title: Mike McCool

text:
Michael John McCool (15 September 1951 – 23 June 2020) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, McCool attended Kererū School, and then St. Patrick's College, Silverstream, where he was a member of the 1st XV in 1968.

He represented Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa Bush at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1979. He played two matches for the All Blacks, including one test match against Australia.

McCool died while working on his family lifestyle property in the Auckland region on 23 June 2020, survived by his wife, Deb, and four of their five children.

References

1951 births
2020 deaths
Rugby union players from Hastings, New Zealand
People educated at St. Patrick's College, Silverstream
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand international rugby union players
Hawke's Bay rugby union players
Rugby union locks
Wairarapa Bush rugby union players


title: Dario Šmitran

text:
Dario Šmitran (born 31 March 1989) is a Slovenian footballer.

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Slovenian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
NK Domžale players
ND Gorica players
NK Ivančna Gorica players
NK Celje players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players


title: Musical Stones of Skiddaw

text:
The Musical Stones of Skiddaw are a number of lithophones built across two centuries around the town of Keswick, northern England, using hornfels, a stone from the nearby Skiddaw mountain, which is said to have a superior tone and longer ring than the more commonly used slate.[1]

The first documented lithophone from Keswick was built in 1785 by Peter Crosthwaite, an eccentric inventor who became interested in the musical properties of the local stone. However, this kind of instrument became widely known only decades later, when in 1840 Joseph Richardson, a local stonemason and self-taught musician, built a larger, eight-octave lithophone with which he and his sons toured the UK and Europe giving numerous concerts, including one in London for Queen Victoria.[2]

Richardson's lithophone initially featured 61 tuned and shaped hornfels rocks. It was later enhanced with steel bars, Swiss bells and various other percussions, and survives to this day, being on display at the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery.

The matter of exactly where Joseph Richardson sourced the stones for his xylophone has been given some considerable attention in recent years, thanks to the efforts of Dr. Alan Smith and Professor Bruce Yardley from the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds.

The few references to the source of the stones are vague and contradictory. The stones, not only for the Richardson set but also for the Crosthwaite and Greenip sets, as well as further sets that were collected later, are all hornfels, a material that is only found in the Lake District within the inner aureole of the Skiddaw granite, and this narrows the area from where they could have come. The makes a comment by Peter Crosthwaite in his journal of 10th June 1785 very confusing, as the River Greta does not fall within this area.

A geologist named James Clifton Ward, who, before he became curate of St. John’s, Keswick, in 1880, had carried out excellent work surveying the northern part of the Lake District as part of the first Geological Survey of the district, whilst not actually pinpointing the exact location, refers to an area that he describes as being “the junction with the granite of Sinen Gill”,[3] more or less midway between Skiddaw and Blencathra, and this is reasonable cause for belief that this may very likely have been where Joseph sourced his stones.

Further research has been carried out over the years in an effort to pinpoint the exact source of the stones. In 1967, E.H. Shackleton, in his book Lakeland Geology – Where to go, What to see located the source as the streamside of Roughton Gill, a short way south of Sinen Gill, and this view has been supported by several other sources.[4] However, Smith and Yardley state that: “Close examination of the streamside of Roughton Gill certainly reveals much evidence of quarrying of the bedrock. However the material does not have a good ring and the slabs come away in much thicker and more irregular pieces than the 2.5 3 cm thick pieces in the musical stones. It would seem more likely that this site was used as a source of building slabs for the nearby mine buildings.”[5]

All evidence points to the area of Sinen Gill being the most likely source of the stones. Smith and Yardley, in a research paper published for the Cumberland Geological Society in 2008, wrote: “The upper part of the Sinen Gill valley looks like a very likely source of material that could have been shaped into musical stones. The granite is only clearly exposed along a section of the stream bed of Sinen Gill for about 170m. On the spur top approximately 100m south of the Gill there are some huge granite slabs exposed at the surface (over 5m in length), which may be in situ. The hornfels is well exposed in this area with prominent crags on both sides of the valley and large areas of loose slabby scree. The material has a very strong bedded fabric and importantly is seen to break relatively easily into flat slabs close to the optimum thickness of 2.5-3cm seen in the musical stones. Thin slabs throughout this area ring when struck with a geological hammer.”

Another consideration is that the area of Sinen Gill would have been reasonably accessible for Joseph. Reports exist of the Richardson family taking outings to the fells with a horse and cart in the search for possible stones, with potential pieces being conveyed back to Applethwaite in readiness for Joseph to spend long hours shaping and tuning the slabs to the required size and note. The well-graded and wide mine track up to the area from Threlkeld would have provided easy access for horses and carts, whereas the area of the inner aureole beyond Sinen Gill does not have any suitable tracks.

That said, it is a remote location, standing at 1,805 feet and about 6.2 miles from Keswick, and not much less from Applethwaite, with only a handful of mine trackways and fellside paths for access.[6]

References
[1] “The Skiddaw Stones”. Soniccouture. Soniccouture Sound Design Ltd. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

[2] “The Musical Stones of Skiddaw”. Allerdale Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

[3] “The Geology of the Northern Part of the English Lake District”, by J. Clifton Ward, Assoc. R.S.M., F.G.S., Quarter Sheet 101 S.E. p.11. (H.M.S.O. London 1876).

