2022, he was a regular on the Fox/Hulu sci-fi comedy drama The Orville as Gordon Malloy.

As a singer, Grimes is best known for co-writing and performing the soft rock single "Sunset Blvd", which peaked at number 18 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart in April 2005. He is also known for being one of the four singers in Russell Crowe's band Indoor Garden Party.

Early life
Grimes was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the son of Pam and Rick Grimes. He lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico until he was 10, when he moved to Dracut, Massachusetts and attended Dracut Public Schools. His sister, Heather Grimes, is also an actress. He is the uncle of Camryn Grimes, who is known for her roles as Cassie Newman and Mariah Copeland on The Young and the Restless.

Career
Grimes started acting at an early age. In 1984, at the age of 13, he co-starred with Mickey Rooney in a made-for-TV holiday movie titled It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. In 1985, he appeared in an episode of the Twilight Zone called "Little Boy Lost."

Grimes also began singing in childhood, and in March 1986 appeared on a Bob Hope TV special, singing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow." The special was taped in Sweden with the King and Queen in attendance. In 1987, he performed as a guest vocalist on the Time album by Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters, where Carpenter thanked the 15-year-old Grimes for his "spirited" performance, commenting in the liner notes, "I believe young Scott to have quite a future in music." Grimes' first music album, Scott Grimes. was released by A&M Records in 1989, with the single "I Don't Even Mind" and produced by Carpenter. In 2005, he released his second album, Livin' on the Run, and in 2010 his third, Drive.

During the 1986-1987 TV season, Grimes played Jack Randall on the CBS sitcom Together We Stand, which was revamped and retitled Nothing is Easy during its only season on the air. In 1987, Grimes voiced Pinocchio in the dark animated film Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night. In 1988, he appeared with Dwayne Hickman, Connie Stevens, and her daughter Tricia Leigh Fisher in the TV movie Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis; Grimes, Hickman, Stevens, and Fisher also appeared on the All-Star Super Password Special with Bert Convy. He had also guest starred on the NBC sitcom Wings. He is also known for his 1987 recurring role on Who's the Boss as Alyssa Milano's character's love interest, Chad McCann and his regular appearances in the 1994–2000 series Party of Five as Will McCorkle.

Grimes starred as Sergeant Donald Malarkey in the HBO mini series Bands of Brothers in 2001.

Grimes starred on the NBC series ER playing Dr. Archie Morris from 2003 until the series' end in 2009. Initially a recurring character on ER, he later was upgraded to a main role in season 12. The character initially provided comic relief, but grew over the years, becoming central to several episodes and story lines in the series' final seasons.

Since 2005, Grimes has voiced Steve Smith in the American animated sitcom American Dad! He has also voiced the recurring characters Midget Assassin and Frat Guy, as well as several additional characters, each of whom appear in only one episode.

Grimes' film credits include the dark comedy Who's Your Monkey and Ridley Scott's Robin Hood with Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. On October 11, 2010, Grimes announced on his Twitter that he would voice a character on the animated series Family Guy, which would turn out to be Joe Swanson's previously thought-to-be-dead son, Kevin Swanson. On March 19, 2013, he was cast as Dave Flynn on the NCIS: Los Angeles episode entitled Red, the first episode of a two-part backdoor pilot to another NCIS spin-off which would have been named NCIS: Red, but it was not picked up. Grimes had previously appeared in an NCIS episode entitled "Baltimore" in 2011 as Detective Danny Price, Anthony DiNozzo's former partner at the Baltimore P.D.

From 2017 to 2022, he played cocky helmsman Gordon Malloy, the best friend of Captain Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane) on the Fox/Hulu sci-fi comedy drama The Orville, created by executive producer MacFarlane.

Personal life
Grimes has a son and a daughter with his first wife, Dawn Bailey-Grimes, whom he married on May 5, 1997. In December 2011, he married Megan Moore. She filed for divorce in October 2017. At the San Diego Comic-Con in 2018, it was revealed that he was dating his Orville co-star Adrianne Palicki. The two announced their engagement in January 2019, and married in Austin, Texas, on May 19, 2019. Two months later, in July 2019, Palicki filed for divorce, but had it dismissed in November. The couple separated again in June 2020, with Palicki again filing for divorce in July.

