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Talk:Rupert Grint

Editing Dates
If there is an event in this persons life that you are sure that is going to happen (i.e, movie involvment or releases), put them in the past tense. If you are unsure if the event is going to take place, it would be better to leave out said event until it does happen. Never do encyclopedias say "currently", "soon to be", or "will . . ."

Hannah Murray
I'm not sure if this should be added or not, as I've found no sources (apart from Hannah Murray's Wikipedia page) but it's been said that those two are dating. Is it wise to add it? --Eperdermic 16:43, 30th March 2007 (UTC)
 * We can add encyclopedic neutral material that is verifiable from reliable sources, but must avoid potentially slanderous gossip and rumours. Mr. Grint's current dating relationaships with other people are his business, along with his eating, bathroom, and hygiene habits; but not particularly notable or encyclopedic, as there is no legal status with who he likes today.  They could be "head-over-heels in love" today and have a huge fight tonight and break up permanently tomorrow.  Marriage and official engagements are different, but we still have to be careful to avoid slander and libel.  There are plenty of unreliable Paparazzi sources out there who might firmly assert that Grint is now engaged to Brittney Spears and they even tried to elope, and they might even provide all sorts of photo-shopped "proof" of this, in order to sell gossip magazines.  The Wikipedia is expected to rise above that nonsense.  Again, there is a big difference between engagement or marriage, and simply going out for burgers and a dance last Thursday. See also: Biographies of living persons --T-dot (Talk | contribs) 16:32, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Photos
I'm going to make the same complaint I made about the Daniel Radcliffe article regarding the photos: this article is too short to have two photos and not look ridiculous, especially since (as is currently the case on the Daniel Radcliffe page) one of the photos is right on top of the other. Someone needs to either move one of the photos down or delete it all together. --Hazey Jane 06:15, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

- It's there probably to show Rupert himself and his most recognized character. 20:44, 1 September 2005

Who put this?

Trivia
Took out the sibling thing as it is already in the actual article and the ice cream man thing as it's more of a fansite thing. Actually the Trivia section should be taken out all together as it contains information that can be found on any fansite, and it really is more of "fansite information"
 * I'm okay with some of the trivia there, though I'm glad you took out the bit about him wanting to be an ice cream man, as that seems especially trivial (not to mention, virtually unverifiable). --Hazey Jane 23:49, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I completely agree with the first comment—unsigned though it is. This is becoming more a fan page than an encyclopaedia article, and I'm tempted to slap it with a cleanup tag... Radio  Kirk   talk to me  14:48, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

"Criticism" section
''Grint has drawn some criticism from fans for his portrayal of Ron in the films. Some defend him as the best and only choice, others accuse him of ruining the Ron character. While Ron was always clearly more light hearted and laid back than Harry and Hermione, and on occasion the victim of a joke at his expense, his occasional foolishness is frequently overplayed in the films for comic relief, often making him out to be a completely inept buffoon and a coward at times when the book had him acting bravely, and many fans blame Grint for making Ron an effeminate, inarticulate wimp. Hermione, on the other hand, is made out to be much wiser, stronger, prominent, and even funnier than her book counterpart. The way the scripts are written may also play a factor in this.''

POV, but does it need to be deleted or just rewritten? CJHung 16:07, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Part Irish Descent?
Does anyone know where that info is from? I haven't been able to pick it up in web-searches (aside from references stemming from Wiki mirror sites, that is).Vulturell 03:31, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Rupert is of English and Scottish ancestry.

Bollocks
Rupert Grint is not of Irish descent. This is more of an anti-ginger statement than anything, because Rupert has red hair he must be Irish..

Rup-Dawg on the Radio
For whoever it was who said they had no proof that my man Rup-Dawg was on the radio, here it is. [].

-Woody user:Waldo J. Cartridge

Rupert Referenced in HBP
I have removed the claim that Rupert was referenced in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I apologize for not immediately citing a source on the discussion page, I was in a hurry and forgot I even made the change until someone sent me a message requesting a citation. I'm pretty sure that JK Rowling herself has said something on this subject, but I couldn't find it before I found [|this] from Arthur Levine, the American editor. '' p. 485: [Professor Slughorn says:] “Had a house-elf taste every bottle after what happened to your poor friend Rupert.”

''We’ve received a number of e-mails suggesting that Ms. Rowling must have been thinking of Rupert Grint (who plays Ron in the films) here and thus accidentally substituted his name for Ron’s. But truly this substitution is a deliberate choice on Ms. Rowling’s part: She is underlining the fact that Professor Slughorn has never paid very much attention to Ron, to the point that he still gets Ron’s name wrong even after Ron almost died in his rooms, and thus pointing up again Slughorn’s particular taste for “the company of the famous, the successful, and the powerful,” as Dumbledore says, over those who may be less flashy but are just as worthy, like Ron.''

I'd also like to point out his request: Before you write to us about a possible mistake in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, we ask that you check our list of errata and explanations below. Likewise, before putting anything on Wikipedia about supposed mistakes, you should check that link first. -- Crushti 20:22 UTC, 8 April 2006

Thanks for the source, it even rings a bell. I'm not sure that it rules out the possibility of Grint having influenced the choice of that name, though, escpecially in light of the other nods to hp culture. Anyway, i was thinking of adding a paragraph to the main HBP (book) article about possibe references to that, and i think this piece of trivia belongs there, if anywhere. The reference to it already there is a little informal and repetative.Amo 20:47, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Photo Image Substitution and Reversion
On the question of Rupert's Image - my intention was to provide a PR image that showed Rupert as Rupert, not as "Ron Weasley" - where the same image is used. The image I uploaded (and then was speedily deleted on my request, shortly after the copyvio claim) was among the publicity photos at The Leaky Caudron, and appeared to be from a PR poster, which qualifies as a "promotional photo" in fair use, to illustrate a person. It was subsequently claimed to have been taken from a magazine article (and not a cover either) and on further inspection it appeared to be as claimed (some foreign "teen" magazine). That image, as stated, has been deleted, and the original Ron Weasley photo reset. HOWEVER - I really would like us to get to work on replacing all these movie-based photos (like Rupert as Ron Weasley) on the actor's pages, with proper PR photos of the actors (and actresses) being themselves, as there is more to their lives than posing in character for the popular movies they appear in. Thanks, and apologies for the copyvio error. --T-dot 17:37, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, you're correct, and thank you for the reminder—I had done so for Emma Watson, and intended to do the same for Messrs. Grint and Radcliffe, but got busy elsewhere. Lemme see if I have a few moments. :)  Radio Kirk   talk to me  18:53, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Second Name: Alexander vs. Michael
What is the real second name? Warner and IMDb say Alexander, but Google says Michael (11.000:200). --Seewolf 08:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Well since Warner Bros. "owns" Mr. Grint, they can technically call him Billy-Bob if they wish. Seriously though, since Grint works for WB - you can take WB as verifiable WP:V and as a reliable source WP:RS, and the IMDb simply gets the official info from the studio and unofficial info from elsewhere.  If WB gets it wrong, Grint can correct it.  What is Google's source?  Some random fan site or blog page run by an obsessed Grint fan (also) named "Rupert Michael" who wants to impress his classmates?  --T-dot 10:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

 * T-dot is correct; WP:V states, "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth." RadioKirk (u|t|c)  13:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

18th birthday party
I read in a newspaper that there was a sexual assault at his birthday party. DavidJJJ 10:14, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Thus far, all versions of this story I can find quote The Daily Mail. At this moment, anyway, I'm not comfortable with inclusion here. RadioKirk (u|t|c)  13:25, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

well just because you dont feel comfortable with it doesn't mean it shouldn't be included. There was an allegation and therefore it should be included as an 'allegation'. its the same with any other article. im sorry, i think there should be a reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.14.252 (talk • contribs)

Radio Kirk didn't say he wasn't confortable with allegation (who wouldn't be), he said he wasn't comfortable with including it here. To me sounds like he's trying to say that he thought about it and decided not to, rather than express his feelings about the incident itself. I happen to agree. So far as i know, there's been no suggestion that the incident involves Grint. Perhaps if that had been suggested, as in the Michael Barrymore swimming pool case, then perhaps it would merit inclusion. but as is, i think not. user: Amoammo

 * Quite correct. One, The Daily Mail is a tabloid; two, the accusation it prints is peripheral to Grint at best. Wikipedia is not a newspaper. RadioKirk (u|t|c)  18:11, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Right then, in that case I'll delete the section in the Russell Brand section about rape claims as he was cleared of being involved in a supposed rape at his rented flat in edinburgh. This seems to be a similar situation to Grint therefore should not be included. Mitoy11 16:20, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

No longer a child actor
Rupert Grint is 18 years old so he should be removed from the child actors category, —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.129.148.44 (talk) 19:26, 4 February 2007 (UTC).

