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Genevieve of Brabant

Genevieve (also Genoveva or Genoveffa) of Brabant is a heroine of medieval legend. The story is told in the "Golden Legend" and concerns a virtuous wife falsely accused of infidelity.

Legend
Her story is a typical example of the widespread tale of the chaste wife falsely accused and repudiated, generally on the word of a rejected suitor. Genoveffa of Brabant was said to be the wife of the palatine Siegfried of Treves, and was falsely accused by the majordomo Golo. Sentenced to death, she was spared by the executioner and lived for six years with her son in a cave in the Ardennes nourished by a roe. Siegfried, who had meanwhile found out Golo's treachery, was chasing the roe when he discovered her hiding-place, and reinstated her in her former honour.

Her story is said to rest on the history of Marie of Brabant, wife of Louis II, Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine. Marie of Brabant was suspected of infidelity and subsequently tried by her husband, found guilty and beheaded on 18 January 1256. When the verdict was shown to be mistaken, Louis had to do penance for the beheading. The change in name from Marie to Genevieve may be traced back to a cult of St Genevieve, patroness of Paris.

The Genevieve tale first obtained wide popularity in L'Innocence reconnue, ou vie de Sainte Genevieve de Brabant (pr. 1638) by the Jesuit René de Cerisiers (1603–1662), and was a frequent subject for dramatic representation in Germany. Starting in the mid-18th century, it became very popular among traveling puppet companies.

Variants
Genoveffa 's history may be compared to the Scandinavian ballads of Ravengaard og Memering, which exist in many recensions. These deal with the history of Gunild, the wife of Henry Duke of Brunswick and Schleswig. When Duke Henry went to the war he left his wife in charge of Ravengaard, who accused her of infidelity. Gunild is cleared by the victory of her champion Memering, the smallest of Christian men. The Scottish ballad of Sir Aldingar is a version of the same story. The heroine Gunhilda is said to have been the daughter of Canute the Great and Emma. In 1036 she married King Henry, afterwards the emperor Henry III, and there was nothing in her domestic history to warrant the legend, which is given as authentic history by William of Malmesbury (De gestis regum Anglorum, lib.ii.~i88). She was called Cunigund after her marriage, and perhaps was confused with St Cunigund, the wife of the Emperor Henry II.

In the Karlamagnus-saga the innocent wife is Oliva, sister of Charlemagne and wife of King Hugo, and in the French Carolingian cycle the emperor's wife Sibille (La Reine Sibille) or Blanchefleur (Macaire). Other forms of the legend are to be found in the story of Doolin's mother in Doon de Mayence, the English romance of Sir Triamour, in the story of the mother of Octavian in Octavian the Emperor, in the German folk book Historie von der geduldigen Königin Crescentia, based on a 12th-century poem to be found in the Kaiserchronik, and the English Erl of Toulouse (c. 1400). In the last-named romance it has been suggested that the story gives the relations between Bernard I, Count of Toulouse, son of the Guillaume d'Orange of the Carolingian romances, and the empress Judith, second wife of Louis the Pious—who were indeed charged with adultery and purged themselves by an oath and an offer for trial by combat, although the historical situation has been embellished with romantic incident.

Adaptations

 * Leben und Tod der heiligen Genoveva, poem by Ludwig Tieck (1799)
 * Golo und Genoveffa, drama by Maler Müller (1811)
 * Genoveffa , story by Christoph von Schmid (1825)
 * Genoveffa , story in Gustav Schwab's collection Das Buch der schönsten Geschichten und Sagen (1837)
 * Genoveva, play by Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1843)
 * Genoveva, opera by Robert Schumann (1850), which draws on Hebbel's play and also on Tieck's poem
 * Geneviève de Brabant, opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach (1859) based loosely on the legend
 * Genovena, novel by Alphonse de Lamartine (1860)
 * Genoveva, play by Mathilde Wesendonck (1866)
 * Geneviève de Brabant, stage work by Erik Satie (c. 1900)
 * Golo und Genoveffa , by Hanna Rademacher (1914)
 * Suor Angelica, opera by Giacomo Puccini (1918) said by the publisher, Casa Ricordi, to have been inspired by Hebbel's play
 * Genoveva van Brabant, by Stijn Streuvels (1920–1921)
 * Genoveffa di Brabante, 1947 Italian film by Primo Zeglio
 * La Leggenda di Genoveffa, 1952 Italian film
 * Genova, 1953 Tamil-Malayalam film of F. Nagoor, based on a musical play by T. C. Acyuta Menon, itself inspired by Johann Ernst Hanxleden's Malayalam version of the story.
 * Genoveffa di Brabante, 1964 Italian/Spanish film produced by José Luis Monter

Literary references
In Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (1913–27), the narrator remembers a magic lantern he had in his room, in Combray, that showed the image of Golo riding his horse towards Genevieve's castle. He says: "... and I would fall into the arms of my mother, whom the misfortunes of Geneviève de Brabant had made all the dearer to me, just as the crimes of Golo had driven me to a more than ordinarily scrupulous examination of my own conscience."

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New Jersey State Police

The New Jersey State Police (NJSP) is the official state police force of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a general-powers police agency with statewide jurisdiction, designated by troop sectors.

History
As with other state police organizations, the primary reason for the creation of the New Jersey State Police was for the protection of rural areas that had never had law enforcement, beyond a local sheriff, who was often not able to provide suitable police services. Legislation for its creation was first introduced in 1914, but it would not be until March 29, 1921, with the passing of the State Police Bill, that a statewide police force was created. Senator Clarence I. Case was the driving force behind the 1921 legislation, however, the person with the most impact on the organization was its first Superintendent Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr. Schwarzkopf was a graduate of West Point and this training and his time in the military heavily influenced how he organized and trained his first group of troopers. The first State Police class reported for training on September 1, 1921 and consisted of 116 men out of an applicant group of 600. Training took place in Sea Girt, New Jersey on the same grounds as the current State Police Academy. Out of the 116 men who started training only 81 officers and troopers completed the three-month training program. According to the New Jersey State Police website:

""On December 1, 1921, the new troopers were administered the oath of office and on December 5, 1921, in a blinding snowstorm, started out on horseback and motorcycle to their posts throughout the state.""

Core functions
The New Jersey State Police is responsible for general police services, general highway and traffic enforcement, statewide investigation and intelligence services, emergency management, support for state and local law enforcement efforts, maintenance of criminal records and identification systems and regulation of certain commerce such as firearms ownership.

Many municipalities in southern and north-western New Jersey lack local police departments, therefore the state police have the primary responsibility for providing police services to these towns for a yearly assessed nominal fee paid to the state government.

The New Jersey State Police is also charged with the responsibility of protecting the Governor of New Jersey and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, as well as the President of the New Jersey Senate and the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly.

Motto and badge
"Honor, Duty, Fidelity", the motto of the New Jersey State Police was adapted from the West Point motto "Duty, Honor, Country". The triangular state police logo and hat badge represents this motto. The badge has stars in each of its three corners and was created by New York jeweler Julius George Schwarzkopf, the father of founder Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf. The NJSP logo includes the year 1921, date of founding, in place of a badge number.

Academy
Training for recruits takes place at the State Police Academy located in Sea Girt, New Jersey. The academy is both physically and mentally demanding on the recruit. The recruits live at the academy during the week and are responsible for the upkeep of the barracks and academy grounds, as well as their equipment and uniforms. The curriculum consists of ten units of study that increase in difficulty and complexity over the 24 weeks of training. Drop out rate for new recruits in the academy is above or close to 35% per class. Some areas/units of study include:

 * Curriculum: The New Jersey State Police Academy utilizes an adult-based learning methodology where the recruits are expected to be active participants in the learning process. Each recruit is provided a laptop computer with wireless Internet access which is used for researching the numerous assignments and topics covered in the curriculum. The academy has a full-time librarian on staff to assist recruits with research. The curriculum consists of ten units of instruction. Each unit focuses on a comprehensive aspect of law enforcement work that builds upon one another, beginning with simple tasks and culminating with complex issues. Each recruit is required to pass both a written and practical examination at the end of each unit. The written examinations require a minimum passing score of 70%. The practical examinations are hands-on scenarios that require recruits to demonstrate proficiency in the subject matter and skills covered in the unit. The curriculum relies heavily on scenario based training and research assignments. Recruits are provided with approximately a two-hour study hall period every evening that is used to prepare for class, complete assignments, and study for examinations.
 * Physical training: Three two-hour sessions per week. Running is a large component of the physical conditioning and reaches a maximum of 5 mile at an 8-minute pace. Muscular conditioning is also stressed and recruits must pass all physical tests.
 * Self-defense: Consists of approximately 20 hours of active counter measures, 28 hours of defensive tactics, and 18 hours of expandable straight baton instruction.
 * Firearms: Recruits must show proper usage and care of all firearms issued by the state police, including the Glock 19 Gen 4 9mm semiautomatic pistol and Benelli M4 shotgun. Recruits go through 60 hours of firearms training.
 * Water safety: Consists of 40 hours of water safety and life saving instruction.
 * Driving: Driving consists of approximately 21 hours of instruction and each recruit is required to show proficiency in the operation of police vehicle.

