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The Chimes of Big Ben

"The Chimes of Big Ben" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, The Prisoner. It was written by Vincent Tilsley and directed by Don Chaffey and fifth to be produced. It was the second episode to be broadcast in the UK on ITV (ATV Midlands and Grampian) on Friday 6 October 1967 and first aired in the United States on CBS on Saturday 8 June 1968.

The episode starred Patrick McGoohan as Number Six and introduced Leo McKern as Number Two. McKern's Number Two would return for the last two episodes of the series.

Plot summary
The episode opens with the relentlessly cheerful voice of the radio announcer encouraging every Villager to participate in an upcoming crafts show. Number Six is playing chess near the beach when Number Two (Leo McKern) joins him. During their conversation, a helicopter lands and an unconscious woman (Nadia Gray) is taken out on a stretcher. Later, Number Six is invited to The Green Dome where he and Number Two watch the woman wake up on the main viewing screen. Number Two says that she is the new Number Eight and that she will be Number Six's new neighbour.

When Number Six returns to his cottage, Number Eight emerges, confused, and asks for directions to The Green Dome. When she returns later, she reveals to him that her name is Nadia, but she claims to be suspicious that he is a Village spy. The following day, Nadia tries to escape by swimming out to sea but is brought back by Rover and interrogated in the hospital. In response, Number Six makes a deal, agreeing to participate more in Village life – for instance, by entering the craft show – if this puts an end to her torture.

Number Six and Nadia become closer and eventually plan to escape. She tells him that she knows the location of The Village: On the Baltic coast of Lithuania about 30 miles from the Polish border.

At the craft show (where every entry except Number Six's is a depiction of Number Two in some medium), Number Six presents his work, a multi-piece abstract sculpture called "Escape". He is then awarded first prize and uses the "work units" he has won to purchase a tapestry, the entry of one of the other prize winners. At night, he and Nadia escape in his exhibit, which is really a carved boat, using the tapestry as a sail. Rover is suspiciously AWOL.

When they reach land, they meet Nadia's contact. Number Six borrows the contact's watch as his own has stopped. Number Six and Nadia then hide in a packing case as they travel to London. They end up in Number Six's old office and meet his former bosses. When they suspect him of being a double agent, Number Six agrees to tell them why he resigned if Nadia is given protection.

However, as he is about to talk, Number Six hears the familiar chimes of Big Ben. He looks at his watch and finds that it shows the same time – not the one hour time difference if the contact had actually been from Lithuania/Poland. Realising he has been tricked, he begins a search of the office and discovers a tape recorder recreating the background sounds of London. He exits the building, finding himself back in The Village, with Nadia standing with Number Two – revealing she was an operative all along.

Cast

 * Leo McKern . . . Number Two
 * Nadia Gray . . . Nadia
 * Finlay Currie . . . General
 * Richard Wattis . . . Fotheringay
 * Angelo Muscat . . . The Butler
 * Kevin Stoney . . . Colonel J.
 * Christopher Benjamin . . . Number Two's assistant
 * David Arlen . . . Karel
 * Peter Swanwick . . . Supervisor
 * Hilda Barry . . . Number 38
 * Jack Le White . . . First Judge
 * John Maxim . . . Second Judge
 * Lucy Griffiths . . . Third Judge
 * Fenella Fielding . . . The Announcer/Telephone Operator (voice only)

Alternative version
During the production of the last four episodes of The Prisoner series (the episode "Living in Harmony" was being made) ITC arranged for a press conference to take place at MGM-British Studios in Borehamwood on 20 September 1967 - a week before the scheduled broadcast on some British TV channels. At the press coverage Patrick McGoohan (at the start wearing his kosho uniform, a made-up martial art used in the series) was interviewed inside the cage shown in the episode "Once Upon a Time". Also present was Angelo Muscat, the mute butler seen in many episodes and Alexis Kanner. Two episodes – "Arrival" and "The Chimes of Big Ben" – were shown to the press. The alternative version of "The Chimes of Big Ben" includes a sequence that was later cut where Number Six uses a triquetrum (an ancient Greek measuring device) to locate the general position of the Village. The end titles also finished with the smaller wheel of the penny farthing resolving into the Earth while a galaxy of stars fills the bigger wheel and then the canopy on the bicycle. The Earth then expanded to a single word 'POP'.

Broadcast
The broadcast date of the episode varied in different ITV regions of the UK. The episode was first shown at 7:30pm on Friday 6 October 1967 on ATV Midlands and Grampian Television, on Sunday 8 October on ATV London, Southern Television, Westward Television and Tyne-Tees; on Thursday 12 October on Scottish Television, on Friday 13 October on Anglia Television, on Thursday 26 October on Border Television and on Friday 3 November on Granada Television in the North West. The aggregate viewing figures for the ITV regions that debuted the season in 1967 have been estimated at 10.1 million. In Northern Ireland, the episode did not debut until Saturday 13 January 1968, and in Wales, the episode was not broadcast until Wednesday 14 January 1970.

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Flesh and Bone (film)

Flesh and Bone is a 1993 American neo noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Steve Kloves that stars Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid and James Caan. Gwyneth Paltrow is featured in an early role, for which she received some praise.

Plot
A rural Texas family finds a mute boy in their front yard. They take the boy in, feed him, and put him to bed while they try to figure out what happened to him. During the night, the boy wakes up and lets a stranger into the house. The man and the boy rob the house together. When the father surprises the burglar, they exchange gunfire. Drawn by the sound, the burglar kills the mother as well. He asks his son if there is anyone else in the house. The boy reluctantly nods, and his father goes upstairs to kill the family's young son, leaving only their crying baby alive.

25 years later, the boy is living a solitary life as a man named Arlis. He has a vending machine business which keeps him traveling all over Texas. At one of his stops, he meets a stripper named Kay who is too drunk to do her job. He drives Kay home and helps her leave her degenerate husband. Arlis resists Kay's advances for a while before they finally fall in love.

One night, Arlis answers a knock at the motel door. It is a young woman named Ginnie, a petty thief he has seen on his rounds. Ginnie asks for help with her car. Arlis follows her to the vehicle only to find that his father Roy is waiting for him. He has been shot and needs Arlis to tend to the wound.

Kay offers Ginnie some nightclothes from her suitcase. Ginnie sees a photograph and asks about it. Kay explains it was her family. Both Arlis and his father eventually realize that Kay was the baby that survived Roy's massacre. Arlis leaves Kay in order to protect her from his father.

Roy has Ginnie lure Kay to the abandoned farmhouse of her infancy. Arlis tracks them down and confronts his father. Neither man lets on to Kay why they are there. As she explores the fields with Ginnie, Roy taunts Arlis about not having the stomach to shoot him. He says he has to kill Kay because she is a loose end, and Arlis will not stop him because they are "flesh and bone".

Arlis kills Roy and takes Kay away from the house. He leaves her at the motel and resumes his solitary life.

Cast

 * Dennis Quaid as Arlis Sweeney
 * Meg Ryan as Kay Davies
 * James Caan as Roy Sweeney
 * Gwyneth Paltrow as Ginnie
 * Scott Wilson as Elliott
 * Gail Cronauer as Emma
 * John Hawkes as Groom

Location
Principal photography began on October 5, 1992 and completed on December 26, 1992.

It was filmed in Lockhart and Marfa, Texas, as well as at the Mustang Mott store owned by Maxine McCoy, in Westhoff, Texas.

Producer Mark Rosenberg died of a heart attack suffered on the film's location in Stanton, Texas. As the end credits begin, the film is dedicated to him.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, Flesh and Bone holds a 70% approval rating from 27 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 57 out of 100 based on 21 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.