 * Neither is Warwick Davis; I presume he remains in the category as he was one when he filmed Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. RadioKirk (u|t|c)  19:52, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

"Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint"?
Where is the source that "Lloyd" ist Ruperts third forename? The given reference to the GoF-Flash-Website only speaks of him as "Rupert Alexander Grint". I've never heard of "Lloyd" as one of Ruperts names before. 84.61.56.125 22:53, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, under his picture, it states his name as Rupert Micheal Grint. Surely this is a mistake?

 * According to IMDB he is Rupert Alexander Grint . Thanks.  --T-dot ( Talk/ contribs ) 11:26, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Yes it's Alexander. But I ask again: Where is the source for "Lloyd" as his third forename? 84.134.144.195 16:01, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Someone added the third name "Lloyd" in the German article (I reverted it). So this interests me too: Where is the source for "Lloyd"? The referenced source in the article only gives "Alexander" as second name - or it gave, the website doesn't seem to be complete any more or I have a flash problem. -- Zef 13:48, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

No photo!?!
How can there be no photo of this actor!?! JayKeaton 01:27, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Unless a Wiki-editor, or some other kind soul, takes Mr. Grint's picture and then provides it freely to the Wikipedia, then we are stuck at "because". Freely provided images of living persons can be posted, with the permission of the photographer or creator, under the Image Use policy.  Images created by and for the press, or by professional photographers, or by others who own the copyright on the image, such as those found on most web sites, fall under the Wikipedia's Fair Use policy, which forbids posting "An image of a living person that merely shows what they look like."  --T-dot (Talk | contribs) 16:47, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

www.rupertgrint.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kitty Grint (talk • contribs) 03:52, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Namechecking
I think Deiz made a very poor decision to delete the family member information. There is no namechecking policy as such. A random look at three other biographical articles, Lindsay Lohan, J K Rowling, and Madonna, showed similar information about family members. Linkboyz 02:29, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I've restored my earlier comments. Please see WP:TALK.  Have a nice day!!  Linkboyz 04:30, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Protect this article from tampering
Due to the release of the next Harry Potter film on Wednesday, July 11th, It may be a wise idea to prevent non registered people from editing this article to protect against any excessive vandalism that may occur as a result of the article being unprotected.

Deity of Battle 22:06, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Jimmy Wales has stated that articles should not be proactively blocked for fear of future vandalism (most of it will be focused on the book's page). The RC patrol is always checking for changes, and all Rubert Grint regulars have to make sure to warn the vandals, as most stop after one warning. If vandalism increases, the page should be semi-protected as that should be enough (hopefully). dr.alf 02:37, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Lead
Lead does not follow WP guideline: see Lead. The lead should be capable of standing alone as a concise overview of the article, establishing context, summarizing the most important points, explaining why the subject is interesting or notable, and briefly describing its notable controversies, if there are any. The emphasis given to material in the lead should roughly reflect its importance to the topic according to reliable, published sources. The lead should not "tease" the reader by hinting at but not explaining important facts that will appear later in the article. It should contain up to four paragraphs, should be carefully sourced as appropriate, and should be written in a clear, accessible style so as to invite a reading of the full article. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast 17:18, 1 September 2007 (UTC) Note: This is not vandalism, but the is an 'unknown' movie in Britian and it is called Fart Boy or Thunderpants that Rupert Grint starred in. I am wondering why this is not on his bio? You can find this movie just by Googling it and I have seen it myself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.128.155.17 (talk) 19:39, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Sense
There's something odd in the "Early life" subsection (1.1). Anthony DiFiore is his brother, yet he has only one brother, James? Or is DiFiore the brother of Nigel, Rupert's father?

After the name of Anthony DiFiore, is this not the start of a new sentence, referring to DiFiore? This bit's reading as if some copying and pasting has been done and not cleaned up. I haven't, therefore, tried to correct it.

What is an "actor dealer"?

We also say his father is "a memorabilia". A memorabilia dealer? An antiquary/antiquarian/antiques dealer?

--Ajarmitage (talk) 11:05, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Allegation of being hit with the swine flu virus
In order to have the content kept if it is the case please provide a reliable source to proof that he has being with the H1N1 flu per WP:V and WP:BLP. Thanks. Otherwise the page will be protected if it is added without sources. JForget 20:50, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

 * I have added content on his bout of swine flu using BBC as a reference, hope that will be ok. Bacchus87 (talk) 22:48, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Why is it necessary to mention that he had the swine flue? People get sick all the time...  The  leftorium  22:52, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I think due to the amount of press coverage this has recieved and the status of swine flu makes it notable of inclusion in the article Bacchus87 (talk) 22:58, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Place of birth
According to birth records, Grint was born in Harlow, Essex, not Hertfordshire. AnemoneProjectors (talk) 12:00, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * If you can provide a reliable source for this, then we'll change the info. :-) -Duribald (talk) 13:10, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Here is the search result I got on findmypast.com. I did it because on the Stevenage page, Grint was listed as being born in Stevenage, but here it only said Hertfordshire. Then I searched the internet and people on a forum were saying Harlow and Watton-at-Stone. AnemoneProjectors (talk) 15:40, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * As someone who was born in Hertfordshire, I'll throw my two pennies worth in. If Grint's parents were resident in Watton-at-Stone when he was born, the likelihood is that he was born at Lister Hospital (it's in Stevenage and it's the nearest to Watton). The other Herts option would be QEII in Welwyn Garden City. If he was Harlow, it would be Princess Alexandra Hospital, but this would usually be an unlikely option for a family living in that part of Hertfordshire. I have absolutely no idea which is correct, but if anyone wants to research it, those might help with narrowing down search results :). Sky83 (talk) 15:51, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * EDIT:If he was born in Watton-at-Stone, it would've been a home birth, it's a tiny village with no hospital. Sky83 (talk) 15:52, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I live in Stevenage and was born in WGC so I know a Watton-at-Stone birth would have been a home birth and that Lister and QEII are the closest hospitals. But if his birth was registered in Harlow (which it appears it was) would that usually mean he was born in that district? AnemoneProjectors (talk) 17:38, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It would be odd for a Herts family to go all the way to Harlow to register a birth if that's not where the birth took place, even if it was possible to do so. This seems to suggest that a Herts birth has to be registered in Herts, but whether that would've been the same 20 or so years back, I don't know. On the other hand this Essex site appears to suggest that it's possible to register a birth anywhere. This may be a mystery that we can't solve lol. Sky83 (talk) 19:55, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Unless of course there is a more reliable source out there. AnemoneProjectors (talk) 20:41, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * True. This may well come down to seeing his birth cert lol. Sky83 (talk) 21:16, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, how does this findmypast.com thing work? WHo runs it? Where does the info come from? Who screens the info before it's added? :-) -Duribald (talk) 12:03, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Have a look at their about us page. Their information comes directly from the births, marriages and death indexes held at... wherever they're held (The National Archives?). AnemoneProjectors (talk) 12:21, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * User:Monkelese has now changed the place of birth to Harlow - and I agree with this per the above. – anemone projectors – 13:23, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Edit request from Juji123, 5 October 2010
edit semi-protected

He once starred briefly in The Xmas Lunch Episode in The Vicar of Dibley as one of Alice Tinker's Choir.

Juji123 (talk) 15:16, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
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Marijuana Alligation.
Somebody just posted this on facebook, and I have no idea when it will start to circulate, but it's probably going to get big sometime... http://sourcefed.com/2011/04/22/ron-weasley-smokes-weed/ DanielDPeterson  ( talk ) 20:28, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
 * "This is categorically NOT Rupert Grint. It is an impersonator/lookalike". Edenc1 • Talk 20:48, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

 * Well in any case, isn't it big enough to mention that it happened, but also counterpoint with that article, that is wasn't really him? DanielDPeterson  ( talk ) 01:23, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

EDIT REQUEST FROM 77.86.93.64 (talk) 23:32, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
Can we change "daily dose of milk" to "RDA"? "Daily dose" sounds like milk is some kind of medicine, and really gives off the wrong image... It's in the section about the "Make Mine Milk" campaign.

Thanks, 77.86.93.64 (talk) 23:32, 13 July 2011 (UTC).

