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Speed (TV network)

Speed was an American sports-oriented cable and satellite television network that was owned by the Fox Sports Media Group division of 21st Century Fox. The network was dedicated to motorsports programming, including auto racing, as well as automotive-focused programs.

Although the channel was based in the United States (its headquarters were located at University Research Park in Charlotte, North Carolina), Speed ceased being available to most American viewers as a standalone network with its own original programming on August 17, 2013, when it was replaced by the general-interest sports network Fox Sports 1. An "international" version of the network, now known as Fox Sports Racing, concurrently launched in Canada, the Caribbean and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico to replace the domestic feed, airing archived Speed programming and live simulcasts of motorsports events carried by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2 in the United States that would be otherwise unavailable to international viewers.

When it originally launched in 1995 as Speedvision, the network carried a lineup featuring programs profiling the automobile and motorsports industries (including individual companies, vehicles and teams), how-to series, and coverage of various domestic and international racing series (such as the Formula One World Championship, Rolex Sports Car Series, and the American Le Mans Series). After it was acquired by News Corporation in 2001 and relaunched as Speed Channel, the network's programming became increasingly NASCAR-oriented; prior to its shutdown in the U.S., Speed's lineup consisted mostly of automotive-themed reality shows, NASCAR-related programs (including coverage of practice and qualifying sessions, and full coverage of the Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR-owned Rolex Sports Car Series), along with news programs focusing on motorsports. Most of Speed's live event programming was carried over to Fox Sports 1 (or sister network Fox Sports 2), and was simulcasted on the Speed network that remained available outside the U.S.

Due to contractual changes associated with the relaunch, Fox was expected to temporarily distribute a version of Speed (separate from the international version) to fulfill contracts with providers that had not yet signed deals to carry Fox Sports 1, airing a loop of the network's past reality programming. Many of the programs once found on Speed can now be found in the United States on CBS Sports Network, MAVTV and Velocity (such as Gearz, My Classic Car, Chop Cut Rebuild, and Dream Car Garage as well as live coverage of racing events), others not such as Speed Center.

As Speedvision
The network originally launched as Speedvision on December 31, 1995. The network was one of two (the other being the Outdoor Life Network) formed out of a partnership of Cox Cable and Times Mirror which had combined their cable systems operations in 1994. In July 1995, Times Mirror decided to reassess its media holdings and reduced its stake in the two planned networks to 10%. Comcast and Continental Cablevision were brought on as new partners.

Speedvision was planned by former ESPN executive Roger L. Werner, E. Roger Williams and Robert Scanlon. The network offered a mix of automotive, boating, and aviation programming.

Speedvision's initial lineup featured various automotive programs, including various documentary-style series focusing on prolific vehicles, manufacturers, and racing teams (such as Victory by Design and Legends of Motorsport), series focusing on classic automobiles (such as Dream Car Garage, coverage of Barrett-Jackson's auctions, and My Classic Car, which moved to the network from TNN), an AutoWeek-branded television series, along with MotorWeek and Autoline Detroit – two programs respectively syndicated from PBS member stations in Maryland and Detroit. Speedvision also carried coverage of various minor and professional auto racing series, including the Sports Car Club of America's World Challenge series (of which it also acquired title sponsorship of in 1999, becoming the Speedvision World Challenge).

Fox acquisition and NASCAR push
In the summer of 2001, the Fox Entertainment Group (then a subsidiary of News Corporation) purchased a 30% ownership interest in Speedvision. In August of that year, Fox negotiated a deal to acquire the stakes held by Cox and Comcast, thus giving them majority control of the network. Since Fox Sports had recently acquired broadcast rights to the first half of the NASCAR Busch and Winston Cup Series in a six-year deal, Fox planned to leverage Speedvision as an outlet for supplemental NASCAR programming. To coincide with that year's running of the Daytona 500, Speedvision was relaunched as Speed Channel on February 11, 2002; the network's operations were also relocated from Stamford, Connecticut to Charlotte, North Carolina (where NASCAR and the majority of its teams are based).

In the following years, additional NASCAR-related programs were slowly brought on to the schedule, ranging from news programs (such as Totally NASCAR, rerun from Fox Sports Net, and NASCAR Race Hub), pre-race programs Trackside and NASCAR RaceDay, and the post-race NASCAR Victory Lane. Speed Channel also added a weekly call-in show in 2003, WindTunnel with Dave Despain, which featured interviews and discussions relating to news and events in auto racing.

Starting in 2003, Speed began to carry NASCAR's Craftsman Truck Series, after buying out the remainder of ESPN2's contract for the events. The channel also offered coverage of practices and qualifying races in NASCAR's main national series, the Gatorade Duels qualifying races, and the Sprint All-Star Race. In 2005, the channel's name was shortened to simply Speed.

In 2006, the conclusion of Daytona 500 qualifying coverage was moved to Speed due to NBC's coverage of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. The coverage still had NBC graphics and commentary. It would be the only time that the NBC/TNT broadcast combo (which aired the Daytona 500 in even-numbered years and the summer race in the odd-numbered months) would air its NASCAR coverage on SPEED.

Until late 2007, Speed also aired coverage of International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation events over the winter months – including bobsledding, luge and skeleton. Its winter sports coverage also included an annual charity bobsledding event organized by NASCAR driver and bobsled builder Geoff Bodine, which featured participation by various NASCAR drivers. Universal Sports acquired the rights to FIBT events beginning in the 2007–08 season.

Speed continued to maintain coverage of other professional racing series, such as the Rolex Sports Car Series (including the 24 Hours of Daytona), the American Le Mans Series (along with the 24 Hours of Le Mans), the newly renamed Speed World Challenge until 2010, and the Formula One World Championship. By the mid 2000s, these came along with an increasing number of reality series (such as the street racing-inspired Pinks, Unique Whips, Chop Cut Rebuild, the drag racing game show Pass Time, American Trucker, and Hard Parts: South Bronx, along with reruns of the MTV series Pimp My Ride). By 2008, Speed was carried in over 73 million households.

In 2010, Fox launched Speed 2, a TV Everywhere video streaming service which featured coverage of additional racing series not broadcast by Speed, along with video on demand access to archived Speed programs. The service was shut down in 2014.

In 2011, Speed began carrying Australia's V8 Supercars series; it also aired live coverage of the Gold Coast 600 (where major international drivers competed in teams alongside Australian drivers) and the Bathurst 1000 featuring Darrell Waltrip, Mike Joy, Leigh Diffey, and Calvin Fish on-location. The move was met with praise from series organizers, who felt that the series could benefit from the additional exposure it would receive from American coverage—the series would also add a U.S. event at Austin's Circuit of the Americas for the 2013 season.

On October 12, 2012, Fox Sports announced that it would not renew its contract to air Formula One racing on Speed after the conclusion of the 2012 season. Two days later, NBC Sports announced that it had reached a new four-year deal to broadcast F1 races beginning in the 2013 season, with the majority of its coverage to be carried by NBC Sports Network. Three days later, Fox Sports reached an agreement with NASCAR to extend the network's broadcasting contract through the 2022 season (maintaining its rights to the first half of the Sprint Cup season and the full Camping World Truck Series season), along with the addition of online streaming rights beginning in 2013.

International expansion
Speed became available in Canada shortly after its U.S. launch. As Speedvision, Speed was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to be added to its list of foreign cable networks approved for carriage on Canadian cable and satellite providers in 1997. As such, Speed was carried by most Canadian television service providers. Prior to August 2013, Canadian viewers saw a largely identical schedule as the U.S. channel, although some programming, particularly live Formula 1 events, were blacked out to protect TSN, which holds domestic broadcast rights to F1 events (under CRTC rules, foreign services must own Canadian broadcast rights to the content they air). However, this point became moot when NBC Sports Network obtained rights to F1 events beginning with the 2013 season, as that network is not available in Canada.

The Latin American version of Speed was launched on November 5, 2005 with a Brazilian version following in July 2006, carrying live coverage of the Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, Rolex Sports Car Series, American Le Mans Series (including 24 Hours of Le Mans), Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and the Camping World Truck Series. It also aired delayed coverage of the World Series by Renault and NASCAR Mexico. Other programming included highlights shows including British Formula Three Championship, the Argentine TC 2000 and Turismo Carretera, and the Colombian T.C. 2000 and delayed highlights of Australia's V8 Supercars, FIA GT (airing on a few months delay), AMA Supercross and Monster Jam, as well as non-motorsport programs such as Grand Prix on Track, Grand Prix Story, Unique Whips, Tuner Mania and Pinks.

Speed launched in Australia on November 1, 2010 on Foxtel in both standard and high definition. After months of negotiations and controversy, on March 25, 2011, Speed and Speed HD launched on subscription television provider Austar. Among other racing events, the Australian network aired NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, Camping World Truck Series, V8 Supercars and Superbike World Championship with the network also having its own version of Speed News. Unlike the U.S. version, it was owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia – which no longer was directly connected to 21st Century Fox due to its inclusion in the split of News Corporation.

On February 5, 2012, the Latin American channel was replaced in Brazil by a domestic version of Fox Sports. Beginning in 2012, the network broadcast Formula 1 free practices and live and delayed qualifying events and races, as well as live races from the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. On November 5, 2012, Speed Latin America was relaunched as Fox Sports 3, whose programming remains focused on motorsports, especially on weekends.

On November 2, 2014, the Australian verison of Speed closed and was replaced by Fox Sports 5.

Shutdown of Speed and relaunch as Fox Sports 1, 2 and Fox Sports Racing
On March 5, 2013, Fox Sports announced that Speed would be shut down and replaced by a new mainstream sports channel known as Fox Sports 1; the network was to inherit Speed's NASCAR coverage (which would be expanded under a new television deal in 2015 to add coverage of selected Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series events), but joined by new or recently acquired sports rights, including college basketball and football, Major League Soccer, UFC, and new studio programming. Sister channel Fuel TV was also being re-launched as a companion, Fox Sports 2.

The last program to be broadcast by Speed in the United States was a replay of qualifying for that weekend's Sprint Cup event, the Pure Michigan 400, which was soon followed by a statement from Fox NASCAR play-by-play announcer Mike Joy marking the end of Speed's operations in the United States: For 18 years, it's been our honor and privilege to present motorsports and automotive-related programming to you on the network that began as Speedvision, became Speed Channel, and is now known as Speed. From the visionaries who started this network, from maintenance to management, from the talent to the truck drivers, we've shared your passion for motorsports over lo these many years. We love that you care as much about your cars as family, God and country, and so do we. But now, it's time to switch off the ignition and turn in the keys. This is the end of Speed in America. We hope you'll follow us on our new journey to Fox Sports 1 because all your favorite live NASCAR programming and much more is coming along with us. So now, it's goodnight and farewell to America's motorsports authority, Speed.