Albums

 * 1989: Scott Grimes (A&M/PolyGram)
 * 2005: Livin' on the Run
 * 2010: Drive

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Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo is a 1977 American sports adventure comedy film directed by Vincent McEveety and written by Arthur Alsberg and Don Nelson. The film is the third installment in the Herbie film series and the sequel to Herbie Rides Again (1974). In the film, Dean Jones returns as champion race car driver Jim Douglas (reprising his role from The Love Bug, the first film in the series), joined this time by his somewhat cynical and eccentric riding mechanic Wheely Applegate (Don Knotts). The film follows Douglas, Applegate, and Herbie as they participate in the fictional Trans-France Race, a road race from Paris, France, to Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo was followed by Herbie Goes Bananas (1980).

Plot
Jim Douglas, his partner and mechanic Wheely Applegate, and Herbie arrive in Paris to qualify for and compete in the Trans-France Race (a fictional version of the Monte Carlo Rally), in the hopes of staging a career comeback. The team has three major opponents in the race: Bruno Von Stickle (Eric Braeden), a German driver with experience in the "European Racing Circuit," Claude Gilbert (Mike Kulcsar), a French driver, and Diane Darcy (Julie Sommars), a beautiful young woman and the only female driver in the Trans-France Race.

Herbie falls in love at first sight with Giselle, Diane's sentient Lancia Scorpion. Diane initially hates Jim for what was apparently his, but actually was Herbie's knee-jerk behaviour that ruin her chances of succeeding during the first qualifying rounds, as the strong-willed Diane does not appear to believe in any cars that can be alive and have a mind of their own. Herbie and Giselle go on a 'date' together, and the following day both cars qualify successfully for the race, Herbie performing donuts across the line in a bid to impress Giselle.

Meanwhile, two diamond thieves, Max (Bernard Fox) and Quincey (Roy Kinnear), steal the famous Étoile de Joie (French for "Star of Joy") diamond and hide it in Herbie's fuel tank in order to avoid being captured by a swarm of searching policemen. They attempt to steal Herbie to retrieve the diamond, but Herbie causes them to blow every chance they get. The pair even threaten Jim and Wheely at gunpoint, an encounter from which Herbie manages to escape by driving through a gypsy camp and a building site. Wheely assumes Diane hired the two goons to knock them out of the race, causing a misunderstanding between Jim and Diane. Herbie is also taken into protection by the French police, headed by Inspector Bouchet (Jacques Marin) and his eager junior officer Fontenoy (Xavier Saint-Macary), causing them to miss the start of the race the following day. Giselle also refuses to start the race without Herbie, much to Diane's exasperation, but does so after Wheely lies to Giselle that Herbie has broken up with her. When Fontenoy eventually arrives with Herbie, Wheely also lies to Herbie that Giselle did the same to persuade Herbie to start the race, albeit from last place.

After numerous setbacks and delays, including another run in with the jewel thieves, Herbie, Jim and Wheely race back into contention. After Diane and Giselle crash into a lake, Herbie turns around and charges back to save them, after Jim reveals Wheely had lied to him. After being rescued by Herbie and Jim, Diane's attitude toward Jim softens, and Diane begins to understand that cars can have minds of their own. Herbie refuses to restart because of being determined to stay with Giselle, but Diane encourages Herbie not to relent in the quest for victory in the Trans-France Race, but not before Herbie makes Wheely get down on his knees and apologise for lying to him. With Diane now out of the race, Jim pursues Von Stickle through the streets of Monte Carlo, leading to a thrilling duel for the win. Herbie takes the lead by driving upside down on the tunnel roof of the Monaco Grand Prix Circuit, and Jim drives Herbie to victory. After the race, it is revealed that Inspector Bouchet, also known as "Double X" as a code name to the thieves, is the real mastermind behind the museum robbery, though the motive of his scheme is revealed as he also threatens Jim and Wheely at gunpoint, only to be foiled by Herbie rolling onto his foot and knocking the gun out of his hands with his hood. Fontenoy, having himself unravelled the mystery of L'Étoile de Joie, has Bouchet clapped in handcuffs and arrested.

