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Nashvillians almost uniformly hate this movie; it makes Nashville look so hayseed and as if the county and gospel music industries are about all there is to the city. It is nonetheless extremely well-photographed and "I'm Easy" is one of the all-time best songs from a movie and rises above that often-mediocre genre. Rlquall 02:45, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Cleanup
This article has no title paragraph and is not categorised in similar style to all articles on films. This is an importnt film and should be cleaned up. For an example film article... Blade (film). Thanks! Chavatshimshon 07:40, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Anyone know why Ronee Blakely as Barbara Jean is omitted from the cast of characters? Seems kind of a major oversight since much of the film revolves around her. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.111.244.75 (talk) 15:30, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 01:46, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

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Memorable Quotes
The quotes shouldn't be here, memorable or not, they belong on Wikiquote, if anything. Voltair3 (talk) 20:59, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Assessment
Based on the size and scope of the content this is at least a "C" class article. Mgrē@sŏn 13:08, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

How is this a "technique"?
(Quote:) "It used a similar technique as Paramount's other film Vertigo, 20th Century Fox's two films (The Little Princess and The Girl Can't Help It) and RKO's The Boy with Green Hair, presenting the opening Paramount logo in black-and-white, and the entire film, including the closing Paramount logo, in living color." (End quote)

In any case, this fact qualifies as trivia, at best, and does not belong in the intro. Relgif (talk) 23:24, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Barbara Harris as 'Albuquerque'
Does anyone have a clue why is Barbara Harris listed as "Albuquerque" (instead of Winifred) on the IMDb's Nashville page? --Wayfarer (talk) 15:55, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * She's listed as "Albuquerque" in the movie's closing credits. Probably that was the character's name in the original script. A lot of the film was improvised, ignoring the script. Possibly the actor playing her husband decided that "Winifred" was a better name for her and used that - and the director decided to keep those portions of the film. Sofia Roberts (talk) 00:08, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

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Half-arch (crown)

A half-arch is the piece of gold, silver or platinum, usually decorated with jewels, that links the circlet (circular base) of a hoop crown to the monde at the top of the crown.

European tradition of eight half-arches
Many crowns of continental European monarchs traditionally contain eight half-arches; examples from extant monarchies include the royal crowns of Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden. The only example of a crown of a British monarch with eight half-arches is the Imperial Crown of India, made for King George V as Emperor of India to wear at the Delhi Durbar of 1911. The crowns of two 20th century British Queens consort also have eight half-arches, namely the Crown of Queen Alexandra (1902) and the Crown of Queen Mary (1911), reflecting their origins as European princesses from Denmark and Germany respectively.

British tradition of four half-arches
In contrast, the crowns of British monarchs traditionally contain four half-arches; examples include St. Edward's Crown, the State Crown of George I, the Coronation Crown of George IV and the Imperial State Crown, and also the Crown of Scotland. The same is true for several British consort crowns, namely the State Crown of Mary of Modena, the Crown of Queen Adelaide and the Crown of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Crown of the Prince of Wales's single arch
The three crowns in existence of the Prince of Wales, the heir apparent to the British throne, all have one full arch, with a globe centred on the single arch rather than being the element to which each arch separately is joined, following an instruction laid down by King Charles II in 1677. Unlike the princely crowns of 1902 and 1969 however, where the single arch rises, in the Crown of Frederick, Prince of Wales (1728) the single arch dips in the centre, with the globe located in the centre of the dip.

Shape of arch
Different crowns possess different-shaped half-arches. In some crowns, the half-arches dip down at the centre of the crown where they meet the globe. The most widely recognized example of this is St. Edward's Crown, the British coronation crown, while in others, such as Queen Elizabeth's consort crown, all four half-arches rise at a somewhat right angle, with no central dip.

However, in the case of the State Crown of George I, while the crown as originally designed had dipping arches, they were pulled up to a right angle for the coronation of King George II and have remained in that position.

Detachable arches

In some crowns, such as the British Imperial State Crown, the half-arches are detachable, allowing the crown to be worn as a circlet. Alexandra of Denmark, Mary of Teck and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (British queens consort Alexandra, Mary and Elizabeth) all at various stages wore their own crowns as circlets, particularly after the deaths of the husbands, when one of their children was on the throne and they were the queen mother.

Velvet inlay
Where a crown possesses arches or half-arches, the circlet of the crown below the arches or half-arches are usually filled with velvet or other cloth, or with a jewelled metal cap. Different states and different crowns may possess different coloured cloth inlays.

The most widely used colours for cloth infills are purple, as in the Crown of Queen Elizabeth and in St. Edward's Crown, and dark red, as in the Imperial Crown of Austria.

No arches
Not all crowns possess arches. The Danish Crown of Christian IV that was used for the coronation of elected monarchs prior to the introduction of absolutism in 1660 has no covering at all but exists in circlet form, while the Papal Tiara rises as one solid silver (or in one occasion gold) unit. Nor are arches to be found on the Iron Crown of Lombardy, nor any of the Iranian Crown Jewels. Both the Imperial Crown of Russia and the Imperial Crown of Austria possess two central half-arches, with most of the rest of the crown covered in.

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Wachira

Wachira (also "Wacira" or "Wachiira") is a male name among the Kikuyu, also called Gikuyu, and related Bantu peoples of Kenya. Derived from "Chira" or Case. "Wa" signifies that one who deals with cases. Some contend that the name signifies one who feels and senses much that they do not fully understand, and can be deeply influenced through the thoughts of others without realizing just how you are being affected. Notable people with the name include:

 * Benedict Wachira (born 1985), Kenyan activist
 * John Wachira, winner of the 2009 Two Oceans Marathon
 * Nicholas Wachira (born 1982), Kenyan middle-distance runner
 * Simon Wachira (born 1984), Kenyan race walker
 * Wachira Sangsri (born 1986), professional footballer from Thailand

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Solomon Grundy

Solomon Grundy may refer to:

 * "Solomon Grundy" (nursery rhyme), a 19th-century children's nursery rhyme
 * Solomon Grundy (character), a villain in some DC comics series, most notably Batman and Green Lantern
 * Solomon Grundy (band), a grunge band from Seattle, Washington
 * "Solomon Grundy" (song), by English group The Foundations on their 1969 album Digging The Foundations

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Robert V. Remini

Robert Vincent Remini (July 17, 1921 – March 28, 2013) was an American historian and a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He wrote numerous books about President Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonian era, most notably a three-volume biography of Jackson. For the third volume of Andrew Jackson, subtitled The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845, he won the 1984 U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction. Remini was widely praised for his meticulous research on Jackson and thorough knowledge of him. His books portrayed Jackson in a mostly favorable light and he was sometimes criticized for being too partial towards his subject.

Remini also wrote biographies of other early 19th century Americans, namely Martin Van Buren, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, and Joseph Smith. He served as Historian of the United States House of Representatives from 2005 until 2010 and wrote a history of the House, which was published in 2006.

Life
Robert Vincent Remini was born on July 17, 1921, in New York City. His parents were William Remini and Loretta Tiernay Remini, and he was the elder brother of William and Vincent Remini. His father worked as a credit manager for a coal company. Remini recalled that his original plan in life was to become a lawyer. He explained that this was "not because [he] was intrigued by the law, but because it seemed like a worthy profession then for a child of the Great Depression." Remini received his B.S. from Fordham University in 1943. He then enlisted in the United States Navy and was involved in anti-submarine warfare during World War II. His reading of history while in the Navy caused him to want to be a historian. "I remember we docked at Boston and I went to the library and took out all nine volumes of Henry Adams' history of the U.S. under Jefferson and Madison," he told the Chicago Tribune. "I loved it. Right then I realized that by God, it was history I loved, not law." "When I told my parents, they were shocked," Remini recalled. "'Oh!' they said. 'You will starve.'" Remini married Ruth T. Kuhner, whom he had met in kindergarten, in 1948 and they had three children: Elizabeth Nielson, Joan Costello, and Robert W. Remini.