Equipment

 * Glock 19 Gen 4
 * Benelli M4 shotgun
 * Colt Model 6920 “Enhanced Patrol Rifle” (AR-15/M4 Carbine)

The New Jersey State Police adopted the Glock 19 Gen 4 9mm semiautomatic pistol as their new service pistol after the agency sued SIG Sauer for manufacturing defective service pistols. The New Jersey State Police were using the SIG Sauer P229 semiautomatic pistol before they transitioned to the Glock 19 Gen 4 semiautomatic pistol. The New Jersey State Police transitioned from the Benelli M1 shotgun to the Benelli M4 shotgun in 2024. Troopers assigned to local municipality barracks, Technical Emergency And Mission Specialists (TEAMS) Unit, and Homeland Security are issued the Colt Model 6920 “Enhanced Patrol Rifle” (AR-15/M4 Carbine).

Uniform
In addition to its distinctive triangular badge, Troopers wear a distinctive uniform for regular patrol duties, which is normally reserved for "Class A" functions in nearby state police forces (Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania). The uniform originated from Schwarzkopf's time in the U.S. Army Cavalry. The winter uniform consists of a French blue Army-style coat, known as a blouse, with brass buttons, and gold triangular patches, with "N.J." on the right lapel and "S.P." on the left. The blouse is worn over a dress shirt, light blue for sergeants and below, white for lieutenants and above, and a navy blue necktie. Navy blue trousers or riding breeches bearing a gold stripe on each side completes the uniform. During the summer, the blouse is replaced with a long-sleeve blue shirt, while a necktie is still worn. A saucer-shaped hat (as opposed to a Stetson hat in New York and Maryland or the Campaign hat in Delaware and Pennsylvania) is worn, with two straps—one going over the crown, giving the uniform a distinctive, imposing appearance. The NJSP is one of only five state police forces that do not wear a badge on their uniform shirts; the Troopers' badge is only worn on their hat. For this reason, it is unusual to see a Trooper without his/her cover on. Enlisted Troopers wear their applicable rank on the sleeves while officers wear their rank on shoulder epaulets. Additionally, both winter and summer uniforms are worn with the full Sam Browne belt, if a belt-mounted sidearm is worn, unusual for a North American police agency's patrol uniform due to cited safety concerns. The full Sam Browne belt was adopted by Col. Schwarzkopf, as the belt gave the wearer a proper "brace" (known by General of the Armies John Pershing as the "West Point Brace;" appropriate at the time since Pershing and Schwarzkopf were both graduates).

Current organization
The current organization of the New Jersey State Police is:
 * Office of the Superintendent, which is currently held by Colonel Patrick A. Callahan.
 * Administration Branch, which consists of the Administration Section, Information Technology Section, and the Division Human Resources Section
 * Homeland Security Branch, which consists of the Emergency Management Section and the Special Operations Section.
 * The Investigations Branch which consists of the Intelligence Section and the Special Investigations Section
 * The Operations Branch, which consists of Field Operations Sections which are further divided into the following four troops:
 * Troop A: Southern New Jersey (including the Atlantic City Expressway)
 * Troop B: Northern New Jersey
 * Troop C: Central New Jersey
 * Troop D: New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway

This department is a member of the New York-New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force.

Traffic management
NJSP is one third of the participants of a traffic management center called STMC (Statewide Traffic Management Center) located in Woodbridge, NJ.

STMC is also the home to New Jersey Department of Transportation and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. The STMC is staffed 24/7 and is responsible for the coordination and logistics of statewide resources during major incidents within the State of New Jersey.

Demographics
As of 2007, the demographics of the New Jersey State Police was as follows:
 * Male: 97%
 * Female: 3%
 * White: 85%
 * African-American/Black: 8%
 * Hispanic: 5%
 * Asian: 1%
 * Native American: 1%

Law enforcement accreditation
The New Jersey State Police, as of July 2007, received a coveted law enforcement accreditation after more than a year of intense reviews and grading. The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) bestowed the honor at a meeting of their commissioners in Montreal, Quebec.

The award is the culmination of a two-year process that included on-site inspections from a national team representing the commission. Assessors examined files, conducted panel interviews of staff members, inspected facilities, and performed ride-a-longs with troopers.

Accreditation brings several significant benefits. Primarily, it improves public safety services by comparing the New Jersey State Police to the best procedures currently used by law enforcement and raising any non-compliant areas up to those standards. Additionally, it creates accountability to a respected benchmarking group that knows the work of modern policing. Public trust is bolstered by way of the transparency involved in the whole CALEA accreditation process.

In popular culture
The novel Expressway (1973) by Elleston Trevor, writing under the pseudonym "Howard North," is set during a busy 4th of July weekend, and depicts a group of New Jersey State Troopers trying to keep a lid on crime and traffic problems during that period. It was adapted into a TV movie titled Smash-Up on Interstate 5, changing the setting from a New Jersey turnpike to a California freeway, and changing the police from New Jersey State Troopers to officers of the California Highway Patrol.

Bruce Springsteen's album Nebraska (1982) contains the dark song "State Trooper" in which a traveller on the New Jersey Turnpike, a desperate man who has committed unknown crimes, hopes that he won't be pulled over by a State Trooper. This song was used in The Sopranos.

New Jersey Turnpike ridin' on a wet night 'neath the refinery's glow, out where the great black rivers flow License, registration, I ain't got none but I got a clear conscience 'Bout the things I done Mister state trooper, please don't stop me Please don't stop me, please don't stop me!

In the 2009 film Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Kevin James plays a mall security guard who dreams of becoming a New Jersey State Trooper. In the beginning of the film, he is taking the entry course in the police academy and several training instructors are seen as well as some officers in dress uniforms in the background.

Meal allowances
Until 1949, the state police provided a meal to patrol officers at the nearest station which was replaced with a meal allowance so they did not need to leave the area where they were patrolling. The IRS challenged a tax return arguing that, unlike the actual meal, the meal allowance was taxable. In Commissioner v. Kowalski, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the IRS that the income was now taxable.

Racial profiling
In the late 1990s, both the Maryland and New Jersey State Police agencies were subject to allegations of racial profiling which claimed that black motorists were being pulled over disproportionately on the New Jersey Turnpike and on Interstate 95. A nationwide controversy erupted, which ultimately resulted in a federal monitor watching over the New Jersey State Police. In a consent decree, the New Jersey State Police agreed to adopt a new policy that no individual may be detained based on race, unless said individual matches the description of a specific suspect. The consent decree was dissolved on September 21, 2009.

New Jersey Turnpike shooting
On April 23, 1998, Troopers James Kenna and John Hogan opened fire on a van they stopped for speeding on the New Jersey Turnpike. The four passengers in the van were unarmed. The troopers said they fired, wounding three of the four minority men inside, when the van lurched back toward them. This also started the investigation of possible racial profiling within law enforcement in New Jersey.

Lords of Discipline
On December 1, 2003, Trooper Justin Hopson filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Camden. Hopson alleged in his complaint that he was hazed and harassed by a group of fellow state troopers known as the "Lords of Discipline." The hazing occurred when Hopson, with only eleven days on the force at the time, refused to falsify the facts underlying an illegal arrest of a citizen. The complaint alleges that after Hopson refused to support the arrest, he was physically assaulted, received threatening notes, and his car was vandalized while on duty. Over the years, several troopers have come forward about the Lords of Discipline. The secret group allegedly drove nails into colleagues' tires, damaged lockers, and wore Lords of Discipline inscribed T-shirts. The NJ Attorney General's Office conducted a two-year investigation into the group where seven troopers were suspended or reprimanded but the probe found "no organized group of troopers known as the Lords of Discipline." On October 1, 2007, the State of New Jersey agreed to a $400,000 settlement with Justin Hopson. A spokesman for the attorney general called the Hopson settlement "fair and reasonable."

Arrest of Officer Gary S. Wade
On August 17, 2004 New Jersey State Police Troopers Michael Colaner and David Ryan pulled over Detective Gary S. Wade of the Tinton Falls Police Department for allegedly speeding.

Detective Wade, who worked for the Police Department in Tinton Falls for eight years, was supposedly on his way to work and driving with his seatbelt on in an unmarked police car with a spotlight on the driver's side, wearing a shirt with an embroidered badge on it and also wearing a badge on his belt. After being pulled over Wade called his supervisor according to his department's protocol and asked the state troopers to wait until his supervisor arrived.

However, the dash camera from trooper Colaner's patrol vehicle indicated that within 30 seconds Colaner had pulled a gun on Wade who was still in his car. According to a transcript of the video Wade had asked twice why he was being pulled over and received no answer from the troopers. Colaner then informed Wade that he was placing Wade under arrest for disorderly conduct and after a 90-second exchange the troopers pulled Wade out of his car. The video then shows Colaner hitting Wade in the back of the head with a fist wrapped around a can of pepper spray just before Wade was forced to the ground. Wade was then doused with pepper spray and handcuffed.

