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Getting started
Hi Al, I wonder how long it took you to notice that I finally started. Work on Louis Riel is winding up as I write this - after wrapping up Red River Rebellion and North-West Rebellion my attention will shift fully to this. I look forward to working with you on this, I know you have great source material and know the subject area well. As a starter, I would like to keep track here of a master list of personalities and locations involved in the survey to give us a better idea of what remains to be done:

People
B - Pierre Bostonais - William Francis Butler C - Henry Cambie D - George Mercer Dawson - Edgar Dewdney F - Sandford Fleming G - George Monro Grant H - Charles Horetzky - Cornelius Van Horne J - Edward W. Jarvis - William Tyndale Jennings L - Albert Lacombe M - John A. Macdonald - Alexander Mackenzie - John Macoun - Roderick McLennan - Walter Moberly O - Andrew Onderdonk P - John Palliser R - John Rae - Albert Bowman Rogers S - Alfred Selwyn - Donald A. Smith - Marcus Smith - George Stephen - Stanley Smith - Frank Smith T - Hermann Otto Tiedemann - John Trutch - Joseph Trutch - Charles Tupper

 * Henry Jelley - see SS Pacific - just a surveyor, but notable because being the sole survivor of the SS Pacific disaster, 1875

Mountain passes
A - Athabaska Pass C - Cheakamus Pass E - Eagle Pass H - Howse Pass K - Kicking Horse Pass P - Pine Pass - Pemberton Pass R - Rogers Pass - Railway Pass - Ring Pass S - Smoky River Pass T - Toba Pass Y - Yellowhead Pass

Rivers
B - Bow River - Birkenhead River - Bishop River C - Columbia River - Cheakamus River - Coquihalla River F - Fraser River G - Green River I - Illecillewaet River H - Homathko River-Bute Inlet-Seymour Narrows-to Victoria K - Kicking Horse River - Kootenay River - Elk River L - Lillooet River P - Peace River - Pine River S - Skeena River - Southgate River - Similkameen River - Shuswap River T - Thompson River

The Kitlope River is nowhere near the Kicking Horse, so moved that down here; it was an alternate (and not a very workable one) to the Skeena. Other routes are notably absent - the Lillooet-Pemberton route (now PGE/CNR), the Harrison-Lillooet River-Bridge River route, Ring Pass via the Lillooet and Bishop Rivers (article on Stanley Smith expedition, which disappeared in the Lillooet Icecap), Bentinck Arm (Bella Coola) and more were all explored; also what became the southern mainline later on - Similkameen-Coquihalla/Sumallo. Amended "Pine River Pass" above to "Pine Pass", which I'm surprised there's not an article on yet (it's used by BC Hwy 97/the Hart Highway)Skookum1 20:17, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Not sure, but I think the Klinaklini River was also surveyed, with an eye to using Knight Inlet to get to Vancouver Island; same idea as Homathko-Bute Inlet. Both of these routings would have used the Yellowhead and split west from the North Thompson around Clearwater, bridging the Fraser near Williams Lake; likewise the Dean Channel terminus, which presumably would have ended at Kimsquit, rather than be extended down Dean Channel to Queen Charlotte Sound, although a port where Bella Bella is was possible I suppose (lots of bridges....Bute or Knight Inlets would have only needed two or three).Skookum1 20:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Proposed western termini

 * D - Dean Channel
 * G - Gardner Canal (Kitimat/Terrace)
 * K - Kitimat, British Columbia
 * N - New Westminster, British Columbia
 * P - Port Simpson, British Columbia (see Lax Kw'alaams - Port Moody, British Columbia
 * V - Victoria, British Columbia

Song of the Canadian Pacific Survey
Far away from those we love dearest,  Who long and wish for home,  The thought of whom each lone heart cheereth,  As 'mid these North-west wilds we roam,  Yet still each one performs his duty,  And gaily sings:  Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,  ''Hurra! The jolly C.P.S.!  They're home upon Superior's shore, '' ''Hurra! we'll drink to them success, '' And a safe return once more.

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Talk:Ecology (disciplines)

Resurrection "Ecology"
At least as explained in the article at Resurrection ecology, it is not a discipline of ecology and is really misnamed, using "ecology" in the sense of "life in general" or "nature", not in the sense of a scientific discipline. As explained in that article so far, it is a just a technique within evolutionary biology. - Marshman 18:49, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Recent changes
I have reverted the changes to the article - it makes a mess of things. For one, the introduction is now full of fluff. In addition, "habitat for animals" is not why you have things like "forest ecology". And all the "e.g." and "..." just look sloppy. Please discuss the changes here. Guettarda 12:36, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Reasons for my original edits and reversion thereto
I found the article as it existed before August 5 (when I made my edits) not as clear and organized as it could be. This was evident from the first paragraph: "The major sub-disciplines include (in a nested series from the smallest to the largest in scope): etc". The list of 6 which then followed was not a progression from small to large spatial scale, but rather a mix of spatial scales (landscape and global) and complexity levels (popln, community, ecosystem), which is not coherent; one or the other should be chosen. Wanting to preserve the intent but clariy the conceptual basis, I chose to remove the disciplines related to scale and left those related to complexity.

I do not agree that the first 6 subdisciplines listed are necessarily the "major" ones--this seems an arbitrary and subjective choice to me. For example, I would argue that the subdisciplines of plant or animal ecology are much more "major" than either landscape or global ecology, although I am not sure what is implied by "major" in the article, which is its own problem. I thus removed any discussion of major vs minor subdisciplines and re-phrased the discussion by simply stating that various criteria can be used to define ecological subdisciplines, and gave four examples of same. Guettarda removed two of these.

I also added brief descriptions to some of the undescribed subdisciplines and placed them in alphabetical order, which they appear to have been at one time. Also added a couple not in the list.

I see no justification for reverting to the previous state in any of this. The reasons given by you are brusque and insufficient.

Jeeb 01:14, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

removed ecological succession
...which is a specialty under plant ecology. Added biogeography and short defn to list.

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Hydrobiology
Does hydrobiology belongs to disciplines of ecology? I think, that yes. Because hydrobiology combines disciplines Ecosystem ecology, animal ecology and plant ecology. Am I right? --Snek01 08:41, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I think it is the European term for what Americans call Aquatic Biology, and I would agree it is a discipline of ecology - Marshman 18:07, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

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I added a few sections, fattened out the lead a little bit, and organized/reorganized things a little bit here. Hopefully, nothing too controversial added! Best, Eliezg (talk) 19:53, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

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Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London is part of University College London Museums and Collections. The museum contains 80,000 objects, making it one of the world's largest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese material. It is designated under the Arts Council England Designation Scheme as being of "national and international importance".

History
The museum was established as a teaching resource for the Department of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology at University College at the same time as the department was established in 1892. The initial collection was donated by the writer Amelia Edwards. The first Edwards Professor, William Matthew Flinders Petrie, conducted many important excavations, and in 1913 he sold his collections of Egyptian antiquities to University College, creating the Flinders Petrie Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, and transforming the museum into one of the leading collections outside Egypt. The collection was first put on display in June 1915. Petrie excavated dozens of major sites in the course of his career, including the Roman Period cemeteries at Hawara, famous for the beautiful mummy portraits in classical Roman style; Amarna, the city of king Akhenaten; and the first true pyramid, at Meydum, where he uncovered some of the earliest evidence for mummification.

The collection and library were arranged in galleries within the main building at the university and a guidebook was published in 1915. Initially, the collection's visitors were students and academics; it was not then open to the general public. Petrie retired from University College London (UCL) in 1933, though his successors continued to add to the collections, excavating in other parts of Egypt and Sudan. During the Second World War (1939–1945) the collection was packed up and moved out of London for safekeeping. In the early 1950s it was moved into a former stable, where it remains adjacent to the DMS Watson science library of UCL.

Current description

The museum is at Malet Place, near Gower Street and the University College London science library. Admission is free. The museum has an exhibitions and events programme for adults and families. There is a Friends of the Petrie Museum charity that supports the museum.

Organisation and collections
The museum is split into three galleries. The main gallery (housed above the old stables) contains many of the museum's small domestic artefacts, mummy portraits and cases, and the Inscriptions Aisle. The Inscriptions Aisle displays tablets, including Pyramid Texts, written in hieroglyphics, hieratic, Greek, and Arabic, and organised according to material type. Another gallery (the pottery gallery) contains many cabinets of pottery, clothing, jewellery, and shabti figures, arranged chronologically. A new entrance gallery was refurbished in 2019 which provides an insight into the history of the museum, its collections, and notable figures.