Although Fox marketed the transition to Fox Sports 1 as a re-launch of Speed, Fox was required to re-negotiate carriage deals with providers for Fox Sports 1 due to the change of its nature of service. There was uncertainty over whether Fox Sports 1 would have sufficient carriage at launch, as it had not yet reached deals with three of the four largest pay television providers in the United States (these being DirecTV, Dish Network and Time Warner Cable) with only a month before its launch. However, all three finally agreed to terms to carry Fox Sports 1 three days before the scheduled launch. For any remaining television providers that did not reach a deal, Fox offered a "watered-down" version of Speed (which consisted of a loop of the network's reality programming and no live events) to fulfill existing carriage contracts until they reached a deal to carry Fox Sports 1. In international markets such as Canada, a Speed-branded service was maintained running an automated loop of Speed's previous non-event programming, and simulcasts of motorsports programming carried by Fox Sports 1 or 2.

Despite the channel’s shutdown, the Speed brand would be briefly used on Fox Sports’ social media platforms for coverage of AMA Supercross, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, the ARCA Racing Series, IMSA, and other non-NASCAR motorsports.

In Canada, as well as the Caribbean and Puerto Rico, Speed was not converted to Fox Sports 1 with the exact reasons for this not being confirmed, although in the case of Canada, it was not clear whether Fox would have had the ability to make such a change given that Speed's Canadian authorization was based on it being a motorsports-based network with that version of Speed still being available in these areas despite its U.S. shutdown. It would continue to carry various NASCAR and other motorsports events, as well as related studio programming, mostly simulcast with their U.S. broadcasts on Fox Sports 1 or Fox Sports 2, but did not otherwise originate any new programming of its own. During hours when the network was not simulcasting FS1 or FS2 coverage, it carried repeats of past events and Speed's previous reality and documentary programming without carrying commercial advertising: commercial breaks consist solely of promos for its programming, with no outside advertising aside from public service announcements and promotions inserted by local providers.

In early 2014, major Canadian service providers including Rogers Cable and Bell Satellite TV began to drop the service upon the expiration of their carriage contracts. Cogeco dropped the Speed Channel on July 15, 2014. Shaw later announced they would drop Speed on April 1, 2015 within their cable and satellite system (a.k.a. Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct). Reports indicate that Fox had attempted to raise the channel's carriage fees significantly, despite the major reductions in original programming for international viewers, and Rogers suggests Fox was unwilling to allow Speed to be moved to a more specialized package in light of the programming and cost changes.

On February 19, 2015, Fox announced that the international feed of Speed would be re-branded as Fox Sports Racing, and announced that Rogers had reached a deal to add the rebranded network back to its lineup.

Revival as a FAST channel
On October 12, 2022, it was announced that Speed co-founder Robert Scanlon was collaborating with Rick Hendrick, Bill Goldberg and advertising industry sales executive Joe Abruzzese to revive the Speedvision brand as a linear channel on FAST (free ad-supported television) services. The new channel was launched on November 17, 2022 and features original and archival automotive programming on its daily schedule.

Speed on Fox
Speed on Fox was the name given for any motorsports events shown on Fox which would normally be broadcast by Speed Channel. The events included races from the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (using NASCAR on Fox branding and graphics when aired), Formula One, and Rolex Sports Car Series. The name was first used in February 2007. Formula One was broadcast on Fox for six years and the Camping World Truck Series for eight years.

Magazines

 * Autospeed
 * Battle of the Supercars
 * The Car Show (Australia)
 * Car Warriors
 * Dumbest Stuff on Wheels
 * GP Racing
 * Grand Prix on Track (Latin America)
 * Grand Prix Story (Latin America)
 * Unique Whips (Latin America)
 * Tuner Mania (Latin America)
 * Motorsport Mundial
 * My Ride Rules
 * Velocidade Sur (Latin America)
 * SPEED Center
 * Speedmakers

Notable personalities

 * Adam Alexander – (NASCAR Race Hub host)
 * Will Buxton - (Formula One pit-lane reporter)
 * Wally Dallenbach Jr. - (NASCAR Race Hub analyst)
 * Dave Despain - (now at MavTV hosting The Dave Despain Show)
 * Bob Dillner – (NASCAR reporter)
 * Ray Dunlap - (Contract not renewed for 2017)
 * Jeff Gordon - (Fox NASCAR Color Commentator)
 * Jeff Hammond – (NASCAR Race Hub analyst)
 * David Hobbs - (Formula One commentator)
 * Mike Joy – (Lead Play By Play for Fox NASCAR)
 * Jamie Little - (Fox NASCAR pit reporter)
 * Steve Matchett - (Formula One commentator)
 * Larry McReynolds – (NASCAR Race Hub analyst)
 * Phil Parsons – (NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Studio Analyst)
 * Kyle Petty – (now at NASCAR on NBC)
 * John Roberts – (NASCAR RaceDay host, NASCAR Setup pre-race show host)
 * Hermie Sadler - (NASCAR Camping World Truck Series pit reporter)
 * Danielle Trotta - (NASCAR Race Hub host)
 * Bob Varsha - (Formula One host)
 * Kaitlyn Vincie - (NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Studio Host)
 * Krista Voda (now at NASCAR on NBC)
 * Wendy Venturini - (NASCAR RaceDay analyst)
 * Kenny Wallace – (NASCAR RaceDay analyst)
 * Darrell Waltrip – (Fox NASCAR Color Commentator)
 * Michael Waltrip – (NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Color Commentator)
 * Peter Windsor - (Formula One on-location reporter)
 * Rutledge Wood - now on Top Gear/NASCAR on NBC
 * Matt Yocum - (Fox NASCAR pit reporter)

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Cheerios

Cheerios is a brand of cereal manufactured by General Mills in the United States and Canada, consisting of pulverized oats in the shape of a solid torus. In some countries, including the United Kingdom, Cheerios is marketed by Cereal Partners under the Nestlé brand; in Australia and New Zealand, Cheerios is sold as an Uncle Tobys product. It was first manufactured in 1941 as CheeriOats.

History
Cheerios were introduced on May 2, 1941, as "Cheerioats". The name was shortened to "Cheerios" on December 2, 1945, after a competing cereal manufacturer, Quaker Oats, claimed to hold the rights to use the term "oats".

Cheerios' production was based upon the extrusion process invented for Kix in 1937. The oat flour process starts in Minneapolis before being shipped to factories in Iowa, Georgia, and Buffalo, New York.

On July 3, 1976, 35 years after the cereal was first introduced, "Cinnamon Nut Cheerios" became the first alternate variety of Cheerios to be sold in stores. Nearly 3 years later, on March 1, 1979, "Honey Nut Cheerios" was introduced. General Mills sold approximately 1.8 million cases of Honey Nut Cheerios in its first year.

Since their introduction, Cheerios have become a popular baby food. Generally first fed to children aged 9–12 months, Cheerios serve to help infants transition to eating solid food, as well as develop fine motor skills.

Ingredients
In January 2014, General Mills announced that it would halt the use of genetically modified ingredients in original Cheerios. However, General Mills notes for Original Cheerios that "trace amounts of genetically modified (also known as 'genetically engineered') material may be present due to potential cross contact during manufacturing and shipping". In February 2015, the company announced that it would be making Cheerios gluten-free by removing the traces of wheat, rye, and barley that usually come into contact with the oat supply used to make Cheerios during transportation to the General Mills plant in Buffalo, New York, along Lake Erie.

In the United Kingdom, Cheerios differ somewhat from their US counterpart, being made from corn, oats, rice, wheat, and barley, thus Cheerios in the United Kingdom are not gluten-free. Cheerios in the United States are made solely from oats and, since 2015, can be called gluten-free.

Advertising
Many television commercials for Cheerios have targeted children, featuring animated characters (such as a Honeybee). Bullwinkle was featured in early 1960s commercials, with the tagline at the end of the ad being "Go with Cheerios!" followed by Bullwinkle, usually worse for wear due to his Cheerios-inspired bravery somewhat backfiring, saying "...but watch where you're going!" Hoppity Hooper was also featured in ads in the mid-1960s; General Mills was the primary sponsor of his animated program.

Cheeri O'Leary
This cartoon character, a cheery young girl, was seen in 1942–1943 magazine advertising and Sunday newspaper's comics sections. These ads were multi-panel cartoons where Cheeri O'Leary interacted with entertainers of the day, including Charlotte Greenwood, Barbara Stanwyck, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Johnny Mack Brown, Betty Hutton, and Claudette Colbert.

The Cheerios Kid
Beginning in the mid-1950s and continuing through the early 1960s, "The Cheerios Kid" was a mainstay in Cheerios commercials. The Kid, after eating Cheerios, quickly dealt with whatever problem presented in the commercial, using oat-produced "Big-G, little-o" "Go-power." By the late 1960s, there was a jingle called "Get Yourself Go" (written by Neil Diamond), which played as the two used power to solve the problem. The character was revived briefly in the late 1980s in similar commercials. In 2012, The Cheerios Kid and his sidekick Sue were revived in an internet video that showed how Cheerios "can lower cholesterol." Video clips of "the Kid" and Sue are part of a montage included in a 2014 TV commercial, along with clips of the Honey Nut Cheerios bee's early commercials.

Peanuts
In 1984 and 1985, characters from the comic strip Peanuts were featured in many Cheerios commercials. In the commercials, the characters become tired in the middle of performing an activity (e.g. taking a dance lesson, or playing tennis), but then another character tells them that they did not have a healthy Cheerios breakfast. Then, at the end of the commercial, the character would be energized, followed by children singing "You're on your toes with Cheerios!"

Spoonfuls of Stories
The Spoonfuls of Stories program, begun in 2002, is sponsored by Cheerios and a 50/50 joint venture of General Mills and Simon & Schuster. Mini-sized versions of Simon & Schuster children's books are published within the program when the book drive occurs. The program also includes a New Author contest; winners' books are published in miniature inside boxes of Cheerios.