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Talk:The Del-Vikings

Mispelling: as The Dell-Vikings
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dell-Vikings_%28The%29_-_1957_-_S.K._31.01.2006.jpg Stephan KŒNIG 17:27, 31 January 2006 (UTC) DELETED! As usual... Tell me what's the right (C) and then I'll rescan the pic sleeve. OK? Stephan KŒNIG 23:13, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

The Versatiles?...
...to become Fifth Dimension? [Aquarius/Let the sunshine in & their Cream's rendition of Sunshine of your love]. Were they the same combo? Stephan KŒNIG 23:11, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

 * The Versatiles were Kripp Johnson, Chuck Jackson, Don Jackson, Arthur Budd and Edward Everette after Mercury won the lawsuit over the usage of the name Del Vikings (no matter the spelling). This formation only existed from late 1957 to sometime in 1958, and mainly did background and overdub duties. 178.165.163.188 (talk) 15:13, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Name
Some explanation of the various spellings of the band's name is probably called for. As far as I can determine, mainly from images of the original record labels at Discogs, releases came out as follows:

 * The Del Vikings
 * Whispering Bells (1957) (Fee Bee Records)
 * Too Many Miles (1963) (ABC-Paramount Records)

 * The Dell-Vikings
 * Come Go With Me (1957) (Dot Records)
 * Come Go With Us—EP (1957) (Dot Records)

 * Del Vikings
 * Cool Shake (1957) (Mercury Records)
 * Come Along With Me (1957) (Mercury Records)
 * The Voodoo Man (1958) (Mercury Records)
 * You Cheated (1958) (Mercury Records)

 * Del-Vikings
 * Somewhere Over The Rainbow (1957) (Luniverse Records)

Strangely enough, none of the original recordings (not a single one), give the name as we have the article titled! Skinsmoke (talk) 04:10, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
 * There is one single recording where they are spelled that way. The B-side of "What Made Maggie Run" (FB-210) on the Fee Bee label from 1957.
 * https://www.45cat.com/record/fb210us :... but that's it. 91.141.36.59 (talk) 04:29, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

 * See the section titled "The Split". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.228.68.216 (talk) 06:47, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Duh! Thanks for that.  I had somehow managed to miss it completely!  Skinsmoke (talk) 18:36, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

''' The correct spelling - One or two L ? '''
 * They are spelled with one L in three newspaper reports from late 1956. The double L variant appears on the first two Fee Bee records (205 and 210A) in early 1957, on the Dot release 15538 and in a report in Cash Box magazine (01/29/1957). In another report in the same issue they were misspelled "Bell Vikings". The strangest one is the third record FB-210C (same constellation of group members), on the A side they are spelled with double L and on the B side with one L. On the fourth record (Fee Bee 214) - Whispering Bells/Don't Be A Fool - they are spelled with one L on both sides. At the same time, DOT released the same record with the double L variant.

 * The year 1957

 * Fee Bee - 1957
 * 1/57 FB-205 Come Go With Me/How Can I Find True Love ... both sides with double L
 * 4/57 FB-210A What Made Maggie Run/When I Come Home ... both sides with double L
 * 4/57 FB-210C What Made Maggie Run/Uh Uh Baby ... A-side with double L … B-Seite with one L
 * 5/57 FB-214 Whispering Bells/Don’t Be A Fool ... both sides with one L
 * -- Split --
 * 8/57 FB-218 I’m Spinning/You Say You Love Me ... The Del Viking Kripp Johnson
 * 11/57 FB-221 Willette/Woke Up This Morning ... The Dell Viking Kripp Johnson

 * Dot – 1957
 * 1/57 15538 Come Go With Me/How Can I Find True Love ... both sides with double L
 * 4/57 15571 What made Maggie Run/Little Billy Boy ... both sides with one L
 * 5/57 15592 Whispering Bells/Don’t Be A Fool ... both sides with double L
 * -- Split --
 * 7/57 EP 1058 Come Go With Us ... with double L
 * 8/57 15636 I’m Spinning/When I Come Home … A-side Kripp … B-side with double L
 * 11/57 15673 Willette/Woke Up This Morning … no Del(l) … just Kripp Johnson

 * Mercury and Luniverse releases from 1957 with one L

 *  1959 - 1973
 * When the contract with Mercury expired in May 1959 (Mercury had the rights to the name Del Vikings no matter what spelling, but only used the variant with one L), all re-releases (of Fee Bee Masters) could now be published under the name "Dell-Vikings". Averbach (Fee Bee) and DOT used the Dell Vikings spelling for all subsequent re-releases. (also Bim Bam Boom, Eedee and Blue Sky) From 1960 on, with the founding of "The New ... Del Vikings" (new constellation with Kripp Johnson, Clarence Quick and 4 new guys) at Alpine and 1961 at ABC, the group wrote itself with one L. All re-releases of Fee Bee Masters with double L:

 * Fee Bee 1959 - 1966
 * -/59 FB-205 Come Go With Me/How Can I Find True Love
 * -/59 FB-210 What Made Maggie Run/Down By The Stream
 * -/59 FB-218 I’m Spinning/You Say You Love Me
 * -/59 FB-221 Willette/I Want To Marry You
 * 6/61 FB-205 Come Go With Me/Whispering Bells
 * -/62 FB-902 True Love/Baby Let Me Be
 * -/64 FB-205 Come Go With Me/Whispering Bells
 * -/66 FB-206 Maggie/Down In Bermuda
 * Dot 1960-1965
 * 5/60 16092 Come Go With Me/How Can I Find True Love
 * 6/61 16236 Come Go With Me/Whispering Bells
 * 4/65 133 Come Go With Me/Whispering Bells
 * Eedee 1962
 * 3501 It's Too Late/Understand (... actually not a Del Vikings record)
 * Bim Bam Boom 1972-1973
 * 111 Cold Feet/I Want To Marry You
 * 113 Watching The Moon/You Say You Love Me
 * 115 I'm Spinning/Girl, Girl
 * Blue Sky 1973
 * 104 Hey Seniorita/Over The Rainbow

 * Alpine (1960), ABC (1961-1963), Crown (1963), Gateway (1964) and Scepter (1972) with one L

 *  Article & hyphen
 * Both the article "The" and the hyphen are meaningless in my opinion and just further spellings. On a South African pressing there is also a version without a gap, i.e. DELVIKINGS. The difference in spelling (one or two L) has nothing to do with the constellation of the group members and only to a limited extent with the record label. It's probably like Gus Backus said - a typo. As I suspect from Averbach's many spelling mistakes, maybe even an intentional one. Averbach had a certain affinity for alternative spellings, here are some examples:
 * Averbach ... Auerbach ... Averbeck
 * Dell Vikings ... Del Vikings ... The Del-Vikings ...
 * Joey Biscoe ... Joe Bisko
 * Kripp Johnson ... Krips Johnson
 * Willette .. Willete
 * Fee Bee ... Fe Be
 * Starr ... Star
 * What Made Maggie Run ... What Makes Maggie Run ... Maggie
 * How Can I Find True Love .. True Love
 * Uh Uh Baby ... Baby, Let Me Be

 * In summary, one can say that with a few early exceptions (see above), all Fee Bee Masters and thus their releases on Dot, Bim Bam Boom, Eedee and Blue Sky, as well as their re-releases, are spelled with double L. All other recordings under the record labels - Mercury, Luniverse, Alpine, ABC, Crown, Gateway and Scepter - are spelled with one L.

178.165.163.188 14:54, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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Huh?
"Lerchey formed another Del Vikings group in the mid-90s shortly before his death in January 29, 2005" The mid-90s are "shortly" before 2005? Ten years!!?? 5.34.85.72 (talk) 04:55, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Needs more sources; accuracy issues
The article needs more sources, especially toward the end; there is a lot of unsourced stuff there. I have tagged it for that and for factual accuracy. Regarding accuracy, the first question I have is whether the group still exists in any form. I cannot find any indication of its existence online, but the article uses the present tense. Because I cannot find any indication that the group still exists, I have removed the infobox information on its years active (unclear) and on current and former members (also unclear). (Oddly, Norman Wright--who passed away in 2010--was listed as a current member.) If anyone knows of a source that shows that the group (or some offshoot of it) does still exist, we can re-add the information. SunCrow (talk) 21:07, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I have just removed a lot of the unsourced and confusing material. I have also added some sourced material on "Come Go With Me" and "Whispering Bells." The article still needs more sources. SunCrow (talk) 18:53, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of counties in Hezmiet

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was speedily deleted as vandalism. jni 05:52, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

List of counties in Hezmiet
Rather nonsensical data about apparently a non-notable fictional state; well, doesn't seem encylopedic in any case. Delete. Natalinasmpf 01:16, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Created by same person who created the "Counties in Yegi" article. Speedy delete. Gwk 01:19, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. No basis in reality. - Thatdog 01:27, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete. See also List_of_counties_in_svalbard and List_of_counties_in_Yegi_by_population.  Then sanction user, please.  Dcarrano 01:28, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy as per above reasons. -mysekurity 01:50, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy as per above royblumy 05:15, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
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Gas House Gang (quartet)

Gas House Gang was a barbershop quartet that won the 1993 SPEBSQSA International Quartet Competition. They started singing as a group in 1987 in St. Louis Missouri. After winning the 1988 Central States District Competition in their first attempt, they began a steady climb up the International Competition ladder which culminated in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where they were awarded the 1993 International Quartet Championship.

Performances
The Gas House Gang toured the United States and they performed in all fifty states in the U.S. They also sang extensively in Canada and performed around the world, singing in 15 countries.

Major highlights included:

 * Singing on a PBS special with Marquis (quartet), "Voices in Harmony"
 * NPR's "At the Creation"
 * NBC's Today Show
 * BBC Radio
 * Singing at Carnegie Hall three times
 * Singing on the stage at the Grand Ole Opry
 * Professional productions of The Music Man with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at The Muny
 * Cruise ship performances
 * Performers with whom they shared the stage include The Four Freshmen, The Swingle Singers, Rockapella, The Persuasions, The Chordettes, The King's Singers, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Victor Borge, Porter Wagoner, GLAD and the Grammy award-winning group Chanticleer.
 * They produced five recordings
 * They were awarded nominations and awards by the Contemporary A Cappella Society of America (CASA), including Best Barbershop Song, Studio Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Best Christmas Album, and Best Christmas Song.
 * They were named to the Barbershop Harmony Society's Hall of Fame in 2008.