The entire collection has been digitised and the catalogue can be browsed and consulted online.

Significant holdings

The museum contains over 80,000 objects as has been designated as a collection of national and international importance by the Arts Council England.

There are significant holdings of Egyptian costume, including a piece of Egyptian linen from around 5000 BC, one of the earliest known, and the Tarkhan dress from the fourth millennium BC, the world's oldest known woven garment.

The collection also includes material from the Ptolemaic, Roman and Islamic periods. This includes Britain's largest collection of Roman period mummy portraits.

There is a substantial archive held in the museum, including excavation records, correspondence and photographs relating to excavations led by Flinders Petrie. There are additionally documents relating to the distribution of finds from fieldwork to museums worldwide between 1887 and 1949.

List of curators

 * 1948–1963: Anthony J. Arkell
 * 1963–1970: Harry Smith
 * 1970–1978: David M. Dixon
 * 1984–2001: Barbara Adams
 * 2013–2017: Alice Stevenson
 * 2017–present: Anna E. Garnett

Published works
In 2007 Left Coast Press published Living Images: Egyptian Funerary Portraits in the Petrie Museum, edited by Janet Picton, Stephen Quirke, and Paul C. Roberts. This book is on the Roman mummy portraits from the Fayum and details their conservation work.

In 2014 Bloomsbury Press published Archaeology of Race which "explores the application of racial theory to interpret the past in Britain during the late Victorian and Edwardian period." The book, written by Debbie Chalice, specifically focuses on how Flinders Petrie applied the ideas of Francis Galton on inheritance and race to the discipline of archaeology.

In 2015 UCL Press published a multi-author compilation of articles, The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections, which is available in both print and via a free open access download. It is edited by Alice Stevenson.

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Mount Hermon, California

Mount Hermon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California.

History
In 1841, California's first water-powered sawmill was built at the junction of Bean Creek and Zayante Creek by Peter Lassen, Isaac Graham, J. Majors, and F. Hoeger.

Mount Hermon, known as "Tuxedo Junction" prior to 1906, was a stop on the South Coast Pacific Railroad from Alameda to Santa Cruz. Hotel Tuxedo was on the property; the hotel was purchased and renamed the Zayante Inn on April 14, 1906, by a group which later became the Mount Hermon Association, Inc. Five ladies of the group were entrusted with the selection of a new name for the area, and they chose that of the peak in the Holy Land. The land was to be used as a Christian retreat center, whose dedication day, known as "The Great Day", was July 22, 1906; the event was held at the Zayante Inn with 1400 people in attendance. Speaking at the dedication was Dr. Reuben A. Torrey, President of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois.

The Zayante Inn and surrounding cottages were destroyed by fire on April 18, 1921. At the site, the Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center, with three separate facilities, operates on much of the original property. There are also several hundred privately owned homes, the Mount Hermon post office, and a bookstore.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 0.9 sqmi, all of it land.

Demographics
The 2010 United States Census reported that Mount Hermon had a population of 1,037. The population density was 1,166.3 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Mount Hermon was 964 (93.0%) White, 6 (0.6%) African American, 3 (0.3%) Native American, 14 (1.4%) Asian, 1 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 18 (1.7%) from other races, and 31 (3.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 83 persons (8.0%).

The Census reported that 100% of the population lived in households.

There were 408 households, out of which 128 (31.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 204 (50.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 44 (10.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 17 (4.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 27 (6.6%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 6 (1.5%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 100 households (24.5%) were made up of individuals, and 25 (6.1%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54. There were 265 families (65.0% of all households); the average family size was 3.06.

The population was spread out, with 237 people (22.9%) under the age of 18, 81 people (7.8%) aged 18 to 24, 278 people (26.8%) aged 25 to 44, 342 people (33.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 99 people (9.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.

There were 530 housing units at an average density of 596.1 /sqmi, of which 51.5% were owner-occupied and 48.5% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.3%. 54.6% of the population lived in owner-occupied housing units and 45.4% lived in rental housing units.

Notable people

 * Jordan Beck, NFL football player
 * Joy Williams, singer – moved here with her family in 1993 when her father became CEO of Mount Hermon Christian Camps and Conference Center

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A Lot like Love

A Lot like Love is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nigel Cole and starring Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet.

The screenplay by Colin Patrick Lynch focuses on two individuals whose relationship slowly evolves from lust to friendship to romance over the course of seven years.

The film was released in the United States on April 22, 2005, recovered its production budget and received mixed reviews from critics.

Plot
Constructed as a series of chapters that take place at a turning point in each character's life, the story moves from seven years in the past, to three years, to two, and finally arrives in the present day.

Emily Friehl and Oliver Martin's first encounter is on a flight from LA to NYC. Impulsive, she jumps him in the restroom. Later she's aloof, but they cross paths again in the city and they spend a bit of time walking around, taking random shots with his camera.

Oliver has hopes of becoming an Internet entrepreneur and, certain of his future success, gives Emily his mother's phone number. He suggests she call him in six years to see if his prediction came true.

Three years later, facing the prospect of spending New Year's Eve alone as she's just been dumped, Emily finds Oliver's number on a piece of paper as she's rifling through her little address book. She calls him, and they meet for dinner. Emily takes him to a big New Years party with her friends. Seeing her most recent ex, she gets really drunk and leaves with Oliver. Emily passes out, but when she wakes in the morning, he's already left for San Francisco.

Thus starts a series of reunions with the passing of time, as each drifts in and out of relationships with others. Oliver and his business partner Jeeter develop their on-line diaper service, and Emily becomes a successful photographer.

Each time they meet they take turns, where one appears to be settled and content while the other is struggling to make headway in both life and career. Eventually, they come to the realization that each is exactly the person the other one needs for fulfillment.

A few years later, Emily gets engaged, but she still has feelings for Oliver. The night before she's meant to move in with her fiancé, after developing an old roll of film of when she met Oliver, she breaks it off. Then, her sister later sees Oliver at the drapers, getting fitted for a tux, and thinks he's getting married.

Upset, Emily goes to track down Oliver, who's at a wedding at his parents' house. He asks her what she is doing here, however, she leaves the house as the wedding is about to begin. He decides to go after Emily and kiss her. It then turns out the wedding is Ellen's, Oliver's sister. Seeing Emily's tears, Oliver wraps his arms around her, saying it was always you.

Cast

 * Ashton Kutcher as Oliver Martin
 * Amanda Peet as Emily Friehl
 * Kathryn Hahn as Michelle
 * Kal Penn as Jeeter
 * Ali Larter as Gina
 * Taryn Manning as Ellen Martin
 * Gabriel Mann as Peter
 * Jeremy Sisto as Ben Miller
 * Tyrone Giordano as Graham Martin
 * Amy Aquino as Diane Martin
 * Moon Bloodgood as Bridget
 * Sam Pancake as Hipster at Party
 * Norman Reedus as Emily's Ex At Airport (Uncredited)
 * Meghan Markle, Natalie the "hot girl"

Production
The film was shot on location in New York City, Los Angeles, and Antelope Valley.

Music
A soundtrack album for the film was released by Columbia Records on April 12, 2005.

Critical reception
A Lot like Love received mixed reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 41%, based on 125 reviews, with an average rating of 5.00/10. The site's consensus states: "A tiresome rom-com."

Manohla Dargis of The New York Times said the film "isn't half bad and every so often is pretty good, filled with real sentiment, worked-through performances and a story textured enough to sometimes feel a lot like life. If nothing else, A Lot Like Love is a pleasant reminder of a Hollywood time, seemingly long gone, when boy met girl in a midlevel romantic comedy without arty aspirations . . . or low-brow yucks."

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times observed, "The movie is 95 minutes long, and neither character says a single memorable thing. You've heard of being too clever by half? Ollie and Emily are not clever enough by three-quarters . . . To call A Lot like Love dead in the water is an insult to water." Ebert awarded the film one out four stars, and ultimately included it in his list of "Most Hated Films".

Ruthe Stein of the San Francisco Chronicle said, "An unfortunate casting decision . . . comes close to sabotaging a witty script . . . As the sometimes couple, Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet are together in almost every scene, making it difficult to conceal the huge gap in their acting skills. Bland and with a small television face (words once used to describe David Caruso, but equally applicable here), Kutcher is incapable of doing the heavy lifting required to be a romantic lead . . . Peet, who has the looks and magnetism of a Kennedy offspring, makes Kutcher fade into the background, and you're left fantasizing what the movie might have been if Peter Sarsgaard had co-starred . . . Still, the movie is rich in the kind of details often left out because of a lack of budget or imagination."

