title: Subhamiltonian graph

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In graph theory and graph drawing, a subhamiltonian graph is a subgraph of a planar Hamiltonian graph.

Definition
A graph G is subhamiltonian if G is a subgraph of another graph aug(G) on the same vertex set, such that aug(G) is planar and contains a Hamiltonian cycle. For this to be true, G itself must be planar, and additionally it must be possible to add edges to G, preserving planarity,
in order to create a cycle in the augmented graph that passes through each vertex exactly once. The graph aug(G) is called a Hamiltonian augmentation of G.

It would be equivalent to define G to be subhamiltonian if G is a subgraph of a Hamiltonian planar graph, without requiring this larger graph to have the same vertex set. That is, for this alternative definition, it should be possible to add both vertices and edges to G to create a Hamiltonian cycle. However, if a graph can be made Hamiltonian by the addition of vertices and edges it can also be made Hamiltonian by the addition of edges alone, so this extra freedom does not change the definition.

In a subhamiltonian graph, a subhamiltonian cycle is a cyclic sequence of vertices such that adding an edge between each consecutive pair of vertices in the sequence preserves the planarity of the graph. A graph is subhamiltonian if and only if it has a subhamiltonian cycle.

History and applications
The class of subhamiltonian graphs (but not this name for them) was introduced by , who proved that these are exactly the graphs with two-page book embeddings. Subhamiltonian graphs and Hamiltonian augmentations have also been applied in graph drawing to problems involving embedding graphs onto universal point sets, simultaneous embedding of multiple graphs, and layered graph drawing.

Related graph classes
Some classes of planar graphs are necessarily Hamiltonian, and therefore also subhamiltonian; these include the 4-connected planar graphs and the Halin graphs.

Every planar graph with maximum degree at most four is subhamiltonian, as is every planar graph with no separating triangles.
If the edges of an arbitrary planar graph are subdivided into paths of length two, the resulting subdivided graph is always subhamiltonian.

References

Graph families
Planar graphs
Hamiltonian paths and cycles


title: Ventspils Coach Terminal

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Ventspils Coach Terminal () is the central bus station for inter-city services in Ventspils, Latvia. The terminal is owned by Ventspils reiss, a limited liability company of Ventspils city municipality.

History
Although the first inter-city coach services appeared in 1924, there was not any official bus terminal. In 1950s the central bus station was located nearby the Town Hall square. The present coach terminal was built in 1960, however due to bad conditions it was successfully reconstructed in 2001, furthermore, one year later it was recognized as the best one in Latvia.

Services
Some of the routes include cities like Riga, Kuldiga, Liepaja, Talsi, Tukums and Jelgava. From this bus station it is possible to go to the nearby villages as well. In 2014 it was decided to open a new route to Kolka during the summer season.

As Ventspils is a relatively small city many people decide to go on foot to the terminal, however it is also possible to take taxi or public transport.

References

External links

 Ventspils reiss (in Latvian)

Ventspils
Bus stations in Latvia


title: Her Man (1930 film)

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Her Man is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by Pathé Exchange, directed by Tay Garnett and starring Phillips Holmes, Helen Twelvetrees and Marjorie Rambeau. The film is inspired by the ballad Frankie and Johnny. The picture's supporting cast features James Gleason, Ricardo Cortez, Thelma Todd and Franklin Pangborn.

At least one copy is preserved at the Library of Congress. The original camera negative, rediscovered in the 2010s, has been scanned and restored at 4K resolution by Sony Pictures Entertainment, in partnership with the Film Foundation and RT features.

Plot
A Havana prostitute (Twelvetrees) with a sadistic "protector" (Cortez) falls for a young sailor (Holmes).

Cast
Helen Twelvetrees as Frankie Keefe
Phillips Holmes as Dan Keefe
Marjorie Rambeau as Annie
James Gleason as Steve
Ricardo Cortez as Johnnie
Harry Sweet as Eddie
Slim Summerville as The Swede
Thelma Todd as Nelly
Franklin Pangborn as Sport
Stanley Fields as Al
Matthew Betz as Red
Mike Donlin as Bartender
George Chandler as Barfly

Reception
Writing in The New York Times on the release of a restored version of the film, the critic J. Hoberman says that the film was well received when it was released and that it was a favorite of Henri Langlois of the Cinémathèque Française. Hoberman calls out the use of tracking shots in the film, as also does Farran Smith Nehme in Film Comment. The MOMA film curator David Kehr called the "constantly moving camera" 10 years ahead of its time. Nehme describes the film as a "brawling, sleazy pre-Code" and that Garnet successfully "weaves in tenderness" into what is also a romantic film.

References

External links

Her Man! available on YouTube

1930 films
1930 drama films
American black-and-white films
American drama films
1930s English-language films
Films directed by Tay Garnett
Films set in Havana
Pathé Exchange films
1930s American films


title: 1997 Bristol City Council election

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Elections to Bristol City Council were held on 1 May 1997.

Results

Avonmouth

Bishopston

Bishopsworth

Brislington East

Brislington West

Clifton

Cotham

Hartcliffe

Henbury

Hengrove

Henleaze

Horfield

Kingsweston

Knowle

Redland

Southmead

St. George East

St. George West

Stockwood

Stoke Bishop

Westbury-on-Trym

Whitchurch Park

Windmill Hill

References

1997
Bristol City Council election
City Council election, 1997


title: James Rolleston

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James Rolleston (born 8 June 1997) is a New Zealand actor known for the films Boy and The Dark Horse. The latter was released in October 2014 and had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 4 September.

Film career
Rolleston made his screen debut in the Taika Waititi film Boy, playing the main role of the child who idolises his father. Boy became the most successful local film released in New Zealand to date. In 2014 he took roles in two further films: critically acclaimed drama The Dark Horse, in which he co-starred opposite Cliff Curtis as a teenager who is set to be initiated into a gang, and action movie The Dead Lands, in which he plays a young Maori warrior seeking vengeance for the massacre of his family. Rolleston also starred in Pork Pie, the 2017 remake of the New Zealand classic Goodbye Pork Pie.

Rolleston has frequently appeared in Vodafone New Zealand television commercials.

Filmography

Personal life
Rolleston is from Ōpōtiki.

On 26 July 2016, Rolleston was charged with dangerous driving while driving with close friend Kaleb Maxwell, when the vehicle they were in crashed into a bridge in Ōpōtiki.  Rolleston was seriously injured in the crash with injuries to his lower body and brain. In November, 2016, he made his first public appearance, presenting the Supreme Award at the Attitude Awards. He has spoken about his ongoing recovery, revealing he required rehabilitation to learn how to walk, speak, and use basic motor skills again.

See also
Cinema of New Zealand
List of New Zealand actors

References

External links

Living people
New Zealand male Māori actors
Ngāi Te Rangi people
Te Arawa people
Ngāti Porou people
Whakatōhea people
1997 births
People from Ōpōtiki
People educated at Opotiki College


title: Free laptop distribution scheme of the Uttar Pradesh government

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The free laptop distribution scheme (मुफ्त लैपटॉप वितरण योजना) is an initiative of the Government of Uttar Pradesh headed by Akhilesh Singh Yadav of Samajwadi Party to provide  for laptops and computer tablets to the students in the state who pass the high school and intermediate examinations to encourage them for higher studies. A total of  laptops have been distributed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh between 2012 and 2015, making it one of the largest distribution scheme ever imitation by any government in the world.

History
This scheme was first introduced by Samajwadi Party in its 2012 Assembly Election manifesto to give free laptops and tablet computers to intermediate and high-school pass outs of 2012 by Akhilesh Yadav. After becoming the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, he distributed  laptops under this scheme in first three years of his administration. In 2015 the government announced to gift free laptops to toppers of each district in Uttar Pradesh. A total of 625 high school class and 425 intermediate toppers of session 2014–2015 will be benefitted. Between 2012 and 2016 there are nearly 1607000+ laptop distributed where as in single year in 2013 980000+ laptop distributed among student in Uttar Pradesh which is also a record.

Purpose and Benefits of the Scheme
Uttar Pradesh Government's free laptop scheme was aimed at bridging the digital divide and empowering the youths of the state. The students who were lagging behind due to lack of resources benefited under this scheme.

The beneficiaries as per the decision taken by the state cabinet were students who passed 10th and 12th exams conducted by the following bodies.
Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board
CBSE, ICSE and ISC
Poorva Madhyama and Madhyama of Sanskrit Education Board
Munshi/Maulvi and Alim of Madrasa Board
Recognized ITI and Polytechnics

20% quota for minorities and 21% for SC/CT students was also made in the final Free Laptop Distribution Scheme recipients list. This scheme was considered as one of the visionary approach of socialist government to provide an equal opportunity and to remove discrimination. Youth activist Ravi Nitesh views it as an effort where students in Uttar Pradesh received laptop at a time when many youths were not even able to see a computer. It is believed that through these laptop distribution, students would receive inspiration towards higher education and interest in studies with easiness of resource materials in soft copies and editing of their notes at a time when in India, enrolment in higher education (around 25%) was much lower than many countries (China 43%, USA 85%) and hence there was a strong need to frame policies that may encourage students to study, develop interest and understanding and getting enrolled for higher education.

Configuration Details
The configuration details of the laptops provided by Hewlett-Packard(HP)

References
7. https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/up-govt-approves-rs-2-800-cr-laptop-scheme-113012400092_1.html Business Standard Retrieved 2022-10-05

8. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/uttar-pradesh/up-budget-no-funds-for-akhileshs-free-laptop-scheme/ The Indian Express Retrieved 2022-10-05

9. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nation-world/up-cm-akhilesh-yadav-launches-free-laptop-scheme-for-students/slideshow/18907278.cms The Economic Times Retrieved 2022-10-05

Government schemes in Uttar Pradesh


The Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration (DPA) is the principal department of the Colorado state government responsible for statewide human resources and other support functions.

Structure
DPA includes the:

References

External links

Personnel and Administration


title: Money Talks (The Kinks song)

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"Money Talks" is a song by the British rock band the Kinks. Written by Ray Davies, the song appeared on the band's album, Preservation Act 2.

Lyrics

The lyrics of "Money Talks" are part of the story-line of Preservation Act 2. As described by author Andrew Hickey, the track is "just a description of Flash's 'philosophy' – that no one is incorruptible and that anyone will do anything for enough money."

Release

"Money Talks" was released on the album Preservation Act 2, where it was the fourth track on the first side. That same month, the song saw single release in America (as well as Japan and Germany), backed with "Here Comes Flash" (which had appeared on the previous album, Preservation Act 1.) The single did not chart in any country.

