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Wide Angle (PBS)
Hi Osbojos! Just wanted to let you know that if you find an article like Wide Angle (PBS) which has a more complete article about the same subject elsewhere (that is, Wide Angle (PBS series), redirecting it is much easier than going through all the steps of AfD. Happy editing! -- Jonel | Speak 03:08, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Image help
Carnildo, My problem with Orphanbot is that it makes no exceptions for images that are PD, but that a tag doesn't exist for (e.g.,, there's no country tag for Yugoslavia). In that case, users often include reasoning why it's ok to reuse in the image in the description. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you wrote directly above, but it seems like you're saying that when an appropriate tag doesn't exist, including PD info in the description will suffice. I agree, but Orphanbot doesn't consider description/summary comments when removing images, which seems to contradict your own suggestion. Is there any way you could prevent Orphanbot from deleting images that have description/summary info, and leaving those cases to a human instead? --Osbojos 22:36, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * If there's no country-specific PD tag, then put the generic PD tag on the image and add a detailed description of exactly why it's in the public domain. --Carnildo 08:34, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, but the generic PD tag is being phased out, I think this is just delaying the problem rather than solving it. Would it really be that hard to have the robot flag notag images that have summary information for human follow up instead of deleting them? I completely understand the need for Orphanbot, but when it makes a mistake, it's a lot of work to fix. --Osbojos 21:36, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, it would be too hard to flag them. The majority of unknown-source and unknown-copyright images have some sort of summary information, usually useless source information like "found on Google", or a simple description of the image like "The Rolling Stones in concert".  The images already get reviewed by the admin who deletes them from Wikipedia. --Carnildo 05:51, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Bill Moyer's edits
''Nice work on the Bill Moyers page. I was a bit scared after seeing someone had made over a dozen edits that I was going to spend the next several hours of my life in revert hell. --Osbojos 21:12, 5 April 2006 (UTC)''

 * What can I say, sometimes it takes a lot of picking to get somewhere, but I do try to be orderly and organized about it, according to Logical argument form. And as "objective" as possible.  -shrugs-

 * Thanks! :)

 * ("I was a bit scared...." Nothing like a little excitement, no? lol)

 * (Antelope In Search Of Truth 21:20, 5 April 2006 (UTC))

Apologies Osbojos, I didn't see your compromise version until after I'd edited my compromise version over the top. --Zleitzen 01:15, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Help with possible vanity spammers?
If you could take a look at Mariano Ristori Morakis..... It's been tagged but whoever edited after that removed the tags without addressing the problem. I only noticed because I looked at the history after *I* tagged it.

I found it while following a chain that started at Cristian Mac Entyre, which I also had to tag. One or both of these guys appear to be using Wikipedia to plug their artwork, and they are editing a number of pages related to their work in support of this. It would not be such a big deal, except they don't appear to be "notable" WP:BIO.

Will you help by taking a look at either of these articles? I'm only one man (or Antelope).... ;) --Antelope In Search Of Truth 20:12, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Help on the NAM page
Done and done. Thanks for the compliment also. Enough to make an antelope blush. 'Cept guy antelopes don't blush. ;)

--Antelope In Search Of Truth 03:41, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

BC pic under Boston education
I'm not hugely attached to having a pic of BC there, but I'm wondering how even a picture of BU (indubitably in Boston) would be irrelevant in your opinion. Aepoutre 16:36, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Maybe irrelevant wasn't the ideal word choice. I wouldn't remove a photo of a Boston-located school from the Boston page, but I'd be a bit skeptical of its inclusion. It's just that there are something like 50 schools in the metroboston area. Even if you limit it to the more notable ones: MIT, Harvard, BC, BU, Berklee, Emerson, Suffolk, others I'm probably forgetting, which one do you pick? You can't put an image for every campus into that section, so which one is sufficiently representative? Also, I get the impression there's a minor status war between BC or BU (and probably other schools) regarding which one is depicted as the "best" school on wikipedia, so I think edits like the BC photo addition that could potentially be construed as marketing should be closely scrutinized. What do you think? --Osbojos 18:38, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The problem is that the photo had been there for quite some time. Someone removed it because "BC isn't in Boston," but it doesn't make Wikipedia better to just remove photos, especially if they are good photos of something mentioned in the article. A better solution would be to replace it with a school in the City of Boston... but in reference to that turf war you just mentioned -- I'd say the removal of the photo was more a part of that "war" than my putting it back in. I say it stays, because it's been there for a long time and there was no good reason to remove it. Let me know what you think of what I think, haha! Aepoutre 17:50, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * "It's been there for a long time" isn't a justification. If something is inaccurate or POV, I'm sure you wouldn't make that same argument. As for there being no good reason to remove it, I think I've mentioned several good reasons (1) it's not in Boston, (2) there are many schools in and around Boston, why is BC the most representative? As for the turf war aspect, I think adding a photo of BU or BC is much more warlike than removing a photo of either school when added in a marginally relevant context. I still think the photo should be replaced, but I don't care enough about the issue to press it. Do what you will. Cheers. --Osbojos 20:14, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * My bad, by "been there a long time," I meant, "before my time," as in, "I didn't put it there, I just replaced it after someone removed it." When you said "I wouldn't remove a photo of a Boston-located school from the Boston page, but I'd be a bit skeptical of its inclusion" (and "adding a photo of BU or BC is much more warlike than removing a photo" seems to support it), my impression was that you thought it was added recently (perhaps by myself) as part of said turf war. Sorry about that. Like I said, I understand the justification for its removal as "not being in Boston," but I still maintain that if it isn't good enough despite depicting the reference thereto made in the article itself, then another picture should be found. Unfortunately, as you said, you can't show pictures of every school. I also maintain that if BC is in the article, and it's the only picture someone bothered to post, it doesn't do any harm but rather improves Wikipedia. Honestly, I don't think it's particularly supportive of BC just because someone included a picture once out of "good faith." I think part of wikipedia is to assume that good faith, so I'd rather assume that and make wikipedia better by including pictures than getting rid of them. Thanks for the input. If you don't care too much, I'll try to re-include it, or should we wait until a more experiences wikipedian weighs in on it? I'm pretty new to this, so let me know what you think, because I would really rather keep it. Aepoutre 20:28, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I know you didn't include it, and I wasn't trying to accuse you of anything. Sorry if I gave that impression. Don't worry about "more experienced wikipedians" if everyone had that attitude, nothing would ever get done and no one would ever become a more-experienced wikipedian. If you add it back and someone really thinks its inappropriate, they'll just revert it, it only takes a second. You're right that good faith (WP:AGF) is a wikipedia policy. Another one is be bold in your edits (WP:BB). If you really want to avoid a conflict, why not add a picture of UMass Boston or MassArt instead? Both are in Boston, and avoid the BU/BC rivalry problem. There's probably already a photo uploaded and linked off their respective web pages? Just a suggestion, use your best judgment. --Osbojos 20:36, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, I used a pic of Harvard Yard (makes sense -- even if it's in Cambridge, it's certainly mentioned, as it's hugely important and famous). I looked at UMass and Massart and it was one ugly pic of Massart and nothing of UMass Boston. I also checked out a couple of the Fenway schools (nothing there) and Northeastern but I thought the Hahvahd Yahd would be appropriate for the education section. Aepoutre 22:56, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks good. --Osbojos 00:47, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Categories for Deletion Issues
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Bill Moyers
Since you weighed in earlier in the debate regarding the exchange between Moyers and O'Reilly, I'd appreciate your input here. —AldeBaer 08:48, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Dart family
Since I see you have taken an interest in the Doc Corbin Dart article, you may have noticed that I created brief pages for Rollin Dart and Dart National Bank that were red links in Doc's article and in the Dart Container article.

While I was in the middle of writing the Rollin Dart piece, someone jumped in and tagged it for speedy deletion. (I contested speedy deletion, and another editor removed the tag.) But they're still a bit thin. If you have any helpful sources, I invite you to add relevant material.

Best wishes! Kestenbaum 05:56, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

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removal of envirowiki link on environmentalism
Wondering why you removed the external link to envirowiki on environmentalism? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Environmentalism&oldid=192919030 ). From Spam is think that I've done everything correctly. Perhaps you disagree that the website is "truly relevant" to the article? I've added a comment about this on Talk:Environmentalism - answer there if you want. cheers --naught101 (talk) 02:19, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Please help save Repo Man movie article
Hi Osbojos,

This guy, Dædαlus, is in there trying to remove parts that you, I and many others contributed to the Repo Man article. Please add to the bottom of this thread on the Repo Man talk page that you think the "Notable Motifs" section should not be blanked (erased), but left as is since the Pulp Fiction article also has a "Notable Motifs" section that isn't being considered for removal at all (even by Dædαlus himself).

While I agree that the "Notable Motifs" section could use some work, it certainly won't help the article to delete the whole thing and erase all our work which consists of many multiple contributers over a course of years. I'm willing to work on it and better incorporate it into the article, he just wants to delete it all!

With consensus, we can stop this guy from deleting all our work soon!

