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Talk:Talbot

Wiederbelebung des Namens
Ich weiß auch nicht, was Peugeot so treibt. Es wäre doch ein leichtes und vor allem ein elegantes gewesen den 406 Coupé als Talbot Coupé zu präsentieren. Jetzt steht der 407 Coupé in den Startlöchern und schon wieder passiert nichts dergleichen. Rolz-reus 15:41, 25. Aug 2005 (CEST) (und Talbot-Samba-Kabriolett-Fahrer)

Date of closure
Does anyone know the exact date (day and month) that the last Talbot passenger car was made and in what country?

Car List
We should add the list of cars built by Talbot.

Brand or marque?
Isn't "marque" the term used in the case of cars - brand suonds a bit too prosaic to my ears.78.49.78.174 (talk) 09:57, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

 * Dead right - that, in fact, is why I looked in here! Change it? 77.181.159.208 (talk) 15:27, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed, & done.  TREKphiler   any time you're ready, Uhura  16:05, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

 * MARQUE! Just plain weird creepy cliquey talk. surely you've also got a better name for a spade than spade that'd be AWESOME Too. Eddaido (talk) 23:15, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

 * And you're back with your ignorance. "Marque" is a commonplace in the industry, & has been for decades. That you find it " plain weird creepy cliquey talk" doesn't change that. Neither does your blatantly false effort to characterize it as a French usage, since it's very common in Britain. That you have never heard it doesn't make it untrue.  TREKphiler   any time you're ready, Uhura  22:40, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

 * Always been here. Some have even become so dedicated to promoting it as to go through Wikipedia making the changes to this 'new' word. One of them tells me the push seems to come from North America. That change in Talbot was not made by anyone with anything to do with me, It was made from a French address. Are the names Adolphe Clément and Alexandre Darracq French? Why do you choose to use this marque word with regard to Talbot? Why do you not use this word for Canadian car brands? Why not use it for Chevrolet (Louis), Chrysler, Ford, Cadillac products? It is just some simple-minded people using what they probably dearly imagine to be a cute foreign word, without understanding its use, for a 'foreign' car. Am I wrong? Eddaido (talk) 22:59, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Nothing "new" about this word. I've seen it in use in the industry since the '70s (if not earlier). (The fact you haven't doesn't govern.) The change from "marque" to "brand" was, perhaps, from France; the change back you attributed to France was by me. I'm not from France. As for why I haven't changed it elsewhere, I haven't edited many Chrysler, Ford, or Cad products, & AFAIR, "brand" or "marque" hasn't arisen. (And Louis Chevrolet isn't a company, but a person, so not an issue. I might call Frontenac a marque...) European companies should conform to Brit usage, which is "marque", not "brand". (I'd use it with Jag, Bentley, & TVR, too, so "France" does not enter into it, despite your fiction.) Furthermore, you're reviving an old issue with no new argument. Misrepresenting things does not gain you support. "It is just some simple-minded people using what they probably dearly imagine to be a cute foreign word" Calling me simple-minded doesn't, either. I'm using the correct term. What puzzles me is why you care. What, exactly, bothers you about the word so much? It appears to be nothing beyond "I just don't like it".  TREKphiler   any time you're ready, Uhura  23:56 & 00:14, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

This topic is being discussed at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Automobiles.  Stepho  talk 08:29, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

 * See Rover Company, Austin Rover Group, or more importantly Chrysler Europe and Rootes Group which are closely associated with this article. All these articles use the word "marque" over "brand". As pointed out by others, marque is commonly used in automobile articles. Saying it is "plain weird creepy cliquey talk" is akin to "I don't like it", which is frowned upon at Wikipedia. --Biker Biker (talk) 08:51, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Oh Hellé
Can anybody subsantiate Mariette Delangle ran a Talbot at the '31 Italian Grand Prix? TREKphiler  any time you're ready, Uhura  17:46, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * She's not listed at teamdan.com and that's usually a pretty reliable source. DH85868993 (talk) 00:09, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thx.  TREKphiler   any time you're ready, Uhura  00:14, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * She's also not listed at racing-database.com (navigate to Formula 1-->Pre-War Races-->1931-->IX Gran Premio d´Italia). DH85868993 (talk) 00:24, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * That one is excellent! Thx again. Now to fix the Nice page...  TREKphiler   any time you're ready, Uhura  01:02, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Headquarters
I have amended the list just inserted. I am not confident this is a good idea to detail the locations like this. I am not confident that it is accurate between 1979 and 1986. Is there good reason to believe AllCarIndex is a reliable source? Thanks Eddaido (talk) 10:16, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Linwood, England?
Site is quoted as 'Linwood, England'.

Linwood is in Renfrewshire, Scotland. 5.195.36.7 (talk) 02:18, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
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Louis Emerick

Louis Emerick Grant (born 10 June 1960) is a British television actor, known for his role as Mick Johnson in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, as well as his appearances in the BBC soap opera Doctors.

Life and career
He was born in the Toxteth area of Liverpool to a Liberian father and British mother. He is the youngest of ten children. He is best known for his portrayal of Mick Johnson in the soap opera Brookside. He also played PC Walsh in 55 episodes of Last of the Summer Wine (1988, 1989, and 2004–2010). In 2003, Emerick was cast in four episodes of Casualty as Mike Bateman, the fireman husband of Tess Bateman (Suzanne Packer). Emerick and Packer had co-starred as a married couple on Brookside. He has also had roles in New Tricks, The Bill, Benidorm, Waterloo Road, Cold Feet and Coronation Street. He has appeared in films such as Layer Cake. He came third in the 2008 series of Celebrity Master Chef.

In 2014, Emerick starred in an episode of the soap opera Doctors. In September 2014, Emerick began playing the role of Horse in the touring production of The Full Monty. He has also starred in several other plays and pantos. 2016–present he stars in Dave TV comedy Zapped as Herman the mungo pub landlord. In 2018, Emerick had a brief recurring role as Mike in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street. Then in 2020, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Gary Taile.

In June 2023, Emerick was given a 26-week suspended prison sentence after careless driving and hitting two girls with his car, causing serious injury in October 2022.

Television
2024 Hollyoaks Donny Clark

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Name?
Does anyone know when it was called this awful American sounding name of "capital hill"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.240.69.86 (talk) 10:04, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Things to make this article complete
a few things that could make this article better: (I've put this here for my own reference more than anything else, but feel free to go ahead and write it)
 * access - Melb Ave, Kings Ave, Comm'th Ave. Ramps etc. Federation Mall.
 * bus routes
 * recreational facilities - walking track, tennis courts, PM's gardens, fitness curcuit
 * surrounding suburbs.
 * No permanant population, but about 1500 people work in Parl in non-sitting weeks and 3000 in sitting weeks - including politicians, and their advisors, but also a very significant support staff - cooks, cleaners, ushers, tour guides, security, committee staff, gardeners, audio/visual tech people, media etc.

unless anybody can think of anything else, I think we can just about call this article complete. Adz 13:55, 25 August 2005 (UTC)


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Old
You may notice I am not deciding which hadiths carry weight. What exactly is the objection to the page as it is? Lao Wai 13:56, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * It is vandalism because you are simply reverting without even trying to justify it. Explain what you think is wrong. I am not unreasonable. Or better yet ask Striver to look over the page. At least sensible people can deal with him. Notice that for the second time today you have broken the 3RR rule. This is not the sort of behaviour that you should be doing on Wikipedia. Now take a minute, think about what you don't like, and explain it to the rest of us. None of my quotes are untrue, all of them are relevant to the article, all of them help non-Muslims understand. What is your problem? Lao Wai 14:10, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It is not vandalism, it is reverting a POV piece of Orignial Research. Nor does it breach the 3RR

 * You made a statement "The most important feature of a Marriage Contract is that which makes sexual intercourse legal." - Who the hell are you to decide this? Where is the citation? You base this on one hadee, who are you to decide this hadith carries such a weight? Who, apart from you, decided this to be the "most important Feature of a Marriage Contract" --Irishpunktom\talk 14:06, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

I just changed that part in my most recent edit. I guess it should be more acceptable now? -- Karl Meier 14:15, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that is better, I would still like a source to put it's importance in context. --Irishpunktom\talk 14:21, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * To reply to Irishpunktom above. First of all it is not original research. I have made no claims. I have done no research. I have simply added some context and evidence. I am not in a position to do original research on the subject of Islamic law anyway, you know, not having access to God or Muhammed myself. Secondly, what POV am I supposed to be pushing? I do have opinions on the subject, but I can't see any of them reflected in this page. Thirdly, of course you have broken the 3RR rule. You are not reverting yourself, nor are you reverting any vandalism. Look up the link you provide, I quote,

Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. The most common type of vandalism is the replacement of existing text with obscenities, namecalling, or other wholly irrelevant content.

Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism. Apparent bad-faith edits that do not make their bad-faith nature inarguably explicit are not considered vandalism at Wikipedia.