Reception
Cash Box said that the Kinks "come dynamically across with a strong rocker, capturing a strong T. Rex–Rolling Stones feel throughout" also saying that "infectious as a disk can be, this one is really saying something..."

"Money Talks" has generally received positive reviews from critics. Jason Josephes of Pitchfork Media called the song "one of the many standout cuts" on the album and said that it is an example of Ray Davies' "witty edge, with can't-wait-to-quote lyrics popping up all over the place." Andrew Hickey called the track "one of the catchiest things on Preservation Act 2."

References

The Kinks songs
1974 songs
1974 singles
Songs written by Ray Davies
Song recordings produced by Ray Davies
RCA Records singles


title: 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

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In 2014, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth division of the Brazilian League, will be contested for the sixth time.
The 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D began on July 27, 2014, and was scheduled to end on November 16, 2014.

Teams 2014

First stage

Group 1 (AC-AP-AM-RO-RR)

Group 2 (CE-MA-PA-PI-TO)

Group 3 (AL-BA-PB-PE-RN)

Group 4 (BA-MG-PE-RN-SE)

Group 5 (DF-ES-GO-MS-MG)

Group 6 (DF-GO-MT-MG-SP)

Group 7 (PR-RJ-RS-SC-SP)

Group 8 (PR-RJ-RS-SC-SP)

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Finals

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References

External links
Soccer way. Regular season

2014
2014 in Brazilian football leagues


The National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex Sulayman () is a museum in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. It was established in 1949 as Osh Regional Museum. The present museum building was completed during the Soviet era in 1978 to celebrate the 3,000th anniversary of the city of Osh. It was carved inside the Sulayman Mountain, which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009. The structure represents a glassed concrete arch that closes the entry to the cave.

The National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex Sulayman is one of the largest museums in Kyrgyzstan. The collections include more than 33,000 pieces of archaeological and ethnographic facts, works of handicraft, paintings, sculptures and graphics.

References

Osh
Museums in Kyrgyzstan
Museums established in 1949
Buildings and structures built in the Soviet Union
1949 establishments in the Soviet Union


title: Ethyl palmitate

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Ethyl palmitate is an organic compound with the chemical formula C18H36O2. It is a colorless solid with a wax-like odor. Chemically, ethyl palmitate is the ethyl ester of palmitic acid.

Ethyl hexadecanoate is produced in aged whiskey, and is sometimes removed from the final product via chill filtering. Ethyl palmitate is used as a hair- and skin-conditioning agent.

References

Ethyl esters
Palmitate esters


title: 521 Exhibition East

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521 Exhibition East was a streetcar route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission from the 1960s to 1986 and briefly again in 1995 and 2013.

History
The 521 Exhibition East is the last surviving streetcar route to serve the Canadian National Exhibition. In April 1980, the name "Exhibition East" was finally made official, from the former streetcar route name, "King Exhibition." This streetcar route operated on special occasions and events that took place at Exhibition Place, such as the Canadian National Exhibition, and the Molson Indy.

521 operated from Richmond, Victoria, and Queen, then west to Church Street. It would then go west on King Street, then south on Bathurst Street, and then west on Fleet Street, where it would go directly to the Exhibition Loop.

On the other hand, another streetcar route named 522 Exhibition West operated alongside 521. This route operated from Dundas West Station, where it would run south on Roncesvalles, east on King Street, south on Dufferin, straight to the Dufferin Gates at Exhibition Place. This streetcar route also only operated on special occasions, like route 521. Labour Day of 1986, marked the final operation day of this route, which would later be replaced by the 93 Exhibition West bus, but reinstated for one year in 1995 during the CNE.

Resurrection
In August 2013, the 521 Exhibition East route was temporarily reinstated because of ongoing construction affecting the 509 Harbourfront line, which ran from Union Station to the Exhibition Loop. On the other hand, the 522 Exhibition West route was reinstated as route 193 Exhibition Rocket, which ran from Dundas West station to Exhibition Loop, though that service was discontinued in 2018. Later that year, the 929 Dufferin express started operating from Dufferin gate loop to Dufferin station before continuing north.

In 2016, the 514 Cherry started operations and ran from Dufferin gate to Distillery loop, effectively an extension of the 521 except it terminates at the loop to the west of the CNE rather than the east. Later in 2018, the 514 was merged into the 504 King, creating the 504B From Dufferin gate loop to Broadview station.

Route
The route of the 521 started at Exhibition Loop, and ran east on Fleet Street, north on Bathurst Street, then east on King Street West, passing by both St. Andrew Station and King Station, then terminating at Church Street. The route shared its tracks with the 504 King on King Street, the 509 Harbourfront on Fleet Street, and the 511 Bathurst on Fleet Street and Bathurst Street.

See also
Toronto streetcar system
504 King

References

Streetcar routes in Toronto
Toronto-gauge railways


title: Raffi Krikorian

text:
Raffi Krikorian (; born 1978) is an Armenian-American technology executive, and the CTO of the Emerson Collective. He was the CTO of the Democratic National Committee, Head of Uber's Advanced Technologies Center, and the former VP of Platform Engineering at Twitter where he was in charge of infrastructure for all of Twitter up to August 2014. He is credited with leading the charge to improve the reliability of Twitter  as well as the move from Ruby to the JVM. He currently also serves on the board of directors of the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies in Yerevan, Armenia.

Biography

Early life
Krikorian attended MIT and was a student of Neil Gershenfeld's. His work involved creating a new type of network for everyday devices called "Internet-0" (an analogue to the Internet of Things). Along with Gershenfeld, he also taught a class entitled "How To Make (Almost) Anything". He also worked on an interactive location service for software agents called Wherehoo.

He was also "an unapologetic TiVo fanatic", and wrote "TiVo Hacks" (O'Reilly Media 2003).

Krikorian also was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program. There, he developed two classes entitled "Every Bit You Make" and "Physical Computing without Computers".

In 2007, Krikorian was partner at Synthesis Studios where he worked on OneHop, a project that uses Bluetooth technology and SMS to alert mobile-phone owners when they come into proximity with other Bluetooth-device owners they've met before.

WattzOn
Along with Saul Griffith, Krikorian created Wattzon and debuted it at PopTech in 2008. Their goal was to allows users to calculate their total energy footprint by estimating their direct and indirect power consumption.  It's notable, because unlike most carbon calculators it measures energy consumption, and not the by-products (CO2, or CO2 equivalent emissions) and because it aggregates information into a holistic view of energy consumption allowing users to see the energy used in their driving compared to their eating, for example. Wattzon was named Business Week's Best Idea of 2008.

Twitter
Krikorian joined Twitter in 2009 as an engineer on the API team, working on its geospatial APIs. At this time, he created a Tweet "map of metadata". He is also credited with the integration of Twitter into Apple's iOS 5. Krikorian also made Twitter data available for research universities.

After the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which he notes he "still [has] PTSD from", during which Twitter repeatedly had issues, Krikorian lead the charge to strengthen the service. To do this, Twitter moved to the JVM as well as moved from a monolithic codebase to a more Service-oriented architecture. Twitter has also scaled out their global server infrastructure as well as implemented SPDY. And, Twitter did a lot of work on their storage systems, their observability and statistics systems, and their data analytics products. Twitter made it through the 2014 FIFA World Cup with no site wide incidents.

Krikorian has also been part of scaling the engineering culture at Twitter as well as helping open Twitter's Seattle office. He has spoken about #branchingout, "Twitter University", as well as "Hack Week". He noted that Hack Week serves "[as] a release valve in a lot of ways."

In 2014, Krikorian remarked that "Twitter [engineering] is entering a 'maturation phase'" and that Twitter can confidently say, "We know how to do this". To do that, Twitter spends a lot of time in capacity planning and breaking services down into tiers to handle “burst capacity”. He said his goal is that Twitter engineers should focus on the end-user experience, and not have to worry about the infrastructure layer.

Uber
Krikorian joined Uber in 2015 in the research department to work on "massive scale data and software platforms”. He has since become the engineering director in charge of the Advanced Technologies Center and self-driving. Starting on Wednesday, September 14, 2016, Uber deployed the self-driving cars onto the roads of Pittsburgh, PA. Krikorian has called Pittsburgh the “double-black diamond of driving” and also commented that if “...Uber can master autonomous driving in Pittsburgh … it can make it almost anywhere."

Democratic National Committee
Krikorian was the Chief Technology Officer of the Democratic National Committee from 2017 to March 2019. He claims he joined because "the world is broken". He split his time between Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. His focus was to update the Democratic Party's crumbling infrastructure.
He also worked on security, nudging voters to vote as well as the "cultural" elements of bringing engineering to the political world.

Emerson Collective
Krikorian is now the managing director of Engineering at the Emerson Collective.

Armenia
Krikorian is active in the Armenian community. He serves on the board of the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies in Yerevan, Armenia where he taught classes and given public lectures. In 2015, at the University of Southern California, he gave a public lecture entitled "Why Not Armenia?". On 25 April 2015, he hosted an engineering summit at the Tumo center along with Alexis Ohanian. Krikorian tweeted after the summit on the importance of running the event on April 25.

Bibliography
 TiVo Hacks (O'Reilly Media, 2003)

References

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Nicholas Knisely

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William Nicholas Knisely Jr. (born 1960) is the thirteenth and current diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island.

Early life and education
Knisely was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, then went on to do graduate work at the University of Delaware. While a graduate student in Physics and Astronomy at Delaware, he decided to study for the priesthood, going on to Yale University's Berkeley Divinity School. In 1991, he completed his Masters of Divinity and was ordained to the diaconate in Delaware, and, in the following year, to the priesthood. In 2013, he received an Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.

Ministry
Nicholas served initially as a priest in Delaware, Western and Eastern Pennsylvania, before becoming dean of the Episcopal cathedral in Phoenix, Arizona. While a priest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he also taught physics and astronomy at Lehigh University. In his clerical duties, he was active in ministries that focused on homelessness, communications, college and youth, finance, and ecumenical relations.

Knisely was the first person to chair the General Convention Standing Commission on Communications and Technology. Additionally, he participated in the Moravian-Episcopal dialog that drew up the agreement on full communion between the two denominations.

