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Opsotheresia

Opsotheresia is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae. There are at least two described species in Opsotheresia. Species Opsotheresia bigelowi (Curran, 1926) Opsotheresia obesa Townsend, 1919

Mahasathi Anasuya

Mahasathi Anasuya (Kannada: ಮಹಾಸತಿ ಅನಸೂಯ) is a 1965 Indian Kannada film, directed and produced by B. S. Ranga. The film stars Pandari Bai, Leelavathi, Jayanthi and Vanisri in the lead roles. The film has musical score by S. Hanumantha Rao. Cast Pandari Bai Leelavathi Mynavathi in Guest Appearance Jayanthi Vanisri R. T. Rama Lakshmidevi Sabithadevi Suryakumari Rajkumar K. S. Ashwath Balakrishna Narasimharaju Srikanth Srikantaswamy Suryakumar Krishna Shastry Eshwarappa Kupparaj Sanjeevan L. N. Swamy Soundtrack The music was composed by Hanumantha Rao.

Jolene (band)

Jolene was an alternative rock band based in North Carolina, often described as alt-country. Members Dave Burris - guitar, backing vocals, keyboards John Crooke - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion Mike Kennerly - drums, percussion Rodney Lanier - keyboards, pedal steel guitar Mike Mitschele - bass guitar, bass synth, programming History After discovering a cassette copy of R.E.M.'s Fables of the Reconstruction, John Crooke was inspired to form a band with his cousin Dave Burris, and two long-time friends, Mike Kennerly and Mike Mitschele. After touring for six months, Jolene was spotted at a show in Nashville and signed to Memphis-based independent label Ardent Records, where they recorded their debut LP, Hell's Half Acre, released in 1996. Jolene signed with the major label Sire Records eighteen months later. With Sire, they released their second LP In The Gloaming in 1998. The band expanded to a five-piece during this time, with the addition of multi-instrumentalist Rodney Lanier. In 1998 Jolene supported Hootie & the Blowfish on their final UK tour, playing the last show on October 31, at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London. In 1999, Jolene joined Blue Rose Records, and released two albums on that label. John Crooke and Dave Burris are currently involved with the LA-based band Lamps. Lanier died on December 9, 2011, from cancer, at the age of 44. Discography

Johngarthia planata

Johngarthia planata, sometimes known as the Clipperton crab, is a bright orange species of land crab that lives on Clipperton Island in the eastern Pacific; on Malpelo Island, west of Colombia; and on Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands off Mexico, 900 km north of Clipperton. It is omnivorous and feeds on seaweed (algae), vegetation and sometimes carrion. The introduction of pigs on Clipperton Island by guano miners in the 1890s reduced the crab population: this in turn allowed grassland to gradually cover about 80 percent of the land surface. The elimination of these pigs in 1958 — as the result of a personal project by Kenneth E. Stager — has caused most of this vegetation to disappear, resulting in the return of millions of J. planata. A 2005 report by the NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California, USA indicates that the increased rat presence has led to a decline in the crab population, causing a corresponding increase in both vegetation and coconut palms. This report urgently recommended eradication of rats so that vegetation might be reduced and the island might return to its "pre-human" state.

Medellín Municipality, Veracruz

Medellín Municipality is a municipality in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in central zone of Veracruz, about 100 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 370.14 km2. The municipality of Medellín is delimited to the north by Veracruz, to the north-east by Boca del Río, to the east by Alvarado, to the south by Tlalixcoyan and to the west by Jamapa. Agriculture It produces principally maize, beans, green chile, rice, watermelon, mango and pineapple. Celebrations In Medellín, in September takes place the celebration in honor to San Miguel Arcangel, Patron of the town. Weather The weather in Medellín is warm all year with rains in summer and autumn.

Right Now! (Little Richard album)

Right Now! is a studio album by Little Richard, released in 1974. It was released without much publicity on the United Records label. The album features "Chain Chain Chain", more commonly known under the title "Chain of Fools". History Right Now! was recorded in January 1973, possibly in Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Alabama, and issued with no publicity as a low-budget LP. Richard himself recalled that: "We were about to start a tour and we needed some money. So Robert "Bumps" Blackwell and me got a deal for one album with an advance of ten thousand dollars from Kent Modern. We went into the studio and did it in one night. I did material we had worked out together. I prefer recording at night, my voice is in better shape then." Track listing "In the Name" – 3:08 "Mississippi" – 2:41 "Don't You Know I" – 3:03 "Chain Chain Chain" – 4:14 "Gerald Jones" – 6:33 "Dock of the Bay" – 2:51 "Chains of Love" – 8:15 "Hot Nuts" – 6:16 Personnel Little Richard – vocals, piano No records were kept of the rest of the personnel.

Whidbey Formation

The Whidbey Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils.

Harold Exton

Harold Exton is a mathematician at University of Central Lancashire (called Preston Polytechnic while he was there) working on hypergeometric functions, who introduced the Hahn–Exton q-Bessel function.

Macon State College

Macon State College was a four-year state college unit of the University System of Georgia. On Jan. 8, 2013, it was merged with Middle Georgia College into a new institution, Middle Georgia State College, which was renamed on July 1, 2015 to Middle Georgia State University. Macon State College was formerly Macon College and Macon Junior College. It was located in Macon, Georgia, with a satellite campus in Warner Robins, Georgia as well as the Robins Resident Center, located on Robins Air Force Base. The Macon, Warner Robins and Robins Resident Center campuses and facilities remain in operation and now are part of Middle Georgia State University. Most of the academic degree programs that had been offered at Macon State were retained during the consolidation. Macon State began residence life programs in the fall 2010 when the college started offering housing and expanded student life activities. The college took over operation of a 300+ unit apartment complex adjacent to the Macon campus and renamed the complex College Station. The apartments, which are still in operation by Middle Georgia State University, are student-only units with resident advisers and security on site. Macon State's main campus also became the main campus of Middle Georgia State University. The campus is located on more than on College Station Drive, along Eisenhower Parkway (US 80), in western Bibb County, Georgia. The Warner Robins campus, with three administrative and academic buildings, is located on Watson Boulevard, just a half-mile from the main gate of Robins Air Force Base. The Robins Resident Center is located in one of the many office buildings located on the Air Force base. In addition to the Macon and Warner Robins campuses, Middle Georgia State University also continues to operate the three campuses that were part of the former Middle Georgia College. Those campuses are located in Cochran, Eastman and Dublin. Presidents of Macon State College 1968-72: Jack K. Carlton, the first president of the institution 1972-84: William W. Wright 1984-85: Jack Ragland, served as interim president 1985-97: Dr. S. Aaron Hyatt 1998–2011: Dr. David A. Bell 2011-2012: Dr. Jeffery S. Allbritten 2012–2013: Dr. John Black, interim president History The history of Macon State College began in 1965, when the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents passed a resolution to create a public two-year college in central Georgia. Subsequently, the voters of Bibb County approved a bond issue to fund the college. Macon Junior College, as it was then known, opened its doors in 1968 to the largest enrollment ever for a new state college in Georgia. In 1970, the Board of Regents directed Macon Junior College to serve civilian and military employees at Robins Air Force Base. The Robins Resident Center, located on the base, was subsequently established. As several other junior colleges had recently gained four-year status, many speculated that Macon's would as well. However, the change took some time. It was not until 1983 that a statewide needs assessment indicated that the Macon area was underserved by state higher education. In 1987, the Regents removed "Junior" from the college's name but Macon College remained a two-year school. In 1989, the college's president, Dr. S. Aaron Hyatt, asked the state to grant the college senior status. The following year, 25,000 local citizens signed a petition supporting the move, but state budget cuts prevented the issue from advancing. Over the next several years, the topic was repeatedly discussed, and "senior status" was often recommended by University System consultants, but it would be 1996 before the Regents finally approved a change in mission and the introduction of the Bachelor of Science degree. Later that year, the school became known as "Macon State College" to indicate the new status. Both changes formally took effect in 1997. The first bachelor's degrees were awarded in May 1999. During the fall 2007 convocation President David Bell announced the college would reorganize from divisions into schools—the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, the School of Information Technology, the School of Nursing & Health Sciences, and the School of Business. In April 2010, the president announced that the college had assumed operations of a 300+ apartment complex adjacent to the Macon campus. The units were available only to Macon State students and opened as student housing for the Fall 2010 semester. In the fall of 2010, Dr. Bell announced that he would end his term as president in June 2011. In July 2011, Dr. Jeffery S. Allbritten, who had been serving as president of the Collier County Campus of Edison State College in Naples, Florida, assumed office as Macon State's new president. He held the position for only 12 months and left in June 2012, to be replaced by Dr. John Black, who began in July 2012 and served as interim president. In January 2012, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved the merger of the college with Middle Georgia College. The Board of Regents approved the name change to Middle Georgia State College on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 and also laid out a path for elevating the consolidated institution to university status after a review process. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the regional accrediting agency, gave its approval of the consolidation in December 2012, and the Board of Regents acted to make the consolidation official, effective immediately, on Jan. 8, 2013. In a subsequent action, the college was elevated to university status on July 1, 2015 and renamed Middle Georgia State University. Points of interest Waddell Barnes Botanical Gardens

Pyrgulina yersini

Pyrgulina yersini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. Distribution This marine species occurs off Vietnam

Demirciler, Nazilli

Demirciler is a village in the District of Nazilli, Aydın Province, Turkey. As of 2010, it had a population of 767 people.

VZ Camelopardalis

VZ Camelopardalis is a single, variable star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Camelopardalis. It has a reddish hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 4.92. The star is located at a distance of approximately 500 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +12 km/s. It was considered a member of the Hyades Supercluster, but in 1990 this was brought into question. This object is an aging red giant star on the asymptotic giant branch with a stellar classification of M4IIIa. Its variable nature was discovered by American astronomer J. Ashbrook in 1948. This is a suspected slow irregular variable of sub-type Lb that varies in visual magnitude from 4.80 down to 4.96. Long-term photometry measurements suggest there are at least four pulsation periods ranging from 27.1 to 39.0 days. With the supply of hydrogen at its core exhausted the star has cooled and expanded until it has now reached 89 times the radius of the Sun. It is radiating 1,252 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,641 K.

PangYa

PangYa (Korean: 팡야, "Bang!", known as PangYa Exhilarating Golf in Japan), is an online multiplayer casual golf simulation game designed by Korean development company, Ntreev Soft and NCSOFT. From 2005 until March 2009, the game was known as Albatross18 in North America. On March 8, 2009, control of the game was passed from OGPlanet to SG Interactive (then Ntreev USA), which closed the game for a month for technical upgrades and re-released the game as PangYa a month later. In May 2014, SG Interactive transferred the publishing rights to MAYN Interactive and transferred the publishing rights to SmileGate Europe in late 2014. On December 12, 2016, PangYas servers in North America shut down, along its website and forums,, the Korean servers were closed on August 29, 2016, and the Japanese servers, operated by Gamepot, were closed on November 10, 2017. The Thai servers, operated by Ini3 Digital, remain open. Gameplay PangYa's gameplay is designed similar to most other golf games. The power and accuracy of a shot are determined by a meter located at the bottom of the screen, using the "three-click method": one click to activate the meter's bar, one click to set power, and one click to set accuracy. Clicking is either done by moving the mouse pointer over the bar and clicking, or simply pressing the space bar. Should the player hit the ball with perfect (or almost-perfect) accuracy, the shot is called a "PangYa". Missing a PangYa will result in a loss of power, and either a 'hook' (where the ball angles to the left from the intended trajectory) or a 'slice' (where the ball angles to the right from the intended trajectory). The similarity of PangYa with other online golf games end here. The game's graphics are anime derived, with many of its features stemming from creative imagination, as opposed to realism. Golf clubs resembling household products or baseball bats are used by some characters, and courses such as Silvia Cannon and Wiz Wiz are set in fantasy realms. Additionally, physically impossible special shots can be performed. Game Modes Pangya has several game modes. Versus Mode - In versus mode, players compete against each other turn by turn with two to four players for 3, 6, 9, or 18 holes. Winners are determined by score. In the case of a tie, pang is used to choose the winner. Stroke Play is one of the versus mode options where players compete by strokes and score. Match Play, unlike stroke play, is determined by the winner of the hole. Players still have to get a lower score than their opponent on each hole to win the hole, but they must have the most wins to win the whole game. Match play is played with two teams: a red team and a blue team. Players can go up against another player, or play with a partner against another player and their partner. If anyone quits in the middle of a game, the whole game is finished. Tournament Mode - A mode where 4 to 30 players compete in real time. There are no turns but there is a ranking system. Regular Tournament mode: There is a ranking system that determines who is the best player of the round. There are also special awards of bonus pang for various accomplishments. Trophies are also earned in this mode. Team Tournament needs 12 to 30 people to play. Like Match Play, there is a red team and a blue team. Both teams need to have an equal number of people in order to start. At the end of the game, each team's score is tallied up and used to determine the winner. Guild Tourney is when a guild battles against another guild. Players need to join a guild to play. Its function is similar to Team Tournament. Battle Mode - A special mode of Pangya that deters from the original concept. Pang Battle is a special versus mode where players gamble with pang. Players receive other players' pang for winning a hole. If there is a draw on the hole, it will carry over to the next hole causing it to double or quadruple the amount of the total pang. In case the game is finished and there is still a draw, there will be an approach hole where players have to be the closest to the hole without chipping in at the fastest time. Approach Mode is where 4 to 30 players compete to be the closest and fastest person to the hole without chipping in. In Season 3, players pay 100 pang to play one hole. All pang is stored to a pot, with the top three players splitting the winnings. At rare times, the amount may double or even triple. As of Season 4, entrance fees/gambling have been removed and now participants can play up to nine holes with missions in which they must work together to win items. No missions can appear a lot where its normal approach mode without the gambling unless there are more players playing this mode. Some missions are for genders playing the game, genders of the character, chipping-in, distances, etc. At the end of the game, players get prizes from the treasure chests collected. Special Shuffle Course Mode - Each hole is from a different course. The last hole is a special, new course that will give a large reward to players. PSq's/Lounges - PSq's, or Player Squares, are where players can socialize and sell consumable pang items and pang clothes in any specific hole and course in the game. Practice - Allows players to play the tutorial, As well as Practice courses, And repeat any holes they want to. Chip Mode - Lets players practice getting Holes in one. Exchange and Upgrade Systems Tiki's Magic Ball - Tiki's Magic Ball is a recycling system where players can trade their unwanted clubs and equipment for Tiki points, The player can exchange tiki points for items in Cadie's Cauldron or Upgrade his or her power,control,spin or curve slots in Character Mastery. Cadie's Cauldron - Cadie's Cauldron is an exchange shop where players can exchange items to create a more helpful item, As well as allow the player to exchange gatcha items for the same gatcha item just in a different color or style. Lolo's Card Deck - Lolo's Card Deck is a card exchange shop where the player can combine 3 cards for a better or worse card. Character Mastery - Character Mastery is an upgrade system that allows the player to upgrade his or her power,control, accuracy, spin and curve with pang, The player may also upgrade his or her slots with Tiki points Club Workshop - Club workshop is a Club Upgrade system that allows the player to upgrade his or her clubs for better stats Clubs A player will start the game with the default golf club. As the player progresses, they are given the option to purchase new clubs, using either Pang or Cookies (Points in the North America server). Players can also get a free Lucky Air Knight club from the tutorial that works until they rank to Junior E. Club sets differ from each other in term of stats provided, available upgrade slots, level requirement, and appearance. Just like in real golf, PangYa club sets contain 4 basic type of clubs: woods, irons, wedges, and putters. Currency The currency of PangYa is Pang. Pang is normally earned by finishing a hole at par or better, pulling off powerful shots, and making difficult chip-ins. Pang can be used at the Shop to buy equipment or items. Pang can also be used to upgrade equipment such as golf clubs, or the characters themselves, boosting their stats. A cookie system has also been established on most PangYa servers which allows people to buy equipment and items using real cash. Rage Points system (which is a system designed to allow their respective virtual credit systems to be used with multiple games) replaces the cookie system but is identical in usage. Ranking In Pangya, a ranking system is used. As players continue to compete in more games in tournament mode or match play, they will gain more experience points and move up in rank. Most new players, if not all, start off with the Rookie F ranking and work their way up. The current maximum achievable rank is Infinity Legend A. The only exception is the Game Masters, which have their own rank, GM. When displayed in the lobby, this the highest rank of all. Special Shots In Pangya, special shots are achieved by doing different combinations of keys. The standard "perfect shot" is performed by hitting a shot that lands in the white bar, causing a voice to cheer "Pangya!". Under certain conditions, players can hit shots such as the Power Topspin, Power Backspin, and Power Curve, aiding them in avoiding obstacles or chipping the ball into the hole. More complicated shots can be achieved such as the Super Pangya, which adds 10-20 yards to a shot (depending on how many power bars are spent on the shot), as well as the Cobra, Tomahawk and Spike, which change the trajectory of the shot considerably. Known Servers A list of Pangya servers. Other versions Super Swing Golf series First unveiled at Nintendo's E3 press conference during a montage trailer, Super Swing Golf was announced for the Wii gaming system. The game was in joint development by Ntreev Soft and Tecmo, was released on December 2, 2006, by Tecmo in Japan, and was released on December 12 of the same year in the U.S. Super Swing Golf has been built from the ground up for the Wii but still shares similar attributes with the PC version of the game. The sequel to Super Swing Golf, Super Swing Golf: Season 2, has also been released, featuring new items as well as the Deep Inferno, Pink Wind, and Ice Spa courses from Pangya on PC as well as the Special Shot 'Spike'. Pangya: Fantasy Golf On June 23, 2009, Tomy (under license from SK Telecom) released Pangya: Fantasy Golf for the Sony PSP in North America. Pangya Mobile On November 18, 2014, NCSOFT (with cooperation from Ntreev Soft) announced Pangya Mobile for iOS and Android. Development progress was not updated for several years, but on October 5, 2017, NCSOFT licensed Pangya Mobile to LINE in order to launch game services in Thailand, Taiwan, and Indonesia. Thailand was the first country that Pangya Mobile launched in, having a short open beta period before its wide release. The game is available in Thai, Korean, Japanese and English. On December 30, 2019, it was announced on the official Facebook page that Pangya Mobile would close on February 7, 2020. On February 7, 2020, the official servers for Pangya Mobile were shutdown.

Albanians Got Talent

Albanians Got Talent (also known as Ti Vlen) was an Albanian talent show. Albanians Got Talent was the new name of Ti Vlen, which was stopped in 2009. Albanians Got Talent first aired on October 15, 2010. The judges were Altin Basha, Rovena Dilo and Armend Rexhepagiqi. The winners of the first season were Fiqiri Luli and Sabrina Troushku. It was primarily catered towards Albanians from Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. Season 1, 2010 The first season of Albanians Got Talent, started on October 15, and was hosted by Albana Osmani, a famous Albanian presenter, and Benet Kaci, a former presenter in RTK from Kosovo. The judges of the show were Altin Basha (director of the Albanian sitcom, Portokalli), Rovena Dilo (Albanian singer) and Armend Rexhepagiqi (Kosovar Albanian). External links Albanians Got Talent, Official Website

