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Payment Options
The information under payment options about Sam's Club not accepting Visa credit cards is no longer valid. According to Chase Bank, this has changed: https://www.chase.com/digital/wholesale

I don't know a whole lot about the rules of editing articles or citing sources, but I figured I'd mention it here if anyone is interested in taking care of this. 68.111.138.236 (talk) 01:14, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * ❌ Hi ! The Sam's Club website lists Visa credit cards as an accepted payment method. Also, when I checked the Chase website you provided, it also said Visa cards are accepted at Sam's Club. I think it has been constantly changing over the last few years. Have a great day, Daylen (talk) 05:24, 7 December 2016 (UTC).

Number of stores
Reference #1 is supposed to state that there are 597 Sam's Club stores in the U.S. However, it doesn't state that. It only states that 63 stores closed in January. 165.91.13.41 (talk) 20:45, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

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Good afternoon. I have business in St. Maarten would like to be your member and buy from you 131.161.85.138 (talk) 19:36, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

 * This is not the place to contact Sam's Club. Please reach out to them directly. Sincerely, Guessitsavis (she/they) (Talk) 19:37, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Small updates
Hi editors, I'm TJ and I work for Walmart. I had a couple of small update suggestions for this article that I think will bring it up to date and add some sourcing where there currently is none. First, I suggest adding the following two sentences to the second-to-last paragraph of the History section:

Second, I suggest replacing the last sentence of the History section, which is currently unsourced, with the following:

Finally, I suggest replacing the first sentence of the second paragraph of the Design section with the following, as the current sentence is no longer accurate:

Please let me know what you think! Happy to answer any questions. Because of my conflict of interest I cannot make changes myself. TJ at Walmart (talk) 15:36, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

 * @TJ at Walmart Hi TJ. I've added the changes you've requested, thank you for such clear instructions and for following the COI protocol. Could you double check that I have added the information in the correct sections? This is my first time fulfilling an edit request, so I apologise for any mistakes. -- NotC hariza rd  🗨 03:18, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
 * - Marking done for the first time reviewer. Cowboygilbert  -  (talk) ♥  16:26, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * that all looks right to me, thanks so much for reviewing! TJ at Walmart (talk) 16:40, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Number of Employees
The number of employees is numbered at 2,300,000 which is Walmart's full employee force. Even though the source cited states this information, perhaps a change in source is needed. Sam's Club's own LinkedIn only specifies they have over 10,001 employees: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sam's-club GFRS1213 (talk) 04:06, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Legendary People

Legendary People 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 DELETE. 5 votes to delete. Postdlf 03:13, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Legendary People
Vague list. Jay 16:16, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Purpose would be better served by a Category:Legendary Bandits or whatever. Delete. — Bill 20:01, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: First, this is a List article not named such, so it's not allowable. Second, there are plenty of categories for criminals and crime.  Third, "legendary" as in "existing only in legend" would be totally different from "people other people tell tales about."  Hogwash article. Geogre 04:42, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pointless. -- Necrothesp 14:19, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Can't we speedy delete this? Gamaliel 05:59, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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List of assets owned by Walmart

Walmart Inc. is the largest retailer in the world and one of the five largest corporations in the world by sales. As of 2022, the company is operational in Canada, Chile, China, India, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. Walmart ceased to be operational in Argentina, Brazil and Japan in previous years, as its ventures failed in those countries. Earlier, in 2006, the company lost its stores in Germany and South Korea.

Stores
10,586 total units as of October 31, 2022, including 4,720 Walmart U.S. stores, 5,266 Walmart International stores and 600 Sam's Clubs

Acquisitions

 * PACE Membership Warehouse (converted 91 to Sam's Club )
 * Woolco Canada (converted to Walmart)
 * Asda (acquired in 1999, later sold to EG Group in 2021. Walmart retains an equity investment in Asda and a seat on the board)
 * McLane Company (acquired in 1993, later sold to Berkshire Hathaway in 2003)
 * Wertkauf hypermarkets (Germany)
 * Interspar hypermarkets (74 locations in Germany )
 * Bompreco (Brazil)
 * Walmart.com (started as a joint-venture, it has since been fully acquired and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Walmart)
 * Sonae Distribuição Brasil (Brazilian operations) - now WMS Supermercados do Brasil.
 * Seiyu Group - Walmart acquired a 6.1% stake in Seiyu beginning in May 2002. A majority interest (53%) was acquired in December 2005, giving Walmart effective control of the company. Walmart's stake in Seiyu was increased to 95% in December 2007, and by June 2008 the remaining shares were acquired, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Sold a majority, 65%, in 2020 to KKR and a further 20% to Rakuten DX Solutions, leaving Walmart with 15%.
 * Walmart de México y Centroamérica - In December 2009, Walmart Mexico acquired Walmart's operations in Central America from Walmart Stores and two minority partners. In early 2010, the transaction was completed and Walmart México became Walmart México and Central America. Walmart holds a 68.5% stake in the combined company.
 * Central American Retail Holding Company (CARHCO) - formed as a joint venture in 2001 with three equal partners: Royal Ahold NV and two Central American groups: the Paiz family, the major shareholders of La Fragua; and Corporación de Supermercados Unidos (CSU). In September 2005, Walmart acquired a 33 1/3% interest in CARHCO from the Dutch retailer Royal Ahold NV. In March 2006, Walmart made an additional investment, bringing its share of the firm to 51 percent and changing its name to Wal-Mart Central America.
 * Cifra - Walmart's operations in Mexico started as Walmex, a joint venture between Cifra of Mexico and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Walmart later bought a majority interest in Cifra and changed the name to Walmart de Mexico. Walmex is independently traded on the Mexican stock exchange, although Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. holds a majority interest.
 * In January 2009, Walmart completed the acquisition of 58.2% of the leading Chilean retailer Distribucion y Servicio (D&S), adding brands of major importance in that market such as Híper Lider. By March 2009, Walmart had increased its stake in D&S to approximately 73%. D&S was renamed Walmart Chile. In February 2014 it was announced that Walmart had acquired the stock of the last major stockholders Mr. Felipe Ibanez Scott and Mr. Nicolas Ibáñez Scott, bringing the Walmart stake up to 99.72%. It was announced that Walmart intends to launch a cash tender offer for the remaining outstanding shares.
 * In June 2011, Walmart completed the purchase of 51% of Massmart, which operates stores primarily in South Africa but also operates in various Sub-Saharan African nations. Brands added to the Walmart family include Cambridge Foods, Game, Dion Wired, Makro, Builders Warehouse, Builders Express, Builders Trade Depot, CBW, Jumbo Cash and Carry, the Shield buying group, etc. In July the South African government filed an appeal of the Competition Tribunal's decision to allow the merger with minimal conditions, this follows an appeal filed earlier by SACCAWU, a local labor union. By March 2012 the appeals court dismissed the case by the governmental ministries, but acknowledge that there were legitimate concerns about the effect of the deal on small producers and employment. The appeals court decision effectively put an end to the legal challenges to the merger.
 * In October 2013, Walmart announced that it would end the 50/50 agreement with Bharti Enterprises. Bharti would operate its retail stores independently, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc takes 100% ownership of the 20 Best Price Modern Wholesale cash and carry business operating in India.
 * Jet.com
 * Modcloth
 * Parcel
 * Art.com
 * Vizio (proposed)

Former operations

 * Amigo (acquired in 2002, sold to Pueblo in 2022) In June 2022, the sale of the remaining 11 Amigo Supermarkets to Pueblo Supermarkets was announced, the brand name will remain and the 1,100 employees will keep their jobs. On August 26, 2022, the Amigo supermarkets closed their doors at 6pm to begin the transition of Matrix companies from Walmart to Pueblo; the possible reopening of the Amigo was scheduled for September 1.
 * Bonobos (Acquired in 2017, sold to WHP Global and Express in 2023)
 * Broadstreet Financial Services Corporation (d/b/a Bank of Wal-Mart) was tentatively to be headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah and was to operate as an Industrial Bank to processing credit, debit card and electronic check transactions for the Walmart stores. The bank was not to be open to the public and they did not intend to open or operate any branches. According to a Walmart spokesman, it was estimated that the company would have saved $245 million in costs by opening its own bank. On March 16, 2007, Walmart announced that it had officially withdrawn its application with the Utah Department of Financial Institutions.
 * Bud's Discount City was a unique store as retail stores go. The store chain, associated directly with Walmart itself, relied not on purchased goods for sale; but instead sold items which had been either a.) returned to a Walmart for exchange, b.) reconditioned items, such as electronics, or c.) items which had been discontinued and stock needed to be liquidated. The first location opened in 1990 and was named after Bud Walton, Sam Walton's brother and co-founder of Wal-Mart. Most Bud's Discount Stores (sometimes just called "Bud's", and until 1995 "Bud's Warehouse Outlet") were located in old Walmart storefronts, with the typical situation being a Bud's would replace the old storefront after Walmart had constructed a newer store for its main Walmart storefront, sometimes merely to satisfy existing lease agreements with those strip centers. As Walmart transitioned from selling items they themselves purchased, to a business model where vendors rented floor space, the need for an outlet store to deal with defective and discontinued items phased out. As a result of this, the Bud's Discount City chain was phased out in 1998.
 * Dot Discount Drugs
 * Helen's Arts and Crafts
 * Hypermart USA (joint venture, prototype store that led to Supercenters)
 * McLane Company (acquired in 1990, sold to Berkshire Hathaway in 2003)
 * Moosejaw (acquired 2017, sold to Dick’s Sporting Goods in 2023)
 * OneSource nutrition centers
 * Save-Co Home Improvement Center
 * Vudu (acquired in 2010, sold to Fandango Media in 2020)
 * Walmart Vacations

Further information

 * - About Walmart's ownership of Seiyu Group

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Alsace wine

Alsace wine or Alsatian wine (Vin d'Alsace; Elsässer Wein; d'r Wii vum Elsàss; de Win vum Elsàss) is produced in the Alsace region in France and is primarily white wine. Because of its Germanic influence, it is the only Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée region in France to produce mostly varietal wines, typically from similar grape varieties to those used in German wine. Along with Austria and Germany, it produces some of the most noted dry Rieslings in the world as well as highly aromatic Gewürztraminer wines. Wines are produced under three different AOCs: Alsace AOC for white, rosé and red wines, Alsace Grand Cru AOC for white wines from certain classified vineyards and Crémant d'Alsace AOC for sparkling wines. Both dry and sweet white wines are produced.