On June 3, 2004, the quartet announced their retirement at the end of 2005. The quartet still occasionally does reunion shows.

As a part of their 25th-anniversary performance on the 2018 Association of International Champions Show, the Gas House Gang shared a tribute to their original baritone Rob Henry, with some help from his son, Ryan.

Central States District (CSD)

 * 1988 – 1st

Members
Henry's 2000 doctoral dissertation on the African American origins of barbershop harmony and his 2007 Harmony University keynote address, "Gold Medal Moments" have influenced the study, philosophy, and discourse of barbershop harmony.
 * Original tenor: Joe Fink (1988–1990)
 * Winning members:
 * Tenor: Kipp Buckner
 * Lead: Rich Knight
 * Bari: Rob Henry
 * Bass: Jim Henry
 * Kipp Buckner began singing barbershop when he was 14 with the Louisville Thoroughbreds chorus and international championship victories in 1981 and 1984. He is one of two men to have won the International Champion Quartet Medal three times. (Jeff Oxley also won three, with Acoustix, The Rapscallions, and Max Q.) Buckner won his three gold medals with the GHG in 1993, the Interstate Rivals in 1987, and Old School in 2011. Buckner sang with the Ambassadors of Harmony for their first international championship victory in 2004 in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.
 * Jim Henry, PhD joined the society at the age of 11 as a member of the Daniel Boone Chorus, which became the Ambassadors of Harmony. He became the director of the Ambassadors in 1991 and went on to lead the chorus to 16 medals including 4 gold medals (2004, 2009, 2012 and 2016). In 2009 when Crossdroads won, Jim became the only man in BHS history to direct the winning chorus and win with his quartet in the same year. In 2019, he was inducted to the Barbershop Harmony Society's Hall of Fame.
 * Rich Knight has sung with the Ambassadors of Harmony since the 1970s and has been part of each championship. His lead voice creates the defining sound of the GHG. He is an active member in the Central States District. He is an active coach and clinician, teaching at district events, Harmony University and International Barbershop events.
 * Rob Henry, the quartet's baritone, was diagnosed with esophageal cancer on May 30, 2003, and died shortly thereafter on September 4, 2003.

Several prominent barbershop singers helped fill in after Rob's death, to fulfill show obligations.

Replacement baritone members:

 * Mike Slamka (Power Play and Crossroads)
 * Brandon Guyton (Four Voices and Crossroads)
 * DJ Hiner (The Ritz)
 * Tony DeRosa (Keepsake, Platinum, Max Q, and Main Street)
 * Jonny Moroni (Vocal Spectrum)

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Ontario Highway 140

King's Highway 140, commonly referred to as Highway 140, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The highway connects Port Colborne near Lake Erie with Highway 406 in Welland, via the Main Street Tunnel. It was constructed in the early 1970s as part of the Welland Bypass project of the Welland Canal, which resulted in the severance of several highways and rail lines. Opened to traffic in late 1972, several months following the tunnel, Highway 140 has remained unchanged since, despite growing calls to resign it as an extension of Highway 406.

Route description
Highway 140 begins at an intersection with Highway 3 on the eastern edge of Port Colborne. From there, Highway 3 continues east to Fort Erie; to the west it becomes Niagara Regional Road 3. The roadway carrying Highway 140 continues south of Highway 3 as a local road named Elizabeth Street, whereas Highway 140 travels north, to the west of forestland and a quarry. The highway parallels the Welland Canal throughout its length, always within 2 km of the waterway. Wooden high-tension powerlines parallel the highway until it diverges, curving towards the northeast immediately north of Chippawa Road. It travels diagonally for several kilometres before ascending on an overpass and crossing the former Canadian National Humberstone Subdivision tracks.

The highway gradually straightens to a north–south alignment as it crosses Highway 58A and a set of railway tracks, both of which travel beneath the nearby Welland Canal to the west. Continuing north, Highway 140 passes over Lyons Creek, which meanders northeast to converge with the Welland River west of the Niagara River. The highway ends approximately 1 km north of this point at an intersection with Main Street (Niagara Regional Road 27). Main Street travels beneath the Welland Canal immediately west of Highway 140, providing a connection to Highway 406 on the opposite side. Because of its importance as both a through route past the canal and in linking Highway 140 with Highway 406, East Main Street between Highways 140 and 406 is maintained the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) as Highway 7146.

History
The history of Highway 140 begins in May 1966, when the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority received Federal approval for the Welland Bypass, a 13.4 km channel that would serve to bypass the canal through downtown Welland, where several crossings proved to be a hazard for shipping traffic and the shipping traffic an impediment to pedestrian and vehicular traffic. The new channel would be dug out and flooded, providing the opportunity for the construction of cheap cut and cover tunnels beneath the channel. By 1968, construction was underway on tunnels at East Main Street and at the Port Colborne – Welland townline.

Due to the numerous road disconnections that would take place as a result of the Welland Bypass, a new highway was proposed to link Welland with Port Colborne. One of the severed highways was Highway 58, which then followed Canal Bank Street south from Welland. In late 1970, the Department of Highways tendered contracts for the construction of the new highway on the east side of the bypass. Construction began from the north, reaching as far south as Ramey Road.

The section north of Townline Road was completed within a year. Around the same time, the third and final contract was tendered for the section north of Highway 3. On May 20, 1972, the Main Street Tunnel was opened to traffic at a morning ceremony featuring local officials and the Welland Police Association Pipe Band. Highway 140 was opened several months later, without ceremony, on October 5. It has remained unchanged since then, and was not affected by the provincial highway transfers in 1997 and 1998.

The various municipalities serviced by Highway 140, as well as Niagara Region, have called for four-laning the route and redesignating it as Ontario Highway 406. However, the MTO is committed to extending Highway 406 to Highway 58 southwest of Welland. On April 4, 2006, the MPP for Erie—Lincoln, Tim Hudak, introduced a Private Member's Bill. The Highway 406 to Port Colborne Act passed first reading, but was not brought up for a second reading.

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Zhang Yining

Zhang Yining (born 5 October 1981) is a Chinese table tennis player who retired in 2009. She is considered one of the greatest female players in the sport's history. In terms of achievements, she is one of the most successful female table tennis players (alongside Ding Ning, Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Li Xiaoxia) having won the gold medal in each of the Table Tennis World Cup, the Table Tennis World Championships, and the Olympic Games. She is also the first player overall, and the first female, to have completed a Double Grand Slam.

History
Zhang Yining held the ITTF #1 ranking continuously from 2003 to 2009, except two months in 2008, remaining as a dominant figure in women's table tennis, with four Olympic gold medals, ten World Championships, and four World Cup wins. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she was often referred to by commentators as "The Yellow Beast", denoting her dominance in the sport. She uses a specially made Zhang Yining ZLC for her blade made by butterfly, and tenergy 05 for forehand and tenergy 64 for her backhand.

Zhang is a graduate from Beijing Shichahai Sports School, where Li Jiawei of Singapore studied as well.

Zhang was married in October 2009 and has not been present in table tennis tournaments since then. She announced her retirement from international play in 2011 and she went to the United States to study at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and learn to better speak English. This makes her one of few players to retire whilst holding both the World and Olympic titles for singles and team event in table tennis. Zhang also said she would like to introduce to Americans the sport of table tennis.

Since 2010, Zhang serves as the assistant president of the China Table Tennis College in Shanghai.

Successes

 * 45th World Table Tennis Championships (1999) Women's Single Silver
 * 45th World Table Tennis Championships (2000) Women's Team Gold
 * 5th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals (2000) Women's Single Gold
 * 5th Table Tennis World Cup (2001) Women's Single Gold
 * 46th World Table Tennis Championships (2001) Women's Team Gold
 * 6th Table Tennis World Cup (2002) Women's Single Gold
 * 7th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals (2002) Women's Single Gold
 * 47th World Table Tennis Championships (2003) Women's Single Silver, women's Double Gold
 * 47th World Table Tennis Championships (2004) Women's Team Gold
 * Games of the 28th Olympiad (2004) Table Tennis Women's Single Gold, women's Double Gold
 * 8th Table Tennis World Cup (2004) Women's Single Gold
 * 48th World Table Tennis Championships (2005) Women's Single Gold, women's Double Gold
 * 10thNational Games of China (2005) Women's Team Gold, women's Single Gold
 * 9th Table Tennis World Cup (2005) Women's Single Gold
 * 10th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals (2005) Women's Single Gold
 * 48th World Table Tennis Championships (2006) Women's Team Gold
 * 11th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals (2006) Women's Single Gold
 * 49th World Table Tennis Championships (2007) Women's Double Gold
 * 11th Table Tennis World Cup (2007) Women's Team Gold
 * 49th World Table Tennis Championships (2008) Women's Team Gold
 * Games of the 29th Olympiad (2008) Table Tennis Women's Single Gold, women's Team Gold
 * 50th World Table Tennis Championships (2009) Women's Single Gold

2008 Summer Olympics Women's Table Tennis Singles results
Zhang participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, winning gold in both the women's singles and women's team competition. Zhang successfully defended her singles Olympic gold medal, defeating compatriot Wang Nan in the finals 8-11, 13–11, 11–8, 11–8, 11–3.