Proxy Mobile IPv6

Proxy Mobile IPv6 (or PMIPv6, or PMIP) is a network-based mobility management protocol standardized by IETF and is specified in RFC 5213. It is a protocol for building a common and access technology independent of mobile core networks, accommodating various access technologies such as WiMAX, 3GPP, 3GPP2 and WLAN based access architectures. Proxy Mobile IPv6 is the only network-based mobility management protocol standardized by IETF. Introduction Network-based mobility management enables the same functionality as Mobile IP, without any modifications to the host's TCP/IP Protocol stack. With PMIP the host can change its point-of-attachment to the Internet without changing its IP address. Contrary to Mobile IP approach, this functionality is implemented by the network, which is responsible for tracking the movements of the host and initiating the required mobility signalling on its behalf. However, in case the mobility involves different network interfaces, the host needs modifications similar to Mobile IP in order to maintain the same IP address across different interfaces. The "SaMOG" (S2a Mobility based on GTP) study item in 3GPP defines the interworking between mobile packet core and a trusted WLAN access network (3GPP TR 23.852). The interface that SaMOG defines for this interworking is the 3GPP S2a GTP interface. Proxy Mobile IPv6 Deployment Models +--------+ _----_ | +--------+ _----_ | | _( )_ | | | _( )_ | |----( Internet ) | | |----( Internet ) | (LMA) | (_ _) | | (LMA) | (_ _) | | '----' | | | '----' +--------+ | +--------+ | | | -- -- --- -- -- | _----_ -- -- | _( )_ -- -- | ( internet ) -- IP Network -- | (_ _) -- -- | '----' -- -- | | -- -- --- -- -- | +-----------+ / \ | | MAG |---- +-------------+ +-------------+ | +-----------+ |--- (Session Chaining) | | | | | | LMA |---- | MAG | | MAG | | +-----------+ | | | | | | +-------------+ +-------------+ | _----_ | | | | | _( )_ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ | --(IP Network )-- | AP | | AP | | AP | | AP | | | (_ _) | | (L2)| | (L2)| | (L2)| | (L2)| | | '----' | +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ | +-----+ +-----+ . . . . | | MAG | | MAG | / \ / \ / \ / \ | +-----+ +-----+ MN | /\ | MN | Proxy Mobile IPv6: Flat Domain Model | Proxy Mobile IPv6: Domain Chaining | Key Properties of Proxy Mobile IPv6 Technology Based on Open Internet Standards No client software requirement IP Address Continuity Session Continuity when roaming within a single access technology domain The mobile node can be an IPv4-client, IPv6 client or a dual stack client The transport network between LMA (Local Mobility Anchor) and MAG (Mobile Access Gateway) can be IPv4 or IPv6 The tunnel between the LMA and MAG is a shared tunnel The tunnel between LMA and MAG can be based on GRE or IP-in-IP No packet fragmentation, as PMIP advertises adjusted MTU values on the access side Extremely Light Weight Protocol, MAG function can be implemented on a low-cost access point Minimal Handover Latency Signaling semantics are based on IPv6, but can be enabled on an IPv4 network PMIPv6 signaling can be protected using standard IPsec transport mode ESP Natural Support for Client Mobility. The LMA is a Mobile IPv6 Home Agent Protocol Interface supported in 3GPP LTE Architecture Standard Protocol Glue for linking access technology domains Industry Wide Participation in Standardization Adopted in 3GPP, WiMAX and 3GPP2 Architectures Central traffic aggregation for charging, policy enforcement, LI and DPI Enforcement Supported in all 3GPP LTE Packet Data Gateways (LMA function in PDN Gateway) Future proof Proxy Mobile IPv6: Technology Overview Functional Entities The PMIPv6 architecture defines following functional entities: Local Mobility Anchor (LMA) Mobile Access Gateway (MAG) Mobile Node (MN) Correspondent Node (CN) Messaging Call Flows Protocol Operation A mobile host enters a PMIP domain A Mobile Access Gateway on that link checks host authorization A mobile host obtains an IP address A Mobile Access Gateway updates a Local Mobility Anchor about the current location of a host Both MAG and LMA create a bi-directional tunnel A Mobile Access Gateway sends a Router Advertise message to MN with Care-of-Address Access Authentication Access authentication and mobile node's identity Mobile node's policy profile MAG and Authenticator Collocation Security Considerations Control Plane Security Data Plane Security Address Assignment IPv4 Address Assignment over DHCPv4 Stateless Autoconf for IPv6 Proxy Mobile IPv6: Technology Applications Selective IP Traffic Offload Support with Proxy Mobile IPv6 Network-based Mobility Management in a local domain (Single Access Technology Domain) Inter-technology handoffs across access technology domains (Ex: LTE to WLAN, eHRPD to LTE, WiMAX to LTE) Access Aggregation replacing L2TP, Static GRE, CAPWAP based architectures, for 3G/4G integration and mobility Selective IP Traffic Offload (SIPTO) Support with Proxy Mobile IPv6 Mobile Operators today are facing two fundamental challenges: There is availability of only finite amount of licensed spectrum, limiting the number of mobile nodes that can be active at a point of time in the macro network. This is proving to be a major issue in high-density areas, such as San Francisco city. The exponential growth in the mobile data traffic is creating significant capacity problems in the mobile packet core To address these scaling challenges, mobile operators are exploring new technology approaches for expanding their network coverage by integrating alternative access technologies into a common mobile core. Specifically, Wireless LAN networks based on IEEE 802.11 standards is showing lot of promise. Secondly, for addressing the issue with the massive growth in mobile data traffic, mobile operators are exploring new ways to offload some of the IP traffic flows at the nearest WLAN access edge wherever there is an internet peering point, as opposed to carrying it all the way to the mobility anchor in the home network. Not all IP traffic needs to be routed back to the home network; some of the non-essential traffic which does not require IP mobility support can be offloaded at the access edge gateway. This approach provides greater leverage and efficient usage of the mobile packet core with increased overall network capacity and by lowering transport costs. Approaches such as, Selective IP Traffic Offload Option can be provide the basic offload semantics. How to Implement Proxy Mobile IPv6 Mobile Access Gateway Local Mobility Anchor Proxy Mobile IPv6 Implementations Cisco PMIPv6 Nokia Siemens Networks Starent (now part of Cisco) Number of other LTE PGW vendors OpenAirInterface Proxy Mobile IPv6 (OAI PMIPv6) OPMIP - an open-source implementation of the Proxy MIPv6 mobility management protocol UMIP - Mobile IPv6 and NEMO for Linux Proxy Mobile IPv6 Specifications Internet Standards (IETF) S. Gundavelli, K. Leung, V. Devarapalli, K. Chowdhury, and B. Patil "Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 5213, August 2008 R. Wakikawa and S. Gundavelli, "IPv4 Support for Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 5844, May 2010 A. Muhanna, M. Khalil, S. Gundavelli and K. Leung, "Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Key Option for Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 5845, June 2010 A. Muhanna, M. Khalil, S. Gundavelli, and K. Leung, "Binding Revocation for IPv6 Mobility", RFC 5846, June 2010 V. Devarapalli, R. Koodli, H. Lim, N. Kant, S. Krishnan & J. Laganier, "Heartbeat Mechanism for Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 5847, June 2010 S. Gundavelli, M. Townsley, O. Troan and W. Dec, "Address Mapping of IPv6 Multicast Packets on Ethernet", RFC 6085, January 2011 T. Schmidt, M. Waehlisch, S. Krishna, "Base Deployment for Multicast Listener Support in Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 6224, April 2011 J. Korhonen & V. Devarapalli, "Local Mobility Anchor (LMA) Discovery for Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 6097, February 2011 J. Korhonen, J. Bournelle, K. Chowdhury, A. Muhanna, U. Meyer, "MAG & LMA Interactions with Diameter Server", RFC 5779, February 2011 V. Devarapalli, A. Patel & K. Leung, "Mobile IPv6 Vendor Specific Option", RFC 5094, December 2007 J. Korhonen, S. Gundavelli, H. Yokota, and X. Cui, "Dynamic LMA Assignment Support in Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 6463, December 2011 F. Abinader, S. Gundavelli, K. Leung, S. Krishnan, and D. Premec, "Bulk Registration Support in Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 6602, April 2012 F. Xia, B. Sarikaya, J. Korhonen, S. Gundavelli and D. Damic, "RADIUS Support for Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 6572, April 2012 G. Keeni, K. Koide, S. Gundavelli, and R. Wakikawa, "Proxy Mobile IPv6 Management Information Base", RFC 6475, January 2012 M. Liebsch, S. Jeong & Q. Wu, "Localized Routing Problem Statement", RFC 6275, June 2011 S. Krishnan, R. Koodli, P. Loureiro, Q. Wu & A. Dutta, "Localized Routing for Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 6705, September 2012 S. Gundavelli, X. Zhou, J. Korhonen, R. Koodli, G. Feige, "IPv4 Traffic Offload Option for Proxy Mobile IPv6 (SIPTO)" RFC 6909, April 2013 S. Gundavelli, J. Korhonen, M. Grayson, K. Leung, & R. Pazhyannur, "Access Network Information Option for PMIPv6", RFC 6757, October 2012 X. Zhou, J. Korhonen, C. Williams, and S. Gundavelli, "Prefix Delegation for PMIPv6", RFC 7148 February 2014 S. Gundavelli, "Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifier for Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 6543 March, 2012 M. Liebsch, P. Seite, H. Yokota, J. Korhonen & S. Gundavelli, "QoS Support for Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 7222 April 2014 S. Krishnan, S. Gundavelli, M. Liebsch, H. Yokota & J. Korhonen, "Update Notifications for Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 7077, November 2013 R. Wakikawa, R. Pazhyannur, S. Gundavelli & C. Perkins, "Separation of Control and User Plane for Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 7389, October 2014 R. Pazhyannur, S. Speicher, S. Gundavelli, J. Korhonen & J. Kaippallimalil, "Extensions to the Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) ANI Option", RFC 7563, June 2015 T. Melia & S. Gundavelli, "Logical-Interface Support for IP Hosts with Multi-Access Support", RFC 7847, May 2016 CJ. Bernardos, "Proxy Mobile IPv6 Extensions to Support Flow Mobility", RFC 7864, May 2016 Z. Yan, J. Lee, & X. Lee, "Home Network Prefix Renumbering in Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 8191, August 2017 D. Patki, S. Gundavelli, J. Lee, Q. Fu, & L. Bertz, "Mobile Access Gateway Configuration Parameters Controlled by the Local Mobility Anchor", RFC 8127, August 2017 P. Seite, A. Yogin, & S. Gundavelli, "MAG Multipath Binding Option", RFC 8278, January 2018 S. Gundavelli, "Applicability of Proxy Mobile IPv6 Protocol for WLAN Access Networks", http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gundavelli-netext-pmipv6-wlan-applicability, October 2011 M. Liebsch & S. Gundavelli, "Proxy Mobile IPv6 inter-working with WiFi Access Authentication", http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-liebsch-netext-pmip6-authiwk, February, 2011 S. Gundavelli, M. Grayson, Y. Lee, H. Deng & H. Yokota, "Multiple APN Support for Trusted Wireless LAN Access", http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gundavelli-netext-multiple-apn-pmipv6, March 2012 SDO Standards (3GPP, 3GPP2 & WiMAX) 3GPP SA2, "Architecture for Non-3GPP Access", 3GPP TS 23.402, http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/23_series/23.402, October 2008 3GPP CT4, "Proxy Mobile IPv6 - Stage 3 Specification", 3GPP TS 29.275, http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/29_series/29.275/29275-a20.zip, June 2011 3GPP2, "Network PMIP Support", X.S0061-0 v1.0, http://www.3gpp2.org/Public_html/specs/X.S0061-0_v1.0_081209.pdf, December 2008 WIMAX, "NWG PMIPv6 Stage-3 Specification", http://members.wimaxforum.org/apps/org/workgroup/nwg/download.php/38973/01085_r000_NWG_R1.5_PMIPv6_Stage3_Specification_D1.zip, October 2008

Chincoteague, Virginia

Chincoteague ( or ) is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, U.S. The town includes the whole of Chincoteague Island and an area of adjacent water. The population was 2,941 at the 2010 census. The town is known for the Chincoteague Ponies, although these are not actually on the island of Chincoteague but on nearby Assateague Island. These ponies and the annual Pony Penning Day are the subject of Marguerite Henry's 1947 children's book Misty of Chincoteague, which was made into the 1961 family film Misty, filmed on location. Geography Chincoteague is located at (37.934673, −75.367805). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 75.58%, is water. History Chincoteague was a barrier island until the mid-1800s, when Assateague extended so far south that it shielded Chincoteague from the ocean. The year of 1650 marks the first land grant issued on Chincoteague Island, for . Daniel Jenifer became the first English landowner. In 1671, settlers came to the island, and by 1672 there were large farms by Bishops, Bowdens, Jesters and Tarrs. By 1838, there were 36 houses on the island. In 1861, with the Civil War looming following the attack on Fort Sumter, the island voted 132-2 not to secede from the Union and against slavery. The town saw minor action in the war via the Battle of Cockle Creek fought in the bay in 1861. The Native American name for the island is Gingoteague, and the name of the town "Chincoteague" first appeared in the Decisions of the United States Board on Geographical Names in 1943. In 1962, a major nor'easter winter storm, the Ash Wednesday Storm, struck the coast. The town was completely underwater, and went for days without electricity. The storm destroyed almost all structures on Assateague Island, where development was just beginning. Following this, most of the island was preserved from development as Assateague Island National Seashore in 1965. The Assateague Lighthouse and Captain Timothy Hill House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Chincoteague Ponies Legend has it that the feral ponies on Assateague are descendants of survivors of a Spanish galleon that sank on its way to Spain during a storm in 1750 off the east coast, but the likelihood is that they are actually descended from domesticated stock, brought to the island by Eastern Shore farmers in the 17th century to avoid fencing requirements and taxation. In the Pony Penning, which has been held annually since 1925, horses swim across the shallow water between the islands. If any animal is too small or weak to make the swim, it is placed on a barge and ferried over. All the horses are herded into large pens after running through the middle of town and down Main Street. Pony Penning takes place on the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July. The actual swim occurs on Wednesday, the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company auctions that year's foals on Thursday, and on Friday the remaining ponies swim back to Assateague. Tourism The town features numerous small hotels, bed and breakfasts, and campgrounds that serve visitors to the region, such as those patronizing the beaches. The island also features many restaurants, ice cream parlors, and miniature golf courses. The island contains two museums: Beebe Ranch, and the Museum of Chincoteague Island. With the designation of the nearby Wallops Island Flight Facility as the launch site for the Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo module used to resupply the International Space Station, there are large influxes of tourists whenever an Antares launch occurs. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 4,317 people, 2,068 households, and 1,244 families residing in the town. The population density was 448.2 people per square mile (173.1/km²). There were 3,970 housing units at an average density of 412.2 per square mile (159.2/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.92% White, 0.95% African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.37% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.53% of the population. There were 2,068 households out of which 21.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.8% were non-families. 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.63. In the town, the population was spread out with 18.0% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 30.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males. The median income for a household in the town was $28,514, and the median income for a family was $33,425. Males had a median income of $27,075 versus $20,859 for females. The per capita income for the town was $20,367. About 9.7% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.9% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over. Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Chincoteague has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Notable people Delbert "Cigar" Daisey, waterfowl decoy wood carver Bill Hinnant, actor on stage, film, and television; born in Chincoteague in 1935; drowned in 1978 in the Dominican Republic Skip Hinnant, actor and comedian, born in Chincoteague in 1940

Sentiments (album)

Sentiments is an album by American jazz saxophonist/flautist Sahib Shihab recorded in 1971 and released on the Dutch Storyville label. Reception The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden states "Most of the compositions are by the leader, starting with the exotic blend of hard bop and African rhythm, featuring Shihab's dancing soprano sax and Pedersen's bass solo. Drew switches to organ and Pedersen makes a relatively rare appearance on electric bass on the funky "Sentiments". The leader switches to baritone sax for Drew's exuberant ballad "Extase"". Track listing All compositions by Sahib Shihab except where noted. "Ma'nee" - 7:45 "The Call" - 7:55 "Rue de la Harpe" - 5:00 "Sentiments" - 4:37 "From Me to You" - 3:40 "Extase" (Kenny Drew) - 4:33 "Companionship" (Shihab, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) - 4:10 Personnel Sahib Shihab - soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, alto flute Kenny Drew - piano, organ Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bass, electric bass Jimmy Hopps - drums

KRS Heilongjiang

HC Kunlun Red Star Heilongjiang () is a Chinese ice hockey club based in Harbin, China and joined the Supreme Hockey League (VHL) prior to the 2017-18 season. KRS Heilongjiang is the affiliate of HC Kunlun Red Star, who are in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). History Preparation of the team In May 2017 in Harbin Ice Hockey Federation of Russia, Chinese Ice Hockey Association and government of Heilongjiang signed an agreement on the accession of a new club in Supreme Hockey Leaque. In the Russian Ice Hockey Federation’s announcement of KRS Heilongjiang joining the VHL, it was reported that 15 Chinese players were at the event announcing the team and those players would make up the core of the KRS Heilongjiang roster. Later they were replaced by Russian and Canadian players who played for various clubs of the KHL and VHL. The team held their first match in August 2017 against Khimik Voskresensk and lost 0:6. KRS Heilongjiang played their first game in VHL season on September 10th 2017 in Jilin City against Tsen Tou and lost 4:5. The first goal in franchise history was scored by Mikhail Mokin. The first home game in Harbin was played on September 14th 2017. That game brought the team the first win in championship. Buran was beaten 4:2. Season-by-season record Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime/Shootout Wins, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Players Current roster External links Official site

Qaryat ʽAsr al-Asfal

Qaryat `Asr al-Asfal is a village in western central Yemen. It is located in the San‘a’ Governorate. External links Towns and villages in the San‘a’ Governorate

Multiple drafts model

Daniel Dennett's multiple drafts model of consciousness is a physicalist theory of consciousness based upon cognitivism, which views the mind in terms of information processing. The theory is described in depth in his book, Consciousness Explained, published in 1991. As the title states, the book proposes a high-level explanation of consciousness which is consistent with support for the possibility of strong AI. Dennett describes the theory as first-person operationalism. As he states it: The thesis of multiple drafts Dennett's thesis is that our modern understanding of consciousness is unduly influenced by the ideas of René Descartes. To show why, he starts with a description of the phi illusion. In this experiment, two different coloured lights, with an angular separation of a few degrees at the eye, are flashed in succession. If the interval between the flashes is less than a second or so, the first light that is flashed appears to move across to the position of the second light. Furthermore, the light seems to change colour as it moves across the visual field. A green light will appear to turn red as it seems to move across to the position of a red light. Dennett asks how we could see the light change colour before the second light is observed. Dennett claims that conventional explanations of the colour change boil down to either Orwellian or Stalinesque hypotheses, which he says are the result of Descartes' continued influence on our vision of the mind. In an Orwellian hypothesis, the subject comes to one conclusion, then goes back and changes that memory in light of subsequent events. This is akin to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, where records of the past are routinely altered. In a Stalinesque hypothesis, the two events would be reconciled prior to entering the subject's consciousness, with the final result presented as fully resolved. This is akin to Joseph Stalin's show trials, where the verdict has been decided in advance and the trial is just a rote presentation. Dennett argues that there is no principled basis for picking one of these theories over the other, because they share a common error in supposing that there is a special time and place where unconscious processing becomes consciously experienced, entering into what Dennett calls the "Cartesian theatre". Both theories require us to cleanly divide a sequence of perceptions and reactions into before and after the instant that they reach the seat of consciousness, but he denies that there is any such moment, as it would lead to infinite regress. Instead, he asserts that there is no privileged place in the brain where consciousness happens. Dennett states that, "[t]here does not exist ... a process such as 'recruitment of consciousness' (into what?), nor any place where the 'vehicle's arrival' is recognized (by whom?)" With no theatre, there is no screen, hence no reason to re-present data after it has already been analysed. Dennett says that, "the Multiple Drafts model goes on to claim that the brain does not bother 'constructing' any representations that go to the trouble of 'filling in' the blanks. That would be a waste of time and (shall we say?) paint. The judgement is already in so we can get on with other tasks!" According to the model, there are a variety of sensory inputs from a given event and also a variety of interpretations of these inputs. The sensory inputs arrive in the brain and are interpreted at different times, so a given event can give rise to a succession of discriminations, constituting the equivalent of multiple drafts of a story. As soon as each discrimination is accomplished, it becomes available for eliciting a behaviour; it does not have to wait to be presented at the theatre. Like a number of other theories, the Multiple Drafts model understands conscious experience as taking time to occur, such that percepts do not instantaneously arise in the mind in their full richness. The distinction is that Dennett's theory denies any clear and unambiguous boundary separating conscious experiences from all other processing. According to Dennett, consciousness is to be found in the actions and flows of information from place to place, rather than some singular view containing our experience. There is no central experiencer who confers a durable stamp of approval on any particular draft. Different parts of the neural processing assert more or less control at different times. For something to reach consciousness is akin to becoming famous, in that it must leave behind consequences by which it is remembered. To put it another way, consciousness is the property of having enough influence to affect what the mouth will say and the hands will do. Which inputs are "edited" into our drafts is not an exogenous act of supervision, but part of the self-organizing functioning of the network, and at the same level as the circuitry that conveys information bottom-up. The conscious self is taken to exist as an abstraction visible at the level of the intentional stance, akin to a body of mass having a "centre of gravity". Analogously, Dennett refers to the self as the "centre of narrative gravity", a story we tell ourselves about our experiences. Consciousness exists, but not independently of behaviour and behavioural disposition, which can be studied through heterophenomenology. The origin of this operationalist approach can be found in Dennett's immediately preceding work. Dennett (1988) explains consciousness in terms of access consciousness alone, denying the independent existence of what Ned Block has labeled phenomenal consciousness. He argues that "Everything real has properties, and since I don't deny the reality of conscious experience, I grant that conscious experience has properties". Having related all consciousness to properties, he concludes that they cannot be meaningfully distinguished from our judgements about them. He writes: In other words, once we've explained a perception fully in terms of how it affects us, there is nothing left to explain. In particular, there is no such thing as a perception which may be considered in and of itself (a quale). Instead, the subject's honest reports of how things seem to them are inherently authoritative on how things seem to them, but not on the matter of how things actually are. The key to the multiple drafts model is that, after removing qualia, explaining consciousness boils down to explaining the behaviour we recognise as conscious. Consciousness is as consciousness does. Critical responses Some of the criticism of Dennett's theory is due to the perceived tone of his presentation. As one grudging supporter admits, "there is much in this book that is disputable. And Dennett is at times aggravatingly smug and confident about the merits of his arguments ... All in all Dennett's book is annoying, frustrating, insightful, provocative and above all annoying" (Korb 1993). Bogen (1992) points out that the brain is bilaterally symmetrical. That being the case, if Cartesian materialism is true, there might be two Cartesian theatres, so arguments against only one are flawed. Velmans (1992) argues that the phi effect and the cutaneous rabbit illusion demonstrate that there is a delay whilst modelling occurs and that this delay was discovered by Libet. It has also been claimed that the argument in the multiple drafts model does not support its conclusion. "Straw man" Much of the criticism asserts that Dennett's theory attacks the wrong target, failing to explain what it claims to. Chalmers (1996) maintains that Dennett has produced no more than a theory of how subjects report events. Some even parody the title of the book as "Consciousness Explained Away", accusing him of greedy reductionism. Another line of criticism disputes the accuracy of Dennett's characterisations of existing theories: Unoriginality Multiple drafts is also attacked for making a claim to novelty. It may be the case, however, that such attacks mistake which features Dennett is claiming as novel. Korb states that, "I believe that the central thesis will be relatively uncontentious for most cognitive scientists, but that its use as a cleaning solvent for messy puzzles will be viewed less happily in most quarters." (Korb 1993) In this way, Dennett uses uncontroversial ideas towards more controversial ends, leaving him open to claims of unoriginality when uncontroversial parts are focused upon. Even the notion of consciousness as drafts is not unique to Dennett. According to Hankins, Dieter Teichert suggests that Paul Ricoeur's theories agree with Dennett's on the notion that "the self is basically a narrative entity, and that any attempt to give it a free-floating independent status is misguided." [Hankins] Others see Derrida's (1982) representationalism as consistent with the notion of a mind that has perceptually changing content without a definitive present instant. To those who believe that consciousness entails something more than behaving in all ways conscious, Dennett's view is seen as eliminativist, since it denies the existence of qualia and the possibility of philosophical zombies. However, Dennett is not denying the existence of the mind or of consciousness, only what he considers a naive view of them. The point of contention is whether Dennett's own definitions are indeed more accurate: whether what we think of when we speak of perceptions and consciousness can be understood in terms of nothing more than their effect on behaviour. Information processing and consciousness The role of information processing in consciousness has been criticised by John Searle who, in his Chinese room argument, states that he cannot find anything that could be recognised as conscious experience in a system that relies solely on motions of things from place to place. Dennett sees this argument as misleading, arguing that consciousness is not to be found in a specific part of the system, but in the actions of the whole. In essence, he denies that consciousness requires something in addition to capacity for behaviour, saying that philosophers such as Searle, "just can't imagine how understanding could be a property that emerges from lots of distributed quasi-understanding in a large system" (p. 439).

Mustapha Sefouhi Stadium

The Stade Mustapha Sefouhi () is a multi-use stadium in Batna, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CA Batna. The stadium holds 5,000 people.