 * No obscenities, no namecalling, nothing irrelevant. You may think my work is misguided and ill-considered, but that does not justify your behaviour. There is nothing bad-faith about my additions here either and even if you think there is, they are not inarguably explicit. Stop repeatedly reverting my edits without even a simple explanation. I am perfectly willing to listen and to adapt. Lao Wai 14:31, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * If you don't like it explain to me why you don't. You will notice that it is in fact the prophet Muhammed who says this, not me. Are you saying that you know better than him? The citation I give is in fact the Hadith regarding his daughter's marriage. If you don't like it choose another phrasing. Don't keep reverting - there were a lot of spelling errors which I fixed. You are deleting them too. Lao Wai 14:10, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * No, I notice that it is based on a hadith. You are not a scholar, nor are you an Imam, you have no authority on which to weigh the merits of the Hadiths.  It is not up to you to decide which Hadith is "most important".  That is entirely original research. Wikipedia Official Policy explicitly states there is to be No original research. --Irishpunktom\talk 14:18, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * Of course I am not a scholar. I am not trying to weigh up the merits of the Hadiths. That would be original research. The Hadiths provided (all of them by the way not just mine) make it clear what is the most important feature of a marriage contract, but it doesn't matter as there is another phrasing. The solution would have been to do the sensible thing and re-phrase my sentence not break the 3RR rule. I have not said which Hadith is the most important. Did you read what I said carefully? Lao Wai 14:31, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * It is not up to you to ascribe any importance to anything. Cite any source to justify any edit you make.. otherwise this is entirely your own opinion. --Irishpunktom\talk 14:46, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * I am not claiming it is up to me to ascribe importance. It is perfectly acceptable for me to put in two Hadiths which state the mahr is the most important element of a marriage contract.  Which is all I did.  Is it fair to say, given you do not comment on your other allegations, that you have now admitted that you were wrong on every other issue (reverting, vandalism, original research etc etc)? Lao Wai 15:29, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * You are also reverting an article which I have already changed. Look at the phrasing I chose.  So, three times you have reverted me today for something I changed this morning.  I will not make any comment on what sort of behaviour I think you are displaying.  Ask Striver to edit this article please. Lao Wai 14:12, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * That is because you put the Exact same piece of unsourced original research on at least three pages. --Irishpunktom\talk 14:24, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * Again, no research on my part. Second, no I did not.  I moved it from one to another when Striver objected. (Sorry that was me earlier, the four ~ got lost. Lao Wai 15:29, 25 August 2005 (UTC))

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part on "ismaili reforms"
this part is utterly useless and unnecessary here, it should belong in the Ismail page or get it's own page, since this is basically a modern heresy within Islam and not actually valid for the vast majority of Islam, like over 99% of it and is legally not enforced or applied in any Islamic state

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List of useful refs

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Expletus
Blatant advertising --Ryan Delaney talk 13:56, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Expletus: Delete-us!. Spam.  Demogorgon's Soup-taster 14:26, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per submitter. --GraemeL (talk) 14:27, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
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Dream Along with Me (I'm on My Way to a Star)

"Dream Along with Me (I'm on My Way to a Star)" is a popular song, written by Carl Sigman. The song is most associated with Perry Como as his theme song to his TV show.

Recordings
Como recorded the song on June 7, 1956, and it was issued by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-6590 (78 rpm) and 47-6590 (45rpm). The flip side was "Somebody Up There Likes Me." The song reached number 85 on the Billboard magazine charts. The same recording (both sides) was issued in the United Kingdom by HMV as catalog number POP-304. A later version, used regularly as his theme, was recorded on March 12, 1958.


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The result of the debate was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!)  12:38, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Fabulous Five
Apparently a hoax--23 hits for "Fabulous Five" +Heston, 1400 (none relevant) for "Fabulous Five" +actor. Unless this fictional crimefighting team is proven to be real, delete. Meelar (talk) 13:58, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete hoax. Unless someone is trying to get them to work together on a new movie project. David | Talk 13:59, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Agamemnon2 14:16, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. I have greeted the intial editor and encouraged them to comment here :) Alf 17:07, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, bad hoax. If it was a movie, it should be made clear it's fictional and that the actors are playing characters. - Mgm|(talk) 21:00, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete hoax. -- Etacar11   00:46, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
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Somebody Up There Likes Me

Somebody Up There Likes Me may refer to:

Songs

 * "Somebody Up There Likes You", a song by Simple Minds, released in 1982 on their studio album New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)
 * "Somebody Up There Likes Me" (song), a song by David Bowie, released in 1975 on his studio album Young Americans

Cinema

 * Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film), a 1956 film starring Paul Newman and Pier Angeli
 * Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996 film), a 1996 film starring Aaron Kwok, Sammo Hung
 * Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012 film), a 2012 independent film directed by Bob Byington

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Plouézec International Meetings

The Breton village of Plouézec (in French) or Ploueg-ar-Mor (in Breton) has hosted an International Meeting annually since 1997. The working language of the meeting is Esperanto, and the meeting covers diverse activities — tourism, socialising, yoga, choral singing, theatre, computing, using an abacus, Breton language for beginners, and origami. There are also dedicated Esperanto courses for participants with all levels of fluency, from beginners through intermediate levels all the way to specialised workshops in translation, language teaching, or specific aspects of Esperanto grammar. The 20th such meeting in 2016 included the second Pan-Celtic Esperanto Congress, and the next international meeting is planned there for mid-August 2017.

The 9th Plouézec International Meeting in 2005
From 13 to 20 August 2005, Plouézec welcomed the largest group of participants to date: 188 people including 28 children and teenagers, from around a dozen different countries.

In the 2005 Meeting there were eight simultaneous Esperanto courses running every morning of the meeting, with the usual range of afternoon activities. There was also the opportunity to take the first and second level exams in Esperanto.

In the evening, there were talks about an Australian National Park, the travels of Zeférin Jégard (a local Esperanto-speaking grandfather who has spent a number of years cycling vast distances across the globe) and the Esperanto centre in La-Chaud-de-Fonds, as well as sketches, songs, dancing, and a closing party on the last night.

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Hotel Theresa

The Hotel Theresa is located at 2082–96 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard between West 124th and 125th Streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. In the mid-20th century, it was a vibrant center of African American life in the area and the city.

The 13-story hotel was built in 1912–13 by German-born stockbroker Gustavus Sidenberg (1843–1915), whose wife the hotel is named after, and was designed by the firm of George & Edward Blum, who specialized in designing apartment buildings. The hotel, which was known in its heyday as "the Waldorf of Harlem", exemplifies the Blums' inventive use of terracotta for ornamentation, and has been called "one of the most visually striking structures in northern Manhattan".

The building, now an office building known as Theresa Towers, was designated a New York City landmark in 1993 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

History
The 13-story hotel – with its striking white terracotta façade with ornamentation made specifically for the project and not pre-fabricated stock items, as was standard practice – opened in 1913 and was, until the construction of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building across the street in 1973, the tallest building in Harlem. It was primarily an apartment hotel, but also accepted temporary guests as well. In its early years, the hotel accepted only white guests, but it was bought in 1937 by Love B. Woods, an African American businessman who, in 1940, ended its racial segregation policy.

The hotel had a two-story penthouse dining room which featured views of Long Island Sound to the east and the Palisades to the west, as well as a bar and grill. In the 1940s and 1950s, the Theresa became a center of the social life of the black community of Harlem; it was then that it was known as "the Waldorf of Harlem". The hotel profited from the refusal of prestigious hotels elsewhere in the city to accept black guests. As a result, black businessmen, performers, and athletes were thrown under the same roof. The building was also the location of such institutions as A. Philip Randolph's March on Washington Movement, the March Community Bookstore, and the Organization of Afro-American Unity created by Malcolm X after he left the Nation of Islam.

In 1960, Fidel Castro came to New York for the opening session of the United Nations, and, after storming out of the Hotel Shelburne on Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan because of the management's demand for a $20,000 deposit, he and his entourage stayed at the Theresa, where they rented 80 rooms for $800 per day. Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders arranged for their stay. According to the New York Times, Castro felt that "Negroes would be more sympathetic" to his cause, and indeed he drew enthusiastic crowds of supporters, along with some protesters. While Castro was there, he was visited by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, activist Malcolm X, poets Langston Hughes and Allen Ginsberg, President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India, and radical sociologist C. Wright Mills. In a repudiation of segregationist policies, Castro also thanked the hotel's all-black staff by hosting them at a steak dinner held in the hotel's own banquet room. Subsequent to Castro's visit, other Third World leaders, such as Patrice Lumumba of the Belgian Congo, chose to stay at the Theresa.

In October 1960, John F. Kennedy campaigned for the presidency at the hotel, along with Eleanor Roosevelt and other leading figures in the Democratic Party.

Ron Brown, who was the United States Secretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration, grew up in the hotel, where his father worked as manager, and U.S. Congressman Charles Rangel (D-Harlem) once worked there as a desk clerk.

The hotel suffered from the continued deterioration of Harlem through the 1950s and 1960s and, ironically, from the end of segregation elsewhere in the city. As African Americans of means now had alternatives, they stopped coming to Harlem. The owners had not upgraded or modernized the hotel in decades and it was said to be "dowdy" at best.

New owners began converting the building to office space beginning in 1966, and the hotel closed in 1967. The building was renovated and restored, with the exterior largely kept as it had originally been, instead of being replaced with an aluminum and glass façade, an alternative which had been considered. The building reopened in 1970 as Theresa Towers, though a sign with the old name is still painted on the side of the building, and the old name is still commonly used. As well as housing commercial and professional tenants, it serves as an auxiliary campus for Columbia University's Teachers College and the Touro College of Pharmacy.