In 2006, vines were grown on 15,298 hectares (37,800 acres) in 119 villages in Alsace, and 111.3 million litres of wine was produced, corresponding to 148.4 million bottles of 750 mL, generating 478.8 million euro in revenue. Of the vineyard surface, 78% was classified for the production of AOC Alsace wines, 4% for AOC Alsace Grand Cru, and 18% for AOC Crémant d'Alsace. About 90% of the wine produced is white. 25% of the production is exported, and the five largest export markets for still Alsace wine in terms of volume are Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and the United States.

History
An important influence in the history of Alsace wine has been the repeated changes of nationality of the Alsace region, which has passed from France to Germany and vice versa several times throughout history. In the early history of the Alsace wine industry, they were traded together with other German wines since Rhine provided the means to transport the wines. In much of the post–World War II era, wine styles in Alsace and Germany diverged, as Alsace wines remained fully fermented, that is dry, to a large extent because they were intended to be paired with food. In the same era, Alsace has also experienced a drive to higher quality, which led to AOC status being awarded. In recent decades, the difference between Alsace and Germany has diminished, since German wines have become drier and more powerful, while many Alsace wines have become sweeter and the late harvest and dessert style wines have been "rediscovered" in Alsace since the VT and SGN designations were introduced in 1983.

The total vineyard surface in Alsace has increased over the last decades, although the total French vineyard surface has decreased. In 1967, there were 9400 ha of Alsace vineyards, in 1982, 11750 ha, and in 2007, 15300 ha. Over the same period of time, among the varieties, Pinot gris has increased the most, from 4% to 15% of the vineyard surface, while Sylvaner has decreased the most.

Use of the name "Tokay" in Alsace
The grape variety Pinot gris is believed to have been taken to Hungary in the 14th century, where it was named Szürkebarát. It is further believed to have been brought back to Alsace by General Lazarus von Schwendi after his campaign against the Turks in the 16th century. It was planted in Kientzheim under the name "Tokay", taken from Hungary's most famous wine Tokaji, which does not use Pinot gris, but rather Furmint and Hárslevelű mainly. For a long time, the Alsatian wines produced from this variety were labelled Tokay d'Alsace. However, in 1993, an agreement was reached between Hungary and the European Union (of which Hungary was not yet a member) to phase out the name Tokay from non-Hungarian wine. In the case of Alsace, the name Tokay Pinot gris was used as an intermediate step, with the "Tokay" part eliminated in 2007.

Geography, geology and terroir

The geography of the wine growing area in Alsace is determined by two main factors, the Vosges mountains in the west and the Rhine river in the east. The vineyards are concentrated in a narrow strip, running in a roughly north–south direction, on the lower eastern slopes of the Vosges, at altitudes of 175 –. Those altitudes provide a good balance between temperature, drainage and sun exposure under Alsace's growing conditions. Because of predominantly westerly winds, the Vosges mountains tend to shelter Alsace from rain and maritime influence, and the region is therefore rather dry and sunny. The city of Colmar in the Haut-Rhin department of Alsace receives approximately 600 mm of precipitation a year on average, but the amount can vary greatly between sites. While the slope down the Vosges is generally east-facing, many of the best sites are south-west to south-east facing, and benefit from extra sun exposure.

Alsace's geology is quite varied, with many different kinds of soils represented in the vineyards. Alsace's soils are a result of its location at a geological fault. Alsace as a whole is located on the western part of the Rhine Graben, which is the result of two systems of parallel faults, with a dropped down block between the Vosges and the Black Forest.

Wine styles

Almost all wines are white, except those made from the Pinot noir grape which are pale red, often rosé, rarely red (e.g. Rouge d'Ottrott). Sparkling wines known as Crémant d'Alsace are also made. Much of the white wines of Alsace are made from aromatic grape varieties, so many characteristic Alsace wines are aromatic, floral and spicy. Since they very seldom have any oak barrel aromas they tend to be very varietally pure in their character. Traditionally all Alsace wines were dry (which once set them apart from German wines with which they share many grape varieties), but an ambition to produce wines with more intense and fruity character has led some producers to produce wines which contain some residual sugar. Since until 2020 there was no official labeling that differentiated completely dry from off-dry (or even semi-sweet) wines, this occasionally led to some confusion among consumers. It is more common to find residual sugar in Gewürztraminer and Pinot gris, which reach a higher natural sugar content on ripeness, than in Riesling, Muscat or Sylvaner. Usually there is a "house style" as to residual sugar, i.e., some producers only produce totally dry wines, except for their dessert style wines.

Almost all production in Alsace is of AOC wine, since there is no Vin de pays region which covers Alsace. Thus, the only alternative to producing AOC wine is to declassify it all the way down to Vin de table, which generally means that neither grape varieties, region of origin or vintage may be identified. However, this solution is mostly avoided since edelzwicker and gentil may be blended from several varieties, i.e. varieties that exceed the AOC rules in the concerned season.

Bottles

There is a legal requirement for bottling Alsace wine in tall bottles commonly called . In the AOC rules, the bottle type is actually called vin du Rhin, i.e., "Rhine wine bottle". Without being mandated by law, this bottle format is also common and traditional in many German regions, particularly for Riesling and other traditional white wine varieties.

Late harvest wines
There are two late harvest classifications, Vendange Tardive (VT) and Sélection de Grains Nobles (SGN). Vendange Tardive means "late harvest" (which in German would be Spätlese), but in terms of must weight requirements, VT is similar to Auslese in Germany. Sélection de Grains Nobles means "selection of noble berries", i.e. grapes affected by noble rot, and is similar to a German Beerenauslese. For both VT and SGN, Alsace wines tend to be higher in alcohol and therefore slightly lower in sugar than the corresponding German wines. Therefore, Riesling VT and Muscat VT tend to be semi-sweet rather than sweet, while Gewürztraminer and Pinot gris tend to be rather sweet already at VT level. But as is the case with sweetness in other Alsace wines, this depends to a large extent on the house style of the producer.

The required level of ripeness of the grapes, which was increased in 2001, are as follows, expressed as sugar content of the must and potential alcohol:

The producer Aimé Stentz produces a late harvest Pinot blanc known as Pi-Noblesse, which is ineligible for either VT or SGN labelling.

The minimum required must weights have again been increased to the following:

VT: Riesling, Muscat, Muscat Ottonel: 235 g/L (formerly 220 g/L); Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer: 257 g/L (formerly 243 g/L)

SGN: Riesling, Muscat, Muscat Ottonel: 276 g/L (formerly 256 g/L); Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer: 306 g/L (formerly 279 g/L)

Grape varieties

Over the last decades, plantings of Riesling, Pinot noir and in particular Pinot gris have increased, while Sylvaner (once the most grown variety) and Chasselas have been on the decrease.

Varietal labels and similar designations

Alsace is known for being the only French wine-growing region with a long practice in varietal labeling, which was a German tradition long before varietally labelled New world wines scored considerable export success. However, under appellation rules, not all varietal-sounding names on labels need to correspond to a single grape variety. Only one varietal label may be used on a wine, and a blend may not have more than one varietal name on the label.

Non-AOC wines
Almost all Alsace wine is produced under one of the region's three AOC designations—Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru and Crémant d'Alsace. Unlike most other French wine regions, there exists no Vin de pays designation for Alsace. This means that wines that do not qualify for AOC status have to be sold as simple Vin de table de France. This happens in some instances when producers wish to use other grape varieties in their wine, like Domaine Zind-Humbrecht which sells its cuvée Zind, a blend of 65% Chardonnay and 35% Auxerrois.

Industry structure
Up to 2,000 growers bottle their own wine, but more than 80% of the wine is produced by 175 producers, including many winemaking cooperatives. Even the largest winemaking companies/négociants in Alsace tend to be family-owned. In 2001, approximately 45% of Alsace wine was made by cooperatives.

Producers
Some of the best known producers include Maison Trimbach, Domaine Zind-Humbrecht, Hugel & Fils, Léon Beyer, Weinbach, Josmeyer and Marcel Deiss. Many of the larger houses, such as Hugel, sell both wines from their own vineyards and market wines they have produced from purchased grapes, i.e., operate as négociant. Producers calling themselves "Domaine", such as Zind-Humbrecht, are supposed to only use grapes from their own vineyards. There are also several winemaking cooperatives, some of which have a rather good reputation.

Route des Vins d'Alsace
The Route des Vins d'Alsace (Wine route of Alsace) is an approximately 170 km road, crossing the main wine producing areas of the region. From north to south, the following 67 communes crossed by the Route are:

 * Marlenheim
 * Wangen
 * Westhoffen
 * Traenheim
 * Bergbieten
 * Dangolsheim
 * Soultz-les-Bains
 * Avolsheim
 * Molsheim
 * Rosheim
 * Boersch
 * Ottrott
 * Obernai
 * Bernardswiller
 * Heiligenstein
 * Barr
 * Mittelbergheim
 * Andlau
 * Itterswiller
 * Nothalten
 * Blienschwiller
 * Dambach-la-Ville
 * Scherwiller
 * Châtenois
 * Kintzheim
 * Orschwiller
 * Saint-Hippolyte
 * Rodern
 * Rorschwihr
 * Bergheim
 * Ribeauvillé
 * Hunawihr
 * Zellenberg
 * Riquewihr
 * Beblenheim
 * Mittelwihr
 * Bennwihr
 * Sigolsheim
 * Kientzheim
 * Kaysersberg
 * Ammerschwihr
 * Ingersheim
 * Niedermorschwihr
 * Turckheim
 * Colmar
 * Wintzenheim
 * Wettolsheim
 * Eguisheim
 * Husseren-les-Châteaux
 * Voegtlinshoffen
 * Obermorschwihr
 * Hattstatt
 * Gueberschwihr
 * Pfaffenheim
 * Rouffach
 * Westhalten
 * Soultzmatt
 * Orschwihr
 * Bergholtz
 * Guebwiller
 * Soultz
 * Wuenheim
 * Cernay
 * Vieux-Thann
 * Thann

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Westbourne Park tube station

Westbourne Park is a London Underground station in the Notting Hill area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is on the Circle and Hammersmith and City lines, between Ladbroke Grove and Royal Oak stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.