She was also the women's doubles gold medal winner at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

The following table shows the scores of the women's singles table tennis matches that Zhang Yining played during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games:

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2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony
At the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Zhang took the Olympic Oath on behalf of all competitors at the Games.

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Category:Lesbian artists

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Talk:Howdy Doody

Toy Story, y'all?
Wasn't the Howdy Doody Show the inspiration for Toy Story? If so, I think this factoid would well be worth a small mention in the article. --15:04, 16 August 2005 (UTC) Look up anything you can about Howdy Doody he might be from along time ago but he is still is awesome i hope you look this up
 * Thank You
 * Ciera

I think it's fair to say that, had there been no Howdy Doody, there would likely have been no Woody. But... to see Howdy Doody as a significant inspiration, or to suggest that Woody's Roundup is a parody of Howdy Doody, is really stretching things. Woody's Roundup was a strictly puppet show (with no live actors), and Woody (who is an adult) resembles Howdy (who is a child) only in that both wear cowboy garb. And Woody is modeled after Tom Hanks.

I wold urge the writer to rethink this, and possibly remove (or at least modify) the Toy Story reference.

WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 22:29, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Guest appearances
Didn't Clarabell and "Bufallo" Bob once appear in "Happy Days"? I remember an episode where the plot revolved around the opportunity for publishing a picture of Clarabell without his makeup. Luis Dantas 17:53, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It was Season 2, Episode 17, broadcast on February 18, 1975. It was when the show was still into 50s nostalgia. And I remember seeing at as a kid. Dgabbard (talk) 17:04, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Inquisitive Editor
I removed this from the article, but thought I'd be nice and post it here to help out Gentle18: A question was this show ever filmed in LA. I remember being there but I don't rember going to NY. e-mail gentle18adina@hotmail.com My name was Harriet Giler DOB 2-16-47

Question was the dowdy doody show ever filmed in LA, I believe I was in the peanut gallery. Harriet Giler with my brother Mike Giler. DOB 4-29-43 and 3-16-47  email    gentle18adina@hotmail.com   thanks Sorry Harriet, I don't see anything about the show ever being filmed at any location other than New York. Hoof Hearted 20:49, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

First of all, Howdy Doody was broadcast live, at least until it moved back to Saturday morning in 1956, and at that point, it was videotaped. It was only filmed by kinescopes (filmed from a monitor screen) in order to provide the show to stations away from the network connections of the time or to allow broadcast later than the live time on the West Coast.

However, it is true that the Howdy Doody Show was originated from LA during January 1954. It is said that this was an attempt by NBC to get the show to move to Hollywood permanently. But the show's star and creator, Buffalo Bob Smith didn't want to move the show from New York. Source: ''Say Kida! What Time Is It?'' by Stephen Davis, Little Brown & Company, 1987. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GrouchoRoss (talk • contribs) 04:27, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Puppet Playhouse
Wasn't the origional name of the show Puppet Playhouse? How should that be added and used with the TV infobox? Vexrm 16:29, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I LOVE HOWDY DOODY!!!

Jericho (TV series) cancellation and is-was dispute
In light of the dispute on the Jericho article talk page about whether it "is" or "was" a show, I have edited the tenses (some of them) regarding Howdy Doody. 68.36.214.143 16:52, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Howdy Doody Restaurant?
Yeah, I remember Howdy Doody's burger joint. There was one we used to go to in Warwick, R.I. We used to go there as a family because they had 18 cent hamburgers. That was mid to late 60's. We also used to frequent Burger Chef. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.21.194.65 (talk) 00:53, 12 October 2015 (UTC) I haven't been able to find any evidence online that it ever existed, but when I was young (in the late 1960s, say) my grandmother used to take me to a fast food burger place called Howdy Doody's. Store decor featured images of the puppet and other characters from the show. I remember getting a plastic hand puppet of Howdy Doody there, one of those "plastic mitten"-type disposable puppets. Good shakes, too, if my memory serves after all those years.

The restaurant was on Route 1/VFW Parkway in or near Dedham, Massachusetts - close to West Roxbury. I'm sure it was part of a chain. Later that store became a McDonalds. But even that has been gone for fifteen or twenty years.

Does anyone else remember the Howdy Doody restaurants? PMaranci 13:56, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

There was a drive-in restaurant (possibly more than one) called "Howdy Beefburger." I have no idea whether it was actually connected with anyone connected with the Howdy Doody Show, but I seem to remember Buffalo Bob on a radio commercial for it at some point. --GrouchoRoss (talk) 04:30, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

The Howdy Burger chain was all over New England. It was owned by Dunkin' Donuts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.195.251.173 (talk) 00:13, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

I can attest to the Howdy Beefburger's existence, simply because it was where one of my first jobs was. That was roughly 1966, in Quincy, MA...being 71 years old now, the experience is kind of vague now; but I do remember working there for a short while. I also remember reading later that the chain was accused of using horse meat, but I can't swear to what happened there. I also worked for a short time at 'Mickey D's' in the same time frame; but that's another story. In any case, Howdy Beefburgers did exst for a time. I can't say why they ultimately went out of business however---Michael B.--- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.218.173.235 (talk) 02:00, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Image
It's an article about Howdy doody, so they show an image of Clarabell. C'mon Wiki. Get smart.72.73.221.13 16:08, 24 September 2007 (UTC)Lestrade

There used to be a Howdy Doody restaurant in four corners Woburn Mass (now Mcdonalds) My father used to bring me there when I was a kid in the late 70's — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.121.150 (talk) 19:18, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

AirODoodle
Howdy had an all-purpose vehicle called the AirODoodle that deserves a mention. It was part steam locomotive, part car and part boat -- and also had wings and a helicopter rotor. There's an image on this site: http://www.tvacres.com/images/airodoodle.jpg --NameThatWorks 22:23, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

 * A video is available at . It is actually the audio of a phonograph record, accompanied by a series of still shots, not all of which have to do with Howdy Doody.  At about 0:58, there is a picture of Howdy riding on the Air O Doodle.  Notice the front end of an automobile in front of the locomotive.  Josh-Levin@ieee.org (talk) 04:05, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

 * I believe that’s actually spelled “Aerodoodle.” And don’t forget to mention how the Flub-a-Dub learned to talk—by swallowing a can of alphabet soup.

Dodiad (talk) 23:42, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No, it is spelled "Air-O-Doodle" or "Air O Doodle" Josh-Levin@ieee.org (talk) 04:05, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

 * Might also mention Flub-a-Dub’s favorite food:

 * I love those meatballs, meatballs, meatballs and spaghetti
 * I’m always ready
 * To eat spaghetti

Dodiad (talk) 19:42, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

original puppets
I'm not adding this to the article because I don't have a print reference yet, but Velma Dawson did not create the original puppets. Here are several articles describing what happened in the first year of the show:

Basically, they started out in 1947 using puppets built by Frank Paris. When the show turned out to be a hit, Paris demanded a better deal on licensing proceeds and sued the producers - either in 1948 or 1949, the online sources are inconsistent. The suit was settled, Paris and his puppets left the show, and they gave Howdy a radical makeover - which was written into the script, since the change was pretty noticeable. (I think the terms of the settlement required that Paris not only refrain from performing with the original Howdy, but destroy it.) So it's true, as the article says, that Dawson created the puppets until the end of the show - just not from the start. ←Hob 18:34, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

From personal memory I can say with certainty that Frank Paris' original puppet had spiky white hair, not unlike Andy Warhol, and no freckles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.179.190 (talk) 05:39, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Paris actually walked out, taking his puppets with him. On the show that afternoon, they had Howdy out in Oregon campaigning for President of the Kids, then he decided to have plastic surgery to improve his appearance to attract votes from the girls. So they used a random puppet with face bandaged for awhile until Valma Dawson's puppet was ready. Then in June 1948, they unveiled the new Howdy, putting the bandages on his face and then removing them on the show. They ordered a duplicate puppet from Valma Dawson, but it didn't look quite enough like Howdy. They used it once on the show as Howdy's twin brother, Double Doody, but then Scott Brinker of their staff reworked it into Inspector Fedoozle. Brinker then built another Howdy double, which is believed to be the puppet on display at the Smithsonian. After that, new puppets were built by Brinker and, later by Rufus and Margo Rose. --GrouchoRoss (talk) 04:38, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