Thanks in advance. Cowicide (talk) 02:20, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Bill Moyers
The vast right wing conspiracy is back at work on Bill Moyers. They are making a concerted effort to re-insert the Silberman allegations that we excluded on consensus. Please put this one back on your watchlist. Thanks. ► RATEL ◄ 00:12, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

 * I think andyvphil is back. Please look at recent edits to Bill Moyers. I can't keep reverting the vandalism on my own, with this new vandal trying to provoke me into a 3RR situation. Thanks. ► RATEL ◄ 02:02, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

 * I can assure you, I am no one's sockpuupet, but by all means come join the discussion. The more the merrier! CENSEI (talk) 02:13, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

You reverted some of my edits, I will justify them
On the Dick Proenneke article:
 * 1) I had changed the link of computer science cache to the biological cache. You reverted?  You say Dick Proenneke is not a squirrel?  I would like you to check where the first link for cache actually goes (a computer science article) - he did not create "a collection of data duplicating original values stored elsewhere or computed earlier, where the original data is expensive to fetch (owing to longer access time) or to compute, compared to the cost of reading the cache. In other words, a cache is a temporary storage area where frequently accessed data can be stored for rapid access." He did, however, much more accurately, create a "store of food made by many species of animals [which includes humans] for future consumption," to protect it from "other species" (eg. bears) that may want to steal it.  And yes - humans are a 'species' that does this - not just 'squirrels.'
 * 2) You made '-50 °F' redundant again: '-50 °F degree'. Note that the small circular symbol '°' means degree.  Thus you are saying 'negative fifty degrees Fahrenheit degree.'  This would be the same thing as writing 'Politician X got 50 % percent of the vote in the election,' i.e. '50 percent percent.'  I am a copy-editor, this is a simple mistake.
 * 3) 'In civilization' is just unnecessary - it is assumed by the context and is somewhat meaningless.
 * 4) The quotes were removed because they disagree with Wikipedia's style guidelines - this is not my judgment, this is how Wikipedia works. Wikiquote is designed for the purpose of extended quotes - you may make an article for them there if you desire.  If what the speakers said could be integrated into the body of the article, they would be appropriate.  In some articles, in some contexts, extended quotation is allowed, but only when it is fundamentally necessary to the context of the article, for example, see the article for the United States Declaration of Independence.
 * 5) You removed the coordinate notation which is Wikipedia standard - it automatically links to the coordinates in the article, and also shows them in the upper right-hand corner of the article. It is unencyclopedic to give instructions to the reader on where to go and what to enter to see the location - hence the Wikipedia standard of coordinate notation.
 * 6) All the edits were summarized under a misleading edit summary which only referred to one of the changes - they must all be mentioned, or done as separate edits.
 * I am going to redo the changes, as per my explanations - If there are any of them you disagree with, please discuss them here or on the talk page, rather than just putting them back. I am only trying to follow Wikipedia's style guidelines to the best of my ability.  Thanks Chris b shanks (talk) 04:31, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Sockpuppet case on Andyvphil and Bill Moyers
You may be interested. Case here. ► RATEL ◄ 15:44, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * thanks, Ratel. I'll try to lend a hand. --Osbojos (talk) 20:44, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

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1845 in rail transport

March events

 * March 19 – Boston and Maine Railroad Extension, which was incorporated a dispute with the Boston and Lowell Railroad over trackage rights rates in Massachusetts, is merged into Boston and Maine Railroad.

July events

 * July – James Hooper succeeds Eleazer Lord as president of the Erie Railroad.
 * July 1 – Boston and Maine Railroad opens the extension over the former Boston and Maine Railroad Extension line between Wilmington and Boston.
 * July 21 – An unprecedented number of railway acts receive Royal Assent from Queen Victoria in the United Kingdom as the railway mania approaches its peak, Parliament having sanctioned 2816 mi of new construction.

August events

 * August – Benjamin Loder succeeds James Hooper as president of the Erie Railroad.

October events

 * October 8 – The Montour Iron Works of Danville rolled the first iron T-rails in Pennsylvania.
 * October 22 – First section of the Württemberg Central Railway opens, between Cannstatt und Untertürkheim.

Unknown date events

 * William Swinburne, shop foreman for Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor, leaves Rogers to form his own locomotive manufacturing company, Swinburne, Smith and Company.
 * Walter McQueen becomes chief mechanical engineer for the Hudson River Railroad.

June births

 * June 24 – Georges Nagelmackers, Belgian founder of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, the company known for the Orient Express trains (d. 1905).

September births

 * September 17 – Calvin S. Brice, president of Lake Erie and Western Railroad, builder of Nickel Plate Road (d. 1898).

November births

 * November 18 – Edwin Winter, president of Northern Pacific Railway in 1868 and Brooklyn Rapid Transit beginning in 1902 (d. 1930).

January deaths

 * January 14 – William F. Harnden, founder of Harnden and Company express, first person to send an express shipment by rail (b. 1812).

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Talk:Schottische

shoddish
commonly referred to as shoddish

Chotis
Is this the same as Madrid chotis?

Scottish
To me, "Schottische" sounds like the German for "scottish". Is this type of dance originally from Scotland, or imagined or represented as of Scottish origin? Even if not, the article should probably say so. PeteVerdon 15:35, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Article now says definitively

 * this dance has no direct relation with Scotland

 * But also mentions

 * Highland Schottische
 * Drunk, Blue Bonnett, MgGinty, and Douglas
 * Drunk, Blue Bonnett, MgGinty, and Douglas

 * which might perhaps be taken as direct Scottish references.
 * The Scottish country dance page uses 'common schottische step' as a synonym for 'strathspey step', and mentions 'highland schottische' as a step borrowed from Scottish highland dance.
 * Arguably there may be no common ground between the name of a step and that of a dance (like mambo in salsa).
 * Some explanation for the name would be useful - I would presume it is a foreign imitation of Scottish dancing, or dancing learned from Scottish emigrants ?

 * The words 'Continent' and 'Continental' are ambiguous in a global context (or lack thereof): what do they mean in the US ?
 * --195.137.93.171 (talk) 01:20, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I agree the article should discuss why the dance is called "Schottische". At present the origins of the name arenot mentioned. 145.64.134.245 (talk) 11:23, 11 October 2012 (UTC)DRshok

I agree too. The "Bohemian origin" line needs a citation and the Scottish/ Schottische/chotis Name... Speculation: Either the side-by-side starting position or the hopping steps reminded some (Bohemian?) dancing master of forms of Scottish country dancing or Highland dancing he had seen. So he named it accordingly, even though it was not a copy of one particular Scottish dance. Bstepno (talk) 16:08, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Pronunciation?
How is the word Schottische to be pronounced? The way a native German would (like shot ish a)? Are there differences between British and American pronunciation (as there are for schedule)? --88.130.96.28 (talk) 22:38, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

I really doubt it
This is a very weird article, pouring all kinds of dances into the same kettle and slapping them with one label that is supposed to fit them all. I'd like to see some serious research before claiming they're all the same. Of course, confusion in naming dances is global - e.g., a "reinlender" means different things in different countries, and if you look for "schottische" on Youtube, first three videos show three different dances - but then again, I know from first-hand experience that there are countries where both reinlender and jenkka are widely known as different dances. So, please do your research and back your claims up with trustworthy references on the dance articles, too, like people do when writing about chemistry or history. --85.253.64.90 (talk) 17:52, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zepparella

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. 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. jni 17:41, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Zepparella
Spam/advertisement for a rock band, few Google hits. Note this article is written in such an odd way that it was initially deleted as patent nonsense but recreated by a persistent anon. -- Curps 20:27, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC) This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * Delete. Not notable. Nonsensical, not an encyclopedia article. jni 20:34, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not understandable, and if it's really about a band that one is not notable andy 20:38, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep it and Categorize it to Spam/advertisement Faethon2 22:31, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * This is a newly-registered user. I don't think we have such a category. If it was kept, it would have to be despammed and rewritten to a neutral point of view. -- Curps 22:35, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * You dont have a Spam/advertisement section? I think we have to create one right now! Faethon2 22:57, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Uh, no. And what was wrong with your original User:Faethon account?  Delete. RickK 23:40, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * We don't have a spam/advertisement category because neither of those items belong in Wikipedia. Oh and delete. — Knowledge Seeker দ (talk) 03:31, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, sadly... when PoV is removed, nothing's left for now. Good luck though! Do some shows, make some recordings! Wyss 22:33, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment I would be willing to write an article on the band but as they have not released anything under the name Zepparella, it's almost impossible to do anything more than a sub-stub. Perhaps in the future. No vote. Megan1967 02:17, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, does not meet WikiProject:Music's guidelines for inclusion. Tuf-Kat 16:57, Feb 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: spam. Wile E. Heresiarch 06:10, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this POV-spam-bandity. Bart133 (t) 02:06, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this Garage Band Bandit spam. Edeans 05:14, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)


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Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg

Charles Alexander of Württemberg (24 January 1684 – 12 March 1737) was a Württemberg Duke from 1698 who governed the Kingdom of Serbia as regent from 1720 until 1733, when he assumed the position of Duke of Württemberg, which he held until his death.