Notable guests, tenants and employees

 * Muhammad Ali – boxer
 * Eddie "Rochester" Anderson – actor
 * Louis Armstrong – musician, singer
 * Josephine Baker – dancer
 * Ron Brown – politician
 * Fidel Castro – President of Cuba
 * Ray Charles – singer, musician
 * Kenneth Clark – educator
 * Sam Cooke – singer, musician
 * Dorothy Dandridge – actress
 * Duke Ellington – jazz musician, bandleader, composer
 * Jimi Hendrix – rock musician
 * Lena Horne – singer
 * Zora Neale Hurston – author, anthropologist
 * Andy Kirk – musician, bandleader (managed the Theresa bar)
 * A. Philip Randolph – activist, anti-poverty activist
 * Charles Rangel – politician (desk clerk)
 * Little Richard – singer, musician
 * Joe Louis – boxer
 * Malcolm X – activist
 * Sugar Ray Robinson – boxer
 * Dinah Washington – singer
 * Little Willie John – singer
 * Otis Redding – singer

In popular culture

 * Some scenes of Alfred Hitchcock's movie Topaz, the plot of which revolves around the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, are set in and in front of the Hotel Theresa.
 * The Hotel Theresa is one of the settings in the novel Push and the film Precious (2009). Precious' Each One Teach One alternative school is on the "nineteenth floor".
 * WLIB-1190 AM (known as Harlem Radio Center) maintained studios here from 1952–1962.
 * In Guy Johnson's novel Standing at the Scratch Line, the hotel lobby is where King, Big Ed and Professor plan the execution of the heads of two Mafia families trying to muscle in on their club.
 * Colson Whitehead's "The Theresa Job" (The New Yorker, July 26, 2021) is about a 1959 robbery at the hotel. This robbery premise was later expanded and became the focal point of Whitehead's 2021 novel Harlem Shuffle.

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Social Networking System
Neologism. --Ryan Delaney talk 14:00, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. It's barely even a neologism - why have an entry under this name, and then only explain that the initials that got you there might stand for something else? Weird...slightly sinister if you ask me. Peeper 16:23, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Surprisingly Neologistical Syntax. Alf 17:10, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Strangely Non-notable Silliness. Tonywalton [[Image:Pentacle 1.svg|15px]] | Talk 20:51, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, smurf noodle singapore. Proto t c 14:39, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete -  Tεx  τ  urε  21:03, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
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A Night in the Show

A Night in the Show was Charlie Chaplin's 12th film for Essanay. It was made at Majestic Studio in Los Angeles in the fall of 1915. Chaplin played two roles: one as Mr. Pest and one as Mr. Rowdy. The film was created from Chaplin's stage work from a play called Mumming Birds (a.k.a. A Night at an English Music Hall in the United States) with the Karno Company from London. Chaplin performed this play during his U.S. tours with Fred Karno company and decided to bring some of this play to his film work. Edna Purviance played a minor role as a lady in the audience.

Plot
Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor and, eventually, the entire cast of an evening variety show.

The film concludes when a fire eater takes the stage and Chaplin "heroically" drenches the performer and the audience with a fire hose.

The difference between "Mr. Pest" and "Mr. Rowdy" appears to be that one is pleasantly drunk and the other is obnoxious and sober.

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 * Charlie Chaplin - Mr. Pest and Mr. Rowdy
 * Edna Purviance - Lady in the Stalls with Beads
 * Charlotte Mineau - Lady in the Stalls
 * Dee Lampton - Fat Boy
 * Leo White - Frenchman/Negro in Balcony
 * Wesley Ruggles - Second Man in Balcony Front Row
 * John Rand - Orchestra Conductor
 * James T. Kelley - Trombone Player and Singer
 * Paddy McGuire - Feather Duster/Clarinet Player
 * May White - Fat Lady and Dancer
 * Phyllis Allen - Lady in Audience
 * Fred Goodwins - Gentleman in Audience
 * Charles Inslee - Tuba Player

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Andrieux

Andrieux is a French surname. People with the name include:

 * Anne Andrieux (born 1979), French volleyball player
 * Clément-Auguste Andrieux (1829–1880), French artist
 * François Andrieux (1759–1833), French playwright
 * Henri Andrieux (1931–2008), French cyclist
 * Jacques Andrieux (1917–2005), French military aviator
 * Louis Andrieux, French politician and father of Louis Aragon
 * Luc Andrieux (1917–1977), French actor
 * Mailyne Andrieux (born 1987), French tennis player
 * Maurice Andrieux (1925–2008), French politician
 * Michel Andrieux (born 1967), French rower
 * Renatus Andrieux (1742–1792), French Jesuit killed during the French Revolution
 * Robert Andrieux (fl. 1920), Belgian sports shooter
 * Sylvie Andrieux (born 1961), French politician
 * Virginie Andrieux (born 1980), French weightlifter

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Steve McClaren

Stephen McClaren (born 3 May 1961) is an English football coach and former player who is Senior first-team coach for Premier League club Manchester United, in his second spell at the club.

McClaren began his coaching career with Oxford United, before joining Derby County in 1995. In 1999, McClaren was hired by Manchester United as Brian Kidd's replacement as Alex Ferguson's assistant manager. He held that position for two years, until he was hired as manager of Middlesbrough. During his tenure, Middlesbrough won their first (and thus far only) major trophy, the League Cup in 2004. They were also UEFA Cup runners-up in 2006. McClaren was appointed manager of the England national team in August 2006, but was dismissed a year later after England failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 2008, with his tactics and player selections being subject to strong media criticism.

In 2008, McClaren was appointed manager of Dutch club Twente, with whom he won the club's first ever Eredivisie championship in 2010. Soon afterwards, he took over at VfL Wolfsburg in Germany, though he was dismissed mid-season due to poor results. After a short spell as manager of Nottingham Forest, he returned to Twente in 2012. His second stint with Twente was less successful than his first, however, and McClaren resigned in early 2013. He returned to Derby later that year, leading the club to the play-offs in the 2013–14 season, but failed to win promotion and he was dismissed in 2015. He was soon appointed as head coach of Newcastle United, but was dismissed after less than year after winning only six of his 28 Premier League matches in charge. He had a second spell as Derby manager from October 2016 to March 2017 and in 2018, McClaren was appointed manager of Queens Park Rangers, before being dismissed in April 2019.

Early life
McClaren was born on 3 May 1961 in Fulford, York, the son of Margaret (née Bogg) and Brian McClaren who had married the previous year. Described as "Yorkshire born and bred", McClaren's ancestors worked variously as miners, brewers, cotton mill workers, labourers and farmworkers, as well as in domestic service.

As a child, McClaren attended Nunthorpe Grammar School after passing his eleven-plus, preferring it over a closer school because of the emphasis which was placed on sports. In order to attend he had to cycle a daily four-mile round trip across York. This is cited as an example of his determination to succeed in sport. At school, he played rugby, tennis, squash and was captain of the school's football team. He also played for York Boys under-15 team and represented the county of Yorkshire. Playing as midfielder, McClaren is remembered as being a "tidy" player, "skilful on the ball" and "head and shoulders above the rest."

Playing career
As a player, McClaren was a midfielder who spent most of his career in the lower leagues of English football. The bulk of his playing career was with Hull City, who he joined in 1979 at the age of 18 after leaving school, He went on to play 178 games scoring 16 goals before leaving in 1985. He then played for Derby County between 1985 and 1988, making 25 appearances.

During 1987, he joined Lincoln City (on loan) making only eight appearances. In 1988, he moved to Bristol City and played 61 times, scoring two goals. He joined his final club, Oxford United, in 1989. He played 33 times for Oxford before an injury forced him to retire in 1992.

Early coaching
After retiring from playing, McClaren began his coaching career as a youth and reserve team coach at Oxford United, where Denis Smith was manager. He moved back to Derby County in 1995, where he was assistant manager to Jim Smith. The pair won promotion to the Premier League in their first season in charge, establishing themselves in this division and later enjoyed further consolidation in the top flight.

In early 1999, McClaren moved to Manchester United as assistant to Alex Ferguson, replacing Brian Kidd. At the time, he was so little known that he was introduced by United chairman Martin Edwards as "Steve McClaridge", perhaps confusing him with the former Leicester City striker Steve Claridge. His first half-season was distinguished by United winning the treble, consisting of the Premier League title, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League. He developed the reputation as one of the most tactically astute coaches in the country, using modern methods such as video analysis and sports psychologists. United later won the League titles in 2000 and 2001, thus ensuring they won every title contested while McClaren was at the club.

In October 2000, McClaren was made a coach in the England national team by caretaker-manager Peter Taylor. He retained the position under permanent manager Sven-Göran Eriksson until November 2002, combining the job with his roles at club level. However, he returned to assist Eriksson as assistant manager shortly before UEFA Euro 2004 as Brian Kidd had undergone surgery for prostate cancer. He remained in the role up to and including the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.

