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be ready to sail, and his ships are ready to fight again, when they reach Mauritius. Keating is equally ready. The "Emma" nears the "Boadicea", with many other British sails in view. Tom Pullings comes aboard with the Gazette announcing the birth of a son to Sophia. Aubrey is ecstatic at the news. Then he opens Admiral Bertie's letter ordering him to join the fleet at Rodriguez, where he will be on HMS "Illustrious", and the Army led by General Abercrombie. The final invasion, based on Aubrey and Keating's original plan, is almost without bloodshed. The French capitulate after being given honourable terms.
Maturin finds that Clonfert, at the military hospital in Port Louis since the battle, | 12,800 |
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has committed suicide, unable to face Jack Aubrey, whom he considers a rival. A ceremonial dinner is given at Government House. Maturin spreads rumours about Aubrey's father soon to have power in London, via Mr Peters, which rumours are believed by Bertie. The Admiral gives Aubrey the honour of taking the dispatches of this success aboard the "Boadicea" to England.
# Characters.
- In England
- Jack Aubrey: Captain in the Royal Navy and appointed commodore during this story. Also captain of HMS "Boadicea".
- Stephen Maturin: ship's surgeon, friend to Jack, natural philosopher and intelligence officer.
- Sophia Aubrey: Jack's wife, his true love and mother of his children; a beautiful and | 12,801 |
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strong woman.
- Charlotte and Fanny: Jack and Sophie's twin, infant daughters, perhaps six months old when he leaves.
- Baby boy Aubrey: Son born to Sophia while this mission takes place; news is in the Naval Gazette.
- Cecelia: Young daughter of Mrs William's middle daughter. Niece of Sophie and Jack, living with them at Ashgrove Cottage.
- Mrs Williams: Jack Aubrey's mother in law, now bankrupt and living with her daughter Sophia.
- Bessie: cook at Ashgrove Cottage until Mrs Williams abruptly dismisses her without a good word, for touching the mushrooms carefully collected as a gift to the Aubreys by Maturin, a man unknown to her.
- Lady Clonfert: wife of Captain Lord Clonfert, seeking | 12,802 |
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passage to join him at the Cape.
- At the Cape
- Robert Townsend Farquhar, Esquire: temporary governor of La Réunion, trained in the law, skilled in politics, no ear for music, good chess player. He is R T Farquhar when picked up at Plymouth, but oddly William Farquhar, Governor-designate in Admiral Bertie's orders to Aubrey.
- Mr Lemuel Akers: First lieutenant in HMS "Boadicea" detached to sail HMS "Hyaena" to Gibraltar.
- Mr Seymour: Second lieutenant in HMS "Boadicea", acting first lieutenant after Akers parts company.
- Mr Trollope: Third lieutenant in HMS "Boadicea", acting second after Akers parts company.
- Mr Johnson: master's mate in HMS "Boadicea", Acting Lieutenant after Akers | 12,803 |
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parts company, appointment confirmed at Cape Town.
- Mr Richardson: Midshipman in "Boadicea", nicknamed Spotted Dick, skilled in mathematics, partner to Aubrey in navigation. Later he takes the aviso "Pearl" to Rodriguez island.
- Mr Buchan: Master in HMS "Boadicea" who is killed by cannon fire from French ship "Astrée".
- Mr John Fellowes: Bosun of the "Boadicea".
- Admiral Bertie: Admiral in Simon's Town, for Cape Town station of the Royal Navy, with an eye to financial gain and baronetcy.
- Mr Peter: Secretary to Aubrey, from Simon's Town. He is connected to Admiral Bertie, serving as a spy for him aboard the squadron, as Maturin quickly realizes and, at the end, uses to his and Aubrey's | 12,804 |
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advantage.
- William McAdam: Surgeon in HMS "Néréide", specialist in diseases of the mind, knows Clonfert and knew his father as well.
- Golovnin: Russian fleet lieutenant, captain of sloop "Diana" caught at Cape Town when Russia joined with France for a while (thus an enemy to England), slipped away without harm.
- Barret Bonden: Jack Aubrey's Coxswain, who joined him at Cape Town.
- Preserved Killick: Jack Aubrey's steward who joined him at Cape Town.
- At La Réunion and Mauritius
- Lieutenant Colonel Harry Keating: British army commander of the 56th Regiment of Foot, leader of all army and sepoy units.
- Colonel Fraser: British army officer leading a brigade in the attack on La Réunion, | 12,805 |
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arrived on the "Sirius".
- Colonel McLeod: British army officer leading a brigade in the attack on La Réunion, arrived on the "Boadicea".
- Colonel Saint-Susanne: French army commander on La Réunion, surrendered the island on terms.
- Mr Satterly: Master in HMS "Néréide"
- Mr Webber: Second lieutenant in HMS "Néréide".
- Hamelin: French commodore, based in the "Vénus".
- Duvallier: French commander in Port South East.
- General Abercrombie: Commander of the invasion army, takes command over Keating.
- Squadron leaders
- Captain Pym: captain of HMS "Sirius".
- Lord Clonfert: Commander of HMS "Otter" and then post captain in HMS "Néréide".
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is made Master and Commander of "Otter" upon promotion of Clonfert to "Néréide".
- Captain Corbett: Captain of HMS "Néréide" and then HMS "Africaine".
- Captain Eliot: Captain in HMS "Boadicea" while Aubrey sailed in HMS "Raisonable".
- Captain Lambert: Captain of HMS "Iphigenia".
- Captain Lucius Curtis: Captain of HMS "Magicienne" who joined convoy after chasing "Vénus", which took more merchant ships.
- Lord Narborough (Garron): Captain of HMS "Staunch", arrives during La Reunion action, was remembered as third in the "Surprise" (in prior novel HMS "Surprise"), but he was third in the "Lively", the voyage afterward.
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as Captain of troop ship "Groper", then of "Emma". He is now the father of a son, John.
- Mr Fortescue: Captain of the schooner "Wasp", and a man fond of birds, spent a long time with the albatross, shared specimens with Maturin after carrying him ashore on La Réunion.
# Ships.
## The Squadron.
- HMS "Boadicea"
- HMS "Raisonnable"- Ship of the line
- HMS "Sirius" *
- HMS "Néréide" *
- HM Sloop "Otter" *
- HMS "Magicienne"*
- HMS "Staunch" * - brig
- HMS "Iphigenia" *
- HMS "Africaine" *
- HMS "Bombay" *
- "Wyndham" * - Indiaman used as transport once recaptured
- "Kite" – transport
- "Solebay" – transport
- "Groper" – transport
- "Emma" – transport
- HMS "Leopard" *
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– schooner
- HMS "Illustrious" *
## The French.
- "Caroline" * - frigate
- "Bellone" * - frigate
- "Minerve" * - frigate
- "Victor" * - corvette
- "Ceylan" * - captured British Indiaman
- "Wyndham" * - captured British Indiaman
- "Vénus" * - frigate
- "Manche" * - frigate
- "Astrée" * - frigate
- "Hébé" is the former HMS "Hyaena" (taken in the Atlantic)
# Major themes.
The novel gives further scope to Maturin's role as both a secret agent (in which he uses propaganda effectively to support the campaign) and as a naturalist (in which he is seen collecting relics of the extinct birds the dodo and the solitaire), while Aubrey experiences naval battles as the "looker-on" while others | 12,809 |
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are directly in the fight. Aubrey makes the strategic decisions and knows the timing of when to act, but must learn how to manage other captains, not only the crew directly reporting to him. One theme is the contrast between Aubrey's development in his career and acceptance of what comes, to the insecurity of Clonfert, also a skilled seaman, who had been with him in the West Indies when neither had been "given his step" to commander or captain.
Walton comments that "The most interesting thing about this volume is Lord Clonfert, an Irish peer who feels the need to outdo everyone—his surgeon says at one point that if Jack is the dashing frigate captain, Clonfert has to be the dashing frigate | 12,810 |
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captain to the power of ten. He’s ridiculous, he lies, but he is brave and does know the waters. And for once we hear Stephen and Jack discuss him, because he’s not a shipmate so Stephen doesn’t feel like an informer talking about him. He’s a psychological curiosity without any doubt, and O’Brian does him very well. There’s also the flogging Captain Corbett—so among his little fleet there’s one dandy and one tartar, and Jack has to try to manage them diplomatically."