Early life
Born in Stuttgart, he was the eldest son of Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental and his wife, Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

Biography
He succeeded his father as Duke of Württemberg-Winnental in 1698. As a successful army-commander in service of the Holy Roman Emperor, he had converted to Roman Catholicism in 1712. He was militarily successful under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Spanish War of Succession as well as in the Ottoman–Venetian War. In 1719 he was appointed imperial governor of Belgrade.

In 1720 Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI appointed him governor of the Kingdom of Serbia in Belgrade. While in this post he married Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706–56) in 1727; they had 4 children.

After 13 years of autocratically ruling over Serbia, in 1733 Charles Alexander inherited the Duchy of Württemberg from his cousin, Eberhard Louis. As Duke of Württemberg he moved the court back from Ludwigsburg to the nearby capital of Stuttgart. He ruled over the Duchy until his sudden death in 1737, and was succeeded by his nine-year-old son, Charles Eugene.

During his reign, he employed as his financier the ill-fated Joseph Süss Oppenheimer, who was executed in 1738 for abuse of office during the reign of the duke.

Family
In 1727, he married Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706–1756). They had 6 children:
 * Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728–1793), married Princess Elisabeth Fredericka Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth; no issue.
 * Eugen Louis (1729)
 * Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1731–1795), married Countess Sophie Albertine of Beichlingen; had issue.
 * Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1732–1797), married Princess Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt; had issue.
 * Alexander Eugen (1733–1734)
 * Auguste Elisabeth (1734–1787), married Prince Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis; had issue.

King Charles III is his descendant through his great-grandmother Mary of Teck.

In literature and film
Although the story of Duke Karl Alexander and Joseph Süß Oppenheimer constituted a relatively obscure episode in German history, it became the subject of a number of literary and dramatic treatments over the course of more than a century; the earliest of these having been Wilhelm Hauff's 1827 novella, titled Jud Süß. The most successful literary adaptation was Lion Feuchtwanger's 1925 novel titled Jud Süß based on a play that he had written in 1916 but subsequently withdrew.

Ashley Dukes and Paul Kornfeld also wrote dramatic adaptations of the Feuchtwanger novel. In 1934, Lothar Mendes directed "Jew Süss", a film adaptation of the novel. The role of Karl Alexander was played by Frank Vosper.

Charles Alexander and his relationship with Oppenheimer is fictionally portrayed in Veit Harlan's 1940 Nazi propaganda film titled Jud Süß. He is portrayed by Heinrich George.

Although inspired by the historical details of Süß's life, Hauff's novella, Feuchtwanger's novel, and Harlan's film only loosely correspond to the historical sources available at the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg.

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Lilli Palmer

Lilli Palmer (born Lilli Marie Peiser; 24 May 1914 – 27 January 1986) was a German actress and writer. After beginning her career in British films in the 1930s, she would later transition to major Hollywood productions, earning a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance in But Not for Me (1959).

Other notable roles include in the comedy The Pleasure of His Company (1961), the Spanish horror film The House That Screamed (1969), and in the miniseries Peter the Great (1986), which earned her another Golden Globe Award nomination. For her career in European films, Palmer won the Volpi Cup, and the Deutscher Filmpreis three times.

Early life
Palmer, who took her surname from an English actress she admired, was one of three daughters born to Alfred Peiser, a German Jewish surgeon, and Rose Lissman (or Lissmann), an Austrian Jewish stage actress in Poznań, Poznań, Poland).

When Lilli was four years old, her family moved to Berlin-Charlottenburg. She was a junior table tennis champion as a young girl.

Career
In France, she appeared in an operetta at the Moulin Rouge, and then to London, where she began her film career. While performing in cabarets, she attracted the attention of British talent scouts and was offered a contract by the Gaumont Film Company. She made her screen debut in Crime Unlimited (1935) and appeared in numerous British films for the next decade.

She married British actor Rex Harrison on 25 January 1943, and travelled with him to Hollywood in 1945. She signed with Warner Brothers and appeared in several films, notably Cloak and Dagger (1946) and Body and Soul (1947).

She periodically appeared in stage plays as well as hosting her own television series in 1951. Harrison and Palmer appeared together in the hit Broadway play Bell, Book and Candle in the early 1950s. They also appeared in the 1951 British melodrama The Long Dark Hall, and later starred in the film version of The Four Poster (1952), which was based on the award-winning Broadway play of the same name, written by Jan de Hartog. She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress in 1953 for The Four Poster.

Harrison and Palmer divorced in 1956; they had one son, Carey, born in 1944.

Palmer returned to Germany in 1954, where she played roles in many films and television productions. She also continued to play both leading and supporting parts in the U.S. and abroad. In 1957, she won the Deutscher Filmpreis for Best Actress for her portrayal of Anna Anderson in The Story of Anastasia, called Is Anna Anderson Anastasia? in the UK. In 1958, she played the role of a teacher opposite Romy Schneider in Mädchen in Uniform (Girls in Uniform), the remake of the 1931 film of the same title. Palmer starred with Fred Astaire and Debbie Reynolds in The Pleasure of His Company in 1961.

She starred opposite William Holden in The Counterfeit Traitor (1962), an espionage thriller based on fact, and opposite Robert Taylor in another true Second World War story, Disney's Miracle of the White Stallions (1963). On the small screen, in 1974 she starred as Manouche Roget in the six-part television drama series The Zoo Gang, about a group of former underground freedom fighters from the Second World War, with Brian Keith, Sir John Mills and Barry Morse.

Palmer published a memoir, Change Lobsters and Dance, in 1975. She wrote a full-length work of fiction presented as a novel rather than a memoir, The Red Raven, in 1978.

Personal life
Palmer's first marriage was to Rex Harrison in 1943. They divorced amicably in 1957, so that he could marry ailing actress Kay Kendall before her untimely death. Palmer agreed since she was already involved with her future husband, Carlos Thompson. Palmer was married to Argentine actor Carlos Thompson from 1957 until her death in Los Angeles from abdominal cancer in 1986 at the age of 71. She was survived by her husband, son, sisters, and her ex-husband.

Palmer is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California. A portion of the ashes of her first husband, Rex Harrison, were scattered on her grave.

Accolades

 * 1953: Volpi Cup for Best Actress for The Four Poster
 * 1956: Deutscher Filmpreis (Silver) for Best Actress in Teufel in Seide
 * 1957: Deutscher Filmpreis (Silver) for Best Actress in Anastasia, die letzte Zarentochter
 * 1959: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination for But Not for Me
 * 1972: Goldene Kamera for Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau (ZDF TV)
 * Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7013 Hollywood Blvd.
 * 1974: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Großes Verdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
 * 1978: Deutscher Filmpreis (Gold) for Lifetime Achievement
 * 1986: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film nomination for Peter the Great

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Viriditas

Viriditas (Latin, literally "greenness," formerly translated as "viridity" ) is a word meaning vitality, fecundity, lushness, verdure, or growth. It is particularly associated with abbess Hildegard von Bingen, who used it to refer to or symbolize spiritual and physical health, often as a reflection of the Divine Word or as an aspect of the divine nature.

Use by earliest writers
"Viriditas" appears several times in Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job to refer to the spiritual health to which Job aspires. Augustine of Hippo uses the term exactly once in City of God to describe mutability. In a collection of over a hundred 12th-century love letters, said to be those between Héloïse and Abelard, the woman uses "viriditas" three times but the man does not use it. Abelard used "viriditas" in at least one sermon, however.

Use by Hildegard von Bingen
Viriditas is one of Hildegard von Bingen's guiding images, used constantly in all of her works. It has been suggested that the lushness of the imagery is possibly due to the lushness of her surroundings at Disibodenberg. Her extensive use of the term can be frustrating in its diversity of uses.

In a study of Hildegard by historian of medicine Dr. Victoria Sweet, who is also a physician, Dr. Sweet pointed out how Hildegard used the word viriditas in the broader sense of the power of plants to put forth leaves and fruit, as well as in the sense of an analogous intrinsic power of human beings to grow and to heal. Inspired by Hildegard, Dr. Sweet began to ask herself as she was treating her own patients whether anything was interfering with the viriditas or the intrinsic power to heal-- to relate to healing like being a gardener who removes impediments and nourishes, in a sanctuary-like setting.

In Scivias, Hildegard focused foremost on viriditas as an attribute of the divine nature. In her works the word viriditas has been translated in various ways, such as freshness, vitality, fertility, fecundity, fruitfulness, verdure, or growth. In Hildegard's understanding, viriditas is a metaphor for spiritual and physical health, which is visible in the divine word. "Homeostasis" could be considered as a more common replacement, but without the theological and spiritual connotations that viriditas has.

Use by Kim Stanley Robinson
The science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson used it quasi-theologically to mean "the green force of life, expanding into the Universe."

"Look at the pattern this seashell makes. The dappled whorl, curving inward to infinity. That's the shape of the universe itself. There's a constant pressure, pushing toward pattern. A tendency in matter to evolve into ever more complex forms. It's a kind of pattern gravity, a holy greening power we call viriditas, and it is the driving force in the cosmos. Life, you see."