We have cleaned and digitized these episodes....
Who is the "we" in the sentence beginning "We have cleaned and digitized these episodes for the delight of today's children...."? Is this a new Wikipedia project, or was this entire sentence (paragraph) transplanted verbatim from someone's press release? Charles dye (talk) 17:35, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

From personal memory I can say with certainty that Frank Paris' original puppet had spiky white hair, not unlike Andy Warhol, and no freckles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.179.190 (talk) 05:36, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Clarabelle
Is there a less terrifying picture of Clarabelle we could use? This one looks like it should be in a Stephen King movie... 67.54.179.114 (talk) 15:33, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

There is no "e" on the end of Clarabell. "Clarabelle" is a female name, but Clarabell is male. --GrouchoRoss (talk) 04:40, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Even without the "e," "Clarabell" is hardly a masculine name. Giving him that name was of course a joke. (It probably killed the use of the name for women in any spelling, at least temporarily.) Kostaki mou (talk) 21:18, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

The IMDB lists two people named Nicholson as being on the show: "Nick" Nicholson (Earl Alexander Nicholson) and Bobby Nicholson. They list Bobby as Clarabell. How might one go about verifying the identity of the Clarabell between Keeshan and Anderson? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.203.221.30 (talk) 03:20, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Comic books
I am pretty sure that I read Howdydoody comic books in South Africa as a child some fifty years ago. Does anyone else know about these?
 * Dell published a Howdy comic starting in 1950. The ones you read were probably licensed reprints or even imported copies of the American editions. The article should probably add a reference to the extensive merchandising that occurred, which includes the comics, toys and clothing. Dgabbard (talk) 22:45, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I added a small section on merchandising and included mention of the comics. Dgabbard (talk) 17:30, 30 November 2009 (UTC))

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Moon Rising reference--does it belong?
I gather this is some sort of documentary alleging various conspiracies regarding the space program. How well documented are the photos mentioned? Does it really belong in an article on the character? I don't see it as signifying any cultural significance Dgabbard (talk) 22:33, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I removed the section as too esoteric.Dgabbard (talk) 17:59, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

"Lost" Howdy Cartoon
UPA was hired to do a cartoon with Howdy but evidently Bob Smith didn't like the result and it only recieved limited release and was probably destroyed per this article. This deserves mention, so I included it in the merchandise section I added. Dgabbard (talk) 16:59, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Audio drops off because of incompetent boom operator
A long time ago (likely sometime in the 90's, probably in the early to mid) I recall someone on TV describing how for one Howdy Doody episode the audio drops off every time Howdy 'speaks' and it was because an incompetent boom operator kept moving the microphone over to Howdy to record his lines. ...um....yeah. Anyway, it might be something more appropriate for the IMDB listing (which is surprisingly slim on useful info), but if someone has more info about this, should the article include a mention? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.254.86.114 (talk) 00:58, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

La Hora de Jaudi Dudi and other Spanish variants
A series of Billboard writeups are my main source for the rise and (very rapid) fall of La Hora de Jaudi Dudi, at least the one that ran in 1953. That's a good start, but there has to be more to it than that. A quick glance over several comic book sites shows Jaudi Dudi comic books were still being published in Mexico at the end of the decade. As for Cuban TV's Chiriltin, all I could scrape up was a name. Our freckle-faced boy really had legs, but obviously further research into this part of his career needs to be done. --Enwilson (talk) 12:38, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Photo request for original Howdy Doody

 * File:Ugly Howdy Doody 1948.jpg

This is a free use photo from an old magazine--Howdy is on the right of the photo. We hope (talk) 21:55, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Another Bluster brother?
The article mentions Phineas T. Bluster’s brother, Hector Hamhock Bluster. But I seem to remember another brother named Phileas P. Bluster, also a cousin called Donald T. Rump.

Dodiad (talk) 19:46, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose that Photo Doody (Howdy) be merged into Howdy Doody. Much of the content in the Photo Doody article overlaps that of Howdy, and the rest can easily fit into a paragraph-length section in Howdy. 2600:1008:B028:25B0:5980:1AD4:B2A9:E1B9 (talk) 19:05, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose, the photo doody puppet is notable (see page refs) and is a complete enough page to stand alone. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:07, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

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"played by actress Judy Tyler, who had appeared opposite Elvis Presley in the 1957 film Jailhouse Rock."
She played Princess SummerFallWinterSpring long before she appeared in Jailhouse Rock. (She played the role between 1950 and 1953, as the article on Ms. Tyler will confirm.) Kostaki mou (talk) 21:11, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Buffalo Bob Smith and Howdy Doody in 1972
No, that's not a picture of Howdy Doody. It's a cheap ventriloquist figure that the Buff was hawking at the time. What the hell is wrong with you people? 71.162.113.226 (talk) 22:06, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Iconic song at the end of the show
I may be wrong about this.... I remember a short'n'sweet song that went: "It's time, to say, Goodbye goodbye until next Saturday, When we'll all be with you again."

Was this from Howdy Doody? Googling it came up with nothing.

Hello
Hello 110.149.188.57 (talk) 05:25, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Shatner in America
You say William Shatner played Ranger Bob on the Canadian version. But the source you use, his 2008 autobiography, clearly states that Howdy Doody was his American TV debut. Could he be remembering wrong? It's possible, but in the meantime, this source still says America, not Canada for Ranger Bob. 74.104.189.176 (talk) 22:12, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Would you mind explaining who said it's the Canadian version? Sundayclose (talk) 01:17, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

In a later interview, Shatner himself was asked about that, and couldn't remember being on Howdy Doody. He said if he was, it was in Toronto, the Canadian version. And 'they" say that his autobiography is riddled with mistakes and inconsistancies. So it is a consensus opinion among those who care about such things that he was on the Canadian version. Still, a mistake in print is a joy forever. 74.104.189.176 (talk) 14:51, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Cultural impact
I think it's worth mentioning that the phrase "Hey Kids, what time is it?" was sampled numerous times (e.g. Hithouse "Jack To The Sound Of The Underground"). 89.183.230.227 (talk) 18:35, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Princess Summerfall Winterspring
I’m old enough to have watched the show during its original run. I recall an episode where it was stated that her birthday was February 29, so she only had a birthday every four years. But I can’t find a reference that this was presented in any episode. It would have been between 1955 and 1960. Assistance in finding a transcript, or other reliable source, would be appreciated. Edison (talk),

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicholas Volpe

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The result of the debate was DELETE. Postdlf 22:53, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Nicholas Volpe
Delete Non notable teen vanity, like his friend Thomas DiRenzo. --Etacar11 01:18, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. --Canderson7 01:20, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agreed. Gwk 01:29, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete both. nn tean vanity on both. I prescribe moving page to author's own userpage or something. -mysekurity 01:51, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete both per above. Jaxl 02:19, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn, vanity. royblumy 05:10, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. nn. vanity. jni 05:43, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable teen vanity. JamesBurns 08:07, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, personal bio page of nn person.- Mgm|(talk) 08:24, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable, is a signed article points it out even more. -- Natalinasmpf 13:19, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. --Briangotts 18:17, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, the author has spelling issues regarding his own name...not saying that's a deletable offense, but it really doesn't help. StopTheFiling 22:09, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This looks like a listing for a dating service. --Madchester 06:06, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
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Almaden

Almaden may refer to:

United States

 * Almaden Valley, San Jose, California
 * Almaden Mine, an alternate name for New Almaden Quicksilver Mine
 * IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose
 * Almaden Air Force Station, a former US Air Force station
 * Almaden station, a light rail station in San Jose
 * Old Almaden Winery, a park in Santa Clara County, California

Other places

 * Almaden, Queensland, Australia
 * Almadén, a town in Spain notable for its mercury mines

Other uses

 * Almaden Vineyards, a wine producer owned by Constellation Brands

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The Bible and homosexuality

There are a number of passages in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament that have been interpreted as involving same-sex sexual activity and relationships. The passages about homosexual individuals and sexual relations in the Hebrew Bible are found primarily in the Torah (the first five books traditionally attributed to Moses). The book of Leviticus chapter 20 is more comprehensive on matters of detestable sexual acts. Some texts included in the New Testament also reference homosexual individuals and sexual relations, such as the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel of Luke, and Pauline epistles originally directed to the early Christian churches in Asia Minor. Both references in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament have been interpreted as referring primarily to male homosexual individuals and sexual practices, though the term homosexual was never used as it was not coined until the 19th century.

Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and its traditional interpretations in Judaism and Christianity have historically affirmed and endorsed a patriarchal and heteronormative approach towards human sexuality, favouring exclusively penetrative vaginal intercourse between men and women within the boundaries of marriage over all other forms of human sexual activity,  including autoeroticism, masturbation, oral sex, non-penetrative and non-heterosexual sexual intercourse (of which the penetrative forms have been labelled as "sodomy" by some), believing and teaching that such behaviors are forbidden because they are considered to be sinful,  and further compared to or derived from the behaviour of the alleged residents of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Leviticus 18 and 20
Chapters 18 and 20 of Leviticus form part of the Holiness code and list prohibited forms of intercourse, including the following verses:

 * "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination." Chapter 18 verse 22
 * "If a man lies with a man as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them." Chapter 20 verse 13

More recent interpretations focus on the passage's context as part of the Holiness code, a code of purity meant to distinguish the behavior of the Israelites from the polytheistic Canaanites. Donald J. Wold argues that ancient Israel viewed the Canaanites as "practitioners of homosexuality, rape and incest". They also condemned homosexuality as defying the "male-female model of sexual union" and the holiness of God's sanctuary.

Analyses by Saul Olyan, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Judaic Studies Program at Brown University, K. Renato Lings, and others focus on ambiguities embedded in the original Hebrew, arguing these ambiguities may not prohibit all erotic expression between men but rather proscribe incest between male family members. They argue English translators of Leviticus added to the original text to compensate for perceived lacunae in the biblical text; but thereby altered the verse's meaning. Leviticus 18:22 reads:

The New Revised Standard Version renders Leviticus 18:22 as "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman".

Lings (2009) argues the inclusion of prepositions not in the original text and the translation of Leviticus' otherwise unattested within the context of Genesis (i.e.,  is found only within Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, and Genesis 49:4) is crucial to illuminate the incestuous connotation of the passage, and the translation of miškevē in light of Genesis results in the text of Leviticus 18 and 20 becoming more cohesive.

Himbaza et al. (2012) compares the taboo against homosexuality and incest by how they're believed to threaten the Israelite family. When a man participates in homosexual intercourse, they simultaneously become lovers and whatever social role they possessed beforehand, such as chiefs, servants etc. This creates tension and potentially, conflict in the same vein as male-male conflicts within the families of Isaac, Jacob, David etc. Because the Israelite family typically lacks resources to combat this, homosexual intercourse is prohibited altogether.

Some authors suggest that the prohibitions in Leviticus 18 and 20 specifically condemn males penetrating other males, thus "emasculating" the latter (anal sex). This makes the prohibitions more akin to a sodomy law.

Sodom and Gomorrah

The story of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis does not explicitly identify homosexuality as the sin for which they were destroyed. Some interpreters find the story of Sodom and a similar one in Judges 19 to condemn the rape of guests more than homosexuality, but the passage has historically been interpreted within Judaism and Christianity as a punishment for homosexuality due to the interpretation that the men of Sodom wished to rape, or have sex with, the angels who retrieved Lot.

While the Jewish prophets spoke only of lack of charity as the sin of Sodom, the exclusively sexual interpretation became so prevalent among Christian communities that the name "Sodom" became the basis of the word "sodomy", still a legal synonym for homosexual and non-procreative sexual acts, particularly anal or oral sex.

While the Jewish prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos and Zephaniah refer vaguely to the sin of Sodom, Ezekiel specifies that the city was destroyed because of its commission of social injustice as well as its commission of "abomination:" "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good."

The Talmudic tradition as written between c. 370–500 also interprets the sin of Sodom as lack of charity, with the attempted rape of the angels being a manifestation of the city's violation of the social order of hospitality.

Later traditions on Sodom's sin, such as Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, considered it to be an illicit form of heterosexual intercourse. In Jude 1:7–8 the Bible says of Sodom and Gomorrah:

"Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh...'"

This has been interpreted as a reference to homosexuality by some and to the sexual lust of mortals after angels by others. Jewish writers Philo (d. AD 50) and Josephus (37 –c. 100) were the first reported individuals to assert unambiguously that homosexuality was among the sins of Sodom. By the end of the 1st century AD, Jews commonly identified the sin of Sodom with homosexual practices.

David and Jonathan, Ruth and Naomi
The account of David and Jonathan in the Books of Samuel has been interpreted by traditional and mainstream writers as a relationship of affectionate regard. It has also been interpreted by some authors as of a sexual nature. Theologian Theodore Jennings identifies the story as one of desire for David by both Saul and Jonathan, stating, "Saul's jealousy has driven [David] into Jonathan's arms." Michael Coogan, lecturer on the Old Testament at Harvard Divinity School, addresses the claim of the alleged homosexual relationship between David and Jonathan and explicitly rejects it.

The story of Ruth and Naomi is also occasionally interpreted by contemporary scholars as the story of a lesbian couple. Coogan states that the Hebrew Bible does not even mention lesbianism.

Romans 1:26–27
Romans 1:26–27 is commonly cited as one instance of New Testament teaching against homosexuality:

That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.

This passage, part of a larger discourse in 1:18–32, has been debated by contemporary Bible scholars as to its relevance today, what it actually prohibits and whether it represents Paul's view or rhetoric that Paul is actively arguing against. Clement of Alexandria and John Chrysostom regarded it as concerning female and male homosexual intercourse, while Augustine of Hippo viewed it as referring to heterosexual and homosexual anal sex. Although Christians of several denominations have historically maintained that this verse is a complete prohibition of all forms of homosexual activity, some 20th- and 21st-century authors contend the passage is not a blanket condemnation of homosexual acts, suggesting, among other interpretations, that the passage condemned heterosexuals who experimented with homosexual activity or that Paul's condemnation was relative to his own culture, in which homosexuality was not understood as an orientation and in which being penetrated was seen as shameful. These interpretations are, however, in a minority.

Scholars, noting that Romans 1:18–32 represents an exception in the book of Romans as a whole and uses vocabulary elsewhere not seen in Paul's letters, have for decades puzzled over the passage. Some scholars believe these verses are part of a much larger non-Pauline interpolation, a later addition to the letter. Others argue that the grammar of the Greek original demands that Romans 1:18–32 be read as a rhetorical set-up, a summary of Hellenistic Jewish legalist rhetoric that Paul actively forbids followers of Christ from using in Romans 2.

1 Corinthians 6:9–11; 1 Timothy 1:8–11
In the context of the broader immorality of his audience, Paul the Apostle wrote in the First Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter 6 verses 9-11: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Timothy 1:8–11 states: But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers; For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

In the letter to the Corinthians, within the list of people who will not inherit the kingdom of God, Paul uses two Greek words: (μαλακοὶ) and  (ἀρσενοκοῖται).

is a compound word. Compound words are formed when two or more words are put together to form a new word with a new meaning. In this case, is from the Greek words / (ἄῤῥην/ἄρσην) meaning "male", and  (κοίτην) meaning "bed", with a sexual connotation. A direct translation would be "male-bed". Its first recorded use was by Paul in 1 Corinthians and later in 1 Timothy 1 (attributed to Paul), and remains unattested in contemporaneous sources. Some scholars consider Paul to have adapted this word by translating, to Greek, the verse from Leviticus 20:13, with additional adaption from the wording of the Septuagint translations of Leviticus 18:22 and 20:23 Due to its unclear definition, English translators struggled with representing the concept of. It has been variously rendered as "sexual perverts" (RSV), "sodomites" (NRSV), "abusers of themselves with mankind" (KJV), "men who have sex with men" (NIV) or "practicing homosexuals" (NET).

(μαλακία, "softness", "weakliness") is an ancient Greek word that, in relation to men, has sometimes been translated as "effeminacy". Also translates to "of things subject to touch, "soft" (used in Matthew 11:8 and Luke 7:25 to describe a garment); of things not subject to touch, "gentle"; and, of persons or modes of life, a number of meanings that include "pathic". However, in modern Greek it has come to mean "masturbation", and its derivative μαλάκας – means "one who masturbates".

Interpretation
Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson says the early church seemed to have understood it as a person with a "soft" or weak morality; later, it would come to denote (and be translated as) those who engage in masturbation, or "those who abuse themselves"; all that is factually known about the word is that it means "soft".