Remini received his M.A. from Columbia University in 1947 and his PhD from Columbia in 1951. At Columbia, he studied under historian Richard Hofstadter. Hofstadter suggested that he write his dissertation on Martin Van Buren. The dissertation eventually turned into his first book, Martin Van Buren and the Making of the Democratic Party (1959). The book examines Van Buren's role in building a cross-sectional coalition which formed the foundation for the rise of Jacksonian democracy and the eventual creation of the Democratic Party. Remini was named an assistant professor of history at Fordham in 1951 and remained there until 1965. Historian Richard K. McMaster, who graduated from Fordham University in 1962, wrote in 2009 that Remini was great at "making American history an interesting story." McMaster said, "I remember him as a remarkably kind man, genuinely interested in his students and encouraging of our efforts at research. He had the uncanny ability to present the Age of Jackson with such immediacy that you might think he'd had lunch in the Ramskeller with Martin Van Buren. He is an American treasure."

In 1965, Remini joined the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago, then known as the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (UICC). He was the school's first chairman of the History Department, serving in that role from 1965 until 1971. Remini later founded the UIC Institute for the Humanities, which he chaired from 1981 to 1987. Remini retired in 1991. During his career, he served as a visiting professor at the Jilan University of Technology in China, the University of Richmond, the University of Notre Dame, and Wofford College. When writing history, Remini employed self-discipline to try to better himself. "I was trained by Jesuits, and you were rewarded if you did good and punished if you did bad," he said. "I decided that I had to write nine pages a day. And if I did, I got a martini. If not, I didn't."

The House of Representatives passed a measure introduced by Representative John B. Larson, a former high school history teacher, directing the Librarian of Congress to facilitate the writing of a history of the House of Representatives. Remini was then asked by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington to write a Congressional history, The House: The History of the House of Representatives. Remini accepted the task and the book was published in 2006. The book was considered to be "nonpartisan, readable, and stocked with memorable characters." The work led to his appointment as Historian of the United States House of Representatives by Speaker Dennis Hastert on April 28, 2005. He was 83 at the time of his appointment. As House Historian, Remini was credited for his non-partisanship, especially after previous House Historians had been fired over partisan issues. He enjoyed visiting the Library of Congress as House Historian. "He was like a kid in a candy shop," said his daughter, Joan Costello. "He was so tickled and thrilled to be able to read the rare books, documents and letters available to only a few." He retired in 2010 and was succeeded by Matthew Wasniewski.

Remini's wife died in May 2012 at the age of 90. Remini died the following year at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, Illinois on March 28, 2013, after a stroke. He was 91.

Andrew Jackson
Remini is best known for his work on America's seventh president Andrew Jackson. After his book on Van Buren, he initially planned on writing a full biography of him until deciding to write about Jackson instead. In the 1960s, Remini wrote a series of short books about Jackson, which were The Election of Andrew Jackson (1963), Andrew Jackson (1966), and Andrew Jackson and the Bank War (1967).

Remini's initial books on Andrew Jackson convinced him to write a fuller account of the man's life. This led to the writing of his book Andrew Jackson, published in three volumes (1977, 1981, 1984), which is considered his magnum opus. It was originally conceived as a single volume, but Remini tried to convince his editor, Hugh Van Dusen, to allow for two. He at first refused, saying, "I can't sell two volumes." Remini recalled, "We were sitting there in the middle of The Marriage of Figaro and he turned to me and he said, 'You can have two volumes,' and that was the beginning of it. Then, when the presidential years grew to be more than another volume, I needed a third volume. I took him to see Tristan und Isolde — and it worked!" The finished series totaled approximately 1,600 pages. "There was an electrifying dynamism about Jackson that I found irresistible," Remini said. He went on to call him "the embodiment of the new American." He added, "This new man was no longer British. He no longer wore the queue and silk pants. He wore trousers, and he had stopped speaking with a British accent." Remini took a moderate view of Jackson's behavior during the Bank War. He stated in an interview that he believed that the Second Bank of the United States had "too much power, which it was obviously using in politics. It had too much money which it was using to corrupt individuals. And so Jackson felt he had to get rid of it. It is a pity because we do need a national bank, but it requires control." He refuted the idea that the collapse of the bank was responsible for the Panic of 1837, which he describes as "a world-wide economic collapse", but conceded that it "may have exacerbated" the crisis. Remini partially defended Jackson's Indian removal policies. He held that had Jackson not orchestrated the removal of the Five Civilized Tribes from their ancestral homelands, they would have been totally wiped out, just like other tribes-namely, the Yamasee, Mahican, and Narragansett–which did not move.

Remini's books on Jackson have generally received praise. Jon Meacham read Remini's trilogy in high school and later wrote his own biography of Jackson, which Remini read in manuscript form. Meacham said, "He was practicing a kind of narrative historical biographical craft at exactly the moment when most of the academy was moving toward intellectual and group-driven history." He described Remini as "someone who never believed that his interpretation was the last word." Meacham continued, "You cannot write about Jackson without standing on Remini's shoulders." Daniel Walker Howe, a historian who took a rather critical view of Jackson, speaks favorably of Remini, writing: "A forthright admirer of his subject, Remini is laudatory in his assessments of Jackson's achievements. At the same time, he is also a meticulous scholar who does not allow his prejudices to get in the way of the evidence he finds." Of Remini's trilogy, Joel H. Silbey says that "one comes away with the feeling that here is how Jackson saw himself, might have set forth his won case, and wished to be remembered." In his own biography of Jackson, historian H. W. Brands calls Remini's three volume series "[a] monumental work of research and exposition by the dean of Jackson studies." The final volume, Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845, won the 1984 U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction.

While Remini has been credited for his unique focus on Jackson the individual, he has also received criticism for seeing things too much from Jackson's point of view and for identifying too closely with his subject. "No historian knows more about Andrew Jackson than Robert V. Remini," John William Ward, also a Jackson biographer, wrote in a 1981 review of the second volume of the Jackson trilogy, Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Freedom, 1822-1833. He added that Remini "has mastered in all their complex detail the many issues and events of Jackson's private and public life, but in doing so he has come to see the world too much from Jackson's point of view." "Seeing the world through Old Hickory's eyes, we appreciate him as a complex human being," history professor Andrew R.L. Cayton wrote in a New York Times book review of Remini's Andrew Jackson and his Indian Wars (2001). "The problem . . . is that we see the world only through Jackson's eyes." A 1984 review by James M. Banner of the New York Times of the final volume of Remini's Jackson trilogy says that "he cannot be said to be respectful of interpretations more skeptical than his own, nor of being detached." Banner argues that Remini's work is "a biography of the old school, governed by an old strategy and unabashed in its sympathies." He concludes by declaring that Remini's three volumes are not "the right vehicle for what we need." In his review of Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars, Andrew Denson criticizes Remini's "silly" conclusion that Jackson's support for Indian removal saved the Indians from extinction, pointing to the continued existence of other Indian communities east of the Mississippi River as evidence to the contrary.

Remini wrote a one-volume abridgment to the original three-volume series, called The Life of Andrew Jackson, which was published in 1988. He delivered a lecture on Jackson at the White House in 1991.

Other work
Remini also wrote biographies of other prominent Americans of the early 19th century, namely Martin Van Buren, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, and Joseph Smith. His 1991 biography of Clay, entitled Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union, was well received. Brian Boylan of the Los Angeles Times credits Remini for the ability to write a fair biography of Clay even after his extensive work on Jackson, who was Clay's "bitter enemy." Remini "treats Clay with such affection and care that after half a century of being a vague name in pre-Civil War American history, Henry Clay springs to life in all his fascinating brilliance." Historian Otis A. Singletary writes that the biography of Clay was "thoroughly researched and written in a lively and engaging style."

The biography of Webster, published in 1997 as Daniel Webster: The Man and His Time, won the D. B. Hardeman Prize. A review by Richard Latner states:

"for specialists, Remini's thoroughness and scope make this work an essential resource on Webster and the indispensable, standard biography....In [his] multivolume, award-winning Jackson study, subject matter and style meshed harmoniously. Indeed, it was easy to overlook the enormous erudition and scholarship behind Remini's bold interpretive assertions and dramatic presentation....The major strength of Remini's biography [of Webster] is certainly its thoroughness. This is a 'life and times' work, and given the significance and scope of Webster's career, it is no minor accomplishment to render an engaging portrait in one volume."

In 2008, Remini published A Short History of the United States, which was just under 400 pages long. According to a book review: "Remini's final chapters are slightly rushed and his judgments too general to be useful, but these flaws are easily overshadowed by his masterful middle sections focusing on the 19th century (his scholarly specialty). In contrast to some surveys of American history, like Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States or William Bennett's America: The Last Best Hope, Remini delivers an objective narrative of this nation's history that readers of all political stripes will appreciate."

