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Père Lachaise station

Père Lachaise is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 2 and Line 3 on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.

Location
The station is located at the intersection of Boulevard de Ménilmontant, Avenue de la République and Avenue Gambetta, west of Place Auguste-Métivier, the platforms being positioned:

 * on line 2, south of the intersection, under Boulevard de Ménilmontant (between Ménilmontant and Philippe Auguste stations);
 * on line 3, west of the intersection under the end of Avenue de la République (between Rue Saint-Maur and Gambetta, not counting the old Martin Nadaud station upstream of the second).

History
The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of Line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers to Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas). The Line 3 platforms opened on 19 October 1904 as part of the first section of the line between Père Lachaise and Villiers. It was a terminus for three months until the line was extended to Gambetta on 25 January 1905.

The station is named for the Père Lachaise Cemetery, which it serves, and which in turn takes its name from Father François d'Aix de La Chaise, confessor to Louis XIV of France. It was the location of the Barrière de Amandiers, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished during the 19th century.

In 1909, the station became the first metro station to have an escalator.

Like a third of the stations in the network, between 1974 and 1984 the platforms on both lines were modernized by adopting the Andreu-Motte style, in orange for line 2 and in yellow on line 3 with the layout being completed with flat white tiles replacing the original bevelled tiles in both cases. As part of the RATP's Renouveau du métro program, the station's corridors were renovated by 4 March 2005.

In 2018, 4,882,748 passengers entered this station, which places it at 95th position for metro stations for it usage.

Access
The station has two entrances divided into three metro outlets:

 * entrance 1 - Boulevard de Ménilmontant consisting of two back-to-back exits, one consisting of a Guimard entrance, a historic monuments decreed on 12 February 2016, the other consisting of an escalator going up, both emerging on the central reservation of Boulevard Ménilmontant, south of the intersection with the avenues of the Republic and Gambetta;
 * entrance 2 - Avenue de la République, consisting of a fixed staircase decorated with a balustrade also designed by Hector Guimard and classified as a historic monument, located at the right of no. 103 of said avenue.

Platforms
The platforms of the two lines are of standard configuration, two in number per stop, separated by the metro tracks located in the centre.

Those in line 2 have an elliptical vault and are furnished in the Andreu-Motte style with two orange light strips, tunnel exits partially covered with flat orange tiles and Motte seats of the same colour. The vault, the walls and part of the tunnel exits at the right of the entrances are covered with flat white tiles are aligned horizontally different from usual staggered arrangement of vaulted stations. The stopping point only shares this feature with the half-stations common to lines 8 and 10 at La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle and, until 2017, with Gare du Nord on line 4. The advertising frames are metallic, and the name of the station is written in Parisine font on enameled plates.

The platforms of line 3 are established flush with the ground; the ceiling consists of a metal deck, the beams of which are supported by vertical pillars. As for line 2, the platforms are furnished in the Andreu-Motte style with two yellow light strips and yellow and orange Motte seats. The yellow shade is also applied to the metal beams. The white ceramic tiles, placed vertically and aligned, are flat and cover the side walls, the tunnel exits and the outlets of the corridors. The advertising frames are metallic, and the name of the station is written in Parisine typography on enamelled plates.

Nearby

 * Père Lachaise Cemetery
 * Lycée Voltaire
 * Square de la Roquette
 * Square Marcel-Rajman

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Philippe Auguste station

Philippe Auguste is a station on Line 2 of the Paris Métro, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.

Location
The station is located at the end of Boulevard de Charonne at its junction with Boulevard de Ménilmontant, at the end of Avenue Philippe-Auguste. Oriented along a north-west/south-east axis, it is located between Père Lachaise and Alexandre Dumas stations.

History
The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers to Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas). The station is named after the Avenue Philippe Auguste, after King Philip II of France, making it the only station in Paris named for French royalty. It was the location of the Barrière des Rats, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in 1840.

As part of the RATP Metro Renewal program, the station corridors and platform lighting were renovated on 27 June 2003.

In 2018, the platforms were in turn completely modernized as part of the Un métro + beau operation.

In 2019, 1,763,562 travelers entered this station which placed it at the 262nd position of the metro stations for its traffic out of 302.

Access
The station has two entrances made up of fixed stairs, opening at the corner of Avenue Philippe-Auguste and Boulevard de Charonne:
 * Entrance 1: Boulevard de Charonne: main entrance on the central reservation of Boulevard de Charonne, opposite no. 149; this entrance is adorned with an archway produced by architect Hector Guimard, prime contractor for the company. It was listed as a historic monument by the decree of 29 May 29, 1978.
 * Entrance 2: Rue du Mont-Louis: a staircase decorated with a Dervaux candelabra, located at the corner of Avenue Philippe-Auguste and Rue de Mont-Louis;

Platforms
Philippe Auguste is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is in the style used for most metro stations, the lighting canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the metro revival of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls and tympans. The layout was completely refurbished in 2018; thus, white ceramic advertising frames have replaced the metal surrounds, while the green Motte style seats have been replaced with blue Akiko seats.

Bus connections
The station is served by line 71 of the RATP Bus Network.

Nearby
The famous Père Lachaise Cemetery is nearby as is the Square de la Roquette.

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Eddie Meduza

Errol Leonard Norstedt (17 June 1948–17 January 2002), better known by his stage name Eddie Meduza, previously known as E. Hitler, was a Swedish composer and musician working mainly in the rockabilly genre.

Themes and behaviour
Many of Meduza's songs are about alcohol, women, and cars, often with obscene lyrics. Some songs are politically oriented, with many aimed against the various Swedish governments in power during his musical career.

One of Meduza's personas was the vulgar E. Hitler. In this guise he generally recorded more offbeat recordings like "E.Hitler skiter" (a recording of his own bowel movements) and sexually explicit material. The E. Hitler recordings were only available on tape by mail order directly from Meduza. On tour, he urged his audience to drink vodka to become as drunk as he was during his performances, to the tune of his "Mera brännvin" ("More booze").

Meduza also recorded serious rockabilly songs with a distinct 1950s flavour in his own studio, called Studio Ronka (from runka, Swedish for male masturbation similar to English wank). He played most of the instruments himself. He often got bad reviews from the press, notably from Expressen journalist Mats Olsson, to which Meduza replied by writing songs such as "Kuken står på Mats Olsson" ("Mats Olsson has a hard-on"), "Mats Olsson är en jävla bög" ("Mats Olsson is a damn fag") and "Mats Olsson runkar kuken" ("Mats Olsson wanks his cock"). He reportedly said that no matter what he did it was never good enough for the critics.

Meduza is also remembered for the first recorded appearance of future hair metal guitarist John Norum (Dokken, UFO, Europe), who played on two of his albums.

Albums
Errol Norstedts' first album was Errol, released in 1975 under his real name. This album consists mostly of dansband music, but also includes a humorous song called "Snus-kig Blues" about snus. He began calling himself Eddie Meduza in 1978 with the release of the single "Punkjävlar" ("Punk bastards"). His first album as Eddie Meduza was released in 1979, called Eddie Meduza & Roarin' Cadillacs, mostly consisting of rock and roll and ballads in English. In 1980, Meduza released his next album, Garagetaper, with a front cover parodying the cover of Frank Zappa's 1979 album Joe's Garage. Meduza's breakthrough came in 1981 with the album Gasen I Botten, which includes some of his more well-known songs such as "Mera Brännvin" and "Volvo".

Alcoholism and death
According to Meduza, he developed alcoholism in the early 1980s during periods of intense touring. In 1981, he was convicted of drink-driving and spent one month in prison. Nevertheless, he continued drinking heavily, and a year after his release, he suffered a nervous breakdown. In 1993 he collapsed on his way to perform at a concert and was diagnosed with ventricular hypertrophy (enlarged heart). He was warned by doctors that he would die if he drank again, and initially made major changes to his lifestyle, stopped drinking and started working out. However, in the late 1990s, suffering a worsening depression, he started drinking heavily again, and this caused his health to deteriorate further. On 17 January 2002, Meduza died of a heart attack at his home in Småland in southern Sweden, aged 53. He was cremated and his ashes scattered, in the summer of 2003, outside Rossö in Kosterfjorden, Bohuslän. He is survived by his wife and children.

Popularity in Mexico
Meduza's song "Reaktorn läck i Barsebäck" ("The reactor leaking in Barsebäck") from the 1980 album Garagetaper has become popular in Mexico, under the title "Himno a la banda".

