Therapy?

Therapy? are  an alternative metal band from Northern Ireland. The band was formed in 1989 by guitarist–vocalist Andy Cairns from Ballyclare and drummer-vocalist Fyfe Ewing from Larne, Northern Ireland. The band recorded their first demo with Cairns filling in on bass guitar. To complete the lineup, the band recruited Larne bassist Michael McKeegan. The band signed with major label A&M Records in 1992, for which they released four albums, most notably Troublegum in 1994 and Infernal Love in 1995. Ewing's departure in early 1996 preceded the arrivals of his replacement Graham Hopkins, and Martin McCarrick on cello and guitar. Neil Cooper replaced Hopkins on drums in 2002. Following the departure of McCarrick in 2004, the band have remained a stable three-piece since.

Therapy? are currently signed to UK independent label Marshall Records. The band has released 15 full-length studio albums and have sold over two million albums worldwide.

History

Early years (1989–1992)
While attending a charity gig at the Jordanstown Polytechnic in early 1989, Andy Cairns noticed Fyfe Ewing playing drums in a punk covers band. The two spoke afterwards and agreed to meet for rehearsal in Fyfe's house in Larne with Andy playing a small practice amp and Fyfe playing his kit with brushes. In the summer they recorded a four track demo tape (Thirty Seconds of Silence) with Andy playing a bass guitar borrowed from Fyfe's classmate Michael McKeegan. Deciding to play live, they recruited McKeegan and played their debut gig at the Belfast Art College supporting Decadence Within on 20 August 1989. They followed this up with another four track demo tape (Meat Abstract). Their sound was becoming highly influenced by artists of the indie rock movement such as The Jesus Lizard, Big Black, and The Membranes as well as new beat disco acts such as Belgian outfit Erotic Dissidents.

Therapy? released its first single, called Meat Abstract in July 1990. The single was limited to 1000 copies, and released on the bands' own Multifuckinational Records. During the summer of that year, the band made its first tour through the United Kingdom with The Beyond, catching the attention of influential DJ John Peel along the way. The band's early years followed the familiar pattern of hard graft on the local alternative music scene, with Cairns often putting in a full day at the Michelin tyre factory (where he worked as a quality controller), then speeding across Northern Ireland in order to make it to gigs. The band also took whatever support slot they could, opening for the likes of Loop, Ride, Teenage Fanclub, Inspiral Carpets, Tad, Fugazi and Ned's Atomic Dustbin. Therapy? quickly came to the attention of local music fans with their distinctively uncompromising style. Their use of guitar feedback as a "fourth instrument" and unconventional song structures, combined with a darkly original approach to lyrics and imaginative use of samples pulled from cult movies and obscure documentaries, led them to be spotted in 1990 by London-based independent label Wiiija Records. The move was helped by Lesley Rankine of Silverfish, who passed the band's first single on to Gary Walker of Wiiija.

The band's first album, July 1991's Babyteeth, and its January 1992 follow-up, Pleasure Death, were successful enough to earn the band a major label deal with A&M Records. Both albums were underground successes, hitting number 1 in the UK Indie Charts. The attention led to support slots with both Babes In Toyland and Hole on their respective UK tours. A compilation of the two albums entitled Caucasian Psychosis was prepared for the North American market, and the band embarked on their first U.S. tour in October 1992.

Their debut A&M record, Nurse, made its way into UK's Top 40 Album Chart in November 1992, while lead single "Teethgrinder" became the band's first Top 40 single in both the UK and Ireland. The grunge revolution was in full swing, with US outfit Nirvana leading the way. Predictably, the media began to draw comparisons between the two bands. The heavy guitars and inventive drumming that was swiftly becoming Therapy?'s trademark led them more towards the grunge camp than away from it.

The success (1993–1995)
If there was one true "breakthrough" year in the band's history, it would almost certainly be 1993. The release of the Shortsharpshock EP catapulted Therapy? into the Top 40, peaking at nine, featuring the lead track Screamager. The single led to the first of several appearances on the venerable UK music show Top of the Pops. Two more UK Top 40 EPs Face the Strange and Opal Mantra followed, as the band toured heavily on the European festival circuit, made two separate jaunts to the United States in support of Kings X initially, and then both Helmet and The Jesus Lizard, and played their debut shows in Japan. Compilations of the three EP's were released in the U.S. and Japan (Hats Off to the Insane), and in Europe (Born in a Crash).

1994 saw the release of the commercially successful Troublegum album in February which earned the band appearances at a string of rock and indie festivals, including Reading (third consecutive appearance), Donington and Phoenix in the UK alone, as well as a clutch of top 40 singles. It achieved a string of nominations in end-of-year polls, including a Mercury Music Prize nomination, and success at the Kerrang! Awards.

With impatience mounting for a new album, Infernal Love was released in June 1995. This time, the press reaction was lukewarm. The band had attempted to create a "cinematic" record with Belfast DJ David Holmes employed to link each track with "insanity", but in the eyes of many, had produced a disjointed piece over-subscribed with ballads. Despite a second consecutive Donington appearance at Metallica's request, and singles Stories and Loose charting in the UK earlier in the year, it was clear that Therapy? had changed direction. Although the string laden single Diane (originally by Hüsker Dü) was a Top 10 hit in 15 European countries later in the year, much of the early momentum had gone.

Ewing quits / Four piece (1996–1998)
Fyfe Ewing left the band in January 1996. The band quickly recruited Graham Hopkins to replace Ewing as well as the permanent addition of guest cellist Martin McCarrick, and steadily toured throughout the US and Canada in 1996.

After the tour wound up in October 1996, Therapy? finally took a long break. They reconvened after a few months and spent most of 1997 writing, rehearsing and recording the follow-up to Infernal Love.

While the Church of Noise single in March 1998 failed commercially, it marked the return of the band following three years out of the spotlight. The Semi-Detached album transcended the trajectory of Troublegum and Infernal Love with their dark, broody atmosphere. However, promotion for the album was scant at best, due to problems at the A&M label, which culminated in the loss of their record deal with the company. Without label support, Cairns and McKeegan needed to finance the band's European tour in late 1998 themselves.

The turn of the millennium (1999–2003)
The band's sentiment towards newer alternative metal bands was expressed in the song Ten Year Plan from the band's uncompromising 1999 Ark21 album Suicide Pact - You First, which was packed full of vitriol, discontent and barely-repressed musical aggression. This album revealed a fuller-sound, yet was noticeably lacking in songs suitable of mainstream-radio airplay.

The following year saw the release of the So Much For The Ten Year Plan-A Retrospective 1990-2000 album which (in title at least) was a self-deprecating poke at the bands' difficulties with corporate rock in recent years. It also allowed the band to fulfill some outstanding obligations to Universal Music.

Therapy? recorded follow-up record Shameless in early 2001 in Seattle. The album, produced by the legendary Jack Endino, was delayed release by record company Ark21 until September. Graham Hopkins, who was unhappy with his musical limitation within the band, quit in December 2001. Following Hopkins' departure, the band yet again found themselves without a drummer and a record deal.

The band toured Europe in 2002 with ex-3 Colours Red drummer Keith Baxter. Hopkins was permanently replaced in Therapy? by ex-The Beyond/Cable/Gorilla drummer Neil Cooper, while the band signed a new record deal with Spitfire Records.

This line-up lasted one album, the commercially inclined High Anxiety. The bands’ first home video release, a DVD entitled Scopophobia was released shortly afterwards, consisting of a full concert recorded live at Belfast's Mandella Hall in June 2003, promo videos and other extras. The band completed a UK tour at the end of 2003 as a three piece, due to McCarrick leaving the tour midway through owing to a perforated eardrum.

Back to a three piece (2004–2009)
McCarrick left the band permanently in March 2004, and the band were now slimmed down to a permanent three piece again for the first time since 1995. Never Apologise Never Explain was released in September 2004 to an audience re-acquainted with the three-piece Therapy? and was reminiscent of the claustrophobic sound of their earlier material.

The following album One Cure Fits All was released in April 2006. The album, produced by Pedro Ferreira, was a return to the melodic tendencies of High Anxiety and again divided opinion among the band's fans.

On 19 September 2006, Therapy? performed an exclusive studio show of songs chosen by fans who had voted for their three favourite tracks from a lengthy list on the band's website. These votes were counted and the twelve tracks with the most votes were then performed and recorded (both as audio and video). In early 2007, these tracks became available to buy from the band's official website. The Webgig is no longer available to purchase. In addition to this release, the band received some attention from their old record company Universal Records (who own the rights to the band's material recorded on A&M Records) who released both a DVD of old promo clips (Gold) and a double-CD compilation of BBC sessions (Music Through A Cheap Transistor) in 2007. On the touring front, Therapy? focused on markets they had not usually played, including a slot at the NXNE festival in Canada, festival dates in Europe (one of which was as a late replacement for Helmet at the Nova Rock Festival) and a tour through countries such as Romania, Croatia and Serbia, even playing two gigs on Reunion Island, off the East African coast. The band ended 2007 by supporting New Model Army at their Christmas gig in Cologne.

Therapy? were a last minute replacement for Biffy Clyro on the Jägermeister Rock Liga tour of Germany which lasted five dates in February 2008. These dates were the only gigs played in 2008 as the band focused their energies exclusively on recording the new record. Therapy? began recording the new album in late July at Blast Studios in Newcastle and finished recording by late August. It was produced by Andy Gill. Video of rehearsals surfaced on Therapy?'s website offering previews of the new work, showcasing a more rythmetic jazz-influenced direction (Rehearsal), alongside a rough track typical of newer Therapy? output (Clowns Galore). The album, entitled Crooked Timber, was released on 23 March 2009 via Blast Records/Global Music. The band performed the new album in its entirety on selected live dates in May, played various European festivals throughout the summer (including a debut appearance at Oxegen in Ireland and a second outing at England's Download) and toured Europe extensively from October to December.

20th Anniversary (2010–2013)
To mark the 20th anniversary of their debut commercial recording release, Therapy? performed for three consecutive nights at London's Monto Water Rats in March which were recorded for the bands' first official live album entitled We're Here To The End, released in November. A deluxe gold edition of 2009's Crooked Timber album was released on 19 July. Therapy? also appeared at European festivals in the summer, including at Knebworth Sonisphere on 31 July when the band performed the Troublegum album in its entirety. Later in 2010, the band performed several "Troublegum & more" sets throughout Europe as part of their 20th anniversary celebrations.