History
Although the Metropolitan Railway (MR) had been extended to Notting Hill and Hammersmith on 1 June 1864, the first station by this name did not open until 1 February 1866. In 1867, with the companies on better terms, the MR bought a share of the Hammersmith & City Railway (H&CR) from the Great Western Railway (GWR), after which it eliminated the broad gauge track and operated almost all the trains (the H&CR's identity being effectively lost).

The original station closed on 31 October 1871, and was replaced the following day by a new station, constructed to the west of the original. To remove this traffic from its own busy main line, the GWR built a new pair of tracks from Paddington to Westbourne Park, and on 12 May 1878 it opened a dive-under to remove conflicts where the service crossed the main line. A bomb planted by the Suffragettes was discovered at the station on 16 May 1913.

The Circle line was extended to Hammersmith in 2009. The line now operates between Hammersmith and Edgware Road via a single complete circuit of the previous route. This was done with the aim of improving reliability by providing a place for trains to terminate after each trip rather than letting delays accumulate. However, it means that no trains through Notting Hill Gate go east of Edgware Road.

National Rail platforms
The GWR opened platforms on the Great Western Main Line on 30 October 1871, but these closed in March 1992. The Up line through the station had a 30 mph speed limit, which was unacceptable for the planned Heathrow Express services; instead of modifying the station's platforms; British Rail decided that it would be more cost-effective to dispense with them, and closure notices were published 13 December 1990.

Royal Oak, another station on the Hammersmith & City line, was also once served by the GWR, but its services were withdrawn in 1934. Today, the first stop out of Paddington is at Acton Main Line. Industrial archaeologists have found the remains of buildings including a broad gauge train shed for Brunel's original lines, a turntable, and engine sheds in excavations east of the station as part of the land clearance work for the Crossrail project.

Connections
London Bus day and night routes serve the station.

In popular culture
Early railway buff Fanny Johnson, fourteen years old, recorded passing engines in her notebook ‘Names of Engines on the Great Western that I have Seen’ in 1861.

The station was featured in the video of the Boris Gardiner song "I Want to Wake Up with You".

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Wikipedia 2005 Meetup - Dublin
I've added myself as a possible Local Helper for this. However, if its in June of 2005, thats the one time I cannot possibly help - exams. Surely some of the other Wikipedians live in Dublin? Kiand 17:55, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I'm but a youngen from the boglands of County Tipperary, so I don't think I can be of much use. I'd certainly go to it, though :-). J OHN C OLLISON | (Ludraman) 18:35, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * I too am nowhere near Dublin. I'd go though, and help too, but can't help with accommodation and such. To be honest, I wouldn't recommend Ireland as a location, it's ludicrously expensive, especially Dublin. zoney ♣ talk 19:35, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Shush! You're right, Dublin is disgustingly expensive. I'd love to attend but I don't think I'm up to helping organise something like this, particularly when there are so few other volunteers. I'm in Greystones so I'm close enough to Dublin but I'm not a natural organiser type person and I'm in college. I could do a bit, I guess. —Rory ☺ 19:52, Oct 1, 2004 (UTC)
 * I'm surpised at how rural (and how young) the Irish wikipedians are in general. Have we no actual Dubliners? Neither Maynooth nor Greystones is really in Dublin, although they both have 01 phonecodes and Dublin Bus, and the latter has the DART.... Kiand 23:53, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * I'm an immigrant; I came to Ireland in 1989. I'm not particularly young (41) and I lived in Dublin untill three weeks ago when I moved to Westport. There is life outside the Pale! What's this meeting for? Must it be in Dublin? Evertype 10:11, 2004 Oct 3 (UTC)

 * I am also not from Dublin, being from Limerick. Also Ludraman is not in Dublin I believe. As regards age, well, I'm approaching the quarter centenial, so pretty young, but not altogether too green! zoney ♣ talk 23:33, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Just throwing out some thoughts here: I don't think anyone is going to deny that Dublin is expensive. How about somewhere else in Ireland? Shannon airport is probably better connected to the USA than Dublin, it might be easier to get flights for if people were flying from the US. Ryanair fly there. There are reasonably good facilities there. The nightlife and attractions are aplenty (oh yes and it's nearer to me :-). Or how about Cork? It's less well connected, but will be the European Centre of Culture or something in 2005. Hey, I'll just make a pro/con list. Feel free to edit it. It's incomplete.

 * Shannon airport is probably better connected to the USA than Dublin - true - but the poll suggests that most of those attending are going to be Europeans (33 vs. 11) - and Dublin has the better links to the Europe - everywhere from Prague to Paris - there are also a larger number of low-fares airlines flying to Dublin - Ryanair, FlyBe, BMI, Aer Lingus, Hapad-Loyd-Express, German Wings etc. Anyways its too late to reconsider the bid location - theres only five days left till the deadline closes. --CGorman 21:02, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Bye the bye I seem to be way older than anyone here and I'm not near any of the likely venues. Neither am I a born organiser. Filiocht 11:09, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Dublin
Pros Cons
 * Biggest city, capital
 * Attractions
 * Possibly nearest for many Irish Wikipedians
 * Universities
 * Ryanair
 * Expensive

Limerick
Pros Cons
 * Shannon Airport - Ryanair - EasyJet
 * Better for Wikipedians flying from the US?
 * Culture, attractions
 * Good facilities, University of Limerick
 * Cheaper (a little) than Dublin
 * The lovely river Shannon
 * Further from some Irish Wikipedians

Cork
Pros Cons
 * European city of Culture or something
 * Cheaper than Dublin
 * Coastal
 * Flights
 * Further from some Irish Wikipedians

Ryanair
After the complete rejection the Ryanair article received on FAC, perhaps its worth working on. I'll be adding bits and pieces over the coming days - join me if you want. --CGorman 19:07, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * The page is looking a lot better - someone added a graph, I added more to the history and a screenshot of the website - still if you have anything to add - please do so before it is archived on WP:FAC.

UK wikipedians' notice board
Some of you may (or may not) be interested in the UK wikipedians' notice board that I've just this minute started up and am searching for articles to list on. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 19:56, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * This really is catching on! --CGorman 20:20, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * The Aussie noticeboard just had their first COTW (Cyclone Tracy) promoted to WP:FA. Way to go. Filiocht 08:58, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

How do we link to Ireland?
In Irish related articles we're going to be linking Ireland, Irish, etc a lot.

Is the any set way we should link to these? I always link both Ireland and Irish to Republic of Ireland. I've never hit an article where Republic of Ireland has been unsuitable, e.g. one thats about the North or is cross-border, but should this arise, whats the set policy? Kiand 23:51, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * I tend to link the words Irish and Ireland to Ireland unless it clearly needs a link to one particular country. —Rory ☺ 00:30, Oct 2, 2004 (UTC)

 * Yes, unless I specifically mean the State, I tend to use Ireland. Even for the state, unless it would be ambiguous, I use Ireland . However, in the geography articles in particular, I try to link both Ireland and Republic of Ireland (the latter unambiguously). So I would write  "Townname is a town in County X, Republic of Ireland, located in the midlands of Ireland"  or something along those lines. zoney ♣ talk 11:12, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * An anoynomous user is currently deleting instances of Ireland and replacing it with Republic of Ireland - this seems somewhat childish, their are quicker ways of improving wiki than posturing. Djegan 21:30, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * The anon doesn't seem to be acting in bad faith, it's not exactly mass edits, and some instances do need Republic of Ireland unambiguously rather than Ireland. See 213.202.168.28 contributions. There are however, some contexts in which Ireland should be preferred as the text, even when referring directly to the state - i.e. sometimes it does make sense to use Ireland . zoney ♣ talk 23:41, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Ireland Information Guide
Check this website out: Ireland Information Guide

 * Some well-put-together Irish related stuff Wikipedia mirror? TBH I'm impressed with it. J OHN C OLLISON | (Ludraman) 23:14, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Seems rather good. zoney ♣ talk 23:42, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Our Geography of Ireland article is better than theirs. —Rory ☺ 10:03, Oct 3, 2004 (UTC)

 * One of the best presentations of Wikipedia content I've seen. ✏ Sverdrup 21:20, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * It's also a wiki (main page protected/uneditable)... Interesting! zoney ♣ talk 22:19, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * From looking at the articles recently updated page I see a few articles there that don't exist here eg Donnybrook/Inchicore/Booterstown and some topics linked from them eg Blackrock College. Is there a mechanism for transferring edits at that location back here?  It would be a shame if parallel editing doesn't update the 'real' wikipedia. Jlang 23:41, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * On each page it says "This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License."
 * From their "edit" copyrights notice/warning:
 * Please note that all contributions to Ireland Information Guide are considered to be released under the GNU Free Documentation License (see Ireland Information Guide:Copyrights for details). If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then don't submit it here.
 * You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION!
 * So yes, I think we can quite happily copy stuff back albeit with a link/reference to their article and its history (showing the author/authors).
 * zoney ♣ talk 09:49, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com
Well im after stumbling across another rather interesting website - check out their article on Irish theatre - now look at the wikipedia entry. The entire website is a copy of Wikipedia - with one difference - its a commercial entity - it sells cd's of itself and has lots of ads.

So what do you think of this?

Call for assistance
Hi, as some of ye may have noticed, my main interest outside of the ICOTW is in Irish literature. Over the last few weeks Ive been working to get as many articles on key figures up to WP:FA status to join Irish poetry and Irish theatre. So far, Ive been successful with Samuel Beckett, James Joyce,, Abbey Theatre and William Butler Yeats. I'm currently working on John Millington Synge and lan to do more with Lady Gregory (some done), Oscar Wilde (currently a bit of a mess, but a lot of material there), Sean O'Casey and the two remaining Irish Nobel winners, George Bernard Shaw and Seamus Heaney.