# Allusions to history and real persons.
The military actions of the novel are very closely based upon the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 carried out by the Royal Navy in 1810 under Commodore Josias Rowley with the assistance | 12,811 |
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of army forces under Harry Keating. O'Brian notes this in the preface. Réunion (Île Bourbon or Île Bonaparte) was taken completely in July 1810, and Mauritius (Île de France, earlier called Mauritius by the Dutch) was formally captured on 3 December 1810. Many of the names of people involved in that action are given to characters in the novel.
O'Brian used literary license in making Aubrey a Commodore while still a relatively junior captain, however this puts him equal in rank to the man who led the squadron in history, Commodore Rowley. In the novel, Aubrey was appointed directly by the Admiralty with the help of Maturin's persuasion, as Maturin had been at work on the intelligence side of | 12,812 |
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the project. There are other differences from the historical event, one being that the French captain of the "Vénus" Hamelin survived the encounter, surrendering to the British, going on to honor in France. In contrast, Captain Corbett's reputation and death aboard ship match that of Robert Corbet, who was captain of "Néréide" and then given the "Africaine" when he brought the captured "Caroline" in to England. Lord Clonfert is fictional, in place of Nesbit Willoughby, who was captain of HMS Néréide; though Willoughby had a spotty career and took many wounds, he survived the battle and lived unmarried. Lord Clonfert takes the same splinter wound to the eye as Willoughby received. In the battle, | 12,813 |
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Pym was taken prisoner by the French in the Battle of Grand Port in August 1810, released only when a later squadron from Cape Town re-took Île de la Passe in December 1810, freeing Pym and others taken prisoner. For the loss of his ship, Pym faced the usual court martial, and was exonerated of blame for the losses. In the novel, it is Captain Lord Clonfert who is left a prisoner in the action, seriously wounded, under the care of his own and French physicians until the squadron arrives under Admiral Bertie to accept the island's capitulation, but he does not live to face a court martial.
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event, as he led the squadron in December 1810. Some view that defeat as the most serious to the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars; the interim defeat and very real loss of ships were cloaked in victory, as the islands were taken. The French mark their victory on the Arc de Triomphe, the only naval action noted there. Though Aubrey expects no baronetcy for his accomplishments in the novel, in history, both Admiral Bertie and Commodore Rowley received a baronetcy in recognition of their success in a popular military campaign.
A commodore indicated on which ship in his squadron he was sailing by showing his broad pendant (some editions have 'broad pennant').
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Royal Society of Miss Caroline Herschel, famed astronomer and sister to William Herschel, and she aided him in the technique of polishing the lens for his telescope. She was in her sixties at the time period of the novel. In his development as a scientific sailor, Aubrey had presented a paper on his method for improving navigation by tracking the planets.
The island now called Réunion (French "La Réunion") had several names in this era, including Île Bourbon and Île Bonaparte, reflecting the opposing sides in France. Bourbon was the name of the royal family deposed by the French Revolution and a way to refer to the royalists among the French; Napoleon Bonaparte was the emperor of the expanding | 12,816 |
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French empire. The French ship "Caroline" was rechristened as HMS "Bourbonnaise", both because there was already a ship named Caroline in the Royal Navy, and the island where she was taken had that as one of its names.
The story of the Russian Captain Golovnin aboard the ship "Diana", caught at a British port when the national alliances had changed as he was sailing, refers to that historical situation, which occurred in the same year that the squadron to take the two French islands was assembled.
# Allusions to literature.
The story contains numerous allusions to the ideas and thinking of others. At one point Aubrey is recorded "adding, not without pride, "Ex Africa surgit semper aliquid | 12,817 |
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novo, – novi, eh?"" ("Always something new coming out of Africa".) This is the popular version of a quotation from Pliny the Elder, ""unde etiam vulgare Graeciae dictum semper aliquid novi Africam adferre"" Later Maturin quotes the Earl of Rochester, "Every man would be a coward if he durst" (which he would have seen in Samuel Johnson's "Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets".) Throughout the novel there are allusions and quotes. including Alexander Pope, Pliny the Elder, Samuel Johnson, Horace, Lewis Carroll and from "King Lear" by Shakespeare.
# Literary significance and criticism.
"Taken together, the novels are a brilliant achievement. They display staggering erudition on almost all | 12,818 |
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aspects of early nineteenth century life, with impeccable period detail...[Compared to Forester's characters] Aubrey and Maturin are subtler, richer items; in addition Patrick O'Brian has a gift for the comic which Forester lacks.
"Jack's assignment: to capture the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion and Mauritius from the French. That campaign forms the narrative thread of this rollicking sea saga. But its substance is more beguiling still..." —Elizabeth Peer, Newsweek
"Kirkus Reviews" found the language of the novel to be "shot through with unobtrusive culture and period texture that flows like a serenade". The characters are drawn well, with "a crazy inner skip to their hearts," summing up | 12,819 |
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the writing as having "the poetry of fact on blue-water currents under the trades."
Reviews published at the re-issue in 1991 were favorable and detailed.
"Publishers Weekly" found O'Brian to be "a graceful writer, and the book is full of wonderful period details". The novel's "peculiar narrative structure" suggests climaxes that do not happen.
Richard Snow wrote in 1991 that he had read the novels from "Master and Commander" to "Desolation Island" from American publishers twenty years earlier. He enjoyed the happy ending of "Master and Commander" and was grateful for more, including "a complex and fascinating successor [which] appeared -- "The Mauritius Command"." O'Brian's "portrayal of | 12,820 |
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life aboard a sailing ship is vivid and authoritative" and O'Brian presented "the lost arcana of that hard-pressed, cruel, courageous world with an immediacy that makes its workings both comprehensible and fascinating." He noted too that "behind the humor, behind the storms and the broadside duels . . . loomed something larger: the shape and texture of a whole era." As strong as the historical detail was, Snow remarked that "in the end it is the serious exploration of human character that gives the books their greatest power", and he also referred to the poetry of the writing, saying that O'Brian "manages to express, with the grace and economy of poetry, familiar things that somehow never get | 12,821 |
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written down, as when he carefully details the rueful steps by which Stephen Maturin falls out of love." At this time of the re-issues of the novels by W W Norton in the US, Snow recommended that a reader start with the first and keep reading to the last one, then "You will have read what I continue to believe are the best historical novels ever written."
Kevin Myers wrote in "The Irish Times" that"O'Brian's sheer brilliance as a writer constantly dazzles, and his power over the reader is unique. No writer alive can move one as O'Brian can; no one can make you laugh so loud with hilarity, whiten your knuckles with unbearable tension or choke with emotion. He is the master."
# Adaptations.
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3 April 2011 the BBC broadcast Roger Danes' dramatization of the book, in three one-hour parts, in the "Classic Serial" strand on BBC Radio 4. Produced and directed by Bruce Young, its cast was:
- Captain Jack Aubrey – David Robb
- Doctor Stephen Maturin – Richard Dillane
- Governor Farquhar – David Rintoul
- Lt-Col Keating – Thomas Arnold
- Lord Clonfert – Sam Dale
- Captain Corbett – Christian Rodska
- Lt Seymour – Max Dowler
- Midshipman George Johnson – Nyasha Hatendi
- Dr McAdam/Admiral Bertie – Sean Baker
- Captain Pym – Brian Bowles
- Mrs. Williams – Joanna Monro
- Sophie – Sally Orrock
# Publication history.
- 1977, UK, Collins Publishers Hardcover First edition
- 1978, | 12,823 |
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May UK, Fontana Paperback
- 1978, May USA, Stein & Day Hardcover edition
- 1989, February UK, Fontana Paperback
- 1991, May USA, W. W. Norton & Company Paperback Reprint edition
- 1992, December USA, William A. Thomas Braille Bookstore Hardcover edition
- 1993, April UK, ISIS Audio Books Audio book Patrick Tull (Narrator)
- 1994, USA, W. W. Norton & Company Hardcover Reprint edition
- 1996, September UK, Harper Collins Paperback
- 1997, January UK, Harper Collins Audio book Robert Hardy (Narrator)
- 2000, November USA, Thorndike Press Hardcover
- 2001, March UK, Chivers Hardcover Large-print edition )
- 2001, November UK, Recorded Books Unabridged Patrick Tull (Narrator)
- 2001, | 12,824 |
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December UK, Chivers Paperback Large-print edition
- 2002, September UK, Soundings Audio book (CD), Stephen Thorne (Narrator)
- 2004, USA, Blackstone Audiobooks audio edition, August 2004, MP3 CD, Simon Vance (Narrator)
- 2004, USA, Blackstone Audiobooks audio edition, August 2004, MP3 CD, Simon Vance (Narrator)
- 2011, December USA, W. W. Norton & Company e-book
This novel was first issued in the UK in 1977 by Collins and in 1978 in the US by Stein & Day. It was among the many re-issued in paperback by W W Norton in 1990–1991, 14 years after its initial publication by Collins (note list above). More reviewers read this book and others in the series, and the series gained a new audience.