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User talk:Frecklefoot/Archive3

Adminship
Just thought I'd let you know that User:UninvitedCompany has nominated you at Requests for adminship/Frecklefoot. Andre ( talk )A| 19:45, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

 * Yes, I did. I hope you'll accept.  I believe Wikipedia is well served by having established contributors with a solid understanding of the project become admins, and that certainly describes you.  uc 21:02, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * Um, thanks, but I'd rather not be an admin. Wikipedia takes too much of my time already!  Thanks for saying I'm knowledgable, but I can't do any more than I already do.  Thanks anyway. :-)   — Frecklefoot | Talk 21:17, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

LDS Category

 * "Notable" sounds awkward; we should assume that all people who have articles in Wikipedia are notable by default. Also, and you may have heard this, about the hysteria over Category:Mormons. My plan is to keep that category and add the subcategory Category:Latter-day Saints. In this way we can have other categories for people who are Mormon but are not members of the LDS Church.
 * Cheers. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (hopefully!)]] 21:07, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing
I've "started" the Free the Rambot Articles Project which aims to get users to release all of their contributions to the U.S. state, county, and city articles (if any) under the CC-by-sa 1.0 and 2.0 license (at minimum) or into the public domain if they prefer. A secondary, but equally important, goal is to get those users to release ALL of their edits for ALL articles. I've personally chosen to multi-license all of the rambot and Ram-Man contributions under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License so that other projects, such as WikiTravel, can use our articles. I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all your contributions (or at minimum those on the geographic articles) so that we can keep most of the articles available under the multi-license. Many users use the   template (or even    for public domain) on their user page, but there are other templates for other options at Template messages/User namespace. If you only prefer using the GFDL, I understand, but I thought I'd at least ask, just in case, since the number of your edits is in the top 100. If you do want to do it, simply just copy and paste one of the above two templates into your user page and it will allow us to track those users who have done it. For example:

 * Option 1
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR
 * Option 2
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions to any U.S. state, county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain (which many people do or don't like to do, see Multi-licensing), you could replace   with    -- Ram-Man 00:19, Nov 26, 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the offer, but I'd like to keep my edits under the GFDL.  — Frecklefoot | Talk 00:19, Nov 29, 2004 (UTC)

Stubs
Hey Frecklefoot, since you seem to be a veteran here I'd value your input over here: Talk:A_Planet_Called_Treason --SDG 07:18, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Marcus Stewart
Marcus Stewart is in fact a well-known footballer. You listed him for speedy deletion for "vanity". The latter is not of course a criterion for speedy deletion. I have removed the tag. If you truly believe that this article should be deleted, please list it on VfD, where it will inevitably fail to reach a consensus.Dr Zen 23:46, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * We all make mistakes. The original version looked like a vanity entry.  Oops! :-)   — Frecklefoot | Talk 15:27, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

Image of Carmack
Thanks, I really like it too. I actually captured it along with a few others from that trailer back in May 2002 (when the trailer was brand new), with no intent of keeping it for Wikipedia but to show for a few people who didn't have bandwidth to download the trailer. I rediscovered it while browsing an image directory on an old website of mine... - Fredrik | talk 08:55, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Ezra Taft Benson
What is the difference between a stake and a ward? Thanks Edwin 21:32, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * A ward is what most churches refer to as a congregation. It can be comprised of between 100 and 200 families (more or less).  A stake is made up of several wards.  It is a superset of wards.

 * Each ward has a bishop. But each stake has a Stake President.  In areas where membership is too low for a ward, the Church instead has a "branch."  A branch will have a Branch President.  Though not a bishop, he is analogous to a bishop in a ward.  Branches will also fall under the umbrella of a stake. HTH. :-)   — Frecklefoot | Talk 23:01, Dec 13, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the clarification. I appreciate it! Edwin 23:02, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Video game article
This is kind of old, but I just saw you accused me of spamming the video game article. I think it's great that you're weeding out spammers on wikipedia, but I don't think it's really fair in this situation, because they do provide free statistics. Anyway, it doesn't really matter, I just had to get that off my back because I don't like being called a spammer :) Jacoplane 13:36, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * My bad. I looked at the main page and saw that it was a commercial cite.  The page you linked to was indeed their free statistics.  It just wasn't blindingly obvious (to me) that they were.  If you add it back in, I won't revert it this time. Peace. :-)   — Frecklefoot | Talk 17:22, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)

Mormonism articles
Nice to see you back at the Mormonism articles. I hope the climate is clement and you find yourself contributing there a lot again. Tom - Talk 03:55, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, I've been monitoring some for quite a while, but haven't made any changes due to the level of flaming that goes on. I just didn't have the bandwidth to justify changes and argue against others.  But it seemed others were handling the situations nicely.  The only significant contribution (that I recall) lately is the Haun's Mill Massacre, and that was just a stub.  But it's nice to see someone noticed! :-)   — Frecklefoot | Talk 15:23, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

Rename of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Can you please support the rename and requested move to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter=day Saints Requested moves Thx in Adv --Trodel 06:33, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

"University"
I noticed you asked a question (perhaps just rhetoric?) in one of your edits to Sims 2 University about the need for system requirements. I believe it is a useful fact that users would appreciate being included. Its true that Maxis' main site for the game does have the system requirements, but I believe its important enough to include right on the article (The Sims 2 article does this as well). Hopefully it'll look better when there's more to the article :). bernlin2000 ∞ 19:14, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

My very first sub-page
Yes, it came out beautifully. Care to take a peek? User:Alisonsage. A good sense of humor is definitely in order... allie 23:19, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Campbell Chronology
Too late! The chronology is now underway on User:Alisonsage/Campbell Chronology. It's pretty much the same thing that's currently on the Campbell's page, just listed in chronological order. The formatting is a bunched up, I know. Franco-American deserves its own paragraph in the article, I think, because it morphed from a maker of gourmet soup into Spaghetti-O's 50 years later! Haven't finished it yet. For example: didn't included their sales figures. They're like McDonald's. My only problem is my source: America's Favorite Food: A History of Campbell Soup Company was WRITTEN by Campbell's. So the entire article's perspective is POV, without another reference citation. --allie 14:26, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Frank Frazetta
I nominated him for Collaboration of the week please show your support :)  ALKIVAR ™ 23:53, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I already did. Thanks for nominating it! :-)   — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:37, Jan 25, 2005 (UTC)

Re: America's Army
Well the first thought is not going to work LOL :) If you want to add it, go ahead, he'll notice and revert it. America's Army was recently added to RfC (not by myself), so I think we should just let that play out, although admittingly I don't know how that all works. I contacted Andre due in most part to him being involved with Mediation and thought he could offer some sort of advice for this situation. We'll see where this goes. K1Bond007 17:12, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * I just found out theres two forms of RFC. One for an article another for users. I guess we should file one on this user. If you want to do it, go for it. I'll sign it and add a ton to it. I'm sure it won't be hard to get other users from that talk page as well. If I do it, I probably won't be able to devote enough time to make a good "complaint" till tomorrow . Requests for comment K1Bond007 20:20, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)

Okay, I did it. You can find it here (the main page is listed here). Afraid I didn't do a very good job. Didn't have much time and some of the sections of the "form" seem duplicated. Please expand/improve. — Frecklefoot | Talk 21:19, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Right-o. I'll take a look. I'll probably expand it later tonight though. Am I able to edit the description or should I expand elsewhere? Also I'm supposed to sign it, but I'm kinda confused where :) I'll figure it out soon enough K1Bond007 23:55, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)

 * Well I added on at the bottom of the page although at the moment I'm not sure I put it in the correct place. Anyway, I think you need to sign it where Andre and I have. Thanks K1Bond007 01:48, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)

It said that I'm not supposed to sign it anywhere else if I'm the one who wrote the "Summary" part. I signed my name there, but didn't think I was allowed to sign it elsewhere. Correct me if I'm wrong. :-)  — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:05, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)

Well nothing to be sorry about. I'm just tired of discussing it and arguing about it. When we started the RFC I thought we'd get a lot more comments from users and not just from a guy who's been registered with Wikipedia for only a week or two. I also quit because it appears the RFC was going no where. No one wanted to discuss the matter at all. It kept getting routed to whether video games are a notable subject for Wikipedia and about the arguement over whether the game is propaganda (which while being contested often on that article, wasn't the subject of the RFC). It really says something about Wikipedia when a complaint isn't properly heard and discussed. I obviously really like Wikipedia, but twice now I've been disgusted with it over this one article. Perhaps I'll try again in a month or two. K1Bond007 17:34, Feb 1, 2005 (UTC)

Firaxis Games
I noticed that you added what "Type" of company Firaxis is in the fact box. I think that "Type" refers to whether is is a Public or Private company. That's the way it is in the Microsoft factbox. --Munchkinguy 18:36, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Okay, I hadn't seen the box before and took a stab at it. I don't know if it is private or public (probably private), so I won't change it.  Should we leave it the way it is until someone finds out?   — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:55, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)

 * I have no idea. I have spent hours looking through company profiles on the internet, but they either are restricted to paying customers, or have no information. --Munchkinguy 23:15, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Video Gamer revisions
Howdy, I noticed you cleaned up the "Gamer Subculture" articles. There is one particular thing in your revision that seems odd though -- "With the exception of the Gamecube, today's consoles have moved from CDs to DVDs to contain more game content."