Middlesbrough
At the end of the 2000–01 season, McClaren began looking for a managerial job, having decided his chances of succeeding Ferguson at Old Trafford were slim; at the time, Ferguson was planning to retire the following summer, but would ultimately remain in charge of United for a further 11 seasons. With a positive reputation and closely linked with three Premier League vacancies, Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson won the race to appoint him after McClaren turned down Southampton and West Ham United. His appointment came after the resignation of former Manchester United captain Bryan Robson, who had been in charge of the Teesside club for seven years and established them as a Premier League club. In his first season, Middlesbrough reached the FA Cup semi-final, knocking out his previous employers Manchester United in the fourth round, but lost 0–1 to Arsenal. They finished 12th in the league, a small improvement on the previous season's 14th-place finish. The following season brought another modest improvement, this time finishing 11th, although they had been in higher positions – and the race for a UEFA Cup place – for most of the season.

In the 2003–04 season, McClaren guided Boro to victory in the League Cup with a 2–1 win over Bolton Wanderers in the final. This was the club's first ever major honour and also guaranteed them qualification for a European competition for the first time in their 128-year history. In the following close season, McClaren was able to attract proven players Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Michael Reiziger and Mark Viduka to Middlesbrough. The signings paid dividends as the club reached the round of 16 in the UEFA Cup, having beaten more experienced sides such as Lazio, before being eliminated by Sporting CP. The club finished in seventh position in the Premier League – their best finish since 1975 – ensuring qualification for the UEFA Cup for a second successive season.

The 2005–06 season proved to be the most eventful of McClaren's tenure at Middlesbrough. The club endured mediocre league form, losing at home to local rivals Sunderland (who finished the season relegated with just three wins from 38 games) and suffering a 7–0 thrashing at Arsenal, putting the club in relegation form. During a 4–0 defeat at home to Aston Villa, a Middlesbrough fan ran onto the pitch and threw his season ticket at McClaren signifying his disgust at the club's performances. Boro eventually finished in a secure 14th place but enjoyed greater success in the cup competitions, reaching the latter stages of both the FA and UEFA Cups. They lost 0–1 to West Ham United in the FA Cup semi-finals. In the UEFA Cup, Middlesbrough were losing on aggregate in the second legs of both the quarter and semi-final ties against Basel and Steaua București respectively. After McClaren substituted defenders with attackers, Boro produced two spectacular four-goal comebacks in both ties to reach the final. In the final, however, Middlesbrough were outclassed by Sevilla and lost 4–0.

McClaren's five-year tenure on Teesside saw him establish himself as Middlesbrough's most successful manager as he made the often difficult transition from coach to manager. He was the first manager to guide them to a major trophy and the first to guide them to qualification for a European competition. He was also the most successful English manager of the early 21st century; he was the first Englishman to win a major honour since 1996 and first to reach a European final with an English club since 1985. Many Boro fans, however, were indifferent about his departure, believing Steve Gibson, the club chairman, to be more important to their success.

McClaren was accused by rival managers of having a "pot of gold" provided by Gibson to buy players, giving him an advantage over other teams, except perhaps the biggest few clubs in the league. Despite this, towards the latter end of his tenure, McClaren was criticised by some supporters for using negative tactics and earning Middlesbrough the tag of a "dull" side. Some observers attributed Middlesbrough's success to the senior, experienced players in the side, rather than McClaren's managerial ability.

England national team
After Eriksson announced in January 2006 that he would leave as England manager after the 2006 World Cup finals, McClaren was placed on the FA's shortlist to succeed him, alongside Sam Allardyce, Alan Curbishley, Martin O'Neill and Luiz Felipe Scolari. The FA first offered the position to Scolari, but he rejected the offer, claiming that the role would mean excessive media intrusion in his life. McClaren, however, was subsequently announced as Eriksson's successor on 4 May 2006 after signing a four-year contract. The nature of his appointment earned him the nickname "Second Choice Steve". The appointment was praised by the likes of Alex Ferguson and Trevor Brooking. McClaren assumed control of the national team on 1 August 2006. McClaren chose popular former England coach Terry Venables as his assistant, a move seen by some as an attempt to counter the lack of enthusiasm for McClaren. He also hired public relations guru Max Clifford to manage his relationship with the media.

McClaren's first decision was to choose the new England captain. He decided to give the arm band to John Terry, the Chelsea defender and captain who at the time had 24 England caps, saying: "I'm convinced he will prove to be one of the best captains England has ever had." In his first squad, McClaren dropped many of the national team's older players including Sol Campbell, David James and former captain David Beckham, saying he was planning for "a different direction". McClaren, however, stated that there was still a chance that Beckham could be recalled in the future.

After starting qualification for UEFA Euro 2008 well with two wins, England hit a poor run of form between October 2006 and March 2007 with only one goal scored in five matches, by which time they had fallen to fourth in their qualification group. During a match against Andorra in March 2007, McClaren and the England team received abuse from supporters during a poor performance in a 3–0 win. McClaren walked out of the post-match press conference after only two minutes of questions, saying, "Gentlemen, if you want to write whatever you want to write, you can write it because that is all I am going to say. Thank you."

In May 2007, McClaren made a U-turn by recalling David Beckham into the England squad. England subsequently had a run of four wins from six matches, which boosted the country's hopes of qualification for Euro 2008, before a defeat against Russia in October 2007 caused their qualification fate to fall out of their hands. The FA's chief executive, Brian Barwick, gave his backing to McClaren, despite the defeat. McClaren was also backed by players Phil Neville and Steven Gerrard, his predecessor Eriksson, and the chief executive of the League Managers Association, John Barnwell.

The results of other matches in England's qualification group meant that England would qualify as the second place team by avoiding a loss in their final group match against Croatia, who had already qualified for the tournament. The match was played at Wembley on 21 November 2007 and England lost 3–2; coupled with Russia's victory over Andorra, this meant that England failed to qualify for Euro 2008. It was the first time since the 1994 FIFA World Cup that England had not qualified for a major tournament, and the first time they had missed the European Championships since UEFA Euro 1984.

The following day, the FA held an emergency meeting and decided to sack McClaren from his post along with his assistant manager Terry Venables. There had been considerable media criticism over McClaren's tactics and player selection, particularly the poor results without Beckham in the lineup, and then having the inexperienced Scott Carson instead of Paul Robinson for the crucial match against Croatia. McClaren's tenure was the second shortest of any England manager, spanning just 18 games in 16 months, only superseded by Sam Allardyce's one game in 67 days. On 14 December 2007, the FA announced Fabio Capello as McClaren's replacement commencing from 7 January 2008.

Twente
McClaren announced in February 2008 he would consider managing in either the Championship or abroad in his next job. In May, McClaren had a brief spell coaching then League Two side Darlington, assisting his former Derby County and Oxford United teammate Dave Penney. In April, the BBC announced McClaren would join them as a pundit for Euro 2008, working as analyst and co-commentator for BBC Radio 5 Live, alongside Alan Green, one of his harshest critics as England manager. McClaren's first commentary game was Austria–Croatia on 8 June 2008, Croatia having been the team chiefly responsible for England's non-qualification for the tournament, having beaten England twice in qualifying.

In May 2008, McClaren was linked with a return to football as manager of the Dutch Eredivisie side Twente. He was in the crowd for a match against Ajax on 18 May, seeing Twente qualify for the Champions League. In response to speculation, a Twente spokesman initially stated that the club had no intention of hiring McClaren. Later that month, however, it was reported McClaren had held talks with Twente chairman Joop Munsterman and had toured the club, despite question marks from some Twente fans to his possible appointment. When he was initially offered the Twente managerial job, McClaren turned it down due to private issues, and on 7 June he expressed an interest in the vacant managerial role at Blackburn Rovers. On 20 June, however, he was confirmed as the new manager of Twente.

McClaren made a good start to the 2008–09 season. The club went on to secure second place in the Eredivisie behind winners AZ, reached the final of the KNVB Cup (losing on penalties to Heerenveen) and on the European front, the club survived group stages in the UEFA Cup, having beaten amongst others Racing de Santander and Schalke 04, managed by McClaren's predecessor at Twente, Fred Rutten. It was the first time in 30 years that the club had remained in European competition beyond winter. Twente were eventually knocked out on penalties in the Round of 32 by Marseille.

At the start of the 2009–10 campaign, McClaren's second season at Twente, there were question-marks over how well newcomers Bryan Ruiz and Miroslav Stoch would be able to replace the departed Eljero Elia and Marko Arnautović, who had been at the core of Twente's second-place finish in the league the preceding year. McClaren, however, led the team to some impressive results, with Twente reaching the top of the Eredivisie in October and remaining top throughout the next few months. Twente, which had never won an Eredivisie title in its history, continued to top the league in the latter part of the season, holding off the likes of renowned competitors PSV and Ajax, and seriously emerged as title favourites. They also reached the first knockout round of the inaugural Europa League, where they were defeated by Werder Bremen. McClaren signed a one-year extension to his contract in October 2009.

On 2 May 2010, Twente were crowned champions for the first time in their history after a 2–0 win away to NAC Breda. On winning the Eredivisie, McClaren became the first Englishman to manage a team to a top-level domestic league title since Bobby Robson with Porto in 1996 (Robson also won the Dutch title with PSV in 1991 and 1992). Robson had in fact been a major influence in McClaren's decision to go to the Netherlands. According to McClaren: "The relationship I had with Bobby was very special. He was a good friend and was of big influence on my decision to join Twente. I'd like to think that he'll be watching from a cloud up above and wishes us the best as we play the last game in the league against NAC."