See also

 List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
 Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States

References

External links
The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island Office of the Bishop

Christians from Pennsylvania
American Episcopalians
American Episcopal priests
Living people
American religious leaders
Franklin & Marshall College alumni
Lehigh University faculty
Berkeley Divinity School alumni
University of Delaware alumni
1960 births
Episcopal bishops of Rhode Island


title: Golden Hair (album)

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Golden Hair is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and keyboardist Gil Evans recorded in 1987 and performed by Evans with Laurent Cugny's Big Band Lumiere.

Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing
All compositions by Gil Evans except as indicated
 "Golden Hair" (Laurent Cugny) - 14:37
 "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" (Charles Mingus) - 11:06
 "Zee Zee" - 8:31
 "C Blues" - 8:13
 "Parabola" (Alan Shorter) - 10:00
 "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Mingus) - 6:28
Recorded at Studio Acousti in Paris on November 3 (tracks 1, 3 & 6) & November 26 (tracks 2, 4 & 5), 1987

Personnel
Gil Evans - piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor
Laurent Cugny - keyboards, arranger, conductor
Christian Martinez, Stéphane Belmondo, François Chassagnite - trumpet
Denis Barbier - flute
Bobby Rangell - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Pierre-Olivier Govin - alto saxophone
Andy Sheppard, Charles Schneider - tenor saxophone
Bernard François - French horn
Gilles Salommez - trombone
Philippe Legris - tuba
Manuel Rocheman - piano
Benoît de Mesmay - keyboards
Lionel Benhamou - guitar
Dominique Di Piazza - bass guitar
Stéphane Huchard - drums
Xavier Desandre, Marilyn Mazur - percussion

References

1989 albums
Gil Evans albums
Albums arranged by Gil Evans
EmArcy Records albums


title: You Can't Stop the Music

text:
"You Can't Stop the Music" is a song by the British rock band The Kinks. The song, appearing on the band's 1975 album Soap Opera, was written by the band's principal songwriter, Ray Davies.

Lyrics and music
One of the themes of "You Can't Stop the Music" is similar to that of two songs from the Kinks' previous Preservation Act 1 album, "Where Are They Now" and "One of the Survivors" – that rock music can be authentic.  The lyrics pay tribute to the inspiration provided by older rock stars, some of whom may not have been big stars, noted that even though the big stars may have faded the power of their music hasn't.  At live concerts around the time of the song's release, the band would show pictures and films of Elvis Presley, Bill Haley and the Beatles on the screen as the song was being played.  Another theme is that everyone can be a star.

On the album, this message was placed before the lyrics of the song: "And so Norman decides to stop living out his fantasy of being a rock star and accept reality. This is the end for Norman but not for us because there will always be someone ready to take his place -- after all, everybody's a star!"

In the song, the singer (Norman) says that "stars fade away. They vanish in the haze and they're never seen again, but they can't stop the music playing on."

Hartford Courant critic Henry McNulty felt that the following lines from the song summed up Ray Davies' career well:
I've been a star down and out / I've been put on, sat on, punched and spat on / They've called me a faggot, a spiv and a fake / They can knock me down and tread on my face / But they can't stop the music playing on

Montreal Gazette critic Bill Mann similar stated that "the lyrics will give you no small insight into Davies and Co.'s remarkable staying power."

The music of the song rocks out more than some of the other songs on Soap Opera and the band, including Dave Davies' guitar, plays a prominent role, in addition to the brass instruments used on much of the album.

When the Kinks performed the song as part of the Starmaker teleplay on which the album was based, Ray Davies dances in an audience of Kinks' fans watching a Kinks' concert, while his brother Dave Davies leads the band.  Kinks' biographer Nick Hasted interpreted this as Ray Davies finally being "able to enjoy the Kinks from the outside," admitting he is nothing special.

Release and reception
"You Can't Stop the Music" was first released in May 1975 on the album Soap Opera, where it was the twelfth and final track on said LP. During that same month, the song was released as the album's third and final UK single, backed with "Have Another Drink" (also from Soap Opera). However, the song did not chart in Britain. The single was also released in June 1975 in Australia and in the Netherlands, but it still did not chart in either country.

AllMusic'''s Stephen Thomas Erlewine cited "You Can't Stop the Music" as a highlight from Soap Opera.  Mann called it "a rocker that is a solid joy."  Melody Maker thought it was better than the Kinks' previous single "Ducks on the Wall" but (correctly) predicted that the single would not perform well.  Hasted described it as "a rock version of 'Celluloid Heroes' commemorating its strivers and stars, which the music itself will outshine and outlast".  Rolling Stone'' critic John Mendelsohn praised Dave Davies' guitar playing although he said that it amounts to "less than you think you're in for when, at one point, Dave appears to be on the verge, thanks to the miracle of overdubbing, of having it out with an earlier-recorded version of himself."

References

The Kinks songs
1975 singles
Songs written by Ray Davies
Song recordings produced by Ray Davies
1974 songs


title: James Baillie (merchant)

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James Baillie (1737 – 7 September 1793) was a Scottish slave owner, merchant, and Member of Parliament for Horsham between 1792 and 1793.

Life
Baillie was the second son of Hugh Baillie, of Dochfour, south of Inverness, by his wife Emilia, daughter of Alexander Fraser, 11th of Relig, Reelig or Rulick, Kirkhill, Inverness.

James Baillie's younger brother was Evan Baillie, of Dochfour, of Parliament, the West Indies and Bristol.

Baillie arrived in St. Christopher's (Saint Kitts) in 1755, and soon bought the Hermitage plantation in Grenada, undertook around 20 years of work, and in 1775 (?) returned to Great Britain and London. In 1772 James Baillie wrote: "[through] 1755–71 I was employed in the line of planting and commerce in the islands of St Christopher and Grenada [and Demerary]... and [in 1772] our house sold Negroes here to the amount of £120,000 sterling..." At the time of the 1833 compensation claims Baillie's heirs were awarded c. £73,700 compensation for their c. 1,821 slaves in Grenada, Guyana and St. Lucia.<ref>Some of the Northbrook Plantation sale particulars, June 1794, from ESSEQUEBO EN DEMERARISCHE COURANT (No. 31. ), ZONDAG Den 1 Juny 1794: By Order of the Trustees of James Baillie, Esq. deceased. To be Sold at Public Auction, at Mr. Stroud's Tavern, St. George's, Grenada, on Tuesday the first of July next, between the hours of Ten and Twelve in the Forenoon. That valuable Cotton Plantation on the East Sea Coast of Demerary, Called NORTH BROOK, Consisting of 500 Acres of Land, whereof 250 are planted with Prime Cotton Trees, 66 Acres in Plantains, and 28 Acres more empouldered, together with 147 Negroes, amongst which are several valuable Tradesmen: the whole forming a complete Gang, fully equal to the Cultivation of the whole of the Land, without any additional Strength. The Buildings are built of the very best Materials, mostly Country Wood, and in complete Repair. The Fertility of the Soil, and the Healthiness of the Situation are well known, and may be ascertained by Enquiry of Gentlemen acquainted with that Colony."</ref>

He was M.P. for Horsham, in Sussex, from 1792 for only 18 months. There he had seemed to have been beaten at the poll, and so before a petition gave him the seat, he had been appointed British agent to Grenada. It is unclear whether he took up that post or where he died.

But as Member for Horsham Baillie it is known that he spoke well in favour of the planters (plantation owners) in the slavery debate of 2 April 1792, against Wilberforce's "wild, impracticable, and visionary scheme" of abolition, adding that there was "more wretchedness and poverty in the parish of St. Giles' than in the whole of the British colonies". He had his speech published.

In London Baillie lived in Bedford Square and Ealing Grove, the nine bays and three-storeyed pedimented central projection Palladian palace set in 64 acres, re-modeled for Joseph Gulston, the younger, the collector and MP. Ealing Grove had then been owned by 4th Duke of Marlborough (1775) and 5th Duke of Argyll before Baillie bought it in 1791. The 5th Earl of Oxford was the tenant between 1799 and 1802, and Baillie's heirs sold it in 1811, having had passed a Private Act of Parliament in 1805. By 1800 James Baillie's widow, Mrs. Baillie (Colina), was living at 12 Harley Street, Cavendish Square.

Monumental portrait
The world of Baillie was captured by Thomas Gainsborough in a large (100 x 90 inches) portrait that had been intended for the RA show of 1784. It was bequeathed to the National Gallery by his son, a school-friend of Lord Byron, "Long Baillie", Alexander Baillie (1777–1855) in 1855, with provision for it to first be lent to his nephew Matthew James Higgins (1810–1868), aka Jacob Omnium; thus it passed to the national collection (now Tate Britain) in 1868.

Alexander Baillie, drawn by Ingres in 1816, was a close friend of Jørgen von Cappelen Knudtzon (1784–1854), the Norwegian. Bust portraits of both von Cappelen and Baillie were carved by Bertel Thorvaldsen. Alexander Baillie was buried in the Protestant cemetery in Naples in the same grave as writer and kinswoman Harriet Charlotte Beaujolais Campbell (died Naples 2.1848, aged 46), aka Viscountess Tullamore and Countess of Charleville, who had married (Florence, 1821) Charles Bury, 2nd Earl of Charleville, and Francois "Dominique" Joseph Loridan, Valet de Chambre to M. Alexander Baillie of Naples, Tuscany (23 April 1780 – 16 April 1853).

In  November 2008 Highland News (13 November 2008) reported that local MSP David Stewart had raised the issue of Inverness Museum and Art Gallery's loan request of the Baillie family by Gainsborough at the Scottish Parliament's Question Time. He was supported by the then tourism minister Jim Mather, as well as Highland Council convener Sandy Park, Inverness Provost Jimmy Gray and Highland councillor and historian David Alston. Stewart said: "The painting is controversial because the Baillie family were involved in the slave trade. Following the emancipation of slaves in 1834 they received the equivalent of 5.5 million, which they reinvested in their estates in the Highlands and Islands... and was used to develop the Highlands through establishments like Inverness Royal Academy and the Royal Northern Infirmary. This was the only Highlander that to my knowledge was painted by Gainsborough. However, history should be seen warts and all, it's important that people know what it is. The Baillies played a big part in the development of the Highlands. It's a bit like the Highland Clearances, they are an appalling part of Highland history but people should know about it. Schools could make the painting a research project. If we got the painting on loan this would provide a huge boost to tourism in the Highlands and Islands and attract inward investment. It would be like when Caley Thistle signed Marius Niculae."