 * Well, that's not the only problem with "awareness for how important it is to have your daily dose of milk", since you can only increase "awareness" of something that's indisputably true, and it's mostly the milk sellers that want to convince people there's any such "importance" in daily intake - it's especially dubious in that the ads seem to make no age distinctions (lactose intolerance increases with age) and don't address the question of lactose intolerance/lactase deficiency at all (the incidence of which is roughly 25% in white populations, and 75-90% among black, Native American, and Asian populations—roughly 75% of the world is lactose intolerant!) Something more like "seeks to increase milk sales by touting its supposed nutritional value" would seem to be more in order. - Nunh-huh 23:44, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 71.182.165.49, 16 July 2011
Please change this: The Movie maked worldwide US$3.4 million.[47]

To this: The Movie made US$3.4 million worldwide.[47]

Because: "maked" is not the past tense of "make"

71.182.165.49 (talk) 08:30, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Fixed by reverting, not sure why they thought that was a helpful edit-- Jac 16888 Talk 08:55, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 86.178.33.100, 22 July 2011
His name isn't Rupert Alexander Grint it's Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint it was that originally

86.178.33.100 (talk) 19:59, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Jnorton7558 (talk) 01:18, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

BLP sources reverted
Hi, I have reverted today's revisions due to WP:BLPPRIMARY and WP:RS. Birth records cannot be used in this way, and rupertgrint.net is a nice-looking but unofficial fansite and of questionable reliability. Elizium23 (talk) 03:52, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

 * I agree that birth records cannot be used as a source but they at least suggest there is an error. Place of birth should be removed re WP:BLP as no info is preferable to dodgy info according to the policy. Span (talk) 06:59, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

 * I brought this up above and agree that we should remove his place of birth. We can't even seem to agree on a county. – anemone  projectors – 14:15, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

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"After completing the final film he said: "I mean it literally has been my childhood and suddenly it all came down to really just one random scene, with us jumping through a fireplace, and then it was over. [...] But because you shoot out of sequence, it's often just 'Turn left, cross the room, okay, that's a wrap.' And you're done. [...] Yeah, it's very odd. Because suddenly it was all over, just like that. It was really emotional for all of us, realising that we're never going to be doing this again.[5] [check quotation syntax]"

Looking at the referenced link, the quote is from a Q & A session, with part of the supplied "quoted" text coming from questions, and part of it from his answers to those questions. The non-quote text is a significant portion of the total text however. It's a bit unclear to me as to how this should be best quoted here. One suggestion would be to remove the text from the questions, but then part of the context of the quote is lost. The other option would be to put the "question" text in square brackets, thus indicating that this text is not part of the quote.

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In the end, I've removed all of the non-quote text, I think it still makes sense without it :-) Mikeholden (talk) 01:14, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

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Bill Raftery

William Joseph Raftery (born April 19, 1943) is an American basketball analyst and former college basketball coach.

Early life and playing years
Born William Joseph Raftery in Orange, New Jersey, and raised in nearby Kearny, Raftery grew up in a Catholic family with Irish immigrant parents, Francis and Margaret. He had a brother, Francis, and a sister, Rita, who was a Catholic nun (Sr. Francis Raftery) who served as president of the College of Saint Elizabeth.

Raftery graduated in 1959 from the now defunct St. Cecilia High School in Kearny, where he starred in basketball and became the all-time leading scorer in state history with 2,193 points, a record he held for nine years. (Shaheen Holloway, one of his successors as head coach at Seton Hall University, scored 42 fewer points and Kyrie Irving had 113 fewer as New Jersey high school players.) He earned all-state honors in basketball and led his team to the state championship in his senior season. He was also named all-state in baseball and soccer. He has been named, retroactively, Mr. Basketball USA for 1959.

Raftery played for the La Salle Explorers men's basketball team under coach Donald "Dudey" Moore. During his freshman year he scored a freshman record 370 points, followed by a team leading 17.8 points per game in his sophomore year. As a senior, he co-captained the Explorers to the National Invitation Tournament. Just before graduating with a B.A. in history, he was selected in the 14th round (82nd overall) of the 1963 NBA draft by the New York Knicks, but he never played in the NBA.

Coaching career
Raftery began his coaching career at Fairleigh Dickinson University at Madison (now in Florham Park, New Jersey) where he was the head basketball coach from 1963 to 1968. Also, Raftery coached golf and served as associate athletic director.

From 1970 to 1981, he was the head coach of the Seton Hall Pirates, where he posted a 154–141 record and led the team to four ECAC post-season tournaments and two National Invitational Tournament appearances. In 1979, he was named Coach of the Year by the New Jersey Sports Writers Association. His 154 wins as a coach places him fifth on the all-time list at Seton Hall behind Honey Russell, P. J. Carlesimo, Frank Hill, and Kevin Willard.

Broadcasting career
Raftery said it was during his senior year in college, when La Salle was competing in the NIT, that legendary New York sportscaster Bob Wolff suggested he eventually consider a career in broadcasting. “It always stuck in my head,” Raftery said. “It was just one of those things in the back of my head, and I said, ‘This will keep me in the game that I enjoy.’”

He began his broadcasting career as co-host of ESPN’s College Hoops Tonight in 1980. He began calling New Jersey Nets games in 1982.

Raftery has served as an analyst and color commentator for CBS Sports' college basketball coverage since 1983. During CBS' coverage of March Madness, Raftery had long partnerships with James Brown (1990–93) and Sean McDonough (1995–99) but rose to prominence during his 15-year partnership (2000–14) with Verne Lundquist.

Starting with the 2014–15 collegiate basketball season, CBS/Turner Sports partnered Raftery with Jim Nantz and Grant Hill to make up the primary announcing team for the remainder of the regular season, all the way through the NCAA men's basketball tournament and the Final Four.

Raftery was also an analyst with ESPN, primarily partnered with Sean McDonough and Jay Bilas and formerly Mike Gorman for Big East games.

Before CBS elevated him to their primary announcing team, he served as an analyst for CBS Radio/Westwood One's coverage of the NCAA Men's Final Four from 1991 to 2014 working in later years with Kevin Kugler and John Thompson.

After the media rights for the Big East moved from ESPN to Fox Sports in 2013, Raftery signed with Fox Sports to call Big East basketball games on the upstart network Fox Sports 1 with Gus Johnson.

Raftery was also the lead analyst for the Nets (prior to the franchise's move to Brooklyn) for over 20 years until 2002 and was an on-course commentator for PGA Tour Champions Tour events. While at CBS he also worked as an analyst for select NBA games, paired with Brent Musburger and Dick Stockton.

Beginning with the 2024 NCAA Tournament, Raftery has been paired with Ian Eagle, his former partner with the Nets and frequent regular season college basketball partner.

His trademark quotes include:

 * "Onions!" (when a shot is made late in a close game),
 * "Send it in big fella!" (when a post player makes a slam dunk),
 * "With a little kiss!" (when a shot banks in, usually in a nonstandard way),
 * "A little nickel-dimer!" (when a soft foul is called)
 * "Get the puppies organized!" (in reference to good footwork)
 * "A little lingerie on the deck!" (when a player makes a nifty move with the ball and fakes out the defender).
 * "Man-to-man!", which he announces very fast and excitedly at the start of most games.

Additionally, he is remembered for "Send It In, Jerome!", his call immediately after Jerome Lane of the University of Pittsburgh shattered the backboard with a powerful dunk during a 1988 game.

Awards and honors

 * Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame (2017)
 * NSSA Hall of Fame (2015)
 * Curt Gowdy Media Award from Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2006)
 * Four-time Sports Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Sports Event Analyst
 * La Salle University Hall of Athletes (2004)
 * Fairleigh Dickinson Athletics Hall of Fame inductee (1997)
 * Coach of the Year by the New Jersey Basketball Writers Association (1979)

Other ventures
Aside from his commentating duties, Raftery was also the president of W.J. Raftery Associates, an event/marketing firm.

Personal life
Raftery earned an M.A.E. in education from Seton Hall University in 1966. In 2001, he received an honorary doctorate from La Salle.

Raftery and his wife, the former Joan Fleming, live in Florida. Previously they lived in Florham Park, New Jersey, where they raised four children, Billy, Kristi, Kelli and Suzi. They have five grandchildren.

In 2015, Billy and his father's broadcasting partner, Grant Hill, produced With A Kiss, a documentary about Raftery's first shot at calling the Final Four at age 73. The documentary premiered in 2016, hours before the longtime broadcaster called his second Final Four as a television analyst for CBS Sports. In 2018, Billy and Hill formed Point Road Productions.