Shawn Johnson
In 2009, Olympic gold medalist and World Champion gymnast Shawn Johnson became the first athlete to have her photo featured on the front of the Cheerios box. The limited edition was distributed in the Midwestern region of the United States by the Hy-Vee grocery store chain.

Just Checking
In 2013, a Cheerios commercial aired, titled "Just Checking," showcasing an interracial family in which a daughter asks her mother (white) if Cheerios is good for the heart, as her father (black) mentioned. The mother says the cereal is suitable according to the box which states that whole grain oats lower cholesterol. The next scene features the father waking up as a pile of Cheerios spills down his chest, which the daughter placed there having taken her father's words literally. The commercial received unintentional notoriety due to intense backlash. This was so extreme that General Mills disabled further comments on the video. In 2014, General Mills released a Super Bowl ad titled "Gracie," featuring the same family: in the commercial, the father, using Cheerios to illustrate his meaning, tells the daughter that a new baby is coming, that her mother is pregnant, and the daughter accepts this—as long as they also get a puppy—and the father agrees, while the mother looks a little surprised.

Vortexx
To promote the premiere of the Vortexx Saturday morning block on The CW Television Network in August 2012, special boxes of Cheerios were branded as "Vortexx O's," complete with the schedule on the back, and the wordmark plastered on one of the Vortexx promotional backgrounds. Toys were also included in the box, featuring John Cena, Iron Man, and the Pink Power Ranger.

Good Goes Around
In 2017, Latrell James was hired to sing a song for a new Cheerios commercial, with the refrain "Good goes around and around and around."

Murray the Brave
In May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it partnered with Food Banks Canada to do a tribute to food bank workers.

Return of "Cheerioats" for 80th Anniversary
Beginning in July 2021, a limited re-release of Cheerios cereal was made across North American markets by reusing the original-brand name "Cheerioats" instead of "Cheerios." Cheerioats used the same ingredients as modern-day Cheerios but were repackaged in a throwback campaign to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Cheerios cereals being sold (1941–2021).

Products

 * Cereals
 * Cheerios (originally named Cheerioats) (1941)
 * Cinnamon Nut Cheerios (1976)
 * Honey Nut Cheerios (1979)
 * Apple Cinnamon Cheerios (1988)
 * MultiGrain Cheerios (Original in the UK) (released 1992, relaunched 2009)
 * Frosted Cheerios (1995) (not related to Frosty O's)
 * Yogurt Burst Cheerios (variations include vanilla and strawberry) (2005)
 * Fruity Cheerios (2006) (Cheerios sweetened with fruit juice) (relaunched 2024)
 * Oat Cluster Crunch Cheerios (2007) (sweetened Cheerios with oat clusters)
 * Banana Nut Cheerios (2009) (sweetened Cheerios made with banana puree) (relaunched 2017, discontinued 2017)
 * Chocolate Cheerios (2010) (Cheerios made with cocoa)
 * Cinnamon Burst Cheerios (2011) (Cheerios made with cinnamon)
 * MultiGrain Peanut Butter Cheerios (2012) (Multigrain Cheerios with sorghum, not wheat, and peanut butter)
 * Multi Grain Cheerios Dark Chocolate Crunch (2013)
 * Cheerios Protein (variations include Oats & Honey and Cinnamon Almond) (2014)
 * Ancient Grain Cheerios (2015) (sweetened Cheerios made with "ancient grains like kamut wheat, spelt, and quinoa")
 * Pumpkin Spice Cheerios (sweetened Cheerios made with pumpkin purée and pumpkin pie spices) (2016) (limited edition)
 * Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheerios (a blend of two types of sweetened Cheerios, one with a cocoa coating, the other with peanut butter) (Limited Edition in 2016, made permanent in 2017)
 * Strawberry Cheerios (sweetened Cheerios made with strawberry purée) (2017) (Limited Edition)
 * Very Berry Cheerios (sweetened Cheerios with strawberry, blueberry, and raspberry flavors) (2017)
 * Peach Cheerios (sweetened Cheerios made with peach purée) (2018) (Limited Edition)
 * Blueberry Cheerios (with blueberry purée concentrate) (2019)
 * Maple Cheerios (sweetened with maple syrup) (2017 in Canada, 2019 in the United States)
 * Cinnamon Cheerios (made with cinnamon) (2020)
 * Toasted Coconut Cheerios (limited edition) (2020)
 * Frosted Vanilla Cheerios (2021 in Canada only)
 * Chocolate Strawberry Cheerios (limited edition) (2021)
 * Banana Caramel Cheerios (limited edition) (2022)
 * Honey Vanilla Cheerios (2022)
 * Strawberry Banana Cheerios (2022)
 * Frosted Lemon Cheerios (limited edition) (2023)

 * Snacks
 * Cheerios Snack Mix – Original (2008) (Cheerios, Corn Chex, Wheat Chex, round crackers, pretzels, and cracker sticks flavored with garlic and onion)
 * Cheerios Snack Mix – Cheese (2008) (Cheerios, Corn Chex, Wheat Chex, triangle crackers, pretzels, and cracker sticks flavored with cheese)

 * Licensed products
 * Crispy Oats (manufactured by Millville, distributed by ALDI)
 * Purely O's (Organic Cheerios, manufactured by General Mills subsidiary Cascadian Farms) (1999)
 * Oat Cheerios (Republic of Ireland only, manufactured by Cereal Partners Worldwide, sold under the Nestlé brand)

Discontinued products

 * Cheerios and X's (1993)
 * Team Cheerios (formerly Team USA Cheerios) (1996–2003)
 * Millenios (Cheerios with "2"-shaped cereal pieces) (1999–2000)
 * Berry Burst Cheerios (including variations of Strawberry, Strawberry Banana, Cherry Vanilla and Triple Berry) (2003)
 * Dulce de Leche Cheerios (2012) (sweetened Cheerios made with caramel)
 * Banana Nut Cheerios (2015–2016) (sweetened Cheerios made with banana puree)
 * Fruity Cheerios (Cheerios sweetened with fruit juice) (2006-2022)

2009 FDA demand
In May 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to General Mills indicating that Cheerios was being sold as an unapproved new drug, due to labeling which read in part:

* "You can Lower Your Cholesterol 4% in 6 weeks"
 * "Did you know that in just 6 weeks Cheerios can reduce bad cholesterol by an average of 4 percent? Cheerios is ... clinically proven to lower cholesterol. A clinical study showed that eating two 1½ cup servings daily of Cheerios cereal reduced bad cholesterol when eaten as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol."

The FDA letter indicated that General Mills needed to change the way it marketed Cheerios or apply for federal approval to sell Cheerios as a drug. General Mills responded with a statement that the FDA had approved their claim of soluble fiber content, and that claims about lowering cholesterol had been featured on the box for two years.

In 2012, the FDA followed up with a letter approving the Cheerios labeling and declaring that the matter was moot and required no further action.

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Thomas Simpson Sproule

Thomas Simpson Sproule (October 25, 1843 – November 10, 1917) was a Canadian parliamentarian, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada from 1911–1915, and a member of the Canadian Senate from 1915–1917.

Early life and education
Sproule was born to James and Jane (née Mitchell) Sproule, farmers who had emigrated to King Township, Canada West from County of Tyrone, Ireland.

His parents moved to Grey County when he was young, and he attended public schools there before studying at University of Michigan and Victoria University in Cobourg. He left school for two years before returning to Victoria University, graduating in 1868 with a degree in medicine.

Doctor, businessman, politician, and husband
After his graduation, Sproule first practised medicine at Craighurst, Ontario, before he moved to Galesburg, Michigan. He moved back to Grey County, and settled in Markdale, Ontario, where in addition to his medical practice, he also opened a drug store, bought a large cattle farm, and invested in local businesses such as a flour mill and lumber yard.

He turned to politics and succeeded the retiring William Kingston Flesher as MP of Grey East in the 1878 election as a Conservative MP. He also fell in love with Flesher's daughter, Mary Alice, and wooed her by having a beautiful Italianate house that he called Knarsboro Hall built for her in Markdale. The couple was married in 1881, and had a daughter, Lillian.

Sproule was also related to the famous NHL Toronto St. Patricks owner Harvey Sproule. Thomas Sproule's niece was Mary Elizabeth Sproule Head, of Milton, Ontario, who along with her husband, John Head, cared for her young nephew Harvey Sproule and his sister.

Sproule was subsequently re-elected to Parliament eight times in succession. Both Sproule and his wife were dedicated teetotallers and Prohibitionists, and when Mary Alice Sproule was the hostess of her husband's political functions, she never allowed alcohol to be served.

Political views
Sproule was a staunch Protestant from an Irish Unionist background. He was a member of the Orange Order, and rose to the position of "Master and Sovereign." In 1906, he became "President of the Imperial Grand Council of the World." The Order was noted for its anti-French and anti-Catholic views, particularly at the time.

As a Conservative MP, he was a supporter of Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, but his loyalty to Orangeism led him to differ with his party's leadership on issues of language and religion, particularly on the Manitoba Schools Question. Sproule opposed any concession to Catholic separate schools or French-language instruction.

Following the fall of the Conservative government in the 1896 election, largely by the divisions over the school issue, he became a pronounced critic of the immigration policies of Sir Wilfrid Laurier's government. Sproule opposed the admission to Canada of non-British migrants. He supported the abolition of French-language instruction in Ontario schools, and the implementation of Regulation 17. Sproule also opposed the expansion of French-language services by the federal government.

Speaker of the House
Following the defeat of the Laurier government in the 1911 election, the new Conservative Prime Minister, Robert Laird Borden, nominated Sproule to the position of Speaker of the House of Commons. Because Sproule had to lead the House in prayers in both English and French, he embarked on French lessons despite being a lifelong opponent of the language.

During a thirty-six-day filibuster on the question of the government's naval bill, Sproule lost his patience after weeks of 24-hour sessions, and became the first Speaker ever to "name" a member of the House for disorderly conduct.

Illness and death
Sproule was forced to retire from the Speakership due to ill health, and was named to the Senate of Canada in 1915. He served for two years until his death in 1917. Four years after his death, Sproule's wife Mary Alice sold Knarsboro Hall, the house Sproule had built for her, and went to live with her daughter where she stayed until her death in 1941.