In December 2010, the band began recording their thirteenth studio album, entitled A Brief Crack of Light, in Newcastle's Blast Studio. The album recording was completed in February 2011 and mixing began in March. In late May 2011, the group announced a change of plan for the new album; another recording session was planned for June in order to record new songs that had emerged. Those songs were mixed in July 2011 and included, along with songs from the first session, for the new album. The album was released in February 2012. A preceding single and video entitled Living in the Shadow of the Terrible Thing was released in January 2012.

In May 2013, Cairns embarked on his first ever solo acoustic tour of the UK, as well as some dates in Europe. To especially mark the tour, he released a CD of acoustic material for sale exclusively at the shows, comprising 12 Therapy? songs, 6 original tracks freshly written for the tour and a cover version, all recorded in late April in Newcastle's Blast Studios

The Gemil Box was released on 18 November 2013; a career-spanning box set of rare and unreleased material. Contents included remastered versions of Nurse, Troublegum, Infernal Love and Semi-Detached, 3 CD's of rare and unreleased tracks, a DVD of the bands' 2010 Sonisphere performance of the Troublegum album, official bootlegs of London ULU '91 and London Mean Fiddler '92, a 12" vinyl of their early demo releases and a cassette of a live recording from Dublin 1990.

Deluxe Edition releases of both Troublegum and Infernal Love were released by Universal Music on 31 March 2014. The band promoted these releases with a series of retro video and audio uploads to their official YouTube channel, proceeding a short UK tour in early April. A compilation of singles from 1992 to 1998 followed on 14 April 2014 via Spectrum Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music, entitled Stories: The Singles Collection.

Disquiet and acoustic shows (2014–2017)
On 18 February 2014, the band began pre-production on studio album number 14 with producer Tom Dalgety in their now usual surroundings of Blast Studios in Newcastle. The session finished on 28 February with 18 tracks laid down in demo form. Having chosen 11 songs, the band began recording the album proper on 17 April 2014 and it was completed on 30 April 2014. The album, entitled Disquiet, was released on the bands' new record label on 23 March 2015. Pre-orders of the album were announced on 23 February 2015 and included an instant download of two album tracks and an exclusive pre-order track called We Kill People. A digital only single called Still Hurts, featuring two more non-album tracks, was released on 9 March 2015.

The band began the first leg of their Disquiet Tour in the UK in March, before taking in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, and returning to the UK throughout April. Their performance in Utrecht was filmed by 'Quantum VR Media' for a future 360 VR release. In early May, Therapy? recorded a session for XFM, their 4th overall following previous sessions in 2001, 2004 and 2012. Deathstimate was released as a download only single on 30 October 2015. The single Tides was released on 15 April 2016, although it was available in early March to purchase on limited edition CD at the bands' UK tour performing the Infernal Love album in its entirety. Summer festivals on the European circuit followed, including a date at the Wacken Open Air in Germany. Therapy? performed a fully acoustic "Wood & Wire" tour through Belgium, Holland, Austria, Germany and the UK from 14 November until 1 December 2016. A newly recorded 11 track acoustic album entitled Wood & Wire was available for purchase on CD at these shows. A six date Irish Wood & Wire tour took place in April 2017.

On 21 July 2017 the band announced a double live acoustic album, Communion: Live at the Union Chapel, for release on 21 August 2017. The album was recorded in London on 1 December 2016 during the "Wood & Wire" European tour.

Cleave (2018–2019)
On 15 January 2018 the band began recording their 15th studio album at Blast Recording in Newcastle with Chris Sheldon producing. Recording was completed on 6 February 2018. In March, the band completed a 22-date UK and Ireland tour supporting The Stranglers.

On 10 May 2018, the band announced via their social media that they signed a worldwide record deal with Marshall Records
"Absolutely delighted to announce we have signed to @marshallrecs for a worldwide deal! The first single, “Callow”, from our 15th album “CLEAVE” will be released Fri May 25th 2018"

A second single, "Wreck it Like Beckett" was released as a digital download on 7 September 2018, preceding the release of "Cleave" on 21 September 2018, following an extensive Pledge Music pre-order campaign which featured signed CD's, coloured vinyl, black vinyl and test presses.

"Kakistocracy" was released as a digital only single along with a music video on 24 January 2019.

30th Anniversary (2020–Present)
On 16 January 2020, the band announced that they would be releasing a greatest hits compilation, entitled Greatest Hits (The Abbey Road Session). The album will feature newly re-recorded versions of 12 Top 40 UK singles spanning the albums Nurse, Troublegum, Infernal Love and Semi-Detached, and was recorded at the venerable Abbey Road Studios in November 2019.

The band will also embark on a European tour in support of the album beginning in March.

Question mark suffix
Much has been made over the years of the unusual question mark suffix to the band's name. In early interviews the band said that the name was "really deep" and intended to raise the question "do you need therapy?", but in a 1992 interview guitarist Andy Cairns admitted that it was a chance design when he was working on band's first record sleeve. Working with Letraset transfers, Cairns misaligned the band's name, and used the "?" icon to fill the space to the right. "And then we thought, well maybe we can bluff our way through when people start reading into it."

Collaborations and other appearances
Therapy? collaborated with the short-lived rap group Fatal (part of the Soul Assassin camp, not to be confused with the hip hop artist Fatal) on the track "Come and Die" from the soundtrack to the 1993 film Judgment Night. Cairns has contributed vocals and guitar to various recordings with different bands throughout the years – "Jonestown Mind" (1994) and "Waiting For Earthquakes" (2001) by The Almighty, "Rehab" (2000) by UK band Manchild, "Radio" (2001) by UK band Dog Toffee (although this version remains unreleased), "Gleason" (2002) by Northern Irish band Throat, "Get Your Groove On" (2003) by The Wildhearts, "F8" (2005) by This Is Menace, "The Second Triumvirate of Lavonia" (2009) by Italian band Inferno, "Crisis? What Crisis?" and "Ignite" (2014) by UK band Thirty Six Strategies and "Celebrating Sinking" (2015) by Ricky Warwick. Therapy? appear on the 2005 "Welt Turbojugend Tage" DVD, performing three songs live in Hamburg. Therapy?, along with Biohazard and Gunshot, contributed with remixes on Pitchshifter's 1995 album, The Remix War.

Some of their songs were used in movies and video games. "Auto Surgery" and "Teethgrinder" are featured on Electronic Arts' video game Road Rash for the 3DO, Saturn, and PlayStation consoles while "Nowhere" is featured on EA Sports's video game "NCAA Football 2006" for the Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube, and PlayStation 2 consoles.

"Accelerator" appears in Dominic Sena's 1993 movie Kalifornia  while "He's Not That Kind Of Girl" and "God Kicks" appear in John Carney's 2001 movie On The Edge, starring Cillian Murphy."Screamager" and "Nowhere" are heard on the first series of the BBC sitcom Game On. "Speedball" appears in the movie S.F.W..

Influences
Therapy? covered Black Sabbath's "Iron Man", and other songs such The Police's "Invisible Sun",  The Misfits' "Where Eagles Dare", The Smiths' "Vicar in a Tutu" and Turbonegro's "Denim Demon".  Cairns cited in his other favorite bands, Siouxsie and the Banshees for the album Juju, and Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band for the album Trout Mask Replica.
Influences from bands such as Sonic Youth, The Jesus Lizard, Hüsker Dü, Killing Joke and Helmet can also be heard in Therapy?'s music.

Band members
Current members
 Andy Cairns – lead vocals, lead guitar (1989–present)
 Michael McKeegan – bass guitar, backing vocals (1989–present)
 Neil Cooper – drums (2002–present)

Former members
 Fyfe Ewing – vocals, drums (1989–1996)
 Graham Hopkins – drums, backing vocals (1996–2001)
 Martin McCarrick – guitar, cello, backing vocals (1996–2004)

Touring members
 Stevie Firth – guitar, backing vocals (2010–present)
 Herb Magee – bass, backing vocals (2014)
 Adam Sinclair – drums (2012)
 Alan Lynn – drums (2012)
 Keith Baxter – drums (2002, 2003)
 Rosie Wetters – cello (1995)
 Martin McCarrick – cello, backing vocals (1992, 1994, 1995)
 Charlie McKeegan – drums (1990, 1999, 2003)
 Jenny Nendick – cello (2016)

Timeline

Discography

 Babyteeth (1991)
 Pleasure Death (1992)
 Nurse (1992)
 Troublegum (1994)
 Infernal Love (1995)
 Semi-Detached (1998)
 Suicide Pact – You First (1999)
 Shameless (2001)
 High Anxiety (2003)
 Never Apologise Never Explain (2004)
 One Cure Fits All (2006)
 Crooked Timber (2009)
 A Brief Crack of Light (2012)
 Disquiet (2015)
 Cleave (2018)


Anna Hassan

Dame Anna Patricia Lucy Hassan, DBE (née Fusco; born 1946, Northern Ireland) is a British educator. She is Consultant Head at Daubeney Primary School, and a former Executive Head of Millfields Community School (Hilsea Street, Hackney, London).

Teaching career
1963: Trains at Coloma College, West Wickham, Kent (a Catholic teacher training school)
1967: Starts teaching at St Joseph's Primary School in Southwark, London
1979: Works in schools throughout Hackney after taking a break to raise her son
1983: Appointed deputy head at Grasmere School, Hackney; later named headteacher
1993: Invited to take charge of Millfields
2009: Retires from Millfields and takes up consultancy

Millfields
Hassan was credited with turning the Millfields Community School, one of London's worst-performing schools, around academically, although it took a dozen years.

Biography
Anna Patricia Lucy Fusco was born and raised in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, by Italian parents, where she initially went into the family business managing a small chain of ice-cream parlours, then soon after took up her calling as a teacher. A Roman Catholic, she is married to Nevzat Hassan, a Turkish Cypriot Muslim, and has been since 1971; they have one son, Dogan Nevzat (born 1972, London).

Honours
In 2005, Hassan received an honorary fellowship from the University of Gloucestershire. The following year, in 2006, for her service to education, Hassan was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

External links
Profile, checkcompany.co.uk
Hackney Council Website profile
The Society of Education Consultants Profile.
"How To Make a Difference" website
Conference of the Association of Education & Library Boards (2009) analysis of Millfields School (cache version)


2014 Carolina Panthers season

The 2014 Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's 20th season in the National Football League and the fourth under head coach Ron Rivera.