Christopher Orr of The New York Sun said, "What do you call a shameless imitation of a shameless imitation? A rip-off squared? An homage once removed? Whatever label you choose, it can be comfortably affixed to A Lot Like Love, an Ashton Kutcher-Amanda Peet vehicle that is a lot like When Harry Met Sally..., which was itself a lot like Annie Hall. Sadly, the resemblance does not extend to quality. Indeed, those with a scientific turn of mind may take the devolution from Annie to Harry to A Lot Like Love as yet another demonstration of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which says that in a closed system (an apt description of Hollywood if ever there was one) there is a tendency toward entropy - in this case, from acknowledged classic to memorable cable-television staple to dim, flabby dud. . . If one thing saves A Lot Like Love from disaster - and I'm not sure it does - it's an easy chemistry between the leads, though one that owes little to Mr. Kutcher's performance. . . Fortunately, Ms. Peet carries off the role of Emily with enough spark that even Mr. Kutcher gradually lights up. . . Since running away with The Whole Nine Yards five years ago, Ms. Peet has had altogether too little opportunity to showcase her sexy comic appeal. A Lot Like Love might have provided that opportunity, had it only featured something a little like a script."

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone rated the film two out of four stars, calling it "a lot like a lot of other romantic comedies that make two lovers of friends (When Harry Met Sally, Serendipity) and a lot not like the two witty and wise Richard Linklater movies - Before Sunrise and Before Sunset - that span the relationship between Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy for nearly a decade and leave you wanting more . . . About A Lot Like Love leaving you wanting a lot less, I am right."

Box office
The film opened on 2,502 screens in the United States on April 22, 2005. It earned $7,576,593 on its opening weekend, ranking fourth after The Interpreter, The Amityville Horror, and Sahara. It eventually grossed $21,845,719 in the US and $21,041,000 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $42,886,719.

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Cosmic Cavern

Cosmic Cavern is a limestone cave located in north Arkansas, near the town of Berryville, Arkansas.

One brochure for the cave touts it as "Arkansas' Most Beautifully Decorated Cave." It is the "warmest" cave in the Ozarks, having a high humidity holding at a constant 64 °F year-round. Most caves in the area are between 55° and 60°.

The cave has an abundance of formations (speleothems), including stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, cave popcorn, cave bacon, and a multitude of soda straws and helictites.

One section of the cave housing a particularly spectacular group of soda straws has been dubbed "Silent Splendor." One of the longest soda straw formations in the Ozarks, this large formation has straws hanging up to nine feet in length.

Lakes and life in the cave
Cosmic Cavern has two cave lakes reported to be bottomless, since cave divers have never found the bottoms. They are among the largest underground lakes in the Ozarks. The south lake was artificially stocked with trout in 1957 where the tours could feed them from a platform above; however, the trout no longer reside in Cosmic Cavern's South Lake bringing it back to its natural state.

Rainfall is known to dramatically change the water level in the cave, which can fill and empty rapidly.

Other life in the cave includes the Ozark blind salamander. This salamander is endemic to the Ozarks, where it is found in several caves. It is related to the Olm (Proteus anguinus). Though there are also isopods and crawdads in the cave, these are not believed to be native. On occasion, you will also find tri-colored, pip, and brown bats just hanging out during the day while they sleep. In the “Twighlight Zone” of the cave (just inside the entrance) you'll sometimes find the grotto salamander with its beautiful colors of orange and black.

Discovery and history
Cosmic Cavern was discovered in 1845 by a prospector named John Moore, who was searching for lead. The areas near the entrance to the cave were, upon its discovery, mined for much of its onyx. Soot from their torches can still be seen. Since these early visitors of the cave were afraid of bats, they originally dropped burning tires into the cave to smoke them out. After 70 years, the population is just now beginning to return.

The cave changed hands more than 14 times until its present owners, the Randy Langhover family, bought it in 1980.

Reportedly, the gangsters Bonnie and Clyde were in the neighborhood in the early 1930s. They used the road west of the cave as an escape from Missouri lawmen. They cruised by with a storekeeper they had kidnapped in Missouri in 1933, on their way to releasing him in the Berryville square.

Publicity and tours
When the "Silent Splendor" room was discovered in 1993, it was featured nationally in newspapers and on CBS news. The cave has also appeared in an IMAX films, Journey into Amazing Caves & Ozarks Legacy & Legends

Cosmic cavern hosts a regular tourist tour as well as a "wild" cave tour. The "wild" cave tour takes visitors into the undeveloped parts of the cave where the most spectacular formations are found. The gift shop has a small museum on the second floor, highlighting some of the cave's history. One of the exhibits is a large sign that was found crumpled in a ditch, dating from when the cave was called "Mystery Cave."

The cave is part of the National Caves Association.

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Please discuss your sources, do not simply remove material without comment. - SimonP 18:51, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)

Please see this article:

 * Thank you for providing a source. However simply deleting the material is still not the way to go. Like it or not the license issue was an important one in the campaign. We should include information on it and on the retraction in the article. - SimonP 12:26, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)

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Luxembourg at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Luxembourg competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

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Shakermaker

"Shakermaker" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. It was written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. The song was first released as a second single on 20 June 1994 and later released on Oasis' debut album Definitely Maybe (1994). The single peaked at number eleven in the UK. It was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry in 2013, having previously been their only single of the 1990s not to be certified in the UK. As of 2021, it remains the only single from the band's first two albums not to reach at least platinum status in the UK.

Background
Noel Gallagher states that the lyrics are taken from the world around him. For example, a Shaker Maker was a popular toy in the 1970s, the character of "Mr Soft" was taken from a Trebor Soft Mints commercial, which featured Cockney Rebel's song "Mr. Soft", "Mr. Clean" is a song by The Jam, one of Gallagher's favourite bands, Mr Benn is a British children's cartoon and the entire last verse – "Mr Sifter sold me songs / When I was just 16 / Now he stops at traffic lights / But only when they're green" – was written in a taxi on the way to the recording studio to record the song. Apparently, Liam Gallagher was pestering Noel to finish the song. At this point, the taxi stopped at the traffic lights outside "Sifters" (a record shop on Fog Lane, Didsbury, Manchester), named after people 'sifting' through records and run by Peter Howard since 1977. Noel penned the lyric and it became part of the song. Noel used to frequent the store to buy old records before Oasis started releasing albums.

The song illustrates Noel Gallagher's habit of borrowing from the past: the chords are a simple twelve-bar blues progression (albeit with the V (F♯) raised to a flat-VII (A)). The melody for the verse was originally taken from "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Bill Backer and Billy Davis. An Oasis tribute band called No Way Sis released a cover version of "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" in the style of "Shakermaker", emphasising the similarity between the two songs. This cover reached No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1996. Oasis were sued over this similarity and were forced to change their composition.

B-sides
The song was released with three B-sides: "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" (first appearing on the Live Recordings demo tape), sung by Noel Gallagher, which is instrumentally similar to "Married with Children" from Definitely Maybe and features nostalgic lyrics and two-part backing vocals by Liam; "Alive", a rough demo of an early rocker, and a live version of "Bring It on Down".

Music video
The music video was shot in Burton Road, Manchester nearby the Gallaghers' childhood home. The field they are playing football in is Didsbury Toc H Sports Ground in Fog Lane, Didsbury in South Manchester.

The album Liam shows to the camera is Paul McCartney & Wings's 1973 album Red Rose Speedway. The music video garnered 4.5 million views on YouTube.

Jimmy Keddie is seen for a brief moment smoking a pipe behind Liam Gallagher, at the 3:17 mark.

Personnel

 * Liam Gallagher – lead vocals, tambourine
 * Noel Gallagher – lead guitar, backing vocals
 * Paul Arthurs – rhythm guitar
 * Paul McGuigan – bass
 * Tony McCarroll – drums

Track listings

 * CD CRESCD 182
 * 1) "Shakermaker" – 5:08
 * 2) "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" – 2:41
 * 3) "Alive" (8-track demo) – 3:56
 * 4) "Bring It on Down" (live) – 4:17

 * 7" CRE 182
 * 1) "Shakermaker" – 5:08
 * 2) "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" – 2:41

 * 12" CRE 182T
 * 1) "Shakermaker" – 5:08
 * 2) "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" – 2:41
 * 3) "Alive" (8-track demo) – 3:56

 * Cassette CRECS 182
 * 1) "Shakermaker" – 5:08
 * 2) "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" – 2:41

 * CD Maxi-Single Shakermaker HES 661377 2
 * 1) "Shakermaker" – 5:11
 * 2) "D'Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?" – 2:41
 * 3) "Alive" (8 Track Demo)	 – 3:57
 * 4) "Bring It On Down" (Live) – 4:18
 * 5) "I Will Believe" (Live) – 3:48
 * 6) "Cloudburst" – 5:19

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The Bellamy Brothers

The Bellamy Brothers are an American pop and country music duo consisting of brothers David Milton Bellamy (born September 16, 1950) and Homer Howard Bellamy (born February 2, 1946), from Dade City, Florida. The duo had considerable musical success in the 1970s and 1980s, starting with the release of their crossover hit "Let Your Love Flow" in 1976, a number one single on the Billboard Hot 100.