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SR 388

 * For highways numbered 388, see List of highways numbered 388
 * For the fictional planet from Metroid, see Metroid

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Takoma

Takoma may refer to:
 * Takoma Park, Maryland, a city located in Montgomery County, Maryland
 * Takoma, Washington, D.C., a neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
 * Takoma (Washington Metro), a stop on the Red Line of the Washington Metro subway system
 * Takoma Records, a record label founded by John Fahey
 * "Takoma", a song by the American band Bright from the album The Albatross Guest House

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Sondre Lerche

Sondre Lerche (born 5 September 1982) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and musician. He has released ten studio albums and multiple EPs.

Early life
Growing up in a suburb of Bergen, Lerche was heavily influenced by 1980s pop. Lerche was fascinated by bands such as the Beatles, A-ha, the Beach Boys, and Prefab Sprout, and began formal guitar instruction at the age of eight. Not being satisfied with classical lessons, Lerche's teacher introduced him to Brazilian music, such as bossa nova, and thus formed the foundation of Lerche's vast array of complex melodies and chords throughout his music today. At the age of fourteen, Lerche penned his first song, "Locust Girl." Lerche performed acoustic gigs at the club where his sister worked while he was still under age. Norwegian producer H.P. Gundersen "discovered" Lerche, and began to mentor him, exposing him to diverse music genres, including psychedelia, 1960s pop, and mainstream Brazilian music.

Career
Lerche met with Oslo-based manager Tatiana Penzo, leading up to a deal with Virgin Norway signed in 2000. His popularity in his home country increased steadily, and, in 2000, he recorded his debut album, Faces Down.

Faces Down was not released until 2001, after Lerche finished schooling. In the interim, he was named Best New Act at the Norwegian Grammys (Spellemannprisen) and performed locally in support of major acts such as Beth Orton. Faces Down was officially released in Norway in September 2001 and gradually throughout all of Europe. Lerche toured with various acts, including his long-time idols, a-ha, in Oslo. Autumn 2002 saw the release of Faces Down in America and Lerche's first major tour of the United States. Faces Down was a hit in Norway and received critical praise in Norway and the United States — Rolling Stone Magazine placed it in their top 50 albums of 2002. He released the live/studio collection Don't Be Shallow EP the following year. In 2003, he toured with another one of his musical heroes, Elvis Costello (they toured together once again in 2005).

In 2004, his second album was released, Two Way Monologue, also produced by Gundersen. The album displayed more of Lerche's ability to span many different styles—from pop-like and upbeat tracks to more mellow or melodic tunes. It was very well received, with positive reviews in Rolling Stone and Pitchfork. Devon Powers of Popmatters praised Sondre's "contagious musical sensibilities, exhilarating vigor and downright stupefying songcraft," and noted that "Lerche manages to both push himself and maintain an allegiance to his ways – something artists twice his age have trouble doing."

On 27 February 2006, Duper Sessions was released. The jazz album was recorded in the fall of 2005 with his band the Faces Down and pianist Erik Halvorsen at Duper Studios in Bergen. The album reached No. 21 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

His February 2007 release, Phantom Punch, is a rock album with a more aggressive sound than his previous work. Lerche and the Faces Down recorded and mixed the album in Los Angeles in April and May 2006, with producer Tony Hoffer.

In September 2009, Lerche released Heartbeat Radio, to critical acclaim. While it maintained the studio polish of his groundbreaking debut, there was also a sense of musical adventure that mixed acoustic guitars with grand gestures of orchestral pop, elements of 1950s Jazz, 1960s and 1970s Brazilian psych-folk, and state-of-the-art 1980s pop masters such as Prefab Sprout, Scritti Politti and Fleetwood Mac. In his review, Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "No matter what genre he's working in – fuzzy garage rock, breezy vocal jazz, acoustic folk-pop – this young Norwegian singer-songwriter crafts catchier choruses than many musicians who’ve been working twice as long as he has." Allmusic Guide's Tim Sendra called Heartbeat Radio Sondre's "best work to date."

In June 2011, Lerche released the self-titled Sondre Lerche, on his own Mona Records. Praised by Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Stereogum, Filter, Spin, and Entertainment Weekly among others for its experimentation with contrasting musical sounds, this eponymous album contains Lerche's most interesting arrangements and catchy songwriting to date, but also some of his most somber and introspective. In the studio, Lerche wanted to explore his new creative alliances in Williamsburg, the Brooklyn neighborhood where he's lived on and off for the previous six years. The album was recorded – live in the studio – and mixed in a short but intense time period of three weeks. The sessions included fellow musicians – Midlake drummer McKenzie Smith, longtime producer/collaborator Kato Ådland, Dave Heilman (drummer for Regina Spektor), and co-producer, mixer, and owner of Rare Book Room Studio, Nicolas Verhnes (Spoon, Animal Collective).

Lerche celebrated his 30th birthday with the release of his first live album, Bootlegs, in 2012.

Lerche wrote and recorded Please following his divorce from Mona Fastvold. The album, known as his "divorce record", was released on 23 September 2014 on Mona Records. "Bad Law" was released as the main single for the album in June 2014.

On 3 March 2017, Lerche released his eighth studio album, Pleasure, on the PLZ label. On 24 November that year the songs from Pleasure were also released in a stripped down solo version titled Solo Pleasure. Solo Pleasure was released digitally on 14 February 2018.

In April 2022, Lerche released a double album, Avatars of Love.

Personal life
In 2005, Lerche married director and actress Mona Fastvold. They divorced in 2013. Lerche was in a relationship with writer and blogger Linnéa Myhre from 2013 to 2020.

Lerche returned to Norway in 2020. Prior to that, he lived in Los Angeles and Brooklyn, New York, where he resided from 2005 to 2018.

Sondre Lerche is the cousin of Norwegian rapper Lars Vaular. In 2012, they collaborated on the single "Øynene Lukket".

Lerche discovered a talent and joy for running in 2015 and has since completed marathons in New York, London, Berlin and Norway. His personal best time is 2:55:51 in 2020.

Albums

 * Faces Down, September 2001 (October 2002 U.S.)
 * Two Way Monologue, March 2004
 * Duper Sessions, February 2006
 * Phantom Punch, February 2007
 * Dan in Real Life, October 2007 (soundtrack)
 * Heartbeat Radio, September 2009
 * Sondre Lerche, June 2011
 * Bootlegs, September 2012 (live album)
 * Please, September 2014
 * Pleasure, March 2017
 * Solo Pleasure, November 2017 (physical) and February 2018 (digital)
 * Patience, June 2020 [Deluxe edition released October 2020]
 * Avatars of Love, April 2022
 * Avatars of the Night, March 2023
 * Understudy, October 2023

Appears on
 * "Dear Laughing Doubters" from the soundtrack for the motion picture Dinner for Schmucks, July 2010
 * "Mr. Bassman" on the album Muppets: The Green Album, August 2011

EPs

 * You Know So Well (2001) (Norway)
 * No One's Gonna Come (2001) (Norway)
 * Sleep on Needles (2001) (Norway, 2002 France, Spain and the United Kingdom)
 * Dead Passengers (2002) (UK)
 * Don't Be Shallow (2003) (USA)
 * Two Way Monologue (2005) (United Kingdom)
 *  Daytrotter Session  (2007)
 * Polaroid Pool Party (2008)
 * Polaroid Pumpkin Party (2008)
 * Daytrotter Sessions (2011)

Singles

 * "You Know So Well" (2001)
 * "No One's Gonna Come" (2001)
 * "All Luck Ran Out" (2001)
 * "Sleep on Needles" (2001/2002)
 * "Dead Passengers" (2002)
 * "Don't Be Shallow" (2003)
 * "Two Way Monologue" (2004)
 * "Days That Are Over" (2004)
 * "Minor Detail" (2006)
 * "Phantom Punch" (2006)
 * "Say It All" (2006)
 * "The Tape" (2007)
 * "Heartbeat Radio" (2009)
 * "Private Caller" (2011)
 * "Domino" (2011)
 * "It's Never Meant to Be"/"Countdown" (2012)
 * "The Plague" (2013)
 * "Public Hi-Fi Sessions 01" (2013)
 * "Bad Law" (2014)
 * "Despite the Night" (2015)
 * "I'm Always Watching You" (2016)
 * "Into You" (2016)
 * "Soft Feelings" (2017)
 * "Violent Game" (2017)
 * "I Know Something That's Gonna Break Your Heart" (2017)
 * "Serenading in the Trenches" (2017)
 * "Violent Game (Ice Choir Remix)" (2017)
 * "Reminisce (Radio Edit)" (2017)
 * "Siamese Twin (Solo)" (2017)
 * "Bad Lier" (2017)
 * "I Know Somethings That's Gonna Break Your Heart (Solo)" (2017
 * "Surviving Christmas" (2018)
 * "Thank U, Next" (2018)
 * "Slip into Character" (2018)
 * "Britney" (2019)
 * "You Are Not Who I Thought I Was" (2020)
 * "Why Would I Let You Go" (2020)
 * "That's All There Is" (2020)
 * "I Could Not Love You Enough" (2020)

Awards

 * Newcomer Spellemannprisen (2001)
 * Alternative Pop/Rock Album, Avatars of Love Spellemannprisen (2022)

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Shire River

The Shire is the largest river in Malawi. It is the only outlet of Lake Malawi and flows into the Zambezi River in Mozambique. Its length is 402 km. The upper Shire River issues from Lake Malawi and runs approximately 12 mi before it enters shallow Lake Malombe. It then drains Lake Malombe and flows south through Liwonde National Park where large concentrations of hippopotamus are common along its shores. Between the towns of Matope and Chikwawa, the middle river drops approximately 1300 ft through a series of falls and gorges, including Kapachira Falls. Two hydroelectric dams have been built along the Shire northwest of Blantyre.

Beyond Chikwawa, the lower river turns southeast and enters the low-lying Mozambique plain. Its largest and one of its few perennial tributaries, the Ruo River, joins the Shire near the Malawian town of Chiromo. The muddy waters pass through a large stagnant area known as the Elephant Marsh before reaching the confluence with the Zambezi River south of the town of Sena, Mozambique.

In 1859, David Livingstone's Second Zambezi expedition traveled up the Shire river.

The river's valley is part of the East African Rift system.

