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Talk:Andy Griffith

Recent health
I saw Andy in pro-health care law commercials in NC today and recently. It sounds like he's had a stroke, but I haven't heard anything about it, and it's not listed here. Anyone know what's up? Kochamanita (talk) 23:22, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Goober
Goober in The Andy Griffith Show was mostly called Goober Beasely. I believe the Pyle surname was only for a couple episodes.

Absolutely WRONG. Goober was Goober Pyle Gomer's cousin.

Well, no, not ABSOLUTELY wrong. Goober was, for most of the series, called Goober Pyle and was Gomer's cousin. But in at least one episode, Andy introduced Goober to another character as Goober Beasley, as documented on page 132 of "The Andy Griffith Show Book" by Ken Beck and Jim Clark. I remember the episode myself, because I was struck by Andy saying that last name. I'll see if I can dig up the specific episode in which it happened. But it DID happen. Rich 17:56, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Matlock
Should Matlock not be mentioned?

I think Matlock should be listed. It's something he was involved in. --Jennie Ambrose 09:36, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

The article mentioned The Simpson's and Matlock being the favorite show of Grandpa Simpson as well as Patty and Selma's. This is not true Patty and Selma's favorite show is MacGyver, not Matlock. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.163.9.5 (talk) 14:41, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

"Monologist"?
Is Monologist a word? Answer: No it is not. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.140.196.148 (talk • contribs). 06:51, 12 July 2006
 * Monologist dates from 1625, according to the OED, and has been used in its present sense, "one who presents monologues", since 1711. I challenge anyone to find a serious dictionary that does not have this word in it.  The person who wrote this pulled it from the place the sun don't shine, which is why it is hard to find definitions there. Ortolan88 15:44, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Merriam-Webster online doesn't appear to have it. Don't know if you consider them serious.

Section on Ron Howard
The section under the Andy Griffith show on this page is ridiculous...I can't understand what Ron Howard is supposed to be saying enough to edit it. For example:

""I was always grateful for the experience and the atmosphere that was created, because it was the best of all possible for coming environments, particularly for a kid growing up.""

There's just no way that's a direct quote from an American actor with half a brain. Consider also:

""It would give a chance to absolutely go highly on top, and do something different and I respect that. Although, very embarrassing to be 14-years-old and crying to effect, it hit me hard, when it finally ended." The last thing that Howard said about one of Griffith's first unpopular TV series in the 1970s, which included The Headmaster, he said, "I think they were 249 Andy Griffith episodes, well, that's a lot of seeing Andy as 1 character." Andrew Jr.’s death in 1996, drew Griffith & Howard real closer, as Howard received word as he broke down weeping. He was also one of the people to be concerned about his heart condition and surgery in 2000, and today, he still keeps Griffith in touch.""

Absolutely go highly on top? It really sounds like someone wrote this whose first language was not English, or that they copied and pasted from translation software or something. Just wanted to signal this as a poorly-written article; didn't know how to verify Ron's supposed statements enough to edit them.

 * I agree completely with the above. The Ron Howard section was unreadable.  I have deleted it.24.6.7.233 22:07, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

some of this section seems a little fluffy and trite, such as "To this day, Andy still calls Ron by his childhood nickname, "Ronny." Howard doesn't seem to mind one bit." Jkellymc (talk) 19:42, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

"Title characters"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is no "title character" in The Andy Griffith Show as mentioned in the second sentence because there is no character in that show by that name. Universe Man (talk) 05:00, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Language and style
Ehm, I shudder to mention this but IMHO, the language, grammar, and style of several portions of this article, especially the section on Matlock, could do with some serious improvements. Phrases such as "Despite of him getting along with Griffith" are very bad English. Lufiend 17:27, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

WP:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers priority assessment
Per debate and discussion re: assessment of the approximate 100 top priority articles of the project, this article has been included as a top priority article. Wildhartlivie (talk) 12:09, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Requested move
moved. If someone wants to question this being the primary topic, they should list the page at Requested moves. Jafeluv (talk) 13:52, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Andy Griffith (actor) → Andy Griffith — to revert recent undiscussed move. This is the only page on Wikipedia that could be titled Andy Griffith. Over 250 links meant for here now point to an unnecessary dab page. — Station1 (talk) 07:51, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Survey

 * Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with  or  , then sign your comment with  . Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.

 * Support. Disambiguation should only be done when necessary. Jafeluv (talk) 08:39, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Discussion

 * Any additional comments:

I've reverted the undiscussed move, which also did a copy and paste move of the disambiguation page. If there are any objections to the actor being the primary topic, a new move proposal can be initiated. older ≠ wiser 13:43, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Birthdate
I don't think the citation needed tag is necessary just because another editor and ibdb.com has it as different dates. A quick google search shows it is 1926 in many reliable sources.,, ,. Normally, birthdates are not cited because they are not challenged, and I don't think it is being questioned here either. Thank you. --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 16:46, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Widowhood
Family Affair is cited as a show about a widowhood. This is not correct. Bill Davis was a bachelor who adopted his deceased brother’s children. Both his brother and sister-in-law were killed in an automobile accident. Bill himself had never been married. Family Affair should be removed from the list, or the list description should be expanded from that of “widowhood” alone. --Rainy Day (talk) 21:03, 14 March 2010 (UTC)Was Beulah a widow? I’m not familiar with the Beulah show, and could find no references to widowhood. It wasn’t, however, a 60’s show (it was an early 50’s show), so doesn’t belong in the list as it’s currently framed. --Rainy Day (talk) 21:03, 14 March 2010 (UTC)Petticoat Junction was missing from the list, so i added it. --Rainy Day (talk) 21:03, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Military
Griffith was born in 1926, making him a member of the World War II generation. He would have been eligible for the draft in 1944. Was he classified as 4-F, or otherwise exempt? For an article about someone born in that era, it's a major omission. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.155.82.245 (talk) 16:24, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * It's a biographical aspect that's missing.. calling it a "major omission" seems a bit off the mark. Something about this is probably in his autobiography --CutOffTies (talk) 17:54, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Street renaming spoof
I remember watching a television spoof, similar to what Candid Camera did, where a street was being renamed after Griffith, and he showed up for the honors, only to be picketed by a (fabricated) crowd of angry individuals who didn't want the name changed, but I can't find any mention of it through Google. Does anyone remember what show/episode that was, and would you be willing to add it? Or am I totally off my rocker and that particular episode featured someone else? It's been several years… Thatfield977 (talk) 13:50, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * You may want to try to the reference desk for this, since it really doesn't have anything to do with improving this article. --CutOffTies (talk) 13:56, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * If this memory is true, it would be an ommission from the article, and thus it would indirectly help improve the article if we solved the question. --  Zanimum (talk) 17:55, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Article needs more images
Nuff' said. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.248.211.16 (talk) 20:14, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * There are several episodes of the Andy Griffith show that the copyright was allowed to expire on and are now in the public domain. Screen shots could be taken from them, or even an entire episode could be uploaded and placed into the article. Rreagan007 (talk) 16:07, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Please reference his "Potato" nickname (if true). Also, the current image for the subject features a bunch of potatos, and not a single image of Andy Griffith himself. This needs to be changed/corrected.--69.146.144.86 (talk) 16:30, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Death
I just heard about Andy Griffith's death. He will be missed. Jdaniels15 (talk) 14:53, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Is it offically confirmed that he died? I have heard the same thing. However, I have also been hearing reports that he was just taken to the hospital by ambulance at 7am Eastern time this morning.--ChaseW29 (talk) 16:08, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Confirmed within the past few minutes by the Dare County, NC, Sheriff's Office. JTRH (talk) 16:36, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Presidential Medal of Freedom
The current picture shows Andy Griffith being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Would it not be a good idea to include a couple of sentences as to what he did to be awarded it? 69.143.110.86 (talk) 15:32, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * It seems the picture has been moved down in the article since your post, closer to the Honors section. In short, for "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors". --  Zanimum (talk) 18:01, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Dual Tony nominee
Anyone know about this? Therequiembellishere (talk) 18:46, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * My goodness, our stage coverage is horrible on Wikipedia, it seems. I've added the two nomination to the article now. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. --  Zanimum (talk) 18:57, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Death section
shouldn't there be a section in the article about his death? Thebestofall007 (talk) 23:19, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

 * It's discussed under "Personal life". There's not that much info on his death, to justify a separate section. --  Zanimum (talk) 00:09, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Original photo
I think a more recent photo would be an order, instead of the one that was recently placed in the infobox. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.58.48.90 (talk) 23:29, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Newly added photo made me shutter when I saw it. Was there really a problem with the other one? JOJ Hutton  01:30, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I prefer the current one from when he was younger. Now that he is deceased, this is how most people will always remember him, when he was in his prime. Plus the old one wasn't really a very good photo. It was rather awkward looking with someone's hands near his neck. Rreagan007 (talk) 02:05, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The current image is when he was very young. He is best rememberd during his Mayberry days and his Matlock days. JOJ Hutton  02:41, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
 * True, but the current image is only 5 years younger than his Mayberry days, and it looks a lot more like his Mayberry days than the one when he is really old. Ideally we would be using a good quality picture from the time period when he was doing the Andy Griffith Show. As mentioned above, perhaps a screen shot from one of the public domain episodes would work well for the infobox picture. Rreagan007 (talk) 03:44, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Have to disagree. It looks nothing like his Mayberry days. He looks thin and gaunt in that photo, while he had put on a bit more weight and had filled out his frame by then. I literally shuttered when I saw this image. Looks horrible and nearly unrecognizable.-- JOJ Hutton  04:21, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I would prefer the picture of him with the Medal of Freedom as the lead photo, rather than the gaunt picture that is in the lead now. The Medal of Freedom picture was in lead position prior to the mass of "death day" edits. Safiel (talk) 05:59, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Alternatives (which would require cropping):
 * File:Andy Griffith Jail Andy Griffith Show 1961.JPG - Not great, and looking the wrong way.
 * File:Andy Griffith Julie Adams Andy Griffith Show 1962-2.jpg - Squinting, although he seems to do that a lot.
 * File:Andy Griffith Ron Howard Andy Griffith Show 1961.JPG - Not too bad, but kind of a funny look on his face (I am detecting a pattern here).
 * File:Andy Griffith Rob Reiner Headmaster 1970.JPG - A little older, and not really looking at the camera.
 * I would say that any of these cropped images would be better than the one in the infobox (which looks like a mug shot), or the one with the medal. --kelapstick(bainuu) 06:07, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Of those 4 alternatives, I definitely prefer the one of him and Ron Howard. It's a pretty good photo that shows him in his sheriff's uniform and definitely reflects how people best remember him. The first one is an awkward pose with hanging laundry and with a cigarette in his hand (smoking has fallen out of favor). The second one is not bad, but most people will not recognize Julie Adams like they will recognize a young Ron Howard. The forth one is a strange angle with Rob Reiner in profile in the foreground. But I would prefer any of those 4 over the medal of freedom one. To me, pictures of Griffith at that age don't even look like him, because the image of him from the Andy Griffith show are so cemented into my mind.Rreagan007 (talk) 14:28, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I had considered the one with the cigarette being problematic (despite how cool smoking on TV is, we must think of the children!) All kidding aside, I think that any of them should be cropped if they were to be included in the infobox anyway. --kelapstick(bainuu) 22:44, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 5 July 2012
andy griffith's death certificate now list cause of death as heart attack. It also states the he suffered for years with coronary artery disease, hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

Guiltybrat (talk) 23:04, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ Jim Michael (talk) 23:28, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Edit request to "Death" section
The last two sentences of the section (about the death certificate), which were just added, are poorly written and too wordy. The two mentions of the death certificate are totally unnecessary. All that needs to be done is to simply merge the cause of death (heart attack) and burial site (Griffith Family Cemetery) into the original text, along with the new citation to the AP/Yahoo article. Just delete the last two sentences completely. My suggested edit is below.