This is partly false, as the Gamecube does in fact use DVD (And only DVD) format media. The only difference is that it's size is smaller then standard sized DVDs used by Microsoft and Sony. I'll let you decide if you want to change that or not. --140.211.122.171

 * Sorry, I was under the impression that they didn't use DVDs. Still it sounds like they don't use standard DVDs like the XBox and PS2 do.  Bummer for them, it can only hurt sales.  We use our PS2 as a DVD player all the time. :-S  I changed the info in the Gamer article.  Was there another one?   — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:06, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)

GCOTW
I'm giving you this message because you have been active on Gaming Collaboration of the week in the past. The collaboration had a bit of a hiatus, but it's now active again. A new article will be chosen this Sunday. It would be greatly appreciated if you visited the page to vote and/or make new nominations and worked on next week's GCOTW. Thanks. --Slowking Man 08:00, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC)

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Haydon Bridge

Haydon Bridge is a village in Northumberland, England, which had a population of 2,184 in the 2011 census. Its most distinctive features are the two bridges crossing the River South Tyne: the picturesque original bridge after which the village was named (now restricted to pedestrian use) and a modern bridge which used to carry the A69 road. A bypass was completed in 2009 and the A69 now bypasses the village to the south.

The modern village is divided in two by the River South Tyne, whereas the old village (Haydon) was to the north, on the hill overlooking the river; all that remains is a Norman church now reduced in size from the original, which used stone taken from nearby Roman Hadrian's Wall. The A686 road joins the A69 just to the south east of the village, linking Haydon Bridge with Alston and Penrith.

History
In 1323 a Charter was granted for a market and fair to be held in the village, but as these gatherings so often ended in brawls between various families they did not add to the peace of the district. That still happened in the 1970s too.

Governance
Haydon Bridge is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham, Guy Opperman of the Conservative Party is the Member of Parliament.

Prior to Brexit, for the European Parliament its residents voted to elect MEPs for the North East England constituency.

For local government purposes it belongs to Northumberland County Council a unitary authority.

Economy
The village has four pubs and two hotels.

A few years ago the 'old foundry' as locals called it (based on its earlier use as an ironworks established in 1843) was demolished to make way for new accommodation specifically for past and present Haydon Bridge residents. The new flats are modern buildings designed to fit in with the rest of the architecture of the village.

Schools
There are two schools: Wise Shaftoe Trust Academy and Haydon Bridge High School.

Ecology
The Haydon Bridge area plays host to a variety of different species, most notably the elusive red squirrel. However grey squirrels are moving through the area and the group Haydon Bridge Red Squirrels was set up to combat this and preserve the threatened red squirrel.

Road
Old Haydon Bridge across the River South Tyne within the village itself was originally built around 1309 but had to be rebuilt in 1776 following a flood. Listed as a Grade II structure it is now available only to pedestrians.

The new Haydon Bridge Bypass, opened in 2009, now carries the A69 across the river and railway some half a mile to the west of the village.

Railway
The village is served by Haydon Bridge railway station on the Tyne Valley line. The line was opened in 1838 by the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway linking Newcastle with Carlisle. The line follows the course of the River Tyne through Northumberland. Passenger services on the Tyne Valley line are operated by Northern.

Bus services
Stagecoach operate bus service 685 daily between Carlisle and Newcastle although not all journeys operate the full route. This service was previously a joint service with Arriva.

Wright Bros Coaches currently provides a limited service to destinations such as Hexham, Newcastle, Alston, and Nenthead.

Air
Newcastle Airport is situated about 27 mi from Haydon Bridge and provides daily internal flights to many UK and International destinations.

Religious sites
The village where the "new" church is and on which the old church at Haydon looks down, was built in 1796. Dedicated to St. Cuthbert, it is said to have been one of the many resting places of the bones of the saint, which the monks carried throughout the northern counties for hundreds of years. Occasionally services are held in the old church in which, oddly enough, the font is made from a Roman altar. There is a great deal of doubt as to when this little church was originally built; if the bones of St. Cuthbert rested there, it must have been in existence before the saint found his last resting place in Durham Cathedral in 995.

There is a gruesome legend connected with the old church, given in detail in William Lee's Haydon Bridge and District. It is the old story of the girl who longed for finery which she could not afford. Watching the local tailor making a coat for her master at Altonside Farm, the girl pestered the tailor so much that at length he made a bargain with her. If she would go to the old church at Haydon at midnight and bring back the communion book from the altar, he would make her a coat which would enhance her charms in the eyes of her lover. Accordingly, the girl carried out her share of the bargain, but, as she was leaving the church, she heard voices, and hiding behind the door she saw two men dragging what appeared to be a woman's body into the church and burying it under the flagstones. Running out of the church towards her home, the girl tripped and fell, and on recovering herself she saw by the light of the moon that she had tripped over what is described in the story as a "bowarrow", which she recognized as that of her lover! The next night when he came to visit her she showed him the incriminating evidence, at which he trembled like "an aspen leaf" and dramatically said "I bid you farewell, a long farewell". So the girl gained a new coat but lost her lover.

Arts
Every year Haydon Bridge now has a Summer Exhibition held in the community centre. This displays work of artists and photographers local to the village such as Elaine Westall and wildlife photographer Will Nicholls. This event is usually held in June or July.

There is also an Arts and Crafts fair later in the year, in the same venue, where photographers, wood craftsmen, jewelers and more will sell their products to anyone who visits.

Notable people

 * John Martin, painter of biblical destruction, was born in Haydon Bridge at East Land Ends. His dramatic The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah can be seen in the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne.
 * Ned Coulson was another celebrity of Haydon Bridge, noted for his wonderful swiftness of foot. On one occasion he won a race against a rider on horseback. Coulson was of Kenyan descent.

 * Philip Larkin would spend holidays with Monica Jones at 1A Ratcliffe Road: the cottage she once owned. One of his better-known later poems, Show Saturday, is dedicated to the 1973 Bellingham Show, which they attended. They also went to the tar barrel ceremony in Allendale, and dined at Blanchland. It was a record of Tommy Armstrong's Trimdon Grange Explosion thatLarkin heard at the cottage that prompted him to write his own late poem The Explosion.

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Jim Rockford (television character)

James Scott Rockford is a fictional character on the television series The Rockford Files. The character, played by James Garner, is a struggling private investigator operating in the greater Los Angeles area. Rockford is the principal character of the series, and Garner was the only actor to appear in every episode of the series.

Character background and investigation agency
Unlike many other fictional "private eyes", Rockford is an ex-convict, albeit one who was falsely imprisoned (at San Quentin Prison) and later fully pardoned. One episode tells that because of the carelessness of his parole officer, Rockford had to hire an attorney to be free of parole requirements. Although he was innocent of the charge for which he was imprisoned, in several episodes it is suggested that Rockford had at one time been a mostly successful con artist. Except when being specifically threatened by hoods he gets along amicably with them, better than he does with high ranking police officers, who almost without exception despise him.

Rockford operates a small private investigation service out of his beachside mobile home in Malibu, California. The trailer was parked in the lot for Paradise Cove next to a restaurant. To avoid confrontations with the LAPD, he will not take on open police cases. He also refuses to do domestic cases. He specializes instead in cold cases, missing person cases and small-time insurance scams. At one time, in addition to other clients, he worked on a retainer basis for a major insurance company, but the company scrapped the deal when a case went sour, and Rockford lost the annual income. He charges a flat rate of $200 a day plus expenses for each case, which, in a running gag, he seldom actually receives. Over the years he was involved in several cases for which his investigative efforts should have gained him significant bonuses, but he was never able to collect them. He is consistently shown to be short on money, or trying to keep creditors at bay; he typically wears sport coats and low-priced off-the-rack suits and his lone indulgences are an answering machine (the source of another running gag at the beginning of each episode) and the latest gold colored Pontiac Firebird Esprit automobile, traded in each year of the series for the newest model. (Garner did not like the look and handling of the 1979 model, so the 1978 was reused for the final season in 1979–80; this was an apparent use of product placement in the series.) Rockford is an outstanding driver, on several occasions getting out of tricky situations when being followed merely by skillfully maneuvering his vehicle away.

Rockford’s investigative style is to use his wits and a good measure of deception to get useful information from those he interviews. In one episode he is derisively described by a rival private investigator as “the con bull artist”. In addition to posing as insurance investigators and government officials (frequently using the pseudonym "Jim Taggart"), he sometimes invents preposterous characters and scenarios to confuse people, which usually gets them to reveal some valuable information. He has a portable printing press, which he keeps in his car and uses to prepare business cards that lend credibility to his guises. He is adept at using a lockpick, illegal to possess.

His contact inside the police department is his friend, sergeant (later lieutenant) Dennis Becker, who will on occasion, albeit grudgingly, run car license plates and do criminal record checks for him. Rockford in return gives information on criminal activity he digs up to Becker, allowing him to get the credit for any arrests that follow.

Rockford shared many personality traits with the lead characters of two of Garner's previous series, Maverick's Bret Maverick and Nichols's Frank Nichols. Rockford was usually unarmed (he occasionally carried an unlicensed pistol – which he kept in a cookie jar in his home – but hardly ever used it) and, despite trying to avoid trouble and use reason and negotiation to solve problems, would sometimes be pressed into a fistfight as a last resort.