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U.S. Route 64

U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,281 miles (3,672 km) from Nags Head in eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 160 in Teec Nos Pos, Arizona. The highway's eastern terminus is at NC 12 and U.S. Route 158 at Whalebone Junction, North Carolina. Major cities served along US 64's route include Tulsa, Oklahoma, Conway, Arkansas, Memphis and Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Raleigh and Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Route description

 * AZ
 * 4.16 mi
 * NM
 * 425.76 mi
 * OK
 * 591.17 mi
 * AR
 * 246.35 mi
 * TN
 * 404.1 mi
 * NC
 * 604 mi
 * Total
 * 2281 mi
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 * NC
 * 604 mi
 * Total
 * 2281 mi
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 * 2281 mi
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Arizona
US 64's western terminus is Teec Nos Pos, Arizona, at US 160. From there, it runs southeast through sparse ranch land for about 4.16 mi to the New Mexico state line.

New Mexico
Within New Mexico, US 64 runs through Farmington, Taos, Angel Fire, Eagle Nest, Cimarron, and Raton. As it runs through Raton, it is co-signed with U.S. Route 87. It continues through to Clayton, where US 87 is replaced by U.S. Routes 56 and 412. The three routes then run concurrently into Oklahoma.

It is one of the roads on the Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated New Mexico Scenic Byways. At Angel Fire, US 64 runs past the Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park.

Although US 64 does not technically cross into Texas, the New Mexico-Texas border does reach the shoulder of US 64 outside of Clayton at 36.50035°N, -103.04192°W.

Oklahoma
Heading into the Oklahoma Panhandle, the three conjoined routes pick up a fourth two miles (3 km) southwest of Boise City, as US-385 merges from the south. In Boise City, US-385 departs to the north along with U.S. 287, which replaces US-385 in the four-way concurrency on the way out of town to the east, before departing itself to the southeast two miles (3 km) outside of town. Shortly thereafter, US-56 also departs the route, heading northeast into Kansas, while US-64 and US-412 continue their journey due east toward Guymon.

Near Guymon, the route turns due south to approach the town. US-412 then heads due east, while US-64 veers from due south to northeast, joining up with US-54. These two routes remain together for about 20 mi, splitting at Hooker, with US-54 continuing northeast into Kansas while US-64 again veers due east. At Turpin, US-64 turns left, running north with US-83; three miles (5 km) later, it again turns east, joining US-270 while US-83 and westbound US-270 continue north to Liberal, Kansas. 20 mi to the east, US-270 departs to the south, and US-64 finally runs solo for a significant stretch save for very short concurrencies with US-283 near Rosston, US-183 through Buffalo, and US-281 in Alva.

Near Pond Creek, US-64 turns south, joined by US-60 and US-81. US-64 splits off just north of Enid, jogging through the city before rejoining US-412 on the east side of town. The two routes remain together until they meet Interstate 35, which US-64 joins briefly southbound while US-412 continues east, becoming the Cimarron Turnpike. US-64 departs I-35 at Perry, intersecting the parallel US-77 before continuing east.

On either side of Morrison the route intersects US-177 and US-412 (again) before passing through Pawnee and Cleveland. It then veers southeast, rejoining US-412 yet again to head into Tulsa.

In downtown Tulsa, the route diverges from US-412 for the final time. It briefly (and separately) is concurrent with Interstate 244 and US-75 before bearing southeast through the city while joining OK-51, intersecting Interstate 44 before briefly joining the southernmost five miles (8 km) of US-169, disjoining OK-51 running southbound on the eastern edge of the city. It then proceeds south, crossing the Creek Turnpike, then crosses the Arkansas River in Bixby before turning to the southeast.

After passing through Haskell, US-64 and US-62 meet head-on, north–south; they join and head east toward Muskogee. The routes disengage at the intersection with US-69, with US-64 bearing south out of the center of town. At Warner, the route turns eastward again, where it will run parallel to Interstate 40 for the remainder of its path through Oklahoma. It passes through Webbers Falls, Gore, Vian, Sallisaw (where it has a brief concurrence with US-59), Muldrow, and Roland before leaving the state.

Arkansas

The route enters Arkansas in Fort Smith and crosses the Arkansas River. The route continues following Interstate 40 through Clarksville, Russellville, and Conway, where I-40 turns south and US 64 continues east. US 64 runs with US 67 and US 167 (Future Interstate 57) near Searcy before passing through rural Eastern Arkansas fields. US 64 runs east to Marion and West Memphis, where it meets I-40 and Interstate 55 to continue east over the Mississippi River on the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge to Memphis, Tennessee. A segment of US 64 in Crittenden County is also known as Military Road and is the oldest road in the state. It was surveyed for the removal of Native Tribes known of as the Trail of Tears. A historical marker in Marion notes this information.

Tennessee
US 64 enters Tennessee on the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge at Memphis. The route shares the bridge with Interstate 55 and U.S. Routes 61, 70, and 79. The route traverses several streets in Memphis before becoming a rural divided highway in eastern Shelby County. The highway runs directly to the east through the county seats of Tennessee's most southern counties. US 64 then continues on past Lawrenceburg, the largest city on the Alabama state line between Memphis and Interstate 65, to Chattanooga. Then US 64 runs from Chattanooga to Cleveland, where it duplexes with US 74 to the North Carolina state line. The Tennessee Department of Transportation is currently working to expand the highway to four lanes across the state. The easternmost portion of the highway in Tennessee is the Ocoee Scenic Byway, a winding, two-lane road through the Ocoee River gorge in Polk County. The steep terrain around the highway is subject to landslides, such as the massive slide in November 2009 that closed the highway for several months.

North Carolina
US 64 enters North Carolina in Cherokee County, west of Murphy. The highway serves the cities of Brevard, Hendersonville, Rutherfordton, Morganton, Lenoir, Statesville, Lexington, Asheboro, Siler City, Pittsboro, Cary, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Williamston, and Manteo.

The segment from Franklin to Highlands is a mountainous two-lane road limited to moderate-sized trucks. Large trucks are routed via Truck US 64 (US 23/441 and US 74) to Sylva, and Asheville.

Interstate 40 travels through Statesville on a route originally designed in 1950 as a bypass of US 64, intersecting with Interstate 77 at what was once intended to be a bypass of US 21.

Within the Raleigh city limits, US 64 follows the southern section of the Beltline. In 2006 a major section known as the Knightdale Bypass opened to ease traffic. After it was completed, US 64 became a divided freeway between Cary and Williamston, and carried at least four lanes between Asheboro and Columbia.

US 64 serves as a gateway to the Outer Banks, ending at Nags Head where it meets U.S. Route 158 and NC 12.

US 64 extends a total of 563 miles (906 km) from the state's western border to the Outer Banks. It is the longest highway in North Carolina; a common way to express coverage of the entire state is to say, "from Murphy to Manteo". US 64 runs through both.

History
U.S. Route 485 (US 485) was commissioned in 1926, looping west of US 85 between Santa Fe and Raton, New Mexico. In 1931, it became an extension of US 64. In 1959, the Arizona Department of Transportation submitted a proposal to extend US 64 west from Santa Fe, New Mexico to US 89 near Tuba City, Arizona, which was rejected. The portion south of Taos was removed in 1974, when US 64 was realigned and extended to Farmington, and became NM 68.

Major intersections

 * Arizona
 * in Teec Nos Pos

 * New Mexico
 * in Shiprock. The highways travel concurrently through Shiprock.
 * in Bloomfield. The highways travel concurrently through Bloomfield.
 * east of Monero. The highways travel concurrently to south-southwest of Tierra Amarilla.
 * in Tres Piedras
 * south of Raton. The highways travel concurrently to Raton.
 * in Raton. US 64/US 87 travels concurrently to Clayton.
 * in Clayton. US 56/US 64 travels concurrently to east-northeast of Boise City, Oklahoma. US 64/US 412 travels concurrently to Guymon.

 * Oklahoma
 * southwest of Boise City. The highways travel concurrently to Boise City.
 * east of Boise City
 * in Guymon. The highways travel concurrently to Hooker.
 * in Turpin. The highways travel concurrently to north of Turpin.
 * north of Turpin. US 64/US 270 travel concurrently to Forgan.
 * northwest of Rosston. The highways travel concurrently to east of Rosston.
 * in Buffalo. The highways travel concurrently to north-northeast of Buffalo.
 * in Alva. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
 * west of Pond Creek. The highways travel concurrently to the Enid–North Enid city line.
 * in Enid. The highways travel concurrently to north-northwest of Perry.
 * north-northwest of Perry. I-35/US 64 travels concurrently to Perry.
 * in Perry. The highways travel concurrently through Perry.
 * west-southwest of Morrison
 * east of Morrison
 * in Westport. The highways travel concurrently to Tulsa.
 * in Tulsa. The highways travel concurrently through Tulsa.
 * in Tulsa. I-444 and US 64 have a hidden concurrency through Tulsa.
 * in Tulsa
 * in Tulsa. The highways travel concurrently through Tulsa.
 * north-northeast of Boynton. The highways travel concurrently to Muskogee.
 * in Muskogee. The highways travel concurrently through Muskogee.
 * in Warner
 * in Sallisaw. The highways travel concurrently through Sallisaw.
 * in Sallisaw
 * south-southwest of Roland

 * Arkansas
 * in Van Buren
 * in Clarksville
 * in Lamar
 * in London
 * in Conway
 * in Beebe. The highways travel concurrently to Bald Knob.
 * in Fair Oaks
 * in Marion. I-55/US 61/US 64 travels concurrently to Memphis, Tennessee. US 63/US 64 travels concurrently to West Memphis.
 * in West Memphis. I-40/US 64 travels concurrently through West Memphis. US 64/US 79 travels concurrently to the Memphis–Bartlett, Tennessee city line.
 * in West Memphis. The highways travel concurrently to the Memphis–Bartlett, Tennessee city line.