I realise that these articles aren't everybody's cup of tea, but I'd appreciate any input I can get; proofreading, stray facts, images, whatever. Please take a look at the articles in progress and/or planed if you have time and add anything you can. Thanks. Filiocht 11:04, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * I see James Joyce is on the Main page today. Filiocht 07:38, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Irish Humour
I was reading the excellent articles on Russian joke and Russian humour. Are there any articles on Irish humour? Irish humour, Irish joke, Kerryman joke? Seabhcan 10:24, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Wikipedia 2005 meetup
Ok, I think we all have a very vested interest in having the 2005 Wikipedian meetup in Ireland. But not only that, I think it would be a very good place to have it. So what I suggest is this - let's get our act together and decide which city is best to have it in, think up of some good reasons, get some ideas for if it were there, and make our proposal to the meta page regarding the nominations. It seems the UK Wikipedians are behind us. In terms of local helpership, that's something that needs to be addressed. I can't do much except research really (4 more years...) but I might be able to find good hotel rates, attractions, discounts, flight info etc. if it was held in limerick. Plus maybe I could pull some strings with my parents :-). I made the advantages/disadvantages of the cities up above. What do people think? J OHN C OLLISON | (Ludraman) 20:39, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Sure theres only 2 days left till the selection process finishs - Its way to late to be mucking about about other cities. CGorman 20:59, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Dublin has made it to the last 6! They need more information on conferance facilities and prices. To follow the whole selection process, check out CGorman 17:59, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * If anyone else can help out at all, please sign up on the list of candidate cities as a local helper. There will be a discussion involving all local helpers, we need more exact details for Dublin as CGorman said above.
 * Essentially, we need to figure out where in Dublin the event could be held (need a main hall holding 200+ and smaller workshop rooms), and for how much. So we need to ring places and get quotes. I suggest we correlate information on this page as we find it out.
 * The known details for the meetup to consider
 * September preferred, but possibly July/August
 * Unknown number will meet, but get info for 200, 300 and 400 people.
 * The details we need:
 * Meeting place (hotel, University, conference facilities)
 * Accommodation (cheap - hostels, etc. If in summer can Uni accommodation be used (UL in Limerick do this, do the Dublin colleges?))
 * Flight costs (from a variety of locations, on various dates)
 * Anything else?
 * If people can even check out one item, that is a help! Do note it here to avoid duplicate queries.
 * zoney ♣ talk 18:13, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * A useful site: [Dublin convention bureau]
 * I've emailed dcb at dublinconventionbureau dot com and made a preliminary inquiry with them about venues. That's please not to stop anyone from pursuing other avenues of enquiry and seeking to obtain venue info before the October 17th IRC. (Don't forget to join the IRC! See Meta page.) Ropers 12:49, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

venuesireland.com
I found a useful site - venuesireland.com - who find suitable venues for conferences for free. I emailed them with the info (answered to the best of my ability) and a person emailed me back asking for more detail. I can't answer all these questions - can anyone?
 * Responses by zoney ♣ talk

 * What style seating should the main meeting room be in - theatre, classroom, cabaret?
 * Theatre

 * Do you need any accommodation?
 * Yes (though this can be arranged independantly)

 * Do you require any breakout space?
 * I presume this means smaller workshop rooms (i.e. yes)

 * Will you need catering i.e. tea/coffee breaks / lunch / dinner?
 * I don't know

 * Is the date set as the 1st & 2nd Sept 05? Are you flexible at all?
 * We are flexible, July or August are fine (date has not been agreed) as well

 * you have highlighted your preferred location as Dublin - would you like a city centre property or would you also consider a property further out?
 * I think this is flexible. Dublin transport isn't that ridiculous. That said, if it's outlying location, it needs to be by bus route/Luas/rail.

A full copy of the email is at User:Ludraman/email about meetup. J OHN C OLLISON | (Ludraman) 17:45, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Milestone
Well, that's 343, three hundred and forty-three, articles on Irish towns (north and south) categorised, Irish added, basic details, stub message (if needed), link to parent list, all done! I feel quite happy! Congrats to CGorman and all the others who've been helping out. Having these well-organised articles, even if just stubs, will hopefully encourage people to add to the articles.

The next thing to do, is to work out the ten worst examples, I mean, a stub for a small town is not so bad, but Wexford? So we need to see what the priorities are for expansion.

zoney ♣ talk 00:06, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * A seperate todo list would be handy (I'm sure Filiocht would second that, he's big into them ;-). J OHN C OLLISON [ Ludraman] 08:19, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * See Talk:List of towns in the Republic of Ireland - to-do list started. zoney ♣ talk 16:32, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * I'm there! This is a sensational project. Filiocht 12:23, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)

Attorney General
I am not particularily good at Irish but is the síneadh fada used in Árd-Aighne (Attorney General of Ireland) correct, does Ard usually get a fada (I though not) or is this another case of giving every vowel, in Irish, a fada for the sake of it, lest we leave it out - the Constitution of Ireland does not have a fada, but the website does?
 * You're right - the correct Irish for Attorney General is Ard-Aighne, regardless of what the website says. A rather gormless mistake - surely someone would have noticed before it got used that widely? --Kwekubo 22:22, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Bring on the síneadh fada police! Djegan 19:21, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Actually, I may have to eat my words on this - Árd could possibly be a dialecta variant of Ard. I saw that Árd-Oifig an Phoist is written onto the GPO. --Kwekubo 21:56, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * It’s just the pre-Caighdeán spelling.

 * 18. An Síne Fada.
 * (A) Ní cuirtear síne
 * I. ar a —
 * (i) roimh (i)rd, (i)rl , (i)rn : ...
 * (ii) roimh rr : ...
 * (Litriú na Gaeilge, 1947.)

 * — Moilleadóir 04:47, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Notice
Please take a moment to counter the silly listing for deletion of Heritage railways in Northern Ireland. It was a bit sorrier early (though only a cleanup candidate or stub), but I've expanded it. Vote at Votes for deletion/Heritage railways in Northern Ireland. Thanks. zoney ♣ talk 16:21, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Ahem. Donegal is not in NI... Kiand 16:31, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * D'oh!!! :-) On the flipside, the RPSI who are based in Whitehead, Co. Antrim were listed on the RoI page. Bah - stupid partition :-) zoney ♣ talk 16:34, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * I'll oppose the deletion now. Just didn't want to suddenly find I was from the UK and not Ireland Kiand 16:38, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Wikimedia convention in Dublin?
Please help to answer the questions at meta:Wikimania:City if you would like Dublin to be the host of the international Wikimedia convention next year. All answers should go to meta:Wikimania:City/Dublin. The selection committee meets on Sunday 31 October, so answers must be in before then. Thanks. Angela. 21:50, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)

Image Editing software
Ive got a 1m image of Charlie McCreevy that needs re-sizing etc. I don't have any software for that. If you can do it, email me for the image. -- Rye1967 23:23, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)

Page name
Hello all,

I would like to change the names of the regional notice boards from "XXXX wikipedians' notice board" to "XXXX-related topics notice board" or "XXXX topics notice board". The current names sound like they discourage people who are not from XXXX from joining or contributing. Would anyone object if I move this page to Ireland-related topics notice board, or something along those lines? Any suggestions are welcome. -spencer195 01:26, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Personally, I'd rather it stayed where it is. Filiocht 07:38, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)

 * I don't consider there to be much point in possibly just making an attempt to be politically correct. The board was started by Irish wikipedians' and I think it should stay with that name. I do of course agree that the notice boards are for anyone with an interest to participate, but as long as people uphold that point, I think a name change is unnecessary. zoney ♣ talk 11:16, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

George Moore (novelist)
Hi: this article is posted on WP:FAC and so far has attracted only one vote, an object now changed to a support. Please consider voting for or against. Thanks. Filiocht 08:18, Oct 21, 2004 (UTC)


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A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC

A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC is the first album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). The album consists of cover versions of hard rock AC/DC songs performed in bluegrass style.

Track listing

 * 1) "Highway to Hell" (Bon Scott, Angus Young, Malcolm Young) – 2:27
 * 2) "You Shook Me All Night Long" (Brian Johnson, A. Young, M. Young) – 3:29
 * 3) "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (Scott, A. Young, M. Young) – 2:47
 * 4) "Hell's Bells" (Johnson, A. Young, M. Young) – 3:00
 * 5) "Money Talks" (A. Young, M. Young) – 2:19
 * 6) "Let's Get It Up" (Johnson, A. Young, M. Young) – 3:01
 * 7) "Have a Drink on Me" (Johnson, A. Young, M. Young) – 2:52
 * 8) "T.N.T." (Scott, A. Young, M. Young) – 2:38
 * 9) "Back in Black" (Johnson, A. Young, M. Young) – 3:57
 * 10) "Big Balls" (Scott, A. Young, M. Young) – 2:11

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Bodin (surname)

Bodin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 * Astrid Bodin (1903–1961), Swedish actress
 * Billy Bodin (born 1992), Welsh football player
 * Chris Douglas (musician) (born 1974), also known as "Wooli Bodin", American musician
 * Claude Bodin (born 1952), member of the National Assembly of France
 * Constantine Bodin (fl. 1081–1101), medieval ruler
 * Don Bodin, American composer, songwriter, and music producer
 * Paul-Joseph Bodin (1847– 1926), French engineer
 * Edward Longstreet Bodin (1894–1983), American mystery writer and founder of the "Spiritual Party"
 * Étienne Soulange-Bodin (1774–1846), French agronomist and army officer
 * Geneviève Bodin (1923–2021), better known as Geneviève Asse, Breton painter and engraver
 * Jean Bodin (1530–1596), 16th-century French jurist and political philosopher
 * Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755), French baroque composer
 * Kévin Bodin (born 1987), French football player
 * Lars Gunnar Bodin (1935–2021), Swedish electronic music pioneer
 * Martin Bodin (1903–1976), Swedish cinematographer
 * Paul Bodin (born 1964), Welsh football player and coach
 * Simone Micheline Bodin (1925–2015), French fashion model
 * Tomas Bodin, Swedish keyboard player
 * Yannick Bodin (born 1942), member of the Senate of France

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Summary
Cover for the album "A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love" by Hayseed Dixie


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André and Magda Trocmé

André Trocmé (April 7, 1901 – June 5, 1971) and his wife, Magda (née Grilli di Cortona, November 2, 1901  – October 10, 1996), were a French couple designated Righteous Among the Nations. For 15 years, André served as a Protestant pastor in the French town of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, on the Plateau Vivarais-Lignon, in south-central France. He had been accepted to the rather remote parish because of his Christian pacifist positions, which were not well received by the French Protestant Church. In his preaching, he spoke out against discrimination as the Nazis were gaining power in neighboring Germany and urged his Protestant Huguenot congregation to hide Jewish refugees from the Holocaust during World War II.