Current: On July 3, 2012, Griffith died at his home on Roanoke Island in Dare County, North Carolina, following an undisclosed illness.[46] He was 86. He was buried on the island within five hours of his death.[47][48][49] The Death Certificate filed indicated he had passed away from the effects of a heart attack in a 24 hour period before his death. The Death Certificate also stated that he would be laid to rest at the Griffith Family Cemetery in Manteo.[50]

Change to: On July 3, 2012, Griffith died from a heart attack at his home on Roanoke Island in Dare County, North Carolina. He was 86. He was buried in the Griffith Family Cemetery on the island within five hours of his death.[46][47][48][49][50]

Thanks. 76.189.114.18 (talk) 00:22, 6 July 2012 (UTC) 00:23, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

✅ You're right. That sounds much better. Thanks. Cresix (talk) 00:46, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Cresix, thanks for your nice comment and for taking care of it so quickly! 76.189.114.18 (talk) 00:50, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Karsten Frosle
Karsten Friske 1999-2085 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.151.232.231 (talk) 02:39, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Current photo
Not feeling it. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 14:31, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Now that he is dead, most people seem to want an image of him around the age he was during the Andy Griffith Show. If you have a better image from around that time period, feel free to suggest it. Rreagan007 (talk) 23:52, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Mayberry's connections to Mt. Airy N.C.
Hello you guys. I don't post to Wikipedia much, so forgive me if my format is off. I just wanted to bring up the Mayberry/Mt. Airy connection. The show is loosely inspired by the actual town. Evidence being referencing the nearby town of "Mount Pilot" which is directly from the actual town close to Mount Airy called Pilot Mountain. Andy said so himself in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leL-Cf8v_ms @22:16 also @22:53 references Bannertown being in an episode which is a town located in the city of Mt. Airy. @23:45 He acknowledges the connection to Mt. Airy

@22:16, @22:53, @23:45 75.177.115.74 (talk) 02:30, 23 June 2015 (UTC) Cody Thompson

Born June 7, 1926...
Hello all,

Registration Army Card from 1944 -> Birth Certificate from FamilySearch -> Thanks. --Danielvis08 (talk) 21:22, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

New Lead Image
Usually after an individual passes away, their lead image is replaced with a younger or an image that depicts the individual in the prime of their career. I feel like there is potential for Griffith:

I replaced the current lead image with Option F as a test run and wait until a final decision has been made.--TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 05:44, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Option "F" is the best quality image; he's best known for two shows: The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock, so one of those "eras" should probably be used. Image A from the Matlock era is not of as high a quality as the option F (the AGS era), and many of the others are from eras when his characters would not have been as recognizable.  Good choice.  -- Jayron 32 12:49, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Agree that Option "F" is best. In early 2020, somebody replaced that image with Option A, so I am going to go back to Option F, which was stable for several years after this discussion. HouseOfChange (talk) 03:27, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Someone has replaced the lead image with an image from 2005. I will replace it again with F, as per earlier consensus. HouseOfChange (talk) 13:32, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Associations
Since I've templated the Associations section with a number of tags, I figured I should open a corresponding section here. A large amount of text has been added, mostly by Pizzamaniac16, some of which I have previously removed or reverted. The vast majority of it lacks sources and much of the material seems trivial and only tangentially relevant to Griffith, and I'd argue is written in a highly unencyclopedic tone; more importantly, the vast majority of it is unsourced. The Don Knotts section seems pretty solid, but most of the other material probably needs to go. Grandpallama (talk) 18:19, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
 * The abovementioned user has now been confirmed as a sockpuppet, and it has been two weeks since I threw the tags up, so I'm going to clear out the parts that are unsupported. If folks want to find sources and reinsert them, that is fine, of course. Grandpallama (talk) 15:03, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Missing references
On the references section, cite notes 28 to 67 are missing. Is there a reason why? 2001:569:78BA:4A00:C163:E228:F9F:8D24 (talk) 04:40, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * . The code at ref 27 got messed up. Thanks for catching that. Station1 (talk) 17:38, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Early life edits reverted
Greetings to whoever reads this stuff. I added some substantial information to his early life. They deleted it and said that I was disruptive. Disruptive!! and said I had no sources! Do you folks think I just make this stuff up ? This was a pivotal part of his life. This information came from a friend named Gary Phaup who is one of the editors of Nostalgic Digest and this information was published in his magazine. I'm not sure what more you need !! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wllmlos (talk • contribs) 14:41, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , you might find User:Nick Moyes/Easier Referencing for Beginners helpful in learning to cite your sources properly. (Reminder, please always end your talk page comments with four tildes ~ to add your signature and timestamp to your comments.) Schazjmd   (talk)  16:17, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
 * You also need to WP:RS and WP:OR for information about reliable sourcing. We don't know whether you "make this stuff up" if you don't cite a reliable source. Sundayclose (talk) 17:01, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Per the many sourcing warnings on their user page, Wllmlos is probably overdue for a trip to ANI for their chronic inability to source anything. Grandpallama (talk) 22:31, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Most of griffins life he was republican, but wiki really wouldn’t anyone to know that 2603:7080:8B3F:FC18:E4A6:401E:B4E2:271D (talk) 03:55, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Best of the West
Andy Griffiths played Confederate Colonel, Lamont Deveraux in the fifth episode of Best of the West (The Reunion. Oct 8, 1981) (109.107.111.160 (talk) 09:39, 9 June 2024 (UTC))

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Inferno!

Inferno! (originally Carnage) was a bi-monthly magazine published from 1997 to 2004 by Games Workshop's publishing division, Black Library, which was initially just the name of the team brought together to work on Inferno!.

It presented fiction, artwork, and comics set in the fictional universe's of Games Workshop's fantasy and science fiction games. These initially included Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer 40,000, and Necromunda, and later added the Mordheim and Gorkamorka settings.

Publication
Rick Priestley and Andy Jones of Warhammer, and author Marc Gascoigne, developed the idea for the Black Library which produced the magazine Inferno! as a result beginning in July 1997.

Inferno! was launched with a trial "issue zero" as a section in the Games Workshop house magazine White Dwarf (issue 210).