Albums

 * 1975 – Errol
 * 1979 – Eddie Meduza & Roarin' Cadillacs
 * 1980 – Garagetaper
 * 1981 – Gasen I Botten
 * 1982 – För Jævle Braa!
 * 1982 – 21 Värsta!!!
 * 1983 – Dåren É Lös
 * 1984 – West a Fool Away
 * 1985 – Ain't Got No Cadillac
 * 1986 – Collection (2 LP)
 * 1989 – Dom Dåraktigaste Dumheterna Digitalt (Röven 1)
 * 1989 – Dom Dåraktigaste Dumheterna Digitalt (Röven 2)
 * 1990 – På Begäran
 * 1990 – You Ain't My Friend
 * 1991 – Collection (CD)
 * 1995 – Harley Davidson
 * 1997 – Silver Wheels
 * 1998 – Värsting Hits
 * 1998 – Eddie Meduzas Bästa
 * 1999 – Väg 13
 * 1999 – Dance Mix
 * 1999 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 1
 * 1999 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 2
 * 1999 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 3
 * 2000 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 4
 * 2000 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 5
 * 2000 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 6
 * 2001 – Scoop
 * 2001 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 7
 * 2001 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 8
 * 2001 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 9
 * 2002 – Just Like An Eagle
 * 2002 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 10
 * 2002 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 11
 * 2002 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 12
 * 2003 – Live(s)! CD+DVD
 * 2003 – 100% Eddie Meduza
 * 2003 – Live(s)! CD
 * 2004 – Rock'n Rebel
 * 2005 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 13
 * 2005 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 14
 * 2005 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 15
 * 2005 – Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 16
 * 2005 – Raggare
 * 2006 – Dragspelsrock
 * 2006 – Dubbelidioterna
 * 2010 – Rockabilly Rebel
 * 2014 – En Jävla Massa Hits
 * 2014 – Jag Och Min Far (with Anders Norstedt)
 * 2016 – The Lost Tape

Cassettes

 * 1976 – E. Hitler & Luftwaffe: Mannen Utan Hjärna
 * 1977 – E. Hilter & Luftkaffe Nr. 1
 * 1977 – E. Hitler & Luftwaffe Nr. 2
 * 1979 – E. Hitler & Luftwaffe Nr. 3 Del 1
 * 1979 – E. Hitler & Luftwaffe Nr. 3 Del 2
 * 1980 – Greatest Hits
 * 1983 – Greatest Hits I
 * 1983 – Greatest Hits II
 * 1983 – Dubbelidioterna
 * 1984 – Eddie Meduza Presenterar Lester C. Garreth
 * 1985 – Hej Hitler!
 * 1985 – Legal Bootleg (cassette box consisting of "Första Försöken", "Fortsättning Följer", "Mera Material", "Svensktoppsrulle", "Fräckisar" and "Bonnatwist")
 * 1986 – Raggare
 * 1986 – Collection Del 1
 * 1986 – Collection Del 2
 * 1987 – Greatest Hits
 * 1987 – Jag Blir Aldrig Riktigt Vuxen, Jag!
 * 1987 – E. Hitler På Dansrotundan
 * 1987 – Börje Lundins Julafton
 * 1988 – Radio Ronka 1
 * 1988 – Börje Lundins Kräftkalas
 * 1988 – Dårarnas Julafton
 * 1989 – Idiotlåtar
 * 1989 – Dårarnas Midsommarafton
 * 1990 – Radio Ronka 2
 * 1993 – Jubelidioterna
 * 1994 – Eddies Garderob
 * 1994 – Kräftkalas Två
 * 1995 – Hjärndelirium 2000
 * 1996 – Radio Abonnerad
 * 1996 – Rockligan
 * 1996 – Rätt Sorts Råckenråll
 * 1996 – Scanaway
 * 1996 – God Jul Era Rövhål
 * 1997 – Di Värsta Pärvärsta Scetcherna
 * 1997 – Di Värsta Pärvärsta Låtarna
 * 1997 – Göran Persson Är En Galt
 * 1998 – Compendia Ultima (cassette box, consisting of 11 collection cassettes)

Singles

 * 1975 – Tretton År / Här Hemma
 * 1978 – Punkjävlar / Oh What A Cadillac
 * 1979 – Yea Yea Yea / Honey B
 * 1979 – Såssialdemokraterna / Norwegian Boogie / Roll Over Beethoven
 * 1981 – Volvo / 34:an
 * 1981 – Gasen I Botten / Mera Brännvin
 * 1982 – Han Eller Jag, Vem Ska Du Ha / Tonight
 * 1982 – Jätteparty I Kväll / Tonight
 * 1982 – Sverige / Stupid Cupid
 * 1983 – Fruntimmer Ska En Ha...
 * 1983 – Fruntimmer Ska En Ha... / Han Eller Jag, Vem Ska Du Ha?
 * 1983 – Jag Vill Ha En Brud Med Stora Bröst / Leader of the Rockers
 * 1983 – Jag Vill Ha En Brud Med Stora Pattar / Leader of the Rockers
 * 1984 – Sveriges Kompani (Militärpolka) / Dunder Å Snus
 * 1984 – Punkar'n Å Raggar'n / Hej På Dig Evert
 * 1984 – Fisdisco / California Sun
 * 1985 – The Wanderer / It's All Over Now
 * 1988 – Småländsk Sommarnatt / Birds And Bees
 * 1990 – Sweet Linda Boogie / Heart Don't Be A Fool
 * 2015 – Julesång / Ute På Vischan
 * 2016 – Midsommarnatt / Mera Brännvin

Criticism
Eddie Meduza has been criticized for making songs with themes that were inappropriate (e.g. his song "Jag bara runkar" [English "I am just jerking off"]) which led to him getting banned from big newspapers like Aftonbladet.

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Alexandre Dumas station

Alexandre Dumas is a station on Line 2 of the Paris Métro, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.

Location
The station is located under Boulevard de Charonne at its intersection with Rue de Charonne and Rue de Bagnolet. Oriented approximately along a north-west / south-east axis, it is located between the Philippe Auguste and Avron metro stations.

History
The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers. It was the eastern terminus of the line until 2 April 1903 when it was extended to Nation. The station was originally called Bagnolet after the Rue de Bagnolet, the road to Bagnolet. On 13 September 1970, it was renamed after the French author Alexandre Dumas and the Rue Alexandre Dumas. It was the location of the Barrière de Fontarabie, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished during the nineteenth century.

As part of the RATP Metro Renewal program, the station corridors and platform lighting were renovated on 12 May 2005.

On 1 April 2016, some of the station's name plates were temporarily replaced by the RATP to produce April Fools jokes for a day, as in the case of twelve other stations. Alexandre Dumas was humorously renamed Les Trois Mousquetaires (The Three Musketeers) in reference to the famous novel by this writer.

As part of the action plan in 2018 to improve air quality in the metro, the station was the first in which two air purifiers were tested using an Ip'Air device developed by Suez. They were inaugurated on 7 June 2019 on the platform in the direction of Nation and set up for a period of six months.

In 2019, 3,439,879 travelers entered this station which placed it at the 142nd position of the metro stations for its usage.

Access
The station has a single exit entitled Boulevard de Charonne, leading to the central reservation of the boulevard to the right of No. 111. Consisting of a fixed staircase, it is decorated with a Guimard entrance, which is subject to a registration as historic monuments by decree of 12 February 2016.

Platforms
Alexandre Dumas is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is the style used for most metro stations, the lighting canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the metro revival of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, the tympans and the outlets of the corridors. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is written in Parisine font on enameled plates. The seats are dark blue Motte style (replacing yellow seats of the same original model).

Bus connections
The station is served by line 76 of the RATP Bus Network.

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Series finale?
I checked Yahoo's news feature and google, and the only reference I could find to Queer Eye taping its final episode was on this page. Until there's some some sort of confirmation, I'd say this is just a rumor. Multiverse 09:37, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

 * It's true that Bravo have not officially confirmed (i.e. sent out a press release), but it's by no means a rumor, nor is it unconfirmed. At least two of the show stars have repeatedly said in interviews that they were leaving the show this summer and all these interviews are online. Search on Blogger or LiveJournal (many QE staffers have blogs) or Carson's official site or any QE forum - this is being widely discussed by fans and amongs the cast and crew online, and has been confirmed in e-mails and blog and forum posts. Bravo have photos from the wrap party on their website so they're not going to any lengths to hide it, they're just not promoting the fact it's ending. Queer Scout 10:47, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Okay, I've changed the wording to make it more open (clarifiy it hasn't been officially confirmed and might come back in some other form). If you feel it needs to be changed further lets discuss it here.