Twente won 16 of 17 home matches in the Eredivisie league that season and lost just two away. Twente withstood immense pressure from Martin Jol's Ajax (who won their last 14 games in a row and had a goal difference of +86, more than double Twente's +40) during the second half of the season, and trumped the Amsterdam side by one point difference on the last day of the league to claim the title. Upon winning the championship, McClaren stated: "Winning the Carling Cup with Middlesbrough was special but this is pretty much right up at the top of anything I've ever done. To win a championship in a foreign country with foreign coaches, I think it's made me stronger."

At the end of the season, McClaren was awarded the Rinus Michels Award for Dutch manager of the season.

VfL Wolfsburg
Despite winning the Dutch league with Twente, McClaren left the club on 11 May 2010 to take over as manager of Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, making him the first Englishman to manage a German top flight football club. Wolfsburg lost their first three league matches under McClaren – including a 2–1 injury time away loss to Bayern Munich on the opening day of the season, followed by a 4–3 home loss to Mainz 05 having led 3–0 after 30 minutes – but got off the mark with a 2–0 home win against Hannover 96. Wolfsburg then won their next two matches convincingly to rise to sixth in the table.

Despite struggling in the league, on 23 December 2010 the club publicly showed a vote of confidence in McClaren. Due to further poor results, however, on 7 February 2011, the board decided to dismiss McClaren with immediate effect.

Nottingham Forest
McClaren succeeded Billy Davies as manager of Nottingham Forest on 13 June 2011. McClaren made five signings by getting Andy Reid to return to his former club from Blackpool on a free transfer, Ishmael Miller from West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £1.2 million, Matt Derbyshire for an undisclosed fee from Olympiacos. George Boateng on a free transfer from Skoda Xanthi and Jonathan Greening from Fulham for a fee of £600,000. After Forest only won eight points from his first ten league games in charge, McClaren resigned as manager on 2 October 2011.

Return to Twente

On 5 January 2012, Twente confirmed that McClaren has been appointed as the club's manager for the second time. In the press conference after being unveiled as manager, McClaren said his return to Twente was "an easy decision" to make, and wanted to set his sights on winning the Eredivisie title.

McClaren made his first match back as manager for the second time when Twente hammered RKC Waalwijk 5–0. His return was welcomed by the club's supporters, who wore "Welcome Back Steve" T-shirts during Saturday's game. In the January transfer window, McClaren caused controversy when he sold one of their best strikers, Marc Janko, to Porto for approximately £5 million. Despite this, McClaren invested money to sign Wesley Verhoek from ADO Den Haag for £1.5 million (a player McClaren had previously tried to sign while in charge at Nottingham Forest but the proposed deal fell through ) and Glynor Plet from Heracles Almelo for £1.5 million. McClaren also signed Joshua John and Daniel Fernandes on a free transfer.

After a disappointing sixth place, Twente invested in new players including Dušan Tadić and Luc Castaignos. Twente made it through the group stages of the Europa League, while winning the first six league matches. McClaren became the second foreign trainer in the Eredivisie who has coached more than 100 matches. After growing criticism from supporters, McClaren resigned his position on 26 February 2013, stating: "We agree the Club is bigger than any one individual and Twente is too big in my heart to stand in the way of its progress."

Derby County
On 2 July 2013, McClaren became part of Harry Redknapp's coaching staff at Queens Park Rangers in the Championship after agreeing a short-term, three-month deal. However, In September, McClaren returned to Derby County when he was appointed head coach to replace Nigel Clough, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract. He appointed former Derby winger Paul Simpson and former Manchester United goalkeeping coach Eric Steele to his backroom staff. Derby's first match following McClaren's appointment was at home to Ipswich Town, though academy manager Darren Wassall took charge of the team. With Derby trailing 4–1 at half time, McClaren entered the home dressing room to give a "rousing" speech to inspire a Derby fight back for a 4–4 draw. McClaren's first two games in charge brought successive victories, as he earned Derby their first league home win of the season with a tenth successive victory over Leeds United (3–1) and inflicted Watford's first home defeat of the season with a 3–2 away win. The Watford victory earned McClaren the LMA Performance of the Week award.

After Derby picked up 19 points from a possible 21 in December 2013, McClaren was awarded the Championship Manager of the Month award. Derby went on to finish third in the Championship in the 2013–14 season, amassing 85 points and qualifying for the Championship play-offs. After beating Brighton & Hove Albion over two legs in the semi-finals, Derby faced McClaren's former employers QPR in the final at Wembley Stadium, where they lost 1–0 to a last minute Bobby Zamora goal. This left Derby's quest for a return to the Premier League extending into its seventh season.

Derby enjoyed a strong opening two-thirds of the 2014–15 season, topping the table on three separate occasions and reaching the League Cup quarter-finals. However, after a 2–0 victory over Charlton Athletic on 24 February took Derby to the top of the division, their form nose-dived and they managed just two wins, against eventually relegated Wigan Athletic and Blackpool, in their remaining 13 fixtures. They missed out on the play-offs altogether after a 3–0 defeat at home to Reading on the last day of the season, when a point would have sufficed. The drastic loss in form was attributed by McClaren to injuries to key players, especially striker Chris Martin, although local press also believed that constant speculation linking McClaren to the Newcastle United job had been a contributing factor. On 25 May 2015, McClaren was dismissed by Derby.

Newcastle United
On 10 June 2015, McClaren was appointed as the replacement for caretaker manager John Carver as head coach of Premier League side Newcastle United. He signed a three-year deal with the club, with an option to extend the contract to eight years. He was also appointed to the Newcastle United board of directors, along with chief scout Graham Carr and club ambassador Bobby Moncur. On 18 October, after eight matches without a win, McClaren won his first Premier League game as manager of Newcastle with a 6–2 home victory against Norwich City. This was McClaren's first win in the Premier League since his Middlesbrough side beat West Ham 2–0 on 17 April 2006.

Six days after a 3–1 home defeat to AFC Bournemouth, McClaren was dismissed by Newcastle on 11 March 2016.

Return to Derby County
McClaren returned to Derby on 12 October 2016 for a second spell as manager, after the departure of Nigel Pearson. His first game in charge during his second spell was a 1–0 home win against Leeds United. He was dismissed on 12 March 2017 after a 3–0 loss to Brighton.

Maccabi Tel Aviv
In August 2017, McClaren joined Maccabi Tel Aviv as a coaching consultant. He vacated the post on 28 December.

Queens Park Rangers
On 18 May 2018, McClaren was appointed as the new manager of Championship club Queens Park Rangers on a two-year contract, replacing Ian Holloway, who was dismissed by the club a week previously after a poor run of results in their previous league campaign.

McClaren was dismissed as QPR manager on 1 April 2019 following a 2–1 home defeat to Bolton Wanderers on 30 March 2019 and a run of one win in 15 games.

Return to Derby County
McClaren returned to Derby County on 24 November 2020 when being appointed as technical director. He stepped down from this role on 28 September 2021 after Derby entered administration, but remained at the club as a part-time senior adviser.

Return to Manchester United
On 23 May 2022, it was confirmed that McClaren would be returning to Manchester United to join first team manager Erik ten Hag as part of his backroom coaching staff.

Personal life
McClaren is married to Kathryn, with whom he has three sons. As of 2006, McClaren lived in the town of Yarm in Stockton-on-Tees. On becoming manager of VfL Wolfsburg, McClaren moved with his wife and youngest son to Germany.

In popular culture
McClaren is a regular character on Bob Mortimer and Andy Dawson's Athletico Mince Podcast.

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 * Football League Second Division: 1986–87

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 * Football League Cup: 2003–04
 * UEFA Cup runner-up: 2005–06

Twente
 * Eredivisie: 2009–10

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 * Rinus Michels Award: 2010

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of songs about drinking

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The result of the debate was KEEP. -Splash 00:44, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

List of songs about drinking
This is absolutely pointless. If it really must exist, it should be a category. Thelb4 14:03, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Lists of songs has lists of songs about gangs, laziness and masturbation, to name but three, so why not (given some cleanup, like removing the potential copyvio lyrics)? Tonywalton | Talk 15:20, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment Having only the first line or two, as is currently the case for this article, would come under fair use I think. Caerwine 15:32, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * strong keep. Populous, verifiable, and useful list. Brighterorange 15:26, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and convert into a category. Pointless indeed! Peeper 16:03, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * comment - it can't usefully be turned into a category, because most of these songs don't have their own pages. Brighterorange 16:50, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep obviously, factual and verifiable. Trollderella 16:45, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment - If we delete this we would have to look into deleting the other lists of songs as well. Anybody in for that long, protracted fight? By the time you even have this list deleted, there'll probably be two more lists of songs created. --Measure 16:54, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment "Ego sum abbas" from Orff's Carmina Burana (second section) isn't there, nor are ANY of Henry Purcell's drinking songs - I might be some time, Scott! User "Oates" Alf. 17:27, 25 August 2005 (UTC
 * keep please lists can be better than categories some times Yuckfoo 19:37, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and I'm sober right at the moment. -- WCFrancis 20:55, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per Brightorange and Yuckfoo. You can't make a category about songs which don't have articles, but a lot of them are notable and should have an article. Hence a list is currently the best option. Besides, if people look for a list of articles, they go to the main article space with our search, so that's where you should find it, not the category name space. - Mgm|(talk) 21:04, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Reluctant keep. I don't personally believe that lists like this are encyclopedic, but we've got dozens of them so there is a precedent to keep. Fernando Rizo T/C 21:11, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable theme in the music world. CanadianCaesar 22:31, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Much better than having hundreds of near-pointless drinking-song articles in a category. —Charles O'Rourke 23:43, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unmaintainable list —Wahoofive (talk) 00:03, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable type of song. Lists can be annotated while categories cannot. Sjakkalle (Check!)  10:16, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep In heaven there is no beer; that's why we drink it here; and when we're all gone from here, our friends will be drinking all the beer. Caerwine 15:30, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * KEEP some of the greatest country music songs are drinkin' songs! – Alakey2010 05:07 p.m., 03 October 2006
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John England (bishop)

John England (September 23, 1786, in Cork, Ireland – April 11, 1842 in Charleston, South Carolina) was an Irish-born American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of Charleston, leading a diocese that then covered three Southern states.