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process of reissuing the novels prior to this novel and "The Letter of Marque" was in full swing in 1991, as the whole series gained a new and wider audience, as Mark Howowitz describes in writing about "The Nutmeg of Consolation", the fourteenth novel in the series and initially published in 1991.
Two of my favorite friends are fictitious characters; they live in more than a dozen volumes always near at hand. Their names are Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, and their creator is a 77-year-old novelist named Patrick O'Brian, whose 14 books about them have been continuously in print in England since the first, "Master and Commander," was published in 1970.
O'Brian's British fans include T. J. | 12,826 |
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Binyon, Iris Murdoch, A. S. Byatt, Timothy Mo and the late Mary Renault, but, until recently, this splendid saga of two serving officers in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars was unavailable in this country, apart from the first few installments which went immediately out of print. Last year, however, W. W. Norton decided to reissue the series in its entirety, and so far nine of the 14 have appeared here, including the most recent chapter, "The Nutmeg of Consolation".
# External links.
- A Dramatization of the Novel by the BBC
- The Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project: maps for HMS Boadicea
- The Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project: maps for HMS Raisonable
- The Patrick O'Brian Mapping | 12,827 |
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imothy Mo and the late Mary Renault, but, until recently, this splendid saga of two serving officers in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars was unavailable in this country, apart from the first few installments which went immediately out of print. Last year, however, W. W. Norton decided to reissue the series in its entirety, and so far nine of the 14 have appeared here, including the most recent chapter, "The Nutmeg of Consolation".
# External links.
- A Dramatization of the Novel by the BBC
- The Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project: maps for HMS Boadicea
- The Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project: maps for HMS Raisonable
- The Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project: maps for Dr. Maturin | 12,828 |
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Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Saint-Jérôme () (2011 Population 68,456) is a suburban city located about northwest of Montreal on the Rivière du Nord. The town is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its resorts via the Autoroute des Laurentides.
The town is named after Saint Jerome (ca. 347 – September 30, 420), a church father best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. His translation is known as the Vulgate.
# History.
The territory where the present city of Saint-Jérôme now stands was granted in 1752 by the marquis de la Jonquière, governor of New France, as the seignory of Augmentation des Mille-Iles (literally "enlargement" of the seignory of Mille-Iles). | 12,829 |
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From the 1760s to the 1840s, the seignory was owned by the Dumont and Lefebvre de Bellefeuille families, living in the town of Saint-Eustache, to the south. The Dumont and the Lefebvre conceded the farmland to colonists coming mostly from the region lying north of Montreal. The emerging town was then known under the name of Dumontville. The Catholic parish of Saint-Jérôme was constituted on November 15, 1834, and the village was constituted on July 1, 1845 by governor Metcalfe.
François-Xavier-Antoine Labelle, a Roman Catholic priest who was the great "colonizer" (promoter of settlement) of the North of Montreal, was in charge of the pastoral administration of Saint-Jérôme of 1868 until his | 12,830 |
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death, in 1891. Eight years after his arrival, he had a railway built linking Saint-Jérôme and Montreal.
Antoine Labelle was the parish priest of Saint-Jérôme for 22 years, from 1868 until his death, at 57 years of age, on January 4, 1891. He was called "the king of North, the apostle of colonization".
The opening of roads and the arrival of a railway became essential with the development of the small communities in the Laurentians. These transportation routes for the movement of goods and people would ensure the establishment of trade and industry.
Labelle promoted the idea of a railway towards the North beginning in 1869. The railway reached Saint-Jérôme in 1876, partly because a railway | 12,831 |
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was seen as a way to meet the needs for firewood and construction materials for urban centres like Montreal and Quebec.
In 2002 Saint-Jérôme amalgamated with the municipalities of Bellefeuille (2001 census population 14,066), Saint-Antoine (2001 population 11,488) and Lafontaine (2001 population 9,477).
Saint-Jérôme is the seat of the judicial district of Terrebonne.
# Transportation.
## Road.
Saint-Jérôme is served by Québec Autoroute 15, which is part of the Trans-Canada Highway system, and Québec Route 117. In addition, Québec Routes 158 and 333 pass through the city.
## Public transportation.
### Train.
Saint-Jérôme is served by the Saint-Jérôme intermodal commuter rail station by | 12,832 |
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Exo, the Greater Montreal Region's public transit system's exo2 line. Commuter trains to Montreal began to serve the station in January 2007, with four trains in each direction each business day.
Since upgrades to the line were made in 2013, which included work to double the track between Sainte-Rose station and Saint-Martin Junction and install Automatic Train Control (ATC) between Parc station and the end of the line in Saint-Jérôme, all trains now serve the station. There are 13 departures towards Montreal during the week, and six departures on the weekends and holidays.
### Bus.
The station is also served by bus routes operated by Exo, the neighbouring transit agency CRT Lanaudière, as | 12,833 |
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well as three private intercity bus companies.
## Trails.
Saint-Jérôme is an important stop on the north-south trunk of the "route verte" cycling path which makes it possible for nature lovers who are also pedaling enthusiasts to make short trips or excursions lasting several days from as far south as Blainville, Quebec on the outskirts of Montreal and as far north as Mont-Tremblant, Quebec without ever sharing the road with a motorized vehicle. North of Saint-Jérôme, the trail is known as the "P'tit Train du Nord" linear park (rail trail) and is also used as a cross-country ski trail in winter.
# Industry.
## Uniroyal, Dominion Rubber.
- In 1911, first rubber industry in St-Jerome, shoes | 12,834 |
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production
- In 1926, the industry is renamed Dominion Rubber.
- In the 1950s, 37,000 shoes where produced for all over the world.
- In 1966, the company is renamed UNIROYAL LTD.
- In 1968, the company changed its production for automobile parts, crashpad.
- In 1981, the company was sold to many cities like Woodbridge and Waterville.
- In 1994 the building was demolished.
# Health.
## Institutional health care.
The Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Saint-Jérôme (Health and Social Services Centre of Saint-Jérôme or CSSS) is the non-profit body that operates three different types of health care institution in the city: an acute-care hospital (the Hôpital régional de Saint-Jérôme), | 12,835 |
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the CLSC and long-term care facilities.
By its regional vocation, it serves the entire Laurentides region. The history of the CSSS of Saint-Jerome begins with the construction of the hospital in 1949 and its opening the following year.
The main purpose of the establishment is to offer care and high quality services to the population. In April 2007, the CSSS obtained accreditation from Accreditation Canada. This distinction confirms adequate standards of care and patient safety.
# Education.
Saint-Jérôme is home to the Cégep de Saint-Jérôme, one of the Colleges of General and Vocational Education located in the province. It is also home to a new Saint-Jérôme branch campus of the Université | 12,836 |
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du Québec en Outaouais.