Starting in the late 1970s, the Bellamy Brothers found success in country music as well, charting 20 number one singles, 25 top 10 and more than 50 hits overall on the country charts. To date, they have released more than 50 albums, primarily on Curb Records. They have also enjoyed success in continental Europe, with a compilation album topping the Norwegian charts in 2011 and over two dozen hit songs that were released outside the US market. In 2013, their album Bellamy Brothers & Friends: Across the Sea landed at No. 5 in the Swiss music chart and took the top spot in album sales for weeks in Switzerland. It was their third major release in Europe in three years. Their album Mermaid Cowgirl, recorded in Switzerland and released in 2014, won them Gold Record status in Switzerland. They also recorded four albums in Germany with Ralph Siegel for release to the European market.

Early life
David and Howard Bellamy were inspired by many musical sources from an early age. Their father played country music around the house, and was also a member of a local Western swing band; in addition, they were inspired by the rock and roll music their sister played. Despite having never had formal music training, both brothers learned how to play guitar, mandolin, and banjo. In addition, David learned accordion, fiddle, organ, and piano.

Their first musical gig was in 1968 at a benefit concert with their father in San Antonio, Florida, at the Rattlesnake Roundup.

In the late sixties the brothers and their band played for dances at the Dade City Civic Center and at Louie's in Brooksville. They played as The Accidents and later as The Heterogeneous Grouping, performing covers of many of the popular rock and roll and R&B tunes of the time. Three of their favorites were "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "My Girl" and "Little Bit O' Soul".

Their first paid gigs were playing fraternity parties at the University of Florida. Soon after, the brothers moved to Atlanta and formed a band called Jericho. However, playing in bands and clubs proved tiresome for the brothers, who soon moved back home.

The brothers were soon noticed by a friend of recording artist Jim Stafford, who eventually recorded "Spiders & Snakes", written by Stafford and David. "Spiders & Snakes" went on to become a top five hit, providing the Bellamys with the money to move to Los Angeles. Howard became a road manager for Stafford.

1970s
The duo signed to Curb Records in 1975. A single featuring only David, "Nothin' Heavy", was unsuccessful. However, at the suggestion of Neil Diamond's drummer Dennis St. John, the brothers recorded and released the single "Let Your Love Flow", written by Diamond's roadie Larry Williams. Released in 1976, "Let Your Love Flow" was a No. 1 single on the U.S. pop charts, as well as more than a dozen countries worldwide.

Although "Let Your Love Flow" was also a hit on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, the Bellamys' country music success was limited until 1979, when "If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" was released. The song, with its double entendre title derived from a Groucho Marx quote, landed the Bellamys their first country music No. 1 in the United States. It was first played on radio in the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland in 1979 and went on to become Record of the Year in the UK in 1979. In a 2003 issue of Country Weekly magazine, the title was named the number 1 country pick-up line of all time.

1980s and 1990s
After the success of "If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me", the brothers continued with a run of country hits, including tunes such as "Redneck Girl", "Santa Fe", and the social commentary pieces "Old Hippie" and "Kids of the Baby Boom". Billboard named the Bellamy Brothers as Top Country Duo, and they eventually went on to set the record for most duo nominations from both the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association.

The brothers worked on a number of collaborative efforts with other musicians during this period. They recorded "Too Much Is Not Enough" with The Forester Sisters in 1986 and "Drive South" with them in 1990. In 1993, they recorded "Stayin' in Love" with Freddy Fender and Flaco Jiménez. In 1997, they recorded "Catahoula" with Eddy Raven and Jo-El Sonnier, while in 1997 they recorded "Everyone's Somebody's Darlin'" with Nicolette Larson. In 1999, they recorded "(Don't Put Me In) The Ex Files" with Buck Owens, and that same year they recorded "Vertical Expression" with Freddy Fender and then with Eduardo Araujo.

In 1991, the Bellamys switched to Atlantic Records. Their tenure there produced one album before the duo formed their own label, Bellamy Brothers Records. They were one of the first country music artists to have their own record label, and have been licensing albums from their own record label for 25 years. In 1999, they switched to Blue Hat Records for their Lonely Planet album.

2000s
In 2005, the Bellamys returned to Curb Records to record Angels & Outlaws, Volume 1, a compilation album featuring re-recordings of the duo's older hits with additional artists, including Dolly Parton, George Jones, Alan Jackson, Tanya Tucker and Montgomery Gentry. A re-recorded version of "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me", featuring Dolly Parton, spent one week at No. 60 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 2005.

In March 2007, "Redneck Girl" was covered by Blake Shelton on the soundtrack to The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning.

The Bellamys released an album of gospel music, titled Jesus Is Coming, on May 8, 2007. Its title track was previously recorded on Native American in 1995. The album received two Dove Award nominations, and a second gospel album, Pray for Me, was released in 2012. They had many guest singers on this album. Their sister Ginger sang with them on the song "Suppertime", and Deborah Allen sang background vocals with Vicky Hampton on the album. Irish actor and musician Kieran McHugh played penny whistle for the song "Hymn to Him".

In 2008, the song "Let Your Love Flow" was used in the Barclaycard advert for their new contactless cards. The song re-entered the UK singles chart at No. 48 based on downloads, peaked at No. 21 in the pop charts in March 2009, and was listed on BMI's list of Top 100 Song of the Century at No. 68 that same year. A cover by Petra Haden was used in a 2010 Toyota Prius commercial.

The Anthology, Vol. 1 was released in 2009 and includes the single "Guilty of the Crime", which is a collaboration with the Bacon Brothers. The video features Shannen Doherty of Beverly Hills, 90210 fame. Both sets of brothers performed the song together on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 1, 2009.

In 2010, the Bellamys recorded The Greatest Hits Sessions with Swiss rock star Gölä (Marco Pfeuti) and the project sold double platinum in Europe. It was at number one of the Swiss Schweizer Hitparade for 7 weeks. In 2011, they created BB&G Platinum with Gölä. Then, in 2014, they teamed up again with Gölä and recorded Mermaid Cowgirl in Switzerland. They achieved gold record status in Switzerland with this album.

In June 2010, their song "Jalepeños", about the problems of political correctness, was banned before it could even be released to radio because of its profanity. The video became a major YouTube hit with almost 3 million views.

In 2012, the Bellamy Brothers collaborated with Austrian schlager singer DJ Ötzi to create the album Simply the Best. It was DJ Ötzi's first full English-language album, and entered the German album charts at number three.

In June 2014, Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Old Hippie" #95 in their list of the 100 greatest country songs.

During these years the brothers worked on many other collaborative song efforts as well. They recorded "Hello, Lady Harley" with Truck Stop in 2003, worked with Alan Jackson in 2005, and collaborated with Tom Astor in 2007.

In April 2018, the group released the memoir Let Your Love Flow - The Life and Times of the Bellamy Brothers. The Bellamys then released their album Over the Moon in 2019, which consisted of 14 original songs written and recorded at the Bellamys' studio on their Darby ranch.

Honky Tonk Ranch
In 2018 the brothers became the feature of the reality television series Honky Tonk Ranch, which aired on the Cowboy Channel,RFD-TV and now on the Circle Network. The series follows the Bellamys in addition to their friends and family. A second season of Honky Tonk Ranch aired in 2019. In 2020, the show moved to the Circle Network where seasons one and two aired along with season three.

Personal life
In the late 1990s, David's sons Noah and Jesse became active in the music scene and the sons currently perform as the duo Jesse and Noah.

The Bellamy Brothers live in Darby, Florida, on a 200-acre ranch, where they raise Brahman cattle and quarter horses, with three generations of their family living in the compound. The ranch is also the location of the recording studio where much of their work is recorded.

In 2020, the brothers partnered with Florida medical cannabis company Trulieve to produce a signature line of cannabis products named "Old Hippie Stash". Said David: "[Cannabis has] helped Howard and me on many levels. There was a stigma for so long, but now people are talking about it seriously and considering cannabis as an alternative for stress, anxiety, pain management and many other health factors."