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Convoy of 35

The Convoy of 35 (or the Lamed He, which stands for "thirty five" in Hebrew numerals), was a convoy of Haganah and Palmach fighters sent during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on a mission to reach by foot and resupply the blockaded kibbutzim of Gush Etzion in January 1948, after earlier motorized convoys had been attacked. They were spotted before they could reach their destination and killed in a prolonged battle by Arab irregulars and local villagers.

History

On 16 January 1948, a convoy of 38 men was sent by the Haganah to deliver supplies to the four blockaded kibbutzim of Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, following an Arab attack on January 14. The unit, named in Hebrew "Machleket HaHar" (lit. Mountain Platoon), set out on foot from Hartuv at 11 p.m. on January 15, commanded by Dani Mass. They took a detour around the Tegart fort-type Palestine Police station, to avoid detection by the British. Three were sent back because one man sprained an ankle, and two accompanied him. The remaining 35 were killed by Arab villagers and militiamen between the villages of Jaba' and Surif.

The fate of the 35 was reconstructed from British and Arab reports. The six hours of night that remained did not suffice for the trip. About an hour before the convoy reached their destination, it became light. Their presence was discovered by two Arab women who encountered two scouts of the group near Surif. (An earlier version, that the soldiers were discovered by an Arab shepherd whom they graciously let go, was based on a eulogy written by Ben-Gurion and is apparently apocryphal. ) A large number of armed villagers from Surif and other communities gathered to block the way. The battle was fought in two stages, four hours apart, with hundreds of Arabs from a nearby training base taking part. The Haganah force battled until it ran out of ammunition. The last of the 35 was apparently killed at about 4:30 p.m. Among the dead were Tuvia Kushnir, one of the country's most promising botanists, Moshe Perlstein, an American-born World War II veteran who had made aliyah in 1947, and three members of the Hebrew Communist Party.

A phone conversation about the battle was intercepted by the Irgun, in which it was heard that many were killed and some were wounded. After no word of the 35 had been received for a long time and wounded Arabs started arriving at Hebron, the British dispatched a platoon of the Royal Sussex Regiment to investigate. After threatening and exhorting the village mukhtars and notables, the British were led to the site of the battle where they found the bodies of the 35. According to some reports the bodies had been mutilated beyond recognition.

According to one account the last three Jews to die blew themselves up with a grenade. This account also reports that several Arab sources claimed a young woman was amongst those killed, and that to restore public confidence in the Jewish fighting forces the Palmach launched an attack on the village of Sa'sa' on 14 February in which 60 villagers were killed. A contemporary report puts the number of casualties in Sa'sa at 11 killed and 3 wounded, but official sources confirm the figure of 60 killed with 20 houses destroyed.

Burial
After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, when the bodies of the 35 were returned to Israel, only 23 of the 35 bodies could be identified. To solve the problem, Rabbi Aryeh Levin performed the rare goral ha-gra (ha-gra = Vilna Gaon) ceremony, a process in which the reader of the Torah is led to certain verses which give hints as to the subjects in question. They were buried in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

Commemoration
In August 1949, a group of former Palmach soldiers founded a kibbutz, Netiv HaLamed He (נתיב הל"ה, path of the 35) near the convoy's route. They built a memorial commemorating the fallen Haganah soldiers there (see picture). Prior to the 1967 Six-Day War, it was assumed that the precise location of the final battle was on the Jordanian side of the armistice line. However, in 1967 the British police officer who had found the bodies in 1948 and Arab witnesses independently identified a hilltop on the Israeli side of the line.

The story of the 35 was immortalised in a poem, Here Our Bodies Lie by Haim Gouri.

Yael Zerubavel analysed remembrance of the event using the number 35 as a prominent example of the Israeli practice of "numerical commemoration".

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Talk:Prime Minister of the Philippines

These are links to verify the validity of the info in this page. Pls refer to these before you make your revisions, since this could be controversial.

 * Three Prime Ministers
 * Laurel PM legally recognized

Also, Virata and Laurel had an overlap in February 25-26, 1986, because of the revolution going on, so there are no issues there because of the conflicting nature of de facto and de jure at that time. There was also a presidential overlap between Jose P. Laurel and the government in exile for years, not only a couple of days, during WW2. --Noypi380 17:58, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Reverted to bluemask's copy, I made a mistake eh. --Noypi380 09:50, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Small reorganization, --Noypi380 12:24, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Excellent work! Gareon 09:54, 31 July 2005 (UTC)Gareon
 * Thanks Gareon! :-) -Noypi380 08:57, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

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Request for information re creation of the office of Prime Minister of the Philippines in 1899
This article currently asserts: "The President of the Council was also equivalent to a prime minister as he headed up the secretaries, or ministers that advised the President of the Republic.", citing I used to have a copy of this book but I'm currently in the U.S. and I left that copy in the Philippines. Because of this, I don't currently have access to it. Would someone who has access to this book please be so kind as to quote here the relevant text whereby the office of Prime Minister of the Philippines was created by Aguinaldo? Thank you. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 08:21, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Is the First creation (1899) section of this article WP:original research? It says, "The President of the Council was also equivalent to a prime minister as he headed up the secretaries, or ministers that advised the President of the Republic.", citing the source linked above. Does that source support the assertion that the President of the Council was also equivalent to a prime minister? If not, can another reliable source which does support this assertion be cited? See also this earlier version of the article, and other earlier versions; I haven't had much time to research this, and I am not currently well situated to search for supporting sources. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 08:45, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Removal of the First creation (1899) section
Having seen no discussion above, I have WP:BOLDly removed this section in this edit. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 10:16, 18 June 2019 (UTC)  After some research, I've reverted this removal with a minor edit and the addition of a couple of supporting sources. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 10:55, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Prime Minister office assertions prior to 1978 appear problematic
'''INSERT: Please consider this section withdrawn. My error.' Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill'') 09:09, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Sections above provide some breadcrumbs along the trail of my concerned thinking about this. The present introductory material on this talk page provides a couple of external links to verify the validity of the info in this page with instructions to refer to these links before making revisions. One of the links navigates to http://islandphilippines.com/politics.htm, which has link rotted. The http://islandphilippines.com is a defunct domain and, as far as I can see, articles there were never never reliable sources, but let's leave that aside for now. An archived copy of the linked web page from 2004 can be seen here. That archived copy says: "All constitutions provided for a President but one also provided for a Prime Minister in addition." The constitution which did provide for a Prime Minister, of course, was the THE 1973 CONSTITUTION : AS AMENDED IN OCTOBER 16-17, 1976, ON JANUARY 30, 1980, AND APRIL 7, 1981. None of the other constututions, as far as I have been able to find, provided for a Prime Minister. Asserting that the Philippines had a Prime Minister, then, without support for that assertion from a cited reliable source would be original research. That would apply to this article and to other Wikipedia articles as well.

The Wikipedia article titled Prime Minister says, "A prime minister is the head of a cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, [...]}". That is supported (somewhat) by sources cited in the Etymology section of that article. This and similar thinking might provide supporting logic behind an assertion that some of the post-Spanish Philippine insurgent governments had a de-facto prime-ministerish post, as some or all of them had a formal or informal post for the head of, or president of, the Cabinet. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that this thinking is not sufficient to support an assertion that these governments had a Prime Minister post -- even a de-facto one.

Based on this, I am thinking of removing assertions to the effect that such a post existed from relevant Wikipedia articles. If you object to such removal, please discuss this below. If you know of sources supporting the assertion that these early insurgent governments had a Prime Minister post, de-jure or de-facto, please cite them. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 15:43, 15 July 2019 (UTC) I have found some assertions re a Prime Minister post or title in articles other than those mentioned above. I have not done more than glance at most of these articles, but some of them might need editing if this change is made. I have placed notifications re this discussion on these talk pages: Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 15:38, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia talk:Tambayan Philippines
 * Talk:Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.
 * Talk:Cesar Virata
 * Talk:Corazon Aquino
 * Talk:List of Presidents of the Philippines
 * Talk:Apolinario Mabini
 * Talk:Heads of state and government of the Philippines
 * Talk:Heads of state and government of the Philippines
 * Talk:Prime Ministerial confirmation of Ferdinand Marcos
 * Talk:List of Cabinets of the Philippines
 * Talk:Prime Ministerial confirmation of Ferdinand Marcos
 * Talk:Pedro Paterno
 * Talk:Emilio Aguinaldo
 * Talk:Cabinet Secretariat of the Philippines
 * Talk:Baldomero Aguinaldo
 * Category talk:Heads of government of the Philippines
 * Talk:President of the government
 * Talk:Cabinet of the Philippines
 * Talk:Presidency of Corazon Aquino
 * Talk:1983 in the Philippines
 * Talk:Heneral Luna
 * Talk:Jorge B. Vargas
 * Talk:Philippine presidential inauguration
 * Talk:1899 in the Philippines