 * Tennessee
 * in Memphis
 * in Memphis. The highways travel concurrently through Memphis.
 * in Memphis
 * in Memphis
 * in Memphis
 * on the Memphis–Bartlett city line
 * in Eads
 * in Selmer. The highways travel concurrently through Selmer.
 * in Lawrenceburg
 * in Pulaski
 * west of Frankewing
 * in Fayetteville. US 64/US 231 travels concurrently through Fayetteville.
 * in Winchester
 * southwest of Pelham. The highways travel concurrently to Kimball.
 * in Kimball. US 64/US 72 travels concurrently to Chattanooga.
 * in Jasper. The highways travel concurrently to Chattanooga.
 * in Chattanooga
 * in Chattanooga. The highways travel concurrently to Cleveland.
 * in Chattanooga
 * in Chattanooga
 * in Chattanooga. The highways travel concurrently through Chattanooga.
 * in Chattanooga. The highways travel concurrently to north of Collegedale.
 * in East Cleveland. The highways travel concurrently to Murphy, North Carolina.
 * in Ocoee

 * North Carolina
 * southwest of Murphy. The highways travel concurrently to Murphy.
 * in Franklin. The highways travel concurrently to southeast of Franklin.
 * northwest of Rosman
 * in Brevard. The highways travel concurrently through Brevard.
 * in Hendersonville
 * in Rutherfordton
 * in Morganton
 * in Morganton. The highways travel concurrently through Morganton.
 * in Lenoir
 * in Statesville
 * in Statesville
 * in Statesville. The highways travel concurrently through Statesville.
 * in Statesville
 * east-northeast of Statesville
 * west-northwest of Mocksville
 * in Mocksville. The highways travel concurrently through Mocksville.
 * in Mocksville
 * in Lexington
 * in Lexington. The highways travel concurrently through Lexington.
 * east-southeast of Lexington
 * in Asheboro
 * in Siler City
 * north of Pittsboro
 * in Apex
 * in Cary. The highways travel concurrently to Raleigh.
 * in Raleigh. I-40/US 64 travels concurrently through Raleigh.
 * in Raleigh
 * in Raleigh. I-440/US 64 travels concurrently through Raleigh.
 * in Raleigh. I-87/US 64 travels concurrently east from to Rolesville Road in Wendell. Future I-87 is slated to continue concurrently with US 64/US 264 in the near future.
 * in Knightdale. US 64/US 264 continues concurrently to Zebulon.
 * “The 64 Split” in Zebulon. US 64/Future I-87 continues parallel to and north of US 264.
 * in Rocky Mount
 * in Rocky Mount
 * in Tarboro. The highways travel concurrently to Princeville.
 * north of Bethel. The highways travel concurrently to Williamston.
 * south of Williamston. The highways travel concurrently for approximately 1.7 mi.
 * southwest of Manns Harbor
 * in Nags Head

Alternate routes

 * US 64A – Franklinville to Ramseur, North Carolina (former)
 * US 64A – Brevard, North Carolina (former)
 * US 64A – Bat Cave to Morganton, North Carolina (former)
 * US 64A – Statesville, North Carolina (former)
 * US 64A – Siler City, North Carolina (former)
 * ALT US 64 – Spring Hope to Nashville, North Carolina
 * US 64A – Rocky Mount, North Carolina (former)
 * ALT US 64 – Rocky Mount to Tarboro, North Carolina
 * ALT US 64 – Princeville to Williamston, North Carolina
 * US 64A – Williamston, North Carolina (former)
 * US 64A – Columbia, North Carolina (former)

Business routes
There are several sections of Business US 64 serving more as alternate routes of the main highway. While they go through towns and cities, they often run numerous miles through rural areas and often pass through more than one city.

 * BUS US 64 – Farmington, New Mexico
 * US-64 Bus. – Enid, Oklahoma (former)
 * US-64 Bus. – Muskogee, Oklahoma
 * US 64B – Alma, Arkansas
 * US 64B – Vilonia, Arkansas
 * US 64C – Beebe, Arkansas (former)
 * US 64B – Augusta, Arkansas
 * US 64B – Patterson to McCrory, Arkansas
 * US 64B – Wynne, Arkansas
 * US 64B – Parkin, Arkansas
 * US 64B – Earle, Arkansas
 * US 64B – Crawfordsville, Arkansas
 * BUS US 64 – Whiteville, Tennessee
 * BUS US 64 – Selmer, Tennessee
 * BUS US 64 – Fayetteville, Tennessee
 * BUS US 64 – Winchester, Tennessee
 * BUS US 64 – Hayesville, North Carolina
 * BUS US 64 (1960–1980) – Brevard, North Carolina (former)
 * BUS US 64 (2006–present) – Brevard, North Carolina
 * BUS US 64 – Morganton, North Carolina
 * BUS US 64 – Statesville, North Carolina (former)
 * BUS US 64 – Asheboro, North Carolina
 * BUS US 64 – Pittsboro, North Carolina
 * BUS US 64 – Raleigh to Zebulon, North Carolina
 * BUS US 64 – Nashville, North Carolina
 * BUS US 64 – Rocky Mount, North Carolina
 * BUS US 64 – Tarboro to Princeville, North Carolina (former)
 * BUS US 64 – Williamston, North Carolina (former)
 * BUS US 64 – Jamesville, North Carolina
 * BUS US 64 – Columbia, North Carolina

Bypass routes

 * APD-40 – Cleveland, Tennessee
 * BYP US 64 – Morganton, North Carolina
 * US 64 Byp. – Manns Harbor to Manteo, North Carolina

Spur routes

 * US 64S – Wynne, Arkansas

Truck routes

 * TRUCK US 64 – Franklin, North Carolina to Hendersonville, North Carolina

Related routes

 * U.S. Route 164 (former)
 * U.S. Route 264

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Space Mountain

Space Mountain is a space-themed indoor roller coaster attraction located at five of the six Disneyland-style Disney Parks. Although all five versions of the attraction are different in nature, all have a similar conical exterior façade that is a landmark for the respective park. The original Space Mountain coaster opened in 1975 at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. There are two tracks within this attraction, Alpha and Omega, which passengers can choose from. Other versions of the attraction were built at all other Disney parks except for Shanghai Disneyland Park.

Walt Disney World
The Space Mountain concept was a descendant of the first Disney "mountain" attraction, the Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland, which opened in 1959. The Matterhorn's success had convinced Walt Disney that thrilling rides did have a place in his park.

WED partnered with Arrow Development Company, the same company that had helped design the Matterhorn's roller coaster systems years before. The initial concept was to have four separate tracks, but the technology available at the time, combined with the amount of space required versus that which was available within Disneyland, made such a design impossible.

By 1969, the concept was moved to Walt Disney World. The Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland had the right amount of available land, and computing technology had improved significantly since the initial design phases. However, it was decided the mountain would be built outside the park, on the opposite side of the train tracks that act as the perimeter of the park. To help cover the cost of developing and building Space Mountain, Card Walker, the CEO of Walt Disney Productions, convinced RCA chairman Robert Sarnoff to sponsor the new attraction; RCA was contracted by Disney to provide the communications hardware for the Walt Disney World Resort, and their contract stated that if Disney presented an attraction of interest, RCA would provide US$10 million to support it. Space Mountain then opened on January 15, 1975.

A musical-variety episode of NBC's Wonderful World of Disney celebrated the opening on March 23, 1975. Starring actor Lucie Arnaz, it was the first Walt Disney World network special, the previous one being syndicated.

Ride changes

 * When the Walt Disney World version first opened, the post-show featured new home technology created by its then-sponsor, RCA. One of the innovations was a laser disc home video system, seen playing a clip of Kurt Russell singing The Archies' hit song, "Sugar, Sugar" in a clip from The Wonderful World of Disney Haunted Mansion preview episode. Russell had also recorded "Sugar, Sugar" for his own Capitol Records LP. The RCA mascot Nipper was originally part of the ride as the iconic dog listening to a gramophone but inside of a space ship; after the end of the RCA sponsorship, Nipper was made into a robot dog.

Disneyland
The success of Walt Disney World's Space Mountain prompted designers to revisit their original plan to build one for Disneyland. After two years of construction, the $20 million complex opened on May 27, 1977, including the roller coaster, 1,100-seat Space Stage, 670-seat Space Place (fast food restaurant) and Starcade.

Six of the original seven Mercury astronauts attended Space Mountain's opening: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Senator John Glenn, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. The lone exception was Gus Grissom, who had died in the Apollo 1 fire ten years earlier. Due in part to the opening of Space Mountain, the Memorial Day day attendance record was set, with 185,500 guests over the three-day period. Space Mountain at Disneyland was designed by Bill Watkins of Walt Disney Imagineering, including a tubular steel track design awarded. Due to space limitations, Disneyland's Space Mountain consists of only one track as opposed to the Magic Kingdom's two, and is of a completely different layout than either track of the latter park's.

Tokyo Disneyland
Space Mountain at Tokyo Disneyland opened with the park on April 15, 1983. It was the first version of Space Mountain to open concurrently with the park. From its opening in 1983 and until late 2006, Tokyo Disneyland's Space Mountain was an almost exact clone of Disneyland's Space Mountain. The ride was then redesigned to have a more sci-fi futuristic look to it similar to refurbished Walt Disney World version, with new effects, and a new spaceport which features a futuristic spaceship hanging from the ceiling. Like its Walt Disney World counterpart, there is no ride audio to the seats.

On April 27, 2022, The Oriental Land Company announced that the current version of the attraction will close in July 31, 2024, in order to be completely rebuilt as part of a wider redevelopment of the park's Tomorrowland area. The new version of the attraction is expected to open in 2027.

Disneyland Paris
The version at Disneyland Paris opened on June 1, 1995, three years after the opening of the park. It was originally called De la Terre à la Lune, and was originally designed as a view on space travel from a Jules Verne-era perspective, based on the novel From the Earth to the Moon. The track is significantly different from the other four, as it's the only one to include a launch and 3 inversions (Sidewinder, Corkscrew, Horseshoe). It underwent modifications in 2005 and became Space Mountain: Mission 2. This journey was slightly different to the first as it took riders beyond the Moon, to the very edge of the universe. In January 2015 the ride closed for yet another refurbishment and was reopened in August 2015. The ride temporarily closed on January 8, 2017 and was replaced with Star Wars: Hyperspace Mountain on May 7.

Hong Kong Disneyland
Space Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland was based on the refurbished Space Mountain at Disneyland, with a similar soundtrack and the same layout. It also featured new show elements not presented in the refurbished California version (i.e. a "hyperspeed" tunnel). It did not feature the Rockin' Space Mountain configuration that was featured in Disneyland's Space Mountain in 2007.

Unlike most Space Mountains, the boarding area for the attraction is quite small. Not present is a Space Station of its two most similar counterparts at Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland. Instead, a dark queue featuring neon earth-tone colored planets along with star patterns decorate the area. Lining the walls of the station are colored neon light bars that are used for lighting and decoration.