Military service
During the series, it is also revealed that Rockford was wounded in action and awarded a Silver Star while serving in the Korean War with the 24th Infantry Division. After being busted to Private he was promoted to Sergeant after conning the North Koreans to exchange a tank for 400 cases of K rations so his encircled unit could escape; however he was soon busted back to PFC when it was discovered he was running a string of pool halls in Busan and stealing a Major General's car. He also forgot to return his service pistol and gets a call from the army about it after 23 years. A running gag is that, whenever Rockford gets involved with cases connected to members of his old Division, Jim is usually in trouble. (The reference to the 24th Division is an inside reference to James Garner's real-life service; Garner actually served in the 5th Infantry Regiment (United States) of the 24th Infantry Division, a.k.a. "Taro Division" during the Korean War.)

Personal life
Jim Rockford maintains a close relationship with his father Joseph "Rocky" Rockford (Noah Beery Jr.), and his closest friend is LAPD Sgt. (later Lt.) Dennis Becker (who also serves as his LAPD contact), played by Joe Santos. He remains in contact with a number of ex-cons whom he met in San Quentin, most prominently Evelyn "Angel" Martin (Stuart Margolin), who provides comic relief in many episodes; a running gag is that Angel's hare-brained schemes and con jobs invariably land Jim in some kind of trouble, often without his knowledge.

Jim enjoys fishing, and would rather spend time doing that than almost anything else. He is a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers, but when he makes plans to attend a game something usually happens and he has to give up his tickets. His musical tastes run to classic jazz (he has tapes of Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie), though he also appears to appreciate country music, having attended and enjoyed a Barbara Mandrell concert. Jim is frequently seen eating Mexican food, usually tacos and sometimes has them for breakfast. During the run of the original series, Jim lives in and works out of a single wide mobile home on the beach at Paradise Cove, Malibu; though its exterior is decidedly ramshackle and something of an eyesore, inside it is relatively comfortable and homey. In the Rockford Files TV movies filmed and set in the 1990s, Jim still lives in the same location, but owns a newer and much larger trailer that is nicer and well-appointed compared to  his trailer of the 1970s.

Though Jim is generally reluctant to engage in potentially dangerous situations and often describes himself as "chicken", when there is a need to act heroically, his actions often speak otherwise.

Jim dated many women during the course of The Rockford Files, with most relationships not appearing to last longer than a single episode, although there were a few exceptions. The most notable was the on/off relationship with his lawyer, Beth Davenport (Gretchen Corbett), whom Jim was said to have dated seriously before the series began, and appeared to casually date on several occasions during her appearance on the show (1974 through 1978). Later in the show's run, during 1978 and 1979, he had an open but still serious relationship with psychiatrist Megan Dougherty (Kathryn Harrold); Jim was quietly devastated when she announced she was marrying someone else.

At some time between the end of the series proper (1980) and the first of the Rockford Files television-movies, "The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A." (filmed in 1994, but set in 1992 and '93), Jim married attorney Halley "Kit" Kittredge (Joanna Cassidy), who appeared in this TV movie. In a conversation about their relationship, Kit alludes to the idea that the marriage ended because both Jim and Kit were very independent and stubborn people. In later TV movies, it is established that they were a couple by 1985 at the latest, and that Kit left the marriage in 1987. However, it is unknown when they were married, or for exactly how long. They had no children.

Reception
In 1999, TV Guide ranked him # 25 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list. AOL TV named him one of TV's Smartest Detectives.

References in other media
The detective story writer Stuart M. Kaminsky has written two books with Jim Rockford as the main character, entitled The Green Bottle and The Devil on My Doorstep.

In "Ruskie Business", an episode of the television series Veronica Mars, Logan Echolls calls the titular character "Rockford", referencing Jim Rockford.

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Army of West Mississippi

The Army of West Mississippi was a Union army that served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. It was virtually the same force as the Army of the Gulf, but was renamed when it became a part of the Military Division of West Mississippi, in the Department of the Gulf commanded by Maj. Gen. Edward Canby.

History
After the disastrous Red River Campaign, Nathaniel P. Banks resigned from the army and command of the Department of the Gulf was given to Gen. Stephen Hurlbut, but the military forces in the region that comprised the Army of the Gulf saw little action. In August 1864, units from the department participated in the land attack at the Battle of Mobile Bay, directly commanded by Gen. Gordon Granger.

In 1865, the XIII Corps and XVI Corps were transferred to the eponymous Military Division of West Mississippi under the command of General Canby, who named the military division's field forces the Army of West Mississippi. The army fought in the Battle of Spanish Fort and the subsequent Battle of Fort Blakeley. When Canby was later appointed commander of the Department of the Gulf, the forces again took the title Army of the Gulf.

Commander

 * Major General Edward Canby (18 February, 1865 – 3 June, 1865)

Major Battles

 * Battle of Spanish Fort
 * Battle of Fort Blakeley

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William Louis, Duke of Württemberg

William Louis (7 January 1647 – 23 June 1677) was Duke of Württemberg from 1674 until his death in 1677.

William Louis was born in Stuttgart, the ninth child of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, and his first wife Anna Katharina of Kyrburg.

At the age of 30, the Duke died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the stop-over in Schloß Hirsau. His widow Magdalena Sibylla became regent of Württemberg between 1677 and 1693, until her son reached adulthood.

Issue
He married on 6 November 1673 in Darmstadt with Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, and had 4 children:
 * Eleonore Dorothea (14 August 1674 – 26 May 1683).
 * Eberhardine Luise (11 October 1675 – 26 March 1707).
 * Eberhard Ludwig (19 September 1676 – 31 October 1733), next Duke of Württemberg.
 * Magdalena Wilhelmine (7 November 1677 – 30 October 1742), married Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

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Karl Theodor

Karl Theodor may refer to:

 * Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724–1799), Prince-Elector of Palatine and of Bavaria
 * Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg (1744–1817), Freiherr of Dalberg and Archbishop-Elector of Mainz
 * Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839-1909)

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Talk:Oscar Collazo

Dispute
How Come all Nationalist Member Articles are being written from a Pro-Statehood Party point of view? (Spacestoned (talk) 06:35, 28 September 2010 (UTC))

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I suggest removing the sentence about the guns used by Collazo and Torresola being on display at the Truman Library. The given source just links to the library's main page, there's no mention of the guns. Elsquared (talk) 07:18, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

 * ✅ Per user  request. Mercy11 (talk) 04:52, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

 * Just for the record, I've since confirmed with the Library that the information itself is correct....the guns are in their collection, but at this writing have been temporarily removed from display. Elsquared (talk) 00:14, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

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An Phoblacht

An Phoblacht (Irish pronunciation: ; "The Republic") is a formerly weekly, and later monthly newspaper published by Sinn Féin in Ireland. From early 2018 onwards, An Phoblacht has moved to a quarterly magazine format while remaining an online news platform. Editorially the paper takes a left-wing, Irish republican position and was supportive of the Northern Ireland peace process. Along with covering Irish political and trade union issues the newspaper frequently featured interviews with celebrities, musicians, artists, intellectuals and international activists.

Earlier publications

The original An Phoblacht was founded as the official organ of the Dungannon Clubs in Belfast in 1906 and its first edition was printed on 13 December 1906 under the English-language version of the title The Republic. In the first edition, Bulmer Hobson, one of the founders of the Dungannon Clubs, set out their aims: "Ireland today claims her place among the free peoples of the Earth. She has never surrendered that claim, nor will ever she surrender it, and today forces are working in Ireland that will not be still until her claim is acknowledged and her voice heard in the councils of the nations."

A year later the paper merged with a Dublin publication called The Peasant. However, the title An Phoblacht was again used from 1925 with Patrick Little (P.J Little) as its editor during a tumultuous period of internal splits and constant suppression by the government. From 1925 into 1926, Seán Lemass wrote a number of articles advocating engagement in politics prior to the establishment of Fianna Fáil. Peadar O'Donnell took over as editor in April 1926 following a split in the Irish republican movement (Little became one of the founding members of Fianna Fáil). Frank Ryan also edited the paper for some time; other prominent contributors during this time included Maurice Twomey, Seán MacBride, Frank Gallagher (who became the first editor of The Irish Press), Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington and Fr Michael O'Flanagan. The title appeared again in 1966 as the paper of a small IRA splinter group based in Cork.

1970-founded publication
Its modern version was again refounded immediately following the Sinn Féin split by Jimmy Steele in January 1970, An Phoblacht supporting the group led by Ruaírí O'Bradaigh that became the Provisional Irish Republican Army when the split with the Official Irish Republican Army occurred.

In 1970, An Phoblacht was at first circulated only in the South with another republican paper also established in Northern Ireland in 1970, Republican News, under the editorship of veteran republican Jimmy Steele. It supported the campaign of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and published a weekly column titled "War News", which outlined IRA actions and conflict with the British Army, and provided in depth analysis of the policies being formulated by the Republican movement. An Phoblacht began with a circulation of 20,000 per month.