The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools. Secondary schools in the community operated by this school district include:
- École secondaire Cap-Jeunesse
- École secondaire des Hauts-Sommets
- École secondaire des-Studios
- École polyvalente Saint-Jérôme
- École secondaire Frenette
- École secondaire Saint-Stanislas
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools. Schools serving the town:
- Laurentian Elementary School in Saint-Jérôme
- Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute
# Attractions.
- Roman Catholic cathedral, which includes a small museum
- Vieux-Palais modern art museum and | 12,837 |
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public library
- Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides
- Statue of Antoine Labelle, known as curé Labelle, who was principally responsible for the settlement of the Laurentians
- Several summer festivals
- Carrefour du Nord, a regional shopping mall
- Melançon Arena, an indoor arena
# Demographics.
According to the 2011 Canadian Census, the population of Saint-Jérôme is 68,456, a 7.4% increase from 2006. The population density is 756.3 people per square km. The median age is 43.9 years old, a bit older than the national median at 40.6 years old. There are 32,534 private dwellings with an occupancy rate of 95.6%. According to the 2011 National Household Survey, the median value of a | 12,838 |
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dwelling in Saint-Jérôme is $200,049 which is lower than the national average at $280,552. The median household income (after-taxes) in Saint-Jérôme is $40,544, a fair bit lower than the national average at $54,089.
Saint-Jérôme is mostly made up of European descents. The racial make up of Saint-Jérôme is:
- 96.6% White
- 1.0% Aboriginal; "0.5% First Nations, 0.4% Metis"
- 0.9% Latin American
- 0.6% Black
- 0.3% South Asian
- 0.2% East Asian;" 0.2% Chinese, 0.0% Korean, 0.0% Japanese"
- 0.2% Arab
- 0.1% Southeast Asian; "0.0% Filipino "
- 0.0% West Asian
- 0.1% Multiracial; "0.5% including Metis"
- 0.0% Other
Most of Saint-Jérôme's population is either Christian (88.1%), or affiliates | 12,839 |
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with no religion (11.1%). The remaining 0.8% affiliate with another religion.
Population trend:
- Population in 2011: 68,456 (2006 to 2011 population change: 7.4%)
- Population in 2006: 63,729
- Population in 2001: 59,614
- Saint-Jérôme: 24,583
- Bellefeuille: 14,066
- Saint-Antoine: 11,488
- Lafontaine: 9,477
- Population in 1996:
- Saint-Jérôme: 23,916
- Bellefeuille: 12,803
- Saint-Antoine: 10,806
- Lafontaine: 9,008
- Population in 1991:
- Saint-Jérôme: 23,384
- Bellefeuille: 10,883
- Saint-Antoine: 10,232
- Lafontaine: 7,365
The 2006 census found that 95.6% of residents spoke French as their mother tongue.
The next most common languages were English (1.4%) and Spanish | 12,840 |
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ne: 10,232
- Lafontaine: 7,365
The 2006 census found that 95.6% of residents spoke French as their mother tongue.
The next most common languages were English (1.4%) and Spanish (1.0%).
# Notable people.
- Tod Campeau, Professional hockey player
- Jonathan Huberdeau, Professional hockey player
- Boule Noire, singer
- Marc Nadon, Supreme Court nominee
- Little Beaver, wrestler
# Twin towns.
- Lisieux, France - since May 2010?
# See also.
- Municipal reorganization in Quebec
- Quebec Gatineau Railway
# External links.
- Ville de Saint-Jérôme, in French
- Commission de toponymie du Québec - Saint-Jérôme, in French
- Cégep de Saint-Jérôme, in French
- Best Western St-Jérome
br | 12,841 |
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Three Sisters tomato
The Three Sisters is a variety of tomato, so named because the plant grows vegetables in three different shapes, each given plant producing only one of the three:
- a large single-pleated size (most common)
- a more cylindrical shape, like a Roma tomato
- a pleated, flattened globe type
# See also.
- List of tomato cultivars | 12,842 |
621037 | Fiat Multipla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Multipla | Fiat Multipla
Fiat Multipla
The Fiat Multipla (Type 186) is a compact MPV produced by Italian automaker Fiat from 1998 to 2010. Based on the Brava, the Multipla was shorter and wider than its rivals. It had two rows of three seats, where its competitors had two across front seating. The Honda FR-V, which shares the seating layout, was released in 2005. Sales commenced in Italy in November 1998.
The Multipla was shorter than the three door Fiat Bravo on which it was based, while offering increased seating and cargo volume. In common with a number of other modern Fiats, the Multipla reused the name of an earlier vehicle, in this case the "Multipla" variant of the Fiat 600 produced during the 1950s and 1960s.
The | 12,843 |
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Multipla was marketed 2008-2013 under license in China as the Zotye M300 Langyue, using CKD (Complete Knock Down) kits from Italy. Zotye marketed a total of 220 all-electric versions of the M300.
# Design.
The exterior and interior design of the Multipla were displayed at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York during its "Different Roads - Automobiles for the Next Century" exhibition in 1999.
It won the "Top Gear" "Car of the Year" (2000), as well as the "Ugliest Car" in the same programme's awards. It was also voted "Top Gear Magazine"'s "Family Car of the Year" for four years in a row, from 2001 to 2004. In July 2000, in the series finale of "Clarkson's Car Years", it was awarded "Family | 12,844 |
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Car of the Moment".
In March 2004, upon its subsequent restyling, "The Telegraph" reported designers were "desperately sad that the new Multipla no longer resembles a psychotic cartoon duck," and "while passengers loved the adaptability of the clever interior, they were less keen on the sarcastic sneers and derisive laughter of their neighbours, friends and schoolmates; children can be cruel."
In January 1999, Multipla sales began in Italy, but most other markets had to wait another year before receiving imports. The Multipla sold well with Italian buyers, but sales elsewhere were less successful. In June 2004, the Multipla underwent a major facelift, to shed its original styling for a more | 12,845 |
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restrained look.
This was under the intention of attracting more buyers, which made it arrive to critical acclaim.
# Engines.
A 1.6 engine, that could be powered on either methane or standard petrol, was offered in certain markets.
# United Kingdom trim levels.
- Multipla SX: basic model available with petrol or diesel engines.
- Multipla ELX: added Air Conditioning, Twin Electric Sunroofs, alloy wheels and electric rear windows, as well as special wipe clean, brightly coloured seats.
In June 2004, when the Multipla received its facelift, these trim levels were later replaced with "Dynamic", "Dynamic Family", "Dynamic Plus".
# Inner room and flexibility.
The new generation Multipla | 12,846 |
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was praised by journalists at its launch for its flexibility. The Multipla’s three abreast seating configuration allows for adjustment of the front seats, and the removal and relocation of the rear seats into many formats. It also affords a big of luggage space, which can increase to of flat floor load space, with the rear three seats removed from the vehicle.
# Zotye M300 (Chinese rebadged version).
From December 2008 to September 2010, Zotye Auto had assembled Multipla 2 from KD kits, in its Changshan factory, and marketed it in China as "Multiplan". In October 2010, Zotye started to build a version of Multipla 2, employing more locally made parts in order to reduce costs; the new version | 12,847 |
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location of the rear seats into many formats. It also affords a big of luggage space, which can increase to of flat floor load space, with the rear three seats removed from the vehicle.
# Zotye M300 (Chinese rebadged version).
From December 2008 to September 2010, Zotye Auto had assembled Multipla 2 from KD kits, in its Changshan factory, and marketed it in China as "Multiplan". In October 2010, Zotye started to build a version of Multipla 2, employing more locally made parts in order to reduce costs; the new version is called "Langyue" in China.
# External links.
- Fiat Multipla Official United Kingdom Site
- Some History Of The Multipla
- Fiat Multipla Owner's Manual (1st generation) | 12,848 |
621035 | Yoshimi P-We | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshimi%20P-We | Yoshimi P-We
Yoshimi P-We
Yoshimi is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band Boredoms.
Alongside her drum playing skills with the Boredoms, she also performs on the vocals for OOIOO and also plays trumpets, guitars and keyboards as well.
Born in Okayama, Japan, Yoshimi joined her first band, U.F.O. or Die, with EYE in 1986. Since 1997, she led the all-female band OOIOO and continues to contribute to the current incarnation of Boredoms.
Yoshimi has worked on a great number of other projects, most notably a raga band called Saicobab, an ambient project called "Yoshimi and Yuka", the tribal-drum-influenced OLAibi, and indie supergroup Free Kitten. | 12,849 |
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She appeared as a session player and vocalist on the Flaming Lips' 2002 album, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots". Yoshimi participated as drummer one in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance, which occurred on July 7, 2007, at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York.