I do think it's is worth mentioning because, apart from the stuff in my post above, the fact that the filming has wrapped is unusual enough to be noted. Having a wrap party. Wrapping up production (letting staffers go, breaking the set). Even finishing filming at all because they normally only take one week breaks with a month long break in the winter (rather than being like a sitcom that always wraps for the summer), and even on those breaks, production still continues. Plus if you look at recent interviews given by the cast, not only do they (well, some of them) make it clear they don't want to do the show anymore and are moving on, but they talk about their future plans and some of them have plans until the end of the year. I do agree there is a possibility Scout could put the show back into production in the future in some format, which I added to the page, but I feel it should be mentioned that the show as it is now is no longer. Queer Scout 11:30, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Could you provide a URL to news on this? When I go to the Queer Eye site, there are general pics of the cast, but no wrap party I can see. (And it's not unusual for a show's cast to do a SEASON finale party, anyway.) I've checked the QE message board and Carson Kressley's site, and I didn't find anything on this at all. I'm not accusing you of making it up, but so far I haven't found anything to back it up and until I see some sort od evidence, someplace, I think this should be treated as a rumor. If you can provide any sort of link, by all means, feel free to restore your previous version. Multiverse 09:41, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Hey. I'm not going to revert until they make it official because I've had a lil hand slapping for talking about it (oops!) You can remove it if you like.
 * If you're curious the photos from the wrap party are on BravoTV's exec's blog and fabfivefans.com/photos (June 2006 events), and the show ending is being discussed on Carson's site's forum >Queer Eye> New Episodes thread, last few pages, and TWOP's Queer Eye thread, last few pages. The LJ stuff seems to be all friends locked. Jai Rodriguez interviews about leaving are on tszuj-it.com fansite, articles> Jai. Queer Scout 11:58, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

 * In this interview Jai says they have not been asked back for another season and that everyone is working on other jobs.
 * http://www.afterelton.com/people/2006/7/jai2.html
 * 195.93.21.68 09:40, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Jai and the rest of the Fab Five made an appearance at Club XL in New York on June 26, they talked about recently filming the last episode and the show ending. There are some fan videos from this event. 172.216.91.35

 * That site posted an update sometime later, saying the show is being renewed: "Editor's Update, August 2, 2006: Although Jai was not misquoted here, a Bravo spokesperson contacted AfterElton to say that a whole new season of Queer Eye is slated for 2007, and that Queer Eye remains the core of their Tuesday night strategy." It's on that page, now. Multiverse 13:24, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

 * QueerScout has posted confirmation of the show's final airing season. not great news, but we knew it was coming, and at least we have a confirmation. thanks QS! -- Denstat 19:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Original culture person
They should included something about Jai not being the original person for culture, but i don't know who the original guy was, or why he was replaced.--69.171.35.198 17:42, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Irrelevant music references
Sorry, but I think it's ridiculous to include long, detailed biographies of the artists who have had songs featured, but who have absolutely no connection with Queer Eye beyond that. Information on the songs used is fine, but all the additional info about the artists' career histories and lives is just crazy. There is ZERO connection between the personal lives of some European band, or the total career successes over the years of a singer, and this show, simply because they happened to have one song featured on some spinoff merchandise. Many celebrities who have actually appeared on the show are not mentioned here; this link is substantially more tenous. Anyway how come some of the songs have short entries and some have total biographies? Please remember this is an entry for the TV show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, not a place to promote your favorite band.

Tone error?
I'm not sure why you took out >Indeed, many other gay people praised the program for its matter-of-fact portrayal of openly gay men as well as for its mostly warm-hearted approach which is so at variance with other reality TV programs

or what sort of "tone error" you think such a sentence creates. Please explain or I'm going to put it back in. The above sentence describes quite well the general reaction to the series when it first debuted in the US. Moncrief, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * see: User:Hyacinth/Style guide. Hyacinth

Sluggy Freelance
I don't personally read Sluggy Freelance, but I do recognise it as a popular webcomic. Yet, I think I agree with Montcrief's deletion of the reference - as Sluggy Freelance does not specifically concern issues of masculinity, nor does it continually reference Queer Eye, it isn't necessary to mention it in the article. Just a thought. Rhymeless 04:52, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

Soundtrack song list
Why is the soundtrack song list longer than everything else in the article combined? Are descriptions of each song really necessary? -Branddobbe 06:08, Aug 15, 2004 (UTC)

 * Maybe the soundtrack could be its own article. Jonathunder 15:51, 2005 Jan 19 (UTC)

QE Straight Girl

 * Future plans the company has toyed with include a Queer Eye for the Straight Girl show, now reported to be in the works, as well as a presumed-to-be-one-time show called Queer Eye for the Gay Guy, in which the Fab 5 helped another gay guy out. This ran during Gay Pride month, June.

 * If it's a "future plan" and "ran during Gay Pride month", did it happen or not? [[User:Livajo|力伟|☺]] 23:42, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Public Reaction
I was thinking. With how much gay stuff there is going on, there had to be some public reaction when the show went on. If it's in the article, give it it's own spot.-Babylon pride 15:41, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Personally I'm amazed the LGBT community never responded with outrage to the show, because its whole premise hinges entirely on homosexual stereotypes. I know that I was deeply offended when it was first announced, because to me it seemed to be a step back for the LGBT community.

In the UK
Could someone please add the UK version either in this article, or it's own. -- andrewI20 Talk 22:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * someone did this previously. feel free to fact-check the info! -- Denstat 05:28, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

This is the fab 5?
Who made the link from fab 5 to this? Anyone remotely knowledgable in sports considers the fab 5 to be the near dream team which was the Michigan Wolverines basketball team in 1991. This excerpt is taken from the "chris webber" page: While at Michigan, Webber led the group known as the Fab Five, which included himself, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson. This group, all of whom entered Michigan as freshmen in the fall of 1991, took the basketball team to the NCAA finals twice. The Fab Five, sporting long, baggy shorts and black shoes, became immensely popular as they were seen as bringing a hip hop flavor to the game. Four of the Fab Five (Webber, Rose, Howard, and King) made the NBA, and three of them (Webber, Rose and Howard) are still playing today.

The fab 5 changed basketball forever - at least the clothing style. Not to mention being famous for the scandal that destroyed the michigan basketball program. if i called myself god, could the god page redirect to "Vir Singh" (my name)?

 * quick note, "fab 5" redirects here, but "fab five" goes to a disamiguation page which i had not previously seen. i would fix the first one, but i dont know how.

 * Fixed, thanks for catching that. The Michiganders are important, but the nickname has been given to several other groups as well; it was even used on the cover of Rolling Stone for the pop group Duran Duran.  — Catherine\talk 18:10, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Australian Version
Is it really appropriate that the failed Australian "series" (if three episodes can be called a series) should have its own section and take up such a large amount of the entry, when there are literally dozens of foreign versions of Queer Eye, none of which have more than a brief mention? There is already a section detailing the multiple foreign versions. I suggest either that section be expanded to include equal info on each of them, or the Australian info section deleted. Bumblee2006 08:07, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * i agree that an entire australian section is not appropriate, but suggest instead that a new section be created for all the spin-offs (possibly called "Spinoffs") to replace it beneath a more svelte Overview section. everything can go under there, and good ol' australia can benefit from a trim, too. comments, or shall we proceed? -- Denstat 19:30, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I think that's a very good idea. I'd help if I had time. I'd say proceed.Queer Scout 19:39, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * okay, it's done. if any show data has been inadvertently misinterpreted in the edit, feel free to correct it. citations and references would be even better! i cut back the australian verison info, but created the box because it serves as an example, and a visual contrast to the original cast. :) -- Denstat 05:41, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I know for a fact that a Swedish version was created. It was cancelled, though. I don't know how long it lasted. IIRC, there was a Norwegian version as well. They cancelled that one pretty quickly as well. I don't know how long it lasted either. :P.
 * FallenAngelII