Phantom of the Opera (1976 musical)

Phantom of the Opera is a 1976 musical with book and lyrics by Ken Hill. It is the first musical adaptation of the novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, about the hideously disfigured Phantom's amorous obsession with the magnificent, naïve singer, Christine. Hill wrote the original English lyrics to the music of Verdi, Gounod, Offenbach, Mozart, Weber, Donizetti, and Boito. History Hill’s Phantom of the Opera was the first musical version of the story by Gaston Leroux and has enjoyed financial success. Hill's musical inspired the award-winning Andrew Lloyd Webber musical version of the story. As Ken Hill rummaged through a used bookstore, he picked up a copy of Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera novel and eventually produced it as a stage musical. The show started off as a production at Morecambe Pier as the first staged musical version, and then when Hill was working as Director of Productions for the Newcastle Playhouse. This first production was produced at The Duke’s Playhouse in Lancaster on 26 July 1976, where it proved to be a hit. It was directed by John Blackmore, designed by Clare Lyth, with musical direction by Gary Yershon. It differed from the later version of Ken Hill’s musical, in having a modern musical score by Ian Armit (who also worked with Hill on his production of The Curse of the Werewolf) in addition to excerpts from the opera Faust by Charles Gounod. In 1984, Hill revived his musical version of The Phantom of the Opera. This time though, he wanted to add the kind of music that would have been heard at the Opéra Garnier in the late 19th century. Consequently, he discarded the modern score by Ian Armit and wrote original English lyrics that told Gaston Leroux’s tale. By placing them to opera arias by Gounod, Offenbach, Verdi, Weber, Mozart, Donizetti, and Boito, he created a musical that reflected the era in which the original novel was written. This updated version of The Phantom of the Opera was produced in a joint production by the Newcastle Playhouse and the Theatre Royal Stratford East, and premiered at the Newcastle Playhouse on 3 April 1984, before shortly moving to the Theatre Royal Stratford East. In between, the show had two very brief runs at the New Tyne Theatre in Newcastle and the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton - neither of those productions did very well. When the show got the Theatre Royal Stratford East, Sarah Brightman, who created the role of Christine in the Lloyd Webber version, was famously asked to perform the role of Christine in the 1984 cast but she turned it down, leaving the role for the opera singer Christina Collier. Andrew Lloyd Webber, who at the time was married to Brightman, and Cameron Mackintosh attended a performance of Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Prompted by the good reviews, they approached Hill about the possibility of their collaborating on developing a grand scale version of his Phantom in the West End, and offered to produce it. In fact, Hill and Lloyd Webber had worked together earlier on a revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Winchester Theatre. Lloyd Webber and his producer, Cameron Mackintosh, had been highly enthusiastic when they broached Hill about his Phantom of the Opera. But in the end, Lloyd Webber chose to pursue the musical without Hill. Phantom of the Opera then emerged on the other side of the Atlantic in 1987 for its American premiere in St. Louis at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. This production starred Sal Mistretta as The Phantom - his performance won him the St. Louis Theatre Critics Award. A second US production was mounted in 1988 in San Francisco at the Theatre in the Square, produced by Jonathan Reinis. The productions of Phantom of the Opera in St. Louis and San Francisco were so successful that Hill was asked to mount a national tour of the United States. Jonathan Reinis (who later produced Ken Hill’s The Invisible Man in London) formed Phantom Touring Company Inc. who acted as the producers for the tour, along with Electric Factory Concerts. The tour began in 1989, with musical arrangements and designs by the original Newcastle Playhouse team. It performed for a few years to packed houses all over America, travelling to approximately 110 cities, and grossing a total of $72 million. In 1991, Phantom of the Opera returned to the United Kingdom where it embarked on a national tour produced by Stewart Macpherson and then transferred to London’s West End. It opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 18 December 1991, with a similar cast to the 1984 production - Peter Straker was The Phantom and Christina Collier as Christine. But despite positive reviews, the West End production did poorly at the box office at the time of IRA bombings, and closed earlier than expected, on 11 April 1992. However, the production was nominated for two Olivier Awards for Best New Musical and Best Director of a Musical, the latter of which placed Ken Hill against Simon Callow and Judi Dench. It left the West End to commence the first of several Japanese, Asian and Australasian tours all produced by Stewart Macpherson. Synopsis Act I The story begins ("Introduction") with Richard, new manager of the Paris Opera House (previously president of Northern Railways and a member of the Stock Exchange Choir), greeted by the artists and staff ("Welcome Sir, I'm So Delighted"). The previous managers of the Paris Opera did not last very long, due to problems with the legend of the Opera Ghost, who demands 20,000 francs a month and his own private box. These requests are defied by the adamant and foolish Richard, little knowing the mayhem that will take place if he refuses to accept the Ghost's demands. Madame Giry, the box keeper, warns Richard that he may have upset the "Ghost". She is horrified when Richard demands use of Box Five (the Ghost's box). She knows the "Ghost" won't stand idly by while Richard refuses to accept his demands. She warns Richard to expect a run of horrific events. The evening performance begins ("Accursed All Base Pursuit of Earthly Pleasure"). The ghost provides his first warning in the form of the murder of Mephistopheles. After the performance, Richard's handsome (if somewhat dim) son Raoul, who is madly in love with the chorus girl Christine Daae, goes to her dressing room, only to hear her speak with another man. Jealous, Raoul enters the room to find it empty. This "ghost" seems very real, as is his love for Christine and woe betide anyone who gets in his way ("How Dare She"). A Groom comes to talk to Richard in his office about the disappearance of a horse named Caesar ("Late Last Night I'm In The Cellars"). Richard decides that the man is an idiot and promptly fires him. Raoul, feeling betrayed, meets with Christine at a local graveyard ("All Of My Dreams Faded Suddenly"). He is then introduced to the angelic voice of the Angel Of Music ("While Floating High Above"). Christine leaves and the Phantom attempts to throttle Raoul, but is disturbed by a Grave Digger, and runs off. Back at the Opera House, the unfortunate Richard has had to stand by while his son pursues the chorus girl Christine Daae, and now must convince his diva Carlotta, who feels she is too ill to perform, to sing at the performance later that evening, with the help of his staff ("She Says She's Got The Nodules"). An agreement is made that Christine Daae will sing the role, while Carlotta mimes the act. This wasn't what the Phantom had in mind. He'll not cease causing "accidents" and will do all in his power to disrupt the proceedings, including rubbing out the lead singer. At the evening performance, Carlotta mimes the act incorrectly and very clearly out-of-sync with Christine ("What Do I See"). Christine faints before the end of the performance and Carlotta starts to croak like a frog, causing her to call the performance to halt. Laughing madly, the Phantom declares to the whole stage that Carlotta is bringing down the chandelier. But then, he finds the chandelier is the wrong one and switches it to a candelabra, dropping it on Carlotta. After the performance, Christine and Raoul meet on the rooftop of the Opera House to discuss running away from the Opera House and the Phantom together. But the Phantom isn't very far away at all. He appears from behind the statue of Apollo and towers above them ("To Pain My Heart Selfishly Dooms Me"). Christine and Raoul leave the roof, leaving the Phantom alone. An old man enters, throwing bird-seed down for the pigeons on the Opera House's roof. The Phantom's hurt turns to anger, and he throws the unfortunate man off the building. He screams that Christine will be his and the first act ends. Act II A performance of Faust begins with Christine singing the lead role of Marguerite ("Ah! Do I Hear My Lover's Voice?"). However, during the song there's an unscheduled blackout and when the lights come back up, Christine has disappeared. The show quickly adjourns and the rest of the cast search high and low for her all over the Opera House, taking their lanterns into the audience ("No Sign! I See No Sign!"). But to no avail. The scene switches to the Phantom's underground domain where he has kidnapped Christine in his boat and ties her to a post at his mist-shrouded dock before rowing slowly back into the darkness, leaving Christine behind ("Somewhere Above The Sun Shines Bright"). Meanwhile, the search party above ground migrates to the boiler room and the Persian reveals his true identity, and fills us in on the Phantom's history ("Born With A Monstrous Countenance"). Raoul searches for a way down to the cellars below the Opera House ("In The Shadows, Dim And Dreay"). He succeeds and slips through a manhole with the rest of the group, into a boiler room. However things quickly heat up, literally, as the Phantom traps them inside. It looks like the end for the motley group, and they break into a chorus of ("What An Awful Way To Perish"). The final scene takes place in the Phantom's Chapel, with his organ and its unkempt riot of sheet music as a center-piece. He seems determined to wed Christine and expresses his love for her ("Ne'er Forsake Me, Here Remain"). As the song ends, Christine tears off his mask and the Phantom screams in anger and shame, hiding his face from Christine. His sobs fade and he turns back, with a determined and violent look in his eyes, and produces a priest and chorus girl to bear witness to the forced marriage between him and Christine. But just in time, Raoul, the Persian and the rest of the group burst in, having escaped the Boiler Room and come through The Phantom's traps. The Phantom, suddenly finding himself in a tight spot, produces a knife and pulls Christine in front of him. In act of love to Christine, the Phantom stabs himself with his own dagger and dies in Christine's arms ("Ne'er Forsake me, Here Remain"). Christine remarks that the Phantom was always the angel of music ("He Will Not Go Without A Friend"). Musical numbers Act I Welcome Sir I'm So Delighted (Music: Offenbach, La Vie Parisienne) - Debienne, Remy, Faust, Mephistopheles, Richard, Raoul, Jammes Accursed All Base Pursuit Of Earthly Pleasure (Music: Gounod, Faust) - Faust How Dare She - (Music: Verdi, Simon Boccanegra) Raoul Late Last Night I'm In The Cellars (Music: Boito, Mefistofele) - The Groom Love Has Flown, Never Returning (Music: Offenbach, Les contes d'Hoffmann) - Christine All Of My Dreams Faded Suddenly - (Music: Dvorák, Rusalka) Christine While Floating High Above - (Music: Bizet, Les pêcheurs de perles) The Phantom She Says She's Got The Nodules (Music: Offenbach, La Vie Parisienne) - Faust, Carlotta, Richard, Remy, Jammes, Debienne, Christine What Do I See (Music: Gounod, Faust) - Christine (as Carlotta) To Pain My Heart Selfishly Dooms Me (Music: Offenbach, Les contes d'Hoffmann) - The Phantom, Raoul, Christine Act II The Entr'Acte Ah! Do I Hear My Lover's Voice? (Music: Gounod, Faust) - Faust, Christine No Sign! I See No Sign! (Music: von Weber, Der Freischütz; and Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera) - Debienne, Richard, Raoul, Remy, Dominique, Faust, Jammes, Madam Giry Somewhere Above The Sun Shines Bright (Music: Verdi, Il Corsaro) - Christine Born With A Monstrous Countenance (Music: Verdi, Attila) - The Persian In The Shadows, Dim And Dreary (Music: Verdi, Il Trovatore) - Raoul, The Persian 'What An Awful Way To Perish (Music: Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor) - Faust, The Persian, Madam Giry, Richard, Jammes, Raoul The Final Drama Ne'er Forsake Me, Here Remain (Music: Gounod, Faust) - The Phantom Ne'er Forsake Me, Here Remain (Reprise) - The Phantom, Christine He Will Not Go Without A Friend - (Music: Mozart, Don Giovanni) Company "All Of My Dreams Faded Suddenly", sung by the character Christine, was added to the show in 1992 for the first Japanese tour, based upon an aria by Antonín Dvořák. It replaced "Love Has Flown, Never Returning", but not before the latter had been recorded onto the West End cast recording of Phantom of the Opera. The newer song has never been recorded and released. Further productions Since 1992, Phantom of the Opera has been performed around the world, in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Germany, Japan, and Korea. The most recent production of Phantom took place in 2013 in Tokyo, Japan running from 19 December 2013 to 29 December 2013. It was produced by Stewart Macpherson who originally produced the West End production in 1991. Recording The official cast recording of the show was released in 1993 by D Sharp Records. It featured the entire West End cast, and includes all the songs in the show. It was also later released by two other record labels; Stetson Records (an offshoot of The Stetson Group), and BMG. The latter versions of the CD were mainly sold in Japan (in Japanese packaging), Australia and New Zealand, on national tours.

Michael Christianson

Michael Christianson (born April 7, 1965) is an American football college and professional coach. Christianson most recently served as the assistant running backs coach and the Director of Technology for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) in 2011 thru 2013 which featured a Super Bowl appearance against the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII (47). Prior to his tenure with the 49ers, Christianson also served on University of Michigan Head Coach Jim Harbaugh's staff at the University of San Diego (USD) where the Toreros of the Pioneer Football League won a Division I-AA Mid-Major National title in 2006. He has worked as a football coach at several other National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) institutions, including The University of Nebraska, Montana State University and Portland State University. Christianson coached the offensive line in 2002-2003 as a member of Jon Gruden's staff and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winning Super Bowl XXXVII (37). Christianson played tight-end and offensive lineman at Western Oregon University. Playing career Christianson was a linebacker and tight-end at Kuna High School (Kuna, ID). He went on to play college football at Portland State University (NCAA FCS) and then transferred to Western Oregon University (NAIA DIVII). Coaching career Christianson began his coaching career at his alma mater, Western Oregon University in 1991 and spent 4 years coaching the offensive line and the tight-ends. In 1995, he spent one season with the Lewis & Clark College Pioneers (NAIA DivII) as the recruiting coordinator and tight-ends/running backs coach. He then went on to coach in the Big Sky Conference and Portland State University (PSU). At PSU he coached one year as the assistant offensive line coach and 3 years as the Vikings running backs coach. While at Portland State he is largely attributed for helping to develop one of the most prolific running backs in Portland State school history in Charles 'Chip' Dunn. Dunn, who played at PSU from 1997-2000, rushed for more than 6,000 yards as a Viking, was a first-team All-American and is a member of the Portland State Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2013 Dunn ranked number 35 among Big Sky Conference's Top 50 All-Time Athletes. Christianson left Portland State in 2000 to coach the tight-ends for the Bobcats and Montana State University. He made his NFL coaching debut as the assistant offensive line coach for the 2002 Super Bowl XXXVII Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and head coach Jon Gruden. After a short stint with the Oakland Raiders as a contractor, he followed Raiders head coach, Bill Callahan to the University of Nebraska 2004 thru 2006 where he was the senior offensive assistant and helped Callahan with all facets of the program. He was instrumental in assisting offensive coordinator Jay Norvell in developing the west coast offense in Lincoln. The Huskers beat Michigan in the 2005 Alamo Bowl during his tenure. While at the University of Nebraska, he oversaw the development and execution of one of the largest athletic technology projects in Nebraska history. Christianson had a couple stops with both Avid Sports and XOS Digital where he worked to develop, implement and train coaches on the use and benefits of technology as it relates to the sport of football. Christianson is considered an expert when it comes to technology and how it relates to the game of football. He coordinated and helped develop large football technology projects at the Oakland Raiders, the University of Nebraska and the San Francisco 49ers to name just a few. After working with Jim Harbaugh at the Raiders, he joined the staff at the University of San Diego (USD) in 2006. At USD, Christianson worked as the tight-end coach and assistant offensive Line coach with current University of Southern Cal Run Game Coordinator/Runningback Coach, Tim Drevno. During his tenure, USD won the Pioneer Football League championship and an NCAA Division I-AA Mid-Major National Championship. That year, USD led the Nation in passing offense, total offense, and scoring offense. He also coached USD starting tight end Chris Ramsey to a 2nd Team Mid-Major All-American honors. In 2012, Christianson coached in his second Super Bowl after joining the San Francisco 49ers in February 2011. Working closely with Tom Rathman, Christianson played a major role in 2011 in the development of the 49ers rushing attack and in mentoring veteran player Frank Gore to his 5th 1,000 yard season. Gore became the 49ers all-time leading rusher in 2011. Christianson coached running back Frank Gore in 2012 when Gore was named to the NFL Pro Bowl. Personal life Christianson is a native of Boise Idaho and is married to his wife Tracy. He received his bachelor's and master's degree in secondary education and administration with a minor in computer applications from Western Oregon University & Oregon State University.

Stob Coire a' Chàirn

Stob Coire a’ Chàirn is a Scottish mountain situated in the Mamores range, 3.5 kilometres north of Kinlochleven. The mountain reaches a height of 981 metres (3218 feet) and is regarded as one of the more modest peaks of the ten Munros in the Mamores, indeed for many years it was not named on OS maps. Despite this, it is situated at a strategically important point and could be said to be the most central of the group with three ridges radiating out to other Munros. The mountains name translates from Gaelic as “Peak of the Corrie of the Cairn”. Stob Coire a’ Chàirn, despite its Munro status is probably best known for being part of the Ring of Steall which is regarded as one of the best ridge walks in Scotland which also takes in the other Munros of An Gearanach, Am Bodach and Sgurr a' Mhàim. Stob Coire a’ Chàirn has three main ridges, the northern one connects to An Gearanach, the south east to Na Gruagaichean and the south west to Am Bodach. On the southern flank of the mountain is the broad expanse of the Coire na Ba which is drained by the Allt Coire na Ba which flows south to join the River Leven at Kinlochleven. Coire na Ba has an excellent and well graded stalkers path which gives easy access to the Mamores ridge from the south. The direct ascent of Stob Coire a’ Chàirn starts at Kinlochleven and uses the aforementioned stalkers path up Coire na Ba to reach the east ridge of the mountain which is followed to the summit. Because of its central position in the Mamores, Stob Coire a’ Chàirn is usually climbed with other Munros in the group and many permutations are possible. The summit of the mountain is marked by a rough pile of stones with the outlook from the top giving a good view of Glen Coe and its hills.

Zanja Madre

The Zanja Madre (English: "Mother Trench") is the original aqueduct that brought water to the Pueblo de Los Angeles from the Río Porciúncula (Los Angeles River). The original open, earthen ditch was completed by community laborers within a month of founding the pueblo. This water system was used for both domestic uses and irrigation to fields west of town. This availability of water was essential to the survival and growth of the community founded here. Brick conduits in diameter were built to improve the system after 1884. Eventually the system did not supply enough water to keep pace with population growth and irrigation demand. The system was abandoned by 1904 though portions were still used for storm water purposes. Origins The Pueblo de Los Angeles was an official settlement of Spain. They had three types of settlements in Alta California: presidio (military), mission (religious) and pueblo (civil). The pueblos would provide the commercial and agricultural needs of the military as an alternative to the missions. Governor Felipe de Neve took the assignment of creating this settlement very seriously and had elaborate plans drawn up outlining the details of its infrastructure. The plan included a governmental directive for the provision of water to be delivered to the settlement, stating, "there should be examined all the lands which may receive the benefit of irrigation, marking the place most proper to divert the water, so that it may be allotted to the largest portion of lands." It was also directed that the pueblo be placed on moderately elevated ground so that all the agricultural lands benefiting from the irrigation could be overlooked. This would mean that the supply head would have to be at yet higher ground. The Zanja Madre was placed close to present-day Broadway at the foot of the Elysian Hills by the river. An earth and brush dam, called a toma, was created to pool up the water into the ditch which then ran along an elevated slope down to the pueblo after which it was split into multiple ditches which ran to the various portions of lowland. A large water wheel, constructed in the 1850s, took water up to the Zanja Madre and onto the main brick reservoir that was located in what is now the Plaza at the end of Olvera Street. The wheel was susceptible to damage from floods. The toma was washed away several times before a wooden one was built in its place. Later improvements The soft, sandy tunnel collapsed several times and attempts were made to repair it with brick lining, but the whole aqueduct was abandoned in 1884 after a flood tore out the wooden dam. It had already been realized since 1878 that several improvements would have to be done to the zanja systems. Some of this included conversion of the smaller ditches to pipelines while larger areas would be concrete. After this last failure the earthen toma and open ditch were put back into service while more elaborate plans were being made. In 1888 the city planned to put pipe in most of the existing zanjas, but budgetary shortfalls did not allow the work to be finished. The tunnel at the headwater of the Zanja Madre was reconstructed and much of the conduit was either brick or concrete lined. By 1893 there ended up some 50 miles of zanjas in the city and another 40 miles of zanjas outside the city limit. Over the years the portion of the Zanja Madre that passed around the north edge of the River Train Yard was realigned again and again until railroad construction eventually demolished most of the conduits as the city built newer types of water systems. Archaeological finds Various portions have been documented as they have been uncovered during construction projects over the years. In 1978 archaeologist Julia Costello discovered a portion of the Zanja Madre during construction of the Plaza de Dolores. In 2000 two people dug up a section of the Zanja on the steep slope near a Broadway parking garage and were credited by the L.A. Weekly and Los Angeles Times as having discovered the Zanja. Later, archaeologists overseeing site operations near the MTA Gold Line, studied the portions of uncovered brick conduit. They expected to find more portions along the line near the River Yard, but there were no discoveries. It was generally supposed that the Zanja had been destroyed during railroad yard construction over the years. Since it was private property, no archaeological surveys were made. In 2005 MTA construction crews uncovered unexpected sections of the brick Zanja Madre. Archaeologists were brought in to evaluate the finds, most of which were red-brick, penstock-sized aqueducts. Now serious studies and documentation have begun in order to have the Zanja Madre routes put onto historical registers. In 2014 excavation for the foundation of the Blossom Plaza project on North Broadway discovered a . The removal of a 40-foot portion of the Zanja Madre for presumed display at various off-site locations has been criticized in the editorial pages of the Daily News and by KCET Departures A 127-year-old leather book with a hand-drawn map from the city survey records identifies the location where newly unearthed brick and mortar pipe was found according to the City Surveyor, Tony Pratt. Note 1 - The word zanja was also used by the American water companies, even so much as to refer to their watergate keepers as zanjeros.