Wade was subsequently charged and convicted in 2006 in municipal court, of the disorderly persons (misdemeanor) offense: Obstruction of Administration of Law, and the traffic infraction of careless driving. He was convicted again in Superior Court and was ordered to forfeit his position with the Borough of Tinton Falls Police Department. His appeal of the conviction and forfeiture was denied in 2008. However, in 2010, a federal jury in a civil lawsuit found that Trooper Colaner used excessive force in the handling of Wade and awarded Wade $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

Trooper Robert Higbee
On September 27, 2006, Trooper Robert Higbee was attempting to stop a speeding car, driven by Joshua Wigglesworth, when he failed to yield at a stop sign at the intersection of Stagecoach and Tuckahoe Roads in Marmora, an unincorporated part of Upper Township, Cape May County. He then collided with a minivan occupied by two sisters, 17-year-old Jacqueline and 19-year-old Christina Becker, which then collided with another vehicle occupied by Robert Taylor and his son Michael. Jacqueline and Christina Becker were pronounced dead at the scene. Higbee was suspended without pay after being indicted and tried on two counts of vehicular homicide in the deaths of Jacqueline and Christina Becker. Higbee was subsequently acquitted on all counts. The mother of Jacqueline and Christina Becker has settled a civil lawsuit for $2 million, while Taylor has filed a lawsuit against Higbee and the New Jersey State Police. These events, including the criminal trial, have been depicted in Closing the Gap, an account by Higbee's defense attorney D. William Subin.

Chris Christie helicopter to baseball game
On May 31, 2011, New Jersey State Police helicoptered Governor Chris Christie and his wife, Mary Pat, to their son's high school baseball game in Montvale, NJ, Morris County. At the baseball game, another NJSP vehicle, a black car with tinted windows, drove Christie and his wife to and from the helicopter to the baseball field—approximately 200 yards. NJSP then helicoptered Christie to Princeton to meet with Republican business leaders from Iowa who were trying to draft him to run for president. The AgustaWestland helicopter cost tax-payers $12.5 million and was operated by NJSP personnel. Christie and Colonel Joseph Rick Fuentes defended the use of NJSP department resources, though New Jersey residents complained about the misuse of government and police resources for personal entertainment. Assemblyman Paul Moriart called on the governor to disclose the use of NJSP helicopters and reimburse taxpayers for the costs associated with personal and political trips. "Gov. Christie must learn that tax payers cannot afford his helicopter joyrides", said Moriart.

Arrest of Rebecca Musarra
On October 16, 2015, New Jersey State Troopers Matthew Stazzone and Demetric Gosa arrested Philadelphia-based attorney Rebecca Musarra. The arrest was captured on dashcam video from Stazzone's patrol vehicle. The video showed that when Stazzone asked Musarra the reason he has stopped her, Musarra asserted that she did not have to answer questions. Trooper Stazzone then arrested her for "obstruction" for failing to answer the question. Stazzone read Musarra her Miranda rights, including a statement about her right to remain silent and not answer questions. According to a lawsuit filed by Musarra in federal court, Stazzone and Gosa then took her to the State Police barracks in Washington, NJ. Once there, a supervisor viewed the tape of the arrest and informed Musarra that her arrest had been a mistake. In March 2017, the New Jersey State Police sent Musarra a letter stating that her allegations of false arrest and illegal search had been substantiated. Later that year, in August 2017, Musarra settled her federal lawsuit related to the incident for $30,000. Stazzone and Gosa remained on-duty after the incident and were reportedly given additional training.

Trooper Trump

In 2017, the State Police made President Donald Trump an honorary state trooper, giving him the badge number 45 (that had been assigned to Trooper Leo A. Griffin of the First Class in 1921, who did not graduate), in a private ceremony at the White House. Officials presenting the award included Patrick Callahan, Rick Fuentes and Jeffrey Mottley.

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Moacyr Scliar

Moacyr Jaime Scliar (March 23, 1937 – February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian writer and physician. Most of his writing centers on issues of Jewish identity in the Diaspora and particularly on being Jewish in Brazil.

Scliar is best known outside Brazil for his 1981 novel Max and the Cats (Max e os Felinos), the story of a young German man who flees Berlin after he comes to the attention of the Nazis for having had an affair with a married woman. En route to Brazil, his ship sinks, and he finds himself alone in a dinghy with a jaguar who had been travelling in the hold.

Background
Scliar was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, into a Jewish family that immigrated to Brazil from Bessarabia in 1919. He graduated in medicine in 1962, majoring in public health. He first worked at the Jewish Hospital for the Elderly in Porto Alegre, and later worked in the public health field in tuberculosis prevention and treatment.

Writing
A prolific writer, Scliar published over 100 books in Portuguese, covering various literary genres: short stories; novels; young adult fiction; children's books; and essays.

In 1962, his first book Stories of a Doctor in Training was published, although later on he regretted having published it so young. His second book The Carnival of the Animals was published in 1968.

In a recent autobiographical piece, Scliar discusses his membership of the Jewish, medical, Gaucho, and Brazilian tribes. His novel The Centaur in the Garden was included among the 100 Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature by The National Yiddish Book Center. In an interview with Judith Bolton-Fasman published in The Jewish Reader, August 2003, Scliar commented on his use of the centaur as a metaphor: "The centaur is a symbol of the double identity, characteristic of Jews in a country like Brazil. At home, you speak Yiddish, eat gefilte fish, and celebrate Shabbat. But in the streets, you have soccer, samba, and Portuguese. After a while you feel like a centaur."

Translations
Scliar's fiction has been translated into English, Dutch, French, Swedish, German, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew, Czech, Serbian, Georgian, Slovene and Danish. His translated fiction is listed in the UNESCO international bibliography of translations.

Awards and recognitions

 * 2003 — Elected a lifetime member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
 * 2009 São Paulo Prize for Literature — Shortlisted in the Best Book of the Year category for Manual da Paixão Solitária
 * 2010 São Paulo Prize for Literature — Chosen to serve as a member of the Final Jury

Books

 * The Centaur in the Garden, Translator: Margaret A. Neves
 * The Gods of Raquel, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
 * The One-Man Army, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
 * The Carnival of the Animals, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
 * The Ballad of the False Messiah, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
 * The Strange Nation of Rafael Mendes, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
 * The Volunteers, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
 * The Enigmatic Eye, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
 * Max and the Cats , Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli''
 * The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
 * The War in Bom Fim, Translator: David William Foster
 * Kafka's Leopards, Translator Thomas O. Beebee

Short Stories in Anthologies

 * Inside My Dirty Head - The Holocaust, translator Eloah F. Giacomelli, in TROPICAL SYNAGOGUES: SHORT STORIES BY JEWISH LATIN AMERICAN WRITERS, editor Ilan Stavans
 * The Plagues, translator Eloah F. Giacomelli, in A HAMMOCK BENEATH THE MANGOES - STORIES FROM LATIN AMERICA, editor Thomas Colchie
 * Van Gogh's Ear, translator Eloah F. Giacomelli, in THE VINTAGE BOOK OF LATIN AMERICAN STORIES, editors Carlos Fuentes and Julio Ortega
 * The Prophets of Benjamin Bok, translator Eloah F. Giacomelli, in WITH SIGNS AND WONDER: AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH FABULIST FICTION, editor Daniel M. Jaffe
 * The Ballad of the False Messiah, translator Eloah F. Giacomelli, in  THE OXFORD BOOK OF JEWISH STORIES, editor Ilan Stavans
 * The Cow; The Last Poor Man, translator Eloah F. Giacomelli, in  THE OXFORD ANTHOLOGY OF THE BRAZILIAN SHORT STORY, editor K. David Jackson

Short stories

 * O carnaval dos animais. Porto Alegre, Movimento, 1968.
 * A balada do falso Messias. São Paulo, Ática, 1976.
 * Histórias da terra trêmula. São Paulo, Escrita, 1976.
 * O anão no televisor. Porto Alegre, Globo, 1979.
 * Os melhores contos de Moacyr Scliar. São Paulo, Global, 1984.
 * Dez contos escolhidos. Brasília, Horizonte, 1984.
 * O olho enigmático. Rio, Guanabara, 1986.
 * Contos reunidos. São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 1995.
 * O amante da Madonna. Porto Alegre, Mercado Aberto, 1997.
 * Os contistas. Rio, Ediouro, 1997.
 * Histórias para (quase) todos os gostos. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1998.
 * Pai e filho, filho e pai. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 2002.
 * . Rio de Janeiro, Agir, 2009.

Novels

 * A guerra no Bom Fim. Rio, Expressão e Cultura, 1972. Porto Alegre, L&PM, ISBN 9788525413215.
 * O Exército de um Homem Só. Rio, Expressão e Cultura, 1973. Porto Alegre, L&PM, ISBN 852540652X.
 * Os deuses de Raquel. Rio, Expressão e Cultura, 1975. Porto Alegre, L&PM, ISBN 85-254-1225-2.
 * O ciclo das águas. Porto Alegre, Globo, 1975; Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1996, ISBN 9788574887838.
 * Mês de cães danados. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1977, ISBN 852541221X.
 * Doutor Miragem. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1979, ISBN 8525409219.
 * Os voluntários. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1979, ISBN 8525410667.
 * O Centauro no Jardim. Rio, Nova Fronteira, 1980. Porto Alegre, L&PM (Tradução francesa: "Le centaure dans le jardin"), Presses de la Renaissance, Paris, ISBN 2-264-01545-4, 1985.
 * Max e os felinos. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1981, ISBN 8525410489.
 * A estranha nação de Rafael Mendes. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1983, ISBN 8525409367.
 * Cenas da vida minúscula. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1991, ISBN 8525403555.
 * Sonhos tropicais. São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 1992, ISBN 8571642494.
 * A majestade do Xingu. São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 1997, ISBN 8571647011.
 * A mulher que escreveu a Bíblia. São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 1999, ISBN 8571649375.
 * Os leopardos de Kafka. São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 2000, ISBN 9788535900217.
 * Uma história farroupilha. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 2004, ISBN 8525414204.
 * Na noite do ventre, o diamante. Rio de Janeiro: Ed. Objetiva, 2005, ISBN 8573026790.
 * Ciumento de carteirinha Editora Ática, 2006, ISBN 8508101104.
 * Os vendilhões do templo Companhia das Letras, 2006, ISBN 9788535908299.
 * Manual da paixão solitária. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2008, ISBN 9788535913552.
 * Eu vos abraço, milhões. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2010, ISBN 9788535917390.