England previously served as a priest in Cork, Ireland, where he was active in the movement for Catholic Emancipation in the United Kingdom. As bishop in Charleston, he ministered to and provided education for many free and enslaved African-Americans.

Early life
John England was born on September 23, 1786 in Cork, Ireland. As a child, he attended a private school run by a Protestant teacher, who referred to him as "the little Papist". When he was older, England pursued a law career, studying with a barrister for two years. Deciding to prepare for the priesthood, England entered the Theological College of Carlow in Carlow, Ireland on August 31, 1803.

At age 19, in his second year at Carlow, England began delivering catechetical instructions to children in the parish chapel, but adults soon started attending. He also started preaching to the soldiers of the Cork militia. After leaving Carlow, England established a women's reformatory, which led to the concepts behind the Presentation Sisters. He established schools for poor boys and girls. Out of these schools grew the Presentation Convent. Soon the Bishop of Carlow was having him deliver moral lectures during Lent at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Carlow. In 1808, while England was still in seminary, Bishop Francis Moylan of Cork appointed him as director of the Theological School at Cork.

Prison ministry
England was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Cork in Cork, October 10, 1809 by Bishop Francis Moylan. After his ordination, England was appointed lecturer at the North Chapel in County Cork and chaplain of prisons. At one point, England confronted a condemned prisoner 30 minutes before his execution, saying "Stop, sir. You shall not go to Hell for half hour yet." England then persuaded the man to confess his sins before dying.

England was a popular preacher, drawing large crowds to his meetings. Pending the opening of the Magdalen Asylum, a workhouse for single women, he supported and ministered to many applicants.

Activism
In 1809, England published the "Religious Repertory" and established a circulating library in St. Mary Parish in Shandon, Ireland. He purchased the Cork Mercantile Advertiser, which he used to condemn the treatment of prison inmates. In the 1812 general election in the United Kingdom, he maintained that "in vindicating the political rights of his countrymen, he was but asserting their liberty of conscience". Also in 1812, England was appointed president of the new diocesan College of St. Mary, where he taught theology.

In 1814, England vigorously assailed the Royal veto of the appointment of bishops law. He frequently called for the abolition of discriminatory laws against Catholics in the United Kingdom, which eventually culminated in Catholic Emancipation. To help this cause he founded "The Chronicle" which he edited until leaving Ireland.

in 1817, England was appointed as pastor of the parish in Bandon in County Cork. Bigotry against Catholics was so strong there that an inscription over the city gates read : "Enter here Turk Jew or Atheist, Every man except a Papist". At one point, he escaped an assassination attempt while visiting a dying boy late at night. Over the next several years, England worked to reconcile Protestants and Catholics in Brandon. By this time, the church began considering England for appointment as a bishop. However, he made it clear that he would not accept an appointment in any nation in the British Empire, including Ireland.

Arrival in diocese
England was consecrated in Cork as bishop of the Diocese of Charleston in the United States on September 21, 1820. The ceremony was held in St. Finbar's Church in Cork by Bishop John Murphy, with Bishop Patrick Kelly serving as co-consecrator. At the end of the ceremony, England refused to take the customary oath of allegiance to the British Crown, declaring his intention to become an American citizen.

On October 20, 1820, England and his youngest sister sailed from Belfast, arriving in Charleston on December 30, 1820. The day after his arrival, England took charge of the diocese and almost immediately issued a pastoral letter.

The new diocese consisted of the three states of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. The Catholic population of Charleston was mainly composed of poor immigrants from Ireland and refugees from the island of Hispaniola with their servants. The majority Protestant population in the region was unfavorable, if not antagonistic, to the growth of Catholicism there. When the local newspapers refused to publish England's sermons, he was forced to publish them in paid advertisements.

Travels in diocese
Soon after his arrival in the United State, England starting traveling through his large diocese to meet with his parishioners. During his first years in the diocese, he traveled to Savannah and Augusta in Georgia and Columbia in South Carolina. He spoke with African-Americans, Cherokees, Catholics who married non-Catholics. and people who had left the Catholic church. When in Charleston, England preached at least twice every Sunday and delivered lectures on special occasions.

In politics, England successfully advocated before the Legislature of South Carolina the granting of a charter for his diocesan corporation, which had been strongly opposed through the machinations of the disaffected trustees. England was instrumental in the founding of an Anti-Dueling Association.

Civic affairs
In 1822, England promoted the establishment of a book society in each congregation to encourage literacy and education. The same year, he started the "United States Catholic Miscellany", the first distinctly Catholic newspaper in the United States. He reached out to civic leaders, both Catholic and non-Catholic. In 1826, England became the first Catholic bishop to address the US House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., with President John Quincy Adams in the audience. In his speech, England strong denied that the Catholic Church was intolerant of other denominations. Regarding the control of Catholic voters by the church hierarchy, he stated:"I would not allow to the Pope or any bishop of our church the smallest interference with the humblest vote at our most insignificant balloting box."

First Provincial Council and Constitution
England played a prominent role in convening the 1829 First Provincial Council of Baltimore, a gathering of bishops and clergy from across the United States. The American bishops were struggling both financially and theologically. England saw the value of their meeting to face challenges as a group.

England also wrote a constitution for his diocese that defined its relationships to civil and canon law. It was incorporated by the State and adopted by the several congregations. He also organized conventions of representative clergy and laity in the three states in his diocese to meet annually.

Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
In 1830, England founded the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Charleston. Its purpose was: "'...to educate females of the middling class of society; also to have a school for free colored girls, and to give religious instruction to female slaves ; they will also devote themselves to the service of the sick'."England modeled the order on the Presentation Sisters in Ireland. His sister, Mary Charles England, was superior of the Presentation Convent in Cork. He tried to bring her to Charleston to train the new congregation, but Bishop Murphy in Cork would not permit it, citing her age. England opened a school for African-America girls in Charleston in 1831 and held a synod of the clergy on November 21, 1831.

Philosophical and Classical Seminary
Experiencing a shortage of priests in his diocese, England established in 1832 the Philosophical and Classical Seminary of Charleston. His plan was to support the seminary with income from the college. He taught courses on the classics and of theology. At its height, the seminary had 130 students. However, the college raised alarms among some Protestant clergy, who warned of papist conspiracies. These attacks eventually reduced the student body to 30. The seminary graduated many eminent laymen and priests. Chancellor Kent said "Bishop England revived classical learning in South Carolina".

England also recruited some Ursuline nuns from a convent in Black Rock, Ireland to come to Charleston the same year. In 1832, England estimated the population of the diocese at approximately 11,000, with 7,500 in South Carolina, 3,000 in Georgia, and 500 in North Carolina. At one point, the pope offered England appointment as bishop of the Diocese of Ossory in Ireland, but he declined, stating that he remained an American citizen.

England also compiled a catechism and prepared a new English edition of the missal, with an explanation of the mass. He was an active member of the Philosophical Society of Charleston, assisted in organizing the Anti-duelling Society in Charleston to prevent dueling, and strenuously opposed Nullification in a community where it was vehemently advocated.

Ministering to African-Americans
When in Charleston, England celebrated an early mass in the cathedral for African Americans every Sunday, preaching to them at the mass and at a Vesper service. He usually delivered two afternoon sermons; if unable to deliver both, he would cancel the sermon for the rich and educated in favor of one for the poor. During the cholera and yellow fever epidemics in Charleston, he joined his priests and nuns in tending to the sick. England lived a very frugal existence, often seen on the city streets wearing worn-out shoes. He frequently suffered from exhaustion and survived several serious illnesses. In 1834, England recruited a small group of Ursulines nuns from the convent at Blackrock, Cork, to come to the diocese to teach and minister. During this time, some slave owners invited England to their plantations to minister to their enslaved people.

In 1835, England established more free schools for African-American children in Charleston. That same year, anti-Catholic agitators raised a mob that raided the Charleston post office. Its intent was to attack England's schools the next day. However, when the mob arrived, they were met by Charleston's Irish Volunteers, a militia created by Irish immigrants for self-protection. Soon after this incident, England was forced to close his schools.