The Panthers captured their second straight NFC South division title and qualified for the postseason for the first time in back-to-back years despite failing to improve on a 12–4 record and finishing with a losing record of 7–8–1. Additionally, they became the first team in NFC South history to have back to back division titles and also became the second team to win a division title with a sub-.500 record, the first team being the 2010 Seattle Seahawks. The Panthers defeated the Arizona Cardinals in the Wild Card round, but lost to Seattle in the Divisional round.

2014 Draft Class

Staff

Final roster

Schedule

Preseason
The Panthers' preseason opponents were announced on April 9, 2014.

Regular season

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Postseason

Game summaries

Regular season

Week 1: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Derek Anderson made his first start as Panthers QB, substituting for Cam Newton who was nursing a rib injury he'd suffered during the preseason. The change in QB didn't appear to faze the team, as the Panthers won their first season opener in six years, 20-14. They started the season 1-0 and improved to 1-0 without Newton starting.

Week 2: vs. Detroit Lions

Newton returned to the starting lineup with some added padding around his ribs. The game's highlight was a defensive interception against Lions star WR Calvin "Megatron" Johnson. With the win, the Panthers improved to 2-0 and 16-5 when Newton doesn't commit a turnover.

Week 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

This was the first Sunday Night Football home game for the Panthers since 2009. With the loss, the Panthers dropped to 2-1. Newton left the game due to injury but he fumbled the ball. This dropped the team to 10-20 when he commits a turnover.

Week 4: at Baltimore Ravens

This game marked the first time WR Steve Smith Sr. played against his former team after being cut in the offseason. He was clearly fired up, recording over 100 yards receiving and two touchdown receptions. With the loss, the Panthers record was 2-2.  The team dropped to 16-6 when Newton doesn't commit a turnover.

Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears

With the win, the Panthers improved to 3-2.  They would also improve to 11-20 when Newton commits at least one turnover. Unknown at the time, this would be the team's last victory for over two months.

Week 6: at Cincinnati Bengals

Both teams went back and forth scoring and holding the opposing offense without scoring. This would be the highest-scoring overtime tie in NFL history, as well as the first tie in Panthers history as their record stood at 3-2-1.  The team's record then stood at 11-20-1 when Newton commits a turnover.

Week 7: at Green Bay Packers

With the loss, the Panthers dropped to 3-3-1.  The team also dropped to 11-21-1 when Newton turns the ball over.

Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks

With the loss, the Panthers dropped to 3-4-1.  The team also dropped to 11-22-1 when Newton commits at least one turnover.

Week 9: vs. New Orleans Saints

With the loss, the Panthers dropped to 3-5-1.  The team would sit at 11-23-1 when Newton turns the ball over.

Week 10: at Philadelphia Eagles

On Monday Night Football, Carolina barely put up a fight. The Eagles easily won the game, their defense sacking Cam Newton nine times. This dropped the Panthers record to 3-6-1.  They also fell to 11-24-1 when Newton commits at least one turnover.

Week 11: vs. Atlanta Falcons

With their fifth straight loss, the Panthers headed into their bye week at 3-7-1.  Also the team dropped to 11-25-1 when Newton commits a turnover. This would be Carolina's last home loss until week 3 of 2016 against Minnesota.

Week 13: at Minnesota Vikings

With the loss, the Panthers dropped to 3-8-1 and 11-26-1 when Newton commits at least one turnover.

Week 14: at New Orleans Saints

With their 6-game losing streak snapped, the Panthers improved to 4-8-1.  The team also improved to 17-6 when Newton doesn't commit a turnover.

Week 15: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

QB Derek Anderson was pressed into service for the second time in 2014, as Newton had injured his back in a car accident earlier that week. Once again, Anderson led the Panthers to a close victory over Tampa Bay, completing a season sweep and improving the team's record to 5-8-1. Anderson improved his starting regular season record as a Panther to 2-0.

Week 16: vs. Cleveland Browns

With the win, the Panthers improved to 6-8-1 and 12-26-1 when Newton turns the ball over at least once.

Week 17: at Atlanta Falcons

The Panthers finished their season in Atlanta against the Falcons with the NFC South title and the NFC's #4 seed on the line.  They would blowout Atlanta and finish the season out 7-8-1. The team would also improve to 18-6 when Newton doesn't commit a turnover.

Postseason

NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. #5 Arizona Cardinals

The win over the Cardinals improved the Panthers' overall record to 8-8-1, with the defense turning in a record performance. Their record stood at 13-26-1 when Cam turns the ball over.

NFC Divisional Playoffs: at #1 Seattle Seahawks

The loss made the Panthers finish 8-9-1 overall and 13-27-1 when Newton turns the ball over.

Standings

Division

Conference

Notes


Kirmani

Kirmani or Kermani () is a locational surname of Persian origin, which originally meant a person from the city of Kerman, Iran. Notable people with the surname include:

Abu al-Hakam al-Kirmani (died 1066), Andalus philosopher
Afdhal al-Din abu Hamid Kermani (1136–1218), Persian writer
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (born 1931), Iranian politician
Asif Kirmani, Pakistani senator
Auhaduddin Kermani (died 1298), Persian poet
Burhan-ud-din Kermani (died 1449), Persian physician
Faris Kermani (born 1952), Pakistani film director
Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani (died 1021), Persian theologian
Daud Bandagi Kirmani (born 1513), Sufi Saint of Qadria Order (modern day Pakistan)
Houshang Moradi Kermani (born 1944), Iranian writer
Karim Khan Kermani (1810-1873), Persian scholar
Kazem Sami Kermani (1935–1988), Iranian politician
Khwaju Kermani (1280–1352), Persian poet
Mehdi Sadegh Taghavi Kermani (born 1987), Iranian wrestler
Milad Kermani (born 1992), Iranian football player
Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani (1854–1897), Iranian literary critic
Morteza Kermani-Moghaddam (born 1965), Iranian football player
Muhammad Aqa-Kermani (fl. 1747), Persian physician
Navid Kermani (born 1967), German writer
Sadiq Kirmani (born 1989), Indian cricketer
Sayed Jaffar (field hockey) (born 1911), Indian Olympian (1932 & 1936 Olympics)
Shams-ud-Din Kermani (died 1384), Persian scholar
Syed Kirmani (born 1949), Indian cricketer
Zaheer Abbas (born 1947), Pakistani Cricketer & President of International Cricket Council


Syllepte picalis

Syllepte picalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Meghalaya, India.

The wingspan is about 48 mm. The wings are white with the veins strongly streaked with black. The forewings have a black costal area and a black spot near the base of the inner margin. There is an oblique black streak between vein 1 and the middle of the inner margin. There is a short streak below the base of vein 2 and spots on the cell and the discocellulars. The terminal third of the wing is black, tinged with purplish grey. The hindwings have a discoidal black spot and a postmedial line which is excurved between veins 5 and 2.


K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments

Kids' Ten Commandments (often abbreviated as K*10*C) is a direct-to-video, five-part series designed to teach the principles of the Ten Commandments to children. The series shows the life of a fictitious 11-year-old boy named Seth. He and his friends, including a group of animals, each with their own personality and perspective, interact with Biblical characters such as Moses. Each episode includes two songs, explains two commandments, and combines both 2-D animated characters and 3-D animated backgrounds.

Along with the series on DVD and VHS, supplementary learning material was included for educational use at schools and churches, which included lesson plans, board games, puzzles, and music videos to help educators create character education curriculum utilizing the video programs.

The series was directed by Richard Rich and written and produced by Emmy Award winning George Taweel and Rob Loos, who also produced the Award winning series McGee and Me!. The series features the voice talents of award-winning stars including Tom Bosley, John Schneider, George Newbern, Lou Diamond Phillips, René Auberjonois, Peter Strauss and Tim Curry.

K10C aired on the Trinity Broadcasting Network.

Each of the episodes and the series has won multiple awards including Parents' Choice Award, Awards of Excellence from the Film Advisory Board, and fifteen Telly Awards.