Children and Youth Fiction

 * Cavalos e obeliscos. Porto Alegre, Mercado Aberto, 1981; São Paulo, Ática, 2001, ISBN 9788508107247.
 * A festa no castelo. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1982, ISBN 8525410403.
 * Memórias de um aprendiz de escritor. São Paulo, Cia. Editora Nacional, 1984*, ISBN 8504005674.
 * No caminho dos sonhos. São Paulo, FTD, 1988, ISBN 9788508097753.
 * O tio que flutuava. São Paulo, Ática, 1988, ISBN 978-85-08-03014-9.
 * Os cavalos da República. São Paulo, FTD, 1989, ISBN 978-85-08-09759-3.
 * Pra você eu conto. São Paulo, Atual, 1991, ISBN 9788535708738.
 * Uma história só pra mim. São Paulo, Atual, 1994, ISBN 8535703381.
 * Um sonho no caroço do abacate. São Paulo, Global, 1995, ISBN 8526005111.
 * O Rio Grande farroupilha. São Paulo, Ática, 1995, ISBN 8508044771.
 * Câmera na mão, o guarani no coração. São Paulo, Ática, 1998, ISBN 8508071760.
 * A colina dos suspiros. São Paulo, Moderna, 1999, ISBN 8516023508.
 * O livro da medicina. São Paulo, Companhia das Letrinhas, 2000, ISBN 9788574060811.
 * O mistério da casa verde. São Paulo, Ática, 2000, ISBN 9788508120666.
 * O ataque do comando P.Q. São Paulo, Ática, 2001, ISBN 9788508120581.
 * O sertão vai virar mar. São Paulo, Ática, 2002, ISBN 8508120257.
 * Aquele estranho colega, o meu pai. São Paulo, Atual, 2002, ISBN 8535702474.
 * Éden-Brasil. São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 2002, ISBN 8535902465.
 * O irmão que veio de longe. Idem, idem, ISBN 8574061417.
 * Nem uma coisa, nem outra. Rio, Rocco, 2003, ISBN 8532515088.
 * Aprendendo a amar – e a curar. São Paulo, Scipione, 2003, ISBN 978-85-262-4988-2.
 * Navio das cores. São Paulo, Berlendis & Vertecchia, 2003, ISBN 8586387711.
 * Livro de Todos – O Mistério do Texto Roubado. São Paulo, Imprensa Oficial do Estado de São Paulo, 2008. Obra coletiva (Moacyr Scliar e vários autores), ISBN 9788570606129.

Chronicles

 * A massagista japonesa. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1984.
 * Um país chamado infância. Porto Alegre, Sulina, 1989.
 * Dicionário do viajante insólito. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1995.
 * Minha mãe não dorme enquanto eu não chegar. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1996. Artes e Ofícios, 2001.
 * O imaginário cotidiano. São Paulo, Global, 2001.
 * A língua de três pontas: crônicas e citações sobre a arte de falar mal. Porto Alegre.

Essays

 * A condição judaica. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1987.
 * Do mágico ao social: a trajetória da saúde pública. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1987; SP, Senac, 2002.
 * Cenas médicas. Porto Alegre, Editora da Ufrgs, 1988. Artes&Ofícios, 2002.
 * Enígmas da culpa. São Paulo, Objetiva, 2007.

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Barney Clark (actor)

Barney Ivan S. Clark (born 25 June 1993) is an English former actor, best known for his role in the 2005 film, Oliver Twist.

Early life
Clark began acting in school plays and appeared in the 2001 film Lawless Heart when he was eight. He attended Central Foundation Boys' School in Islington, London, and was in the yellow form.

Career
He successfully auditioned for the title role in the 2005 version of Oliver Twist, directed by Roman Polanski; 800 children had auditioned for the role. The film opened in September 2005 and Clark received positive reviews for his performance although the film was mostly considered a financial and critical disappointment. When he was on the set of Oliver Twist he kept a diary every day.

His later projects included Savage Grace and short film Moog.

Personal life
In 2009, Clark stated he didn't wish to act anymore and would focus on working behind the camera for now.

Legal issues
In December 2011, Clark was sentenced to 14 months in prison for violent disorder after a rave he was attending was shut down by the police.

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Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut

Joan of Valois (c. 1294 – 1352) was a Countess consort of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland, by marriage to William I, Count of Hainaut. She acted as regent of Hainaut and Holland several times during the absence of her spouse, and she also acted as a political mediator.

She was the second eldest daughter of the French prince Charles, Count of Valois, and Margaret, Countess of Anjou and Maine. As the sister of King Philip VI of France and the mother-in-law of King Edward III of England, she was ideally placed to act as mediator between them.

Early life
Joan was the second daughter of Count Charles of Valois and his first wife Margaret. In 1299, Joan's mother died, probably in childbirth, and her father married his second wife, Catherine I of Courtenay, Titular Empress of Constantinople, by whom he had four more children. By her father's third marriage with Mahaut of Châtillon, Joan became the half sister of Isabella of Valois and the Empress Blanche of Valois, who married Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

Countess of Hainaut and Holland
Joan married William I, Count of Hainaut, on 23 May 1305. They had been engaged in 1302, and the marriage took place to ensure William's loyalty toward France.

The chronicle Van den derden Eduwaert by Jan van Boendale describe Joan as a good and pious woman who wisely fulfilled the traditional task of mediator. She fulfilled the traditional role to supervise the household and court and act as a benefactor of artists, but also kept herself updated on political affairs and maintained contact with her family in both France and England, which kept her well informed of political matters. During the many absences of her spouse, Joan was left to handle the economy and political affairs of the realms, receive diplomats and travel between Hainaut and Holland to maintain control.

She was a supporter of her cousin, Isabella of France, Queen of England, in her struggle against her husband, King Edward II of England. In December 1325, Joan traveled to France to attend the funeral of her father and had talks with Queen Isabella and her brother, King Charles IV of France. This brought about an alliance between Hainaut, the Queen of England, and the English exiles, who were in opposition to the English king and his favorite, Hugh Despenser the Younger. Isabella's son, Edward of Windsor, became engaged to Joan's daughter, Philippa of Hainault, and Isabella raised an army in their lands. It was also from there that Isabella and her lover, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, began their invasion of England.

In 1332, after Joan's daughter Philippa had become queen, Joan arranged a wedding between Isabella's daughter Eleanor of Woodstock and Reginald II, Duke of Guelders, and she visited her daughter Philippa in England.

Later life: mediator
After her husband William I died in 1337, Joan took the veil and entered into Fontenelle Abbey in Maing. The fact that she took the veil did not mean that she retired from the world: she maintained her own chancellery and personal staff, received guests from court and was kept up to day in political affairs.

In 1340, her son-in-law King Edward III dealt her brother King Philip VI a heavy blow by defeating him at sea near Sluys. Edward III then went on to besiege Tournai, but was beset by financial problems. Pope Benedict XII thus asked Joan to mediate. She first went to her brother, whom she had begged for peace. Then she went to her son-in-law, in his tent, and begged him for peace as well. The pleas of their relative Joan, sent by the Pope, allowed the two Kings to sign a truce without loss of face.

In 1345, she also acted as a mediator in a conflict in the city of Tournai. Joan died on 7 March 1352 at the abbey of Fontenelle.

Issue
Joan and William had:
 * William II, Count of Hainaut (1307–1345)
 * John (died 1316)
 * Margaret II of Avesnes, Holy Roman Empress (1311–1356), Countess of Hainaut and Holland, married Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
 * Philippa of Hainault, Queen of England (24 June 1314 – 1369), married king Edward III of England
 * Agnes (died 1327)
 * Joanna of Hainaut, Duchess of Jülich (1315–1374), married William V, Duke of Jülich.
 * Isabella of Hainaut (1323–1361), married Robert of Namur, the son of John I, Count of Namur. There was no issue.
 * Louis (1325–1328)

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Tier 2 network

A Tier 2 network is an Internet service provider which engages in the practice of peering with other networks, but which also purchases IP transit to reach some portion of the Internet.

Tier 2 providers are the most common Internet service providers, as it is much easier to purchase transit from a Tier 1 network than to peer with them and attempt to become a Tier 1 carrier.

The term Tier 3 is sometimes also used to describe networks who solely purchase IP transit from other networks to reach the Internet.