Official Name Change
To clarify, the official name of the show IS just "Queer Eye." Bravo and Scout decided to change the name during the second year, this decision was made partly because our own exhaustive research showed that this name was used far more than the original full name, and secondly because we had expanded the show to include makeovers on all sorts of people, not just on straight men. You will only see the title "Queer Eye" appear on the official website, and any magazine or newspaper article anyone associated with the show does. As the name is the official name of the show and the only name used by the show itself, and as it is far more widely used, and as this page refers to the entire show (including all the episodes that were not about straight guys), and all straight girl and other versions, it is preferable not to use our shortlived original name. The analogy with "The United States of America" not always being used is inaccurate as that actually is the full name of the country. "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" is NOT the name of the show and has not been for a long time. Queer Scout 11:54, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It might not hurt to add a source regarding the name change, to discourage someone moving this article to the original title. 23skidoo 22:52, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I changed the beginning of the article to reflect that Queer Eye is the name of the show currently, with the long name as the original name. It still needs a source, however. AEMoreira042281 04:26, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Structure/TOC changes
i took a stab at more re-structuring, cutting down the Overview section which was getting a bit chubby, and re-distributing the info into new sections Cast, Critical Response and Trivia (often found in series articles). i would suggest working next on getting a workable References section rather than adding a Quotes section -- those exist elsewhere online (although an external link might be okay). i think that if we do this, we're on our way to achieving a wiki-worthy encyclopedic tone that is not a fansite, although i freely admit to fandom. :) --  Denstat 18:41, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Citation
just want to say thanks to QueerScout for working hard recently with citations! everything is looking so much better. wish i had more time to help, but good for you! -- Denstat 19:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

 * these items in Parodies may all be true, but until citations are added, i have removed them from the main article, as uncited material brings down article credibility. as soon as anyone finds a citation for any of them, feel free to move it back to the section. thanks! --  Denstat 14:38, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

 * The Disney Channel animated series Kim Possible featured an episode entitled Dimension Twist, which had Kim and Ron sucked into the 'television dimension' and meeting the stars of a program entitled 'Evil Eye for the Bad Guy'. Two of the three members of the cast, known as the 'Terrible Trio' (a play on the Fab Five tag), are based on Carson and Ted.

 * Universal Studios in Florida had actors portraying the Fab Five appear in their Bill and Ted Show during their Hallowe'en Horror Nights in 2004. The actors were planted in the audience, and were going to makeover Clark Kent.

 * The ABC Family movie Campus Confidential featured a Queer Eye-esque group called the Fab Four.

 * In his comedy act, Jeff Foxworthy talks about how his pitch for his version of Queer Eye where hookers take the place of gay men to improve straight women.

 * In the Philippines, the Kamikazee band parodized the Fab 5 by creating a spoof called Fag 5 for the Straight Guy in the music video entitled "Ambisyoso".

 * One episode of Sesame Street had Oscar the Grouch, along with four other grouches, hosting a spoof called "Grouch Eye for the Nice Guy". His team was dubbed the "Flab Five", giving Bob a grouchy makeover, and getting him angry.

 * Sluggy Freelance has a story arc called "Straight Eye for the Queer Guy," in which Torg and Riff make over two gay brothers in an effort to hide their homosexuality during their father's visit.

queer eye for the g.i.
added it into the parody section, more appropriate but its a good link, cited. and noteworthyT ALK•Q R C2006•¢ʘñ†®¡ß§ 04:56, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

 * hi, i posted a note on your Talk page -- i just saw this cited parody contribution. i think it's likely to be reverted, for two reasons: the actual film description states that it has absolutely no link to the show, and therefore while it plays off the tv series title, it's not a parody (i.e. if it were a gay makeover/orgy, then yes its content would be a parody). the other reason is that your link goes to a page with graphic sexual images & themes, and i may be wrong but i suspect that wikipedia may not allow that kind of adult content linkage. -- Denstat 06:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

well if its not a parody i still think its a noteable piece of pop culture trivia.T ALK•Q R C2006•¢ʘñ†®¡ß§ 23:12, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

GA comment
Images need detailed fair use rationales, or the article may be quick-failed by another editor. --Nehrams2020 23:20, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up. I forgot to check them. FU tags added. Otto4711 23:25, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

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Pictures
I reverted the article to the .PNG pictures for two reasons:

1. The cast photo is not needed to identify the persons in the presence of the logo. 2. A .JPG logo is inferior to a .PNG or .SVG photo. All non photographic images should be in .PNG or .SVG. --AEMoreira042281 (talk) 05:22, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

it should mention other language versions of it
the norwegian version for example had at least 2 seasons i believe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.86.142 (talk) 23:47, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

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Avron station

Avron is a station on Line 2 of the Paris Métro, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.

Location
The station is located under Boulevard de Charonne, at the intersection with Rue d'Avron and Rue de Montreuil. Oriented approximately along a north–south axis, it is located between the Alexandre Dumas metro station and the eastern terminus of Nation.

History
The station was opened on 2 April 1903 when the line was extended from Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas) to Nation. It is named after the Rue d'Avron, which is named after a small nearby plateau that served an important role in the defence of Paris during the Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War.

It was the location of the Barrière de Montreuil, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in the nineteenth century.

As part of the RATP Renouveau du métro renovation program, the entire station was renovated by 9 December 2005.

On 16 July 2018, part of the nameplates of the station were temporarily replaced to celebrate the victory of the French football team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, as in five other stations. Avron is humorously renamed Nous Avron gagné as a play on words.

In 2019, 1,871,024 travelers entered this station which places it in 256th position for metro stations for its attendance out of 302.

Access
The station has a single entrance called Boulevard de Charonne, leading to the central median of this boulevard, opposite no. 35. Made up of a fixed staircase, it is adorned with a Guimard entrance, which is subject to a decree as a historical monument on 29 May 1978.

Platforms
Avron is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is in the style used for the majority of the metro stations. The bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, the tunnel exits and the outlets of the corridors, while the lighting is provided by two white lighting tubes. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is written in Parisine font on enamelled plates. The Motte style seats are dark blue.

Bus connections
The station is served by line 57 of the RATP Bus Network.

title: Avron station


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Dennis Fentie

Dennis G. Fentie (November 8, 1950 – August 30, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He was the seventh premier of Yukon and leader of the Yukon Party, serving from 2002 to 2011, as well as the MLA for Watson Lake.

Before entering politics, Fentie was involved in logging, tourism, mining, trucking, and fuel distribution in and around Watson Lake. Fentie had served as director of both the Association of Yukon Forests and the Watson Lake Chamber of Commerce.

Fentie was elected twice (in 1996 and 2000) as a NDP MLA after which he joined the Yukon party, later getting elected as its leader. In the 2002 election, Fentie led the Yukon Party to a majority government. The party won 12 of 18 seats available in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Fentie was re-elected for a fourth time in the riding of Watson Lake and the Yukon Party was voted to a second straight majority government. The Yukon Party won 12 of 18 seats in the legislative assembly. On April 27, 2011, Fentie announced he would be resigning and would not be running for re-election.

In 2003, Fentie along with two other territorial premiers opposed the Health Accord proposed by Ottawa. He maintained that the deal did not take into consideration the ground realities and cost of delivering services in the northern regions. Eventually a new funding deal was brought up as a result of which the three territories received greater funding from Ottawa. Among Fentie's major accomplishments were the establishment of the hospitals at Watson Lake and Dawson City, updates of Robert Campbell Highway and increase in the industry in Watson Lake. Fentie along with the officials and MLAs conducted the annual community tours, to visit every community and conducted public meetings with the residents to let their problems be known to the bureaucrats.

Biography
Fentie was born in Edmonton, Alberta on November 8, 1950. In 1962, Fentie moved to Watson Lake. Prior to entering politics, Fentie was involved in a variety of economic activities in and around Watson Lake. These activities include logging, tourism, mining, trucking, and fuel distribution. Fentie served as director of both the Association of Yukon Forests and the Watson Lake Chamber of Commerce, and the owner and manager of Francis River Construction. He died of cancer at the age of 68 on August 30, 2019.

NDP
Fentie was first elected MLA for Watson Lake in the 1996 election as a member of Yukon New Democratic Party, succeeding retiring incumbent John Devries. He was re-elected in the 2000 election as an NDP MLA.

Yukon Party
In May 2002, Fentie left the NDP, crossing the floor to sit with the Yukon Party. One month later, Fentie was selected as the next Yukon Party leader. In the 2002 election, Fentie led the Yukon Party to a majority government, defeating incumbent Premier Pat Duncan and the Liberals. The party won 12 of 18 seats available in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.

After the 2002 election, it was revealed he had been convicted and spent time in prison for heroin trafficking in 1974 when he was 24 years old. During the 2002 election campaign, he made it public that he had spent time in jail for a narcotics charge but did not make the fact it was heroin public since he had received a pardon. He had received a full pardon for the offence in 1996.

Fentie's majority government was reduced to minority government status in August 2006, when three Yukon Party MLAs resigned or chose to sit as independents. Copperbelt MLA Haakon Arntzen resigned after facing sexual assault charges and Klondike MLA Peter Jenkins was ousted after refusing to repay a government loan.