Early life
André Trocmé was born in Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont to a large and prosperous upper-middle class and Protestant family. His mother, Pauline Schwerdtmenn, passed away when Trocmé was ten due to an automobile accident, leaving him to be raised by his distant but demanding father. André's father, Paul Trocmé, was a wealthy curtain manufacturer. His upbringing was sheltered and strict, but he faced reality when the First World War reached his hometown. During this period of time, Trocmé was only thirteen as he watched soldiers struggle through the streets after battle. In 1916 he saw the trains carrying soldiers bodies to the crematoriums of the South. Trocmé became aware of the notions of identity and loyalty as his family was split between his mother's German heritage and his half-French brothers.

His views on pacifism came to fruition when he met a young soldier. They spoke a great deal, and the young soldier told him about the ideals of non-violence, influencing Trocmé greatly. The young soldier was killed in battle later on, and Trocmé took pacifism more seriously. When his hometown was bombed in 1917 by the Germans, he and his family were evacuated to southern Belgium as refugees. This gave Trocmé an understanding of what it meant to be poor, contrast to the wealthy life he had been accustomed to.

Studies in Theology
The Trocmé family moved to Paris, shortly after the end of the First World War. He began studying at the Faculty of the Protestant Theology as well as at Sorbonne. Trocmé's convictions of nonviolence and Christian socialism were deepened here as he studied the Bible. He met many students like himself, including Edouard Theis, who later joined Trocmé in Le Chambon. Trocmé's studies were interrupted due to mandatory military service (1921–1923), which Trocmé did not oppose because he wanted to experience the service time in Morocco. Upon returning from the military he joined the French wing of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation along with several of his friends from university. In 1925 he was offered a one-year bursary designated for young French theologians by the Union Theological Seminary in New York. It was there that Trocmé worked as a tutor for the children of John D. Rockefeller Jr. as a way to pay for his expenses abroad. Trocmé met Magda Grilli, a Russian-Italian woman who had come to New York to learn social work and escape the confines of her home. Magda Elisa Larissa Grilli di Cortona was born on November 2, 1901, in Florence, Italy. Her father was an Italian born of Florentine nobility and was distant to Magda due to the death of his wife, Magda's mother. Magda's mother was a Russian woman who died shortly after giving birth to Magda. Magda's new step-mother had attempted to put Magda into a Catholic school while in elementary school, but Magda could not outwardly conform. Magda preferred to make up her own mind rather than follow the "ready-made" opinions of others. Even marrying a Protestant pastor did not change her skepticism of religion.

From a young age, Magda was interested in social work. In 1925, Magda attended the New York School of Social Work at Columbia University by scholarship. It was here in New York that Magda and André met.

André Trocmé married Magda Grilli in 1926. They had four children: Nelly, Jean-Pierre, Jacques, and Daniel. Trocmé's first post as a pastor was at Maubeuge in northern France, a town destroyed by the Great War. Conscientious objection was a forbidden matter among pastors, though this did not stop Trocmé from supporting those of the town who refused conscription. This reflected Trocmé's pacifism, which was not highly regarded in the Protestant faith. The family stayed here for seven years, but by 1932 the dusty, polluted air began to take a toll on them. While in search of a new parish, Trocmé was turned down by the first two he had applied to. The third, Le Chambon, was more open to pacifists and admired his great faith.

In 1938, Pastor André Trocmé and Reverend Edouard Theis founded the Ecole Nouvelle Cévenole, which later became Le Collège-Lycée Cévenol International, in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Its initial purpose was to prepare local country youngsters to enter the university. When the refugees arrived, it also took in many Jewish young people wishing to continue their secondary education.

World War II
When France was overrun by Nazi Germany in 1940, the mission to resist the Nazis became increasingly important. Believing in the same ideas as former Pastor Charles Guillon, André and Magda Trocmé became involved in a network organizing the rescue of Jews fleeing the deportation efforts of the Nazi implementation of their Final Solution. Following the establishment of the Vichy France regime, Trocmé and other area ministers serving other parishes encouraged their congregations to shelter "the people of the Bible" and for their cities to be a "city of refuge." Trocmé was a catalyst whose efforts led to Le Chambon and surrounding villages becoming a unique haven in Nazi-occupied France. Trocmé and his church members helped their town develop ways of resisting the dominant force they faced. Together they established first one, and then a number of "safe houses" where Jewish and other refugees seeking to escape the Nazis could hide. These houses received contributions from the Quakers, the Salvation Army, the American Congregational Church, the pacifist movement Fellowship of Reconciliation, Jewish and Christian ecumenical groups, the French Protestant student organization Cimade and the Swiss organization Help to Children in order to house and buy food supplies for the fleeing refugees. Many refugees were helped to escape to Switzerland following an underground railroad network.

With the help of many dedicated people, families were located who were willing to accommodate Jewish refugees; members of the community reported to the railroad station to gather the arriving refugees, and the town's schools were prepared for the increased enrollment of new children, often under false names. Many village families and numerous farm families also took in children whose parents had been shipped to concentration camps in Germany. Trocmé refused to accept the definitions of those in power. "We do not know what a Jew is. We only know men", he said when asked by the Vichy authorities to produce a list of the Jews in the town. Between 1940 and 1945 when World War II ended in Europe, it is now documented by researcher Muriel Rosenberg in her 2021 book Mais combien étaient-ils? that at least 2,000 Jewish refugees, including many children, were saved by the small village of Le Chambon and the communities on the surrounding plateau because the people refused to give in to what they considered to be the illegitimate legal, military and police power of the Nazis. (Earlier unsubstantiated estimates were 3,000 to 5,000 refugees were saved.)

These activities eventually came to the attention of the anti-Jewish Vichy regime. Authorities and "security agents" were sent to perform searches within the town, most of which were unsuccessful. One arrest by the Gestapo led to the death of several young Jewish men in deportation camps. The director of their residence La Maison des Roches, director Daniel Trocmé who was André's second cousin, refused to let the young adults put in his care to be sent away without him. He was arrested and later murdered in the Majdanek concentration camp. When Georges Lamirand, a minister in the Vichy government, made an official visit to Le Chambon on August 15, 1942, Trocmé expressed his opinions to him. Days later, the Vichy gendarmes were sent into the town to locate "illegal" aliens. Amidst rumors that Trocmé was soon to be arrested, he urged his parishioners to "do the will of God, not of men". He also spoke of the Biblical passage, which speaks of the entitlement of the persecuted to shelter. The gendarmes were unsuccessful and left the town.

In February 1943, André Trocmé was arrested along with Edouard Theis and the public school headmaster Roger Darcissac. Sent to Saint-Paul d'Eyjeaux, a French internment camp near Limoges, they were released after four weeks and pressed to sign a commitment to obey all government orders. Trocmé and Theis refused but were nevertheless released. They went underground where Trocmé was still able to keep the rescue and sanctuary efforts running smoothly with the help of many friends and collaborators.

After the war, André Trocmé and his wife Magda served as co-secretaries for the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, Europe. During the Algerian War, André and Magda set up the group Eirene in Morocco, with the aid of the Mennonites, to help French conscientious objectors. They also advocated for the independence of Algeria from France, and demonstrated against the development of nuclear armaments in France. André and Magda were signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution. In 1968, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.

André spent his final years as a pastor of the Reformed Church in Geneva, where he died. Magda died in Paris. André and Magda are buried in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.

Legacy

In January 1971, the Holocaust memorial center in Israel, Yad Vashem, recognized André Trocmé as Righteous among the Nations. He died later that year in Geneva. In July 1986, Magda was also recognized. Several years later, Yad Vashem honored the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and the neighboring communities with an engraved stele erected in its memorial park. It was the second time Yad Vashem honored a whole community, the first time being the Dutch village of Nieuwlande in 1988.

André was the second cousin of Daniel Trocmé (1910–1944), who was involved in similar activities to rescue Jews from the Vichy government and died in the Majdanek concentration camp in April 1944. In March 1976, Yad Vashem likewise recognized Daniel as Righteous among the Nations.

Magda Trocmé was the guest of French radio program Les Chemins d'une Vie (Paths of a Life) recorded by Christian Lassalas for FR3 Auvergne Radio (April 1982 – 90 min).

The Plateau Vivarais-Lignon and Le Chambon-sur-Lignon have become a symbol of the rescue of Jews in France during World War II.

As historians continue to examine events during the German occupation and Vichy rule, several longstanding disputes have emerged. In the case of the Plateau Vivarais-Lignon and Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, they include whether the interpretations based on Trocmé's writings are complete or correct. Those issues are objectively addressed in Robert Paxton's Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order (1972) and in Patrick Henry's book, We Only Know Men: The Rescue of Jews in France During the Holocaust (2013). Meanwhile, Richard Unsworth's A Portrait of Pacifists: Le Chambon, the Holocaust, and the Lives of André and Magda Trocmé (2012) provides a thorough exploration of the roles and writings of the Trocmés. While Caroline Moorehead's Village of Secrets (2014) also examines the events on the Plateau Vivarais-Lignon and in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, other authors, historians and documentary filmmakers believe that that book presents a biased and inaccurate view of what took place.

Quotes

 * "Look hard for ways to make little moves against destructiveness".

Relevant literature

 * Lambert, Carole. Against Indifference: Four Christian Responses to Jewish Suffering during the Holocaust: C. S. Lewis, Thomas Merton, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, André and Magda Trocmé. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2015.
 * Romain Gary Les Cerfs-volants, 1980 (translated as The Kites, 2017)
 * Romain Gary Les Cerfs-volants, 1980 (translated as The Kites, 2017)
 * Romain Gary Les Cerfs-volants, 1980 (translated as The Kites, 2017)

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Winterbourne, Berkshire

Winterbourne is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire Downs about 3 mi north of Newbury in West Berkshire.

Etymology
Winterbourne takes its name from a stream which flows in winter and sometimes in a wet summer. Bourne means a stream that does not flow all year round.