What I Wanna

"What I Wanna" is a song by British rapper MoStack that appears on his debut studio album Stacko. It was released as a single through Virgin EMI on 28 February 2018, peaking at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by MoStack, Darius Forde, James Grant and Brenda Russell, and produced by ill Blu. In December 2019, the British Phonographic Industry certified the song gold for equivalent sales of 400,000 units. Track listing Charts Certifications

1738 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1738. Events April 11 – Robert Blair marries Isabella Law. July 10 – Richard Dawes is appointed master of the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle. August – Laurence Sterne is ordained a priest, and in the autumn becomes vicar of Sutton-on-the-Forest. The mental decline of Jonathan Swift begins. Samtal emellan Argi Skugga och en obekant Fruentimbers Skugga (Conversation between the Shadow of Argus and the unfamiliar Shadow of a Female) is published by Margareta Momma in Sweden. New books Prose James Anderson – The Constitutions of the Free-Masons, 2nd ed. Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens – Jewish Letters John Banks – Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten – De ordine in audiendis philosophicis per triennium academicum quaedam praefatus acroases proximae aestati destinatas indicit Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten Louis de Beaufort – Dissertation sur l'incertitude des cinq prèmiers siècles de l'histoire romaine Alexander Cruden – A Complete Concordance to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament Robert Dodsley – The Art of Preaching Marie Huber – Lettres sur la religion essentielle à l'homme (Letters Concerning the Religion Essential to Man) David Hume (anonymously) – A Treatise of Human Nature (dated 1739) Pierre Louis Maupertuis – Sur la figure de la terre Francis Moore – Travels into the Inland Parts of Africa Abbé Prévost – Memoirs of a Man of Quality (anonymous English translation) Thomas Shaw – Travels in Barbary and the Levant Jonathan Swift The Beasts Confession to the Priest A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation William Warburton The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated A Vindication of the author of the Divine Legation of Moses George Whitefield – A Journal of a Voyage from London to Savannah in Georgia Diego de Torres Villarroel Anatomía de todo lo visible e invisible Vida ejemplar de la venerable madre Gregoria Francisca de Santa Teresa Drama Robert Dodsley – Sir John Cockle at Court Carlo Goldoni Momolo Cortesan L'uomo di mondo Sir Hildebrand Jacob The Happy Constancy The Prodigal Reformed The Trial of Conjugal Love George Lillo – Marina (adapted from Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre) James Miller – Art and Nature Alexis Piron – La Metromanie António José da Silva – Precipicio de Faetonte James Thomson – Agamemnon Poetry Mark Akenside (anonymously) – A British Philippic Elizabeth Carter (anonymously) – Poems Upon Particular Occasions John Gay – Fables: Volume the Second Eugenio Gerardo Lobo – Obras poéticas líricas Samuel Johnson – London, A Poem, on the Third Satire of Juvenal Alexander Pope The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated The First Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated (with Jonathan Swift) An Imitation of the Sixth Satire of the Second Book of Horace One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight The Universal Prayer One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight: Dialogue II James Thomson – The Works of Mr Thomson Diego de Torres Villarroel – Juguetes de Talia, entretenimiento del numen John Wesley – A Collection of Psalms and Hymns (first English edition) Births February 9 (baptized) – Mary Whateley, English poet and playwright (died 1825) May 9 – John Wolcot, English satirist and poet (died 1819) May 12 – Jonathan Boucher, English philologist (died 1804) May 27 – Moritz August von Thümmel, German humorist and satirical author (died 1817) June 21 – Gottlieb Christoph Harless, German bibliographer (died 1815) July 24 – Betje Wolff, Dutch novelist (died 1804) November 15 – Joseph Johnson, English publisher (died 1809) December 4 – Karl Friedrich Kretschmann, German poet, playwright and storyteller (died 1809) Unknown date – Manuel Lassala, Spanish dramatist and philosopher (died 1806) Deaths January 6 – Jean-Baptiste Labat, French polymath (born 1663) March – Margrethe Lasson, Danish novelist (born 1659) April 25 – Giacomo Laderchi, Italian ecclesiastical historian (born c. 1678) June 5 – Isaac de Beausobre, French theologian (born 1659) July 8 – Jean-Pierre Nicéron, French lexicographer (born 1685) September 4 – George Lillo, English playwright (born 1691) September 23 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist writer (born 1668) November 10 – John Asgill, English pamphleteer (born 1659)

Guisborough Stakes

|} The Guisborough Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years and over. It is run at Redcar over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early October. The race was first run in 2003. Winners

Korf Poshteh-ye Galeshi

Korf Poshteh-ye Galeshi (, also Romanized as Korf Poshteh-ye Gāleshī; also known as Karaf Poshteh) is a village in Tutaki Rural District, in the Central District of Siahkal County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 178, in 45 families.

Farako, Ségou

Farako is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune lies on the north bank of the Niger River and contains 11 settlements in an area of 200 square kilometers. In the 2009 census it had a population of 17,570. The town of Farako is the chef-lieu of the commune.

Family Biz

Family Biz is a Canadian television show, filmed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada starring Doug Murray, Ephraim Ellis and Kate Corbett. Created by James Nadler, the show is currently airing on YTV and France 2. The first episode was shown on YTV. The show has been rated "C8+" in Canada, where it ran for one season from March 6 to December 8, 2009. Description An international co-production between Canada's Muse Entertainment, Summit Crescent Productions and France's Breakout Films, Family Biz centres around three latch key kids, Eli (16), Avalon (15) and Ronnie (11), who have the run of the Keller house. Their corporate parents are too busy at work and teen insanity rules! That is until their Dad, Dave Keller, gets fired and decides to work from home in the Keller attic. To feel useful, Dave launches the Keller Family Corp. and sets about "reinvolving" himself in the lives of his teenage kids, much to his offspring's total embarrassment. Whenever a problem occurs, Dad looks to his years of business knowledge to find the solution, whether it is getting to know his kids through in-depth marketing surveys or outsourcing all their phone messages to India. But mostly he just drives the Keller kids mad. Episodes

The Journey of Man

The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey is a 2002 book by Spencer Wells, an American geneticist and anthropologist, in which he uses techniques and theories of genetics and evolutionary biology to trace the geographical dispersal of early human migrations out of Africa. The book was made into a TV documentary in 2003. Synopsis According to the recent single-origin hypothesis, human ancestors originated in Africa, and eventually made their way out to the rest of the world. Analysis of the Y chromosome is one of the methods used in tracing the history of early humans. Thirteen genetic markers on the Y-chromosome differentiate populations of human beings. It is believed, on the basis of genetic evidence, that all human beings in existence now descend from one single man who lived in Africa about 60,000 years ago. The earliest groups of humans are believed to find their present-day descendants among the San people, a group that is now found in western southern Africa. The San are smaller than the Bantu. They have lighter skins, more tightly curled hair, and they share the epicanthal fold with the people of Central and South East Asia. Southern and eastern Africa are believed to originally have been populated by people akin to the San. Since that early time much of their range has been taken over by the Bantu. Skeletal remains of these ancestral people are found in Paleolithic sites in Somalia and Ethiopia. There are also peoples in east Africa today who speak substantially different languages that nevertheless share the archaic characteristics of the San language, its distinctive repertoire of click and pop sounds. These are the only languages in the entire world that use these sounds in speech. As humans migrated out of Africa, they all carried a genetic feature on the Y chromosome known as M168 (Haplogroup CT (Y-DNA)). The first wave of migration out of Africa stayed close to the oceans shores, tracing a band along the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean including parts of the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and into South East Asia, down into what is now Indonesia, and eventually reaching Australia. This branch of the human family developed a new marker M130 (Haplogroup C (Y-DNA)). This first wave appears to have left dark-skinned people along its path, including isolated groups of dark-skinned people in south east Asia such as the aboriginal population of the Andaman Islands (around 400 km off the west coast of Thailand), the Semang of Malaysia, and the Aeta of the Philippines. The second wave of migration took a more northerly course, splitting somewhere in the area around what is now called Syria to sweep to interior Asia, where it split several more times in Central Asia, north of Afghanistan. The lineages that flowed into Central Asia carry M9 (Haplogroup K (Y-DNA)). Other markers were added after the migration paths went on in several different directions from Central Asia. From Central Asia, a small group migrated towards the northeast, following reindeer. These were the Chukchi people, a few of whom still live a nomadic lifestyle today. An even smaller group, estimated at no more than 20 Chukchis, crossed what is now the Bering Sea approximately 13,000 years ago during the last glacial period, and migrated into North America. They are the ancestors of Native Americans, and 800 years later, they had reached as far as South America. The African diaspora is believed to have begun some 50,000 years ago, long enough for many changes to have occurred in humans remaining in Africa. The genetic trends reported involve humans who left Africa, and their genetic histories. The diversity found outside of Africa may well have been accentuated since populations migrating to new hunting grounds would rarely have had individuals moving backwards into previously settled regions. But within Africa, isolation would have been geographically aided primarily by the Sahara Desert, leaving people in areas not separated by the desert to travel and migrate relatively freely.

Michigan City White Caps

The Michigan City White Caps were a minor league baseball team that played in Michigan City, Indiana from 1956 to 1959. The team had been the Hannibal Stags, moving to Michigan City to become a charter member of the Midwest League in 1956. The White Caps were affiliated with the Giants, who played in New York from 1956–57 and San Francisco from 1958-59. The franchise folded after the 1959 season, but the nickname name was restored to the region when today's West Michigan White Caps began play in the Midwest League in 1994.Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Juan Marichal pitched for Michigan City in 1958. The ballpark The White Caps played at Ames Field. The park was constructed in 1936 and demolished in 1995. Today, the Michigan City High School football field occupies the site. The site is located at 2501 Franklin Street. No hitter On August 12, 1957 Bobby Bolin threw a no-hitter against the Dubuque Packers, winning 11-0. Pants During the White Caps era, Michigan City was home to the Jaymar-Ruby Corporation (1922-2009), which made the then-popular Sansabelt dress pants, among other apparel. As a perk, White Caps players were given free dress pants by the company. Allegedly, Juan Marichal did not like the pants and gave them away. Notable Alumni Hall of Fame Alumni Juan Marichal (1958) Inducted, 1983 Notable Alumni Buddy Kerr (1958–59, MGR) MLB AS Rick Joseph (1959) Wayne Schurr (1959) Jose Tartabull (1958–59) Father of Danny Tartabull Matty Alou (1957) 2 x MLB AS: 1966 NL Batting Champion Bobby Bolin (1957) Bob Farley (1957) Manny Mota (1957) MLB AS John Orsino (1957) Year-by-year record

Winnersh Meadows

Winnersh Meadows is a public open space located along the northern boundary of Winnersh, Berkshire, just south of the A329(M). History Arbor Meadows land was handed over to Wokingham Borough Council in the 1980s by Slough Estates(SEGRO), who are the owners of Winnersh Triangle. The site originally formed part of Mungell's Farm (1875–1899). After enhancements in 2011 the site was renamed Winnersh Meadows. The park was rejuvenated in 2011 by members of the local Neighborhood Action group with the help of a National Lottery Grant and funding from the local borough and parish councils; and was renamed Winnersh Meadows. Features The park contains a basketball hoop, an adult gym, a wildflower meadow, an orchard of native fruit trees and a selection of ponds. It also contains a vital habitat for Great Crested Newts.

2001 in jazz

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2001. Events January 25 – The 4th Polarjazz started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 25 – 28). February March April 6 The 28th Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (April 6 – 8). Stein Inge Brækhus was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2003. 3 – Eldbjørg Raknes performs the commissioned work So much depends upon a red wheel barrow for Vossajazz 2003. May 23 – The 29th Nattjazz 2001 started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 2). June 1 – The 30th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 1 – 4). 19 – The 13th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 19 – July 8). 26 – The 18th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (June 26 – July 22). 29 – The 22nd Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 29 - July 10). July 6 – The 35th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 6 – 22). 13 – The 26th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 13 – 15). 14 – The 36th Pori Jazz Festival started in Pori, Finland (July 14 – 22). 16 – The 41st Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 16 – 21). 21 – The 54th Nice Jazz Festival started in Nice, France (July 21 – 28). 24 – The 36th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 24 – 29). August 6 – The 16th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 6–12). 8 – The 15th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 8 – 12). 10 The 47th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (August 10 – 12). The 19th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 10 – 12). September 21 – The 44th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 21 – 23). October 11 – The DølaJazz started in Lillehammer, Norway (Oktober 11 - 14). November 8 – The Trondheim Jazz Festival started in Trondheim, Norway (November 8 – 11). 9 – The 10th London Jazz Festival started in London, England (November 9 – 18). December Album released January February March April May June July August September October November December Unknown date # B Michael Brecker: Nearness Of You: The Ballad Book (Verve) C Marilyn Crispell: Blue (Black Saint) G Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band: Swingin' For The Fences (Silverline) H Herbie Hancock: Future 2 Future (Transparent, Columbia) Gordon Haskell: Look Out (Flying Sparks) K Olga Konkova Trio: Some Things From Home (Candid) Diana Krall: The Look of Love (Verve) G Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band: Swingin' For The Fences H Herbie Hancock: Future 2 Future Gordon Haskell: Flying Sparks M James Morrison: Scream Machine (Morrison Records) S Matthew Shipp: Expansion Power Release (hatOLOGY) T The Idea of North: The Sum of Us (Magnetic Records) W Robbie Williams: Swing When You're Winning (Capitol) World Saxophone Quartet: 25th Anniversary: The New Chapter (Justin Time) Deaths January 4 – Les Brown, American bandleader (born 1912). 13 – Stan Freeman, American composer, lyricist, musical arranger, conductor, and pianist (born 1920). 17 – Norris Turney, American flautist and saxophonist (born 1921). 23 Jack McDuff, American organist and organ trio bandleader (born 1926). Lou Levy, American pianist (born 1928). February 4 – J. J. Johnson, American trombonist, composer, and arranger (born 1924). 10 – Buddy Tate, American saxophonist and clarinetist (born 1913). 13 George T. Simon, American writer and drummer (born 1912). Moses Taiwa Molelekwa, South African pianist (born 1973). March 7 – Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (born 1903). 18 – Rupert Nurse, Trinidadian-British pianist, upright bassist, and saxophonist (born 1910). 19 – Herbie Jones, American trumpeter and arranger (born 1926). 20 – Jay Cameron, American baritone saxophonist and reedist (born 1928). 28 – Moe Koffman, Canadian saxophonist, flautist, composer, and arranger (born 1928). 29 – John Lewis, American pianist, composer and arranger (born 1920). April 5 – Sonya Hedenbratt, Swedish singer and actress (born 1931). 9 – Ken Rattenbury, English trumpeter, pianist, composer, and author (born 1920). 18 – Billy Mitchell, American tenor saxophonist (born 1926). 24 – Al Hibbler, American baritone singer, Duke Ellington Orchestra (born 1915). May 3 – Billy Higgins, American drummer (born 1936). 19 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (born 1946). 22 – Lorez Alexandria, American singer (born 1929). 27 – Glauco Masetti, Italian jazz reedist (born 1922). June 13 – Makanda Ken McIntyre, American musician and composer (born 1931). 19 – Lindsay L. Cooper, Scottish upright bass, electric bass and cello player (born 1940). 30 Chet Atkins, American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer (born 1924). Joe Henderson, American tenor saxophonist (born 1937). July 27 – Harold Land, American hard bop and post-bop tenor saxophonist (born 1928). August 6 – Larry Adler, American harmonica player (born 1914). 9 – Ray Arvizu, American saxophonist (born 1953). 17 – Flip Phillips, American tenor saxophonist and clarinetist (born 1915). 23 – Eric Allandale, Dominican-English trombonist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1936). 27 – Cal Collins, American guitarist (born 1933). September 1 – Sil Austin, American saxophonist (born 1929). 2 – Jay Migliori, American saxophonist (born 1930). October 2 – Manny Albam, American baritone saxophonist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator (born 1922). 4 – John Collins, American guitarist (born 1913). 11 – Billy Maxted, American pianist (born 1917). 16 – Etta Jones, American singer (born 1928). 29 – Spike Robinson, American tenor saxophonist (born 1930). 31 – Bill Le Sage, British pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (born 1927). November 13 Babik Reinhardt, French jazz guitarist (born 1944). Panama Francis, American drummer (born 1918). 16 – Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist and composer (born 1930). 21 – Ralph Burns, American pianist, composer, and arranger (born 1922). December 14 – Conte Candoli, American trumpeter (born 1927). 22 – Gene Taylor, American upright bassist (born 1929). 30 – Ralph Sutton, American pianist (born 1922). Unknown date David Batey, English pianist (born 1939) Oliver Todd, American band leader, organist, pianist, and trumpeter (born 1916). Births August 30 – Emily Bear, American composer and pianist.

Johnny Stenberg

Johnny Stenberg (born 3 January 1925 in Eigersund, died 17 March 1990) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag in 1973, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1969–1973. On the local level he was a member of Meråker municipal council from 1959 to 1975, serving as deputy mayor in 1963–1965 and 1973–1975 and mayor from 1966 to 1973. Outside politics he spent large parts of his career in the Norwegian State Railways, like his father.

Alfred Laubin

Alfred Laubin (1906 – September 6, 1976) was an American oboist and founder of A. Laubin. Alfred Laubin was born in 1906 in Detroit, where his father Carl was a charter member of that city's orchestra, playing the oboe and the clarinet. His early oboe studies were in Boston with Lenom, DeVergie, and Gillet, who exercised the greatest influence on Laubin to start making oboes. Laubin played in Boston as an extra with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and at the Esplanade Concerts. He was the first oboe with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. He played second oboe with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Fritz Reiner and played the first season, as well as several successive ones, with the New York City Opera Orchestra.

John Alexander Christie

John Alexander Christie VC (14 May 1895 – 10 September 1967) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Biography Christie was 22 years old, and a lance-corporal in the 1/11th (County of London) Battalion, (Finsbury Rifles), London Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 21 December/22 December 1917, at Fejja, Palestine, after a position had been captured, the enemy immediately made counter-attacks up the communication trenches. Lance-Corporal Christie, seeing what was happening, took a supply of bombs and went alone about 50 yards in the open along the communication trench and bombed the enemy. He continued to do this in spite of heavy opposition until a block had been established. On his way back he bombed more of the enemy who were moving up the trench. His prompt action cleared a difficult position at a most difficult time and saved many lives. His medal is privately held. Memorials Jock Christie had been a parcels clerk employed by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) at Euston Station. In 1920 the LNWR named Claughton-class locomotive No. 1407 'L/Cpl J.A. Christie, V.C.' in his honour. A plaque inside Euston Station commemorating the action of Jock Christie VC was unveiled by his son on 28 March 2014. Notes

Datakit

Datakit is a virtual circuit switch which was developed by Sandy Fraser at Bell Labs for both local-area and wide-area networks, and in widespread deployment by the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs). Datakit uses a cell relay protocol similar to Asynchronous Transfer Mode. Datakit is a connection-oriented switch, with all packets for a particular call traveling through the network over the same virtual circuit. Datakit networks are still in widespread use by the major telephone companies in the United States. Interfaces to these networks include TCP/IP and UDP, X.25, asynchronous protocols and several synchronous protocols, such as SDLC, HDLC, Bisync and others. These networks support host to terminal traffic and vice versa, host-to-host traffic, file transfers, remote login, remote printing, and remote command execution. At the physical layer, it can operate over multiple media, from slow speed EIA-232 to 500Mbit fiber optic links including 10/100 Megabit ethernet links. Most of Bell Laboratories was trunked together via Datakit networking. On top of Datakit transport service, several operating systems (including UNIX) implemented UUCP for electronic mail and dkcu for remote login. Datakit uses an adaptation protocol called Universal Receiver Protocol (URP) that spreads PDU overhead across multiple cells and performs immediate packet processing. URP assumes that cells arrive in order and may force retransmissions if not. The Information Systems Network (ISN) was the version of Datakit that was supported by the former AT&T Information Systems. Datakit is supported today by Datatek Applications, Inc. under license from Alcatel-Lucent Inc., the present owner of Bell Labs.