Similar to the Disneyland Paris version of the ride, its Star Wars "Hyperspace Mountain" overlay theming, originally meant to be temporary, has become the permanent theme of the ride. The queue area has been fully refurbished with the addition of a full-sized replica X-Wing, a character meeting area as well as a grey and white Star Wars queueline theme, although some elements of the original queue have also remained intact such as the planet models and star patterns. The ride's storyline is identical to the Disneyland Paris version.

Ghost Galaxy
Space Mountain: Ghost Galaxy (Traditional Chinese: 驚心動魄太空山) was a seasonal Halloween overlay of Space Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland and Disneyland. It first premiered at Hong Kong Disneyland in 2007, and premiered at Disneyland on September 25, 2009, as part of the Halloween season at the parks. The latter made use of effects previously used for the Rockin' Space Mountain overlay in 2007.

Inside the space station, the planet screen at the front of the station had been changed to reflect the overlay, as well. While viewing the planet, a green "storm" appeared over the planet, causing interruptions to the video feed. Static appeared, then a blue screen, reminiscent of the Windows Blue Screen of Death, saying "LOSS OF SIGNAL...," "SEARCHING..." and "SIGNAL ESTABLISHED". Outside on the dome, five projections played, with several Halloween-themed color schemes appearing between these projection shows:
 * The first projection showed the dome becoming a dull grey, with cracks and breaks forming on the dome. Suddenly, the dome seemed to crumble and fall into nothingness. Then, a green grid appeared at the top section of the dome, accompanied with a loud humming sound.
 * The second projection showed an alien arm resembling that of the nebula ghost running, pushing against the dome from the inside.
 * The third projection showed yellow scratch marks appearing on the dome.
 * The fourth projection showed lightning bolts shooting up the left side of the dome, then the right, the middle, and finally the entire dome itself.
 * The last projection showed the dome being turned into a bluish-purple radar, with explosions that appeared on the dome, resembling activity of the nebula ghosts.

Ride changes
With the refurbishments to Space Mountain, Ghost Galaxy had some significant changes.
 * The soundtrack echoed the attraction
 * The red lights at the top of the first lift hill were an eerie green.
 * The flashing blue light tunnel between the first and second lift hills were pitch black.
 * Instead of the spinning galaxy beyond the second lift, a giant ghost nebula electrified the lift.
 * Projections of otherworldly wisps could be seen before the final lift, along with the ghostly nebula.
 * The ghosts popped up unexpectedly. Two places that were notorious for this were at a steep drop near the end as trains narrowly avoided being "clawed" by an unseen arm. The other spot was a ghostly head that popped out of the wall after the onride picture is taken when the train makes the final right turn to reenter the station.

Star Wars: Hyperspace Mountain
Star Wars: Hyperspace Mountain is a seasonal version of Space Mountain at Disneyland. The Star Wars themed overlay of the ride first made its debut in Disneyland on November 16, 2015 at the "Season of the Force" event held at the parks to celebrate the release of the new Star Wars movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The Star Wars theming of the ride then became the permanent main attraction at both Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland. The parks will periodically re-theme Space Mountain back to Hyperspace Mountain for a select few days of the year in the instance of special events at the parks. The ride becomes Star Wars themed again with the release of every Star Wars movie since The Force Awakens and for special events held at the parks such as Disneyland After Dark: 80s Nite.

Ride changes

 * The line queue has special Star Wars themed lore and safety videos.
 * The launch tunnel includes voiceovers of pilots speaking and a projection of stars.
 * The car accelerates at the end of the launch tunnel to simulate entering "lightspeed".
 * John Williams' music from Star Wars plays throughout the duration of the ride.
 * A projection is displayed of a journey to the planet Jakku where the riders encounter TIE fighters and X-Wings.

Rockin' Space Mountain
Rockin' Space Mountain was a version of Space Mountain in Disneyland that was first presented as part of the "Year of a Million Dreams" Celebration at the parks in 2007. The ride was designed to transform from the original version of Space Mountain to this special edition at night time only. The concept was created by Disney Grad Nites which were private events not held for the general public. These special events are where they first began the concept of re-theming rides.

Ride changes

 * The soundtrack is changed to the song "Higher Ground" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
 * Colored, flashing lights are along the track
 * "Uncle" Joe Benson, a radio disc jockey from the Disney-owned 95.5 KLOS, welcomes riders

Film
Screenwriter Max Landis wrote a feature film based on the Space Mountain attraction, which was developed for a short time at Disney. The film was based in a 1950s Jetsons-esque retro-future. This idea of the future wouldn't contain the internet or cell phones but would be powered by many large contraptions and robots. One key plot point of the film involved the idea of people getting sent into hyperspace and, upon their return, realizing their souls had gone missing from them and they would eventually transform into terrifying monsters. The film was ultimately scrapped.

On October 9, 2020, a new film adaptation of the ride was announced to be in development at Disney, with Joby Harold producing and writing the film alongside Tory Tunnell producing under their Safehouse Pictures banner. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback will also produce. Unlike the original idea, the film is described as a family adventure.

The Space Mountain building is featured as an "easter egg" in the Disney films Meet the Robinsons (alongside Rocket Jets) and Tomorrowland.

On April 19, 2024, it was announced that Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec had been tapped to write a script for a Space Mountain film for Disney.

Graphic novel
In November 2013, Disney Publishing Worldwide revived Disney Comics as an imprint in the US with the imprint's first publication was the Space Mountain graphic novel, its first original graphic novel, released on May 7, 2014.

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Khon Kaen Silk Festival

The Khon Kaen Silk Festival is an event held in Khon Kaen, Isan, Thailand over ten days at the end of November and the beginning of December each year. It was first held in 1980.

The event is centred on promotion of the local silk industry, but includes a wide range of other activities including parades and performances of mor lam music.

title: Khon Kaen Silk Festival


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Talk:Speed (TV network)

Proposition for new separate article for Fox Sports 1
Speed and upcoming all sports network Fox Sports 1 have distinct differences. Giving Fox Sports 1 a new article instead of simply renaming (or "moving") this one would make more sense. This is a complete overhaul and replacement of the channel. FS1 will have a broad focus on all sports, while Speed had a single sport focus. Feel free to add opinions. ..Great job buddy..
 * Let's do it heat_fan1 (talk) 13:01, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * That's a dumb idea User:Bikerbog56 heat_fan1 you're a dumb ass.

Redirection
I didn't know there was already a SPEED article in this encyclopedia. Can this one stay? It has more info than this one: SPEED. Mike Hackney
 * I just changed the SPEED article to redirect this article, so it's all good now.--SonicAD 00:21, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks!--Mike Hackney 03:54, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)Mike Hackney

Separate Speedvision article?
It might be nice to have a separate Speedvision article to discuss how Speedvision was, rather than just redirecting Speedvision to this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.97.15.41 (talk • contribs) October 18, 2005

SPEED Channel is now simply SPEED
During a broadcast today, a driver who was being interviewed, Billy Venturini, referred to the network as "SPEED Channel" and was corretced, being told that the network is now simply called "SPEED" without the "Channel" part. Is a move in order? --Spring Rubber 22:18, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, there is aleady a Speed plus Speed (disambiguation). Corporate entities can't really claim exclusive ownership of common words.  Trying to distinguish based on case alone seems precarious.  One could argue this current SPEED Channel article should become SPEED (Channel) or SPEED (Network).  For an extreme approach, see Fox and Fox (disambiguation).
 * Their web page www.speedtv.com today says...
 * © Copyright 2006 Speed Channel. All rights reserved.
 * I don't know if there's some sort of corporate search we could do to track down the legal name of their company. But for now, Speed Channel (not even SPEED Channel) seems sufficient.--SportWagon 19:41, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I asked at insider.speedtv.com, and apparently their desire is to use simply the name SPEED, but the legal process has not been completed yet. Their argument is that Channel does not apply to other associated merchandise they sell. I.e. they want their "brand" to be "SPEED", not "Speed Channel". They did not answer the question about the actual legal name of the company. I should try to try it down some time. That name is presumably public information, even if it's not very well-known.--SportWagon 21:05, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Information at www.bizjournals.com/charlotte perhaps this link (though it may be transient, and you'll need to re-search) suggests the current name is Speed Channel, Inc.. So I guess they may be trying to rename to SPEED, Inc.?  A search at that site finds a lot of companies with Speed in their name, including a Speedvision that actually was a different organization from the previous incarnation of Speed Channel.  It's not clear to me the Speed Channel info there has been updated since late 2005, however.--SportWagon 21:16, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Per this, I have moved the article to SPEED (TV channel) per Wikipedia naming standards. ViperSnake151 17:07, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

BTCC on SPEED
As many of you who write this in the US, can any of you be able to provide proof that if SPEED still screen the British Touring Car Championship as I still got a copy of a JAN '98 issue of Racer magazine and the BTCC is listed on the channel.

I can provide proof with my eyes, anyway, and there was no BTCC coverage this off-season (2007-2008). They did show V8 Supercars Australia and DTM as usual, but no BTCC. Anyway, I torrented them throughout the year, so at least the channel, in the past, opened my eyes to the series and I found the action myself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Senna27 (talk • contribs) 15:15, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Speed has nascar becasue of its humongus fanbase
about the aboumt of nascar on the network Dave Dispane blew up on the air and he said "I KNOW THERE IS TO MUCH GOD DAMN NASCAR ON THE NETOWORK BECAUSE THERE IS TO MANY GOD DAMN NASCAR FANS!"

btw for those of you who insult nascar and your f1 fans you are no better then insulting some one elses religion (Racerboy 15:44, 20 January 2007 (UTC))

Lead section
Is a little long. Could do with most going under a "History" heading. Rich Farmbrough, 10:04 14 February 2007 (GMT).
 * After all, the page doesn't currently start with "SPEED Channel is a channel ...". I'll think about what it is, and try  to avoid sounding inane.--SportWagon 19:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the cleanup. I always forget the "mostly lowercase in headings" rule.--SportWagon 19:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Channel or Network?
Bleah. So I made it say "SPEED Channel is a channel.  I've hidden it a little bit, so it's not too inane. Right now the article reads inconsistently, since I can't really see how the entity is a television network rather than a television channel, since no local affiliate content is ever added.  But I don't feel strongly enough about it right now to unilaterally remove the inconsistency.

With respect to:

 * In late 2005, SPEED Channel rebranded themselves as SPEED, cancelling some TV shows including NASCAR Nation.