# Discography.
## Yoshimio.
- "Big Toast" (1993)
- "2" (1994)
- "3" (1995)
- "Yunnan Colorfree" (2007)
- "Bor-Cozmik" (2009)
## Yoshimi and Yuka.
- "Flower with No Color" (2003)
## OOIOO.
- "OOIOO" (1997)
- "Feather Float" (1999)
- "Gold and Green" (2000)
- "Kila Kila Kila" (2003)
- "Taiga" (2006)
- "OOEYヨOO -EYヨ REMIX" (Eye Remix EP) (2007)
- "COCOCOOOIOO: The Best of Shock City 1997–2001"
- "Armonico | 12,850 |
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" (2007)
- "Bor-Cozmik" (2009)
## Yoshimi and Yuka.
- "Flower with No Color" (2003)
## OOIOO.
- "OOIOO" (1997)
- "Feather Float" (1999)
- "Gold and Green" (2000)
- "Kila Kila Kila" (2003)
- "Taiga" (2006)
- "OOEYヨOO -EYヨ REMIX" (Eye Remix EP) (2007)
- "COCOCOOOIOO: The Best of Shock City 1997–2001"
- "Armonico Hewa" (2009)
- "Gamel" (2013)
## OLAibi.
- "Humming Moon Drip" (2006)
- "Tingaruda" (2009)
- "new rain" (2012)
- "Mi-mi wa wasu" (2017)
## Saicobab.
- "Sab Se Purani Bab" (2017)
## Z-Rock Hawaii.
- "Z-Rock Hawaii" (1996)
# External links.
- Emerald 13 Clothing Label
- 77 Boadrum Site Profile Viva Radio, Sep 2007. (Flash)
- http://www.ooioo.jp/ Official Website | 12,851 |
621040 | Bread bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bread%20bowl | Bread bowl
Bread bowl
A bread bowl is a round loaf of bread which has had a large portion of the middle cut out to create an edible bowl. They are typically larger than a roll but smaller than a full sized loaf of bread.
Bread bowls can be used to serve chili, New England-style clam chowder, and other thick stews (often, but not always, with a cheese or cream base). Soups with thinner bases are not generally served in bread bowls, as the broth would make the bread get too soggy too quickly. The bread becomes flavored as it absorbs some of the stew's base, and can be eaten after the stew has been eaten. Bread bowls are also used for dips, using the scooped-out bread for dipping.
Use of a bread bowl can | 12,852 |
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add considerably to a soup's calorie count. Calorie counts posted at Au Bon Pain, for example, state that the bread bowl contains 620 calories in addition to those in the soup itself.
# Variations.
In 2008 "The Daily Telegraph" reported that a company in Birmingham, UK, was making a naan bread version.
One of the traditional recipes that uses a bread bowl is Knorr Spinach dip made with their vegetable mix package. This classic recipe in a bread bowl is make with a round pumpernickel bread loaf.
## Coffin Lid.
"Coffin Lid" () is a Taiwanese variant developed in Tainan. It uses Texas toastpreferably those cut from the soft loaves popular in East Asiadeep frying the bread to a crisp. A layer | 12,853 |
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, was making a naan bread version.
One of the traditional recipes that uses a bread bowl is Knorr Spinach dip made with their vegetable mix package. This classic recipe in a bread bowl is make with a round pumpernickel bread loaf.
## Coffin Lid.
"Coffin Lid" () is a Taiwanese variant developed in Tainan. It uses Texas toastpreferably those cut from the soft loaves popular in East Asiadeep frying the bread to a crisp. A layer of crust is then cut away to expose the inside, which is then dug out, allowing stews to be placed in. The crust layer is then replaced on top of the stew.
# See also.
- Bread
- Bunny chow
- Edible tableware
- List of bread dishes
- Milk toast
- Sop
- Trencher | 12,854 |
621043 | Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japan%20Meteorological%20Agency%20seismic%20intensity%20scale | Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale
Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Seismic Intensity Scale is a seismic intensity scale used in Japan to categorize the intensity of local ground shaking caused by earthquakes.
The JMA intensity scale should not be confused or conflated with magnitude measurements like the moment magnitude (Mw) and the earlier Richter scales, which represent how much energy an earthquake releases. Much like the Mercalli scale, the JMA scheme quantifies how much ground-surface shaking takes place "at measurement sites distributed throughout an affected area". Intensities are expressed as numerical values called ; the higher the value, the more intense the | 12,855 |
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shaking. Values are derived from peak ground acceleration and duration of the shaking, which are themselves influenced by factors such as distance to and depth of the hypocenter (focus), local soil conditions, and nature of the geology in between, as well as the event's magnitude; every quake thus entails numerous intensities.
The data needed for calculating intensity are obtained from a network of 670 observation stations using "Model 95" strong ground motion accelerometers. The agency provides the public with real-time reports through the media and Internet giving event time, epicenter (location), magnitude, and depth followed by intensity readings at affected localities.
# History.
The | 12,856 |
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JMA first defined a four-increment intensity scale in 1884 with the levels , , , and . In 1898 the scale was changed to a numerical scheme, assigning earthquakes levels 0–7.
In 1908, descriptive parameters were defined for each level on the scale, and the intensities accompanying an earthquake were assigned a level according to perceived effect on people at each observation site. This was widely used during the Meiji period and revised during the Shōwa period with the descriptions seeing an overhaul.
Following the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995, the first quake to generate shaking of the scale's strongest intensity (7), intensities 5 and 6 were each redefined into two new levels, reconfiguring | 12,857 |
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the scale into one of 10 increments: 0–4, lower/upper 5 (, "weak/strong" 5), lower/upper 6 ( "weak/strong" 6), and 7. This scale has been in use since 1996.
# Scale overview.
The JMA scale is expressed in levels of seismic intensity from 0 (weakest) to 7 (strongest) in a manner similar to that of the Mercalli intensity scale, which is not commonly used in Japan. Real-time earthquake reports are calculated automatically from seismic-intensity-meter measurements of peak ground acceleration throughout an affected area, and the JMA reports the intensities for a given quake according to the ground acceleration at measurement points. Since there is no simple, linear correlation between ground acceleration | 12,858 |
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and intensity (it also depends on the duration of shaking), the ground-acceleration values in the following table are approximations.
# Comparison with other seismic scales.
A 1971 study that collected and compared intensities according to the JMA and the Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik (MSK) scales showed that the JMA scale was more suited to smaller earthquakes whereas the MSK scale was more suited to larger earthquakes. The research also suggested that for small earthquakes up to JMA intensity 3, a correlation between the MSK and JMA values could be calculated with the formula MSK = JMA1.5 + 1.5, whereas for larger earthquakes the correlation was MSK = JMA1.5 + 0.75.
# See also.
- Earthquake | 12,859 |
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whereas for larger earthquakes the correlation was MSK = JMA1.5 + 0.75.
# See also.
- Earthquake engineering
- Japanese Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction
- List of earthquakes in Japan
- Nuclear power in Japan (seismicity section)
- Seismic intensity scales
- Seismic magnitude scales
# External links.
- Recent earthquakes in Japan listed by time of occurrence with localities, magnitude, and maximum intensity. Click on the time of occurrence to see a map showing affected areas; click an affected area on the map to see a more localized shake map showing distribution of intensities (in English).
- The JMA Seismic Intensity Scale with detailed descriptions (in English). | 12,860 |
621022 | Alice (TV series) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20(TV%20series) | Alice (TV series)
Alice (TV series)
Alice is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from August 31, 1976, to March 19, 1985. The series is based on the 1974 film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore". The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner in Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner, where Alice is employed.