Located at 2a Lower Kevin Street in Dublin's south inner city, it moved to the northside of the capital, to Kevin Barry House, 44 Parnell Square, in August 1972. And in that October it became a fortnightly publication under the editorship of Éamonn MacThomáis, a writer and historian who instituted changes in layout and general improvements so that it became a weekly publication. After 1976, the then Minister for Post and Telecommunications, Conor Cruise O'Brien, a Labour Party minister in the Fine Gael/Labour coalition, strengthened Jack Lynch's original 1971 Section 31 censorship directive banning members of the IRA or its political wing Sinn Féin from the airwaves. However this ban did not extend to the print media. Section 31 produced a climate where many career journalists engaged in self-censorship to avoid official opprobrium.

An Phoblacht became more important in disseminating the republican message and highlighting what it saw as the naked state oppression by the Unionist Party and the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland. However, it was the southern Irish government which harassed An Phoblacht most stridently, with regular Garda Special Branch investigations into the publication's links (both real and alleged) to the IRA. Mac Thomáis was arrested and charged with IRA membership and sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment having been found guilty of the offence. The paper continued under the stewardship of Dublin journalist Deasún Breathnach until Mac Thomáis resumed duties on his release in July 1974. Within two months, Mac Thomáis was again arrested and sentenced to another 15 months. Another editor, Coleman Moynihan, who had succeeded Seán Ó Brádaigh in 1972, suffered a similar fate. The paper continued on with the succeeding editors being Gerry Danaher (1974–75), Gerry O'Hare (1975–77), and Deasún Breathnach (1977–79).

Amalgamation with Republican News
The Republican Movement (Sinn Féin and the IRA) felt that a single paper for the whole of Ireland was required to provide a clear and coherent line from the leadership and to counter what they regarded as any partitionist thinking which might flow from the Partition of Ireland. Accordingly, on 27 January 1979, the first 12-page issue of the merged publications, under the banner of An Phoblacht/Republican News (AP/RN), appeared under the editorship of Danny Morrison.

In the final editorial of Republican News on 20 January 1979, the essential thinking behind the merger was outlined: "To improve on both our reporting and analysis of the war in the North and of popular economic and social struggles in the South... the absolute necessity of one single united paper providing a clear line of republican leadership... [and] the need to overcome any partitionist thinking which results from the British-enforced division of this country and of the Irish people."

On 12 May 1979 An Phoblacht published extracts from a secret British Ministry of Defence intelligence document which contained a detailed analysis of the Provisional IRA and the situation in Northern Ireland. The document, written by Brigadier JM Glover, described the IRA as "highly-professional" and capable of sustaining their campaign for at least a further five years, and predicted increasing British military casualties. The publication caused considerable embarrassment to the incoming British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Humphrey Atkins with Danny Morrison, the paper's editor, forced into hiding for several months. A representative of the Press Association who was passed a copy of the document by AP/RN was also issued an arrest warrant by the British authorities and fled to the United States in response.

During the 1980s An Phoblacht was to the fore in reporting many issues including allegations of abuse of prisoners in Castlereagh and Gough Barracks, the H-Block and Armagh Prison hunger strikes and also coverage of the ongoing conflict in Northern Ireland. Miniature versions of the paper which were about a third of the size were also printed and smuggled into prisoners in Long Kesh, Portlaoise, Armagh and other prisons. During the 1981 hunger strike sales of the newspaper reached up to 60,000 copies per-week and some issues quadrupled in size resulting in some editions running to 48 pages long. During this period An Phoblacht also opened another office based in west Belfast.

In October 1982 Morrison left the newspaper after being elected to the Northern Assembly for the Mid-Ulster constituency. He was succeeded by Mick Timothy who expanded the newspaper from 12 to 16 pages. Timothy died suddenly in January 1985 and was replaced by Rita O'Hare. The headquarters of An Phoblacht was subsequently named after Timothy. During this period An Phoblacht focused strongly on alleged collusion between the British security forces and loyalist paramilitaries such as the UVF. In response the paper came under attack from the UVF and other Loyalist hit squads.

In the 1980s, top Irish government officials questioned senior ministers as to why the paper had not been banned under the Offences Against the State Act 1939 and suggested that the publication could be classed a "treasonable document or seditious document" and thus make it illegal to send it through the post. The officials also suggested blocking the publication's application for official newspaper status. The Attorney General at the time dismissed the move. State papers also revealed that during a meeting on 10 January 1984, the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Jim Prior and Irish Minister for Justice Michael Noonan discussed the possibility of banning the publication but recognised that "if one title was stopped, the same paper could appear under a new title".

Ulster loyalist attacks
In 1991 a group calling itself the Loyalist Retaliation and Defence Group launched a spate of attacks against newsagents who sold An Phoblacht and also targeted AP/RN delivery drivers. On 10 August 1991, a 33-year-old shopkeeper (James Carson) was shot dead in his shop on the Falls Road, Belfast. This was followed by the shooting death of a 66-year-old shopkeeper (Lawrence Murchan) on St James's Road on 28 September 1991. Both were targeted for selling An Phoblacht in their newsagents. On 12 December 1992 AP/RN worker Malachy Carey was shot dead by loyalist gunmen in Ballymoney. In January 1991 the RUC also raided the offices of An Phoblacht in Belfast seizing computer equipment and disks. Letter bombs were also frequently sent to An Phoblacht by loyalist paramilitaries in the 1990s. In one incident on 4 January 1994 a bomb disguised as a book was carried outside of the offices by AP/RN book reviewer Aengus Ó Snodaigh where it exploded a short time later, injuring two members of the Irish Defence Forces bomb disposal unit as they attempted to defuse it. In January 2018, loyalist Winston Churchill Rea was charged with encouraging the murder of "persons working in shops selling An Phoblacht in republican and nationalist areas" between November 1977 and October 1994.

Peace Process onwards
During the early 1990s AP/RN was the publication which was first to report on many of the moves towards the IRA ceasefire as well as the first place where Sinn Féin peace documents such as Towards a Lasting Peace were published. The paper also played an important role in winning support for a peace strategy from republican activists. In 1997 the paper became one of the first in Ireland to go online.

The paper was officially relaunched in September 2005 as An Phoblacht, dropping the Republican News title although it is still often referred to as such. In 2010, the paper went from a 16-page weekly paper to a 32-page full colour monthly paper. The current editor is John Hedges. In 2013, Seán Crowe TD told the Dáil that republican prisoner John Anthony Downey, from County Donegal, who had been arrested in connection to the Hyde Park bombing and was being held in Belmarsh Prison, had been refused copies of the paper by prison authorities because of the Irish language content contained within it. He stated that other prisoners who spoke different languages had no difficulty in obtaining other publications.

In November 2017 it was announced that An Phoblacht would cease as a monthly print publication and would become an internet based news service with only special editions being made available in magazine format.

Republican Publications
An Phoblacht also publishes books, booklets, posters and magazines under the name Republican Publications. These include:
 * The History of the Irish Citizen Army, by RM Fox, 2014 (reprint), ISBN 9781782801849
 * The Rotunda: Birthplace of the Irish Volunteers, by Aengus Ó Snodaigh, 2013, ISBN 9781782801832
 * Lockout 1913 – Austerity 2013, by Mícheál Mac Donncha, 2013, ISBN 9781782800699
 * Glimpses of an Irish Felon's Prison Life, by Thomas J Clarke, 2012(reprint)
 * Brian Keenan 1941–2008: A Republican Legend, by Various, 2008
 * Máire Drumm: Voice of a Risen People, by Ella O'Dwyer and Caoilfhionn Ní Dhonnabháin, 2006
 * Down Dublin Streets, by Éamonn MacThomáis, 2005
 * British Intelligence and the Rearming of the Loyalist Death Squads, 1994
 * Songs of Resistance, 1968–1982
 * Prison Poems, by Bobby Sands, 1981
 * Our Own Red Blood: The Story of the 1916 Rising, by Seán Cronin, 1966
 * Tragedies of Kerry, by Dorothy Macardle, 1923

1925–1937

 * 1925: Patrick Little
 * 1926: Peadar O'Donnell
 * 1930: Frank Ryan
 * 1933: Terry Ward of and Liam Mac Gabhann as joint-editors
 * 1934: Domhnall O'Donoghue
 * 1937: Tadhg Lynch

1970–2017

 * 1970: Seán Ó Brádaigh
 * 1972: Coleman Moynihan
 * 1972: Éamonn MacThomáis (Arrested)
 * 1973: Colman Ó Muimhneacháin (Arrested)
 * 1973: Deasún Breathnach
 * 1974: Éamonn MacThomáis (Arrested)
 * 1974: Gerry Danaher
 * 1975: Gerry O'Hare
 * 1977: Deasún Breathnach
 * 1979: Danny Morrison
 * 1982: Mick Timothy
 * 1985: Rita O'Hare
 * 1990: Mícheál Mac Donncha
 * 1996: Brian Campbell
 * 1999: Martin Spain
 * 2005: Seán Mac Brádaigh
 * 2010: Joanne Spain (acting editor during transition from weekly to monthly)
 * 2010: John Hedges