 * Hi there! Let me try to clarify. Are you proposing that there should be a separate article for "Presidente del Consejo de Gobierno", the post Mabini occupied? - Koakaulana (talk) 01:38, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi. Thanks for responding. No. I see in article 73 here that the office of President of the Cabinet did exist in the Malolos government. I was uncomfortable with the support for the notion that this office was the de-facto equivalent of a Prime Minister office. I've taken a second (or third or fourth) look this morning at some of the material I had looked at previously, though, and I conclude that I need to do an Emily Litella on this whole idea and say "Never mind". I've been doing this in spare minutes alongside a lot of other things that I was paying more attention to, and I've apparently misread or misinterpreted things I had looked at previously. This looks like my major error here, and I apologize for causing all of this hubub. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 09:09, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

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Ohio State Route 501

State Route 501 (SR 501) is a north–south state highway in Auglaize and Allen counties, Ohio. The southern terminus of SR 501 is at an interchange with U.S. Route 33 (US 33) just south of Wapakoneta, which is also the western terminus for SR 67 and the southern terminus for SR 198. The route runs concurrently with both of the latter two routes into Wapakoneta, and with SR 198 only north of the city. SR 501’s northern terminus is at SR 117 approximately 6 mi west of Lima.

SR 501 was commissioned in 1937, along most of the same route as today. The highway was paved by 1939. In 1961, the southern terminus of the route was moved to its current terminus.

Route description
SR 501 heads north from an interchange with US 33. The road is concurrent with SR 67 and SR 198. The highway passes through industrial properties while paralleling CSX railroad tracks. After paralleling the tracks the route crosses them and enters downtown Wapakoneta. In downtown the road passes through residential properties. SR 67 turns east and SR 198 and SR 501 turn west. The street passes allow the south side of the Auglaize County Court House. After two blocks SR 198 and SR 501 turn north and crosses the Auglaize River. Here, SR 501 has its highest traffic counts; within the 2011 ODOT survey, the road is listed with an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 9,450 vehicles on a section of highway over the river.

After crossing the river, SR 198 and SR 501 turn northwest leaving downtown Wapakoneta. On the north side of the city SR 501 leaves SR 198 and heads due north. After leaving SR 198, SR 501 passes through a mix of commercial and residential properties, before leaving Wapakoneta. North of Wapakoneta the roadway passes through farmland, with some houses. The highway enters Hume and crosses the Western Ohio Line of the R.J. Corman Railroad. In Allen County the AADT drops to 3,160 vehicles. After Hume, the route passes through farmland and a group of house before ending at an intersection with SR 117. Continuing north after SR 501 ends is Township Road 91 (T–91). The highway is not incorporated within the National Highway System.

History
When first established in 1937, SR 501 ran from downtown Wapakoneta to its current northern terminus at SR 117. The entire route was paved by 1939. When a new southern bypass of Wapakoneta was completed in 1961 and US 33 was re-routed along it, SR 501, along with SR 67 and SR 198, were extended south from downtown along Willipie Street to a new common terminus at the re-routed US 33. The highway has not experienced any major changes since 1961.

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Digital Joint Reconnaissance Pod

The Digital Joint Reconnaissance Pod (or DJRP) is a wide area tactical aerial reconnaissance pod produced by Thales Optronics of Bury St Edmunds, England. It is a later version of a pod produced for the UKMoD and the RAF Jaguar force, originally developed and produced by W. Vinten Ltd. The original designation of the pod was Jaguar Replacement Reconnaissance Pod (JRRP) and after successfully entering service in the 1990s it was subsequently redesignated DJRP, and fitted to a wide range of other aircraft.

The current sensors are an 8042 EO sensor and a Super Vigil IR sensor; these feed digital data to two recording modules which provide storage. The pod functions are controlled by a reconnaissance management system, enabling both pre-planned and pilot-initiated events to be recorded. The sensors are configured to provide wide area coverage; the EO sensor records at both long and short range, providing a stand-off capability, while the IR sensor records a horizon-to-horizon image based on the aircraft's flightpath. The recorded data is either downloaded from the recording modules after flight, or can be called up by ground stations via a datalink.

Along with the Networked Imagery Exploitation System (NIES), the system provides high resolution tactical reconnaissance imagery, has been used in Operation Telic and provided reconnaissance capability to British forces in Afghanistan. The equipment has also been exported.

The DJRP was integrated onto the Saab Gripen for the South African Air Force.

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Roy Sievers

Roy Edward Sievers (November 18, 1926 – April 3, 2017) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman and left fielder from through. A five-time All-Star, Sievers was the American League home run leader and RBI champion. He played for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and the expansion Washington Senators. Sievers batted and threw right-handed.

Biography
Sievers was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1926; he was nicknamed "Squirrel" as a schoolboy basketball star. He won the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year and TSN Rookie of the Year awards in 1949, batting .306 with 16 home runs and 91 RBI for the St. Louis Browns. His average fell to .238 in 1950, and for the next three years he suffered shoulder and arm injuries that limited his playing time to a total of 134 games. He was traded to the Washington Senators for Gil Coan before the season.

In Washington, Sievers collected 95 or more RBI and played at least 144 games during five consecutive years (1954–58) and made the AL All-Star team three times (1956–57, 1959). His most productive season came in, when he led the league in home runs (42), RBI (114), extra base hits (70) and total bases (331), batting .301. He finished third in the MVP ballot (behind Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams) with four first-place votes and 205 points. On April 4,, Sievers went to the Chicago White Sox in a trade that sent Earl Battey and Don Mincher to Washington. In his first year with the Sox, he hit .295 with 28 home runs and 93 RBI, and had almost an identical season in 1961, hitting .295 with 27 home runs and 92 RBI, making his fourth All-Star appearance. From 1962 to 1964, Sievers remained productive with the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League. He returned to Washington when his contract was sold by the Phillies to the expansion Senators on July 16, 1964. He played his final game on May 9, 1965.

Ned Garver, who pitched in the American League during the 1950s, considered Sievers the best first baseman in the league during that time. Sal Maglie, star pitcher for the New York Giants who specialized in throwing the curveball, used Sievers as an example of a curveball hitter in a 1958 article for Sports Illustrated.

At the time of his death in 2017, Sievers was the oldest living member of the expansion Senators team. At a time when achieving 300 home runs was still a rarity, he became only the 22nd ballplayer to reach the plateau; he is also the earliest to hit 300 career home runs and not eventually be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. In a 17-season career, Sievers was a .267 hitter with 318 home runs, 1,703 hits, and 1,147 RBI, in 1,887 games. Defensively, he compiled a career .989 fielding percentage. After his playing career ended, he served one season (1966) as a coach for the Cincinnati Reds and managed in the minor leagues. Sievers was one of only nine players to don the uniform of both the original and expansion Washington Senators teams, the others being Rudy Hernández, Héctor Maestri, Don Mincher, Camilo Pascual, Pedro Ramos, Johnny Schaive, Zoilo Versalles, and Hal Woodeshick.

Sievers died in his home in Spanish Lake, Missouri, on April 3, 2017, age 90.

Highlights

 * 4-time All-Star (1956–57, 1959, 1961)
 * AL Rookie of the Year (1949)
 * Set seasonal and career records in home runs for the Senators:
 * 42, in 1957
 * 180, in 3,547 at-bats

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Small Block (EP)

Small Block is the debut EP of the Huntington Beach pop punk band Big Drill Car, released in 1988 on their own Records! label and again in 1990 on Cruz Records.

To save money on mastering, Big Drill Car placed all six tracks on the A-side of the record, not only to let the B-side remain shiny and smooth, but also to save listeners the annoyance of having to flip the record over after seven minutes. When asked why the vinyl version of this EP would have one side, frontman Frank Daly replied:

"Originally, we were gonna do 10 songs but we ran out of money. So we decided to do 6. We were gonna do a 12 inch like The Replacements Stink, but then you put it on and in 10 minutes you have to get up and turn it over. That bugged me. So we put it all on one side and let the other side be shiny. We saved money on mastering."

- Frank Daly

Like many Big Drill Car albums, Small Block is currently out of print.