A version of this portrait which just shows Colina and Colin-Campbell by Gainsborough Dupont, it measures 36.5 x 28 inches, and has been in the Collections of Donaldson (Sir George Hunter Donaldson, Kt. (1845–1925)), Durand-Ruel and Gustavia A. Tapscott, of Richmond, Virginia, a Pomeranian breeder, who had become in 1880, Mrs Charles H. Senff. As a widow she lived at East 79th Street and Knollwood, Long Island, and died 18 November 1927. Charles H. Senff (died 1911, aged 74), of Madison Avenue and 41st street, New York, The Beeches, Whitestone, Long Island, and Curles Neck Farm (5500 acres, with 3000 acres under plantation, and 100 permanent workers. In addition there they were champion breeders of Red Polled Cattle in the USA), was a director of the American Sugar Refining Company, and associate and cousin of Henry Osborne Havemeyer. Charles Henry Senff was the son of Dr. Henry Senff by Susannah Havemeyer, daughter of Frederick C. Havemeyer of the sugar refinery company Havemeyers & Elder, which controlled most of the international sugar market, and evolved into the American Sugar Refining Company. Mr. Senff had a renowned and valuable collection of paintings, which included a Frans Hals portrait and some Corot bathing nymphs. In 1912 the collection was valued at $822,300.

Personal life
He married, on 26 April 1772, Colina or Colin Campbell (1753-) one of the two surviving daughters (and co-heiresses) of Colin Roy Campbell, of Glenure (c1708-1752). They had at least one son, and at least two daughters, who married and had issue.

Present day
Michael Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton was the representative of the family of Baillie of Dochfour until his death in 2013.

 See also

 George Baillie

References

 The Book of Mackay, by Angus Mackay, MA, Edinburgh, 1906.
 History of the House and clan Mackay, by Robert Mackay, 1829.
 Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic world, 1750–1820, Manchester, 2005, by Douglas Hamilton.
 (UCL) University College London's Legacies of British Slave-ownership'', 2013–2015.
 Will of James Baillie of Bedford Square proved 21 October 1793 PROB 11/1237/227.

1730s births
1793 deaths
People from Inverness
Scottish merchants
Planters from the British West Indies
Scottish slave traders
History of sugar
Businesspeople in the sugar industry
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
British MPs 1790–1796
British expatriates in Saint Kitts and Nevis
British expatriates in Grenada
People from Ealing
People from Bloomsbury
Scottish slave owners


title: Abderites

text:
Abderites or Abderite may refer to:

People associated with the ancient city of Abdera, Thrace
Adherents of the philosophical school of Abdera
Abderite, a reference to Democritus, native of Abdera; later acquired the generic meaning of "scoffer"
Abderites, archetypical fools in classical Greece, akin of the Wise Men of Gotham
The satirical book Die Abderiten, eine sehr wahrscheinliche Geschichte by Christoph Martin Wieland
 Abderites (mammal), a genus of Paucituberculata from South America


title: NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's 200 meter dash

text:
This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the 220 yard dash until 1975, and the metric 200 meters being contested in Olympic years starting in 1932.  Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were at the metric distance.  Hand timing was used until 1973, starting in 1974 fully automatic timing was used.

Champions
Key
y=yards
w=wind aided
A=Altitude assisted

References

GBR Athletics

External links
NCAA Division I men's outdoor track and field

NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Outdoor track, men
200 m


title: Scleria dregeana

text:
Scleria dregeana is a plant in the family Cyperaceae. It grows as a perennial herb.

Distribution and habitat
Scleria dregeana grows widely in southern Africa. Its habitat is wet places at high altitude.

References

dregeana
Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Flora of East Tropical Africa
Flora of South Tropical Africa
Flora of Southern Africa
Plants described in 1837


title: Konstanty Andrzej Kulka

text:
Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (born 5 March 1947) is a Polish violinist, recording artist, and professor of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw since 1994, also heading the Institute of String Instruments there. Kulka graduated with honors from the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk in 1971. He played over 1,500 recitals internationally, including in the United States, Japan, and Australia. Kulka is a guest performer with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. He took part in leading music festivals including in Lucerne, Bordeaux, Flandria, Berlin, Prague, Barcelona, Brighton, and Warsaw.

Life

Kulka was born in Gdańsk where he began his music education at the age of eight. He enrolled at the state music lyceum there and at the age of seventeen won his first award at the Niccolò Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa. His international recognition began in 1964 at the German ARD International Music Competition in Munich where Kulka won first prize.

Kulka is a professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. His daughter is singer-songwriter Gaba Kulka.

References

External links
 Chair of string instruments  chopin.edu.pl
 prof. Konstanty Andrzej Kulka  chopin.edu.pl
 Konstanty Andrzej Kulka Naxos
 Kulka's page at Culture.pl

Living people
Polish classical violinists
Male classical violinists
Violin pedagogues
1947 births
21st-century classical violinists
21st-century male musicians


title: Pompey Supporters Trust

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The Pompey Supporters Trust, or the PST, is a supporters' trust consisting of fans of Portsmouth F.C., an English professional football club. The prime role of the group is to represent the interests of Portsmouth F.C. The trust was also the club's majority owner from 2013 until 2017.

History
The trust's first meeting was held in September 2009, after various people contacted supporters, talking about the possibility of starting a supporters' trust. On 23 December, the PST was finally created.

On 30 March 2012, after Portsmouth's successive relegations and administrations, the trust launched a bid to try to buy the club, initially asking supporters to donate a minimum of £100. In August, PST announced a new bid, and  members of the UK Parliament urged Balram Chainrai (Portsmouth's previous owner) to reach a deal with the Trust. On 18 October 2012, PKF administrator Trevor Birch announced that the trust were named 'preferred bidders' ahead of Chainrai's Portpin.

On 15 November 2012, PST signed a conditional agreement with PKF, Portsmouth's administrators, to buy the club. The deal was delayed, however, due to Chainrai's refusal to reach an agreement to the sale of Fratton Park, the club's stadium. On 10 April 2013, a ruling by the High Court of Justice allowed the takeover to proceed. The PST then appointed Iain McInnes as the club's chairman. On 19 April 2013, the club came out of administration.

A year after taking over, the PST had 2,300 shareholders and raised around £2.5m through individual pledges of £1,000. On 29 September 2014, after almost 18 months in charge, PST declared that the club was debt-free after paying back all creditors and legacy payments to ex-players. On Saturday 17 December 2016, the Pompey Supporters Trust unveiled their 'Wall of Fame' plaques to the rear wall of the North Stand's exterior, featuring the names of all the 2,300 PST shareholders who had financially contributed to save Portsmouth FC from liquidation in 2013.

In May 2017, PST members voted to sell Portsmouth F.C. to The Tornante Company, an investment company owned by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner.  The purchase was completed on 3 August 2017.

The PST remains active as an organization that represents the interests of supporters.

See also
 Portsmouth F.C.

References

External links
Official website

2009 establishments in England
Sport in Portsmouth
Supporters Trust
English football supporters' associations


title: Krindlekrax

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Krindlekrax is a thriller children's novel by author Philip Ridley. It was first published in 1991 by Jonathan Cape and republished in 1992 by Red Fox and then again in 2001 by Puffin Books where it is still in print.

The book won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 1991 in the 9 – 11 age category. It was also selected by children aged 9 to 12 as the winner of the 1993 WH Smith Mind-Boggling Book Award.

The book became a Tellastory Audio Cassette in 1994 that was read by Rik Mayall.

In 2000, to celebrate the new millennium, Hachette Children's Group published Out of this world, a collection of extracts from "the best in 20th century children's literature". Krindlekrax was one of the books featured and appeared alongside such classics as Roald Dahl's Matilda and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

Ridley adapted Krindlekrax into a stage play, which premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 2002.

Plot
The story takes place in a street called Lizard Street, located in a town with cracked pavements, scorched brickwork and bumps and holes in the roads. It centres around a 9-year-old boy named Ruskin Splinter, who is small and thin with thick glasses, red frizzy hair, knock-knees and a squeaky voice. He wants to be the hero of a school play, but everyone criticises him for his appearance and voice, and the role is instead given to Ruskin's window-smashing former friend Elvis Cave. Ruskin's special friend is the local school caretaker, Corky Pigeon, who tells him his experiences with the evil monster that lurks in the sewers and terrorises the street, a giant fire breathing crocodile named Krindlekrax.

Later, Ruskin finds out from his drunken dad that everyone in Lizard Street was responsible for the monster getting into the sewers in the first place, and how it grew so big. Suddenly Corky unexpectedly dies, and everyone suspects it to be a heart attack, but Ruskin knows that Krindlekrax was responsible, and is angry with all of Lizard Street for allowing it to happen.

Ruskin is so upset with Corky's death that he can't get out of bed, but many people bring him gifts and tell him the story of how Corky got a gold medal (that he later gave to Ruskin as a present) for saving Lizard Street. After this, Ruskin decides to save the street from the wrath of Krindlekrax once and for all.

Later that night, Ruskin lures the monster out of the sewers, and tames it by throwing Corky's medal in its mouth, banishing it to the sewers forever.

After catching a terrible cold, Elvis can't do the play any more, so Ruskin takes his place and it all goes well, but Elvis isn't pleased and smashes all the windows in Lizard Street that he can in a tantrum. Ruskin stops Elvis' window smashing by bursting his ball and after a long talk, they become friends again.

The story ends with Ruskin saying how much he now loves his street.

Characters

Ruskin Splinter: The main character who may look small and dorky, but proves to be quite a hero.
Krindlekrax: The monster who lurks under the sewers of Lizard Street. It was once an infant crocodile but grew into a fierce fire breathing monster.
Wendy Splinter: Ruskin's mother who loves toast and tea and says "Polly Wolly Doodle all the Day!" when she gets flustered.
Winston Splinter: Ruskin's father, a fired zookeeper who is always complaining and saying "It's not my fault!" and "Don't interfere!"
Elvis Cave: The big and loud school bully who wears an American footballer's outfit and breaks windows (even when he sleepwalks), he was once Ruskin's friend but grew jealous of him when he became friends with Corky.
Sparkey Walnut: A timid boy who wears a baseball player's outfit. He was once Ruskin's friend but became Elvis' follower after he grew so tall and always said "Yes Sir!" to everything he said.
Corky Pigeon: An elderly man who was once a sewer maintenance man, but later became the caretaker at St George's school. He loved chocolate biscuits and shared a lot in common with Ruskin about plays.
Mr. Lace: The school teacher who enjoys sucking pencils and gets hysterical whenever William Shakespeare's name is mentioned.
Dr. Flowers: A man who always has his pockets full of tissues to help with his hay-fever, which causes him to sneeze at regular intervals.
Mr. Flick: A smart suited man who owns the cinema in Lizard Street.
Mrs. Walnut: Sparkey's mother who owns the greengrocers shop and always smells of potatoes.
Mr. and Mrs. Cave: Elvis' parents who own the Dragon and the Golden Penny pub and seem to do nothing about their son's window smashing.