Notable contributors

 * Gerry Adams
 * Bobby Sands
 * Danny Morrison (former editor)
 * Roy Greenslade

List of current frequent contributors

 * Robert Allen (Environment, Food and Fisheries)
 * Gerry Adams (Political columnist)
 * Martina Anderson (EU Affairs)
 * Lynn Boylan (EU Affairs)
 * Matt Carthy (EU Affairs)
 * Megan Fearon (Opinion)
 * Jane Fisher (Britain correspondent)
 * John Hedges (Editor)
 * Declan Kearney (Peace Process)
 * Mary Lou McDonald (Political columnist)
 * Mícheál Mac Donncha (Historian)
 * Michael Mannion (Book reviews)
 * Dr Conor McCabe (Finance)
 * Michael McMonagle (Northern reporter)
 * Mark Moloney (Staff Journalist)
 * Seán Murray (Peace Process)
 * Liadh Ní Riada (EU Affairs)
 * Eoin Ó Broin (Political columnist)
 * Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Irish language columnist)
 * Eoin Ó Murchú (Political and Irish language columnist)
 * Robbie Smyth (Media columnist)
 * Joanne Spain (Finance columnist)
 * Peadar Whelan (Staff Journalist)

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A note on the first entry of Achille Devéria: I decided to add this because I'd done some research on him before, and noticed there wasn't an entry of him here. The information came from various sources, originally meant as a compilation of info for my family tree. I think some of it was translated from French. Anyway, I hope I'll be able to find all sources soon, also so I can figure out who indeed "David" is. Finally, my name's Alexis Deveria, so that's what the "A" in my username is about, not Achille. P.S. I'm new here, so please let me know if I'm doing anything wrong... --ADeveria 20:40, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * You've established notability (minor, but sufficient), and you're actively working on citing your sources, which is excellent. But while you're clearly well intentioned and not trying to hide anything, at least two paragraphs from your article are copied from your first source . Unless you're the copyright holder this is bad, and needs to be fixed. See Copyrights. "Rewriting it in your own words" is common, but poor advice. An original article should draw raw data from multiple sources (information can't be copyrighted), recompiled and summarized using your own wording. 68.81.231.127 23:15, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your input; I appreciate you helping me out. I couldn't find anything on the Wake Forest University site that mentioned anything about copyright, so I wasn't sure if what I did would be allowed or not. Either way, I've again made several changes, which hopefully is a step in the right direction. (I'm 198.86.16.5, forgot to log in before editing) --ADeveria 00:31, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * That's a common mistake; copyright can be confusing. It's best to assume to everything everyone writes is protected by copyright. With a few exceptions, that's pretty much true... books, websites, email... your paragraph right there... are all protected by default. Copyright notices are not required. Your submissions have to be original, or from one of the small subset of sources that are in the public domain or under a compatible license (and even then, the source needs to be cited). Keep working on the rewrite :) 68.81.231.127 04:17, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Men with Brooms

Men with Brooms is a 2002 Canadian romantic comedy film, starring and directed by Paul Gross. Centred on the sport of curling, the offbeat comedy tells the story of a reunited curling team from a small Canadian town as they work through their respective life issues and struggle to win the championship for the sake of their late coach.

The cast also includes Connor Price, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Outerbridge, Kari Matchett, Molly Parker and Polly Shannon. Members of the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip make a cameo appearance in the film as a competing rink representing Kingston, Ontario, the band's home city. Winnipeg curler and three-time Brier champion Jeff Stoughton also made a cameo appearance throwing his trademark "spin-o-rama" shot.

A television adaptation, also titled Men with Brooms debuted October 4, 2010 on CBC Television for the 2010-11 television season.

Plot
The movie begins with Donald Foley retrieving curling stones from a lake near Long Bay, Ontario. Foley dies after retrieving the stones, and a codicil to his will demands that the curling rink he formerly coached be re-assembled, and enter a bonspiel to win the Golden Broom by placing a stone containing his ashes on the button.

The team's skip, Chris Cutter, had skipped town ten years ago over the shame of failing to call a burnt stone, abandoning his fiancée Julie Foley (Donald's daughter) at the altar, and throwing the team's stones into the lake. Chris returns to Long Bay, where he convinces the former members of his team, Neil Bucyk, James Lennox, and Eddie Strombeck, to enter the competition for the Golden Broom.

While the rink practices for the Golden Broom tournament, Chris tries to make amends with Julie, which is complicated by his feelings for her younger sister Amy. Neil deals with his resentment towards his wife, and unhappiness at running a funeral home inherited from his father-in-law. Eddie deals with his low sperm count and dissatisfaction about being unable to father children. James is working as a minor drug dealer, and tries to raise money to pay off a supplier to whom he is indebted.

After losing a match to an extremely elderly rink, the team realises they need a coach to be prepared for the bonspiel. Chris reconciles with his estranged father Gordon Cutter, so he will coach them. Gordon trains the team for the upcoming bonspiel.

In the first match of the bonspiel, the rink plays another one, skipped by former Olympian Alexander Yount. Chris again fails to call a burnt stone, demoralising himself, the rest of his rink, and his father. Chris goes drinking at a bar, where Amy meets him and informs him she and Julie have come to an understanding; Julie accepts that he and Amy love one another, and once Chris accepts it they can be together. Julie, an astronaut will meanwhile be blasted off into space. Chris goes to his mother's grave where he encounters his father; they reconcile, and Gordon tells him to go be with Amy.

Neil quits the rink, and is replaced by Gordon. However, in the second to last match, Gordon once again throws out his back and is unable to curl. However, Chris and his rink manage to win the match.

In the final match of the bonspiel, the rink once again meets Yount's. With Gordon injured, Chris is forced to curl with a rink of three. Down 6-0 early, Gordon laments that they "need a good lead man." At this time, Neil and his wife are at the country club. Joanne rushes to the club and convinces Neil to rejoin the rink. Chris and his rink stage a comeback, and are now within victory.

On the critical final shot, one of the sweepers burns the stone, noticed only by Chris. In this instance, Chris calls the burn. Yount allows Chris to retake the shot, to which Chris changes up his shot. Chris throws his father's rock directly at the centre of the house with great force, smashing it and the rock it collided with. A large piece of granite lands directly on the button, along with Coach Foley's ashes. Chris and his rink have not only won the Golden Broom bonspiel, but have also fulfilled Coach Finley's final wish.

In the end the team resolves their issues: Chris finally connects with Amy, Neil and Joanne talk about his dream to own a plant nursery and not run the funeral home, Eddie finally impregnates his wife and James finally is forgiven his debt to his drug supplier, as the collector is from a long line of curlers.

Origins
The film began from a discussion that Gross had with producer Robert Lantos right after Due South was cancelled. Lantos had an idea for a hockey film: "I talked to (co-writer) John Krizanc about it, but it was too complicated with that number of characters. Besides, hockey is political. It's hard to talk hockey in this country since we think of it as our game, but it's largely owned by others." Gross solved those problems by replacing hockey with curling.

In October 2000, Gross was still working on the script with Krizanc and another writer, Paul Quarrington.

Pre-production and filming
According to Thom Best (the film's director of photography), the film had three weeks of pre-production, which mostly consisted of scouting locations in Ontario. Six weeks of principal photography took place in Toronto, in locations such as a studio space and the streets in Uxbridge. Four days of exteriors were shot around the mines in Sudbury, and two more weeks of principal photography occurred in Hamilton and Brampton curling rinks.

Alliance Atlantis invested $1.5 million or more in the film's print and advertising campaign, which included an eight-city, private jet tour for cast, the director, and producer Robert Lantos.

Reception
The film attracted $1.04 million in North American box office, opening on 215 screens in 207 theatres for a $5,024 per-screen average, the third highest among all North American releases for the three-day opening period starting March 8. It ended up grossing over $4.2 million in Canada – making it the top-grossing English Canadian film subsidized by Telefilm Canada between 1997 and 2002. Released on 27 screens in the United States, it grossed $14 765.

American magazine Entertainment Weekly gave the film a grade of C-, calling the film's cast "charming" but criticized the script for being "alternately overdetermined and touching, crass and sharply comic." Reviewers for Jam! were split. One called it a "perplexing example of promise unfulfilled, despite many charming moments...[whose] romantic elements are light, like watery beer with the alcoholic kick removed. And the comedy elements are often too crude and clumsy to do justice to the movie's situations." Another called it a "winning ensemble comedy that shows Canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button, just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world." Hollywood trade paper Variety called it a "wan romantic comedy" with "ineffective physical comedy in slightly crude Brit geezer vein...[and] a load of unneeded expletives."

The film now has a cult following on DVD. Many relish the gentle Canadian comedy with its wry look at its country.

In September 2002, Lantos told Playback that he and Gross had a sequel in development.

The film won a Canadian Comedy Award for its "Pretty Funny Direction", and received two nominations at the 23rd Genie Awards, one for Molly Parker's performance and another for the screenplay.

Soundtrack and book
A soundtrack album for the film was released, with songs by The Tragically Hip, Kathleen Edwards, The New Pornographers, and Our Lady Peace among others. A best-selling novelization by Diane Baker-Mason (ISBN 1-55278-263-8) was also published in 2002.

Not included on the soundtrack is the opening theme, an arrangement by Jack Lenz of the Canadian folksong Land of the Silver Birch performed by Paul Gross, Jack Lenz and D Cameron. The song's lyrics and relevance remain the focus of debate for many fans.

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