William Clancy
In 1835, Reverend William Clancy arrived in Charleston to serve as coadjutor bishop. In 1832, the Vatican had instructed England to travel to Haiti to serve as a papal negotiator. When England requested a coadjutor bishop to cover the diocese during his absence, the Vatican appointed Clancy. However, Clancy did not arrive in Charleston until 1835, by which time England's trip to Haiti had been cancelled. Clancy soon became bored, complaining that there wasn't enough work in the diocese for two bishops. England wrote to the Vatican, saying about Clancy:"He is very distinguished for his character, zeal and piety, but in one year he has wrecked that whole constitutional system of church government which has taken me years to perfect. working in the diocese."Two year after his arrival in Charleston, Clancy was appointed vicar-general of Guiana.

Mob attack
In 1835, provoked by the American Anti-Slavery Society, an anti-Catholic mob raided the Charleston post office. The next day, the mob marched on England's school for 'children of color.' However, it was thwarted by a group of Irish volunteers, led by England, who were guarding the school. However, soon after this, when all schools for 'free blacks' were closed in Charleston, England was forced to concede, but continued the schools for mulattoes and free blacks.

To obtain financial support for his diocese, England met with prospective donors in cities and towns throughout the United States. He made four fundraising trips to Europe, visiting the United Kingdom, France and Italy. He sought funding, vestments and books from the pope, the Propaganda Fide department of the Holy See and the Leopoldine Society of Vienna.

Death
In May 1841, England sailed to Europe for the last time. On the return voyage, starting in December 1841, dysentery broke out onboard. England spent much of the voyage tending to sick passengers, becoming seriously ill himself. Arriving in Philadelphia, he ignored his debilitated health to preach 17 consecutive nights in that city, then four more nights in Baltimore. After reaching Charleston, England resumed his normal routine.

England never fully recovered from his illness on the ship and by late winter 1842 was bedridden. John England died on April 11, 1842 in Charleston. After his death, bells were rung from Protestant churches and flags were lowered throughout the city.

Legacy
England published most of his writings in the United States Catholic Miscellany, helped by his sister. His successor, Bishop Ignatius Reynolds, collected England's writings and published them in five volumes at Baltimore, in 1849. A new edition, edited by Archbishop Sebastian Messmer of Milwaukee, was published at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1908.

 * Bishop England High School, founded in Charleston in 1914, was named in England's honor.
 * The Bishop John England Award is given to publications that belong to the Catholic Media Association.

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Jane Earl

Jane Earl was appointed to the post of Director of the Assets Recovery Agency on 5 November 2002, and took up her post on 3 February 2003. Prior to this she was chief executive of Wokingham Unitary Council from November 1999.

She has 20 years experience in local government, working for local authorities such as Elmbridge Borough Council and the London Borough of Hounslow. She worked for Reading Borough Council for five years from 1982 to 1987 and for a further six years from 1989 to 1996 which culminated in her holding the post of assistant chief executive.

Jane was regional director of Business in the Community (1996–98). Prior to this she was seconded to the Government Office for the South East creating a practical strategy for the regeneration of Thanet.

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Talk:Maneka Gandhi

Possible Copy Vio?
Pl. check http://www.indian-elections.com/keycontenders/maneka-gandhi.html or is it possible that the above website copied frm wikipedia? ---Gurubrahma 14:08, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It's a clear copyvio going by the fact that the external website had this text at least as far back as June 25, 2004, whereas this article was started only later here. Hopefully, we'll reword the text. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 08:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Nonsense!
Ms Gandhi is not a "prominent" politician nor an etymologist nor an environmentalist. Cruxit 08:08, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * She's won by record margins many times under different party tickets. This fact is supported by sources in the article. Same about her being an environmentalist. We never said she's a prominent etymologist, but only that she's authored books on etymology, which can be verified from the link to amazon site provided in the article. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 08:15, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Literary artistic and scientific accomplishments

 * Publisher/author of Etymological Directories;
 * Plant Mythology;
 * Animal Activism and Laws;
 * Editor of political monthly magazine, Surya, 1976-80;
 * Widely read columnist: writer on animal welfare and environment;
 * Creator and presenter of weekly TV shows on animals and environment in English and Hindi.

Social and cultural activities

 * Founder Member, People for Animals;
 * Chief Patron, PFA Haryana -
 * Patron, Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF);
 * Chairperson, RUGMARK
 * Former Chairperson of the Delhi Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA);
 * Managing-Trustee, Ruth Cowell Foundation (Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Shelter and Hospital)

Special interests

 * Writing,
 * Animal Welfare,
 * Environmental Protection
 * Reading
 * Gardening
 * Charity

Awards received
Recipient of the prestigious
 * Lord Erskine Award from the RSPCA, 1992;
 * Environmentalist and Vegetarian of the year 1994;
 * Prani Mitra Award, 1996;
 * Maharana Mewar Foundation Award, 1996 for Environmental work;
 * Marchig Animal Welfare Trust Prize, Switzerland, 1997;
 * Venu Menon Animal Allies Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, 1999,
 * Bhagwan Mahaveer Award for Excellence in sphere of Truth, Non-violence & Vegetarianism, 1999;
 * Ahimsa and Sadbhawna Award, 1999;
 * Dewaliben Charitable Trust Award, 1999;
 * International Women's Association Woman of the Year Award, Chennai, 2001 and
 * Dinanath Mangeshkar Aadishakti Puraskar in the field of Environment and animal welfare, 2001; Delivered the Schumacher Address in UK, 1995; Key-note Speaker at the National Alliance for Animals in Washington, 1996; Member of 5 person (UNEP) Sasakawa Environment Prize Selection Committee; Special Invitee to Peace in Peacetime, International Conference on Peace and Development, Puerto Rico, 2002

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Bad (tour)

Bad was the first solo concert tour by American singer Michael Jackson, launched in support of his seventh studio album Bad (1987). The 123-show world tour began on September 12, 1987 in Japan, and concluded on January 27, 1989 in the United States, and sponsored by soft drink manufacturer Pepsi. It grossed a total of $125 million, making it the second highest-grossing tour of the 1980s after Pink Floyd's Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, and earning two new entries in the Guinness World Records for the largest grossing tour in history and the tour with the largest attended audience. It was nominated for "Tour of the Year 1988" at the inaugural International Rock Awards.

At the end of the Bad tour, Jackson made a public statement that he intended for it to be his last as a touring artist, as he had plans to transition to filmmaking; however, it was followed by the Dangerous World Tour in 1992–1993 and the HIStory World Tour in 1996–1997. Except for two shows in Hawaii during the HIStory Tour, this would be the only time that Jackson would tour the United States as a solo artist.

Background
On June 29, 1987, Jackson's manager Frank DiLeo held a press conference in Tokyo to announce that the 29-year-old Jackson would embark on his first concert tour as a solo artist. It marked his first concerts since the Victory Tour in 1984 which he performed with his brothers as the Jacksons. DiLeo said the tour would start with a Japanese leg because of the country's loyal fans. In a written statement, Jackson, who was completing Bad in Los Angeles, promised "thrilling and exciting" concerts. The soft drink manufacturer Pepsi, with whom Jackson and his brothers had a deal worth an estimated $5 million per year, sponsored the tour. Sales of the drink in Japan doubled during the summer following the announcement, helped by an advertising campaign that offered free tickets and 30,000 souvenirs. The entire entourage were instructed not to be seen drinking a product from rival Coca-Cola in public. Marlon Brando's son Miko joined the tour as a production assistant.

Auditions for the musicians, and subsequent rehearsals, were held at the Leeds facility in North Hollywood. Keyboardist Rory Kaplan, who had played on the Victory Tour, was touring with the Chick Corea Elektric Band when he was asked by Jackson's secretary to join his group as musical director, which Kaplan accepted. The original idea was to bring in former Victory Tour drummer Jonathan Moffett and guitarist David Williams, but the pair were on tour with Madonna. Jackson wanted the music on stage to sound like the albums, and asked Chris Currell, who had played the Synclavier synthesizer and sampler on Bad, to play it live. Currell arranged to have three complete systems: two to handle the music on stage and one for his hotel room for Jackson to record ideas while travelling, plus a dismantled setup for spare parts in case of a problem, and a full time technician. Currell estimated the Synclaviers alone cost $1.4 million. Since he was primarily a guitarist and not a keyboardist, he purchased a SynthAxe MIDI controller guitar to trigger cues to a computer which operated the Synclaviers. The audition performances were filmed and played to Jackson at his home in the evening. The band had just two weeks to rehearse at Leeds before production rehearsals followed at Universal Studios for another three, although no full production in its entirety happened until the first show.

Japan and Australia (1987)
The tour began with a 14-date leg across Japan, marking Jackson's first performances in the country since 1973 as part of the Jackson 5. Nine shows were originally announced but they sold out within hours, so five more were added due to the high demand. The shows cost the sponsors $8.6 million to stage. Jackson arrived at Tokyo's Narita International Airport on September 9, where over 300 reporters and photographers greeted him upon his arrival. The staging, lighting, and musical equipment for the 1987 dates weighed 110,000 lbs. Jackson assisted in the stage design, which consisted of 700 lights, 100 speakers, 40 lasers, three mirrors, and two 24-by-18 foot screens. Performers wore 70 costumes, four of which were attached with fiber optic lights.