In the end, Jim and Diane begin to fall in love, as do Wheely and the Monte Carlo trophy girl. Most of all, Herbie and Giselle fall in love again as well, and celebrate Herbie's victory by watching a brilliant firework display over the Monte Carlo harbour.

Cast

 * Dean Jones as Jim Douglas
 * Don Knotts as Wheely Applegate
 * Julie Sommars as Diane Darcy
 * Jacques Marin as Inspector Bouchet / Double X
 * Roy Kinnear as Quincey
 * Bernard Fox as Max
 * Eric Braeden as Bruno Von Stickle
 * Xavier Saint-Macary as Detective Fontenoy
 * François Lalande as Monsieur Ribeaux, The Owner of The Museum "Étoile de Joie" Diamond
 * Alan Caillou as Emile, The Chief Monaco Official
 * Laurie Main as Duval, The Museum Guard
 * Mike Kulcsar as Claude Gilbert
 * Johnny Haymer as Race Official
 * Stanley Brock as Taxi Driver
 * Gérard Jugnot as The Waiter
 * Jean-Marie Proslier as Doorman
 * Tom McCorry as Showroom M.C.
 * Lloyd Nelson as The Mechanic
 * Jean-Jacques Moreau as Truck Driver
 * Yveline Brière as Girl Friend
 * Sébastien Floche as French Tourist
 * Madeleine Damien as Old Woman
 * Alain Janey as Man At Café
 * Raoul Defosse as Police Captain
 * Ed Marcus as Exhibit M.C.
 * Richard Warlock, Gerald Brutsche, Kevin Johnston, Bob Harris, Carey Loftin, Jesse Wayne, Bill Erickson as The Drivers
 * Katia Tchenko as Monte Carlo Trophy Girl (uncredited)
 * Josiane Balasko as Woman In The Crowd (uncredited)
 * André Penvern as French Policeman (uncredited)

Trans-France race cars
A large number of exotic European sports cars of the period were featured in this film. There were 17 cars seen on the grid before the start of the race in the film (instead of an official statement of 16). Had Herbie actually been present on the starting grid, the total would have been 18 cars. The 18 qualified cars are:

Volkswagen Beetle (Herbie): white, red and blue stripes on hood, black number 53 in a circle.

Lancia Scorpion (Giselle): powder blue, yellow and white stripes, dark blue or black number 7

Laser 917 GT Coupé : ( Porsche 917 - styled Volkswagen Beatle based kit car): red, black and yellow stripes, yellow number 17 on a black square background

DeTomaso Pantera : black, white stripes, black number 66 on a white circle

Ferrari 365 GTC/4 : silver (sometimes dark grey), black number 22

Maserati Indy : dark blue, black number 70 on an off-white square

Ferrari Daytona : red and yellow stripes, black number 44 on a yellow circle

BMW E9 2800 CS : powder blue, white, Elf oil decals, black number 8 in oval

BMW 2002ti : white, red trim, black number 120

Porsche 911 : white, blue trim, yellow number 190 in a blue square

Porsche 911 : dark green, black number 91 on a yellow square

Lancia Stratos Stradale : black, yellow wheels, Squale Diffuse decals on hood, white number 34

Lancia Stratos : red, white trim, gold wheels, white stripes, black number 4 in a white circle

Renault Alpine A310 : white, red stripes and lower body, Esso and Aseptogyl decals, black number 2

Renault Alpine A310 : black, black number 116 in a white square

DeTomaso Pantera : dark green, yellow trim on front fenders, black number 10 in a white square

Matra Bagheera : white, black number 75

Ford Capri MK1 : yellow, black hood, car number unknown

There were other cars seen in the qualifying rounds, which were sometimes also seen during the race, as some of its footage was filmed alongside the qualifying parts in Laguna Seca, California :

Fiat Dino Coupé : red, black number 5

DeTomaso Pantera : brown, black number 1 in a white square

Chevrolet Corvair : white, dark blue stripes, black number 33

Datsun 240Z : white, black arrow on hood, red and yellow trim, black number 35

Datsun 280Z : blue, car number unknown

Lancia Fulvia Zagato : red, black number 16 in a white circle

DeTomaso Pantera : red, black number 30 on a white square

Porsche 356 Convertible : orange, black roll cage, red trim, red number 54

Ferrari 250 S Berlinetta Vignale : red, car number unknown

Ferrari Dino 246 GT : black, black number 67 in a white square, amber blinkers

Lotus Elan S3 : gold, black roof, black number 118

Triumph GT6 : dark blue or black, " Leyland " and Bell Helmets logos on hood; car number unknown