Where We Belong (album)

Where We Belong is the third studio album by Irish boy band Boyzone. The album was released on 25 May 1998 by Polydor Records. Five singles were released from the album, including a cover version of "I Love the Way You Love Me". The album became a top 10 album in eleven countries. It was the group's first and only album to be released in the United States, where it charted at number 167 on the Billboard 200. Where We Belong is also the third and final studio album Boyzone released before the death of Stephen Gately, 11 years later. Background and release Like their first two albums, much of the original material for the album was written or co-written by the band members themselves. In 1998, Ronan Keating was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for "Picture of You", which was featured as the main theme song from the film Bean (1997). Where We Belong album was released on 25 May 1998 in the United Kingdom by Polydor Records. It topped the UK Albums Chart on the week of 6 June 1998. Five singles were released from the album: "Picture of You", "Baby Can I Hold You", "All That I Need", "No Matter What" and "I Love the Way You Love Me", with the addition of the French-language single "Te Garder Pres De Moi", which was released and included on the album exclusively in France. The original British issue of the album did not contain "No Matter What" or "I Love the Way You Love Me" - these were included on a later pressing, issued on 10 November 1998. The following week, the album was released in the United States on 17 November 1998 by Ravenous Records, a label set up by Jim Steinman under Mercury Records. The US edition included three new songs; "I'll Never Not Need You", "Walk On (So They Told Me)", and "All the Time in the World". "All the Time in the World" was released as the album's first single in the US on 5 October 1998. "No Matter What" was featured on the US edition of the soundtrack to the 1999 film Notting Hill, and was released to American radio on 10 May 1999. Although "Picture of You" is included on the album in both the United States and Australia, it was released as a single from A Different Beat in those regions, as the release of A Different Beat occurred there after the release of "Picture of You" in the United Kingdom. The American edition of the album includes three new tracks that were not released in Britain until the release of By Request in 1999. Although "Shooting Star" was released as a double A-side with "Baby Can I Hold You" in most territories, it only appeared as a bonus track on the album in Japan. The album is also the third and final studio album that the group released before the death of Stephen Gately eleven years later. Commercial performance The album topped the UK Albums Chart for three weeks in 1998, on 6 June, 5 September and 12 September respectively, making it their first album to spend more than a week at number one. The album was the third best selling album of 1998 in the United Kingdom. The album was certified as 5x Platinum in the UK. B-sides Several B-sides were issued to the singles taken from the album. The original track "I've Got You", co-written by Graham, Hedges and Brannigan, was released alongside "Picture of You", which also included a Spanish-language version of "Words", an extended mix of its title track, and the band's Eurovision promotional single, "Let the Message Run Free", which was also released as a promotional single with cans of Pepsi. The Japanese-only bonus track "Shooting Star" was issued as the B-side to "Baby Can I Hold You", alongside the band's version of "Mystical Experience", formerly only released in America, as well as a remix of the said track, the Spanish-language version of "Words" and the classic B-side "From Here to Eternity". The Japanese-only bonus track "Never Easy" was issued as the B-side to "All That I Need, alongside A Different Beat opener "Paradise", a French-language version of "Working My Way Back to You" included as a bonus track from the album in France, and remixes of the title track by Piz Danuk and Trouser Enthusiasts. The brand new track "Where Have You Been", co-written by Keating, Hedges and Brannigan, was released alongside "No Matter What", accompanied by a remix of "All That I Need" by Phil Da Costa, the Japanese-only bonus track "She's the One" co-written by Keating, an interview with the band, and the band's former hit singles "Father and Son" and "Words". Finally, the brand new track "Waiting for You", co-written by Gately, was issued as the B-side to "I Love the Way You Love Me", alongside "Let the Message Run Free", a live version of "No Matter What" from Wembley, and a medley of songs from the musical Grease. Track listing Notes signifies a remixer signifies an additional producer signifies a vocal producer Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts End of decade charts Certifications Album credits Boyzone - Vocals, main performer Robbie McIntosh - Guitar Mike Mangini - Guitar, drum programming, producer James McMillan - Guitar, programming, keyboards Dominic Miller - Guitar Heff Moraes - Engineer, mixing Richard Niles - Arranger Denniz Pop - Executive Producer Andy Richards - Keyboards, programming Steve Rinkoff - Mixing Rudeboy - Remixing Robin Sellars - Mixing Trevor Steel - Programming, producer Carl Sturken - Arranger, producer Ren Swan - Engineer John Themis - Guitar Warren Wiebe - Vocals (background) Nigel Wright - Keyboards, producer Paul Wright - Engineer DJ Nastee - Guitar Nick Foster - Producer Ben Foster - Arranger Jeremy Wheatley - Mixing David Kreuger - Producer Eric Liljestrand - Digital editing Mauricio Iragorri - Mixing Jack Hersca - Assistant Engineer Fred Carlson - Guitar Andy Gallimore - Engineer Sharon Kearney - Assistant Engineer Jon Douglas - Producer Steve Mac - Piano, mixing, arranger Per Magnusson - Vocals (background), producer Alan Chez - Trumpet Al Hemberger - Engineer Baron Raymonde - Saxophone Tim Willis - Assistant Engineer Ben Allen - Guitar, Assistant Engineer John R. Angier - Keyboards Dan Vickers - Assistant Engineer Andrea Derby - Production Assistant Chris Laws - Drums, engineer, programming Angela Lupino - Bass, arranger Mark Antony - Vocals (background) Jamie Hart - Assistant Engineer Skoti-Alain Elliot - Bass, Engineer Keith LeBlanc - Drums Jim Steinman - Producer, Executive Producer Michael Thompson - Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric) Evan Rogers - Arranger, producer, vocals (background) Tom Lord-Alge - Mixing Chris Blair - Mastering Steve Booker - Keyboards Andy Bradfield - Remixing Danny G. - Keyboards Andy Duncan - Drums Rick Essig - Mastering Simon Franglen - Arranger, mixing, keyboards Paul Gendler - Guitar (acoustic) Scott Gordon - Engineer Mike Rose - Keyboards Mick Guzauski - Arranger John Holliday - Producer, Spanish guitar Mark Hudson - Arranger, producer Nick Ingman - Orchestration Luís Jardim - Percussion Stephen Lipson - Guitar, producer, mandolin Andrew Lloyd Webber - Producer, Executive Producer

Stijn Minne

Stijn Minne (born 29 June 1978) is a Belgian football defender who currently plays for RFC Wetteren. He spent 10 years playing for Zulte Waregem.

Kurt Thomas (gymnast)

Kurt Bilteaux Thomas (born March 29, 1956 in Miami, Florida) is an American Olympic gymnast. Early life Thomas competed for Indiana State University; where he was a five-time NCAA champion, winning the parallel bars and all-around in 1977 and parallel bars, horizontal bar and the all-around in 1979. Thomas helped lead the men's gymnastics to the 1977 National Championship. Career He earned All-America honors 13 times in his career and was the James E. Sullivan award winner in 1979, as well as the 1979 Nissen Award (the "Heisman" of men's gymnastics) awardee. He was inducted into the Indiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame in 2010. Thomas became a member of the US Olympic team at the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1978, Thomas was the first American male gymnast to win a gold medal in floor exercise in a world championship. In 1979 he became the first gymnast to receive the James E. Sullivan Award for the best amateur athlete in the US and earned six medals at the World Championships, including gold on the horizontal bar and floor exercise, and silver in the all-around, parallel bars, and pommel horse. Coming off an impressive 1979 World Championship (6 medals), he was a favorite to win a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics; however, the games were boycotted by the United States government. Since the Olympics' strict amateurism rules at the time would have forced him to forgo many lucrative financial opportunities, Thomas elected not to attempt to compete in the 1984 Summer Olympics. With professionals allowed to compete by the time of the 1992 Summer Olympics, Thomas attempted a comeback. Despite his advanced age for a gymnast, he was able to make it to the 1992 United States Men's Gymnastics Olympic Trials, but his performance there fell short of what was needed to make the team. Signature moves Two gymnastic moves were named for him, the Thomas Flair, a pommel horse move, and the Thomas salto, his signature skill on floor exercise, a tucked 1.5 backward salto with 1.5 twist into a roll out (a difficult and dangerous skill even by today's standards). The Thomas Flair on pommel horse, and then also performed on floor, was developed over years by several Pommel Horse specialists. However, in gymnastics, new moves are named in the gymnastics rule book after the gymnast who is the first to perform the move in international competition. Personal life In 1996, Thomas married Rebecca Jones, a dancer who also choreographs gymnastic routines. They have two children together, named Kassidy and Hunter Thomas. Thomas also has a child from a previous marriage, singer Kurt Travis. In 2003, Thomas was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. He and his wife Rebecca currently operate the Kurt Thomas Gymnastics Training Center in Frisco, Texas. His gym has hosted the USAG-sanctioned Kurt Thomas International Invitational gymnastics meet annually since 2003. In popular culture Thomas starred in the 1985 film Gymkata as an athlete sent by the US government to compete in a deadly competition called The Game. The film earned Thomas a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star and was poorly received by critics, but has developed somewhat of a cult following due to its unintentional comedy. Thomas also starred in the syndicated TV series True Confessions and has worked as a commentator for ABC Sports and ESPN.

Rubén López

Rubén López (born 28 November 1990) is a Spanish gymnast. He competed in four events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology

The Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology represents the chair of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge, England. Stephen Glanville, 1946–1956 Jack Plumley, 1957–1977 John Ray, 2005–2013 Notes

Pétroleuses

For the 1971 film Les Pétroleuses, see The Legend of Frenchie King. Pétroleuses were, according to popular rumours at the time, female supporters of the Paris Commune, accused of burning down much of Paris during the last days of the Commune in May 1871. During May, when Paris was being recaptured by loyalist Versaillais troops, rumours circulated that lower-class women were committing arson against private property and public buildings, using bottles full of petroleum or paraffin (similar to modern-day Molotov cocktails) which they threw into cellar windows, in a deliberate act of spite against the government. Many Parisian buildings, including the Hôtel de Ville the Tuileries Palace, the Palais de Justice and many other government buildings were in fact set afire by the soldiers of the Commune during the last days of the Commune, prompting the press and Parisian public opinion to blame the pétroleuses.<ref>Rougerie, Jacques, La Commune de 1871, Presses Universitaires de France, (1988), p. 117.</ref> The history of the Paris Commune by Maxime Du Camp, written in the 1870s, and more recent research by historians of the Paris Commune, including Robert Tombs and Gay Gullickson, concluded that there were no incidents of deliberate arson by pétroleuses. Of the thousands of suspected pro-Communard women tried in Versailles after the Commune ended, only a handful were convicted of any crimes, and their convictions were based on activity such as shooting at loyalist troops. Official trial records show that no women were ever convicted of arson, and that accusations of the crime were quickly shown to have no basis. The buildings destroyed at the end of the Commune were not burned down by pétroleuses, but by the soldiers of the Commune. The Hôtel de Ville, the Palais de Justice, the Tuileries Palace and other government buildings and symbols of authority were burned by Commune forces as they retreated. Some buildings along the Rue de Rivoli were burned down during street-fighting between Communards and Versaillais troops. Gullickson suggests that the myth of the pétroleuses was part of a propaganda campaign by Versaillais politicians, who portrayed Parisian women in the Commune as unnatural, destructive, and barbaric, giving loyalist forces a moral victory over the "unnatural" Communards. Despite this, the myth of pétroleuses was widely believed until the twentieth century. In Paris itself, the sale of flammable liquids was banned for several months after the end of the Commune (a measure taken again during the 2005 riots, when 8,973 cars were set afire by arsonists in the Paris suburbs and other French cities). References Robert Tombs, The War Against Paris: 1871, Cambridge University Press, 1981, 272 pages Gay Gullickson, Unruly Women of Paris, Cornell Univ Press, 1996, 304 pages Rougerie, Jacques, La Commune de 1871'', (1988), Presses Universitaires de France, . Notes and citations * *

Jianghan Plain

Jianghan Plain (), named for the confluence of the Yangtze ('Jiang') and Han ('han') rivers, is an alluvial plain located in the middle and south of Hubei, China. Wuhan, the most populous city in Central China, is located on the plain. It shares the border with Dongtinghu Plain. It has an area of more than 30 thousands square kilometers. The region was once a large wetland, but was gradually colonized by settlers beginning in the Neolithic period. This accelerated when the state of Chu established its capital there in the middle of the 1st millennium BC, and when the Qin and Han states built dikes to protect farmland from seasonal floods. The Jianghan area has been an important food grain region of China since at least the Ming Dynasty.

Typhlopidae

The Typhlopidae are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland Australia and various islands. The rostral scale overhangs the mouth to form a shovel-like burrowing structure. They live underground in burrows, and since they have no use for vision, their eyes are mostly vestigial. They have light-detecting black eye spots, and teeth occur in the upper jaw. The tail ends with a horn-like scale. Most of these species are oviparous. Currently, 18 genera are recognized containing over 200 species. Geographic range They are found in most tropical and many subtropical regions all over the world, particularly in Africa, Asia, islands in the Pacific, tropical America, and southeastern Europe. Genera TType genus Former genera Xenotyphlops, formerly classified in the Typhlopidae, is now classed in the Xenotyphlopidae.

Benedict of Nursia

Benedict of Nursia (; ; ; ; – ) is a Christian saint venerated in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Anglican Communion and Old Catholic Churches. He is a patron saint of Europe. Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, Lazio, Italy (about to the east of Rome), before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. The Order of Saint Benedict is of later origin and, moreover, not an "order" as commonly understood but merely a confederation of autonomous congregations. Benedict's main achievement, his "Rule of Saint Benedict", contains a set of rules for his monks to follow. Heavily influenced by the writings of John Cassian, it shows strong affinity with the Rule of the Master, but it also has a unique spirit of balance, moderation and reasonableness (, epieíkeia), which persuaded most Christian religious communities founded throughout the Middle Ages to adopt it. As a result, his Rule became one of the most influential religious rules in Western Christendom. For this reason, Giuseppe Carletti regarded Benedict as the founder of Western Christian monasticism. Biography Apart from a short poem attributed to Mark of Monte Cassino, the only ancient account of Benedict is found in the second volume of Pope Gregory I's four-book Dialogues, thought to have been written in 593, although the authenticity of this work has been disputed. Gregory's account of this saint's life is not, however, a biography in the modern sense of the word. It provides instead a spiritual portrait of the gentle, disciplined abbot. In a letter to Bishop Maximilian of Syracuse, Gregory states his intention for his Dialogues, saying they are a kind of floretum (an anthology, literally, 'flowers') of the most striking miracles of Italian holy men. Gregory did not set out to write a chronological, historically anchored story of Saint Benedict, but he did base his anecdotes on direct testimony. To establish his authority, Gregory explains that his information came from what he considered the best sources: a handful of Benedict's disciples who lived with the saint and witnessed his various miracles. These followers, he says, are Constantinus, who succeeded Benedict as Abbot of Monte Cassino; Valentinianus; Simplicius; and Honoratus, who was abbot of Subiaco when St Gregory wrote his Dialogues. In Gregory's day, history was not recognised as an independent field of study; it was a branch of grammar or rhetoric, and historia was an account that summed up the findings of the learned when they wrote what was, at that time, considered 'history.' Gregory's Dialogues Book Two, then, an authentic medieval hagiography cast as a conversation between the Pope and his deacon Peter, is designed to teach spiritual lessons. Early life He was the son of a Roman noble of Nursia, the modern Norcia, in Umbria. A tradition which Bede accepts makes him a twin with his sister Scholastica. If 480 is accepted as the year of his birth, the year of his abandonment of his studies and leaving home would be about 500. Saint Gregory's narrative makes it impossible to suppose him younger than 20 at the time. He was old enough to be in the midst of his literary studies, to understand the real meaning and worth of the dissolute and licentious lives of his companions, and to have been deeply affected by the love of a woman. He was at the beginning of life, and he had at his disposal the means to a career as a Roman noble; clearly he was not a child. Benedict was sent to Rome to study, but was disappointed by the life he found there. He does not seem to have left Rome for the purpose of becoming a hermit, but only to find some place away from the life of the great city. He took his old nurse with him as a servant and they settled down to live in Enfide. Enfide, which the tradition of Subiaco identifies with the modern Affile, is in the Simbruini mountains, about forty miles from Rome and two from Subiaco. A short distance from Enfide is the entrance to a narrow, gloomy valley, penetrating the mountains and leading directly to Subiaco. The path continues to ascend, and the side of the ravine, on which it runs, becomes steeper, until a cave is reached above which the mountain now rises almost perpendicularly; while on the right, it strikes in a rapid descent down to where, in Saint Benedict's day, below, lay the blue waters of the lake. The cave has a large triangular-shaped opening and is about ten feet deep. On his way from Enfide, Benedict met a monk, Romanus of Subiaco, whose monastery was on the mountain above the cliff overhanging the cave. Romanus had discussed with Benedict the purpose which had brought him to Subiaco, and had given him the monk's habit. By his advice Benedict became a hermit and for three years, unknown to men, lived in this cave above the lake. Later life Gregory tells us little of these years. He now speaks of Benedict no longer as a youth (puer), but as a man (vir) of God. Romanus, Gregory tells us, served the saint in every way he could. The monk apparently visited him frequently, and on fixed days brought him food. During these three years of solitude, broken only by occasional communications with the outer world and by the visits of Romanus, Benedict matured both in mind and character, in knowledge of himself and of his fellow-man, and at the same time he became not merely known to, but secured the respect of, those about him; so much so that on the death of the abbot of a monastery in the neighbourhood (identified by some with Vicovaro), the community came to him and begged him to become its abbot. Benedict was acquainted with the life and discipline of the monastery, and knew that "their manners were diverse from his and therefore that they would never agree together: yet, at length, overcome with their entreaty, he gave his consent" (ibid., 3). The experiment failed; the monks tried to poison him. The legend goes that they first tried to poison his drink. He prayed a blessing over the cup and the cup shattered. Thus he left the group and went back to his cave at Subiaco. There lived in the neighborhood a priest called Florentius who, moved by envy, tried to ruin him. He tried to poison him with poisoned bread. When he prayed a blessing over the bread, a raven swept in and took the loaf away. From this time his miracles seem to have become frequent, and many people, attracted by his sanctity and character, came to Subiaco to be under his guidance. Having failed by sending him poisonous bread, Florentius tried to seduce his monks with some prostitutes. To avoid further temptations, in about 530 Benedict left Subiaco. He founded 12 monasteries in the vicinity of Subiaco, and, eventually, in 530 he founded the great Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino, which lies on a hilltop between Rome and Naples. During the invasion of Italy, Totila, King of the Goths, ordered a general to wear his kingly robes and to see whether Benedict would discover the truth. Immediately the Saint detected the impersonation, and Totila came to pay him due respect. Veneration He is believed to have died of a fever at Monte Cassino not long after his twin sister, Saint Scholastica, and was buried in the same place as his sister. According to tradition, this occurred on 21 March 547. He was named patron protector of Europe by Pope Paul VI in 1964. In 1980, Pope John Paul II declared him co-patron of Europe, together with Saints Cyril and Methodius. In the pre-1970 General Roman Calendar, his feast is kept on 21 March, the day of his death according to some manuscripts of the Martyrologium Hieronymianum and that of Bede. Because on that date his liturgical memorial would always be impeded by the observance of Lent, the 1969 revision of the General Roman Calendar moved his memorial to 11 July, the date that appears in some Gallic liturgical books of the end of the 8th century as the feast commemorating his birth (Natalis S. Benedicti). There is some uncertainty about the origin of this feast. Accordingly, on 21 March the Roman Martyrology mentions in a line and a half that it is Benedict's day of death and that his memorial is celebrated on 11 July, while on 11 July it devotes seven lines to speaking of him, and mentions the tradition that he died on 21 March. The Eastern Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Benedict on 14 March. The Anglican Communion has no single universal calendar, but a provincial calendar of saints is published in each province. In almost all of these, Saint Benedict is commemorated on 11 July. Rule of Saint Benedict Benedict wrote the Rule in 516 for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot. Seventy-three short chapters comprise the Rule. Its wisdom is twofold: spiritual (how to live a Christocentric life on earth) and administrative (how to run a monastery efficiently). More than half of the chapters describe how to be obedient and humble, and what to do when a member of the community is not. About one-fourth regulate the work of God (the Opus Dei). One-tenth outline how, and by whom, the monastery should be managed. Following the golden rule of Ora et Labora - pray and work, the monks each day devoted eight hours to prayer, eight hours to sleep, and eight hours to manual work, sacred reading and/or works of charity. Saint Benedict Medal This devotional medal originally came from a cross in honour of Saint Benedict. On one side, the medal has an image of Saint Benedict, holding the Holy Rule in his left hand and a cross in his right. There is a raven on one side of him, with a cup on the other side of him. Around the medal's outer margin are the words "Eius in obitu nostro praesentia muniamur" ("May we be strengthened by his presence in the hour of our death"). The other side of the medal has a cross with the initials CSSML on the vertical bar which signify "Crux Sacra Sit Mihi Lux" ("May the Holy Cross be my light") and on the horizontal bar are the initials NDSMD which stand for "Non Draco Sit Mihi Dux" ("Let not the dragon be my guide"). The initials CSPB stand for "Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti" ("The Cross of the Holy Father Benedict") and are located on the interior angles of the cross. Either the inscription "PAX" (Peace) or the Christogram "IHS" may be found at the top of the cross in most cases. Around the medal's margin on this side are the Vade Retro Satana initials VRSNSMV which stand for "Vade Retro Satana, Nonquam Suade Mihi Vana" ("Begone Satan, do not suggest to me thy vanities") then a space followed by the initials SMQLIVB which signify "Sunt Mala Quae Libas, Ipse Venena Bibas" ("Evil are the things thou profferest, drink thou thy own poison"). This medal was first struck in 1880 to commemorate the fourteenth centenary of Saint Benedict's birth and is also called the Jubilee Medal; its exact origin, however, is unknown. In 1647, during a witchcraft trial at Natternberg near Metten Abbey in Bavaria, the accused women testified they had no power over Metten, which was under the protection of the cross. An investigation found a number of painted crosses on the walls of the abbey with the letters now found on St Benedict medals, but their meaning had been forgotten. A manuscript written in 1415 was eventually found that had a picture of Saint Benedict holding a scroll in one hand and a staff which ended in a cross in the other. On the scroll and staff were written the full words of the initials contained on the crosses. Medals then began to be struck in Germany, which then spread throughout Europe. This medal was first approved by Pope Benedict XIV in his briefs of 23 December 1741, and 12 March 1742. Saint Benedict has been also the motive of many collector's coins around the world. The Austria 50 euro 'The Christian Religious Orders', issued on 13 March 2002 is one of them. Influence The early Middle Ages have been called "the Benedictine centuries." In April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI discussed the influence St Benedict had on Western Europe. The pope said that "with his life and work St Benedict exercised a fundamental influence on the development of European civilization and culture" and helped Europe to emerge from the "dark night of history" that followed the fall of the Roman empire. Saint Benedict contributed more than anyone else to the rise of monasticism in the West. His Rule was the foundational document for thousands of religious communities in the Middle Ages. To this day, The Rule of St. Benedict is the most common and influential Rule used by monasteries and monks, more than 1,400 years after its writing. Today the Benedictine family is represented by two branches: the Benedictine Federation and the Cistercians. The influence of Saint Benedict produced "a true spiritual ferment" in Europe, and over the coming decades his followers spread across the continent to establish a new cultural unity based on Christian faith. A basilica was built upon the birthplace of Saints Benedict and Scholastica in the 1400s. Ruins of their familial home were excavated from beneath the church and preserved. The earthquake of 30 October 2016 completely devastated the structure of the basilica, leaving only the front facade and altar standing. Gallery See also :Category:Paintings of Benedict of Nursia.