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User talk:Robchurch/September 2005

Bot Page
I made a small modification to your bot page. Since you redirected to a subpage of your own User account, the "User contributions" are not easily accessible for the bot, so I simply added that link on that page. --AllyUnion (talk) 06:17, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Nonsensical Edits
This is the preserved version of multiple discussions about this subject, which were removed from the talk page as spam. I retain this version, as it is the most descriptive, and as the first request was reasonable.

how come all my joke edits and fake articles never get moved to Bad Jokes And Other Deleted Nonsense? if you would only put all of my gibberish on BJAODN, then i would stop my reign of gobbeldygook. (preceding unsigned comment by Dockcharlotte 18:46 2nd September 2005)

About my RfA
Hi Rob. You have been one of the most vehement opponents to my adminship nomination, but I hope we will be able to work together if ever given the opportunity to do so. I appreciate the fact that you made your concerns public but I still hope to prove your fears wrong. As for my opposing to your nomination, it was, as I stated, mostly because you kind of popped out of nowhere one month ago, but also because you claim to regard the assumption of good faith as a mandatory quality of an admin, yet haven’t exactly convinced me that you used it towards me. For the record, I have absolutely no hard feelings towards you, and I hope you believe me. Best regards, Sam Hocevar 08:24, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

"Thanks" from Dore

 * Thermal power station is currently 16520 bytes. Assuming Part 2 is about the same size, don't create a separate article. Wiki starts moaning at 30 kbytes but ignore it - this talk page is 53 kbytes. -- RHaworth 10:47:11, 2005-09-04 (UTC)

As per the above suggestion uploaded Part 2 along with first part now. The total is about 31kb only. Thanks for his suggestion. Thinking of adding some more articles like deaerator, all in one to make it near about 30kbs. Thanking you for the edit done for me to guide me. Dore chakravarty 00:16, 5th September 2005 (UTC)

 * My above article appears unique as I see it. because there is no other article as I have found from my search, by a Technocrat on this overall subject from his/her practical experience. May be difficult to find today from younger generation due to specialistaion in a perticular field only. Can this therefore go for Featured Article Drive. If you feel so how can I proceed? Please advise as I am not able to follow the directions(being new to WIKI)in the referred page.
 * --Dore chakravarty 21:08, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the directions. The txt has been pasted to the image's description page.
 * --Dore chakravarty 01:41, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Reasons for the failed RFA
As your request for adminship was in the bureacrat's discretionary range, I have failed it and removed it. However, I felt I owed you an explination for why I choose to. It's nothing personal, and I have seen nothing but good work from you, however, I agree with Dragon's Flight that only one month of active editing is not suffecient time to become familiar with the community and its practices before being entrusted with admin powers. I hopy you'll reapply in a few months, when you've been here a bit longer. →Raul654 01:33, September 8, 2005 (UTC) Since your request for comments was in the bureacrat's discretionary range, I

"Thanks" From Matty J
Thanks for the tips.

My only problem with the current set up is that, from my point of view, Vernon Wells the baseball player is far more prominent than Vernon Wells the actor, and yet the actor has the namespace. I've never heard of the actor (although I grant that in many areas of the world where North American baseball isn't prominent, the ballplayer isn't well known either). Keeping the disambiguity page removes the apparent bias of suggesting one "Vernon Wells" is more prominent than the other. -- Matty j 04:08, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

Legal "threats"
What was the meaning of your comment on my talk page, and who was it directed at? 24ip | lolol 17:41, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Air Pre-heaters
Ready one more article AIRPREHEATERS. Intend creating new page EQUIPMENT THERMAL STATION and to move existing article of mine on DEAERATOR and saving this new page AIRPREHEATERS to this new page. Further intend adding some more articles on equipmenmt, to EQUIPMENT THERMAL STATION page. Your suggestions please. Redrawing hand drawn diagrams by CAD being done. Waiting for your suggestions and directions before proceeding please.

--Dore chakravarty 05:27, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Arbitration case
The Arbitration case against Ed Poor has been closed without action after Ed resigned his bureaucrat status.

Yours,

James F. (talk) 01:45, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Post on my Talk Page
I got the following message some time back. Not able to find from whom? Can you please help me to find out when you find time?

 * Dear Mr.I have gone through the above article and I do appreciate the effort you have put in to write the article.I have a small suggestion.To make it little more elaborate, I would prefer to add an internal link  “on barring gear”, with words now added and a separate paper elaborating about “barring gear”, as given here under:Please opine as I have some more suggestions like this. I am also thinking on the lines suggested earlier by you.As you are more experienced in writing for this web site, you would be able to help me on this.

--222.153.85.90 06:29, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately, because you often edit and post on talk pages without signing in, I can't actually find which of your talk pages (you appear to have a dynamic IP address) you are talking about. If we could find that, then we can check the page's history to find out who left the message. Rob Church Talk 08:33, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Jana Stephan
I can find no evidence that you notified the uploader of the impending deletion of the images you listed at Images and media for deletion as is required in the steps to list an image. Can you correct this and relist the images or show me the "paper trail" that I may be missing. --Thanks Nv8200p (talk) 18:01, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Personal attack?
That was not a personal attack, it was a paraphrase. The phrase was also not directed to any one person, so I fail to see how that can be personal. --mav 18:01, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Image linking
Doggone, I thought there was a way to do that. :) Thanks much for the huge help. - Lucky 6.9 00:52, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * You're welcome; I'm glad it was useful. Rob Church Talk 10:51, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank's for the not-a-barnstart :) --John R. Barberio talk, contribs 20:50, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Rob Church Talk 21:13, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Bmicomp's RfA
Well, my RfA has not quite completed yet, but either way, I'd like to thank you for your vote and your support, regardless of the outcome. -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 23:24, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

IRC issues
You seem to be offended that I would call your questions stupid. Please understand that the issue is not the content of your comments or questions, but merely their poor timing and quantity. We had already noticed and confirmed the problem shortly before you entered the channel -- a fact which you could have determined yourself by careful observation rather than chattering. I thought I made the situation pretty clear after the adler crash: I have no reservations about using channel modes to optimise the speed and effectiveness of the sysadmin response to an emergency situation.

In the future, if you want to make yourself useful in such a situation, here's what I'd suggest:

 * When you notice a problem, first go to http://ganglia.wikimedia.org/ to determine if it's just you or if it's the whole site. Pay particular attention to the network statistics.
 * If it's the whole site:
 * Do not report the minutiae of your individual experience
 * Enter #wikimedia-tech, and watch the channel for 30 seconds to get an idea of whether a response has begun
 * If it seems as if the problem has not been noticed, give a concise report of your observations, both from individual experience and the statistics. For example "site down, ganglia shows apache network drop".
 * If you like, you can watch the response, but please keep channel traffic to an absolute minimum. Learn what's going on by reading the channel, then if another user asks a question, you can give them a succinct response, thereby saving the sysadmin team from answering it. Feel free to transmit information to the other user forums.
 * If it's just you, then it's not an emergency situation. Feel free to chatter.

-- Tim Starling 00:28, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Rob, some advice from a long-term wikimedia-tech channel groupie: when the poo poo hits the fan, just watch quietly and if you want to know what happened, ask WHEN IT'S BEEN FIXED. Then ask concisely and politely and if someone who actually knows what happened is around, they'll tell. Dan100 (Talk) 08:18, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I already apologised to Tim. Rob Church Talk 17:14, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Re: Lyrics
I removed the lyrics because Pink Floyd lyrics aren't PD, GFDL, or anything of the sort. They're copyrighted material and do not belong in articles. It's standard procedure to remove lyrics from articles when they are copyrighted. User:Luigi30 (Ταλκ) 02:00, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Air preheater article-done
Thanks for your suggestion. Air preheater artcle uploaded.

--Dore chakravarty 04:04, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Accolade (disambiguation)
I found that in Accolade (disambiguation) you've linked to brace, but the brace listed there relating to music I don't think is the one you intended. Can you give me an explaination so I can create a differentiation between the existing one and the new one that needs to be created (I imagine going to have to modify the references to brace (music))? Josh Parris # 05:32, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

another artcle ready and help-request
Emergency lighting and communication

This artcle is ready for uploading. This is one of Fossil fuel power plant items. This is also of small size, about 30kb .It has one image file in png format, already buploaded. Secondly as I have converted some files to png format and uploaded them, want to delete the jpg format files from the image list. How this can be done is not clear. Suggestions please.

--Dore chakravarty 23:32, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Posse of One albums
I'm reverting your closure of Articles for deletion/Posse of One albums and relisting it; it wasn't a nomination of Posse of One, which was speedied, but of their albums, whose articles were enumerated in the first line of the nomination. —Cryptic (talk) 22:26, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

CSD
Great work tagging speedies Rob, but please not that 'adversing' is not a WP:CSD (as much as it shjould be) --Doc (?) 22:33, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

 * You're right it bloody well ought to be. Couldn't we put it through under "only consists of attempts to relate to subject" though? Regardless, it's gumph that no-one will crucify us for deleting quietly. Rob Church Talk 22:36, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

 * OK, I re-read it, and on refelection it looked like patent nonsense to me. --Doc (?) 22:39, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

 * * Smile * Rob Church Talk 22:40, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bushhitler