With a minority government, Fentie called the 2006 election for October 10. Fentie was re-elected for a fourth time in the riding of Watson Lake and the Yukon Party was voted to a second straight majority government. The Yukon Party under Fentie's leadership won 12 of 18 seats in the legislative assembly.

In early 2011, he was featured in an episode of CBC Television's Make the Politician Work.

On April 27, 2011, Fentie announced he would be resigning and would not be running for re-election.

Social Initiatives
According to senator Pat Duncan who was defeated by Fentie's Yukon Party in 2002, "He was a tireless champion of Watson Lake and Southeast Yukon, especially the forestry and mining industry in the Legislature in Piers McDonald's government. His strong advocacy for the Yukon continued in Opposition with the Yukon Party and as premier."

Yukon MP Larry Bagnell stated that Fentie took stands on certain issues independent of the party politics. Serving as the Yukon Party premier, Fentie pursued several leftist socially progressive initiatives, while as an NDP member he had pursued rightist initiatives.

In 2003, Fentie along with two other territorial premiers refused to agree to the Health Accord proposed by Ottawa meant for the rest of Canada. The three opposing premiers maintained that the deal did not take into consideration the ground realities and cost of delivery in the northern regions. Fentie had stated that, "An ambulance ride in Ottawa is a plane ride in the territories." Eventually a new funding deal was brought up and agreed upon as a result of which the three territories received greater funding from Ottawa.

According to the Yukon Party Leader Stacey Hassard, "He was a down-to-earth, truck-driving type guy." Fentie worked to ensure that problems faced by Yukoners are known to the bureaucrats. Fentie insisted that the officials were available for annual tours where Fentie and MLAs would visit every community. Public meetings with the residents were also organised.

Hassard stated that the hospitals at Watson Lake and Dawson City were credited to efforts by Fentie. While noting down few of Fentie's accomplishments, Watson Lake Mayor Cheryl O’Brien credited Fentie, with the establishment of the hospital, updates to Robert Campbell Highway and increase in the industry in Watson Lake.

Yukon general election, 2006

 * Liberal
 * Rick Harder
 * align="right"|196
 * align="right"|25.6%
 * align="right"|+4.4%

 * NDP
 * Rachael Lewis
 * align="right"|45
 * align="right"|5.8%
 * align="right"|-10.0%

! align=left colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 764 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| –
 * Independent
 * Dale Robert Worsfold
 * align="right"|28
 * align="right"|3.6%
 * align="right"|+3.6%
 * }

Yukon general election, 2002

 * Liberal
 * Tom Cove
 * align="right"|174
 * align="right"|21.1%
 * align="right"|-10.9%

! align=left colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 825 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| –
 * NDP
 * Kathy Magun
 * align="right"|130
 * align="right"|15.8%
 * align="right"|-35.3%
 * }

Yukon general election, 2000

 * NDP
 * Dennis Fentie
 * align="right"|434
 * align="right"|51.1%
 * align="right"|-1.7%

 * Liberal
 * Isaac Wood
 * align="right"|272
 * align="right"|32.0%
 * align="right"|+19.3%

! align=left colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 850 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| –
 * }

Yukon general election, 1996

 * NDP
 * Dennis Fentie
 * align="right"|442
 * align="right"|52.8%
 * align="right"|+18.3%

 * Liberal
 * Dave Kalles
 * align="right"|106
 * align="right"|12.7%
 * align="right"|+5.9%

! align=left colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 837 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| –
 * Independent
 * Mickey Thomas
 * align="right"|40
 * align="right"|4.8%
 * align="right"|+4.8%
 * }

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Sko

Sko or SKO may refer to:
 * Kanuri language, Standard Kanuri Orthography
 * S-K-O, originally Schuyler, Knobloch and Overstreet, an American country music group
 * S-Ko, a character in the Guilty Gears fighting game series
 * Skou languages or Sko languages, group of languages spoken on New Guinea
 * Skou language or Sko language, a language of West Papua, Indonesia
 * Osnabrück Canal (German: Stichkanal Osnabrück) in Germany
 * Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria
 * Seko Tengah language (ISO 639-3: sko), an Austronesian language spoken on Sulawesi, Indonesia
 * Shopko, an American retailer
 * Swiss Communist Organization (German: Schweizerische Kommunistische Organisation)

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Pont de Levallois–Bécon station

Pont de Levallois–Bécon is the northwestern terminus of Line 3 of the Paris Métro, located in the commune of Levallois-Perret.

Location
The station is located under Rue Anatole-France in Levallois-Perret, between Rue Baudin and Avenue Georges-Pompidou.

History
It was opened on 24 September 1937 when the line was extended from Porte de Champerret.

The station is named after the bridge linking Levallois-Perret and Courbevoie across the Seine, as well as the neighbourhood of Bécon in Courbevoie, directly across the river. All take their name from a property developer, Nicolas Eugène Levallois.

In 2018, 5,374,925 passengers entered this station, which places it in 78th position among the 302 metro stations for its usage.

Access
The station has four entrances by fixed stairs and by escalators at the intersection of Rue Anatole-France and Avenue Georges-Pompidou.

Platforms
Pont de Levallois-Bécon has two platforms, one central and one side, serving three tracks: the central platform is served by the two tracks used for the departure of the trains while the side platform is served by the trains on arrival. The decoration is in the style used for most metro stations: the lighting canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the renouveau du métro of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, and the tunnel exits. The advertising frames are a honey colour faience and the name of the station is also faience. The seats are a Motte style white colour.

Bus connections
The station is served by lines 94, 167, 238 and 275 of the RATP Bus Network and at night, by lines N16 and N52 of the Noctilien bus network.

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Anatole France station

Anatole France is a station on Paris Métro Line 3. It is located in the commune of Levallois-Perret, northwest of the capital.

Location
The station is located under Rue Anatole-France in Levallois-Perret at the intersection with Rue Voltaire.

History
It was opened on 24 September 1937 when the line was extended from Porte de Champerret to Pont de Levallois–Bécon.

The station is on the Rue Anatole France, which is named after the author Anatole France, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921.

In 2018, 3,734,650 passengers entered this station, which placed it at 140th position of the metro stations for its usage.

Since June 2017, the station has benefited from a renovation aimed at alleviating leakage problems and was completed by 31 December 2018.

Access
The station has two entrances and an escalator, located on Place du Général-Leclerc.

Platforms
Anatole France is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms, 105 meters long, separated by the metro tracks, and the vault is elliptical. The platforms are partially offset (like Saint-Germain-des-Prés) due to the narrow width of the street under which they are located. The Commerce and Liège stations have platforms that are completely offset for the same reason. The decoration is of the style used for most metro stations. The lighting canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the renouveau du métro of the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault, and the tunnel exits. The advertising frames are faience in a honey colour and the name of the station is also of faience. It is equipped with benches.

Bus connections
The station is served by lines 174 and 274 of the RATP Bus Network and at night, by lines N16 and N52 of the Noctilien network.

Nearby

 * Mairie de Levallois-Perret
 * Parc de la Planchette, open to the public in 1924
 * Temple de la Petite Étoile

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Louise Michel station

Louise Michel is a station on Paris Métro Line 3. It is located in the commune of Levallois-Perret, just outside Paris to the northwest.

Location
The station is located about 100 meters from the administrative limit of Paris, under Rue Anatole-France, at the intersection with Rue Louise-Michel. Oriented along a north-west/south-east axis, it is located between the Anatole France and Porte de Champerret stations.

History
The station was opened on 24 September 1937 when the line was extended from Porte de Champerret to Pont de Levallois–Bécon. It was originally called Vallier, after a local street.

It was renamed on 1 May 1946 to "Louise Michel" in honour of the French anarchist and communarde, who is buried in the local cemetery.

The station is the fifth in a series of six in the network to have been given a name of a woman, after Barbès-Rochechouart (lines 2 and 4), Madeleine (lines 8, 12 and 14), Chardon-Lagache (line 10) and Boucicaut (line 8); followed by the Pierre-et-Marie Curie station (line 7), and pending the future stations Barbara (line 4) and Bagneux-Lucie Aubrac (lines 4 and 15).

Like a third of the stations in the network, between 1974 and 1984, the platforms were modernized in the Andreu-Motte style, in this case red in color with flat white tiles. As part of the RATP's Renouveau du métro project, the corridors were renovated on 27 July 2002.