Lucy Margaret Baker

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The Two-Bear Mambo

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Beginnings: The Best of the Early Years

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Her Benny (novel)

Her Benny, an improving story for young people about Liverpool street children, was first published in 1879. It was the best-known and most popular work of Methodist minister and author Silas Hocking. Published initially as a serial, and then in book form by Frederick Warne & Co. of London as Her Benny. A Story of Street Life, 1879, with illustrations by Harry Tuck. Hocking, who had published one previous novel (Alec Green, 1878), sold the copyright of this one for just £20, but it was to establish his reputation. It became hugely successful, was translated into many languages, and sold over a million copies in the author's lifetime. Plot Benny Bates, a poor boy from the Liverpool slums, is ten years old when the story begins. He scrapes a living running errands in the streets; his beloved but frail sister Nelly, a year younger, sells matches. Their mother is dead, their father a drink-sodden brute, who dies later on in the story, becomes violent towards Nelly and the two children run away from home. Helped by their friend the night-watchman Joe Wrag, and 'Granny' Betty Barker, manage to retain their independence and learn to lead Christian lives. Nelly, a child of great natural spiritual insight, acts as Benny's moral conscience; when she dies after a street accident, he is in despair. A lucky encounter with Eva Lawrence, the little girl he will come to call his 'angel', leads to a job as office-boy to her father, a rich Liverpool businessman. Benny works hard, hoping to educate and better himself, but loses both job and reputation when Mr. Lawrence wrongly accuses him of stealing a five-pound note. Abandoning Liverpool, he nearly dies of starvation and heat-stroke, but is rescued and nursed back to health by a kindly farming family. He remains with them, working on the farm and studying in night school. Six years later, and by now grown up, he bravely stops a runaway carriage in a nearby lane; only afterwards does he discover that one of its occupants was Eva Lawrence. Benny has saved his 'angel's' life; now she reveals that she and her father have long known that he was innocent of the theft. The grateful Mr. Lawrence offers Benny a new job, this time as his clerk; he returns to Liverpool, to work his way up into partnership with Mr. Lawrence, and marriage with Eva. Analysis Her Benny was amongst the most popular examples of the 'waif story', a category of improving fiction for Victorian children whose purpose, although primarily religious (and typically Evangelical), was also social and political. As Hocking describes in his preface, Her Benny grew out of his Methodist ministry: His local knowledge also emerges in the book's vivid descriptions of Victorian Liverpool, and its careful attempts to reproduce the Scouse dialect. Didactic in intent, yet sympathetic in tone, his 'rags to riches' tale was well calculated to appeal to a contemporary audience. Its form parallels, and was probably influenced by, Hogarth's well-known and widely distributed series of engravings of Industry and Idleness, which had also been aimed at the young. Like them, its principal message is that diligence and honesty will be rewarded; Benny as Industrious Apprentice has his Idle counterpart too, in the character of Perks, a street boy who repeatedly but unsuccessfully attempts to lure Benny into crime, and ends up dying in Dartmoor prison. Hocking's work however is also characteristic of Victorian evangelical fiction in the emphasis placed on Christian piety, and the role of inner spiritual renewal; his Methodist beliefs emerge especially clearly in Joe Wrag's prolonged struggle with the doctrine of Predestination. Hocking's sense of pathos is also characteristically Victorian; in particular the name chosen for Benny's little sister, as well as her character and fate, seem calculated to recall to his readership Little Nell in Dickens's 1840/1841 novel The Old Curiosity Shop, who was also marked for a tragically early grave. Adaptations A British silent film version of Her Benny was produced in 1920. In 1993 the novel was also adapted into a successful stage musical by Anne Dalton, with a 25th anniversary revival in 2018. An original cast recording was issued on CD on the 'Dress Circle' label in 1993.

Sophia D. Stoddard

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Fénix is an album by Argentinian jazz composer and saxophonist Gato Barbieri featuring performances recorded in 1971 and first released on the Flying Dutchman label. Reception The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars stating "at this point in 1971, well before the Muppets would create a caricature out of him, Barbieri was absolutely smoking, and for a certain style of rhythmic free jazz, this is a captivating album indeed". Track listing "Tupac Amaru" (Gato Barbieri) - 4:14 "Carnavalito" (Unknown) - 9:08 "Falsa Bahiana" (Geraldo Pereira) - 5:50 Amazon "El Día Que Me Quieras" (Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera) - 6:12 "El Arriero" (Atahualpa Yupanqui) - 7:22 "Bahia" (Unknown) - 6:22 Personnel Gato Barbieri - tenor saxophone Lonnie Liston Smith - piano, electric piano Joe Beck - electric guitar (track 1) Ron Carter - electric bass Lenny White - drums Gene Golden - congas, bongos Naná Vasconcelos - berimbau, bongos

Johann Nestroy

Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (7 December 1801 – 25 May 1862) was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the Biedermeier period and its immediate aftermath. He participated in the 1848 revolutions and his work reflects the new liberal spirit then spreading throughout Europe. Career Nestroy was born in Vienna, where he was a law student from 1817 to 1822, before abandoning his studies to become a singer. He joined the Theater am Kärntnertor, beginning with Sarastro in The Magic Flute on 24 August 1822. After a year of singing in Vienna, he went to Amsterdam where he appeared in baritone roles for two years at the local German Theatre. From 1825 to 1831 he accepted engagements to sing and act in Brünn, Graz, Pressburg, Klagenfurt, Vienna and Lemberg. He then returned to his native Vienna and started to write and continued to perform. Nestroy's career as a playwright was an immediate success: his 1833 play Der böse Geist Lumpazivagabundus was a major hit. He soon became a leading figure in Austrian culture and society. Nestroy succeeded Ferdinand Raimund as the leading actor-dramatist on the Volkstheater, the Viennese commercial stage or 'people's theatre'. Whereas Raimund concentrated on romantic and magical fantasies, Nestroy used comedy for parody and criticism. Working at the time of conservative minister Klemens von Metternich, he had to carefully draft his plays to skirt the strict censorship in place. His interest in word play was legendary, and his characters often mixed Viennese German with less-than-successful attempts at more "educated" speech. Music held an important role in his work, with songs elaborating the theme or helping on with the plot. Nestroy wrote nearly eighty comedies between the 1830s and the 1850s. Among the most important were , , (made into the 1939 musical comedy Titus macht Karriere by Edmund Nick), Einen Jux will er sich machen (translated as On the Razzle by Tom Stoppard in 1981) and , all of which were marked by social criticism and biting satire. He died in Graz, Austria. Works Nestroy remained a singer all his life, and virtually all his plays include music. He worked closely with a relatively small number of composers: Adolf Müller senior, who set 41 of Nestroy's texts between 1832 and 1847, Michael Hebenstreit, who set 10 works from 1843 to 1850, Karl Binder, who set seven from 1851 to 1859, as well as Anton M. Storch, Franz Roser, Carl Franz Stenzel, and Andreas Skutta. Most of his works were designated as some form of Posse or farce, and of these the majority were Possen mit Gesang (i.e. 'with singing'). He also produced a number of parodies, both of operas (including [[Cendrillon (Isouard)|Cendrillion]], La Cenerentola, Lohengrin, Martha, Robert le diable, Tannhäuser and Zampa) and dramas (including Karl von Holtei's Lorbeerbaum und Bettelstab and Raupach's Robert der Teufel). In addition he wrote four Quodlibets, two Burlesken, a Travestie and finally an Operette using music by Jacques Offenbach. His early works were performed in Graz and Pressburg, then from 1832 to 1846 he worked exclusively at the Theater an der Wien, where 45 of his plays were premiered. After two productions at the Theater in der Leopoldstadt, he moved to the Carltheater from 1847 to 1859, where another 20 were performed. Legacy About half of Nestroy's works have been revived by the modern German-speaking theatres and many are part and parcel of today's Viennese repertoire. However, few have ever been translated into English. Only one, Einen Jux will er sich machen, has become well known to English-speaking theatregoers. It has become a classic more than once. It was first adapted as Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker (which later became the musical Hello, Dolly!) and later achieved success as On the Razzle, which was translated by Stephen Plaice and adapted by Tom Stoppard. Nestroy has a square—Nestroyplatz—named after him in Vienna, as well as a station on Line 1 of the Vienna U-Bahn, which opened in 1979. When the Reichsbrücke had to be rebuilt after its collapse in 1976, the tender was won by a consortium named Project Johann Nestroy. The official name of the newly built bridge is probably Johann Nestroy Brücke, but that name doesn't seem to have any currency. One of the most important German speaking theatre awards is named after Nestroy. The Nestroy Theatre Prize is an annual award for primarily Austrian theatre with Oscar-like categories. Its ceremony is held in Vienna and broadcast live on national television. The Austrian illustrator and painter adapted Nestroy's play Der Talisman for a graphic novel of the same name.

P. Folsom

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Homebush Street Circuit

The Homebush Street Circuit, also known as the Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit, was a temporary street circuit around the former Olympic precinct at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay, Australia. The track hosted the Sydney 500 and was used for the first time at the final round of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The circuit was used for the final time in December 2016 due to a relocation to a Newcastle after it was announced the ANZ stadium precinct would be upgraded and block the track location. Layout The circuit was designed by Mark Skaife, who focused on creating a track with a variety of bumps, camber changes and fast and slow corners making it difficult to complete the perfect lap. It was constructed on Australia Avenue, Kevin Coombs Avenue, Edwin Flack Avenue and Dawn Fraser Avenue. 140 mature trees needed to be removed and kilometres of tarmac needed to be torn up to accommodate the race. Overall the track had a mixture of track surfaces. V8 Supercar driver Jason Richards suggested that there were many difficult braking areas, interesting corners and good passing spots. The main straight was the single widest section of race track in Australia, while the straight along Edwin Flack Avenue was one of the narrowest. The outside of turn eight had an unusual negative camber that caught many drivers out in the inaugural race, resulting in several cars crashing into the outer barriers. The first race was won by the Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander from pole position while, the second 250 km race was won by Dick Johnson Racing's James Courtney (who started from second position on the grid). Jamie Whincup secured winning the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series after finishing fifth in race 1 and fourteenth in race 2. Environmental concerns The conversion of part of the Sydney Olympic Park precinct into a V8 street-car race circuit was widely criticised. The Total Environment Centre said that the New South Wales Government overrode the threatened species law, as well as the Homebush Bay Authority's planning principals, and would cause social, environmental and economic disruption at Sydney Olympic Park. Tony McCormick, who led the team that designed Sydney Olympic Park, said "I find it truly a travesty... The site was supposed to be a legacy for generations and we can’t even make it last a decade." Closure In 2015, V8 Supercars proposed to shorten the circuit to reduce the event's costs. This proposal failed, and in March 2016 it was announced that the ongoing costs of running the event would result in 2016 being the final running of the Sydney 500. Lap records As of 3 December 2016.

First Battle of Târgu Frumos order of battle

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HMAS Tasmania

HMAS Tasmania (H25) was an Admiralty S class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built for the Royal Navy during World War I, the ship was not completed until 1919, and spent a year commissioned but not operational in British service before being transferred to the RAN at the start of 1920. The destroyer's career was uneventful, with almost all of it spent in Australian waters. Tasmania was decommissioned in 1930, and was sold for ship breaking in 1937. Design and construction Tasmania was built to the Admiralty design of the S-class destroyer, which was designed and built as part of the British emergency war programme. The destroyer had a displacement of 1,075 tons, a length overall of , and a beam of . The propulsion machinery consisted of three Yarrow boilers feeding Brown-Curtis turbines, which supplied to the ship's two propeller shafts. Although designed with a maximum speed of , Tasmania was only able to achieve on power trails. The destroyer's economical speed of gave her a range of . The ship's company was made up of 6 officers and 93 sailors. The destroyer's primary armament consisted of three QF 4-inch Mark IV guns. These were supplemented by a 2-pounder pom-pom, two 9.5-inch howitzer bomb throwers, five .303 inch machine guns (a mix of Lewis and Maxim guns), two twin 21-inch torpedo tube sets, two depth charge throwers, and two depth charge chutes. Tasmania was laid down by William Beardmore and Company, Limited, at Dalmuir in Scotland on 18 December 1917. The destroyer was launched on 22 November 1918, and completed on 22 January 1919. The ship was commissioned into the Royal Navy in January 1919, but was not made operational, and was marked for transfer to the RAN, along with four sister ships. Tasmania was commissioned into the RAN on 27 January 1920. Operational history Tasmania and three of her sister ships sailed for Australia on 20 February, visiting ports in the Mediterranean, India, Singapore, and the Netherlands East Indies before reaching Sydney on 29 April. Tasmania was primarily used for training, and apart from a visit to New Guinea in 1924, remained in Australian waters. Decommissioning and fate Tasmania paid off into reserve on 9 January 1928. She was sold to Penguins Limited for ship breaking on 4 June 1937. Citations

2004 United States Senate election in New York

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Charlie Culph

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Stephen H. Rogers

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Mərzili (also, Merzili and Mirasali) is a village and municipality in the Agdam Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,231.

Mark Millon

Mark Millon (born May 17, 1971) is an American lacrosse player who last played for the Rochester Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse. He attended Harborfields Highschool in Huntington, Long Island. He played collegiate lacrosse at the University of Massachusetts. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest lacrosse players of all time. Millon was a college player at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he gained honors as a three-time All-American (twice on the first team), leading UMass to three births in the NCAA tournament. After college, he moved to Baltimore and where he played alongside his brother Tony Millon while leading the Mount Washington Wolfpack to several US Club Lacrosse championships. During his time on the Wolfpack, he often relied upon his superior speed and agility to isolate one defenseman before dodging around him to score. This talent was noticed by the US Lacrosse World team coaches which included Millon on two rosters, earning a spot as one of the World’s Best Attackman in 1998, the overall World Games MVP in the 1994 World Games, as well as being named to the All-World Team in 1994 and 1998. He joined the Baltimore Bayhawks in 2001 and played with them until 2005 when he was traded to the Boston Cannons. He rejoined the Baltimore Bayhawks for the 2006 season, and played one game in the beginning of the 2007 season before announcing he would not play the remainder of the season due to other commitments. Later, in the season he joined the Long Island Lizards organization. He retired again after the 2007 season as the league's all-time leading scorer. Millon was selected in the 2013 MLL Supplemental Draft after announcing his return to the MLL after a five-season absence. He was selected first by the Rochester Rattlers and made his Rattlers debut on April 27, 2013 with a one goal-one-assist performance. Mark also played nine seasons in the indoor National Lacrosse League. He played for the New York Saints, Baltimore Thunder, Syracuse Smash, and Philadelphia Wings. For 14 years, Mark has run the Millon International Lacrosse Camps, long considered the nation's top instructional lacrosse camp. His camp enrollment is nearly double that of the second biggest camps in the country. In 2009, Millon was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Mark Millon Coached and was Director of Player and Coach Development for the Baltimore Breakers Club Lacrosse program from 2013 to 2014. In 2015, Mark Millon became head of operations the Team 91 Lacrosse Club's new Maryland program, "Team 91 MD". MLL Honors Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game MVP 2001 Major League Lacrosse MVP Award 2005 Major League Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Year Award 2002, 2003 Statistics NLL MLL

Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris

The Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris is a library and museum of the Paris Opera and is located in the 9th arrondissement at 8 rue Scribe, Paris, France. It is no longer managed by the Opera, but instead is part of the Music Department of the National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France or BnF). The Paris Opera Library-Museum is open daily; an admission fee is charged. Emperor's Pavilion The Library-Museum is housed in the Palais Garnier in the Rotonde de l'Empereur, a pavilion on the west side of the theatre, which was originally designed to be the private entrance for Emperor Napoleon III. Thus, the Emperor's could directly enter in the building and avoid any assassination attempt. The library is located near the intersection of the rue Scribe with the rue Auber, streets which are named after the librettist Eugène Scribe and the composer Daniel Auber, both of whom had works performed by the Paris Opera. After the Emperor's death in 1873 and the proclamation of the French Third Republic in 1870, President Mac-Mahon refused to use this Pavilion as a private space for the head of state. Charles Nutters succeeded in compelling Charles Garnier to transform the pavilion into a space for the conservation of the Opera's books and archives. The archives and the library From the time of the creation of the Paris Opera in 1669 until the middle of the 19th century there was no official entity in charge of the preservation and management of archival materials produced by the activities of the Opera and its associated theatre. The creation of an archives service and a library was integrated into the project entrusted to the architect Charles Garnier for the construction of a new opera house to replace the Opera's former theatre, the Salle Le Peletier. Thus the current Paris Opera Library-Museum traces its origin to two former services of the Opera, the archives and the library, each created in 1866. At that time, the Opera director became an entrepreneur. Expenses exceeded the receipts, and the government needed a strong man to run the establishment but was afraid that the archives would be sold to generate money. Around 1863 Charles Nuitter had begun cataloging the Opera's archives, and on 15 May 1866, he became the official archivist. He also published several books on the history of the company. Théodore Lajarte was appointed librarian in 1873 and embarked on the systematic organization of the Opera's scores and instrumental parts. In 1876 he first published his two-volume inventory of the library's holdings covering the period from 1671 to 1876. The archives and the library were soon merged, and in 1881 augmented with a museum open to the public. In 1899, Nuitter was succeeded by his assistant Charles Malherbe. At first, the Opera Library-Museum was attached to the State Secretariat of the Fine Arts (Secrétariat d'État aux Beaux-Arts), but in 1935, it became part of the National Library and in 1942 became a part of the newly established National Library's Music Department. The rooms of the library provide a comfortable environment for work and study, and the staff is knowledgeable and helpful. Much of the library is little changed from its original appearance in the 19th century. Access to the library may be difficult at times (the entrance is through the main foyer of the opera house), and it is advisable to call ahead to confirm the hours when it is open. Today, the Library conserves around 600,000 documents related to the history of the Opéra and the Opéra-Comique, including about 100,000 books, 250,000 autograph letters, 16,000 scores, 30,000 libretti, 100,000 photographs, and 30,000 prints. The museum The modern museum has five rooms which display three centuries of the Paris Opera's history through paintings, costumes, drawings of scenery, and scale models of set designs. Altogether, the museum conserves 8 500 objects. At the top of the stairs which lead to the museum is a bronze by the sculptor which depicts the dancer Alexandre Kalioujny in mid-leap during a performance of Michel Fokine's ballet which is based on the Polovtsian Dances of Borodin's Prince Igor. Visitors are also able to see shelves of books and scores, which are protected by grilles. These materials include fifteen thousand scores and thirty thousand librettos and are accessible to the public on days when the museum is not open for tours. The museum's collections are too extensive to be displayed all at one time, as they consist of approximately 8,500 objects, including 2,500 models of sets, 500 set design drawings, and 3,000 pieces of costume jewelry. The Library-Museum has organized more than 25 exhibitions since 1992, in collaboration with the BnF and others. Some of the items in the collection have also been displayed at the Musée d'Orsay.

Housebuster

Housebuster (foaled March 7, 1987, in Kentucky – May 15, 2005) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was sired by graded stakes race winner Mt. Livermore and was out of the Great Above mare Big Dreams. Bred by Blanche P. Levy and owned by her son, Robert, Housebuster was originally trained by Ronald Benshoff before being turned over to "Jimmy" Croll. From the outset he was trained as a sprinter, with no race longer than a mile. Housebuster won 15 of his lifetime 22 starts, often by wide margins. He won the Jerome Handicap by 13 lengths, the Grade III Lafayette Stakes by 11, and the "DeFrancis Dash" by 5, beating Breeder's Cup Sprint champ Safely Kept. In the 1990 Metropolitan Handicap, he placed second by a neck to U.S. Horse of the Year Criminal Type, beating Hall of Fame Eclipse Award Champion Easy Goer while receiving 14 pounds in weight. His outstanding record made him the U.S. Outstanding Sprint Horse for 1990 and again in 1991. He became the first horse to win the sprint title in successive years since Great Above's dam, Ta Wee, in 1969-70. In 2013, Housebuster was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, NY. Retirement Retired due to an injury in the 1991 Breeder's Cup Sprint, Housebuster was originally sent in 1992 to Jonabell Farm to stand at stud and sired several good runners. However, as his fee dropped, he was sold and sent to Japan in 1998. He returned to the U.S. in 2001 and stood at The Blue Ridge Farm in Virginia from 2002-2004 before being moved to O'Sullivan Farms in West Virginia in 2005. He died there on May 15, 2005. Some of his graded stakes race winners include 2002 Hong Kong Horse of the Year Electronic Unicorn, Bahamian Pirate, Morluc, and Midnight Bet.