His last work was At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise that Saved the Union (2010). In a review of the book, Russell McClintock praises Remini for his engaging writing style and depiction of Clay, which he calls "both heroic and credible," but accuses him of overemphasizing the importance of compromise and overlooking times when it did not work. McClintock summarized his thoughts by calling the book "a concise and lively account of a critical but understudied episode that, while it breaks no new scholarly ground, does raise valuable points about the importance of compromise in republican government."

Works
The following is a list of all of the books written by Remini.

 * Martin Van Buren and the Making of the Democratic Party (1959) online
 * The Election of Andrew Jackson (1963) online
 * Andrew Jackson (1966) online
 * Andrew Jackson and the Bank War (1967)'' online
 * The Era of Good Feelings and the Age of Jackson, 1816-1841 (1979); with Edwin A. Miles online
 * The Revolutionary Age of Andrew Jackson (1985) online
 * Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767–1821 (1977) online
 * Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Freedom, 1822–1832 (1981) online
 * Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy, 1833–1845 (1984) online
 * The Life of Andrew Jackson (1988). Abridgment of Remini's earlier three-volume biography. online
 * The Jacksonian Era (1989) online
 * Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union (1991) online
 * Daniel Webster: The Man and His Time (1997) online
 * The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory (1999) online
 * Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars (2001) online
 * John Quincy Adams (2002) online
 * Joseph Smith (2002) online
 * The House: The History of the House of Representatives (2006) online
 * Great Generals Series: Andrew Jackson, A Biography (2008) online
 * A Short History of the United States (2008) online
 * At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise that Saved the Union (2010) online

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Oh! Darling

"Oh! Darling" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, appearing as the fourth song on their eleventh studio album Abbey Road (1969). It was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Its working title was "Oh! Darling (I'll Never Do You No Harm)". Although not issued as a single in either the United Kingdom or the United States, a regional subsidiary of Capitol successfully edited it as a single in Central America, having "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" as its B-side. It was also issued as a single in Portugal. Apple Records released "Oh! Darling" in Japan with "Here Comes the Sun" in June 1970.

Background
McCartney later said of recording the track, "When we were recording 'Oh! Darling' I came into the studios early every day for a week to sing it by myself because at first my voice was too clear. I wanted it to sound as though I'd been performing it on stage all week." He would only try the song once each day; if it was not right he would wait until the next day. According to sound engineer Alan Parsons, McCartney once lamented that "five years ago I could have done this in a flash". In a 1980 interview with Playboy magazine, John Lennon said, "'Oh! Darling' was a great one of Paul's that he didn't sing too well. I always thought I could have done it better – it was more my style than his. He wrote it, so what the hell, he's going to sing it." The song is in the key of A major.

George Harrison described the song as "a typical 1950s–'60s-period song because of its chord structure".

Recordings
The basic track was recorded on 20 April 1969. There were many overdub sessions, including McCartney's attempts at the lead vocal. According to Ian MacDonald, the backing vocals were "exquisite", but "sadly underplayed in the mix". Engineer Geoff Emerick recalled that McCartney sang while the backing track played over speakers, instead of headphones, because he wanted to feel as though he was singing to a live audience. The song has been performed live by Paul McCartney and the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde during a memorial concert for Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins on 3 September 2022.

Get Back sessions
McCartney first recorded a demo of "Oh! Darling" at Twickenham Studios on 16 January 1969 during the Get Back sessions without the other Beatles being present, as the Twickenham set they had been using was being dismantled due to their moving the sessions to Apple Corps' headquarters. After an early attempt at the song by the band on 27 January 1969, Lennon announced, "Just heard that Yoko's divorce has just gone through", after which he and the band burst into an improvised version of the song, substituting "I'm free at last" for a part of the lyric. The song and the following improvisation are included on the Beatles Anthology 3 album, released in 1996. This version also features a keyboard part played by Billy Preston.

Style
"Oh! Darling" is a rhythm and blues song incorporating elements of doo-wop and the New Orleans rhythm and blues sound popularised during the 1950s and early 1960s by musicians such as Fats Domino; it also seems to have drawn on the Louisiana swamp blues sound found in songs like Slim Harpo's "Rainin' in My Heart" and Charles Brown's "Please Come Home for Christmas". Furthermore, it may have drawn on the related Louisiana genre known today as swamp pop, whose distinctive sound bears an uncanny resemblance to the basic structure of "Oh! Darling" – so much so that some in Louisiana originally thought the song had been recorded by a local musician. (When swamp pop musician John Fred met the Beatles in London in the 1960s, he was shocked to learn that "they were very familiar with Louisiana music.") Fittingly, swamp pop musician Jay Randall eventually covered "Oh! Darling" for the Lanor label of Church Point, Louisiana.

Personnel
According to Ian MacDonald:

 * Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass
 * John Lennon – backing vocals, piano
 * George Harrison – backing vocals, electric guitar
 * Ringo Starr – drums

However, the book accompanying the 2019 box set Abbey Road: Super Deluxe Version lists an alternative line-up:

 * Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, piano
 * John Lennon – backing vocals, guitar
 * George Harrison – backing vocals, bass
 * Ringo Starr – drums

Robin Gibb, Bee Gees version
In 1978, "Oh! Darling" was released on the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band soundtrack. It was also released as Robin Gibb's fourth solo single. It reached number 15 on the Billboard pop chart and number 22 in the US Adult Contemporary Charts on 7 October 1978. It was Gibb's highest charting single in the United States.

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Subdivisions of Spain:
 * 1st tier: Autonomous communities
 * 2nd tier: Provinces, autonomous cities, islands and Comarcas
 * 3rd tier: Municipalities

No legal distinction is made between cities and towns: they are all classified as municipalities.

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Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge is a 15988 acres National Wildlife Refuge located adjacent to Denver and Commerce City, Colorado, in the United States. It is approximately 8 mi northeast of downtown Denver. The refuge is on the grounds of the former Rocky Mountain Arsenal, a United States Army chemical weapons manufacturing facility. The site was designated a national wildlife refuge in 1992 by the United States Congress, and underwent a costly environmental cleanup in order to remove pollutants. The refuge is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. More than 330 species of wildlife inhabit the refuge, including raptors, deer, raccoons, coyotes, white pelicans, black-footed ferrets, black-tailed prairie dogs, and bison.

Previous uses
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal (RMA) was built in 1942 to manufacture chemical weapons. A portion of the site was leased to private industry in 1946 for petroleum production and agricultural and industrial chemical manufacturing. When the American chemical weapons program was shut down after the Vietnam War, the RMA served as a site for dismantling and disposing of these weapons. The Shell Oil Company also used a portion of the site in the 1980s to produce pesticides. The RMA was closed in 1985, and in 1987 environmental testing revealed that the site was extremely polluted. The RMA was listed on the National Priorities List, a list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial action (cleanup) financed under the federal Superfund program run by the Environmental Protection Agency.

In 1986, while environmental testing was continuing, a winter communal roost of bald eagles, then an endangered species, was discovered at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Additional investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) discovered that the RMA was home more than 330 species of wildlife. With the arsenal not fit for human habitation, pressure quickly built to have it turned into a wildlife refuge. Congress enacted the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Act on September 25, 1992, and the legislation was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on October 9. The law stipulated that a majority of the RMA site would become a national wildlife refuge under the jurisdiction of the Fish and Wildlife Service once the environmental restoration is completed. The Act also provided that, to the extent possible, the RMA was to be managed as a wildlife refuge in the interim.

At the time the refuge was established, the RMA consisted of more than 17000 acres of grassland dotted with small manmade lakes and ponds. Not all of this land was set aside for the refuge. Section 2(c)(2) of the enabling legislation set aside 12.08 acre for use as the South Adams County Water Treatment Plant and 63.04 acre for a United States Postal Service facility. Section 5(a)(1) of the act designated another 815 acre for public sale. The former Shell Oil Company land also proved to be a problem, as it was somewhat geographically isolated from the rest of the refuge and not likely to be used by wildlife as habitat. Subsequently, about 100 acre of the Shell Oil site was sold to Commerce City in 2010. Of the remaining 250 acre of the Shell site, 100 acre are (as of 2013) being used for a water treatment facility and another 150 acre for domestic livestock grazing. The USFWS anticipates selling these 250 acre by 2023. These land set-asides, sales, and transfers left the refuge with 15988 acres of land.