Stage adaptation

Philip Ridley (himself an acclaimed playwright) adapted the novel into a stage play for children. The play premiered at Birmingham Rep, where it was performed from 20 – 29 June 2002. The production transferred to the Nottingham Playhouse where it played 4 – 20 July the same year.

Premiere

On 20 June 2002 at The Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham.Directed by Anthony Clark.

 Ruskin Splinter – Gregor Henderson-Begg
 Wendy Splinter – Maria Gough
 Winston Splinter – Jamie Newall
 Corky Pigeon – Alan Rothwell
 Elvis Cave – David Florez
 Mr Cave – Nick Stringer
 Mrs Cave – Joy Aldridge
 Sparkey Walnut – Sushil Chudasama
 Dr Flowers – John Flitcroft
 Mr Lace – David Kendall
 Mrs Walnut – Bharti Patel
 Mr Flick – Trevor Thomas

Publication of script

The script was published by Faber and Faber in 2002. However, the text became out of print due to Ridley leaving Faber and Faber in 2005 as a result of their refusal to publish his controversial stage play for adults Mercury Fur. Because of this Ridley then moved along with his back catalogue of plays to Methuen Drama, where many of them were republished, but not Krindlekrax. On 23 September 2016 Samuel French Ltd. announced on their Twitter page that 17 of Ridley's plays had been added to their catalogue to purchase performance rights to. Amongst the plays were Kridlekrax, the script of which has been republished by Samuel French in an "acting edition", after many years of being out of print.

Potential film adaptation

It was revealed in 2005 that Ridley was working on a film adaptation of Krindlekrax. In 2012 Ridley's agent, Knight Hall Agency Ltd, wrote on their website that "THE SUMMER OF 76 an adaptation of his own widely-acclaimed children's book KRINDLEKRAX is in development".

A potential film by Philip Ridley called The Summer Of '76 had previously been included as part of the line-up of the CineMart project market in 2003. CineMart is an event where film professionals can network and find "money for projects to be realized either through co-production or any other means" for films that are at various stages of development. The production company Kennedy Mellor Ltd were listed as being attached to the possible film. Development on this film might have begun as early as 2001 because in June 2001 money was charged between Kennedy Mellor Ltd and the Children's Film and Television Foundation Limited for "All the company's rights title and interest in the literary and artistic work by philip ridley entitled "krindlekrax" including: treatment and screenplays".

In late 2019 reference to the development of the film was removed from Ridley's page on the Knight Hall Agency website.

References

External links
 Krindlekrax listing on the Penguin publishing website
 Krindlekrax listing on the Healthy Books website

1991 children's books
British novels adapted into plays
British children's novels
English thriller novels
Jonathan Cape books
1991 British novels
Children's novels about animals
Fictional crocodilians
Children's books about crocodilians


title: V. maculata

text:
V. maculata may refer to:

 Vamuna maculata, an Asian moth
 Vanmanenia maculata, an Asian loach
 Venus maculata, a saltwater clam
 Vespa maculata, a North American wasp


title: Stoddard Martin

text:
Stoddard Hurd Martin(1811-1865) was an American carpenter and master builder from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served a single one-year term as a Freesoiler member of the first Wisconsin State Assembly in 1849.

References

American carpenters
American construction businesspeople
Businesspeople from Milwaukee
Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Politicians from Milwaukee
Wisconsin Free Soilers
19th-century American politicians
1811 births
1865 deaths
19th-century American businesspeople


title: NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's 400 meter dash

text:
This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the 440 yard dash until 1975, and the metric 400 meters being contested in Olympic years starting in 1932.  Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were at the metric distance.  Hand timing was used until 1973, starting in 1974 fully automatic timing was used.

Champions
Key
y=yards
A=Altitude assisted

References

GBR Athletics

External links
NCAA Division I men's outdoor track and field

NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Outdoor track, men
400 m


title: EarthBound fandom

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The 1994 video game EarthBound is known for its cult following and fan community. Multiple video game journalists have written about the dedication of the game's fans in producing fan art and lobbying Nintendo for further releases in the series. The company has been largely unresponsive to their efforts. Prominent fansites include Starmen.net and EarthBound Central. The former was started in 1999 and became the definitive community website. Their members organized petitions and campaigns to bring English-localized games from the Mother series to North America. One such effort included a full-color, 270-page EarthBound Anthology as a demonstration of consumer demand for further releases. After nearly a decade, EarthBound was rereleased for the Wii U Virtual Console in 2013, whereupon it became a bestseller.

The fandom also spun-out other enterprises. When Nintendo did not release a localized version of Mother 3, fans organized their own fan translation. The video game merchandising business Fangamer grew out of the Starmen.net community, and sells video game-related items online. A full-length documentary on Starmen.net and the fan community, EarthBound USA, is scheduled for release in November 2023. While series creator Shigesato Itoi has stated that he is finished with the series, a fan-created spiritual sequel, Oddity, began development in 2010, while another, Mother 4, was announced in 2021.

Fan base
EarthBound is known for having a cult following, which developed over time well after its release. Colin Campbell of Polygon wrote that "few gaming communities are as passionate and active" as EarthBound, and 1UP.com Bob Mackey wrote that no game was as poised to have a cult following. Wired described the amount of EarthBound "fan art, videos, and tributes on fan sites like EarthBound Central or Starmen.net" as mountainous. IGN's Lucas M. Thomas wrote in 2006 that EarthBound "persistent", "ambitious", and "religiously dedicated collective of hardcore fans" would be among the first groups to influence Nintendo's decision-making through their purchasing power on Virtual Console. The Verge cited the two-year fan translation of Mother 3 as proof of the fanbase's dedication, and Nintendo president Satoru Iwata credited the community response on their online Miiverse social platform as leading to EarthBound eventual rerelease on their Virtual Console platform. Notable members of the EarthBound fan base include video game developer Toby Fox, who had made various EarthBound ROM hacks in high school and whose game Undertale took inspiration from the Mother series, and Let's Play YouTuber Emile Rosales, whose videos on EarthBound covered various aspects of the game including the sound, art design and various glitches.

EarthBound was hard to find before the rerelease. In 2013, prices for the game's cartridge alone were more than twice its retail cost at its 1995 release. IGN wrote that the game became a "cult classic" for its unique RPG and psychedelic elements alongside its reflection on American culture, and Eurogamer credited EarthBound "cute and funny modern-world styling of the Japanese RPG". Kotaku hypothesized that fan favorite aspects of the game would include its "feeling of innocence, ... sense of whimsical adventure", "humor", "charm", "wonder", and "beautiful 2D maps". Marcus Lindblom, the game's English localizer, cited its "cuteness, colors, and hallucinatory bits" as fan favorites. Reid Young of Starmen.net and Fangamer credits EarthBound popularity to its "labor of love" nature, with a "double-coat of thoughtfulness and care" across all aspects of the game by a development team that appeared to love their work.

Digital Trends's Anthony John Agnello wrote that no video game fans have suffered as much as EarthBound fans, and cited Nintendo's reluctance to release Mother series games in North America. IGN described the series as neglected by Nintendo in North America for similar reasons. Aaron Linde of Shacknews felt that Nintendo's "historic passive-aggression towards EarthBound fans [seemed] somehow anachronistic" in response to the outcries from the game's fan community. He added that while the company is known for providing "the most personal experiences in gaming's history", Nintendo lacks the "bedside manner" required of contemporary game companies, and that he could not think of a "more deserving fan base" than EarthBound.

Marcus Lindblom, who localized the Japanese Mother 2 into the English EarthBound, followed the fan community from afar and, in mid-2012, introduced himself at the Penny Arcade Expo Fangamer booth. When the game's Wii U re-release was announced, the press became interested in Lindblom's experience. Lindblom had planned a book about the game's development, release, and fandom as a Kickstarter project before a reply from Nintendo discouraged him from pursuing the idea. He plans to continue to communicate directly with the community about the game's history. For instance, Lindblom struck down a popular ("infamous") "abortion theory" that the game's final sequence is a metaphor for an abortion, with Giygas as the fetus.

A film group known as 54&O Productions developed a fan-made documentary entitled Mother to Earth. The documentary focuses on the road to Mother'''s localization in North America, and includes interviews with key people behind the process. It was released on August 31, 2020.

The fan website Mother Forever hosts an annual "Mother Direct" live presentation of Mother-related fan projects.

 Starmen.net
Reid Young started an EarthBound fansite in 1997 while in middle school. It was one of the first EarthBound fansites on the Internet. By 1999 and with co-founder Clyde "Tomato" Mandelin, the site grew into Starmen.net, named for the game's "most iconic villain, the Starman." 1UP.com described the site as "the definitive fan community for EarthBound on the web" and Shacknews called it the fan community's "one-stop" resource for a decade. Though EarthBound was more obscure at the time, the site quickly grew in popularity and featured "constant updates" and a burgeoning community by 1999. 1UP.com said the viewership growth was "almost inexplicable" when accounting for the game's unpopularity, but credited Super NES emulation, which let "thousands" of people experience the game who might not have otherwise. Young credited the site's growth to the fan content generated by the community. Shacknews described the site's collection of fan-made media as "absolutely massive". It also provided a place to aggregate information on the Mother series and to coordinate fan actions.

The EarthBound fan community at Starmen.net coalesced with the intent to have Nintendo of America acknowledge the Mother series. 1UP.com described their intent as reasonable given the company's "frequent dismissal" of the series alongside the community's "monumental efforts to increase American EarthBound awareness". Young felt that their "underdog status" kept Starmen.net vigilant. He also said that he views the community as "a big group of friends having fun together" and sometimes thinks that it is just happenstance that EarthBound was what brought them together, as opposed to another franchise like Pokémon. As the site started in 1999, the community started a petition to have Nintendo release Mother for the Game Boy Color, and collected 1850 physical signatures to this end and bound it in a book for Nintendo. The final word from Nintendo was that the package was received. Other petitions include the 2000 10,000-person petition for a North American Mother 3 release on the Nintendo 64, the 2003 31,000-person petition for a North American Mother 1+2 Game Boy Advance release, and letter and phone campaigns. A source internal to Nintendo later told them that the 2003 campaign was almost successful, but fell out of consideration as the phone campaign ended after a week. The community resolved to never let up again.