Issue 1 of the actual magazine was launched shortly afterwards under the editorship of Games Workshop staffer Andy Jones. The magazine settled into a standard format of two fantasy and two science fiction stories per issue, with ancillary features such as standalone artwork, comics, cutaway diagrams of fictional machines from the stories, maps of fictional battles, and mocked-up books, dossiers, or correspondence by characters in the settings. With the exception of one early comic series, Inferno! published individual, complete stories, not serials.

Creators
Inferno! had a policy of accepting unsolicited submissions and publishing new authors. Many writers who went on to publish novels for Black Library, such as C.L. Werner and Ben Counter, began their professional writing careers with short stories in Inferno! The magazine also published stories by established science fiction authors such as Barrington J. Bayley and Brian Stableford.

Warhammer Monthly
The success of Inferno!, along with the lessons learned and the contacts made during its early days, led to a spin-off comic, Warhammer Monthly. This produced longer comic stories in an anthology format common in British comics like 2000 AD (with whom it shared a lot of creators). As Marc Gascoigne puts it "It became obvious very quickly that the occasional comic strip in Inferno! along with the short stories was OK, but very soon what we needed to do was a proper comic, so about a year after Inferno! kicked in, Warhammer Monthly made its debut."

Novels
Black Library's novel range also started life in Inferno!, "we had stories that were immediately thought of, at least internally by us, as pilots, tasters for a novel range"

Cancellation
Inferno! was cancelled in November 2004 after publishing 46 issues.

Relaunch
In 2018, Black Library relaunched Inferno! as a quarterly anthology series. The new Inferno! runs 300-400 pages and features serial and one-off short stories from both veteran Black Library authors and new writers. Each new volume has been accompanied by a limited time reprinting of issues of the original magazine: Issues 1–5 with Volume 1, 6–10 with Volume 2, 11–15 with Volume 3, and 16–25 with volume 4.

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Silvinho

Silvinho is a Portuguese nickname for people named Sílvio, and it means "small Sílvio".

It can refer to these footballers:

 * Silvinho (footballer, born 1958), Silvio Paiva, Brazilian winger
 * Silvinho (footballer, born 1974), Sílvio Antônio, Brazilian striker
 * Silvinho (footballer, born 1977), Sílvio José Canuto, Brazilian midfielder
 * Silvinho (footballer, born 1990), Sílvio José Cardoso Reis Júnior, Brazilian winger
 * Silvinho Canuto (born 1977), Brazilian midfielder
 * Silvinho Esajas (born 2002), Dutch defender
 * Sylvinho (born 1974), Brazilian defender

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Talk:List of Michigan state parks

State Forests
I think the list here and List of Michigan state forests may be somewhat redundant. And I think both may need to be reorganized. This source used to add a lot of entries to this list is a search page that allows you to search for "a Michigan State Park, Recreation Area or State Forest Campground". This seems to be three different categories of things.

According to this page from the DNR, there are 97 state parks and only six state forests. According to Upper Peninsula State Forest Campgrounds and Pathways (PDF) and Northern Lower Peninsula State Forest Campgrounds and Pathways (PDF), there are three state forests in the UP and three in the northern lower peninsula:
 * Copper Country State Forest (UP)
 * Escanaba River State Forest (UP)
 * Lake Superior State Forest (UP)
 * Mackinaw State Forest (NLP)
 * Pere Marquette State Forest (NLP)
 * Au Sable State Forest (NLP)

Apparently, these six state forests are divided into a number of management units and the management units may contain named campgrounds and pathways (or trails). Four Seasons of Fun (PDF) page 3 says there are 145 state forest campgrounds. I think List of Michigan state forests may represent an old style of naming/managing the forests (perhaps gleaned from a GNIS query like this). Anyhow, there looks to be lots to do here. older ≠ wiser 03:15, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I have looked at this before and could come to no conclusion. I suspect that older maps have "extra" state forests that are no longer named as such but only as units. Rmhermen 04:21, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I removed the individual state forest campgrounds from the list of state forests in Michigan. This list is clearly to show the state forests, not a list of individual campgrounds. As it was, each of the campgrounds appeared as if they were actual state forests. For example, there is (nor has there ever been) an "Ambrose Lake State Forest" in Michigan. The Ambrose Lake State Forest Campground is one campground within the Au Sable State Forest. There may be a reason to list out all of the in dividual state forest campgrounds in Michigan (possibly grouping them by state forest), but this list is not the place in my opinion. In any event, wherever they are listed, the names of the individual campgrounds need to include the word "Campground" in their name, e.g. "Ambrose Lake State Forest Campground".

 * Also, just to clear up any confusion, until about 1977, there were over thirty individual state forests in the state which were combined at that time into the six we have today. (These were not listed in the listing I removed.) There are still some older sources out there which may list some of the old names that were retired 30 years ago, such as the Thunder Bay River SF, Houghton Lake SF, Hardwood SF, etc. Those older state forests which were merged into the six in the 1970s should be added to the individual state forest articles at some point. CBessert 02:29, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

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Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination

On October 3, 2005, Harriet Miers was nominated for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President George W. Bush to replace retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Miers was, at the time, White House Counsel, and had previously served in several roles both during Bush's tenure as Governor of Texas and President. Miers's nomination was negatively received across the political spectrum, with critics charging that she did not have enough judicial experience to sit on the court. Conservative commentator David Frum castigated the selection as an "unforced error", and Robert Bork (himself a failed Supreme Court nominee) denounced it a "disaster" and "a slap in the face to the conservatives who've been building up a conservative legal movement for the last 20 years." Hearings before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee had been scheduled to begin on November 7, and members of the Republican leadership had stated before the nomination that they aimed to have the nominee confirmed before Thanksgiving (November 24). Miers withdrew her nomination on October 27, 2005, and Bush nominated Samuel Alito four days later.

Selection process
On July 1, 2005, Sandra Day O'Connor announced her plan to retire as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, effective as of the date that her replacement was confirmed by the United States Senate. Bush appointed Miers as head of the search committee for candidates to replace O'Connor. On July 19, Bush announced that he had chosen John Roberts as O'Connor's replacement. After William Rehnquist died of complications from thyroid cancer on September 3, Bush withdrew this nomination and renominated Roberts for Chief Justice, to which he was confirmed.

Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) recommended Miers as O'Connor's successor. Bush agreed with Reid's suggestion, factoring comments by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) and ranking member Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) that Bush's nominees should be outside of the appellate court system. First Lady Laura Bush and Senator Hillary Clinton had also both publicly expressed hope that he would nominate a woman.

On October 3, Bush nominated Miers to succeed O'Connor.

Education
Miers attended Southern Methodist University, where she received a bachelor's degree in mathematics (1967) and a Juris Doctor degree (1970). However, Miers' education would later prove troublesome during her nomination process. Her academic background went against a tradition that had gained momentum since the late 1970s of appointing justices who had received their collegiate, legal, and other graduate education at elite institutions. At the time of her nomination, all sitting justices hailed from the leading "Top 14" law schools (specifically Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, and Northwestern).

Consequently, as the nomination process developed, individuals across the partisan spectrum came to both denigrate Miers on account of her degrees as well as to paint them as a non-issue. Addressing her education, conservative columnist and Harvard-trained psychiatrist Charles Krauthammer contended that "the Supreme Court is an elite institution. It is not one of the 'popular' branches of government"; conversely, Harry Reid (a graduate of George Washington University Law School's part-time program) stated he did not feel an Ivy League pedigree was a necessary criterion for placement on the court. However, in the long run, discussion over Miers' academic credentials was overshadowed by the focus placed on her career history and ties to the Bush administration, with fears of "snobbery" calls quieting discussion.

Professional experience
Miers had clerked for the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, but had never served as a judge. She had neither taught nor written to any substantial extent on law. In private practice, as a corporate litigator at the law firm Locke Lord, Miers had courtroom experience, but a scant and undistinguished track record of litigating in federal court (almost none litigating constitutional issues), and had never argued a case before the Supreme Court.

Speaking to Miers's lack of credentials, the White House quickly advanced the defense that 41 of the 110 Supreme Court Justices appointed to date had never served as a judge prior to their nomination. Some examples during the 20th century include William Moody (appointed 1906), Charles Evans Hughes (1910), James McReynolds (1914), Louis Brandeis (1916), George Sutherland (1922), Pierce Butler (1922), Harlan F. Stone (1925), Owen Roberts (1930), Stanley F. Reed (1938), Felix Frankfurter (1939), William O. Douglas (1939), Frank Murphy (1940), Robert Jackson (1941), Harold Burton (1945), Tom C. Clark (1949), Earl Warren (1953), Arthur Goldberg (1962), Abe Fortas (1965), Lewis Powell (1972), and William Rehnquist (1972). The White House's attempt to use this to placate opposition was at best ineffectual, and at worst, backfired: offering the comparison to Fortas or particularly Warren further inflamed opposition among conservatives, who do not look upon either as a great exemplar of the kind of Supreme Court justice desired. The White House also argued that 10 of the 34 Justices appointed since 1933 were appointed from positions within the President's administration (as was the case with Miers). These Justices include the aforementioned Powell, Warren, Frankfurter, and Douglas, as well as Arthur Goldberg and Tom C. Clark.

Reid, who had previously floated Miers as an example of an acceptable nominee (further inflaming conservative hostility),  issued a statement:

 * In my view, the Supreme Court would benefit from the addition of a justice who has real experience as a practicing lawyer. The current justices have all been chosen from the lower federal courts. A nominee with relevant non-judicial experience would bring a different and useful perspective to the Court.

Nomination issues
Because little was known about Miers' position on divisive issues, and because she had no prior experience as a judge, her nomination was subject to debate on both sides. Many critics were concerned that her inner-circle relationship with the president and his staff could lead to conflicts of interests in court cases. Republican Senator Sam Brownback stated on Good Morning America that "[t]here's precious little to go on and a deep concern that this would be a Souter-type candidate". David Souter had been nominated by George H. W. Bush under the expectation that he would be a conservative vote, yet he lacked a "paper trail" of prior decisions to justify these expectations, and turned out to be one of the court's more liberal members.

Abortion
The subject of Roe v. Wade, among other abortion-related Supreme Court precedents, was highly topical in this nomination, in part because O'Connor had voted to overturn a number of state restrictions on abortion, often in narrowly divided 5–4 decisions.

As the confirmation process proceeded, more became known about Miers' personal/judicial views on abortion. In 1989, when Miers was running for the Dallas City Council, she allegedly filled out a survey for the anti-abortion group Texas United for Life. The questionnaire sought to gauge candidates' feelings on the use of constitutional amendments or state laws to ban abortions in the event the Supreme Court overturned a 1973 ruling that established abortion rights. The questionnaire asked "If Congress passes a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution that would prohibit abortion except when it was necessary to prevent the death of the mother, would you actively support its ratification by the Texas Legislature." Miers answered "yes" to this question and all others listed.

Miers said in 1992 that she felt Supreme Court nominees should not be asked about how they would rule on abortion issues. In 1993, when the American Bar Association (ABA) opted to take a stance in favor of legal access to abortion, Miers fought to have the full membership of the ABA vote on the topic: "If we were going to take a position on this divisive issue, the members should have been able to vote."

It is not clear what impact, if any, her personal views would have had on her judicial rulings. The religious beliefs of nominees on abortion and other controversial social issues have been a significant part of confirmation hearings for nominees thought to have traditional religious beliefs. Some civil rights activists (notably the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, Notre Dame law professor Charles Rice in the National Review, the civil rights group the Center for Jewish Values and the conservative Catholic group Fidelis) consider such interrogation by senators to be a violation of the constitutional prohibition of any religious tests for federal office.

Senator Brownback, a member of the Judiciary Committee, said there was a "good chance" he would vote against Miers if she testified that Roe v. Wade was "settled law".

Miers withdrew her nomination shortly after an awkward dispute she had in a private talk with Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, then the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. At issue was what she had said during their private talk about the right to privacy, a major underpinning of Roe v. Wade.

Affirmative action
As President of the Texas State Bar, Miers supported affirmative action, going so far as to continue a quota system for women and ethnic minorities practicing law in the state. Bob Dunn, the outgoing president of the organization, described Miers as "certainly one of the leaders" in supporting the quota system.