Honors and awards

 * Grammy nomination for Best Country Performance by a duo or group and Best Country & Western Song (1980)
 * Named the Most Promising Group of the Year by CMA (1980)
 * Lifetime Membership of the Federation of International Country Air Personalities (1982)
 * Named Top Country Duo by Billboard (1982)
 * Record for the most duo nominations in both the Academy of Country Music (ACM) and the Country Music Association Awards (CMA)
 * "Let Your Love Flow" placed on the BMI list of the top 100 most played songs of the 20th century (1999)
 * Received two Dove nominations for "Jesus Is Coming"
 * Members of the German Country Music Hall of Fame (only American members with the exception of Johnny Cash)
 * "Old Hippie" named by Rolling Stone as one of its top 100 greatest country songs of all time (2014)
 * Inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame (2018)

Tours
The brothers have 200 or more concert dates worldwide each year. They have had concerts in the United States, Europe, Australia and South Africa and have been to distant (from their US base) places like Dubai, Saudi Arabia, India, Sri Lanka, New Caledonia, Qatar, the Faroe Islands and the Czech Republic. In 1999, The Bellamy Brothers played for American troops stationed in Bosnia, and on Easter Sunday 2000, they gave a concert for American troops in war-torn Kosovo as well as a concert at a remote camp in Macedonia. In 2014, they toured in India and Sri Lanka and made history as the first country music act touring in those Asian countries. In 2019 and 2020, the Bellamy Brothers participated in Blake Shelton's "Friends and Heroes Tour".

Charities
The brothers have traveled around the world playing benefit concerts for American troops abroad including performances throughout Germany, Italy, Japan, Guam, South Korea, Bosnia and Kosovo. When they played at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo in 2000, it was the first time that the base had allowed a band to play. In 2011, the brothers supported earthquake victims in New Zealand when they joined the New Zealand Red Cross and Judy Seale International to raise support through live auctions. In 2016, the Bellamy Brothers partnered with the Susan G. Komen Foundation to release a video for "Let Your Love Flow." They supported the foundation's breast cancer research by donating one dollar for every digital download of their 40 Year package.

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Ann Wedgeworth

Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth (January 21, 1934 – November 16, 2017) was an American character actress, known for her roles as Lana Shields in Three's Company, Hilda Hensley in Sweet Dreams, and Merleen Elldridge in Evening Shade. She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Chapter Two (1978).

Early life
Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth was born in Abilene, Texas. She graduated from Highland Park High School in University Park, Texas, where she was a childhood friend and high school classmate of Jayne Mansfield. She dropped her first name after graduating from the University of Texas in 1957, and moved to New York City. After auditioning several times, she was admitted to The Actors Studio.

Theatre
Wedgeworth made her Broadway debut in the play Make a Million in 1958. She later had many roles on Broadway and off-Broadway productions, including Period of Adjustment, Blues for Mister Charlie, The Last Analysis, and Thieves. In 1978, she won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Chapter Two.

Wedgeworth appeared off-Broadway at New York's Promenade Theatre from December 5, 1985, until June 1, 1986, in Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, co-starring Harvey Keitel and Geraldine Page; coincidentally, Page, a decade Wedgeworth's senior, had married actor Rip Torn after his divorce from Wedgeworth. At the time, Page and Torn were married, but were estranged at the time of Page's death in 1987. For her performance in A Lie of the Mind, Wedgeworth was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play.

Film
Wedgeworth had supporting roles in many movies. She had the female leading role opposite Gene Hackman in the 1973 film Scarecrow. She later co-starred in Bang the Drum Slowly, Law and Disorder, One Summer Love, and Thieves. In 1977, she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Handle with Care.

Through the 1980s, Wedgeworth had many supporting roles, often playing mothers, such as in No Small Affair as Jon Cryer's character's, in Sweet Dreams as Patsy Cline's mother, followed by 1987's Made in Heaven as one unknowingly reunited with her dead son. In 1989, she portrayed Aunt Fern in Steel Magnolias. She appeared as Sissy Spacek's character's mother in the 1991 film Hard Promises. She also appeared in two films opposite Renée Zellweger: Love and a .45 and The Whole Wide World. Wedgeworth had her final film role in The Hawk Is Dying, with Paul Giamatti, which opened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006.

Television
In early years, Wedgeworth had main roles on numerous daytime soap operas. She played the roles of Angela Talbot on The Edge of Night from 1966 to 1967, and later joined the cast of Another World as Lahoma Vane Lucas. She played the role from 1967 to 1970, and from 1970 to 1973 appeared on its spinoff, Somerset.

In 1979, Wedgeworth was cast as divorcée Lana Shields on the hit ABC sitcom Three's Company. Producers introduced her character to fill the void left by Audra Lindley, who had left to star in the show's spin-off, The Ropers. According to behind-the-scenes reports, the addition of Lana to the cast caused tension between series star John Ritter and the show's writers. Ritter believed it would be out of character for his character, the womanizing Jack Tripper, to inexplicably turn down the advances of Lana, a sexually voracious, attractive older woman. The writers reasoned that because Lana was older than Jack, he would be turned off. Ritter did not believe that the middle-aged Lana, only meant to be in her 40s (whereas Jack was in his late 20s/early 30s), would repel Jack. Wedgeworth claimed that she asked to be released from her contract because of Lana's dwindling role in the show.

Wedgeworth appeared in just nine episodes of the series before her character was casually written-out without any explanation and never referred to again.

In 1982, Wedgeworth worked with Linda Bloodworth-Thomason in her first comedy series, Filthy Rich, playing ditsy, good-natured Bootsie Westchester. The series was canceled after two seasons in 1983. In 1989, she guest-starred as Audrey Conner, the emotionally fragile mother of Dan Conner (played by John Goodman) on the ABC sitcom, Roseanne. Her longest role was on the CBS sitcom Evening Shade as Merleen Eldridge. The series aired from 1990 to 1994. In 1994, Wedgeworth starred in the unsuccessful Evening Shade spin-off, Harlan & Merleen.

Personal life
Wedgeworth married Rip Torn in 1955. They had a daughter, actress Danae Torn. The couple divorced in 1961. In 1970, she married acting teacher and director Ernie Martin, and, in 1972, had a daughter, actress/acting teacher/writer Diánna Martin.

Death
Wedgeworth died after a long illness, at a nursing home in North Bergen, New Jersey, aged 83.

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Tracy Byrd

Tracy Lynn Byrd (born December 17, 1966) is an American country music artist. Signed to MCA Nashville Records in 1992, Byrd broke through on the country music scene that year with his 1993 single "Holdin' Heaven", which reached Number One on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks. Although he did not land a second Number One until 2002's "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo", Byrd has charted more than thirty hit singles in his career, including eleven additional Top Ten hits. He has also released ten studio albums and two greatest-hits albums, with four gold certifications and one double-platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. He was the on-air spokesman for the TNN Outdoors block from 1998 to 2000.

Biography
Tracy Lynn Byrd was born December 17, 1966. He is the eldest child of Jerry Lynn and Brenda Vaughn Byrd. Tracy Byrd graduated from Vidor High School in May 1985. His first college experience was at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas. He began studying business at Texas State University (then called Southwest Texas State). While studying he sang with a local band in Beaumont called Rimfire led by Jeffrey Adams and Dave Adams, a band that also featured acts such as Mark Chesnutt.

One of his friends coaxed him into singing a cover of Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart" at a local mall recording studio. The owner of the studio was so impressed with his version that he entered Byrd into a local talent contest. Byrd signed with MCA Records in 1992.

Tracy Byrd
Byrd released his first single, "That's the Thing About a Memory", in 1992. Although it and follow-up "Someone to Give My Love To" (previously a single in 1971 for Johnny Paycheck ) both missed Top 40, he broke through in 1993 with the Number One hit "Holdin' Heaven". This song was the third release from his self-titled debut album, released by MCA on April 27, 1993. Although the album earned RIAA gold certification, its final single ("Why Don't That Telephone Ring") peaked at No. 39. Keith Stegall and Tony Brown shared production duties on the album.

No Ordinary Man
No Ordinary Man was the title of Byrd's second album, which was produced by Jerry Crutchfield. It was also his highest selling, earning a double-platinum certification for U.S. sales of two million copies. All four singles from the album reached Top Five: "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous", "Watermelon Crawl" (also his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, at No. 81), "The First Step" and "The Keeper of the Stars". This last song, a love ballad, became a popular choice for fans to use at their weddings. It also won Song of the Year at the Academy of Country Music in 1995. MCA had not originally planned to issue this song as a single, until Byrd commented that it had been receiving favorable reactions when he sang it in concert.