Characters

Heroes/Protagonists
God: Literally speaks to Moses and writes the Ten Commandments with his own finger.
Moses: Moses is an old man and he is the main hero/protagonist, but he is also a friend of God's. His hair is long and white, as is his long beard. He walks with a staff (walking stick) that stays with him at all times. He is handsome, imposing, and fit. He carries himself humbly and quietly, unless he is angered with God's wrath.
Aaron: Aaron is Moses' older brother. He is a born politician and a public speaker, always trying to make people happy. He has an undying faith in God and Moses, but he is sometimes more concerned about what people think. His hair is not white like Moses', but more toward grey.
Miriam: Moses and Aaron's sister. Miriam may be old, but she is spunky with a sparkle in her eye. She has the deep faith of her brother Moses and the personality of her older brother Aaron. She is not above playing the drums and singing as God opens the Red Sea for their escape. She is also a prophetess, and she lives her life for God.
Joshua: Joshua is the young and emerging leader. He eventually will lead the people into the Promised Land. He is young, fit, and handsome, plus he is smart and willing to serve God. A great warrior in his time, he stands ready to follow God anywhere.
Seth: Seth's skin is tan from long hours in the sun; his body is strong from hard work. Seth's face is round, with big dark brown eyes and long eyelashes. His hair is coarse with one lock that occasionally falls in his face. Seth is a good, middle-class, fairly responsible kid. Since his dad died before they left Egypt, he's been given a lot of responsibility for his age, having to care for his mom Leila and for their animals. He has a special gift with animals - he is very kind to them - but he longs for adventure. Any time God does something spectacular he is amazed.
Leila: Seth's mother. This woman of God is modest, hardworking, and pretty, but life is tough in the desert for a widowed mom. She's a natural beauty, but she hides her beauty with a scarf over her long hair. She depends on Seth to take care of the animals, which is about the only thing her husband left her. She wants to set a good example for her son with everything that she does and sometimes puts too much pressure on herself to be perfect.
Seth's animals
Jacob: Jacob is a lean young bull calf who has something of a Napoleon complex. He is young and small, but he thinks of himself as big and strong. He is not a cow, but a young oxen. He struts when he walks. When he is chosen to be the model for the golden calf, he is in his glory until he discovers the consequences. He is always hungry and frequently selfish.
Rachel: A smart-alecky, sarcastic, and funny donkey. Shaggy-looking, with floppy, expressive ears and a tuft of long hair; she often has saddlebags to carry supplies. Rachel makes jokes about everything and everyone - especially Jacob, who thinks so highly of himself, and Amos, whom she calls a rat (He insists that he is a rodent). Rachel is honored to be chosen to help with the tabernacle.
Shadi: He is a natural storyteller; his voice is deep and rich. An old camel (scruffy around the edges) he's been through a lot of sandstorms. He was with a group of nomads before ending up in Egypt. He's seen North Africa from the Sahara to Sinai, as well as the rest of the Middle East across the trade routes of Babylon and India. Shadi brings a wise and informed opinion to all that he sees.
Martha: Martha is young, sweet, kind lamb who is scared of everything in the desert. She's by nature a follower, and she will go along with the majority no matter what. She doesn't like conflict and encourages others to be kind. Martha is very frightened when faced with danger.
Hannah: Incredibly stubborn, average-looking grey goat, with pretty eyes and cute little horns on her head. Always wondering why goats don't get the respect they deserve. Has an ongoing feud with Rachel.
Amos: Slovenly, ragged, always—the only way that he survives is to hide well, grab crumbs, and convince the other animals not to turn him in. He's sarcastic, but when the chips are down, he will also help out. Insists that he is a rodent and not a rat and/or a mouse.
Omri: Ephraim's rich dad. A distinguished looking man who was one of the top advisors to the richest man in Egypt. His family left with many treasures and beautiful clothes. He carries himself with the flair of a man who is used to being respected. His clothes are always in place.
Zillah: Ephraim's mom. A beautiful woman who carries herself with great dignity and charm. She puts her son and her husband first in all things. Wears beautiful jewelry and fine linen dresses. Her style is a bit more Egyptian than Jewish, and her favorite color is purple.
Ephraim: Seth's best friend.He's from a privileged family in Egypt. He's got the "coolest" pet in the camp, Zeek, the falcon.
Zeek: Ephraims pet. He's a beautiful falcon, with sharp markings, an angular beak, and piercing eyes. He has big, sharp talons, which he gestures with as he speaks. He exudes confidence - and with excellent vision, he keeps an eye out for danger.
Josephat: A fast-talking gecko who has an excuse for everything. He talks so fast sometimes that his tongue literally gets tied. His tail is very expressive, gesturing as he speaks. Loves the sun and the desert and hates to be interrupted by people or other animals.
Matthew: Matthew is overworked, exhausted, and struggling to make sense of this journey. He is also trying to impress Moses and Aaron as the camp crier. Not a particularly handsome man, he is concerned that he is not enough for his beautiful wife, Sara.
Sara: She is super-enthusiastic about music, especially when a star like Simeon wants her to sing with him (she has no idea what his real intentions are). She has an innocent smile, and sunny disposition. Her most valued possession is a beautiful songbird brooch given to her by her husband, Matthew. Martel, Simeon's monkey, steals the jewels and Simeon steals the hearts; especially Sara's.
Ben-Ami: A kindly old toy-maker who creates amazing wooden toys, puppets, and masks. His quiet wisdom is as valuable as his craftsmanship.

Villains/Antagonists
Hazzaka: Hazzaka is the bad apple in any barrel. He is a rabble-rouser and a complainer. He is a very persuasive man. When Moses "disappears" on the mountain, Hazzaka sees this as finally the moment to lead the people the way he thinks they should be led (which is whatever makes them happy). He has beady eyes, arching eyebrows, and long bony arms that gesture as he speaks.
Mehida: Hazzaka is Mehida's "Henry Higgins". He transformed her from a worthless young slave girl into a beautiful woman. He taught her to act, talk, and carry herself - she is beholden to him for her every thought. He controls her. She does whatever he says without question, including dance around the golden calf.
Boaz: Fat, pompous, and not too bright. He values riches over God. He's more than happy to help Hazzaka make an impact.
Naomi: Boaz's wife. Self-centered, self-important, selfish, Naomi overdresses for everything. She wears many bracelets (on both arms) and more layers of linen garments than Cleopatra. She is all style over substance.
Jeshanah: He's sort of a "Scrooge" character - he has lots of money, but he's a cheapskate who always needs more. Jeshanah is angry at the world. Jeshanah (which means "old" in Hebrew) is grumpy about everything: he wishes that he could have stayed in Egypt where everything was easier; he doesn't like the desert. He is always looking for a way to achieve the honorable state that he thinks he deserves - he wants nothing more than to be remembered. His clothes are not new; his long white beard seems to have a mind of its own; and he always has his wooden walking stick he can use to sway misbehaving animals or boys who get in his way.
Natha: A devilishly handsome leader who works with Raca and Ugee.
Ugee: A bare-chested, giant wrestler-like brute who is not too bright. Works with Natha and Raca.
Raca: A short thug who looks threatening but is not too bright. Works with Natha and Ugee.
Simeon: He has tan good looks, long hair, a muscular body, and a granite-like jaw that makes women swoon. Simeon was the biggest of the Jewish performers in Egypt. Like a rock star in 1300 BC, Simeon had lots of fans (most of them young girls). To celebrate the fact that God will live amongst the Israelites in a tabernacle, it is decided that there will be a celebration and Simeon will sing again, but is quickly becomes apparent that Simeon really is a thief. He has been stealing jewely for years with the help of his monkey, Martel and now he is out to steal Sara, Matthew's wife.

Episodes
 1. "The Not-So-Golden Calf" (June 3, 2003)
Special guest star: Tim Curry as Hazzaka
 2. "The Rest is Yet to Come" (June 10, 2003)
Special guest star: René Auberjonois as Jeshanah
 3. "A Life and Seth Situation" (June 17, 2003)
Special guest star: Lou Diamond Phillips as Natha
 4. "Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts" (June 24, 2003)
Special guest stars: John Schneider as Simeon and George Newbern as Matthew
 5. "Toying with the Truth" (July 1, 2003)
Special guest star: Tom Bosley as Ben-Ami

Cast
 Jodi Benson as Layla, Sara and Martha the lamb
 Brian Cummings as Aaron, Raca and God
 Jesse Corti as Ugee and Jacob
 Jeannie Elias as Mehida, Naomi, Zillah and Rachel the donkey
 Maurice LaMarche as Boaz, Omri and Amos The Rat
 Chris Marquette as Seth
 Sean Marquette as Seth
 Mona Marshall as Miriam, Ephraim, and Hannah
 Rob Paulsen as Zeke, Josephat and Joshua
 Peter Strauss as Moses
 Paul Winfield as Shadi The Camel

Songs
K10C Theme Song - James Covell
See Me Shine - Jesse Corti
Follow Me - Tim Curry
Gotta Do What You Can - René Auberjonois and Chris Marquette
The Seventh Day - Jesse Corti, Jeannie Elias and Mona Marshall
The Four Corners - Chris Marquette and Mona Marshall
What Did You Expect? - Lou Diamond Phillips, Jesse Corti and Brian Cummings
Rats - Maurice LaMarche
All I Need Is You (Duet) - Jodi Benson and John Schneider
All I Need Is You (Solo) - Jodi Benson
The Boy Who Has Everything - Jesse Corti
The Truth, No Lie - Tom Bosley

Trivia
 There were three voices for Seth in this mini-series -- Jesse Corti (singing voice in episode 5), Chris Marquette (for episodes 1 to 3) and Sean Marquette (for episodes 4 to 5).


Finale (Smallville)

"Finale" is the title of the two-episode series finale of the superhero television series Smallville. The episodes are the 21st and 22nd of the 10th season, and the 216th and 217th episodes overall. The finale originally aired on The CW in the United States on May 13, 2011. The first half was written by Al Septien and Turi Meyer, and directed by Kevin G. Fair, and the second half was written by Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson, and directed by Greg Beeman.

The series follows the adventures of the young Clark Kent (Tom Welling) in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas, before he becomes Superman. In the series finale, Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman) learns that the planet Apokolips is coming to destroy humanity, and that Oliver Queen (Justin Hartley) is under the possession of Darkseid. Meanwhile, the Lionel Luthor from Earth-2 (John Glover) attempts to bring his deceased doppelgänger's son Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) back to life. Clark finally realizes his true destiny, just in time to stop Darkseid's arrival on Earth. The finale episodes feature a flashforward seven years into the future, revealing Clark's new superhero persona, "Superman".

The episodes, written in advance during the fall of 2010, were conceived to successfully bring an end to the series. Showrunners Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders attempted to preserve the intended ending envisioned by original series developers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar several years earlier. The episodes featured the return of several former actors, including John Schneider, Aaron Ashmore, Annette O'Toole, and Michael Rosenbaum. In addition, Michael McKean made an uncredited voice cameo. The episodes also contained several overt references, homages, and connections to previous Superman franchises, such as the 1978 film Superman and the 2006 film Superman Returns.

Upon its premiere, the two-episode finale was watched by 3.35 million viewers. The episodes received generally positive reviews from commentators, many of whom felt that the series was successfully able to wrap up its story arcs. Rosenbaum's return was met with critical applause; however, the artistic decision to not show Welling in the full Superman suit and instead to render Superman using computer-generated imagery (CGI) was met with negativity.

Plot
Seven years in the future, Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) reads a comic book titled "Smallville", detailing the rise of Superman, to her son. Flashing back seven years, Lois Lane (Erica Durance) and Clark Kent (Tom Welling) argue about their upcoming wedding. Lois wants to call off the wedding, believing that she is hindering Clark's destiny. Chloe gives Lois a copy of Clark's vows to help convince her to go through with the wedding. Meanwhile, Clark has a discussion with his mother, Martha (Annette O'Toole) about letting go of the past. Clark visits Lois at their apartment, where she tells him that the wedding is on, admitting that she read his vows, and gives him hers in exchange. Clark reads her vows and tells her that he will meet her at the chapel.

At the Luthor Mansion, Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman) is confronted by Granny Goodness, who offers her one final chance to join Darkseid's forces to spare her life during the coming destruction. Tess refuses, declaring that, just because she was born a Luthor, her fate is not sealed. At Watchtower, discovering that Oliver Queen (Justin Hartley) disabled the organization's satellites, Tess brings up previous satellite footage revealing the planet Apokolips descending toward Earth. Before Tess can warn the team, she is ambushed by a group of armed men and taken captive. Granny Goodness, Desaad, and Gordon Godfrey meet in their lair. Oliver—possessed by the power of Darkseid—arrives and is instructed to remove Clark's powers with a gold kryptonite wedding ring. At the wedding, Chloe realizes the ring is kryptonite and stops Oliver. Clark helps Oliver overcome Darkseid's control just as Apokolips enters Earth's atmosphere.