The right to keep and bear arms
Miers included the "right to keep and bear arms" in a list of "precious liberties" contained in a commentary she authored in 1992.

Gay rights
Although Miers did not make her position clear on gay rights, she hinted at her views in answering a questionnaire submitted to her by a Texas gay rights group during her 1989 campaign for a Dallas City Council position. Miers indicated on the questionnaire that she supported civil rights for homosexuals, but opposed the repeal of the sodomy laws that were ultimately overturned by a 6–3 decision (with Justice O'Connor in the majority) in Lawrence v. Texas. Miers was mistakenly thought to have served on the board of the ex-gay organization Exodus International; she had actually served on the board of Exodus Ministries, a former prisoner rehabilitation organization.

Balance of powers
As President of the Texas State Bar, Miers fought legislation that would curtail the power of the Texas Supreme Court to limit attorneys fees in tort lawsuits. Some commentators have asked whether this portends a lack of respect for the proper role of the courts. For example, conservative activist Mark Levin responded to this information by saying, "[i]f there is a bias toward judicial supremacy, it's best that we know this now, in advance of a confirmation vote." Miers' rationale for withdrawing her nomination—that she feared the Senate's demand for information about her White House work would force a breach of Executive Branch secrecy—may indicate that she supported expansive presidential powers.

Other potential controversies: the Texas Lottery Commission
From 1995 to 2000, Miers chaired the Texas Lottery Commission (having been appointed by Bush when he was Governor of Texas).

In 1997, the Commission hired Lawrence Littwin as the lottery's executive director; five months later, he was fired. Littwin brought suit over his firing, alleging that the lottery contractor, GTech Corporation, had influenced the Commission to fire him for improper reasons. GTech settled the case by paying him $300,000, with Littwin agreeing not to discuss the case or the settlement.

Reactions to her nomination
Miers' nomination drew criticism from both political parties. Principal complaints focused on her credentials, which critics charged were insufficient for the position.

Liberals and many conservatives also charged that her nomination was the result of political cronyism. Since her legal experience did not compare to that of other possible candidates, like federal appellate judges Edith Jones, Priscilla Owen, and Janice Rogers Brown, it was deemed likely that President Bush nominated Miers for her personal loyalty to him rather than for her qualifications. In letters to then-Governor Bush dating from 1997, she wrote, "You are the best governor ever - deserving of great respect," called Bush "cool," and wrote that he and his wife, Laura, were "the greatest!" She was compared to Michael Brown, a Bush appointee alleged to have gotten his position based on loyalty rather than experience. Brown had resigned as chief of FEMA exactly three weeks prior to Miers' nomination, amidst nearly universal condemnation of how he and his agency handled Hurricane Katrina.

Conservatives complained that there was no written record to demonstrate that she was either a strict constructionist or originalist in her approach to constitutional interpretation.

Notable conservative commentators expressing these or other concerns included newspaper columnists Pat Buchanan, Ann Coulter, Charles Krauthammer, William Kristol, Rush Limbaugh, Ramesh Ponnuru, and George Will; former Bush speechwriter David Frum; and constitutional scholar Randy Barnett. Finally, Robert Bork, one of the premier advocates of originalism and a Supreme Court nominee under President Reagan who was eventually rejected by the Senate, proclaimed that the nomination was "a disaster on every level," and a "slap in the face" to conservatives.

In addition to the initial positive comments from Democratic Senator Harry Reid, some prominent Republican conservatives were supportive of Miers, including former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson (who later suggested he would have recanted his endorsement if she had not withdrawn), Senator John Cornyn of Texas, columnist Mark Steyn, and former Indiana Senator Dan Coats, who became the Bush administration's appointed guide for Miers through the confirmation process.

In mid-October, the Senate Judiciary Committee requested Miers resubmit her judicial questionnaire after members complained her answers were "inadequate," "insufficient," and "insulting." Reports that the administration had told party activists that Miers would oppose abortion rights led the Judicial Committee to ask Miers if she had ever disclosed to anyone how she might rule from the bench. In the same question, it also requested information about "all communications by the Bush administration or individuals acting on behalf of the administration to any individuals or interest groups with respect to how you would rule." Miers wrote just one word in response: "No."

Rev. Rob Schenck (brother of Rev. Paul Schenck) met with Miers and learned that she was attending St. John's Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.—which he noted for its ties to pro-gay attitudes within the Church—rather than a local chapter of the more fundamentalist Church of Christ as she had back in Texas. This made the religious right skeptical of Miers.

The news of the nomination and Bush's support of Miers' nomination in part inspired satirist Stephen Colbert to create the term "Truthiness," meaning to know things intuitively without regard for evidence. Colbert said in the guise of his character on The Colbert Report:

"Consider Harriet Miers. If you 'think' about it, of course her nomination's absurd. But the president didn't say he 'thought' about his selection. He said this:

Notice how he said nothing about her brain? He didn't have to. He feels the truth about Harriet Miers."

Following the October 3 nomination of Miers for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court by President George W. Bush, then-Ohio Senator Mike DeWine stated, "I think the fact she doesn't have judicial experience will add to the diversity of the Supreme Court. There is no reason everyone has to have that same [judicial] background."

Withdrawal
President George W. Bush withdrew his nomination of Harriet Miers shortly after an awkward dispute she had with Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, then the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. At issue was what she had said during their private talk about the right to privacy, an underpinning of the high court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision establishing abortion rights.

Bush stated that Miers asked to withdraw her nomination on October 27, 2005, and he acceded to her wishes. The narrative where Miers jumped rather than being pushed was accepted at first, but has since been challenged. Most prominently, Jan Crawford Greenburg reported that Miers' abysmal performance in murder boards before the hearings made clear to White House Chief of Staff Andy Card and Deputy White House Counsel William K. Kelley that the game was up, at which point, they demanded Miers withdraw. After initial resistance, she acquiesced.

Bush and Miers attributed her withdrawal to requests from the Judiciary Committee for the release of internal White House documents that the administration had insisted were protected by executive privilege. Both Republican and Democratic senators denied that they were attempting to obtain privileged documents. Most observers instead believed this rationale was a way for the Bush administration to pull her nomination and still "save face," by avoiding a direct acknowledgment of the lack of support for her nomination. The claim of executive privilege had been publicly recommended as an "exit strategy" by commentators such as Charles Krauthammer, and reports indicated that White House advisors had considered that as a tactic.