Love Lessons
His third album, 1995's Love Lessons, showed a decline in both chart performance and physical sales, despite still earning a gold certification. It was led off by the No. 15 "Walkin' to Jerusalem", followed by two ballads: the No. 9-peaking title track and No. 14 "Heaven in My Woman's Eyes", and finally the No. 21-peaking "4 to 1 in Atlanta". This album also reunited him with Tony Brown, who would also produce all of his subsequent material for MCA.

Big Love
Big Love, released in 1996, was the title of Byrd's fourth album and its first single. "Big Love" returned him to the Top Five with a No. 3 peak. After it came another Johnny Paycheck cover, this time of his 1971 single "She's All I Got." Re-titled "Don't Take Her She's All I Got", Byrd's cover peaked at No. 4. The album's other singles ("Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine" and "Good Ol' Fashioned Love") reached No. 17 and No. 47 respectively, with the latter being his first single since 1993 to miss Top 40. Big Love also became his third gold-selling album.

I'm from the Country and Keepers: Greatest Hits
Byrd released his final studio album for MCA, I'm from the Country, in late 1997. Its title track, co-written by Richard Young of The Kentucky Headhunters and former MCA Records artist Marty Brown, became the first single. This song was added to the album, which was originally to be titled Walkin' the Line, after the rest of the album had already been completed. It also became his ninth Top 10 hit by reaching No. 3 in early 1998 and his first No. 1 on the RPM Country Tracks charts in Canada. Only one other single, the No. 9 hit "I Wanna Feel That Way Again", was released from the album.

In 1999, Byrd then released a greatest-hits package entitled Keepers: Greatest Hits, which is certified gold. This album was led off by the No. 31 single "When Mama Ain't Happy" before he left the label.

It's About Time
In 1999, Byrd signed to RCA Records Nashville. Working with producer Billy Joe Walker, Jr., he released his sixth studio album, It's About Time, that year. This album featured a more country pop sound than its predecessors, and was led off by the No. 11 "Put Your Hand in Mine". This song was co-written by Skip Ewing and Jimmy Wayne. The album's other two singles — "Love, You Ain't Seen the Last of Me" and "Take Me With You When You Go" — both landed outside the Top 40.

Ten Rounds
Ten Rounds, his second album for RCA, was released in 2001. This album returned him to a more traditionally country sound. It was led off by "A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side", a duet with Mark Chesnutt. This song was a No. 21 country hit, and Chesnutt's first Top 40 chart hit since "This Heartache Never Sleeps" two years previous. After it came the No. 9 "Just Let Me Be in Love", and finishing off the album's single releases was its title track, "Ten Rounds with José Cuervo". In October 2002, this song became Byrd's second No. 1 country hit, and his first since "Holdin' Heaven" in 1993. It was also his only Top 40 pop hit, with a No. 26 peak on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Truth About Men
Byrd charted at No. 38 in early 2003 with "Lately (Been Dreamin' 'Bout Babies)", which was never included on an album. This song was followed by "The Truth About Men", a song whose second verse featured guest vocals from Blake Shelton, Andy Griggs and Montgomery Gentry. This song was the title track to his final RCA album, The Truth About Men, which also produced his final Top Ten hit in the No. 7 "Drinkin' Bone", as well as the No. 53 "How'd I Wind Up in Jamaica." Also included on this album was the Rodney Crowell composition "Making Memories of Us", which would later be a Number One country hit in 2005 for Keith Urban.

Greatest Hits
Byrd's second greatest hits album was released in 2005 via BNA Records, a sister label to RCA. This album reprised most of his RCA single releases, and included new recordings of "I'm from the Country" and "The Keeper of the Stars." Also included on it were the new tracks "Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman", "Tiny Town" and "Johnny Cash". The first two were released as singles, with the former reaching No. 34 and the latter failing to chart. "Johnny Cash" was later covered by Jason Aldean on his 2007 album Relentless, and was a No. 6 country hit for him that year.

Different Things
Byrd released his next album, Different Things, in 2006 via his own Blind Mule label. It was led off by the No. 55 "Cheapest Motel", co-written by Cole Deggs of Cole Deggs & the Lonesome. After this song came "Better Places Than This," which failed to chart as well.

All American Texan
In June 2016, Byrd returned to the studio to work on his first project in a decade. This album, recorded at Rosewood Studios in Tyler, Texas, was self-produced and promoted. Byrd wrote eight of the album's ten tracks himself. The album was released in October 2016.

Tracy Byrd : Live at Billy Bob's Texas
In November 2019 Byrd released a live album, recorded in June 2019 with his band, The ByrdDawgs. The album was recorded at Billy Bob's Texas, and holds nineteen songs.

Tracy Byrd : Live at Billy Bob's Texas DVD
The DVD of Byrd's Billy Bob's Texas concert in June 2019, was released in November 2019. In addition to the music, it contains several interview segments with Byrd.

Charitable efforts
Byrd has been the National Spokesperson for Special Olympics International for the Country Music Association. He developed a crank bait fishing lure marketed by Norman Lures called The Lifestyles of the Not So Rich & Famous', named after his hit recording of the song written by Byron Hill and Wayne Tester. For every one of the lures sold Byrd donated ten cents to the Special Olympics.

For several years Byrd hosted an annual golfing/fishing/music event, "The Tracy Byrd Homecoming Weekend," later called "The Beaumont Boys Bash", in Southeast Texas to raise money for local charities, including the March of Dimes, the Children's Miracle Network, and culminating in the donation of money to fund the Tracy Byrd Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Care Center at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Beaumont. Byrd also raised money by soliciting pledges for his attempt to complete the 2002 Houston Marathon. He finished the marathon, and donated all of his pledges to the Children's Miracle Network.

In 2003 Byrd published Eat Like a Byrd: The Tracy Byrd Cookbook. He also launched a line of spices, rubs, and marinades to go along with it, called "Tracy Byrd's Tiny Town Products"; a portion of these sales were donated to the Children's Miracle Network.

On December 28, 2012, he performed "Amazing Grace" at the memorial service for KFDM news anchor Bill Leger.

Studio albums

 * Tracy Byrd (1993)
 * No Ordinary Man (1994)
 * Love Lessons (1995)
 * Big Love (1996)
 * I'm from the Country (1998)
 * It's About Time (1999)
 * Ten Rounds (2001)
 * The Truth About Men (2003)
 * Different Things (2006)
 * All American Texan (2016)

American Music Awards

 * 1994
 * Tracy Byrd
 * Favorite Country New Artist
 * Nominated
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TNN/Music City News Country Awards

 * 1995
 * Tracy Byrd
 * Male Star of Tomorrow
 * Nominated
 * 1996
 * "The Keeper of the Stars"
 * Single of the Year
 * Nominated
 * }
 * Nominated
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Academy of Country Music Awards

 * 1996
 * "The Keeper of the Stars"
 * Song of the Year
 * Won
 * 2004
 * "The Truth About Men"
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Talk:Marc Ravalomanana

Comments
BBC: "Down to business in Madagascar". A-giau 18:55, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Benjamin Bratt?
I removed the comparison to Bratt. Seems irrelevant to his political career (and the article in general) and the comment appeared out of context where it was placed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thee darcy (talk • contribs) 16:18, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

PERSONAL RESIDENCE
His personal residency is actually in Faravohitra not in Andohalo as stated,

AVID RUGBY UNION FAN
Not true.He attend international match by duty but he is not an avid rugby union.He never attend local competition, even major events.

handling of the current political crisis
As most of the residents of the capital Antananrivo I am very concerned about how the president (and the Govt. under his command) is performing in order to seek a solution to the current crisis, keeping in mind that the president himself and his way of governing the country is the cause for the crisis. I share the opinion of the majority of the independant media (this means not directly controlled by himself) in the country that he is not showing any willingness for compromise and not accepting any personal responsibility for the deterioration of the situation. I therefore propse the following edit to his page and look forward any comments on this edit. Proof of the accuracy of this edit can be found in the articles of local newspapers (L'Express de Madagascar, Madagascar Tribune, Midi Madagasikara, La Gazette de la Grande Ile) and in the braodcasted news of local TV stations (Ma TV, TV Plus, RTA) and Radio Stations (Radio Antsiva, Radio Don Bosco).