History
The entire 17000 acre of the old RMA was included in the remediation effort. On January 21, 2003, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certified 940 acre as ready for use, and this acreage was turned over to the USFWS. Another 5053 acre were certified clean on January 15, 2004. This allowed USWFS to formally open the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge on April 2, 2004. At that time, walking trails gave guests access to about 2000 acre of the refuge, and buses allowed visitors to tour another 3000 acre. EPA released another 7399 acre on July 31, 2006. The remaining 2596 acre were declared contaminant-free and turned over to the refuge on October 15, 2010. The total cost of the cleanup was $2.1 billion.

Sixteen American bison were brought from the National Bison Range in Montana to an enclosed 1400 acres section of the refuge in March 2007 as part of the USFWS Pilot Bison Project. The number of bison reached 87 in 2013, forcing the USFWS to reduce the herd to just 60 animals as the limited acreage could not support so many animals. USFWS officials said that in a few years they would expand the bison acreage to 12000 acres, which would allow the herd to expand to an anticipated 210 animals.

The conservation of bison is an ongoing, diverse effort to bring bison back from the brink of extinction. The 2020 Bison Conservation Initiative by the Department of the Interior has five central goals: wild, healthy bison herds; genetic conservation; shared stewardship; ecological restoration; and cultural restoration. It strengthened mechanisms for delivery of bison to Native American tribes from federal herds. Excess bison from 2021 roundup were donated to the Wolakota Buffalo Range and for the first time Indigenous peoples joined refuge staff for the roundup. Six yearling female bison were also transferred from the Refuge to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, where National Park Service experts will study the extent to which translocated animals integrate into established herds.

The refuge's Visitor Center opened on May 21, 2011. About two-thirds of the refuge consists of mixed-grass and shortgrass prairie, while the remainder is a mix of forest, shrubland, and lakes, streams, and riparian areas. A large number of man-made features dot the landscape, including irrigation ditches, lakes and ponds, and former homesteads. Beginning in 2011, the USFWS began implementing a plan to remove invasive plant species and restore native plants on most of the refuge. As of 2013, the USFWS had identified 332 species of wildlife on the refuge. Most of these species exist only in very low numbers.

Management
All land included in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge was turned over to the Department of the Interior with management of the refuge being the responsibility of both the USFWS and the U.S. Army. Some land may still contain chemical weapons devices (such as unexploded projectiles or buried equipment) and cannot safely be integrated into the wildlife refuge, so the Fish & Wildlife Service manages 14904 acre of land. The remainder of the property (1084 acre) is managed by the U.S. Army. The USFWS and Army signed an inter-agency agreement to cooperate in the management of the Army land according to UWFWS principles.

A Comprehensive Management Plan for the refuge was finalized in June 1996. Under the plan, the refuge is available for public use, and community outreach and educational programs will be implemented to encourage public use.

A record 950,000 people visited the refuge in 2023. Refuge officials say they expect visitation to top one million annually once visitor facilities, outreach plans, and a wildlife management plan are completely in place.


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Nyahururu

Nyahururu (formerly known as Thomson Falls) is a town in Kenya, lying north east of Nakuru. The town derives its name from the Maasai word e-naiwurruwurr, meaning waterfall and/or windy or place of storms. It is allegedly located in Laikipia County. Despite this, Nyahururu formerly functioned as the administrative capital of Nyandarua District, before it became a county, until the headquarters was shifted to Ol Kalou. There have been calls for a reversal. The town has an urban population of 36,450. The town still continues to be a central economic power of the immediate former district of Nyandarua. For that reason, the town has strong economic ties to the two counties.

History
Nyahururu was founded as Thomson's Falls, being named after the 74 m high Thomson's Falls on Ewaso Narok river, a tributary of the Ewaso Nyiro River, which drains from the Aberdare mountain ranges. It is on the Junction of Ol Kalou-Rumuruti road and the Nyeri-Nakuru road. Settlers were more interested in the rich lands of the neighboring environments. Lord Maurice Egerton had the largest allocation of land neighboring the town. The town grew around a railway from Gilgil opened in 1929 (now effectively abandoned). The town was once an important player in the timber milling industry, and the now defunct National Pencil Company had a factory there. It is also an important milk processing hub.

Economy and people
The region around Nyahururu is mainly agricultural. To the North, Ol Ngarua is famous for its maize, while Shamata to the south is a major producer of potatoes. Lately, flower farming has brought new life to Nyahururu. Suera Flowers is a pioneer in this venture. The cool temperate weather, land availability and cheap labor may be some of the attractions to flower farming.

The town is also a commercial centre. It has many supermarkets such as Spears and Mugo supermarkets. Large banks in Kenya also have their branches situated in the town. Some of the banks in Nyahururu town are Barclays Bank, Equity, Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), Cooperative Bank, Family Bank, Faulu Kenya and Kenya Women Microfinance Bank Limited.

The town has a number of hotels, including The Panari Resort, Eastwards Hotel, Kawa Falls Hotel, Laikipia Comfort Hotel, and Thompson Falls Lodge Hotel.

The town heavily relies on the transport industry. There are major highways linking the town to cities such as Nairobi, Nakuru and Nyeri. Most of these roads are now in good condition, and properly paved.

Nyahururu is also frequented by marathon and cross-country runners for practicing before major events due to its high altitude.

Samuel Wanjiru, the Olympic Marathon Record holder and the first Kenyan to win the Marathon at the Olympics, called Nyahururu home until his death on May 16, 2011. Other notables from Nyahururu are Bedan Karoki, John Ngugi and Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki.

Education
Laikipia University has two campuses, one in Nakuru, and the other on the outskirts of Nyahururu town. It also has several highly sought-after private schools. Some of the large private schools within Nyahururu Town are Nyahururu Highway Schools, Busara Forest View Academy and Nyahururu Elite Schools. Large public schools include Nyandarua Boarding Primary School, District Education Board, Bishop Louis Ngarenarok, Ndururumo High School, Nyahururu Boys High School, and Ndururi High School.

The Pan African School of Theology, an evangelical theological college founded in 2006, is located near the town. Another Bible school is the Emmanuel Bible Institute. The Institute offers diplomas and certificates in theology.

Religion
Nyahururu is predominantly Christian, with Catholic and Protestant churches. Redeemed Gospel Church is one of the major Pentecostal Churches with its Regional Headquarters in town and many other branches in the outskirts.

Incidents
In 2010, Nyahururu was the site of an internationally reported incident in which police rescued a woman who was under threat of lynching after she shoplifted two Bibles from a supermarket.

In September, 2008, residents of the town were shocked to see a blanket of hail resembling snow covering their land following a thunderstorm. "I have not seen such a thing ever since I was born," said one surprised resident of Nyahururu. Cold weather kept the hailstones from melting quickly, as hail usually does in western Kenya.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Geckle/Temp

 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. JeremyA 04:54, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Richard Geckle/Temp
Vanity is not a speedy delete criterion. But it works here. Denni ☯ 02:56, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)
 * Delete -- What's not to love? He's in it for the "move of teaching" people. Still, not encyclopedic. --Tysto 03:38, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)
 * 53% of the community agreed that vanity is a speedy delete criterion, I believe. I always speedy these type of pages. Delete -- Barfooz  (talk)  03:52, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I think you ought to review the speedy delete criteria then. Vanity is clearly (and unfortunately) not one of them. I would also like to know the source of your "53%" comment. Denni ☯ 23:58, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)
 * Delete this and also the parent Richard Geckle (VfD) which is also in copyvio processing, so no need to actually vote twice. Patent vanity, not notable, could be seen as libel/attack page. I wonder how Barfooz speedies vanity pages given he does not have access to the delete button, but I like his reasoning in the above comment. jni 06:57, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity. JamesBurns 09:28, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. same as above. 216.158.31.195 17:13, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Stadion (state)

Stadion was a small state of the Holy Roman Empire, located around Thannhausen in the present-day Bavarian administrative region of Swabia, Germany.

History
According to the legend this Swabian Stadion dynasty was first mentioned in the area of Oberstadion in 1197 when "Heinricus de Lapide" was mentioned as descendant of Lords of Stein who have similar coat of arms as those of Stadion family. However, the first certain documented ancestor of the family can be traced back to the knight "Waltherus de Stadegun" who was mentioned first on 13 May in 1270. His descendants later built the castle in Oberstadion which served as the family seat and bears the name after the family which built it.