History
Borough Hill nearby was settled by Early Saxons in the Iron Age. Romans camped on Bussock Hill, and left a double vallum and ditch around their camp. The Vicinal Way, which was a branch of the old Roman way Ermyn Street, ran through Winterbourne past the camp.

Winterbourne was mentioned in 951 when the bounds of Chieveley were defined at the time when King Edmund's brother Edred gave it to Wulf or Wulfric, his bailiff.

In 1156, Nicholas, son of Turold os Estuna gave land for a churchyard in Winterbourne.

In August 1552 during the plundering of churches under Edward VI, records show that "one cope of satin of Bruge and one frontlet for the hie Altar of braunched damask" were stolen.

In the early 20th century, there remained a historic tradition of a Rogation Day procession for the blessing of the fields.

Ghosts
Winterbourne shares with Chieveley the ghost of the daughter of Philip Weston. She is purported to have run away in dismay on hearing three blasts of a trumpet, which told her that her lover and her father had been killed at the battle of Newbury. She fell down the well and was drowned.

Another ghost is that of Philip Henshaw who gave the bell to Winterbourne Church. His horse ran away with him down Bussock Hill and he broke his neck. It is said that you can hear the clatter of his horse's hooves going down the hill.

Geography
Winterbourne has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), called Winterbourne Chalk Pit and another on its western border called Snelsmore Common

Parish church
The Church of England parish church of Saint James was completely redeveloped in the 18th and 19th centuries. The north chapel was added in 1712 and the bell tower in 1759. The architect J.W. Hugall rebuilt the nave in 1854 and a Mr. Hudson restored the chancel in 1895. Hudson retained the chancel's 14th-century east window, and an earlier lancet window in the south wall. The building is Grade II* listed.

Civil War
Winterbourne and the surrounding area had an eventful Civil War. Donnington Castle was damaged by cannon; the First and Second Battles of Newbury were fought nearby. King Charles stayed the night at Winterbourne Manor before the Second Battle of Newbury. On 26 October 1644, Cromwell stopped at the Blue Boar Inn, which is in the north of the parish, for a mug of beer, and his forces camped at North Heath. In July that year, his forces had taken on Prince Rupert and company at Ripley in Yorkshire, during which a successful (for the Parliamentarians) skirmish, they stole a statue of a wild boar that Lord Ingleby had brought back from Italy as one of a pair. The other remains in Ripley Castle. The blue boar was left at the pub, now The Crab Hotel.

Transport
Bus travel from Newbury is provided by Newbury and District service 5A, twice daily on weekdays.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jame Gumb

Jame Gumb 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 MERGE AND REDIRECT to The Silence of the Lambs. 2 votes to delete, 5 votes to merge/redirect. Postdlf 03:21, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Jame Gumb
Like the John Boone article a few paragraphs higher; book maybe more notable, but the character not independently so: same principle, delete. — Bill 16:33, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete unless it can be expanded. I haven't read the book, so I can't say, but if we can get a good level of detail in it, keep; otherwise, delete. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 17:58, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. -Sean Curtin 01:39, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. Geogre 04:45, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect is fine here. The difference between this and John Boone, where I voted Keep, is that there's so little information here that there's no need for a separate article. JamesMLane 08:28, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. While Hannibal Lecter has become enough of a cultural icon to warrant a separate article, this character hasn't. Average Earthman 13:15, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge and redir. GRider 23:02, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Jengish Chokusu

Jengish Chokusu or Victory Peak is the highest mountain in the Tian Shan mountain system at 7439 m. It lies on the China–Kyrgyzstan border between the Ak-Suu District in the Issyk-Kul Region of far Eastern Kyrgyzstan and Wensu County, Xinjiang, China. It is part of the Kakshaal Too, the highest part of the Tian Shan, and is southeast of lake Issyk-Kul.

Names
The mountain is called Jengish Chokusu (its official Kyrgyz name) or Pobeda Peak (from the Russian name Pik Pobedy); both mean “Victory Peak.” On the Chinese side it is known as Tomur Peak (Tuomuer Feng in Chinese) from its Uyghur name Tömür meaning “iron.”

Description
Jengish Chokusu is a massif, with several summits along its lengthy ridge. Only its main summit breaks 7000 m. It is 16 km southwest of Khan Tengri (7,010 m), from which it is separated by the South Engilchek Glacier, where base camps for both mountains are usually located.

The massif runs at right angles to the glaciers which flow from it into three alpine valleys in Kyrgyzstan on the north, all eventually running to the Engilchek Glacier, the largest in the Tian Shan. Its main summit is usually approached from the Zvozdochka (Russian for "little star") glacier, which is coloured red with rocks from Jengish Chokusu.

Administratively, the Kyrgyzstan side of the mountain is in the Ak-Suu District of Issyk-Kul Region, and the Chinese side in Wensu County of the Aksu Prefecture of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Records
Jengish Chokusu is the highest mountain in Kyrgyzstan and Earth's highest mountain north of 39°N. It is considered the most northerly 7,000-metre mountain in the world by geologists; the actual rock summit of Khan Tengri, the Tian Shan's third-highest peak, is 6,995m above sea level, though a thick layer of ice adds another 15m to its altitude, such that mountaineers consider it a 7,000m peak.

The South Engilchek Glacier and its side glaciers occupy the entire north side of Peak Jengish Chokusu. This glacier, currently 60.5 km long, is the sixth longest outside of the world's polar regions.

History

Although Jengish Chokusu is over 400 metres higher, Khan Tengri was believed to be the highest peak in the range until Jengish Chokusu's survey in 1943.[4]

A Soviet expedition mounted in 1938 to mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth movement Komsomol claimed to have climbed the highest peak in the area, the summit being reached on 19 September by L. Gutman, E. Ivanov and A. Sidorenko. They measured the altitude as 6,900 metres, and named the peak Pik 20-ti letiya Komsomola (Peak of the 20th Anniversary of Komsomol).

A survey by another team in 1943 found the peak to be 7,439 metres high. The peak was renamed as Pik Pobedy (Victory's Peak) in 1946 to commemorate the Soviet victory in World War II. The significant difference in altitude led to the 1938 ascent being called into question, although the official Soviet stance was to uphold the 1938 ascent.

A large-scale attempt on the peak in 1955 was disastrous, when 11 of the 12 expedition members were killed in a blizzard. Jengish Chokusu's first indisputably verified ascent was in 1956 by Vitaly Abalakov's party. Ural Usenov - the only survivor of the 1955 expedition - accompanied Abalakov on the ascent.

A Chinese expedition climbed the peak from the Chinese side in 1977: the expedition book makes no mention of the Russian first ascent and gives the impression that the Chinese ascent was the first climb.

The first winter ascent of Peak Pobeda was made by Valery Khrichtchatyi (team leader), S. Ovcharenko, G. Mikhailov, and brothers G. Bogomolov and S. Bogomolov on February 2, 1990.

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Pobeda

Pobeda may refer to:

Antarctica

 * Pobeda Ice Island, an island of Antarctica

Bulgaria

 * Pobeda, Dobrich Province
 * Pobeda, a neighbourhood of Burgas, Burgas Province

Kyrgyzstan

 * Peak Pobeda, or Pik Pobedy, a mountain in the Tian Shan mountain range

Kazakhstan

 * Pobeda, Kazakhstan, former name of Shalkar village, Karaganda Region

Moldova

 * Pobeda, a village in Colosova, Grigoriopol, Transnistria
 * Pobeda, a village in Lenin, Transnistria

Russia

 * Pobeda, Kamennomostskoye, a settlement in Maykopsky District
 * Pobeda, Leningrad Oblast, a rural locality in Leningrad Oblast
 * Pobeda, Pobedenskoye, a settlement in Maykopsky District
 * Pobeda railway station, a station in Moscow Oblast
 * Pobeda (Samara Metro), a station in Sovetsky district, Samara
 * Peak Pobeda, Sakha, a mountain in Sakha Republic

Serbia

 * Pobeda (Bačka Topola), a village in the Bačka Topola municipality, Vojvodina province, Serbia
 * Pobeda, part of Radna Zona Istok (Work Zone East), one of the industrial zones in Novi Sad

Other uses

 * Pobeda (airline), a low-cost airline in Russia
 * Pobeda (watch), a Russian brand of wrist-watches
 * 1908 Pobeda, a minor planet
 * FK Pobeda, a football (soccer) team in the Republic of Macedonia
 * GAZ-M20 Pobeda, a Soviet car
 * Russian battleship Pobeda, a ship which took part in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05)
 * Pobeda 1946, a 2016 novel by Ilmar Taska

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Soe Win (prime minister)

General Soe Win (စိုးဝင်း; ; 10 May 1947 – 12 October 2007) was the Prime Minister of Burma and Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council from 2004 to 2007. He was known by Burmese dissident groups as "the butcher of Depayin" for his role as mastermind of the 2003 Depayin Massacre, in which 70 National League for Democracy supporters were killed by a government-sponsored mob.

Early career
Soe Win was born in 1947. After completing his Conscripted service in a Border Guards Unit, he joined the Military Academy and was commissioned into the Air Defence Branch of the Air Force in 1969. A graduate of the Defense Services Academy (12th intake), he took part in the crackdown on democracy protesters as a Brigade Commander in 1988, deploying troops around Rangoon University and ordering them to shoot at Rangoon General Hospital during the upheaval. He became Tactical Operations Commander 3 of the Northwestern Regional Command in 1990.

In 1997 he was named Regional Commander and a member of the junta, then called the State Law and Order Restoration Council, or SLORC. In November 2001 he was named Air Defense General of the War Office. In February 2003 he was promoted to Secretary-2 of the junta, which was vacant after Lieutenant General Tin Oo was killed in a helicopter crash two years before.

Soe Win is widely regarded as the mastermind behind the deadly attack against National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters in the 30 May 2003 Depayin Massacre. In 2014, former Prime Minister Khin Nyunt released a memoir attributing responsibility for the massacre to Soe Win, who he claimed was acting on the instructions of former junta leader Senior General Than Shwe.

The same year he accompanied Senior General Than Shwe on state visits to Vietnam and China. Soe Win also signed the order to dismiss Foreign Minister Win Aung and his deputy in September 2003.