Most scholars hold that Paul had two passages of the Book of Leviticus – Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13 – in mind when he used the word ἀρσενοκοῖται (which may be of his coinage), with most commentators and translators interpreting it as a reference to male same-sex intercourse. However, American historian John Boswell states that it "did not connote homosexuality to Paul or his early readers", and that in later Christian literature the word is used, for instance, by Aristides of Athens (c. 138) clearly not for homosexuality and possibly for prostitution, Eusebius (d. c. 340) who evidently used it in reference to women, and in the writings of 6th-century Patriarch John IV of Constantinople, known as John the Faster. In a passage dealing with sexual misconduct, John speaks of as active or passive and says that "many men even commit the sin of  with their wives". Although the constituent elements of the compound word refer to sleeping with men, he obviously does not use it to mean homosexual intercourse and appears to employ it for anal intercourse, not generic homosexual activity. Particulars of Boswell's arguments are rejected by several scholars in a way qualified as persuasive by David F. Greenberg, who declares usage of the term by writers such as Aristides of Athens and Eusebius, and in the Sibylline Oracles, to be "consistent with a homosexual meaning". A discussion document issued by the House of Bishops of the Church of England states that most scholars still hold that the word relates to homosexuality. Another work attributed to John the Faster, a series of canons that for various sins provided shorter though stricter penances in place of the previous longer penances, applies a penance of 80 days for "intercourse of men with one another" (canon 9), explained in the Pedalion as mutual masturbation – double the penalty for solitary masturbation (canon 8) – and three years with xerophagy or, in accordance with the older canon of Basil the Great, 15 without (canon 18) for being "so mad as to copulate with another man" – ἀρρενομανήσαντα in the original – explained in the Pedalion as "guilty of arsenocoetia (i.e., sexual intercourse between males)" – ἀρσενοκοίτην in the original. According to the same work, ordination is not to be conferred on someone who as a boy has been the victim of anal intercourse, but this is not the case if the semen was ejaculated between his thighs (canon 19). These canons are included, with commentary, in the Pedalion, the most widely used collection of canons of the Greek Orthodox Church, an English translation of which was produced by Denver Cummings and published by the Orthodox Christian Educational Society in 1957 under the title The Rudder.

Some scholars consider that the term was not used to refer to a homosexual orientation, but argue that it referred instead to sexual activity.

Other scholars have interpreted and  (another word that appears in 1 Corinthians 6:9) as referring to weakness and effeminacy or to the practice of exploitative pederasty.

Jesus's discussion of marriage
In Matthew 19 and parallel in Mark 10, Jesus is asked if a man can divorce his wife. In that context, Jesus replies: "He answered, 'Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female', and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.'"

Theologian Robert A. J. Gagnon argues that Jesus's back-to-back references to Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 show that he "presupposed a two-sex requirement for marriage". On the other hand, Bart Ehrman, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, states of Jesus's references to Genesis 1 and 2, "[Jesus is] not actually defining marriage. He's answering a specific question." Ehrman notes further "And here the conversation is quite easy. In our surviving records Jesus says nothing about same-sex acts or sexual orientation. Nothing. Nada."

Matthew 8; Luke 7
In Matthew 8:5–13 and Luke 7:1–10, Jesus heals a centurion's servant who is dying. Daniel A. Helminiak writes that the Greek word, used in this account to refer to the servant, was sometimes given a sexual meaning. Donald Wold states that its normal meaning is "boy", "child" or "slave" and its application to a boy lover escapes notice in the standard lexica of Liddell and Scott and Bauer. The Greek-English Lexicon of Liddell and Scott registers three meanings of the word παῖς : a child in relation to descent (son or daughter); a child in relation to age (boy or girl); a slave or servant (male or female). In her detailed study of the episode in Matthew and Luke, Wendy Cotter dismisses as very unlikely the idea that the use of the Greek word indicated a sexual relationship between the centurion and the young slave.

Matthew's account has parallels in Luke 7:1–10 and John 4:46–53. There are major differences between John's account and those of the two synoptic writers, but such differences exist also between the two synoptic accounts, with next to nothing of the details in Luke 7:2–6 being present also in Matthew. The Commentary of Craig A. Evans states that the word used by Matthew may be that used in the hypothetical source known as Q used by both Matthew and Luke and, since it can mean either son or slave, it became  (slave) in Luke and  (son) in John. Writers who admit John 4:46–53 as a parallel passage generally interpret Matthew's as "child" or "boy", while those who exclude it see it as meaning "servant" or "slave".

Theodore W. Jennings Jr. and Tat-Siong Benny Liew write that Roman historical data about patron-client relationships and about same-sex relations among soldiers support the view that the in Matthew's account is the centurion's "boy-love", and that the centurion did not want Jesus to enter his house for fear the boy would be enamoured of Jesus instead. D.B. Saddington writes that, while he does not exclude the possibility, the evidence the two put forward supports "neither of these interpretations", with Wendy Cotter saying that they fail to take account of Jewish condemnation of pederasty.

Matthew 19:12
In Matthew 19:12, Jesus speaks of eunuchs who were born as such, eunuchs who were made so by others, and eunuchs who choose to live as such for the kingdom of heaven. Jesus's reference to eunuchs who were born as such has been interpreted by some commentators as having to do with homosexual orientation; Clement of Alexandria, for instance, cites in his book "Stromata" (chapter III,1,1) an earlier interpretation from Basilides that some men, from birth, are naturally averse to women and should not marry. Catholic priest John J. McNeill writes, "The first category – those eunuchs who have been so from birth – is the closest description we have in the Bible of what we understand today as homosexual."

Acts 8
The Ethiopian eunuch, an early Gentile convert described in Acts 8, has been interpreted by some commentators as an early gay Christian, based on the fact that the word "eunuch" in the Bible was not always used literally, as in Matthew 19:12. Some religious commentators suggest that the combination of "eunuch" together with the title "court official" indicates a literal eunuch who would have been excluded from the Temple by the restriction in Deuteronomy 23:1.

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Derrike Cope

Derrike Wayne Cope (born November 3, 1958) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He is best known for his surprise win in the 1990 Daytona 500. He last competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 15 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Rick Ware Racing in an alliance with his own StarCom Racing. Cope also served as team manager of StarCom. As of 2022, he is the last driver to compete in at least one NASCAR Cup Series race in five consecutive decades (1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s).

Early life and education
Cope was born in San Diego, California and raised in Spanaway, Washington. In high school, he enjoyed auto racing and baseball. He was a catcher on the Bethel High School baseball team, and later played college baseball at Whitman College. While being scouted by Major League Baseball teams, Cope suffered a knee injury that ended his playing career. He then devoted himself to racing full-time.

Early career
Cope progressed through the short-track ranks in the Northwest, and later made his Winston Cup Series debut at Riverside International Raceway in 1982. Cope's No. 95 car finished 36th there after developing an oil leak, and he won $625. He ran part-time in the Winston Cup Series after that, making an attempt at Rookie of the Year in 1987. In 1989, he signed with Bob Whitcomb to drive the No. 10 Purolator Pontiac and later Chevrolet, posting four top-10 finishes.

1990–1995
During the last lap of the 1990 Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt, who dominated the race, ran over a piece of debris and cut a tire in turn three. After narrowly avoiding most of the resulting debris, Cope went underneath, passed Earnhardt's slowing car, assumed the lead and earned his first win, as well as his first Top 5 (his best finish prior to the 1990 Daytona 500 was sixth) in NASCAR competition. He became an overnight sensation as a result of the win, appearing on Late Night with David Letterman that week. At Dover later in the 1990 season, Cope rallied for another win after running out of fuel and falling off the lead lap. At year's end, he wound up 18th in points.

Following the 1992 season, the Whitcomb team closed down, and Cope drove an originally unsponsored No. 66 Ford for Cale Yarborough. After Daytona, the car was sponsored by Bojangles, and the number changed to No. 98 starting the next race at Rockingham, reflecting the restaurant's 98 cent value menu. Midway through the 1994 season, Cope was replaced by Jeremy Mayfield and began driving for Bobby Allison's No. 12 Straight Arrow-sponsored Ford, after a brief stint with car owner T.W. Taylor. During this season, Cope won his first career Busch Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway, driving the No. 82 Ford Thunderbird for Ron Zook, co-owner of Bobby Allison Motorsports. The 1995 season was Cope's most consistent. He had eight Top 10 finishes, and garnered a 15th-place finish in points. His best finish of the season was at Phoenix, in which he led 34 laps and finished runner-up to Ricky Rudd following a late-race shootout.

1996–2005
When Allison's team shut down after the 1996 season, Cope signed on with the fledgling MB2 Motorsports operation, driving the No. 36 Skittles-sponsored Pontiac to a 27th-place finish in points. After one year, he was released and signed on with the Bahari Racing operation. Despite missing some races due to an injury, Cope won his first career pole position at Lowe's Motor Speedway, although he failed to post a Top 10 finish in the No. 30 Gumout-sponsored car. Cope returned to Bahari in 1999 with Sara Lee sponsorship. After failing to qualify for 10 races, Cope was released from the team. He made sporadic appearances for LJ Racing and Larry Hedrick Motorsports, and later signed on to drive the No. 15 Ford Taurus owned by Fenley-Moore Motorsports. Cope became unhappy when the team only ran a part-time schedule, and quit after a few races. He spent the rest of the year on the sidelines, before taking over the No. 86 R.C. Cola-sponsored Dodge Ram at Impact Motorsports at the end of the season in the Craftsman Truck Series.