Titles and status
Johann Philipp of Stadion (1652–1741), high steward of the archbishops of Mainz, was elevated to the rank of a Freiherr (Baron) in 1686. In 1705, he acquired the immediate lordship of Thannhausen and thereby was raised to a Count of the Holy Roman Empire. Upon his death in 1741, the estates were partitioned between the lines of Stadion-Thannhausen and Stadion-Warthausen. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, their immediate territories lost its sovereignty. Stadion-Thannhausen became mediatized by the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 and Stadion-Warthausen was mediatised to Austria and Württemberg in 1806. After that, as all other German mediatized houses, they kept some of its privileges, among most important ones being their equal status to all reigning families for marriage purposes. At the beginning of the 20th century, Stadions became extinct upon the death of the last male representative, Count Philipp Franz Joseph von Stadion-Thannhausen (1847-1908).

Lords of Stadion (c. 1200–1686)

 * Walter I (died c. 1230)
 * Walter II (died c. 1260) with...
 * Louis I (died c. 1260)
 * Louis II (died 1328) with...
 * Conrad (died 1309)
 * Walter III (died 1352)
 * Louis III (died 1364)
 * Eitel (1364–1392)
 * Conrad I (1392–1439)
 * Walter (1439–1457) with...
 * Pancratius (1439–1479)
 * Nicholas (1479–1507)
 * John (1507–1530)
 * John Ulrich (1530–1600)
 * John Christopher II (1600–1629)
 * John Christopher III (1629–1666)
 * John Philip (1666–1741), Baron from 1686, Count from 1705

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Talk:FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005

...this appears to be just the British list. Angelina Jolie was the worldwide winner - every country had a different list. AlbinoMonkey (Talk) 02:56, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

101?
So why are there 101 in the list? 81.159.6.49 17:54, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Seems to have gone up to 102 now!! ChrisTheDude 22:03, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Referring to the Olsen twins sharing a single entry? That makes 101, don't see another pair, though... Lurlock 18:36, 23 April 2006 (UTC)


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Kiwi FM

Kiwi FM (formerly Channel Z) was a New Zealand alternative music radio network. From 1996 to 2005, as Channel Z, it broadcast alternative and local music for a youth-oriented market. From 2005 to 2015, as Kiwi FM, it broadcast predominantly New Zealand independent music, to showcase local music across a wide range of genres and enable greater access to an international market for local contemporary artists. The station broadcast in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch on FM frequencies and globally through an internet stream. During its later years it operated as a non-profit subsidiary of MediaWorks New Zealand, and was affiliated with XFM and Triple J.

Channel Z
Channel Z began as a modern rock and alternative rock radio station with a youth to adult demographic in Wellington from 19 August 1996, expanding to Auckland in 1997 and Christchurch in 1999. Channel Z was named after The B-52's song of the same name, and played a vital role in lynchpinning alternative NZ and international artists other stations claimed were too "dangerous" to play. John Diver was the station's first programme director and Martin Devlin, John Diver, James Coleman, and Olivia Sinclair-Thomson were among the station's earliest presenters. The station was part of the More FM group of stations. The group in turn became part of CanWest-owned Global Radio, which later became RadioWorks.

In 1998, longtime presenter Pheobe Spiers and breakfast hosts Jon Bridges and Nathan Rarere joined the station. In 1999, under network programme director Roger Clamp and Global Radio chief executive Brent Impey, the station changed to a less alternative format. Former programme director John Diver and fellow DJ Olivia Sinclair-Thomson resigned in protest. It received a mixed response from listeners. The network expanded to Christchurch in August 1999, with Willy Macalister presenting a local daytime show and Melanie Wise presenting a night show alongside the national network programme. The new station was launched with a concert featuring Stellar*, Living End, Zed and Tadpole.

In 2001, local shows in Wellington and Christchurch were abolished in favour of networked programming, Jon and Nathan's breakfast show was replaced with a James Coleman breakfast show, and Bomber and Clarke Gayford moved from Nights to Drive. The station's frequencies were reallocated from 94.2 to 93.8 in Auckland and 91.7 to 94.7 in Wellington, while it remained on 99.3 in Christchurch. In 2003, the station's breakfast show was cancelled. The 94.2 frequency in Auckland was used to launch The Edge and Channel Z was moved to a lower powered 93.8 frequency. The station's ratings fell, but improved when the transmitter was relocated to the Sky Tower from its previous position on Waiheke Island and gained a higher-powered frequency.

Channel Z released four compilation albums based on listener polls and staff selections: Channel Z: the Best of Volume One, Channel Z: Up Loud!, Channel Z: the Best of Volume Two, and Channel Z: the Best of Volume Three. It also released a compilation of live recordings, Coleman Sessions: recorded live at York Street. All the compilations featured New Zealand bands.

Kiwi FM
The station Kiwi FM was launched on Waitangi Day, 6 February 2005 and was opened with a speech by then-Prime Minister Helen Clark. It was created to replace alternative station Channel Z which had failed to deliver on its ratings.

The initial station ran for around a year and was re-branded in July 2006 when legendary New Zealand music journalist Karyn Hay stepped in as General Manager with Andrew Fagan as music director. On 1 May 2006, the New Zealand Government granted Kiwi FM access to new FM frequencies, under an agreement that kept the 100-percent Kiwi music station on the airwaves. Then broadcasting minister Steve Maharey said the station had been granted the use of three FM frequencies for an initial period of one year, during which time it would work towards becoming a not-for-profit organisation. As part of the agreement to use the frequencies, the station's brief was to be to significantly expand its content to include a greater range of New Zealand music.

The new organizational structure for Kiwi FM was rather unusual: it was set up as a partnership between Government Ministries for Broadcasting and Economic Development and listed media company MediaWorks. The new network was implemented in less than three months, launching on 17 July 2006 with a number of respected staff members - including Opshop frontman Jason Kerrison, the Twitch lead vocalist Fleur Jack, former student radio breakfast hosts Wallace Chapman and Glenn 'Wammo' Williams, actress Danielle Cormack, Blindspott frontman Damian Alexander, The Bads' vocalist Dianne Swann, and former Mockers and Lig frontman Andrew Fagan.

In February 2012 Kiwi FM changed their playlist to play 40% international artists while still playing 60% New Zealand artists. The international artists include alternative artists that don't normally get airplay on commercial radio, similar to the New Zealand music already played. On Friday 20 March 2015 MediaWorks announced the decision to shut down Kiwi FM on midnight 31 March, with parent company MediaWorks New Zealand choosing to focus instead on "dance music and hip hop".

Channel Z revival attempts
An online petition and forum to bring back the Channel Z format, called Bring Back Channel Z, ran for about a year. The campaign was featured in Rip It Up, with a letter from petition co-founder Jonathon Kerkhofs. The magazine was largely skeptical of the potential success of the website giving it as much chance of success as "a Pop Idol winner has at a second album deal". In the same issue Bradbury, who was at the time editor of Rip it Up, cited the need for a station such as channel Z to support the New Zealand music industry. He claimed "Channel Z served an important role between the Student Radio Network and the commercial stations" and that with it gone "New Zealand music is going to find it a much harder place to get heard". The petition has attracted over 1400 signatures, far short of its goal of 10,000.

On Monday 18 January 2010 a version of the Channel Z format was brought back on radio station The Rock. From 7PM to 10PM The Rock aired Channel Z Nights based on the modern rock format similar to that of Channel Z in the early 2000s. The show failed mostly due to the music being similar to the rest of the days music played on The Rock, and not adhering to Channel Z format. The show was canned a week before Christmas the same year. Both The Rock and Channel Z had come under the same ownership in 2001 when Channel Z owner Canwest purchased RadioWorks with all stations eventually falling under the same management umbrella.

Modern day Channel X (New Zealand radio station) plays similar music to what was previously played on Channel Z, playing much of the alternative music originally played on the station.

Other Kiwi FMs
In 1988 in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty a local station called 898 FM was renamed to Kiwi FM broadcasting on 89.8 FM. The Kiwi FM station played Hit Music similar to Magic 91FM in Auckland and ZM. In 1993 Kiwi FM was rebranded as The Breeze but this station was completely separate to the current The Breeze station both in the Waikato and even the original The Breeze station in Wellington, a similar station was launched in Auckland replacing Magic 91FM. In 1997 this frequency was taken over by The Radio Network and used to launch ZM into the Waikato and Bay of Plenty.