In 2018, 3,807,962 passengers entered this station, which places it at the 138th position of the metro stations for its usage.

Access
The station has two entrances:
 * entrance 1 - Rue Louise-Michel found at ground level at no. 30 (rare case in the metro network), on the corner with rue Anatole-France;
 * entrance 2 - Rue Anatole-France, consisting of an escalator allowing an exit only to the even numbers side of the street.

Platforms
Louise Michel is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is in the Andreu-Motte style with two red light canopies, benches covered with flat red tiles and red Motte seats. These arrangements are combined with the flat white ceramic tiles that cover the walls, the vault and the tunnel exits. The corridor outlets are treated with classic bevelled white tiles. The advertising frames are metallic, and the name of the station is written in Parisine font on enamelled plates. The station is distinguished by its platforms widths which are less than the standard configuration due to the narrowness of the street under which it was established, as well as by the lower part of its walls which, consequently, are vertical and not elliptical.

Bus connections
The station is served at night by lines N16 and N52 of the Noctilien bus network.

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Porte de Champerret station

Porte de Champerret is a station on Paris Métro Line 3.

Location
The station is located under Boulevard Berthier between Rue de Courcelles and Avenue de Villiers. Oriented along a northeast–southwest axis, it is situated between the Louise Michel and Pereire stations and is extended by an old terminal loop.

History
The station is named after the Porte de Champerret, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers Wall of Paris on the way to the hamlet of Champerret, which was merged with the commune of Levallois-Perret in 1867. The station was opened on 15 February 1911, when the line was extended from Pereire and was the western terminus of the line until its extension to Pont de Levallois – Bécon on 24 September 1937. It then became a transit station with the commissioning of the extension to the current terminus at Pont de Levallois - Bécon. The turning loop, under which the new tunnel passes, is now used as a depot.

As part of the RATP's Renouveau du métro program, the station's corridors were renovated on 21 September 2002.

In 2018, 3,431,010 travelers entered this station, which placed it at the 158th position of the metro stations for its frequency.

Access
The station has three entrances divided into four metro outlets, each embellished with a Dervaux type balustrade:
 * access 1 - "Place Stuart-Merrill" comprising two fixed staircases indicated by the same mast with a yellow "M" inscribed in a circle, emerging at the eastern corner of this place near the Square Jérôme-Bellat;
 * access 2 "Avenue Stéphane-Mallarmé - Espace Champerret", consisting of a fixed staircase lined and an ascending escalator, located in the heart of Place Stuart-Merrill, occupied by a dedicated bus station;
 * access 3 - "Avenue de Villiers", consisting of a fixed staircase decorated with a Dervaux candelabra, located at the right of no. 141 of this avenue.

Platforms
Porte de Champerret is a station with a particular configuration. Because of its status as a former terminus, it has four tracks, distributed in two identical half-stations (one per direction) with two tracks framing an island platform under an elliptical vault, layout which it shares with Château de Vincennes on line 1 and Porte de la Villette on line 7. The tracks framing the axial pedestal are used by ordinary traffic on the line, the other two being dedicated to a depot for trains and giving access only to the old terminal loop westbound.

The decoration is classic with bevelled white ceramic tiles covering the walls, the vault, and the tunnel exits, while the lighting is provided by tubes and spotlights. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is inscribed on enameleld plates, in capital letters on the side walls and in Parisine font on the platforms as well as the central wall. The seats are yellow motte style.

Bus connections
The bus station near the station is the terminus of several bus lines. The station is served by lines 84, 92, 93, PC, 163, 164 and 165 of the RATP Bus Network and, at night, by lines N16 and N52 of Noctilien bus service.

Nearby

 * Espace Champerret
 * Square Jérôme-Bellat
 * Église Sainte-Odile
 * Square Sainte-Odile

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Elric!

Elric!, subtitled "Dark Fantasy Roleplaying", is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game published under license by Chaosium in 1993. Based on the Elric of Melniboné books by Michael Moorcock, this is the fifth edition of the game originally titled Stormbringer.

Description
The campaign starts when the world is only ten years from utter and inescapable destruction. Like Elric in the original Moorcock novels, the player characters will, during the course of play, be offered weapons, powers, spells, and quests that offer great power, but always at a cost. By engaging with these pacts, a high-level character might reach the stage where they can no longer miss a sword swing, no longer take damage from weapons or poisons, nor be outwitted.

As RPG historian Stu Horvath noted in his 2023 book Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, the world's oncoming doom and the ability to create pacts with dark forces to become unstoppable and invulnerable "seduces players by offering a way around the randomness that so often frustrates their ambitions and, in giving them that power, sets their fate and damns them. It is a rare thing for a character not to be utterly consumed by their choices, just like Elric." Richard Watts concurred, saying, "In Elric!, everyone is self-serving. What matter such details as honour or nationalism, when in less than ten years the entire world will be one seething, shapeless seas? Law and Chaos be damned; greed and self-aggrandisement are the true gods of Elric!."

Publication history
Chaosium published the first edition of Stormbringer, a role-playing game based on Michael Moorcock's Elric novels, in 1981, followed by a second edition in 1985, and a third edition in 1987. All of these used a variant of Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying, with revised rules for magic and other setting-specific elements. The fourth edition in 1990 used essentially the same set of rules with the exception of the magic system, which was changed extensively.

But the early 1990s saw the rise of role-playing games with newer rules systems such as Vampire: The Masquerade and Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game. In an effort to keep up, Chaosium produced a 5th edition retitled Elric! to differentiate it from the decade-old Stormbringer. Designers Lynn Willis, Richard Watts, Mark Morrison, Jimmie W. Pursell Jr., Sam Shirley, and Joshua Shaw substantially revised the entire game, adding additional material from several older game supplements that were no longer in print.

Game historian Shannon Appelcline noted that Chaosium started working on major new role-playing systems for the first time in nearly a decade, commenting, "The first was Elric! (1993), a totally new BRP vision of the Young Kingdoms, meant to replace the venerable Stormbringer ... The new system was cleaner and more balanced. It also downplayed demons and increased the role of common magic — perhaps making it more accessible, particularly in Middle America."

The supplement The Bronze Grimoire was published in 1994.

In 1996, Chaosium entered the collectible card game market with Mythos, but took such a loss when the new game failed that, as Appelcline noted, "Chaosium responded by shutting down several of its lines, this time Pendragon, Elric!, Nephilim, and Mythos itself."

This was the end of the Elric series of role-playing games until 2001 when Chaosium briefly published a d20 version of the game called Dragon Lords of Melniboné (2001).

Translations

 * Japanese edition (1993), soft-cover, published by Hobby Japan, cover art by Yasushi Nirasawa
 * French edition (1994), hardback, published by Oriflam, cover art by Hubert de Lartigue
 * Spanish edition (October 1997), soft-cover, published by Joc Internacional as Elric, without any exclamation mark, cover art by Frank Brunner (ISBN 84-7831-154-8)

Reception
In Issue 79 of the French games magazine Casus Belli, Tristan Lhomme called Elric! "the designated successor to Stormbringer and yet a new game, vastly different from its illustrious predecessor." Lhomme warned players of Stormbringer "be careful: the entire universe has been rewritten. And even if [the new designers] read the same novels as Ken St-André (Stormbringer's dad), they obviously didn't remember the same things. In fact, they systematically favored the most sinister and despairing elements, making Elric! a terribly dark game, which well deserves its subtitle 'Dark Fantasy'." Lhomme thought that the revision of the rules was needed, writing, "the Stormbringer system was ten years old and had aged quite badly. Of course, the substance remains the same: the good old Basic RolePlaying Game (BRPG). Regulars will be on familiar ground: the seven usual characteristics and around thirty skills rated out of 100. However, this version of the BRPG reserves enough good surprises to deserve more than a passing glance." Lhomme called the new magic system "remarkable" but found the best part of the new rules to be the combat system, calling it "undoubtedly the most efficient simulation that could be obtained starting from Basic Role-Playing. It remains simple to manage, while offering enough complexity to please gaming fanatics of the simulation." Lhomme thought that the game's strength was its "fluid and officient" system, but that the writing was often too dense and the rulebook suffered from a lack of illustrations. Lhomme concluded, "Elric! largely lives up to what one might expect: a very good game, which has everything it takes to take over from Stormbringer: more adult and more desperate than its predecessor, and more oriented towards the discovery of the world of the Young Kingdoms than towards the creation of hyper-powerful characters clad in combat demons."