# Series summary.
Alice Spivak Hyatt (Lavin) is an unemployed widow after her husband, Donald, is killed in a trucking accident, and with her young son Tommy (played by Alfred Lutter in the pilot episode, reprising his role from the film, but played by Philip McKeon | 12,861 |
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thereafter) heads from their New Jersey home to Los Angeles so that she can pursue a singing career. Her car breaks down on the way in Phoenix (from a presumed engine fire, as seen in the opening credits), and we meet her soon after she has taken a job as a waitress at Mel's Diner, on the outskirts of Phoenix. (The later seasons' exterior shots were of a real diner, named Mel's, still in operation in Phoenix.) Alice works alongside Mel Sharples (Vic Tayback), the grouchy, stingy owner and cook of the greasy spoon, and fellow waitresses and friends, sassy, man-hungry Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry (Polly Holliday), and neurotic, scatterbrained Vera Louise Gorman (Beth Howland).
Each episode | 12,862 |
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invariably started inside the diner, and most if not all subsequent scenes took place there as well. A frequent set for non-diner scenes was Alice's one-bedroom apartment in the Desert Sun apartments. (Tommy used the bedroom and Alice slept on a sleeper sofa in the living room.) Vera and Mel's studio apartments and Flo's trailer were occasionally seen. Two of the diner's biggest competitors, Barney's Burger Barn and Vinnie's House of Veal, were sometimes mentioned.
The diner had its share of regular customers through the years, such as Tommy's basketball coach, Earl Hicks (Dave Madden), local trucker Chuck (Duane R. Campbell), and Henry Beesmeyer (Marvin Kaplan), a telephone repairman who always | 12,863 |
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made jokes about Mel's cooking. Henry's oft-mentioned wife Chloe was seen in one episode, played by Ruth Buzzi. Celebrities playing either themselves or other characters (including Martha Raye, George Burns, Robert Goulet, Art Carney, Desi Arnaz, and Jerry Reed) were a hallmark of the show.
Polly Holliday left the show to star in her own spin-off series, "Flo". In the episode airing February 24, 1980, Flo leaves to take a hostess job in Houston. On the way to Houston, Flo stops at her hometown Fort Worth, Texas (which she refers to by its moniker "Cowtown"). Flo decides to buy and run a failing roadhouse bar there, which she renames Flo's Yellow Rose. Polly Holliday never made a guest appearance | 12,864 |
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on "Alice" after beginning "Flo", although flashbacks including Flo were shown in the final episode of "Alice". Vic Tayback made one guest appearance on "Flo".
Diane Ladd, who received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Flo in the film version joined the cast in 1980 as Isabelle "Belle" Dupree, a hard-edged but kind-hearted woman. She had been a waitress of Mel's in the past, and the two had a romantic relationship during that time. In spite of Ladd's Golden Globe- performance as Belle, the character was not retained for the duration of the series and was replaced early in 1981, the character making one last appearance in which she telephones the diner to inform everyone that | 12,865 |
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she had taken a job as a backup singer in Nashville, Tennessee. It has been said that Ladd clashed with her co-stars, and no flashbacks including Belle were shown during the final episode of the series.
Theatre actress Celia Weston then joined the cast as the good-natured, boisterous truck driver Jolene Hunnicutt, who came from Myrtle Point, South Carolina. Jolene arrives as she and her male driving partner are in the midst of an argument over his unwelcome advances, during which she throws and breaks many of Mel's dishes. Mel agrees to hire her "temporarily" to work off the cost of the dishes, but she stays until the end of the series. Jolene frequently mentions her grandmother, "Granny Gums", | 12,866 |
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who had only three or four teeth. Jolene also mentions her distant relative Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg, a character from the concurrent CBS series "The Dukes of Hazzard." In one episode Sorrell Booke guest stars in this role, along with fellow "Dukes" character Enos (Sonny Shroyer).
The latter years of the show focused on some character development, such as the hasty courtship and marriage of Vera and lovable cop Elliot (Charles Levin). Tommy eventually goes to college and is seen less frequently. In the final season, the character of Alice was absent several times due to Lavin's directing a number of episodes and playing the character of Mrs. Walden, Vera's wizened and abrasive landlady of | 12,867 |
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arbitrary foreign origin. The final story arc began in the spring of 1985, when country singer Travis Marsh (played by Lavin's real-life husband Kip Niven), discovering that he's falling for Alice, "kidnaps" her to take her to Nashville, telling her it's time to follow her dream there. Bewildered at the thought of her dreams finally coming true, Alice agrees, but not without extracting a promise from Travis to drive her back to Phoenix so she can get her affairs in order, including ending her current relationship with a writer.
In the series finale, which aired March 19, 1985, typical of sitcoms of the era, news of several life-changing events is revealed within a matter of minutes. Alice, | 12,868 |
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after nine years of trying, finally gets a recording contract and is moving to Nashville with Travis Marsh. Vera announces she is pregnant and decides to be a full-time mother, Elliott having been promoted from officer to detective. Jolene's "Granny Gums" has died and leaves her granddaughter enough money to open her own beauty parlor in her hometown. Besides all three waitresses suddenly leaving simultaneously, by an amazing coincidence Mel has just sold the diner for a large amount of money to a real estate developer, and must close within days. On closing day, he surprisingly gives each waitress a $5,000 farewell bonus. The remainder of the episode shows flashbacks to humorous and major events, | 12,869 |
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and many of the big stars who had appeared on the show, including Polly Holliday. Finally, while cleaning out her locker, Alice finds the "Waitress Wanted" sign that first drew her to the diner. The series' regular customers, including Henry, Chuck and Earl say their emotional farewells, followed by Elliot, and finally the principal characters Tommy, Jolene, Vera, and Alice. The last thing we see is Mel putting up the "Closed" sign and locking up.
# Ongoing gags and catchphrases.
Flo's catchphrase, "Kiss my grits!", enjoyed widespread popularity at the time the character appeared on Alice. According to Polly Holliday, the line was originally written as, "Kiss my honeydew!", but did not get | 12,870 |
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any laughs. (In the original film, Flo, as played by Diane Ladd, tells Mel in one scene to, "Kiss me where the sun don't shine.") Another of Flo's catchphrases was, "When donkeys fly!" Since her portrayal of Flo, Polly Holliday has refused to repeat her famous "grits" line.
In an attempt to duplicate the success of Flo's "Kiss my grits!", Belle began using a new put-down: "Butter my biscuits!". Belle often used the phrase, "My little voice", who called her "Isabelle", which she usually used when starting to tell others what she thinks is best.
Mel would snipe, "Stow it!" at anyone he had qualms with, especially his waitstaff. "Stow it!" was usually followed by either "Alice", "Vera", "Flo" | 12,871 |
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"Belle", or "Blondie" (in reference to Jolene). He would also bark, "Bag it, Blondie!" to Jolene. He eventually gave Vera the nickname "Dinghy" and would occasionally bellow "Stow it, Dinghy" at her. Jolene would sometimes say, "When pigs wear perfume."
In a handful of episodes, Alice put on a double-breasted suit and fedora to assume the character of husky-voiced "Sam Butler", a mobster she made up as a ruse to fool her intended target. Linda Lavin also played the role of Mrs. Walden in the last season, once even playing both Alice and Mrs. Walden in a split-screen dual role.
Part of Mel's Diner was often destroyed, such as by Flo's crashing a truck through the front, Mel chopping down a | 12,872 |
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tree which landed on the diner, Mel accidentally having the building targeted for demolition, and the waitresses crashing a hot air balloon through the roof (upon which Jolene cries, "We went to the bad place and it looks just like Mel's!"). In one episode, a wrecking ball destroyed the front of the diner because someone could not read Mel's handwriting.
Mel was a stickler for punctuality. In the fourth season, he installs a time clock, which ends up working to the waitresses' advantage due to significant overtime, and he finally smashes it onto the floor. Mel also had a strict rule against moonlighting, often leading to one or more waitresses getting fired, but he always rehired them before | 12,873 |
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the end of each episode.
Although he had a fairly loyal clientele, Mel's food and cooking were constantly criticized by his waitresses and customers alike—especially Henry, who always blamed it for his indigestion. However, Mel's chili was popular and became a plot point of several episodes. During the first season, a newspaper food critic (played by Victor Buono) dropped dead while eating Mel's chili, but it turned out that tainted Peking Duck from a Chinese restaurant was to blame. Guest star Art Carney in one episode was to be the spokesman for retail distribution of Mel's Chili ("Chili con Carney") but backed out when he discovered Vera was a distant relative with part ownership in the | 12,874 |
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venture. The popularity of Mel's Chili also led to an appearance on Dinah Shore's talk show, which led to some bickering among the waitresses because Mel could take only one person along, but everyone ended up going. Mel refused to reveal his "secret ingredient" to Dinah and her TV audience during the cooking demonstration.