In 2001, Cope announced the formation of Quest Motor Racing, a team he would co-own with drag racer Warren Johnson. The team did not qualify for a race all year, and his only start came with CLR Racing. He ran four races in the Busch Series in the No. 94 owned by Fred Bickford, posting a best finish of 21st at Bristol Motor Speedway. The team had mild success the next year, garnering sponsorship from Avacor and Poison. Cope also ran some races with BAM Racing that year. After 18 starts in 2003 driving the No. 37 Friendly's Ice Cream-sponsored Chevrolet, Cope merged the team with Arnold Motorsports. Cope qualified fifth for the 2004 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, but after several starts, Cope was released from the ride, and took back his equipment. He also ran 30 races in the No. 49 Advil-sponsored Ford for Jay Robinson in the Busch Series that season. His best finish, 20th, came at Daytona. In 2005, Cope tried merging his team again, joining forces with Larry Hollenbeck and S.W.A.T. Fitness, but lost the opportunity after he failed to qualify for the Daytona 500. Cope had attempted a couple of races with Ware Racing Enterprises before making his only Cup start of the season at Martinsville Speedway, finishing 33rd in the No. 08 Royal Administration/Sundance Vacations /My Guardian 911-sponsored Dodge for McGlynn Racing. Cope was later given the team's full-time ride in the No. 00, as requested by the sponsor.

2006–2011
In 2006, Cope intended to run a full schedule for McGlynn with No. 74 car, but soon cut back to part-time. His best finish was at Michigan International Speedway, where he finished 34th. In the Busch Series, his best finish in the 49 car was 33rd at Dover International Speedway, and his best start was 33rd at Bristol Motor Speedway. He intended to run more races with McGlynn in 2007, but the team suspended operations after only attempting one race. He spent the season driving part-time schedules for Robinson and Xpress Motorsports.

In 2008, he signed to drive for Means Racing in the Nationwide Series, but switched midseason to drive for James Finch and Jay Robinson Racing. Later in the season, Cope began entering his own trucks and cars in the Craftsman Truck Series and Nationwide Series. In the truck series he fielded the No. 73 and No. 74 trucks with Nick Tucker and Jennifer Jo Cobb being the primary drivers, while in the Nationwide Series he fielded the No. 73 and No. 78 cars with Kevin Lepage driving the No. 73 and others racing the No. 78. As the 2009 season approached, Cope announced he would be involved on all three of NASCAR's circuits, as he would pilot the No. 75 Cope/Keller Racing Dodge in the Sprint Cup series with BluFrog Energy Drink coming on board as a primary sponsor during Daytona Speedweeks. He began the season as the driver of the No. 41 Metal Jeans Chevrolet Impala for Rick Ware Racing in the Nationwide Series, but was released after three races, and moved to his own team. He has also fielded trucks part-time for himself, Larry Foyt, and Jennifer Jo Cobb. Cope has fielded the No. 78 car for one race in nationwide. He has fielded the No. 73 for most of the races.

In 2009, Cope attempted six races with his self-owned team; he failed to qualify for any of them. At the October Martinsville race, Cope successfully attempted his first Sprint Cup race since 2006 while driving for Larry Gunselman.

In 2010, Cope teamed up with Dale Clemons as co-owners of new racing venture Stratus Racing Group. The team ran a full schedule with Cope as driver in both the Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series. It also ran a limited schedule in the ARCA Re/Max Series, fielding a car for Cope's twin nieces Amber Cope and Angela Cope, who split the ride. Cope returned to Jay Robinson Inc. for 2011 in the No. 28 Chevrolet. For the 2011 Daytona 500, Cope attempted to qualify the No. 64 Toyota for Larry Gunselman with sponsorship from Sta-Bil. Cope finished 13th in the Budweiser Shootout driving for Gunselman. Cope has decided to field his cup car in select races with manufacturing backing from Chevrolet instead of Dodge. In the 2011 Sprint Showdown, Cope was involved in a crash with Landon Cassill, where he T-boned Cassill's car when he spun out. Neither driver was injured. Cope finished 20th in Nationwide Series standings, competing in all but one event.

2012-2016
Cope returned to the Nationwide Series in 2012, competing in the No. 73 Chevrolet for his own CFK Motorsports. After missing the opening race at Daytona, Cope would return to Jay Robinson's team for Las Vegas, and later Darlington for ML Motorsports. Cope and his No. 73 the fall race a Phoenix. Cope announced that he would run a part-time schedule in 2013. Cope made his first attempt at Darlington, resulting in a DNQ. Cope would qualify at Kentucky, finishing 39th. After two more DNQs at Richmond and Charlotte in his own car, Cope was hired to ru. the No. 70 Toyota, driving for NEMCO-JRR at Phoenix International Raceway, but after a crash in qualifying crash, Cope's No. 73 Chevy Impala served as the 70 car's backup. Cope would finish 35th. In 2014, Cope's team bought the equipment from the defunct ML Motorsports. After piecing together sponsorship deals early on, Youtheory agreed to sponsor Cope for the entire 2014 season, enabling Cope to race full-time for the first time since 2011. It was a much needed break for Cope, and he piloted the No. 70 Youtheory Chevrolet to a 22nd-place points finish. In January 2015, Cope announced that he would return to the Xfinity Series for the part-time 2015 season with Charlie's Soap as the sponsor. The 2015 season saw a dip in performance. At Auto Club, Cope's hauler was swarmed with bees. Several crew members, including Cope's wife, were stuck inside the hauler. Cope attempted 29 races, with Matt Frahm, Matt Waltz and Garrett Smithley running the remaining four. Cope returned in 2016, with him driving 28 races, Timmy Hill driving 2 races and Dexter Stacey driving the last three races of season. Cope missed the race at Daytona after issues in qualifying, but qualified the following week in Atlanta. During the Zippo 200 at The Glen, Cope radioed to his team that he was having a brake problem. Shortly after, the front end of the car exploded and black smoke blew from the car. NASCAR confiscated the car and investigated what had happened. Cope was unharmed. It was later discovered that the explosion was caused by tire failure triggered by excess heat from a broken spindle.

2017
In January 2017, Cope closed down his Xfinity Series team after 16 years of competition. In February, it was announced that Cope would return to the NASCAR Cup Series, driving for Premium Motorsports. On March 3, Cope qualified for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his first race since 2009 at NASCAR's highest level. Cope would finish under power in 36th, after suffering power steering problems during the race. Sundance Vacations and the United Way of NEPA partnered to sponsor Cope at the Overton's 400 at Pocono. As part of Darlington Raceway's annual "throwback" weekend, Cope's No. 55 car was designed like his No. 12 Mane 'n Tail car that he drove for Bobby Allison Motorsports from 1994 to 1996, and Mane 'n Tail returned as the sponsor.

On September 10, 2017, Cope announced that he and Premium Motorsports had agreed to part ways, saying, "I'm thankful to Jay Robinson and the folks at Premium for the opportunity they have given me this season to return to the Cup Series but the timing is right to pursue other opportunities." Two weeks later, Premium sponsor StarCom Fiber formed StarCom Racing, fielding the No. 00 for Cope at Dover. However, on September 26, 2017, StarCom Racing announced they will withdraw from Dover due to personnel hiring and timing. Cope did make his first start with StarCom at the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas, starting 39th and finishing last after mechanical problems plagued the car. Cope's best race of the season came in the penultimate race of the season at Phoenix. He started last due to not making a qualifying run after an engine problem appeared on his No. 00, but spent most of the race charging through the field to place 32nd due to late-race crashes.

2018–present
In January 2018, StarCom Racing announced that they had secured a charter for the 2018 Cup Series season and will run the full schedule with Cope and Jeffrey Earnhardt serving for the majority of the schedule. However, Earnhardt and StarCom split, and Landon Cassill was hired. Cope announced that they would hopefully run his No. 99 car at Texas Motor Speedway, though the team did not attempt to make that race. Cope and the 99 would make their 2018 debut at Dover International Speedway, the site of Cope's second Cup win in 1990. Cope would also run Pocono and Darlington that year. Cope would run Darlington with sponsorship from Bojangles, who sponsored Cope in 1993, for the annual Throwback Weekend.

After focusing on his management role in 2019 and 2020, Cope announced a return to driving in 2021, driving the No. 15 Jacob Companies Chevrolet Camaro for Rick Ware Racing in a partnership with StarCom Racing for the Daytona 500. At season's end, StarCom shut down, making Cope a free agent.

2022–present
At the end of 2021, with StarCom shutting down, Cope and his wife sold their shares of the operation. Afterwards, Cope joined Nick Tucker's SCCA team, Nitro Motorsports, in the managing department of Nitro's Trans-Am 2 team. He also has been active in the GT America Series.

Personal life
Cope's first cousin is NASCAR crew chief Ernie Cope. Cope's nieces, Angela Ruch and Amber Cope, have also raced in NASCAR. Angela still competes part time, while Amber quit driving in 2012 after an incident with Kevin Harvick. Cope has been married twice. His current wife, Elyshia, serves as Marketing Director at StarCom Racing.

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