I don't know it that was a legal organizational change, or just a change of company conventions and standards. See now simply SPEED above.--SportWagon 22:53, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Requested move
SPEED (TV channel) → Speed (TV channel) — Manual of Style (trademarks); "SPEED" is not the acronym S.P.E.E.D. —Fatsamsgrandslam (talk) 12:48, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Survey

 * Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with  or  , then sign your comment with  . Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.

Discussion

 * Company's official name is "The Speed Channel, Inc": Speed TV official site. Plenty of examples of "Speed TV" used by reliable sources: Google News search.

"it quit coverage of WRC, due to its current NASCAR contract"
What does this mean? I seriously doubt that NASCAR forced Speed to stop showing WRC events, but that's what's implied by that statement. 169.233.38.156 (talk) 05:28, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Current 'NASCAR' Monday night lineup
The program lists are outdated, the shows (although most are vaguely related to the sport- note the quotes in the heading)have not been added or even have pages; really the whole program list needs a major overhaul.--raganbaby_6 20:50, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Eh, nevermind on the Monday lineup, as it has since fizzled. I did however create an article for the Hurry show which did have a Monday version (but has since been cancelled along with What's The Deal? with Jimmy Spencer)--raganbaby_6 18:45, 18 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raganbaby 6 (talk • contribs)

End of Speed Speech on 8-17-13 Video?
Does anybody out there have a video of Speed's farewell speech from 6am on 8-17-13?

If so, I'm sure some, like myself, would like to see it.

I'm just asking this out of curiosity, after having seen a video of the final moments of the Fine Living Network involving the Grim Reaper back on 5/31/10 before it changed to Cooking Channel.

Kaos 42 (talk) 14:08, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

 * Never mind, I found it. Enjoy.

http://deadspin.com/speed-is-dead-fox-sports-1-is-alive-and-heres-the-sa-1158620909 Kaos 42 (talk) 14:20, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the help. I had been looking everywhere for this. I cant stand stick and ball sports and will miss Speed very much. It brings back memories of them ruining MTV and Headline News. RIP Speed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.23.40.195 (talk) 16:12, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Merge the Speed Channel article into Fox Sports 1
Could you merge the Speed article into the Fox Sports 1 article? Let's vote on this other Wikipedia editors merge this Speed Channel into Fox Sports 1. (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bikerbog56 (talk • contribs) 04:34, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

title: Talk:Speed (TV network)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Societas Via Romana

Societas Via Romana was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was to delete.

Non-notable semi-fictitious internet-based micronation club. Article created by editor who apparently has an axe to grind concerning another similar group and whose only other contributions involve vandalism of parts of the Micronation article that relate to the competing group. --Gene_poole 02:18, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC) [moved from mainpage]
 * Non-notable micronation status of this group is strongly indicated by repeated attempts at interpolating references to Societas Via Romana into the Micronation article, by Belgsoc, who is a self-declared disgruntled former member of Nova Roma - an older, larger group that Societas Via Romana competes with - and whose edits ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Contributions&target=Belgsoc ) are limited almost entirely to Societas Via Romana and Micronation --Gene_poole 12:28, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Keep. Neither obviously better nor worse than the other micronation articles, which have repeatedly survived VfDing. The problem here seems to be that Gene_poole and Belgsoc seem to have it in for each other and are VfDing each other's clubs. Maybe what is really needed is Dispute resolution? Securiger 06:54, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Belgsoc is not the only one with a dispute over Gene's actions; I also do not feel that Gene acts in a reasonable manner. Samboy 06:59, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete. Looks like self-promotion to me. Samboy 07:02, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Oh, I agree. If I was Emperor of Wikipedia, internet micronations would be one of several classes of articles we would manage without. But we are a cooperative community, and the community seems to want them to survive. That being the case, I don't see this one as any worse than the others. OTOH, if the vote was to delete all internet micronation articles I would vote for deletion. Securiger 07:41, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete. Another small, completely non-notable hobby club/website/discussion group. --Robert Merkel 07:23, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete. Not notable, even by micronation "standards". -Sean Curtin 07:33, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * I don't believe that claiming 'micronation' status makes you notable (so don't think describing micronation aims are going to impress me), or that getting articles in newspapers written about you are (I've read enough newspaper articles about complete oddballs and silly stories to not rate this as a measure of importance). Claimed membership numbers when you don't charge a membership fee aren't going to impress either. What this society would need to persuade me is a significant number of members, or a significant profile in the community (re-enactments, educational work, regular film extra work, etc). It might be my laziness or an unclear layout of their webpage, but on a quick look I didn't see anything that describes such real world activities. So, if it is in practice no more than an online talking shop, delete. Average Earthman 12:33, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete: As said above, micronations survive VfD over and over. Well, the only thing that I think I can offer is consistency.  I keep, as much as possible, criteria that do not change with my feelings.  I feel that real life always takes precedence over fiction, that the smallest town in our infamous geography dump is superior to the largest website.  Micronations, to me, have notability that is extremely difficult to establish, almost impossible to verify.  I have no feelings whatsoever on the worthiness of this micronation vs. that, no judgment on whether they are as notable as they are loved. To the degree that a micronation establishes notability in an empirical way, I can vote to keep.  In this case, I cannot get that notability and must vote delete.  Geogre 13:04, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nonnotable. Wile E. Heresiarch 14:27, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Ianb 17:19, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Wholly agree w/ Geogre. Delete. Lacrimosus 02:34, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. Non-encyclopedic. Seems like an advertisement. Skyler 03:42, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. I have visited the website of this group a few times.  They are not a bad bunch, and they at least do not presume to be a micronation.  {Poole's description of them as a "micronation club" is inaccurate in this respect.  The article here flat out denies micronation status}.  Still, I have to agree this club is not notable and it's small size and lack of achivements {beyond being a pleasant place for Roman buffs to associate} make it inappropriate for a reference encyclopedia.  Stuart Smith 12:53, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * They can deny being a micronation all they like - but the facts - and their own actions - speak for themselves. This internet-based entity was created by a group of disgruntled former members of the Nova Roma micronation, with the specific intention of setting themselves up in opposition to the former group. The editor who created this article has also attempted to delete references to Nova Roma in the Micronation article, and replace it with references to Societas Via Romana - which would appear to be rather odd behaviour for a group that claims to not be a micronation. --Gene_poole 00:09, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * As an aside, "Gene Poole" is really George Cruickshank, "Emperor" of Atlantium. Samboy 00:32, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Samboy is a crank who has repeatedly posted irrelevent off-topic statements as a way of attempting to villify another editor. Admins please note this latest example. --Gene_poole 00:55, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Gene_poole flat out lies. I (Captain_Q) did not attempt to replace references to Nova Roma with Societas Via Romana (edit: I see this inaccuracy has been corrected now). Like some other users here say, the matter appears to be revolving around tricking people into believing your POV rather than the actual facts. I find this very petty...

 * Let's see...on the micronation discussion page, you argue that Nova Roma is a micronation and will continue to refer to it as such because that is what the Nova Roma webpage says it is. Ok.  But when SVR denies being a micronation, you ignore that and insist it must be.  I see.  The real criterion here is Gene Poole's POV!  If Gene Poole says something is a micronation, then it is. And if he says something is not a micronation, then it is not.

And according to the edit page, Belgsoc did not even create the article! You know what I think Gene? I think you would have ignored this Societas Via Romana article were it not for Belgsoc tamp ering with your beloved

micronation article. Belgsoc is as strong in his or her opinion as you are in yours, and that is a terrible distraction for you. In the end, when you saw that Belgsoc did an edit on this article, you decided to have some personal revenge and put it up for deletion. But you did not count on Belgsoc putting your Atlantium article up for VfD, did you? Isn't this whole matter rather petty? Stuart Smith 01:26, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)

You know what I think? I would not have even known about the Societas Via Romana article if Belgsoc - an editor who has been around for 1 entire week, and contributed to 2 entire articles -(and who has been strangely inactive since then) had not attempted to repeatedly interpolate it into the Micronation article - which, I repeat, indicates in no uncertain terms the nature of Societas Via Romana - ie that it is a web-based micronation. As it was therefore non-notable, I nominated it for deletion in exactly the same way that I have done for articles on numerous other unverifiable, non-notable web-based micronations. In a fit of pique, Belgsoc then listed Empire of Atlantium for deletion. That attempt will fail this time, just like it failed the previous 2 times it was tried - and Belgsoc, like all other Wiki self-promoters, will (indeed, already has) disappeared from whence he/she came. --Gene_poole 02:22, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't care if it calls itself a "micronation" or a blog if it's nonnotable.  Postdlf 05:09, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fire Star 16:09, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, for a multitude of reasons already presented. Denni ☯ 01:53, 2004 Aug 13 (UTC)
 * Keep. Captain_Q Obviously you won't find me very objective because I created the article, but in my defence, I would like to point out the following facts: the Societas Via Romana is a serious organisation and is not a micronation. The one who put it up for deletion purely seems to have purely done so out of spite. Secondly, it is not the only article I have written or contributed to, so, I can't be accused of using it as self-promotion... Please don't be too dismissive in your scepticism, people. I wonder if some of you even bothered to read the page at all...
 * Delete, not notable, let emperors Gene Poole and Belgsoc go and fight it out elsewhere. —Stormie 02:14, Aug 14, 2004 (UTC)
 * But neither user is associated with that org! Captain_Q 11:37, Aug 14, 2004 (CET)
 * Gene Poole listed it on VFD, Belgsoc removed the VFD listing, I don't really care if they're officially associated with your society or not. —Stormie 06:46, Aug 15, 2004 (UTC)

 * Keep I previously voted for deletion, but I am changing my vote. I think Stormie is right and this whole affair is a personal quarrel between Cruickshank and Belgsoc. And it is not fair that the SVR gets its article deleted because of being in the crossfire. When I see some of the really insignicant stuff that is allowed to stay in Wikipedia, SVR looks a bit more noteworthy. {eg. I like the Beatles...but Hey Jude is NOT and NEVER will be encyclopedia material. So, even though my vote change will not be enough to help keep this article from deletion, I will change since they ought to have someone on their side. Stuart Smith 16:51, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. --Dittaeva 20:39, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete yet another vanity article on a micronation based on ancient Rome. -- Cyrius|✎ 03:28, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * It is not a micronation. Uh. Captain_Q 11:57, Aug 16, 2004 (CET)

This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like other '/delete' pages is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion or on the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * How did I miss this one? Delete. Ambi 10:06, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. - UtherSRG 20:32, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)