The shot of Vera with the "exploding straws" was the only one used during the opening credits for the entire run of the series, with the exception of the pilot episode, which had no scenes from Mel's Diner in the opening.
# Cast.
Opening titles cast members:
- Linda Lavin as Alice Hyatt
- Vic Tayback as Mel Sharples (Tayback reprised his role from the film)
- Philip | 12,875 |
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McKeon as Tommy Hyatt (Alfred Lutter reprised his role from the film but was replaced after the pilot episode)
- Polly Holliday as Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry (Seasons 1–4: 1976–1980)
- Beth Howland as Vera Louise Gorman Novak
- Diane Ladd as Isabelle "Belle" Dupree (Seasons 4–5: 1980–1981) (Ladd played the role of Flo in the film)
- Celia Weston as Jolene Hunnicutt (Seasons 5–9: 1981–1985)
- Charles Levin as Elliot Novak (Season 8 recurring, Season 9 regular: 1983–85)
Other recurring cast members:
- Marvin Kaplan as Henry Beesmeyer (diner regular who worked for the phone company) (1977–1985)
- Dave Madden as Earl Hicks, a basketball coach, date to Flo and a diner customer (1978–1985)
- | 12,876 |
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Victoria Carroll as Marie Massey (Mel's girlfriend) (1978–1984)
- Martha Raye as Carrie Sharples (Mel's mother) (1978–1984)
- Doris Roberts as Mona Spivak (Alice's mother) (1981–1982)
- Robert Picardo as Officer Maxwell, a police officer and Elliott's partner (1982–1984)
- Pat Cranshaw as Andy (diner regular) (1976–78)
- Tony Longo as Artie (diner regular) (1981–1984)
- Patrick J. Cronin as Jason (diner regular) (1976–1980)
- Duane R. Campbell as Chuck (diner regular) (1978–1985)
Other notable guest stars: Eve Arden, Desi Arnaz, Brice Beckham, Fred Berry, Sorrell Booke (as Boss Hogg), George Burns (as himself), Ruth Buzzi (as Chloe Beesmeyer, Henry's wife), Art Carney (as himself), Corey | 12,877 |
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Feldman, Robert Goulet, Joel Grey (as himself), Florence Halop, Eileen Heckart (as Rose Hyatt, Alice's interfering mother in-law), Florence Henderson, Jay Leno, Bill Maher, George Wendt, Nancy McKeon (Philip's sister, appeared twice in different roles), Frank Nelson, Donald O'Connor (as himself), Janis Paige, Kelly Parsons, Jerry Reed (as himself), Debbie Reynolds, Kim Richards, Telly Savalas (as himself), Sonny Shroyer (as Enos Strate), and Jerry Stiller.
# Production information.
The show's theme was called "There's a New Girl in Town", with music by David Shire, lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman; performed by Linda Lavin. Several arrangements of this tune were used throughout the | 12,878 |
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series' run; the lyrics were altered after the second season.
The Mel's Diner set made changes over the years; in the pilot the diner contained a blue refrigerator, but in the series the refrigerator was a dirty stainless steel, then later was changed to clean and shiny stainless steel in 1979–81 and much later the set featured an even shinier stainless steel refrigerator and better appliances. The rest of the set, however, remained the same.
The men's and ladies' restrooms were confined to one room in the pilot and during the first season. From 1977–85, there were separate restrooms with "Ladies" and "Men" written on them.
The storeroom was inside the diner where the men's restroom would | 12,879 |
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later be and said "Private" on it during the 1976–77 season. The storeroom from 1977 to 1985 was confined to the back of the diner. Here, the waitresses took their breaks, had their lockers, and stored their uniforms. Mel also conducted his business from this space.
The payphone was a touch tone and was located on the left of the "Restrooms" door in the pilot episode. For the first season, it was moved to the right of the doors that led to the kitchen section of the diner. For the second season, it was moved to the wall between the two doors that became two separate restrooms and was replaced by a phone with a rotary dial. From 1978 to 1985, the phone was a touch tone and was located at a section | 12,880 |
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that was a few steps away from the entrance to the diner.
In the first season, the diner was decorated in an Aztec and cowboy motif to accommodate the feel of Arizona. For the second season, the walls had pink wallpaper with red lines on it. For the third season, the walls had wallpaper with orange leaves on it.
The giant "14-ounce coffee cup" sign used in later seasons was seen by a producer scouting Phoenix for an establishing shot for the show's later seasons. It was at "Chris’ Diner" and the owner agreed to change the name to Mel's for the show.
Alice's apartment remained more or less unchanged during most of the show's run; the apartments of Mel and Vera and Flo's trailer were occasionally | 12,881 |
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seen. (The set for Flo's trailer was also used on the spinoff "Flo".)
The pilot episode was taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood, California. After this, the series was taped at The Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.
# Differences in premise between film and television series.
"Alice" had many contrasts with the film on which it was based, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore". The tone and style of the series differed greatly from the film, and there were a number of factual differences concerning the characters and setting.
# Syndication and international broadcasts.
"Alice" was seen in reruns:
- from June 2, 1980, to September 17, 1982, on CBS daytime at 10:30 a.m. (EST), | 12,882 |
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replacing "Whew!" (before being replaced with "Child's Play");
- via syndication on many local broadcast stations beginning in the fall of 1982. Notable stations that purchased and aired reruns of "Alice" included WPIX in New York City; KTTV in Los Angeles; WGN-TV in Chicago; WTHR in Indianapolis; KOIN in Portland, Oregon; WPHL-TV in Philadelphia; KBHK-TV in San Francisco; KHTV in Houston; WSBK-TV in Boston; WTTG in Washington, D.C.; WUAB in Cleveland; KFMB-TV in San Diego; WXON in Detroit; WTMJ in Milwaukee; KWGN-TV in Denver; KPHO in Phoenix; WTBS-TV in Atlanta; KVVU in Las Vegas; WFTS-TV in Tampa Bay; WBFS-TV in Miami; WOFL in Orlando; WGNO in New Orleans; KSTW in Seattle; KTVT in Dallas–Ft. | 12,883 |
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Worth; WOAI-TV in San Antonio; WPTY in Memphis;WFIE-TV in Evansville, Indiana; and WSTM-TV in Syracuse, New York, among others;
- in the late 1980s on superstation TBS (WTBS) from Atlanta;
- sporadically from the mid-1990s until early 1998 on E! Entertainment Television;
- on TNN from late June 1999 to January 2001.
- The show returned to television on April 2, 2007, airing on the ION Television network weekdays at 7:30 P.M. until June 22, 2007. The show was heavily edited to make time for additional commercials, with several minutes of important plot often haphazardly cut, in order to comply with the 22-minute minimum. The show returned to ION on November 24, 2007, with two back-to-back | 12,884 |
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episodes at 7:00pm EST Monday through Thursday, and continued until the entire series' episodes had been aired. It was replaced by "Family Feud" on April 7, 2008.
- Logo TV started airing episodes in April 2017.
- Antenna TV starting airing episodes in January 2018.
## International.
"Alice" was shown in the UK by Channel 4, starting on 27 August 1984. At first, the series was shown each weekday at 5.00pm, before moving to a twice-weekly slot later. No breaks between seasons were made and the final episode was shown in October 1986.
# Home media.
On June 27, 2006, six episodes of "Alice" were released on DVD by Warner Bros. Home Video as part of the "Warner Bros.' Television Favorites" | 12,885 |
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compilation series. The episodes were hand picked by fans at SitcomsOnline.com and are as follows:
- "Alice Gets a Pass", September 29, 1976 – First non-pilot episode.
- "The Odd Couple", February 26, 1977 – When Flo's trailer is stolen, Alice allows Flo to move in with her and finds Flo's habits difficult to handle.
- "Close Encounters of the Worst Kind", January 22, 1978 – Alice's use of psychology causes tension among her coworkers.