Rise to prime minister
Soe Win was appointed prime minister by State Peace and Development Council chairman Than Shwe on 19 October 2004. Soe Win succeeded Khin Nyunt, who officially had been "permitted to retire for health reasons", but the reformist-minded premier had actually fallen out of favor with Than Shwe. Khin Nyunt was later convicted by a special tribunal of corruption charges and sentenced to 44 years in prison.

As Secretary-1 in the SPDC and prime minister, Soe Win was third in the leadership structure under Senior General Than Shwe and SPDC vice-chairman, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye. A senior member of the SPDC, Soe Win was close to Than Shwe, and the two men saw eye-to-eye on "nation building projects", which included constructing dams, roads and bridges.

With his appointment as prime minister, he took a tougher line against political reform than did his immediate predecessor, Khin Nyunt. He was quoted as saying in January 2003 "the SPDC not only won’t talk to the NLD but also would never hand over power to the NLD."

Health issues and death
In March 2007, Soe Win was admitted to a private hospital in Singapore. The government was secretive about the nature of his illness, though it was reported in the media that he was suffering from leukemia. He returned to Burma on 3 May 2007, but then returned to Singapore later that month. The Burmese embassy in Singapore said he was being treated for a "serious health matter". In April 2007, Lieutenant General Thein Sein was appointed acting prime minister in Soe Win's absence. On 1 October 2007, in the wake of the anti-government protests, Soe Win returned to Burma. His condition was reported as "very ill" and he was admitted to a military hospital in Mingalardon Township, Rangoon.

Soe Win's death was officially announced by the military authorities on 12 October. He died in Mingalardon Hospital, aged 60, from leukemia. His twin brother Major-General Tin Htun had died on 19 September 2007 of leukemia.

Career timeline

 * Commanding Officer No. 12 Light Infantry Regiment (1990)
 * G.S.O. (1), Central Command (1993)
 * Commander, No. 66 Light Infantry Division (1996)
 * Commander, North West Command (1997) and Chairman of Sagaing Division, State Law and Order Restoration Council
 * Chief of Air Defense Forces (November 2001) and Member of State Peace and Development Council
 * Secretary-2, State Peace and Development Council (February 2003)
 * Secretary-1, State Peace and Development Council (August 2003)
 * Prime Minister of Myanmar (19 October 2004)

Decorations and Medals

 * Naingngandaw Sit-Hmu-Dan Tazeit
 * Pyithusit Taik Pwe Win Tazeit
 * Naingngandaw Ayegyantharyaye Tazeit
 * Mong Yang Methawaw Taik Pwe Tazeit
 * Tatmadaw Gonzaung Ahmu-Dan Tazeit (First Grade)
 * Tatmadaw Gonzaung Ahmu-Dan Tazeit (Second Grade)
 * Tatmadaw Gonzaung Ahmu-Dan Tazeit (Third Grade)
 * Sit-Hmu-Dan Thet Tazeit
 * Naingngan Akyo-Zaung Tazeit
 * Sit Pwe Tazeit (1974–1988)
 * Sit Pwe Tazeit (1988–1990)
 * Sit-Hmu-Dan Gaung Tazeit
 * Tatmadaw Shwe-Yatu Tazeit

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Archive 2

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User:Micah gideon

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Unicum

Unicum is a Hungarian herbal liqueur or bitters, drunk as a digestif and apéritif. The liqueur was created in 1790 and is today produced by Zwack according to a secret formula of more than forty herbs; the drink is aged in oak casks. During communism in Hungary, the Zwack family lived in exile in New York City and Chicago, and Unicum in Hungary was produced using a different formula. Before moving to the United States, János Zwack had entrusted a family friend in Milan with the production of Unicum based on the original recipe. After the fall of communism, Péter Zwack returned to Hungary and resumed production of the original Unicum.

The texture of the drink is "thick, black, goopy" and so bitter that it is often described as an acquired taste. The drink's name originates from the words of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, who in 1790, when being given the drink, said (in German) "Das ist ein Unikum!" ("This is unique!").

Unicum is regarded as one of the national drinks of Hungary. The production facility offers tours which include a tasting session of the multiple different varieties including Unicum and Unicum Plum. According to the manufacturer, the original Unicum is no longer distributed in the United States, having been replaced by Unicum Next (a sweeter, thinner-bodied drink with a more prominent citrus flavour), re-branded as "Zwack".

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Corkbush Field mutiny

The Corkbush Field Mutiny (or Ware Mutiny) occurred on 15 November 1647, during the early stages of the Second English Civil War at the Corkbush Field rendezvous, when soldiers were ordered to sign a declaration of loyalty to Thomas Fairfax, the commander-in-chief of the New Model Army (NMA), and the Army Council. When some refused to do this they were arrested, and one of the ringleaders, Private Richard Arnold, was executed.

Background
After the Putney Debates, the Army commanders Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell were concerned about the strength of support which the Levellers had in the NMA. They decided to impose the Heads of Proposals as the army's manifesto, instead of the Levellers' Agreement of the People.

To accomplish this they demanded that every soldier sign a declaration of loyalty, both to Fairfax as commander-in-chief, and to the Army Council, which signified that they accepted the Heads of the Proposals as the Army's manifesto. Many of the men were willing to sign, even if they had Leveller sympathies, because Cromwell and Fairfax promised that Parliament would honour the back payments they were owed. It was suggested that if they did not sign then the army could not present a united front to Parliament and payment could be delayed and that some regiments might be disbanded with no back pay at all. The declaration was a politically astute move because the soldiers were now bound to the Army Council and not the King or Parliament.

Incidents
The Army Council had agreed at the Putney Debates that Corkbush Field near Ware in the county of Hertfordshire was to be the first of three rendezvous. When Fairfax arrived, most of the soldiers in the seven regiments ordered to be there agreed to sign. The radical Member of Parliament and Leveller agitator, Colonel Thomas Rainsborough tried to present Fairfax with a copy of the Agreement of the People but was ignored. Several officers including Major Scott who refused to sign and encouraged their men not to sign were placed under arrest. Two regiments turned up without orders to do so. They carried copies of the Agreement of the people and stuck pieces of paper in their hatbands with the legend England's Freedom, Soldiers' Rights which was a Levellers' slogan. Colonel Thomas Harrison's regiment of horse arrived first. Fairfax succeeded in talking the mutinous regiment around and they agreed to sign. Colonel Robert Lilburne's regiment of foot arrived a little later. (Robert was the brother of John Lilburne, a famous agitator). They stoned and wounded one of Fairfax's officers when he approached them. With sword drawn Cromwell and some of his officers rode into their ranks and ordered them to take the papers from their hats. Cromwell had eight or nine of the more truculent of Lilburne's troopers arrested. They were tried at an improvised court-martial and found guilty of mutiny. Three ringleaders were sentenced to death and, having cast lots, Private Richard Arnold was shot on the spot as an example. At the other two rendezvous, at Ruislip Heath and Kingston, the other regiments were ordered to show support for Fairfax which they all agreed to do. Thus the army remained under control and intact, so it was able to take the field when in July 1648 the Second English Civil War started.

Aftermath
The issues raised did not go away and over the next year civilian "agitators" (as the Levellers called themselves) were active promoting the ideas in the Agreement of the People. As the impossibility of reaching agreement with Charles I became clear, many of the officers in the army who had not been in favour of the Levellers' suggestion that the King be removed, supported the regicide of Charles on 30 January 1649 and had to reconsider their political positions. This allowed the Levellers to regain support in the army.

The next Leveller mutiny in the New Model Army was the Bishopsgate mutiny in April 1649.

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Please do not change the spelling of Edwards' nickname. While "ukulele" is now the prefered spelling, at the time "ukelele" was common, and contemporary publicity material gives his nickname as "Ukelele Ike"; see for example this record label: File:NobodyKnowsWhatARedHeadMamaCanDo.jpg. -- Infrogmation 16:43, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Walt Disney could not have bought Edwards' corpse from the medical school, because by the time of Edwards' death Walt was dead too.
 * Good catch. Seems to have been a misunderstanding of "Disney paid for the funeral" to mean Walt himself, rather than the company or someone at the company. -- Infrogmation 16:51, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I used to do film research in the 90s for two television companies and I helped with the research with one of the books titled "Final Curtain." The Disney Studios did not want to help with the burial of Cliff Edwards and was not taking care of him while he stayed in the place where he was when he died. There was a female reporter (?) who was at the place where he was living who heard that he had just died. There was no one to take care of his burial, and this woman contacted the Disney Studio to help out. They did not want to help with expenses. My research materials are packed away, but I do remember that she finally got Disney to bury Mr. Edwards, and it was in a paupers grave at Valhalla, in a section where when watered, the water sets on those graves. Mae Murray is buried not too far away from Mr. Edwards

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Early Doors

Early Doors is a BBC sitcom written by Craig Cash and Phil Mealey. Both writers appear in the series, playing the characters Joe and Duffy, who are best friends. Early Doors is set at The Grapes, a small public house in Heaton Norris, Stockport, where daily life revolves around comical issues of love, loneliness and blocked urinals.

Premise
The show is centred on a pub landlord named Ken, his preoccupation with his step-daughter Melanie, who is preparing to meet her real father and his nervous relationship with barmaid Tanya after Ken's wife left him for his best friend. The series reflects some of the Northern humour displayed in The Royle Family (co-written by Cash). In a similar style to The Royle Family, every scene unfolds at The Grapes and it is also set in Greater Manchester. Two series of the show were produced in 2003 and 2004. The series refers to Stockport landmarks, including Houldsworth Square in central Reddish and the McVitie's factory in Heaton Chapel.

Title
The title is a British slang phrase meaning those who arrive earlier than is customary and was often associated with pub customers who wait for or arrive soon after evening opening, around 5:30 p.m. Until the Licensing Act 1988, pubs in England closed in the afternoon. Most are now open all day. It is also widely heard in British football circles and was resuscitated in comments about football. The phrase originates in the practice of British theatres from around 1870 of allowing customers who paid a little extra to enter the theatre early and choose their own seats to beat the rush just before the performance started.