In Te Puke a local station called 92.9 Kiwi FM and then for a short period known as Kiwi 89FM operated. This station was independently owned and operated by Whakatane-based station One Double X - 1XX from September 2001 to May 2011.

As Channel Z
The Dick 84 Brekkie with Nathan Rarere and Jon Bridges took the breakfast slot from 1998 to early 2003, while James Coleman hosted the Coleman Breakfast Programme from 2003 until the station closed in early 2005. Local programming played during the daytime slot, until a nationwide day show with Phoebe Spiers was launched in mid-2001.

The James Coleman Radio Programme played on weekday afternoons and in particular featuring a regular segment where, live on air, Coleman would telephone an elevator in central Wellington, and pretend to be a representative from Schindler's Lifts (an elevator service company), usually causing confusion for the elevator users. Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury and Clarke Gayford hosted a syndicated night show in 2001 and 2002, replaced Coleman in the drive show in 2003.

Other local and specialist programming aired during night and weekend slots. Riot!, a punk show, aimed to break through new punk/alternative punk acts from overseas and New Zealand. Talkback with Bomber, a left-leaning youth-oriented Sunday night talkback show with Martyn Bradbury, was broadcast for most of Channel Z's life. Comedian, musician and Flight of the Conchords band member Jemaine Clement worked for the station in the late 1990s, and won New Zealand Radio Awards for his work.

As Kiwi FM
Until its closure, Kiwi FM used digital media to archive and catalogue shows for international audiences.

Former presenters include Opshop frontman Jason Kerrison, The Twitch lead vocalist Fleur Jack, former student radio breakfast hosts Wallace Chapman and Glenn 'Wammo' Williams, actress Danielle Cormack, Blindspott frontman Damian Alexander, The Bads vocalist Dianne Swann, former The Mockers frontman Andrew Fagan, Karyn Hay, Goodshirt frontman Rodney Fisher, Angelina Boyd, Sam Collins, Mikee Tucker, Phoebe Spiers, Nathan Muller, Charlotte Ryan, Dylan Cherry and Dan Clist.

Flagship specialist shows included: The Lounge, A Kiwi Abroad, Voices from the Wilderness, High Noon Tea, The New Zealand Electronic Show, Songs From The Backyard, Resurrection Selection and many more over Kiwi FM's lifetime devoted to showcasing certain aspects of Kiwi music and culture.

The last song played on Kiwi FM was Chris Knox's Not Given Lightly.

Broadcasting
Before its closure, Kiwi FM broadcast on FM frequencies in New Zealand's three major centres. These were given back to the Government when the network closed.

 * Auckland - Sky Tower 102.2 FM
 * Wellington - Fitzherbert Kaukau 102.1 FM
 * Christchurch - Sugarloaf 102.5 FM

Albums
=== Channel Z: the Best of Volume One === Shihad (briefly known as Pacifier) was featured on four of the five Channel Z compilation albums. Channel Z: the Best of Volume One was a compilation of popular tracks in 2000. The first CD included "Change (In the House of Flies)" by Deftones, "Last Resort" by Papa Roach, "Heaven Is a Halfpipe" by OPM, "Generator" by Foo Fighters, "Alright" by Tadpole, "Sucker" by 28 Days, "99 Red Balloons" by Goldfinger, "Calling On" by Weta, "Mudshovel" by Staind, "Southtown" by P.O.D., "Please Bleed" by Ben Harper, "Johnny" by Salmonella Dub, "Freshmint!" by Regurgitator, "Green" by Goodshirt, "Now" by Fur Patrol, "Comfortably Shagged" by HLAH, "American Bad Ass" by Kid Rock, and "Bodyrock" by Moby.

The second CD includes "Make Me Bad" by Korn, "Pardon Me" by Incubus, "Pacifier" by Shihad, "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit, "Penguins & Polarbears" by Millencolin, "Bullet in my Hand" by Slim, "Mary" by Supergrass, "Empty Head" by Betchadupa, "Baggy Trousers" by Dark Tower, "What You Do (Bastard)" by Stellar*, "The Best Things" by Filter, "Waffle" by Sevendust, "I'm with Stupid" by Static-X, "Who am I" by Wash, "Super Breakdown" by Sprung Monkey, "Ready 1" by Grinspoon, "Out of Control" by the Chemical Brothers, and "Build It Up, Tear It Down" by Fatboy Slim.

Channel Z: Up Loud!
Channel Z: Up Loud! is a compilation album released in 2001. The main disc included "Flavour of the Weak" by American Hi-Fi, "Your Disease" by Saliva, "Fat Lip" by Sum 41, "My Generation" by Limp Bizkit, "Man Overboard" by Blink 182, "Good Fortune" by PJ Harvey, "My Happiness" by Powderfinger, "Hanging By a Moment" by Lifehouse, "Duck and Run" by 3 Doors Down, "Counting The Days" By Goldfinger, "Between Angels and Insects" by Papa Roach, "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" by Queens of the Stoneage, "Hit or Miss" by New Found Glory and "Movies" by Alien Ant Farm. New Zealand tracks include "Funny Boy" by Rubicon, "Labourer" by Marystaple, "Blowing Dirt" by Goodshirt and "Drivers Side" by Zed.

The album included a bonus disc, featuring "What a Day" by Nonpoint, "Wrecking Ball" by Creeper Lagoon, "Sometimes" by Ours, "No One" by Cold, "Slow" by Professional Murder Music, and "Low" by New Zealand band Slim.

Channel Z: the Best of Volume Two
Channel Z: the Best of Volume Two was a compilation of listener favourites in 2001. New Zealand tracks included "Just Like Everybody Else" by Shihad, "Push on Thru" by Salmonella Dub, "Bruce" by Rubicon, "King Kong" by Voom, "Streets Don't Close" by Sommerset, "Real World" by Slim, "Nil By Mouth" by Blindspott, "Astronaut" by The Feelers, "Better Days 2001 Remix" by Tadpole, "Snapshot" by Weta, "Andrew" by Fur Patrol, "Blowing Dirt" by Goodshirt, and "Awake" by Betchadupa.

The first CD also included "Papercut" by Linkin Park, "Alive" with P.O.D., "Back to School" by Deftones, "Drive" by Incubus, "Waiting" by Green Day, "What's That You Say" by Sprung Monkey, "Hash Pipe" by Weezer, "Promise" by Eve 6, "Bohemian Like You" by The Dandy Warhols, "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus, and "Fat Cop" by Regurgitator. The second CD also included "Bodies" by Drowning Pool, "Speed Kills" by Bush, "Sometimes" by Ash, "When It's Over" by Sugar Ray, "Crystal" by New Order, "Hollywood Bitch" by Stone Temple Pilots, "Control" by Puddle of Mudd, "Rip It Up" by 28 Days, and "Gravity" by The Superjesus.

Channel Z: the Best of Volume Three
P.O.D. featured on three of the five Channel Z compilation albums. Channel Z: the Best of Volume Three was another CD of listener favourites, compiled in 2003. The first disc contained "Pts.OF.Athrty" by Linkin Park, "Boom" by P.O.D., "Prayer" by Disturbed, "Chemical Heart" by Grinspoon, "Envy" by Ash, "The Taste of Ink" by The Used, "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" by Bowling For Soup, "I'd Do Anything" by Simple Plan, "Cosmopolitan Blood Loss" by Glassjaw, "Rock Star" by N.E.R.D. and "Carry on" by Motor Ace. The disc featured New Zealand tracks "Comfort me" by Pacifier, "Pitiful" by Blindside, "Green" by Goodshirt and "Drop D" by Betchadupa.

The second disc included "Running Away" by Hoobastank, "Where Do We Go from Here" by Filter, "Hate to Say I Told You So" by The Hives, "Alright Alright (Here's My Fist Where's the Fight?)" by Sahara Hotnights, "Poem" by Taproot, "The Energy" by Audiovent, "Up All Night" by Unwritten Law, "Walk Away" by Epidemic, "Long Grass" by Pan Am, "For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)" by Pete Yorn, and "60 Miles an Hour" by New Order. Featured New Zealand tracks included "Room to Breathe" by Blindspott, "Exit to the City" by The D4, "Sing the Night Away" by Steriogram, and "Condition Chronic" by Tadpole.