In Issue 17 of Australian Realms, Richard Watts warned about the dark spirit of the game, saying, "For the referee, the challenge of making such a world attractive, not to mention enjoyable and dramatically satisfying for the players, is greater than in most fantasy games. The reward of a satisfying campaign is correspondingly high." Watts also noted, "Elric! requires referees with keen minds. Not only must you balance the players' freedom with the direction of your plot, you must also ensure that the game's overall mood and atmosphere are dark without being claustrophobic." Watts concluded, "It is the nature of beauty, and the attraction, that it is transient. So too is any campaign, and sooner or later yours must end, and a presumably, the world along with it. But if your game has been rewarding, rich, dramatic and inspirational, its death will be greeted, not with disappointment, but with satisfaction."

In Issue 77 of the Israeli magazine Wiz, David Silberstein liked the game, saying, "The game system itself is excellent, easy to learn and play, and basically combines everything a great fantasy game should have. Beyond that, you will find lots of ideas and tips for players and beginners so there is no room for worry."

Other reviews and commentary

 * White Wolf #39 (1994)

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Wagram station

Wagram is a station on Line 3 of the Paris Métro located in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. Alphabetically, the station is the last on the Paris Métro system.

Location
The station is located under Avenue de Villiers, between Avenue de Wagram and Rue Jouffroy-d'Abbans. Oriented approximately along an east–west axis, it lies between Pereire and Malesherbes stations.

History
Wagram was opened on 23 May 1910 when the line was extended from Villiers to Pereire. The station is named after the Avenue de Wagram, which was named after the Battle of Wagram, where Napoléon Bonaparte defeated the Archduke Charles of Austria in 1809 in the Austrian town of Deutsch-Wagram near Vienna.

From the 1960s, the platforms walls were modernized with the installation of a metallic bodywork with blue painted surrounds. This technique is then widely used in the network stopping points as an inexpensive way to modernize them quickly.

As part of the RATP's Renouveau du métro program, the station's corridors were renovated in the course of the 2000s.

In 2018, 2,565,333 travelers entered this station.

Access
The station has two entrances:
 * Entrance 1: Place Monseigneur-Loutil, consisting of a fixed staircase adorned with a Guimard entrance registered as a historic monument (decree of 12 February 2016), leading to the corner formed by Rue Brémontier (at No. 72) and Avenue de Villiers (near No. 1);
 * Entrance 2: Avenue de Villiers, consisting of an escalator allowing only an exit from the platform in the direction of Pont de Levallois - Bécon, located opposite no. 74 of this avenue.

Platforms
Wagram is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the arch is elliptical. Since the 1950s, the walls have been cladded in metal bodywork with blue horizontal uprights and golden, illuminated advertising frames, complemented by blue Motte style seats. The bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the side walls, the tunnel exits and the outlets of the corridors. The vault is painted white, and lighting is provided by independent fluorescent tubes. The name of the station is written in Parisine font on enamelled plates incorporated into the bodywork.

Bus connections
The station is served by lines 31 and 93 of the RATP Bus Network, as well as, at night, by lines N16 and N52 of the Noctilien network.

Nearby

 * Église Saint-François-de-Sales de Paris

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Malesherbes station (Paris Métro)

Malesherbes is a station on Line 3 of the Paris Métro. It is located in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.

Location
The station is located under Place du Général-Catroux, along the axis of Avenue de Villiers, west of its intersection with Boulevard Malesherbes. Approximately oriented along an east–west axis, it is located between Wagram and Villiers stations.

History
Malesherbes was opened on 23 May 1910 when the line was extended from Villiers to Pereire. The station is named after the Boulevard Malesherbes, which honours the statesman Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, who was guillotined during the Reign of Terror in 1794.

As part of the RATP Renouveau du métro program, the station corridors and platform lighting were renovated in the 2000s.

In 2018, it saw 2,628,908 travelers enter the station, which placed it in the 212th position out 302 metro stations for its traffic.

Access
The station has two entrances:
 * Entrance 1: "Place du Général-Catroux", consisting of a fixed staircase, leading to the right of no. 15 of this place;
 * Entrance 2: "Avenue de Villiers", consisting of an escalator allowing only an exit, located opposite no. 40 of this avenue.

Platforms
Malesherbes is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decoration is in the style used for most metro stations, the lighting strips are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the metro revival in the 2000s, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the pillars, the tunnel exits as well as the outlets of the corridors, while the vault is painted white. The advertising frames are metallic, and the name of the station is written in Parisine font on enamelled plates. The platforms are equipped with benches made of wooden slats painted dark green.

Bus connections
The station is served by lines 20, 93 of the RATP Bus Network, and, at night, by lines N16 and N52 of the Noctilien network.

Nearby

 * Paris-Sorbonne University (Boulevard Malesherbes site)
 * Lycée Carnot

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Europe station (Paris Métro)

Europe – Simone Veil is a station on Line 3 of the Paris Métro located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

Location
The station is located under Rue de Rome at its intersection with Rue de Madrid, west of Place de l'Europe. Approximately oriented along a north–south axis, it is located between Villiers and Saint-Lazare metro stations.

History
The station opened on 19 October 1904, nine days after the first section of Line 3 opened between Père Lachaise and Villiers. It is named after the Place de l'Europe, a square from which streets named for various capitals of European countries radiate. This was the site of the first railway station in Paris, known as the embarcadère de l'Ouest ("Western platform"), the temporary terminus of the Compagnie du Chemin de fer de Paris à Saint-Germain, opened in 1837. The new terminus of Gare Saint-Lazare replaced it from 1842.

As part of the RATP's Renouveau du métro renewal program, its corridors were renovated in March 2000. It was one of the stations to have platforms culturally developed for the centenary celebrations of the metro.

On 25 April 2018, the president of the Île-de-France region Valérie Pécresse, announced that the metro station will be named Europe - Simone-Veil, named after the former Minister of Health and first president of the European Parliament, deceased on 30 June 2017. The inauguration took place on 29 May 2018; the name of Simone Veil is now displayed as a subtitle on new plates, simultaneously with its attribution in Place de l'Europe on the same date in addition to its original name.

It saw 1,694,103 travelers enter the station in 2018, which places it at the 273rd position of the metro stations for its traffic out of 302.

Access
The station has a single entrance entitled Rue de Madrid, leading to the right of No. 1 of this street. Consisting of a fixed staircase, it is adorned with a Guimard entrance, which is the subject of a historical monuments decree of 29 May 1978.

Platforms
Europe is a standard configuration station. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. If its decoration is classic with bevelled white tiles covering the walls, the vault, and the tunnel exits, it has the particularity of being equipped with liquid crystal screens since the celebrations of the centenary of the metro, broadcasting short films or slideshows. Lighting is provided by two tube strips and the platforms are equipped with benches made of wooden slats. The advertising frames are metallic and the name of the station is written in Parisine font on enameleld plates.

Bus connections
The station is served by Lines 66, 80, 94 and 95 of the RATP Bus Network and, at night, by Lines N02, N15, N16, N51 and N52 of the Noctilien network.

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Corner Brook

Corner Brook (2021 population: 19,333 CA 29,762) is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Corner Brook is the fifth largest settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the largest outside the Avalon Peninsula.

Located on the Bay of Islands at the mouth of the Humber River, the city is the second-largest population centre in the province behind St. John's, and smallest of three cities behind St. John's and Mount Pearl. As such, Corner Brook functions as a service centre for western and northern Newfoundland. It is located on the same latitude as Gaspé, Quebec, a city of similar size and landscape on the other side of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Corner Brook is the most northern city in Atlantic Canada.

It is the administrative headquarters of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nations band government. The Mi'kmaq name for the nearby Humber River is "Maqtukwek."

History
The area was surveyed by Captain James Cook in 1767. The Captain James Cook Historic Site stands on Crow Hill overlooking the city. By the middle of the 19th century, the population of Corner Brook was less than 100, and the inhabitants were engaged in fishing and lumber work.

The area was originally four distinct communities, each with unique commercial activities: Curling, with its fishery; Corner Brook West (also known as Humber West or Westside) with its retail businesses; Corner Brook East (also known as Humbermouth and the Heights) with its railway and industrial operations; and Townsite (known as Corner Brook) to house employees of the pulp and paper mill, laid out in 1923 by Thomas Adams using Garden City principles. In 1956, these four communities were amalgamated to form the present-day City of Corner Brook.

Between 1948 and 1958, about 70 people from Latvia and Germany settled in Corner Brook. They came as part of then Premier Joseph Smallwood's New Industries program. They built and worked at North Star Cement and the Atlantic Gypsum Plant. (For more history on the subject, see Latvians and Baltic Germans in Corner Brook.)