While in Osaka, Jackson received the key to the city by the mayor. In Tokyo, Jackson donated $20,000 to the parents of Yoshiaki Hagiwara, a five-year-old boy who was kidnapped and murdered, after he watched a news report about the tragedy. Attendance figures for the first 14 dates in Japan totaled a record-breaking 450,000. Crowds of 200,000 were what past performers could manage to draw for a single tour. Some shows were filmed by Nippon TV and the September 26 show in Yokohama was broadcast on Japanese television. Jackson wrapped the Japanese leg by donating several personalised items for a charity auction, including clothes and glasses worn during the tour.

Jackson left Japan for a rest period in Hong Kong and China before the Australian leg. On October 30, a planned New Zealand leg was cancelled as local promoters were unable to meet demands that the audience be seated, although dates there and Australia were also cancelled due to low ticket sales. Between November 13 and 28, Jackson performed five concerts in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. The loud and enthusiastic crowds were a contrast to the Japanese audience, who were instructed to remain quiet and make little noise, and made it difficult for the group to hear the count-ins at the beginning of a number. The November 28 show in Brisbane was recorded and broadcast. During the concert, Jackson brought Stevie Wonder on stage to sing "Bad" with him.

North America (1988)
Following the 1987 dates Jackson wanted to revamp the production with a larger stage set-up, the addition of new numbers including "Smooth Criminal" and "Man in the Mirror", and new musical arrangements. Kaplan revisited the studio recordings and prepared tapes for each band member to follow. During this time Phillinganes took over as musical director and Kaplan became technical director. Rehearsals for the new set-up took place at the Pensacola Civic Center in Florida from January 22 to February 18, 1988. Vincent Paterson, who had worked with Jackson on several videos, was brought in to choreograph and co-direct the tour. On the final day, Jackson allowed 420 school pupils to watch him perform a full dress rehearsal after the children made him a rap music video in his honor. The band rehearsed "Speed Demon" from Bad prior to Jackson's arrival two weeks in, and he liked the performance, but it was dropped from the set as he had no choreography to accompany the song. Siegfried and Roy were brought in to advise on some stage illusions.

The first performances were to begin in Atlanta, but Pepsi officials objected the plan as it was home to Coca-Cola. For both Atlanta shows, Jackson gave 100 tickets to the Children's Wish Foundation for terminally ill children to attend. The first of three concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City in March served as a benefit to raise $500,000 to the United Negro College Fund. Jackson presented a check of $600,000 to the fund.

Europe (1988)
The European leg began in Rome on May 23, where police and security guards rescued hundreds of fans from being crushed in the crowd of 35,000. Police reported 130 women had fainted at the concert in Vienna. While in Switzerland, Jackson went to Vevey to meet Oona O'Neill, the widow of actor Charlie Chaplin. On June 19, Jackson performed in West Berlin close to the Berlin Wall in front of the Reichstag Building. After Jackson's death it was revealed that the Stasi had kept a file on him, making extensive preparations to prevent East German fans to gather at the Brandenburg Gate to listen to the concert. The plan also involved broadcasting the concert in a stadium in East Berlin with a two-minute delay, so the East Germans could replace the live performance with a videotape of a previous performance in case Jackson made any undesirable political comments.

The most successful of the European dates were those in London at Wembley Stadium, where demand for the five July dates exceeded 1.5 million, enough to fill the 72,000-capacity venue 20 times. Jackson went on to perform seven sold-out shows at Wembley for a total of 504,000 people which entered him into the Guinness World Records, the first of three times from the tour alone. The record surpassed the previous attendance record shared by Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, and Genesis. More shows could have been added, but the venue had reached its quota for live performances. The third concert was attended by Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince Charles, and subsequently released as Live at Wembley July 16, 1988. On July 30, NBC aired Michael Jackson Around the World, a 90-minute special documenting the singer on tour. On August 29, after a birthday performance in Leeds, Jackson donated $130,000 to Give for Life. The final European show was held in Liverpool at Aintree Racecourse, where 1,550 fans were reported injured among the crowd of 125,000, the largest show of the tour.

North America and Japan (1988–1989)
Jackson toured the United States for a second time between September 1988 and January 1989, with a return to Tokyo for nine shows in December which included a concert on Christmas Day. This would be the last time he toured his native country, aside from two shows in Hawaii in 1997 and a handful of one-off appearances in 2001 and 2002. On October 23, 1988, he donated $125,000, the net proceeds of the first show in Auburn Hills, to the city's Motown Museum. This second American tour alone grossed a total of $20.3 million, the sixth largest of the year. The tour was planned to end in Tokyo, but Jackson suffered from swollen vocal cords after the first of six concerts in Los Angeles in November, and the remaining five were rescheduled for January 1989. Due to this rescheduling, Phillinganes had to disembark from the tour in early January, having already made commitments to tour with Eric Clapton. Studio musician John Barnes was hired to take Phillinganes' place.

During the run of shows in Tokyo, nine-year-old Ayana Takada was selected to receive a certificate by Jackson to commemorate the four millionth person to attend the tour.

Five performances in Los Angeles were held to conclude the tour on January 27, 1989. Currell remembered a minor earthquake shook the stage as the band were taking their final bow at the end of the final show. In 16 months, Jackson performed 123 concerts in 15 countries to an audience of 4.5 million for a total gross of $125 million. The American tour alone grossed a total of $20.3 million, the sixth largest of the year. Guinness World Records recognized the tour as the largest grossing in history and the tour to play to the most people ever. In April 1989, the tour was nominated for "Tour of the Year 1988" at the inaugural International Rock Awards. It lost to Amnesty International.

Concert film and other recordings
A live album and DVD of the July 16, 1988, concert in London titled Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 was released along with the special edition reissue of the Bad album titled Bad 25 on September 18, 2012, as well as a stand-alone DVD. Video of the September 26, 1987, Concert in Yokohama, Japan, was broadcast on Nippon Television and is available on YouTube. A number of amateur-shot concerts and short snippets were leaked on YouTube a few years later. Half-show footage of Rome (May 23, 1988) and Brisbane (November 28, 1987), and a high-quality 30-minute segment of live footage of Tokyo (December 9, 1988), as well as full low-quality leaks of Tokyo (September 12 & 13, 1987) and Osaka (October 10, 1987) are also available online. Audio recordings of the final Los Angeles (January 27, 1989) concert have been crowdfunded and released on YouTube. Audio recordings from the rehearsal at Pensacola, Florida (February 18, 1988) have also been released as well. Atlanta (April 13, 1988), Auburn Hills (October 24, 1988), Osaka (October 12, 1987), Tokyo (September 13, 1987), have been leaked.

Opening acts

 * Kim Wilde (Europe)
 * Taylor Dayne (Europe – August 5–23, 1988)
 * Gianna Nannini (Gelsenkirchen)

Band

 * Michael Jackson – co-director, co-choreographer, lead vocals, dancing
 * Greg Phillinganes – musical director, keyboards
 * Rory Kaplan – keyboards
 * Christopher Currell – Synclavier synthesizers, digital guitar, sound effects
 * Ricky Lawson – drums, percussion
 * Jennifer Batten – rhythm and lead guitar
 * Jon Clark – lead and rhythm guitar
 * Don Boyette – bass guitar, synth bass
 * John Barnes – keyboards (1989 shows only)

Vocals

 * Darryl Phinnessee – vocal music director, backing vocals
 * Dorian Holley – backing vocals
 * Sheryl Crow – backing vocals
 * Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals

Dancers

 * Randy Allaire
 * Eddie Garcia
 * Dominic Lucero
 * LaVelle Smith Jr.
 * Tatiana Thumbzten (Kansas City and first New York City show only)
 * Keith "DJ Proper" Jordan (1989 shows only)

Wardrobe and crew

 * Karen Faye – hair and makeup
 * Tommy Simms – stylist
 * Bill Frank Whitten – costume design
 * Dennis Tompkins – costume design
 * Michael Bush – costume design
 * Jolie Levine – Jackson's personal assistant
 * Meredith Besser – assistant

Production and management

 * Jaun C. Marin – assistant director
 * Vincent Paterson – co-director, choreographer
 * Tom McPhillips – set designer
 * Allen Branton – lighting designer
 * Frank DiLeo – Jackson's manager
 * Sal Bonafede – tour co-ordinator
 * John Draper – tour manager
 * Benny Collins – production manager
 * Nelson Hayes – production co-ordinator
 * Rob Henry – production co-ordinator
 * Gerry Bakalian – stage manager
 * Tait Towers, Inc. – set construction
 * Clair Bros. – sound
 * Kevin Elison – house sound engineer
 * Rick Coberly – monitor engineer
 * Ziffren, Brittenham and Branca – attorneys
 * Gelfand, Rennert and Feldman – business management
 * Solters/Roskin, Friedman Inc. – public relations
 * Bob Jones – VP of communications
 * Glen Brunman – media relations
 * Michael Mitchell – tour publicist
 * Gretta Walsh of Revel Travel – travel agent
 * Patrick "Bubba" Morrow – Nocturne Video
 * Mo Morrison – production team

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