Coleman Sessions: recorded live at York Street
Coleman Sessions : recorded live at York Street was a compilation of live on-air performances by New Zealand bands, recorded at York Street Studio in Auckland CBD and released in 2003. It included "Run" by Pacifier, "The Xpedition" by P-Money, "Green" by Goodshirt, "Long Grass" by Pan Am, "Nothing New" by Tadpole, "Nirvana" by Elemeno P, "Clutter" by Sommerset, "Shift" by Eight, "Probably Feel Alright" by Splitter, "Enemy" by Jester, "Astronaut" by The Feelers, "Ain't That Bad" by Cassette, "Stick With It" by Pluto, "Staring at the Ocean" by Heavy Jones Trio, "Describing Song" by Goldenhorse, "Beaten Again" by Pine, and "Coming Back Home" by The Black Seeds.

New Zealand Herald writer Russell Baillie described the album as a mix of "established names", "up and comers" and "unfamiliar gems". He said he was disappointed Pacifier was the only band who tried an acoustic performance and new ways to perform their material. He wrote that James Coleman, then "one of the towering talents on TV3's The Panel", could be heard on the album as "he drapes himself about the place in the artwork". SmokeCDS reviewers Brent Gleave and Shaun Peyman said "as live recordings, the album works well, with good sound quality yet retaining the raw clarity and immediacy of live performance".

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Amped 2

Amped 2 is a sequel to Microsoft's snowboarding game Amped, which was an Xbox launch title. The game was introduced as part of the XSN Sports lineup, which included such games as NFL Fever 2004, Links 2004, NBA Inside Drive 2004, NHL Rivals 2004, Top Spin and RalliSport Challenge 2. A sequel, Amped 3, was released in 2005.

Career Mode
The career mode in Amped 2 is much like other extreme sport games such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater in which each level has goals for the player to complete. Each level or mountain has a high score and media score to break, which entails accumulating the most points in one run of the mountain and performing tricks for photographers or the media who are scattered throughout the mountain. The player must also find eight snowmen on each run as well as complete five tricks and gap locations that earn the player skill points. Skill points are used to upgrade stats such as "spin/flip", "big air", "ollie", "balance", and "switch".

In addition to these challenges, as the player progress through their career, they will be invited to events in which they compete for a top three finish which yields both fame and skill points. As the player's fame rises they gain different titles which are (from lowest to highest): "Local Rider", "Shop Rider", "Pro", "Superstar", and "#1". Once the player reaches number one in the world they are able to become a legend by completing each legend challenge on each mountain.

In addition to snowboarding, the player has the opportunity to snow skate. Snow skate adds different gameplay elements to the game which is more representative of skateboarding than snowboarding.

A character's physical features, such as clothing, goggles, and boots, can be edited.

Tricks and game points
Amped 2 features 14 top snowboarding pros, including Jeremy Jones, Mikey LeBlanc, Travis Parker, Torah Bright and Janna Meyen.

The game provides a wide variety of performable tricks. There are also point multipliers which increase points when performing a difficult or stylish move.

General tricks include spins, flips, off-axes, butters, jibs, railslides, ollies, jumps, grabs, lip tricks, and tweaks. The player can also perform "combos". For example, a multiple flip + a 360 spin. Grabs can be achieved while airborne by moving the right thumbstick in any direction.

Additionally, the player can perform "style moves", which adds extra points and point multipliers to increase the player's score.

Multiplayer
Amped 2 supports up to eight players on System Link or Xbox Live and allows split-screen on both.

On Xbox Live there were five different game types such as, "Just Ride", "Trick Race", "High Score", "Best Trick", and "King of the Mountain".

There are seven different courses which include, Breckenridge, Bear Mountain, Mount Hood, Laax, Mount Buller, Millicent, and New Zealand, and each course has at least two different drop points.

Amped 2's multiplayer on Xbox Live brought a number of new features not seen in any other on-line game at the time. For instance, it was the first game on Xbox Live to integrate a player's career mode character to that of their Xbox Live character. During career mode, as the player completes tasks, they gain skill points which increase their character's abilities. This then translates to the player's Xbox Live character, therefore, giving individuals who have completed the career mode an advantage over those who have not.

Many Xbox Live titles had a single host who controls the game options, but if that player were to quit their session, the entire game session would expire. However, in Amped 2, the host can choose to have either the winner, loser, or a random player of a session select the options for the following game. Also, if the host quits, the player with the next best connection gains hosting abilities rather than ending the game session.

Soundtrack
Amped 2 has an abundant soundtrack of over 300 songs, including various underground and indie groups such as Hudson River School, Time Spent Driving, Acumen Nation, and The Peripheral Visionaries. In addition to the in-game soundtrack, players can choose to use custom soundtracks as well.

Reception
The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. IGN said that "if you're a fan of the original Amped, then you should feel right at home with this game", praising the game's presentation, graphics, sound and lasting appeal, but stating that while they liked the gameplay, there was still room for improvement. In Japan, where the game was ported for release as Tenku 2 (天空 2), Famitsu gave it a score of all four eights for a total of 32 out of 40.

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Evil Woman (Crow song)

"Evil Woman", sometimes titled "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games with Me)", is a song by Minneapolis–St. Paul–based band Crow, on their 1969 album Crow Music. It reached number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 pop chart and number 65 in Australia.

Black Sabbath version
The song was covered in 1969 by Black Sabbath and was released in England as the band's first single. The song also appeared on the European version of the band's debut album, Black Sabbath, though it was excluded from versions released in other markets and was replaced by its B-side, "Wicked World", on the American version of the album.

The song was not officially released in North America until 2002, when it was included on the compilation album Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978. It was later included on another compilation album, "Black Sabbath: The Ultimate Collection", released in 2016.

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Coast (radio station)

Coast is a New Zealand radio network playing a mix of "feel good" hits predominantly from the 1970s and 1980s. The network includes stations in 21 major cities and provincial centres broadcasting from studios in central Auckland, owned and operated by New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME).

The Coast network reaches an estimated 315,100 listeners each week. Its format is smooth, with short hourly news bulletins, succinct voice breaks, minimal ad breaks and limited clutter. Its target listener is 40 to 64 years old; has reached their highest-earning potential, owns their own home and spends disposable income on luxury items and travel. The audience is almost equally male and female, with a 52% female skew.

Coast format was launched 26 April 2004.

Early years
Coast originally started in Hawke's Bay in 2002, as a local station. The history of this station dates back to 1995 as The Wireless Station broadcasting on 1530 AM and playing music from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. The Wireless Station was started/operated by The Wireless Station Ltd for three years from November 1995 and was then leased or sold to Hawke's Bay Media Group in 1998 and re-branded as Goodtime Gold, playing music from the 1960s and 1970s. In 1999 it was renamed simply Gold 1530.

Gold 1530 was leased (or sold) to The Radio Network in 2000 and was re-branded as Jammin' Oldies 1530 AM or JO 1530 in June 2000. In 2002 the station became the very first station under the Coast brand name and in 2004 Coast began producing their programme from Auckland networked back to Hawke's Bay on 1530 AM (then on 1584 AM from 2011), and later to the rest of New Zealand.

Relaunch
The final re-branding of the station was to the current name Coast 1530. In 2004 the station became voice tracked from Auckland in preparation for its launch in the Auckland market on 26 April 2004. The network expanded beyond Auckland and Hawke's Bay to other markets later in the year. Initially, the playlist consisted of music from the 50s, 60s and 70s, with a very small portion from the late 40s.

The network rose to third place in the Auckland radio survey ratings in 2006, just two years after it began. Then programme director Mike Regal credited the station's success to serving the baby boomer gap in the market that had previously been ignored by marketers, advertisers and media companies. He said the station was a fine balancing act between being neither a station for the young or a station for seniors. "We don't want to be too cool and hip with it and risk alienating people, but on the other side we didn't want to sound too old either," he told the New Zealand Herald.

Recent years
In the current radio survey results Coast has 100,000 listeners in Auckland each week and a 5.1% market share, making it the sixth highest-rating radio stations in the highly competitive Auckland radio market.

By 2014 most of the older playlist (pre-1960) had been dropped, and at times more recent artists could be heard, including Adele, as the station moved to a more Classic Hits-type format.

Coast is now a complete FM network after migrating to FM in late 2018 and early 2019 in a number of markets where coverage had previously on been only available on AM - including Hawke's Bay, Whangarei, and Taranaki.

In 2011 the original 1530 AM frequency leased by The Radio Network and used to start the first Coast Station in Hawke's Bay was returned to its original owners.