Samuel Alito, a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, was nominated four days after her withdrawal and subsequently confirmed.

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Rieti

Rieti (, Sabino: Riete) is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina region.

The town centre stands on a small hilltop, commanding from the southern edge the wide Rieti valley, at the bottom of the Sabine hills and of monti Reatini, including mount Terminillo. The plain was once a large lake, drained by the ancient Romans, and is now the fertile basin of the Velino River. Only the small Ripasottile and Lungo lakes remain of the larger original.

Prehistory
According to the legend, Reate was founded by Rea, a divinity (that would be the origin of the town name). It was founded at the beginning of the Iron Age (9th–8th century BC).

Probably in earlier times the lands around Rieti were inhabited by Umbri, then by Aborigines and later on by Sabines, who reached the lands sited in the nearby of Tevere river.

Ancient era
Reate was originally a major site of the Sabine nation well before the foundation of Rome. According to the legend, when Romulus founded Rome, Romans kidnapped Sabine women in order to populate the town (The Rape of the Sabine Women) and this led to a war between Romans and Sabines. The battle of the Lacus Curtius came to an end only when the women threw themselves between the armies, begging the men who were by then their relatives to stop fighting. Romulus and Titus Tatius relented and a collaboration between the two people started. According to an account more based on history, Sabines settled on the Quirinale because of their continuous need for grazing-lands.

After the final Roman conquest, carried out by Manius Curius Dentatus in the early third century BC (290 BC), the village became a strategic point in the early Italian road network, dominating the "salt" track (Via Salaria) that linked Rome to the Adriatic Sea through the Apennines. Many lands of Reate and Amiternum were confiscated and allocated to Romans. From the outset, Sabines were offered Roman citizenship but without voting rights, until in 268 BC they gained full citizenship, and were incorporated into two new tribes (Velina and Quirina).

Curius Dentatus drained a large portion of the lake by diverting the Velino river into the Nera (thus giving birth to Marmore Falls). The wide area once occupied by the lake turned into a fertile plain (the Rieti Valley). Following Roman customs, the land was split into characteristic square allotments. The town itself underwent significant development, being re-organised according to typical Roman urban standards (e.g., two crossed roads make up the settlement's backbone), and was fortified with strong walls. A stone bridge was laid across the Velino river, and a large viaduct was built to bring goods from the Via Salaria directly to Rieti's southern gate.

Roman Reate receives a number of mentions in Latin literature, thanks to its flourishing soil, its valued assets, and some peculiarities of the surroundings (such as wandering islands and hollow-subsurfaced fields). Cicero, for instance, describes the tensions between Reate and Interamna (Terni) following the lake drainage, and refers to the country house (villa) that his friend Q. Axius owned in the plain.

One of the most important Sabine families that gained success in Rome was the Gens Flavia, from which Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus (who started the building of the Colosseum, also known as the Amphitheatrum Flavium) descended.

The Reatin poet and writer Marcus Terentius Varro was born in 116 BC and he is usually referred to as the father of Roman erudition.

Middle Ages

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire Rieti suffered destruction by Barbarians, but never ceased to be an important gastaldate during the Lombard domination, as part of the Duchy of Spoleto. Under the Franks, it was the county capital. It was sacked by the Saracens in the ninth and tenth century and by the Norman king Roger II of Sicily in 1149.

The city was rebuilt with the help of the Roman comune, and from 1198 was also a free commune, of Guelph orientation, with a podestà of its own.

As a favourite Papal seat, Rieti was the place of important historical events: Constance of Hauteville married here by proxy Emperor Henry VI (1185). Charles I of Anjou was crowned King of Apulia, Sicily and Jerusalem by Pope Nicholas IV in 1289. Pope Gregory IX canonized St. Dominic in Rieti (1234).

Moses ben Isaac of Rieti (1388-1467) was a Jewish scholar and physician who authored a two-part Dantean poem known for its wealth of literary-biographical information, and especially as a primary source for the Shalshelet haQabbalah of Gedalya ibn Yihya. This poem was published as Sefer Miqdash Meat by Jacob Goldenthal (Vienna 1851).

Late Middle Ages and modern era
After the Papal seat had been moved to Avignon, Rieti was conquered by the King of Naples, while inner struggles between Guelphs and Ghibellines broke out. In 1354 it was won back by Cardinal Albornoz, and it later became a feudal seigneury of the Alfani family within the Papal States. More of the surrounding plain was drained in the following century, but this led to confrontation with the neighboring Terni.

Rieti was province capital of the Papal States from 1816 to 1860. In 1821 the Battle of Rieti between Austrian forces and southern Italian rebels was fought just outside the city at Antrodoco. After the unification of Italy, it was initially part of Umbria, being annexed to Lazio in 1923. It became the provincial capital on January 2, 1927.

Climate
Rieti has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa) with cool winters and hot summers, and plentiful precipitation throughout the year.

Main sights
The ancient Sabine and Roman city was crowded with buildings, including baths (thermae). Only scarce remains were found during excavations in 19th and 20th century: the foundations of a large temple, the stone floor of the main square (forum), walls from private houses, concrete vaults, statues and pottery items. The most striking remains are the stone bridge across the Velino river and the viaduct.

Piazza San Rufo is traditionally considered to be the exact centre of Italy (Latin Umbilicus Italiae).