While Ravalomanana let international mediation efforts in February 2009 fail, he prepared the military with the help of foreign mercenaries. Beginning of March, he contributed to escalating the situation. He abolished the constitutional rights to freedom of assembly and demonstration by declaring all public places used for demonstrations "off limits". With the help of foreign mercenaries the units of the military loyal to him uses brutal force to prevent demonstrations and selects individual citizens, often no demonstrators, to brutalize them. This course of actions is compared by some of the local media to the regime of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, who terrorizes his people to stay in power. On March 7 officers in the largest military camp near Madagascar's capital of Antananarivo have declared refusing to take any more orders from the president. They claimed to deplore the actions taken by the presidental guard and the froeign mercenaries against the malagsy people which undermine the image of the military. They declared to be loyal only the constitutional oath to protect the citizens, not to fight them.

 * Ruremich, you have tried several times to add this to the main article. As you concede above, this is your opinion, and thus, without proper cites from respected sources (not blogs) cannot be in the main article. This talk page is only here to improve the main article, and not to discuss Ravalomanana's faults. If you have valid references in the French press, they are acceptable here. For convenience (but not absolutely necessary), a link through google translate might smooth your way. However, any mention of Zimbabwe smacks of POV. Wizzy… ☎ 11:21, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Army storms presidency
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7946741.stm

National hero
The article doesn't mention the fact that Madagascar has not suffered a single case of the Swine Flu pandemic under his tenure. By effectively coordinating containment with health organizations, he managed to shut down the sea port and eliminate the only source of potential infection. 99.232.219.131 (talk) 22:23, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

where lives he now?
--i'v[[RSI]]>typin=v.v.hard4me!!>contactme thruMSNpl[sven70=alias (talk) 15:13, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Massive removal
There has been some pro and some con Ravalomanana modifying this page in the past years. I'll try to skim everything that's not NPOV, and copy here everything that I cut from the text in case someone doesn't agree:

 * broken link -> broken link|url=http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/francais/actualites/deplacements_a_l_etranger/2005/juillet/madagascar-coi/madagascar_biographie_de_m_marc_ravalomanana.30729.html|date=March 2012}}, "M. Marc RAVALOMANANA, Président de la République de Madagascar.", French presidency website
 * Unverifiable -> Upon becoming president, he set up a dairy farm and rice fields to be displayed on the property of the presidential palace in Iavoloha outside the capital.
 * Irrelevant to this page -> Three of his children have been married while he was in office. His eldest daughter runs the MBS media group which controls the second largest radio and television network in the country as well as a number of minor newspapers.
 * Irrelevant, outdated -> His personal residence is in Faravohitra, a neighbourhood of the old city of Antananarivo.
 * Self-satisfactory, needs development -> As mayor he was credited with successfully cleaning up the capital.
 * This is definitely one of his biggest achievements as mayor. It should be included and further developed. Lemurbaby (talk) 09:02, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll let you do the research on this one (unless I stumble on it), because I already did and couldn't find anything (which is why I intially removed this part). importemps (t), 13:26 15 june 2012 (UTC)
 * A heavy work load will keep me away from this for at least two months, but if you have the chance to run this article thru translate.google.com (assuming you don't read French), you'll have a great source to flesh out this article. The source is reliable - Jeune Afrique is a printed magazine with a wide international distribution. Lemurbaby (talk) 03:28, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Also this book (pp. 451-2) has an interesting discussion about the debate on whether or not Ravalomanana is an andriana (hereditary noble) since his tomb lies outside the town walls where he was born (typically the andriana tombs are inside the town walls). The book explains he used that ambiguity to his advantage when he ran for president in 2001 by simultaneously portraying himself as a man of humble background who did well (it underscores how he got his start selling homemade yogurts off the back of a bicycle), and someone who would "reform" the andriana (to instill ostensibly new values of hard work and enterprise). Lemurbaby (talk) 03:37, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

 * Misplaced -> calling Ravalomanana a dictator, a scoundrel and a thief
 * Not directly related to Ravalomanana -> On March 10, army leaders forced the recently appointed defence secretary to resign (the previous one had decided to resign after the killings by the presidential guard on February 7, 2009). They also announced that they gave the opponents 72 hours to find a solution to the crisis through dialogue before they would take further action. This move came after the leaders of the main military camp had announced a day earlier that they would not execute orders coming from the presidency any more since their duty was to protect the people, and not to oppress them, as had been done over the previous few days.
 * This content should probably be integrated into the 2009 Malagasy political crisis article. Lemurbaby (talk) 09:02, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * It's already in the article you mentioned Mutiny and military leadership change. importemps (t), 13:23 15 june 2012 (UTC)

 * Not related to Ravalomanana -> Rajoelina had already declared himself the new leader a month earlier and has since assumed the role of acting President. He has appointed Monja Roindefo as Prime Minister. Rajoelina announced that elections would be held in two years and that the constitution would be amended.

I haven't done the "sentencing" and "come back attempts". Importemps, talk, April 4 2012 7:21

 * THanks for all the work you've put into cleaning up this article recently, Importemps. I'd like to help if I can, although I won't have much time until July, and in the meantime I'll be trying to get the main Madagascar article up to FA. One comment for now - the article doesn't get much into Tiko or Magro and the background of how Ravalomanana grew his business or got into politics. No discussion of his educational background, personal life... If you have the time to work on this some more, those would be priority areas to incorporate, most likely right at the beginning in an "early life" section and something like a "Building a business empire" section. Maybe the religious content could be included in a "Personal life" section at the end after tracing his career. Lemurbaby (talk) 09:02, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Lemurbaby, happy to help once in a while :) I will do some research on Tiko and Magro, and let you know if I'm having a hard finding relevant stuff. importemps (t), 13:18 15 june 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for adding to this! Lemurbaby (talk) 03:52, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I found this: Settling Madagascar’s vagaries but it's not a positive review of Tiko:
 * Let us first of make it clear that before ascending to power, Ravalomanana had already enriched himself under the dictatorship of Ratsiraka. He was jailed for corruption in 1988. He was released by Ratsiraka and somehow managed to win the tender for privatisation of the same company for which he had been convicted; this is the cornerstone of the Tiko business empire. Tiko was funded by the World Bank and went on to benefit from all manner of favours, never paying taxes. The government only realised all of this too late. Ratsiraka had hoped that Ravalomanana would serve as his front man, while Ravalomanana himself was after power. He benefited his company through tax exemption, massive duty rebates on raw materials (with maximum duties for his competitors), absolute control over tender calls, delayed payments to peasant producers, ridiculously low purchase prices for public land, annexation of land, monopolistic control of all sectors of the economy, control of the media and the imprisonment of intellectuals and opponents. Added to this, of course, was the tacit approval of donors and foreign powers.
 * How accurate do you think this is? importemps (t) 19 June 2012 11:43 (UTC)
 * Hi again Lemurbaby, I've been doing a lot of research, but the results are really skim (and mostly negative)... importemps (t) 19 June 2012 15:01 (UTC)
 * That's a piece that was written at the height of the political conflict, and clearly this writer was not in favor of Ravalomanana. It's an editorial with no substantiation for its assertions, and we don't have any reason to believe the website does a lot of fact checking before publishing. There are some points here that have been substantiated in more reliable sources, like the ways he has used his position to benefit his company (and vice versa) although not necessarily breaking laws in the process, and the restrictions on freedom of speech in the later part of his administration. But we should get those details from more reliable sources than this. I take it you don't read French? Because that article in Jeune Afrique is really very good and gives a very complete biography of him. IF not, no worries. I appreciate the trouble you've gone to in the interest of improving this... I can get back to it and dig into the French sources in about a month. Lemurbaby (talk) 17:01, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

NPOV (neutrality)
Importemps, I removed the piece you inserted about criticism leveled against Ravalomanana regarding whether he cleaned up the city because as a standalone nugget of information it throws off the neutrality of the article. Of course it makes sense to include criticisms of politicians, but especially when dealing with biographies of living people we have to be careful not to use WP as a forum to amplify the voices of (potentially self-interested) political detractors. The resources I linked above go into detail about what Ravalomanana achieved in cleaning up Tana while he was mayor. Having witnessed Tana's transformation firsthand, I can verify that in this particular case, these criticisms are unfounded and are most likely politically motivated, and that will often be the case concerning politicians. There are many more sources that can confirm what Ravalomanana accomplished as mayor (although they may be in French). So let's hold off on including criticisms until we've done a thorough review of the sources to see how substantiated they are and whether there are reports to the contrary. Lemurbaby (talk) 16:52, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries, I have too noticed that a lot of the info found on the Web is distorted, which often happens in the case of a political clash. About the piece you removed, I inserted it because it was the only piece of content I could find about Tiko (and no sign of Magro or other Tiko-related brands)... Let's keep digging :) Importemps (t) 18:12, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Useful refs

 * Reminder to self: there is much more to take from the Ra8 PDG article.