We Lost the Sea

We Lost the Sea are an instrumental post-metal band from Sydney, Australia. The band was originally formed by friends from multiple bands that had dissolved in 2007 from the outer west Sydney suburb of Campbelltown, NSW. The current line up is composed of Mark Owen, Matt Harvey, Nathaniel D'Ugo, Mathew Kelly and Kieran Elliott. Their third album Departure Songs gained them widespread acclaim within the post-rock and metal scenes around the world. The band have reached notable success internationally for their emotional and energetic live performances and modern and thematic approach to the post-rock genre. They are currently released through Australian independent record label Bird's Robe Records, which is distributed through MGM in Australia and independently worldwide. Dunk!Records in Europe and Translation Loss in North America. History Early years, Crimea The band was formed when Mark Owen approached Nathaniel D’Ugo to start a band with him after Nathaniel's former band Omeratá had broken up. From here they called upon friends Chris Torpy on vocals and the twin brothers Grant and Brendon Warner on guitar from another local band Sound The Mute to join. The idea was to create a huge and heavy sounding project that would act like a collaborative of musicians. The band's member line up has changed many times, at one point consisting of nine members. The band's name doesn't have a specific meaning. The early members wanted a name that creates an enigmatic feeling, evokes emotion and leaves interpretation up to the listener. The group often incorporates themes into their albums such as loss, grief and hope, space exploration, war and stories from history. They released their first record entitled Crimea - engineered and mixed by Magnus Lindberg of Cult of Luna in February 2009 at Sing Sing studios in Melbourne, Australia. This was released only on CD and independently by the band the following year. This record was inspired by poems written about the Crimean war and heroic infamous figures such as Florence Nightingale. The Quietest Place on Earth In 2010 the band went into the studio to record their second album The Quietest Place on Earth. Complications and member changes delayed the release of this record until 2012 when Grant Warner and Brad Garnam left the band and Matt Harvey (ex Omeratá) joined on guitars after receiving a last minute call from vocalist Chris Torpy, who asked him to come to a rehearsal. A short time after the band joined with Bird's Robe Records. The record was received well and was followed up with a handful of highly successful local shows including their sold out album launch and supporting American post-metal band Rosetta where the band debuted the new line up and songs. Lochlan Watt from Triple J and Dave Drayton from FBi Radio both mentioned the band in the best of 2012 in Drum Media's writers poll. In March 2013, their vocalist, Chris Torpy died by suicide, leaving the band to take a short break. Their first show without Chris took place on March 21, 2013 at the Annandale Hotel, opening for This Will Destroy You. On April 26, 2014 We Lost The Sea held a tribute and benefit show to raise awareness and money for suicide prevention and education surrounding depression and anxiety in association with beyondblue Australia. Departure Songs In 2015 the band recorded and released their third LP Departure Songs initially through Bird's Robe Records and Art As Catharsis Records in Australia. It was later released in Europe through Dunk!Records and in North America through Translation Loss Records. This record is their first all-instrumental album and was a slight shift away from their old dynamic. Heavily affected by the loss of Chris, Departure Songs is a concept album inspired by failed, yet epic and honourable individual journeys or events throughout history where people have done extraordinary things for the greater good of those around them, and the progress of the human race itself. Each song has its own story and is a soundtrack to that story with its own piece of art to illustrate the journeys within the songs. The artwork, made by guitarist Matt Harvey, helped wrap the theme of this record together with the music and found acclaim on its own merit with an article in Digital Arts Magazine (UK) and reaching over 42,000 views on Behance. Departure Songs was widely received and reached critical acclaim all over the world in the highly regarded post-rock scene and even breaking out of the boundaries to reach different audiences everywhere. Their song "A Gallant Gentleman", the main single from the album and featuring a Sydney girls school choir, has been featured on video projects, student films, and promotion for media brands and football clubs and most recently featured on the soundtrack for Ricky Gervais' show After Life released on Netflix in 2019. The final and song on the album, Challenger - Part 1: Flight has been used for interpretative dance routines and over documentaries. One album stream on YouTube has almost reached 4 million views. Triumph And Disaster In October 2019 the band released their fourth album Triumph And Disaster. Tours The album Departure Songs generated enough buzz for the band to pursue extensive national tours of Australia. They were also invited to support post-rock and post-metal bands Baroness, Maybeshewill, This Will Destroy You, Caspian, Pelican, Earth, Jakob (NZ) and Japan's Mono and Boris on their Australian visits. Even being offered the support for Finnish cello-metal band Apocalyptica on their Australian tour. First Australian headline tour The band embarked on a nine date tour of Australia over the course of June and July 2016. The tour finished at a sold-out show at the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney where they played with the VOX youth choir from Sydney Philharmonia Choir. The Last Dive Tour In January 2017 the band did a 3 date east coast headline run to celebrate the end of the Departure Songs album cycle in Australia before heading to Europe. It also signified the last shows guitarist Brendon Warner would play with the band after deciding to leave to focus on studies. The Sydney Morning Herald listed the Sydney show at the Newtown Social Club as top 5 gig of the week next to artists like Nick Cave, PJ Harvey and Refused. Both the Sydney and Melbourne shows sold out. European Tour 2017 In May 2017 the band embarked on their first ever overseas tour to Europe with their debut show at the Belgian post-rock festival Dunk! This was followed by 16 shows around the continent playing some shows to sold-out crowds such as A38 in Budapest and WERK-2 in Leipzig and ending with a huge sold-out show in Paris. Carl Whitbread (Lo!, Omeratá) came on board as their touring guitarist for this tour. The tour also included Sydney post-rock/prog bands Meniscus and Dumbsaint. TQPOE 5 year anniversary tour In December 2017 the group decided to tour in celebration of their second album The Quietest Place on Earth’s fifth anniversary. They felt that it was underrepresented when it was released and Chris had passed away so soon after its official release that there was only a handful of shows played during that time. Joining them to fill in on vocals for this tour was Jarrod Krafczyk (The Amenta, Omeratá) and former guitarist Brendon Warner filled in on third guitar. This tour also included a last minute support addition from Rosetta who were in Australia touring with sleepmakeswaves at the time. This tour is also when the band started working with Australian music booking agents Select Touring. China tour 2018 On 22 March 2018 the band embarked on a 10 show tour of China managed by the touring company New Noise. This was their first tour to Asia and they played in front of their biggest headline crowd to date at Shenzhen B10 Live, concluding with a show at This Town Needs (formerly Hidden Agenda) in Hong Kong. One of the first shows after it re-opened after UK band This Town Needs Guns had issues with immigration the previous year. Record releases The band have had multiple pressings done of their records. They are known for high quality artwork and multiple colour variations. Most notably is Departure Songs which has been pressed 3 times with a total of 9 colour variations. All current pressings have sold out. Musical style and influences The band's sound has changed over the years while the basis and heart of the music has stayed relatively the same. The loss of their vocalist made the band choose to release instrumental music whereas previously the band had been associated with post-metal, doom and sludge metal genres. They have always leaned towards thematic, long, atmospheric and heavy styles of writing and even with vocals there are many instrumental parts throughout their albums. The band has been referred to sounding like and being influenced by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, Cult of Luna, Explosions In The Sky and The Cinematic Orchestra. Their song "A Gallant Gentleman" borrows heavily from Music for a Nurse by the Manchester group Oceansize. Members Current Mark Owen – guitar (2007–present) Nathaniel D'Ugo – drums (2007–present) Kieran Elliott – bass (2009–present) Mathew Kelly – piano, keyboards (2009–present) Matt Harvey – guitar (2012–present) Carl Whitbread – guitar (2017–present) Front of house Michael Taverner (2009–present) Former Chris Torpy – vocals, samples (2007 – died March 2013) Brendon Warner – guitar (2008–2016) Grant Warner – guitar (2008–2012) Bradley Garnam – guitar (2007–2012) Jared Ryan – bass (2007–2009) Discography Studio albums Crimea (2010) The Quietest Place 'n Earth (2012) Departure Songs (2015) Triumph & Disaster (2019) No. 41 Australia Live albums Live at Dunk!Fest 2017 (2019)

Plain Pat

Patrick Reynolds, professionally known as Plain Pat, is an American music executive, record producer and songwriter, perhaps best known for managing the early careers of Kanye West and Kid Cudi. He is also noted for working with prominent artists such as Drake, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Lupe Fiasco, Ghostface Killah, The Roots, Lloyd, Young Gunz, Ashanti, Ludacris, Freeway, Ja Rule, N.O.R.E. and The Mutton Birds among others. Plain Pat is credited with working on several high-profile albums. He has produced on albums such as Thank Me Later, Element of Freedom, Stronger with Each Tear, 808's and Heartbreak, Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, Graduation, The Life of Pablo and more. He has also served as an A&R on the following albums More Fish, Game Theory, Fishscale, The College Dropout, Southside, Tough Luv, Fefe Dobson, Ashanti's Christmas, Chicken-N-Beer, Chapter II, Philadelphia Freeway, Last Temptation, God's Favorite, Tical 0: The Prequel and Flock: The Best of the Mutton Birds. Career and ventures In 2007, Plain Pat mixed and hosted Kanye West's mixtape Can't Tell Me Nothing. In 2009, Plain Pat, along with fellow record producer Emile Haynie and recording artist Kid Cudi, launched their record label Dream On, in partnership with Kanye West's GOOD Music and Universal Motown. Cudi announced in February 2011 however, that the label had been dissolved. Cudi stated to Complex magazine that they were still on good terms: "I wanted to try something new, and I wanted to take control of things myself.[...] There’s no hard feelings." The label released Kid Cudi's albums, Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) and Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (2010). In 2010, Plain Pat also worked on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy with Kanye West. In 2015, Plain Pat and Kid Cudi reunited with Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven. Plain Pat also contributed to Kanye West's The Life of Pablo in 2016, as well as the Kid Cudi and Kanye West collaborative project Kids See Ghosts in 2018.

Horst Franz

Horst Franz (born 17 June 1940) is a German football manager. His son Sascha Franz is also a football coach, currently as an assistant to Dirk Schuster at SV Darmstadt 98. He began his coaching career in Austria.

Pangdan

Community History The name of Brgy. Pangdan was coined after a plant commonly called “pandan” or pandan leaves (Pandanus amaryllifolius) which is widely used in cooking as a flavoring. The plant is rare in the wild, but is widely cultivated. It is an upright, green plant with fan-shaped sprays of long, narrow, blade-like leaves and woody aerial roots. Starting from small barrio in 1942 during the Japanese time when the people are just using “lampara” to light their homes and streets having no electricity the place has now evolved into a big barangay. In 2012, the population of Brgy. Pandan is estimated to be more or less 3,984. Geological and Political Location Barangay Pangdan is situated along the coastline at the eastern portion of Catbalogan City. The place is about 8 kilometers from Catbalogan City proper and about 3 kilometers from the Maharlika National Highway. It is both accessible by the sea through motorboats in approximately by 30 minutes from Ubanon, Catbalogan City and by land (i.e. hiking and motorbike) also in about 30 minutes hiking to the highway and 10-minute jeepney/motorbike ride to Catbalogan City proper. Politically it belongs to the 2nd Congressional District of the Province of Samar. The Barangay is organized into three (3) Sitios, each purok has their own leaders. The place is generally peaceful maintained by active Barangay Tanods. The place is now energized with electricity from SAMELCO. Socio-Cultural Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion of the Brgy. Pangdan while others are members of Born-Again Christians, Protestants, Seventh Day Adventists, and Iglesia Ni Cristo. Celebration of the annual Fiesta (June 12 and 13), Sto. Niňo (January 14), Christmas and New Year are among the festivities and revelries observed by the residents and visitors alike. Economy In terms of livelihood, Brgy. Pangdan is still classified to be rural in spite of its nearness to the capital town. Fishing is the main livelihood of the people while upland farming is only considered as secondary source of income. Frequently children are seen roaming the community selling fish by plates just to help their parents augment the family income earn extra money. Local micro-entrepreneurs and businessmen also exist and are engaged in managing Sari-sari, fish drying, copra making and passenger motorboat operators to support the daily needs of their families. Some are also employed as teachers, office workers, security guards, domestic helpers, tricycle drivers, etcetera in Catbalogan City. Nowadays, some of the people are already enjoying modern amenities such as cellular phones, televisions, karaoke video sing-along, electric fans, air-conditioning system and the like. Most of the houses are made of nipa and wooden materials but some well-to do families their houses were already made of concrete materials. Most of the pathways are already concreted but some roadways are uncemented. Educational System Barangay Pangdan has complete elementary and secondary education while Sitio Madalunot has only complete elementary. Parents from Sitio Calbasag and Sitio Mombon enroll their pupils and students either in Sitio Madalunot or Barangay Pangdan. Pangdan National High School Location Pangdan National High School (PNHS) is located 8 km away from Catbalogan City. The school can be reached through a thirty-minute motorboat ride from Ubanon, Catbalogan City. From National Road (Maharlika Highway) the place can also be reached through single motorcycle ride or 30-minute hiking especially during monsoon months when the sea is rough. The school is situated on a hilly portion of Brgy. Pangdan overseeing the idyllic Magueda Bay surrounded by verdant farmlands and grasslands. The front portion of the school building is cooled by the sea breeze and by the canopy of mango trees. These trees serve as natural umbrellas where teachers and students prefers to stay beneath during noon time that shelters them from the heat of the sun during sunny noon time. Aside from replenishing oxygen these trees also act as natural wind breaks during a windy day and when there is typhoon. Historical Background PNHS is the newest school of the seven (7) secondary schools Catbalogan City Division. Currently, the school has a total school population of two hundred ninety six (296) offering K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum ably managed by a Teacher-In-Charge and effectively handled by fourteen (14) supportive teachers. The school has a total area of 1 hectare (10,000 square meters) with no concrete perimeter with only mango trees and few coconut palms dotting the place. Within the school plant are five (5) academic classrooms, four comfort rooms for male and female students and one shared toilet for the school staff; a hand-washing facilities; academic parks; and, school playground used for various purposes (i.e. recitation of the flag raising ceremony, stage, sports arena and learning park). PNHS was formerly known as Pangdan Integrated School (PIS) at the elementary campus and started from single classroom offering First Year in 2008. The classroom has increased to two and later three classrooms. For three years PIS was managed by elementary school principal in the person of Dr. Adelfa I. Mendoza. Through her efforts she was able to convince the donor-owners of the nearby private property of Atty. Manuelilda Rosario A. Torrevillas to execute a Deed of Donation in favor of the government covered by TCT No. 13874. A total of One Hundred Eighty Thousand (180,000) square meters, more or less was donated. Upon agreement this donation paved to renaming the school from PIS to PNHS. PNHS was granted a permit to operate effective SY 2009-2010. The First Batch of secondary students graduated in S.Y. 2011-12 under the leadership of Mrs. Marissa L. Tan. In December 27, 2012, Mr. Aylmer M. Arellon an Education Program Supervisor-Designate from the Division of Catbalogan City was reassigned to assume the position as Teacher-In-Charge when Mrs. Tan was transferred to another school. Mr. Arellon was the school head when the Second Batch of secondary students graduated in S.Y. 2012-13. Mr. Arellon was later appointed to Principal I on December 16, 2014. PNHS is offering Senior High School General Academic and Electrical Maintenance and Installation as its Technical Vocational and Livelihood Strands. The pioneering SHS teachers are: Elena Norcio Beduya, GA and Dionesio Navarro Adona Jr., TVL.

Salvador Dalí (song)

"Salvador Dalì" is a song released by the italian rappers, Marracash and Guè Pequeno, from the studio album Santeria, released in 2016. The song Composed and recorded in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, this is the first song created for the album. Originally titled "Illegali", the two rappers decided to change the title of the song paying tribute to the figure of the Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, as they have found a similarity in the lifestyle of the painter with the rapper stereotype. Although it was not extracted as a single, the song was certified platinum by FIMI for selling over 50,000 copies. Music video The music video was filmed in Milan, Brunate and Garbagnate Milanese, under the direction of Andrea and Corrado Folino Perria with the rapper Salmo as assistant director. It was created with images and suggestions recalling the works of the famous surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, and was released on October 6, 2016. Charts and certifications Charts

Corbin Bridge

Corbin Bridge, also known as Huntingdon County Bridge No. 20, is a historic suspension bridge spanning the Raystown Branch Juniata River and located at Juniata Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Reading Steel Products Inc. in 1937. It measures and has a deck. It is the only road suspension bridge in Huntingdon County. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Millennium of the Polish State

The Millennium of the Polish State (, literally A Thousand Years of the Polish State) was a national celebration of the Christianization of Poland and the subsequent establishment of the first Polish nation. The celebrations took place over the years 1960–1966 by a resolution of the Sejm in 1958. The inauguration of the jubilee celebrations took place at the plenary session of the National Committee of the Unity Front on 16 February 1960 in Kalisz. The jubilee celebrations were accompanied by the educational program One thousand schools for the 1000th anniversary during which in the years 1959–1972 nearly 1.5 thousand schools were built. It was decided to use the anniversary by both the hierarchy of the Catholic Church and the Polish United Workers' Party) for the propaganda in Poland. The church planned the celebration of the millennium of the baptism of Poland while the state authorities strictly commemorated the jubilee of the beginnings of the Polish nation. Varying interpretations of the anniversary The anniversary was interpreted in various ways depending on context. While most of the diaspora and the religious Catholic community celebrated the introduction of Christianity in Poland, the Communist-led government of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZWP), which pursued a state policy of atheism, sought to undermine the international celebrations be re-conveying the anniversary as an anniversary of the birth of the Polish nation. In doing so, the PZWP framed the celebrations as a secular and political anniversary instead of a religious one. This specifically caused friction between the PRL and the Vatican, which resulted in the twice denyal of Pope Paul VI to visit Poland in 1966. As British-Polish historian Norman Davies noted, the Church and the PZWP had "rival, and mutually exclusive, interpretations of [Poland's baptism] significance." Commemorations Commemorative Coins Commemorative coins were issued in connection with the celebrations. Their designs were prepared for a competition announced by the National Bank of Poland in 1957. As a result of the decision, it was decided the following year that the 10 złotych note designed by Józef Gosławski with the image of Mieszko I and Princess Doubravka as a 100-złotych silver commemorative coin. It became one of the most expensive coins of the Polish People's Republic and was in the 70s in the Biuletyn Numizmatyczny magazine named "The Most Beautiful Polish Coin". By decree of the President of the Polish Government in Exile August Zaleski of 1 July 1966, it was decided to mint a commemorative Medal of the Millennium of Christian Poland. On 30 July 1966, the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing issued over 100,000,000 commemorative stamps in honor of the millennium anniversary. Tour of Cardinal Wyszynski In 1966, Cardinal Primate Stefan Wyszynski traveled all over the country, visiting every region, during which he was welcomed by tens and hundreds of thousands of people. During the celebration, the authorities refused to allow Wyszyński from attending overseas celebrations. Each church in Poland posted slogana such as Sacrum Poloniae Millenium (Poland's Sacred Millennium) as well as Poloniae semper fidelis (Always loyal to Poland) and People with the Church (Naród z Kościołem). On 15 May 1966, in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Bishop Vladislav Rubin, a delegate from Cardinal Primate, sent papal mass in honor of the Polish Church Province. While reading a sermon in Gniezno, Cardinal Vyshinsky made this appeal: "I sincerely want you to firmly look at the past and present and, learning to love the history of this Christian people, look with open eyes at its Catholic essence". Anniversary parade An anniversary Millennium Parade (Defiladzie Tysiąclecia) was held on 22 July 1966 to coincide with the annual National Day of the Rebirth of Poland celebrations (set on the anniversary of the signing of the PKWN Manifesto). Like most military parades during that era, it was held in front of a grandstand near the Palace of Culture and Science on Parade Square. It was attended by Władysław Gomułka, the then First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party, as well as members of the PZWP and the Polish Council of State and the Sejm. The parade saw thousands of troops of the Polish People's Army's three service branches march down the square. The parade inspector was Marshal of Poland Marian Spychalski, presiding as the Minister of National Defence. The parade commander who gave its commands and directions was Major General Czesław Waryszak (1919-1979), the commander of the Warsaw Military District. Both Marshal Spychalski and General Waryszak greeted the troops on parade with a single Czolem Żołnierzy (the Polish language version of Greetings Soldiers). It parade featured units such as the Representative Honor Guard of the LWP and the Band of the LWP (led by Colonel Lisztok), both of which provided ceremonial honors speicifacally. It uniquely featured cadets of military academies and other ceremonial units dressed in Polish historical military uniforms dating back to the Piast dynasty. Some of the eras and events represented were the Knights of Bolesław I the Brave, the Battle of Grunwald and the Polish Armed Forces in the East. The Polish Aie Force also performed a flyover in the shape of a Piast Eagle The parade is today regarded as the largest military parade in the history of Poland. It was also the cumilation of all events related to the anniversary. Youth Rally Over 25,000 Polish youth took part in a youth rally in the capital. The manifestations were sponsored by the Polish Socialist Youth Union. Closing Ceremony The closing ceremony of the Millennium celebrations was held at the Congress of Polish Culture on 7-9 October 1966 in Warsaw, which was attended by writers, scientists and activists from all over the country. Places/Memorials Parks Gopło Millennium Park Nadgoplański Millennium Park Millennium Park in Krakow Millennium Park in Leszno Millennium Park in Poznań Millennium Park in Sosnowiec Millennium Park in Toruń Millennium Park in Wroclaw Millennium Park in Zielona Góra Districts Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Bełchatów Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Biała Podlaska Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Białystok Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Dąbrowa Górnicza Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Gdańsk Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Gnieźnie Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Jastrzębie-Zdrój Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Katowice Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Koszalin Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Kraków Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Myślenice Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Płock Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Poznań Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Prudnik Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Radomsko Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Siedlce Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Stargard Osiedle Tysiąclecia, Zielonej Górze 1000 Years District in Olkusz 1000 Years District in Poniatowa 1000 Years District in Rzeszów 1000 Years District in Tomaszów Mazowiecki 1000 Years District in Wejherowo 1000 Years District in Władysławowo 1000 Years District in Września Streets/Public spaces Aleja Tysiąclecia Plac Tysiąclecia, Siedlcach Memorials 1000th Anniversary Stone in Sanok 1000th Anniversary Plaque in Przeworsk Buildings Millenium School 1000th-Anniversary of Polish State Stadium Awards The Badge of the 1000th anniversary of the Polish State (Odznaka 1000-lecia Państwa Polskiego) was unveiled in 1960 by the National Committee of the Unity Front of the Nation to distinguish individuals or organizations for their participation in social activities in connection to the celebration of the Millennium of the Polish State. The following individuals have been awarded with the badge: Elżbieta Barszczewska Jacek Woszczerowicz Wieńczysław Gliński Ignacy Gogolewski Wiesław Gołas Kazimierz Dejmek

Razvlecheniye

Razvlecheniye (, Amusement) was a Russian illustrated weekly magazine published in Moscow in 1859—1916. Launched and (up until 1881) edited by Fyodor Miller, it specialized in humour and caricatures, but also contained a large and popular literary section. Among its regular contributors were Boris Almazov, Vladimir Dal, Alexander Levitov, Dmitry Minayev, caricaturist Lavr Belyankin. Three Anton Chekhov's early stories first appeared in Razvlecheniye in 1883-1884.

Cattle Creek, Queensland (North Burnett Region)

Cattle Creek is a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.

Factiva

Factiva is a business information and research tool owned by Dow Jones & Company. Factiva aggregates content from both licensed and free sources, and provides organizations with search, alerting, dissemination, and other information management capabilities. Factiva products provide access to more than 32,000 sources (such as newspapers, journals, magazines, television and radio transcripts, photos, etc.) from nearly every country worldwide in 28 languages, including more than 600 continuously updated newswires. History The company was founded as a joint-venture between Reuters and Dow Jones & Company in May 1999 under the Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive name, and renamed Factiva six months later. Timothy M. Andrews, a longtime Dow Jones executive, was founding president and chief executive of the venture. Mr. Andrews was succeeded by Clare Hart in January 2000, another longtime Dow Jones executive, who was serving as Factiva's vice president and director of global sales. It developed modules with Microsoft, Oracle Corp., IBM and Yahoo! . Factiva has also partnered with EuroSpider, Comintelli, PeopleSoft, MediaMap, Biz360, ChoicePoint, BTRadianz, AtHoc, and Reuters. Factiva has also been included as of March 2003 in Microsoft's Office 2003 program as one of the News research options within the Research Pane. In 2005, Factiva acquired two private companies: London-based 2B Reputation Intelligence Ltd. and Denver, Colorado-based taxonomy services and software firm, Synapse, the Knowledge Link Corporation. 2B was a technology and consulting business, specializing in media monitoring and reputation management. Synapse provided taxonomy management software, pre-built taxonomies and taxonomy-building and indexing services. This acquisition brought with it Synaptica, the taxonomy management software tool developed by Synapse, and Taxonomy Warehouse, a website developed by Synapse. Both Synaptica and Taxonomy Warehouse were developed by Factiva after the acquisition and are now owned by Dow Jones. In 2006, Reuters sold its 50 percent share of Factiva to Dow Jones. Factiva was integrated into the Enterprise Media Group within Dow Jones. Clare Hart was the executive vice president of this operating group. In 2007, Factiva was included as a Dow Jones company sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Factiva provides searching by free-text, as well as region, subject, author, industry and company metadata. Searches can be further filtered by publication, language and date range. Factiva offers a number of enterprise integration option s, including a fully comprehensive web services API, the Factiva Developers Kit. This toolkit allows organisations to embed Factiva content and services within enterprise workflow applications. In 2008 Dow Jones launched the website Synaptica Central to highlight the Synaptica tool and to discuss controlled vocabularies and semantic technologies etc. In 2012, Dow Jones announced a new search platform for its digital network based on technology licensed from MarkLogic® Corporation. Competition Factiva global competitors include D&B, InsideView, LexisNexis, NewsEdge, Semantic Visions, LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations, Salesgenie.com, Zoominfo and ISI Emerging Markets. There are local competitors, specialized in European and Asian languages, with better coverage in some geographies (French-speaking countries, Russian-speaking countries, Chinese-speaking countries...) French-speaking countries : CEDROM-SNI/Europresse, L'Argus de la Presse Russian-speaking countries : Medialogia, RussoScopie/Integrum WW, Eastview, SCAN (Interfax) Chinese-speaking countries: Wisers

Cembalea triloris

Cembalea triloris is a jumping spider that lives in South Africa.