In time, the fan community's requests shifted from specific demands to no demand at all, wanting only their interest to be recognized by Nintendo. The Starmen.net community launched several campaigns to bring attention to the series. In their 2007 "The EB Siege" project to have Mother 3 receive an official North American localization, community members sent letters and made phone calls to Nintendo. They ultimately created a full-color, 270-page art book, The EarthBound Anthology, to send to Nintendo and press outlets as demonstration of their interest. They also hoped the volume would mobilize established industry professionals to take up their cause in advance of the 2007 Electronic Entertainment Expo. Shacknews wrote that the "folk history" was more of a proposal than a collection of fan art—"the greatest gaming love letter ever created". Wired Chris Kohler used the Anthology's occasion to explain how Nintendo's upper management has heard the fan community. The Anthology additionally received mention in Nintendo Power. Upon "little" response from Nintendo, they decided to localize the game themselves. Starmen.net co-founder Tomato led the project, and the complete fan translation was finished in October 2008. They then printed a "professional quality strategy guide" through Fangamer, a site that spun off from Starmen.net.

Other oblique strategies included an attempt to license Mother 3 for North America from Nintendo through a small video game development studio, but Nintendo replied that the property was theirs and would never be developed externally. In 2008, the site hosted a YouTube contest for videos that raised the visibility for the series in a final effort to get the game on the Wii Virtual Console, but Young found community spirit to be atrophied. A week later, the game appeared on the ESRB website, which signaled success after many years of work. It was finally rereleased for the Wii U Virtual Console in 2013 via a Nintendo Direct announcement. The game was a "top-seller" on the platform, and Kotaku users and first-time EarthBound players had an "overwhelmingly positive" response to the game.

 Mother 3 fan translation

After a decade of development hell, the Japanese video game Mother 3 was released in April 2006. When fan interest in an English localization went unanswered by Nintendo, Starmen.net announced their own fan translation in November. The project was led by the fansite's Clyde "Tomato" Mandelin, a professional game translator whose previous work includes games such as Kingdom Hearts II and anime such as Dragon Ball.

The dozen fans who worked on the project had been vetted by Mandelin and had prior localization experience. Thousands of hours were put into the project between hacking the game data and translating the 1,000 pages of scripted dialogue. They built their own tools for the work. The final version was released in October 2008 and issued as a patch to be used with an emulator, a process of murky legality. The patch was downloaded over 100,000 times in its first week. A fan-made, full-color, 200-page, professional-quality player's guide was released alongside the fan translation. 1UP.com wrote that "no other game in the history of time garnered such a rabid demand for translation", and The Verge cited the effort as proof of the fan base's dedication.

 Fangamer
Fangamer is a video game merchandising business spun out from Starmen.net. The online store sells items including hats, pins, and T-shirts branded with video game-related designs from games such as EarthBound, Chrono Trigger, and Metal Gear Solid. 1UP.com described their fare as "much less tacky than your typical mall-bought video game apparel". The site began in part due to Young's experience with targeted fan communities. In October 2008, he was attempting to get the site officially licensed. Later that month, they released the Mother 3 Handbook, a full-color, 200-page player's guide akin to a professional strategy guide. Wired reported its quality to be "on par with ... Prima and BradyGames". In 2014, Fangamer crowdfunded a box set of media celebrating EarthBound, with $230,000 raised—over twice its goal. The box set includes a travel zine for the game's fictional settings EarthBound, an album of music, and the documentary EarthBound USA. Since exceeding the campaign's goal, the business hosted Camp Fangamer, an event in Tucson, Arizona, for 450 fans.

 EarthBound USA
 In April 2014, siblings Jazzy and Robbie Benson announced the production of their documentary "about how EarthBound fans have fought to popularize the Mother series in North America since the 1990s", EarthBound USA. The Bensons had been conducting interviews with EarthBound fans and Starmen.net members for a year prior to the announcement. They had previously begun a feature-length film about the events of EarthBound. Starmen.net "inspired" the documentary, which seeks to explain how the site's members convened via online message board and the consequent "re-emergence of a cult classic" and birth of Fangamer. The filmmakers had been planning to wait longer before making the announcement, but were preempted in part by interest following a tweet from series creator Shigesato Itoi, which mentioned their interview. Originally scheduled for a 2016 release, the film's production underwent numerous delays until 2023, when it was announced that it would be released on November 27 of that year.

 Fangames
After Mother 3, Shigesato Itoi declared that he was done with the series. Fans wanting the series to be continued began to develop unofficial fangame sequels, starting with Mother 4 in October 2010. As of September 2016, the Mother 4 development team had not received a cease and desist letter from Nintendo. In a preview of the game, Jason Schreier of Kotaku said Mother 4 looked "stunning", as "everything you could possibly want out of a new Mother game", from the music to the environment design. The game was originally planned for release in 2014, but has been delayed twice, with no future release date set. Mother 4 was to be playable as a standalone game, without need for an emulator. In March 2017, after many recent Nintendo fan games received a DMCA notice, the team decided to rebrand it as an original IP, Oddity, and remove all direct references to the Mother series, like Mr. Saturn. There have been no development updates since December 2020.

The game takes place in a parody of contemporary America, as a boy named Travis leaves his town of Belring to join three others in a fight against the "mysterious" Modern Men. The game is expected to associate with the stories of the previous series games, and be similar in length. Its music and visuals are similar in style to the rest of the series. Oddity features a new soundtrack. Its creators are currently working on a voluntary basis without compensation.

Another fangame, also entitled Mother 4'', is in development as of late 2021, and includes elements like rolling hit point counters, rhythm-based attacks, and an art style derivative of the series.

References

Further reading

Mother (video game series)
Video game fandom


title: ProppaNOW

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proppaNOW is an arts collective for Indigenous Australian artists in Queensland. Aiming to counter cultural stereotypes and give a voice to urban artists, the collective has mounted several exhibitions around the country. The collective was founded by Richard Bell, Jennifer Herd and Vernon Ah Kee in 2003 and formalised in 2004.

History and mission

The collective was first conceived in Brisbane in 1997.
At its initial meeting, proppaNOW proposed to form as a group of Aboriginal Australian artists who would support each other's work and "change ideas that people had about what Aboriginal art is and what it should be".  The trigger to formalise the collective came in March 2004 soon after Queensland's Premier, Peter Beattie, established QIAMEA (Queensland Indigenous Artists Marketing Export Agency) to promote and market Queensland Indigenous art. The artists were concerned that QIAMEA's focus was initially directed towards the remote regions of Queensland such as Mornington Island, Aurukun and Lockhart River, thus reinforcing cultural stereotypes.

The collective has since evolved a mission to "give urban-based Aboriginal artists a voice...[to] reinforce that Aboriginal Australia is a living culture that has evolved over time".

In June 2019, proppaNOW presented an open day at the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane.

An exhibition entitled OCCURRENT AFFAIR: proppaNOW was originally scheduled for 2019, but was rescheduled (due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia) to run 13 February – 19 June 2021 at the University of Queensland Art Museum, described as a major exhibition of the artists' work "after a five-year hiatus to focus on their individual careers". The title of the exhibition references the Australian TV show A Current Affair, which is known for its sensationalist style and "derogatory representations of certain low socio-economic and minority groups".

Members
Founding members were Richard Bell, Jennifer Herd, Joshua Herd and Vernon Ah Kee.

Members of the collective  are Bell, Herd, Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Gordon Hookey, Laurie Nilsen and Megan Cope.

Recognition
proppaNOW members Richard Bell, Jennifer Herd, Vernon Ah Kee, Gordon Hookey and Laurie Nilsen have all been interviewed by the State Library of Queensland for the James C. Sourris  Collection. In the interviews each artist talks about their life, their art and their inspirations.

In October 2022 it was announced that the collective had won the Jane Lombard Prize for Art and Social Justice for 2022–2024, by a unanimous decision of the jury, which commented: "...[proppaNOW] has broken with expectations of what is proper ('proppa') in Aboriginal art; created a new sovereign space for First Nations artists internationally outside colonial stereotypes, desires for authenticity, and capitalist capitulations; and opened new political imaginaries".

Exhibitions
The collective has mounted a number of exhibitions, starting with one in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2005. Since then, many have been based in Queensland, but several have toured the country or mounted in other locations. Some recent exhibitions include:

2012
Touchy Fearly, Fehily Contemporary, Collingwood, Victoria, July 19 – August 11, 2012.
Existence Resistance, Bega Regional Gallery, Bega, New South Wales, July 13 – August 18, 2012.
proppaNOW, kuril dhagun State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, May 14 – September 10, 2012.
proppaNOW Studio Works, Montague Road Studio Space, Brisbane, Dec 6 – 30, 2012.

2013
Insurgence, Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra, ACT, October 2013.

2014
The Black Line

2015
Dark + Disturbing: Gordon Hookey for proppaNOW,  Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, August 2015. Dark + Disturbing is a curatorial project by Ah Kee.

Commissions
 Monument: Yininmadyemi - Thou dids't let fall: Four standing bullets and three fallen shells in black marble and steel with bronze finish inscribe with war stories, installed in Hyde Park, Sydney on 25 April 2015

References

External links

 proppaNOW in conversation, State Library of Queensland Vimeo

Australian Aboriginal art


title: Aquos Phone SH-06D

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The Aquos Phone SH-06D is an Android smartphone manufactured by Sharp Corporation. Exclusively released in Japan in 2012 by the local carrier NTT Docomo, the device features a dual-core processor and a 720p autostereoscopic display, and was notably the first smartphone to support a new mobile TV service that had been developed in collaboration with NTT Docomo.

In June 2012, a special edition of the SH-06D themed after the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion was released in honour of the upcoming film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. The special edition, of which only 10,000 were made, featured a redesigned exterior and custom user interface modeled off the MAGI computer systems portrayed in the series.

Specifications
The Aquos SH-06D uses a plastic-based construction, and is waterproof. It incorporates a slide-out antenna, which can be used for mobile television over either 1seg or the subscription-based service NotTV—a joint venture between NTT Docomo and other Japanese media companies. The service utilizes wireless spectrum that was formerly used for analog terrestrial television, freed by the country's transition to digital television. The SH-06D was one of two launch devices for the service, the other being a tablet produced by NEC Casio.

The device features a 4.5 in (110 mm) 720p autostereoscopic display, a dual-core 1.2 GHz Texas Instruments OMAP system-on-chip with 1 GB of RAM, and 8 GB of internal storage that can be expanded via MicroSD. The device ships with Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" as its operating system.