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Blaydon Races

"Blaydon Races" (Roud #3511) is a Geordie folk song of 1862, with lyrics by George Ridley written in a style deriving from music hall. It celebrates the horse races held at Blaydon in North East England that year, although mostly composed in advance of the event. The words were inspired by the American ballad "On the Road to Brighton" (in Massachusetts), to the tune of which they are set. The song has become a local anthem, and is frequently sung by supporters of Newcastle United Football Club, Newcastle Falcons rugby club, and Durham County Cricket Club.

The races
Now part of Gateshead, the former village of Blaydon lies on the south bank of the River Tyne about 4 mi west of Newcastle upon Tyne, from where the song describes a horse-drawn "bus" journey to the annual races. Although obscure in origin, these were of some antiquity and had been mentioned in a song dating from around 1830. Prior to 1860, they had not been held for more than two decades due to the building of the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, which cut across the original course. In 1862, as in the previous two years, they were held just north of Blaydon on an island in the river Tyne. The revival lasted only until 1865, but the races began again in 1889 at a new course on Stella Haughs. The final meeting on 1–2 September 1916 was abandoned on the second day, after serious rioting followed the disqualification of the even money favourite and popular winner of the opening race, Anxious Moments, which had apparently been the target of foul play.

The song

Of the 19 songs known to have been written by Ridley, all 16 to survive concern local people and events. Like "Cushie Butterfield", which was a parody of Harry Clifton's "Polly Perkins", they were often based on existing popular songs. The lyrics of "Blaydon Races" were set to a tune labelled "Brighton" in early publications. This refers to "On the Road to Brighton", an American blackface minstrelsy "sleighing song" of 1858, with words and music by Lon Morris. Minstrel shows had become highly popular in Britain from the 1840s onwards, and numerous references to them can be found in contemporary local newspapers. Ridley first performed his song at a testimonial concert for local oarsman John H. Clasper, held in Balmbra's Music Hall on 5 June 1862. The final verse was added for a concert given on the evening of 9 June at Whickham Mechanics' Institute in Blaydon, where it was reported by the local press that Ridley's "local songs" were received "with great applause".

Although the account of the trip to Blaydon is fictional, the heavy rain was noted in the Newcastle Daily Chronicle, as were the missing "cuddy" (horses). These were unable to ford the river due to an unexpected rise in the water level, meaning that only one horse was present when racing was scheduled to begin. Some spectators from Newcastle arrived by train, whilst others were conveyed by two omnibus companies, which the same newspaper observed "might harness better cattle if they wish to assure passengers of the safety of their means of transport".

Lyrics
The song is quoted from the author's manuscript in Allan's Tyneside Songs of 1891:

As in the following example, the song is now usually sung with more modern language, but retaining something of the Tyneside dialect:

Music
Tune: "Brighton".

Places
"Scotswood Road" was and still is a long road parallel to the left bank of the river Tyne, running westwards from Newcastle city to Benwell and Scotswood, and which at the time of the song ran through industrial and working-class areas.

"Airmstrang's factory" was a large engineering works at Elswick, which made large guns and other firearms. Construction work on the six-acre site started in April 1847, and the number of employees engaged in manufacturing grew from 20 in December 1847 to around 250 by the end of 1850.

Lying just outside the 1862 town boundary on the south side of Scotswood Road, the "Robin Adair" was a pub named after a popular song and air, written about 1750, concerning the surgeon Robert Adair. The building had been demolished by December 1965, when another establishment of the same name was opened by T. Dan Smith, leader of Newcastle City Council. Less than 25 years later, this was standing unused and reported to be in a dilapidated condition following a fire.

Paradise was a small village to the west of Armstrong's factory. On the south side of Scotswood Road and adjacent Newcastle & Carlisle Railway were smallholdings and Paradise House. On the north side were a Methodist chapel and the houses of Paradise Row, although as these lay between Benwell Colliery (West Pit) and Benwell Brickworks, it has been noted the location "probably did not live up to its name".

Before Newcastle Dispensary opened in October 1777, medical care in Newcastle was considered so rudimentary that travellers were advised avoid the town. Located initially at the foot of The Side, it moved to Pilgrim Street in 1780, Low Friar Street in 1790, and in 1828 to a building designed by Richard Grainger in Nelson Street. It relocated to New Bridge Street in 1928, and continued to operate outside the National Health Service until its closure on 30 June 1976 due to lack of funds.

Newcastle Infirmary began admitting patients on 23 May 1751, although housed in temporary premises at Gallowgate  whilst a new building was constructed at Forth Banks. Located to the west of Newcastle railway station on land made available by Newcastle Corporation, this opened on 8 October 1753. It remained in use until September 1906, when patients were transferred to the Royal Victoria Infirmary following its opening by King Edward VII on 11 July. Most of the old infirmary buildings were demolished in 1954.

Three miles west of Newcastle, the old Scotswood Bridge over the Tyne opened on 12 May 1831. Designed by John Green and known locally as the "Chain Bridge", a toll was payable to cross until 18 March 1907. It was used until 20 March 1967, when the present Scotswood Bridge opened, 140 ft further upstream.

People
Dr Charles John Gibb (1824–1900) was probably the most widely known doctor in Newcastle in 1862, having played a prominent role in combatting the town's cholera epidemic of 1853. He did much to help the poor, and in an emergency would sometimes charter a train to transport one of his wealthy rural patients. Between 1855 and 1870, he was an honorary surgeon at the Newcastle Infirmary.

"Jackie Broon" was the Blaydon town crier, whose bell is now preserved in Newcastle's Discovery Museum.

"Coffy Johnny" was in reality an ex-blacksmith from Winlaton named John Oliver (1828–1900). A well-known character who attended all local race meetings, he would have stood out to racegoers due to the white top hat he wore on special occasions, and the fact that he was over 6+1/2 ft tall. His nickname derived from his habit of asking people to wait while he finished his coffee before getting on with whatever job was at hand.

Centenary
Events marking the centenary of the 1862 races were held on Tyneside from 2 – 9 June 1962, with a budget of £21,000 allocated by Newcastle Corporation. At the invitation of T. Dan Smith, they were attended by Labour Party leader Hugh Gaitskell, who travelled in a procession on 9 June retracing the journey described in Ridley's song.

150th Anniversary
In December 2010 an online petition was launched calling for "...a clear and sustained commitment on the part of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead Councils to work hand-in-hand with the Geordie people...to help deliver an appropriate celebration of the 150th anniversary of Mr George Ridley's world-famous anthem of Tyneside." On 9 November 2011, Chi Onwurah MP presented a parliamentary petition to the Speaker of the House of Commons in support of the campaign. From August 2011, campaign group members were in discussions with the two councils. As a result of these discussions, the core campaign objective of delivering an on-street event on the actual anniversary of 9 June 2012 was achieved. A series of additional "satellite" events were also organised including a week-long beer festival at The Hotspur pub, Percy Street, Newcastle upon Tyne on the night of 9 June 2012.. In London a well attended day long event involving folk singers was organised in pubs The Betsey Trotwood and Gunmakers.

In a ceremony at Newcastle railway station on 6 June 2012 attended by former Newcastle United footballer Alan Shearer, a class 91 locomotive operated by East Coast was named "Blaydon Races".

Modern race
The Blaydon Race is a 5.9-mile athletics race from Newcastle to Blaydon that takes place on 9 June every year and starts off with the singing of 'The Blaydon Races', as the words are used as the basis for the whole race.

Other uses

 * "Blaydon Races" is often used as a chant by supporters of Newcastle United Football Club, by whom it was sung repeatedly at the 1974 FA Cup final.
 * In the late nineteenth century, the tune was adopted as a march by soldiers of the British Army's Fifth Foot infantry regiment (The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers), of Fenham Barracks, Newcastle upon Tyne. Today it is the Regimental Song of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, the modern descendants of The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. The song was also adopted by the Durham Light Infantry.
 * In November 2009 a charity version of 'Blaydon Races' was recorded by Jimmy Nail, Kevin Whately and Tim Healy, from the cast of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, in aid of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, featuring an additional verse about him.

 * William Irving's 1903 painting. 'The Blaydon Races – A Study from Life' is on show at the Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead. The painting depicts the fairground festivities associated with the race.

Recordings

 * Friends of Fiddler's Green on The Road to Mandalay, 1994
 * Bob Davenport and The Marsden Rattlers, released in 1971 on "BBC's Folk on 2 presents Northumbrian Folk" (BBC Records REC 118S [LP, UK, 1971])
 * In the opening scenes of The Lone Ranger (2013) the tune playing in the background on an organ is "On the Road to Brighton", known in the UK as the song "The Blaydon Races"

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