Coast Breakfast
Coast's Feel Good Breakfast hosted by Toni Street, Jason Reeves and Sam Wallace was launched in May 2020. In January 2021 the show was introduced in Tauranga, Coromandel and Thames, replacing a local breakfast show hosted by Bay of Plenty identity Brian Kelly, the former host of the Coast network breakfast show. The change was made with the move of Kelly to host of GOLD SPORT's breakfast show.

The station's foundation breakfast host was well-known veteran announcer Mike Oliver, who left in early 2011 before passing away from illness in 2014. Oliver had previously worked as a host on Radio Liberty and a voice over artist on Prime TV.

For a period, Hāwera had its own local breakfast show called The 1557 Breakfast. This show was originally aired on Newstalk ZB in the Hāwera region when Newstalk ZB used the 1557 AM frequency. After Newstalk ZB in Hāwera changed to frequency 1278 AM, the show was dropped and replaced with the Auckland-based programme, but it was later picked up by Coast. The 1557 AM frequency in Hāwera has since been reassigned to Hokonui.

Other programmes
Lorna Riley has hosted the weekday time slot on Coast since 2015. The former Easy Mix breakfast host also served as a traffic presenter for Newstalk ZB During more than 25 years in the media industry, she has appeared on Shortland Street and Interrogation and a host of advertisements and advertorials like Family Health Diary. Founding daytime host Jacqui Taite left the station at the end of 2011. Gael Ludlow filled the role in 2012 and Murray Lindsay hosted in 2013. During 2014, the station ran with a day show hosted by Nik Brown.

Coast's Feel Good Drive Home, the afternoon show on Coast, is currently hosted by Jon Dunstan who took over from Jason "JT" Tikao and Mel Homer during 2020. JT and Mel took over in January 2018 when Jason Reeves moved to Coast Breakfast. Reeves replaced Murray Lindsay, formerly the long-running day time host of Classic Hits. Drive has also been hosted by Rick Morin until 2012. During 2013 Southland radio identity John "Boggy" McDowell hosted the drive show after a 33-year stint as host of Southland's Classic Hits 4ZA since 1979. The move had been prompted by a desire for more leisurely mornings and the chance to broadcast to a national audience. He told The Southland Times certain things had "fallen into place that made it a perfect time to move to a new time slot". However, despite dropping his Southland nickname "Boggy", McDowell was moved to Gore's Hokonui radio station in 2014, swapping places with Nik Brown.

Jason "JT" Tikao now hosts Coast's Night Show between 7pm - 12 midnight. Before 2013 the night programme was automated.

Coast weekend programming includes Club Coast on Saturday evenings from 6pm until 2am Sunday morning. Club Coast is a blend of party hits. Double Shot Sundays feature two songs in a row from the same artist. This feature runs every Sunday from 6am until 12 midnight.

Regular weekend hosts include Grant Kereama (former ZM Morning Crew host), James Daniels (also heard on Newstalk ZB weekday afternoons with Simon Barnett), Hamish Denton, Brendon Weatherley and Darren Mills.

Stations
Coast's station group has expanded rapidly since its Auckland launch in 2004. It was initially introduced in coastal markets before being introduced provincial inland markets like Rotorua in 2008.

Frequencies

 * Doubtless Bay - 105.9
 * Kaitaia - 96.4 FM
 * Kaikohe - 96.4 FM
 * Russell - 89.6 FM
 * Whangārei - 96.4 FM/900 AM
 * Auckland - 98.2 FM
 * Hamilton 105.0 FM
 * Whangamatā - 97.9 FM
 * Thames - 107.1 FM
 * Tauranga - 97.4 FM
 * Rotorua - 96.7 FM
 * Gisborne - 106.1 FM
 * Napier - 99.9 FM
 * New Plymouth - 106.0 FM
 * Hāwera - 1323 AM
 * Whanganui - 98.4 FM
 * Palmerston North - 105.8 FM
 * Kāpiti Coast/Horowhenua - 95.9 FM
 * Wairarapa - 91.9 FM
 * Wellington - 95.7 FM
 * Nelson - 100.8 FM
 * Blenheim - 94.5 FM
 * Christchurch - 90.1 FM & 105.7 FM/1593 AM
 * Dunedin - 104.6 FM/954 AM
 * Wānaka - 94.6 FM
 * Invercargill - 92.4 FM

News
Coast has news, sports, traffic and weather bulletins from the NZ Herald newsroom at the start of every hour, followed by music, comments from the announcers on the music being played and issues of the day.

During breakfast Coast has half-hourly news and sports updates.

During weekend days, there are hourly news and sports updates and weather forecasts.

Promotions
Coast regularly runs competitions and is famous for Coast Stars where listeners win cash by identifying the "stars" saying "Love the music - Coast".

iHeartRadio
Coast's network stream is also available on the iHeartRadio website and app.

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Flava

Flava, Latin for 'yellow', may refer to:

 * Flava (radio), a New Zealand radio station
 * "Flava" (song), a single from R&B singer-songwriter Peter Andre
 * Flava (TV channel), a defunct British music television channel, which played classic hip-hop and R&B music videos.
 * Flavor (disambiguation), in English slang

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Featurette

In the American film industry, a featurette is a kind of film that is shorter than a full-length feature, but longer than a short film. The term may refer to either of two types of content: a shorter film or a companion film.

Medium-length films
A featurette is a film usually of three to four reels in length, or about 22–43 minutes in running time, thus longer than a two-reel short subject but shorter than a feature film. Hence, it is a "small feature" (the ending "-ette" is a common diminutive suffix derived from French ), and in fact featurettes were sometimes called "streamlined features". Featurette was commonly used from before the start of the sound era into the 1960s, when films of such length as the Hal Roach's Streamliners—and several French films of that length—ceased being made, or were made as experimental or art films and subsumed under the more general rubric of short film. Some featurettes are still being produced, notably the action comedy Kung Fury, which runs only 31 minutes.

Other terms with a similar meaning include: medium-length films, long shorts and short features.

Companion films
After the advent of DVD technology, the term also gained the meaning of "a brief documentary film covering one or more aspects of the film creation process". In DVD features descriptions, the term "featurette" usually refers to "behind-the-scenes"–type bonus material such as documentaries on special effects, set design, or cast and crew interviews.

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University Avenue (Minneapolis–Saint Paul)

University Avenue is a street that runs through both Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. It begins near the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul and extends westward into neighboring Minneapolis, where it passes the University of Minnesota, and then turns north to pass through several suburbs before its main portion ends in Blaine, Minnesota, although there are stretches of road designated as University Avenue that are north of the Blaine terminus, the final stretch ending near Andree, Minnesota. For many years, the road carried U.S. Highway 12 and U.S. Highway 52 (at least for part of its length), and University Avenue is still a significant thoroughfare in the area.

University Avenue originally ran along a line several blocks north of its current location, forming a route that once connected the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota to Hamline University in Saint Paul (hence the name). When the construction of the Minnesota Transfer Railway yards blocked that route, the street was moved one-half mile to the south on the Saint Paul side, to what was then called Melrose Avenue. The old University Avenue route was renamed Minnehaha Avenue, which it remains to this day.

Some important neighborhoods the road passes through include Frogtown (officially, the Thomas-Dale neighborhood) and the Midway region, both in Saint Paul. Hubbard Broadcasting and its flagship stations, KSTP-AM-FM-TV, are on University at the border of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. In fact, the sidewalk at the KSTP studios is right on the city/county line. This was one of the highest points in the area, an appropriate site for a radio transmitter. An antenna structure still stands there today, though it is used for microwave links rather than broadcasting (KSTP and most other Twin Cities stations use the Telefarm installation in Shoreview, Minnesota, or the nearby KMSP Tower).

A water tower commonly known as the Witch's Hat stands just a few blocks away in Minneapolis's Prospect Park neighborhood.

In 1890, the first interurban streetcar link between Minneapolis and Saint Paul used University Avenue and Washington Avenue in Minneapolis. History is now being repeated, as the METRO Green Line light rail connects the two downtowns as well as the University of Minnesota along a similar route.

University Avenue carries Ramsey County Road 34 in Saint Paul, and Hennepin County Road 36 in Minneapolis to the junction with I-35W. West and north of Central Avenue, University Avenue carries Minnesota State Highway 47 to the junction with US 10, after which it carries Anoka County Road 51.