NERV edition

In March 2012,  NTT Docomo unveiled a limited, Neon Genesis Evangelion-themed edition of the SH-06D known as the SH-06D NERV, intended as a tie-in for the then-upcoming Rebuild of Evangelion film Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. While maintaining similarities to the standard model, the NERV edition features a slightly modified design with a different color scheme and a new rear cover with the logo of the NERV organization. The Android operating system was also customized, with a custom home screen and widgets designed in collaboration with Studio Khara, evoking the appearance of the MAGI computer systems from the series, which uses a futuristic look with black, orange, and green accents. It was released in Japan on June 29, 2012; only 10,000 models were manufactured.

See also
 List of Sharp mobile phones
 List of Android devices
 List of 3D-enabled mobile phones

References

Mobile phones introduced in 2012
Android (operating system) devices
Discontinued smartphones


title: Argentine quota law

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The Argentine law 24,012 or Argentine quota law () seeks to increase the number of women in government in Argentina, by setting quotas for the minimum representation of women on the ballots of each party at the legislative elections. The law was enacted in 1991, during the presidency of Carlos Menem, and was the first gender quota law to be passed in Latin America. Following Argentina's lead, eleven other Latin American countries have since introduced gender quotas to increase female representation at the national level.

Description
The number of female legislators elected in the 1983 general election (the first election after the National Reorganization Process) was minimal. In 1989, legislation to ensure larger representation of women was introduced by the Radical Civic Union and supported by women legislators from other parties. After initial debate in September 1990, in November 1991 the bill was passed by a large majority of the Chamber of Deputies. President Carlos Menem also favored the proposal. It became law as an amendment to the National Electoral Code. Initially, only the women who were not allowed in the party list in the required quota could request in court the compliance of the law; it was amended later to allow any citizen to denounce parties that did not follow the quota.

The law sets a quota of female candidates for each party, which must be both a 80% of the total of candidates, and at least one for each third name in the rank. The success of the law is caused by the characteristics of the Argentine electoral system. The parties offer a closed list of candidates, with fixed ranks, and voters must vote for the whole list of a given party. The large district magnitude helps as well.

Results
The quota law made a huge impact. The Argentine Chamber of Deputies initiated 64 female deputies in 1995, 76 in 2001, and 93 in 2005. The respective percentages were 24.9%, 30% and 36.2% of the plenum. The law did not initially apply in the Argentine Senate, which worked with indirect elections. The electoral system for the Senate switched to direct elections in 1995, dramatically raising the number of female senators, who accounted for 2.8% of the senate in 1995 and 33.3% in 2001. By 2007, 33% of deputies and 24% of senators in the Argentine legislature were female. Although the number of women in office has increased, Elisa Maria Carrio (2012) notes that the male politicians who still dominate Argentina's political parties often place the name of their wives or other female family members on ballots, with the expectation that they will have control over the women's actions once they are elected.

Most provinces of Argentina enacted similar laws for their domestic elections, each one fitting into the context of their local laws. Each province has a provincial legislature; as of October 2003, female deputies accounted for 27.9% and female senators accounted for 20.4% of provincial legislatures.

Following Argentina's lead, eleven other countries in Latin America and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru) adopted similar gender quota laws during the following decade, with varying effects on women's share of legislative seats. A twelfth country, Venezuela, also adopted a quota law, but later rescinded it. In the 2006 election, the quota law in Ecuador contributed to increasing the representation of women in the nation's legislature from 15% to 25%. In Honduras, the institution of a quota law helped increase women's share of legislative seats to 23% after the 2005 election, having been only 5.5% previously.

See also
 Affirmative action
Gender quota
 Feminism in Argentina
 Women in Argentina

References

Bibliography

External links
Text of the law
"The 30 Percent Quota Law: A turning point for women's political participation in Argentina" United Nations Inter-agency Network on Women and Gender Equality

Quota
Women's rights in Argentina
Women's rights legislation
Presidency of Carlos Menem
1991 in law
1991 in women's history
Quotas


title: Fool's literature

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Fool's literature was a literary tradition in medieval Europe in which the stock character of a fool was used as an allegory to satirize the contemporary society.

Notable examples
  (1410, The Ring), a satirical poem by Heinrich Wittenwiler
 Daß Narrenschyff ad Narragoniam (1494; Ship of Fools), a poem by the German satirist Sebastian Brant
Moriae Encomium, sive Stultitiae Laus (1509, The Praise of Folly), by Erasmus of Rotterdam
Narrenbeschwörung (1512; Exorcism of Fools), Die Schelmenzunft (1512); Die Gäuchmatt (1519, Fools' Meadow), Die Mühle von Schwindelsheim und Gretmüllerin Jahrzeit by Thomas Murner

See also
Picaresque novel
Maqama
Sotie

References

Literary genres
Medieval literature
Satirical works
Fictional characters by role in the narrative structure
Archetypal fools


title: Basilica of Saints Cyril and Methodius (Danville, Pennsylvania)

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The Basilica of Saints Cyril and Methodius is a Minor Basilica of the Catholic Church located in Danville, Pennsylvania, United States within the Diocese of Harrisburg.  It is primarily the convent chapel of the Sisters of Saints Cyril and Methodius at their motherhouse, Villa Sacred Heart.

History
The sisters built their chapel during the Great Depression.  The sisters were largely the daughters of European peasants and working-class immigrants. The people whose donations paid for the chapel were similar people who worked in coal mines, steel mills, factories, and farms.  The Romanesque Revival chapel was dedicated on October 17, 1939.  It was extensively renovated in 1989.  Pope John Paul II decreed on June 30, 1989 that Saints Cyril and Methodius chapel was elevated to the status of a minor basilica.

Architecture
The basilica serves as the chapel of the larger motherhouse complex.  The interior walls are composed of travertine marble, the vaulted ceiling is covered with tiles, and the floors are composed of terrazzo.  The altar and baldachino are carved in  marble and the pews are oak.  The interior also feature life-size mosaics of Saints Cyril and Methodius.

Image Gallery

References

Roman Catholic churches completed in 1939
Cyril and Methodius, Danville
Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg
Roman Catholic churches in Pennsylvania
Romanesque Revival church buildings in Pennsylvania
Buildings and structures in Montour County, Pennsylvania
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States


title: Russkaja

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Russkaja (stylized as ЯUSSKAJA) were a ska punk band from Vienna, Austria.  The band calls its sound "Russian Turbo Polka Metal." It has drawn on polka, ska, fanfare, pop, rock, and traditional Russian music. The band was founded in 2005 by former Stahlhammer vocalist Georgij Makazaria. Signed to the independent Austrian label Chat Chapeau since 2006, they later changed to Napalm Records. They are most known in Austria for being the stationary band of the late-night comedy show "Willkommen Österreich".

The band broke up on February 3, 2023 (the same day they released their seventh album, Turbo Polka Party) because they no longer wanted to use their "satirical use of Soviet symbols and language" due to public criticism tied to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Members

 Final lineup
Georgij Makazaria – vocals
Dimitrij Miller – bass
Engel Mayr – guitar
Lea-Sophie Fischer - violin
Rainer Gutternigg – trumpet
H-G. Gutternigg – potete
Mario Stübler – drums

 Former members
Titus Vadon – drums
Zebo Adam – guitar
Antonia-Alexa Georgiew – violin
Ulrike Müllner – violin

Discography

Albums

EPs
 Dawai, Dawai (2006)
 Barada (2013)
 No Borders (2022)
 Shapka (2023)
 Paschli (2023)

Singles
 "Dope Shit" (2007)
 "More" (2008)
 "Kasatchok Superstar the Song" (2009)
 "Hammer Drive" (Download-only) (2010)
 "Rock'n'Roll Today" (2015)
 "Hey Road" (2017)
 "Alive" (2017)
 "Druschba (You're Not Alone)" (2019)
 "Russki Style" (2021)
 "Last Christmas" (2021)

References

See also
 Red Elvises

Austrian heavy metal musical groups
Folk metal musical groups
Ska punk musical groups
Austrian punk rock groups
Napalm Records artists
Musical groups established in 2005
Musical groups disestablished in 2023
2005 establishments in Austria
2023 disestablishments in Austria


title: MAMA Award for Artist of the Year

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The MAMA Award for Artist of the Year () is a daesang (or grand prize) award presented by CJ E&M (Mnet) at the annual MAMA Awards. It was first awarded at the event's 8th ceremony held in 2006; the five-member boyband group TVXQ won the award, and it is given in honor for artists with artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the music industry.

Winners and nominees

2000s

2010s

2020s

 Each year is linked to the article about the Mnet Asian Music Awards held that year.

Artists with multiple wins
Throughout the history of MAMA Awards only 2 recipients received the award more than once. BTS are the only artist to receive the award for consecutive years.

7 wins
 BTS

3 wins
 Big Bang

Artists with multiple nominations

7 nominations
 BTS
 Exo

5 nominations
 Big Bang
 Girls' Generation
 IU
 Twice

4 nominations
 Blackpink

3 nominations
 2NE1

2 nominations
 2PM
 Psy
 SG Wannabe
 Super Junior
 TVXQ
 Wanna One
 Wonder Girls

Notes

References

External links
 Mnet Asian Music Awards official website

MAMA Awards


title: List of Xi Sigma Pi chapters

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This is the complete Chapter and Colony Roll of the Society of Xi Sigma Pi, an Honor society for Forestry and related sciences. Active chapters noted in bold, inactive chapters noted with italics. Unless otherwise indicated, chapter information is from the national website.

List of chapters

References
All chapter locations and designations from The Society of Xi Sigma Pi's 1993 Bylaws, and History, accessed 15 June, 2014, or from Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities with the exception of Alpha Phi Chapter and Alpha Chi Chapter, which were found via Google search.

External links

Forestry organizations
Honor societies
Lists of chapters of Association of College Honor Societies members by society


title: OneRoof Energy

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OneRoof Energy was an American solar energy financing company that provided leasing options for homeowners seeking to have photovoltaic solar panels installed. OneRoof energy was a public company that traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ON between 2011 and 2020. The company began to wind down operations in 2017 as it sold it portfolio to Greenbacker Residential Solar LLC for $8 million in cash.

At one point, OneRoof Energy had offices in five states, including its headquarters in San Diego, California, and offices in Phoenix, Arizona, Honolulu, Hawaii, Newton, Massachusetts, and Lake Success, New York.