Regular characters

 * Ken Dixon (John Henshaw) – Landlord of The Grapes, and lives in the flat upstairs with mother Jean and stepdaughter Melanie. Ken is usually sarcastic and has been shown at times to be slightly crooked, once looking at the results for the football cards, taking forged money from his police friends and putting a very small amount of charity money into his till. Despite these attributes he is consistently shown to be kind-hearted and sensitive.
 * Joe (Craig Cash) and Duffy (Phil Mealey), real name Nigel – "The Lads" of the pub. Best mates Joe and Duffy's friendship goes back to their childhood. Duffy has children and has been in trouble with his wife for sleeping with other women.
 * Janice (Maxine Peake) (Series 1 only) – Janice is the single mother of a newborn baby, Calvin, who she brings into the pub in the first episode and asks Joe and Duffy to mind while she goes to Melanie's aerobics class upstairs. It is suggested that Calvin is the result of a one night stand with Duffy in Ladbrokes doorway.  Joe often teases Duffy about this but Duffy says he took precautions – "I told her I'd had the snip".
 * Eddie and Joan Bell (Mark Benton and Lorraine Cheshire) – A boring, simple minded but well-meaning couple. Eddie's conversations with Ken are usually one-sided and often revolve around temporary traffic lights nearby, a topic that interests him but no one else. Joan's mother is very old and owns several pets including six cats, a dog and a tortoise. Joan and Eddie are both quite intellectually challenged and they often make pointless conversation. They still seem to be madly in love after nineteen years of marriage.
 * Tommy (Rodney Litchfield) – A miserable widower who seems to dislike the regulars and has no problem expressing his complaints (of which he has many). In series 2, he starts a new job which he tells the other regulars he hates because of the "buggers he works with". As he finishes his drink and prepares to leave, it is revealed he is a lollipop man. In the same episode he is shown to be generous when it matters, when he refuses to take his winnings from the football card, instead putting it into a fund to pay off Eddie and Joan's phone bill when it is cut off due to Joan running up a bill through phoning her ill mother.
 * Tanya (Susan Cookson) – Part-time barmaid and love interest of Ken. She is best friends with Debbie. She is good-hearted and down to earth and is known for being attractive, which is why it may be surprising that she clearly has feelings for Ken. Halfway through series 2 she informs Ken that she is leaving the pub but in the last episode he asks her to stay and she accepts his offer.
 * Jean Dixon (Rita May) – Jean is Ken's mother and is often seen as imposing and manipulative. She seldom leaves her chair and is usually eating something sweet. She often complains about the greed and laziness of others, despite not being able to work her own kettle. Although she imposes on Ken's life and sometimes twists his words around to make people feel sorry for her, she really does care about her son. She shows disapproval about the mutual attraction that Ken and Tanya share, thinking Tanya is not good enough for her son but quickly changes her opinion when she finds out Tanya lives in a large house with a conservatory. She often chats to Winnie. It is stated on the DVD commentary for series 1 that Jean is the first name of Craig Cash's mother.
 * Winnie Cooper (Joan Kempson) – Cleaner of The Grapes and the upstairs flat, friends with Jean and well-liked by the regulars. She often makes comments that she knows will irritate Jean and shares all sorts of gossip with her. She has a son called Darren who has been in trouble several times with the law usually for theft. On the DVD commentary for series 1 it's stated that Winnie is the first name of Phil Mealey's mother.
 * Melanie Dixon (Christine Bottomley) – Ken's stepdaughter and only child. Melanie is doted on by Ken who hopes she will not leave him for her real dad, Keith Braithwaite, who she searched for after learning Ken was not her real father. Melanie sees Ken as her real dad, although she does sometimes exploit his "soft" attitude towards her working hours and free drinks. Her biological father, Keith, starts a fight with Eddie at her 21st birthday. She has had two boyfriends in the series
 * Liam (James McAvoy) – a student, Mel's boyfriend in Series 1. Liam is Scottish and is often seen smoking. Several jokes are made about the impressive size of his genitalia.
 * Dean (Lee Ingleby) – Mel's boyfriend in Series 2. Dean seems to be liked by Ken and is a typical jack the lad type who gets on well with most if not all of the regulars. It is loosely implied on some occasions that Joan may have feelings for Dean.
 * Debbie (Lisa Millett) – Pub regular and good friend to Tanya. She often leaves her kids in the car while she goes in for half a cider. She has cheated on her husband and has "gone with" Duffy rather than walk home. Debbie is possibly not the best mother, behaving neglectfully yet strictly towards her children. She seems to take a liking to Melanie's biological father Keith Braithwate (at least after a few drinks).
 * Phil and Nige (James Quinn and Peter Wight) – Local crooked police officers whom Ken is friendly with. They often come knocking on the back door for a bitter and Diet Coke, to drink in The Grapes' kitchen, though they are partial to the odd cigar or brandy chaser. Phil and Nige often break the law, having stolen from an electrical store that was being robbed and are shown to be recreational drug users. In the second series they seem to lose any faith they had in their work after bungling a raid by falling asleep and are often smoking marijuana together. In the last episode, they seemed to have turned to drug dealing, while doing the odd bit of police work on the side. Best known for their parting expression: 'Crime can't crack itself'. Whenever Phil and Nige are leaving the pub, their police radios crackle a message in the phonetic alphabet sounding like a random police radio message, but it is usually a profanity or swear word spelled phonetically, 'Foxtrot Uniform Charley Kilo' being one of many examples.
 * Keith Braithwaite (Eamon Boland) – Melanie's biological father. He is discussed several times in both series but does not appear until the final episode of series 2 when it is Melanie's 21st birthday party. Keith has a very brash personality and regularly uses the catch-phrase "Tick, Tock". Jean sings "Angels" by Robbie Williams on the karaoke after dedicating it to Ken, "who has been there all Melanie's life, not just one night". He becomes upset by this comment and tries to pick a fight with Eddie in the toilets but Ken intervenes and punches him, knocking him unconscious.

Other characters

 * Nicola (Sue McArdle) – Appears in 3 episodes of series 2. She is Debbie's cousin and has a sexual encounter in the toilets with Joe in the final episode of series 2.
 * Bill Cooper – Winnie's Husband (Johnny Leeze). Bill appears in episode 4 of series 1; he has a minor speaking part when he wins the football card.

Series 1

 * Episode 1 – This episode introduces the main characters.
 * Episode 2 – Joe announces that his wife has left him.
 * Episode 3 – Melanie and Liam's relationship develops.
 * Episode 4 – There is a dispute over the football cards game.
 * Episode 5 – Joan and Eddie celebrate their wedding anniversary.
 * Episode 6 – Melanie meets her real father as the pub regulars enjoy their trip to York Races.

Series 2

 * Episode 1 – Phil and Nige sell Ken some forged banknotes.
 * Episode 2 – The police celebrate a drugs bust in the pub.
 * Episode 3 – The Grapes holds a pub quiz.
 * Episode 4 – There is romance between Ken and Tanya.
 * Episode 5 – Duffy and Joe discuss their personal lives.
 * Episode 6 – It's Mel's 21st birthday party.

Production
The series has no laughter track which was unusual for sitcoms at time. There is little diegetic music but the pub regulars often spontaneously sing to each other, such as "Camptown Races" as they leave the pub for the races and "Sex Bomb" on their return. In most episodes a character will say "To the Regiment!" and others will respond "I wish I was there!".

Theme music
The theme music for the series is "Small World" by Roddy Frame from the 2002 album Surf.

The 2006 Channel 4 documentary Who Killed the British Sitcom used the closing music from Early Doors over its own end credits.

Live stage show
In June 2018, it was announced that Craig Cash and Phil Mealey had been writing Early Doors Live, a stage show based on the series. The show was due to open at The Lowry, Salford in August 2018, before a UK arena tour.

It was said that the show would bring back almost all of the original cast from the TV series, including pub landlord Ken, played by John Henshaw, 13 years on, reflecting many of the changes in the pub world – most noticeably, the smoking ban. Returning cast from the TV series included John Henshaw as Ken, Phil Mealey as Duffy, Craig Cash as Joe, Susan Cookson as Tanya, Lisa Millett as Debbie, Joan Kempson as Winnie, and James Quinn and Peter Wight as policemen Nige and Phil. Also joining the cast were Judith Barker, Vicky Binns, Nick Birkenshaw, Neil Hurst and Laura Woodward.

In January 2019, Early Doors Live won the Manchester Evening News CityLife Award for Best Theatre Production. It was soon followed by the announcement that the live stage show would be returning to The Lowry in the summer of 2019.

Reception
Despite the first series averaging just 1.7 million viewers, it was said to have "scored particularly highly on the appreciation indices". It was noted that BBC Two controller, Jane Root, decided to commission a second series in part "because such a high proportion of viewers enjoyed it." Nancy Banks-Smith, writing in The Guardian, wrote that the series was "such a slow-burning comedy that you only start to smile during the next programme." The show was placed at No. 91 in the 2003–04 Britain's Best Sitcom poll run by the BBC.

title: Early Doors


text:
A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love

A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love is the second album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music).

Track listing

 * 1) "My Best Friend's Girl" (Ric Ocasek) (The Cars cover) – 2:54
 * 2) "Centerfold" (Seth Justman) (The J. Geils Band cover) – 2:57
 * 3) "Walk This Way" (Joe Perry, Steven Tyler) (Aerosmith cover) – 4:16
 * 4) "Feel Like Making Love" (Mick Ralphs, Paul Rodgers) (Bad Company cover) – 3:45
 * 5) "The Perfect Woman" (Jetton, Wheeler) – 2:53
 * 6) "I Love Rock & Roll" (Jerry Mamberg, Alan Sachs) (Arrows cover) – 2:09
 * 7) "Fat Bottomed Girls" (Brian May) (Queen cover) – 3:07
 * 8) "Big Bottom" (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer) (Spinal Tap cover) – 3:21
 * 9) "Cat Scratch Fever" (Ted Nugent) (Ted Nugent cover) – 2:43
 * 10) "I'm Keeping Your Poop" (Wheeler) – 2:21

Personnel

 * Dale Reno – mandolin
 * Don Wayne Reno – banjo
 * John Wheeler – bass, violin, acoustic guitar, vocals

Production

 * Producer: John Wheeler
 * Engineer: John Wheeler
 * Design: John Wheeler
 * Photography: John Wheeler
 * Promoter: Alan Rommelfanger

title: A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love