[4] “Lakeland Geology – Where to go, What to see”, by E.H. Shackleton. (Dalesman Publishing, 1967).

[5] “The Origin of the Musical Stones of Skiddaw”, by Dr. Alan Smith and Professor Bruce Yardley. (published in ‘Proceedings of the Cumberland Geological Society’, Vol. 7, part 3, October 2008).

[6] “The Richardsons of Applethwaite”, by John H. Phillips. (John H. Phillips, 2023).

External links

Lithophones
Keswick, Cumbria


title: Marc Rhys

text:
Marc Rhys (born Marc Alun Williams; September 8, 1988 in Bridgend, South Wales), is a professional actor and one of the recipients of the 2016 Ian Charleston Award. The youngest son of teachers Nevin and Jean Williams. Trained as an actor in London's Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts graduating with a 2:1 in 2011.

Early life
During education at Pencoed Comprehensive School, Rhys (Williams) showed a talent for sport, playing professional football for Cardiff City FC and Wales Under 21s as well as representing Great Britain in TAGB Tae Kwon Do at the 2006 World Championships - reaching the Quarter-Finals.

Alumni of Bridgend Youth Theatre, Welsh National Opera, National Youth Dance Wales and ATSLI casting.

Career

 Theatr Clwyd's production of "Cyrano De Bergerac" playing Christian opposite Steffan Rhodri. Directed by Phillip Breen for which he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Awards sponsored by The National Theatre and The Sunday Times.
Nollywood feature film Isoken directed by Jadesola Osiberu. Playing the role of Kevin, the romantic lead - shot in Lagos, Nigeria.
Maple Dragon's feature film Canaries directed by Peter Stray. Appearing as Tommy opposite a star studded Welsh cast, including Robert Pugh, Craig Russell and Hannah Daniel.
 Sky 1's award-winning series Stella starring Ruth Jones
 "The Wish of My Heart" with Welsh National Opera performed for his Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.
 A run of TV movies on ITV and BBC with "It's my Shout" Films - Bone Orchard, A Night on the Tiles, Down, They Might be Giants and Pleasure Park - with Owen Teale, Richard Harrington, Jan Anderson and Rachel Isaac.
 British Film Institute (BFI) 48 Hour short listed "Accumulation".
 The Viking Epic "Noble Claim" playing the lead role of "Erik Jora" filmed in Snowdonia, Wales. Entered into the 2016 Berlin Film Festival
 Dark comedy "The Two Dogs" starring Desperate Housewives' Gale Harold. Filmed in Los Angeles.
 "Mission Impossible" with Future Cinema, playing the lead role of Ethan Hunt (Made famous by Tom Cruise) playing opposite Elizabeth Hurley.
 Action to the Word's multi-award-winning production of "A Clockwork Orange" touring to Norway & Singapore.
 Creator of the role Lord Arthur Holmwood in Action to the Word's rock opera production of "Dracula".
 "Alice in Wonderland" with SellaDoor at Greenwich Theatre.
 BAFTA Cymru award-winning "Cymru Fach"
 Wales Theatre Company's "A Child's Christmas in Wales" as part of the Dylathon Festival to mark Dylan Thomas' centenary.

Awards and nominations
Nominated for the Ian Charleson Award in 2016 for his role of Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac.
Winner of the John Thaw Bursary in 2010.

References

External links
Official site
Marc Rhys at the Internet Movie Database

21st-century Welsh male actors
Welsh male film actors
Welsh male television actors
1988 births
Living people
People from Bridgend


title: Punish Her

text:
"Punish Her" is a song written by Neval Nader and John Gluck.  The song was produced by Snuff Garrett, and performed by Bobby Vee featuring The Johnny Mann Singers.  It reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #32 in Canada in 1962.  It was featured on his 1962 album, Bobby Vee's Golden Greats.

The single's B-side, "Someday (When I'm Gone From You)", which featured The Crickets, reached #99 on the Billboard chart.

Other versions
Mike Preston released a version of the song as a single in 1963 in the United Kingdom.

References

1962 songs
1962 singles
Bobby Vee songs
Song recordings produced by Snuff Garrett
Liberty Records singles
Decca Records singles


title: Meanings of minor planet names: 368001–369000

text:
368001–368100

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368101–368200

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368201–368300

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368301–368400

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368401–368500

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368501–368600

|-id=588
| 368588 Lazrek ||  || Mohamed Lazrek (born 1958), a researcher in Cadi Ayyad University's department of physics in Marrakech. ||
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368601–368700

|-id=617
| 368617 Sebastianotero ||  || Sebastian Otero (born 1973), an active amateur astronomer in Argentina. ||
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368701–368800

|-id=704
| 368704 Roelgathier ||  || Roel Gathier (1953–2016) was dedicated to international space research, with outstanding communication and management skills. He played a major role in Dutch and international astronomy, as managing director of SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research and as chairman of ESA's Science Programme Committee. ||
|-id=719
| 368719 Asparuh ||  || Asparuh (640–701), the founder of the Bulgarian country ||
|}

368801–368900

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368901–369000

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References

368001-369000