Tess, awakening on a table inside a laboratory, is greeted by the parallel universe version of Lionel Luthor (John Glover) from Earth-2, who reveals that they are underneath the ruins of the Luthor Mansion, where Lex has been hiding, taking his clones' vital parts and grafting them to his body to mend himself (as revealed in the season premiere episode "Lazarus"). Lionel attempts to use Tess's heart to bring Lex back to life, but she breaks free and fatally shoots Lionel during her escape. Lionel makes a deal with Darkseid to bring his doppelgänger's son to life in exchange for Lionel's soul. Clark tracks Tess to the mansion, where he is confronted by Lex. Clark apologizes for not being able to save Lex from the loss of his soul, but declares that he will always be there to stop Lex in the future. Oliver confronts Granny Goodness, Desaad, and Gordon Godfrey, dispatching them with three arrows. At LuthorCorp, Tess confronts Lex, who reveals that he always knew that she was his sister and that he used her. Lex embraces Tess, and stabs her in the stomach as he tells her he loves her, claiming to be saving her from becoming like him. As she lies dying, she poisons Lex with a neurotoxin that erases all of his memories within 30 seconds.

After overhearing a government radio broadcast containing disguised references to nuclear weapons, Lois sneaks on board Air Force One. She manipulates her way into a room with the Secretary of State, where she tells him that the supposed meteor is really a planet, and that the heroes they tried to destroy can save them. They agree to give the heroes a chance, but give them only five minutes. In the Kent barn, Clark is attacked by Darkseid, who is possessing Lionel's body. Jor-El taps into Clark's thoughts, showing him images of his trials over the past 10 years, revealing that his entire life has been one big trial leading to this moment. Harnessing the ability to fly, Clark smashes through Lionel's body, destroying it, and makes his way to the Fortress of Solitude. There, the spirit of his father, Jonathan Kent (John Schneider), presents him with the suit Martha made for him, and Clark takes to the sky, saving a crashing Air Force One, and vanquishing Darkseid by pushing Apokolips back into space.

Flashing forward seven years, a TV broadcast announces that Lex Luthor has just been elected the President of the United States. At the Daily Planet, Clark runs into Lois, and they discuss finally getting married, after seven years. News arrives of a bomb found in an elevator uptown. Clark runs to the rooftop and rips open his shirt, revealing his suit as "Superman".

Production

Background and writing
Following the conclusion of the seventh season finale "Arctic", showrunners and original series developers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar left the series. This meant that they were unable to write the series finale, although Millar later noted that, in their minds, "the last moment of the show would [have been] him putting on the suit and flying off into his future and his destiny." According to executive producer and showrunner Kelly Souders, she and fellow executive producer and showrunner Brian Peterson kept Gough and Millar's original ending in mind when they began working on the finale, because the scenes that Gough and Millar had envisioned represented "real wish fulfillments for fans". However, the resultant script changed along the way, with Souders eventually calling it "a smorgasbord of what everybody wanted."

The first part of the episode was written by Al Septien and Turi Meyer, whereas the second half was written by Peterson and Souders. Due to the important nature of the episode, Septien, Meyer, Peterson, and Souders began working on the script before Christmas, in the fall of 2010 after the writers had a general idea for the first part of the 10th-season episodes. Souders later explained that the script had been finalized when Rosenbaum agreed to return to the series. As such, this forced the writers to redo parts of the episode to make room for his character. The work was so stressful, Souders said, that she experienced heart palpitations due to exhaustion, excitement, and the emotion of the experience.

The episode finally features Clark flying. Peterson and Souders had toyed with the idea of showing Clark flying in either the 200th episode, "Homecoming," or during a different mid-season episode, but they decided against it; they argued that Clark flying was a metaphor for him finally embracing his destiny, and that adding it to another episode other than the finale would be jarring. The writers listened to both network executive and fans in order to formulate the best idea as to how to handle the situation. Peterson noted that people wanted "one big transformation". According to Souders, the writers initially wished to include more members of the Justice League but, because of budgetary constraints, these ideas did not come to pass. Peterson, however, noted that the episode contained "80 to 90 percent of what everyone [wanted]". After the scripts were finished, they were heat-marked to ensure secrecy. According to Welling, scripts could not be photocopied and, in order to read them, the actors had to sign them in and out.

Casting

The finale episodes featured several returning characters. John Schneider reprised his role as Jonathan Kent, appearing to Clark in various visions and presenting Clark with his suit near the end of the episode. Schneider's appearance was meant to bookend the season, with his role in the finale mirroring his appearance to Clark in the season premiere, "Lazarus". Aaron Ashmore returned after his original character, "Henry" James Olson, was written out of the series during the eighth season episode "Doomsday". In the finale, Ashmore portrays "Jimmy Olsen", the younger brother of Henry James Olsen, in a sequence set seven years into the future. Michael McKean also reprised his role as Perry White (although only his voice is heard in the episode), and former series regulars Annette O'Toole and Allison Mack also were featured in the episode.

The airing of the finale was preceded by months of speculation as to whether actor Michael Rosenbaum would return to reprise his role as Lex Luthor. Welling stated that he was doing "everything [he could] to get Michael Rosenbaum back", because Rosenbaum was the only person Welling could have seen portraying Lex Luthor on the series. Before the airing of season 10 commenced, Welling argued that, for him, Luthor's return would have to be the inspiration for Clark to finally become Superman, because the idea of one character without the other was unthinkable.

At the 2010 Comic-Con, Welling stated that Rosenbaum acknowledged the importance of Lex in the series and wanted to return in some degree for the show's final season, but that he needed to finalize the details. According to Welling, the series would tease early on that Lex would return with the introduction of bodies into which Lex could tap in order to heal himself later in life. After months of speculation, the actor finally agreed to appear in the finale. Rosenbaum explained that his return was for the fans, stating, "I appreciate all of their passion, their relentlessness, and even their threats." Had Rosenbaum not elected to return, Souders explained that Lex still would have played a part, but would have been more of "a puppeteer behind the scenes" and the fact that he was still living would have "been a reveal at the end of the show", sans the dialogue.

Speculation also surrounded whether former series star Kristin Kreuk would reprise her role as Lana Lang. Prior to the episode's broadcast, Kreuk ignited a minor controversy by noting that she would not be watching the episode when it aired, giving some fans the impression that she was avoiding the show. Kreuk released a statement on her Facebook page, clarifying that, even when she was a star on Smallville, she did not watch the episodes when they aired. Kreuk stated that Peterson and Souders never approached her about being in the finale, and that she was glad that they had not, because she was fond of how Lana's story arc ended in season eight.

Filming
Because the finale encompassed two separate episodes, each was filmed by a different director. Part one was directed by Kevin G. Fair, and the second part was directed by Greg Beeman. Beeman had been a regular director for the series during its first five years, but he had left after helping direct the fifth season episode "Reckoning". A fan of the series himself, he was particularly pleased with the way in which the various story arcs were wrapped up, highlighting the scenes in the Fortress of Solitude, the flash forward seven years, and the reappearance of Schneider. Production for the finale started in March 2011. The producers for the series were initially concerned that they had not filmed enough material to fill the finale's allotted air time, so additional scenes were filmed between Granny Goodness and Godfrey concerning the Darkseid mythology. However, a rough cut of the finished episodes ended up going over time, and the scenes were cut. There was talk that these scenes would appear on the 10th season DVD, although this did not come to pass.

The suit that Clark dons in the series finale was originally used in the 2006 film Superman Returns, worn by Brandon Routh. The producers of Smallville had been offered the suit worn by Christopher Reeve in the original Superman films; however, they turned the offer down. Peterson reasoned that this was because it "didn't quite fit with our world". The final scene was shot to be reminiscent of the similar scene in the original 1978 Superman film, where Reeve rips open his shirt to reveal the Superman suit. Beeman and the rest of the production staff reviewed the scene to make sure that they filmed the homage correctly, but Beeman later noted that the iconic scene was "clunkier" and more "out of focus" than they wanted, and that people's memories make it seem more impressive. However, he was pleased that the recreated shot was the sequence to wrap up Smallville, noting that he "always thought that was going to be the final moment".

Special effects for the finale episodes—and series as a whole—were completed by Entity FX. The company produced nearly 80 different visual effects shots for the episode, which were created in the Entity FX facilities in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Santa Monica, California, with addition supervision in Vancouver. Mat Beck, owner of the company, later explained that the company was in charge of "work[ing] this magic" on several minutes of screen time, during which hardly any photography had been filmed. The episode also made use of practical effects, such as how Lex Luthor's bald head was created. Unlike Rosenbaum's previous appearances, the actor decided to opt for a bald cap to cover his hair, arriving at this decision both because it had taken four months for his hair to grow back and because he was working on other projects that required him to have hair.

The final five minutes of the second of the finale episodes featured the musical score for the Krypton sequence in the opening credits of Superman, orchestrated by John Williams. Former series composer Mark Snow, who served from seasons one to six, had previously reworked the score in season two's "Rosetta"—which featured a guest appearance by Christopher Reeve—as well as various moments in the season two finale, "Exodus".

Broadcast

Ratings
The double-episode finale earned a Nielsen rating of 1.8, with a 3 share in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic. Nielsen ratings are audience measurement systems that determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States. These ratings mean that the two-episode finale was seen by 1.8 percent of all 18- to 49-year-olds, and 3 percent of all 18- to 49-year-olds watching television at the time of the broadcast. It was viewed by an estimated 3.35 million viewers, and ranked second in its timeslot. For the first one-and-a-half hours, the episode averaged around 2.9 million viewers; however, during the final 30 minutes, viewership rose to 3.39 million. The ratings for the final episode marked a 63 percent increase when compared with the previous episode, "Prophecy".

Reception
Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weeklys PopWatch complimented the episode, writing that "the series finale of Smallville did what it needed to do: It completed the circuit on an epic coil of story that began 10 years ago." Jensen was critical of the first half of the episode, noting that the pre-marital tension between Clark and Lois did not bode well for the story. However, he felt that the last 10 minutes made up for the slow parts in the episode. He ultimately concluded that the finale was "radically cornball and goosebumpingly geektastic, and the fanboy in me was satisfied". Chris Carabott of IGN awarded the episode a 9.5 out of 10, citing an "amazing" episode. He argued that it "succeeded in delivering the moments we wanted to see" and that "this finale delivered some of the most memorable moments of the series and successfully transformed Clark Kent into Superman". Nick McHatton of TV Fanatic awarded the episode five stars out of five, calling its resolution "breath taking". McHatton praised the ending, noting that, "I couldn’t have asked for a better ending than those seven years in the future" and that the final shot was the scene he "always imagined Smallville could end with".