Track listing

 * 1) "5 Year Itch" (Arnold, Daly) - 3:24
 * 2) "Glory" (Daly) - 2:04
 * 3) "Les Cochons Sans Poils" (Daly, Thomson) - 2:53
 * 4) "Let Me Walk" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 3:01
 * 5) "Mag Wheel" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson, Marcroft) - 2:30
 * 6) "Annie's Needle" (Daly, Marcroft) - 2:38

Personnel
Additional personnel
 * Frank Daly - Vocals
 * Mark Arnold - Guitar
 * Bob Thomson - Bass
 * Danny Marcroft - Drums
 * Stephen Egerton - Engineer, Producer
 * Richard Andrews - Engineer, Producer

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Move to Small Block (album)?
I think that the vast majority of people searching for "small block" will be looking for the engine that this album is named after. I think it would be a good idea to move this page to Small Block (album), redirect this page to the engine, and have a link at the top of the engine page to the album. Are there any objections? TomTheHand 14:14, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

 * No objection to the move, but I think this page should be turned into a disambiguation between the two, rather than a redirect to small-block. I'm not too sure the vast majority will be looking for the engine part.  Rob e  rt  04:24, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I've made the move. I disagree pretty strongly about a disambiguation page; I really do think the vast majority of people will be looking for the engine.  Google shows 1.1 million hits for "small block" engine, 187,000 for "small block" v8, and only 526 for "small block" "big drill car".TomTheHand 14:19, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Alright, fine with me.  Rob e  rt  04:44, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Farmers' Almanac

Perhaps this article should describe 18th and 19th century American farmers' almanacs in general, with a pointer to The Old Farmer's Alamanac, and also mentions competing alamanacs, such as the "Farmer's Alamanac".

Not an Ad
Hi everyone. I saw in the contributions that User:PleonardFA disclosed that he works for the Famers' Almanac. Just a quick reminder - you can't use Wikipedia as a place to promote the almanac. Its not a soapbox to advertise. See the following: [[WP:SOAP]

Certainly monitor it to make sure no one is writing obvious falsehoods, but you really should not be editing the page of a company at which you are employed. We want to always make sure that articles are WP:NPOV so you can't come on and remove well-sourced information that other editors provide, even if it is critical of the Farmers' Almanac. -- Darryl.jensen (talk) 17:58, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Witchcraft?
Why isn't there a section about witchcraft on this entry? Or are the witches controlling Wikipedia, too?

What? Can you clarify your thoughts more? 98.103.160.18 (talk) 15:12, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Because you've not added that information. Dont wait for others to do it.--RadioFan (talk) 01:20, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Confusion
Did a little research on "the" farmer's almanac. There appears to be two competing almanacs that both claim to be very accurate in there prediction of future weather patterns. Have seen only one news article that even mentions that there is an "old farmer's almanac" and a "farmer's almanac". Both have web sites, both are books you can buy. I found various news organizations that had articles mentioning the annual debuts of each publication and each almanac's predictions of future weather. Very weird. It is like there are two different universes. One with one almanac and one with another and neither universes aware that others exist. ---

This confusion seems to have crept into this article as well. The first paragraph in the Weather Predictions section says "Scientific studies of these claims have shown them to be false. On average the Almanac's predictions are no better than chance." but both references sited are about the Old Farmer's Almanac's accuracy, not the subject of this article. 71.254.108.219 (talk) 01:29, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Merge Removal
Merge notice removed since target is an unrelated topic. Pulled untrue info from the article. -Howardjp 15:30, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

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Philom.?
What's the deal with the History section mentioning that Geiger and Duncan are Philomaths...?

What is that, is that like a degree or a diploma you can buy off the Internet? :D 88.112.4.174 (talk) 16:31, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Hm! Looks like it's a matter of almanac tradition: the 1739 Edition of Poor Richard's Almanac says "Richard Saunders, Philom." (aka Benjamin Franklin) on its cover. 88.112.4.174 (talk) 16:43, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Other Farmers' Almanacs
Currently, this one and the Old Farmer's Almanac (note position of apostrophe) seem to be all there is. When I added the "full moons" section here, I misunderstood this to be the "Maine Farmers' Almanac" because (a) it is published in Maine and (b) its website is the primary online source for "full moon names". But, as the hatnote correctly (albeit without reference) claimed, the Maine FA was a different publication. It was not, however "a 19th-century publication" exclusively, it survived until at least 1972 or 1973. So this needs some clarification. When did the Maine FA disappear and what happened to it? Was it bought up by this one? And were there other Farmers' Almanacs besides these three? Was "Farmers' Almanac" a generic term for an unknown number of publications which appeared regionally, or were there just these three? --dab (𒁳) 13:02, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

It's even worse, this reference is not to "Maine Farmers' Almanac" but to "Maine 'Farmer's Almanac'", i.e. the formerly non-Maine FA now published in Maine, but unrelated(?) to the former Maine Farmers' Alamnac. The last confirmed "Maine Farmers' Almanac" is the 1968 issue, "No. 150". Something must have happened after 1968. For the period 1969 to 1973, "Maine Farmers' Almanac" still appears in the Catalog of Copyright Entries but I am not sure if it actually still appeared. Geiger's FA moved to Maine in 1955, and it is plausible, I suppose, that the "native" Maine FA was killed off by the competition. --dab (𒁳) 13:10, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Weather forcasting
The two Almanacs "The Old Farmer's Almanac" and "The Farmers' Almanac" both claim 80% success but only "The Old Farmer's Almanac" has be tested academically as far as I can discern. The Walsh and Allen article from 1981 refers to "The Old Farmer's Almanac" and there is only one study done that I can find.

The sentence "However independent studies that retrospectively compare the weather with the predictions have not shown them more accurate than chance." is doubly false since there is only a single study and it does not pertain to "The Farmers' Almanac"

I am removing the sentence and the reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:4441:A501:38AE:591C:DC03:1D5A (talk) 14:15, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

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Talk:Morfin Gaunt

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Talk:FC Rostov

Old talk
The Person placed allegory of club, enourmous you thank you. From admirers of club in Russia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.80.111.129 (talk • contribs)

It's not a tough fix; the page was written by a non-English speaker. It's really just tweaking it into a more readable form. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zenit2k9 (talk • contribs)

Starting year
On the FC Rostov homepage the starting year is set to 1930 and the first name-change to 1932. This facts are different from the Wiki-articles 1900!1913. 83.233.21.85 (talk) 12:00, 15 March 2016 (UTC)Uefaranken

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Still Screaming

Still Screaming is the debut album by American hardcore punk band Scream, released in 1983 through Dischord Records.

Track listing

 * 1) "Came Without Warning"
 * 2) "Bedlam"
 * 3) "Solidarity"
 * 4) "Your Wars/Killer"
 * 5) "Piece of Her Time"
 * 6) "Human Behavior"
 * 7) "Stand"
 * 8) "Fight/American Justice"
 * 9) "New Song"
 * 10) "Laissez-Faire"
 * 11) "Influenced"
 * 12) "Hygiene"
 * 13) "Cry Wolf"
 * 14) "Total Mash"
 * 15) "Who Knows? Who Cares?"
 * 16) "Amerarockers"
 * 17) "U. Suck A./We're Fed Up"
 * 18) "Ultraviolence/Screamin
 * 19) "Violent Youth"

Personnel

 * Scream
 * Peter Stahl – vocals
 * Franz Stahl – guitars
 * Skeeter Thompson – bass, vocals
 * Kent Stax – drums
 * Ian MacKaye – producer
 * Eddie Janney – producer
 * Don Zientara – producer
 * Jefferson Rogers – producer on "Ultraviolence/Screamin

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Tunnel of Love (EP)

Tunnel of Love is the fourth EP by American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse, released on April 19, 1996, by Psychopathic Records. It is the third and final "sideshow" entry in the group's Dark Carnival saga.

Background
Unsatisfied with their contract with Jive Records, Insane Clown Posse's manager, Alex Abbiss, set up a deal which would sign the group with Hollywood Records. After their Jive contract expired, ICP had two days on their own before officially being signed to Hollywood, so they decided to record and release an EP independently on Psychopathic Records.

The EP consisted of "love songs" performed in the duo's trademark style. Like The Terror Wheel, there is a hidden track at the end which contains a phone number, which could be called to reveal the name of the next Joker's Card, The Great Milenko.

Release and reception
To promote the EP, Psychopathic sent out a pink Tunnel of Love van with flowers on it. However, this promotional tactic proved to be incomprehensible to many people, who did not understand what the van was promoting, and onlookers yelled homophobic insults at the drivers. After much disagreement between the heads of Psychopathic Records, label don Billy Bill pulled the van over and removed the wrapping promoting the EP.