Other sights include:
 * Rieti Cathedral: Construction started in 1109 over a pre-existing basilica, was consecrated in 1225 and almost entirely rebuilt in 1639. It has a stunning Romanesque bell tower from 1252. The entrance portico leads to a 13th-century portal. The interior, on Latin cross plan with one nave and two aisles, has mainly Baroque decorations, including a St. Barbara sculpted by Giannantonio Mari (1657), probably designed by Bernini. Antoniazzo Romano contributed a fresco. It also houses canvases from 16th and 17th centuries. The crypt corresponds to the most ancient part of the church, consecrated in 1157. The Baptistery has an elegant 15th-century baptismal font.
 * Palazzo Vescovile ("Bishops Palace" or "Papal Palace"): Construction begun in 1283. Noteworthy are the loggia and eight Renaissance-style windows from 1532. The lower floor is occupied by the so-called "Volte del Vescovado", a great portico with two naves of Gothic arcades. The Grand Hall houses the Diocese Gallery.
 * Palazzo Comunale ("Town Hall", 13th century, rebuilt in the 18th century), facing Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, a square corresponding to the ancient Roman forum. The Palace houses the town museum (Museo Civico di Rieti) which hosts works by Antoniazzo Romano, Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorwaldsen.
 * Palazzo del Governo, with a noble loggia from 1596.
 * Bishop's Arch, a bridge built by Boniface VIII.
 * San Pietro Martire - church of St. Peter Martyr (13th century), with luxurious golden Baroque decorations. It has a Presentation of Christ to the Temple by Giovanni Battista Gaulli.
 * Palazzo Vicentini, attributed to Giuliano da Sangallo the Younger.
 * Walls of Rieti; Walls date from first half of the 13th century, with characteristical rounded and square towers.
 * Sant'Agostino: 13th century Gothic-style church restored in the 18th century). The portal has a fresco of Madonna with Child and Saints Augustine and Nicholas (1354) of Sienese school.
 * San Francesco: church begun in 1245, radically restored in 1636). The interior has a single nave. The original frescoes from the 14th-15th centuries depicting scenes from the life of St. Francis and the Virgin and Child are now in the Diocese Museum and in the Palazzo Vescovile.
 * Teatro Flavio Vespasiano is the city's theater and opera house, built in the late 19th century.
 * Palazzo Vecchiarelli: late Renaissance palace designed by Carlo Maderno.
 * Sant'Antonio al Monte: 15th century monastery and church
 * San Domenico

Also interesting are the sights in the Lake Lungo and Ripasottile Natural Preserve, and the Mount Terminillo.

Notable people

 * Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC), Roman scholar and writer.
 * Antonio Gherardi (1638–1702), Italian painter, architect, and sculptor (stuccoist).
 * Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1743), composer.
 * Giuseppe Ferrari (1840–1905), painter.
 * Elio Augusto Di Carlo (1918–1998), Italian ornithologist, historian and physician.
 * Renzo De Felice (1929–1996), historian of Fascism.
 * Kobe Bryant (1978-2020), NBA player grew up in Rieti.
 * Willie Sojourner (1948-2005), NBA player. Played, coached and died in Rieti. PalaSojourner is named after him.

Twin cities

 * 🇯🇵 Ito, Japan, since 1985
 * Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France, since 2000
 * Nordhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany, since 2010

Transportation
Rieti is not crossed by any of Autostrade of Italy; all roads connecting Rieti with other cities are therefore state highways (strade statali), in most cases single carriageway roads.

The most important road link is strada statale 4 Via Salaria, which connects Rieti with Rome at south and with Ascoli Piceno and the Adriatic Sea at north, just like the ancient Via Salaria Roman road. Other major roads include the strada statale 79 Ternana, which connects Rieti with Terni and with the Orte gate of Autostrada A1; strada statale 17, which branches from strada statale 4 in Antrodoco, connects Rieti with L'Aquila; strada statale 578 Salto Cicolana, which connects Rieti with Avezzano and with the Salto valley gate of A24 and A25 autostradas.

Rieti's railway station is located on the regional, low traffic Terni–Sulmona railway, with trains to Terni and L'Aquila. There is no direct railway link between Rieti and Rome, as the construction of such railway has been subject of a long debate but never took place; Rome can be reached by bus or by catching a train to the Terni station, where direct trains to Rome can be found.

The Rieti Airport is mainly used by small private planes and for gliding.

Sport

 * Stadio Raul Guidobaldi in Rieti hosts every year since 1971 the Rieti Meeting, an international athletics event known for the many world records settled here, to the point that Steve Cram defined Rieti as "a Mecca for middle-distance runners looking for fast times". Example of these include Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell, who ran the then world record time of 9.74 s in the 100 meters at the Rieti meeting on September 9, 2007 (the record stood until Usain Bolt broke it on 31 May 2008) and Kenyan runner David Rudisha, who ran a world record time of 1:41.01 in the 800 meters at the Rieti meeting on August 29, 2010 (the record stood until Rudisha beat his own mark at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, running a 1:40:91 on August 9, 2012).
 * The 2013 edition of European Athletics Junior Championships were also held at the Stadio Raul Guidobaldi.
 * Rieti is the base of a strong athletics movement, with an average of one athlete every forty inhabitants. Atletica Studentesca Andrea Milardi, formerly known as Atletica Studentesca CARIRI, is the main athletics team and has been the place where many Italian athletes grew up to become part of the Italy national athletics team. Among them is Andrew Howe, born in Los Angeles but grown up in Rieti, Angelo Cipolloni, Patrizia Spuri, Roberto Donati, Lorenzo Valentini and many others.
 * Rieti was home to an important basketball team, AMG Sebastiani, which played in the PalaSojourner arena and won the 1979-80 FIBA Korać Cup, whose players included Willie Sojourner and Joe Bryant (who played in Rieti from 1984 to 1986 and then another 5 years in Italy; his son Kobe Bryant, who also became an NBA player, attended school in Rieti and as a result spoke fluent Italian. ). After the dissolution of AMG Sebastiani, newer teams were formed such as Nuova AMG Sebastiani, which managed for some years to regain a spot in Italian basketball's first division.
 * The biggest football club in Rieti is Serie C team FC Rieti, which plays at the Stadio Centro d'Italia – Manlio Scopigno. Futsal team Real Rieti Calcio a 5 plays in Italy's premier league.
 * Rieti is home to a 9-hole golf course, the "Centre of Italy" golf club.

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This reduced quality image is the cover of the Gamma World "Basic Rules Booklet" that came with the Gamma World game set I bought years ago. I feel that the image captures the feel of this wonderful game well. It is marked copyright 1983 however I understand that this image would qualify as fair use. If this is incorrect please let me know.

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