Mike Moody of AOLTV felt that the season finale alternated between "exciting and disappointing", with the final 15 minutes being particularly good due to the celebration of "what we love most about Clark Kent/Superman – his power to delight and inspire us". However, Moody was critical that the substantial scenes in the episode were surrounded by "countless minutes of poorly paced padding, filler, and manufactured conflict", and that "the bulk of this two-hour finale was just painful to watch". Phil Dyess-Nugent of The A.V. Club awarded the episode a "C+" and called it "a sodden mess that mostly points up how off-balance the show became". He heavily criticized the show for focusing so much of the romance between Clark and Lois, and wrote that it detracted from the "better" plot concerning Darkseid and his minions.

Likewise, several reviewers expressed frustration with the lack of a full-body shot of Clark in the Superman suit, as well as the way in which Superman was presented as flying through the use of CGI. TV Line ranked the fact that Clark Kent "barely suits up" in the finale as one of "TV's 20 Biggest Disappointments of 2011", writing that "we never quite were treated to seeing the series star clad in the full costume, in flying mode", although they wrote that it was "a super-nitpick". Carabott called the CGI effects "a little shoddy", but that they made up "one of the most important moments of the series". Peterson and Souders, however, were reportedly "thrilled" by the "great debate", noting that "what [the producers] wanted to do all along was show hints at where he was going, because [Clark's destiny as Superman] is a whole different story that is yet to be told."

Rosenbaum's return as Lex Luthor was met with positive critical reception. Jensen felt that Rosenbaum's cameo was too short, but that it was worth it to see him play Lex one last time. Carabott felt that the scene between Lex and Clark was "worth the wait". Dyess-Nugent praised Rosenbaum's acting, arguing that it shook "the show awake, sending the needle hurtling rudely into the red zone". He ultimately stated that Rosenbaum's acting—in both the finale and the series as a whole—was "one of the great TV series performances of the past 10 years and proof once again that talent will blossom in the least expected places".


Prostrate shrub

A prostrate shrub is a woody plant, most of the branches of which lie upon or just above the ground, rather than being held erect as are the branches of most trees and shrubs.

Background
Prostration may occur because the supporting tissues in stems are not strong enough to support the weight of the plant, causing the plant to bend until it reaches the ground. Alternatively, it may occur because of a genetic disposition for branches to grow horizontally on or just under the ground; for example, as a strategy to avoid overly strong sunlight. Finally, environmental factors such as strong winds laden with sand or salt may tend to prune away erect branches, thereby creating a prostrate habit in plants that may not be predisposed to prostration.

Ecology
Prostrate shrubs are used in horticulture as groundcovers and in hanging baskets, and to bind soils and prevent erosion in remedial landscaping. They are also important components of rock gardens. The shrinking size of urban gardens has meant an increase in demand for and desirability of dwarf and prostrate forms of many garden plants. More recently, prostrate shrubs have received attention for their usefulness in planting green roofs and green walls, where they can contribute to environmental conservation.

Prostrate plant forms may arise from deliberate breeding and hybridisation, such as the groundcover grevilleas, including Grevillea "Poorinda Royal Mantle", and G. "Bronze Rambler", or by selection of forms of plants growing in exposed areas. The windswept coastal heathlands and cliffs of far southeastern New South Wales have yielded Banksia 'Roller Coaster' and Banksia 'Pygmy Possum'. These are flattened varieties of less than 0.5 m in height of the species Banksia integrifolia and Banksia serrata, respectively, both of which grow to sizeable trees of 10 m (30 ft) or more in height. The origin of others is unclear; Cootamundra Wattle (Acacia baileyana) is a popular and widely used garden plant in Australia, a prostrate form of which is also in cultivation. Its origin is unknown, possibly a chance seedling in cultivation. It itself is a popular garden plant, its cascading horizontal branches good for rockeries.

Species
Many species of roses grow as long canes that can spread prostrate on the ground, and some of these have been hybridized to form climbing and rambling roses that can be allowed to grow on the ground without support, as well as varieties known as "carpet roses" that are intended to be grown as ground covers. Prostrate juniper, Juniperus communis subsp. alpina is a naturally occurring form of a popular evergreen. Many species of Cotoneaster, such as C. apiculatus, are prostrate ornamentals, as are the closely related Pyracanthas, and the humilis variant of sweetbox, Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis. Heaths (Erica carnea and related species) and heathers (Calluna vulgaris) are prostrate shrubs often featured prominently in rock gardens. Wintergreens such as Gaultheria humifusa and Gaultheria procumbens are also prostrate growers.

Although, strictly speaking, herbaceous, the North American bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), a member of the dogwood genus, can appear as a prostrate shrub when growing in the garden. Many daphnes, particularly those derived from Daphne odora, are prostrate growers, including forms that are highly fragrant and have variegated leaves, although they are short-lived. Some forms of the culinary herb rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) form prostrate shrubs when grown in Mediterranean climates, although they die back to the ground when grown where winters are colder.


Tasha Alexander

Tasha Alexander (born 1969) is an American author who writes New York Times bestselling historical mystery fiction.

Biography
Alexander was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana to Anastasia (Friel) and Gary Gutting, University of Notre Dame philosophy professors.

In 2002, while living in New Haven, Connecticut, she started work on her first novel, after being inspired by a passage in Dorothy L. Sayers's Gaudy Night. Carolyn Marino at William Morrow acquired the book, And Only to Deceive, which was published in 2005 as the first installment of the Lady Emily series. Following a move to Franklin, Tennessee, where Alexander wrote her second novel in a local Starbucks, she eventually relocated to Chicago, where she married British novelist Andrew Grant (brother of bestselling author Lee Child) in 2010.

In 2007, according to Library Journal, Minotaur Books "lured her away" from William Morrow. She is now edited by Charles Spicer and is the imprint's top writer of historical mysteries. Alexander's work has been translated into more than a dozen languages and has been nominated for the Bruce Alexander Award and the RT Reviewers Choice Award. She has a reputation for being extremely careful about accuracy in her novels and is meticulous about research.

The Lady Emily series
The Lady Emily series, set in a time between the 1890s and 1900s and spanning across cities throughout Europe, follow the adventures of Lady Emily and her husband Colin Hargreaves.

Novels and short stories

Non-Lady Emily short story works
(Short stories appearing in anthology collections)
 "Preparations" – Kwik Krimes (2013; anthology edited by Otto Penzler)
 "Before a Bohemian Scandal" – Echoes of Sherlock Holmes (2016; anthology edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger)
 "[self-titled essay]" – Private Investigations (2020; anthology edited by Victoria Zackheim)

Miscellaneous works
 Elizabeth: The Golden Age, novelization, (2007);  based on motion picture screenplay written by William Nicholson and Michael Hirst; published to coincide with release of 2007 film Elizabeth: The Golden Age, starring Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen.


L. Luis Lopez

L. Luis Lopez is an American poet.

Life
Lopez graduated from  Spring Hill College, from St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico with an M.A., and from the University of New Mexico with a Ph.D.

He taught high school in Tampa, Florida, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and in Grand Junction, Colorado.  At the university level, he taught in the Academic Honors Program at the University of New Mexico and at Mesa State College.

lopez lives in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Awards
 two NEH fellowships, one to study lyric poetry with Dr. Helen Vendler at Harvard, Summer 1983, and a second to study the literature of innocent suffering with Dr. Terrence Tilley (Duke University) at St. Michael's College.
2008 American Book Award

Works

Anthologies
 Once Upon a Place (Night Owl Books, 2008)
 Charity (Red Rock Press, 2002)

 Talking From the Heart (Men's Network Press, 1990)


Celestial City, Imeko

Celestial City, Imeko is the Holy City  of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC). It is located in the Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, very close to the border with Benin.
Celestial City is known as "Jerusalem" by the celestials.
The city has potential as a tourist location.

Origins

Imeko is a small, spread out village in a hilly region of Ogun State a few kilometers from the Benin border.
The vegetation is a mixture of savannah belt and sparse forest suitable for cattle raising.
Most people are engaged in farming, with tomatoes and cassava being the most important crops.
Imeko is the home town of the mother of the Prophet "Papa" Samuel Oshoffa, who founded the Celestial Church of Christ in 1947 in Dahomey (now Benin), moving to Nigeria in 1979.

In 1973 a visionary, Pa Muri Adoye told Oshoffa of a visitation by a troop of angels who had said the Celestial City must be built at Imeko in a place called Igbo-Ifa, home of the traditional Yoruba deity Orunmila.
Mecca would be closed and Jerusalem would move to Imeko. This confirmed messages the Prophet believed he had received from Christ.
Oshoffa initiated construction of the Celestial City in 1983.

Oshoffa had directed that if he died in Nigeria he should be buried near his mother on family land at Imeko, and his burial ground be treated as holy ground and a place of pilgrimage.
If he were to die in Dahomey he was to be buried at Seme in his home town of Porto-Novo.
Oshoffa died in Lagos, Nigeria on 10 September 1985 a few days after surviving a car crash.
He was buried according to his wishes at Celestial City on 19 October 1985 with great ceremony.
He left behind 34 wives and 150 children.
The Porto-Novo congregation was angry at the choice of burial place, and there were rumors of plans to remove the body to Porto-Novo.
The Nigerian police took special precautions to prevent this happening.

Ceremonies

Alexander Abiodun Adebayo Bada was proclaimed the second Pastor of the church on 17 December 1985, and his appointment was ratified by the general congregation at their annual Christmas festival and convocation at Imeko on 25 December 1985. After a two-year waiting period, Bada was enthroned as Pastor at Celestial City on 24 December 1987.

Imeko became a place of pilgrimage at Christmas for thousands of Celestial Christians from Nigeria, from other parts of West Africa and from more distant parts including London and the United States, although most of the Benin congregation gather in Seme, Porto-Novo. The journey to Imeko is expensive and may be difficult to accomplish. Travelers from Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, for example, face a long coach ride costing the equivalent of a month's minimum wages. The traveler must pay visa fees, informal fees at border crossings, and anointment fees on arrival. But an important part of the pilgrimage is the opportunity to be anointed, which can only be done by the Pastor of the church, and usually only at Imeko.