The album was released in an alternate version with a pornographic album cover, and a bonus track, "Mental Warp". The cover was derived from a pornographic film VHS cover which depicted an actor with an erect penis standing next to two women, one of which is holding the erection in her hand. The actor's face was replaced by Shaggy 2 Dope's. Because no stores would stock the album with this cover and it was sold mostly at Insane Clown Posse's concerts, this edition became rare and sought after by fans.

Allmusic did not review the album, but gave it 3 out of 5 stars. "Mental Warp", the bonus track from the XXX edition of the album, also appeared on the compilation Forgotten Freshness Volumes 1 & 2. The songs "Cotton Candy" and "Super Balls" appeared in the film Big Money Hustlas. The song "Super Balls" originated the Juggalo slang "Whoop whoop!", which is used as a greeting among fans. The greeting and the song were also referenced in Twiztid's song "Meat Cleaver", which appeared on their 1997 debut Mostasteless. The pornographic alternate cover is discussed in the film Shockumentary by parents concerned about ICP's music.

Personnel

 * Violent J – vocals
 * Shaggy 2 Dope – vocals, turntables
 * Legz Diamond – guest vocals
 * Mike E. Clark – turntables, production

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Sigma Tau Gamma
Hey man, thanks for being civil about it. I am not trying to be an a**hole or a stickler! I just want to make sure it is the most accurate article about CNU as possible!

Help me!
I am trying to set up userboxes for myself, and am not sure how to do it.
 * You've managed to put one userbox on your userpage, so what's the problem? Algebraist 21:28, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I figured it out on my own. I did some sleuthing, but thanks for the help offer anyway. Dave Porter (talk) 21:29, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

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Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

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Chaman

Chaman (Pashto and ) is the capital city of the Chaman District in Balochistan, Pakistan. It is located near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The city is situated south of the Wesh–Chaman border crossing with the neighbouring Kandahar province of Afghanistan.

Etymology
The name Chaman is thought to be derived from garden in Pashto. There is little verifiable evidence to a singular and apparently unfounded claim that the name partly derived from that of a Hindu trader in the city before the partition, as the area was known as Chaman much before this period.

History
Chaman has been used by NATO forces as a major supply route into Afghanistan since 2000.

On 30 August, 2009, an attack on a NATO convoy destroyed 20 fuel tankers and other supply trucks. The attackers reportedly fired rockets and small arms before destroying the trucks.

Thousands of Afghan refugees enter Pakistan via the Chaman route on a regular basis.

Bombings occurred in 2017, 2020 Chaman bombing, and 2021.

In December 2022, the Afghan Taliban forces launched indiscriminate fire at the Chaman border, twice in a week and caused civilian casualties on the Pakistani side. In 2024 may(#longest duration protest), the government of Pakistan has closed the only earning source for the people of chaman by shutting down the gates Durand line which cause one of the longest protest in world about 1 year and still going on.

Climate
With an influence from the local steppe climate, Chaman features a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The average annual temperature in Chaman is 19.0 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 232 mm. June is the driest month with virtually no rain rainfall, while January is the wettest month, with an average 65 mm of precipitation.

July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 31.0 °C. January is the coldest month with an average temperature of 6.4 °C.

Demographics
After the capital Quetta, Chaman is Balochistan's fifth-largest city according to the 2017 Pakistani census. The city is located at the Pashtun majority northern part of Balochistan.

Transport
Chaman has a railway station which accommodates services with Kandahar as well as other parts of Afghanistan. A slow passenger train runs between Chaman and Quetta daily. In 2008, it was proposed to extend this railway to Central Asia through Afghanistan. Chaman is on the Silk Road on the eastern side.

Trade
The town is an important trade point in the Balochistan region, providing a gateway on the trade routes between Afghanistan and Karachi. It underwent development during the martial law period of 1977 - 1985. People of the city import many things like cars, motor bikes and motor rickshaws. Besides, they import Japanese, Chinese and UAE phones, cosmetics, perfumes, and many other consumer goods from Afghanistan to Pakistan.

Sports
Football is the most popular sport in the city, which have produced notable footballers for the Pakistan national football team including Muhammad Essa, Kaleemullah, Mehmood Khan, Jadid Khan Pathan, and Fareed Ullah.

The Chaman Derby between popular clubs Afghan Chaman and Muslim FC, share intense rivalry which have managed to command the highest crowds in Pakistani domestic football.

Notable people

 * Muhammad Essa, footballer
 * Kaleemullah Khan, footballer
 * Mehmood Khan, footballer
 * Jadid Khan Pathan, footballer
 * Fareed Ullah, footballer
 * Asghar Khan Achakzai, President of the Awami National Party
 * Mohammad Asghar (cricketer)

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The result of the debate was delete. Joyous (talk) 21:35, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Red's Eats
Delete. Wikispam. — Fingers-of-Pyrex 17:21, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Fingers-of-Pyrex. --Several Times 17:30, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this spam sounds yummy, though. -- Etacar11   00:59, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete advertising. JamesBurns 04:33, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
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User:Dave graham

Dave Graham got his start in the Internet based hardware community by working with Van Smith (Van's Hardware), Chris Tom (AMDZone), Kyle Bennett (Hard|OCP), and concurrently working on his own site, [Flickerdown] (www.flickerdown.com/stewks/). Recently, Dave was recruited by Kristopher Kubicki to be a part of the ever-growing DailyTech collection of writers/reviewers. In addition to his work as a contract writer for these sites, Dave also operates a small reseller business and works full time as a Social Worker with the state of Massachusetts.

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Does anyone know who the founder of Moreauville is? What year was Moreauville established?

Thomas Moreau

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Trying to find out if Lenny or Mary Gauthier are still around? Lenny was in the Air Force in the 70's, His dad owned a business in Moreauville. Any info would be nice. Ty 2601:404:C000:D6F:72DE:E0E2:D257:B7F9 (talk) 13:19, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

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Cylindropuntia imbricata

Cylindropuntia imbricata, the cane cholla (walking stick cholla, tree cholla, or chainlink cactus), is a cactus found in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, including some cooler regions in comparison to many other cacti. It occurs primarily in the arid regions of the Southwestern United States in the states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada. It is often conspicuous because of its shrubby or even tree-like size, its silhouette, and its long-lasting yellowish fruits.

Distribution and habitat
The cane cholla's range is the arid regions of Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, south to Durango, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí. It occurs at altitudes from 1200 to 2300 m and is hardy for a cactus (USDA Zone 5A).

In parts of its range, often just below the pinyon-juniper belt, it can be abundant, surrounded by low grasses and forbs that are brown most of the year; in such places chollas are conspicuous as the only tall green plant. Plants may form thickets or be spaced at a few times their width in "gardens". This species is a noxious invasive in Australia in old mining localities and along watercourses. It is known there by the common names of Devil's rope cactus or Devil's rope pear. It is a declared noxious weed in New South Wales and also occurs in Queensland, Northern Territory, Victoria, and South Australia.

Description
The above-ground part consists of much-branched cylindrical stems, the end joints being about 3 cm in diameter. The joints, unlike those of some chollas, are hard to detach. The stems are highly tubercular (lumpy) with a pattern of long oval lumps. A typical height is about 1 m, but exceptionally it can grow to 4.6 m with a "trunk" diameter of 25 cm. The width is often similar to or somewhat greater than the height. The stems are armed with clusters of up to about 10 red to pink spines, which may be 3 cm long and are barbed and sharp enough to easily penetrate leather gardening gloves. The stems and fruits also have many spines or "glochids" about 1 mm long that can detach and stick in the skin.

There are two kinds of stems or "cladodes": long plagiotropic, bearing flowers at the ends and falling off after a few years, and long orthotropic, primarily serving for support and transport and staying on the plant. Plagiotropic stems grow in a star- or crown-like pattern around a central orthotropic stem. This species blooms in late spring or early summer. The flowers are purple or magenta, rarely rose-pink, about 5 cm wide. The fruits are yellowish, tubercular like the stems, and shaped something like the frustum of a cone, with a hollow at the wide end where the flower fell off; they are often mistaken for flowers. The plant retains them all winter. They are dry and not tasty, though the Indians of Arizona and New Mexico are said to have eaten them.

In addition to sexual reproduction, the tree cholla reproduces when stem joints fall to the ground and take root. Thus, this species spreads, and its spread is hard to control, especially where animals defecate seeds and carry stem joints stuck to their hide some distance from the parent plant. (Some cows, "cholla eaters", learn to eat cholla fruits despite the pain.) "Waves of invasion" typically occur four or five years after drought combined with grazing, probably because this combination exposes soil on which the stem joints can take root.