History
OneRoof Energy was a California-based startup that was founded in 2011 and went public in December 2012. In February 2013, OneRoof Energy announced the creation of a $100 million fund backed by Morgan Stanley to assist in the company's rooftop solar panel financing operation.

According to the reports in December 2016, OneRoof Energy announced that it would be winding down its operations.

Business Offerings

Residential Solar Leasing
OneRoof Energy partnered with traditional energy retailers to offer customers a menu of solar energy system leasing options through its SolarSelect program. They had partnered with Frys Electronics.

SunOpps
SunOpps was an online portal from OneRoof Energy designed to allow users to customize financing options, track installation progress, and monitor performance of their solar system for increased energy efficiency.

References

Companies formerly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
Solar energy companies of the United States
Solar energy in California
Companies based in San Diego
Energy companies established in 2011
Renewable resource companies established in 2011
2011 establishments in California


title: Crystal City 47 Public Schools

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Crystal City 47 Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Crystal City, Missouri in Greater St. Louis. It operates Crystal City Elementary School and Crystal City High School.

Notable alumni
Bill Bradley, three-term United States Senator representing New Jersey from 1979 to 1997. Graduated from Crystal City High School (1961).

References

External links
 Crystal City 47 Public Schools

Education in Jefferson County, Missouri
School districts in Missouri


title: W. maculata

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W. maculata may refer to:

 Wertheimeria maculata, a catfish endemic to Brazil
 Woodworthia maculata, a New Zealand gecko


title: Balasinor State

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The State of Balasinor was a princely state in Balasinor during the era of British India and founded by Sardar Muhammed khan Babi and Murtuza Bhatia The last ruler of Balasinor signed the accession to join the Indian Union on 10 June 1948.
Its rulers belonged to the family of Babi or Babai (Pashtun tribe) tribe. The state was founded  by the Junagadh State Babi dynasty.

History
Balasinor State was founded on 28 September 1758 by Gujarati Muslim ruler,  Nawab, Sardar Muhammed khan Babi belonging to the family of last deputy Governor of Gujarat province in Mughal Empire. The rulers were titled Nawab Babi. It was a 9 gun salute state belonging to the Rewa Kantha Agency of the Bombay Presidency.
The Last ruling Nawab Nawab was HH Nawab Muhammed Salabat Khanji II who died on 25 January 2018. The heir and son of Nawab Muhammed Salabat Khanji II Nawabzada Sultan Salauddinkhan Babi, born 1979 and educated at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot was crowned the titular Nawab of Balasinor on 4 March 2018 at the Raj Tilak and Gaadi Dastoor ceremony performed by both Islamic and Rajput traditions at their Garden Palace In Balasinor after the 40 days of mourning ended on 3 March 2018. It was well attended by royals from Gujarat and the people of Balasinor.

Rulers
 Sardar Muhammed khan Babi 28 September 1758 – 17..
 Jamiyat Khanji Muhammad Khanji 17.. – ...
 Salabat Khanji Jamiyat Khanji (b. ... d. 1820) – May 1820
 Abid Khanji May 1820 – 1822
 Jalal Khanji = Edal Khanji (b. ... d. 1831) 1822 – 2 December 1831
 Zorawar Khanji (b. 1828 d. 1882) 2 December 1831 – 30 November 1882
 Munawar Khanji Zorawar Khanji (b. 1846 d. 1899) 30 November 1882 – 24 March 1899
 Jamiyat Khanji Munawar Khanji (b. 1894 d. 1945) 24 March 1899 – 2 February 1945
 Muhammad Salabat Khan (b. 1944 d. 2018) 2 February 1945 – 15 August 1947
 Nawab Sultan Salauddinkhan Babi (b.1979)

In pop culture
The current titular princess of the kingdom is Aaliya Sultana Babi, who in 2009 travelled to Ingatestone in the UK to find a husband. Her trip was recorded in BBC Three's Undercover Princesses.

The scion of this family, Salauddinkhan Babi participated in a similar show in the Netherlands in 2010 in which he was trying to find a wife. He lived and worked in Amsterdam. The show is currently on air on SBS6 in the Netherlands. It is called "Coming to Holland".

Nawabzada Salauddin was invited by TLC to participate in a US TV show called Secret Princes which was aired on 21 September 2012. It is a show based on the Undercover Princes. Salauddin lived and worked in Atlanta undercover for this show along with three other aristocrats. The royal family currently resides at The Garden Palace which they had converted into a heritage hotel.

See also
 Pathans of Gujarat
 Political integration of India
 List of Sunni Muslim dynasties

References

External links

Imperial, Royal & Princely Indian States

Pashtun dynasties
Kheda district
Princely states of Gujarat
Bombay Presidency
1758 establishments in India
1949 disestablishments in India
States and territories established in 1758
Gun salute princely states

The Garden Palace website is www.palacebalasinor.com


title: Lockport High School

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Lockport City High School (also LHS) is a comprehensive New York public high school located on Lincoln Avenue in Lockport, east of the city of Niagara Falls in the Lockport City School District, serving ninth to twelfth grade students. It is the only high school within the district, and is the successor to Aaron Mossell Junior High School. The school is governed under the authority of the New York State Education Department, whose standardized examinations are designed and administered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York. The high school was established in 1954.

Campus
Lockport High School is a 9th through 12th grade institution that includes one building on one campus. The main building, named Lockport High School (LHS), houses grades 9 through 12. Lockport High School has been going through a remodeling state through the years of 2009-2012, it now has a brand-new modern style. The building sits on a corner plot of land on Lincoln Avenue and Locust Street. The campus has also one of each baseball, softball, lacrosse/soccer, and 4 tennis courts.

Administration
The Lockport High School complex is currently administered by a main principal and two assistant principals.
 Mrs. Dawn Wylke, Principal
 Mr. Jason Madden, Assistant Principal
Ms. Heather McClain, Assistant Principal
 Mr. Todd Sukdolak, Director of Athletics, Health, and Wellness

Academics

Curriculum
Lockport High School offers more than 150 different courses in English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, Languages Other Than English, Art, Music, Family & Consumer Science, Health, Business, Technology, and Physical Education. Technical career courses are available through Orleans-Niagara Board of Cooperative Education (BOCES). The school focuses on graduating all students with the minimum of a Regents Diploma, but some may also graduate with a less advanced local diploma. The Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation may be achieved with extended studies in a foreign language.

Though the curriculum is developed and sanctioned by the New York State Department of Education, and classes are developed to prepare students to achieve success on the required Regents Examinations, most core courses offer one or two components that explore more advanced topics. The school not only offers standard level Regents courses (Academic level), but also offers more advanced Advanced Placement (AP), College-credit (College), and Honors (H) courses. The criteria used in placing students in the instructional levels are classroom performance, teacher and counselor recommendations, standardized test scores, and individual student preferences. Advanced students may begin earning high school credits in middle school through an accelerated program in mathematics and/ or foreign language.

The school uses a 100 grade point scale, as opposed to the much more common 4.0 scale. The rank in class is established by placing students in descending order from highest to lowest according to their weighted grade point average. The weighted grade point average is calculated with Advanced Placement (AP) courses and College Level courses weighted at 1.1 and Honors Level courses weighted at 1.05.

Course Offerings
 Mathematics: Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus AB, Precalculus, Statistics
 Science: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Forensic Science, Environmental Science
 History: Global History, United States History, United States Government & Politics, Economics, Psychology, Sociology
 Foreign Language: Spanish, French, Latin
 Humanities: Writing, Journalism, Public Speaking
 Physical Education and Health: Fitness, Health
 Arts: Studio Art, Choir, Band
 Technology: DECA, Computer-Aided Design, Graphic Design, Broadcasting Technology, Robotics, Introductory Engineering

Advanced Placement
 Science: Biology, Chemistry,
 Humanities: Language and Composition, Literature and Composition
 Social Studies: World History, United States History, Government & Politics: US, Macroeconomics
 Foreign Language: Spanish, French

Athletics and Extracurriculars

Athletics
Lockport High School's 30 varsity athletic teams the American Division of the CNYCL, Section VI of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) . Lockport has 30 varsity teams and over 40 other teams that provide a range of team and individual sports. A wide variety of teams claim CNYCL and Section IV championships every year, and the vast majority of athletes are honored with NYS Scholar Athlete Awards. The school has won state titles in multiple individual and team sports including boys and girls cross country, golf, tennis, soccer, swimming, track, wrestling, and football. Many teams also have modified, freshman and junior varsity components. The varsity teams include:

All varsity teams practice and compete on the high school campus, with a few exceptions. The hockey team practices and competes at the Cornerstone CFCU Arena in Lockport, New York. Also, the indoor track teams compete at various colleges and venues.

Stadium
Lockport High School currently competes at Max D. Lederer field at the Emmett Belknap Middle School at 491 High Street in Lockport, New York. Lockport's Football and Track and Field teams compete here. Lockport's Lacrosse and Soccer teams compete on the fields behind Lockport High School. Lockport's track is expected to be re-surfaced during the summer of 2014.

Clubs and Organizations
 Advanced Jazz Ensemble
 African American History Club
 Artscape
 Drama Club
 French Club
 Foreign Exchange Club
 Gay-Straight Alliance
 Interact Club
 Jazz Ensemble
 Math League
 Mindworks Literary
 Recycling Club
 Spanish Club
 Latin Club
 S.A.D.D. Program (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
 Student Council
 The Towpath (Newspaper)
 Warlocks 1507 FRC Robotics
 Wind Ensemble
 Yearbook Club
 Mixed Chorus
 Concert Choir
 Vocal Jazz Ensamble

National Memberships
LHS has several local chapters of nationwide organizations.
 DECA
 Key Club
 National Spanish Honor Society
 Tri-Music National Honor Society
 Thespian Society
 National Math Honor Society
 National Honor Society
 National Junior Honor Society
 SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)

There were 96 teachers employed at the school, making the student to teacher ratio approximately 18:1.

Notable alumni
Kim Alexis - Model and actress
David Fluellen - NFL running back who currently plays for the Titans
William G. Gregory - American retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force lieutenant colonel
 Warren Hull - Actor, radio and television personality
William E. Miller - U.S. Congressman
Chris Sacca - Billionaire investor in Twitter, Uber, Instagram, Kickstarter and a guest shark on Shark Tank
Daren Stone - NFL linebacker

External links
Lockport High School website
Lockport High School Milesplit homepage,

References

Public high schools in New York (state)
Schools in Niagara County, New York
1954 establishments in New York (state)