When Pastor Bada died, he was buried at Celestial City on 1 October 2000.
Ogun State Governor Olusegun Osoba represented President Olusegun Obasanjo at the funeral ceremony.
There had been a legal challenge to the burial of Bada close to the Oshoffa's tomb, with Rev. Edward Olayinola Oladokun saying that the burial would erode Oshoffa's intentions for Celestial City to become a pilgrimage centre.
The 3rd pastor, Philip Hunsu Ajose, was appointed the new leader at a meeting on 24 December 2000 at Celestial City.
However, Ajose soon became terminally ill, and died on 2 March 2001. He was buried on 30 March 2001 at the conference center at Celestial City.

Ajose's succession was disputed, and by October 2003 the church had split into four factions. One was led by the founder's son Emmanuel Oschoffa, chosen by the board of trustees, one by Paul Suru Maforikan, chosen by the council of superiors of CCC Worldwide, one by Superior Evangelist Agbaosi of Benin and one by Superior Evangelist Josiah Kayode Owudunni.
The schism had still not been resolved as of April 2010, with six claimants to be pastor, although the Supreme Court had declared that nobody could call himself Pastor of the CCC until the church had a new constitution.

Buildings

Plans to build a cathedral at the National Headquarters, Makoko had been initiated and approved by the founder in 1973, but were put on hold when planning began for Celestial City.
The original plan, revealed in a celestial vision, was for Celestial City to include a huge cathedral, a prayer garden, conference hall, residence for the pastor, inns for each diocese and so on.
Later, plans were made to build an impressive mausoleum for the prophet. Work began, foundations were laid and some pillars erected, but a 2002 report said that the Celestial City was still essentially a building site. A market has sprung up to sell religious goods such as candles and vestments, as well as food and drink.
With no formal facilities, the pilgrims must camp where they can find a place.
When the pilgrims leave, the site becomes virtually deserted.

Senior Prophetess Rosaline Bola Sodeinde, known as the "spiritual daughter" of the church founder, was reported to be raising funds for building a basilica at Celestial City in 1995.
During his short tenure, in 2001 Pastor Ajose ordered that the seminary at Makoko, in the outskirts of Lagos, be transferred to Imeko.
This was ratified by the board of trustees.
He also ordained that any Pastor who succeeded him should live at Imeko.
At Ajose's burial, youths carried placards reading "The emerging pastor must stay in Imeko", "Complete the Celestial city project" and "Don't change Papa Oschoffa's plan for Imeko".
One of the youth leaders said the people of the town wanted church elders to develop Celestial city faster, making it more than just a burial ground.
However, despite plans for more construction at the site, little was done. In a statement dated 27 January 2009, Evangelist (Prophet) Samuel Olumuyiwa Oshodi said "All projects in the Celestial City, Imeko ... have become major embarrassment to right thinking Celestians – just because we lack Godly leadership".


Falcondale

Falcondale () is a hamlet in the  community of Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales, and occupies a low bluff overlooking the Nant Creuddyn north-west of Lampeter.

Falcondale is represented in the  National Assembly for Wales by Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru) and the Member of Parliament is Mark Williams (Liberal Democrats).

Located 59.3 miles (95.4 km) from Cardiff and 174.8 miles (281.3 km) from London. A single track road (the South Drive) can be found on the A475 from Lampeter towards Newcastle Emlyn and Cardigan. The road contains bungalows mostly built in the 1980s. A second single track road (The North Drive) can be found on the A482 from Lampeter to Aberaeron, where workers' cottages are, Home Farm and a coach house dating from 1859. Both drives meet in the centre where the main house is situated, also called Falcondale, which was grade II listed in November 1992.

History
There were three estates in and around Lampeter, Maesyfelin, Peterwell and Falcondale all having substantial houses. Only Falcondale (the youngest of the three) now exists.

Maesyfelin was resided in from the 16th century by the Lloyd family. Sir Lucius Lloyd, High Sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1746, married Anne, daughter of Walter Lloyd of Peterwell. On his death in 1750 his estates were inherited by his widow's family. Only a few garden walls remain of this property, as stones from this house were used to remodel Peterwell House.

Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet, had remodelled Peterwell House with a rooftop garden and corner towers after 1755, but before his suicide in 1769. He left many debts and so the house remained empty and became derelict. It was firstly inherited by his nephew John Adams of Whitland Abbey, an MP in Carmarthenshire in 1774-1780, who amassed more debts and eventually sold the estate in 1776 to Albany Wallis the attorney who held the original mortgage. Peterwell Estate was  sold to Richard Hart-Davies in 1807, who was a partner of Harford Bank in Bristol. John Scandrett Harford was a partner in the same bank and his son (also called John Scandrett Harford) married Richard Hart-Davies' daughter Louisa. John Scandrett Harford purchased the Peterwell estate from his father-in-law jointly with his younger brother in 1820.

It was John Scandrett Harford's nephew John Battersby Harford who commissioned the architect Thomas Talbot Bury of London to build the Italian style villa that currently stands in Falcondale. Peterwell house became derelict and now only a few stones remain down a lime-lined driveway off the A475, a mile or so west of Lampeter.

The house

In 1850 John Battersby-Harford married Mary von Bunsen, daughter of the Prussian ambassador to St. James's. He, and much of his family, spent time in Europe, especially in France and Italy; as testified in Alice Harford's Annals of the Harford Family. This could explain the Italian features seen at Falcondale. Once his training for the bar had ended he decided not to follow his Uncle into Harford bank, but "settle at Falcondale, and gradually to bring order out of the chaos into which the estate had sunk, and to provide decent houses and buildings for tenants". His letters of 1854 to his uncle explains his motivations which contain a hint of the Harford family's Quaker philanthropy.

It is believed that John Battersby Harford built Falcondale on an older farmhouse building dating from 1820. An earlier building shows on the 1845 tithe map with a modest house and a service block near by. The name was changed to Falcondale from the original,  loosely translated as "valley of the kestrel".

Keystones above two of the entrances place the newer building at 1859. On being grade II listed in November 1992, it was described as an "Italian villa style on an unusually large scale; stuccoed with painted ashlar dressings and deep-eaved low-pitched hipped roofs. Big panelled stacks with corbelled and sometimes gabled caps".

In 1873 it is estimated that the estate had 8,399 acres in Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire.

The estate passed to his son John Charles Harford in 1875 (pictured), followed by his son John Henry Harford.

The estate was auctioned by Messers Knight, Franks & Rutley (largely to its tenants) in 1951, the main house of Falcondale being bought by the local council and turned into an old people's home. This lasted for 20 years, before the Smith family converted the building into the hotel we see today. Chris and Lisa Hutton (the present owners) bought the property in 2000 and have modernised where required, but the grandeur and architecture of the original building of 1859 mostly remains intact.

Gardens and lakes

Hotel


Imafuji Chōtatsurō

Imafuji Chōtatsurō (今藤長龍郎)(born  1969) is a Japanese shamisen player in the nagauta tradition. He is classically trained as an accompanist to kabuki chanters, but performs in a number of related styles as well, such as buyō (traditional Japanese dance). He is a part-time lecturer at Kunitachi College of Music, heads the shamisen section of the Tricycle performance troupe of which he is a founding member, and is involved in a number of other organizations and projects which aim to keep Japan's traditional performing arts alive and to pass them on to the next generations.

The son of Naoyuki Imafuji, Chōtatsurō is part of a long and prestigious lineage of nagauta artists. He is the nephew of Tōsha Meishō and Yoshio Nakagawa, and is also related to Tōsha Shūhō of the Tōsha school of traditional musicians.

Biography
Born in Tokyo in 1969, he first began learning the piano at the age of four. He began studying under Imafuji Ryōko at the age of ten, and made his stage debut the following year, in 1980. In 1985, he was granted the name Chōtatsurō by Imafuji Chōjūrō, and attended university at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Upon his graduation in 1991, he began to study formally under his uncle Tōsha Meishō and his father. The same year, he appeared on NHK programs on both traditional Japanese and Western music, as well as performing at the National Theater and Kabuki-za.

Chōtatsurō does not regularly perform at the mainstream kabuki theaters, generally being involved in projects more related directly to music and dance than to theatre. However, he has performed at the Kabuki-za, and has worked with the great kabuki actors Nakamura Kantarō II, Nakamura Shichinosuke II, and Nakamura Shidō II among others. He performed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and has made tours to England twice, in 2005 and 2007. In 2005, he was presented with the Award of the Foundation for the Development of Traditional Japanese Culture. Today he continues to teach both at Kunitachi College of Music and more privately, is a member of a league of composers of new works in the traditional style, and is involved in a number of other projects that encourage and support the traditional arts.


Małe Budziska

Małe Budziska  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.


KDS (company)

KDS is a SaaS technology provider for online business travel booking and expense management. Yves Weisselberger founded the company in 1994 and served as its CEO until 2011. Dean Forbes took the position of CEO after Weisselberger. The company is based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France with additional locations in Germany, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

KDS develops Neo, a cloud-based tool which enables business users to search and book complete door-to-door itineraries, instead of the traditional way of booking individual components. Using Neo, employees also manage business expenses through a calendar-based view instead of the common spreadsheet or line-item report approach.

History
Yves Weisselberger founded KDS in 1994. In 2011, Weisselberger stepped down as CEO and chose Dean Forbes as his replacement. Weisselberger chose Forbes to take his position because of Forbes's outside perspective.

KDS launched Neo, a self-booking tool in January 2013.  The tool was developed on the concept of booking an entire trip from door to door with a departure location, destination, and required time of arrival. The company also partnered with various payment partners to expand payment methods for transactions completed in the booking tool and a variety of travel inventory suppliers beyond air, rail and hotel to connect such as Groundscope, Snapcar, Addison Lee and Booking.com. In September 2013, KDS signed a five-year contract with Orange, a mobile network operator and internet provider in France, allowing Orange to use Neo for its business.

On January 29, 2014, the company's booking tool gained access to Renfe Operadora's content. KDS gained access after it partnered with SilverRail Technologies. The partnership also gave KDS access to North American rail content via Amtrak and Italy with Trenitalia.

On July 16, 2016, KDS released its latest version of Neo which for the first time combined the functionality of its legacy corporate booking tool, the door-to-door search and calendar-view introduced in Neo under a completely redesigned consumer-grade user interface.

Surveys and studies
KDS released the results of a survey the company took in 2013 asking business travelers about their company's travel safety. The survey found that 15% of travelers believed that their employers were unaware of their whereabouts and that an additional 23% regularly booked outside of the company defined booking processes.