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent 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 DELETE. — J I P | Talk 13:32, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Bushhitler
Possible Hoax But defenaly hopeless POV Delete --JAranda | yeah 23:55, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Cleanup I was thinking about an Afd nomination but marked it for POV and cleanup because it gets some 10,000 Googles (many, although not all, for this term) and it's not hopelessly POV and reasonably well-written.  Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk   00:11, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, it still is something that can't be conceived as NPOV. Tito xd 00:12, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. BS. -- BD2412 talk 01:31, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete the way political debate is going in this country everyone is "just like Hitler" at sometime in their political life. None of them deserve their own articles.  This seems like the sort of neologism that will disappear in 4 years and will not produce anything of note.  Unless, of course, Bush becomes dictator... --best, kevin  · · · Kzollman | Talk ·· · 01:32, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. It would be interesting to see an article on the Bush-hating phenomenon in the United States since 2000. I could not find one but maybe it exists somewhere. If there were such an article, this term could be added to that article. ♠DanMS 01:52, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Republican president likened to Hitler, film at 11. Gazpacho 02:02, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Anti-George Bush POV article. Andrew pmk | Talk 03:12, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. If it was widespread, it could be included at List of pejorative political puns, which also includes epithets; but it isn't. --Aquillion 04:07, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Any article that proves Godwin's Law should be deleted.  Joaquin Murietta 05:12, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete POV --Rogerd 08:14, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * delete as per nom, hopelessly POV. Roodog2k (talk) 13:45, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete -- it's just a political attack, surely? Inherently PoV. Phronima 14:05, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete -- Better use of Wikipedian resources than to dedicated space to a partisan political attack.Keetoowah 18:43, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral -- I find this type of rhetoric repugnant, but this particular is actually pretty widespread: I know because I've gotten in a lot of arguments with people who undercut the effectiveness of anti-war demonstrations with signs like this. I think there could be a good article on this particular piece of rhetoric, just like there could be on "Cripple in the White House" (FDR), but I don't particularly expect a contentious place like Wikipedia to produce that worthwhile article. -- Jmabel | Talk 20:09, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Neutral article on an inherently POV word. Nothing wrong with that. Could use a clean up though. --Miborovsky [[Image:Namechop.jpg|20px]] 21:49, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. If every conceivable political pejorative deserves its own article, then we've all got a lot of writing to do. (I call dibs on "Chimpy McChimperson.") --PHenry 23:00, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete This article is extremely OFFENSIVE and does not belong on Wikipedia. To compare George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler is just disgusting. Misterrick 00:33, 02 October 2005 (UTC).
 * Then delete shit, fuck, mofo and a plethora of other articles that could offend people. The comparison of Bush to Hitler is a phenomenon. It exists regardless whether this page does or not. --Miborovsky [[Image:Namechop.jpg|20px]] 00:44, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * delete per PHenry Derex 04:58, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. If the contents can be proved notable by more than one source, that is, and not just a crackpot idea. The Wookieepedian 20:35, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * A source? Well, any significant anti-war protest has signs with this theme . But as I noted, it's been a feature of US left-wing politics for the past 40 years to equate conservatives with Hitler, Nazis, the Klan, etc. Gazpacho
 * I think you'll find that it's a trait of extremist politics in general, Gazpacho, left and right. The Republicans in the House of Representatives recently got called out for their hypocrisy on this point just last year, for example. As for the article: Delete, unless someone can demonstrate it to be anything other than slang. Justin Bacon 00:48, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep (But definitely clean up) It is irrelevent whether the viewpoint is accurate, popular, or offensive. The fact is, it is an idea that is held by many people. Deleting it because you don't like the idea would in and of itself violate the NPOV standard. Cpaliga 04:27, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep but clean, expand, and link to outside sources more credible.--Guitarist6987876 04:33, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, I can't imagine anybody arguing we need a John Kerry is a U.N. pussy article, so I'm not sure this particular insult hurled at Bush really needs its own article either. Sherurcij 09:15, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per above.  Grue  16:07, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * comment Comparisons of Bush and Hitler are fairly widespread (as a quick Google search will confirm). While Wikipedia should definitely not have an article actually comparing Bush to Hitler, and should probably not have an article under this particular title, an acknowledgement of the existence of such comparisons (without endorsing them) would be appropriate and could probably, with some effort, be made NPOV. -- Avocado 23:50, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * strong delete I do not see how this could be made POV --Isolani 06:37, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * delete - this article is biased, and completely pointless, and it could easily be made part of another article. XYaAsehShalomX 12:28, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * delete - An encyclopidia is about facts...since you really can't compare anyone to Hitler this shouldn't belong. Would you find it Brittania? World Book? that is why it should be deleted.Flying Canuck 03:09, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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The Maddening

The Maddening is a 1995 psychological thriller film directed by Danny Huston.

Based on the novel Playmates by Andrew Neiderman, the film was released direct-to-video and starred Burt Reynolds, Mia Sara, and Angie Dickinson.

Plot
A young couple, Cassie and David Osborne, have an intense argument as he spends too much time on business trips. The next morning, after David goes to work, Cassie takes their five-year-old daughter Samantha to stay with her sister, Joanne, for a few days.

Having car trouble, they stop at a seedy-looking gas station, where they are tended to by Roy Scudder, the owner. Instead of helping the mother and child, Scudder rigs the vehicle to break down a short distance down the road. Then he drives down the road and offers to tow them back to his place.

Once there, Cassie meets Roy's insane wife Georgina, who's been out of sorts since the mysterious death of her baby boy. Samantha is made to be a "playmate" for the Scudders' daughter Jill, who appears to be as unstable as her mother. Georgina and Jill believe the two Osbornes to in fact be Marlena and Donna, respectively Georgina's widowed sister and niece. Cassie hears Samantha cry and rushes upstairs, only to be led to the wrong room by Georgina who locks her in.

Joanne panics after Cassie and Samantha never reach her house. She calls the police, convinced that David had something to do with their disappearance. David begins desperately searching for his missing wife and child. He is tracked by a police officer who is convinced David has murdered Cassie and Samantha. His suspicions are increased by a nosy neighbor who wrongfully insists that David beats Cassie.

Because of the room's lack of any toilet or bidet, Cassie is forced to put on her ankles pees quietly and quickly on the floor, revealing her lack of undies. Roy inadvertently leaves a large wrench in Cassie's room, which she hides and later uses to knock the pins up from the room's door hinges. A photo of Marlena shows a resemblance to Cassie and Roy remarks on the similarity before tearing up the photo. Georgina insists upon bathing Cassie and calling her "Sis." Cassie buys some time by saying she has to use the toilet and hides the wrench in the toilet bowl. Georgina bathes Cassie who has grabbed a pair of scissors at a moment she thought Georgina had looked away. Unfortunately, Georgina grabs the scissors from Cassie and cuts her hair to look more like Marlena. Samantha is let out by Jill who is leading Samantha by a rope she's placed around her neck. Samantha runs to her mother in the bathroom but she is pulled away from Cassie by Roy. Cassie attacks him with the wrench but is overpowered. He takes her back to her room and while he straddles her unconscious body he is encouraged to rape her by a hallucination of Roy's deceased father. The hallucination insists he will never get another chance as good as this and that he has not had sex for a long time, Georgina refusing to touch him since the death of their "idiot child" Arthur.

David sets out to find his wife and daughter, going first to Joanne's house. Joanne receives a call from the detective notifying her that they'd found blood in the kitchen of the Osborne home. He asks her to stall David so he remains there until they can come and arrest him. Joanne accuses David of killing Cassie and Samantha, noting the blood found in the kitchen. David shows her the blood came from his own hand when he cut it on a plate earlier. David forces his way out, taking the keys to Joanne's and her husband's Volkswagen Microbus to avoid having the police track him in his car. David stops for gas at the same station Cassie had used earlier and the mechanic asks him, as he did Cassie, if he is related to Ozzy Osbourne. David learns from them that Cassie and Samantha had received directions on a shortcut towards Turkey Creek, where the Scudder home is. David arrives at the Scudder's house and finds Roy in his garage. Roy claims he has not seen Cassie and Samantha and would have noticed them driving a classic Ford Thunderbird. David acts as if he is leaving but takes a look around the property. Jill drops out the window the doll David bought for Samantha on his last business trip. David realizes that his wife and daughter are in the house but before he can do anything, he is attacked by Roy and strangled with a chain. He is dropped into a dry water well and partly buried. Roy returns to Cassie later that evening with drugged milk and he has a flashback of smothering Arthur in his crib to end Arthur's pain. He tells Cassie to change clothes in front of him. She starts doing this but then tells him that she will tell Georgina what he is doing and he leaves.

Later, David regains consciousness and climbs out of the well, in which he noticed human remains. Meanwhile, a drugged Cassie escapes her room but in her unsteady state, tumbles down the last few steps and is knocked unconscious. She is found by Roy who carries her back to bed, rapes her and then chains her to the bed. Samantha escapes from her room after Jill falls asleep and talks to her mother Cassie. Cassie encourages Samantha to run out of the house and head for the woods, stopping the first car she sees. Samantha isn't sure she can do this but heads out to try. Shortly down the hall, she is grabbed by David and taken into the bathroom. David hears Roy and Jill coming so he tells Samantha to go back to them, promising he will return for her. He steps into the shower and then climbs out of the window before Roy enters. Earlier in the film, Samantha told her father the story of the rabbit and the fox and he comments that sometimes, you can get people to do what you want them to by making them think the opposite is true. Samantha tricks Jill into taking her into the woods by crying "Please don't take me to the woods" when Jill plans a punishment for Samantha escaping. In the woods, Jill digs up Arthur's grave in which his mummified body remains and Samantha escapes. David finds Cassie but needs to find something to remove the chains tying Cassie to the bed. He hears Roy and runs out of the house. He is hunted through the swamps by Roy who carries a shotgun. David successfully hides underwater in the swamps and makes a run back to the house when Roy finds Arthur's opened grave and collapses in grief.

The police officer stops at the shady gas station where Cassie and later David had stopped that day. David had paid with his credit card, leading the officer to the location. The officer had previously admired a photo of David's classic Ford Thunderbird and seeing the medallion from the car in a bin at the counter of the gas station, he asks where all these auto parts came from. The mechanics mention how Roy is always bringing them in. The officer gets instructions to the Scudder home and finds the Volkswagen Microbus David took from his sister-in-law earlier. He calls in his discovery but then has his throat cut by Roy and dies.