Cemetery Man

Cemetery Man () is a 1994 comedy horror film directed by Michele Soavi and starring Rupert Everett, François Hadji-Lazaro and Anna Falchi. It was produced by Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli and Soavi and based on the novel Dellamorte Dellamore by Tiziano Sclavi. Everett plays a beleaguered caretaker of a small Italian cemetery, who searches for love while defending himself from dead people who keep rising again. It is an international co-production between Italy, France, and Germany. The film's original title is a wordplay in Italian: "Della morte" meaning "of death" and "Dell'amore" meaning "of love"; which can be interpreted as either "About the death of love" or "About death, about love". The main character's name Francesco Dellamorte literally stands for "Francis of Death". Plot Francesco Dellamorte (Rupert Everett) is the cemetery caretaker in the small Italian town of Buffalora. He lives in a ramshackle house on the premises, constantly surrounded by death, with only his intellectually disabled assistant Gnaghi (François Hadji-Lazaro) for company. Young punks in town spread gossip that Dellamorte is impotent. His hobbies are reading outdated telephone directories, in which he crosses out the names of the deceased, and trying to assemble a puzzle shaped like a human skull. Gnaghi, whose interests include spaghetti and television, can speak only one word: "Gna." The Latin inscription over the Buffalora Cemetery gate reads RESURRECTURIS ("For those who will rise again"), and indeed, Dellamorte has had his hands full of late. Some people rise from their graves on the seventh night following their death, reanimated and ready to assault the living. Dellamorte destroys these creatures, who he calls "Returners", before they overrun the town. Buffalora's mayor (Stefano Masciarelli) is so fixated on his campaigning that he seems unable even to hear Dellamorte's pleas for an investigation. In any event, being an outcast in the village and almost illiterate, Dellamorte doesn't want to lose the job. He opens up to his only friend, Franco, a municipal clerk, but doesn't file the paperwork necessary to get assistance: "It's easier just to shoot them." At a funeral, Dellamorte falls hard and fast in love, with the unnamed young widow (Anna Falchi) of a rich, elderly man. The widow only begins to show an interest when Dellamorte tells her about the ossuary, which she adores. While consummating their relationship by her husband's grave, the husband returns, attacks, and bites her. She seems to die from the bite, but the coroner claims it was a heart attack. Fearing the worst, Dellamorte stays near her corpse, and shoots her when she rises. Gnaghi becomes infatuated with the mayor's capricious daughter, Valentina (Fabiana Formica). This would seem to end tragically when she is decapitated in a motorcycle accident. Instead, Gnaghi digs up her reanimated head, and an innocent romance begins. The young widow also rises again, causing Dellamorte to believe that she was not really a zombie when he first shot her, in which case it was he who killed her. He plummets into a depression and is visited by the leering figure of Death, who tells him to "Stop killing the dead", asking him why he doesn't shoot the living instead. Dellamorte encounters two more unnamed women, also played by Falchi. He goes to outrageous ends to be with the first of these, an assistant to the new mayor: when the object of his affection says she is terrified of sexual penetration, Dellamorte pretends that the rumour about his impotence is correct, and visits a doctor to have his penis removed. The doctor talks him out of it, giving him an injection for temporary impotence instead. Meanwhile, the woman has been raped by her employer, and then fallen in love with her rapist, discarding both her phobia and the cemetery man. His grip on reality slipping, Dellamorte heads into town at night with his revolver, shooting the young men who have made fun of him for years due to his rumored impotence. He meets a third manifestation of the woman he loves, but upon finding out that she is a prostitute, he kills her and two other women by setting their house on fire with a room heater. His friend Franco (Anton Alexander) is accused of these murders after killing his wife and child, and attempts suicide the same night by drinking a bottle of iodine. Dellamorte goes to visit his friend in the hospital, to find out why Franco stole his murders. Sitting by the hospital bed, he casually murders a nun, a nurse, and a doctor. Franco doesn't even recognize him, so even these acts fail to change Dellamorte's situation. He screams out a confession, but is ignored. Gnaghi and Dellamorte pack up the car, and head for the Buffalora city limits and the mountains beyond. Gnaghi's head is injured when Dellamorte slams on the brakes. They get out of the vehicle and walk to the edge of the road, where it drops into a chasm. Gnaghi begins to seize, and collapses to the ground. Dellamorte, realizing that the rest of the world doesn't exist and fearing that his assistant is dead or dying, loads a gun with two dum-dum bullets to finish them both off. Gnaghi wakes up and drops Dellamorte's gun off the cliff. He then asks to be taken home, speaking clearly. Dellamorte replies: "Gna." Cast Rupert Everett as Francesco Dellamorte François Hadji-Lazaro as Gnaghi Anna Falchi as She Mickey Knox as Marshall Straniero Anton Alexander as Franco Fabiana Formica as Valentina Scanarotti Clive Riche as Dr. Vercesi Stefano Masciarelli as Mayor Scanarotti Alessandro Zamattio as Claudio Katja Anton as Claudio's girlfriend Barbara Cupisti as Magda Patrizia Punzo as Claudio's mother Renato Doris as She's husband Release Cemetery Man was first released in 1994. American distributor October Films changed its title to Cemetery Man and released it on April 26, 1996. Anchor Bay Entertainment released the film on R1 DVD in 2006 under the American title Cemetery Man. Reception Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 63% of 27 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.15/10. The site's consensus reads: "Cemetery Man will frustrate viewers seeking narrative cohesion or coherence, but this surreal brand of humor and horror should satisfy B-movie fans in the mood for quirk". Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote that the film is unconventional but becomes repetitive as Everett dispatches shallow metaphors for fascism. Bob Stephens of The San Francisco Examiner wrote that the film suffers from an uneven tone but "is redeemed by his uncommon visual imagination". Deborah Young of Variety wrote, "A hip, offbeat horror item floating on a bed of dark philosophy, Dellamorte Dellamore is a deceptively easy genre picture with hidden depths." Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "It aims high and misses, but it does hold interest with visual flash, wry humor and a couple of sex scenes that can make steam come out of your ears." In more modern reviews, Bloody Disgusting rated it 5/5 stars and called it "one of the greatest cult films of the last twenty years". Joshua Siebalt of Dread Central rated it 4/5 stars and wrote that Soavi's direction and film's humor make it different and memorable. Director Martin Scorsese called Dellamorte Dellamore one of the best Italian films of the 1990s. Sequel In January 2011, Fangoria reported that director Michele Soavi was planning a sequel. Soavi planned to shoot the film sometime near the end of 2011 or early 2012. He would produce the film himself and wanted the film to be a great, strong, shocking Italian horror film.

Melissa Ricks

Melissa Marie Ricks (born January 9, 1990) is a Filipino-American actress. She was a runner-up in the reality talent search Star Circle Quest on ABS-CBN. Early life Melissa Marie Ricks is the daughter of Kelly Ricks, the president and director of S&R Philippines, and Josie Ricks. Background Career In 2004, she joined the reality talent search of ABS-CBN, Star Circle Quest. She was one of the top 10 Questors or Magic Circle of 10, and after few weeks of training, made it to the final 5 or Magic Circle of 5. In the Grand Questor's Night, she was declared as the 4th runner up. After the contest, she guested in some TV shows of ABS-CBN particularly in the youth oriented drama SCQ Reload and variety show ASAP Fanatic. Melissa received one of her biggest breaks when she portrayed Hiyas, the apple of Pedro Penduko's eyes in the Fantaserye Komiks Presents: Da Adventures of Pedro Penduko and when she starred in the primetime drama series Iisa Pa Lamang led by Claudine Barretto. She starred in Kambal sa Uma, an afternoon drama series on ABS-CBN with Shaina Magdayao, Rio Locsin, Matt Evans and Jason Abalos. She came back abruptly to Primetime on the hit series Tanging Yaman in 2010 alongside Erich Gonzales. Melissa is currently a member of ABS CBN's Star Magic. During the 2011-2012 season, she portrayed Elisa Altamira in Nasaan Ka Elisa?, the Philippine adaptation of the Chilean 2009 drama ¿Dónde está Elisa? (later remade in United States in 2010). She then played her biggest break in the role of Johanna Montenegro in the multi-acclaimed phenomenal primetime drama series, Walang Hanggan. She currently appears as Leah Layer in Honesto, where she reunites with her Walang Hanggan co-stars' Paulo Avelino and Noni Buencamino. This 2015 She is the lead actress of the upcoming kick off film of The Light Cinema entitled "Ligaw" as Criselle. Filmography Television Film Awards and nominations

Theria

Theria (; Greek: , wild beast) is a subclass of mammals amongst the Theriiformes (the sister taxon to Yinotheria). Theria includes the eutherians (including the placental mammals) and the metatherians (including the marsupials). Characteristics Therian mammals give birth to live young without a shelled egg. This is possible thanks to key proteins called syncytins, which allow exchanges between the mother and its offspring through a placenta; even rudimental ones such as the marsupials. Genetic studies have suggested a viral origin of syncytins through the endogenization process. The marsupials and the placental mammals evolved from a common therian ancestor that gave live-birth by suppressing the mother's immune system. While the marsupials continued to give birth to an underdeveloped fetus after a short pregnancy, the ancestors of placental mammals gradually evolved a prolonged pregnancy. Therian mammals no longer have the coracoid bone, contrary to their cousins, monotremes. Pinnae (external ears) are also a distinctive trait that is a therian exclusivity, though some therians, such as the earless seals, have lost them secondarily. Evolution The earliest known therian mammal fossil is Juramaia, from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian stage) of China. However, molecular data suggests that therians may have originated even earlier, during the Early Jurassic. Taxonomy The rank of "Theria" may vary depending on the classification system used. The textbook classification system by Vaughan et al. (2000) gives the following: In the above system Theria is a subclass. Alternatively, in the system proposed by McKenna and Bell (1997) it is ranked as a supercohort under the subclass Theriiformes: Another classification proposed by Luo et al. (2002) does not assign any rank to the taxonomic levels, but uses a purely cladistic system instead.

Madeline Searl

Madeline Ella Searl (born 10 February 1994) is an Australian football (soccer) player, who last played for Newcastle Jets in the Australian W-League.

Simon Gregorčič

Simon Gregorčič (15 October 1844 – 24 November 1906) was a Slovene poet and Roman Catholic priest. He is considered the first lyric poet of the Slovene realist poetry and the most melodical Slovene poet. Biography Gregorčič was born in the small mountain village of Vrsno above the river Soča in the County of Gorizia and Gradisca. In 1851, he attended primary school in Libušnje, but was in 1852 sent to school in Gorizia. After finishing high school he entered the seminary in Gorizia. He was ordained on 27 October 1867 and became a vicar in Kobarid in September 1868. There he continued with his literary work and together with his friend Ignacij Gruntar in 1871 founded a public reading room. Actually, Ignacij Gruntar was not only very good friend to Simon, but also his patron; in fact, the first poem book by Simon has been published thanks to the financial support of Dr. Ignacij Gruntar, notary in Kobarid and Logatec. In 1873 he was transferred to Rihemberk in the Vipava Valley. After that he was transferred a few more times before retiring in 1903, selling his house and moving into a flat in Gorizia, where he died on 24 November 1906. Work As a student he began writing lyrical poetry which was published in many literary magazines (Slovenski glasnik, Zgodnja Danica, Zvon, Ljubljanski zvon). It is apparent from his work that he was inspired by Romantic poetic forms. Mostly he was writing love, patriotic, life narrative poems and even some epic poems. His poems, such as the ode "Soči" ("To the Soča"), were patriotic in nature, but he also wrote love poems, such as Kropiti te ne smem ("I am not allowed to bless you"), and worked in other poetic genres. His most important works were Človeka nikar, Ujetega ptiča tožba ("The Snared Bird's Lament"), Moj črni plašč, Veseli pastir, Nazaj v planinski raj, Oljki. He succeeded with his first collection Prvi zvezek Poezij (1882) and after six years he released his second collection [[Poezijeafourth collection Četrti zvezek Poezij (1908) was released. Influences: Petrarca, Vodnik, Stritar, Prešeren. Bibliography Poezije I (1882) Poezije II (1888) Poezije III (1902) Poezije IV (1908) - published after his death Izbrano delo I-IV'' (1947–1951)

Zagora (horse)

Zagora (foaled March 13, 2007) is a retired French Thoroughbred racehorse with graded stakes wins on two continents and two countries. Defeating horses like G1 Gamely Stakes winner Marketing Mix, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Tapitsfly, European champion The Fugue, American Oaks winner Lady of Shamrock, Matriarch Stakes winner Stormy Lucy, and Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes winner Nahrain. Racing career European career Zagora had 9 starts in her home country of France, winning four times including victories in the Prix Vanteaux, and the Prix de Psyche. 2011: four-year-old season For Zagora's 4-year-old season, she was imported to the United States. She made five starts and won once in the Grade I Diana Stakes. She also ran in the Jenny Wiley Stakes but did not run in the Breeders' Cup. 2012: five-year-old season As a 5 year old Zagora won both the Hillsborough Stakes, and the Endeavour Stakes. After a 5th in the Jenny Wiley she won the Gallorette Handicap. She won the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. Career and earnings Her final career statistics were 22-10-5-3 and a total of $2,368,589 in earnings.

Songs About You

"Songs About You" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Kira Isabella for her debut studio album, Love Me Like That (2012). Written by Blair Daly, Hillary Lindsey, and Troy Verges, it is the only song on the album which Isabella did not co-write. It was sent to Canadian country radio November 14, 2012 through Sony Music Canada as the album's fourth single. Content "Songs About You" is a country and country pop ballad with a duration of three minutes and twenty-five seconds. Its instrumentation consists primarily of guitar, while its lyrics tell the story of a girl who moves on from a dead-end relationship and informs the object of her affection that she is "through singing songs about you." The song's confessional nature has been compared to the work of American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, with Jesse Kinos-Goodin of CBC Music noting that Isablla "certainly has the diary-entry-as-song formula down." Critical reception Kayla Tinson at Canadian country music blog Top Country labelled "Songs About You" the highlight of the album, writing that it showcases "a side of Kira we've never seen" and that it is a "brilliantly" written song. Music video A lyric video for the song premiered November 11, 2012 through Isabella's Vevo channel in which the song's lyrics are stylized as diary entries. The official music video for "Songs About You" was directed by Ben Knechtel and premiered exclusively through CMT on November 16, 2012. It was uploaded to her Vevo channel a week later, on November 23. Shot primarily in black-and-white, the video interleaves studio and concert footage of Isabella performing the song with a storyline involving Isabella's character catching her boyfriend cheating on her. Chart performance

Procordulia affinis

Procordulia affinis is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, known as the western swamp emerald. It inhabits rivers, pools and lakes in south-western Australia. Procordulia affinis is a small to medium-sized black and orange-yellow dragonfly with a thick, flattened tail. Gallery

Ruth Maleczech

Ruth Maleczech (January 8, 1939 – September 30, 2013) was an American avant-garde stage actress. She won three Obie Awards for Best Actress in her career, for Hajj (1983), Through the Leaves, (1984) and Lear (1990) and an Obie Award for Design, shared with Julie Archer, for Vanishing Pictures (1980), which she also directed. Her performance as Lear was widely acclaimed: her King Lear was portrayed as an imperious Southern matriarch. Life and career Maleczech was born in Cleveland, Ohio as Ruth Sophia Reinprecht, to Frank Reinprecht (1912–1982) and Elizabeth Marie (née Maletich) Reinprecht (1914–1996), Catholic Yugoslavian immigrant parents, a steel worker and a seamstress, respectively. She was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Maleczech was the first in her family to attend college, beginning theater studies at UCLA at 16. From there she went to San Francisco to work, where she met Mabou Mines co-founder Lee Breuer. The two became a couple and, in 1964, they went to Paris and for six years earned money dubbing films, sufficient to fund their burgeoning theatrical experiments. In France, Maleczech and Akalaitis studied with the Polish director and drama theorist Jerzy Grotowski; Maleczech also spent a month in East Berlin studying, observing rehearsals and attending performances by Bertolt Brecht's storied Berliner Ensemble. Returning to the United States, Maleczech co-founded the experimental N.Y.C. theater company Mabou Mines, in 1970, along with Akalaitis, Breuer, Glass and Warrilow. Maleczech collaborated on nearly every piece Mabou Mines produced. She adopted a phonetic spelling of her mother's maiden name as her professional name (Maletich → Maleczech). She directed/adapted several works: Wrong Guys, from the hard-boiled novel by Jim Strahs; Vanishing Pictures, based on Poe's Mystery of Marie Roget; Samuel Beckett's Imagination Dead Imagine (as a hologram); The Bribe by Terry O'Reilly; her own Sueños, inspired by the life of Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz; Belén: A Book of Hours, written by Catherine Sasanov; and Song For New York. In addition to working together for a half century, she and Breuer had two children. They legally married in New York in 1978. Outside of Mabou Mines, Maleczech created Fire Works with Valeria Vasilevski and collaborated and worked with, among others, Peter Sellars, Frederick Wiseman and Martha Clarke. She appeared in numerous feature films, commercial and independent, and on television in Law & Order and ER. Death Ruth Maleczech died at age 74 from breast cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at her son's home in Brooklyn. She is survived by her husband, son (Lute Breuer), daughter (Clove Galilee) and a granddaughter (Bella Breuer). She was also survived by two siblings, Francis Reinprecht and Mrs. Patricia Adams, and various nieces and nephews. Selected awards Obie Awards Best Performance, Mabou Mines Lear - 1990 Best Performance, Hajj - 1983 Best Performance, Through the Leaves - 1984 Best Design (shared with Julie Archer), Vanishing Pictures - 1980 Sustained Achievement, Mabou Mines - 1986 Villager Downtown Theater Awards Best Solo Performance, Hajj - 1990 Best Director, Wrong Guys - 1981 Best Director, Vanishing Pictures - 1980 Best Ensemble, Shaggy Dog Animation - 1978 Other Awards For Lifetime Dedication to Not-For-Profit Theatre (2001) Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre: Certificate of Outstanding Merit for her "influential, pioneering role in experimental theatre" (2006) Edwin Booth Award: To the Artistic Directors of Mabou Mines for Contributions to Theatre (2007) Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2009) Otto René Castillo Award for Political Theatre (2010) USA Gracie Fellow in Theater Arts by United States Artists (2010) Inductee (posthumously) into the Off Broadway Hall of Fame by The Off Broadway Alliance (2014) Filmography

1-Heptanol

1-Heptanol is an alcohol with a seven carbon chain and the structural formula of CH3(CH2)6OH. It is a clear colorless liquid that is very slightly soluble in water, but miscible with ether and ethanol. Overview There are three other isomers of heptanol that have a straight chain, 2-heptanol, 3-heptanol, and 4-heptanol, which differ by the location of the alcohol functional group. Heptanol is commonly used in cardiac electrophysiology experiments to block gap junctions and increase axial resistance between myocytes. Increasing axial resistance will decrease conduction velocity and increase the heart's susceptibility to reentrant excitation and sustained arrhythmias. 1-Heptanol has a pleasant smell and is used in cosmetics for its fragrance.

1989–90 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The 1989–90 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team captains was Matt Lapin. The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the University campus in Princeton, New Jersey. The team was the champion of the Ivy League, which earned them an invitation to the 64-team 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they were seeded thirteenth in the Midwest Region. The team posted a 20–7 overall record and an 11–3 conference record. In a March 15, 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Midwest Regional first round game at the Erwin Events Center in Austin, Texas against the Arkansas Razorbacks, they lost by a 68–64 margin. Kit Mueller cut the lead to two points with 14 seconds remaining, but Arkansas made its free throws to close out the game. When the team beat 66–28 on February 10, 1990, it established a new National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I record for fewest points allowed (since 1986) while running the Princeton offense. The team would break its own record the following year. The team was led by first team All-Ivy League selection Mueller, who earned the Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year award as well as third team Academic All-America recognition from College Sports Information Directors of America. Lapin led the nation in three-point field goal shooting percentage (53.4%, 71 of 133), and the team led the nation in both three point shooting percentage (45.2) and scoring defense with a 51.0 average. Lapin also led the Ivy League in three point shooting percentage in conference games with a 57.7% average. The scoring defense statistical championship was the second of twelve consecutive titles.

Wilson-Vines House

Wilson-Vines House, also known as the Roby Vines House, is a historic home located near Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built about 1895, and is a 2 1/2-story, L-plan, Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It rests on a stone foundation and is sheathed in clapboard and German siding. The front facade features a two-story, two-piered, 3/4 width porch with decorative sawnwork. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Drawn (album)

Drawn is the ninth studio album of Filipino singer-actress Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, released on August 1, 1998. The album was recorded from 1997 to 1998. This is the first album that Velasquez ventured into soul and R&B music coming from her previous Asian-pop appeal. It was executively produced by Mark J. Feist of the MJF Company and co-produced by Viva Records. The album is distributed in the Philippines by Viva Music Group. Mark J. Feist also arranged all the tracks, wrote & co-wrote five songs and played instruments throughout. The album was certified 7x Platinumby the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) for sales of 240,000 units in the Philippines. Track listing Personnel Production Mark J. Feist – arranger except Linlangin Mo and Whenever We Say Goodbye; drums and synthesizers programming for all tracks Alex Daye – background vocals for How Could You Leave Charlotte Gibson – background vocals for Once In A Lifetime Love and Emotion Zebedee Zuniga – background vocals for Whenever We Say Goodbye Arnold Buena – arranger for Whenever We Say Goodbye Raul Mitra – arranger for Linlangin Mo Terrence Elliot – guitars for Once In A Lifetime Love, Love Again, Emotion and Our Love all tracks are mixed and recorded at Sailor Records Studio except the tracks Once In A Lifetime Love and Linlangin Mo which recorded at Capitol Recording Studio.

Lac d'Avène

Lac d'Avène is a lake at Avène in the Hérault department of France. At an elevation of 430 m, its surface area is 1.9 km². Avene