- "Block Those Kicks", October 22, 1978 – The waitresses decide to give up their bad habits in order to encourage Mel to give up his gambling habit.
- "Cabin Fever", December 2, 1979 – The waitresses, Mel and his girlfriend unknowingly book the same cabin | 12,886 |
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during the same weekend.
- "Flo's Farewell", February 24, 1980 – Flo leaves Mel's Diner for a hosting job at a restaurant in Texas.
Warner Home Video has released all nine seasons on DVD in Region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. These are manufacture-on-demand (MOD) releases, available through Warner's online store Warner Archives Collection (only sold in the US). The complete ninth and final season was released on March 12, 2019.
Streaming
The whole series is available from Apple iTunes Store and Amazon Video for downloading. In addition, a holiday episode from Season 3 is available from Amazon.
# Awards.
The "Tommy's Lost Weekend" episode, written by Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson, | 12,887 |
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a restaurant in Texas.
Warner Home Video has released all nine seasons on DVD in Region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. These are manufacture-on-demand (MOD) releases, available through Warner's online store Warner Archives Collection (only sold in the US). The complete ninth and final season was released on March 12, 2019.
Streaming
The whole series is available from Apple iTunes Store and Amazon Video for downloading. In addition, a holiday episode from Season 3 is available from Amazon.
# Awards.
The "Tommy's Lost Weekend" episode, written by Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson, and Robert Getchell, based on a story by Arnold Anthony Schmidt, received an Emmy nomination in 1984. " | 12,888 |
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Ed Templeton
Ed Templeton (born July 28, 1972) is an American professional skateboarder, skateboard company owner, photographer and contemporary artist. He is best known for founding the skateboard company, Toy Machine, a company that he continues to own and manage. He is based in Huntington Beach, California.
# Early life.
Templeton was born in Garden Grove, Orange County, California, USA. His family lived in various places in Southern California before moving to Huntington Beach. He began skateboarding in 1985 in Huntington Beach, with friend, Jason Lee. In a 2012 interview, Templeton explained the commencement of his fascination with skateboarding:
The first thing that I ever saw was a | 12,889 |
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kid skating down the street and he ollied up a curb; that was, you know, the thing that got me started. I thought that was the coolest thing ever, like, how could this guy just keep cruising down the street and not have to stop and pick up his board. By luck, [professional skateboarder and company owner] Mark Gonzales lived here in 1987, so, ah, one of my first, probably the first pro I ever saw, or realized was a pro skateboarder, was Mark Gonzales. I was in Sidewalk Surfer, the skate shop down here, and, that was on Main St., in Huntington Beach; we went in there to look at stickers, and there was a Skull Skates sticker which I fell in love with—I thought that was the coolest sticker ever | 12,890 |
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... so we followed him [Gonzales], ahh, back to his house, like stalkers, and, uh, and started skating the quarter-pipe [ramp] and he had disappeared, but then he came back down, did, like, a three, four-foot high "judo air" ... I remember being pretty floored, floored by that.
# Professional skateboarding.
Templeton was assigned professional status by New Deal Skateboards in 1990, a company that he left in 1992 to initiate the short-lived companies, "TV" and "Television" (both with professional skateboarder, Mike Vallely).
## Toy Machine.
Following the demise of both TV and Television, Templeton founded—and as of October 2018 is the sole owner of the company—Toy Machine in 1994, after skateboarding | 12,891 |
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entrepreneur, Tod Swank, agreed to support the idea. As of January 2013, Toy Machine is distributed by Swank's Tum Yeto company—Tum Yeto also distributes the Dekline skate shoe brand, the Pig skate wheel brand, the Ruckus skate truck brand, and the Foundation skateboard deck brand.
Templeton, who does all of the artwork for his brand, explained his discovery of skateboard art in a 2012 interview:
It wasn't until later that I realized he [Gonzales] did his own graphics. And that's, that's the one thing that I would cite as one of my biggest influences, was learning about the pros that did their own skateboard graphics—that to me was a really ... cool idea, and kind of meant a lot to me as a | 12,892 |
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kid, 'cause I thought ... the board I am potentially buying ... was made by the guy whose name's on that board. He put his own artistic touch, or, or, his effort into that board. It wasn't just some hired artist.
In a January 2013 article, by Andrew Reilly for "The Huffington Post", the ethos behind Toy Machine (or, the company's full name: "Toy Machine Bloodsucking Skateboard Co."), is described as, "an adverse reaction to the misrepresented and highly corporate images of skateboarding in popular culture", with Templeton sardonically referring to fans of the brand as "loyal pawns". The company's popularity increased following inception, and tours—both domestic and international—followed. As | 12,893 |
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of January 2013, the company has released a total of eleven videos (including tour and promotional videos), and sponsors a team of eleven skateboarders, including Leo Romero, "Thrasher" magazine's "Skater of the Year" in 2010.
While running Toy Machine in the mid-1990s, Templeton joined a now-defunct skate shoe brand named Sheep. While sponsored by the company, Templeton released his first signature model shoe that was non-leather and entirely vegan. Other riders on the team were Rick McCrank, Brian Anderson, Mike Manzoori (now a skateboard videographer), and Frank Hirata. Templeton was featured in the Sheep video, "Life of Leisure", released in 1996.
After the Sheep brand ended around the | 12,894 |
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end of the twentieth century, Templeton became sponsored by the Emerica shoe company, a brand that was launched by Sole Technology, also responsible for the etnies and eS brands (as of January 2013, the latter is on a protracted hiatus). Templeton joined other professional skateboarders, such as Andrew Reynolds, Aaron Suski, Chris Senn, and Erik Ellington, in the making of the company's second video "This Is Skateboarding", released in 2002; Templeton's part is edited to a song by Butter 08, entitled "It's the Rage".
In November 2012, Templeton suffered a leg injury while participating in an Emerica demo that had the potential to end his career. Templeton used the time to prepare a photographic | 12,895 |
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exhibition, later entitled "Memory Foam", that was opened in January 2013.
In 2012, along with numerous other team riders from the RVCA clothing brand, Templeton left RVCA and joined a newly started clothing brand named "eswic".
## Influence.
Templeton identified the following five skateboarders as his top five all-time influences: Gonzales, Rodney Mullen, Tony Hawk, Tony Alva, and Heath Kirchart. In relation to skateboarding more generally, Templeton stated:
The same idea that got me interested in skating is still relevant today; through all the changes and years and whatever, I've always maintained that the only thing that is lame about skateboarding is the skateboarding industry. We can | 12,896 |
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look at all the industry changes, and the trends, and the videos, and X Games, and whatever, and think, start thinking, "Oh, skateboarding's different"; but that's not skateboarding at all. Skateboarding is still simply skateboarding.
Templeton was identified by "Transworld Skateboarding" magazine as the twentieth most influential skater of all time. Following his selection, Templeton explained his position in skateboarding in relation to Toy Machine:
There’s a good chance that I wouldn’t have been part of it this long if I didn’t have Toy Machine and so for that I’m really thankful. All I can take care of is my little corner of skateboarding and try and make it legitimate and respectable | 12,897 |
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and cool and keep it true to the people that skateboard and keep it true to the thing I love.
Templeton also identified his teenage skateboarding area, Huntington Beach, as an influence on the progression of street-based skateboarding, stating, "I can say that for certain, that there was, something happened here ... in Huntington Beach, that advanced street skating. I can say that without tooting my own horn ..."
# Contemporary artist.
Outside of skateboarding, Templeton is a painter, graphic designer, and photographer, areas that he has gained a reputation within without any formal training—the "Photography Colleges" website, in an article entitled "New School Photography: Ed Templeton", | 12,898 |
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identifies Templeton as "probably the most influential contemporary photographer". Templeton's signature model skateboards for the New Deal company were self-designed and he subsequently became the head designer for his own brands—Templeton produces all of the art work for the Toy Machine skateboard company that, as of January 2013, is his primary skateboarding project. Templeton is also a co-editor of "ANP Quarterly", an arts magazine started in 2005.
In a 2013 interview with "The Huffington Post", Templeton clarified that his first art show was in 1993 and that he has "been skating, going on tours, painting in the studio and doing a show and sometimes a mixture of both. Sometimes going on | 12,899 |
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