Later that year, KDS and EPSA online surveyed 200 employees of companies of all sizes on expense fraud. Results found that 60% of employees thought cheating mileage expenses was justifiable because the system is poorly organized. 85% of participants stated that they had never cheated in their request for the reimbursement of business expenses. The survey also found that employee reimbursement time on average is 17 days and could take up to month.

In 2016, KDS launched a survey devised to investigate the attitudes, actions and behaviors of UK and U.S. business professionals when booking and managing their work-related travel and reporting travel expenses. The survey questioned over 1,000 participants and revealed that almost one quarter (22%) embellish their business travel expenses by regularly rounding up business mileage claims by 1 and 10 miles per journey.

Applications
KDS developed door-to-door reservations tool Neo to manage travel booking and business travellers. Describing the concept of open booking as "failure dressed up as innovation," Dean Forbes (previous KDS CEO) said KDS will emphasize Neo because he is confident it can sufficiently deter travelers from using alternative, unofficial booking channels. Open booking aims to collect data from bookings that take place on public websites.

Neo
KDS launched Neo, a door-to-door corporate booking tool, in January 2013. The tool provides consumers live street view and map overlays while displaying door-to-door itinerary time lines with steps including walking, driving, biking, rail, hotel, flights and dining. In November 2013, Neo had 11 active clients with over 300,000 profiles.

In 2014, KDS developed the Neo expense solution including an optical character recognition tool, that captures data and turns it into text. The tool aims to get rid of the collection of receipts by uploading them to a user's expense system as a line item. The expense system is calendar based to provide users with context on when and how they incurred an expense.

In 2015, the company rolled out the Neo Move mobile app for the iPhone and Apple Watch, branded as an ‘on-trip companion and guide’ by providing the traveler with real-time, location-based information and the ability to scan expense receipts on the go.


Suspending Disbelief

Suspending Disbelief is the eighth album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, released in September 1993 by Elektra Records.

Production
Suspending Disbelief was recorded in February and March 1993 at The Site and Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California, Russian Hill Recording in San Francisco, and Johnny Yuma Recording in Los Angeles. The album was mixed at Record One in Los Angeles.

Critical reception
In his review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann wrote that Suspending Belief contains Webb's "most straightforward, plainspoken writing yet" and that the songwriter "seems better able to perform his music now than at any time in the past." Ruhlmann continued:

The AllMusic website gave the album four out of five stars. Glen Campbell would record four tracks on this album for his final album, "Adios".

Track listing

Personnel

Music
 Jimmy Webb – vocals, piano, electric piano, synthesizer, arranger, conductor
 Linda Ronstadt – vocals, background vocals
 Skywalker Symphony Orchestra – orchestra
 Steve Lukather – electric guitar
 Dean Parks – guitar
 Ben Keith – steel guitar
 Mario Guarneri – piccolo trumpet, trumpet
 Leland Sklar – bass
 Russ Kunkel – drums, percussion
 Valerie Carter – background vocals
 David Crosby – background vocals
 Leah Kunkel – background vocals
 Craig Fuller – background vocals
 J.D. Souther – background vocals
 Don Henley – background vocals

Production
 Linda Ronstadt – producer
 George Massenburg – producer, engineer, mixing
 Bob Conlon – engineer
 David Gleeson – engineer
 Chris Haynes – engineer
 Nathaniel Kunkel – engineer
 Rail Jon Rogut – engineer
 Kevin Scott – engineer
 Craig Silvey – engineer
 Squeak Stone – engineer
 Bob Fisher – mastering
 Greg Sudmeir – coordination
 Ivy Skoff – production coordination
 Kosh Art – direction, design
 Richie Unterberger – liner notes
 Robbie Buchanan – programming, synthesizer programming
 Robert Blakeman – photography


Attack of the Show!

Attack of the Show! (AOTS) is an American live television program that initially aired from 2005 until 2013, weeknights on G4, G4 Canada Fuel TV, HOW TO Channel, and Maxxx. Episodes were hosted by Kevin Pereira, Kevin Rose, Olivia Munn, Zach Selwyn, Layla Kayleigh, Sarah Lane, Alison Haislip, Candace Bailey, and Sara Underwood. Attack of the Show! reviewed new technology, aired parodies, discussed pop culture and general news, and gave previews of video games, movies, and digital media.

History
The show premiered on  as a replacement for The Screen Savers. The show originally aired live five days a week; the week of , the show was truncated to air for only four days a week. Fridays featured a "Mash Up" that compiled segments from the week's four live shows. The show returned to live shows five days a week in September 2008, but G4 announced as of , Attack of the Show! would go to four days a week with a "best of" show running in the Friday time-slot. Attack of the Show! aired its 1,000th episode on . Attack of the Show! upgraded to High Definition on  to coincide with its first ever "Epic April" event of new premieres and stunts. Along with the addition of Candace Bailey, on  Attack of the Show "respawned" with new graphics and a new set.

On October 26, 2012 G4 canceled Attack of the Show! due to low ratings, five months after Kevin Pereira canceled his contract. The series taped its final scenes on December 21, 2012, and its final episode was broadcast January 23, 2013.

On December 29, 2019, NBC's San Francisco-owned station KNTV aired a 30-minute special titled "Best of Attack of the Show" at 2:00am.  While a slate at the top of the special said "This program originally aired on May 31, 2012," the special itself did not air on G4 that day, and it contained various clips from episodes past this date.  NBC.com later put this special online, incorrectly citing that the special first aired on December 26, 2019

Personnel

Host Kevin Rose left the G4 Network and AOTS on . The show announced a search for a new host among the show's audience, and for several months various candidates auditioned on the air. In the end none of the candidates were actually selected, although this was never actually announced on the air. Sarah Lane, who had previously been a co-host and segment contributor, gradually became the show's official host alongside Kevin Pereira. She continued in this capacity until , when she and Brendan Moran announced their engagement and stated that they would be leaving the show. The Morans appeared on the show, via satellite, on , to talk about their adventures.

Olivia Munn was hired to replace Lane and began hosting with Kevin Pereira on Monday, . Zach Selwyn, the runner up on ESPN's Dream Job, was hired to replace Moran and started his hosting duties a week later on . Munn said at the 2010 Comic Con that she would not be leaving AOTS, though she only occasionally appeared on the show for the rest of that year. She was still featured in the opening credits and other AOTS set pieces and transitions until .

After the departure of Munn, AOTS featured several guest co-hosts including: Candace Bailey, Jessica Chobot, Alison Haislip, Carrie Keagan, Alessandra Torresani, Sara Underwood, Milynn Sarley and Morgan Webb. Bailey became the new co-host with Pereira on .

AOTS has also featured Chris Hardwick, Chris Gore, and Blair Herter in the occasional absence of Kevin Pereira. In addition to the interim cohosts, Grace Helbig has also filled in for Candace Bailey.

On , Kevin Pereira announced on-air that he was officially leaving AOTS to pursue work in television production. He stated, "I plan to turn my attention to full-time with my production company Super Creative and live touring nerd-carnival leetUP." His last day on AOTS was May 31. Beginning , the show debuted a final new opening credit, with no reference to permanent or guest hosts. Kevin Pereira himself hosted the game show Let's Ask America since the September 17, 2012 series debut. On  G4 announced that they would not renew AOTS at the end of the year, as part of an eventual rebranding of the channel itself.

On , Attack of the Show! televised its final original episode on G4.  After a brief montage of clips from AOTS history and final goodbyes from the show's hosts and staff, the series ended with former Screen Savers hosts Patrick Norton and Leo Laporte in a coffee shop, acting as if the entire run of AOTS had been a dream.  They then don "rocket packs" and fly off to work in a skyscraper adorned with the old TechTV logo, as the Screen Savers theme plays one last time and the G4 Media copyright box appears in the bottom left corner of the screen. Afterwards, text came up on the screen against a gray background that read, "To our fans, our haters, and the Internet, thanks for seven kick-ass years. TTYL, Attack of the Show," with the Attack of the Show theme playing at the end.

On , Attack of the Show! aired for the final time as a scheduled program on G4, with the final original episode being re-aired.

Some of the video clips of the show can still be seen on YouTube though their YouTube account is no longer visible. The official Attack of the Show webpage, along with the rest of g4tv.com, is no longer online.

Correspondents
 Kristin Adams, substitute co-host
 Alison Haislip
 Alex Albrecht for video game segments
 Blair Butler for "Fresh Ink"
 Jessica Chobot
 Chris Gore, anchor for "DVDuesday"
 Blair Herter
 Grace Helbig
 Layla Kayleigh, anchor of "The Feed"
 Chris Hardwick for "Gadget Pr0n"
 Matt Mira for "Gadget Pr0n"
 Weston Scott
 Tiffany Smith
 Sara Underwood, anchor of "The Feed"

Segments

1,000th episode
Attack of the Show! celebrated its 1,000th episode on , starting at 7:00pm Eastern/6:00pm Central. The show ran for two hours, highlighting the segments, skits, and other memorable moments from the show's previous 999 episodes.

Highlights included:
 Kevin Pereira successfully catching a greased pig.
 Tom Green smashing the red and gray set robots.
 Epic failure of world’s first sky-written tweet.
 Office Jesus returning.
 Kevin Rose appearing via clip.
 Pereira's first appearance on G4.
 Sarah Lane appearing live in-studio.
 Never-before-seen audition tapes for Olivia Munn and Alison Haislip.
 Alan Thicke joins the hosts to sing the Growing Pains theme, and made out with Munn suddenly after.
 A new music video by Parry Gripp, frontman of punk rock outfit Nerf Herder, with Pereira and Munn in it.


Reagan Dale Neis

Reagan Dale Neis (born September 24, 1976 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her lead role in The WB sitcom, Maybe It's Me, and co-starring in the Fox sitcom, A Minute with Stan Hooper. She has also guest starred on Joey and Malcolm in the Middle and co-starring in the 2006 film Material Girls.

Biography
Neis grew up in Red Deer, Alberta. Neis graduated from the Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. Between high school and college, she took a year off, working as a waitress. She then went to Red Deer College where she studied theater.

Work
Neis' first acting role on film was in the movie, Naked Frailties (1998), where she played the lead female role. Neis played the main character, Molly Stage, in Maybe It's Me. Prior to playing Molly Stage, she had done small  television roles, including appearing in Malcolm in the Middle. The New Zealand Herald wrote that "Canadian actress Reagan Dale Neis is extremely likeable as Molly Stage."

Filmography