Cassie tells Georgina that Roy raped her but Georgina does not believe her. Still in her delusion that Cassie is her sister Marlena, she mentions that Marlena was going to call the police to report that Roy had killed Arthur. Georgina states that Marlena was always a "witch" and "witches must be burned," sitting in Roy's father's chair. David shuts off the power to the house from outside, and Georgina gets a hurricane lamp to light the room where she is sitting with Cassie. David arrives with a hacksaw and begins to work on the chains tying Cassie to the bed. Georgina accepts that he is Marlena's new husband and that it would be best for them to leave. Roy arrives and tells Georgina that Marlena and Donna are dead and that they died when Georgina gave them lethal overdoses of sleeping tablets in milk to prevent them going to the police. Roy gets into a fight with Cassie and David and throws the hurricane lamp at the wall starting a fire.

Being taunted by the hallucination of his father Roy shoots at the hallucination but instead kills Georgina. In the following combat Roy shouts to Cassie "I love you Marlena" before Cassie shoots him dead. The next day the Osborne parents are reunited with Samantha and Jill sits rocking on the well before dropping Samantha's doll into it.

Cast

 * Burt Reynolds as Roy Scudder
 * Angie Dickinson as Georgina Scudder
 * Mia Sara as Cassie Osborne
 * Candace Hutson as Jill Scudder
 * Brian Wimmer as David Osborne
 * Marie Debrey as Joanne
 * Kayla Buglewicz as Samantha Osborne

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Life in a... Metro

Life in a... Metro is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language drama film co-produced, co-written and directed by Anurag Basu. Partly inspired from Billy Wilder's romantic comedy film The Apartment (1960), it features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Nafisa Ali, Shilpa Shetty, Kay Kay Menon, Shiney Ahuja, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kangana Ranaut and Sharman Joshi in lead roles. The music is composed by Pritam with lyrics by Sayeed Quadri. It narrates the lives of nine people living in Mumbai and deals with topics such as extramarital affairs, sanctity of marriage, commitment phobia and love.

Made on a budget of ₹70 million, Life in a... Metro released on 11 May 2007 and was a surprise commercial success at the box office, grossing over ₹250 million worldwide. It received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with high praise for its novel concept, story, screenplay, dialogues, soundtrack and performances of the ensemble cast.

At the 53rd Filmfare Awards, Life in a... Metro received 6 nominations, including Best Director (Basu) and Best Music Director (Pritam), and won 3 awards – Best Supporting Actor (Khan), Best Supporting Actress (Sen Sharma) and Best Screenplay (Basu).

Character description
The movie revolves around 9 characters who are connected by the people they know. It shows how they learn the true meaning of love, go through heartbreaks, and go along the path of life.

Amol
Amol (Dharmendra) is Shivani's (Nafisa Ali) old lover who left her to pursue his dreams in the US 40 years ago. Now, he is in his 70s and is waiting for death. His last wish is to spend his last days with Shivani in India. Shivani is also counting her last days.

Shivani
Shivani is Shikha (Shilpa Shetty) and Shruti's (Konkona Sen Sharma) aunt, who at the start of the film, receives a letter from the US, which Shikha reads out. The letter turns out to be from her old lover Amol (Dharmendra), who left her for the US 40 years ago. He conveys in the letter that he is coming to India probably for the last time before dying and he wishes to meet Shivani for the last time.

Shikha Ghosh Kapoor
Shikha Ghosh Kapoor (Shilpa Shetty), Shruti's sister, often visits her aunt, Shivani (Nafisa Ali) at her old-age home and Bharatanatyam classes. Her marriage to Ranjit (Kay Kay Menon) is crumbling. One day, she happens to meet Akash (Shiney Ahuja), a drama actor, whose friends often practice drama in the building of Shivani's old-age home and whose dramas Shivani often hears and likes. Shikha and Akash start talking to each other as friends, and slowly start getting close to each other romantically.

Ranjit Kapoor
In his 30's, Ranjit Kapoor (Kay Kay Menon) is married to Shikha Ghosh (Shilpa Shetty), Shruti's (Konkona Sen Sharma) sister. They have an 8-year-old daughter. They are in an unhappy marriage as he does not allow Shikha to work, since he believes he earns more than enough for the house. Due to his unhappy marriage, he started an illegitimate relationship with Neha (Kangana Ranaut), who is Shruti's roommate, for pleasure, not love, which no one knows about for the past 2 years

Akash Sharma
Akash Sharma (Shiney Ahuja) is an unsuccessful theatre artist who forms a close bond with Shikha (Shilpa Shetty). He conveys to her that his wife left him due to his professional failure and that he plans to look for jobs in Dubai. They form a close bond and start visiting restaurants and theatres together, both developing mutual attraction.

Monty
Monty (Irrfan Khan), who is in his late-30s, is also eager to get married. He meets up with Shruti (Konkona Sen Sharma) one day as a prospective groom. Shruti misunderstands that Monty is a complete flirt during their meeting, and their meeting does not end well, though Monty completely respects Shruti. The two later meet again after Shruti has broken up with her boss (Ashwin Mushran). They start spending time together as friends and eventually develop feelings for each other.

Shruti Ghosh
Shruti (Konkona Sen Sharma), Shikha's sister and Neha's (Kangana Ranaut) roommate, is 27 years old and is very eager to get married. She meets many prospective grooms, in which one of them is Monty (Irrfan Khan), who Shruti finds very weird and old. Shruti silently crushes on her boss (Ashwin Mushran), who helps her find boyfriends.

Neha
Neha (Kangana Ranaut), who is also eager to move up the ranks, starts an illegitimate relationship with Ranjit (Kay Kay Menon). She and Ranjit often visit Rahul's (Sharman Joshi) house after Ranjit indirectly threatens Rahul by exposing what he does for recommendation, unless he lends his apartment to him. Rahul agrees, but he does not know that Ranjit's girlfriend is Neha. Neha feels slightly guilty about her affair, and indirectly conveys her feelings to her roommate, Shruti (Konkona Sen Sharma), who is the sister of Ranjit's wife Shikha (Shilpa Shetty).

Rahul
Rahul (Sharman Joshi) is a young man who works at a call centre and wants to raise up high in the ranks. He silently loves his colleague, Neha (Kangana Ranaut), who has moved up high in the ranks due to her illegitimate relationship with their boss Ranjit (Kay Kay Menon). Rahul, eager to move up the ranks, lends his apartment to people in touch with Ranjit by allowing them to bring their girlfriends and paramours in turn for recommendation.

Plot
The story takes place in Mumbai.

Rahul, who is eager to move up the ranks in his call center job, lends his apartment to people connected to his boss, Ranjit, for bringing their girlfriends and affair interests in turn for recommendation. He silently loves Neha, his colleague, who has risen up in the ranks easily due to her relationship with Ranjit.

Ranjit is very unhappy with his marriage with his wife Shikha (he has an eight-year-old daughter), so he started an illegitimate relationship with Neha. The only problem is that he doesn't have any place to take her to. When he hears about what Rahul does, he calls him to his office and says that he will expose what Rahul does in his apartment unless he lends it to him. Rahul agrees and Ranjit promotes him. Unfortunately, he does not know that Ranjit's affair interest is Neha.

Shikha, who often meets her aunt in her Bharatanatyam classes, reads out a letter from the US for her aunt. She learns through the letter that her aunt, Shivani, had loved a man named Amol forty years ago, but he left her to pursue his dreams in the US. Now Amol and Shivani, who are both in their seventies, are counting their last days. Amol conveys through the letter that he is probably coming to India for the last time and wishes to meet Shivani and spend his last days with her. Shivani agrees.

Shikha's sister, Shruti, is twenty-seven and very eager to get married and meets many prospective grooms. Among them is Monty, who Shruti finds very weird and old. Shruti is also Neha's roommate and Neha often indirectly conveys her guilty feelings of starting an affair with Ranjit, which Shruti does not understand.

Shikha accompanies her aunt to the railway station where Shivani is asked by Amol to meet her. While Shikha is away to buy magazines, Shivani sees Amol in the opposite platform. Instead of coming through the walk path, he gets down onto the tracks and crosses them to the other platform to meet her. This is watched by Shikha, who feels happy seeing the scene.

One day, Shikha meets Akash, an unsuccessful theatre artist and a divorcee at a bus stop. He practices drama with his friends in the floor above Shivani's Bharatanatyam classes. They start off as friends, but slowly start getting close and visit places non-romantically.

Shruti has a crush on her boss, who often tries to set her up with men for her to go out with, but the idea fails. One day, Shruti visits her boss's home to convey her feelings, but is shocked when she discovers her boss in bed with another man, showing that he is gay. Shruti immediately quits her job and enrolls in a new company. There, she discovers that Monty also works there. Monty helps her get the job with his relations with his boss and they become friends. Monty also conveys that his mother has found an ideal bride for him, and asks Shruti's help with the wedding shopping. After the wedding shopping, they sit on a seashore and drink and smoke. When Shruti confronts him, he says that he will quit if his wife wants him to after marriage and respect whatever his wife says. Shruti, moved by this statement, slowly starts falling for Monty.