Corner Brook is home to the Corner Brook Pulp & Paper Mill (owned by Kruger Inc.), which is a major employer for the region. The city has the largest regional hospital in western Newfoundland. It also has a wide array of shopping and retail businesses and federal and provincial government offices. It is home to Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, as well as campuses of Academy Canada and College of the North Atlantic.

Corner Brook celebrated its Come Home Year from July 19–28, 2019.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Corner Brook had a population of $19,333$ living in $8,868$ of its $9,552$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $19,806$. With a land area of 147.88 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Sports
Near Corner Brook is Marble Mountain Ski Resort, a downhill skiing resort, and Blow-Me-Down trails, a cross country ski area.

The Corner Brook Royals currently play in the West Coast Senior Hockey League and were the winners of the 1986 National Title, the Allan Cup. The Royals play home games at the Corner Brook Civic Centre, formerly the Canada Games Centre. The arena was built in 1997 and was one of the main venues used when the city of Corner Brook hosted the 1999 Canada Games.

Corner Brook hosted the Special Olympics Provincial Winter Games in February 2011. The city also twice hosted Raid the North Extreme, a televised six-day multi-sport expedition race held in wilderness locations across Canada, and was a leg of the ITU World Cup Triathlon.

In 2004, Corner Brook hosted the annual World Broomball Championship.

Arts and culture

Corner Brook is home to Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, where a strong arts community exists both within the school and well into the public. The campus houses the Grenfell Art Gallery. The Corner Brook Arts and Culture Centre among other institutions thrive in promoting the arts on all levels from visual arts to theatre. In 2015, the City's newest theatre and gallery, the Rotary Arts Centre, opened.

Theatre Newfoundland Labrador is Corner Brook's professional theatre company. It was founded in 1979 by the late Maxim Mazumdar, and it operates a year-round professional theatre company from its home base, Corner Brook. From September to May, their Sarah McDonald Youth Theatre offers classes in acting, stagecraft and music to youth aged 6 to 8 and produces several youth and community-oriented productions in and around the city. From May to September, it puts together a professional repertory summer festival in Cow Head, Gros Morne National Park and regular national and international touring of plays like Tempting Providence by Robert Chafe, With Cruel Times in Between by Sarah McDonald, based on the various works by Al Pittman and Our Frances by Berni Stapleton.

Corner Brook is home to Gros Morne Summer Music, a classical music festival that spans July and August. The Hangashore Folk Festival was a folk festival based in Corner Brook from 1980–1994.

For 32 years, the March Hare literary festival ran every March. It celebrated poetry and written works by poets and writers from around Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and the world. Atlantic Canada's largest poetry festival was founded in the late 1980s by poet and playwright Al Pittman and Corner Brook author and historian Rex Brown. The last March Hare was held in 2018.

Corner Brook is also home to the region's only community radio station, Bay of Islands Radio (CKVB-FM 100.1, or BOIR). The station was previously only available online. However, the station received its broadcast licence from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on October 6, 2016, and commenced FM broadcasting on November 5, 2017. The radio station is located on Brook Street, in the city's downtown district.

Municipal government

The Corner Brook City Council has six city councillors and a mayor. The highest voting winning councillor becomes Deputy Mayor. The current mayor of the city is Jim Parsons. The deputy mayor is Linda Chaisson. Municipal elections in Corner Brook are held every four years on the last Tuesday in September. In the 2021 municipal elections held on September 28, 2021, Jim Parsons was re-elected mayor.

Transportation
Route 1, the Trans-Canada Highway, passes the south side of the city on a high ridge before descending to the east into the Humber Valley.

The city is accessed by air services at Deer Lake Regional Airport, 55 km northeast.

Corner Brook Transit is a privately operated local bus service. The city is also served by four taxi cab companies.

Climate
Corner Brook has a humid continental climate (Dfb) typical of most of Newfoundland. It is warmer in summer than St. John's due to less maritime exposure, whereas winters are colder than in the provincial capital. In terms of its overall climate, it is very maritime-like, especially considering how the climate is in mainland Canada on similar latitudes. Precipitation is heavy year-round but highest in December and January and lowest in April and May, with relatively dry, stable conditions extending into July many years. The Corner Brook area lies in an especially heavy snow belt because of cold Arctic air masses from mainland Canada, coming from the west or northwest, crossing the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and picking up moisture, resulting in "sea-effect" snow (similar to "lake effect" snow in US locations like Muskegon and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan). The "sea effect" snow comes in addition to the heavy snow that can accompany mid-latitude storms, called "nor'easters," that approach the area from the U.S. Northeastern and New England states. Such storms can bring high winds and heavy precipitation, with possibly changing precipitation types in a single storm. The combination of intense winter storms and "sea effect" snow make December and January the wettest months on average in Corner Brook. In December and January combined, average snowfall reaches nearly 200 cm.

Notable people

 * Ian Arthur, politician
 * Keith Brown, National Hockey League player
 * Brian Byrne, former lead singer of rock band I Mother Earth
 * Frank Coleman, businessman
 * Allison Crowe, musician
 * Donald B. Dingwell, scientist
 * Gary Graham, music teacher, Order of NL recipient
 * Doug Grant, National Hockey League goaltender
 * Bruce Grobbelaar, former professional soccer goalkeeper
 * Susan Kent, actress
 * Irma Gerd, Drag Queen who competed on Canada's Drag Race Season 3
 * Jason King, National Hockey League player
 * Joe Lundrigan, National Hockey League player
 * Adriana Maggs, actress, director, and writer
 * Trent McClellan, comedian
 * Dick Nolan, musician
 * Al Pittman, poet and playwright
 * Percy Janes, author
 * Sean Durfy, businessman and former CEO of WestJet

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Lionel Kieseritzky

Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky (Лионель Адальберт Багратион Феликс Кизерицкий; – ) was a Baltic German chess master and theoretician, known for his contributions to chess theory, as well for a game he lost against Adolf Anderssen, known as the "Immortal Game". Kieseritzky's name became associated with several openings and opening variations, such as the Kieseritzky Gambit, Kieseritzky Attack, and the Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit.

Early life
Kieseritzky was born in Dorpat (now Tartu), Livonia, Russian Empire into a Baltic German family. From 1825 to 1829 he studied at the University of Dorpat, and then worked as a mathematics teacher, like Anderssen. From 1838 to 1839, he played a correspondence match against Carl Jaenisch – unfinished, because Kieseritzky had to leave for Paris. In Paris he became a chess professional, giving lessons or playing games for five francs an hour, and editing a chess magazine.

Chess career
Kieseritzky became one of the four leading French masters of the time, alongside Louis de la Bourdonnais, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, and Boncourt, and for the few years before his death was among the top several players in the world along with Howard Staunton. His knowledge of the game was significant and he made contributions to chess theory, but his career was somewhat blighted by misfortune and a passion for the unsound. In 1842 he tied a match with Ignazio Calvi (+7−7=1). In 1846, he won matches against the German masters Bernhard Horwitz (+7−4=1) and Daniel Harrwitz (+11−5=2). He enjoyed a number of other victories across his career, but his nerve was lacking when it came to tournament play.

He was invited to play in the first international chess tournament, the London 1851 tournament, where he scored ½–2½ and was defeated in the first round by the eventual winner Adolf Anderssen. During his time in London, Kieseritzky also played a casual game against Anderssen which became known as "The Immortal Game". Despite losing, Kieseritzky himself recorded and published the game during his period as editor of La Regence.

Kieseritzky is credited with invention of the first three-dimensional chess, Kubicschach ("Cubic Chess"), in 1851, but this variant failed to attract adherents. The 8×8×8 cube format was later picked up by Dr. Ferdinand Maack in 1907 when developing Raumschach ("Space Chess").

Kieseritzky died in Paris on 18 May 1853. He was buried in a pauper's grave in the city.

Notable games
Shortly before the Immortal Game was played, Kieseritzky played a brief game against Schulten. In this earlier game, he made successful use of the same opening line with which he would later lose to Anderssen. Both games opened identically, through 5... Nf6.

'''1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 5. Bxb5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Ng4 7. Nh3 Nc6 8. Nd5 Nd4 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 f3 11. d3 f6 12. Bc4 d5 13. Bxd5 Bd6 14. Qe1 fxg2+ 15. Kxg2 Qxh3+ 16. Kxh3 Ne3+ 17. Kh4 Nf3+ 18. Kh5 Bg4'''
 * Schulten vs. Kieseritzky,, Paris 1850

title: Lionel Kieseritzky