Taxonomy
Cylindropuntia imbricata was scientifically described as Cereus imbricatus by the botanist Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1821. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle moved it to Opuntia in 1828 and Joseph Paxton published it in Echinocactus in 1840. It was given its accepted placement in Cylindropuntia in 1930 by Frederik Marcus Knuth.

Ecology
The fruits are also eaten by various wild birds and mammals, including pronghorn, desert bighorn sheep, and deer. The thorny plants provide escape for cover for many small animals.

The leafcutter bee Lithurgus apicalis has been observed to pollinate the flowers.

Uses
The plants are sometimes grown as ornamentals. Dead stems decay to leave a hollow wooden tube with a pattern of lengthwise slits. These are sometimes used as canes or to make curios. The Roman Catholic Penitentes of New Mexico formerly tied fresh stems to their bare backs in Holy Week processions. The Zuni people use the imbricata variety ceremonially.

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Barre des Écrins

The Barre des Écrins is a mountain in the French Alps with a peak elevation of 4102 m. It is the highest peak of the Massif des Écrins and the Dauphiné Alps and the most southerly alpine peak in Europe that is higher than 4,000 metres. It is the only 4,000-metre mountain in France that lies outside the Mont Blanc Massif. Before the annexation of Savoy in 1860 it was the highest mountain in France.

Location
The Barre des Écrins is the highest peak in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region including all of Occitania and the Southern Alps. It is located in the commune of Pelvoux and is situated near the Drainage divide between the Durance and the Vénéon. This divide passes 250 metres west of the summit, along the ridge that leads to the summit of the sub-peak Dôme des Écrins (4088 metres). The south face of the mountain is rocky while the north face is ice as it is the starting point of the Glacier Blanc.

The mountain is surrounded by four glaciers: to the north-west is the Bonne Pierre glacier, to the north-east the Glacier Blanc, to the south-west the Glacier du Vallon de la Pilatte, and finally in the south-east the Glacier Noir. It is separated from the Snow Dome of Écrins (4015 m) by the Lory Gap (3974 m) to the west, the Barre Noir (3751 m) by the Écrins Gap (3661 m) to the north-east and by Fifre (3699 m) via the Col des Avalanches (3499 m) to the south.

Geology
The mountain consists of migmatized gneiss, an acidic rock composed of quartz-feldspar. On the upper slopes there is an amphibolic face over the top of the migmatized gneiss forming the top. These formations overlap a large granite Pluton that forms the summit of Pelvoux.

History
The Écrins were discovered by geographers belatedly in the 19th century when they were the highest point in France (Savoy being part of the Kingdom of Sardinia at that time). The mountains are actually located on the borders of the Oisans and Briançonnais with the highest point completely in Briançonnais. They were sometimes called "point of Arsines" by locals.

The Englishmen A. W Moore, Horace Walker, and Edward Whymper, guided by Michel Croz from Chamonix and Christian Almer from Switzerland, made the first ascent of the Barre des Écrins on 25 June 1864. They cut steps on the north face of the Barre until they reached the top of the eastern edge via the Whymper corridor. They then reached the top of this high ridge which was composed of very unstable rocks. Edward Whymper described the ascension in his book Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69.

William Auguste Coolidge made the first direct climb up the north face of the Barre des Ecrins in July 1870 by cutting 500 steps.

The first ascent without a guide is credited to Frederick Gardiner in 1878 accompanied by Charles and Lawrence Pilkington.

The southern face was climbed for the first time in 1880 by Pierre Gaspard together with Henri Duhamel. The south pillar, a part of the Black glacier ending at the top, was climbed for the first time in 1944 by the famous couple of climbers Jeanne and Jean Franco.

Ascent

The Barre des Écrins attracts many climbers and has many routes to the top.

The mountain is traditionally scaled from the Pré de Madame Carle in the valley of Ailefroide. The normal route climbs the entire length of the Glacier Blanc. This is a much-used route, because it is the usual way to the Dôme des Écrins, one of the most easily climbed 4,000 m alpine peaks. It starts from the Refuge des Écrins and climbs the north face almost up to the Lory saddle (3,974 m), where the routes to the Dôme and the Barre divide. The ascent of the Barre continues by a rocky arête all the way to the summit. The guides from La Bérarde have equipped the Col des Écrins with cables allowing them to bring their clients to the summit.

Other more challenging routes to the summit exist, such as the South Face rated AD (Fairly Difficult). The quality of the rock on the mountain ranges from poor to average and especially on the South Face of the mountain the risk of rockfall is significant.

It is possible to climb the Direct Coolidge in late spring directly to the summit with crampons and an ice axe. Depending on snow conditions, this route can also be done on skis.

The south-north traverse of the Barre des Écrins bar is also one of the classic routes of the massif.

In summer it is possible to climb a steep path on the south face with the Pilier Sud being the most traveled route.

The record for an ascent on foot is 1 hour 55 minutes by Mathéo Jacquemoud in June 2012, starting from Pré de Madame Carle (1874 m) by the normal route of the Dôme and the Whymper corridor. He beat the old record by Hubert Fievet (2 hours 3 minutes in 1998).

The record for round-trip ski mountaineering is 2 hours 51 minutes by Nicolas Bonnet in 2009 from the Pré de Madame Carle.

Longest line of sight
The Barre des Écrins is the subject of the longest photographed and recognised line of sight on Earth. In July 2016, Marc Bret took a photograph of the mountain from the Pic de Finestrelles in the Pyrenees, some 443 km distant.

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Vic Gedris, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Store detective

A store detective (also known as Asset Protection Investigator, undercover shopper, Loss Prevention Detective, and Asset Protection Specialist) is a member of loss prevention whose main role is to prevent and detect theft (commonly known as shoplifting) and reduce shrink in retail outlets. They do this by patrolling the store in plain clothes looking to identify members of the public who are stealing from the store. More common terms today with major retailers are loss prevention agent, detective or investigator and asset protection officer. Special officer, once common, is now rarely used, as it is typically denotes some form of law enforcement authority, and some jurisdictions limit its use.

Store detectives are still very common and are used in almost all locations of Target, Walmart, JCPenney, Macy's, Nordstrom, Sephora, and other large retailers.

Overview
Store detectives may be self-employed on a contract basis but most are employees of the retailer, or of a security firm with an outsourcing arrangement with the retailer, or of an agency with a similar agreement.

The job involves patrolling stores in the role of an ordinary shopper, watching for shoplifters. The detective observes any shopper behaving suspiciously and keeps a mental record of such observations. The objective of the store detective is to observe a complete crime taking place. They achieve this by observing a shoplifter approaching an item, appropriating the item (picking it up), concealing the item (not always) and leaving the store having not paid for said item. The key difference between a store detective and a security guard is that the former's role is covert. If they observe an individual shoplifting, they may detain them as they attempt to exit the store or apprehend the suspect(s) during the theft. Laws vary greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction regarding what constitutes the crime of shoplifting and how a suspect may be detained/arrested. In Canada, detectives may arrest the individual utilizing powers given to them by the Criminal Code. In the United States, each state has different but similar shopkeeper's privilege laws that allow the arrest and detainment of shoplifters.

It is standard practice that stores require their detectives to have stable work histories and no criminal record. Common backgrounds include the armed services, fire and rescue services, security and policing. In the UK, distance learning courses in store detection are offered by many organizations and the store detective must be in receipt of an SIA (Security Industry Agency) license. Training in security management studies is available from numerous training providers – at various levels. In the US, many states require store detectives to be licensed security officers.

Additional responsibilities
Many retail companies assign the task of investigating check and credit card fraud activity as well as employee theft activity to the store detective. They work closely with law enforcement on such cases whether it is on the local, state or federal level. Companies sometimes also assign the store detective the task of searching employee lockers and bags at random.

Typically store detectives in retail are commonly known either as loss prevention or asset protection. Management and field investigator functions also exist commonly within the loss prevention/asset protection sector of retail.

Techniques and tools of the trade
A store detective has several techniques that they use to detect shoplifters. Keen observational skills is the primary weapon alongside good teamwork with security guards and the use of CCTV. An ability to blend in with other shoppers in a variety of shopping environments is also key. They usually have a clear understanding of the law as it applies to their role depending on jurisdiction.

Most store detectives are unarmed but are trained in arrest and restraint techniques. Some also carry covert microphone and earpieces attached to a radio (sometimes radio-linked to shopping centres and other retail establishments) in order to effectively monitor suspected shoplifters as they move through an area.

In Canada, most Store Detectives are routinely issued slash-proof gloves and handcuffs. However, most provinces require an individual to have special handcuff training and an endorsement on their security license such as in British Columbia.

title: Store detective