During one of Ranjit and Neha's trips in Rahul's house, Neha forgets her phone. Rahul finds it in his house and gives it to Ranjit, who in turn asks someone to give it to Neha. Rahul, who witnesses this, realizes that Ranjit's girlfriend is Neha and gets heartbroken.

Amol and Shivani, who have rekindled their love, attempt to get Shivani out of the old-age home. But the youngster who manages the old-age home insults Amol and Shivani, giving them a heartbreak.

During another trip in Rahul's house, Neha asks Ranjit about their future, at which point Ranjit says that they are doing it only for pleasure, and says that Neha has used him for promotions. When Neha retaliates by saying that she was the one being used, Ranjit insults her and says that she hasn't only asked him for money, which he throws on Neha. Neha, upset, attempts suicide by drinking phenyl.

Rahul, who is upset, brings home a prostitute. When he enters the bathroom to fetch a condom, he finds Neha who has attempted suicide. He immediately drives out the prostitute and calls his neighbor who is a doctor; they are able to save Neha by making her vomit and admit her in a hospital. Rahul calls up Ranjit, who has left for Bangalore due to an urgent business, who tells him to take care of Neha for a few days. Shruti realizes that Neha hasn't come home.

One night, Amol visits Shivani, who asks him to spend the night with her, which he does. In the morning, Shivani wakes up and experiences some pains, at which point Amol calls for an ambulance. Realizing that she is going to die, Shivani says that her last wish is to die in Amol's arms, which she does. Amol is gravely disturbed and depressed. He pressures the topic of love to Shikha and Shruti and regrets leaving Shivani forty years ago.

Rahul, meanwhile, starts taking care of the recovering Neha and they form a special bond. One day, Rahul takes her to the outskirts of the city to an unfinished house. Rahul explains to Neha that his father's dream was to build a good house or a restaurant, and he had invested everything into this house. But he didn't have enough money to complete the ceiling and a few parts of the house. Now, Rahul is determined to fulfill his father's dream. This moves Neha.

Shruti manages to track down Neha in Rahul's house. Realizing that she has attempted suicide, Shruti misunderstands the situation and scolds Rahul and slaps him, which Neha watches with confusion. While calling for a cab outside the apartment, she sees Ranjit (who has returned) approaching Neha and inquiring her, which makes Shruti realize that Ranjit was having an affair with Neha and not Rahul and that Ranjit was the reason.

Meanwhile, Shikha visits Akash in his home, where they get physically close. Just before they get even more intimate, Shikha realizes her boundaries and leaves Akash's home. She comes home crying.

Ranjit, who has arrived at home, sees Shikha crying and misunderstands that Shruti has told about Ranjit's affair. Ranjit then confesses himself. After confessing, Shikha says that Shruti never told her anything and confesses her friendship and closeness with Akash.

Ranjit, enraged, decides to move in with Neha.

Monty announces his wedding date to Shruti, who has fallen for him.

Rahul, upset with the way the city has treated him, decides to leave Mumbai by train.

On the day of Monty's wedding, Rahul decides to leave, Ranjit decides to move in with Neha, and Akash sends Shikha her handbag which she left in Akash's house. He also sends her a letter that says that he is ready to accept her the way she is: a housewife, or as a modern girl. He also writes that he has been offered a job in Dubai and he is ready to leave for the airport by train and she must come with him.

While traveling with Ranjit, Neha realizes that she loves Rahul and starts chasing his taxi to the railway station. Shruti decides to convey her feelings to Monty and does right before he ties the knot. Monty gives a jibe, saying: 'What? You're too late. The size of the clothes won't match you!' Angry she leaves. Monty also realizes that he loves Shruti and chases her taxi to the same railway station on the wedding horse. Shikha dresses up and goes to the railway station.

In the railway station, Monty chases Shruti, Neha chases Rahul, and Shikha searches for Akash. While searching for Shruti, Monty bumps into Rahul, which causes Rahul's suitcase to break open. While putting back the clothes into his suitcase, Neha also arrives and romantically helps Rahul with his clothes, hinting that Rahul is not going to leave Mumbai.

Monty finally finds Shruti in a ladies compartment and enters it. They realize their love for each other and hug, causing all the ladies around to break into a huge applause.

Shikha finds Akash, but tells him that she is not going to come with him and wishes him the best for his job in Dubai and leaves.

The movie ends with Rahul and Neha eating dinner with the doctor and his wife from their neighborhood, Shikha and Ranjit in a happier marriage, Shruti and Monty, who have married, waiting in a traffic signal with their three-year-old child and Akash still roaming the streets of Mumbai.

Amol remembers Shivani and is seen sitting on the same bench in the railway station Shivani sat when he met her. In the station, he sees a young man crossing the tracks like Amol did and uniting with his girlfriend. This makes Amol smile and he moves on.

The movie ends with Pritam Chakraborty performing a song and a epilogical montage of the lives of the characters.

Cast

 * Dharmendra as Amol, Shivani's childhood love interest
 * Nafisa Ali as Shivani, Amol's childhood love interest, Shikha and Shruti's aunt
 * Shilpa Shetty as Shikha Ghosh Kapoor, Ranjit's wife, Shruti's sister, Shivani's niece, Akash's love interest
 * Kay Kay Menon as Ranjit Kapoor, Shikha's husband, Shruti's brother-in-law, Neha's boss/love interest, Rahul's boss
 * Shiney Ahuja as Akash Sharma, Shikha's love interest
 * Irrfan Khan as Monty, Shruti's love interest
 * Konkona Sen Sharma as Shruti Ghosh, Shikha's sister, Ranjit's sister-in-law, Shivani's niece, Monty's love interest, Neha's roommate
 * Kangana Ranaut as Neha Grewal, Shruti's roommate, Ranjit's love interest, Rahul's crush
 * Sharman Joshi as Rahul Dhupia, Ranjit's subordinate, Neha's colleague
 * Ashwin Mushran as Abdullah Ansari, Shruti's Boss
 * Manoj Pahwa as Dr. Pritam Ahuja, Rahul's neighbor
 * Pritam Chakraborty as Rock Band Leader (Guest Appearance)

Box office
Life in a... Metro was the 26th highest grossing Bollywood film of 2007, grossing inr 227500000. It became a semi-hit at the box office, despite taking a below average opening.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack was released on 17 March 2007. Life In A... Metro's music was composed by Pritam with lyrics by Sayeed Quadri, Amitabh Verma and Sandeep Srivastava. Bob Dylan's "I Want You" plays in the background when Shruti and Rishi are at a vending machine and Shruti mistakes Rishi to be gesturing and speaking with her. The song does not appear on the soundtrack. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 11,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's twelfth highest-selling.

Production
The song "Alvida" was composed by Pritam back in 90's when he was still struggling.

Metro Band
Pritam formed the band Metro with Suhail Kaul and the Bangladeshi singer Fahruk Mahfuz Anam a.k.a. James that performed the songs in the movie.

In the film, this rock band led by Pritam plays at important junctures and takes the story forward. This is considered to be a first in Indian film. The music score in Life In A... Metro is heavily rock-oriented. The four-members were Pritam, Suhail Kaul, Soham Chakraborty and Bangladeshi singer James.

Sequel
Its sequel titled Metro... In Dino was announced in 2022 with Basu and Pritam returning as director and music composer.

The sequel will star Aditya Roy Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Ali Fazal, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Pankaj Tripathi, Konkana Sen Sharma, Anupam Kher and Neena Gupta in lead roles.

The film was scheduled to release on 29 March 2024, but was postponed to 29 November 2024.

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It would be a good idea to put the article uniform (gymnastics) with rhythmic gymnastics because they are definitly related. 68.95.4.90 00:13, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I happen to disagree, the uniform worn by Gymnasts have been adopted by Haute Couture. Please enhance this article instead of merging it.--Hhielscher 00:20, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I think it makes more sense to merge the article with another gymnastics-related article. No other sport or athletic competition has an independent article just for the uniform. Adoption of gymnastic uniform elements by Haute Couture could merit mention in that article but I don't think it is sufficient reason to maintain a separate article. Peter (talk) 20:11, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

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I think it would be beneficial to also include a male gymnast in "uniform" (to assist in levelling any gender bias in Gymnastics as a topic), as well as maybe a Rhythmic gymnast, again in "uniform", as it can be different (skirted leotards, for example). -- ratarsed (talk) 12:45, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

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Archie Dickens

Archie Dickens (christened Archie Bernard Dickins - 1907 – 28 November 2004), son of a bootmaker clicker, was a British greeting card artist and later a pin-up artist who was born in Balham (London) in June 1907.

At a young age it became apparent that Archie and his older sister, Doris Louise, had some talent in drawing and it was intended that both he and his sister attend the Slade School of Art in London. However, due to a change in his father's circumstances, only his sister continued in further education whilst Archie, at the age of 14, was sent to work.

After returning from Sydney, Australia where Dickens had spent much of World War II, he purchased a house in Acacia Gardens in West Wickham, Kent, and worked in a purpose-built studio in the grounds.

Dickens spent much of the early post-war years drawing pin-ups but in the 1960s and 1970s turned his artistic talents to greeting cards which could be seen in the greeting card shops across the UK at the time — having adopted the signature 'Gluckli' as the increasingly well-known identifying mark to Dickens' obvious Archie style.

In March 2002 Tony Blair, the then British Prime Minister, wore a Paul Smith designer shirt that displayed one of Dickens' paintings on the cuff.

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