Porsche 911 : silver, black number 6 and "DP" on doors

Ferrari Daytona : grey, black number 31

Porsche 911 : yellow, black number 99

Lamborghini Miura P400S : red, black number 60 on hood

Lamborghini 400 GT : black, car number unknown

Those cars, although they appeared in the film, did not necessarily compete in the Trans-France Race itself. They appeared mostly in the practice and qualifying scenes, which were filmed at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California in 1976.

Mann's Chinese Theatre
On July 11, 1977, Herbie joined other immortals of the silver screen when he placed his wheel-prints in cement in the forecourt of Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California; the ceremony was also attended by the film's stars Dean Jones, Don Knotts and Julie Sommars, as well as several hundred guests and tourists. Mayor of Los Angeles Tom Bradley sent a proclamation officially declaring July 11 as "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo Day" and a floral wreath was presented to Herbie by Miss Monte Carlo. The ceremony was preceded by a parade on Hollywood Boulevard featuring a traditional Chinese band, firecrackers, 25 Lancia sports cars, clowns, cheerleaders and the Goodyear Blimp. Afterwards, a special invitational screening of Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo was held inside the Chinese Theatre, which was celebrating its 50th anniversary that year.

Novelization
Two different paperback novelizations of the film were published to coincide with the film's release: the US version was written by Vic Crume and published by Scholastic Paperbacks in June 1977; the UK version was written by John Harvey and published by New English Library for the film's UK release in 1978.

Comic book
A comic book of Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (illustrated by Dan Spiegle) was featured in Walt Disney Showcase #41 published by Gold Key Comics.

Reception
The film holds a 60% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 5.11/10. On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 38 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

Home media
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo was first released on VHS and Betamax in 1984, early 1985 and re-released November 6, 1985, and September 16, 1997. It was first released on DVD in Region 1 on May 4, 2004, and was re-released as a 2-DVD double feature set along with Herbie Rides Again on April 26, 2009.

On September 2, 2012, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo was re-released on DVD as part of Herbie: 4-Movie Collection with The Love Bug, Herbie Rides Again and Herbie Goes Bananas.

On June 30, 2015, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo was released on Blu-ray as a Disney Movie Club exclusive title.

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Saparua

Saparua is an island east of Ambon Island in the Indonesian province of Maluku; the island of Haruku lies between Saparua and Ambon. The main port is in the south at Kota Saparua. The small island of Maolana is located near its southwestern side and Nusa Laut off its southeastern tip.

Saparua was administered as a single eponymous district (kecamatan) of Central Maluku Regency (Kabupaten Maluku Tengah), but in 2012 an additional district of East Saparua was formed from the eastern peninsula of the original district. Kota Saparua (Saparua town) is the administrative centre of the residual (western) district, while Tuhaha is the administrative centre of the new district.

The island (including Maolana island) covers a land area of 168.1 km2, and had a population of 32,312 as of the 2010 census and 36,022 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 34,480. The inhabitants of Saparua speak the Saparua language, as well as Indonesian and Ambonese Malay.

Saparua was the location of Indonesian national hero, Pattimura's rebellion against Dutch forces in 1817. It was also the birthplace of G.A. Siwabessy, a prominent politician who was Indonesia's Minister of Health during the 1960s and 1970s.

Villages on Saparua
There are 17 administrative villages, listed below with their populations at the 2020 Census; ten comprise the new district of East Saparua, while seven remain with the existing Saparua district
 * Saparua (3,198)
 * Tiouw (1,484)
 * Paperu (1,412)
 * Booi (927)
 * Haria (7,461)
 * Portho (2,808)
 * Kulur (1,112)

Saparua Timur
 * Ouw (1,680)
 * Ullath (1,591)
 * Siri-sori Amapatti (2,002)
 * Siri-sori Amalatu (2,251)
 * Tuhaha (2,379)
 * Ihamahu (1,509)
 * Iha (391)
 * Noluth-Titasomi (3,038)
 * Itawaka (2,060)
 * Mahu (718)

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